Arc 23The Fox Prophet’s Fortune

Chu Xinghe reclaimed Divine Fox Ridge for the Fox Clan, then his work for the Demon Race brought both spectacular misfortunes and a reputation for powerful divination. After he helped the Divine Wood Clan transform its spirit-herb cultivation, a fire destroyed its fields, and the clan blamed the Bear Clan for supplying the tainted stones.

  • The Divine Wood Dragon Cauldron passed the Voodoo Arts inheritance to Chu Xinghe, and She Meng agreed to return part of Divine Fox Ridge to the Fox Clan in exchange for the arts.
  • Chu Xinghe urged the Fox Clan to help visiting clans for free, and the Vast Heaven Sect watched him treat demons while mistaking his work for a hidden scheme against them.
  • A string of disasters struck clans Chu Xinghe had helped, and the Fox Clan returned to Divine Fox Ridge as he realized the Misfortune Compass’s backlash could increase his cultivation limit.
  • Xiong Feng brought Chu Xinghe to the Bear Clan to save Xiong Ao, but the Youth Restoration Pill turned the Bear King into an infant who became She Kui’s servant.
  • Yuan Qi absolved Chu Xinghe and the Snake Clan, and Chu Xinghe pledged to support the Demon Race against the Human Race.
  • The Fox Clan revealed the Star Divination Art to Chu Xinghe, and his casual remarks convinced the clan and Mu Ran that he had mastered its highest realm.
  • Chu Xinghe taught the Divine Wood Clan to grow spirit herbs through Rebirth Through Fire, giving the clan powerful yields and winning its alliance.
  • Fire Cloud Stone mixed with the Bear Clan’s fire crystals caused a blaze that destroyed the Divine Wood Clan’s spirit fields, and Mu Ran and his clansmen demanded that Yuan Qi seek justice.
Chapters 551–575 Vol. 6 Read

Ch. 551The Value of the Voodoo Arts

Chu Xinghe received the Voodoo Arts inheritance from the Divine Wood Dragon Cauldron, proving his identity and giving the declining Fox Clan a chance to regain its influence. He asked She Meng whether the Snake Clan would trade the Voodoo Arts for the Fox Clan’s ancestral land, Divine Fox Ridge, and She Meng agreed it was possible.

  • The Divine Wood Dragon Cauldron passed its inheritance to Chu Xinghe when his Bright Gold Divine Fire appeared, dispelling the Fox Clan’s doubts about him.
  • Chu Xinghe explained the Voodoo Arts inheritance to the Fox Clan leaders, who celebrated its return and hoped it would restore their clan’s standing.
  • She Meng recognized that the Voodoo Arts would benefit both the Fox Clan and the Snake Clan and congratulated them on the inheritance.
  • Chu Xinghe asked She Meng whether the Fox Clan could trade the Voodoo Arts for Divine Fox Ridge, which the Snake Clan had taken from the Bear Clan.
  • She Meng said the trade seemed doable, leaving the Fox Clan stunned.

Ch. 552We Should Put Benevolence and Righteousness First!

Chu Xinghe reclaimed part of Divine Fox Ridge for the Fox Clan by gaining the complete Voodoo Arts and persuading She Meng to return the land. As the Demon Star Continent’s factions sent visitors to test the arts, Xinghe urged the Fox Clan to help them all for free.

  • Xinghe obtained the complete Voodoo Arts, and She Meng agreed to return part of Divine Fox Ridge to the Fox Clan.
  • Hu You recognized that She Meng had traded land for the Snake Clan’s chance to benefit from the Voodoo Arts, while Xinghe had seized the opportunity to reclaim the ancestral land.
  • The Fox Clan celebrated Xinghe’s achievement and came to accept him as their prophet, believing his efforts proved his loyalty and identity.
  • News of the Voodoo Arts, the Snake Clan alliance, and the return of Divine Fox Ridge spread across the Demon Star Continent, prompting major powers to send small clans to seek help and assess the arts.
  • Hu Shang anticipated earning resources from the visiting clans, but Xinghe proposed helping everyone for free.

Ch. 553The wisdom of the Fox Clan's ancestors!

After Chu Xinghe urged the Fox Clan to help other clans for free, Grand Elder Hu You framed the plan as a return to the ancestors’ strategy of building allies through favors rather than hoarding resources. The Fox Clan embraced the approach, and the Ape Clan’s Yuan Zheng took renewed interest in the clan and ordered an investigation into Chu Xinghe.

