Chapter Summaries

Lin Jin advanced his cultivation and refined his blood-qi secret technique after half a year of monthly sessions that helped Tang Wulin. His attempt to break through to the Blood Lotus, Second Layer left him badly injured and alarmed Mu Chen and Mu Xi at the East Sea Forging Association.

• Lin Jin stopped refining Tang Wulin, promised to help him once a month, and forgave the debt for his spirit items.
• Old Tang warned Tang Wulin that Lin Jin had gained remnants of the Golden Dragon King Essence and urged him to be wary, but Tang Wulin replied indifferently.
• Half a year later, Lin Jin broke through to the 29th rank after months of cultivating and refining the energy gained from Tang Wulin and physical-strengthening spirit items.
• Lin Jin drove his bloodline power into the blood-colored lotus mark in his heart, causing the lotus to bloom and leaving him bloody and covered in cracks.
• Mu Chen and Mu Xi rushed to Lin Jin's Exclusive Blacksmithing Room, and Mu Chen shut the association's ventilation ducts to contain the powerful aura of blood.

Lin Jin recovered from a dangerous attempt to strengthen his Blood-Colored Lotus Mark, then prepared for the Skysea Feast with his Fire Elemental Sprite’s Spirit Rings now at 4,700 years. In Skysea City, he and Mu Xi ran into Tang Wulin and Gu Yue, and Lin Jin’s difficult childhood came to light.

• Lin Jin survived the Blood-Colored Lotus Mark’s second-layer activation, and Mu Chen scolded him before telling him to meet the guests from Shrek for the Spirit Master Individual Competition.
• Lin Jin’s Fire Elemental Sprite’s Spirit Rings reached 4,700 years, improving the range and power of his Spirit Skills.
• Three days later in Skysea City, Lin Jin and Mu Xi explored the city, ate at a restaurant, and let the owner mistake them for a couple.
• Tang Wulin and Gu Yue found Lin Jin and Mu Xi at the restaurant, and Lin Jin explained that he had grown up in an orphanage and struggled with poor health.
• Tang Wulin thought of Na’er as Gu Yue reacted with complex feelings, and another hungry voice interrupted them.

Lin Jin accompanied Mu Xi and Tang Wulin through the opening events of the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition, where Mu Xi and Tang Wulin placed first and second in the youth blacksmith division. The youth soul master individual tournament began, and the chapter ended as Xu Lizhi asked Tang Wulin about Lin Jin.

• Xu Lizhi joined Lin Jin, Mu Xi, Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin at a restaurant, where he and Tang Wulin bonded over their appetites.
• Lin Jin accompanied Mu Xi to the blacksmith competition, where Mu Xi placed first and Tang Wulin deliberately took second after forging impressive Thousand-Refinement items.
• Ye Xinglan confronted Tang Wulin over Xu Lizhi having to wash dishes, and Lin Jin reminded Tang Wulin that Shrek students were not inherently superior.
• Lin Jin, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Ye Xinglan, and Xu Lizhi won their opening matches in the youth soul master individual tournament.
• Xu Lizhi asked Tang Wulin whether Lin Jin was the Senior Brother he often talked about.

Lin Jin reunited with Tang Wulin’s group, then prepared to face Ye Xinglan in the Youth Division Soul Master Individual Tournament. Wu Zhangkong told Shen Yi that Lin Jin’s talent could have secured him a place at Shrek, and the chapter ended with everyone watching his upcoming match.

• Xu Xiaoyan met Lin Jin, while Xie Xie teased Gu Yue about her past clash with him and Mu Xi revealed that Gu Yue and Lin Jin had once been taken to the Public Security Department.
• Lin Jin left with Mu Xi, and Xie Xie provoked Gu Yue by praising the pair and hinting that she might end up with Tang Wulin.
• Wu Zhangkong told Shen Yi that Lin Jin was exceptionally talented, likely a Level 4 Peak Blacksmith, and strong enough to contend with Shrek’s most gifted students.
• Lin Jin’s second tournament match was set against Ye Xinglan, prompting Mu Chen and Tang Wulin’s group to watch with concern and anticipation.

