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Lu Xuan entered the Profound Cave Sword Sect's spirit wine contest and impressed the Nascent Soul judges with his skill brewing Ice Marrow Spirit Wine and Still True Sword Liquid. After the other contestants received their scores, Lu Xuan was awarded Grade A Top, leaving him with the contest's highest announced rank.

• Lu Xuan joined the other contestants as the Sword Palace explained the contest rules and provided brewing materials.
• Lu Xuan brewed four portions of Ice Marrow Spirit Wine from five sets of materials, drawing the judges' admiration.
• Lu Xuan brewed three portions of Still True Sword Liquid after successfully processing all five sets of ingredients.
• After the contestants finished brewing, the judges announced their scores, including Grade A Low for Liang Yun and Xu Yi.
• The young man announced that Lu Xuan had earned Grade A Top.

After earning Grade A Top in the Spirit Brew contest, Lu Xuan entered the Talismans Crafting contest and received Grade A Middle. His unexpected result stunned the other Sword Peak disciples, and the chapter ended with them wondering where Still True Sword Peak’s talented Talisman Master had come from.

• Lu Xuan earned Grade A Top in the Spirit Brew contest, and Sword Master Hai Zhen and Yuan Rong praised his performance.
• After resting for a day, Lu Xuan entered the Talismans Crafting contest alongside Talisman Masters from the Nine Great Sword Peaks.
• Lu Xuan drew Wind Lightning, Great Sun, and Profound Yin Sword Talismans, while Ji Changhai of Heaven Talisman Sword Peak produced a Seventh Grade Talisman.
• The Sword Palace announced Ji Changhai as Grade A Top and Lu Xuan as Grade A Middle, prompting astonishment at Still True Sword Peak’s unexpected result.

Lu Xuan declined Ji Changhai’s invitation to join Heaven Talisman Sword Peak and prepared for the spirit plant competition at Still True Sword Peak. He entered the Tai Xu Mirror’s Illusionary Realm, where the vast garden of plants he had cultivated drew an unusually strong pull on the judges’ divided spiritual thoughts.

• Ji Changhai invited Lu Xuan to study at Heaven Talisman Sword Peak, but Lu Xuan politely declined and stayed with Still True Sword Peak.
• Ye Lingkong escorted Lu Xuan back, pleased with his talisman competition score and determined to keep other Sword Peaks from recruiting him.
• Two days later, Sword Master Hai Zhen sent Lu Xuan to the spirit plant competition, where Shang Xiuyuan explained how the Tai Xu Mirror’s tests worked.
• Lu Xuan entered an Illusionary Realm and found a Medicine Garden filled with more than a hundred varieties of spirit plants he had cultivated.
• Six Nascent Soul elders sent divided spiritual thoughts into the mirrors, and one elder was surprised when Lu Xuan’s Illusionary Realm drew in far more spiritual thought than the others.

Lu Xuan faced the Sword Palace Elders’ examination in the Tai Xu Mirror, demonstrating exceptional spirit-plant knowledge and cultivation skill. He then devoted himself to raising ten rare spirit plants in the accelerated Illusionary Realm, leaving the elders impressed by his enduring dedication.

• A Sword Palace Elder questioned Lu Xuan’s claims about the spirit plants he had cultivated, and another explained that the elders would test his knowledge and skill.
• Lu Xuan used the Spirit Rain Technique, Earth Guidance Art, and Wood Genesis Art with precision to meet the needs of different spirit plants.
• Lu Xuan correctly diagnosed pests and cultivation problems, answered the elders’ questions, and impressed them with his comprehensive expertise.
• The elders gave Lu Xuan ten rare spirit seeds and asked him to cultivate them in the Tai Xu Mirror’s accelerated Illusionary Realm.
• Lu Xuan immersed himself in raising the spirit plants, and the elders praised his sincere devotion to cultivation.

Lu Xuan emerged last from the spirit plant competition’s Illusionary Realm and earned the top score, surpassing Ten Thousand Crane True Lord. His result impressed Jian Hai Zhen, who expected it to help Still True Sword Peak rise in the rankings.

• Shang Xiuyuan returned from the Illusionary Realm and learned that Lu Xuan was still inside.
• After nearly half an hour, Lu Xuan emerged, and the Tai Xu Mirrors shattered as the six Sword Palace Nascent Soul Elders appeared.
• The competition results awarded Lu Xuan Grade A Top, while Ten Thousand Crane True Lord received Grade A Middle.
• Ye Lingkong congratulated Lu Xuan and brought him to Jian Hai Zhen, who praised his three First Class scores and awaited the rankings.

