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The Tale of Cultivation and Demon Extermination
Yeon Woo-sol
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After a demon murders his parents, the young Yise is shunned by his village. He finds a new purpose when Mongryeon, a demon-hunting dokkaebi, takes him in. His pursuit of demon extermination leads him to Daemudo, a notorious cultivation sect feared throughout the cultivation world.
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61
Chapter 61
Ise accompanies Goe Tong, a mine supervisor at Silver Dragon Mine, who explains the brutal order among laborers and demonstrates his authority by halting a beating with a spiritual-energy command. Ise tosses jerky to the trembling laborers, who share it cautiously under his gaze. Goe Tong then tours Ise through the mine, describing the defensive formation, patrol duties, and the grim rules about the women laborers' area. He quizzes Ise on his age (seventeen) and warns him about beautiful laborers. They encounter the gruff, aged cultivator Old Man Shin, who banter-bickers with Goe Tong over Longevity Pellets before limping past. Days pass in routine patrol and cultivation until, exactly thirty days after arrival, an urgent night-duty cultivator summons Ise from his dawn meditation.
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10:16
Chapter 61
Ise accompanies Goe Tong, a mine supervisor at Silver Dragon Mine, who explains the brutal order among laborers and demonstrates his authority by halting a beating with a spiritual-energy command. Ise tosses jerky to the trembling laborers, who share it cautiously under his gaze. Goe Tong then tours Ise through the mine, describing the defensive formation, patrol duties, and the grim rules about the women laborers' area. He quizzes Ise on his age (seventeen) and warns him about beautiful laborers. They encounter the gruff, aged cultivator Old Man Shin, who banter-bickers with Goe Tong over Longevity Pellets before limping past. Days pass in routine patrol and cultivation until, exactly thirty days after arrival, an urgent night-duty cultivator summons Ise from his dawn meditation.
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62
Chapter 62
A night patrol worker leads Ise to the Spiritual Stone warehouse, revealing that approximately 50,000 stones have been stolen. The worker suspects Old Man Shin, the previous night watchman, who has vanished. Goe Tong arrives half-dressed and discusses how Shin's intimate knowledge of the mine made the theft possible. Seok Gongju, the Foundation Establishment supervisor, arrives and declares that those present bear responsibility, ordering the matter resolved before headquarters learns of it. Ise questions Seok Gongju about Shin's age, the security spells, and the soul-binding contract's limitations. Seok Gongju dispatches the Qi Condensation cultivators to search toward the Zheng Empire border while Ise stays behind to ask further questions. Meanwhile, Old Man Shin emerges from the mine's restored warding barrier, heading south toward Horyeong Marketplace with the stolen stones. Ise ambushes him from a tree, confronting the fleeing thief.
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13:00
Chapter 62
A night patrol worker leads Ise to the Spiritual Stone warehouse, revealing that approximately 50,000 stones have been stolen. The worker suspects Old Man Shin, the previous night watchman, who has vanished. Goe Tong arrives half-dressed and discusses how Shin's intimate knowledge of the mine made the theft possible. Seok Gongju, the Foundation Establishment supervisor, arrives and declares that those present bear responsibility, ordering the matter resolved before headquarters learns of it. Ise questions Seok Gongju about Shin's age, the security spells, and the soul-binding contract's limitations. Seok Gongju dispatches the Qi Condensation cultivators to search toward the Zheng Empire border while Ise stays behind to ask further questions. Meanwhile, Old Man Shin emerges from the mine's restored warding barrier, heading south toward Horyeong Marketplace with the stolen stones. Ise ambushes him from a tree, confronting the fleeing thief.
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63
Chapter 63
Ise confronts Old Man Shin at the Silver Dragon Mine, deducing that the vault's warding barrier was opened from within by an inside accomplice rather than breached by force. He draws out the conspiracy: with an accomplice, Shin Gang could time the mine's surveillance lapses to escape toward the Zheng Empire while pursuers searched the wrong direction. The figure beneath the elm tree is revealed as Seok Gongju, Shin Hyeon — the strongest cultivator who abandoned his post to follow them. Shin Hyeon threatens Ise with Foundation Establishment spiritual energy, but hesitates, knowing killing a formal disciple would bring headquarters' pursuit. Shin Gang then confesses everything, taking sole responsibility and asking Ise to execute him. Ise grants him final words, beheads him with a single clean strike, and submits a sanitized report to the Law Enforcement Pavilion. A headquarters official then appoints Ise temporary Seok Gongju, rewards him with a Qi-Condensing Pellet, and reveals the ongoing war with demonic sects crossing from northern Tabaro.
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13:24
Chapter 63
Ise confronts Old Man Shin at the Silver Dragon Mine, deducing that the vault's warding barrier was opened from within by an inside accomplice rather than breached by force. He draws out the conspiracy: with an accomplice, Shin Gang could time the mine's surveillance lapses to escape toward the Zheng Empire while pursuers searched the wrong direction. The figure beneath the elm tree is revealed as Seok Gongju, Shin Hyeon — the strongest cultivator who abandoned his post to follow them. Shin Hyeon threatens Ise with Foundation Establishment spiritual energy, but hesitates, knowing killing a formal disciple would bring headquarters' pursuit. Shin Gang then confesses everything, taking sole responsibility and asking Ise to execute him. Ise grants him final words, beheads him with a single clean strike, and submits a sanitized report to the Law Enforcement Pavilion. A headquarters official then appoints Ise temporary Seok Gongju, rewards him with a Qi-Condensing Pellet, and reveals the ongoing war with demonic sects crossing from northern Tabaro.
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64
Chapter 64
Ise patrols Silver Dragon Mine with supervisor Goe Tong and encounters a neatly dressed female laborer who reveals herself to be Han Chunhwa, an eighth-star demonic cultivator imprisoned for harvesting rituals. After a tense exchange where Ise warns her off, he reviews the Seok Gongju's bamboo-slip records and learns how the mine repurposes captured demonic cultivators as laborers. Later, in a secluded shack, Han Chunhwa rekindles a fling with Goe Tong, persuading him to temporarily lift her restraint with a Bedchamber Art. Their tryst is interrupted by the Alarm-Chime Art, as demonic cultivators have broken free and seized the mountain. Han Chunhwa leads nearly a hundred demons, carrying severed heads including Goe Tong's, toward the Seok Gongju's office. Ise confronts them, deploys the Twin-Curtain Spirit-Domain Sealing Banner to neutralize their demonic qi, and orders his formal disciples to subdue the enemy.
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14:18
Chapter 64
Ise patrols Silver Dragon Mine with supervisor Goe Tong and encounters a neatly dressed female laborer who reveals herself to be Han Chunhwa, an eighth-star demonic cultivator imprisoned for harvesting rituals. After a tense exchange where Ise warns her off, he reviews the Seok Gongju's bamboo-slip records and learns how the mine repurposes captured demonic cultivators as laborers. Later, in a secluded shack, Han Chunhwa rekindles a fling with Goe Tong, persuading him to temporarily lift her restraint with a Bedchamber Art. Their tryst is interrupted by the Alarm-Chime Art, as demonic cultivators have broken free and seized the mountain. Han Chunhwa leads nearly a hundred demons, carrying severed heads including Goe Tong's, toward the Seok Gongju's office. Ise confronts them, deploys the Twin-Curtain Spirit-Domain Sealing Banner to neutralize their demonic qi, and orders his formal disciples to subdue the enemy.
