Chapter Summaries

Zhang Yutang confronted Cheng Wen for planting Mimicry Bug eggs in the Zhang Family’s Spirit Plant Garden, while Lu Xuan later killed a cultivator who attacked him with a poisonous Pale Green Toad. Lu Xuan took the cultivator’s Storage Bag and discovered an Insect Scripture.

• Zhang Yutang identified Cheng Wen as the one who introduced the Mimicry Bugs and ordered Discipline Hall elders to punish him.
• Zhang Yutang assured Yao Qing that the Zhang Family would resolve the infestation and meet its usual spirit peach quota.
• While patrolling the Spirit Plant Garden, Lu Xuan dodged a poisonous tongue from a Pale Green Toad and killed it with Second Grade Myriad Sword Qi Talismans.
• Lu Xuan pursued and killed the toad’s cultivator with sword qi and the Red Thread Needle, then took his Storage Bag.
• Yao Qing and Yan Ping arrived, and Lu Xuan lamented the talismans he had used while examining the Insect Scripture.

Lu Xuan and his companions finished clearing Mimicry Bugs from the Water Marsh Spirit Peaches and returned to the sect with gifts and mission rewards. Back at his Cave Mansion, he dealt with his overfed spirit beasts and began studying the Insect Scripture taken from his attacker.

• Lu Xuan, Yao Qing, and Yan Ping finished checking the Water Marsh Spirit Peaches, and the Zhang Family defeated the Wan Family and took over its holdings.
• Zhang Yutang gave the three cultivators gifts, including five hundred Spirit Stones each, to reward their help and keep the Zhang Family's role in the pest problem secret.
• Yao Qing awarded Lu Xuan and Yan Ping forty Sword Seals each before they returned to the sect.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion, found the Wind Falcon Chick and Cloud Stepping Lynx had eaten all the Demon Beast Meat, and punished them with three days without food.
• Lu Xuan examined the belongings of his attacker and began reading the Insect Scripture.

Lu Xuan resumed cultivating spirit plants and caring for spirit beasts after returning from the insect-clearing mission. At the General Affairs Hall, he found a mission to address the Beast Taming Hall’s Spirit Crane reproduction crisis and read its details.

• Lu Xuan reviewed the Insect Scripture and considered raising spirit insects for their light orb rewards.
• Lu Xuan returned to the Spirit Field, inspected his plants, replaced the Sword Nurturing Gourd’s Flying Sword, and collected two Crab Spirit Paste rewards.
• Lu Xuan resumed feeding the Flood Dragon Giant Pythons and settled back into his routine of cultivation, pill refining, and study.
• Lu Xuan searched the General Affairs Hall for suitable work and found a mission seeking help with the Spirit Cranes’ declining reproduction.
• Lu Xuan questioned why the Spirit Cranes were dwindling despite seeming common throughout the sect, then read the mission’s detailed information.

Lu Xuan visited the Spirit Crane habitat to investigate why the cranes were breeding less, and concluded that their poor conditions made them unwilling to reproduce. Zhou Zhengqing proposed using a lust-inducing spell and a Love Potion, leaving Xu Yi interested in his coercive plan.

• Lu Xuan met Xu Yi at the Water Marsh and learned that the sect’s Spirit Cranes were declining because fewer were willing to breed.
• Xu Yi explained that the cranes had to earn Spirit Stones, forage for food, and endure the burdens of pregnancy and raising young.
• Lu Xuan argued that the cranes were subjectively unwilling to breed and that their situation should be addressed.
• Zhou Zhengqing dismissed Lu Xuan’s view and proposed using an unorthodox spell and a Love Potion to force the cranes to reproduce.
• Xu Yi’s eyes lit up at Zhou Zhengqing’s proposed method.

Lu Xuan cared for a group of Spirit Cranes and tried to improve their well-being before encouraging them to breed, while Zhou Zhengqing used techniques and Love Potion to force his group into mating. The chapter ended when a Male Crane in Zhou Zhengqing’s camp mutilated itself to escape forced breeding.

• Xu Yi assigned two hundred Spirit Cranes to Zhou Zhengqing and one hundred to Lu Xuan to care for and breed.
• Lu Xuan examined his Spirit Cranes and found that many were exhausted by transporting cultivators and resisted their expected role in reproduction.
• Lu Xuan fed and soothed his Spirit Cranes, while Zhou Zhengqing used his technique and Love Potion to push his group into mating.
• Lu Xuan continued improving his Spirit Cranes’ physical and mental states and planned to reduce their resistance to breeding.
• A Male Crane in Zhou Zhengqing’s camp mutilated itself after being forced to breed every day, and Xu Yi explained what had happened.