Lu Xuan chose not to reveal any more of his cultivation skills and went with Ye Lingkong to watch the combat arts competition. Meanwhile, the Sword Masters learned that Lu Xuan was responsible for Still True Sword Peak’s three top logistics results, and the peak rose to seventh place in the Sword Peak Competition.

• Lu Xuan decided that his three First Class ratings were enough to demonstrate his value and agreed to watch the combat arts competition with Ye Lingkong.
• Jian Hai Zhen joined the other Sword Masters and discussed Still True Sword Peak’s improved spirit plants and Lu Xuan’s achievements in spirit plants, spirit brews, and talismans.
• Jian Hai Zhen revealed that the spirit plant improvements and all three First Class ratings came from the same disciple, Lu Xuan.
• Chongxu Sword Master asked to recruit Lu Xuan, but Jian Hai Zhen refused to give up his valuable disciple.
• Sword Boy announced the rankings: Void Piercing Sword Peak placed first, Hundred Crafts Sword Peak second, Heaven Talisman Sword Peak sixth, and Still True Sword Peak seventh.
• The Sword Masters congratulated Jian Hai Zhen as Still True Sword Peak rose two places from its previous ranking.

After Still True Sword Peak rose two places in the Sword Peak Competition, Jian Hai Zhen visited Lu Xuan and offered him a reward for his major contributions. Lu Xuan requested a sword-qi-rich place to cultivate a new Fifth Grade Sword Grass, and Jian Hai Zhen gave him access to a Cave Mansion at Heart Sword Lake.

• Purple Firmament Sword Master and the other Sword Masters discussed Still True Sword Peak's improved ranking, while Hai Zhen celebrated its rise from last place.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion and tended his Spirit Plants as the White Ape sparred with the Spirit Beasts.
• Jian Hai Zhen and several Nascent Soul Cultivators told Lu Xuan that Still True Sword Peak had risen two places and praised his contributions to the competition.
• Lu Xuan asked for a sword-qi-rich treasure land where he could try to improve a new variety of Fifth Grade Sword Grass.
• Jian Hai Zhen granted Lu Xuan a Cave Mansion at Heart Sword Lake and promised high-tier pills and a Seventh Grade Sword Grass Spirit Seed as further rewards.

After the Sword Peak Competition, Lu Xuan dealt with his growing fame and welcomed visitors seeking to exchange knowledge about spirit plants. Jian Hai Zhen sent him the promised rewards, including a Seventh Grade Free and Immeasurable Sword Grass seed, which Lu Xuan planted in his Spirit Field.

• Lu Xuan reflected on the benefits he had gained from the competition and on how his rising reputation could help him obtain rare spirit seeds and treasures.
• Ge Pu and Jian Wuxia visited Lu Xuan and remarked on his newfound fame among the Nine Great Sword Peaks.
• Ten Thousand Crane True Lord and cultivators from Clear Micro Sword Peak visited, exchanged spirit-plant cultivation insights with Lu Xuan, and then departed.
• Lu Xuan decided to have White Ape screen future visitors as he coped with the steady stream of people seeking to meet him.
• Jian Hai Zhen sent Lu Xuan Fifth Grade Primal Spirit Pills, a key to Heart Sword Lake, the Free and Immeasurable Sword Grass seed, and the first half of the Boundless Free Sword Scripture.
• Lu Xuan identified the seed as a Seventh Grade spirit plant and planted the Free and Immeasurable Sword Grass in his Spirit Field.

Lu Xuan explored a sword-qi treasure land in Heart Sword Lake, then spent six years cultivating spirit plants until the last Little Tree Nymph advanced and a Fifth Grade Thunder Sound Sword Grass matured. Harvesting it granted him the Sword Qi Thunder Sound divine ability, which shook his sea of consciousness with thunder.

• Lu Xuan planted the Free and Immeasurable Sword Grass, swallowed a Primal Spirit Pill, and used the broken sword tip to enter Heart Sword Lake’s depths.
• Lu Xuan reached the small courtyard’s Sword Qi Treasure Land and left the Yangxuan Sword Sheath and Thousand Thunder Sword Grass Spirit Seed there to undergo induced mutation.
• Lu Xuan returned to his cave mansion and spent six years peacefully cultivating spirit plants while the storm over the Sword Peak Competition subsided.
• The last Little Tree Nymph advanced to Fifth Grade, and Lu Xuan received a Green Condensation Dew Formula experience pack from its White Light Orb.
• Lu Xuan harvested a mature Fifth Grade Thunder Sound Sword Grass and obtained the Sword Qi Thunder Sound divine ability.

