Chapter Summaries

Tang Qingye reunited with Leng Yaozhu, apologized for risking himself without telling her, and learned about the continent’s secondary professions for creating Battle Armor. He chose to study mecha design, manufacture, and forging, with Leng Yaozhu arranging a forging teacher and giving him five years to prove himself.

• Tang Qingye woke beside Leng Nu Jiao, who had been pretending to sleep after clinging to him through the night, and she offered to wipe him down.
• Leng Yaozhu sensed that Tang Qingye’s aura and physical strength had changed, then confronted him for testing his Martial Soul without telling her.
• Tang Qingye apologized, and Leng Yaozhu explained that she was worried because he had faced danger alone; he promised to consult her in the future.
• Leng Yaozhu taught Tang Qingye about Battle Armor and the four secondary professions, praising Leng Nu Jiao’s skill as a fourth-rank mecha repairer.
• Tang Qingye chose to study mecha design and manufacture, while Leng Nu Jiao promised to protect his Battle Armor through repairs.
• Tang Qingye also requested forging lessons, and Leng Yaozhu agreed to contact Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua for a teacher, giving him five years to produce results.

Tang Qingye practiced engraving a level-one energy-gathering core array under Leng Yaozhu’s guidance, earning recognition as a prospective level-one Mecha Manufacturer. He then returned home with Leng Nu Jiao, where his family welcomed them warmly and Lang Yue and Tang Ziran noticed the affection between the two youngsters.

• Leng Yaozhu took Tang Qingye and Leng Nu Jiao to her private battle armor room and taught Tang Qingye to engrave a level-one energy-gathering core array.
• Tang Qingye used the Nine Nether Cold Blade and his abilities to engrave a flawless array on heavy silver, and Leng Yaozhu recognized him as a prospective level-one Mecha Manufacturer.
• Leng Yaozhu told Leng Nu Jiao and Tang Qingye to complement each other in their future work, then agreed to Tang Qingye’s request to visit home with Leng Nu Jiao.
• Tang Qingye returned to his family’s apartment, where Lang Yue, Tang Ziran, and Tang Wulin enthusiastically welcomed him.
• Lang Yue and Tang Ziran observed Leng Nu Jiao’s affection for Tang Qingye and welcomed her as she joined the family for dinner.

Tang Qingye gave Tang Wulin a portion of the Blood-Tempering Pill, helping him break through to rank four, then returned to the Spirit Pagoda with Leng Nu Jiao. Leng Yaozhu presented him with the Black Tortoise Divine Pill, leaving his next cultivation opportunity at hand.

• Lang Yue showed Leng Nu Jiao Tang Qingye’s bedroom and arranged for her to sleep there, while Tang Wulin climbed into bed with Tang Qingye.
• Tang Qingye divided the Blood-Tempering Pill into twelve portions and gave one to Tang Wulin before telling him a story as he fell asleep.
• The pill strengthened Tang Wulin’s body and Soul Power, and he naturally broke through from rank three to rank four overnight.
• Tang Wulin found Tang Qingye’s note instructing him to take one remaining pill portion every three days and train at home until he reached rank ten.
• Tang Qingye and Leng Nu Jiao returned to the Spirit Pagoda, where Leng Yaozhu welcomed them and showed Tang Qingye the Black Tortoise Divine Pill she had prepared for him.

Tang Qingye absorbed the Black Tortoise Divine Pill, then accompanied Leng Yaozhu and Leng Nu Jiao to the Spirit Pagoda’s forging room. There, he used his power to stabilize Mo Tieyan’s failing Fusion Forging and complete the origin imprint, leaving the gathered blacksmiths stunned by what he could do.

