Chapter Summaries

Zang Xin arrived at the Blacksmith Association to escort Lin Jin to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, while Zhen Hua received the promised jade box and encouraged Mu Xi to grow stronger. After three hours of disorienting travel, Lin Jin's senses returned in an unfamiliar place.

• Zang Xin met Zhen Hua and the others, praised Lin Jin for making Qiangu Dongfeng suffer, and delivered a jade box as promised.
• Zang Xin assured Zhen Hua that he would take Lin Jin into the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and bring him back without interference.
• Lin Jin left with Zang Xin, while Zhen Hua teased Mu Xi and urged her to improve her strength.
• Mu Chen reflected on his ambitions as a blacksmith, and Yuan Bao'er comforted him.
• Zang Xin concealed Lin Jin's senses during their journey, and after three hours Lin Jin found himself in a completely changed world.

Lin Jin entered the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, where Zang Xin imposed a three-hour limit and allowed him to take only one item. Lin Jin calmly used his Seven-Colored Lotus Martial Soul to attract the Infernal Delicate Apricot, while Zang Xin watched the immortal plants begin communicating and wondered whether Lin Jin could win one over.

• Zang Xin told Lin Jin he had three hours in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and could take away only one item.
• Lin Jin concluded that the six immortal ferocious beasts had reached an agreement with Zang Xin and chose to focus on attracting the Infernal Delicate Apricot.
• Lin Jin sat cross-legged and spread his Spiritual Power, forming a seven-colored lotus beneath himself.
• Zang Xin saw Lin Jin summon a young girl and the Void Green Lotus, and wondered what Lin Jin had taken from the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• The six immortal ferocious beasts began communicating, giving Zang Xin an ominous feeling that Lin Jin might take one away.

Infernal Delicate Apricot and the other Ferocious Beasts discussed their approaching heavenly tribulations and the possibility of attaining godhood by following Lin Jin. After sensing Lin Jin’s extraordinary potential, Infernal Delicate Apricot approached him, while Zang Xin grew alarmed at the Ferocious Beasts’ interest.

• Aromatic Silk Beauty and Earth Dragon Golden Melon argued about their coming heavenly tribulations, while Ink Jade Divine Bamboo and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass tried to intervene.
• Infernal Delicate Apricot admitted that the oldest Ferocious Beasts might not outlive Lin Jin and could gain eternal life by pursuing the Divine Path alongside humans.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty questioned whether Lin Jin could become a god, and the group recalled Huo Yuhao and the former selves of Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.
• Infernal Delicate Apricot said Lin Jin’s flames made her tremble and drew her toward merging with him; Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew sensed that Lin Jin was younger than Huo Yuhao had been and that his Fire Elemental Sprite was close to their level.
• Infernal Delicate Apricot appeared before Lin Jin, prompting the Fire Elemental Sprite and Void Green Lotus to guard him, while Zang Xin regretted the transaction as the other Ferocious Beasts showed interest.

Aromatic Silk Beauty defended Infernal Delicate Apricot’s choice to leave with Lin Jin, arguing that the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well’s ancient Immortal Grades had their own right to seek survival. Zang Xin accepted the terms after receiving Cao Dezhi’s approval, and Infernal Delicate Apricot merged into Lin Jin.

• Zang Xin accused the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well’s Immortal Grades of breaking their agreement by letting Infernal Delicate Apricot go with Lin Jin.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty argued that the Tang Sect and the Immortal Grades were partners, and that he, Old Jin, and Huohuo had only a few hundred years left before their cultivation ended.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty explained that Infernal Delicate Apricot’s departure could allow future Immortal Grades to retain their spiritual consciousness and pursue a way to survive.
• Zang Xin agreed that Infernal Delicate Apricot could leave with Lin Jin, provided Lin Jin took only one herb, and said he would not interfere with future choices by the Immortal Grades.
• Cao Dezhi told Zang Xin to agree, noting that Lin Jin would be coming to the Blood God Legion.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty accepted the agreement, and Infernal Delicate Apricot became a wisp of firelight and merged into Lin Jin.

