Chapter Summaries

Jian Hai Zhen submitted two newly improved Fourth Grade sword spirit plants to the Spirit Plant Hall for verification and reward. Meanwhile, Lu Xuan completed the Heaven Sword Sect’s identity and aptitude checks and passed a final inspection for evil influences.

• Jian Hai Zhen presented the Thousand Thunder Sword Grass and Small Profound Cave Sword Gourd to Li Xuanchen for examination.
• Li Xuanchen confirmed the plants’ unusual qualities and said the Spirit Plant Hall would require seeds and the seed-condensation method before completing its verification.
• Ye Lingkong praised the new varieties, questioned their origin, and tried to recruit their Spirit Plant Master for Void Piercing Sword Peak.
• Yuan Rong brought Lu Xuan through the Heaven Sword Sect’s identity and aptitude checks, which he passed using his old identity token and sword arts.
• A Nascent Soul elder examined Lu Xuan with a Bronze Ancient Mirror and found almost no demonic, evil, or bloody aura within him.

Lu Xuan became an Inner Sect Disciple of the Profound Cave Sword Sect and received a major reward for presenting two improved spirit plants and their Seed Condensation Methods. Elsewhere, Ge Pu visited Huo Liner and told him that Lu Xuan had returned to the sect.

• Lu Xuan completed his identity verification, received his disciple token and standard equipment, and returned to Still True Sword Peak with Yuan Rong.
• Jian Hai Zhen introduced Lu Xuan to Spirit Plant Hall elders Li Xuanchen and Gu Yun, who examined his Spirit Seeds and began verifying his Seed Condensation Methods.
• Lu Xuan presented the methods for the Thousand Thunder Sword Grass and Small Profound Cave Sword Gourd, and Li Xuanchen awarded him ten thousand Sword Seals with promises of further rewards.
• Ge Pu visited Huo Liner and told him that Lu Xuan had returned to the Profound Cave Sword Sect as an Inner Sect Disciple.

Huo Liner learned that Lu Xuan had become a Late Stage Core Formation cultivator and agreed to attend a reunion with their former fellow disciples. Lu Xuan chose a Cave Mansion on Still True Sword Peak near Heart Sword Lake and received Sword Grass Spirit Seeds, including a new Fifth Grade variety.

• Ge Pu told Huo Liner that Lu Xuan had joined Still True Sword Peak as an Inner Sect Disciple and reached Late Stage Core Formation, leaving Huo Liner shocked and envious.
• Ge Pu invited Huo Liner to a gathering celebrating Lu Xuan's arrival, and Huo Liner agreed to attend.
• Yuan Rong showed Lu Xuan a Cave Mansion near Heart Sword Lake, explained the lake's Sword Qi spirit liquid and Sword Grass Spirit Seeds, and Lu Xuan chose the residence.
• Yuan Rong gave Lu Xuan thirty Third and Fourth Grade Sword Grass Spirit Seeds and ten Fifth Grade seeds as rewards from Still True Sword Peak.
• Lu Xuan identified four of the Fifth Grade seeds as Thunder Sound Sword Grass, which could shake the mind and seize the soul when activated.

Lu Xuan settled into the Profound Cave Sword Sect, planted the Sword Grass Spirit Seeds Sword Master Hai Zhen had gifted him, and planned which cultivation method and sword arts to choose. At a reunion hosted by Ge Pu, he caught up with former Heaven Sword Sect disciples and prepared to return Jian Wuxia’s sword plants and give Huo Liner a Saint Infant Pill.

• Yuan Rong told Lu Xuan the sword peak would provide High-Grade Sword Grass Spirit Seeds, and he planted the gifted seeds behind his Cave Mansion.
• Lu Xuan decided to choose the Five Elements Profound Art and several sword arts suited to cultivating Sword Grass.
• Ge Pu invited Lu Xuan to a gathering at his Cave Mansion, where former Heaven Sword Sect disciples welcomed and congratulated him on reaching Late Stage Core Formation.
• Lu Xuan reunited with Huo Liner and Jian Wuxia and told them he had brought her White Bone Killing Sword Grass and damaged Sword Peacock to the Sword Sect.
• Lu Xuan offered to return Jian Wuxia’s sword plants and give Huo Liner a Saint Infant Pill to help with his coming breakthrough to Core Formation.

