Recaps

Lu Xuan harvested a Vajra Bodhi and received a Sixth Grade Suppression Prison Vajra Statue, a powerful Buddhist treasure that could summon a Dharma Idol. He tended his sword grass and inspected his high-grade varieties, reflecting on how to obtain better Spirit Seeds and waiting for his Fifth Grade Sword Grasses to mature.

• Lu Xuan stored the Vajra Bodhi without consuming it and harvested its Light Orb, which rewarded him with a Suppression Prison Vajra Statue.
• Lu Xuan examined the statue’s ability to summon a powerful Buddhist Dharma Idol and put it away to refine later.
• Lu Xuan considered trading some of his Fifth Grade treasures for high-grade Spirit Seeds and other cultivation resources.
• Lu Xuan cultivated his Third Grade Thunderlight Sword Grass and inspected his maturing Fourth and Fifth Grade Sword Grasses.
• Lu Xuan suppressed the killing impulse stirred by the White Bone Killing Sword Grass and used the Light Splitting Sword Art beside the Light Splitting Shadowing Sword Grass.

Lu Xuan hosted Jade Forest Rogue Cultivator, declined her invitation to explore the Thunder Sea, and harvested a mature Nether Spring Flower. Its Light Orb rewarded him with the Sixth Grade cultivation technique Netherworld True Water Forbidden Art.

• Lu Xuan reflected on seeking more High-Grade Sword Grass Spirit Seeds from the Profound Cave Sword Sect and continued tending his Spirit Plants during a peaceful stretch.
• Jade Forest Rogue Cultivator visited Lu Xuan and praised his Jade Cleansing Spirit Dew and Spirit Fruits.
• Jade Forest Rogue Cultivator invited Lu Xuan to explore the Thunder Sea for Spirit Thunder and rare thunder liquid, but he declined because he felt unprepared for combat.
• After Jade Forest Rogue Cultivator left, Lu Xuan inspected his netherworld Spirit Plants and discovered that his Nether Spring Flower had matured.
• Lu Xuan harvested the Nether Spring Flower and received the Sixth Grade cultivation technique Netherworld True Water Forbidden Art from its Light Orb.

Lu Xuan cultivated his Netherworld spirit plants, refined pills, and harvested a mature Yin Cry Wood. Its light orb rewarded him with the Sixth Grade Ghost Wail Strange Diagram.

• Lu Xuan received and examined the Sixth Grade Netherworld True Water Forbidden Art, then considered finding more Purification Glazed Tea Leaves and spirit plant seeds.
• Lu Xuan fed his Netherworld spirit plants, watched the Demon Ghost Vine defeat the Fiendish Granny Treant, and encouraged the Saint Infant Fruit Mother Plant to produce more seeds.
• Lu Xuan offered fresh organs to the Five Organs Treasure Plant and powerful yin souls to the Ghost Eating Evil Vine, then returned to his Cave Mansion to refine pills.
• Less than a month later, Lu Xuan harvested the mature Fifth Grade Yin Cry Wood and received the Sixth Grade Ghost Wail Strange Diagram from its light orb.

Lu Xuan identified unusual spirit plants for the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild, asked Daoist Wen to find Purification Glazed Tea, and declined the guild’s offer to sell the wares from his You Jian General Store. He left planning to add some of his unused Fifth Grade treasures to the shop.

• Lu Xuan examined the Sixth Grade Ghost Wail Strange Diagram and learned it could control weaker cultivators and sap others’ will to fight.
• At the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild, Lu Xuan identified about sixty percent of the spirit plants while deliberately concealing how much he knew.
• Lu Xuan asked Daoist Wen to search the guild’s headquarters and other branches for Purification Glazed Tea seeds or seedlings.
• Daoist Wen asked Lu Xuan to sell his general store’s treasures through the guild, but he declined, saying the goods belonged to several people.
• Lu Xuan left for You Jian General Store and decided to sell some of his unused Fifth Grade treasures.

