Chapter Summaries

Lu Xuan faced Zhuang Chunqiu in a Combat Arts match at Fire God Palace and proved far more formidable than the watching cultivators expected. After Zhuang Chunqiu tried to trigger the palace’s Restrictions, Lu Xuan restrained him, and a powerful figure removed the defeated cultivator.

• Yan Li warned Lu Xuan and Zhuang Chunqiu not to use killing blows, and Nascent Soul Cultivators gathered to watch their match.
• Zhuang Chunqiu used Fire Evasion and attacked Lu Xuan with flames, but Lu Xuan detected him and cut apart his Fire Fists with sword qi.
• Lu Xuan revealed his Sword Light Duplication and Sword Qi Thunder Sound, forcing Zhuang Chunqiu out of hiding.
• Zhuang Chunqiu summoned a Crimson Flying Sword and fire dragons, but Lu Xuan used a Seventh Grade Sword Formation to suppress them.
• Zhuang Chunqiu tried to trigger the Restrictions within Fire God Palace, but Lu Xuan bound him with the Five Thunder Lock Immortal Bracelet.
• A huge crimson palm carried Zhuang Chunqiu away after a voice rebuked him.

Lu Xuan received the Great Sun Flame Wood seed and Earth Yang Spirit Spring after his duel at Fire God Palace, then left for the Sword Sect. On the way, he assessed his strength and looked forward to harvesting Light Orb rewards from his Seventh Grade Spirit Plants.

• Yan Liuchuan apologized for Zhuang Chunqiu’s near-accident and gave Lu Xuan the Great Sun Flame Wood seed promised by the bet.
• Yan Liuchuan offered Lu Xuan three bottles of Sixth Grade Earth Yang Spirit Spring as compensation, and Lu Xuan accepted them.
• Lu Xuan toured Fire God Palace for over a dozen days before taking his leave and traveling away in the Giant Sword Boat.
• Lu Xuan examined the Great Sun Flame Wood seed and learned it needed a fire-rich environment and high-grade fire-attribute supplies to grow.
• Lu Xuan reviewed the duel and judged that his White Ape could defeat multiple Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivators, then hurried back toward the Sword Sect to harvest Light Orb rewards.

Lu Xuan returned to the Sword Sect after his trip to the Fire God Palace and kept quiet about defeating a Nascent Soul Cultivator. He reunited with his Spirit Beasts, collected the White Lotus Avatar’s treasures, and tended the Spirit Plants in his Personal Space, where the Five Elements Illusion Fruits were nearing maturity.

• Lu Xuan told the White Ape not to reveal that he had defeated a Nascent Soul Cultivator from the Fire God Palace, then encountered Ji Changhai at the Sword Sect entrance.
• Ji Changhai invited Lu Xuan to explore Secret Realms with other Fellow Disciples, but Lu Xuan said Spirit Plants remained his main focus.
• The White Ape boasted to the Thunder Dragon Howl, Azure Peak Qilin, and Tree Nymphs about thrashing the Long-Armed Fire Ape, then challenged his rivals to spar.
• Lu Xuan praised the White Lotus Avatar, took the Great Sun Flame Wood Spirit Seed and Earth Yang Spirit Spring, and planted the seed in his Personal Space.
• Lu Xuan inspected his Spirit Plants and found that the Five Elements Illusion Fruits were close to maturing.

After three months of cultivating within Sword Sect and his Personal Space, Lu Xuan harvested Five Elements Illusion Fruits and tended his many Spirit Plants and beasts. An Alligator Dragon advanced to Sixth Grade, rewarding him with a Seventh Grade Dragon Tendon, while Lu Xuan looked ahead to harvesting more high-grade Spirit Plants.

• Lu Xuan harvested sixteen Five Elements Illusion Fruits and obtained pills, formula experience, an incomplete Grand Five Elements Annihilation Array plate, and Five Elements Stones.
• Lu Xuan collected Azure Wood Spirit Thunder Liquid and checked the Thunderstorm Lotuses growing in the Thunder Hou Beast Clan's territory.
• An Alligator Dragon absorbed spiritual energy and broke through to Sixth Grade, and Lu Xuan rewarded it with Myriad Manifestation Grass.
• Lu Xuan harvested the Light Orb from the Alligator Dragon's breakthrough and received a Seventh Grade Dragon Tendon, which he stored in the Fangcun Book.
• Lu Xuan inspected the maturing Seventh Grade Spirit Plants, decided to conserve his ripening Treasures, and returned to his Cave Mansion on Still True Sword Peak.

