Recaps

Qin Ming traded Spirit Rest Rice and Divine Essence Fruits for White-Armed Azure Ape essence blood, then overheard Mu Yuanshan and Miao Renke conspiring with Spirit Feather Sect envoy Gu Huai. Lin Zixiao ambushed them, while Qin Ming fled from a pursuing masked cultivator and turned to fight back.

• Qin Ming negotiated with Mu Yuanshan and traded the Divine Essence Fruits and thirty jin of Spirit Rest Rice for the White-Armed Azure Ape essence blood.
• After the exchange meeting, Qin Ming overheard Mu Yuanshan, Miao Renke, and Gu Huai discuss the Seventy-Two Island Alliance's plans and the Spirit Feather Sect's ambitions.
• Lin Zixiao and four masked cultivators ambushed the three conspirators, and one masked cultivator pursued Qin Ming.
• Qin Ming wounded the pig-head-masked pursuer with the Azure Phoenix Sword and escaped his sight.
• Qin Ming's blood shadow appeared above the pursuer and smashed down with a crimson fist.

Qin Ming defeated several devil cultivators, killed Mu Yuanshan after realizing he knew about the group’s scheming, and fled toward Moon Gazing Island with his spoils. Lin Zixiao and the surviving bandits arrived too late to discover who had slaughtered their companions.

• Qin Ming destroyed the fat black-robed cultivator’s defenses, overcame his Asura Demon Fire, killed him, and collected his Blood Orb and Storage Bag.
• Mu Yuanshan and Miao Renke arrived while fleeing a monkey-masked cultivator, who killed Miao Renke; Qin Ming then beheaded Mu Yuanshan when he realized Mu Yuanshan knew about his dealings with Gu Huai.
• Qin Ming blocked the monkey-masked cultivator’s attacks and killed him with the Azure Phoenix Sword, then collected the fallen cultivators’ Blood Orbs and Storage Bags and erased the evidence.
• Qin Ming flew toward Moon Gazing Island while three surviving black-robed cultivators arrived at the battlefield with Gu Huai’s head and found their companions dead.

Qin Ming returned to Moon Gazing Island with spoils from his recent battle and advanced his True Gang Transformation, gaining a powerful new form. The Mystic Water Crocodile then broke through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, but its lightning tribulation began before its advancement was complete.

• Qin Ming returned to Moon Gazing Island, checked the island and his spirit plants, and searched the four cultivators’ Storage Bags, finding valuable treasures and an Advanced Puppet Art manual.
• Qin Ming refined White-Armed Azure Ape essence blood and manifested the first transformation of True Gang Transformation, the Giant Ape Transformation.
• Qin Ming tested the transformation on a Barren Island, where one punch flattened a mountaintop, then returned to share Spirit Rest Rice with Wu Jiang and Mu Ruyin’s family.
• The Mystic Water Crocodile triggered a spiritual qi phenomenon and raised its aura to the Foundation Establishment Realm as it advanced.
• Black thunderclouds gathered above the Mystic Water Crocodile, beginning the lightning tribulation it had to survive to become a second-order great demon.

Qin Ming’s Mystic Water Crocodile survived its lightning tribulation and became a Second Order Foundation Establishment Great Demon, while the Longevity Vine’s growth helped Qin Ming cultivate the Ancient Wood Evergreen Body. A year later, Qin Ming fulfilled his promise to Mo Lingwei by refining three Foundation Establishment Pills for her group, leaving them to divide the pills among themselves.

• The Mystic Water Crocodile used its lightning talent and tough scales to endure nine tribulation bolts, breaking through to become a Second Order Foundation Establishment Great Demon.
• Qin Ming found that the Six-Winged Frost Bee Queen had not advanced, then fed four Foundation Establishment cultivators’ Blood Orbs to the Longevity Vine.
• The Longevity Vine produced new Affixes, and Qin Ming cultivated the Ancient Wood Evergreen Body to the entry level.
• Qin Ming spent the following year cultivating, tending plants, and learning to refine pills, while the Dragonblood Divine Wood struggled to survive in his Spirit Vein environment.
• Mo Lingwei brought the materials for Foundation Establishment Pills, and Qin Ming refined three common-quality pills for her group, fulfilling his promise before they departed.

