Chapter Summaries

After the General Store prospered, Lu Xuan returned to cultivating spirit plants and harvested mature Thousand Thunder Sword Grass. He continued trying to improve the grass to Fifth Grade and began fusing a restored Thunder Peng Feather into his Chiding Thunder Wing.

• Lu Xuan left the General Store in Wen Qian and the others’ hands after it had been open for nearly half a month, then harvested more than twenty mature Thousand Thunder Sword Grass.
• The harvest gave Lu Xuan Thunderous Sword Galls, Still True Sword Liquid, and pieces of a second Thousand Thunder Sword Formation set.
• Lu Xuan inspected the Thousand Thunder Sword Grass seeds he had been trying to improve, but found no sign of mutation after more than half a year of cultivation.
• Lu Xuan considered asking Sword Master for a Sword Dao Treasure Land to help nourish the seeds, then replenished the lightning restriction surrounding the Yangxuan Sword Sheath.
• Lu Xuan began upgrading the Chiding Thunder Wing by enveloping it and the restored Seventh Grade Thunder Peng Feather in Golden Core fire.

Lu Xuan continued cultivating his plants and refining pills while discussing the Sword Peak Competition with Ge Pu. Ge Pu explained that Lu Xuan’s talents could make him an important contributor, and the chapter ended with the competition approaching.

• Lu Xuan completed the initial fusion of the Thunder Peng Feather and Chiding Thunder Wing, refined a furnace of Five Elements Pills, and inspected his growing Spirit Plants.
• Ge Pu visited Lu Xuan for Spirit Brew and told him Jian Wuxia remained in secluded cultivation while Huo Liner had left to guard a damaged blessed land.
• Ge Pu explained that Huo Liner might be eager to catch up with his peers after falling behind in cultivation, especially compared with Lu Xuan’s rapid rise.
• Ge Pu told Lu Xuan that the Nine Sword Peaks would soon hold their thirty-year Sword Peak Competition, where rankings would determine the distribution of cultivation resources.
• Lu Xuan questioned why a Spirit Plant Master would participate, but Ge Pu insisted his skills in Spirit Plants, Spirit Brew, and Talisman Crafting could help him shine.

Lu Xuan learned how the Sword Peak Competition judged the peaks and what the Spirit Plant Masters’ contest involved. Chen Jing then urged him to help improve Still True Sword Peak’s standings, leaving Lu feeling as if the peak’s hopes rested on him.

• Ge Pu explained that the competition assessed each peak’s achievements over thirty years, immediate strength, and results in the Hundred Arts of Cultivation.
• Lu Xuan declined to compete in combat, deciding instead to focus on spirit plants, talisman crafting, and other cultivation arts where he excelled.
• Ge Pu described how Spirit Plant Masters would be judged through plant cultivation tests, spells and knowledge assessments, and a time-accelerated Illusionary Realm.
• Chen Jing visited Lu Xuan and said Still True Sword Peak’s repeated last-place rankings had harmed its resources and standing.
• Chen Jing entrusted Lu Xuan with helping raise Still True Sword Peak’s scores, and Lu Xuan privately wondered if he had become the hope of the whole village.

Lu Xuan met with Sword Master Hai Zhen before joining Still True Sword Peak at the Sword Peak Competition, where the peak hoped to improve its last-place ranking. At the start of the spirit wine contest, the judges praised Lu Xuan’s brewing and his Still True Sword Liquid, leaving the other Spirit Wine Masters feeling overshadowed.

• Sword Master Hai Zhen encouraged Lu Xuan to compete without feeling pressured and explained how strong results could benefit him and Still True Sword Peak.
• Two months later, Lu Xuan joined Still True Sword Peak at the Sword Palace and saw that it ranked ninth among the Nine Sword Peaks.
• The competition began, and Lu Xuan watched the disciples fight before returning to his Cave Mansion to rest.
• Lu Xuan arrived for the spirit wine competition and greeted its three Nascent Soul judges.
• The judges recognized Lu Xuan’s high-grade spirit wines and praised his Still True Sword Liquid, while the other Spirit Wine Masters wondered if the contest had become a meet-and-greet.

