Recaps

Xu Cheng rescued Tang Ya, entered Mingde Hall, and used his talent in soul tools to win Cheng Baiqing’s support. After absorbing a powerful Soul Bone, he returned to the academy’s elimination matches and faced Feng Ying.

• Xu Cheng rescued Tang Ya from the Iron Blood Sect, helped her take revenge, and persuaded her to stay with him rather than join the Holy Spirit Cult’s headquarters.
• Xu Cheng enrolled at Mingde Hall, befriended Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, and impressed his class with ideas for mechas and long-range guidance systems.
• Xu Cheng repaired Meng Hongchen’s Level 7 Adaptive Soul Tool dagger, and Jing Hongchen and Cheng Baiqing recognized his achievement.
• Xu Cheng killed Wang Shaojie in the freshman assessment after Wang insulted his deceased mother and attacked him.
• Cheng Baiqing made Xu Cheng his disciple, gave him the sixty-thousand-year Evil Eye Tyrant skull, and pledged support in the imperial succession struggle.
• Xu Cheng absorbed the Soul Bone and used Crimson Moon Eye to overcome the Evil Eye Tyrant’s remnant soul, expanding his Sea of Consciousness.
• Xu Cheng tested Neural Prediction, then began the elimination round against Feng Ying.

Xu Cheng consolidated his standing as the Holy Spirit Cult’s Holy Son, drew Huo Qing and Ju Zi into his plans, and exposed a plot to frame him through the Imperial Family Inspection Team. The story left him preparing for an assessment as political tensions rose and Jiang Nannan faced a desperate bargain.

• Xu Cheng defeated Xiao Hongchen in the freshman final with his automated drones, then received prizes and left the academy with Nana.
• Tang Ya went to Shrek Academy, where she accused it of abandoning the Tang Sect and was driven away before Xu Cheng brought her to a Holy Spirit Cult village.
• Xu Cheng met Huo Qing at the front-line camp, revealed his standing as the Holy Son, and promised to help her break through to Titled Douluo.
• Xu Cheng found Ju Zi in a border town and brought her into his service as his secretary after she chose to attend the Sun Moon Empire Royal Academy.
• Xu Mochen’s inspection team arrested Xu Cheng and tried to torture him, but Xu Cheng used Red Dust Protection and turned the tables with help from An Ying.
• Xu Cheng confronted Xu Jiran in court, called in Elder Long and powerful Holy Spirit Cult figures, and challenged accusations that the cult was tied to evil soul masters.
• Xu Cheng agreed to take the academy assessment while continuing his soul-tool work, and Jiang Nannan left home to meet a steward who had promised help for her mother’s treatment.