  • Chu Xinghe urged the Fox Clan to use his Voodoo Arts to help the clans seeking aid without charging them, fearing that wealth would trigger the Misfortune Compass’s backlash.
  • Grand Elder Hu You explained that the Fox Clan’s ancestors had built wealth and protection by helping others freely and gathering allies who owed them favors.
  • Hu You recounted how a later Fox Clan leader’s reckless borrowing had led the Bear Clan to seize Divine Fox Ridge in repayment for its debts.
  • Hu Shang agreed that the Fox Clan should follow its ancestors’ example, and he promised the visiting clans free help.
  • After hearing the news, Yuan Zheng restored the Fox Clan’s token among the eight great clans and ordered an investigation into Chu Xinghe.

Ch. 554The Haotian Mirror's True Ability!

Yuan Zheng recognized Hu Xinghe's decision to help the Demon Race for free as a wise move, and Chu Xinghe demonstrated the power of his Voodoo Arts by treating visiting minor clans. Meanwhile, the Vast Heaven Sect used the Haotian Mirror to send its sub-mirror across the passage to the Demon Star Continent, where it began transmitting images to the main mirror.

  • Yuan Zheng learned that Hu Xinghe had decided the Fox Clan would help visitors for free and judged the choice had saved the clan from a dangerous resource grab.
  • Chu Xinghe diagnosed ailments among the visiting minor clans and offered to refine treatments, requiring each group to provide its own materials.
  • Elder He proposed using the Haotian Mirror's sub-mirror to cross the passage and let the sect monitor the Demon Star Continent.
  • Gu Mingchao sent the sub-mirror into the passage, and it crossed safely to the Demon Star Continent.
  • The sub-mirror became undetectable on arrival, and the main mirror displayed an image of the Demon Star Continent.

Ch. 555Had We Wrongly Blamed the Vice Sect Master?

The Vast Heaven Sect used the Haotian Mirror to watch Chu Xinghe on the Demon Star Continent and saw him diligently refining pills for the Demon Race. After discovering that he had obtained the Voodoo Arts and the Divine Wood Dragon Cauldron, they convinced themselves he was secretly sabotaging the demons, then watched Yan Shoujing endure Fox Clan torture without revealing anything.

  • Gu Mingchao used the Haotian Mirror to locate Chu Xinghe at the Fox Clan, where the Vast Heaven Sect saw him refining pills for demons and insisting that helping them was his lifelong wish.
  • Great Elder Hu You urged Chu Xinghe to rest, but Chu Xinghe continued refining pills, contradicting the Vast Heaven Sect's belief that the Fox Clan was forcing him.
  • The Great Elder recognized Chu Xinghe's technique as the Voodoo Arts, and Elder He identified his furnace as the Divine Wood Dragon Cauldron.
  • Mu Bai and Gu Mingchao claimed Chu Xinghe must be concealing a plan to undermine the Demon Race, and the Vast Heaven Sect agreed to wait and see what happened.
  • The Vast Heaven Sect watched the Fox Clan torture Yan Shoujing, who maintained that he knew nothing, prompting the Great Elder to wonder whether they had wrongly blamed him.

Ch. 556Grand Elder Hu You, the Death God

Chu Xinghe discovered that helping the Demon Race reversed the Misfortune Compass without lowering his cultivation limit, but the resulting misfortune killed or ruined several clan leaders and elders. Grand Elder Hu You became known across the Demon Star Continent as the Fox Clan’s Death God, and he ordered Xinghe to stop helping visitors while the Fox Clan returned to Divine Fox Ridge.

  • Chu Xinghe helped Demon Race visitors with pills, triggering the Misfortune Compass to spin backward while his cultivation limit remained unchanged.
  • The Moon Rat patriarch recovered from his injury, but a meteorite fell from a spatial rift and killed him and his party as Grand Elder Hu You saw them off.
  • Two Ice Crane elders died in poisonous miasma after leaving the Fox Clan, and the Heavenly Dog patriarch died after a spatial rift took half his body following his breakthrough.
  • Patriarch Hu Shang explained that the Leopard patriarch and his deputy had killed each other, leaving the Leopard Clan in chaos, while outsiders suspected Hu You was responsible for the string of disasters.
  • Grand Elder Hu You ordered Chu Xinghe to stop helping the clans and told the Fox Clan to return to Divine Fox Ridge, blaming the Fox Clan’s dangerous territory for the incidents.

