Arc 14The Pavilion’s Expansion

Luo Can expanded the Fate Defying Pavilion through new disciples, orphan recruitment, and advances in metal forging while drawing major powers’ attention to Lou Gao’s work. The arc ended with Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue both becoming Luo Can’s lovers, as Mu Chen guided the Soul Tool Hall toward Spirit Forging.

  • Luo Can brought Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er to Fate Defying Valley, where Shui Clan members prepared to join the Pavilion and Shui Bing'er began training to strengthen her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul.
  • At Lake Heart Island, Luo Can caught a Netherworld Spider Emperor Soul Spirit for Bibi Dong, then dismantled the dangerous Long Yeyue for Points and two Martial Soul Essences.
  • Luo Can helped Lou Gao, Ju Zi, and Xuan Ziwen use Fate Reversal Water to produce spiritually radiant Thousand-Forged Tungsten Steel, then brought Mu Chen from another era to advise the Soul Tool Hall.
  • Luo Can assigned Yang Wudi to train Shui Yue'er in water-element medicine, established plans to recruit more orphans, and released the White-Eyed Demon Tiger King into the forest under Xiong Da’s supervision.
  • Qian Renxue and Xue Qinghe publicized Lou Gao’s Tungsten Steel through a Heaven Dou City auction, drawing blacksmiths from across the continent while Dai Tianfeng restricted Star Luo blacksmiths from leaving.
  • Bibi Dong used Forgetfulness River Autumn Dew from Luo Can to advance her Purple Demon Eye, confessed her feelings after entering the Illusion Tower, and became Luo Can’s lover.
  • Qian Renxue kept Luo Can in the secret chamber for three days after learning about Bibi Dong, then went to speak with her while Luo Can returned to hear Mu Chen explain Spirit Forging to Lou Gao and Xuan Ziwen.
Chapters 327–351 Vol. 4 Read

Ch. 327Expanding with a New Branch Hall

Luo Can brought Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er to the Fate Defying Pavilion after arranging for the Shui Clan to join. He instructed Ye Qingyu to prepare a new branch hall and residential area for the clan’s relocation, expected to begin within half a year.

  • Luo Can persuaded Shui Xinrou to recommend Skywater Academy’s best graduates to the Fate Defying Pavilion, then agreed to bring Shui Yue'er along with Shui Bing'er.
  • Shui Xinhen and the clan elders began planning their relocation, but realized Luo Can had not told them where the Fate Defying Pavilion was; Shui Xinrou suggested they locate it through Luo's Herb Shop.
  • Luo Can flew with Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er to Baican Village, where he explained that the Shui Clan would become the pavilion’s largest branch hall.
  • Luo Can introduced the sisters to Ye Qingyu and told her to have Niu Gao prepare a branch hall and housing for at least eight hundred people.

Ch. 328Shui Yue'er Joins the Inner Pavilion Courtyard, Ning Rongrong Withdraws into Herself

Luo Can brought Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er to the Inner Pavilion Courtyard, where Shui Bing'er joined as his personal disciple and Ning Rongrong felt discouraged by the gap between their test results. Luo Can later went to Qichen Academy, where Qian Renxue teased him about returning early from the Shui Clan.

  • Luo Can brought Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er to the Inner Pavilion Courtyard and gave Shui Yue'er the status of an Inner Pavilion Disciple.
  • Xiao Xiao celebrated reaching level twenty-seven, while Ning Rongrong and Wang Dong'er admitted they had not yet broken through.
  • Ning Rongrong learned that Shui Bing'er had passed Luo Can's test by walking one thousand steps and withdrew into herself after comparing that with her own limit of six hundred.
  • Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er welcomed Shui Bing'er, while Shui Yue'er cheered Ning Rongrong up by calling her Senior Sister and letting her show off her pagoda.
  • Luo Can sent Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er to show Shui Bing'er around, then traveled to Qichen Academy to find Qian Renxue.
  • Qian Renxue greeted Luo Can at the academy's Martial Soul awakening ceremony and teased him about returning early from the Shui Clan.

Ch. 329Martial Soul Awakening of the Second Batch of Orphans

Luo Can reunited with Qian Renxue, told her about recruiting the Shui Clan and taking Shui Bing'er as a disciple, then watched the nineteenth batch of orphans awaken their Martial Souls. The ceremony revealed that Fate Defying Valley had greatly improved the children’s Martial Souls and Innate Soul Power, while Du Bisi claimed a child with a Body Martial Soul for the Body Sect.

