Arc 22The Hunting Ground Retaliation

After surviving Tan Sheng’s pursuit and escaping the Hunting Ground, Lu Ye retaliated against Myriad Demon Ridge in the Spirit Stream Battlefield and forced its sects to pay compensation. He reunited with Hua Ci, returned to the Crimson Blood Sect, and claimed his Hunting Ground rewards before discovering new Spirit Patterns on the Talent Tree.

  • Tan Sheng used a secret technique to reveal Lu Ye’s location each hour, driving him to flee as Vast Sky Alliance cultivators tried to shield him from the pursuing Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators.
  • Surrounded after his Golden Body Token protected him from attacks, Lu Ye unleashed a Fire Phoenix that killed dozens of pursuers, then escaped the remaining siege by summoning a Heaven’s Mystery Pillar.
  • Lu Ye recovered at Ao Mountain, entered the Spirit Stream Battlefield, and attacked New Moon Sect, where he killed Tan Li and nearly thirty cultivators before the Talent Tree burned away the Soul Extinguishing Divine Thunder.
  • Lu Ye destroyed New Moon Sect’s camp and attacked Cloud Yang Sect, then demanded compensation from Myriad Demon Ridge for Tan Sheng’s Hunting Ground ambush.
  • Lu Ye negotiated a Heaven’s Mystery Contract with Yun Qingyue, securing resources and cultivation insights while agreeing not to target uninvolved sects without another provocation.
  • Lu Ye visited Hua Ci in Myriad Poison Forest, shared his collected resources with her, and returned to the Crimson Blood Sect, where he reunited with Little Grey.
  • Lu Ye sold supplies, replenished the Talent Tree, claimed nine Golden Spirit Signs and a Grade A Spring Spirit, and shared six Spirit Signs with Li Baxian and Feng Yuechan.
  • Lu Ye fed flames to the Talent Tree and discovered the Beast Confinement, Mist Spirit Pattern, Mirage Spirit Pattern, and Air Prohibition Spirit Pattern.
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Ch. 527Tan Sheng's Choice

Lu Ye used Teleportation Arrays to keep Tan Sheng and the Jiang Liuzi brothers from catching him, while Li Baxian and Feng Yuechan hid and waited for the Hunting Ground to close. After a day of fruitless pursuit, Tan Sheng recruited other experts to hunt Lu Ye and reduced the brothers’ share of the bounty.

  • Lu Ye teleported repeatedly, then set up another Teleportation Array while Tan Sheng and the Jiang Liuzi brothers followed the Tracking Compass toward him.
  • When the compass brought Tan Sheng’s group within ten li, Lu Ye teleported away and returned to an earlier location; Li Baxian and Feng Yuechan had already left to hide.
  • The Tracking Compass repeatedly reversed direction, and Tan Sheng’s group chased Lu Ye back and forth without finding him.
  • After a day and night of pursuit, Tan Sheng and the Jiang Liuzi brothers stopped to recover as their Spiritual Power ran low and their Hunting Rankings fell.
  • Tan Sheng contacted other experts in the Hunting Ground and agreed to give them the lead in hunting Lu Ye for a share of the bounty, reducing the brothers’ portion to a share of his own cut.

Ch. 528The Tracking Compass's Secret Technique

Tan Sheng used the Tracking Compass's secret technique to expose Lu Ye's location every hour, drawing Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators into the area and forcing Lu Ye to flee between his dwindling Teleportation Arrays. With only two arrays left, Lu Ye decided he had to leave the crowded region and teleported away after another blood-red pillar appeared.

  • Tan Sheng wrote Lu Yiye's name three times on the Tracking Compass, shattering it and activating a secret technique that revealed Lu Ye's position in a blood-red pillar every hour.
  • Lu Ye escaped the first eruption by teleporting away, and an Explosion Spirit Array he had left behind injured cultivators who searched his abandoned cave.
  • Li Baxian explained the Tracking Compass's secret technique to Lu Ye and said he had asked others for help, while urging Lu Ye to endure until the Hunting Ground closed.
  • News of Lu Ye's exposed location spread through the Myriad Demon Ridge camp, drawing large numbers of cultivators toward the area and driving nearby Vast Sky Alliance cultivators away.
  • As his Teleportation Arrays dwindled to two and enemies gathered around him, Lu Ye decided to leave the region and teleported nearly two hundred li after another eruption.

