Arc 3The Golden Pupil and the Ambush

Lu Ming used the Flame of Life to restore Thunderfire Hall’s Moon Spirit Grass supply, won the Li Clan’s contract, and gained the Golden Pupil ability at the Spirit Fish Banquet. He joined Thunderfire Hall’s caravan escort to confront the Peach Mountain Band, and the arc ended as he faced Xu Jushi in the poisonous-fog ambush.

  • Lu Ming completed his fourth Divine Ability Dharma Mark, then used the Flame of Life to ripen one hundred Moon Spirit Grass plants after the Peach Mountain Band raided Thunderfire Hall’s herb garden.
  • Lu Ming delivered top-grade Moon Spirit Grass to the Li Clan and secured Thunderfire Hall the contract to supply four hundred plants, while Lin Changkong vowed to keep troubling the hall.
  • Lu Ming accepted Li Yan’s invitation to the Spirit Fish Banquet, where Yan Qing tried to disrupt his fishing but Lu Ming caught fifteen Golden Pupil Spirit Fish with Fire Lotus Yuan Qi.
  • Lu Ming returned twelve fish to Thunderfire Hall, formed his fifth and sixth Divine Ability Dharma Marks, awakened Golden Pupil, and helped reveal that Lu Mengmeng’s divine ability bone was beginning to form.
  • Lu Ming asked Zhou Xuan to keep Lin Changkong and Shi Tong from leaving Qingyuan Market, then joined the caravan escort that the Peach Mountain Band ambushed with poisonous mist.
  • Lu Ming used Golden Pupil to find the restriction flags and destroyed three as Thunderfire Hall battled the band, but Fan Li sent Xu Jushi to stop him.
  • Lu Ming beheaded the rat-masked attacker and fought Xu Jushi, surviving a powerful blow before advancing his Thunderfire Whip to Major Accomplishment.
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Ch. 51Four Divine Ability Dharma Marks

Lu Ming completed his breakthrough as a Great Divine Ability Practitioner, condensing four Divine Ability Dharma Marks with the help of his Fire Lotus Mark. The Lu family celebrated and shared cultivation pills, but the chapter ended with news that bandits had attacked the herb garden and destroyed much of its Moon Spirit Grass.

  • The Fire Lotus Mark helped Lu Ming inscribe a fourth Divine Ability Dharma Mark, completing his breakthrough.
  • Lu Ming revealed his four marks to Lu Jin, Lu Qingyan, and Lu Jinglei, who were astonished.
  • Lu Jin warned Lu Ming to keep the number of his marks secret and gave him four Dharma Pattern Pills.
  • Lu Ming gave one Dharma Pattern Pill each to Lu Qingyan and Lu Jinglei so they could improve their cultivation.
  • Zhong Ying reported that Qian Shan had returned badly injured and that bandits had destroyed much of the Moon Spirit Grass in the herb garden.

Ch. 52Peach Mountain Band

The Peach Mountain Band raided Thunderfire Hall’s herb garden and stole its mature Moon Spirit Grass, prompting the Lu family to suspect Golden Gang Sword Hall had arranged the attack. Lu Jin set out to inspect the damage, while Lu Ming asked him to bring back immature Moon Spirit Grass so he could test his newfound ability to cultivate herbs.

  • Qian Shan reported that the Peach Mountain Band had looted the mature Moon Spirit Grass after a planted spy sabotaged the Azure Light Restriction.
  • Lu Qingyan explained the band’s strength and noted that most herb fields survived, though the raiders threatened to return at next year’s harvest.
  • Lu Qingyan, Lu Jinglei, and Lu Ming suspected Lin Changkong and Golden Gang Sword Hall had hired the band to undermine Thunderfire Hall.
  • Lu Jin assigned the others their duties, then prepared to inspect the herb garden while Lu Ming went to seek information from Market Master Zhou Xuan.
  • Lu Ming asked Lu Jin to bring back immature Moon Spirit Grass so he could try cultivating it with the Flame of Life.

Ch. 53Cultivating the Sun-Shining Golden Flame Banner

Lu Ming began cultivating the Sun-Shining Golden Flame Banner after breaking through to become a Great Divine Ability Practitioner. As its scorching Fire Qi burned and was healed by his Flame of Life, he discovered that the process also strengthened his flesh and bones.