  • Qian Renxue kissed Luo Can and asked about his trip to the Shui Clan, and he explained that the clan had joined the Fate Defying Pavilion after seeing the Mystic Water Pill’s effects.
  • Luo Can told Qian Renxue that he had accepted Shui Bing'er as a disciple after she walked one thousand steps in the Illusion Tower, while Shui Yue'er would train in the Inner Pavilion Courtyard first.
  • Qian Renxue reported that the nineteenth batch of children had awakened strong Martial Souls and Innate Soul Power, including three children whose Blue Silver Grass had become Blue Silver King.
  • A child named Li Dalong awakened a right-arm Body Martial Soul with rank-six Innate Soul Power, and Du Bisi immediately recruited him into the Body Sect.
  • Luo Can observed that the children’s Martial Souls and Innate Soul Power were improving the longer they stayed in Fate Defying Valley.

Ch. 330A Steady Stream of Fishing Windfalls

Luo Can fished up several rare treasures while cultivating with spirit beasts on Lake Heart Island, including a dragon marrow and a hundred-thousand-year torso soul bone. His sixtieth cast brought up a Netherworld Spider Emperor soul spirit, which he identified to Qian Renxue as Bibi Dong’s.

  • Luo Can left the spirit awakenings and went to Lake Heart Island, where the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff asked him to create an energy tide for cultivation.
  • Luo Can activated the energy tide, drawing dozens of spirit beasts to cultivate around him as he fished.
  • Luo Can caught a Sheng Huan Pill on his eighth cast and swallowed it, increasing the age of his sixth spirit ring by ten thousand years.
  • Luo Can caught dragon marrow on his seventeenth cast and put it away to ask Di Tian about its effects before letting the Three-Eyed Golden Lion or Scarlet King use it.
  • Luo Can caught coldheart iron mother and a hundred-thousand-year Torso Soul Bone, then continued fishing after Qian Renxue joined him.
  • On his sixtieth cast, Luo Can caught a hundred-thousand-year Netherworld Spider Emperor soul spirit and told Qian Renxue it was Bibi Dong’s.

Ch. 331What If You Fish Up a Liability? Of Course, Dismantle It!

Luo Can caught the near-death Limit Douluo Long Yeyue, whose twin Bright Holy Dragon and Dark Holy Dragon martial souls made her exceptionally powerful. After he told Qian Renxue about Long Yeyue’s disastrous past decisions, they agreed she was too dangerous to keep, and Luo Can ordered the system to dismantle her for Points.

  • Qian Renxue recognized that Luo Can’s Netherworld Spider Emperor Soul Spirit suited Bibi Dong, and Luo Can warned that Bibi Dong would need strong mental power to contract it safely.
  • Luo Can told Qian Renxue to advise Bibi Dong to cultivate the Purple Demon Eye and strengthen her mental power before attempting the contract.
  • With seconds left in his Fishing session, Luo Can hauled up the orange-quality catch: the near-death Long Yeyue, a Limit Douluo with twin Bright Holy Dragon and Dark Holy Dragon martial souls.
  • Luo Can recounted Long Yeyue’s reckless actions at Shrek, her retreat during the Holy Spirit Cult’s attack, and her suicide during the Abyssal war, leaving Qian Renxue alarmed.
  • Luo Can decided Long Yeyue was too dangerous to keep and ordered the system to dismantle her for Points.

Ch. 332Qian Renxue Wants to Become the Secret Chamber Douluo

Luo Can dismantled Long Yeyue, then returned to Fate Defying Valley with Qian Renxue, who later urged Bibi Dong to prepare her mental power for a hundred-thousand-year Soul Spirit. The next day, Luo Can left the valley for the Soul Tool Hall to check on Ju Zi and the metal purification work.

  • Luo Can dismantled Long Yeyue and gained 450,000 Points along with the Bright Holy Dragon and Dark Holy Dragon Martial Soul Essences.
  • Qian Renxue reported the strong results of the children's Martial Soul awakenings, then joked about locking Luo Can in a secret chamber to get pregnant before telling him that over three hundred orphans would arrive in half a month.
  • Qian Renxue told Bibi Dong to stop cultivating Soul Power and focus on mental power so she could safely contract a hundred-thousand-year Soul Spirit.
  • Luo Can finished fishing, left Fate Defying Valley, and went to the Soul Tool Hall to see Ju Zi and check the metal purification work.
  • Luo Can found Lou Gao forging metal while Ju Zi examined the materials and Xuan Ziwen recorded the changes; they were starting with tungsten steel, refined steel, and ordinary iron.

