Chapter Summaries

Dongfang Minghui was forced by the lord of No Return Mountain to treat a poisoned bird, and she bargained for spirit medicines and safe passage. When the group reached a guarded medicine ground, a thousand-faced demon plant let Dongfang Minghui and a few others enter while Qian Wanyu and the rest were left outside.

• The lord of No Return Mountain seized Dongfang Minghui and brought her to heal a huge bird infected with the poison of the Living Dead.
• Dongfang Minghui demanded unrestricted access to spirit medicines and a guarantee that her group could leave safely, while Qian Wanyu warned the lord about death seeds buried in the mountain range.
• Dongfang Minghui made the lord shave the bird’s feathers before she went with him to gather the medicines needed for treatment.
• Pig Immortal Grass recognized that the lord had led the group through a Lost Path Formation to a guarded medicine ground.
• A thousand-faced demon plant tested the group by showing each person an image from their Soul Sea, allowing Dongfang Minghui, Qian Yiling, and Mu Sheng to enter while the others, including Qian Wanyu and Ding Ding, were turned away.

Dongfang Minghui and her companions searched the spirit-plant field on No Return Mountain, where Little Sprout secretly entered by attaching itself to Mu Sheng. They captured a heaven-piercing stalk that could command the grasses, but it thwarted Dongfang Minghui’s attempts to collect plants and left her with a swollen, pig-like face before their six hours ran out.

• Dongfang Minghui discovered Little Sprout attached to Mu Sheng’s back, and the group continued gathering supporting medicinal plants while Little Sprout refused to move to her arm.
• Little Sprout dragged Mu Sheng and Dongfang Minghui into a patch of height-competing grass, where they encountered a heaven-piercing stalk and joined Pig Immortal Grass and Little Sprout in capturing it.
• Pig Immortal Grass explained that the heaven-piercing stalk was the grasses’ brain trust, and Dongfang Minghui stored it after persuading Little Sprout to return to her storage space.
• The heaven-piercing stalk thwarted Dongfang Minghui’s attempts to gather spirit plants, while pollen from a blue spirit flower made her face swell like a pig’s head.
• Dongfang Minghui had Man-Eating Grass bind the heaven-piercing stalk and put it in Little Light’s space, where Little Light enclosed it in Light-Type Energy Barriers as their time expired.

Dongfang Minghui treated the Living Dead Bird while concealing her swollen face, then learned that Little Sprout had become a blood demon plant and fled with Little Fatty after its sonic attack. As the others searched for the pair, Dongfang Minghui questioned the Heaven-Piercing Stalk about how to restore Little Sprout.

• Dongfang Minghui and Mu Sheng removed the Living Dead Bird's rotten flesh, but a fire in the tree hollow forced the No Return Mountain Master and Qian Yiling to help extinguish the flames.
• Dongfang Minghui secretly trapped the Heaven-Piercing Stalk and questioned it, learning that Little Sprout was a blood demon plant whose evolution had gone wrong.
• Little Sprout One unleashed a sonic attack, injured Dongfang Minghui, and escaped with Little Fatty; the No Return Mountain Master sent the mountain's magic beasts to search for them.
• Dongfang Minghui used the Heaven-Piercing Stalk's pollen recipe to make medicine for her swollen face, then learned that Little Sprout had killed and accumulated vicious energy.
• Dongfang Minghui asked the Heaven-Piercing Stalk how to set a wayward spirit plant straight and restore Little Sprout.

Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui investigated the Death Spirit Masters’ threat in No Return Mountain while searching for Little Sprout and Little Fatty. After Qian Ziyan left to warn the empire, Dongfang Minghui secured the Heaven-Piercing Stalk’s help in finding and curing Little Sprout, then tried to recruit spirit plants for her own garden.

• Qian Wanyu found a devastated area where Death Spirit Masters had killed the local creatures and warned the No Return Mountain Master that the two remaining death seeds could endanger the continent.
• Qian Wanyu discovered that all three death seeds lay along a major artery of No Return Mountain, while she and her companions agreed to split up so Qian Ziyan and Lien could carry the warning to the Thousand Family.
• Qian Yiling and Zhi Lan encountered Death Spirit Masters while searching with Little Light, and Little Fatty and Little Sprout watched from hiding before slipping away unnoticed.
• Dongfang Minghui swore an oath with the Heaven-Piercing Stalk: if he could help return Little Sprout to the right path, she would let him go home; thunder confirmed the oath.
• The Heaven-Piercing Stalk explained that Little Sprout’s evil root would have to be severed, then summoned spirit plants to help Dongfang Minghui gather medicines.
• Dongfang Minghui invited the summoned spirit plants to join her future Spirit Medicine Garden, angering the Heaven-Piercing Stalk.

