Arc 2Secret Realm Harvest

Xue Fuyao established her foundation, developed Green Bamboo Peak, and uncovered the secrets of the Demon-Suppressing Bracelet before entering the Qingfeng Secret Realm. She returned with rare treasures and medicinal plants, then acquired Portable Medicinal Gardens while Tan Jing pursued a ten-thousand-year-old Root-Reforming Grass.

  • Xie Yichu accepted Xue Fuyao as his first and last disciple, and she established her foundation with the Creation Green Lotus seed before cultivating on Green Bamboo Peak.
  • Xue Fuyao transformed Green Bamboo Peak, found the Demon-Suppressing Bracelet at the sect market, and chose it as her reward instead of fusing with its Supreme Charm Bones.
  • Xie Yichu gave Xue Fuyao the secret Longevity Formula, and she prepared with Gu Nian to enter the Qingfeng Secret Realm.
  • Xue Fuyao found an unexplored valley, bonded with the Jade Glass of the Azure Moon, and harvested its rare medicines before killing Zhang Hongzhi and taking three Innate Sword Embryos.
  • Xue Fuyao collected the Ten-Thousand-Year Mystic Spirit Liquid and Mystic Jade Paste from a cave guarded by a Water Jiao, then followed an omen to the Divine Spirit Fruit garden.
  • Xue Fuyao entered the medicinal garden, took a Divine Spirit Fruit and a Mutant Spirit Mouse, and later gathered medicines and a branch and leaves from the Divine Spirit Tree before leaving with Gu Nian's group.
  • After the Secret Realm closed, Xue Fuyao exchanged thousand-year-old Root-Reforming Grass for seven Portable Medicinal Gardens, and Tan Jing sought a ten-thousand-year-old specimen.
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Ch. 26Chapter X: Xie Yichu

Gu Nian identified Xue Fuyao as a young cultivator with a wood-element Heavenly Spiritual Root, and Sect Master Xiao Fansheng persuaded Xie Yichu to take her as his disciple. After Xue Fuyao reached the summit of the Heaven-Questioning Stairway and entered the sect hall, the disciple-taking ceremony began.

  • Gu Nian told Xiao Fansheng that Xue Fuyao had a wood-element Heavenly Spiritual Root and had reached the Third Layer of Qi Condensation soon after beginning cultivation.
  • Xiao Fansheng convinced Xie Yichu to accept Xue Fuyao as his first and last disciple, and Xie Yichu agreed on that condition.
  • Xue Fuyao reached the end of the Heaven-Questioning Stairway, recovered her strength, and joined the few who had climbed the steps on their own.
  • An inner sect disciple led the successful climbers into the grand hall, where they paid respects to Xiao Fansheng and the elders.
  • Xiao Fansheng nudged the dozing Xie Yichu as the disciple-taking ceremony was about to begin.

Ch. 27The Crude Green Bamboo Peak

Xue Fuyao became Xie Yichu’s disciple and settled on Green Bamboo Peak, where she cultivated with his guidance and medicinal baths. As her cultivation rapidly advanced, she deliberately held back her breakthroughs and considered how to prepare for Foundation Establishment.

  • Xie Yichu chose Xue Fuyao as his disciple, and she respectfully accepted him as her master.
  • Xie Yichu brought Xue Fuyao to Green Bamboo Peak, gave her cultivation materials and rules, and told her to reach the Twelfth Layer of Qi Refining before attempting Perfect Foundation Establishment.
  • Xue Fuyao carved a cave abode beside a stream, sent Shadow One and the others a warning to keep an Upper-Grade Spirit Vein from the Zhang Clan, and cleaned fragments from her Storage Bag.
  • Xue Fuyao followed a routine of cultivation and medicinal baths, advancing from the Sixth to the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining while restraining her breakthroughs to strengthen her foundation.
  • Xue Fuyao began clearing weeds on Green Bamboo Peak while thinking about her future Foundation Establishment.

Ch. 28Foundation Establishment and Cultivation Method

Xue Fuyao used the Creation Green Lotus seed as a Foundation Establishment Object and successfully established her foundation, gaining an innate treasure art and a cultivation method. After informing Shadow One and the others about foundation-establishment options, she concealed her cultivation and left her cave abode, where a month had passed.

