Chapter Summaries

Ling Yi and the others explored the valley floor and discovered several rare and poisonous plants, including herbs Ling Yi recognized from his memories. The group continued surveying the area, with Ling Yi joining Ah Yin to inspect the plants that drew her attention.

• Dugu Bo identified a giant Intestine Severing Grass, and Ling Yi wondered how long it had grown.
• Yang Shelly found a Golden-Edged Red Dragon Ganoderma and explained how valuable it could be for her clan’s secret medicine; Ling Yi suggested cultivating more with Demon Dragon Zi Xi’s blood.
• Ling Yi left Yang Shelly to join Ah Yin, who was examining a Purple Large Chrysanthemum that Ling Yi recognized as a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.
• Ling Yi recognized Blazing Apricot Delights, Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, Aromatic Silk Beauty, and Acacia Heartbreak Red among the plants Ah Yin inspected.
• Ling Yi wondered why Ah Yin ignored plants resembling Faint Fragrance Kirin Immortal Plant and Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, and whether other immortal plants were hidden among ordinary-looking growth.

Ling Yi sensed that the Ice and Fire Twin Springs were dangerously affecting their bloodlines, so he led the others out of the valley. After realizing Ah Yin seemed immune, the group decided to return to Heaven Dou City and postpone exploring the treasure-filled valley.

• Ling Yi abruptly pulled Ah Yin and Yang Shelly close and warned Dugu Bo that they needed to leave the valley immediately.
• Dugu Bo trusted Ling Yi and escorted him, Ah Yin, and Yang Shelly back to the mountaintop.
• Ling Yi explained that the twin springs’ opposing cold and hot auras were making their bloodlines boil and could cause severe injury if they stayed.
• Ling Yi noticed Ah Yin was unaffected and suggested her Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul might protect her from the valley’s influence.
• Ling Yi decided to return to Heaven Dou City to study his symptoms before considering another descent, while Yang Shelly worried about leaving the rare herbs behind.

After returning to Mist Mountain, Ling Yi and his companions secured the Ice and Fire Twin Springs with soul guidance arrays meant to deter intruders. Back in Heaven Dou City, Ling Yi received invitations from the Spirit Hall Holy Temple and Third Prince Xue Ye, and had to decide how to respond to their competing requests.

• Ling Yi had Dugu Bo, Ah Yin, and Yang Shelly collect blood-stained soil and stone from the battle site and store it in Storage Soul Tools.
• Ling Yi used the beasts' lingering auras to set up a Solidified Aura Soul Guidance Array and concealed the mountaintop with a Shadow Recording Soul Guidance Array.
• Ling Yi and the others returned to Heaven Dou City after sunset, and news of Ling Yi's return reached interested parties.
• A Spirit Hall Holy Temple deacon and a guard from Third Prince Xue Ye's residence delivered invitations to Ling Yi.
• Ling Yi recognized that Xue Ye had left the meeting time to him, giving him a way to respond to the Spirit Hall Holy Temple's invitation for the next morning.

Ling Yi and Dugu Bo went to the Spirit Hall Holy Temple for their appointment, where Ling Yi reunited with Bishop Qi and met Bishop Salas and another bishop. The chapter ended with Ling Yi introducing Dugu Bo as his close elder who guided him, leaving the bishops unsure whether he was deliberately pretending to be naive.

• Ling Yi and Dugu Bo went to the Spirit Hall Holy Temple while their companions handled their own errands around Heaven Dou City.
• Ling Yi reflected on how he concealed his knowledge of the Douluo Continent and explained away his unusual Yin Yang Eight Trigrams Diagram.
• A high-ranking Deacon led Ling Yi and Dugu Bo to a meeting room on the temple's fifth floor.
• Bishop Qi greeted Ling Yi as an old acquaintance, and Ling Yi acted surprised to see him.
• Ling Yi introduced Dugu Bo to Bishop Qi, Bishop Salas, and Sa Fande Sa as his close elder and guide, leaving the three bishops uncertain about his intentions.

Ling Yi met with Spirit Hall leaders to confirm how Blue Silver Rice would be distributed and received an offer to request further support. He left the meeting having preserved the Third Prince’s rights in the northern provinces and secured a chance to borrow more books from Spirit Hall archives.

• Salas introduced Ling Yi and Dugu Bo to Platinum Bishop Sa Fande Sa, and Ling Yi and Sa Fande Sa exchanged polite but guarded compliments.
• Sa Fande Sa asked whether Ling Yi would let Spirit Hall oversee Blue Silver Rice distribution in the Heaven Dou Empire’s two northern provinces, but Ling Yi refused because he had promised those rights to the Third Prince.
• Sa Fande Sa accepted Ling Yi’s refusal and said he would speak with His Majesty Xue Rong and Xue Ye.
• Bishop Qi told Ling Yi that the Pope had authorized him to request reasonable support from Spirit Hall, and Salas confirmed that Ling Yi could still borrow from the Heaven Dou Spirit Hall Holy Temple archives.
• Ling Yi asked to borrow non-confidential books from Spirit City’s archive tower and, if possible, review Spirit Hall’s records of Martial Soul Awakening Ceremonies.

