Chapter Summaries

Lu Xuan obtained a piece of Profound Gold Rock from Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion to provide gold-element Spirit Soil for his White Bone Killing Sword Grass. After returning to the Netherworld Courtyard, he found that the well-fed Flesh Spirit God was close to being born.

• Lu Xuan asked Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion about treasures containing Yuan Magnetic Spiritual Power and metal-element Spirit Soil, but declined a Fifth Grade cultivation art and arranged to buy Profound Gold Rock from another Branch Building.
• A thin woman suggested following Lu Xuan to obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill Elixir Recipe, but the short, stout old man warned her against provoking a customer with a powerful background.
• Lu Xuan checked his surroundings with the Voidsky Nightmare Eye, returned to the Netherworld Courtyard, and spent five days nurturing his Netherworld Spirit Plants.
• The short, stout old man presented Lu Xuan with the Profound Gold Rock, and Lu Xuan negotiated its price down to three thousand spirit stones.
• Lu Xuan returned to the Netherworld Courtyard with the rock and found the Flesh Spirit God was about to be born.

Lu Xuan hatched a Disaster-Class Evil Spirit, the Flesh Spirit God, from the Dark Red Stone and tested its strength by feeding it two Demon Beasts. He left the young spirit in the Netherworld Courtyard with a Fourth Grade Demon Beast corpse and warned it not to eat the Spirit Plants.

• Lu Xuan fed a Fourth Grade Demon Beast corpse to the Dark Red Stone, which produced the Flesh Spirit God.
• Lu Xuan contracted with the newly born Disaster-Class Evil Spirit and learned that it could eventually control flesh and blood and reach Nascent Soul-level strength.
• Lu Xuan bought a First Grade Crimson Flame Eagle and a Second Grade Silver Wind Leopard to test the Flesh Spirit God.
• The Flesh Spirit God drained both Demon Beasts of their flesh and blood, showing strength around the Qi Refining High Stage.
• Lu Xuan left the Flesh Spirit God a Fourth Grade Demon Beast corpse and ordered it to stay in the courtyard and avoid eating the Mutated Longevity Peach and Thousand Tendril Hand.

Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion, tended his Spirit Beasts and Spirit Plants, and planted White Bone Killing Sword Grass in Profound Gold Rock. Huo Liner then visited with news that Spirit Beasts in the Ten Thousand Demon Cave Blessed Land had begun attacking their own kind and sect cultivators, leaving Lu Xuan concerned about his old acquaintances there.

• Lu Xuan returned to the sect and met two Inner Sect Disciples who praised his Spirit Plant skills and asked about exchanging for Dust Cleansing Pills and Sword Nurturing Gourds.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion, greeted Fat Bird and the other Spirit Beasts, and planted White Bone Killing Sword Grass in Profound Gold Rock while comprehending its Slaughter Sword Intent.
• After quietly tending his Spirit Plants for a time, Lu Xuan received Huo Liner at his small courtyard.
• Huo Liner told Lu Xuan that Spirit Beasts in the Ten Thousand Demon Cave Blessed Land had recently attacked their own kind and sect cultivators, and Lu Xuan questioned whether the cases were unusually serious.

Lu Xuan joined Cang Wu Zhenren and two fellow disciples to investigate spirit beasts that had turned berserk after entering the Black Demon Abyss. Their initial examinations found no bodily cause, leaving an invasion of the beasts’ sea of consciousness as the leading possibility.

• Huo Liner told Lu Xuan that at least ten spirit beasts had attacked their own kind or cultivators after recently entering the Black Demon Abyss, and warned the turmoil could threaten the sect.
• Lu Xuan traveled with Huo Liner to meet Cang Wu Zhenren and joined the investigation alongside Sun Yun, Zhong Hao, and Chen Luo.
• Lu Xuan confirmed that the blessed land’s major Sect Guardian Spirit Beasts had shown no abnormal behavior.
• Zhong Hao tried communicating with the bound, crimson-eyed spirit beasts but could not understand their muddled thoughts.
• Chen Luo examined one of the beasts with spiritual light and strange insects, found no bodily abnormalities, and concluded that something had likely invaded their sea of consciousness.

