Chapter Summaries

Hu Lei explained to Han Yu how Jiang Lin had used Mist Eagle and the Feather Sheath Wings demonstrations to win the Jia Ma Imperial Family’s interest and promote the Artifact Forgers Guild’s designs. Three days later, Jiang Lin’s team finished the fourth-tier Double-leaf Feather Sheath Wings model and his improved Dou Qi Engine, leaving Yuan Bao’s final Spirit Forging before assembly.

• Hu Lei told Han Yu that Jiang Lin had arranged the wager matches to persuade the Jia Ma Imperial Family to raise Mist Eagle and witness the Feather Sheath Wings’ capabilities.
• Hu Lei described Jiang Lin’s cautious past and his talent for seeking powerful patrons, while Han Yu agreed that the Guild had gained an interesting young man.
• Three days later, Jiang Lin and his team completed the model for the fourth-tier Double-leaf Feather Sheath Wings.
• Jiang Lin finished designing an improved Dou Qi Engine, and the team completed its work two days ahead of schedule.
• The project awaited Yuan Bao’s final Spirit Forging before assembly could begin.

Jiang Lin explained how the Artifact Forgers Guild could make Feather Sheath Wings exclusive to their owners by using Black Gold, protecting the wings from enemies and creating a new market. He argued that selling the idea of personally loyal wings would boost demand and help attract new members to the guild.

• Yuan Bao used Profound-grade Spiritual Forging and the Blood Refining Method to prepare four cicada wings for a pair of exclusive Feather Sheath Wings.
• Jiang Lin asked about the Mercenary Guild’s Dou Qi Black Gold, and Haimo explained that it was a byproduct of Blood Refining.
• Haimo and Klay agreed with Jiang Lin’s plan to add Black Gold to Feather Sheath Wings so enemies could not easily use captured ones.
• Bai Hua questioned whether restricted wings would sell, and Jiang Lin said their appeal lay in being exclusive to each owner.
• Jiang Lin argued that exclusive Flying Dou Artifacts could become popular household goods, create steady orders, and introduce more people to Artifact Forging.

Jiang Lin’s sales ideas distracted the Artifact Forgers while Yuan Bao completed his Fourth-grade Four-leaf Feather Sheath Wings. With Yuan Bao prepared for the upcoming contest, Haimo and Klay gave Jiang Lin three spatial Armor-piercing Arrows in case his opponent was heavily armed.

• Jiang Lin impressed the Artifact Forgers with stories that made exclusive Feather Sheath Wings seem worth buying, and Yuan Bao worried that the guild would start selling stories with its artifacts.
• Yuan Bao completed the blood refinement and final forging of his Fourth-grade Four-leaf Feather Sheath Wings after more than three hours of work.
• Yuan Bao tested the wings’ flight control and put on his armor in midair, but found that flying while armored greatly increased his Dou Qi consumption.
• Haimo and Klay gave Jiang Lin three Mysterious Artifact Armor-piercing Arrows containing Spatial Power in case the Jia Ma Imperial Family arranged a heavily armed Da Dou Shi as his opponent.

Hu Lei led Jiang Lin and Yuan Bao to the Imperial City for the wager match between the Artifact Forgers Guild and the Jia Ma Imperial Family. Jia Xing Tian weighed the political stakes and prepared for the contests as the two sides arrived, and Hu Lei urged them to begin at once.

• Hu Lei led Jiang Lin and Yuan Bao through crowds gathered to watch the wager match, while A'mo and A'xiao recognized Jiang Lin from his fruit purchase.
• Old Master Nalan brought Nalan Yanran to the Imperial City and told her to return to the Misty Cloud Sect after the visit.
• Mu Yun entered the Imperial City with the Mu Family head after privately demonstrating his secret weapon.
• Jia Xing Tian praised the Mist Eagle's potential to Yaoye and considered using it to build a connection with the Artifact Forgers Guild.
• Jia Xing Tian asked Yao Bai whether he was confident, while planning for the imperial family to aim for one win and one loss.
• Hu Lei leaped onto the city wall with Jiang Lin and rejected Jia Xing Tian's offer to go through formalities, telling him to begin right away.

