Recaps

Jiang Nannan listened to a man recruit commoners for the Holy Spirit Cult and decided to travel with his caravan to learn more. At Sun Moon Imperial Academy, Xu Cheng faced his young sister Xu Tianzhen in an exchange match, where she unexpectedly kept up with him for nearly an hour.

• A middle-aged man argued that nobles had smeared the Holy Spirit Cult and invited commoners to join his caravan to the Sun Moon Empire.
• Jiang Nannan approached the man and agreed to go with the caravan, hoping the organization might help cure her mother.
• Xu Cheng met the team from Mingdu Soul Engineer Academy, and Xu Tianzhen challenged him to a match.
• Xu Cheng and Xu Tianzhen released their martial souls, and she used her third soul skill, Sun Godlight.
• Nearly an hour later, Xu Tianzhen was still trading blows evenly with Xu Cheng, astonishing Xiao Hongchen.

Xu Cheng faced Xu Tianzhen and then Bai Ye in a series of exhibition matches at the Sun Moon Imperial Academy. After Xu Tianzhen narrowly lost, Bai Ye revealed his powerful Horned Dragon martial soul and prepared to fight Xu Cheng, whose reputation left the Mingdu Soul Engineer Academy's dean doubtful that Bai Ye could win.

• Xu Tianzhen fought Xu Cheng for nearly an hour but narrowly lost, then told Bai Ye she had supposedly worn down her brother's soul power.
• Bai Ye took the stage as Xiao Hongchen, Ji Juechen, and other top students gathered to watch Xu Cheng's match.
• Bai Ye revealed his five-ring Horned Dragon martial soul, drawing cheers from the spectators and recognition from Jing Hongchen.
• Jing Hongchen told the Mingdu Soul Engineer Academy's dean that Xu Cheng had defeated a Level 7 Soul Engineer the previous month.
• Bai Ye deployed thick cannon barrels around himself as a steel fortress and prepared to attack Xu Cheng.

Xu Cheng revealed the overwhelming power of his Borrowed Sun ability, defeated Bai Ye, and recruited him into the Royal Soul Engineer Corps. As Xu Cheng prepared to seek Tian Meng and Electrolux in the Star Dou Great Forest, Huo Yuhao fled the White Tiger Duke's Mansion and set out for the same destination.

• Xu Cheng displayed his purple, purple, black, black, black soul rings and summoned a blazing sun with his fifth soul ring, shocking the spectators.
• Xu Cheng's heat melted Bai Ye's soul tools and overwhelmed his horned dragon, prompting Bai Ye to surrender.
• Xu Cheng invited Bai Ye to join the Royal Soul Engineer Corps' Second Battalion after graduation, and Bai Ye swore his loyalty to him.
• Xu Cheng decided to head for the Star Dou Great Forest to find Tian Meng and Electrolux.
• Huo Yuhao escaped the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, vowed to return and take revenge, and headed toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

Huo Yuhao killed a White Baboon in the Star Dou Great Forest, but Tian Meng abandoned his plan to make Huo Yuhao his host after sensing his poor aptitude. Tian Meng rushed toward Xu Cheng, whose powerful Soul King cultivation made him a far better choice.

• Xu Cheng flew toward the Star Dou Great Forest with Tang Ya, Crow, and Zhang Peng, while Tang Ya revealed she had reached Soul King.
• Huo Yuhao killed a White Baboon and prepared to absorb its Ten-Year Soul Ring.
• Tian Meng emerged and offered Huo Yuhao a million-year Wisdom Soul Ring, but changed his mind after judging Huo Yuhao's talent and constitution.
• Tian Meng vanished, leaving Huo Yuhao confused, while a cloud of black mist lost track of Tian Meng's spiritual fluctuations.
• Tian Meng tunneled toward Xu Cheng, deciding to make the fourteen-year-old Soul King his host instead.

