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Zhao Hao, a modern man transmigrated into the body of an abducted boy, discovered the Extreme Yin Sect was killing children whose spiritual roots it deemed useless. His newly activated All-Things Enhancement System offered a chance to alter his five-element roots, and he gambled on enhancing his fire root as his turn approached.

• The black-robed deacon killed a boy with no spiritual roots by melting him into liquid and collecting the remains.
• The deacon extracted the soul of a boy with five-element mixed spiritual roots and stored his body in a Corpse Refining Bag.
• Zhao Hao saw the All-Things Enhancement System activate and learned that he also had five low-grade spiritual roots.
• Zhao Hao selected his fire root as the main item and offered his metal, wood, water, and earth roots as materials, raising the enhancement success rate to eighty percent.
• As the deacon processed more children and Zhao Hao's turn drew closer, Zhao Hao confirmed the enhancement.

Zhao Hao’s enhancement failed, but testing revealed that he possessed a pure fire-attribute heavenly spiritual root, making him an inner disciple of the Extreme Yin Sect. Jia Ren secretly took Zhao Hao’s essence blood and led him away, revealing a greed that left Zhao Hao wary.

• The enhancement system consumed Zhao Hao’s four spiritual roots and left him with only a weak fire spiritual root.
• Zhao Hao touched the Spirit Testing Stone, which shone with a pure crimson light that Jia Ren identified as a fire-attribute heavenly spiritual root.
• Jia Ren declared Zhao Hao an inner disciple of the Extreme Yin Sect and took a drop of his vital essence blood for the sect’s records.
• Zhao Hao concealed his suspicion and followed Jia Ren away from the square.
• Zhao Hao saw Jia Ren eyeing the vial with a greedy smile in the reflection of a polished black rock.

Zhao Hao entered the Extreme Yin Sect, learned about its lineages and his new status as an inner sect disciple, and settled into his cave abode. After discovering how dangerous Jia Ren might be, he began studying the sect’s cultivation art and saw his golden screen detect it.

• Jia Ren carried Zhao Hao by bone sword into the sect and ordered Lu Gui to register him as an inner sect disciple.
• Lu Gui recognized Zhao Hao’s heavenly spiritual root, explained the sect’s cultivation realms and three lineages, and warned that Jia Ren belonged to the Corpse Refining Lineage.
• Lu Gui gave Zhao Hao his identity token, cultivation art, pills, spirit stones, and Storage Bag, then showed him the Lecture Hall and his cave abode.
• Zhao Hao inspected and secured his cave abode, then read the Mysterious Yin Qi Absorption Art while worrying about Jia Ren and the stolen vital blood essence.
• A pale-golden screen detected the Mysterious Yin Qi Absorption Art as Beginner 0/100, prompting Zhao Hao to wonder whether he could enhance cultivation arts.

Zhao Hao used the study materials from his past life to master the Mysterious Yin Qi Absorption Art and reached the first layer of Qi Refining. He discovered his cultivation speed was slow despite his supposed Heavenly Spiritual Root and left for the Lecture Hall seeking a way to grow stronger without alerting Jia Ren.

• Zhao Hao took an Inedia Pill, then used the dual cultivation study materials on his drive to raise the Mysterious Yin Qi Absorption Art to Proficient.
• Zhao Hao sensed spiritual energy and spent six hours cultivating, reaching Qi Refining, First Layer.
• Zhao Hao searched his body with his new spiritual sense but found no hidden trick, then realized the system could not enhance his blood.
• Zhao Hao tried to improve his low-grade Fire Spiritual Root and found that one Low-grade Spirit Stone added only 0.1% to the enhancement rate.
• Zhao Hao put his belongings in the Storage Bag, changed into an inner disciple's robe, and headed toward the Lecture Hall hoping to find more study materials.

Zhao Hao showed Lu Gui and Xiao Wugui that his Heavenly Spiritual Root had let him reach the first level of Qi Refining overnight, then demanded a thousand spirit stones from each to prove their strength. Lu Gui delivered the stones after Zhao Hao attended his first lecture, while Xiao Wugui left humiliated.

