Chapter Summaries

Jiang Lin investigated the Mo Clan after killing Mo Ran with a dual-attribute Dou Qi Arrow, while Xiao Yan learned that Qing Lin had been abducted. Jiang Lin recognized the Mo Clan’s involvement and left to verify what had happened.

• Jiang Lin used a dual-attribute Dou Qi Arrow to pierce Mo Ran’s Earth Element Dou Qi armor and kill him.
• Jiang Lin left the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s compound to investigate the Mo Clan, and Hai Bodong told Xiao Yan and his brothers that Jiang Lin had departed without explanation.
• Xiao Ding told Xiao Yan that Qing Lin had been abducted and that they had found fragments of the Two-Headed Spirit Snake’s scales at the scene.
• Jiang Lin recalled his connection to the Mo Clan and realized that Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils had become entangled with the clan’s secret arts.

Xiao Yan learned that Qing Lin was in danger with the Mo Clan and flew with Hai Bodong toward Yan City, while his brothers stayed behind to consolidate Stone Desert City's forces. Jiang Lin took a different route across the Tagor Desert toward Jia Ma Holy City, apparently intending to answer the Mo Clan's invitation.

• Hai Bodong and Xiao Yan concluded that Jiang Lin was rushing to save Qing Lin from the Mo Clan.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li promised to consolidate Stone Desert City's powers while Xiao Yan went to protect Qing Lin.
• Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong flew toward Yan City, where the Mo Clan was based.
• Hai Bodong questioned whether Xiao Yan's Dou Emperor-level power was truly his, then agreed to continue supporting him in return for future rewards.
• Jiang Lin crossed the Tagor Desert toward Jia Ma Holy City instead of heading to Yan City, intending to follow up on the Mo Clan's invitation.

Jiang Lin flew toward Jia Ma Holy City, planning to visit Mo Lan and investigate whether the Mo Clan had taken Qing Lin’s eyes. During the flight, he reflected on how the Fire Spirit Colored Lotus had become a growing source of power rooted in his own cultivation.

• Jiang Lin estimated that Qing Lin was likely still alive after the Mo Clan’s operation and planned to learn whether their techniques could restore her eyes.
• Jiang Lin decided to go directly to Jia Ma Holy City and judge from Mo Lan’s and the Mo Clan’s behavior whether Qing Lin’s eyes had been taken.
• Jiang Lin flew toward the city on his Red Gold Six Wings while considering how Dou Qi helped powerful cultivators fly at extreme speed.
• Jiang Lin recognized that his Crimson Gold Dou Qi, two Crystal Cores, and Fire Spirit Colored Lotus let him replenish his power faster than he could normally expend it.
• Jiang Lin concluded that the Fire Spirit Colored Lotus had regained vitality through his cultivation and had taken root within him as a growing Fire Spiritual Root.

Jiang Lin flew through Jia Ma Holy City, showing off the crimson-gold blaze created by his fire-gold Dou Qi and the Forging Fire Art. At the Artifact Forgers Guild, he learned that Mo Lan had delivered an invitation to Mo Cheng's birthday banquet.

• Jiang Lin considered the spirit objects and Dou Saint Crystal Cores he still needed to advance the Forging Fire Art.
• Jiang Lin flew over Jia Ma Holy City, where guards and recruits recognized his distinctive crimson-gold blaze as Young Qilin.
• Jiang Lin reflected on how the Forging Fire Art had transformed his fire-gold Dou Qi into a flame test and planned to seek metal and earth attributes next.
• Jiang Lin arrived at the Artifact Forgers Guild and found Haimo on duty instead of Fatty Yuan.
• Haimo told Jiang Lin that Mo Lan had delivered an invitation to Mo Clan Great Elder Mo Cheng's birthday banquet.

Jiang Lin learned that the Feather Sheath Wings had let the Artifact Forgers Guild develop offensive flying Dou Artifacts without restarting the continent’s arms race, then asked Haimo about the Mo Clan after receiving its invitation. Haimo recalled how Jiang Lin had turned Mo Lan’s Azure Scale Dragon Arm into a Dou Artifact so impressive that the guild’s members had wanted to take it apart for study.

• The Feather Sheath Wings blueprints changed the Artifact Forgers Guild’s work and inspired designs for offensive flying Dou Artifacts.
• Jiang Lin praised Haimo’s Four-leaf Feather Sheath Wings draft and asked him about the Mo Clan while holding its birthday banquet invitation.
• Haimo reminded Jiang Lin that he had already studied the Mo Clan’s techniques while forging Mo Lan’s Dou Artifact arm.
• Haiman recalled that Jiang Lin had redesigned the Azure Scale Dragon Arm with separate circulatory systems, removing its side effects while preserving its abilities.
• Haimo said the guild members had wanted to examine Mo Lan’s arm, frightening her into fleeing the guild overnight.