Lin Jin fought Ye Xinglan in the arena and overwhelmed her with his Dark Gold Dreadclaw, Lotus Flower Flame, and Spirit Sea Realm Spiritual Power. Ye Xinglan unleashed a desperate attack, but Lin Jin countered it, leaving her badly injured as Wu Zhangkong and Shen Yi rushed to intervene.

• Ye Xinglan confronted Lin Jin and attacked him with the Stargod Sword, but his Dark Gold Dreadclaw caught the blade and flung her back.
• Lin Jin used his Lotus Flower Flame to ignite Ye Xinglan's starlight attack and weaken it, then dispersed it with his claw.
• Ye Xinglan increased her speed and launched a barrage of sword qi, but Lin Jin read and extinguished the attacks with his Spiritual Power and Dark Gold Dreadclaw.
• Wu Zhangkong and Shen Yi recognized that Lin Jin had reached the Spirit Sea Realm, while Ye Xinglan resolved not to lose and unleashed both of her Spirit Rings.
• Lin Jin countered Ye Xinglan's sword net with Crimson Lotus Flame Fury, shattering it and scorching her as Wu Zhangkong and Shen Yi rushed toward the arena.

After Lin Jin defeated Ye Xinglan, Shen Yi apologized and invited him to join Shrek, but Lin Jin again told Mu Chen that he had no interest in going there. The chapter ended with Mu Chen accepting Lin Jin’s choice and Lin Jin saying he could soar high on any path.

• Wu Zhangkong stopped Shen Yi from confronting Lin Jin and told her that Lin Jin had held back against Ye Xinglan.
• Mu Chen arrived and rebuked Shrek’s representatives for failing to accept defeat; Shen Yi apologized to him and Lin Jin and invited Lin Jin to visit Shrek or join the academy.
• Zhang Zhenpeng, Long Huantian, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan reacted with surprise and excitement at Shrek’s offer to Lin Jin.
• Lin Jin told Mu Chen that he had no interest in Shrek, surprising Wu Zhangkong, Shen Yi, and the spectators who overheard him.
• Mu Chen admitted he wanted his student to fly higher, and Lin Jin reassured him that he could soar high on any path.

After leaving the Skysea Feast, Lin Jin traveled with Mu Chen to Heaven Dou City, where Mu Chen explained why his powerful martial uncle lived under constant threat. During the journey, Lin Jin absorbed Star God Power from his battle with Ye Xinglan, and at the station he spotted the imposing man they had come to meet.

• Lin Jin ended his Skysea Feast competitions after defeating Ye Xinglan, while Tang Wulin and the others continued competing.
• Mu Chen delayed moving his household from Eastsea City and traveled to Heaven Dou City with Lin Jin.
• Lin Jin asked Mu Chen why he had never made himself Battle Armor, and Mu Chen warned that great strength could attract dangerous attention, including from the Holy Spirit Cult and people within the Federation.
• During meditation on the train, Lin Jin discovered that Lotus Light had brought back Star God Power from his fight with Ye Xinglan, strengthening his Spiritual Power.
• Lin Jin and Mu Chen arrived in Heaven Dou City, where Lin Jin noticed a tall, mountain-steady middle-aged man whom the crowds seemed to overlook.

Lin Jin met Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua, who tested his abilities, showed him his Four-Word Battle Armor, and offered to teach him an advanced Spiritual Power method. After seeing Lin Jin complete Spirit Forging, Zhen Hua brought him to the Blacksmith Association cafeteria and prepared to introduce someone.

• Mu Chen handed Lin Jin a ring, left without speaking further, and Zhen Hua explained that he had been reluctant to part with his disciple.
• Zhen Hua flew Lin Jin over Heaven Dou City and showed him his Four-Word Battle Armor, encouraging him to pursue the same goal.
• Zhen Hua tested Lin Jin’s physical strength and Spiritual Power, then learned that Lin Jin practiced Silk-Reeling Cocoon-Spinning and offered to find him its advanced method, Divine Garment.
• Zhen Hua watched Lin Jin complete Spirit Forging, brought the exhausted boy to his private cafeteria, and said he wanted to introduce someone to him.
• A burly man wearing a chef’s hat entered the cafeteria pushing a dining cart.