Lu Xuan settled into Profound Cave Sword Sect, rewarded Jian Wuxia with the mature White Bone Killing Sword Grass and gave Huo Liner a Saint Infant Pill. After visiting former Heaven Sword Sect seniors, he met three Spirit Plant Masters from Still True Sword Peak, who asked to learn from him.

• Lu Xuan gave Jian Wuxia the Fifth Grade White Bone Killing Sword Grass and received two hundred Sword Seals in payment.
• Lu Xuan gifted Huo Liner a Fifth Grade Saint Infant Pill to help with his next attempt at Core Formation, and Huo Liner promised to repay him with rare Spirit Seeds.
• Ge Pu discussed the former Heaven Sword Sect disciples' need to support one another, and Lu Xuan agreed to visit their Nascent Soul True Lords.
• Lu Xuan visited the former Heaven Sword Sect Nascent Soul True Lords with Ge Pu, then spent his time cultivating Sword Grasses and learning about Profound Cave Sword Sect.
• Shang Xiuyuan, Yu Qiushui, and Guo Shan visited Lu Xuan and asked him to share his Spirit Plant Master expertise.

Lu Xuan accepted Shang Xiuyuan, Yu Qiushui, and Guo Shan’s invitation to inspect their Sword Grass and diagnosed the cause of Guo Shan’s damaged Azure Lotus Sword Grass. After giving Guo Shan advice on how to save it, Lu Xuan earned the others’ respect, and Yu Qiushui and Shang Xiuyuan asked him to inspect their spirit plants as well.

• Shang Xiuyuan invited Lu Xuan to examine the group’s Sword Grass, and Lu Xuan agreed despite sensing that the invitation also tested his abilities.
• Guo Shan showed Lu Xuan his damaged Azure Lotus Sword Grass and explained that it had been absorbing Sword Qi poorly and developing cracks.
• Lu Xuan diagnosed that Guo Shan had overfed the plant with Sword Qi that was not pure enough, harming its foundation.
• Lu Xuan advised Guo Shan to reduce the Sword Qi and use spirit rain and mild Spirit Spring to help the Azure Lotus Sword Grass recover.
• Guo Shan thanked Lu Xuan, while Shang Xiuyuan and Yu Qiushui praised his expertise and asked him to inspect their spirit plants.

Lu Xuan identified why Shang Xiuyuan’s Geng Metal Sword Grass was declining and taught him and the others how spirit soil’s elemental properties could affect spirit plants. He then visited the Sword Palace’s Spirit Plant Hall and discovered that it had Primal Spirit Ginseng seeds.

• Lu Xuan inspected Yu Qiushui’s Spirit Field, corrected problems with her spirit plants, and then followed Shang Xiuyuan to his field.
• Lu Xuan determined that the fire-attribute Burning Flame Soil was harming Shang Xiuyuan’s metal-attribute Geng Metal Sword Grass and advised him to replant it elsewhere.
• Lu Xuan explained the influence of elemental relationships between spirit soil and spirit plants, earning the gratitude of Shang Xiuyuan and the others.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion, then went to the Sword Palace’s Spirit Plant Hall to browse its records of high-grade spirit seeds.
• Lu Xuan found records of Primal Spirit Ginseng seeds among the Fifth and Sixth Grade spirit plants.

Lu Xuan examined the Profound Cave Sword Sect’s Spirit Seed listings and decided which rare plants to acquire with his Sword Seals. He selected two Primal Spirit Ginseng seeds and planned to buy several powerful Sixth Grade sword grasses before approaching a Late Stage Core Formation Sword Cultivator.

