Arc 35The Evil Insect Crisis

Yunxi uncovered a scheme to spread Evil Insect Eggs among battlefield cultivators, helped contain repeated outbreaks, and learned the insects had returned in a more dangerous form. As the Spirit Realm prepared to sever the Wuwang Ruins passage, Yuling entered seclusion and Yunxi took charge of the Haoran Sect disciples.

  • Yunxi discovered threadworm eggs hidden in Feng Xichao’s pills, and Cang Lou detained the cultivators who had received them.
  • Yunxi exposed Uncle Chestnut’s deception, killed the Evil Insect that had taken control of him, and helped screen the camp for infected cultivators.
  • Yunxi, Master Ruohuai, and Xiong Wei pushed the battlefield forward, but a black hand from the Wuwang Ruins passage shattered Yunxi’s bones and forced her into years of treatment and recovery.
  • After returning to the battlefield, Yunxi and Yuling combined their domains to defeat a new wave of evil cultivators and creatures, while the Evil Venerable renewed his attack.
  • Yunxi and Yuling joined You Zisang and Wuwang to suppress Evil Insect Eggs in Ice Hell, then treated the infected cultivators in batches using Buddhist power, freezing, and Exotic Flames.
  • Yunxi found disguised Evil Insect Eggs hidden in a bracelet, and the True Venerables learned that the Evil Venerable had targeted cultivators through such objects.
  • Cao Yi brought Yunxi a formation disk meant to destroy the Wuwang Ruins passage, and she agreed to study how her sealing runes could strengthen it.
  • Yuling entered seclusion to restore his origin power, gave Yunxi responsibility for the Haoran Sect disciples, and Yunxi supplied him with ten-thousand-year frost.
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Ch. 851Something Was Wrong with the Pill Pavilion

Ye Yirui reported that her brother Ye Yuchen had uncovered suspicious pills tied to Feng Xichao, an alchemist in Feng Yan’s Pill Pavilion. After hearing her evidence, Yunxi and Feng Yan examined one of the pills, and Yunxi began testing it with violet flame.

  • Feng Yan questioned Ye Yirui, but Yunxi defended her caution and promised to help refine the Breakthrough Potion if Feng Yan gathered the required spirit plants.
  • Ye Yirui explained that Ye Yuchen’s teammates had tried to control him, then repeatedly lent pills from Feng Xichao to battlefield companions while three suspicious cultivators remained together.
  • Ye Yirui said she had observed Feng Xichao giving those three different pill bottles and quantities from the pills he exchanged with other cultivators.
  • Feng Yan and Yunxi examined a seventh-rank Yangyuan Pill that Ye Yirui had brought, but Feng Yan’s inspection revealed no obvious problem.
  • Yunxi began scorching the Yangyuan Pill with violet flame to investigate its suspected abnormality.

Ch. 852Anomaly at the Pill Pavilion 2

Yunxi and Feng Yan discovered foreign black specks hidden in Yangyuan Pills, prompting Yunxi to halt the Pill Pavilion’s operations and summon the people involved. Feng Xichao was exposed when Feng Yan found matching pill bottles in his Storage Ring, and Cang Lou arrived to hear Yunxi’s report.

  • Dian Dian and Lili failed to detect anything unusual until Yunxi burned a Yangyuan Pill with Exotic Flame and found a black speck inside.
  • Yunxi extracted matching specks from two more pills, barred relevant people from returning to the battlefield, and ordered Ye Yirui to summon Ye Yuchen.
  • Cang Lou and Xiong Wei received Yunxi’s message and immediately went to the Pill Pavilion.
  • Ye Yuchen arrived and saw Feng Xichao kneeling before Yunxi and Feng Yan.
  • Feng Yan searched Feng Xichao’s Storage Ring, found ten bottles of pills, and began inspecting them with pill fire as Feng Xichao shouted in protest.
  • Cang Lou appeared and asked Yunxi to explain what she had discovered.

Ch. 853Something Amiss at the Pill Pavilion 3

Yunxi confirmed that the black specks in Feng Xichao’s pills were deadly threadworm eggs planted by evil cultivators to infect battlefield cultivators. Cang Lou ordered the garrison investigated and replacement cultivators sent to the front line.

