Recaps

Gu Qingzhao survived her Golden Core tribulation and celebrated her breakthrough with Qin Ming and the cultivators of Azure Sea Immortal City. After the ceremony, Qin Ming asked her to look after Moon Gazing Island while he traveled to the Great Jin Immortal Dynasty, and she fell silent at the news.

• Gu Qingzhao passed nine layers of Golden Core lightning tribulation and began consolidating her cultivation as a Golden Core Adept.
• Qin Ming and Nalan Xi congratulated Gu Qingzhao, and Qin Ming stayed in Azure Sea Immortal City while she completed her seclusion.
• Mirror Snow Pavilion held Gu Qingzhao's Golden Core ceremony, where Qin Ming presented her with a bottle of Dustfall Pills and a Longevity Fruit Pill.
• Qin Ming met Gu Qinghe, Mirror Snow Pavilion's chief pavilion master, and exchanged friendly greetings with him.
• Qin Ming told Gu Qingzhao he planned to travel through the Great Jin Immortal Dynasty and asked her to look after Moon Gazing Island while he was away; Gu Qingzhao fell silent.

Qin Ming prepared to leave the Southern Wasteland for Great Jin, traveling incognito aboard a Qilian Merchant Guild ship instead of using Li Fire Palace’s teleportation array. The ship sailed across the Black Sea toward Kirin Island, where the travelers could continue to Great Jin by teleportation array.

• Gu Qingzhao asked Qin Ming whether he planned to find a Dao companion, and he said he was focused on reaching the Golden Core Late Stage.
• Gu Qingzhao offered to help protect Moon Gazing Island and arranged an introduction to the Qi Lian Trading Company for Qin Ming’s journey.
• Qin Ming returned to Moon Gazing Island, gave Wu Jiang and the others instructions, and then flew to Gathering Immortals City under an assumed identity.
• Qin Ming boarded the Qilian Merchant Guild’s Abyss Crossing Dharma Ship as Manager Lu and befriended Han Yuan, Gao Feng, and Liu Ye with Jade Scale Wine.
• Han Yuan explained that the ship would sail across the Black Sea to Kirin Island, where the group could use a teleportation array to reach Great Jin.

After more than half a year crossing the dangerous Black Sea, Qin Ming arrived at Kirin Island with the Qi Lian Trading Company’s Abyss Crossing Dharma Ship. He discovered that the island was a barren but resource-rich stronghold of Li Fire Palace, and entered its protected marketplace.

• Qin Ming reflected on the dangers of the voyage, including a near encounter with a school of Blood Sea Frenzy Sharks, while continuing to cultivate and farm during the crossing.
• The ship entered Spirit Severing Ghostly Mist, and Qin Ming’s divine sense was swallowed when he tried to probe it; Han Yuan warned him never to use divine sense in the mist and gave him Gale Dew Pills.
• Several days later, the ship emerged from the ghostly mist, and Han Yuan, Liu Ye, and Gao Feng welcomed their arrival at Kirin Island.
• At the harbor, Li Fire Palace cultivators checked the passengers’ identities and Sacred Fire Tokens before Qin Ming went ashore and sensed the island’s Tier 3 High-Grade fire-attribute Spirit Vein.
• Gao Feng explained that Kirin Island’s Kirin Jade Crystal and other resources made it valuable to Li Fire Palace, and Qin Ming entered the island’s marketplace beneath its Protective Grand Array.

Qin Ming and the Myriad Paths Trading Alliance group encountered Hua Tianxiong, who extorted them and harassed Liu Ye before Li Fire Palace cultivators intervened. After Han Yuan explained Hua’s influence and background, Qin Ming and the others paid to use the teleportation array and departed Kirin Island.

• Qin Ming and the others saw Hua Tianxiong’s men beat a mining slave and seize his spirit minerals over unpaid stall fees.
• Hua Tianxiong demanded an extra two thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones from Qin Ming’s group to use the teleportation array, then pressured Liu Ye to visit his cave dwelling.
• A Li Fire Palace cultivator arrived and ordered Qin Ming’s group to leave, and they hurried away from Blackrock Market.
• Han Yuan told Qin Ming that Hua Tianxiong led Thousand Machines Commerce, controlled Kirin Island’s mining operations, and had risen to power with Li Fire Palace’s backing.
• Qin Ming observed that Hua Tianxiong’s unstable magic power, accumulated pill toxins, and weak foundation undermined his apparent Golden Core cultivation.
• Qin Ming and the others paid five hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones and teleported away from Kirin Island.

