Chapter Summaries

Lu Xuan told Jian Hai Zhen that he could refine Turtle Crane Essence Elixirs and asked him to oversee the sale of five pills in exchange for rare Spirit Plant resources and other treasures. He then revealed the elixir’s identity to Huang Jinhu at the Alchemy Hall, leaving him stunned.

• Lu Xuan claimed he had obtained the Turtle Crane Essence Elixir recipe from an ancient Tree Spirit and said he could refine it with a twenty-to-thirty-percent success rate.
• Jian Hai Zhen praised Lu Xuan’s varied talents and promised to protect him from trouble caused by the rare elixir.
• Lu Xuan asked Jian Hai Zhen to arrange the distribution of his five Turtle Crane Elixirs and named the resources he wanted in exchange.
• Lu Xuan visited the Alchemy Hall and told Huang Jinhu he had refined a seventh-grade spirit elixir.
• Lu Xuan identified it as the Turtle Crane Essence Elixir, and Huang Jinhu leapt up in shock.

Lu Xuan revealed that he had refined the rare Seventh Grade Turtle Crane Essence Elixir, stirring powerful elders’ interest in obtaining it. He returned to his cave mansion expecting a future treasure exchange, but senior cultivators began arriving at his door in droves.

• Huang Jinhu examined Lu Xuan’s Turtle Crane Essence Elixir and urged him to give its recipe to the Pill Hall, but Lu Xuan said he would consider it.
• Huang Jinhu told the aging Dan Lingzi about Lu Xuan’s recipe and elixirs, and Dan Lingzi declared that the Pill Hall had to control the recipe.
• Chongxu Sword Master informed Lingxiaozi that Lu Xuan had refined the elixir, prompting Lingxiaozi’s interest in obtaining one.
• Lu Xuan returned to his cave mansion, unaware that his elixir had stirred the Sword Sect’s elderly cultivators.
• Hanyu Feng and Fu Long arrived at Lu Xuan’s cave mansion to pay their respects, leaving White Ape bewildered by the powerful visitors.

Lu Xuan hosted senior cultivators seeking his Turtle Crane Essence Elixirs and announced a barter exchange, prioritizing rare Spirit Plant-related resources. Dan Lingzi tried to persuade Senior Brother Sword Child to pressure Lu Xuan into surrendering the pill formula, but Jian Hai Zhen intervened and the Sword Child upheld Lu Xuan’s right to decide.

• White Ape interrupted Lu Xuan’s meeting with Han Yu Feng and Fu Long to announce Lingxiaozi’s arrival, and Lu Xuan went to receive him.
• More than ten Nascent Soul True Lords gathered at Lu Xuan’s Cave Mansion, where he revealed his five Turtle Crane Essence Elixirs and set a barter exchange at Still True Sword Peak ten days later, with Jian Hai Zhen presiding.
• Dan Lingzi petitioned Senior Brother Sword Child to make Lu Xuan give the pill formula to the sect.
• Jian Hai Zhen confronted Dan Lingzi and challenged his claim that Lu Xuan should surrender the formula for the sect’s benefit.
• Senior Brother Sword Child ruled that Lu Xuan could decide what to do with his pill formula and warned against harming a fellow disciple.

Lu Xuan began exchanging Turtle Crane Essence Elixirs with elderly Nascent Soul cultivators and obtained a rare Rank 8 Three Corpses Wood Spirit Seed from Fu Long. Han Yu Feng then offered Rank 8 Creation Spiritual Dew, leaving Lu Xuan to consider another valuable exchange.

• Jian Hai Zhen accompanied Lu Xuan to the Alchemy Hall, where he explained the rules for exchanging the five Turtle Crane Essence Elixirs.
• A White-Haired Old Woman offered a seventh-grade Eight-Faced Yin Toad egg and two million Low-Grade Spirit Stones, while several other disciples presented Spirit Seeds and spiritual liquid that Lu Xuan declined.
• Fu Long offered a Rank 8 Three Corpses Wood Spirit Seed, and Lu Xuan exchanged one Turtle Crane Essence Elixir for it.
• Han Yu Feng offered Lu Xuan a bottle of Rank 8 Creation Spiritual Dew with a powerful ripening effect on High-Level Spirit Plants.

Lu Xuan exchanged Turtle Crane Origin Elixirs for rare spiritual treasures and obtained a weakened Rank 9 Nine Orifices Ginseng Fruit Spirit Seed from Lingxiaozi. He ended the gathering by promising to refine more elixirs, while planning to cultivate the valuable seed.