  • Yunxi urged Cang Lou to detain cultivators who had received pills from Feng Xichao, while Cang Lou began searching Feng Xichao’s soul.
  • Yunxi asked Ethereal Immortal to identify the black specks and learned they were threadworm eggs that could drain hosts and reproduce rapidly.
  • Cang Lou discovered that Feng Xichao had refined the unknown substance into pills to save his close friend, Uncle Chestnut, and had exchanged them with selected cultivators.
  • Yunxi told Cang Lou the eggs could turn battlefield cultivators against their comrades and warned they might have reached the Spirit Realm.
  • Cang Lou crushed Feng Xichao with his pressure, ordered the suspects arrested, and arranged for Hua Yi and the others to send new cultivators to the front line.

Ch. 854Mending the Fold After the Sheep Are Lost 1

Yunxi uncovered Feng Xichao’s role in spreading Evil Insect Eggs through tampered pills and helped Cang Lou begin a sweeping investigation of the encampment. After learning the eggs came from evil cultivators on the battlefield, she asked whether the plot had begun recently.

  • Yunxi ordered the Ye siblings to watch Feng Xichao and record the changes caused by the tampered pills while they remained with Cang Lou.
  • Yunxi told Xiong Wei that Feng Xichao had refined Evil Insect Eggs into pills to spread them among cultivators, and Xiong Wei agreed to hold off any attack while she and Cang Lou investigated.
  • Yunxi used Divine Sense Thorns to knock out suspected cultivators and transferred more than a thousand of them to the Pill Pavilion’s rear hall.
  • Xiong Wei announced that evil cultivators had possessed people inside the encampment and ordered everyone to return to their tents, while Li Lu’s group kept quiet about what they knew.
  • Yunxi reported that the suspected cultivators and those who had exchanged pills with Feng Xichao had been detained; Cang Lou said the eggs came from evil cultivators on the battlefield, and Yunxi asked whether it had happened recently.

Ch. 855Mending the Fold After the Sheep Are Lost 2

Yunxi investigated Feng Xichao and Uncle Chestnut to determine how the Evil Insects were spreading and how to identify those infected. Lili revealed that Uncle Chestnut controlled the Gu insect in his heart while Evil Insect eggs had hatched inside Feng Xichao, and Yunxi provoked Feng Xichao to hasten the insect’s growth.

  • Cang Lou said the tampered pills had not reached the rear garrison and began screening the cultivators who had taken them.
  • Feng Yan burned the pills in the Elixir Hall, found more black grains among those Feng Xichao had handled, and gave them to Cang Lou.
  • Yunxi examined the records of Feng Xichao’s confinement, then had Ye Yuchen bring the unconscious Uncle Chestnut into the cage beside him.
  • Uncle Chestnut claimed he had given Feng Xichao pills to suppress a Gu insect in his heart, while Lili detected that the Gu was under Uncle Chestnut’s control and that Evil Insect eggs had hatched inside Feng Xichao.
  • Yunxi exposed Uncle Chestnut’s deception and sent Thunder Spiritual Power into Feng Xichao to provoke the Evil Insect.

Ch. 856Mending the Pen After the Sheep Are Lost 3

Yunxi used Feng Xichao to draw out an Evil Insect and watched it take over Uncle Chestnut, then tested ways to weaken it. After the insect escaped and tried to enter Yunxi, she destroyed it with Purple Flame and headed with the Ye Family siblings to see True Venerable Canglou.

  • Yunxi drew Feng Xichao’s spiritual power into an empty spirit stone, provoking the Evil Insect to drain him faster.
  • Feng Xichao died, and the Evil Insect left his heart and fought Uncle Chestnut’s gu for control of his body.
  • The Evil Insect defeated the gu and took over Uncle Chestnut, so Yunxi attacked it with Thunder Spiritual Power and Buddhist power while Ye Yirui recorded the tests.
  • Yunxi struck the insect with a Divine Soul Stab, and Uncle Chestnut died as his cultivation rapidly collapsed.
  • The weakened Evil Insect escaped toward Yunxi, but she seized and burned it with Purple Flame before setting fire to both corpses and leading the Ye Family siblings to True Venerable Canglou.

