Recaps

After Shrek Academy won the tournament, Xia Ming returned to the academy and confirmed that the Blue Silver Emperor was parasitizing the Golden Tree. Unable to remove it yet, he learned the route to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and immediately set out.

• Shrek Academy won the finals, and Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and the other core members declined the Star Luo Empire's Soul Bone rewards while Dai Yueheng accepted one.
• Xia Ming met Emperor Xu Jiawei, who thanked him and asked him to arrange for Xu Jiujiu to study at Shrek Academy; Xia Ming agreed to admit her directly to the Inner Court.
• After returning to Shrek Academy, Xia Ming used his spiritual power to confirm that the Blue Silver Emperor was draining the Golden Tree's life force.
• Mu En said he had failed to damage the Blue Silver Emperor and resolved to guard the Golden Tree while Xia Ming waited until he was strong enough to remove it.
• Xia Ming asked Mu En for the location of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, received directions, and departed Shrek Academy at once.

Xia Ming entered the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, erased the intelligence of its Fairy Herbs, and collected them. At the bottom, he absorbed the Water and Fire Dragon Kings’ remaining power to form two God Rank Soul Rings for his Holy Qilin Martial Soul, greatly strengthening his command of the elements.

• Xia Ming told Aromatic Silk Beauty that he was Tang San’s enemy, then defeated the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass with a single punch.
• Xia Ming used his spiritual power to erase the consciousness of every intelligent Fairy Herb in the valley and collected them.
• Xia Ming dived into the spring and found the remains of the Water and Fire Dragon Kings at its bottom.
• Xia Ming used a scale bearing Gu Yuena’s aura and the Qilin God Position to purify and absorb the Dragon Kings’ lingering power.
• Xia Ming formed two God Rank Soul Rings, one of extreme ice and one of extreme fire, and attached them to his Holy Qilin Martial Soul.

After testing the power of his new God Rank Soul Rings, Xia Ming returned to the Star Dou Great Forest and tried to persuade Xiong Jun to become his Soul Spirit. Xiong Jun refused, so Xia Ming provoked his pride by claiming he could not defeat Scarlet King.

• Xia Ming tested how Myriad Transformation and Elemental Sanctuary amplified his new Soul Rings, even producing a brief fluctuation of time-element power.
• Xia Ming scanned the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, found no hidden divine consciousness from Tang San, and left the valley after his experiment destroyed the Jade Phosphor Seven-Absolute Flowers.
• Xia Ming reached the Lake of Life and showed Gu Yuena the two Soul Rings bearing the Water and Fire Dragon Kings' origins.
• Xia Ming asked Xiong Jun to become his Soul Spirit, but Xiong Jun refused to attach himself to a human.
• Xia Ming claimed Xiong Jun could not defeat Scarlet King, enraging Xiong Jun into demanding a one-on-one fight.

Xia Ming summoned Scarlet King to fight Xiong Jun, and Scarlet King defeated his old rival with his transformed Ultimate Fire. Xia Ming stopped Xiong Jun before he could continue, leaving Xiong Jun stunned by both his loss and the power behind Scarlet King.

• Xia Ming summoned Scarlet King and asked him to fight Xiong Jun at full strength.
• Scarlet King confronted Xiong Jun, who attacked with his Sky-Rending Claw.
• Scarlet King broke through Xiong Jun's Sky-Rending Claw with Ultimate Fire and engulfed him in flames.
• Scarlet King pierced Xiong Jun's abdomen with a concentrated beam of Ultimate Fire.
• Xia Ming suppressed Xiong Jun and declared that he had lost, leaving Xiong Jun shocked by Scarlet King's strength.

Xia Ming contracted with Xiong Jun, gaining his eighth Soul Ring and rising to Soul Power Level eighty-five, with combat power in the God Rank domain. He judged that he still needed greater strength before confronting the Clear Sky Sect, killing Er Ming, and completing his God Trial.

• Xia Ming persuaded the weakened Xiong Jun to become his Soul Spirit, and Xiong Jun agreed so he would not remain weaker than someone he had once defeated.
• Di Tian, Bi Ji, King of Ten Thousand Demons, and the other Beast Lords arrived as Xia Ming prepared the contract ritual.
• Electrolux presided over the ritual, transforming Xiong Jun's life imprint and soul origin into a Soul Spirit and forming Xia Ming's eighth Soul Ring.
• Xia Ming absorbed the power of the contract and rose to Soul Power Level eighty-five, entering the God Rank domain in pure combat strength.
• Xia Ming decided his new power was still insufficient for his plans against the Clear Sky Sect and Er Ming.