• Han Yu Feng traded Lu Xuan a bottle of twelve drops of Creation Spiritual Dew for two Turtle Crane Origin Elixirs.
• Lu Xuan considered other disciples’ offers but declined their magical treasures and formations, finding most Spirit Seeds and spiritual liquids unremarkable.
• Lingxiaozi showed Lu Xuan a weakened Rank 9 Spirit Seed, which Lu Xuan identified as a Nine Orifices Ginseng Fruit that could grant a supreme Dao body when its fruit was consumed.
• Lu Xuan exchanged three Turtle Crane Origin Elixirs for the Nine Orifices Ginseng Fruit Spirit Seed, and he and Lingxiaozi agreed to keep the trade secret.
• Lu Xuan announced that all five Turtle Crane Origin Elixirs had been exchanged and told the disciples he would work to refine more.

Lu Xuan arranged to supply the merchant association with Turtle Crane Essence Elixirs and asked it to gather materials for his Nine Orifices Ginseng Fruit. After force-growing the Rank 8 Silent Extinction Sword Grass, he gained the Primordial Void Sword Physique.

• Lu Xuan thanked Jian Hai Zhen for overseeing the exchange that earned him a Rank 8 Three Corpses Wood seed, Rank 8 Creation Spiritual Dew, and a damaged Rank 9 Nine Orifices Ginseng Fruit seed.
• Wen Ji visited Lu Xuan and asked him to supply the merchant association with Turtle Crane Essence Elixirs, and Lu Xuan agreed to provide one every few years.
• Lu Xuan asked Mu Heng to find Sun and Moon Essence or other Sixth Grade-or-higher yin or yang treasures, then gave him two Heavenly Essence Fruits to distribute.
• Lu Xuan used Creation Spiritual Dew and Sword Qi over several months to force-grow the Rank 8 Silent Extinction Sword Grass.
• Lu Xuan harvested the sword grass and received the Supreme Root Bone: Primordial Void Sword Physique, which granted Spirit Transformation qualifications and exceptional sword comprehension.

Lu Xuan cultivated the Nine Orifices Ginseng Fruit, harvested rewards from his Spirit Marvelous Soul Nourishing Tea, and met with Xu Wenjing to exchange a Turtle Crane Essence Elixir for a rare Rank 8 Sumeru Seed. He agreed to the trade, adding another powerful spatial Spirit Plant to his collection.

• Lu Xuan assessed the Primordial Void Sword Physique and planned to refine his Silent Extinction Sword Grass into a Flying Sword artifact.
• The Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild delivered Essence of the Moon and Essence of the Sun, which Lu Xuan used to cultivate the Nine Orifices Ginseng Fruit.
• Lu Xuan harvested three Spirit Marvelous Soul Nourishing Tea plants and obtained two Glass Spirit Nourishing Elixirs and a Pill Recipe Experience Pack.
• Xu Wenjing asked Lu Xuan whether he still had Turtle Crane Essence Elixirs and offered a Rank 8 Sumeru Seed in exchange.
• Lu Xuan agreed to exchange a Turtle Crane Essence Elixir for Xu Wenjing's Sumeru Seed.

Lu Xuan traded a Turtle Crane Essence Elixir to Xu Wenjing for a Rank 8 Sumeru Seed, then cultivated it in his Personal Space. He later exchanged his last elixir with Shi Jiuyin for a Rank 8 Nine Netherworld Yin Lotus, leaving him with two rare spirit plants to grow.

• Lu Xuan traded two Turtle Crane Elixirs to Xu Wenjing for Fangcun Palace's Rank 8 Sumeru Seed and asked him to conceal the exchange.
• Lu Xuan harvested Essence of Life from the Dragon Turtle and Flowing Light Spirit Crane, restored them and the Nine Orifices Ginseng Fruit Spirit Seed, and planted the Sumeru Seed at the edge of reality and the void.
• Shi Jiuyin of the Netherworld Sect visited Lu Xuan to seek Turtle Crane Elixirs before his life ended.
• Shi Jiuyin offered a Rank 8 Nine Netherworld Yin Lotus, and Lu Xuan traded his last Turtle Crane Essence Elixir for it after asking Shi to keep the deal secret.

Lu Xuan spent years cultivating spirit plants after ending his treasure exchanges, then received word that the Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros had returned from its search for high-level spirit seeds. He cured the Rhinoceros of demonic contamination, and it presented him with a Rank 9 Spirit Seed.