Ch. 557Senior Brother Xinghe Suppresses the Entire Demon Race Single-Handedly!

The Vast Heaven Sect watched Chu Xinghe through the Haotian Mirror and mistook the disasters befalling the Demon Race for the result of his curses, praising him as he fought the enemy at the cost of his fortune. Meanwhile, Chu Xinghe discovered that the Misfortune Compass began spinning forward after its backlash struck the Demon Race, and the Fox Clan set out for Divine Fox Ridge.

  • The disciples persuaded the grand elder to move the Haotian Mirror to the Haotian Martial Arts Arena so they could watch Chu Xinghe among the Demon Race.
  • The Vast Heaven Sect saw that Demon Race members Chu Xinghe had helped were dying or being crippled, and the great sage concluded that Chu Xinghe was using curses fueled by his own fortune.
  • Ma Liang rallied the disciples to train harder and strengthen the sect so they could support Chu Xinghe when he returned.
  • The Fox Clan packed up and departed for Divine Fox Ridge while Chu Xinghe became excited to see the Misfortune Compass spin forward after its backlash struck the Demon Race.

Ch. 558The Bear Clan's Young Patriarch, Xiong Feng

Chu Xinghe discovered how to use the Misfortune Compass by helping demons so its backlash punished them, then celebrated the Fox Clan’s return to Divine Fox Ridge. The Bear Clan’s patriarch Xiong Feng stormed the Fox Clan’s banquet to seize Chu Xinghe, but She Meng intervened and began bargaining with him.

  • Chu Xinghe realized that the Misfortune Compass’s backlash could punish demons he helped, and that the resulting harm could slowly turn the compass forward and raise his cultivation limit.
  • The Fox Clan returned to Divine Fox Ridge, celebrated with the Snake Clan, and praised Chu Xinghe for helping them reclaim their home.
  • Xiong Feng arrived at the banquet with Bear Clan warriors, demanded to know who Hu Xinghe was, and ordered his men to seize Chu Xinghe.
  • She Meng stopped the bears from capturing Chu Xinghe and warned Xiong Feng against causing trouble in Fox Clan territory.
  • Xiong Feng offered She Meng the fire crystal mining area north of Proud Bear Valley in exchange for taking Chu Xinghe, but She Meng demanded Xiong Feng’s mother instead.

Ch. 559Chu Xinghe, Always Happy to Help a Demon!

She Meng stopped Xiong Feng’s attempt to abduct Hu Xinghe and revealed the Bear Clan wanted a Youth Restoration Pill to save Xiong Ao. Chu Xinghe offered to make the pill in exchange for Divine Fox Ridge, and both clans accepted the deal, though Chu Xinghe privately hoped bad luck would ruin the Bear Clan’s plans.

  • Xiong Feng offered She Meng a fire crystal mining area, but She Meng refused and attacked the Bear Clan members accompanying him.
  • She Meng trapped Xiong Feng and explained that the Bear Clan wanted Hu Xinghe to refine a Youth Restoration Pill for the dying Xiong Ao.
  • Chu Xinghe offered to help save Xiong Ao if the Bear Clan returned Divine Fox Ridge to the Fox Clan.
  • Xiong Feng accepted the condition, and Chu Xinghe and Xiong Feng sealed their agreement.
  • After arranging Chu Xinghe’s visit to the Bear Clan, Xiong Feng left with a satisfied smile while Chu Xinghe privately looked forward to bad luck striking the Bear Clan.

Ch. 560Nothing Wrong with Hu Xinghe!

Chu Xinghe traveled to the Bear Clan with She Meng and She Kui to make a Youth Restoration Pill for the dying Bear King, Xiong Ao. He explained that a hundred-year-old Nether Life Fruit could make the pill too potent, convincing the Bear Clan that he was not trying to harm their king.

  • Xiong Feng left the Fox Clan, and Hu Shang kept Grand Elder Hu You from escorting him because of the elder’s ominous reputation.
  • Chu Xinghe recruited She Meng and She Kui to accompany him to the Bear Clan, where She Meng suggested She Kui might have to sacrifice himself to protect the Saint.
  • Chu Xinghe arrived at Proud Bear Valley with the Snake Clan leaders, and Xiong Feng welcomed them before taking Chu Xinghe to see the dying Xiong Ao.
  • Chu Xinghe inspected the materials for the Youth Restoration Pill and warned that the Bear Clan’s hundred-year-old Nether Life Fruit could make the pill restore Xiong Ao to too young an age.
  • The Bear Clan realized that Yuan Qi had supplied the fruit as a test of Chu Xinghe’s honesty, and they felt relieved when he openly explained its risks.

