Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yun explored Gengxin City and arranged a commission to build a steam engine, which Master Tier blacksmith Si Long accepted. After learning that Spirit Hall had crippled the owners of the struggling Divine Weapon Blacksmith Shop, Xiao Yun left his plans for the shop unstated.

• Xiao Yun posted a task offering one thousand Gold Soul Coins for a steam engine, and Si Long accepted the difficult ten-day commission.
• Xiao Yun toured Gengxin City with Shui Bing'er and Zhu Zhuqing, buying rare materials and absorbing Gold Attribute energy at Iron Ridge Mountain.
• Xiao Yun noticed the quiet Divine Weapon Blacksmith Shop and asked Shui Bing'er to investigate it.
• Shui Bing'er learned that Gan Jiang and Mo Mingya were Master Tier blacksmiths who had refused recruitment by Miles, the Gengxin City Spirit Hall branch's hall master.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Shui Bing'er explained that Gan Jiang and Mo Mingya had been crippled in an ambush, leaving their shop struggling and their daughter Gan Moye to help run it.

Xiao Yun went to Divine Weapon Blacksmith Shop to seek a reliable forge for his magic-tool swords and found it being targeted with a fraudulent complaint. Meanwhile, Si Long brought Xiao Yun’s steam-engine blueprints to Lou Gao, who agreed to help build the machine; the chapter ended as a Soul King reached for Gan Moye.

• Shui Bing'er and Zhu Zhuqing told Xiao Yun that rival blacksmith chambers of commerce had set a trap to suppress Divine Weapon Blacksmith Shop, and he planned to visit it.
• Shui Bing'er and Zhu Zhuqing went shopping for gifts while Xiao Yun headed to Divine Weapon Blacksmith Shop.
• Si Long studied Xiao Yun’s steam-engine blueprints, realized their precision requirements exceeded his ability, and took them to his teacher Lou Gao.
• Lou Gao recognized the blueprint’s significance and agreed to help Si Long build the machine.
• Xiao Yun arrived at Divine Weapon Blacksmith Shop and found a merchant accusing Gan Moye’s shop of selling defective farm tools that lacked the shop’s mark.
• The merchant’s Soul King guards moved to seize Gan Moye, who raised her hammer to defend herself.

Xiao Yun secretly stopped a group of Soul Kings from attacking Gan Moye, allowing her to expose their false claims and hand them over to the Blacksmith Association. After watching the shop recover, Xiao Yun entered Divine Weapon Blacksmith Shop and asked to borrow its Earth Fire Furnace, while Gan Jiang and his family wondered who had helped them.

• Xiao Yun used Acupoint Striking Hand to immobilize the sleazy merchant and his Soul King companions, and Gan Moye knocked five of them unconscious.
• Gan Moye explained that the farm tools lacked the shop's unique mark and called out the merchant's suspicious timing as the Blacksmith Association arrived.
• Gan Moye told the association elder that the merchant had slandered the shop and tried to damage it, and the association members took him and his men away.
• Xiao Yun watched Gan Moye return to the shop, judged that she had handled the crisis decisively, and then went inside to ask to borrow the Earth Fire Furnace.
• Gan Moye told Gan Jiang and Mo Ya that she could not identify their hidden rescuer, and Gan Jiang advised his family to wait calmly.

Xiao Yun visited Divine Weapon Blacksmith Shop and paid Gan Jiang five hundred Gold Soul Coins to use its Earth Fire Furnace. The furnace was opened, and Xiao Yun entered the blazing Artifact Refining Room with Gan Moye to begin his work.

• A boy told Gan Jiang that a young man in a green robe wanted to borrow the Earth Fire Furnace, so Gan Jiang, Mo Ya, and Gan Moye went to meet Xiao Yun.
• Xiao Yun introduced himself as a merchant from the Heaven Dou Empire and offered five hundred Gold Soul Coins to cover the furnace's operating costs.
• Mo Ya agreed to the deal on the condition that Gan Moye could observe Xiao Yun, and Xiao Yun accepted.
• Gan Moye opened the sealed stone door with her greatsword Martial Soul, releasing a blast of scorching air that Xiao Yun calmly blocked.
• Xiao Yun and Gan Moye entered the Artifact Refining Room, where the Earth Fire Furnace burned with underground magma.

