Before the Divine Sacrifice ceremony officially begins, Jiang Yuebai must stay in Lord Luling’s garden to recuperate.

Though she was well cared for, being constantly stared at by Lord Luling with drool made her cultivation uneasy.

So, Jiang Yuebai simply cut a small piece of her vine body and tossed it to Lord Luling for a taste, who happily ate it, only to...

Three days later, it was still having diarrhea.

The poison she accumulated in her body wasn’t for nothing. These poisons weren’t grafted onto herself but were constantly absorbed from other plants, consumed with each use.

If not used, they couldn’t remain in her body for long, as her body’s healing and purification abilities were repelling the toxins and expelling them autonomously.

She planned to try grafting poisonous spirit plants after receiving the Emperor’s Liquid and strengthening her demon body, but it’s unclear if she would succeed at that moment.

With Lord Luling’s diarrhea leaving Jiang Yuebai undisturbed, she took out half of a lotus pod obtained from the Sleeping Lotus, digging out seven seed-like Moonlight Crystals that were as pure as jade and white. Testing them with her root claws, she found they were all Moonlight Crystals.

These formed by condensing and compressing moonlight, somewhat resembling the Spirit Stones of the Human Clan, with one Moonlight Crystal equating to a year’s worth of moonlight.

"Isn’t this cheap for me?"

The demon body lacks storage space, so Jiang Yuebai could only absorb all seven seeds to safely swallow them.

It took Jiang Yuebai a full seven days to absorb all seven seeds.

During this time, Lord Luling returned once with a slight limp, gave Jiang Yuebai a grieved look, and resentfully nibbled on other spirit plants in a different garden.

Before leaving, Lord Luling’s eyes rolled, as if pondering some mischief.

At this moment, Jiang Yuebai’s body of Cloud Mushroom Grass had its second pair of leaves grown to the same size as the first pair, forming hand shapes. At least three Spells could be cast at once, and it could deliver four consecutive slaps.

The third pair of leaves were also sprouting, and in the human form and Sea of Consciousness, the "Thousand Leaves All Things Hand" had generated the fifth pair of young leaves. Her demon body must also grow the fifth pair before merging to achieve better fusion.

Now, Jiang Yuebai had Cloud Mushroom Grass leaves as ethereal as clouds, emitting a faint moonlight and a dark fragrance, standing alone like Immortal Herbs among the bustling flowers, making all surrounding spiritual grass and spiritual flowers fade.

If she were placed in the realm of the Human Clan, it would instantly provoke fierce competition between divine beasts and human cultivators.

Two dragonfly little demons flew around the pure cloud-like leaves with reverence, their wings stirred up mist, holding hands and joyfully frolicking, affected by the aura of Cloud Mushroom Grass. A layer of fluorescence appeared on them, a sign of progression.

"Hing~ she smells so fragrant, sniffs~"

"She hasn’t reached the Divine Elixir Realm, but it feels like she already has a divine soul intensity surpassing that realm."

"Wondering how many moons her divine soul intensity is, so envious."

The night wind carried the murmurs of the little grass demons. Jiang Yuebai heard a new term, immediately curious.

"What does ’how many moons’ mean?"

Jiang Yuebai extended the white vine, burrowing from her secluded territory to the garden where the little demons gathered, squeezing among them to ask.

"Oh, you stepped on my root."

"Be careful, my petals are delicate."

"Hing~ cuddle~"

Jiang Yuebai, while absorbing moonlight, took root steadily among them. She realized the entire garden was quiet, only a mushroom, a flower, and a vine were lively.

The mushroom was the human-faced jade mushroom, with a verdant umbrella cap and white mushroom stem bearing facial patterns, sporting droopy eyebrows and looking forlorn.

Its umbrella cap had been nibbled by Lord Luling earlier and hadn’t fully healed.

The mystic frost flower had long, slender stems, with blue glazed flowers exuding a cool aura, appearing heavy and fragile.

The thousand autumn vine grew tall, climbing over rocks, with leaves of autumn red, with a bald patch in the middle—previously nibbled by Lord Luling.

The jade mushroom stretched out two short fat ’hands,’ embracing Jiang Yuebai’s white vine, its facial pattern turned into a squinting smile, under Jiang Yuebai’s cloud mist influence, the damaged umbrella cap began to slowly heal.

The mystic frost flower fearfully moved aside, carefully lifting its flower with leaves, much like a sickly beauty holding a cauldron.

The Thousand Autumn Vine’s red leaves rustled, answering, "You don’t even know the Divine Soul Level?"

Jiang Yuebai’s White Vine curved with a shy arc, "I’m from the countryside, not very knowledgeable."

The Thousand Autumn Vine’s Divine Thought came down from above, providing Jiang Yuebai with basic knowledge.

"In the past, the Demon Clan didn’t have these levels. Everyone cultivated freely. It was later influenced by the Human Clan that these levels gradually came into existence. Most of the Demon Clan’s cultivation levels correspond to the Human Clan’s levels, but the Demon Clan focuses on the Divine Soul, so there’s a separate level for Divine Soul strength."

