Recaps

Qin Ming traveled to the Spirit Feather Sect to attend Elder Zhuang Xiran’s lecture and learned that the upcoming Flora Mirage Realm trial could offer a chance to obtain the Essence of Myriad Woods. As Zhuang began his lecture, five masked cultivators watched the sect from a distance and discussed prioritizing an unspecified important matter.

• Qin Ming flew on his Spirit Light Shuttle to Cloud Mang Mountain and entered the Spirit Feather Sect’s Wuzhen Hall with his Jade Talisman.
• A lean independent cultivator told Qin Ming and the others that Zhuang Xiran’s lecture might be intended to find candidates for the Flora Mirage Realm trial and the Essence of Myriad Woods.
• Qin Ming reflected that his goal was to pass the trial and advance to a Tier 2 Spirit Planter, while remaining unsure whether Zhuang would favor him.
• Zhuang Xiran arrived at Wuzhen Hall, released a Foundation Establishment Realm aura, and asked the gathered Spirit Planters what a Spirit Planter was.
• Five masked, black-robed cultivators watched the sect from a mountain hollow, and their leader told them to handle their important matter first.

Qin Ming attended Elder Zhuang Xiran’s Spirit Plant lecture, where Jiang Kun questioned him about the disappearance of Chen Zi'ang and four other cultivators. After Jiang Kun decided to keep watching Qin Ming, the evening lecture began and was interrupted by an earthshaking boom outside.

• Elder Zhuang Xiran called on Qin Ming, who described the Spirit Plant Dao as farming, and then explained how cultivation farming differed from mortal agriculture.
• Qin Ming spotted Jiang Kun in the hall and worried that he suspected him of killing Chen Zi'ang and the four cultivators.
• Elder Zhuang Xiran delivered a daylong lecture and announced an evening session and an assessment for middle-grade Spirit Planters and above.
• Jiang Kun confronted Qin Ming about Chen Zi'ang’s death, but Qin Ming denied knowing what happened and claimed Gu Qingzhao had given him the Jade Talisman.
• Jiang Kun told his follower to watch Qin Ming and wait until Elder Zhuang’s business was finished before deciding what to do.
• During Elder Zhuang Xiran’s evening lecture, an earthshaking boom erupted outside and startled the cultivators.

Five masked bandits breached Spirit Feather Sect’s formation and looted Elder Zhuang Xiran’s herb garden, prompting a pursuit. The Buddha Mask bandit discovered that the Seven-Colored Soul Cleansing Lotus had led Zhuang to their hideout and went out to confront him.

• Five bandits used a High-Grade Formation Breaking Talisman to break into Spirit Feather Sect and steal the Seven-Colored Soul Cleansing Lotus and other spirit plants.
• Qin Ming learned that the bandits had defeated a Foundation Establishment elder, then left for Qingyang Market while Spirit Feather Sect sent disciples after the thieves.
• The bandits hid in an underground cave, where the Buddha Mask bandit told the others to leave Cloud Wasteland Marsh and lie low.
• Zhuang Xiran found the bandits’ hideout, sent a Message Talisman to the sect, and bombarded the marshland with spells.
• The Buddha Mask bandit suspected the lotus bore a special mark, ordered the other four to escape, and rose to confront Zhuang Xiran.

Jiang Minshan joined Elder Zhuang in battle against the Buddha Masked cultivator while Qin Ming fled toward Qingyang Market. After encountering the wounded Jiang Kun, Qin Ming killed him, harvested his belongings and Blood Orb, and escaped as four cultivators approached.

• Jiang Minshan rushed to support Elder Zhuang, and the two fought the Buddha Masked cultivator above the swamp.
• Qin Ming hurried toward Qingyang Market and encountered Jiang Kun, who was badly wounded and fleeing pursuers.
• Qin Ming attacked Jiang Kun, who used protective treasures and a talisman to escape, but Qin Ming caught up with him on the Spirit Light Shuttle.
• Qin Ming overcame Jiang Kun's defenses, severed his leg, and killed him with a slash to the neck.
• Qin Ming took Jiang Kun's Dharma Sword, Storage Bag, and Blood Orb, destroyed the corpse, and fled when four cultivators approached.

After killing Jiang Kun, Qin Ming returned to Qingyang Market, secured his spoils, and resumed cultivating his poison vine and spirit fields. News of the bandits’ raid on the Spirit Feather Sect spread, leaving Qingyang Market’s cultivators furious at Goldcloud Valley’s bounty.

