Chapter Summaries

Lu Xuan learned that Huo Liner’s soul lamp had gone out and mourned his death, asking Ge Pu to investigate what happened. He resolved to learn the identity of whoever had killed his close friend.

• Mo Yuanfeng introduced Lu Xuan to the distinguished young Nascent Soul cultivators, and Lu Xuan advised Bai Chungang about cultivating Seventh Grade Sword Grass.
• Bai Chungang urged Lu Xuan to prioritize cultivation, but Lu Xuan remained devoted to raising Spirit Plants and returned to tending his fields.
• After a year passed quietly, White Ape announced that Ge Pu had arrived with grave news.
• Ge Pu told Lu Xuan that Huo Liner’s soul lamp had gone out, and Lu Xuan mourned his friend by bowing toward the Sword Qi Cloud Sea and setting out Huo Liner’s favorite Heart Flame Wine.
• Lu Xuan asked Ge Pu to investigate Huo Liner’s death and promised to help, requesting that Ge Pu tell him if he learned who had killed Huo Liner.

Lu Xuan harvested mature spirit plants in his Personal Space and received valuable treasures and pill-formula knowledge. After Ge Pu reported the cultivators connected to Huo Liner’s death, Lu Xuan resolved to pursue the Void Profound Mountain cultivators while the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild searched for Jade Void Rogue Cultivator.

• Lu Xuan and Ge Pu arranged for the Sword Sect’s intelligence agency to investigate the secret realm Huo Liner had explored, intending to avenge him once they identified the killer.
• Lu Xuan harvested the mature Pure Yang Golden Lotuses and Five Elements Illusion Fruits, receiving spirit seeds, pills, wine, and array plates from their light orbs.
• Lu Xuan harvested the fourth batch of Crimson Flame Plums and the fourth crop of Spirit Marvelous Soul Nourishing Tea leaves, gaining a Glass Spirit Nourishing Elixir recipe experience pack.
• Ge Pu returned and told Lu Xuan that Huo Liner had explored Spirit Severing Valley with Jade Void Rogue Cultivator and four Core Formation cultivators from Void Profound Mountain.
• Lu Xuan said he would ask the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild to search for Jade Void Rogue Cultivator and would handle Void Profound Mountain himself.

Lu Xuan investigated the four Void Profound Mountain cultivators suspected of killing Fire Shixiong and confirmed their guilt. He captured them and left after intimidating Void Profound Mountain’s Nascent Soul cultivators, who warned their people not to offend powerful sect disciples.

• Ge Pu and Lu Xuan split up, with Lu Xuan assigned to investigate Void Profound Mountain.
• Lu Xuan questioned Zhang Yi about Spirit Severing Valley, then used the Soul Searching Technique when Zhang Yi lied.
• Lu Xuan found memories confirming Zhang Yi and the other three cultivators were responsible for Fire Shixiong’s death, and captured them.
• A Nascent Soul old woman and Void Profound Mountain’s other Nascent Soul True Lord confronted Lu Xuan, but backed down when he revealed the Zhou Tian Star Fighting Sword Formation.
• The old woman refused to rescue Zhang Yi and the other three, and warned Void Profound Mountain’s cultivators to avoid offending powerful enemies.

Lu Xuan returned to True Sword Peak after avenging Huo Liner by capturing four accomplices and arranging for their deaths, while Ge Pu tracked down and killed the remaining culprit. He then revealed to Ge Pu that he had reached the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, leaving his senior brother astonished.

• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion with four captured Core Formation Rogue Cultivators and ordered Ling Gu and Big Meatball to torment them before scattering their remains in the Netherworld Spirit Field.
• Lu Xuan poured Heart Flame Wine in tribute to Huo Liner and left the search for the remaining rogue cultivator to Ge Pu.
• More than half a year later, Ge Pu returned with the culprit's head and explained how he had tracked down and killed the man who harmed Huo Liner.
• Lu Xuan told Ge Pu that he had already dealt with the four accomplices in Void Profound Mountain, avenging Huo Liner.
• Lu Xuan revealed that he had reached the Nascent Soul Middle Stage after gaining the Flawless Spirit Body, astonishing Ge Pu.

After breaking through to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, Lu Xuan celebrated with his fellow disciples and received congratulations from across the Sword Sect. Mo Yuanfeng then told him that his achievements qualified him to compete for a True Inheritor Sword Child position, and Lu Xuan resolved to pursue it.

