Sun Moon

Biodata

Facilities

The academy occupies a vast hexagonal complex in Ming Capital’s western district, comparable in scale to a small-to-medium city. Its architecture emphasizes cold metal, sharp lines, and technological design; its main entrance is marked by a monumental metal arch bearing the academy’s name in gilded characters 5.

• Mingde Hall — The academy’s underground core and the Sun Moon Empire’s foremost soul-tool manufacturing base. It houses elite soul engineers, experimental zones, laboratories, and rare-metal resources 5.
• Experimental Zone One — Contains Xuan Ziwen’s laboratory, where he tests and trains prospective disciples 5.
• Soul Fighting Arena — Venue for student duels, including Xiao Hongchen’s fights against Ji Juechen and Ma Rulong 22 30.
• Training Ground — Used for team exercises and demonstrations of large-scale soul tools, including Xiao Hongchen’s Mecha Soldier 52.

History

Xiao Hongchen entered the academy and proceeded directly to Mingde Hall, where he sought out chief researcher Xuan Ziwen. After completing a Level 4 core-array test within fifteen minutes and creating a self-replenishing milk bottle, he was accepted as Xuan Ziwen’s personal disciple 5.

The academy became the base for Xiao Hongchen’s early soul-tool development. He produced five Level 5 soul-cannon core arrays in a single afternoon, using his Three-Legged Golden Toad’s metal affinity and Brain Martial Soul’s computational ability to exceed standard production precision 6.

By the end-of-term assessment, Xiao Hongchen submitted a Level 6 Soul Tool for a Level 4 examination, demonstrating the gap between his ability and the academy’s standard curriculum 29. His subsequent victory over Ma Rulong secured him the captaincy of the academy team for the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Duel Tournament 31.

Under Xiao’s command, the Sun Moon Team won the tournament and defeated Shrek Academy in the final. The academy’s students later welcomed the champions home in a mass celebration 67 91.

Academy Team

The academy fields a team in the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Duel Tournament.

• Xiao Hongchen — Captain; granted full tactical authority by Jing Hongchen after defeating the main selection team in a one-against-seven demonstration 52.
• Meng Hongchen — Team member and Xiao Hongchen’s sister; fought beside him during the final against Shrek 67.
• Ye Guyi — Team member; positioned alongside Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen in the final lineup 67.
• Xu Tianzhen — Team member; transferred into the academy after challenging Xiao Hongchen and later joined the tournament roster 47 67.
• Ma Rulong — Former leading student; accepted Xiao Hongchen as captain after their duel 31.
• Mika and Lin Xi — Team members present in the final lineup against Shrek 67.

Personnel

• Jing Hongchen — Dean of the academy, Master of Mingde Hall, and Xiao Hongchen’s grandfather 3.
• Xuan Ziwen — Chief researcher and Xiao Hongchen’s personal teacher 5.
• Kong Deming — A senior supporter of the academy’s humanoid soul-tool and Battle Armor research; he recognizes Xiao Hongchen’s potential and accompanies the team to the tournament 40 52.
• Lin Jiayi — Associated with the academy’s soul-tool operations and appears during Xiao Hongchen’s research period 142.

Research and Development

Humanoid Soul Tools and Battle Armor

Xiao Hongchen proposed Battle Armor as a living, personally bound Soul Tool that could be equipped or dismissed at will. Unlike fixed humanoid soul tools, each set would be customized to its user and respond to their spiritual imprint 40.

Kong Deming endorsed the proposal’s feasibility and directed research toward Humanoid Soul Tools and Battle Armor, ordering Xuan Ziwen to suspend work on ordinary-person soul-tool access and all-terrain self-propelled artillery 41.

• Battle Armor requires metal to recognize and respond to a specific master’s spiritual imprint 40.
• Xiao Hongchen received Kong Deming’s humanoid soul-tool research notes as a foundation for development 40.
• By Chapter 142, Xiao completed soul forging, the first step toward his Three-Word Battle Armor 142.

Soul-Tool Innovation

• Self-replenishing milk bottle — Xiao Hongchen’s successful Level 4 core-array test product; incorporates the Three-Legged Golden Toad Martial Soul to replenish itself 5.
• Enhanced soul-cannon core arrays — Xiao crafted five Level 5 arrays in one afternoon, each exceeding standard-template precision 6.
• Mecha Soldier — A combat construct capable of forming more than two hundred Level 5 soul-tool cannons under Xiao’s control 52.
• Locking Hoop — A spiritual-suppression soul tool designed to restrict Spiritual Detection and prevent espionage against Mingde Hall 142.

Relationships

• Sun Moon Empire — The academy trains soul engineers and serves as the empire’s principal soul-tool research and manufacturing institution through Mingde Hall 5.
• Mingde Hall — The academy’s underground core, housing its most advanced research and elite soul engineers 5.
• Shrek Academy — Major academic and tournament rival; the Sun Moon Academy defeated Shrek in the tournament final, intensifying the hostility between both institutions 67 90.
• Hongchen Family — Jing Hongchen’s leadership and Xiao Hongchen’s research place the family at the center of the academy’s direction and development 3 40.
• All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Duel Tournament — The academy’s team captured the championship under Xiao Hongchen’s command 52 67 91.