Chapter Summaries

Lin Jin and Mu Ye left the Spirit Pagoda after Chen Xinjie’s warning forced Qiangu Dongfeng to abandon his recruitment attempt. On the way back to Heaven Dou City, Lin Jin resolved to grow stronger and considered forming a contract with the Void Green Lotus before Mu Xi welcomed them home.

• Chen Xinjie warned Lin Jin to stabilize the Spirit Pagoda’s internal affairs before facing external threats, and Lin Jin thanked him before ending the call.
• Qiangu Dongfeng let Lin Jin and Mu Ye leave, then destroyed the untouched banquet table in anger and cursed Chen Xinjie.
• Lin Jin and Mu Ye traveled north from Shrek City toward Heaven Dou City while Mu Ye recounted the city’s history.
• Lin Jin regretted being unable to visit Dragon Valley or the Tang Sect-controlled Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, and resolved to improve his strength.
• Lin Jin considered that contracting with the Void Green Lotus could raise him to Spirit Emperor and give him a Ferocious Beast-level Soul Bone.
• Mu Ye and Lin Jin returned to Heaven Dou City by dinner, where Mu Xi linked arms with Lin Jin and asked whether everything had gone smoothly.

Lin Jin contracted with the Void Green Lotus, gaining its Spirit Soul and head Spirit Bone as his Soul Power surged to Rank 61. His strength continued to rise with a spontaneous breakthrough to the seventh layer of the Blood Lotus, leaving his family and guards stunned.

• Lin Jin told the Void Green Lotus he would accept it only under a contract that did not fully enslave his soul, and it agreed to altered terms.
• Lin Jin activated a Contract Ball to form the Spirit Soul Contract, and the Void Green Lotus's head Spirit Bone fused into him.
• Lin Jin's Soul Power surged eleven ranks to Rank 61 as seven-colored flames enveloped him, alarming Mu Ye and Zhen Hua outside the room.
• Mu Chen, Yuan Bao'er, Mu Ye, and Zhen Hua entered and saw Lin Jin surrounded by the Void Green Lotus, the Fire Elemental Sprite, and four black and two orange-gold Spirit Rings.
• Lin Jin's Blood Lotus spontaneously broke through to seven layers, prompting Mu Ye to realize his physical strength had neared that of a Super Douluo-level strength-type Spirit Master.

Lin Jin examined the abilities gained from his breakthrough to six rings and assessed the limits of his seven-colored Lotus Flower Flame. With his Soul Power greatly strengthened, he prepared to condense his first Soul Core.

• Lin Jin discovered that his Green Lotus Spirit-Nurturing Skull Bone granted the spiritual defense skill One Thought Green Lotus and the passive cultivation benefit Green Water Dust Heart.
• Lin Jin confirmed that his fifth Spirit Ring granted two spatial skills: Green Lotus: Void Realm Lotus Slash and Green Lotus: Void Pattern Imprisonment.
• Lin Jin worried that his Martial Soul might need a ninth color to reach the Title Douluo realm, then decided to seek answers from the Fire Host Clan during his visit to the War God Temple.
• Lin Jin resolved to consolidate his strength, pursue Soul Forging, create Three-Word Battle Armor, and use his powerful Soul Power to condense his first Soul Core.

Lin Jin successfully condensed his first Soul Core, which became a Seven-Colored Lotus, and his Soul Power surged. After congratulating him, Zhen Hua asked what he planned to do next.

• Lin Jin compressed his Soul Power in his dantian and steadily formed a Soul Core with the help of his powerful Spiritual Power and physique.
• Mu Ye recognized that Lin Jin was condensing a Soul Core, and he and the others left him undisturbed after confirming his progress was stable.
• Zhen Hua considered how Lin Jin's seven-colored Lotus Flower Flame might complicate his first attempt at Soul Forging, while Mu Chen trusted Lin Jin to find a solution.
• At dawn, Lin Jin's Soul Core developed multicolored patterns that formed a blooming Seven-Colored Lotus, and heaven and earth energy surged into him.
• Lin Jin rose with increased power, accepted everyone's congratulations, and heard Zhen Hua ask about his next plans.