After Shen Ye invited Lu Xuan to celebrate his breakthrough to Core Formation Mid-Stage, Lu Xuan reunited with his old fellow disciples and learned that Ge Pu was preparing to advance to Nascent Soul. Lu Xuan lent Ge Pu the Yellow Millet Jade Pillow to aid his breakthrough, and Ge Pu vowed to keep the treasure secret and seek Lu Xuan a rare Spirit Seed in return.

• White Ape told Lu Xuan that Shen Ye had left a talisman inviting him to celebrate his Core Formation Mid-Stage breakthrough.
• Lu Xuan visited Shen Ye's Cave Mansion, congratulated him, and learned from Ge Pu that Huo Liner had gone exploring a dangerous Secret Realm and had not returned.
• Lu Xuan asked Ge Pu about his Nascent Soul preparations and decided to lend him the Yellow Millet Jade Pillow.
• Ge Pu swore to keep the treasure secret and promised to search for a Seventh Grade or higher Spirit Seed for Lu Xuan.
• After the gathering, Lu Xuan handed the Yellow Millet Jade Pillow to Ge Pu and reflected that he should help his old friends when he could.

Lu Xuan visited Heart Sword Lake to seek the Sword Soul of the Chen family’s ancestor, Chen Xiaobai, hoping to obtain it for a Flying Sword. After showing the ancestor the Jade Token and promising to protect the Chen family, he persuaded the Sword Soul to enter his palm.

• Mu Yuanping presented Lu Xuan with six Spirit Gathering Grass Orbs, and Lu Xuan advised him on Spirit Plant cultivation.
• Chen Qingshuang reported that she and her family were well, and Lu Xuan asked after the Chen family head.
• Lu Xuan inspected his Sword Grasses and Sword Pool, then decided to visit Heart Sword Lake for Chen Xiaobai’s Sword Soul.
• Lu Xuan caught dozens of Tassel Fish and gathered Shadow Stones before entering the lake’s deepest graves.
• Lu Xuan tried to move a Sword Soul by presenting an improved Thunder Abyss Sword Grass, but it ignored him.
• Lu Xuan offered Chen Xiaobai’s Sword Soul Still True Sword Liquid, described the Chen family’s renewed prospects, and presented its Jade Token; the Sword Soul transformed into sword intent and entered his palm.

Lu Xuan tended his spirit plants, advised Wan Zhong about attempting Nascent Soul, and harvested a mature Light Hong Immortal Feather. Its Light Orb awarded him the Rank 8 Five Flames Seven Birds Fan, a powerful fire-based weapon.

• Lu Xuan stored a second Dragon Tendon and tended his spirit plants, while the Yangxuan Sword Sheath resumed stimulating seeds for sword grass.
• Wan Zhong visited Lu Xuan to ask for guidance on breaking through to Nascent Soul, and Lu Xuan shared what he knew.
• Lu Xuan harvested the mature Light Hong Immortal Feather in his Personal Space.
• The Light Orb awarded Lu Xuan the Rank 8 Five Flames Seven Birds Fan, which could unleash powerful mixed strange flames.

Lu Xuan refined the Five Flames Seven Birds Fan and learned about the Light Hong Immortal Feather’s connection to the legendary High Heaven Profound Void Sky. After hearing that Huo Liner had been gravely injured in a Secret Realm, Lu Xuan visited him and urged him to recover fully before pursuing further opportunities.

• Lu Xuan harvested the Five Flames Seven Birds Fan, refined it, and tested its powerful flames.
• Lu Xuan examined the Light Hong Immortal Feather and considered seeking information about High Heaven Profound Void Sky through the Sword Sect.
• After three months of refining the fan, Lu Xuan received Ge Pu’s message that Huo Liner had returned from a Secret Realm badly injured.
• Lu Xuan visited Huo Liner, gave him three bottles of Green Condensation Dew, and learned that Rogue Cultivators had ambushed his group, killing one Sword Sect disciple and gravely injuring four.
• Lu Xuan warned Huo Liner to heal his body and divine soul completely before attempting future breakthroughs, and Huo Liner promised to recuperate in the sect.

Lu Xuan gave Yuan Rong sword liquid and sword talismans, including three Sixth Grade Formless Ice Soul Sword Talismans, and brought the White Ape into his Personal Space. There, he harvested a mature Kui Water Gourd and received a Seventh Grade Kui Water Black Flag, leaving him with a new water-manipulating Treasure to use or trade.

