Recaps

Xu Tinglan left the Mysterious Underworld Sect to study Soul Tools at Sun Moon Academy, where his forging skill and combat strength brought him powerful mentors and rapid advancement. After gaining a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring in the Far North, he returned to the academy and joined his friends for a competitive trial in Mingyue Forest.

• Xu Tinglan defied Xu Bingtian, left the Mysterious Underworld Sect, and traveled with Jiang Nannan and Mother Jiang to Sun Moon City to study Soul Tools.
• Xu Tinglan and Jiang Nannan enrolled at Sun Moon Academy, where he impressed Xiao Hongchen with his flawless forged metal and defeated competitors in the Soul Engineer competition.
• Xu Tinglan and Jiang Nannan beat Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen in the final, and Jing Hongchen rewarded Xu Tinglan with rare metals and a water-element Spirit Bone Soul Tool.
• Xu Tinglan joined Xuan Ziwen’s research group, forged Thousand-Refined Moon Glow, and impressed Kong Deming, who adopted him and promised to make Soul Tool Armor suited to his Martial Soul.
• Xu Tinglan used Ten-Thousand-Year Tiger Bone Marrow and Yin Yang Treasure Liquid to strengthen his body before traveling with Kong Deming to the Far North.
• Kong Deming killed He Qing after exposing his lies, then helped Xu Tinglan obtain and absorb a ten-thousand-year Cangbei Sea Spirit Turtle Soul Ring.
• Xu Tinglan returned to Sun Moon Academy at level forty-five, startling Xiao Hongchen, and joined Jiang Nannan, Meng Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, and Ju Zi for a trial in Mingyue Forest.
• Xu Tinglan subdued an eight-hundred-year-old Unicorn with Jiang Nannan’s help, while Meng Hongchen took to the air and attacked Xiao Hongchen after he teased her.

Xu Tinglan survived an assassination, grew closer to the Snow Empress, and led Sun Moon’s rising fighters into the Continental Youth Spirit Master Tournament. At Star Luo City, Shrek defeated Heaven Spirit Academy in the opening match, while Xu Tinglan’s choice to pass Shrek’s battle information to their opponent remained concealed.

• Xu Tinglan fought off a White Tiger Assassin in Mingyue Forest, and the assassin’s summoned soul identified him as a member of the White Tiger Duke’s forces.
• Xu Tianran welcomed Xu Tinglan as a brother, and Kong Deming gave him the Ninth-Grade Soul Tool Moon God Radiance while asking him to help unite the continent.
• Xu Tinglan recognized Xuedi as the Snow Empress, escaped with her when Xu Jing attacked Sun Moon Academy, and helped her reunite and merge with Ice Empress in the Far North.
• Xu Tinglan returned to Sun Moon Academy, where he and Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, and Jiang Nannan prepared to challenge Mingde Hall’s main team.
• Xu Tinglan defeated Ma Rulong and became captain of the Sun Moon Team, while Shrek selected its Seven Devils Reserve Team and suffered deadly injuries on the road to Star Luo City.
• At the Star Emperor Hotel, Xu Tinglan refused Xu Sanshi’s request for help and information, then secretly sent Shrek’s fighters and abilities to Heaven Spirit Academy through the black market.
• Heaven Spirit Academy overwhelmed Huo Yuhao’s opening attack, but Xu Sanshi brought its captain into range and helped Shrek secure the victory.

Xu Tinglan led the Sun Moon Team through the tournament while clashing with Shrek over its treatment of students and pursuing valuable auction items. The round-robin ended with Shrek and Sun Moon at the top of their groups, as Meng Hongchen kept bidding for an Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone.

• Xu Tinglan defeated Luo Hong and the Tianyu Team, revealing himself as a powerful young Soul King while concealing most of his abilities.
• Xu Tinglan won the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife at auction, and Electrolux purified its Life Gold and fused it with Xu Tinglan, strengthening his body and Black Tortoise Shield.
• Wang Yan offered Xu Tinglan the leadership of Shrek’s Reserve Team and future leadership of the Shrek Seven Devils, but Xu Tinglan refused and declared he would surpass them.
• After Beibei led Shrek against Wang Yan’s advice, Xu Tinglan exposed Wang Yan’s account of the students’ dangerous mission and lack of Soul Tools, stirring outrage before the Heavenly Fiend Douluo attacked him and was stopped by a silver moon.
• Xu Tinglan and Jiang Nannan used their domains and Soul Tools to defeat the Galaxy Team, while Huo Yuhao watched from the rooftop and secretly vowed to repay Xu Tinglan.
• The Sun Moon Team and Shrek Team finished the round-robin stage atop their groups, and Xu Tinglan outbid Dai Yueheng for the Tyrant Tiger Soul-Refining Blade and secured the Fixed Soul-Guided Cannon Shells for Sun Moon.
• When Xu Jiujiu presented an Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone, Xu Tinglan lent Meng Hongchen his black card so she could keep bidding against the other buyers.

Xu Tinglan led the Sun Moon Team through the tournament and killed Dai Yueheng during the final, triggering a confrontation between Shrek and the Sun Moon Empire. As the individual matches continued, Xu Tinglan faced Ma Xiaotao, whose Evil Fire began to overwhelm her.

• Kong Deming protected Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen at the auction, where the Sun Moon Team won the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone and Xu Jiujiu offered two Divine Pills.
• Xu Jiawei revealed that the Divine Pills contained a hidden poison and ordered Xu Jiujiu to remove it before selling them cheaply to Huo Yuhao, while Jing Hongchen reacted to the auction of Sun Moon Soul Tools to Star Luo.
• Xu Tinglan led Sun Moon Academy into the semifinals, where his team defeated Heavenly Soul Dio Academy and he won the individual match against Jiang Peng before defeating the rest of the Dio contestants.
• Before the final against Shrek, Xu Tinglan completed a Spirit Forged sword, and the Star Luo Emperor announced the champions’ rewards as Dai Hao watched from the arena.
• Xu Tinglan killed Dai Yueheng during the team battle, and Xuan Zi tried to attack him before Kong Deming intervened and Jing Hongchen exposed Xuan Zi’s earlier remarks about the Star Luo students’ deaths.
• The Sun Moon Team defeated Shrek in the team battle, and Xu Tinglan continued to face Shrek’s contestants as Beibei, Ling Luochen, Xu Sanshi, and He Caitou were beaten or withdrew.
• Wang Dong fought Xu Tinglan, whose Soul Skill absorbed attacks and Soul Power, before Ma Xiaotao entered the match and battled him with her Evil Fire.
• Xu Tinglan summoned rain to restore his Soul Power and heal, while Ma Xiaotao lost control of her Evil Fire and transformed into an Evil Phoenix, declaring she could not lose for Shrek.