• Four black-robed cultivators arrived at the battlefield after Qin Ming left, and a Spirit Feather Sect elder pursued them after finding Jiang Kun’s burned remains.
• Qin Ming examined Jiang Kun’s Storage Bag, claimed the Azure Nether Sword and its sword art, and found the Marrow Cleansing Pill, spirit stones, and a spent talisman treasure.
• Qin Ming fed Jiang Kun’s Blood Orb to the Withered Blood Poison Vine, increasing its maturity, then hung his Four-Winged Frost Bees’ hive on the vine.
• Qin Ming tended his Spirit Fields, watered the crops with the Greater Spirit Rain Technique, and suspected the Beast Fang Rice might reach supreme grade.
• Qingyang Market heard that two Spirit Feather Sect elders had failed to defeat the Buddha Mask bandit, and cultivators condemned Goldcloud Valley for offering only one Foundation Establishment Pill as a bounty.

Qin Ming attended a small exchange meet with neighboring cultivators, where Lin Zixiao impressed everyone by trading a powerful formation. The gathering was left focused on a mysterious chessboard that Huang Xishan identified as a possible Yin-Yang Reversal Illusion Formation.

• Goldcloud Valley and the Spirit Feather Sect issued a higher-tier Bounty Order seeking the bandits who raided the Spirit Feather Sect's medicinal garden.
• Alchemist Yan invited Qin Ming to an exchange meet, where Qin Ming met the Feng Brothers, Huang Xishan, and Lin Zixiao.
• Alchemist Yan offered Gen Snow Pills and Spirit Gathering Pills, and the Feng Brothers bought both bottles.
• Feng Yuan offered a late first-rank Mystic Water Crocodile's Demon Core and claws, which the Feng Brothers traded to Lin Zixiao for a Minor Blazing Fire Formation.
• Lin Zixiao presented a chessboard covered with black and white pieces, and Huang Xishan wondered if it was the long-lost Yin-Yang Reversal Illusion Formation.

Qin Ming acquired a powerful formation, continued cultivating and farming for another year, and earned recognition for producing supreme-grade crops. As he prepared to advance as a Spirit Planter, Su Yuqing announced that he was leaving the Cloud Marsh Great Wilderness and said goodbye to Qin Ming.

• Qin Ming outbid the other cultivators for Lin Zixiao's Yin-Yang Reversal Illusion Formation with an offer of two thousand Spirit Stones, then traded fifty jin of Beast Fang Rice at the exchange meet.
• Over the next year, Qin Ming cultivated and farmed while Goldcloud Valley and the Spirit Feather Sect hunted the bandits; his Golden Spirit Rice harvests yielded new Affixes.
• Elder Gu and Du Haifu inspected Qin Ming's supreme-grade Beast Fang Rice, announced that his tax would be reduced to thirty-five percent, and praised his near-qualification as a High-Grade Spirit Planter.
• Du Haifu harvested and weighed Qin Ming's Beast Fang Rice, leaving him with eight hundred and thirty-two jin after the tax.
• Su Yuqing harvested the mature Spirit Herbs, gave Qin Ming his share, and revealed that he planned to leave through Qingyang Market's teleportation formation after asking Qin Ming to fulfill his promise.

Qin Ming said farewell to Su Yuqing, who entrusted him with Divine Essence Fruit seeds, then sold a harvest of Supreme-Grade Beast Fang Rice to Mirror Snow Pavilion for twelve thousand Spirit Stones. He received the pavilion’s Yellow-Rank Snow Token and set off with Gu Qingzhao and Manager Liao to take his High-Grade Spirit Planter advancement assessment.

• Su Yuqing gave Qin Ming five Divine Essence Fruit seeds to plant and a map for finding him, and Qin Ming agreed to send him three fruits after they ripened.
• Qin Ming gave Su Yuqing one hundred jin of Supreme-Grade Beast Fang Rice, and Su Yuqing departed after telling him he could take over his house in the Shantytown.
• Qin Ming brought six hundred jin of Supreme-Grade Beast Fang Rice to Juxuan Pavilion, where Gu Qingzhao bought it for twelve thousand Spirit Stones.
• Gu Qingzhao gave Qin Ming a Yellow-Rank Snow Token, granting him benefits and access to Mirror Snow Pavilion’s resources and intelligence.
• Qin Ming left for the Hall of Affairs to take his High-Grade Spirit Planter assessment, accompanied by Gu Qingzhao and Manager Liao.