Lu Xuan mastered Sword Qi Thunder Sound and surveyed his thriving high-grade sword grasses and other spirit plants. Bai Li Jian Qing visited with the shop’s Sword Seals, announced his breakthrough to Foundation Establishment Late Stage, and received Green Condensation Dew and Lu Xuan’s promise of future help with Core Formation.

• Lu Xuan mastered the entry-level Sword Qi Thunder Sound and considered revealing his sword abilities at the next Sword Peak Competition.
• Lu Xuan inspected the mature Fifth Grade sword grasses, the rapidly maturing Sixth Grade Star Shifting Sun Changing Sword Grass, the growing Seventh Grade Free and Immeasurable Sword Grass, and the Primal Spirit Ginsengs.
• Bai Li Jian Qing brought Lu Xuan ten thousand Sword Seals from the shop, and Lu Xuan confirmed the amount.
• Bai Li Jian Qing told Lu Xuan he had reached Foundation Establishment Late Stage, crediting the Primal Spirit Ginseng Lu Xuan had given him.
• Lu Xuan gave Bai Li Jian Qing Green Condensation Dew and promised him another gift to support his advancement to Core Formation.

Lu Xuan reunited with Huo Liner, who described the dangers of guarding a distant blessed land and the perils beyond the sword sect’s reach. After Huo Liner left, Lu Xuan harvested a mature White Bone Killing Sword Grass and received the Sixth Grade Seven Kill Sword, adding a potent weapon to his collection.

• Lu Xuan gave Bai Li Jian Qing Spirit Brews, Sword Talismans, and other Treasures to take back to the shop, then reflected that recruiting more people had made his work easier.
• Huo Liner visited Lu Xuan after returning from a sect mission and congratulated him on his three First Class evaluations in the Sword Peak Competition.
• Huo Liner told Lu Xuan that rival factions had threatened the blessed land he guarded and warned him that dangerous, lawless places existed beyond the sword sect’s control.
• Lu Xuan harvested a mature Fifth Grade White Bone Killing Sword Grass from his Spirit Field.
• Lu Xuan opened the White Light Orb and received the Sixth Grade Seven Kill Sword, whose killing intent could disrupt opponents and stiffen their flesh and blood.

Lu Xuan harvested a Fifth Grade Primal Spirit Ginseng and gained the Primal Spirit Pill Elixir Recipe, then prepared to share his talisman-crafting knowledge with fellow disciples. The chapter ended as he welcomed the attendees to the exchange gathering and Ye Lingkong urged everyone to listen respectfully.

• Lu Xuan decided to sell ordinary flying swords and sword grasses, while saving the Seven Kill Sword to reward the Yangxuan Sword Sheath.
• Jin Zaigan and Ye Lingkong asked Lu Xuan to hold a talisman-crafting exchange gathering, and he agreed to discuss the sword talismans he knew.
• Lu Xuan harvested a Fifth Grade Primal Spirit Ginseng and received the Rank 5 Primal Spirit Pill Elixir Recipe from its light orb.
• Lu Xuan planned to gather more recipe experience and prepare for his Nascent Soul breakthrough.
• More than thirty disciples arrived for the gathering, and Ye Lingkong sat among them, asking them to treat Lu Xuan as a Talismans Dao Grandmaster.

Lu Xuan shared his sword talisman crafting knowledge with Still True Sword Peak cultivators. Meanwhile, Chen Qingshuang learned that her declining family might lose control of its mine and decided to seek help from Lu Xuan.

• Lu Xuan explained the crafting and control of several sword talismans, earning the gratitude of the Still True Sword Peak cultivators.
• Chen Yuqiu visited Chen Qingshuang and told her that the Zhang Family planned to seize the Chen Family's mine management rights.
• Chen Yuqiu explained that the Chen Family lacked the strength to compete with the rising Zhang Family and hoped to ask descendants of an ancestor's old friend for help.
• Chen Qingshuang remembered Lu Xuan's offer to help if she ever faced trouble and took out the Communication Talisman she had never used.
• Chen Qingshuang told Chen Yuqiu that she might have a way to help the clan.

Chen Qingshuang brought Chen Yuqiu to Lu Xuan to ask for help protecting the Chen Family’s mine from the Zhang Family, and Lu Xuan agreed to speak with them. After Wan Zhong summoned Zhang Xiao Zhi, Zhang realized the Chen Family had arrived with Lu Xuan’s backing and dreaded the consequences of his clan’s plans.

