Chapter Summaries

Lu Xuan bought a Little Thousand Hands Demon and a mysterious Buddha Mother Demon Seed, then brought the demon back to his Cave Mansion and subdued it. He harvested two mature Thousand Thunder Sword Grasses and obtained progress toward a sword formation and a recipe for Still True Sword Liquid.

• Lu Xuan bid one million one hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones for the Buddha Mother Demon Seed and collected it along with the Little Thousand Hands Demon.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion, broke the Little Thousand Hands Demon's sealing formation, and placed a Blood Contract inside it.
• The Little Thousand Hands Demon attacked Fat Bird, but the Thunder Dragon Howl struck it with lightning and the Azure Peak Qilin drove it off.
• Lu Xuan found two mature Thousand Thunder Sword Grasses and harvested them from the Spirit Field.
• The Light Orbs granted Lu Xuan progress toward the Sixth Grade Thousand Thunder Sword Formation and a recipe for Fifth Grade Spirit Brew Still True Sword Liquid.

Lu Xuan harvested mature Thousand Thunder Sword Grass, gained more Still True Sword Liquid and parts for a sword formation, and continued tending his Cave Mansion. Ye Xuanyin visited after recovering from her injuries and breaking through to Core Formation Mid-Stage, bringing him a rare Sixth Grade Spirit Marvelous Soul Nourishing Tea seed in gratitude for his help.

• Lu Xuan watched the Demon Ghost Vine, Little Tree Nymphs, and Little Thousand Hands Demon in his Cave Mansion, then had the Thunder Dragon Howl and Azure Peak Qilin teach the demon a lesson.
• Lu Xuan harvested eighteen mature Thousand Thunder Sword Grass plants and obtained nine portions of Still True Sword Liquid, three Thunderous Sword Galls, four formation Flying Swords, and two recipe experience packages.
• Lu Xuan tested the eight Flying Swords he had gathered for the Sixth Grade Thousand Thunder Sword Formation, then returned to cultivation and refining his magical treasure.
• Ye Xuanyin visited Lu Xuan, told him she had recovered and advanced to Core Formation Mid-Stage, and credited his spirit insect with helping her overcome the Demonic Strange Poison.
• Ye Xuanyin gave Lu Xuan a rare Sixth Grade Spirit Marvelous Soul Nourishing Tea seed as thanks for his help, and Lu Xuan expressed surprise at its value.

Lu Xuan accepted Ye Xuanyin’s Spirit Seed and gave her Green Condensation Dew before returning to his Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts. Qi Wuheng then asked him to investigate high-grade Spirit Beasts in Heavenly Star Grotto that had become violent, and Lu Xuan agreed to take a look.

• Ye Xuanyin gave Lu Xuan a Sixth Grade Spirit Marvelous Soul Nourishing Tea Spirit Seed to repay him for saving her life, and he accepted it.
• Lu Xuan gave Ye Xuanyin a bottle of Green Condensation Dew for healing, then planted her Spirit Seed in Yuan Nurturing Soil.
• Lu Xuan tended his Spirit Plants, collected seeds from the Thousand Thunder Sword Grass, and noted that the Small Profound Cave Sword Gourd was nearing maturity.
• Qi Wuheng told Lu Xuan that high-grade Spirit Beasts in Heavenly Star Grotto had become violent after entering a Secret Realm to hunt demonic beings.
• Qi Wuheng invited Lu Xuan to help investigate the Spirit Beasts’ abnormal behavior, and Lu Xuan agreed while cautioning that he could not promise to find its cause.

Lu Xuan joined Hundred Hunt True Lord and Qin Shan in investigating the spirit beasts driven mad by an apparent evil demon, after the three Star Masters of Heavenly Star Grotto explained that their efforts had failed. Qin Shan brought the Azure Beast Ancient Mirror to examine the beasts, and the investigation began.

• Qi Wuheng led Lu Xuan to Wu Earth Star Cave, where the three Star Masters had confined the berserk spirit beasts in a vast natural restriction.
• Lu Xuan met Thunder Fire, Wu Earth, and Azure Wood Star Masters, who asked him to inspect the mutated beasts.
• Thunder Fire introduced Hundred Hunt True Lord, a Beast Taming Sect elder, and Qin Shan, a True Disciple of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, as the other investigators.
• Wu Earth Star Master explained that the spirit beasts’ madness might be connected to an evil demon and asked the three cultivators to work together to find its cause.
• Qin Shan presented the Azure Beast Ancient Mirror, intending to use it to detect abnormalities in the spirit beasts.

