Chapter Summaries

Jiang Lin visited Hu Lei at the Heavenly Artifact Forging Ground and discussed the guild’s Feather Sheath Wings and plans for future designs. Hu Lei called Yuan Bao over to demonstrate the complete Spirit Forging process for Jiang Lin, while revealing his own Crimson Dragon Wings project.

• Jiang Lin found Hu Lei forging Feather Sheath Wings at the Heavenly Artifact Forging Ground, where Yuan Bao explained that Hu Lei was developing a Sixth-grade version and the guild had made a Magic Core Special Edition for Little Ivan.
• Yuan Bao told Jiang Lin that the Empire was preparing for mass production of Flying Dou Artifacts and had begun expanding the guild’s forging district.
• Jiang Lin explained that he had designed his cicada-wing Feather Sheath Wings with Double-leaf, Four-leaf, and Six-leaf upgrades in mind.
• Hu Lei agreed that Artifact Forgers should develop designs suited to themselves and described his Crimson Dragon Wings, which paired two dragon wings with two auxiliary wings.
• Hu Lei ordered Yuan Bao to demonstrate the complete Spirit Forging process for Jiang Lin and warned him not to cut corners on Gu He's order.

Jiang Lin watched Yuan Bao Spirit Forge a Mysterious Artifact while Hu Lei explained artifact forging, Spiritual Artifacts, and the legends surrounding them. Hu Lei warned Jiang Lin to avoid the Ancient Eight Clans because his Soul Refining Art could draw trouble from their poor relations with the Soul Clan.

• Yuan Bao struck a feathered wing with a Soul Power hammer, gradually imbuing it with spirituality as he forged Gu He's Mysterious-grade Feather Sheath Wings.
• Hu Lei explained how Spirit Forging created Spiritual Particles and outlined the stages of artifact forging, including how Spiritual Artifacts gained Dao Patterns through Lightning Tribulations.
• Hu Lei recounted the legend of the Exotic Fire Heavenly Seal Tower and said its fragments helped Emperor Flame devour the Heavenly Flames and attain the Dao.
• Jiang Lin asked whether the Ancient Eight Clans used their clan surnames, and Hu Lei warned him to avoid them because he cultivated the Soul Refining Art and the Soul Clan had a poor reputation.
• Jiang Lin watched Yuan Bao's Spirit Forging with full attention and reflected that the technique seemed easy to learn by observation.

Hu Lei completed his blood-refined Sixth-grade Crimson Dragon Wings and tested their extraordinary speed over the Jia Ma Imperial Capital. He returned after outrunning Fa Ma and Jia Xing Tian, leaving the new Feather Sheath design’s potential on full display.

• Hu Lei finished blood-refining his Sixth-grade Crimson Dragon Wings and added an Earth-grade Flying Dou Skill to their Dou Qi Engine.
• Hu Lei activated the wings and shot into the sky at tremendous speed, breaking the sound barrier as he flew beyond the Jia Ma Imperial Capital.
• Fa Ma and Jia Xing Tian pursued Hu Lei with Flying Dou Skills but could not keep up with him.
• Hu Lei returned at extreme speed and teased Fa Ma and Jia Xing Tian for failing to catch him.
• Fa Ma recognized the wings as Sixth-grade Feather Sheath Wings and considered how Jiang Lin’s design had opened a new school of flight.

Jiang Lin refined his Crimson Scale Gauntlet and chose a blueprint for his first Mysterious Artifact. The chapter left him preparing to forge the Void-Splitting Sword, while Hu Lei planned to take him to an auction in three months.

• Jiang Lin used the Crimson Dragon Cauldron to refine his Crimson Scale Gauntlet with the Spirit Forging and Blood Refining methods.
• Hu Lei praised Jiang Lin’s progress and offered him a selection of Mysterious Artifact blueprints.
• Jiang Lin chose the Fourth-Grade Low-tier Mysterious Artifact blueprint for the Void-Splitting Sword.
• Jiang Lin declined to attend the upcoming Artifact Forgers meeting, and Hu Lei said Yuan Bao would tell him the results.
• Hu Lei invited Jiang Lin and Yuan Bao to attend the Mittel Merchant Guild auction in three months, where an Earth-grade Dou Skill would be offered.

