Chapter Summaries

Lu Xuan cultivated and improved several Spirit Plants while caring for his Spirit Beasts, then witnessed an Azure Profound Deer whose passing revitalized the mountain’s plants. Daoist Jiang identified the deer as a fifth-grade Demonic Beast that had once belonged to a Core Formation Elder, leaving Lu Xuan curious about its origins.

• The newly hatched Young Flood Dragon followed the Wind Falcon, exhausted itself, and then happily coiled around the Wind Falcon’s neck when it returned.
• Lu Xuan harvested mutated Spirit Firefly Grass, observed its faint Ice Spiritual Power, and gathered seeds to continue improving the plant variety.
• Lu Xuan planted a Sword Grass spirit seed altered by Scarlet Flame Sword Qi and filled the Yangxuan Sword Sheath with Xun Lightning Sword Qi to stimulate another seed.
• An Azure Profound Deer passed the mountain peak, and its cries caused the Spirit Plants to flourish and shed their negative states.
• Lu Xuan asked Daoist Jiang about the deer, and Daoist Jiang said it was a fifth-grade Demonic Beast that had once been a Core Formation Elder’s Spirit Beast.

Lu Xuan learned about Jiang Guangling’s alchemy and declined his invitation to explore a secret realm, then checked his spirit plants in Sword Gate Town and visited Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion seeking rare spirit seeds. The pavilion could not meet his needs directly, but its manager told him of an upcoming exchange conference featuring a Fifth Grade Saint Infant Fruit seed.

• Jiang Guangling told Lu Xuan the story of the Azure Profound Deer and invited him to drink spirit tea at his home.
• Jiang Guangling invited Lu Xuan to join him in a secret realm to gather spirit herbs, but Lu Xuan declined and stayed in the sect.
• Lu Xuan returned to his rented courtyard in Sword Gate Town, fed Yin Soul Grudges to the Ghost Face Stone Mushrooms, and inspected his other spirit plants.
• Lu Xuan visited Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion and asked to exchange spirit plants for rare seeds of Third Grade or higher.
• The pavilion’s manager told Lu Xuan about an upcoming Treasure Exchange Conference where a Fifth Grade Saint Infant Fruit seed would be available.

Lu Xuan learned of a rare Rank 5 Saint Infant Fruit Spirit Seed being offered at a Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion exchange conference and decided to attend. After arranging what to sell and seek, he gathered Spirit Stones and supplies to prepare for the trip.

• Lu Xuan heard that a Foundation Establishment cultivator planned to sell a Saint Infant Fruit Spirit Seed at a conference hosted by Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, though the plant was rumored to bring disaster to its growers.
• Lu Xuan accepted an invitation to the conference after learning it would be held six or seven hundred li from Sword Gate Town, within the Heaven Sword Sect’s sphere of influence.
• Lu Xuan offered his Illusory Mist Luo Fruit, Flood Dragon Vine, and Spirit Cleansing Talisman for the conference, hoping to exchange for high-grade Spirit Seeds, Demonic Beast eggs or fetuses, or Young Beasts.
• Lu Xuan sold Copper Bone Bamboo, Flowing Light Wood, and Spirit Firefly Grass for over one thousand five hundred Spirit Stones.
• Lu Xuan bought Demon Beast Meat for his three little ones and three secondhand Flying Swords as preparations for the conference.

Lu Xuan attended the Treasure Exchange Conference at Stone Mountain, hoping to obtain a Rank 5 Saint Infant Fruit Spirit Seed. After learning of the seed’s sinister rumors, he negotiated with its owner and secured a deal by offering a Third Grade Flood Dragon Vine and three Third Grade Spirit Cleansing Talismans.

• Lu Xuan entered the conference disguised with a Bronze Mask and sensed five fellow disciples nearby using his updated Identity Token.
• The host introduced the exchange rules, and cultivators began displaying treasures while Lu Xuan watched for Spirit Seeds and other items of interest.
• A Gaunt Cultivator displayed a Saint Infant Fruit Spirit Seed, and an unseen cultivator warned that it was associated with disappearances and gruesome deaths.
• Lu Xuan privately offered the Gaunt Cultivator a Third Grade Flood Dragon Vine and Spirit Cleansing Talismans for the seed.
• The Gaunt Cultivator accepted Lu Xuan’s offer after Lu Xuan added a third Spirit Cleansing Talisman.

