Recaps

After Meng Chen emerged from a medicinal bath with a greatly strengthened body and rank twenty-eight Soul Power, Qian Renxue arranged a test of his physical strength. Meng Chen struck Tie Shan hard enough to stagger the rank fifty-two Soul King, leaving everyone stunned.

• Meng Chen hid his Blood Essence Soul Ring and credited the medicinal bath for his strengthened physique and rapid rise to rank twenty-eight.
• She Long examined Meng Chen and found his bones, sinews, and blood essence extraordinarily strong, without signs of damage to his foundation.
• Qian Renxue ordered She Long to bring Tie Shan for a contest of physical strength without Soul Skills.
• Tie Shan agreed to let Meng Chen throw the first three punches while Qian Renxue and She Long watched from the edge of the arena.
• Meng Chen shattered the obsidian floor with his charge and punched Tie Shan, forcing the rank fifty-two Soul King back several steps.

Meng Chen gravely wounded Tie Shan with a second punch, astonishing Qian Renxue, who gave him access to the imperial treasury to support his training. At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Gu Yuena sensed that the Golden Dragon King power within Meng Chen had begun to awaken.

• Meng Chen used his Bloodline Power and Martial Soul Possession to smash Tie Shan into the arena wall, breaking his arms and leaving him gravely wounded.
• Qian Renxue stopped Meng Chen from striking again and ordered She Long to take Tie Shan for treatment and silence everyone who witnessed the fight.
• Qian Renxue gave Meng Chen a gold token granting him access to the highest floor of the imperial treasury so he could collect medicinal ingredients.
• Meng Chen arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and reassured Ning Rongrong after she scolded him for missing three days of class.
• Gu Yuena noticed the Golden Dragon King power inside Meng Chen had begun to burn and realized something within him had changed.

Meng Chen met Gu Yuena in a secluded ravine and revealed his Golden Dragon Body, transforming his rabbit ears into dragon horns. Gu Yuena recognized the power as the Golden Dragon King’s true form, and Meng Chen ended the display by claiming it made him feel like a creature consumed by slaughter.

• Ning Rongrong invited Meng Chen to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but he refused and claimed he needed to recover from training.
• After Ning Rongrong left, Meng Chen went to a secluded ravine to meet Gu Yuena.
• Gu Yuena sensed a change in Meng Chen’s body and demanded to know what had happened.
• Meng Chen awakened his Blood Essence Soul Ring and displayed his Golden Dragon Body, turning his rabbit ears into dragon horns.
• Gu Yuena recognized the Golden Dragon King’s form and ordered Meng Chen to put it away.
• Meng Chen withdrew the power and told Gu Yuena that using it made him feel driven by slaughter.

Gu Yuena warned Meng Chen to hide his Golden Dragon power from humans, and he spent the next five years cultivating at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. At twelve, he reached level fifty-nine and met Qian Renxue before a combat demonstration, where a girl called for him from below.

• Gu Yuena warned Meng Chen that humans might imprison him and exploit his Golden Dragon bloodline if they discovered his power, and he promised to reveal it only to her.
• Gu Yuena left Broken Ravine, and Meng Chen resolved to lie low until he could open the third seal before turning sixteen.
• Five years passed as Meng Chen cultivated, mastered control over his visible traits, and reached level fifty-nine at age twelve.
• Qian Renxue visited Meng Chen at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and explained that she had come to watch the Imperial Guard commander and Main Campus special-class students' combat demonstration.
• A girl's voice rang out from the training-ground steps, demanding that Meng Chen come out.

Ning Rongrong visited Meng Chen at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and urged him to accompany her to a strange academy in the Balak Kingdom that accepted only monsters. Meng Chen recognized it as Shrek Academy and, after years of sheltered cultivation, considered the need for real trials.

• Ning Rongrong arrived at the training grounds, greeted Qian Renxue respectfully, and relaxed after the Crown Prince left.
• Ning Rongrong scolded Meng Chen for avoiding her, and the two joked about why she had come to the academy.
• Ning Rongrong criticized Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s noble students and revealed she had heard of an unregistered academy in the Balak Kingdom that accepted only monsters.
• Ning Rongrong asked Meng Chen to go with her, saying her father would not scold her if Meng Chen accompanied her.
• Meng Chen recognized the academy as Shrek Academy, recalled Tang San and Xiao Wu’s expected journey, and reflected on his rank-fifty-nine cultivation and lack of life-and-death experience.