Jiang Lin tested the Azure Profound Universe Cauldron’s Universe Technique and discovered that the cauldron could absorb Soul Power burned by the Soul Refining Art. He began using his soul flames to forge the cauldron, employing a shortcut normally available only to a Spiritual Realm Profound Weapons Master.

• Jiang Lin used the Universe Technique to shrink the Azure Profound Universe Cauldron and confirmed it could contain his Crimson Scale Gauntlet while maintaining a stable, locked state.
• Jiang Lin charged the cauldron with Earth Fire, then swallowed it in its shrunken form while carefully maintaining the Universe Technique.
• Little Fatty Lin saw the cauldron inside Jiang Lin’s body and gathered the Soul Refining Art’s soul flames around it.
• Jiang Lin discovered that the cauldron absorbed the Soul Power consumed by the Soul Refining Art and responded to its flames.
• Jiang Lin realized that he was using the Soul Refining Method as a shortcut to forge a Dou Artifact.

While Jiang Lin cultivated and experimented with Spirit Forging, Hu Lei organized Artifact Forgers across the Jia Ma Empire to study the Black Gold Feather Sheath Wings. Jiang Lin reached Three-star Dou Master but produced only a top-tier Third-Grade Mysterious Artifact, and Hu Lei advised him to obtain materials for a genuine Mysterious Artifact.

• Hu Lei addressed nearly a hundred Artifact Forgers at the Artifact Forgers Guild, distributing Double-leaf Feather Sheath Wings blueprints and warning them not to damage the guild's reputation.
• Hu Lei asked Fatty Yuan whether Jiang Lin was still in seclusion, and Fatty Yuan confirmed that Jiang Lin was trying to forge a Fourth-Grade Mysterious Artifact.
• Jiang Lin advanced to Three-star Dou Master and produced a top-tier Third-Grade Mysterious Artifact, the Crimson Scale Gauntlet.
• Hu Lei summoned Jiang Lin to the Mittel Auction, where Jiang Lin asked about his Third-Grade Mysterious Artifact.
• Hu Lei explained that Spirit Forging could not overcome the innate limits of ordinary materials and suggested Jiang Lin exchange funds for materials to forge the Void-Splitting Sword.

Jiang Lin received a four-star golden Profound Weapons Master badge from Hu Lei and watched the Imperial Capital Auction open with a rare Four-leaf Feather Sheath Wings. The wings sold for one million gold coins, and Jiang Lin discussed the profits and future of Feather Sheath Wings production with Hu Lei.

• Hu Lei judged Jiang Lin’s Crimson Scale Gauntlet to be a genuine Mysterious Artifact and gave him a four-star golden Profound Weapons Master badge.
• The Mittel Family host opened the auction by presenting a Third-rank Four-leaf Feather Sheath Wings and explaining the guild’s exclusive sales policy.
• Jiang Lin privately considered the high prices, production costs, and his decision to keep assembly-line methods for himself.
• A family bought the Four-leaf Feather Sheath Wings for one million gold coins.
• Hu Lei explained how Feather Sheath Wings profits were divided, and Jiang Lin said that Double-leaf Feather Sheath Wings were his real foundation.

Jiang Lin considered how to turn the Double-leaf Feather Sheath Wings into lasting business while attending an Imperial Capital auction. When an Earth-grade Dou Technique, the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, sparked a bidding contest with the Misty Cloud Sect’s sect leader, Hu Lei asked whether Jiang Lin wanted it.

• Jiang Lin reflected that the Double-leaf Feather Sheath Wings would provide only a few years of income and considered starting his own workshop and brand.
• The Mittel host presented the Earth-grade Low-Level Dou Technique Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, and Hu Lei explained the difference between it and the Universe Technique.
• The auction host guaranteed the scroll was genuine and set its starting price at one million gold coins, prompting fierce bidding.
• A woman in a nearby private room identified as the Misty Cloud Sect’s sect leader offered two million gold coins and a Profound Grade High-Level cultivation method, causing the other bidders to withdraw.
• Hu Lei asked Jiang Lin whether he wanted to compete for the technique, and Jiang Lin worried about offending the sect leader before Hu Lei claimed their status was higher.

