Arc 56Black Miasma Gorge and Beyond

Chen Changming developed Dust-Transcending Pills for his Demon Pets, parted with the Spirit-Devouring Insect, and helped the Vermilion Bird Guards survive the disaster at Black Miasma Gorge. After advancing his cultivation and investigating Bi Cang’s disappearance, he left a clone in Azure Billow Royal City and traveled toward Azure Nether Province.

  • Chen Changming developed a Beast-specific Dust-Transcending Pill formula while Su Ruixing ordered the Tiele Alliance to assassinate Ning Jin.
  • Chen Changming let the Spirit-Devouring Insect swallow the Key to the Flying Immortal Hall and leave with a Mahayana Realm figure for Purple Flame Continent.
  • Chen Changming used his Sword Talisman to kill a Fusion Realm Celestial Demon at Black Miasma Gorge, and Chu Qiushui gave him the Demon Spirit Tree before he cured the poisoned guards.
  • Chu Qiushui exposed Fang Yongming’s assassination mission, and Spirit Charm reduced Xu Cangjin to the Spirit Transformation Realm and sent him to the dungeon.
  • Liu Hanshu funded Chen Changming’s letter to the Spirit-Devouring Insect clan, and Chu Qiushui gave him the Emerald Heavenly Toad and three Sword Talismans.
  • Chen Changming isolated the Yin-Yang Seal inside the Heaven-Devouring Toad and demonstrated his improving Fireball Art to resolve Hall Master Song and Steward Li’s accusations.
  • Chen Changming refined the Mahayana expert’s spirit medicines to reach the tenth layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm and learned that Green Wood King had taken over Bi Cang Mountain.
  • Chen Changming sent the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat to investigate Little Snake King, left a clone posing as Ning Jin in Azure Billow Royal City, and traveled toward Azure Nether Province.
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Ch. 1376Refining the Dust-Transcending Pill

Chen Changming refined Dust-Transcending Pills and worked to develop a version for Beasts, hoping to reduce the Human Realm aura in his demon pets before their tribulations. After two weak variant formulas, he questioned his approach just as Tiele Alliance cultivators began investigating spirit herb shops for clues about Rootless Water.

  • Chen Changming bought spirit herbs and a Complete Guide to Spirit Herbs, then returned to the Vermilion Bird Barracks.
  • With Purple Zenith Chaos Flame imitating Vermilion Bird Li Fire, Chen Changming refined a batch of low-grade Dust-Transcending Pills.
  • Chen Changming devised and tested a Beast-specific formula, finding its medicinal effect was about half that of the human version.
  • After deriving and testing a second variant with only a slight improvement, Chen Changming wondered whether his approach was wrong.
  • Two Tiele Alliance cultivators entered the Spirit Herb Pavilion as their alliance investigated spirit herb shops for purchases connected to Rootless Water.

Ch. 1377Investigation, Tracing the Source

The Tiele Alliance traced the herbs connected to its members’ deaths to Ning Jin, who had asked about Rootless Water and bought a set of spirit herbs. After Su Ruixing recognized the combination as part of the Pill Pavilion’s secret Dust-Transcending Pill formula, he learned that Ning Jin was under suspicion.

  • Two Tiele Alliance cultivators questioned the Spirit Herb Pavilion’s shopkeeper about a wanted man and purchases related to Rootless Water.
  • A young clerk revealed that Ning Jin had asked about Rootless Water and bought more than a dozen spirit herbs, prompting the cultivators to note his powerful backing and report their findings.
  • Xu Cangjin recorded the herbs in a Jade Slip and took it to Deputy Pavilion Master Su Ruixing for identification.
  • Su Ruixing recognized the herbs as ingredients for Dust-Transcending Pills when combined with Rootless Water.
  • Xu Cangjin explained that Tiele Alliance members had been killed while gathering Rootless Water, and Su Ruixing’s expression darkened when he heard Ning Jin’s name.