  • Xue Fuyao reached the Qi Refining Stage, Twelfth Layer, and refined her spiritual power until it could not be purified further.
  • Xue Fuyao placed the Creation Green Lotus seed at her dantian and entered a selfless state as its warmth spread through her body.
  • Xue Fuyao successfully established her foundation using the seed and awakened the Creation Green Lotus Treasure Art, which could attack, defend, heal, and provide life force.
  • Xue Fuyao gained the Creation Green Lotus Formula and decided she would still pursue the Divine-Grade Chaos Formula.
  • Xue Fuyao informed Shadow One and the others about perfect foundation establishment and using a Foundation Establishment Object, then concealed her cultivation and left her cave abode after a month had passed.

Ch. 29Remodeling the Green Bamboo Peak

After reaching Foundation Establishment, Xue Fuyao transformed the overgrown Green Bamboo Peak into a place she could call home, while Xie Yichu quietly grew accustomed to her presence. She collected her delayed cultivation resources and went to the Spirit Plant Peak to buy plants, where Zhuang Bo asked which peak she belonged to.

  • Xue Fuyao spent a month and a half clearing weeds, opening a mountain path, cutting down the trees, and preparing spiritual fields on Green Bamboo Peak.
  • Xue Fuyao planned to plant fruit trees, bamboo, and other plants, while Xie Yichu watched her work and decided that having a disciple seemed worthwhile.
  • Xue Fuyao secretly left Green Bamboo Peak and collected two months of cultivation resources at the Government Affairs Pavilion.
  • Xue Fuyao visited the Spirit Plant Peak and told Zhuang Bo she wanted mature fruit trees and other ornamental spiritual plants.
  • Zhuang Bo showed Xue Fuyao a catalog of discounted plants and asked which peak she came from.

Ch. 30Continuing to Remodel Green Bamboo Peak

Xue Fuyao filled Green Bamboo Peak with spirit plants and sunflowers, while Xie Yichu encouraged her to balance cultivation with exploring the sect. After inviting Gu Nian to visit the market, Xue Fuyao met her at the newly transformed peak.

  • Xue Fuyao bought fruit trees, spirit plants, medicinal seeds, tea trees, and plant-watering liquid from Spirit Plant Peak and Spirit Medicine Peak.
  • Xue Fuyao spent three days planting the purchases and sowed sunflower seeds from her childhood home.
  • Xie Yichu saw the changes to Green Bamboo Peak, told Xue Fuyao not to overfocus on cultivation, and suggested she visit the sect market.
  • Xue Fuyao checked that her sunflowers had sprouted and sent Gu Nian a message asking her to go to the market.
  • Gu Nian arrived at Green Bamboo Peak and marveled at how much Xue Fuyao had transformed it.

Ch. 31Sisterly Strife

Xue Fuyao explored the Yuanji Sect market and was drawn into a dispute between Ye Qinxuan and Ye Qinfei over an apparently ordinary black bracelet. The sisters made her arbitrate, and she took the bracelet to examine it while the stall owner watched from the crowd.

  • Gu Nian accompanied Xue Fuyao to the sect market, then they separated so Xue Fuyao could browse on her own.
  • Xue Fuyao used her Heavenly Eye to find and buy several valuable items hidden among ordinary goods.
  • Xue Fuyao hurried to a commotion and found Ye Qinxuan and Ye Qinfei arguing over a scratched black bracelet.
  • Ye Qinxuan and Ye Qinfei summoned two Inner Sect Disciples who both had romantic feelings for them, escalating the dispute.
  • A bystander asked Xue Fuyao to arbitrate, and the sisters agreed before she took the bracelet from them.
  • Xue Fuyao found the bracelet seemed entirely ordinary and noticed the stall owner watching the argument from within the crowd.

Ch. 32Demon-Suppressing Bracelet

Xue Fuyao bought a bracelet to stop Ye Qinxuan and Ye Qinfei from fighting over it, then learned from a menial disciple that it was the Demon-Suppressing Bracelet, which contained the sealed supreme charm bones of two succubi. The menial disciple claimed her family had passed down its history, and Xue Fuyao gave her cultivation resources while doubting her story.

