Recaps

Li Yang realized Wang Gexiao might avoid the mental probe by killing himself, so she rushed with the Marquis of Wind Pavilion and Li Yaowan to the Wang Family estate. There, Wang Gexiao asked his father, the Marquis of Mirror Bamboo, to devour his Origin Soul and strengthen his realm.

• The Marquis of Wind Pavilion took charge of watching the Wang Family estate while Li Yang and Li Yaowan waited for Wang Gexiao to face a mental probe.
• Li Yang played five-in-a-row with Lianxin and realized Wang Gexiao might choose death to protect the Wang Family and damage the Marquis of Wind Pavilion's reputation.
• Li Yang warned the Marquis of Wind Pavilion and Li Yaowan that Wang Gexiao intended to kill himself, and they hurried to the Wang Family estate.
• Wang Gexiao handed over his duties to Wang Xining and reassured him that his conscience was clear.
• Wang Gexiao told the Marquis of Mirror Bamboo that he could not submit to a mental probe and asked his father to devour his Origin Soul to advance his realm.

Li Yang stopped Wang Gexiao from persuading the Marquis of Mirror Bamboo to kill him and take his Origin Soul, then defended herself against the Wang Family's great array. With Time Rewind confirming the events, the gathered Ninth-Grade Supremes began a mental probe of Wang Gexiao, and Li Yang prepared to enter his Spirit Sea with Lianxin.

• Wang Gexiao urged the Marquis of Mirror Bamboo to kill him and devour his Origin Soul, but Li Yang exposed what was happening to everyone in the Huaxia Heavenly Palace.
• The Marquis of Wind Pavilion and Li Yaowan stopped Wang Gexiao from dying, and Li Yang blocked the Wang Family's great array with Risking Life and the Invincible Shield.
• The Marquis of Wind Pavilion called for a mental probe, and Li Yang used Time Rewind to replay the Marquis of Mirror Bamboo threatening Wang Gexiao and Wang Gexiao attacking her.
• Wang Tiankang agreed to conduct a mental probe of Wang Gexiao as the Ninth-Grade Supremes gathered at the Wang Family residence.
• The Marquis of Wind Pavilion invited Li Yang to enter Wang Gexiao's Spirit Sea, and Lianxin agreed to guide her there.

Li Yang and the Ninth-Grade Supremes explored Wang Gexiao’s memories and learned how he turned against the Nature Department and arranged a Divine Descent. The memories ended with Divine Exalt Daowu arriving at the Greedy Wolf Transit Point and overwhelming Wang Gexiao with a glance.

• Marquis of Wind Pavilion guided Li Yang and Lianxin into Wang Gexiao’s Spirit Sea to examine events from twenty-eight years earlier.
• Li Yang watched the Nature Department plan its attack on the Fenglie Clan and gained a deeper understanding of the Sparse Words, Natural Heart Sutra after seeing the pavilion master.
• Wang Gexiao blamed the Nature Department’s pavilion master for refusing to advance to the Divine Venerable Realm and decided to use a Divine Token to summon a Divine Venerable.
• After the pavilion master and Divine Venerable Fenglie died in battle, Wang Gexiao returned to the Greedy Wolf Transit Point and prepared the Divine Descent Ritual.
• Wang Gexiao deceived Lu Yanbie into serving as a Heavenly Fortune Bearer, summoned Divine Exalt Daowu, and had his Spirit Sea thrown into chaos by Daowu’s glance.

After probing Wang Gexiao’s memories, the Ninth-Grade Supremes learned he had betrayed the Nature Department to force an ascension to the Divine Venerable Realm, and they agreed to conceal the secret. Li Yang proposed sparing the uninvolved branches of the Wang Family by claiming the Flower of Evil had controlled Wang Gexiao; Wang Tiankang accepted, while Wang Gexiao broke down and was struck by Wang Tiankang.

