Recaps

Lu Xuan visited the sword sect’s blessed land to find spirit beasts from his past and reunited with the White Jade Sky Supporting Ape. He learned the Old White Ape had died and left the younger ape wondering whether Lu Xuan’s Cave Mansion needed a guardian.

• Old Sword Flood Dragon gave Lu Xuan a token to inquire about the spirit beasts and enter the sect’s blessed land.
• At the Spirit Beast Hall, Lu Xuan learned the Mystic Sky Luan Bird had become a Nascent Soul cultivator’s mount, while the White Jade Sky Supporting Ape and Old Dragon Turtle lived in the blessed land.
• A young woman escorted Lu Xuan into the blessed land, where he learned the Old White Ape had died and the younger White Jade Sky Supporting Ape was known for fighting other beasts.
• Lu Xuan reunited with the White Jade Sky Supporting Ape, which was surprised to find that his cultivation had surpassed its own.
• Lu Xuan offered the little ape rare lotus seeds and Ape Demon Wine, prompting it to ask whether his Cave Mansion needed a spirit beast to guard it.

Lu Xuan reunited with the White Jade Sky Supporting Ape and Old Dragon Turtle at the Profound Cave Sword Sect, offering gifts and catching up with both. The chapter ended with Old Dragon Turtle asking him to update its limited collection of films.

• Xiao Bai Ape ate Lu Xuan’s spirit fruits and Ape Demon Wine, then asked to become his guardian spirit beast.
• Lu Xuan learned that a willing spirit beast could pass the Spirit Beast Hall’s test to become a disciple’s spirit pet, and Xiao Bai Ape agreed to follow him.
• Lu Xuan visited Old Dragon Turtle, who had foreseen his arrival and welcomed him into its underwater Cave Mansion.
• Old Dragon Turtle told Lu Xuan that it had been using the Scripture of Utmost Bliss and Bewitching Sound Pearl he had given it, but wanted new films because it had watched the same ones for years.

Lu Xuan toured the Spirit Beast Hall’s blessed land, then brought the White Jade Sky Supporting Ape back to Still True Sword Peak after the beast agreed to become his companion. Xiao Bai Ape settled into Lu Xuan’s Cave Mansion and gave him three Mind Ape Fruit Spirit Seeds, allowing him to eventually brew Ape Demon Wine.

• Lu Xuan promised Old Dragon Turtle he might find upgraded Treasures and toured the blessed land with a young woman from the Spirit Beast Hall, giving her a bottle of Green Condensation Dew.
• After the Nascent Soul True Lords confirmed the White Jade Sky Supporting Ape’s willingness, Lu Xuan took the beast under his command and brought it to Still True Sword Peak.
• Xiao Bai Ape admired Lu Xuan’s spacious Cave Mansion and boasted that it would become the boss of his other spirit beasts.
• Xiao Bai Ape gave Lu Xuan three Mind Ape Fruit Spirit Seeds, and Lu Xuan promised it a share of the Ape Demon Wine he could brew from them.

Lu Xuan agreed to craft talismans and spirit brew for the Sword Peak in exchange for Sword Seals, then visited the sect market to sell sword-related treasures. He sold two Small Profound Cave Sword Gourds to an eager disciple and left one aside for him while he went to gather more Sword Seals.

• Yuan Rong offered Lu Xuan free materials for talisman crafting and spirit brewing in exchange for finished goods and Sword Seals, and Lu Xuan accepted.
• Lu Xuan decided to earn more Sword Seals so he could exchange them for Seventh Grade sword grass spirit seeds.
• After asking Shang Xiuyuan for directions, Lu Xuan set up a stall in the sword sect's outer market with sword-related treasures.
• A Foundation Establishment disciple bought two Small Profound Cave Sword Gourds from Lu Xuan for 120 Sword Seals each.
• Lu Xuan agreed to reserve one of his remaining gourds while the disciple went to gather more Sword Seals.

Lu Xuan sold sword-path treasures to Sword Sect disciples, earning over three thousand Sword Seals. Mo Yuanfeng then told him that Heart Sword Lake would soon open and that he was qualified to enter, leaving Lu Xuan anticipating the treasures there while claiming he only hoped to gather Sword Qi spirit liquid and Sword Grass.

