Chapter Summaries

Lu Xuan spent the day tending his Spirit Field, then used his Sword Seals to acquire a Wind Falcon egg and choose a rare Third Grade Spirit Seed. The chapter left him set on buying a Sword Nurturing Gourd.

• Lu Xuan tested the Second Grade Purification Mantra on himself, then tended his Spirit Plants and fed Copper-Iron Ore to the Iron Pincer Crab young beast.
• Lu Xuan watered the Flood Dragon Vine with blood from Flood Dragon Giant Pythons and wondered whether Flood Dragon and Chi Dragon bloodlines could improve its quality.
• Lu Xuan counted his savings at one hundred and fifty-seven Sword Seals and decided to raise a fast Demon Bird to help with his daily commute.
• Lu Xuan bought a Second Grade Wind Falcon egg from Beast Taming Hall for thirty-five Sword Seals.
• Lu Xuan visited Si Nong Hall, examined the available Third Grade Spirit Seeds, and chose the Sword Nurturing Gourd.

Lu Xuan exchanged Sword Seals for a Sword Nurturing Gourd Spirit Seed, then revealed to a Si Nong Hall cultivator that he had independently grown Superior Grade Sword Grass. The cultivator promised to report Lu Xuan’s achievement, and Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion with a Wind Falcon Egg as a new companion.

• Lu Xuan exchanged ninety Sword Seals for a Sword Nurturing Gourd Spirit Seed and learned that only Inner Sect Disciples could cultivate Sword Grass.
• Lu Xuan told the Old Farmer Cultivator that he had grown Sword Grass from a seed found outside the sect and showed him the Superior Grade plant.
• The Old Farmer Cultivator confirmed the Sword Grass was genuine, agreed to report Lu Xuan’s achievement, and asked where he lived so he could pass along news.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion with a Spirit Crane and warned the Cloud Stepping Lynx not to bully the Wind Falcon Egg he brought home.

Lu Xuan contracted with a Wind Falcon egg and planted a Sword Nurturing Gourd, then reflected on earning Sword Seals and selling his mature Spirit Plants. His neighbor Xu Shaoze visited and shared how years of fighting Demonic Beasts and Evil Spirits had brought him from rogue cultivator to his current standing.

• Lu Xuan contracted with the Azure Giant Egg, learned the Wind Falcon inside could control Low-Grade Wind Arts, and fed it Spiritual Power while waiting for it to hatch.
• Lu Xuan planted a Sword Nurturing Gourd Spirit Seed and placed a worn-out Flying Sword beside it to provide sword intent.
• After spending most of his Sword Seals on the new Spirit Seed and Wind Falcon, Lu Xuan resolved to earn more, keep feeding the Flood Dragon Demonic Beasts, and sell his accumulated mature Spirit Plants.
• Xu Shaoze visited Lu Xuan, explained that he had returned from half a year capturing Evil Spirits, and described how fighting had shaped his path from rogue cultivator.
• Lu Xuan told Xu Shaoze that he too had been born a rogue cultivator, though he preferred a quiet life as a Spirit Plant Master.

Lu Xuan harvested mature Spirit Plants and opened their rewards, finally obtaining the lower part of the Foundation Establishment-stage Glass Bone Forging Art. The Wind Falcon Egg hatched into an Azure Bird chick, which recognized Lu Xuan and ate its shell.

• Lu Xuan cultivated his Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts while accelerating the Wind Falcon Egg's hatching with spiritual power.
• Lu Xuan harvested thirty-two mature Spirit Firefly Grass and received cultivation rewards, pills, Talismans, and experience packs from their White Light Orbs.
• Lu Xuan harvested six Clear and Wonderful Spirit Tea leaves and obtained pills, Talismans, the Purification Mantra, and both parts of the Foundation Establishment-stage Glass Bone Forging Art.
• The Cloud Stepping Lynx alerted Lu Xuan that the Wind Falcon Egg was about to hatch, and he hurried to the inner room.
• The Azure Bird chick emerged, recognized Lu Xuan, and ate all the eggshell fragments, growing stronger and more vigorous.

