Chapter Summaries

Xia Yi and Mu Xi returned to Mu Xi’s parents, where Mu Chen gave Xia Yi rare metals as an apology and dowry, though he claimed they were for Mu Xi’s Three-Word Battle Armor. Mu Xi revealed she had already reached rank eighty-three and forged her own Three-Word Battle Armor, leaving Mu Chen and Yuan Bao'er stunned.

• Yuan Bao'er welcomed Xia Yi and Mu Xi home, then took Mu Chen to the kitchen so the couple could talk privately.
• Mu Xi discovered that Mu Chen’s Storage Soul Tool contained top-tier rare metals of several attributes but none suited to her fire-based armor, and she grew angry at being used as an excuse to give them to Xia Yi.
• Yuan Bao'er served dinner and assured Mu Xi that her father could prepare any materials she needed, while Mu Xi continued teasing Mu Chen about the gift.
• Mu Xi told Mu Chen and Yuan Bao'er that she no longer needed Three-Word Battle Armor materials because she was already a Three-Word Battle Armor Master.
• Mu Xi revealed her rank-eighty-three Soul Power and displayed her flame-based Three-Word Battle Armor, which she had forged herself with help from Leng Yulai.

Mu Xi showed her family her powerful Three-Word Battle Armor, then traveled with them to Heaven Dou City to visit Zhen Hua. The reunion ended with Mu Xi learning that her martial uncle’s health had deteriorated severely after his time with the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Mu Chen was astonished that Mu Xi had forged a Three-Word Battle Armor whose halo and quality surpassed his own, while Mu Xi teased him about the gift he had prepared for Xia Yi.
• Yuan Bao'er praised Mu Xi’s growth, and the family shared a playful meal before setting off for Heaven Dou City.
• Xia Yi, Mu Xi, Mu Chen, and Yuan Bao'er arrived at the Heaven Dou City Blacksmith Association and surprised Zhen Hua with Mu Xi’s return.
• Mu Xi grew tearful when she saw Zhen Hua’s frail condition, and Yuan Bao'er explained that the Holy Spirit Cult had damaged his foundation and accelerated his aging.
• Mu Xi asked whether anything could be done to help Zhen Hua.

Xia Yi examined Zhen Hua and warned him that further heaven forging could kill him, then Mu Xi revealed her exceptional Battle Armor and forging talent. The chapter ended with Zhen Hua and Mu Chen watching Mu Xi surpass the recorded peak of Thousand Refinements.

• Xia Yi examined Zhen Hua and found that repeated heaven forging had severely depleted his vitality and Spiritual Power.
• Zhen Hua agreed to stop heaven forging, and Xia Yi suggested Mu Xi could eventually learn the craft instead.
• Mu Xi displayed her crimson Battle Armor, astonishing Zhen Hua with its quality and prompting him to invite her to the Forging Room.
• Mu Xi heated Sun Essence Gold with Samadhi True Fire and forged it with a pair of hammers.
• Mu Xi's forging surpassed Thousand Refinements First Grade, shocking Zhen Hua and Mu Chen.

Mu Xi used Samadhi True Fire to forge Sun Essence Gold into intelligent, top-grade Soul-Forged metal, explaining how the flame awakened metal’s spirituality. Zhen Hua recognized its potential to transform forging and eagerly planned to study it, while Mu Xi offered to make some available to the Blacksmith Association.

• Zhen Hua observed Mu Xi’s Spirit Domain Realm Spiritual Power as she completed Spirit Forging Creation and continued forging the Sun Essence Gold.
• Mu Xi finished Soul Forging, awakening the metal’s intelligence and producing top-grade Soul-Forged Sun Essence Gold.
• Zhen Hua asked about Mu Xi’s unusual fire, and she explained that Samadhi True Fire made metal easier to awaken and forge.
• Mu Xi offered to seal some Samadhi True Fire for Blacksmith Association members to use, and Zhen Hua agreed that even a reduced effect would excite them.
• Zhen Hua decided to study the fire’s effects so he could advise Mu Xi when she eventually learned Heaven Forging.