Mu Ye offered Lin Jin a place in the Body Sect and explained how his talent suited its cultivation methods. Lin Jin accepted Mu Ye as his teacher, and Mu Ye began to prepare a meeting gift.

• Mu Ye served Lin Jin and Zhen Hua a feast of rare spiritual ingredients, including a special dish he had acquired despite being injured.
• Mu Ye confirmed that Lin Jin had rejected Shrek and the Tang Sect, then revealed that he was the Body Sect Master and offered to take Lin Jin as his disciple.
• Zhen Hua assured Lin Jin that he and his teacher would support his choice, while Mu Ye said Lin Jin could refuse.
• Lin Jin accepted Mu Ye as his teacher, and Mu Ye celebrated gaining a new disciple and mentioned introducing him to his senior brother.
• Mu Ye said he would give Lin Jin a meeting gift.

Mu Ye explained that the Whale Rubber he brought as a meeting gift came from a Hundred-Thousand-Year Evil Spirit Orca he killed during the East Sea storm. He revealed a second gift for Lin Jin and Zhen Hua: the Orca’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Right Leg Bone.

• Mu Ye presented Whale Rubber and revealed that it came from a Hundred-Thousand-Year Evil Spirit Orca.
• Lin Jin and Zhen Hua were shocked when Mu Ye explained the Whale Rubber’s origin.
• Mu Ye recounted being caught in the East Sea storm while following orcas and killing the Hundred-Thousand-Year Evil Spirit Orca to survive.
• Mu Ye lamented that the beast’s Spirit Ring had dissipated and most of its Whale Rubber had been lost in the storm.
• Mu Ye revealed his second meeting gift, the Hundred-Thousand-Year Evil Spirit Orca Right Leg Bone.

Mu Ye offered Lin Jin a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and revealed a plan to raise his Fire Elemental Sprite to ten thousand years while Lin Jin was still a Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster. Lin Jin accepted the risky proposal and began consuming the hundred-thousand-year Whale Rubber.

• Mu Ye told Zhen Hua that Lin Jin had independently reached the threshold of the Body Sect's Innate Secret Technique, prompting him to recruit Lin Jin urgently.
• Mu Ye gave Lin Jin the Hundred Thousand Year Evil Orca Right Leg Bone, and Lin Jin thanked him and promised not to disappoint him.
• Mu Ye proposed taking Lin Jin into the Spirit Ascension Platform to raise his Spirit Soul to ten thousand years, using Whale Rubber to strengthen his body.
• Lin Jin agreed to try the plan despite the risks, then ate a mouthful of golden Whale Rubber, activating his Crystal Red Heart and Bloodline Power.

Lin Jin absorbed hundred-thousand-year Whale Rubber, endured a dramatic physical transformation, and revealed that his Blood Lotus technique had advanced to three layers. A month later, Mu Ye took him to the Advanced Spirit Ascension Platform, where the Fire Elemental Sprite rapidly approached ten thousand years of Spirit Power cultivation.

• Lin Jin digested the Whale Rubber, strengthening his body before his Bloodline Power reversed and the Blood-Colored Lotus Mark absorbed the impact.
• Lin Jin showed Mu Ye and Zhen Hua that his Blood Lotus had bloomed into three layers and explained that he had developed the technique to use Bloodline Power for Spirit Forging.
• Mu Ye told Lin Jin to adapt to his increased strength before taking him to the Spirit Ascension Platform, and Zhen Hua teased Mu Ye about Lin Jin entering the Innate Secret Technique because of forging.
• One month later, Mu Ye killed Spirit Beasts in the Advanced Spirit Ascension Platform and redirected their Spirit Power to the Fire Elemental Sprite.
• After five Spirit Beasts, the Fire Elemental Sprite reached nine thousand nine hundred years of Spirit Power cultivation, and Mu Ye complained that they would need to find weaker beasts.

Lin Jin and Mu Ye entered the Advanced Spirit Ascension Platform, where Mu Ye demonstrated his body-type martial soul by defeating its immortal guardian, the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff. After they exited, Qiangu Dongfeng reacted with alarm to a subordinate’s report.

