Recaps

Qin Ming recognized the disguised Lin Zixiao at the Black Market and traded with him before bidding against him for the other half of a Bronze Mirror fragment. Qin Ming won the fragment, while the auction’s Five Elements Vitality Spirit Peach drew the attention of the market’s aged cultivators.

• Qin Ming saw through the disguised Lin Zixiao, whose true cultivation was Foundation Establishment Perfection, and traded two jars of Jade Scale Wine for beast essence blood and a demon core.
• Qin Ming attended Xue Zhili’s Black Market auction, where Lin Zixiao joined the bidding for a Bronze Mirror fragment.
• Qin Ming outbid Lin Zixiao with one thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones and acquired the fragment, confirming it was the other half of his Fragmented Magic Treasure.
• A Foundation Establishment Perfection cultivator from the Jin Kingdom won the Jade Mystery Pills for two thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, while Lin Zixiao stopped bidding early.
• Xue Zhili presented the Five Elements Vitality Spirit Peach, which could increase magical power and extend a first-time consumer’s lifespan by thirty years, stirring intense interest among aged cultivators.

Qin Ming sold his wares at the black market auction, drew the attention of numerous Marauder Cultivators, and was ambushed after leaving. He revealed powerful Spirit Beasts and Turtle Puppets to face them.

• Lin Zixiao outbid Old Ghost Mu He and bought the Five Elements Vitality Spirit Peach for twenty-two hundred and fifty Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Qin Ming collected three thousand eight hundred and twenty-five Mid-Grade Spirit Stones from Xue Zhili and left the black market, noticing cultivators had marked him.
• Lin Zixiao offered to travel with Qin Ming, but Qin refused and hurried away.
• More than a dozen Marauder Cultivators pursued Qin Ming and surrounded him in the air, demanding his treasures.
• Qin Ming summoned three enormous figures and two Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Turtle Puppets to confront the Marauder Cultivators.

Qin Ming used his demons and puppets to slaughter the marauder cultivators, then encountered Lin Zixiao and Old Ghost Mu He, who had been pursuing the disguised demonic-path overlord. After Qin Ming exposed Lin Zixiao’s identity, Lin revealed his true appearance and greeted him as an old acquaintance.

• Qin Ming’s demons and puppets ambushed the marauder cultivators, while Qin Ming harvested Blood Orbs from their corpses.
• The Mystic Water Crocodile, Silver-Winged Frost Bee, Devouring Sky Rat, and puppets killed the marauder cultivators, and Qin Ming collected their Storage Bags and erased the traces.
• Lin Zixiao caught up with Qin Ming, followed by Old Ghost Mu He and two Foundation Establishment Perfection cultivators.
• Old Ghost Mu He chose to kill Qin Ming and Lin Zixiao, while Qin Ming recognized Lin Zixiao as the disguised demonic-path overlord.
• Lin Zixiao revealed his true appearance and greeted Qin Ming as an old acquaintance.

Lin Zixiao revealed himself as a powerful demonic cultivator and used the Azure Netherworld Demon Fire to kill three Foundation Establishment Perfection cultivators. After collecting their Storage Bags, he faced Qin Ming, who summoned an icy-blue flame in response.

• Lin Zixiao revealed his demonic nature and dismissed Old Ghost Mu He and the other two cultivators as unworthy opponents.
• Old Ghost Mu He attacked with his Golden Dragon Shears, but Lin Zixiao's Azure Netherworld Demon Fire destroyed the artifact and killed him.
• Lin Zixiao trapped the two remaining cultivators in a formation and killed them with the demonic flames.
• Qin Ming recognized the Azure Netherworld Demon Fire and realized Lin Zixiao had likely strengthened it by refining many cultivators' souls.
• Lin Zixiao collected the three Storage Bags and faced Qin Ming, who summoned an icy-blue flame and asked whether Lin intended to fight.

Qin Ming battled Lin Zixiao, overpowering his demonic fire and breaking the Nine Twists Blood Refinement Grand Formation. Lin Zixiao was wounded by a concealed attack, leaving him exposed to Qin Ming’s gray creature.

