Chapter Summaries

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Mu Chen taught Lou Gao and Xuan Ziwen the principles of Spirit Forging and estimated how long it would take them to make Battle Armor. Luo Can told Ju Zi that he and Bibi Dong had gotten together, and Ju Zi accepted the news with annoyance while warning him they would settle accounts later.

• Mu Chen explained Spirit Forging to Lou Gao and Xuan Ziwen and promised to demonstrate the process three times.
• Ju Zi woke and told Luo Can that she would handle Battle Armor designs and Soul Tool components while Lou Gao and Xuan Ziwen learned Spirit Forging.
• Mu Chen estimated that Lou Gao and Xuan Ziwen would need at least a year to master Spirit Forging and no more than two years to make One-Word Battle Armor.
• Luo Can decided the Soul Tool Hall should eventually focus more on Soul Tools and Soul Tool Mecha than Battle Armor.
• Luo Can told Ju Zi that he and Bibi Dong had gotten together, and Ju Zi called him a shameless flirt before warning him they would settle accounts after their work was done.

Qian Renxue accepted Bibi Dong’s relationship with Luo Can but insisted she not become pregnant before Qian Renxue. Meanwhile, Luo Can checked on the Soul Tool Hall’s forging work and Shui Yue’er’s studies, and promised a reunion with her sister next month before heading to visit Ning Rongrong.

• Qian Renxue questioned Bibi Dong about getting together with Luo Can so quickly, then set her condition that Bibi Dong must not become pregnant before her.
• Bibi Dong reassured Qian Renxue, and the two chatted happily about the night Bibi Dong confessed to Luo Can.
• Luo Can visited Ju Zi and learned Lou Gao and Xuan Ziwen had completed special forging hammers after working almost nonstop for more than ten days.
• Luo Can visited the Medicine Hall, where Yang Wudi said Shui Yue’er was improving at preparing water-element medicines.
• Luo Can promised Shui Yue’er that she could see her sister Bing’er next month, then left to visit Ning Rongrong.

Luo Can encouraged Ning Rongrong to cultivate until she could fight in the Great Soul Arena and asked disciples to summon the previous Grand Competition’s top three for their special rewards. He then headed to discuss restricting the next competition to disciples under thirty with Ye Qingyu.

• Ning Rongrong listened eagerly as female disciples shared stories about their Great Soul Arena battles and wished to compete herself.
• Luo Can promised Ning Rongrong she could go to the Great Soul Arena after reaching Soul Grandmaster and offered to prepare a Thousand-Year Spirit Ring for her.
• Luo Can asked three female disciples to protect Ning Rongrong when she eventually competed and to tell Li Qing, Yang Fan, Yang Yuxuan, and the others to claim their special Grand Competition rewards.
• Luo Can decided to propose limiting the next Grand Competition to disciples under thirty and went to the discussion hall to speak with Ye Qingyu.

Luo Can approved Fate Defying Pavilion’s expansion plans, set new rules for its Grand Competition, and learned that Si Yu’s tungsten steel auction had drawn many blacksmiths to the Pavilion. The Pavilion prepared to expand its medicine business and recruit more smiths as Luo Can returned to his daily fishing.

• Ye Shengxin proposed opening medicine shop branches in Gale City, Skywater City, Thunder City, and Blazing Fire City, and Ye Qingyu agreed after discussing the Shui Clan’s role.
• Luo Can approved the four new branches, and Ye Shengxin reported that the Thousand-Year Ginseng and defective Mystic Water Pills had earned a total of three hundred and ten thousand Gold Soul Coins at auction.
• Luo Can set an under-thirty age limit for this year’s Grand Competition, with exceptions for Yang Gang’s team and continued participation for Li Qing and the others.
• Ye Qingyu told Luo Can that a Star Luo Empire government buyer had paid one million Gold Soul Coins for Lou Gao’s Tungsten Steel, and that more than fifty master-level and grandmaster-level blacksmiths were returning with Si Yu.
• Luo Can ordered the Soul Tool Hall to recruit one hundred and twenty blacksmiths, prioritizing master-level and grandmaster-level candidates, then went to Lake Heart Island to fish.

Luo Can’s uneventful Fishing session yielded a Buddha Fury Tang Lotus, a Hundred Thousand Years thunder-attribute left leg bone, and Yu Qiu before he pulled Ma Xiaotao from the lake. He convinced the disoriented Shrek disciple that she could not return to the academy and began explaining his Fishing ability.

• Luo Can stored the Buddha Fury Tang Lotus, then fished up a Hundred Thousand Years thunder-attribute left leg bone and decided to save it for Xiao Xiao.
• Luo Can caught Yu Qiu, an eighty-ninth-level Soul Douluo, and Yu Qiu agreed to serve him.
• Luo Can’s sixty-sixth cast pulled an unconscious Ma Xiaotao from the lake, and he identified her as an eighteen-year-old Evil Fire Phoenix Soul Master.
• Ma Xiaotao woke up, saw Luo Can surrounded by powerful Spirit Beasts, and mistook him for a Beast King.
• Luo Can told Ma Xiaotao she could never return to Shrek Academy and claimed Fate Defying Valley was ten thousand years in the past.
• Luo Can presented the item from his sixty-seventh cast as proof that he could fish up anything.