Qin Ming arrived in the Great Jin Immortal Cultivation World and learned that Li Fire Palace and Divine Path Mountain had ended their war in a ceasefire. He reached Spirit Ruins Market District under his Manager Lu identity and began getting acquainted with the region.

• Qin Ming and the others recovered from long-distance teleportation and were welcomed by Steward Liang at Li Fire Palace’s hidden array.
• Han Yuan and Gao Feng gave Qin Ming directions and a map, and Gao Feng explained that Li Fire Palace and Divine Path Mountain had agreed to a ceasefire at Five Elements Mountain two years earlier.
• Qin Ming learned that both sides’ Nascent Soul leaders had been seriously injured and decided to gather more information while keeping his Manager Lu identity intact.
• Qin Ming discovered that Spirit Ruins Market District lay near Five Elements Mountain and planned to acclimate himself there before making further plans.
• Two days later, Qin Ming shared a welcome feast with Han Yuan, Gao Feng, and Liu Ye at Wind Riding Pavilion in Spirit Ruins Market District.

Qin Ming bought intelligence from Thousand Machines Pavilion and learned about Great Jin’s powerful factions, the conflict over Five Elements Mountain, and Su Yuqing’s hidden family origins. He left with a clearer sense of the dangers in Great Jin and an unexpected lead on his friend’s past.

• Qin Ming parted with Han Yuan and the others, then visited Thousand Machines Pavilion to purchase intelligence on Great Jin.
• Manager Wei showed Qin Ming reports identifying Li Fire Palace, the Myriad Paths Trading Alliance, and Divine Path Mountain as Great Jin’s three Nascent Soul powers, with the Yin Demon Sect suspected of supporting Divine Path Mountain.
• Qin Ming studied a detailed map and learned that Li Fire Palace and Divine Path Mountain had agreed to jointly develop Five Elements Mountain’s Tier 4 Spirit Vein, while the Myriad Paths Trading Alliance gained market rights as mediator.
• Qin Ming discovered that Su Yuqing came from the Su Family of Dragon Court Lake, one of the four great Golden Core families descended from Li Fire Palace.

Qin Ming bought intelligence, took up his new post as Manager Lu at Mirror Snow Pavilion, and learned about a major auction planned for three months later. He crafted a Black Talisman to control a puppet, then recognized a familiar cultivator arriving in a lavish carriage in Spirit Ruins Market District.

• Qin Ming bought several intelligence reports from Manager Wei for two thousand six hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones and received two additional reports.
• Qin Ming presented Gu Qingzhao's token and letter at Mirror Snow Pavilion, where Jia Heyi and the staff recognized him as their new manager.
• Qin Ming told Jia Heyi to continue handling the shop's affairs and learned that Five Blessings Auction House would hold a large auction in three months.
• Qin Ming crafted a Black Talisman using corpses of Golden Core Stage cultivators and planned to use it to control a puppet who could act for him.
• Qin Ming watched a lavish Golden Luan Carriage disrupt the street and recognized the cultivator riding inside.

Qin Ming used a rare soul pellet to lure Hua Tianxiong away from Thousand Machines Pavilion. Hua Tianxiong caught up with him beyond Spirit Ruins Market District, where Qin Ming revealed that his cultivation was at Golden Core Middle Stage.

• Qin Ming disguised himself as a Foundation Establishment cultivator and brought a late third-rank soul pellet to Thousand Machines Pavilion.
• Hua Tianxiong examined the soul pellet and tried to buy it, but Qin Ming insisted on exchanging it for a Core Formation spiritual item.
• Qin Ming left the market district, and Hua Tianxiong pursued him after ordering Manager Wei to summon the pavilion's Golden Core Stage consecrated cultivators.
• Hua Tianxiong caught up with Qin Ming near a mountain range and demanded the soul pellet at a reduced price.
• Qin Ming remained calm and released Golden Core Middle Stage Spiritual Pressure.

Qin Ming captured Hua Tianxiong and used a Black Talisman to force him into submission, then sent him back to his men with orders to attend the Five Elements Mountain trade fair in three months. Hua Tianxiong returned to Thousand Machines Pavilion’s search party and took his fury out on Manager Wei.

