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Lu Xuan received a Fifth Grade Illusionary Extinction Five Elements Formation and delivered a Good Grade Five Elements Fruit to Guan Wan of the Alchemy Hall. Guan Wan offered him more Five Elements Fruit seeds and suggested he pursue alchemy, leaving Lu Xuan considering joining the Alchemy Hall to refine Foundation Establishment Pills openly.

• Lu Xuan admired the Illusionary Extinction Five Elements Formation he had obtained from a Spirit Plant Light Orb and planned to use it to strengthen the Netherworld Courtyard's defenses.
• Lu Xuan contacted Guan Wan to report that the entrusted Five Elements Fruit had matured, and Guan Wan came to inspect it.
• Guan Wan confirmed the fruit was Good Grade and rewarded Lu Xuan with 150 Sword Seals.
• Guan Wan offered to obtain more Five Elements Fruit seeds for Lu Xuan to cultivate and asked whether he had considered developing his alchemy skills.
• Lu Xuan considered joining the Alchemy Hall so he could refine and sell Foundation Establishment Pills openly.

Lu Xuan joined Alchemy Hall as an ordinary alchemist and chose three pill recipes to learn. After returning to his Cave Mansion, he refined Essence Nurturing Pills with effortless mastery, producing six flawless pills of superior quality.

• Lu Xuan told Guan Wan he wanted to learn Alchemy, and she brought him to Alchemy Hall and explained its rules, benefits, and obligations.
• Lu Xuan chose the Essence Nurturing Pill, Spirit Accumulation Elixir, and Beast Spirit Pill recipes, swore a Heart Demon Oath, and received materials for each.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion and absorbed the recipe information from the jade slips.
• Lu Xuan used the Azure Pill Flame and the Medicine Midge to refine Essence Nurturing Pills, producing six flawless pills of superior quality.

Lu Xuan used elixir recipe experience packs to refine Essence Nurturing Pills and Spirit Accumulation Elixirs with exceptional success, but repeatedly failed to make Beast Spirit Pills. He planned to sell some of his pills discreetly and visit the Defective Secret Realm to transplant two Spirit Plants.

• Lu Xuan recognized that his experience packs had given him Grandmaster-level skill in refining Essence Nurturing Pills and Spirit Accumulation Elixirs, and considered the wealth he could earn.
• Lu Xuan refined several cauldrons of Essence Nurturing Pills and Spirit Accumulation Elixirs while the Medicine Midge searched the Pill Furnace for pill poison.
• Lu Xuan tried making Beast Spirit Pills but produced charred medicine residue, which the Medicine Midge eagerly consumed.
• Lu Xuan refined dozens of batches of free materials, successfully making Essence Nurturing Pills and Spirit Accumulation Elixirs while the Medicine Midge feasted on his failed Beast Spirit Pills.
• Lu Xuan decided to sell some of his pills discreetly and make a trip to the Defective Secret Realm to transplant Purification Glazed Tea and Dragon Bone Grass.

Lu Xuan inspected the Spirit Plants in his Defective Secret Realm, planted a Purification Glazed Tea Spirit Seed, and tended to his other plants and beasts. Back at his Cave Mansion, he learned that Fat Bird had met two attractive Wind Falcons and felt self-conscious about its appearance.

• Lu Xuan checked the growth of the Phoenix Wood, Vajra Bodhi, Earth Sovereign Jujube, Lightning Fall Wood, and other Spirit Plants in his Secret Realm.
• Lu Xuan planted the Purification Glazed Tea Spirit Seed near a spring eye and placed the Flood Dragon Skeleton in the Underworld Spring Spiritual Dew.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion and continued cultivating Spirit Plants and feeding Spirit Beasts.
• Fat Bird returned from playing outside looking dispirited, and Lu Xuan asked what had happened.
• Fat Bird told Lu Xuan that it had met two pretty Wind Falcons and thought the other birds disliked it because it was fat.

Lu Xuan followed Fat Bird to discover why it had been acting restless and found it visiting Guo Ping’s handsome Third Grade Variant Wind Falcon. After learning Guo Ping had reservations about the match, Lu Xuan returned to the Cave Mansion and waited for Fat Bird, which came back looking dejected.