  • Lu Ming saw Zhou Fuling demonstrate her Azure Jade Wings and Mystic Jade Body, and she tested his strength after learning he had become a Great Divine Ability Practitioner.
  • Lu Ming told Zhou Fuling he had condensed two Divine Ability Dharma Marks, and she went to inform Zhou Xuan of his breakthrough.
  • Zhou Xuan began teaching Lu Ming the Sun-Shining Golden Flame Banner by drawing golden runes on his body with a secret divine ability material.
  • Lu Ming guided the painful Sun-Shining Fire Qi through his body, while his Flame of Life healed the burns it caused.
  • Lu Ming noticed that the healed areas glowed gold and seemed to have grown stronger.

Ch. 54Divine Ability of the Pill Dao

Lu Ming discovered that the Sun-Shining Golden Flame Banner could temper his body when paired with the Flame of Life, and Zhou Xuan began teaching him pill Dao cultivation. The chapter left Lu Ming urging Zhou Xuan to act against the Peach Mountain Band, while offering Thunderfire Hall’s help.

  • Lu Ming confirmed that he could endure the Sun-Shining Golden Flame Banner’s fire Qi and use it to temper his body with the Flame of Life’s healing.
  • Zhou Xuan explained how pill Dao Divine Abilities worked and demonstrated refining Bone-Tempering Pills with the True Explanation of Six Refinements of Clear Qi.
  • Zhou Xuan gave Lu Ming a lotus leaf containing the pill Dao Divine Ability and instructed him to meet daily for help cultivating the Sun-Shining Golden Flame Banner.
  • Lu Ming told Zhou Xuan about the Peach Mountain Band’s raid on Thunderfire Hall’s herb garden and urged him to retaliate, offering Thunderfire Hall’s assistance.

Ch. 55Delivery

Lu Ming returned to the Thunderfire Hall after speaking with Zhou Xuan about the Peach Mountain Band and the suspected collusion of the Golden Gang Sword Hall. With the Moon Spirit Grass delivery only five days away and all the mature stalks destroyed, he hinted that his emerald-green flame might still let the hall fulfill its order.

  • Zhou Xuan said he would lock down Qingyuan Market and strengthen patrols, but could not punish the Golden Gang Sword Hall without evidence of collusion with the Peach Mountain Band.
  • Zhou Fuling urged Zhou Xuan to help Lu Ming, and Zhou Xuan said he had already hinted that evidence could give him grounds to act.
  • Lu Ming learned that Li Yan had offered to accept immature Moon Spirit Grass, but Lu Jin had refused to avoid causing trouble for her within the Li Clan.
  • Lu Jin showed Lu Ming the immature Moon Spirit Grass left after the raid, while Lu Qingyan and Lu Jinglei offered to return their Dharma Pattern Pills to save resources.
  • Lu Ming declined the pills and revealed a mysterious emerald-green flame, suggesting the Thunderfire Hall might still deliver Moon Spirit Grass in five days.

Ch. 56The Flame of Life Shows Its Might

Lu Ming discovered that the Flame of Life could mature Moon Spirit Grass, restoring Thunderfire Hall’s supply and giving the Lu Clan hope of escaping its financial crisis. After producing one hundred top-grade plants, Lu Ming set out with Lu Jin, Lu Qingyan, and Lu Jinglei to deliver them to the Li Clan, where Lin Changkong planned to seize the future supply contract.

  • Lu Ming used the Flame of Life to mature a three-leaf Moon Spirit Grass into a top-grade four-leaf plant, and Lu Jin confirmed its exceptional medicinal power.
  • Lu Ming ripened twenty plants in three hours, then told Lu Jin that Zhou Xuan had offered to punish the Golden Gang Sword Hall if they could provide evidence against it.
  • Over the following days, Lu Ming cultivated, practiced his abilities, healed Lu Jin, and ripened all sixty plants in the herb garden.
  • Lu Ming had Lu Jin bring back younger Moon Spirit Grass and ripened another forty plants, bringing their delivery to one hundred.
  • Lu Qingyan reported that Lin Changkong intended to claim the Li Clan’s future Moon Spirit Grass supply, and Lu Ming and the others went to make their delivery.