Lu Xuan entered the Profound Cave Sword Sect's spirit wine contest and impressed the Nascent Soul judges with his skill brewing Ice Marrow Spirit Wine and Still True Sword Liquid. After the other contestants received their scores, Lu Xuan was awarded Grade A Top, leaving him with the contest's highest announced rank.

• Lu Xuan joined the other contestants as the Sword Palace explained the contest rules and provided brewing materials.
• Lu Xuan brewed four portions of Ice Marrow Spirit Wine from five sets of materials, drawing the judges' admiration.
• Lu Xuan brewed three portions of Still True Sword Liquid after successfully processing all five sets of ingredients.
• After the contestants finished brewing, the judges announced their scores, including Grade A Low for Liang Yun and Xu Yi.
• The young man announced that Lu Xuan had earned Grade A Top.

After earning Grade A Top in the Spirit Brew contest, Lu Xuan entered the Talismans Crafting contest and received Grade A Middle. His unexpected result stunned the other Sword Peak disciples, and the chapter ended with them wondering where Still True Sword Peak’s talented Talisman Master had come from.

• Lu Xuan earned Grade A Top in the Spirit Brew contest, and Sword Master Hai Zhen and Yuan Rong praised his performance.
• After resting for a day, Lu Xuan entered the Talismans Crafting contest alongside Talisman Masters from the Nine Great Sword Peaks.
• Lu Xuan drew Wind Lightning, Great Sun, and Profound Yin Sword Talismans, while Ji Changhai of Heaven Talisman Sword Peak produced a Seventh Grade Talisman.
• The Sword Palace announced Ji Changhai as Grade A Top and Lu Xuan as Grade A Middle, prompting astonishment at Still True Sword Peak’s unexpected result.

Lu Xuan declined Ji Changhai’s invitation to join Heaven Talisman Sword Peak and prepared for the spirit plant competition at Still True Sword Peak. He entered the Tai Xu Mirror’s Illusionary Realm, where the vast garden of plants he had cultivated drew an unusually strong pull on the judges’ divided spiritual thoughts.

• Ji Changhai invited Lu Xuan to study at Heaven Talisman Sword Peak, but Lu Xuan politely declined and stayed with Still True Sword Peak.
• Ye Lingkong escorted Lu Xuan back, pleased with his talisman competition score and determined to keep other Sword Peaks from recruiting him.
• Two days later, Sword Master Hai Zhen sent Lu Xuan to the spirit plant competition, where Shang Xiuyuan explained how the Tai Xu Mirror’s tests worked.
• Lu Xuan entered an Illusionary Realm and found a Medicine Garden filled with more than a hundred varieties of spirit plants he had cultivated.
• Six Nascent Soul elders sent divided spiritual thoughts into the mirrors, and one elder was surprised when Lu Xuan’s Illusionary Realm drew in far more spiritual thought than the others.

Lu Xuan faced the Sword Palace Elders’ examination in the Tai Xu Mirror, demonstrating exceptional spirit-plant knowledge and cultivation skill. He then devoted himself to raising ten rare spirit plants in the accelerated Illusionary Realm, leaving the elders impressed by his enduring dedication.

• A Sword Palace Elder questioned Lu Xuan’s claims about the spirit plants he had cultivated, and another explained that the elders would test his knowledge and skill.
• Lu Xuan used the Spirit Rain Technique, Earth Guidance Art, and Wood Genesis Art with precision to meet the needs of different spirit plants.
• Lu Xuan correctly diagnosed pests and cultivation problems, answered the elders’ questions, and impressed them with his comprehensive expertise.
• The elders gave Lu Xuan ten rare spirit seeds and asked him to cultivate them in the Tai Xu Mirror’s accelerated Illusionary Realm.
• Lu Xuan immersed himself in raising the spirit plants, and the elders praised his sincere devotion to cultivation.

Lu Xuan emerged last from the spirit plant competition’s Illusionary Realm and earned the top score, surpassing Ten Thousand Crane True Lord. His result impressed Jian Hai Zhen, who expected it to help Still True Sword Peak rise in the rankings.