• Qin Ming overpowered Hua Tianxiong and transported him into the Lesser Spirit Realm, where three Tier 3 Demon Kings surrounded him.
• Qin Ming used the Black Talisman to extract Hua Tianxiong’s memories and bind his life to Qin Ming’s commands.
• Qin Ming revealed that he had been posing as Manager Lu and ordered Hua Tianxiong to act normally and attend the Five Elements Mountain trade fair in three months.
• Qin Ming sent Hua Tianxiong back to the mountain range, where Manager Wei and Envoy Xiao had been searching for him.
• Hua Tianxiong angrily slapped Manager Wei, knocking him away and spraying blood from his mouth.

Qin Ming took control of Hua Tianxiong and, three months later, traveled to Five Elements Mountain for the Five Blessings Trade Fair. At the auction house, he presented Du Xue with a large collection of high-rank demonic items to consign.

• Qin Ming realized Elder Qian had taken most of Thousand Machines Commerce's valuable goods, but he used the Black Talisman to control Hua Tianxiong and monitor his thoughts.
• Hua Tianxiong returned to Thousand Machines Pavilion and obeyed Qin Ming's warning to maintain his usual behavior, lamenting that he had become a puppet for both Elder Qian and Manager Lu.
• Three months later, Qin Ming asked Jia Heyi to look after Mirror Snow Pavilion and left for Five Elements Mountain, while Hua Tianxiong led Thousand Machines Commerce there for the trade fair.
• Qin Ming entered the Five Blessings Auction House with an invitation and met Du Xue, who approached him after failing to secure any consignments.
• Qin Ming showed Du Xue a large assortment of high-rank demonic pills, artifacts, techniques, and materials, then explained that he was Manager Lu of Mirror Snow Pavilion and had acquired them elsewhere.

Qin Ming consigned valuable items to the Five Blessings Auction House and learned that its upcoming auction would feature a Core Formation Pill and a Nascent Soul Material. After Hua Tianxiong arrived at the Wind Riding Pavilion and noticed him, the chapter left their encounter unresolved.

• Qin Ming signed an agreement for the Five Blessings Auction House to sell his items and received a VIP invitation to the auction in three days.
• Qin Ming met Han Yuan, Liu Ye, Gao Feng, Old Xie, and Ma Yu at the Wind Riding Pavilion.
• Ma Yu revealed that Elder Jin Han would preside over the auction, which would feature a Core Formation Pill and a Nascent Soul Material.
• Qin Ming decided he would secretly use Hua Tianxiong to bid for the Nascent Soul Material.
• Hua Tianxiong arrived at the Wind Riding Pavilion, spotted Qin Ming, and continued upstairs without acknowledging him.

Qin Ming attended the Five Blessings Auction at Five Elements Mountain, where Du Xue thanked him for helping secure a major consignment and Elder Jin Han opened the bidding. Qin Ming told Hua Tianxiong to buy an important item for him at any price, and the auction’s second offering was identified by two Demonic Cultivators as their sect elder’s renamed treasure.

• Three days after the wine-table gathering, cultivators from across the region arrived at Five Elements Mountain for the auction under the Myriad Paths Trading Alliance’s protection.
• Du Xue escorted Qin Ming to a private room, thanked him for securing a consignment order, and invited him to dinner, but he declined.
• Elder Jin Han opened the auction with three drops of Mystic Wraith Spirit Liquid, which sold to a Foundation Establishment family for eight thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Qin Ming contacted Hua Tianxiong through the Black Talisman and ordered him to bid on a later item at any cost, leaving Hua Tianxiong worried about paying for it.
• Elder Jin Han presented the Seven Fiends Mystic Feather Fan, and two Demonic Cultivators recognized it as Elder Yang Jian’s Black Flame Devil Feather Fan.

At the Five Blessings Auction House, Qin Ming watched rare pills and treasures spark fierce bidding, until the Seven Aperture Tribulation Flower appeared as a finale item. He recognized the Spirit Plant and focused intently on the auction as the chapter ended.

• A Golden Core Demonic Cultivator won Elder Yang's Black Smoke Fiend Feather Fan after a heated bidding war.
• The auction sold fifteen Foundation Establishment Pills and several dozen second-tier treasures.
• Elder Jin Han presented a Dustfall Pill refined by Su Yuqing, and a Golden Core family from Great Jin won it after Elder Jin stopped Old Ghost Yan and Blood Refinement Old Freak from disrupting the auction.
• The auctioned Core Formation Pill drew frantic bids from family factions seeking a chance to produce a Golden Core Cultivator.
• Elder Jin Han unveiled the Seven Aperture Tribulation Flower, which a Golden Core Middle Stage yellow-robed old man recognized as a Nascent Soul Material, while Qin Ming watched with intense interest.