Meng Chen agreed to travel to the Balak Kingdom with Ning Rongrong, then invited Gu Yuena to join them. She declined but urged him to visit the mysterious Burial Dragon Mountain Range, which Meng Chen suspected was Dragon Valley.

• Ning Rongrong persuaded Meng Chen to travel with her to the Balak Kingdom, and he agreed after setting conditions for the journey.
• Meng Chen visited Gu Yuena at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and told her he planned to leave Heaven Dou City.
• Meng Chen invited Gu Yuena to travel with him and Ning Rongrong, but she refused.
• Gu Yuena suggested Meng Chen visit the Burial Dragon Mountain Range, and he wondered if she meant Dragon Valley.

Meng Chen reflected on the Douluo world’s changing setting while traveling with Ning Rongrong, then investigated a disturbance in the forest. He found an unconscious, wounded Zhu Zhuqing and realized she was still being hunted.

• Meng Chen sat by the campfire with Ning Rongrong and thought about how the Douluo world had shifted from fantasy toward technology and space warfare.
• Two cat-eared sisters fought in the forest as the older sister pursued the wounded younger one, whom she called Little Qing.
• Meng Chen heard the disturbance, told Ning Rongrong he was going to relieve himself, and followed a faint presence and the scent of blood into the woods.
• Meng Chen found an unconscious Black-Clad Cat-Eared Girl in the grass and recognized her as Zhu Zhuqing.

Meng Chen treated Zhu Zhuqing after she collapsed while fleeing her family, and Zhu Zhuyun revealed that she had secretly helped her escape. Zhu Zhuqing woke the next morning, nearly healed, and met Meng Chen.

• Meng Chen carried the unconscious Zhu Zhuqing to safety, treated her abdominal wound, and called out Zhu Zhuyun, who had been watching from the woods.
• Zhu Zhuyun thanked Meng Chen and chose not to take Zhu Zhuqing back, saying she wanted her little sister to escape the family's rules and find freedom.
• Zhu Zhuyun kissed Zhu Zhuqing goodbye, urged her to keep running, and disappeared into the night.
• Meng Chen carried Zhu Zhuqing back to camp, where Ning Rongrong questioned him about the girl before he explained what had happened.
• Zhu Zhuqing woke the next morning with her wound nearly healed and saw Meng Chen standing nearby; she blushed when he greeted her.

Meng Chen, Ning Rongrong, and the injured Zhu Zhuqing arrived in Suotuo City, where the city lord received them and arranged their lodging. The next morning, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing went shopping together, and Ning Rongrong set her heart on an expensive necklace while Meng Chen insisted he had no money.

• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Meng Chen and Ning Rongrong for saving her, then learned they were traveling to Shrek Academy.
• Meng Chen and his companions reached Suotuo City, where city lord Talas welcomed them and arranged two houses for their stay.
• Meng Chen asked Talas to investigate Shrek Academy's admissions and its activities in Suotuo City.
• The following morning, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing browsed jewelry shops together while Meng Chen followed carrying their shopping bags.
• Ning Rongrong chose a fire-agate phoenix necklace priced at 6,666 Gold Soul Coins and looked to Meng Chen, who said he had no money.

While shopping at the Jade Scenery Pavilion, Zhu Zhuqing coldly rebuffed Dai Mubai, who then tried to attack Meng Chen. The proprietor stopped the fight and gave Meng Chen, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong each a free item, and they later returned to the city lord’s residence.

• Ning Rongrong asked the shop attendant to set aside the Fire Agate Red Phoenix Necklace so she could return with enough money to buy it.
• Dai Mubai entered the shop with two women, and Zhu Zhuqing called him a coward who had fled from his family’s rules.
• Meng Chen taunted Dai Mubai while watching with a tub of popcorn, prompting Dai Mubai to attack him.
• The Jade Scenery Pavilion’s Soul Emperor proprietor blocked Dai Mubai’s punch and ordered him to leave despite his appeal to Shrek Academy.
• Dai Mubai left after threatening Meng Chen, and the proprietor offered Meng Chen, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong one item each as compensation.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing ended their shopping and returned with Meng Chen to the city lord’s residence.