Ch. 857Each With Their Own Plans

Yunxi and the Ye siblings uncovered the Evil Insects plot and began inspecting the encampment while Cang Lou and Xiong Wei fought off the Evil Venerable. The two True Venerables returned to find Yunxi binding suspected hosts, and Xiong Wei watched the evidence in an Imprint Jade.

  • Ye Yirui and Ye Yuchen showed Cang Lou and Feng Yan the recordings of Feng Xichao, Uncle Chestnut, and the threadworm.
  • Yunxi urged Cang Lou to inspect every cultivator, and he left to help Xiong Wei while ordering the encampment to remain in place.
  • Yunxi had the Ye siblings copy the recordings and asked Lili to identify cultivators carrying bugs.
  • Xiong Wei and Cang Lou attacked the evil cultivators, forcing the Evil Venerable to retreat.
  • Yunxi bound suspected cultivators at the Pill Pavilion, and Xiong Wei watched an Imprint Jade and cursed the Evil God.

Ch. 858Quick to React

Yunxi and the True Venerables responded to the Evil Insects hidden among the camp’s cultivators, while Cang Lou and Cao Yi worked to strengthen the camp’s formations. The chapter left Master Ruohuai, Hua Yi, and Dai Tong discussing the new threat after discovering that Evil Insect Eggs had spread through medicinal pills.

  • Xiong Wei and Cang Lou agreed that Xiong Wei would guard the front while Cang Lou reorganized the camp and Yunxi screened its cultivators.
  • Yunxi asked Feng Yan to investigate the Feng Family disciples and temporarily took charge of the Pill Pavilion.
  • Cang Lou put the divine souls of 368 infected cultivators into slumber after Yunxi identified them among the 749 people she had inspected.
  • Cang Lou took Cao Yi to adjust the camp formations, while Xiong Wei returned to the front and Yunxi sent Ye Yuchen and Ye Yirui to search for missed infected cultivators.
  • Master Ruohuai, Hua Yi, and Dai Tong learned that Evil Insect Eggs had entered cultivators through medicinal pills, though the pills had not reached the rear camp.

Ch. 859Master Ruohuai Arrives in Person

Master Ruohuai arrived at the frontline camp to help contain the Evil Insects infecting Spirit Realm cultivators. As the Evil Venerable waited for the passage to the Spirit Realm to open, a newly ascended small world merged into the Ghost Domain.

  • Dai Tong and Hua Yi agreed to hold the rear while Master Ruohuai led Buddhist disciples to replace afflicted cultivators at the front.
  • Wuwang kept Yun Chen from the battlefield, and Yun Chen gave Xun Kun his prayer beads to warn him of Evil Insects.
  • The Evil Venerable learned that the Spirit Realm camp was in turmoil but chose to wait while the Wuwang Ruins nurtured more evil creatures.
  • Master Ruohuai arrived with ten thousand cultivators, and Cang Lou briefed him on the nearly three hundred infected cultivators held under control.
  • Yunxi showed Master Ruohuai an Imprint Jade depicting the Evil Insects and asked him to use it to warn incoming support disciples.
  • A small world ascended and merged into the Ghost Domain, and True Venerable Mingyou enveloped the new region with Soul Power.

Ch. 860Fengdu's Return

True Venerable Mingyou prepared the Ghost Domain for Fengdu Realm’s return while investigating the missing cultivators trapped on the Ancient Battlefield. At the Spirit Realm’s frontline garrison, Master Ruohuai, Cang Lou, and Ranxi began extracting Evil Insects from three afflicted cultivators.

  • True Venerable Mingyou ordered high-level Ghost Domain cultivators to gather at Fengdu Realm and city lords to guard their cities.
  • Li Ze captured two evil cultivators and discovered that Wunian City’s black hole had sent victims to the Ancient Battlefield to nourish the Evil God.
  • Mingyou confirmed that all eight missing cultivators were alive, though four Soul Lamps had dimmed after their owners used forbidden arts.
  • Mingyou promised resources to help the four cultivators withstand Heavenly Punishment and gave the Four Regions Soul Rings filled with treasures.
  • Mingyou began investigating Fengdu Realm after gathering enough cultivators.
  • Yunxi brought three recently afflicted cultivators to Master Ruohuai, Cang Lou, and Ranxi, who began extracting their Evil Insects.

