Arc 7Chapters 151–175

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Ch. 151Lin Mo Was Certain to Die!

Lin Mo fought Yan Lie, who tested him with increasingly powerful fire attacks and revealed the might of his false core realm. After Lin Mo’s strongest saber strike was consumed by Yan Lie’s attack, Lin Mo was left exhausted as Yan Lie’s men urged their leader to finish him.

  • Yan Lie’s men retreated as Lin Mo drew the Baleful Black Saber and prepared to fight him.
  • Lin Mo blocked Yan Lie’s first fire attack with his saber, then countered Yan Lie’s fire chains with the Explosive Flame Art.
  • Yan Lie revealed that he would use his full strength and formed a molten sphere with power comparable to a first-layer Golden Core cultivator.
  • Lin Mo gathered the strength of his Dao Platforms, blood energy, and body to strike the molten sphere with his strongest saber slash.
  • The collision consumed the molten sphere’s power, but Lin Mo was left depleted while Yan Lie remained able to fight.
  • One of Yan Lie’s men urged him to attack Lin Mo while he was weak and said the group could kill him at once.

Ch. 152What Exactly Was the Tai Sui Gate Planning?

Lin Mo returned to the Azure Cloud Sect after surviving three Tai Sui Gate ambushes, while the elders investigated the purpose of the attack on the sect. He warned them that the Longevity Valley might also belong to the Tai Sui Gate, leaving the sect to consider a new threat.

  • Yan Lie honored his wager by sparing Lin Mo, then carried the remaining red-robed men away toward the Fire Rock Domain.
  • Han Kang and the elders concluded that the Tai Sui Gate's weak attack on the Azure Cloud Sect may have been a ploy to draw Han Kang away and target Lin Mo.
  • Yuan Jingtu warned that Lin Mo might be in danger on his return, and Han Kang prepared to go find him.
  • Lin Mo arrived safely and told the elders that he had survived three Tai Sui Gate ambushes, including attacks by outsiders from the Longevity Domain and Fire Rock Domain.
  • Han Kang proposed that the Tai Sui Gate's Golden Core cultivators were occupied and that the sect had borrowed help from other domains.
  • Lin Mo reported that Guo Peng had claimed the Longevity Valley was a Tai Sui Gate faction, warning the Azure Cloud Sect to stay on guard.

Ch. 153Nothing but Bad News!

Lin Mo reported that the Tai Sui Gate had ties to Longevity Valley, the Penglai Commerce Association, and possibly the Sword Sect’s Ninth Elder, alarming Han Kang and the Azure Cloud Sect elders. Han Kang sent the elders away, ordered secrecy, and asked Lin Mo to investigate the Commerce Association disciple while he considered the Tai Sui Gate’s threat.

  • Lin Mo told Han Kang that Longevity Valley might belong to the Tai Sui Gate and that he had killed its agent Yang Jie, who had ties to a Penglai Commerce Association disciple.
  • Lin Mo reported that the Sword Sect’s Ninth Elder had an aura like the Man-Eating Blood Vine and might have joined the Tai Sui Gate or been controlled by it.
  • Han Kang dismissed the elders and told Lin Mo to keep the revelations secret unless the sect could gain the strength to confront the threat.
  • Han Kang judged that Longevity Valley’s old valley master was unlikely to reach the Nascent Soul realm and asked Lin Mo to investigate the Commerce Association disciple in the Black Market.
  • Lin Mo said he would use the disciple’s interest in mutated spirit plants to gather information and suggested pretending to join the Tai Sui Gate, but Han Kang deferred that plan and told him to report back.

Ch. 154No Matter How Great Your Fortune, You Still Must Die!

Lin Mo returned to the Elders' Court, praised Qin Sang Sang for helping his parents grow spirit rice, and gave her spirit stones and a Meridian-Shaping Pill. That night, he visited the Black Market and confronted Du Zhong, who admitted he belonged to the Tai Sui Gate and urged Lin Mo to join the Holy Church to escape death.

