Recaps

Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin bought spiritual treasures at an exhibition, then secretly returned to their dormitory to rest and cultivate. As they slept and meditated, Jiang Mingyuan’s inner spiritual space revealed a mysterious green-glowing skull watching a shattered core beneath a phoenix-lit sky.

• Jiang Mingyuan sensed that a supposedly dead patterned egg was still alive and bought it for 520,000 Federation Coins.
• Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin paid 3.11 million Federation Coins for three spiritual treasures, and Tang Wulin declined to buy a metal he could not yet forge.
• The two encountered Xie Xie on campus and persuaded him not to tell Wu Changkong that they had returned early.
• Jiang Mingyuan flew with Tang Wulin through their open dormitory window, and Tang Wulin prepared to cultivate while Jiang Mingyuan slept.
• Inside Jiang Mingyuan’s spiritual space, phoenixes circled a shattered core as a green-glowing skull watched from a dark corner.

Jiang Mingyuan bought two spiritual treasures for Tang Wulin and arranged to meet the buyer who had reserved the Hundred-Year Ice Crystal Fruit. After comforting Tang Wulin’s doubts about being a burden, Jiang Mingyuan continued browsing the exhibition hall.

• Jiang Mingyuan asked the attendant for a Hundred-Year Ice Crystal Fruit, a Hundred-Year Scarlet Flame Fruit, and fresh blood from a hundred-year dragon-bloodline soul beast.
• The attendant said the Ice Crystal Fruit was reserved for a regular customer, so Jiang Mingyuan offered double for it and requested at least ten drops of dragon-bloodline soul beast blood along with the other fruit.
• Tang Wulin worried that his weak Martial Soul and slow cultivation made him a burden, but Jiang Mingyuan told him he helped because they were friends.
• The attendant brought Jiang Mingyuan the Hundred-Year Scarlet Flame Fruit and the dragon-bloodline soul beast blood, and said he could meet the Ice Crystal Fruit’s buyer the next morning.
• Jiang Mingyuan set the two spiritual treasures aside and continued looking around the exhibition hall.

Jiang Mingyuan defeated Gu Tianri and his brothers, prompting Gu Tianri to confront his feelings and receive support from his classmates. The next morning, Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin began bidding for the Hundred-Year Ice Spirit Fruit, with Jiang Mingyuan immediately raising the price frantically.

• Jiang Mingyuan quickly defeated Gu Tianri and his two brothers, and Three Golden Feathers healed their injuries.
• Gu Tianri cried and wondered aloud what he was feeling, while his classmates comforted him and told him he had been brave.
• Jiang Mingyuan returned to Class Five with Tang Wulin and Xie Xie, then dragged both away when Wu Changkong questioned their lateness.
• The next morning, Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin went to the Eastsea City Museum to bid for the Hundred-Year Ice Spirit Fruit.
• When bidding began, Jiang Mingyuan repeatedly jabbed the bidding remote until Tang Wulin urged him to slow down.

Jiang Mingyuan took Tang Wulin to the auction house to find spiritual treasures that could help him, and reassured Tang Wulin when he felt like a burden. They obtained two of the requested items, while the auction house arranged a meeting about the Hundred-Year Ice Crystal Fruit for the next morning.

• Jiang Mingyuan paid the deposit and asked the attendant whether the auction house had a Hundred-Year Ice Crystal Fruit, a Hundred-Year Scarlet Flame Fruit, and blood from a hundred-year dragon-bloodline soul beast.
• The attendant confirmed that all three were available but said the Ice Crystal Fruit was reserved for a regular customer, so Jiang Mingyuan offered to pay double and requested at least ten drops of the dragon soul beast's blood.
• Tang Wulin said he felt useless and guilty for making Jiang Mingyuan spend money on him, and Jiang Mingyuan told him he helped because Tang Wulin was his friend.
• The attendant brought Jiang Mingyuan the Scarlet Flame Fruit and the dragon soul beast blood, and said the interested customer could meet him about the Ice Crystal Fruit the next morning.
• Jiang Mingyuan asked the attendant to leave the two items at checkout while he continued browsing.

After a typhoon suspended classes, Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin stocked up on supplies and prepared to undo Tang Wulin’s seal. Tang Wulin followed Old Tang’s instructions and drank a mixture of spiritual fruits and dragon-bloodline soul beast blood, beginning the process.

• Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin heard the typhoon announcement and went to the mall to buy supplies before returning to their dormitory.
• Jiang Mingyuan received messages from Tang Wulin’s parents, Na'er, and Leng Yaozhu, who also sent him a file of soul spirits to consider.
• Tang Wulin contacted the Golden Figure, who warned him about the pain and explained how to prepare the spiritual fruits and soul beast blood to undo the first seal.
• The Golden Figure told Tang Wulin to call him Old Tang and promised to guide him through removing the seal.
• Tang Wulin used Jiang Mingyuan’s thermos to combine the two spiritual fruits with the dragon soul beast blood, then drank the resulting dark purple liquid.

Tang Wulin endured the first stage of breaking the Golden Dragon King’s seal while Jiang Mingyuan waited and tried to hatch an egg. When Tang Wulin awoke, their bloodlines resonated and they discovered a powerful but exhausting Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Tang Wulin drank the liquid and began breaking the seal as Jiang Mingyuan guarded him through the storm.
• Jiang Mingyuan tried to hatch the egg he had bought at the Eastsea City Museum, but it showed no signs of life.
• On the sixth morning, Tang Wulin awoke with golden eyes, and the two felt their bloodlines resonate when they touched.
• Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin joined hands and Soul Power, creating a golden cocoon that produced a red-winged woman under Jiang Mingyuan’s control.
• Jiang Mingyuan wielded a flame-wreathed greatsword during the fusion, which ended after fifty-four seconds when their Soul Power ran out.
• Jiang Mingyuan fed the exhausted Tang Wulin, who asked whether they had performed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin named their Martial Soul Fusion Skill the Phoenix King Annihilation Sword, then faced Class One in the final class promotion match. As the battle began, Jiang Mingyuan took on the two opponents who flew toward him.

• Jiang Mingyuan persuaded Tang Wulin to keep the name Phoenix Blue Silver Transformation private and called their fused sword the Phoenix King Annihilation Sword.
• Jiang Mingyuan, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie met Zhang Yangzi, Wei Xiaofeng, and Wang Jinxi in the final class promotion match between Class Five and Class One.
• All three Class One students revealed two yellow soul rings, while Xie Xie surprised them by showing that he had also reached two rings.
• Wei Xiaofeng charged Xie Xie, while Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi took flight to attack Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin.
• Jiang Mingyuan activated Phoenix Possession, strengthened Tang Wulin and Xie Xie with golden feathers, and flew toward Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi.

Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin’s team fought Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi, who unleashed a powerful martial soul fusion skill. Jiang Mingyuan dispelled their dark canopy, and he and Tang Wulin embraced to begin a counterattack.

• Jiang Mingyuan used his phoenix flames to overpower Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi inside their dark canopy, while Tang Wulin and Xie Xie pressured Wei Xiaofeng.
• Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi combined into a dragon-like form and knocked Xie Xie aside before attacking Tang Wulin.
• Tang Wulin used his golden dragon scales and claw to catch Wang Jinxi’s wrist and blunt his blow.
• Wei Xiaofeng joined Wang Jinxi in attacking Tang Wulin as they tried to defeat him before Jiang Mingyuan escaped the canopy.
• Jiang Mingyuan dispelled the dark canopy, and he and Tang Wulin embraced as Wang Jinxi recognized the start of their martial soul fusion skill.

Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill overwhelmed first-year Class 1 in the Class Promotion Competition. First-year Class 5 won, but Wei Xiaofeng was badly burned, and Long Hengxu was left facing the consequences.

• Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill appeared, and its golden sparks pressured Wang Jinxi and Wei Xiaofeng.
• Wei Xiaofeng charged through the sparks to clear a path for Wang Jinxi, but an explosion blasted him away, and Long Hengxu and Wu Changkong caught him.
• Wang Jinxi charged on all fours, and Jiang Mingyuan’s Phoenix King Annihilation Sword severed the illusory wings sustaining the Martial Soul Fusion Skill before Wu Changkong stopped the slash.
• Wu Changkong declared first-year Class 5 the winner, and Jiang Mingyuan drew back the flames and gave the three boys Golden Feathers.
• Ye Yingluo rushed the badly burned Wei Xiaofeng to the Academy Infirmary, while Zhang Hangxu blamed Jiang Mingyuan, who said Wei Xiaofeng had run into the sparks himself.

Eastsea Academy ended the first-year promotion tournament and formed first-year Class Zero, selecting five students including Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin. After they signed agreements and moved into new single rooms, Tang Wulin struggled to understand his changed feelings toward Jiang Mingyuan.