• Li Yang recovered from contamination in her Spirit Sea after Lianxin purified it, and the mental probe confirmed Wang Gexiao had caused the Divine Descent and betrayed the Nature Department.
• The Ninth-Grade Supremes learned that unifying the Huaxia Realm Domain and claiming the Divine Emperor’s station could enable ascension, then made a contract to keep the secret hidden.
• Li Yang privately suggested protecting the Wang Family branches uninvolved in the Greedy Wolf Incident, and the Marquis of Wind Pavilion and Li Yaowan approved.
• Li Yang publicly said the Flower of Evil had taken over Wang Gexiao, allowing the Wang Family’s other branches to be spared while the branches of Wang Gexiao and the Marquis of Mirror Bamboo would be eliminated.
• The Marquis of Wind Pavilion examined the Flower of Evil spore in Li Yang’s Spirit Sea, and Wang Gexiao protested that he had not been corrupted before Wang Tiankang punched him.
• Wang Tiankang condemned Wang Gexiao for pursuing personal glory under the guise of serving the Wang Family and Huaxia.

Li Yang’s plan exposed Wang Gexiao as the traitor behind the Nature Department’s massacre while protecting the secret of the Divine Venerable path. The Marquis of Wind Pavilion presented the evidence to the Huaxia Heavenly Palace and blamed Wang Gexiao’s actions on the Flower of Evil, leaving him imprisoned and publicly disgraced.

• Li Yang’s explanation persuaded Wang Tiankang to see Wang Gexiao as a traitor, and the Marquis of Wind Pavilion restrained him while Wang Tiankang beat him.
• Li Yaowan fed Wang Gexiao a speech-stealing pill, and the Marquis of Wind Pavilion trapped him in a shield as the group left the Wang Family residence.
• Jiang Yuqing announced Wang Gexiao’s betrayal to the gathered Star Wielders, while the Nature Department’s members rushed to join the procession.
• The Marquis of Wind Pavilion convened an open Star Nexus Council and released a mental probe report detailing Wang Gexiao’s role in the Greedy Wolf Transit Point disaster.
• The Marquis of Wind Pavilion announced that Flower of Evil spores had parasitized Wang Gexiao in the Fenglie Clan’s main city and amplified his jealousy of the Nature Department.

The Marquis of Wind Pavilion executed Wang Gexiao and sentenced the Marquis of Mirror Bamboo to lifelong confinement, bringing the case over the Nature Department’s destruction to a close. Li Yang paid respects at the Greedy Wolf Transit Point, then returned to the Nature Pavilion and prepared to advance to the Sixth Grade Realm while pursuing intelligence about the Lost Space Society.

• The Marquis of Wind Pavilion executed Wang Gexiao, explaining that the Flower of Evil had magnified his desires, and sentenced the Marquis of Mirror Bamboo to lifelong confinement while transferring their assets to the Nature Department.
• Li Yang and Li Yaowan visited the ruins of the Greedy Wolf Transit Point, where Li Yang bowed to the fallen Nature Department seniors and vowed that their souls could not rest until Divine Exalt Daowu was slain.
• After returning to the Nature Pavilion, Li Yang recounted the Marquis of Wind Pavilion’s announcement to Jiang Yuqing and the others, then sent Zhong Kun to fetch Kazi from the Blue Crystal Realm Domain.
• Li Yaowan told Li Yang that the Marquis of Wind Pavilion had offered the Star Nexus Pavilion’s intelligence organization for her Lost Space gathering, provided Li Yang advanced to the Sixth Grade Realm, ideally its peak.

Li Yang prepared to raise her realm in a cultivation Realm Domain, while the Nature Department welcomed the opportunity and its members’ families encouraged them to grow stronger. Marquis of Wind Pavilion uncovered that Li Yang had brought Masterless Swords from the Sword Tomb to cultivate Star Plants, but she waited for Li Yang to reveal more.