  • Lin Mo learned that Qin Sang Sang had asked Elder Lü for spirit rice seeds so his parents could farm, and he praised her for caring for them.
  • Lin Mo gave Qin Sang Sang a Storage Bag of low-grade spirit stones and a Meridian-Shaping Pill for her future cultivation.
  • After his family had gone to sleep, Lin Mo disguised himself with a Bark Mask and flew to the Black Market.
  • Lin Mo set up a Concealment Formation at Du Zhong's stall and told him that he had killed Yang Jie and taken his Storage Bag.
  • Du Zhong showed Lin Mo a Penglai Commerce Association token, admitted he was a Tai Sui Gate disciple, and warned that Lin Mo would die unless he joined the Holy Church.

Ch. 155Lin Mo's Bargaining Chip!

Lin Mo negotiated with Du Zhong for Supreme-Grade Foundation Establishment Pills and information about the Tai Sui Gate, then used his mutated spirit plants as leverage to warn the gate against provoking the Azure Cloud Sect. He left the Black Market with clues about the Holy Lord and considered acting against Longevity Valley before the Holy Lord awakened.

  • Du Zhong urged Lin Mo to join the Holy Church, claiming its members would eventually ascend to the Upper Realm, while Lin Mo questioned the claim and pressed him for information.
  • Lin Mo offered seventh-grade mutated spirit plants in exchange for Supreme-Grade Foundation Establishment Pills and asked about the Tai Sui Gate's mind-control art, but Du Zhong said he could reveal nothing about its secrets.
  • Du Zhong recognized that Lin Mo's Iceheart Lotus and Fire Lotus Root had mutated from eighth-grade spirit plants and promised to find another source for the pills because the Longevity Valley Old Valley Master was in death seclusion.
  • Lin Mo inferred that Longevity Valley was connected to the Tai Sui Gate and that the Sword Sect's Ninth Elder had been mind-controlled, then warned Du Zhong not to provoke the Azure Cloud Sect.
  • Du Zhong warned Lin Mo that the Holy Lord would awaken and recover his strength, while Lin Mo left the Black Market and considered seeking support from the eight great Cultivation Aristocratic Clans to uproot Longevity Valley.

Ch. 156Trading with the Eight Great Households!

Lin Mo set out to enlist the Eight Great Households in destroying the Longevity Valley, despite Han Kang’s concern for his safety. At the Hundred Blessings Market, he learned Zhou Wu had revealed his identity to the Wu Household, then publicly announced his visit and summoned the Eight Great Households’ leaders.

  • Lin Mo told Han Kang he planned to negotiate with the Eight Great Households and hoped to destroy the Longevity Valley within half a month.
  • Han Kang offered to accompany Lin Mo, but Lin Mo insisted he stay behind to protect the sect while Lin Mo traveled alone.
  • Lin Mo reached the Hundred Blessings Market and met Zhou Wu, who confessed that he had answered the Wu Household’s questions about Lin Mo after his last visit.
  • Lin Mo reassured Zhou Wu and asked him to take him to the Wu Household, then learned its ancestral estate was in Pill King City.
  • Lin Mo stepped out of the carriage and announced himself as an Inner Sect Elder of the Azure Cloud Sect, calling on the leaders of the Eight Great Households to meet him.

Ch. 157Facing the Gathering Alone!

Lin Mo offered to trade his Pill Toxin Removal method with the Eight Great Households and traveled to Pill King City without Longevity Valley's support. The household leaders gathered at the Wu residence to discuss the deal, then learned Lin Mo had arrived alone.

  • Eight Foundation Establishment cultivators confronted Lin Mo, and he said he had come to do business with the Eight Great Households.
  • Lin Mo set off for Pill King City by carriage and told the cultivators that the deal depended on their sincerity.
  • The bearded cultivator ordered the Eight Great Households to report to their ancestors and invite them to the Wu Household.
  • Wu Liu convened the household leaders, who discussed the importance of Lin Mo's Pill Toxin Removal method and questioned why he had chosen to trade with them.
  • The Wu Household head reported that Lin Mo had reached the gates without Han Kang or anyone else backing him.