Ch. 529Escape

Lu Ye fled across the Hunting Ground while Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators pursued him, relying on his speed and help from Vast Sky Alliance experts. After more than a day of escape, he was nearly out of Spiritual Power with two pursuers closing in, but he had prepared a Teleportation Array that could let him get away if he could buy enough time.

  • Lu Ye used the Flying Wing Spiritual Pattern to flee after the bloody pillar exposed his location, and he quickly outran the first group of Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators.
  • A Tier Nine pursuer identified as Wei Que chased Lu Ye, but a Vast Sky Alliance cultivator intercepted him and gave Lu Ye a chance to escape.
  • Lu Ye repeatedly rested and fled as the Tracking Compass exposed his location each hour, while Vast Sky Alliance experts intervened against his pursuers.
  • After more than a day, a Tier Eight and a Tier Nine cultivator closed in on Lu Ye as his Spiritual Power and strength neared exhaustion.
  • Lu Ye relied on a Teleportation Array he had prepared, hoping to buy enough time to teleport two hundred miles away.

Ch. 530At the Limit

Lu Ye was ambushed and relentlessly attacked by three Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators, but a Golden Body Token shielded him from harm. Unable to escape, he tried to persuade them to let him set up an array, only to learn that Brother Liu could make one himself.

  • Lu Ye failed to form a Void Spirit Pattern while fleeing, then a Tier Nine Spell Cultivator ambushed him with a barrage of spells.
  • Lu Ye survived the barrage because his Golden Body Token's golden light protected him, and the Spell Cultivator joined the two pursuers in attacking him.
  • The three Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators knocked Lu Ye to the ground and surrounded him, recognizing that the Golden Body Token prevented them from injuring him until its protection expired.
  • Lu Ye sat down to recover his Spiritual Power and warned the three that the reward would draw many others to his location once blood light revealed it.
  • Lu Ye offered to set up a Concealment Array to hide his location, but the saber-wielding Weapon Cultivator learned that Brother Liu could already set one up, thwarting Lu Ye's escape plan.

Ch. 531Just a Little More

Lu Ye secretly tried to complete a Void Spirit Pattern and escape while Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators held him, but Xia Liang destroyed it just before it was finished. Lu Ye’s Golden Body Token then exposed his location, drawing a crowd that began waiting for its protection to expire so they could kill him.

  • The Liu-surnamed Spell Cultivator struggled to make a Concealment Array, so Lu Ye completed it and began constructing a second formation while the others watched.
  • Lu Ye formed a Void Spirit Pattern to activate a Teleportation Array, but Xia Liang struck it apart when it was nearly complete.
  • The Liu-surnamed Spell Cultivator admitted Lu Ye had not been setting up a Conceal Breath Formation, and Xia Liang accused him of trying to escape.
  • Lu Ye’s Golden Body Token released a pillar of Blood Light that revealed his location despite the Concealment Array.
  • Nearby Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators gathered and discovered that Lu Ye’s Golden Body made him immune to attacks until its protection ended.
  • The gathered cultivators realized they could try to kill Lu Ye the moment the Golden Body vanished.

Ch. 532Dragging Some Down to the Grave

Lu Ye remained trapped among Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators while the Golden Body Token protected him, and he began preparing a dangerous counterattack as its duration dwindled. He left the surrounding powerhouses alarmed and helpless as his aura continued to rise.

  • Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators gathered around Lu Ye and agreed to divide the reward for killing him among Tan Sheng, Xia Liang's trio, the Tier Nine cultivators, and the rest.
  • Lu Ye restored his Spiritual Power and noticed Tan Sheng, Wei Que, and the Jiang Liuzi brothers among the crowd; Li Baxian messaged that he was trying to gather help.
  • Lu Ye replied to Li Baxian, then began channeling Spiritual Power into a Spiritual Pattern across his chest while planning to take enemies down with him if he could not escape.
  • Lu Ye swallowed handfuls of Spiritual Pills as his aura rose beyond Tier Three, prompting Wei Que and other cultivators to question and threaten him.
  • Lu Ye formed a second Spiritual Pattern across his back and filled it with Spiritual Power, while Xia Liang and the surrounding cultivators realized something was wrong and could only wait for the Golden Body Token to expire.

