A month had passed since the end of the grand meeting.

With the help of the time-accelerated cultivation chamber, Xu Hei had managed to forge twelve flying swords, barely enough to set up the first layer of the Star Sword Formation, the Twelve Celestial Spirits.

The ten venomous insects he had been raising were now plump and well-fed.

Xu Hei had acquired a variety of good medicinal herbs from Xu Bai. Although they couldn't compare to his Blood-drinking Wood, their diverse toxins could produce unexpected effects when combined.