Lin Jin welcomed the Infernal Delicate Apricot, who chose to join him and introduced herself as Huohuo, then named the Fire Elemental Sprite Xiaoxiao. After Zang Xin took Lin Jin away, the remaining Immortal Grades reflected on Huohuo’s choice and their inability to leave the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

• The Infernal Delicate Apricot merged with Lin Jin and chose to join him, introducing herself as Huohuo.
• The Fire Elemental Sprite and Void Green Lotus protested that Huohuo received a name, so Lin Jin named the Fire Elemental Sprite Xiaoxiao while teasing the Void Green Lotus for wanting one.
• Zang Xin urged Lin Jin to leave, and Lin Jin thanked the Immortal Grades for trusting him and promised to care for Huohuo.
• The Aromatic Silk Beauty and the other Immortal Grades watched Lin Jin and Zang Xin depart, then discussed their resentment toward the Tang Sect and their inability to leave.
• The Aromatic Silk Beauty urged the others to bless Huohuo and let time reveal whether her choice was right, prompting the Earth Dragon Golden Melon to angrily object to being called Old Melon.

Lin Jin returned from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well with Huohuo, an Immortal Grade Infernal Delicate Apricot, and introduced her to his family, who welcomed her warmly. The next morning, Lin Jin and Mu Xi left Heaven Dou City and drove west toward their military posting, where danger seemed to be gathering.

• Zang Xin dropped Lin Jin off at the Blacksmith Association and left in a sour mood after Lin Jin acquired Huohuo.
• Lin Jin introduced Huohuo to Zhen Hua, Mu Chen, Yuan Bao'er, and Mu Xi, who welcomed her as family.
• Lin Jin revealed that Xiaoxiao had reached the Ten-Thousand-Year Limit and could now speak.
• Zhen Hua reflected on Lin Jin's powerful foundation and wondered whether he could surpass Yun Ming.
• Lin Jin and Mu Xi took a Soul Guidance Train from Heaven Dou City, then bought an off-road Soul Guidance car and drove west.

Lin Jin and Mu Xi were ambushed in the desert by three masked Titled Douluo who revealed their connection to the Spirit Pagoda. Lin Jin countered their attack and launched a fierce assault, leaving the fight ongoing.

• Lin Jin stopped the Off-road Spirit Guidance Car when he sensed an unnatural sandstorm approaching, and Mu Xi readied herself for danger.
• Three masked Titled Douluo emerged from the sandstorm and surrounded Lin Jin and Mu Xi, declaring their intent to kill Lin Jin.
• Lin Jin mocked the attackers and inferred that they were connected to the Spirit Pagoda from their knowledge of the Spirit Ascension Platform trap.
• The masked Titled Douluo attacked with Sand Meteor, but Lin Jin used his Samadhi Fire Domain and Flame Wrath to burn away the storm and injure them.
• Lin Jin summoned seven flame doubles and the Void Green Lotus to strike the attackers as Mu Xi activated her One-Word Battle Armor and prepared to fight.

Lin Jin overwhelmed the three masked Title Douluo with his strength and spirit skills, but each revealed Three-Word Battle Armor that greatly increased their power. The three armored foes surrounded Lin Jin and Mu Xi, sealing off every escape route.

• Lin Jin destroyed Arid Mask’s sandstorm body with a punch and badly injured Fiery Mask with a Blood Lotus-enhanced strike.
• Fiery Mask transformed into his Blazing Savage Bull avatar and wore his Three-Word Battle Armor, Savage Bull Descent, to withstand Lin Jin’s Void Realm Lotus Slash.
• Lin Jin switched places with Mu Xi and Xiaoxiao, imprisoned all three attackers, and used his Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone skill to expose Arid Mask and Shadow Mask.
• Arid Mask and Shadow Mask donned their Three-Word Battle Armor, and all three foes formed a triangular blockade around Lin Jin and Mu Xi.