Ma Xiaotao joined Fate Defying Valley after Luo Can offered to cure her evil fire in exchange for her allegiance. He brought her and Yu Qiu to Qichen Academy, where Yu Qiu became a Guardian Elder of Fate Defying Pavilion and received gifts to help him advance.

• Ma Xiaotao asked Luo Can to take her to her ancestor Ma Hongjun, but he told her Ma Hongjun was still a child and mocked his future behavior.
• Luo Can demanded that Ma Xiaotao join Fate Defying Valley or die, promising she would receive treatment for her evil fire as one of his people.
• Ma Xiaotao agreed to join and greeted Luo Can as the Valley Master, while privately planning to escape and return to Shrek someday.
• After fishing, Luo Can took Yu Qiu and Ma Xiaotao to Qichen Academy and assigned them work there.
• Yu Qiu objected to teaching children and asked to fight, so Luo Can appointed him a Guardian Elder of Fate Defying Pavilion.
• Luo Can gave Yu Qiu an Eighty-Thousand-Year Right Leg Soul Bone and a Black-grade Soul Power Pill, making Ma Xiaotao reconsider her plan to betray him.

Luo Can arranged for Yu Qiu and Ma Xiaotao to join Fate Defying Pavilion, while Qian Renxue planned to turn Ma Xiaotao against Shrek and grew jealous of her. After crafting an Artificial Spirit Ring embryo from Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear blood, Luo Can brought it to the Life Gold to complete its transformation.

• Luo Can gave Yu Qiu a Spirit Bone and Black-grade Soul Power Pill, then assigned him to cultivate in seclusion and Ma Xiaotao to teach at Qichen Academy.
• Luo Can asked Qian Renxue to use a Seed of Desire to turn Ma Xiaotao against Shrek Academy, and Qian Renxue agreed.
• Qian Renxue used her clones with Ju Zi and Hu Liena to overwhelm Luo Can, then went to observe Ma Xiaotao and decided to have Bibi Dong watch her closely.
• Luo Can spent several days practicing Artificial Spirit Ring crafting before selecting Ultimate Gold and Dark Gold Terrorclaw as the core talents for a new ring.
• Luo Can stabilized the ring embryo using Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear essence blood and brought it to the Life Gold to infuse it with life energy.

Luo Can completed a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring with two Soul Skills for Yu Qiu, exhausting his spiritual power before sleeping for a day. After waking, he learned that Qian Renxue’s Seed of Desire had fused with Ma Xiaotao’s Martial Soul, creating a Dark Fire Phoenix and giving Qian Renxue control over her, so they planned to test it on other Spirit Masters with Evil-Attribute Martial Souls.

• Luo Can stabilized the embryo’s clashing inscriptions and unstable Ultimate Gold until it became a stable Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring with two Soul Skills.
• Luo Can returned home exhausted and fell asleep, and Qian Renxue watched over him with a cleaver-shaped Level 5 Soul Tool.
• After waking a day later, Luo Can told Qian Renxue that he had made a two-skill Ninth Spirit Ring for Yu Qiu.
• Qian Renxue told Luo Can that Ma Xiaotao’s Martial Soul had fused with the Seed of Desire, becoming a Dark Fire Phoenix while leaving Ma Xiaotao unharmed.
• Qian Renxue revealed that she could influence Ma Xiaotao’s thoughts and behavior, and she and Luo Can agreed to test the Seed of Desire on other Spirit Masters with Evil-Attribute Martial Souls.

Qian Renxue encouraged Luo Can to visit Bibi Dong, and he spent the day with her after a successful fishing session. He opened Bibi Dong’s Yinwei Vessel, increasing her Soul Power, and they discussed their plans before parting at dawn.

• Qian Renxue told Luo Can to visit Bibi Dong and left The Valley to find Chief Ye.
• Luo Can caught eight red-grade items while fishing, including two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones and one Hundred Thousand Year Soul Spirit.
• Luo Can visited Bibi Dong, explained that Qian Renxue had sent him to keep her company, and agreed that Bibi Dong would be his third wife.
• Luo Can opened Bibi Dong’s Yinwei Vessel, increasing her total Soul Power by a third, and promised to open another vessel after she became a Spirit Saint.
• Luo Can and Bibi Dong discussed returning to Spirit Hall, the Netherworld Spider Emperor Soul Spirit, and the children at Qichen Academy before parting at dawn.

Luo Can visited his disciples and took Wang Dong'er to obtain her Second Spirit Ring after she reached level twenty. Wang Dong'er gained a 6,600-year ring and resolved to aim for a ten-thousand-year Third Spirit Ring.

• Luo Can found Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er training with Tribulation Lightning Power, and Wang Dong'er told him she had broken through to level twenty.
• Xiao Xiao demonstrated her control of her Thunder Seed, while Wang Dong'er teased her about the damage she caused with her increased strength.
• Luo Can took Wang Dong'er to his cultivation chamber, where she used a God-Given Spirit Ring to obtain her Second Spirit Ring.
• Wang Dong'er gained a 6,600-year ring, a level increase to above twenty-four, and the Soul Skill Light of the Butterfly God.
• Luo Can encouraged Wang Dong'er to work toward a ten-thousand-year Third Spirit Ring, and she determined to achieve it.