Recaps

Qin Ming spared a silver fox who had stolen his spirit medicine after she offered information about a Fourth-Order Spirit Fruit in exchange for help healing her mother. Bound by a Soul Restriction, she led Qin Ming and the Devouring Sky Rat to a hidden cavern, where they found her gravely injured mother lying on a White Jade Cold Bed.

• The Devouring Sky Rat explained that the silver fox had stolen Qin Ming’s spirit medicine and told him about the upheaval among the demon clans and her injured mother.
• Qin Ming spared the silver fox in exchange for two drops of blood essence, but she offered the location of a Fourth-Order Spirit Fruit if he would heal her mother.
• Qin Ming placed a Soul Restriction on the silver fox, and she agreed to lead him to her mother and the Spirit Fruit.
• The silver fox guided Qin Ming and the Devouring Sky Rat through the Beast Cry Mountain Range to a concealed cavern.
• Qin Ming and the Devouring Sky Rat found the silver fox’s mother lying on a White Jade Cold Bed above a cold pool.

Qin Ming refined a Li Yun Pill and used it to awaken Yue Lingyan, the Silver Moon Sky Fox whose injuries were caused by qi deviation. After revealing that she had witnessed him kill the Azure-Faced Poisonous Dragon, he began the next stage of treatment, leaving Yue Lingyan, her daughter, and the Devouring Sky Rat stunned by his request that she remove her clothing.

• Qin Ming examined the unconscious Palace Gown Woman, identified her qi-deviation injuries, and promised the Silver Fox he could save her.
• Qin Ming used his Spirit-Devouring Poison Flame to refine two Li Yun Pills, drawing on the Source Dao Pill Scripture.
• The Silver Fox gave Yue Lingyan a Li Yun Pill, which repaired her meridians and woke her.
• Yue Lingyan thanked Qin Ming, offered to help him obtain a Fourth-Order Spirit Fruit, and revealed she had witnessed him kill the Azure-Faced Poisonous Dragon.
• Qin Ming dispelled his illusion, and Yue Lingyan recognized him as the cultivator she had seen near the Beast Cry Mountain Range in Liang Kingdom.
• Qin Ming insisted on continuing Yue Lingyan's treatment and told her to remove her clothing, stunning her, the Silver Fox, and the Devouring Sky Rat.

Qin Ming healed Yue Lingyan, whose awakened spirit body nearly drained his spiritual power, then learned that the Fourth-Order Yin Infant Fruit he sought grew near a rare Earthly Spirit Spring. Yue Lingyan explained the dangers surrounding it and showed Qin Ming the Cloud Evading Gauze she had prepared to reach it.

• Qin Ming treated Yue Lingyan with the Four Seasons Divine Light, restoring her to the Great Perfection of the Third Grade and awakening her Nine-Petal Spirit Flower.
• Yue Lingyan's spirit body involuntarily absorbed Qin Ming's spiritual power, but Qin Ming used his Azure Emperor Wood Sovereign Physique to sever the connection and recover with a spiritual pill.
• Yue Lingyan thanked Qin Ming and confirmed that the Fourth-Order Spirit Fruit he sought was a Yin Infant Fruit nearing maturity.
• Yue Lingyan told Qin Ming that the fruit grew in a cave in the Beast Cry Mountain Range beside an Earthly Spirit Spring, amid poisonous miasma and Earth Fiend Yin Qi.
• Yue Lingyan showed Qin Ming the top-grade Third-Grade Cloud Evading Gauze she had refined to pass through those hazards.

Qin Ming and Yue Lingyan reached the hidden cavern where the Yin Infant Fruit grew and agreed on how to share its treasures. Yue Lingyan took the mature fruit, while Qin Ming planned to carry away the Spirit Plant and Earthly Spirit Spring and promised her one of the two fruits when they ripened.

