Recaps

Xia Ming led Shrek Academy to a decisive victory over Plant Academy, drawing attention from the empires and Du Busi. Mu En then asked Du Busi for the Body Sect’s Body-Tempering Secret Art for Xia Ming, but Du Busi refused and left.

• The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner after all seven Plant Academy members were unable to continue fighting.
• The Heavenly Soul Emperor and Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy’s teacher discussed Xia Ming’s strength, while Du Busi judged him a remarkable genius.
• Xia Ming returned to Shrek’s group, where Tang Ya regretted that his power had not been available to save the Tang Sect, and Wu Feng blushed at him.
• After the others left, Du Busi revealed himself as the Body Sect’s sect master and spoke with Mu En, who showed him an immortal herb.
• Mu En asked Du Busi to give Xia Ming the Body-Tempering Secret Art, but Du Busi refused and departed.

Xia Ming spotted a suspicious black-robed figure in Heaven Dou City and pursued him, discovering that he was an Evil Soul Master Soul Saint. With Mu En watching nearby, Xia Ming fought back and sent the enemy crashing into ruins with one punch.

• Chen Zifeng invited Xia Ming and Wu Feng to join the reserve team’s trip to the auction, winning a bet against Yao Haoxuan.
• Xia Ming sensed sinister energy from a black-robed man in an alley, excused himself from the group, and began following him.
• Xia Ming contacted Mu En with a Voice Transmission Soul Tool and reported that he might have found an Evil Soul Master.
• The black-robed man revealed himself as a Soul Saint, and Mu En told Xia Ming to fight while he watched nearby.
• Xia Ming activated his Red-Gold Transformation and Titan Strength soul skills, then struck the Evil Soul Master hard enough to break his arm and hurl him into ruins.

Xia Ming fought a Soul Saint-level Evil Soul Master, enduring his attacks until Mu En intervened with overwhelming light power. Mu En praised Xia Ming but warned him about his limits, then turned his attention to the defeated Evil Soul Master.

• The Evil Soul Master unleashed Blood Bat Soul Devour, but Xia Ming charged through the bats without being harmed and forced his opponent to use Martial Soul Avatar.
• The transformed Evil Soul Master attacked Xia Ming with his fifth and sixth Soul Skills, breaking through Xia Ming's defense and wounding his shoulder.
• Mu En appeared and released a powerful light that healed Xia Ming's wound and suppressed the Evil Soul Saint.
• Mu En advised Xia Ming not to underestimate Soul Saints, and Xia Ming acknowledged that the Evil Soul Master had been a favorable matchup.
• Mu En turned toward the ashen-faced Evil Soul Master.

Mu En and Xia Ming uncovered a Holy Spirit Cult stronghold in Heaven Dou City while investigating who had placed a restriction on an Evil Soul Master. After Mu En destroyed the stronghold’s cover, its leader emerged and ordered the cultists to attack.

• Mu En discovered and carefully removed a powerful restriction from the captured Evil Soul Master, then learned it had been placed by the Holy Spirit Cult’s Supreme Cult Leader.
• The Evil Soul Master revealed the location of a Holy Spirit Cult stronghold in Heaven Dou City, and Mu En killed him after extracting the information.
• Mu En informed Du Busi and brought Xia Ming to the stronghold, which was disguised as a merchant association near the Iron Blood Sect headquarters.
• Mu En sealed off the area, moved ordinary people to safety, and razed the merchant association.
• An elderly black-robed Evil Soul Master emerged from the rubble, spread black mist, and ordered the cultists to attack and escape.

Mu En defeated a group of Holy Spirit Cult Evil Soul Masters and interrogated their surviving elder, learning the cult’s organization and that its headquarters lay in the Evil Demon Forest, under the Evil Emperor’s influence. He sent Xia Ming to reunite with the others while he sought allies to plan their response.

• Mu En used Dragon Emperor Quake Domain to destroy six Evil Soul Saints and capture their Soul Douluo leader alive.
• The captured elder revealed that the Holy Spirit Cult had two leaders, eight elders, and twelve offerings, including Long Xiaoyao, and that its headquarters was in the Evil Demon Forest.
• Mu En realized the Holy Spirit Cult likely had the Evil Emperor’s support and decided he needed another plan before attacking its headquarters.
• Mu En told Xia Ming to meet the others while he went to discuss the threat with several people.
• Mu En informed the arriving soldiers that he had eliminated the Evil Soul Masters, and Xia Ming slipped away before rejoining the reserve team at the auction house.

