Chapter Summaries

Lu Xuan and nine other disciples arrived in the Li Yang Domain of Central Continent through an ancient teleportation formation. After the group split up, Lu Xuan and Shen Ye parted ways, each planning to make his own way in the unfamiliar region.

• Lu Xuan recovered from the long teleportation and learned that he had arrived in Tong Yuan City with nine other Heaven Sword Sect disciples.
• The group left the teleportation hall and saw the scale of the Central Continent’s cultivation world.
• A young disciple with a Nascent Soul ancestor left to seek entry under the ancestor’s friend, while five others departed together and two followed the same route as the young man.
• Lu Xuan and Shen Ye discussed their plans: Lu Xuan would observe the Li Yang Domain before choosing a path, while Shen Ye intended to pursue Core Formation without joining a sect.
• Shen Ye gave Lu Xuan a reusable Communication Sword Talisman, received a Communication Talisman in return, and departed on a flying sword.

Lu Xuan explored Tong Yuan City and learned about the major powers in the Li Yang Domain while searching for a suitable place to cultivate his Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts. He became interested in joining Heavenly Star Grotto and decided to investigate it further.

• Lu Xuan compared prices at Tong Yuan City's stalls and found that treasures cost roughly thirty to fifty percent more than in the Eastern Wasteland.
• Lu Xuan considered whether to join a sect or remain a rogue cultivator as he searched for a residence with a broad Spirit Field and dense Spiritual Energy.
• A Qi Refining young man introduced Lu Xuan to the Central Continent and described the Li Yang Dao Sect, the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild, and Heavenly Star Grotto.
• Lu Xuan ruled out the Li Yang Dao Sect because it would take too long to gain its trust and his unusual Spirit Plants and Treasures could be discovered.
• Lu Xuan decided Heavenly Star Grotto might suit him and planned to ask around before choosing whether to join.

Lu Xuan arrived at Heaven Star Cave and chose a residence suited to his spirit plants. He rented a cave mansion in Thunder Fire Star Cave for ten years, leaving him with far less money but a place to settle and cultivate.

• Lu Xuan reached Heaven Star Cave, restored his cultivation to Foundation Establishment Late Stage, and entered Star Plucking Tower to find a residence.
• A female cultivator explained the Eighteen Star Caves and showed Lu Xuan available cave mansions suited to spirit-plant cultivation.
• Lu Xuan chose Thunder Fire Star Cave because its thunder and fire could nourish his Zwei Xuan Thunder Fruit and Phoenix Wood.
• Lu Xuan agreed to rent a cave mansion for ten years and paid three thousand Middle Grade Spirit Stones.
• The female cultivator gave Lu Xuan a Thunder Fire Token and a Third-grade Bewildering Array, and he prepared to cultivate his spirit plants.

Lu Xuan entered Thunder Fire Star Cave and began turning its Cave Mansion into a base for cultivating his many spirit plants and raising his spirit beasts. After filling the fields and settling the beasts, he left the story in a peaceful new home beneath the cave’s surrounding thunder and fire.

• Lu Xuan used the Thunder Fire Token to enter Thunder Fire Star Cave and found a protected Cave Mansion with rich spiritual energy.
• Lu Xuan set up the Illusionary Extinction Five Elements Formation to separate a core planting area from the outer fields.
• Lu Xuan created a Netherworld Courtyard for his evil spirit plants and planted his high-grade spirit plants across the Cave Mansion.
• Lu Xuan filled the remaining fields with numerous other spirit plants and spent much of his spiritual power tending to them.
• Lu Xuan released and settled his spirit beasts around the Cave Mansion, while Fat Bird stayed close to him and the Cloud Stepping Lynx arrived on a wall.

Lu Xuan settled into life in Thunder Fire Star Cave, tending his Spirit Plants and learning about the dangers and benefits of the Thunder Sea from two neighboring cultivators. He left the visit having politely suggested they explore the Thunder Sea together, though he planned to go alone.

• Lu Xuan nurtured his growing Sword Grass and Ice Firefly Grass, refining his Sword Intent as he cared for them.
• Luo Ming and Lei Zheng visited Lu Xuan, who welcomed them into his Cave Mansion while keeping talismans hidden in his sleeves.
• Lu Xuan served the visitors fruit and spirit nectar from his own plants and explained his fondness for cultivating Spirit Plants.
• Luo Ming described the Thunder Sea's rare lightning powers, treasures, storms, and hidden Thunder Beasts.
• Lu Xuan thanked Luo Ming and suggested they might explore the Thunder Sea together someday.

Lu Xuan entered the Thunder Sea to explore its resources and discovered that his Mirage Sound Pearl could imitate thunder. He encountered the powerful Thunder Hǒu Beast known for begging passersby for food.

