Chapter Summaries

Lu Xuan killed Qin Ming after the intruder broke into his courtyard, then destroyed the evidence and took the dead cultivator’s belongings. After counting his gains, Lu Xuan returned to tending his spirit plants at dawn.

• Lu Xuan burned Qin Ming’s corpse, used an Exorcism Talisman to clear the room, and scattered the ashes over his Spirit Field as fertilizer.
• Xu Wan called out from outside the courtyard to check on Lu Xuan, and he reassured her that he was unharmed.
• Lu Xuan reflected on how his cultivation, talismans, techniques, and Split Silver Blade had let him defeat Qin Ming, then inspected Qin Ming’s Storage Bag.
• Lu Xuan found around two hundred Spirit Stones, bottles and jars, spell manuals, three Talismans, and a Flying Sword Magic Tool in the Storage Bag.
• At dawn, Lu Xuan tended his Spirit Firefly Grass, Red Cloud Pine, Sword Grass, and Dark Marrow Mushroom.

After several days of tending his spirit plants while waiting for consequences from Qin Ming’s death, Lu Xuan went to rent a larger Spirit Field. He chose an expensive courtyard with a Spirit Spring, leaving the broker who had mocked him stunned.

• Lu Xuan checked that his spirit plants were thriving, including the blossoming Red Cloud Pine and the Dark Marrow Mushroom, and kept Qin Ming’s Storage Bag and Spirit Stones.
• After several quiet days, Lu Xuan decided to rent a larger Spirit Field and visited a Brokerage.
• The Scarred Young Cultivator recognized Lu Xuan and passed him off to the Slightly Plump Young Cultivator, expecting him to be unable to afford a large courtyard.
• Lu Xuan inspected a courtyard with a Spirit Spring and negotiated over its sixty-Spirit-Stone monthly rent.
• Lu Xuan agreed to rent the courtyard and paid the deposit, shocking the Slightly Plump Young Cultivator and causing the Scarred Young Cultivator’s chair to crash to the floor.

Lu Xuan moved to a courtyard with a Spirit Spring, arranged the transfer of his Spirit Plants, and said farewell to Xu Wan and Zhang Xiuyuan. At Hundred Herbs Hall, he was offered Spirit Firefly Grass seeds and First Grade Blood Jade Ginseng seeds to cultivate, pending proof of his ability.

• Lu Xuan harvested four mature Spirit Firefly Grass plants, then planned to move his valuable Spirit Plants and give the two Eclipse Moon Trees to Xu Wan.
• Lu Xuan rented his old courtyard to a Qi Training Stage 2 cultivator and told Xu Wan and Zhang Xiuyuan that he was moving away.
• Lu Xuan brought Eclipse Moon Fruits and Spirit Firefly Grass to Hundred Herbs Hall, where Manager He introduced him to a young woman.
• The young woman agreed that Hundred Herbs Hall would provide Lu Xuan with Spirit Firefly Grass seeds and let him choose one kind of First Grade Spirit Seed.
• Manager He chose First Grade Blood Jade Ginseng seeds for Lu Xuan to cultivate, and the young woman approved.

Lu Xuan sold his mature Spirit Plants to Manager He, then bought Spirit Firefly Grass and Blood Jade Ginseng seeds at a discount from Hundred Herbs Hall. Back at his new courtyard, he planted the Blood Jade Ginseng seeds and learned that they moved through the soil and could drain one another’s vitality.

• Manager He explained why Young Miss had entrusted Lu Xuan with ordinary Spirit Seeds and recommended Blood Jade Ginseng as a suitable crop for him.
• Lu Xuan sold fourteen Eclipse Moon Fruits and ten Spirit Firefly Grass to Manager He for fifty-one Spirit Stones and forty Fragmented Spirit Stones.
• Lu Xuan told Manager He that his new courtyard had a larger Spirit Field, then bought one hundred Spirit Firefly Grass seeds and twenty Blood Jade Ginseng seeds from Hundred Herbs Hall.
• Lu Xuan returned to his courtyard and planted the Blood Jade Ginseng seeds, learning that they moved through the soil and could drain the vitality of nearby ginseng.