• Yuan Rong visited Lu Xuan to collect Still True Sword Liquid and Fifth Grade Sword Talismans, and he gave her three Sixth Grade Formless Ice Soul Sword Talismans as a surprise.
• Yuan Rong praised Lu Xuan’s talent and offered to ask the Sword Master to seek a Seventh Grade sword talisman drawing method from Heaven Talisman Sword Peak.
• The White Ape persuaded Lu Xuan to bring it into his Personal Space to see Thunder Dragon Howl and Azure Peak Qilin, and Lu Xuan warned it not to damage the Spirit Plants.
• The White Ape rushed to fight Thunder Dragon Howl and Azure Peak Qilin while Lu Xuan inspected his Spirit Plants and harvested a mature Kui Water Gourd.
• Lu Xuan touched the White Light Orb from the Kui Water Gourd and obtained a Seventh Grade Kui Water Black Flag, which could store, control, and refine spirit water.

Lu Xuan tended the high-grade Spirit Plants and beasts in his Personal Space, then harvested a Seventh Grade Azure Wood Spirit Thunder Fruit. The Light Orb rewarded him with the fourth layer of the Divine Firmament True Method and Divine Firmament Heavenly Thunder, leaving him delighted with both gains.

• Lu Xuan handed the Kui Water Black Flag to the White Lotus Avatar and inspected the Spirit Plants growing in his Personal Space.
• Lu Xuan hammered the Ten Thousand Refinements Spirit Wood, used the Fangcun Woods' spatial power to erase nearby cracks, and located the elusive Flying Thunder Ganoderma King.
• Lu Xuan fed Thunderstorm Lotus Seeds to the Mutated Thunder Hǒu Beast and checked the Azure Wood Spirit Thunder Vine growing around the Nine Heavens Thunder Attraction Stele.
• Lu Xuan harvested the Azure Wood Spirit Thunder Fruit and stored it without consuming it.
• Lu Xuan opened the Light Orb and obtained the fourth layer of the Divine Firmament True Method and the Seventh Grade Divine Firmament Heavenly Thunder.

After absorbing the Azure Wood Spirit Thunder Fruit, Lu Xuan strengthened his cultivation aptitude and thunder arts, then visited the Sword Palace's Alchemy Hall to obtain the Five Elements Pill Formula. He gave Huang Jinhu two wisps of Heavenly Flame Essence and left with a new connection for learning Alchemy.

• Lu Xuan reflected on the Azure Wood Spirit Thunder Vine's potential to bear more Azure Wood Spirit Thunder Fruits and prioritized developing his thunder arts and sword path.
• Half a year later, Lu Xuan finished absorbing the Azure Wood Spirit Thunder Fruit, greatly improving his cultivation aptitude, thunder talent, and Divine Firmament True Method.
• Lu Xuan decided to learn the Five Elements Pill Formula so he could refine Five Elements Pills without raising suspicion about his shop's stock.
• At the Sword Palace's Alchemy Hall, Lu Xuan asked Huang Jinhu for the Five Elements Pill Formula, and Huang Jinhu gave him a copy.
• Lu Xuan gifted Huang Jinhu two wisps of Sixth Grade Heavenly Flame Essence, and Huang Jinhu offered to help him with Alchemy in the future.

Lu Xuan refined Fifth Grade pills, tended his Spirit Plants, and harvested a Seventh Grade Yellow Springs Undying Fruit. Its Light Orb rewarded him with the Rank 8 Nine Nether Decree, a trove of ghost-path cultivation methods and techniques.

• Lu Xuan refined six furnaces of Fifth Grade pills, successfully forming pills in three, and considered how to reveal his Alchemy skill in the future.
• Half a year later, Lu Xuan observed his Sword Grasses and Primal Spirit Ginseng as they grew under his care.
• Lu Xuan discovered that the Yellow Springs Undying Tree had matured and carefully picked its Seventh Grade Yellow Springs Undying Fruit.
• Lu Xuan honored his promise to reserve a future fruit for Senior Artifact Spirit and stored the harvested fruit in the Fangcun Book.
• Lu Xuan claimed the Light Orb’s reward, the Rank 8 Nine Nether Decree, and learned it contained ghost-path cultivation methods, secret arts, and divine abilities.