Xu Cheng accepted Tian Meng's million-year soul ring, but a mysterious black bead entered his Sea of Consciousness and Tian Meng discovered Xu Cheng was an Evil Soul Master. Meanwhile, Bei Bei spotted the unconscious Tang Ya with Xu Cheng in the Star Dou Great Forest and rushed toward them.

• Tian Meng emerged before Xu Cheng and offered to become his Wisdom Soul Ring.
• Tian Meng sacrificed himself, sending his ten golden rings and immense cultivation into Xu Cheng.
• A mass of black mist entered Xu Cheng's Sea of Consciousness and resisted Tian Meng's attempt to expel it, becoming a small bead.
• Tian Meng browsed Xu Cheng's memories, realized he was an Evil Soul Master, and confronted him.
• Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi arrived near Xu Cheng and Tang Ya, and Bei Bei charged at Xu Cheng after seeing Tang Ya unconscious in his arms.

After Tian Meng became Xu Cheng’s million-year wisdom soul ring and granted him four soul skills, Xu Cheng’s spiritual power surged. He returned to find Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi confronting him over the unconscious Tang Ya, and the chapter ended as both attacked.

• Tian Meng realized Xu Cheng was the Holy Spirit Cult’s Holy Son, then discovered that Xu Cheng differed from other evil soul masters.
• Tian Meng appeared in Xu Cheng’s Sea of Consciousness and explained the four soul skills granted by his sacrifice: Spiritual Sharing, Soul Shock, Spiritual Mist, and Spiritual Purification.
• Xu Cheng’s spiritual detection range expanded, and Tian Meng’s remaining spiritual power began slowly integrating into his body.
• Xu Cheng’s consciousness returned just as Bei Bei attacked, but the Red Dust Protection blocked the blow and left Bei Bei injured.
• Bei Bei accused Xu Cheng of taking advantage of the unconscious Tang Ya, while Xu Sanshi blocked his escape.
• Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi attacked Xu Cheng together, and Xu Cheng’s expression darkened as he prepared to respond.

Tang Ya reunited with Bei Bei in Star Dou Great Forest, but rejected his confession and left with Xu Cheng. Xu Cheng demonstrated his new time-slowing Soul Skill, while Bei Bei departed heartbroken.

• Xu Cheng let Bei Bei charge into him, then Tang Ya awakened and restrained Bei Bei with her dark Blue Silver Grass.
• Bei Bei confessed his love to Tang Ya, but she pierced his chest with a vine and told him she remembered him stopping her from being killed three years earlier.
• Tang Ya learned Xu Cheng had only held her while she was unconscious, dismissed Bei Bei, and left with Xu Cheng after Xu Sanshi carried Bei Bei away.
• On a giant crow, Zhang Peng recognized Xu Cheng from the earlier rescue, and Xu Cheng demonstrated a Soul Skill that greatly slowed time from others’ perspective.
• Bei Bei rode away on Xu Sanshi’s back, devastated by Tang Ya’s rejection.

Xu Cheng found Huo Yuhao near collapse in the Star Dou Great Forest and decided to intervene rather than let Shrek Academy take him. The chapter ended with Huo Yuhao falling and a shadow appearing before him.

• Xu Cheng used Tian Meng's spiritual power to search a vast area of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xu Cheng spotted Huo Yuhao, who was starving and weakened after eating leaves that drained his soul power.
• Xu Cheng reflected on Huo Yuhao's loyalty and hardship, then decided to take him to the Sun Moon Empire as compensation for taking his fated opportunity.
• Tian Meng revealed that Huo Yuhao had been his original choice for a sacrifice, and Xu Cheng questioned whether their encounter had been guided by destiny.
• Xu Cheng chose to intervene before Shrek Academy could find Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao collapsed while struggling onward, then saw a dark silhouette standing before him.

Xu Cheng and Tang Ya rescued Huo Yuhao, and Xu Cheng helped him obtain a spiritual-type Soul Ring. After Huo Yuhao began absorbing it, Xu Cheng received a strange system reward tied to ranged weapons.

