Recaps

Lu Xuan visited Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion in Sword Gate Town to sell Spirit Plants and found a Grievance Soul Bell filled with Yin Soul Grudges. He bought it to awaken the Ghost Face Stone Mushroom.

• Lu Xuan went to Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion and sold one hundred and fifty Spirit Firefly Grass for five hundred and eighty Spirit Stones.
• Lu Xuan sold two Good Grade Clear and Wonderful Spirit Tea Leaves for one hundred Spirit Stones each.
• Lu Xuan asked the pavilion about Yin Soul-type Magic Tools, and the old man showed him a Second Grade Grievance Soul Bell holding hundreds to over a thousand Yin Soul Grudges.
• Lu Xuan bought the Grievance Soul Bell for two hundred and thirty Spirit Stones so he could use its Yin Soul Grudges to awaken the Ghost Face Stone Mushroom.

Lu Xuan bought a rare soul Magic Tool, discounted Flying Swords, and Demon Beast Meat at Blue Stone Plaza before discovering that a strange bone was a Third Grade Thorn Bone Spirit Seed. He learned that it needed the essence of corpses to grow and became eager to acquire it.

• Lu Xuan left the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion with the Second Grade Grievance Soul Bell and more than two thousand Spirit Stones.
• Lu Xuan bargained for ten battered First Grade Flying Swords and bought nearly fifty pounds of Demon Beast Meat at Rogue Cultivator stalls.
• Lu Xuan noticed a dispute over a strange White Bone that the One-Eyed Middle-Aged Cultivator claimed was a Spirit Seed.
• Lu Xuan pretended to plant the White Bone and learned it was a Third Grade Thorn Bone Spirit Plant that absorbed corpse essence and could be used to refine high-grade puppets and certain Evil Magical Artifacts.

Lu Xuan rented a Small Courtyard in Sword Gate Town to cultivate the sinister Ghost Face Stone Mushrooms and Thorn Bone away from the Heaven Sword Sect. After awakening the mushrooms and feeding the Thorn Bone, he returned to his cave abode and checked on his pets and Spirit Field.

• Lu Xuan haggled with a stall owner and bought a Third Grade Thorn Bone Spirit Seed for one hundred and twenty Spirit Stones.
• Lu Xuan rented a Small Courtyard, installed a Second Grade Protective Array, and planted the five sleeping Ghost Face Stone Mushrooms and the Thorn Bone.
• Lu Xuan crushed Grievance Souls and spread their fragments over the Ghost Face Stone Mushrooms, awakening them, then placed fresh Demon Beast skeletons beside the Thorn Bone so it could absorb their essence.
• Lu Xuan left fifty Grievance Souls and more Demon Beast skeletons in the Small Courtyard, activated its Array Formation, and returned to his cave abode.
• The Wind Falcon Chick landed on Lu Xuan's shoulder, and he fed it and the Cloud Stepping Lynx before inspecting his flourishing Spirit Field.

Lu Xuan tended his Spirit Plants before meeting Si Nong Hall’s Hall Master Shen Ye, who tested his sword art and questioned him about cultivating Sword Grass. Shen Ye gave him two Sword Grass Spirit Seeds and promised that successfully raising them could earn him admission as an Inner Sect Disciple and help with Foundation Establishment.

• Lu Xuan supported the Sword Nurturing Gourd with an abandoned flying sword, cared for his other Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts, and guided fifty Spirit Firefly Grasses to form seeds.
• Xia Chen summoned Lu Xuan to Si Nong Hall after Shen Ye became interested in his ability to cultivate Sword Grass.
• Shen Ye tested Lu Xuan’s sword art and confirmed his Grandmaster Realm Gold Metal Swordplay, then questioned him about Sword Grass cultivation.
• Shen Ye gave Lu Xuan two Sword Grass Spirit Seeds and a message talisman, promising sect recognition and help with Foundation Establishment if Lu Xuan raised both plants successfully.

Lu Xuan planted two Sword Grass seeds, continued tending his Spirit Plants and raising flood dragons, and accepted a task to treat a sick Flame Fruit. He met the task’s owner, Chen Shijie, who welcomed him with an assortment of Spirit Fruits before showing him the plant.

