Recaps

Lu Xuan investigated Evil Spirit contamination around Voidsky Island, raised new Spirit Beasts, and gained powerful rewards from mature Spirit Plants. After reaching Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, he entered the newly opened Secret Realm and followed the Demon Ghost Vine toward Spirit Plants instead of the Palace.

• Lu Xuan won a Rock Armor Turtle egg and Mysterious Origin Heavy Water at auction, then caught sea fish with Shi Zhong and discovered signs of Evil Spirit contamination.
• Lu Xuan tracked Blood Coagulation Yin Worms on Voidsky Island, destroyed an Insect King and other infected cultivators, and warned Shi Zhong about the threat.
• The Rock Armor Turtle hatched, and Lu Xuan harvested the Mystic Insect Vine to obtain a Fifth Grade Gluttony Insect Pouch.
• Shi Zhong and Zhou Bingyu told Lu Xuan about Spirit Extraction True Liquid on a Nameless Island, while a Secret Realm emerged from the Boundless Sea and Lu Xuan chose not to explore it immediately.
• Lu Xuan harvested mature Water Firefly Grass and advanced to Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, then gained a Pure Yang True Fire Talisman and a Fifth Grade Voidsky Nightmare Eye from other Spirit Plants.
• Lu Xuan joined Shi Zhong, Zhou Bingyu, and the other cultivators in entering the Secret Realm after they broke the Water Wall restrictions.
• Lu Xuan crossed the Ice Illusion Toad-infested water domain cautiously and reached Barren Island with more spiritual power remaining than most cultivators.
• Lu Xuan escaped the island’s stone formation using the Voidsky Nightmare Eye and Earth Guidance Art, then followed the Demon Ghost Vine toward high-grade Spirit Plants.

Lu Xuan survived the secret realm, returned to his quiet life tending spirit plants, and gained new seeds, beasts, and cultivation resources. After identifying the cause of Zhong Hao’s Chiyin Beast problem, Lu Xuan accepted a Chì Lei Stone and prepared to draw out the Food Lust Insect.

• Lu Xuan killed Ning Deshan, took the Mutated Longevity Peach fruits and seed, then entered the Palace and defeated the cultivators competing for its treasures.
• Lu Xuan captured the Medicine Midge, claimed the Grievance Soul Black Mud, defeated the Blood Robe Cultivator and short cultivator, and used the Jade Scroll’s Golden Crow to burn away the Jade Pool’s Black Qi.
• Lu Xuan left the Barren Island, returned to Voidsky Island, and completed his three-year garrison term before going back to his Cave Mansion with the Mutated Longevity Peach and other sinister spirit plants.
• Lu Xuan harvested Bewitching Peaches and Hidden Essence Grass, gaining the Scripture of Utmost Bliss, Bewitching Desire Pills, Foundation Establishment Pills, and their recipe knowledge.
• Lu Xuan acquired new Spirit Seeds, tended his plants and beasts, and enlisted the White Jade Sky Supporting Ape and Mystic Sky Luan Bird to help with a future fight.
• Lu Xuan took Zhong Jingshan’s abnormal Hundred Poisons Heart-Devouring insect larva, discovered its Calamity Poison Body, and relieved its suffering with a Hundred-Year Ice Soul and Azure Wood Source Qi.
• Lu Xuan sold twenty Hidden Essence Grass to Guan Wan, gathered Flood Dragon Blood Essence with Huang Yuan, and agreed to examine Zhong Hao’s Chiyin Beasts.
• Lu Xuan identified a Food Lust Insect as the cause of the male Chiyin Beast attacking its mate, explained how to lure it out, and accepted Zhong Hao’s Chì Lei Stone while saying he had a plan.

Lu Xuan traded for rare spirit plants, advanced his sword-grass cultivation, repaired Su Manman’s Sword Peacock, and successfully trained the sect’s young spirit beasts. The arc left him recognized by other Spirit Plant Masters for identifying mutated plants, including a dangerous Fourth Grade Mutated Arrow Vine.

• Lu Xuan helped Zhong Hao resolve the Chiyin Beasts’ mating problem, then used his rewards and cultivation work to advance his spirit plants and harvest mature Starlight Sword Grass.
• Lu Xuan traded with Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion for the Vajra Bodhi Spirit Seed and Azure Pill Flame, then cultivated Wind Lightning Sword Grass and obtained its sword scripture and a Rank 4 talisman.
• Lu Xuan repaired Su Manman’s Sword Peacock by purging its Mirage Yin Filth Qi, and she gave him a Fourth Grade Filth Insect Grass Spirit Seed in return.
• Lu Xuan trained Zhong Hao’s young spirit beasts by addressing their individual problems, and the Lion-Bird Beast defeated the Four-Winged Thunderstorm Tiger in the final match.
• Lu Xuan won praise and rewards from the Beast Taming Hall, then harvested Sword Nurturing Gourds and more than one hundred and fifty Water Firefly Grass, gaining nearly thirty years of cultivation.
• Lu Xuan revealed his Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivation to Yang Qingfeng and examined a Mutated Dragon Vein Wood for Ge Pu.
• Lu Xuan identified several strange plants brought from a blessed land, including a mutated Flowing Fire Wood and Poison Smoke Wood, earning the other Spirit Plant Masters’ confidence.
• Lu Xuan deflected and cut apart Zhong Hao’s attacking vine, identifying it as a Fourth Grade Mutated Arrow Vine capable of unleashing Ten Thousand Arrows Firing.

Lu Xuan investigated mutated spirit plants in the blessed land, helped the Three Sects overcome several threats, and gathered rare seeds and treasures. Back at the sect, he received a secret realm to cultivate in, then returned to Sword Gate Town to manage his Netherworld plants and other dangerous finds.

• Lu Xuan joined Jian Wuxia and the other cultivators in the blessed land, where Gu Jiankong tasked him with investigating Mutated Spirit Plants and assigned Feng Yu and Zhang Ruiping to assist him.
• Lu Xuan studied and traded mutated plants with Fang Qing and Long Miaomiao, discovered hidden fire essence in Mutated Flowing Fire Wood, and identified the sonic weakness of the mutated Tu Yin Silk.
• Lu Xuan warned the camp of an underground attack by Demon Beast Puppets and helped the cultivators survive the assault before gathering rare Spirit Seeds with the Demon Ghost Vine.
• Lu Xuan identified the mutated Thousand Tendril Hands’ weakness to extreme cold, helping the Heaven Sword Sect clear the Underground Cave passage, then collected their Spirit Seeds and the Nether Mud Flesh.
• Gu Jiankong led the cultivators out of the blessed land, and Lu Xuan later discovered that a dark-red stone contained a gestating Flesh Spirit God capable of becoming an Evil Spirit comparable to a Nascent Soul Cultivator.
• Huo Liner rewarded Lu Xuan with Sword Seals and arranged for him to oversee a Defective Secret Realm, where Lu Xuan found rich Spirit Soil, Wood Sprites, Underworld Spring Spiritual Dew, and a Flame Hill.
• Lu Xuan planted high-grade Spirit Plants in the Secret Realm, exchanged Sword Seals for the Instant Arrow Technique, and returned to Sword Gate Town, where he decided not to move his Netherworld Spirit Plants into the Secret Realm.