• Qin Ming and Yue Lingyan entered the poisonous miasma beneath the Cloud Evading Gauze and flew toward the valley, while the Silver Fox and Devouring Sky Rat watched from the Lesser Spirit Realm.
• Qin Ming and Yue Lingyan passed through the dangerous Yin Sha Qi-filled cave and discovered the Yin Infant Fruit Tree beside an Earthly Spirit Spring.
• Qin Ming saw that one of the three Yin Infant Fruits was mature and asked Yue Lingyan how she wanted to divide them.
• Yue Lingyan offered Qin Ming the mature fruit in gratitude for saving her, but Qin Ming let her take it and asked to carry away the tree and spring.
• Qin Ming promised Yue Lingyan one of the other fruits after it ripened, and she accepted the arrangement.

After completing their bargain, Qin Ming took the Yin Infant Fruit Tree and Earthly Spirit Spring into his Lesser Spirit Realm and released Yue Lingyan’s daughter from their divine contract. Yue Lingyan began her attempt to break through to the fourth grade, while Qin Ming guarded her from afar as spiritual qi gathered above the valley.

• Yue Lingyan claimed the ripe Yin Infant Fruit, and Qin Ming used the Xumi Landscape Affix to move the fruit tree and Earthly Spirit Spring into his Lesser Spirit Realm.
• Qin Ming dissolved the divine contract binding the Silver Fox, and Yue'er thanked him.
• Yue Lingyan told Qin Ming she intended to break through to the fourth grade and asked him to guard her and take in Yue'er if she died; Qin Ming agreed and gave her a Li Yun Pill.
• Yue Lingyan sent Qin Ming and the two beasts outside, transformed into a three-tailed Silver Fox, and swallowed her prepared treasures and the Yin Infant Fruit.
• A vast spiritual cloud gathered above the waterfall over several days, and Qin Ming took Yue'er and the Devouring Sky Rat away and watched for danger.

Yue Lingyan endured the transformation lightning tribulation and became a Fourth-Order Demon Saint, while Qin Ming and her daughter watched. After thanking Qin Ming for his help, she gave him a Jade Talisman to contact her and invited him to visit the fox clan’s Dusk Cloud Mountain.

• The Devouring Sky Rat, Mystic Water Crocodile, and Silver-Winged Frost Bee killed the Ox Demon King and Black Scorpion Demon King when they approached Yue Lingyan’s breakthrough site.
• Qin Ming and his Spirit Pets watched as Yue Lingyan faced the transformation lightning tribulation, enduring sixteen bolts before using the Li Yun Pill to recover.
• Yue Lingyan survived the final two lightning bolts and completed her transformation into a Fourth-Order Demon Saint.
• Yue Lingyan thanked Qin Ming for saving her and credited his Li Yun Pill with helping her survive and break through.
• Qin Ming said he planned to return to Five Elements Mountain, and Yue Lingyan gave him a Jade Talisman and invited him to Dusk Cloud Mountain.

Qin Ming parted ways with Yue Lingyan after helping her advance to the fourth tier, then returned to Five Elements Mountain and resumed cultivating while preparing resources for himself and his spirit pets. The chapter left him tending the Yin Infant Fruit Tree and Earthly Spirit Spring as his plans for future pills and cultivation progressed.

• Qin Ming celebrated Yue Lingyan's breakthrough with a feast, then bid her farewell as she returned to settle matters with the Fox Clan's enemies.
• Qin Ming promised the Devouring Sky Rat pills made from two Demon Cores and materials for its Five Elements Command Flag, then returned to Five Elements Mountain.
• Qin Ming reassured Jia Heyi and Li Lan that they were not to blame for the earlier destruction of the Spirit Plants.
• Qin Ming resumed farming and cultivation while Hua Tianxiong gathered scarce materials through the Thousand Machines Commerce.
• Qin Ming refined six Beast Sovereign Pills from the Ox Demon King and Black Scorpion Demon King and distributed them among his three Spirit Pets.
• Qin Ming continued nurturing the Yin Infant Fruit Tree with the Earthly Spirit Spring while waiting for the remaining materials needed to refine the Infant Condensation Pill.

Qin Ming continued developing Mirror Snow Pavilion’s Spirit Fields as news spread that Yue Lingyan had become a fourth-order transformed demon, alarming the cultivation world. He examined two jade slips sent by Su Yuqing, while remaining confident that Yue Lingyan’s connection would protect him.