Yuan Bao faced Yao Bai in the arena, where Yao Bai's ability to fly initially seemed to give him an overwhelming advantage. After Yao Bai forced Yuan Bao to abandon his heavy armor and shield, Yuan Bao revealed his own Light Wings and evaded a spear thrust, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Jia Xing Tian began the match, and Yao Bai flew into the arena to challenge Yuan Bao.
• Yuan Bao fired arrows at Yao Bai, who dodged them and hurled his spear with the Mountain Spear technique.
• Yuan Bao blocked Yao Bai's attacks with the Scarlet Scale Profound Shield and struck him with Iron Mountain Tremor, sending him flying and injuring his arm.
• Yao Bai adapted by attacking from above with his spear, forcing Yuan Bao to discard his heavy shield and armor.
• Yao Bai used Soaring Cloud Wings to lunge at Yuan Bao, but Yuan Bao revealed four Light Wings, evaded the spear, and slapped Yao Bai across the face.

Four-star Dou Ling Yuan Bao used the Artifact Forgers Guild’s four-winged Flying Dou Artifact to fight four-star Dou Wang Yao Bai above the Imperial City. His superior aerial control let him evade Yao Bai’s spear and land a heavy slash across his back.

• Yuan Bao revealed his Four-leaf Feather Sheath Wings after striking Yao Bai, drawing the Imperial Capital’s attention.
• Yao Bai flew at Yuan Bao with his spear, but Yuan Bao used his wings and a fourth-grade Mysterious Blade to attack Yao Bai’s armor.
• Yao Bai rose above the city walls, and Yuan Bao pursued him into the sky as onlookers mistook their clash for a battle between two Dou Wangs.
• Yuan Bao used rapid stops, bursts, and spins to outmaneuver Yao Bai, whose spear could not keep up with his aerial control.
• Yuan Bao scraped his blade along Yao Bai’s spear and slashed heavily across Yao Bai’s back.

Fatty Yuan showcased his unconventional aerial combat by suppressing Yao Bai across the skies of the Imperial Capital, but his Dou Qi ran low and Yao Bai struck him down. Fatty Yuan replaced his energy with a Magic Core and resumed the fight, leaving Yao Bai stunned by his recovery.

• Fatty Yuan used bizarre flight maneuvers and relentless taunts to overpower Yao Bai in the air above the Imperial Capital.
• Princess Yaoyue questioned why Yao Bai kept fighting in the air, and Princess Yaoye explained the humiliation of a Dou Wang being driven from the sky by a Dou Ling.
• Jia Xing Tian noted that Yuan Bao’s Dou Qi was running low, while Nalan Yanran predicted that the battle would turn once it ran out.
• Yao Bai seized Fatty Yuan’s loss of control and struck him down, but Fatty Yuan fled through the city while damaging rooftops and blaming Hu Lei for the bill.
• Fatty Yuan took out a Fourth-tier Magic Core, restored his flight, and challenged Yao Bai to keep fighting.

Yuan Bao defeated Yao Bai in an aerial exhibition battle, demonstrating the Four-leaf Feather Sheath Wings’ flight control to the Jia Ma Imperial Family. As the second match began, Jiang Lin arrived atop a Mist Eagle and aimed his heavy bow at Yao Chen, leaving the audience stunned.

• Yuan Bao used the Four-leaf Feather Sheath Wings and two Fourth-tier Magic Cores to defeat the four-star Dou Wang Yao Bai and stomp him unconscious in the arena.
• Jia Xing Tian recognized the flying artifact’s potential, and Yaoye declared Yuan Bao the winner of the first match.
• Yaoye sent the two-star Da Dou Shi Yao Chen to face the Artifact Forgers Guild’s next opponent.
• Jiang Lin equipped his Crimson Scale Gauntlet and light armor, then leaped from the city wall as a Mist Eagle caught him above the arena.
• Jiang Lin stood on the Mist Eagle’s back and aimed his Black Feather Heavy Bow at Yao Chen, shocking the spectators.

