Recaps

Lu Xuan prepared a pill exchange to trade Turtle Crane Essence Elixirs for rare Spirit Seeds and Ripening Spirit Objects, then discovered an especially valuable Rank 8 Azure Sea Green Origin Tree among the offerings. The gathering left him eager to exchange for the reusable treasure.

• Jian Hai Zhen offered to support and preside over Lu Xuan's next Pill Exchange Gathering.
• Lu Xuan harvested twenty-two Heavenly Essence Fruits, gaining five Turtle Crane Essence Elixirs, seven Pill Recipe Experience Packs, and ten drops of Ten Thousand Year Spirit Milk, then refined twelve more pills.
• Lu Xuan asked Jian Hai Zhen to publicize a gathering for nine Turtle Crane Essence Elixirs and entered Secluded Cultivation to avoid visitors.
• Jian Hai Zhen opened the gathering, where eighteen Nascent Soul cultivators competed by offering treasures, with Ripening Spirit Objects given priority.
• Elder Zhou presented his Rank 8 Azure Sea Green Origin Tree, a reusable source of vitality, and Lu Xuan immediately took an interest in exchanging for it.

Lu Xuan traded his Turtle Crane Essence Elixirs for rare treasures, including the Azure Sea Green Origin Tree, Ten Thousand Year Cold Marrow Jade Dew, and Azure Emperor's Beard. After the exchange left desperate disciples empty-handed, Jian Hai Zhen warned Lu Xuan to be cautious, and Lu Xuan returned to his cave abode resolved to protect himself.

• Lu Xuan exchanged two Turtle Crane Essence Elixirs for the Azure Sea Green Origin Tree, which Senior Brother Zhou left in his care but could borrow when needed.
• Lu Xuan traded two Turtle Crane Essence Elixirs with Han Yu Feng for ten drops of Ten Thousand Year Cold Marrow Jade Dew, and she departed to cultivate a secret art.
• Lu Xuan gave Chen Shou Jing his remaining five Turtle Crane Essence Elixirs for the Rank 9 Azure Emperor's Beard.
• Lu Xuan announced that all nine elixirs had been exchanged and refused an old man's plea to make an exception; Jian Hai Zhen kept the disappointed disciples from causing trouble.
• Jian Hai Zhen warned Lu Xuan that some disappointed disciples might seek revenge, and Lu Xuan returned to his cave abode confident he could defend himself.

Lu Xuan used Ten Thousand Year Cold Marrow Jade Dew to mature a Nine Netherworld Yin Lotus, earning a Nine Netherworld Spring Eye, then accelerated the Evergreen Divine Wood’s growth and obtained its cultivation method and a Rank 8 Divine Wood Azure Kettle. After arranging for the Profound Limit Tree Mother to charge the kettle with Vegetation Spiritual Energy, he chose the Nine True Spirit Leaf as his next Rank 9 Spirit Plant to ripen.

• Lu Xuan matured and harvested the Nine Netherworld Yin Lotus with three drops of Ten Thousand Year Cold Marrow Jade Dew, then received a Nine Netherworld Spring Eye from its Light Orb.
• Lu Xuan placed the Spring Eye beside the Yellow Springs Undying Tree in the Netherworld Spirit Field to help nourish its Undying Fruit.
• Lu Xuan used the Azure Sea Green Origin Tree to accelerate the Evergreen Divine Wood and received the Evergreen Divine Method when it reached five hundred years.
• Lu Xuan continued ripening the Evergreen Divine Wood to a thousand years and obtained a Rank 8 Divine Wood Azure Kettle from its Light Orb.
• Lu Xuan asked the Profound Limit Tree Mother to infuse the kettle with Vegetation Spiritual Energy, and she agreed to help.
• Lu Xuan chose the Nine True Spirit Leaf as the Rank 9 Spirit Plant he would ripen next.