Lu Xuan decided to sell the fifth-grade Nine Heads Dragon Chart through You Jian General Store, and Wen Qian announced the rare Treasure to attract buyers. Three days later, cultivators including three Core Formation True Persons gathered to compete for the chart, priced at forty thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

• Lu Xuan chose to sell the Nine Heads Dragon Chart because he had stronger Treasures and wanted to draw attention to the general store.
• Wen Qian agreed to sell the chart and became more determined to keep working for Lu Xuan.
• Wen Qian announced that the general store would offer a fifth-grade Treasure in three days, prompting cultivators to save Spirit Stones and prepare to compete for it.
• Three days later, Wen Qian admitted twenty qualified cultivators to the shop, including three Core Formation True Persons.
• Wen Qian demonstrated the Nine Heads Dragon Chart, and a Core Formation True Person confirmed it was a genuine fifth-grade Treasure.
• Wen Qian set the price at forty thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones and warned the buyers against causing trouble.

Lu Xuan’s Nine Heads Dragon Chart sale drew a crowd to You Jian General Store, where a Foundation Establishment cultivator won the purchase by drawing lots on behalf of a Core Formation cultivator. Lu Xuan then collected the shop’s earnings and bought a Purification Glazed Tea Spirit Seed through the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild, leaving him more confident in his new role as a Guest Elder.

• A Foundation Establishment Perfection cultivator won the first purchase qualification, bought the Nine Heads Dragon Chart, and handed it to the Core Formation middle-aged cultivator he served.
• Wen Qian ruled that the purchase complied with the rules, and cultivators left him Communication Talismans in hopes of hearing about future fifth-grade treasures.
• Lu Xuan praised Wen Qian, collected more than three hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones in sales, and said he would bring out more fifth-grade treasures later.
• Lu Xuan met Female Cultivator Wen at the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild branch and bought a Rank 5 Purification Glazed Tea Spirit Seed for eighteen thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Lu Xuan reflected that his Guest Elder status made acquiring high-level Spirit Seeds much easier and strengthened his sense of belonging to the merchant guild.

Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion, planted a Purification Glazed Tea Spirit Seed, and resumed tending his Spirit Plants. When Jade Forest Rogue Cultivator arrived with three wounded Core Formation Cultivators seeking refuge from a Sixth Grade Demon Beast, Lu Xuan let them rest inside his outer formation and gave them healing pills while keeping them out of his Cave Mansion’s core area.

• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion cautiously after evading the Evil Cultivator and planted the Purification Glazed Tea Spirit Seed in the purest Spirit Soil.
• Lu Xuan treated the Fat Bird and the other Spirit Beasts to food before returning to his farming routine.
• Lu Xuan spotted Jade Forest Rogue Cultivator and three injured Core Formation Cultivators approaching his Cave Mansion.
• Jade Forest Rogue Cultivator explained that a Sixth Grade Demon Beast had attacked them in a Secret Realm in the Thunder Sea, killing one companion and badly injuring the survivors.
• Lu Xuan allowed the four cultivators to rest inside the Illusionary Extinction Five Elements Formation but barred them from the Cave Mansion’s core area.
• Lu Xuan gave the group a Third Grade Jade Muscle Elixir and a Fourth Grade Dust Cleansing Pill.

Lu Xuan hosted four recovering Core Formation Cultivators before they departed, then tended to his Spirit Plants. The Mind Ape Fruit matured and its Light Orb rewarded him with the Ape Demon Wine recipe, while the Sixth Grade Phoenix Wood neared maturity.

• The four Core Formation Cultivators rested in Lu Xuan’s Cave Mansion and discussed his caution and the risks of pursuing opportunities.
• After five or six days, the four cultivators thanked Lu Xuan and left, with some promising to visit or bring him rare Spirit Seeds.
• Lu Xuan inspected the Phoenix Wood and saw that it was close to maturing, then fed it a wisp of Primordial Yang True Fire.
• Lu Xuan harvested a mature Mind Ape Fruit and received the fifth-grade Ape Demon Wine recipe from its Light Orb.
• Lu Xuan learned that Ape Demon Wine could strengthen the body and qi and blood, trigger a berserk state, and help ape-type Demonic Beasts purify their bloodlines and advance.

Lu Xuan tended the Nine Confucian Treasure Tree and encouraged Hong Qinghai to focus on reaching Foundation Establishment. Hong Qinghai succeeded with Lu Xuan’s protection and received a cultivation method as a gift.

