Arc 14From Barren Island to Thousand Dragon Lake

Lu Xuan survived the dangers of Barren Island, claimed treasures from the Jade Pool, and returned to the sect to resume cultivating and harvesting Spirit Plants. After building his resources and connections, he was asked to investigate a troubled Chiyin Beast at Thousand Dragon Lake.

  • Lu Xuan escaped Barren Island’s stone formation, harvested the mutated Longevity Peach fruits and seed, and killed Ning Deshan and several cultivators who attacked him in the Palace.
  • Lu Xuan claimed the Grievance Soul Black Mud, defeated the Blood Robe Cultivator and the short cultivator, and used the Jade Scroll’s Golden Crow to burn away the Palace’s Black Qi.
  • Lu Xuan returned to Voidsky Island, completed his three-year garrison term, and went back to his sect with the Spirit Extraction True Liquid and several sinister Spirit Plants.
  • Lu Xuan harvested rewards from Bewitching Peaches and Hidden Essence Grass, obtained Foundation Establishment Pill recipes and pills, and discreetly planned to refine them.
  • Lu Xuan expanded his Spirit Field, traded with the Si Nong Hall, secured help from the White Jade Sky Supporting Ape and Mystic Sky Luan Bird, and agreed to investigate an abnormal Hundred Poisons Heart-Devouring insect larva.
  • Lu Xuan took the larva from Zhong Jingshan and used a Hundred-Year Ice Soul and Azure Wood Source Qi to ease its Calamity Poison Body’s suffering.
  • Lu Xuan gave Guan Wan twenty Hidden Essence Grass for 280 Sword Seals and agreed to keep supplying the Alchemy Hall.
  • Lu Xuan gathered more than a thousand bottles of Flood Dragon Blood Essence at Thousand Dragon Lake, then agreed to examine Zhong Hao’s Chiyin Beasts after hearing that the male repeatedly attacked the female during mating.
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Ch. 326A Foodie's Instinct

Lu Xuan crossed the Barren Island’s Stone Maze Array, using the Voidsky Nightmare Eye and Earth Guidance Art to evade its relentless attacks. After escaping, he prepared to follow the other cultivators toward the Palace but turned aside when the Demon Ghost Vine sensed high-grade Spirit Plants.

  • Lu Xuan and the other cultivators discovered that an Anti-Air Array prevented flight and that the strange rocks attacked anything entering the island.
  • Several cultivators tested the stone formation with Demon Beasts, while the Brawny Middle-Aged Cultivator and others charged into it.
  • Lu Xuan became separated from Shi Zhong and fought off stone constructs with his Mountain Sealing Jade Seal and physical strength.
  • Lu Xuan used the Voidsky Nightmare Eye to locate a route with fewer stones and escaped the formation using the Earth Guidance Art.
  • Lu Xuan saw several powerful cultivators head toward the Palace, but the Demon Ghost Vine pointed him toward high-grade Spirit Plants, so he followed its intuition.

Ch. 327Longevity Peach

Lu Xuan followed the Demon Ghost Vine to a desolate Medicine Garden and discovered a Longevity Peach tree, but Ning Deshan killed his companion Madam Bai to claim its fruit. As Ning reached for the peaches, Lu Xuan revealed himself and challenged him.

  • Lu Xuan followed the Demon Ghost Vine to a desolate Medicine Garden and found a peach tree surrounded by spiritual energy.
  • Ning Deshan and Madam Bai arrived, identified six peaches, and agreed to divide them between themselves.
  • Ning Deshan ambushed Madam Bai with his Heart Locking Claw and a Magic Tool, killing her.
  • Ning Deshan identified the fruit as Longevity Peaches that could extend lifespan and approached the tree to take them.
  • Lu Xuan spoke from concealment, asking Ning Deshan whether he feared eating so many peaches would keep him from dying naturally.

Ch. 328Netherworld Service

Lu Xuan confronted Ning Deshan in an abandoned Medicine Garden over the Longevity Peach Spirit Fruit and killed him when he tried to flee. After collecting Ning Deshan’s soul and body, Lu Xuan reflected on how his Netherworld treasures could erase traces of the encounter.