For more than two years, Qin Ming cultivated spirit plants on Moon Gazing Island, tended to Wu Jiang’s young twins, and tried brewing Spirit Fire Wine. His quiet life ended when Aunt Long relayed Gu Qingzhao’s warning that the Scattered Alliance would soon attack the Zhao Family.

• Qin Ming inspected thriving Jade Bloom Spirit Lotuses, supreme Spirit Rest Rice, and Mistveil Illusion Shrooms, noting new affixes that could benefit his plants and himself.
• Qin Ming tended his spirit fields with the Grand Five Elements Technique and buried jars of failed-again Spirit Fire Wine beneath the Violet Gold Bamboo grove.
• Wu Wangfeng and Wu Wangyue visited Qin Ming with food from their mother, accepted Spirit Fruits from him, and ran off happily.
• Qin Ming reflected that he had refused Wu Jiang and Mu Ruyin’s wish for him to take their gifted children as disciples.
• Aunt Long delivered Gu Qingzhao’s warning that the Scattered Alliance would attack the Zhao Family within two days, urging Qin Ming to take precautions.

Qin Ming witnessed the Seventy-Two Island Alliance attack the Zhao Family’s Thousand Leaf Island, while Mo Lingwei and other island families fought on the Zhao Family’s side. After the alliance shattered the Golden Dragon Subduing Sea Formation, a hidden defensive formation destroyed the advancing cultivators and warships, and Qin Ming left for Moon Gazing Island.

• Qin Ming bought emergency supplies in Tianhe Market District and saw the Seventy-Two Island Alliance’s fleet sail toward Thousand Leaf Island.
• The alliance bombarded the Golden Dragon Subduing Sea Formation while Qin Ming watched from the clouds.
• Mo Lingwei led Azure Radiance Island’s forces and allied families against the alliance, and Huo Qianqiu used a Tier 3 Formation Breaking Talisman to shatter the formation.
• Cultivators and warships rushed toward Thousand Leaf Island, but a concealed blue defensive formation burned them to ash.
• Qin Ming sensed danger, avoided the battle, and flew back toward Moon Gazing Island.

Qin Ming sheltered the Wu Family on Moon Gazing Island as war engulfed the Spirit Rest Archipelago, then helped the Six-Winged Frost Bee attempt a dangerous breakthrough. The bee survived the first eight tribulation bolts, and the Longevity Vine moved to intercept the ninth.

• Qin Ming reassured Wu Jiang that Moon Gazing Island was safe and invited the Wu Family to take shelter there.
• Wu Jiang brought several dozen members of the Wu Family to Moon Gazing Island, while the war devastated White Rock Island and nearby regions.
• Qin Ming released the Mystic Water Crocodile to patrol and gave the Six-Winged Frost Bee a choice between a Demon Core and Crimson-Blood Suanni Essence Blood.
• The Six-Winged Frost Bee chose the essence blood, refined it, and broke through to become a Second-Grade Foundation Establishment Great Demon.
• The Silver Bee endured eight tribulation bolts before its strength faltered, and the Longevity Vine sent its vines to meet the final golden bolt.

Qin Ming’s Six-Winged Frost Bee survived its tribulation and advanced into a powerful Second Order Great Demon, strengthening Moon Gazing Island’s defenses. As marauder cultivators led by Fiendish Mask Old Freak came to seize the island, the Mystic Water Crocodile discovered them and attacked.