• Lin Zixiao recognized Qin Ming’s Spirit-Devouring Poison Flame and questioned how Qin Ming had seen through his disguise before Qin challenged him to fight.
• Qin Ming and Lin Zixiao sent their spirit fires against each other, while Lin Zixiao’s attacks missed and Qin Ming’s black vines forced him to evade.
• Qin Ming used a secret blood rune to empower his Spirit-Devouring Poison Flame, which overwhelmed and began devouring Lin Zixiao’s Azure Netherworld Demon Fire.
• Lin Zixiao released the Nine Twists Blood Refinement Grand Formation, but Qin Ming’s Four-Armed Demonic Ape shattered the illusion and damaged the formation map.
• As Lin Zixiao prepared another secret method, three black earth spikes pierced his abdomen and a gray figure emerged to bite him.

Lin Zixiao’s hidden spirit revealed Qin Ming’s Heavenly Demon Body Refining Art and urged him to flee, but Lin Zixiao transformed and tried to reclaim the Azure Netherworld Demon Fire. Qin Ming defeated him in a clash, and Lin Zixiao escaped while the Spirit-Devouring Poison Flame continued consuming the demon fire.

• Lin Zixiao survived Devouring Sky Rat’s attack, but his trapping array failed against the rat’s innate ability.
• Lin Zixiao’s hidden spirit warned him that Qin Ming had two more powerful Spirit Pets and had nearly perfected the third transformation of the Heavenly Demon Body Refining Art.
• Qin Ming overheard the spirit’s plan to take control of Lin Zixiao and flee, then called Devouring Sky Rat back to his side.
• Lin Zixiao transformed into a towering devil and lunged for the Azure Netherworld Demon Fire, but Qin Ming countered as the Crimson Demonic Ape.
• Qin Ming’s four-armed Crimson Demonic Ape broke one of Lin Zixiao’s arms, and Lin Zixiao abandoned the demon fire and escaped fifty miles away.

Qin Ming's Spirit-Devouring Poison Flame devoured Lin Zixiao's Azure Netherworld Demon Fire and advanced to Tier 3, after which Qin Ming returned to Moon Gazing Island. He rewarded his Spirit Pets and began studying the other half of the Bronze Mirror.

• Lin Zixiao fled near Fangcun Mountain Market District and slaughtered the cultivators who approached, absorbing their souls and regenerating his destroyed arm.
• Qin Ming helped the Spirit-Devouring Poison Flame consume the Azure Netherworld Demon Fire, raising it to Tier 3, then swallowed it to nourish it in his dantian.
• Qin Ming drained Old Ghost Mu He and the other two Foundation Establishment Perfection cultivators with Thorn Art, collected their Blood Orbs, and burned away their corpses.
• Qin Ming returned to Moon Gazing Island after taking a winding route and briefly praised Wu Jiang for the growing Spirit Rice.
• Qin Ming gave Spirit Transformation Fruits to the Devouring Sky Rat, the Mystic Water Crocodile, and the Silver-Winged Frost Bee, then began examining the other half of the Bronze Mirror.

Qin Ming learned the Treasure Refinement Art hidden in the Bronze Mirror fragments and discovered the mirror’s history and the location of its Artifact Spirit. He then fed Blood Orbs to the Yin-Yang Mystic Vine until its Spirit Fruits matured and harvested them, revealing new Affixes.

• Qin Ming reunited the Bronze Mirror fragments and had the Devouring Sky Rat remove the restriction from the second piece.
• The Devouring Sky Rat recovered to Tier 2 Perfection and deciphered the restriction in half a day, revealing a sheet of ancient silk.
• Qin Ming learned that the mirror was the Curved Jade Golden Light Mirror, a powerful ancient cultivator’s Natal Magic Treasure, and that its sealed Artifact Spirit was located in Liang Kingdom.
• Qin Ming memorized the Treasure Refinement Art and practiced its Spirit Mark and refinement techniques while planning to investigate the Artifact Spirit during a future trip to Liang Kingdom.
• Qin Ming fed several dozen Blood Orbs to the Yin-Yang Mystic Vine, causing its demon flowers to mature into Spirit Fruits.
• Three days later, Qin Ming harvested the Spirit Fruits and saw three blue Affixes and one purple Affix appear in his Sea of Consciousness.

Qin Ming used lifespan and mana affixes, then accelerated and harvested his Spirit Plants, boosting his cultivation and lifespan. After enhancing a Void Bamboo to Tier 3 and becoming a Tier 3 Spirit Plant Grandmaster, he chose the Wood Sovereign Nails as his first natal treasure and began refining them from the bamboo.