• Sword Sect disciples bought Lu Xuan's Small Profound Cave Sword Gourds, and a woman purchased a True Fiend Sword Talisman.
• Lu Xuan sold the Thunderous Sword Gall to a middle-aged cultivator who wanted to improve his daughter's sword Dao talent, honoring their agreement despite another disciple's late offer.
• Lu Xuan sold the rest of his sword-path wares, earned a little over three thousand Sword Seals, and returned to his cave mansion.
• Mo Yuanfeng visited Lu Xuan and told him that Heart Sword Lake would soon open and that he qualified to enter.
• Mo Yuanfeng described Heart Sword Lake's spirit liquid and sword-path treasures, while Lu Xuan said he hoped to collect spirit liquid and Sword Grass.

Lu Xuan entered Heart Sword Lake with the Still True Sword Peak disciples and searched its waters for sword-path treasures. He discovered valuable sword qi spirit fluid and caught a Tassel Fish as he explored the lake.

• Mo Yuanfeng gave Lu Xuan a Heart Lake Sword Hilt and explained how it could guide him through Heart Sword Lake and summon aid in an emergency.
• Lu Xuan joined six other Still True Sword Peak disciples at the gathering place, then entered Heart Sword Lake with over a hundred Sword Sect disciples.
• Lu Xuan used the Heart Lake Sword Hilt to head deeper into the lake and collected several hidden currents of superior sword qi spirit fluid.
• Lu Xuan caught a strange fish whose aura matched an Early Stage Core Formation cultivator and recognized it as a Tassel Fish formed from an old sword tassel.
• Lu Xuan fed the Tassel Fish a drop of sword qi spirit fluid.

Lu Xuan lured and captured more than thirty Tassel Fish in Heart Sword Lake, then stored them in the Yangxuan Sword Sheath. He continued exploring with Long Xingyu, who went to confront an approaching Chen Sword Master.

• Lu Xuan recognized the black-lined fish as Tassel Fish and used Sword Qi Undertow as bait to catch them.
• After more than two hours, Lu Xuan trapped over thirty Tassel Fish and fed them one by one into the Yangxuan Sword Sheath.
• Lu Xuan continued deeper into Heart Sword Lake, using Wind Lightning Sword Intent to shield himself from the pressure of the lake’s Sword Qi.
• Long Xingyu introduced himself and praised Lu Xuan’s swordsmanship, while Lu Xuan attributed his skill to cultivating Wind Lightning Sword Grass.
• Long Xingyu sensed a dangerous Chen Sword Master approaching and sent his Sword Pellet to attack it, telling Lu Xuan to wait aside.

Lu Xuan explored Heart Sword Lake after declining Long Xingyu’s invitation to travel together. He discovered and captured a Shadow Stone Sprite, then decided to seek out more.

• Long Xingyu defeated a Chen Sword Master and explained that its fragments would eventually gather and form a new one.
• Long Xingyu invited Lu Xuan to join him in hunting Sword Spirits, but Lu Xuan politely declined and continued exploring alone.
• Lu Xuan avoided another Chen Sword Master and searched the reef field for Shadow Stone Sprites using strands of sword intent.
• Lu Xuan sensed a Shadow Stone Sprite hiding in a reef, tracked it when it shifted to another rock, and captured it in his Gluttony Insect Pouch.
• Lu Xuan decided to catch more Shadow Stones to temper his swordsmanship or offer them to Sword Peak or other Sword Sect disciples.

Lu Xuan entered the center of Heart Sword Lake and found a Sword Soul in a grave, then used Still True Sword Liquid to draw it into a vision of its past. The Sword Soul’s memories ended with its dying wish for the Sword Sect to grow strong.

• Lu Xuan entered the central region of Heart Sword Lake, where the graves of Nascent Soul sword cultivators held powerful sword-path Treasures.
• Lu Xuan visited a grave and respectfully left Spirit Fruits and Hundred Fruit Spirit Nectar before its stele.
• Lu Xuan found a Sword Soul fused with a stone stele and offered it Still True Sword Liquid.
• Lu Xuan was drawn into the Sword Soul’s memories of its life, from joining the Sword Sect to becoming a Nascent Soul True Lord.
• As the Sword Soul neared death, it remembered the help it had received from the Sword Sect and formed the obsession, "Make our Sword Sect strong!"