Lin Jin explained that he was not planning to provoke the Spirit Pagoda or the Qiangu Clan, but was investigating two images recovered from the Fire Elemental Sprite’s memories. He suspected her former master had become entangled in the Holy Spirit Cult and Abyssal Plane’s plot to open the Abyssal Passage or obtain information about the Blood River God-Slaying Array.

• Mu Xi and the others worried Lin Jin was about to challenge Qiangu Zhangting, but Lin Jin clarified that he understood the Qiangu Clan’s power and would not act recklessly.
• Lin Jin summoned the Fire Elemental Sprite and explained that her returning memories contained images of pitch-black energy and a bell.
• Lin Jin considered whether the energy came from an Evil Spirit Master or the Abyss, and whether the bell belonged to Dark Bell of the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Lin Jin connected the images to the Holy Spirit Cult’s collusion with the Abyssal Plane and suspected the Fire Elemental Sprite’s former master had been caught up in a plan involving the Abyssal Passage or the Blood River God-Slaying Array.
• Lin Jin recalled realizing the danger of this connection before he went to sea with Mu Ye and began his Second Awakening.

Lin Jin told Mu Ye and the others about the Holy Spirit Cult and the Abyss, then decided to go to the Blood God Legion after becoming a Saint Craftsman. When Mu Xi worried she would burden him, Lin Jin reassured her by praising her abilities and revealing how strong she had become.

• Lin Jin explained his deductions about the Holy Spirit Cult and the Abyss, and said he would fulfill his promise by going to the Blood God Legion after advancing to Saint Craftsman.
• Mu Ye offered to have Lin Jin's senior brother A Ruheng accompany him, and Lin Jin accepted.
• Mu Xi asked to go with Lin Jin, but Mu Chen rebuked her because he feared she would be a burden.
• Lin Jin held Mu Xi's hand and told Mu Chen and Yuan Bao'er that Mu Xi was talented, had reached Level 48, and had completed a One-Word Battle Armor.
• Lin Jin reassured Mu Xi that she would never be a burden to him.

Lin Jin began attempting Soul Forging and, despite his mentors’ concerns about his ambitious choice of six metals, rapidly completed Spirit Forging on all of them. He then started forging Six-Origin Spirit Alloy, leaving the result unknown.

• Zhen Hua and Mu Chen shared their Soul Forging insights with Lin Jin, and Zhen Hua offered to cover the Rare Metal for his attempt.
• Lin Jin placed six types of Rare Metal on the forging table to attempt multi-metal Fusion Forging.
• Lin Jin used his seven-colored flame to purify and complete Spirit Forging on all six metals in seven minutes, astonishing Zhen Hua, Mu Chen, and Mu Xi.
• Lin Jin gathered the seven-colored flames into a lotus over the metals and began hammering them into Six-Origin Spirit Alloy.

Lin Jin completed the Six-Origin Soul-Forged Alloy and became a peak Level 8 Saint Craftsman before the age of fourteen. The witnesses were stunned by his achievement, while Lin Jin focused on the alloy’s 86% fusion rate and the distance remaining to meet his standards.

• Lin Jin fused six Rare Metals into a Six-Origin Spirit Alloy, but sensed its fusion rate had reached only 86%.
• Lin Jin began Soul Forging the alloy, combining Soul Power, Spiritual Power, Bloodline Power, Martial Soul power, and physical strength in his hammer strikes.
• Lin Jin completed the Soul Forging, producing Seven-Colored Lotus patterns and Law Spirit Light on the Six-Origin Soul-Forged Alloy.
• Zhen Hua, Mu Chen, Mu Xi, and the newly arrived Mu Ye were stunned as Lin Jin’s achievement made him a peak Level 8 Saint Craftsman.
• Lin Jin exhaled after exhausting himself and judged the alloy’s 86% fusion rate far below his requirements for Three-Word Battle Armor.