Ch. 861Purging Evil Insects 1

Yunxi and the two True Venerables removed unhatched Evil Insect eggs from cultivators and contained the Feng Family disciples, but hundreds of grown insects still threatened their hosts. Yunxi proposed putting both the insects and their hosts into hibernation to allow the insects to be extracted safely.

  • Master Ruohuai, Cang Lou, and Yunxi removed unhatched Insect Eggs from cultivators, while Yunxi warned that those whose insects had reached the sea of consciousness could not be saved.
  • Yunxi learned from Lili that Feng Yan had confiscated the Feng Family’s problematic pills and suspected Feng Xichao was responsible.
  • Yunxi told the Ye Family siblings to inform the encampment about the danger and bring in pills and suspected cultivators, then sent the Feng Family disciples to the Elixir Hall.
  • Feng Yan burned the pills she had confiscated and returned to her tent, hoping to save more Feng Family disciples.
  • Yunxi proposed putting the Evil Insects and their hosts into hibernation so the insects could be removed before draining their hosts’ power.

Ch. 862Eliminating Evil Insects 2

Yunxi, Master Ruohuai, and Cang Lou removed Evil Insects from the frontline encampment, then prepared the cultivators for renewed attacks. The Evil Venerable sent another wave of threadworms onto the battlefield, where Master Ruohuai destroyed those that had not yet entered anyone’s body.

  • Yunxi froze Chu Xixi while Master Ruohuai and Cang Lou extracted her Evil Insect, and Yunxi burned it with Profound Thunder Purple Flame.
  • Over seven days, the three treated the infected cultivators, saving those they could and arranging dignified deaths for more than a hundred who could not be rescued.
  • Cang Lou returned with the remaining cultivators to the temporary city, while Yunxi prepared new arrivals with Imprint Jade and assigned Lili and Dian Dian to inspect returning cultivators.
  • Xiong Wei targeted high-ranking evil cultivators, while the Evil Venerable berated Xing Luo for his false intelligence and ordered another attack.
  • The next day, low-ranking evil creatures exploded on the battlefield and released black threadworms, but Master Ruohuai used Buddha light illumination to destroy those that had not entered cultivators' bodies.

Ch. 863Pushing Forward

Yunxi destroyed the Evil Insects and enemy forces on the battlefield, then led an advance toward the passage to the Wuwang Ruins. As Yunxi, Master Ruohuai, and Xiong Wei attacked the Evil Venerable, she was flung toward the passage, where a huge hand reached out.

  • Master Ruohuai summoned Yunxi to the front lines, and she froze the affected cultivators before burning the evil cultivators and creatures with the Profound Thunder Purple Flame.
  • Yunxi urged Master Ruohuai and Xiong Wei to seize the opportunity, and they pushed the battlefield forward ten li while the front-line camp relocated and raised its defensive formation.
  • Yunxi learned from Senior Ethereal Immortal that the Insectoid Race could evolve into a disaster, and she attacked the Evil Venerable with her Seven-Star Deadly Staff alongside Master Ruohuai and Xiong Wei.
  • The combined attacks of the three Mahayana True Venerables struck the Evil Venerable and sent Yunxi toward the Wuwang Ruins passage, where a huge hand reached out.

Ch. 864Gravely Wounded, Entering Seclusion

Yunxi was gravely injured while recording the passage array patterns, but she passed them to Cao Yi so he could try to break the evil cultivators’ route to the Ancient Battlefield. She entered a treatment pod in seclusion for what was expected to be a year of recovery, while the camp prepared for further attacks.

  • Yunxi struck the black hand at the passage entrance, was hurled away, and suffered shattered bones as the Evil Venerable retreated into the passage.
  • Master Ruohuai and Xiong Wei brought the injured Yunxi back to camp, where she gave Ye Yirui a jade slip containing the passage’s array patterns for Cao Yi.
  • Yunxi released the cultivators trapped in her domain and entered seclusion in the Pill Pavilion before Lili carried her to the Medicine Immortal Sect’s Advanced Treatment Pod.
  • The treatment pod diagnosed devastating damage to Yunxi’s bones and meridians and began a year of treatment with high-grade Repair Fluid.
  • Ye Yirui and Ye Yuchen delivered Yunxi’s jade slip to Cao Yi, who promised to find a way to break the passage array.

