Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan's Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus Cannon destroyed the Myriad Realms Spirit Locking Array before the Gray Robe Elder could use it to seize Jiang Lin. As the group prepared to resist, Xiao Yan fired at the elder, who caught the Luo Tian Spirit Locking Plate and declared he would play with them.

• The Gray Robe Elder used the Luo Tian Spirit Locking Plate to activate the Myriad Realms Spirit Locking Array and tried to draw Jiang Lin into the Spirit Realm using his essence blood as an anchor.
• Xiao Yan fired a Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus Cannon at the Luo Tian Spirit Locking Plate, shattering the super light array and sending spatial shockwaves across the Monster Mountain Range.
• Hu Lei arrived and revealed his Soul Hall Hall Master Token, warning that killing him would provoke Soul Hall and saying they only needed to stall the Gray Robe Elder.
• Yao Chen realized the group had a chance to survive as long as they stayed with Jiang Lin, while Yun Shan and the others questioned whether they could stop the elder.
• Xiao Yan fired another Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus Cannon at the Gray Robe Elder, who caught the falling Luo Tian Spirit Locking Plate and laughed as he prepared to retaliate.

Xiao Yan’s Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus Cannon was swallowed and returned by the Gray Robe Elder’s Spatial Dou Skill, forcing Yun Shan to shield the group. Hu Lei recognized the elder’s connection to the Spirit Clan and led an attack with help from Hai Bodong and Yun Yun.

• The Gray Robe Elder swallowed Xiao Yan’s Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus Cannon with a spatial ring and recognized the Bone Spirit Cold Fire within it.
• The Gray Robe Elder sent a Spatial Dou Skill version of the cannon back at Xiao Yan and the others, and Yun Shan blocked it with a spatial wall.
• Yun Shan warned that the Gray Robe Elder’s mastery of Spatial Dou Skills far exceeded that of an ordinary Dou Zong.
• Hu Lei recognized the elder as someone connected to the Spirit Clan, unfurled his Crimson Scale Dragon Wings, and charged with the Seventh Order Shocking Insect Sword.
• Hai Bodong and Yun Yun supported Hu Lei with ice and light techniques as he used the storm’s crystals to approach the Gray Robe Elder from an unpredictable angle.

The Gray Robe Elder defeated Xiao Yan and examined his blood, discovering his connection to the Xiao Clan and the ancient Dou Crystal technique. After learning of Yao Chen’s secret knowledge of the Exotic Fire Heavenly Seal Tower, he promised Xiao Yan a reward owed for a thousand years.

• Hu Lei and Yun Shan attacked the Gray Robe Elder, but he redirected Hu Lei’s Jingzhe Sword toward Yun Shan and sent Jia Xing Tian flying with a slap.
• The Gray Robe Elder immobilized Xiao Yan, struck him flying, and collected his blood and sixth-tier Fire Element Crystal Core.
• The Gray Robe Elder recognized the Dou Crystal’s relationship to the Forging Fire Art and returned the Fire Element Crystal Core to Xiao Yan’s abdomen.
• The Luo Tian Spirit Locking Plate identified Xiao Yan’s blood with Kun, the marking of the Xiao Clan, and the Gray Robe Elder realized Xiao Yan was the son of an old friend.
• The Gray Robe Elder asked whether Xiao Yan had seen the Colored Ancient Tower, startling Yao Chen, then promised Xiao Yan a thousand-year-old reward.

The Gray Robe Elder explained the Spirit Clan’s plans for becoming Dou Di and recognized Xiao Yan’s potential connection to Tou She Ancient God’s technique. Jiang Lin escaped through a spatial formation, and the Gray Robe Elder destroyed Artifact Forging Valley while declaring him guilty of impersonating the Spirit Clan.

• The Gray Robe Elder deduced that Yao Chen might have obtained Tou She Ancient God’s cultivation technique and saw Xiao Yan as capable of reverse-refining the Exotic Fire Heavenly Seal Tower.
• The Gray Robe Elder told Xiao Yan that something would one day be delivered to him and revealed the Spirit Clan’s reliance on its Blood Sacrifice Emperor Array to become Dou Di.
• The Gray Robe Elder unleashed immense Soul Power across the Monster Mountain Range, then sensed a spatial disturbance and shouted for it to stop.
• Jiang Lin entered a spatial black hole using a Spatial Teleportation formation, declaring that he would overturn the fate of the spiritual artifact and curse the Spirit Clan.
• The Gray Robe Elder arrived above Artifact Forging Valley and obliterated the valley and the surrounding mountains and rivers, condemning Jiama Jiang Lin to death for impersonating the Spirit Clan.