• Lu Xuan ended his treasure-exchange activity after trading away ten Turtle Crane Essence Elixirs and reflecting on the need to protect the Flowing Light Spirit Crane and Dragon Turtle.
• Over two and a half years, Lu Xuan tended his spirit plants and studied the growth of his high-grade spirit seeds in his Cave Mansion and Spirit Flower space.
• Lu Xuan sensed the Thunder mark calling to him and hurried out to meet the returning Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros.
• Lu Xuan found the Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros weakened by Nine Sons Black Heaven Demon contamination and used Divine Firmament True Thunder and Myriad Wood Spring Birth Seal to heal it.
• The Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros told Lu Xuan that demons and monsters had ambushed it during its journey, then gave him the Rank 9 Spirit Seed it had found.

Lu Xuan planted the rare Rank 9 Supreme Clarity True Thunder Tree but was forbidden from joining the battle against demons invading the Sword Sect’s Spirit Ruins Blessed Land. As he continued cultivating, he harvested soul-nourishing tea rewards and learned the refining method for the Divine Wood Azure Kettle.

• The Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros gave Lu Xuan a Rank 9 Spirit Seed, which he identified as the Supreme Clarity True Thunder Tree and planted near the Nine Heavens Thunder Attraction Stele.
• Lu Xuan learned that demons and monsters were threatening the Spirit Ruins Blessed Land and asked Jian Hai Zhen for permission to join the defense, but Jian Hai Zhen refused and urged him to prepare for selection as a True Inheritor Sword Child.
• Lu Xuan stayed on the sword peak as the sect repelled the invasion, then heard that the battle had cost cultivators their lives and left two Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivators without their physical bodies.
• Lu Xuan harvested mature Spirit Marvelous Soul Nourishing Tea leaves and received a Rank 7 Glass Spirit Nourishing Elixir recipe and three elixirs.
• A White Light Orb from the Evergreen Divine Wood gave Lu Xuan the refining method for the Divine Wood Azure Kettle, which he resolved to keep secret from the Divine Wood Sect.

Lu Xuan attended the Profound Cave Sword Sect’s True Inheritor Sword Child selection, where he demonstrated his sword skills and revealed his Flawless Spirit Body and Primordial Void Sword Physique. Heaven Sea Old Ancestor recognized his exceptional sword talent but lamented that Lu Xuan devoted himself to spirit plants, as the selection proceeded.

• Lu Xuan visited Ge Pu, heard that the Spirit Ruins Blessed Land had been secured, and asked about demons and monsters.
• Mo Yuanfeng told Lu Xuan that his talent, cultivation, strength, and sect contributions made him a leading candidate for True Disciple.
• Lu Xuan entered the Profound Cave Realm with fourteen candidates, including Zhuo Yue, Qi Zhou, and Xu Yuntao, to begin the selection before Heaven Sea Old Ancestor and Ancestor Su Yue.
• Lu Xuan displayed the Rank 8 Silent Extinction Sword Grass and his sword arts, prompting Heaven Sea Old Ancestor to praise his skill and rebuke a candidate who questioned his cultivation advantage.
• Lu Xuan disclosed his Flawless Spirit Body and Primordial Void Sword Physique, then used the sword physique to cut through and seal Heaven Sea Old Ancestor’s spell.
• Heaven Sea Old Ancestor confirmed Lu Xuan’s outstanding sword talent and sighed that he had strayed onto the wrong path by focusing on spirit plants.

Lu Xuan was chosen as Still True Sword Peak’s second True Inheritor Sword Child and received a Rank 9 Primordial Beginning Dao One Sword Grass seed. After celebrating with Sword Sect friends, he used his new status to obtain a Rank 9 Primal Mother Spirit Essence of All Things to nourish his spirit plants.

• Heaven Sea Old Ancestor announced that Lu Xuan and four others had been selected as True Inheritor Sword Children, then gave Lu Xuan a rare Rank 9 sword grass seed.
• Lu Xuan planted the Primordial Beginning Dao One Sword Grass and learned it needed pure sword intent, supreme sword qi, and high-rank sword-related treasures to grow.
• Jian Hai Zhen, Mo Yuanfeng, and other Sword Sect cultivators visited Lu Xuan’s Cave Mansion to congratulate him and celebrate his promotion.
• Lu Xuan asked Senior Brother Sword Child for a Rank 9 ripening spirit object, and Senior Brother Sword Child secured a Primal Mother Spirit Essence of All Things from Xuan Yang Old Ancestor.
• Lu Xuan thanked Senior Brother Sword Child and promised to cultivate sword grasses and develop new varieties for the Sword Sect.

Lu Xuan oversaw Mu Yuanping’s Core Formation and approved Li Haotian and Chen Qingshuang’s plans to become cultivation partners. He then ripened a Seventh Grade Flying Thunder Ganoderma King and obtained the incomplete High-Grade Divine Power Innate Wind and Thunder Escape.