Ch. 865Sending the News

After the Spirit Realm’s forces pushed the Ancient Battlefield forward, reports spread about Ranxi’s injuries and the evil cultivators’ failed plans. True Venerable Haoran told Yuling about the immortal bones and their potential to help cultivators prepare for the Spirit Realm’s ascension, but Yuling still wanted to go to the Ancient Battlefield.

  • Dai Tong and Hua Yi discussed the battlefield’s advance, Ranxi’s injuries, and the need to prepare the next rotation of cultivators.
  • The Evil Venerable was reprimanded in the Wuwang Ruins and warned to act carefully as the Spirit Realm neared completion.
  • Qianmei told True Venerable Mingyou that marked ghost cultivators could become nourishment for the Evil God, and Mingyou ordered their quiet removal if their marks could not be erased.
  • Spirit Realm leaders tightened security and increased preparations after learning of the evil cultivators’ Insectoid Race plan.
  • True Venerable Haoran told Yuling that Ranxi’s group had retrieved immortal bones to support the ‘Create Immortal’ plan and offered him a chance to refine bones suited to his attributes.
  • Yuling agreed to cultivate diligently but insisted that he still wished to join the next mission to the Ancient Battlefield.

Ch. 866Preparing in Advance

Yuling learned that Ranxi had proposed the “Create Immortal” plan and that evil cultivators were using Evil Insects in the Ancient Battlefield, then prepared the sect’s disciples for the dangerous garrison mission. Feng Jiayun, worried about her daughter Yunxi, asked to join the mission despite lacking the required cultivation, and Yuling told her to stay in the sect.

  • True Venerable Haoran told Yuling that Ranxi and her companions had recovered the immortal bones and warned that the next Ancient Battlefield garrison would face Evil Insects and heavier casualties.
  • Yuling placed the Evil Insects information in the Mission Hall, where eligible disciples could review it and decide whether to keep or withdraw from the mission.
  • Feng Jiayun heard that Yunxi had been transported to the Ancient Battlefield and decided to seek permission to join the garrison mission.
  • Feng Jiayun asked Yuling to make an exception because she feared for Yunxi, but Yuling told her that her cultivation was insufficient and she should remain in the sect.

Ch. 867Healed and Leaving Seclusion 1

After recovering from her battlefield injuries, Yunxi emerged from seclusion and learned how the conflict had changed during her absence. The evil cultivators remained frenzied, but the Evil Insects had not appeared in the past two years.

  • Feng Jiayun accepted Yuling’s warning that she would endanger Yunxi if she entered the Ancient Battlefield, and prepared high-grade pills for Yuling to deliver to her daughter.
  • Yuling led Haoran Sect disciples to the Ancient Battlefield, where he met Xiang Sizi, who had volunteered for the garrison mission as a poison cultivator.
  • After more than a year in the Advanced Treatment Pod, Yunxi woke with most of her injuries healed and spent two more years repairing hidden damage before emerging from seclusion.
  • Ye Yirui told Yunxi that the new garrison force was twice as large, Yuling had arrived, the Pill Pavilion had a new manager, and Feng Yan had led the remaining Feng Family disciples away.
  • Ye Yirui reported that the fighting had intensified and three Mahayana True Venerables were stationed at the battlefield; the Evil Insects had appeared in its first two years but not in the past two.

Ch. 868Wounds Healed, Emerging from Seclusion 2

After recovering from her injuries and emerging from seclusion, Yunxi learned about the battlefield’s defenses and went to see her master. When Evil Insects appeared again, she joined Yuling and merged their domains to capture the battlefield’s evil cultivators and creatures, leaving the furious Evil Venerable to attack Master Bukou.

  • Yunxi learned that six Mahayana True Venerables were guarding the Ancient Battlefield and that Yun Chen and Han Lian had returned to the Buddha Domain.
  • Ye Yirui told Yunxi that the cultivators transported to the battlefield with her had accepted ten years of garrison duty, and Yunxi said she would visit the Spirit Domain encampment.
  • You Zisang asked Yunxi about Feng Yan and the Imprint Jade, then received word that Evil Insects had appeared on the battlefield again.
  • Yunxi arrived on the battlefield and rescued an infected cultivator while Yuling used his Ice Hell to contain the growing threat.
  • Yunxi and Yuling merged their domains, drawing the battlefield’s evil cultivators and creatures inside before leaving it silent.
  • The Evil Venerable, enraged that Yunxi had survived and disrupted his plans, hurled a black sphere of light at Master Bukou.

