Chapter Summaries

Ye Ling killed the Bloodthirsty Beta and gave its purified Magic Crystal to Gu Yuena, who hoped absorbing it would let her reach the Seventh Rank and unlock more of her sealed power. After reuniting with his companions, Ye Ling embraced Li Xin and Cai'er, while Gao Yingjie arrived and learned how Ye Ling had effortlessly defeated the demon.

• Ye Ling asked Gu Yuena whether she wanted the Bloodthirsty Beta's purified Magic Crystal, and she took it to absorb.
• Gu Yuena said reaching the Seventh Rank might let her summon more of the power sealed in her bloodline, and Ye Ling wondered if their rising Bloodline Power could enable the Divine Dragon Transformation.
• Li Xin and Cai'er joined Ye Ling, and he embraced them after the battle.
• Sima Xian remarked that Li Xin and Cai'er showed their gentle sides around Ye Ling, while Long Haochen said Ye Ling had always been their backbone and collected a light-infused necklace.
• Gao Yingjie entered, heard the team explain how Ye Ling had killed the Seventh Tier Bloodthirsty Beta, and was shocked by the account.

After returning from battle, Ye Ling’s group celebrated reaching ten thousand merit points, though Gu Yuena had consumed Bloodthirsty Beta’s Magic Crystal. Long Haochen then urged the group to focus on Spirit Armor, and Ye Ling agreed it was time to begin forging it.

• Long Haochen handed the Light Element Elf to Gao Yingjie to report as the group returned to camp.
• The First Demon Hunting Group pooled its merit points and reached ten thousand, meeting the requirement to advance to a General-class Demon Hunting Group.
• Ye Ling told Lin Xin that Gu Yuena had devoured Bloodthirsty Beta’s Magic Crystal to aid her advancement.
• Long Haochen proposed forging Spirit Armor so the group could grow stronger after their difficult battle.
• Ye Ling recognized they now had time to work on Spirit Armor and Soul Forging.

Ye Ling agreed to forge Spirit Armor for his companions, and Shengyue granted them a suitable site at Demon Exorcism Pass. Gao Yingjie led the group there, while Shengyue secretly followed to watch Ye Ling forge.

• Ye Ling agreed to forge Spirit Armor for the team while there was no battle, and everyone eagerly prepared to find a suitable location.
• Lin Xin suggested asking Shengyue for a place, and the team headed to the Demon Exorcism Pass administrative hall.
• Shengyue initially questioned why they needed an open, well-ventilated site, but changed his mind after realizing Ye Ling could forge powerful equipment and offered them a location.
• Shengyue told them Gao Yingjie would take them to the site, while Chen Ying'er and the others looked forward to gaining Spirit Armor.
• Gao Yingjie arrived and led the group away, and Shengyue quietly followed them to see Ye Ling's forging.

Gao Yingjie brought the First Demon Hunting Group to the Elemental Grand Courtyard, where Ye Ling and Long Haochen could forge amid abundant elemental power. Ye Ling set up his unusual Forging Platform and began refining Lin Xin’s Fire Cloud Crystal Staff.

• Gao Yingjie explained that the Elemental Grand Courtyard was Demon Exorcism Pass’s quietest place and richest in Elemental Power, and Ye Ling considered how it might help him forge Spirit Armor and eventually attempt Heavenly Forging.
• Gao Yingjie unlocked the courtyard’s ancient gate, and the group entered to find overwhelming power from many elements.
• Ye Ling brought out his Forging Platform, while Gao Yingjie examined it with curiosity and the teammates gathered to watch him forge.
• Ye Ling asked Lin Xin for his Fire Cloud Crystal Staff, criticized how poorly Lin Xin had used the crystal, and hammered the staff into an ingot.

Ye Ling turned Lin Xin’s Fire Cloud Crystal Staff into an ingot and fused it with other fire-element metals to create Skyfire Iron. He advanced the metal through Ultimate Spirit Forging, leaving everyone stunned when Long Haochen revealed that Ye Ling could still attempt Soul Forging.