• Huo Yuhao woke in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Xu Cheng used Spiritual Purification to clear his dizziness.
• Huo Yuhao explained that he had come alone from an ordinary farming family to seek a Soul Ring, then thanked Xu Cheng for saving him.
• Xu Cheng learned that Huo Yuhao's Martial Soul was his eyes and promised to help him find a suitable Soul Ring.
• Xu Cheng defeated a nearly four-hundred-year-old Tian Meng Illusion Butterfly, and Huo Yuhao absorbed its Soul Ring using a Soul Tool.
• Xu Cheng received the hidden-mission reward [I Bet Your Gun Has No Bullets], which gave opposing ranged weapons a ninety percent chance of lacking energy.

Huo Yuhao gained a new soul skill and joined the Sun Moon Imperial Academy, while Xu Cheng inspected the completed missile guidance project at Mingde Hall. He also saw the first humanoid mecha, which was still undergoing tests.

• Huo Yuhao absorbed his martial soul, broke through, and gained the Spiritual Enhancement skill before agreeing to follow Xu Cheng and Xiaoya.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion watched the group leave, then hurried deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest when the Scarlet King called for her.
• Huo Yuhao entered the Sun Moon Imperial Academy and was shown his private dormitory by Xiao Hongchen.
• Nana summoned Xu Cheng, who guessed that missile guidance technology was the reason and went with her to Mingde Hall.
• Elder Cheng told Xu Cheng that the missile's concealment had passed its final test and that the missile was ready to launch.
• Xu Cheng saw a nearly completed humanoid mecha, and Elder Cheng explained that it was still being tested.

Elder Cheng revealed the giant Mecha he had developed, and Xu Cheng used his expanded spiritual power to pilot it. Meanwhile, Jiang Nannan traveled with her sick mother toward the Sun Moon Empire, unaware that their driver intended to take them to the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Elder Cheng explained that his giant Mecha could match a Super Douluo in combat but required immense spiritual power to operate.
• Xu Cheng demonstrated his Spiritual Sharing skill and revealed that his fifth Soul Ring came from a Million-Year Soul Beast.
• Elder Cheng let Xu Cheng enter the Mecha, and Xu Cheng linked with its controls and activated it.
• Jiang Nannan thanked the driver for helping her and her mother evade the Mystic Yin Sect's search.
• The driver learned that Jiang Nannan attended Shrek Academy and said he was taking them to the Holy Spirit Cult.

Xu Cheng tested Elder Cheng’s giant growth-type mecha and learned that it could eventually reach Limit Douluo-level strength, though its immense spiritual power requirements made it difficult to pilot. After Elder Cheng promised to finish optimizing it before the Continental Soul Engineer Tournament, Xu Cheng confronted him about his approaching death, and Elder Cheng revealed the old injuries behind his condition.

• Xu Cheng piloted the giant mecha for an hour and discussed its spiritual power demands and limited pool of potential pilots with Elder Cheng.
• Xu Cheng learned that the mecha’s materials could withstand Limit Douluo-level power and that Elder Cheng would finish optimizing it before the Continental Soul Engineer Tournament.
• Elder Cheng explained that he planned to develop smaller mechas for mass production and support Xu Cheng’s ambitions to unite the world.
• Xu Cheng asked whether Elder Cheng was helping him through his final stretch of life, and Elder Cheng admitted he had hidden his condition.
• Elder Cheng revealed that a soul beast had gravely injured him when he was young, leaving hidden wounds that damaged his brain and sometimes caused mental instability.

Xu Cheng resolved to find a way to heal Elder Cheng’s hidden injury and agreed to travel to the Far North with Tian Meng to recruit powerful soul beasts for their god-making plan. At a festival gathering, he learned the Sun Moon Royal Academy’s provisional tournament roster and was offered a place on the main team.

