Recaps

Wen Qian announced and sold Lu Xuan’s rare Sixth Grade Azure Lotus Wine, which quickly became another treasured offering at the General Store. After reporting the successful sale, Wen Qian received a Saint Infant Pill and Lu Xuan’s promise to arrange a spirit land and personally protect his upcoming Core Formation breakthrough.

• Wen Qian introduced the Sixth Grade Azure Lotus Wine, described its effects, and announced that three portions would go on sale for 288,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones each.
• News of the wine spread through nearby cities, and Lu Xuan left the shop’s sales and inquiries to Wen Qian.
• The three portions sold immediately after cultivators drew purchase qualifications, attracting more than fifty Core Formation True Persons.
• Wen Qian reported the successful sale to Lu Xuan, who promised to supply more Azure Lotus Wine once Wen Qian reached Core Formation.
• Lu Xuan gave Wen Qian a Saint Infant Pill and offered to arrange a Core Formation spirit land and personally guard his breakthrough.

Lu Xuan shared Azure Lotus Wine with Li Xuanchen and revealed that he had cultivated a superior-quality Free and Immeasurable Sword Grass, asking Li to introduce him to disciples with high-grade Sword Grass seeds. Three months later, Lu Xuan harvested a Ten Thousand Refinements Spirit Wood and received the Heavenly Craft Wonders inheritance, which taught rare Artifact Refining methods.

• Li Xuanchen visited Lu Xuan to ask about the scarce Azure Lotus Wine, and Lu shared a bottle with him.
• Lu Xuan asked Li Xuanchen to help him find disciples whose high-grade Sword Grass seeds he could cultivate.
• Lu Xuan showed Li Xuanchen the superior-quality Free and Immeasurable Sword Grass he had matured, impressing him with his cultivation skill.
• Three months later, Lu Xuan harvested the mature Ten Thousand Refinements Spirit Wood and received a White Light Orb reward.
• The White Light Orb gave Lu Xuan the Heavenly Craft Wonders Jade Scroll, an inheritance of rare Artifact Refining methods.

Lu Xuan welcomed his returning disciples and noticed that Li Haotian and Chen Qingshuang had developed mutual affection, while Chen Qingshuang was nearing core formation. He harvested a Sixth Grade Heavenly Essence Fruit and obtained a Seventh Grade Turtle Crane Essence Elixir.

• Lu Xuan examined the artifact-refining knowledge in the Heavenly Craft Wonders and stored it in the Fangcun Book, considering a future exchange for a Rank 8 Spirit Seed.
• Li Haotian and Chen Qingshuang told Lu Xuan their journey had gone smoothly and thanked him for the Thousand Machines House; he noticed their growing closeness and realized Chen Qingshuang secretly liked Li Haotian.
• Mu Yuanping presented Lu Xuan with more than twenty Spirit Gathering Grass Orbs, and Lu Xuan praised him before testing all three disciples and recognizing their progress.
• Lu Xuan advised Chen Qingshuang to prepare for core formation and promised to protect her when she broke through.
• Lu Xuan refined Mu Yuanping's Spirit Gathering Grass Orbs and checked his stores of materials for using the Accelerated Ripening Technique again.
• Lu Xuan harvested a mature Sixth Grade Heavenly Essence Fruit and received a Seventh Grade Turtle Crane Essence Elixir from its White Light Orb.

Lu Xuan harvested Heavenly Origin Fruits and obtained Seventh Grade Turtle Crane Origin Elixirs before receiving a visit from Lin Beihai and Taiyi Alliance elder Wen Wuchen. Wen proposed investing in Lu Xuan’s shop, but Lu Xuan leaned toward refusing to preserve his longstanding ties with the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild.

• Lu Xuan harvested four Heavenly Origin Fruits, gained two Turtle Crane Origin Elixirs and two pill recipe experience packs, and collected twenty-two Spirit Seeds from six plants.
• Lin Beihai brought Wen Wuchen, an elder of the Taiyi Alliance, to meet Lu Xuan at his Cave Mansion.
• Wen Wuchen praised Lu Xuan’s Spirit Fruits and Spirit Brew, then offered the Taiyi Alliance’s channels and resources in exchange for a stake in his General Store.
• Lu Xuan explained that his cultivation took priority and asked Wen Wuchen whether he knew of Lu Xuan’s relationship with the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild.
• Wen Wuchen urged Lu Xuan to choose the Taiyi Alliance instead, but Lu Xuan defended the Merchant Guild and considered refusing the offer.

