Recaps

Su Ming expanded the Blacksmith Association’s influence while developing Battle Armor, then absorbed a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring and entered the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy. The arc ended with Mu En learning of the deadly expedition disaster and ordering Xuan Zi confined for ten years.

• Zhao Tieshan joined the search for Miles’s killer, but Tang Hao attacked him and two Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples before Chen Xin drove him off and exposed his role in Miles’s death.
• Zhu Jiuyang and Su Ming secured Spirit Hall’s cooperation, planned branches for the Blacksmith Association, and negotiated Rare Metal agreements with the Star Luo and Heaven Dou royal families.
• The Blacksmith Association established its Suotuo City branch, while Su Ming tasked Dai Weisi with overseeing it and worked to strengthen Zhu Jiuyang against Tang Hao.
• Su Ming used the Trinity to help Su Yun withstand the risk of his Third Soul Ring absorption, then absorbed the ten-thousand-year Silver Moon Wolf King’s ring and gained Domain of Chaos.
• Su Ming entered the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy as a Fourth-level Soul Engineer, refused Jing Hongchen’s offer to become his disciple, and joined the training team with Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.
• During a team battle, Su Ming used Soul Tools to defeat Xiao Hongchen, then activated Domain of Chaos and caused the opposing team’s elemental Soul Cannons to malfunction and explode.
• Su Can announced his Rank 9 Soul Engineer breakthrough, while Mu En learned that a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast had killed eight students and left Zhang Lexuan and three others injured.
• Mu En learned Zhang Lexuan could recover, arranged support and Inner Court places for the survivors, and ordered Xuan Zi confined for ten years.

Su Ming expanded the Blacksmith Association, gained Dugu Bo’s support, and achieved a breakthrough in Spirit Forging at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes. After absorbing a Ten Thousand Year Blood Vine Soul Ring, he discovered new ways to develop Bloodline Power and Soul Skills, while Dugu Bo began investigating whether the same principles could cure his poison.

• Mu En reorganized Shrek’s leadership, while Su Can revealed his Rank 9 Soul Engineer status and Su Ming made plans to expand the Blacksmith Association and Body Sect.
• Su Ming recruited Nana to help him investigate the Holy Spirit Cult, and Electrolux burned a Skeleton Evil Soul Master to ashes while preserving his martial soul for study.
• Su Ming explored Rakshasa Faith as a way to loosen the soul’s restrictions, then negotiated with Dugu Bo over Spiritual Alloys and secured his support for the Blacksmith Association.
• Su Ming convinced Xue Xing to stop obstructing Xue Qinghe’s campaign and establish Heavenly Forging City as the association’s headquarters.
• At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes, Su Ming achieved Saint Grade Thousand Forgings with Spirit and completed Spirit Forging Creation with Sinking Silver.
• Su Ming consumed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, underwent a Martial Soul Second Awakening, and gained control over his blood and vitality to condense Bloodline Power.
• Dugu Bo helped Su Ming hunt a Ten Thousand Year Blood Vine, whose Soul Ring granted Su Ming Blood Source Power and prompted him to experiment with preserving a Remnant Soul’s spiritual portion.
• Su Ming used Soul Control Technique to ease Dugu Bo’s poison flare-up, and Dugu Bo entered seclusion to pursue the possibility of curing himself by giving Soul Rings souls.

Su Ming developed Spirit Infusion, expanded the Body Sect’s influence, and helped Mingde Hall and the Blacksmith Association prepare for conflict with the Holy Spirit Cult. The arc ended with Zhong Liwu attacking the Sun Moon Royal Team, Du Busi confronting him, and Shrek’s students setting out to fight Evil Soul Masters.

• Dugu Bo discovered that devouring toxins could raise his Soul Power and repair a flaw in his Martial Soul, while Su Ming advanced his cultivation and forging research.
• Su Ming demonstrated Spirit Infusion by transforming Mortal Iron into Spiritual Metal, prompting the Spirit Pagoda, Shrek Academy, and Tang Sect to seek cooperation or access to the technique.
• Su Ming, Zhen Hua, and Mu Ye began researching Artificial Rare Metals, while Su Can secured cooperation with Jing Hongchen and Mingde Hall.
• Lei Zhen killed the Evil Soul Masters at a Holy Spirit Cult stronghold, Nana recovered her parents’ Vengeful Spirits, and Su Ming purified them.
• Jing Hongchen led a purge of Mingdu’s Black Markets, where Su Ming helped Zhang Wei break through his willpower and brought him into the Body Sect’s orbit.
• Nana and Zhang Wei joined the Sun Moon Royal Team, and Zhang Wei impressed the team by challenging Xiao Hongchen before Xiao defeated him.
• Mu En gave Shrek’s Seven Monsters a Life Baptism and died, while Du Busi came to protect Su Ming and received Spiritually Forged metal from him.
• The Holy Spirit Cult ambushed the academies during their journey, but Du Busi fought Zhong Liwu as the Fire Phoenix Soul Master Corps arrived, and Zhong Liwu looked for a way to escape the fight.

Su Ming and the Sun Moon Royal Team advanced through the tournament while the Blacksmith Association’s spiritual metal reshaped the balance among the empires. The Body Sect won a hundred-thousand-year soul beast embryo, and the Promotion Tournament began with Su Ming preparing to claim the Ice Scorpion Soul Bone.

• Zhong Liwu fled as Yan Shaozhe pursued the Death God Envoy, whom Su Ming killed with Domain of Chaos and purifying Soul Cannon fire.
• Su Ming helped the Blacksmith Association expand across the empires, and Xu Jiawei realized its spiritual metal prizes could shift the balance of power.
• At the tournament opening, Shrek defeated Tianling Academy, while Xiao Hongchen and the Sun Moon Royal Team advanced through the elimination matches.
• Xiao Hongchen swept aside the Dou Ling Team before Zhang Wei fought Gu Zhujian to a double knockout, after which the Eight Arms Elder took Zhang Wei away for treatment and instruction.
• Su Ming transformed into a Star Tree Giant and led the Sun Moon Royal Team to crush the Star Luo Royal Team in under a minute.
• At the Starlight Auction, Shrek won a set of Fixed Soul Tool Cannonballs, Huo Yuhao warned that the Ice Scorpion Soul Bone could kill most absorbers, and Su Ming arranged to obtain the bone privately for the Body Sect.
• The Body Sect won the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo for 130 million Gold Soul Coins, and factions across the empires bought the Blacksmith Association’s branch slots and spiritual metal.
• Electrolux advised Su Ming to cultivate the Lich Martial Soul before fusing with the Ice Scorpion Soul Bone, as the Promotion Tournament began with the Sun Moon Royal Team matched against Zheng Tian Academy.