Recaps

Gou Fengying ordered Xun Bin to use a heart-rot gu to destroy Spirit Plant Peak’s spirit fields, while Lin Mo counted his rewards and cultivated. Wang Qiuru then summoned Lin Mo after the fields were ruined overnight, leaving the cause of the disaster to be investigated.

• Gou Fengying revealed that he planned to use a heart-rot gu to ruin Spirit Plant Peak’s spirit plants and weaken the Azure Cloud Sect.
• Gou Fengying gave the gu to Xun Bin and ordered him to fly it around Spirit Plant Peak that night.
• Lin Mo stored the spirit stones and spirit liquid Wang Qiuru had given him, assessed his supplies, and began cultivating the Evergreen Art.
• Wang Qiuru called Lin Mo from outside his courtyard and told him that every spirit field except the Ghost-Crying Field had been ruined overnight.

Lin Mo examined the withered spirit fields and discovered that his presence could restore the plants, while his Venomous Thorn Bee reacted excitedly to the infestation. He said he could resolve the crisis but warned that restoring every field would take time, and the desperate outer sect disciples begged him for help.

• Yuan Jingtu and the other elders found foul, insect-like contamination on the withered spirit plants but could not identify or remove it.
• Wang Qiuru brought Lin Mo to the field, where a fire spirit fruit plant began recovering as he approached.
• Lin Mo noticed tiny white specks on the plant and sensed his Venomous Thorn Bee stirring excitedly inside his sleeve, but ordered it to stay hidden.
• Lin Mo told Yuan Jingtu and the others that he could resolve the problem, though restoring all the affected fields would take time.
• The outer sect disciples knelt and begged Lin Mo to save their spirit plant assignments before the harvest deadline.

Lin Mo promised to restore Spirit Plant Peak’s damaged spirit fields within two days and asked the disciples to leave barrels of spring water with him overnight. After secretly bathing in some barrels, he prepared to investigate the fields, while Yuan Jingtu and the others wondered whether Lin Mo’s bathwater could save the plants and suspected Gou Fengying might have caused the damage.

• Lin Mo forgave the Outer Sect Disciples who had mocked him, helped them up, and promised to restore the spirit fields within two days.
• Lin Mo asked for more than three hundred barrels of mountain spring water and told the disciples to return at daybreak to irrigate their fields.
• After the others left, Lin Mo bathed in roughly thirty barrels and noticed his Venomous Thorn Bee react when someone watched him in secret.
• Yuan Jingtu, Cui Zhong, Elder Zhu, and Wang Qiuru discussed whether Lin Mo’s bathwater could work and whether Gou Fengying had damaged the fields.
• Yuan Jingtu restrained his anger and wondered aloud whether Lin Mo’s bathwater would really save the plants.

Lin Mo used diluted spirit spring water to treat the dying Fire Spirit Fruits, then discovered that his Venomous Thorn Bee could consume the plants’ poison and might have mutated. Meanwhile, Xun Bin reported that a strange bee had injured Gou Fengying’s Heart-Rot Gu, but Gou Fengying planned to worsen the damage to Spirit Beast Peak’s fields.

• Lin Mo irrigated the spirit field with spirit spring water and watched the Venomous Thorn Bee consume tiny white specks from the dying plants, restoring them enough to survive several days.
• Lin Mo suspected the Treasure Gourd’s infused water had mutated the Venomous Thorn Bee, which then flew away and returned an hour later with a damaged wing and dark green fluid on its mouth.
• Xun Bin told Gou Fengying that a strange spirit bee had eaten half of the Heart-Rot Gu while he was sabotaging Spirit Plant Peak’s fields.
• Gou Fengying treated the Heart-Rot Gu and learned that Xun Bin had already destroyed nearly seventy percent of Spirit Beast Peak’s fields.
• Gou Fengying decided to worsen the crisis at Spirit Beast Peak so its disciples would be unable to complete their spirit plant assignment.

Lin Mo's spirit spring water restored the damaged spirit fields, while Elder Qiu confronted Yuan Jingtu over the disaster and the Spirit Plant Courtyard's failure to report it. Lin Mo arrived and announced that he had resolved the crisis, inviting the elders to inspect the fields.

