Sand Heap Blessed Land

Sand Heap blessed land appears too suddenly for Fang clan to send more than Fang Dong Xi, who is nearest. While Gu Immortals fight Shi Kang outside, Mo Li enters the largest sand heap they have already explored. Beasts and plants inside are already killed; he scavenges corpses and materials the immortals discarded, then reaches a ransacked core and finds a mortal sealed in flying rock: Wang Xiao Er. ^{ch. 2130}

A pig-head land spirit appears and names itself Sand Heap blessed land’s land spirit. Its mastery condition is simple: the person who can take the most beatings will be its master. Taking a beating requires both resistance and a firm, indomitable spirit. Shi Kang already saw the spirit after taking beatings from ancient desolate beasts and learned that condition, which is why he seeks beatings in the sky battle. Western Desert’s righteous path will not stake lives over Sand Heap blessed land’s resources, and will not cripple Shi Kang enough to draw Shi clan retaliation. ^{ch. 2130}

The Gu Immortals return to the sand heap core and find Mo Li enduring beatings that the pig-head land spirit praises. Immortal moves nearly kill Mo Li’s group; the land spirit will not save him, because mastery also needs the strength to take beatings. After Yi clan intervenes and a chaotic fight ends, Mo Li is taken by Yi clan, Fang Dong Xi captures Wang Xiao Er, and Shi Kang becomes the blessed land’s owner. ^{ch. 2131}

Shi Kang is popular in Shi clan. Not long before a later mission, he defeats everyone else and obtains Sand Heap blessed land, and the clan rewards him at once. ^{ch. 2222}

Earlier, during the contest over Sand Heap blessed land, Fang Dong Xi loses his soul cores. He captures Wang Xiao Er there, soul searches him, and obtains Hu Land information that later compensates for the shortfall. ^{ch. 2261}