Lu Xuan declined Wen Wuchen’s invitation to join the Taiyi Alliance and later helped Wen Qian and Chen Qingshuang break through to Core Formation. Chen Qingshuang’s advancement gave the Chen family a new successor, and she returned to Lu Xuan to consolidate her realm while Chen Yuqiu remained at the Sword Sect.

• Lu Xuan politely refused Wen Wuchen’s offer to leave the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild, while deciding to ask the Treasure Pagoda Artifact Spirit about the Taiyi Alliance’s claims.
• More than a year later, Lu Xuan brought Wen Qian into a Spirit Gathering Array, where Wen Qian successfully advanced to Core Formation.
• Less than half a year afterward, Chen Qingshuang broke through to Core Formation and received congratulations from Lu Xuan, Li Haotian, and Mu Yuanping.
• Lu Xuan reminded Chen Qingshuang to tell Chen Yuqiu about her breakthrough, and she flew to the outer sect to find him.
• Chen Yuqiu rejoiced that the Chen family had a successor, urged Chen Qingshuang to serve Lu Xuan faithfully, and listened as she offered to show him the place where their old ancestor had lived.

Lu Xuan gave the Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros a third Turtle Crane Essence Elixir, extending its life and inspiring it to leave the Sword Sect in search of high-level spirit seeds. Half a year later, the Mu Family Head visited Lu Xuan and brought him a Seventh Grade Demon Pill to help ripen his Rank 8 Extreme Saint Demon Fruit.

• Lu Xuan visited the Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros and gave it a third Turtle Crane Essence Elixir, which extended its lifespan by more than eighty years.
• The Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros thanked Lu Xuan and decided to leave the Sword Sect to search for high-level spirit seeds.
• After instructing Lu Xuan to care for the Thunder Hǒu Beast Clan, the Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros departed into the void.
• Half a year later, the Mu Family Head visited Lu Xuan and congratulated him on reaching the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.
• The Mu Family Head presented Lu Xuan with a Seventh Grade Demon Pill containing a Four-Winged Demon Tiger, a treasure Lu Xuan needed to supply demonic qi for ripening his Rank 8 Extreme Saint Demon Fruit.

Lu Xuan used a Demon Pill and spiritual resources to ripen the Rank 8 Extreme Saint Demon Fruit while harvesting his Primal Spirit Ginseng. The fruit matured and yielded a Rank 9 Ghost Carriage Remnant Soul, which could become a powerful treasure’s artifact spirit or transform a Ghost Carriage descendant.

• Lu Xuan asked the Mu Family Head about the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild’s relationship with the Taiyi Alliance and learned that the guild sometimes clashed with the stronger alliance.
• Lu Xuan directed the Listening Wind Beast to use the Demon Pill’s demonic power to nourish the Extreme Saint Demon Fruit.
• After five months, Lu Xuan harvested more than forty mature Primal Spirit Ginseng and received Light Orb rewards, including pills, cultivation, and alchemy experience.
• Lu Xuan kept thirty Primal Spirit Ginseng plants to produce seeds, which yielded ninety-eight seeds over the following half year.
• Lu Xuan used three drops of Azure Essence Spiritual Liquid to finish ripening the Extreme Saint Demon Fruit and harvested it.
• The fruit’s Light Orb gave Lu Xuan a Rank 9 Ghost Carriage Remnant Soul with the potential to become an artifact spirit or empower a descendant with Ghost Carriage bloodline.

Lu Xuan gave the Rank 8 Extreme Saint Demon Fruit to the Flowing Light Spirit Crane and Listening Wind Beast, then tended his spirit plants and cultivated. Zhou Yuanshan visited to ask him to cultivate a Seventh Grade Netherworld Blood Transformation Sword Grass, and Lu Xuan agreed to try.

• Lu Xuan stored the Rank 9 Ghost Carriage Remnant Soul and split the Extreme Saint Demon Fruit between the Listening Wind Beast and Flowing Light Spirit Crane to help them break through.
• Lu Xuan inspected his spirit plants, nurtured the Fangcun Wood, and cultivated techniques and divine abilities in his Cave Mansion.
• Zhou Yuanshan of Void Piercing Sword Peak visited Lu Xuan and offered him Spirit Fruits and Spirit Brew.
• Zhou Yuanshan explained that he had obtained a Seventh Grade Netherworld Blood Transformation Sword Grass Spirit Seed and asked Lu Xuan to cultivate it.
• Lu Xuan said he had comprehended a similar Sword Art and agreed to help cultivate the sword grass.