At the Heaven Dou Auction House, Xia Ming bought a damaged crown after his Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff Martial Soul reacted violently to it. The crown vanished into his body, and even Mu En could detect no trace of it, leaving Xia Ming to wonder whether it was connected to a God Position.

• At the auction, Xia Ming bid five hundred Gold Soul Coins for the Incomplete Crown after sensing its powerful connection to his Martial Soul.
• After the auction, Xia Ming took the crown to his hotel room, where his Martial Soul possessed him and the crown turned into light and entered his body.
• Xia Ming examined himself but found no change, then sought out Mu En and explained what had happened.
• Mu En searched Xia Ming's body with his Soul Power but found no sign of the crown, and said its presence might serve an unexpected purpose someday.
• Xia Ming suspected the crown was connected to a deity's God Position and wondered whether such an inheritance could still exist beyond God King Tang's control.

Xia Ming trained in Mu En’s Reign Over the World technique before Shrek Academy began the round-robin stage against Mingdu Soul Master Academy. Mu En sent Xia Ming to open their match, where he charged at Soul Engineer Chen Yan and his artillery array.

• Mu En taught Xia Ming Reign Over the World, and Xia Ming began to fuse spiritual power with his soul power.
• Xia Ming made progress on the technique as the round-robin stage began.
• Shrek Academy drew Mingdu Soul Master Academy for a one-on-one elimination match, and Mu En chose Xia Ming as the first competitor.
• Xia Ming faced Chen Yan, who deployed a large array of Soul Tools and a Force Gathering Soul Cannon.
• Xia Ming charged straight at Chen Yan’s artillery fortress.

Xia Ming crushed Chen Yan and his Soul Guidance Artillery Platform to win the first match for Shrek Academy. He then faced Luo Jiang, a Soul King and Level Five Soul Engineer, who opened with a powerful defensive Soul Tool.

• Chen Yan unleashed a fan-shaped barrage from more than thirty Level Four Soul Guidance Rays, but Xia Ming endured it using two soul skills.
• Xia Ming smashed Chen Yan and his artillery platform with a punch, knocking Chen unconscious and winning the first match for Shrek Academy.
• The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner, and Chen Yan later discovered that more than seventy percent of his treasured platform had been destroyed.
• Mingdu Soul Master Academy sent Luo Jiang, one of its three Soul Kings, to face Xia Ming.
• Luo Jiang summoned a Level Five defensive Soul Tool shield and planned to wear down Xia Ming by letting him attack.

Xia Ming defeated Luo Jiang with his newly formed Self-Created Soul Skill, Reign Over the World, despite Luo Jiang’s shield blocking his physical attacks. Zhang Lexuan then swept aside Mingdu Soul Master Academy’s remaining fighters, securing Shrek Academy’s victory.

• Xia Ming battered Luo Jiang’s shield with enhanced attacks, but its defenses absorbed every blow.
• Xia Ming gathered his power and struck the shield with a punch that carried spiritual force, knocking Luo Jiang unconscious.
• The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner of Xia Ming’s bout, and Xia Ming left the stage as Zhang Lexuan took his place.
• Zhang Lexuan quickly eliminated Mingdu Soul Master Academy’s fighters, defeating the remaining Soul Kings and Soul Ancestors in a one-sided match.
• The referee announced Shrek Academy’s victory as the arena erupted in applause and discussion.

Shrek Academy swept the round-robin stage and faced Canglan Academy in the round of sixteen. After Shrek won the team battle, Mu En sent Xia Ming into the individual match with orders to defeat two Soul Kings or eliminate Canglan’s captain, Huyan Yu.

• Mu En rotated Shrek’s reserve members through the remaining group matches, and Shrek finished the round-robin stage with seven straight victories.
• Canglan Academy drew Shrek in the round of sixteen, and Zhang Lexuan led Shrek’s main team to a quick victory in the team battle.
• Before the individual matches, Mu En stopped Zhang Lexuan and ordered Xia Ming to defeat at least two Soul Kings or eliminate Canglan’s captain.
• Xia Ming accepted Mu En’s request and faced Huyan Yu, who resolved to win the match and restore Canglan’s dignity.
• The referee started the match, and Huyan Yu released his five Soul Rings as powerful Soul Power swept across the venue.