• Outer sect disciples used Lin Mo's mountain spring water to irrigate their fields and found that their spirit plants recovered and grew better than before.
• Lin Mo inspected the Ghost-Crying Field and found that the Diamond Wall Formation had protected its spirit wheat seedlings.
• Lin Mo headed to the Spirit Plant Courtyard to claim the reward Yuan Jingtu had promised him.
• Gou Fengying accused Yuan Jingtu and the Spirit Plant Courtyard of hiding the damage to Spirit Plant Peak and presented withered spirit wheat as evidence.
• Elder Qiu questioned Yuan Jingtu about the ruined fields and the failure to report the disaster.
• Lin Mo arrived and told the elders that he had resolved the incident and restored all the spirit plants, offering to show them the fields.

Lin Mo claimed a mysterious spirit insect and mountain spring water had restored the spirit fields, and Elder Qiu confirmed the fields were flourishing. Gou Fengying then proposed planting spiritheart vine to deter insects, leaving Lin Mo and Yuan Jingtu suspicious of his motives.

• Lin Mo told Elder Qiu that a spirit insect had eaten the harmful residue on the plants and that his mountain spring water had revived them.
• Elder Qiu inspected the flourishing spirit fields, canceled the Spirit Plant Courtyard's fault against its merits, and warned them about concealing the problem.
• Gou Fengying objected that the insects might return and offered spiritheart vine seeds as protection for the fields.
• Elder Qiu inspected the seeds, ordered Gou Fengying to distribute them for planting, and returned to Sect Master Peak.
• Yuan Jingtu and Lin Mo grew suspicious of Gou Fengying's intentions after Elder Qiu left.

Lin Mo discovered that Gou Fengying had secretly destroyed the vitality in every Spiritheart Vine Seed given to him. He shared his seeds with Liu Xianzong and proved that the seeds could sprout when watered with his diluted spirit spring water.

• Lin Mo collected ten Spiritheart Vine Seeds from Gou Fengying, who privately vowed that the vines would kill the Spirit Plant Courtyard disciples.
• Lin Mo planted and watered his seeds, but noticed they showed no signs of life and dug them up, realizing their vitality had been destroyed.
• Lin Mo visited Liu Xianzong and warned him that all his seeds were dead, but dismissed the idea of complaining to Elder Yuan.
• Liu Xianzong dug up his seeds and offered them all to Lin Mo, who persuaded him to split them six to four.
• Lin Mo watered Liu Xianzong's replanted seeds with diluted spirit spring water, and emerald-green vines emerged from the soil.

Lin Mo tested whether spiritheart vine repelled spirit insects and planted its seeds in several fields. The seed he planted in his courtyard mutated after a foul gray current burst from the soil, leaving him wondering what the current was.

• Lin Mo tested the spiritheart vine seedling with his mutated Venomous Thorn Bee, which showed no aversion to it.
• Lin Mo decided to seek another spirit insect at the Black Market so he could test the vine’s effect on an unmutated insect.
• Lin Mo told Liu Xianzong where he had obtained the Venomous Thorn Bee and urged him to keep it secret.
• Lin Mo planted five spiritheart vine seeds in the Ghost-Crying Field and another in his courtyard.
• Lin Mo watched the courtyard seed rapidly mutate into a thorn-covered vine with a toothed mouth after a foul gray current burst from the soil.

Lin Mo traded his mutated spirit fruits with Black-Robed Du for spirit liquid and a spirit-luring bee, then tested whether Gou Fengying’s spiritheart vines repelled insects. After his venomous thorn bee devoured the new insect, Lin Mo named it the Gu-Devouring Bee.