Ch. 561The Youth Restoration Pill's Critical Hit!

The Ape Clan sent Yuan Qi to investigate whether Hu Xinghe planned to harm the Bear Clan, but Chu Xinghe honestly warned them about the Nether Life Fruit and refined a divine Youth Restoration Pill for Xiong Ao. The pill restored Xiong Ao past his prime and kept reversing his age until he became an infant.

  • After the Fox Clan offered to help the Bear Clan, Yuan Zheng sent Yuan Qi to test Hu Xinghe's intentions with a hundred-year-old Nether Life Fruit.
  • Chu Xinghe refused to use the fruit because its age might endanger Xiong Ao, and he agreed to wait until they found a ninety-nine-year-old one before the Bear Clan persuaded him to proceed.
  • Chu Xinghe refined a divine Youth Restoration Pill while Yuan Qi watched, then handed it to Xiong Feng.
  • Xiong Feng gave the pill to Xiong Ao, whose body rapidly regained vitality and returned to its prime.
  • The pill kept making Xiong Ao younger despite Xiong Feng's protests, until the Bear King became an infant.

Ch. 562Sage! We Hit the Jackpot This Time!

Chu Xinghe’s divine Youth Restoration Pill turned the Bear King into a baby who retained his immense power and wreaked havoc on the Bear Clan. She Kui accidentally subdued the Bear King with his Nether Snake Mark, while Chu Xinghe fled, convinced the Bear Clan’s destruction would help him reach the Martial Emperor realm.

  • The Youth Restoration Pill transformed the Bear King into an infant, and his crying and thrashing unleashed War Roars and attacks that injured Bear Clan members and destroyed buildings.
  • The Bear King struck Xiong Feng when he called him Father, then continued his rampage as Chu Xinghe blamed the Bear Clan for ignoring his warnings.
  • Chu Xinghe ordered She Meng to take him away and told She Kui to cover their retreat and subdue the Bear King.
  • She Kui released his Nether Snake Mark, and the curious Bear King willingly grabbed it and put it inside himself, becoming She Kui’s servant.
  • She Kui celebrated his success and believed Chu Xinghe had foreseen his chance, while Chu Xinghe was left stunned by the outcome.

Ch. 563Did I Give Your Bear Clan Too Much Face Today?

She Kui enslaved the Bear King after Chu Xinghe’s pill turned him into a baby, and the Bear Clan threatened war over the loss. Yuan Qi arrived, judged the Bear Clan responsible for the disaster, and accepted the outcome because it had preserved the Bear King and the Demon Race’s strength.

  • She Kui celebrated gaining the powerful Bear King as his servant, while Chu Xinghe lamented that the Bear Clan’s catastrophe had cost him his expected Martial Emperor breakthrough.
  • Xiong Feng and the surviving Bear Clan members accused She Kui and Chu Xinghe of harming their clan and demanded that the Nether Snake Mark be removed.
  • She Meng refused to remove the mark, promising that She Kui would release the Bear King once his cultivation surpassed the Bear King’s, and the Bear Clan threatened to fight to the death.
  • Chu Xinghe challenged the Bear Clan to make good on its threat, as She Meng and She Kui prepared to fight.
  • Yuan Qi appeared with Half-Step Mystic God pressure, rebuked the Bear Clan, and explained that She Kui’s control of the Bear King had saved both the clan and the Demon Race’s fighting strength.

Ch. 564Prophet Xinghe's Righteousness!

After the Bear King became She Kui’s servant, Grand Elder Yuan Qi judged the events to be accidental and urged the Bear Clan to accept the outcome. Chu Xinghe pledged the Fox Clan’s support for the Demon Race’s invasion of the Blazing Sun Continent, and Yuan Qi’s Heart-Questioning Art convinced him that Chu Xinghe’s words were sincere.