Qin Ming ordered Hua Tianxiong to secure the Seven Aperture Tribulation Flower, and Hua won it after a fierce auction by raising his bid to two hundred thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones. He openly defied a Golden Core elder of the Yin Demon Sect, who left threatening revenge.

• Elder Jin explained that the seven-hundred-year Seven Aperture Tribulation Flower could not yet refine the Ice Heart Jade Soul Pill but could benefit Golden Core cultivators and be cultivated further.
• Qin Ming told Hua Tianxiong through the Black Talisman to obtain the flower at all costs.
• Bidding drove the flower's price from fifty thousand to ninety thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones before Hua Tianxiong raised it to one hundred and twenty thousand.
• A black-hatted Golden Core cultivator from the Yin Demon Sect bid against Hua and asked him to yield in exchange for the sect's favor.
• Hua Tianxiong rejected the threat, bid two hundred thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, and won the flower after the Yin Demon Sect cultivator withdrew.

Qin Ming had Hua Tianxiong secure several auction items before deciding to bid for a spirit field on a branch of a fourth-order Spirit Vein behind Five Elements Mountain. He submitted a sealed bid in the name of Mirror Snow Pavilion, and the auction’s result remained unknown.

• Hua Tianxiong secured the Seven Aperture Tribulation Flower for Qin Ming, who told him to be ready to bid on more items.
• Qin Ming had Hua Tianxiong win an ancient Divine Wood Pill formula as the auction’s final lots began.
• Elder Jin Han announced the sale of two hundred mu of Tier 3 High-Grade Spirit Fields, including ten mu with a Tier 3 Supreme-Grade Spirit Vein environment.
• Qin Ming decided the spirit field would be a useful base in Great Jin and chose to bid for it through Mirror Snow Pavilion.
• Qin Ming submitted a sealed bid of six hundred jin of Jade Emperor Spirit Rice and three hundred thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.

Qin Ming’s Mirror Snow Pavilion won the two hundred mu of fourth-rank spirit fields, and he collected the land deed and the proceeds from the auction. Meanwhile, Tian Wugong and Old Demon Yan prepared to kill Hua Tianxiong so Tian Wugong could obtain a Seven Aperture Tribulation Flower for his breakthrough.

• Elder Jin Han announced that Mirror Snow Pavilion had won the two hundred mu of spirit fields, surprising the auction hall and making the pavilion famous.
• Qin Ming accepted congratulations from Han Yuan, Gao Feng, and Liu Ye before meeting Elder Jin Han, who praised the pavilion’s Jade Emperor Spirit Rice and handed over the land deed, token, and remaining Spirit Stones.
• Qin Ming left the auction house and contacted Hua Tianxiong, who departed the market district in a Golden Luan Carriage with attendants and a Golden Core retainer.
• Tian Wugong and Old Demon Yan watched Hua Tianxiong’s movements from concealment, and Tian Wugong explained that he needed the Seven Aperture Tribulation Flower and living souls to overcome the heart-demon interference in his cultivation.

Qin Ming rescued Hua Tianxiong from two Yin Demon Sect cultivators, killed Old Demon Yan and Tian Wugong, and obtained the Seven Aperture Tribulation Flower and Divine Wood Pill Formula. After giving the Vermillion Bird Banner to the Devouring Sky Rat, Qin Ming planned to visit Su Yuqing and learned the banner could lead to the other four Five Elements Flags.

• Tian Wugong and Old Demon Yan ambushed Hua Tianxiong, but Qin Ming summoned him to a mountain range and hid him in the Lesser Spirit Realm.
• Qin Ming disguised himself as Hua Tianxiong, wounded Tian Wugong with the Netherworld White Bone Sword, and let the Devouring Sky Rat kill Old Demon Yan with the Vermillion Bird Banner.
• Qin Ming killed Tian Wugong, took the two cultivators’ Storage Bags, and reclaimed the Seven Aperture Tribulation Flower and Divine Wood Pill Formula from Hua Tianxiong.
• The Devouring Sky Rat asked to keep the Vermillion Bird Banner, and Qin Ming agreed; Hua Tianxiong returned to Consecrated Xu and claimed he had dealt with the ambush.
• Qin Ming examined the pill formula and the captured treasures, then learned that the Devouring Sky Rat had deciphered the banner and found methods for refining the other four Five Elements Flags.

