After leaving Snow Fairy, Yan Chihuo flew without pause for over a month, leaving Tianyang Kingdom behind before finally finding an uninhabited valley. The valley was an incomparably vast forest. Yan Chihuo had no time to concern himself with what lay within it; he found a cave, set down Restrictions at its entrance, and began restoring his mana.
Although Snow Fairy had lifted the Seven Absolutes Sealing Technique, having been sealed for so many days had inevitably depleted Yan Chihuo's mana. Earlier, within the Seventh Supreme Emperor's presence and Tianyang Kingdom, he had not dared linger, much less restore his mana.
In just about an hour, his mana had been fully replenished. Yet over these past days, his mental energy had suffered even greater depletion. Seeing that the surroundings were fairly quiet, Yan Chihuo set up a warning formation outside the cave, then fell into a deep, snoring sleep within. East Sea was simply too far away; who knew what problems might arise along the journey? It was better to restore his energy first.
Three days later, two streaks of Escape Light flew through the sky. They landed on the ground, revealing a man and a woman, both Dao Foundation Stage cultivators. The female cultivator said, "Senior Brother, are you certain there are bitter mulberry trees in there?"
The male cultivator said, "Don't worry. Deep in this forest, there are hundreds of varieties of bitter mulberry trees, all roughly several thousand years old. You know how strange bitter mulberries are—if they were any other kind of tree, they would have long since gained sentience. Yet none of them there have. Our green silkworms can feast to their hearts' content."
The female cultivator said, "This is already within Heavenly Wind Kingdom's territory. We should still be careful. Bitter mulberry trees cannot