• Qin Ming’s Six-Winged Frost Bee passed its tribulation, grew larger, and was renamed the Silver-Winged Frost Bee.
• Qin Ming learned the Silver-Winged Frost Bee’s new abilities, rode it around Moon Gazing Lake, and gave it a Spirit Curse Pill to stabilize its realm.
• Wu Jiang congratulated Qin Ming on the breakthrough, and Qin Ming rewarded him with a Spirit Accumulation Pill.
• Qin Ming studied Mo Lingwei’s third-order Spirit Planter inheritance as fighting between the Seventy-Two Loose Cultivator Alliance and the Zhao Family drove cultivators to seek refuge in Azure Sea Immortal City.
• Fiendish Mask Old Freak’s marauder gang came to Moon Gazing Island to seize its Spirit Rest Rice and kill its inhabitants.
• The Mystic Water Crocodile detected Fiendish Mask Old Freak’s gang before they reached the island and erupted from the lake to attack them.

Qin Ming wiped out Fiendish Mask Old Freak’s marauders after they attacked Moon Gazing Island, then suspected the Zhao Family had supplied them with information. More than a month later, Zhao Wuji arrived to recruit Qin Ming into the Zhao Family alliance, offering access to a spiritual item that could aid Core Formation.

• Fiendish Mask Old Freak’s marauders tried to flee after finding Qin Ming and his two Foundation Establishment Great Demons surrounding them, but the Silver-Winged Frost Bee killed one cultivator and the Mystic Water Crocodile struck down the rest.
• Qin Ming gathered Blood Orbs and Storage Bags from the fallen marauders, whose deaths became a warning that kept others away from Moon Gazing Island.
• Qin Ming suspected the Zhao Family had secretly aided the marauders and returned to cultivation while seeking a way to obtain high-grade Beast Essence Blood for his body-refining art.
• More than a month later, Zhao Wuji arrived at Moon Gazing Island with two attendants and invited Qin Ming to join the Zhao Family alliance.
• Zhao Wuji offered Qin Ming the status of an alliance elder and explained that members with enough contribution points could exchange for Profound Yin Earthly Fiend Elixir, which increased the chance of Core Formation by ten percent.

Qin Ming rejected Zhao Wuji’s attempts to recruit him, then focused on strengthening Moon Gazing Island and preparing its defenses. After harvesting rent from the Wu Family, he used Affixes to enhance his soul and began preparing to create a Mist Illusion Realm around the island.

• Qin Ming refused Zhao Wuji’s offers, while Zhao Wuji concealed his role in directing Fiendish Mask Old Freak’s group toward Moon Gazing Island.
• Qin Ming decided to avoid confronting Zhao Wuji and prioritized setting up the third-tier illusion realm of the Mistveil Illusion Shroom.
• Wu Jiang brought Qin Ming to inspect the Wu Family’s harvest and paid him over ten dan of Golden Spirit Rice and more than one dan of Beast Fang Rice.
• Qin Ming kept monitoring the deadlocked war between the Seventy-Two Loose Cultivator Alliance and the Zhao Family through Wu Jiang’s reports.
• Qin Ming ripened three Mistveil Illusion Shrooms, used five Soul Force Crystal Affixes, and raised his Divine Sense to Foundation Establishment Late Stage with a range of roughly ten li.
• Qin Ming prepared to use Leaf of Spacetime and Accelerated Growth Affixes to spread Mistveil Illusion Shrooms around Moon Gazing Island and form the Mist Illusion Realm.

Qin Ming completed a Mist Illusion Realm around Moon Gazing Island, creating a defense comparable to a Third-Grade illusion array. When Zhao Wuji returned with allied families, two cultivators vanished inside the mist, and Zhao Wuji barely escaped its illusion after his jade pendant shattered.

• Qin Ming used Mistveil Illusion Shrooms and affixes to spread pink mist around Moon Gazing Island, then completed the Mist Illusion Realm and added thorn traps.
• Qin Ming gave Wu Jiang a control token and warned him to keep the family away from the mist.
• Half a month later, Zhao Wuji arrived with allied spirit island families, including Mo Lingwei, and found the mist blocking the way to Moon Gazing Island.
• Two Foundation Establishment cultivators entered the mist to investigate but failed to return or answer Zhao Wuji's voice transmission.
• Zhao Wuji approached the mist, was trapped in an illusion of vengeful victims, and escaped only after his jade pendant shattered.