Lu Xuan harvested Thunderstorm Lotuses, strengthened his Divine Firmament Heavenly Thunder, and received news that Bai Li Jian Qing had reached Foundation Establishment Perfection. He gave Bai Li Jian Qing a Saint Infant Pill and promised to protect him when he attempted Core Formation.

• Lu Xuan chose a mild ghost-controlling art and a soul-searching method from the Nine Nether Decree, intending to trade the rest to Ghost Cultivators.
• After five years of tending his spirit plants, Lu Xuan harvested twenty Thunderstorm Lotuses and gained Evil-Exterminating Spirit Thunders, Thunder Control cultivation experience, Thunder Extreme Escape Talismans, and Thunder Evil Pellets.
• Lu Xuan refined more than a hundred Evil-Exterminating Spirit Thunders into his Divine Firmament Heavenly Thunder, making it brighter and more powerful.
• Wen Qian's message informed Lu Xuan that Bai Li Jian Qing had reached Foundation Establishment Perfection, and Lu Xuan invited him to the cave mansion.
• Lu Xuan congratulated Bai Li Jian Qing, told him to focus on preparing for Core Formation, and gave him a Rank 5 Saint Infant Pill.
• Lu Xuan promised to find Bai Li Jian Qing a spiritual land in the Sword Sect and personally protect him when he attempted Core Formation.

Lu Xuan received the Treasure Canopy Sutra Pillar and Crimson Flame Soil from Mu Heng, then used them to nourish his Spirit Plants. He also prepared Thunderstorm Lotus seeds for mutation and tested the power of the refined Kui Water Black Flag.

• Mu Heng visited Lu Xuan and delivered the Sixth Grade Treasure Canopy Sutra Pillar and Fifth Grade Crimson Flame Soil that the merchant guild had collected.
• Lu Xuan placed the Treasure Canopy Sutra Pillar in Light Blending Dust to nourish three Buddhist-related Spirit Plants, then mixed the Crimson Flame Soil into the Spirit Field containing the Great Sun Flame Wood.
• Lu Xuan gathered 128 Silver White Spirit Seeds from thirty Thunderstorm Lotuses and placed them near the Nine Heavens Thunder Attraction Stele to encourage mutations.
• Lu Xuan had his White Lotus Avatar test the Kui Water Black Flag, which summoned dozens of huge water dragons and drained much of the lake before returning its water.

Lu Xuan learned that a rare Rank 8 Sword Grass Spirit Seed would soon be ready and resolved to obtain it despite fierce competition from powerful Sword Sect cultivators. To secure Sword Master Hai Zhen’s help, he revealed that he was close to improving White Bone Killing Sword Grass into a new Sixth Grade sword grass.

• Lu Xuan nurtured his Spirit Field plants and harvested twenty-five Mutated Spirit Seeds from seven Mutated White Bone Killing Sword Grasses.
• Lu Xuan put the Mutated Spirit Seeds into the Yangxuan Sword Sheath and promised it a longer rest if it nurtured them successfully.
• Li Xuanchen told Lu Xuan that a Rank 8 Sword Grass Spirit Seed in the Profound Cave Realm would be ready in less than ten years and would attract fierce competition.
• Lu Xuan decided to ask Sword Master Hai Zhen for help obtaining the Rank 8 Spirit Seed.
• Lu Xuan told Jian Hai Zhen that he had nearly succeeded in improving White Bone Killing Sword Grass into a new Sixth Grade sword grass, astonishing him.

Lu Xuan secured Jian Hai Zhen's support in pursuing the gestating Rank 8 Sword Grass Spirit Seed by claiming a fifty percent chance of improving a new Sixth Grade Sword Grass. Meanwhile, Yan Yishen and Xia Qingdu also prepared to compete for the seed, with Xia learning that Lu Xuan was a serious contender.

• Lu Xuan told Jian Hai Zhen he had a fifty percent chance of improving a new Sixth Grade Sword Grass, and Jian Hai Zhen promised to help him obtain the Rank 8 Sword Grass Spirit Seed.
• Yan Yishen returned from the Outer Domain after killing five Nascent Soul-level demons and confirmed he wanted the Rank 8 Sword Grass Spirit Seed.
• Xia Qingdu asked Pure Subtlety Sword Master's avatar to help his bid for the seed and presented a newly created Fifth Grade Sword Art.
• Pure Subtlety Sword Master warned Xia Qingdu that Lu Xuan's Sword Grass expertise and past improvements made him one of the leading contenders.
• Xia Qingdu acknowledged the warning but remained confident that his Fifth Grade Sword Art would give him a strong chance.