• Lu Xuan inspected the Nine Confucian Treasure Tree, tended it, and rewarded Hong Qinghai with Second Grade Spirit Accumulation Elixirs.
• Lu Xuan told Hong Qinghai to prepare for Foundation Establishment and promised to protect him during the breakthrough.
• Half a month later, Hong Qinghai swallowed a Foundation Establishment Pill while Lu Xuan watched over him, and successfully advanced.
• Lu Xuan congratulated Hong Qinghai and gave him a Foundation Establishment cultivation method as a gift.

Lu Xuan entered the Thunder Sea to replenish spirit thunder and thunder liquid, where he met his Thunder Hǒu Beast friends and gathered supplies. The Mutated Thunder Hǒu Beast brought him to its clan’s hidden dwelling so he could visit the Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros.

• Lu Xuan left his Cave Mansion and fed Spirit Fruits and Ice Marrow Spirit Wine to the Thunder Hǒu Beast near the passage entrance.
• Lu Xuan avoided a Core Formation True Person in the Thunder Sea and let the Mutated Thunder Hǒu Beast charge into his embrace.
• The Mutated Thunder Hǒu Beast brought Lu Xuan to the hidden land, where he collected Ink Green Spirit Thunder and thunder liquid.
• Lu Xuan asked the Mutated Thunder Hǒu Beast to take him to the Thunder Hǒu Beast Clan’s dwelling so he could visit the Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros and clear Thunder Death Crystals.
• The Thunder Hǒu Beasts recognized Lu Xuan as the cultivator who had ridden on the Thunder Rhinoceros Ancestor.

Lu Xuan visited the aging Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros, cleared the Thunder Death Crystals from its body, and offered it a Mutated Longevity Peach. The rhinoceros gave him a Sixth Grade Flying Thunder Ganoderma spirit seed, warning him that its seedling could move and escape.

• Lu Xuan greeted the Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros and climbed onto its back to clear away the Thunder Death Crystals that had accumulated inside its body.
• The Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros thanked Lu Xuan, and he gave it a Mutated Longevity Peach that extended its life by two or three years.
• Lu Xuan asked what could change the rhinoceros's condition, and it explained that a Seventh Grade Spirit Fruit or an innate spiritual object might help.
• The Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros gave Lu Xuan a Sixth Grade Flying Thunder Ganoderma spirit seed and warned him that its seedling could move and slip away.

Lu Xuan discovered that the Flying Thunder Ganoderma was a mobile Sixth Grade Spirit Plant, then fed the Thunder Hǒu Beasts in their territory. He learned that a lonely young Mutated Thunder Hǒu Beast with strong potential had lost both parents, and became interested in adopting it.

• Lu Xuan learned the Flying Thunder Ganoderma needed thunder-attribute Spirit Soil and could help cultivate Thunder Escape Divine Power once mature.
• Lu Xuan gave Spirit Fruits and spirit nectar to the Thunder Hǒu Beasts to repay them for the Ink Green Spirit Thunder and thunder liquid he had taken.
• Lu Xuan met a timid young Thunder Hǒu Beast whose remarkable speed revealed its strong talent, and it repeatedly returned to watch him.
• A Twin-Winged Thunder Hǒu Beast explained that the young beast was a Mutated Thunder Hǒu Beast with the potential to reach the Fifth Grade, but its parents had died and its clanmates shunned it.
• Lu Xuan considered adopting the young beast after hearing about its difficult past and outstanding talent.

Lu Xuan befriended the lonely young Thunder Dragon Howl and persuaded it to leave the Thunder Hǒu Beast Territory for his Cave Mansion. With the Twin-Winged Thunder Hǒu Beast’s approval, he took the young beast away and promised to bring it back to visit.

• Lu Xuan learned that the fifth-grade Thunder Dragon Howl was an orphan shunned by its clan and wanted to be accepted.
• He fed the young beast Spirit Fruits and Spirit Brew, earned its trust, and visited the crude nest where its mother’s remains were buried.
• Lu Xuan invited the Thunder Dragon Howl to live in his Cave Mansion, promising it companionship, treats, and future visits to its mother’s resting place.
• The Thunder Dragon Howl agreed to go with Lu Xuan, and he reassured it when its body unconsciously released a spark of lightning.
• Lu Xuan asked the Twin-Winged Thunder Hǒu Beast for permission to take the young beast, then left the territory with it.