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65
Chapter 65
Ise swiftly resolves a laborer enslavement scheme at Silver Dragon Mine, executing the ringleader Han Chunhwa and ordering Jangsaeng to send the disciples' bodies to headquarters. Back at headquarters, Park Gangseo and Buchun surprise him with a welcome party, sharing snacks and conversation about mission assignments and rising applicant numbers. Ise notices their cultivation has stalled and, after a brief sparring-platform inspection, declares a week of rigorous physical training, quoting Master Mongryeon's brutal method. The chapter then jumps forward three years and three seasons to Ise's mission in southern Tabaro, where he rescues captured entry disciples from a demonic cultivator's Blood Cultivation Art ritual, sells them Healing Pellets at ten Spiritual Stones each, and discovers a Telekinesis Art manual among the stronghold's loot. Whispers reveal his growing fame, and at the Training Compound gate he is turned away—prompting a gatekeeper's muttered complaint—before he resolves to repay his debt to Hong Sadeuk.
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13:07
Chapter 65
Ise swiftly resolves a laborer enslavement scheme at Silver Dragon Mine, executing the ringleader Han Chunhwa and ordering Jangsaeng to send the disciples' bodies to headquarters. Back at headquarters, Park Gangseo and Buchun surprise him with a welcome party, sharing snacks and conversation about mission assignments and rising applicant numbers. Ise notices their cultivation has stalled and, after a brief sparring-platform inspection, declares a week of rigorous physical training, quoting Master Mongryeon's brutal method. The chapter then jumps forward three years and three seasons to Ise's mission in southern Tabaro, where he rescues captured entry disciples from a demonic cultivator's Blood Cultivation Art ritual, sells them Healing Pellets at ten Spiritual Stones each, and discovers a Telekinesis Art manual among the stronghold's loot. Whispers reveal his growing fame, and at the Training Compound gate he is turned away—prompting a gatekeeper's muttered complaint—before he resolves to repay his debt to Hong Sadeuk.
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66
Chapter 66
Ise visits the Namsangol outer branch outpost and reunites with Hong Sadeuk, presenting him with a Longevity Pellet to repay a past promise. After Hong Sadeuk accepts the gift and his vitality returns, Ise realizes he has reached five hundred contribution points, unlocking access to Library Pavilion Two. There, he purchases the Giant Weapon Art for thirty Spiritual Stones, combining it with his Telekinesis Art for greater combat power. Returning to his quarters, he meets Park Gangseo and Buchun, who report poor immortal cuisine sales. Ise reassigns their duties and considers reopening Dine and Go with a fixed shop. He recruits Seolryeong and Hong Wonseo as potential cooks; Hong Wonseo declines on principle while Seolryeong offers alternatives. The chapter closes with Ise inquiring about Hae Unchan's situation.
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14:14
Chapter 66
Ise visits the Namsangol outer branch outpost and reunites with Hong Sadeuk, presenting him with a Longevity Pellet to repay a past promise. After Hong Sadeuk accepts the gift and his vitality returns, Ise realizes he has reached five hundred contribution points, unlocking access to Library Pavilion Two. There, he purchases the Giant Weapon Art for thirty Spiritual Stones, combining it with his Telekinesis Art for greater combat power. Returning to his quarters, he meets Park Gangseo and Buchun, who report poor immortal cuisine sales. Ise reassigns their duties and considers reopening Dine and Go with a fixed shop. He recruits Seolryeong and Hong Wonseo as potential cooks; Hong Wonseo declines on principle while Seolryeong offers alternatives. The chapter closes with Ise inquiring about Hae Unchan's situation.
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67
Chapter 67
Ise and his companions discuss the psychological pressure weighing on Hae Unchan, learning that the latter's rapid advancement has only deepened his inferiority complex and heart demon risk. Resolving the heavy topic, Ise decides to reopen the Dine and Go immortal-cuisine restaurant himself despite lacking a cook. He and Buchun devise a scarcity-based business strategy, then visit the Grand Gate Pavilion permit office, where a clerk warns him of high rents and clan-dominated competition. Returning to the market streets, Pi Garam arrives and invests his saved Spiritual Stones, offering to serve as assistant cook, while Park Gangseo and Buchun contribute their own savings. The group signs a lease for a three-room shop and sets their opening for the next full-moon market day, distributing tasks to prepare furnishings, spirit wine, and hunting supplies.
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13:10
Chapter 67
Ise and his companions discuss the psychological pressure weighing on Hae Unchan, learning that the latter's rapid advancement has only deepened his inferiority complex and heart demon risk. Resolving the heavy topic, Ise decides to reopen the Dine and Go immortal-cuisine restaurant himself despite lacking a cook. He and Buchun devise a scarcity-based business strategy, then visit the Grand Gate Pavilion permit office, where a clerk warns him of high rents and clan-dominated competition. Returning to the market streets, Pi Garam arrives and invests his saved Spiritual Stones, offering to serve as assistant cook, while Park Gangseo and Buchun contribute their own savings. The group signs a lease for a three-room shop and sets their opening for the next full-moon market day, distributing tasks to prepare furnishings, spirit wine, and hunting supplies.
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68
Chapter 68
Ise heads to the Mission Pavilion and selects a Thunder Boar hunt mission. The pavilion official reminds him of the ninth-star requirement, but Ise pleads for an exception as an eighth-star cultivator. The exasperated official defers to the Foundation Establishment senior in charge, who grants permission. Ise then tracks the house-sized Thunder Boar with a Soul-Chasing Talisman and engages it in fierce combat, using Giant Weapon Art, Telekinesis Art, Earth Wall, Hardening Art, and Fire Art to subdue the lightning-infused beast. After a grueling battle, he defeats it with a massive Earth Spear. Returning to Dine and Go, he butchers the meat alongside Buchun, who introduces him to the Meat Preservation Vault spirit artifact. Excited by its potential, Ise instructs Buchun to rent more vaults. They test ingredient combinations with spirit honey and spirit fruit, discovering a cultivation-boosting dish. The chapter concludes with Dine and Go's opening day, the Thunder Boar's head displayed, and a long line of cultivators waiting for free samples.
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11:58
Chapter 68
Ise heads to the Mission Pavilion and selects a Thunder Boar hunt mission. The pavilion official reminds him of the ninth-star requirement, but Ise pleads for an exception as an eighth-star cultivator. The exasperated official defers to the Foundation Establishment senior in charge, who grants permission. Ise then tracks the house-sized Thunder Boar with a Soul-Chasing Talisman and engages it in fierce combat, using Giant Weapon Art, Telekinesis Art, Earth Wall, Hardening Art, and Fire Art to subdue the lightning-infused beast. After a grueling battle, he defeats it with a massive Earth Spear. Returning to Dine and Go, he butchers the meat alongside Buchun, who introduces him to the Meat Preservation Vault spirit artifact. Excited by its potential, Ise instructs Buchun to rent more vaults. They test ingredient combinations with spirit honey and spirit fruit, discovering a cultivation-boosting dish. The chapter concludes with Dine and Go's opening day, the Thunder Boar's head displayed, and a long line of cultivators waiting for free samples.
