Chapter Summaries

Cao Fengqi improved his attributes, began forging a level 8 sword, and was asked by Xiao Youya to make a level 7 beast-imprisoning chain for a hunt. He revealed that he had entered the Smelter Sequence and could forge level 8 weapons, leaving Xiao Youya shocked.

• Cao Fengqi absorbed level 6 souls, raised his attributes, and started forging his first level 8 weapon.
• Xiao Youya asked Cao Fengqi to forge a level 7 beast-imprisoning chain within two days to help capture a herd of five or six hundred evil beasts.
• Feng Qinglan brought the chain's blueprint with Feng Qingxuan and Divine Granny Chen Alan, while Feng Qingxuan compared his ninth-dan Mystic Artificer skill with Cao Fengqi's.
• Cao Fengqi said he no longer forged level 7 equipment because he had advanced to the Smelter Sequence and could forge level 8 weapons, shocking Xiao Youya.

Cao Fengqi revealed that he had reached the Smelter Sequence and demonstrated his ability to forge a level 8 weapon, stunning Xiao Youya, Feng Qinglan, and Feng Qingxuan. He gave Xiao Youya his Spatial Pattern Firepower Box and its weapons, then left Feng Qingxuan reeling with jealousy after teasing her about bringing her bullets that night.

• Cao Fengqi claimed his transcendent skill had reached the Smelter Sequence, and Feng Qinglan and Feng Qingxuan refused to believe him.
• Cao Fengqi summoned a partly forged level 8 longsword and used Transcendent Emberfire to prove his skill; Feng Qinglan inspected the weapon and confirmed it was level 8.
• Xiao Youya asked Cao Fengqi to forge her level 7 beast-imprisoning chain, but he instead gave her his Spatial Pattern Firepower Box containing a Vulcan Autocannon and two Holy Light Cannons.
• Xiao Youya tried to return the valuable weapons, but Cao Fengqi insisted she keep them and then asked her to let him kiss her as repayment.
• Xiao Youya blushed, told Cao Fengqi to get lost, and left; he called after her that he would bring her some bullets that night.
• Feng Qingxuan watched Xiao Youya leave with a red face and felt so jealous that he could hardly breathe.

Feng Qinglan planned to make Cao Fengqi reveal himself in a recording so Sister Youya would reject him and Feng Qingxuan could win her over. Her staged seduction took an unexpected turn when Cao Fengqi embraced her, leaving her stunned.

• Feng Qingxuan asked Feng Qinglan whether he was inferior to Cao Fengqi, and she promised to help him win Sister Youya.
• Feng Qinglan decided to trick Cao Fengqi into exposing himself and bought a Recording Potion to capture evidence.
• Feng Qinglan dressed in revealing underclothes, went to the Cao Family's home, and offered to do anything if Cao Fengqi stopped pursuing Sister Youya.
• Cao Fengqi became wary of Feng Qinglan's behavior but agreed to inspect the goods after she insisted he could do anything he wanted.
• Cao Fengqi drew the Heavenly Mechanism Sword, cut through Feng Qinglan's clothes, and then embraced her, shocking her.

Feng Qinglan’s attempt to trap Cao Fengqi backfired, while he forged level 7 bullets and delivered them and the Vulcan Autocannon to Xiao Youya. After dinner, Xiao Youya revealed Cao Fengqi had reached the Smelter Sequence, and Xiao Youxiu began to suspect his sister had feelings for him.

• Feng Qinglan accused Cao Fengqi of ruining her plan, then edited her recorded footage while plotting to show it to Xiao Youya.
• Cao Fengqi forged three thousand level 7 bullets and brought them to the Xiao Family home for Xiao Youya.
• Xiao Youya retrieved the Vulcan Autocannon, and Xiao Youxiu marveled at the weapon and celebrated when Cao Fengqi promised he could have it later.
• Xiao Cunzhi and Leng Shuangshuang discussed whether Xiao Youya should choose Feng Qingxuan over Cao Fengqi, and Xiao Youya revealed that Cao Fengqi had reached the Smelter Sequence.
• Xiao Youya ordered Xiao Youxiu to load the bullets into the Vulcan Autocannon, and he wondered if she had feelings for Cao Fengqi.

