Recaps

Lu Xuan settled three Red-Whiskered Carp in his Spirit Spring, tended his Spirit Field, and used a Spirit Stone to repair the Grass Puppet. He bought ingredients and invited Xu Wan, Zhang Xiuyuan, and Manager He to celebrate his new home, with the guests arriving as dinner was prepared.

• Lu Xuan released three Red-Whiskered Carp into the Spirit Spring and learned they were content in their new environment.
• Lu Xuan used the Earth Guidance Art to reposition the Blood Jade Ginseng seeds and inspected the growing Spirit Plants.
• Lu Xuan gave the Grass Puppet a Spirit Stone, allowing it to weave gray grass into its damaged chest and restore itself.
• Lu Xuan went to the Rogue Cultivator Market and bought spirit rice, Spirit Beast Meat, Emerald Spirit Leaf, and other food for a welcome dinner.
• Manager He arrived with a pot of Yellow Koji Wine, and Zhang Xiuyuan and Xu Wan arrived carrying Spirit Fruit as Lu Xuan prepared dinner.

Lu Xuan hosted Xu Wan, Zhang Xiuyuan, and Manager He for dinner to celebrate his new home, then escorted Xu Wan and her son back. The next morning, he fed his Red-Beard Carp, tended his spirit plants, and discovered a playful use for the fish while clearing insects from his Spirit Field.

• Lu Xuan served Xu Wan, Zhang Xiuyuan, and Manager He a feast and toasted them at his housewarming dinner.
• Lu Xuan escorted Xu Wan and Zhang Xiuyuan home, then returned to his courtyard and admired his talismans and Split Silver Blade.
• Lu Xuan fed his three Red-Beard Carp Spirit Rice and tended the spirit plants in his Spirit Field.
• Lu Xuan searched the Spirit Soil and uncovered seven larvae and a Strange Insect.
• Lu Xuan tossed the insects into the Spirit Spring, where the Red-Beard Carp caught them with their whiskers, and he amused himself by making the fish compete for their food.

Lu Xuan left his courtyard to visit the market after tending to his growing Spirit Plants and deciding to find more decaying wood for his Dark Marrow Mushroom. At the market, he asked a young stall owner about several young Brocade Chickens and learned they would take two and a half years to mature.

• Lu Xuan observed the growth of his Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts and decided to look for more decaying wood, Spirit Beasts, or Unknown Spirit Seeds at the market.
• Wang Shan invited Lu Xuan to visit a Pleasure House, but Lu Xuan declined and said he preferred the company of Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts.
• Lu Xuan walked through the Rogue Cultivator Market, searching the stalls for items he needed.
• Lu Xuan asked a young Qi Training Stage 2 stall owner about the young Brocade Chickens in her cage.
• The stall owner told Lu Xuan that the Brocade Chickens would take two and a half years to mature.

Lu Xuan bought and planted a rare Pure Snow Lotus Spirit Seed, then practiced an icy Spirit Rain Technique to meet its demanding growing requirements. When Lei Fei and Li Qing invited him to explore the Nanli Secret Realm, Lu Xuan declined, prioritizing his spirit plants while the others dismissed him as timid.

• Lu Xuan passed on buying Brocade Chickens and purchased a Pure Snow Lotus Spirit Seed for seven Spirit Stones.
• Lu Xuan planted the Pure Snow Lotus in his Spirit Spring Pool and struggled to imbue his Spirit Rain Technique with icy intent.
• Lei Fei arrived with Li Qing and invited Lu Xuan to search for spirit herbs in the Nanli Secret Realm.
• Lu Xuan refused, citing the danger, his lack of combat skills and gear, and the importance of tending his spirit plants.
• After leaving, Lei Fei complained about Lu Xuan, and Li Qing called him overly cautious and predicted he would remain an ordinary Spirit Plant Master.

Lu Xuan ignored an invitation to explore the Nanli Secret Realm and focused on nurturing his Spirit Plants, while learning about the Black Market from Wang Shan. After attending Wang Shan’s concubine banquet, Lu Xuan returned to his quiet routine and briefly met Wang Shi outside his courtyard.