Lu Xuan explored Heart Sword Lake, encountered the obsessions of four Nascent Soul sword souls, and gained valuable insights, spirit resources, and clues to a hidden Heaven Grotto. He left the lake with the other disciples, concealing most of his gains while hinting that he had found two Shadow Stones.

• Lu Xuan tried to resonate with a sword soul obsessed with strengthening the Sword Sect, but his words drew no response.
• Lu Xuan experienced a sword soul's regret over failing to revive his beloved, who had died at the hands of a Nascent Soul Evil Cultivator.
• Lu Xuan learned that two other sword souls longed for a descendant and regretted never entering a discovered Heaven Grotto, gaining clues that could help fulfill both obsessions.
• Lu Xuan reflected that experiencing the four Nascent Soul True Lords' lives could help his own future breakthrough, then followed the Heart Lake Sword Hilt's guidance out of Heart Sword Lake.
• Lu Xuan reunited with the Still True Sword Peak disciples and claimed he had gathered Sword Qi spirit liquid, caught a few Tassel Fish, and found two Shadow Stones.

After returning from Heart Sword Lake, Lu Xuan settled back into his cave abode and began raising Tassel Fish in a new Small Sword Pool. Two months later, Jin Zaigan delivered a Seventh-Grade Giant Sword Boat commissioned for Lu Xuan by Huan Zhen and the other Sword Peaks.

• Lu Xuan promised Still True Sword Peak disciples first priority if he sold his two Shadow Stones, then returned safely to his cave abode.
• Xiao Bai Ape welcomed Lu Xuan home, massaged him, and reported that Yu Qiushui had visited while he was away.
• Lu Xuan found the Shadow Stone Sprites gathered on one Reef Stone, redistributed them among the stones, and bound them with Restrictions.
• Lu Xuan made a pool for his Sword Qi Spirit Liquid and added Tassel Fish, naming it the Small Sword Pool.
• After two months of tending his Spirit Plants and keeping to his usual routine, Lu Xuan received Jin Zaigan, who delivered a Seventh-Grade Giant Sword Boat commissioned by Huan Zhen and other Sword Peak elders.

Lu Xuan tested his newly acquired Giant Sword Boat and considered how to balance his duties across two realms. He sold Shadow Stones to fellow disciples for Sword Seals while keeping his other stones a secret.

• Jin Zaigan warned Lu Xuan about traveling through the void, and Lu Xuan explained that his duties as a Guest Elder required him to return to the Cloud Void Domain.
• Lu Xuan considered focusing on the Profound Cave Sword Sect and sought a way to hasten the Eightfold Palace’s maturation by obtaining the Divine Wood Azure Kettle’s origin portion.
• Lu Xuan refined the Seventh Grade Giant Sword Boat, explored its spacious interior, and tested its flight before returning to cultivate Spirit Plants.
• Huang Jinhu visited Lu Xuan, confirmed the Shadow Stone’s authenticity, and bought it for one thousand seven hundred Sword Seals after Lu Xuan asked him to keep the sale confidential.
• Several days later, Lu Xuan sold another Shadow Stone to a fellow disciple for over a thousand Sword Seals.

Lu Xuan sought information about the descendants of Chen Xiaobai, a deceased Nascent Soul cultivator whose sword soul he hoped to claim by resolving its obsession. Mo Yuanfeng told him that the Chen Family had declined and identified a promising young descendant in the sect’s outer sect.

• The White Jade Sky Supporting Ape teased Ye with a remark about a treasure being fated for her, and Lu Xuan warned it not to repeat the joke.
• Lu Xuan counted the Sword Seals earned from selling Shadow Stones and considered seeking Chen Xiaobai’s descendants to resolve a sword soul’s obsession.
• Lu Xuan visited Mo Yuanfeng and asked about Chen Xiaobai’s descendants, claiming he wished to repay the deceased cultivator for a past favor.
• Mo Yuanfeng explained that the Chen Family had declined and now had only one aging Core Formation Mid-Stage elder.
• Mo Yuanfeng reported that a talented young Chen descendant was cultivating in the outer sect with Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivation before age seventy, and Lu Xuan asked for more details.