• Lu Gui discovered Zhao Hao had reached the first level of Qi Refining overnight, and Zhao Hao asked him for a thousand low-grade spirit stones.
• Lu Gui promised to gather the stones and escorted Zhao Hao to the Lecture Hall, where Zhao Hao took the front seat as other disciples watched.
• Xiao Wugui confronted Zhao Hao and offered to cover him, but Zhao Hao asked him for a thousand spirit stones before agreeing to follow him.
• A Foundation Establishment elder began the lecture, teaching the disciples about the Azure Cloud World and the Mysterious Yin Qi Absorption Art; Zhao Hao noticed the public method sacrificed cultivation efficiency.
• Lu Gui returned after the lecture and gave Zhao Hao a thousand low-grade spirit stones, leaving Xiao Wugui embarrassed and furious as he departed.

Zhao Hao learned that hiding his strength in the Extreme Yin Sect could get him killed, so he resolved to grow quickly while concealing only what exceeded the limits of a heavenly spiritual root. He collected cultivation arts and spells from the Scripture Repository and returned to his cave abode, ready to use the system to improve himself.

• Lu Gui warned Zhao Hao that a disciple who concealed his cultivation had been mistaken for trash and refined into a corpse by a Foundation Establishment elder.
• Zhao Hao concluded that he needed to grow faster than a genuine heavenly spiritual root while keeping his strength within what the sect would expect.
• Lu Gui told Zhao Hao that inner disciples could read Qi Refining texts for free in the Scripture Repository.
• Zhao Hao recorded seventeen Qi Refining cultivation arts and thirty-two spells in the system, including techniques for combat, defense, movement, concealment, and escape.
• Zhao Hao returned to his cave abode, sealed it, and studied the system panel's Spiritual Root and Cultivation Art options.

Zhao Hao enhanced his cultivation art, spiritual root, and concealment spell, then used Qi Gathering Pills to reach the second layer of Qi Refining in one night. His rapid progress ended with a warning that he had accumulated a slight amount of Qi Gathering Pill toxin.

• Zhao Hao sacrificed seventeen cultivation arts to raise Mysterious Yin Qi Absorption Art to Minor Achievement.
• Zhao Hao spent one thousand low-grade spirit stones borrowed from Lu Gui to strengthen his fire spiritual root from low grade to mid grade.
• Zhao Hao used memorized spells to raise Mysterious Yin Breath Concealment Art to Minor Achievement and resolved to study it and his cultivation art further at the Scripture Repository.
• Zhao Hao began cultivating with his strengthened spiritual root and art, then took all five of his remaining Qi Gathering Pills to accelerate his progress.
• Zhao Hao broke through to Qi Refining Second Layer, then discovered that he had a slight amount of Qi Gathering Pill toxin.

Zhao Hao discovered he could store pill toxin in his inventory and began considering how to use it, but Wang Mang then summoned him to Ten Thousand Corpse Mountain to meet True Person Corpse Heart. After meeting his new senior siblings, Zhao Hao faced a test of whether he could withstand the pressure of ten refined corpses.

• Zhao Hao moved his mild Qi Gathering Pill toxin into his Main Inventory and recalled the Hundred Poisons Body Tempering Art as a possible way to make use of toxins.
• Wang Mang told Zhao Hao that True Person Corpse Heart intended to take him as his ninth direct disciple, after Steward Jia Ren recommended him.
• Wang Mang escorted Zhao Hao to Ten Thousand Corpse Mountain, where Zhao Hao entered the grand hall and met Lin Yaoyao, Shi Lei, Han Shuang, Chen Mo, and Wu De.
• Shi Lei summoned ten powerful refined corpses and ordered Zhao Hao to walk through their pressure to prove he was worthy of becoming their junior brother.
• Zhao Hao circulated his newly condensed spiritual power for protection and began walking toward the refined corpses.

Zhao Hao endured the refined corpses’ pressure and was accepted as True Person Corpse Heart’s ninth personal disciple, receiving several gifts from his master and senior brothers. As Lin Yaoyao led him to choose a cave dwelling, she revealed that Seventh Senior Brother Wu De had built his fortune by using female living corpses to run brothels.