Lu Xuan planted Blood Jade Ginseng and Spirit Firefly Grass in his expanded Spirit Field, then decided to test whether raising spirit fish could produce Light Orb rewards. After harvesting his remaining Spirit Firefly Grass and absorbing its rewards, he bought three Red-Beard Carp fry for his Spirit Spring.

• Lu Xuan planted twenty Blood Jade Ginseng seeds and one hundred Spirit Firefly Grass seeds, leaving space for other spirit plants and considering how to use his Spirit Spring.
• Lu Xuan harvested the ten mature Spirit Firefly Grass plants in his old courtyard, receiving cultivation, talismans, and spell technique experience from their White Light Orbs.
• Lu Xuan helped Xu Wan transplant two Eclipse Moon Trees, then visited the Rogue Cultivator Market to look for aquatic Spirit Beasts.
• A Delicate Maiden at a Spirit Pet Shop introduced Lu Xuan to several fish and aquatic demon beasts, and Lu Xuan ruled out the Black Arrow Fish and Black Water Python.
• Lu Xuan bargained with the Delicate Maiden and bought three Red-Beard Carp fry for two Spirit Stones and seventy Fragmented Spirit Stones.

Lu Xuan settled three Red-Whiskered Carp in his Spirit Spring, tended his Spirit Field, and used a Spirit Stone to repair the Grass Puppet. He bought ingredients and invited Xu Wan, Zhang Xiuyuan, and Manager He to celebrate his new home, with the guests arriving as dinner was prepared.

• Lu Xuan released three Red-Whiskered Carp into the Spirit Spring and learned they were content in their new environment.
• Lu Xuan used the Earth Guidance Art to reposition the Blood Jade Ginseng seeds and inspected the growing Spirit Plants.
• Lu Xuan gave the Grass Puppet a Spirit Stone, allowing it to weave gray grass into its damaged chest and restore itself.
• Lu Xuan went to the Rogue Cultivator Market and bought spirit rice, Spirit Beast Meat, Emerald Spirit Leaf, and other food for a welcome dinner.
• Manager He arrived with a pot of Yellow Koji Wine, and Zhang Xiuyuan and Xu Wan arrived carrying Spirit Fruit as Lu Xuan prepared dinner.

Lu Xuan hosted Xu Wan, Zhang Xiuyuan, and Manager He for dinner to celebrate his new home, then escorted Xu Wan and her son back. The next morning, he fed his Red-Beard Carp, tended his spirit plants, and discovered a playful use for the fish while clearing insects from his Spirit Field.

• Lu Xuan served Xu Wan, Zhang Xiuyuan, and Manager He a feast and toasted them at his housewarming dinner.
• Lu Xuan escorted Xu Wan and Zhang Xiuyuan home, then returned to his courtyard and admired his talismans and Split Silver Blade.
• Lu Xuan fed his three Red-Beard Carp Spirit Rice and tended the spirit plants in his Spirit Field.
• Lu Xuan searched the Spirit Soil and uncovered seven larvae and a Strange Insect.
• Lu Xuan tossed the insects into the Spirit Spring, where the Red-Beard Carp caught them with their whiskers, and he amused himself by making the fish compete for their food.

Lu Xuan left his courtyard to visit the market after tending to his growing Spirit Plants and deciding to find more decaying wood for his Dark Marrow Mushroom. At the market, he asked a young stall owner about several young Brocade Chickens and learned they would take two and a half years to mature.

• Lu Xuan observed the growth of his Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts and decided to look for more decaying wood, Spirit Beasts, or Unknown Spirit Seeds at the market.
• Wang Shan invited Lu Xuan to visit a Pleasure House, but Lu Xuan declined and said he preferred the company of Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts.
• Lu Xuan walked through the Rogue Cultivator Market, searching the stalls for items he needed.
• Lu Xuan asked a young Qi Training Stage 2 stall owner about the young Brocade Chickens in her cage.
• The stall owner told Lu Xuan that the Brocade Chickens would take two and a half years to mature.

