Recaps

Li Mingzhu discovered the power of his Ancient Void Dragon, obtained his first soul ring, and avoided Yu Xiaogang’s attempts to make him a disciple and experimental subject. The arc ended with Li Mingzhu discovering that whale rubber and meditation had awakened faint soul power in Li Mu.

• Li Mingzhu awakened innate full soul power, rejected Su Yuntao’s Spirit Hall invitation, and discovered his hidden Ancient Void Dragon martial soul.
• Li Mingzhu enrolled at Nuoding Academy, rejected Yu Xiaogang’s offer to become his disciple, and researched the dangerous history of Void Netherstones.
• Li Mingzhu used whale rubber to strengthen himself and Li Mu, then traveled to the Soul Hunting Forest to seek a soul ring.
• Li Mingzhu intervened in a battle between a Sun Man-Eating Flower and a Demon-Striped Tiger, then recovered two Soul Bones from the aftermath.
• Li Mingzhu entered the Void Netherstone ruins, absorbed a Netherclaw Beast’s soul ring, gained the Void Space Claw skill, and found a hidden secret realm he chose not to enter.
• Li Mingzhu returned to Nuoding Academy with a yellow soul ring and concealed his Ancient Void Dragon, while Dean Lin offered him support and recommended a path toward Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang repeatedly pursued Li Mingzhu and advised him to absorb a tea stink bug’s soul ring, but Li Mingzhu mocked his advice and refused to cooperate.
• Li Mingzhu returned to Greenleaf Village and discovered that Li Mu had developed faint soul power after taking whale rubber and practicing the Meditation Method.

Li Mingzhu used whale rubber and a series of schemes to push Yu Xiaogang through his level-thirty bottleneck, then sabotaged his soul-ring hunt. Three years later, Li Mingzhu prepared to leave Nuoding Academy for Winchester Academy.

• Li Mingzhu discovered that whale rubber had awakened Li Mu’s soul power, helped him cultivate in secret, and then broke through to rank fifteen himself.
• After Yu Xiaogang injured his face, Su Ya healed his wounds but left the scars, and Lin Nuo took four gemstones from him as payment.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to recruit Li Mingzhu for Shrek Academy, but Li Mingzhu rejected him and secretly checked that Grandpa Mu was safe.
• Li Mingzhu bought ancient Evil Spirit Orca whale rubber and aphrodisiac, then used the whale rubber to raise Yu Xiaogang to level thirty and left him in a drugged pigpen.
• Yu Xiaogang mistakenly credited his breakthrough to Luo Sanpao, while Li Mingzhu kept his stolen belongings and raised his own soul power to level seventeen.
• Li Mingzhu followed Yu Xiaogang and Lin Nuo into the Soul Hunting Forest, where Lin Nuo helped Yu Xiaogang hunt a Mandala Snake.
• Li Mingzhu knocked Yu Xiaogang unconscious during a beast stampede, made him kill a Fire-Spitting Chicken, and concealed its white Soul Ring as Yu Xiaogang began absorbing the Mandala Snake’s purple ring.
• Yu Xiaogang gained Martial Soul Possession and a weak Ignite skill, while Lin Nuo helped him combine it with his farting, and three years later, Li Mingzhu showed Lin Nuo his progress and received papers for Winchester Academy.