After Zhao Wuji fled Moon Gazing Island’s Mist Illusion Realm, rumors turned the island into a forbidden area, while Wu Jiang reassured Mirror Snow Pavilion that Qin Ming was safe. Qin Ming stayed in seclusion, harvested his supreme Spirit Rest Rice, and advanced his Foundation Establishment cultivation to the peak of the early stage.

• Zhao Wuji failed to break through Qin Ming’s Mist Illusion Realm, fled with his group, and left behind two Blood Orbs and two Storage Bags for Qin Ming to collect.
• Qin Ming fed the Blood Orbs to the Longevity Vine, and rumors spread that Moon Gazing Island’s fog could repel even Golden Core Ancestors.
• Wu Jiang reassured Gu Qingzhao and Manager Liao that Moon Gazing Island was safe and explained that Qin Ming had created the mist to protect it from the war and hostile forces.
• Qin Ming studied Tier 3 Spirit Planter inheritance and the Miao Clan’s puppet arts, then made Straw Man Puppets to help work his fields.
• Three months later, Qin Ming harvested three dan of supreme Spirit Rest Rice, two Affix leaves, and plump Rice Flower Spirit Fish.
• After eating and cultivating with the Longevity Vine, Qin Ming used five Mana Crystals to reach the peak of Foundation Establishment Early Stage and saw progress in his Ancient Wood Evergreen Body.

Qin Ming disguised himself to visit Tianhe Market District, where he heard that the Zhao Family faced an imminent assault and that the Mu Family had been annihilated. He returned to Moon Gazing Island, warned Wu Jiang to stay put, and received word from Aunt Long that the Seventy-Two Island Alliance had found a way to break Thousand Leaf Spirit Island’s final grand array.

• Qin Ming refined and swallowed a Myriad Illusion Pill, disguising himself as a dark-skinned Bearded Man before riding the Silver-Winged Frost Bee to Tianhe Market District.
• At a tavern, Qin Ming heard that the Seventy-Two Island Alliance had recruited a powerful formation master to break the Zhao Family’s final barrier, and he suspected Lin Zixiao might be involved.
• Qin Ming learned that the Mu Family of Qilian Mountain had been wiped out, including its Foundation Establishment Late Stage ancestor Mu Chongzhou, and wondered who could have killed them.
• Qin Ming returned to Moon Gazing Island and told Wu Jiang not to leave the island for the time being.
• Three days later, Aunt Long sent Qin Ming a message that the Seventy-Two Island Alliance had found a way to break Thousand Leaf Spirit Island’s Third-Grade Grand Array and that the final battle was about to begin.

As the Seventy-Two Island Alliance attacked Thousand Leaf Spirit Island, Qin Ming let Wu Jiang gather news and learned that the Double-Pupiled Demon Ape had disrupted the battle to avenge its offspring. Qin Ming realized he had consumed the ape’s offspring’s essence blood and resolved to stay on Moon Gazing Island until he reached the Golden Core Stage.

• Wu Jiang asked Qin Ming whether he could send cultivators to investigate the distant battle, and Qin Ming agreed while giving him defensive artifacts and talismans.
• Wu Jiang reported that the Scattered Alliance had breached Thousand Leaf Spirit Island’s array and was close to defeating the Zhao Family.
• Wu Jiang returned with news that the Double-Pupiled Demon Ape had exterminated three Foundation Establishment families, including the Mu Family, to avenge its offspring.
• Wu Jiang explained that the demon ape had killed the White-Armed Azure Ape whose essence blood Qin Ming had consumed.
• The Double-Pupiled Demon Ape attacked the coalition’s rear, forcing its forces and two Pseudo-Core Ancestors to withdraw and allowing some Zhao Family disciples to escape.

