Synopsis

The chapter focuses on a battle where a cultivator is defeated despite upgrading their talent to Transcendent Tier. They are then found near death by a mysterious individual who offers them medicine and reveals the presence of an Apex-Tier Calamity guarding the Vitality Stone ore mine. This individual also possesses a rare Purple Treasure Hunting Mouse, necessary for finding the mine, leaving the defeated cultivator in disbelief at their own wasted efforts.