Shi Meng

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Shi Meng (时梦)
Alias(es)	Time Douluo; Herrscher of Temporal Sequence 4 9
Species/Race	Human; possesses a system-granted Herrscher Authority 1 32
Gender	Male
Age	Six at his martial-soul awakening; twelve during the Dream Academy arc 5 24
Affiliation	Spirit Hall; Dream Academy 5 17
Occupation/Role	Bibi Dong’s disciple; Spirit Hall’s Holy Son; Dream Academy’s honorary dean 2 5 24
Martial Soul	Clock-Hand Pointer, also called the Hour and Minute Hand 4 8
Soul Power	Level 53 after absorbing his fifth soul ring 29
Status	Alive in the current worldline; killed by Tang San in remembered previous lives 14 20 35
First Appearance	Appears in Bibi Dong’s bath 1

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Herrscher of Temporal Sequence	1	Chooses a random Herrscher Authority from the system and receives temporal sequence authority. His first causal alteration exhausts its energy.
Clock-Hand Pointer awakening	4	Awakens a palm-length clock hand formed from blue flames. Its pressure causes other tool-type martial souls to submit.
Innate level 20	5	An advanced testing crystal confirms level-twenty innate soul power after the original crystal shatters.
First soul ring; remains level 20	7 9	Absorbs the roughly 1,200-year-old Time-Ice Mystic Butterfly. The ring becomes blue-gold, his soul power grows more condensed, and he gains Time’s Continuous Slash.
Level 24; second soul ring	11 13	Absorbs the 5,000-year Thunderfire Falcon and gains Wheel of Time. Ranking up fully restores his Authority of Time.
Level 49 Soul Ancestor	15	Confirmed during the Rose Hotel confrontation. The intervening breakthroughs and third- and fourth-ring hunts are not shown in the supplied passages.
Level 50; fifth ring pending	24	Breaks through at twelve. The system rates his actual combat strength as equivalent to a Soul Saint and records his third and fourth rings as 10,000 and 50,000 years old.
Level 53; fifth soul ring	29	Absorbs the 80,000-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s ring, which gains a blue-gold tint. His fifth skill transforms the pointer into the Anchor of Doom; the breakthrough restores his strength.

Background / History

Origin and adopted identity

Before arriving on Douluo Continent, Shi Meng had lived as an office worker and played games based on the setting. He retains modern-world references and knowledge of the original story, including Dai Mubai’s Rose Hotel entrance and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s dangerous finishing technique 2 6 14 29.

After unexpectedly appearing in Bibi Dong’s bath, he uses his newly acquired authority to examine and alter her past. When he awakens afterward, he pretends to remember only his name and presents himself as a six-year-old child. The deception secures Bibi Dong’s care and a place as her disciple 1 2.

Time Douluo and remembered worldlines

Bibi Dong, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and the Worship Hall elders recognize him as the returned Time Douluo. The elders remember him overpowering them during an earlier conflict involving Bibi Dong. Bibi Dong also remembers loving him and recalls that his previous-life first soul ring was 800 years old 4 6 9.

These memories are intertwined with his causal alterations rather than presented as one straightforward shared history. A message explicitly tells Qian Renxue that she has been brought from a parallel world into the current worldline, where Shi Meng has been reborn without his previous-life memories. Shi Meng later confirms privately that he altered her causality 20 21.

In Xiao Wu’s remembered life, he defended her after her soul-beast identity was exposed, offering to abandon his Holy Son position rather than surrender her. Tang San subsequently killed him from behind. Qian Renxue likewise remembers Tang San killing the man who had guided and supported her 13 14 20.

Soul Bonding reforms

In the remembered history associated with Na’er, Shi Meng established Soul Bonding pilot programs in Spirit Hall territory. Low-ranking Soul Masters entered equal contracts with ten-year and hundred-year Soul Beasts; the results were stable, and cultivation progressed no slower than through traditional soul hunting 33.

Contracted partners developed complementary combat abilities. Na’er served as his aide, with support from Xiao Wu, the Zhu sisters, Ning Rongrong’s sect, Skywater Academy, and Blazing Fire Academy. Tang San later denounced the system as disguised enslavement and organized a coalition against the flourishing Spirit Hall Empire 33.

