Chapter Summaries

Lu Guan attempted to fuse his accompanying Five Weapons with metal, but Zhen Hua could not forge the deeply linked alloy for him. After repeated failures, Lu Guan used the War Lord Heart Method’s Blood Baleful Hundred Refinement and began fusing the metal with his Ge.

• Mu Ye and Lu Guan found that the Body Sect had almost no suitable metal left, so Mu Ye took Lu Guan to Zhen Hua.
• Zhen Hua warned them that forcing an external object into a Martial Soul could damage its origin, then confirmed that only Lu Guan could forge metal linked so deeply to his Five Weapons.
• Lu Guan repeatedly failed to fuse his weapon with Three-Fusion alloy using ordinary forging methods.
• Lu Guan recalled Blood Baleful Hundred Refinement from the War Lord Heart Method and used it to hammer the metal alongside his Long Spear.
• The metal developed blood-red patterns matching the Long Spear and fused with Lu Guan’s Ge, prompting him to declare that it had worked.

Lu Guan successfully used Baleful Qi to transfer an alloy’s properties into his Ge, proving his approach to forging the Five Weapons could work. After obtaining more rare metals from the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, he began forging all five weapons in the Body Sect’s sealed-off workshop.

• Lu Guan finished forging his Ge, and Zhen Hua recognized that Baleful Qi had forcibly transferred properties from the Three-Fusion alloy into the weapon.
• Mu Ye praised the result and connected the method’s success to his plans for Mechanical Ascension, while Lu Guan considered how to tailor metals to each of the Five Weapons.
• Lu Guan asked Zhen Hua for rare metals, then returned to the Body Sect with Mu Ye and requested more materials from Steward Ning of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Several Storage Soul Tools arrived at the Body Sect, and Lu Guan spent the next few days forging while dark red Baleful Qi poured from the workshop.
• Lu Guan used Blood Baleful Hundred Refinement to begin forging the five companion weapons, relying on the vitality from the Baleful-Life Mark to endure the work.

Lu Guan finished Spirit Forging the Five Weapons, but Ye Xinglan arrived and challenged him to a fight after revealing her rapid cultivation progress. Gu Yue and Na'er then entered the courtyard, where Na'er clung to Lu Guan and teased Ye Xinglan by claiming she only knew how to care for her dear brother.

• Lu Guan completed Spirit Forging the Five Weapons of slaughter with Three-Fusion alloys.
• Ye Xinglan challenged Lu Guan and revealed that she had become a Three-Ring Soul Elder with three Thousand-Year Soul Rings and lucid sword intent.
• Xu Xiaoyan watched from behind a veranda pillar and reacted to Ye Xinglan's progress.
• Gu Yue and Na'er entered the courtyard, and Na'er eyed Ye Xinglan suspiciously.
• Ye Xinglan renewed her challenge, but Na'er linked arms with Lu Guan and taunted Ye Xinglan by saying she only knew how to care for him.

Ye Xinglan challenged Lu Guan to a spar, but he sent out his Profound Suppression Bear instead. The bear overwhelmed her, leaving Ye Xinglan beaten and stunned by its strength as Lu Guan laughed.

• Na'er complained that Ye Xinglan had barged in, while Ye Xinglan insisted she had come to spar Lu Guan fairly.
• Lu Guan accepted Ye Xinglan's challenge and summoned his Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Spirit, the Profound Suppression Bear.
• Ye Xinglan's Stargod Sword strike was stopped by the bear's paw, and the impact forced her back.
• Ye Xinglan used the Stargod Sword Technique, but the Profound Suppression Bear broke her sword light and drove her into close combat.
• The Profound Suppression Bear battered Ye Xinglan and slammed her into the courtyard, leaving her unable to lift her sword.
• Lu Guan patted the bear and told Ye Xinglan she was too young to understand the power of bonds.

After Ye Xinglan lost to Lu Guan’s Profound Suppression Bear, she decided to leave Shrek Academy and observe Lu Guan’s training firsthand. Gu Yue and Na’er invited Lu Guan to accompany their delegation to the Star Luo Continent, and he agreed.

• Ye Xinglan admitted her defeat, concluded that solitary training was not enough to catch up with Lu Guan, and declared she would move in to watch him train.
• Ye Xinglan limped away from the Body Sect to request leave from Shrek Academy, while Xu Xiaoyan emerged from hiding and rubbed the Profound Suppression Bear’s belly.
• Lu Guan asked Gu Yue and Na’er why they had come together, and Na’er tried to imitate Gu Yue’s teasing manner.
• Gu Yue explained that Leng Yaozhu would lead a Spirit Pagoda delegation to the Star Luo Empire for an exchange event that would also inspect its branch pagoda.
• Gu Yue invited Lu Guan to join as accompanying personnel, and after Na’er said he had to come with her, Lu Guan agreed.

