Chapter Summaries

Lu Xuan harvested mature Thunder Abyss and Thunder Sound Sword Grasses, gaining sword talismans, thunder seals, and insight into crafting Purple Firmament Sword Talismans. After improving a Sixth Grade Sword Grass secured him priority, Sword Child bestowed on him the Rank 8 Silent Extinction Sword Grass Spirit Seed, which Lu Xuan planted in his Spirit Field.

• Lu Xuan harvested three Thunder Abyss Sword Grasses and gained two Purple Firmament Sword Talismans and an insight experience package.
• Lu Xuan harvested ten Thunder Sound Sword Grasses, gaining Sword Qi Thunder Sounds and four Azure Jade Seals that brought him closer to collecting a Seventh Grade treasure.
• Half a year later, Yan Yishen and Xia Qingdu accepted that Lu Xuan's improved Sixth Grade Sword Grass made him the leading candidate for the Rank 8 Sword Grass Spirit Seed.
• Sword Child visited Lu Xuan and bestowed the nurtured Rank 8 Silent Extinction Sword Grass Spirit Seed in recognition of his contribution to the sect.
• Lu Xuan planted the Silent Extinction Sword Grass Spirit Seed and learned that it required dense Sword Qi and the intent of silent extinction to cultivate.

Lu Xuan received Ten Refinements Sword Sand to help cultivate the Rank 8 Silent Extinction Sword Grass, then Sword Master Hai Zhen offered him a choice of rewards for improving the Killing Prison Suppressing Sword Grass. The chapter ended with Lu Xuan considering Hai Zhen’s one-use token, which let him exchange for any Seventh Grade Treasure.

• Lu Xuan considered how to provide the Silent Extinction Sword Grass with the dense sword qi and suitable environment it needed.
• Han Bingxuan visited Lu Xuan and gave him Ten Refinements Sword Sand, a rare treasure that could nourish Rank 8 and higher sword grasses.
• Lu Xuan thanked Han Bingxuan and sent her away with bottles of Green Condensation Dew and Hundred Fruit Spirit Nectar.
• Jian Hai Zhen visited Lu Xuan to reward him for improving the Killing Prison Suppressing Sword Grass, offering either twenty thousand Sword Seals or a one-use token for any Seventh Grade Treasure.
• Lu Xuan was surprised by the token’s broad exchange options and prepared to choose carefully.

Lu Xuan received rewards from Sword Peak, obtained sword grass seeds and the Thunder Sound Sword Grass Seed Condensation Method, and nurtured his new plants. Lin Jiangyuan and Zhang Jingxian then asked him to visit the Divine Wood Sect to diagnose a troubled Ten Thousand Year Spirit Wood.

• Jian Hai Zhen thanked Lu Xuan with twenty thousand Sword Seals and a token allowing him to choose a Seventh Grade Treasure.
• At the Spirit Plant Hall, Lu Xuan met Zhou Wangyu, bought sword grass seeds, and agreed to learn the Thunder Sound Sword Grass Seed Condensation Method.
• Lu Xuan planted and nurtured his sword grass seeds, then studied the Thunder Sound Sword Grass Seed Condensation Method.
• Lin Jiangyuan and Zhang Jingxian visited Lu Xuan and asked him to help the Divine Wood Sect with a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Wood that had developed a serious problem.

Lu Xuan agreed to help the Divine Wood Sect investigate a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Wood that was withering despite the sect’s efforts. Before he departed, Jian Hai Zhen gave him a rare Avatar Spirit Puppet that could summon Old Ancestor Gu Yangzhen in a crisis.

• Lin Jiangyuan and Zhang Jingxian asked Lu Xuan to help with the withering Ten Thousand Year Spirit Wood in the Divine Wood Sect’s grotto-heaven.
• Jian Hai Zhen questioned why the Divine Wood Sect needed outside help, then left the decision to Lu Xuan.
• Lu Xuan agreed to travel to the Divine Wood Sect the next day, hoping to use his spirit-plant expertise and deepen his ties with the sect.
• Jian Hai Zhen urged Lu Xuan to stay cautious and went to Old Ancestor Gu Yangzhen for an Avatar Spirit Puppet.
• Jian Hai Zhen gave the puppet to Lu Xuan and explained that it could summon Old Ancestor Gu Yangzhen to possess it and fight in an emergency.