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69
Chapter 69
The shop's free tasting sells out rapidly as Park Gangseo reports success to Ise. Outside, Seolryeong, Pi Garam, and Hong Wonseo arrive at the front of the waiting line, having queued four hours. Ise prepares the kitchen, donning a cook's apron and head cloth before displaying the cooking process to waiting customers. Seolryeong comments on his seriousness, but Pi Garam rebukes her, noting that every craft deserves respect. Hong Wonseo observes that the shop's care reflects its significance. As skewers are served, customers ask about the dish name and ingredients; Buchun explains the Pork Skewers with Candied Spirit Fruit and spirit wine pricing. Seolryeong savors the meal, noting its sixfold cultivation efficiency boost. Vouchers are sold at thirty Spiritual Stones each, with effects lasting fifteen days. The first day yields nearly two thousand five hundred Spiritual Stones in revenue, leaving Ise with six hundred after compensating Park Gangseo and Buchun. Outside, excited cultivators discuss the shop's reputation and its young eighth-star owner. Ise then visits the Four Great Meritorious Clans' shops, examining spirit artifacts and treasure artifacts, considering purchases like the Divine Wind Cloud for when he reaches Foundation Establishment.
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13:17
Chapter 69
The shop's free tasting sells out rapidly as Park Gangseo reports success to Ise. Outside, Seolryeong, Pi Garam, and Hong Wonseo arrive at the front of the waiting line, having queued four hours. Ise prepares the kitchen, donning a cook's apron and head cloth before displaying the cooking process to waiting customers. Seolryeong comments on his seriousness, but Pi Garam rebukes her, noting that every craft deserves respect. Hong Wonseo observes that the shop's care reflects its significance. As skewers are served, customers ask about the dish name and ingredients; Buchun explains the Pork Skewers with Candied Spirit Fruit and spirit wine pricing. Seolryeong savors the meal, noting its sixfold cultivation efficiency boost. Vouchers are sold at thirty Spiritual Stones each, with effects lasting fifteen days. The first day yields nearly two thousand five hundred Spiritual Stones in revenue, leaving Ise with six hundred after compensating Park Gangseo and Buchun. Outside, excited cultivators discuss the shop's reputation and its young eighth-star owner. Ise then visits the Four Great Meritorious Clans' shops, examining spirit artifacts and treasure artifacts, considering purchases like the Divine Wind Cloud for when he reaches Foundation Establishment.
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70
Chapter 70
Ise purchases a Vajra from a trading house clerk, then learns his next mission is a delivery to Gwisu Temple. He visits the Training Compound, where an entry disciple he once saved greets him warmly. At the administration office he reunites with Senior Ujeol, exchanging pleasantries before being directed to Medicine Hall. There, a junior he once fought now serves as a cultivator and hands him Demon-Qi Concealment Talismans. On the road to Gwisu Temple, Ise stops at his family graves and then Wiseong's home, where a servant reports that white-robed visitors have been searching for the absent scholar. At the temple, elder dokkaebi Doksaenggu and Brother Yeonggyeong welcome him, followed by an emotional reunion with Gonga, who scolds him for four years of silence. Finally, Mongryeon descends from a cloud and flicks his forehead in familiar discipline, ending the chapter on a note of affectionate exasperation.
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15:16
Chapter 70
Ise purchases a Vajra from a trading house clerk, then learns his next mission is a delivery to Gwisu Temple. He visits the Training Compound, where an entry disciple he once saved greets him warmly. At the administration office he reunites with Senior Ujeol, exchanging pleasantries before being directed to Medicine Hall. There, a junior he once fought now serves as a cultivator and hands him Demon-Qi Concealment Talismans. On the road to Gwisu Temple, Ise stops at his family graves and then Wiseong's home, where a servant reports that white-robed visitors have been searching for the absent scholar. At the temple, elder dokkaebi Doksaenggu and Brother Yeonggyeong welcome him, followed by an emotional reunion with Gonga, who scolds him for four years of silence. Finally, Mongryeon descends from a cloud and flicks his forehead in familiar discipline, ending the chapter on a note of affectionate exasperation.
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Chapter 71
Ise returns to Gwisu Temple and is greeted by Mongryeon with a forehead flick, which she softens into a display of affection. He is ushered into a feast prepared by Chanmo, where the dokkaebi urge him to demonstrate the Dokkaebi Shadow-Hunting Demonic Art; he uses Earth Shadow Snare to great acclaim. Ise then voices his frustration over the spiritual-herb monopoly and the resulting cultivation stagnation. Mongryeon explains the Great Exorcist Order Lord's conservation rules and the Dharma-Ending Age, then solves his resource problem by appointing Gonga to lead a dokkaebi herb-gathering caravan, paying an advance for ingredients. Gonga excitedly accepts. Ise departs with a sack full of spiritual herbs and visits Hong Wonseo at the Yeomhwa Hong Clan pill-refining room, commissioning Qi-Condensing and Spirit-Gathering Pellets. Hong Wonseo explains her breakthrough timeline, and Ise resolves to accelerate his own cultivation while securing a steady supply.
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12:05
Chapter 71
Ise returns to Gwisu Temple and is greeted by Mongryeon with a forehead flick, which she softens into a display of affection. He is ushered into a feast prepared by Chanmo, where the dokkaebi urge him to demonstrate the Dokkaebi Shadow-Hunting Demonic Art; he uses Earth Shadow Snare to great acclaim. Ise then voices his frustration over the spiritual-herb monopoly and the resulting cultivation stagnation. Mongryeon explains the Great Exorcist Order Lord's conservation rules and the Dharma-Ending Age, then solves his resource problem by appointing Gonga to lead a dokkaebi herb-gathering caravan, paying an advance for ingredients. Gonga excitedly accepts. Ise departs with a sack full of spiritual herbs and visits Hong Wonseo at the Yeomhwa Hong Clan pill-refining room, commissioning Qi-Condensing and Spirit-Gathering Pellets. Hong Wonseo explains her breakthrough timeline, and Ise resolves to accelerate his own cultivation while securing a steady supply.
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Chapter 72
Ise submits his closed-cultivation application and postpones his formal mission, leaving Dine and Go semi-automatic under Pi Garam's care. Ten months later, he visits the Yeomhwa Hong Clan's pill-refining room to collect provisions from Hong Wonseo, who is exhausted after refining pellets. She gives him lower- and mid-grade Spirit-Gathering and Qi-Condensing Pellets along with Detoxification Pellets to counter pill toxin, attaching conditions that he supply her with spiritual herbs and grant her a future request. Afterward, Pi Garam, Seolryeong, Park Gangseo, and Buchun see him off outside his cultivation cave, gifting him spirit artifacts and reassurances. Ise enters the cave, activates a Spirit-Gathering Formation Plate, and begins his Foundation Establishment breakthrough, carefully balancing spiritual energy and demonic qi while enduring the bone-shattering Reforge Bones with Spirit technique until his energies align perfectly.