  • Grand Elder Yuan Qi decided that Chu Xinghe and the Snake Clan were not to blame for the Bear King’s transformation and subjugation, and told Xiong Feng to thank Prophet Xinghe.
  • She Meng agreed to return the Bear King to the Bear Clan if the Ape Clan found a way to remove the Nether Snake Mark.
  • Grand Elder Yuan Qi praised Chu Xinghe’s inherited abilities and called on him to help attack the Blazing Sun Continent.
  • Chu Xinghe pledged to set aside the Fox Clan’s feud with the Bear Clan and support the Demon Race’s campaign against the Human Race.
  • Grand Elder Yuan Qi used the Heart-Questioning Art and found Chu Xinghe’s promises sincere, while detecting the Bear Clan’s resentment.

Ch. 565I Sent You as a Precaution, So Why Did Everything Go Wrong?

After the Bear King became an infant and joined the Snake Clan, Yuan Qi confirmed that the Fox Clan had not plotted against the Bear Clan. Yuan Zheng remained wary of Hu Xinghe and devised a test for him, while Xinghe returned to a celebrating Fox Clan with Divine Fox Ridge restored.

  • Yuan Qi reported the Bear Clan’s bizarre disaster to Yuan Zheng and vouched for Hu Xinghe, leaving Yuan Zheng unsure what to believe.
  • Yuan Ying suggested seizing Hu Xinghe over possible ties to the Wolf Clan, but Yuan Zheng rejected the idea because the prophet was too valuable to the Demon Race.
  • Yuan Zheng summoned Mu Ran and planned to test Hu Xinghe by asking him to improve the Divine Wood Clan’s spirit-herb cultivation methods.
  • Xinghe returned to the Fox Clan, which celebrated the recovery of Divine Fox Ridge and the Bear Clan’s losses.
  • Hu Shang welcomed Xinghe with chicken drumsticks and announced a feast and special entertainment for She Meng and She Kui.

Ch. 566Our Vice Sect Master Can't Possibly Be a Spy!

Chu Xinghe kept Yan Shoujing alive and arranged for him to endure the Fox Clan’s torture, refusing to let the vice sect master escape responsibility for the Vast Heaven Sect disciples he had betrayed. After the Fox Clan praised Xinghe for helping reclaim Divine Fox Ridge, Hu Shang and Hu You revealed that their surprise for him was the Star Divination Art.

  • Hu Shang’s banquet featured the scantily clad Yan Shoujing dancing while the tenth elder directed him, leaving Chu Xinghe and the Snake Clan patriarchs stunned.
  • She Meng and She Kui fled after Hu Shang offered the Fox Clan’s number one beauty, clarifying that they had only wanted to exchange martial techniques.
  • Chu Xinghe confronted the caged Yan Shoujing, refused to kill him, and resolved to keep him alive for ten thousand years of torture.
  • Yan Shoujing tried to reveal Chu Xinghe’s identity, but the Nether Snake Mark silenced him, and Xiao Cui’er took him into her room.
  • Hu Shang and Hu You praised Chu Xinghe’s conduct and revealed that their surprise for him was the Star Divination Art.

Ch. 567The Supreme Secret of the Fox Clan's Star Divination Art!

Chu Xinghe entered the Fox Clan’s sealed chamber to learn the Star Divination Art from the first Great Prophet’s inheritance. He discovered that the art amounted to believing in oneself, and that Fox Clan divinations worked through their prophets’ extraordinary luck rather than a genuine ability to see the future.

  • Hu Shang and Hu You brought Chu Xinghe to a secret chamber and revealed the Star Divination Art hidden in the Moon God Scepter.
  • Hu Shang and Hu You sealed the chamber, leaving Chu Xinghe alone to open the golden casket and take the ancient scroll.
  • The first Great Prophet’s remnant appeared and told Chu Xinghe that the Star Divination Art’s four-character secret was to believe in yourself.
  • The Great Prophet explained that Fox Clan prophets relied on their strong luck to make accurate predictions, while claiming that failed prophecies were caused by changing heavenly signs.
  • Chu Xinghe stayed silent as the Great Prophet repeatedly urged him to believe in his ability to divine the future.

Ch. 568You Still Claim You Don't Have the Star Divination Art!

Chu Xinghe found that the Fox Clan’s legendary Star Divination Art had only told him to believe in himself, but Hu Shang and Hu You mistook Mu Ran’s perfectly timed arrival for proof that Xinghe had mastered it. Mu Ran also became convinced that Xinghe had divined his visit, leaving Xinghe unable to persuade anyone that he had no divination powers.