Ch. 533Self-Destruction?

Lu Ye endured Myriad Demon Ridge’s attacks while secretly preparing his strongest technique, convincing his enemies that he planned to self-destruct. As his power gathered high above them, he began unleashing the trump card he had once used in the Spirit Stream Battlefield, though its Spiritual Power cost proved far greater than he had expected.

  • Lu Ye swallowed Spiritual Pills and gathered Spiritual Power as the surrounding Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators feared he would self-destruct.
  • Wei Que kicked Lu Ye into the air, and the cultivators repeatedly struck him with Controlled Artifacts to keep him aloft and away from them.
  • Li Baxian and Feng Yuechan watched from concealment, unable to intervene before they gathered enough support.
  • Ghost Shadow recognized Lu Ye, sensed a deadly danger ahead, and fled in panic.
  • Lu Ye’s body erupted in crimson fire as intricate patterns spread around him, and the Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators attacked harder, knocking him nearly two hundred zhang into the sky.
  • Lu Ye began unleashing his strongest trump card, draining the Spiritual Power stored in two Spirit Gathering Spirit Patterns and realizing its cost increased with his cultivation.

Ch. 534Fire Phoenix Reappears

Lu Ye used the Fire Phoenix spirit pattern to devastate the Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators surrounding him, though its backlash left him too weak to move. The Hunting Ground closed with Lu Ye at the top of the rankings, and as the other cultivators waited for his Golden Body Token to disappear, he remained trapped among them.

  • Lu Ye exhausted his spiritual power to form a Spiritual Power Egg, alarming the Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators until they fled.
  • The egg shattered and released a massive Fire Phoenix that swept through the battlefield, killing dozens of Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators before crashing into a small mountain.
  • Ghost Shadow recognized the Fire Phoenix from an earlier encounter and realized that fleeing early had saved him.
  • Lu Ye lay severely weakened as the Merits from the dead raised his Hunting Points to first place on the Hunting Rankings.
  • The Hunting Ground closed, and Heaven's Mystery distributed golden reward marks to the cultivators, including Lu Ye.
  • The surviving Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators surrounded Lu Ye and waited for his Golden Body Token to disappear so they could kill him.

Ch. 535Respectfully Petitioning Heavenly Mechanism

Surrounded and badly wounded after the Hunting Ground closed, Lu Ye used his vast Merit to petition Heavenly Mechanism for a Heaven's Mystery Pillar and escape the Cloud River Battlefield. As the pillar descended and blocked the Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators’ attacks, he vowed to remember them and repay them someday.

  • Lu Ye told Li Baxian not to rescue him because he planned to leave the Cloud River Battlefield, and Li Baxian withdrew with Feng Yuechan.
  • Lu Ye asked Xia Qianqian to identify Wei Que and learned he was from Cloud Yang Sect.
  • Lu Ye challenged the surrounding cultivators and declared he would remember their actions and repay them.
  • Lu Ye petitioned Heavenly Mechanism for a Heaven's Mystery Pillar, spending one hundred thousand Merit to escape the battlefield.
  • Xia Liang ordered the cultivators to stop Lu Ye and attacked, but the descending pillar of light blocked the incoming strikes.

Ch. 536Return

Lu Ye escaped the Myriad Demon Ridge siege by summoning a Heaven's Mystery Pillar, then recovered at the Crimson Blood Sect. Once he regained his strength, he decided to enter the Spirit Stream Battlefield for revenge and asked Shui Yuan how she had resisted the Soul Extinguishing Divine Thunder.

  • Lu Ye escaped the siege as the Hunting Ground closed, leaving the Myriad Demon Ridge Cultivators behind.
  • Lu Ye returned to Ao Mountain, where Shui Yuan caught him as he collapsed and treated his injuries.
  • After waking two days later, Lu Ye recovered at Green Bamboo Peak and checked his Battlefield Mark, finding that summoning the Heaven's Mystery Pillar had cost him most of his Merit.
  • Lu Ye visited Shui Yuan and announced that he wanted to enter the Spirit Stream Battlefield to get revenge on the Myriad Demon Ridge Cultivators.
  • Lu Ye asked Shui Yuan how she had resisted the Soul Extinguishing Divine Thunder when she entered the Spirit Stream Battlefield.