After the Wind Falcon Chick hatched, Lu Xuan dealt with its rivalry with the Cloud Stepping Lynx and realized he needed to buy more food and tools. He visited Bai Li Jian Qing for advice and decided to travel to Sword Gate Town to sell spirit plants and shop for supplies.

• The Wind Falcon Chick dodged the Cloud Stepping Lynx's playful pounce and perched on Lu Xuan's shoulder, while the Lynx claimed his other shoulder.
• Lu Xuan fed both spirit beasts Demon Beast Meat, and their eager eating made him plan to stockpile more meat and buy Flying Sword Magic Tools for the Sword Nurturing Gourd.
• Lu Xuan visited Bai Li Jian Qing and exchanged news about their cultivation, sect activities, and experiences in the Black Abyss.
• Bai Li Jian Qing told Lu Xuan that Sword Gate Town was the best place near the sect to buy and sell in bulk.
• Lu Xuan decided to sell his Spirit Firefly Grasses in Sword Gate Town and look for Demon Beast Meat, a First Grade Flying Sword, and rare Spirit Seeds.

Lu Xuan visited Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion in Sword Gate Town to sell Spirit Plants and found a Grievance Soul Bell filled with Yin Soul Grudges. He bought it to awaken the Ghost Face Stone Mushroom.

• Lu Xuan went to Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion and sold one hundred and fifty Spirit Firefly Grass for five hundred and eighty Spirit Stones.
• Lu Xuan sold two Good Grade Clear and Wonderful Spirit Tea Leaves for one hundred Spirit Stones each.
• Lu Xuan asked the pavilion about Yin Soul-type Magic Tools, and the old man showed him a Second Grade Grievance Soul Bell holding hundreds to over a thousand Yin Soul Grudges.
• Lu Xuan bought the Grievance Soul Bell for two hundred and thirty Spirit Stones so he could use its Yin Soul Grudges to awaken the Ghost Face Stone Mushroom.

Lu Xuan bought a rare soul Magic Tool, discounted Flying Swords, and Demon Beast Meat at Blue Stone Plaza before discovering that a strange bone was a Third Grade Thorn Bone Spirit Seed. He learned that it needed the essence of corpses to grow and became eager to acquire it.

• Lu Xuan left the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion with the Second Grade Grievance Soul Bell and more than two thousand Spirit Stones.
• Lu Xuan bargained for ten battered First Grade Flying Swords and bought nearly fifty pounds of Demon Beast Meat at Rogue Cultivator stalls.
• Lu Xuan noticed a dispute over a strange White Bone that the One-Eyed Middle-Aged Cultivator claimed was a Spirit Seed.
• Lu Xuan pretended to plant the White Bone and learned it was a Third Grade Thorn Bone Spirit Plant that absorbed corpse essence and could be used to refine high-grade puppets and certain Evil Magical Artifacts.

Lu Xuan rented a Small Courtyard in Sword Gate Town to cultivate the sinister Ghost Face Stone Mushrooms and Thorn Bone away from the Heaven Sword Sect. After awakening the mushrooms and feeding the Thorn Bone, he returned to his cave abode and checked on his pets and Spirit Field.

• Lu Xuan haggled with a stall owner and bought a Third Grade Thorn Bone Spirit Seed for one hundred and twenty Spirit Stones.
• Lu Xuan rented a Small Courtyard, installed a Second Grade Protective Array, and planted the five sleeping Ghost Face Stone Mushrooms and the Thorn Bone.
• Lu Xuan crushed Grievance Souls and spread their fragments over the Ghost Face Stone Mushrooms, awakening them, then placed fresh Demon Beast skeletons beside the Thorn Bone so it could absorb their essence.
• Lu Xuan left fifty Grievance Souls and more Demon Beast skeletons in the Small Courtyard, activated its Array Formation, and returned to his cave abode.
• The Wind Falcon Chick landed on Lu Xuan's shoulder, and he fed it and the Cloud Stepping Lynx before inspecting his flourishing Spirit Field.