• Qin Ming reviewed Jia Heyi’s report on the abundant harvest from more than one hundred mu of Spirit Fields and ordered the Spirit Rice sold, with half the Spirit Stones sent to headquarters.
• Elder Jin Han learned that Qin Ming was a Tier 3 Spirit Plant Grandmaster and ordered the Myriad Paths Trading Alliance to contact Mirror Snow Pavilion.
• Hua Tianxiong warned Qin Ming that a newly transformed fourth-order fox demon had launched a killing spree in Beast Cry Mountain Range, and delivered Spirit Seeds, materials, and two jade slips from Su Yuqing.
• Hua Tianxiong left after Qin Ming accepted the supplies and instructions, while Qin Ming remained unsurprised because he had anticipated the consequences of Yue Lingyan’s breakthrough.
• News of the new Demon Saint spread across the three great Immortal Cultivation Worlds and caused a tremendous uproar.
• Qin Ming returned to Five Elements Mountain and examined the two jade slips Su Yuqing had sent.

Qin Ming received an Infant Condensation Pill formula and prepared to gather materials, while managing his Spirit Pets and affairs at Mirror Snow Pavilion. The chapter ended with Yue'er delivering a trove of Spirit materials that supplied everything Qin Ming needed for the Divine Wood Pill and Five Elements Flag.

• Qin Ming studied Su Yuqing's jade slips and learned the Infant Condensation Pill formula and substitute ingredients for the Divine Wood Pill.
• The Mystic Water Crocodile and Silver-Winged Frost Bee advanced to Tier 3 Middle Stage, while the Devouring Sky Rat set off for the Beast Cry Mountain Range to temper itself.
• Li Lan asked Qin Ming to accept her as a disciple, and he instead gave her cultivation insights under conditions for her future work.
• Jia Heyi told Qin Ming that Mirror Snow Pavilion had been invited to join the Myriad Paths Trading Alliance, and Qin Ming agreed while leaving the arrangements to Jia Heyi.
• The Devouring Sky Rat returned with Silver Fox Yue'er, who delivered a Storage Bag of Spirit materials gathered by her mother, completing Qin Ming's materials for the Divine Wood Pill and Five Elements Flag.

Qin Ming learned about the shifting balance among the Beast Cry Mountain Range’s demon clans, refined a Divine Wood Pill and advanced his cultivation, then began making Five Elements Command Flags. The chapter ended with Han Yuan and Gao Feng warning him that powerful caravans were being plundered and a Golden Core Middle Stage escort had been killed.

• The Silver Fox described the four major demon factions and explained that the Wind-Rending Eagle clan’s Great Dark Sky Demon Saint favored war, while the Silver Moon Sky Fox clan opposed it and two other clans remained neutral.
• Qin Ming sent the Silver Fox back to the Beast Cry Mountain Range with the Devouring Sky Rat and gave her spirit fruits and spirit wine to take home.
• Qin Ming struggled to refine Divine Wood Pills, succeeded in making two, and cultivated with one until his Golden Core cultivation drew closer to the late stage.
• Qin Ming spent several months refining the remaining four Five Elements Command Flags for the Devouring Sky Rat.
• Han Yuan warned Qin Ming that caravans had been repeatedly plundered, and Gao Feng revealed that Red Sun Child, a Golden Core Middle Stage escort, had been killed while guarding a Lingyuan Trading Company caravan.
• Han Yuan and Gao Feng said Elder Jin Han had organized an investigation and gone to pursue the attackers, leaving Qin Ming alarmed by the news.

Qin Ming learned that merchant caravans were being plundered and ordered Mirror Snow Pavilion to halt its shipments while he investigated. He also discovered that the Yin Demon Sect was secretly investigating Hua Tianxiong, then revealed that he was Moon Gazing Adept and tasked Hua with finding the caravan raiders.