Ch. 13781198. Eighty Percent Efficacy

Su Ruixing suspected Ning Jin of obtaining the Dust-Transcending Pill formula from the Medicine Sect and ordered Xu Cangjin to arrange his discreet death. Meanwhile, Chen Changming developed a Beast-compatible pill formula with eighty percent efficacy, then joined a large mission assembly where a vast spiritual-energy vortex appeared over Royal City.

  • Su Ruixing concluded that Ning Jin might have joined the Medicine Sect and told Xu Cangjin to kill him in a clean, untraceable accident.
  • Chen Changming refined a third Dust-Transcending Pill variation that reached sixty percent efficacy, then spent more than ninety thousand Ling Yu developing a formula that reached eighty percent.
  • Chen Changming considered enhancing the eighty-percent pills but lacked the Ling Yu to do so, and resolved to secretly hunt Beasts during the next mission to earn more.
  • Chen Changming followed Cheng Lie and the squad to a plaza where over a thousand people had gathered for a mission.
  • Chen Changming and Cheng Lie saw spiritual energy above Royal City surge into an enormous vortex.

Ch. 1379King's Bloodline

A Spirit-Devouring Insect Demon King arrived in Azure Billow Royal City and took Chen Changming to meet his kin. The Demon King recognized Chen Changming’s Spirit-Devouring Insect as having royal blood, leaving Chen Changming to realize it might be the cure for Liu Hanshu’s hidden ailment.

  • The Spirit-Devouring Insect warned Chen Changming that one of its kin had arrived, and the Three Elders of the Royal City sensed a powerful presence above the city.
  • A Mahayana Realm figure appeared in the spiritual energy vortex, and Ice Spirit Fairy, Chu Qiushui, and the masked woman bowed to greet the newcomer.
  • The figure said it had come for its clansman, then enveloped the Vermilion Bird Guards in a pillar of spiritual energy and took Chen Changming away.
  • Chu Qiushui recognized that Chen Changming was missing and pleaded with the figure to spare him, but the figure assured her it meant him no harm.
  • The Spirit-Devouring Insect emerged before the purple figure, which recognized its royal bloodline and knelt in excitement.
  • Chen Changming realized the Spirit-Devouring Insect might be a Spirit-Devouring Insect King whose blood could cure Liu Hanshu’s hidden ailment, while the insect questioned whether the figure had mistaken its bloodline.

Ch. 1380Take Away the Key

Chen Changming learned that the Key to the Flying Immortal Hall on his chest attracted deadly danger, so he agreed to let the Spirit-Devouring Insect swallow it and leave with its clan. After the purple figure took the insect away, Chen Changming returned to the plaza with spirit herbs for body cultivation and thought of asking Liu Hanshu for Spirit-Devouring Insect blood.

  • The purple figure identified Chen Changming as the master of the Key to the Flying Immortal Hall and warned that carrying it could bring him a fatal disaster.
  • Chen Changming agreed to let the Spirit-Devouring Insect swallow the Key and go with the purple figure to Purple Flame Continent, though they were both reluctant to part.
  • The purple figure gave Chen Changming spirit herbs and a Jade Slip, extracted the Key from his chest, and watched the Spirit-Devouring Insect swallow it.
  • The purple figure took the Spirit-Devouring Insect away, and Chen Changming reappeared on the plaza as the spiritual energy in the royal city returned to normal.
  • Chen Changming told Chu Qiushui that he was safe and had received spirit herbs, then regretted forgetting to ask the purple figure for Spirit-Devouring Insect blood and considered writing to Liu Hanshu.

Ch. 1381Outer Domain Heavenly Demons

Chen Changming learned that the Vermilion Bird Guards were heading to Black Miasma Gorge to eliminate escaped Extraterritorial Heavenly Demons and seal a Spatial Rift. As the force departed, Su Ruixing and Xu Cangjin confirmed their plan to kill Chen Changming during the mission.