Lu Xuan traded for the Rank 5 Saint Infant Fruit Spirit Seed and a Fourth Grade Six Eyed Scarlet Iron Scorpion corpse at the Treasure Exchange Conference. After evading the watchers outside, he returned safely to his small courtyard in Sword Gate Town, eager to cultivate the Spirit Seed.

• Lu Xuan exchanged a Third Grade Flood Dragon Vine and two Third Grade Spirit Cleansing Talismans for the Rank 5 Saint Infant Fruit Spirit Seed, whose strange aura was repelled by his Flawless Jade.
• Lu Xuan offered a Superior Grade Illusory Mist Luo Fruit at the conference but declined the ordinary Spirit Seeds offered in exchange.
• A Black-Robed Cultivator offered Lu Xuan a fresh Fourth Grade Six Eyed Scarlet Iron Scorpion corpse, and Lu Xuan negotiated a trade of the fruit plus four hundred Spirit Stones.
• Lu Xuan obtained the scorpion corpse for its useful eyes, bones, and poisonous parts, then left the conference and evaded the probing gazes around the Stone Mountain.
• Lu Xuan reached his small courtyard in Sword Gate Town, opened the Thousand Illusions Cloud and Mist Array, and took out the Saint Infant Fruit Spirit Seed.

Lu Xuan discovered that the Fifth Grade Saint Infant Fruit Spirit Seed was a sub-plant that could reveal his location and surroundings to its mother plant, but decided to use it to lure and kill the cultivator behind the scheme. He planted and nourished the seed in his Yin-rich courtyard while beginning to plan how to raise it safely.

• Lu Xuan learned that the Saint Infant Fruit sub-plant could let its mother plant sense and observe its surroundings, potentially exposing his location to the cultivator who planted the bait.
• Lu Xuan weighed abandoning or selling the seed against cultivating it and turning the trap against its owner, then decided he could summon powerful allies or move the plant to the Heaven Sword Sect when it neared maturity.
• Lu Xuan planned to obtain Yin and evil materials through tasks for Outer Sect Disciples rather than feed the plant infant blood, souls, and grudges himself.
• Lu Xuan used Yin Qi to nourish the Spirit Seed in his courtyard, then took out the Six Eyed Scarlet Iron Scorpion corpse and began cutting it apart.

Lu Xuan returned to Heaven Sword Sect after tending to his Netherworld Spirit Plants and reunited with his spirit beasts. While inspecting his fields, he harvested a Superior Grade Sword Grass and obtained a Third Grade Sword Embryo.

• Lu Xuan fed the Hundred Eyed Treant scorpion eyes, supplied the Thorn Bone with the Six Eyed Scarlet Iron Scorpion skeleton, and buried its meat beneath the Poison Shuttle Wood.
• Lu Xuan returned to Heaven Sword Sect and greeted the Wind Falcon, Dazzling Fire Flood Dragon, and Cloud Stepping Lynx.
• Lu Xuan inspected his Spirit Field and found that one of the Sword Grass plants gifted by Hall Master Shen had matured.
• Lu Xuan harvested the Superior Grade Sword Grass and received a Third Grade Sword Embryo from its White Light Orb.

Lu Xuan harvested a Sword Embryo from a matured Sword Grass and cultivated his Spirit Plants while experimenting with Spirit Firefly Grass seeds. After nurturing a mutated Sword Grass seed in the Yangxuan Sword Sheath, he planted it and discovered it had become Third Grade Wind Lightning Sword Grass.

• Lu Xuan obtained a Third Grade Sword Embryo from a matured Sword Grass and stored it in a black sword case for later nurturing.
• Lu Xuan continued experimenting with Spirit Firefly Grass seeds, producing increasingly potent mutations while temporarily leaving his fields without any planted Spirit Firefly Grass.
• Lu Xuan inspected the flourishing Spirit Plants on his mountain peak, then prepared a special meal for the Wind Falcon Chick, Cloud Stepping Lynx, and the third little one.
• Lu Xuan removed a visibly changed Sword Grass Spirit Seed from the Yangxuan Sword Sheath and planted it in the Spirit Field.
• Lu Xuan identified the seed as Third Grade Wind Lightning Sword Grass and resolved to keep nurturing Spirit Seeds in the sheath longer.