• Shang Xiuyuan returned from the Illusionary Realm and learned that Lu Xuan was still inside.
• After nearly half an hour, Lu Xuan emerged, and the Tai Xu Mirrors shattered as the six Sword Palace Nascent Soul Elders appeared.
• The competition results awarded Lu Xuan Grade A Top, while Ten Thousand Crane True Lord received Grade A Middle.
• Ye Lingkong congratulated Lu Xuan and brought him to Jian Hai Zhen, who praised his three First Class scores and awaited the rankings.

Lu Xuan chose not to reveal any more of his cultivation skills and went with Ye Lingkong to watch the combat arts competition. Meanwhile, the Sword Masters learned that Lu Xuan was responsible for Still True Sword Peak’s three top logistics results, and the peak rose to seventh place in the Sword Peak Competition.

• Lu Xuan decided that his three First Class ratings were enough to demonstrate his value and agreed to watch the combat arts competition with Ye Lingkong.
• Jian Hai Zhen joined the other Sword Masters and discussed Still True Sword Peak’s improved spirit plants and Lu Xuan’s achievements in spirit plants, spirit brews, and talismans.
• Jian Hai Zhen revealed that the spirit plant improvements and all three First Class ratings came from the same disciple, Lu Xuan.
• Chongxu Sword Master asked to recruit Lu Xuan, but Jian Hai Zhen refused to give up his valuable disciple.
• Sword Boy announced the rankings: Void Piercing Sword Peak placed first, Hundred Crafts Sword Peak second, Heaven Talisman Sword Peak sixth, and Still True Sword Peak seventh.
• The Sword Masters congratulated Jian Hai Zhen as Still True Sword Peak rose two places from its previous ranking.

After Still True Sword Peak rose two places in the Sword Peak Competition, Jian Hai Zhen visited Lu Xuan and offered him a reward for his major contributions. Lu Xuan requested a sword-qi-rich place to cultivate a new Fifth Grade Sword Grass, and Jian Hai Zhen gave him access to a Cave Mansion at Heart Sword Lake.

• Purple Firmament Sword Master and the other Sword Masters discussed Still True Sword Peak's improved ranking, while Hai Zhen celebrated its rise from last place.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion and tended his Spirit Plants as the White Ape sparred with the Spirit Beasts.
• Jian Hai Zhen and several Nascent Soul Cultivators told Lu Xuan that Still True Sword Peak had risen two places and praised his contributions to the competition.
• Lu Xuan asked for a sword-qi-rich treasure land where he could try to improve a new variety of Fifth Grade Sword Grass.
• Jian Hai Zhen granted Lu Xuan a Cave Mansion at Heart Sword Lake and promised high-tier pills and a Seventh Grade Sword Grass Spirit Seed as further rewards.

After the Sword Peak Competition, Lu Xuan dealt with his growing fame and welcomed visitors seeking to exchange knowledge about spirit plants. Jian Hai Zhen sent him the promised rewards, including a Seventh Grade Free and Immeasurable Sword Grass seed, which Lu Xuan planted in his Spirit Field.

• Lu Xuan reflected on the benefits he had gained from the competition and on how his rising reputation could help him obtain rare spirit seeds and treasures.
• Ge Pu and Jian Wuxia visited Lu Xuan and remarked on his newfound fame among the Nine Great Sword Peaks.
• Ten Thousand Crane True Lord and cultivators from Clear Micro Sword Peak visited, exchanged spirit-plant cultivation insights with Lu Xuan, and then departed.
• Lu Xuan decided to have White Ape screen future visitors as he coped with the steady stream of people seeking to meet him.
• Jian Hai Zhen sent Lu Xuan Fifth Grade Primal Spirit Pills, a key to Heart Sword Lake, the Free and Immeasurable Sword Grass seed, and the first half of the Boundless Free Sword Scripture.
• Lu Xuan identified the seed as a Seventh Grade spirit plant and planted the Free and Immeasurable Sword Grass in his Spirit Field.

Lu Xuan explored a sword-qi treasure land in Heart Sword Lake, then spent six years cultivating spirit plants until the last Little Tree Nymph advanced and a Fifth Grade Thunder Sound Sword Grass matured. Harvesting it granted him the Sword Qi Thunder Sound divine ability, which shook his sea of consciousness with thunder.