Lin Jin continued trying to perfect his Six-Origin Soul-Forged Alloy, and Zhen Hua gave him Gold-Water Mutual Containment to help identify what was missing. After learning that Mu Ye had left because A Ruheng had encountered a cultivation problem, Lin Jin began another forging attempt with the rare metal.

• Lin Jin reached a 95% fusion rate with Six-Origin Soul-Forged Alloy but remained dissatisfied with the result.
• Zhen Hua gave Lin Jin his last piece of Gold-Water Mutual Containment and suggested adding some to the alloy to improve fusion.
• Zhen Hua told Lin Jin that he would take him to the Heaven-Ascending Platform once his Spiritual Power reached the Spirit Domain Realm.
• Zhen Hua said Mu Ye had left that morning because A Ruheng had encountered a cultivation problem and needed someone to keep watch.
• Lin Jin forged the Gold-Water Mutual Containment, then began another attempt at Six-Origin Soul-Forged Alloy using a small piece of it.

Lin Jin discovered that preserving the metals’ spirituality allowed him to forge Six-Origin Soul-Forged Alloy with a perfect fusion rate, which he named Six-Element Seven-Colored Lotus Gold. After Zhen Hua examined its extraordinary properties, Lin Jin planned to use it for his Three-Word Battle Armor wings before leaving.

• Lin Jin realized that his earlier forging method consumed too much spirituality and that Gold-Water Mutual Containment could preserve it and enable perfect fusion.
• After two hours of careful forging, the Six-Origin Soul-Forged Alloy transformed into a blooming lotus with a heart-shaped seedpod, astonishing Lin Jin and Zhen Hua.
• Lin Jin named the metal Six-Element Seven-Colored Lotus Gold and handed it to Zhen Hua for inspection.
• Zhen Hua judged that the alloy rivaled ordinary dual-element Heavenly Refinement metal in strength and could produce unprecedentedly powerful Three-Word Battle Armor.
• Lin Jin told Zhen Hua that he would use the alloy for his armor’s wings, consolidate his gains, and then prepare to leave.

Lin Jin declined to leave with Mu Ye, believing A Ruheng had to overcome his own trials, and spent a quiet morning teasing Mu Xi after she completed a forging task. The day’s routine ended with Tang Wulin arriving at the Heaven Dou Blacksmith Association, where he faced the daunting contrast between his talents and Lin Jin’s.

• Lin Jin refused to wait for Mu Ye’s return, and Zhen Hua accepted his decision while warning him not to leave secretly.
• Mu Xi tried to wake Lin Jin, then complained that he had assigned her a forging task; she pounced on him, and both became embarrassed by an accidental glimpse beneath her skirt.
• Mu Xi and Lin Jin ate breakfast together before returning to their usual routines of meditation, training, and reflection.
• Tang Wulin arrived at the Heaven Dou Blacksmith Association for guidance, where he greeted Lin Jin as his senior brother and felt conflicted about how far Lin Jin surpassed him.

Lin Jin explained why he disliked Shrek and the Tang Sect, criticizing their arrogance and political influence. He challenged Tang Wulin to consider whether a millennia-long war had served one person’s selfish ambition, leaving Tang Wulin to contemplate the accusation.

• Lin Jin used the Seven-Colored Lotus to assess Tang Wulin’s condition, and Tang Wulin noticed that Lin Jin had reached Six-Ring Spirit Emperor and possessed an Orange Spirit Soul.
• Tang Wulin asked Lin Jin why he refused to join Shrek and the Tang Sect.
• Lin Jin said he disliked Shrek and the Tang Sect for claiming lofty purposes while acting arrogantly and pursuing influence and selfish interests.
• Old Tang angrily defended the organizations, while Tang Wulin wondered what it would mean if their weapons were aimed at the Federation.
• Lin Jin asked Tang Wulin what he would think if a millennia-long war had served one person’s selfish desire, which that person intended to conceal while treating its visible wounds.

After Lin Jin discussed strength and injustice with Tang Wulin, he pursued a perfect fusion of the six metals while considering a future Nine-Element Battle Armor. He completed his Three-Word Battle Armor Wings, which could shift him through space, and left the next step of his ambitious forging path ahead.