• Lu Xuan planted two Sword Grass Spirit Seeds and infused them with Geng Metal Sword Qi.
• Two First Grade Giant Python Different Boas advanced to Second Grade, earning Lu Xuan twenty Sword Seals, while a Two-Headed Flood Dragon trained for a possible breakthrough.
• Xu Shaoze invited Lu Xuan to join a group clearing evil spirits, but Lu Xuan declined and chose a Spirit Plant treatment task instead.
• Lu Xuan accepted the Flame Fruit treatment task and traveled to Wangbei Peak to meet Chen Shijie.
• Chen Shijie welcomed Lu Xuan into her courtyard and served him several Spirit Fruits before he inspected the Flame Fruit.

Lu Xuan examined Chen Shijie's failing Second Grade Flame Fruit and discovered that it had mutated after growing in a Yin Fire environment. He explained that ordinary Fire-Type Techniques could no longer nourish it, and Chen Shijie confirmed where she had found it.

• Lu Xuan inspected the Flame Fruit and found no insect damage or obvious problems with its branches, leaves, or growing conditions.
• After learning Chen Shijie had found the plant in a Secret Realm and transplanted it, Lu Xuan asked to pull it from the soil and examine its roots.
• Lu Xuan noticed the roots felt warm and cool instead of faintly burning, then replanted the Flame Fruit and used his ability to identify its condition.
• Lu Xuan learned that the Flame Fruit had absorbed Yin Fire and now needed unusual Yin Fire rather than ordinary Fire-Type Techniques.
• Lu Xuan told Chen Shijie that the Flame Fruit must have grown in a Yin Fire environment, and she confirmed that it had.

Lu Xuan healed Chen Shijie's Flame Fruit with a Yin Flame Talisman and earned Sword Seals and Spirit Fruits. Back in his cave abode, he tended his Spirit Field and harvested a Crab Spirit Paste reward from a mature Iron Pincer Crab, which he prepared to share with his pets.

• Lu Xuan explained that Chen Shijie's Flame Fruit needed nourishment from a Yin Fire-type spirit flame, and her Yin Flame Talisman restored it to health.
• Chen Shijie rewarded Lu Xuan with thirty Sword Seals and gave him a pile of Spirit Fruits.
• Lu Xuan collected nearly five hundred Spirit Firefly Grass seeds, kept some, and planted two hundred in his Spirit Field.
• A month later, Lu Xuan surveyed his growing Spirit Plants and spotted a White Light Orb beneath a stone in the Spirit Spring.
• Lu Xuan claimed a Second Grade Crab Spirit Paste reward from the mature Iron Pincer Crab, then had the Grass Puppet restrain it and the Cloud Stepping Lynx place it in a pot to cook.
• Lu Xuan lifted the pot lid to reveal the cooked crab as the Cloud Stepping Lynx and Wind Falcon Chick eagerly awaited the meal.

Lu Xuan hosted Bai Li Jian Qing for a crab feast and learned about the Azure Sandalwood Gathering, where cultivators traded rare treasures. Three days later, Bai Li Jian Qing brought him to the gathering, where Lu Xuan was welcomed at the entrance.

• A mysterious Pure White Luan Bird slipped through Lu Xuan’s Second Grade Mist Concealing Formation, ate some crab meat, and departed without disturbing it.
• Lu Xuan invited Bai Li Jian Qing to a feast and asked about gatherings where sect cultivators exchanged treasures.
• Bai Li Jian Qing explained the private Azure Sandalwood Gathering and offered to take Lu Xuan to its next meeting in three days.
• Lu Xuan decided he might trade Clear and Wonderful Spirit Tea Leaves and a Second Grade Dark Marrow Mushroom for Spirit Seeds or a method to condense them.
• Bai Li Jian Qing took Lu Xuan by flying boat to the gathering, where he introduced him to the cultivator guarding the courtyard entrance.

Lu Xuan attended the Azure Sandalwood Gathering, exchanged a Clear and Wonderful Spirit Tea Leaf for a complete second-grade Armored Ox skeleton, and then offered his remaining spirit herbs in search of spirit seeds or Spirit Seed Condensation Methods. His offer drew the gathering’s attention, but the chapter ended before anyone responded.