Ch. 158Provocation really worked!

Lin Mo provoked the Eight Great Households into nearly attacking him, then revealed that he could upgrade their pills. The ancestors paused their assault, uncertain what to make of his offer.

  • Wu Liu led the Eight Great Households’ ancestors outside to welcome Lin Mo, who remained in his carriage and criticized their strength.
  • Wu Liu and Wu Pingdao threatened Lin Mo, but he argued that the Eight Great Households could not challenge Longevity Valley’s dominance of the Longevity Domain.
  • Wu Pingdao and the other ancestors declared they would fight Longevity Valley rather than endure Lin Mo’s humiliation, and their combined pressure gathered against him.
  • Lin Mo greeted the ancestors and asked them to consider his gift before attacking, but Wu Liu insisted he would not leave alive.
  • Lin Mo used a Small Concealment Formation to block Zhou Wu and the driver’s perception, then offered to upgrade their Nascent Soul Condensation Pills and Mystic Origin Pills.

Ch. 159The Eight Great Households: Lin Mo Really Could Do It!

Lin Mo removed the toxins from eight pills and advanced their grades, including a low-grade Nascent Soul Condensation Pill. The Eight Great Households’ Golden Core True Lords were stunned by his ability and saw a much greater chance of gaining a Nascent Soul cultivator.

  • Wu Liu ordered Wu Pingdao to give Lin Mo the Wu Household’s low-grade Nascent Soul Condensation Pill after Lin Mo claimed he could advance its grade.
  • The eight Golden Core True Lords offered Lin Mo the Nascent Soul Condensation Pill and seven Mystic Origin Pills to test his secret method.
  • Lin Mo took the pills to the Wu Household Hall and placed them in a jade bottle containing spirit spring water infused with vitality essence.
  • After nearly half a day, Lin Mo removed the pills as gray-black vapor escaped from the bottle and the spirit liquid lost its vitality.
  • The pills’ grades had risen, and the Nascent Soul Condensation Pill had advanced to mid-grade, leaving the Golden Core True Lords astonished at the prospects for forming a Nascent Soul.

Ch. 160His Hidden Cards Revealed, Lin Mo's True Objective!

Lin Mo returned the pills he had upgraded to the Wu Household and the seven lineage patriarchs, then challenged their suspicions about his motives. He revealed that he wanted the Eight Great Households’ help to destroy the Longevity Valley, which he said was controlled by Tai Sui Gate Fiends.

  • Lin Mo returned eight pills to Wu Pingdao and the seven lineage patriarchs, who celebrated their rare grades and the prospects of advancing their cultivation.
  • Wu Liu questioned why Lin Mo would not join a powerful Central Continent sect, and Lin Mo reminded her that the Wu Household had once intended to control him.
  • Lin Mo accused the household leaders of plotting to capture him after seeing his pill-cleansing art, leaving them ashamed and speechless.
  • Wu Pingdao questioned why Lin Mo had helped strengthen the Eight Great Households before negotiating a trade.
  • Lin Mo denied that the Longevity Valley was his backing and said he wanted the Eight Great Households’ aid to eliminate it.
  • Lin Mo declared that the Longevity Valley was not righteous but was controlled by Tai Sui Gate Fiends.

Ch. 161Still Holding a Trump Card?

Lin Mo convinced the Eight Great Households that Longevity Valley was controlled by the Tai Sui Gate and would threaten them once Wan Sicheng reached Nascent Soul. Wu Liu committed the households to attack in half a month, while Wu Ying suspected Lin Mo still had another trump card that could change Wu Liu’s resolve.

  • Lin Mo warned the Eight Great Households that Longevity Valley served the Tai Sui Gate and urged them to act before Wan Sicheng advanced to Nascent Soul.
  • Wu Liu recognized that Lin Mo had used his pill-upgrading ability and knowledge of the households’ reserves to secure their cooperation.
  • Lin Mo offered to upgrade more pills for each household, with the number depending on the mid-grade spirit liquid they provided.
  • Wu Liu gave Wu Pingdao the mid-grade Nascent Soul Condensation Pill and ordered the ancestors to prepare their households for battle.
  • Wu Liu declared that the Eight Great Households would storm Longevity Valley in half a month, and Wu Ying suspected Lin Mo had another trump card.