Chen Qingshuang returned from a draining day of work and continued recovering from poison left by an Evil Spirit. Lu Xuan visited her, proved his connection to her great-grandfather, and offered her valuable treasures as repayment.

• Chen Qingshuang returned to her courtyard, took an antidote pill, and purged more of the Evil Spirit's poison from her body.
• Zhong Li visited Chen Qingshuang and again invited her to move into her Cave Mansion, but Chen Qingshuang declined.
• Lu Xuan introduced himself to Chen Qingshuang and explained that he had formed a connection with her great-grandfather, Chen Xiaobai.
• Lu Xuan recounted details about Chen Xiaobai that convinced Chen Qingshuang of his story.
• Lu Xuan offered Chen Qingshuang three Rank 4 Sword Talismans, two Rank 4 Dust Cleansing Pills, and three Thunderstorm Lotus seeds, which she hesitated to accept.

Lu Xuan gave Chen Qingshuang cultivation treasures and a Communication Talisman, then went to the Sword Palace to spend his Sword Seals on rare spirit seeds. He bought two Heavenly Essence Fruit spirit seeds, hoping to cultivate a valuable source of lifespan-extending pills.

• Lu Xuan gave Chen Qingshuang several treasures and a Communication Talisman, and she accepted them gratefully.
• Lu Xuan traveled to the Sword Palace’s Spirit Plant Hall to search for rare spirit seeds.
• Lu Xuan found two Sixth Grade Heavenly Essence Fruit spirit seeds and decided to buy them for their potential to produce lifespan-extending pills.
• Lu Xuan paid the Gaunt Old Man 2,800 Sword Seals for the two Heavenly Essence Fruit spirit seeds and stored them in his Gluttony Insect Pouch.

After harvesting mature sword gourds and Thousand Thunder Sword Grass, Lu Xuan gained numerous treasures and completed the Sixth Grade Thousand Thunder Sword Formation. The Old Sword Flood Dragon recognized his work supplying Still True Sword Liquid and offered him a nearly withered segment of an Innate Spirit Root.

• Lu Xuan harvested forty-four Small Profound Cave Sword Gourds and received sword talismans, Profound Cave Sword Intent, and Sword Talisman Annotations insights from their light orbs.
• Lu Xuan harvested forty-two Thousand Thunder Sword Grasses and obtained Still True Sword Liquid, Thunderous Sword Galls, and formula insights.
• Lu Xuan combined eighteen Flying Swords and mastered the Sixth Grade Thousand Thunder Sword Formation.
• Lu Xuan brought Still True Sword Liquid to the Old Sword Flood Dragon, who praised his efforts and gave him a nearly withered segment of an Innate Spirit Root.

Old Sword Flood Dragon gave Lu Xuan a lifeless fragment of the Innate Spirit Root called the Void Containing Immortal Vine. Lu Xuan revived a trace of its vitality and learned the rare requirements for cultivating it, then resolved to seek the treasures it needed.

• Old Sword Flood Dragon told Lu Xuan that the Void Containing Immortal Vine was an Innate Spirit Root fragment whose vitality had drained away, then bestowed it on him.
• Lu Xuan hurried to his Spirit Field and planted the withered vine, but no Spirit Plant information appeared.
• Lu Xuan poured the vegetation spiritual energy from his Divine Wood Azure Kettle into the vine until a faint trace of vitality returned.
• Lu Xuan learned that the vine had to be planted in a grotto-heaven after years of soaking in Seventh Grade vitality-rich spiritual liquid and nourishment from a wood-element supreme treasure.
• Lu Xuan decided to search for the rare treasures needed to cultivate the Void Containing Immortal Vine.

Lu Xuan delivered a large batch of Sword Talismans and Still True Sword Liquid to Yuan Rong, earning nearly eighteen thousand Sword Seals and agreeing to continue working for Sword Peak. He then approached Mo Yuanfeng to ask for help acquiring the Seventh Grade Ten Thousand Year Spirit Milk needed to restore the Void Containing Immortal Vine.