A Dou Saint destroyed Artifact Forging Valley while investigating whether Jiang Lin belonged to the Spirit Clan, leaving Xiao Yan to fear that his friend had died. Xiao Yan found a Form Transformation Pill and a book titled "Lin Qi Jian Shi" in Jiang Lin’s Storage Ring.

• The Gray Robe Elder unleashed a devastating attack across the Monster Mountain Range, then declared that impersonating the Spirit Clan was punishable by death and vanished.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that the Gray Robe Elder had been a Dou Saint, and they feared Jiang Lin could not have escaped the attack.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen suspected that a mysterious person had exposed clues about Jiang Lin’s identity and brought the Spirit Clan’s attention upon him.
• Xiao Yan decided to return to Jia Nan Academy, then remembered Jiang Lin’s Storage Ring and searched it.
• Xiao Yan took a Form Transformation Pill and a book titled "Lin Qi Jian Shi" from the Storage Ring, startling Gu He and Fa Ma.

After Jiang Lin vanished, Jia Ma’s allies feared their coalition would collapse, but Xiao Yan and Hu Lei found purpose in the gifts and instructions he had left behind. The group resolved to continue the work he had begun, while Hu Lei’s suspicions about Jiang Lin’s connection to the Spirit Clan deepened.

• Jia Xing Tian and Fa Ma questioned what to do now that Jiang Lin was gone, and Fa Ma feared the alliance would disband without its backbone.
• Xiao Yan insisted that the Form Transformation Pill still be given to the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and handed Lin Qi Jian Shi to Hu Lei.
• Hu Lei read the manual and announced that the Artifact Forging Guild would continue advancing trade, since its Spirit Stone and Crystal Pill techniques could help reverse-engineer Crystal Cores.
• Xiao Yan and the others concluded that Jiang Lin had left a direction for future work, even though he had not shared his unique Crystal Core Technology.
• Hu Lei suspected Jiang Lin had been a member of the Spirit Clan and recalled that the spatial fluctuations in the ruined Artifact Forging Valley had been unusually calm.

After Jiang Lin's death, Hu Lei used the Soul Hall to offer the Jia Ma powerholders a way to cooperate with the Alchemist Guild without violating its restrictions. The others accepted, and Xiao Yan agreed to take a Soul Hall identity only if he needed one, while Yao Chen warned that the arrangement was not yet official.

• Hu Lei explained that the Alchemist Guild could cooperate with the Jia Ma leaders through the Soul Hall, since the guild's rules limited its distribution of Sixth-tier Profound Weapons.
• Hu Lei told Yun Shan he knew of the Misty Cloud Sect's dealings with the Soul Hall and offered to prevent their past costs from causing future trouble if the sect maintained the status quo.
• Yun Shan agreed, and Hai Bodong and Jia Xing Tian also accepted Hu Lei's proposal.
• Gu He agreed on the condition that Hu Lei successfully replicated Crystal Core Technology, and Fa Ma raised no objection.
• Hu Lei asked Xiao Yan to join the arrangement, and Xiao Yan agreed to receive a Soul Hall identity only if he truly needed one.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that he was not yet a Soul Hall member, but that the identity might help them survive when necessary.

Hu Lei gave the Form Transformation Pill to the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, who fed it to the little lion and planned to send it to the human world. Meanwhile, Ling Ying realized his report had contributed to the destruction of Artifact Forging Valley and hurried toward Jia Nan Academy, while Soul Craftsman and Hun Ke’er set out as the Spirit Clan’s ritual approached.

• Hu Lei gave the Form Transformation Pill to the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, who fed it to the little lion and watched it fall asleep.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King decided to send the little lion to the human world after it had grown stronger.
• Ling Ying found Artifact Forging Valley reduced to ruins and feared he would be blamed for Jiang Lin’s death because he had reported that Jiang Lin might be from the Spirit Clan.
• Ling Ying learned Xiao Yan had already left for Jia Nan Academy, then flew toward the Black Corner Region despite dreading the blame awaiting him there.
• Hun Ke’er told Soul Craftsman that the Spirit Clan’s observed tide was coming and its ritual was about to begin; Soul Craftsman opened a Spatial Rift and departed with her.
• A Gray Mist Elder said Soul Craftsman might lose control, but reassured the tiny figure in his palm that the Clan Leaders would be present if it happened.