Xiao Yun spent an afternoon purifying Meteorite Iron at Divine Weapon Blacksmith Shop, impressing Gan Moye with his skill and unusual furnace techniques. After returning to the shop daily for seven days, he brought out several kinds of purified metal ingots and prepared to continue his work with Gan Moye watching.

• Xiao Yun carefully smelted and purified several dozen pieces of Meteorite Iron, turning them into flawless, mirror-bright silver ingots.
• Gan Moye told Gan Jiang and Mo Ya about Xiao Yun’s efficiency and methods, and Gan Jiang decided they should leave him alone as long as he meant no harm.
• Xiao Yun returned to Divine Weapon Blacksmith Shop every day for seven days while Shui Bing’er and Zhu Zhuqing stayed at the inn to cultivate.
• Xiao Yun entered the Artifact Refining Room with Gan Moye and arranged purified ingots of Meteorite Iron Adamantine, Mithril, Adamantine, Cold Iron, and Red Copper on the Forging Table.

Xiao Yun spent seven days forging the seven Big Dipper Flying Swords in Gan Jiang and Mo Ya's Earth Fire Furnace. After completing the swords, he offered to try healing the couple's crippled right arms.

• Xiao Yun melted Meteorite Adamantine and other metals, then forged and inscribed the Tian-Shu Sword.
• Xiao Yun forged the remaining six Flying Swords, each with its own shape and star patterns, over the next six days.
• Gan Moye watched Xiao Yun work each day and felt troubled that he was leaving for good.
• Xiao Yun stored the seven completed Flying Swords and thanked Gan Jiang and Mo Ya for lending him their Earth Fire Furnace.
• Xiao Yun asked whether someone had crippled Gan Jiang and Mo Ya's right arms, then offered to try to heal them.

Xiao Yun healed Gan Jiang and Mo Ya's crippled right arms, then the couple decided to pledge themselves to him because Spirit Hall would pursue them. They described their skills to Xiao Yun as they prepared to leave Gengxin City.

• Gan Jiang and Mo Ya agreed to let Xiao Yun attempt to heal them after Gan Moye urged them to trust him.
• Xiao Yun used True Sun Fire to burn away the dark Soul Power in Gan Jiang's arm and restore it.
• Xiao Yun healed Mo Ya's arm, then told the couple to refine the remaining True Qi while he left.
• The next morning, Gan Jiang and Mo Ya met Xiao Yun and offered to pledge themselves to him, fearing Spirit Hall would target them once it learned they had recovered.
• Gan Jiang described his skills in forging and mechanisms, while Mo Ya explained her expertise in prospecting for and managing ore veins.

Xiao Yun recruited Gan Jiang and arranged for Gan Moye to study tool refining in Dragon Ascending Territory. After demonstrating the Steam Engine to Lou Gao, Xiao Yun invited him to join his territory and showed him a Flying Sword that moved without soul power.

• Xiao Yun gave Gan Jiang a Territory Token and agreed to bring Gan Moye to Dragon Ascending Territory for tool-refining studies.
• Xiao Yun arrived at the Blacksmith Association testing area, where Si Long and Lou Gao prepared to test the Steam Engine.
• Xiao Yun added a gear transmission mechanism, and the Steam Engine raised and dropped a heavy hammer hard enough to flatten an iron block.
• Lou Gao warned that widespread use of the Steam Engine could leave Gengxin City's blacksmiths without work, while Xiao Yun said it would benefit his territory.
• Xiao Yun invited Lou Gao to develop in Dragon Ascending Territory, but Lou Gao declined because he was old.
• Xiao Yun showed Lou Gao the Tian-Shu Sword and made it fly through the air without soul power, leaving Lou Gao astonished.