Qin Ming took the High-Grade Spirit Planter examination after refusing Elder Zhuang Xiran’s offer to become his closed-door disciple. He revived the dying Golden Sun Tree with his Rebirth Spirit Seed Affix and passed, leaving Gu Qingzhao and Manager Liao to learn of his advancement.

• Inner Sect elders discussed Qin Ming’s talent and planned to test his loyalty to the Spirit Feather Sect; Elder Zhuang Xiran offered to take him as a closed-door disciple.
• Qin Ming declined Elder Zhuang’s offer and was assigned to revive a dying Golden Sun Tree within half a month.
• Elder Zhuang and the other elders expected Qin Ming to fail, while Gu Qingzhao waited anxiously for news of the examination.
• After gathering spirit materials and waiting until the tenth day, Qin Ming used the Rebirth Spirit Seed Affix to restore the Golden Sun Tree’s vitality.
• Elder Zhuang announced that Qin Ming had passed the examination and advanced to High-Grade Spirit Planter.

Qin Ming officially advanced to High-Grade Spirit Planter, earning congratulations and gifts from Gu Qingzhao, Manager Liao, Alchemist Yan, and his neighbors. Back at the Secluded Cool Abode, he reflected that he was close to becoming a Tier 2 Spirit Planter.

• Qin Ming lit the third leaf on his Spirit Planter identity plaque and became a High-Grade Spirit Planter.
• Qin Ming renewed Su Yuqing's room lease, then left the Hall of Affairs as the elders discussed the challenge of growing Tier 2 Spirit Plants.
• Gu Qingzhao and Manager Liao celebrated Qin Ming's advancement at Juxuan Pavilion, where Alchemist Yan learned that Qin Ming was also an Intermediate Alchemist.
• Alchemist Yan invited the neighbors to the banquet, and Huang Xishan, the Feng Brothers, and Lin Zixiao congratulated Qin Ming and gave him gifts.
• Qin Ming returned to the Secluded Cool Abode and thought that he was only one step away from becoming a Tier 2 Spirit Planter.

Qin Ming discovered that the purple demon flowers had transformed his Four-Winged Frost Bees, with the queen advancing to a first-rank spirit insect. After canceling his old lease, he rented five mu of Grade A Spirit Fields on a Tier 2 Spirit Vein and planned to buy Spirit Seeds at Juxuan Pavilion.

• Qin Ming found that the purple demon flowers had caused the Four-Winged Frost Bees to transform, and the queen bee had advanced to a first-rank low-grade spirit insect.
• Cultivators around Qingyang Market congratulated Qin Ming on becoming a High-Grade Spirit Planter, and he worried that his new fame might attract Marauder Cultivators.
• Qin Ming canceled his lease for eight mu of Spirit Fields on the first-rank Spirit Vein.
• Qin Ming rented five mu of Grade A Spirit Fields on the Tier 2 Spirit Vein for one thousand five hundred Spirit Stones.
• Qin Ming inspected his new fertile fields and decided to visit Juxuan Pavilion to purchase Spirit Seeds.

Qin Ming bought rare Second-Order Five-Color Rice and Crimson Silver Hemp seeds from Gu Qingzhao despite her doubts about his chances of cultivating them. He began preparing the seeds and fields, then visited the Spirit Beast Pavilion to buy Black-Maned Dragon Palm Horse dung for the Crimson Silver Hemp.

• Qin Ming told Gu Qingzhao he intended to cultivate Five-Color Rice and Crimson Silver Hemp, and she warned him that both plants were difficult to grow.
• Qin Ming bought the two kinds of Spirit Seeds from Gu Qingzhao for a total of thirty-five hundred Spirit Stones, and she asked him to sell some of his harvest to the pavilion if he succeeded.
• Qin Ming bought materials to prepare cultivation spirit liquid and soaked a few Five-Color Rice seeds at the Secluded Cool Abode.
• Qin Ming visited the Spirit Beast Pavilion and asked its manager to sell him Black-Maned Dragon Palm Horse dung.
• The manager agreed to sell Qin Ming the dung for a few Spirit Stones, and cultivators in the hall recognized him and understood that he needed it to cultivate Spirit Plants.

Qin Ming prepared his spirit fields, advanced his alchemy and swordsmanship, and broke through to the sixth layer of the Qi Refining Stage. He realized Spirit Gathering Pills had become ineffective due to pill resistance and would need higher-grade pills to advance further.