• Bai Li Jian Qing introduced Lu Xuan to the gathered cultivators, then left him to socialize alone in a courtyard corner.
• A Foundation Establishment Cultivator explained the gathering’s rules and opened the treasure exchange, where cultivators traded items such as spirit ores and magic tools.
• Lu Xuan exchanged one Clear and Wonderful Spirit Tea Leaf for a middle-aged cultivator’s complete second-grade Armored Ox skeleton, which he wanted to use to cultivate the Thorn Bone.
• Lu Xuan presented his remaining fourteen Clear and Wonderful Spirit Tea Leaves and a Dark Marrow Mushroom, seeking spirit seeds or Spirit Seed Condensation Methods.
• The gathering’s cultivators were astonished by Lu Xuan’s superior-grade tea leaves and rare second-grade Dark Marrow Mushroom.

Lu Xuan traded Clear and Wonderful Spirit Tea Leaves for Ice Luo Fruit Spirit Seeds and a Second Grade Pill Furnace, then agreed to exchange his Dark Marrow Mushroom and three more tea leaves for a strange spirit tree covered in eyes. He left with the unknown tree, which the seller claimed was at least Third Grade and not an Evil Spirit.

• Lu Xuan exchanged two Clear and Wonderful Spirit Tea Leaves, including one Superior Grade leaf, for four Second Grade Ice Luo Fruit Spirit Seeds.
• A young cultivator traded Lu Xuan a Second Grade Pill Furnace for two Superior Grade Clear and Wonderful Spirit Tea Leaves.
• A descendant of a Core Formation Elder showed Lu Xuan a half-foot-tall spirit tree with dozens of pupils across its trunk.
• The young cultivator offered the strange tree for Lu Xuan's Dark Marrow Mushroom and three Clear and Wonderful Spirit Tea Leaves, and Lu Xuan agreed.

Lu Xuan traded for a strange tree and discovered it was a dangerous Fourth Grade Hundred Eyed Treant, then planted Ice Luo Fruit seeds and successfully refined Essence Nurturing Pills. He planned to move the Treant to his rented courtyard in Sword Gate Town and looked forward to gaining more pill recipes from Spirit Plants.

• Lu Xuan exchanged Clear and Wonderful Spirit Tea Leaves and a Dark Marrow Mushroom for a Second Grade Armored Ox skeleton, Ice Luo Fruit seeds, a Pill Furnace, and a strange little tree.
• Lu Xuan planted four Ice Luo Fruit Spirit Seeds and nourished them with ice-mist spiritual power.
• Lu Xuan identified the strange tree as a Fourth Grade Hundred Eyed Treant that needed fresh Demon Beast eyes and could harm cultivators who stared at it too long.
• Lu Xuan decided to move the Hundred Eyed Treant to his rented Small Courtyard in Sword Gate Town.
• Lu Xuan used his Essence Nurturing Pill Recipe Experience Packs to refine five good-quality Essence Nurturing Pills on his first attempt.

Yao Shijie invited Lu Xuan to help investigate an insect infestation at a spirit plant garden, and he agreed after hearing it was nearby and safe. Before setting out, Lu Xuan returned to his courtyard, tended his unusual spirit plants, and planted a fourth-grade Hundred Eyed Treant.

• Yao Shijie invited Lu Xuan to join her in solving an insect infestation at a Foundation Establishment martial uncle’s Spirit Plant Garden, and Lu Xuan agreed after she addressed his safety concerns.
• Two days later, Lu Xuan and Yao Shijie arrived at Sword Gate Town with another Qi Refining Stage 9 cultivator and arranged to meet beneath the Stone Sword after making preparations.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Small Courtyard and found that the Ghost Face Stone Mushrooms had consumed most of the Yin Soul Grudge he had left behind.
• Lu Xuan released more Yin Soul Grudge for the Ghost Face Stone Mushrooms and nourished the Thorn Bone with the skeleton of an Armored Ox.
• Lu Xuan planted a fourth-grade Hundred Eyed Treant and fed it a Demonic Beast Eye, sensing its satisfaction as his courtyard took on a more sinister appearance.