Lu Xuan tended his Spirit Plants before meeting Si Nong Hall’s Hall Master Shen Ye, who tested his sword art and questioned him about cultivating Sword Grass. Shen Ye gave him two Sword Grass Spirit Seeds and promised that successfully raising them could earn him admission as an Inner Sect Disciple and help with Foundation Establishment.

• Lu Xuan supported the Sword Nurturing Gourd with an abandoned flying sword, cared for his other Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts, and guided fifty Spirit Firefly Grasses to form seeds.
• Xia Chen summoned Lu Xuan to Si Nong Hall after Shen Ye became interested in his ability to cultivate Sword Grass.
• Shen Ye tested Lu Xuan’s sword art and confirmed his Grandmaster Realm Gold Metal Swordplay, then questioned him about Sword Grass cultivation.
• Shen Ye gave Lu Xuan two Sword Grass Spirit Seeds and a message talisman, promising sect recognition and help with Foundation Establishment if Lu Xuan raised both plants successfully.

Lu Xuan planted two Sword Grass seeds, continued tending his Spirit Plants and raising flood dragons, and accepted a task to treat a sick Flame Fruit. He met the task’s owner, Chen Shijie, who welcomed him with an assortment of Spirit Fruits before showing him the plant.

• Lu Xuan planted two Sword Grass Spirit Seeds and infused them with Geng Metal Sword Qi.
• Two First Grade Giant Python Different Boas advanced to Second Grade, earning Lu Xuan twenty Sword Seals, while a Two-Headed Flood Dragon trained for a possible breakthrough.
• Xu Shaoze invited Lu Xuan to join a group clearing evil spirits, but Lu Xuan declined and chose a Spirit Plant treatment task instead.
• Lu Xuan accepted the Flame Fruit treatment task and traveled to Wangbei Peak to meet Chen Shijie.
• Chen Shijie welcomed Lu Xuan into her courtyard and served him several Spirit Fruits before he inspected the Flame Fruit.

Lu Xuan examined Chen Shijie's failing Second Grade Flame Fruit and discovered that it had mutated after growing in a Yin Fire environment. He explained that ordinary Fire-Type Techniques could no longer nourish it, and Chen Shijie confirmed where she had found it.

• Lu Xuan inspected the Flame Fruit and found no insect damage or obvious problems with its branches, leaves, or growing conditions.
• After learning Chen Shijie had found the plant in a Secret Realm and transplanted it, Lu Xuan asked to pull it from the soil and examine its roots.
• Lu Xuan noticed the roots felt warm and cool instead of faintly burning, then replanted the Flame Fruit and used his ability to identify its condition.
• Lu Xuan learned that the Flame Fruit had absorbed Yin Fire and now needed unusual Yin Fire rather than ordinary Fire-Type Techniques.
• Lu Xuan told Chen Shijie that the Flame Fruit must have grown in a Yin Fire environment, and she confirmed that it had.

Lu Xuan healed Chen Shijie's Flame Fruit with a Yin Flame Talisman and earned Sword Seals and Spirit Fruits. Back in his cave abode, he tended his Spirit Field and harvested a Crab Spirit Paste reward from a mature Iron Pincer Crab, which he prepared to share with his pets.

• Lu Xuan explained that Chen Shijie's Flame Fruit needed nourishment from a Yin Fire-type spirit flame, and her Yin Flame Talisman restored it to health.
• Chen Shijie rewarded Lu Xuan with thirty Sword Seals and gave him a pile of Spirit Fruits.
• Lu Xuan collected nearly five hundred Spirit Firefly Grass seeds, kept some, and planted two hundred in his Spirit Field.
• A month later, Lu Xuan surveyed his growing Spirit Plants and spotted a White Light Orb beneath a stone in the Spirit Spring.
• Lu Xuan claimed a Second Grade Crab Spirit Paste reward from the mature Iron Pincer Crab, then had the Grass Puppet restrain it and the Cloud Stepping Lynx place it in a pot to cook.
• Lu Xuan lifted the pot lid to reveal the cooked crab as the Cloud Stepping Lynx and Wind Falcon Chick eagerly awaited the meal.