Ch. 162A Private Deal, the Secrets of Sword Intent Grass!

Wu Ying asked Lin Mo to save Wu Liu, whose damaged cultivation and declining vitality made her likely to die in the coming battle against the Longevity Valley. Lin Mo agreed to restore Wu Liu’s vitality in exchange for knowledge about Sword Intent Grass, and Wu Ying revealed how it was commonly used before Lin Mo asked how to recognize a mature plant.

  • Wu Ying explained that Wu Liu had once fought Wan Sicheng, suffered damage to her foundation, and spent centuries recovering to the tenth layer of Golden Core.
  • Wu Ying warned that Wu Liu planned to lead the Eight Great Households into battle against the Longevity Valley in half a month and would likely die fighting.
  • Wu Ying said Wu Liu was 446 years old, had only about fifty years left, and might reconsider the battle if she could hope to reach Nascent Soul.
  • Lin Mo offered to restore Wu Liu’s vital blood and renew her vitality, but said he needed at least six months to a year to recover afterward.
  • Lin Mo asked Wu Ying for texts on Sword Intent Grass, and she explained that its mature stalk contained a sword heart that was commonly extracted and swallowed.
  • Lin Mo asked Wu Ying what mature Sword Intent Grass looked like.

Ch. 163Make the Wu Household Owe an Enormous Favor!

Lin Mo cultivated Wu Ying’s sword intent grass into a mutated sixth-grade spirit plant, then staged a severe loss of blood to make the spirit liquid he gave her seem costly. Wu Ying brought the liquid to Wu Liu, who had been preparing to sacrifice her life for the Wu Household, and told her it could restore her vitality and give her a chance to form a Nascent Soul.

  • Lin Mo learned from Wu Ying that mature sword intent grass reached about ten feet and bore three leaves, then realized his grass had advanced and mutated after two days of cultivation.
  • Lin Mo secretly prepared ten drops of mid-grade spirit spring water, feigned a debilitating loss of essence blood, and gave the liquid to Wu Ying for Wu Liu.
  • Wu Ying saw Lin Mo’s apparent condition, offered him Three-Origin Pills, and rushed to deliver the spirit liquid to Wu Liu.
  • Wu Pingdao began attempting to form a Nascent Soul while Wu Liu resisted the pleas of the Wu Household’s head and Golden Core True Lords.
  • Wu Ying arrived at the hall and told Wu Liu that Lin Mo’s spirit liquid could restore her vitality and let her try to form a Nascent Soul.

Ch. 164A misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding!

Wu Ying gave Wu Liu Lin Mo’s Special Spirit Liquid, restoring Wu Liu’s youthful appearance and vitality. Wu Liu went to thank Lin Mo, but his feigned weakness and claim that he had made a trade with Wu Ying led the Wu Household to mistake their arrangement for an affair and plan to marry them.

  • Wu Ying urged Wu Liu to drink Lin Mo’s Special Spirit Liquid, and Wu Liu drank it.
  • The liquid restored Wu Liu’s blood, vitality, and youthful appearance, filling the Wu Household with joy.
  • Wu Liu hurried to Lin Mo’s guest room to thank him, where the household found him looking gravely weakened.
  • Lin Mo said he had already made a trade with Wu Ying, and the Wu Household assumed the two had become lovers.
  • Wu Liu said she would seek the Qi Household’s forgiveness and arrange a wedding for Lin Mo and Wu Ying after the Longevity Valley matter was settled.

Ch. 165Lin Mo's Hidden Worry!

Lin Mo cleared up Wu Liu’s misunderstanding about his relationship with Wu Ying and secured the Wu Household’s friendship. Half a month later, the Eight Great Households attacked Longevity Valley, wiping out its Golden Core cultivators while Wan Sicheng escaped mortally wounded.