Lu Xuan used sword treasures and a Sword Xuan Hedgehog to spur the Yangxuan Sword Sheath into working harder, then cultivated mutated Thunderstorm Lotus seeds and planned experiments for other rare plants. After several years, he discovered that a White Bone Killing Sword Grass seed had evolved into the dangerous Sixth Grade Killing Prison Suppressing Sword Grass.

• Lu Xuan tempted the Yangxuan Sword Sheath with the Peacock King Ming Sword, Azure Profound Flourishing Wither Sword Grass, and a Sword Xuan Hedgehog, then ordered it to improve its efficiency.
• Lu Xuan checked on the Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros and worried that its vitality had weakened as Thunder Death Crystals increased.
• Lu Xuan planted more than one hundred Thunderstorm Lotus seeds near the Nine Heavens Thunder Attraction Stele and found three mutated seeds.
• Lu Xuan harvested rewards from mature Pure Yang Golden Lotus and Five Elements Illusion Fruit plants, kept some for seed condensation, and planned ways to induce further mutations.
• Several years later, Lu Xuan discovered that a mutated White Bone Killing Sword Grass seed had become a Sixth Grade Killing Prison Suppressing Sword Grass requiring powerful Slaughter Sword Intent to grow.

Lu Xuan cultivated the new Sixth Grade Killing Prison Suppressing Sword Grass until it matured and successfully condensed its first spirit seeds. With five seeds and a Seed Condensation Method summarized, he prepared to prove that his new sword grass variety was a success.

• Lu Xuan planted a Killing Prison Suppressing Sword Grass spirit seed and nurtured it while studying its growth.
• After two and a half years, Lu Xuan found the sword grass near maturity and continued cultivating it with Wood Spirit Essence and Slaughter Sword Qi.
• Lu Xuan inspected the plants in his Personal Space and planted fourteen mutated Thunderstorm Lotus seeds alongside ordinary seeds.
• Lu Xuan forced the Killing Prison Suppressing Sword Grass to maturity and began condensing seeds using the White Bone Killing Sword Grass method as a reference.
• Two months later, Lu Xuan condensed three seeds from the sword grass, and the Yangxuan Sword Sheath had nurtured two more.
• Lu Xuan decided that the five seeds and his summarized Seed Condensation Method could prove the new variety's success, then sent a message on a Communication Talisman.

Lu Xuan revealed that he had improved the Sixth Grade Killing Prison Suppressing Sword Grass, delighting Jian Hai Zhen and the Sword Palace experts. After they verified the spirit seed and its cultivation method, they recognized Lu Xuan’s achievement as a major contribution to the Sword Sect.

• Jian Hai Zhen arrived at Lu Xuan’s Cave Mansion and confirmed that the Killing Prison Suppressing Sword Grass was a Sixth Grade spirit seed derived from White Bone Killing Sword Grass.
• Jian Hai Zhen said Lu Xuan’s new sword grass would secure Still True Sword Peak’s standing in the upcoming Sword Peak Competition.
• Li Xuanchen and Gu Yun arrived, and Gu Yun examined the spirit seed and confirmed its grade and lineage.
• Lu Xuan gave Li Xuanchen the Seed Condensation Method he had developed for the new sword grass.
• Li Xuanchen noted that Lu Xuan had increased the Sword Sect’s Sixth Grade sword grass varieties from six to seven and declared his achievement worthy of being recorded in the Sword Sect History.

Lu Xuan handed three improved Killing Prison Suppressing Sword Grass seeds to the Sword Palace and planted the two he kept. The Sword Palace verified the seed-condensation method, and a Spirit Transformation ancestor learned of Lu Xuan’s achievement and ordered the sect to consider a reward.

• Lu Xuan gave Li Xuanchen and the other senior brother three Killing Prison Suppressing Sword Grass seeds and the Seed Condensation Method, then planted his remaining two seeds.
• Senior Brother Zhou ripened one seed over three days and used the method to condense two new spirit seeds after more than ten days.
• The Sword Palace Master instructed Sword Boy to record the new sword grass in the Profound Cave Realm.
• Sword Boy reported Lu Xuan’s achievement to Old Senior Gu, who praised him and told Sword Boy to consider how to reward him.