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12:20
Chapter 72
Ise submits his closed-cultivation application and postpones his formal mission, leaving Dine and Go semi-automatic under Pi Garam's care. Ten months later, he visits the Yeomhwa Hong Clan's pill-refining room to collect provisions from Hong Wonseo, who is exhausted after refining pellets. She gives him lower- and mid-grade Spirit-Gathering and Qi-Condensing Pellets along with Detoxification Pellets to counter pill toxin, attaching conditions that he supply her with spiritual herbs and grant her a future request. Afterward, Pi Garam, Seolryeong, Park Gangseo, and Buchun see him off outside his cultivation cave, gifting him spirit artifacts and reassurances. Ise enters the cave, activates a Spirit-Gathering Formation Plate, and begins his Foundation Establishment breakthrough, carefully balancing spiritual energy and demonic qi while enduring the bone-shattering Reforge Bones with Spirit technique until his energies align perfectly.
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73
Chapter 73
Ise completes the grueling Reforge Bones with Spirit cultivation technique, shattering and restoring his skeleton to create unbreakable spirit bones, then reconstructs his five viscera into spirit organs through repeated cycles of agony and vomiting blood. After days of seclusion, he emerges at Qi Condensation Great Completion, having surpassed the bounds of humanity. He heads to the Mission Pavilion to report the end of his seclusion, where a worn junior official informs him that a secret realm has opened four days ago and will remain open for seven days. The official directs him to Senior Guk for information. Ise purchases a wooden slip revealing the Dark Heaven Secret Realm's location at North Aro Plains near Igyeong Bridge. He travels at full speed to the entrance, where cultivators from multiple sects have gathered. There he encounters Woo Yu-hui, the Winged Dragon Hall Master, who has arrived with disciples to monitor Zheng Empire cultivators. She assigns Irang, a subordinate cultivator, to accompany Ise into the secret realm. Irang warns him that entering without advance information is suicide and instructs him to hide, assess the terrain, and endure for one month before expulsion. If expelled into Zheng Empire territory, he must flee immediately.
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11:42
Chapter 73
Ise completes the grueling Reforge Bones with Spirit cultivation technique, shattering and restoring his skeleton to create unbreakable spirit bones, then reconstructs his five viscera into spirit organs through repeated cycles of agony and vomiting blood. After days of seclusion, he emerges at Qi Condensation Great Completion, having surpassed the bounds of humanity. He heads to the Mission Pavilion to report the end of his seclusion, where a worn junior official informs him that a secret realm has opened four days ago and will remain open for seven days. The official directs him to Senior Guk for information. Ise purchases a wooden slip revealing the Dark Heaven Secret Realm's location at North Aro Plains near Igyeong Bridge. He travels at full speed to the entrance, where cultivators from multiple sects have gathered. There he encounters Woo Yu-hui, the Winged Dragon Hall Master, who has arrived with disciples to monitor Zheng Empire cultivators. She assigns Irang, a subordinate cultivator, to accompany Ise into the secret realm. Irang warns him that entering without advance information is suicide and instructs him to hide, assess the terrain, and endure for one month before expulsion. If expelled into Zheng Empire territory, he must flee immediately.
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Chapter 74
Ise receives final precautions from Irang before entering a secret realm, then answers a junior disciple's questions about why only Qi Condensation cultivators are permitted and explains that Battlefield Remains are severed fragments of the Heavenly Realm carrying residual True Immortal battle pressure that would destroy denser spiritual roots. He hands the junior a Spiritual Herb Pouch and instructs him to return gathered herbs to Spirit Beast Grove. Meanwhile at Dine and Go headquarters, Seolryeong, Pi Garam, and Buchun grow anxious about Ise's prolonged seclusion until Park Gangseo bursts in with urgent news: Ise has emerged and immediately entered the newly opened Dark Heaven Secret Realm. The group worries about his preparation and spirit artifact. Ise arrives in the secret realm's black-sand landscape, repels an ambush from a cultivator and severs their head, only to discover it was a clone. He continues onward, finding numerous corpses including a fellow Great Exorcist Order disciple, and recites a memorial incantation over the body before detecting a hidden observer, who reveals themselves as a white-robed cultivator.
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11:57
Chapter 74
Ise receives final precautions from Irang before entering a secret realm, then answers a junior disciple's questions about why only Qi Condensation cultivators are permitted and explains that Battlefield Remains are severed fragments of the Heavenly Realm carrying residual True Immortal battle pressure that would destroy denser spiritual roots. He hands the junior a Spiritual Herb Pouch and instructs him to return gathered herbs to Spirit Beast Grove. Meanwhile at Dine and Go headquarters, Seolryeong, Pi Garam, and Buchun grow anxious about Ise's prolonged seclusion until Park Gangseo bursts in with urgent news: Ise has emerged and immediately entered the newly opened Dark Heaven Secret Realm. The group worries about his preparation and spirit artifact. Ise arrives in the secret realm's black-sand landscape, repels an ambush from a cultivator and severs their head, only to discover it was a clone. He continues onward, finding numerous corpses including a fellow Great Exorcist Order disciple, and recites a memorial incantation over the body before detecting a hidden observer, who reveals themselves as a white-robed cultivator.
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Chapter 75
Ise encounters a disguised cultivator who introduces himself as Muk Hwi and claims to share his sect. The meeting turns hostile when dark red thorns shoot from the cultivator's fingertips, revealing him as a thief in stolen robes. After a spell-duel involving talismans, defensive barriers, and mind-art tendrils, Ise overpowers and kills him with an Earth Spear. Searching the corpse, Ise discovers a storage pouch filled with stolen goods—medicinal pellets, talismans, spirit artifacts, and dozens of Daoist robes—confirming the killer had murdered many cultivators. Later, Ise finds a clearing littered with corpses from a clash between red-robed and blue-robed sect members. Among the dead, one survivor remains alive: a young cultivator who begs for help. Ise administers a Healing Pellet, and the survivor introduces himself as Solrim of the Gwangyeong Sol Clan from the Moon Kingdom. After learning Solrim has no money to pay for the pellet, Ise extracts information about the Dark Heaven Secret Realm's layout in exchange, and the two agree to travel together.
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11:40
Chapter 75
Ise encounters a disguised cultivator who introduces himself as Muk Hwi and claims to share his sect. The meeting turns hostile when dark red thorns shoot from the cultivator's fingertips, revealing him as a thief in stolen robes. After a spell-duel involving talismans, defensive barriers, and mind-art tendrils, Ise overpowers and kills him with an Earth Spear. Searching the corpse, Ise discovers a storage pouch filled with stolen goods—medicinal pellets, talismans, spirit artifacts, and dozens of Daoist robes—confirming the killer had murdered many cultivators. Later, Ise finds a clearing littered with corpses from a clash between red-robed and blue-robed sect members. Among the dead, one survivor remains alive: a young cultivator who begs for help. Ise administers a Healing Pellet, and the survivor introduces himself as Solrim of the Gwangyeong Sol Clan from the Moon Kingdom. After learning Solrim has no money to pay for the pellet, Ise extracts information about the Dark Heaven Secret Realm's layout in exchange, and the two agree to travel together.