Ch. 537He Came Back Killing Again

Lu Ye returned to the Spirit Stream Battlefield despite the Soul Extinguishing Divine Thunder and traveled to the Core Region to raid New Moon Sect. The chapter ended as he charged toward its camp, ready to attack.

  • Shui Yuan told Lu Ye that Wei Yang could endure the Soul Extinguishing Divine Thunder only up to a limit, and warned him not to kill too many people.
  • Lu Ye entered the Spirit Stream Battlefield, recovered his cultivation to Heaven Nine, and learned that Little Grey was absent from the camp.
  • Lu Ye brought Garrison Envoy Tao Zhengyu with him and traveled four days to the Core Region.
  • Lu Ye chose New Moon Sect as his target because Tan Sheng's Tracking Compass had forced him to spend a hundred thousand Merit and use his Golden Body Token.
  • Lu Ye left Tao Zhengyu and Amber outside New Moon Sect's camp and charged toward its Protective Grand Array.

Ch. 538Dare You Kill?

Lu Ye attacked the New Moon Sect camp to repay Tan Sheng for his treatment in the Cloud River Battlefield. After he killed a cultivator, the Heavenly Mechanism’s Soul Extinguishing Divine Thunder struck him, leaving him in excruciating pain.

  • Lu Ye found a node in the New Moon Sect’s Grand Array and began placing Formation Flags to slip inside.
  • The guards recognized Lu Ye as the Gate-Destroying Leaf, and Tan Li confronted him as the camp’s Garrison Envoy.
  • Lu Ye learned Tan Li was Tan Sheng’s blood brother and attacked him, shattering his shield and slashing him across the abdomen.
  • New Moon Sect cultivators swarmed Lu Ye with spells and Controlled Artifacts, while Tan Li accused him of coming to take revenge on Tan Sheng.
  • Lu Ye killed a New Moon Sect cultivator with a Controlled Artifact, and violet Soul Extinguishing Divine Thunder enveloped him.

Ch. 539He Couldn't Hold On!

Lu Ye attacked New Moon Sect's camp to avenge his losses from the Hunting Ground, and discovered that his Talent Tree could burn away the Soul Extinguishing Divine Thunder. After he killed Tan Li and many of the camp's cultivators, he shut down the Protective Grand Array and summoned Yiyi and Tao Zhengyu.

  • Lu Ye began killing New Moon Sect cultivators, but the Soul Extinguishing Divine Thunder's punishment quickly overwhelmed him.
  • The Talent Tree burned away the divine thunder, allowing Lu Ye to fight without restraint and kill nearly thirty cultivators.
  • Tan Li urged his disciples to keep Lu Ye occupied until a Medical Cultivator warned him that Lu Ye might be unaffected by the punishment.
  • Tan Li ordered the remaining New Moon Sect cultivators to retreat to Nine Provinces, then charged Lu Ye to cover their escape.
  • Lu Ye killed Tan Li and pursued the fleeing cultivators before returning to Heaven's Mystery Hall.
  • Lu Ye took the Grand Array Jade Token from Tan Li's corpse, disabled the Protective Grand Array, and messaged Yiyi to bring Tao Zhengyu.

Ch. 540A Huge Loss

Lu Ye slaughtered New Moon Sect’s camp in revenge for Tan Sheng’s ambush, then spent his Merit and spoils on Core Fire to burn away the Soul Extinguishing Divine Thunder. News of the attack spread through Myriad Demon Ridge, where the sects learned that Tan Sheng’s failed attempt to kill Lu Ye had provoked the retaliation.

  • Lu Ye told Tao Zhengyu to plunder New Moon Sect’s camp augmentations while Yiyi checked on him and he recovered among the corpses.
  • Lu Ye sold the spoils and spent his Merit on Core Fire, but the Talent Tree’s fuel ran out while the purple Soul Extinguishing Divine Thunder still covered him.
  • Lu Ye sold more unused spoils from his Storage Space and bought additional Core Fire to replenish the Talent Tree.
  • News spread that Lu Ye had destroyed New Moon Sect’s camp, killed or wounded more than fifty disciples, and slain Garrison Envoy Tan Li.
  • New Moon Sect investigated Lu Ye’s motive and learned that Tan Sheng had ambushed him in a Cloud River Battlefield Hunting Ground, forcing him to use a Golden Body Token to survive.
  • Myriad Demon Ridge sects learned about Tan Sheng’s ambush and understood that Lu Ye had retaliated against New Moon Sect for it.

