Recaps

Lu Xuan identified the evil-ghost Spirit Seed as a Sixth Grade Ghost Eating Evil Vine by briefly nurturing it in Spirit Soil. He obtained the seed from the Treasure Pagoda Little Person, which concealed his identity from the envious crowd.

• Lu Xuan asked to plant the Spirit Seed in Spirit Soil, and the Treasure Pagoda Little Person allowed him to examine it.
• After nurturing the seed, Lu Xuan recognized it as a Ghost Eating Evil Vine from the Nether Ghost Domain and described its properties.
• Lu Xuan attributed his knowledge to an ancient text from the Heaven Sword Sect and correctly identified the Spirit Seed to the Treasure Pagoda Little Person.
• Lu Xuan asked the Artifact Spirit to keep his identity secret, then received the Ghost Eating Evil Vine.
• The Treasure Pagoda Little Person rearranged the meteorites and strengthened the concealment around hidden cultivators, causing Lu Xuan to disappear from the crowd.

After the auction, Lu Xuan accepted an invitation to become a Guest Elder of the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild because of his Spirit Plant Attainment. He returned to Thunder Fire Star Cave with rare Spirit Seeds and new guild connections, looking forward to gaining access to more high-level Spirit Plants.

• The auction ended after a Nascent Soul True Lord claimed the seasonal ore and another cultivator received a reward for identifying the mysterious beast hide.
• A Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild representative privately congratulated Lu Xuan on obtaining the Ghost Eating Evil Vine Spirit Seed and assured him the guild would keep it secret.
• The representative offered Lu Xuan a Guest Elder position, and Lu Xuan accepted after learning about its pay, duties, and benefits.
• Lu Xuan showed Daoist Mu his Sea Pavilion Token, revealed his new status, and was welcomed into the branch's private areas by Daoist Mu and Daoist Wen.
• Lu Xuan returned to Thunder Fire Star Cave and reviewed his gains, including the Fiendish Granny Treant, Sitting Buddha Lotus, Ghost Eating Evil Vine, and Giant Spirit Elephant skeleton.

Lu Xuan planted three high-grade Spirit Plants and used the Red Dust Tablet to temper his soul and resolve through countless alternate lives. After days of cultivation, he harvested a Purification Glazed Tea Leaf and obtained Marrow Cleansing Jade Liquid from its Light Orb.

• Lu Xuan planted the Fiendish Granny Treant, Sitting Buddha Lotus, and Ghost Eating Evil Vine, then planned how to nourish them.
• Lu Xuan entered the Red Dust Tablet and experienced lives marked by hardship, failure, and death, strengthening his resolve to pursue cultivation.
• Lu Xuan continued cultivating Spirit Plants, raising Spirit Beasts, and tempering his mind in the Red Dust Tablet.
• Lu Xuan harvested a mature Purification Glazed Tea Leaf, which could improve comprehension and purify tainted spiritual energy.
• Lu Xuan touched the tea plant's Light Orb and received the Sixth Grade treasure Marrow Cleansing Jade Liquid.

Lu Xuan obtained a Sixth Grade Marrow Cleansing Jade Liquid that greatly improved his prospects of reaching Core Formation, then spent half a year cultivating Spirit Plants and preparing for the breakthrough. With the Ice Firefly Grass nearing maturity and many other plants close to harvest, he felt everything was ready.

• Lu Xuan opened an Aura Opening Group and obtained a drop of Marrow Cleansing Jade Liquid, which could greatly increase his success rate at Core Formation.
• Lu Xuan spent half a year cultivating Spirit Plants, tempering his will and divine soul, and occasionally visiting the Thunder Sea and Sea Pavilion Branch.
• The Cloud Stepping Lynx repeatedly entered the Fiendish Granny Treant's territory and dodged its attacks, while Lu Xuan scolded the lynx and calmed the treant.
• Lu Xuan observed the Ghost Eating Evil Vine and Sitting Buddha Lotus growing, while several mature Spirit Plants approached harvest.
• Lu Xuan saw that the Ice Firefly Grass was nearly mature and concluded that everything was ready for his Core Formation breakthrough.