• Chen Yuqiu questioned Chen Qingshuang about Lu Xuan’s reputation and promise to help the Chen Family.
• Chen Yuqiu explained that the Zhang Family was trying to seize a mine traditionally managed by the Chen Family, and Lu Xuan agreed to intervene.
• Lu Xuan took Chen Qingshuang and Chen Yuqiu to Void Piercing Sword Peak to meet Zhang Xiao Zhi, but Wan Zhong intercepted them and invited them to his Cave Mansion.
• Wan Zhong summoned Zhang Xiao Zhi, who arrived and recognized Chen Yuqiu and Chen Qingshuang.
• Zhang Xiao Zhi realized why the Chen family members had come and feared the trouble his clan leader had brought upon him.

Lu Xuan helped resolve the dispute between the Chen and Zhang families over a mine, and Zhang Xiao Zhi promised the Zhang Family would apologize and make amends. Chen Yuqiu and Chen Qingshuang thanked Lu Xuan and offered him a reward, leaving him with a fifth-grade Jade Token connected to Chen Xiaobai.

• Wan Zhong introduced Lu Xuan’s business with Zhang Xiao Zhi, who confirmed his ties to the Chen Family.
• Lu Xuan raised the Zhang Family’s attempt to take the Chen Family’s mine, and Zhang Xiao Zhi promised to stop the encroachment and arrange an apology and compensation.
• Chen Yuqiu accepted Zhang Xiao Zhi’s assurances, ending the dispute, and Zhang Xiao Zhi left to inform his family.
• Chen Yuqiu and Chen Qingshuang thanked Lu Xuan at his cave mansion and offered him one hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones and Chen Xiaobai’s fifth-grade Jade Token.
• Lu Xuan declined the Spirit Stones but accepted the Jade Token as a keepsake.

Lu Xuan harvested a Thunder Sound Sword Grass and a Primal Spirit Ginseng, strengthening his sword ability and advancing his cultivation before revealing his Core Formation Completion realm to Yuan Rong. Yuan Rong congratulated him and offered guidance and support as he prepared to pursue the Nascent Soul Realm.

• Chen Yuqiu gave Lu Xuan a Fifth Grade Jade Token and promised the Chen Family would help him, and Lu Xuan planned to use the token to draw out the Sword Soul in Heart Sword Lake.
• Lu Xuan harvested a Fifth Grade Thunder Sound Sword Grass and gained deeper mastery of Sword Qi Thunder Sound, then tested its increased power on a boulder.
• Lu Xuan harvested a mature Fifth Grade Primal Spirit Ginseng and received fifty years of cultivation, bringing him closer to Nascent Soul.
• Lu Xuan told Yuan Rong that his cultivation had reached a critical juncture, and Yuan Rong sensed that he had attained Core Formation Completion.
• Lu Xuan explained his breakthrough by citing his cultivation routine and a bottle of fifth-grade Primal Spirit Pills from the Sword Master, and Yuan Rong offered to advise him about advancing to Nascent Soul.

After Lu Xuan revealed that he had reached Core Formation Completion, Ge Pu and Huo Liner congratulated him and discussed his prospects of advancing to Nascent Soul. Huo Liner planned to join the Sword Sect’s expedition to seize an Unknown Grotto-heaven, while Lu Xuan declined to go for now because of his duties on Still True Sword Peak.

• Yuan Rong praised Lu Xuan for supporting Still True Sword Peak and left with the Sword Talismans and Spirit Brew.
• News of Lu Xuan’s Core Formation Completion spread across the sword peak, and disciples came to congratulate him.
• Ge Pu and Huo Liner discussed Lu Xuan’s rapid cultivation and agreed that staying within the Sword Sect was a sound way to avoid dangerous pursuits.
• Ge Pu said he intended to enter Secluded Cultivation to attempt a breakthrough to Late Stage Core Formation.
• Huo Liner explained that the Sword Sect was assembling cultivators to occupy an Unknown Grotto-heaven, an Ancient Battlefield filled with dangers and unexplored ruins.
• Lu Xuan declined to join the expedition because he had tasks from the Sword Peak and wished Ge Pu, Huo Liner, and the other disciples success.

