Recaps

Lu Xuan used Spirit Rain to distinguish normal Otherworldly Ghost Vines from demon-transformed ones, harvested the normal plants, and fought off the vines when they attacked. After the vines vanished underground, he searched the Medicine Garden and uncovered an amber-like Spirit Seed.

• Lu Xuan cast Spirit Rain over the Otherworldly Ghost Vines and identified which plants were normal and which had been demon-transformed.
• Lu Xuan teased the demon-transformed vines and harvested the normal Otherworldly Ghost Vines without provoking an attack.
• The demon-transformed vines suddenly attacked Lu Xuan, and he cut them apart with Sword Qi from the Sword Nurturing Gourd and his Violet Lightning Sword.
• The Otherworldly Ghost Vines burrowed underground and disappeared, prompting Lu Xuan to search the soil for hidden Spirit Seeds.
• Lu Xuan sensed a faint trace of vitality, used the Earth Guidance Art to turn the soil, and uncovered a Spirit Seed like amber.

Lu Xuan discovered four dormant Fourth Grade Nurturing Spirit Pine seeds in the Medicine Garden and ventured toward its center, where he found a huge gathering of demonized Otherworldly Ghost Vines. They attacked him, and he fought back amid the vines.

• Lu Xuan identified a sealed Spirit Seed as a Fourth Grade Nurturing Spirit Pine, whose mature pinecones could strengthen Spiritual Sense.
• Lu Xuan searched the Medicine Garden and dug up four Nurturing Spirit Pine Spirit Seeds.
• Noticing the demonized Otherworldly Ghost Vines had gathered in the central region, Lu Xuan used his Concealing Spirit Cloak to approach.
• Lu Xuan spotted hundreds of Otherworldly Ghost Vines surrounding an enormous plant, but it sensed him and launched an ambush.
• Lu Xuan evaded the first strike, then used sword qi and the Violet Lightning Sword to cut through the vines as they swarmed him.

Lu Xuan learned that the Demon Transformation Otherworldly Ghost Vines had secretly tried to reproduce and evolve to escape their fate as cultivators’ harvest. He offered to take the seedling inside the enormous vine’s flower bud out of the Medicine Garden.

• Lu Xuan used Azure Wood Source Qi to turn the attacking Otherworldly Ghost Vines against one another, killing or wounding nearly half before the vines withdrew.
• Lu Xuan sent Azure Wood Source Qi into the enormous Otherworldly Ghost Vine and received images revealing its history and the clan’s attempt to produce a new Demon Transformation seedling.
• Lu Xuan concluded that the vine’s hopes of escaping the blessed land were slight, and the enormous vine sank down as its flower bud began to split.
• Lu Xuan infused the flower bud with Azure Wood Source Qi and offered to take the seedling inside it out of the Medicine Garden.

Lu Xuan helped the dying Otherworldly Ghost Vine bring forth a new plant, which became a Fifth Grade Demon Ghost Vine and joined him. He left the other vines behind and followed the seedling’s keen sensing toward a high-grade Spirit Seed.

• Lu Xuan persuaded the enormous Otherworldly Ghost Vine to entrust its seedling to him and swore to nurture it well.
• The Otherworldly Ghost Vine spent its remaining vitality blooming and delivered its seedling to Lu Xuan before disintegrating.
• Lu Xuan fed the gray vine a Spirit Fruit and learned that it was a Fifth Grade Demon Transformation Spirit Plant called the Demon Ghost Vine.
• Lu Xuan offered the remaining Otherworldly Ghost Vines a chance to leave the Medicine Garden with him, but they burrowed into the Spirit Soil.
• As Lu Xuan traveled through the Medicine Garden, the Demon Ghost Vine stretched toward something ahead, and Lu Xuan asked if it sensed a high-grade Spirit Seed.

Lu Xuan followed the Demon Ghost Vine seedling into a hidden Palace, where he found a charred length of wood guarded by two Fire Phoenixes and encountered three Foundation Establishment cultivators. The three prepared to claim the treasure, and the Palace erupted into flames as the Fire Phoenixes reacted to their hostility.