• Lin Mo visited the Black Market and sold Black-Robed Du twenty mutated spirit fruits for twelve hundred contribution points.
• Lin Mo asked for a spirit insect and spirit liquid, and Black-Robed Du gave him a spirit-luring bee and twelve hundred drops of spirit liquid.
• Lin Mo told Black-Robed Du he had promised Black-Robed Yang first choice of future fruits, and Du accepted that the fruits he bought would be Lin Mo’s own cultivation.
• Lin Mo tested the spiritheart vines at the Ghost-Crying Field and saw the spirit-luring bee flee from them.
• Lin Mo’s venomous thorn bee ate the spirit-luring bee, and Lin Mo named it the Gu-Devouring Bee.

After Chen Li discovered death qi hidden in the Spiritheart Vines, Lin Mo destroyed the vines’ vitality and warned Liu Xianzong that Gou Fengying had set a trap. They destroyed Liu’s vines too, and Liu insisted he would take the blame when Gou Fengying punished them.

• Lin Mo released Chen Li to inspect the Spiritheart Vines, and Chen Li found yin-evil aura and death qi in their roots.
• Lin Mo uprooted his five Spiritheart Vines, destroyed their vitality, and replanted them to prevent them from growing.
• Lin Mo visited Liu Xianzong and explained why the vines were dangerous, while deciding not to report Gou Fengying to the sect.
• Lin Mo and Liu Xianzong destroyed the vitality in Liu’s four Spiritheart Vines.
• Liu Xianzong told Lin Mo he would take the blame for him and threatened to refuse further spirit stones and Mountain Spring Water if Lin Mo rejected his offer.

Lin Mo discovered that his secret Spiritheart Vine could devour resentful energy and named it the Spirit-Devouring Vine, then focused on cultivation and advanced to the fourth layer of qi refining. When Elder Gou arrived to inspect the Spiritheart Vines, he accused Lin Mo of deliberately killing the seeds and demanded severe punishment.

• Lin Mo asked Chen Li to inspect the secret Spiritheart Vine, and Chen Li found that it had no death energy but could attack and devour resentful energy.
• Lin Mo named the plant the Spirit-Devouring Vine and realized it would obey his commands, likely because of its connection to the Treasure Gourd.
• Lin Mo returned Chen Li to the Treasure Gourd and cultivated with spirit items, determined to grow stronger before confronting Gou Fengying.
• Nearly three months passed without Gou Fengying causing trouble, and the Spirit Plant Courtyard disciples began another planting season after their previous crops exceeded quota.
• Lin Mo advanced to the fourth layer of qi refining and lamented his five-element spiritual roots.
• A disciple warned Lin Mo that Elder Gou had arrived to inspect the Spiritheart Vines, accused him of killing the seeds in defiance of orders, and demanded severe punishment.

Gou Fengying used the dead Spiritheart Vine Seeds to target Lin Mo, but Liu Xianzong confessed to destroying them and took the blame. Gou Fengying sentenced Liu Xianzong to six months in Blood Fiend Cave, where Lin Mo arrived and hinted that he had a way to help him.

• Gou Fengying accused Lin Mo of deliberately destroying the Spiritheart Vine Seeds, while the other disciples suspected he had been framed.
• Liu Xianzong confessed to destroying the seeds out of resentment toward Lin Mo and begged the elders to punish him instead.
• Gou Fengying sentenced Liu Xianzong to six months of mining in Blood Fiend Cave, a dangerous mine where many servant disciples had died.
• Liu Xianzong accepted the sentence without betraying Lin Mo, and the other disciples left him behind, believing he was as good as dead.
• Lin Mo found Liu Xianzong and said that his assignment to Blood Fiend Cave meant there was something Liu Xianzong needed to know.

Lin Mo arranged for Chen Li to protect Liu Xianzong in Blood Fiend Cave and warned him to keep cultivating because the spiritheart vines might cause trouble. As Lin Mo returned to the Spirit Plant Courtyard determined to win the upcoming Spirit Plant Grand Competition, Liu Xianzong set out for Blood Fiend Cave.

