Recaps

Xu Cheng exposed Shrek’s plot, demonstrated the Sun Moon Empire’s strength, and tightened his hold over Mingdu while building new alliances and pursuing soul-tool research. The arc left Ye Guyi under Ye Cheng’s protection and training, with a contest set four years away and Xu Cheng’s wider plans still unfolding.

• Ji Juechen defeated challengers at Shrek Academy as Zhang Lexuan was recalled, and He Caitou learned that Shrek wanted him to fight Xu Cheng.
• Xu Cheng offered Ning Tian’s Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect discounted mecha and soul tools, then arrested Zhang Lexuan, Fan Yu, He Caitou, and other Shrek students after exposing their plot.
• Xu Cheng launched a rapid campaign into the Star Luo Empire, showed that his forces could reach its capital, and withdrew after leaving the message, “We were here.”
• Xu Cheng revealed Mu En’s role in the massacre of Zhang Lexuan’s family, then freed the Shrek students while restricting them to the Sun Moon Empire for three years.
• Xu Cheng strengthened Mingdu’s defenses as the Original Three Kingdoms and Shrek planned an underground attack, while Mu En’s restored vitality let him repel a Holy Spirit Cult assault on Shrek City.
• Xu Cheng bound Shangguan Wei'er to his service and began building ties with the Ordinary Alliance, while Wang Qiu’er and the Silver Dragon King entered contracts with him and Elder Cheng demonstrated an artificial soul ring.
• Tang San recruited Dai Huabin for a rebuilt Shrek Seven Devils, while the grand dukes considered rebellion and Xu Cheng accepted a contest plan involving Ye Guyi.
• Ye Cheng pledged to protect and train Ye Guyi for the contest four years later, then introduced Xu Cheng as the Holy Spirit Cult’s Holy Son.

Xu Cheng crushed the rebellion, drew allies and resources into his sphere, and defeated the Clear Sky Sect’s attack after Shrek’s auction. As the Academy Tournament approached, Ning Tian evolved her martial soul, Xu Cheng prepared to collect on his financial scheme, and Yan Shaozhe learned of his hidden family ties.

• Elder Kong entrusted Xu Cheng with his collection of Level 9 Soul Tools, while Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiu'er confronted the truth about their shared origin.
• Xu Cheng helped suppress the dukes’ rebellion, then confined the surviving grand dukes to Mingdu and put Ju Zi in charge of the empire’s forces.
• Xu Cheng launched a scheme that drew huge investments from the Three Kingdoms, including Shrek Academy, and used its proceeds to pursue Shrek’s treasures.
• Xu Cheng and Tang Ya traveled to Shrek City, where he attended the auction, won the Rakshasa dagger, and brought Bei Bei back to the Sun Moon Empire.
• Tang Wen’s Clear Sky Sect forces ambushed Xu Cheng, but Xu Cheng and the Holy Spirit Cult wiped out the attackers.
• Xu Cheng identified the dagger as a fragment of the Rakshasa Demon Scythe and tested Ning Tian, who emerged as a Soul King with an evolved Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Xu Cheng learned that the financial scheme had raised 2.7 billion Gold Soul Coins and planned to collect when the Academy Tournament began.
• Ye Xishui revealed that Yan Shaozhe was Long Xiaoyao’s son and ordered Long Xiaoyao to tell him the truth about his identity.

Xu Cheng consolidated his control of the Sun Moon Empire and prepared Mingdu for an invasion while the Academy Tournament continued. Shrek and its allies launched their assault, and Xu Cheng met Mu En in the opening battle.

• Wang Dong'er impressed Xu Cheng with her forging, while Meng Hongchen admitted poisoning Xu Daoran and Yan Shaozhe learned Long Xiaoyao’s claim about his ancestry.
• Xu Cheng named the Netherworld Realm and proposed that Electrolux establish a realm governing death and reincarnation.
• After Xu Jiran tried to assault Meng Hongchen, Xu Cheng killed two Soul Engineers, exposed the incident, and helped secure Xu Cheng’s appointment as Crown Prince.
• Xu Cheng organized Mingdu’s defenses, revealed the Undead World to the empire’s leaders, and learned that artificial Soul Rings had reached Ten Thousand Years.
• Mu En gathered the allied forces and ordered an invasion, while Tang San planned to help Shrek’s exchange students and attack the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• During the Academy Tournament, Wang Qiu’er defeated Cain’s assault before Xu Cheng stopped their final attacks and declared a draw.
• Huo Yuhao guided the Royal Soul Engineer Corps in destroying Shrek’s drilling Soul Tool, and Xu Cheng led Mingdu’s fighters to meet the attackers as Mu En’s forces targeted the Trial Ground.
• The Clear Sky Sect tried to abduct Wang Dong’er, and Xu Cheng blocked Mu En’s attack before preparing to fight him with mental power supplied by Tian Meng.

Xu Cheng defeated Shrek’s invasion, strengthened the Sun Moon Empire, and gained control over Bibi Dong while rival powers struggled to recover. He entered the Destruction Palace, reached level seventy, and began absorbing a God-Given Soul Ring as he prepared for greater power.

• Xu Cheng and Di Tian defeated Mu En’s assault, while the factions retreated and Xu Cheng kept Mu En’s Storage Soul Tool.
• Zhang Lexuan revealed her imperial heritage, denounced Shrek’s leaders, and chose to oppose Mu En alone.
• Xu Cheng released Shrek’s forces after taking Mu En’s ring, then erased the Divine Realm Tang San’s memory of sending divine sense below.
• Tang San’s divine senses clashed over the continent, while the Star Luo Empire’s finances crumbled and Shrek appointed Xuan Zi as its new leader.
• Xu Cheng joined the Rakshasa Demon Scythe fragments, overcame Bibi Dong’s divine sense, and bound her to him with a contract.
• The Holy Spirit Cult moved to Mingdu, where Xu Cheng arranged its new headquarters and used their contract to force Bibi Dong to her knees.
• Xu Cheng entered the Destruction Palace, climbed the trial staircase, and reached level seventy before granting himself maximum trial rewards.
• Xu Cheng began absorbing a God-Given Soul Ring as Tian Meng and the Ice Empress guarded him.