Chapter Summaries

Jiang Lin said goodbye to Xiao Yi Xian and Mr. Yao as they left Jia Ma for the Chu Yun Empire, then opened the letter from his mother. The letter contained the answers he had long sought, but its contents immediately unsettled him.

• Mr. Yao gave Jiang Lin his mother's aged letter and revealed that she had never asked him to defeat the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.
• Xiao Yi Xian chose to travel with Mr. Yao to the Chu Yun Empire to cultivate and pursue a way to control her Calamity Poison Body.
• Jiang Lin gave Xiao Yi Xian a Storage Ring filled with cultivation resources, weapons, protective gear, pills, and a letter for the Chu Yun Artifact Refining Guild.
• Xiao Yi Xian hugged Jiang Lin goodbye, then Mr. Yao and the Mist Eagle carried her toward the distant mountains.
• After watching them depart, Jiang Lin opened his mother's letter and found its contents alarming.

Jiang Lin read a letter from his mother, Ling Yun'er, revealing that he belonged to the Spirit Clan and explaining its plan to sacrifice hundreds of millions of lives to create a Dou Di. After learning Ling Yun'er had made herself the clan's ninth Spiritual Artifact to protect him, Jiang Lin flew toward the Jia Ma Imperial Capital, wondering whether the world had truly become so desperate.

• Jiang Lin read Ling Yun'er's letter, which warned him to stay away from the Central Continent, the Spirit Realm, and the Spirit Clan.
• Ling Yun'er revealed that Jiang Lin had been born with Imperial Grade Spirit Blood, which she had extracted to protect him from the Spirit Clan.
• Jiang Lin learned that the Spirit Clan planned to use the Myriad Blood Spirit Merging Array to sacrifice hundreds of millions of lives and create a Dou Di.
• Ling Yun'er had taken an Imperial Blood Pill made from Jiang Lin's blood and become the ninth Human Artifact needed to power the formation.
• Jiang Lin understood that Ling Yun'er had returned to the Spirit Clan to protect him from being made into its ninth Spiritual Artifact.
• Jiang Lin spread his Red Gold Six Wings and flew toward the Jia Ma Imperial Capital, questioning the world's desperation.

Jiang Lin fled with Ling Yun'er's Spatial Teleportation Jade Token as Ling Ying reported his suspected Spirit Clan identity to the clan. Meanwhile, the Soul Craftsman sent Hu Lei away from Mo Mansion, where Hun Ke'er revealed that the Soul Clan and Spirit Clan were pursuing a deadly plan involving a restored formation and the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion.

• Jiang Lin left for the horizon with Ling Yun'er's jade token as his last escape route.
• Ling Ying sent intelligence to the clan and flagged Jiang Lin as someone suspected to be from the Spirit Clan.
• The Soul Craftsman gave Hu Lei a sixth-rank soul sword, told him to leave the Central Continent, and sent Hun Ke'er to escort him out.
• Hun Ke'er warned Hu Lei not to pry into Mo Mansion's troubles and urged him to preserve the Soul Artifact legacy.
• Hun Ke'er told the Soul Craftsman that the clans' plan required a blood sacrifice and that both the Spirit Clan and Soul Clan had become willing to gamble everything.

Hun Ke'er told the Soul Craftsman that the Soul Clan’s Blood Sacrifice Emperor Array was ready and urged him to observe the Spirit Realm ceremony. Meanwhile, Jiang Lin advanced to Dou Ling in Jia Ma Holy City and realized the Spirit Clan’s sacrifice had a mysterious Sword Bearer behind it.

• Hun Ke'er explained that the Soul Clan was gambling on the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion and that the Spirit Clan would become a weapon for the Emperor Array.
• Hun Ke'er revealed that the clan elders might remove the Soul Craftsman if he opposed the plan, and he agreed to attend the Spirit Realm Emperor Array refinement ceremony.
• Jiang Lin broke through to Dou Ling one month after the Misty Cloud Sect incident with help from the Three-pattern Green Spirit Pill and the Fire Spirit Colored Lotus.
• Jiang Lin examined his Virtual Core and resolved to avoid speaking about the crisis because he understood the Spirit Clan’s plan and knew a mysterious Sword Bearer stood behind it.

After reaching Dou Ling, Jiang Lin considered how to improve his cultivation and study Magic Cores, then experimented with condensing his energy. The chapter ended with him trying to switch Dou Artifacts to accelerate the process.

