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Lu Xuan accepted a Mind Ape Fruit Spirit Seed from Old Ape in exchange for cultivating Spirit Fruits for Monkey Wine, then planted it in the Cloud House. He learned about the blessed land’s dangerous forbidden area and the fruit’s effects, leaving him eager to see what reward it would yield when mature.

• Lu Xuan and Old Ape agreed that Lu Xuan would cultivate Spirit Fruits for Monkey Wine, and Old Ape gave him a pale-gold Mind Ape Fruit Spirit Seed.
• Old Ape explained that the Fifth Grade Spirit Plant needed essence, qi, blood, rich Spirit Soil, and spiritual energy, and that it could affect the minds of nearby cultivators.
• Old Ape told Lu Xuan that the blessed land’s forbidden area held dangerous Demonic Beasts, Evil Beasts, and Spirit Beasts, protected by powerful Restrictions.
• Lu Xuan declined to visit the forbidden area and returned to the Cloud House.
• Lu Xuan planted the Mind Ape Fruit Spirit Seed and learned that its mature fruit could temper the body and mind, brew Monkey Wine, and disturb the mind during its growth.

Lu Xuan left the Ten Thousand Demon Cave Blessed Land to tend his Spirit Fields and returned to his Inner Sect Cave Mansion, where Huo Liner invited him to a Treasure Exchange Conference. He planned to attend in search of rare Spirit Seeds and resumed cultivating his plants.

• Lu Xuan told Sun Yun he would be away for three to five days and assured him that the White Jade Sky Supporting Ape and dragon turtle would help if a serious problem arose.
• Sun Yun was astonished that Lu Xuan could call on the two Sixth Grade Sect Guardian Spirit Beasts by name.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion and found a Communication Talisman from Huo Liner inviting him to a Treasure Exchange Conference in three days.
• Lu Xuan accepted Huo Liner's invitation and considered which treasures he could trade for Spirit Seeds and other items.
• Lu Xuan greeted his spirit beasts, checked his Spirit Plants, and spent most of his Spiritual Power cultivating the Sword Grass and tending the rest of the field.

Lu Xuan sold a batch of high-quality pills at Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, then returned to his Netherworld Courtyard and upgraded its protective array. He fed and tended the courtyard’s Spirit Plants, harvested two Saint Infant Fruit sub-plant seeds, and planted them beside their mother plant.

• Lu Xuan used the Thousandfold Wraith Mask to disguise himself and sold more than ten bottles of pills to Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion for over eight thousand Spirit Stones.
• Lu Xuan replaced the courtyard’s Fourth Grade array with the Fifth Grade Illusionary Extinction Five Elements Formation.
• Lu Xuan fed the Blood Spirit Palm Ginseng and Blood Karma Flower Flood Dragon Blood Essence, then supplied demon beast meat to the Mutated Longevity Peach and Thousand Tendril Hands.
• Lu Xuan found that the Saint Infant Fruit Mother Plant had produced two new sub-plant spirit seeds because it had not received its mature sub-plant.
• Lu Xuan cut the two Flesh Tumors from the mother plant and planted the seeds beside it.

Lu Xuan tended his spirit plants, planted the Mind Ape Fruit in the Defective Secret Realm, and attended the Treasure Exchange Conference hosted by Huo Liner and Bai Feiyu. The conference began with a cultivator offering a Fourth Grade Cold Bone Sword in exchange for a defensive Magic Tool or cultivation-enhancing pills.

• Lu Xuan fed flesh and blood to the hatching Flesh Spirit God and worried about finding enough supplies for it and his other spirit plants.
• Lu Xuan collected Wu Spirit Soil and planted the Mind Ape Fruit in the Defective Secret Realm, where he also checked on his other spirit plants.
• Lu Xuan met Huo Liner and Sword Hall true disciple Bai Feiyu at the Treasure Exchange Conference and found Zhong Jingshan among the attendees.
• Huo Liner explained the conference's two exchange stages and warned that no one could use force or pressure others to trade.
• A Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivator offered a Fourth Grade Cold Bone Sword for a defensive Magic Tool or cultivation-enhancing pills.