  • Cheng Lie told Chen Changming that a Spatial Rift near Black Miasma Gorge had released Heavenly Demons, and Chen Changming considered how they could benefit the Demon Spirit Vine.
  • Liu Hanshu watched the vortex vanish and wondered whether Chen Changming's Spirit-Devouring Insect might eventually become a king capable of curing her hidden ailment.
  • Zhu Liejun ordered the Vermilion Bird Guards to Black Miasma Gorge, and the assembled squads boarded ten Vermilion Bird Vessels and departed.
  • Su Ruixing told Xu Cangjin that the Spirit-Devouring Insect's bloodline was no reason to change their plan to kill Chen Changming.
  • Xu Cangjin agreed to carry out the Tiele Alliance's ambush at Black Miasma Gorge while ensuring no one suspected the alliance.

Ch. 1382Strange Tree

Chen Changming and the Vermilion Bird Guards entered Black Miasma Gorge to find and eliminate the Heavenly Demons and seal the Spatial Rift. As the guards prepared for battle, a human ally of the demons sought to enlarge the rift and feed a Fusion Realm Heavenly Demon’s body to a strange tree.

  • Chen Changming secretly sent his Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat clone toward Black Miasma Gorge as the ten Vermilion Bird Vessels approached.
  • Gu Ran warned the guards about poisonous Black Mist, and Chen Changming declined Cheng Lie’s Detoxification Pill, saying his healing Divine Ability offered some resistance.
  • The Vermilion Bird Vessels entered the gray mist, where Chen Changming sensed spatial fluctuations and stronger toxins, and the guards deployed squads to search for Heavenly Demons.
  • A hoarse-voiced Heavenly Demon and a human man agreed to send more demons against the guards while the man enlarged the Spatial Rift to bring out a desired body.
  • The human man used seals to make the strange tree release the Heavenly Demons it had seized, and the hoarse-voiced demon questioned his plan to have it devour a Fusion Realm Heavenly Demon’s body.
  • Heavenly Demons charged at the advancing Vermilion Bird Guard squads, and the guards prepared for battle.

Ch. 1383Melee

Chen Changming supported the Vermilion Bird Guards with healing as they fought a massive horde of Heavenly Demons in Black Miasma Gorge. The demons singled out Ning Jin, while a masked assassin watched from hiding and questioned the Medicine Sect’s motives.

  • The Vermilion Bird Guards engaged the Heavenly Demons, while Gu Ran and the deputy commanders fought the stronger Void Refinement Realm enemies.
  • Zhao Feilian directed the captains to hold off early-stage Void Refinement Realm demons as the squads attacked the Spirit Transformation Realm horde.
  • Chen Changming repeatedly used the Sweet Dew Art to heal wounded guards, including Shi Li.
  • A Void Refinement Realm Heavenly Demon attacked Yi Fire Third Squad with a demonic artifact, but Gu Ran destroyed it before it could strike.
  • The Heavenly Demons targeted Ning Jin, and the Vermilion Bird Guard squads coordinated to shield Yi Fire Third Squad.
  • A masked man in black, assigned to assassinate Ning Jin, stayed hidden and blamed the Medicine Sect for opening the Spatial Rift seal.

Ch. 1384Boundary Abyss Nail

A secret alliance between human cultivators and Heavenly Demons expanded the Spatial Rift and let two initial-stage Fusion Realm Heavenly Demons enter Black Miasma Gorge. As they attacked the Vermilion Bird Guards, Chen Changming realized the defenders had no Fusion Realm expert and that he had only one Sword Talisman to fight back.

  • A tenth-layer Void Refinement Realm human exchanged a long-dead Fusion Realm Heavenly Demon corpse with the Heavenly Demons and led his masked companions into the gray mist.
  • A high-level Void Refinement Realm Heavenly Demon revealed the Boundary Abyss Nail and used it to pin the Spatial Rift open for future invasions.
  • Two Fusion Realm Heavenly Demons flew over the gorge and attacked the deputy commanders with a black banner and a black bottle.
  • Gu Ran sent an emergency message, prompting Zhu Liejun to summon four elders from the Elders’ Council to Black Miasma Gorge.
  • Chen Changming recognized that the Vermilion Bird Guards could not withstand the invaders and considered his single Sword Talisman their only chance.

Ch. 1385This is a Demon Spirit Tree?

Chen Changming used the Sword Talisman to kill one Fusion Realm Celestial Demon, but a poisonous gale incapacitated the battlefield. A wounded black tree attacked Chen Changming, who recognized it as the Demon Spirit Tree just as Chu Qiushui arrived.

