Recaps

Xu Mingxi awakened his Star Crown, grew into a powerful Soul Master, and helped strengthen the Star Crown Sect while the continent’s political tensions grew. The arc leaves him absorbing a fourteen-thousand-year Moon Embracing Flower soul ring as something approaches the camp.

• Xu Mingxi awakened the Star Crown Martial Soul with Innate Full Soul Power, and the Sect Master ordered the sect to keep his potential secret.
• Xu Mingxi gained Star Calling from a Star Calling Cicada, and his nighttime cultivation drew a bright Star Road that benefited nearby Soul Masters.
• Xu Mingxi cultivated beneath the Starry Tree with Xu Mingguang, then traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest, where he gained Star Gathering and later Star Net.
• Xu Mingxi enrolled at Canghui Academy, supported Luo Yun’s team in the Soul Master Competition, and left the academy after Canghui missed the Advancement Round.
• Xu Mingxi gained Star’s Protection from a Moon Gazing Toad soul ring in the Far North Land, and Vine Elder discovered that his starlight contained Moonlight Essence.
• Xu Mingxi cultivated beneath the Starry Tree for more than three years, reaching Level 50 as the Star Crown Sect’s strength increased.
• Xu Mingxi and six elders traveled toward Moon Lake with Dugu Xin as their guide, after Xu Mingxi offered to help treat Dugu Xin’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent poison.
• Xu Mingxi’s group found a fourteen-thousand-year Moon Embracing Flower, and Xu Mingxi began absorbing its soul ring as the First Elder sensed something approaching.

Xu Mingxi returned from three years in the Star Dou Great Forest as a Soul Emperor and was named the Star Crown Sect’s Young Sect Master. He pursued Immortal Herbs and a Sun Flame Crow for his next advancement, while tensions and alliances among the continent’s major powers continued to shift.

• Xu Mingxi secured the Golden Toothed Tiger’s Soul Bone for Xu Fangming, then left to travel abroad and rescued Chen Qinghuang near East Peak City.
• Xu Mingxi joined the Demon Tiger Adventure Team’s expedition into Awakening Cloud Ravine, where he became separated from the others and entered mysterious ruins with the Chen brothers.
• After surviving the ruins, Xu Mingxi asked to train alone in the Star Dou Great Forest for three years, and the Sect Master sealed the sect until his return.
• Xu Mingxi returned as a Level 67 Soul Emperor, revealed how Giant Wing had betrayed his mercenary group, and described stealing a Soul Bone from the Clear Sky Sect.
• The Sect Master named Xu Mingxi Young Sect Master, and Xu Mingxi persuaded him to cautiously expand the sect’s presence into the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xu Mingxi and the elders helped Dugu Bo defeat the Poison Spirit Flood Dragon, then visited the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and arranged an exchange with Yang Wudi for Immortal Herb knowledge.
• Xu Mingxi exchanged a Soul Bone for Yang Wudi’s book, consumed two Immortal Herbs, and reached Level 70 as the Sect Master distributed other herbs among the sect’s promising members.
• Xu Mingxi chose a Sun Flame Crow for his Seventh Soul Ring, but the beast broke free of the Sect Master’s restraints and fled deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest.

Xu Mingxi helped bring down the Clear Sky Sect, then crossed the sea to the Sun Moon Continent in pursuit of the powers tied to his Marks. He completed the first divine trial and began the second, which required him to capture two powerful Soul Beasts.

• Xu Mingxi absorbed the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower and the Sun Flame Crow’s sacrifice, gaining the ability to wield sunlight as a mysterious Goddess marked him.
• Xu Mingxi helped the Star Crown Sect destroy the Black Tiger Sect, then received a fragment from Vine Elder that merged with his body.
• Xu Mingxi exposed Tang Hao and Ah Yin’s secret, then watched Spirit Hall’s pursuit end with Ah Yin’s sacrifice and Tang Hao’s escape after defeating Qian Xunji’s forces.
• Xu Mingxi trapped and killed Bai He as the Clear Sky Sect fell, then arranged for Tang San to reach Notting Academy and set sail toward the distant seas.
• Xu Mingxi led the Shark Tooth across the ocean, survived a storm, and reached the Sun Moon Continent after learning the ship’s charts were ruined.
• Xu Mingxi followed the golden and silver Marks to Sun Moon Town, revealed its hidden sun-and-moon pattern, and entered the gate that appeared when the town vanished.
• Xu Mingxi completed the first trial by absorbing starlight, moonlight, and sunlight over two and a half years, raising his Soul Power to level eighty-eight.
• Xu Mingxi returned to Sun Moon Valley for the second trial, where the High Priest ordered him to capture a Sun Flame Crow and a hundred-thousand-year Cold Moon Bird using his three powers.

Xu Mingxi completed the Sun Moon Valley trials, survived Xu Zixlong’s pursuit, and gained a powerful Moon Worship Wolf King soul ring before securing a ship home. As Spirit Hall’s campaign reshaped the continent, Xu Mingxi reached Vast Sea City and set out for the Star Crown Sect.

• Xu Mingxi fused starlight and moonlight to pass the Sun Flame Crow and Cold Moon Bird trial, then received a seed and fragment from a dying divine tree and departed Sun Moon Valley with the Medicine Pestling Rabbit.
• Xu Mingxi and the Three Elders entered Moon Sheng City, where the First and Ninth Elders were exposed while seeking information and became fugitives from Xu Zixlong.
• Bibi Dong destroyed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while Xu Mingxi absorbed the Sun Flame Crow soul bone and reached level 90.
• Xu Mingxi fought Xu Zixlong as the First, Eighth, and Ninth Elders escaped, then recovered in the Demon Forest and reunited with them at Sea Capital.
• Xu Mingxi raided Rising Sun City for Soul Tool research and sailed into the Oran Empire, where he found and made a pact with the Moon Worship Wolf King before absorbing its soul ring and head Soul Bone.
• Xu Mingxi awakened his Star Domain as the Sun Moon Empire fought the Oran and Otto Empires, then avoided the conflict and seized the Route Board and Swordfish to begin his voyage home.
• Spirit Hall replaced the Seven Great Sects and backed attacks on resisting factions, while the Star Crown Sect faced pressure from Qian Daoliu and Ning Fengzhi considered sheltering displaced clans.
• Xu Mingxi captured Purple Pearl’s ship to reach Vast Sea City, gave the Shark Tooth to Song Jiang and Shui Fu, and hurried toward the Star Crown Sect with the Three Elders and Huo Quan.