After harvesting four Ice Firefly Grass, Lu Xuan used the rewards and his preparations to attempt Core Formation in his Cave Mansion. He successfully formed a Golden Core as cultivators nearby watched the breakthrough.

• Lu Xuan harvested four Ice Firefly Grass and gained twenty years of cultivation, an Ice Soul Pill, and other rewards from their light orbs.
• Lu Xuan secured his Cave Mansion with two Fifth Grade formations and began compressing the spiritual liquid in his dantian into spiritual crystals.
• A spiritual energy vortex formed over the Cave Mansion, drawing nearby Core Formation cultivators and Foundation Establishment Cultivators, including Luo Ming and Lei Zheng.
• Lu Xuan endured the pressure of the breakthrough, using his stored Taishui Meat essence and Saint Infant Pill to sustain his body and spiritual energy.
• Lu Xuan used the Marrow Cleansing Jade Liquid to link his Spiritual Sense with the spiritual crystals, then fused them into a Golden Core and joined his Divine Sense with it.

Lu Xuan successfully advanced to the Core Formation Realm and hosted the cultivators drawn to his breakthrough phenomenon. As prominent figures arrived to congratulate him, his standing among Thunder Fire Star Cave’s cultivators rose.

• Lu Xuan examined the changes brought by Core Formation and realized his stronger Spiritual Power would let him cultivate more spirit plants.
• Lu Xuan appeared before the cultivators outside his Cave Mansion, confirmed his successful breakthrough, and invited them inside.
• Lu Xuan served the guests Spirit Fruits and Jade Cleansing Spirit Dew while presenting himself as a devoted Spirit Plant Master and meeting several Core Formation True Persons.
• Star Envoy Qi Wuheng arrived to congratulate Lu Xuan, prompting the guests to reassess his influence.
• Yan Jiu'an of the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild announced his visit with a junior, surprising the assembled cultivators.

After Lu Xuan advanced to Core Formation, Yan Jiu'an and Daoist Mu visited his Cave Mansion, where Qi Wuheng and other cultivators gathered to congratulate him. They gave Lu Xuan valuable gifts, including a Snow Barrier Ice Jade Lotus Spirit Seed and Five-Colored Soil, which he used to prepare a field for the Five Elements Fruit.

• Yan Jiu'an brought Daoist Mu to Lu Xuan's Cave Mansion to congratulate him on reaching Core Formation.
• Yan Jiu'an revealed that Lu Xuan was already a Guest Elder of the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild, impressing the assembled cultivators.
• Qi Wuheng presented Lu Xuan with a fifth-grade Snow Barrier Ice Jade Lotus Spirit Seed in gratitude for healing his Spirit Beast.
• Yan Jiu'an gave Lu Xuan Five-Colored Soil, and the other guests offered their own congratulatory gifts.
• After the guests left, Lu Xuan spread the Five-Colored Soil over a section of his Spirit Field to cultivate the Five Elements Fruit.

Lu Xuan planted a Snow Barrier Ice Jade Lotus and harvested a Purification Glazed Tea Leaf, whose light orb rewarded him with the Sixth Grade cultivation method "Profound Heaven Pure Subtle Method." The tea leaf boosted his comprehension enough to begin understanding the method, though mastering it would take much longer.

• Lu Xuan planted the Snow Barrier Ice Jade Lotus Spirit Seed inside a piece of Hundred-Year Ice Soul and planned to nourish it with Underworld Spring Spiritual Dew.
• Lu Xuan found a Purification Glazed Tea Leaf had matured, harvested it, and stored it in a Jade Box.
• Lu Xuan touched the leaf’s light orb and received the Sixth Grade cultivation method "Profound Heaven Pure Subtle Method," which could carry him to Core Formation Completion and restrain evil arts.
• Lu Xuan struggled to understand the method, ate a Purification Glazed Tea Leaf, and used its boost to gain a preliminary understanding of the text.
• Lu Xuan regretted that only one tea leaf remained, after the two harvested leaves had yielded rare treasures.

After forming his Core, Lu Xuan chose the Gluttony Insect Pouch and Peacock King Ming Sword to refine into magical treasures and settled back into his routine. Harvesting mature Ice Firefly Grass earned him cultivation, Ice Marrow Spirit Wine, and its brewing recipe, while he decided to focus on producing more Ice Firefly Grass seeds.

