Chapter Summaries

Lu Xuan tended his unusual spirit plants, planted eighteen Thousand-Armed Hand seeds, and prepared to approach the Saint Infant Fruit mother plant’s hidden backer. He disguised himself and arrived at the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, where the branch master came to meet him.

• Lu Xuan fed Flood Dragon Blood Essence to the Blood Karma Flower and Blood Spirit Palm Ginseng, then supplied filthy materials to the Filth Insect Grass.
• Lu Xuan inspected the nearly mature Saint Infant Fruit Sub-plant and trusted his allies and resources to deal with the hidden cultivator behind it.
• Lu Xuan placed Nether Mud Flesh beneath the Mutated Longevity Peach, then planted eighteen Thousand-Armed Hand Spirit Seeds.
• Lu Xuan used the Thousandfold Wraith Mask to disguise himself and entered the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, asking to see the branch master about high-grade treasures.
• The round-faced old man greeted Lu Xuan and asked whether he was visiting the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion for the first time.

Lu Xuan traded two evil Spirit Plants for demon beast materials, then fed the corpses to the Mutated Longevity Peach and Dark Red Stone. After warning Ge Pu that a hidden cultivator might target his Spirit Field, Lu Xuan secured Ge Pu’s help and an offer to recruit Zhong Jingshan.

• Lu Xuan exchanged a Ghost Face Stone Mushroom and Thorn Bone at the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion for two Third Grade demon beast corpses and extra meat.
• Lu Xuan placed one demon beast corpse around the Mutated Longevity Peach and watched the Dark Red Stone absorb flesh-and-blood essence from the other.
• Lu Xuan visited Ge Pu and told him that a cultivator had used an evil Spirit Plant to monitor his cultivation and might soon come to his Spirit Field.
• Ge Pu agreed to help Lu Xuan confront the hidden cultivator and offered to enlist Zhong Jingshan as well.

Lu Xuan secured the White Luan and White Jade Sky Supporting Ape’s help against the cultivator threatening him, then harvested a mature Nurturing Spirit Pine and gained experience in the Fifth Grade Divine Evolution Scripture. He left the chapter realizing that the art had become remarkably easy for him to master.

• Lu Xuan invited Huo Liner to help with his predicament, then summoned the White Luan and White Jade Sky Supporting Ape to his Cave Mansion and won their support with a feast.
• Lu Xuan told the two spirit beasts that an unorthodox cultivator might threaten his life, and they promised to come fight for him.
• After the beasts left, Lu Xuan harvested a mature Azure Pine Cone and received a Fifth Grade Divine Evolution Scripture art experience pack.
• Lu Xuan absorbed the art’s knowledge, overcame its difficult points, and marveled at how effortlessly he had mastered it.

Lu Xuan advanced his Divine Evolution Scripture and harvested mature Water Firefly Grass, gaining cultivation and other rewards. While monitoring the Saint Infant Fruit Sub-plant, he discovered that an Evil Cultivator had possessed it and was planning to seize the courtyard’s rare Spirit Plants.

• Lu Xuan used the Voidsky Nightmare Eye to monitor the Saint Infant Fruit Sub-plant and found no abnormalities at first.
• Lu Xuan harvested forty-four mature Water Firefly Grass, gaining twenty-one years of cultivation along with treasures, talismans, and an elixir formula.
• Lu Xuan continued tending his Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts while cultivating his arts and watching the Small Courtyard.
• A gray-black infant emerged from the Saint Infant Fruit Sub-plant and revealed that it had possessed the fruit to inspect the courtyard.
• The infant identified the courtyard’s valuable Spirit Plants and Spirit Soil, then decided it was time to draw in the net.

Lu Xuan and two Heaven Sword Sect True Disciples set a trap for Wei Yixian as he tried to steal the Saint Infant Fruit Sub-plant and other rare Spirit Plants. Wei Yixian walked into Lu Xuan’s courtyard and discovered Ge Pu and Zhong Jingshan waiting for him.