• Zhao Hao walked through Shi Lei’s refined corpse formation without flinching, even when a second-rank corpse lunged at him.
• True Person Corpse Heart appeared, named Zhao Hao his ninth personal disciple, and bestowed a secret art, a magical sword, and an iron corpse.
• Lin Yaoyao, Shi Lei, Han Shuang, and Chen Mo gave Zhao Hao gifts, while Wu De presented him with a beautiful female living corpse as a maid.
• Lin Yaoyao warned Zhao Hao not to let Wu De’s maid bewitch him and explained that Wu De had refined more than a hundred female corpses and used them to run three brothels.
• Zhao Hao was stunned when Lin Yaoyao revealed that some of Wu De’s female corpses had been former Extreme Yin Sect menial disciples who had committed offenses.

Zhao Hao used refined corpses to raise his fire spiritual root to high grade, then spent a month perfecting his cultivation methods and spells while secretly advancing to the fourth level of Qi Refining. He left seclusion to collect his stipend and seek money and stronger pills.

• Zhao Hao tested refined corpses as materials for strengthening his spiritual root and found each provided a 60% success rate.
• Zhao Hao used the Maid Corpse and Shi Lei's Iron Corpse together to raise his fire spiritual root to high grade, then felt his cultivation speed surge.
• Zhao Hao tried using the Iron Corpse from True Person Corpse Heart to strengthen his new spiritual root and saw that it provided a 30% success rate.
• Zhao Hao spent a month studying methods and spells in the Scripture Pavilion and sacrificing them to perfect his cultivation and concealment arts.
• Zhao Hao reached the fourth level of Qi Refining, concealed his true strength, and left his Cave Abode to collect his stipend and find resources.

Zhao Hao visited the sect market to turn a refined corpse into spirit stones and stock up on pills and talisman-making supplies. As he prepared to leave, he ran into Wu De, who hinted that he knew about the “plaything” he had given Zhao Hao.

• Zhao Hao collected his monthly stipend and asked Lu Gui how to earn spirit stones, learning about the sect’s dangerous trades and safer talisman-making.
• Lu Gui escorted Zhao Hao to the market, where Zhao Hao sold his late-first-tier iron corpse for a thousand low-grade spirit stones after invoking True Person Corpse Heart’s name.
• Zhao Hao bought five fresh cultivator corpses, concealed his identity, and purchased Essence Condensing Pills and talisman-making materials.
• Zhao Hao changed back into his original clothes and encountered Wu De, who asked whether Zhao Hao had already broken the “plaything” Wu De had given him.

Zhao Hao escaped Wu De’s probing questions by using Lu Gui’s arrival to pose as an impatient young disciple with business to attend to. Wu De realized the Yin-Yang Heavenly Beauty he had given Zhao Hao had vanished, but held back from acting against the newly accepted disciple with a Heavenly Spiritual Root.

• Wu De tested Zhao Hao with spiritual power after suspecting he had lost the Yin-Yang Heavenly Beauty, and Zhao Hao pretended to panic and claimed his refined corpse was in his cave dwelling.
• Lu Gui arrived, and Zhao Hao introduced him to Wu De as a fellow disciple before using their departure as an excuse to leave.
• Wu De explained to himself that his Mystic Corpse Scripture relied on one hundred and eight female corpses, including the Yin-Yang Heavenly Beauty he had given Zhao Hao.
• Wu De found the Iron Corpse Zhao Hao had sold in his Corpse Refining Bag and confirmed that the Yin-Yang Heavenly Beauty remained untraceable.
• Wu De suspected Zhao Hao had discovered the secret, but decided he could not target the Heavenly Spiritual Root disciple yet and vowed to remember the matter.

After sensing Wu De’s killing intent, Zhao Hao enhanced his Fire Spiritual Root to supreme-grade and rapidly cultivated to the sixth layer of Qi Refining. His pill-fueled breakthroughs left him with moderate Essence Condensing Pill toxicity, and his attempt to refine it with the Hundred Poisons Body Tempering Art made the toxins spread into his flesh.

