Arc 17Chapters 457–481
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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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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 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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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 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.
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 treated patients while questioning a captured dark-type spirit master, Bai Yan, about the growing conflict with the spirit exorcists. Bai Yan revealed Cheng Feng had joined forces with the Death Corps, and Qian Wanyu offered to help the scattered dark-type spirit masters grow stronger if they united under her.
Dongfang Minghui treated Lance and helped an injured Azure Mist Sect disciple while Qian Wanyu worked on the Nine-Ring Chain. Outside, a mysterious Death Spirit Master slaughtered Spirit Exorcists, and Ming Hui ended up surrounded by puppets after Ding Ding tossed her out of the cauldron.
Dongfang Minghui was trapped in Spring Breeze Hall after Ding Ding led her into a courtyard full of puppets and dark-type spirit masters, but she escaped and met Lord Mo Jun, the potion master controlling them. She learned Mo Jun knew Priest Larkin, but Mo Jun refused her offer to help silence the spirit exorcists’ bells and demanded something else.
Dongfang Minghui accidentally knocked Xuanzhu unconscious, then reunited her with Qian Wanyu and learned that Xuanzhu had sent Dark-Type Spirit Masters to die as bait while pursuing control of the living dead. Qian Wanyu and Xuanzhu agreed to cooperate against spies, and Dongfang Minghui set out to uncover the bell’s secret, unaware that someone in black was following her.
Dongfang Minghui treated the injured Azure Mist Sect disciples and learned that Lance’s condition was worse than she had hoped, while a powerful Death Corps member pursued her into Mercyheart Town. Chu Lingge intervened to protect her, and she tried to help him fight back using spirit liquid and Little Light.
Dongfang Minghui and Chu Lingge used Little Light’s power to unleash the Radiant Sword, which defeated Big Black but left Chu Lingge unconscious. After Qian Wanyu confronted the awakened Chu Lingge and he recognized her as a Death Spirit Master, Dongfang Minghui secured his Light-Soul Bell and arranged to seek his help with Little Sprout in Cloud Capital City.
Dongfang Minghui treated victims of living dead magic beasts in Mercyheart Town while Qian Wanyu trained a group of Dark-Type Spirit Masters. After they left town with Xuanzhu, Dongfang Minghui asked Qian Wanyu to hear a confession and go easy on her.