  • Lu Xuan met Ning Deshan beside the corpse of an old woman, refused to share the Longevity Peach Spirit Fruit, and revealed that he knew about Ning Deshan’s crimes.
  • Ning Deshan attacked Lu Xuan with a shuttle-shaped Magic Tool and the Heart Locking Claw Secret Technique, but Lu Xuan blocked the claw with his transformed arms.
  • Ning Deshan fled after realizing Lu Xuan was stronger than expected, but Lu Xuan’s Voidsky Nightmare Eye delayed him and the White Bone Demon Puppet pierced him with a spear.
  • Ning Deshan’s soul escaped his body, but Lu Xuan used the Soul Guiding Lamp to draw it back and trap it.
  • Lu Xuan checked Ning Deshan’s corpse with a Spirit Cleansing Talisman, stored his body, and burned and buried the old woman’s remains.

Ch. 329Mutated Spirit Seed

Lu Xuan discovered that the Longevity Peach was a mutated Fifth Grade Spirit Plant that stole vitality and could cause aberration, then recovered its hidden Spirit Seed. After gathering his treasures, he left the abandoned Medicine Garden and headed toward the mysterious Palace.

  • Lu Xuan looted Magic Tools, talismans, and pills from Ning Deshan and the old woman, but found little he wanted to keep.
  • Lu Xuan used the Earth Guidance Art to identify the Longevity Peach as a mutated Spirit Plant that drained vitality and left an uncanny aura in those who ate its fruit.
  • Lu Xuan picked the remaining five Mutated Longevity Peach Spirit Fruits, and the tree withered.
  • At Lu Xuan's direction, the Demon Ghost Vine searched the Spirit Soil and unearthed a dark-red peach pit wrapped in flesh and blood.
  • Lu Xuan stored the Mutated Longevity Peach Spirit Seed and left the Medicine Garden, guarded by his Treasures, to approach the Palace.

Ch. 330The Advantage Is Mine

Lu Xuan discovered two Foundation Establishment cultivators ambushing entrants at the mysterious Palace and decided to confront them in the passage. After they attacked him, he killed them with a Rank 4 Howling Sea Sword Talisman and continued into the Palace.

  • Two Foundation Establishment cultivators ambushed and looted a cultivator trying to enter the Palace.
  • Lu Xuan spotted the ambushers with the Voidsky Nightmare Eye and chose to use the passage rather than seek another entrance.
  • Lu Xuan entered the passage while concealing that he had detected the two cultivators.
  • The ambushers recognized Lu Xuan as a Heaven Sword Sect disciple and attacked, believing him an easy target with valuable possessions.
  • Lu Xuan unleashed his Rank 4 Howling Sea Sword Talisman, killed both ambushers, and hurried deeper into the Palace.

Ch. 331Medicine Midge

Lu Xuan discovered that a hidden Medicine Midge larva was living in the Medicine Midge Palace’s Pill Room and learned that it fed on pill toxins. He lured it with a Fourth Grade Mystic Yin Pill and trapped it in his White Bone Demon Puppet, leaving its capture in progress.

  • Lu Xuan met Fellow Daoist Qi in the Pill Room, and they agreed to search separate areas while keeping their guard up.
  • Fellow Daoist Qi found nothing and left, while Lu Xuan detected a faint medicinal fragrance and hidden glimmers of Spiritual Light.
  • Lu Xuan used a Spirit Accumulation Elixir to draw the glimmers close and identified them as a Medicine Midge larva that ate pill toxins.
  • Lu Xuan baited the Medicine Midge with a Fourth Grade Mystic Yin Pill and used his White Bone Demon Puppet to net it.
  • Lu Xuan sealed the bone net and tightened it around the trapped Medicine Midge.

Ch. 332Jade Pool Exotic Treasure

Lu Xuan captured a Medicine Midge, disguised himself with a Thousandfold Wraith Mask, and entered the Jade House where seven cultivators were attacking the restrictions around a Jade Pool. He recognized Shi Zhong, Zhou Bingyu, and the Blood Coagulation Yin Worms’ keeper among them, then spotted four Exotic Treasures floating above the pool.