Xia Ming used Qilin Divine Power to transform Xiong Jun’s Dark-Gold Terrorclaw into a divine artifact and raised his Evil Eye External Soul Bone to God Rank. After the Beast Lords protected him through the process, Di Tian challenged him to test the new claw, and Xia Ming accepted.

• Xia Ming revealed Xiong Jun’s four-hundred-thousand-year Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Right Palm Bone and sensed that it was close to becoming a divine artifact.
• Xia Ming poured Qilin Divine Power into the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw, beginning its transformation as Di Tian and the Beast Lords guarded the area.
• After two hours, the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw’s evolution succeeded, and Xia Ming also advanced his Evil Eye External Soul Bone to God Rank.
• Xia Ming thanked the Beast Lords for protecting him, and Di Tian challenged him to test the newly evolved divine artifact.
• Xia Ming accepted Di Tian’s challenge while King of Ten Thousand Demons silently considered what was happening.

Xia Ming tested his newly completed Dark-Gold Terrorclaw against Di Tian’s Dragon God Claw in a clash that shook the sky and threatened the surrounding land. Di Tian fell behind and realized he would need to change his approach to avoid defeat.

• Xia Ming told Di Tian he would use only the Dark-Gold Terrorclaw, while Di Tian chose to fight with the Dragon God Claw.
• Di Tian unleashed the Dragon God Claw, and Xia Ming met it head-on with five dark-gold claw lights.
• Their collision created a vast explosion and shockwaves that stunned Bi Ji, King of Ten Thousand Demons, and Zi Ji below.
• Di Tian slid backward after the clash as Xia Ming’s God Rank strength and artifact sharpness overwhelmed his attacks.
• Di Tian realized that he would likely lose unless he changed his approach.

Xia Ming defeated Di Tian in their spar, proving the gap between their strength. Di Tian accepted his defeat and promised that Xia Ming could come to him for his Soul Ring when he was ready to complete the rings for his second Martial Soul.

• Xia Ming concentrated his dark-gold claw lights and shattered Di Tian's Dragon God Claw phantom.
• Xia Ming's remaining attack struck Di Tian in the chest, badly injuring him and ending the spar.
• Di Tian acknowledged that he had lost and recognized that Xia Ming had held back.
• Di Tian asked whether Xia Ming had chosen the Soul Rings for his second Martial Soul, and Xia Ming said he had not.
• Di Tian promised Xia Ming could seek him out in the future to obtain the Soul Ring of the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King.
• Xia Ming understood the weight of Di Tian's promise and solemnly accepted it.

After gaining Xiong Jun’s Soul Power and reaching Soul Douluo, Xia Ming returned to Shrek Academy and told Wang Dong’er he planned to kill Er Ming at the Clear Sky Sect. Wang Dong’er asked to accompany him, and Xia Ming later told Mu En that Di Tian had reserved a Soul Ring for his second Martial Soul.

• Xia Ming left the Star Dou Great Forest after securing Di Tian’s promise and obtaining Xiong Jun’s Soul Power for his eighth Soul Ring.
• Xia Ming told Wang Dong’er he intended to kill Er Ming, and she asked to go with him to the Clear Sky Sect so she could meet Da Ming and Er Ming and help guide him.
• Xia Ming agreed to take Wang Dong’er, explaining that he would not go to the Clear Sky Sect for at least two or three years.
• Xia Ming returned to Sea God Pavilion, where Mu En had been monitoring the Blue Silver Emperor parasitizing the Golden Tree.
• Xia Ming told Mu En that he had reached Soul Douluo with Xiong Jun’s Soul Spirit and that Di Tian had reserved a Soul Ring for his second Martial Soul.

Mu En explained that the Dragon Core’s dangerous aura had been purified and entrusted it to Xia Ming as a chance to create a God Rank Soul Ring. Xia Ming swallowed the core and began guiding its overwhelming energy toward the fifth Soul Ring of his Holy Qilin Martial Soul.

• Mu En accepted Di Tian’s choice to become Xia Ming’s Soul Spirit and understood why a powerful soul beast might make that choice.
• Mu En revealed that the Dragon Core had once helped him reach Rank Ninety-Nine, but its vicious aura had later damaged his foundation.
• Mu En explained that he had spent a century purifying the Dragon Core and gave it to Xia Ming to help him attempt to condense a God Rank Soul Ring.
• Xia Ming returned to his courtyard and swallowed the Dragon Core, unleashing its immense energy throughout his body.
• Xia Ming summoned the Holy Qilin to withstand the Dragon Core’s power and began directing it toward his Martial Soul’s fifth Soul Ring.

