Chapter Summaries

Lu Xuan discovered that the Flying Thunder Ganoderma was a mobile Sixth Grade Spirit Plant, then fed the Thunder Hǒu Beasts in their territory. He learned that a lonely young Mutated Thunder Hǒu Beast with strong potential had lost both parents, and became interested in adopting it.

• Lu Xuan learned the Flying Thunder Ganoderma needed thunder-attribute Spirit Soil and could help cultivate Thunder Escape Divine Power once mature.
• Lu Xuan gave Spirit Fruits and spirit nectar to the Thunder Hǒu Beasts to repay them for the Ink Green Spirit Thunder and thunder liquid he had taken.
• Lu Xuan met a timid young Thunder Hǒu Beast whose remarkable speed revealed its strong talent, and it repeatedly returned to watch him.
• A Twin-Winged Thunder Hǒu Beast explained that the young beast was a Mutated Thunder Hǒu Beast with the potential to reach the Fifth Grade, but its parents had died and its clanmates shunned it.
• Lu Xuan considered adopting the young beast after hearing about its difficult past and outstanding talent.

Lu Xuan befriended the lonely young Thunder Dragon Howl and persuaded it to leave the Thunder Hǒu Beast Territory for his Cave Mansion. With the Twin-Winged Thunder Hǒu Beast’s approval, he took the young beast away and promised to bring it back to visit.

• Lu Xuan learned that the fifth-grade Thunder Dragon Howl was an orphan shunned by its clan and wanted to be accepted.
• He fed the young beast Spirit Fruits and Spirit Brew, earned its trust, and visited the crude nest where its mother’s remains were buried.
• Lu Xuan invited the Thunder Dragon Howl to live in his Cave Mansion, promising it companionship, treats, and future visits to its mother’s resting place.
• The Thunder Dragon Howl agreed to go with Lu Xuan, and he reassured it when its body unconsciously released a spark of lightning.
• Lu Xuan asked the Twin-Winged Thunder Hǒu Beast for permission to take the young beast, then left the territory with it.

Lu Xuan welcomed the Thunder Dragon Howl young beast into his Cave Mansion, planted a Sixth Grade Flying Thunder Ganoderma, and inspected his maturing Spirit Plants. Zhang Jiuzong then asked him to investigate a mysterious infection causing Fifth Grade Spirit Plants in a Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild blessed land to wither.

• Lu Xuan brought the Thunder Dragon Howl young beast into the Cave Mansion and had Fat Bird help it settle in before coaxing it into a contract.
• Lu Xuan planted the Sixth Grade Flying Thunder Ganoderma in thunder-rich Spirit Soil and let it absorb Ink Green Spirit Thunder.
• Lu Xuan inspected his mature Azure Spirit Branch and Thunderstorm Lotus, then tended the Earth Fire Heart Lotus and Five Elements Fruit as they entered the seed-condensing stage.
• Zhang Jiuzong visited Lu Xuan and asked him to investigate why Fifth Grade Spirit Plants in a Merchant Guild blessed land were infected and declining.

Lu Xuan traveled with Zhang Jiuzong to the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild’s Illusory Spirit Blessed Land to investigate a disease affecting its Fifth Grade Tiger Leopard Grass. He examined the afflicted plants but concealed that his special ability could quickly reveal their condition, leaving the diagnosis unresolved.

• The merchant guild’s higher-ups asked Lu Xuan to investigate a problem with a Fifth Grade Spirit Plant, and he agreed to go with Zhang Jiuzong.
• Lu Xuan activated the protections around his Cave Mansion and traveled aboard Zhang Jiuzong’s treasured ship through the dangerous void.
• Zhang Jiuzong used a guild Jade Token to lead Lu Xuan through a powerful restriction into the Illusory Spirit Blessed Land.
• Zhang Jiuzong guided Lu Xuan past Demonic Beast spirit souls to a Spirit Field in a Mountain Valley.
• Lu Xuan saw that the Tiger Leopard Grass had black spots and leaking black qi, and Zhang Jiuzong asked him to find the cause.
• Lu Xuan agreed to do his best while keeping his ability to inspect Spirit Plants’ conditions secret.