Ch. 541The Next Household

Lu Ye recovered from Heaven’s Mystery’s punishment after destroying New Moon Sect’s camp and set out to target Cloud Yang Sect and other Myriad Demon Ridge sects. As he flew toward Cloud Yang Sect, he encountered a group sent to investigate whether he had survived, and Senior Brother Miao recognized him.

  • Myriad Demon Ridge sects pressed New Moon Sect to confirm whether Lu Ye had survived the Soul Extinguishing Divine Thunder, while Tan Sheng swore to avenge his slain relatives and fellow disciples.
  • Lu Ye finished replying to friends’ messages at New Moon Sect’s camp, then told Tao Zhengyu they would go to the next sect.
  • Lu Ye chose Cloud Yang Sect as his next target, reasoning that he could demand compensation from other sects without destroying their camps and destabilizing the battlefield.
  • A group led by Senior Brother Miao flew toward New Moon Sect to investigate Lu Ye’s condition, believing he would still be wrapped in Purple Thunder if alive.
  • When the group drew near, Senior Brother Miao recognized Lu Ye by his appearance and Snow-White Beast, despite the absence of Purple Thunder.

Ch. 542The Old Rules

Lu Ye spared Senior Brother Miao’s group and ordered the Myriad Demon Ridge sects to deliver resources to Heavenly Sword Peak within ten days. The sect leaders debated whether to comply and speculated that Lu Ye’s ability to suppress the Heavenly Mechanism’s punishment might prevent him from killing again.

  • Senior Brother Miao warned his group to flee when he recognized Lu Ye, but Lu Ye flew past without attacking them.
  • Lu Ye returned to ask whether they belonged to Myriad Demon Ridge and ordered them to tell its great sects to follow the old rules and bring what he wanted to Heavenly Sword Peak within ten days.
  • Senior Brother Miao reported Lu Ye’s demand and confirmed under a Heaven’s Mystery Oath that Lu Ye showed no sign of Purple Thunder.
  • Myriad Demon Ridge powerhouses debated whether to pay Lu Ye, worrying about the resources going to the Crimson Blood Sect and the punishment’s apparent disappearance.
  • Elder Chen and other Divine Sea Realm cultivators speculated that suppressing the Heavenly Mechanism’s punishment might carry a cost that left Lu Ye unable to kill again.

Ch. 543Can This Thing Go Into Debt?

Myriad Demon Ridge’s Divine Sea Realm cultivators learned that Lu Ye had raided Cloud Yang Sect’s camp and discussed how to respond to his attacks. After clearing his Merit debt, Lu Ye prepared to continue raiding camps with Tao Zhengyu.

  • Myriad Demon Ridge’s Divine Sea Realm cultivators abandoned their plan to test Lu Ye after learning he had killed more than a dozen people at Cloud Yang Sect’s camp.
  • Fu explained that Cloud Yang Sect had been targeted because Wei Que had joined the group that besieged Lu Ye in the Hunting Ground, prompting other sects to warn their disciples and prepare for further attacks.
  • Elder Chen proposed sending people into the Spirit Stream Battlefield to negotiate with Lu Ye before his ten-day deadline expired, and the other cultivators agreed.
  • Lu Ye inspected his Talent Tree and discovered that his Merit had fallen to Owed 435 after he replenished its fuel, but he repaid the debt with his spoils.
  • The Purple Thunder around Lu Ye faded as the Talent Tree burned, and Tao Zhengyu eagerly asked his Fifth Senior Brother where they would raid next.

Ch. 544Gate-Destroying Leaf's Preferences

Lu Ye waited at Heavenly Sword Peak for Myriad Demon Ridge to deliver the promised goods while reading about the Void Spirit Pattern. Myriad Demon Ridge sent Yun Qingyue and Wu Jun to negotiate with him, and Yun Qingyue worried that she had been chosen to appeal to his supposed preferences.