Lu Xuan traded a Rank 4 Sword Talisman for a Buddhist Magic Tool he could use to nourish his Vajra Bodhi, then arranged to exchange an Earth Fire Heart Lotus seed for a rare Seven Emotions Bean. The chapter left the exchange for the Spirit Seed agreed upon but not yet completed.

• A female cultivator exchanged a fourth-grade Cold Bone Sword for a defensive Magic Tool at the treasure gathering.
• Lu Xuan traded his Rank 4 Sword Talisman to the burly cultivator for the fourth-grade Demon Subduing Pestle, intending to use its Buddhist power to cultivate the Vajra Bodhi.
• A graceful female cultivator offered a fourth-grade Seven Emotions Bean Spirit Seed in exchange for something that could purify contaminated Spiritual Power and reduce mutation risk.
• Lu Xuan offered an Earth Fire Heart Lotus seed, and the female cultivator agreed to exchange it for the Seven Emotions Bean.

Lu Xuan traded three Fourth Grade Treasures for Bai Feiyu’s unknown sinister Spirit Seed, then planted it in his Cave Mansion after identifying it as a Fifth Grade Yin Cry Wood. The chapter ended with Lu Xuan welcoming the rare Spirit Plant into his Netherworld Courtyard.

• Lu Xuan received a Seven Emotions Bean Spirit Seed and discovered that it absorbed nearby emotions, extinguishing his surprise and anger.
• Lu Xuan offered Phantom Sound Bamboo, a Sword Talisman, and an Earth Fire Heart Lotus seed in exchange for Rank 4 or higher Spirit Seeds or uncontracted Young Beasts, but found no suitable trade at first.
• During the free-exchange phase, Bai Feiyu privately offered Lu Xuan an unknown sinister Spirit Seed that he believed was Rank 5.
• Lu Xuan exchanged his three Fourth Grade Treasures for Bai Feiyu’s pale Spirit Seed.
• Back at his Cave Mansion, Lu Xuan planted the seed and identified it as a Fifth Grade Yin Cry Wood, which fed on Grievance Souls.

Lu Xuan tended his strange Spirit Plants and prepared to gather more resources for them before returning to the Ten Thousand Demon Cave Blessed Land. There, he reassured the lonely Old Dragon Turtle by promising to seek out another similar Magic Tool.

• Lu Xuan worried that his stores of Grievance Souls could not meet the growing needs of the Saint Infant Fruit Sub-plants and Yin Cry Wood, and planted a Fourth Grade Seven Emotions Bean.
• Lu Xuan inspected his Spirit Plants, practiced Instant Arrow Technique on the Arrow Vines, and checked the growth of his sword grasses before heading to the Ten Thousand Demon Cave Blessed Land.
• Lu Xuan returned to the blessed land, greeted Sun Yun and the other disciples, and learned that the Spirit Beasts had been well cared for.
• Lu Xuan visited Old Dragon Turtle, who complained that Lu Xuan had forgotten him, and promised to look for another similar Magic Tool for him.

Lu Xuan asked Old Dragon Turtle about the forbidden land and went with him to inspect its imprisoned beasts. As an aged voice challenged Old Dragon Turtle for bringing a Foundation Establishment Cultivator inside, the turtle pointed out Lu Xuan’s Demon Control Token.

• Lu Xuan asked Old Dragon Turtle about the forbidden land’s beasts, and Old Dragon Turtle warned him about its effects before offering to take him inside.
• Old Dragon Turtle explained that Lu Xuan’s Demon Control Token let him enter, then carried him through the pit’s Restrictions into the forbidden land.
• Old Dragon Turtle described the common Demon Beasts kept in the upper caves and the fierce beasts restrained in the middle levels.
• Lu Xuan sensed the unsettling gazes of the Evil Beasts held at the lowest level as Old Dragon Turtle explained their dangers.
• An aged voice questioned why Old Dragon Turtle had brought a Foundation Establishment Cultivator inside, and Old Dragon Turtle answered that Lu Xuan carried a Demon Control Token.

Lu Xuan toured the forbidden area's lower level with the Old Dragon Turtle, seeing bizarre sealed Demonic Beasts, then returned to oversee the blessed land. When Emperor Flow Paste descended, he used the Demon Control Token to calm the Spirit Beasts and collected some for his own beasts, leaving with more than his fellow disciples.

