Yuan Ming saw this and hurriedly communicated with the Purple Extreme Tai Sui using his Divine Sense, attempting to inquire its opinion on devouring the Red Spirit Peach.

With his current Divine Soul Power, as well as a series of Soul Cultivation Divine Powers including Soul Search and Emotion Manipulation, he could communicate and inquire even with beings like Tai Sui that lie between animals and plants.

The spiritual intelligence of the Purple Extreme Tai Sui seemed very low, and it took a good while before it slowly replied with one word: non-toxic.

Yuan Ming had been waiting for this response, his mana once again nearing depletion; upon hearing this, he immediately bit into one.

"Crack..."

The crisp texture and the sweet taste instantly brightened Yuan Ming's eyes.

The sweet juice slid down his throat and into his stomach, where a rich surge of Spiritual Energy instantly circulated in his body, transforming into strands of mana flowing into his Dantian.

This peach contained a rich Spiritual Power, quite similar to lotus seeds, a magical fruit for replenishing mana.

An ancient saying goes: where there is extreme harm, a remedy can be found within seven steps.

Perhaps the Fire Spirit Peach is the "antidote" for this inescapable Peach Forest, providing a means to survive as long as one could endure until the peach trees flower and bear fruit.

Yuan Ming swallowed the peach in two or three bites, and to his surprise, he found that this peach had no pit.

At the same time, his mana was rapidly recovering.

The Spiritual Power contained in the Fire Spirit Peaches was far inferior to that of lotus seeds; Yuan Ming's mana had only recovered by a small amount.

He picked another ripe Spiritual Peach and swallowed it in a few bites.

After eating three peaches, Yuan Ming's mana was fully restored.

Just as he was pleasantly surprised, a strange itching suddenly spread through his arm, making him unable to resist the urge to scratch.

But before Yuan Ming could move his hand, the intensely itchy spot also developed a sharp pain.

Yuan Ming quickly rolled up his sleeve and looked, only to discover a lumpy, uneven, reddish sore had formed on the exterior side of his forearm.

There was a slight depression in the middle, with a trace of blood visible, clearly a poison sore.

Feeling the burning sting and intense itch from the sore, and glancing at the bright peach in his hand, Yuan Ming immediately understood the situation.

"Although this Spiritual Peach is rich in Spiritual Power, it mainly contains the Fire Attribute. The fiery poison is intense and accumulates heavily, making it difficult to endure," Yuan Ming sighed and tossed the peach in his hand to the ground.

Even though he possessed a Fire Spiritual Root, his cultivation was not based on Fire Technique; the Nine Elements Technique was a wood attribute cultivation method, naturally countered by the Fire Attribute, making it difficult to fully refine the Fire Attribute Spiritual Power within the Fire Spirit Peach, which eventually turned into poison, forming sores outside.

Yuan Ming took out a Detoxification Pill and swallowed it, then immediately circulated its medicinal power towards the site of the fire sore to heal it.

Yet, as soon as the medicine power made contact, the burning sensation at the fire sore location instantly intensified, followed by a crawling sensation of itchy pain like biting insects spreading throughout his entire arm, nearly making him cry out loud.

Yuan Ming hurriedly suppressed the medicinal power of the Detoxification Pill, forcefully stimulating the Cold Moon Ring to use its icy power to temporarily suppress the burning, painful itching.

He didn't have a Detoxification Elixir specifically for this kind of fire poison and dared not rashly try any others now.

If Hua Zhi were here, perhaps there would be a way, but it was currently at a critical moment in refining the Level 4 Tree Demon, and Yuan Ming did not want to disturb it. He could only endure the pain and continue on his way.

However, just as Yuan Ming stepped forward to continue the journey, he paused again and stopped.

Consuming these Fire Spirit Peaches was like drinking poison to quench thirst for him at the moment, but it was better than having nothing. Fire sores were not an incurable disease; once he left this Peach Forest, he knew various methods to slowly refine it away.

Moreover, these Fire Spirit Peaches contained abundant Fire Attribute Spiritual Power and were rare treasures.

With this thought, he waved his sleeve, stirring up gusts of wind, plucking all the Fire Spirit Peaches from the peach trees he passed and collected most of them into his bag, sending a few into the Purple Extreme Tai Sui and Hua Zhi's Spiritual Beast Bag.

Having delayed for so long and resuming his journey, Yuan Ming noticed that the sun overhead had become increasingly scorching.

Sure enough, not much further, another sun appeared in the sky.

Six blazing suns hung high, and the heat they emitted had reached an alarming level. Yuan Ming pushed the Cold Moon Shield to its limits but still struggled to block the intense heat.

The Three-eyed Crow and Lei Yu, hidden in the Spiritual Beast Bag, became restless from the heat as well.

Feeling their emotional changes, Yuan Ming knew that if this continued, his spirit pets might succumb before he did.

With no other choice, Yuan Ming applied a Sealing Array to the Spiritual Beast Bag of the Three-eyed Crow, Lei Yu, Hua Zhi, and the Purple Extreme Tai Sui, then placed them into the Stealing Heaven Tripod Space.

While fully stimulating the Cold Moon Ring, he also employed the Ghost Shadow Escape Technique to advance with all his might, with mana being consumed at a rapid pace.

Although eating the Fire Spirit Peaches would result in an accumulation of fire poison in the body, he could not care less at the moment; whenever his mana was depleted, he would consume a Fire Spirit Peach to recover.

As time passed, Yuan Ming's arms and calves developed more and more fiery red poison sores, but his pace did not stop; instead, it quickened.

The temperature within the Peach Forest continued to climb as if there were no ceiling to its rise.

Just as Yuan Ming was almost unable to bear the torture of burns that were painfully itchy and unbearably searing, at the end of his vision, a green hue appeared.