  • Xue Fuyao bought the bracelet for ten low-grade spirit stones and refused to give it to either Ye Qinxuan or Ye Qinfei, who left in opposite directions.
  • A menial disciple approached Xue Fuyao and asked to buy the bracelet, claiming it resembled a keepsake from her mother.
  • Xue Fuyao led the menial disciple somewhere secluded and demanded that she reveal the bracelet's secret.
  • The menial disciple identified it as the Demon-Suppressing Bracelet and explained that it sealed the supreme charm bones of two succubi.
  • Xue Fuyao suspected Ye Qinxuan and Ye Qinfei had fused with the charm bones in her past life and questioned how the menial disciple knew the bracelet's history.
  • The menial disciple said an ancestor had helped suppress the succubi, and Xue Fuyao gave her cultivation resources while suspecting she had lied.

Ch. 33Finding Master

Xue Fuyao used the Heavenly Eye to discover two supreme charm bones inside the Demon-Suppressing Bracelet and worried that Ye Qinxuan and Ye Qinfei might seek it. She brought the bracelet to Xie Yichu and asked about succubi and supreme charm bones, and he asked whether she wanted them.

  • Xue Fuyao left the market after giving a menial disciple cultivation resources and later met Gu Nian at Alchemy Peak’s pill shop, where Gu Nian bargained with Chu Yunzhe.
  • Xue Fuyao returned to Green Bamboo Peak and used the Heavenly Eye to see the bracelet’s true form and the red and blue supreme charm bones inside it.
  • Xue Fuyao considered the risks involving the menial disciple, Ye Qinxuan, and Ye Qinfei, then decided to seek Xie Yichu’s advice.
  • Xue Fuyao explained the market events to Xie Yichu and showed him the Demon-Suppressing Bracelet.
  • Xie Yichu examined the bracelet and asked Xue Fuyao if she wanted the supreme charm bones.

Ch. 34Charm Bone Essence

After the Demon-Suppressing Bracelet was verified, Xue Fuyao received it as a reward instead of the Supreme Charm Bones sealed inside. She learned the bones had been refined into Charm Bone Essence, while powerful female elders in the Back Mountain Forbidden Land had fought over them.

  • Xie Yichu took the Demon-Suppressing Bracelet to Sect Master Xiao Fansheng, and the main peak masters gathered in the Back Mountain Forbidden Land to examine it.
  • Over the next half-year, Xue Fuyao revealed that she had reached Foundation Establishment, while her actual cultivation advanced to the Middle Stage.
  • Xiao Fansheng summoned Xue Fuyao to Qianyuan Peak and confirmed that the bracelet contained the Demon-Suppressing Bracelet and two Supreme Charm Bones.
  • Xue Fuyao chose the Demon-Suppressing Bracelet as her reward and declined to fuse with the Supreme Charm Bones.
  • Xie Yichu told Xue Fuyao that the bones had been refined into Charm Bone Essence and that female grand supreme elders had fought over them.

Ch. 35Longevity Formula

After reaching Foundation Establishment, Xue Fuyao asked Xie Yichu to let her leave the sect, but he had her learn the secret Longevity Formula first. A month later, she mastered its first level and entered the Library Pavilion to choose more cultivation methods.

  • Xue Fuyao asked Xie Yichu if she could leave the mountain to gain practical experience after reaching Foundation Establishment.
  • Xie Yichu pointed out that Xue Fuyao had not chosen a cultivation method or learned spells, and gave her the Longevity Formula to study.
  • Xie Yichu told Xue Fuyao to keep the Longevity Formula secret and outwardly claim she practiced the Azure Cloud Formula.
  • Xue Fuyao quickly mastered the Longevity Formula, and it circulated in harmony with her Creation Green Lotus Formula.
  • A month later, Xue Fuyao reached the first level of the Longevity Formula and went to the Library Pavilion to choose cultivation methods.