• The Old Fox dismissed Lu Xuan's fate as irrelevant and retreated into the darkness, while the Old Dragon Turtle took Lu Xuan to inspect the forbidden area's lower level.
• Lu Xuan saw several grotesque Demonic Beasts sealed in Stone Caves, and the Old Dragon Turtle suppressed a giant-eyed beast when it affected Lu Xuan.
• The Old Dragon Turtle explained that Lu Xuan could use the Demon Control Token to enter the forbidden area and advised him to seek a divination or help from the Old Fox if needed.
• Lu Xuan returned to the Cloud House and spent half a month cultivating while overseeing the blessed land.
• When Emperor Flow Paste began descending, Lu Xuan used the Demon Control Token to calm the Spirit Beasts and collected around half a bottle of the paste.
• The Spirit Beasts absorbed the Emperor Flow Paste, with some growing stronger, while Lu Xuan noticed he had gathered more than his fellow disciples.

Lu Xuan received Emperor Flow Paste from Xiao Bai Ape and Old Dragon Turtle, then entered the forbidden ground to inspect its sealed beasts. There he met a powerful Heaven Sword Sect cultivator who called himself Blood Senior Brother and described himself as a sinner left to atone.

• Xiao Bai Ape delivered Old Ape's bottle of Emperor Flow Paste to Lu Xuan as an advance payment for cultivating the Mind Ape Fruit.
• Old Dragon Turtle gave Lu Xuan another bottle of Emperor Flow Paste and divined that his trip into the forbidden ground would be safe and might bring an opportunity.
• Lu Xuan used the Demon Control Token to enter the forbidden ground and explored its passages, where sealed Demonic Beasts snarled at him from their Stone Caves.
• Lu Xuan entered a Stone Hall and found a bald, blood-covered cultivator processing a wolf demon's carcass.
• The cultivator introduced himself as Blood Senior Brother and told Lu Xuan he was a sect sinner left in the forbidden grounds to atone.

Lu Xuan learned about Bald Head Blood Butcher’s work processing demon beasts in the Ten Thousand Demon Cave forbidden ground and volunteered to help. He secretly collected discarded demon beast scraps in his Gluttony Insect Pouch to feed the strange plants and beings he raised.

• Lu Xuan heard Bald Head Blood Butcher explain that he had been imprisoned for over a hundred years after taking lives and now processed demon beasts in the forbidden ground.
• Bald Head Blood Butcher described the three kinds of demon beasts he handled and how their remains were sorted or destroyed.
• Lu Xuan offered to assist with processing demon beasts, claiming he wanted to learn about their bodies and traits.
• Bald Head Blood Butcher asked Lu Xuan to throw away a pile of useless demon beast scraps in a nearby abyss.
• Lu Xuan used his Gluttony Insect Pouch to collect the scraps, intending to feed them to the Blood Karma Flower, Mutated Longevity Peach, Flesh Spirit God, and others.

Lu Xuan collected Yin Souls in the forbidden ground and watched the bald cultivator process a Tiger-Head Snake-Tail Beast. Learning about the forbidden ground’s Demonic Beast experiments gave him a new idea for his own cultivation.

• Lu Xuan checked that no one was watching, then used the Soul Guiding Lamp to fill it with Yin Souls from the forbidden ground.
• Lu Xuan returned to the Stone Hall, where the bald cultivator invited him to observe a special Demonic Beast being processed.
• The Old Fox delivered a Tiger-Head Snake-Tail Beast corpse, and the bald cultivator explained that it was a failed experimental material.
• The bald cultivator described the three kinds of Demonic Beast experiments and said the Qingqiu Fox Demon conducted them in the forbidden ground.
• Lu Xuan privately judged that the experiments had opened up a new line of thought for him.

Lu Xuan became eager to join the forbidden-area experiments after learning about their unconventional methods, and Old Fox decided to recruit him. Old Fox brought him in as an assistant, assigning him to oversee beast breeding and collect blood essence from powerful beasts.