• Lu Xuan decided to refine the Gluttony Insect Pouch and Peacock King Ming Sword into magical treasures, while keeping his other treasures for later.
• After many cultivators visited him following his breakthrough, Lu Xuan resumed cultivating spirit plants and studying the Profound Heaven Pure Subtle Method.
• Lu Xuan harvested four mature Ice Firefly Grass plants and received eight years of cultivation, Ice Marrow Spirit Wine, and its brewing recipe from their light orbs.
• Lu Xuan decided to reserve more Ice Firefly Grass plants for seed condensation and stop harvesting Water Firefly Grass for now.

Lu Xuan cultivated his Spirit Plants in Thunder Fire Star Cave, observed their growth and rivalries, and anticipated several upcoming harvests. After a month, he obtained another drop of Marrow Cleansing Jade Liquid, continued refining his sword, and began cultivating the Profound Heaven Pure Subtle Method.

• Lu Xuan surveyed his thunder-attribute Spirit Plants and found that the Azure Wood Spirit Thunder Vine had finally sprouted.
• Lu Xuan fed Grievance Souls to the Ghost Eating Evil Vine and flesh and blood to the Flesh Spirit God, whose strength had reached roughly Foundation Establishment Early Stage.
• The Demon Ghost Vine easily defeated the Fiendish Granny Treant and declared itself the strongest Spirit Plant in the Cave Mansion.
• Lu Xuan assessed his Netherworld Spirit Plants and noted that several high-grade plants, including the Phoenix Wood, were nearing maturity.
• A month later, Lu Xuan harvested a drop of Marrow Cleansing Jade Liquid, continued refining the Peacock King Ming Sword, and began cultivating the Profound Heaven Pure Subtle Method.

Lu Xuan left his Cave Mansion to seek resources and arrange a shop in Star Plucking Tower where he could sell his surplus treasures. Daoist Mu gave him a possible location for a Yuan Magnetic Spirit Mountain and agreed to search for a Confucian cultivator and help him find a shop.

• Lu Xuan decided to look for a Yuan Magnetic Spirit Mountain, a Confucian cultivator to study his treasure, and a shop where he could sell surplus goods.
• Lu Xuan visited Star Plucking Tower and asked Daoist Mu about the Yuan Magnetic Spirit Mountain he had previously heard about.
• Daoist Mu said a clan senior had found a Yuan Magnetic Spirit Mountain on Yuan Feng Island more than two hundred years earlier.
• Lu Xuan asked Daoist Mu to find a Confucian cultivator who could help him uncover the secrets of his Confucian Dao Treasure.
• Lu Xuan explained that he wanted to sell treasures to support his cultivation and asked about renting or buying a shop; Daoist Mu promised to make inquiries.

Lu Xuan arranged to open a shop in Star Plucking Tower and hired Wen Qian to manage it. With a three-year lease and a trustworthy shopkeeper secured, You Jian General Store was ready to begin operating.

• Lu Xuan asked Daoist Mu for help finding a shop and a reliable cultivator to manage it.
• Lu Xuan identified unusual spirit plants for the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild while withholding some details to avoid drawing attention.
• Daoist Mu showed Lu Xuan a shop in Star Plucking Tower, and Lu Xuan agreed to rent it for three years.
• Lu Xuan named the shop You Jian General Store and asked Daoist Mu to find a shopkeeper from the merchant association.
• Daoist Mu introduced Wen Qian, and Lu Xuan hired him after they established a contract, offering him three thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones per month.

Lu Xuan stocked You Jian General Store with rare pills, talismans, and magic tools, then left Wen Qian in charge of managing it. A curious young cultivator entered and was astonished by the shop’s valuable treasures, including Rank 4 Sword Talismans.

• Lu Xuan gave Wen Qian a large assortment of pills and treasures to categorize, price, and display in You Jian General Store.
• Wen Qian recognized the rarity of the stock, and Lu Xuan chose Rank 4 Sword Talismans as the shop’s Store’s Treasure.
• Lu Xuan handed the shop’s management to Wen Qian and advised him to learn about Spirit Plants.
• After Lu Xuan left, a Qi Refining High Stage young man entered the shop and marveled at its Foundation Establishment Pills, Third-grade treasures, Sword Nurturing Gourds, and Rank 4 Sword Talisman.