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Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu left the No Return Mountain Range after she treated Ruo Jin, but they remained worried about the death seeds and the missing Little Sprout and Little Fatty. Following the Eye of Truth toward the Beastfolk territory, they encountered a battle involving Death Spirit Masters, humans, and Beastfolk, and Qian Wanyu prepared to intervene.

• Dongfang Minghui gathered spirit plants into her space, treated Ruo Jin, and prepared potions for his continued recovery.
• Qian Wanyu learned from Yin Zhu that Heavenly Dao restrictions prevented him from dealing with the death seeds, then threatened to fight when he used his pressure against the group.
• Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui left the No Return Mountain Range with Qian Yiling and Mu Sheng, while Qian Wanyu remained concerned about the death seeds.
• Dongfang Minghui sent Heaven-Piercing Stalk to search for Little Sprout and Little Fatty, but she and Qian Wanyu chose to follow the Eye of Truth first rather than split up.
• The group followed the Eye of Truth toward the Beastfolk territory and discovered three factions fighting over someone or something protected at the center.
• Qian Wanyu decided to stop the Death Spirit Masters from taking what they wanted.

Qian Wanyu reassured Dongfang Minghui that she could find a way to face the opponents in the arena. Dongfang Minghui set aside her astonishment and examined the situation more carefully.

• Dongfang Minghui wondered whether Qian Wanyu planned to take on thirty opponents alone.
• Qian Wanyu smiled at Dongfang Minghui's shocked expression and said people could always think of a way.
• Dongfang Minghui wiped away her astonishment and looked closely at the arena.

Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu rescued four Azure Mist Sect fugitives, defeated their pursuers, and took the sect’s forbidden texts after learning of the sect’s collusion with Death Spirit Masters. They continued toward the Beast Tribe Settlement and reunited with Karu and a now-enormous Little Chubby in Cass Tribe territory.

• Dongfang Minghui sent Little Light, Ding Ding, and the fierce beast against the Azure Mist Sect disciples, Beastfolk, and Death Spirit Masters, while Qian Wanyu captured the four fugitives inside Ding Ding’s Longevity Cauldron.
• Qian Wanyu defeated the remaining Death Spirit Master and learned that the fugitives had stolen Azure Mist Sect books after uncovering collusion between sect elders and Death Spirit Masters.
• Qian Wanyu demanded the forbidden texts in exchange for protecting the fugitives, and Huashu Rong handed over a great collection of books and scrolls after Qing Mo appeared as the former sect leader.
• Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu left the cauldron with Qian Yiling and followed the Eye of Truth toward the Beast Tribe Settlement.
• Karu welcomed Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu to the Cass Tribe, where they found Little Chubby grown huge and responsible for a thriving group of its offspring and kin.

Karu affirmed that Dongfang Minghui would always be the Cass Tribe’s Witch and bowed to her. Qian Wanyu and Qian Yiling realized that the Eye of Truth was heading directly toward the Cass Tribe.

• Karu stopped and told Dongfang Minghui she would always be the Cass Tribe’s Witch.
• Karu gave Dongfang Minghui the formal salute reserved for distinguished people in the Beast Tribe Settlement.
• Qian Wanyu and Qian Yiling realized that the Eye of Truth was heading toward the Cass Tribe.

Dongfang Minghui returned to the improved Cass Tribe while Qian Wanyu and Qian Yiling followed the Eye of Truth to a chained man they identified as Lance. While Qian Wanyu and Qian Yiling worked to free him, Cass proposed marriage to Dongfang Minghui, who rejected him and left the banquet; then Ding Ding rushed over with news that something had happened.

• Dongfang Minghui reunited with Cass and settled into the Cass Tribe, while Qian Wanyu and Qian Yiling searched for Lance through the underwater passage.
• Dongfang Minghui distracted Cass and Karu with fish-catching and cooking while Qian Wanyu and Qian Yiling found Lance chained in a stone chamber and discovered he was dead.
• Qian Wanyu told Qian Yiling she had encountered Lance years earlier but had not known he was her father, then began working with Qing Mo to undo his Nine-Ring Chain.
• Dongfang Minghui fed the tribe’s War Beasts and agreed to help the Cass Tribe train Potion Masters, while Cass arranged a welcome banquet and planned to propose to her.
• At the banquet, Cass knelt and asked Dongfang Minghui to marry him, but she refused because she already had a lover and left with Little Lecher and Pig Immortal Grass.
• Dongfang Minghui warned Little Lecher and Pig Immortal Grass not to tell Qian Wanyu about the proposal, but Ding Ding arrived and announced that something had happened.

