Chapter Summaries

Lin Xia and Larvitar suffered dangerous reactions after consuming the Void Stone, whose Space Power forcibly raised Lin Xia to Soul Power Level Eighteen while nearly tearing them apart. They recognized the stone’s risks and planned to study safe use after Larvitar excavated the mine.

• Lin Xia ate a Dark Silver Crystal and endured a violent surge of Space Power that broke through his Soul Power barrier to Level Eighteen.
• Dark-silver spatial patterns appeared beneath Lin Xia and Larvitar’s skin before fading as their bodies absorbed and suppressed the energy.
• Lin Xia warned Larvitar that Void Stone was dangerous and told it to consume only small amounts slowly.
• Lou Gao agreed that the stone contained fragments of space and said they needed to study how to use it safely.
• Lin Xia asked Larvitar to excavate the Void Stone Mine, and Larvitar agreed despite its discomfort.

After extracting the Void Stone Vein, Lin Xia and Larvitar spent more than half a month refining its dangerous Space Power and stabilizing their strength. During recovery, both unexpectedly manifested Thunder Punch, and they went to test the move at the Blacksmith Association's training ground.

• Larvitar painfully dug the Dark Silver Void Stone Vein out of the rock wall, and Lin Xia stored it in his Spatial Soul Tool Ring.
• Lin Xia and Larvitar returned to the Blacksmith Association and spent more than half a month refining the Void Stone's Space Power and recovering.
• Lin Xia stabilized his Soul Power at the peak of level eighteen and developed greater sensitivity to spatial fluctuations.
• Lin Xia accidentally produced purple lightning while circulating Soul Power, then formed Thunder Punch around his fist.
• Larvitar awoke and manifested an even stronger Thunder Punch, and Lin Xia realized they might have learned the move from consuming Purple Lightning Iron.
• Lin Xia and Larvitar headed to the Association's training ground to test their new move.

Lin Xia and Larvitar tested Thunder Punch on armored dummies and confirmed that consuming Purple Lightning Iron had granted them lightning power. Lin Xia then set his sights on finding powerful fire- and ice-element ores and planned to discuss a new foraging route with his teacher.

• Larvitar used Thunder Punch to smash and scorch a heavily armored dummy, demonstrating immense destructive power.
• Lin Xia copied the technique and dented and charred another dummy with his own Thunder Punch.
• Lin Xia concluded that devouring Purple Lightning Iron had granted them lightning-element power and recognized Thunder Punch as a powerful, low-cost attack.
• Lin Xia considered seeking Heart of Lava and Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow to gain fire and ice powers.
• Lin Xia decided it was time to plan a new foraging route with his teacher.

Lou Gao revealed that he had reverse-engineered Soul Tool Arrays from the natural veins in the Void Stone and was confident he could build a working Soul Tool Mech prototype. He brought Lin Xia into the Forge Room to show him his experimental devices, beginning with an Energy Storage Array that could serve as a future Mecha’s power furnace.

• Lou Gao dragged Lin Xia to the Forge Room and announced that he had discovered Soul Tool Arrays by comparing Void Stone veins with the engravings on Lin Xia’s Storage Soul Tool Ring.
• Lou Gao explained that he had developed storage, connection, and power arrays, and said he was seventy percent sure he could build a moving Soul Tool Mech prototype.
• Lin Xia was astonished by Lou Gao’s achievement and eagerly asked his teacher to teach him how he had done it.
• Lou Gao led Lin Xia into the Forge Room’s core area, where Lin Xia found a collection of crude but functioning Soul Tools.
• Lou Gao showed Lin Xia an Energy Storage Array that absorbed and stored spatial energy and free Soul Power, calling it the prototype of a future Mecha’s Power Furnace.

Lou Gao demonstrated a Connection Array that linked Soul Tool components, while he and Lin Xia discussed the need for stronger materials to build a Soul Tool Mech. Lin Xia then revealed that he and Larvitar had both gained a new move skill, and showed Lou Gao his Thunder Punch.

• Lou Gao showed Lin Xia a Connection Array that transmitted Soul Power between components with little loss.
• Lin Xia praised the invention but pointed out that Fine Iron and Tungsten Steel could not withstand the demands of a combat mech.
• Lou Gao explained that they needed top-grade ores for the mech's frame and armor, with Void Stone serving as an ideal core power source.
• Lou Gao asked whether Lin Xia and Larvitar had recovered from the Void Stone's violent energy, and Lin Xia said they had recovered and gained new move skills.
• Lou Gao was stunned to learn Lin Xia had also comprehended a move skill, and Lin Xia demonstrated Thunder Punch by wrapping his fist in purple lightning.

