Chapter Summaries

Lu Xuan encountered a cautious Wood Spirit in the Ancient Forest and used Azure Wood Source Qi to earn its trust. He replenished his own supply by absorbing the forest’s Vegetation Spiritual Energy and sharing a small portion with the spirit, leaving both satisfied.

• Lu Xuan sensed he was being watched in the Ancient Forest, then discovered a Wood Spirit hiding inside a tree branch.
• Lu Xuan offered the Wood Spirit Azure Wood Source Qi and learned about its strength, abilities, and gentle nature.
• Lu Xuan proposed absorbing some of the forest’s Vegetation Spiritual Energy and transforming it into Azure Wood Source Qi to share with the Wood Spirit.
• The Wood Spirit agreed, and Lu Xuan absorbed Vegetation Spiritual Energy from the trees while feeding the spirit occasional wisps of Azure Wood Source Qi.
• Lu Xuan restored his Azure Wood Source Qi, and the well-fed Wood Spirit was left satisfied as well.

Lu Xuan replenished his Azure Wood Source Qi in the Ancient Forest, received five pieces of ancient wood from the Wood Spirit, and left the forest. After meeting Qian Dinghong and Deng Yi, he agreed to help hunt Two-Headed Armadillos, drawn by the rare Spirit Soil in their habitat.

• Lu Xuan replenished his Azure Wood Source Qi, and the Wood Spirit gave him five pieces of ancient wood as he departed.
• Lu Xuan left the Ancient Forest and encountered Qian Dinghong and Deng Yi.
• Deng Yi explained that Two-Headed Armadillos were difficult to hunt because they could burrow through earth and had tough scales.
• Qian Dinghong invited Lu Xuan to join their hunt, explaining that they planned to lure the beasts with Fourth Grade spirit ore.
• Lu Xuan agreed to join after learning the Two-Headed Armadillos lived in rare Spirit Soil regions, and the three arrived at a barren Stone Mountain.

Lu Xuan and his companions ambushed four Two-Headed Armadillos at Stone Mountain, killing three and capturing one alive. He returned alone with the captive and tormented it with the remains of its companions, urging it to hate him and survive.

• Lu Xuan, Deng Yi, and Qian Dinghong set a trap for four Two-Headed Armadillos and attacked when one took the bait spirit ore.
• Lu Xuan and Deng Yi fought the beasts while Qian Dinghong used a stone mirror Magic Tool to freeze one; the three killed two and captured the remaining beasts.
• Lu Xuan asked the others to spare one armadillo alive, then took its skeletons and the dead beasts' pupils while sharing some scales and meat with his companions.
• After parting ways, Lu Xuan returned to Stone Mountain with the captive and taunted it about its dead companions.
• Lu Xuan showed the captive six of its companion's eyeballs and urged it to live on, hate him, and try to destroy him.

Lu Xuan tricked an injured Two-Headed Armadillo into leading him to its clan’s nest, where he stole Wu Spirit Soil and spirit minerals. He took two young armadillos with him and escaped before the clan returned.

• Lu Xuan followed the injured Two-Headed Armadillo through Stone Mountain to its hidden cave while concealing his presence.
• The injured armadillo gathered more than a dozen clan members and led them away to seek revenge on Lu Xuan.
• Lu Xuan found Wu Spirit Soil and spirit minerals in the cave, killed two aged Two-Headed Armadillos, and collected the valuables.
• Lu Xuan discovered two young Two-Headed Armadillos, fed them ore, and placed them in his Life-Preserving Bag.
• Lu Xuan escaped through the rock with the young armadillos before the clan returned.

Lu Xuan entered the Ancient Hall’s medicine garden to search for rare Spirit Seeds, despite the danger from disguised demonic plants. He encountered three Inner Sect Disciples fighting an Otherworldly Ghost Vine, then continued deeper into the garden alone.

• Lu Xuan and Liu Su reached the Ancient Hall and decided to explore it together.
• Lu Xuan chose to enter the medicine garden to observe ancient Spirit Plants and search for Spirit Seeds, while Liu Su went elsewhere in the hall.
• Lu Xuan found only common Spirit Soil and scattered low-grade Spirit Plants as he explored deeper.
• Lu Xuan saw three Inner Sect Disciples defeat an Otherworldly Ghost Vine and learned that demonic plants could disguise themselves as ordinary Spirit Plants.
• Lu Xuan dismissed the Disciples’ method of harvesting plants and continued deeper into the medicine garden.

Lu Xuan used Spirit Rain to distinguish normal Otherworldly Ghost Vines from demon-transformed ones, harvested the normal plants, and fought off the vines when they attacked. After the vines vanished underground, he searched the Medicine Garden and uncovered an amber-like Spirit Seed.