Lu Xuan examined the mutated spirit beasts after Qin Shan’s mirror and Hundred Hunt Elder’s treatments failed, and discovered that a Three Corpse Worm was causing their madness. He learned that Supreme Yang Spirit Spring liquid could reveal the hidden worm.

• Qin Shan used the Azure Beast Ancient Mirror to reveal black qi within a mutated spirit beast but could not identify its source or cure.
• Hundred Hunt Elder tried to communicate with and treat a mutated spirit beast, but it quickly became berserk again and he could not find the cause.
• Thunder Fire True Lord and the other Star Masters prepared to have the spirit beasts killed if Lu Xuan could not help them.
• Lu Xuan fed a mutated Silver Light Tiger a Spirit Fruit and used his ability to identify a Three Corpse Worm inside it.
• Lu Xuan learned that the worm targeted powerful-bodied, simple-minded demonic beasts and could be exposed with Supreme Yang Spirit Spring liquid.

Lu Xuan identified Three Corpse Worms as the cause of Heavenly Star Grotto’s Spirit Beasts’ abnormal behavior and explained how to draw them out. After Thunder Fire True Lord’s Thunder Extreme Yang Liquid exposed and destroyed one worm, the Star Masters began treating the other affected beasts, while Lu Xuan and his companions went to rest.

• Lu Xuan told the three Star Masters that rare Three Corpse Worms could be invading the Spirit Beasts and described how Supreme Yang spiritual liquid could force the worms to emerge.
• Thunder Fire True Lord used Thunder Extreme Yang Liquid to soak an aberrant Spirit Beast, revealing a transparent, three-headed Three Corpse Worm.
• The Star Masters destroyed the worm, and the Spirit Beast recovered from its mania.
• The Star Masters praised Lu Xuan for discovering the cause, and he said his devotion to Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts set him apart from cultivators who treated them mainly as resources.
• The Heavenly Star Grotto cultivators began separating and exterminating the remaining worms, secured the awakened beasts for observation, and escorted Lu Xuan and the others to rest.

Lu Xuan helped Heavenly Star Grotto resolve the Spirit Beast mutations by identifying the Three Corpse Worms, earning the gratitude of its Star Masters. He left with a hundred jin of Sixth Grade Gen Kun Wu Earth and a bottle of Thunder Extreme Yang Liquid.

• Qin Shan praised Lu Xuan’s knowledge of Spirit Beasts and invited him to visit the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, while Lu Xuan reassured Hundred Hunt Elder that his cultivation posed no threat.
• Thunder Fire True Lord and the other Star Masters arrived and credited Lu Xuan with helping resolve the Spirit Beast crisis; Qin Shan and Hundred Hunt Elder accepted gifts and departed.
• Thunder Fire True Lord thanked Lu Xuan and offered him a Storage Bag containing a hundred jin of Sixth Grade Gen Kun Wu Earth, which Lu Xuan gratefully accepted.
• Thunder Fire True Lord offered Lu Xuan the remaining Thunder Extreme Yang Liquid, and Lu Xuan eagerly accepted the Sixth Grade treasure.

Lu Xuan returned to Thunder Fire Star Cave with Thunder Extreme Yang Liquid and Gen Kun Wu Earth, then tended to his Spirit Beasts and Spirit Plants. After the Void Cicada Wood shed its skin and rewarded him with an Illusory Mist Gauze, he decided to move the troublesome Thousand Hands Demon to Fengyuan Star Cave and put the Flesh Spirit God in charge of it.

• Lu Xuan fed Thunder Extreme Yang Liquid to the Thunder Dragon Howl and Thunder Ghost, then used the liquid and Gen Kun Wu Earth to care for his Spirit Plants.
• Lu Xuan discovered that the Void Cicada Wood had shed its skin and received the Third-grade Magic Tool Illusory Mist Gauze from its White Light Orb.
• Lu Xuan decided to move the Thousand Hands Demon to Fengyuan Star Cave, where the Flesh Spirit God would teach and supervise it.
• The Thousand Hands Demon shuddered at Lu Xuan's strange smile, then charged at the Thunder Dragon Howl in a rage.

