Chapter Summaries

Jiang Lin agreed to split pills with Yao Chen in exchange for refining the rare medicinal herbs he had collected, while Xiao Yan watched the process. As Jiang Lin cultivated the Forging Fire Art to repair his meridians, Yao Chen explained its strange origins and compared it with the Burning Art.

• Jiang Lin showed Yao Chen and Xiao Yan his rare medicinal herbs, and Yao Chen agreed to split the refined pills with him fifty-fifty.
• Jiang Lin produced boxes of supplementary ingredients, and Yao Chen began refining pills in his Black Demon Cauldron with Bone Spirit Cold Fire.
• Jiang Lin watched Yao Chen's pill refining and realized that using Heavenly Flames was another form of Spirit Forging.
• Jiang Lin cultivated the Forging Fire Art in the cave to repair the meridians damaged by the Dou Qi Furnace, while Yao Chen continued refining pills.
• Xiao Yan asked whether the Forging Fire Art or the Burning Art was stronger, and Yao Chen explained the Forging Fire Art's unusual origins and the Spirit Clan's costly attempts to advance it.

Jiang Lin experimented with using Volcanic Crystal and the Azure Profound Universe Cauldron to refine a Qi Replenishing Pill, creating a golden pill that Xiao Yan tested. Xiao Yan found it restored more than thirty percent of his Dou Qi, but refining it had cost him thirty percent as well.

• Jiang Lin watched Xiao Yan refine pills, then tried the same method with the Azure Profound Universe Cauldron and produced black residue.
• Jiang Lin added refined Volcanic Crystal to his next attempt, using it to shield the ingredients from his Crimson Gold Flame and form a golden Crimson Crystal Qi Recovery Pill.
• Yao Chen confirmed the pill’s life aura was sealed inside, and Xiao Yan swallowed it and refined it with Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan reported that the pill restored more than thirty percent of his Dou Qi, but lamented that refining it had consumed thirty percent of his Dou Qi.

Jiang Lin tested revised recovery pills on Xiao Yan, causing him severe stomach pain while the restored Dou Qi went toward refining foreign Golden Qi. He returned Xiao Yan’s Profound Weight Ruler, then began experimenting with crystal-based pills and developed a stable Body Tempering Crystal Pill, which Xiao Yan was woken to take.

• Jiang Lin adjusted the Qi Replenishing Pill, and Xiao Yan swallowed it before Yao Chen could warn him.
• Xiao Yan writhed in pain as the pill’s Metal Attribute Dou Qi caused a rejection reaction, while Jiang Lin confirmed he was not injured.
• After about a quarter of an hour, Xiao Yan recovered but realized his restored Dou Qi had been spent refining the foreign Golden Qi.
• Jiang Lin returned Xiao Yan’s Profound Weight Ruler, then began testing other crystals for his Golden Pills.
• Jiang Lin studied pill refining with Yao Chen and developed a stable Body Tempering Crystal Pill within a day or two.
• Xiao Yan was woken on the morning the pill was completed and told to take his medicine.

Jiang Lin tested his new Body Tempering Crystal Pill on Xiao Yan, who found it could temper his body while he cultivated. After Yao Chen praised Jiang Lin’s unusual invention, Jiang Lin refined more pills, including a Fourth Grade one.

• Jiang Lin gave Xiao Yan a Third Grade Body Tempering Crystal Pill and explained how to refine it safely.
• Xiao Yan refined the pill and felt his body improve as its foreign Dou Qi and life energy repeatedly strained and repaired him.
• Jiang Lin explained that the pill could last a week and increase Xiao Yan’s rate of physique improvement two to three times, even while he cultivated Dou Qi.
• Yao Chen recognized the crystal pill as a consumable cultivation-assisting Dou Artifact and praised Jiang Lin’s distinct approach.
• Jiang Lin refined ten more Third Grade Body Tempering Crystal Pills and one Fourth Grade Body Tempering Crystal Pill.