Lu Guan tested the five newly forged baleful weapons and gained confidence for the upcoming journey to Star Luo. Gu Yue and Na'er investigated the poison miasma in Sunset Forest, discovered a spatial array they could not yet pass, and sensed a dragon’s presence within.

• Na'er fed Lu Guan her osmanthus cakes before Gu Yue left with her, reminding Lu Guan to prepare for the trip to Star Luo in three months.
• Lu Guan activated his War Lord Demon Body and tested the five weapons, demonstrating their enhanced cutting, vibration, lightning, spear-array, and piercing abilities.
• Gu Yue and Na'er traveled into Sunset Forest instead of returning to the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters.
• Gu Yue protected herself and Na'er with a silver barrier as they entered the poison miasma, but the spatial array repeatedly sent them back.
• Gu Yue sensed a dragon’s presence inside the array and concluded that the mysterious organization that had stolen their bloodlines was there.

Gu Yue summoned Di Tian to prepare for a journey to the Star Luo Continent, where the Dragon Burial Ground had appeared, and forbade him from harming Lu Guan. At Shrek Academy, Ye Xinglan requested six months of leave from Tang Yinmeng, who refused without a valid reason.

• Gu Yue summoned Di Tian and told him to follow the Spirit Pagoda fleet to the Star Luo Continent in three months.
• Gu Yue revealed that the Dragon Burial Ground lay hidden beneath the Star Luo Continent and that she sensed the origins of mountain and light there.
• Di Tian asked permission to kill Lu Guan, but Gu Yue suppressed him and warned him not to act against the human.
• Ye Xinglan arrived at Sea God Island and submitted a request for extended leave to Tang Yinmeng.
• Tang Yinmeng questioned Ye Xinglan's request and refused to approve half a year away without a valid reason.

Ye Xinglan asked permission to leave Shrek Academy and live near the Body Sect so she could study Lu Guan's cultivation after losing to his Soul Spirit. Yun Ming approved her request, and the next morning she revealed she had rented the neighboring courtyard and planned to watch Lu Guan train from a tree.

• Ye Xinglan told Tang Yinmeng she had lost to Lu Guan's Soul Spirit and wanted to learn how he cultivated at the Body Sect.
• Tang Yinmeng sought approval from Ya Li and Yun Ming, and Yun Ming approved Ye Xinglan's request.
• Yun Ming considered whether the Inner Court's freedom for young seed students should be changed or abolished.
• The next morning, Lu Guan sensed someone watching him from a locust tree outside the courtyard.
• Ye Xinglan revealed she had rented the neighboring courtyard and intended to observe Lu Guan's cultivation, leaving Lu Guan and Xu Xiaoyan stunned.

Lu Guan let Ye Xinglan observe his cultivation in exchange for a favor, while the Green Skull buried Lin Sen after his death in an ambush. After the resistance members left the cemetery, a hand burst from an old grave, and the dead began to return to life.

• Lu Guan agreed to let Ye Xinglan openly observe his training if she owed him one favor, and she sat down to take notes.
• Lu Guan circulated his Blood Qi while Ye Xinglan studied his methods, puzzled that they differed from academy teachings.
• The Green Skull held a funeral for Lin Sen, who had died protecting an intelligence team from the Star Luo Empire’s inspection squad.
• The one-eyed elder blamed the failure on poor preparations, rallied the members to continue their revolution, and ordered them to withdraw to Base Three.
• After the cemetery emptied and night fell, a pale hand broke through the earth beneath an old grave.

Ye Xinglan tried to imitate Lu Guan’s Blood Qi cultivation, then accepted his demand that she wear a maid outfit and clean his courtyard. After Lu Guan secretly photographed her, she chased him with her sword before reluctantly sweeping the leaves.

• Ye Xinglan tried to copy Lu Guan’s cultivation method but suffered pain in her chest and meridians, so she decided to study his combat skills instead.
• Lu Guan brought Ye Xinglan a custom black-and-white maid dress with cat ears and a tail, and she agreed to wear it rather than return to her rental.
• Ye Xinglan emerged dressed as a cat-ear maid, and Lu Guan took a photo of her with his Communicator.
• Ye Xinglan chased Lu Guan around the courtyard with her Stargod Sword, scattering the leaves she had gathered, while Xu Xiaoyan cheered.
• Lu Guan refused to delete the photo and told Ye Xinglan to sweep the courtyard, so she reluctantly picked up the broom.

Ya Li visited Lu Guan’s courtyard and found Ye Xinglan doing chores in a cat-eared maid outfit, while Lu Guan claimed it was a training uniform. Three months later, Lu Guan prepared to leave for the Star Luo Continent, and Ye Xinglan unexpectedly followed him, insisting she would not wear a maid outfit.