• Lin Mo revealed that Chen Li could endure the energy in Blood Fiend Cave, then had Chen Li attach himself to Liu Xianzong's Identity Token for protection.
• Lin Mo noted that Gou Fengying's forced entry had damaged the Diamond Wall Formation and its spirit stones, but decided he was not yet strong enough to confront him.
• Lin Mo urged Liu Xianzong to prioritize cultivation and warned that something might go wrong with the spiritheart vines.
• Liu Xianzong explained that the elders had avoided opposing Elder Qiu because of the upcoming Spirit Plant Grand Competition, and encouraged Lin Mo to win its championship.
• Lin Mo vowed to become an Inner Sect Disciple and hurried back to the Spirit Plant Courtyard, while Liu Xianzong packed and left for Blood Fiend Cave.

Liu Xianzong entered the Blood Fiend Cave, where Chen Li protected him from its resentful energy and killing intent. Meanwhile, Lin Mo convinced the Spirit Plant Courtyard elders that the spiritheart vines were suspicious, then asked about the upcoming competition and drew Yuan Jingtu’s accusation that he was trying to cheat.

• A Meltfire Peak disciple warned Liu Xianzong that no punished servant disciple had ever survived the Blood Fiend Cave, but Liu entered anyway.
• At the cave’s bottom, Liu encountered a dying madman, and Chen Li appeared to absorb the surrounding resentful energy and killing intent while Liu cultivated.
• Yuan Jingtu confronted Lin Mo for killing the spiritheart vines, and Lin claimed his special constitution had detected something sinister about them.
• Yuan Jingtu and the other elders decided not to report Gou Fengying without evidence and agreed to tell disciples to watch for abnormalities.
• Lin Mo asked Yuan Jingtu what eighth-grade spirit plants would feature in the competition, and Yuan accused him of trying to cheat.

Lin Mo learned that the Spirit Plant Grand Competition's final round would feature Purple-Patterned Rice Plant and considered using the opportunity to obtain seeds. After inspecting his Spirit-Devouring Vine, he began practicing the Fireball Art and resolved to explore cultivating methods of all five elements.

• Yuan Jingtu revealed that the competition's final plant would be the middle eighth-grade Purple-Patterned Rice Plant, and Lin Mo was eager to secure seeds.
• Yuan Jingtu advised Lin Mo to practice spells for self-defense, given the Spiritheart Vine affair and trouble from the Tai Sui Gate.
• Lin Mo found that his Spirit-Devouring Vine had grown large, developed sharp poisoned thorns, and produced clear liquid that he collected as a possible antidote.
• Lin Mo returned to his room and practiced the Fireball Art, noticing that his spiritual energy had become predominantly wood-aligned.
• Lin Mo wondered whether to cultivate methods of all five elements, believing the Treasure Gourd might let him overcome the usual limits of specialization.

Lin Mo harvested his mutated spirit plants and visited the Black Market to buy five elemental cultivation methods and a powerful fire spell. After trading his crop for the manuals and spirit liquid, he heard Black-Robed Du ask what he and his master thought of the Tai Sui Gate.

• Lin Mo concluded that spirit plants mutated only once, then harvested his crops and planted another batch.
• Lin Mo went to the Black Market after checking that Qin Sang Sang and Lin Xiaohe were asleep.
• Lin Mo asked Black-Robed Du for five elemental cultivation methods and the Explosive Flame Art.
• Black-Robed Du exchanged the manuals and spell for Lin Mo's mutated fruit and leaves, then gave him two thousand drops of spirit liquid for his remaining contribution points.
• Black-Robed Du asked Lin Mo what he and his master thought of the Tai Sui Gate and whether they wanted to wipe it out.

Lin Mo studied five elemental cultivation methods and the Explosive Flame Art, then advanced to the fifth layer of qi refining with a balanced five-element spiritual qi vortex. As the Spirit Plant Grand Competition was about to begin, Steward Wang summoned him to the Spirit Plant Courtyard, where Elder Yuan and others were waiting.

• Lin Mo avoided Black-Robed Du’s questions about the Tai Sui Gate and returned home without being followed.
• Lin Mo learned five cultivation methods and the Explosive Flame Art, discovering that his meridians could smoothly circulate the different elemental methods.
• Lin Mo worried that his dwindling spirit liquid would run out, then pinned his hopes on winning the upcoming Spirit Plant Grand Competition’s rewards.
• Lin Mo spent the following days cultivating intensely and advanced to the fifth layer of qi refining the day before the competition.
• An outer sect disciple told Lin Mo that Steward Wang had summoned him to the Spirit Plant Courtyard, where Elder Yuan and others had gathered, and Lin Mo hurried over.