• Lu Xuan declined to join Lei Fei and another cultivator on a trip to the Nanli Secret Realm, preferring to stay home and tend his Spirit Plants.
• Wang Shan invited Lu Xuan to a banquet celebrating his new concubine and told him about buying her at the Black Market.
• Lu Xuan decided to consider visiting the Black Market after another batch or two of Spirit Plants matured.
• Lu Xuan attended Wang Shan’s banquet with Cultivator Wu and saw Wang Shan’s concubine, while Wu lamented that he could not afford to buy one himself.
• Lu Xuan resumed cultivating and tending his plants, then ran into Wang Shi carrying spirit herbs and Spirit Beast Meat and sneezed at her strong fragrance.

Lu Xuan learned that Lei Fei had died while exploring a Secret Realm, reinforcing his decision to avoid dangerous excursions. At a market stall, he bought an injured, green-eyed Cloud Stepping Lynx for thirty-two Spirit Stones.

• Lu Xuan visited Hundred Herbs Hall, where Manager He told him that Lei Fei had died after encountering an injured Second Grade Demon Beast in a Secret Realm.
• Lu Xuan heard that Hundred Herbs Hall would likely take over Lei Fei’s Spirit Plants and compensate his family, strengthening Lu Xuan’s resolve to stay home and protect his own plants.
• At a market stall, Lu Xuan examined an injured young Cloud Stepping Lynx with unusual green eyes after its owner demanded forty Spirit Stones for it.
• Lu Xuan challenged the stall owner’s claim that the lynx was a rare variant and pointed out its poor condition, then negotiated its price down to thirty-two Spirit Stones.
• The stall owner accepted Lu Xuan’s offer, and Lu Xuan bought the Cloud Stepping Lynx.

Lu Xuan brought an injured Azure-Eyed Cloud Stepping Lynx home, treated it, and learned that its aloof behavior concealed a longing for affection. After feeding and settling the young beast, he placed it beside him in bed, where it finally fell asleep near his warmth.

• Lu Xuan bought the wounded Cloud Stepping Lynx, learned it was a Variant Demon Beast with Different Pupils, and brought it to his courtyard.
• Lu Xuan applied ointment to the lynx's injuries, petted it, and fed it Puffer Pig Meat and Spirit Spring water.
• Lu Xuan showed the lynx his Spirit Plants and warned it not to damage them or touch the Three-tailed Red-Whiskered Carp.
• At bedtime, Lu Xuan placed the struggling lynx beside him, and it eventually closed its eyes beside his warmth.

Lu Xuan cared for his spirit plants and trained his new Azure-Eyed Cloud Stepping Lynx, then harvested four mature Spirit Firefly Grass and gained cultivation, a new spell, and a powerful talisman. He left with the Myriad Sword Qi Talisman as a trump card and the Wood Genesis Art to aid his future cultivation of spirit plants.

• Lu Xuan fed the Cloud Stepping Lynx, inspected his spirit plants, and corrected Blood Jade Ginseng that had shifted out of place.
• The Cloud Stepping Lynx grabbed the Three-tailed Red-Whiskered Carp by their whiskers, then released them when Lu Xuan intervened, making the fish wary of reaching for insects.
• Three days later, Lu Xuan harvested four mature Spirit Firefly Grass, including two Superior Grade and two Perfect Grade stalks.
• Two White Light Orbs gave Lu Xuan nine months and one year of cultivation, strengthening his Spiritual Power.
• Another orb granted Lu Xuan the Wood Genesis Art, a spell that could help his Spirit Plants grow faster.
• The final orb gave Lu Xuan a Second Grade Myriad Sword Qi Talisman capable of a powerful Qi Refining High Stage strike.

Lu Xuan harvested another batch of Spirit Firefly Grass, gaining cultivation, a talisman, the Wood Genesis Art, and Grass Spirit Essence Liquid. After feeding the liquid to his Grass Puppet, he watched it gain faint intelligence and begin patrolling the Spirit Field.