• Lu Xuan cast Spirit Rain over the Otherworldly Ghost Vines and identified which plants were normal and which had been demon-transformed.
• Lu Xuan teased the demon-transformed vines and harvested the normal Otherworldly Ghost Vines without provoking an attack.
• The demon-transformed vines suddenly attacked Lu Xuan, and he cut them apart with Sword Qi from the Sword Nurturing Gourd and his Violet Lightning Sword.
• The Otherworldly Ghost Vines burrowed underground and disappeared, prompting Lu Xuan to search the soil for hidden Spirit Seeds.
• Lu Xuan sensed a faint trace of vitality, used the Earth Guidance Art to turn the soil, and uncovered a Spirit Seed like amber.

Lu Xuan discovered four dormant Fourth Grade Nurturing Spirit Pine seeds in the Medicine Garden and ventured toward its center, where he found a huge gathering of demonized Otherworldly Ghost Vines. They attacked him, and he fought back amid the vines.

• Lu Xuan identified a sealed Spirit Seed as a Fourth Grade Nurturing Spirit Pine, whose mature pinecones could strengthen Spiritual Sense.
• Lu Xuan searched the Medicine Garden and dug up four Nurturing Spirit Pine Spirit Seeds.
• Noticing the demonized Otherworldly Ghost Vines had gathered in the central region, Lu Xuan used his Concealing Spirit Cloak to approach.
• Lu Xuan spotted hundreds of Otherworldly Ghost Vines surrounding an enormous plant, but it sensed him and launched an ambush.
• Lu Xuan evaded the first strike, then used sword qi and the Violet Lightning Sword to cut through the vines as they swarmed him.

Lu Xuan learned that the Demon Transformation Otherworldly Ghost Vines had secretly tried to reproduce and evolve to escape their fate as cultivators’ harvest. He offered to take the seedling inside the enormous vine’s flower bud out of the Medicine Garden.

• Lu Xuan used Azure Wood Source Qi to turn the attacking Otherworldly Ghost Vines against one another, killing or wounding nearly half before the vines withdrew.
• Lu Xuan sent Azure Wood Source Qi into the enormous Otherworldly Ghost Vine and received images revealing its history and the clan’s attempt to produce a new Demon Transformation seedling.
• Lu Xuan concluded that the vine’s hopes of escaping the blessed land were slight, and the enormous vine sank down as its flower bud began to split.
• Lu Xuan infused the flower bud with Azure Wood Source Qi and offered to take the seedling inside it out of the Medicine Garden.

Lu Xuan helped the dying Otherworldly Ghost Vine bring forth a new plant, which became a Fifth Grade Demon Ghost Vine and joined him. He left the other vines behind and followed the seedling’s keen sensing toward a high-grade Spirit Seed.

• Lu Xuan persuaded the enormous Otherworldly Ghost Vine to entrust its seedling to him and swore to nurture it well.
• The Otherworldly Ghost Vine spent its remaining vitality blooming and delivered its seedling to Lu Xuan before disintegrating.
• Lu Xuan fed the gray vine a Spirit Fruit and learned that it was a Fifth Grade Demon Transformation Spirit Plant called the Demon Ghost Vine.
• Lu Xuan offered the remaining Otherworldly Ghost Vines a chance to leave the Medicine Garden with him, but they burrowed into the Spirit Soil.
• As Lu Xuan traveled through the Medicine Garden, the Demon Ghost Vine stretched toward something ahead, and Lu Xuan asked if it sensed a high-grade Spirit Seed.

Lu Xuan followed the Demon Ghost Vine seedling into a hidden Palace, where he found a charred length of wood guarded by two Fire Phoenixes and encountered three Foundation Establishment cultivators. The three prepared to claim the treasure, and the Palace erupted into flames as the Fire Phoenixes reacted to their hostility.

• The Demon Ghost Vine seedling led Lu Xuan to a hidden door in the Medicine Garden, which he broke open with the Mountain Sealing Jade Seal.
• Lu Xuan entered a fiery Palace and spotted a charred length of wood near two Fire Phoenix phantoms, which he suspected was the Spirit Seed the seedling had sensed.
• Lu Xuan met three fellow disciples and concealed how he had found the Palace, while the elegant woman questioned him about his entrance.
• The three cultivators revealed their weapons and prepared for a confrontation, while Lu Xuan pretended to be weak and asked for leftovers.
• The Fire Phoenixes cried out as hostility rose, and flames surged through the Palace while the Demon Ghost Vine seedling hid beneath Lu Xuan's cloak.

Lu Xuan used Azure Wood Source Qi to attract a mysterious section of Phoenix Wood and claim it from the fire cloud. When three senior disciples demanded or offered to trade for it, he refused, and their confrontation threatened to turn hostile.