Lu Xuan discovered that Mind-Bewildering Viper Insects were invading the Spirit Beasts’ seas of consciousness and driving them berserk. He explained what he knew to Cang Wu Zhenren and suggested ways to lure out or restrain the insects, leaving the sect to investigate a solution.

• Chen Luo tried to purify an abnormal Spirit Beast, but the jade talisman had no effect.
• Cang Wu Zhenren used his Fifth Grade jade seal and concluded that no Evil Spirit was responsible.
• Lu Xuan inspected a Four-Winged Thunderstorm Tiger and identified a Mind-Bewildering Viper Insect in its sea of consciousness.
• Lu Xuan told Cang Wu Zhenren and the others about the insect and how it afflicted Spirit Beasts.
• Lu Xuan suggested using Spiritual Sense Treasures to lure the insects out and Soul-Type Treasures to restrain them.

Lu Xuan helped Cang Wu Zhenren and Old Dragon Turtle lure Mind-Bewildering Viper insects out of the frenzied spirit beasts and eliminate them. After receiving a thousand Sword Seals and leaving the blessed land, Lu Xuan was stopped by Chen Luo.

• Lu Xuan suggested using a powerful, simple-minded spirit beast to lure out the Mind-Bewildering Viper insect, and Cang Wu Zhenren summoned Old Dragon Turtle to help.
• Old Dragon Turtle used itself as bait, then trapped and killed the Mind-Bewildering Viper insect that emerged from the Four-Winged Thunderstorm Tiger.
• Old Dragon Turtle and Cang Wu Zhenren lured insects from more than ten abnormal spirit beasts and killed them, while Lu Xuan confirmed the beasts only needed time to recover their depleted minds.
• Lu Xuan advised Cang Wu Zhenren to check the other spirit beasts, especially those recently returned from Secret Realms, and Cang Wu Zhenren agreed to arrange inspections.
• Cang Wu Zhenren rewarded Lu Xuan with one thousand Sword Seals, and Chen Luo caught up with Lu Xuan as he headed back to the sect.

Lu Xuan refused Chen Luo’s attempts to obtain information about the Mind-Bewildering Viper Insect, then returned to his quiet cultivation and farming routine. In the Defective Secret Realm, he harvested a Good Grade Fourth Grade Lightning Fall Wood and obtained a powerful Fifth Grade Taiyi Thunder Talisman.

• Chen Luo asked Lu Xuan to share information about the Mind-Bewildering Viper Insect, but Lu Xuan refused and returned to his Cave Mansion.
• Lu Xuan learned that the Spirit Beasts in the Ten Thousand Demon Cave Blessed Land had all been inspected and the Mind-Bewildering Viper Insects had been eliminated.
• Lu Xuan visited his friends in the Ten Thousand Demon Cave, then decided to check on the Spirit Plants in the Defective Secret Realm.
• Lu Xuan found that his Fourth Grade Lightning Fall Wood had matured into a Good Grade plant after being nourished with Chì Lei Stones.
• Lu Xuan harvested the Lightning Fall Wood and received a Fifth Grade Taiyi Thunder Talisman, which could unleash devastating lightning but attacked all living beings in its area indiscriminately.

Lu Xuan inspected his high-grade spirit plants, then learned from Guan Wan that the sect was preparing for increasingly frequent threats in the Cultivation World. He later witnessed one of his Two-Headed Armadillos break through to Rank 3.

• Lu Xuan stored the Fifth Grade Taiyi Thunder Talisman and checked the spirit plants growing in the Defective Secret Realm.
• Guan Wan brought Lu Xuan thirty Hidden Essence Grass Spirit Seeds and explained that alchemists were busy meeting rising demand for high-grade medicinal pills.
• Lu Xuan offered to help the Alchemy Hall, but Guan Wan said the sect did not urgently need the pills he could currently refine.
• Half a month later, Lu Xuan sensed a Two-Headed Armadillo breaking through and went underground to watch over it.
• The Two-Headed Armadillo successfully broke through to Rank 3, growing nearly twice its former size.