Xiao Yun left the Blacksmith Association after showing Lou Gao a Flying Sword, giving the Divine Craftsman a reason to reconsider joining him. Back at the Seven Treasures Inn, Xiao Yun demonstrated another Flying Sword to Shui Bing'er and Zhu Zhuqing, then set out for the Divine Weapon Blacksmith Shop.

• Xiao Yun showed Lou Gao a Flying Sword, then left with Shui Bing'er and Zhu Zhuqing without demanding an answer.
• Lou Gao kept the sword and asked Si Long to investigate who Xiao Yun was.
• At the Seven Treasures Inn, Xiao Yun explained that Lou Gao had not known his identity or resources when he declined the invitation.
• Xiao Yun demonstrated the Tian-Xuan Sword to Shui Bing'er and Zhu Zhuqing, enlarging it into a longsword for them to examine.
• Xiao Yun promised to refine a Flying Sword for each woman once they had cultivated enough, then left for the Divine Weapon Blacksmith Shop.

Xiao Yun refined a simple flying sword for Lou Gao to study and learned of a Gengxin City black market that might sell rare metals. Gan Moye and the others prepared to leave, while Xiao Yun returned to the inn and spent the evening with Shui Bing'er and Zhu Zhuqing.

• Gan Moye gave Xiao Yun Dark Iron, Adamantine, and Mithril from the shop’s remaining stock.
• Xiao Yun combined the metals and refined a beginner flying sword with nine clear patterns for Lou Gao to study.
• Gan Jiang told Xiao Yun that the Gengxin City Black Market might have the special high-grade metals he had asked about and gave him its address.
• Xiao Yun told Gan Jiang and Mo Ya he would arrange an escort when they were ready to leave.
• Xiao Yun returned to the inn while Shui Bing'er and Zhu Zhuqing cultivated, then joined them for dinner and a walk through Gengxin City.

Xiao Yun took Shui Bing'er and Zhu Zhuqing to Gengxin City's black market, where they bought several ores, including a dull gray stone containing an unknown energy. The next morning, after breakfast, the two women stood beside Xiao Yun's desk, waiting for him to inspect what they had found.

• Xiao Yun paid the black market guards and sent Shui Bing'er and Zhu Zhuqing to browse the ore stalls with money for their purchases.
• Shui Bing'er bought a pale blue ore and a pale green ore, while Zhu Zhuqing chose a heavy black piece and a light silvery-white one by instinct.
• Xiao Yun detected unknown energy in a dull gray ore and bought it, along with Red Copper, Mithril, Adamantine, and Meteorite Iron.
• After two hours at the market, the three returned safely to the inn and went to sleep without examining their ores.
• The next morning, Shui Bing'er and Zhu Zhuqing woke Xiao Yun and brought him breakfast.
• After breakfast, Shui Bing'er and Zhu Zhuqing stood beside Xiao Yun's desk and watched him intently.

Xiao Yun identified the ores Shui Bing'er and Zhu Zhuqing had bought and designed weapons suited to their martial souls. He then went to Iron Ridge Mountain to retrieve his Martial Soul Bead after it finished absorbing Gold Attribute energy, finding it deep inside an underground cavern.

• Xiao Yun sensed Shadow Soul Power in Zhu Zhuqing's black ore and Mithril Alloy in her silvery-white piece, then proposed shadow daggers and enchanted gauntlets.
• Xiao Yun identified Shui Bing'er's pale-blue ore as Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Dark Iron and her pale-green plant remnant as Spirit-Condensing Wood, then designed a bow combining their properties.
• Xiao Yun promised to forge the weapons after they returned and sketched preliminary designs for the bow, daggers, and gauntlets.
• Xiao Yun sensed that his Martial Soul Bead had finished absorbing Gold Attribute energy and left the hotel to retrieve it from Iron Ridge Mountain.
• Xiao Yun used his Invisibility Technique, Flying Sword, and Earth-Evasion Technique to reach the underground cavern, where the Martial Soul Bead pulsed with earth, water, and metal lights.