• Jiang Lin gave Pei Xuan a jade slip containing the Profound Pill Secret Method for Senior Disciple Brother Yuan Bao.
• Jiang Lin assessed how the Forging Fire Art and Crystal Pills affected his cultivation speed and concluded he needed Crystal Cores.
• Jiang Lin planned to borrow Source Crystals from the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and study its Magic Core.
• Jiang Lin realized that Dou Qi energy might be solidified through its core, then circulated his cultivation method to test the idea.
• Jiang Lin observed signs of energy solidification and decided to try switching Dou Artifacts as a catalyst.

Jiang Lin tested a handmade Virtual Core Simulator, discovered that high pressure alone could not solidify Dou Qi, and began searching for a different approach. He selected fire- and ice-attributed crystals for further experiments while Pei Xuan went to fetch Hai Bodong.

• Jiang Lin forged a strange cauldron-like artifact and infused it with Dou Qi to simulate the Fire Spirit Art’s Virtual Core.
• Jiang Lin used his Dou Qi Furnace state to refine the simulator’s energy, but a day and night of experimentation barely changed the artifact.
• Jiang Lin concluded that violent Dou Qi resisted compression and that even extreme pressure could not solidify a Virtual Core by itself.
• Jiang Lin asked Pei Xuan to bring Hai Bodong to him.
• Jiang Lin sorted crystals from his Storage Ring, kept Fire Spirit Jade, Ice Spirit Crystal, Flame Stone, and Snow Ore, and picked up a Flame Stone.

Jiang Lin experimented with creating artificial Magic Cores, using Hai Bodong to test how different Dou Qi attributes could be condensed. Their efforts failed to reproduce a Magic Core but unexpectedly produced an Ice Spirit Stone, a single-use source of pure, mild energy.

• Jiang Lin refined a Flame Stone into a Flame Crystal and tested it in the Virtual Core Simulator, but the attempt failed.
• Jiang Lin asked Hai Bodong to help incubate experimental crystals and found that both fire- and ice-element Dou Qi dispersed when compressed.
• Jiang Lin concluded that condensing energy might require multiple attributes and incorporated Crystal Pill techniques into the experiments.
• After a week, Jiang Lin told Hai Bodong he had been trying to help humans regain Magic Cores, but admitted he still could not understand how they formed.
• Jiang Lin identified the Snow Crystal they had produced as an Ice Spirit Stone whose mild energy might be absorbed, making it a one-time-use external energy source.

Jiang Lin discovered that his artificial Ice Spirit Stones could serve as currency and began testing ways to produce more. After creating a Fire Spirit Stone and finding that it accelerated cultivation, he calculated that its benefits were limited.

• Jiang Lin explained to Hai Bodong how double filtration turned a Snow Crystal into an Ice Spirit Stone and considered its potential as a new currency.
• Jiang Lin described how the Alchemist Guild used gold coins to produce Dou Gold and explained that declining artifact forging had disrupted the currency cycle.
• Jiang Lin recorded his findings and asked Hai Bodong to help optimize the Spirit Furnace and test more artificial Spirit Stones.
• Jiang Lin created a third-tier Fire Spirit Stone, absorbed it, and discovered that Spirit Stones of the same attribute could speed up cultivation.
• Jiang Lin calculated that a Dou Zhe could spend a month condensing a first-tier Spirit Stone, which could give another Dou Zhe only half a month's additional cultivation.

Jiang Lin and Hai Bodong discovered that Spirit Stones could accelerate cultivation and power array artifacts, though their production depended on Spirit Furnaces and Spirit Shells. Their research was interrupted by news that Yun Leng had attacked the Xiao Family, so Jiang Lin set out toward the Monster Mountain Range, planning to stop in Wutan City.

• Jiang Lin explained how Spirit Stones could boost cultivation and noted that Spirit Shells and Spirit Furnaces would limit their spread.
• Hai Bodong warned Jiang Lin that Yun Leng had attacked the Xiao Family in Wutan City, leaving many injured and several dead.
• Hai Bodong reported that the Misty Cloud Sect had declared anyone who harmed the Xiao Family its enemy, and Yun Yun had gone to capture Yun Leng.
• Jiang Lin packed his research equipment and decided to head for the Monster Mountain Range, stopping in Wutan City to meet Yun Yun and inspect the damage.

Yun Yun caught and wounded Yun Leng as he fled the Jia Ma Empire, then confronted him over his revenge against Xiao Yan's family and his refusal to accept the Misty Cloud Sect's reforms. Yun Yun revealed that Jiang Lin's plan had involved rebuilding the sect's ties with the Alchemist Guild, while Yun Leng insisted he had been cast out unfairly.