• Li Yaowan offered Li Yang access to Marquis of Mirror Bamboo’s cultivation Realm Domain and promised to guard her future breakthrough, while Li Yang asked to bring Senior Brother Li and find Fifth Grade Star Plants.
• Li Yaowan transferred the Realm Domain to the Nature Department after confirming it was safe, and Lin Zhaoqin and the others eagerly prepared to cultivate there.
• Zhong Kun, Lin Zhaoqin, and Ying Qi received encouragement and treasures from their families, and Ying Qi refused to disclose details of Lin Zhaoqin’s Growth-Type Divine Weapon.
• Marquis of Wind Pavilion investigated the Sword Tomb and discovered that its overlords and Masterless Swords had vanished.
• Marquis of Wind Pavilion concluded that Li Yang had brought the Masterless Swords to the Blue Crystal Realm Domain to grow Star Plants, and she waited for Li Yang to tell her more.

Li Yang and the others prepared to enter a Master-level small Realm Domain for secluded cultivation, while Feng Yiqiao, Lü Shunshun, and Xia Putao chose to return to Zhongdu Military Academy and rebuild the Agronomy Department. Li Yaowan escorted the cultivators into the Realm Domain, where they discovered its ground was spirit liquid, and urged them to settle down and meditate.

• Li Yaowan adjusted the Starlight concentration and confirmed who would enter the small Realm Domain; Lu Yanbie stayed behind to strengthen his foundation, while Li Qingchen did not need to go.
• Li Yang gave Teleportation Anchors to the incoming cultivators, and Jiang Chunhua learned that Jiang Yuqing had earned a place through his connection to Li Yang.
• Feng Yiqiao, Lü Shunshun, and Xia Putao declined secluded cultivation and decided to return to Zhongdu Military Academy to rebuild the Agronomy Department.
• Jiang Yuqing promised to supply the trio with Star-Attracting Pills and prepared cultivation pills for the group entering the Realm Domain.
• Li Yaowan escorted the cultivators into the small Realm Domain, revealed that its soft ground was spirit liquid, and told them to find places to meditate.

Li Yang settled the others into long-term cultivation in the small Realm Domain while keeping Lianxin company and learning more about his origins. She tested her lifespan gains and discovered the domain’s Starlight concentration was no higher than the Heavenly Palace’s.

• Lin Zhaoqin, Ying Qi, Fang Chuyun, Zhong Kun, Yu Hongyuan, and Wang Ruika began cultivating in the spiritual liquid, and Li Yang encouraged Wang Ruika to put his family worries aside.
• Li Yang found she could not stay focused on meditation and asked Lianxin about his nature, the Flowers of Evil, and his wish to return to the Lotus Domain.
• Lianxin explained that beings like him could become Flowers of Evil if they ate people, and Li Yang promised to take him home once she reached Grandmaster.
• Li Yang asked Lianxin about Heart Worms and urged him to tell her if he ever felt troubled; he bashfully replied that he felt only happy and delighted.
• Li Yang spent lifespan to test her Star Soul’s progress, then used Sister Longevity’s analysis to learn that the small Realm Domain’s Starlight concentration was insufficient to reduce the cost.

Li Yang used the time difference between the small Realm Domain and the Huaxia Heavenly Palace to cultivate elsewhere while her companions meditated, and she harvested Star Plants to advance her realm. The chapter left her seeking a Fifth Grade Star Core after Li Yaowan reported news about Fifth Grade Star Plants.

• Li Yang left the small Realm Domain for the Blue Crystal Realm Domain, where the Masterless Swords were harvesting Star Plants under a contract arranged by Li Yang and Li Yaowan.
• Li Yang and the mecha doll took over harvesting, while the chapter explained how Star Cores could enhance Star Weapons and other items.
• Li Yang repeatedly teleported between the Blue Crystal Realm Domain and the small Realm Domain, harvesting plants and spending lifespan to raise her realm while her companions cultivated.
• Yu Hongyuan occasionally woke from meditation and saw Li Yang, whose rapid advancement left him resigned to the gap between their realms.
• After reaching Fifth Grade Sixth Stage, Li Yang found that Fourth Grade Realm Jade Peach Trees supplied little lifespan and that carving her Star Soul had become more difficult.
• Li Yaowan brought news about Fifth Grade Star Plants, but Li Yang said she needed a Fifth Grade Star Core most.

Li Yang chose the hostile Sand Fruit Realm Domain as her next target because its Fifth Grade seeds could eventually provide valuable high-grade plants. She planned to investigate whether the Sand Fruit Clan belonged to the Lost Space Society and received intelligence on the Bone Peach Domain to strengthen her disguise as the Bone Peach Mother Tree.

• Li Yang explained that she needed to conserve merit points while preparing to raise Chen Ri and build a reliable planting brigade of her own.
• Li Yaowan described the Sand Fruit Clan’s earth-escape ambushes, its hatred of Huaxia, and its Fifth Grade standing, and Li Yang decided to take its Realm Domain with help from the Shen Family Army.
• Li Yang wondered whether the Sand Fruit Clan had joined the Lost Space Society and planned to question Kong Shisan while posing as the Bone Peach Mother Tree.
• Li Yang asked about the Bone Peach Domain, and Li Yaowan sent her detailed intelligence from the Star Nexus Pavilion so she could maintain her disguise.

Li Yang learned how the Bone Peach Mother Tree had destroyed the Bone Peach Domain and considered whether reaching the Divine Venerable Realm required draining an entire domain. After reviewing the intelligence and preparing to pose as the Mother Tree’s ally, Li Yang entered the barren Bone Peach Domain to contact Kong Shisan.

• Li Yang learned that Kong Shisan had pushed the ambitious Bone Peach Mother Tree to devour her kind and drain the Bone Peach Domain, and that she sent Star Cores as tribute to the Lost Space Society.
• Li Yang wondered whether Sister Longevity was connected to the Sparse Words, Natural Heart Sutra, but declined to spend a million years of lifespan to ask.
• Li Yaowan explained that a spiritual-consciousness incarnation would require the Divine Venerable Realm and warned Li Yang to be careful before she went to the Bone Peach Domain.
• Li Yang reviewed the Star Nexus Pavilion’s intelligence, confirmed its account of the Bone Peach Mother Tree, and used the Teleportation Anchor to enter the Bone Peach Domain.
• Li Yang saw the barren domain and wondered whether advancing to the Divine Venerable Realm required consuming the life force of the Huaxia Realm Domain.

Li Yang used Kong Shisan’s suspicions about the missing 50 million Star Coins to maintain the Bone Peach Mother Tree’s cover and sought his help with the Blue Crystal Realm Domain. Kong Shisan instead urged her to seek resources elsewhere, and Li Yang decided to target the Sand Fruit Realm Domain, learning that its ruler was another Lost Space Society member.

• Li Yang contacted Kong Shisan about the missing tip, and her explanation helped him suspect Jiang Nianchu rather than the Bone Peach Mother Tree.
• Kong Shisan vowed to make the Single-Horn Domain pay and refused to send troops to the Blue Crystal Realm Domain or help locate the Huaxia Heavenly Palace.
• Kong Shisan told Li Yang to use the random Teleportation Anchors he had given her to seek resources in other Realm Domains.
• Li Yang claimed she had found the Sand Fruit Realm Domain and asked Kong Shisan about it.
• Kong Shisan revealed that the Sand Fruit King was Kong Shier’s Disciple and said he would not stop Li Yang from taking the domain if she could manage it.

Li Yang gained Kong Shisan’s advice on countering the Sand Fruit King’s Earth Escape Technique and planned to use a Teleportation Anchor to capture him. She then contacted the Sand Fruit King under the Bone Peach Mother Tree’s identity and implied Kong Shisan was interested in him, leaving the Sand Fruit King hopeful that he might escape Kong Shier’s neglect.

• Kong Shisan told Li Yang to mark the Sand Fruit King with a Teleportation Anchor so she could track and confront him after he used Earth Escape Technique, and promised to recommend her as a Lowest-Rank Wise One if she took his domain.
• Li Yang returned to the Huaxia Heavenly Palace through the Blue Crystal Realm Domain and showed Li Yaowan her conversation with Kong Shisan using Time Rewind.
• Li Yang and Li Yaowan planned for the Shen Family Army to pose as Bone Peach troops while Li Yang approached the Sand Fruit King in person and marked him.
• Li Yang messaged the Sand Fruit King, who initially refused her visit because his realm domain was impoverished.
• Li Yang told the Sand Fruit King that Kong Shisan was interested in him, and the Sand Fruit King interpreted the message as a possible offer to leave Kong Shier’s faction.