Lin Jin used his spirit skills and Battle Armor to suppress three masked Title Douluo, then manifested a seven-layered Blood Lotus that overwhelmed their defenses. He held back its full power while Xiaoxiao escorted Mu Xi away, and prepared to strike again as the three enemies recovered.

• The three masked Title Douluo activated their Three-Word Battle Armor, forcing Mu Xi to recognize she could not help Lin Jin in the fight.
• Lin Jin revealed his Two-Word Battle Armor and used Divine Garment and Divine Soul Lotus Prison Cage to attack the three men’s minds.
• Lin Jin sealed their Soul Power for an instant with Soul Lotus Suppression of Absolute Establishment and moved above them with his wings.
• Lin Jin manifested a seven-layered Blood Lotus, whose resonance froze the three Battle Armor domain phenomena.
• After Xiaoxiao took Mu Xi away, the three men broke free and tried to use their ninth Spirit Skills, but Lin Jin’s lotus flames interrupted them again.

Lin Jin survived the seven-layered Blood Lotus blast by switching places with a Lotus Shadow Clone, then resumed attacking the three masked Three-Word Battle Armor Masters. When a hidden fourth attacker struck Mu Xi, Lin Jin rushed to her, leaving the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff and Void Green Lotus to deal with the wounded trio.

• Xiaoxiao carried Mu Xi away from the Blood Lotus blast, but a hidden attacker pierced Mu Xi through.
• The three masked Three-Word Battle Armor Masters survived the seven-layered Blood Lotus explosion, while Lin Jin escaped its force by switching places with the Silver Lotus Shadow Clone.
• Lin Jin attacked the wounded trio with Flame Wrath, but sensed Mu Xi's injury and realized a fourth enemy had been hiding nearby.
• Lin Jin vanished to reach Mu Xi, and the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff appeared to face the three masked assassins while Void Green Lotus remained behind.

Lin Jin and Mu Xi were ambushed in the Western Desert, but Mu Ye emerged from hiding and captured the mutated Hundred-Thousand-Year Sand Demon Worm King. Lin Jin suspected the beast was connected to Arid Mask’s Battle Armor Domain and viewed it as a prize Qiangu Dongfeng had inadvertently given them.

• When the Sand Demon Worm King pierced Xiaoxiao, Lin Jin switched places with a Lotus Shadow Clone and blocked its strike just before it could hit Mu Xi.
• Lin Jin restored Xiaoxiao, and Mu Xi thanked her for protecting her.
• Mu Ye appeared, restrained the Sand Demon Worm King, and explained how its sand-transformation ability had concealed it.
• Lin Jin revealed that Mu Ye had secretly been waiting nearby and that A Ruheng’s supposed cultivation trouble had already been resolved.
• Lin Jin and Mu Ye considered whether Arid Mask’s Battle Armor Domain had drawn out the Sand Demon Worm King, then Lin Jin called the captured beast a gift from Qiangu Dongfeng.

Lin Jin offered the Sand Demon Worm King as a spirit soul for Mu Xi, and Mu Ye subdued the aftermath of their battle by killing the three defeated Title Douluo. Mu Xi began absorbing a Sand Demon Worm right leg bone while Lin Jin recovered, with the Worm King still to be made submissive.

• Lin Jin told Mu Xi that the Sand Demon Worm King should become her spirit soul, and Mu Ye reminded them that they first had to make it submit.
• Lin Jin sat down to recover while Mu Ye recalled the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff and Void Green Lotus from the fight.
• Mu Ye killed the three wounded Title Douluo, deciding that evidence against Qiangu Dongfeng would not be enough to challenge him yet.
• Mu Ye retrieved a Sand Demon Worm right leg bone from the crater and gave it to Mu Xi to absorb.
• Mu Ye advised Mu Xi not to form a soul ring for her second spirit soul until her spiritual power reached the Spirit Abyss Realm, and Mu Xi began absorbing the bone.