Xia Ming used the Dragon Core to form a platinum fifth Soul Ring, unleashing a tremendous light aura that alarmed Shrek City and reached the Star Dou Great Forest. The ring finished condensing, and Xia Ming sensed its power and its resonance with the Qilin God Position.

• Xia Ming guided the Dragon Core's energy through the Qilin God Position, cleansing its Dragon God imprints as it flowed into his fifth Soul Ring.
• A pillar of golden light burst from Xia Ming and enveloped Shrek City, stirring light-element Soul Masters and alerting Di Tian and the Beast Lords at the Lake of Life.
• Yan Shaozhe and Shrek's Title Douluo sensed the overwhelming aura, but Mu En told them not to interfere and to return to their duties.
• Mu En watched from the Sea God Pavilion and reflected that Xia Ming had refined the Dragon Core faster than expected.
• The light converged into the nearly solid platinum Soul Ring, which completed its formation and began orbiting Xia Ming.
• Xia Ming opened his eyes and sensed the ring's gentle light power and its resonance with his bloodline, Martial Soul, soul, and Qilin God Position.

Xia Ming examined the powerful Light Amplification granted by his fifth Soul Ring, then tested how it transformed and strengthened his elemental abilities. He stopped short of using time power, concluded that his new strength could decide a future clash with Da Ming and Er Ming, and returned to Shrek Academy.

• Xia Ming sensed that the Dragon Core had greatly increased his Soul Power and that its Light Amplification surpassed the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings' elemental amplifications.
• Xia Ming flew away from Shrek Academy to test his new power in an isolated place above the clouds.
• Xia Ming activated his Holy Qilin Martial Soul and layered his soul skills to transform ultimate ice into fire and then into light.
• Xia Ming used Myriad Transformation to raise his light power to the level of a Third-level God and his spatial power to that of a peak Third-level God.
• Xia Ming withdrew from transforming time power after sensing its danger, then judged his new elemental strength could help him face Da Ming and Er Ming before returning to Shrek Academy.

Three years after the continent settled into an uneasy peace, the Clear Sky Sect remained trapped in growing unrest under Da Ming and Er Ming’s rule. Xia Ming and Wang Dong'er arrived at the sect, where the simmering tension was poised to meet them.

• Xia Ming spent the past three years cultivating and discussing the soul beast race’s future with Di Tian, while secretly planning to find them a new planet.
• The Clear Sky Sect remained under house arrest after Er Ming’s attack, and the lack of contact with the outside world left Da Ming and Er Ming expecting Xia Ming to come for them.
• The sect’s faith in its leaders weakened as Tang San sent no further miracles or God-Bestowed Soul Rings, while Er Ming’s volatile outbursts fueled fear and resentment.
• The Clear Sky Sect’s elders and disciples privately questioned Da Ming and Er Ming’s legitimacy, but their God Rank strength prevented open opposition.
• Xia Ming and Wang Dong'er flew past the mountain-protecting formation and arrived above the plaza before the sect’s main peak.

Wang Dong'er and Xia Ming entered the Clear Sky Sect to confront Da Ming and Er Ming after learning they had been confined there for three years. After the two admitted they had truly loved her despite Tang San's orders, Xia Ming declared that he would bury them.

• A Clear Sky Sect disciple addressed Wang Dong'er with cold formality and said Da Ming and Er Ming had remained in the Sect Master Residence for three years.
• Wang Dong'er and Xia Ming entered the residence, where Da Ming and Er Ming rushed out to meet her.
• Wang Dong'er asked whether Tang San had sent Da Ming and Er Ming to care for and protect her, and they could not answer.
• Wang Dong'er said she remembered Tang San tearing her soul apart and asked whether Da Ming and Er Ming had ever truly loved her.
• Da Ming and Er Ming both said they had, and Wang Dong'er accepted their answer before turning away.
• Xia Ming released an oppressive force against Da Ming and Er Ming and said they would be buried there.

Xia Ming confronted Er Ming above the Clear Sky Sect while Da Ming stayed behind, intending to face Xia Ming afterward if Er Ming died. Xia Ming overwhelmed Er Ming with his enhanced power and injured him with a single punch, leaving Er Ming badly wounded and the battle unresolved.