Ch. 36News from Shadow One

Xue Fuyao selected cultivation techniques and spells at the Library Pavilion, where she confronted Ye Qinfei over a bracelet and warned her against spreading rumors. Back at Green Bamboo Peak, she learned Shadow One’s group had found the UpperGrade Spirit Vein and planned to build connections after reaching Foundation Establishment.

  • Xue Fuyao memorized several movement and combat techniques on the fifth floor of the Library Pavilion, then chose commonly used spells on the first floor.
  • Ye Qinfei confronted Xue Fuyao about the bracelet she said had been snatched half a year earlier, but Xue Fuyao denied it and threatened consequences if rumors spread.
  • Xue Fuyao left the Library Pavilion and recalled how Ye Qinfei had used rumors and apparent grievances to turn pursuers against others in her previous life.
  • Shadow One reported that the group had found the UpperGrade Spirit Vein and had been mining its spirit stones while cultivating in its abundant spiritual energy.
  • Shadow One said the group planned to reach Foundation Establishment before joining separate factions, and Xue Fuyao advised them not to join blood-related immortal cultivation lineages and refused their offer of spirit stones.

Ch. 37Secret Realm Quota

Xue Fuyao received a token from Xie Yichu to enter the Qingfeng Secret Realm and went to Gu Nian to learn about the upcoming expedition. Gu Nian explained the realm’s dangers and handed her a map, then asked whether Xue Fuyao had prepared her other supplies.

  • Xie Yichu gave Xue Fuyao a Qingfeng Secret Realm token and told her to leave with Gu Nian the next day, then tossed her a storage bag.
  • Xue Fuyao visited Gu Nian, who explained that the secret realm opened every five years, admitted only Foundation Establishment cultivators, and contained spiritual Qi that could harm their cultivation if absorbed too freely.
  • Gu Nian told Xue Fuyao that entrants were randomly teleported, that she had tasks to complete, and that the Divine Spirit Fruit had not been found in years.
  • Gu Nian gave Xue Fuyao an old map of the secret realm and asked whether she had prepared her other things.
  • Xue Fuyao blinked at Gu Nian, not knowing what other things she meant.

Ch. 38The Zhang Family Triplets

Xue Fuyao prepared for the Qingfeng Secret Realm and discovered that her Demon-Suppressing Bracelet needed Monster Beast cores and flesh to recover. At the secret realm gathering, she recognized the Zhang triplets from her previous life and resolved to eliminate them while they were still relatively weak.

  • Gu Nian advised Xue Fuyao to prepare weapons, pills, talismans, and a flying treasure, and Xue Fuyao confirmed her master had supplied them.
  • Xue Fuyao found that the Demon-Suppressing Bracelet was damaged and hungry for Monster Beast cores and flesh, which she promised to provide in the secret realm.
  • Xue Fuyao traveled with Gu Nian and the Yuanji Sect disciples, noticed Ye Qinfei's killing intent, and saw Ye Qinxuan watching her with guilt and wariness.
  • At the secret realm destination, Xue Fuyao recognized Zhang Yizhi, Zhang Hongzhi, and Zhang Qizhi as the triplets who had harmed her in her previous life, and learned they had bought entry slots from the Kunlun Sect.
  • Gu Nian greeted Senior Brother Yan Changxi, who asked whether Xue Fuyao was her master's new disciple.

Ch. 39Entering the Secret Realm

Xue Fuyao entered the Qingfeng Secret Realm after avoiding Ye Qinfei’s apparent attempt to tamper with her. She arrived alone in an unmapped valley and began considering how to hunt demonic beasts to repair the Demon-Suppressing Bracelet.

  • Gu Nian warned Xue Fuyao to avoid the Zhang Family triplets if they encountered them together in the Secret Realm.
  • The Qingfeng Secret Realm entrance appeared, and an elder announced that entrants would be teleported out after one month.
  • Xue Fuyao noticed Ye Qinfei rushing toward her with something concealed in her sleeve, then stepped aside and let Ye Qinfei stumble through the gate first.
  • Xue Fuyao entered the Secret Realm and arrived in a verdant valley filled with dense spiritual Qi.
  • Xue Fuyao realized the valley was not marked on the map Gu Nian had given her.