  • Wu Liu mistakenly assumed Lin Mo and Wu Ying had feelings for each other, but Lin Mo explained their transaction and insisted he had no improper intentions.
  • Wu Liu declared Lin Mo an honored guest and promised the Wu Household would spare no cost to help him; Wu Ying privately wondered whether they might have become Dao companions if she were unmarried.
  • Lin Mo recovered his vitality with spirit spring water while Wu Ying delivered pills and treasures, which he stored rather than consumed.
  • Wu Ying told Lin Mo that Wu Liu’s forces had departed with two False Nascent Soul cultivators and twenty-two Golden Core cultivators to attack Longevity Valley.
  • A messenger reported that Longevity Valley’s Golden Core cultivators had been wiped out, most weaker cultivators had been killed, wounded, or captured, and Wan Sicheng had escaped with fatal injuries.

Ch. 166The Sword Heart Refinement Method!

After Wan Sicheng escaped, Lin Mo and Wu Ying learned that the Eight Great Households were clearing out Longevity Valley and discussed Wu Zheng’s alchemy and artifact-refining talents. Wu Zheng taught Lin Mo the Sword Heart Refinement Method, and Lin Mo ended the chapter by asking about the battle’s casualties and the captured disciples.

  • Wu Zheng brought Lin Mo and Wu Ying news that Wan Sicheng had escaped and the Eight Great Households were clearing out Longevity Valley’s remnants.
  • Wu Zheng boasted about his alchemy skills, and Wu Ying explained that he had also spent time studying artifact refining.
  • Wu Zheng asked Wu Ying for her Sword Intent Grass Seeds and offered to refine the grass’s Sword Heart into a treasured artifact, but Wu Ying told him she had traded the seeds to Lin Mo.
  • Lin Mo said he planned to use his Sword Intent Grass himself but asked Wu Zheng to teach him the artifact-refining method.
  • Wu Zheng taught Lin Mo the Sword Heart Refinement Method and advised him to search the grass’s leaves, stalk, and roots for seeds.
  • Lin Mo asked Wu Zheng whether any seniors had died, how severe the households’ losses were, and what Wu Liu would do with the captured Longevity Valley disciples.

Ch. 167The Eight Great Households' Test of Character!

Wu Liu brought the surviving Longevity Valley disciples to the Wu Household and left their fate to Lin Mo as a test of his character. Lin Mo refused to risk killing innocents and offered his own blood to pay for soul searches, while Wu Zheng called on the elders to stop testing him.

  • Wu Liu proposed using the Longevity Valley survivors to test Lin Mo’s character, and the Eight Great Households agreed to bring them to Pill King City.
  • Wu Zheng predicted that the elders would kill every survivor, leaving Lin Mo worried because he did not know which ones were guilty.
  • Wu Liu presented more than four hundred survivors to Lin Mo, who sensed that only some were Tai Sui Gate Fiends.
  • Lin Mo asked the elders to soul-search the survivors and offered to bear the cost by cutting his wrist and collecting his blood.
  • Wu Ying stopped Lin Mo, and Wu Zheng told the elders that Lin Mo had already understood their test and asked them to end it.

Ch. 168Even a starved camel is bigger than a horse

After the Eight Great Households tested Lin Mo’s character, they declared him their ally and followed his advice on handling the surviving Longevity Valley disciples. Lin Mo stayed with the Wu Household until Wan Sicheng’s death was certain, then resolved to return to the Azure Cloud Sect and grow strong enough to face the Tai Sui Gate.

  • Wu Pingdao stopped Wu Liu from making Lin Mo undergo another soul search, and Lin Mo accepted the elders’ character test without resentment.
  • Wu Liu declared that the Eight Great Households would help Lin Mo whenever he asked and sought his advice on the Longevity Valley survivors.
  • Lin Mo proposed that the survivors be soul-searched and crippled, with the Tai Sui Gate fiends executed and the others sent to work in the Market District.
  • Wu Liu assured Lin Mo that Wan Sicheng’s false Nascent Soul was near collapse, but Lin Mo decided to stay at the Wu Household for at least half a month and asked them to notify the Azure Cloud Sect.
  • Back in his guest room, Lin Mo planned to refine the Sword Intent Grass and reach Golden Core before the Tai Sui Gate’s Golden Core True Lords appeared.