Jiang Lin discovered that Body Tempering Crystal Pills accelerated the Forging Fire Art instead of tempering his body directly, letting him cultivate far faster. After swallowing a cultivation-boosting pill, he realized his physique absorbed most of its energy, leaving him alarmed by a serious problem.

• Jiang Lin gave Xiao Yan the Third Grade Body Tempering Crystal Pills and kept the Fourth Grade pill for himself, then cultivated with the Forging Fire Art.
• Yao Chen concluded that the pills served as fuel for Jiang Lin's Forging Fire Art, while Xiao Yan's body could use them to temper itself.
• Jiang Lin found that the Fourth Grade pill sped up the Forging Fire Art fivefold and could support another cultivation session after an hour.
• Jiang Lin reasoned that the pills raised his body's endurance and that the Soul Refining Art might replace the Forging Fire Art's soul tempering.
• Jiang Lin swallowed a cultivation-boosting pill Venerable Yao had refined and discovered that his physique absorbed more than half its energy, prompting him to panic.

Jiang Lin discovered how the Forging Fire Art divided pill energy between his body and Dou Qi cultivation, then gave Xiao Yan his Four-leaf Feather Sheath Wings before flying off to retrieve Eagle Sauce. Xiao Yan began learning to use the wings while Yao Chen explained that Jiang Lin’s advanced Feather Sheath Dou Technique was needed to control his Six-leaf Feather Sheath Wings.

• Jiang Lin tested another cultivation pill and found that only one-quarter of its effect ultimately improved his Dou Qi cultivation, while his body absorbed most of its energy without developing drug resistance.
• Jiang Lin explained to Xiao Yan that he could accept the benefits and drawbacks of his condition, then prepared to scout the Monster Mountain Range and retrieve the Companion Purple Crystal Source.
• Jiang Lin gave Xiao Yan his Second-Order Four-leaf Feather Sheath Wings, and Xiao Yan insisted on keeping the pair Jiang Lin had used.
• Jiang Lin flew out of the cave with his Six-leaf Feather Sheath Wings to bring back Eagle Sauce, while Xiao Yan asked Yao Chen for Jiang Lin’s wings.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that he needed to master Jiang Lin’s advanced Feather Sheath Dou Technique to control the Six-leaf Feather Sheath Wings, and Xiao Yan practiced flying with the Four-leaf Feather Sheath Wings.

Jiang Lin and Xiao Yan reached the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King’s lair, but their attempt to scout the sixth-order beast ended when it sensed them and attacked. The chapter left them facing the enraged lion’s sudden assault.

• Yao Chen tested the Four-leaf Feather Sheath Wings by piloting Xiao Yan through wild flights and praised their usefulness.
• Jiang Lin arrived on Eagle Sauce, then led Xiao Yan through the forest toward the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King’s lair while Xiao Yan gathered herbs.
• A week later, Jiang Lin and Xiao Yan watched the sleeping Purple Crystal Winged Lion King from a cliff and joked about how to deal with it.
• Xiao Yan asked Jiang Lin about the Misty Cloud Sect leader and learned she supposedly had a simp, then warned Jiang Lin to run.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King erupted with Dou Qi, roared at a human Dou Emperor, and attacked from beyond the cliff.

Jiang Lin and Xiao Yan watched a Dou Emperor battle between a wind-element woman and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, narrowly avoiding the attack’s aftermath. After the Lion King refused to lend her Purple Spirit Crystal without a Form Transformation Pill, the woman prepared to fight again.

• Jiang Lin stopped Xiao Yan from fleeing and kept him hidden while they watched the woman battle the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King.
• Jiang Lin sensed a Wind Blade fragment heading toward them and dragged Xiao Yan behind the cliff before it sliced off the cliff’s summit.
• The woman asked the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King for Purple Spirit Crystal, but it demanded a Form Transformation Pill in return.
• The woman declared she would take the crystal by force and gathered fierce winds into an azure tornado.

Jiang Lin studied the battle between the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and the Azure Winged Dou Huang, then entered the forest to search for the lion king’s broken horn. Xiao Yan retreated with Eagle Sauce and found the unconscious Azure Winged Dou Huang floating in a river, leaving her in the cave behind a waterfall.