• Lu Xuan marked two Primal Spirit Ginseng Spirit Seeds for exchange, despite their high price of three hundred Sword Seals each.
• Lu Xuan reviewed the Rank 5 Spirit Seeds and favored Sword Grass because its Light Orb rewards were especially generous.
• Lu Xuan examined the Sixth Grade offerings, recognized the Star Shifting Sun Changing Sword Grass, and decided to obtain its seed for one thousand one hundred Sword Seals.
• Lu Xuan discovered the Azure Profound Flourishing Wither Sword Grass, a set of seven plants that could form a sword formation capable of killing a Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator, and resolved to plant them.
• Lu Xuan calculated that the two Primal Spirit Ginseng seeds, the Star Shifting Sun Changing Sword Grass, and seven Azure Profound Flourishing Wither Sword Grass seeds would exceed his ten thousand Sword Seals, then went to speak with a Late Stage Core Formation Sword Cultivator.

Lu Xuan exchanged Sword Seals for rare spirit seeds, planted them, and spent two months cultivating plants and building relationships in the Sword Sect. He visited the Old Sword Flood Dragon with Still True Sword Liquid and asked where the Heaven Sword Sect’s former guardian spirit beasts were.

• Lu Xuan exchanged 8,700 Sword Seals with Song Wanxue for two Primal Spirit Ginseng seeds, one Star Shifting Sun Changing Sword Grass seed, and seven Azure Profound Flourishing Wither Sword Grass seeds.
• Lu Xuan planted the nine seeds in his Spirit Field and decided to learn entry-level Sword Arts to nourish the two kinds of Sword Grass.
• Over the next two months, Lu Xuan cultivated his spirit plants, practiced cultivation methods, brewed Still True Sword Liquid, and socialized with fellow disciples.
• Lu Xuan nourished his sprouted Sword Grasses and used Sword Qi to begin forming a Sword Formation within the Azure Profound Flourishing Wither Sword Grass seeds.
• Lu Xuan brought Still True Sword Liquid to the Old Sword Flood Dragon and asked about the whereabouts of the White Jade Sky Supporting Ape, Mystic Sky Luan Bird, and Old Dragon Turtle.

Lu Xuan visited the sword sect’s blessed land to find spirit beasts from his past and reunited with the White Jade Sky Supporting Ape. He learned the Old White Ape had died and left the younger ape wondering whether Lu Xuan’s Cave Mansion needed a guardian.

• Old Sword Flood Dragon gave Lu Xuan a token to inquire about the spirit beasts and enter the sect’s blessed land.
• At the Spirit Beast Hall, Lu Xuan learned the Mystic Sky Luan Bird had become a Nascent Soul cultivator’s mount, while the White Jade Sky Supporting Ape and Old Dragon Turtle lived in the blessed land.
• A young woman escorted Lu Xuan into the blessed land, where he learned the Old White Ape had died and the younger White Jade Sky Supporting Ape was known for fighting other beasts.
• Lu Xuan reunited with the White Jade Sky Supporting Ape, which was surprised to find that his cultivation had surpassed its own.
• Lu Xuan offered the little ape rare lotus seeds and Ape Demon Wine, prompting it to ask whether his Cave Mansion needed a spirit beast to guard it.

Lu Xuan reunited with the White Jade Sky Supporting Ape and Old Dragon Turtle at the Profound Cave Sword Sect, offering gifts and catching up with both. The chapter ended with Old Dragon Turtle asking him to update its limited collection of films.

• Xiao Bai Ape ate Lu Xuan’s spirit fruits and Ape Demon Wine, then asked to become his guardian spirit beast.
• Lu Xuan learned that a willing spirit beast could pass the Spirit Beast Hall’s test to become a disciple’s spirit pet, and Xiao Bai Ape agreed to follow him.
• Lu Xuan visited Old Dragon Turtle, who had foreseen his arrival and welcomed him into its underwater Cave Mansion.
• Old Dragon Turtle told Lu Xuan that it had been using the Scripture of Utmost Bliss and Bewitching Sound Pearl he had given it, but wanted new films because it had watched the same ones for years.

Lu Xuan toured the Spirit Beast Hall’s blessed land, then brought the White Jade Sky Supporting Ape back to Still True Sword Peak after the beast agreed to become his companion. Xiao Bai Ape settled into Lu Xuan’s Cave Mansion and gave him three Mind Ape Fruit Spirit Seeds, allowing him to eventually brew Ape Demon Wine.