Ch. 169Wan Sicheng's Dying Regret!

Wan Sicheng’s dying false nascent soul told Wei Chen that the Eight Great Households had two false nascent souls and an unknown helper before he vanished. After the Eight Great Households settled Longevity Valley and established Pill King Domain, Lin Mo received a letter for the Azure Cloud Sect and flew back to report to its Sect Master.

  • Wan Sicheng crashed into a valley and warned Wei Chen that Wu Liu had recovered her vitality with help from an unknown master before his false nascent soul shattered.
  • Wei Chen refused to interrupt his imminent Golden Core breakthrough, but vowed to investigate and avenge Wan Sicheng afterward.
  • The Eight Great Households killed the Tai Sui Gate fiends among Longevity Valley’s remnants, crippled the others, and renamed Longevity Domain Pill King Domain.
  • Wu Liu gave Lin Mo a courteous letter for the Azure Cloud Sect, and Wu Zheng invited him to exchange spirit-plant cultivation methods for pill-refining lessons.
  • Lin Mo bypassed the Air-Sealing Formation and flew toward the Azure Cloud Sect to deliver the letter.

Ch. 170Thinning Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth? Lin Mo's Discovery!

Lin Mo noticed that spiritual qi was thinning across the Azure Cloud Sect, though he suspected the Ancient Sword and underground formation were responsible. After reporting news of the Eight Great Households’ alliance and discussing the Tai Sui Gate’s evil art, he returned to his room to begin refining a sword heart.

  • Lin Mo observed that Spirit Plant Peak had lost many disciples and sensed that spiritual qi was thinner than it had been two years earlier.
  • Lin Mo stopped to visit Wang Qiuru, then noticed that spiritual qi on Sect Master Peak had also declined despite its Spirit-Gathering Formation.
  • Han Kang and the inner sect elders learned that Longevity Valley had been destroyed and that the Eight Great Households had pledged friendship with the Azure Cloud Sect.
  • Han Kang told Lin Mo that the Sword Sect would keep the Ninth Elder away from Miss Xiao He and discussed capturing Gao Ce to investigate the Tai Sui Gate’s secret art.
  • Lin Mo identified Han Kang’s advance to the ninth layer of the golden core, then returned to his bedroom and entered the Treasure Gourd’s space to use Wu Zheng’s sword-heart method.

Ch. 171Sword Intent Grass, an indestructible sword heart!

Lin Mo tried to harvest the sword intent grass in the Gourd Space, but its leaves resisted even his strongest strike until the Treasure Gourd mysteriously stripped them away and revealed the sword heart. He obtained the sword-shaped core but was left wondering how to inscribe formations on something even tougher than the leaves.

  • Lin Mo arrived at the spirit fields and thanked Chen Li for continuing to explore the Gourd Space while he was away.
  • Lin Mo struck the mid-grade sixth-grade sword intent grass with the Baleful Black Saber, but his attack left only a mark that quickly vanished.
  • The Gourd Space trembled, and pale blue-green ripples snapped off the grass's leaves and peeled away its stalk to reveal the sword heart.
  • Lin Mo tried to call forth the ripples again but failed, then examined the sword heart and recalled the stages of artifact refining.
  • Lin Mo realized the sword heart was too tough to inscribe with his current means and wondered how he could make it into a Dao sword.

Ch. 172Forged-the Greenwood Mystic Gourd Sword!

Lin Mo forged the Greenwood Mystic Gourd Sword with the Treasure Gourd’s help, then spent nearly five years cultivating but remained on the verge of the seventh layer of Foundation Establishment. When he went to the sect’s main hall to arrange a trip for a breakthrough pill, Han Kang told him the Divine Firmament Sect had been devastated and the Tai Sui Gate was suspected.