Lu Xuan received the Earth Essence Secret Manual after his Two-Headed Armadillos broke through to Rank 3, greatly improving his earth-escape abilities. When the second armadillo advanced less than ten days later, its light orb gave him deeper mastery of the manual’s techniques.

• One Two-Headed Armadillo broke through to Rank 3, and Lu Xuan learned that it could locate spirit ores and soils.
• Lu Xuan touched its White Light Orb and received the Fourth Grade Earth Essence Secret Manual, which taught him specialized earth-escape methods.
• Lu Xuan tested the manual by moving swiftly through hard rock and different terrain inside the mountain.
• Lu Xuan gave both Two-Headed Armadillos Flame Soil and encouraged the one nearing a breakthrough to advance.
• Less than ten days later, the second Two-Headed Armadillo successfully broke through to Rank 3.
• Lu Xuan touched its White Light Orb and received deeper experience with the Earth Essence Secret Manual’s earth-escape methods.

Lu Xuan comprehended Slaughter Sword Intent and received the newly nurtured Fifth Grade sword grass spirit seed from Gu Jiankong. He left ready to cultivate the rare spirit plant and strengthen his power.

• Lu Xuan comprehended initial Slaughter Sword Intent, allowing him to cultivate the Fifth Grade White Bone Killing Sword Grass.
• Lu Xuan considered using the Yangxuan Sword Sheath and Slaughter Sword Intent to develop new sword grass varieties.
• Shen Ye summoned Lu Xuan to collect the Fifth Grade sword grass spirit seed nurtured in the Sword Pool.
• Shen Ye told Lu Xuan that Jian Wuxia had withdrawn and that Lu Xuan was favored because of his skill cultivating sword grass.
• Gu Jiankong gave Lu Xuan the newly nurtured Fifth Grade Sword Grass Spirit Seed and urged him to cultivate it well.

Lu Xuan received a Fifth Grade Light Splitting Shadowing Sword Grass Spirit Seed and learned how difficult it would be to nurture. At a Spirit Plant Masters’ gathering, he heard that unrest was spreading and that sect disciples might soon face compulsory missions.

• Gu Jiankong gave Lu Xuan the Light Splitting Shadowing Sword Grass Spirit Seed, and Shen Ye congratulated him on the rare gift.
• Lu Xuan planted the seed, learned its traits and need for Formless Dividing Sword Qi, and resolved to nurture it despite the difficulty.
• Liu Su invited Lu Xuan to a Spirit Plant Masters’ gathering, where his advice impressed the assembled disciples.
• The Spirit Plant Masters discussed the growing unrest, increased deployments, and the possibility of compulsory missions, then urged one another to prepare for danger.

Lu Xuan refined his sword skills and began cultivating mutated Water Firefly Grass seeds while chaos spread beyond the Heaven Sword Sect. The sect announced that large numbers of Extraterritorial Demons had invaded, forcing Lu Xuan to prepare to defend himself and his Spirit Field.

• Lu Xuan comprehended the Formless Dividing Sword Qi after two months of studying the Light Splitting Shadowing Sword Grass Spirit Seed.
• As reports of demon attacks and fallen cultivators spread, Lu Xuan stayed in his Cave Mansion to tend his Spirit Plants.
• Lu Xuan planted Water Firefly Grass Spirit Seeds nurtured in Thousand-Year Profound Life Spirit Milk and saw hope that they could develop into a new variety.
• The Heaven Sword Sect announced that its grotto-heaven's spatial barrier had been damaged and large numbers of Extraterritorial Demons had invaded.
• Lu Xuan resolved to protect his Spirit Field and turn any demons that threatened it into fertilizer.