Ch. 40Jade Glass of the Azure Moon

Xue Fuyao discovered a hidden valley filled with ancient spirit medicines and fed many of them to the Demon-Suppressing Bracelet, restoring some of its condition. At the valley’s center, she identified Jade Glass of the Azure Moon and began forming a bond with it using her creation spirit root, but the connection remained incomplete.

  • Xue Fuyao used her Heavenly Eye to confirm the unexplored valley was real and free of nearby danger, then gathered its thousand-year-old spirit medicines in jade boxes.
  • The Demon-Suppressing Bracelet trembled and communicated that it wanted to eat, so Xue Fuyao fed it most of the spirit medicines she collected and saw its condition improve.
  • Xue Fuyao followed increasingly rare spirit medicines toward the valley’s center and discovered a hidden barrier formed by a pale purple light.
  • Xue Fuyao identified the fragile plant inside the barrier as Jade Glass of the Azure Moon, a spirit plant that concealed its surroundings and drew rare medicines to grow within its barrier.
  • Xue Fuyao revealed her creation spirit root and Creation Green Lotus Body, then cut her palm and let her blood fall on Jade Glass of the Azure Moon to begin forming a connection with it.

Ch. 41Pinning the Blame on the Triplets

Xue Fuyao absorbed the Jade Glass of the Azure Moon, harvested the valley’s oldest spirit medicines, and framed the Zhang Family Triplets by leaving their aura behind. After collecting Monster Beast corpses for the Demon-Suppressing Bracelet, she disguised herself and pursued one of the triplets.

  • Xue Fuyao fed her blood to the Jade Glass of the Azure Moon until it turned red and merged into her body, then harvested the valley’s oldest spirit medicines and two golden tea trees.
  • Xue Fuyao disguised her aura as the Zhang Family Triplets’ and used a Teleportation Talisman to leave as the barrier faded.
  • Xue Fuyao returned to the valley after medicinal spiritual energy drew people and Monster Beasts, where Zhang Hongzhi faced suspicion over the harvested medicines and the aura attributed to his family’s Cultivation Method.
  • Xue Fuyao harvested the remaining spirit medicines for the Demon-Suppressing Bracelet and waited until the others left before collecting the Monster Beast corpses.
  • Xue Fuyao pursued one of the triplets, disguising her appearance, aura, and voice while changing into black men’s clothes and restoring her cultivation to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.

Ch. 42Demon Beast Forest, a Bountiful Harvest

Xue Fuyao followed the Zhang Family Triplets into the Demon Beast Forest, where she gathered treasures and discovered Fenghua Mushrooms. She reached the forest’s inner boundary and began a stealthy attack on a powerful beast guarding Soul-Nourishing Wood.

  • Xue Fuyao entered the Demon Beast Forest, lost the Zhang Family Triplets’ trail, and collected ancient trees and ordinary Monster Beasts.
  • Xue Fuyao hid as a blue-robed Kunlun Sect cultivator killed a Monster Beast, then took its carcass after the woman left.
  • Xue Fuyao found and gathered three Fenghua Mushrooms, recognizing their value as ingredients for Jade Beauty Pills.
  • Xue Fuyao concealed her aura with Broken Jade and collected spirit medicines, spirit fruits, and Soul-Nourishing Wood.
  • Xue Fuyao spotted a peak Foundation Establishment Realm Monster Beast guarding the Soul-Nourishing Wood and chose to attack it by surprise.

Ch. 43Reaping the Fisherman's Rewards

Xue Fuyao followed the Zhang Family triplets to a cave containing three Innate Sword Embryos and waited for Zhang Hongzhi to emerge before killing him and taking his treasures. She left disguised as a yellow-dressed cultivator, pleased that the triplets’ combined strength had been crippled.

  • Xue Fuyao tracked the Zhang Family triplets and watched Zhang Hongzhi kill a Scorpion-Tailed Lion after raising his cultivation with a Zhang Family Secret Technique.
  • She learned through the Heavenly Eye that three Innate Sword Embryos were inside the cave and waited outside for three days while Zhang Hongzhi completed its trials.
  • When Zhang Hongzhi emerged, Xue Fuyao killed him with a golden streak, causing Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Qizhi to sense his death and howl in grief.
  • Xue Fuyao searched Zhang Hongzhi’s body, took the three sword embryos and the contents of his Storage Space, and discarded his belongings and ring.
  • She sprinkled Beast-Attracting Powder on Zhang Hongzhi’s corpse, erased her traces, changed her appearance, and left in a yellow dress.