Li Yang manipulated the Sand Fruit King into agreeing to receive her in the Sand Fruit Realm Domain, then assembled Qing Teng and a disguised Huaxia squad to accompany her. The group prepared to depart, though Li Yang remained uncomfortable with being called the Bone Peach Mother Tree’s customary title, “Mother King.”

• Li Yang used a show of reluctance to make the Sand Fruit King more eager to host her, then announced she would visit immediately.
• Li Yang contacted Li Yaowan, who arranged for Qing Teng and her ten-person squad to accompany her with Bone Peach Clan Disguise Pills.
• The Sand Fruit King learned the party’s size and strength, felt reassured, and grew more interested in switching his allegiance to Kong Shisan.
• Qing Teng introduced her squad to Li Yang, and the members joked about calling her “grand-aunt” or “Mother King.”
• Li Yang told the squad to follow her without speaking so they would not need to address her as Mother King.

Li Yang traveled to the Sand Fruit Realm Domain disguised as the Bone Peach Mother Tree to inspect the realm while Sister Longevity scanned it for resources. The Sand Fruit King hosted her and showed off his fertile domain, while Li Yang remained focused on keeping her cover and finding a way to plant a Teleportation Anchor on him.

• Li Yang warned the Qing Teng Squad not to act in the Sand Fruit Realm Domain and gave each member a Teleportation Anchor before they traveled through the Lost Space Society's channel.
• Li Yang arrived in the Sand Fruit Realm Domain with Lianxin and Chen Ri hidden in the Noisy Pot, and she began a scan of the realm at Sister Longevity's cost.
• The Sand Fruit King welcomed Li Yang, and she posed as the Bone Peach Mother Tree conducting an inspection under orders from Kong Shisan.
• The Sand Fruit King toured Li Yang through the realm's fertile lands as Sister Longevity's scan progressed.
• The Sand Fruit King hosted a banquet after the tour, and Li Yang praised the realm's bounty after several rounds of drinks.

Li Yang accepted tribute from the Sand Fruit King and learned he lacked guidance to safely devour his own kind, then Princess Jiangyue attacked her over the king’s ambitions. Li Yang stopped the king from striking his daughter and claimed Jiangyue as her own, while delaying her inspection of the Sand Fruit Realm Domain until the next day.

• The Sand Fruit King gave Li Yang Star Cores and revealed that he wanted to serve Kong Shisan because Kong Shier had not guided him in devouring his own kind.
• Princess Jiangyue used Earth Escape Technique to ambush Li Yang, but Qing Teng’s team shielded Li Yang and restrained the princess.
• Jiangyue denounced her father for endangering the Sand Fruit Realm Domain, and the Sand Fruit King struck her and ordered her taken to the Shattered Fruit Sea.
• Li Yang stopped the Sand Fruit King from striking Jiangyue again and asked him to give the princess to her instead.
• The Sand Fruit King agreed, and Li Yang ended the banquet while arranging to continue her inspection the next day.

Li Yang probed Jiang Yue’s memories and discovered that the Sand Fruit King had sacrificed his own people to advance, while Jiang Yue had secretly helped the Huaxia Heavenly Palace obtain the Fenglie Clan’s coordinates. The probe revealed how Jiang Yue reached the Nature Department, where she was captured but spared.

• The Sand Fruit King gave Jiang Yue to Li Yang, who learned her name and suppressed her resistance.
• Li Yang used spiritual probing to uncover Jiang Yue’s sealed memories and learned that she was over three hundred years old.
• Jiang Yue discovered that the Sand Fruit King had sacrificed missing Fifth Grade Star Wielders, including her teacher, to advance his realm.
• Jiang Yue blamed the Fenglie Clan for controlling her father and infiltrated them to obtain the coordinates of their main city.
• Jiang Yue used the Earth Escape Technique to enter the Nature Department with the coordinates, where its people restrained her but did not kill her.

