Recaps

Chen Ming awakened the Vajra Dragon Elephant Martial Soul, became the Dragon Elephant Sect’s Young Sect Master, and learned the truth behind its feud with Shrek. After absorbing his first Soul Ring, he began training as a Soul Engineer under Jing Hongchen and faced Xiao Hongchen in a sparring match.

• Chen Ming awakened the Vajra Dragon Elephant Martial Soul, and Chen Li declared him the Dragon Elephant Sect’s Young Sect Master.
• Chen Li and Chen Ping trained Chen Ming, gave him Soul Tools, and took him to hunt a Diamond Mammoth for his first Soul Ring.
• Chen Ming killed the young Diamond Mammoth, absorbed its nearly eight-hundred-year Soul Ring, and reached Soul Power level fourteen.
• Chen Li revealed that Shrek had betrayed and attacked the Dragon Elephant Sect’s ancestor, prompting the sect’s alliance with the Sun Moon Empire.
• Chen Li chose Jing Hongchen as Chen Ming’s prospective master, and Chen Ping agreed to give up part of his Dragon Marrow Crystal as an apprenticeship gift.
• Back at the sect, Chen Ming learned Soul Tool crafting from Chen Ping, completed a Level 1 Core Pattern, and discovered his Sea of Consciousness.
• Chen Li brought Chen Ming to Mingdu, where Jing Hongchen tested him, accepted him as a disciple, and gave him Hongchen’s Guard.
• After Xiao Hongchen’s prank disrupted the family banquet, Jing Hongchen arranged a spar, and Chen Ming charged Xiao Hongchen after shrugging off his Soul Guide Ray Guns.

Chen Ming’s clash with Xu Tianba drew the Dragon Elephant Sect and Hongchen Family into an imperial dispute, while revelations about Blood Medicine exposed an Evil Soul Master plot within the court. The arc ended with Chen Ming investigating Meteorite Iron that reacted strangely to his Martial Soul.

• Chen Ming defeated Xiao Hongchen in their spar, and Jing Hongchen arranged for Xiao to train with him to improve his body and stabilize his Soul Power.
• While Xiao Hongchen showed Chen Ming and Meng Hongchen around Mingdu, Xu Tianba confronted them, and Chen Ming struck the prince when he tried to stop them.
• Chen Li and Jing Hongchen confronted Xu Tianba and his allies, while Chen Li’s reunion with Kong Jie revealed the truth about A Zhen’s death.
• At the imperial hearing, Xu Pingye punished Chen Ming and Xu Tianba with three months of confinement, barred Chen Ming from his Soul Engineer certification exam, and ordered compensation for the Dragon Elephant Sect and Hongchen Family.
• Jing Hongchen confronted Qian Hongchen, who admitted accepting payment and an Immortal Herb from Xu Tianba’s faction, but Chen Li identified the herb as Blood Medicine and restrained Qian Hongchen.
• Chen Li and Jing Hongchen linked Blood Medicine to Evil Soul Masters operating within the imperial court, and Chen Ming connected the Zhongli family to the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Jing Hongchen and Chen Li resolved to defend their families against the Evil Soul Masters, and Chen Li gave Jing Hongchen blueprints for a Soul Tool that could detect their aura.
• Chen Li’s Golden Bloodline power was absorbed by Xiao Hongchen’s Meteorite Iron, while the metal rejected Chen Ming, who tried to study it by smearing a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear’s blood over his transformed hand.

Chen Ming developed his defenses, trained at the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Engineer Academy, and helped bring Long Silou into Mingde Hall. After gaining Gravity Control from a mutated Crit Bear in Sunken Valley, he witnessed a catastrophe caused by the Molten Mountain Dragon and learned that he had been chosen to help repair Douluo Continent.

• Chen Ming’s Diamond Mammoth traits strengthened his defense but weakened his attacks, and Jing Hongchen discovered his resistance could repel even powerful ice elements.
• Jing Hongchen uncovered Qian Hongchen’s theft and espionage, then enrolled Chen Ming, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen in the academy, where they won first-year tournament battles.
• Chen Ming challenged Ji Juechen to a spar, and their fight ended with Chen Ming’s close-range Soul Cannon blast scorching him and disabling Ji Juechen.
• Jing Hongchen brought Long Silou to Mingde Hall, where Long Silou agreed to consider joining and chose Xiao Hongchen as a potential apprentice.
• Chen Ming reached Level 20 and joined Chen Li, Chen Buban, and Jing Hongchen on an expedition into Sunken Valley to hunt a Crit Bear.
• Chen Ming killed the Crit Bear and absorbed its Purple Soul Ring, gaining Gravity Control and raising his Soul Power to level twenty-four.
• A Fierce Beast-level Molten Mountain Dragon triggered a disaster in Sunken Valley before the God of Destruction killed it, and the God of Life chose Chen to help repair Douluo Continent’s framework.

Chen Ming grew stronger through cultivation, a dangerous Soul Ring absorption, and a public challenge at the academy, while the Sun Moon Empire’s conflict with Shrek and the Holy Spirit Cult intensified. The arc left Chen Ming traveling with the academy’s competition teams to the Dou Ling Empire, where he recognized Ma Rulong as a future wielder of the Sword of Judgment.

• Chen Li and Jing Hongchen investigated Sunken Valley, but Zhongli Dong and his sons attacked the Clawed Soul Engineer Regiment, killing Swallow Douluo and leaving Zhao Zhao gravely wounded before Zhongli Wu killed Zhongli Dong and escaped.
• Chen Ming studied the Tang Sect manuals and Tang Chen’s Divine Script techniques, then learned from the dying Kong Jie that the emperor was cooperating with the Holy Spirit Cult and received a bottle of Holy Water from Chen Li.
• Chen Ming defended Ju Zi from bullies at the Royal Soul Engineer Academy, helped secure their expulsion, and later defeated Xiao Hongchen in a sparring match.
• After reaching Level 30, Chen Ming chose an 8,200-year-old Dragon Elephant for his third Soul Ring and endured its absorption while Chen Li and Jing Hongchen faced the Star Dou Seven Monsters.
• Chen Ming awakened as a Level 31 Soul Elder, killed Scarface and the other members of the soul-hunting squad, and discovered that his Dragon Elephant’s Wrath greatly enhanced his combat abilities.
• Chen Ming and Jing Hongchen exposed the Seven Evils’ atrocities, triggering a public scandal after Dai Yueheng pursued witnesses and Mu En intervened against Shrek’s cover-up.
• Chen Ming returned to the academy, revealed his three Soul Rings, and defeated his classmates in a mass challenge, including the defensive Soul Ancestor Student Niu.
• Jing Hongchen selected Chen Ming, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen for the academy teams, and they traveled to the Dou Ling Empire, where Chen Ming recognized Ma Rulong.