Ch. 57The Li Clan

The Li Clan began its annual purchase of Moon Spirit Grass, where Lin Changkong secured acceptance of Golden Gang Sword Hall’s herbs and challenged Thunderfire Hall’s hundred-plant delivery. The chapter ended with Lin demanding that Thunderfire Hall’s goods be inspected publicly.

  • Lu Ming and the Thunderfire Hall group arrived at the Li Clan estate, where Li Yan recognized that Lu Ming had become a Great Divine Ability Practitioner.
  • Lin Changkong offered seventy Moon Spirit Grass plants and sought the Li Clan’s entire second-half quota of four hundred plants; Li Shuang confirmed his plants were mature, and Li Yan accepted them.
  • Li Shuang inspected the other gardens’ deliveries, while Lu Ming stated that Thunderfire Hall had brought one hundred plants; Li Shuang reported that they met the standard without opening the chests.
  • After Li Yan declared the first-half quota filled, Lin Changkong questioned how Thunderfire Hall could provide a hundred mature plants after its herb garden was attacked and objected that its chests had not been inspected publicly.

Ch. 58Opening the box to inspect the herbs

Lu Ming challenged Lin Changkong’s demand to inspect the Thunderfire Hall’s Moon Spirit Grass, then revealed a box of one hundred excellent mature plants. After settling the dispute, Lu Ming challenged the Golden Gang Sword Hall to compete for the Li Clan’s order of four hundred plants.

  • Lin Changkong pressed for the Thunderfire Hall’s herb box to be opened, while Li He tried to persuade him to drop the dispute by offering the Golden Gang Sword Hall the next order.
  • Lu Ming objected to the proposed deal and kicked open the herb box, revealing one hundred mature, four-leaf Moon Spirit Grass plants.
  • Li Shuang examined the plants and confirmed they were rare, top-grade Moon Spirit Grass, leaving Lin Changkong and the gathered herb gardeners astonished.
  • Li Yan asked Lin Changkong whether he still objected, and he accepted the Thunderfire Hall’s herbs but claimed the Golden Gang Sword Hall could handle the next order.
  • Lu Ming said the Thunderfire Hall also wanted to compete for the order and proposed comparing both halls’ Moon Spirit Grass.

Ch. 59Competing for the Order

Lu Ming secured Thunderfire Hall the Li Clan’s contract to supply four hundred stalks of high-quality Moon Spirit Grass, angering Lin Changkong, who vowed not to let the hall grow in peace. Li Yan then shared Jingyi’s request that Lu Ming attend the Spirit Fish Banquet, leaving him wondering what the banquet was.

  • Lu Ming assured Li He that Thunderfire Hall could supply four hundred stalks of Moon Spirit Grass of comparable quality, and Li He awarded the contract to Thunderfire Hall.
  • Lin Changkong left with Xu Xiong and rejected the idea of attacking Thunderfire Hall’s herb garden again, but vowed to keep troubling the hall.
  • Li Yan asked Lu Jin whether Thunderfire Hall could fulfill the contract, and Lu Jin confirmed that it could.
  • Li Yan gave Lu Ming Jingyi’s Flying Crane Letter, in which Jingyi asked her mother to help him attend the Spirit Fish Banquet.
  • Li Yan told Lu Ming she had promised Jingyi to help him attend, and Lu Ming asked whether the banquet was for eating fish.

Ch. 60Spirit Fish Banquet

Li Yan offered Lu Ming a place at the Spirit Fish Banquet, where he could gain strength by catching Golden Pupil Spirit Fish, and he accepted the conditions despite the debt it would create. On the journey home, Lu Ming and his family discussed the favor, his Moon Spirit Grass commitment, and their ongoing conflict with Lin Changkong.