Li Yang uncovered Jiang Yue’s history of exposing Fenglie Main City and learned that Jiang Yue had been resisting her father’s renewed slaughter of their people. Li Yang urged Jiang Yue to stop relying on the Sand Fruit King, revealed her identity as a Heavenly Fortune Bearer of Huaxia’s Nature Department, and left Jiang Yue curious about her.

• The old pavilion master verified Jiang Yue’s account, obtained Fenglie Main City’s coordinates, sealed Jiang Yue’s memories, and sent her back to the Sand Fruit Realm Domain.
• Jiang Yue spent years urging her people not to make an enemy of Huaxia, then discovered that the Sand Fruit King had resumed devouring his clan members under the Lost Space Society’s influence.
• Li Yang realized Jiang Yue’s mind was collapsing as she faced the truth about her father, and told her that she could replace the rotten pillar protecting the Sand Fruit Realm Domain.
• Jiang Yue questioned whether she could protect what she loved, and Li Yang asked her to consider the Bone Peach Domain.
• Li Yang revealed her true appearance and introduced herself as Li Yang, a Heavenly Fortune Bearer of Huaxia’s Nature Department; Jiang Yue remembered the old pavilion master and asked how she could know Li Yang was telling the truth.

Li Yang showed Jiang Yue the ruined Bone Peach Domain and convinced her that the Sand Fruit King’s greed threatened their home. Jiang Yue agreed to help Li Yang overthrow her father and become the new Sand Fruit King, though the danger of confronting him remained.

• Li Yang showed Jiang Yue memories of the Bone Peach Domain’s destruction and explained that the Sand Fruit King was leading their realm toward the same fate.
• Li Yang reminded Jiang Yue that she had once helped protect the Sand Fruit Realm Domain by providing the Fenglie Clan’s coordinates to Huaxia.
• Jiang Yue asked what Li Yang expected in return, and Li Yang said she intended to kill the Sand Fruit King and his trusted followers while sparing innocent Sand Fruit Clan members.
• Li Yang proposed that Jiang Yue take the throne, and Jiang Yue agreed to work with her.
• Li Yang warned Jiang Yue that the plan meant killing her father and seizing his throne, but Jiang Yue affirmed her resolve.

Li Yang learned that the Sand Fruit King’s treasure could block teleportation, but Jiang Yue revealed that Bloodline Tether could locate him if she was brought to the verge of death. Li Yang gave Jiang Yue a life-saving pill and agreed to the plan, then contacted Qing Teng to prepare for the attack.

• Jiang Yue warned Li Yang that the Sand Fruit King possessed a secret treasure that blocked teleportation, making her Teleportation Anchor useless against him.
• Jiang Yue explained that Bloodline Tether could reveal the Sand Fruit King’s location if she came close to death, and Li Yang promised the Nature Pavilion would protect the Sand Fruit Realm Domain.
• Li Yang gave Jiang Yue a precious life-sustaining pill, and Jiang Yue agreed to use Bloodline Tether.
• Li Yang decided to kill the Sand Fruit King while the opportunity was favorable and contacted Qing Teng through Spirit Connection.
• Qing Teng was stunned by Li Yang’s message while the Sand Fruit King’s attendants waited outside the hall.

Li Yang learned that deep star water in the Shattered Fruit Sea could help produce earth-element Star Cores, then led the Qing Teng Squad into the Sand Fruit King's bedchamber to attack him. She disguised herself as the Bone Peach Mother Tree and convinced the Sand Fruit King that she planned to seize his Realm Domain, while his call for help was blocked.