• Zhao Hao returned to his Cave Abode shaken by Wu De’s threat and used four cultivator corpses to enhance his Fire Spiritual Root to supreme-grade.
• Zhao Hao stopped short of attempting a further enhancement, then consumed his Essence Condensing Pills to cultivate as quickly as possible.
• Over twenty days, Zhao Hao advanced to the sixth layer of Qi Refining, reaching 80/100 in the realm.
• Zhao Hao discovered pill toxins coating his meridians and saw that his system listed the toxicity as moderate.
• Zhao Hao circulated the Hundred Poisons Body Tempering Art to refine the toxins, but they burrowed into his flesh and caused severe pain.

Zhao Hao used the system to destroy the pill toxins clogging his meridians, then advanced to the seventh level of Qi Refining by consuming enhanced Essence Condensing Pills. Just as he prepared to seek more pills and continue cultivating, True Person Corpse Heart summoned all mid-stage Qi Refining disciples and above to Ten Thousand Corpse Hall.

• Zhao Hao disguised his weakened state and asked Lu Gui to bring him poisons and Essence Condensing Pills.
• Zhao Hao used the system to destroy the Qi Gathering Pill and Essence Condensing Pill toxins, restoring his meridians.
• Zhao Hao consumed an Essence Condensing Pill and broke through to the seventh level of Qi Refining, gaining the ability to control objects with his spiritual sense.
• Zhao Hao enhanced his remaining Essence Condensing Pills and cultivated to the late stage of the seventh level of Qi Refining.
• True Person Corpse Heart ordered all Corpse Refining Lineage disciples at mid-stage Qi Refining and above to assemble at Ten Thousand Corpse Hall, and Zhao Hao suppressed his unstable aura.

Zhao Hao concealed his breakthrough and joined the search for missing senior brother Wu De, who was linked to the disappearance of a Heavenly Sword Sect disciple. After strengthening his tracking compass, Zhao Hao intended to use it to avoid Wu De rather than find him.

• Zhao Hao hid his true cultivation and showed the hall an aura of early fourth-level Qi Refining when he arrived at the Ten Thousand Corpse Hall.
• True Person Corpse Heart told the disciples that a Heavenly Sword Sect elder's granddaughter had vanished and that her Dao Protector had demanded an explanation at the sect's mountain gate.
• True Person Corpse Heart said Wu De had gone missing after being seen with the woman and ordered the disciples to find him, offering a second-rank low-grade spiritual artifact as a reward.
• Lin Yaoyao teamed up with Zhao Hao, and the two took tracking compasses and set out to search for Wu De.
• Zhao Hao secretly strengthened his tracking compass and planned to use it to avoid Wu De.

Zhao Hao used his enhanced Tracking Compass to avoid Wu De’s traps and escaped Lin Yaoyao before Wu De could be found. He then hid as Wu De fought a Heavenly Sword Sect sword cultivator, who was finally surrounded by Wu De’s thirty-six Yin-Yang Heavenly Beauties.

• Zhao Hao warned Lin Yaoyao to send a Walking Corpse into a valley, where it was destroyed by an explosive trap.
• For half a month, Zhao Hao guided Lin Yaoyao around Wu De’s traps until her scouting corpses were exhausted, then persuaded her to return to the sect while he went the opposite way.
• As Zhao Hao passed through a remote mountain hollow, his Tracking Compass showed Wu De approaching, so he concealed his aura and sank into the rock with Earth Escape Art.
• Zhao Hao watched Wu De struggle against a white-robed Foundation Establishment Late Stage sword cultivator, whom he suspected was the Heavenly Sword Sect’s Dao Protector.
• Wu De released his thirty-six Yin-Yang Heavenly Beauties, which formed a formation around the sword cultivator.

Wu De's blood-empowered Corpse Refinings briefly slowed the white-robed sword cultivator, but the formation broke and Wu De fled. Zhao Hao seized the abandoned corpses, only to be ambushed by Lin Yaoyao, who exposed his hidden cultivation and attacked him; cornered, he unleashed his perfected Evil Light Art.