• The Demon Ghost Vine seedling led Lu Xuan to a hidden door in the Medicine Garden, which he broke open with the Mountain Sealing Jade Seal.
• Lu Xuan entered a fiery Palace and spotted a charred length of wood near two Fire Phoenix phantoms, which he suspected was the Spirit Seed the seedling had sensed.
• Lu Xuan met three fellow disciples and concealed how he had found the Palace, while the elegant woman questioned him about his entrance.
• The three cultivators revealed their weapons and prepared for a confrontation, while Lu Xuan pretended to be weak and asked for leftovers.
• The Fire Phoenixes cried out as hostility rose, and flames surged through the Palace while the Demon Ghost Vine seedling hid beneath Lu Xuan's cloak.

Lu Xuan used Azure Wood Source Qi to attract a mysterious section of Phoenix Wood and claim it from the fire cloud. When three senior disciples demanded or offered to trade for it, he refused, and their confrontation threatened to turn hostile.

• Lu Xuan and three other cultivators fought the Fire Phoenix phantoms and the firebirds guarding the charred wood.
• The three senior cultivators weakened the enormous firebird, and Lu Xuan rushed toward the charred wood as the fire cloud began to collapse.
• Lu Xuan used Azure Wood Source Qi to draw the charred wood past the other cultivators and into his hand.
• The handsome youth offered Lu Xuan a rare Third Grade Flying Sword for the Phoenix Wood, but Lu Xuan refused to trade it.
• The elegant woman threatened Lu Xuan with the three disciples' sect status, and he accelerated the black sword qi around himself.

Lu Xuan fought off three fellow disciples who tried to take the charred wood, then escaped into the Medicine Garden and identified it as a Sixth Grade Phoenix Wood. He buried it in Spirit Soil and planned to lie low while it grew.

• Lu Xuan refused to surrender the Phoenix Wood, and the handsome youth attacked him with a Spiritual Power palm.
• Lu Xuan shattered the palm with his fist, then countered the three disciples’ coordinated attacks with sword qi, a Water Dragon Talisman, and the Mountain Sealing Jade Seal.
• Lu Xuan used the Howling Sea Sword Talisman to force the three disciples back, retrieved his jade seal, and escaped into the Medicine Garden.
• Lu Xuan burrowed into the ground, confirmed he was safe, and swallowed pills to recover his Spiritual Power.
• Lu Xuan buried the charred wood in Spirit Soil and learned it was a Sixth Grade Phoenix Wood that needed a fire-spirit environment and exotic flames to grow.
• Lu Xuan decided to stay hidden from the three disciples and rely on the sect’s rules and his powerful connections for protection.

Lu Xuan hid in the Ancient Forest until he could safely return from Langyue Blessed Land with Phoenix Wood and his other gains. Back on his mountain peak, he released the Demon Ghost Vine, which eagerly explored and marked his spirit plants as potential food.

• Lu Xuan concealed himself in the Ancient Forest and replenished his Azure Wood Source Qi while sharing a portion with several Wood Spirits.
• The Sword Token transported Lu Xuan and the other Inner Sect Disciples out of Langyue Blessed Land.
• Liu Su warned Lu Xuan about Bai Shijie and her companions' powerful backing, but he declined her offer to introduce him to a Core Formation True Person.
• Lu Xuan returned to his mountain peak, greeted his spirit beasts, and reviewed his harvest from the Blessed Land.
• Lu Xuan released the Demon Ghost Vine, which explored the Spirit Field and marked numerous spirit plants it wanted to eat.

Lu Xuan rescued the Demon Ghost Vine seedling from the Bewitching Peach’s influence, taught it not to eat his Spirit Plants, and settled two Two-Headed Armadillo Young Beasts on the mountain. He planted four Fourth Grade Nurturing Spirit Pine seeds in Wu Spirit Soil, then went underground to the Lava River with a charred piece of wood.