• Lin Jin questioned Tang Wulin's understanding of the world, while Mu Chen reflected on how powerful factions such as Shrek, the Tang Sect, and the Spirit Pagoda controlled resources and influence.
• Lin Jin decided to pursue perfect Nine-Element Seven-Colored Lotus Gold, despite the risk of delaying his progress toward Four-Word Battle Armor.
• Lin Jin repeatedly forged Six-Element Seven-Colored Lotus Gold and, after seven days, achieved a 100% fusion rate without Gold-Water Mutual Containment.
• Lin Jin spent a month making his Three-Word Battle Armor Wings while continuing to gain experience in crafting Battle Armor.
• Lin Jin completed the wings, integrated them alongside his Two-Word Battle Armor, and tested their ability to shift him several meters through space.

Lin Jin and Mu Xi entered the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform so Mu Xi could improve her Spirit Souls, while Zhen Hua kept the costly surprise he had prepared for Lin Jin secret. Mu Xi demonstrated her combat skill by defeating a Ten-Thousand-Year Blood Bear, and Lin Jin praised her.

• Zhen Hua told Lin Jin and Mu Xi that he had secured Lin Jin a surprise at great cost, but refused to reveal what it was.
• Mu Chen learned that Zhen Hua had traded for enough Tri-Element Heavenly Refinement Metal to forge a complete set of Four-Word Battle Armor, but Zhen Hua kept the recipient secret.
• Lin Jin and Mu Xi entered the Heaven Dou Spirit Pagoda and connected to the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Mu Xi used Sunlight Glow, Repelling Fire Ring, and her Glow Sparrow to defeat a Ten-Thousand-Year Blood Bear.
• Lin Jin praised Mu Xi's skillful combination of attacks, and she pretended to be annoyed while feeling pleased.

Lin Jin let Mu Xi leave the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform to digest her greatly strengthened soul rings, then planned to exploit the platform’s rules to take the golden-haired lion mastiff and make Qiangu Dongfeng suffer a costly loss. He charged deeper into the platform and attacked an earth dragon guardian, beginning his attempt to reach the Advanced Spirit Ascension Platform.

• Mu Xi fought in the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform until she had slain three ten-thousand-year soul beasts, then absorbed enough spirit power to raise each of her four soul rings by over eight thousand years.
• Lin Jin stopped Mu Xi’s spirit power absorption and sent her out to digest the gains while he stayed behind.
• Lin Jin recalled that the golden-haired lion mastiff had sensed the Void Green Lotus and suffered in its confinement, and he resolved to use the Spirit Ascension Platform’s rules to take it away from Qiangu Dongfeng.
• Lin Jin rushed toward the depths of the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform and encountered an earth dragon guardian.
• Lin Jin unleashed scarlet lotus flowers and falling beams of fire, turning the earth dragon’s habitat into a sea of flames.

Lin Jin entered the Advanced Spirit Ascension Platform to find the golden-haired lion mastiff, but Qiangu Dongfeng sent dozens of ten-thousand-year soul beasts after him. Lin Jin challenged Qiangu Dongfeng in front of Spirit Pagoda officials, and when the attempt to sever his connection failed, several demigod-tier powerhouses arrived demanding an explanation.

• Qiangu Dongfeng learned that Lin Jin had entered the Advanced Spirit Ascension Platform and ordered his subordinate out in anger.
• Lin Jin entered the platform alone and headed toward its simulated core area while concealing his aura.
• Dozens of ten-thousand-year soul beasts suddenly gathered around Lin Jin, revealing Qiangu Dongfeng's interference.
• Lin Jin taunted Qiangu Dongfeng before the Spirit Pagoda's high-ranking members and discarded his active departure device.
• Qiangu Dongfeng ordered Lin Jin's connection cut, but staff reported they could not sever it or recall the summoned soul beasts.
• Several demigod-tier powerhouses appeared on the Spirit Pagoda's top floor and demanded an explanation from Qiangu Dongfeng.