After a Spirit Crane maimed itself under Zhou Zhengqing’s harsh breeding methods, Xu Yi warned him to change course and urged Lu Xuan to keep caring for his own flock. Lu Xuan’s gentler treatment left his Spirit Cranes lively and affectionate, and he ended the day preparing a Male Crane for its apparent courtship.

• A Spirit Crane injured itself, prompting Xu Yi to warn Zhou Zhengqing that his breeding methods were too extreme.
• A healer treated the injured Spirit Crane, and Zhou Zhengqing agreed to use gentler methods.
• Xu Yi asked Lu Xuan to watch his flock, and Lu Xuan said their condition had improved under his care.
• Lu Xuan fed his Spirit Cranes well and let them play and fly freely, restoring their energy and spirits.
• Two Spirit Cranes returned from flying together, and Lu Xuan teased them about their affection.
• Lu Xuan tidied the Male Crane’s feathers and parted its head feathers for its coming courtship, but it wriggled away.

Lu Xuan organized games and improved conditions to encourage the Spirit Cranes to pair up and breed. Xu Yi confirmed that fifteen Female Cranes were pregnant and asked Lu Xuan to explain his success.

• Lu Xuan paired the Middle-Parted Male Crane with a female crane, and the pair disappeared into the water grass.
• Lu Xuan held team-building games for the Spirit Cranes, and more than ten pairs became entangled while he was away fetching food.
• Over the following days, the Spirit Cranes formed many pairs, often with different partners.
• Lu Xuan told Xu Yi that the cranes had mated repeatedly, and Xu Yi went with him to inspect the camp.
• Xu Yi detected that fifteen Female Cranes were pregnant, and Lu Xuan explained that easing their pressures and fostering attraction encouraged breeding.

Lu Xuan advised Xu Yi on improving the spirit cranes’ welfare and reorganizing their transport, helping increase their breeding and inspire a new communication system. After completing his work, Lu Xuan departed atop the Crane King as a thousand spirit cranes followed to see him off.

• Lu Xuan told Xu Yi to ease the spirit cranes’ workload, improve their living conditions, and reward diligent cranes with chances to strengthen their bloodlines.
• Lu Xuan proposed tracking demand across the sect and developing communication tools and an array to dispatch nearby spirit cranes efficiently; Xu Yi praised the idea and named the plan Spirit Crane Travel.
• Ten days later, nearly half of the female cranes were pregnant, while Zhou Zhengqing’s revised breeding method stopped the cranes from harming themselves but did not raise their birth rate much.
• Xu Yi told Lu Xuan that the hall had compiled transport demand statistics and would soon reduce the cranes’ average workload, and Lu Xuan prepared to return to his cave mansion.
• The Third Grade Crane King arrived to carry Lu Xuan away, and about a thousand spirit cranes followed behind to bid him farewell.

Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion after helping the Spirit Cranes, bringing back a generous reward of Sword Seals. He harvested a mature Copper Bone Bamboo and received a drop of Golden Marrow Jade Liquid, a treasure that could strengthen his bones.

• Lu Xuan thanked the Crane King for bringing him home, then returned to his Cave Mansion and greeted the Wind Falcon Chick and Cloud Stepping Lynx.
• Lu Xuan counted the two hundred Sword Seals Xu Yi had given him, bringing his total to two hundred and ninety-two, and decided he could exchange them for high-grade Spirit Seeds.
• Lu Xuan checked the growth of his Spirit Plants and tended to them with spells, finding that one stalk of Copper Bone Bamboo had matured.
• Lu Xuan cut down the Copper Bone Bamboo and touched the White Light Orb that appeared beside it.
• The orb gave Lu Xuan a drop of Golden Marrow Jade Liquid, which could improve the hardness and toughness of his bones and gradually strengthen his physique.

Lu Xuan consumed Golden Marrow Jade Liquid, strengthening his bones, then visited Si Nong Hall to seek a new high-grade Spirit Plant. He began reviewing the sect’s Third and Fourth Grade Spirit Plants to choose what to cultivate next.

• Lu Xuan drank a drop of Third Grade Golden Marrow Jade Liquid, which further strengthened and nourished his bones.
• Lu Xuan stored a mature Copper Bone Bamboo and decided to wait for the other four plants to mature before harvesting them.
• Lu Xuan rode a spirit crane to Si Nong Hall, and the crane refused his fare; another cultivator mistakenly copied him and had his Spirit Stone taken by his own crane.
• The Old Farmer Cultivator asked Lu Xuan about his Sword Grasses, and Lu Xuan said they were growing well.
• Lu Xuan asked for a Third Grade or higher Spirit Plant, and the Old Farmer Cultivator gave him Jade Scrolls listing the sect’s Third and Fourth Grade varieties to choose from.