• Lu Xuan purified the Demon Ghost Vine seedling after it fell under the Bewitching Peach’s tempting aura, then warned it not to devour his Spirit Plants.
• Lu Xuan fed the two Two-Headed Armadillo Young Beasts spirit ore and placed them in a nest they dug into the mountain’s rock wall.
• Lu Xuan used the Earth Guidance Art and Wu Spirit Soil to create two Spirit Fields for higher-grade Spirit Plants.
• Lu Xuan planted four dormant Fourth Grade Nurturing Spirit Pine seeds and nurtured them with his Spiritual Sense.
• Lu Xuan descended to the Lava River carrying a charred piece of wood marked with dark golden cracks.

Lu Xuan inspected his Spirit Plants, harvested Water Firefly Grass seeds and two mature Jade Scale Fruits, and received valuable rewards from their light orbs. He left the chapter with a Fourth Grade Yunshan Jade Talisman that could repel and attack Evil Spirits.

• Lu Xuan found that earth fire could not provide enough Fire Spirit Aura to nourish the Phoenix Wood, so he stored it in a hollow near the fire to preserve its vitality.
• Lu Xuan harvested eighty-five Spirit Seeds from sixteen Second Grade Water Firefly Grass plants and decided to focus on them instead of the fire-type seeds.
• Lu Xuan called over the Grass Puppet and used Azure Wood Source Qi to turn it green before continuing his patrol.
• Lu Xuan harvested a Good Grade Jade Scale Fruit and received a piece of Fourth Grade Crimson Astral Jade.
• Lu Xuan harvested a Superior Grade Jade Scale Fruit and received the Fourth Grade Yunshan Jade Talisman, a treasure that could repel evil and protect against Evil Spirits.

Lu Xuan harvested a mature Sword Nurturing Gourd and received another Howling Sea Sword Talisman, then spent the following weeks tending his Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts. After planting Water Firefly Grass and nurturing his Nurturing Spirit Pine seedlings, he harvested a Superior Grade Sword Nurturing Gourd and obtained a Fourth Grade Drunken Immortal Gourd.

• Lu Xuan harvested a Good Grade Sword Nurturing Gourd and obtained a Fourth Grade Howling Sea Sword Talisman from its White Light Orb.
• He examined his Spirit Plants, noting that the Ice Luo Fruit and Flame Fruit had matured and that his other plants were growing well.
• Lu Xuan spent the next month cultivating his Spirit Plants and raising Spirit Beasts, while no trouble came from the cultivators he had offended in Langyue Blessed Land.
• He planted more than eighty Water Firefly Grass Spirit Seeds in the Wu Spirit Soil and tended four Nurturing Spirit Pine seedlings that had sprouted.
• Lu Xuan harvested a Superior Grade Sword Nurturing Gourd and received a Fourth Grade Drunken Immortal Gourd from its White Light Orb.

Lu Xuan tested the fourth-grade Drunken Immortal Gourd, which could purify Spirit Spring and brew Spirit Brew, then continued tending to his spirit beasts. Fan Xu visited to invite him on a Secret Realm expedition for Silver Flame Fire, but Lu Xuan feigned weakness and declined.

• Lu Xuan filled the Drunken Immortal Gourd with lake water and found that it sweetened and slightly improved the Spirit Spring.
• Lu Xuan inspected his Two-Headed Armadillos and purified the Demon Ghost Vine after it returned from the Bewitching Peach.
• Fan Xu visited Lu Xuan and praised his Spirit Plant Dao before asking whether he was seeking strange fires.
• Fan Xu invited Lu Xuan to explore a Secret Realm containing rare Third Grade Silver Flame Fire with his group.
• Lu Xuan declined, claiming he neglected cultivation, lacked combat skill, and had no decent magic tools, while Fan Xu knew this was false.

Lu Xuan sought a Rank 3 strange flame while avoiding a suspicious invitation to explore a Secret Realm. After posting a task and waiting half a month, he harvested a Flame Fruit and unexpectedly obtained a Red Lotus Flame.