  • Li Yan explained the Spirit Fish Pond, the benefits of Golden Pupil Spirit Fish, and that Jingyi was one of only three people to gain the Golden Pupil ability in fifteen years.
  • Li Yan offered Lu Ming a place at the banquet in four days, requiring him to give the Li Clan his first three Golden Pupil Spirit Fish or pay ten thousand Heavenly Gold Sand if he failed to catch them.
  • Lu Ming accepted the place because he needed to improve his strength, and Li Yan told him Li Shuang would collect him for the banquet.
  • Lu Ming told Lu Jin and the others about the banquet on their way home, and Lu Jin remarked that the Li Clan's growing favor might prove a worthwhile investment.
  • Lu Ming assured Lu Jin he could ripen the four hundred Moon Spirit Grass plants he had promised, while the family discussed Lin Changkong's failed attempt to take the order.
  • Lu Ming warned that Lin Changkong would not let the matter go and privately vowed to kill him once he became strong enough.

Ch. 61Spirit Sense, Lotus Pill Furnace

Lu Ming developed Spirit Sense and Clear Qi through the True Explanation of Six Refinements of Clear Qi, and the Fire Lotus Mark transformed the Clear Qi into a lotus pill furnace. After finally forming the Sun-Shining Golden Flame Banner imprint, he showed Zhou Xuan his furnace and was urged to begin refining pills.

  • Lu Ming condensed his first wisp of Spirit Sense and Clear Qi, expanding his perception beyond what Primordial Qi alone could detect.
  • The Fire Lotus Mark absorbed Lu Ming's Clear Qi and manifested a glazed lotus-shaped pill furnace.
  • Lu Ming stopped using Sun-Shining Fire Qi to temper his body and formed the Sun-Shining Golden Flame Banner imprint.
  • Lu Ming showed Zhou Xuan and Zhou Fuling his lotus pill furnace, and Zhou Xuan praised how quickly he had formed a complete one.
  • Zhou Fuling challenged Lu Ming to refine pills and warned him that he would have to pay for any materials he ruined.

Ch. 62It Can Refine Pills by Itself?

Lu Ming refined a Qi Refining Elixir with help from the Fire Lotus Mark, which fused the medicinal powers on its own. He revealed his successful first pill to Zhou Xuan and Zhou Fuling, leaving both stunned.

  • Zhou Xuan taught Lu Ming to refine a Qi Refining Elixir and had Zhou Fuling prepare the ingredients.
  • Lu Ming practiced extracting medicinal power from the ingredients in the lotus pill furnace.
  • Lu Ming discovered that the Fire Lotus Mark fused the medicinal powers and formed an embryonic pill without his guidance.
  • Lu Ming used Clear Qi and True Explanation of Six Refinements of Clear Qi to finish refining the pill.
  • Lu Ming showed Zhou Xuan and Zhou Fuling his perfectly round Qi Refining Elixir, and they stared in shock.

Ch. 63That's What You Call an Alchemy Genius

Lu Ming refined a Qi Refining Elixir on his first attempt, convincing Zhou Xuan that he was an alchemy genius. After Lu Ming declined Zhou Xuan’s offer of a Spirit Fish Pond spot because Li Yan had already arranged one, Zhou Xuan gave him intelligence about the Peach Mountain Band, and Lu Ming hurried back to warn Lu Jin.

  • Lu Ming successfully refined a Qi Refining Elixir, and Zhou Xuan confirmed its quality and praised Lu Ming’s talent for sensing Pill Qi and controlling the fusion.
  • Zhou Fuling grew jealous, shook Lu Ming, then blushed and retreated when she realized how close she had pulled him.
  • Zhou Xuan offered Lu Ming a spot at the Spirit Fish Pond, but Lu Ming said Li Yan had already arranged one for him.
  • Zhou Xuan gave Lu Ming files about the Peach Mountain Band and warned that the band had been making unusual moves.
  • Lu Ming hurried back to Thunderfire Hall to inform Lu Jin, while Zhou Fuling later teased Zhou Xuan for his awkward attempts to do Lu Ming favors.

Ch. 64The Peach Mountain Band's Movements

Lu Ming and the Lu family learned that the Peach Mountain Band might attack a caravan Thunderfire Hall was escorting to Mystic Whale Market, so they planned to use Zhou Xuan’s intelligence to prepare an ambush. Lu Ming volunteered to join the defense, and the chapter ended with him looking forward to the Spirit Fish Banquet and hoping to bring back fish that would strengthen his family.

