Recaps

Chen Mo asked Xuan Ziwen to research a Humanoid Soul Tool, and Xuan Ziwen struggled with its materials and formation core until his teacher Kong Deming arrived. Meanwhile, the retired First Generation God of Devastation was recalled to investigate Zhou Weiqing and helped seize Da Ming and Er Ming on Douluo Star.

• Jing Hongchen told Chen Mo he would handle the matter involving Shrek Academy and Xu Tianzhen while Chen Mo prepared for the tournament in six months.
• The God of Envy told the First Generation God of Devastation that Lord Destruction had recalled him over suspicions that Zhou Weiqing had betrayed him.
• The First Generation God of Devastation and the God of Envy seized Da Ming and Er Ming on Douluo Star as they prepared to carry out Tang San's plan.
• Xuan Ziwen struggled to refine the materials and design the formation core for Chen Mo's Humanoid Soul Tool.
• Kong Deming visited Xuan Ziwen's laboratory, said he had failed to become a Level 10 Soul Engineer, and asked about the unfamiliar ice extreme divine crystal.

Xuan Ziwen and Kong Deming failed to purify ice extreme divine crystal with their usual methods, but Chen Mo arrived with a new technique called forging. He offered to demonstrate it after preparing, leaving the two Soul Engineers eager to see whether it could improve their work.

• Xuan Ziwen told Kong Deming about the ice extreme divine crystal and the difficulties he had encountered while developing a humanoid Soul Tool.
• Kong Deming used a Level 9 purification furnace on the metal, but the result contained impurities and conducted soul power poorly.
• Kong Deming admitted he could not currently find a better purification method and asked whether Chen Mo had any ideas.
• Chen Mo entered the laboratory and told Xuan Ziwen and Kong Deming that he had discovered a highly effective purification technique for ice extreme divine crystal.
• Chen Mo identified the technique as forging and said he needed time to prepare a demonstration.

Chen Mo demonstrated Thousand Refinement to Kong Deming and Xuan Ziwen, proving it purified Ice Extreme Divine Crystal far better than existing soul tools. Kong Deming and Xuan Ziwen recognized the technique’s potential to advance soul engineering, while Chen Mo reflected on the damage Tang San had done to the continent.

• Chen Mo finished Thousand Refinement forging and showed the purified Ice Extreme Divine Crystal to Kong Deming and Xuan Ziwen.
• Kong Deming tested the metal and found that soul power flowed through it faster and more smoothly than through ordinary material.
• Chen Mo explained that Thousand Refinement was only a beginner forging technique and that higher levels could produce even more perfect metals.
• Kong Deming praised Chen Mo and compared his potential to Sea God Tang San, but Chen Mo privately disliked the comparison.
• Xuan Ziwen argued that Chen Mo’s work would benefit all soul masters and soul engineers more than Tang San’s achievements had.
• Chen Mo considered how Tang San’s actions had helped prevent the Spirit Hall Empire from unifying the continent.

Tang San disguised himself as the Holy Emperor to draw faith from the Holy Spirit Cult and gain strength against the God of Destruction. After demonstrating his power to the cult, he promised rewards in exchange for daily devotion and began issuing instructions.

• Tang Ya told the Holy Spirit Cult elders that the Holy Emperor had manifested and led them in prayer before a new divine statue.
• In the Divine Realm, Tang San decided to impersonate the Holy Emperor so the Holy Spirit Cult would provide him with more power of faith.
• The statue rose into the air, and Tang San’s pressure immobilized Nether Thunder Douluo when he tried to attack it.
• Tang San spared Nether Thunder Douluo at Tang Ya’s request, then promised rewards to the cult members who worshipped him devoutly and began giving them instructions.

Zhongli Wu ordered the Holy Spirit Cult to serve the Holy Emperor while privately speculating that deities were constrained by rules. At Shrek Academy, Xuan Zi arranged for the Tang Sect to enter the upcoming tournament, and Bei Bei welcomed the chance to help restore it.