Ch. 333Fate Reversal Water, Metal Awakening, Thousand Forgings Complete

Luo Can explained that spiritual metal required a forger’s Soul Power, mental power, and life force, then guided Lou Gao and Xuan Ziwen in forging tungsten steel with Fate Reversal Water. Their experiment produced exceptionally dense, pure metal with a radiant glow, but it still lacked true spirituality, so Luo Can supplied more water and urged them to continue.

  • Ju Zi showed Luo Can the refined metals forged by Lou Gao and explained that their progress had stalled because the metals lacked spirituality.
  • Luo Can explained spiritual awakening and gave Lou Gao Fate Reversal Water to use during forging.
  • Lou Gao infused tungsten steel with Soul Power and mental power as Xuan Ziwen added Fate Reversal Water, while Ju Zi recorded the changes.
  • After two hundred strikes, the tungsten steel emitted a stable white light and became far denser and purer than their previous work.
  • Xuan Ziwen and Lou Gao tested the metal and found that it still lacked autonomous spiritual fluctuations.
  • Luo Can gave Lou Gao twenty more bottles of Fate Reversal Water and told him and Xuan Ziwen to keep forging until they produced spiritual tungsten steel.

Ch. 334Yang Wudi Takes Shui Yue'er as His Disciple, Cheng Gang Wants a Disciple Too

Luo Can advised Yang Wudi on strengthening his weaknesses and asked him to train Shui Yue'er to refine Mystic Water Pills, promising a mental-power-enhancing recipe in return. Yang Wudi rushed off to find Shui Yue'er, while Cheng Gang decided to test Yang Gang as a potential disciple when he returned.

  • Lou Gao, Xuan Ziwen, and Ju Zi used Fate Reversal Water to continue forging spiritual metal, while Luo Can left them to their work.
  • Cheng Gang defeated Yang Wudi in combat training and advised him to improve his defense and consider using a Soul Tool.
  • Luo Can agreed that Yang Wudi should strengthen his physique and told him to ask Ju Zi or Xuan Ziwen about forging a speed-type Soul Tool.
  • Luo Can asked Yang Wudi to train water-element members of the Shui Clan to refine Mystic Water Pills and promised him a recipe to increase mental power.
  • Yang Wudi hurried to find Shui Yue'er, while Cheng Gang asked Luo Can for a disciple recommendation.
  • Luo Can recommended Yang Gang, and Cheng Gang decided to test him when he returned from the Icebound Forest.

Ch. 335Shui Yue'er Takes a Master, Xiao Xiao Recommends Thunderclap Bombardment Fist to Shui Bing'er

Yang Wudi accepted Shui Yue'er as his disciple and took her to the Medicine Hall to study pill refining. At the training ground, Xiao Xiao showed Shui Bing'er the power of Thunderclap Bombardment Fist and convinced her to choose it as her Self-Created Soul Skill, just before their Master arrived.

  • Yang Wudi found Shui Yue'er in the Inner Pavilion Courtyard and accepted her as his disciple in pill refining.
  • Ning Rongrong encouraged Shui Yue'er to accept the opportunity, and Yang Wudi led her back to the Medicine Hall.
  • Luo Can found Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong'er, and Shui Bing'er practicing at the Grand Competition venue's Spirit Beast training ground.
  • Xiao Xiao defeated a pack of thousand-year Gale Demon Wolf phantoms and explained how her Thunderclap Bombardment Fist could pierce a Spirit Beast's head.
  • Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao explained that Thunderclap Bombardment Fist did not require a lightning-type martial soul, and Shui Bing'er agreed to choose it.
  • Their Master appeared, and Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong'er, and Shui Bing'er greeted him respectfully.

Ch. 336Bringing Shui Bing'er into the Valley

Luo Can brought Shui Bing'er into Fate Defying Valley and introduced her to his disciples and the powerful Spirit Beasts on Lake Heart Island. He then led her to an icy cave, where he said something inside could evolve her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul.