Xia Ming fought Huyan Yu, whose Diamond Mammoth Martial Soul and Soul Guidance Thruster gave him overwhelming strength, defense, and charging speed. Xia Ming’s spiritual attacks disrupted Huyan Yu’s consciousness, leaving Huyan Yu alarmed and searching for a way to break the vicious cycle.

• Huyan Yu activated his Soul Guidance Thruster and charged Xia Ming, then overpowered him in a direct fist clash.
• Xia Ming’s fist carried a spiritual shock that blurred Huyan Yu’s consciousness and stopped his follow-up attack.
• Xia Ming pressed forward with another punch, physically failing to penetrate Huyan Yu’s defense while inflicting further spiritual pain.
• Huyan Yu forced himself to retreat with his thruster and realized that closing in on Xia Ming would expose him to more spiritual attacks.

Xia Ming and Huyan Yu fought a brutal head-on battle until Xia Ming was knocked to the arena’s edge. Huyan Yu’s final charge sent Xia Ming toward the boundary, but Xia Ming revealed a concealed Soul Guidance Thruster and landed safely, leaving the match unresolved.

• Huyan Yu suppressed his fear and charged Xia Ming, choosing to fight through direct clashes.
• Huyan Yu endured Xia Ming’s repeated mental attacks while the two exchanged powerful blows across the arena.
• Huyan Yu struck Xia Ming to the edge of the platform and gathered his remaining strength for a finishing charge.
• Xia Ming met Huyan Yu’s final punch and was propelled toward the arena boundary.
• Xia Ming activated a concealed Soul Guidance Thruster to cancel his momentum and land safely at the platform’s edge.

Shrek Academy won the tournament after Xia Ming defeated Huyan Yu and Zhang Lexuan swept the remaining matches, then claimed the championship Soul Bones. Mu En advised Xia Ming to hold out for powerful future Soul Bones and urged him to say goodbye to his maid before the team left Heaven Dou City.

• Xia Ming defeated Huyan Yu, who collapsed unconscious, and the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner.
• Zhang Lexuan defeated the two remaining Soul Kings, and Shrek Academy advanced to the top eight.
• Zhang Lexuan led Shrek Academy through the tournament, including its victory over Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, to win the championship and three ten-thousand-year Soul Bones.
• Mu En asked Xia Ming whether he envied the prizes, then urged him to seek a Hundred-Thousand-Year sixth Soul Ring and never settle for an inferior final Soul Bone.
• Mu En told Xia Ming to say goodbye to his little maid before Shrek Academy left Heaven Dou City the next day.

Xia Ming comforted Wu Feng before leaving Heaven Dou City, promising to meet her at Shrek Academy in four years. Meanwhile, Mu En accepted a grave responsibility from the Heavenly Soul Emperor on behalf of the Heaven Dou Empire and the Body Sect.

• Wu Feng asked Xia Ming to stay at the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and offered to secretly take Soul Bones from her grandfather, but he declined and said he would return to Shrek.
• Xia Ming took Wu Feng on a nighttime walk through Heaven Dou City, where they browsed the lively streets and he bought her small trinkets.
• After returning to the hotel, Xia Ming promised to wait for Wu Feng at Shrek Academy's gates on the day new students reported in four years later, as her friend.
• In the Heaven Dou Empire's imperial palace, the Heavenly Soul Emperor entrusted a matter to Mu En, and Mu En said he would entrust it to the Heaven Dou Empire and the Body Sect.

Xia Ming and Zhang Lexuan set out for the Star Dou Great Forest with an elite Shrek escort to hunt for powerful Soul Rings, while Mu En investigated the Xishui Alliance in Ming Capital. His spiritual probe exposed Ye Xishui, and the two Limit Douluo faced off above the city as she attacked him.

• Xia Ming and Zhang Lexuan traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest with Yan Shaozhe, Elder Song, Elder Zhuang, and the academy's escort force to hunt for Soul Rings.
• Mu En used spatial power to reach Ming Capital and traced a clue from Shrek's investigation to a stronghold of the Xishui Alliance.
• Mu En's spiritual probe touched the building's core, where Ye Xishui detected him and recognized him.
• Ye Xishui erupted from the stronghold and attacked as Mu En revealed his Bright Sacred Dragon and nine Soul Rings.
• Mu En and Ye Xishui confronted each other above Ming Capital, and Ye Xishui unleashed one of her blood-red Soul Rings against him.

Mu En used his restored and strengthened power to suppress Ye Xishui with his light-based Self-Created Soul Skills. Though he considered killing her, her many life-saving abilities kept him from turning his advantage into a decisive victory.