You Jian General Store’s rare treasures drew crowds and strengthened its reputation, while Wen Qian turned away a threatening buyer by invoking the shop’s powerful backing. Lu Xuan also received news from Daoist Mu about where two Confucian cultivators lived in Heavenly Star Grotto.

• A young cultivator chose a Sword Nurturing Gourd over a Foundation Establishment Pill because it was cheaper and suited his immediate needs.
• You Jian General Store became known for fine goods, and cultivators began lining up for its regular releases of rare Rank 4 treasures.
• Wen Qian sold a Great Sun Sword Talisman to the first cultivator in line, following the shop’s usual rules despite other buyers’ offers.
• A cultivator from the Xinyang Wang Family tried to pressure Wen Qian into selling another Sword Talisman, but Wen Qian warned him that the shop’s owner was a Core Formation True Person and a Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild Guest Elder.
• Daoist Mu told Lu Xuan where two Confucian cultivators could be found in Heavenly Star Grotto.

Lu Xuan met two Confucian cultivators and weighed their suitability for helping nurture the Nine Confucian Treasure Tree. He favored Hong Qinghai, offering to help him reach Foundation Establishment if he completed a task, and Hong eagerly accepted.

• Daoist Mu brought Lu Xuan to meet Zhang Yingqi, a disguised Foundation Establishment Confucian cultivator who had fled the Great Xia Territory after his clan was destroyed.
• Zhang Yingqi explained that a powerful aristocratic family had seized his clan’s Confucian Dao cultivation method and killed those who resisted.
• Daoist Mu introduced Lu Xuan to Hong Qinghai, a Qi Refining Completion cultivator who had left the Great Xia Territory after being oppressed by a great scholar’s son.
• Lu Xuan judged Hong Qinghai more likely to settle in Heavenly Star Grotto, despite his lower cultivation, and asked whether he would follow him and complete a task.
• Lu Xuan promised to help Hong Qinghai break through to Foundation Establishment if he satisfied him, and Hong Qinghai dropped to one knee and accepted.

Lu Xuan arranged for Hong Qinghai to nourish the Nine Confucian Treasure Tree with poems and Confucian classics, then collected shop profits and returned to his Cave Mansion. There, he discovered that his neglected Yin Locust had reached a hundred years of growth and harvested a Fifth Grade Grand Yin Wooden Box.

• Lu Xuan gave Hong Qinghai a Foundation Establishment Pill and hired him to cultivate the Nine Confucian Treasure Tree by reciting poems and essays.
• Wen Qian reported strong sales at You Jian General Store, and Lu Xuan collected 2,800 Middle Grade Spirit Stones and restocked the shelves.
• Lu Xuan brought Hong Qinghai to his Cave Mansion, built him a stone house beside the Nine Confucian Treasure Tree, and restricted his access to other Spirit Fields.
• Several days later, Lu Xuan found the Nine Confucian Treasure Tree responding to Hong Qinghai's recitations and tending it with spells.
• Lu Xuan noticed a Light Orb on the Yin Locust, identified it as a hundred-year-old Spirit Plant, and harvested a Fifth Grade Grand Yin Wooden Box.

Lu Xuan harvested rewards from the Yin Locust and Bewitching Peaches, then checked his crops and reflected on his slow cultivation progress. Hong Qinghai settled into life in Lu Xuan’s Cave Mansion and prepared to pursue Foundation Establishment.

• Lu Xuan obtained a Fifth Grade Grand Yin Wooden Box from the Yin Locust and considered seeking out more age-type spirit plants.
• Lu Xuan harvested the third batch of Bewitching Peaches and received rewards including Bewitching Desire Pills, a Bewitching Sound Pearl, and cultivation materials.
• Hong Qinghai cultivated the Nine Confucian Treasure Tree in Lu Xuan’s Cave Mansion and felt grateful for its safety and resources.
• Hong Qinghai planned to attempt Foundation Establishment after further cultivation and adjustment.
• Lu Xuan collected twenty-six Ice Firefly Grass Spirit Seeds and worried that his cultivation had barely advanced since reaching Early Stage Core Formation.