• Nangong Wan told Zhongli Wu that the Holy Emperor had manifested before him and others, and Zhongli Wu ordered the cult to meet the Holy Emperor's demands.
• Zhongli Wu warned Nangong Wan to stop working hard for the Holy Emperor if he failed to reward them, arguing that deities might be bound by rules.
• The Holy Spirit Cult began spreading fervent faith in the Holy Emperor as the tournament approached under revised rules allowing sects and raising the age limit to under twenty-two.
• Xuan Zi told the Sea God Pavilion elders that Shrek would also field a Tang Sect team, using students such as Bei Bei to help revive the sect.
• The elders objected until Xuan Zi cited Mu En's dying wish, and Yan Shaozhe later informed Bei Bei that the Tang Sect would compete.

Bei Bei prepared the Tang Sect to enter the Continental Elite Soul Master Tournament and recruited Wang Dong to help find female Soul Masters. In the Divine Realm, Tang San confidently predicted Shrek would win while concealing his use of the Holy Spirit Cult’s Power of Faith and worrying that Da Ming and Er Ming had disappeared.

• Yan Shaozhe reminded Bei Bei that the tournament required seven official members and reserves, so Bei Bei gathered the Tang Sect members and announced they would enter.
• Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao discussed recruiting academy students, and Wang Dong agreed to disguise himself as a boy and persuade female Soul Masters to join.
• Xiao Wu asked Tang San whether Shrek could win the tournament, and Tang San confidently said it could as long as the team avoided casualties.
• Tang San concealed his use of the Holy Spirit Cult’s dark-red Power of Faith and bluffed to Xiao Wu when he learned Da Ming and Er Ming were out of contact.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San that Dai Mubai was hosting a Shrek Seven Devils gathering, and Tang San agreed to attend with a treasured hidden weapon as a gift.

Chen Mo brought the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy competitors to the Golden Ancient Tree so they could cultivate in the Underground World, then prepared to hunt for his ninth soul ring. He lured the Evil-Eyed Tyrant Ruler out of the Evil Demon Forest and faced the enraged beast.

• Chen Mo showed Meng Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, Di Qiu'er, and the others the Underground World and assigned them cultivation rooms suited to their martial souls.
• Chen Mo revealed that he had reached Level 90 and intended to become a Titled Douluo before the tournament.
• Chen Mo returned home and began preparing to hunt for his ninth soul ring.
• Chen Mo called out the Evil-Eyed Tyrant Ruler in the Evil Demon Forest, waking the beast and prompting nearby Evil Soul Masters to flee.
• The Evil-Eyed Tyrant Ruler sensed Chen Mo and rushed toward him, then appeared in the clouds above the forest and confronted him.

Chen Mo fought the Evil-Eyed Tyrant Ruler, revealed that he sought to make the beast his ninth soul ring, and faced the ruler’s fury after it recognized him as the killer of its son. Chen Mo copied the ruler’s Light of Time and Space and Light of Destruction, leaving the battle poised for another exchange.

• Chen Mo dodged the Evil-Eyed Tyrant Ruler’s white light and countered its Spiritual Detonation with Spiritual Shock.
• The Evil-Eyed Tyrant Ruler revealed its enormous true form, and Chen Mo said he wanted it as his ninth soul ring.
• The ruler suppressed Chen Mo with its Spiritual Force Field, but Electrolux intervened and Chen Mo activated his Martial Soul Avatar.
• The Evil-Eyed Tyrant Ruler recognized Chen Mo as the killer of its son and attacked him with its eighty-one tentacles.
• Chen Mo copied the ruler’s Light of Time and Space and matched its attack, then copied its Light of Destruction as well.

Chen Mo defeated the Evil-Eyed Tyrant Ruler, had Electrolux erase the ruler’s consciousness, and began absorbing his soul ring. Meanwhile, Du Busi and Jing Hongchen formed the Snow Demon Sect and launched a gazette to expose Xuan Zi’s ambush of the exchange students.