  • Chu Xinghe emerged from the secret chamber and told Hu Shang and Hu You that the scroll had crumbled before he could learn the Star Divination Art.
  • Hu Shang and Hu You insisted the scroll’s disappearance meant the inheritance had passed to Chu Xinghe and urged him to activate his new ability.
  • After Chu Xinghe joked that a lunatic would arrive within ten breaths to seek help with the Voodoo Arts, Mu Ran appeared through a teleportation array.
  • Hu Shang and Hu You concluded that Chu Xinghe had effortlessly divined Mu Ran’s arrival and possessed a supreme form of the Star Divination Art.
  • Mu Ran overheard them and decided that Chu Xinghe had predicted his visit and already knew he wanted help with the Voodoo Arts.

Ch. 569Xinghe, You're Far Too Cautious!

Chu Xinghe’s offhand guesses convinced Mu Ran, Hu You, and Hu Shang that he had inherited the Fox Clan’s Star Divination Art at its highest level. The Fox Clan celebrated the supposed revelation, while Yuan Zheng began to suspect that Xinghe had foreseen the events involving the Bear Clan.

  • Mu Ran asked Chu Xinghe to divine why he had come seeking help with the Voodoo Arts, and Xinghe’s guess that Mu Ran had no choice stunned him.
  • Hu Shang and Hu You concluded that Xinghe’s divination was real, while Xinghe gave up trying to correct their misunderstanding.
  • Hu You secretly announced Xinghe’s supposed Star Divination Art mastery to the Fox Clan overnight, and the clan celebrated outside Xinghe’s room the next morning.
  • Mu Ran contacted Yuan Zheng and reported that Xinghe had reached the Star Divination Art’s Creating Something from Nothing realm.
  • Yuan Zheng wondered whether Xinghe had also foreseen what would happen to the Bear Clan.

Ch. 570Without My Help, You Aren't Going Anywhere!

Yuan Zheng concluded that Hu Xinghe had obtained the Star Divination Art and believed the Demon God Token would keep the Fox Clan neutral, while the Wolf Clan considered how to win Hu Xinghe’s support. When Mu Ran came to say goodbye, Chu Xinghe insisted on accompanying him to the Divine Wood Clan to help cultivate spirit herbs.

  • Yuan Zheng connected Hu Xinghe’s Star Divination Art to the Bear Clan’s misfortunes and She Kui’s victory over the Bear King.
  • Yuan Zheng recalled that the Demon God Token would curse the Fox Clan’s arts if it pledged loyalty to another race, and welcomed the Fox Clan’s enforced neutrality.
  • The Wolf King raged over the Demon God Token, but the grand elder pointed out that the Fox Clan could still favor the Wolf Clan while remaining neutral.
  • The Wolf King and the grand elder decided to test whether Hu Xinghe’s Star Divination Art lived up to the rumors before trying to win him over.
  • Mu Ran visited Chu Xinghe to take his leave and return to the Divine Wood Clan, but Chu Xinghe insisted on accompanying him to help with spirit herbs.

Ch. 571You're Not Just Poor, You Suck Too!

Chu Xinghe traveled with Mu Ran and She Meng to the Divine Wood Clan, where he demonstrated a spirit-herb cultivation method that far surpassed the clan’s techniques. The clan watched its fields mature in moments, but Chu Xinghe dismissed the result as a failure because the herbs had not exceeded their limits.

  • She Meng accompanied Chu Xinghe and Mu Ran to the Divine Wood Clan, hoping to receive guidance from the Holy One.
  • Mu Sheng led Chu Xinghe and She Meng to the clan’s spirit fields and proudly described its herbs and cultivation methods.
  • Chu Xinghe taught Mu Yi a cultivation method from the Muyue Kingdom, and Mu Yi used it to make an entire field of herbs grow rapidly.
  • The Divine Wood Clan members were astonished by the mature, glowing herbs, but Chu Xinghe said the cultivation had failed because the herbs had not broken through their limits.

Ch. 572Put in Mortal Peril, with No Hope of Survival!

Chu Xinghe taught the Divine Wood Clan cultivation techniques from Muyue Kingdom, enabling them to grow potent spirit herbs, trigger Rebirth Through Fire, and improve their own cultivation while working. He believed that helping the clan so thoroughly would finally ensure the Misfortune Compass brought him disaster, though She Meng saw his actions as strengthening the Demon Race.