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Chapter 76
Ise and Solrim venture deeper into the secret realm and discover an injured silver Three-Eyed Tiger guarded by two cultivator corpses. Solrim recognizes the beast's pure spirituality and urges Ise to leave it alone, but Ise approaches with a Healing Pellet. The tiger accuses Solrim of backstabbing and reveals its sect does not hunt spirit beasts. Touched by Ise's compassion, the tiger grants him a request: guide it to the Dark Heaven kings at the realm's western and eastern edges. Ise escorts the tiger through the rainforest to its den, where it introduces him to the Great Silver Three-Eyed Tiger king. The king rewards Ise with an inner core and answers his questions about the Records Stele, the Ten-Thousand-Year High-Spirit Flower, and warnings about the Inner Reaches before parting. Ise then encounters a massive, impenetrable rock wall blocking his path forward.
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11:39
Chapter 76
Ise and Solrim venture deeper into the secret realm and discover an injured silver Three-Eyed Tiger guarded by two cultivator corpses. Solrim recognizes the beast's pure spirituality and urges Ise to leave it alone, but Ise approaches with a Healing Pellet. The tiger accuses Solrim of backstabbing and reveals its sect does not hunt spirit beasts. Touched by Ise's compassion, the tiger grants him a request: guide it to the Dark Heaven kings at the realm's western and eastern edges. Ise escorts the tiger through the rainforest to its den, where it introduces him to the Great Silver Three-Eyed Tiger king. The king rewards Ise with an inner core and answers his questions about the Records Stele, the Ten-Thousand-Year High-Spirit Flower, and warnings about the Inner Reaches before parting. Ise then encounters a massive, impenetrable rock wall blocking his path forward.
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Chapter 77
Ise travels through the secret realm, increasingly frustrated by a persistent ambushers who repeatedly strike him while he rests. After realizing the attacker is always a clone that flees before he can be caught, Ise sets a trap at a cliffside ambush point. He waits patiently, sensing spiritual energy, and finally confronts the real body of a vicious cultivator. After a brief chase involving Swiftbody Talismans and Dokkaebi Steps, Ise binds the cultivator with his Shadow Net Formation. The captive, pleading for his life, reveals a soul-binding contract and offers servitude. Ise accepts, extracting the cultivator's name—Ryu Seonghan—and his belongings. After releasing him with a warning to survive, Ise continues onward, examining the spoils including Ghoststep Boots. He soon encounters three Cheoryang Thunder Gate guards blocking the Inner Reaches entrance, leading to a confrontation where Ise tests their defenses with a lightning cannon strike before retreating.
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12:28
Chapter 77
Ise travels through the secret realm, increasingly frustrated by a persistent ambushers who repeatedly strike him while he rests. After realizing the attacker is always a clone that flees before he can be caught, Ise sets a trap at a cliffside ambush point. He waits patiently, sensing spiritual energy, and finally confronts the real body of a vicious cultivator. After a brief chase involving Swiftbody Talismans and Dokkaebi Steps, Ise binds the cultivator with his Shadow Net Formation. The captive, pleading for his life, reveals a soul-binding contract and offers servitude. Ise accepts, extracting the cultivator's name—Ryu Seonghan—and his belongings. After releasing him with a warning to survive, Ise continues onward, examining the spoils including Ghoststep Boots. He soon encounters three Cheoryang Thunder Gate guards blocking the Inner Reaches entrance, leading to a confrontation where Ise tests their defenses with a lightning cannon strike before retreating.
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78
Chapter 78
Ise retreats after a demon hunt, using Healing Pellets to mend his body while recalling the Ninth Principle of Demon Hunting. A hostile cultivator attacks but is swept away by a water attack; Hae Unchan appears, having rescued Ise. They exchange thanks, and Hae Unchan keeps watch while Ise circulates spiritual energy. Ise examines his pierced Yellow Great Parasol, and Hae Unchan suggests repairing it at headquarters. They discuss the strange use of Foundation Establishment artifacts by Qi Condensation demonic cultivators. Hae Unchan reveals he gathered three comrades to break through the entrance to the Inner Reaches. The group agrees on spoils division and scattering tactics. Ise volunteers to lead the charge, and Hae Unchan follows. The street thugs masquerading as demonic cultivators confront them with a cannon-type spirit artifact. Ise uses Ghoststep Boots and Swiftbody Talisman to dodge lightning, while Hae Unchan covers him with Gale-Water Illusion Art and Sea-Slapping Art. The battle erupts with needles, blood arts, and lightning. One cultivator at the eighth star abandons the fight and flees into the Inner Reaches alone, drawing curses of cowardice.
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11:49
Chapter 78
Ise retreats after a demon hunt, using Healing Pellets to mend his body while recalling the Ninth Principle of Demon Hunting. A hostile cultivator attacks but is swept away by a water attack; Hae Unchan appears, having rescued Ise. They exchange thanks, and Hae Unchan keeps watch while Ise circulates spiritual energy. Ise examines his pierced Yellow Great Parasol, and Hae Unchan suggests repairing it at headquarters. They discuss the strange use of Foundation Establishment artifacts by Qi Condensation demonic cultivators. Hae Unchan reveals he gathered three comrades to break through the entrance to the Inner Reaches. The group agrees on spoils division and scattering tactics. Ise volunteers to lead the charge, and Hae Unchan follows. The street thugs masquerading as demonic cultivators confront them with a cannon-type spirit artifact. Ise uses Ghoststep Boots and Swiftbody Talisman to dodge lightning, while Hae Unchan covers him with Gale-Water Illusion Art and Sea-Slapping Art. The battle erupts with needles, blood arts, and lightning. One cultivator at the eighth star abandons the fight and flees into the Inner Reaches alone, drawing curses of cowardice.
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79
Chapter 79
Chapter 79 opens with the group breaking through an entrance into the Inner Reaches, where a traitor scatters and a demonic cultivator's Blood Thorn pierces a distracted ally's head. Ise and Hae Unchan fight alongside a ninth-star cultivator against three demonic cultivators. Ise uses Wood Armor Art and Earth Spear techniques, ultimately beheading one demonic cultivator while Hae Unchan pierces another's heart. The surviving ninth-star cultivator flees but is pursued. After the battle, they divide storage pouches, with the surviving cultivator offering gifts to avoid further conflict. Ise and Hae Unchan part ways to explore the Inner Reaches separately. Ise discovers a rare orange spiritual flower and encounters a massive stone puppet that attacks with a devastating light beam, forcing him to flee in terror. The chapter ends with Ise recovering his composure after this narrow escape.
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13:18
Chapter 79
Chapter 79 opens with the group breaking through an entrance into the Inner Reaches, where a traitor scatters and a demonic cultivator's Blood Thorn pierces a distracted ally's head. Ise and Hae Unchan fight alongside a ninth-star cultivator against three demonic cultivators. Ise uses Wood Armor Art and Earth Spear techniques, ultimately beheading one demonic cultivator while Hae Unchan pierces another's heart. The surviving ninth-star cultivator flees but is pursued. After the battle, they divide storage pouches, with the surviving cultivator offering gifts to avoid further conflict. Ise and Hae Unchan part ways to explore the Inner Reaches separately. Ise discovers a rare orange spiritual flower and encounters a massive stone puppet that attacks with a devastating light beam, forcing him to flee in terror. The chapter ends with Ise recovering his composure after this narrow escape.