• Wu De used his blood essence to empower the thirty-six female corpses, but the white-robed sword cultivator broke their formation and pursued him after he escaped with the Blood Escape Art.
• Zhao Hao emerged from hiding and collected the thirty-five remaining Corpse Refinings, then narrowly dodged a surprise attack.
• Lin Yaoyao revealed herself and demanded the corpses, offering to keep Zhao Hao's true cultivation secret if he swore to obey her.
• Zhao Hao attacked Lin Yaoyao with his Ghost Bone Sword, but she easily knocked it aside and pressed him with her Bone Blade.
• Cornered against a mountain rock, Zhao Hao unleashed his perfected Evil Light Art.

Zhao Hao wounded Lin Yaoyao, escaped the returning White-robed Sword Cultivator, and watched him kill her. He reached the Extreme Yin Sect market and sealed himself inside a rented cave abode, where he revealed thirty-five female corpses.

• Zhao Hao severely wounded Lin Yaoyao with his perfected Evil Light Art, then struggled to defend himself as she attacked with her Bone Blade.
• When the White-robed Sword Cultivator returned, Zhao Hao feigned a killing strike and escaped underground with his perfected Earth Escape Art.
• The White-robed Sword Cultivator killed Lin Yaoyao after she identified herself as a disciple of True Person Corpse Heart, then took her belongings and burned her body.
• Zhao Hao hid for hours, confirmed the sword cultivator had left, and traveled to the market below the Extreme Yin Sect.
• Zhao Hao rented a cave abode, sealed its entrance, and revealed thirty-five female corpses from his Storage Bag.

Zhao Hao sold the Corpse Refinings for spirit stones and used Meridian-Impacting Pills to reach the ninth level of Qi Refining. Just as he prepared to pursue Foundation Establishment, True Person Corpse Heart ordered every disciple and elder of the Corpse Refining Lineage to return to Ten Thousand Corpse Hall within three hours.

• Zhao Hao disguised himself and sold the thirty-five Corpse Refinings to market shops, earning thirty-one thousand five hundred low-grade spirit stones.
• Zhao Hao bought two hundred Meridian-Impacting Pills from Spirit Pill Pavilion and returned to his rented Cave Abode without drawing attention.
• Zhao Hao consumed and refined the pills over half a month, breaking through to Qi Refining Ninth Level.
• Zhao Hao heard True Person Corpse Heart's order through his disciple token to return to Ten Thousand Corpse Hall within three hours.

Zhao Hao concealed his true cultivation while attending a tense assembly where True Person Corpse Heart killed a suspected spy and announced that Lin Yaoyao had died. After revealing that Heavenly Sword Sect had invaded Extreme Yin Sect territory, True Person Corpse Heart ordered the disciples to fight at Soul-Severing Plain, and Zhao Hao saw the battlefield as a chance to gather materials.

• Zhao Hao disguised his ninth-level Qi Refining cultivation as the middle stage of the fourth level and hurried to the Ten Thousand Corpse Hall.
• True Person Corpse Heart questioned Wang He about watching the Black Wind Mountain Range and tore out his soul, killing him.
• True Person Corpse Heart announced that Lin Yaoyao's soul lamp had gone out, and Shi Lei questioned Zhao Hao about her death.
• Zhao Hao claimed that he had separated from Lin Yaoyao after Wu De's traps scattered their Corpse Refining, then returned to the market to recover.
• True Person Corpse Heart revealed that a Heavenly Sword Sect cultivator had killed Lin Yaoyao and that Heavenly Sword Sect had seized three markets and a spirit stone mine.
• True Person Corpse Heart ordered the disciples to go to Soul-Severing Plain, and Zhao Hao began looking forward to collecting materials on the battlefield.

Zhao Hao was ordered by True Person Corpse Heart to join the frontline battle under Guo Fan’s supervision, then used three days to master corpse-control spells before boarding the Bone Boat. As the vessel neared the Soul-Severing Plain, a devastating azure sword light struck at its bow.

• True Person Corpse Heart assigned Zhao Hao to fight alongside Guo Fan, and Zhao Hao pretended to be thrilled by the order.
• Zhao Hao visited the Scripture Repository, bought copies of twenty-five spells, and used his system to enhance the Mystic Corpse Spirit Control Art to Perfection.
• Zhao Hao endured the influx of corpse-refining knowledge and spent the next three days digesting it.
• Zhao Hao boarded the Bone Boat with Guo Fan, Shi Lei, and the other battle participants, then kept to himself during the journey.
• An azure sword light tore through the clouds and slashed toward the Bone Boat’s bow as it approached the Soul-Severing Plain.