• Lu Xuan monitored the Netherworld Courtyard and summoned Ge Pu, Zhong Jingshan, and Huo Liner to prepare for the intruder.
• Wei Yixian arrived in Sword Gate Town, inspected Lu Xuan’s courtyard, and planned to steal its Spirit Plants.
• Wei Yixian concealed himself with an Array Plate and prepared to break the courtyard’s Array Formation.
• Lu Xuan appeared and invited Wei Yixian inside, pretending to welcome an old acquaintance.
• Wei Yixian entered the courtyard and saw Ge Pu and Zhong Jingshan waiting for him.

Lu Xuan watched Ge Pu and Zhong Jingshan destroy Wei Yixian’s Clone Puppet, but Wei Yixian’s true body escaped and prepared to flee. A White Jade Little Monkey exposed his concealment and charged at him.

• Ge Pu trapped Wei Yixian’s Clone Puppet in a Black and White Taiji Pattern while Zhong Jingshan’s black insects broke through its defenses.
• The puppet released a gray-black infant, but Ge Pu cut it in two and Zhong Jingshan’s Spiritually Connected Golden Toads purified and swallowed it.
• Ge Pu identified the defeated enemy as a Clone Puppet and set out with Lu Xuan and Zhong Jingshan to search for Wei Yixian’s true body.
• More than two hundred li from Sword Gate Town, Wei Yixian recovered from his injuries, concealed his aura with a skin pouch, and left his hiding place.
• A clear cry revealed Wei Yixian’s concealment, and a White Jade Little Monkey grew to ten zhang tall and charged toward him.

Wei Yixian attacked Lu Xuan but was overwhelmed by the White Jade Sky Supporting Ape, the Mystic Sky White Luan, and Huo Liner, who destroyed him. After the battle, Ge Pu warned Lu Xuan that researching evil Spirit Plants could corrupt him and damage his standing in the sect.

• The White Jade Sky Supporting Ape battered Wei Yixian, while the Mystic Sky White Luan repeatedly exposed him when he tried to hide with his human-skin bag.
• Wei Yixian used a blood-consuming escape technique to scatter his body into black flesh, but Huo Liner burned most of it with fire snakes and the White Jade Sky Supporting Ape crushed the remnant.
• Ge Pu, Lu Xuan, Huo Liner, Zhong Jingshan, and the two spirit beasts gathered after Wei Yixian was killed.
• Lu Xuan told Ge Pu that his friendship with the spirit beasts came from feeding them Spirit Fruits.
• Ge Pu warned Lu Xuan that evil Spirit Plants could corrupt his mind and bring trouble from the sect, and Lu Xuan promised to use them responsibly.

Lu Xuan and the Heaven Sword Sect disciples and spirit beasts defeated a Foundation Establishment Perfection Evil Cultivator, then Lu Xuan returned to the exposed Netherworld Courtyard to harvest the matured Saint Infant Fruit Sub-plant. The harvest rewarded him with a fifth-grade Saint Infant Pill that could slightly increase the chance of breaking through to Core Formation.

• Lu Xuan hid the courtyard’s other strange Spirit Plants, then joined Ge Pu, Huo Liner, Zhong Jingshan, and the spirit beasts in inspecting the Evil Cultivator’s corpse and spoils.
• Lu Xuan claimed the embryo-shaped Spirit Fruit, while Ge Pu, Huo Liner, and Zhong Jingshan divided the remaining treasures; Lu Xuan took most of the corpse to dispose of it.
• Ge Pu offered Lu Xuan a return to the sect, but Lu Xuan stayed behind to handle follow-up matters after the others departed.
• Lu Xuan slipped back into the Sword Gate Town courtyard and decided to find a new place for his other strange Spirit Plants because the courtyard had been exposed.
• Lu Xuan harvested the matured Saint Infant Fruit Sub-plant and received a fifth-grade Saint Infant Pill as its White Light Orb reward.