As the Sword Sect sent a vast force to conquer an Unknown Grotto-heaven, Lu Xuan stayed behind to tend his Spirit Plants and harvested two valuable treasures from mature Fifth Grade Sword Grasses. He finally induced a mutated Thousand Thunder Sword Grass spirit seed, which could grow into an Innate Sword Weapon with power approaching a Fifth Grade Flying Sword.

• The Sword Sect dispatched twelve Seventh Grade Giant Sword Boats and a large force of cultivators to conquer the Unknown Grotto-heaven, leaving the sect unusually quiet.
• Lu Xuan harvested a mature Fifth Grade Light Splitting Shadowing Sword Grass and obtained a Sixth Grade Primal Crystal Sword Embryo from its Light Orb.
• Lu Xuan harvested a mature Fifth Grade White Bone Killing Sword Grass and obtained a second Profound Cave Sword Tablet from its Light Orb.
• At Heart Sword Lake, Lu Xuan planted more than twenty Silver White Sword Grass spirit seeds in an effort to induce a mutated Thousand Thunder Sword Grass.
• Lu Xuan found a mutated Fourth Grade Thousand Thunder Sword Grass spirit seed that needed thunder-glow sword qi and could mature into an Innate Sword Weapon with power nearing a Fifth Grade Flying Sword.

Lu Xuan cultivated his spirit plants and beasts while waiting for his Mutated Thousand Thunder Sword Grass to grow, then harvested a Seventh Grade Zhou Tian Star Fighting Sword from a mature Star Shifting Sun Changing Sword Grass. The chapter left him with a powerful new sword and continued preparations to cultivate Primal Spirit Ginseng in batches.

• Lu Xuan stored two Mutated Spirit Seeds, then used the Seven Kill Sword and Thunder Sound Sword Qi to stimulate the Ancient Sword Sheath before leaving more seeds at Heart Sword Lake.
• Half a year later, Lu Xuan watched Thunder Dragon Howl fight the White Jade Sky Supporting Ape and noted that the rare beast was nearing its complete form.
• Lu Xuan harvested five mature Fifth Grade sword grasses and exchanged their rewards for twenty more Fifth Grade sword grass seeds.
• Lu Xuan inspected the two growing Mutated Thousand Thunder Sword Grasses and carefully monitored seven Primal Spirit Ginsengs as they condensed seeds.
• Two months later, Lu Xuan harvested the mature Sixth Grade Star Shifting Sun Changing Sword Grass and received the Seventh Grade Zhou Tian Star Fighting Sword.

Lu Xuan obtained a seventh-grade Zhou Tian Star Fighting Sword and continued teaching Sword Talismans while learning about the Unknown Grotto-heaven campaign. Three days later, Chen Bingxue of Hundred Crafts Sword Peak visited to ask Lu Xuan to investigate abnormal behavior among the Sword Xuan Hedgehogs.

• Lu Xuan harvested a sixth-grade Star Shifting Sun Changing Sword Grass and received a seventh-grade Zhou Tian Star Fighting Sword from its light orb.
• Lu Xuan hosted a Sword Talisman exchange meeting, and Ye Lingkong told him the Sword Master was searching for Nascent Soul Formation Spirit Objects for him.
• Ye Lingkong reported casualties and progress in the campaign to conquer the Unknown Grotto-heaven, while Lu Xuan pretended to regret not joining it.
• Three days later, Chen Bingxue asked Lu Xuan to help find the cause of the Sword Xuan Hedgehogs’ abnormal reactions.

Lu Xuan investigated why the Sword Xuan Hedgehogs had become aggressive and discovered that Corpse Fiend Qi from ancient swords was affecting them. He identified a Buddhist Treasure as the way to clear the qi and restore them, though the chapter ended before he tried the cure.

• Chen Bingxue explained that the Sword Xuan Hedgehogs had grown aggressive and asked Lu Xuan to investigate.
• Lu Xuan and Chen Bingxue met Xu Wenbai at Hundred Crafts Sword Peak, where the restrained Sword Xuan Hedgehogs were still behaving violently.
• Lu Xuan examined a Sword Xuan Hedgehog and found faint black threads at the bases of its sword blades.
• Lu Xuan fed a Fourth Grade Thousand Thunder Sword Grass to the creature and discovered that Corpse Fiend Qi from damaged ancient swords was driving the hedgehogs mad.
• Lu Xuan learned that a high-rank Buddhist Treasure could clear the Corpse Fiend Qi and remove the hedgehogs' Killing Intent.