• Yun Yun pursued Yun Leng across the border and cut his back with a sword strike, forcing him to fall from the sky.
• Yun Leng accused Yun Yun of hunting him after expelling him from the Misty Cloud Sect, while she said he had chosen his own path to ruin.
• Yun Leng recalled that he had targeted Xiao Yan's family for revenge but had avoided confronting Jiang Lin and retreated when he met resistance.
• Yun Yun explained that Jiang Lin had approached the Misty Cloud Sect before the Three-Year Agreement and that the event was meant to help the sect reenter public life.
• Yun Yun told Yun Leng that the sect had planned to abandon the Mo Clan's illicit businesses and ally with the Alchemist Guild, but Yun Leng had clung to the businesses for his own benefit.

Yun Yun explained to Yun Leng that Jiang Lin had planned to integrate Misty Cloud Sect into the Alchemist Guild’s expanding network of production and military forces. Yun Leng refused to accept his defeat, and Yun Yun knocked him unconscious before flying toward Wutan City.

• Yun Yun revealed that Jiang Lin had arranged the Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran duel to promote the Alchemist Guild and prepare for the appearance of Crystal Pills.
• Yun Yun’s explanation showed that Jiang Lin intended to absorb Misty Cloud Sect as the Alchemist Guild’s force unit and protect its growing business and technical patents.
• Yun Leng refused to believe that Jiang Lin and Yun Yun had outmaneuvered him and demanded to see the Old Sect Master.
• Yun Yun knocked Yun Leng unconscious, carried him away, and flew toward Wutan City.

Jiang Lin visited the devastated Xiao Family and gave Xiao Li Crystal Pills to treat the injured. He found Xiao Yan beside the unconscious Xiao Zhan, whose right arm had been lost, and told Xiao Yan to wait for an outcome as Xiao Yan vowed revenge and blamed the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Jiang Lin and Hai Bodong entered the Xiao Family, where Xiao Li explained that Yun Leng had attacked and gravely injured the clan.
• Jiang Lin gave Xiao Li a large bag of Crystal Pills to help the injured recover.
• Jiang Lin found Old Master Nalan, Nalan Yanran, and the others gathered near Xiao Zhan’s room, then went inside to examine him.
• Jiang Lin saw that Xiao Zhan had survived but lost his right arm, while Yao Chen had used Soul Power to help repair some of his meridians and blood vessels.
• Xiao Yan said he wanted revenge and expressed his hatred of the Misty Cloud Sect, while Jiang Lin told him to wait for the outcome of the matter.

Jiang Lin urged Xiao Yan to consider his family’s safety as Yun Yun captured and expelled Yun Leng. Xiao Yan accepted the Misty Cloud Sect’s offer to protect and compensate the Xiao Family, leaving the sect publicly responsible for its former disciple’s attack.

• Jiang Lin warned Xiao Yan that his clansmen would be vulnerable if he continued opposing the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yun Yun announced that Yun Leng had been apprehended and expelled from the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yao Chen advised Xiao Yan to make arrangements for his family and consider Jiang Lin’s proposed option.
• Xiao Yan came outside and asked Yun Yun whether Yun Leng was being handed over to the Xiao Family.
• Yun Yun offered compensation for the Xiao Family’s losses, protection in Jia Ma Holy City, and reduced disciple-selection standards for ten years.

After Yun Yun protected the Xiao Family and left Yun Leng in their hands, Xiao Yan accepted the Misty Cloud Sect’s protection so he could leave for Jia Nan Academy without fearing for his clansmen. Jiang Lin then caught up with Yun Yun and asked her to accompany him to the Monster Mountain Range.

• Xiao Yan thanked Yun Yun for protecting the Xiao Family and realized that the Misty Cloud Sect’s support would let him travel to Jia Nan Academy safely.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that Yun Leng’s attack had taught him a lesson about protecting his family from retaliation.
• Yun Yun left Yun Leng to the Xiao Family, and Xiao Yan stopped him from escaping after he lost his Dou Qi.
• Old Master Nalan took Nalan Yanran away and left the Xiao Family to deal with Yun Leng.
• Jiang Lin caught up with Yun Yun outside Wutan City and invited her to accompany him to the Monster Mountain Range, leaving Hai Bodong offended by Jiang Lin’s dismissal of the other Dou Emperors.

Jiang Lin explained the Monster Mountain Range’s unwritten rules and revealed that he wanted Yun Yun and Hai Bodong to accompany him to negotiate with the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King. The group prepared to pursue a deal, with Jiang Lin offering future Dou Artifacts as a possible reward.

• Yun Yun guessed Jiang Lin intended to seek out the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and warned him about powerful beings hidden in the Monster Mountain Range.
• Hai Bodong shared a rumor that a Dou Emperor who ventured deep into the mountains returned with shattered meridians and no reason.
• Yun Yun described the understanding between human and Beast Race powerhouses that restricted attacks across levels and between their territories.
• Jiang Lin said the rules followed a past war and noted that the Artifact Forgers' Guild held records of it.
• Jiang Lin told Yun Yun and Hai Bodong he wanted to negotiate with the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and offered them the chance to obtain his new Dou Artifacts.