Lu Xuan realized the Saint Infant Fruit Mother Plant could continually produce sub-plant seeds if he withheld its fruit, giving him a way to earn repeated Light Orb rewards. After moving his evil Spirit Plants to a new courtyard in Sword Gate Town, he returned to Heaven Sword Sect.

• Lu Xuan examined the Saint Infant Fruit Mother Plant and concluded that keeping it hungry would make it produce more Saint Infant Fruit Sub-plant Spirit Seeds.
• Lu Xuan packed up his Spirit Plants, Yin-tainted soil, Nether Mud Flesh, and formation array after the Netherworld Courtyard was exposed.
• Lu Xuan chose a new courtyard in Sword Gate Town, concealed it with the Thousand Illusions Cloud and Mist Array, and recreated its netherworld growing conditions.
• Lu Xuan replanted his evil Spirit Plants and fed them blood essence, demon beast flesh, corpses, and infant Grievance Souls.
• Lu Xuan opened the array, restored his appearance, and departed for Heaven Sword Sect.

After returning safely to Heaven Sword Sect, Lu Xuan harvested mature Water Firefly Grass and received cultivation and treasure rewards. He also made his first breakthrough in condensing Wind Lightning Sword Grass seeds, leaving him hopeful that he could develop a complete method.

• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion and reflected that the sect’s protection and allies had helped him defeat the Foundation Establishment Perfection Evil Cultivator.
• Lu Xuan harvested forty-one mature Water Firefly Grass and collected rewards, including fourteen years of cultivation, a Water Element Pearl, and a Spirit Accumulation Elixir Formula.
• Lu Xuan tended his growing spirit plants and practiced stimulating the Arrow Vines with Instant Arrow Technique, but found his efforts were not yet strong enough.
• Lu Xuan used his Spiritual Sense to guide and compress the sword gleams inside a nearly mature Wind Lightning Sword Grass, repeatedly refining his seed-condensation technique.
• Lu Xuan successfully formed three wisps of seed-like energy inside the Wind Lightning Sword Grass and resolved to nurture them into Spirit Seeds and continue developing the method.

Lu Xuan tended his Fourth Grade Sword Grass and learned that Bai Li Jian Qing had reached Foundation Establishment and become an Inner Sect Disciple. At Bai Li Jian Qing’s celebration banquet, Yu Hong was startled when the guest Bai Li Jian Qing went to welcome turned out to be Lu Xuan.

• Lu Xuan cultivated the Sword Peacock and Sword Thousand-Kite while wondering what reward the mature Fourth Grade Sword Grass would yield.
• Bai Li Jian Qing visited Lu Xuan, revealed his Foundation Establishment breakthrough, and invited him to a celebration banquet.
• Lu Xuan accepted the invitation and attended Bai Li Jian Qing’s gathering at his new Cave Mansion.
• Bai Li Jian Qing introduced his guests to Yu Hong, a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator who had once been friends with Bai Li Jian Qing’s grandfather.
• Bai Li Jian Qing went to welcome Lu Xuan, and Yu Hong nearly spilled his tea when he recognized him as Senior Brother Lu.

Lu Xuan attended Bai Li Jian Qing’s Foundation Establishment celebration and gave him a Sword Nurturing Gourd before returning to his Cave Mansion. There, the Wind Falcon advanced to a Third Grade Spirit Beast, and Lu Xuan received a Fourth Grade Magic Tool, Azure Support Shoes.

• Yu Hong warmly greeted Lu Xuan and learned that Lu Xuan and Bai Li Jian Qing had entered the sect together.
• Lu Xuan gave Bai Li Jian Qing a Sword Nurturing Gourd as a congratulatory gift for his Foundation Establishment breakthrough.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion and greeted the Cloud Stepping Lynx and Demon Ghost Vine before checking on his other Spirit Beasts.
• Lu Xuan discovered that the Wind Falcon was breaking through and watched it advance from a Second Grade creature to a Third Grade Spirit Beast.
• Lu Xuan touched the White Light Orb left by the breakthrough and obtained the Fourth Grade Magic Tool Azure Support Shoes.