Lin Xia and Larvitar discovered that eating mineral ores could help them comprehend matching elemental moves, and Lou Gao proposed a trip to Norton Volcano to find fire-element ores for them and materials for his Mecha. They began preparing for the dangerous journey to the Extreme South Volcanic Belt.

• Lou Gao reacted with astonishment when Lin Xia explained that he and Larvitar had learned Thunder Punch after consuming Purple Lightning Iron ore.
• Lin Xia and Lou Gao realized that ores with other elemental properties might help them comprehend additional moves while providing materials for the Mecha.
• Lou Gao named Norton Volcano in the Extreme South Volcanic Belt as their destination, and Lin Xia eagerly agreed to go.
• Lou Gao said he would arrange the Association's affairs and instructed Lin Xia to gather food, water, medicines, and ammunition for the expedition.
• Lin Xia picked up Larvitar and set off to prepare for their trip.

Lou Gao prepared the Blacksmith Association for his absence, then set out with Lin Xia and Larvitar toward Nuoding Volcano to seek a treasure connected to Earth Fire. On the seventh day, Larvitar found a rich vein of Azure Peak Iron Essence that Lou Gao’s map and Soul Power had failed to detect.

• Lou Gao assigned Si Di and the other core disciples to manage the Association, advising them to receive Spirit Hall’s new bishop according to the charter.
• Lou Gao experimented through the night with Void Stone, engraving Mithril casings in an attempt to create ammunition that could harness Space Power.
• Lou Gao and Lin Xia departed Gengxin City with Larvitar, carrying supplies and Lou Gao’s new defensive tools.
• During the journey, Larvitar’s ability to sense valuable materials helped guide the group through the wilderness.
• On the seventh day, Larvitar dug through a rock wall and uncovered a high-purity vein of Azure Peak Iron Essence.

After Larvitar devoured the Void Stone, his heightened senses helped Lin Xia and Lou Gao discover five valuable mineral deposits on their way to Norton Volcano. The group resumed their journey toward the volcano, which was only three or four days away.

• Larvitar explained that devouring the Void Stone had greatly improved his ability to sense minerals and energy underground, so Lou Gao let him lead their prospecting.
• During the month-long journey, Larvitar helped Lin Xia and Lou Gao uncover five deposits, including Void Clarity Jade Marrow, Star Dust Silver Sand, and Earth Fire Flame Crystal Ore.
• Lin Xia praised Larvitar and rewarded him with a specially made energy biscuit, while Lou Gao stored the last of the recovered ores.
• Lou Gao estimated that Norton Volcano lay three or four days beyond two ridges and Sulfur Valley.
• Lin Xia told Larvitar to lead the way to Norton Volcano, and Larvitar raced toward the southern ridge.

Lin Xia and Lou Gao reached the Extreme South Volcanic Belt, where Lou Gao recounted how a strange underground cry had once made the local Soul Beasts drive his mining team away. They decided to follow Larvitar’s instincts to find a place to dig.

• Lin Xia and Lou Gao arrived at the volcanic belt and observed its volcanoes, lava, and strangely indifferent Soul Beasts.
• Lin Xia asked why Lou Gao’s earlier prospecting expedition had been attacked after the Soul Beasts initially ignored them.
• Lou Gao recalled that a strange cry from underground had made the Soul Beasts gather around the ore cave and force his team to leave.
• Lin Xia considered what might lie underground, then asked where they should begin digging.
• Lou Gao told Lin Xia to rely on Larvitar’s keen nose, and they agreed to follow wherever it sensed a promising spot.

Lin Xia and Lou Gao followed Larvitar into a volcanic ore cave, wary when the nearby Volcanic Soul Beasts ignored the commotion. As they descended, the heat became dangerously intense, and Lou Gao realized the cave was far hotter than he remembered.

• Lin Xia warned Larvitar to stop digging if the rocks became dangerously hot, and Larvitar began carving a passage into the ground.
• Lou Gao armed himself and Lin Xia with AK-47s, but the nearby Volcanic Soul Beasts continued their routines without reacting to the digging.
• After Larvitar dug more than thirty meters, Lou Gao and Lin Xia entered the tunnel, using Firefly Stones for light.
• The two followed the passage downward for about ten minutes as the heat grew increasingly suffocating.
• Lin Xia asked whether the temperature had been this extreme during Lou Gao's earlier mining, and Lou Gao said something was very wrong because it had never been so hot before.