• Lu Xuan decided to explore the Thunder Sea and, seven days later, traveled there after tending his Spirit Plants.
• A guard checked Lu Xuan’s Thunder Fire Token and warned him about the dangerous Thunder Hǒu Beast that lingered near the passage to beg for food.
• Lu Xuan entered the Thunder Sea and found that his token protected him from its lightning, though he suspected the protection would weaken deeper inside.
• Lu Xuan used his Mirage Sound Pearl to collect and imitate the Thunder Sea’s thunder sounds.
• Lu Xuan spotted the enormous, docile-looking Thunder Hǒu Beast crouching ahead and recognized it as the beast the guard had described.

Lu Xuan entered the Thunder Sea to gather Spirit Thunder for his Zwei Xuan Thunder Fruit and collected several kinds in the outer region. After killing an attacking Thunder Beast, he spotted two cultivators sneaking toward him and prepared to deal with them.

• Lu Xuan fed the Thunder Hǒu Beast Demon Beast Meat and Spirit Fruits, learned of its Thunder Rhinoceros bloodline, and stroked its belly before heading into the Thunder Sea.
• Lu Xuan searched the outer region, located a Gold Element Spirit Thunder, and compressed it into a thunder bead for cultivating the Zwei Xuan Thunder Fruit.
• Lu Xuan gathered several more Five Elements Spirit Thunders and other Spirit Thunders over the next half day.
• A Third Grade Thunder Beast ambushed Lu Xuan, but he crushed its skull and stored its carcass to feed his Netherworld Spirit Plants.
• Lu Xuan spotted two concealed Foundation Establishment cultivators approaching and decided to take their Storage Bags.

Lu Xuan lured two cultivators who planned to ambush him into a trap, killed them, and claimed their resources and souls. Back at his Cave Mansion, he began nourishing the Zwei Xuan Thunder Fruit Spirit Seed with crimson lightning and considered the cultivation needs of his other rare plants.

• Two cultivators secretly surrounded Lu Xuan in the Thunder Sea and attacked what they thought was their unsuspecting prey.
• Lu Xuan used the Voidsky Nightmare Eye and a transformed Howling Sea Sword Talisman to kill both attackers.
• Lu Xuan captured their souls with the Soul Guiding Lamp and took their corpses, Storage Bags, Spirit Stones, pills, talismans, and Magic Tools.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion with Spirit Thunders for the Zwei Xuan Thunder Fruit and welcomed the relief of seeing his Spirit Beasts.
• Lu Xuan fed crimson lightning from a lightning bead into the Zwei Xuan Thunder Fruit Spirit Seed until it reached saturation, then considered where to cultivate his remaining rare plants.

Lu Xuan harvested more than two hundred Water Firefly Grass light orbs, gaining forty-seven years of cultivation and resources as he prepared to pursue Core Formation. He left Thunder Fire Star Cave to trade treasures and seek Spirit Seeds, and the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild began appraising his Qing Wei Jade Lock.

• Lu Xuan harvested over two hundred Water Firefly Grass light orbs, gaining forty-seven years of cultivation along with elixirs, talismans, magic tools, and other rewards.
• Lu Xuan assessed the growth of his Spirit Plants and decided to prepare for Core Formation and seek out suitable Spirit Seeds.
• Lu Xuan flew from Thunder Fire Star Cave to Star Plucking Tower and entered a branch of the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild.
• Lu Xuan asked to sell several magic tools and look at Spirit Seeds, then presented his Crimson Flame Sword, a shield-armor tool, and the Qing Wei Jade Lock.
• Lu Xuan invented a story about the Qing Wei Jade Lock as the merchant guild's attendant sent for an expert appraiser.

Lu Xuan sold Magic Tools and two Qing Wei Jade Locks to the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild, then asked to browse its rare spirit seeds. Daoist Wen agreed to show him rare Fourth Grade seeds, while Rank 5 seeds remained scarce and were mostly reserved for auctions.

• Senior Brother Mu appraised the Qing Wei Jade Lock and identified its binding, size-changing, and Evil Spirit-targeting properties.
• Daoist Wen offered Lu Xuan ten thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones for each Qing Wei Jade Lock, and he sold her two.
• Lu Xuan accepted payment totaling four hundred and fifty Middle Grade Spirit Stones for the Magic Tools and jade locks.
• Lu Xuan asked Daoist Wen to show him rare spirit seeds no lower than Fourth Grade.
• Daoist Wen explained that Rank 5 spirit seeds were scarce and usually sold at guild auctions, then agreed to show Lu Xuan the rare Fourth Grade seeds.

Lu Xuan bought every Azure Spirit Branch and Thunderstorm Lotus seed available at the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild, then planted them in his cave mansion at Thunder Fire Star Cave. He learned their cultivation needs and used Azure Wood Source Qi and thunder from his thunder bead to nourish them.