Lu Xuan tested the Fourth Grade Azure Support Shoes after the Wind Falcon broke through to Rank 3, then tended to his Medicine Midge and poison-loving Hundred Poisons Heart-Devouring Insect larva. The chapter left him agreeing to let the larva try a new poison while he watched over it.

• Lu Xuan received the Fourth Grade Azure Support Shoes and tested their speed and agility around his Cave Mansion.
• The newly promoted Rank 3 Wind Falcon showed Lu Xuan how much faster it had become, and Lu Xuan let it fly freely around the mountain peak.
• Lu Xuan fed the Medicine Midge a Fifth Grade Saint Infant Pill so it could absorb residual pill toxin and improve the pill's quality.
• Lu Xuan gave the Hundred Poisons Heart-Devouring Insect larva a Second Grade Corpse Flame Pill, which it chewed before spitting out the residue.
• The larva eagerly asked to try a new poison, and Lu Xuan agreed while promising to protect it.

Lu Xuan saved his Hundred Poisons Heart-Devouring Insect larva from the cold poison in Ice Toad meat, then received Shen Ye, who secured him an opportunity to enter Sword Hall's Sword Pool and seek a sword artifact.

• Lu Xuan fed the larva Rank 3 Ice Toad meat, and it was frozen by the potent cold poison.
• Lu Xuan used Pure Yang Flame and precise fire control to draw out the cold poison and restore the larva.
• Shen Ye visited Lu Xuan and asked about his progress on the Wind Lightning Sword Grass Seed Condensation Method.
• Shen Ye explained the Sword Pool and told Lu Xuan he had secured him a chance to enter and choose a sword.

Lu Xuan prepared for his first trip to the Sword Pool, tended his Spirit Field, and harvested a Fourth Grade Nurturing Spirit Pine Cone. Its light orb rewarded him with a Fifth Grade Magic Tool, the Thorn God Cone.

• Shen Ye explained how cultivators obtained sword Treasures in the Sword Pool and warned Lu Xuan not to overlook lower-grade weapons while seeking rare ones.
• Lu Xuan fed the Grass Puppet a Spirit Gathering Grass Orb, and it absorbed the Vegetation Spiritual Energy and resumed patrolling the Spirit Field.
• Lu Xuan assessed his Water Firefly Grass and decided to try cultivating a Third Grade mutated plant after reaching Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
• Lu Xuan avoided the temptations of the Bewitching Peach and Phantom Sound Bamboo by casting a Purification Mantra on himself.
• Lu Xuan harvested a Good Grade Azure Pine Cone from the mature Nurturing Spirit Pine and claimed the Thorn God Cone from its light orb.

Lu Xuan obtained a fifth-grade divine-soul magic tool and joined Jian Wuxia and several Sword Hall disciples preparing to enter the Sword Pool. As they received Sword Fruits to protect them from its roaming Sword Qi, the Yangxuan Sword Sheath at Lu Xuan’s waist grew intensely eager.

• Lu Xuan admired his new Thorn God Cone and the other treasures he had accumulated.
• Three days later, Lu Xuan arrived at Sword Hall with Fat Bird and asked Shen Ye to take him to the Sword Pool.
• Shen Ye introduced Lu Xuan to the Sword Hall disciples, describing his exceptional skill at cultivating sword grass.
• Jian Wuxia arrived and was appointed to lead the group into the Sword Pool.
• Jian Wuxia explained that Sword Fruits could help conceal the group from the Pool’s Sword Qi and gave one to each disciple.
• Lu Xuan sensed the Yangxuan Sword Sheath yearning for the Sword Fruits as he held one in his hand.