The Gray Mist Elder brought Hun Ke'er to the Spirit Realm and explained the Soul Clan’s reasons for preserving Soul Craftsman despite the dangers of the Soul Devouring Method. There, the Clan Leader revealed that the Spirit Realm had been moved near the Stone Realm, while the Gray Robe Elder met a White-Haired Woman and praised what she had left in the Monster Mountain Range.

• The Gray Mist Elder told Hun Ke'er that the Soul Clan hoped to preserve Soul Craftsman because his work was vital to their plans, but they would eliminate the Divine Soul Faction if he lost control.
• The Gray Mist Elder brought Hun Ke'er to the Spirit Realm, where the Clan Leader explained that the Spirit Clan had moved its true realm close to the Stone Realm.
• The Clan Leader reflected that the Soul Clan’s Emperor Soul would need to advance alongside the Spirit Clan’s Emperor Array, as failure would leave the Soul Clan no hope of survival.
• A Black-and-White Haired Man carrying four sheathed longswords stood outside the Spirit Realm and looked astonished.
• The Gray Robe Elder arrived at the Spirit Clan’s sacred plaza and told the White-Haired Woman that he had seen what she left in the Monster Mountain Range, calling it impressive.

The Gray Robe Elder met the White-Haired Woman inside the Imperial Spirit Array and revealed that the Spirit Clan had gathered all Nine Great Saint Artifacts for its Emperor Array Project. As the Spirit Clan’s eight Holy Weapons turned their attention toward Jiu Ta, the Gray Robe Elder handed the White-Haired Woman a damaged ancient glazed glass tower.

• The Gray Robe Elder recognized Jiang Lin’s distinctive geometric array patterns and identified him as the creator of the concealed spatial array.
• The Gray Robe Elder confronted the chained White-Haired Woman and used a spatial barrier to address the Dou Saints listening from the Spirit Realm.
• The Gray Robe Elder revealed that the Spirit Clan had collected the Nine Great Saint Artifacts and activated eight powerful Humanoid Holy Weapons.
• Hun Tiandi ordered the Soul Clan to conceal all information about the Spirit Clan and let the Soul Clan take the blame for the coming slaughter.
• The eight Holy Weapons fixed their gazes on Jiu Ta, and the Gray Robe Elder tossed the White-Haired Woman a damaged ancient glazed glass tower.

Spirit Coffin revealed that the Spirit Clan had found a fragment of the Exotic Fire Heavenly Seal Tower and explained its plan to forge nine Spiritual Artifacts. He then disclosed that Ling Yun’er's supposedly dead Ninth Spiritual Artifact was still alive, a variable the Spirit Clan could no longer protect as it prepared to activate the Emperor Array.

• The damaged Colored Ancient Tower fragment entered the White-Haired Woman and formed the Exotic Fire Heavenly Seal Tower mark on her forehead.
• Spirit Coffin explained that the Spirit Clan had added a Ninth Holy Weapon to its plan, hoping its weapons could become Imperial Weapons if the Soul Clan succeeded.
• Spirit Coffin told the other Holy Weapons that the original Ninth Spiritual Artifact was still alive, despite the records claiming it had perished.
• The Holy Weapons questioned Ling Yun'er, the Ninth Holy Weapon and the Ninth Spiritual Artifact's mother, but she remained silent.
• Spirit Coffin said the Spirit Clan lacked the strength to find and protect the Ninth Spiritual Artifact, and revealed that a ghost beyond the Spirit Race Law Imprint had appeared.

The Spirit Clan’s Sacred Weapons concluded that Ling Jiang’s altered bloodline had created a new branch of the Spirit Clan, after the Spirit Locking Array failed to recognize him. Ling Yun’er refused to let them take her child, whose perfect bloodline they had once planned to refine into an Innate Spirit Artifact.