• Lu Xuan harvested five Spirit Firefly Grass, gained nine months of cultivation, reached the limit of Qi Training Stage 4, and obtained a First Grade Exorcism Talisman.
• Lu Xuan received the Wood Genesis Art experience package and used the newly proficient art to stimulate the Red Cloud Pine.
• Lu Xuan obtained Grass Spirit Essence Liquid from a Perfect Grade Spirit Firefly Grass and fed it to his Grass Puppet.
• The Grass Puppet developed faint intelligence, grew tougher grass ropes, and began slowly patrolling the Spirit Field at Lu Xuan's instruction.

Lu Xuan watched cultivators return from a newly developed Secret Realm and learned that the influx had brought violence and danger to the North District. After Wang Shan warned him to be careful, Wang Shi came to Lu Xuan asking for help with strange noises at home.

• Lu Xuan bought Spirit Rice and Demon Beast Meat at the market, then watched the Wang Family and Rogue Cultivators return from the new Secret Realm.
• Lu Xuan noticed the returning Rogue Cultivators looked wary and did not find Zhang Hong among them.
• Wang Shan visited Lu Xuan and warned him about fights, covetous eyes, and possible Evil Spirits entering the area with the returning cultivators.
• Lu Xuan shut his courtyard gate, but Wang Shi soon arrived and asked him to investigate strange noises in her home.

Lu Xuan refused Wang Shi’s request to investigate strange noises in her home, then returned to his quiet cultivation. Harvesting four mature Spirit Firefly Grass plants brought him cultivation, an Explosive Flame Talisman, improved Earth Guidance Art, and a Thunderfire Pearl, leaving him determined to keep farming for Perfect Grade rewards.

• Wang Shi asked Lu Xuan to visit her home because she had heard eerie noises, but he refused and shut his courtyard gate.
• Lu Xuan watched Wang Shan and Wang Shi for the next few days, but neither acted unusually or sought him out.
• Four Spirit Firefly Grass plants matured: two were Good Grade, one was Superior Grade, and one was Perfect Grade.
• Harvesting the plants granted Lu Xuan six months of cultivation, an Explosive Flame Talisman, and mastery of the Earth Guidance Art.
• The Perfect Grade plant yielded a Thunderfire Pearl, which Lu Xuan stored away as he resolved to work harder at farming.

Lu Xuan went to the Marketplace to sell Spirit Firefly Grass and learned that Evil Spirits were spreading after a Ghoul-Class Evil Spirit allegedly followed the Wang Family from a Secret Realm. When the Cloud Stepping Lynx sensed danger, a Rogue Cultivator mutated into a tentacled monster, and Lu Xuan fled while punishing a cultivator who had tried to use him as a shield.

• Lu Xuan brought the Cloud Stepping Lynx to the Marketplace, where patrol guards were watching the site of a dead mutated cultivator.
• Lu Xuan heard rumors that the Wang Family had disturbed a Ghoul-Class Evil Spirit's lair in a Secret Realm and that Evil Spirits had already killed many cultivators.
• The Cloud Stepping Lynx sensed something nearby, so Lu Xuan readied his weapons and cautiously tried to leave.
• A Rogue Cultivator suddenly mutated, sprouting blood-red tentacles that attacked those around him, and Lu Xuan used Swiftness Talismans to flee.
• A cultivator blocked Lu Xuan and others with an Earth Wall Talisman to get away, so Lu Xuan wounded his leg with Gold Metal Swordplay and escaped as tentacles lunged toward him.

Lu Xuan witnessed Marketplace patrol guards defeat a Mutated Cultivator, then found a strange, smoke-filled object being sold as a possible Spirit Seed. He bargained with the stall owner and bought it for eight Spirit Stones and fifty Fragmented Spirit Stones.

• Marketplace patrol guards restrained the Blood-red Tentacles with vines, burned the Mutated Cultivator with a Firebird, and purified the area.
• Lu Xuan reflected on the patrol guards’ coordination and decided to cultivate Spirit Plants while expanding his methods.
• After the disturbance, Lu Xuan headed toward Hundred Herbs Hall and noticed a stall advertising a special Spirit Seed.
• The stall owner explained that the smoke-filled object had come from a Withered Spirit Plant but could not confirm what it was.
• Lu Xuan negotiated the price down from fifteen Spirit Stones and bought the object for eight Spirit Stones and fifty Fragmented Spirit Stones.