Lu Xuan entered the Sword Pool with Zhong Baiyu and learned how its sword qi and sword implements worked. He split from Zhong Baiyu to search for a sword, while the Yangxuan Sword Sheath urged him to find one it liked.

• Jian Wuxia used a section of Dark Black Sword Blade to send Lu Xuan and the others into the Sword Pool.
• Zhong Baiyu explained that the Sword Fruit protected Lu Xuan from the Sword Pool's sword qi and advised him about finding and subduing sword implements.
• Lu Xuan and Zhong Baiyu split up to search for sword implements, since each disciple had to subdue their own and could take at most two.
• Lu Xuan ventured deeper into the Sword Pool, where he saw many strange sword qi phenomena and noticed the Yangxuan Sword Sheath trembling eagerly.
• Lu Xuan teased the Yangxuan Sword Sheath as he searched among the sword qi phenomena for a suitable Flying Sword.

Lu Xuan explored the Sword Pool and found several Flying Swords, relying on the Yangxuan Sword Sheath to locate and identify them. After passing up the Rank 4 Fish Dragon Sword, he found a silver-white short sword called the Thunder Sound Sword and learned its abilities.

• Lu Xuan chased down a snow-white Flood Dragon Sword Qi phantom, subdued it, and identified its sword as the Rank 4 Fish Dragon Sword.
• Lu Xuan decided not to use one of his limited chances on the Fish Dragon Sword, then let the Yangxuan Sword Sheath experience it before putting it back.
• Lu Xuan encountered several more Flying Swords but rejected each one after inspecting it with the sword sheath.
• The Yangxuan Sword Sheath reacted strongly to thunder and led Lu Xuan to a silver-white short sword marked with golden patterns.
• Lu Xuan inserted the short sword into the Yangxuan Sword Sheath and identified it as the Fourth Grade Thunder Sound Sword, a Flying Sword whose Buddhist-powered thunder was effective against Evil Spirits and Evil Cultivators.

Lu Xuan chose a Fourth Grade Thunder Sound Sword in the Sword Pool and used it to satisfy the Yangxuan Sword Sheath. After declining to compete with Shi Hao for a Black Snake Sword, Lu Xuan approached a mysterious nebula sword phenomenon and began to subdue it.

• Lu Xuan selected the Thunder Sound Sword for its power against evil beings and its potential to nurture the Vajra Bodhi and Phantom Sound Bamboo.
• Lu Xuan drove the Thunder Sound Sword into the Yangxuan Sword Sheath, whose grumbling ceased after it was struck by the sword’s thunderous qi.
• Lu Xuan met Shi Hao, who proposed competing to subdue a swift Black Snake Sword, but Lu Xuan declined and let Shi Hao pursue it alone.
• The Yangxuan Sword Sheath urged Lu Xuan toward a nebula of sword qi, and Lu Xuan approached it.
• Lu Xuan dispelled the nebula’s starry illusion with the Spirit Nurturing Jade Slip and sent the Wind Lightning Sword’s sword gleams toward it.

Lu Xuan subdued two Nebula Swords and realized the nine-sword set could form a formation with power comparable to a Fifth Grade Flying Sword. When he and Bai Shixiong reached a third nebula phenomenon, its sword flew straight into Lu Xuan’s Yangxuan Sword Sheath, leaving the two cultivators to contend over its ownership.

• Lu Xuan defeated a nebula phenomenon and obtained a Nebula Sword, learning that nine of them could form the powerful Nebula Sword Formation.
• Lu Xuan sent the Yangxuan Sword Sheath to search the Sword Pool, and it found a second Nebula Sword in less than an hour.
• Lu Xuan spotted a third nebula phenomenon in a Mountain Valley and encountered Bai Shixiong, who also wanted the Flying Sword.
• Bai Shixiong proposed competing for the sword while avoiding harm to each other, but the third Nebula Sword flew into Lu Xuan’s sheath and joined its two companions.