• Tang Qingye absorbed the Black Tortoise Divine Pill while Leng Yaozhu guided its energy, cleansing his body and widening his meridians.
• Leng Yaozhu gave Tang Qingye a four-year study schedule and took him to the Spirit Pagoda’s ninth-floor forging room to observe a Saint Craftsman.
• Mo Tieyan began his forty-ninth attempt to become an eighth-rank Saint Craftsman by forging Heavy Silver and Magic Silver into Jade Silver.
• Mo Tieyan’s violent Martial Soul Origin destabilized the Jade Silver’s newborn artifact spirit, and cracks spread across the alloy as his origin imprint faltered.
• Tang Qingye used Resurrection to soothe Mo Tieyan’s power, stabilize the artifact spirit, and help complete the origin imprint.
• The blacksmiths recognized Tang Qingye’s intervention and discovered that Leng Yaozhu, holding him, was the Spirit Pagoda’s Deputy Pagoda Master, Heavenly Phoenix.

Mo Tieyan taught Tang Qingye the basics of forging, but Tang Qingye’s thousand strikes caused heavy silver to begin developing sentience. The chapter then shifted to class, where Mu Xi invited Ouyang Zixin to Heaven Dou City for vacation, but Ouyang Zixin seemed lost in thought and barely heard her.

• Mo Tieyan thanked Tang Qingye for helping him fulfill his long-held goal and promised to provide rare materials and forging assistance whenever Tang Qingye needed them.
• Mo Tieyan began Tang Qingye’s first forging lesson, instructing him to strike heavy silver one thousand times with alternating hammers while keeping his force steady.
• Tang Qingye used his energy to sense the heavy silver’s grain and impurities as he forged, maintaining an even rhythm through all one thousand blows.
• The blacksmiths realized Tang Qingye’s forging had made the heavy silver begin to develop sentience, and Mo Tieyan praised him as a miracle worker.
• After class, Mu Xi excitedly invited Ouyang Zixin to visit Heaven Dou City during the vacation, but Ouyang Zixin remained distracted until Mu Xi called her attention.

Tang Qingye passed his Level Two Mecha Manufacturer assessment after half a month of training and asked Leng Yaozhu to cancel his afternoon combat lessons. Instead, he insisted she whip him to nourish a dormant origin imprint, then passed out and woke only after Leng Yaozhu tended to him and carried him to bed.

• Tang Qingye completed a stable Level Two Soul Guidance Core, and Leng Yaozhu congratulated him on becoming a Level Two Mecha Manufacturer.
• Tang Qingye asked to skip practical combat lessons, but Leng Yaozhu revealed she had found his books and allowed him to rest for the afternoon.
• Tang Qingye asked Leng Yaozhu to whip him, hoping the Soul Power would nourish his dormant origin imprint, and she struck him with her Heavenly Phoenix Heaven-Burning Whip until he passed out.
• Leng Yaozhu soaked Tang Qingye in medicinal liquid, cared for him, and carried him to her bed, where she lay beside him.
• Leng Nu Jiao searched for Tang Qingye, who told her he was in Leng Yaozhu's bed and promised to keep her company the next day.
• Tang Qingye clung to Leng Yaozhu in his sleep, and she embraced him as they slept together.

Tang Qingye soothed Leng Nu Jiao after breaking their agreement, then met Han Tianyi for special training and Body Sect techniques. Han Tianyi agreed to mentor Tang Qingye’s senior sister in mecha engineering and brought her into the illusion space.

• Tang Qingye found Leng Nu Jiao waiting in his room and massaged her foot until she stopped being angry, then explained that he had trained at his master's place.
• Tang Qingye met Han Tianyi in the World of Illusions, where Han praised his physique and spiritual power and agreed to train him.
• Tang Qingye criticized the Qiangu Family, and Han Tianyi revealed his desire to strengthen the Body Sect despite its history with Shrek.
• Han Tianyi assigned Tang Qingye special training in the Virtual Combat Arena and offered to teach him Body Sect secret methods other than Second Awakening.
• Tang Qingye asked Han Tianyi to instruct his senior sister in mecha engineering, and Han agreed before bringing her into the illusion space beside Tang Qingye.

Tang Qingye and Leng Nu Jiao fought a wagered battle against a Titan Giant Ape and a Sky Azure Bull Python in Han Tianyi’s Illusion Space, and Tang Qingye won with the Nine Heavens Azure Luan. Before they could enjoy the victory, Han Tianyi sent a Ten-Thousand-Year Wind Baboon King against them, and Tang Qingye pulled Leng Nu Jiao into his arms as it attacked.

