Beneath the silent night sky, the fragrance quickly carpeted the valley in an eerie atmosphere, startling all those present. Cultivators tended to be more alert than most. Their hackles rising, their thoughts immediately drifted to poison. Is someone behind this?

Poison wasn’t a major art in the world of cultivation, but it was one very difficult to defend against. As recorded in the annals of history, it’d humbled and even killed many towering figures. Hence, many despised this unpredictable art, and also feared it nonetheless.

It was also Jiang Chen’s first guess.

As a pill master renowned throughout the planes, he’d studied them thoroughly in his...