• Lin Jin showed Mu Ye his Dark Gold Dreadclaw External Soul Bone, but Mu Ye said the Spirit Pagoda would not let them exploit the guardian again.
• Mu Ye and Lin Jin shared spiritual power from a Spirit Beast, and Mu Ye advised Lin Jin about nurturing the Fire Elemental Sprite.
• Mu Ye carried Lin Jin to the Lake of Life and identified the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff as the Advanced Spirit Ascension Platform’s core guardian.
• Mu Ye transformed into a giant and defeated the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff with his bare hands, but it revived because it was immortal within the platform.
• Lin Jin and Mu Ye exited the platform, and Qiangu Dongfeng was shocked by a subordinate’s report.

Qiangu Dongfeng ordered an investigation into Lin Jin after learning of his extraordinary strength, while Lin Jin completed the fire elemental sprite’s breakthrough and tested his newly enhanced spirit skills. Mu Ye then gave Lin Jin the hundred-thousand-year Evil Orca Right Leg Bone, which Lin Jin endured absorbing as his soul power began to rise.

• Qiangu Dongfeng recognized Lin Jin as a rare talent and ordered his subordinates to recruit him if possible or eliminate him otherwise.
• The fire elemental sprite completed her breakthrough to the ten-thousand-year tier, gaining a more humanlike appearance and raising Lin Jin’s spirit skills to thirteen lotus flowers and a three-hundred-meter domain.
• Zhen Hua and Mu Ye sensed Lin Jin’s expanded Samadhi Fire Domain, and Mu Ye boasted that his disciple would challenge geniuses across the continent.
• Mu Ye presented Lin Jin with the hundred-thousand-year Evil Orca Right Leg Bone, and Lin Jin began absorbing it despite the intense pain.
• After three hours, Lin Jin’s aura steadied and his soul power began to surge upward.

Lin Jin reached Soul Power level 36, and his Lotus Flower Flame evolved into a Three-Colored Lotus Flower Flame. He demonstrated its extraordinary forging ability, while Zhen Hua discovered that Lin Jin's Forging Hammers could awaken metal’s spirituality and potentially enable Creation Spirit Forging.

• Lin Jin broke through to level 36, and his Martial Soul evolved into the Three-Colored Lotus Flower Flame.
• Zhen Hua and Mu Ye considered how Lin Jin's evolving Martial Soul might improve his forging and affect Mu Ye's Second Awakening plan.
• Lin Jin refined Cloud Titanium with the Three-Colored Lotus Flower Flame until it reached First-Grade Thousand Refinement without using his Forging Hammers.
• Lin Jin placed his Cloud Titanium Forging Hammers on the metal, and their Spirit Awakening effect awakened its spirituality.
• Zhen Hua realized the Forging Hammers gave Lin Jin an exceptional chance to achieve Creation Spirit Forging.

Lin Jin completed Creation Spirit Forging and became the youngest Level 6 Forging Grandmaster in history. Zhen Hua congratulated him and predicted he would become a Divine Craftsman, while Mu Ye claimed authority over his next steps.

• Zhen Hua told Mu Ye that Lin Jin was close to advancing to Level 6, stunning Mu Ye.
• Lin Jin forged Cloud Titanium, tempering his Soul Power as he worked and using Bloodline Power when his Soul Power ran out.
• Lin Jin completed Creation Spirit Forging, and the Cloud Titanium emitted Spirit Light as he became a Level 6 Forging Grandmaster.
• Lin Jin considered eventually designing his own Battle Armor, possibly aiming for Four-Word or Five-Word Battle Armor.
• Zhen Hua congratulated Lin Jin and said he believed Lin Jin would surpass him as a Divine Craftsman.
• Mu Ye praised Lin Jin and told Zhen Hua that he would decide Lin Jin's arrangements from then on.

Mu Chen, Yuan Bao'er, and Mu Xi visited Zhen Hua at the Blacksmith Association, only to learn that Lin Jin had already left. Lin Jin began Mu Ye’s special training in the deep sea, where he faced crushing pressure and approaching Sea Spirit Beasts with his Soul Power sealed.