Feng Qinglan told Xiao Youya that Cao Fengqi had taken advantage of her, hoping to make Xiao Youya hate him and get together with Feng Qinglan’s brother. Xiao Youya revealed she had no feelings for Feng Qinglan’s brother, leaving Feng Qinglan devastated and crying.

• Feng Qinglan entered the Lost Land and joined Divine Granny and the others in Canglan Main City.
• Xiao Youya gave Feng Qinglan a Spatial Pattern Firepower Box to use later.
• Feng Qinglan told Xiao Youya that Cao Fengqi had molested her after she offered herself to him to make him leave Xiao Youya.
• Xiao Youya said Cao Fengqi’s behavior was unsurprising and told Feng Qinglan she did not like Feng Qinglan’s brother.
• Feng Qinglan broke down crying and explained she had expected Xiao Youya to hate Cao Fengqi and choose her brother.
• Xiao Youya comforted Feng Qinglan, cursed Cao Fengqi, and told her to stay away from him.

Cao Fengqi scouted the Fangelanya Demons and planned to defeat them by luring them out in small groups, using concealed boulders as an escape route. After he and the Abyssal Bone Warhorse attacked the first three, the rest of the demons charged toward them, including four level 8 foes.

• Cao Fengqi used the Dream-Eyed Butterfly to scout nineteen Fangelanya Demons, including four at level 8, and assessed their strength and magic resistance.
• Cao Fengqi set up a Mirage over boulders to conceal an escape route, then ordered the Dream-Eyed Butterfly to lure nearby demons toward his ambush.
• Three level 7 Fangelanya Demons charged after the Dream-Eyed Butterfly, and Cao Fengqi attacked them with the Abyssal Bone Warhorse.
• The Abyssal Bone Warhorse crushed one demon's chest with its Abyssal Bone Charge, while Cao Fengqi pierced another with his Heavenly Mechanism Sword.
• The demons' roars alerted the rest, and Cao Fengqi saw four level 8 Fangelanya Demons rushing toward him.

Cao Fengqi fought the Fangelanya Demons, tested his pets and tactics against the level-eight demons, then retreated after learning their strengths. He returned to reality with three demon corpses and planned to sell them at the Spark Guild gathering to find a way to defeat the stronger demons.

• Cao Fengqi and his pets killed several level-seven Fangelanya Demons as the Gray Feather Moths spread scale-bone dust across the battlefield.
• Cao Fengqi sent Guilou and the Black-Gold Bloodthirsty Gu to ambush a level-eight Fangelanya Demon, but learned that it had little blood and could sense the Gu inside it.
• When another level-eight demon and more than a dozen others charged, Cao Fengqi recalled his pets and fled in his level-seven wheelchair.
• Cao Fengqi escaped after the demons chased him for about a thousand meters and concluded that he could eventually eliminate them by killing a few at a time.
• Cao Fengqi planned to take the three Fangelanya Demon corpses to the Spark Guild transcendent gathering and look for something useful against the level-eight demons, then returned to reality.

Cao Fengqi and the Liangmin County families went to the Spark Guild’s Transcendent exchange gathering together. Along the way, Zhao Chentian asked Cao Fengqi to meet his girlfriend’s father as his godfather and back him up.

• Cao Fengqi shared meat buns made from a Fangelanya Demon with his family, then agreed to attend the exchange gathering.
• Xiao Youxiu, Zhao Chentian, Zhang Mo, and the nearby Liangmin County families joined Cao Fengqi’s group for the trip.
• Cao Fengqi wondered why Xiao Youya was acting cold, and Xiao Youxiu said she had not hit him that morning.
• Zhao Chentian revealed that he had found a girlfriend and asked Cao Fengqi to impress her Transcendent father with his status and support.
• Cao Fengqi agreed to meet Zhao Chentian’s father-in-law and promised the group he would protect them if anyone caused trouble.