Lu Xuan accepted Zhou Yuanshan’s request to cultivate a Seventh Grade Netherworld Blood Transformation Sword Grass and visited the aging Fire God Ape at Fire God Palace with gifts of Spirit Fruits and Spirit Brews. He left reflecting on the declining lifespans of the Fire God Ape and Old Sword Flood Dragon, resolved to avoid the same fate through Light Orbs.

• Lu Xuan accepted thirty High-Grade Spirit Stones from Zhou Yuanshan and planted the Netherworld Blood Transformation Sword Grass Spirit Seed in his sword grass Spirit Field.
• Lu Xuan sent his main body into the Personal Space and traveled as the White Lotus Avatar to Fire God Palace to visit the Fire God Ape.
• Yan Liuchuan welcomed Lu Xuan and guided him through the Array Formations and Restrictions to the Fire God Ape’s recuperation grounds.
• Lu Xuan greeted the Fire God Ape, shared news of Old Sword Flood Dragon, and presented Spirit Fruits, Spirit Brews, and five bottles of Azure Lotus Wine.
• The Fire God Ape praised the Azure Lotus Wine and asked Lu Xuan to bring more next time, promising to save suitable Spirit Seeds for him.
• Lu Xuan saw the Fire God Ape resting in its nest and thought of Old Sword Flood Dragon’s confinement, then resolved not to decline into such a state.

After visiting the Fire God Ape and the Old Sword Flood Dragon, Lu Xuan returned to his cultivation space and harvested the last Fangcun Wood. The harvest rewarded him with the Rank 8 special treasure, the Little Dijiang Bag.

• Lu Xuan entertained the Fire God Ape with its favorite Spirit Fruits and Spirit Brews, then carried its teasing challenge to the Old Sword Flood Dragon.
• Lu Xuan returned to the Sword Sect and visited the Old Sword Flood Dragon, bringing it Still True Sword Liquid and a message from the Fire God Ape.
• Lu Xuan checked on his Spirit Beasts and Thunder Attribute Spirit Plants in the Personal Space, noting the growth of the Flowing Light Spirit Crane and Listening Wind Beast and the Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros's continued absence.
• Lu Xuan harvested the mature Seventh Grade Fangcun Wood and received the Rank 8 special treasure, the Little Dijiang Bag.

Lu Xuan received the eighth drop of True Spirit Essence Blood from the Treasure Pagoda Artifact Spirit and discussed ways to speed up the Nine True Spirit Leaf’s growth. The Artifact Spirit also praised Lu Xuan for refusing the Taiyi Alliance and promised to deal with its attempt to recruit him.

• Lu Xuan learned that the Little Dijiang Bag was a rare Rank 8 spatial treasure and stored it with his Fangcun Wood inside the Fangcun Book.
• After half a year, Mu Heng summoned Lu Xuan to the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild, where he met the Treasure Pagoda Artifact Spirit.
• The Artifact Spirit gave Lu Xuan Celestial Fox Essence Blood, the eighth type needed for the Nine True Spirit Leaf.
• Lu Xuan asked the Artifact Spirit to find Rank 8 Ripening Spirit Objects and more Fangcun Wood seeds, but the Artifact Spirit had no seeds to offer.
• The Artifact Spirit approved of Lu Xuan refusing Wen Wuchen’s offer to cooperate with the Taiyi Alliance and vowed to teach the Alliance a lesson.

Lu Xuan cultivated his high-grade spirit plants in his Personal Space while waiting for the Flowing Light Spirit Crane to break through. After surviving its thunder tribulation with some help from Lu Xuan, the crane advanced to Rank 7, leaving Lu Xuan eyeing the Light Orb it had produced.

• Lu Xuan fed Celestial Fox Essence Blood to the Nine True Spirit Leaf, then tended the Profound Yellow Tree, Void Containing Immortal Vine, and True Qi Mysterious Gourd.
• Five years passed as Lu Xuan cultivated in the Sword Sect Cave Mansion, and he learned that Senior Artifact Spirit had provoked a costly conflict for the Taiyi Alliance.
• A thunder tribulation formed around the Flowing Light Spirit Crane in Lu Xuan's Personal Space, and the crane endured the lightning with help from the Extreme Saint Demon Fruit's residual power.
• Lu Xuan used the Divine Firmament Heavenly Thunder to absorb part of the crane's final three thunderbolts, helping it survive the tribulation.
• The Flowing Light Spirit Crane advanced to Rank 7, thanked Lu Xuan, and he noticed a White Light Orb at the center of the vortex.