Lu Xuan traveled with Lin Jiangyuan to the Divine Wood Sect and entered its grotto-heaven to investigate an ailing Ten Thousand Year Spirit Wood. A sectarian dispute erupted over allowing an outsider to examine the sacred tree, but Zhang Jingxian led Lu Xuan onward to see it.

• Lu Xuan and Lin Jiangyuan traveled by Flying Boat to the Divine Wood Sect, arriving ahead of schedule.
• Zhang Jingxian arranged for Lu Xuan to enter the Divine Wood Grotto-heaven and asked him to keep its secrets.
• Zhang Jingxian and Lin Jiangyuan introduced Lu Xuan to the grotto-heaven cultivators Mu Yuanshan and Jiang Hengbai.
• Jiang Hengbai objected to bringing an outsider into the grotto-heaven, but Zhang Jingxian rebuked him and insisted the sect needed Lu Xuan's help.
• Zhang Jingxian apologized to Lu Xuan, who brushed off the dispute and agreed to inspect the Ten Thousand Year Spirit Wood.

Lu Xuan examined the withered Gray Spots on the Divine Wood Sect’s Ten Thousand Year Spirit Wood but found no cause through ordinary tests. As he shared Spirit Brew with the sect cultivators, he noticed something that gave him a new lead.

• Mu Yuanshan led Lu Xuan and Zhang Jingxian into the protected area around the Ten Thousand Year Spirit Wood.
• Lu Xuan examined the Gray Spots and learned the largest had appeared nearly two years earlier, but he could not identify their cause.
• Lu Xuan proposed studying samples of normal and Gray Spot-covered Spirit Wood, and Zhang Jingxian agreed.
• Lu Xuan tested both samples in a secluded room, but the Gray Spot-covered wood showed no reaction, even when treated with Primal Chaos Tree Sap.
• Lu Xuan joined Zhang Jingxian, Mu Yuanshan, Lin Jiangyuan, and Jiang Hengbai for a gathering and served them his Spirit Brews.
• While focusing on the cultivators as they praised his Spirit Brew, Lu Xuan suddenly had a new thought.

Lu Xuan helped the Divine Wood Sect discover that Mu Yuanshan was stealing the vitality of the Ten Thousand Year Spirit Wood, but the confrontation revealed that a powerful demon spirit had possessed him. As the demon spirit attacked everyone inside the grotto-heaven, Lu Xuan called on his ancestor for help.

• Lu Xuan recognized that Mu Yuanshan had been transformed by an alien spirit and secretly warned Lin Jiangyuan.
• Lin Jiangyuan, Zhang Jingxian, and Jiang Hengbai ambushed Mu Yuanshan and caught him draining vitality from the Ten Thousand Year Spirit Wood.
• Zhang Jingxian confronted Mu Yuanshan, who revealed his desperation to escape his declining lifespan and cultivation limits.
• A demon spirit emerged from Mu Yuanshan, engulfed the group in an emerald world, and attacked them while draining their life force.
• Lu Xuan realized the demon spirit had hidden within a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Wood and used Mu Yuanshan to gather strength, then activated a doll and cried out for his ancestor to save him.

Lu Xuan fought through the Emerald Green World and its Tree Monsters while trying to protect the White Lotus Avatar and aid the three Divine Wood Sect cultivators until a Spirit Transformation ancestor's avatar arrived. He rescued Lin Jiangyuan from immediate danger, then reached Zhang Jingxian and narrowly evaded the demon spirit's life-draining demonic light.

• Lu Xuan used Minor Teleportation Art to escape a barrage of wooden spikes, then fought the Tree Monsters with the Zhou Tian Star Fighting Sword Formation and burned them to ashes with the Five Flames Seven Birds Fan.
• Lu Xuan sensed the three Divine Wood Sect cultivators and hurried first toward Lin Jiangyuan, aiming to protect them and his White Lotus Avatar while waiting for the ancestor's avatar.
• Lu Xuan cut down the Tree Monsters attacking Lin Jiangyuan, who thanked him, and then Lu Xuan continued toward Zhang Jingxian.
• Lu Xuan found Zhang Jingxian struggling against the demon spirit's attacks, and Zhang Jingxian warned him to beware of its demonic light.
• Lu Xuan dodged the life-draining gray-green light with Minor Teleportation Art and summoned thunder and lightning defenses.