Jiang Lin showcased the combat power of his Four-leaf Feather Sheath Wings while fighting Yao Chen, stunning the Jia Ma Empire’s leaders with the prospect of widespread flight. The battle continued with Jiang Lin using his speed and aerial control to launch Yao Chen high into the air.

• Yaoye asked Jiang Lin not to use Mist Eagle in the match, and Jiang Lin put away his bow before leaping from the eagle and equipping his Four-leaf Feather Sheath Wings.
• Jiang Lin flew low, passed through Yao Chen’s guard, and kicked him down, revealing the wings’ flight and combat capabilities to the watching officials.
• Jia Xing Tian recognized the Feather Sheath Wings’ value and resolved that the imperial family would support raising Mist Eagle to the sixth tier to strengthen ties with the Artifact Forgers Guild.
• Jiang Lin urged Yao Chen to show the wings’ combat potential, then used his Light Wings and explosive speed to punch and kick the Da Dou Shi into the air.
• Jiang Lin opened his Light Wings, sprang after Yao Chen, and kicked him higher while he was still out of control.

Jiang Lin used his flight and speed to turn Yao Chen into an airborne target, then let him counterattack with wind-based techniques. The exhibition match continued above the Imperial City as Yao Chen unleashed a sustained barrage of Wind Blades at Jiang Lin.

• Jiang Lin repeatedly kicked Yao Chen higher into the sky while spectators in the arena and Imperial City watched in astonishment.
• Yao Chen drew his sword and attacked Jiang Lin with Wind-Commanding Thrust, but Jiang Lin dodged and stomped him toward the ground.
• Mist Eagle caught Yao Chen, who rode it upward and used Wind-Twisting Sword Rain to force Jiang Lin to evade a wide area of Wind Blades.
• Yao Chen switched to Wind Blade Breakthrough and tracked Jiang Lin through the air with a continuous barrage of curved Wind Blades.

Jiang Lin defeated Yao Chen in an aerial match over the Imperial City, demonstrating the Profound Qi Umbrella and the Artifact Forgers Guild’s flying Dou Artifacts to the empire’s leading families. After Yaoye declared Jiang Lin the winner, she invited him and Yuan Bao to the palace for discussions, while Hu Lei went to bargain for pills on his disciple’s behalf.

• Jiang Lin used the Profound Qi Umbrella to deflect Yao Chen’s Wind Blade Breakthrough and warned him that his Dou Qi was nearly exhausted.
• Jiang Lin stopped the fight and had the Royal Eagle carry him and Yao Chen down to the training grounds.
• Yaoye declared Jiang Lin the winner as the gathered families applauded his aerial demonstration.
• Fa Ma gave Jiang Lin a Profound Spirit Pill, and Yaoye invited Jiang Lin and Yuan Bao to the palace before announcing a royal banquet that evening.
• Hu Lei approached Jia Xing Tian and Fa Ma to request several kinds of pills for Jiang Lin.

Jiang Lin and Yuan Bao presented the Feather Sheath Wings plan to Yaoye, who agreed to involve the Jia Ma Empire’s major families in production and sales. After they left, Yaoye and Jia Xing Tian discussed how Eagle Sauce and beast cultivation could benefit the imperial family.

• On the way to the palace, Yao Yue apologized to Jiang Lin, who reassured her that she could provide Eagle Sauce with a good place to grow while he focused on cultivation and artifact forging.
• Yuan Bao explained to Yaoye that the Artifact Forgers Guild wanted imperial support to establish production of the Double-leaf Feather Sheath Wings.
• Yaoye approved the plan and said the imperial family would consult the Nalan, Mu, and Mittel families about joining it.
• Jiang Lin recommended keeping the Double-leaf Feather Sheath Wings affordable while leaving the Four-leaf version’s price to the imperial family, and Yaoye agreed.
• Yaoye sent Yao Yue to show Jiang Lin and Yuan Bao around the palace, then asked Jia Xing Tian for his view of Jiang Lin and the Artifact Forgers Guild.
• Jia Xing Tian said Eagle Sauce had changed the imperial family’s approach and suggested that it might eventually specialize in raising magical beasts.