Ch. 869Master and Disciple Reunite

Master Bukou and True Venerable Xiao He repelled the Evil Venerable while Yunxi and Yuling cleared their domain of enemies. After reuniting with her master and catching up on four years of events, Yunxi proposed using the Spirit Realm’s return to the Immortal Realm to sever the Wuwang Ruins passage.

  • Master Bukou and True Venerable Xiao He forced the Evil Venerable back into the Wuwang Ruins and discussed the greater threat hidden there.
  • Yunxi and Yuling coordinated their attacks to defeat the enemies inside their domain, then returned to camp.
  • Yuling warned Yunxi against risking her life and gave her a jade slip summarizing events from her four years in seclusion.
  • Yunxi concluded that the Ghost Domain’s return and the Buddha Domain’s eventual restoration could allow the Spirit Realm to ascend to the Immortal Realm.
  • Yunxi told Yuling that the Spirit Realm’s return would sever the passage from the Wuwang Ruins to the Ancient Battlefield.

Ch. 870Master and Disciple Reunite 2

Yunxi and Yuling discussed how the Spirit Realm's ascension might let them sever the passage from the Wuwang Ruins, while weighing the risks and the Create Immortal plan. They learned their allies were preparing to destroy the passage, then went to investigate an unusual condition among cultivators infected by Evil Insects.

  • Yuling questioned whether the passage would break when the Spirit Realm ascended, warning that powerful Evil Cultivators might enter the Ancient Battlefield if it remained open.
  • Yunxi explained that refining Immortal Bones could help cultivators trapped at bottlenecks and described how her ordeal with the bones had tempered her state of mind and advanced her cultivation.
  • Yunxi told Yuling that the True Venerables were considering how to use the Immortal Bones, while Yuling explained that the Spirit Realm's defenses and ascension preparations made the next ten years crucial.
  • Yuling said Cao Yi had successfully tested a formation disk designed to destroy the passage, and Yunxi offered to help him advance so he could make stronger disks.
  • Yuling received a message from You Zisang, who requested Yunxi's help because cultivators infected by Evil Insects were showing an unusual condition.
  • Yunxi agreed to go to the Pill Pavilion, and Yuling accompanied her to assist.

Ch. 871Insect Eggs Enter the Body

Yunxi discovered that the Evil Insects had laid eggs inside the frozen cultivators, whose eggs could drain their hosts’ essence even after the adults were killed. The group brought ten infected cultivators into Yuling’s Ice Hell with Wuwang to investigate ways to suppress and eradicate the insects without ending the freezing technique.

  • Yunxi and Yuling joined You Zisang and Yutang Ruofeng at the Elixir Hall, where a Heavenly Demon Palace cultivator died as You Zisang tried to remove an Evil Insect.
  • Yunxi deduced that revived insect eggs were draining the cultivator’s essence, and You Zisang burned his corpse before Yutang Ruofeng secured his ashes and Storage Ring.
  • You Zisang explained that her treatment had worked on the first hundred cultivators, but the latest victim continued to lose his cultivation after the adult insect was killed.
  • Yunxi warned that the eggs could hatch and cause a calamity in the Spirit Realm, while Yutang Ruofeng urged the group to prevent Heavenly Demon Palace cultivators from becoming insect hosts.
  • Master Ruohuai proposed using a domain and Wuwang’s Buddhist power to suppress the insects without undoing the freezing technique, and You Zisang, Yunxi, and Yuling agreed to try it.
  • You Zisang brought ten infected cultivators, Yunxi, and Wuwang into Yuling’s Ice Hell, where Wuwang immediately felt the domain’s intense cold.

Ch. 872Two-Pronged Approach

Yunxi, You Zisang, Wuwang, and Yuling worked together to remove Evil Insects and their eggs from the afflicted cultivators. After three days and nights of treatment, Yuling’s ice-origin power was severely depleted, so Yunxi took over maintaining the domain while he began to recover.