• Qin Ming thanked Han Yuan, Liu Ye, and Gao Feng for warning him about the caravan attacks and gave each of them a Jade Mystery Pill.
• Qin Ming went to Mirror Snow Pavilion and ordered Jia Heyi to recall its departing caravan and stop all caravans from going out.
• Qin Ming contacted Hua Tianxiong, who said the Yin Demon Sect was secretly investigating him over Old Devil Tian's death.
• Qin Ming told Hua Tianxiong that he had killed the other three Yin Demon Sect Golden Core cultivators and ordered him to investigate the caravan plunderers.
• Hua Tianxiong agreed to investigate and asked whether the Yin Demon Sect was behind the attacks, but Qin Ming said it was unlikely.

Qin Ming learned that Divine Path Sect had raided merchant caravans to conceal traces of Flame Marrow Ore, then watched tensions rise between the sect and the Myriad Paths Trading Alliance. Divine Path Mountain tried to buy Mirror Snow Pavilion’s spirit fields by force, but Jin Han intervened and warned Qin Ming not to sell; Qin Ming suspected the dispute over the spirit ore mine held further secrets.

• Qin Ming completed the Five Elements Command Flags and gave the full set to the Devouring Sky Rat to refine.
• Hua Tianxiong reported that Divine Path Sect had raided caravans carrying Blazing Flame Ore after discovering traces of Flame Marrow Ore, and Qin Ming ordered him to keep investigating.
• Qin Ming learned that Jin Han had returned injured and that tensions between the Myriad Paths Trading Alliance and Divine Path Mountain had intensified, while Li Fire Palace remained cautious.
• Yun Yangzi and Wen Yuliang arrived at Mirror Snow Pavilion and offered twice the price for Qin Ming’s spirit fields, but Qin Ming refused.
• Wen Yuliang pressured Qin Ming until Jin Han arrived and challenged Divine Path Mountain; Yun Yangzi and Wen Yuliang then left.
• Jin Han warned Qin Ming not to sell the fields and revealed that Divine Path Mountain had secretly allied with the Yin Demon Sect; Qin Ming suspected Jin Han had withheld more about the ore mine.

Qin Ming prepared for possible conflict over the spirit fields while tracking the growing feud between Divine Path Mountain and the Myriad Paths Trading Alliance. Half a year later, he harvested spirit plants bearing Mana Spring Affixes and hoped they would let him break through to the Golden Core late stage.

• Qin Ming ordered the spirit farmers to report anything unusual, and Jia Heyi strengthened the fields’ guards amid rumors of a spirit mine and rising tensions.
• Jia Heyi identified Wen Yuliang and Yun Yangzi as powerful Divine Path Mountain cultivators, while Qin Ming resolved to sell the fields rather than fight a great power over them.
• Qin Ming visited Five Elements Mountain Market District to follow the conflict, where the Myriad Paths Trading Alliance retaliated against Divine Path Mountain and Hua Tianxiong accepted a risky caravan contract from the alliance.
• Six months later, Qin Ming harvested his spirit plants and collected ten Mana Spring Affixes, which he hoped would help him reach the Golden Core late stage.

Qin Ming used his Mana Spring affixes to break through to golden core late stage, then refined Soul Cleansing Incense and put Jia Heyi in charge of selling it. Li Lan also advanced to Tier 3 Spirit Plant Grandmaster, and Qin Ming gave her Tier 3 Jade Emperor Spirit Rice seeds to begin farming for him.

• Qin Ming cultivated with all ten Mana Spring affixes, reached the Azure Emperor Art's ninth layer, and broke through to golden core late stage, greatly increasing his strength and lifespan.
• Qin Ming used all ten Vitality Spring affixes to raise his body cultivation to peak True Core Mid Stage, then crafted more than a thousand sticks of Tier 3 upper-grade Soul Cleansing Incense.
• Qin Ming gave Jia Heyi fifty sticks of Soul Cleansing Incense to send to the Southern Wasteland headquarters and two hundred to sell for Upper-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Li Lan reported that her Spirit Rest Rice had matured and that she had cultivated several Tier 3 lower-grade Spirit Plants, becoming a Tier 3 Spirit Plant Grandmaster.
• Qin Ming gave Li Lan Tier 3 Jade Emperor Spirit Rice seeds and told her to fulfill her promise to farm land for him for thirty years.