  • Chen Changming activated the Sword Talisman, and its bright-yellow sword killed a Fusion Realm Celestial Demon while knocking out nearby fighters.
  • A poisonous gray-black gale swept through the canyon, causing cultivators and Celestial Demons to lose consciousness and bleed from their orifices.
  • A fleeing Fusion Realm Celestial Demon found a massive black tree blocking the Spatial Rift and attacked it with his black banner and ink blade.
  • The Fusion Realm Celestial Demon broke through the tree's branches and escaped into the Spatial Rift, leaving the wounded tree enraged.
  • The black tree abandoned the rift and charged at Chen Changming, who recognized it as the Demon Spirit Tree as Chu Qiushui appeared.

Ch. 1386The Ancestor's Protection

Chu Qiushui destroyed the Demon Spirit Tree and gave its core and body to Chen Changming, revealing that she knew about his Demon Spirit Vine and was protecting him from the Medicine Sect of the Spirit Realm. When her antidote failed to revive the poisoned Vermilion Bird Guards, Chen Changming used the Spring Return Immortal Art to awaken Cheng Lie.

  • Chu Qiushui split the Demon Spirit Tree, extracted its core, and gave the core and its body to Chen Changming.
  • Chu Qiushui told Chen Changming she knew about his Demon Spirit Vine and wanted to see it surpass the Medicine Sect of the Spirit Realm.
  • Chen Changming stored the Demon Spirit Tree and recognized that its core and body could greatly strengthen his Demon Spirit Vine.
  • Chu Qiushui treated the poisoned Vermilion Bird Guards, but they remained unconscious, and she could not identify the poison.
  • Chen Changming offered to help and used the Spring Return Immortal Art on Cheng Lie, who soon woke and sat up.

Ch. 1387Are You Lying?

Chen Changming revived the poisoned Vermilion Bird Guards, and Chu Qiushui ordered the Heavenly Demons dealt with and the Spatial Rift sealed. After the guards departed, Chu Qiushui exposed Fang Yongming, who claimed he had come to investigate the Medicine Sect, and asked whether he was lying.

  • Chen Changming used his poison-curing Divine Ability to awaken the Vermilion Bird Guards, who thanked him for saving their lives.
  • Four Fusion Realm elders arrived, and Chu Qiushui told them the Medicine Sect had opened a Spatial Rift and brought in a Fusion Realm Heavenly Demon.
  • The elders collected the Heavenly Demon corpses and went to seal the Spatial Rift while the Vermilion Bird Guards prepared to return to Azure Billow Royal City.
  • Chu Qiushui watched the Vermilion Bird Vessels depart, then exposed Fang Yongming, who had been hiding in the gorge.
  • Fang Yongming identified himself as a member of the Tiele Alliance and claimed he had come to investigate the Medicine Sect, but Chu Qiushui asked if he was lying.

Ch. 1388As Expected

Chu Qiushui exposed Fang Yongming’s secret mission to assassinate Ning Jin and brought him back to the Tiele Alliance, where Xu Cangjin faced her. Before she could speak, a bone-chilling aura swept over the alliance.

  • Chu Qiushui challenged Fang Yongming’s claims and forced him to confess that the Tiele Alliance had ordered him to assassinate Ning Jin.
  • Chu Qiushui vanished from the canyon with Fang Yongming and appeared above the Tiele Alliance.
  • The Tiele Alliance guards recognized Chu Qiushui and bowed to her in awe.
  • Xu Cangjin saw Fang Yongming in Chu Qiushui’s grasp and flew up to greet her respectfully.
  • A bone-piercing icy aura suddenly swept across the skies above the Tiele Alliance.

Ch. 1389Silencing

Ice Spirit Fairy killed Fang Yongming to silence him and shield the Tiele Alliance, but Chu Qiushui demanded that Xu Cangjin also answer for Ning Jin’s assassination. As the two Grand Elders prepared to clash, a woman’s voice interrupted them.