• Lu Xuan promised Old Dragon Turtle he might find upgraded Treasures and toured the blessed land with a young woman from the Spirit Beast Hall, giving her a bottle of Green Condensation Dew.
• After the Nascent Soul True Lords confirmed the White Jade Sky Supporting Ape’s willingness, Lu Xuan took the beast under his command and brought it to Still True Sword Peak.
• Xiao Bai Ape admired Lu Xuan’s spacious Cave Mansion and boasted that it would become the boss of his other spirit beasts.
• Xiao Bai Ape gave Lu Xuan three Mind Ape Fruit Spirit Seeds, and Lu Xuan promised it a share of the Ape Demon Wine he could brew from them.

Lu Xuan agreed to craft talismans and spirit brew for the Sword Peak in exchange for Sword Seals, then visited the sect market to sell sword-related treasures. He sold two Small Profound Cave Sword Gourds to an eager disciple and left one aside for him while he went to gather more Sword Seals.

• Yuan Rong offered Lu Xuan free materials for talisman crafting and spirit brewing in exchange for finished goods and Sword Seals, and Lu Xuan accepted.
• Lu Xuan decided to earn more Sword Seals so he could exchange them for Seventh Grade sword grass spirit seeds.
• After asking Shang Xiuyuan for directions, Lu Xuan set up a stall in the sword sect's outer market with sword-related treasures.
• A Foundation Establishment disciple bought two Small Profound Cave Sword Gourds from Lu Xuan for 120 Sword Seals each.
• Lu Xuan agreed to reserve one of his remaining gourds while the disciple went to gather more Sword Seals.

Lu Xuan sold sword-path treasures to Sword Sect disciples, earning over three thousand Sword Seals. Mo Yuanfeng then told him that Heart Sword Lake would soon open and that he was qualified to enter, leaving Lu Xuan anticipating the treasures there while claiming he only hoped to gather Sword Qi spirit liquid and Sword Grass.

• Sword Sect disciples bought Lu Xuan's Small Profound Cave Sword Gourds, and a woman purchased a True Fiend Sword Talisman.
• Lu Xuan sold the Thunderous Sword Gall to a middle-aged cultivator who wanted to improve his daughter's sword Dao talent, honoring their agreement despite another disciple's late offer.
• Lu Xuan sold the rest of his sword-path wares, earned a little over three thousand Sword Seals, and returned to his cave mansion.
• Mo Yuanfeng visited Lu Xuan and told him that Heart Sword Lake would soon open and that he qualified to enter.
• Mo Yuanfeng described Heart Sword Lake's spirit liquid and sword-path treasures, while Lu Xuan said he hoped to collect spirit liquid and Sword Grass.

Lu Xuan entered Heart Sword Lake with the Still True Sword Peak disciples and searched its waters for sword-path treasures. He discovered valuable sword qi spirit fluid and caught a Tassel Fish as he explored the lake.

• Mo Yuanfeng gave Lu Xuan a Heart Lake Sword Hilt and explained how it could guide him through Heart Sword Lake and summon aid in an emergency.
• Lu Xuan joined six other Still True Sword Peak disciples at the gathering place, then entered Heart Sword Lake with over a hundred Sword Sect disciples.
• Lu Xuan used the Heart Lake Sword Hilt to head deeper into the lake and collected several hidden currents of superior sword qi spirit fluid.
• Lu Xuan caught a strange fish whose aura matched an Early Stage Core Formation cultivator and recognized it as a Tassel Fish formed from an old sword tassel.
• Lu Xuan fed the Tassel Fish a drop of sword qi spirit fluid.

Lu Xuan lured and captured more than thirty Tassel Fish in Heart Sword Lake, then stored them in the Yangxuan Sword Sheath. He continued exploring with Long Xingyu, who went to confront an approaching Chen Sword Master.

• Lu Xuan recognized the black-lined fish as Tassel Fish and used Sword Qi Undertow as bait to catch them.
• After more than two hours, Lu Xuan trapped over thirty Tassel Fish and fed them one by one into the Yangxuan Sword Sheath.
• Lu Xuan continued deeper into Heart Sword Lake, using Wind Lightning Sword Intent to shield himself from the pressure of the lake’s Sword Qi.
• Long Xingyu introduced himself and praised Lu Xuan’s swordsmanship, while Lu Xuan attributed his skill to cultivating Wind Lightning Sword Grass.
• Long Xingyu sensed a dangerous Chen Sword Master approaching and sent his Sword Pellet to attack it, telling Lu Xuan to wait aside.