Cao Fengqi and his group met Zhao Chentian and the Lu Family on the way to a large gathering, where Cao joked about already having a daughter-in-law. The group arrived as thousands gathered, and Xiao Youxiu proposed entering the inner area to see the best goods.

• Divine Granny told the Chen and Zhang families that Cao Fengqi could hold a status in the Spark Guild equal to or greater than Xiao Youya's if he joined fully.
• Cao Fengqi met Zhao Chentian, Lu Juanjuan, and her family, greeting them as his in-laws and offering Lu Jiahui help with matters in the Spark Guild.
• Zhao Chentian told Lu Juanjuan that Cao Fengqi could forge level 7 weapons and encouraged her to meet his godfather.
• Cao Fengqi joked to Liu Xiuxiu that Zhao Chentian's marriage meant she already had a daughter-in-law and might soon have a great-grandchild.
• The group reached a gathering attended by thousands, and Xiao Youxiu explained that the inner area cost one level 4 soul per person and held the best goods.

Spark Guild’s leaders prepared to welcome Cao Fengqi, expecting a powerful young genius, but learned from Feng Qinglan that he had also reached the Smelter Sequence. The revelation stunned the leadership, who then heard that Cao Fengqi ranked among Spark’s top three in strength.

• Spark Guild’s leaders gathered at the exchange fair and agreed to bring their younger members to meet Cao Fengqi and show him respect.
• Feng Qinglan objected to the whole group welcoming Cao Fengqi, saying his Smelter-level craft alone did not justify it.
• Feng Yuntian and the others revealed that they had not known Cao Fengqi had reached the Smelter Sequence.
• Xia Yang told Feng Qinglan that Cao Fengqi had defeated him instantly and ranked among Spark’s top three in strength.
• Xia Yang wondered aloud whether he should acknowledge Cao Fengqi as his adoptive father.

The Spark Guild leaders learned that Cao Fengqi was an eighteen-year-old Smelter whose strength had stunned Xia Yang, and they decided to offer him a vice president position. They came to greet him at the exchange meeting, where Xia Yang called him his godfather and the leaders warmly praised him.

• Feng Qinglan and the younger disciples were shocked when Xia Yang said Cao Fengqi had defeated him and was strong enough to rank among Spark's top three.
• Xia Liehuo and Guo Daoming agreed that Cao Fengqi's strength and artifact-refining talent made him a monstrous genius worth retaining, and they decided to offer him a vice president position.
• Feng Yuntian led the guild leaders and younger family members out to meet Cao Fengqi at the inner venue.
• Guo Daoming greeted Cao Fengqi, who called him Old Man Ming, leaving the younger disciples surprised.
• Xia Yang called Cao Fengqi his godfather and introduced his father and the vice presidents.
• Xia Liehuo, Feng Yuntian, and Guo Daoming praised Cao Fengqi, who modestly asked them to keep a low profile.

Cao Fengqi visited the Spark Guild, where its leaders praised him and offered him a vice president position, which he refused. As the group toured the guild, Xia Yang called Xiao Youya his godmother, prompting her to walk away in embarrassment.

• Xia Liehuo offered Cao Fengqi the Spark Guild's vacant vice president position, but Cao refused without hesitation.
• Xia Liehuo promised to keep the position open, and Guo Daoming arranged for Xia Yang and Xia Yunyi to show Cao and his family around.
• Cao Fengqi introduced Xia Yang to Xiao Youxiu and Zhao Chentian as their younger brother, and Xia Yang greeted them as his elder brothers.
• Xiao Youya asked why the Spark Guild valued Cao so highly, and Xia Yang explained that Cao's strength, Smelter Sequence craftsmanship, and youth made him a prized recruit.
• Xia Yang called Xiao Youya his godmother, and she walked away in embarrassment while Xiao Youxiu and Cao explained that outstanding people gathered together.