• Xu Cheng decided he would obtain the life-gold carving knife at the upcoming tournament auction to save Elder Cheng, despite Tian Meng’s doubts about healing the injury.
• Tian Meng proposed traveling to the Far North to enlist his powerful soul-beast acquaintances in Xu Cheng’s god-making plan, and Xu Cheng agreed.
• Xu Cheng joined Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Tang Ya, Ju Zi, Shi Xing, Nana, Ji Juechen, and Huo Yuhao at a festival, where he sampled Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish.
• Xu Cheng asked Ji Juechen about the Sword of Judgment, and Ji said he was getting along with it.
• Xiao Hongchen explained that he and the others were provisionally assigned to the reserve team, offered Xu Cheng a place on the main team, and said Xu Cheng could choose the reserve team’s remaining two members.

Xu Cheng launched four paper boats with wishes for safety, health, and survival, then received a report about a Shrek student’s sick mother. At Shrek Academy, Wang Dong struggled through Zhou Yi’s training and became nauseated while trying Soul Tools, while Tang San inspected the lower realm and realized Huo Yuhao’s companions did not match his expectations.

• Xu Cheng assigned the final travel spots to Huo Yuhao and Shi Xing after revealing that a Holy Spirit Cult elder had infiltrated Shrek Academy.
• Nana, Meng Hongchen, Tang Ya, and Ju Zi each gave Xu Cheng a paper boat, and he launched them with wishes for his safety, his teacher’s health, and his own survival.
• Xu Cheng received a report that Jiang Nannan’s seriously ill mother had arrived in Mingdu after being harmed by the Mystic Yin Sect.
• Wang Dong endured Zhou Yi’s punishing classes, then went to Shrek City with Xiao Xiao and repeatedly became nauseated while testing storage Soul Tools.
• Tang San watched Wang Dong try Soul Tools, then saw Huo Yuhao selling grilled fish with Tang Ya, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen, causing his smile to freeze.

Tang San discovered that his chosen child of destiny had ended up at the Sun Moon Empire’s academy and tried to interfere, but the God Kings Goodness and Evil stopped him. They ordered him to detach his father’s fate pattern from Douluo Star within a day, leaving Tang San furious but pretending to Xiao Wu that nothing was wrong.

• Tang San saw that Huo Yuhao and the Tang Sect disciples were at the Sun Moon Empire’s academy and feared the empire would win the coming war.
• Tang San tried to use divine power to intervene, but Goodness and Evil appeared and accused him of meddling in the lower planes and letting his father devour Douluo Star’s Plane Spirit.
• Evil gave Tang San one day to detach his father’s fate pattern from Douluo Star, warning him not to expect further indulgence.
• Tang San agreed inwardly, deciding his family’s grand plan mattered more than his father’s life, and Goodness and Evil said they would watch him.
• Xiao Wu came out of the palace, and Tang San hid his anger by claiming he was worried about Xiao Qi.

The God Realm Committee decided to support a mortal genius as a future check on Tang San, while Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao returned to Shrek after Wang Dong reacted painfully to Soul Tools. At a duel between Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi, Xu Sanshi made a remark that emotionally devastated Bei Bei, and Wang Dong’s laughter ended her gloom but angered the crowd.

• Evil proposed supporting a mortal successor to keep Tang San in check, and Kindness identified a genius for Destruction to sponsor.
• Wang Dong suffered painful reactions while testing more than a hundred Soul Tools, then Xiao Xiao persuaded her to watch Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi duel.
• Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi entered the Soul Fighting Arena as the crowd cheered for Bei Bei.
• Xu Sanshi told Bei Bei, "She never loved you," and Bei Bei collapsed in tears.
• Wang Dong laughed at Bei Bei’s reaction, then Xiao Xiao hurriedly took her out as the referee canceled the match and offered refunds.

Xu Cheng accepted Ju Zi’s hairpin and helped her with her hair before a mysterious purple-robed figure appeared on the academy path. Xu Cheng recognized the visitor as Destruction, who demanded that Xu Cheng bow before him.