Jiang Lin told Haimo that the Mo Clan had captured Qing Lin for her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and had used its secret art on humans, which made him determined to oppose them. Haimo offered to help retrieve her and assured Jiang Lin that the Artifact Forgers Guild would back him.

• Jiang Lin admitted he knew little about the Mo Clan, and Haimo explained its influence and ties to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Jiang Lin told Haimo that the Mo Clan had captured Qing Lin and that a Mo Clan Da Dou Shi had tried to silence him and Xiao Yan in Stone Desert City.
• Jiang Lin explained that he objected to the Mo Clan using its Blood Fusion Secret Art on humans, despite accepting its use of magical beast parts.
• Haimo agreed that the Mo Clan's interest in Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils fit its usual methods and offered to accompany Jiang Lin to Yan City.
• Haimo assured Jiang Lin that the Artifact Forgers Guild stood behind him and that he need not worry about offending the Misty Cloud Sect.

Jiang Lin accepted Haimo’s offer to accompany him to Yan City, and the two left the Artifact Forgers Guild together. Haimo explained the guild’s defenses and discussed Hu Lei’s alchemy and the legacy of a former president as they headed onward.

• Jiang Lin accepted Haimo’s offer to accompany him to the banquet in Yan City, and learned that Haimo wielded a fifth-tier spear forged with Vice President Han Yu.
• Haimo shut and locked the Artifact Forgers Guild, explaining that the building and its doors were Dou Artifacts and that arrays protected it at night.
• Haimo told Jiang Lin that Artifact Forgers generally knew some arrays, and said Hu Lei was skilled at alchemy despite serving as president of an Artifact Forgers Guild.
• Haimo said Hu Lei might pursue fifth-tier Alchemist certification in the Central Continent, while Jiang Lin suspected the president had planned the trip for a long time.
• Haimo recounted stories about past presidents, including one who left the guild’s arrays and the Misty Cloud Sect’s Guardian Sect Grand Array.

Jiang Lin confronted Mo Lan about the Mo Clan’s misuse of the Spirit Fusion Secret Art and traveled with her and Haimo to Yan City for the Great Elder’s birthday. Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong also arrived, with Xiao Yan preparing to settle his grudge against the Mo Clan.

• Jiang Lin asked Mo Lan about the Mo Clan’s history and learned that she had willingly sacrificed her arm to receive a beast limb after her cultivation prospects ended.
• Jiang Lin said he respected the Mo Clan’s past but not what it had become, then flew with Haimo toward Yan City while Mo Lan followed.
• Jiang Lin offered to leave the Artifact Forgers Guild a copy of his basic Feather Sheath techniques for Haimo.
• Jiang Lin, Haimo, and Mo Lan arrived in Yan City and entered the Mo Clan’s headquarters amid preparations for the Great Elder’s birthday.
• Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong arrived in Yan City after agreeing that Xiao Yan would provide a strength-restoring pill in return for Hai Bodong’s long-term service.
• Hai Bodong recalled that the Mo Clan had captured Xiao Yan’s friend and tried to kill the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and Xiao Yan’s brothers.

Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong planned to force their way into the Mo Clan after learning it had tried to kill Xiao Yan's brother and the Desert Iron Mercenary Group. Xiao Yan worried that Jiang Lin might be connected to the Mo Clan, while Yao Chen explained why Jiang Lin's immortal body would be extraordinarily valuable and then agreed it should be reserved for his own resurrection if Jiang Lin ever died.

• Hai Bodong asked Xiao Yan what he planned to do before the Mo Clan's Great Elder's birthday banquet, and Xiao Yan said they would force their way in.
• Xiao Yan said the Mo Clan's attempt to kill his brother and silence the Desert Iron Mercenary Group left no reason to hold back.
• Xiao Yan wondered whether Jiang Lin had ties to the Mo Clan, and Hai Bodong speculated that Jiang Lin might want Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that Jiang Lin's Spiritual Eye and immortal body were far more valuable than the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Xiao Yan suggested that Jiang Lin's immortal skeleton should be saved for Yao Chen's resurrection, and Yao Chen admitted the idea was tempting before deciding not to dwell on Jiang Lin's possible death.

Yao Chen reflected on Xiao Yan’s fortune and his mutually beneficial connection with Jiang Lin, while Xiao Yan spotted Nalan Yanran in the street and learned that Yao Chen could not discern her strength. Xiao Yan accepted that their meeting at the Misty Cloud Sect was near, rested at an inn, and prepared to cause trouble at the Mo Mansion the next day.