Dongfang Minghui discovered that Lord Lance was still alive but trapped in a deathlike sleep, and she helped Qian Yiling and Qian Wanyu search for a way to wake him. Back in the Cass Tribe, she won over its War Beasts with food and began assessing three potential Potion Masters, dismissing one for lacking basic knowledge.

• Dongfang Minghui realized Lord Lance still had body warmth, and Qian Wanyu concluded that he might be preserving his strength in a deep sleep while bound by the Nine-Ring Chain.
• Dongfang Minghui proposed that Qian Yiling play the Night Fox Tribe's tribal song to reach Lord Lance, while Qian Wanyu agreed to shield them with a Barrier.
• Milo confronted Dongfang Minghui after the tribe searched for her, but the War Beasts followed her instead, and she led them to catch fish and fed them at her lodgings.
• Cass arranged to bring potential Potion Masters to Dongfang Minghui, who tested three candidates on their knowledge of spirit plants and eliminated the only one who tried to answer.

Dongfang Minghui reprimanded Witch for pretending to understand and risking a patient's life through careless medical treatment. She left Witch facing the consequences of her recklessness.

• Witch asked Dongfang Minghui why she had acted as she did.
• Dongfang Minghui contrasted the honesty of those who admitted they did not understand with Witch's pretense of understanding.
• Dongfang Minghui warned that identifying the wrong medicine could endanger a patient's life and asked who would take responsibility.

Dongfang Minghui prepared to leave the Cass Tribe after realizing its watch over her had become a way to keep her there, and she entrusted her apprentices and Karu with instructions and supplies. She reunited with Qian Yiling and the awakened Lance, then discovered his body was gravely damaged and began considering how to keep him alive.

• Dongfang Minghui taught Lila and Halin potion-making while keeping her plans to leave from the Cass Tribe's guards.
• Ding Ding told Dongfang Minghui that Qian Yiling had said they could leave soon, and she realized Lance had awakened.
• Dongfang Minghui gave Halin her medicine notebook and gave Karu lifesaving potions and warnings before Karu withdrew the guards.
• Ding Ding brought Dongfang Minghui to the stone cave, where she reunited with Qian Yiling and met the awakened Lance.
• Dongfang Minghui examined Lance and found his body riddled with internal injuries and his dantian nearly ruined by a black substance.
• Dongfang Minghui learned Lance had at most a year or half a year without the source of life and considered secretly using her life-force-rich blood to sustain him.

Dongfang Minghui and her companions escaped the stone chamber in Ding Ding’s Longevity Cauldron, then she followed traces of Little Sprout and Little Fatty through the No Return Mountain Range. She learned they had robbed a group of Human Race students and continued after them toward Human Race territory.

• Chubby visited Dongfang Minghui, but left after she warned it that following her would be dangerous.
• Ding Ding pulled the iron chains from the stone door, and Qian Wanyu, Dongfang Minghui, and the others escaped inside the Longevity Cauldron with Lord Lance and the chains.
• Dongfang Minghui left the cauldron and used the Heaven-Piercing Stalk to track Little Sprout and Little Fatty east toward Human Race territory.
• Six Human Race students pursued the Heaven-Piercing Stalk, so Dongfang Minghui restrained them with flying leaves and Little Lecher’s vines.
• One student revealed that Little Sprout had attacked them with a sound roar, then looted their rings before heading toward Human Race territory.
• Dongfang Minghui released the students and continued following the trail, suspecting Little Sprout and Little Fatty would keep robbing people.

Dongfang Minghui learned that Spirit Exorcists had appeared in the Empire, then encountered a Nine-Headed Infant after it swallowed Ding Ding. Ding Ding stole the beast’s Ice Element Spirit Core, and as the enraged creature pursued them, Ding Ding charged it head-on, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Dongfang Minghui questioned four mercenaries, learned that infected magic beasts were attacking people and heard of a rising star named Sheng at the Royal Academy.
• Dongfang Minghui and Ding Ding heard cries for help and approached a Nine-Headed Infant, which swallowed Ding Ding and chased her with attacks using multiple elements.
• Ding Ding escaped the beast’s belly after stealing its Ice Element Spirit Core and tossed the orb into the Longevity Cauldron, where it froze everyone until flames thawed them.
• Dongfang Minghui told Ding Ding to run in the opposite direction, confirming that the Nine-Headed Infant was pursuing Ding Ding rather than her.
• Dongfang Minghui decided they had to confront the beast, and Ding Ding charged it as an earth-shattering boom rang out.

Dongfang Minghui and Ding Ding defeated the Nine-Headed Infant, while Qian Wanyu and the others struggled to free a trapped man inside the Longevity Cauldron. After confronting Spirit Exorcists searching for Death Spirit Masters, Dongfang Minghui left the No Return Mountain Range and resolved to protect Qian Wanyu from the dangers awaiting them among humans.