Lu Xuan received the Sun Chasing Bow after the Flowing Light Spirit Crane advanced, tested its power, and set out for the Cloud Void Domain to seek treasures for his Spirit Beasts. He reached Heavenly Star Pavilion and entered Thunder Fire Star Cave, wondering how Hong Qinghai was doing.

• Lu Xuan received the Rank 8 Sun Chasing Bow, refined it, and blasted most of a distant mountain peak apart with one arrow.
• Lu Xuan considered seeking wind-attribute treasures at Profound Wind Star Cave and planned to visit Azure Wood Star Cave and his old acquaintances in the Cloud Void Domain.
• Lu Xuan prepared his Cave Mansion, left the Sword Sect aboard the Giant Sword Boat, and used the Little Dijiang Bag to calm a spatial turbulence.
• Lu Xuan arrived at Heavenly Star Pavilion, entered Thunder Fire Star Cave, and recalled his years living there before wondering about Hong Qinghai.

Lu Xuan returned to his former Cave Mansion in Thunder Fire Star Cave and reunited with Hong Qinghai and Daoist Mu after decades apart. He learned that old acquaintances had died or disappeared, then offered Daoist Mu rare treasures to extend his life, which Daoist Mu hesitated to accept.

• Lu Xuan returned to his empty but well-maintained Cave Mansion and found that Hong Qinghai had been cleaning it while continuing to manage the shop.
• Hong Qinghai told Lu Xuan that he had reached Foundation Establishment Late Stage and perfected his cultivation, and Lu Xuan gave him a Pure Yang Golden Lotus Seed and Spirit Marvelous Soul Nourishing Tea leaves.
• Daoist Mu visited Lu Xuan, and they drank Azure Lotus Wine while discussing Daoist Mu's dwindling lifespan and the fates of their old acquaintances.
• Daoist Mu told Lu Xuan that Guo Bingqiu and Jade Forest Rogue Cultivator had died, while Daoist Ye Xuanyin had disappeared after offending a Nascent Soul True Lord.
• Lu Xuan offered Daoist Mu a Heavenly Essence Fruit and a Turtle Crane Essence Elixir to extend his lifespan, but Daoist Mu hesitated because the treasures were so valuable.

Lu Xuan gave Daoist Mu a Turtle Crane Essence Elixir and traveled with Thunder Fire True Lord to obtain Gen Kun Wu Earth and seek wind-attributed treasures. Profound Wind True Lord offered him a quasi-Seventh Grade Wind Master Lantern for raising a high-rank wind-attributed Spirit Beast.

• Lu Xuan gave Daoist Mu a Turtle Crane Essence Elixir and warned him to keep it secret.
• Thunder Fire True Lord visited Lu Xuan, learned what treasures he was seeking, and offered to help him.
• Thunder Fire True Lord accompanied Lu Xuan to Wu Earth Star Cave, where Wu Earth True Lord gave him one thousand catties of Gen Kun Wu Earth at a favorable price.
• Thunder Fire True Lord brought Lu Xuan to Profound Wind Star Cave and introduced him to Profound Wind True Lord.
• Profound Wind True Lord offered Lu Xuan a quasi-Seventh Grade Wind Master Lantern.

Lu Xuan received a Wind Master Lantern and a rare Seventh Grade wind-attribute Spirit Seed from Profound Wind True Lord after exchanging gifts with her. He identified the seed as Burning Wheel Grass and set out to visit Profound Limit Tree Mother in the Tree Realm for help cultivating it.

• Profound Wind True Lord explained the Wind Master Lantern and gifted it to Lu Xuan, who planned to use it to help his Listening Wind Beast advance.
• Lu Xuan gave Profound Wind True Lord Azure Lotus Wine and Spirit Marvelous Soul Nourishing Tea leaves, and she reciprocated with an unidentified Seventh Grade wind-attribute Spirit Seed.
• Lu Xuan visited Jade Forest Rogue Cultivator’s former Cave Mansion and confirmed that the cultivator had died and the residence had been rented to someone else.
• Lu Xuan planted the Spirit Seed and learned that it was Burning Wheel Grass, a rare Seventh Grade Spirit Plant cultivated in a wind cave.
• Lu Xuan decided to seek an eighth-grade maturation Treasure from Profound Limit Tree Mother and brought several Little Tree Nymphs with him to the Tree Realm.