At the auction, Hu Lei bid on the Four-leaf Feather Sheath Wings, leaving Yun Yun unable to compete with gold alone. Gu He then entered the bidding with a Dou Ling Pill, ostensibly to challenge Hu Lei but secretly hoping to obtain the wings for Yun Yun.

• Hu Lei offered to take the Four-leaf Feather Sheath Wings for Jiang Lin as a gift and placed the highest bid.
• The Mittel Family host explained that the wings could let Dou Lings fly faster than Dou Wangs and Dou Wangs fly like Dou Emperors, while Yun Yun accepted that she could not outbid Hu Lei with gold.
• Gu He offered a Sixth-grade Dou Ling Pill, shocking the auction attendees.
• Fa Ma questioned Gu He's motives, and Gu He claimed he wanted to force Hu Lei to reveal his Fifth-grade Feather Sheath Wings so they could negotiate with the Mittel Family.
• Fa Ma pointed out that Gu He intended to give the Fifth-grade wings to Yun Yun, and Gu He complained that Fa Ma had become presumptuous.

Hu Lei and Gu He negotiated over Fifth-grade Feather Sheath Wings at an auction, where Hu Lei won an Earth-grade Dou Skill and later gave it to Jiang Lin as a reward. After more than half a year of training and studying under Hu Lei, Jiang Lin broke through to Five-Star Dou Master.

• Hu Lei offered Fifth-grade Feather Sheath Wings in exchange for an Earth-grade Dou Skill, and Gu He declined to bid against him.
• Hu Lei won the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler and told the Mittel Family to collect the Feather Sheath Wings from the Artifact Forgers Guild in three months.
• Hu Lei gave Jiang Lin the Flame Splitting Wave Ruler as a reward for becoming a Profound-grade Artifact Forger and assigned him to study high-grade materials.
• Jiang Lin spent more than half a year training at the Artifact Forgers Guild and broke through to Five-Star Dou Master.

Jiang Lin reviewed his progress in cultivating the Forging Fire Art and spent the past half year upgrading his weapons and developing new techniques. After preparing to return the Azure Scale Dragon Arm, he planned to head home and continue exploring the Monster Mountain Range, while noting that Xiao Huohuo had recently become well known.

• Jiang Lin reflected that his Forging Fire Art and Soul Refining Art had strengthened his body and advanced his soul cultivation.
• Jiang Lin retrieved his forged equipment from the Azure Profound Universe Cauldron and tested his Black Cavalry Armor with the Armor Integration secret technique.
• Jiang Lin reviewed his recent work, including upgrading the Black Feather Heavy Bow and developing the Six-Leaf Feather Sheath and Dou Qi Furnace techniques.
• Jiang Lin stored his equipment and picked up the Azure Scale Dragon Arm to return it to its owner before heading home.
• Jiang Lin recalled that Xiao Yi Xian's letter said Xiao Huohuo had recently been making a name for himself.

Jiang Lin surgically modified Mo Lan’s Azure Scale Dragon Arm into a partially Dou Artifact-ized prosthetic, reducing its burden and extending her prospects for advancement. He left her in Yuan Bao’s care and accepted the Mo Clan’s invitation to visit.

• Jiang Lin attached and reinforced Mo Lan’s Azure Scale Dragon Arm, explaining that she could activate its Azure Scale Claw secret art with Dou Qi.
• Jiang Lin told Mo Lan to avoid fighting while she recovered and said the modified arm could help her reach the Dou Ling stage.
• Jiang Lin asked Yuan Bao to care for Mo Lan for a few days and later hand her over to Mu Yun of the Mu Family.
• Mo Lan told Jiang Lin that the Mo Clan’s Great Elder had invited him as a guest, and Jiang Lin agreed to visit when he had time.