Lu Xuan bought and planted a rare Pure Snow Lotus Spirit Seed, then practiced an icy Spirit Rain Technique to meet its demanding growing requirements. When Lei Fei and Li Qing invited him to explore the Nanli Secret Realm, Lu Xuan declined, prioritizing his spirit plants while the others dismissed him as timid.

• Lu Xuan passed on buying Brocade Chickens and purchased a Pure Snow Lotus Spirit Seed for seven Spirit Stones.
• Lu Xuan planted the Pure Snow Lotus in his Spirit Spring Pool and struggled to imbue his Spirit Rain Technique with icy intent.
• Lei Fei arrived with Li Qing and invited Lu Xuan to search for spirit herbs in the Nanli Secret Realm.
• Lu Xuan refused, citing the danger, his lack of combat skills and gear, and the importance of tending his spirit plants.
• After leaving, Lei Fei complained about Lu Xuan, and Li Qing called him overly cautious and predicted he would remain an ordinary Spirit Plant Master.

Lu Xuan ignored an invitation to explore the Nanli Secret Realm and focused on nurturing his Spirit Plants, while learning about the Black Market from Wang Shan. After attending Wang Shan’s concubine banquet, Lu Xuan returned to his quiet routine and briefly met Wang Shi outside his courtyard.

• Lu Xuan declined to join Lei Fei and another cultivator on a trip to the Nanli Secret Realm, preferring to stay home and tend his Spirit Plants.
• Wang Shan invited Lu Xuan to a banquet celebrating his new concubine and told him about buying her at the Black Market.
• Lu Xuan decided to consider visiting the Black Market after another batch or two of Spirit Plants matured.
• Lu Xuan attended Wang Shan’s banquet with Cultivator Wu and saw Wang Shan’s concubine, while Wu lamented that he could not afford to buy one himself.
• Lu Xuan resumed cultivating and tending his plants, then ran into Wang Shi carrying spirit herbs and Spirit Beast Meat and sneezed at her strong fragrance.

Lu Xuan learned that Lei Fei had died while exploring a Secret Realm, reinforcing his decision to avoid dangerous excursions. At a market stall, he bought an injured, green-eyed Cloud Stepping Lynx for thirty-two Spirit Stones.

• Lu Xuan visited Hundred Herbs Hall, where Manager He told him that Lei Fei had died after encountering an injured Second Grade Demon Beast in a Secret Realm.
• Lu Xuan heard that Hundred Herbs Hall would likely take over Lei Fei’s Spirit Plants and compensate his family, strengthening Lu Xuan’s resolve to stay home and protect his own plants.
• At a market stall, Lu Xuan examined an injured young Cloud Stepping Lynx with unusual green eyes after its owner demanded forty Spirit Stones for it.
• Lu Xuan challenged the stall owner’s claim that the lynx was a rare variant and pointed out its poor condition, then negotiated its price down to thirty-two Spirit Stones.
• The stall owner accepted Lu Xuan’s offer, and Lu Xuan bought the Cloud Stepping Lynx.

Lu Xuan brought an injured Azure-Eyed Cloud Stepping Lynx home, treated it, and learned that its aloof behavior concealed a longing for affection. After feeding and settling the young beast, he placed it beside him in bed, where it finally fell asleep near his warmth.

• Lu Xuan bought the wounded Cloud Stepping Lynx, learned it was a Variant Demon Beast with Different Pupils, and brought it to his courtyard.
• Lu Xuan applied ointment to the lynx's injuries, petted it, and fed it Puffer Pig Meat and Spirit Spring water.
• Lu Xuan showed the lynx his Spirit Plants and warned it not to damage them or touch the Three-tailed Red-Whiskered Carp.
• At bedtime, Lu Xuan placed the struggling lynx beside him, and it eventually closed its eyes beside his warmth.