  • Ice Spirit Fairy arrived and reviewed a recording pearl that captured Fang Yongming’s confession about the Tiele Alliance’s attack on Ning Jin.
  • Ice Spirit Fairy secretly froze Fang Yongming to death, then claimed she had punished him on Chu Qiushui’s behalf.
  • Chu Qiushui rejected the gesture and insisted Xu Cangjin, who had ordered the assassination, must also be punished.
  • Ice Spirit Fairy opposed Chu Qiushui as their auras clashed over the Tiele Alliance, leaving its members crushed by the pressure.
  • A cold female voice asked the Grand Elders not to damage their harmony over a trivial matter.

Ch. 1390Spirit Charm Elder

Spirit Charm intervened to settle the confrontation over Xu Cangjin’s attempted assassination of Ning Jin. She crippled half his cultivation and sent him to the dungeon, after which the other elders accepted the judgment and Su Ruixing promised to restrain the Tiele Alliance.

  • Spirit Charm appeared between Chu Qiushui and the Ice Spirit Fairy and offered to mediate, and both elders accepted.
  • Spirit Charm condemned Xu Cangjin for arranging an assassination attempt on Ning Jin but spared his life because of his service to the Pill Pavilion.
  • Spirit Charm crippled half of Xu Cangjin’s cultivation, reducing him to the Spirit Transformation Realm, and ordered guards to take him to the dungeon.
  • The Ice Spirit Fairy accepted the settlement, and Chu Qiushui said the punishment was acceptable before both elders departed.
  • Spirit Charm looked toward the Pill Pavilion, prompting Su Ruixing to promise he would restrain the Tiele Alliance, then vanished.

Ch. 1391Unexpected Fortune?

After returning to Azure Billow Royal City, Chen Changming visited Liu Hanshu, who gave him one million Spirit Jades in exchange for a letter to the Spirit-Devouring Insect clan about his insect’s rare bloodline. He bought Spirit herbs and returned to the Vermilion Bird Barracks, where patients were waiting for him.

  • Su Ruixing decided he could no longer move against Ning Jin after Elder Ice Spirit intervened to stop the conflict with Chu Qiushui.
  • Chen Changming returned from Black Miasma Gorge, lamenting his lost Sword Talisman and lack of Ling Yu.
  • Liu Hanshu gave Chen Changming one million Spirit Jades and asked him to write a letter to the Spirit-Devouring Insect clan.
  • Chen Changming wrote the letter on a jade talisman and gave it to Liu Hanshu, who solemnly thanked him.
  • Chen Changming bought Spirit herbs and returned to the Vermilion Bird Barracks to treat the people waiting for him.

Ch. 1392High-Grade Dust-Transcending Pills

After healing the Vermilion Bird Guards, Chen Changming used his half-year break to refine increasingly potent Dust-Transcending Pills. He then received the Emerald Heavenly Toad and three protective Sword Talismans from Chu Qiushui before leaving the Elder Palace.

  • Chen Changming healed the Vermilion Bird Guards gathered outside the Yi Fire Third Courtyard and learned that the squad would receive at least half a year of rest.
  • Chen Changming collected five thousand bonus military merit points for saving lives in the Black Miasma Gorge and returned to refining Dust-Transcending Pills.
  • Chen Changming enhanced his self-created Dust-Transcending Pills to high grade, bringing their efficacy close to that of genuine pills, and bought more spirit herbs to make additional batches.
  • Chu Qiushui summoned Chen Changming to the Elder Palace and gave him the completed Emerald Heavenly Toad, a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure.
  • Chu Qiushui also gave Chen Changming three Sword Talismans for protection, then told him she would soon enter seclusion to cultivate.

Ch. 1393Heaven-Devouring Toad

After spending a month refining Dust-Transcending Pills, Chen Changming refined a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure and named it the Heaven-Devouring Toad. He trapped the Yin-Yang Seal inside the toad to weaken the Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon’s influence over him, then hurried to the barracks entrance after hearing someone was looking for him.