• Lu Xuan distracted Fat Bird with the promise of its favorite foods and resolved to follow it the next time it left.
• The next day, Lu Xuan secretly followed Fat Bird to a Mountain Valley, where it approached a group of Wind Falcons and lingered near a handsome Third Grade Variant Wind Falcon.
• Guo Ping confronted Lu Xuan, then relaxed after learning who he was and explained that he had bred the Variant Wind Falcon through selective mating and other methods.
• Lu Xuan described Fat Bird to Guo Ping, who politely said the Wind Falcons should only get together if they both wanted to.
• Lu Xuan returned to the Cave Mansion and asked the downcast Fat Bird how its visit had gone.

Lu Xuan helped Fat Bird attract the Exotic Wind Falcon’s attention by sending it to the valley with a bag of spirit fruits. After seeing his attempts to refine Beast Spirit Pills fail, Lu Xuan decided to seek the formula through Spirit Plant Light Orbs and went to Si Nong Hall.

• Lu Xuan explained to Fat Bird that improving its status and sharing its spirit fruits might win the Exotic Wind Falcon’s favor.
• Fat Bird visited the valley with a bag of spirit fruits, and the Exotic Wind Falcon became affectionate after seeing Fat Bird eat them.
• Lu Xuan watched from afar and left Fat Bird to decide what to make of the Exotic Wind Falcon’s attention.
• The Exotic Wind Falcon’s keeper decided to make the bird curry favor with Fat Bird for a share of its spirit fruits.
• Lu Xuan, frustrated by his failed Beast Spirit Pill experiments, decided to cultivate the formula’s Spirit Plants for their Light Orbs and traveled to Si Nong Hall.

Lu Xuan bought Second Grade Spirit Seeds to test their Light Orb rewards and planted them in his Cave Mansion. He began accelerating the Yellow Cloud Ganoderma’s growth with Azure Wood Source Qi.

• Lu Xuan bought twenty Yellow Cloud Ganoderma Spirit Seeds and five each of several other Second Grade Spirit Seeds from Zhang Ce.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion and found Fat Bird cheerful again, asking how it would treat the Azure Feather Wind Falcon.
• Lu Xuan planted the spirit seeds, noting that the Yellow Cloud Ganoderma could merge into Spirit Soil and evade detection.
• Lu Xuan divided Azure Wood Source Qi among the twenty Yellow Cloud Ganoderma Spirit Seeds to accelerate their growth.

Lu Xuan used Azure Wood Source Qi to mature Yellow Cloud Ganoderma, harvested the first batch, and gained pills and a Beast Spirit Pill recipe from their light orbs. After improving his alchemy, he found that his Wind Lightning Sword Grass had successfully produced a genuine spirit seed and prepared to report back to Sword Hall.

• Lu Xuan used Azure Wood Source Qi to ripen twenty Yellow Cloud Ganoderma, then harvested the first five, which were ordinary quality.
• Lu Xuan collected light-orb rewards that included Beast Spirit Pills, an Agarwood Pill, and the Beast Spirit Pill recipe.
• Lu Xuan used the recipe experience to refine Beast Spirit Pills, succeeding once or twice in ten attempts.
• Lu Xuan found that the Wind Lightning Sword Grass had condensed a spirit seed through the genuine Seed Condensation Method and decided to report to Sword Hall.

Lu Xuan successfully condensed seeds from two Wind Lightning Sword Grass plants and brought the seeds and his method to Sword Hall. Shen Ye recognized the seeds as a new Third Grade variety and praised Lu Xuan’s contribution.

• Lu Xuan gave the Cloud Stepping Lynx an Agarwood Pill, which the lynx eagerly licked before carrying it away.
• Lu Xuan harvested five Yellow Cloud Ganoderma and gained Beast Spirit Pills and pill-recipe knowledge from their light orbs.
• Lu Xuan collected seven Spirit Seeds from two successfully seeded Wind Lightning Sword Grass plants.
• Lu Xuan visited Shen Ye at Sword Hall and presented the Wind Lightning Sword Grass Spirit Seeds and his written Seed Condensation Method.
• Shen Ye identified the seeds as a new Third Grade variety and said Lu Xuan’s paper had knocked open Sword Hall’s doors.