Lu Xuan harassed a powerful demonic spirit while waiting for help, and Gu Yangzhen and the Divine Wood Sect’s Spirit Transformation ancestor arrived in time to save him. After the spirit was slain, Gu Yangzhen demanded that the Divine Wood Sect explain what had happened to Lu Xuan.

• Lu Xuan used his sword formation and Minor Teleportation Art to distract the demonic spirit and help Zhang Jingxian survive.
• Gu Yangzhen confronted the Divine Wood Sect’s Spirit Transformation ancestor outside the grotto-heaven after learning Lu Xuan had summoned him from inside it.
• The Spirit Transformation ancestor brought Gu Yangzhen into the grotto-heaven, where his Sword Boy avatar split the demonic spirit with one strike.
• The Divine Wood Sect’s ancestor checked on Lu Xuan, while Zhang Jingxian, Lin Jiangyuan, and Jiang Hengbai emerged in poor condition.
• Gu Yangzhen told the Divine Wood Sect’s ancestor that Lu Xuan’s status required the sect to give the Sword Sect an explanation.

After helping defeat the demon spirit in the Divine Wood Grotto-heaven, Lu Xuan inspected the remaining Ten Thousand Year Spirit Woods and was invited to choose a reward from the Divine Wood Sect. He requested high-level spirit seeds or a treasure that could hasten spirit-plant growth, leaving the sect’s Spirit Transformation cultivator to consider his request.

• The Divine Wood Sect’s Spirit Transformation cultivator apologized to Lu Xuan and asked how he had detected the demon spirit, and Lu Xuan credited his affinity for spirit plants.
• At the cultivator’s request, Lu Xuan inspected the other Ten Thousand Year Spirit Woods with Zhang Jingxian and Lin Jiangyuan, finding no further abnormalities.
• The Divine Wood Sect’s Spirit Transformation cultivator brought Lu Xuan and Gu Yangzhen’s Avatar Spirit Puppet to the sect, while Zhang Jingxian remained in the Grotto-heaven to watch for trouble.
• The Divine Wood Sect offered Lu Xuan a reward for his contributions, and he asked for high-level spirit seeds or a treasure that could hasten the growth of high-level spirit plants.

Lu Xuan received three valuable treasures from the Divine Wood Sect for saving its Ten Thousand Year Spirit Woods, including a complete Divine Wood Azure Kettle, Azure Essence Spiritual Liquid, and an Evergreen Divine Wood spirit seed. The Sword Boy brought him back to the Sword Sect, where its Avatar Spirit Puppet dissipated after warning that it could only be used once.

• A gentle woman from the Divine Wood Sect offered Lu Xuan a complete Rank 7 Divine Wood Azure Kettle, ten drops of Rank 8 Azure Essence Spiritual Liquid, and an Evergreen Divine Wood spirit seed as rewards.
• Lu Xuan accepted the treasures and thanked the woman, pleased that his risky actions had secured the kettle and two unexpected rewards.
• The Sword Boy told the woman his Avatar Spirit Puppet could not carry his spiritual will much longer, then took Lu Xuan through a Space Crack back to the Sword Sect.
• Lu Xuan thanked the Sword Sect ancestor, and the puppet warned him that it could only be used once before cracking apart and vanishing.
• Lu Xuan reflected that he had risked the White Lotus Avatar to earn the Divine Wood Sect’s gratitude, then returned to the cave mansion on Still True Sword Peak.

Lu Xuan returned to the Sword Sect and arranged to gather more Spirit Gathering Grass Orbs, then harvested Spirit Marvelous Soul Nourishing Tea and obtained the Seventh Grade Glass Spirit Nourishing Elixir Recipe. Yuan Rong arrived to discuss the next Sword Peak Competition.

• White Ape reported that a Nascent Soul True Lord from Hundred Crafts Sword Peak and Chen Qingshuang had visited Lu Xuan's Cave Mansion.
• Lu Xuan planted and nourished the Evergreen Divine Wood Spirit Seed in his Personal Space, then asked the Little Tree Nymphs to condense Spirit Gathering Grass Orbs.
• After more than a month, Lu Xuan harvested five Spirit Marvelous Soul Nourishing Tea leaves and obtained the Glass Spirit Nourishing Elixir Recipe.
• Lu Xuan decided to gather more recipe insights and refining materials before attempting to make the Seventh Grade elixir.
• Yuan Rong visited Lu Xuan and asked to discuss the new round of the Sword Peak Competition.