• The Gray Robe Elder Spirit Coffin told the Sacred Weapons that the Spirit Locking Array’s Spirit Race Law Imprint had no effect on Ghost, though the Spirit Realm’s formations still responded to his bloodline.
• The Spirit Gourd Sacred Weapon and the others concluded that Ghost belonged to a new kind of Spirit Clan, while Ling Yun’er silently worried about Ling Jiang and took comfort that he was still alive.
• Spirit Coffin theorized that Ling Jiang’s bloodline had purged its original spirit blood and formed a new origin, making him a separate branch of the family tree.
• Spirit Coffin asked Ling Yun’er to share what she knew about Ling Jiang, and she warned the Sacred Weapons that they had no right to take her child.
• The chapter revealed that the Spirit Clan had once planned to refine Ling Jiang from birth into an Innate Spirit Artifact, leaving him without awareness or emotions.

The Spirit Clan’s leaders explained to Ling Yun'er why they had chosen to continue the Sacred Weapon Project despite the sacrifice it demanded. They left her understanding that they had set the plan in motion to give the weakening Dou Qi World a chance to survive.

• The Spirit Gourd Sacred Weapon told Ling Yun'er that the Spirit Clan had voted against forcibly capturing her and had trusted Spirit Coffin’s belief that she would return.
• The Spirit Gourd Sacred Weapon recounted how the Spirit Clan debated abandoning its centuries-old project and living out the next five thousand years in peace.
• The Spirit Clan put the Sacred Weapon Project to a vote, and most members chose to continue so future descendants would still have the strength to resist.
• The Gray Robe Elder explained that the Spirit Clan had launched its plan to protect the world and give it a chance to produce another Dou Di, even if the clan had to be destroyed.

Ling Yun'er explained how she secretly gave birth to Jiang Lin and drained his spirit blood to hide him from the Spirit Clan, while the Sacred Weapons and Gray Robe Elder pieced together his origins and learned of his new Holy Weapon system. They confirmed Jiang Lin was the one who escaped from the Spirit Clan, but the coming Spiritual Qi Tide and the Soul Clan’s threat left no time to protect or wait for him.

• Ling Yun'er confessed that she altered the Infant Blood Secret Art, gave birth to Jiang Lin, and drained his spirit blood to conceal him from the Spirit Clan.
• The Spirit Gourd Sacred Weapon revealed that the secret art’s developer had died by suicide, and Ling Yun'er explained how the Forging Fire Art helped Jiang Lin survive despite his frail body.
• Ling Yun'er said Jiang Lin had been born with peak Mortal Realm Soul Power, which his weakened constitution had made difficult to awaken.
• The Eight Great Sacred Weapons privately concluded that Jiang Lin’s resilient soul had helped him survive, while Ling Yun'er's actions had made his surroundings safer.
• Gray Robe Elder told the Sacred Weapons about Jiang Lin’s Dou Crystal legacy and new Holy Weapon system, and the Spirit Gourd Sacred Weapon confirmed his identity.
• The Spirit Gourd Sacred Weapon warned that the Spiritual Qi Tide, the Emperor Array, and the Soul Clan’s hostility meant the Spirit Clan could neither wait for Jiang Lin to grow nor protect him.

The Spirit Clan’s Sacred Weapons discussed how to protect Ghost without revealing his identity and chose to pass him the Spatial Spirit Canon. They also agreed to help him obtain the light attribute needed to advance his Forging Fire Art, leaving his path forward dependent on refining Exotic Light.

• The Gray Robe Elder said Ghost had to remain separated from the Spirit Clan so the Soul Clan would unknowingly protect him.
• The Gray Robe Elder asked the Sacred Weapons to pass the Spatial Spirit Canon to Ghost, and they agreed.
• The Gray Robe Elder explained that the Spirit Clan’s Holy Weapons could not advance because they lacked light-attributed Dou Qi.
• The Spirit Gourd Sacred Weapon recognized that the Spirit Clan could help Ghost refine Exotic Light, and the Sacred Weapons agreed to assist.

The Spirit Clan's sacred weapons discussed Jiang Lin's path and the Gray Robe Elder's encounter with Xiao Yan, then prepared to pass on the Spirit Clan's Spatial Spirit Canon and a secret technique to him. The Spirit Gourd Sacred Weapon explained that the Heavenly Profound Transformation could let Heavenly Flames ignite and stack without a fixed limit, leaving its risks to the practitioner.

• The Gray Robe Elder proposed two conditions for Jiang Lin and said the Spirit Clan had already planned to pass down the Spatial Spirit Canon.
• The Gray Robe Elder told the sacred weapons about meeting Xiao Yan, a descendant of the Xiao Clan whose path resembled Xiao Xuan's Heavenly Flame fusion.
• The Spirit Gourd Sacred Weapon produced the jade slip for Exotic Fire: Heavenly Profound Transformation and said it could be passed to Xiao Yan if he reached the Central Continent.
• The Spirit Gourd Sacred Weapon explained that the Heavenly Fire Three Transformations compressed and detonated Heavenly Flame energy particles but could support only three flames.
• The Spirit Gourd Sacred Weapon said the Heavenly Profound Transformation optimized the technique to let Heavenly Flames keep igniting and stacking, though the practitioner's body might explode first.

The Spirit Clan’s Sacred Weapons explained the conditions of the gift and contingency left for Jiang Lin, and Ling Yun’er accepted their reasoning before sending a Blood Token into the void. The Spirit Clan activated its Emperor Array to face the final Energy Tide, which Hun Tiandi and the Soul Clan sensed outside the Spirit Realm.

• The Eight Great Sacred Weapons and Spirit Coffin discussed the Heavenly Profound Transformation, Tou She Ancient God, and the arrangements left for Jiang Lin.
• The Spirit Gourd Sacred Weapon told Ling Yun’er that the Spirit Clan’s gift would offer only the final step of Jiang Lin’s transformation, with his aptitude determining what he could gain.
• Ling Yun’er handed Spirit Coffin a Blood Token and asked him to send it out, and he sent it into the void.
• The Spirit Gourd Sacred Weapon called for the Spirit Clan to welcome the final Energy Tide from beyond the world.
• The nine light pillars formed an Emperor Array around the Spirit Realm as Hun Tiandi and the Soul Clan’s Dou Saints sensed the Energy Tide surging in the chaotic void.

Jiang Lin awoke on an unfamiliar shore after Spatial Teleportation left him dazed and badly injured. His body’s little head protected him from a Shore Sand Crab, and Jiang Lin regained consciousness still unsure where he had been sent.

• A Shore Sand Crab found Jiang Lin unconscious in a water-filled pit and repeatedly failed to damage his body with its claws.
• The Shore Sand Crab attacked Jiang Lin’s exposed upper thigh, and his little head took control of his body to stop the claw.
• Jiang Lin coughed blood onto the crab, and mysterious flames killed it and transformed its body into a translucent reddish-brown shell.
• Jiang Lin regained consciousness on the unfamiliar shore and wondered where Spatial Teleportation had taken him.

After surviving a disastrous Spatial Teleportation through a Space Tunnel, Jiang Lin recovered on an unknown island and realized the ordeal had awakened his spatial talent. He resolved to grow stronger and take revenge if the Spirit Clan harmed his companions.

• Jiang Lin rested beside a campfire, drank soup made from Shore Sand Crab, and reflected on how close he had come to dying.
• He recalled that his Six-leaf Feather Sheath Wings had been twisted out of shape in the Space Tunnel, leaving him unable to control his movement through the distorted space.
• Jiang Lin explained that the life-and-death journey had transformed his soul and awakened his ability to sense and evade some Space Reefs.
• He expected to cultivate space-related Dou Techniques after recovering, though he regretted that the talent had awakened before he was ready.
• Jiang Lin reasoned that Xiao Yan, Hu Lei, and the others were probably safe from the Spirit Clan, but vowed to avenge them if they were harmed.

After surviving the spatial turbulence, Jiang Lin assessed his severely damaged Spirit Body and found that he could no longer use Dou Qi. Stranded on an unknown island, he summoned Pei Xuan and began confronting the mystery of the puppet’s intelligence.

• Jiang Lin examined his cracked body and explained how his five elemental Crystal Cores had transformed his organs and started his Spirit Body transformation.
• He realized his injuries had left him unable to gather Dou Qi or safely cultivate the Forging Fire Art.
• Jiang Lin summoned the intact Dou Wang-level puppet from his Thunder Pattern Storage Ring.
• Pei Xuan silently acknowledged Jiang Lin, then raised his head as ghostly blue flame appeared behind his faceplate.
• Jiang Lin said ordinary puppet techniques could not explain Pei Xuan’s intelligence and revealed that the Soul-Containing Parchment had made him suspicious.