Lu Xuan and Senior Mu examined the afflicted Tiger Leopard Grass, but neither identified the invading force or how to stop it. After Senior Mu found traces of an unknown presence, Zhang Jiuzong asked Lu Xuan to inspect the plants again.

• Lu Xuan examined the black spots on the Tiger Leopard Grass but could not identify their origin.
• Han Song arrived with Senior Mu, a Sixth Grade Tree Monster, and disparaged Lu Xuan's ability to solve the problem.
• Senior Mu revealed that he knew Lu Xuan through Little Mu and examined the Tiger Leopard Grass with his wood-element power.
• Senior Mu found that an unusual, nearly formless existence had invaded the plants but could not identify it or determine a cure.
• Zhang Jiuzong asked Lu Xuan to examine the Tiger Leopard Grass again, and Lu Xuan agreed.

Lu Xuan identified Soul Devouring Mycelium as the cause of the Tiger Leopard Grass’s decline and agreed to drive it out with Pure Yang True Fire. He began treating the infected plants after Zhang Jiuzong offered him valuable cultivation work and access to the merchant association’s secret realms.

• Lu Xuan inspected and replanted a Tiger Leopard Grass, then identified Soul Devouring Mycelium as the parasite draining its vitality.
• Lu Xuan explained that lightning and fire could force out the mycelium and advised cutting away the plants’ necrotic black spots.
• Zhang Jiuzong asked Lu Xuan to treat the plants and offered him Fifth Grade Spirit Plants to cultivate, increased remuneration, and consideration for the merchant association’s secret realms.
• Lu Xuan agreed to help and revealed his Pure Yang True Fire, which the Tree Monster recognized.
• Lu Xuan divided the Pure Yang True Fire into fine strands and formed a net around a Tiger Leopard Grass.

Lu Xuan used his Pure Yang True Fire and precise spirit-plant senses to remove the Soul Devouring Mycelium from the Tiger Leopard Grass. After he warned the others that someone may have planted the parasites, the merchant association promised to reward him and consider him for high-rank spirit-plant cultivation rights, while Senior Mu returned to the Mu Xuan Realm.

• Lu Xuan burned the Soul Devouring Mycelium out of more than ten Tiger Leopard Grass plants, then restored them with spirit rain and Tiger-type Demon Beast souls.
• Zhang Jiuzong praised Lu Xuan, and Han Song apologized for doubting his skill and made peace with him.
• Lu Xuan warned Zhang Jiuzong, Han Song, and Senior Mu that the Soul Devouring Mycelium may have been deliberately planted in the blessed land.
• Zhang Jiuzong promised to alert the merchant association and said he would recommend Lu Xuan for the cultivation rights to high-rank spirit plants; Han Song also offered his support.
• Senior Mu said he needed to return to the Mu Xuan Realm, invited Lu Xuan to visit, and departed through the void.

Lu Xuan returned safely to his Cave Mansion after investigating Illusory Spirit Blessed Land and resumed caring for his Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts. Zhang Jiuzong later visited with news that Lu Xuan had earned the merchant association’s support and brought him Snow Dragon Sacred Spring and six Rank 5 Star Fruit seeds.

• Zhang Jiuzong thanked Lu Xuan for helping the merchant association at Illusory Spirit Blessed Land and promised to arrange Spirit Seeds and a reward for resolving the Tiger Leopard Grass problem.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion, passed the Voidsky Nightmare Eye’s inspection, and reunited with Fat Bird and the Thunder Dragon Howl young beast.
• Lu Xuan spent half a month tending his Spirit Plants, raising his Spirit Beasts, and practicing cultivation methods inside the Cave Mansion.
• Zhang Jiuzong told Lu Xuan that a Nascent Soul True Lord was investigating the Soul Devouring Mycelium and that the merchant association suspected a special Evil Spirit had brought it into the blessed land.
• Zhang Jiuzong gave Lu Xuan about three liters of Fourth Grade Snow Dragon Sacred Spring and six Rank 5 Star Fruit seeds as rewards from the merchant association.

Lu Xuan received six Fifth Grade Star Fruit Spirit Seeds from Zhang Jiuzong and began cultivating them in the air beneath the stars. He harvested a mature Thunderstorm Lotus and obtained a Fifth Grade Thunder Extreme Escape Talisman, while considering a future visit to Azure Wood Star Cave.