• Qin Ming used Abundant Lifespan X5 to increase his lifespan by 250 years and Mana Spring to gain mana equivalent to several years of cultivation.
• The Mystic Water Crocodile and Devouring Sky Rat absorbed the grass-and-wood essence leaking from Qin Ming's cultivation.
• Qin Ming accelerated the Spirit Plants in his grove, harvested their affixes, and used them to increase his lifespan, soul force, and Vital Energy Force.
• Qin Ming used Quality Enhancement on the intelligent Void Bamboo, raising it to Tier 3 and becoming a Tier 3 Spirit Plant Grandmaster.
• Qin Ming chose the Wood Sovereign Nails as his first natal treasure, cut down the Tier 3 Void Spirit Bamboo, and began refining it in his cave abode.

Qin Ming prepared the embryos for a set of Wood Sovereign Nails and traveled to Azure Sea Immortal City to trade for the Tier 3 materials needed to refine them. He obtained the materials from Wei Wuyai and Nalan Xi, then departed after hearing that Demonic Cultivators were active again.

• Qin Ming refined the Tier 3 Void Bamboo into eighty-one Wood Sovereign Nails prototypes and sealed them for later use.
• The Devouring Sky Rat asked to accompany Qin Ming, but he left it behind to farm; after it complained, the Yin-Yang Mystic Vine whipped it back to work.
• Qin Ming met Wei Wuyai and Nalan Xi at Azure Sea Peak and traded Five Elements Vitality Spirit Peaches, Spirit Rest Rice, and Jade Scale Wine for Mystic Gold Divine Sand, Void Earth, and Shadow Stone.
• Qin Ming told the two Golden Core Ancestors that he had successfully planted Threefold Crimson Soulgrass, while concealing that he intended to use the materials to refine a magical treasure.
• Nalan Xi warned Qin Ming that Demonic Cultivators had massacred cultivators at Fangcun Mountain Market District and that the Six Demonic Sects were stirring again.
• After Qin Ming left, Wei Wuyai and Nalan Xi discussed his prospects as a Tier 3 Spirit Plant Grandmaster and regretted that his pseudo-spirit-root talent limited his cultivation.

Qin Ming returned to Moon Gazing Island and spent weeks refining eighty-one Wood Sovereign Nail magic treasure embryos. He planted them inside the Yin-Yang Mystic Vine with the help of his Spirit Plant Seed Treasure Affix, successfully beginning to nurture his first Natal Magic Treasure.

• Qin Ming returned from the Immortal City with the spirit materials and prepared his cave abode for refining the Wood Sovereign Nails.
• Qin Ming used his Tier 3 Spirit-Devouring Poison Flame to refine the materials into eighty-one Wood Sovereign Nail prototypes.
• Qin Ming spent more than half a month inscribing restrictive Spirit Marks and completing the magic treasure embryos.
• Qin Ming brought the embryos to the Yin-Yang Mystic Vine and used his Spirit Plant Seed Treasure Affix to plant all eighty-one inside its trunk.
• The Yin-Yang Mystic Vine began nurturing the Wood Sovereign Nails, completing Qin Ming's Spirit Plant Seed Treasure.

Qin Ming investigated the source of ghostly remains for growing the Abundant Nether Ghost Jujube and learned of a dangerous Demon Cave beneath the former Thousand Leaf Spirit Island. Refining ape-demon blood advanced his third transformation and revealed the Heavenly Demon Body Refining Art’s higher realms, leaving him questioning the Devouring Sky Rat about the technique’s later sections.

• The Devouring Sky Rat told Qin Ming that the ruins beneath Thousand Leaf Spirit Island might contain ghosts and spiritual entities, and Qin Ming decided to strengthen himself before investigating.
• Qin Ming refined Stone Ape great demon blood, triggering a vision of a Mountain Giant Ape destroying an immense Human Race Immortal City and granting him a wisp of fist intent.
• Qin Ming refined Giant Mi Azure Ape blood and deepened his understanding of the fist intent, approaching completion of the third transformation and the True Extremity Body.
• The Devouring Sky Rat explained that completing the transformation could lead to Vital Energy Core Formation, a realm equivalent to or stronger than the Human Race Golden Core Stage.
• Qin Ming challenged the Devouring Sky Rat about its knowledge of the Heavenly Demon Body Refining Art, and the rat claimed its clan had passed down some information and suggested the Azure-Faced Poisonous Flood Dragon might possess the later sections.

Qin Ming traveled to Thousand Leaf Island to find ghost creature corpses and pursue the Mystic Wraith Spirit Liquid, while reflecting on the importance of forming a high-grade Golden Core. After the Devouring Sky Rat revealed a hidden Demon Cave, five Foundation Establishment cultivators arrived, including someone Qin Ming recognized.