Lu Xuan brought three Wind Lightning Sword Grass plants to Shen Ye so the Sword Hall could verify his Seed Condensation Method, and Shen Ye promised him a generous choice of rewards if it succeeded. Lu Xuan explained his desire to cultivate more Sword Grass Spirit Seeds as a love of spirit plants and a way to help the sect’s disciples.

• Lu Xuan gave Shen Ye three Wind Lightning Sword Grass plants at different stages of seed condensation for the Sword Hall to examine.
• Shen Ye sent the plants to experienced Sword Cultivators and told Lu Xuan the hall would soon report whether his Seed Condensation Method worked.
• Shen Ye offered Lu Xuan his choice of Sword Hall treasures as a reward, with limits on grade, quantity, and resale, and required a Heart Demon Oath.
• Lu Xuan asked Shen Ye about obtaining more Sword Grass Spirit Seeds, explaining that he preferred cultivation and wanted to help fellow disciples by producing sword weapons.
• Shen Ye praised Lu Xuan’s devotion to the sect and felt ashamed beside his selfless intentions.

Lu Xuan continued cultivating spirit plants and beasts while practicing his techniques, then received word from Shen Ye that a Core Formation Martial Uncle had condensed five Fourth Grade Azure Lotus Sword Grass Spirit Seeds. He immediately set off for Sword Hall to claim one.

• Lu Xuan planted Water Firefly Grass seeds, reserved others for improvement, and continued tending his spirit fields and beasts.
• Lu Xuan visualized the Pure Yang True Fire Talisman and refined a Hundred Eyed Treant eye to strengthen his eye technique.
• Lu Xuan maintained his routine of cultivation and alchemy, and the Yellow Cloud Ganoderma matured with ordinary quality.
• Shen Ye told Lu Xuan that five Fourth Grade Azure Lotus Sword Grass Spirit Seeds were available and that he could hold one for only half a month.
• Lu Xuan summoned Fat Bird and rushed toward Sword Hall to claim a Spirit Seed.

Lu Xuan received a Fourth Grade Azure Lotus Sword Grass Spirit Seed and its cultivation scripture from Shen Ye after two Foundation Establishment Perfection cultivators sought the seed. He planted it on his mountain and considered the work needed to cultivate it.

• A bald-headed cultivator and Huang Shixiong urged Shen Ye to give them the Azure Lotus Sword Grass Spirit Seed, citing a damaged Flying Sword and Huang Shixiong’s dwindling lifespan.
• Shen Ye explained that he had reserved the seed for an acquaintance, and Lu Xuan arrived soon afterward.
• Shen Ye introduced Lu Xuan as the seed’s owner and the discoverer of the Wind Lightning Sword Grass Seed Condensation Method, prompting the two cultivators to abandon their claims.
• Shen Ye gave Lu Xuan the Azure Lotus Sword Grass Spirit Seed and the Fourth Grade Azure Lotus Sword Scripture.
• Lu Xuan planted the seed in his Spirit Field and noted that he now had three Fourth Grade Sword Grasses to cultivate.

Lu Xuan mastered the complex Azure Lotus Sword Scripture while tending his spirit plants, and the Phantom Sound Bamboo matured. Its light orb rewarded him with a Mirage Sound Pearl, which he swallowed and tested by imitating voices and unleashing Sword Qi Thunder Sound.

• Lu Xuan studied the Azure Lotus Sword Scripture jade slip late into the night and struggled to absorb its difficult sword art.
• Lu Xuan tended the Alchemy Hall’s plants and discovered that the Water Firefly Grass had sprouted.
• Lu Xuan found the Phantom Sound Bamboo mature, harvested it, and learned that it had absorbed decadent music and Sword Qi Thunder Sound.
• Lu Xuan touched the bamboo’s light orb and obtained a Fifth Grade Mirage Sound Pearl, which he swallowed.
• Lu Xuan tested the pearl by imitating familiar voices and blasting a boulder with Sword Qi Thunder Sound, then noticed the Demon Ghost Vine staring up at him.