Ling Yi left the Spirit Hall Holy Temple with Dugu Bo and visited Third Prince Xue Ye, bringing him a handcrafted crossbow. After learning the crossbow could be made by advanced blacksmiths at modest cost, Xue Ye became more eager to recruit Ling Yi.

• Sa Fande Sa praised Ling Yi's judgment, while Bishop Qi prepared to return to Spirit City and report to the Pope.
• Ling Yi and Dugu Bo headed toward the residences of the imperial relatives, and Ling Yi stopped to forge a crossbow as a visiting gift for Xue Ye.
• Xue Ye welcomed Ling Yi and praised the crossbow, seeing Ling Yi's craftsmanship and other accomplishments as valuable assets.
• Ling Yi explained that the crossbow was inspired by Ku Fan's martial soul and could be reproduced by advanced blacksmiths for about one hundred Gold Soul Coins in materials.
• Xue Ye grew intent on winning Ling Yi's loyalty after hearing how efficiently the crossbow could be produced.

Ling Yi promised Xue Ye a steady supply of Crossbows, prompting the prince to plan a Crossbow army and seek out Ku Fan, the soldier whose Martial Soul inspired the weapon. Xue Ye intended to place Ku Fan in the Royal Knights and potentially make him commander of a new Crossbow Cavalry unit, pending Altimos finding him.

• Ling Yi promised to train Advanced Blacksmiths and deliver three thousand Crossbows within half a year, followed by at least a thousand each month.
• Xue Ye celebrated the Crossbow’s power and planned to use the new army and Blue Silver Rice cultivation to strengthen his claim to the crown prince position.
• After Ling Yi and Dugu Bo left, Xue Ye asked Xue Xing about his connection to Altimos in the Border Army.
• Xue Ye revealed that he wanted Altimos to find Ku Fan, whose Hurricane Soul Chasing Crossbow Martial Soul was the prototype for Ling Yi’s weapon.
• Xue Ye planned to seek his father’s approval to form a Crossbow Cavalry unit within the Royal Knights and considered placing Ku Fan in command if he proved worthy.

Ling Yi used his Holy Light Illumination soul skill to cure Yang Shelly after the Ice Fire Qi made her feverish, then spent several days studying how to use the energy. He ended the chapter having found a way to harness the Ice Fire Qi after briefly entering an overclocked mental state.

• Ling Yi returned to the courtyard and found Yang Shelly feverish from the extreme cold and heat auras.
• Ling Yi used his Holy Light Illumination soul skill to purify Yang Shelly and disperse most of the Ice Fire Qi in her body.
• Ling Yi asked Yang Shelly what had happened while he was away, then left after she had recovered.
• Three days later, Ling Yi entered a brief overclocked mental state while cultivating on the rooftop.
• Ling Yi restrained himself from becoming absorbed in the state and concluded that he had found a way to use the Ice Fire Qi of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Ling Yi created the Two Forms Fist, a new body-tempering art that used Hard-Soft Force and the opposing ice and fire auras within him. He believed it could let people without Soul Power keep strengthening their bodies, though its limits beyond the Soul King realm remained unknown.

• Ling Yi practiced and refined his new boxing art through fourteen rounds, using its forces to temper his body and guide the crimson and jade-white auras through him.
• Ah Yin, Yang Shelly, Dugu Bo, and Dugu Xin’s four young companions watched Ling Yi finish practicing as heat and steam rose from his body.
• Ling Yi explained that the Two Forms Fist could temper the body and stimulate the ice and fire auras without relying on a martial soul or Soul Skill.
• Ling Yi said that people might cultivate the art without Soul Rings at least until the Soul King realm, while its potential beyond that remained uncertain.
• Ah Yin considered the possibility that the art could improve relations between humans and soul beasts, but accepted that its reach was still limited.

Ling Yi told Dugu Xin, Long Yin, Qingqiu Xin, and Zhang Mufeng to pause practicing the Two Forms Fist and learn his improved Furious Horse Surmounts the Pass first. After a month of studying texts from three Heaven Dou City institutions, he had greatly expanded his knowledge and reached the meditative absorption state, leaving him confident in his ability to develop new techniques.