After surviving an encounter with a Mutated Cultivator, Lu Xuan sold his first batch of Spirit Firefly Grass to Hundred Herbs Hall and impressed Manager He with its quality. He returned home safely, rewarded the Cloud Stepping Lynx for warning him, and left Manager He considering him for higher-grade Spirit Seeds.

• Lu Xuan told Manager He that he had encountered the Mutated Cultivator but escaped unharmed, then declined another invitation to work full-time for Hundred Herbs Hall.
• Lu Xuan presented thirteen mature Spirit Firefly Grass stalks, including four Perfect Grade stalks, astonishing Manager He.
• Manager He paid Lu Xuan forty-eight Spirit Stones and seventy Fragmented Spirit Stones and offered to recommend him for other First Grade or Second Grade Spirit Seeds.
• Lu Xuan hurried home, checked the courtyard with an Exorcism Talisman, and thanked the Cloud Stepping Lynx for alerting him to danger with a promise of extra Puffer Pig Meat.

Lu Xuan planted a Third Grade Illusory Mist Luo Fruit and harvested mature Spirit Firefly Grass, gaining cultivation, talismans, a spell, and an elixir recipe. As he prepared to refuse a Marketplace inspection of his courtyard, the Enforcers grew wary of his movement.

• Lu Xuan planted the Illusory Mist Luo Fruit Spirit Seed and learned that it would produce illusions and conceal itself in a misty realm as it grew.
• Lu Xuan inspected his Spirit Plants and harvested ten mature Spirit Firefly Grass, leaving the less mature plants to grow.
• The harvested Light Orbs gave Lu Xuan nearly three years of cultivation, four First Grade Talismans, the Wood Genesis Art, and a First Grade Qi Nourishing Pill Elixir Recipe.
• Three Marketplace Enforcers arrived to inspect Lu Xuan's residence because Evil Spirits had appeared in the Marketplace.
• Lu Xuan agreed to an Exorcism Spell but refused a search of his courtyard, and the three Enforcers reacted as he reached toward his sleeve.

Lu Xuan bribed Tan Xiaodong and his subordinates to avoid a thorough inspection of his courtyard, then learned from his Cloud Stepping Lynx that Wang Shan carried an abnormal presence. He decided to report Wang Shan to the Marketplace’s anti-Evil Spirit inspectors rather than confront him himself.

• Lu Xuan gave Tan Xiaodong twenty Spirit Stones and paid each of his two subordinates five more to keep them from searching his courtyard closely.
• Wang Shan arrived, greeted Tan Xiaodong as his senior fellow disciple, and introduced him to Lu Xuan without learning about the bribe.
• After Wang Shan and the inspectors left, Lu Xuan realized the Cloud Stepping Lynx had repeatedly growled at Wang Shan as it had at a mutated cultivator.
• The Lynx confirmed that it sensed an abnormality inside Wang Shan, though Lu Xuan could not tell what it was or how dangerous it might be.
• Lu Xuan decided to report Wang Shan to the Marketplace’s ongoing Evil Spirit cleanup instead of attacking him himself.

Lu Xuan secretly warned Ling Peng that Wang Shan might be polluted by an Evil Spirit and that Tan Xiaodong was shielding him, then returned home to wait and grow stronger. He discovered that the Grass Puppet’s only thought was to guard the spirit field.

• Lu Xuan decided to anonymously report Wang Shan to a powerful Law Enforcement Hall cultivator and used the Gold Metal Swordplay to send Ling Peng a warning.
• Ling Peng investigated the message, judged it credible, and resolved to watch Wang Shan and Tan Xiaodong more closely.
• Lu Xuan concealed his cultivation from Ling Peng’s Spiritual Sense and returned to his courtyard, where he resolved to rely on his growing Spirit Plants if danger came.
• The Azure-Eyed Cloud Stepping Lynx caught a Red-Beard Carp to get Lu Xuan’s attention, and Lu Xuan smacked its ears before realizing it wanted to be petted.
• Lu Xuan inspected the Grass Puppet and heard its repeated thought: “Guard Spirit Field!”