  • Chen Changming finished refining dozens of bottles of Dust-Transcending Pills and stored them for his Demon Pets.
  • Chen Changming refined the emerald heavenly toad with the Heavenly Toad Spirit-Devouring Art and named it the Heaven-Devouring Toad.
  • Chen Changming sent the Heaven-Devouring Toad into his sea of consciousness, where it swallowed the Yin-Yang Seal but could not refine it.
  • Chen Changming realized the toad’s belly isolated the Yin-Yang Seal and weakened the Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon’s influence over him.
  • A Vermilion Bird Guard told Chen Changming that someone was looking for him, and he hurried toward the barracks entrance.

Ch. 1394Your comprehension was no better than his

Chen Changming confronted Hall Master Song and Steward Li over their poor results with his Sweet Dew Art, then used a demonstration of the Spirit Realm Fireball Art to show the power of repeated practice. The chapter ended with his hundred-and-first fireball shattering Hall Master Song’s barrier and leaving both men stunned.

  • Chen Changming met the man who had bought his Sweet Dew Art and followed him to an inn, where Hall Master Song and Steward Li accused him of withholding secrets.
  • Chen Changming said their comprehension was lacking, and Hall Master Song threatened to keep him from leaving unless he explained their poor results.
  • Chen Changming offered to demonstrate his comprehension with a low-level spell, and Hall Master Song supplied a Jade Slip containing the Spirit Realm Fireball Art.
  • Chen Changming cast the Fireball Art one hundred times while the spells vanished against Steward Li’s barrier.
  • After completing the hundredth cast, Chen Changming cast a vastly larger fireball that shattered the barrier and stunned Hall Master Song and Steward Li.

Ch. 1395Practice more, ponder more

Chen Changming convinced Hall Master Song and Steward Li that repeated practice had strengthened his Fireball Art, then accepted an apology of one hundred thousand spirit jade. He left after offering to help them with the Sweet Dew Art, while Hall Master Song marveled at his comprehension.

  • Steward Li questioned how Chen Changming's Fireball Art had become powerful enough to shatter his barrier, and Chen claimed practice had improved his comprehension.
  • Chen encouraged Steward Li to practice the Sweet Dew Art more, but Hall Master Song suspected he had secretly used another spell.
  • Chen repeatedly cast the Fireball Art before Hall Master Song, who confirmed the spell was genuine and its power kept increasing.
  • Hall Master Song admitted he had doubted Chen unfairly, and Steward Li apologized by giving him a Storage Ring containing one hundred thousand spirit jade.
  • Chen offered to advise them on the Sweet Dew Art and left, after which Hall Master Song marveled at his comprehension.

Ch. 1396Three Body-Refining Spirit Herbs

Chen Changming inspected three rare body-refining spirit herbs gifted by a Mahayana Realm expert and followed the Jade Slip’s instructions to consume a Blood Spirit Ginseng rootlet. After refining it for seven days, he advanced his body cultivation to the eighth layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm.

  • Hall Master Song and Steward Li discussed recruiting a talented cultivator into the Medicine Sect but worried that an investigation into the Black Miasma Gorge massacre made recruitment dangerous.
  • Chen Changming worried about Senior Bi Cang’s silence and returned to his room in the Vermilion Bird Barracks.
  • Chen Changming examined the Ten-Thousand-Year Blood Spirit Ginseng, Nine-Colored Deer Essence Blood, and Female-Origin Essence Ganoderma, then read the Mahayana expert’s instructions for refining them in sequence.
  • Chen Changming swallowed a small rootlet of the Blood Spirit Ginseng and refined its medicinal power with the Immortal Furnace Body-Forging Art for seven days.
  • Chen Changming broke through to the eighth layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm.

Ch. 1397Body Refinement Breakthrough to Spirit Transformation Realm Tenth Layer

Chen Changming refined rare spirit medicines and raised his body-refining cultivation from the seventh to the tenth layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm, though he did not reach the Void Refinement Realm. He continued serving in the Vermilion Bird Barracks and maintaining his pill-refining agreement, while Liu Hanshu remained absent after being transferred elsewhere.