• Dugu Xin, Long Yin, Qingqiu Xin, and Zhang Mufeng complained to Ling Yi that they could not complete the Two Forms Fist after a month of practice.
• Ling Yi told the four companions to set the Two Forms Fist aside until they learned his improved Furious Horse Surmounts the Pass.
• Ling Yi spent the month establishing the Heaven Dou City branch of the Blacksmith Association, teaching crossbow forging, and reading books from three institutions.
• Ling Yi accumulated more than three thousand seven hundred volumes of Douluo Continent texts in his Memory Palace and considered himself among the continent's leading scholars.
• Ling Yi reflected that reaching meditative absorption had developed his potential, kept his cultivation progressing quickly, and strengthened his confidence in creating techniques from broad study.

In Suan Zao Village, Cheng Xu and Yu Si practiced the Farmer Three Forms and discussed whether the village should risk planting Blue Silver Rice. A bespectacled youth appeared, borrowed a hoe, and began studying the forms.

• Cheng Xu and Yu Si practiced the Hoeing Form beside the stone stele and wondered whether it could train their bodies like a level-ten Soul Master.
• Yu Si worried that switching to Blue Silver Rice could leave the village short of food if the harvest failed.
• Cheng Xu argued that the Farmer Three Forms could improve farming efficiency enough to offset a poor Blue Silver Rice harvest.
• A bespectacled youth asked Cheng Xu and Yu Si to lend him their hoes, and Cheng Xu handed one over.
• The bespectacled youth studied the stone stele and began practicing the Hoeing Form.

Flender discovered that the Farmer Three Forms could strengthen a person’s physique and learned that Ling Yi had spread the technique alongside Blue Silver Rice planting. After Flender left, Cheng Xu and Yu Si planned for Yu Si to study forging in Suotuo City.

• Flender, a Level 39 Soul Elder, stopped at a village Spirit Hall and became curious about its stone stele and the two boys practicing the Farmer Three Forms.
• Flender practiced the Hoeing Form and realized that the technique could improve strength, muscle density, tendon-and-bone resilience, and agility.
• Cheng Xu told Flender that Ling Yi had created the Farmer Three Forms and that Spirit Hall had distributed the original steles and copied versions across the continent.
• Flender left the village in a daze, while Cheng Xu and Yu Si returned home after watching him go.
• Yu Si asked to learn forging with Cheng Xu after spring plowing, and Cheng Xu offered to arrange an apprenticeship with Tie Xin.

The chapter described the founding, construction, curriculum, leadership, and resources of Heavenly Craft Academy near Gengxin City. Hamo Lei Te had become deeply invested in the academy, where five of his children studied and benefited from its education.

• The Blacksmith Association invited the Rhinoceros - Lei Te Family and other construction groups to build Heavenly Craft Academy on the Back Mountain near Black Iron Village.
• Heavenly Craft Academy opened in 2611 and established five engineering subjects, with forging and sculpting attracting the most students.
• Ling Yi spoke with Hamo Lei Te and the leaders of six other construction Soul Master families, who then sent members to teach at the academy.
• Tie Futu became dean, while Lou Gao, Ling Yi, and Hamo Lei Te served as vice deans and helped lead the academy.
• The academy introduced merit-point rules for access to its cultivation facilities, secret arts, nourishing foods, and Medicinal Cuisine.
• Hamo Lei Te enrolled five of his children at Heavenly Craft Academy and saw their temperament and intellect improve under its education.

Liu Erlong continued studying forging at Heavenly Craft Academy while fellow students discussed her talent and headed to Spring Breeze and Rain. She felt her forging skill was close to a major breakthrough as she made her way to the Lava Cave with precious forging notes.

• A classmate invited Liu Erlong to Spring Breeze and Rain, but she refused so she could continue studying forging in the Lava Cave.
• Lu Qiwen warned Han Li not to expect anything from Liu Erlong and described her rapid rise to the top of the academy’s Heavenly Craft Level students.
• Lu Qiwen explained Spring Breeze and Rain’s benefits and warned Han Li that agriculture students could not use their planting area as an excuse to cultivate.
• Liu Erlong left the materials room carrying three forging booklets and headed toward the Lava Cave, sensing that her forging skill was about to improve.
• The chapter established that thirteen-year-old Liu Erlong was a Level 33 Soul Elder and an Advanced Blacksmith who had mastered Five Hundred Refinements.

At Heavenly Craft Academy, Han Li learned about Tang Yuehua’s status and the many accomplishments of Vice Dean Ling Yi while Tang Yuehua studied sculpting. The chapter ended with Tang Xiao arriving and reuniting with his younger sister.

• Tang Yuehua studied a book on sculpting in the Spring Breeze and Rain Mimetic Cultivation Ground.
• Han Li and Lu Qiwen passed by, and Lu Qiwen explained Tang Yuehua’s family status and her skill in sculpting.
• Lu Qiwen told Han Li that Vice Dean Ling Yi had contributed to many academy subjects and directed the construction of its Mimetic Cultivation Grounds.
• Tang Xiao approached Tang Yuehua, who greeted him warmly and threw herself into his embrace.