• Xu Cheng met Ju Zi outside Mingde Hall and learned she had joined Xuan Ziwen’s laboratory with Keke.
• Ju Zi gave Xu Cheng an old-fashioned hairpin and asked him to help arrange her hair while Keke secretly watched nearby.
• Xu Cheng reflected on Xuan Ziwen, Huo Yuhao, and the danger of God King Tang as he walked with Ju Zi.
• The academy path fell silent, Ju Zi disappeared, and a purple-robed man appeared before Xu Cheng.
• Xu Cheng identified the visitor as a god associated with destruction, and Destruction demanded that he bow.
• Xu Cheng told Destruction that the Divine Realm must not interfere with the mortal world.

The God of Destruction offered Xu Cheng a trial after learning he had rejected Tang San’s offer, and Xu Cheng accepted. At Shrek Academy, Wang Dong was challenged by Dai Huabin and learned that the Tang Sect’s heir had joined the Holy Spirit Cult, while Xu Cheng read Elder Cheng’s plans for a Soul Master-style blitzkrieg.

• The God of Destruction questioned Xu Cheng about Tang San’s trial, then offered him his own trial, which Xu Cheng tentatively accepted.
• Xiao Xiao brought Wang Dong breakfast and eagerly pressed her attention on her, leaving Wang Dong uncomfortable.
• Dai Huabin challenged Wang Dong to fight in the upcoming Soul Beast Arena assessment, and Wang Dong accepted.
• Wang Dong learned from a Clear Sky Sect subordinate that the Tang Sect’s surviving heir had joined the Holy Spirit Cult and been rescued after attacking a Shrek student.
• Tian Meng celebrated Xu Cheng’s progress toward their goal while Xu Cheng read Elder Cheng’s book outlining a blitzkrieg suited to the Douluo Continent.

Xu Cheng reviewed Cheng Baiqing’s blitzkrieg plans and learned that God King Tang’s restrictions on Douluo Star had likely lifted, then witnessed Electrolux awaken in his Sea of Consciousness. In the Far North, Xu Cheng and Tian Meng captured the Ice Empress and told her she was part of their God-Making Plan.

• Xu Cheng admired Cheng Baiqing’s military plans, which included strategies against the Three Kingdoms and Shrek Academy, and said he intended to challenge the gods now that God King Tang’s restrictions had likely lifted.
• Electrolux awakened in Xu Cheng’s Sea of Consciousness and argued with Tian Meng before introducing himself to Xu Cheng.
• Electrolux praised Xu Cheng, suggested they shared a destined connection, and faded back into stillness.
• Xu Cheng flew to the Far North with Tian Meng and hid in the snow near its core.
• Tian Meng used his spiritual power to trap the Ice Empress, and Xu Cheng told her she was part of their God-Making Plan.

Xu Cheng persuaded the Ice Empress to sacrifice herself and help him become a god, offering an independent Martial Soul and Soul Bone. As they prepared to begin the painful fusion, Elder Cheng decided to travel to the Far North and considered bringing back a suitable Soul Beast.

• Xu Cheng revealed the god’s protective mark in his Sea of Consciousness and explained that he and Tian Meng would kill the Ice Empress if she refused his offer.
• The Ice Empress agreed to sacrifice herself and said she could provide an independent Martial Soul and a Soul Bone in a form Xu Cheng chose.
• Elder Cheng decided to travel to the Far North to find rare metal and considered bringing back a suitable Soul Beast.

Xu Cheng completed his fusion with the Ice Empress, gaining her scarlet Soul Ring and a Soul Beast Transformation Halo, while the Snow Empress prepared for the loneliness her choice would bring. Later, Xu Cheng promised Sun Moon Empire military leaders that war against the other three nations would begin within three years, and their enthusiastic support showed his growing influence.