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80
Chapter 80
Ise flees a stone puppet through the Inner Reaches, finding the area littered with mangled corpses. He encounters an emotionless sword cultivator in gray robes sitting by a collapsed pillar; the man asks if Ise will fight, and after Ise says he won't unless attacked first, the man lets him pass. Ise then discovers a black porous rock that resists his storage pouches, and organizes the spoils from demonic cultivators he had collected, keeping four pouches and discarding the rest. Among the items he finds a golden silk box containing a Foundation Establishment Pellet from the Pill Altar Sect, which astonishes him since it should not belong in a Qi Condensation cultivator's pouch. He deduces the demonic cultivator may have been raised by Cheoryang Thunder Gate and was guarding the Inner Reaches entrance. Finally, Ise realizes the corpses form a circle marking the patrol ranges of five stone puppets, each guarding a zone — and something inside lies beyond.
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11:49
Chapter 80
Ise flees a stone puppet through the Inner Reaches, finding the area littered with mangled corpses. He encounters an emotionless sword cultivator in gray robes sitting by a collapsed pillar; the man asks if Ise will fight, and after Ise says he won't unless attacked first, the man lets him pass. Ise then discovers a black porous rock that resists his storage pouches, and organizes the spoils from demonic cultivators he had collected, keeping four pouches and discarding the rest. Among the items he finds a golden silk box containing a Foundation Establishment Pellet from the Pill Altar Sect, which astonishes him since it should not belong in a Qi Condensation cultivator's pouch. He deduces the demonic cultivator may have been raised by Cheoryang Thunder Gate and was guarding the Inner Reaches entrance. Finally, Ise realizes the corpses form a circle marking the patrol ranges of five stone puppets, each guarding a zone — and something inside lies beyond.
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Chapter 81
Ise navigates the narrow safe path between two stone puppets in the Inner Reaches, following the Great Silver Three-Eyed Tiger's advice. After evading light beams and a thrown stone, he crashes over a gray-white wall into the ruins and meets a familiar sword cultivator in faded gray robes. The cultivator reveals a demon core from the Outer Zone's Great Black Serpent, while Ise produces the tiger's inner core. Both proofs activate the door but fail to open it, confirming only one may enter. They agree to decide qualification through combat. Cheongun introduces himself, and Ise replies with his own identity. Ise opens with Fireball Art and Earth Spear, but the sword cultivator deftly evades and deflects, revealing movement arts and spellcasting without hand seals. The exchange ends with Ise offering Cheongun an easy surrender, which the sword cultivator laughs off.
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11:51
Chapter 81
Ise navigates the narrow safe path between two stone puppets in the Inner Reaches, following the Great Silver Three-Eyed Tiger's advice. After evading light beams and a thrown stone, he crashes over a gray-white wall into the ruins and meets a familiar sword cultivator in faded gray robes. The cultivator reveals a demon core from the Outer Zone's Great Black Serpent, while Ise produces the tiger's inner core. Both proofs activate the door but fail to open it, confirming only one may enter. They agree to decide qualification through combat. Cheongun introduces himself, and Ise replies with his own identity. Ise opens with Fireball Art and Earth Spear, but the sword cultivator deftly evades and deflects, revealing movement arts and spellcasting without hand seals. The exchange ends with Ise offering Cheongun an easy surrender, which the sword cultivator laughs off.
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Chapter 82
Ise battles the sword cultivator Cheongun inside a sealed stone chamber within a secret realm. Cheongun's sword forms overwhelm Ise's defenses, piercing his body with seven real sword paths, but Ise adapts using the Dokkaebi Shadow-Hunting Demonic Art, Shadow Net Formation, and Telekinesis Art. After a fierce exchange where Ise's hatchet shatters and Cheongun's sword breaks, Ise seals Cheongun's spiritual energy with the Twin-Curtain Spirit-Domain Sealing Banner and impales him with an Earth Spear. Cheongun concedes defeat, tosses Ise a demon core, and the two rest. They exchange origins—Cheongun from the Eastern Continent, Ise from the Northern Continent. Afterward, Ise enters the circular stone chamber, discovers a stele inscribed with the Soul-Return Body-Entering Art, copies the formula onto bamboo slips and rock, and swallows a transparent sphere that enters his body. An earthquake seals the chamber doors, trapping him inside; he begins cultivating in the dense spiritual energy.
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12:01
Chapter 82
Ise battles the sword cultivator Cheongun inside a sealed stone chamber within a secret realm. Cheongun's sword forms overwhelm Ise's defenses, piercing his body with seven real sword paths, but Ise adapts using the Dokkaebi Shadow-Hunting Demonic Art, Shadow Net Formation, and Telekinesis Art. After a fierce exchange where Ise's hatchet shatters and Cheongun's sword breaks, Ise seals Cheongun's spiritual energy with the Twin-Curtain Spirit-Domain Sealing Banner and impales him with an Earth Spear. Cheongun concedes defeat, tosses Ise a demon core, and the two rest. They exchange origins—Cheongun from the Eastern Continent, Ise from the Northern Continent. Afterward, Ise enters the circular stone chamber, discovers a stele inscribed with the Soul-Return Body-Entering Art, copies the formula onto bamboo slips and rock, and swallows a transparent sphere that enters his body. An earthquake seals the chamber doors, trapping him inside; he begins cultivating in the dense spiritual energy.
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83
Chapter 83
Ise sits in a stone chamber and consumes medicinal pellets, carefully selecting seventh-grade ones while discarding impure ones. Thirsty, he examines an unfamiliar orange spiritual herb he harvested. After weighing the risks, he decides to eat it whole, roots and all. The herb unleashes a violent surge of spiritual energy that purges his accumulated turbid qi and pill toxin, leaving him refreshed and strengthening his meridians. His spiritual energy now exceeds his demonic qi, and he realizes he's close to reaching the Foundation Establishment Realm. He stores remaining pellets and resumes meditation. Time passes strangely in deep cultivation. Suddenly, his body fades and transforms into a streak of light, shooting through the chamber ceiling. He finds himself in West Lake Market in the Zheng Empire on the Eastern Continent. Confused but calm, he stops a passing mortal man and asks where he is. The nervous man identifies Hanrim City and explains the location. Ise pays him with a Spiritual Stone, learns about the External Affairs Pavilion, and sets off toward it with mixed excitement and tension.