• Sister Longevity reported deep star water in the Shattered Fruit Sea, and Li Yang learned it could help Star Plants produce earth-element Star Cores.
• The Qing Teng Squad subdued the Sand Fruit King's attendants and prevented them from sending messages.
• Li Yang and the squad planned to infiltrate the Sand Fruit King's bedchamber, with Jiang Yue ready to provide his coordinates if he used the Earth Escape Technique.
• The Sand Fruit King brooded over his plans to join Kong Shisan and dismissed his concerns about Jiang Yue.
• Li Yang and the Qing Teng Squad attacked the Sand Fruit King in his bedchamber, and the squad's spiritual interception blocked his call for help.
• Li Yang took the Bone Peach Mother Tree's appearance and told the Sand Fruit King she intended to take his Realm Domain, leading him to believe she wanted to eliminate a rival.

Li Yang pursued the Sand Fruit King with help from Jiang Yue and the Qing Teng Squad, then attacked his forces at the Third Military Camp. As the Sand Fruit King began devouring his own people to gain power, Li Yang stopped him and the battle escalated.

• Li Yang used Sister Longevity’s navigation to race toward the Sand Fruit King after Jiang Yue sent his coordinates, while Qing Teng’s squad followed.
• The Sand Fruit King discovered Li Yang waiting at his escape point, but Qing Teng intercepted his attempts to summon help as Li Yang repeatedly attacked him.
• After learning the Sand Fruit King was heading for the Third Military Camp, Li Yang urged Jiang Yue to take a Life-Extending Pill and pursued him there.
• Li Yang cut down the Third Grade Realm soldiers and immobilized the Fifth Grade Realm commanders with mental pressure, while Qing Teng’s squad blocked reinforcements.
• Unable to escape, the Sand Fruit King began devouring his own kind to try to advance to Master, growing into a monstrous form.
• Li Yang summoned Chen Ri and attacked the Sand Fruit King as he reached for more Sand Fruit Clan members, while the Qing Teng Squad joined the fight.

Li Yang and the Qing Teng Squad killed the frenzied Sand Fruit King before he could escape the Sand Fruit Realm Domain, then collected the contaminated seeds left behind. Li Yang reunited with the recovering Jiang Yue, whose Star Apertures had been reshaped by Li Yaowan’s Life-Extending Pill.

• Li Yang charged through the Sand Fruit King’s attacks with the Invincible Shield and pierced his weakness with Chen Ri, killing him at the cost of 130,000 years of lifespan.
• The Sand Fruit King’s explosion reduced the Sand Fruit Clan in the military camp to snow-white ash, and Sister Longevity identified the ash as contaminated seeds.
• Li Yang learned to coat their palms with the Power of Starlight and led the Qing Teng Squad in collecting at least five hundred thousand seeds.
• Li Yang hurried to Jiang Yue, who told her that Li Yaowan’s Life-Extending Pill had reshaped her Star Apertures.
• Qing Teng explained that the pill would help Jiang Yue condense her Star Soul in the future, and Jiang Yue thanked Li Yang for saving her.

Li Yang arranged to purge the Sand Fruit King's distorted followers and build support for Jiang Yue to rule the Sand Fruit Realm Domain. After learning that deep spring water could purify polluted seeds, Li Yang returned to the realm to obtain some while Jiang Yue’s squad continued its covert assassinations.

• Li Yang showed Jiang Yue the Sand Fruit King’s flight, his transformation after devouring his followers, and Li Yang’s killing blow, then persuaded her to become the next ruler.
• Li Yang planned to use the Sand Fruit King’s identity to purge his distorted followers and stage Jiang Yue as the leader who would protect the realm.
• Li Yang returned to the Huaxia Heavenly Palace and gave Li Yaowan the polluted seeds, while they discussed how Jiang Yue’s coordinates had helped defeat the Fenglie Clan and how to conceal the Bone Peach Mother Tree’s role.
• Li Yang asked the Sparse Words, Natural Heart Sutra about the pollution and learned that deep spring water could be refined into purification liquid.
• Li Yang returned to the Sand Fruit Realm Domain to seek deep spring water as Jiang Yue’s Qing Teng Squad covertly assassinated distorted Sand Fruit Clan members and the Third Barracks remained sealed.