Recaps

Xu Yanli led the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy through the tournament while pursuing the Life and Destruction inheritance and maneuvering against the Star Luo Empire. After helping the Body Sect rob the royal auction, he faced Shrek in the arena and left Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire transformed into a Black Phoenix, whose flames threatened the barrier.

• Xu Yanli settled the Angel Clan in Ming Capital, appointed Lezheng Yang as Angel Duke, and set him to form the Angel Legion before leaving for the tournament.
• On the journey to Star Luo City, Xu Yanli underwent the Life and Destruction inheritance trials, surviving the forces’ clash with help from his Faith Force.
• Xu Yanli led the Sun Moon team through the tournament’s early matches, while the Star Luo Emperor recognized his resemblance to Xu Wangshu and ordered him killed.
• Xu Yanli bought the cursed Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife and purified it into the Gold of Life, then arranged with Du Busi and the Body Sect to rob the royal auction.
• The Body Sect stole the auction’s treasures, and Xu Yanli demanded compensation from Princess Jiujiu and a meeting with the Star Luo Emperor.
• Huo Yuhao, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen defeated Shrek in the three-on-three match using coordinated attacks guided by Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection.
• Xu Yanli and Ma Rulong faced Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yaoheng, and Xu Yanli’s Sun Wheel Slash shattered their combined attack and injured them.
• Ma Xiaotao lost control of her Evil Fire, and Xu Yanli used the Sword of Judgment to resonate with it until her Martial Soul became a Black Phoenix whose flames began cracking the arena barrier.

Xu Yanli defeated Shrek’s team and exposed its treatment of commoner students before confronting Xu Jiawei and pursuing his own plans for the Sun Moon Empire. He founded a free school, gained Bi Ji as his Soul Spirit, and returned to begin his second divine trial while preparing to confront the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Xu Yanli led the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy to victory over Shrek, then Shen Muqing and Zhao Tiesheng revealed how Shrek had mistreated and impoverished their families, turning the crowd against the academy.
• Xu Yanli confronted Xu Jiawei about Huo Yun’er’s death, moved his mother’s remains to a new coffin, and accepted the championship trophy before exploring the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and gathering immortal herbs and Soul Beasts.
• Xu Yanli and Xu Tianran agreed on plans for Xu Yanli to act as regent while Xu Tianran poisoned the emperor, and Xu Yanli planned free schooling, accessible academies, and imperial examinations.
• Xu Yanli arranged a new home for the Body Sect, traveled to New City, and destroyed an Evil Soul Master who was draining villagers, completing his first trials for the God of Life and the God of Destruction.
• Xu Yanli opened New City Academy with free schooling and meals, then went to the Star Dou Great Forest and persuaded Bi Ji to become his Soul Spirit, gaining an Eighth Soul Ring and a left leg Soul Bone.
• Xu Yanli said farewell to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and proposed that Long Xiaoyao help establish rules that spared reformed Evil Soul Masters but punished those who continued harming civilians.
• Xu Yanli returned to Prince Xiaoyao Mansion and meditated beneath the Ancient Tree of Life for an hour, beginning his year-long second divine trial.

Xu Yanli completed his divine trials, built the Angel Legion into a force against Evil Soul Masters, and turned the tournament into a display of Sun Moon Empire power. After defeating Wang Dong’er and the divine intervention sent through her, he imprisoned the intruders and trapped the rival factions in Ming Capital, then planned a wedding and a hunt to advance his Eighth Trial.

• Xu Yanli endured the Thunder Domain, formed a second soul core from Life and Destruction, and established the Purification Department with Xu Tianran’s approval.
• Lezheng Yang led the Angel Legion in defeating the Original Three Kingdoms’ allied army, and Xu Tianran killed two captured Titled Douluos while four others submitted.
• At nineteen, Xu Yanli reached Level ninety-nine, completed his Seventh God Trial, and prepared Xiaoyao Pavilion for the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament.
• Xu Yanli and Xu Tianran opened the tournament with a military parade that displayed the empire’s cavalry, Soul Cannons, Angel Legion, and strategic weapons.
• Xu Yanli’s teams advanced through the matches, and he secretly protected competitors from dangerous attacks while the foreign delegations watched his strength.
• Wang Dong’er challenged Xu Yanli alone, but his Creation Judgment destroyed Tang San’s summoned divine thought and left Wang Dong’er unconscious.
• Xu Yanli defeated Er Ming and Da Ming when they intervened, then had them imprisoned and placed Wang Dong’er under medical care.
• The Sun Moon Empire sealed Ming Capital’s gates as rival factions fled, and Xu Tianran ordered their leaders confined while Xu Yanli proposed a wedding and a hunt for the 870,000-year-old Evil Eye Tyrant Lord.

Xu Yanli completed the inheritance of Life and Destruction, restored Electrolux, and brought the Star Luo Empire under his rule. After his enthronement, he learned that the former Sun Moon emperor had left him that throne as well and set out for Ming Capital.

• Xu Yanli killed the Evil Eye Tyrant Lord, absorbed its Soul Ring and gained an External Soul Bone before returning to Ming Capital and choosing Ye Guyi as his bride.
• Xu Yanli assigned Huo Yuhao to lead the campaign against Heaven Dou and entered the divine inheritance trial, where he transformed his Soul Bones and passed its altars.
• Huo Yuhao’s army captured Heaven Dou’s cities, and Zhang Lexuan exposed the royal family’s role in her family’s murder before Heaven Dou surrendered.
• Xu Yanli completed the Godhood trials and became the Dual God King of Life and Destruction, while the Angel Clan awakened its Six-Winged Angel Martial Souls.
• Xu Yanli restored Electrolux to life and resolved to settle the Shrek conflict before confronting Tang San in the Divine Realm.
• Xu Yanli revived the people’s faith in his mother in Star Luo City, forced Xu Jiawei to abdicate, and secured the city’s submission.
• Xu Yanli was enthroned as emperor of Star Luo under the era name Yong’an and warned his officials against plotting against his new dynasty.
• Jing Hongchen told Xu Yanli that the former Sun Moon emperor had died and left him the throne, and Xu Yanli flew toward Ming Capital.