• Lu Xuan considered asking Old Dragon Turtle or White Ape to recommend him as an assistant for Old Fox’s experiments.
• Old Fox told the bald-headed cultivator that Lu Xuan’s interest in the experiments made him a promising recruit, and declared its intention to draw him in despite its limited time.
• Old Dragon Turtle divined that Lu Xuan faced a special omen that could bring a great opportunity if handled well.
• Old Fox asked Lu Xuan to assist with its experiments, and Lu Xuan followed it through the beast pens.
• Old Fox assigned Lu Xuan to observe and promote the breeding of beasts confined in shared caves.
• Old Fox also instructed Lu Xuan to draw blood essence from extraordinary-bloodline beasts when needed, reassuring him that they would be restrained.

Lu Xuan collected and processed essence blood from imprisoned Demonic Beasts for the Qingqiu Fox Spirit Beast’s experiments, but his mixtures repeatedly failed. The Old Fox then assigned him to care for stitched-together beasts, and Lu Xuan discovered he could read their conditions and diagnose a dying aberration.

• Lu Xuan drew essence blood from a two-headed giant snake and a seven-colored toad, then recorded the failed reaction when he mixed their processed blood.
• Lu Xuan stored the failed mixture to feed to his Netherworld Spirit Plants and reflected on his growing role in the Old Fox’s experiments.
• The Qingqiu Fox Spirit Beast assigned Lu Xuan to raise and monitor stitched-together vicious beasts, giving him a blue-black talisman.
• Lu Xuan found a many-eyed octopus aberration, fed it a spirit fish, and used his Spiritual Sense to learn that rejection between Spiritual Power had left it near death.
• Lu Xuan recorded the octopus’s condition and recognized that his ability could reveal the states of the modified beasts.

Lu Xuan diagnosed and helped treat a stitched-together Jade Wood Demon and Blood Yin Toad, earning the Qingqiu Fox Spirit Beast’s respect. The Old Fox then revealed that its experiments aimed to create Dao Soldiers, a special category of Spirit Beast.

• Lu Xuan recorded his observations of the Evil Beasts, and the Qingqiu Fox Spirit Beast asked him to explain his conjectures.
• Lu Xuan identified a self-generating, vitality-bearing toxin as the cause of the Jade Wood Toad’s poor condition and suggested how to address its transplant rejection.
• The Old Fox extracted the toxin and embedded a stone lock in the toad, bringing its condition into balance.
• The Old Fox invited Lu Xuan to name the new Demonic Beast, and Lu Xuan called it Jade Wood Toad.
• The Old Fox told Lu Xuan that Dao Soldiers were a special category of Spirit Beast and the goal of its experiments.

Lu Xuan learned why the Old Fox was experimenting on beasts and discovered its memories through the spirit syrup he offered. He learned that the Fox planned to sacrifice its own body to make a Dao Soldier for Heaven Sword Sect before its life ended.

• The Old Fox explained how it was refining Dao Soldiers from Fierce Beasts and Evil Beasts, and warned Lu Xuan that observing the experiments could harm him.
• Lu Xuan asked the Old Dragon Turtle about Dao Soldiers, and it cautioned him not to let the forbidden ground affect him.
• Lu Xuan carried out the Old Fox's requested observations in the forbidden ground and then offered it his conjectures and homemade spirit syrup.
• After drinking the spirit syrup, the Old Fox recalled how a Heaven Sword Sect cultivator had saved it and how it had become the sect's guardian spirit beast.
• Lu Xuan learned that the dying Old Fox intended to turn its fifth-grade body into the head of a Dao Soldier and offer itself to Heaven Sword Sect.

Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion and fed Emperor Flow Paste to his Spirit Beasts. The Dazzling Fire Flood Dragon broke through to Fourth Grade, and Lu Xuan obtained a Fifth Grade Magic Tool from its Light Orb.

• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion, where his Spirit Beasts gathered around to greet him.
• Lu Xuan shared Emperor Flow Paste among the Spirit Beasts, and they absorbed it to strengthen their bodies.
• The Dazzling Fire Flood Dragon grew a dragon horn as its aura surged and it broke through from Third Grade to Fourth Grade.
• Lu Xuan touched the Dazzling Fire Flood Dragon's White Light Orb and obtained the Fifth Grade Magic Tool, Southern Blazing Fire Net.