  • Wuwang used Buddhist seals to suppress the afflicted cultivators, while Yuling froze them and Yunxi and You Zisang used their Exotic Flames to destroy the insect eggs and extract the Evil Insects.
  • Hua Mushu awoke after her treatment, inspected herself for remaining eggs, and agreed to stay in Yunxi’s domain for safety.
  • The four treated the remaining cultivators in batches, clearing all the Evil Insects and eggs over three days and nights.
  • A male cultivator’s cultivation dropped when Yuling was slow to freeze him, and Yunxi froze him with a Frost Art.
  • Yunxi noticed Yuling’s silver hair turning black, and Wuwang explained that Yuling had overused his ice-origin power.
  • Yunxi gave Yuling pills and medicinal potions, replaced Ice Hell with her Wind Snow Domain, and urged him to recover.

Ch. 873Evil Insect Bracelet

Yunxi and Wuwang discovered that an Evil Insect had entered a cultivator’s sea of consciousness through a bracelet made from Evil Insect Eggs, prompting a search for similar items among the Spirit Realm cultivators. At the Ancient Battlefield, the six True Venerables learned of the Evil Venerable’s scheme and began considering how to retaliate.

  • After the cultivator’s cultivation fell, Wuwang examined him and found that an Evil Insect had entered his sea of consciousness.
  • Hua Mushu revealed that the cultivator had taken a pill, and Yunxi found and burned a bracelet made from disguised Evil Insect Eggs in his Storage Ring.
  • You Zisang informed the cultivators in the Wind Snow Domain and had them inspect their storage equipment for suspicious items.
  • Yunxi left to check on Yuling’s recovery, while You Zisang took the affected cultivator to the True Venerables overseeing the area.
  • Yutang Ruofeng told his grandaunt why the Heavenly Demon Palace cultivators had fallen, and all six True Venerables learned of the Evil Venerable’s plan.
  • She Baihui urged the True Venerables to consider how to strike back against the evil cultivators.

Ch. 874Insufficient Power

The six True Venerables planned a counterattack against the evil cultivators while seeking a way to prevent Evil Insects from invading cultivators. Yunxi examined Cao Yi’s upgraded formation disk and agreed to study the divine-script runes that might make it powerful enough to destroy the passage, just as Yuling emerged from seclusion.

  • Yutang Fengxin agreed with She Baihui that the cultivators should counterattack and focus on severing the passage from the Wuwang Ruins, while Ruo Huai insisted they also needed a defense against Evil Insects.
  • The six True Venerables exchanged information, and Master Bukou and She Baihui went to guard the front lines as You Zisang brought an infected Huaxian Sect cultivator to Du'e and True Venerable Xiao He for questioning.
  • Du'e suppressed the Evil Insect while Xiao He used flute music to awaken the cultivator, allowing You Zisang to question him about the bracelet connected to the attack.
  • Yunxi waited outside Yuling’s restricted residence and searched her space for ice-element treasures to help restore his origin power after his strenuous battle and use of Ice Hell.
  • Cao Yi visited Yunxi with an eighth-grade Spirit Gathering Formation for Yuling and a ninth-grade formation disk intended to destroy the passage, but warned that its power might be insufficient.
  • Cao Yi proposed using Yunxi’s sealing runes to strengthen the disk, and Yunxi agreed to study the runes in his jade slip as Yuling opened the restrictions.

Ch. 875Successive Visits

Yunxi took over Yuling’s duties while he entered seclusion to recover, then helped the Ye siblings prepare for cultivation and gave Xiang Sizi a poison to test against Evil Insects. Cao Yi and Situ Xuanming arrived seeking her help with new formation disks.

  • Yuling told Yunxi to lead the Haoran Sect disciples during his seclusion, and Yunxi gave him ten-thousand-year frost to restore his source power.
  • Yunxi gave Ye Yirui and Ye Yuchen supplies and told them to cultivate; Ye Yuchen agreed to pursue a breakthrough.
  • Xiang Sizi asked Yunxi for guidance on poisoning Evil Insects, and Yunxi gave her the poison Entwine to test.
  • Cao Yi and Situ Xuanming visited Yunxi because Situ Xuanming wanted to see formation disks inscribed with special runes.
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