• Mu En unleashed Dragon Emperor Evil-Breaking Split, purifying Ye Xishui’s blood-colored domain and shocking her with his increased strength.
• Mu En spread Dragon Emperor Quake Domain, severely suppressing Ye Xishui’s Soul Power and movements.
• Ye Xishui blamed her disadvantage on the unfinished Death God Tower as Mu En resolved to seize the chance to kill her.
• Mu En battered Ye Xishui with waves of golden Soul Power, but her Blood Soul Demon Puppet and resentful spirits deflected his attacks and gave her multiple extra lives.

Mu En fought Ye Xishui in Ming Capital until Kong Deming and the Sun Moon Empire’s Class 9 Soul Engineers arrived to help her. He challenged them all at once, but the forces surrounding him prepared a combined assault as Ye Xishui gathered her strength.

• Mu En realized his attacks had only dissipated a few of Ye Xishui’s wraiths when Soul Guidance Rays and the Sun Moon Empire’s Class 9 Soul Engineers appeared.
• Mu En recognized Kong Deming as a major threat and expanded his Light Domain to draw the newcomers into battle.
• Kong Deming attacked Mu En with a golden ring, but Mu En dodged and struck back, nearly destroying Kong Deming’s Class 9 defensive Soul Tool.
• Kong Deming ordered Jing Hongchen, Ye Yulin, and the other Soul Engineers to attack Mu En together.
• Ye Xishui recovered, turned her hair blood red, and absorbed the phantom Blood Soul Demon Puppet into her body.

Mu En weathered Ye Xishui and Kong Deming’s combined assault, then fought both of them alone while his light power overwhelmed Ye Xishui’s blood and destroyed her vengeful spirits. The battle continued with Ye Xishui increasingly restrained and distressed, while Kong Deming’s close-range support Soul Engineers withdrew.

• Ye Xishui unleashed her Boundless Sea of Blood as Kong Deming and the Level Nine Soul Engineers prepared to attack Mu En.
• Mu En’s golden light erupted against their attacks, creating a devastating shockwave that forced Kong Deming and Ye Xishui to defend themselves and badly shook the supporting Soul Engineers.
• Kong Deming ordered the Level Nine Soul Engineers to retreat and provide only long-range support, leaving him and Ye Xishui to face Mu En.
• Kong Deming fired a storm of Soul Guidance attacks while Mu En dodged with precise movements and focused his counterattacks on Ye Xishui.
• Mu En’s light power destroyed two of Ye Xishui’s century-nurtured vengeful spirit clusters, leaving her panicked as his attacks continued to suppress her Sea of Blood.

Ye Xishui called Long Xiaoyao to repay his debt to her, and he joined her and Kong Deming against Mu En. With the Twin Sacred Dragons fighting again and Kong Deming adding his Soul Tools to the assault, Mu En’s advantage faded and his defeat began to seem inevitable.

• Mu En’s light attacks destroyed more of Ye Xishui’s Blood Souls, weakening her defenses and bringing her close to defeat.
• Ye Xishui called for Long Xiaoyao, who emerged from darkness and faced Mu En.
• Long Xiaoyao admitted that he was standing with Ye Xishui because of what he owed her, and Mu En prepared to fight him.
• Long Xiaoyao and Mu En clashed with their dark and light dragon powers, while Ye Xishui and Kong Deming attacked Mu En as well.
• The combined assault forced Mu En to divide his strength, and his Light Domain contracted as the advantage shifted toward Ye Xishui and her allies.

Mu En withdrew from his battle against Long Xiaoyao, Ye Xishui, and Kong Deming after Long Xiaoyao offered him a chance to leave. After confirming Mu En’s identity, Kong Deming resolved to accelerate the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Tool development, and the three entered the imperial palace to report to the emperor.

• Long Xiaoyao called for the battle to end and urged Mu En to leave, while Ye Xishui and Kong Deming accepted his decision.
• Mu En recognized that continuing the fight would only drain his strength and expose his trump cards, so he nodded and vanished into the night.
• The Sun Moon Empire’s ninth-rank Soul Engineers relaxed after Mu En’s aura disappeared from Ming Capital.
• Ye Xishui confirmed to Kong Deming that their opponent had been the Bright Sacred Dragon, Dragon God Douluo Mu En.
• Kong Deming resolved to accelerate development of Linked Soul Tools and High-Energy Array Compression Soul Tools, then accompanied Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao to the imperial palace.