Lin Jin fought waves of Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in the Advanced Spirit Ascension Platform and discovered what the Fire Elemental Sprite needed to become a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Soul. He left the chapter testing his strength without Battle Armor, fighting alongside the Sprite and his Lotus Shadow Clones.

• Lin Jin spread his enormous Samadhi Fire Domain and used lotus attacks and eight Lotus Shadow Clones to kill the first group of Soul Beasts.
• Lin Jin realized the Fire Elemental Sprite could break through to one hundred thousand years only after he reached the Spirit Domain Realm and she advanced her own understanding of laws.
• Lin Jin welcomed the next wave of beasts as a chance to test his strength without Battle Armor.
• Lin Jin summoned the humanoid Fire Elemental Sprite, and together they filled the battlefield with lotus flames before she joined the fight alongside his clones.

Lin Jin used his Void Green Lotus and two ferocious beast-level Spirit Skills to defeat every Spirit Beast in the Advanced Spirit Ascension Platform. Watching Spirit Pagoda powerhouses decided that Lin Jin was too dangerous to oppose and began considering how to profit from Qiangu Dongfeng’s downfall while currying favor with him.

• Lin Jin and the Void Green Lotus cut through the remaining Spirit Beasts until only six powerful beasts remained, including a 70,000-Year Mantis.
• Lin Jin sealed the Mantis’s Soul Power with Soul Lotus Suppression, then killed it with Void Realm Lotus Slash.
• Lin Jin immobilized the five remaining Spirit Beasts with Void Pattern Imprisonment, and seven layers of Blood Lotus finished them off as he nearly exhausted himself.
• Spirit Pagoda powerhouses watching the battle were stunned by Lin Jin’s strength and recognized his powerful allies and connections.
• The powerhouses decided not to make an enemy of Lin Jin and began planning how to take a share from Qiangu Dongfeng and use some of it to win Lin Jin’s goodwill.

Lin Jin endured Qiangu Dongfeng’s scheme in the Spirit Ascension Platform and was chosen by the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff, gaining its Soul Bone before escaping. He returned to the Heaven Dou City Spirit Pagoda, where Mu Xi worried over him as he recovered.

• Lin Jin mocked Qiangu Dongfeng after surviving the Spirit Beasts, while the faction leaders ridiculed the Tower Master.
• The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff appeared, charged Lin Jin, and fused a rune-covered golden skeleton into his body as a Soul Bone.
• The Spirit Pagoda Demigods were stunned that the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff had chosen Lin Jin, while Qiangu Dongfeng accused the others of causing the loss and forced them out.
• Lin Jin used the Blood Lotus to destroy himself and leave the platform, enraging Qiangu Dongfeng and leaving the others to depart amid blame over the Spirit Pagoda’s losses.
• At the Heaven Dou City Spirit Pagoda, Mu Xi watched Lin Jin recover in the connection pod, and he reassured her that he was fine and had gained a lot.

Lin Jin returned with Mu Xi after winning the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff and its unusual Soul Bone from the Spirit Pagoda. Zhen Hua revealed that he had secured Lin Jin a chance to enter the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, and Lin Jin prepared to claim something valuable from the Tang Sect’s territory.

• The Heaven Dou City Spirit Pagoda Tower Master let Lin Jin and Mu Xi leave, deciding that befriending a Divine Craftsman mattered more than challenging Lin Jin over the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff.
• At the Blacksmith Association, Mu Xi told Zhen Hua and Mu Chen that the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff had followed Lin Jin and given him a Soul Bone.
• Lin Jin explained that the Soul Bone granted the Dominator ability and that it had branded law runes onto his right arm, strengthening both it and his Dark Gold Dreadclaw.
• Zhen Hua suggested the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff could become Lin Jin’s third Spirit Soul, while Lin Jin considered how it might advance to the hundred-thousand-year level.
• Zhen Hua revealed that he had secured Lin Jin permission to enter the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and take one item that was not Immortal Grade.
• Lin Jin said he intended to make the Tang Sect suffer by taking something valuable from the well.