• Lu Xuan refused Fan Shixiong's invitation to explore a Secret Realm but asked him to transfer any Rank 3 strange flame he found.
• Lu Xuan posted a General Affairs Hall task offering at least one hundred Sword Seals for Rank 3 or higher strange flames.
• Lu Xuan decided not to explore Secret Realms and instead watched for Inner Sect Disciple treasure-exchange gatherings.
• Half a month later, Lu Xuan harvested a Superior Grade Flame Fruit from his Spirit Field.
• Lu Xuan collected the White Light Orb and obtained a Third Grade unusual fire, the Red Lotus Flame.

Lu Xuan harvested a Flame Fruit and obtained the Third Grade Red Lotus Flame and Explosive Flame Pearl, then used the flame to nourish the Phoenix Wood. He prepared a feast for the creatures on his mountain peak, leaving them eagerly gathered around the food.

• Lu Xuan harvested a mature Flame Fruit and obtained the Third Grade Explosive Flame Pearl from its light orb.
• Lu Xuan inspected the Water Firefly Grass, Nurturing Spirit Pines, and Demon Ghost Vine seedling before visiting the Earth Fire Heart Lotus and Phoenix Wood.
• Lu Xuan fed the Red Lotus Flame to the Phoenix Wood, causing it to bloom with a crimson lotus and reveal two tiny phoenix phantoms.
• Lu Xuan prepared Demon Beast Meat, Flame Fruits, Jade Scale Fruits, and spirit nectar for the creatures on the mountain peak.
• The Wind Falcon Chick, Young Flood Dragon, Cloud Stepping Lynx, four-headed creature, and Demon Ghost Vine seedling gathered eagerly as Lu Xuan announced it was time to eat.

Lu Xuan enjoyed a quiet meal with his spirit creatures and reflected on the many rare Spirit Plants he cultivated. After three peaceful days, he harvested three Flame Fruits and obtained two Explosive Flame Pearls and a Burning Essence Pill, leaving him pleased with his growing rewards.

• Lu Xuan shared roasted meat, Spirit Fruits, and spirit nectar with his spirit creatures, then relaxed with Flame Fruit, roasted Demon Beast Meat, and Hundred Fruit Spirit Nectar.
• Lu Xuan reflected on his Spirit Plants and concluded that cultivating fields in safety brought better rewards than seeking dangerous adventures.
• After three days of tending his plants and creatures, Lu Xuan harvested three mature Flame Fruits.
• Lu Xuan obtained two Third Grade Explosive Flame Pearls and one Third Grade Burning Essence Pill from the Flame Fruit Light Orbs.
• Lu Xuan stored the Burning Essence Pill and admired the harvest from his Flame Fruit plants.

Shen Ye recruited Lu Xuan to lecture Outer Sect Disciples about Spirit Plant cultivation, and Lu Xuan accepted for two hundred Sword Seals. After harvesting Flame Fruits, Lu Xuan gained the Third Grade Flame Manipulation Art from their light orbs and quickly mastered it.

• Lu Xuan welcomed Shen Ye and told him that all ten Sword Grass Spirit Seeds had survived, while concealing his success cultivating a mutated Wind Lightning Sword Grass.
• Shen Ye invited Lu Xuan to lecture at the Teaching Hall, and Lu Xuan agreed after Shen Ye offered two hundred Sword Seals for one day's work.
• Lu Xuan prepared notes for the lecture by reviewing and summarizing his Spirit Plant cultivation experience.
• Lu Xuan harvested five ripe Flame Fruits and collected the rewards from their light orbs, including the Third Grade Flame Manipulation Art.
• Lu Xuan absorbed three technique experience packs and advanced his Flame Manipulation Art from beginner to proficient.

Lu Xuan prepared to lecture at the Inheritance Hall, where he shared his knowledge of cultivating spirit plants and raising spirit beasts. After meeting fellow Foundation Establishment cultivators and recognizing familiar faces among the audience, he began his lecture.

• Lu Xuan practiced the Flame Manipulation Art and spent two days preparing material for his lecture.
• He inspected his spirit field, harvested four mature flame fruits, and gained pills and Flame Manipulation Art rewards from their light orbs.
• At the Inheritance Hall, Lu Xuan met Senior Sister Guan and Senior Brother Zhang, who were also preparing to lecture.
• Senior Sister Guan recognized Lu Xuan as the one who had resolved the Azure Profound Deer's deathbed obsession and expressed interest in cooperating with him.
• More than fifty Outer Sect Disciples gathered for Lu Xuan's lecture, including Xia Chen and a round-faced cultivator he had helped before.
• Lu Xuan quieted the audience and began teaching cultivation methods and tricks concerning spirit plants.