Lin Mo learned that the Spirit Plant Grand Competition would become a major gathering of orthodox sects, and Elder Lü offered him a chance to enter the Inner Sect if he excelled. The chapter ended with Lin Mo accepting the challenge and preparing to compete against two veteran spirit-plant cultivators.

• Wang Qiuru introduced Lin Mo to Elder Lü, who believed Lin Mo had a special constitution that benefited spirit plants.
• Elder Lü explained that the Azure Cloud Sect planned to use the competition to demonstrate its strength and contend for the position of Orthodox Leader amid the Tai Sui Gate's attacks.
• Yuan Jingtu warned that the Spirit Plant Courtyard could field only three strong disciples and described the skills of rivals Shen Chunfa and his childhood friend, who was near foundation establishment.
• Elder Lü promised Lin Mo promotion to the Inner Sect and a generous reward if he impressed the audience, and Lin Mo agreed to give the competition his all.

Lin Mo prepared for the Spirit Plant Grand Competition while discovering that Lin Xiaohe had developed a strange spiritual ability. The competition’s scope expanded when the Sect Master summoned Lin Mo to compete against the Sword Sect and Dragon Hall, whose entrant might possess a wood spirit body.

• Lin Mo gave Qin Sang Sang his Storage Bag to keep safe and told her and Lin Xiaohe to stay home during the seven-day competition.
• Lin Xiaohe shattered a bamboo chopstick into eight pieces with a cool current she felt moving through her body, and Lin Mo suspected she had a special constitution.
• Lin Mo decided to ask Black-Robed Du or Black-Robed Yang about Lin Xiaohe after the competition and cultivated through the night.
• Yuan Jingtu summoned Lin Mo to Sect Master Peak and explained that the competition would include three entrants each from the Sword Sect and Dragon Hall.
• Yuan Jingtu told Lin Mo that Dragon Hall might send a genius disciple with a wood spirit body to compete.

Lin Mo arrived at Sect Master Peak for a competition between the Azure Cloud Sect, Dragon Hall, and the Sword Sect, where the leaders announced a lavish prize for the winner. After learning the reward consisted of precious mid-grade resources, Lin Mo resolved to claim the championship and enter the Inner Sect.

• Yuan Jingtu brought Lin Mo to Sect Master Peak, where disciples from three sects had gathered for a competition.
• Han Kang, Long Shengye, and Miao Yun agreed that the champion would receive promotion to the Inner Sect, a thousand mid-grade spirit stones, and a thousand drops of mid-grade spirit liquid.
• Yuan Jingtu explained how valuable mid-grade resources were and warned Lin Mo that losing the championship would cost the Azure Cloud Sect face.
• Lin Mo became determined to win the championship and claim the rewards.

Lin Mo entered the Spirit Plant Grand Competition and struggled to imitate the other competitors’ technique for purifying and infusing spirit soil. His mysterious aura caused wild grass to sprout from his cauldron, drawing attention and ridicule before a Dragon Hall disciple with a wood spirit body demonstrated a similar talent.

• Han Kang announced the competition, and Long Shengye gave each of the nine competitors a dragon saliva grass seed while Miao Yun provided spirit soil and water.
• Lin Mo handed over his Storage Bags, relieved that he had left his Treasure Gourd with Qin Sang Sang.
• The other competitors infused their soil with spiritual energy, but Lin Mo’s attempts failed and spectators mocked him for not knowing how to rejuvenate spirit soil.
• A wild grass shoot rapidly sprouted in Lin Mo’s cauldron, surprising the judges and onlookers even as some laughed at him.
• A white-robed Dragon Hall disciple stamped on scattered sand and gravel, making wild grass seeds crack open, and Lin Mo recognized his likely wood spirit body.