Lu Xuan exchanged 240 Sword Seals for a Fourth Grade Mystic Insect Vine Spirit Seed and planted it in his Cave Mansion. He learned that the vine needed to grow symbiotically with certain Demon Worms and planned to find suitable insect eggs.

• Lu Xuan reviewed the Fourth Grade Spirit Plants on the Jade Scroll and ruled out most of them because his Cave Mansion could not meet their growing conditions.
• Lu Xuan chose the Mystic Insect Vine after learning it required Demon Worms, and exchanged 240 Sword Seals for its Spirit Seed.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion, planted the Mystic Insect Vine Spirit Seed, and learned it could help Demon Worms advance to the Fifth Grade.
• Lu Xuan realized he needed to place suitable insect eggs on the vine so the insects could grow in symbiosis with it, and used the Spirit Rain Technique to maintain the seed's vitality.

Lu Xuan harvested mature Copper Bone Bamboo and Spirit Firefly Grass, gaining rare treasures and enough cultivation to reach Qi Refining Completion. After considering the challenges of Foundation Establishment, he welcomed Xu Shaoze, who had returned from an Evil Spirit-clearing mission.

• Lu Xuan harvested two Copper Bone Bamboos and obtained Crimson Flame Copper and Golden Marrow Jade Liquid.
• Lu Xuan picked forty mature Spirit Firefly Grasses and absorbed cultivation rewards that raised him to Qi Refining Completion.
• Lu Xuan reviewed his rewards, including Grass Spirit Essence Liquid and recipe experience packs, then fed a drop of essence to the Grass Puppet.
• Xu Shaoze arrived at Lu Xuan's courtyard, and Lu Xuan asked whether his latest Evil Spirit-clearing mission had gone smoothly.

After hearing Xu Shaoze describe a dangerous mission, Lu Xuan visited Sword Gate Town to buy materials for his Netherworld Spirit Plants and Mystic Insect Vine. He returned with demon beast bones, eyeballs, and Hidden Winged Cicada eggs, but found no Grievance Souls or more fresh eyes.

• Xu Shaoze told Lu Xuan that his group had defeated an Evil Cultivator connected to an Evil Sect, though two companions had been injured.
• Lu Xuan tended his Spirit Plants and then went to Sword Gate Town to seek materials for his Netherworld Spirit Plants and Mystic Insect Vine.
• Lu Xuan bargained with a stall owner and bought a Purple Cloud Leopard's bones and eyes for twelve Spirit Stones.
• Lu Xuan bought a mostly intact Second Grade Demon Beast skeleton for thirty Spirit Stones.
• Lu Xuan found no more fresh eyeballs, but bought seven or eight Hidden Winged Cicada eggs for eighteen Spirit Stones.

Lu Xuan returned to his Small Courtyard and confronted two cultivators who had been discussing whether its owner was dead. After tending to his Spirit Plants and feeding the Hundred Eyed Treant, he considered how to find more Demon Beast Eyes but rejected the idea of adventuring.

• Lu Xuan surprised two cultivators outside his Small Courtyard, claimed he was preparing to break through to Foundation Establishment, and accepted their offer to watch over the residence.
• The two cultivators left, admitting they had been worried Lu Xuan suspected them of plotting against his courtyard.
• Lu Xuan checked the Spirit Field, released fifty resentful souls for the Ghost Face Stone Mushrooms, and gave the Thorn Bone two Demon Beast skeletons.
• Lu Xuan fed a pair of Purple Cloud Leopard eyes to the Hundred Eyed Treant and decided it needed more fresh Demon Beast Eyes.
• Lu Xuan considered adventuring to hunt demon beasts, then dismissed the idea and resolved to focus on growing Spirit Plants.

Lu Xuan posted missions at General Affairs Hall to obtain fresh Demon Beast eyes and suitable Demon Worm eggs or larvae for his Fourth Grade Spirit Plants. After returning to his Cave Mansion, he planted eight Hidden Winged Cicada Insect Eggs on the Mystic Insect Vine Spirit Seed.

• Lu Xuan paid to post a mission offering Spirit Stones for fresh Rank 1 and Second Grade Demon Beast eyes.
• He asked a steward about Demon Worm habitats, then posted a second mission seeking Demon Worm eggs or larvae, especially species that shed their shells.
• Cultivators gathered around the light screen and discussed ways to keep Demon Beast eyes fresh, while few showed interest in collecting Demon Worm eggs or larvae.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion, greeted the Wind Falcon Chick and Cloud Stepping Lynx, and went to the Spirit Field.
• He used Earth Guidance Art to make holes above the Mystic Insect Vine Spirit Seed and placed eight Hidden Winged Cicada Insect Eggs on it.

Lu Xuan’s Flood Dragons continued to thrive, and a Two-Headed Flood Dragon advanced to Third Grade. Huang Yuan then asked him to investigate a Third Grade Ink Scale Flood Dragon’s worsening loss of appetite, and Lu Xuan agreed to take a look.