• Qin Ming soaked Five-Color Rice seeds, discovered his Four-Winged Frost Bees had advanced, and harvested three fruits from the Withered Blood Poison Vine that granted him five Leaves of Spacetime.
• Qin Ming planted high-grade spirit herbs and Su Yuqing's five Divine Essence Fruits, then sowed Five-Color Rice and Crimson Silver Hemp across his five mu of Spirit Fields.
• Qin Ming refined more than twenty premium Spirit Gathering Pills and used three Superior Spirit Gathering Pills to advance to the sixth layer of the Qi Refining Stage.
• Qin Ming found that Spirit Gathering Pills had little effect on his cultivation because of pill resistance, despite his robust mana and expanded dantian.
• Qin Ming tested the Azure Nether Sword with the Object Control Art, admired its performance, and reminded himself to keep a low profile.

Qin Ming tested the Yinchill poison thorns and combined them with the Greater Spirit Rain Technique to create a surprise attack he named Yinchill Rain. After defeating a powerful demonic beast, he learned that Gu Qingzhao had broken through to Foundation Establishment and invited him to her celebration.

• Qin Ming used a purple spirit seed to kill a snow leopard with soul-piercing Yinchill poison thorns and collected the Blood Orb.
• Qin Ming tested his first-rank Four-Winged Frost Bees against a giant black-furred bear, then cast the Greater Spirit Rain Technique with hidden thorn seeds.
• Qin Ming's Yinchill Rain killed the giant bear, which he harvested for its Blood Orb and hide.
• Manager Liao told Qin Ming that Gu Qingzhao had reached Foundation Establishment and invited him to her celebration.

Qin Ming and Huang Xishan attended Gu Qingzhao’s small Foundation Establishment celebration at Cloud Dream Mountain, where they found themselves among powerful cultivators. The gathering ended with Protector Huangfu Qi asking Qin Ming for help with an unspecified matter.

• Qin Ming met Huang Xishan outside their courtyards, and they traveled together to Gu Qingzhao’s celebration after learning that she had invited accomplished cultivators and high-level experts.
• Gu Qingzhao welcomed Qin Ming and Huang Xishan, noticed Qin Ming had reached the sixth layer of Qi Refining, and accepted their congratulatory gifts.
• Qin Ming and Huang Xishan entered Gu Qingzhao’s cave abode and found more than ten Foundation Establishment cultivators gathered, including Fang Yezi.
• Gu Qingzhao introduced Qin Ming as a High-Grade Spirit Planter and Intermediate Alchemist and Huang Xishan as a Superior Artifact Refiner, but the Foundation Establishment guests paid them little attention.
• Gu Qingzhao introduced Protector Huangfu Qi, who was joining Mirror Snow Pavilion’s Cloudmarsh City branch, and he asked Qin Ming to help him with a matter.

Huangfu Qi asked Qin Ming to save a dying Tier 2 Flameheart Sevenleaf Flower that held special meaning for him and his Dao companion. Qin Ming agreed in exchange for Huangfu Qi’s favor and left with the flower to tend it at his own Spirit Field.

• At Gu Qingzhao’s banquet, Huangfu Qi invited Qin Ming to speak with him privately after the meal.
• Huangfu Qi asked Qin Ming about his earlier success saving a Golden Sun Tree, then showed him a dying Flameheart Sevenleaf Flower in his medicinal field.
• Huangfu Qi explained that he had neglected the flower, a token of love between him and his Dao companion, and promised Qin Ming a favor if he saved it.
• Qin Ming agreed to try, took the potted flower with him, and declined Huangfu Qi’s offer to stay at his cave abode.
• Huang Xishan met Qin Ming outside and praised his apparent connection with Huangfu Qi before they flew back to Qingyang Market.

Qin Ming revived Huangfu Qi’s spirit flower, advanced as an alchemist, and discovered powerful new affixes as his second-tier plants sprouted. After Gu Qingzhao warned him of coming turmoil around a newly seized Tier 3 Spirit Vein and ancient ruin, Qin Ming’s neighbors invited him to seek opportunities there.