  • Chu Xinghe gave Mu Yi a fire crystal, and Mu Yi used it to set a cultivated spirit field ablaze.
  • The spirit herbs survived the flames and became powerful spirit fruits, leading Mu Sheng to recognize the legendary Rebirth Through Fire technique.
  • The Divine Wood clansmen discovered that the herbs grown with Chu Xinghe's method were exceptionally potent and that the cultivation technique resembled a lost clan art.
  • Mu Yi broke through from the Sixth Rank to the Seventh Rank and revealed that cultivating spirit herbs with Chu Xinghe's technique also improved his cultivation.
  • She Meng wondered why Chu Xinghe was helping the Demon Race, while Chu Xinghe resolved to give the Divine Wood Clan everything he knew and court the Misfortune Compass's backlash.

Ch. 573Hu Xinghe, Unrivaled in Benevolence and Righteousness

Chu Xinghe gave the Divine Wood Clan his spiritual-herb cultivation methods and techniques without asking for anything, winning Mu Ran’s oath of eternal alliance and earning the clan’s shameful admiration. Yuan Zheng ordered the Divine Wood Clan to master the arts quickly so their increased harvest could accelerate the opening of the passage to the Blazing Sun Continent.

  • The Divine Wood Clan discovered that Chu Xinghe’s methods could vastly increase spiritual-herb yields and improve cultivation.
  • Mu Ran asked Chu Xinghe to impart the divine arts, and Chu Xinghe transmitted the complete methods to him without demanding payment.
  • Chu Xinghe explained that the Fox Clan’s prophets had always helped the Demon Race and that he considered helping the Divine Wood Clan his responsibility.
  • Mu Ran swore that the Divine Wood Clan would remain allies of the Fox Clan, while the clan members regretted their past treatment of the Fox Clan.
  • Yuan Zheng heard what Chu Xinghe had done, respected his actions, and ordered the Divine Wood Clan to cultivate herbs quickly to support opening the passage between the continents.

Ch. 574Today Is the Day the Divine Wood Clan Rises!

Chu Xinghe helped the Divine Wood Clan master spirit-herb cultivation and Rebirth Through Fire, while Yuan Zheng arranged a trade with the Bear Clan for fire crystals. The Divine Wood Clan’s grand attempt to accelerate its crops ended in disaster, and Yuan Qi extinguished the blaze at the cost of severe injury, leaving the fields and herbs destroyed.

  • Chu Xinghe taught the Divine Wood Clan divine arts and instructed them in using fire crystals to cultivate spirit herbs, earning their gratitude and an alliance pledge.
  • Yuan Zheng urged the Divine Wood Clan to increase its herb yield for the Demon Race, but Mu Ran reported that the clan lacked fire crystals.
  • Yuan Qi failed to persuade Xiong Feng to hand over the Bear Clan’s fire crystals, so Yuan Zheng traded a large quantity of resources for them.
  • At Mu Ran’s command, the Divine Wood Clan used fire crystals to perform Rebirth Through Fire across its spirit fields, but the flames spread out of control and burned the crops.
  • Yuan Qi arrived to inspect the fields and used his divine ape manifestation to absorb the fire, but the blaze left the fields charred and him badly weakened.

Ch. 575They Call Me the Demon Race's Little Helper. Would I Screw Over the Demon Race?

After the Divine Wood Clan's spirit fields burned down, Chu Xinghe found evidence that Fire Cloud Stone had caused the disaster, clearing him of blame and implicating the Bear Clan. The fields' Wood Spirit foundation was destroyed as well, and the furious Divine Wood Clan demanded justice from Yuan Qi.

  • Mu Ran and the Divine Wood Clan mourned the burned spirit fields while Yuan Qi accused Chu Xinghe of plotting against the Demon Race.
  • Chu Xinghe searched the ashes and found Fire Cloud Stone mixed in with the Fire Crystal Stone, explaining that its uncontrollable flames had started the fire.
  • Yuan Qi recognized that the Bear Clan had supplied the stones and concluded Chu Xinghe was not responsible.
  • Elder Mu Sheng reported that the flames had destroyed the spirit fields' foundation, leaving the Divine Wood Clan without usable fields.
  • Chu Xinghe said rebuilding the fields would take about eight hundred years, prompting Mu Ran and the clan to demand that Yuan Qi seek justice against the Bear Clan.
Arc 23 of 95
Arc 23 of 95