• Jiang Lin recorded insights from the battle as Yao Chen explained the Dou Emperors’ techniques to him and Xiao Yan.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King pierced the Azure Winged Dou Huang with a purple beam, but she cut off part of his horn with her Void-Splitting Sword before escaping.
• The enraged Purple Crystal Winged Lion King ordered the Magical Beasts of the Monster Mountain Range to search for the Azure Winged Dou Huang.
• Jiang Lin told Xiao Yan and Eagle Sauce to return, then slipped into the forest to search for the broken horn.
• Xiao Yan and Eagle Sauce headed for the outskirts, where Xiao Yan found the unconscious Azure Winged Dou Huang in a river and carried her to a cave behind a waterfall.

Jiang Lin and Xiao Yan found an injured green-clothed woman in a cave and offered her medicine while respecting her privacy. After regaining consciousness, she chose Jiang Lin to treat her, leaving Xiao Yan to suspect that he had secretly examined her with Spiritual Sense.

• Jiang Lin returned to the cave after being caught in the aftermath of a large-scale Dou Technique, and Xiao Yan explained that he had rescued the green-clothed woman by the river.
• Jiang Lin recognized that the woman's meridians and Dou Qi were sealed and that she had a deep wound on her left waist, while Xiao Yan offered her several bottles of medicine.
• The woman woke, tried to sit up, and worsened her wound, so Xiao Yan asked her to choose one of them to apply the medicine.
• The green-clothed woman looked toward Jiang Lin, and Xiao Yan told him that she seemed to want his help.
• Jiang Lin denied Xiao Yan's accusation that he had been doing something improper with Spiritual Sense.

Jiang Lin treated the injured green-clothed woman in the cave, carefully removing her armor to clean and tend her wounds. After he left her medicine and a robe, he screened the cave from the cold, while Xiao Yan teased him outside.

• Jiang Lin used silver needles to stop the green-clothed woman's bleeding and helped her sit up so he could treat her wounds.
• Jiang Lin removed her green robe and inner armor, cleaned her injuries, and admired the armor's intricate patterns.
• The green-clothed woman asked Jiang Lin why he had stopped practicing medicine, and he said learning medicine could not save the world, though he could help those nearby.
• Jiang Lin massaged her meridians to disperse congealed blood, then left her medicine and a gray robe before stepping outside.
• Jiang Lin made a screen at the cave entrance to block the cold wind, and Xiao Yan teased him, prompting Jiang Lin to wash his face with cold water.

Jiang Lin explained to Xiao Yan how the Purple Crystal Seal had weakened Yun Zhi by sealing her Dou Qi, then the three returned to the cave and exchanged names. The chapter ended with Yun Zhi questioning why a Dou Master and a Dou Zhe had dared to enter the Monster Mountain Range.

• Jiang Lin examined Yun Zhi’s sealed meridians and told Xiao Yan that her injuries were not fatal and her Dou Qi would gradually recover.
• Jiang Lin advised Xiao Yan to strengthen his body, while Yao Chen noted that soul cultivation could still grant power without Dou Qi.
• Yun Zhi emerged dressed in a gray robe, and Jiang Lin warmed the damp cave with a campfire for her.
• Jiang Lin asked Yun Zhi to call him Jiang Lin, while Xiao Yan introduced himself as Yan Xiao.
• Yao Chen pointed out that Jiang Lin’s real name was likely Lin Jiang, leaving Xiao Yan startled.
• Yun Zhi asked why Jiang Lin and Xiao Yan, a Dou Master and a Dou Zhe, had ventured into the depths of the Monster Mountain Range.

Jiang Lin revealed that he had picked up Yun Zhi’s Purple Crystal Broken Horn and offered to help her recover and obtain the Purple Spirit Crystal. Yun Zhi accepted his help, leaving them with a plan to raid the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King’s lair once she recovered.

