Recaps

Wang Chen recorded Zhang Lexuan’s techniques, strengthened himself, and won the Wang Family Competition against Wang Teng. His prize awakened the Black Book’s power to refine his abilities, while he set his sights on becoming patriarch and acquiring the Life Gold carving knife.

• Wang Chen watched Zhang Lexuan defeat the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy team, recorded her World Domination and Ring Tempering techniques, and returned to Mingdu confident about the coming family competition.
• Wang Chen learned that Xu Tianyu’s succession struggle could endanger the Wang Family, then used Ring Tempering and cultivation to raise his Soul Power and improve his combat skills.
• Jing Hongchen kept Meng Hongchen and Wang Chen apart, so the two exchanged letters through the Hundred Treasures Pavilion while Wang Chen learned that the Life Gold carving knife would be auctioned.
• Xu Tianran and Xu Tianshi allied against Xu Tianyu, but Emperor Xu Jing forbade the princes from contacting major Soul Engineer factions, leaving the succession struggle at a tense standoff.
• Wang Chen outperformed Wang Teng in the Soul Tool crafting round, then defeated him in their duel with Ring Tempering and his spear before also defeating Wang Mengting to win the competition.
• Wang Chen received a Soul Bone, and the Black Book’s Crystal Mark refined his Meditation Method into the more efficient Meridian Opening Skill.
• Wang Yan named Wang Chen the Young Master, increased his allowance, and assigned him support and guards, while Wang Chen decided to seek the patriarch’s position and obtain the Life Gold carving knife.
• Wang Chen borrowed additional money from Meng Hongchen and spent seven days cultivating as he prepared for the auction.

Wang Chen acquired and purified the Soul Devouring Carving Knife, grew powerful while building ties with Ye Guyi and Meng Hongchen, and watched the Wang Family struggle with Xu Tianran’s rise. Xu Tianyu’s allies attacked Xu Tianran, but Xu Tianyuan intervened after Ju Zi helped save the injured Crown Prince.

• Wang Chen bought the Soul Devouring Carving Knife anonymously, then asked Ye Guyi to purify its curse and evil intent.
• Wang Chen reached Rank 30, absorbed a five-thousand-year Golden Giant Tiger Soul Ring, and spent three years cultivating and crafting Soul Tools while staying close to Meng Hongchen.
• Emperor Xu Jing named Xu Tianran Crown Prince, and Xu Tianyu joined Wang Yan and the Song family in planning an assassination.
• Wang Chen replaced his first three Soul Rings with stronger ones, reached Soul Emperor, and defeated Zhang Ming in a fight at the Ordinary Alliance branch.
• Wang Yan overpowered the First Elder during a Wang Family dispute, while Wang Chen revealed his Soul Emperor cultivation to Wang Yuan and reunited with Meng Hongchen.
• Xu Tianyu’s allies ambushed Xu Tianran’s convoy with Level Eight Fixed Soul Cannon Shells, killing his Soul Douluo guards and leaving him alive but gravely injured.
• Ju Zi shielded Xu Tianran from Song Zhan’s attack and was badly wounded, then Xu Tianyuan arrived and stopped the assassins as they fled.

Wang Chen helped bring down Xu Tianran by exposing his impotence, then became patriarch of the Wang Family and demonstrated his growing strength at Mingde Hall. The stretch leaves him victorious over Ji Juechen after accepting the swordsman’s challenge.

• Wang Chen spread rumors about Xu Tianran’s disability, and Xu Jing stripped Xu Tianran of the Crown Prince Position after confirming the truth.
• Xu Tianran sought the Holy Spirit Cult’s support and proposed installing a weak prince who would depend on them.
• Wang Chen defeated Elder Wang Yuan and then Wang Yan, winning the elders’ support and becoming the Wang Family patriarch.
• Wang Chen used the Black Book to create a cultivation method and reduce Ring Burst’s cooldown, while Ju Zi joined the Wang Family under a disguise.
• Wang Chen reunited with Meng Hongchen and agreed to visit Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, where he passed Mingde Hall’s assessment.
• Wang Chen defeated Xiao Hongchen with one punch, then accepted Ji Juechen’s challenge.
• Wang Chen blocked Ji Juechen’s sword, disarmed him, and sent him flying with an Iron Mountain Lean.

Wang Chen defended the Wang Family from a Holy Spirit Cult attack, killed Masked Douluo, and gained fame across the empire. After Emperor Xu Jing summoned him and considered him for a political marriage with Xu Tianzhen, Wang Chen concealed his ambitions and returned home with a new Black Book ability.

• Jing Hongchen welcomed Wang Chen as his grandson-in-law, gave him ten million Gold Soul Coins, and agreed to his engagement with Meng Hongchen when she turned sixteen.
• Wang Chen used the Black Book to develop Spirit Origin, create the Spirit Battle Skill, and unleash his Spirit Domain, while Xu Tianran secured the Holy Spirit Cult’s cooperation against Xu Tianyu and the Wang Family.
• Wang Chen discovered Blue-Black Maggots inside the wounded Tenth Elder and suspected a Holy Spirit Cult plot, then prepared to confront the Evil Soul Master behind it.
• Wang Chen expanded his Spirit Domain across the Wang Family estate and killed Masked Douluo, earning fame as a young Soul Emperor who had defeated a Titled Douluo-level enemy.
• Xu Jing summoned Wang Chen and decided to secure his loyalty by matching him with Xu Tianzhen, while Ju Zi joined Wang Chen and advised him on how to handle the emperor.
• Wang Chen impressed Xu Jing with his cultivation knowledge, defeated Xu Tianzhen in the Martial Arts Arena, and received a fifty-thousand-year Soul Bone along with promises of a ducal title and a place in the Palace Worship Hall.
• Wang Chen returned to his family, chose not to absorb the Soul Bone, and used the Black Book’s new Spiritual Power-fueled comprehension ability to enter Sudden Enlightenment.