Lu Xuan cultivated a Third Grade Wind Lightning Sword Grass and harvested a Grade Three Golden Bristle Talisman Pen from a mature Flowing Light Wood. He feasted with several Spirit Beasts, then secured the White Jade Sky Supporting Ape’s promise to help him if he was bullied, receiving one of its hairs.

• Lu Xuan planted the Wind Lightning Sword Grass spirit seed and decided to keep the Yangxuan Sword Sheath secret until he could cultivate more seeds.
• Lu Xuan harvested a Grade Two Flowing Light Wood and received a Grade Three Golden Bristle Talisman Pen from its White Light Orb.
• Lu Xuan prepared a feast that drew the Wind Falcon, Dazzling Fire Flood Dragon, Cloud Stepping Lynx, Mystic Sky White Luan, and White Jade Sky Supporting Ape to his courtyard.
• Lu Xuan persuaded the Mystic Sky White Luan and White Jade Sky Supporting Ape to visit often and help one another in times of trouble.
• The White Jade Sky Supporting Ape reacted fiercely to Lu Xuan’s mention of fighting and gave him one of its Silver White Hairs.

Lu Xuan cultivated his Spirit Field and posted tasks to gather supplies for two Spirit Plants before encountering the declining Azure Profound Deer. The chapter ended with two cultivators observing the dying spirit beast and discussing the need to prepare for its end and manage its deep obsession.

• Lu Xuan learned that the White Jade Sky Supporting Ape’s gifted hair could summon it to his aid, and the Mystic Sky White Luan also promised help and invited him to its Secret Realm.
• Lu Xuan cultivated, found his Spiritual Power unchanged, then visited the General Affairs Hall and posted tasks for Demon Beast Eyes and insect larvae or eggs.
• Lu Xuan reflected that, as a Foundation Establishment Inner Sect Disciple, he could no longer accept tasks meant for Qi Practitioners, though he received regular Sword Seals.
• Lu Xuan saw the weakening Azure Profound Deer pass overhead and heard the longing in its cries.
• The Azure Profound Deer lay trapped in a vine-woven net as a four-eyed middle-aged cultivator and a handsome young man discussed its failing lifespan, impending end, and dangerous obsession.

Gu Jiankong refused Lei Su’s proposal to kill the dying Azure Profound Deer and ordered the sect to find cultivators who could diagnose its obsession. After Ge Pu recommended Lu Xuan for his Beast Taming skills, Yang Qingfeng brought him to the Azure Spirit Secret Realm to examine the deer.

• Lei Su suggested killing the Azure Profound Deer to prevent its obsession from harming the secret realm, but Gu Jiankong insisted that it be allowed to die naturally unless it became dangerous.
• Gu Jiankong ordered the sect to seek help from cultivators skilled with Spirit Beasts and told Martial Nephew Xu to prepare the secret realm’s Protective Array.
• Ge Pu recommended Lu Xuan, citing his work with a Young Flood Dragon and his solution to the Yin Yang Kun Fish’s breeding problem.
• Gu Jiankong agreed to summon Lu Xuan to examine the Azure Profound Deer alongside the other cultivators.
• Yang Qingfeng hurried Lu Xuan to the Azure Spirit Secret Realm, where the two Core Formation True Persons and other cultivators were waiting.

Lu Xuan examined the dying Azure Profound Deer and discovered that its deepest obsession was the Hundred Fruit Spirit Nectar once made for it by the cultivator who raised it. He prepared the nectar and fed it to the deer, which stirred at the familiar taste and seemed to see its old friend again.

• Ge Pu brought Lu Xuan to meet Gu Jiankong and Lei Su, who asked the gathered cultivators to find the cause of the Azure Profound Deer's obsession.
• Liu Shimei and three other Foundation Establishment cultivators examined the deer but found no hidden illness or contamination.
• Shi Shizhi communicated with the Azure Profound Deer and learned only that it deeply regretted something.
• Lu Xuan fed the deer a Spirit Fruit and discovered its obsession was tasting the Hundred Fruit Spirit Nectar made by the cultivator who had raised it.
• Lu Xuan gathered the needed ingredients, prepared the Hundred Fruit Spirit Nectar, and fed it to the deer, which responded to the familiar scent.