• Qin Ming set out for Thousand Leaf Island with his three Spirit Pets and resolved to obtain the Mystic Wraith Spirit Liquid.
• Qin Ming considered the risks and benefits of forming a Golden Core and the value of securing resources for a higher-grade core.
• Qin Ming reached the ruined Thousand Leaf Island and followed the Devouring Sky Rat to a desolate island in the southwest.
• The Devouring Sky Rat revealed the hidden entrance to a Demon Cave, which Qin Ming's divine sense had failed to detect.
• Qin Ming and the Devouring Sky Rat concealed themselves when five Foundation Establishment cultivators arrived, and Qin Ming recognized one of them.

Mo Lingwei led Yuan Feng and other Myriad Souls Valley Demonic Cultivators into the Demon Cave to seek the Blood Bone Demon Lord's inheritance and the Celestial Corpse Pearl. As the group fought a powerful Black Iron Zombie, Mo Lingwei betrayed Yuan Feng, but Qin Ming and the Devouring Sky Rat watched from hiding as the battle remained unresolved.

• Qin Ming recognized Mo Lingwei and Old Mo arriving with three Demonic Cultivators, who entered the Demon Cave after she revealed its hidden entrance.
• Qin Ming followed Mo Lingwei's group into a cavern where they fought a second-order late stage Black Iron Zombie among ghosts and corpses.
• Yuan Feng demanded to know why Mo Lingwei had failed to warn them about the powerful zombie, and she claimed it had grown stronger since her previous visit.
• Mo Lingwei used the Celestial Corpse Pearl to empower the Black Iron Zombie, then struck Yuan Feng with her Spirit Sword and severed his arm.
• Yuan Feng survived the attack with the protection of inner armor, while Qin Ming and the Devouring Sky Rat watched from hiding as the zombie threatened everyone in the cavern.

Mo Lingwei fought Yuan Feng and his summoned Nether Abyss Demon until Long Taoist arrived and Qin Ming revealed his overwhelming strength. Qin Ming killed the demon, collected its core and corpse, then began searching Yuan Feng’s soul.

• Mo Lingwei controlled the Black Iron Zombie against Yuan Feng, who summoned a Nether Abyss Demon with a blood-sacrifice secret art.
• The Nether Abyss Demon struck down the Black Iron Zombie and Old Mo, while two Myriad Souls Valley disciples fled and were killed by Qin Ming and the Devouring Sky Rat.
• Qin Ming transformed into Long Taoist and entered the cave, where Mo Lingwei recognized him as Senior Long.
• Long Taoist caught the Nether Abyss Demon’s attack, crushed its fist, and then beat it to death with his bare hands.
• Qin Ming stored the demon’s core and corpse, then used a cruel soul-searching art on Yuan Feng.

Qin Ming defeated the demonic cultivators in the Demon Cave and discovered that the Celestial Corpse Pearl opened a hidden chamber where the Blood Curse Demon Vine had once been sealed. Inside, he found Zhao Wuyang’s corpse and a disappointing Storage Bag, leaving him to inspect its remaining contents.

• Qin Ming learned from Yuan Feng that demonic cultivators were searching for the Blood Bone Demon Lord’s inheritance and that Mo Lingwei had been coerced into Myriad Souls Valley.
• Qin Ming knocked out Mo Lingwei and Old Mo, healed Old Mo, killed the Black Iron Zombie, and collected ghost-creature remains from the Demon Cave.
• The Celestial Corpse Pearl led Qin Ming to a hidden chamber, which he opened and entered with the Devouring Sky Rat.
• Qin Ming found six withered Blood Curse Demon Vine seeds and the dried corpse of Zhao Wuyang, then took Zhao Wuyang’s Storage Bag.
• Qin Ming discovered that the Storage Bag held few valuables and turned his attention to several bottles and jars.

Qin Ming searched the stone chamber and found rare spirit seeds and Mountain Giant Ape essence blood, then left the Demon Cave and met Li Yuanqing on his way to Moon Gazing Island. Li Yuanqing warned him that the Six Demonic Sects were active near the Spirit Rest Archipelago, unaware that Qin Ming had already dealt with the infiltrators.