Yao Shijie, Lu Xuan, and Yan Ping visited the Zhang Family on Star Luo Lake to investigate Strange Insects damaging its Water Marsh Spirit Peaches. After meeting the family and seeing its promising young cultivators, they entered the Spirit Plant Garden and began inspecting the infestation.

• Yao Shijie explained the Zhang Family's ties to the Heaven Sword Sect as their Flying Boat Magical Artifact arrived at the family’s island.
• Zhang Yutang welcomed the visitors with a meal of rare spirit fish and introduced Cheng Xin and Cheng Ning as promising young cultivators.
• Yao Shijie gave Cheng Xin and Cheng Ning First-grade Magic Tools and encouraged them to enter the Heaven Sword Sect.
• Zhang Yutang led Lu Xuan, Yao Shijie, and Yan Ping to the Water Marsh Spirit Peach garden and described the recurring Strange Insect infestation.
• Lu Xuan, Yao Shijie, and Yan Ping split up to inspect the Spirit Plants and identify the Strange Insects.

Lu Xuan captured a Mimicry Bug parasitizing the Zhang Family’s Water Marsh Spirit Peaches and learned how it concealed itself and fed. He returned to the others with the infestation’s cause still unresolved, suspecting the unusually large number of bugs might not have appeared naturally.

• Lu Xuan and the others discussed the Zhang Family’s defenses and learned that they had no living Strange Insects available to examine.
• Guided by Zhang Chengning, Lu Xuan searched the Peach Forest and caught a Strange Insect disguised as a Water Marsh Spirit Peach branch.
• Lu Xuan fed the bug a peach branch and identified it as a first-grade Mimicry Bug whose larvae parasitized Spirit Plants and gradually copied their form.
• Lu Xuan returned to Yao Shijie, Yan Ping, and the Zhang Family cultivators, who had caught several bugs of their own.
• Lu Xuan suggested the bugs’ disguises might offer a way to find them and privately wondered whether the infestation had been deliberately caused.
• Lu Xuan decided to find a parasitized Spirit Peach Tree and examine it for clues to the infestation.

Lu Xuan identified the Water Marsh Spirit Peaches’ infestation as Mimicry Bugs and discovered how fire could expose them. After he warned Yao Qing that the infestation might be deliberate, the Zhang family caught a Shadowy Figure gathering the mature bugs at night.

• Lu Xuan examined an ailing Water Marsh Spirit Peach and learned that controlled fire could reveal the Mimicry Bugs hiding inside it.
• Lu Xuan told Zhang Chengning he had learned how to address the infestation and explained the Mimicry Bugs to Yao Qing.
• Lu Xuan warned Yao Qing that the bugs’ rarity suggested someone might have deliberately infested the garden.
• A Shadowy Figure entered the garden at night and used an Insect Repelling Technique to gather mature Mimicry Bugs.
• The Zhang Family Head and several others appeared and confronted the Shadowy Figure.

Zhang Yutang confronted Cheng Wen for planting Mimicry Bug eggs in the Zhang Family’s Spirit Plant Garden, while Lu Xuan later killed a cultivator who attacked him with a poisonous Pale Green Toad. Lu Xuan took the cultivator’s Storage Bag and discovered an Insect Scripture.

• Zhang Yutang identified Cheng Wen as the one who introduced the Mimicry Bugs and ordered Discipline Hall elders to punish him.
• Zhang Yutang assured Yao Qing that the Zhang Family would resolve the infestation and meet its usual spirit peach quota.
• While patrolling the Spirit Plant Garden, Lu Xuan dodged a poisonous tongue from a Pale Green Toad and killed it with Second Grade Myriad Sword Qi Talismans.
• Lu Xuan pursued and killed the toad’s cultivator with sword qi and the Red Thread Needle, then took his Storage Bag.
• Yao Qing and Yan Ping arrived, and Lu Xuan lamented the talismans he had used while examining the Insect Scripture.