• Lu Xuan planted the Free and Immeasurable Sword Grass, swallowed a Primal Spirit Pill, and used the broken sword tip to enter Heart Sword Lake’s depths.
• Lu Xuan reached the small courtyard’s Sword Qi Treasure Land and left the Yangxuan Sword Sheath and Thousand Thunder Sword Grass Spirit Seed there to undergo induced mutation.
• Lu Xuan returned to his cave mansion and spent six years peacefully cultivating spirit plants while the storm over the Sword Peak Competition subsided.
• The last Little Tree Nymph advanced to Fifth Grade, and Lu Xuan received a Green Condensation Dew Formula experience pack from its White Light Orb.
• Lu Xuan harvested a mature Fifth Grade Thunder Sound Sword Grass and obtained the Sword Qi Thunder Sound divine ability.

Lu Xuan mastered Sword Qi Thunder Sound and surveyed his thriving high-grade sword grasses and other spirit plants. Bai Li Jian Qing visited with the shop’s Sword Seals, announced his breakthrough to Foundation Establishment Late Stage, and received Green Condensation Dew and Lu Xuan’s promise of future help with Core Formation.

• Lu Xuan mastered the entry-level Sword Qi Thunder Sound and considered revealing his sword abilities at the next Sword Peak Competition.
• Lu Xuan inspected the mature Fifth Grade sword grasses, the rapidly maturing Sixth Grade Star Shifting Sun Changing Sword Grass, the growing Seventh Grade Free and Immeasurable Sword Grass, and the Primal Spirit Ginsengs.
• Bai Li Jian Qing brought Lu Xuan ten thousand Sword Seals from the shop, and Lu Xuan confirmed the amount.
• Bai Li Jian Qing told Lu Xuan he had reached Foundation Establishment Late Stage, crediting the Primal Spirit Ginseng Lu Xuan had given him.
• Lu Xuan gave Bai Li Jian Qing Green Condensation Dew and promised him another gift to support his advancement to Core Formation.

Lu Xuan reunited with Huo Liner, who described the dangers of guarding a distant blessed land and the perils beyond the sword sect’s reach. After Huo Liner left, Lu Xuan harvested a mature White Bone Killing Sword Grass and received the Sixth Grade Seven Kill Sword, adding a potent weapon to his collection.

• Lu Xuan gave Bai Li Jian Qing Spirit Brews, Sword Talismans, and other Treasures to take back to the shop, then reflected that recruiting more people had made his work easier.
• Huo Liner visited Lu Xuan after returning from a sect mission and congratulated him on his three First Class evaluations in the Sword Peak Competition.
• Huo Liner told Lu Xuan that rival factions had threatened the blessed land he guarded and warned him that dangerous, lawless places existed beyond the sword sect’s control.
• Lu Xuan harvested a mature Fifth Grade White Bone Killing Sword Grass from his Spirit Field.
• Lu Xuan opened the White Light Orb and received the Sixth Grade Seven Kill Sword, whose killing intent could disrupt opponents and stiffen their flesh and blood.

Lu Xuan harvested a Fifth Grade Primal Spirit Ginseng and gained the Primal Spirit Pill Elixir Recipe, then prepared to share his talisman-crafting knowledge with fellow disciples. The chapter ended as he welcomed the attendees to the exchange gathering and Ye Lingkong urged everyone to listen respectfully.

• Lu Xuan decided to sell ordinary flying swords and sword grasses, while saving the Seven Kill Sword to reward the Yangxuan Sword Sheath.
• Jin Zaigan and Ye Lingkong asked Lu Xuan to hold a talisman-crafting exchange gathering, and he agreed to discuss the sword talismans he knew.
• Lu Xuan harvested a Fifth Grade Primal Spirit Ginseng and received the Rank 5 Primal Spirit Pill Elixir Recipe from its light orb.
• Lu Xuan planned to gather more recipe experience and prepare for his Nascent Soul breakthrough.
• More than thirty disciples arrived for the gathering, and Ye Lingkong sat among them, asking them to treat Lu Xuan as a Talismans Dao Grandmaster.