Lu Xuan visited the Profound Limit Tree Mother in the Tree Realm and discovered that she was badly wounded by a powerful demon. He used the Myriad Wood Spring Birth Seal to purge the demonic energy and restore her, leaving her grateful.

• Lu Xuan entered the Tree Realm with the Little Tree Nymphs and greeted the Profound Limit Tree Mother.
• The Profound Limit Tree Mother praised Lu Xuan for raising the Little Tree Nymphs to Rank 5 and accepted his Spirit Fruits and Spirit Brews.
• Lu Xuan sensed that the Profound Limit Tree Mother was injured, and she explained that a high-grade demon had wounded her and that forces in Central Province were taking advantage of her condition.
• Lu Xuan used the Myriad Wood Spring Birth Seal to remove the demonic energy from the Profound Limit Tree Mother's body.
• The Profound Limit Tree Mother recovered and solemnly thanked Lu Xuan.

Lu Xuan healed the Profound Limit Tree Mother and offered to help her fend off the Nascent Soul Cultivators threatening her. In return, she gave him Rank 8 Profound Natural Secret Qi, and Lu Xuan began probing whether she would consider leaving the Azure Wood Star Cave.

• Lu Xuan used the Myriad Wood Spring Birth Seal to remove the root of the Profound Limit Tree Mother's injury, then offered to help protect her while she recovered.
• Lu Xuan displayed several powerful Exotic Treasures, convincing the Profound Limit Tree Mother that he could help face her enemies.
• Lu Xuan asked for Rank 8 Ripening Spirit Objects, and the Profound Limit Tree Mother gave him Profound Natural Secret Qi as payment for healing her and lending his aid.
• Lu Xuan asked whether the Profound Limit Tree Mother had ever considered moving elsewhere, hoping to draw her into his Personal Space.

Lu Xuan agreed to shelter the Profound Limit Tree Mother and the Tree Realm’s Grass and Wood Monsters in his Personal Space after reaching the Nascent Soul Late Stage. When seven Nascent Soul cultivators invaded, Lu Xuan and the Tree Mother fought back, trapping and attacking several of them.

• The Profound Limit Tree Mother agreed to move into Lu Xuan’s Personal Space with the Grass and Wood Monsters once he reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage, in exchange for shelter and help with his needs.
• Lu Xuan stayed in the Tree Realm to confront the seven Nascent Soul cultivators who arrived through a crack in the sky, while the Profound Limit Tree Mother focused on their Nascent Soul Late Stage leader.
• The invaders split up after the Tree Realm’s formation separated them, and the Profound Limit Tree Mother’s five-colored flames burned away most of the bald cultivator’s Four-Winged Black Worms.
• Lu Xuan used the Zhou Tian Star Fighting Sword Formation to trap a pair of Nascent Soul Early Stage sword cultivators.
• Lu Xuan struck a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Body Tempering cultivator with the Five Thunder Lock Immortal Bracelet and a silver-white arrow, badly damaging his dharma manifestation.
• An aged voice warned the other invaders to be careful.

After helping the Profound Limit Tree Mother repel the invading cultivators, Lu Xuan traveled to the Eastern Wasteland to revisit the former Heaven Sword Sect. He found the sect’s old territory overrun by demons and monsters and prepared to clear them out with thunder.

• The seven invading cultivators withdrew after learning the Profound Limit Tree Mother had recovered and recognizing Lu Xuan’s connection to the Profound Cave Sword Sect.
• The Profound Limit Tree Mother thanked Lu Xuan, who then left the Tree Realm and decided to visit the Heaven Sword Sect’s former territory.
• Lu Xuan traveled through Heavenly Star Grotto to the Eastern Wasteland and observed its demon-tainted wilderness and battle-hardened cultivators.
• Lu Xuan revisited Sword Gate Town, remembered meeting Bai Li Jian Qing there, and flew to the ruined Heaven Sword Sect.
• Lu Xuan revealed himself above the sect, drew the attention of its demons and monsters, and unleashed thunder to begin clearing them out.

Lu Xuan returned to the Eastern Wasteland, destroyed the demons and monsters at Heaven Sword Sect’s ruins, and dismantled Langyue Blessed Land to collect its source spiritual energy for his Ninth Grade Profound Yellow Tree. He then searched for old acquaintances and met East Pole High Lord in Demon Suppression City, where he explained why he had come.