Lu Xuan harvested a large batch of high-quality Spirit Firefly Grass, gaining cultivation, talismans, and spell-art experience before selling the crop to Hundred Herbs Hall. Manager He recognized Lu Xuan’s consistent success and offered him half of a batch of Second Grade Clear and Wonderful Spirit Tea to cultivate.

• Lu Xuan rewarded the Grass Puppet with two Fragmented Spirit Stones and stayed alert for trouble, but nothing happened over the next two days.
• Lu Xuan harvested twelve mature Spirit Firefly Grass and gained two and a half years of cultivation, several talismans, and experience in Gold Metal Swordplay and Wood Genesis Art.
• Lu Xuan took twenty-two stalks of Spirit Firefly Grass to Hundred Herbs Hall with the Azure-Eyed Cloud Stepping Lynx, and Manager He paid him seventy-seven Spirit Stones and thirty Fragmented Spirit Stones.
• Manager He told Lu Xuan that the Hall had entrusted him with several spirit plants to assign, and offered Lu Xuan half of the Second Grade Clear and Wonderful Spirit Tea.

Lu Xuan accepted Manager He's offer of three Second Grade Clear and Wonderful Spirit Tea seedlings. After Manager He defended Lu Xuan's record of growing Perfect Grade Spirit Firefly Grass to three skeptical Spirit Plant Masters, they met Lu Xuan and asked how he did it, but he declined to reveal his secret.

• Lu Xuan agreed to buy three Clear and Wonderful Spirit Tea seedlings from Manager He and assured him his Spirit Field could support them.
• Manager He rejected three experienced Spirit Plant Masters who had sought the seedlings, saying he had chosen a young cultivator instead.
• Manager He revealed that Lu Xuan had grown eight Perfect Grade stalks among fewer than forty Spirit Firefly Grass stalks, astonishing the three masters.
• The three Spirit Plant Masters met Lu Xuan at Hundred Herbs Hall, saw his excellent Spirit Firefly Grass, and accepted Manager He's account.
• One of the masters asked Lu Xuan how he grew Perfect Grade Spirit Firefly Grass, and Lu Xuan said it was a secret he could not share.

Lu Xuan sold three Spirit Plant Masters his advice on precise cultivation for one hundred Spirit Stones, while keeping his most important insight to himself. Manager He then gave him three Second Grade Clear and Wonderful Spirit Tea seedlings for sixty Spirit Stones, and Lu Xuan prepared to cultivate them.

• Three Spirit Plant Masters offered Lu Xuan one hundred Spirit Stones for his method of growing Perfect Grade Spirit Firefly Grass, and he taught them to use precise spellcasting to meet each plant’s needs.
• Lu Xuan explained that his results came from devoting himself to Spirit Plants and warned the three that improving their crops would take time away from cultivation.
• After the three left, Lu Xuan admitted he had withheld his ability to sense each plant’s condition and adjust his care accordingly.
• Manager He cautioned Lu Xuan that sharing his method might cost him, but Lu Xuan reassured him that others could not easily reproduce his results.
• Manager He showed Lu Xuan three Second Grade Clear and Wonderful Spirit Tea seedlings and offered them for sixty Spirit Stones through Hundred Herbs Hall.

Lu Xuan planted Clear and Wonderful Spirit Tea and avoided Wang Shan’s invitation, while Wang Shan’s concubine revealed an Evil Spirit’s influence over him. The Six-Winged Symbiotic Worm detected the transformation, prompting Ling Peng to seek a senior cultivator’s help.

• Lu Xuan planted three Clear and Wonderful Spirit Tea seedlings, tended his spirit plants, and counted his earnings of more than two hundred Spirit Stones.
• Lu Xuan refused Wang Shan’s invitation to dinner, sensing something unsettling in his neighbor’s voice.
• Wang Shan agreed to bear a child for Wang Shi under a strange craving, and his body grotesquely withered as his abdomen swelled.
• A six-winged worm emerged from a Spirit Tree in the Wang Family courtyard and reacted to Wang Shan’s transformation.
• Ling Peng recognized the worm’s warning at the Law Enforcement Hall and asked a lightning-scarred senior cultivator to help confront the Evil Spirit.