  • Lu Xuan trapped the Medicine Midge with the White Bone Demon Puppet after it ignored his offer of elixirs.
  • He found a corpse on the way to the Palace’s center and disguised his face, aura, and figure with the Thousandfold Wraith Mask.
  • Lu Xuan arrived at the Jade House and saw seven cultivators attacking the restrictions around the Jade Pool.
  • He recognized the Blood Robe Cultivator as the keeper of the Blood Coagulation Yin Worms and saw Shi Zhong and Zhou Bingyu among the gathered cultivators.
  • Lu Xuan looked into the Jade Pool and saw four Exotic Treasures floating above its black Qi.

Ch. 333Grievance Soul Black Mud

Lu Xuan seized the Grievance Soul Black Mud from the Jade Pool and fought off the powerful Brawny Middle-Aged Cultivator who tried to take it. He killed the six-armed cultivator with a Great Sun Sword Talisman, captured his soul in the Soul Guiding Lamp, and took his Storage Bag, leaving the other cultivators shocked.

  • The seven cultivators broke the restriction around the Jade Pool, and four Exotic Treasures shot out as they rushed to claim them.
  • Lu Xuan intercepted the Grievance Soul Black Mud with his Wind Lightning Sword while the other cultivators contested the Emerald Green Small Sword, Buddhist Seal, and Dark Yellow Incense.
  • The Brawny Middle-Aged Cultivator attacked Lu Xuan, but Lu Xuan's Wind Lightning Sword cut through his hardened flesh and forced him to grow four additional arms.
  • Lu Xuan stored the black mud in his Gluttony Insect Pouch and used a Fourth Grade Great Sun Sword Talisman to kill the six-armed cultivator.
  • Lu Xuan captured the cultivator's departing soul in his Soul Guiding Lamp and took his Storage Bag, while the other six cultivators sensed the death and were horrified.

Ch. 334The Firepower Was a Little Too Heavy

Lu Xuan faced the Blood Robe Cultivator and his Blood Coagulation Yin Worms after the other cultivators fled or fought elsewhere. He burned the Blood Sea with nearly twenty Explosive Flame Pearls and attacked the stunned cultivator with his sword.

  • Shi Zhong and Zhou Bingyu escaped the Jade Stone House, while the Blood Robe Cultivator and the short cultivator killed the elegant scholar and set upon the hunchbacked old man and Lu Xuan.
  • The short cultivator sent Corpse Puppets after the hunchbacked old man as the Blood Robe Cultivator attacked Lu Xuan with Blood Coagulation Yin Worms.
  • Lu Xuan revealed that he had previously roasted one of the Blood Robe Cultivator’s Insect Kings, enraging the cultivator into flooding the Jade Stone House with a Blood Sea.
  • The hunchbacked old man escaped with the help of his Infant Ghosts after they drained much of his vital blood.
  • Lu Xuan threw nearly twenty Third Grade Explosive Flame Pearls into the Blood Sea, burning the worms and draining the color from the Blood Robe Cultivator’s robe.
  • Lu Xuan sent a huge deep-black sword beam at the Blood Robe Cultivator from behind.

Ch. 335Keep a Little Mystery

Lu Xuan defeated the Blood Robe Cultivator and the short cultivator by destroying their blood insects and Corpse Puppets, then discovered the Black Qi around the Mutated Longevity Peach was growing denser. He summoned a Golden Crow from a Jade Scroll to burn away the Black Qi, leaving the source of the strange danger unexplained.

  • Lu Xuan destroyed the Blood Robe Cultivator's blood insects, cut him apart with Thousand Owl Sword Qi, and captured his fleeing soul in the Soul Guiding Lamp.
  • The short cultivator merged into the Corpse Puppets and attacked Lu Xuan, but the Substitute Evil Infant blocked a surprise assault from the puppet fragments.
  • Lu Xuan used the Illusory Breaking Eye Technique to locate the short cultivator's soul and unleashed a Starfall Sword Talisman, destroying the puppets and the soul hidden among them.
  • Lu Xuan noticed the Black Qi at the bottom of the Jade Pool had grown dense despite the Flawless Jade and the four treasures suppressing the Mutated Longevity Peach.
  • Lu Xuan opened the Jade Scroll and summoned a Golden Crow, whose white flames rapidly burned away the Black Qi before it returned to the scroll.