Cao Fengqi rejected the Spark Guild’s vice president position, prompting its leaders to seek a way to bind him to the guild. They considered a marriage alliance with Feng Qinglan, who rejected the idea while concealing her past encounter with him.

• Xiao Cunzhi and the Liangmin County group discussed Cao Fengqi’s closeness with Xiao Youya and hoped they might marry.
• Feng Yuntian and the Spark Guild leaders worried Cao Fengqi did not feel loyal to the guild and decided to create a bond through his relationships.
• After Feng Qinglan called Cao Fengqi a lecher, Vice President Guo proposed a marriage alliance and considered her as a bride for him.
• Feng Qinglan protested that she would never marry Cao Fengqi, while hiding that she had tried to seduce him and been taken advantage of.
• Feng Yuntian urged Feng Qinglan to reconsider, arguing that Cao Fengqi was an exceptionally outstanding young man.

Cao Fengqi explored the Spark Guild’s exchange fair and bought two healing skill memory crystals for his sister-in-law. At a squad’s stall, he discovered a level 9 blueprint for the Nation-Protecting Flood Dragon Sky Crossbow.

• Feng Qinglan heard her father and the Spark Guild’s elders urge her to pursue Cao Fengqi for the guild’s benefit.
• Xia Yang guided Cao Fengqi and the others through the exchange fair, where Cao Fengqi found that most goods were traded for specific items rather than souls.
• Cao Fengqi bought two healing skill memory crystals for his sister-in-law after paying a high price in souls.
• Cao Jiancheng drew Cao Fengqi’s attention to Captain Liu’s stall, which held dozens of forging blueprints and memory crystals.
• Cao Fengqi spotted a level 9 Nation-Protecting Flood Dragon Sky Crossbow forging memory crystal that required an Artifact Refiner, a Worldweaver, and Transcendent Source Metal.

Cao Fengqi traded a level 8 sword and promised to forge four level 8 weapons for the level 9 memory crystal containing the Nation-Protecting Flood Dragon Sky Crossbow design. After studying its powerful siege weapon specifications, he planned to forge it and take on work for the Spark Guild.

• Captain Liu offered Cao Fengqi the level 9 crossbow forging memory crystal in exchange for level 8 weapons.
• Xia Yang revealed that Cao Fengqi was a Smelter, and Cao Fengqi offered one refined-grade level 8 sword plus help forging four more weapons.
• Captain Liu accepted the deal, exchanged contact information with Cao Fengqi, and handed over the memory crystal.
• Cao Fengqi read the crossbow design and learned that its bolts could seek out enemies and be retrieved, while a Spirit-Locking Formation could enhance it.
• Cao Fengqi asked Xia Yang to arrange forging work from the Spark Guild and asked Xiao Youya about the level 8 forging platform.

Cao Fengqi learned about the treasures available at the upcoming Tianbei Base City exchange fair and accepted the Spark Guild’s offer of materials in exchange for forging level 8 weapons. He forged a Nation-Protecting Flood Dragon Sky Crossbow, which could be upgraded and outfitted with a Spirit-Locking Formation for target-seeking bolts.

• Xia Yang told Cao Fengqi that the Tianbei Base City exchange fair would feature valuable weapons and resources, including a level 9 pet egg at the previous fair.
• Xia Liehuo assigned Feng Qinglan to negotiate with Cao Fengqi, and she offered him seven level 7 souls or equivalent resources for each level 8 weapon he forged for Spark.
• Cao Fengqi requested materials and souls in advance for seven level 8 weapons, and Feng Qinglan had the resources delivered.
• Cao Fengqi began forging the Nation-Protecting Flood Dragon Sky Crossbow and completed it after working through the night.
• Cao Fengqi fused the crossbow with Transcendent Source Metal, revealing its speed, penetrating power, self-returning bolt, repair ability, and upgrade requirements.

Cao Fengqi tested the Nation-Protecting Flood Dragon Sky Crossbow against Fangelanya Demons in the Lost Land, quickly defeating them and contracting fourteen. With his battle-pet roster at forty-eight, he moved on to collect the nearby treasures.

