Recaps

Ling Yi developed the Blacksmith Association and Blue Silver Territory, advanced his cultivation research, and trained the younger generation. A letter about a sought-after item led him to the Shabak Grand Auction House, where he bought the Ruyi Treasure Sack and met a Dugu man who had purchased his armor.

• Ling Yi reviewed the Blacksmith Association’s accounts and advised Old Master Jin to redirect some material-order profits to the Five Marquises of the Five Directions Military Department.
• Ling Yi returned to Blue Silver Territory, trained Zhang Miao and the other children, and explored the Soldier Tomb with Zhang Lei, where he studied the Battle Halberd’s connection to Zhang Lei’s Soul Power.
• Lou Gao showed Tie Futu Ling Yi’s gifts, including Heavy Profound Steel and a Storage Soul Crystal, while Ling Yi cultivated Blue Silver Grass and completed his Full of Vitality Spirit Gathering Array.
• Ling Yi used the array to help four Blue Silver Grass plants begin transforming, conducted body-regeneration experiments, and taught children the Basic Breathing Technique.
• After receiving Old Master Jin’s letter about a sought-after item, Ling Yi traveled with Jiang Yuan and his companions to the Shabak Grand Auction House.
• Ling Yi consigned his Sinking Silver Inner Armor, which sold for 48,000 Gold Soul Coins, then bought the Ruyi Treasure Sack for 100,000 Gold Soul Coins.
• After the auction, Ling Yi settled the payments and offered the armor’s buyer another piece directly, learning that the tall man had the compound surname Dugu.

Ling Yi used his healing, martial, and forging skills to influence the border campaign, protect soldiers, and strengthen his standing with the Heaven Dou Empire. After gaining a new Blue Silver Grass ring and developing new combat techniques, he remained at the border while Ah Yin prepared to leave the academy.

• Dugu Bo learned about Ling Yi’s achievements, witnessed him revive a fish and forge a Sinking Silver Inner Armor, and became impressed by his skill and generosity.
• Tang Hao reached Soul King level 51 and received a Clear Sky Sect inheritance soul bone, while Tang Chen left to pursue godhood and entrusted Tang Xiao with a letter for Bo Saixi.
• Ling Yi entered a trance-like state while practicing Xingyi boxing, then learned that an official transfer order had sent him toward the front between the empires.
• At the front, Ling Yi treated soldiers and helped Jiang Yuan save three thousand troops by staging their deaths and arranging for them to resettle with the Blacksmith Association.
• Ling Yi stayed with the Heaven Dou Empire’s army, treated severe injuries, and saved Long Long by removing poisoned tissue and using Finger Rebirth.
• Ling Yi absorbed a two-thousand-year Blue Silver Grass soul ring, gained the Ceaseless Growth skill, and increased his soul power, physical recovery, and mental strength.
• Xiao Yan told Ling Yi about Li Li’s Unicorn Flood Dragon Snake Martial Soul, and Ling Yi later developed the Flood Dragon Snake Shot technique.
• Ah Yin refused Xie Wendong’s soul-hunting offer, revealed her two yellow rings before the academy, and decided she needed to leave.

Ling Yi was transferred to the Balak Kingdom, where he fought and captured the Fallen Soul Master Ming He before meeting Yang Shelly and leaving the army. As Ling Yi and Yang Shelly traveled and trained together, Ah Yin continued following his trail, and Yang Shelly advanced her combat skills.

• Lou Gao told Tie Futu that he had helped thousands of young adults find work, and Tie Futu urged him to focus on forging and developing Ling Yi’s Spirit Refinement theories.
• Ling Yi traveled to the Balak Kingdom, where he served on patrol and encountered Ming He, a Soul King-level Fallen Soul Master who attacked his team.
• Ling Yi used grenades and his Second Body to outmaneuver Ming He, then captured him and conducted experiments while questioning him about his crimes.
• In Long Xing City, Ling Yi met Yang Shelly, a Breaking Clan collateral member, and they competed together as the Peerless Grass Cutting Duo, defeating Mad Tiger and Mad Lion.
• Ling Yi returned to Sena City, told John he planned to retire from the army, and later met Count Altimos before setting out with Yang Shelly.
• Ah Yin pursued Ling Yi toward Fasinuo Province, while Ling Yi sensed someone watching him but could not identify the observer.
• Ling Yi taught Yang Shelly Xingyi boxing and martial soul skills as they traveled, and she fought a Wind Shadow Leopard to study its movements.

Ling Yi reunited with Ah Yin and reached Gengxin City, where he worked with Lou Gao and Tie Futu on Spiritual Metal, Soul Guidance Arrays, and new armor. His experiments with Starry Sky Stone succeeded but proved dangerous, and the arc ended with Tie Futu collapsing after using a Forbidden Art that consumed his life force.

• Yang Shelly fought Ah Yin until Ling Yi's arrival revealed the Wind Shadow Leopard was injured, and Ling Yi healed it while resisting Ah Yin's bloodline pressure.
• Ling Yi learned Ah Yin was a Blue Silver Emperor, challenged her habit of secretly observing him, and continued toward Gengxin City with Yang Shelly as Ah Yin followed.
• Ling Yi reunited with Xiang Guyun and met Lou Gao and Tie Futu at the Blacksmith Association, where he advised them to delay revealing Spirit Refinement and develop blacksmithing as a path complementary to Soul Masters.
• Ling Yi examined Lou Gao and Tie Futu's Soul Guidance Array experiments and recognized that the arrays needed suitable applications rather than being failures.
• Ling Yi and the blacksmiths forged and tested the Azure Wood Battle Armor, which enhanced its wearers' combat abilities, though Tie Futu found it offered little amplification with his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Ling Yi identified Starry Sky Stone as the same kind of material as Space Gem and expanded a Subspace inside one, but the spatial force cut through a metal plate and the workbench.
• Ling Yi stopped his experiment and found Tie Futu collapsed beside a furnace, then used Ceaseless Growth to stabilize him as Lou Gao recognized signs of the life-consuming Blood Spirit Metal Inquiry Technique.