• Yu Zhen announced that first-year Class Five would become Class One and that the academy was establishing first-year Class Zero.
• Yu Zhen selected Jiang Mingyuan, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi for Class Zero, and all five signed agreements to remain at Eastsea Academy through their studies.
• The five students moved into a new dormitory building and received individual rooms.
• Tang Wulin visited Jiang Mingyuan while he was cleaning, then left without explaining why he had come.
• Tang Wulin returned to his room and looked at a family portrait that he had altered to include Jiang Mingyuan, wondering why he could no longer look at him calmly.

Wu Changkong introduced Class Zero to battle armor and tested the students’ spiritual power and physical strength. Jiang Mingyuan’s exceptional spiritual power astonished everyone, and the chapter ended as he struck the strength-testing target.

• Jiang Mingyuan formed a silver gauntlet with an amplification array, and Wu Changkong explained how battle armor differed from basic mecha equipment.
• Wu Changkong tested the students’ spiritual power and explained its levels and importance to soul spirits and mecha piloting.
• Xie Xie scored 60 spiritual power, Zhang Yangzi scored 44, Wang Jinxi scored 18, and Tang Wulin scored 68.
• Jiang Mingyuan’s spiritual power reached 265 points, and Wu Changkong confirmed that the testing machine was working correctly.
• The students began testing their physical strength; Zhang Yangzi, Xie Xie, and Wang Jinxi struck the target before Jiang Mingyuan hit it with enough force to make it shudder.

Wu Changkong brought Tang Wulin, Jiang Mingyuan, and their classmates to the Eastsea City Spirit Pagoda for weekly training on its Spirit Ascension Platform. Tang Wulin entered the simulated forest alone, while Jiang Mingyuan found himself confronted by a crystal-covered giant bear.

• Tang Wulin recorded strikingly high punch strengths, and Wu Changkong gave him separate fire-control practice while training the others.
• Wu Changkong drove the students to the Spirit Pagoda and explained that they would receive one Spirit Ascension Platform session each week.
• A Spirit Pagoda staff member showed the students murals of Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong before leading them to the platform's entry machines.
• Tang Wulin entered the simulated Ancient Soul Beast Forest, searched for Jiang Mingyuan, and sensed the surrounding Blue Silver Grass.
• Jiang Mingyuan found himself perched in a tree as a giant bear covered in orange crystals battered its trunk, and he prepared to fight it.

Jiang Mingyuan led a Crystal Bear on a chase through the forest, then coordinated with Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi to weaken it. Xie Xie's strike failed to penetrate the bear's thick hide, but Tang Wulin killed it by snapping its neck with his Golden Dragon Claw.

• Jiang Mingyuan burned and injured the Crystal Bear, then lured it through trees to wear down its strength.
• Jiang Mingyuan led the pursuing bear to Xie Xie, who joined the chase and ran until the bear slowed from exhaustion.
• Tang Wulin, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi arrived, and Jiang Mingyuan boosted the group with his Golden Feathers before they surrounded the bear.
• Zhang Yangzi blinded the bear with Black Mist, Tang Wulin poisoned it, and Wang Jinxi and Jiang Mingyuan helped wear it down.
• Xie Xie leapt onto the bear and stabbed its neck, but his Light Dragon Dagger could not penetrate deeply enough.
• Wang Jinxi threw Tang Wulin toward the bear, and Tang Wulin used his Golden Dragon Claw to crush its spine and snap its neck.

Jiang Mingyuan led Class Zero through a dangerous Spirit Ascension Platform session, earning Wu Changkong’s praise and being named squad captain. As the term ended, Wu Changkong announced two special final assessments and took the students to begin the first.

• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie defeated the Crystal Bear but were trapped by its death-triggered crystal skill, and Jiang Mingyuan freed them.
• Jiang Mingyuan blasted a pack of wolves with Phoenix Roaring Sky Strike while Tang Wulin and Xie Xie absorbed the Crystal Bear’s reward.
• Jiang Mingyuan guided the team through the Spirit Ascension Platform until nightfall, and Wu Changkong praised their performance and appointed him captain with Tang Wulin as vice-captain.
• Wu Changkong trained the students in Soul Beasts, secondary professions, and combat as the term drew to a close.
• Wu Changkong announced two special final assessments and led the students out for the first, while Jiang Mingyuan encouraged a nervous Xie Xie to follow.

Wu Changkong brought Jiang Mingyuan and the other students to the Eastsea City Soul Guidance Technology Park for an assessment in the Hall of Heroes. Jiang Mingyuan passed the first round against Oscar and defeated Dai Mubai in the high-tier second round.