Lin Jin offered the Sand Demon Worm King a chance to become Mu Xi’s Spirit Soul, and it agreed after recognizing that Mu Xi carried its child’s soul bone. Mu Xi gained a new soul bone skill and reached level 50, while the Sand Demon Worm King waited to merge with her after she reached the Spirit Abyss Realm.

• Lin Jin decided to postpone Mu Xi’s absorption of the Bloodthirsty Demon Shark soul bone and used his Divine Soul Lotus Prison Cage to calm the Sand Demon Worm King.
• Lin Jin offered the Sand Demon Worm King the choice of becoming a Spirit Soul or dying, and it readily agreed because it wanted to remain with its child.
• Lin Jin learned that Mu Xi’s Sand Demon Worm Right Leg Bone had come from the Sand Demon Worm King’s child, whose Spirit Soul had dissipated with Arid Mask’s death.
• Mu Xi gained the Sandification soul bone skill and reached level 50, while Glow Sparrow advised her to wait for the Spirit Abyss Realm before advancing to Spirit King.
• The Sand Demon Worm King signed half a contract with Mu Xi and temporarily resided within her body, and Mu Ye offered to see Lin Jin and Mu Xi off.

Lin Jin and Mu Xi reached the Blood God Legion and began the enlistment process after passing the journey through its guarded mountain approaches. A Lieutenant led them toward their pre-enlistment assessment and warned them to keep their relationship in check while serving in the military.

• Lin Jin and Mu Xi parted from Mu Ye at the snow-covered border, and Mu Ye urged Lin Jin to return safely.
• A Blood God Legion patrol stopped Lin Jin and Mu Xi, then let them proceed after seeing Chen Xinjie's recommendation letter.
• Lin Jin used a Lotus Flower Flame mark to protect Mu Xi from the cold as they followed a soldier over the snowy mountain on skis.
• Lin Jin and Mu Xi passed the military camp's strict inspection and met Captain Xing Luo, who ordered a Lieutenant to arrange their assessment.
• The Lieutenant escorted Lin Jin and Mu Xi and asked whether they were a couple; Lin Jin said yes, and the Lieutenant warned them to keep it in check.

Lin Jin and Mu Xi began separate Blood God Legion assessments overseen by Blood Eight and Blood Nine. Mu Xi entered a cavern trial, protected the silver-haired Blood Eight, and advanced with her as wingbeats sounded ahead.

• A Lieutenant brought Lin Jin and Mu Xi to Blood Eight and Blood Nine, who took over their assessments.
• Blood Eight explained that the candidates had to protect the assessors in a trial space, then took Mu Xi to a separate room.
• Mu Xi entered a cavern trial with Blood Eight and chose a Spirit Guidance Ray firearm despite being unable to use Soul Power there.
• Blood Eight pretended to collapse toward Mu Xi, who stopped her with the firearm and then took the lead to protect her.
• Dense wingbeats sounded as Mu Xi and Blood Eight advanced through the cavern.

Mu Xi handled the assessment’s Abyss Demon Bat attack with impressive accuracy, then carried the silver-haired woman after she pretended to be unconscious. Watching the footage, the Blood God Battalion’s leaders praised Mu Xi’s combat ability and were stunned when Cao Dezhi suggested that Lin Jin might already be a Saint Craftsman.

• The silver-haired woman feigned a panic attack and threw herself at Mu Xi, who struck her unconscious before shooting down the Abyss Demon Bats with precise Spirit Guidance Ray fire.
• Mu Xi found the silver-haired woman still lying on the ground, strapped her to herself, and continued the assessment.
• Zhang Huanyun and the Blood God Battalion leaders watched the footage and realized that the silver-haired woman was Blood Eight and the young man was Blood Nine.
• Blood Two worried that Blood Eight’s coldness toward his son meant she did not like him, while the leaders praised Mu Xi’s performance.
• Cao Dezhi said Lin Jin was likely already a Saint Craftsman, leaving the others confused as he thought of Lin Jin’s age: fourteen.