• Yuan Rong visited Lu Xuan to ask about the Sword Talismans and Still True Sword Liquid he had been commissioned to make.
• Lu Xuan handed over sixty-three Fifth Grade Sword Talismans and thirty-one bottles of Still True Sword Liquid, which Yuan Rong bought for 17,880 Sword Seals.
• Lu Xuan agreed to keep making Sword Talismans and Still True Sword Liquid for Sword Peak when more materials became available.
• Lu Xuan decided to seek a Nascent Soul True Lord's help buying Ten Thousand Year Spirit Milk before someone else exchanged for it.
• Lu Xuan visited Mo Yuanfeng with four bottles of Spirit Brew and asked him for help, and Mo Yuanfeng joked that the request must be important.

Lu Xuan obtained Ten Thousand Year Spirit Milk to restore a rare Seventh Grade Spirit Seed, then prepared to return to the Cloud Void Domain to harvest matured Spirit Plants and their Light Orb rewards. He left Xiao Bai Ape guarding his Cave Mansion as he set out.

• Lu Xuan asked Mo Yuanfeng to exchange more than twenty-one thousand Sword Seals for Ten Thousand Year Spirit Milk, claiming it would restore a rare Spirit Seed that could help him reach the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Mo Yuanfeng quickly obtained the Spirit Milk and gave it to Lu Xuan.
• Lu Xuan soaked the withered Void Containing Immortal Vine in the Spirit Milk and decided to seek a wood-element supreme treasure himself.
• Lu Xuan planned a return to the Cloud Void Domain to collect Light Orb rewards from matured Spirit Plants and visit old friends.
• Lu Xuan gave Xiao Bai Ape food and Spirit Brew, asked it to guard his Cave Mansion, and promised to bring its Spirit Beast companions to visit when he returned.
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Lu Xuan returned to the Li Yang Domain, visited the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild, and replenished his General Store before going back to his cave abode. There, he reunited with his Spirit Beasts and welcomed Qi Wuheng, Guo Bingqiu, and other familiar cultivators.

• Lu Xuan visited the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild, where Daoist Mu welcomed him and told him the guild had no urgent Spirit Plant duties for him.
• Lu Xuan replenished the General Store with treasures, collected its Spirit Stone earnings, and asked Hong Qinghai to send Wen Qian to see him when he returned.
• A Heavenly Star Grotto patrol led by Daoist Zhang found Lu Xuan at his cave abode, and Lu Xuan gave them Spirit Brew before entering.
• Lu Xuan returned to his cave abode and was greeted by Fat Bird, Thunder Dragon Howl, Azure Peak Qilin, Dazzling Fire Flood Dragon, Thunder Ghost, and the Little Tree Nymphs.
• Qi Wuheng visited Lu Xuan, and Guo Bingqiu arrived with Ye Xuanyin, Lei Zheng, and other familiar cultivators.

Lu Xuan hosted cultivators at his Cave Mansion after joining the Profound Cave Sword Sect, then harvested mature Spirit Plants to gain cultivation and treasures. He began harvesting his Pure Yang Golden Lotuses and received a Sixth Grade Taiyi Pure Yang True Fire from the first Light Orb.

• Lu Xuan welcomed familiar cultivators to his Cave Mansion, where they asked about the Profound Cave Sword Sect and invited him to visit them.
• After the guests left, Lu Xuan fed his Spirit Beasts and noted that Fat Bird and the Cloud Stepping Lynx were close to breakthroughs.
• Lu Xuan harvested more than eighty Ice Firefly Grass plants, gaining fifty-two years of cultivation along with Ice Marrow Spirit Wine, Ice Soul Pills, and other rewards.
• Lu Xuan found that all seven Pure Yang Golden Lotuses had matured and decided to harvest three while leaving four to condense seeds.
• Lu Xuan harvested a Pure Yang Golden Lotus and received the Sixth Grade treasure Taiyi Pure Yang True Fire.