Tang Xiao brought Tang Yuehua tribute-grade Blue Silver Rice and a new secret medicine made with Golden-Edged Red Dragon Ganoderma to support her training. He explained that the medicine might strengthen her physique and possibly help her break through her Soul Power bottleneck at level nine.

• Tang Xiao shared tribute-grade Blue Silver Rice with Tang Yuehua, who said her Basic Body Tempering Art had made her hungrier.
• Tang Yuehua ate half the rice and made Tang Xiao finish the rest of the meal.
• Tang Xiao told Tang Yuehua that Yang Shelly had reported finding Golden-Edged Red Dragon Ganoderma.
• Tang Xiao gave Tang Yuehua a secret medicine prepared by Yang Wudi with Golden-Edged Red Dragon Ganoderma and other rare ingredients.
• Tang Xiao explained that the medicine, paired with Tang Yuehua's training, could strengthen her physique and might help her reach Soul Power level ten.

Dugu Bo drove Yue Guan away from the Jade Phosphor Seven Absolute Flowers, only to find that someone had already taken them when he returned. At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, he praised Ling Yi for successfully cultivating more than a hundred Ten Thousand Year Ginseng Kings.

• Dugu Bo and Yue Guan clashed over three Jade Phosphor Seven Absolute Flowers, but both held back to avoid damaging them.
• Dugu Bo revealed that his Jade Phosphorous Serpent had evolved into the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor and warned Yue Guan to leave.
• Yue Guan departed, then returned half an hour later with Gui Mei and found the flowers gone; he blamed Gui Mei for missing them.
• Dugu Bo traveled to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and found Ling Yi tending the young Ginseng Kings.
• Ling Yi explained that more than a hundred Ginseng King plants had grown from seeds he cultivated, and Dugu Bo warned that powerful outsiders might try to seize them.

Ling Yi and Dugu Bo discussed Yang Wudi’s character and Yang Shelly’s growing strength before Dugu Bo showed Ling Yi the Jade Phosphor Seven Absolute Flowers and described their discovery. Dugu Bo revealed that a powerful stranger named Yue Guan had warned him to protect the flowers, and Ling Yi recognized the clue in the stranger’s martial soul.

• Ling Yi said Yang Wudi would not act despicably, while Dugu Bo privately doubted his judgment and considered Yang Shelly’s potential.
• Dugu Bo explained that Yang Shelly’s improved martial soul and cultivation resources had given her exceptional growth potential.
• Dugu Bo showed Ling Yi the Jade Phosphor Seven Absolute Flowers and watched the Faint Fragrance Kirin Immortal Plant neutralize their pollen.
• Dugu Bo said a powerful eccentric named Yue Guan had told him to care for the flowers.
• Ling Yi asked about Yue Guan’s martial soul, and Dugu Bo pointed to a nearby purple chrysanthemum.

Ling Yi learned that Dugu Bo had condensed some of his Soul Power into a gelatinous pill and suspected that Mental Strength was key to forming a Soul Core. Meanwhile, Xue Ye demonstrated the God Crossbow Camp to Great Emperor Xue Rong, ending as Gale Demon Wolves raced across the Royal Hunting Ground.

• Dugu Bo told Ling Yi that he had condensed more than ten percent of his Soul Power into a soybean-sized pill but could not make it solid.
• Ling Yi reasoned that the pill might greatly increase Soul Power quality and asked Dugu Bo to let him study its condensation process.
• Xue Ye and Xue Xing met Great Emperor Xue Rong at the Royal Hunting Ground, where Xue Ye said the God Crossbow Camp was ready.
• Great Emperor Xue Rong ordered Xue Ye to show the results of his work, and Xue Xing went to carry out the signal.
• Dark blue-black Gale Demon Wolves appeared on the grassland, running toward the gathered observers.

Ku Fan’s God Crossbow Camp demonstrated its strength by wiping out Gale Demon Wolves and overwhelming the Royal Knights in a military exercise. After the troops celebrated, Ku Fan ordered Shao Murasame to store the wolf corpses so he could trade them for supplies, prompting Xue Xing to ask what use they had.

• Ku Fan led three hundred crossbow cavalry in an attack that scattered and killed the Gale Demon Wolves.
• Xue Xing sent the God Crossbow Camp against three thousand Royal Knights, and Ku Fan’s mounted archers used their speed and ranged attacks to take down nearly a third of them.
• After the exercise, Xue Ye joined Great Emperor Xue Rong and the ministers, while Xue Xing brought food and wine to reward the God Crossbow Camp.
• Shao Murasame reported that the camp had recovered 133 demon wolf corpses, and Ku Fan gave him five Storage Medals to store them for later trade.
• Xue Xing asked Ku Fan what use the foul-smelling Gale Demon Wolf corpses had.