Ch. 44The Water Jiao and a Fortuitous Opportunity

Xue Fuyao infiltrated a waterfall cave, took the Ten-Thousand-Year Mystic Spirit Liquid and Mystic Jade Paste, and killed the sleeping Golden Core Water Jiao. She left the Demon Beast Forest and began searching for the Divine Spirit Fruit, though the powerful beasts guarding the realm’s opportunities made the search dangerous.

  • Xue Fuyao discovered a Golden Core Water Jiao guarding the Ten-Thousand-Year Mystic Spirit Liquid in a cave behind a waterfall.
  • Xue Fuyao slipped into the cave as an insect, fed the resting Water Jiao a Potent Sleeping Pill, and collected the liquid and the more precious Ten-Thousand-Year Mystic Jade Paste.
  • Xue Fuyao killed and butchered the helpless Water Jiao, keeping its meat and blood for food and Jiao Dragon Wine.
  • Xue Fuyao left the Demon Beast Forest and decided to spend the remaining half of her time in the Secret Realm searching for the Divine Spirit Fruit.
  • Xue Fuyao found no trace of a Divine Spirit Fruit Tree in the forest, and the powerful Monster Beasts guarding its opportunities could defeat even a group of cultivators.

Ch. 45An omen in the heavens

Xue Fuyao followed a heavenly omen to a medicinal garden containing the Divine Spirit Fruit Tree and five nearly ripe fruits. As Monster Beasts gathered, she captured the Golden Bee Queen and prepared to compete for the treasure.

  • Xue Fuyao concealed herself as Ye Qinxuan and Ye Qinfei fled from a swarm of Golden Bees, then continued toward the direction they had come from.
  • Xue Fuyao spotted a multicolored omen in the sky and followed it, fighting or avoiding Monster Beasts drawn toward its source.
  • Xue Fuyao reached a multicolored barrier and saw an enormous medicinal garden with the Divine Spirit Fruit Tree and five nearly ripe fruits inside.
  • The omen blazed across the sky, and Xue Fuyao hid and captured the Golden Bee Queen in a white porcelain bottle.

Ch. 46Everyone Had Arrived

Xue Fuyao hid as the sect disciples and monster beasts gathered outside the barrier, then discovered a gap and slipped into the medicinal garden. Inside, she found extraordinary treasures, including a Seven-Haze Lotus and a silver spirit tree, while the Divine Spirit Fruits continued to ripen.

  • Xue Fuyao concealed herself when the monster beasts and disciples from the Yuanji Sect and Kunlun Sect arrived, and realized the beasts had gathered for the Divine Spirit Fruit.
  • The two sects agreed to join forces against the monster beasts, while Gu Nian searched for Xue Fuyao and Zhang Yizhi accused her of having been eaten by a beast.
  • Xue Fuyao watched Zhang Yizhi brood over his younger brother's death and decided to stay hidden while she waited for the barrier to disappear.
  • The Heavenly Eye revealed a gap in the barrier, and Xue Fuyao transformed into a flying insect and slipped inside.
  • Xue Fuyao entered the medicinal garden and saw a Seven-Haze Lotus and a silver spirit tree among its treasures.

Ch. 47Vanished

Xue Fuyao harvested spirit medicines and Camellia Trees inside the barrier, then rushed to the Divine Spirit Tree as the barrier fell. Three Divine Spirit Fruits vanished before she could reach them, so she took one of the remaining fruits and fled with a Mutant Spirit Mouse, then returned toward the tree in disguise no longer.

  • Xue Fuyao dug up spirit medicines and Camellia Trees while the barrier held, but could not approach the Divine Spirit Tree before its fruit ripened.
  • As the barrier disappeared, Xue Fuyao reached the Divine Spirit Tree before the arriving sect disciples and Monster Beasts, and three Divine Spirit Fruits vanished.
  • Xue Fuyao grabbed one of the remaining Divine Spirit Fruits, seized a Mutant Spirit Mouse, and escaped with a Teleportation Talisman as the others blamed her for the missing fruit.
  • Xue Fuyao put the unconscious Mutant Spirit Mouse in a box, removed her disguise, and headed back toward the Divine Spirit Tree.