• Lu Xuan told Jian Hai Zhen about his breakthrough, and Jian Hai Zhen congratulated him and arranged a celebration.
• Li Xuanchen and other fellow disciples visited Lu Xuan, who shared Azure Lotus Wine with Li Xuanchen.
• Still True Sword Peak held a banquet for Lu Xuan, attended by more than thirty Nascent Soul True Lords and a Sword Boy sent by a Spirit Transformation Patriarch.
• After the banquet, Mo Yuanfeng explained the status, selection process, and benefits of becoming a True Inheritor Sword Child.
• Mo Yuanfeng urged Lu Xuan to compete, citing his talent, cultivation, and contribution to the Sword Sect, and Lu Xuan vowed to give it his all.

Lu Xuan received two Spirit Marvelous Soul Nourishing Tea seedlings from Mu Heng as a congratulatory gift from Artifact Spirit Great One, then harvested his mature Seventh Grade Free and Immeasurable Sword Grass. Its Light Orb rewarded him with the Rank 8 Immeasurable Sword Prison, leaving him eager to use it to create a Sword Qi Spirit Land.

• Mu Heng visited Lu Xuan and delivered two Spirit Marvelous Soul Nourishing Tea seedlings on behalf of Artifact Spirit Great One, who also said the search for True Spirit Essence Blood was still difficult.
• Lu Xuan thanked Mu Heng and the commerce association, then gave Mu Heng a bottle of Still True Sword Liquid before planting the seedlings in his Personal Space.
• Lu Xuan tended his Spirit Plants, collected Essence of Life from the Dragon Turtle, and fed the Flowing Light Spirit Crane.
• Lu Xuan found that his Seventh Grade Free and Immeasurable Sword Grass had matured and harvested it.
• Lu Xuan opened its White Light Orb and received the Rank 8 Treasure Immeasurable Sword Prison, which could temper sword cultivators and cultivate a region rich in sword qi and sword intent.

Lu Xuan considered how to develop his spirit grounds and refined the Seventh Grade Free and Immeasurable Sword Grass for his own use. He then brought the White Ape into his Personal Space, where it challenged Thunder Dragon Howl and Azure Peak Qilin to a rematch.

• Lu Xuan planned to use the Immeasurable Sword Prison to establish a sword dao spirit ground and support the nurturing of high-grade Sword Grass.
• Lu Xuan decided to keep the Free and Immeasurable Sword Grass as his own weapon and began refining it with Infant Fire.
• The White Ape asked to visit Thunder Dragon Howl and Azure Peak Qilin so it could avenge its earlier defeat with a new Staff Technique.
• Lu Xuan brought the White Ape into his Personal Space and warned it not to harm any spirit plants.
• The White Ape challenged Thunder Dragon Howl and Azure Peak Qilin, and the three beasts began fighting as Fat Bird, the Flowing Light Spirit Crane, and the Little Tree Nymphs watched.

Lu Xuan continued tending his spirit plants and spent three quiet years in the Sword Sect after reaching the Nascent Soul Middle Stage. In his Personal Space, the Flowing Light Spirit Crane broke through to Sixth Grade, earning him a Seventh Grade Ten Thousand Mile Instant Shadow Talisman.

• Lu Xuan praised the Grass Puppet for guarding the spirit field and promised it a new treasure after it broke through.
• Ling Gu told Lu Xuan that the four Core Formation Cultivators had died under torment and become nourishment for the heretical spirit plants.
• Lu Xuan spent three years cultivating spirit plants and practicing his crafts while the Sword Sect remained undisturbed.
• Lu Xuan sensed the Flowing Light Spirit Crane nearing a breakthrough and encouraged it as it absorbed spiritual energy.
• The Flowing Light Spirit Crane broke through to Sixth Grade, and Lu Xuan received a Seventh Grade Ten Thousand Mile Instant Shadow Talisman from its White Light Orb.

Lu Xuan harvested Thunder Fiend Spirit Lotuses and gained Azure Lotus Wine and brewing experience, preparing to add the rare Sixth Grade Spirit Brew to his shop. The chapter ended as Wen Qian opened the General Store in Sword Abyss City to introduce the new brew to waiting cultivators.