Lu Xuan resolved the Azure Profound Deer’s obsession with Hundred Fruit Spirit Nectar, earning Azure Wood Source Qi and a reward from Gu Jiankong. After leaving the secret realm, he met Liu Su and returned to his mountain peak to review his gains.

• The Azure Profound Deer passed away peacefully, leaving most of its source energy to the secret realm and giving Lu Xuan Azure Wood Source Qi.
• Gu Jiankong explained the Azure Wood Source Qi’s benefits and awarded Lu Xuan three hundred Sword Seals for resolving the deer’s obsession.
• Lu Xuan left the Azure Spirit Secret Realm with the others, and Ge Pu remarked that the forest sprites treated him differently after he obtained the source energy.
• Liu Su approached Lu Xuan to exchange knowledge about Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts, and they shared Communication Talismans.
• Lu Xuan returned to his mountain peak and reviewed his Azure Wood Source Qi, Sword Seals, and the Hundred Fruit Spirit Nectar recipe.

Lu Xuan tested how Azure Wood Source Qi affected Spirit Plants and the Grass Puppet, then harvested a Sword Grass and received a Third-grade Violet Lightning Sword. He inserted it into the Yangxuan Sword Sheath alongside the Scarlet Flame Sword, leaving the sheath trembling.

• Lu Xuan found that Azure Wood Source Qi accelerated Spirit Plant growth, especially in Spirit Firefly Grass, and also stimulated the Grass Puppet’s growth.
• Lu Xuan decided to reserve Azure Wood Source Qi for his highest-grade Spirit Plants because drawing on their vitality could damage them.
• Lu Xuan inspected his Mutated Spirit Firefly Grass seeds and planned another round of planting and induction to develop an improved variety.
• Lu Xuan harvested a Superior Grade Sword Grass and received a Third-grade Violet Lightning Sword from its White Light Orb.
• Lu Xuan inserted the Violet Lightning Sword into the Yangxuan Sword Sheath, which trembled under its lightning power, and joked about the sparks and lightning.

Lu Xuan successfully improved Spirit Firefly Grass into Second Grade Water Firefly Grass and accelerated the growth of several seedlings with Azure Wood Source Qi. As the new grass approached maturity, he continued tending his other Spirit Plants and observed several entering new growth stages.

• Lu Xuan declined invitations to explore Secret Realms and gained a reputation as a capable but risk-averse Spirit Plant Master.
• Lu Xuan collected Second Grade Demon Beast Eyes and fed them to the Hundred Eyed Treant in Sword Gate Town.
• Lu Xuan planted a mutated Spirit Firefly Grass seed that had been improved into a Second Grade Spirit Plant, naming it Water Firefly Grass.
• Lu Xuan planted twenty-three Water Firefly Grass seeds and used Azure Wood Source Qi to ripen three into seedlings.
• Lu Xuan inspected his Spirit Plants as the Flame Fruit, Ice Luo Fruit, Sword Nurturing Gourd, Jade Scale Fruit, Bewitching Peach, and other plants advanced in growth.
• Lu Xuan's Water Firefly Grass began entering its mature stage after Azure Wood Source Qi greatly shortened its growth time.

Lu Xuan harvested mature Second Grade Water Firefly Grass and gained substantial cultivation and an elixir from its Light Orbs. At a gathering with fellow disciples, he learned that Langyue Blessed Land would open in about half a year.

• Lu Xuan harvested three Second Grade Water Firefly Grasses and received three years of cultivation and a Spirit Accumulation Elixir from their Light Orbs.
• Lu Xuan planned to reserve Azure Wood Source Qi for critical moments while cultivating his remaining Water Firefly Grass normally.
• Liu Su invited Lu Xuan to a gathering with five other Foundation Establishment Early Stage disciples, where they exchanged insights on Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts.
• Lu Xuan declined an offer to be introduced to a Core Formation True Person, explaining that he preferred to cultivate independently.
• The gathered disciples discussed the coming opening of Langyue Blessed Land and the value of obtaining a Sword Token to enter.