Lu Xuan welcomed the Thunder Dragon Howl young beast into his Cave Mansion, planted a Sixth Grade Flying Thunder Ganoderma, and inspected his maturing Spirit Plants. Zhang Jiuzong then asked him to investigate a mysterious infection causing Fifth Grade Spirit Plants in a Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild blessed land to wither.

• Lu Xuan brought the Thunder Dragon Howl young beast into the Cave Mansion and had Fat Bird help it settle in before coaxing it into a contract.
• Lu Xuan planted the Sixth Grade Flying Thunder Ganoderma in thunder-rich Spirit Soil and let it absorb Ink Green Spirit Thunder.
• Lu Xuan inspected his mature Azure Spirit Branch and Thunderstorm Lotus, then tended the Earth Fire Heart Lotus and Five Elements Fruit as they entered the seed-condensing stage.
• Zhang Jiuzong visited Lu Xuan and asked him to investigate why Fifth Grade Spirit Plants in a Merchant Guild blessed land were infected and declining.

Lu Xuan traveled with Zhang Jiuzong to the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild’s Illusory Spirit Blessed Land to investigate a disease affecting its Fifth Grade Tiger Leopard Grass. He examined the afflicted plants but concealed that his special ability could quickly reveal their condition, leaving the diagnosis unresolved.

• The merchant guild’s higher-ups asked Lu Xuan to investigate a problem with a Fifth Grade Spirit Plant, and he agreed to go with Zhang Jiuzong.
• Lu Xuan activated the protections around his Cave Mansion and traveled aboard Zhang Jiuzong’s treasured ship through the dangerous void.
• Zhang Jiuzong used a guild Jade Token to lead Lu Xuan through a powerful restriction into the Illusory Spirit Blessed Land.
• Zhang Jiuzong guided Lu Xuan past Demonic Beast spirit souls to a Spirit Field in a Mountain Valley.
• Lu Xuan saw that the Tiger Leopard Grass had black spots and leaking black qi, and Zhang Jiuzong asked him to find the cause.
• Lu Xuan agreed to do his best while keeping his ability to inspect Spirit Plants’ conditions secret.

Lu Xuan and Senior Mu examined the afflicted Tiger Leopard Grass, but neither identified the invading force or how to stop it. After Senior Mu found traces of an unknown presence, Zhang Jiuzong asked Lu Xuan to inspect the plants again.

• Lu Xuan examined the black spots on the Tiger Leopard Grass but could not identify their origin.
• Han Song arrived with Senior Mu, a Sixth Grade Tree Monster, and disparaged Lu Xuan's ability to solve the problem.
• Senior Mu revealed that he knew Lu Xuan through Little Mu and examined the Tiger Leopard Grass with his wood-element power.
• Senior Mu found that an unusual, nearly formless existence had invaded the plants but could not identify it or determine a cure.
• Zhang Jiuzong asked Lu Xuan to examine the Tiger Leopard Grass again, and Lu Xuan agreed.

Lu Xuan identified Soul Devouring Mycelium as the cause of the Tiger Leopard Grass’s decline and agreed to drive it out with Pure Yang True Fire. He began treating the infected plants after Zhang Jiuzong offered him valuable cultivation work and access to the merchant association’s secret realms.

• Lu Xuan inspected and replanted a Tiger Leopard Grass, then identified Soul Devouring Mycelium as the parasite draining its vitality.
• Lu Xuan explained that lightning and fire could force out the mycelium and advised cutting away the plants’ necrotic black spots.
• Zhang Jiuzong asked Lu Xuan to treat the plants and offered him Fifth Grade Spirit Plants to cultivate, increased remuneration, and consideration for the merchant association’s secret realms.
• Lu Xuan agreed to help and revealed his Pure Yang True Fire, which the Tree Monster recognized.
• Lu Xuan divided the Pure Yang True Fire into fine strands and formed a net around a Tiger Leopard Grass.