  • Lu Ye sent Yiyi and Tao Zhengyu back to the Crimson Blood Sect camp, then flew toward Heavenly Sword Peak to collect the promised Peace Money.
  • Myriad Demon Ridge sects received orders to retreat if they spotted Lu Yiye, leaving their camps on edge as he disappeared after attacking the Cloud Yang Sect camp.
  • Two days later, Lu Ye reached Heavenly Sword Peak and waited while reading Madam Yun's Scripture, considering how the Void Spirit Pattern could improve teleportation and combat.
  • Myriad Demon Ridge chose True Lake Tier Nine cultivators Yun Qingyue and Wu Jun to negotiate with Lu Ye, since Divine Sea Realm cultivators feared risking defeat themselves.
  • Yun Qingyue learned that a Divine Sea Realm senior had selected her because her figure supposedly matched Gate-Destroying Leaf's preferences, and she worried about facing him.

Ch. 545Can You Prove It Now?

Yun Qingyue and Wu Jun came to Heavenly Sword Peak to negotiate with Lu Ye on behalf of Myriad Demon Ridge’s Divine Sea Realm cultivators. Lu Ye demonstrated his strength and rejected their arguments, leaving the talks unresolved as he held to his ten-day deadline.

  • Yun Qingyue and Wu Jun arrived at Heavenly Sword Peak and found that Lu Ye had no Soul Extinguishing Divine Thunder around him.
  • Wu Jun challenged Lu Ye to prove his identity, so Lu Ye struck him with three saber lights and asked whether that proved it.
  • Yun Qingyue and Wu Jun introduced themselves and explained that they had come to seek a mutually acceptable solution to Lu Ye’s demands.
  • Yun Qingyue argued that Lu Ye had violated battlefield rules and that Myriad Demon Ridge could not afford to meet his demands again.
  • Lu Ye dismissed her argument and said he would wait only ten days.

Ch. 546A Divine Sea Realm Cultivator's Choice

Lu Ye negotiated with Yun Qingyue and Wu Jun over Myriad Demon Ridge’s payment to prevent him from raiding its camps. After Myriad Demon Ridge’s Divine Sea Realm cultivators accepted his demands, Yun Qingyue returned with their condition: Lu Ye must never enter the Spirit Stream Battlefield again.

  • Lu Ye threatened to raid thirty or fifty Myriad Demon Ridge camps unless the faction met his demands, rejecting Yun Qingyue’s offer of resources worth three million Merit.
  • Lu Ye lowered his requested payment to resources worth three hundred thousand Merit and demanded another Golden Body Token, warning Yun Qingyue and Wu Jun that they could not safely refuse him.
  • Yun Qingyue and Wu Jun reported the negotiation, and Myriad Demon Ridge’s Divine Sea Realm cultivators agreed to Lu Ye’s terms while threatening mutual destruction if he rejected their own demands.
  • Yun Qingyue returned to Heavenly Sword Peak and told Lu Ye that Myriad Demon Ridge would deliver what he requested within two days if he agreed never to set foot in the Spirit Stream Battlefield again.

Ch. 547Petty and Narrow-Minded

Lu Ye negotiated an agreement with Yun Qingyue that let him return to the Spirit Stream Battlefield under limits on when and whom he could attack, while securing additional payments from the Mad Blade Sect and Wind Cloud Manor. Three days later, Myriad Demon Ridge sect representatives began delivering the agreed resources and reclaiming their wooden plaques.

  • Lu Ye rejected Myriad Demon Ridge’s demand that he stay away from the Spirit Stream Battlefield, and Yun Qingyue agreed that he could attack sect camps only after another incident like the Hunting Ground pursuit.
  • Lu Ye agreed to avoid implicating uninvolved sects and demanded twenty Blade Technique Cultivation Insights from the Mad Blade Sect and an extra one hundred thousand Merit worth of resources from Wind Cloud Manor.
  • Lu Ye and Yun Qingyue signed a Heaven’s Mystery Contract covering their agreement, and Yun Qingyue departed.
  • Three days later, Lu Ye told the arriving sect representatives to leave their resources and take their sect plaques, warning that he would visit any sect whose plaque remained after ten days.
  • The Mad Blade Sect representative reclaimed its plaque and left twenty Blade Technique Cultivation Insights among the delivered resources, which Lu Ye began reading.