Appearance

• Black hair: Qian Renxue’s informant describes him as a black-haired boy of about twelve, matching the portrait she supplied 20.
• Handsome, youthful appearance: His looks attract Shui Yue’er’s attention, while Dai Mubai dismisses him as a “pretty boy” 7 9 14.
• Childlike presentation: At six, he uses a babyish voice, obedient expressions, and sweet smiles to charm Bibi Dong and Hu Liena 2 9.

Personality

Shi Meng is calculating beneath his innocent presentation. He deliberately feigns amnesia, seeks Bibi Dong’s protection, and takes advantage of affectionate interactions to replenish his authority. His internal commentary is irreverent and filled with workplace, gaming, and modern-life comparisons 2 5 6 11.

He enjoys displaying his exceptional power, despite occasionally claiming that he wants to keep a low profile. Public mockery rarely unsettles him: he remains composed during the awakening ceremony and Rose Hotel dispute, and finds his swift victory over a Soul King disappointing rather than impressive 3 4 15 16 23.

His protectiveness can coexist with ruthlessness. He rescues Shui Bing’er, catches an exhausted Hu Liena, and pursues Xiao Wu alone; he also orders the execution of four defeated Clear Sky Sect disciples. Against the Evil God Tiger, he recognizes his own limits and relies on coordinated support rather than attempting a solo victory 10 12 27 29.

The remembered accounts emphasize a quieter, compassionate side. He offered Qian Renxue companionship without obligations, helped injured Soul Beasts, defended ordinary people, and treated Xiao Wu’s identity as less important than his attachment to her 13 20 32.

Abilities & Skills

Authority of Time and causal restructuring

His system-granted temporal sequence authority can reverse time and sever or reconstruct causality 1.

• Life-history access: Rewinds Bibi Dong’s life and witnesses the events behind her suffering 1.
• Causal alteration: Changes Bibi Dong’s relationship with him and later alters Qian Renxue’s causality. He states that he has changed multiple causal chains over six years 1 21 26.
• Bond-based recovery: Deepening his causal bond with Bibi Dong restores energy; holding her hand and receiving her care repeatedly trigger system rewards 1 6 9 11.
• Rank-based recovery: Advancing in soul-power rank also restores his authority. Higher ranks make its control increasingly effortless 13.
• Energy limit: His initial use drains him completely. At Dream Academy, the system reports that his stored authority is sufficient for only one further Causal Restructuring 1 18.

Clock-Hand Pointer

A time-controlling martial soul that appears as a palm-length clock hand surrounded by deep-blue flames 4 8.

• Temporal evasion: Briefly rewinds his position to avoid the Time-Ice Mystic Butterfly’s cold wave 8.
• Weapon transformation: Becomes blades, a greatsword, and eventually the Anchor of Doom 9 10 29.
• Martial-soul pressure: Forces tool-type martial souls into submission, affecting ordinary Soul Masters and Titled Douluos alike 4.
• Element-resistant flames: Burns away cold and continues burning on water. Shi Meng states that his flames are immune to every element 8 9.
• Soul-beast detection: Senses an ice-type thousand-year beast through unusual sensitivity to pheromones. He initially attributes this to his martial soul rather than claiming a confirmed explanation 6 7.
• Ring adaptation: Alters absorbed soul rings into highly compatible forms, producing a distinctive blue-gold coloration 9 29.

Weight of Ages

An innate martial-soul ability that erodes a target through the passage of time rather than relying solely on physical damage 8.

• Drains soul power and vitality, visibly aging the Time-Ice Mystic Butterfly’s wing patterns after a single strike 8.
• Accumulates invisible marks through repeated hits, allowing weak individual attacks to build toward a decisive result 9 28.
• Works with Wheel of Time, which accelerates its effects during the Evil God Tiger battle 28.
• Can detonate accumulated marks simultaneously, breaking the tiger’s armor and collapsing its soul power, vitality, and spiritual power 28.