Jiang Lin and Fatty Yuan turned Nalan Yanran’s planned duel with Xiao Yan into an equipment race, offering to arm both sides with Mysterious Artifacts. Nalan Yanran resisted their interference but reconsidered when she learned Xiao Yan’s cultivation had recovered and Jiang Lin would provide him with equipment.

• Jiang Lin recognized Nalan Yanran from their earlier encounter at Wutan City, and Fatty Yuan joked about helping Xiao Yan show off Feather Sheath Wings at the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Jiang Lin said he might provide Xiao Yan with equipment support, and Fatty Yuan promised to equip Nalan Yanran for the duel as well.
• Fatty Yuan set a limit of Fourth-Grade Mysterious Artifacts and warned Nalan Yanran that equipment could let a weaker fighter defeat a stronger one.
• Nalan Yanran objected to the two men arranging her future without her consent and insisted she would reach the Da Dou Shi realm within three years.
• Jiang Lin revealed that Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi talent had recovered and that he had risen from Stage Three to Stage Seven in three months, making Nalan Yanran reconsider the offered equipment.

After Nalan Yanran left the banquet, Hu Lei told Jiang Lin and Yuan Bao about the new Feather Sheath Wings business deal and gave Jiang Lin a rare Seventh Order Burning Flame Goldstone. Hu Lei arranged for Jiang Lin to begin learning Profound-grade Spiritual Forging in three days and sent Yuan Bao to seek Dou Ling pills from Gu He.

• Nalan Yanran left without accepting or rejecting Jiang Lin and Yuan Bao's proposal, while the two Artifact Forgers agreed to continue exploring the banquet with Princess Yaoyue.
• Jiang Lin and Yuan Bao ate briefly at the Jia Ma Imperial Family's banquet, then Hu Lei took them back to the Artifact Forgers Guild and explained the deal dividing profits among the guild, the imperial family, and the families.
• Hu Lei told Jiang Lin he would receive a personal share of the Feather Sheath Wings income and gave him a Seventh Order Burning Flame Goldstone from the Jia Ma Imperial Family's guardian.
• Hu Lei told Jiang Lin that Yuan Bao and the other Artifact Forgers would handle Feather Sheath Wings production, and promised to teach Jiang Lin Profound-grade Spiritual Forging in three days.
• Hu Lei told Yuan Bao that Gu He might have pills for Dou Lings and suggested Yuan Bao trade his fourth-order Four-leaf Feather Sheath Wings for them, then smacked him for charging material costs to Hu Lei.

Jiang Lin compared the Dragon Flame Art with the Forging Fire Art and discovered that they used distinct circulation routes despite sharing similar principles. The chapter left him wondering whether the Forging Fire Art was designed for Spiritual Artifacts to cultivate.

• Jiang Lin learned that Hu Lei had once cultivated the Dragon Flame Art before switching to the Earth-grade Li Lei Art.
• Jiang Lin retrieved an original Dragon Flame Art scroll to compare with the version he had learned.
• Jiang Lin found that the Forging Fire Art circulated through blood vessels, while the Dragon Flame Art followed the meridians.
• Jiang Lin noticed faint golden energy in his blood and theorized that the Forging Fire Art required energy-rich blood to activate.
• Jiang Lin realized the two techniques had similar concepts and wondered if the Forging Fire Art was meant for Spiritual Artifacts.

Jiang Lin continued studying the Forging Fire Art and gained new insight into its limits before Hu Lei brought him to the Heavenly Artifact Forging Ground to teach him the Spirit Forging Method. Hu Lei began by explaining soul realms and urging Jiang Lin to question the world’s established rules.

• Jiang Lin considered how the Forging Fire Art might have originated as a cultivation method for Spiritual Artifacts and recorded his questions in his artifact forging manual.
• Jiang Lin cultivated and studied for three days, entering a state of enlightenment as he used the Dragon Flame Art to reinterpret the Forging Fire Art.
• Hu Lei took Jiang Lin to the quiet Heavenly Artifact Forging Ground to teach him the Spirit Forging Method.
• Jiang Lin told Hu Lei that he had rested well, and Hu Lei judged him ready to learn a soul secret art.
• Hu Lei explained that soul talent mattered more than Dou Qi attributes for Alchemists and Artifact Forgers, and encouraged Jiang Lin to question and break established rules.