Qin Ming established Mirror Snow Pavilion’s operations on the Spirit Fields he purchased at Five Elements Mountain, organizing defenses and planting crops despite the nearby threat of demonic beasts. He assigned the Devouring Sky Rat to patrol the mountains, and it set off proudly the next day.

• Qin Ming told Jia Heyi that he had bought two hundred mu of Spirit Fields on a Tier 4 Branch Spirit Vein and ordered him to recruit workers for the move.
• Jia Heyi recruited several dozen Spirit Farmers and several Tier 2 Spirit Planters, and Qin Ming brought them to the new Spirit Fields, where they found signs of demonic beasts near the Beast Cry Mountain Range.
• Qin Ming had Mirror Snow Pavilion build facilities and install a Tier 3 Low-Grade Array, then planted Dragon Vein Grass and Star Epiphyllum in his core plot.
• Qin Ming assigned Li Lan to cultivate Spirit Rest Rice across one hundred mu and gave her a jade slip with planting instructions.
• Qin Ming ordered the Devouring Sky Rat to patrol the nearby mountains, threatening to take back its Vermillion Bird Banner when it objected.
• The Devouring Sky Rat marched along a Five Elements Mountain forest path with a steel fork, bronze gong, and Vermillion Bird Command Banner, frightening nearby demonic beasts away.

The Myriad Paths Trading Alliance declined to consider Mirror Snow Pavilion for membership, while cultivators doubted it could manage its new spirit fields. After cultivating the Seven Aperture Tribulation Flower, Qin Ming obtained an Infant Condensation Pill Formula and began preparing to gather its materials, leaving with plans to visit Su Yuqing.

• Elder Jin and the other officials decided to approach three other firms instead of inviting Mirror Snow Pavilion into the Myriad Paths Trading Alliance.
• Cultivators discussed Mirror Snow Pavilion's purchase of the Tier 4 Branch Lineage Spirit Field and rumors that the Yin Demon Sect's people had vanished after the Five Blessings Auction.
• Several months later, Spirit Farmers cultivated Mirror Snow Pavilion's two hundred mu of fields as Qin Ming's Star Epiphyllum and Dragon Vein Grass sprouted with new affixes.
• Qin Ming accelerated the Seven Aperture Tribulation Flower's growth to three thousand years, harvested it, and gained the Nascent Soul Pill Formula affix.
• Qin Ming learned the materials required for the Infant Condensation Pill and instructed Hua Tianxiong to secretly seek materials, Spirit Seeds, and information for it and the Divine Wood Pill.
• Qin Ming decided to find an opportunity to visit the Dragon Court Lake Su Family in Central Continent and see Su Yuqing.

Qin Ming arranged for Li Lan and the Devouring Sky Rat to guard his Spirit Fields while he traveled to Central Continent to visit an old acquaintance. He used the Myriad Paths Trading Alliance’s teleportation formation and arrived at Li Tian Immortal City.

• Qin Ming told Li Lan to water the Spirit Fields every two days while he was away.
• Qin Ming found the Devouring Sky Rat asleep on patrol, then ordered it to guard the Spirit Fields for the next few days.
• Qin Ming traveled to Five Elements Mountain Market District and asked Han Yuan, Liu Ye, and Gao Feng to use the teleportation formation.
• Qin Ming paid Liu Ye three thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones and received a Teleportation Token for travel to Li Tian Immortal City.
• Qin Ming arrived in Li Tian Immortal City, where a middle-aged Foundation Establishment cultivator welcomed him.

Qin Ming traveled through Li Tian Immortal City and continued north to Dragon Court Lake to reunite with Su Yuqing. Su Yuqing welcomed him into his secluded cave abode, where they began to catch up.

• Qin Ming explored Li Tian Immortal City, watched cultivators bid on a Moon Essence Pill refined by Su Yuqing, and then left the city.
• Qin Ming flew north toward Dragon Court Lake and sent Su Yuqing a message announcing his arrival.
• Su Yuqing declined an invitation to the Liao Family’s birthday banquet, then hurried out after reading Qin Ming’s message.
• Qin Ming and Su Yuqing reunited outside Dragon Court Lake and remarked on how much time had passed and how Qin Ming had grown stronger.
• Su Yuqing led Qin Ming through the Su Clan’s restrictions to his secluded cave abode, where they brewed tea and began talking.

Qin Ming met Su Yuqing to discuss Great Jin’s factional struggles and ask for help with ancient pill formulas. Su Yuqing shared a Nascent Soul Pill Formula, and the chapter ended with him stunned when Qin Ming revealed that he had one too.