• Lu Xuan examined the rare spirit seeds and chose the two Azure Spirit Branch cuttings and three Thunderstorm Lotus seeds.
• Lu Xuan paid two hundred and eighty middle-grade spirit stones and asked Daoist Wen to watch for rank five spirit seeds.
• Lu Xuan returned to his cave mansion and planted the Azure Spirit Branch cuttings and Thunderstorm Lotus seeds in the spirit field.
• Lu Xuan learned that the Azure Spirit Branch needed pure spiritual energy and careful tending, while the Thunderstorm Lotus required lightning and could trigger a thunder rampage.
• Lu Xuan watered the newly planted seeds and added Azure Wood Source Qi to the branches and a small bolt of thunder to the lotus seeds.

Lu Xuan finished condensing seeds from his Water Firefly Grasses and inspected his Spirit Field, where a Dragon Bone Grass matured. Harvesting it granted him a Sixth Grade Alligator Dragon Pearl.

• Lu Xuan watched the Hundred Poisons Heart-Devouring Insect suppress a new poison and warned it not to approach him while covered in toxic smoke.
• Lu Xuan gave the Medicine Midge an ordinary Third Grade pill after realizing it wanted to taste pill poison.
• Lu Xuan finished condensing and processing about three hundred Spirit Seeds from his remaining Water Firefly Grasses.
• Three days later, Lu Xuan inspected his Spirit Field and found that one of his two remaining Dragon Bone Grasses had matured.
• Lu Xuan harvested the Fifth Grade Dragon Bone Grass and received a Sixth Grade Alligator Dragon Pearl from its White Light Orb.

Lu Xuan harvested a Sixth Grade Alligator Dragon Pearl, tended his Spirit Plants, and agreed to investigate Luo Ming’s withered Bewitching Yin Wood. At Luo Ming’s Cave Mansion, they passed a Thunder Serpent being tempered by a treasure from the Thunder Sea and reached the Spirit Field where the abnormal plant awaited inspection.

• Lu Xuan obtained a Sixth Grade Alligator Dragon Pearl from a treasure pearl and stored Dragon Bone Grass for the Dazzling Fire Flood Dragon.
• Lu Xuan tended the Ice Firefly Grass and other Spirit Plants, then caught the Demon Ghost Vine trying to mark the maturing Earth Sovereign Jujube and tossed it back into the Bewitching Peach grove.
• Luo Ming visited Lu Xuan and asked for help with his listless Fourth Grade Bewitching Yin Wood, whose cause of decline he could not identify.
• Lu Xuan agreed to examine the Bewitching Yin Wood and followed Luo Ming to his Cave Mansion.
• Luo Ming explained that his Thunder Serpent was using a Thunder Sea treasure to purify its bloodline and temper its body as they entered the Spirit Field.

Lu Xuan discovered that Luo Ming's Fourth Grade Bewitching Yin Wood was deteriorating because thunder from Luo Ming's Thunder Serpent had disturbed its Yin-rich growing environment. After Lu Xuan advised moving the spirit beast and clearing the Thunder Spirit Aura, the tree began recovering, and Luo Ming rewarded him with spirit stones.

• Lu Xuan inspected Luo Ming's struggling Bewitching Yin Wood and used his special ability to identify its condition.
• Lu Xuan determined that the Thunder Serpent's breakthrough had increased the Thunder Spirit Aura and frightened the tree with its thunderclaps.
• Luo Ming moved the Thunder Serpent and used a lightning-drawing technique to disperse the Thunder Spirit Aura from the Spirit Field.
• Black Qi gathered around the Bewitching Yin Wood, and its leaves regained their moisture and gloss.
• Luo Ming gave Lu Xuan around three thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, which Lu Xuan accepted.

Lu Xuan learned that the Thunder Sea could contain high-grade lightning-attribute Spirit Seeds, but decided to wait until he was stronger before exploring it. He harvested a mature Earth Sovereign Jujube and obtained a Fourth Grade Earth Element Pearl, then found that another jujube had ripened.

• Luo Ming told Lu Xuan that the Thunder Sea could nurture high-grade Spirit Seeds and advised him to watch the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild's auction for yuan magnetic treasures.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion and decided to explore the Thunder Sea after gaining more strength and treasures.
• Lu Xuan inspected his Spirit Field and found that several Spirit Plants were nearing maturity, while an Earth Sovereign Jujube was ready to harvest.
• Lu Xuan harvested the Earth Sovereign Jujube and received a Fourth Grade Earth Element Pearl that granted the Earth Movement Art.
• Lu Xuan checked the remaining jujubes and found that another one had matured to Good Grade.

Lu Xuan collected five portions of Kun Earth Puppet Essence from Earth Sovereign Jujubes and fused them into a fifth-grade Kun Earth Spirit Puppet. After refining it, he shaped the puppet into a familiar form and gained a powerful new means of physical protection.