Lu Xuan tested his Fifth Grade Mirage Sound Pearl and decided to sell his Phantom Sound Bamboo, then brought pills to the Alchemy Hall and earned 3,400 Spirit Stones. Guan Wan invited him to an alchemy exchange gathering, where Lu Xuan hoped to meet alchemists who could help him obtain rare spirit seeds and planting commissions.

• Lu Xuan kicked away the Demon Ghost Vine, put away the Mirage Sound Pearl, and tested the Phantom Sound Bamboo’s seductive and thunderous sounds.
• Lu Xuan decided to sell or trade the Phantom Sound Bamboo and planned to exchange some of his pills for Spirit Stones or Sword Seals.
• Guan Wan welcomed Lu Xuan at the Alchemy Hall and guided him through submitting his pills.
• Lu Xuan claimed a thirty percent success rate, and a female cultivator counted his ordinary-quality pills and paid him 3,400 Spirit Stones.
• Guan Wan invited Lu Xuan to join an alchemy exchange gathering, and he agreed, hoping to meet alchemists and find rare spirit seeds or high-grade planting commissions.

Lu Xuan attended an Alchemy Hall exchange meeting with Guan Wan, where he quietly judged the other cultivators’ alchemy insights against his own Light Orb-taught skills. He concealed his Grandmaster-level mastery of the Spirit Accumulation Elixir and left the gathering on polite terms, considering whether the Silver-Haired Old Woman might help him obtain rare spirit seeds.

• Guan Wan introduced Lu Xuan to five Alchemy Hall cultivators and explained his achievements as a Spirit Plant Master and new alchemist.
• Lu Xuan listened as a red-faced, eyebrowless cultivator demonstrated fire control, privately judging his skill inferior to Lu Xuan’s own.
• Two other alchemists shared refinement advice, but Lu Xuan found their insights less reliable than the knowledge gained from his Light Orbs.
• The Silver-Haired Old Woman described reaching Great Accomplishment in refining the Second Grade Spirit Accumulation Elixir and advised Lu Xuan to build his foundations.
• Lu Xuan claimed he had learned her advice while hiding his own Grandmaster-level mastery, deciding that staying discreet could preserve the possibility of obtaining rare spirit seeds.

After an alchemy exchange, Lu Xuan promoted his Spirit Plant services to the Alchemy Hall's Pill Dao Masters. Huo Liner then recruited him to oversee a sect blessed land inhabited by powerful Sect Guardian Spirit Beasts, and Lu Xuan agreed to visit and assess the task.

• Lu Xuan offered to cultivate difficult Spirit Plants and trade for unknown spirit seeds, hoping to attract the Alchemy Hall's Pill Dao Masters.
• Huo Liner visited Lu Xuan and asked about his friendship with the White Jade Sky Supporting Ape and the Mystic Sky Luan Bird.
• Huo Liner explained that the elders of the two Spirit Beasts lived in a blessed land and needed someone to oversee them while their Core Formation caretaker was away.
• Lu Xuan suggested Zhong Hao as a better candidate, but Huo Liner said Zhong Hao had recommended Lu Xuan as the more skilled beast raiser.
• Huo Liner reassured Lu Xuan that the beasts were tamed, and Lu Xuan agreed to visit the blessed land and decide whether he could manage it.

Lu Xuan was appointed to oversee Ten Thousand Demon Cave while Cang Wu Zhenren was away, receiving the Demon Control Token and learning about the blessed land’s spirit beasts and Emperor Flow Paste. After exploring the beast-filled cave, Lu Xuan encountered a Lion-Bird Beast he had once trained, which finally recognized him.

• Huo Liner brought Lu Xuan to Ten Thousand Demon Cave, where Cang Wu Zhenren entrusted him with managing the blessed land during his absence.
• Cang Wu Zhenren gave Lu Xuan the Demon Control Token and warned him about the forbidden area, Emperor Flow Paste, and possible spirit beast fights.
• Lu Xuan explored the blessed land and used the token to calm a giant elephant that approached him.
• Lu Xuan encountered several spirit beasts, then recognized a Lion-Bird Beast he had trained in the past.
• The Lion-Bird Beast remembered Lu Xuan and flew toward him with a loud cry.