  • Luo Can examined Shui Bing'er's Ice Phoenix Martial Soul and decided to raise its ice attribute to Ultimate Ice.
  • Luo Can returned with Shui Bing'er to Fate Defying Valley, where his disciples welcomed her and agreed to teach her cultivation techniques.
  • Luo Can took Shui Bing'er across Fate-Defying Lake to Lake Heart Island and introduced her to its powerful Spirit Beasts.
  • Luo Can led Shui Bing'er to an ice-covered cave and told her that something inside could evolve her Martial Soul.

Ch. 337Arrangements for Shui Bing'er

Luo Can brought Shui Bing'er to cultivate in the cold of a cave containing Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow, where she began strengthening her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul. After returning her to the Disciple Courtyard, he spent the night with Qian Renxue and later met Ju Zi at Lake Heart Island to ask about her forging.

  • Luo Can explained that the Ice Jade Scorpion possessed Ultimate Ice and said Shui Bing'er could eventually reach that level by adapting to the cold from Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow.
  • Luo Can asked the Ice Jade Scorpion to watch over Shui Bing'er as she cultivated in the cave, and Shui Bing'er endured the cold until she could no longer continue.
  • Shui Bing'er reported that the cold had accelerated her cultivation and made her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul easier to control, and Luo Can set her a goal of reaching the cave's depths within half a year.
  • Luo Can returned Shui Bing'er to the Disciple Courtyard, where Tang Ya teased him before helping Shui Bing'er inside.
  • Qian Renxue pulled Luo Can into a secret chamber to research procreation, and afterward Luo Can went fishing at Lake Heart Island.
  • Ju Zi joined Luo Can at the lake after leaving the forging room, and he asked whether she had managed to forge spiritual Tungsten Steel.

Ch. 338Saint Craftsman Mu Chen

Luo Can fished Mu Chen, a Saint Craftsman from twenty thousand years in the future, out of the water and showed him an eighty-thousand-year Spirit Bone. Mu Chen learned he could not return to his wife, daughter, and disciples because he had been brought to the era before Tang San became a god.

  • Ju Zi showed Luo Can two spiritually radiant pieces of Tungsten Steel, then fell asleep against his shoulder after returning for more Fate Reversal Water.
  • Luo Can fished up Mu Chen, a Level Eight Saint Craftsman and forging teacher from the era of Douluo Dalu III.
  • Mu Chen woke among powerful Spirit Beasts and questioned Luo Can about where he was and how he had arrived.
  • Luo Can fished up an eighty-thousand-year Spirit Bone, convincing Mu Chen that his fishing claim might be true.
  • Mu Chen asked Luo Can to send him back to his family and disciples, but Luo Can revealed that Mu Chen was twenty thousand years in the past.

Ch. 339Saint Craftsman Joins the Pavilion

Luo Can recruited Mu Chen, a Battle Armor Master from another era, to guide Ju Zi and the others in forging Spirit-Forged Metal. Mu Chen agreed after Luo Can promised to repair his foundation, reunite him with his family, and provide resources, and the chapter ended with Ju Zi introducing him to Lou Gao and Xuan Ziwen.

  • Luo Can explained that his Fishing ability had randomly brought Mu Chen from another era and asked him to guide their Battle Armor research.
  • Mu Chen agreed to stay after Luo Can promised to repair his foundation, reunite him with his wife and daughter, and provide resources.
  • Mu Chen asked Luo Can to fish out his disciple Tang Wulin, and Luo Can readily agreed.
  • Ju Zi woke after the Fishing ended and showed Mu Chen the team's Tungsten Steel, which he recognized as Thousand-Forged metal.
  • Mu Chen said he could help the team forge Spirit-Forged Metal, and Ju Zi brought several hundred bottles of Fate Reversal Water to Lou Gao and Xuan Ziwen before introducing Mu Chen.

Ch. 340Origin Body Forging, Medicine Hall Newbie

Mu Chen joined the Soul Tool Hall as chief consultant and began assessing its forging techniques, while Xiao Xiao completed Origin Flame body forging and prepared for a powerful Third Spirit Ring. Luo Can then visited the Medicine Hall and found Yang Wudi struggling to teach Shui Yue'er.