• Lu Xuan harvested an Earth Sovereign Jujube and received an incomplete portion of Kun Earth Puppet Essence, learning that five portions could form a protective spirit puppet.
• Lu Xuan harvested two more Earth Sovereign Jujubes but received two Earth Essence Elixirs instead of the essence he needed.
• Lu Xuan obtained an Earth Element Pearl and another Earth Essence Elixir from the next two jujubes, then used Azure Wood Source Qi to ripen the final four.
• Lu Xuan received four more portions of Kun Earth Puppet Essence from the final jujubes and fused all five portions into a Kun Earth Spirit Puppet.
• Lu Xuan refined the puppet, shaped it into a familiar form, and recognized that it greatly strengthened his physical defenses.

Lu Xuan fed Earth Sovereign Jujubes to his Earth Spirit Beasts and spent another half month tending his Spirit Plants in the Thunder Fire Star Cave. He harvested mature Hidden Essence Grass, gained Foundation Establishment Pill rewards and alchemy experience, then went to feed the Flesh Spirit God.

• Lu Xuan fed an Earth Sovereign Jujube to the Rock Armor Turtle, strengthening the rock on its shell.
• Lu Xuan fed Earth Sovereign Jujubes to both heads of each Two-Headed Armadillo after realizing the first treats had only satisfied one head.
• Lu Xuan spent half a month cultivating Spirit Plants in his Cave Mansion and ripened and harvested twenty-three Hidden Essence Grass plants.
• Lu Xuan harvested the Hidden Essence Grass light orbs and obtained Foundation Establishment Pills, Spirit Gathering Grass Orbs, and experience refining Foundation Establishment Pills.
• Lu Xuan entered the netherworld area and tossed stored Demon Beast Meat to the Flesh Spirit God.

Lu Xuan tended his spirit plants before accepting Luo Ming’s invitation to explore an ancient medicine garden hidden in the Thunder Sea. After meeting the other cultivators, he faced doubts from Wang Yanzhong, who questioned whether a Spirit Plant Master belonged on the expedition.

• Lu Xuan fed the Flesh Spirit God and Blood Spirit Palm Ginseng, checked his spirit plants’ progress, and tended the strange plants in his fields.
• Luo Ming invited Lu Xuan to explore a hidden ancient medicine garden in the depths of the Thunder Sea with Lei Zheng and two other cultivators, and Lu Xuan agreed.
• Three days later, Lu Xuan brought the Cloud Stepping Lynx and Demon Ghost Vine to Luo Ming’s Cave Mansion and met Lei Zheng, Wang Yanzhong, and Yuan Shuangling.
• Wang Yanzhong objected to Lu Xuan joining because he was a Spirit Plant Master and proposed reducing his share of the treasures if he became a burden.
• Luo Ming rebuked Wang Yanzhong for judging Lu Xuan by his occupation, and Wang Yanzhong insisted that Lu Xuan’s worth should be decided by strength.

Lu Xuan joined Lei Zheng and the others on their journey through the Thunder Sea to explore a rumored Ancient Medicine Garden. After reaching a Thunder Waterfall that blocked the entrance, they used Yuan Shuangling’s Thunder Filament Clothes to prepare to cross into the garden.

• Lei Zheng stopped Wang Yanzhong from questioning Lu Xuan’s place in the group, and Wang Yanzhong apologized.
• Lu Xuan fed fruits to two Thunder Hǒu Beasts and discovered that the smaller one was a rare Mutated Thunder Hǒu Beast with part of the Thunder Rhinoceros bloodline.
• The five traveled deeper into the Thunder Sea, defeating several attacking Thunder Beasts along the way.
• The group reached a powerful Thunder Waterfall that concealed the Ancient Medicine Garden’s entrance.
• Yuan Shuangling produced Thunder Filament Clothes to protect the group from the lightning and conceal their auras.
• Lu Xuan and the others entered the Thunder Waterfall wearing the garments.

Lu Xuan and the others crossed the Thunder Waterfall and began breaking the Ancient Medicine Garden’s Restrictions while guarding against concealed demon pythons. After Lu Xuan identified their attack pattern, he discovered that the supposed demon was actually a Mutated Lei Yin Vine.

• Lu Xuan and the four cultivators passed through the Thunder Waterfall, using Thunder Filament Clothes and the Thunder Fire Token to withstand the lightning.
• Luo Ming and two other cultivators began breaking the Restrictions as Lu Xuan and Wang Yanzhong guarded their flanks against Strange Demon Pythons.
• Lu Xuan spotted a concealed demon python with his enhanced senses and wounded it with his Wind Thunder Sword.
• Lu Xuan warned Wang Yanzhong of another python, allowing Wang Yanzhong to repel it with a thunder-wreathed punch.
• Lu Xuan noticed the python repeatedly attacked within a limited area and identified it as a Mutated Lei Yin Vine.