Lu Xuan learned that the sect would assign him a mission within ten days to a month, though influential cultivators had asked that he be kept away from the front lines. Confident in his many treasures, he planned to prepare by ripening valuable spirit plants and gathering their Light Orbs.

• Lu Xuan reviewed his treasures, combat tools, and escape abilities, and felt confident he could handle danger.
• A cultivator surnamed Li from the General Affairs Hall told Lu Xuan that the sect would assign him a mission within ten days to a month.
• Li explained that several Core Formation cultivators and True Inheritors had asked for Lu Xuan to receive a lower-risk mission because he was not skilled in combat.
• Lu Xuan decided to use his remaining preparation time to ripen Water Firefly Grass, Jade Dew Fruit, Sword Peacock, Filth Insect Grass, and other spirit plants.
• Lu Xuan planned to keep the Flesh Spirit God fed and to store less mature spirit plants in the Gluttony Insect Pouch before leaving the sect.

Lu Xuan used Azure Wood Source Qi and Spirit Gathering Grass Orbs to ripen Water Firefly Grass and Jade Dew Fruit, harvesting their light orbs for cultivation, recipes, pills, and treasures. He then harvested a mature Sword Peacock and obtained a Fifth Grade Peacock King Ming Sword, leaving his combat power strengthened as his departure approached.

• Lu Xuan ripened and harvested 150 Water Firefly Grass, gaining cultivation, pills, talismans, formulas, and Water Element Pearls from the light orbs.
• Lu Xuan ripened five Jade Dew Fruit plants and harvested 24 fruits, obtaining Jade Cleansing Spirit Brew, Dust Cleansing Pills, Qing Wei Jade Locks, and recipe experience.
• Lu Xuan infused the mature Sword Peacock with Azure Wood Source Qi and Sword Qi until it ripened.
• Lu Xuan harvested the Sword Peacock and obtained the Fifth Grade Flying Sword, Peacock King Ming Sword.

Lu Xuan bought elixirs for his upcoming journey, then visited the Netherworld Courtyard and harvested a mature Filth Insect Grass. Its Light Orb rewarded him with the fifth-grade Ten Thousand Filth Pennant, leaving him with a new artifact as he prepared to venture out.

• Lu Xuan obtained the fifth-grade Peacock King Ming Sword and placed it in the Yangxuan Sword Sheath to nurture it.
• Lu Xuan visited the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion in disguise and bought ten Spirit Gathering Elixirs and three Heaven Essence Elixirs.
• Lu Xuan entered the Netherworld Courtyard and found that the Flesh Spirit God had secretly eaten a little Demon Beast Meat.
• Lu Xuan fed the Flesh Spirit God a Fourth Grade Demon Beast corpse and used foul objects to mature the Filth Insect Grass.
• Lu Xuan harvested the Filth Insect Grass and received the fifth-grade magical artifact Ten Thousand Filth Pennant from its Light Orb.

Lu Xuan harvested a Ten Thousand Filth Pennant, a Mutated Longevity Peach, and a Sixth Grade Taishui Meat from the Netherworld Courtyard. After eating the Taishui Meat and noting the cost of forcing the peach to mature, he prepared to put the newly born Flesh Spirit God into a special space.

• Lu Xuan identified the Filth Insect Grass's reward as a Fifth Grade Ten Thousand Filth Pennant and sealed it in a container.
• Lu Xuan used Azure Wood Source Qi to mature the Mutated Longevity Peach, which absorbed the blood qi from Demon Beast Blood Meat and drained its own plant body.
• Lu Xuan learned that the Fifth Grade peach could extend lifespan but also build up evil aura, and decided to keep it rather than eat it.
• Lu Xuan harvested the peach's light orb and obtained Sixth Grade Taishui Meat, which he ate to strengthen his blood vitality and body.
• Lu Xuan reflected on the Spirit Gathering Grass Orbs needed to force the peach to mature, then promised the Flesh Spirit God fresh Demon Beast Blood Meat before placing it in a special space.

