Arc 4Chapters 76–100
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After Lin Mo earned a generous Scripture Pavilion reward, Shen Chengqi withdrew from the final round and urged him to win respect for the Spirit Plant Courtyard. Lin Mo resolved to win decisively, and the chapter ended as the final contest began with eighth-rank Purple-Patterned Rice Plants.
Lin Mo outpaced Long Tianyuan in cultivating a Purple-Patterned Rice Plant and won the round, leaving the Spirit Plant Grand Competition with two days remaining. Miao Yun and Han Kang chose to wait and see whether Lin Mo could surprise them again.
Lin Mo won the Spirit Plant Grand Competition after his Purple-Patterned Rice Plant produced grain heads in three days, astonishing the assembled sect leaders and disciples. He received the promised rewards and learned that his promotion to inner sect disciple would arrive within three days, while Lü Di pointed him toward the Scripture Pavilion to choose his Spirit Plant Secret Manual.
Lin Mo entered the Scripture Pavilion with Lü Di to choose a spirit plant manual and a combat spell, hoping to strengthen himself and improve Spirit Plant Peak’s standing. After selecting the Spirit Plant Nurturing Heart Canon, he followed Lü Di to the sixth floor, where they encountered a red-robed young man claiming the Fire Cloud Secret Canon and warning Lü Di not to interfere.
Lin Mo and Lü Di were blocked from choosing a spell manual by Ding Yan, a powerful War Hall disciple acting on Gou Fengying’s behalf. After Lin Mo returned to Spirit Plant Courtyard and was welcomed by its disciples, Yuan Jingtu learned of the trouble and decided to confront Spirit Beast Peak.
After returning to Spirit Plant Peak, Lin Mo prepared for his likely advancement to the Inner Sect by arranging for Qin Sang Sang and Lin Xiaohe to manage his courtyard and spirit crops. He left the Spirit-Devouring Vine and valuable plants for himself, then planned to visit the Black Market that night to prepare for what came next.
Lin Mo returned to the Black Market and traded his spirit fruits for a defensive Ice Moon Pendant and healing pills, preparing for a possible confrontation with Ding Yan. Black-Robed Du’s questions about the Tai Sui Gate deepened Lin Mo’s suspicion that the merchant had ties to it, and Lin Mo left intending to avoid him.
Lin Mo learned that he had been promoted to the Inner Sect and visited the Spirit Plant Courtyard to thank those who had supported him. Yuan Jingtu warned him not to bring trouble upon the courtyard and explained that Cloud Crane High Person was unlikely to help because he was near death.
Lin Mo discovered that the Treasure Gourd had infused his mid-grade spirit liquid into spirit spring water with a powerful, concentrated aura. After drinking just half a drop, he advanced from the early to the middle stage of the fifth layer of Qi Refining.
Lin Mo advanced to the middle fifth layer of Qi Refining with mid-grade spirit spring water, then left the Spirit Plant Courtyard to join the Inner Sect. Lü Di brought him to a cramped courtyard on Sect Master Peak, where Lin Mo learned that Spirit Plant Courtyard disciples were looked down on and asked which hall he would join.
After being assigned humiliating servant duties as an Inner Sect disciple, Lin Mo was ordered by Elder Hua to cultivate a Fire Lotus Root in the deadly Heaven-Burning Valley for Ding Yan. Lü Di gave him a Snow-Patterned Lotus seed for protection, and Lin Mo set off determined to survive and establish himself in the Inner Sect.
Lin Mo struggled to survive the concentrated fire poison in Heaven-Burning Valley after Lü Di left him in the Inner Valley. He planted the Snow-Patterned Lotus Seed and used mid-grade spirit spring water, causing it to mutate and advance in rank, and its icy aura shielded him from the poison.
Lin Mo cultivated a mutated Snow-Patterned Lotus into a seventh-rank Iceheart Lotus and used it to search the fire-poisonous heart of Heaven-Burning Valley for Fire Lotus Root. After finding none on the surface and running out of food, he descended into a fissure and spotted what he sought near the magma.
Lin Mo found a fire lotus with two separate roots and divided its roots and seeds between his Storage Bags before hiding in Heaven-Burning Valley to cultivate. After eating an iceheart lotus, his dantian flooded with water-element spiritual energy and began to freeze, so he swallowed a fire lotus root to counter it.
Lin Mo survived the violent clash between the Fire Lotus Root and Iceheart Lotus by using spirit spring water and Myriad Trees Flourishing to balance his spiritual energy. He discovered that he had gained an Ice Spiritual Root and advanced to sixth-layer Qi Refining perfection, then wondered whether spiritual sense could reveal the Treasure Gourd’s secrets.
Lin Mo explored the Treasure Gourd and discovered it contained a vast world with a stream of spirit spring water formed from the liquid he had poured into it. He figured out how to leave, then returned to the Azure Cloud Sect while planning how to explain his rapid cultivation progress.
Lin Mo returned to Azure Cloud Sect and paid Service Hall guards to secure their help getting past the mountain gate. At the summit, he encountered a familiar disciple who told him that Senior Brother Ding Yan had died and feared being sent to fight the Tai Sui Gate.
Lin Mo learned that Ding Yan had supposedly died fighting a foundation establishment fiend and accepted Wang Erhu’s request to deliver his savings to his parents if he failed to return. After returning to Spirit Plant Peak, Lin Mo tested whether entering the Treasure Gourd with his divine sense could hide him from others, then emerged from it.
Lin Mo discovered that the Treasure Gourd made time pass ten times faster inside and concealed itself while he was within it. He left for Sect Master Peak, planning to use the gourd for cultivation and growing spirit plants while keeping its secret.
Lin Mo tested the Treasure Gourd’s limits and found that spirit plants did not grow faster or advance again with mid-grade spirit spring water, though the Gu-Devouring Bee formed a golden cocoon after receiving a drop. After staging a haggard appearance and reporting his mission to Lü Di, Lin Mo asked to see Senior Cloud Crane, claiming he might help prolong his life and form his golden core.
Lin Mo brought Cloud Crane High Person a life-restoring spirit liquid, leading Cloud Crane to mistake it for a sacrifice of Lin Mo’s vitality. Cloud Crane accepted the gift and offered Lin Mo a formation booklet, while Lin Mo asked to learn from him after he formed his Golden Core.
Lin Mo gave Cloud Crane High Person five drops of mid-grade spirit spring water, restoring the elder’s vitality and prompting him to warn Lin Mo to keep the secret. Cloud Crane High Person then showed Lin Mo the Azure Cloud Primordial Defense Formation, an unfinished formation between the eighth and seventh grades, and urged him to study it.
Lin Mo studied the Azure Cloud Primordial Defense Formation and learned that the Azure Cloud Sword Mound lay at the heart of both the formation and the sect. Cloud Crane High Person arranged an opportunity for Lin Mo to visit the forbidden ground while the sect prepared to guard his attempt at Golden Core.
Lin Mo used the Treasure Gourd’s spirit spring water to reach the seventh layer of Qi Refining, then investigated Ding Yan’s reported death. He became convinced Ding Yan was still alive and feared Elder Hua would not return from the mission to avenge him.
Lin Mo harvested advanced spirit plants in the Gourd Space and waited for Cloud Crane High Person to attempt forming a golden core, hoping to use the opportunity to enter the Forbidden Sword Mound. Cloud Crane High Person began his breakthrough under heavy protection, but the six-nine thunderfire tribulation gathered above Sect Master Peak.