Qin Ming used affixes to revive and mature the Dragonblood Divine Tree, then consumed its fruits to greatly increase his Vital Energy True Force. After meeting the requirements for the second transformation of True Astral Transformation, he unlocked a new beast form and focused on a violet light cluster.

• Qin Ming told Wu Jiang to remain on the island until the demon ape’s attack had passed.
• Qin Ming used lifespan, Blood Qi Crystal, and adaptation affixes, then accelerated the Dragonblood Divine Tree’s growth and arranged for the spirit bees to pollinate it.
• Qin Ming matured the tree’s flowers into Dragonblood Divine Fruits and gave one fruit each to the Mystic Water Crocodile and Silver-Winged Frost Bee.
• Qin Ming ate the fruits over the following month, increasing his Vital Energy True Force until he qualified to cultivate the second transformation of True Astral Transformation.
• Qin Ming activated the Hundred Beasts Visualization Diagram, unlocked a new region, and chose the violet light cluster.

Qin Ming strengthened himself and his spirit beasts with Dragonblood Divine Fruits while learning that the Double-Pupiled Demon Ape had retreated and the Spirit Rest Archipelago remained unsettled. The Mystic Water Crocodile gained a Heaven-Grade bloodline, while the Silver-Winged Frost Bees advanced to high-grade.

• Qin Ming visualized the Mountain Giant Ape's second transformation and felt his physical strength surge.
• Qin Ming found that the Dragonblood Divine Fruit had improved the Mystic Water Crocodile's bloodline and the Silver-Winged Frost Bees' bloodline, then grew and enhanced another batch of fruit for them.
• Wu Jiang told Qin Ming that Azure Sea Adept had driven the Double-Pupiled Demon Ape back to the Beast Cry Mountain Range and described the unresolved struggle over Thousand Leaf Spirit Island and the Zhao Family's decline.
• Half a month later, Qin Ming discovered that the Mystic Water Crocodile had gained a Heaven-Grade bloodline and that the Silver-Winged Frost Bees had risen to high-grade bloodline.

Qin Ming left Moon Gazing Island to register for promotion to a Tier 2 High-Grade Spirit Planter and travel to Azure Sea Immortal City for the Flora Mirage Realm trial. He chose the unprecedented Grade A difficulty, and the trial opened onto a volcanic landscape.

• Qin Ming’s Jade Bloom Spirit Lotus and Mistveil Illusion Shrooms matured, and he entrusted Wu Jiang with island matters before leaving for Tianhe Market District.
• Qin Ming guided the Spirit Planter Guild recordkeeper through Moon Gazing Island, where the man recorded its rare Spirit Plants and praised Qin Ming’s cultivation skill.
• Qin Ming traveled to Azure Sea Immortal City with the Silver-Winged Frost Bee and Mystic Water Crocodile, then met Guild president Liu Guchang and the two other trial participants.
• The three Spirit Planters entered the Flora Mirage Realm, and Liu Guchang was astonished when Qin Ming selected the Grade A trial difficulty.
• Qin Ming’s Grade A trial began with a volcanic mountain range, erupting lava, smoke, and ash.

Qin Ming cultivated Fiery Golden Lotuses in the Grade A Flora Mirage Realm and passed the trial to become a Tier 2 High-Grade Spirit Planter. As he prepared to receive the Essence of Myriad Woods, an abnormal change began in the realm, while a vision appeared above the Spirit Planter Guild in Azure Sea Immortal City.