Lu Xuan obtained a fifth-grade Southern Blazing Fire Net, cared for his Spirit Beasts, and harvested the second crop from his Bewitching Peach plants. He collected their Light Orb rewards, including a Bewitching Desire Pill, and wondered why the peaches kept producing lewd rewards.

• Lu Xuan tested the Southern Blazing Fire Net and added it to his collection of treasures.
• The Dazzling Fire Flood Dragon and the other Spirit Beasts absorbed Emperor Flow Paste, and Lu Xuan gave a portion to the Azure Horn Dragon Carp.
• Lu Xuan inspected his Spirit Plants and found that the three Bewitching Peaches had matured their second crop of twenty-seven fruits.
• Lu Xuan harvested the Bewitching Peaches and collected more than twenty White Light Orbs from the plants.
• A Light Orb awarded Lu Xuan a Fourth Grade Bewitching Desire Pill, which he found worryingly lewd.

Lu Xuan harvested rewards from the Bewitching Peaches, including a Bewitching Sound Pearl, and tested it on the Demon Ghost Vine before organizing the other treasures and holding a Spirit Peach Banquet. The next morning, he tended his Spirit Plants and hoped their future light orbs would help him break through to Foundation Establishment Late Stage.

• Lu Xuan harvested a Bewitching Sound Pearl and learned it amplified desire with recorded sounds, then tested it on the Demon Ghost Vine and quickly purified the vine when it reacted.
• Lu Xuan counted the rewards from twenty-seven White Light Orbs, including eighteen Bewitching Desire Pills, four recipe experience packs, three Bewitching Sound Pearls, and two copies of the "Scripture of Utmost Bliss," and resolved to sell the pills discreetly.
• Lu Xuan held a Spirit Peach Banquet for his Spirit Beasts, which ate and drank their fill before returning to their places on the mountain.
• The next morning, Lu Xuan fed the Grass Puppet a Spirit Gathering Grass Orb and inspected the Hidden Essence Grass, Jade Dew Fruit, Arrow Vines, and Water Firefly Grass.
• Lu Xuan used Spiritual Power and cultivation techniques to tend his plants, then hoped their light orbs would help him reach Foundation Establishment Late Stage.

Lu Xuan checked on his Spirit Plants, tended the Netherworld courtyard, and returned to the Ten Thousand Demon Cave Blessed Land. He won Old Dragon Turtle’s favor with a Bewitching Sound Pearl and, after obtaining a safe divination, headed into the forbidden ground.

• Lu Xuan found that Sword Thousand-Kite and Ephemera Grass had matured, while his Water Firefly Grass seeds had produced no mutations.
• Lu Xuan disguised himself and fed demon beast scraps and mixed essence blood to the Netherworld Spirit Plants in his courtyard.
• Lu Xuan returned to the Ten Thousand Demon Cave Blessed Land, where Sun Yun reported that everything was under control.
• Lu Xuan gave Old Dragon Turtle a Bewitching Sound Pearl, which the dragon turtle found complemented the Scripture of Utmost Bliss.
• Old Dragon Turtle divined that it was safe, so Lu Xuan entered the forbidden ground.

Lu Xuan returned to the Heaven Sword Sect and learned that cultivators were flocking to a dangerous secret realm in the Black Demon Abyss, but he chose to stay behind and tend his spirit plants. When Bai Li Jian Qing decided to explore the realm, Lu Xuan lent him a Rank 4 Howling Sea Sword Talisman for protection.

• Lu Xuan spent three months overseeing the blessed land, tending spirit plants, and collecting Emperor Flow Paste before returning to the sect.
• Lu Xuan noticed that fellow disciples were acting hurriedly and learned from Huo Liner that a secret realm full of Evil Spirits and valuable treasures had appeared in the Black Demon Abyss.
• Huo Liner invited Lu Xuan to explore the secret realm, but Lu Xuan declined and said he preferred his own path as a Spirit Plant Master.
• Bai Li Jian Qing told Lu Xuan he planned to explore the secret realm with fellow disciples, despite the risk of dying.
• Lu Xuan gave Bai Li Jian Qing a Rank 4 Howling Sea Sword Talisman and urged him to return safely.

