Recaps

Xia Ming joined Shrek Academy, gained Mu En as his master, and strengthened himself through a powerful first Soul Ring, an immortal herb, and an External Soul Bone. The arc left him entering the tournament in secret while his overwhelming strength quickly became clear in Shrek’s opening match.

• Wang Yan discovered Xia Ming’s Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff Martial Soul and Innate Full Soul Power, and Yan Shaozhe brought him to Shrek Academy after Xia Ming demonstrated his extraordinary strength.
• Mu En accepted Xia Ming as his disciple, and Xia Ming absorbed a millennium-level Red-Gold Lion Soul Ring that granted him Red-Gold Transformation.
• Xia Ming joined Shrek’s reserve team, proved his strength to its members, and agreed to conceal his true power at the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament.
• After Xia Ming mentioned the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Mu En found it in Sunset Forest and gave Xia Ming a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum that helped him break through level 30.
• Mu En negotiated with the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect for a five-hundred-thousand-year Mermaid skull Soul Bone and the sect’s support for Shrek, giving the sect an Aromatic Silk Beauty in return.
• Ning Tian absorbed the Aromatic Silk Beauty and awakened the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, while Wu Feng attacked Xia Ming and was later assigned to serve as his maid.
• Xia Ming absorbed an Evil Eye Tyrant External Soul Bone that doubled his spiritual power when activated, and Mu En promised to teach him Reign Over the World after the tournament.
• At Shrek’s opening match against Plant Academy, Xia Ming used his two thousand-year Soul Rings to defeat all six opposing players, leaving himself alone at the arena’s center.

Xia Ming helped Shrek Academy win the tournament, then gained a Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Soul Bone and proved himself against a powerful wolf king. Mu En’s assault on the Holy Spirit Cult and Sun Moon Empire forces ended without a decisive victory, while Zhang Lexuan began absorbing the wolf king’s Soul Ring as a Golden Lion-Tiger appeared.

• Shrek Academy defeated Plant Academy, and Mu En asked Du Busi for the Body-Tempering Secret Art for Xia Ming, but Du Busi refused.
• Xia Ming pursued and defeated an Evil Soul Master, then helped Mu En destroy a Holy Spirit Cult stronghold in Heaven Dou City and expose the cult’s leadership and headquarters.
• Xia Ming bought the Incomplete Crown at auction, and it entered his body after his Martial Soul possessed him, though Mu En could find no trace of it.
• Xia Ming helped Shrek win the tournament, defeating Chen Yan, Luo Jiang, and Huyan Yu before Zhang Lexuan led the team to the championship.
• Mu En confronted Ye Xishui in Ming Capital, but Long Xiaoyao joined her and Kong Deming, forcing Mu En to withdraw rather than reveal more of his strength.
• Xia Ming absorbed a ten-thousand-year Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear’s Soul Ring and its growth-capable left palm bone, raising his Soul Power to rank thirty-nine and gaining Sky-Rending Tear.
• Xia Ming challenged the Howling Moon Wolf King, overcame its attacks, and fatally wounded it with Sky-Rending Tear so Zhang Lexuan could absorb its Soul Ring.
• A Golden Lion-Tiger emerged from the forest while Zhang Lexuan was still absorbing the Howling Moon Wolf King’s Soul Ring.

Xia Ming obtained the God King Qilin’s inheritance, completed his first trial, and gained a second Martial Soul before setting out with the Snow Empress and Ice Empress. In Star Luo City, he found Huo Yuhao and confronted the Evil Soul Masters, ending the stretch poised to finish his fight with Feng Ling.

• Yan Shaozhe drove off the Golden Lion-Tiger, then Zhang Lexuan finished absorbing her Soul Ring and the group returned to school.
• Xia Ming trained with Qian Duoduo, strengthened his spiritual power with Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, and absorbed a hundred-thousand-year Golden Lion-Tiger Soul Ring in exchange for protecting its descendant.
• Xia Ming defeated Qian Duoduo’s defenses with his trump card, then left Shrek Academy and killed an eighty-thousand-year whale soul beast before meeting the Deep Sea Demon Whale.
• Xia Ming reached the lion-shaped island, met the God King Qilin, and accepted the inheritance that required him to complete the Qilin Nine Trials and eventually kill the Dragon God.
• Xia Ming survived Xiao Bai’s interception, then traveled with Mu En to the Far North and helped the Snow Empress and Ice Empress obtain Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow and survive their Heavenly Tribulations.
• After completing his first trial, Xia Ming awakened the Holy Qilin Martial Soul, absorbed two God-Bestowed Soul Rings, and learned that his second trial required him to ease conflict between humans and Soul Beasts.
• Xia Ming reached Star Luo City in search of the Spirit-Devouring Fierce Blade and met Huo Yuhao, whose mother was gravely ill, then warned Emperor Xu Jiawei about Evil Soul Masters at the Star Glory Hotel.
• Snow Empress killed a Title Douluo in the hotel, and Xia Ming fought Feng Ling, using his ultimate elements and Scar of Eternal Mourning to worsen her injuries before preparing a final attack.

Xia Ming helped expose the Sun Moon Empire’s alliance with the Holy Spirit Cult, then became Shrek Academy’s successor and brought Jing Hongchen into its Soul Guidance Department. With Electrolux’s help, he established the Soul Spirit method with Scarlet King and returned to Shrek facing a trial against Mu En.

• Xia Ming killed Feng Ling, then joined Mu En in confronting the Sun Moon Empire and the Holy Spirit Cult in Ming Capital.
• Mu En forced the Sun Moon Empire to end its support for the Holy Spirit Cult’s atrocities and destroyed the Death God Tower before leaving with Xia Ming and the Ice Empress.
• Xia Ming defeated Xuan Zi and was named Mu En’s successor as Sea God Pavilion Master, while Jing Hongchen joined Shrek to reform its Soul Guidance Department.
• Xia Ming helped Huo Yuhao obtain the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm as his first Soul Ring, while Electrolux entered Xia Ming’s Spirit Sea and agreed to guide him.
• At the Lake of Life, the God King Qilin revealed the Dragon God’s role in the beast ascension ban and the deaths of seven Dragon Kings, prompting Di Tian and the Beast Lords to support Xia Ming.
• Xia Ming and Electrolux completed the first Soul Spirit contract with Scarlet King, then Xia Ming defeated Xiong Jun and explained how Soul Spirits could survive their Soul Masters.
• Di Tian agreed to organize the Star Dou soul beasts around the Soul Spirit method, while the God King Qilin set Xia Ming’s third trial: defeat Mu En without Mu En holding back.
• Xia Ming reported his progress to Mu En, who arranged a gathering of the continent’s top powers to discuss Soul Spirits, while Snow Empress set out to explain the method in the Far North.