• Tang Qingye and Leng Nu Jiao chose to fight a Titan Giant Ape and a Sky Azure Bull Python, then wagered that the loser would grant the winner one request.
• Leng Nu Jiao trapped the Titan Giant Ape with vines and ice while Tang Qingye summoned the Nine Heavens Azure Luan to fight the Sky Azure Bull Python.
• Tang Qingye’s Azure Luan defeated the Sky Azure Bull Python with the Sword of Heaven and Earth, and Leng Nu Jiao’s ice coffin burst apart as the Titan Giant Ape fell.
• Tang Qingye claimed victory, and Han Tianyi decided that he and Leng Nu Jiao needed more training.
• Han Tianyi unleashed a Ten-Thousand-Year Wind Baboon King, and Tang Qingye embraced Leng Nu Jiao as the beast attacked them with wind blades.

Tang Qingye defeated the Ten-Thousand-Year Wind Baboon King in Han Tianyi’s test, then persuaded Leng Nu Jiao to wear black stockings for him. Elsewhere, a shadowy figure appeared in Aolai City, while a young man entered a Shrek City hotel with twin sisters.

• Tang Qingye disrupted the Ten-Thousand-Year Wind Baboon King with the Deep Sea Demon Whale Remnant Soul and killed it with the Thorn Prison Dragon’s spatial power.
• Han Tianyi ended the test, and Tang Qingye asked Leng Nu Jiao to wear black stockings for him.
• A black-robed figure appeared in a room in Aolai City and wondered whether someone was dead or had escaped.
• Leng Nu Jiao came to Tang Qingye wearing black stockings, and he tore one before drawing her close.
• In Shrek City, a young man entered an upscale hotel with twin sisters and led them toward a top-floor suite.

Tang Qingye traveled toward Heaven Dou City with Leng Yaozhu and Leng Nu Jiao while using the Gourd Mark to search for a mysterious aura. Meanwhile, Di Tian reported a suspicious discovery in Aolai City to Gu Yuena, who sent him back to investigate.

• Di Tian sensed an aura he had been searching for in an ordinary home in Aolai City and returned to report it to Gu Yuena.
• Tang Qingye chose to travel by Soul Guidance Train with Leng Yaozhu and Leng Nu Jiao on their way to visit Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua.
• At the station, the Gourd Mark stirred, so Tang Qingye sent Big Baby to scan for concealed Soul Masters.
• Big Baby's gathered sights revealed a shapely girl sitting on a bench in the station.
• Gu Yuena gave Di Tian a wisp of Silver Dragon origin and ordered him to investigate the Aolai City household and the Holy Spirit Cult's presence.

Tang Qingye discovered that Na Nali, a Holy Spirit Cult Heavenly King, was alone aboard the train and planned to draw her toward him with Big Baby’s help. He approached her disguised as a harmless boy, and the chapter ended with Na Nali inviting him to become her little brother and playmate after he told her a fabricated family story.

• Tang Qingye recognized Na Nali as Dark Bell and confirmed she was the only Evil Soul Master in the hall, while learning that conductor Huang Ba had a record of safe service.
• Tang Qingye told Leng Yaozhu about his plan to lure Na Nali over, and persuaded Big Baby to help despite the little Gourd’s reluctance.
• Tang Qingye sat beside Na Nali and pretended to be an ordinary boy who had run away from his family.
• Tang Qingye recounted a fabricated story about his family favoring his returned brother, and Na Nali admitted that she had killed her own family.
• Na Nali invited Tang Qingye to become her little brother and playmate.

Tang Qingye and Leng Yaozhu confronted Na Nali after she tried to keep him as a pet. Na Nali revealed that Qiangu Dongfeng had given her information, but Tang Qingye persuaded Leng Yaozhu to spare her so she could help with his cultivation.