Lin Xia and Lou Gao discovered that Larvitar had unearthed Sun Essence, whose overwhelming heat began burning Larvitar from within. As a terrifying cry awakened beneath the earth and Volcanic Soul Beasts stirred outside, Larvitar urged Lin Xia to join him in the blazing ore vein.

• Lou Gao noticed the cave’s extreme heat and warned Lin Xia that the underground source had grown more powerful and might be waking.
• Larvitar broke through the rock and unleashed a golden-red torrent of heat that swallowed him and revealed a vein of Sun Essence.
• Lin Xia tried to rush to Larvitar, but Lou Gao restrained him and identified the Sun Essence as the source of the destructive energy.
• The Sun Essence’s power blazed across Larvitar’s body, threatening to burn him apart from within.
• A furious cry from deep beneath the earth shook the cave, and the Volcanic Soul Beasts outside turned toward its entrance.
• Lin Xia tried to recall Larvitar, but Larvitar sent an urgent, exhilarated call inviting him into the ruined ore vein.

Lin Xia followed Larvitar into the lethal Sun Essence Ore Vein as Lou Gao held back a berserk horde of Volcanic Soul Beasts. Larvitar bit off a fragment of the ore and urged Lin Xia to swallow it while his body was carbonizing.

• Volcanic Soul Beasts gathered at the Ore Cave entrance and attacked Lin Xia and Lou Gao.
• Lou Gao opened fire with his AK-47 Rifle to hold off the horde and shouted for Lin Xia to rescue Larvitar.
• Trusting Larvitar's call, Lin Xia plunged into the Sun Essence's blazing light and began to carbonize.
• Larvitar seized Lin Xia's hand, pressed it against the Sun Essence Mineral Ore, and bit off a fragment of the vein.
• Larvitar sent Lin Xia an urgent message to eat the ore as Lin Xia struggled against pain and the urge to flee.

Lin Xia discovered that his bones could absorb the Sun Essence’s energy and swallowed the blazing mineral ore, leaving his survival uncertain as crimson-gold light emerged from his bones. While Lou Gao defended the ore tunnel, the nearby Soul Beast corpses ignited and rose as flaming creatures, and a massive flaming Lava Earth Dragon charged at him.

• Lin Xia saw crimson-gold energy gathering in his bones as they absorbed the Sun Essence’s heat.
• Lin Xia tore the Sun Essence from the vein and swallowed it, unleashing a devastating burst of energy throughout his body.
• Lou Gao fought off the charging Soul Beasts with his AK-47 while urging Lin Xia to escape.
• A piercing cry from deep within the earth caused golden flames to erupt from the Soul Beast corpses.
• The corpses rose as nearly bulletproof flaming creatures, and a massive flaming Lava Earth Dragon charged at Lou Gao.

Lin Xia and Larvitar underwent a fiery transformation after devouring the Sun Essence Ore Vein, while Lou Gao watched the flame beasts close in. Lin Xia rose with a new body of red-gold bones and lava-like flesh, leaving the Lava Earth Dragon wounded and Lou Gao convinced he had witnessed a flame demon god.

• Lou Gao saw Larvitar devouring the Sun Essence Ore Vein beside Lin Xia’s charred skeleton, whose glowing bones and golden flame began absorbing energy.
• The Lava Earth Dragon charged Lou Gao, but a sudden surge of heat from the ore vein stopped it in its tracks.
• Lin Xia rose as golden light stripped away his charred remains and red-gold bones grew covered in lava-like tissue.
• Lin Xia’s golden eye beams grazed the Lava Earth Dragon’s forelimb, erasing it and driving the beast back in terror.
• Larvitar pulled free from the ore vein with a translucent crimson-gold carapace, glowing runes, and golden flames in its eyes.

Lin Xia and Larvitar unleashed a Sun Essence-powered Flame Sandstorm against the Soul Beast horde, while Lou Gao desperately dug into the cave wall to escape its heat. The storm reached the first charging Lava Lizards and began vaporizing them instantly.

• Lou Gao tried to warn Lin Xia and Larvitar that a stronger threat was coming from underground, but their transformed bodies could not hear him.
• Lin Xia and Larvitar sensed Lou Gao was in danger and joined forces to create a devastating Flame Sandstorm.
• Lou Gao activated his Diamond Chisel Martial Soul and frantically drilled into the cave wall to escape the storm.
• The Soul Beasts charged into the Flame Sandstorm under the underground creature's influence despite their instinctive fear.
• The storm's golden flames touched the first Lava Lizards and vaporized their scales.