Lu Xuan sat out the Sword Peak Competition but trained his three disciples to compete for Still True Sword Peak. Their results helped the peak take fifth place, leaving Jian Hai Zhen pleased with its continued rise.

• Lu Xuan declined to compete himself and invited Li Haotian, Mu Yuanping, and Chen Qingshuang to enter the Sword Peak Competition.
• Lu Xuan gave Li Haotian a Fifth Grade White Bone Killing Sword Grass and promised to tutor all three disciples in their chosen disciplines.
• Over three months, Lu Xuan assigned the disciples intensive training in sword dao, Talismans Crafting, and Spirit Brew.
• Li Haotian placed in the twenties among Early Stage Core Formation disciples, while Mu Yuanping received Grade B Low and Chen Qingshuang received Grade C Middle in their respective competitions.
• Sword Boy announced Void Piercing Sword Peak in first place and Still True Sword Peak in fifth, and Jian Hai Zhen celebrated the result.

Lu Xuan harvested mature Primal Spirit Ginseng and gained substantial cultivation and alchemy knowledge from its light orbs. In his personal space, he successfully improved a Thunderstorm Lotus into a fifth-grade Thunder Fiend Spirit Lotus and considered developing more specialized spirit lands.

• Lu Xuan harvested twenty stalks of Primal Spirit Ginseng, gained one hundred and seventy years of cultivation, and received eight Primal Spirit Pills and five recipe experience packs.
• Lu Xuan visited the Thunder Hǒu Beast Spirit Land and observed the Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros resting, the Flying Thunder Ganoderma King speeding through the lightning, and the Azure Wood Spirit Thunder Vine nearing fruiting.
• Lu Xuan inspected the mutated Thunderstorm Lotus seeds he had cultivated in the thunder-type spirit land.
• Lu Xuan discovered that the sixteenth seed had become a fifth-grade Thunder Fiend Spirit Lotus, which required abundant spirit lightning and could become violent during cultivation.
• Lu Xuan considered developing other regions of his personal space into spirit lands, including a sword Dao spirit land for cultivating high-grade Sword Grass.

Lu Xuan visited Li Xuanchen in the Sword Palace, where they discussed the Sword Peak Competition and the approaching end of Wen Chenyu’s life. Li Xuanchen said Wen Chenyu might enter Heart Sword Lake within half a month, and Lu Xuan agreed to see him off.

• Lu Xuan prepared an area in his Personal Space for a future sword path spiritual land and inspected his growing collection of high-grade Spirit Plants.
• Li Xuanchen invited Lu Xuan to the Sword Palace and praised his contribution to Still True Sword Peak’s fifth-place ranking in the Sword Peak Competition.
• Li Xuanchen told Lu Xuan that the other Sword Peaks were pressuring their Nascent Soul disciples to improve their rankings in the next cycle.
• Li Xuanchen revealed that Wen Chenyu’s Great Limit was near and explained that longevity methods and alternatives such as possession or becoming a Ghost Cultivator offered little hope.
• Li Xuanchen said Wen Chenyu might enter Heart Sword Lake within ten days or half a month, and Lu Xuan agreed to see him off.

Lu Xuan watched a dying Nascent Soul Martial Brother enter Heart Sword Lake, then returned to cultivating his Spirit Plants. A Dark Steel Wood produced a Light Orb that rewarded him with Seventh Grade Dark Flame Refined Copper, which he considered using to improve his fire-attribute magical treasures or trading away.

• Lu Xuan learned that a Nascent Soul Late Stage Martial Brother would enter Heart Sword Lake and joined the Sword Sect cultivators gathered to see him off.
• The Pure Subtlety Sword Master escorted the frail old man to Heart Sword Lake, where he thanked his fellow disciples and entered without looking back.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion, reflected on the old man's death, and resolved to focus on cultivating Spirit Plants.
• Lu Xuan harvested fifty-one Spirit Seeds from fourteen Primal Spirit Ginsengs and inspected the flourishing sword grasses in his Spirit Field.
• Lu Xuan collected a Light Orb from a Dark Steel Wood and received Seventh Grade Dark Flame Refined Copper.
• Lu Xuan considered using the spirit ore to enhance his fire-attribute magical treasures or trading it, and decided to keep cultivating the Dark Steel Woods before returning them to Hundred Crafts Sword Peak.

