Meng Xuanji

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Meng Xuanji (梦玄机)
Alias(es)	Ghost Shadow (while possessed by Ice Soul Ghost Shadow)
Species/Race	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Spirit Hall; Bibi Dong's household
Occupation/Role	Soul Master; disciple and sworn subordinate of Bibi Dong
Status	Active as of 64
First Appearance	1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Innate Full Soul Power	2	Awakened Blue Silver Grass with innate full soul power.
Dark Blue Silver Emperor awakened	3	His Blue Silver Grass mutated into the blood-red, baleful Dark Blue Silver Emperor.
Twin Martial Souls revealed	6 7	Bibi Dong identifies his second martial soul, the Mysterious Record, a restrained black scroll.
First soul ring: 400,000 years	18	Subdued and absorbed the Symbiotic Blood Lotus, gaining a four-hundred-thousand-year first ring and a dormant blood-red torso bone. He later publicly conceals it as a ten-year ring 33 39.
Level 20 Soul Master	61	Reached level 20 after healing wounded villagers following Ice Soul Ghost Shadow's possession.

Background / History

Meng Xuanji appears among the children awakening their martial souls in Papal City and realizes that he has transmigrated to Douluo Continent. Other children describe him as an orphan adopted by Spirit Hall after his parents' deaths 1 2.

He initially awakens Blue Silver Grass with innate full soul power, but the martial soul mutates into the Dark Blue Silver Emperor. Its bloodlust and ability to affect the environment lead many present to suspect an evil-soul-master origin 2 3. Bibi Dong accepts him into Spirit Hall after he swears lifelong service to her, then takes him as her disciple 3 4.

Aware that his dark martial soul could make him a target for figures such as Qian Daoliu, Meng Xuanji chooses to remain under Bibi Dong's protection. He persuades her to accept him as her “little brother,” securing a more intimate position in her household while concealing his own larger ambitions 4 7.

Bibi Dong later confirms that he possesses Twin Martial Souls. His second martial soul, the Mysterious Record, initially manifests as a blank black scroll; it later reveals itself as a fate-calculating Destiny Soul Ring martial soul with severe costs for its use 6 7 14.

While investigating Spirit Hall's forbidden books section, Meng Xuanji is nearly overtaken by the Symbiotic Blood Lotus. The Dark Blue Silver Emperor suppresses the plant entity, forcing it to sacrifice itself as his first soul ring instead 17 18.

Appearance

At the time of his awakening, Meng Xuanji is a six-year-old boy with a fair, tender face and an unusually mature, detached bearing 2 7.

• Bewitching purple eyes, which can turn deep black while resisting the Symbiotic Blood Lotus 8 17.
• Silky hair, though its color is not stated 7.
• His Dark Blue Silver Emperor manifests as dark-blue vines stained blood-red, covered in barbs and accompanied by black mist and baleful qi 3 6.
• During Ice Soul Ghost Shadow's possession, his demeanor and power become markedly colder and more sinister 59 60.

Personality

Meng Xuanji is composed and calculating, often behaving with a maturity that surprises adults around him. He prioritizes survival, recognizes the danger posed by Spirit Hall's internal politics, and deliberately relies on Bibi Dong's protection rather than exposing his martial souls unnecessarily 2 4 31.

He is ambitious and willing to manipulate others to build power. He leverages Bibi Dong's maternal feelings, pressures the Symbiotic Blood Lotus and Ice Soul Ghost Shadow into contracts, and uses the Mysterious Record despite its risks when pursuing outcomes he considers necessary 7 27 38.

His ruthlessness is tempered by moments of genuine protectiveness. He saves Hu Liena during the Yangxin Palace explosion, helps her withstand the pain of her soul-ring absorption, and later continues healing villagers despite the strain left by Ghost Shadow's possession 12 30 61.

Abilities & Skills

Dark Blue Silver Emperor

A mutated plant-type martial soul with an intense bloodlust, devouring properties, and overwhelming dominance over other plant martial souls 3 6 18.

• Produces barbed, blood-dark vines capable of binding, piercing, and draining an opponent's life force 8 9.
• Devours flesh, blood, herbs, and soul-beast corpses to strengthen itself and replenish Meng Xuanji 6 30 31.
• Suppressed the Symbiotic Blood Lotus, establishing its superiority over plant-type martial souls 18.
• Can alter the immediate terrain and atmosphere, darkening its surroundings and spreading a chilling, baleful aura 3 33 39.
• Used techniques including Blue Silver Entanglement, Blue Silver Spike Array, and Blue Silver Barrier against the Jade-faced Thunder Fox 28.
• Its poison can incapacitate soul beasts 47.
• Its hunger is dangerous: it instinctively attempted to approach Bibi Dong after consuming an Earth Demon Wolf corpse, requiring Meng Xuanji's suppression 6.

Symbiotic Blood Lotus

Meng Xuanji's first soul ring, formed from the sacrifice of the four-hundred-thousand-year Symbiotic Blood Lotus. The entity retains consciousness and resides under his control 18.

• Symbiotic Contract — Requires a target's essence blood and allows the sharing of soul power, spiritual power, and life force 18.
  • Meng Xuanji may instead drain a contracted target one-sidedly 18.
  • The contract cannot be escaped unless he willingly releases it, even if the contractor kills him 18.
  • Extracting essence blood is painful for the target 27.
  • Meng Xuanji uses it to bind Hu Liena and help her bear the burden of absorbing a thousand-year soul ring 27 30.
• The absorbed Blood Lotus also grants him a blood-red torso bone, though it remains dormant because his body has not fully developed 18.

Mysterious Record

Meng Xuanji's second martial soul is a black scroll capable of calculating heavenly secrets, measuring the Dao, probing mysteries, and altering fate 7 14.