Ch. 336The Secret Realm Was Far Too Dangerous

Lu Xuan escaped the abandoned Palace after burning away the evil aura sealed beneath its treasures, then returned to the Song Family’s treasure ship and concealed what he had found. He left Shi Zhong and Zhou Bingyu believing he had avoided the Palace’s greatest dangers, and received the promised Spirit Extraction True Liquid.

  • Lu Xuan used a fifth-grade Pure Yang True Fire Talisman to burn away the evil aura in the Palace, then left the Barren Island and returned to the Song Family’s treasure ship.
  • Song Yu welcomed Lu Xuan back, and Lu Xuan downplayed his gains while advising the Song Family cultivators about dangers in the Secret Realm.
  • Lu Xuan told Shi Zhong and Zhou Bingyu a half-true account of his route, claiming he had avoided the Palace’s core area and found spirit herbs and Spirit Seeds in a Medicine Garden.
  • Shi Zhong described the powerful cultivators who had fought over the four treasures and the Sword Talisman user who killed a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator.
  • Shi Zhong gave Lu Xuan the promised bottle of Spirit Extraction True Liquid before he and Zhou Bingyu left to recuperate.

Ch. 337A Bountiful Harvest

Lu Xuan returned to Voidsky Island after trading two Sword Nurturing Gourds for Spirit Extraction True Liquid and leaving Song Yu to explore the secret realm. He unpacked his many gains, including rare treasures, a Medicine Midge, and an evil Spirit Seed, and began considering how to use them.

  • Lu Xuan traded Shi Zhong two Sword Nurturing Gourds for a bottle of Spirit Extraction True Liquid, then left Song Yu and the others to decide whether to enter the secret realm.
  • Lu Xuan returned to his courtyard on Voidsky Island, greeted his spirit beasts, and fed the Rock Armor Turtle and Azure Horn Dragon Carp.
  • Lu Xuan reviewed the treasures and talismans he had spent in the secret realm and decided his losses were acceptable compared with his gains.
  • Lu Xuan examined a Mutated Longevity Peach Spirit Seed and six fruits, then released and contracted the Medicine Midge, which fed on the toxin in a Spirit Accumulation Elixir.
  • Lu Xuan inspected three treasures from the Jade Pool and the contents of the cultivators' Storage Bags, discovering spirit stones, magic tools, rare materials, and an evil Spirit Seed.

Ch. 338The Three-Year Term Was Up, Return to Sect!

Lu Xuan planted the Blood Spirit Palm Ginseng and Mutated Longevity Peach, then spent the rest of his three-year posting cultivating plants and beasts while avoiding further risks. As his term on Voidsky Island ended, he looked out over the Boundless Sea and prepared to return to the sect.

  • Lu Xuan planted the Blood Spirit Palm Ginseng and fed it Flood Dragon Blood Essence, then planted the Mutated Longevity Peach.
  • Lu Xuan settled into a quiet routine, tending his Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts, training, and declining Shi Zhong and Zhou Bingyu’s invitations to explore another Secret Realm.
  • Lu Xuan harvested Water Firefly Grass and Sword Grass, gaining cultivation and sword-intent rewards as his plants continued to grow.
  • Lu Xuan cultivated the Mutated Longevity Peach and Blood Spirit Palm Ginseng with blood and remains, while punishing the ginseng when it nearly exposed itself to Song Sining.
  • Lu Xuan and the Song Family handled Sea Beast raids and captured suspicious Evil Cultivators on Voidsky Island.
  • Lu Xuan watched the Boundless Sea as his three-year garrison term ended and considered returning to the sect.

Ch. 339Light Orbs Everywhere

Lu Xuan left Voidsky Island after three years of guarding it and returned to tend the Netherworld Spirit Plants in Sword Gate Town. He then reached his sect and found Light Orbs scattered across his mountain.

  • Lu Xuan said farewell to Song Yu, Song Yun, and Zhou Bingyu, then flew away from Voidsky Island on Fat Bird.
  • Lu Xuan visited the Netherworld Courtyard and fed infant souls to the Saint Infant Fruit and Flood Dragon Blood Essence to the Blood Karma Flower.
  • Lu Xuan transplanted the Mutated Longevity Peach and Blood Spirit Palm Ginseng into the courtyard, bringing its collection to four sinister spirit plants.
  • Lu Xuan returned through the sect's protective formation and hurried to his Cave Mansion to check his spirit plants.
  • Lu Xuan entered the Spirit Field and saw Light Orbs scattered all over the mountain.