Lu Xuan found that his friends were occupied with cultivation or sect duties, so he devoted himself to refining pills and visiting the Alchemy Hall. After Huang Jinhu recognized his talent and invited him to join the hall, Lu Xuan declined because he intended to remain at Still True Sword Peak.

• Lu Xuan considered inviting familiar friends to share Spirit Brew but found Wan Zhong, Ge Pu, Huo Liner, Bai Li Jian Qing, and Li Xuanchen occupied.
• Lu Xuan refined a furnace of five Rank 5 Primal Spirit Pills and decided to visit the Alchemy Hall.
• Lu Xuan showed Huang Jinhu three Five Elements Pills and claimed a pill-forming rate of around twenty to thirty percent.
• Lu Xuan credited his Five Elements Pill progress to cultivating Five Elements Illusion Fruits and using Heavenly Flame Essence, while Huang Jinhu praised his alchemical talent.
• Huang Jinhu invited Lu Xuan to join the Alchemy Hall, but Lu Xuan declined, citing Senior Brother Huanzhen's support and his wish to remain at Still True Sword Peak.

Lu Xuan harvested Myriad Manifestation Grass, supplied Wen Qian with treasures and Primal Spirit Pills for the shop, and rewarded him with a pill to aid his cultivation. In his Personal Space, the Void Cicada Wood evolved into a Seventh Grade Spirit Plant, granting Lu Xuan the final three transformations of Heavenly Cicada Six Transformations.

• Lu Xuan harvested thirteen mature Myriad Manifestation Grasses and received pills, talisman experience, Spirit Transformation Talismans, and Heavenly Demon Token fragments from their White Light Orbs.
• Lu Xuan gave Wen Qian shop stock and thirty Fifth Grade Primal Spirit Pills to sell, then bestowed a Superior Grade Primal Spirit Pill on him to aid his breakthrough.
• Lu Xuan inspected the Void Cicada Wood in his Personal Space as it shed its skin and evolved into a complete Seventh Grade Spirit Plant.
• Lu Xuan touched the White Light Orb from the Void Cicada Wood and obtained the final three transformations of Heavenly Cicada Six Transformations.

Lu Xuan completed the Void Cicada Wood’s transformation and gained the complete Heavenly Cicada Six Transformations, then helped Bai Li Jian Qing break through to core formation. He later learned that Wan Zhong had advanced to Nascent Soul and prepared to attend the celebration banquet.

• Lu Xuan obtained the complete Heavenly Cicada Six Transformations, tested its concealment, and stored the transformed Void Cicada Wood in the Fangcun Book.
• Three months later, Lu Xuan harvested rewards from the Dark Steel Woods and welcomed Bai Li Jian Qing, who was ready to attempt core formation.
• Lu Xuan escorted Bai Li Jian Qing to the Sword Sect’s breakthrough hall and guarded him as he formed his core with the help of the Saint Infant Pill.
• Lu Xuan congratulated Bai Li Jian Qing and gave him a Primal Spirit Pill, a Fifth Grade Profound Yin Sword Talisman, and a Pure Yang Golden Lotus Seed.
• White Ape delivered Wan Zhong’s message that he had advanced to Nascent Soul and invited Lu Xuan to Void Piercing Sword Peak’s celebration banquet.
• Lu Xuan asked White Ape to bring him the formal invitation and began considering an appropriate congratulatory gift for Wan Zhong.

Lu Xuan attended Wan Zhong’s Nascent Soul celebration, where Chongxu Sword Master praised his spirit-plant skills and invited him to Void Piercing Sword Peak. Lu Xuan declined for now but offered to cultivate rare spirit plants for other cultivators, leaving the banquet with new potential commissions.

• Lu Xuan congratulated Wan Zhong on reaching Nascent Soul and gave him two leaves of Spirit Marvelous Soul Nourishing Tea.
• Lu Xuan greeted Zhou Chao and joined the celebration banquet with cultivators from the Sword Sect and other forces.
• Chongxu Sword Master praised Lu Xuan’s cultivation of Sixth Grade Killing Prison Suppressing Sword Grass and invited him to join Void Piercing Sword Peak.
• Lu Xuan said he was content on Still True Sword Peak but would consider Void Piercing Sword Peak if he ever chose to leave.
• Lu Xuan offered to cultivate High-Grade Sword Grass Spirit Seeds and other rare spirit plants for fellow cultivators, who promised to reward him handsomely.