• Ye Ling hammered Lin Xin’s Fire Cloud Crystal Staff into an ingot, then added Mysterious Fire Iron, Fire Silver, and other materials.
• Long Haochen recognized Ye Ling’s work as three-metal fusion forging and explained Fusion Forging and Soul Forging to the curious onlookers.
• Ye Ling completed the fusion, producing Skyfire Iron with a one hundred percent fusion rate.
• Ye Ling advanced the Skyfire Iron through peak Hundred-Temper and Thousand Forging, then reached Ultimate Spirit Forging.
• Long Haochen explained that Spirit Forging created life and was only a step before Soul Forging, shocking Gao Yingjie and the others.

Ye Ling completed Soul Forging on Lin Xin’s Skyfire Iron, astonishing everyone with the metal’s awakened wisdom and ability to command. Long Haochen understood the forging process and realized he might be able to reach Soul Forging himself, while Shengyue began imagining asking Ye Ling to forge Epic Grade equipment for him.

• Li Xin revealed that Ye Ling had no Limit and eagerly anticipated the Betrothal Gift he had promised her.
• Shengyue speculated that Ye Ling’s forging might reach Epic Grade and privately reasoned that he could ask Ye Ling to equip him.
• Ye Ling resumed forging and completed Soul Forging on the Skyfire Iron with a powerful surge of Spiritual Energy.
• Long Haochen recognized how Soul Forging worked and believed he could reach it through Dual Fusion Forging.
• Gao Yingjie and the others marveled at the metal’s awakened wisdom and ability to command.

Ye Ling finished forging a staff for Lin Xin and used Lin Xin’s blood to raise it to Legendary Peak. Gao Yingjie then ordered Lin Xin and Sima Xian to test it, and Sima Xian was shocked by the power of Lin Xin’s magic.

• Ye Ling completed the staff’s shaft and body, then called Lin Xin over and drew his blood to bind the weapon.
• Ye Ling struck the staff with his Forging Hammer and True Sun Fire, raising its grade to Legendary Peak.
• Lin Xin admired the staff while Ye Ling explained that he could upgrade it to Epic, but Lin Xin could not yet withstand the backlash.
• Gao Yingjie ordered Lin Xin and Sima Xian to spar so they could test the staff.
• Lin Xin attacked Sima Xian with Explosive Fireball, and Sima Xian was stunned by its increased power.

Lin Xin tested the staff Ye Ling had forged for him and discovered it greatly strengthened his magic, but its ultimate skill drained all his spiritual energy. Ye Ling stopped the attack before it hit Sima Xian, and the group looked to Ye Ling and Long Haochen in anticipation of the Spirit Armor.

• Lin Xin used the staff’s Explosive Fireball to unleash an attack far stronger than his usual magic, surprising Sima Xian.
• Lin Xin accidentally triggered the staff’s sixth-tier Flame Star Rain, draining his spiritual energy and trapping Sima Xian beneath its attack.
• Gao Yingjie recognized Flame Star Rain and rushed to intervene, but Ye Ling reached Sima Xian first and dissolved the attack with Radiant Energy.
• Ye Ling warned Lin Xin to learn the staff’s abilities before using its ultimate skill in battle, and Lin Xin recovered with Spirit Recovery Pills.
• Sima Xian, Wang Yuanyuan, Chen Ying'er, and Lin Xin looked eagerly toward Ye Ling and Long Haochen, expecting the Spirit Armor to be the real prize.

Ye Ling and Long Haochen forged Spirit Armor for four members of the First Demon Hunting Group, greatly boosting their abilities. As the group tested their new armor, Gao Yingjie realized how powerful the team had become and called Ye Ling’s forging system and Spirit Armor system “Fucking awesome.”