Lu Xuan explored Heart Sword Lake after declining Long Xingyu’s invitation to travel together. He discovered and captured a Shadow Stone Sprite, then decided to seek out more.

• Long Xingyu defeated a Chen Sword Master and explained that its fragments would eventually gather and form a new one.
• Long Xingyu invited Lu Xuan to join him in hunting Sword Spirits, but Lu Xuan politely declined and continued exploring alone.
• Lu Xuan avoided another Chen Sword Master and searched the reef field for Shadow Stone Sprites using strands of sword intent.
• Lu Xuan sensed a Shadow Stone Sprite hiding in a reef, tracked it when it shifted to another rock, and captured it in his Gluttony Insect Pouch.
• Lu Xuan decided to catch more Shadow Stones to temper his swordsmanship or offer them to Sword Peak or other Sword Sect disciples.

Lu Xuan entered the center of Heart Sword Lake and found a Sword Soul in a grave, then used Still True Sword Liquid to draw it into a vision of its past. The Sword Soul’s memories ended with its dying wish for the Sword Sect to grow strong.

• Lu Xuan entered the central region of Heart Sword Lake, where the graves of Nascent Soul sword cultivators held powerful sword-path Treasures.
• Lu Xuan visited a grave and respectfully left Spirit Fruits and Hundred Fruit Spirit Nectar before its stele.
• Lu Xuan found a Sword Soul fused with a stone stele and offered it Still True Sword Liquid.
• Lu Xuan was drawn into the Sword Soul’s memories of its life, from joining the Sword Sect to becoming a Nascent Soul True Lord.
• As the Sword Soul neared death, it remembered the help it had received from the Sword Sect and formed the obsession, "Make our Sword Sect strong!"

Lu Xuan explored Heart Sword Lake, encountered the obsessions of four Nascent Soul sword souls, and gained valuable insights, spirit resources, and clues to a hidden Heaven Grotto. He left the lake with the other disciples, concealing most of his gains while hinting that he had found two Shadow Stones.

• Lu Xuan tried to resonate with a sword soul obsessed with strengthening the Sword Sect, but his words drew no response.
• Lu Xuan experienced a sword soul's regret over failing to revive his beloved, who had died at the hands of a Nascent Soul Evil Cultivator.
• Lu Xuan learned that two other sword souls longed for a descendant and regretted never entering a discovered Heaven Grotto, gaining clues that could help fulfill both obsessions.
• Lu Xuan reflected that experiencing the four Nascent Soul True Lords' lives could help his own future breakthrough, then followed the Heart Lake Sword Hilt's guidance out of Heart Sword Lake.
• Lu Xuan reunited with the Still True Sword Peak disciples and claimed he had gathered Sword Qi spirit liquid, caught a few Tassel Fish, and found two Shadow Stones.

After returning from Heart Sword Lake, Lu Xuan settled back into his cave abode and began raising Tassel Fish in a new Small Sword Pool. Two months later, Jin Zaigan delivered a Seventh-Grade Giant Sword Boat commissioned for Lu Xuan by Huan Zhen and the other Sword Peaks.

• Lu Xuan promised Still True Sword Peak disciples first priority if he sold his two Shadow Stones, then returned safely to his cave abode.
• Xiao Bai Ape welcomed Lu Xuan home, massaged him, and reported that Yu Qiushui had visited while he was away.
• Lu Xuan found the Shadow Stone Sprites gathered on one Reef Stone, redistributed them among the stones, and bound them with Restrictions.
• Lu Xuan made a pool for his Sword Qi Spirit Liquid and added Tassel Fish, naming it the Small Sword Pool.
• After two months of tending his Spirit Plants and keeping to his usual routine, Lu Xuan received Jin Zaigan, who delivered a Seventh-Grade Giant Sword Boat commissioned by Huan Zhen and other Sword Peak elders.