Lu Xuan used his Pure Yang True Fire and precise spirit-plant senses to remove the Soul Devouring Mycelium from the Tiger Leopard Grass. After he warned the others that someone may have planted the parasites, the merchant association promised to reward him and consider him for high-rank spirit-plant cultivation rights, while Senior Mu returned to the Mu Xuan Realm.

• Lu Xuan burned the Soul Devouring Mycelium out of more than ten Tiger Leopard Grass plants, then restored them with spirit rain and Tiger-type Demon Beast souls.
• Zhang Jiuzong praised Lu Xuan, and Han Song apologized for doubting his skill and made peace with him.
• Lu Xuan warned Zhang Jiuzong, Han Song, and Senior Mu that the Soul Devouring Mycelium may have been deliberately planted in the blessed land.
• Zhang Jiuzong promised to alert the merchant association and said he would recommend Lu Xuan for the cultivation rights to high-rank spirit plants; Han Song also offered his support.
• Senior Mu said he needed to return to the Mu Xuan Realm, invited Lu Xuan to visit, and departed through the void.

Lu Xuan returned safely to his Cave Mansion after investigating Illusory Spirit Blessed Land and resumed caring for his Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts. Zhang Jiuzong later visited with news that Lu Xuan had earned the merchant association’s support and brought him Snow Dragon Sacred Spring and six Rank 5 Star Fruit seeds.

• Zhang Jiuzong thanked Lu Xuan for helping the merchant association at Illusory Spirit Blessed Land and promised to arrange Spirit Seeds and a reward for resolving the Tiger Leopard Grass problem.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion, passed the Voidsky Nightmare Eye’s inspection, and reunited with Fat Bird and the Thunder Dragon Howl young beast.
• Lu Xuan spent half a month tending his Spirit Plants, raising his Spirit Beasts, and practicing cultivation methods inside the Cave Mansion.
• Zhang Jiuzong told Lu Xuan that a Nascent Soul True Lord was investigating the Soul Devouring Mycelium and that the merchant association suspected a special Evil Spirit had brought it into the blessed land.
• Zhang Jiuzong gave Lu Xuan about three liters of Fourth Grade Snow Dragon Sacred Spring and six Rank 5 Star Fruit seeds as rewards from the merchant association.

Lu Xuan received six Fifth Grade Star Fruit Spirit Seeds from Zhang Jiuzong and began cultivating them in the air beneath the stars. He harvested a mature Thunderstorm Lotus and obtained a Fifth Grade Thunder Extreme Escape Talisman, while considering a future visit to Azure Wood Star Cave.

• Zhang Jiuzong gave Lu Xuan six Star Fruit Spirit Seeds and Snow Dragon Sacred Spring, and Lu Xuan gifted him Jade Cleansing Spirit Dew in return.
• Lu Xuan learned that Star Fruits needed Star Power and began cultivating the seeds high above his Cave Mansion.
• Jade Forest Rogue Cultivator invited Lu Xuan to a treasure-trading gathering in Azure Wood Star Cave, and Lu Xuan considered attending.
• Lu Xuan harvested a mature Thunderstorm Lotus and stored its seeds for possible use feeding the Thunder Dragon Howl.
• Lu Xuan touched the lotus’s White Light Orb and obtained the Fifth Grade Thunder Extreme Escape Talisman.

Lu Xuan harvested a mature Azure Spirit Branch and gained a Fifth Grade Azure Spirit Green Essence Pill, while using Snow Dragon Sacred Spring to nurture several spirit plants. He planned to save the pill for the Demon Ghost Vine, which might need it when advancing to a Fifth Grade Demonic Beast.

• Lu Xuan obtained a Fifth Grade Thunder Extreme Escape Talisman after harvesting the Thunderstorm Lotus and considered planting more Thunderstorm Lotus in his Cave Mansion.
• Lu Xuan used Snow Dragon Sacred Spring to nourish the Azure Spirit Branch, Purification Glazed Tea, and Jade Bottle Willow.
• Less than half a month later, Lu Xuan harvested the Azure Spirit Branch, which had reached Good Grade.
• Lu Xuan opened its Light Orb and obtained a Fifth Grade Azure Spirit Green Essence Pill.
• Lu Xuan decided the pill might help the Demon Ghost Vine advance to a Fifth Grade Demonic Beast.