Lu Xuan harvested a Third Grade Flood Dragon Vine and continued preparing Spirit Seeds, then accepted Ye Xuanyin’s invitation to Star Envoy Xing’s banquet. On the way to Black Water Star Cave, his Alligator Dragon Pearl reacted to a stretch of sea, leaving him curious about what lay beneath it.

• Lu Xuan harvested the Third Grade Flood Dragon Vine but received only a common Third Grade treasure, so he considered improving it to obtain the follow-up arts of the Grand Void Dragon Transformation Art.
• Lu Xuan used the Seed Condensation Methods on the Earth Fire Heart Lotus and Five Elements Fruit, hoping to cultivate more seeds and improve the Spirit Plants.
• Ye Xuanyin invited Lu Xuan to Star Envoy Xing’s celebration banquet for breaking through to Late Stage Core Formation, and Lu Xuan agreed to attend.
• Ye Xuanyin guided Lu Xuan through Black Water Star Cave and explained its spiritual liquids, dangerous Secret Realms, and other hazards.
• Lu Xuan sensed the Alligator Dragon Pearl reacting to a stretch of sea, learned that a Seventh Grade Variant Flood Dragon had once appeared there, and memorized the location as they continued toward Star Envoy Xing’s Cave Mansion.

Lu Xuan attended Xing Kun’s underwater banquet, met fellow cultivators Jade Forest Rogue Cultivator and Wang Suihuai, and sensed an unseen hostile gaze. Meat Mountain Cultivator identified the scent of Taishui Meat on Lu Xuan and wanted to eat him.

• Ye Xuanyin brought Lu Xuan to Xing Kun’s underwater cave mansion, where a giant turtle checked their invitations and escorted them through the restrictions.
• Lu Xuan and Ye Xuanyin greeted Xing Kun, who had recently advanced to Late Stage Core Formation, and presented their congratulatory gifts.
• Lu Xuan met Jade Forest Rogue Cultivator and Wang Suihuai, then exchanged spirit-plant cultivation insights with Jade Forest Rogue Cultivator.
• Xing Kun opened the banquet, where Lu Xuan enjoyed rare dishes and performances by Merfolk and Clam People.
• Lu Xuan sensed malice in a gaze but could not find its source.
• Meat Mountain Cultivator and the voice within him recognized the scent of undigested Taishui Meat on Lu Xuan and craved eating him.

Lu Xuan examined Xing Yanran’s failing Dust Light Grass and identified its origin and unusual need for intense light. He left the problem’s solution unresolved as Xing Yanran asked how he could save it.

• Lu Xuan met Xing Yanran and her two Li Yang Dao Sect Fellow Disciples at a banquet, where she asked him to inspect a sickly Spirit Plant.
• Lu Xuan agreed to help Xing Yanran after learning that Jade Forest Rogue Cultivator had been unable to diagnose the plant.
• Lu Xuan examined the Dust Light Grass in Xing Yanran’s Cave Mansion and learned that the Fifth Grade Spirit Plant came from the Divine Light Realm.
• Lu Xuan identified the Dust Light Grass’s origin and discovered that it was weakening because it needed vast amounts of intense light.
• Xing Yanran praised Lu Xuan’s knowledge and asked how he could cure the Dust Light Grass.

Lu Xuan diagnosed the declining Dust Light Grass and received a Rank 5 Spirit Seed as a reward from Xing Yanran. After sensing that someone was spying on him with malicious intent, he avoided traveling alone and left Black Water Star Cave with the other Core Formation Cultivators, resolving to settle the debt later.

• Lu Xuan explained that the Dust Light Grass needed much more spiritual light during its Light Exposure period, and Xing Yanran illuminated it with Golden Pearls, reviving the plant.
• Xing Yanran praised Lu Xuan and promised to reward him, then later gave him a Jade Box containing a Rank 5 Spirit Seed as a return gift.
• Lu Xuan sensed his Clear Mayfly Feather Garment reacting to a cultivator spying on him and considered the danger posed by an unknown attacker.
• Lu Xuan decided to avoid the suspected enemy and told Ye Xuanyin he would return to Thunder Fire Star Cave with the other cultivators instead of exploring alone.
• Lu Xuan traveled with the five Core Formation Cultivators from Thunder Fire Star Cave, and the spying sensation eventually faded as he resolved to settle the matter in the future.

Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion and strengthened its defenses while preparing for the malicious cultivator who might be pursuing him. He planted the Fifth Grade Jade Bottle Willow, a healing Spirit Plant gifted by Xing Kun, and learned how to care for it.

• A flesh mountain emerged from the black water and revealed its plan to hunt Lu Xuan at Thunder Fire Star Cave so its Evil Spirit tongue could consume him.
• Lu Xuan invited Daoist Huang and Daoist Xuan Yuan to his Cave Mansion, and they left satisfied after half a day.
• Lu Xuan reinforced his Cave Mansion with two Fifth Grade Array Formations and used the Voidsky Nightmare Eye to monitor the area.
• Lu Xuan considered seeking protection from Qi Wuheng, the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild, or the Variant Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros if the malicious cultivator approached.
• Lu Xuan planted the Fifth Grade Jade Bottle Willow from Xing Kun and learned it needed Spirit Spring water or similar spiritual liquid, not anything strange or evil.

Lu Xuan cultivated Spirit Plants and worked to improve several varieties while living in his guarded Cave Mansion. After a Crimson Flame Gourd matured, its Light Orb gave him a Fifth Grade Primordial Yang True Fire Pearl, which he planned to use to nourish his Phoenix Wood.

• Lu Xuan focused on improving Water Firefly Grass, Earth Fire Heart Lotus, and Five Elements Fruit, and he condensed Fourth Grade Spirit Seeds.
• Lu Xuan patrolled his Spirit Field, replenished the Grass Puppet and Arrow Vines with a Spirit Gathering Grass Orb, and found a mature Crimson Flame Gourd.
• Lu Xuan harvested the Crimson Flame Gourd and learned that it contained a wisp of Fourth Grade Crimson Spirit Flame.
• Lu Xuan opened the Light Orb and received a Fifth Grade Primordial Yang True Fire Pearl.
• Lu Xuan decided to save the Primordial Yang True Fire Pearl to help his Sixth Grade Phoenix Wood mature.

Lu Xuan discovered a suspicious fat cultivator repeatedly lurking near his Cave Mansion and decided to report the threat to Heavenly Star Grotto rather than attack without confidence. A Core Formation Cultivator and guards soon arrived to investigate.

• Lu Xuan used the Voidsky Nightmare Eye to spot a fat cultivator spying near his Cave Mansion and judged him to be a dangerous Core Formation Cultivator.
• The Flesh Spirit God sensed the fat cultivator and eagerly wanted to eat him, but Lu Xuan fed it Demon Beast Meat and told it to wait.
• After watching the cultivator linger for a month, Lu Xuan decided he needed a way to drive him away before confronting him himself.
• Lu Xuan sent Qi Wuheng a message warning that an Evil Cultivator was acting furtively near Thunder Fire Star Cave and asked for patrols to investigate.
• Within two hours, Lu Xuan saw a Core Formation Cultivator from Heavenly Star Grotto leading guards past his Cave Mansion.

Lu Xuan resumed his errands after the Meat Mountain Cultivator stopped watching his Cave Mansion, then spent two months cultivating in seclusion. His Vajra Bodhi finally matured, leaving him poised to harvest its reward.

• The Meat Mountain Cultivator fled from Heavenly Star Grotto's patrols and decided to wait for Lu Xuan to leave his Cave Mansion before trying again.
• Lu Xuan used earth-escape techniques and a disguise to visit the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild and You Jian General Store, where he collected Spirit Stones and delivered new Treasures to Wen Qian.
• Lu Xuan returned secretly to his Cave Mansion and spent two months cultivating and tending his Spirit Plants.
• Lu Xuan finished tempering the Peacock King Ming Sword and Gluttony Insect Pouch, strengthening both as they approached the form of low-grade magical treasures.
• A Buddhist chant sounded from the Spirit Field, and Lu Xuan saw that the Vajra Bodhi had matured.