• The Sword Boy gave Lu Xuan a core mark that allowed him to enter and leave the Profound Cave Realm, and Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion with the mark and the Primal Mother Spirit Essence of All Things.
• Mu Yuanping asked Lu Xuan to protect him during his breakthrough, formed his core successfully, and received a Light Splitting Shadowing Sword Grass and three Fifth Grade Sword Talismans as gifts.
• Li Haotian and Chen Qingshuang returned from years of travel, asked Lu Xuan to bless their union as cultivation partners, and received the Azure Profound Withered Glory Sword Array; Lu Xuan also agreed to officiate their wedding.
• Lu Xuan used a drop of Rank 8 Creation Spiritual Dew and Divine Firmament True Thunder to ripen the Seventh Grade Flying Thunder Ganoderma King in his Personal Space.
• Harvesting the Flying Thunder Ganoderma King gave Lu Xuan the incomplete High-Grade Divine Power Innate Wind and Thunder Escape, which he planned to cultivate with his existing thunder arts and aids to comprehension.

Lu Xuan harvested the Blood Nether Thunder Gourd, gained the Blood Nether Seal, and declined to join a demon purge while focusing on cultivation. More than a year later, he hosted Chen Qingshuang’s family for her wedding to Li Haotian, leaving them astonished by the Sword Sect’s lavish preparations.

• Lu Xuan ripened and harvested the Rank 8 Blood Nether Thunder Gourd, gaining the Blood Nether Seal and handing both to his White Lotus Avatar.
• Lu Xuan practiced the Innate Thunder Escape, then refused to join Li Xuanchen and the other Nascent Soul cultivators in a joint purge of demons and monsters.
• Lu Xuan continued cultivating sword grasses and Primal Spirit Ginseng while preparing to advance his cultivation.
• More than a year later, Chen Yuqiu and the Chen Family arrived at the Profound Cave Sword Sect for Chen Qingshuang and Li Haotian’s wedding, and the White Jade Sky Supporting Ape escorted them inside.
• Lu Xuan met Chen Yuqiu, and the Chen Family guests were astonished by the Core Formation cultivators serving at the wedding and the rare spirit fruits and spirit brew laid out for guests.

Lu Xuan presided over Li Haotian and Chen Qingshuang’s wedding, where powerful Sword Sect figures gathered and Chen Yuqiu reconnected with the Shen Family. Later, Lu Xuan harvested his Primal Spirit Ginsengs and broke through to the Nascent Soul Late Stage, deciding to conceal his new cultivation for a time.

• Nascent Soul Cultivators and Sword Master Hai Zhen arrived at Li Haotian and Chen Qingshuang’s wedding with congratulatory gifts, astonishing the Chen Family.
• Shen Jingxuan told Chen Yuqiu of the old ties between their families and invited him to discuss cooperation in cultivating Spirit Plants.
• Lu Xuan blessed Li Haotian and Chen Qingshuang as they became Cultivation Partners, then gave them a superior cave mansion and left their wedding gifts in their care.
• Lu Xuan reviewed his many treasures and planned to hold a private auction in Sword Abyss City after reaching the Nascent Soul Late Stage.
• Lu Xuan harvested ninety-six of his 106 matured Primal Spirit Ginsengs and absorbed the cultivation they yielded, breaking through to the Nascent Soul Late Stage.
• Lu Xuan resolved to conceal his new cultivation with the Heavenly Cicada Remains and Heavenly Cicada Six Transformations.

Lu Xuan mastered the Innate Thunder Escape, traveled to the Cloud Void Domain, and persuaded the Profound Limit Tree Mother to move the Tree Realm’s plant spirits into his Personal Space. As the migration began, he promised to protect them from any disturbances.

• Lu Xuan harvested Heavenly Origin Fruits, gaining Turtle Crane Origin Elixirs, pill recipe experience, and Ten Thousand Year Spirit Milk.
• After two more years of practice, Lu Xuan achieved initial mastery of the Innate Thunder Escape and traveled to the Cloud Void Domain.
• Lu Xuan met the Profound Limit Tree Mother and revealed that he had reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage.
• Lu Xuan showed the Profound Limit Tree Mother his Personal Space, and she agreed to move there with the Tree Realm’s plant spirits.
• The Profound Limit Tree Mother warned Lu Xuan that their migration would disturb the Tree Realm’s protections and attract cultivators, and Lu Xuan promised to guard them.

Lu Xuan guarded the Profound Limit Tree Mother as she prepared to leave the Azure Ripple Tree Realm, driving off intruders with a seventh-grade sword formation and the Sun Chasing Bow. When Azure Wood Star Master objected to her taking the realm’s spiritual treasures, Lu openly defied Heavenly Star Grotto and vowed to protect her against anyone.