• Jiang Lin recognized Yun Zhi as the Misty Cloud Sect’s sect master and learned that she and Xiao Yan had entered the Monster Mountain Range for cultivation.
• Jiang Lin showed Yun Zhi the Purple Crystal Broken Horn he had picked up and assured her that he and Xiao Yan would protect her.
• Yun Zhi explained that her meridians were sealed and that she needed time to recover before seeking the Purple Spirit Crystal in the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King’s lair.
• Jiang Lin proposed that Yun Zhi distract the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King while he and Xiao Yan raided its lair.
• Yun Zhi thanked Jiang Lin and warned him that keeping the Purple Crystal Broken Horn could put him in danger if she changed her mind.

Jiang Lin sealed his own Dou Qi with the Purple Crystal Broken Horn to study its effects, then showed that his physical strength remained overwhelming. He began cultivating through the Forging Fire Art despite the seal, leaving Yun Zhi astonished as Xiao Yan also settled down to cultivate.

• Jiang Lin activated the Purple Crystal Broken Horn and sealed his own Dou Qi after Yun Zhi declined his offer to help with her seal.
• Xiao Yan tried to attack the sealed Jiang Lin, but Jiang Lin pinned him to the ground with one hand and released him after he apologized.
• Jiang Lin explained that the seal limited his movement but could not stop his powerful body or the blood-based Forging Fire Art.
• Jiang Lin swallowed a Recovery Crystal Pill and successfully began circulating the Forging Fire Art despite the seal.
• Xiao Yan began cultivating nearby, while Yun Zhi remained in the cave, astonished by both of them.

Jiang Lin burned away the Purple Crystal Seal inside his body and revealed his Forging Fire Art to Yun Zhi and Xiao Yan. As the three grew more comfortable with one another, Yun Zhi offered to introduce them to Alchemists and Artifact Forgers she knew.

• Yun Zhi watched Jiang Lin cultivate through the night and suspected that he practiced a Body Tempering Art before exhaustion put her to sleep.
• Jiang Lin discovered that his Forging Fire Art had burned away the Purple Crystal Seal within him, and he considered forging a sealing artifact from the Purple Crystal Broken Horn.
• The next morning, Jiang Lin showed Yun Zhi and Xiao Yan his crimson-gold flame and explained that the seal had been weak because he triggered it himself.
• Jiang Lin called himself an Artifact Forger driven by interest, and Xiao Yan admitted that he was a beginner Alchemist driven by interest.
• Yun Zhi laughed with Jiang Lin and Xiao Yan after Jiang Lin said the Mist Eagle was an eagle driven by interest, then offered to introduce them to Alchemists and Artifact Forgers.

Jiang Lin and Xiao Yan gathered supplies and herbs while keeping Yun Zhi sheltered in the cave, and Jiang Lin hinted that Xiao Yan would meet her again in the Jia Ma Imperial Capital. When Yun Zhi accidentally seasoned her grilled fish with Xiao Yan’s old Aphrodisiac Powder, the three realized its effects were taking hold.

• Jiang Lin left the Mist Eagle to guard Yun Zhi while he and Xiao Yan explored the Monster Mountain Range and gathered supplies.
• Jiang Lin and Xiao Yan spent several days gathering spirit herbs and refining pills away from Yun Zhi, while their relationship with her grew more harmonious.
• Xiao Yan asked whether Jiang Lin knew Yun Zhi’s identity, and Jiang Lin said Xiao Yan would meet her in the Jia Ma Imperial Capital without revealing that she was Yun Yun.
• Yun Zhi tried grilling fish for Jiang Lin and Xiao Yan, and Jiang Lin praised her charred fish while Xiao Yan also complimented it.
• Xiao Yan and Yun Zhi began feeling unusual heat after eating, and Xiao Yan admitted that Yun Zhi had used his old Aphrodisiac Powder as seasoning.

After Xiao Yan's secret medicinal powder affected Yun Zhi and Xiao Yan, Jiang Lin used his Forging Fire Art to help Yun Zhi endure the effects. The chapter ended with him turning her body into part of his cultivation cycle, while Ghostfire Old Man urged her to press against Jiang Lin to lessen the pain.