Jiang Lin rode Eagle Sauce back toward Wutan City and considered how the Forging Fire Art increasingly diverted his cultivation energy into body tempering. He resolved to keep practicing it for as many realms as possible, though he knew its escalating cost could eventually stall his progress.

• Jiang Lin mounted Eagle Sauce, praised its growth under the Jia Ma Imperial Family, and flew toward Wutan City.
• Jiang Lin realized his own body was unusually tough and wondered whether he could consume Magic Cores like a magical beast.
• Jiang Lin calculated that the Forging Fire Art used an increasing share of his absorbed energy for body tempering, leaving less for refining Dou Qi.
• Jiang Lin recalled that Soul Refining Art had improved his cultivation speed enough to restore his confidence in reaching the Da Dou Shi realm.
• Jiang Lin decided to continue the Forging Fire Art at least until Dou Ling, aiming to build a foundation that could carry him toward Dou Zong or even Dou Zun.

Jiang Lin returned to Qingshan Town and left a Blood Lotus Essence for Xiao Yan, who arrived under the name Yan Xiao and found the herb waiting for him. After taking it, Xiao Yan headed into the Monster Mountain Range to train with Yao Chen.

• Jiang Lin returned to Qingshan Town, stored Pei Xuan in the Azure Profound Universe Cauldron, and entered the Monster Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan arrived in Qingshan Town and went to Myriad Medicine Hall to search for a bargain.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan that Jiang Lin had saved the Blood Lotus Essence for Xiao Huohuo, then explained that it was meant for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan recognized Jiang Lin's message on the herb, admitted to Xiao Yi Xian that he used the name Yan Xiao away from home, and took the Blood Lotus Essence.
• Xiao Yan traveled into the Monster Mountain Range, equipped the Double-leaf Feather Sheath Wings, and searched for a place to cultivate.
• Yao Chen began teaching Xiao Yan the Earth-grade Dou Skill Flame Splitting Wave Ruler at a cave behind a waterfall.

Jiang Lin lured the Green Lion away from the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's territory, but the chase led the beast to Xiao Yan. Jiang Lin rescued Xiao Yan from the Green Lion and carried him into the sky.

• Jiang Lin struck the Green Lion with Flame Splitting Wave Ruler and fled from its cave.
• Jiang Lin led the Green Lion toward the Gale Winged Dragon's nest while Eagle Sauce evaded the pursuing dragon.
• Jiang Lin flew through the forest, intending to draw the Green Lion away from the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's lair.
• Xiao Yan encountered the Green Lion, hit it with his Profound Weight Ruler, and lost part of his Double-leaf Feather Sheath Wings to its Wind Blades.
• Jiang Lin used Dou Qi Furnace and Flame Splitting Wave Ruler to stun the Green Lion, then caught Xiao Yan and flew away with him.

Jiang Lin rescued Xiao Yan from the Green Lion, then plunged into a lake to extinguish the Dou Qi Furnace state that was damaging his meridians. Yao Chen gave Jiang Lin Meridian Nourishing Pills, leaving Jiang Lin confused about why they thought he had risked himself to save them.

• Jiang Lin flew away with Xiao Yan after escaping the Fourth-Order Green Lion, then carried him upside down by the ankle when Xiao Yan complained about being touched.
• Jiang Lin tossed Xiao Yan into a lake and dove beneath the water to calm the Heaven and Earth Energy in his body and end his Dou Qi Furnace state.
• Yao Chen explained to Xiao Yan that Jiang Lin's secret technique drew in rampant Dou Qi, but its side effects made the energy difficult to control and damaged his meridians.
• Yao Chen waited for Jiang Lin to emerge from the lake, then gave him Meridian Nourishing Pills to ease his injuries.
• Jiang Lin asked Yao Chen why he had given him the pills and realized that Yao Chen thought he had harmed himself to rescue Xiao Yan.