• Cao Fengqi entered the Lost Land with the crossbow and summoned his battle pets and the Dream-Eyed Butterfly to lure Fangelanya Demons to him.
• Cao Fengqi used the crossbow to kill two level 8 Fangelanya Demons and badly injure others, while his battle pets fought the remaining demons.
• Cao Fengqi contracted the injured Fangelanya Demons and assessed their skills, noting their strength against both magic users and warriors.
• Cao Fengqi finished contracting demons and counted forty-eight battle pets, leaving six contracts before reaching his limit.
• Cao Fengqi harvested the souls from the two slain demons and planned to save their meat for Zhiyan, his relatives, and others.
• Cao Fengqi put away the recovering demons and continued forward to seek the treasures detected nearby.

Cao Fengqi discovered a level 9 Gu-Fusing Altar and books revealing the Forbidden Secret Covenant Society’s experiments and the origin of the Aberrant Metal Devourers. He learned the Bloody Inlay Technique and considered using it to strengthen the Fangelanya Demons.

• Cao Fengqi found a Light Moon Sword, a level 8 weapon whose abilities and Holy Light Pearl made it more powerful than his Heavenly Mechanism Sword.
• Cao Fengqi ordered Guilou to dig down to a level 9 treasure and entered a hidden chamber containing a Gu-Fusing Altar.
• Cao Fengqi examined the altar and learned that it could fuse creatures below level 9 with added treasures, flesh, souls, and metal.
• Cao Fengqi read five books in the chamber and learned that the Forbidden Secret Covenant Society had created the Aberrant Metal Devourers, which later went out of control.
• Cao Fengqi discovered the Bloody Inlay Technique, which let creatures with a Devouring talent partially fuse with metal, and considered applying it to the Fangelanya Demons.

Cao Fengqi explored the Fate Witch Grand Church’s Three-Eyed Crow territory with a recovered Fangelanya Demon and discovered a blood-moon domain where the crows’ attacks overwhelmed his battle pet. He fired his Nation-Protecting Flood Dragon Sky Crossbow from two kilometers away, but the targeted crow dodged by transforming its dead tree into a scarecrow.

• Cao Fengqi decided to postpone exploring the Three-Eyed Crow territory until the Fangelanya Demons recovered, and spent two days forging weapons to pay off his debt.
• Cao Fengqi sent a level 8 Fangelanya Demon ahead and discovered polluted spirit soil, dead trees, and numerous resources as it entered Three-Eyed Crow territory.
• The Three-Eyed Crows trapped the Fangelanya Demon beneath a blood moon and attacked it with a storm of bizarre crows, rapidly wounding it.
• Cao Fengqi fired his Nation-Protecting Flood Dragon Sky Crossbow at a Three-Eyed Crow from two kilometers away.
• The Three-Eyed Crow dodged by transforming its dead tree into a three-meter-tall scarecrow.

Cao Fengqi discovered that Bloody Scarecrows protected the Three-Eyed Crows, forcing him to abandon his plan to clear the area alone and seek metal to strengthen his battle pets. He reached the metal vein and found a level 9 metal resource within it, though a terrifying beast guarded the approach.

• Cao Fengqi learned that the Bloody Scarecrows were immune to physical attacks and vulnerable to fire and lightning, and he realized the Three-Eyed Crows and scarecrows worked together.
• Cao Fengqi decided to strengthen his battle pets with metal and rode his level 7 wheelchair toward the vein near Cangxuan Town.
• Cao Fengqi scanned the area and located the level 8 metal vein, then sent the Black-Gold Bloodthirsty Gu to scout it.
• The Black-Gold Bloodthirsty Gu sensed a terrifying presence when it came within 1,000 meters of the vein, so Cao Fengqi circled around it.
• Cao Fengqi's scan revealed a level 9 resource inside the vein, which he believed was a deposit of level 9 metal.