Lu Xuan hosted Bai Li Jian Qing for a crab feast and learned about the Azure Sandalwood Gathering, where cultivators traded rare treasures. Three days later, Bai Li Jian Qing brought him to the gathering, where Lu Xuan was welcomed at the entrance.

• A mysterious Pure White Luan Bird slipped through Lu Xuan’s Second Grade Mist Concealing Formation, ate some crab meat, and departed without disturbing it.
• Lu Xuan invited Bai Li Jian Qing to a feast and asked about gatherings where sect cultivators exchanged treasures.
• Bai Li Jian Qing explained the private Azure Sandalwood Gathering and offered to take Lu Xuan to its next meeting in three days.
• Lu Xuan decided he might trade Clear and Wonderful Spirit Tea Leaves and a Second Grade Dark Marrow Mushroom for Spirit Seeds or a method to condense them.
• Bai Li Jian Qing took Lu Xuan by flying boat to the gathering, where he introduced him to the cultivator guarding the courtyard entrance.

Lu Xuan attended the Azure Sandalwood Gathering, exchanged a Clear and Wonderful Spirit Tea Leaf for a complete second-grade Armored Ox skeleton, and then offered his remaining spirit herbs in search of spirit seeds or Spirit Seed Condensation Methods. His offer drew the gathering’s attention, but the chapter ended before anyone responded.

• Bai Li Jian Qing introduced Lu Xuan to the gathered cultivators, then left him to socialize alone in a courtyard corner.
• A Foundation Establishment Cultivator explained the gathering’s rules and opened the treasure exchange, where cultivators traded items such as spirit ores and magic tools.
• Lu Xuan exchanged one Clear and Wonderful Spirit Tea Leaf for a middle-aged cultivator’s complete second-grade Armored Ox skeleton, which he wanted to use to cultivate the Thorn Bone.
• Lu Xuan presented his remaining fourteen Clear and Wonderful Spirit Tea Leaves and a Dark Marrow Mushroom, seeking spirit seeds or Spirit Seed Condensation Methods.
• The gathering’s cultivators were astonished by Lu Xuan’s superior-grade tea leaves and rare second-grade Dark Marrow Mushroom.

Lu Xuan traded Clear and Wonderful Spirit Tea Leaves for Ice Luo Fruit Spirit Seeds and a Second Grade Pill Furnace, then agreed to exchange his Dark Marrow Mushroom and three more tea leaves for a strange spirit tree covered in eyes. He left with the unknown tree, which the seller claimed was at least Third Grade and not an Evil Spirit.

• Lu Xuan exchanged two Clear and Wonderful Spirit Tea Leaves, including one Superior Grade leaf, for four Second Grade Ice Luo Fruit Spirit Seeds.
• A young cultivator traded Lu Xuan a Second Grade Pill Furnace for two Superior Grade Clear and Wonderful Spirit Tea Leaves.
• A descendant of a Core Formation Elder showed Lu Xuan a half-foot-tall spirit tree with dozens of pupils across its trunk.
• The young cultivator offered the strange tree for Lu Xuan's Dark Marrow Mushroom and three Clear and Wonderful Spirit Tea Leaves, and Lu Xuan agreed.

Lu Xuan traded for a strange tree and discovered it was a dangerous Fourth Grade Hundred Eyed Treant, then planted Ice Luo Fruit seeds and successfully refined Essence Nurturing Pills. He planned to move the Treant to his rented courtyard in Sword Gate Town and looked forward to gaining more pill recipes from Spirit Plants.

• Lu Xuan exchanged Clear and Wonderful Spirit Tea Leaves and a Dark Marrow Mushroom for a Second Grade Armored Ox skeleton, Ice Luo Fruit seeds, a Pill Furnace, and a strange little tree.
• Lu Xuan planted four Ice Luo Fruit Spirit Seeds and nourished them with ice-mist spiritual power.
• Lu Xuan identified the strange tree as a Fourth Grade Hundred Eyed Treant that needed fresh Demon Beast eyes and could harm cultivators who stared at it too long.
• Lu Xuan decided to move the Hundred Eyed Treant to his rented Small Courtyard in Sword Gate Town.
• Lu Xuan used his Essence Nurturing Pill Recipe Experience Packs to refine five good-quality Essence Nurturing Pills on his first attempt.