• Tang Qingye asked Na Nali what she would do if many people tried to kill him, and she promised they would have to step over her dead body first.
• Na Nali embraced Tang Qingye and declared that everything about him belonged to her, so he attacked her Sea of Consciousness with the Heavenly Azure Seal.
• Na Nali countered with the Nine Nether Bell and her Soul-Devouring Demonic Sound, but Big Baby took the attack and Leng Yaozhu arrived to suppress Na Nali with phoenix power.
• Leng Yaozhu demanded to know who had sent Na Nali, and Na Nali named Qiangu Dongfeng as the source of her information.
• Tang Qingye asked Leng Yaozhu to spare Na Nali because she could help with his cultivation, and Leng Yaozhu agreed after he promised he could control her.

Tang Qingye trapped Na Nali inside the Seven-Colored Gourd and boarded a Soul Guidance Train with Leng Yaozhu and Leng Nu Jiao. As the train neared Heaven Dou City, an armed criminal took control of it, while the passengers remained unaware of the danger.

• Tang Qingye sealed Na Nali inside the Seven-Colored Gourd, where she encountered Jiu'er.
• Leng Yaozhu took Tang Qingye onto a Soul Guidance Train and said they would deal with Na Nali later.
• Ouyang Zixin and Mu Xi traveled to Heaven Dou City with Mu Chen and Yuan Bao'er, while Wu Changkong looked forward to visiting his deceased beloved's grave.
• Tang Qingye, Leng Yaozhu, and Leng Nu Jiao played cards in the VIP compartment as the train neared its destination.
• A man in black took the conductor and assistant captive, injured the guards, and threatened the train with explosives.
• The man in black left the room, and a figure slowly appeared after him while the passengers dismissed the alarm as a mistake.

Tang Qingye secretly disarmed the bombs planted aboard the train while Mo Lan calmed the passengers and helped stop a stampede. The bomber was captured, Wang Dazhu learned his box was fake, and the train continued safely toward Heaven Dou City.

• Tang Qingye used azure mist to disarm five live bombs and free Mo Lan, who broadcast instructions urging passengers to stay calm.
• Wang Dazhu announced that bombs had been planted, and panicked passengers rushed toward carriages two, four, and six.
• Mo Lan told passengers to remain calm, while Tang Qingye's mist revealed that all five bombs had been disarmed.
• The man in black tried to detonate the bombs, but azure chains restrained him until Wu Changkong froze him and Mu Chen blocked his escape.
• Wang Dazhu confronted Li Cuifen and Zhang Degui, then threw away the fake bomb after azure writing warned him not to act rashly.
• Mo Lan announced that the threat had ended, and Tang Qingye returned to the card game with Leng Yaozhu and Leng Nu Jiao.

Tang Qingye went with Leng Yaozhu and Leng Nu Jiao to a cosplay gathering, then played piano at Yuhao Grilled Fish while they waited for lunch. Xu Xiaoyu recognized him from their encounter in the Spirit Ascension Platform and froze in fear.

• Leng Nu Jiao spotted the cosplay gathering at Heaven Dou Myriad Treasures Mall, and Leng Yaozhu took her and Tang Qingye there.
• Tang Qingye felt uncomfortable watching the staged romance scenes, and the group left after a visitor attacked the lewd 20240518853193 and mall security restrained him.
• At Yuhao Grilled Fish, Leng Yaozhu and Leng Nu Jiao encouraged Tang Qingye to perform in the restaurant talent event.
• Tang Qingye played "Moonlight Sonata," drawing the attention of diners and passersby.
• Xu Xiaoyan rushed into the restaurant to see the pianist, and Xu Xiaoyu recognized Tang Qingye and froze in fear.

Gu Yuena learned that Tang Qingye was born at the site of a disaster and carried an unusual aura, then sent Di Tian to search for it across the continent. At the Blacksmith Association headquarters, Tang Qingye completed Spirit Forging at six years old and astonished Zhen Hua.

• Di Tian reported that Tang Qingye’s birth records connected him to the disaster and to Gu Yuena’s origin power, while Tang Wulin’s records were missing.
• Gu Yuena concluded that the disaster was likely man-made and ordered Di Tian to travel the continent with a strand of Silver Dragon origin power to detect the other aura.
• Mu Chen’s family arrived at the Blacksmith Association headquarters in Heaven Dou City to visit Zhen Hua.
• Mu Chen and the others waited outside Zhen Hua’s office as someone inside finished forging.
• Tang Qingye completed Spirit Forging at six years old, leaving Zhen Hua amazed.