Lu Xuan reunited with the Lion-Bird Beast and met the four disciples who had been caring for the Ten Thousand Demon Cave Blessed Land. After they challenged his appointment as its caretaker, he placed the Demon Control Token on the table and dared Sun Yun to take it.

• Lu Xuan praised the Lion-Bird Beast, encouraged it to keep working toward serving the sect, and asked it to gather the other Young Beasts from their past.
• Lu Xuan returned to the Cloud House and met Sun Yun and three Foundation Establishment disciples assigned to the blessed land.
• A Zhao-surnamed disciple questioned Lu Xuan's qualifications, and Lu Xuan explained that Huo Liner had recommended him and Martial Uncle Cangwu had given him the Demon Control Token.
• Lu Xuan rebuked Junior Brother Zhao, while Sun Yun told him to stop and reminded the group to obey Martial Uncle Cangwu's decision.
• Lu Xuan set the Demon Control Token on the table, conceded that Sun Yun seemed more qualified, and challenged him to take it.

Lu Xuan settled a dispute with Sun Yun and explored the Ten Thousand Demon Cave, where he met the White Jade Sky Supporting Ape, the guardian spirit beast and ancestor of his little monkey friend. After learning of Lu Xuan’s connection to the Azure Profound Deer, the ape welcomed him and gave him its home-brewed Monkey Wine.

• Lu Xuan offered Sun Yun the Demon Control Token, prompting Sun Yun and the others to apologize and agree to follow his arrangements.
• Lu Xuan spent his free time exploring the Ten Thousand Demon Cave and reunited with the spirit beasts he had once tamed.
• The White Jade Sky Supporting Ape’s descendant invited Lu Xuan up the mountain, where the elder revealed itself and explained how fifth-grade demonic beasts learned human speech.
• The ape learned that Lu Xuan had received some of the Azure Profound Deer’s Azure Wood Source Qi and praised him for helping the deer resolve its lingering obsession.
• The White Jade Sky Supporting Ape thanked Lu Xuan for caring for its descendant and gave him a bottle of its homemade Monkey Wine.

After recovering from the Old Ape’s Monkey Wine, Lu Xuan thanked him with Hundred Fruit Spirit Nectar and Bewitching Peaches, then asked about the senior spirit beasts in Ten Thousand Demon Cave. Old Ape introduced the other powerful beasts, including a long-lived Dragon Turtle and a reclusive Old Fox.

• Lu Xuan woke after shedding a thin cuticle and realized the Monkey Wine had cleansed his marrow and meridians.
• Xiao Bai Ape revealed it had guarded Lu Xuan while he was drunk, then followed him to visit Old Ape.
• Lu Xuan thanked Old Ape for the Monkey Wine and offered him Hundred Fruit Spirit Nectar and Bewitching Peaches.
• Old Ape praised Lu Xuan’s recovery and recognized the Hundred Fruit Spirit Nectar as a brew once favored by a Core Formation True Person.
• Lu Xuan learned that Ten Thousand Demon Cave held five Fifth Grade and Sixth Grade spirit beasts, including a pair of Mystic Sky Luan Birds, a Dragon Turtle, and Old Fox.

Lu Xuan met the Dragon Turtle while exploring the Ten Thousand Demon Cave and won its favor by sharing Hundred Fruit Spirit Nectar and fruit. The Dragon Turtle began telling him old stories about Heaven Sword Sect cultivators, and Lu Xuan realized the symbols on its shell were Eight Trigrams.

• Lu Xuan spent his free time exploring the Ten Thousand Demon Cave and strengthening his bonds with its Spirit Beasts.
• Lu Xuan found mottled tortoise shells covered in moving Divinatory Symbols beside a lake, and the Dragon Turtle emerged to reclaim them.
• The Dragon Turtle recognized Lu Xuan as the new caretaker and asked him for Monkey Wine, so Lu Xuan offered it Hundred Fruit Spirit Nectar instead.
• The Dragon Turtle praised the spirit nectar and told Lu Xuan it had served as a test subject while a Core Formation cultivator developed the brew.
• The Dragon Turtle shared old stories about Cang Wu, Gu Jiankong, and the Heaven Sword Sect Sect Leader as Lu Xuan listened and shared fruit.
• Lu Xuan realized the Divinatory Symbols on the Dragon Turtle's shell were Eight Trigrams.