• Ye Ling began forging Spirit Armor for Wang Yuanyuan, combining Deep Silver and Sharp Profound Iron, while Long Haochen started forging Sima Xian’s armor.
• After about a week, Ye Ling and Long Haochen completed two sets each: Space Wang Yuanyuan, Fire Lin Xin, Summon Chen Ying'er, and Violent Sima Xian.
• Wang Yuanyuan praised her new armor and challenged Li Xin to fight, but Li Xin refused until she received Two-Word Spirit Armor.
• Chen Ying'er discovered her armor let her use the Gate of All Souls to summon twice, while Lin Xin and Sima Xian tested their armor by fighting with fireballs.
• Gao Yingjie marveled at the group’s strength and called Ye Ling’s forging and Spirit Armor systems “Fucking awesome.”

Ye Ling displayed his Two-Word Spirit Armor for Gao Yingjie and the others, revealing its immense power and the strength of Cai'er’s armor as well. He then called out Hall Master Shengyue, who had been hiding nearby for five days.

• Gao Yingjie examined Ye Ling’s One-Word Spirit Armor and asked him to summon his Two-Word Spirit Armor.
• Ye Ling summoned his Two-Word Spirit Armor and explained that it was at the Legendary extreme, Half-step Epic, and surpassed Mithril Base Battle Armor in its effects.
• Cai'er summoned her Two-Word Spirit Armor, Ling Lun, and the others marveled at how the armors raised their power from Sixth Order to Seventh Rank.
• Li Xin warned Wang Yuanyuan that she was not yet strong enough to wield a Two-Word Spirit Armor, prompting playful bickering between them.
• Ye Ling told Gao Yingjie that Alliance Leader Yang, Vice Hall Master Han Qian, and the Assassin Temple Master knew of his forging ability, then called out Hall Master Shengyue, who had been hiding for five days.

Shengyue revealed that he had been secretly observing Ye Ling’s forging, then learned that Ye Ling planned to establish a Forging Master Temple to teach his techniques and Spirit Armor methods. Ye Ling explained that he would wait until he was stronger and more satisfied with his work before forging a Three-Word Spirit Armor.

• Shengyue emerged after Ye Ling revealed that he had detected him watching for five days.
• Gao Yingjie urged Shengyue to support promoting Ye Ling’s forging methods and Spirit Armors throughout the Holy Temple Alliance.
• Long Haochen explained that Yang Haohan had given Ye Ling freedom to establish a Forging Temple and pass down his techniques.
• Shengyue recognized that the Six Great Temples and the Alliance would support Ye Ling’s Forging Master Temple.
• Shengyue asked Ye Ling about forging a Three-Word Spirit Armor, and Ye Ling said he would wait until at least the Seventh Rank to make one to his standards.

Ye Ling agreed to forge Three-Word Spirit Armor for Demon Exorcism Pass in exchange for materials and payment worth Epic Grade equipment. Shengyue assigned Gao Yingjie to be Ye Ling’s first client, and Gao Yingjie accepted the risks of replacing his armor as Ye Ling prepared to begin forging.

• Shengyue proposed that Demon Exorcism Pass supply materials and pay Ye Ling for a batch of Three-Word Spirit Armor, and Ye Ling agreed.
• Shengyue ordered Gao Yingjie to cooperate with Ye Ling’s forging, and Gao Yingjie accepted the military order.
• Ye Ling explained that Three-Word Spirit Armor could become impossible to remove and might be imperfect, but Gao Yingjie chose to replace his Mithril Foundation Battle Armor anyway.
• Gao Yingjie joked that Ye Ling could upgrade his armor to Four-Word Spirit Armor later, and Ye Ling returned to his Forging Platform to plan a Three-Fusion Forging.

Ye Ling forged Three-Word Spirit Armor for Gao Yingjie from Soul Forged Profound Iron, Deep Silver, and Mithril, while Long Haochen explained its living qualities to the assembled group. At Shengyue’s request, Gao Yingjie began equipping it so they could test its true power.