• Chen Mo defeated the Evil-Eyed Tyrant Ruler and obtained his soul ring and soul bone, then revealed that the ruler’s soul was hiding in the ring.
• The Evil-Eyed Tyrant Ruler tried to possess a descendant, but Electrolux captured him and erased his consciousness at Chen Mo’s request.
• Electrolux returned the newly purified soul to the ring, and Chen Mo began absorbing it while the Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Electrolux stood guard.
• After news spread that Xuan Zi had ambushed the returning Sun Moon exchange students, Du Busi stormed into Shrek Academy and beat him, though Xuan Zi denied responsibility.
• Du Busi and Jing Hongchen established the Snow Demon Sect, led by the Void-Eyed Douluo, and partnered with the Heavenly Soul Royal Family to publish the Snow Demon Gazette exposing Xuan Zi’s misdeeds.

Wang Dong read a newspaper accusing Xuan Zi of attacking Sun Moon Empire exchange students and brought it to him, while Xuan Zi resolved to punish the Snow Demon Sect. In the Evil Demon Forest, Chen Mo completed his second soul core, became a rank-ninety-four Titled Douluo, named his new Soul Spirit Little Evil, and prepared to fuse with the Evil-Eyed Tyrant Ruler’s External Soul Bone.

• Wang Dong read a Snow Demon Gazette article accusing Xuan Zi of disguising himself as an Evil Soul Master to ambush Sun Moon Empire exchange students, but he dismissed the report as a smear.
• Wang Dong brought the newspaper to Xuan Zi, who concealed his guilt and vowed to make the Snow Demon Sect pay.
• Three days after defeating the Evil-Eyed Tyrant Ruler, Chen Mo completed his second soul core and broke through to rank ninety-four.
• Chen Mo named his new, attached Soul Spirit Little Evil, and Little Evil accepted the name.
• The Snow Empress killed figures lurking nearby, and Chen Mo examined his new Soul Skills, Light of Time and Space and Thorn Halo.
• Chen Mo prepared to fuse with the Evil-Eyed Tyrant Ruler’s External Soul Bone but wondered how to use an eye bone.

Zhou Weiqing decided to help Tang San stop the God of Destruction’s plan to expand the Divine Realm, believing it would leave the realm vulnerable. The God of Destruction discovered Zhou Weiqing’s apparent betrayal and chose to use him as a double agent against Tang San.

• After the God of Destruction revealed his expansion plan, Zhou Weiqing decided to warn Tang San and flew to his residence.
• The God of Destruction, the First Generation God of Devastation, the God of Lust, and the God of Envy watched Zhou Weiqing enter Tang San’s home.
• The God of Lust and the God of Envy condemned Zhou Weiqing, while the First Generation God of Devastation regretted passing his divine seat to him.
• The God of Destruction rejected the others’ offers to arrest Zhou Weiqing, saying it would alert Tang San and make it harder to find another mole.
• The God of Destruction decided to feed Zhou Weiqing partly false information and use him to bring Tang San down.

Tang San recruited Zhou Weiqing to spy on the God of Destruction’s plans and plotted to gain control of the Divine Realm Center by turning the Goddess of Life against her husband. As the Elite Soul Master Tournament approached, Chen Mo’s students completed their cultivation, Ye Guyi’s martial soul evolved, and the Holy Light Armor neared its debut.

• Zhou Weiqing told Tang San about the God of Destruction’s plan to use Thought Power Pillars to expand the Divine Realm, and agreed to report further information.
• Tang San planned to gather evidence against the God of Destruction and win the Goddess of Life to his side, then asked Xiao Wu to invite her to meet.
• Xiao Wu agreed to invite the Goddess of Life and suggested that they watch the upcoming Elite Soul Master Tournament with Rongrong and the others.
• The Angel Temple began to radiate a faint sacred aura as the shattered angel godhood showed signs of repairing itself.
• With one week remaining before the tournament, the participating teams traveled toward the Sun Moon Empire, while Meng Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, Ye Guyi, and the others completed their cultivation.
• Xiao Hongchen reached Soul Saint and obtained a soul spirit, Ye Guyi’s Holy Angel evolved into the Six-Winged Angel, and Chen Mo’s Holy Light Armor neared its debut.