• Zhang Jiuzong gave Lu Xuan six Star Fruit Spirit Seeds and Snow Dragon Sacred Spring, and Lu Xuan gifted him Jade Cleansing Spirit Dew in return.
• Lu Xuan learned that Star Fruits needed Star Power and began cultivating the seeds high above his Cave Mansion.
• Jade Forest Rogue Cultivator invited Lu Xuan to a treasure-trading gathering in Azure Wood Star Cave, and Lu Xuan considered attending.
• Lu Xuan harvested a mature Thunderstorm Lotus and stored its seeds for possible use feeding the Thunder Dragon Howl.
• Lu Xuan touched the lotus’s White Light Orb and obtained the Fifth Grade Thunder Extreme Escape Talisman.

Lu Xuan harvested a mature Azure Spirit Branch and gained a Fifth Grade Azure Spirit Green Essence Pill, while using Snow Dragon Sacred Spring to nurture several spirit plants. He planned to save the pill for the Demon Ghost Vine, which might need it when advancing to a Fifth Grade Demonic Beast.

• Lu Xuan obtained a Fifth Grade Thunder Extreme Escape Talisman after harvesting the Thunderstorm Lotus and considered planting more Thunderstorm Lotus in his Cave Mansion.
• Lu Xuan used Snow Dragon Sacred Spring to nourish the Azure Spirit Branch, Purification Glazed Tea, and Jade Bottle Willow.
• Less than half a month later, Lu Xuan harvested the Azure Spirit Branch, which had reached Good Grade.
• Lu Xuan opened its Light Orb and obtained a Fifth Grade Azure Spirit Green Essence Pill.
• Lu Xuan decided the pill might help the Demon Ghost Vine advance to a Fifth Grade Demonic Beast.

Lu Xuan tended and improved his Spirit Seeds while considering which treasures to trade at a gathering in Azure Wood Star Cave. Xuan Yuan Zhe arrived to travel with him, and Lu Xuan agreed to go together.

• Lu Xuan used Pure Yang True Fire and the Illusionary Extinction Five Elements Formation to nurture Earth Fire Heart Lotus and Five Elements Fruit Spirit Seeds.
• Lu Xuan tended thirty-six Ice Firefly Grass plants and planned to harvest them for cultivation rewards and more Spirit Seeds.
• Lu Xuan considered trading the Soul Seizing Blood Palm, the Red Dust Tablet, and rare Spirit Plants, while deciding to keep his Rank 6 Treasures and Fifth Grade items.
• Xuan Yuan Zhe visited Lu Xuan and explained that Jade Forest Rogue Cultivator had invited him to the gathering in Azure Wood Star Cave.
• Lu Xuan accepted Xuan Yuan Zhe's offer to travel together and privately considered acquiring a Cave Mansion in Azure Wood Star Cave.

Lu Xuan traveled with Xuan Yuan Zhe through Azure Wood Star Cave, where tree nymphs were drawn to the Azure Wood Source Qi he carried. The two arrived at Jade Forest Rogue Cultivator's giant-tree residence and were welcomed by her.

• Lu Xuan and Xuan Yuan Zhe entered Azure Wood Star Cave and saw its vast forests, Grass and Wood Monsters, and giant walking trees.
• Xuan Yuan Zhe told Lu Xuan that Azure Wood Star Cave was rumored to have grown from a branch of the legendary Jian Wood.
• A dozen tree nymphs approached Lu Xuan, drawn to the Azure Wood Source Qi he released, and left him a flower imprint before departing.
• Lu Xuan and Xuan Yuan Zhe reached Jade Forest Rogue Cultivator's giant-tree residence, where she appeared and welcomed them.

Lu Xuan attended Jade Forest Rogue Cultivator’s gathering in Azure Wood Star Cave, where he kept his cultivation methods secret and waited for a chance to trade for Spirit Plant resources. The exchange began with a Core Formation cultivator offering a Sixth Grade Spirit Seed called Bewitching Corpse Skin.