• Lu Xuan annihilated the demons and monsters at Heaven Sword Sect’s old site and recalled his years there.
• Lu Xuan restored the transmission Array Formation, entered Langyue Blessed Land, and collected its source spiritual energy after dismantling it.
• Lu Xuan found that the other two blessed lands were either missing or had merged into the void, then visited the ruins of Vast Forest Market.
• Lu Xuan traveled to Demon Suppression City and introduced himself to East Pole High Lord, who welcomed him inside.
• Lu Xuan told East Pole High Lord that he had once been a Heaven Sword Sect disciple and had returned to seek old friends or their descendants.

Lu Xuan discovered that the Azure Cloud Token in He Guangzong’s possession had belonged to his old friend He Shichang, and offered He Guangzong a choice between aid in Demon Suppression City and joining him on his travels. He Guangzong chose to follow Lu Xuan.

• Lu Xuan declined East Pole High Lord’s offer of help and searched Demon Suppression City for old acquaintances’ descendants.
• Lu Xuan spotted an Azure Cloud Token in He Guangzong’s home and recognized it as a token he had once given to He Shichang.
• He Guangzong explained that the token was his family heirloom, and Lu Xuan confirmed that he had given it to He Shichang long ago.
• Lu Xuan offered He Guangzong treasures to remain in Demon Suppression City or the chance to travel with him and receive his guidance.
• He Guangzong chose to serve at Lu Xuan’s side.

Lu Xuan returned to the Profound Cave Sword Sect with He Guangzong and arranged for him to stay at his shop under Wen Qian’s care. Back in his Cave Mansion, Lu Xuan reviewed his gains from the Cloud Void Domain and resumed tending his Spirit Plants.

• Lu Xuan brought He Guangzong to Sword Abyss City and left him in Wen Qian’s care while he considered whether to take him into the sect later.
• Lu Xuan returned to Still True Sword Peak, where the White Ape reported on visitors and handed him their jade slips.
• Lu Xuan reviewed his Cloud Void Domain gains, including the Wind Master Lantern, Burning Wheel Grass, and Profound Natural Secret Qi from the Profound Limit Tree Mother.
• Lu Xuan inspected his mature Primal Spirit Ginsengs and Heavenly Essence Fruit, planning to use them and Essence of Life to help elderly cultivators extend their lives.
• Lu Xuan checked his sword-grass Spirit Plants and wondered what treasure the Rank 8 Silent Extinction Sword Grass would produce when it matured.

After returning to his Personal Space and tending its treasures and Spirit Plants, Lu Xuan learned that the Profound Cave Sword Sect would soon select a new True Inheritor Sword Child. He agreed to represent Still True Sword Peak and compete, especially eager for access to high-grade sword grass spirit seeds in the Profound Cave Realm.

• Lu Xuan nurtured the Profound Yellow Tree with source aura, gave the Wind Master Lantern to the Listening Wind Beast, and planted Burning Wheel Grass in his Personal Space.
• Sword Master Hai Zhen visited Lu Xuan and asked about his sword cultivation, then invited him to compete for the position of True Inheritor Sword Child.
• Sword Master Hai Zhen explained that Lu Xuan’s cultivation, sword-path attainments, and contributions gave him strong chances in the selection.
• Lu Xuan agreed to represent Still True Sword Peak and prepare for the selection, which would take place in several years.

Lu Xuan tended the spirit plants in his Personal Space and learned that Mu Yuanping had condensed a Fourth Grade Vegetation Spirit Orb. He gave his disciple three Primal Spirit Pills and promised to protect him when he advanced to Core Formation.

• Lu Xuan harvested rewards from mature Primal Spirit Ginseng and collected 106 seeds while nurturing the still-unripe Heavenly Essence Fruit.
• Lu Xuan worried that the Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros had not returned from the void after more than ten years, then checked his Thunder Attribute Spirit Plants and caught the elusive Flying Thunder Ganoderma King.
• Lu Xuan inspected the improved Sixth Grade Five Elements Illusion Fruit and Pure Yang Golden Lotus, then planted sword grass in the Immeasurable Sword Prison.
• Mu Yuanping presented Lu Xuan with more than a hundred Spirit Gathering Grass Orbs and a Fourth Grade Vegetation Spirit Orb he had condensed.
• Lu Xuan advised Mu Yuanping to prioritize cultivation, gave him three Primal Spirit Pills, and offered to protect him during his Core Formation advancement.