• Lu Xuan stored the Ten Thousand Mile Instant Shadow Talisman and considered how to advance the Flowing Light Spirit Crane to Seventh Grade.
• Lu Xuan harvested the Dragon Turtle's Essence of Life and restored it with the Myriad Wood Spring Birth Seal.
• More than a year later, Lu Xuan harvested eleven of the twenty-six mature Thunder Fiend Spirit Lotuses, receiving seven portions of Azure Lotus Wine and four recipe experience packages.
• Lu Xuan absorbed the brewing experience and decided to offer Azure Lotus Wine as a new Store's Treasure.
• Wen Qian opened the General Store in Sword Abyss City and told the waiting cultivators that he had come to present a new Spirit Brew from the proprietor.

Wen Qian announced and sold Lu Xuan’s rare Sixth Grade Azure Lotus Wine, which quickly became another treasured offering at the General Store. After reporting the successful sale, Wen Qian received a Saint Infant Pill and Lu Xuan’s promise to arrange a spirit land and personally protect his upcoming Core Formation breakthrough.

• Wen Qian introduced the Sixth Grade Azure Lotus Wine, described its effects, and announced that three portions would go on sale for 288,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones each.
• News of the wine spread through nearby cities, and Lu Xuan left the shop’s sales and inquiries to Wen Qian.
• The three portions sold immediately after cultivators drew purchase qualifications, attracting more than fifty Core Formation True Persons.
• Wen Qian reported the successful sale to Lu Xuan, who promised to supply more Azure Lotus Wine once Wen Qian reached Core Formation.
• Lu Xuan gave Wen Qian a Saint Infant Pill and offered to arrange a Core Formation spirit land and personally guard his breakthrough.

Lu Xuan shared Azure Lotus Wine with Li Xuanchen and revealed that he had cultivated a superior-quality Free and Immeasurable Sword Grass, asking Li to introduce him to disciples with high-grade Sword Grass seeds. Three months later, Lu Xuan harvested a Ten Thousand Refinements Spirit Wood and received the Heavenly Craft Wonders inheritance, which taught rare Artifact Refining methods.

• Li Xuanchen visited Lu Xuan to ask about the scarce Azure Lotus Wine, and Lu shared a bottle with him.
• Lu Xuan asked Li Xuanchen to help him find disciples whose high-grade Sword Grass seeds he could cultivate.
• Lu Xuan showed Li Xuanchen the superior-quality Free and Immeasurable Sword Grass he had matured, impressing him with his cultivation skill.
• Three months later, Lu Xuan harvested the mature Ten Thousand Refinements Spirit Wood and received a White Light Orb reward.
• The White Light Orb gave Lu Xuan the Heavenly Craft Wonders Jade Scroll, an inheritance of rare Artifact Refining methods.

Lu Xuan welcomed his returning disciples and noticed that Li Haotian and Chen Qingshuang had developed mutual affection, while Chen Qingshuang was nearing core formation. He harvested a Sixth Grade Heavenly Essence Fruit and obtained a Seventh Grade Turtle Crane Essence Elixir.

• Lu Xuan examined the artifact-refining knowledge in the Heavenly Craft Wonders and stored it in the Fangcun Book, considering a future exchange for a Rank 8 Spirit Seed.
• Li Haotian and Chen Qingshuang told Lu Xuan their journey had gone smoothly and thanked him for the Thousand Machines House; he noticed their growing closeness and realized Chen Qingshuang secretly liked Li Haotian.
• Mu Yuanping presented Lu Xuan with more than twenty Spirit Gathering Grass Orbs, and Lu Xuan praised him before testing all three disciples and recognizing their progress.
• Lu Xuan advised Chen Qingshuang to prepare for core formation and promised to protect her when she broke through.
• Lu Xuan refined Mu Yuanping's Spirit Gathering Grass Orbs and checked his stores of materials for using the Accelerated Ripening Technique again.
• Lu Xuan harvested a mature Sixth Grade Heavenly Essence Fruit and received a Seventh Grade Turtle Crane Essence Elixir from its White Light Orb.

Lu Xuan harvested Heavenly Origin Fruits and obtained Seventh Grade Turtle Crane Origin Elixirs before receiving a visit from Lin Beihai and Taiyi Alliance elder Wen Wuchen. Wen proposed investing in Lu Xuan’s shop, but Lu Xuan leaned toward refusing to preserve his longstanding ties with the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild.