• Yao Chen reconsidered Xiao Yan’s unusual fortune, including his map fragments and his meeting with Jiang Lin, and encouraged him to cultivate.
• Xiao Yan spotted Nalan Yanran passing through the street and told Yao Chen that he had seen her.
• Yao Chen could not determine Nalan Yanran’s realm because something blocked his perception, and he explained that Jiang Lin sensed auras through Spiritual Sense in a different way.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that they would meet Nalan Yanran at the Misty Cloud Sect soon and urged him not to rush.
• Xiao Yan went to an inn to rest and prepare to cause a disturbance at the Mo Mansion the following day, while Hai Bodong took separate lodgings and concealed himself nearby.

Jiang Lin and Haimo investigated the Mo Clan over Qing Lin, but Jiang Lin sensed an unknown Dou Emperor and decided to wait for Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong rather than risk a fight. He offered Mo Lan the chance to lead a reformed Mo Clan, leaving her to decide by the next day.

• Xiao Yan asked Yao Chen whether Jiang Lin would interfere with his revenge, and Yao Chen guessed Jiang Lin wanted to confirm what had happened to Qing Lin and protect those he knew.
• Mo Cheng denied that the Mo Clan had captured Qing Lin, dismissed Jiang Lin and Haimo, then ordered an investigation into who had warned him.
• Jiang Lin offered Mo Lan a chance to lead a new Mo Clan and told her to show her decision by standing behind him the next day.
• Jiang Lin told Haimo that the Mo Clan was doomed and that they should wait for Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong instead of acting.
• Jiang Lin sensed an unfamiliar Dou Emperor nearby and explained that the Fire Spirit Colored Lotus let him detect Xiao Yan's Green Lotus Core Flame from within ten kilometers.

Xiao Yan entered the Mo Mansion disguised in black, where the Mo Clan mistook him for another guest and let him pass. Inside, Jiang Lin sat among the Mo Alliance’s distinguished guests and told Nalan Yanran that he had come to save someone but had decided to watch events unfold.

• Xiao Yan left the inn in disguise, with Hai Bodong following him toward the Mo Mansion.
• Mo Clan members welcomed Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong, mistaking them for someone else, and Xiao Yan slipped away inside.
• Jiang Lin sat near Haimo at the Mo Mansion banquet while Mo Lan served him sweets and the Mo Alliance’s guests sought his attention.
• Jiang Lin recognized Nalan Yanran’s strength and spoke with her about why he had come to the Mo Clan.
• Jiang Lin told Nalan Yanran that he had originally come to save someone but had chosen to watch the show.

Xiao Yan stormed the Mo Clan hall to demand Qing Lin’s release while Jiang Lin watched and kept Nalan Yanran from interfering. After the Mo Clan brought Qing Lin out, a stranger appeared and seized her, declaring that she was fated to be with him.

• Yao Chen helped Xiao Yan understand Jiang Lin’s signal and encouraged him to confront the Mo Clan.
• Xiao Yan entered the hall and demanded that Mo Cheng hand over the girl taken from Stone Desert City.
• Mo Cheng ordered his experts to attack, but Xiao Yan’s Cold White Flame incinerated them; Xiao Yan then defeated Mo Cheng.
• Jiang Lin stopped Nalan Yanran from intervening, and Mo Lan ordered the Mo Clan elders to bring Qing Lin out.
• As Xiao Yan prepared to take the unconscious Qing Lin, a cyan afterimage snatched her away and claimed she was fated to be with him.

A mysterious Green-winged Woman abducted Qing Lin for her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and escaped Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong. Jiang Lin handled the Mo Clan’s aftermath before pursuing them in his Six-Winged Black Armor.

• The Green-winged Woman defeated Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong’s attacks while carrying Qing Lin, then flew away with her.
• Jiang Lin examined the dying Mo Cheng, used spiritual power to calm him, and ordered Mo Lan to gather materials to preserve the bodies.
• Jiang Lin told Haimo to manage the aftermath and flew after the departing Dou Emperors, leaving Nalan Yanran and Ge Ye to discuss his actions.
• Jiang Lin vanished toward the ground and began flying low in his Six-Winged Black Armor, its light wings burning with multicolored flames.

Jiang Lin arrived in the Six-Winged Black Armor and used a lightning-fast arrow to intimidate Green Barbarian while Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong fought to stop her from taking Qing Lin. Faced with Jiang Lin’s threat and a Space Arrow, Green Barbarian summoned White Fang for help.

• Jiang Lin flew at supersonic speed toward the battle, terrifying the Dou Zhe fleeing Yan City.
• Green Barbarian held Qing Lin while fighting Hai Bodong and Xiao Yan, and she used her Dou Qi to defend against Xiao Yan’s Bone Spirit Cold Fire.
• Jiang Lin shot a Light Arrow Nod that struck Green Barbarian’s forehead and shook her despite barely affecting her defenses.
• Jiang Lin displayed a Space Arrow and warned Green Barbarian that he could pierce her defenses while Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong restrained her.
• Green Barbarian lost her carefree composure and called White Fang to appear.

Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong fought White Fang while Green Barbarian fled with Qing Lin, as Jiang Lin charged a massive Heaven and Earth Energy arrow. The arrow launched toward White Fang, whose confidence in his scales had begun to waver.

• White Fang arrived to help Green Barbarian and learned that Jiang Lin's archery posed a serious threat.
• Green Barbarian escaped with Qing Lin while White Fang blocked Xiao Yan and battled him and Hai Bodong.
• Xiao Yan struck White Fang with Eight Extremes Collapse, but the magical beast redirected most of the blow.
• Jiang Lin used his Dou Qi Furnace and Dou Qi Arrow techniques to gather and compress Heaven and Earth Energy into his bow.
• Jiang Lin released the enormous energy arrow toward White Fang.

Jiang Lin’s ultimate light cannon blasted through one of the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor’s wings, but the attack melted his bow and damaged his armor, leaving him unable to strike again. Xiao Yan thanked him and prepared to fight the retreating snake emperor himself.

• Jiang Lin fired a lightning-charged cannon from the Black Feather Heavy Bow, destroying one of the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor’s wings and damaging the others.
• The injured snake emperor tried to retreat, but Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong caught up with him.
• Jiang Lin explained that his bow had melted and his armor was damaged, so he could no longer use his Space Arrows to threaten a Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yan thanked Jiang Lin, then faced the retreating snake emperor with cold white flames in one hand and green flames in the other.
• Jiang Lin decided to modify Xiao Yan’s Profound Weight Ruler.

Xiao Yan fused the Green Lotus Core Flame and Bone Spirit Cold Fire to create his own Heavenly Flame Dou Technique, Buddha's Fury Lotus. He hurled it at the fleeing Seven-Winged Black Snake Emperor, and it exploded above the plains outside Yan City.

• Xiao Yan summoned the Green Lotus Core Flame and Bone Spirit Cold Fire, alarming Hai Bodong and the Seven-Winged Black Snake Emperor.
• Xiao Yan entered a state of enlightenment and used his Soul Power and Burning Art Dou Qi to fuse the two Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan formed a green-and-white fire lotus and named his new technique Buddha's Fury Lotus.
• The Seven-Winged Black Snake Emperor fled, but Xiao Yan caught up and threw the fire lotus at him.
• The unstable Buddha's Fury Lotus erupted into a dazzling sun before reaching the Seven-Winged Black Snake Emperor.

Jiang Lin stopped the badly wounded Black Snake Emperor after Xiao Yan’s Buddha’s Fury Lotus explosion and demanded to know why it had taken Qing Lin. The Black Snake Emperor explained that its group valued Qing Lin’s talent, then escaped as Jiang Lin chose not to prolong the conflict.

• Xiao Yan’s Buddha’s Fury Lotus devastated the Black Snake Emperor, while Jiang Lin survived the blast behind his lotus-patterned barrier and carried the unconscious Xiao Yan.
• Jiang Lin blocked the Black Snake Emperor’s escape and asked why it had taken Qing Lin, warning that its answer would determine whether it could leave Jia Ma alive.
• Jiang Lin told the Black Snake Emperor that Misty Cloud Sect might arrive soon and joked about pairing it with the male Netherworld Flood Dragon Beast.
• The Black Snake Emperor explained that its group valued Qing Lin’s talent and was not seeking to take her eyes, then flew away to meet Green Barbarian.
• Hai Bodong arrived and questioned why Jiang Lin had let the Black Snake Emperor go, while Jiang Lin said capturing it would make the situation harder to control.

Jiang Lin took the unconscious Xiao Yan toward Jia Ma Holy City while sending Hai Bodong to retrieve Mo Cheng’s body. At the explosion site, Yun Yun and Jia Xing Tian found evidence of a mysterious fifth person and decided to investigate in Yan City.

• Jiang Lin told Hai Bodong to meet him at the Jiama Artifact Forgers Guild after retrieving Mo Cheng’s body from the Mo Clan.
• Hai Bodong agreed to the task and chose to delay returning to the Mittel Family, while Jiang Lin flew toward Jia Ma Holy City with Xiao Yan.
• Yun Yun and Jia Xing Tian arrived at the Buddha’s Fury Lotus explosion site and found ruins, Magical Beast scales, and a distinctive armor plate.
• Jia Xing Tian identified traces of four Dou Qi attributes, but Yun Yun suspected a fifth person had been present and connected the armor plate to the Artifact Forgers Guild.
• Yun Yun and Jia Xing Tian decided to ask about the incident in Yan City and investigate the Magical Beast scales.