  • Ju Zi appointed Mu Chen chief consultant of the Soul Tool Hall, and Mu Chen asked Lou Gao, Ju Zi, and Xuan Ziwen to demonstrate their Thousand Forging techniques.
  • Luo Can guided Xiao Xiao through Origin Flame body forging, repeatedly tempering and restoring her body with flame and vitality.
  • Xiao Xiao completed the forging with her Soul Power Level at twenty-eight and a physique strong enough for a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring, though Luo Can warned her that her mental power was not ready for one.
  • Luo Can told Xiao Xiao she could safely absorb a nine-thousand-nine-hundred-and-ninety-nine-year Spirit Ring, and she excitedly chose that for her Third Spirit Ring.
  • Luo Can visited the Medicine Hall and overheard Yang Wudi correcting Shui Yue'er as she mixed incompatible and poisonous medicinal herbs.
  • Yang Wudi gave up on teaching Shui Yue'er other medicines for the moment and told her to focus on water-element medicinal herbs.

Ch. 341White-Eyed Demon Tiger King Secured

Luo Can set Shui Yue'er on a safer path to learning medicine while considering her talent for poison-making, then received the captured White-Eyed Demon Tiger King from Dugu Bo's butler. He sent Dugu Bo and Ji Juechen sealed rewards and turned to hear about the Fate Defying Pavilion's third batch of orphans.

  • Yang Wudi complained to Luo Can that Shui Yue'er carelessly mixed medicinal herbs, so Luo Can ordered her to learn water-element medicines before touching other herbs.
  • Luo Can considered having Tang Ya teach Shui Yue'er poison-making if she showed talent for it.
  • Ye Qingyu introduced Dugu Bo's butler, who delivered the Containment Disk holding the captured White-Eyed Demon Tiger King.
  • The butler reported that Dugu Bo was working with Xue Qinghe and that more than eight hundred people had registered for the advanced academy in Heaven Dou City.
  • Luo Can gave the butler sealed iron boxes containing a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone each for Dugu Bo and Ji Juechen, plus diluted Qiankun Creation Pill elixir.
  • Ye Qingyu asked about the third batch of orphans after Luo Can explained that the sealed rewards could not be opened safely by anyone else.

Ch. 342Mystic Water Pill Plus Ideas

Luo Can planned how Fate Defying Pavilion would recruit orphans and considered developing a stronger version of the Mystic Water Pill. He left Ye Qingyu to organize future recruitment and returned to Fate Defying Valley, intending to wait until Shui Yue'er was ready to experiment.

  • Ye Qingyu estimated that the Pavilion could take in six more batches of awakened orphans, around eighteen hundred to two thousand children, by the end of next year.
  • Luo Can decided that for the next two years they would recruit orphans who had awakened Spirits but lacked Innate Soul Power, then focus on children whose Spirits had not yet awakened.
  • Ye Qingyu agreed to arrange for Ye Clan disciples to gather information on orphans across the continent and prepare for future recruitment.
  • Ye Qingyu explained that Elder Ye had taken Thousand-Year Ginseng and inferior Mystic Water Pills to Heaven Dou City to auction them and test the market.
  • Luo Can considered adding rare herbs and high-age water-attribute Spirit Beast essence blood to create a stronger Mystic Water Pill Plus, and thought Shui Yue'er might research it once she grew older.
  • Luo Can gave Ye Qingyu further instructions, then left the Fate Defying Pavilion and returned to Fate Defying Valley.

Ch. 343A Grand Plan to Recruit Blacksmiths

Luo Can had Xiong Da discipline the captured White-Eyed Demon Tiger King while life in Fate Defying Valley continued to develop. After Ju Zi shared her forging breakthrough and fell asleep from exhaustion, Luo Can and Qian Renxue planned to use Lou Gao’s work at auction to attract skilled blacksmiths to the valley.

  • Luo Can released the White-Eyed Demon Tiger King and ordered Xiong Da to take it into the forest and discipline it.
  • Mu Chen guided Ju Zi, Lou Gao, and Xuan Ziwen in forging, while Shui Yue'er learned about medicinal herbs and Shui Bing'er made progress with the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
  • The third batch of orphans entered The Valley, and Luo Can spent his days fishing and with Qian Renxue while Ju Zi carried much of the Soul Tool Hall's workload.
  • Ju Zi returned excitedly and told Luo Can that she and the others had achieved six feet of spiritual radiance, reaching Thousand-Forged Sacred Grade.
  • Luo Can and Qian Renxue decided to auction Lou Gao's work in Heaven Dou City and use Xue Qinghe's intelligence network to attract blacksmiths from across the continent.