• Qin Ming learned that the trial required him to grow a Tier 3 Fiery Golden Lotus within ten years using only eight Spirit Seeds.
• Qin Ming found a molten cave and lost his first Spirit Seed when he placed it in the magma before adapting it to the fire essence.
• Qin Ming used Enhanced Adaptation and fire essence to prepare the remaining seeds, then cultivated five Fiery Golden Lotuses over six years.
• The five lotuses burned to ash and were reborn through fire, after which Qin Ming used an Accelerated Growth Affix to make them bloom.
• Qin Ming passed the trial, but an abnormal change began in the Flora Mirage Realm as a lotus-shaped brilliance rose from his entry marker in Azure Sea Immortal City.

Qin Ming passed the Grade A trial in the Flora Mirage Realm, advanced to a Tier 2 High-Grade Spirit Planter, and received Fiery Golden Lotus seeds and Essence of Myriad Woods. His achievement drew the attention of Azure Sea Adept, who summoned him to Azure Sea Peak for a meeting.

• A heavenly phenomenon revealed Qin Ming's successful Grade A trial, astonishing the Spirit Planters and attracting notice across Azure Sea Immortal City.
• Qin Ming collected the Fiery Golden Lotus seeds and Essence of Myriad Woods awarded inside the Flora Mirage Realm, then emerged to find his trial records displayed.
• Qin Ming’s identity plaque marked his advancement to Tier 2 High-Grade Spirit Planter, and he declined Liu Guchang’s invitation to join the Spirit Planter Guild.
• Three stewards summoned Qin Ming to meet Azure Sea Adept, and he agreed and was transported to Azure Sea Peak.
• Qin Ming entered the magnificent palace to meet the Golden Core Adept, feeling nervous about his first encounter with one.

Azure Sea Adept Nalan Xi invited Qin Ming to become an honorary elder, but he declined to preserve his independent life on Moon Gazing Island. She gave him an Azure Sea Token and asked him to revive a damaged Spirit Transformation Herb so it could produce a fruit to heal her injured Spirit Pet.

• Qin Ming met Azure Sea Adept Nalan Xi, who praised his cultivation and his skill in growing the Tier 3 Fiery Golden Lotus.
• Nalan Xi offered Qin Ming an honorary elder position, a Tier 3 Spirit Vein cave abode, and Spirit Fields, but Qin Ming politely refused.
• Nalan Xi gave Qin Ming an Azure Sea Token granting access to Azure Sea Main Peak's core areas, and Qin Ming asked what she wanted in return.
• Nalan Xi showed Qin Ming a damaged Spirit Transformation Herb, and he correctly identified it as a lower-grade Tier 3 Spirit Plant.
• Nalan Xi explained that her Spirit Pet had suffered a severe injury and asked Qin Ming to revive the herb and cultivate its fruits to help it recover.

Qin Ming accepted Nalan Xi’s request to cultivate the Spirit Transformation Herb and returned to Mirror Snow Pavilion, where friends congratulated him on his advancement. He learned that conflict between the Spirit Feather Sect and Thunder Origin Sect was nearing its decisive stage, while the Spirit Rest Archipelago was temporarily safe, and warned his companions about unusual demon beast activity.

• Nalan Xi gave Qin Ming the Spirit Transformation Herb to cultivate and ordered scouts to monitor unusual demon beast activity near Azure Sea Immortal City.
• Qin Ming left Azure Sea Peak and returned to Mirror Snow Pavilion, where Gu Qingzhao, Huangfu Qi, Chen Qiaoling, and others welcomed and congratulated him.
• Huangfu Qi asked Qin Ming to sell him Spirit Rest Rice, and Qin Ming agreed.
• Qin Ming told Gu Qingzhao that he had declined Nalan Xi’s offer to join the Immortal City because he valued his freedom.
• Huangfu Qi and Gu Qingzhao explained that the Spirit Feather Sect and Thunder Origin Sect were nearing a decisive conflict, while the Spirit Rest Archipelago and Qin Ming’s Moon Gazing Island were temporarily safe.
• Qin Ming warned Gu Qingzhao and Huangfu Qi to stay alert because demon beasts near the Immortal City were behaving unusually.