Ch. 48Suspicion

Xue Fuyao suspected the Mutant Spirit Mouse had taken the Divine Spirit Fruits, then gathered spirit medicines and parts of the Divine Spirit Tree while the disciples pursued the last fruit. The Medicinal Garden’s barrier reappeared and vanished with the garden, leaving Xue Fuyao to suspect it moved through space and the sects to suspect one another over the missing fruits.

  • Xue Fuyao recalled the Mutant Spirit Mouse as a possible explanation for the vanished Divine Spirit Fruits and returned to the Divine Spirit Tree after finding the other disciples gone.
  • Xue Fuyao gathered spirit medicines, broke off a branch from the Divine Spirit Tree, and collected some of its leaves.
  • Gu Nian and the others returned battered from their pursuit of the last Divine Spirit Fruit, with Yan Changxi unconscious and a butterfly-wing fragment on his clothes; Xue Fuyao gave them healing pills.
  • Gu Nian urged the Yuanji Sect disciples to gather spirit medicines before the Secret Realm closed, and Xue Fuyao stored her harvest in a new Storage Ring.
  • A beast roared, the Divine Spirit Tree glowed, and the Medicinal Garden’s barrier reappeared; Gu Nian led everyone outside before it enclosed the garden and vanished.
  • Xue Fuyao used the Heavenly Eye to detect spatial fluctuations and suspected the garden moved, while Gu Nian and the Kunlun Sect each suspected the other of taking the four Divine Spirit Fruits.

Ch. 49Leaving the secret realm

Xue Fuyao and the others left the Qingfeng Secret Realm, where the Yuanji Sect and Kunlun Sect sect masters dealt with the Zhang Family elder’s accusation over his grandson’s death. On the journey back, Xue Fuyao learned how she might obtain a Portable Medicinal Garden and recognized that Elder Tan’s daughter had a twin sister whose unusual fate could complicate matters.

  • With the Qingfeng Secret Realm about to close, Xue Fuyao gave Gu Nian pills, and the group was forcibly ejected half an hour later.
  • Gu Nian apologized to Xiao Fansheng for failing to bring back the Divine Spirit Fruit, but he reassured her that she had secured half of it and many spirit medicines.
  • A Zhang Family elder demanded that the Yuanji Sect and Kunlun Sect hand over his grandson’s murderer, but Sect Master Qian dismissed his accusation, and Xiao Fansheng left with the Yuanji Sect.
  • Xue Fuyao asked Xie Yichu how to obtain a Portable Medicinal Garden, and he told her about Elder Tan’s sect mission offering one for a thousand-year-old root-reforming grass.
  • Xue Fuyao realized Elder Tan’s daughter had a twin sister with a single fire Spiritual Root, and that the sisters’ unusual fates meant one benefited whenever the other suffered.

Ch. 50Successfully Securing the Portable Medicinal Garden

Xue Fuyao exchanged thousand-year-old Root-Reforming Grass for a precious Portable Medicinal Garden and moved her spirit medicines into it. After sharing a Silver Spirit Tree with her master, she discovered that Tan Jing was seeking even older Root-Reforming Grass to reshape her spiritual root.

  • Xue Fuyao submitted thousand-year-old Root-Reforming Grass at the Mission Hall and received a necklace containing seven Portable Medicinal Gardens.
  • Xue Fuyao refined the garden, transplanted her spirit medicines into it, and planted one Silver Spirit Tree outside her cave abode.
  • Xue Fuyao gave the other Silver Spirit Tree to Xie Yichu, who rewarded her with a pile of fine things.
  • Xue Fuyao returned to the Mission Hall and ignored a task seeking ten-thousand-year-old Root-Reforming Grass.
  • Tan Jing rejected lesser Root-Reforming Grass and sought a ten-thousand-year-old specimen after hearing about the secret realm's medicinal garden.
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