Lei Yin and Ling Peng destroyed the Evil Spirit that had infested Wang Shan, and the Law Enforcement Hall began inspecting nearby homes. Lu Xuan passed inspection and realized Tan Xiaodong had previously used a false inspection as an excuse to search his home.

• Lei Yin and Ling Peng attacked the Evil Spirit emerging from Wang Shan and Wang Shi, but it resisted their fire arts as it tried to hatch early.
• Lei Yin unleashed lightning that reduced the Wang Family and the Evil Spirit to ash, then ordered Ling Peng to ensure the area was clear.
• Lu Xuan stayed inside his courtyard, relieved that the Law Enforcement Hall had eliminated the threat and noting that Tan Xiaodong was now implicated in neglecting his duties.
• Three Law Enforcement Hall cultivators inspected Lu Xuan’s home with a White Jade Buddha Statue and found no abnormalities.
• Lu Xuan concluded that Tan Xiaodong had used a supposed inspection to try to search his home and returned inside.

A cultivator in the Vast Forest Market discovered that one of his Evil Infants had been killed and planned to create more, while Lu Xuan continued cultivating his Spirit Plants under Law Enforcement Hall surveillance. The chapter left Lu Xuan surprised to find that a pine nut on his Red Cloud Pine had matured.

• A resentful cultivator mourned the loss of an Evil Infant, which weakened his chances of refining the Evil Infant Elixir and advancing to Foundation Establishment.
• The cultivator planned to parasitize more young Qi Refining Female Cultivators with Evil Infant Fetuses and sell them through the Black Market.
• Lu Xuan stayed in his courtyard as the Law Enforcement Hall monitored the area, and he suspected Tan Xiaodong had been implicated by his report.
• Lu Xuan watered his Spirit Plants, separated the Blood Jade Ginseng, tended the Sword Grass and Dark Marrow Mushroom, and scolded the Cloud Stepping Lynx cub for disturbing the Red-Beard Carp.
• Lu Xuan noticed that a pine nut on the nearly mature Red Cloud Pine had ripened.

Lu Xuan harvested a ripe Red Cloud Pine Cone and received the Second Grade Li Fire Sword, then gathered Spirit Firefly Grass and broke through to Qi Refining Stage 6. He accepted Cultivator Wu’s invitation to drink, intending to ask the experienced cultivator about the marketplace’s black market.

• Lu Xuan harvested a Good Grade Red Cloud Pine Cone and received the Second Grade Li Fire Sword from its White Light Orb.
• Lu Xuan harvested fourteen Spirit Firefly Grasses, gained cultivation, talismans, pills, a recipe, and Grass Spirit Essence Liquid, and advanced to Qi Refining Stage 6.
• Lu Xuan fed the Grass Spirit Essence Liquid to the Grass Puppet, restoring its Gray Grass Tumor’s vitality.
• Cultivator Wu invited Lu Xuan to drink after the Law Enforcement Hall’s lackeys withdrew, and Lu Xuan agreed.
• Lu Xuan brought the Cloud Stepping Lynx to Cultivator Wu’s residence, planning to ask about the black market and sell some of his possessions.

After learning about the Black Market from Cultivator Wu, Lu Xuan decided to search there for rare Spirit Seeds. He entered the market alone and encountered its eerie Black Paper Kites overhead.

• Lu Xuan and Cultivator Wu discussed Wang Shan's contamination by an Evil Spirit and the Law Enforcement Hall's response.
• Lu Xuan asked Cultivator Wu about the Black Market, and the old cultivator explained how to enter, what it sold, and the risks outside.
• Lu Xuan decided the Black Market offered a better chance of finding Unknown Spirit Seeds and prepared to visit it.
• Lu Xuan left the Cloud Stepping Lynx cub at home, paid three Spirit Stones for a Guiding Talisman, and followed it through the black mist.
• Lu Xuan entered the Black Market and felt an evil thought sweep over him as a Black Paper Kite passed overhead.