  • Lu Ming gave Lu Mengmeng a Qi Refining Elixir and sent her to summon Lu Qingyan and Lu Jinglei.
  • Lu Ming shared Zhou Xuan’s detailed intelligence about the Peach Mountain Band and a warning that the band planned to act early next month.
  • Lu Ming and his family suspected the band would attack Thunderfire Hall’s caravan bound for Mystic Whale Market.
  • Lu Jin decided to assemble trusted Great Divine Ability Practitioners to escort the caravan and secretly follow them, while Lu Ming volunteered to join the operation.
  • Lu Ming told his family he had refined a Qi Refining Elixir, and Lu Jin promised to support his alchemy training.
  • Lu Ming anticipated the Spirit Fish Banquet, hoping to bring back spirit fish to help strengthen his father and second uncle.

Ch. 65Two Women

Li Shuang and Zhou Fuling both went to collect Lu Ming for the Spirit Fish Banquet, revealing that he was studying alchemy under Zhou Xuan. At Great Clan Mountain, Yan Qing grew jealous when he saw Lu Ming with Zhou Fuling and resolved to watch him fail to take a spirit fish.

  • Li Shuang and Zhou Fuling arrived at the Thunderfire Hall to escort Lu Ming to the Spirit Fish Banquet, and Li Shuang learned that Zhou Fuling was his Senior Sister because he was studying alchemy under Zhou Xuan.
  • Li Shuang worried that Zhou Fuling’s closeness to Lu Ming would upset her friend Jingyi, then followed Lu Ming and Zhou Fuling toward Great Clan Mountain.
  • Yan Qing and Yan Zhizhi met the group on the mountain path, and Li Shuang and Zhou Fuling revealed that Lu Ming had received a banquet spot and was learning alchemy from Zhou Xuan.
  • Yan Qing became jealous of Lu Ming’s connection to Zhou Fuling, hid his anger, and privately vowed that Lu Ming would not take a spirit fish away.

Ch. 66Golden Pupil Spirit Fish

Lu Ming joined the Spirit Fish Banquet and learned how the clans fished for Golden Pupil Spirit Fish in the Spirit Fish Pond. After Yan Qing sabotaged Lu Ming’s chance to catch one, Lu Ming decided to cheat in return and unleashed the Fire Lotus Mark.

  • Li Shuang explained the fishing rules to Lu Ming and warned him that Yan Qing might target him.
  • Lu Ming cast his Primordial Qi line into the pond while Zhou Fuling, Yan Qing, and Li Shuang fished at greater depths.
  • Yan Qing caught the first Golden Pupil Spirit Fish, and Zhou Fuling soon caught one as well.
  • Yan Qing signaled other anglers to stir up waves, frightening away the Golden Pupil Spirit Fish approaching Lu Ming’s hook.
  • Lu Ming withdrew his gaze from Yan Qing and poured his Primordial Qi into the Fire Lotus Mark.

Ch. 67Sorry for the Laugh

Lu Ming used his exceptionally pure Fire Lotus Yuan Qi to attract Golden Pupil Spirit Fish, then caught fifteen despite Yan Qing and the other clan scions trying to stop him. He ended by apologizing to the stunned crowd for making a spectacle of himself.

  • Lu Ming baited his hook with Fire Lotus Yuan Qi, and a Golden Pupil Spirit Fish ignored Yan Qing's bait to swallow it; Lu Ming caught the fish.
  • Lu Ming caught a second Golden Pupil Spirit Fish soon after, convincing Yan Qing that his success was no accident.
  • Yan Qing, Yan Zhizhi, and other clan scions created a powerful vortex around Lu Ming's stone pillar, while Zhou Fuling rebuked Yan Qing for interfering.
  • Lu Ming strengthened his bait with Fire Lotus Yuan Qi, drawing dozens of Golden Pupil Spirit Fish that broke through the vortex.
  • Lu Ming rapidly caught fifteen Golden Pupil Spirit Fish, then apologized to the stunned crowd for making a spectacle of himself.

Ch. 68Fifteen Golden Pupil Spirit Fish

Lu Ming caught fifteen Golden Pupil Spirit Fish at the Spirit Fish Banquet, forcing Li Yan to negotiate with the clan heads so he could keep twelve. After Zhou Fuling reminded him to continue studying alchemy, Li Yan took him back to the Thunderfire Hall, then abruptly left him wondering why she seemed distant.