  • Lin Mo inscribed the incomplete star formation patterns from two Ancient Swords onto the sword heart and named the resulting treasure the Greenwood Mystic Gourd Sword.
  • Lin Mo cultivated for nearly five years, traded with the Eight Great Households for spirit liquid, and reached the peak of the sixth layer of Foundation Establishment without breaking through.
  • Lin Mo left the Gourd Space and went to the sect’s main hall to arrange a trip for a perfect-grade Barrier-Breaking Pill.
  • Han Kang told Lin Mo that the Divine Firmament Sect’s mountain gates had collapsed, its six Nascent Soul Great Cultivators had fallen from the Nascent Soul Realm, and the Tai Sui Gate was suspected.

Ch. 173Trouble found him even when he sought none!

Lin Mo learned that the Divine Firmament Sect’s six Nascent Soul elders were losing their cultivation and recognized signs of the Nine-Nine Soul-Devouring Formation, so he set out to find its Ancient Sword and obtain a supreme-grade Barrier-Breaking Pill. After reaching a North Sea teleportation hub, he was accused by a scar-faced Daoist of blocking the way.

  • Han Kang told Lin Mo that the Divine Firmament Sect’s six elders were losing their cultivation and that the sect’s crisis resembled the Sword Sect’s loss of fortune.
  • Lin Mo realized a Nine-Nine Soul-Devouring Formation and an Ancient Sword were likely tied to the Divine Firmament Sect, and decided to travel there.
  • Lin Mo left the Azure Cloud Sect after asking Han Kang to inform his parents, then traveled north while cultivating in his Treasure Gourd at night.
  • Lin Mo reached a North Sea island and heard cultivators discussing the Divine Firmament Sect’s crisis and the rising teleportation fees.
  • Lin Mo moved aside as cultivators rushed toward the Teleportation Array, but a scar-faced Daoist accused him of blocking the way and threatened him.

Ch. 174A Clumsy Ploy-Turning the Scheme Against Him!

Lin Mo traveled with the scar-faced old Daoist to Vaultheaven City, recognizing that the man intended to lure him away and kill him. After leaving the city together, Lin Mo confronted the Daoist and drew the Greenwood Mystic Gourd Sword, preparing to test its power.

  • Lin Mo repeatedly yielded to the scar-faced old Daoist, who eventually offered him a supposed opportunity to advance to the seventh layer of Foundation Establishment.
  • Lin Mo pretended to accept the offer, and both cultivators entered the Teleportation Array to travel to Vaultheaven City in the Divine Firmament Domain.
  • The scar-faced old Daoist led Lin Mo out through the west gate and into a nearby mountain range, keeping Lin Mo at a distance.
  • Lin Mo revealed that he had seen through the Daoist's scheme, and the old man admitted he had planned to kill him outside the city.
  • Lin Mo released the Greenwood Mystic Gourd Sword and gripped its hilt, intending to test its power against the scar-faced old Daoist.

Ch. 175The Astonishing Power of the Greenwood Mystic Gourd Sword!

Lin Mo killed a greedy Foundation Establishment cultivator with the Greenwood Mystic Gourd Sword, revealing its overwhelming power, then traveled to Vaultheaven City. There, an attendant explained that the Divine Firmament Sect’s formation barred outsiders from approaching within a thousand li.

  • The scar-faced old Daoist attacked Lin Mo to seize the Greenwood Mystic Gourd Sword, but Lin Mo’s sword dissolved the attack and ground him into blood mist.
  • Lin Mo examined the ruined Storage Bag and Crescent Short Blade, then rejoiced at the sword’s power and its low spiritual-power cost.
  • Lin Mo recalled that he had cultivated more than eighty sword hearts and believed they could improve the Greenwood Mystic Gourd Sword.
  • Lin Mo erased traces of the battle and flew to Vaultheaven City, where he asked an inn attendant why cultivators gathered so far from the Divine Firmament Sect.
  • The attendant told Lin Mo that the sect’s Protective Sect Formation had barred entry within a thousand li since the Six Ancestors fell in cultivation realm, making Vaultheaven City the nearest gathering place.
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