A Heavenly Sword Sect ambush crashed the Extreme Yin Sect flying boat onto the Soul-Severing Plain, where Zhao Hao survived the ensuing slaughter and escaped underground. He emerged in a secluded forest, only to be confronted by two Heavenly Sword Sect women, one of whom attacked him.

• Guo Fan and the other Foundation Establishment experts reinforced the flying boat’s barrier, but an azure sword strike shattered it and sent the boat crashing onto the Soul-Severing Plain.
• Heavenly Sword Sect disciples attacked the scattered Extreme Yin Sect disciples in coordinated Three Talents Sword Formations, killing many and destroying one senior brother’s body and soul.
• Zhao Hao evaded a seventh-layer Qi Refining sword cultivator and used his Qi Gazing Art to assess the battlefield.
• Zhao Hao crawled toward the battlefield’s edge and used his Earth Escape Art to flee ten li underground.
• Zhao Hao emerged in a mountain forest and found two Heavenly Sword Sect women waiting above him.
• The ninth-layer Qi Refining woman ordered her flying sword to strike Zhao Hao’s heart.

Zhao Hao tried to persuade two Heavenly Sword Sect cultivators that he had been abducted into the Extreme Yin Sect, but the younger woman attacked him anyway. After revealing his cultivation and killing her, Zhao Hao used Blood Escape Art to flee from her senior sister.

• Zhao Hao tore off his Extreme Yin Sect robe and claimed he had been abducted and forced to practice demonic arts, revealing that he had a fire-attribute heavenly spiritual root.
• The woman at the ninth level of Qi Refining accused Zhao Hao of being responsible for her sister's fate and attacked him, while her senior sister hesitated over his claims.
• Zhao Hao revealed that he had reached the ninth level of Qi Refining, prompting the senior sister to crush a crimson jade talisman and summon reinforcements.
• Zhao Hao killed the younger woman with Evil Light Art, then suffered a shoulder wound while defending himself against her senior sister's sword attacks.
• Zhao Hao used three beams of Evil Light Art to create an opening and escaped as blood mist with Blood Escape Art.

After escaping a deadly confrontation, Zhao Hao hid in a city while a Foundation Establishment cultivator searched for him. The search ended after a sword attack destroyed the local Immortal Master Mansion, leaving Zhao Hao alive and undiscovered.

• Zhao Hao used the Blood Escape Art to flee to a forest, then headed toward a nearby city while concealing his aura and binding his wound.
• Zhao Hao resolved to reach Foundation Establishment to escape the threats from the Extreme Yin Sect and Jia Ren, then used the Earth Escape Art to hide in a dilapidated courtyard.
• A Foundation Establishment cultivator searched the city with divine sense, but Zhao Hao disguised himself as a frightened mortal and avoided detection.
• A sword cry sounded from the city center, and the cultivator's divine sense searched the city again before withdrawing at dawn.
• Zhao Hao heard that the Immortal Master Mansion had been destroyed and concluded that a Heavenly Sword Sect cultivator had killed the Extreme Yin Sect disciple there.

After hiding underground, Zhao Hao used his Spirit Stones and protective artifacts to force his breakthrough to Foundation Establishment. Just as he awakened to his new power, someone attacked the array guarding his Cave Abode.

• Zhao Hao left the city and carved a concealed Cave Abode near an earthfire vein, then strengthened Lin Yaoyao's Blood Vein Bone Armor to supreme-grade.
• Zhao Hao cleared the pill toxins from his body, gathered nearly thirty thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones, and began forcing his breakthrough.
• Zhao Hao overcame Heart Demon Law illusions involving Lin Yaoyao and the Heavenly Sword Sect's female cultivator, transforming his spiritual power from gas into liquid.
• After three days, Zhao Hao reached Foundation Establishment Early Stage and tested his newfound strength and spiritual sense.
• The defensive array at Zhao Hao's Cave Abode entrance began to buckle as an unknown attacker struck it.