After Mirror Snow Pavilion’s Soul Cleansing Incense became a hit, Jia Heyi brought Qin Ming a spirit-wine formula in exchange for two sticks. Qin Ming recognized its Demon Flame Wine recipe, which could aid a breakthrough to golden core completion, and began brewing it with his Azure-Faced Poisonous Flood Dragon Demon Core.

• Mirror Snow Pavilion’s Soul Cleansing Incense gained fame across Great Jin, and Qin Ming experienced its benefits for cultivation firsthand.
• Jia Heyi reported that the incense had sold out for one hundred and eighty Upper-Grade Spirit Stones and gave Qin Ming a yellowed page he had traded for two sticks.
• Qin Ming recognized the page as a continuation of the Divine Brewer's Formula and found the Demon Flame Wine recipe, which called for a third-order late-stage flood dragon Demon Core.
• Qin Ming rewarded Jia Heyi with Jade Mystery Pills, then gathered the remaining ingredients for Demon Flame Wine at Five Elements Mountain Market District.
• Qin Ming began brewing Demon Flame Wine in the Lesser Spirit Realm, using his Azure-Faced Poisonous Flood Dragon Demon Core and water from the Fourth-Order Earthly Spirit Spring.

Qin Ming assigned the Devouring Sky Rat to investigate beneath the Spirit Fields while he considered what to plant next. Li Lan’s success as a Tier 3 Spirit Plant Grandmaster drew the attention of powerful factions, and Elder Zou Pinghai approached her at home to recruit her away from Mirror Snow Pavilion.

• Qin Ming told the Devouring Sky Rat to dig beneath the Spirit Fields and report any discoveries without damaging the Spirit Vein.
• Qin Ming stored his Demon Flame Wine, while Li Lan’s Tier 2 Spirit Rest Rice became a hit at Spirit Ruins Market District and her Tier 3 Jade Emperor Spirit Rice seedlings neared full-scale planting.
• Li Lan declined recruitment offers from other factions and returned home with spirit deer meat to celebrate with her wife and children.
• Elder Zou Pinghai visited Li Lan and suggested that working for Mirror Snow Pavilion was wasting her talent.

Zou Pinghai tried to recruit Li Lan and then approached Qin Ming, who refused to let the Spirit Planter leave Mirror Snow Pavilion. After learning Zou had been recruiting Spirit Planters and transporting Rotting Spirit Grass, Qin Ming heard Zou had been killed by Divine Path Mountain and rushed to protect Hua Tianxiong from pursuit.

• Zou Pinghai offered Li Lan double Mirror Snow Pavilion’s terms to become a guest elder of the Zou Family, but Li Lan declined because of his thirty-year contract.
• Zou Pinghai asked Qin Ming to release Li Lan, but Qin Ming refused and later questioned Hua Tianxiong about Zou’s activities.
• Hua Tianxiong said Zou had been recruiting high-grade Spirit Planters and transporting large quantities of Tier 3 Rotting Spirit Grass.
• Hua Tianxiong reported that Divine Path Mountain had ambushed the caravan and killed Zou Pinghai, so Qin Ming hurried to protect him.
• Qin Ming found Hua Tianxiong fleeing near the Five Elements Mountain Range while Yun Yangzi pursued him.

Qin Ming hid Hua Tianxiong in the Lesser Spirit Realm while Yun Yangzi and Wen Yuliang searched for him and discussed a secret involving the Seven Wonders Treasure Tree. After learning that Hua Tianxiong knew little about it, Qin Ming proposed killing the two elders and searching their souls, then disguised himself as Hua Tianxiong.

• Qin Ming pulled Hua Tianxiong into the Lesser Spirit Realm as Yun Yangzi pursued him.
• Yun Yangzi and Wen Yuliang searched the area with tracking methods and the Illusion Sky Mirror but found no trace of Hua Tianxiong.
• Wen Yuliang revealed that Zou Pinghai had coveted the Seven Wonders Treasure Tree and entered a secret realm, and worried that Hua Tianxiong might have learned too much.
• Hua Tianxiong told Qin Ming that he knew nothing about the treasure tree or secret realm, though he suspected they were connected to Divine Path Mountain's spirit vein.
• Qin Ming suggested killing Yun Yangzi and Wen Yuliang to search their souls, then used True Demon Illusion to take Hua Tianxiong's appearance.