Yao Shijie invited Lu Xuan to help investigate an insect infestation at a spirit plant garden, and he agreed after hearing it was nearby and safe. Before setting out, Lu Xuan returned to his courtyard, tended his unusual spirit plants, and planted a fourth-grade Hundred Eyed Treant.

• Yao Shijie invited Lu Xuan to join her in solving an insect infestation at a Foundation Establishment martial uncle’s Spirit Plant Garden, and Lu Xuan agreed after she addressed his safety concerns.
• Two days later, Lu Xuan and Yao Shijie arrived at Sword Gate Town with another Qi Refining Stage 9 cultivator and arranged to meet beneath the Stone Sword after making preparations.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Small Courtyard and found that the Ghost Face Stone Mushrooms had consumed most of the Yin Soul Grudge he had left behind.
• Lu Xuan released more Yin Soul Grudge for the Ghost Face Stone Mushrooms and nourished the Thorn Bone with the skeleton of an Armored Ox.
• Lu Xuan planted a fourth-grade Hundred Eyed Treant and fed it a Demonic Beast Eye, sensing its satisfaction as his courtyard took on a more sinister appearance.

Yao Shijie, Lu Xuan, and Yan Ping visited the Zhang Family on Star Luo Lake to investigate Strange Insects damaging its Water Marsh Spirit Peaches. After meeting the family and seeing its promising young cultivators, they entered the Spirit Plant Garden and began inspecting the infestation.

• Yao Shijie explained the Zhang Family's ties to the Heaven Sword Sect as their Flying Boat Magical Artifact arrived at the family’s island.
• Zhang Yutang welcomed the visitors with a meal of rare spirit fish and introduced Cheng Xin and Cheng Ning as promising young cultivators.
• Yao Shijie gave Cheng Xin and Cheng Ning First-grade Magic Tools and encouraged them to enter the Heaven Sword Sect.
• Zhang Yutang led Lu Xuan, Yao Shijie, and Yan Ping to the Water Marsh Spirit Peach garden and described the recurring Strange Insect infestation.
• Lu Xuan, Yao Shijie, and Yan Ping split up to inspect the Spirit Plants and identify the Strange Insects.

Lu Xuan captured a Mimicry Bug parasitizing the Zhang Family’s Water Marsh Spirit Peaches and learned how it concealed itself and fed. He returned to the others with the infestation’s cause still unresolved, suspecting the unusually large number of bugs might not have appeared naturally.

• Lu Xuan and the others discussed the Zhang Family’s defenses and learned that they had no living Strange Insects available to examine.
• Guided by Zhang Chengning, Lu Xuan searched the Peach Forest and caught a Strange Insect disguised as a Water Marsh Spirit Peach branch.
• Lu Xuan fed the bug a peach branch and identified it as a first-grade Mimicry Bug whose larvae parasitized Spirit Plants and gradually copied their form.
• Lu Xuan returned to Yao Shijie, Yan Ping, and the Zhang Family cultivators, who had caught several bugs of their own.
• Lu Xuan suggested the bugs’ disguises might offer a way to find them and privately wondered whether the infestation had been deliberately caused.
• Lu Xuan decided to find a parasitized Spirit Peach Tree and examine it for clues to the infestation.

Lu Xuan identified the Water Marsh Spirit Peaches’ infestation as Mimicry Bugs and discovered how fire could expose them. After he warned Yao Qing that the infestation might be deliberate, the Zhang family caught a Shadowy Figure gathering the mature bugs at night.

• Lu Xuan examined an ailing Water Marsh Spirit Peach and learned that controlled fire could reveal the Mimicry Bugs hiding inside it.
• Lu Xuan told Zhang Chengning he had learned how to address the infestation and explained the Mimicry Bugs to Yao Qing.
• Lu Xuan warned Yao Qing that the bugs’ rarity suggested someone might have deliberately infested the garden.
• A Shadowy Figure entered the garden at night and used an Insect Repelling Technique to gather mature Mimicry Bugs.
• The Zhang Family Head and several others appeared and confronted the Shadowy Figure.