• Lu Xuan and three other cultivators fought the Fire Phoenix phantoms and the firebirds guarding the charred wood.
• The three senior cultivators weakened the enormous firebird, and Lu Xuan rushed toward the charred wood as the fire cloud began to collapse.
• Lu Xuan used Azure Wood Source Qi to draw the charred wood past the other cultivators and into his hand.
• The handsome youth offered Lu Xuan a rare Third Grade Flying Sword for the Phoenix Wood, but Lu Xuan refused to trade it.
• The elegant woman threatened Lu Xuan with the three disciples' sect status, and he accelerated the black sword qi around himself.

Lu Xuan fought off three fellow disciples who tried to take the charred wood, then escaped into the Medicine Garden and identified it as a Sixth Grade Phoenix Wood. He buried it in Spirit Soil and planned to lie low while it grew.

• Lu Xuan refused to surrender the Phoenix Wood, and the handsome youth attacked him with a Spiritual Power palm.
• Lu Xuan shattered the palm with his fist, then countered the three disciples’ coordinated attacks with sword qi, a Water Dragon Talisman, and the Mountain Sealing Jade Seal.
• Lu Xuan used the Howling Sea Sword Talisman to force the three disciples back, retrieved his jade seal, and escaped into the Medicine Garden.
• Lu Xuan burrowed into the ground, confirmed he was safe, and swallowed pills to recover his Spiritual Power.
• Lu Xuan buried the charred wood in Spirit Soil and learned it was a Sixth Grade Phoenix Wood that needed a fire-spirit environment and exotic flames to grow.
• Lu Xuan decided to stay hidden from the three disciples and rely on the sect’s rules and his powerful connections for protection.

Lu Xuan rescued the Demon Ghost Vine seedling from the Bewitching Peach’s influence, taught it not to eat his Spirit Plants, and settled two Two-Headed Armadillo Young Beasts on the mountain. He planted four Fourth Grade Nurturing Spirit Pine seeds in Wu Spirit Soil, then went underground to the Lava River with a charred piece of wood.

• Lu Xuan purified the Demon Ghost Vine seedling after it fell under the Bewitching Peach’s tempting aura, then warned it not to devour his Spirit Plants.
• Lu Xuan fed the two Two-Headed Armadillo Young Beasts spirit ore and placed them in a nest they dug into the mountain’s rock wall.
• Lu Xuan used the Earth Guidance Art and Wu Spirit Soil to create two Spirit Fields for higher-grade Spirit Plants.
• Lu Xuan planted four dormant Fourth Grade Nurturing Spirit Pine seeds and nurtured them with his Spiritual Sense.
• Lu Xuan descended to the Lava River carrying a charred piece of wood marked with dark golden cracks.

Lu Xuan inspected his Spirit Plants, harvested Water Firefly Grass seeds and two mature Jade Scale Fruits, and received valuable rewards from their light orbs. He left the chapter with a Fourth Grade Yunshan Jade Talisman that could repel and attack Evil Spirits.

• Lu Xuan found that earth fire could not provide enough Fire Spirit Aura to nourish the Phoenix Wood, so he stored it in a hollow near the fire to preserve its vitality.
• Lu Xuan harvested eighty-five Spirit Seeds from sixteen Second Grade Water Firefly Grass plants and decided to focus on them instead of the fire-type seeds.
• Lu Xuan called over the Grass Puppet and used Azure Wood Source Qi to turn it green before continuing his patrol.
• Lu Xuan harvested a Good Grade Jade Scale Fruit and received a piece of Fourth Grade Crimson Astral Jade.
• Lu Xuan harvested a Superior Grade Jade Scale Fruit and received the Fourth Grade Yunshan Jade Talisman, a treasure that could repel evil and protect against Evil Spirits.

Lu Xuan harvested a mature Sword Nurturing Gourd and received another Howling Sea Sword Talisman, then spent the following weeks tending his Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts. After planting Water Firefly Grass and nurturing his Nurturing Spirit Pine seedlings, he harvested a Superior Grade Sword Nurturing Gourd and obtained a Fourth Grade Drunken Immortal Gourd.

• Lu Xuan harvested a Good Grade Sword Nurturing Gourd and obtained a Fourth Grade Howling Sea Sword Talisman from its White Light Orb.
• He examined his Spirit Plants, noting that the Ice Luo Fruit and Flame Fruit had matured and that his other plants were growing well.
• Lu Xuan spent the next month cultivating his Spirit Plants and raising Spirit Beasts, while no trouble came from the cultivators he had offended in Langyue Blessed Land.
• He planted more than eighty Water Firefly Grass Spirit Seeds in the Wu Spirit Soil and tended four Nurturing Spirit Pine seedlings that had sprouted.
• Lu Xuan harvested a Superior Grade Sword Nurturing Gourd and received a Fourth Grade Drunken Immortal Gourd from its White Light Orb.