Lu Xuan visited Fengyuan Star Cave, where he introduced the Thousand Hands Demon to the Flesh Spirit God and learned about his incarnation Ling Gu’s recent activities. After the new companion was cowed into behaving, Lu Xuan inspected the Netherworld Spirit Field and found that an Yin Mare Flower had bloomed.

• Lu Xuan entered Fengyuan Star Cave and confirmed the heretical Spirit Plants in the Cave Mansion were unharmed.
• Lu Xuan fed the Flesh Spirit God a Meat Mountain Cultivator’s flesh, then introduced the Thousand Hands Demon as its little brother.
• The Thousand Hands Demon challenged the Flesh Spirit God, but backed down when it saw the Blood Cloud and became docile under the Flesh Spirit God’s attention.
• Ling Gu reported that he had cultivated Spirit Plants, collected Nether River Death Water, survived an ambush, and hunted creatures for fertilizer in nearby Secret Realms.
• Lu Xuan inspected the Netherworld Spirit Field, fed Flood Dragon Blood Essence to the Blood Spring Clam Mother, and found that an Yin Mare Flower had bloomed.

Lu Xuan harvested a mature Sixth Grade Yin Mare Flower and received the First Part of the Seventh Grade cultivation method, Peach Immortal Disturbance Scripture. He ripened and harvested two more Yin Mare Flowers, then continued tending the strange plants in the Netherworld Spirit Field.

• Lu Xuan harvested a mature Yin Mare Flower and received the Peach Immortal Disturbance Scripture, a Joyous Union Sect secret art with dangerous effects and a limit of the Pseudo-Nascent Soul Realm.
• Lu Xuan put away the scripture and inspected the Netherworld Spirit Field’s Soul Insect Fungi, Ghoul Tumor Demon Wood, Ancestor Coffin Wood, Fragrant Flesh Branch, Yellow Springs Undying Tree, and Tusk Bone Demon Seed.
• Lu Xuan decided not to rush the cultivation of the Buddha Mother Demon Seed because it involved the Great Thousand Buddha Mother, but continued cultivating the Tusk Bone Demon Seed.
• Lu Xuan used Bewitching Miasma and the Divine Wood Azure Kettle to ripen the two remaining Yin Mare Flowers.
• Lu Xuan plucked both newly matured Yin Mare Flowers and stored the Divine Wood Azure Kettle.

Lu Xuan harvested two Yin Mare Flowers and obtained the Flower Enchantress scouting treasure and the second half of the Peach Immortal Disturbance Scripture. After returning to the Thunder Fire Star Cave, he found the tree nymphs jealous of the Flower Spirit and told the Thunder Dragon Howl that the Little Thousand Hands Demon had gone away to train.

• Lu Xuan touched a light orb and obtained the Flower Enchantress, then refined it enough to test the flower spirit’s speed, invisibility, and scouting ability.
• Lu Xuan touched the final light orb and obtained the second half of the Peach Immortal Disturbance Scripture.
• Before leaving Fengyuan Star Cave, Lu Xuan instructed Ling Gu to cultivate the remaining eerie Spirit Plants and evil arts, and told the Flesh Spirit God to train the Little Thousand Hands Demon.
• Lu Xuan returned to the Thunder Fire Star Cave and used the Flower Enchantress to scout the area around his Cave Mansion.
• The tree nymphs smelled the Flower Spirit on Lu Xuan and flew away in a huff, while the Thunder Dragon Howl asked where the Little Thousand Hands Demon was.
• Lu Xuan told the Thunder Dragon Howl that the Little Thousand Hands Demon had gone out to train and would return to seek revenge.

Lu Xuan harvested the mature Thunderstorm Lotuses and gained many Evil-Exterminating Spirit Thunders and other rewards. He then visited the badly injured Guo Bingqiu, who feared his injuries had ended his hopes of reaching Nascent Soul.