• Xiao Yan realized his medicinal powder had affected him and Yun Zhi, while Jiang Lin remained unaffected because of his cultivation.
• Xiao Yan admitted he had no antidote, and Yun Zhi struggled to endure the medicine's effects with her Dou Qi sealed.
• Jiang Lin gave Xiao Yan a greasy Qi-Returning Crystal Pill, which Xiao Yan swallowed despite its painful Golden Qi.
• Yun Zhi asked for help, and Jiang Lin offered his hand; she threw herself into his arms while barely conscious.
• Jiang Lin restrained Yun Zhi and used the Forging Fire Art to make her body a second cycle system for his cultivation.
• Ghostfire Old Man recognized the Man-Artifact Unity technique and urged Yun Zhi to press against Jiang Lin to reduce her pain.

Jiang Lin used his Third-stage Forging Fire Art to temper Xiao Yan and Yun Zhi through a shared cultivation cycle, leaving both in agony while Yao Chen recognized Jiang Lin’s state as Unity of Man and Nature. Yao Chen wondered about the Spirit Clan’s origins and why the Spirit Emperor had allowed the other seven Dou Di to rise before disappearing.

• Xiao Yan hugged Jiang Lin as Jiang Lin tested his control over Dou Qi, and Jiang Lin seized Xiao Yan and pinned him to the ground.
• Jiang Lin formed a shared cultivation cycle with Xiao Yan and Yun Zhi, giving each one-third of his cultivation effects while his own efficiency fell by two-thirds.
• Jiang Lin’s Crimson Gold Dou Qi refined Xiao Yan and Yun Zhi’s bodies and meridians, causing them severe burning pain.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan to endure the pain as preparation for absorbing Heavenly Flames and recognized Jiang Lin’s cultivation state as Unity of Man and Nature.
• Yao Chen connected Jiang Lin’s nature to Spiritual Artifacts and questioned whether the Spirit Infusion Immortal Gourd or the Spirit Emperor had come first, and why the Spirit Emperor had permitted the other emperors to emerge.

Jiang Lin used Yun Zhi’s Dou Emperor Dou Qi to power the Forging Fire Art, tempering himself, Yun Zhi, and Xiao Yan in an improvised three-person cultivation cycle. After an exhausting hour, he considered the method’s benefits and explained how the others had experienced the cultivation.

• Jiang Lin guided Yun Zhi’s Dou Emperor Dou Qi through his body, refining it into Crimson Gold Dou Qi that strengthened all three cultivators.
• Xiao Yan endured the painful tempering while pinned down, and Yun Zhi’s meridians and body were improved by the Forging Fire Art.
• After an hour, Jiang Lin ended the cultivation, leaving Yun Zhi limp in his arms and Xiao Yan sprawled on the ground, both drenched in sweat.
• Jiang Lin realized that cultivating with Yun Zhi’s Dou Qi had given him nearly half a month of extra progress and considered the method’s potential.
• Yun Zhi asked whether cultivation was always so painful, and Jiang Lin explained that he had borne the soul tempering while the group had accidentally practiced dual cultivation with Xiao Yan as a third participant.

After the first cultivation session lifted Yun Zhi’s seal and strengthened all three cultivators, Jiang Lin arranged for them to continue cultivating together for half a month before searching for the Purple Spirit Crystal. Their next session began with Xiao Yan asking to change positions, and Jiang Lin knocked him to the ground for making the request sound strange.

• Yun Zhi thanked Jiang Lin for helping break her seal and agreed to cultivate with him once a day while she recovered her Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan found that his meridians had become more resilient and his cultivation speed had increased by nearly ten percent.
• Jiang Lin explained that the first session’s benefits would diminish and agreed to cultivate with Yun Zhi for at most half a month before they searched for the Purple Spirit Crystal.
• During their second session, Xiao Yan asked Jiang Lin to change positions, making Yun Zhi blush as she recalled their first cultivation.
• Jiang Lin punched Xiao Yan to the ground and told him not to say weird things again.