By the lakeside, Jiang Lin learned from Yao Chen that he belonged to the Spirit Clan, one of the Ancient Eight Clans, and that the technique he cultivated was the clan’s famed Forging Fire Art. The revelation left Yao Chen puzzled that Jiang Lin could still cultivate it as a Five-Star Dou Master, while Xiao Yan was amazed by his companion’s heritage.

• Jiang Lin explained that his Forging Fire Art could repair his damaged meridians as he cultivated.
• Yao Chen recognized the technique and asked Jiang Lin whether he had cultivated it.
• Yao Chen told Jiang Lin that he had dealings with his people, then explained that the Ancient Eight Clans descended from eight legendary Dou Di.
• Yao Chen revealed that Jiang Lin came from the Spirit Clan, and Xiao Yan reacted with astonishment.
• Yao Chen described the Forging Fire Art’s bloodline requirements and said it was usually of little use to families with powerful inherited techniques.

Yao Chen explained the Spirit Clan’s spatial gifts and revealed that Jiang Lin’s blood could help refine a Sect Breaking Pill. He also explained that the Calamity Poison Body could only be cured with a pill made using multiple Heavenly Flames, leaving Jiang Lin considering a role in its refinement.

• Yao Chen said Jiang Lin’s cultivation of the third-stage Forging Fire Art was unprecedented, and Jiang Lin attributed it to experience.
• Yao Chen described the Spirit Clan’s spatial perception and explained why he trusted Jiang Lin despite his ties to an Ancient Clan.
• Yao Chen proposed a deal and said Spirit Clan blood was a valuable catalyst for refining a Sixth-grade Sect Breaking Pill.
• Yao Chen identified the girl’s condition as the Calamity Poison Body and said it would erupt in three to five years unless they refined a Calamity Poison Pill.
• Yao Chen explained that refining the pill required multiple Heavenly Flames and at least Dou Emperor or Dou Zong cultivation, and suggested Jiang Lin might have to refine it.

Jiang Lin traded a few drops of blood to Yao Chen for the Calamity Poison Pill Method, then proposed helping Xiao Yan and Yao Chen find Heavenly Flames in exchange for studying them. Yao Chen identified Jiang Lin’s map fragment as a guide to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and revealed that he knew how to fuse Heavenly Flames.

• Jiang Lin agreed to trade a few drops of blood for Yao Chen’s Calamity Poison Pill Method.
• Jiang Lin showed Yao Chen and Xiao Yan a map fragment, and Yao Chen recognized its connection to Heavenly Flames.
• Jiang Lin offered to help Xiao Yan collect Heavenly Flames and asked to study them afterward.
• Jiang Lin said he also had information about another Heavenly Flame and asked how Xiao Yan could safely collect several.
• Yao Chen revealed that he and Xiao Yan had a method to fuse Heavenly Flames and identified Jiang Lin’s fragment as a map to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Yao Chen and Xiao Yan agreed that Jiang Lin and his clan elders could study the Heavenly Flames they found.

Jiang Lin shared information about the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and a Heavenly Flame in the Tagor Desert, then invited Xiao Yan to help him obtain a Companion Purple Crystal Source from the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's nest. Yao Chen learned that Jiang Lin had already cleared a path through the Monster Mountain Range, leaving Xiao Yan eager to explore and Yao Chen realizing why the area had been so picked over.

• Jiang Lin gave Yao Chen the map fragment, and Yao Chen identified it as the key map to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame's Alternate Space.
• Jiang Lin told Yao Chen and Xiao Yan about another Heavenly Flame in the Tagor Desert and offered to help locate it once its whereabouts were confirmed.
• Jiang Lin explained that he wanted the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's Companion Purple Crystal Source and invited Xiao Yan to join him.
• Yao Chen revealed that Jiang Lin had reached Five-Star Dou Master despite the Forging Fire Art reducing his cultivation speed eightfold, while Xiao Yan had reached Six-star Dou Practitioner.
• Jiang Lin showed them his detailed map of the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's territory and the route to its nest, and Yao Chen realized Jiang Lin had taken the best resources from the Monster Mountain Range.