Ch. 340Bewitching Desire Pill, "Scripture of Utmost Bliss"

Lu Xuan harvested ripe Flame Fruits, Ice Luo Fruits, and Bewitching Peaches, receiving many rewards, including Bewitching Desire Pills and the Scripture of Utmost Bliss. He examined how the scripture’s images changed when viewed by the Voidsky Nightmare Eye.

  • Lu Xuan harvested mature Flame Fruits and Ice Luo Fruits, gaining treasures, elixirs, talismans, and recipe experience from their Light Orbs.
  • Lu Xuan visited the Bewitching Peach trees and picked a ripe peach after casting a Purification Mantra on himself and the Demon Ghost Vine.
  • Lu Xuan received a Fourth Grade Bewitching Desire Pill and its elixir recipe from the Bewitching Peach Light Orbs.
  • Lu Xuan harvested seven Bewitching Peaches and obtained five Bewitching Desire Pills, two recipe experience packs, and the Scripture of Utmost Bliss.
  • Lu Xuan had the Voidsky Nightmare Eye examine the scripture and saw its images transform into linked eyeball Evil Spirits.

Ch. 341Emotion Severing Cone, Foundation Establishment Pill Elixir Recipe

Lu Xuan harvested Bewitching Peaches and Hidden Essence Grasses, receiving several unusual rewards, including Foundation Establishment Pills and their elixir recipe. He planned to learn the recipe further and refine the pills in secret.

  • Lu Xuan collected rewards from the Bewitching Peaches, including the Scripture of Utmost Bliss, the Emotion Severing Cone, Bewitching Desire Pills, and recipe experience packs.
  • Lu Xuan harvested a mature Hidden Essence Grass and received a Third Grade Foundation Establishment Pill from its light orb.
  • Lu Xuan harvested a second mature Hidden Essence Grass and received another Foundation Establishment Pill.
  • Lu Xuan picked a Good Grade Hidden Essence Grass and received the Foundation Establishment Pill elixir recipe experience pack.
  • Lu Xuan absorbed the recipe knowledge and decided to refine Foundation Establishment Pills discreetly to avoid drawing the sect's attention.

Ch. 342The Flood Dragon Left Behind

Lu Xuan returned to his sect Spirit Field after three years away and tended to his Spirit Plants and spiritual creatures. He began cultivating the Dragon Bone Grass Spirit Seeds, leaving the plants and animals in his care as he considered obtaining fresh Flood Dragon Skeletons.

  • Lu Xuan inspected and nourished his Hidden Essence Grass, placed Flying Swords beneath his Sword Nurturing Gourds, and tended the Five Elements Fruit and Nurturing Spirit Pines.
  • Lu Xuan fed the Phoenix Wood a Red Lotus Flame after discovering it had absorbed the flame he left behind before departing.
  • Lu Xuan reunited with the grown Dazzling Fire Flood Dragon and brought out Fat Bird, the Rock Armor Turtle, and the Azure Horn Dragon Carp, appointing the Flood Dragon boss of the Small Lake.
  • Lu Xuan placed Purple Jade Coral in the lake and used Mysterious Origin Heavy Water to begin cultivating the three Dragon Bone Grass Spirit Seeds.
  • Lu Xuan decided that he should seek fresh Flood Dragon Skeletons from Huang Yuan or other Fellow Disciples to better cultivate the Dragon Bone Grass.

Ch. 343Major Spirit Seed Purchase

After returning from Voidsky Island, Lu Xuan reported completing his three-year garrison mission and collected his reward. He concealed his Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivation, then visited the Si Nong Hall to buy spirit seeds and place a large order for Fourth Grade varieties.