• Qin Ming returned the revived Flameheart Sevenleaf Flower to Huangfu Qi, earning a favor from the Foundation Establishment cultivator, while his business with Gu Qingzhao grew.
• Qin Ming became a high-grade alchemist and found the high-grade Spirit Accumulation Pill formula in Su Yuqing’s notes, but kept his advancement secret.
• Qin Ming saw his second-tier Five-Color Rice and Crimson Silver Hemp sprout with affixes that could replicate spells, provide vital energy, and extend lifespan.
• Gu Qingzhao told Qin Ming that the Spirit Feather Sect and Goldcloud Valley had seized a Tier 3 Spirit Vein and uncovered an ancient ruin, then warned that greater upheaval was coming and Mirror Snow Pavilion planned to withdraw.
• Huang Xishan and Qin Ming’s other neighbors told him about the ruin’s Foundation Establishment opportunities and invited him to join their expedition.

Qin Ming refused to join his neighbors’ dangerous search for a Foundation Establishment opportunity, then learned that Elder Gu had achieved Foundation Establishment and that the Hundred Flowers Sect had arrived in Qingyang Market. A month later, Qin Ming harvested a rare Spell Replication affix leaf and wondered whether it could copy even a Golden Core powerhouse’s spells.

• Qin Ming declined Huang Xishan and the other neighbors’ invitation to risk their lives pursuing a Foundation Establishment opportunity.
• Qin Ming met Du Haifu, who revealed that Elder Gu had achieved Foundation Establishment and promoted him to outer sect steward.
• Qin Ming saw a luxurious carriage carrying the Hundred Flowers Saintess of the Hundred Flowers Sect arrive in Qingyang Market, and Du Haifu hurried away.
• One month later, Qin Ming harvested his spirit plants and obtained a purple Spell Replication affix leaf.
• Qin Ming wondered whether Spell Replication could reproduce any spell he had witnessed, including one cast by a Golden Core Stage powerhouse.

Qin Ming used Blood Qi Crystal Affixes to advance to the seventh layer of the Hundred Treasures Glazed Scripture, greatly strengthening his body, and gained fifty years of lifespan. After hearing that rival forces were converging on Qingyang Market, he returned home and learned that Feng Yuan’s companions, including his younger brother Feng Fan, had died on a ruins expedition.

• Qin Ming consumed a Blood Qi Crystal Affix and transformed his Vital Energy Force into Vital Energy True Force, reaching the seventh layer of the Hundred Treasures Glazed Scripture.
• Qin Ming tested his new strength against the Azure Nether Sword and found that his body could withstand its attack; he planned to cultivate toward the technique’s ninth layer.
• Qin Ming used four more Blood Qi Crystal Affixes and five Faint Lifespan Affixes, increasing his true force and extending his lifespan by fifty years.
• Gu Qingzhao told Qin Ming that news of the Spirit Feather Sect and Goldcloud Valley’s gains had drawn many forces to Qingyang Market, while greater powers might be stirring the turmoil.
• Qin Ming saw Hundred Flowers Valley and Goldcloud Valley cultivators arguing in the market, then returned home to tend his Spirit Herbs and Four-Winged Frost Bees.
• Feng Yuan arrived at Qin Ming’s courtyard badly wounded and told him that Huang, Yan, and Feng Fan had died during a ruins expedition.

Feng Yuan, mortally wounded after his companions were killed and their spoils stolen, offered Qin Ming the Skyfire Spirit Liquid in exchange for a promise to protect his bloodline and avenge the dead. Qin Ming accepted the liquid and agreed to look after the descendants, but refused the revenge pledge and the dangerous Dragon Token and ruins map; Feng Yuan left after revealing where the token and map would be buried.

• Feng Yuan told Qin Ming that his companions had died in an ambush by cultivators from several sects, while Lin Zixiao had been surrounded and was likely doomed.
• Feng Yuan revealed that he had secretly kept the Skyfire Spirit Liquid and that his group had found a Dragon Token and a tattered ruins map.
• Feng Yuan offered Qin Ming the three treasures in exchange for revenge against a sect disciple and protection for his mortal descendants.
• Qin Ming refused to promise revenge or accept the token and map, but agreed to look after Feng Yuan's descendants if he could.
• Feng Yuan gave Qin Ming the Skyfire Spirit Liquid, a letter, and a jade pendant, then left Qingyang Market after telling him where the token and map would be buried.

After losing several neighbors, Qin Ming bought powerful defensive treasures and sought out Huangfu Qi to use his promised favor. Huangfu demonstrated his strongest spell, causing the purple Spell Replication leaf in Qin Ming’s Sea of Consciousness to vanish.