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13:15
Chapter 83
Ise sits in a stone chamber and consumes medicinal pellets, carefully selecting seventh-grade ones while discarding impure ones. Thirsty, he examines an unfamiliar orange spiritual herb he harvested. After weighing the risks, he decides to eat it whole, roots and all. The herb unleashes a violent surge of spiritual energy that purges his accumulated turbid qi and pill toxin, leaving him refreshed and strengthening his meridians. His spiritual energy now exceeds his demonic qi, and he realizes he's close to reaching the Foundation Establishment Realm. He stores remaining pellets and resumes meditation. Time passes strangely in deep cultivation. Suddenly, his body fades and transforms into a streak of light, shooting through the chamber ceiling. He finds himself in West Lake Market in the Zheng Empire on the Eastern Continent. Confused but calm, he stops a passing mortal man and asks where he is. The nervous man identifies Hanrim City and explains the location. Ise pays him with a Spiritual Stone, learns about the External Affairs Pavilion, and sets off toward it with mixed excitement and tension.
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84
Chapter 84
Ise arrives at the External Affairs Pavilion in West Lake Market, where a clerk hands him a number token and later greets him at the counter. He purchases high-grade information about the cultivator's market, asks about accepting missions, and is told independent cultivators cannot easily do so; the clerk Hui-dan invites him to join the West Lake Guild, which he declines. He then visits a pill shop, selling medicinal pellets to a middle-aged merchant for spiritual stones, and a spirit-artifact shop where an attendant leads him to a guest room. Two merchants appraise his items, including a Spirit Fish-Breath Flute, and he keeps several useful artifacts while selling the rest. After buying empty jade slips and renting an inn room, he copies the Soul-Return Body-Entering Art. Returning to the pavilion at sunset, a thieving boy crashes into him, steals his pouch, and flees; Ise catches the boy, flicks his forehead, and tells him to beg instead of steal.
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12:43
Chapter 84
Ise arrives at the External Affairs Pavilion in West Lake Market, where a clerk hands him a number token and later greets him at the counter. He purchases high-grade information about the cultivator's market, asks about accepting missions, and is told independent cultivators cannot easily do so; the clerk Hui-dan invites him to join the West Lake Guild, which he declines. He then visits a pill shop, selling medicinal pellets to a middle-aged merchant for spiritual stones, and a spirit-artifact shop where an attendant leads him to a guest room. Two merchants appraise his items, including a Spirit Fish-Breath Flute, and he keeps several useful artifacts while selling the rest. After buying empty jade slips and renting an inn room, he copies the Soul-Return Body-Entering Art. Returning to the pavilion at sunset, a thieving boy crashes into him, steals his pouch, and flees; Ise catches the boy, flicks his forehead, and tells him to beg instead of steal.
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Chapter 85
Ise buys food for a starving boy in a market city, but the boy flees after bowing. Using spirit sight, Ise tracks a trace of baleful energy and discovers a Fetal Ghost on the boy's shoulder—a Fetal Ghost is the resentful spirit of a child who starved to death, pointing to a demonic cultivator. Despite his original goal of breaking through to Foundation Establishment, Ise's compassion drives him to follow the boy into a slum alley. He finds a demonic cultivator in a shack with seven or eight emaciated children, including the boy. The cultivator, hiding a severed wrist in a box, is overwhelmed by Ise's spiritual pressure and crushed into the floor. After burying the body and reciting the Memorial Incantation for the trapped ghosts, Ise gently questions the oldest boy, who reveals himself as Giwon, a ten-year-old with three spiritual roots. Ise gives Giwon gold coins, protective talismans, and instructions to join the West Lake Guild at fourteen. Later, at the External Affairs Pavilion, Ise requests Hui-dan, pays for a consultation, and proposes a deal: he will recommend Giwon to the Guild in exchange for Hui-dan protecting the slum children until adulthood, paying a hundred Spiritual Stones as a commission fee. Hui-dan, startled and confused by the cultivator's concern for ordinary orphans, stammers through the arrangement.
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12:13
Chapter 85
Ise buys food for a starving boy in a market city, but the boy flees after bowing. Using spirit sight, Ise tracks a trace of baleful energy and discovers a Fetal Ghost on the boy's shoulder—a Fetal Ghost is the resentful spirit of a child who starved to death, pointing to a demonic cultivator. Despite his original goal of breaking through to Foundation Establishment, Ise's compassion drives him to follow the boy into a slum alley. He finds a demonic cultivator in a shack with seven or eight emaciated children, including the boy. The cultivator, hiding a severed wrist in a box, is overwhelmed by Ise's spiritual pressure and crushed into the floor. After burying the body and reciting the Memorial Incantation for the trapped ghosts, Ise gently questions the oldest boy, who reveals himself as Giwon, a ten-year-old with three spiritual roots. Ise gives Giwon gold coins, protective talismans, and instructions to join the West Lake Guild at fourteen. Later, at the External Affairs Pavilion, Ise requests Hui-dan, pays for a consultation, and proposes a deal: he will recommend Giwon to the Guild in exchange for Hui-dan protecting the slum children until adulthood, paying a hundred Spiritual Stones as a commission fee. Hui-dan, startled and confused by the cultivator's concern for ordinary orphans, stammers through the arrangement.
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Chapter 86
Ise finalizes a soul-binding contract with Hui-dan to protect children, then visits the External Affairs Pavilion to purchase information about first-grade demon beasts, Foundation Establishment Pellets, and the Heaven-Demon Great Mountains. Hui-dan provides a booklet and parchment maps for 125 Spiritual Stones. Ise then travels north across the Ten-Thousand-Li Great Wall into the demon-infested mountains, tracking a male-female pair of Shaman Tree Giant Pythons. After a patient battle breaking through their iron-like scales, he obtains their demon cores. Back in West Lake Market, he discovers Qi-Condensing Pellets are being collusively priced at 1,000 Spiritual Stones. He rents a mid-grade cave abode for 30 days, consumes the Foundation Establishment Pellet, and undergoes the dangerous breakthrough process—destroying his spiritual meridians, reconstructing his brain, and surviving the heart demon tribulation thanks to the residual spiritual herb energy that purges pill toxin.
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13:23
Chapter 86
Ise finalizes a soul-binding contract with Hui-dan to protect children, then visits the External Affairs Pavilion to purchase information about first-grade demon beasts, Foundation Establishment Pellets, and the Heaven-Demon Great Mountains. Hui-dan provides a booklet and parchment maps for 125 Spiritual Stones. Ise then travels north across the Ten-Thousand-Li Great Wall into the demon-infested mountains, tracking a male-female pair of Shaman Tree Giant Pythons. After a patient battle breaking through their iron-like scales, he obtains their demon cores. Back in West Lake Market, he discovers Qi-Condensing Pellets are being collusively priced at 1,000 Spiritual Stones. He rents a mid-grade cave abode for 30 days, consumes the Foundation Establishment Pellet, and undergoes the dangerous breakthrough process—destroying his spiritual meridians, reconstructing his brain, and surviving the heart demon tribulation thanks to the residual spiritual herb energy that purges pill toxin.
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Chapter 87
Ise endures a heart-demon illusion drawn from his worst memory: a childhood dinner with his adoptive mother, father, and two younger siblings. The family's meager eggs spark squabbles, and in a moment of anguish Ise accuses his mother of treating him differently because he is not her biological son. The memory shifts to a demon attack on their home — his father charges bravely with a farm tool while Ise hides in a wardrobe, paralyzed by fear. Returning to the present, Ise realizes he nearly fell into a heart demon and completes his Foundation Establishment breakthrough, compressing his demon core with demonic qi. He emerges to find the cave abode manager informing him of an overdue rental fee and West Lake Guild's inquiries. Meanwhile, at the Great Exorcist Order headquarters, Chief Master Sugyeom questions Hae Unchan about the missing disciples from the Inner Reaches expedition.