Xia Yi and Mu Xi returned to the Spirit Pagoda, where Yuanen Yehui and Ye Xinglan asked Xia Yi to forge Two-Word Battle Armor for them, but he said their savings would not cover the cost. Leng Yulai then explained the upcoming Star Dou Battle Net competition, and Mu Xi decided to enter with Xia Yi and Gu Yue.

• Zhen Hua asked Mu Chen to stay at the Heaven Dou City Blacksmith Association headquarters and help him study Mu Xi's Samadhi True Fire while Mu Xi focused on cultivation.
• Xia Yi and Mu Xi returned to the Spirit Pagoda and found Ye Xinglan and Yuanen Yehui waiting for them; Yuanen explained that the Federation had registered them and they wanted to join the Star Dou Battle Net competition.
• Yuanen Yehui offered Xia Yi their savings to forge two sets of Two-Word Battle Armor, but Xia Yi said their money would cover at most half a set.
• Leng Yulai explained the Star Dou Battle Net competition and its rewards, and Mu Xi said she wanted to participate; Xia Yi agreed to join her and proposed that Gu Yue compete too.
• Mu Xi criticized Ya Li for underestimating Xia Yi's forging prices, while Leng Yulai suggested Ya Li had sent the two women to Xia Yi because of their past intimacy.

Mu Xi learned that Ya Li had been intimate with Xia Yi, while Ya Li discussed his refusal to forge Two-Word Battle Armor for Yuanen Yehui and Ye Xinglan. Ya Li decided to accompany them to persuade Xia Yi after Heavenly Phoenix Douluo returned, though memories of her own relationship with him made her blush.

• Mu Xi reacted with shock to learning about Ya Li and Xia Yi, and Leng Yulai teased Xia Yi about Ya Li possibly coming to ask him for help.
• Yuanen Yehui and Ye Xinglan told Ya Li that Xia Yi had refused their requests for Two-Word Battle Armor and had claimed he wanted to travel.
• Ya Li said she believed Xia Yi had not been lying, then offered to find resources so Yuanen Yehui and Ye Xinglan could have armor forged elsewhere.
• Yuanen Yehui refused to give up her One-Word Battle Armor, so Ya Li said she would accompany the two to see Xia Yi after Heavenly Phoenix Douluo returned.
• Ya Li claimed she could bluff Xia Yi into helping, then blushed as memories of him came back to her.

Ya Li told Leng Yaozhu that Yuanen Yehui’s Fallen Angel Martial Soul could open a gate to the Demon Plane when she reached Title Douluo, and explained Shrek Academy’s plans to seize the plane. Leng Yaozhu agreed to persuade Xia Yi to forge armor for Yuanen Yehui and Ye Xinglan, then learned that Xia Yi already knew the secret.

• Ya Li offered Leng Yaozhu information about planes beyond the Douluo Plane in exchange for help getting Xia Yi to forge battle armor for Yuanen Yehui and Ye Xinglan.
• Ya Li explained that the Fallen Angel Martial Soul was a seed from the Demon Plane that would open a Demon Gate when its bearer reached nine rings.
• Ya Li revealed that Yuanen Yehui’s mother had opened a Demon Gate, and Shrek Academy had repelled the demons while concealing the incident and hoping to claim their plane.
• Leng Yaozhu agreed to speak with Xia Yi about forging battle armor for Yuanen Yehui and Ye Xinglan.
• Ya Li told Leng Yaozhu that Xia Yi already knew everything she had just revealed.

Xia Yi encountered Yuanen Yehui and Ye Xinglan outside Leng Yaozhu’s office, where they were trying to keep him from interrupting Ya Li’s scheme. After joking about Ya Li and agreeing to meet her for a sightseeing trip, Xia Yi took the two women to the Forging Room to make their Two-Word Battle Armor.