• Qin Ming spent the night planning after Feng Yuan told him that several neighbors had been wiped out.
• Qin Ming bought five Yin Thunder Grenades and a Golden Spirit Brick from Gu Qingzhao, then learned Huangfu Qi ranked among the Wei Kingdom’s strongest Foundation Establishment cultivators.
• After hearing sect disciples discuss the Thunder Origin Sect’s restraint over the Tier 3 Spirit Vein and ancient ruin, Qin Ming left Qingyang Market for Cloud Dream Mountain.
• Qin Ming asked Huangfu Qi to demonstrate the strongest spell he had ever cast, using the promise Huangfu had made him.
• Huangfu Qi took Qin Ming far from Cloud Dream Mountain and performed the spell, after which Qin Ming’s purple Spell Replication leaf vanished.

Qin Ming stumbled upon Spirit Feather Sect cultivators killing rogue miners to conceal the sect’s secret Golden Core breakthrough, then fought them off when they discovered him. After killing the group, he sensed a powerful Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator approaching.

• Qin Ming left Huangfu Qi and rode his Spirit Light Shuttle toward Qingyang Market.
• Qin Ming discovered Spirit Feather Sect cultivators killing rogue miners who had learned that the sect was secretly using a Tier 3 Spirit Vein to help a Celestial Spirit Root cultivator break through to the Golden Core Stage.
• The Spirit Feather Sect cultivators detected Qin Ming, trapped him in their formation, and attacked after he tried to leave.
• Qin Ming used the Spirit Rain Technique to strike most of the cultivators with poisonous needles and collect Blood Orbs from their corpses.
• Qin Ming killed the dark, fat cultivator and the leading core disciple, then sensed a powerful Foundation Establishment Realm aura approaching.

After uncovering the Spirit Feather Sect’s dangerous ambitions, Qin Ming returned to Qingyang Market and discovered that his Withered Blood Poison Vine could help him cultivate a wood-element spirit body. He made the vine his Natal Spirit Plant and accelerated its growth, but the plant then transformed into ink and disappeared into the soil.

• Elder Gu and another Foundation Establishment elder investigated the scene Qin Ming had fled and suspected demonic cultivators were responsible.
• Qin Ming returned to Qingyang Market and fed more than a dozen Blood Orbs to the Withered Blood Poison Vine, which grew larger and developed eyeball-like buds.
• Qin Ming learned that the vine’s Affixes included the Evergreen Longevity Art, which could help him cultivate a wood-element spirit body through a Natal Spirit Plant.
• Qin Ming used Accelerated Growth Affixes on the vine’s buds, harvested black fruits, learned the Evergreen Longevity Art, and successfully made the vine his Natal Spirit Plant.
• Qin Ming used five Leaf of Spacetime Affixes to accelerate the vine, which transformed into a pool of ink and seeped into the soil.

Qin Ming cultivated the Black Vine and advanced to the seventh level of Qi Refining before a black-robed demonic cultivator attacked the Spirit Fields. After killing the Spirit Feather Sect’s defenders, the cultivator revealed a familiar face and greeted Qin Ming.

• Qin Ming discovered that the Black Vine could burrow underground and emerge across the fields, though it remained only at the seedling stage.
• Qin Ming used all five Mana Crystal Affix leaves during seclusion and broke through to the seventh level of Qi Refining.
• Qin Ming tended his Spirit Fields and sensed his growing affinity with the plants.
• A black-robed Foundation Establishment demonic cultivator trapped the Spirit Fields in dark clouds and killed the Spirit Feather Sect defenders, including their Foundation Establishment elder.
• The black-robed cultivator approached Qin Ming, removed his hood, and greeted him as a familiar acquaintance.

Lin Zixiao confronted Qin Ming over the Dragon Token but left after the token showed it was not on him. Later, Lin Zixiao told a Spirit Feather Sect elder that his treasure had warned him Qin Ming could kill him, leaving Qin Ming’s hidden trump card a mystery.

• Qin Ming recognized Lin Zixiao as the notorious bandit, while Lin calmly greeted him and praised his spirit-planting skills.
• Lin Zixiao asked whether Feng Yuan had given Qin Ming the Dragon Token, and Qin Ming admitted Feng Yuan had offered it but denied accepting it.
• Lin Zixiao used the Dragon Token to confirm it was not on Qin Ming, then removed the array, put on a Buddha Mask, and departed.
• The Spirit Field planters emerged after the danger passed, unaware of Lin Zixiao’s conversation with Qin Ming.
• A Spirit Feather Sect elder questioned Lin Zixiao for sparing Qin Ming, and Lin revealed that his magic treasure had warned him an attack would make him the first to die.