• Ye Ling chose Sharp Profound Iron, Deep Silver, and Mithril for Gao Yingjie's Spirit Armor and began Fusion Forging them.
• Ye Ling spent ten days forging the Soul Forged metal, then shaped and engraved it into Spirit Armor components that Gao Yingjie had refined and absorbed.
• The group examined the Three-Word Spirit Armor, and Long Haochen explained that Soul Forged Metal possessed life and intelligence and could repair itself if its core remained unharmed.
• Chen Ying'er's joke about the metals being a Forging Master's children embarrassed Cai'er and Li Xin, while Shengyue remained puzzled by the group's reactions.
• Shengyue asked Gao Yingjie to equip the Spirit Armor, and Gao Yingjie drew its components into his body as his aura steadily rose.

Gao Yingjie tested his newly forged Three-Word Spirit Armor and discovered it doubled his spiritual energy to fifty thousand points. To help him master it, Shengyue challenged him to battle and drew him, Ye Ling, Long Haochen, and Cai'er into his domain.

• Gao Yingjie unleashed the Three-Word Spirit Armor, raising his spiritual energy from twenty-five thousand to fifty thousand points.
• Gao Yingjie thanked Ye Ling for the armor, and Ye Ling told him to repay the favor on the battlefield.
• Gao Yingjie reported completing his mission to Shengyue and admitted he could not yet control the armor perfectly.
• Gao Yingjie refused to spar with the First Demon Hunting Group because his uncontrolled power could endanger its members.
• Shengyue revealed his two-hundred-thousand-point aura and challenged Gao Yingjie to fight, accelerating his adjustment to the armor.
• Shengyue used his Dark Side of the Moon domain, drawing Gao Yingjie, Ye Ling, Long Haochen, and Cai'er inside.

Ye Ling, Cai'er, and Long Haochen watched Shengyue and Gao Yingjie battle in Shengyue’s domain to learn from their strength. Afterward, Shengyue judged Ye Ling’s Spirit Armor to be upper-middle to upper Epic Grade, while Gao Yingjie said he had not yet reached its peak.

• After Ye Ling and the others left, Lin Xin and Sima Xian argued and fought while Li Xin and Wang Yuanyuan resolved to grow strong enough to stand beside them.
• In Shengyue’s domain, Cai'er explained that Great-Grandfather had brought them to observe a battle between powerful fighters and seek a breakthrough.
• Gao Yingjie used Holy Sword and several Seventh Rank enhancement skills to fight Shengyue, but Shengyue eventually defeated him through his experience and strength.
• Shengyue assessed Ye Ling’s Spirit Armor as upper-middle or upper-tier Epic Grade and said it had let Gao Yingjie unleash around sixty thousand spiritual energy.
• Gao Yingjie told Long Haochen that he still had not reached the peak of Ye Ling’s Spirit Armor.

Shengyue learned that Ye Ling’s Spirit Armor could reach extraordinary levels, with perfected Four-Word Spirit Armor potentially attaining the middle or upper levels of Immortal Grade. Ye Ling explained that Heavenly Forging required Ninth Rank strength, then asked whether Shengyue’s messenger had reached Long Xingyu; he was preparing for coming chaos at Demon Exorcism Pass.

• Shengyue asked Gao Yingjie to estimate the enhancement from his Three-Word Spirit Armor, and Gao Yingjie estimated forty-five to fifty thousand spiritual energy points.
• Ye Ling said perfected Four-Word Spirit Armor could reach the middle or upper levels of Immortal Grade, while Heavenly Forging required at least Ninth Rank strength.
• Shengyue predicted Ye Ling could reach Ninth Rank before twenty-five and said he hoped to live long enough to witness Four-Word Spirit Armor being forged.
• Ye Ling asked Shengyue whether the messenger sent to find Long Xingyu or Long Tianyin had returned, and Shengyue said the trip might still be underway.
• Ye Ling reflected that Demon Exorcism Pass would soon fall into chaos and that preparations were necessary.