• Xia Yi found Yuanen Yehui and Ye Xinglan waiting outside Leng Yaozhu’s office and guessed that Ya Li was trying to get him to help forge their Two-Word Battle Armor.
• Yuanen Yehui and Ye Xinglan suggested sightseeing with Xia Yi to stall him, then questioned him about Ya Li’s strange reactions whenever she mentioned him.
• Xia Yi admitted there was a secret between him and Ya Li but refused to explain it.
• Ye Xinglan proposed arranging a sightseeing trip for Xia Yi and Ya Li, and Xia Yi agreed and told them to invite her.
• Xia Yi offered to forge Yuanen Yehui and Ye Xinglan’s Two-Word Battle Armor and led them to the Forging Room.

Ya Li manipulated Leng Yaozhu into agreeing to help Yuanen Yehui and Ye Xinglan obtain Two-Word Battle Armor, unaware that Xia Yi had already agreed to forge it. When Ya Li and Leng Yaozhu sensed energy gathering at the Forging Room, they discovered Xia Yi was already forging for the two women, leaving Ya Li furious at having been played.

• Ya Li confirmed Yuanen Yehui did not know the truth about her Fallen Angel Martial Soul and persuaded Leng Yaozhu to help settle the request for battle armor.
• Leng Yaozhu realized Xia Yi had already agreed to forge the armor and had only delayed Ya Li for two days as a joke.
• As Ya Li opened Leng Yaozhu's office door, she sensed life force and other energies flowing toward the Forging Room.
• Ya Li and Leng Yaozhu used their Spiritual Power to discover Xia Yi was forging Two-Word Battle Armor for Yuanen Yehui and Ye Xinglan.
• Ya Li accused Leng Yaozhu of making a fool of her, and the two headed to the Forging Room to find out what had happened.

Xia Yi forged Soul-Forged Battle Armor components for Yuanen Yehui and Ye Xinglan as they prepared for the Star Dou Battle Net competition. Ya Li asked Leng Yaozhu why Xia Yi’s forging had not drawn Heavenly Tribulation, and Leng Yaozhu explained that one hundred percent Fusion Forging required special assistance and was too powerful for the women to use safely.

• Xia Yi forged Battle Armor components for Yuanen Yehui and Ye Xinglan while they engraved Soul Guidance Arrays and discussed their competition prospects.
• Ya Li and Leng Yaozhu arrived, and Yuanen Yehui explained that Xia Yi had agreed to help them at the Spirit Pagoda.
• Ya Li watched Xia Yi forge and considered asking him to improve her Four-Word Battle Armor, but worried that he would tease her and their closeness might lead to trouble.
• Ya Li asked Leng Yaozhu why Xia Yi’s forging had not drawn Heavenly Tribulation this time.
• Leng Yaozhu said the metal’s one hundred percent Fusion Forging could not be made by forging alone and would overwhelm the women’s bodies until they reached Super Douluo.

Xia Yi finished forging Battle Armor for Yuanen Yehui and Ye Xinglan, then teased Ya Li by claiming she had agreed to go sightseeing with him. Meanwhile, Chen Xinjie struggled to fit Tang Wulin into an undersized Star Dou Cabin so he could enter the upcoming competition.

• Xia Yi forged two complete sets of Soul-Forged Two-Word Battle Armor in one morning, impressing Ya Li.
• Xia Yi said he had helped Yuanen Yehui and Ye Xinglan on the condition that Ya Li go sightseeing with him, and Ya Li left with the two women in embarrassment.
• Ya Li questioned Yuanen Yehui and Ye Xinglan about what had happened, then told them to finish their Battle Armor before registration for the Star Dou Battle Net Federation Challenge.
• After the women left, Ya Li worried that Xia Yi still pursued her and briefly considered accompanying him before slapping herself to dispel the thought.
• Chen Xinjie tried to push Tang Wulin into a Star Dou Cabin he had obtained for the competition, but the cabin was too small, prompting Long Yeyue to berate him.