Lu Xuan and his companions finished clearing Mimicry Bugs from the Water Marsh Spirit Peaches and returned to the sect with gifts and mission rewards. Back at his Cave Mansion, he dealt with his overfed spirit beasts and began studying the Insect Scripture taken from his attacker.

• Lu Xuan, Yao Qing, and Yan Ping finished checking the Water Marsh Spirit Peaches, and the Zhang Family defeated the Wan Family and took over its holdings.
• Zhang Yutang gave the three cultivators gifts, including five hundred Spirit Stones each, to reward their help and keep the Zhang Family's role in the pest problem secret.
• Yao Qing awarded Lu Xuan and Yan Ping forty Sword Seals each before they returned to the sect.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion, found the Wind Falcon Chick and Cloud Stepping Lynx had eaten all the Demon Beast Meat, and punished them with three days without food.
• Lu Xuan examined the belongings of his attacker and began reading the Insect Scripture.

Lu Xuan resumed cultivating spirit plants and caring for spirit beasts after returning from the insect-clearing mission. At the General Affairs Hall, he found a mission to address the Beast Taming Hall’s Spirit Crane reproduction crisis and read its details.

• Lu Xuan reviewed the Insect Scripture and considered raising spirit insects for their light orb rewards.
• Lu Xuan returned to the Spirit Field, inspected his plants, replaced the Sword Nurturing Gourd’s Flying Sword, and collected two Crab Spirit Paste rewards.
• Lu Xuan resumed feeding the Flood Dragon Giant Pythons and settled back into his routine of cultivation, pill refining, and study.
• Lu Xuan searched the General Affairs Hall for suitable work and found a mission seeking help with the Spirit Cranes’ declining reproduction.
• Lu Xuan questioned why the Spirit Cranes were dwindling despite seeming common throughout the sect, then read the mission’s detailed information.

Lu Xuan visited the Spirit Crane habitat to investigate why the cranes were breeding less, and concluded that their poor conditions made them unwilling to reproduce. Zhou Zhengqing proposed using a lust-inducing spell and a Love Potion, leaving Xu Yi interested in his coercive plan.

• Lu Xuan met Xu Yi at the Water Marsh and learned that the sect’s Spirit Cranes were declining because fewer were willing to breed.
• Xu Yi explained that the cranes had to earn Spirit Stones, forage for food, and endure the burdens of pregnancy and raising young.
• Lu Xuan argued that the cranes were subjectively unwilling to breed and that their situation should be addressed.
• Zhou Zhengqing dismissed Lu Xuan’s view and proposed using an unorthodox spell and a Love Potion to force the cranes to reproduce.
• Xu Yi’s eyes lit up at Zhou Zhengqing’s proposed method.

Lu Xuan cared for a group of Spirit Cranes and tried to improve their well-being before encouraging them to breed, while Zhou Zhengqing used techniques and Love Potion to force his group into mating. The chapter ended when a Male Crane in Zhou Zhengqing’s camp mutilated itself to escape forced breeding.

• Xu Yi assigned two hundred Spirit Cranes to Zhou Zhengqing and one hundred to Lu Xuan to care for and breed.
• Lu Xuan examined his Spirit Cranes and found that many were exhausted by transporting cultivators and resisted their expected role in reproduction.
• Lu Xuan fed and soothed his Spirit Cranes, while Zhou Zhengqing used his technique and Love Potion to push his group into mating.
• Lu Xuan continued improving his Spirit Cranes’ physical and mental states and planned to reduce their resistance to breeding.
• A Male Crane in Zhou Zhengqing’s camp mutilated itself after being forced to breed every day, and Xu Yi explained what had happened.

After a Spirit Crane maimed itself under Zhou Zhengqing’s harsh breeding methods, Xu Yi warned him to change course and urged Lu Xuan to keep caring for his own flock. Lu Xuan’s gentler treatment left his Spirit Cranes lively and affectionate, and he ended the day preparing a Male Crane for its apparent courtship.