Soul Skills

Ring	Skill	Applications and demonstrated limits
First — approximately 1,200 years	Time’s Continuous Slash; called Temporal Sequence Slash in the arena scene	Transforms the pointer into a blade for rapid, flame-wreathed slashes. Consecutive hits stack Weight of Ages. At level 49, his first skill defeats level-53 Liu Guiji in less than a second 9 22 28.
Second — 5,000 years	Wheel of Time	Throws the pointer into a rotating clock dial that damages targets and accelerates or rewinds their state. Briefly slows the Evil God Tiger and accelerates temporal erosion 13 28.
Third — 10,000 years	Time Like a Rising Tide	Raises an enormous kaleidoscopic magic array beneath the target. Repeated uses worsen the Evil God Tiger’s condition despite causing little meaningful direct damage 24 28.
Fourth — 50,000 years	Shadow Waltz	Constructs shadow attendants. During the tiger battle, he summons copies of Sword, Ghost, Chrysanthemum, and Snake Lance Douluo 24 28.
Fifth — 80,000 years	Return of the New Sun to Truth, Engrave the Past, Open the Present	Transforms the pointer into the Anchor of Doom for smashing attacks. The supplied passages describe its acquisition but do not show a combat demonstration 29.

Divine Light Slash

Transforms the pointer into a greatsword accompanied by blue divine light 29.

• Used against the Evil God Tiger and to kill it before its Evil God Hook can initiate a separate fight to the death 28 29.
• Its soul-ring assignment is not specified in the supplied passages 29.

Tactical and cultivation knowledge

• Soul-ring selection: Recommends an Ice Soul Python or Cold Pool Ice Wyrm for a power-focused Frost Sword and locates a suitable 420-year Iceheart Snow Silkworm for Shui Bing’er 8 10.
• Coordinated attacks: Combines Hu Liena’s charm with temporal slashes to incapacitate four higher-ranked opponents 12.
• Battle command: Assigns roles to four Titled Douluos and his companions, then uses their openings to accumulate Weight of Ages marks 27 28.
• Cultivation refinement: In Qian Renxue’s remembered life, modifies Spirit Hall’s cultivation method so her soul power circulates more than twice as smoothly 19.
• Potential martial-soul fusion: His soul power merges with Shui Bing’er’s into a new force. She suspects a fusion skill is possible, but none is demonstrated 10.

Limitations

• His soul power remains exhaustible: the first butterfly hunt leaves him weak, the Clear Sky confrontation drains him, and the Evil God Tiger battle exhausts all four available soul skills 9 12 29.
• Soul Saint-equivalent combat strength at level 50 does not make him a match for the Evil God Tiger alone; four Titled Douluos are essential to his strategy 24 27 28.
• Temporal control reduces the injuries he suffers when the tiger knocks him down, but does not prevent injury altogether 28.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Storage Soul Tool — Holds the Evil God Tiger’s Natal Pearl 29.
• Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Natal Pearl — A fingernail-sized black inner core containing evil, darkness, lightning, wind, time, and space attributes. He suppresses its attempt to escape with his authority and conceals its nature from his companions 29.
• Skywater Token — Received with Skywater Academy’s promised offerings 11.
• Ice marrow, jade marrow, and ice grass — Valuable materials collected after helping Skywater Academy 11.
• Carved wooden bird — A roughly made gift he gave Qian Renxue in her remembered life. His name is carved underneath, allowing her to identify the man she seeks 20.