• Wu Changkong led the students into the technology park, gave them wristbands, and brought them to the assessment space.
• Jiang Mingyuan and the others were teleported into the Hall of Heroes, where the first round required them to withstand an opponent's attacks for thirty seconds.
• Oscar appeared with a copied evil fire phoenix and attacked Jiang Mingyuan with Phoenix Fire Line.
• Jiang Mingyuan controlled Oscar's flames and sent them back at him, passing the first round.
• Dai Mubai appeared for the high-tier second round and attacked Jiang Mingyuan with White Tiger Fierce Light Wave.
• Jiang Mingyuan blocked Dai Mubai's attacks and guided a missed fireball around to strike and crush him.

Jiang Mingyuan passed three Hall of Heroes tests against legendary Tang Sect members, while his friends learned who they had faced. Wu Changkong revealed the Tang Sect’s training methods and invited the group to join, and Tang Wulin quietly urged Jiang Mingyuan to join with him.

• Jiang Mingyuan defeated Wang Dong, his third Hall of Heroes opponent, and was teleported back to Tang Wulin, Wu Changkong, and the others.
• Jiang Mingyuan told the group he had passed three tests, while the others shared how many tests they had passed.
• Wu Changkong explained that the Hall of Heroes recreated Tang Sect members from history and identified the opponents the students had faced.
• Jiang Mingyuan said his opponents were Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Tang Wutong, surprising Wu Changkong and the others.
• Wu Changkong invited the students to join the Tang Sect and learn its secret cultivation techniques, and Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi agreed.
• Tang Wulin secretly asked Jiang Mingyuan to join the Tang Sect with him.

Jiang Mingyuan refused to join the Tang Sect and advised his friends to consider the consequences before joining an organization. The next morning, he woke in his female Phoenix Form and could not change back, just as Tang Wulin arrived and noticed something was wrong.

• Jiang Mingyuan declined Wu Changkong's invitation, and Wu Changkong urged the others to think carefully before joining the Tang Sect.
• Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi stayed set on joining, Xie Xie decided to ask his family, and Tang Wulin worried that he might be separated from Jiang Mingyuan.
• Jiang Mingyuan advised his friends to take responsibility for their choices and not surrender their freedom by joining an organization too young.
• Jiang Mingyuan woke in his female form, accidentally knocked Xie Xie and Wang Jinxi unconscious, and discovered he could not change back.
• Tang Wulin arrived and recognized that Jiang Mingyuan looked different, then asked what was wrong.

Jiang Mingyuan discovered a strange presence growing in his abdomen and tried to conceal his changed appearance before the students’ final assessment at the Spirit Ascension Platform. Wu Changkong explained the dangers of the platform’s rampage period, and the team prepared to enter.

• Jiang Mingyuan noticed a warm presence expanding inside his lower abdomen after Tang Wulin carried him back to his room.
• Jiang Mingyuan asked Tang Wulin to cut his hair, then tied it up and changed clothes to make his altered appearance less noticeable.
• Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi woke with aches and missing memories, while Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin concealed what had happened.
• Wu Changkong explained that the Spirit Ascension Platform’s rampage period made Soul Beasts more aggressive and warned the team that other Soul Masters might attack them for energy.
• Wu Changkong ordered the team to survive for at least an hour and kill as many Soul Beasts as possible, while Jiang Mingyuan said he would save his first Soul Spirit’s age and absorb a second Soul Spirit at rank thirty.

Jiang Mingyuan led his team through the unusually dangerous Spirit Ascension Platform and identified a Mossback Turtle as an easy target. After the group killed it and absorbed its energy, Jiang Mingyuan kept watch and tended to Tang Wulin.

• Jiang Mingyuan assigned the team positions and led them through the forest as they watched for aggressive Soul Beasts.
• Zhang Yangzi spotted a Mossback Turtle, and Jiang Mingyuan identified it as a nearly five-hundred-year-old target worth attacking.
• The team surrounded the turtle, but Wang Jinxi's blow dented its shell while Xie Xie's daggers barely scratched it.
• Tang Wulin pierced the dent in the shell, and Wang Jinxi seized the opening to snap the turtle's neck with his Bone Dragon Claw.
• Jiang Mingyuan checked the area while the others absorbed the turtle's energy, then wiped blood from Tang Wulin's face and let Zhang Yangzi's little black eagle perch on his hand.

Tang Wulin and the Class Zero team tracked a group of wind baboons, but a young man with an Ice Crystal Staff attacked them first. When the baboon leader broke free of its frozen shell and ambushed him, Xie Xie killed it with a quick strike.