• Qin Ming discovered rare second-tier spirit seeds and, with the Devouring Sky Rat’s help, opened a jade bottle containing the essence blood of a second-tier perfected Mountain Giant Ape.
• Qin Ming collected the chamber’s remaining demon beast essence blood, burned Zhao Wuyang’s corpse and the rotten demonic seeds, and sealed the stone chamber again.
• Qin Ming returned the Celestial Corpse Pearl to Mo Lingwei and left the Demon Cave with the Devouring Sky Rat.
• Mo Lingwei woke, checked that she was unharmed, and decided with Old Mo to return to Myriad Souls Valley.
• Qin Ming met Li Yuanqing, who told him that cultivators of the Six Demonic Sects were active near the Spirit Rest Archipelago and advised him to be cautious.
• Qin Ming sold Li Yuanqing the medicinal pills he had taken from the Marauder Cultivators at Fangcun Mountain Market District.

Qin Ming refined the Mountain Giant Ape essence blood, completed the third transformation of True Astral Transformation, and reached the True Extremity Body. He planned a journey to the Liang Kingdom’s Profound Stream Valley and promised to seek pills that could restore the Devouring Sky Rat’s cultivation.

• Qin Ming swallowed the Tier 2 peak Mountain Giant Ape essence blood, and its beast soul merged with his Vital Energy True Force after encountering the Mountain Giant Ape in the Hundred Beasts Visualization Diagram.
• Qin Ming completed the third transformation of True Astral Transformation and manifested the Mountain Giant Ape’s Shattered Star divine ability.
• Qin Ming’s body reached major completion in the Foundation Establishment section of the Heavenly Demon Body Refining Art, becoming the True Extremity Body.
• Qin Ming decided to pursue the later techniques of the Heavenly Demon Body Refining Art and prepare for a journey to Profound Stream Valley in the Liang Kingdom.
• After the Devouring Sky Rat reported that a Spirit Transformation Fruit could no longer restore its Tier 3 cultivation, Qin Ming offered to seek a restorative pill formula in the Liang Kingdom.

Qin Ming harvested his Spirit Rice, entrusted Wu Jiang with Moon Gazing Island, and set out for Liang Kingdom to pursue the Pill Pagoda’s Core Formation Pill recipe. He arrived at Azure Sea Immortal City in disguise and went to Mirror Snow Pavilion, where Pavilion Master Gu welcomed him upstairs.

• Qin Ming sold his surplus Spirit Rice through Wu Jiang and asked him to watch over Moon Gazing Island during his absence.
• Qin Ming accelerated the Threefold Crimson Soulgrass with a Leaf of Spacetime Affix, harvested two stalks, and brought his Yin-Yang Mystic Vine and three spirit beasts along.
• Qin Ming left Moon Gazing Island and learned that the Devouring Sky Rat had grown up in Liang Kingdom before reaching the third rank.
• Qin Ming rode to Azure Sea Immortal City, disguised himself as Long Taoist, and entered the city amid cultivators’ recognition of his reputation.
• Qin Ming demanded to see the Pavilion Master at Mirror Snow Pavilion, and Pavilion Master Gu invited him upstairs.

Qin Ming traveled from Wei Kingdom to Liang Kingdom aboard a Mirror Snow Pavilion merchant ship and entered Ink Abyss Immortal City to gather information. He learned that Profound Stream Valley’s disciple selection had already been registered a year earlier, thwarting his plan to infiltrate the sect with the True Demon Illusion.

• Gu Qingzhao agreed to let Long Taoist, Qin Ming in disguise, travel to Liang Kingdom aboard Mirror Snow Pavilion’s merchant ship without paying a fare.
• Qin Ming boarded the Dharma Boat with Huangfu Qi, and the ship reached Liang Kingdom after half a month, weathering demon-beast attacks and law-enforcement inspections.
• Qin Ming disembarked at Ink Abyss Immortal City, entered after paying the gate fee, and rented an expensive cave dwelling near the Core Zone.
• Qin Ming discovered that Profound Stream Valley’s Pill Pagoda selection applicants had been registered a year earlier and faced strict identity checks, derailing his plan to infiltrate the sect using the True Demon Illusion.

Qin Ming learned that Profound Stream Valley was recruiting Guest Elders and decided to infiltrate the sect under another identity. After impersonating the slain Spirit Planter Yu Changqing, he applied and emerged with a Guest Elder token, surprising his rival Di Shan.