Ye Ling chose to rely on his knowledge of Demon God Emperor Feng Xiu and planned to deal with the other Demon Gods, since he could not break the final seal on his bloodline. After Shengyue and Gao Yingjie left, Li Xin encouraged Ye Ling to accompany Cai'er to visit her father, while making clear that she trusted Ye Ling and would not worry about his relationship with Cai'er.

• Ye Ling concluded that his current strength could not break the godhood seal and decided to use his understanding of Feng Xiu's motives while planning to kill the other Demon Gods.
• Shengyue dispersed his domain and left, telling Cai'er to visit her father, and Gao Yingjie departed to train with his Spirit Armor.
• Li Xin straightened Ye Ling's clothes and suggested that he accompany Cai'er to meet her parents.
• Ye Ling took Cai'er's hand, and they left for Holy Spirit Heart's residence.
• Wang Yuanyuan asked whether Li Xin was worried about Ye Ling meeting Cai'er's father, and Li Xin said she trusted Ye Ling and would cut him off if he abandoned her.
• Li Xin summoned her Spirit Armor and sparred with Wang Yuanyuan, who had also taken up her shield.

Ye Ling reassured Cai'er that he would support whatever she decided about her parents, then brought her to see Holy Spirit Heart at Demon Exorcism Pass. Hearing Holy Spirit Heart's grief-stricken cries unsettled Cai'er, and Ye Ling entered the room while she remained outside with Lan Yanyu.

• Ye Ling told Cai'er she could take her time deciding how to face her parents and promised to stand by her.
• Ye Ling and Cai'er went to the main hall and met Lan Yanyu outside the room where Holy Spirit Heart was resting.
• Cai'er heard Holy Spirit Heart crying out about her being the Reincarnation Maiden and began to question her past understanding of him.
• Ye Ling respectfully addressed Lan Yanyu as Aunt Lan and said he had brought Cai'er to see Uncle Sheng.
• Ye Ling entered the room and saw Lingxin kneeling on the ground and sobbing.

Ye Ling used Long Xingyu’s signature technique to gain Holy Spirit Heart’s trust, then guided him into revealing the truth about Cai’er’s past and his feelings. As Holy Spirit Heart collapsed from the Youthful Spirit Furnace’s backlash, Ye Ling left Cai’er with Lan Yanyu and departed with Cai’er.

• Holy Spirit Heart told Ye Ling that Shengyue and the elders had pressured him into sending Cai’er into the Six Paths Trial, and Cai’er overheard Lan Yanyu confirm it.
• Ye Ling demonstrated the Spinning Sword of Battle and Slaughter, prompting Holy Spirit Heart to recognize Long Xingyu’s technique and trust Ye Ling as his disciple.
• Holy Spirit Heart asked about Long Xingyu, and Ye Ling said his teacher remained at Imperial Dragon Pass.
• Ye Ling talked with Holy Spirit Heart for two hours, guiding him to reveal everything about Cai’er, the Reincarnation Maiden, and his feelings toward his family.
• Holy Spirit Heart passed out from the Youthful Spirit Furnace’s backlash, and Ye Ling asked Lan Yanyu to care for him before leaving with Cai’er.

Cai'er struggled with conflicting feelings about her parents until Ye Ling helped her realize that her hatred stemmed from believing they had not resisted her suffering. After they returned to the courtyard, Li Xin tested Ye Ling with a sword strike and delivered him a storage item from the Knight Temple.

• Cai'er asked Ye Ling how she should face her feelings toward Shengyue and Lan, and he urged her to calm down and understand what she truly needed.
• Cai'er realized her parents had resisted the Reincarnation Trial but lacked the strength to stop it, easing her resentment toward them.
• Ye Ling brought Cai'er back to the small courtyard and opened the gate for her.
• Li Xin attacked Ye Ling with Sun Slash, but he caught the Xin Ling Sword between two fingers without effort.
• Li Xin gave Ye Ling a storage item sent from the Knight Temple, and Ye Ling recognized it as containing what he wanted.