Xiao Yun absorbed the metal vein into his Martial Soul Bead, stabilized the threatened mountain, and flew southwest to seek Wood Attribute energy. Meanwhile, Lou Gao learned who Xiao Yun was and sent Si Long to deliver a visiting card, but Xiao Yun had already left Gengxin City.

• Xiao Yun absorbed Gengxin City's deep metal vein into his Martial Soul Bead, leaving a vast cavern that began to collapse.
• Xiao Yun used Empress Houtu's Rock Heart Stabilization Talisman to reinforce the mountain and prevent it from collapsing.
• Xiao Yun chose the Star Luo Empire's tropical rainforest as a safer place to gather Wood Attribute energy and flew there on his sword.
• Si Long investigated Xiao Yun and reported his powerful connections to Lou Gao, who decided to request a visit.
• Lou Gao sent Si Long with a visiting card to the Seven Treasures Inn, where Shui Bing'er told him Xiao Yun had gone out.

Xiao Yun followed a powerful Origin of Wood aura into the rainforest and found a colossal ancient tree hidden beneath a sea of mist. The tree invited him to talk, and Xiao Yun confirmed he could still access the Vast Wilderness Realm.

• Xiao Yun flew deeper into the rainforest, using the Fire Dragon King's Dragon King's Divine Might to drive off attacking Soul Beasts.
• Xiao Yun sensed a powerful Origin of Wood aura calling him toward the rainforest's core and discovered an ancient tree was deliberately drawing him closer.
• Xiao Yun followed the aura to a cliff and descended through the dense green mist below it.
• Xiao Yun found a gigantic ancient tree whose vast canopy and roots filled the hidden space beneath the mist.
• The ancient tree spoke to Xiao Yun and invited him over for a chat, and Xiao Yun confirmed his connection to the Vast Wilderness Realm remained intact.

Xiao Yun met the Life Ancient Tree, which asked him to help evade the God Realm’s aura lock and survive its coming God Tribulation. Xiao Yun agreed to try and offered to shelter the tree’s creatures in his small world, but the Life Ancient Tree abruptly showed him two figures approaching from a hundred li away.

• Xiao Yun flew to the treetop and spoke with the ancient tree, which introduced itself as the Life Ancient Tree, or Grandpa Tree to the creatures it protected.
• The Life Ancient Tree asked Xiao Yun to conceal its aura from the God Realm and explained that it was a million-year tree whose power had been held at nine hundred and ninety thousand years to delay its God Tribulation.
• The Life Ancient Tree offered Xiao Yun a newborn Life Ancient Tree and abundant Origin of Wood if he helped it leave the rainforest and protect the beings living there.
• Xiao Yun realized the Life Ancient Tree's roots were bound to the rainforest, and it explained that the valley would collapse and its inhabitants would be endangered if it departed or faced tribulation.
• Xiao Yun agreed to try shielding the Life Ancient Tree and offered to hide its creatures in his independent small world.
• The Life Ancient Tree suddenly silenced Xiao Yun and projected an image of two figures appearing in the distance.

Two Divine Realm deities searched the Rainforest for the Fire Dragon King's vanished aura, then left after failing to find it. The ancient tree told Xiao Yun that the Divine Realm had suppressed soul beasts to prevent the Dragonkind Crown Prince's return, and Xiao Yun offered to let the ancient tree attempt a breakthrough inside his magical treasure's independent small world.

• Two Divine Realm deities searched the Rainforest for the Fire Dragon King's aura, destroying much of the forest before hiding nearby to make sure nothing was amiss.
• The ancient tree warned Xiao Yun that the Divine Realm watched the continent and destroyed soul beasts that showed extraordinary potential.
• The ancient tree questioned the Divine Realm's account of the Dragon God's downfall and said the Asura God and other deities had forbidden soul beasts from becoming gods to prevent the Dragonkind Crown Prince's revival.
• Xiao Yun suggested finding an independent small world where the ancient tree could break through without drawing the Divine Realm's attention.
• Xiao Yun offered to let the ancient tree attempt his breakthrough inside the small world within Xiao Yun's magical treasure, and the ancient tree eagerly agreed.