• Mu Chen, Yuan Bao'er, and Mu Xi arrived at the Blacksmith Association, and Zhen Hua personally welcomed them.
• Mu Xi asked for Lin Jin, and Zhen Hua told the family he had left for at least one or two months and possibly as long as two or three years.
• Mu Chen wanted to return to East Sea, but Yuan Bao'er persuaded the family to stay while Zhen Hua offered to guide Mu Xi in blacksmithing.
• Lin Jin and Mu Ye boarded an ocean liner for Star Luo Continent so Mu Ye could train Lin Jin in the sea and help stimulate Lotus Flower Flame’s potential.
• Mu Ye sealed Lin Jin’s Soul Power and threw him into the deep sea, where crushing pressure and Sea Spirit Beasts surrounded him.
• Lin Jin circulated his Bloodline Power to ease his need for oxygen, but the Sea Spirit Beasts grew more excited as his body glowed like a small sun.

Lin Jin endured Mu Ye’s forty-nine-day deep-sea training while cultivating his body, Bloodline Power, Soul Power, and Spiritual Power. On the final day, he unleashed the Whale Demon Sea-Splitting Stomp to kill a ten-thousand-year Bloodthirsty Demon Shark and spotted a blood-red bone beside its black Spirit Ring.

• Lin Jin escaped the Sea Spirit Beasts and surfaced, and Mu Ye announced a forty-nine-day training cycle that would continue until Lin Jin achieved his Second Awakening.
• Mu Ye explained that the Body Sect’s Martial Soul Second Awakening differed from ordinary Martial Soul transformation, then fed Lin Jin and continued training him under increasing pressure.
• Over the following days, Lin Jin grew stronger through deep-sea training and nightly cultivation of [Divine Garment].
• On the final day of the cycle, more than thirty Bloodthirsty Demon Sharks surrounded Lin Jin in the deep sea.
• Lin Jin used the Whale Demon Sea-Splitting Stomp from his Hundred-Thousand-Year Evil Orca Right Leg Bone to kill the ten-thousand-year Bloodthirsty Demon Shark leader and drive off the survivors.
• Lin Jin stared at a faintly blood-red bone floating beside the leader’s black Spirit Ring.

During Mu Ye's brutal underwater special training, Lin Jin fought his way to the surface and underwent a dramatic physical transformation. However, his Second Awakening abruptly ended in failure, leaving Mu Ye unable to explain why.

• Lin Jin obtained a left arm soul bone from a Sea Spirit Beast and continued his underwater trial, struggling against crushing pressure and powerful currents.
• Lin Jin used the Ten Thousand Whales... Soul-Devouring Escape skill to escape a dangerous current, then fought attacking Sea Spirit Beasts while forcing himself upward.
• As Lin Jin neared the surface, his Soul Power seal lifted, and a red shark that was Mu Ye's God-Level Mecha carried him while his body began transforming.
• Lin Jin's cells, physical body, Soul Power, and Spiritual Power changed before the transformation abruptly stopped, and he suspected his Second Awakening had failed.
• Mu Ye examined Lin Jin but found no reason for the failure, and he was left baffled by the result.

Lin Jin and Mu Ye continued their brutal sea voyage training in pursuit of a Second Awakening for Lin Jin’s Lotus Flower Flame Martial Soul, but repeated attempts failed even as Lin Jin grew stronger. After eight failed rounds, they began a ninth, with Mu Ye promising to seek another path if it failed again.

• Lin Jin encouraged Mu Ye after their first failed Second Awakening attempt, and Mu Ye agreed they would keep trying.
• Lin Jin reached Soul Power level 37, then began a second forty-nine-day training round that ended with another failed awakening.
• Mu Ye and Lin Jin left the Ocean-Going Giant Ship near Star Luo Continent and continued training at sea, where Lin Jin’s later rounds repeatedly ended in failure.
• Over eight rounds and 392 days, Lin Jin’s Soul Power rose from level 36 to level 42, but his Lotus Flower Flame still did not undergo a Second Awakening.
• Mu Ye asked whether Lin Jin wanted to continue, and Lin Jin agreed to try a ninth round; Mu Ye promised to find another method if it failed.