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Chapter 87
Ise endures a heart-demon illusion drawn from his worst memory: a childhood dinner with his adoptive mother, father, and two younger siblings. The family's meager eggs spark squabbles, and in a moment of anguish Ise accuses his mother of treating him differently because he is not her biological son. The memory shifts to a demon attack on their home — his father charges bravely with a farm tool while Ise hides in a wardrobe, paralyzed by fear. Returning to the present, Ise realizes he nearly fell into a heart demon and completes his Foundation Establishment breakthrough, compressing his demon core with demonic qi. He emerges to find the cave abode manager informing him of an overdue rental fee and West Lake Guild's inquiries. Meanwhile, at the Great Exorcist Order headquarters, Chief Master Sugyeom questions Hae Unchan about the missing disciples from the Inner Reaches expedition.
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Chapter 88
Ise follows an unfamiliar food scent through a cultivators' market street to the West Lake Immortal Cuisine Restaurant, where the owner serves him red-braised pork, Dongpo pork, and Yangchun noodles. He pays and continues to the spirit-artifact shops, needing a flying artifact. Along the way he buys a jade ring for his master and pockets a spiritual herb from a mortals' apothecary. At the West Lake Guild he encounters Hui-dan, a one-star official from the External Affairs Pavilion, who has been caring for the orphan boy Giwon, moving them into safer lodging within the guild. Hui-dan asks Ise to consider joining the West Lake Guild, but he declines, saying he will soon leave for another region. Ise finally finds the White Luan Boat, a flying spirit artifact shaped like a white bird, and after the shopkeeper demonstrates its divine-sense control, he sets off southward across the Zheng Empire toward the Great Exorcist Order headquarters. Suddenly an immense divine sense engulfs him; a white-haired old man, calling himself an elder protector of the empire, stops his flight and accuses him of being a Great Exorcist Order spy, leaving Ise to wonder whether he can survive.
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12:40
Chapter 88
Ise follows an unfamiliar food scent through a cultivators' market street to the West Lake Immortal Cuisine Restaurant, where the owner serves him red-braised pork, Dongpo pork, and Yangchun noodles. He pays and continues to the spirit-artifact shops, needing a flying artifact. Along the way he buys a jade ring for his master and pockets a spiritual herb from a mortals' apothecary. At the West Lake Guild he encounters Hui-dan, a one-star official from the External Affairs Pavilion, who has been caring for the orphan boy Giwon, moving them into safer lodging within the guild. Hui-dan asks Ise to consider joining the West Lake Guild, but he declines, saying he will soon leave for another region. Ise finally finds the White Luan Boat, a flying spirit artifact shaped like a white bird, and after the shopkeeper demonstrates its divine-sense control, he sets off southward across the Zheng Empire toward the Great Exorcist Order headquarters. Suddenly an immense divine sense engulfs him; a white-haired old man, calling himself an elder protector of the empire, stops his flight and accuses him of being a Great Exorcist Order spy, leaving Ise to wonder whether he can survive.
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Chapter 89
Ise encounters a Core Formation Realm extortioner named Han Juok, who demands toll stones and reveals he has been collecting debts from disciples tied to the Great Exorcist Order. After paying half his stones, Ise continues to headquarters where he meets Chief Master Sugyeom and Winged Dragon Hall Master Woo Yu-hui. Sugyeom explains Han Juok's history and grudge, while Woo Yu-hui displays hot temper before being restrained. Ise is told to choose an Inner Hall affiliation. The scene shifts to Dine and Go, where Park Gangseo, Seolryeong, Pi Garam, and Buchun worry about the shop's bankruptcy. Ise arrives with Shaman Tree Giant Pythons, reveals his Foundation Establishment breakthrough, and demonstrates Ginseng Snake Soup recipe to restore the business. The chapter ends with Seolryeong finally addressing Ise as 'Senior' in a quiet nighttime conversation.
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12:31
Chapter 89
Ise encounters a Core Formation Realm extortioner named Han Juok, who demands toll stones and reveals he has been collecting debts from disciples tied to the Great Exorcist Order. After paying half his stones, Ise continues to headquarters where he meets Chief Master Sugyeom and Winged Dragon Hall Master Woo Yu-hui. Sugyeom explains Han Juok's history and grudge, while Woo Yu-hui displays hot temper before being restrained. Ise is told to choose an Inner Hall affiliation. The scene shifts to Dine and Go, where Park Gangseo, Seolryeong, Pi Garam, and Buchun worry about the shop's bankruptcy. Ise arrives with Shaman Tree Giant Pythons, reveals his Foundation Establishment breakthrough, and demonstrates Ginseng Snake Soup recipe to restore the business. The chapter ends with Seolryeong finally addressing Ise as 'Senior' in a quiet nighttime conversation.
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Chapter 90
Ise sits with Seolryeong, who worries their friendship is drifting as he ascends to Foundation Establishment. He reassures her, and she vows not to let hierarchy separate them. The next morning, Chief Master Sugyeom summons Ise to a private office in Chuyo Hall. He explains that reaching Foundation Establishment promotes him to Mountain-Guarding Disciple, requiring him to choose an Inner Hall among the Great Halls. Sugyeom details each hall's character and duties, then reveals the gu parasite in Ise's head was the work of Bi Hyeongrang of Cheoryang Thunder Gate, who has fled to the western wastelands. Ise accepts this, vowing to grow stronger. An administrative official then shows Ise to his new residence, explaining the privileges of Foundation Establishment cultivators, including access to all five Library Pavilions. Ise devours books on immortal cultivation, determined to understand his constitution. News of a Zheng Empire Nascent Soul cultivator's breakthrough shakes headquarters, but Ise resolves to focus on his own path. Returning to Gwisu Temple, he finds his master waiting and proudly announces his advancement.
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13:08
Chapter 90
Ise sits with Seolryeong, who worries their friendship is drifting as he ascends to Foundation Establishment. He reassures her, and she vows not to let hierarchy separate them. The next morning, Chief Master Sugyeom summons Ise to a private office in Chuyo Hall. He explains that reaching Foundation Establishment promotes him to Mountain-Guarding Disciple, requiring him to choose an Inner Hall among the Great Halls. Sugyeom details each hall's character and duties, then reveals the gu parasite in Ise's head was the work of Bi Hyeongrang of Cheoryang Thunder Gate, who has fled to the western wastelands. Ise accepts this, vowing to grow stronger. An administrative official then shows Ise to his new residence, explaining the privileges of Foundation Establishment cultivators, including access to all five Library Pavilions. Ise devours books on immortal cultivation, determined to understand his constitution. News of a Zheng Empire Nascent Soul cultivator's breakthrough shakes headquarters, but Ise resolves to focus on his own path. Returning to Gwisu Temple, he finds his master waiting and proudly announces his advancement.
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