Chapter Summaries

Lin Mo found that his Golden-Light Wheat resembled a Vajra Talisman and received the talisman from Liu Xianzong, whom he repaid with a generous gift of spirit stones. The chapter left Lin Mo planning to ask the black-robed man about the wheat’s golden light and the phantom inside it.

• Lin Mo named the spirit wheat in his backyard Golden-Light Wheat after seeing its golden glow and a vacant young man's phantom within it.
• Liu Xianzong visited Lin Mo at the transformed Ghost-Crying Field and gave him a Vajra Talisman to protect him from evil.
• Lin Mo noticed that the talisman's faint golden light resembled the glow from his Golden-Light Wheat and wondered whether the wheat could ward off evil.
• Lin Mo gave Liu Xianzong a Storage Bag containing more than a hundred spirit stones, and Liu vowed to help him whenever needed.
• Lin Mo decided to ask the black-robed man at the Black Market about the golden light and phantoms in the rice grains once they ripened.

Lin Mo harvested his spirit plants, then told Lin Xiaohe and Qin Sang Sang about a fabricated special constitution to explain their new food and keep his cultivation secret. At the Black Market, he offered the trader mutated Golden-Light Wheat and spirit rice to inspect, but the man accused him of lying.

• Lin Mo harvested Golden-Light Wheat and other spirit plants, bringing his total to seven mutated plants and a large stock of fruit and grain.
• Lin Mo told Lin Xiaohe and Qin Sang Sang that the sect was secretly supporting his supposed spirit-plant-growing constitution, and ordered them to keep it secret.
• Lin Mo returned to the Black Market in disguise and asked Black-Robed Du's junior fellow disciple to inspect a grain of mutated Golden-Light Wheat.
• The black-robed man said the wheat could repel evil and ward off malevolent spirits, then judged Lin Mo's mutated spirit rice to have only minor benefits.
• Lin Mo gave the man one grain each of Golden-Light Wheat and spirit rice, then offered five hundred ordinary spirit fruits and claimed his master had no mutated fruit left.
• The black-robed man stared at Lin Mo and declared, "You're lying!"

Lin Mo traded mutated fire spirit fruits for spirit liquid and learned that his Venomous Thorn Bee seemed close to advancing. He returned home safely and set up the Empty-Eye Formation around his courtyard, then posted a notice explaining the added privacy.

• Lin Mo exchanged his mutated fire spirit fruits for more than two thousand drops of spirit liquid and turned down the Black-Robed Man's offer to buy the Venomous Thorn Bee.
• The Black-Robed Man examined the sleeping bee and said it looked as though it was about to advance.
• Lin Mo returned to his courtyard after taking a cautious, four-hour route back from the Black Market.
• Lin Mo engraved and set up the Empty-Eye Formation, making the courtyard difficult to see from outside.
• Lin Mo posted a notice explaining that the formation was there to provide privacy for the women living inside.

Xun Bin attacked the Ghost-Crying Field with a figure created from a Yellow Paper Talisman, causing the spirit wheat shoots to wither overnight and knocking Liu Xianzong unconscious. Lin Mo found traces of life remaining in the seedlings and took out the Treasure Gourd, which suddenly opened and glowed.

• Liu Xianzong guarded the Ghost-Crying Field overnight until Xun Bin knocked him unconscious.
• Xun Bin used a Yellow Paper Talisman to summon a ghostlike figure that withered the spirit wheat as it drifted across the field.
• Liu Xianzong warned Lin Mo that the seedlings had withered, and Lin Mo sent Qin Sang Sang and Lin Xiaohe to take him home.
• Lin Mo examined the seedlings, suspected Gou Fengying and Xun Bin, and found that a little vitality remained at their roots.
• Lin Mo took out the Treasure Gourd to try to save the seedlings, and its cap popped open as it began to glow.

Lin Mo confronted the resentful Ashen Youth in the Ghost-Crying Field, but the Treasure Gourd absorbed and subdued him without harming its spirit spring water. Lin Mo revived the Spirit Wheat and resolved to ask Wang Qiuru for a formation to protect the field from Gou Fengying and Xun Bin.

• The Treasure Gourd gathered the Ashen Youth from ashes, and Lin Mo recognized him as the Spirit Plant Courtyard disciple who had died over a hundred years earlier.
• The Ashen Youth blamed Ruan Xiong and the Azure Cloud Sect for his unjust expulsion and death, while Lin Mo told him about his own hardships and urged him not to harm innocents.
• The Ashen Youth refused to abandon his revenge, so the Treasure Gourd pulled him inside and sealed him away.
• Lin Mo checked the gourd and found its spirit spring water unharmed, then used some to water the failing Spirit Wheat shoots.
• The Spirit Wheat revived, and Lin Mo decided to ask Wang Qiuru for a formation to guard the field against Gou Fengying and Xun Bin.