Ch. 344Tiandou Journey: Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe Vie for Auction Rights

Ju Zi gave Qian Renxue a piece of Lou Gao’s Thousand-Forged Tungsten Steel to help recruit master blacksmiths for the Soul Tool Hall. Qian Renxue tasked Xue Qinghe with auctioning it across the continent, leaving him determined to prove his worth to the Fate Defying Pavilion.

  • Ju Zi agreed to provide a piece of Lou Gao’s Tungsten Steel as bait to recruit master blacksmiths and then left for the Soul Tool Hall.
  • Qian Renxue arrived at Heaven Dou City and asked Xue Qinghe to spread word of Lou Gao’s work by auctioning the metal.
  • Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin examined the Tungsten Steel, discovering its exceptional quality and Soul Power resonance.
  • Ning Fengzhi offered to arrange the auction through the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Qian Renxue chose Xue Qinghe to handle it.
  • Xue Qinghe promised Qian Renxue he would complete the task, and she left the First Prince’s Mansion.

Ch. 345Xue Qinghe Takes Action

Qian Renxue reunited with Snake Lance and Pufferfish, revealed her overwhelming growth, and ordered them to protect Xue Qinghe. Xue Qinghe began organizing a campaign to spread news of Lou Gao’s auction across the Heaven Dou Empire and headed to the palace to seek Xue Ye’s intelligence network.

  • Qian Renxue met Snake Lance and Pufferfish outside Heaven Dou City and told them she had been at Fate Defying Pavilion.
  • Qian Renxue overwhelmed Snake Lance with her pressure and ordered both elders to protect Xue Qinghe.
  • Xue Qinghe ordered two agents to announce that Lou Gao’s latest work would be auctioned at the Tiandou Auction House within one month.
  • Xue Qinghe asked Snake Lance to deliver a letter to Bishop Salas at the Martial Soul Temple.
  • Xue Qinghe left for the imperial palace to request access to Xue Ye’s Black Feather Guard.

Ch. 346The Divine Craftsman's Name Shakes the Continent

Xue Qinghe persuaded Emperor Xue Ye to use the Black Feather Guard to publicize Lou Gao’s latest forging, prompting blacksmiths across the continent to prepare for an auction in Heaven Dou City. At the Fate Defying Pavilion, Luo Can and Mu Chen welcomed the attention as an opportunity to recruit talented smiths, while Lou Gao vowed to live up to the title of Divine Craftsman.

  • Xue Qinghe told Xue Ye that the Fate Defying Pavilion planned to auction Lou Gao’s finest work and recruit blacksmiths, and Xue Ye reluctantly lent him the Black Feather Guard.
  • Xue Ye ordered the Black Feather Guard to spread the auction news, and Xue Qinghe also sent a letter to Bishop Salas, setting two major information networks in motion.
  • After hearing the news, Blacksmith’s Association president Oscar decided to travel to Heaven Dou City and see Lou Gao’s new work for himself.
  • Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin discussed how Xue Qinghe had spread the news across the continent, and Ning Fengzhi waited to see what his disciple would accomplish.
  • At the Fate Defying Pavilion, Luo Can discussed the likely recruits with Mu Chen, while Lou Gao promised to earn the title of Divine Craftsman.

Ch. 347Star Luo Stirs, Forging Advances

Star Luo Emperor Dai Tianfeng learned that Lou Gao may have joined Fate Defying Pavilion and ordered measures to protect Star Luo’s blacksmithing talent. Meanwhile, Lou Gao, Xuan Ziwen, and Ju Zi advanced their forging and Battle Armor work as Luo Can prepared to attend the auction.

  • Dai Tianfeng’s confidant reported that Lou Gao had left the Blacksmith’s Association with skilled blacksmiths after encountering a woman who crafted powerful Soul Tools.
  • The old man suspected Lou Gao had joined Fate Defying Pavilion, and Dai Tianfeng ordered restrictions on blacksmiths, an auction scouting team, and an investigation into the pavilion.
  • Lou Gao and Xuan Ziwen practiced Thousand Forging rare metals under Mu Chen’s guidance and reached Second-Grade Thousand Forging.
  • Ju Zi told Luo Can that she was refining a Battle Armor blueprint and expected the blacksmiths to attempt Spirit Forging after reaching First-Grade Thousand Forging.
  • Ju Zi declined Luo Can’s invitation to attend the auction, and he promised to recruit master-level and grandmaster-level blacksmiths for her.