  • Lu Xuan planted over two hundred Water Firefly Grass seeds and moved several Sword Grass and Sword plants into his Spirit Field.
  • Lu Xuan concealed his cultivation and reported to Huang Shixiong that he had completed his mission on Voidsky Island, receiving 960 Sword Seals.
  • Lu Xuan decided to spend some of his savings and went to the Si Nong Hall, where he reunited with Xia Chen.
  • Lu Xuan asked Xia Chen why the hall did not offer Fifth Grade Spirit Seeds, and Xia Chen explained that they were too rare for the sect to mass-produce.
  • Lu Xuan ordered two Earth Fire Heart Lotus seeds, one Mystic Insect Vine seed, one Mayfly Grass seed, and twenty each of Flame Fruit and Ice Luo Fruit seeds.

Ch. 344Mayfly Grass, Spirit Gathering Grass Orb

Lu Xuan bought and planted several high-grade Spirit Seeds, then harvested a Hidden Essence Grass whose Light Orb yielded a Spirit Gathering Grass Orb. He used the orb to nourish the Grass Puppet and planned to deliver his remaining Hidden Essence Grass to Senior Sister Guan Wan.

  • Lu Xuan bought Fourth Grade Earth Fire Heart Lotus and Mayfly Grass Spirit Seeds, a Mystic Insect Vine Spirit Seed, and Flame Fruit and Ice Luo Fruit Spirit Seeds from Daoist Qu.
  • Lu Xuan planted the Flame Fruit and Ice Luo Fruit, fed insect eggs to the Mystic Insect Vine, planted the Earth Fire Heart Lotus seeds in lava, and buried the Mayfly Grass seed in Wu Spirit Soil.
  • Lu Xuan spent half a month tending his Cave Mansion before harvesting a Third Grade Hidden Essence Grass and receiving a Spirit Gathering Grass Orb from its Light Orb.
  • Lu Xuan gave the Spirit Gathering Grass Orb to the Grass Puppet, which absorbed its Vegetation Spiritual Energy and turned green.
  • Lu Xuan noted that nine Hidden Essence Grass plants remained and planned to give them to Senior Sister Guan Wan in the Alchemy Hall.

Ch. 345Soul Crossing Zen Incense, Grievous Spirit Mud

Lu Xuan identified the Soul Crossing Zen Incense and Grievous Spirit Mud, then welcomed the White Jade Sky Supporting Ape and Mystic Sky Luan Bird with a feast. After earning their promise to help him in a future fight, he felt more confident about killing the cultivator behind the Saint Infant Fruit Sub-plant.

  • Lu Xuan learned that the incense was a Fourth Grade Treasure and the mud was a Fifth Grade Spirit Soil, but found no use for the mud among his current Spirit Plants.
  • Lu Xuan placed the Emerald Green Small Sword in the Yangxuan Sword Sheath, which readily accepted and nourished it.
  • The White Jade Sky Supporting Ape and Mystic Sky Luan Bird visited Lu Xuan, who greeted them and served them Spirit Fruits, Spirit Nectar, and Voidsky Spirit Fish.
  • Lu Xuan asked whether the two Spirit Beasts could leave the sect and requested their help in a fight he might face in a few years; they agreed.
  • The White Jade Sky Supporting Ape reminded Lu Xuan that he could activate its gifted fine hair to summon it, giving him greater confidence in confronting the cultivator behind the Saint Infant Fruit Sub-plant.

Ch. 346Variant Poisonous Insect

Lu Xuan continued cultivating Spirit Plants and caring for Spirit Beasts until Ge Pu visited with news of a problematic mutated Hundred Poisons Heart-Devouring insect larva. Ge Pu took Lu Xuan to see the larva, leaving its fate unknown.

  • Lu Xuan harvested Hidden Essence Grass and opened Light Orbs containing Foundation Establishment Pills, an Elixir Recipe Experience Pack, and Spirit Gathering Grass Orbs.
  • Lu Xuan observed the growth of his Spirit Plants, including Water Firefly Grass, Flame Fruit, Ice Luo Fruit, and the Sword Nurturing Gourd.
  • Ge Pu visited Lu Xuan and told him that his Yin Yang Kun Fish had bred successfully, advanced to Fifth Grade, and improved his prospects for Core Formation.
  • Ge Pu explained that one of Zhong Jingshan's three Hundred Poisons Heart-Devouring insect larvae reacted violently to poisonous food and might have mutated during gestation.
  • Ge Pu took Lu Xuan to inspect the troublesome larva.