Chen Mo, Xuan Ziwen, and Kong Deming completed the Holy Light Armor, a powerful prototype Humanoid Soul Tool, and tested its abilities. After Chen Mo demonstrated its strength, Kong Deming and Xuan Ziwen decided to pursue further research, and Chen Mo offered to help them advance their strength.

• Xuan Ziwen and Kong Deming completed the Holy Light Armor using Hundred Refinement and Thousand Refinement metals and carefully crafted Magic Array Cores.
• Chen Mo donned the armor, which raised his aura to the level of a rank ninety-five Super Douluo, and described its low soul power consumption but heavy spiritual power demands.
• Kong Deming volunteered to test the armor against his Immovable Wisdom King defensive Soul Tool after stopping Xuan Ziwen from taking the risk.
• Chen Mo shattered Kong Deming's shield with one punch by combining the armor's Light Condensation trait with his Light Explosion Technique.
• Kong Deming and Xuan Ziwen agreed to seek funding for Humanoid Soul Tool research, and Chen Mo offered to help them take their strength further.

The Shrek and Tang Sect teams arrived in Mingdu for the Tournament, where the Sun Moon Empire’s preparations and the unequal accommodations revealed tensions among the competitors. As the Tournament opened, Jing Hongchen plotted revenge against Shrek, while Chen Mo surveyed Mingdu’s soldiers and resolved to build his own force.

• Elder Song and the other escorts brought the Shrek and Tang Sect teams to Mingdu, and Huo Yuhao reassured Wang Dong as they passed through a city crowded with Soul Tools.
• At the Mingyue Hotel, Xian Lin'er arranged for the Tang Sect team to share Shrek’s upper-floor accommodations instead of staying on the second floor.
• Jing Hongchen reviewed the Shrek and Tang Sect files and began devising ways to rig the Tournament against them.
• The Sun Moon Empire deployed twenty thousand soldiers to secure the route from the Mingyue Hotel to Mingdu Square as the contestants gathered for the opening.
• Chen Mo used All-Domain Shared Search to survey the soldiers and decided to establish his own force after the Tournament.

Bei Bei rallied the Tang Sect team before the tournament, hoping their success would draw out the people who had taken Tang Ya. As the tournament began, Xuan Zi revealed to Cai Mei'er that he planned to attack any team that threatened Shrek or the Tang Sect's chances of winning.

• Bei Bei urged the Tang Sect contestants to restore the sect's reputation, while privately hoping to see Tang Ya again.
• Xu Sanshi and Wang Dong grew angry at spectators who mocked the Tang Sect, but Bei Bei calmed them and led the team to Mingdu Square.
• The Sun Moon Empire's Old Emperor opened the tournament after a ceremonial procession and speech.
• Xuan Zi told Cai Mei'er he planned to leave, claiming he wanted to buy chicken legs and wine.
• Xuan Zi admitted he intended to attack any team that could prevent the Shrek Team or Tang Sect team from winning the championship.

Xuan Zi planned to attack rival teams staying at the Mingyue Hotel, despite Cai Mei'er’s objections, while Du Busi’s presence disrupted his original plan. At the tournament, the Sun Moon Team faced the Dragon Slaying Sect in the opening match, with Chen Mo chosen as the Sun Moon Team’s first competitor.

• Xuan Zi insisted on attacking rival teams to protect Shrek’s glory, and Cai Mei'er urged him to follow Elder Song’s instructions.
• Du Busi silenced the arguing elders, and Xuan Zi decided to target competitors at the Mingyue Hotel instead.
• Xu Tianran asked Jing Hongchen how many Sun Moon Team competitors would be needed to defeat the Dragon Slaying Sect, and Jing Hongchen predicted one could sweep them.
• Ye Yulin announced the tournament’s combined Individual Elimination Competition and team battle format before introducing the Sun Moon Team and the Dragon Slaying Sect.
• The Dragon Slaying Sect sent a tall, burly competitor onto the stage, and the Sun Moon Team sent Chen Mo.