Ch. 348Auction Begins, the Pope Is Tempted

Si Yu oversaw the auction of Lou Gao’s latest work in Heaven Dou City while Xue Qinghe used the event to attract blacksmiths to Fate Defying Pavilion. After learning of the Pavilion’s connection to Lou Gao, Pope Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan to politely ask whether it could restore an Ancient Soul Tool.

  • Xue Qinghe welcomed Si Yu to the auction house and told her that fewer than twenty veteran blacksmiths from Star Luo had arrived because they were barred from leaving the country.
  • Si Yu accepted the crowd of more than a thousand blacksmiths as sufficient, and the auction began after she prepared backstage.
  • Luo Can finished fishing, raised his total to 1,553,500 Points, and lamented that he still needed five million Points to upgrade the system permissions.
  • Qian Renxue showed Luo Can a recording of Bibi Dong reacting angrily to the news that 'Xue Qinghe' had mobilized forces to promote Lou Gao’s work.
  • Yue Guan told Bibi Dong that Lou Gao was likely developing Soul Tools for Fate Defying Pavilion, prompting her to consider the Pavilion’s potential military threat.
  • Bibi Dong instructed Yue Guan to approach Fate Defying Pavilion politely and ask whether it could restore an Ancient Soul Tool.

Ch. 349Saintess Bibi Dong's Bottleneck

Luo Can and Qian Renxue planned to delay repairing the Fake Sword Tip while preparing to raise Bibi Dong's strength. After learning that Bibi Dong's Purple Demon Eye was progressing too slowly, Luo Can obtained Forgetfulness River Autumn Dew to help her advance.

  • Qian Renxue and Luo Can agreed to delay repairing the Fake Sword Tip for two years so they could seize control of Spirit Hall from Bibi Dong.
  • Bibi Dong told Luo Can and Qian Renxue that her Purple Demon Eye had reached Subtlety but would take another year and a half to reach its peak.
  • Luo Can decided to test whether Forgetfulness River Autumn Dew could advance Bibi Dong's Purple Demon Eye, and Qian Renxue asked him to prepare a Hundred Ginseng Pill if it could not.
  • Qian Renxue dragged Luo Can into the underground chamber and kept him there until the following day.
  • Luo Can asked Luo Qiushui for her Forgetfulness River Autumn Dew, took three drops, and returned the rest to her.

Ch. 350The Saintess's Confession

Luo Can gave Bibi Dong Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, advancing her Purple Demon Eye to the Meson Realm, then tested it with the Illusion Tower. After rejecting an illusory version of Luo Can, Bibi Dong confessed her feelings to the real one and asked him to be with her.

  • Luo Can gathered ginseng for three batches of Hundred Ginseng Pills and visited Bibi Dong after sunset.
  • Luo Can gave Bibi Dong Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, and her Purple Demon Eye advanced to the Meson Realm.
  • Luo Can drew Bibi Dong into the Illusion Tower, where she saw through its dangerous illusory realms.
  • Luo Can created an illusory lantern-market date, and Bibi Dong accepted the false Luo Can's invitation before rejecting his proposal.
  • Bibi Dong emerged from the Illusion Tower, kissed Luo Can, and confessed that she liked him, asking them to be together.

Ch. 351Bibi Dong's Bold Move

Bibi Dong confessed her love to Luo Can and spent the night with him, then planned to explain her choice to Qian Renxue. After Qian Renxue claimed Luo Can for three days, he returned to the Fate Defying Pavilion and listened as Mu Chen taught Lou Gao and Xuan Ziwen about Spirit Forging.

  • Bibi Dong led Luo Can to her room, where they became lovers, and decided she would tell Qian Renxue what had happened.
  • Luo Can returned to find Qian Renxue waiting; after he admitted he had been with Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue kept him with her in the secret chamber for three days.
  • On the fourth day, Qian Renxue went to speak with Bibi Dong, while Luo Can flew to the Fate Defying Pavilion.
  • Luo Can entered the Soul Tool Hall and listened as Mu Chen explained Spirit Forging to Lou Gao and Xuan Ziwen.
  • Mu Chen described the four types of Spirit Forging, and Luo Can considered how close Lou Gao and Xuan Ziwen might be to forging Second-Class Battle Armor.
Arc 14 of 20
Arc 14 of 20