"Just like the moon, changing every moment from a crescent to a full moon. We demons aren’t that smart, so we simply categorize it as one-tenth moon, two-tenths moon, up to a full moon. The closer the Divine Soul’s strength is to a full moon, the more efficiently it absorbs moonlight, manipulates nature’s spiritual energy, and wields demon arts."

"Demons with ordinary bloodlines start from one-tenth moon when they gain spiritual wisdom and gradually strengthen their Divine Souls by absorbing moonlight. Only those born with Divine Beast Immortal Plant bloodlines can have Divine Soul strength exceeding five-tenths moon at birth."

Jiang Yuebai understood, it felt like the Spirit Root for Human Cultivators, except that Human Cultivators are born with it, while the Demon Clan’s Divine Soul can be cultivated after birth.

The strength of the Divine Soul determines not only the efficiency of physical cultivation but also the power of demon arts and even the success rate of awakening the hidden bloodline.

"What about a full moon?" Jiang Yuebai asked.

The Mystic Frost Flower struggled to lift its crystal flower, saying, "A full moon is extremely rare. Currently, in the Demon Realm, only those Demon Kings like the Phoenix, Golden-Winged Roc, Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox, and Mystic Turtle have a full moon. In our Grass and Wood Clan, after the extinction of the Immortal Ganoderma and Green Lotus clans, only the Endless Wood has a full moon. Oh, and Lord Luling is about to reach a full moon too."

The Jade Mushroom weakly muttered from the side, "Squeak~ Lord Luling is so impressive. Once he reaches a full moon, he’ll awaken the Bai Ze Bloodline."

The Thousand Autumn Vine said, "For ninety percent of the Demon Clan, reaching three-tenths crescent moon during the Divine Elixir Realm is already an outstanding achievement in their tribe. We are all three-tenths moon, but Lord Luling doesn’t even look at Little Demons below three-tenths moon. Our Grass and Wood Demon Clan is different from other demon clans with flesh and blood bodies that can cultivate Elixir Field Spiritual Energy, so our Divine Souls are generally stronger."

Jiang Yuebai continued to ask, "How is this measured?"

"No measurement is needed. Gather all of your Divine Soul Power internally, visualize the moon, and you will gradually see the moon within your heart. The forms range from one-tenth moon to full moon like this..."

The Thousand Autumn Vine sketched different moon shapes in the dirt with its vine tip, while the Mystic Frost Flower and Jade Mushroom urged Jiang Yuebai to visualize quickly.

Jiang Yuebai calmed down and tried, gathering all Divine Thought within the demon body, internalizing Divine Soul Power, and imagining the shape of a bright moon.

In the darkness, shimmering ripples gradually appeared, like a moon reflected in water.

Jiang Yuebai saw the moon within her heart, which had not yet reached the state of a full moon but far exceeded three-tenths crescent moon, showing a form of six-tenths gibbous moon.

"How is it?" The three little demons all stared at Jiang Yuebai intently.

Jiang Yuebai’s White Vine curved with a charming arc, pointing below the six-tenths moon form.

"Six-tenths?!"

The three little demons sent out astonished thoughts, and the Mystic Frost Flower’s leaves trembled, its glass-like flower heavily hitting the Jade Mushroom on the head, turning its face into a mournful one.

The Thousand Autumn Vine’s fiery red leaves also drooped in self-doubt, "No wonder Lord Luling dotes on you so much."

Hearing this, Jiang Yuebai couldn’t help but say, "What do you even like about him? He’s such a jerk."

"No, Lord Luling loves us!" the Mystic Frost Flower resolutely lifted the flower again with its leaves.

Jiang Yuebai scoffed, "Hurting you under the guise of love isn’t love. He just provides you with a slightly better environment than the outside world but does it for his own benefit. Doesn’t it hurt when he occasionally takes a bite out of you?"

The Jade Mushroom lowered its cap, touching the bitten area with its short, stubby ’hand.’

The Thousand Autumn Vine also hid the gnawed bald area to the side in shame, while the Mystic Frost Flower looked around, dazed.

Jiang Yuebai spoke earnestly, "I’ve been outside and seen what true love is. True love is being willing to die without dragging down your loved one’s path of cultivation. If that jerk deer truly loved you, he would restrain his desire to eat you."

"If he can’t restrain it, then it’s not love; he just wants to eat you! Wake up, Little Grass! We must be self-reliant and not rely on another deer at the cost of ourselves! Thunder and rain are both blessings from the heavens. We must be like grass that cannot be eradicated, and not be pampered in a garden under the pretense of love from a deer!"

Jiang Yuebai wielded a vine, and the Mystic Frost Flower yelped, the glass flower on its head fell, bending the flower stem.

Cloud Mushroom Grass’s breath emanated from the White Vine, the cut part of the Jade Mushroom’s cap quickly healed, and the Thousand Autumn Vine sprouted new buds, growing into vibrant, fire-red leaves.

The Mystic Frost Flower’s stem grew thicker and stronger, lifting the heavy glass flower by itself.

Three streams of grateful and respectful thoughts flowed to Jiang Yuebai, who secretly smiled.

No matter what mischief that jerk deer was planning, she’d set his backyard on fire first, leaving him too distracted to think about how to eat her!