• Profound Limit Tree Mother stirred the Azure Ripple Tree Realm as she prepared to depart, and Lu Xuan sensed cultivators gathering outside.
• Lu Xuan warned a pair of Core Formation Cultivators away, then deployed the Zhou Tian Star Fighting Sword Formation to deter the growing crowd.
• Dozens of cultivators charged into the formation and were killed, while Lu Xuan used the Sun Chasing Bow to gravely wound a Nascent Soul Cultivator who entered the tree realm.
• Azure Wood Star Master and other cultivators from Heavenly Star Grotto arrived, and Lu Xuan explained that he had come to honor his promise to take Profound Limit Tree Mother away.
• Azure Wood Star Master objected to Profound Limit Tree Mother taking the realm’s spiritual objects, and Lu Xuan declared that he would protect her against anyone, even a Spirit Transformation expert.

Lu Xuan challenged Azure Wood Star Master and Wu Earth Star Master to a one-against-two duel over Profound Limit Tree Mother's migration and defeated them with his sword arts and magical treasures. The Star Masters conceded, clearing the way for Profound Limit Tree Mother to take the spiritual objects from the Tree Realm.

• Azure Wood Star Master proposed settling the dispute over Profound Limit Tree Mother's migration with a duel, and Lu Xuan agreed to fight him and Wu Earth Star Master at once.
• Azure Wood Star Master attacked with the Profound Thorn Needle while Wu Earth Star Master summoned Earth Dragons, but Lu Xuan destroyed their attacks with the Silent Extinction Sword Grass and his spatial movement art.
• Azure Wood Star Master sent a self-healing wooden puppet at Lu Xuan, while Wu Earth Star Master's jade belt transformed into a Flood Dragon; Lu Xuan burned the puppet with the Five Flames Seven Birds Fan and nearly severed the jade belt with his sword.
• Lu Xuan restrained Wu Earth Star Master with the Five Thunder Lock Immortal Bracelet and threatened him with the Yin Yang Yuan Magnetic Divine Needle, prompting Wu Earth Star Master to concede.
• Azure Wood Star Master conceded after Lu Xuan's flames overwhelmed him and his wooden puppet, and the watching cultivators abandoned their plans to enter the Tree Realm.
• Azure Wood Star Master and Wu Earth Star Master accepted defeat and promised to welcome Lu Xuan, leaving him free to settle the matter of the Tree Realm.

Lu Xuan moved Profound Limit Tree Mother and the Grass and Wood Monsters into his Personal Space, then returned to the Cloud Void Domain to trade with the Star Masters and visit his old acquaintances. He found Hong Qinghai nearing Core Formation and brought him along to the sword sect, intending to help him break through and manage Lu Xuan’s properties there.

• Lu Xuan brought the Grass and Wood Monsters and Profound Limit Tree Mother into his Personal Space, where she praised his Spirit Plants and offered to nourish them.
• The next day, Lu Xuan met with five Star Masters, received two thousand jin of Gen Kun Wu Earth from Wu Earth Star Master, and bought Spirit Spring water and spirit liquid from Black Water Star Master.
• At the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild Branch Building, Lu Xuan learned that Daoist Mu had returned to his family to cultivate and that Hong Qinghai was away from the shop.
• Lu Xuan found Hong Qinghai in his old Cave Mansion and discovered he was close to Core Formation.
• Lu Xuan promised to help Hong Qinghai form his core and offered him a place managing properties at the sword sect, then brought him along on the journey back.

Lu Xuan brought Hong Qinghai to Sword Abyss City to join Wen Gan and prepare for his breakthrough to Core Formation. Back in his cave mansion, Lu Xuan harvested a Seventh Grade Azure Wood Spirit Thunder Fruit and ripened the Crimson Dragon Fruit, gaining the Rank 9 Primordial True Dragon Art.

• Lu Xuan introduced Hong Qinghai to Wen Gan and said he would help him advance to Core Formation in three days.
• Hong Qinghai met True Lord Qin, who gave him a golden flying sword, and Wen Gan warned him to remain grounded and remember that others respected Lu Xuan’s backing.
• Lu Xuan returned to his cave mansion, entered his Personal Space, and harvested an Azure Wood Spirit Thunder Fruit, completing the fourth layer of Divine Firmament True Method.
• Lu Xuan used three wisps of Profound Natural Secret Qi and Flood Dragon Blood Essence to mature the Crimson Dragon Fruit.
• Lu Xuan harvested the Crimson Dragon Fruit and obtained the Rank 9 body-tempering method, Primordial True Dragon Art.