Lin Xia and Larvitar’s Flame Sandstorm annihilated the Soul Beasts around the Ore Cave, but they turned back toward the Sun Essence Ore Vein instead of preparing for the greater threat approaching underground. Lou Gao sensed the ground shake as powerful Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts arrived at the cave entrance.

• The Flame Sandstorm consumed the Lava Lizards, Lava Earth Dragons, and their corpses, while widening and melting the Ore Cave entrance.
• The surviving Soul Beasts farther away faltered or retreated under the storm’s destructive pressure, and Lin Xia and Larvitar focused again on the Ore Vein Core.
• Lou Gao watched from a narrow rock crevice as Lin Xia and Larvitar ignored him and heard an enraged cry draw closer from underground.
• The ground began trembling, and a fresh torrent of powerful Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts filled the cleared entrance to the Ore Cave.

Ten Thousand Year Lava Soul Beasts launched a suicidal assault on Lin Xia and Larvitar as they fed on the Sun Essence ore. Both survived the devastating blows, repaired themselves, and resumed feeding, prompting the remaining beasts to charge under the control of the cries from underground.

• Three Ten Thousand Year Lava Earth Dragons struck Lin Xia and Larvitar’s Flame Sandstorm with shockwaves, but Lin Xia and Larvitar continued feeding.
• Two Ten Thousand Year Lava Tyrant Dragons charged through the force field, smashed Lin Xia against the ore vein, and hurled Larvitar into a cave wall.
• Lin Xia repaired his twisted arm bone and Larvitar healed its cracked carapace, then both returned to feeding on the ore.
• Lin Xia crushed the Tyrant Dragon’s skull while it was pinned beneath him, and Larvitar resumed gnawing on the ore as its carapace runes grew brighter.
• The cries from underground rose sharply, and the remaining seven or eight Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts ignited their Soul Flames and launched a suicidal all-out assault.

Lin Xia and Larvitar survived the Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts’ explosive attack, reassembled stronger, and resumed devouring the Sun Essence Ore. Their power awakened an ancient magic array beneath the ore vein and drew the attention of a Flame Giant Bird.

• The Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts detonated themselves against Lin Xia and Larvitar’s Flame Force Field, blasting their skeletons apart and devastating the Ore Cave.
• Lin Xia and Larvitar’s scattered bones resonated with ancient patterns, flew back together, and rebuilt their bodies stronger than before.
• Lin Xia and Larvitar immediately resumed devouring the Sun Essence Ore, leaving the surviving Soul Beasts fearful and despairing.
• Golden beams from Lin Xia and Larvitar’s skeletal cores reached deep into the ore vein and awakened an immense ancient magic array beneath the Extreme South Volcanic Belt.
• A flickering Flame Giant Bird appeared within the array and fixed its furious, scrutinizing will on Lin Xia and Larvitar, stopping their feeding.

A Flame Giant Bird Phantom judged Lin Xia and Larvitar in the Ore Vein Core Area, then sent them Golden Red Light Streams that began rebuilding their bodies. Lin Xia’s organs regenerated around a Heart of Flame, while the transformation continued.

• Lou Gao remained trapped by the Giant Bird Phantom’s overwhelming pressure as it fixed its gaze on Lin Xia and Larvitar.
• The Flame Giant Bird Phantom sighed and sent a Golden Red Light Stream into Lin Xia’s chest and another into Larvitar’s skull.
• The light streams reawakened the runes in Lin Xia’s skeleton and Larvitar’s carapace, forming crimson-gold energy pathways.
• Flesh, blood vessels, nerves, fascia, and energy meridians rapidly grew over Lin Xia’s bones and beneath Larvitar’s carapace.
• Lin Xia’s Heart of Flame formed, followed by his other organs and a new layer of skin.

Lin Xia and Larvitar completed a fiery transformation, gaining Phoenix Marks and devouring much of the Sun Essence ore before their memories returned. Lin Xia woke in confusion, shocked by his restored body and Larvitar’s new Lava Lord-like form.

• Lin Xia and Larvitar finished transforming, and matching Phoenix Marks appeared on them.
• The Flame Giant Bird purified the remains in the Ore Cave and vanished into the Sun Essence Ore Vein.
• Lou Gao recovered from hiding and kept watch while Lin Xia and Larvitar devoured nearly one-third of the ore vein over the following days.
• Lin Xia and Larvitar stopped eating, and Lin Xia awoke with his body restored and his memories missing.
• Lin Xia saw Larvitar’s transformed shell and wondered how his Sandstorm Monarch had become a Lava Lord.