Lin Mo’s Dragon Saliva Grass grew faster than the other competitors’ plants, while Long Tianyuan’s Wood Spirit Body kept his own plant growing through the night. As the other contestants withdrew, Shen Chengqi began a breakthrough to Foundation Establishment in the middle of the competition.

• Lin Mo planted and watered the Dragon Saliva Grass seeds in his Square Cauldron, then waited while the other competitors cultivated theirs with spiritual energy.
• Lin Mo’s seeds sprouted three lush leaves before Long Tianyuan’s Dragon Saliva Grass had pushed through the soil, and Miao Xiaoyou conceded and withdrew after warning Lin Mo not to underestimate Long Tianyuan.
• Long Tianyuan’s Dragon Saliva Grass continued growing after Lin Mo’s slowed at night, and five other competitors, including Shen Chunfa, withdrew from the competition.
• Shen Chengqi removed his hands from his Square Cauldron, sat down, and began emitting spiritual mist as he attempted to break through to Foundation Establishment.
• Lin Mo recognized that Shen Chengqi was advancing to Foundation Establishment during the competition.

Shen Chengqi broke through to foundation establishment during the Spirit Plant Grand Competition, and Han Kang ruled that he could continue competing. Lin Mo controlled the mysterious aura affecting his Dragon Saliva Grass, determined to keep it just slightly taller than his rivals’ plants.

• Shen Chengqi completed his breakthrough to foundation establishment, prompting the Azure Cloud Sect disciples to wonder whether he could remain in the competition.
• Han Kang, Long Shengye, and Miao Yun discussed Shen Chengqi’s eligibility, and Han Kang ruled that his breakthrough did not violate the competition’s rules.
• Han Kang shifted the elders’ attention to a plan to capture the entire Tai Sui Gate, while Cloud Crane High Person hoped Lin Mo would succeed.
• Shen Chengqi used his wood-attributed spiritual liquid to grow his Dragon Saliva Grass until it matched Long Tianyuan’s.
• Lin Mo used the Turtle Breath Art to restrain his mysterious aura, then let a tiny wisp out so his Dragon Saliva Grass would stay just taller than the others.

Lin Mo won the first spirit-plant contest by growing Dragon Saliva Grass taller than Long Tianyuan's, earning the plant as his reward. The next morning, Miao Yun began the second round, challenging the disciples to heal damaged spirit seeds, and Lin Mo recognized his seed as a Fire Spirit Fruit.

• Lin Mo's Dragon Saliva Grass surpassed Long Tianyuan's, giving the Azure Cloud Sect the first-round victory.
• Han Kang awarded Lin Mo the Dragon Saliva Grass, and Yuan Jingtu stored it for him.
• Long Tianyuan warned Lin Mo that his wood spirit body made him exceptionally skilled at healing spirit plants.
• Lin Mo, Long Tianyuan, and Shen Chengqi cultivated overnight to recover their spiritual energy.
• Miao Yun began the second round by giving each disciple a damaged spirit seed to save.
• Lin Mo recognized the spirit seed in his palm as a Fire Spirit Fruit.

Lin Mo revived the damaged Fire Spirit Fruit seed so completely that it sprouted, winning the second contest for the Azure Cloud Sect. Han Kang offered him a reward, and Lin Mo asked to visit the Inner Sect Scripture Pavilion and choose a spirit-plant cultivation manual.

• Long Tianyuan and Shen Chengqi restored the vitality of their Fire Spirit Fruit seeds, while Lin Mo secretly used his blood and mysterious aura to make his seed sprout.
• Lin Mo activated the Turtle Breath Art to conceal his aura and stop the seed from growing further.
• Lin Mo displayed his sprouted seed, astonishing the gathered sect leaders and disciples, and Han Kang declared the Azure Cloud Sect the winner of the second contest.
• Han Kang offered Lin Mo a reward, and Lin Mo requested permission to choose a spirit-plant cultivation manual from the Inner Sect Scripture Pavilion.
• Han Kang assigned Lü Di to take Lin Mo to the Scripture Pavilion after the competition, and Lü Di asked how many manuals Lin Mo could select.