  • Lu Ming emerged from the Spirit Fish Pond with fifteen Golden Pupil Spirit Fish, astonishing the gathered clans.
  • Yan Jing suggested that Lu Ming keep only five fish and be barred from future banquets, and Li Yan accepted the compromise after the clan heads pressed their objections.
  • Zhou Fuling asked Lu Ming how he had caught so many fish, and he joked that he could speak to them while she promised to back him if the clans tried to cheat him.
  • Li Yan transferred three fish to Li Shuang and returned the remaining twelve to Lu Ming, warning him that he might not be invited to another banquet.
  • Li Yan learned that Lu Ming was studying alchemy under Zhou Xuan, then took him back to the Thunderfire Hall after Zhou Fuling reminded him to visit the workshop the next day.
  • Li Yan hurried away before Lu Ming could thank her, leaving him puzzled by her sudden distance.

Ch. 69Lu Mengmeng's Talent

Lu Ming shared the Golden Pupil Spirit Fish with his family, and the meal revealed Lu Mengmeng’s unusual ability to digest Primordial Qi. The fish helped Lu Ming form his fifth Divine Ability Dharma Mark, while a strange light from Lu Mengmeng’s chest suggested her Divine Ability Bone was awakening.

  • Lu Ming brought twelve Golden Pupil Spirit Fish to Thunderfire Hall, and Lu Jin arranged for Zhong Ying to cook one each day for the family.
  • Lu Mengmeng drank a bowl of fish soup in one gulp and absorbed its potent Primordial Qi, prompting Lu Jin to wonder whether she had an unusual talent for digestion.
  • Lu Ming ate the fish and used its Primordial Qi to form his fifth Divine Ability Dharma Mark ahead of schedule.
  • After Lu Mengmeng drank several more bowls, a strange light appeared from her chest, suggesting that her Divine Ability Bone was beginning to awaken.

Ch. 70Golden Pupil

Lu Mengmeng’s divine ability bone began forming early, so Lu Jin delayed its awakening while Lu Ming planned to obtain a way to weaken the family curse. Lu Ming condensed his sixth Divine Ability Dharma Mark, awakened Golden Pupil, and prepared to escort the Qingchuan Merchant Association’s caravan against the Peach Mountain Band.

  • Lu Jin recognized that Lu Mengmeng’s divine ability bone was beginning to form and offered to seal the flow of Primordial Qi to delay its awakening; Lu Ming agreed, and Lu Mengmeng fainted at the prospect of cultivating painful body divine abilities.
  • Lu Ming condensed his sixth Divine Ability Dharma Mark after eating seven Golden Pupil Spirit Fish, then awakened the Golden Pupil special art while sparring with Lu Qingyan.
  • Lu Ming used Golden Pupil to detect the flow of Primordial Qi and identify Lu Qingyan’s true body, impressing his father with the art’s defensive potential.
  • Lu Qingyan told Lu Ming that the Thunderfire Hall’s caravan escort would set out in three days, and Lu Ming resolved to seek Zhou Xuan’s help before confronting the Peach Mountain Band.

Ch. 71A Favor

Lu Ming asked Zhou Xuan to keep Lin Changkong and Shi Tong from interfering while Thunderfire Hall fought the Peach Mountain Band. Zhou Xuan agreed and gave Lu Ming recovery pills, leaving Thunderfire Hall to prepare for the coming battle with its own strength.

  • Zhou Xuan praised Lu Ming for refining a high-grade Qi Refining Elixir and advised him to cultivate more Clear Qi before attempting double refinement.
  • Lu Ming told Zhou Xuan that Thunderfire Hall would escort its caravan as usual and fight the Peach Mountain Band, with Lu Jin prepared to confront its leader, Guo Kui.
  • Lu Ming asked Zhou Xuan to prevent Lin Changkong from leaving the market city, and Zhou Xuan agreed to watch Shi Tong as well in exchange for Lu Ming's future favor and pill-making talent.
  • Zhou Xuan gave Lu Ming Lesser Primordial Restoration Pills, and Lu Ming thanked Zhou Fuling for helping him.
  • After Lu Ming left, Zhou Xuan told Zhou Fuling that Lu Jin's willingness to take the risk suggested Thunderfire Hall had an unknown trump card.