• Er Ming rose to face Xia Ming while Da Ming remained in the courtyard and said he would avenge Er Ming if Xia Ming killed him.
• Xia Ming recognized Da Ming’s choice as a deliberate effort to divide the fight, but decided not to show mercy to his enemies.
• Xia Ming summoned the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff’s phantom and unleashed a terrifying aura that overwhelmed the Clear Sky Sect disciples and elders below.
• Er Ming’s all-out attack struck Xia Ming, but Xia Ming endured it with his base God Rank physique and showed no sign of being seriously hurt.
• Xia Ming activated his enhancement abilities, closed in on Er Ming, disrupted his earth-element defense, and struck him with a devastating punch.
• Er Ming was hurled nearly ten thousand meters, spat divine blood, and suffered a deep chest wound as his Divine Power dimmed.

Xia Ming killed Er Ming with overwhelming earth-elemental divine power, and Da Ming accepted that he would soon die as well. Xia Ming began his final attack by unleashing his Qilin Transformation, reaching the pressure of a Second-level God.

• Xia Ming battered Er Ming with a relentless barrage of punches, while the distant Du Busi tried to sense the fight and recoiled from its destructive aftermath.
• Xia Ming changed his aura to match the Holy Qilin and summoned five powerful Soul Rings, then used overwhelming earth-elemental laws to crush Er Ming.
• Da Ming mourned Er Ming, admitted he could not defeat Xia Ming, and asked Xia Ming to use his full strength to grant him a swift end.
• Xia Ming merged his Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff and Holy Qilin Martial Souls through his Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Qilin Transformation, and released the pressure of a Second-level God.

Xia Ming killed Da Ming with a crushing Qilin strike, then took Wang Dong'er to a remote valley to absorb the Soul Ring and Soul Bone left by Er Ming. As the absorption began, the dark-gold God Rank Soul Ring and left arm bone surged toward him.

• Xia Ming used the Qilin phantom's claw to suppress Da Ming, who accepted his death, leaving behind a blue-gold Soul Ring.
• Xia Ming collected Da Ming's body and placed it beside Er Ming's, then fled the Clear Sky Sect with Wang Dong'er.
• Xia Ming used his divine sense to find a secluded valley more than a thousand miles away, where Wang Dong'er agreed to stand guard.
• Xia Ming summoned the dark-gold Soul Ring and left arm bone Er Ming had left behind.
• The God Rank Soul Ring and Soul Bone transformed into torrents of energy and rushed toward Xia Ming as he began absorbing them.

Xia Ming absorbed Er Ming’s God Rank Soul Ring and Titan Giant Ape Left Arm Bone to form an Elemental Soul Core between his brows. Its circulation with his Blood-Qi Soul Core created Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Soul Cores, and he completed his breakthrough to Title Douluo.

• Xia Ming recognized Er Ming’s origin Soul Ring as a complete God Rank inheritance and planned to use its energy and the Titan Giant Ape Left Arm Bone to condense a second Soul Core.
• Xia Ming guided the God Rank energy between his brows and formed an Elemental Soul Core that echoed his Blood-Qi Soul Core in his dantian.
• Xia Ming released his restraint on the Blood-Qi Soul Core, and the two cores began revolving in opposing directions as Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Soul Cores.
• Xia Ming finished absorbing the God Rank Soul Ring, which solidified as his ninth Soul Ring.
• Xia Ming manifested all nine Soul Rings and became a Title Douluo.

After absorbing Da Ming’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone, Xia Ming reached level ninety-five and gained his first ability to wield the Qilin God Position’s power. The God King Qilin completed the Sixth Trial, strengthened Xia Ming’s Soul Rings, and granted him the right to use the other half of the Qilin God Position, leaving him to unify both halves before he could truly fuse them.

• Xia Ming absorbed Da Ming’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone, gained the Thunder Element Enhancement Soul Skill, and rose to level ninety-five.
• Xia Ming discovered he could invoke part of the physical-strength half of the Qilin God Position, enough to reach Second-level God strength in his normal state.
• The God King Qilin declared the Sixth Trial complete, increased Xia Ming’s God Position affinity by fifteen percent, and raised the ages of his eligible Soul Rings.
• Xia Ming’s Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign Soul Ring gained another hundred thousand years and became a Million-Year Soul Ring.
• The God King Qilin granted Xia Ming the right to use the mental-power-and-elements half of the Qilin God Position and told him to unify both halves before fusing them.

Xia Ming’s first attempt to fuse the two God Positions caused a catastrophic burst of destructive energy, convincing him that he needed much deeper preparation before trying again. He gave Wang Dong'er the bodies of Da Ming and Er Ming to lay to rest, then headed toward Shrek Academy to confront Ah Yin.