• Ding Ding emerged from the Nine-Headed Infant, which collapsed after swallowing a bead, and beat the creature to death before storing it in the Longevity Cauldron.
• Qian Wanyu and the others discovered the Nine-Headed Infant had crushed Yi Chen and freed him and the Nine-Ring Chain with help from the Fierce Beast.
• Dongfang Minghui confronted three Spirit Exorcists tracking Death Spirit Masters, restrained them with plants, and knocked Guo Yuxian unconscious before leaving.
• Dongfang Minghui worried that Spirit Exorcists would target Qian Wanyu because of her dark-type spiritual power and feared former friends might become enemies.
• After following the Heaven-Piercing Stalk for five days, Dongfang Minghui reached the exit of the No Return Mountain Range and resolved to protect Qian Wanyu.

Dongfang Minghui stayed in an eerie village and slept through a Death Spirit Master’s attempt to sneak into her room, while Ding Ding captured him in the Longevity Cauldron. The next morning, she learned the village held other mysterious guests and decided to remain for five days as she tried to work out who could be trusted.

• Dongfang Minghui rented Mystic room nine from a scheming fatty and noticed that the village seemed deserted despite its many houses.
• After two locals brought hot water to her room, Dongfang Minghui sensed a strange fragrance and went to sleep while Ding Ding kept watch.
• A disguised Death Spirit Master entered Dongfang Minghui’s room, but Ding Ding knocked him into the Longevity Cauldron, where Qian Wanyu struck him with her Water-Thunder Whip.
• Dongfang Minghui woke after sleeping soundly and learned from the fatty that a Death Spirit Master had entered her room, while her companions explained how they had captured him.
• Dongfang Minghui spotted a tall man with a conspicuous sword and extended her stay for five nights, suspecting that other guests knew about the intruder.

Dongfang Minghui tried to keep Qian Wanyu hidden from the Spirit Exorcists while investigating the strange village, but a powerful Light-Type Spirit Master arrived and drew attention to the Nine-Headed Infant. After meeting a pair of bell-wearing travelers, Dongfang Minghui decided to learn more about the bells, and the chapter ended with her and Qian Wanyu retreating together to their room.

• Dongfang Minghui brought out the Nine-Headed Infant to prepare grilled meat, and Qian Wanyu emerged from the Longevity Cauldron as bells approached the village.
• Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu blended their auras through dual cultivation, while Little Light and Ding Ding reacted strangely to the Nine-Headed Infant's meat.
• A tall Light-Type Spirit Master cut the Nine-Headed Infant into pieces and fought off Ding Ding before leaving the village road clear.
• Dongfang Minghui grilled the meat and spoke with approaching guests, noticing that a young woman and her companion wore matching bells.
• Dongfang Minghui exchanged the remaining meat and supplies with the fat man, then told Qian Wanyu she wanted to investigate the Spirit Exorcists' bells.
• Qian Wanyu realized Dongfang Minghui wanted a bell to disguise her, and the two kissed and spent several hours together in their room.

Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu followed a procession of living dead from a village to Mercywater Town and discovered that a fat man was using Cold Condensation Incense to control them. After cornering him, they learned that more than eight hundred living dead were involved, but he refused to name the potion master behind the incense as Spirit Exorcist bells approached.

• Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui followed the Spirit Exorcists and watched them kill two Death Spirit Masters, then went to investigate another disturbance.
• They discovered a fat man leading silent living dead and identified Cold Condensation Incense as the likely means of controlling them.
• Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui followed the procession to Mercywater Town, where the fat man hid the living dead in an abandoned temple and traded for spirit plants.
• The pair cornered the fat man in an alley and demanded to know how many living dead he controlled.
• The fat man admitted that there were more than eight hundred living dead but denied knowing the potion master who made the incense as bells rang nearby.

Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu were followed through town by the white-haired Spirit Exorcist Chu Lingge as they spent a day together and learned that someone might be manipulating the conflict between Spirit Exorcists and Death Spirit Masters. The chapter ended with Little Lecher and Pig Immortal Grass stealing a Spirit Exorcist’s bell, which rang violently when Qian Wanyu brought it into her soul sea.

• Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu encountered Chu Lingge after Fatty fled, and he followed them through the town while searching for a Death Spirit Master.
• Qian Wanyu and Dongfang Minghui shared an affectionate kiss, ate spirit cuisine with Ding Ding, and bought clothes for their companions.
• Chu Lingge’s Light-Soul Bell rang near Spring Breeze Hall, prompting Dongfang Minghui and Qian Wanyu to discuss how someone might be using Spirit Exorcists to kill Death Spirit Masters.
• Little Lecher and Pig Immortal Grass drove off a thief and stole a bell from him, and Qian Wanyu’s soul sea triggered its ringing.