Relationships

• Bibi Dong — Teacher, guardian, and principal early protector. Appoints him Holy Son and punishes Miles and Raine for targeting him. She remembers him as the person she loved most in her previous life; their causal bond also replenishes his authority 2 5 6.
• Hu Liena — Senior sister, combat partner, and possessive admirer. Trusts his battle plans and repeatedly defends him. He renders her unconscious when she tries to prevent his solo pursuit of Xiao Wu 7 12 24 29.
• Xiao Wu — Loved him in her previous life after he protected her from Spirit Hall. In the present, he knowingly shelters her identity and follows her into the forest; she confesses and kisses him, but his romantic response remains unresolved 13 27 29 30.
• Ning Rongrong — Admirer and Dream Academy recruiter. Intervenes at the Rose Hotel, provides material comforts, and restores him after the tiger battle. Confirms that she loved him in her previous life 16 17 18 25 29.
• Zhu Zhuqing — Previous-life admirer who joins Dream Academy and quietly watches for threats to him. Forms the Reborn Alliance with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong 21 25 27.
• Zhu Zhuyun — Joins Dream Academy after fleeing with Zhu Zhuqing. His arena performance impresses her, and his attention makes her blush; no established romance is shown 21 23.
• Qian Renxue — His former companion and mentee from a parallel world. Seeks him out, applies to teach at Dream Academy, and openly confesses her love while offering protection 19 20 22 24.
• Shui Bing’er — Soul-hunting partner whom he rescues. Their merged soul power suggests possible martial-soul fusion compatibility 10.
• Shui Yue’er — Attracted to his looks and strength; hopes Skywater’s affiliation will allow more visits 7 8 10.
• Na’er / Silver Dragon King — Remembers him sharing food, taking her in, and naming her Na’er. Upon awakening, sends Bi Ji and Zi Ji to find and secretly follow him 32.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin — Powerful supporter impressed by his sword-like ability. Wants to accept him as a disciple, but his Spirit Hall affiliation conflicts with Chen Xin’s old grudges 16 22 28.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo — Guardians who recognize him as Time Douluo and support his soul hunts and battles 4 9 12 28.
• She Long / Snake Lance Douluo — Qian Renxue’s subordinate and one of the four Titled Douluos supporting Shi Meng against the Evil God Tiger 20 27 28.
• Qian Daoliu and the Worship Hall elders — Fearful observers who remember Time Douluo’s earlier dominance and monitor his return 4 11.
• Tang San — Current enemy who blames him for disrupting his remembered future. Killed Shi Meng in the histories recalled by Xiao Wu and Qian Renxue; later organizes a smear campaign against him 14 20 22 35.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Spirit Hall awakening

Shi Meng’s arrival becomes a public challenge to Spirit Hall’s hierarchy when Miles and Raine ridicule him and contest Bibi Dong’s favor. His level-twenty awakening overturns their expectations and earns him the Holy Son title. Bibi Dong subsequently strips both opponents of their positions and soul power and expels them 2 3 5 6.

Early soul hunts and Skywater affiliation

Seeking a thousand-year first ring, he encounters Skywater Academy’s competing claim to the Time-Ice Mystic Butterfly. His advice helps turn the dispute into an affiliation agreement with Spirit Hall, and he assists the academy’s students with suitable soul beasts 6 7 8 10.

During his second-ring hunt, he and Hu Liena defeat Clear Sky Sect collateral disciples attempting to seize the Thunderfire Falcon. He orders their execution before absorbing the ring 11 12 13.

Rose Hotel and Dream Academy

A room dispute with Dai Mubai becomes a public wager. Ning Rongrong and Sword Douluo intervene, exposing Shi Meng’s powerful connections and removing the manager who threatened him. Shi Meng then accepts Rongrong’s invitation to Dream Academy 14 15 16 17.

At the academy, returning admirers gather around him, and his instant defeat of a Soul King intensifies Tang San’s hostility. He later discovers that four allied Douluos apparently destroyed Shrek during their supposed sparring, but rejects Zhao Wuji’s accusation when no proof is offered 21 22 23 26.

Fifth-ring expedition

After reaching level 50, he brings his companions to Star Dou Great Forest. There, he coordinates the battle against the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, secures his fifth ring, and claims its hidden Natal Pearl 24 27 28 29.

When Er Ming carries Xiao Wu away, Shi Meng follows alone. Xiao Wu prevents the ape from attacking him, reveals her identity, and confesses her love. After she leaves to address her rank-thirty bottleneck, Shi Meng notices a mysterious purple eye farther inside Star Lake 29 30.

Smear campaign in Suotuo City

Tang San’s group spreads fabricated accusations of abduction, sexual abuse, and using victims for cultivation or pill refining. Shi Meng returns to find Dream Academy surrounded by protesters and staged accusers. Rather than panic, he begins testing an accuser’s story by asking for her daughter’s name and the date of the alleged incident; the supplied passage ends before the confrontation is resolved 35.

Notable Quotes

“Whether she's a Soul Beast doesn't matter. What matters is that she's the person I care about most in this life.”
— Defending Xiao Wu in her remembered previous life 13

“Witness the weight of ages!”
— Activating his innate ability against the Time-Ice Mystic Butterfly 8

“No. My flames are immune to every element!”
— Explaining why his blue flames continue burning on water 9