Lu Xuan taught the Outer Sect Disciples why spirit plants mattered and demonstrated the arts and care needed to cultivate them. He invited them to bring their questions and troubled spirit plants to him at the Inheritance Hall.

• Lu Xuan challenged the disciples’ disregard for spirit plants, explaining their uses in refining tools and talismans and their importance to the Sword Hall.
• Lu Xuan demonstrated his mastery of the Spirit Rain Technique and other cultivation arts, including rapidly growing an Arrow Vine with the Wood Genesis Art.
• Lu Xuan explained that Spirit Plant Masters should treat each plant attentively, then showed the disciples his Demon Ghost Vine.
• Lu Xuan invited the disciples to ask him questions or bring in spirit plants for examination, and several disciples asked for help or wanted to touch the vine.

Lu Xuan taught the Outer Sect Disciples by diagnosing difficult Spirit Plant problems, including foul qi harming a Rotten Water Lotus and an underground-adapted Purple Sun Flower seed. The lecture continued when a gloomy Qi Refining Completion cultivator asked him to inspect an abnormal Azure Jade Branch.

• Lu Xuan answered the disciples’ questions about Spirit Plants and returned to the main hall for an afternoon discussion of difficult cases.
• A young cultivator showed Lu Xuan a Rotten Water Lotus with recurring Black Qi, and Lu Xuan used a Spirit Firefly Grass seed to identify foul qi in the lotus’s black mud.
• Lu Xuan explained how different kinds of qi could help some Spirit Plants and harm others, and the young cultivator thanked him before leaving the stage.
• A delicate-featured young man presented a Purple Sun Flower Spirit Seed that had failed to germinate, and Lu Xuan advised planting it in a dim cave at greater depth.
• Lu Xuan explained that Spirit Plant cultivation should adapt to each plant’s needs, then a gloomy Qi Refining Completion cultivator asked him to examine an abnormal Azure Jade Branch.

Lu Xuan discovered that Hidden Wood Insects were parasitizing a rare Azure Jade Branch, apparently as part of a plot to damage his reputation. He secretly fed them Azure Wood Source Qi, worsening the infestation, then told the owner the damage would be difficult to reverse as the branch began cracking.

• A gloomy young man brought Lu Xuan a Third Grade Azure Jade Branch with fine cracks, and Lu Xuan examined it while the gathered disciples watched.
• Lu Xuan planted the branch and used his Spirit Plant insight to identify Third Grade Hidden Wood Insects draining its vitality.
• Lu Xuan suspected that someone had deliberately infested the branch to make him look incapable, and he thought the three people from the blessed land were likely responsible.
• Lu Xuan fed the branch Azure Wood Source Qi, causing the Hidden Wood Insects to grow and bind more tightly to it.
• Lu Xuan told the young man that the Hidden Wood Insects had been inside for some time and the damage would be hard to reverse, and the branch’s cracks quickly widened.

Lu Xuan exposed a plot involving a Hidden Wood Insect in a precious Azure Jade Branch and continued teaching Spirit Plant cultivation at the Inheritance Hall. After class, he rejected a female cultivator who offered to tend his Spirit Plants, protecting his chance to receive their White Light Orb rewards.

• A gloomy young man accused Lu Xuan of damaging the Azure Jade Branch, but Lu Xuan explained that a Hidden Wood Insect had weakened it from within.
• Lu Xuan drew the Hidden Wood Insect out with a wooden crossbow artifact, proving his diagnosis and leaving the young man to take the damaged branch away.
• Lu Xuan resumed his lesson and patiently answered the cultivators’ questions until the day’s class ended.
• A lovely female cultivator offered to tend Lu Xuan’s Spirit Plants and help with his daily needs, but Lu Xuan refused because he valued caring for the plants himself.
• The female cultivator left him a Communication Talisman, while Lu Xuan resolved that female cultivators would only distract him from farming.