Lu Xuan shared his sword talisman crafting knowledge with Still True Sword Peak cultivators. Meanwhile, Chen Qingshuang learned that her declining family might lose control of its mine and decided to seek help from Lu Xuan.

• Lu Xuan explained the crafting and control of several sword talismans, earning the gratitude of the Still True Sword Peak cultivators.
• Chen Yuqiu visited Chen Qingshuang and told her that the Zhang Family planned to seize the Chen Family's mine management rights.
• Chen Yuqiu explained that the Chen Family lacked the strength to compete with the rising Zhang Family and hoped to ask descendants of an ancestor's old friend for help.
• Chen Qingshuang remembered Lu Xuan's offer to help if she ever faced trouble and took out the Communication Talisman she had never used.
• Chen Qingshuang told Chen Yuqiu that she might have a way to help the clan.

Chen Qingshuang brought Chen Yuqiu to Lu Xuan to ask for help protecting the Chen Family’s mine from the Zhang Family, and Lu Xuan agreed to speak with them. After Wan Zhong summoned Zhang Xiao Zhi, Zhang realized the Chen Family had arrived with Lu Xuan’s backing and dreaded the consequences of his clan’s plans.

• Chen Yuqiu questioned Chen Qingshuang about Lu Xuan’s reputation and promise to help the Chen Family.
• Chen Yuqiu explained that the Zhang Family was trying to seize a mine traditionally managed by the Chen Family, and Lu Xuan agreed to intervene.
• Lu Xuan took Chen Qingshuang and Chen Yuqiu to Void Piercing Sword Peak to meet Zhang Xiao Zhi, but Wan Zhong intercepted them and invited them to his Cave Mansion.
• Wan Zhong summoned Zhang Xiao Zhi, who arrived and recognized Chen Yuqiu and Chen Qingshuang.
• Zhang Xiao Zhi realized why the Chen family members had come and feared the trouble his clan leader had brought upon him.

Lu Xuan helped resolve the dispute between the Chen and Zhang families over a mine, and Zhang Xiao Zhi promised the Zhang Family would apologize and make amends. Chen Yuqiu and Chen Qingshuang thanked Lu Xuan and offered him a reward, leaving him with a fifth-grade Jade Token connected to Chen Xiaobai.

• Wan Zhong introduced Lu Xuan’s business with Zhang Xiao Zhi, who confirmed his ties to the Chen Family.
• Lu Xuan raised the Zhang Family’s attempt to take the Chen Family’s mine, and Zhang Xiao Zhi promised to stop the encroachment and arrange an apology and compensation.
• Chen Yuqiu accepted Zhang Xiao Zhi’s assurances, ending the dispute, and Zhang Xiao Zhi left to inform his family.
• Chen Yuqiu and Chen Qingshuang thanked Lu Xuan at his cave mansion and offered him one hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones and Chen Xiaobai’s fifth-grade Jade Token.
• Lu Xuan declined the Spirit Stones but accepted the Jade Token as a keepsake.

Lu Xuan harvested a Thunder Sound Sword Grass and a Primal Spirit Ginseng, strengthening his sword ability and advancing his cultivation before revealing his Core Formation Completion realm to Yuan Rong. Yuan Rong congratulated him and offered guidance and support as he prepared to pursue the Nascent Soul Realm.

• Chen Yuqiu gave Lu Xuan a Fifth Grade Jade Token and promised the Chen Family would help him, and Lu Xuan planned to use the token to draw out the Sword Soul in Heart Sword Lake.
• Lu Xuan harvested a Fifth Grade Thunder Sound Sword Grass and gained deeper mastery of Sword Qi Thunder Sound, then tested its increased power on a boulder.
• Lu Xuan harvested a mature Fifth Grade Primal Spirit Ginseng and received fifty years of cultivation, bringing him closer to Nascent Soul.
• Lu Xuan told Yuan Rong that his cultivation had reached a critical juncture, and Yuan Rong sensed that he had attained Core Formation Completion.
• Lu Xuan explained his breakthrough by citing his cultivation routine and a bottle of fifth-grade Primal Spirit Pills from the Sword Master, and Yuan Rong offered to advise him about advancing to Nascent Soul.