Lu Xuan ripened a Fifth Grade Dragon Bone Grass in the Defective Secret Realm and obtained the Fifth Grade Nine Heads Dragon Chart. He tested its power and assessed the treasures and cultivation rewards he had gathered to prepare for the coming crisis.

• Lu Xuan left the Netherworld Courtyard stocked with nutrients, sealed it with the Illusionary Extinction Five Elements Formation, and returned to the sect.
• Lu Xuan traveled through the Array Hall's teleportation grand array to the Defective Secret Realm and tended to its spirit plants.
• Lu Xuan used Azure Wood Source Qi to ripen one of the three Dragon Bone Grasses growing in the Underworld Spring Spiritual Dew.
• Lu Xuan harvested the Dragon Bone Grass and received the Fifth Grade Nine Heads Dragon Chart, which contained the essence soul of a Nine Heads Flood Dragon.
• Lu Xuan summoned the Nine Heads Flood Dragon from the chart, found that doing so consumed nearly half his Spiritual Power, and recalled it into the chart.
• Lu Xuan reviewed the treasures and rewards he had accumulated and resolved to rely on them to protect himself amid the coming turmoil.

Lu Xuan prepared his spirit plants and beasts before joining a Heaven Sword Sect group bound for Black Star City. After arriving, he entered the besieged city with the other cultivators following an inspection for Evil Spirits.

• Lu Xuan finished condensing the Water Firefly Grass Spirit Seeds and chose to bring four Arrow Vines, the Cloud Stepping Lynx, and the Demon Ghost Vine with him.
• Lu Xuan received a summons and joined the Heaven Sword Sect cultivators traveling in a Flood Dragon puppet under Zhou Qi’s leadership.
• Zhou Qi told Lu Xuan that the group’s mission was to guard Black Star City and clear out demons and Evil Spirits escaping from Black Demon Abyss.
• The group reached Black Star City, where Zhou Qi met the local cultivator Wan and learned that the city still faced mutations and demon ambushes.
• A guard scanned the Heaven Sword Sect cultivators with a bronze mirror to check for parasitized Evil Spirits, then Lu Xuan entered the city with the group.

Lu Xuan arrived in Black Star City and was assigned to patrol its outskirts with three cultivators from other sects. The group’s leader, Qiu Changyuan, doubted Lu Xuan’s combat ability, leaving their first meeting tense as they prepared to work together.

• Lu Xuan settled into a courtyard in Black Star City and decided to delay planting his Water Firefly Grass seeds until he adjusted to the city’s poor spiritual energy.
• After three days, Lu Xuan received a patrol assignment and met Qiu Changyuan, Meng Yue, and Sun Yunming, who would patrol with him.
• The four cultivators introduced their abilities, and Lu Xuan explained that he mainly cultivated spirit plants and had little combat experience.
• Qiu Changyuan questioned why Lu Xuan had been assigned to the patrol, and Sun Yunming explained that a previous spirit-plant cultivator’s death had left Qiu wary.
• Lu Xuan assured Sun Yunming that Qiu’s opinion would not affect the patrol mission.

Lu Xuan and his companions patrolled Black Star City’s perimeter and fought off a flock of demon birds. After Lu Xuan revealed his formidable swordsmanship, Qiu Changyuan acknowledged his strength and offered him first choice of the spoils.

• Sun Yunming explained that Black Star City’s protective formation was only fully activated at critical points because of its immense cost.
• Lu Xuan sensed a flock of demon birds approaching before Qiu Changyuan spotted them, and the four cultivators prepared to fight.
• The demon birds attacked with blades of qi, and Lu Xuan dodged their assault before crippling one bird with his Wind Lightning Sword.
• Lu Xuan and his companions killed the demon birds, with Lu Xuan defeating four of them himself.
• Meng Yue praised Lu Xuan’s swordsmanship, and Sun Yunming realized he had understated his skill.
• Qiu Changyuan acknowledged Lu Xuan’s contribution and told him to choose first from the spoils.