Lu Xuan cared for his spirit plants and trained his new Azure-Eyed Cloud Stepping Lynx, then harvested four mature Spirit Firefly Grass and gained cultivation, a new spell, and a powerful talisman. He left with the Myriad Sword Qi Talisman as a trump card and the Wood Genesis Art to aid his future cultivation of spirit plants.

• Lu Xuan fed the Cloud Stepping Lynx, inspected his spirit plants, and corrected Blood Jade Ginseng that had shifted out of place.
• The Cloud Stepping Lynx grabbed the Three-tailed Red-Whiskered Carp by their whiskers, then released them when Lu Xuan intervened, making the fish wary of reaching for insects.
• Three days later, Lu Xuan harvested four mature Spirit Firefly Grass, including two Superior Grade and two Perfect Grade stalks.
• Two White Light Orbs gave Lu Xuan nine months and one year of cultivation, strengthening his Spiritual Power.
• Another orb granted Lu Xuan the Wood Genesis Art, a spell that could help his Spirit Plants grow faster.
• The final orb gave Lu Xuan a Second Grade Myriad Sword Qi Talisman capable of a powerful Qi Refining High Stage strike.

Lu Xuan harvested another batch of Spirit Firefly Grass, gaining cultivation, a talisman, the Wood Genesis Art, and Grass Spirit Essence Liquid. After feeding the liquid to his Grass Puppet, he watched it gain faint intelligence and begin patrolling the Spirit Field.

• Lu Xuan harvested five Spirit Firefly Grass, gained nine months of cultivation, reached the limit of Qi Training Stage 4, and obtained a First Grade Exorcism Talisman.
• Lu Xuan received the Wood Genesis Art experience package and used the newly proficient art to stimulate the Red Cloud Pine.
• Lu Xuan obtained Grass Spirit Essence Liquid from a Perfect Grade Spirit Firefly Grass and fed it to his Grass Puppet.
• The Grass Puppet developed faint intelligence, grew tougher grass ropes, and began slowly patrolling the Spirit Field at Lu Xuan's instruction.

Lu Xuan watched cultivators return from a newly developed Secret Realm and learned that the influx had brought violence and danger to the North District. After Wang Shan warned him to be careful, Wang Shi came to Lu Xuan asking for help with strange noises at home.

• Lu Xuan bought Spirit Rice and Demon Beast Meat at the market, then watched the Wang Family and Rogue Cultivators return from the new Secret Realm.
• Lu Xuan noticed the returning Rogue Cultivators looked wary and did not find Zhang Hong among them.
• Wang Shan visited Lu Xuan and warned him about fights, covetous eyes, and possible Evil Spirits entering the area with the returning cultivators.
• Lu Xuan shut his courtyard gate, but Wang Shi soon arrived and asked him to investigate strange noises in her home.

Lu Xuan refused Wang Shi’s request to investigate strange noises in her home, then returned to his quiet cultivation. Harvesting four mature Spirit Firefly Grass plants brought him cultivation, an Explosive Flame Talisman, improved Earth Guidance Art, and a Thunderfire Pearl, leaving him determined to keep farming for Perfect Grade rewards.

• Wang Shi asked Lu Xuan to visit her home because she had heard eerie noises, but he refused and shut his courtyard gate.
• Lu Xuan watched Wang Shan and Wang Shi for the next few days, but neither acted unusually or sought him out.
• Four Spirit Firefly Grass plants matured: two were Good Grade, one was Superior Grade, and one was Perfect Grade.
• Harvesting the plants granted Lu Xuan six months of cultivation, an Explosive Flame Talisman, and mastery of the Earth Guidance Art.
• The Perfect Grade plant yielded a Thunderfire Pearl, which Lu Xuan stored away as he resolved to work harder at farming.