• Jiang Mingyuan gathered information about a wind baboon group and led the team toward it, while Xie Xie mistakenly charged west before Tang Wulin corrected him.
• Jiang Mingyuan planned an attack with Zhang Yangzi, Tang Wulin, and Wang Jinxi, but a young man with an Ice Crystal Staff and a little girl appeared and attacked the baboons.
• The young man froze the wind baboons with Ice Laser, then shattered one ice sculpture as he reassured the timid girl.
• The wind baboon leader broke free from its ice shell and attacked the young man from behind with a bone dagger.
• Xie Xie rushed in and slit the wind baboon leader's throat before it could strike.

Jiang Mingyuan’s team confronted a sibling pair in the Life Platform after the young man attacked Tang Wulin, then captured them when they fled. Knowing their final exam depended on survival, the team killed both siblings, with Jiang Mingyuan guiding Tang Wulin through his first human kill.

• The Ice Staff wielder attacked Tang Wulin, but Jiang Mingyuan’s Phoenix Protective Shield blocked the ice skills and the siblings fled.
• Jiang Mingyuan ordered the team to pursue the siblings, and Tang Wulin and Zhang Yangzi caught and restrained them.
• Jiang Mingyuan explained that the siblings were competitors and that the team could not risk letting them escape and attack again.
• Jiang Mingyuan guided Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon Claw into the young man’s heart, killing him.
• Xie Xie borrowed Zhang Yangzi’s dagger and killed the terrified girl.

Jiang Mingyuan and his companions fled a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, which killed Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi before pursuing the survivors. Jiang Mingyuan sent Xie Xie into a group of Flame Demon Lions to draw the bear into a clash, and Xie Xie escaped with his help.

• Jiang Mingyuan led the group away from the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, but a Wind Baboon drew the beast's attention to them.
• The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear hurled a tree and slashed Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi into dissolving specks of light.
• Jiang Mingyuan flew from the pursuing bear while Tang Wulin and Xie Xie helped him evade its attacks.
• Jiang Mingyuan threw Xie Xie into a clearing occupied by Flame Demon Lions to set the two groups against each other.
• Jiang Mingyuan dropped explosive fruits and Golden Feathers to help Xie Xie escape the lions and recover from his injuries.

Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin defeated the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear in the Spirit Ascension Platform, and the students finished their first semester at Eastsea Academy. Jiang Mingyuan left for Shrek City with a card from Wu Changkong, while Tang Wulin and the others stayed to train.

• The poisoned Flame Demon Lion leader fell before the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, which killed it, while the pride's next-ranking lion fled with the leader's mates.
• Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin used the Phoenix King Annihilation Sword to kill the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, though Jiang Mingyuan suffered deep claw wounds.
• The students completed their first-semester exams, and Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and the others joined the Tang Sect.
• Jiang Mingyuan said goodbye to his friends, and Wu Changkong gave him a card with Shrek Academy contribution points for his visit to Shrek City.
• Jiang Mingyuan left by taxi for the train station, keeping Na'er's invitation to meet him in Shrek City to himself.

Jiang Mingyuan arrived in Shrek City and joined the line at Little Huo Grilled Fish, where Yun Ming and Ya Li noticed his unusual Soul Power and life force. Ya Li mistook him for a little girl and asked where his parents were, while Jiang Mingyuan said his family was near the Spirit Pagoda.

• Jiang Mingyuan entered Shrek City by train and took in the station's architecture and the city's blend of modern and classical styles.
• Jiang Mingyuan followed the aroma of grilled meat to Little Huo Grilled Fish and joined the crowded line.
• Yun Ming and Ya Li noticed Jiang Mingyuan, and Yun Ming sensed his exceptional Soul Power while Ya Li sensed his pure life force.
• Ya Li asked Jiang Mingyuan where his parents were, and he pointed toward the Spirit Pagoda and said his family was there.

Jiang Mingyuan shared grilled fish with Ya Li and Yun Ming, then explored Shrek City and headed for Shrek Academy’s visitor entrance. He found hundreds of hopeful visitors waiting outside after failing to pass the academy’s strict screening.

• Ya Li and Yun Ming shared grilled fish with Jiang Mingyuan, who told them his name and said he planned to attend Shrek Academy someday.
• Jiang Mingyuan said goodbye to Ya Li and Yun Ming and continued exploring Shrek City on foot.
• Jiang Mingyuan read a visitor’s guide and learned that the academy opened parts of its outer court to the public on Sundays.
• Jiang Mingyuan reached Shrek Academy’s visitor entrance and learned from a middle-aged man that visitors had to pass a strict screening.
• Jiang Mingyuan saw the crowd of visitors waiting outside and doubted he could get in even after waiting until the next day.