Lu Xuan tested the fourth-grade Drunken Immortal Gourd, which could purify Spirit Spring and brew Spirit Brew, then continued tending to his spirit beasts. Fan Xu visited to invite him on a Secret Realm expedition for Silver Flame Fire, but Lu Xuan feigned weakness and declined.

• Lu Xuan filled the Drunken Immortal Gourd with lake water and found that it sweetened and slightly improved the Spirit Spring.
• Lu Xuan inspected his Two-Headed Armadillos and purified the Demon Ghost Vine after it returned from the Bewitching Peach.
• Fan Xu visited Lu Xuan and praised his Spirit Plant Dao before asking whether he was seeking strange fires.
• Fan Xu invited Lu Xuan to explore a Secret Realm containing rare Third Grade Silver Flame Fire with his group.
• Lu Xuan declined, claiming he neglected cultivation, lacked combat skill, and had no decent magic tools, while Fan Xu knew this was false.

Lu Xuan sought a Rank 3 strange flame while avoiding a suspicious invitation to explore a Secret Realm. After posting a task and waiting half a month, he harvested a Flame Fruit and unexpectedly obtained a Red Lotus Flame.

• Lu Xuan refused Fan Shixiong's invitation to explore a Secret Realm but asked him to transfer any Rank 3 strange flame he found.
• Lu Xuan posted a General Affairs Hall task offering at least one hundred Sword Seals for Rank 3 or higher strange flames.
• Lu Xuan decided not to explore Secret Realms and instead watched for Inner Sect Disciple treasure-exchange gatherings.
• Half a month later, Lu Xuan harvested a Superior Grade Flame Fruit from his Spirit Field.
• Lu Xuan collected the White Light Orb and obtained a Third Grade unusual fire, the Red Lotus Flame.

Lu Xuan harvested a Flame Fruit and obtained the Third Grade Red Lotus Flame and Explosive Flame Pearl, then used the flame to nourish the Phoenix Wood. He prepared a feast for the creatures on his mountain peak, leaving them eagerly gathered around the food.

• Lu Xuan harvested a mature Flame Fruit and obtained the Third Grade Explosive Flame Pearl from its light orb.
• Lu Xuan inspected the Water Firefly Grass, Nurturing Spirit Pines, and Demon Ghost Vine seedling before visiting the Earth Fire Heart Lotus and Phoenix Wood.
• Lu Xuan fed the Red Lotus Flame to the Phoenix Wood, causing it to bloom with a crimson lotus and reveal two tiny phoenix phantoms.
• Lu Xuan prepared Demon Beast Meat, Flame Fruits, Jade Scale Fruits, and spirit nectar for the creatures on the mountain peak.
• The Wind Falcon Chick, Young Flood Dragon, Cloud Stepping Lynx, four-headed creature, and Demon Ghost Vine seedling gathered eagerly as Lu Xuan announced it was time to eat.

Lu Xuan enjoyed a quiet meal with his spirit creatures and reflected on the many rare Spirit Plants he cultivated. After three peaceful days, he harvested three Flame Fruits and obtained two Explosive Flame Pearls and a Burning Essence Pill, leaving him pleased with his growing rewards.

• Lu Xuan shared roasted meat, Spirit Fruits, and spirit nectar with his spirit creatures, then relaxed with Flame Fruit, roasted Demon Beast Meat, and Hundred Fruit Spirit Nectar.
• Lu Xuan reflected on his Spirit Plants and concluded that cultivating fields in safety brought better rewards than seeking dangerous adventures.
• After three days of tending his plants and creatures, Lu Xuan harvested three mature Flame Fruits.
• Lu Xuan obtained two Third Grade Explosive Flame Pearls and one Third Grade Burning Essence Pill from the Flame Fruit Light Orbs.
• Lu Xuan stored the Burning Essence Pill and admired the harvest from his Flame Fruit plants.

Shen Ye recruited Lu Xuan to lecture Outer Sect Disciples about Spirit Plant cultivation, and Lu Xuan accepted for two hundred Sword Seals. After harvesting Flame Fruits, Lu Xuan gained the Third Grade Flame Manipulation Art from their light orbs and quickly mastered it.

• Lu Xuan welcomed Shen Ye and told him that all ten Sword Grass Spirit Seeds had survived, while concealing his success cultivating a mutated Wind Lightning Sword Grass.
• Shen Ye invited Lu Xuan to lecture at the Teaching Hall, and Lu Xuan agreed after Shen Ye offered two hundred Sword Seals for one day's work.
• Lu Xuan prepared notes for the lecture by reviewing and summarizing his Spirit Plant cultivation experience.
• Lu Xuan harvested five ripe Flame Fruits and collected the rewards from their light orbs, including the Third Grade Flame Manipulation Art.
• Lu Xuan absorbed three technique experience packs and advanced his Flame Manipulation Art from beginner to proficient.