Xia Yi, Gu Yue, and Mu Xi used their dedicated Star Dou Cabins to register for the Star Dou Battle Net Federation Challenge. Xia Yi completed registration as “Big Brother Good” and realized the Battle Net’s real breakthrough was its early artificial intelligence.

• Xia Yi, Gu Yue, and Mu Xi entered their Star Dou Cabins to connect to the Battle Net and register for the approaching regional competition.
• Xia Yi completed the system’s identity questions and learned participants’ personal information was protected by strict confidentiality rules.
• Xia Yi struggled to choose an available nickname before registering as “Big Brother Good,” with Soul Power level seventy-five and special physical traits recorded.
• Xia Yi signed up for the challenge and recognized that the Battle Net’s ability to communicate with him demonstrated the first application of artificial intelligence in a simulated world.

Xia Yi explored the Star Dou Battle Net competition system, registered for both Soul Master Battle and Mecha Battle, and learned how its matches worked. He ran into Gu Yue and Mu Xi, who had copied his chosen nickname, and Gu Yue left to register a new one.

• Xia Yi entered the Central Competition Zone and registered for both Soul Master Battle and Mecha Battle.
• Xia Yi read the competition rules, including the standardized mecha requirement and regional matches leading to a grand final.
• Xia Yi explored the arena and found that practice battles cost Federal Coins.
• Gu Yue and Mu Xi appeared using nicknames based on Xia Yi’s chosen name, Celestial Fox Carefree King.
• Gu Yue decided to change her nickname to Hello Sister-in-Law, and Mu Xi followed her to change hers.

Xia Yi and the two women entered the Star Dou Battle Net, where Lin Pingzhi confronted him over his behavior and challenged him to a fight. The battle began after Lin revealed his identity as a candidate for Sea God Pavilion Master, and he launched his first soul skill at Xia Yi.

• Gu Yue and Mu Xi registered as Sister-in-Law and Hello Sister-in-Law, and Xia Yi topped up one million Federal Coins for each of them.
• Xia Yi put an arm around Gu Yue and Mu Xi as they headed for the stadium, where One Sword Levels It accused him of breaking the law and challenged him.
• Xia Yi accepted the Soul Master Battle challenge and was transported with One Sword Levels It to the competition platform, with Gu Yue and Mu Xi watching.
• One Sword Levels It revealed seven black soul rings and a black longsword, and Gu Yue and Mu Xi recognized him as Lin Pingzhi.
• Xia Yi mocked Lin Pingzhi by mentioning Long Yeyue and Cao Dezhi, and Lin attacked with his first soul skill, Meteor Fall.

Xia Yi defeated Lin Pingzhi in the Star Dou Battle Net after revealing that his Insulation Claw could dispel the Heartless Sword Net. Lin Pingzhi woke in his Star Dou Cabin, unable to accept his defeat.

• Lin Pingzhi used his Two-Word Battle Armor, Heartless Domain, and sword skills to attack Xia Yi.
• Lin Pingzhi formed the Heartless Sword Net and claimed Xia Yi could not break it while he still held emotions for Gu Yue and others.
• Xia Yi used Insulation Claw to dispel the net, then froze Lin Pingzhi and shattered his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Lin Pingzhi returned to his Star Dou Cabin and wondered how Xia Yi had overcome his techniques.
• Xia Yi recognized that Lin Pingzhi's supposed heartlessness concealed unresolved emotions and insecurity.

Xia Yi watched as Gu Yue sparred with Mu Xi in the Star Dou Battle Net, using the match to teach Mu Xi how to fight. Mu Xi ended the training discouraged by the gap between them, but Gu Yue reassured her and offered to help her improve before the competition.