Lu Xuan went to the Marketplace to sell Spirit Firefly Grass and learned that Evil Spirits were spreading after a Ghoul-Class Evil Spirit allegedly followed the Wang Family from a Secret Realm. When the Cloud Stepping Lynx sensed danger, a Rogue Cultivator mutated into a tentacled monster, and Lu Xuan fled while punishing a cultivator who had tried to use him as a shield.

• Lu Xuan brought the Cloud Stepping Lynx to the Marketplace, where patrol guards were watching the site of a dead mutated cultivator.
• Lu Xuan heard rumors that the Wang Family had disturbed a Ghoul-Class Evil Spirit's lair in a Secret Realm and that Evil Spirits had already killed many cultivators.
• The Cloud Stepping Lynx sensed something nearby, so Lu Xuan readied his weapons and cautiously tried to leave.
• A Rogue Cultivator suddenly mutated, sprouting blood-red tentacles that attacked those around him, and Lu Xuan used Swiftness Talismans to flee.
• A cultivator blocked Lu Xuan and others with an Earth Wall Talisman to get away, so Lu Xuan wounded his leg with Gold Metal Swordplay and escaped as tentacles lunged toward him.

Lu Xuan witnessed Marketplace patrol guards defeat a Mutated Cultivator, then found a strange, smoke-filled object being sold as a possible Spirit Seed. He bargained with the stall owner and bought it for eight Spirit Stones and fifty Fragmented Spirit Stones.

• Marketplace patrol guards restrained the Blood-red Tentacles with vines, burned the Mutated Cultivator with a Firebird, and purified the area.
• Lu Xuan reflected on the patrol guards’ coordination and decided to cultivate Spirit Plants while expanding his methods.
• After the disturbance, Lu Xuan headed toward Hundred Herbs Hall and noticed a stall advertising a special Spirit Seed.
• The stall owner explained that the smoke-filled object had come from a Withered Spirit Plant but could not confirm what it was.
• Lu Xuan negotiated the price down from fifteen Spirit Stones and bought the object for eight Spirit Stones and fifty Fragmented Spirit Stones.

After surviving an encounter with a Mutated Cultivator, Lu Xuan sold his first batch of Spirit Firefly Grass to Hundred Herbs Hall and impressed Manager He with its quality. He returned home safely, rewarded the Cloud Stepping Lynx for warning him, and left Manager He considering him for higher-grade Spirit Seeds.

• Lu Xuan told Manager He that he had encountered the Mutated Cultivator but escaped unharmed, then declined another invitation to work full-time for Hundred Herbs Hall.
• Lu Xuan presented thirteen mature Spirit Firefly Grass stalks, including four Perfect Grade stalks, astonishing Manager He.
• Manager He paid Lu Xuan forty-eight Spirit Stones and seventy Fragmented Spirit Stones and offered to recommend him for other First Grade or Second Grade Spirit Seeds.
• Lu Xuan hurried home, checked the courtyard with an Exorcism Talisman, and thanked the Cloud Stepping Lynx for alerting him to danger with a promise of extra Puffer Pig Meat.

Lu Xuan planted a Third Grade Illusory Mist Luo Fruit and harvested mature Spirit Firefly Grass, gaining cultivation, talismans, a spell, and an elixir recipe. As he prepared to refuse a Marketplace inspection of his courtyard, the Enforcers grew wary of his movement.

• Lu Xuan planted the Illusory Mist Luo Fruit Spirit Seed and learned that it would produce illusions and conceal itself in a misty realm as it grew.
• Lu Xuan inspected his Spirit Plants and harvested ten mature Spirit Firefly Grass, leaving the less mature plants to grow.
• The harvested Light Orbs gave Lu Xuan nearly three years of cultivation, four First Grade Talismans, the Wood Genesis Art, and a First Grade Qi Nourishing Pill Elixir Recipe.
• Three Marketplace Enforcers arrived to inspect Lu Xuan's residence because Evil Spirits had appeared in the Marketplace.
• Lu Xuan agreed to an Exorcism Spell but refused a search of his courtyard, and the three Enforcers reacted as he reached toward his sleeve.