Meng Shenji

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Meng Shenji (梦神机)
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Heaven Dou Royal Academy; Heaven Dou Royal Academy Education Committee
Occupation/Role	Chief of the Education Committee; Soul Master mentor; Luo Chen's personal teacher
Status	Active
First Appearance	Chapter 3
Martial Soul	Black Demon
Cultivation	Eight-ring Control-type Soul Douluo

Background / History

Meng Shenji serves as the Chief of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy and a member of its Education Committee. He is a Soul Douluo whose Black Demon martial soul specializes in mental power and can erode an opponent's mental strength. He regards the academy's duty as finding and cultivating talented people for the Heaven Dou Empire, and is dissatisfied with noble students who depend on status rather than effort. 3 5 6

Fule recommended Luo Chen to Meng Shenji during the boy's enrollment at the academy. After personally examining Luo Chen's contract-type Gulu Ball martial soul and witnessing Evil Eye Gaze paralyze him for 0.1 seconds despite the immense difference in cultivation, Meng Shenji accepted Luo Chen as his first personal disciple. 4

Meng Shenji actively supports Luo Chen's development. He provides a Nightmare Ring, mental-power cultivation materials, a token granting access to his private cultivation room, and personal instruction. He also escorts Luo Chen to the Star Dou Great Forest to seek suitable contracted soul beasts. 5 6 7

After Luo Chen vanishes for ten years in the Far North, Meng Shenji continues waiting for him. When Luo Chen returns transformed in appearance, Meng Shenji recognizes him by testing his mental strength; Luo Chen withstands up to ninety percent of the elder's mental pressure without resistance. Their reunion confirms Meng Shenji's enduring attachment to his only disciple. 32 33

Appearance

Meng Shenji is an elderly, thin man who wears black robes.

• White hair; it was gray when Luo Chen first became his disciple. 32
• Slightly hunched back, deeply lined face, and a steady, powerful gait. 32
• Bright, sharp eyes likened to black holes capable of seeing into a person's soul. 32
• His Black Demon martial soul manifests as black mist. 7

Personality

Meng Shenji appears rigid and stern, but is fundamentally gentle and deeply invested in nurturing talent. He maintains high standards for prospective students and immediately recognizes the value of unusual potential. 3 4

He treats Luo Chen not merely as a useful prodigy, but as a genuine successor. His concern becomes clear when he prepares necessities and cultivation resources for Luo Chen, cares for him after he collapses from overexertion, and waits a decade for his missing disciple to return. 5 9 32

His scholarly curiosity is especially evident in his examination of Luo An'an's incomplete martial-soul awakening. He identifies her twin martial souls and proposes using the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well's ultimate energy to complete the awakening. 34

Abilities & Skills

Soul Douluo Cultivation

Meng Shenji is an eight-ring Control-type Soul Douluo, placing him far beyond ordinary academy staff and students. 3 4

• Personally suppresses and captures soul beasts during Luo Chen's hunts. 7 8
• Can restrain a powerful water-and-mental-type soul beast with black mist. 7
• His mental pressure can force an ordinary Great Soul Master to kneel with only a fraction of his strength. 32

Black Demon

Meng Shenji's martial soul is the Black Demon, a high-quality mental-type martial soul with mental-strength erosion effects. 3 32

• Emits black mist when activated. 7
• Uses black mist to seize targets and prevent their escape. 7
• Grants him mental strength far exceeding that of ordinary soul masters. 32

Nightmare

His first soul skill, Nightmare, releases a substantial wave of mental power. 7

• Can blanket an entire pool with tangible mental pressure. 7
• Forces concealed soul beasts to surface. 7
• Demonstrates refined mental-power control for Luo Chen to study. 7

Martial Soul Theory and Mental-Power Instruction

Meng Shenji possesses extensive knowledge of martial souls and mental cultivation. 5 34

• Recognized the strategic value of Luo Chen's Evil Eye Gaze as a control-system ability. 4
• Gives Luo Chen a manual for mental-power cultivation and access to a suitable private cultivation room. 5
• Determines that Luo An'an possesses twin martial souls: a devouring jar and a defensive garment. 34
• Recommends massive, pure, ultimate-attribute energy to fully awaken Luo An'an's martial souls. 34

Equipment / Items

• Nightmare Ring — Storage spirit tool given to Luo Chen; contains clothing, daily supplies, and mental-power-nourishing items. 5
• Mental Power Cultivation Manual — A cultivation manual Meng Shenji acquired by chance and passed to Luo Chen. 5
• Meng Token — Token engraved with “Meng,” allowing Luo Chen to seek Meng Shenji and enter his private cultivation room. 5

Relationships

• Luo Chen — Personal disciple and Meng Shenji's only recorded disciple. Meng Shenji identifies Luo Chen's potential, supplies him with resources, personally guides his cultivation, and waits ten years for his return. 4 5 7 9 32 33
• Fule — Student and associate who recommends Luo Chen to Meng Shenji for academy enrollment. 3 4
• Bai Baoshan — Fellow Education Committee member. Meng Shenji criticizes him for failing to find suitable talent for the academy. 6
• Zhilin — Fellow Education Committee member. Meng Shenji works with him in establishing an elite class and receiving Shrek Academy's delegation. 10 49
• Luo An'an — Luo Chen's younger sister. Meng Shenji affectionately accepts her calling him “Grandpa,” investigates her martial souls, and advises Luo Chen on awakening them. 33 34
• Dugu Bo — A Titled Douluo Meng Shenji views as an eccentric poison master with a poor reputation; he remains cautious when Luo Chen proposes trading with him. 34 35
• Tang San — A visiting Shrek student. Meng Shenji arranges for him to exchange pointers with Luo Chen and orders secrecy after Tang San reveals the Clear Sky Hammer and his connection to Tang Hao. 49 50

Story Role / Major Arcs

Luo Chen's Enrollment and Apprenticeship

Meng Shenji personally appears at the academy to inspect Fule's recommended applicant, recognizes the extraordinary potential of Luo Chen's martial soul and control ability, and accepts him as a disciple. 4

Early Cultivation and Soul-Beast Hunts

He equips Luo Chen for academy life and mental cultivation, then directly supervises his trip to the Star Dou Great Forest. He protects Luo Chen from danger, demonstrates mental-control techniques, and cares for him after the Tide Jellyfish capture leaves him unconscious for three days. 5 7 8 9

Elite Class Formation

After witnessing Luo Chen reach level 21 at six years old, Meng Shenji establishes an elite class for fifteen outstanding primary-division students and accepts responsibility for the decision before Prince Xue Xing. 10 12

Ten-Year Reunion

Meng Shenji intervenes when Luo Chen returns to the academy and clashes with students at the gate. Though Luo Chen's appearance has changed completely, Meng Shenji tests his mental strength, deduces his identity, and reunites with his long-lost disciple. 32 33

Luo An'an's Martial Soul Examination

He examines Luo An'an's incomplete awakening, discovers her twin martial souls, and identifies the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as a potential solution due to its massive, pure, ultimate energy. 34

Shrek Academy Visit

Meng Shenji receives Shrek Academy's delegation alongside Bai Baoshan and Zhilin. He puts forward Luo Chen as Heaven Dou's control-type genius to face Tang San, then protects the secrecy of Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer revelation. 49 50

Trivia

• Meng Shenji had never accepted a disciple before Luo Chen. 6
• He sees Luo Chen as a potential pillar of the Heaven Dou Empire—someone capable of becoming “an army unto himself.” 5
• During Luo Chen's absence, Meng Shenji repeatedly stews chicken soup said to be his disciple's favorite. 32