• Xia Yi watched Gu Yue challenge Mu Xi and explain how to conserve Samadhi True Fire and use her other abilities effectively.
• Mu Xi attacked with her fifth and sixth soul skills, but Gu Yue evaded the fireballs and redirected the golden wave through a spatial crack.
• Mu Xi used her seventh and eighth soul skills to summon nine Radiant Suns, but Gu Yue dodged them with her Wind Wings and outmaneuvered her.
• Gu Yue and Mu Xi sparred for six hours, with Mu Xi meditating on the stage to restore her exhausted Soul Power before they finally stopped.
• Mu Xi felt dejected after Gu Yue outmatched her, so Gu Yue praised her abilities and promised to help create a Spirit Soul for her when she became a Title Douluo.
• Gu Yue offered to help Mu Xi reach the Spirit Domain Realm before the Star Dou Battle Net competition began.

Gu Yue trained Mu Xi in the Star Dou Battle Net while Xia Yi left to find Ya Li, who took him sightseeing outside Shrek City. At a secluded valley lake, Ya Li struggled to tell Xia Yi what she had brought him there to discuss, and they set off together in a wooden boat.

• Gu Yue helped Mu Xi train her combat skills in the Star Dou Battle Net while Xia Yi exited the system.
• Xia Yi found Ya Li waiting for him in his room, and she explained that she had come to fulfill a promise to take him sightseeing.
• Ya Li led Xia Yi out of the Spirit Pagoda and Shrek City, then flew west to a quiet valley with a clear lake.
• Ya Li tried to tell Xia Yi something serious but lost her courage, so she asked him to walk with her instead.
• Ya Li carved a wooden boat from an ancient tree, and Xia Yi joined her aboard.

Ya Li questioned Xia Yi about his relationships and revealed that she had deceived him and Yao Zhu, while a mist-bound space trapped them on the lake. She explained that she knew Xia Yi’s origins and asked why Di Tian and the other Soul Beasts had not attacked Yao Zhu, Gu Yue, and the other human women.

• Ya Li asked Xia Yi whether he was sincere toward Yao Zhu, Leng Yulai, Gu Yue, and Mu Xi, and Xia Yi admitted he cared for them sincerely despite loving multiple women.
• Ya Li asked whether Xia Yi would forgive her for harming him and warned him to look around.
• Xia Yi discovered that dense mist had transformed the surrounding space, weakened his senses, and prevented him from flying out.
• Ya Li revealed that she knew Xia Yi was not from the Douluo Plane and that the Silver Dragon King was his wife.
• Ya Li argued that the Silver Dragon King and powerful Soul Beasts would oppose her sharing Xia Yi with human women, then asked why Di Tian and the others had not attacked Yao Zhu, Gu Yue, and the others.

Xia Yi and Ya Li discussed whether he had deceived Leng Yaozhu, and Ya Li brought him to Love Inquiry Valley to test his sincerity. The valley’s power carried them through the mist to the lake’s golden-and-silver center.

• Ya Li suspected Xia Yi was using Leng Yaozhu, but Xia Yi calmly denied fearing Love Inquiry Valley’s judgment.
• Ya Li explained that the valley punished people who betrayed or deceived their lovers, and Xia Yi agreed to face its trial.
• A tide of golden and silver light enveloped Xia Yi and Ya Li and pulled them into the sky.
• After traveling through dense mist, Xia Yi and Ya Li emerged above a vast lake divided into golden and silver waters.
• The valley’s power drew Xia Yi and Ya Li to the center of the lake, above the Golden Sun and Silver Moon.

Xia Yi and Ya Li entered Love Inquiry Valley, where a trial began by questioning Ya Li about her love for Yun Ming. The trial left Ya Li confronting the conflict between her devotion to Yun Ming and her responsibility to Shrek Academy.

• Xia Yi and Ya Li were drawn into the lake and arrived on opposite sides of a golden platform inside a strange bubble.
• A mysterious voice announced the start of the Love Inquiry trial, and a beam of light selected Ya Li.
• The voice asked whether Ya Li loved someone, and she answered that she loved Yun Ming and would willingly die in his place.
• Ya Li admitted Yun Ming had valued Shrek Academy above all else, but insisted she still loved him and that he remained most important to her.
• Ya Li explained that she could not die to join Yun Ming because she had to atone for Shrek Academy's past sins, then regretted not having tried harder to stop him and Long Yeyue.