• Answers questions and can divine probable outcomes, such as Hu Liena's likelihood of obtaining a satisfactory soul ring 14 27.
• Its divinations cost Meng Xuanji's life essence or the blood of others, making reckless use potentially fatal 14.
• Functions as a Destiny Soul Ring martial soul, automatically unlocking soul rings and soul skills at each ten-level threshold 14.

Ice Soul Ghost Shadow

A hundred-thousand-year soul beast and one of the Eight Supreme Dark Evils. Meng Xuanji binds it through a Symbiotic Contract in exchange for eventually aiding its revenge in the Far North after he becomes a Titled Douluo 38.

• Can conceal itself from spiritual-type soul masters up to level 94; at full strength, it claims it could conceal itself from those up to level 97 39.
• Possesses Meng Xuanji to wield devastating freezing power, killing the Black Wolf King and freezing an entire soul-beast horde 59 60.
• Can be used to interrogate or control captured soul beasts, allowing Meng Xuanji to place an informant within a wolf pack 47 48.
• Is forbidden from killing people without Meng Xuanji's orders 39.
• Its possession overtaxes Meng Xuanji's body and leaves him in an overloaded state afterward 61.

Poison Resistance and Treatment

Meng Xuanji neutralizes the venom of Dugu Bo's Nine-Section Jade within three breaths, impressing the Titled Douluo 63.

• Uses Extreme North Cold Poison to begin treating Dugu Bo's serpent poison 64.
• Treating a Titled Douluo's meridians severely drains him, even with Ice Soul Ghost Shadow's assistance 64.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Golden key to Spirit Hall's library — Granted by Bibi Dong; permits entry to the library's innermost and forbidden sections 5 16.
• Storage Soul Tool ring — Bibi Dong gives him a ring containing five hundred two-hundred-year Earth Demon Wolf corpses for cultivation 6.
• Blood-red torso bone — Acquired from the Symbiotic Blood Lotus's sacrifice; dormant due to Meng Xuanji's undeveloped body 18.
• Signal flare — Given to Xiao Wu so she can contact him outside Papal City 30.

Relationships

• Bibi Dong — Teacher, patron, and adopted “Sister.” Meng Xuanji swears to serve her, becomes her disciple, and later secures her acceptance as her little brother 3 4 7.
• Hu Liena — Fellow disciple, close companion, and Symbiotic Contract partner. He saves her from an explosion and helps her acquire a thousand-year soul ring, though his use of the contract strains their trust 12 27 29 30.
• Symbiotic Blood Lotus — First soul ring and bound servant. It retains its consciousness but is unable to oppose him after being suppressed by the Dark Blue Silver Emperor 18.
• Ice Soul Ghost Shadow — Contract-bound dark evil entity and combat enforcer. It serves Meng Xuanji in return for promised aid against its enemies in the Far North 38 39.
• Wu Jie — Azure-robed chief deacon who initially directs Meng Xuanji through Papal Hall, later assists him in the library and comes to respect his abilities 8 15 61.
• Yan — Hostile rival who envies Meng Xuanji and Hu Liena's closeness. Meng Xuanji repeatedly defeats and humiliates him 8 9.
• Xie Yue — Fellow Spirit Hall student and Hu Liena's associate. He attempts to restrain Meng Xuanji's conflict with Yan but is intimidated by his martial soul 8 9.
• Xiao Wu — Meets Meng Xuanji in the Star Dou Great Forest. She heals him with a herb and develops a cautious but friendly rapport with him 29 30.
• Dugu Bo — Initially dismisses Meng Xuanji because of his level, but acknowledges his poison resistance and agrees to a treatment challenge 63 64.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Spirit Hall Awakening and Adoption

Meng Xuanji's Dark Blue Silver Emperor awakens in Papal City, drawing suspicion and fear. Bibi Dong recruits him into Spirit Hall, makes him her disciple, and ultimately accepts him as her younger brother 3 4 7.

Forbidden Library Exploration

Using Bibi Dong's golden key, Meng Xuanji investigates the Blue Silver Emperor and enters the forbidden books section. There he learns of the Eight Supreme Dark Evils, subdues the Symbiotic Blood Lotus, and gains his first soul ring 15 17 18.

Star Dou Great Forest Expedition

Meng Xuanji forms a Symbiotic Contract with Hu Liena, captures the Jade-faced Thunder Fox, and supports her through the absorption of its thousand-year soul ring. He conceals the true age of his own first ring from Spirit Hall 27 30 33.

Ice Soul Ghost Shadow Contract

After locating the imprisoned Ice Soul Ghost Shadow, Meng Xuanji negotiates its freedom through a Symbiotic Contract. The entity becomes a concealed weapon and enforcer behind him 36 38 39.

Heavenly Spring Town Investigation

Traveling incognito with Hu Liena, Meng Xuanji investigates the town's hidden collusion with soul beasts. He confronts Qin Xiao, extracts information from him, and uses a captured wolf as an informant 42 48 53.

Beast Horde Crisis

Ice Soul Ghost Shadow possesses Meng Xuanji during a soul-beast attack, freezing and killing the Black Wolf King and its horde. Afterward, Meng Xuanji heals wounded villagers and reaches level 20 59 61.

Dugu Bo's Poison Treatment

Meng Xuanji proves resistant to the Nine-Section Jade's venom, then accepts Dugu Bo's challenge to treat his serpent poison using Extreme North Cold Poison 63 64.

Notable Quotes

“Without my orders, you are not allowed to kill people at will. I don't like teammates who disobey my commands.”

— Meng Xuanji to Ice Soul Ghost Shadow 39