Lin Jin and Blood Nine entered an assessment cave, where Lin Jin effortlessly defeated its monsters and shocked Blood Nine with his power. When a Title Douluo-level Ba An appeared, Lin Jin’s blade shattered, but he killed it with his Dark Gold Dreadclaw, leaving Blood Nine convinced he might lose to Lin Jin without Soul Power.

• Lin Jin entered the cave with a long, straight blade and advanced while using his Spiritual Power to survey the surroundings.
• Lin Jin killed a swarm of Abyss Demon Bats with one slash, astonishing Blood Nine with his control over power.
• Lin Jin and Blood Nine continued through the cave as Lin Jin killed fleshball monsters, lizard monsters, and many-legged insects in a single slash.
• A powerful Ba An appeared, and Lin Jin charged it with his blade infused with Bloodline Power.
• Lin Jin’s blade shattered against Ba An, so he used his Dark Gold Dreadclaw to break its claw and slice apart its shell, killing it.
• Blood Nine realized that Lin Jin might defeat him in a fight without Soul Power and noticed that Lin Jin possessed an External Soul Bone.

Lin Jin defeated Demon Charm so forcefully that he exceeded the assessment ground’s load-bearing limit and was ejected, shocking Blood Nine and Blood Eight. After Lin Jin and Mu Xi passed registration, Mu Xi’s rank, battle armor, and Level 6 Forging Grandmaster status astonished Long Yuxue and her mother, who then prepared to assess Lin Jin.

• Lin Jin burned away Demon Charm’s curse, stunned her with his heartbeat, and destroyed the cave in their fight.
• The assessment ground forcibly ejected Lin Jin after his attack surpassed its load-bearing limit, leaving Blood Nine shocked by his strength even without soul power.
• Blood Eight and Blood Nine left Lin Jin and Mu Xi with Long Yuxue to register and assign dormitories.
• Mu Xi told Long Yuxue and her mother that she was seventeen, had rank-50 soul power, wore the One-Word Battle Armor Jin, and was a Level 6 Forging Grandmaster.
• The lieutenant verified Mu Xi’s battle armor and forging badge, then she and Long Yuxue turned their attention to Lin Jin, expecting his credentials to be even more extraordinary.

Lin Jin and Mu Xi settled into the Blood God Legion after their assessment, and Lin Jin considered challenging a Blood God to gain a higher rank and greater autonomy. Long Yuxue took them to tour the camp and told them she would oversee their required month of recruit training.

• Long Yuxue arranged dormitories for Lin Jin and Mu Xi, then left Lin Jin in a room above an ordinary soldier's standard.
• Lin Jin chose not to report his blacksmith rank and considered whether to challenge a Blood God after receiving his rank.
• Lin Jin reflected that he could likely defeat Blood Eight or Blood Nine, but weighed his ties to Chen Xinjie and the War God Temple before choosing a target.
• Mu Xi and Long Yuxue visited Lin Jin in the afternoon, and Long Yuxue offered to show them around the camp.
• Long Yuxue told Lin Jin and Mu Xi that new recruits had to complete a month of training and that she would be their instructor.

Lin Jin and Mu Xi settled into the Blood God Legion, where Mu Xi arranged to open a Forging Room and proved her skill as a Level 6 Forging Grandmaster. As Lin Jin focused on training, he grew puzzled that the legion still had not held their appointment ceremony after more than half a month.

• Long Yuxue took Lin Jin and Mu Xi to the cafeteria and offered to pay for their first meal, while Jiang Qiyue teased her about the pair.
• Mu Xi revealed that she and Long Yuxue had agreed to open a Forging Room in the camp, with Long Yuxue investing in the venture.
• Long Yuxue announced that Mu Xi was a Level 6 Forging Grandmaster, surprising Jiang Wuyue and Jiang Qiyue and drawing the cafeteria's attention.
• Mu Xi and Long Yuxue established the Forging Room, and Mu Xi competed with the legion's existing Level 6 Grandmaster without either gaining the upper hand.
• Lin Jin concentrated on basic training while Mu Xi managed the Forging Room, but after more than half a month he still had no appointment ceremony and wondered what the legion's leaders were planning.