Hu Lei explained Artifact Forgers’ attribute restrictions and the soul realms, then taught Jiang Lin the Soul Refining Art. Jiang Lin received the complete secret art and learned that it could be cultivated internally or externally.

• Jiang Lin noted that the Artifact Forgers Guild had many cases that defied common sense, and Hu Lei explained why the Guild had more members with unsuitable attributes than the Alchemists.
• Hu Lei described the failed attribute-conversion research that produced the Attribute Pill and Golden Qi Cauldron, and told Jiang Lin he could study the Guild’s records later.
• Hu Lei explained the soul realms and Artifact Forger ranks, including the Super Sixth-tier Profound Weapon Master, and said Great Perfection of Mortal Realm Soul Strength was essential for a Dou Emperor to advance to Dou Zong.
• Hu Lei passed the Soul Refining Art to Jiang Lin and warned him not to use its unorthodox secret technique unless absolutely necessary.
• Jiang Lin thanked Hu Lei and learned that the Soul Refining Art, an orthodox Soul Clan secret art, could be cultivated internally or externally.

Hu Lei explained the Soul Clan’s two Soul Refining Art schools and revealed that Jiang Lin’s grandmaster belonged to the Divine Soul Faction. He gave Jiang Lin the Spirit Forging Method and a Soul Jade Slip, leaving Jiang Lin to reckon with the morally dubious faction behind his training.

• Hu Lei sealed off the area and told Jiang Lin that his grandmaster was a Soul Clan Artifact Forger.
• Jiang Lin connected the Soul Clan to the notorious Soul Hall, and Hu Lei explained the Soul Devouring Faction and Divine Soul Faction.
• Hu Lei warned Jiang Lin to follow the Divine Soul Faction to win his grandmaster’s approval and said the Soul Refining Art could also aid artifact forging.
• Hu Lei described the Soul Hall’s dealings and the Artifact Forgers Guild’s ties to it, while Jiang Lin reluctantly accepted the Mo School’s moral outlook.
• Hu Lei gave Jiang Lin a jade slip containing the Spirit Forging Method and a Soul Jade Slip.

Hu Lei gave Jiang Lin a Soul Jade Slip and two Soul Secret Arts, then began forging his own Sixth-grade Feather Sheath Wings with the Crimson Dragon Cauldron. Jiang Lin devised a coordinate-based method to master the Soul Refining Art and discovered his soul realm had reached Great Perfection of Mortal Realm.

• Hu Lei gave Jiang Lin the Soul Jade Slip, told him to study the Soul Secret Arts, and promised to teach him Spirit Forging the following week.
• Hu Lei used lightning and the Crimson Dragon Cauldron to begin forging a set of Sixth-grade Feather Sheath Wings based on Jiang Lin's flight principles.
• Jiang Lin studied the Soul Refining Art and found that its first step required constructing a detailed image of himself in his mind.
• Jiang Lin built a physical coordinate model to memorize the soul nodes and accelerated his meditation practice.
• Jiang Lin completed the Soul Refining Art's first step and found his soul realm was at Great Perfection of Mortal Realm.

Jiang Lin completed the introductory stage of the Soul Refining Art and discovered that his soul had unusual properties and great potential. He learned the Spirit Forging Method ahead of Hu Lei’s assessment, leaving him to face the painful process of imbuing materials with Soul Power.

• Jiang Lin formed a Soul Doll and learned that the Soul Refining Art tempered his soul by consuming and restoring his Soul Power.
• Jiang Lin realized his Great Perfection of Mortal Realm soul could help him cultivate Dou Qi and the Forging Fire Art faster, though he wondered why his soul was grayish-white.
• Jiang Lin remembered Hu Lei’s assessment of the Spirit Forging Method was the next day and used a Soul Jade Slip to absorb its contents.
• Jiang Lin saw Little Fatty Lin manifest the Spirit Forging Method as a scroll and learned about Soul Attachment, Spirit Imbuement, and the pain of forging Soul Power into materials.
• Jiang Lin imagined hammering his own head during Spirit Forging and reconsidered the Soul Hall’s laughing members.