Qin Ming disguised himself as Hua Tianxiong and confronted Yun Yangzi and Wen Yuliang, who had returned to ambush him. After their attacks failed, Yun Yangzi’s Golden Silkworm Soul Gu fought Qin Ming’s Silver-Winged Frost Bee, and a Profound Water Colossal Crocodile joined the battle against Yun Yangzi.

• Qin Ming waited in the Lesser Spirit Realm until Yun Yangzi and Wen Yuliang left, then emerged disguised as Hua Tianxiong.
• Yun Yangzi and Wen Yuliang doubled back, but Qin Ming’s powerful divine sense and True Demon Illusion kept them from identifying him.
• Yun Yangzi attacked Qin Ming with a golden needle, but Qin Ming evaded it and wounded Yun Yangzi with his Wood Sovereign Nails.
• Yun Yangzi unleashed his Golden Silkworm Soul Gu, but Qin Ming’s protective aura blocked its poison.
• Qin Ming summoned the Silver-Winged Frost Bee, which clashed with the Golden Silkworm Soul Gu, while a Profound Water Colossal Crocodile attacked Yun Yangzi.

Qin Ming battled Wen Yuliang while his spirit pets overwhelmed Yun Yangzi, forcing Wen Yuliang to use a supreme Essence Burst Talisman and reach the Pseudo-Nascent Soul realm. Qin Ming then attacked with golden divine flame from the Curved Jade Golden Light Mirror, and Wen Yuliang sensed imminent danger.

• Qin Ming resisted Wen Yuliang’s Mystic Origin Heavy Water Pearl and countered its devouring black-water streams with the Spirit-Devouring Poison Flame.
• Qin Ming’s Silver-Winged Frost Bee restrained Yun Yangzi’s Golden Silkworm Soul Gu while the Mystic Water Crocodile wounded Yun Yangzi.
• Wen Yuliang used a Tier 3 supreme Essence Burst Talisman and raised his power to the Pseudo-Nascent Soul realm.
• Qin Ming questioned why Wen Yuliang had left Divine Path Mountain instead of pursuing a Nascent Soul breakthrough, then unleashed golden divine flame from the Curved Jade Golden Light Mirror.
• Wen Yuliang felt a sense of impending catastrophe as Qin Ming’s attack came toward him.

Qin Ming killed Wen Yuliang and Yun Yangzi, then learned that Divine Path Mountain had discovered an ancient secret realm beneath Five Elements Mountain, guarded by the Seven Wonders Treasure Tree. The discovery could spark a war among Great Jin’s three Nascent Soul-level forces, and Qin Ming was left weighing the danger near his Spirit Field.

• Qin Ming used the Curved Jade Golden Light Mirror to kill Wen Yuliang, then collected his belongings and turned his corpse into fertilizer for the Fengyou Ghost Date Tree.
• Qin Ming stopped Yun Yangzi from self-destructing his Golden Core, shattered his Qi Sea Dantian with Wood Sovereign Nails, and searched his soul.
• Qin Ming learned Divine Path Mountain had found an ancient secret realm beneath Five Elements Mountain, whose entrance was controlled by the Seven Wonders Treasure Tree and its Seven Wonders Treasure Flowers.
• Qin Ming discovered Divine Path Mountain suspected Li Fire Palace had manipulated the Flame Marrow Ore dispute to provoke conflict with the Myriad Paths Trading Alliance, while the other forces seemed unaware of the secret realm.
• Qin Ming drained Yun Yangzi's corpse and added it to the Lesser Spirit Realm as fertilizer, while Hua Tianxiong praised Qin Ming and declared his loyalty.

After killing Yun Yangzi and Elder Wen, Qin Ming left the battle site as Divine Path Mountain discovered the deaths and began an investigation. Meanwhile, the Devouring Sky Rat found a guarded underground Seven-Colored Coral Tree and quietly withdrew to report its discovery.