Lu Xuan befriended the lonely Old Dragon Turtle before being summoned to treat a Fourth Grade Thunderstorm Bear suffering from difficult labor. He traveled to the bear with confidence, intending to discover the cause and help her deliver safely.

• Lu Xuan listened to Old Dragon Turtle's sect gossip, learned of its loneliness, and introduced himself before leaving to return to the Cloud House.
• A Thunderstorm Bear fell into dangerous labor, and Sun Yun and her caretaker debated whether to cut open her abdomen to save the young beast.
• The caretaker proposed asking Lu Xuan to decide the Mother Beast's fate, and Sun Yun hurried to find him.
• Lu Xuan learned the situation and insisted they try to preserve both the Mother Beast's safety and a natural birth.
• Lu Xuan rode with Sun Yun to the Thunderstorm Bear, confident that his knowledge of Spirit Beasts would reveal the cause of her difficult labor.

Lu Xuan examined a Thunderstorm Bear whose unborn cub was draining her life and decided to save both mother and child. He surgically delivered the cub and healed the Mother Beast, leaving both alive and safe.

• Lu Xuan discovered that the Thunderstorm Bear's unusually large, bloodthirsty fetus was draining her vital blood through invisible tendrils.
• Lu Xuan reassured the Mother Beast and told the others he would protect both her and her child.
• Lu Xuan used the Emerald Green Small Sword to open the Mother Beast's abdomen, sever the tendrils, and remove the cub.
• Lu Xuan used Azure Wood Source Qi to heal the Mother Beast's wounds, and she peacefully fell asleep beside her healthy cub.
• The ordinary youth and Sun Yun praised Lu Xuan after confirming that both Spirit Beasts had survived.

Lu Xuan saved a Thunderstorm Bear mother and her young beast, earning the respect of Sun Yun and the other beast keepers. Later, he learned of Old Dragon Turtle’s loneliness and gave it a strange jade silk called the Scripture of Utmost Bliss, which the turtle claimed it would inspect for safety.

• Lu Xuan reassured the others about the blood threads on the Thunderstorm Bear young beast after helping deliver it safely.
• Sun Yun thanked Lu Xuan and admitted he had wrongly suspected Lu Xuan had obtained the Demon Control Token through connections.
• Lu Xuan accepted Sun Yun’s apology, and the beast keepers began treating him more warmly and reporting to him.
• Old Dragon Turtle told Lu Xuan it had remained in the sect for nearly two thousand years and had never found another Dragon Turtle.
• Lu Xuan offered to help ease Old Dragon Turtle’s loneliness, then presented it with the Scripture of Utmost Bliss.
• Old Dragon Turtle said it would inspect the jade silk, and Lu Xuan left while both shared knowing smiles.

Lu Xuan used his reputation as a Spirit Plant Master to persuade the Old Ape to entrust him with cultivating the Spirit Fruit used in its Monkey Wine. The Old Ape agreed, confident that its secret recipe would remain safe, while Lu Xuan privately planned to obtain it through a Light Orb.

• Lu Xuan noticed that the Old Dragon Turtle seemed listless from studying the Scripture of Utmost Bliss and advised it to take care of its health.
• Lu Xuan observed that the Spirit Beasts received plain, ordinary food from their caretakers, which explained why White Ape and Luan Bird enjoyed visiting his Cave Mansion for food.
• The Old Ape treated Lu Xuan to its Monkey Wine and explained that its quality depended on the ingredients and secret brewing method.
• Lu Xuan told the Old Ape that Qingxu True Person had entrusted him with cultivating a Fifth Grade Spirit Plant, highlighting his skill as a Spirit Plant Master.
• The Old Ape asked Lu Xuan to cultivate the Spirit Fruit used for Monkey Wine and dismissed his concern about the recipe leaking, unaware of Lu Xuan's plans for Light Orbs.