• Jade Forest Rogue Cultivator welcomed Lu Xuan and introduced him to the Core Formation cultivators gathered at his wooden house.
• Huang Yandong asked Lu Xuan for advice about cultivating Spirit Plants that required flesh and blood, and Lu Xuan agreed to discuss them later.
• Sixteen Core Formation cultivators exchanged news and cultivation insights, while Lu Xuan mostly stayed quiet to avoid revealing his rare methods.
• The gathering began trading Treasures, and Lu Xuan waited for Spirit Seeds, Spirit Beast resources, or related items that suited him.
• A Core Formation Mid-Stage cultivator offered the Sixth Grade Spirit Seed Bewitching Corpse Skin in exchange for a cultivation technique, divine ability, or suitable Magic Tool.

At a Core Formation cultivators’ exchange, Lu Xuan recognized the rare Sixth Grade Bewitching Corpse Skin Spirit Seed and traded his clan’s supposed heirloom divine ability for it. He left with the seed and thirty thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, intending to cultivate it in his Netherworld Spirit Field.

• A Core Formation Mid-Stage cultivator offered a Sixth Grade Spirit Seed, and several cultivators failed to propose an exchange he would accept.
• Lu Xuan examined the bark, identified it as the sinister Bewitching Corpse Skin, and resolved to acquire it.
• An old cultivator offered a bronze mirror for the seed, but Lu Xuan presented the Soul Seizing Blood Palm divine ability instead.
• Lu Xuan claimed the divine ability was a difficult, sinister family heirloom unsuited to him as a Spirit Plant Master.
• The cultivator agreed to exchange the seed for the divine ability and added thirty thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones because he lacked the seed’s cultivation method.
• Lu Xuan and the cultivator inspected the items and completed the exchange.

At a treasure exchange, Lu Xuan traded for a Bewitching Corpse Skin Spirit Seed and offered a Kun Earth Spirit Puppet in search of Yuan Magnetic Spirit Stone or another valuable treasure. He agreed to examine Wang Suihuai’s supposedly lifeless Azure Peak Qilin embryo, and Azure Wood Source Qi caused a thought to appear in his mind.

• Lu Xuan exchanged a low-level divine ability for the Bewitching Corpse Skin Spirit Seed, drawing other cultivators’ surprise at the apparent cost.
• Lu Xuan offered his Kun Earth Spirit Puppet at the gathering, hoping to obtain Yuan Magnetic Spirit Stone or a high-grade Spirit Seed, Spirit Beast, or related treasure.
• Wang Suihuai offered to trade a long-dead Sixth Grade Azure Peak Qilin embryo for the puppet, and Lu Xuan agreed to inspect it after the gathering.
• Lu Xuan examined the embryo and found no vitality, then injected it with Azure Wood Source Qi.
• Lu Xuan sensed a thought arise when he focused on the embryo after using the Azure Wood Source Qi.

Lu Xuan traded a Fifth Grade puppet for a sleeping Azure Peak Qilin embryo and received Primal Azure Soil from Jade Forest Rogue Cultivator before leaving Azure Wood Star Cave. As he traveled through the forest, several Little Tree Nymphs invited him to their nest, and he agreed to follow them.

• Lu Xuan learned that the Sixth Grade Azure Peak Qilin embryo was alive but needed life-force Treasures to awaken, and he exchanged his Fifth Grade puppet for it with Wang Suihuai.
• After the gathering, Lu Xuan declined most cultivation discussions and shared his knowledge when the talk turned to Spirit Plants, Spirit Beasts, and Alchemy.
• Jade Forest Rogue Cultivator gave Lu Xuan Fourth Grade Primal Azure Soil as thanks for his earlier help, and Lu Xuan accepted it before leaving.
• Lu Xuan used the Five Elements Escape Technique to travel through the Boundless Forest, wary that someone might target his Sixth Grade Spirit Seed Bewitching Corpse Skin.
• Several Little Tree Nymphs followed Lu Xuan, fed on his Azure Wood Source Qi, and invited him to their nest as a guest.
• Lu Xuan agreed to follow the leading Tree Nymph to the nest.

Lu Xuan followed the Tree Nymphs into their hidden azure world, where they welcomed him with Emerald Spiritual Liquid. The Profound Limit Tree Mother revealed that she had invited him after sensing the Azure Wood Source Qi and the many Spirit Plants he cultivated, leaving Lu Xuan respectfully explaining their origins.