• Lu Xuan harvested four Heavenly Origin Fruits, gained two Turtle Crane Origin Elixirs and two pill recipe experience packs, and collected twenty-two Spirit Seeds from six plants.
• Lin Beihai brought Wen Wuchen, an elder of the Taiyi Alliance, to meet Lu Xuan at his Cave Mansion.
• Wen Wuchen praised Lu Xuan’s Spirit Fruits and Spirit Brew, then offered the Taiyi Alliance’s channels and resources in exchange for a stake in his General Store.
• Lu Xuan explained that his cultivation took priority and asked Wen Wuchen whether he knew of Lu Xuan’s relationship with the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild.
• Wen Wuchen urged Lu Xuan to choose the Taiyi Alliance instead, but Lu Xuan defended the Merchant Guild and considered refusing the offer.

Lu Xuan declined Wen Wuchen’s invitation to join the Taiyi Alliance and later helped Wen Qian and Chen Qingshuang break through to Core Formation. Chen Qingshuang’s advancement gave the Chen family a new successor, and she returned to Lu Xuan to consolidate her realm while Chen Yuqiu remained at the Sword Sect.

• Lu Xuan politely refused Wen Wuchen’s offer to leave the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild, while deciding to ask the Treasure Pagoda Artifact Spirit about the Taiyi Alliance’s claims.
• More than a year later, Lu Xuan brought Wen Qian into a Spirit Gathering Array, where Wen Qian successfully advanced to Core Formation.
• Less than half a year afterward, Chen Qingshuang broke through to Core Formation and received congratulations from Lu Xuan, Li Haotian, and Mu Yuanping.
• Lu Xuan reminded Chen Qingshuang to tell Chen Yuqiu about her breakthrough, and she flew to the outer sect to find him.
• Chen Yuqiu rejoiced that the Chen family had a successor, urged Chen Qingshuang to serve Lu Xuan faithfully, and listened as she offered to show him the place where their old ancestor had lived.

Lu Xuan gave the Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros a third Turtle Crane Essence Elixir, extending its life and inspiring it to leave the Sword Sect in search of high-level spirit seeds. Half a year later, the Mu Family Head visited Lu Xuan and brought him a Seventh Grade Demon Pill to help ripen his Rank 8 Extreme Saint Demon Fruit.

• Lu Xuan visited the Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros and gave it a third Turtle Crane Essence Elixir, which extended its lifespan by more than eighty years.
• The Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros thanked Lu Xuan and decided to leave the Sword Sect to search for high-level spirit seeds.
• After instructing Lu Xuan to care for the Thunder Hǒu Beast Clan, the Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros departed into the void.
• Half a year later, the Mu Family Head visited Lu Xuan and congratulated him on reaching the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.
• The Mu Family Head presented Lu Xuan with a Seventh Grade Demon Pill containing a Four-Winged Demon Tiger, a treasure Lu Xuan needed to supply demonic qi for ripening his Rank 8 Extreme Saint Demon Fruit.

Lu Xuan used a Demon Pill and spiritual resources to ripen the Rank 8 Extreme Saint Demon Fruit while harvesting his Primal Spirit Ginseng. The fruit matured and yielded a Rank 9 Ghost Carriage Remnant Soul, which could become a powerful treasure’s artifact spirit or transform a Ghost Carriage descendant.

• Lu Xuan asked the Mu Family Head about the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild’s relationship with the Taiyi Alliance and learned that the guild sometimes clashed with the stronger alliance.
• Lu Xuan directed the Listening Wind Beast to use the Demon Pill’s demonic power to nourish the Extreme Saint Demon Fruit.
• After five months, Lu Xuan harvested more than forty mature Primal Spirit Ginseng and received Light Orb rewards, including pills, cultivation, and alchemy experience.
• Lu Xuan kept thirty Primal Spirit Ginseng plants to produce seeds, which yielded ninety-eight seeds over the following half year.
• Lu Xuan used three drops of Azure Essence Spiritual Liquid to finish ripening the Extreme Saint Demon Fruit and harvested it.
• The fruit’s Light Orb gave Lu Xuan a Rank 9 Ghost Carriage Remnant Soul with the potential to become an artifact spirit or empower a descendant with Ghost Carriage bloodline.