• Ya Li arrived at Lu Guan’s courtyard and found Ye Xinglan dressed in a maid outfit while washing clothes.
• Lu Guan claimed Ye Xinglan liked doing chores and that her outfit was a mind-tempering training uniform, and Ya Li warned him not to bully her.
• After Ya Li left, Ye Xinglan changed clothes, resumed her chores, and continued watching Lu Guan train.
• Three months later, Xu Xiaoyan declined Lu Guan’s invitation to travel with him, while Ye Xinglan picked up a packed suitcase.
• At the Soul Guidance Train station, Ye Xinglan bought a ticket to Skysea City and told Lu Guan she was not wearing a maid outfit, leaving him surprised.

Lu Guan returned to his home in Skysea City before sailing to Star Luo Continent, leaving Ye Xinglan startled to discover she had followed him to meet his parents. After five awkward days of his parents’ overbearing hospitality, Lu Guan and Ye Xinglan boarded the ship, where they reunited with Gu Yue, Na'er, and Leng Yaozhu.

• Ye Xinglan followed Lu Guan to Skysea City, then learned he was stopping at his family home before the voyage.
• Xu Ran and Lu Beixuan warmly welcomed Ye Xinglan, mistaking her for Lu Guan’s girlfriend, while she blamed Lu Guan for not telling her where they were going.
• Lu Guan told his parents that he and Na'er would be traveling to Star Luo Continent for several months.
• For five days, Xu Ran fed Ye Xinglan lavish meals until she grew visibly rounder, and Ye Xinglan endured the attention with embarrassment.
• Lu Guan and Ye Xinglan boarded the ocean-going Soul Guidance ship, where Gu Yue greeted them and Na'er objected to Ye Xinglan’s presence.
• Leng Yaozhu stopped Na'er and Ye Xinglan from arguing, then warned Lu Guan not to wander around during the voyage.

Lu Guan and the passengers aboard a Spirit Pagoda liner faced a sudden assault by powerful Sea Soul Beasts in the Endless Sea. Just as three Titled Douluo prepared to defend the ship, a Demonic Nightmare Octopus appeared and shattered their shield and defenses.

• Lu Guan spent the peaceful first days of the voyage practicing and keeping company with Gu Yue, Na'er, and Ye Xinglan.
• After the liner entered the deep sea, a school of Demon Soul Great White Sharks attacked the ship.
• A Hundred-Thousand-Year Demon Soul Great White Shark King and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Deep Sea Demon Whale surfaced, prompting three Spirit Pagoda elders to intervene.
• Lu Guan sensed that the two giant beasts were clearing a path for something more powerful beneath the water.
• A Demonic Nightmare Octopus emerged, shattered the ship's shield with its tentacles, and knocked the three Titled Douluo onto the deck.

Leng Yaozhu revealed her strength as the Heavenly Phoenix and attacked the Demonic Nightmare Octopus, a ferocious beast drawn to something aboard the ship. After severing two of its tentacles, she unleashed a sea of Heavenly Phoenix Fire that boiled the waters around the ship.

• The Demonic Nightmare Octopus rose from the sea and attacked the ship after sensing something that could help it evolve.
• Leng Yaozhu emerged in her Four-Word Battle Armor, and the three injured Titled Douluos and the ship’s guards took heart at her arrival.
• The Demonic Nightmare Octopus redirected all eight tentacles toward Leng Yaozhu, who formed the Heavenly Phoenix Holy Spear and severed two of them.
• Leng Yaozhu followed up with a powerful phoenix attack, covering miles of sea in Heavenly Phoenix Fire and bringing the water to a boil.

Leng Yaozhu drove off the Demonic Nightmare Octopus with her Heavenly Phoenix Fire, then had its severed tentacles hauled aboard and shared as food. After Little Nightmare sensed its presence in the tentacles, Lu Guan suspected that Nightmare—not the Dark Winged Tiger—was the source of its devouring ability.

• The Demonic Nightmare Octopus escaped into the deep sea after blocking Leng Yaozhu’s flames with a cloud of ink, while the other sea beasts fled or died.
• Leng Yaozhu refused to pursue the Octopus underwater and ordered Scarlet Lion Douluo to haul its severed tentacles aboard.
• Lu Guan and Na'er admired the tentacles as potential food, and Leng Yaozhu cleansed one of mental contamination and offered it to the crew.
• Scarlet Lion Douluo used his Blazing Lion martial soul and soul power to butcher the tentacle for everyone to share.
• Little Nightmare sensed traces of Nightmare in the tentacles, and Lu Guan reconsidered the origin of its ability to gain powers by devouring Nightmare’s bloodline.