• Lu Xuan harvested fifty-six Thunderstorm Lotuses, gaining twenty-five Evil-Exterminating Spirit Thunders, Thunder Extreme Escape Talismans, Thunder Evil Pellets, and cultivation experience.
• Lu Xuan cared for his other Spirit Plants and decided to visit Guo Bingqiu, who had been gravely injured in Fallen Demon Cave.
• Lu Xuan gave Guo Bingqiu a bottle of Green Condensation Dew to help heal his injuries.
• Guo Bingqiu said his damaged dantian would require years of recovery and that his chances of advancing to Nascent Soul had been severed.

Lu Xuan reflected on the risks of seeking opportunities while improving new varieties of Flame Fruit and Ice Luo Fruit. Elsewhere, a Nascent Soul Cultivator killed two Core Formation cultivators and found unfamiliar Fifth Grade Sword Talismans, which he planned to show his friend Jian Hai Zhen.

• Lu Xuan and Guo Bingqiu drank together, and Guo said he might ask Lu for advice on cultivating spirit plants while recovering in his Cave Mansion.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion and reflected on how Guo Bingqiu’s dangerous expedition had nearly ruined his Dao path.
• Lu Xuan examined spirit seeds and confirmed he had successfully improved the Flame Fruit and Ice Luo Fruit varieties.
• In the Thunder Sea, a Nascent Soul Cultivator killed two Core Formation Completion cultivators who had attacked him to steal his Treasure.
• The Nascent Soul Cultivator found two unfamiliar Fifth Grade Sword Talismans among their Treasures and decided to show them to Jian Hai Zhen.

Lu Xuan harvested ten Star Fruits, gaining Star Fighting Flags, cultivation insights, and rare materials, then prepared to move several precious Spirit Plants to the Defective Grotto-heaven. On his journey through the void, he endured the Gale Wind with his phoenix bone and stopped to rest in a fortified mechanism hut after his power reserves ran low.

• Lu Xuan harvested ten Star Fruits and gained four Star Fighting Flags, two Star Constellation Free Contemplation Method insight packs, three Star River Formation Diagram experience packs, and Fallen Star Iron.
• Lu Xuan asked Daoist Mu to collect the Star Fruits and bring him more Star Fruit Spirit Seeds.
• Lu Xuan chose five seventh-grade Spirit Plants and two rare sixth-grade Spirit Plants to transplant to the Defective Grotto-heaven, leaving the Azure Dragon Wood and Azure Wood Spirit Thunder Vines behind.
• Lu Xuan placed the selected Spirit Plants in the Gluttony Insect Pouch, instructed the Grass Puppet to guard the cave mansion, and set out for the Defective Grotto-heaven.
• Lu Xuan crossed the void using his Chiding Thunder Wing and Purification Glazed Red Phoenix Bone, but the Gale Wind consumed much of his Spiritual Power and Origin Energy.
• Lu Xuan enlarged a mechanism hut into a fortified safe house and stopped to rest inside.

Lu Xuan settled high-grade Spirit Plants in the Defective Grotto-heaven and protected them with a Defective Star Fighting Grand Formation. He then visited Thousand Treasure True River to learn how to fish for its treasures from Shi Zichen.

• Lu Xuan traveled through the void, slew several Fifth and Sixth Grade Star Beasts, and collected their Demon Pills and corpses.
• Lu Xuan planted his high-grade Spirit Plants in the Defective Grotto-heaven using Gen Kun Wu Earth and the required cultivation treasures.
• Lu Xuan deployed five Star Fighting Flags to form a defensive array over the Defective Grotto-heaven.
• After half a month, Lu Xuan went to Thousand Treasure True River and found Shi Zichen fishing there.
• Shi Zichen explained that fishing the river's treasures depended on the fishing spot, timing, gear, bait, and the cultivator's body and divine soul.
• Lu Xuan offered Shi Zichen a bottle of Jade Cleansing Spirit Dew and asked him to explain the fishing particulars in detail.

Lu Xuan learned the risks and techniques of fishing for treasures in the Thousand Treasure True River from Shi Zichen and decided to try it himself. Shi Zichen directed him to the Fish Shopkeeper’s shop downstream, where Lu Xuan planned to buy fishing gear before returning.