Lu Xuan stayed in the sect to cultivate Spirit Plants while other cultivators headed for the Black Demon Abyss, then shared his expertise with fellow Spirit Plant Masters. Back in his Cave Mansion, he harvested a mature Jade Dew Fruit and obtained a fourth-grade Jade Cleansing Spirit Dew.

• Lu Xuan tended his Spirit Plants in the sect and inspected his high-grade plants in the Defective Secret Realm, where several had grown well or reached maturity.
• Lu Xuan continued managing Ten Thousand Demon Cave Blessed Land and the Netherworld Courtyard for more than a month.
• Liu Su invited Lu Xuan to advise fellow Spirit Plant Masters, and he answered their questions during a half-day gathering at her Cave Mansion.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion and found that a Jade Dew Fruit had matured.
• Lu Xuan harvested the Jade Dew Fruit and received a fourth-grade Jade Cleansing Spirit Dew from its Light Orb.

Lu Xuan welcomed Bai Li Jian Qing back from the Black Demon Abyss Secret Realm and let him keep a powerful Sword Talisman for future protection. While cultivating Jade Dew Fruits, Lu Xuan obtained a Qing Wei Jade Lock that could restrain targets, especially Evil Spirits, and tested it on the Fat Bird.

• Lu Xuan harvested a Jade Dew Fruit and discovered that it produced Jade Cleansing Spirit Dew, a Spirit Brew that could wash away Turbid Qi.
• Bai Li Jian Qing told Lu Xuan that his group had found Rank 4 spirit ore in the Black Demon Abyss Secret Realm, fought a dangerous Evil Spirit, and planned to return after preparing more supplies.
• Bai Li Jian Qing tried to return Lu Xuan's Howling Sea Sword Talisman, but Lu Xuan insisted he keep it and asked him to bring back an uncommon spirit seed if he found one.
• Lu Xuan harvested two more Jade Dew Fruits and received Jade Cleansing Spirit Dew from one and a Fourth Grade Qing Wei Jade Lock from the other.
• Lu Xuan activated the Qing Wei Jade Lock and restrained the Fat Bird, stopping its movement and control of its Spiritual Power.

Lu Xuan harvested ripe Jade Dew Fruits and obtained Jade Cleansing Spirit Dew, a Dust Cleansing Pill, and its recipe from their light orbs. Huo Liner visited to invite him back to the Black Demon Abyss Secret Realm, but Lu Xuan declined and stayed in the sect to tend his Spirit Plants.

• Lu Xuan used the Qing Wei Jade Lock to restrain Fat Bird and scolded it for meeting a green-feathered fellow.
• Lu Xuan harvested six ripe Jade Dew Fruits and received Jade Cleansing Spirit Dew, a Dust Cleansing Pill, and the spirit wine recipe from their light orbs.
• Lu Xuan considered the Dust Cleansing Pill’s ability to remove Evil Spirit pollution and put away his new treasures.
• Huo Liner told Lu Xuan that his group had nearly reached the Secret Realm’s center, where powerful Evil Spirits and mysterious Restrictions had appeared.
• Huo Liner invited Lu Xuan to join the expedition and showed him a strange Flying Sword, but Lu Xuan politely refused to leave the sect.

Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion after completing his duties at Ten Thousand Demon Cave, where Cang Wu Zhenren rewarded him for his service. He then hurried to help injured Bai Li Jian Qing, who revealed that a Spirit Seed from the Black Demon Abyss had survived their deadly encounter with an Evil Spirit.

• Lu Xuan declined Huo Liner's invitation to explore the Black Demon Abyss and returned to Ten Thousand Demon Cave Blessed Land to resume his duties.
• Cang Wu Zhenren returned, praised Lu Xuan's work, and gave him one thousand Sword Seals and three bottles of Emperor Flow Paste.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion, but went to Bai Li Jian Qing after receiving a message that he had been badly injured in the Black Demon Abyss.
• Bai Li Jian Qing said a powerful Evil Spirit had killed one of their group and wounded the survivors, and that Lu Xuan's Sword Talisman had helped them defeat it.
• Lu Xuan gave Bai Li Jian Qing a Dust Cleansing Pill to remove the Evil Spirit aura from his body.
• Bai Li Jian Qing swallowed the pill and told Lu Xuan he had brought back a strange Spirit Seed for him to cultivate.