Recaps

Xu Zhengyang overcame his weak innate Soul Power through relentless training, strengthened and forged his Tiger-Head Zhan Gold Spear, and pursued powerful Soul Rings in the wild. After gaining a rare eye-type External Soul Bone and reaching rank twenty-six, he arrived in Shrek City to investigate its academy and soul masters.

• Xu Zhengyang revealed his Purple Radiance Heaven-Destroying Dragon Martial Soul at home and chose to pursue the Soul Master path despite his half-rank Innate Soul Power.
• With his parents’ support, Xu Zhengyang trained his body, took the Mysterious Water Pill, and reached rank ten before hunting an Ironclad Explosive Flame Tiger with Xu Haoyang.
• Xu Zhengyang absorbed the tiger’s Soul Ring, reached rank fourteen, and won thirty consecutive arena matches before agreeing to learn Soul Tool forging from Xu Haoyang.
• Xu Zhengyang forged and trained with his Tiger-Head Zhan Gold Spear, earned a Class 1 Soul Engineer badge, and left Dongyang City to temper himself in the wilderness.
• After surviving the Ice Sea and defeating a Polar Ice Fox, Xu Zhengyang reached rank twenty and traveled to Sunset Forest in search of a stronger tiger Soul Ring.
• Xu Zhengyang trapped and defeated a White-Eyed Devil Tiger, absorbed its thousand-year Soul Ring, and gained the Devil Tiger’s Eye External Soul Bone, a new Soul Skill, and rank twenty-three Soul Power.
• Xu Zhengyang trained in Sunset Forest, survived dangerous Soul Beast attacks, and spent six months cultivating within the poisonous miasma around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, reaching rank twenty-six.
• Xu Zhengyang traveled to Shrek City, studied Shrek Academy’s history and admission trials, and began gathering information about its students and factions.

Xu Zhengyang pursued the Soul Devouring Carving Knife’s Gold of Life, refined his spear, and survived a lightning strike that transformed his Martial Soul. After gaining a third Soul Ring and an External Soul Bone in the Star Dou Great Forest, he fled the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and left the cub in its care.

• Xu Zhengyang visited Shrek City, recognized Bei Bei, Tang Ya, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan, then refused Bei Bei and Tang Ya’s invitation to join the Tang Sect or Shrek Academy.
• Xu Zhengyang challenged Bei Bei under the name Long Aotian and defeated him, then traveled to Star Luo City to seek the Soul Devouring Carving Knife’s Gold of Life.
• Xu Zhengyang bought the Soul Devouring Carving Knife at auction and moved to Gengxin City, where he opened a smithy and trained under Lou Li’s guidance.
• Xu Zhengyang spent a year forging his Tiger-Head Zhan Gold Spear, then left Gengxin City and took the Soul Devouring Carving Knife to Azure Thunder Mountain.
• Lightning destroyed the knife and its curse transferred to Xu Zhengyang’s spear, while the Gold of Life and two mysterious black presences merged with it, and the lightning strike also raised Xu Zhengyang to rank thirty.
• Xu Zhengyang entered the Star Dou Great Forest, stole a Nether Flame Demon Tiger cub, and killed the wounded Nether Flame Demon Tiger and Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear to claim their Soul Rings.
• Xu Zhengyang absorbed the tiger’s Soul Ring and the bear’s right palm External Soul Bone, reaching rank thirty-three and gaining the Nether Tiger Space-Rending Spear and Darkgolden Terrorclaw.
• Xu Zhengyang searched for a nursing tigress, encountered the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and left the cub near it before escaping with his flying Soul Tool.

Xu Zhengyang entered the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy, where his combat strength and unusual approach to soul engineering set him apart. After defeating his entire class, he pushed the academy toward physical conditioning and practical combat training, while his classmates began to take those skills seriously.

• Xu Zhengyang returned home, showed Xu Haoyang and Yang Miaowen his level-thirty-three Soul Power and Soul Rings, and told them he planned to study at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy.
• Xu Zhengyang traveled to Mingdu, met Prince Xu Tianyuan, and entered the academy, where his Soul Power, Soul Tool skills, and physical abilities impressed teachers and classmates.
• After winning the class monitor election, Xu Zhengyang defeated Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen in the arena and argued that Soul Engineers needed strong combat abilities as well as Soul Tools.
• Xu Zhengyang studied life-bound Soul Tools in the Illustrious Virtue Hall and began nurturing his Tiger-Head Zhan Gold Spear with Soul Power and blood essence, developing his Spear Intent.
• Xu Zhengyang persuaded Xu Jie to add morning running and practical combat sessions, then challenged his class and faced thirty-nine classmates at once.
• Xu Zhengyang removed his heavy training weights and defeated all thirty-nine opponents, prompting Jing Hongchen and Xu Jie to reconsider the academy’s emphasis on Soul Tool study over combat training.
• Xu Zhengyang explained the value of comprehensive strength to Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen recognized that physical conditioning could help her withstand the harmful effects of her poison.
• Xu Jie introduced regular conditioning, combat assessments, and medicinal baths for Class One, while the students continued their studies and Ye Nongfeng advanced to Soul Elder.

Xu Zhengyang strengthened his cultivation, forged new techniques and weapons, and earned a place in the Sun Radiance Lineage while preparing for the Soul Master Tournament. The Sun Moon team reached Star Luo City and dominated its early matches as Xu Zhengyang began investigating Zhengtian Academy’s Angel inheritance.

• Xu Zhengyang advanced his cultivation and Soul Engineer skills, chose the Practical Control Department, and gained access to the secret lava earthfire after offering to help Meng Hongchen with her Martial Soul poison.
• Xu Zhengyang forged the Tiger-Head Zhan Gold Spear with Gold of Life, defeated Mi Jia in team trials, and told Ma Rulong that the Sun Moon team lacked the deadly experience needed to face Shrek.
• Xu Zhengyang fought Ji Juechen to a draw, entered Deep Meditation for 110 days, and emerged with greater physical strength and his new spear move, Destroy Cities and Shake Mountains.
• Xu Zhengyang hunted a Scarlet Gold Earth-Splitting Tiger, absorbed its Soul Ring to reach level forty-two, and recovered Dragon-Patterned Black Gold and a Dragon Pill from the cave beneath its lair.
• Xu Zhengyang developed a handgun that could injure a Soul Ancestor without the user wielding Soul Power, gave its blueprints to Xu Tianyuan, and became a core disciple of the Sun Radiance Lineage.
• Xu Zhengyang helped prepare the Sun Moon team for the tournament, and the team traveled to Star Luo City as Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong displayed their power against Tianling Academy.
• Xu Zhengyang and the Sun Moon team won their early matches decisively, while he studied Shrek’s fighters and noticed valuable Soul Tools at the Starlight Auction House.
• Xu Zhengyang said he wanted to meet the Sun Moon Academy’s dean and investigate Zhengtian Academy’s inheritance, then watched Yu Mengdi summon her Angel Martial Soul against Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan.