Chapter Summaries

Gu Ni gave Jiang Lin a high-grade fire cultivation technique as a reward for the Mittel Family’s interest in his Flying Dou Artifact plans. Jiang Lin declined to cultivate it, instead proposing that the technique and his new artifact be auctioned together as he pursued a way to test his suspicions about Xiao Yan.

• Gu Ni explained that the Mittel Family had sent Jiang Lin the Profound Grade High-Level Dragon Flame Art after learning about his Flying Dou Artifact plan.
• Jiang Lin accepted the Dragon Flame Art for research but said he would not cultivate it.
• Jiang Lin presented Gu Ni with his First Order Double-leaf Feather Sheath Wings and asked him to promote and auction them before the Dragon Flame Art.
• Jiang Lin hinted that he would not need much money to bid on the technique, leaving Gu Ni to suspect he had made an even higher-grade Flying Dou Artifact.
• Jiang Lin planned to use his Spiritual Sense that night to test whether the mysterious Alchemist was Xiao Yan’s ring-bound old master.

The Mittel Auction House drew Wutan City’s major powers with a rare cultivation technique, Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, and Jiang Lin’s First Order Flying Dou Artifact. Xiao Yan entered the auction in disguise, intent on bidding for the artifact, while Yao Chen worried that his disciple might be drawn toward Artifact Forging.

• Mu Yun recognized the Dragon Flame Art as a technique developed by the Artifact Forgers Guild and guessed that Jiang Lin had brought it to Wutan City.
• Mu Yun led his team toward the auction to pursue the Flying Dou Artifact as the Jia Lie, Ao Ba, and Xiao families also gathered there.
• Xiao Yan worried that Xiao Zhan might risk too much to obtain the Dragon Flame Art, but Yao Chen advised him to attend and consider bidding for the artifact instead.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Chen he wanted the Flying Dou Artifact because Yao Chen had no pills that let people fly before reaching Dou Wang, irritating his teacher.
• Xiao Yan disguised himself as the mysterious alchemist and entered the auction while Yao Chen wondered whether Jiang Lin had reached the Qi Sense Stage.

Xiao Yan attended the Miter Auction House auction in disguise, where the Double-leaf Feather Sheath Wings drew a crowd of eager buyers. Gu Ni demonstrated the flying Dou Artifact, leaving the auction hall in an uproar.

• Xiao Yan watched the packed auction and told Yao Chen he was nervous about being unable to pay for the wings.
• Yao Chen warned Xiao Yan that Jiang Lin might have consigned the artifact and cautioned him about being influenced by Jiang Lin.
• Ya Fei auctioned the Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid and rushed through the lesser items as the Da Dou Shis waited impatiently for the wings.
• Ya Fei announced the Double-leaf Feather Sheath Wings, but no one appeared onstage with them.
• Gu Ni flew in from the rear wearing the red wings, landed beside Ya Fei, and identified them as the Double-leaf Feather Sheath Wings.

At the auction, Gu Ni demonstrated Jiang Lin’s Double-leaf Feather Sheath Wings, convincing Yao Chen that Jiang Lin had exceptional talent in artifact forging. Yao Chen urged Xiao Yan to trade a cultivation technique for the wings, and Gu Ni announced that only one pair could be auctioned every three months.

• Xiao Yan told Yao Chen that their chances of obtaining the Dragon Flame Art seemed better after seeing the Double-leaf Feather Sheath Wings.
• Yao Chen recognized Jiang Lin’s distinctive understanding of artifact forging and reflected on how powerful magic artifacts had become impossible to make after heaven and earth changed.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that the wings suited him and advised him to exchange a cultivation technique for them.
• Gu Ni announced that Jiang Lin had created the wings and that the merchant guild could secure only one auction slot every three months.
• Gu Ni recalled that Jiang Lin had taught him to use Feather Sheath in less than half a day, despite repeatedly scolding him during the lessons.

Gu Ni demonstrated how the Double-leaf Feather Sheath Wings worked with Jiang Lin’s Feather Sheath Dou Skill, explaining that the skill made flight more controllable and prevented fatal falls. He announced that Feather Sheath would be included with the wings, while the mercenary group that completed Jiang Lin’s earlier mission would receive additional compensation.

• Gu Ni warned the crowd that the Double-leaf Feather Sheath Wings were unstable and consumed excessive Dou Qi when used alone.
• Gu Ni demonstrated the Feather Sheath Dou Skill and merged it with the Double-leaf Feather Sheath Wings to show how it enabled flexible flight and gliding if the wings were damaged.
• Mo Lan and Mu Yun’s group celebrated the skill’s effects, then grew upset when Gu Ni announced that it would come free with the wings.
• Gu Ni added that Jiang Lin would give extra compensation to the mercenary group that completed his earlier mission.

Jiang Lin’s free Flying Dou Skill earned him goodwill, while the auction for his Double-leaf Feather Sheath Wings drew fierce bidding. The price climbed to 310,000 gold coins, with Lin Hong and Mu Yun still competing as Xiao Zhan held back to preserve the Xiao Family’s funds for the Dragon Flame Art.

• Wutan City’s factions praised Jiang Lin for including a Flying Dou Skill with each Flying Dou Artifact, while Jiang Lin privately explained that he wanted to avoid blame if buyers crashed.
• Gu Ni opened the auction for the Double-leaf Feather Sheath Wings at 50,000 gold coins, and Mu Yun immediately bid 100,000.
• Lin Hong bid 200,000 and asked the crowd to let him have the artifact, but the Ao Ba Clan Leader raised the bid to 250,000.
• Mu Yun bid 300,000, thinking the artifact could help his family approach the Mittel Family, and Lin Hong countered with 310,000.
• Xiao Zhan did not bid because he planned to save the Xiao Family’s limited funds for the Dragon Flame Art, while Xiao Xun’er watched from beneath a black robe with Ling Ying.

At the auction, Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er both tried to intervene over the Double-leaf Feather Sheath Wings, but Yao Chen offered Jiang Lin a trade for Eight Extremes Collapse instead. As Xiao Zhan won the Dragon Flame Art, Yao Chen offered an Earth-grade Dou Skill, leaving Xiao Yan protesting that he did not even have one himself.

• Mu Yun stopped bidding on the Double-leaf Feather Sheath Wings, allowing Lin Hong to claim them for three hundred and fifty thousand gold coins.
• Xiao Xun'er halted Ling Ying from bidding after she spotted Xiao Yan at the auction.
• Yao Chen offered Jiang Lin the Profound Grade High-Level Dou Skill Eight Extremes Collapse in exchange for the wings, and Jiang Lin accepted the trade.
• Xiao Zhan won the Dragon Flame Art with a bid of four hundred thousand gold coins.
• Yao Chen offered an Earth-grade Dou Skill, and Xiao Yan inwardly complained that he did not even own one.

Yao Chen offered an Earth-grade Dou Skill to obtain the Dragon Flame Art, outbidding Xiao Zhan and securing the technique for Xiao Yan. After the auction, Jiang Lin received the promised Dou Skill scrolls, while Xiao Yan left the guild and found himself surrounded by armed watchers.

• Yao Chen bid an Earth-grade Dou Skill for the Dragon Flame Art after Jiang Lin chose not to compete for it.
• Gu Ni awarded the Dragon Flame Art to Xiao Yan and announced that the auction had ended.
• Yao Chen traded Jiang Lin two Dou Skill scrolls for the Double-leaf Feather Sheath Wings and Dragon Flame Art.
• Gu Ni warned Jiang Lin that danger awaited outside, while Xiao Yan left the Mittel Merchant Guild with Yao Chen's items.
• More than a dozen black-clad Da Dou Shis watched Xiao Yan from the street and rooftops as his aura began to rise.

Yao Chen used Xiao Yan’s body to fight off Wutan City’s Da Dou Shi, keeping his strength concealed while Xiao Yan learned from his techniques. The clash escalated when Mu Yun and the Blood Beast Mercenary Group joined with a Second-tier Dou Artifact.

• Lin Hong challenged the black-robed Alchemist, and Yao Chen used Ghost Possession and Eight Extremes Collapse through Xiao Yan to defeat him in a brief exchange.
• Lin Hong warned the other attackers about the Alchemist’s strength and techniques, but the black-clad Da Dou Shi swarmed Yao Chen anyway.
• Yao Chen fought them with Eight Extremes Collapse and Suction Palm while Xiao Yan watched and learned, and Yao Chen explained that revealing greater strength would attract worse trouble.
• Xiao Xun’er and Ling Ying watched from a secluded corner as Ling Ying explained that Wutan City’s factions had united over the Earth-grade Dou Skill and likely wanted to capture the Alchemist.
• A Second-tier Dou Artifact spear forced Yao Chen to retreat, and Mu Yun led five elite Da Dou Shi of the Blood Beast Mercenary Group into the fight.

Jiang Lin intervened when Mu Yun’s group attacked Yao Chen, forcing the attackers to withdraw. He then stopped the Blood Beast Mercenary Group and told Yao Chen he was seeking medicine, leaving his intentions unresolved.

• Lin Hong drew the Purple Cloud Sword and attacked Yao Chen while Mu Yun threatened Xiao Yan with a thrust.
• Jiang Lin flew in and struck Mu Yun with an arrow, stopping the fight before Yao Chen revealed his full strength.
• Mu Yun recognized the shot as the work of a Third-tier Dou Artifact, while Yao Chen realized Jiang Lin had been secretly influencing events.
• Lin Hong withdrew with the other attackers, and most of the black-clad Da Dou Shi left the scene.
• Jiang Lin stopped the Blood Beast Mercenary Group and told Yao Chen that he was seeking medicine.

Jiang Lin asked Yao Chen to assess Xiao Yi Xian’s blood, and Yao Chen recognized signs of the Calamity Poison Body, warning that she should stop consuming poison and that a cure would have to wait. Outside Wutan City, Mu Yun revealed the story the Artifact Forgers Guild had pieced together about Jiang Lin’s supposed mentor Pei Suo, and Jiang Lin improvised an even more sentimental version of it.

• Jiang Lin gave Yao Chen a vial of Xiao Yi Xian’s blood, and Yao Chen identified it as blood from the Calamity Poison Body and said there was a solution, though not yet.
• Jiang Lin flew outside Wutan City to meet the Blood Beast Mercenary Group, while Yao Chen secretly returned to the Xiao Family with Xiao Yan before dawn.
• Mu Yun explained that the Artifact Forgers Guild had sent the group to investigate the missing Pei Suo and believed he had secretly been Jiang Lin’s teacher, Young Qilin.
• Mu Yun recounted that Pei Suo had supposedly died defending Jiang Lin from a Gale Winged Dragon and that Jiang Lin had searched for his body for a year.
• Jiang Lin claimed he had found Pei Suo’s body, learned puppet techniques to keep it with him, and believed Pei Suo’s spirit still accompanied him.

Jiang Lin learned why the Artifact Forgers Guild had sent people to investigate Pei Suo’s disappearance and discovered that his own skill qualified him as a third-rank Artifact Forger. Mu Yun urged him to register with the guild and explained that doing so would protect both him and Eagle Sauce from trouble.

• Jiang Lin embellished his story about Pei Suo’s death, while Eagle Sauce imitated his tearful performance and left everyone awkwardly staring.
• Mu Yun explained that the Jiama Artifact Forgers Guild had sent an investigation because it had only a little over a hundred registered members and valued each one.
• Mu Yun reassured Jiang Lin that the guild would not punish him severely and explained that it would defend Artifact Forgers from people who tried to attack or imprison them.
• Jiang Lin said he could barely forge third-rank artifacts, and Mu Yun told him that this qualified him as a third-rank Artifact Forger.
• Mu Yun advised Jiang Lin to register with the guild and said Eagle Sauce could also receive identification that would let it enter Jia Ma Empire’s cities.

Jiang Lin agreed to register with the Jiama Artifact Forgers Guild for protection and to travel to the Imperial Capital with Mu Yun after handling a few matters. He rewarded Mu Yun and his companions with flying artifacts and a chance to earn more, while planning to sell the wings’ blueprints through the guild.

• Mu Yun explained that registering with the Jiama Artifact Forgers Guild would protect Jiang Lin from hostile artifact forgers and clans.
• Jiang Lin agreed to travel with Mu Yun to the Imperial Capital after taking care of some matters, startling Mu Yun with his sudden trust.
• Jiang Lin gave Mu Yun two Double-leaf Feather Sheath Wings and asked him to deliver them to the Mittel Merchant Guild for auction.
• Jiang Lin gave Mu Yun the Feather Sheath cultivation manual and promised each companion a pair of wings if they learned the flying skill within half a month.
• Jiang Lin considered selling the wings’ blueprints to the Artifact Forgers Guild and building a nationwide Flying Dou Artifact sales network.

Mu Yun and his companions headed to Wutan City with the Double-leaf Feather Sheath Wings, while Jiang Lin went to Qingshan Town and learned more about Xiao Yi Xian’s dangerous poison body. Jiang Lin resolved to seek help from the Artifact Forgers Guild in Jia Ma Holy City, leaving the meaning of Senior Danqizi’s “pills” uncertain.

• Mu Yun and his teammates celebrated their deal with Jiang Lin and hurried toward Wutan City to deliver the Double-leaf Feather Sheath Wings and cultivate the Feather Sheath Flying Dou Skill.
• Jiang Lin inspected the Lightning-Averting Black Rhinoceros materials and the damaged Profound Qi Umbrella as he flew toward Qingshan Town on Eagle Sauce.
• At the Myriad Medicine Hall, Jiang Lin warned Xiao Yi Xian to restrain her poison body, and Mr. Yao explained that he had found her in a village enveloped by poisonous gas.
• Jiang Lin reassured Xiao Yi Xian that he would consult the Alchemist again and planned to investigate solutions at the Artifact Forgers Guild in Jia Ma Holy City.
• Jiang Lin recalled Senior Danqizi’s claim that a good Artifact Forger could refine pills, but wondered whether those were proper pills.

Jiang Lin completed a third-tier Profound Qi Umbrella and tested its ability to deflect powerful attacks, then realized his artifact-forging progress had reached a bottleneck. He headed to Wutan City to visit the Artifact Forgers Guild and learn more about Mysterious-grade forging.

• Jiang Lin crafted five Double-leaf Feather Sheath Wings, then began making a third-tier Profound Qi Umbrella.
• Jiang Lin tested the Black-faced Golden-patterned Umbrella by firing arrows from the Black Feather Bow while Pei Xuan defended with it.
• Pei Xuan deflected even Jiang Lin’s fully charged arrow, though it blasted apart Eagle Sauce’s grass nest.
• Jiang Lin concluded the umbrella could protect him from powerful long-range attacks and studied the limits of its energy patterns.
• Jiang Lin recognized a bottleneck in his forging knowledge, suspected Mysterious-grade artifacts required imbuing spirit, and set out for the Artifact Forgers Guild with Eagle Sauce.

Jiang Lin and the Blood Beast Mercenary Group flew toward Jia Ma Holy City, stopping near Ghost-Suppressing Pass to rest. There, Mu Yun and Mo Lan explained why Jia Nan Academy was a better choice for Jiang Lin than the Misty Cloud Sect, and Jiang Lin decided to visit the academy after resolving his cultivation problems.

• Jiang Lin gave Mu Yun five sets of Double-leaf Feather Sheath Wings, and the Blood Beast Mercenary Group flew behind Eagle Sauce toward Jia Ma Holy City.
• After about two days, Jiang Lin and the group reached the outskirts of Ghost-Suppressing Pass and camped for the night.
• Mu Yun told Jiang Lin that Jia Nan Academy was a strong cultivation choice for clans without ties to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Mo Lan warned Jiang Lin that the Misty Cloud Sect was deeply involved in worldly affairs, citing Mo Cheng’s yearly tribute payments to secure his position.
• Mu Yun explained that Artifact Forgers Guild members often sent people to Jia Nan Academy, and Jiang Lin said he would visit after resolving his cultivation problems.

Jiang Lin learned about a rumor concerning the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, then examined Mo Lan’s Qing Lin Earth Dragon arm and identified its problems. He offered to study her family’s technique and try to reconnect the arm while staying at the Artifact Forgers Guild.

• Jiang Lin thanked Mu Yun and the others for telling him about Jia Nan Academy and said he would visit after things settled down.
• Mu Yun told Jiang Lin he had heard a rumor that the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King could seal Dou Qi, prompting Jiang Lin to consider exploring its lair.
• Mo Lan revealed that her right arm was a Qing Lin Earth Dragon claw, and Jiang Lin reacted with curiosity rather than fear or disgust.
• Jiang Lin examined Mo Lan’s arm, identified problems with its meridians and circulation, and marked seven acupoints for her to press.
• Jiang Lin offered to try reconnecting Mo Lan’s arm and asked her to find any records of her family’s technique.

Jiang Lin and Mu Yun’s group arrived at Jia Ma Holy City and made their way to the Artifact Forgers Guild. Along the way, Jiang Lin studied a werewolf sibling’s qi and meridians, deepening his understanding of Qi Sense and Dou Techniques.

• Jiang Lin mistook Mo Lan’s Azure Scale Dragon Arm for a transplanted prosthetic and wondered about learning to forge stronger prosthetics and mechas.
• Mu Yun led the group past the Misty Cloud Sect and into Jia Ma Holy City after they rested outside the city.
• Jiang Lin met the werewolf siblings A'mo and A'xiao at a fruit stall and bought three Shasha Fruits for nine gold coins.
• Jiang Lin used the purchase to sense differences between werewolf and human qi and meridians, refining his understanding of how Dou Techniques could be mastered individually.
• Mu Yun brought Jiang Lin and the others to the Artifact Forgers Guild.

Jiang Lin entered the Artifact Forgers Guild to register as an Artifact Forger and showed Yuan Bao the Black Feather Heavy Bow he had forged. Yuan Bao was stunned by the weapon and tried to inspect it, but fell while climbing over the counter.

• Mu Yun and the others left Jiang Lin at the Artifact Forgers Guild and told him how to contact them in the Imperial Capital.
• Jiang Lin entered the hall and told Yuan Bao, a Fourth-rank Artifact Forger, that he wanted to register as an Artifact Forger.
• Jiang Lin told Yuan Bao a story about Pei Suo, but Yuan Bao cut him off and asked whether he could forge Third-tier Dou Artifacts.
• Jiang Lin said he had only barely forged one and summoned his Black Feather Heavy Bow for Yuan Bao to examine.
• Yuan Bao marveled at the bow, climbed over the counter to inspect it, and fell to the floor when the counter proved too high.

Jiang Lin proved his skill as a Third-rank Artifact Forger when Yuan Bao recognized his modified Black Feather Heavy Bow. Yuan Bao brought him to the Artifact Forgers Guild's forging ground for a certification test, where Jiang Lin chose to forge Intentful Gauntlets.

• Yuan Bao examined Jiang Lin's Black Feather Heavy Bow, recognized its Azure Feather Bow foundation, and judged Jiang Lin qualified to attempt Third-rank Artifact Forger certification.
• Yuan Bao introduced himself as a Fourth-rank Artifact Forger and explained that Jiang Lin had to forge a third-tier Dou Artifact using guild-provided materials.
• Yuan Bao closed the guild doors and led Jiang Lin to the Heavenly Artifact Forging Ground, explaining that the guild had only twelve members and offered three attempts.
• Yuan Bao presented Jiang Lin with ten third-tier artifact-forging scrolls, including the Azure Feather Bow, and asked him to choose one.
• Jiang Lin chose the high-grade third-tier Intentful Gauntlets, and Yuan Bao left to prepare the materials, giving him at most half a month to complete the artifact.