Lu Xuan agreed to cooperate with Guan Wan and the Alchemy Hall by cultivating high-grade spirit plants for them. He learned the plants might include a main ingredient for the Foundation Establishment Pill, and he believed its Light Orb could grant him the pill or its elixir recipe.

• Guan Wan praised Lu Xuan’s spirit-plant expertise and proposed that he cultivate spirit plants for the Alchemy Hall.
• Guan Wan explained that the Alchemy Hall would provide Spirit Seeds and guaranteed Sword Seals, with additional rewards for plants that matured in high quantity and quality.
• Lu Xuan accepted the cooperation and learned that the spirit plant might be a main ingredient for the Foundation Establishment Pill.
• Guan Wan dismissed Lu Xuan’s concern that outsiders cultivating the ingredient could expose the sect’s secret elixir recipe.
• Lu Xuan reasoned that cultivating the ingredient could let him obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill or its recipe from a Light Orb, and he gave Guan Wan a Communication Talisman.

After returning to the mountain, Lu Xuan tended to his Spirit Plants and joined Senior Brothers and Sisters for a gathering. When the Heaven Sword Sect called Inner Sect Disciples to hunt the escaped Five Hearts United Demons, he chose to stay behind and leave demon-slaying to them.

• Lu Xuan returned to his mountain, where the Demon Ghost Vine explored among his Spirit Plants and he played with the Wind Falcon, Dazzling Fire Flood Dragon, and Cloud Stepping Lynx.
• Lu Xuan reflected on how his Spirit Plant cultivation differed from that of other cultivators, then joined Liu Su and several Senior Brothers and Sisters to exchange experiences.
• The Heaven Sword Sect announced that Tong Yin of the Extreme Yin Sect had died and that his escaped Five Hearts United Demons had fled to Star Origin City, offering a Fourth Grade Flying Sword for each one killed.
• Liu Su explained that the Five Hearts United Demons were made through a cruel method and could slaughter cultivators to replenish their blood essence and souls.
• When the group decided to go hunt the demons, Lu Xuan declined, saying his strength was feeble and that demon-slaying was better left to his Shixiong and Shijie.

Lu Xuan declined to join the hunt for the Same Heart Demon so he could harvest his maturing Spirit Plants. He gathered Flame Fruits and an Ice Luo Fruit, receiving several rewards and a Hundred-Year Ice Soul, while the demon hunt continued without him.

• Lu Xuan refused to join the other Inner Sect Disciples in searching for the Same Heart Demon because his Spirit Plants were nearing their harvest window.
• Lu Xuan harvested fifteen Flame Fruits and opened their White Light Orbs, obtaining Explosive Flame Pearls, Burning Essence Pills, Flame Manipulation Art experience packs, a Red Lotus Flame, and a Burning Essence Pill Elixir Recipe.
• Lu Xuan fed a Flame Fruit to the Demon Ghost Vine and continued inspecting his Spirit Fields.
• Lu Xuan harvested a mature Ice Luo Fruit and received a Third Grade Hundred-Year Ice Soul from its White Light Orb.

Lu Xuan harvested mature Spirit Fruits and their rewards while the Inner Sect was quiet because many disciples had gone to hunt the Same Heart Demon. His harvest left him with healing treasures, rare materials, and a powerful Great Sun Sword Talisman.

• Lu Xuan discovered a Hundred-Year Ice Soul and harvested an Ice Luo Fruit, receiving a Third-grade Jade Muscle Elixir.
• Lu Xuan stayed behind as more than thirty Inner Sect Disciples left to encircle the Same Heart Demon, and he continued harvesting Spirit Fruits and light orb rewards.
• Lu Xuan harvested all eight Jade Scale Fruits and received Crimson Astral Jade, Yunshan Jade Talismans, and other treasures.
• Lu Xuan plucked a mature Sword Nurturing Gourd and obtained the Rank 4 Great Sun Sword Talisman, which could heavily injure or slay Foundation Establishment cultivators.