Ch. 548So He Was a Beast

After settling matters on the Spirit Stream Battlefield, Lu Ye visited Hua Ci in Myriad Poison Forest and found that her cultivation had transformed much of the forbidden zone. Their reunion turned into playful teasing, and Hua Ci cooked for him afterward.

  • After seven days, Lu Ye left Heavenly Sword Peak with only the New Moon Sect and Cloud Yang Sect plaques remaining, then set off for Myriad Poison Forest.
  • Lu Ye discovered that Myriad Poison Forest had shrunk by nearly a third and found Hua Ci's hut empty, though it still showed signs of her living there.
  • Following Hua Ci's singing, Lu Ye found her bathing in a poisonous pool, but she exposed him with a Water Arrow and teased him for being a beast.
  • Hua Ci fooled Lu Ye into thinking she would reveal herself, then laughed at him when she stood up fully clothed, prompting him to leave in embarrassment.
  • Hua Ci later kissed Lu Ye's forehead to apologize, teased him when he hesitated to kiss her, and went to cook while he waited in the courtyard.

Ch. 549Good Days Are Coming

Lu Ye reunited with Hua Ci in the Myriad Poison Forest, learned she had dominated the Spirit Stream Ranking, and set out for the Crimson Blood Sect camp. Back at camp, he prepared to sell some of the resources he had taken from Myriad Demon Ridge, while the sect’s growing strength supported Shui Yuan’s cultivation.

  • Lu Ye shared the resources he had collected with Hua Ci, who explained that she was refining the Source of Extreme Poison and had held the top spot on the Spirit Stream Ranking for months.
  • Hua Ci gave Lu Ye three Myriad Poison Pills before he left for the Cloud River Battlefield, and she teased him as he flew away.
  • Lu Ye traveled back to the Crimson Blood Sect camp, where he reunited with Little Grey and fed it fish.
  • Lu Ye entered Heaven's Mystery Vault to sell some of the resources he had obtained from Myriad Demon Ridge and keep enough Merit for his own use.
  • Lu Ye considered how the Crimson Blood Sect's improved resources had enabled Shui Yuan to advance to the Divine Sea Realm.

Ch. 550Spirit Storage Ring

Lu Ye spent Merit replenishing the Talent Tree’s fuel and bought a Spirit Storage Ring to support his Fire Phoenix Spiritual Pattern. After preparing to claim his Hunting Ground reward, he connected to the Heaven’s Mystery Vault through his golden mark.

  • Lu Ye sold unused supplies in the Heaven’s Mystery Vault until his Merit neared three hundred thousand, then bought Core Fire to replenish the Talent Tree’s fuel.
  • Lu Ye bought out the Vault’s Core Fire supply, considered the expensive Extreme Cold Ice Flame, and instead purchased cheaper flames to feed the Talent Tree.
  • Lu Ye searched for a Spiritual Artifact that could store Spiritual Power and bought a Peak-Grade Spirit Storage Ring.
  • Lu Ye checked his Battlefield Mark and found that he had 193,643 Merit remaining.
  • Lu Ye used the golden mark he had received for his Hunting Ground ranking to connect to the Heaven’s Mystery Vault and claim his reward.

Ch. 551New Spiritual Patterns

Lu Ye collected his Hunting Rankings rewards, including Golden Spirit Signs and a Grade A Spring Spirit, then delivered confiscated supplies to the Crimson Blood Sect. Back at Green Bamboo Peak, he examined the Talent Tree and gained four new Spiritual Patterns suited to formations.

  • Lu Ye claimed nine Golden Spirit Signs and a Grade A Spring Spirit from Heaven's Mystery Vault, then stored the Spring Spirit in a Spirit Beast Bag when the reward chests proved immovable.
  • Lu Ye returned to the Crimson Blood Sect, learned Yiyi was cultivating with the Sect Master, and gave Shui Yuan the supplies he had confiscated.
  • Lu Ye set aside six Golden Spirit Signs for Li Baxian and Feng Yuechan and kept his remaining Spirit Signs for later cultivation with Yiyi.
  • Lu Ye fed flames to the Talent Tree, examined its leaves, and gained the Beast Confinement, Mist Spirit Pattern, Mirage Spirit Pattern, and Air Prohibition Spirit Pattern.
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