The sight of this green seemed like a dark blotch growing on red skin. Yuan Ming's eyes were blurred by sweat dripping over them, and the view was so indistinct that he thought he was seeing an illusion.

"It looks like I really can't hold on any longer," Yuan Ming thought with a silent sigh. He rubbed his eyes and planned to rest inside the Stealing Heaven Tripod.

As for the possibility of being spied upon, he could no longer care about that.

But at that moment, a slight coolness suddenly came from ahead, like a breeze sweeping across Yuan Ming's cheeks.

He paused the motion of rubbing his eyes and focused his gaze ahead.

It wasn't an illusion!

In front of him, more than a hundred yards away, there truly was a stretch of dark green woods, completely different from the surrounding peach forest scenery, and that trace of coolness was coming from there.

Yuan Ming's spirits lifted instantly, and he flew towards it with all his might.

Just as he was about to reach it, the scene in front of him blurred suddenly, and the surrounding peach trees seemed to shift again.

Yuan Ming frowned and immediately his body flickered with electricity. In a burst of speed, he transformed into a bolt of lightning, shooting through the last ten yards of peach forest and into the green area.

At this moment, he could no longer concern himself with whether the place was safe or not. Anything was preferable to staying in that scorching, purgatory-like peach forest—even if what lay ahead was a sea of swords, he was willing to take the risk.

Fortunately, his decision was correct. As soon as he burst into the area, the surrounding temperature instantly dropped.

Feeling the cool relief, Yuan Ming didn't have time to feel excited, but quickly looked around and found that he was surrounded by ancient trees with dark green trunks, their branches twisted and the shade dense, offering immense coolness. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the void had also returned to normal, with all Five Elements—Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth—present.

Overjoyed, Yuan Ming wasted no time. He sat down cross-legged under an ancient tree, took out two pieces of elixir for restoring mana, refilled his mana to the brim, and expanded his Divine Sense into the depths of the dark green forest.

He raised his eyebrows; there was a village deep in the forest that looked very dilapidated, with no signs of life, seemingly a relic of the past.

A stinging pain coursed through the poisonous sores spread across his body. Yuan Ming had no time to investigate further, so he set up an array around him, formed three silver barriers inside with a Silver Token, and then sat down to activate the Cold Moon Ring, beginning to extract the Fire Poison from his body.

The extreme cold power of the Cold Moon Ring had a very obvious effect on restraining the Fire Poison, but previously in the peach forest, Yuan Ming had neither the advantage of timing, location, nor human harmony.

Now it was different. He no longer needed to spare any effort to resist the scorching of the sun and could focus solely on removing the Fire Poison, which made the process much faster. Before long, he had removed all the burns one by one.

Without the torment of those painful and itchy burns, Yuan Ming felt much better.

However, the sores were not completely gone; faint red marks remained. The burns formed by the Fire Spirit Peach were stubborn, and the Cold Moon Ring had not fully extracted them, with a wisp of Fire Poison lingering persistently.

Yuan Ming didn't care about this, as the condition would be nothing once Hua Zhi awoke.

Thinking of Hua Zhi, he extended his Divine Sense into the Stealing Heaven Tripod to check on her condition.

Hua Zhi was still asleep, ignoring even the Fire Spirit Peaches, and it seemed she would not awaken any time soon.

Just as Yuan Ming was about to retract his Divine Sense, it suddenly halted and spread into the Spiritual Beast Bag of the Purple Extreme Tai Sui.

Unlike Hua Zhi, the situation with the Purple Extreme Tai Sui had changed dramatically. The black poison spots on its body had completely disappeared, and its body had grown much larger, almost twice its original size.

A faint demon energy radiated out, reaching the peak of the Second Rank Upper Stage, fluctuating vigorously.

"Is it about to break through?" Yuan Ming's eyes brightened, and he quickly took out the Purple Extreme Tai Sui's Spiritual Beast Bag and threw three Fire Spirit Peaches into it.

The ones he had previously thrown in had already been devoured by the Purple Extreme Tai Sui.

Still as voracious as ever, the Purple Extreme Tai Sui swallowed the three Fire Spirit Peaches, and the fluctuations in its energy intensified slightly.

Seeing this, Yuan Ming settled down and waited quietly.

However, as time ticked by, not only did the Purple Extreme Tai Sui fail to make any further progress, but its energy also showed signs of fading.

"Squeak, squeak," a noise like that of a rat came from the body of the Purple Extreme Tai Sui, filled with anxiety and a plea for help.

Yuan Ming grew anxious too, but he knew too little about the Purple Extreme Tai Sui to figure out how to assist it.

"Right, how could I forget this!" He took out a white crystal, the Dragon Tooth Crystal, and tossed it into the Spiritual Beast Bag without hesitation.

As Lei He had said, this Dragon Tooth Crystal was very beneficial to demon beasts. Although the Purple Extreme Tai Sui was an unusual demon beast, it should still have some effect.

Feeling the presence of the Dragon Tooth Crystal, the Purple Extreme Tai Sui seemed very excited, crawling rapidly towards it and swallowing the crystal, its energy surging once more.

Not only that, but the Divine Soul of the Purple Extreme Tai Sui was also strengthening gradually.

"I never expected this Dragon Tooth Crystal to also enhance the Divine Soul of demon beasts!" Yuan Ming was surprised.

Compared to the cultivators of the Human Clan, demon beasts naturally had weaker Divine Souls. Many demon beasts could not advance further because their Divine Soul Power was limited. Therefore, any spiritual materials that could strengthen a demon beast's Divine Soul were exceptionally precious; no wonder Lei He and Yan Xiang had fought over it so desperately.

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