Lu Xuan learned about the upcoming opening of Langyue Blessed Land and decided to try to enter, hoping to find ancient Spirit Seeds. After returning to his mountain, he discovered that one Jade Scale Fruit had ripened.

• Liu Su and the other cultivators explained the Blessed Lands, the dangers within them, and the Sword Token required for entry.
• Lu Xuan decided to seek a Sword Token, encouraged by the chance to obtain ancient Spirit Seeds and his existing token from Ge Pu.
• Lu Xuan offered to trade Treasures for Unknown Spirit Seeds, and the gathered cultivators agreed to bring them to him.
• Five months later, Lu Xuan patrolled his mountain's Spirit Fields and found a Jade Scale Fruit fully mature.
• Lu Xuan picked the Jade Scale Fruit and placed it in a square Jade Box.

Lu Xuan harvested two mature Jade Scale Fruits, gaining a Mountain Sealing Jade Seal and a piece of Crimson Astral Jade from their light orbs. With the opening of Langyue Blessed Land less than a month away, he fed the second fruit to the three eager demonic beasts.

• Lu Xuan harvested a Good Grade Jade Scale Fruit and received the third-grade Mountain Sealing Jade Seal, which he enlarged and tested before putting it away.
• Lu Xuan ate the fruit, felt its nourishing effects, and noted that seven more Jade Scale Fruits were nearing maturity before Langyue Blessed Land opened.
• Lu Xuan drank Hundred Fruit Spirit Nectar while the Wind Falcon, Dazzling Fire Flood Dragon, and Cloud Stepping Lynx secretly drank too much and became drunk.
• Lu Xuan found that another Jade Scale Fruit had matured, harvested it, and received fourth-grade Crimson Astral Jade from its light orb.
• Lu Xuan cut the second Jade Scale Fruit into three portions and fed one to each of the Wind Falcon, Dazzling Fire Flood Dragon, and Cloud Stepping Lynx.

Lu Xuan harvested a mature Sword Nurturing Gourd and gained a powerful Fourth Grade Howling Sea Sword Talisman, strengthening his preparations for Langyue Blessed Land. With the opening three days away, he ripened and harvested sixteen Water Firefly Grass plants, gaining cultivation, pills, and talismans.

• Lu Xuan harvested the mature Sword Nurturing Gourd and received a Fourth Grade Howling Sea Sword Talisman capable of releasing powerful sword intent.
• Lu Xuan prepared for Langyue Blessed Land by carrying the talisman, gourd, and ancient Yangxuan Sword Sheath while disguising his spiritual presence.
• With three days until the blessed land opened, Lu Xuan harvested another Jade Scale Fruit and obtained Crimson Astral Jade spirit ore.
• Lu Xuan used Azure Wood Source Qi to ripen sixteen of his thirty-two Water Firefly Grass plants, saving the rest for seed condensation.
• Lu Xuan harvested the sixteen plants and gained eleven years of cultivation, six Spirit Accumulation Elixirs, and two Water Dragon Talismans.

Lu Xuan prepared for his entry into Langyue Blessed Land, assessing his powerful collection of treasures and resolving to seek opportunities while avoiding fights. After the sect’s Core Formation cultivator explained the rules and opened the entrance, Lu Xuan followed the other Inner Sect Disciples through the rift into the Blessed Land.

• Lu Xuan received the Third-grade Water Element Pearl from harvesting Water Firefly Grass and reviewed his cultivation, treasures, and plans for the Blessed Land.
• Lu Xuan used his Sword Token to enter the star-filled sky, where a pale middle-aged cultivator and more than thirty Inner Sect Disciples gathered.
• Lu Xuan greeted Liu Su and told her he was an inexperienced cultivator who would need her protection.
• The middle-aged cultivator explained that disciples had to clear Demonic Beasts, could seek help from the Core Formation True Person, and were forbidden to kill or maim fellow disciples.
• The middle-aged cultivator gathered the Sword Tokens and opened a rift, and Lu Xuan followed the other disciples into Langyue Blessed Land.