• Su Yuqing told Qin Ming that Li Fire Palace had sent him away during a struggle among subordinate clans, and that Great Jin’s limited resources fueled conflict between powerful sects.
• Su Yuqing praised Qin Ming for obtaining the Core Formation Pill Formula and breaking through to the Golden Core Stage; Qin Ming revealed his Manager Lu disguise and confirmed he had acquired the Divine Wood Pill Formula and a Tier 4 spirit field.
• Su Yuqing examined the Divine Wood Pill Formula, identified possible substitute ingredients, and agreed to study it further.
• Su Yuqing gave Qin Ming a Nascent Soul Pill Formula that required a low-grade Tier 4 water-attributed dragon inner core; Qin Ming showed him a late Tier 3 poisonous dragon inner core, which was insufficient.
• Qin Ming gave Su Yuqing his own Nascent Soul Pill Formula to examine, leaving Su Yuqing staring at him in shock.

Qin Ming gave Su Yuqing a Nascent Soul Pill Formula, and Su Yuqing promised to study it and refine pills from Qin Ming’s Ghost King soul pills. After exchanging pillcraft knowledge and warnings about the Yin Demon Sect’s ties to Divine Path Mountain, Qin Ming left Dragon Court Lake with their friendship and alliance strengthened.

• Su Yuqing recognized Qin Ming’s Nascent Soul Pill Formula as a closely guarded orthodox formula and agreed to study it for several months.
• Qin Ming showed Su Yuqing two Ghost King soul pills, and Su Yuqing offered to refine them into Soul Stabilizing Pills in exchange for two pills.
• Su Yuqing gave Qin Ming the Source Dao Pill Scripture, containing his pill-refinement insights and This Clan’s fourth-tier inheritance, and Qin Ming accepted it.
• Qin Ming and Su Yuqing exchanged pillcraft knowledge for two days before Qin Ming gave Su Yuqing a thousand jin of third-tier Jade Emperor Spirit Rice and prepared to leave.
• Su Yuqing warned Qin Ming about Divine Path Mountain’s support from the Yin Demon Sect, and Qin Ming shared jade slips containing correspondence between the two forces.
• Su Yuqing recognized the intelligence as important, and Qin Ming departed Dragon Court Lake for Five Elements Mountain.

After Qin Ming left to sell the Yin Demon Sect spoils, a mysterious beast began stealing and eating Spirit Herbs from his field. The Devouring Sky Rat caught a snow-white silver fox, which begged it to spare its life.

• Qin Ming transformed into Long Taoist and headed to a Black Market near Li Tian Immortal City to dispose of his spoils.
• The Devouring Sky Rat patrolled the Beast Cry Mountain Range, but Jia Heyi and Li Lan discovered that more than ten of Qin Ming's Spirit Herbs had been eaten.
• The Devouring Sky Rat concealed itself near the Spirit Field, yet watched more herbs disappear without seeing the thief.
• The Devouring Sky Rat knocked Li Lan and the Spirit Farmers unconscious, sealed the field with Forbidden Severing Dark Light, and attacked the unseen intruder.
• A snow-white Demon Beast broke through the dark barrier with its Demon Core, but the Devouring Sky Rat wounded and caught it.
• The Devouring Sky Rat found that its captive was a silver fox, and the fox pleaded with it to spare her life.

The Devouring Sky Rat captured a silver fox who had stolen spirit herbs to treat her injured mother and learned that the Silver Moon Sky Fox clan had been ambushed amid the Beast Cry Mountain Range’s turmoil. Qin Ming returned to find his Spirit Field damaged, then followed the Devouring Sky Rat to its cave, where the bound fox feared what the human cultivator would do to her.

• The Devouring Sky Rat caught the silver fox stealing spirit herbs, questioned her, and learned she was from the Silver Moon Sky Fox clan and needed medicine for her injured mother.
• The silver fox explained that the Wind-Rending Eagle clan’s Great Dark Sky Demon King had persuaded other clans to ambush the Silver Moon Sky Fox clan after the Azure-Faced Poisonous Flood Dragon died.
• The Devouring Sky Rat tied up the fox and took her to its cave, deciding to let Qin Ming determine her punishment.
• Qin Ming returned from the Black Market and found that demon beasts had eaten much of the Spirit Field’s plants, though the plants with refreshed Affixes were unharmed.
• After receiving the Devouring Sky Rat’s message, Qin Ming went to its cave and found the bound silver fox, who feared the human cultivator.