• Qin Ming heard that Profound Stream Valley required Guest Elder applicants to have Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivation or a Tier 2 Hundred Cultivation Art, and resolved to enter under a false identity.
• Qin Ming found Yu Changqing killed by Marauder Cultivators, defeated them, and used a secret method to obtain Yu Changqing's memories and identity.
• Three months later, Qin Ming arrived at Profound Stream Valley during its disciple selection and Guest Elder recruitment.
• Di Shan mocked Qin Ming, believing Yu Changqing's Tier 2 low-grade Spirit Planter skills would not pass the evaluation.
• Qin Ming quickly left the interview holding a Guest Elder token, leaving Di Shan stunned.

Disguised as Yu Changqing, Qin Ming joined Profound Stream Valley as a Guest Elder and was assigned to Jade Bamboo Forest. He settled in while investigating where the Core Formation Pill formula might be kept, then received a demanding yearly tribute that he intended to fake completing.

• Elder Xu Shanzhong welcomed the new Guest Elders and assigned Qin Ming to Jade Bamboo Forest and Di Shan to nearby Mist Pine Ridge.
• Yan Ruyan showed Qin Ming his residence, but he sent her away without a reward, leaving her disgruntled.
• Qin Ming examined Profound Stream Valley’s map and identified three forbidden areas as possible places to find the Core Formation Pill formula; he rejected the Devouring Sky Rat’s plan to investigate them immediately.
• Qin Ming settled into Jade Bamboo Forest as Yu Changqing while Fang Han became Gongsun Yang’s disciple after clearing the Pill Pagoda’s seventh floor.
• Qin Ming read his yearly Spirit Plant tribute requirements and decided to merely pretend to fulfill them.

Two months after joining Profound Stream Valley, Qin Ming continued to conceal his intentions while the sect watched him and the other Guest Elders. He finally posted a task to recruit disciples for his Jade Bamboo Forest, then went to the Law Transmission Pavilion to gather information.

• Qin Ming reflected on the Core Formation Pill monopoly and kept up the appearance of studying spirit plants while Profound Stream Valley monitored him.
• Di Shan visited Qin Ming, mocked him for not planting anything, and left after Qin Ming rebuffed him.
• Elder Xu heard that the Guest Elders were behaving normally and ordered his subordinate to keep watching Yu Changqing.
• Qin Ming posted a task offering Contribution Points and Spirit Stones to recruit disciples to plant Amethyst Crystal Rice for a year.
• Qin Ming went to the Law Transmission Pavilion, where an elderly man explained its entry rules and cultivation technique fees.

Qin Ming searched Profound Stream Valley for a Core Formation Pill formula, then discovered it was kept in the Scripture Repository under Golden Core Ancestor Wan’s protection. He decided to strengthen the Devouring Sky Rat with a Zhurong Pill before attempting to steal a copy.

• Qin Ming sent the Devouring Sky Rat into the upper floors of the Law Transmission Pavilion, but it found no Core Formation Pill formula.
• Yan Ruyan accepted Qin Ming’s Spirit Planting mission and spent more than half a year growing Amethyst Crystal Rice in Jade Bamboo Forest.
• Qin Ming completed his own Guest Elder planting mission and learned that the Core Formation Pill formula was in the Scripture Repository on Falling Cloud Peak.
• Qin Ming obtained the Zhurong Pill formula from a Pseudo-Core Ancestor of Red Haze Peak using the Great Dream Demon Art.
• The Devouring Sky Rat claimed it could evade Ancestor Wan and copy the formula at full strength, so Qin Ming set out to buy the materials needed to refine the Zhurong Pill.

Qin Ming gathered the Tier 3 materials needed for the Zhurong Pill and succeeded in refining three pills, reaching Tier 3 Alchemy Grandmaster. The pills restored the Devouring Sky Rat to peak Tier 3 Early Stage, giving Qin Ming a powerful new ally as unrest spread through Liang Kingdom.

• Qin Ming left Profound Stream Valley, disguised himself as Long Taoist, and learned that demon beasts had recently attacked Ink Abyss Immortal City.
• Qin Ming bought the required Tier 3 Spirit Materials from Aunt Long at Mirror Snow Pavilion and left the city to refine pills in a secluded cliffside cave.
• Qin Ming endured dozens of failed attempts before refining three low-grade Tier 3 Zhurong Pills.
• Qin Ming gave one Zhurong Pill each to the Devouring Sky Rat, Mystic Water Crocodile, and Silverwing Frosthawk.
• The Devouring Sky Rat recovered its strength and reached peak Tier 3 Early Stage, then pledged its loyalty to Qin Ming.