• Xu Cheng completed his fusion with the Ice Empress, forming protective armor and gaining her four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Tian Meng celebrated their bond, and the Ice Empress stung him in the backside.
• The Snow Empress recognized that Bing'er had chosen the fusion and began preparing for the loneliness ahead.
• Xu Cheng told Sun Moon Empire military leaders that war against the other three nations would begin within three years, prompting them to cheer.
• Xu Cheng left military headquarters with senior officers saluting him, then reflected on the military factions and their support for him.

Xu Cheng visited Elder Cheng’s laboratory, where he learned the mecha was nearing completion and revealed that a soul beast’s sacrifice had given him a new martial soul. The chapter ended when Elder Cheng showed him a captured, hundred-thousand-year soul beast in a testing chamber.

• Xu Cheng told Ju Zi he planned to send her to the Military Headquarters while he traveled to Shrek Academy as an exchange student.
• Xu Cheng and the Ice Empress reflected on humanity’s technological advances as they entered Mingde Hall’s underground laboratory.
• Elder Cheng demonstrated the First Unit mecha and explained that its latest improvements would let Xu Cheng wield Titled Douluo-level strength for about an hour.
• Xu Cheng revealed his new martial soul and crimson hundred-thousand-year soul ring, explaining that a dying soul beast had sacrificed itself to him.
• Elder Cheng showed Xu Cheng a captured soul beast that had been in the middle of taking human form and could provide him with another soul ring.

Xu Cheng learned that Elder Cheng had captured the Snow Empress and gave him the God-Sealing Platform holding her. After the Snow Empress met the Ice Empress and heard how Xu Cheng had gained her trust, Xu Cheng used his [Soul Beast Transformation] title to stabilize the Snow Empress’s origin power and improve her chances of transforming.

• Elder Cheng gave Xu Cheng the miniature God-Sealing Platform and left him to decide what to do with it.
• Xu Cheng opened the platform, and the Snow Empress entered his Sea of Consciousness, where she recognized the Ice Empress and met Tian Meng.
• The Snow Empress angrily rejected Xu Cheng’s offer to help until the Ice Empress explained how she had become his Martial Soul.
• Xu Cheng asked the Snow Empress about her chances of transforming and equipped the [Soul Beast Transformation] title, stabilizing her origin power and healing her spiritual consciousness.

Xu Cheng arranged for the transformed Snow Empress to stay at the Sun Moon Imperial Academy while he considered how to protect her identity. In the Star Luo Empire, Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu assessed the threat of war with the Sun Moon Empire and concluded that they would have to rely on Shrek Academy.

• The Snow Empress chose to remain with Xu Cheng and the others, and Xu Cheng recommended the Sun Moon Imperial Academy as a safer place for her than the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Xu Cheng pinched the Snow Empress's cheek, then left to make arrangements as the Ice Empress and Tian Meng reacted with alarm.
• Xu Jiawei showed Xu Jiujiu a report and photograph revealing Xu Cheng's growing military support and his statement that war could begin within three years of his taking office.
• Xu Jiawei explained that the Star Luo Empire was likely to suffer a crushing defeat if war began, and Xu Jiujiu identified Shrek Academy as their only hope.

Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu discussed Shrek Academy’s flaws and agreed to pursue its support against the coming war. Meanwhile, Xu Cheng developed a way to record and project performances, then returned to the Sun Moon Imperial Academy to train with the tournament team.

• Xu Jiawei criticized Shrek Academy for wasting talented students and resisting change, while Xu Jiujiu explained how its reputation and need to win sustained the academy.
• Xu Jiawei decided to use the upcoming academy competition to discuss the Sun Moon Empire’s future war with Shrek Academy, and Xu Jiujiu agreed to help.
• Xu Cheng examined a projection device and realized he could add a recording function to make films.
• Xu Cheng had Sun Moon Empire Opera House performers act for a recording, then told Ju Zi to form a theater troupe and improve its filming and acting.
• Xu Cheng returned to the Sun Moon Imperial Academy, where Xiao Hongchen invited him to train with the team ahead of the All-Continent Soul Master Tournament.