Lu Xuan harvested Pure Yang Golden Lotuses, Thunderstorm Lotuses, and Five Elements Illusion Fruits, receiving spirit wine, powerful treasures, cultivation experience, and a fragment of a seventh-grade array. He ended with two fragments of the Grand Five Elements Annihilation Array that resonated with each other.

• Lu Xuan received two more wisps of Taiyi Pure Yang True Fire and discovered that a White Light Orb had yielded fifth-grade Heart Flame Wine.
• Lu Xuan nurtured spirit seeds from four Pure Yang Golden Lotuses and continued toward the remaining Spirit Fields.
• Lu Xuan harvested dozens of Thunderstorm Lotuses and obtained Evil-Exterminating Spirit Thunder, Thunder Extreme Escape Talismans, Thunder Evil Pellets, and cultivation experience packs.
• Lu Xuan harvested two fifth-grade Five Elements Illusion Fruits, leaving four plants to condense seeds.
• Lu Xuan received a fragment of the seventh-grade Grand Five Elements Annihilation Array and found that it resonated with another fragment in his Gluttony Insect Pouch.

Lu Xuan harvested a Five Elements Illusion Fruit and obtained the Five Elements Pill Formula, then tended his spirit plants and beasts after returning to Thunder Fire Star Cave. Wen Qian visited with two Jade Wutong saplings, and Lu Xuan rewarded him with a Thunder Extreme Escape Talisman and urged him to acquire rare spirit seeds and seed-condensation methods.

• Lu Xuan obtained the Five Elements Pill Formula from the White Light Orb and reflected that he needed to condense seeds and acquire a Divine Wood Azure Kettle origin.
• Lu Xuan inspected and tended the spirit plants and spirit beasts that had grown during his absence, then replenished their food.
• After half a month of visitors, Lu Xuan resumed his quiet farming routine at Thunder Fire Star Cave.
• Wen Qian visited Lu Xuan and presented two Jade Wutong saplings he had bought in the Great Xia Territory.
• Lu Xuan rewarded Wen Qian with a fifth-grade Thunder Extreme Escape Talisman and instructed him to secure rare spirit seeds and seed-condensation methods regardless of cost.

Lu Xuan gave Wen Qian a Thunder Extreme Escape Talisman and considered taking him to the Profound Cave Realm if he opened a shop there. Back at his Cave Mansion, the Cloud Stepping Lynx broke through to Fifth Grade, and Lu Xuan received a Sixth Grade Double Pupil Spirit Eye.

• Lu Xuan gave Wen Qian a Thunder Extreme Escape Talisman and said he might take him to the Profound Cave Realm to help with a shop.
• Lu Xuan planted two Jade Wutong saplings and fed them Crimson Astral Jade for their growth.
• The Cloud Stepping Lynx absorbed a vast amount of spiritual energy and broke through to Fifth Grade, awakening a third eye.
• Lu Xuan assessed the Cloud Stepping Lynx's strengthened eye techniques and speed, noting that its bloodline shackles capped its advancement at Fifth Grade.
• Lu Xuan touched the White Light Orb from the Lynx's breakthrough and received the Sixth Grade Treasure Double Pupil Spirit Eye.

Lu Xuan refined a Double Pupil Spirit Eye, raised new Spirit Seeds, and watched Fat Bird break through to Fifth Grade. Fat Bird’s breakthrough rewarded him with a Thunder Peng Feather that could be nurtured into a Seventh Grade Treasure.

• Lu Xuan refined the Sixth Grade Double Pupil Spirit Eye and absorbed it into his body to improve his Illusory Breaking Eye Technique.
• Lu Xuan planted Spirit Seeds from the Pure Yang Golden Lotuses and Five Elements Illusion Fruits, then sensed Fat Bird beginning its breakthrough.
• Fat Bird broke through to become a Fifth Grade Spirit Beast, gaining greater speed, strength, toughness, and wind abilities.
• Lu Xuan touched the White Light Orb and received a Sixth Grade Thunder Peng Feather containing lightning-attributed mana and a trace of Thunder Peng origin aura.
• Lu Xuan learned that high-grade spiritual lightning and lightning fluid could nurture the Thunder Peng Feather into a Seventh Grade Treasure.