Chen Mo dominated the Dragon Slaying Sect’s individual elimination matches, defeating its first two contestants with ease. As the sect sent out its next fighter, Shrek’s cheating scandal drew public mockery and Xu Tianran recognized Chen Mo’s growing value.

• Ye Yulin warned the teams against cheating, prompting spectators to mock Shrek and leaving Huo Yuhao embarrassed.
• Xuan Zi angrily denied Shrek had cheated, while Cai Mei’er recalled that he had caused the scandal and blamed Wang Yan for it.
• Chen Mo knocked out the Dragon Slaying Sect’s burly Soul King with one punch, then defeated Feng Shen with Spiritual Shock.
• Xu Tianran was astonished by Chen Mo’s strength, and Jing Hongchen hinted that Chen Mo could surprise him further.
• The Dragon Slaying Sect’s captain sent another contestant to face Chen Mo.

Chen Mo’s victory led the Dragon Slaying Sect to surrender, while Xuan Zi subdued Song Yunzhi and prepared to attack rival teams. In the imperial gardens, Xu Tianran decided to use a member of the imperial family to bind Chen Mo more securely.

• Chen Mo defeated two Dragon Slaying Sect Soul Kings with single blows, and the team surrendered, giving the Sun Moon Team its place in the preliminary round.
• Song Yunzhi tried to stop Xuan Zi from attacking competing teams, but he struck her unconscious and chose the Snow Demon Sect as his first target.
• Xu Tianran watched Xu Tianzhen in the imperial gardens and resolved to place a relative of the Sun Moon Imperial Family beside Chen Mo.

Xu Tianran tried to arrange for Xu Tianzhen to grow close to Chen Mo, hoping to secure his support through a marriage. Xu Tianzhen agreed only after Xu Tianran promised to make the Mingdu Team face Chen Mo’s Sun Moon Team so she could duel him.

• Xu Tianran summoned Xu Tianzhen and said he had chosen an outstanding marriage candidate for her.
• Xu Tianran named Chen Mo and urged Xu Tianzhen to visit him at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy and deepen their relationship.
• Xu Tianzhen insisted Chen Mo would have to defeat her before she would consider getting closer to him.
• Xu Tianran initially rejected her request to pit the Mingdu Team against the Sun Moon Team, saying it would weaken their own teams.
• Xu Tianran relented and agreed to arrange the teams’ match in the Promotion Tournament, and Xu Tianzhen happily accepted.

Xuan Zi disguised himself as a Sun Moon soul engineer and attacked the Snow Demon Sect’s rooms with a Level 8 Soul Cannon, hoping to frame the Sun Moon Empire. Du Busi stopped him, and Xuan Zi revealed his identity and Martial Soul Avatar while fighting back.

• Xuan Zi disguised himself, fired a Level 8 Soul Cannon at the Snow Demon Sect’s rooms, and planned to leave it behind to implicate the Sun Moon Empire.
• Du Busi protected the competitors with a dark-green shield, and Xuan Zi realized he had attacked the rooms where Du Busi was staying.
• Xuan Zi dropped the cannon and fled, but Du Busi caught up and shattered his Level 8 Soul Tool Shield and Level 6 Invincible Shield.
• Xuan Zi activated his Martial Soul Avatar and transformed into the Godly Taotie Bull, revealing himself to Du Busi.

Xuan Zi attacked the Snow Demon Sect, but Du Busi stopped him and overpowered him despite his life-flame boost. Chen Mo knocked Xuan Zi unconscious, then confronted a group of Evil Soul Masters before a woman revealed herself atop a tower.