• Qin Ming’s Silver-Winged Frost Bee killed and devoured Yun Yangzi’s Golden Silkworm Soul Gu, while the Mystic Water Crocodile received a Beast Sovereign Pill for its help.
• Qin Ming erased the battle’s traces and vanished, leaving nearby cultivators to find the devastated mountains and flee in fear.
• Divine Path Mountain’s Lord of Myriad Poisons learned that two elders had died, ordered an investigation, and promoted another Nascent Soul seed into Wen Yuliang’s place.
• The Devouring Sky Rat discovered a vast underground chamber containing a Seven-Colored Coral Tree guarded by Divine Path Mountain cultivators, then quietly returned through its tunnel.

Qin Ming rewarded Hua Tianxiong and sent him back under the protection of the Myriad Paths Trading Alliance as news spread that Divine Path Mountain’s cultivators had been killed. After returning to Five Elements Mountain, Qin Ming learned about Divine Path Mountain’s secret realm and Seven Wonders Treasure Tree, but decided to wait rather than risk a confrontation.

• Qin Ming sent Hua Tianxiong back to the Myriad Paths Trading Alliance with rare materials for Su Yuqing and rewarded him with a Divine Wood Pill.
• News spread that Yun Yangzi and Wen Yuliang had been killed, and Lord of Myriad Poisons threatened the culprit while Divine Path Mountain named Hua Tianxiong its prime suspect.
• The Myriad Paths Trading Alliance protected Hua Tianxiong, who silently accepted the blame, while other factions began to view him as a mysterious expert.
• The Devouring Sky Rat told Qin Ming about the underground secret realm and Seven Wonders Treasure Tree it had found beneath Divine Path Mountain.
• Qin Ming refused to raid the secret realm, warning that Divine Path Mountain might have hidden Nascent Soul cultivators there and that rival factions could soon contest it.
• Qin Ming gave the Devouring Sky Rat a Beast Sovereign Pill, and it went to cultivate.

Qin Ming learned that the secret realm beneath Five Elements Mountain was likely the ruins of the Azure Origin Sect, an ancient sect with a remarkable history and powerful inheritances. Though the discovery brought the sect’s past into focus and stirred his interest, Qin Ming chose to wait rather than risk entering the dangerous ruins.

• Qin Ming fed two Blood Orbs to his Yin-Yang Mystic Vine, raising its three affixes’ maturity levels above halfway.
• Hua Tianxiong broke through to the Golden Core Middle Stage after taking the Divine Wood Pill and improving his preparations for survival.
• Hua Tianxiong reported that the secret realm controlled by Divine Path Mountain was likely the Azure Origin Sect’s former mountain gate.
• Hua Tianxiong described the Azure Origin Sect’s history as a renowned Spirit Plant sect that produced God Transformation Venerables and ascended figures.
• Qin Ming connected the Azure Origin Sect to several inheritances and relics he had encountered, including the Curved Jade Golden Light Mirror.
• Qin Ming decided to stay cautious and let the major powers contend over the secret realm before considering its dangers and opportunities.

Qin Ming continued cultivating rare Spirit Plants at Five Elements Mountain while Divine Path Mountain focused on the Azure Origin Sect Secret Realm. He received an invitation from Yue Lingyan to attend her Demon Saint Ceremony at Dusk Cloud Mountain.

• Divine Path Mountain recruited high-level Spirit Planters and planted Third-Order Rot Spirit Grass, but Qin Ming judged that its Seven Wonders Treasure Tree would take a century to bloom.
• Qin Ming planted Sky Net Fruit in his fields and studied the Mystic Origin Heavy Water Pearl while planning to avoid the coming struggles and advance through cultivation.
• Li Lan praised Qin Ming's skill at cultivating Sky Net Fruit, and Qin Ming kept quiet about Zou Pinghai's death and his ties to Divine Path Mountain.
• The Devouring Sky Rat told Qin Ming that Silver Fox had arrived with an invitation to Yue Lingyan's Demon Saint Ceremony.
• Silver Fox gave Qin Ming a Spirit Jade Leaf bearing Yue Lingyan's invitation to the banquet at Dusk Cloud Mountain next month.