• The Tree Nymphs carried Lu Xuan through the giant tree and into a hidden azure world filled with Grass and Wood Monsters.
• A Tree Nymph offered Lu Xuan naturally formed Emerald Spiritual Liquid, which he drank and found potent and refreshing.
• As Lu Xuan prepared to leave, the Tree Nymphs and Grass and Wood Monsters gathered their pale-green auras into a giant figure, while Lu Xuan readied talismans and a defensive statue.
• The figure identified herself as the Profound Limit Tree Mother, a being formed from Spirit Plant origins and a strange tree rooted in the Azure Wood Star Cave.
• The Profound Limit Tree Mother said she had sensed Azure Wood Source Qi and the Spirit Plants Lu Xuan cultivated, and Lu Xuan explained that the source qi came from a grateful Azure Profound Deer.

Lu Xuan accepted six unborn tree nymphs from the Profound Limit Tree Mother and left Azure Wood Star Cave with them. On his way out, a fat cultivator trapped him in a net of flesh and blood, but Lu Xuan revealed he had been waiting for the attack.

• The Profound Limit Tree Mother asked Lu Xuan to raise six picky, unborn tree nymphs and offered a rare high-grade Spirit Seed in return.
• Lu Xuan agreed and used Azure Wood Source Qi to hatch the six tree nymphs, who immediately grew attached to him.
• The Profound Limit Tree Mother entrusted the nymphs to Lu Xuan, and he learned they could grow to fifth grade and benefit nearby Spirit Plants.
• Lu Xuan said goodbye to the tree nymphs, then used the Wood Escape Technique and his Wind Lightning Sword to head toward the Azure Wood Star Cave exit.
• A fat cultivator attacked Lu Xuan with countless flesh-and-blood arms, but Lu Xuan released his fifth-grade Multi-Armed Corpse Slave to hold them back.
• The fat cultivator told Lu Xuan to let himself be eaten, and Lu Xuan answered that he had been waiting for him before the Peacock King Ming Sword shone with golden light.

Lu Xuan fought the Meat Mountain Cultivator, who had ambushed him, and revealed a host of powerful treasures to overpower him. After collecting the scattered flesh and treasures, Lu Xuan escaped underground, leaving the reason for the ambush unanswered.

• The Peacock King Ming Sword destroyed the Meat Mountain Cultivator’s flesh-and-blood net, and Lu Xuan demanded to know how he had been found.
• Lu Xuan attacked with the Peacock King Ming Sword while the Meat Mountain Cultivator countered with a flesh shield and the White Bone Giant Hammer.
• Lu Xuan used the Multi-Armed Corpse Slave and Mirage Sound Pearl to fend off the Meat Mountain Cultivator’s attacks, then brought out the Ghost Wail Strange Diagram.
• The Meat Mountain Cultivator transformed into a vast mass of flesh, but the Wail Ghost and Suppression Prison Vajra Dharma Idol disrupted and suppressed much of it.
• Lu Xuan used the gray-white eye and silver-white spike to restrain and wound the escaping remnants, then stored the flesh and treasures in the Gluttony Insect Pouch.
• Lu Xuan checked the area and escaped using the Earth Escape Technique.

After killing the obese Core Formation Mid-Stage cultivator, Lu Xuan questioned his surviving soul to learn how his location had been discovered. The cultivator revealed that Huang Yandong had helped track Lu Xuan, leaving Lu Xuan with a new lead and a reason to keep the soul alive.

• Lu Xuan returned safely to his Cave Mansion and reflected on the treasures and abilities he had needed to defeat the stronger cultivator.
• Lu Xuan restrained the cultivator’s separated flesh and used the Blood Burning Art to force his divine soul to answer questions.
• The obese cultivator confessed that he had learned Lu Xuan’s movements from Huang Yandong, an Azure Wood Star Cave Core Formation True Person.
• The cultivator explained that Huang Yandong used Dustless Flower pollen and a Strange Insect to track Lu Xuan’s location.
• Lu Xuan spared the cultivator’s soul for the time being because it still had some use to him.