Lin Mo secured the Spirit Plant Courtyard’s support against Gou Fengying and discovered that the Treasure Gourd had changed the Ashen Youth’s phantom and bound the youth to him. The chapter ended with Lin Mo anticipating the youth’s awakening.

• Wang Qiuru agreed to send Lin Mo a blank Formation Disc and said Elder Yuan could handle the dispute with Gou Fengying.
• Lin Mo returned to find Liu Xianzong recovering while Qin Sang Sang worried and Lin Xiaohe tried to charge off with a hatchet to attack Gou Fengying.
• Lin Mo told Liu Xianzong to focus on cultivation and promised that Servant Disciples would tend the Spirit Fields so he would not need contribution points.
• Lin Mo inspected the back courtyard and saw the Ashen Youth’s phantom vanish from the Golden-Light Wheat as he entered.
• Lin Mo examined the Treasure Gourd and found the Ashen Youth’s phantom had grown more solid; a familiar sensation in his sea of consciousness made him realize he had become the youth’s master.

Xun Bin investigated Lin Mo’s sudden rise and blamed it on the Old Locust Tree in Locust Grass Village, then kicked it until its buds fell. Back at his yard, Lin Mo harvested his spirit plants, unaware of the attack, until the Treasure Gourd began to glow and the ash-formed young man’s phantom appeared.

• Gou Fengying ordered Xun Bin to investigate Lin Mo’s background but warned him not to harm Lin Mo’s family.
• Xun Bin questioned children in Locust Grass Village and concluded that the Old Locust Tree was the source of Lin Mo’s power.
• Xun Bin kicked the Old Locust Tree, causing its buds and dead branches to fall, though new buds began growing again after he left.
• Xun Bin told Gou Fengying that he had destroyed Lin Mo’s source of power, and Gou Fengying ordered him to avoid Spirit Beast Peak and the Black Market for a few months.
• Lin Mo harvested his mutated crops and planned to expand his spirit field before the Treasure Gourd glowed and the phantom of the young man formed from ashes emerged.

Lin Mo learned that Du Li was a resentful ghost whose strength had risen to the ninth layer of qi refining, then helped him reclaim some of his energy from the Golden-Light Wheat. Du Li entered the Treasure Gourd to recover further, while Lin Mo returned to cultivation, expecting to reach the second layer of qi refining within two days.

• Du Li introduced himself to Lin Mo and revealed that he was a resentful ghost with strength near the tenth layer of qi refining.
• Du Li explained that the Venomous Thorn Bee and the Treasure Gourd had consumed some of his resentful energy, weakening him.
• Lin Mo showed Du Li the Golden-Light Wheat, and Du Li recognized the resentful energy within its golden glow.
• With Lin Mo's permission, Du Li reclaimed the energy from the wheat and recovered enough strength to rival an ordinary cultivator at the tenth layer of qi refining.
• Du Li entered the Treasure Gourd so it could nurture him, and Lin Mo confirmed that the Golden-Light Wheat remained spiritually potent.
• Lin Mo returned to his room to cultivate, anticipating that he would advance to the second layer of qi refining within two days.

After three months of cultivating, Lin Mo reached the third layer of Qi Refining and successfully grew spirit wheat in the Ghost-Crying Field. He secluded himself to investigate a change in the Treasure Gourd’s spirit spring water and discovered that bathing in it was strengthening his body.

• Lin Mo reached the third layer of Qi Refining while sharing his harvest with Qin Sang Sang and Liu Xianzong, who helped him cultivate and kept their extra meals secret.
• A messenger from the Spirit Plant Courtyard reported that Lin Mo’s spirit wheat had ripened after just three months, and Lin Mo asked him to notify Steward Wang.
• Lin Mo told Liu Xianzong, Qin Sang Sang, and Lin Xiaohe to guard the courtyard and let no one disturb his secluded cultivation.
• Lin Mo poured ten drops of spirit spring water into a wooden tub and climbed in, feeling intense heat as gray-black impurities left his skin.
• Lin Mo sensed a warm current circulate from his chest outward in the reverse direction of spiritual qi, increasing his physical strength.

After Lin Mo strengthened his body with spirit spring water, he learned that his spirit wheat harvest had far exceeded expectations and earned a place in the Spirit Plant Grand Competition. Yuan Jingtu then flew to Spirit Beast Peak to confront Gou Fengying, leaving Lin Mo worried that Gou Fengying might retaliate against him.

• Lin Mo finished his spirit spring water bath, assessed his improved physique, and went to the Spirit Plant Courtyard.
• Disciples harvested Lin Mo's spirit wheat and found the yield was 120 jin, far above the expected 50 jin.
• Wang Qiuru gave Lin Mo rewards from the elders, and Yuan Jingtu praised his work resolving the Ghost-Crying Field.
• Yuan Jingtu invited Lin Mo to compete in the Spirit Plant Grand Competition, which would begin in half a month.
• Yuan Jingtu took some spirit wheat and flew to Spirit Beast Peak to show Gou Fengying, while Lin Mo feared Gou Fengying might target him in response.

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.