Ch. 347Calamity Poison Body

Lu Xuan visited Zhong Jingshan’s Insect Valley and learned that a Variant Hundred Poisons Heart-Devouring Insect larva could not tolerate the poisons it needed to consume. Zhong gave Lu Xuan the larva, and Lu discovered that its Calamity Poison Body could absorb and refine any toxin, though its frail body made feeding it dangerous.

  • Lu Xuan and Ge Pu visited Zhong Jingshan’s Insect Valley, where Lu inspected the insects he had once helped raise.
  • Lu Xuan examined the Hundred Poisons Heart-Devouring Insect larvae and saw one suffer severe reactions after eating a poisonous toad.
  • Ge Pu explained that Zhong Jingshan had kept the abnormal larva alive with a White Jade Talisman, but could not help it grow normally.
  • Lu Xuan offered to buy the larva, and Zhong Jingshan gave it to him.
  • At his Cave Mansion, Lu Xuan fed the larva a small piece of poison pill and learned that it had the Calamity Poison Body, which could refine toxins but made it dangerously sensitive to them.

Ch. 348A Crippled Insect's Counterattack, and I've Become the Old Grandfather?

Lu Xuan rescued the Hundred Poisons Heart-Devouring Insect larva from the Corpse Poison in a poison pill, earning its trust and imagining how he could help it grow stronger. After caring for his spirit plants and creatures, he left the Spirit Field in peaceful order.

  • Lu Xuan identified the larva’s Calamity Poison Body and discovered that the Second Grade Corpse Flame Pill had filled it with Corpse Poison.
  • Lu Xuan used a Hundred-Year Ice Soul to control the poison and Azure Wood Source Qi to purge it, relieving the larva’s suffering.
  • The larva showed gratitude to Lu Xuan, who promised to help it grow and imagined himself as a Medicine Elder guiding it to a comeback.
  • Lu Xuan patrolled the Spirit Field and nurtured its spirit plants while observing the creatures around the lake and mountain.
  • The Demon Ghost Vine enjoyed the Bewitching Peach’s Pink Miasma and marked high-grade Spirit Plants throughout the field.

Ch. 349The Difficulty of Elixir Recipes

Lu Xuan delivered twenty fully matured Hidden Essence Grass to Guan Wan, earning Sword Seals and praise for their quality. Guan Wan offered him more spirit-plant work, then explained why other cultivators could not reproduce the Foundation Establishment Pill recipe.

  • Lu Xuan harvested the last four Hidden Essence Grass and obtained pills, recipe experience, and Spirit Gathering Grass Orbs from their Light Orbs.
  • Lu Xuan met Guan Wan at the Alchemy Hall and handed over all twenty Hidden Essence Grass, including several Good Grade plants and one Superior Grade plant.
  • Guan Wan paid Lu Xuan 280 Sword Seals for the plants and praised his cultivation results.
  • Lu Xuan agreed to continue working with the Alchemy Hall, and Guan Wan said she would arrange for more spirit seeds to be delivered to him.
  • Guan Wan explained that cultivators who knew the Foundation Establishment Pill ingredients still lacked the cultivation skills and exact elixir recipe needed to refine the pills, while Lu Xuan privately reflected that he had obtained the recipe through Light Orbs.

Ch. 350Chiyin Beast

Lu Xuan visited Thousand Dragon Lake to examine its flood dragons and collect more blood essence, then was asked to investigate a pair of Chiyin Beasts whose mating had caused the male to try to eat the female. He agreed to visit Senior Brother Zhong Hao’s Cave Mansion and inspect the beasts.

  • Lu Xuan spoke with Guan Wan about Alchemy before Huang Yuan visited and invited him to examine the flood dragons at Thousand Dragon Lake.
  • Lu Xuan went to Thousand Dragon Lake and returned with more than a thousand bottles of Flood Dragon Blood Essence.
  • Liu Su introduced Lu Xuan to Zhong Hao, a Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivator who had met him in the Azure Profound Deer Secret Realm.
  • Zhong Hao explained that his male Chiyin Beast repeatedly lost control during mating and tried to eat the female.
  • Lu Xuan asked Zhong Hao to take him to see the Chiyin Beasts in person.
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