• A Spirit Crane injured itself, prompting Xu Yi to warn Zhou Zhengqing that his breeding methods were too extreme.
• A healer treated the injured Spirit Crane, and Zhou Zhengqing agreed to use gentler methods.
• Xu Yi asked Lu Xuan to watch his flock, and Lu Xuan said their condition had improved under his care.
• Lu Xuan fed his Spirit Cranes well and let them play and fly freely, restoring their energy and spirits.
• Two Spirit Cranes returned from flying together, and Lu Xuan teased them about their affection.
• Lu Xuan tidied the Male Crane’s feathers and parted its head feathers for its coming courtship, but it wriggled away.

Lu Xuan organized games and improved conditions to encourage the Spirit Cranes to pair up and breed. Xu Yi confirmed that fifteen Female Cranes were pregnant and asked Lu Xuan to explain his success.

• Lu Xuan paired the Middle-Parted Male Crane with a female crane, and the pair disappeared into the water grass.
• Lu Xuan held team-building games for the Spirit Cranes, and more than ten pairs became entangled while he was away fetching food.
• Over the following days, the Spirit Cranes formed many pairs, often with different partners.
• Lu Xuan told Xu Yi that the cranes had mated repeatedly, and Xu Yi went with him to inspect the camp.
• Xu Yi detected that fifteen Female Cranes were pregnant, and Lu Xuan explained that easing their pressures and fostering attraction encouraged breeding.

Lu Xuan advised Xu Yi on improving the spirit cranes’ welfare and reorganizing their transport, helping increase their breeding and inspire a new communication system. After completing his work, Lu Xuan departed atop the Crane King as a thousand spirit cranes followed to see him off.

• Lu Xuan told Xu Yi to ease the spirit cranes’ workload, improve their living conditions, and reward diligent cranes with chances to strengthen their bloodlines.
• Lu Xuan proposed tracking demand across the sect and developing communication tools and an array to dispatch nearby spirit cranes efficiently; Xu Yi praised the idea and named the plan Spirit Crane Travel.
• Ten days later, nearly half of the female cranes were pregnant, while Zhou Zhengqing’s revised breeding method stopped the cranes from harming themselves but did not raise their birth rate much.
• Xu Yi told Lu Xuan that the hall had compiled transport demand statistics and would soon reduce the cranes’ average workload, and Lu Xuan prepared to return to his cave mansion.
• The Third Grade Crane King arrived to carry Lu Xuan away, and about a thousand spirit cranes followed behind to bid him farewell.

Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion after helping the Spirit Cranes, bringing back a generous reward of Sword Seals. He harvested a mature Copper Bone Bamboo and received a drop of Golden Marrow Jade Liquid, a treasure that could strengthen his bones.

• Lu Xuan thanked the Crane King for bringing him home, then returned to his Cave Mansion and greeted the Wind Falcon Chick and Cloud Stepping Lynx.
• Lu Xuan counted the two hundred Sword Seals Xu Yi had given him, bringing his total to two hundred and ninety-two, and decided he could exchange them for high-grade Spirit Seeds.
• Lu Xuan checked the growth of his Spirit Plants and tended to them with spells, finding that one stalk of Copper Bone Bamboo had matured.
• Lu Xuan cut down the Copper Bone Bamboo and touched the White Light Orb that appeared beside it.
• The orb gave Lu Xuan a drop of Golden Marrow Jade Liquid, which could improve the hardness and toughness of his bones and gradually strengthen his physique.

Lu Xuan consumed Golden Marrow Jade Liquid, strengthening his bones, then visited Si Nong Hall to seek a new high-grade Spirit Plant. He began reviewing the sect’s Third and Fourth Grade Spirit Plants to choose what to cultivate next.

• Lu Xuan drank a drop of Third Grade Golden Marrow Jade Liquid, which further strengthened and nourished his bones.
• Lu Xuan stored a mature Copper Bone Bamboo and decided to wait for the other four plants to mature before harvesting them.
• Lu Xuan rode a spirit crane to Si Nong Hall, and the crane refused his fare; another cultivator mistakenly copied him and had his Spirit Stone taken by his own crane.
• The Old Farmer Cultivator asked Lu Xuan about his Sword Grasses, and Lu Xuan said they were growing well.
• Lu Xuan asked for a Third Grade or higher Spirit Plant, and the Old Farmer Cultivator gave him Jade Scrolls listing the sect’s Third and Fourth Grade varieties to choose from.