• Lu Xuan tended his Spirit Plants and observed the Hidden Winged Cicada eggs merging with the Mystic Insect Vine Spirit Seed.
• At Thousand Dragon Lake, Lu Xuan fed the Flood Dragons he raised, whose progress had earned them a fearsome reputation.
• A Two-Headed Flood Dragon broke through to Third Grade by growing a third head, and Lu Xuan collected its blood.
• Huang Yuan congratulated Lu Xuan and explained that a Foundation Establishment Martial Uncle’s Third Grade Ink Scale Flood Dragon had lost its appetite and begun vomiting.
• Lu Xuan agreed to examine the Ink Scale Flood Dragon, and Huang Yuan led him onward.

Lu Xuan examined Yang Qingfeng’s underfed Ink Scale Flood Dragon to discover why it refused Demon Beast Meat. He found that the dragon was a mixed-blood variant whose Chi Dragon ancestry made it prefer spiritual plants, and the chapter ended with him realizing it had effectively become a vegetarian.

• Huang Yuan brought Lu Xuan to Yang Qingfeng’s island and introduced the Foundation Establishment cultivator and his nine flood dragons.
• Yang Qingfeng explained that his talented young Ink Scale Flood Dragon had lost its appetite and asked Lu Xuan to find the cause.
• Lu Xuan examined the thin dragon and offered it a piece of Demon Beast Meat, which it swallowed despite its obvious distaste.
• Lu Xuan used his insight to learn that the dragon was a mixed-blood variant carrying Pure and Subtle Chi Dragon origin power.
• Lu Xuan realized that the dragon’s altered bloodline made it prefer spiritual fruits and leaves and reject flesh.

Lu Xuan diagnosed an Ink Scale Flood Dragon’s anorexia as a result of its hidden Pure and Subtle Chi Dragon bloodline, which made it reject meat and prefer Spirit Fruits. After proving his theory and resolving the problem, he received the remaining blood essence and a promise of another reward.

• Lu Xuan asked Yang Qingfeng to help extract blood from the Ink Scale Flood Dragon so he could test his suspicion about its unusual diet.
• Lu Xuan explained that the Flood Dragon might carry Pure and Subtle Chi Dragon bloodline and showed its blood purifying sinister aura from a finger bone.
• Yang Qingfeng recalled that a Pure and Subtle Chi Dragon had visited years earlier and realized it had mated with his Ink Scale Flood Dragon.
• Lu Xuan fed the ailing Flood Dragon Spirit Fruits, and it ate them eagerly without vomiting and became livelier.
• Yang Qingfeng let Lu Xuan keep the remaining blood essence and promised him another reward.

After helping Yang Qingfeng solve the Ink Scale Flood Dragon’s loss of appetite, Lu Xuan received an unknown Third Grade Spirit Seed as a reward. Back at his Cave Mansion, he identified and planted it as a Jade Scale Fruit, then used Ink Scale Flood Dragon blood essence to nourish his mature Flood Dragon Vine.

• Yang Qingfeng thanked Lu Xuan and gave him a mysterious Spirit Seed that Lu Xuan accepted as a likely Third Grade Spirit Plant.
• Huang Yuan praised Lu Xuan’s rewards and asked him to keep the Ink Scale Flood Dragon’s Pure and Subtle Chi Dragon bloodline secret.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion, where the Wind Falcon Chick playfully accused him of spending time with another bird.
• Lu Xuan identified the Spirit Seed as a Third Grade Jade Scale Fruit and planted it with White Jade Fragments to provide jade aura.
• Lu Xuan watered his mature Flood Dragon Vine with Ink Scale Flood Dragon blood essence and reflected on the rare blood essences he had used to cultivate it.

Lu Xuan harvested mature Copper Bone Bamboo, Spirit Firefly Grass, and his first Third Grade Illusory Mist Luo Fruit, receiving valuable treasures and years of cultivation from their light orbs. The Illusory Mist Luo Fruit’s reward was a Fourth Grade Thousand Illusions Cloud and Mist Array, leaving Lu Xuan with a powerful new formation.

• Lu Xuan harvested the last two mature Copper Bone Bamboo stalks and received a Second Grade Scarlet Flame Sword and a drop of Third Grade Golden Marrow Jade Liquid from their light orbs.
• Lu Xuan harvested forty-two mature Spirit Firefly Grass plants, gaining nearly eight years of cultivation and several other rewards.
• Lu Xuan discovered and harvested the mature Illusory Mist Luo Fruit, his first fully mature Third Grade Spirit Plant.
• Lu Xuan touched the Illusory Mist Luo Fruit’s light orb and received the Fourth Grade Thousand Illusions Cloud and Mist Array.