Lu Xuan tended and improved his Spirit Seeds while considering which treasures to trade at a gathering in Azure Wood Star Cave. Xuan Yuan Zhe arrived to travel with him, and Lu Xuan agreed to go together.

• Lu Xuan used Pure Yang True Fire and the Illusionary Extinction Five Elements Formation to nurture Earth Fire Heart Lotus and Five Elements Fruit Spirit Seeds.
• Lu Xuan tended thirty-six Ice Firefly Grass plants and planned to harvest them for cultivation rewards and more Spirit Seeds.
• Lu Xuan considered trading the Soul Seizing Blood Palm, the Red Dust Tablet, and rare Spirit Plants, while deciding to keep his Rank 6 Treasures and Fifth Grade items.
• Xuan Yuan Zhe visited Lu Xuan and explained that Jade Forest Rogue Cultivator had invited him to the gathering in Azure Wood Star Cave.
• Lu Xuan accepted Xuan Yuan Zhe's offer to travel together and privately considered acquiring a Cave Mansion in Azure Wood Star Cave.

Lu Xuan traveled with Xuan Yuan Zhe through Azure Wood Star Cave, where tree nymphs were drawn to the Azure Wood Source Qi he carried. The two arrived at Jade Forest Rogue Cultivator's giant-tree residence and were welcomed by her.

• Lu Xuan and Xuan Yuan Zhe entered Azure Wood Star Cave and saw its vast forests, Grass and Wood Monsters, and giant walking trees.
• Xuan Yuan Zhe told Lu Xuan that Azure Wood Star Cave was rumored to have grown from a branch of the legendary Jian Wood.
• A dozen tree nymphs approached Lu Xuan, drawn to the Azure Wood Source Qi he released, and left him a flower imprint before departing.
• Lu Xuan and Xuan Yuan Zhe reached Jade Forest Rogue Cultivator's giant-tree residence, where she appeared and welcomed them.

Lu Xuan attended Jade Forest Rogue Cultivator’s gathering in Azure Wood Star Cave, where he kept his cultivation methods secret and waited for a chance to trade for Spirit Plant resources. The exchange began with a Core Formation cultivator offering a Sixth Grade Spirit Seed called Bewitching Corpse Skin.

• Jade Forest Rogue Cultivator welcomed Lu Xuan and introduced him to the Core Formation cultivators gathered at his wooden house.
• Huang Yandong asked Lu Xuan for advice about cultivating Spirit Plants that required flesh and blood, and Lu Xuan agreed to discuss them later.
• Sixteen Core Formation cultivators exchanged news and cultivation insights, while Lu Xuan mostly stayed quiet to avoid revealing his rare methods.
• The gathering began trading Treasures, and Lu Xuan waited for Spirit Seeds, Spirit Beast resources, or related items that suited him.
• A Core Formation Mid-Stage cultivator offered the Sixth Grade Spirit Seed Bewitching Corpse Skin in exchange for a cultivation technique, divine ability, or suitable Magic Tool.

At a Core Formation cultivators’ exchange, Lu Xuan recognized the rare Sixth Grade Bewitching Corpse Skin Spirit Seed and traded his clan’s supposed heirloom divine ability for it. He left with the seed and thirty thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, intending to cultivate it in his Netherworld Spirit Field.

• A Core Formation Mid-Stage cultivator offered a Sixth Grade Spirit Seed, and several cultivators failed to propose an exchange he would accept.
• Lu Xuan examined the bark, identified it as the sinister Bewitching Corpse Skin, and resolved to acquire it.
• An old cultivator offered a bronze mirror for the seed, but Lu Xuan presented the Soul Seizing Blood Palm divine ability instead.
• Lu Xuan claimed the divine ability was a difficult, sinister family heirloom unsuited to him as a Spirit Plant Master.
• The cultivator agreed to exchange the seed for the divine ability and added thirty thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones because he lacked the seed’s cultivation method.
• Lu Xuan and the cultivator inspected the items and completed the exchange.