Jiang Lin reflected on how Spirit Clan methods and his own Spirit Stone Technology could reshape the Dou Qi Continent, while accepting that he was becoming both the maker and wielder of dangerous technology. He joked with Yun Yun and Hai Bodong as they flew toward the outskirts of the Monster Mountain Range.

• Jiang Lin considered how his missing attributes matched those of Hu Lei, Hai Bodong, and Yun Yun, allowing for a future cultivation method based on the Spirit Clan's Forging Fire Art.
• Jiang Lin reflected on the Spirit Clan's Saint Artifact mechas and how their power had shaped the clan's extreme policies.
• While flying near the Monster Mountain Range, Jiang Lin thought about how his Spirit Stone Technology could make cultivation plunder tangible and create a new form of demonic cultivation.
• Jiang Lin sighed that technology was a double-edged sword and declared himself its creator and wielder.
• Yun Yun asked whether Jiang Lin had something wrong with his head, and he joked that she would otherwise face the strongest super demon king in history.
• Jiang Lin told Yun Yun that Hai Bodong knew the danger well, leaving Hai Bodong confused about what he was supposed to know.

Hai Bodong explained Jiang Lin’s Spirit Stone technology to Yun Yun, revealing how Spirit Furnaces could mass-produce cultivation aids and potentially disrupt Alchemy. Jiang Lin reflected on treating living beings as technology, connecting his plans for Artifact Spirits to his growing understanding of the Spirit Clan.

• Hai Bodong explained that Spirit Stones could be made with Spirit Furnaces and could increase cultivation speed, unlike body-strengthening Crystal Pills.
• Yun Yun recognized Spirit Stones as artificial Purple Spirit Crystals and asked whether Spirit Furnaces could refine Crystal Pills.
• Jiang Lin said a Crystal Pill Spirit Furnace was theoretically possible, but production would still depend on the limited number of Artifact Forgers.
• Jiang Lin considered living beings as a form of technology and recalled his plans to make Yao Chen an Artifact Spirit.
• Jiang Lin realized that his growing technical knowledge was helping him understand the Spirit Clan and that his worldview might be reshaping the world.

Jiang Lin explained to Yun Yun how Spirit Stones could serve as trade currency and power arrays, while noting their limits and the risks of using his own Crystal Core as an array component. He remained at negative one core and sought the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King to remove his debuff.

• Jiang Lin explained to Yun Yun that cultivators could refine Spirit Stones, but producing and absorbing them oneself wasted energy.
• Jiang Lin described Spirit Stones as valuable trade currency and solid energy that could support Array Masters and help activate arrays.
• Jiang Lin compared Spirit Stones with Crystal Cores and Crystal Pills, explaining how they could improve cultivation but could not directly raise his own cultivation.
• Jiang Lin recalled that the Beast Spirit Array required a costly Sixth-tier Magic Core and rejected using his own Crystal Core as its central core because it was his lifeline.
• Jiang Lin noted that he had mastered the Beast Spirit Array techniques and was seeking the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King to resolve his negative-one-core debuff.

Jiang Lin, Yun Yun, and Hai Bodong confronted the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, whose strength had diminished because her horn was broken. While Yun Yun tried to reassure the wary Lion King, Jiang Lin sensed a mysterious gaze and suspected a hidden spatial realm beneath the Monster Mountain Range; he then offered to repair her horn.

• Jiang Lin descended into the Monster Mountain Range with Yun Yun and Hai Bodong to speak with the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King emerged from her cave, recognized Yun Yun, and grew wary when she saw two Dou Emperors beside her.
• Jiang Lin sensed an unfamiliar gaze from another space and reasoned that a spatial secret realm might lie underground.
• Yun Yun told the Lion King that they had not come to fight, but the Lion King remained distrustful and worried about her children.
• Jiang Lin approached the Lion King and offered to try repairing her broken horn.

Jiang Lin offered to repair the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's broken horn, but the beast took his offer as an insult and challenged his credibility. Jiang Lin pressed forward to confront it directly, while Yun Yun and Hai Bodong watched anxiously.

• Jiang Lin returned the Purple Crystal Broken Horn to the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and offered to repair it.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King accused Jiang Lin of humiliating it, and Jiang Lin criticized its ignorance.
• Jiang Lin warned that they would settle their disagreement through a contest if the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King refused to cooperate.
• Jiang Lin advanced through the air toward the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King as Yun Yun and Hai Bodong grew wary.
• Jiang Lin stopped face-to-face with the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, which remained furious but cautious.