• Lu Xuan offered Shi Zichen Jade Cleansing Spirit Dew, and Shi Zichen accepted it to drink later.
• Shi Zichen explained how fishing spots, spirit tides, rods, lines, nets, bait, and a cultivator’s strength and Spiritual Sense affected treasure fishing.
• Shi Zichen warned Lu Xuan not to neglect cultivation and revealed he fished because he had little hope of advancing to Nascent Soul.
• Lu Xuan asked where to buy fishing equipment, and Shi Zichen directed him to the Fish Shopkeeper’s shop eight hundred li downstream.
• Lu Xuan said he would buy fishing gear and return to meet Shi Zichen.

Lu Xuan visited the Fish Shopkeeper’s spatial hut by the Thousand Treasure True River and bought basic fishing tools. He returned toward Shi Zichen, considering how fishing might let him identify what had taken his bait without using Spiritual Sense.

• Lu Xuan traveled down the Thousand Treasure True River and found the Fish Shopkeeper’s wooden hut.
• Lu Xuan examined the fishing equipment and chose an Ink Jade Spirit Rod, Ice Silkworm Silk, an Agarwood Hook, and ordinary bait.
• Lu Xuan paid five hundred and thirty Middle Grade Spirit Stones, and the Fish Shopkeeper silently accepted the payment.
• After Lu Xuan left, the Fish Shopkeeper called him a decent fishing seedling.
• Lu Xuan headed back toward Shi Zichen and considered whether he could sense what had bitten his hook by probing with his mind.

Lu Xuan fished in the Thousand Treasure True River and learned from Shi Zichen about its dangerous waters and the instincts of the creatures living there. After tailoring his bait to attract a Dark Underworld Fish, he landed the Fourth Grade spirit fish, leaving Shi Zichen envious.

• Lu Xuan set up his fishing tackle near Shi Zichen and asked how intelligent creatures in the True River could be caught with bait.
• Shi Zichen explained that the river had reduced the creatures’ intelligence to basic instincts and warned Lu Xuan not to enter the water.
• After three fruitless days, Lu Xuan sensed a Dark Underworld Fish near his hook and learned it was drawn to Yin-aligned and water-aligned treasures.
• Lu Xuan mixed Ice Firefly Grass and Ink Yin Spring into his bait, then cast his hook back into the river.
• When the Dark Underworld Fish took the hook, Lu Xuan pulled it ashore as Shi Zichen recognized the catch and watched with envy.

Lu Xuan caught three Dark Underworld Fish in less than half a month, while Shi Zichen watched with growing envy. Lu Xuan gave Shi Zichen one fish and left the river to tend the Spirit Plants in his Cave Mansion, leaving Shi to take over his fishing spot.

• Lu Xuan caught a second Dark Underworld Fish, and Shi Zichen shifted his fishing spot closer to Lu Xuan.
• Lu Xuan caught a third Dark Underworld Fish on the tenth day, and Shi Zichen admitted he felt unbalanced but held no ill will.
• Lu Xuan considered keeping his special bait-making ability secret and upgrading his fishing gear, then decided to leave after five more days without catching another Dark Underworld Fish.
• Lu Xuan gave Shi Zichen one of his Dark Underworld Fish and said his Spirit Plants needed attention.
• Lu Xuan flew away, and Shi Zichen moved to Lu Xuan's former fishing spot.

Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion, fed his spirit beasts, and tended his spirit plants while waiting for several to mature. Harvesting a Fifth Grade Myriad Manifestation Grass rewarded him with a Sixth Grade Spirit Transformation Talisman, whose bodily enhancement gave him an idea for stacking its effects.

• Lu Xuan returned to the Cave Mansion and welcomed his spirit beasts with a feast of Dark Underworld Fish and Spirit Brew.
• Lu Xuan tended the spirit plants, then sent Communication Talismans to Daoist Mu and Wen Qian to request spirit bamboo and Star Fruit seeds.
• After more than half a month, Lu Xuan harvested a mature Myriad Manifestation Grass and learned it could help purify spirit beasts' bloodlines.
• Lu Xuan claimed the White Light Orb's reward, a Sixth Grade Spirit Transformation Talisman that could summon a Demonic Beast spirit or transform its user into a stronger half-demon form.
• Lu Xuan wondered how powerful he would become if he stacked ten or even a hundred Spirit Transformation Talismans.