• Du Busi recognized Xuan Zi as the attacker and refused to let him escape after he targeted the Snow Demon Sect.
• Xuan Zi burned his life flame and attacked Du Busi, who blocked his blows and protected the sect from Xuan Zi's barrage.
• Xuan Zi fled, but Chen Mo emerged from a spatial rift, struck him down with spiritual power, and left him unconscious with Energy-Gathering Light.
• Chen Mo spotted figures in the western woods, repelled the Evil Soul Masters who attacked him, and heard a woman on a tower declare her interest in him.

Ye Xishui tried to take Chen Mo to the Holy Spirit Cult, but he wounded her and drove her forces away. Later, Du Busi confronted the Shrek representatives and revealed that Xuan Zi had attacked the Snow Demon Sect and colluded with the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Ye Xishui offered to make Chen Mo the Holy Spirit Cult's Holy Son and threatened to kill him if he refused.
• Chen Mo struck Ye Xishui with the Great Wilderness Prison Finger, and she ordered her forces to retreat after being wounded.
• Ye Xishui escaped with Blood Escape Technique, while the other Holy Spirit Cult members fled with the unconscious Xuan Zi.
• Du Busi kept the Shrek representatives under guard at the Mingyue Hotel and questioned them about the night's events.
• Du Busi accused Xuan Zi of attacking the Snow Demon Sect and colluding with the Holy Spirit Cult, shocking Xian Lin'er and Cai Mei'er.

Du Busi confined Shrek Academy’s members while the Sun Moon Empire investigated the attack, and Ye Xishui ordered Xuan Zi taken back to the Holy Spirit Cult and brainwashed. After reviewing the interrogation records, Chen Mo told Du Busi and Jing Hongchen to arrest everyone from Shrek.

• Du Busi ordered the Shrek delegation to remain in their rooms and cooperate with the investigation, while soldiers took Bei Bei away for questioning.
• Ye Xishui recovered her human form outside Mingdu and ordered Zhang Peng to take the wounded Xuan Zi back to the Holy Spirit Cult for brainwashing.
• Chen Mo recovered at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy and received the interrogation records from Du Busi and Jing Hongchen.
• Chen Mo told Du Busi and Jing Hongchen to arrest the Shrek members rather than let them return home.

After Du Busi exposed Xuan Zi’s attack and collusion with Evil Soul Masters, the tournament continued while Shrek was cleared of responsibility. At the Holy Spirit Cult, Zhongli Wu decided to brainwash the captured Xuan Zi with Ma Xiaotao and Tang Ya present.

• Chen Mo urged Jing Hongchen to arrest Shrek, but Du Busi chose to announce Xuan Zi’s crimes without revealing Chen Mo’s strength.
• Du Busi announced at Mingdu Square that Xuan Zi had acted alone, cleared Shrek Academy, and said the competition would continue.
• Zhongli Wu went to Xuan Zi’s cell intending to kill him, but Zhang Peng explained Ye Xishui’s order to keep Xuan Zi alive for brainwashing.
• Zhongli Wu ordered Xuan Zi awakened and brought Ma Xiaotao and Tang Ya to the cell.
• Xuan Zi recognized Ma Xiaotao and Tang Ya as Zhongli Wu began brainwashing him with the Death God Demon Puppet.

Zhongli Wu successfully brainwashed Xuan Zi and made him a loyal member of the Holy Spirit Cult. As the tournament’s Promotion Tournament began, Xu Tianzhen rejected her teacher’s suggestion to forfeit against the Sun Moon Team and vowed to defeat them.

• Zhongli Wu ordered Tang Ya and Ma Xiaotao to restrain Xuan Zi, then planted a Mental Mark that made him loyal to the Holy Spirit Cult and hostile to Shrek Academy.
• Zhongli Wu instructed Zhang Peng to treat Xuan Zi, who would awaken in three months, and left with Tang Ya and Ma Xiaotao.
• After the preliminary rounds ended, Xiao Hongchen persuaded Chen Mo to let him fight first in the Sun Moon Team’s Promotion Tournament match.
• Teacher Li suggested that Xu Tianzhen’s Mingdu Academy team forfeit to the Sun Moon Team, but Xu Tianzhen refused and vowed to win.