The Life Ancient Tree summoned the Soul Beasts it had protected and explained that it would leave the rainforest to seek a way through its coming tribulation. Xiao Yun opened a portal to his Pagoda Space, and Deer Maiden and Horse Maiden entered to inspect the new world.

• The Life Ancient Tree called the valley’s Soul Beasts to gather beneath it, where Xiao Yun saw the many kinds and levels of creatures it sheltered.
• White Tiger and Golden Roc eyed Xiao Yun warily until the Life Ancient Tree told the Soul Beasts it planned to leave before its tribulation and seek a breakthrough in another world.
• White Tiger, Golden Roc, Deer Maiden, Horse Maiden, and Ox Maiden chose to accompany the Life Ancient Tree, despite being warned they might never return.
• Xiao Yun opened a portal to the Pagoda Space and explained that the Life Ancient Tree would undergo its tribulation on the fourth level while the other Soul Beasts stayed on the first.
• Deer Maiden and Horse Maiden entered first and found a spacious, spiritually rich plain with herbs, a forest, and a clear stream.

Xiao Yun moved Grandpa Tree and its tens of thousands of Soul Beasts into the Pagoda Space as the Ancient Tree prepared to undergo its God Tribulation. Inside the fourth level, the Ancient Tree began expanding in the endless Chaos Qi, but found no land on which to take root.

• Sky Dream Butterfly Dance welcomed Deer Maiden and Horse Maiden after learning they were Grandpa Tree’s clansmen.
• Deer Maiden, Horse Maiden, and the other Soul Beasts led tens of thousands of their kind through the Teleportation Portal into the Pagoda Space.
• After the migration, Xiao Yun helped the Ancient Tree shrink and then drew it, along with the earth beneath it, into the pagoda’s fourth level.
• The Ancient Tree’s God Tribulation began over the Rainforest, but dissipated after Xiao Yun carried the tree away.
• In the fourth level, the Ancient Tree released its accumulated Soul Power and expanded, while its roots searched the Chaos Qi for land.

Xiao Yun gave the Life Ancient Tree land in the fourth floor of the Pagoda Space, allowing him to complete his transformation into the top-tier Jia Wood God. The new deity’s growth expanded the floor into a vast world filled with Heaven and Earth Spirit Qi.

• Xiao Yun summoned a continent from the Vast Wilderness World and placed it beneath the Life Ancient Tree so his roots could take hold.
• The Life Ancient Tree grew across the fourth floor, formed a Divine Core and divine soul, and built a divine body around them.
• The ancient tree condensed a God-Level Soul Ring and formed the Wood God Position, becoming the Jia Wood God, second only to the God of Life among Wood Attribute deities.
• The Jia Wood God expanded the fourth floor to hundreds of thousands of li, transforming its chaos qi into Heaven and Earth Spirit Qi and establishing its own heaven and earth.

The Ancient Tree ascended to the Wood God Position and gave Xiao Yun a Life God Tree sapling and a fruit containing wood attribute energy. After thousands of Soul Beasts moved to the fourth floor of the Pagoda Space, Xiao Yun emerged above the Rainforest and found White Tiger, Golden Roc, and Ox Maiden under attack.

• The Ancient Tree thanked Xiao Yun for helping him ascend and said he would remain in the Tree Heart Space to consolidate his realm.
• The Ancient Tree gave Xiao Yun a Life God Tree sapling and warned him to plant it in an energy-rich place within a month.
• The Ancient Tree condensed a fruit of wood attribute energy for Xiao Yun, who stored it with the sapling in his Soul Tool.
• Horse Maiden and Deer Maiden celebrated the Ancient Tree’s ascension, then led thousands of Soul Beasts through the portal to the fourth floor of the Pagoda Space.
• Xiao Yun left the Pagoda Space and saw Earth Rock Apes, including two hundred-thousand-year-level leaders, besieging White Tiger, Golden Roc, and Ox Maiden in the Rainforest.