Lu Xuan gave the Rank 8 Extreme Saint Demon Fruit to the Flowing Light Spirit Crane and Listening Wind Beast, then tended his spirit plants and cultivated. Zhou Yuanshan visited to ask him to cultivate a Seventh Grade Netherworld Blood Transformation Sword Grass, and Lu Xuan agreed to try.

• Lu Xuan stored the Rank 9 Ghost Carriage Remnant Soul and split the Extreme Saint Demon Fruit between the Listening Wind Beast and Flowing Light Spirit Crane to help them break through.
• Lu Xuan inspected his spirit plants, nurtured the Fangcun Wood, and cultivated techniques and divine abilities in his Cave Mansion.
• Zhou Yuanshan of Void Piercing Sword Peak visited Lu Xuan and offered him Spirit Fruits and Spirit Brew.
• Zhou Yuanshan explained that he had obtained a Seventh Grade Netherworld Blood Transformation Sword Grass Spirit Seed and asked Lu Xuan to cultivate it.
• Lu Xuan said he had comprehended a similar Sword Art and agreed to help cultivate the sword grass.

Lu Xuan accepted Zhou Yuanshan’s request to cultivate a Seventh Grade Netherworld Blood Transformation Sword Grass and visited the aging Fire God Ape at Fire God Palace with gifts of Spirit Fruits and Spirit Brews. He left reflecting on the declining lifespans of the Fire God Ape and Old Sword Flood Dragon, resolved to avoid the same fate through Light Orbs.

• Lu Xuan accepted thirty High-Grade Spirit Stones from Zhou Yuanshan and planted the Netherworld Blood Transformation Sword Grass Spirit Seed in his sword grass Spirit Field.
• Lu Xuan sent his main body into the Personal Space and traveled as the White Lotus Avatar to Fire God Palace to visit the Fire God Ape.
• Yan Liuchuan welcomed Lu Xuan and guided him through the Array Formations and Restrictions to the Fire God Ape’s recuperation grounds.
• Lu Xuan greeted the Fire God Ape, shared news of Old Sword Flood Dragon, and presented Spirit Fruits, Spirit Brews, and five bottles of Azure Lotus Wine.
• The Fire God Ape praised the Azure Lotus Wine and asked Lu Xuan to bring more next time, promising to save suitable Spirit Seeds for him.
• Lu Xuan saw the Fire God Ape resting in its nest and thought of Old Sword Flood Dragon’s confinement, then resolved not to decline into such a state.

After visiting the Fire God Ape and the Old Sword Flood Dragon, Lu Xuan returned to his cultivation space and harvested the last Fangcun Wood. The harvest rewarded him with the Rank 8 special treasure, the Little Dijiang Bag.

• Lu Xuan entertained the Fire God Ape with its favorite Spirit Fruits and Spirit Brews, then carried its teasing challenge to the Old Sword Flood Dragon.
• Lu Xuan returned to the Sword Sect and visited the Old Sword Flood Dragon, bringing it Still True Sword Liquid and a message from the Fire God Ape.
• Lu Xuan checked on his Spirit Beasts and Thunder Attribute Spirit Plants in the Personal Space, noting the growth of the Flowing Light Spirit Crane and Listening Wind Beast and the Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros's continued absence.
• Lu Xuan harvested the mature Seventh Grade Fangcun Wood and received the Rank 8 special treasure, the Little Dijiang Bag.

Lu Xuan received the eighth drop of True Spirit Essence Blood from the Treasure Pagoda Artifact Spirit and discussed ways to speed up the Nine True Spirit Leaf’s growth. The Artifact Spirit also praised Lu Xuan for refusing the Taiyi Alliance and promised to deal with its attempt to recruit him.

• Lu Xuan learned that the Little Dijiang Bag was a rare Rank 8 spatial treasure and stored it with his Fangcun Wood inside the Fangcun Book.
• After half a year, Mu Heng summoned Lu Xuan to the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild, where he met the Treasure Pagoda Artifact Spirit.
• The Artifact Spirit gave Lu Xuan Celestial Fox Essence Blood, the eighth type needed for the Nine True Spirit Leaf.
• Lu Xuan asked the Artifact Spirit to find Rank 8 Ripening Spirit Objects and more Fangcun Wood seeds, but the Artifact Spirit had no seeds to offer.
• The Artifact Spirit approved of Lu Xuan refusing Wen Wuchen’s offer to cooperate with the Taiyi Alliance and vowed to teach the Alliance a lesson.