• Xia Ming carefully brought a trace of each God Position’s power together, but their contact created a dangerous force that he hurled into the sky.
• The energy erased everything within its expanding sphere, and Xia Ming realized a full fusion could destroy the world without thorough preparation.
• Xia Ming resolved to study the Divine Powers and create a safe environment before attempting the fusion again.
• Xia Ming gave Wang Dong'er the bodies of Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape, and she departed to find them a peaceful resting place.
• Xia Ming turned toward Shrek Academy, named Ah Yin with killing intent, and vanished toward the Golden Ancient Tree.

Xia Ming prepared to attack Ah Yin, the Blue Silver Emperor, with Elder Gold’s help after evacuating Shrek City and its surrounding area. Elder Gold agreed to suppress Ah Yin and open the Golden Ancient Tree’s defenses, leaving Xia Ming a brief chance to kill her.

• Xia Ming ordered everyone, including Mu En and the other Title Douluo, to evacuate Shrek City and the area within a hundred li.
• Xia Ming assured the Demon Empress that he had simulated the battle over ten thousand times and was confident in his power over the elements.
• Xia Ming contacted Elder Gold and confirmed that their plan to eliminate Ah Yin was ready.
• Elder Gold explained that Ah Yin had been parasitizing the Golden Ancient Tree and trying to take control of its life source.
• Elder Gold promised to suppress Ah Yin and weaken her divine power while opening the core defenses, giving Xia Ming a brief opening to strike.
• Xia Ming agreed to begin the attack on Ah Yin.

Xia Ming and Elder Gold joined forces to suppress Ah Yin inside the Golden Ancient Tree. Xia Ming used the Qilin God Position’s life-element power to reinforce the seal and begin devouring Ah Yin’s life origin.

• Elder Gold burned his origin power to bind Ah Yin within the Golden Ancient Tree, but she threatened him with Tang San and resolved to outlast him.
• Ah Yin secretly gathered strength, planning to break free and seize the Golden Tree’s core origin once Elder Gold exhausted himself.
• Elder Gold called on Xia Ming, who unleashed the life-element power of his half Qilin God Position.
• Xia Ming used part of his power to strengthen Elder Gold’s confinement and the rest to pierce Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Emperor core and devour her life force.

Xia Ming and Elder Gold continued draining Ah Yin’s Life Origin despite her desperate resistance, forcing her to call Tang Hao for help. Tang Hao abandoned his struggle to seize the Plane Will and arrived at the Golden Ancient Tree, where he saw Xia Ming devouring Ah Yin.

• Xia Ming intensified the devouring of Ah Yin’s Life Origin, and Elder Gold reinforced the confinement holding her.
• Ah Yin failed to escape and used her remaining divine consciousness to call Tang Hao for help.
• Tang Hao abandoned his gradual attempt to seize the Plane Will and risked its full backlash to reach Ah Yin.
• Tang Hao tore through space and arrived above the Golden Ancient Tree, where he saw Ah Yin near death and identified Xia Ming as the one devouring her.

Xia Ming intercepted Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer with a devastating punch while the Plane Will of Douluo Planet attacked Tang Hao from behind. Tang Hao was badly weakened, and Xia Ming appeared before him to strike again.

• Tang Hao unleashed a massive Clear Sky Hammer strike toward Xia Ming and Elder Gold, determined to stop Ah Yin from being devoured.
• The Plane Will of Douluo Planet broke free and attacked Tang Hao while he ignored it to protect Ah Yin.
• Xia Ming reinforced Elder Gold’s seal on Ah Yin, shifted to the power of his Qilin God Position, and shattered Tang Hao’s hammer strike with a full-strength punch.
• The Plane Will struck Tang Hao again, injuring him and draining his Divine Power as he struggled against its continuous attacks.
• Xia Ming appeared directly before the weakened Tang Hao and punched at his face.

Xia Ming and the Plane Will joined forces to kill Tang Hao after a three-minute battle. Ah Yin tried to detonate her life essence in revenge, but the Golden Ancient Tree restrained her as Xia Ming returned.

• Xia Ming and the Plane Will exploited Tang Hao’s openings and wore down his defenses with a relentless assault.
• Their combined final strike shattered Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Hammer phantom and killed him, scattering his body into motes of energy.
• Ah Yin sensed Tang Hao’s death and began burning her essence to destroy herself and damage the plane.
• The Golden Ancient Tree sealed Ah Yin’s destructive energy before it could erupt.
• Xia Ming returned to the Golden Ancient Tree with the half Elemental God Position and fixed his gaze on the energy trapped within.