Tang Qingye became Zhen Hua’s disciple and received rare gold-water interfusion as an initiation gift. Mu Xi arrived and recognized Tang Qingye from their earlier encounter, leaving the group to discuss how the children might get along.

• Zhen Hua judged Tang Qingye’s forging ability to be around level four and asked Leng Yaozhu’s permission to take him as his forging disciple.
• Tang Qingye accepted Zhen Hua as his teacher, and Zhen Hua awarded him a Level Four Blacksmith Badge.
• Zhen Hua gave Tang Qingye a rare piece of gold-water interfusion to support his future Battle Armor forging and Heavenly Refinement.
• Mu Xi rushed into the room, complained that Zhen Hua had forgotten her, and then reunited with her parents and the others.
• Mu Xi recognized Tang Qingye and called him a bad guy, while Ouyang Zixin began explaining their earlier encounter before Mu Xi stopped her.
• Zhen Hua invited everyone to the Heaven Dou Hotel and urged Mu Xi to treat Tang Qingye as a younger brother.

Dark Hummingbird reported to the Ghost Emperor about the Holy Spirit Cult’s operation and asked when Dark Phoenix would arrive to take over a ninth-grade shell. In Heaven Dou City, Leng Yulai lured a predatory man into an alley and killed him with her Dark-purple Phoenix Flame.

• Dark Hummingbird greeted the Ghost Emperor and said Dark Bell was still working on his plan.
• The Ghost Emperor ordered Dark Hummingbird to get the goods to Heaven Dou City and warned him not to ruin the operation.
• Dark Hummingbird asked when Dark Phoenix would arrive, and the Ghost Emperor said she was already there.
• In Heaven Dou City, a blond man followed Leng Yulai into a deserted alley after spotting her on the street.
• Leng Yulai cut open the man’s abdomen with Dark-purple Phoenix Flame and burned him to ash.

At a hotel dinner celebrating Tang Qingye becoming Leng Yaozhu’s disciple, the group joked and teased one another before splitting up for the night. Tang Qingye then visited Na Nali inside the Seven-Colored Gourd and tried to recruit her, but she demanded that he call her big sister.

• Zhen Hua hosted a celebratory dinner, repeatedly praising his new beloved disciple while Tang Qingye bantered with Ouyang Zixin and Leng Nu Jiao.
• Leng Yaozhu nudged Tang Qingye to peel shrimp for her, and the dinner ended in a cheerful family atmosphere.
• Mu Chen went to question Zhen Hua about a piece of Spirit-Forged Metal, while Mu Xi planned to challenge Tang Qingye the next day and Ouyang Zixin doubted she would win.
• Leng Nu Jiao slipped into Tang Qingye’s bed, and he caught her under the covers when he returned from the bathroom.
• Tang Qingye met Na Nali inside the Seven-Colored Gourd, said he would keep her alive and offered her a chance to work for him; she refused to trust him and demanded he call her big sister.

Tang Qingye bonded with Na Nali, activated the Soul Lantern Technique, and awakened a powerful Sword Spirit while learning the Holy Spirit Cult’s plan to attack the Blacksmith Association. The chapter left Tang Qingye considering how to stop the assault on Zhen Hua and the other blacksmiths.

• Tang Qingye branded Na Nali’s Sea of Consciousness and joined their souls, drawing on her origin to activate the Soul Lantern Technique.
• The ancient sword at Nether Soul Mountain shed its rust, gained deep-blue soul flames, and awakened a Sword Spirit that Big Baby greeted as Second Baby.
• Tang Qingye’s soul power rose beyond level twenty, while Na Nali’s Martial Soul flaw was resolved and her body strengthened.
• The next morning, Tang Qingye found Jiaojiao asleep, then went to Leng Yaozhu’s room and began reviewing what he had learned.
• Tang Qingye learned that Ghost Emperor planned to lead the Holy Spirit Cult in a surprise assault on the Blacksmith Association during Zhen Hua’s forging class, using Leng Yulai’s Spacetime Shuttle to deploy Level Nine Soul Cannon Shells.