  • Chen Changming used the Ten-Thousand-Year Blood Spirit Ginseng to reach the eighth layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm before his squad was sent to exterminate threatening Beasts.
  • After the mission, Chen Changming refined the Nine-Colored Deer Essence Blood and broke through to the ninth layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm.
  • Chen Changming spent two years alternating between military missions and cultivation, refining the Female-Origin Essence Ganoderma and reaching the tenth layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm.
  • Chen Changming assessed that he could defeat sixth-layer Void Refinement Realm cultivators but still struggled to kill or catch them, and he resumed cultivating without spirit medicines.
  • Chen Changming continued visiting the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower to refine pills as promised to Liu Hanshu, but learned from Manager Geng that she had been transferred elsewhere.

Ch. 1398Searching for Bi Cang

Chen Changming investigated Senior Bi Cang’s disappearance and learned that Green Wood King had taken over Bi Cang Mountain after a devastating invasion. He sent the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat to search for clues, and two years later it reported finding one of Bi Cang’s escaped Demon Generals.

  • Chen Changming sent the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat to Bi Cang Mountain to investigate Senior Bi Cang’s disappearance and find her former subordinates.
  • The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat reported that Bi Cang Mountain had become Cangwu Mountain, ruled by Green Wood King, while Bi Cang King had vanished and Black Snake King had died in an invasion about a hundred years earlier.
  • Chen Changming suspected Green Wood King had betrayed Bi Cang and might have sealed her away, then learned that he was at the middle stage of the Fusion Realm and had entered seclusion to pursue the late stage.
  • The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat explained that three of Bi Cang’s Eight Great Demon Generals had died, three had surrendered, and two had escaped; Chen Changming ordered it to find the two survivors.
  • After two years of searching, the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat told Chen Changming that it had found one of the escaped Demon Generals.

Ch. 1399The Original Body Left the City

Chen Changming learned that the Little Snake King was hiding on Black Cloud Mountain and sent the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat to gain his trust and uncover what happened at Bi Cang Mountain. He created a clone to remain in the Vermilion Bird Barracks as Ning Jin, while his original body left Azure Billow Royal City to seek opportunities and travel toward Azure Nether Province.

  • The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat told Chen Changming that the Little Snake King had settled on Black Cloud Mountain as the Black Cloud King, and Chen ordered him to approach the demon and investigate carefully.
  • Chen Changming decided to leave his Dao-cultivating clone in the Vermilion Bird Barracks while his original body pursued opportunities to advance faster.
  • Chen Changming used the Blood Treasury Clone Art to create a clone, equipped it with his Vermilion Bird Armor, flying swords, and supplies, and had it refine a Spatial Spirit Treasure.
  • The clone left Azure Billow Royal City posing as Ning Jin, then summoned Chen Changming's original body from the Spatial Spirit Treasure once they were safely away.
  • Chen Changming and his clone separated, with the clone returning to the city and the original body riding the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat toward Azure Nether Province.

Ch. 1400Azure Billow Spirit Liquid

Chen Changming traveled across Azure Billow Central Province with the Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat, learning about the Spirit Realm and the rare resources controlled by its powerful factions. He continued toward Azure Nether Province, where the bat’s true body had infiltrated Black Cloud Mountain to investigate Senior Bi Cang.

  • The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat explained that Nine-Colored Deer essence blood was a rare ingredient for the Three-Union Flying Spirit Pill, which could help peak Void Refinement Realm experts break through to the Fusion Realm.
  • Chen Changming learned that the bat’s true body had infiltrated Black Cloud Mountain and become one of Little Snake King’s generals.
  • After a month of travel, Chen Changming learned that they still needed three months to reach Azure Nether Province, the Azure Wave Continent’s largest province.
  • The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat explained that teleportation arrays were restricted to the military and select prestigious factions, while the human military’s Elder Council held the greatest authority over them.
  • The Marsh Wasteland Dark Bat described Azure Billow Spirit Liquid as a vital resource controlled by the military, used by Fusion Realm experts to comprehend laws and stabilize or advance their cultivation.
  • Chen Changming learned that Demon Kings could obtain Azure Billow Spirit Liquid through intermediaries such as the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower, which bought it from private sellers.
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