Yan Shaozhe’s soul-hunting party encountered a ten-thousand-year Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear in the Star Dou Great Forest. After Yan Shaozhe wounded it, the beast targeted Xia Ming, but Elder Song deflected its attack and remained on guard.

• Yan Shaozhe, Elder Song, and Elder Zhuang discovered a ten-thousand-year Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear feeding in a clearing.
• Yan Shaozhe confronted the bear and blocked its Dark-Gold Terrorclaw with his Radiant Phoenix.
• Yan Shaozhe struck the charging bear with phoenix flame, scorching it but failing to end the fight.
• The wounded bear redirected its attack toward Xia Ming, whom Elder Song was protecting.
• Elder Song used the Azure Shadow Divine Eagle’s wind blades to knock the claw beam away from Xia Ming.

Yan Shaozhe defeated the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear, allowing Xia Ming to absorb its ten-thousand-year Soul Ring. The group also discovered the bear’s Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Left Palm Bone, which Yan Shaozhe gave to Xia Ming to absorb next.

• Yan Shaozhe used his Martial Soul Avatar and Soul Skills to burn the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear until it could barely move.
• Xia Ming delivered the final blow, then absorbed the bear’s black Soul Ring while Yan Shaozhe and the two elders guarded him.
• Yan Shaozhe extracted the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Left Palm Bone from the bear and identified it as a rare, growth-capable External Soul Bone.
• After about an hour, Xia Ming finished absorbing the Soul Ring and reported that his Soul Power had risen to around the middle of level thirty-eight.
• Yan Shaozhe gave Xia Ming the palm bone, and Elder Song and Elder Zhuang encouraged him to absorb it under their protection.

Xia Ming smoothly absorbed the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Left Palm Bone, reached rank thirty-nine, and demonstrated its power alongside his third soul skill, Sky-Rending Tear. Yan Shaozhe and the elders recognized the skill’s extraordinary ability to pierce Soul Power defenses, leaving Xia Ming with a formidable weapon for challenging stronger opponents.

• Xia Ming fused with the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Left Palm Bone without difficulty, and his Soul Power rose to rank thirty-nine.
• Xia Ming manifested five dark-gold claws and tested them against Yan Shaozhe’s three Soul Douluo-level shields, piercing them and leaving shallow cuts on Yan Shaozhe’s arm.
• Xia Ming explained that Sky-Rending Tear ignored Soul Power defenses and doubled the power of his next attack, while consuming a quarter of his Soul Power.
• Yan Shaozhe, Elder Song, and Elder Zhuang reacted with shock to the skill’s power, and Yan Shaozhe said it could become the nightmare of Xia Ming’s enemies.

Xia Ming challenged a fifty-thousand-year Howling Moon Wolf King that was an ideal seventh Soul Ring target for Zhang Lexuan. He matched the Wolf King's opening strike and began unleashing his Reign Over the World technique.

• Yan Shaozhe explained that Zhang Lexuan needed a powerful, compatible soul beast for her seventh Soul Ring.
• Elder Song discovered a Howling Moon Wolf King nearly fifty-five thousand years old, and Yan Shaozhe identified it as an excellent match for Zhang Lexuan.
• Xia Ming asked to fight the Wolf King himself, and Yan Shaozhe and the elders agreed to guard him.
• Xia Ming entered the valley, summoned his Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff Martial Soul, and activated his Domination Domain and first two Soul Rings.
• The Wolf King attacked with a moonlight-charged claw, but Xia Ming met it with his fist and held his ground.
• Xia Ming gathered spiritual pressure and physical strength into his right fist and shouted, “Reign Over the World!”

Xia Ming defeated the fifty-five-thousand-year Howling Moon Wolf King and told Zhang Lexuan to absorb its Soul Ring. While she was still absorbing it, a Golden Lion-Tiger appeared from the forest.

• Xia Ming overcame the Howling Moon Wolf King's moonlight attacks and charged through its ultimate beam despite being wounded.
• Xia Ming used Sky-Rending Tear to pierce the wolf king's Silver Moon Shield and fatally wound it.
• Yan Shaozhe, Elder Song, Elder Zhuang, and Zhang Lexuan witnessed Xia Ming's victory, and Zhang Lexuan began absorbing the wolf king's Soul Ring.
• A Golden Lion-Tiger emerged from the forest while Zhang Lexuan's absorption was still underway.