Lu Xuan traced the Sword Xuan Hedgehogs’ aggression to Corpse Fiend Qi absorbed from ancient Flying Swords and recommended treating them with a high-grade Buddhist treasure. A Seventh Grade relic began fading the black lines on the hedgehogs’ blades, and Chen Bingxue sealed them away for continued treatment.

• Lu Xuan asked Xu Wenbai whether the Sword Xuan Hedgehogs had been fed broken Flying Swords from the Unknown Grotto-heaven, and Xu Wenbai confirmed they had.
• Lu Xuan explained that Corpse Fiend Qi from the ancient battlefield had combined with the hedgehogs’ killing intent, causing their temperaments to change and making them attack disciples.
• Lu Xuan recommended purifying the hedgehogs with a high-grade Buddhist treasure and then keeping them sealed while the remaining Killing Intent was gradually removed.
• Chen Bingxue sent for a Buddhist treasure, and Xu Wenbai gave Lu Xuan a Communication Talisman and promised him a favor if the treatment worked.
• A Bronze Mechanical Bird delivered a Seventh Grade relic borrowed by the Hundred Crafts Sword Master, and Chen Bingxue placed it near the hedgehogs’ blackened blades.
• Xu Wenbai noticed the black lines fading, and Chen Bingxue sealed the Sword Xuan Hedgehogs in the Stone Cave for continued treatment.

After helping Hundred Crafts Sword Peak cure its Sword Xuan Hedgehogs, Lu Xuan received a visit from Xu Wenbai, who brought gifts and a cultivation commission. The chapter ended with Lu Xuan accepting a Sword Tempering House and being offered payment to raise six Dark Steel Wood seedlings.

• Chen Bingxue thanked Lu Xuan for identifying and resolving the Corpse Fiend Qi affecting the Sword Xuan Hedgehogs, and said Xu Wenbai would visit him later.
• Lu Xuan discovered two more Mutated Spirit Seeds among his Thousand Thunder Sword Grass seeds and harvested twenty-six Spirit Seeds from seven Primal Spirit Ginseng.
• Xu Wenbai visited Lu Xuan and reported that the Sword Xuan Hedgehogs had nearly recovered.
• Xu Wenbai presented Lu Xuan with a Sword Tempering House, which could purify and strengthen Sword Qi around his Sword Grass.
• Xu Wenbai offered Lu Xuan six Sixth Grade Dark Steel Wood seedlings to cultivate and paid him two thousand Sword Seals upfront.

Lu Xuan planted six Dark Steel Wood seedlings for Hundred Crafts Sword Peak and later met with Huo Liner and Ge Pu to hear about the Unknown Grotto-heaven. On his way home, he met the Sword Xuan Hedgehog and realized its many blades might make it a perfect match for the Perverted Sword Sheath.

• Lu Xuan accepted Xu Wenbai's commission to cultivate six Dark Steel Wood seedlings and received two thousand Sword Seals.
• Lu Xuan planted the seedlings in his Spirit Field and used the Sword Tempering House to create a sword-qi growing ground for his sword grasses.
• Two months later, Lu Xuan visited Huo Liner and Ge Pu, who discussed Huo Liner's experiences in the Unknown Grotto-heaven.
• Lu Xuan encountered the recovered Sword Xuan Hedgehog, fed it sword grass, and discovered it could provide Gold-Iron sand and stone.
• Lu Xuan thought the Sword Xuan Hedgehog's many blades could suit the Perverted Sword Sheath, making the creature tremble uneasily.

Lu Xuan continued tending his sword grass and spirit ginseng before Sword Master Hai Zhen visited and gave him a rare treasure to aid his future Nascent Soul breakthrough. The chapter ended with Lu Xuan accepting the Thunder Marsh Divine Sand and being urged to advance soon.

• Lu Xuan fed sword grass to the Sword Xuan Hedgehog and returned to his Cave Mansion to enrich the Spirit Soil with gold-iron gravel.
• Lu Xuan inspected the sword grass growing inside the Sword Tempering Houses and noted that their Sword Qi had grown denser and purer.
• After three months, Lu Xuan found that twenty-six Primal Spirit Ginseng plants had sprouted and carefully cultivated them.
• Sword Master Hai Zhen visited Lu Xuan, praised his Core Formation Completion breakthrough, and said he would help him advance to Nascent Soul.
• Sword Master Hai Zhen gave Lu Xuan a Bright Yellow Gourd containing three taels of Thunder Marsh Divine Sand to help him withstand tribulation lightning.
• Lu Xuan accepted the gourd, and Sword Master Hai Zhen urged him to advance to Nascent Soul soon.