Recaps

Lin Yuan won the tournament for the Sun Moon Empire, survived Xuanzi’s retaliation with Gu Yuena’s help, and gained powerful allies and new abilities. After obtaining a fifth soul ring and a Behemoth Claw, he faced Long Xiaoyao, who came to take him to the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Lin Yuan defeated Xu Sanshi and Ma Xiaotao in the individual matches, and both died from the effects of his attacks.
• Jing Hongchen protected Lin Yuan from Xuanzi, and Shrek Academy surrendered the tournament to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Gu Yuena defeated Xuanzi, who escaped after Mu En’s stored power intervened, and Lin Yuan received Xuanzi’s severed arm bone.
• The Silver Dragon King sensed Gu Yuena’s power beneath the Lake of Life, while Shrek’s elders confronted the diminished Xuanzi and considered Lin Yuan’s role.
• Lin Yuan returned to the Sun Moon Empire, fused Xuanzi’s arm bone, and accepted Kong Deming’s offer to become his disciple.
• Xu Tianran sought to use Lin Yuan against the Holy Spirit Cult, while Zhongli Wu urged Xu Tianran to secure Lin Yuan for the cult.
• Lin Yuan and Gu Yuena hunted a Half-Behemoth in the Jingyang Mountain Range, and Lin Yuan absorbed its soul ring and Behemoth Claw.
• Long Xiaoyao arrived to take Lin Yuan to meet someone, and Gu Yuena challenged him after he warned that he could not control what happened at the Holy Spirit Cult.

Lin Yuan gained Gu Yuena’s Battle Armor, forged alliances with the Blacksmith Association, and helped the Sun Moon Empire defeat Mu En and Xuanzi. He claimed an Azure Dragon Soul Ring and the Imperial Auspicious Beast’s power, then returned to Mingdu with Xiao Xiao as his martial souls reached their limits.

• Gu Yuena used her damaged Four-Word Battle Armor to defeat Long Xiaoyao, but Ye Xishui intervened and escaped with him after Gu Yuena overwhelmed her attack.
• Lin Yuan buried Lin Xi, joined the Hall of Virtue, and began developing a Soul-Guided Gatling, trading its pre-charging technology for five Ninth-Level Fixed Soul Guidance Cannons.
• Lin Yuan traveled to Gengxin City, persuaded Xiao Zhen to forge Spirit-Infused Alloy, and received his One-Word Battle Armor, which he named Qilin.
• At the Mingdou Mountains, Mu En and Xuanzi attacked Lin Yuan and Jing Hongchen, but Lin Yuan killed Xuanzi while Gu Yuena drained Mu En’s power and killed him.
• Lin Yuan entered Deep Meditation as Shrek Academy concealed Mu En’s death, then recovered while Xiao Xiao decided to withdraw from Shrek and join the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• In the Star Dou Great Forest, Lin Yuan claimed the Azure Dragon’s Soul Ring and External Soul Bone, while the Imperial Auspicious Beast’s power fused with his Destiny Power and completed his martial soul.
• Scarlet King carried the Imperial Auspicious Beast away after her memories connected with Lin Yuan’s, and Lin Yuan’s two martial souls reached their extremes.
• Lin Yuan met Xiao Zhen and Xiao Xiao in Mingdu, accepted Xiao Xiao’s enrollment, and took her to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, where she asked which department would let her find her own path.