After trading with Huangfu Qi and arranging sales through Gu Qingzhao, Qin Ming returned to Moon Gazing Island and used Essence of Myriad Woods to strengthen the Longevity Vine. He broke through to Foundation Establishment Middle Stage and ended the chapter considering the enemies recorded in his notebook.

• Qin Ming gave Spirit Lotuses, Spirit Rest Rice, and Spirit Gathering Tea to Su Yuqing, then sold rice and fish to Huangfu Qi.
• Huangfu Qi traded Qin Ming the Fleeting Light Shadowing Technique, and Qin Ming entrusted Gu Qingzhao with selling pills and seeking Tier 3 Spirit Plants.
• Qin Ming returned to Moon Gazing Island, fed the Longevity Vine nearly half a bottle of Essence of Myriad Woods, and cultivated with its surging power.
• Qin Ming used five Potent Purity affix leaves to purify his spiritual power and broke through to Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.
• Qin Ming discovered his divine sense reached roughly fifteen li and reflected on his increased strength, lifespan, and the people in his notebook.

Qin Ming discovered new Longevity Vine affixes, learned that Wu Jiang’s children had joined the Thunder Origin Sect, and successfully brewed Spirit Fire Wine. He received news from Auntie Long about high-rank Beast Essence Blood and third-rank spirit plant seeds he had been seeking.

• Qin Ming found that the Longevity Vine had bloomed again and gained lifespan, spacetime, and sentience affixes.
• Wu Jiang told Qin Ming that Wu Wangfeng and Wu Wangyue had become disciples of Thunder Origin Sect elders, and Qin Ming worried about the impending conflict with Spirit Feather Sect.
• Qin Ming unearthed and tasted his successfully brewed Spirit Fire Wine, then considered making Jade Scale Wine and finding suitable Beast Essence Blood.
• Auntie Long sent Qin Ming a message saying there was news about the high-rank Beast Essence Blood and third-rank spirit plant seeds he had requested.

Qin Ming met Aunt Long at Mirror Snow Pavilion and learned that a major trade fair on Thousand Leaf Spirit Island would offer the rare items he sought. As he left Tianhe Market District, he unknowingly alarmed a disguised woman, who later reported meeting an acquaintance to a hidden contact.

• Qin Ming traveled to Tianhe Market District, where cultivators congratulated him on becoming a Tier 2 High-Grade Spirit Planter.
• Aunt Long told Qin Ming that the Seventy-Two Island Alliance and the Nie Family would hold a trade fair on Thousand Leaf Spirit Island, offering high-grade ape-type Beast Essence Blood and Tier 3 Spirit Plant Seeds.
• Aunt Long gave Qin Ming an invitation and said he could attend with Mirror Snow Pavilion.
• Qin Ming used his divine sense to see beneath a passing woman's black bamboo hat, startling her, then left the market district.
• The woman evaded anyone following her, entered a hidden shop, and told a hoarse-voiced contact that she had obtained the item.

Qin Ming learned that demon beasts from the Beast Cry Mountain Range were entering the Spirit Rest Archipelago, apparently at the behest of the injured Double-Pupiled Demon Ape, and warned Wu Jiang to keep his clansmen safe. After half a month of cultivation, he left Moon Gazing Island with Aunt Long for Thousand Leaf Spirit Island's trade fair.

• Qin Ming encountered a fleeing Foundation Establishment tiger demon and learned from Lu Liang that the Double-Pupiled Demon Ape was sending its subordinates into the archipelago to seek revenge.
• Qin Ming returned to Moon Gazing Island and advised Wu Jiang and his clansmen to avoid unnecessary travel, offering them shelter if danger arose.
• Qin Ming considered how to grow the Fiery Golden Lotus and Spirit Transformation Herb, noting that he still needed suitable wood-element spiritual soil.
• After half a month of secluded cultivation, Qin Ming summoned the Mystic Water Crocodile and Silver-Winged Frost Bee and left the island with Aunt Long for the trade fair.