Ch. 72The Peach Mountain Band Attacks

Lu Ming joined Thunderfire Hall’s caravan escort, expecting the Peach Mountain Band to attack after the caravan left Qingyuan Market. The band struck on the first night instead, and Guo Kui confronted the caravan before Lu Jin revealed himself to fight.

  • Lu Qingyan introduced Lu Ming to Lü Feng and Lu Song as Thunderfire Hall’s high-grade prodigy before the caravan departed with seven Great Divine Ability Practitioners guarding it.
  • Lu Ming remained alert as the caravan traveled west, but the Peach Mountain Band ambushed the camp on its first night with poisonous mist.
  • Lu Ming fired a signal arrow, waking the camp as the miasma overwhelmed attendants and began to corrode the Great Divine Ability Practitioners’ Primordial Qi.
  • Lü Feng recognized that a Divine Ability Restriction was strengthening the poisonous mist, and masked members of the Peach Mountain Band emerged from it.
  • Guo Kui appeared above the camp and identified himself as the Peach Mountain Band’s leader, then clashed with Lu Jin when Lu Jin struck him with a Thunderfire Whip.

Ch. 73Blood Battle

Lu Ming joined Thunderfire Hall’s defense against Guo Kui and the Peach Mountain Band, then set out to destroy the restriction spreading poisonous gas across the battlefield. A rat-masked Great Divine Ability Practitioner blocked his path, and Lu Ming prepared to face him with Golden Plasma Fire at the Perfection Realm.

  • Lu Jin and Guo Kui exchanged attacks as Guo Kui ordered the Peach Mountain Band to kill Thunderfire Hall’s people.
  • Lu Qingyan rallied Thunderfire Hall, and Lu Jinglei led the charge as the two sides began a bloody battle.
  • Lu Ming identified the restriction flags by using Golden Pupil and rushed into the forest to destroy them.
  • A rat-masked Great Divine Ability Practitioner ambushed Lu Ming, but Lu Ming evaded his attacks and shattered his wooden vines.
  • Lu Ming countered the opponent’s Entangling Wood Hand by raising Golden Plasma Fire to the Perfection Realm with Fire Lotus Yuan Qi.

Ch. 74Beheaded with One Slash

Lu Ming killed the rat-faced Great Divine Ability Practitioner with one slash and destroyed three of the forest’s four Restriction Flags, weakening the poisonous fog. As he reached the last flag, Xu Jushi arrived to stop him.

  • Lu Ming combined his Perfection Realm Golden Plasma Fire with his Flame Blade and beheaded the rat-faced Great Divine Ability Practitioner with one slash.
  • Lu Ming destroyed a Restriction Flag, then quickly shattered two more, thinning the poisonous fog across the forest.
  • Lu Qingyan and the others sensed the restriction weakening, while Fan Li ordered Xu Jushi to kill Lu Ming before he could destroy the final flag.
  • Xu Jushi hurled his blood-red axe at Lu Ming, who dodged the strike as the Peach Mountain Band’s sixth brother confronted him.

Ch. 75Sun-Shining Golden Body

Lu Ming fought Xu Jushi, whose powerful physical Divine Abilities overwhelmed him at close range, but the Sun-Shining Golden Body and Flame of Life let him endure the blow. As Xu Jushi charged with his Upper Divine Ability, Lu Ming combined Fire Lotus Yuan Qi with his Minor Accomplishment Thunderfire Whip and advanced it to Major Accomplishment.

  • Lu Ming attacked Xu Jushi with his Golden Plasma Fire-enhanced saber, but Xu Jushi’s Major Accomplishment Bronze Skin Technique withstood the golden flames.
  • Xu Jushi activated the Giant Strength Technique and struck Lu Ming hard enough to hurl him through several trees, but Lu Ming recovered with the aid of the Flame of Life and his Sun-Shining Golden Body.
  • Xu Jushi unleashed his Minor Accomplishment Bull Demon Vicious Soul Technique, while Lu Ming replaced his damaged saber with his Minor Accomplishment Thunderfire Whip.
  • As Xu Jushi charged, Lu Ming poured Fire Lotus Yuan Qi into the Thunderfire Whip, extending it from four segments to seven and reaching Major Accomplishment.
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