Recaps

Meng Li traveled with Gu Yue and Ya Li to complete Shrek Academy’s final assessment while facing bounty hunters, reconnecting with Na'er, and dealing with growing tensions around Gu Yue and Tang Wulin. The group reached Sun Moon Royal Academy, where Meng Li prepared to challenge its strongest students under twenty.

• Meng Li helped Wu Changkong face his feelings for Shen Yi, then accepted a Spirit Pagoda mission and decided to protect weak Soul Beasts by acquiring and reforesting land.
• Shen Yi assigned a solo journey to Mingdu as the final exam, and Meng Li offered classmates maps, money, and company branches while refusing to surrender Na'er's pendant.
• Meng Li traveled with Gu Yue and Ya Li, arranged a fireworks display declaring his love for Gu Yue, and later reunited with Na'er, whose appearance hurt Gu Yue.
• Meng Li tried to repair his relationship with Gu Yue, then survived a Soul Tool bomb and a sword attack, while Ya Li and Gu Yue healed him and discovered a connection between their Martial Souls.
• Meng Li and Gu Yue completed assessment challenges at Heavenly Decree Starry Sky Soul Master Academy, where they defeated Ye Hong and Shi Dao.
• A mysterious woman wounded Tang Wulin and took ten percent of the Golden Dragon King Essence, which later marked Meng Li's palm after Gu Yue passed it to him.
• Meng Li and Gu Yue completed their assessment by earning money, then raced to Sun Moon Royal Academy after Federation mechas tried to detain them.
• Meng Li challenged Sun Moon Royal Academy's strongest students under twenty, and the academy prepared to broadcast the match across Mingdu.

Meng Li and his companions raided the Black Market, where Ya Li’s near-sacrifice led to a mysterious rebirth and a renewed bond with Meng Li. As Meng Li’s powers grew and he settled Na'er into his life, he reached Soul Emperor and joined his classmates in a friendly match, which his team won.

• Meng Li and Gu Yue defeated Long Chen and Xue Liushuang in a match that left the arena in ruins.
• Meng Li, Ya Li, and Leng Yaozhu entered the Black Market, where Ya Li refused to kill Meng Li and the prisoners died in poison gas.
• Meng Li and Ya Li were stabbed while protecting each other, then survived after encountering angel statues and receiving gemstones in a strange space.
• Ya Li and Leng Yaozhu destroyed the Black Market forces, and Leng Yaozhu arranged a purge of the market.
• Na'er chose Meng Li over Yun Ming after he attacked Meng Li, then traveled with Meng Li to the Northwest Soul Beast Forest.
• Meng Li funded the soul beast habitat’s development, inspected its growing population, and helped capture poachers.
• Meng Li became a Soul Emperor after absorbing the Golden Dragon King Essence, while Na'er and Ya Li guarded him.
• Meng Li joined Tang Wulin’s classmates in a friendly match, defeated Yang Nianxia, and helped his team win against Wu Sidao’s team.

Meng Li joined Shrek Academy’s exchange trip to the Star Luo Continent, where strained ties with Tang Wulin and a brutal attack by Sea Soul Beasts changed their friendship. After reaching Star Luo City, Meng Li and Gu Yue entered the tournament and defeated their first opponents, while Long Yue began confronting Tang Wulin over Yun'er.

• Meng Li survived deep-sea training, but when Sea Soul Beasts surrounded the cruise ships over Mu Ye and Tang Wulin’s killings, he decided his friendship with Tang Wulin was over.
• On the train to Star Luo City, Meng Li cut down attackers in skull-marked mechas, and Gu Yue later absorbed the escaping Golden Dragon King Essence into him.
• At the imperial reception, Tang Wulin mistook ceremonial cannon fire for an attack, then was surrounded by guards after responding to Dai Yun'er's cry of “Murder.”
• Meng Li and Gu Yue agreed to compete in the tournament, then refused Elder Cai’s attempt to persuade them to reconsider their decision to forgo the chance to become Shrek Seven Devils or enter the Inner Court.
• Meng Li and Gu Yue rejected Lan Yang and Li Rongxing’s offer to surrender, and Meng Li’s Sacred Winged Angel countered their formations before Gu Yue dispersed Li Rongxing’s golden strike.
• Meng Li defeated Li Rongxing despite his One-Word Battle Armor, and the Shrek group watched more tournament matches before Ye Xinglan urged them to focus and help Tang Wulin forge Battle Armor.
• Long Yue tested Meng Li’s strength with a handshake, then asked Tang Wulin whether he had bullied Yun'er.

Meng Li and Gu Yue advanced through the Star Luo tournament while Meng Li faced strange visions and explored the secrets of his past. Their victories brought them into the top four, where Yuanen Yehui and Yue Zhengyu prepared to face Long Yue.

• Meng Li helped avert the attack on Tianxing Theater, then returned to Shrek Academy as the group continued the tournament.
• Meng Li and Gu Yue defeated Fang Qian and Wang Ze, but Gu Yue overexerted herself using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and needed time to recover.
• Meng Li defeated Hua Lantang and Ye Zhi, then publicly urged the Star Luo Empire to protect soul beasts, prompting Dai Tianling to change the tournament rewards and announce punishments for unauthorized killing.
• Meng Li took Gu Yue on a seaside vacation, where he promised to protect their family and continue loving her despite a warning about what that would cost.
• Meng Li and Gu Yue defeated Dai Yueyan and Su Mo after Meng Li suffered visions of himself on a throne, then advanced through the tournament.
• The hoarse voice told Meng Li that a crack in the dragon clan’s abandoned place would soon weaken and offered to teach him Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon Claw, but Meng Li’s body rejected the power.
• Meng Li and Gu Yue defeated Bing Shuang and Bing Han after Gu Yue seized control of their Ice Blades, earning a place in the top four.
• Yuanen Yehui and Yue Zhengyu entered the arena to face Long Yue as Meng Li reflected on the Dragon King’s ties to dragonkind.