Recaps

Lu Xuan exchanged 240 Sword Seals for a Fourth Grade Mystic Insect Vine Spirit Seed and planted it in his Cave Mansion. He learned that the vine needed to grow symbiotically with certain Demon Worms and planned to find suitable insect eggs.

• Lu Xuan reviewed the Fourth Grade Spirit Plants on the Jade Scroll and ruled out most of them because his Cave Mansion could not meet their growing conditions.
• Lu Xuan chose the Mystic Insect Vine after learning it required Demon Worms, and exchanged 240 Sword Seals for its Spirit Seed.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion, planted the Mystic Insect Vine Spirit Seed, and learned it could help Demon Worms advance to the Fifth Grade.
• Lu Xuan realized he needed to place suitable insect eggs on the vine so the insects could grow in symbiosis with it, and used the Spirit Rain Technique to maintain the seed's vitality.

Lu Xuan harvested mature Copper Bone Bamboo and Spirit Firefly Grass, gaining rare treasures and enough cultivation to reach Qi Refining Completion. After considering the challenges of Foundation Establishment, he welcomed Xu Shaoze, who had returned from an Evil Spirit-clearing mission.

• Lu Xuan harvested two Copper Bone Bamboos and obtained Crimson Flame Copper and Golden Marrow Jade Liquid.
• Lu Xuan picked forty mature Spirit Firefly Grasses and absorbed cultivation rewards that raised him to Qi Refining Completion.
• Lu Xuan reviewed his rewards, including Grass Spirit Essence Liquid and recipe experience packs, then fed a drop of essence to the Grass Puppet.
• Xu Shaoze arrived at Lu Xuan's courtyard, and Lu Xuan asked whether his latest Evil Spirit-clearing mission had gone smoothly.

After hearing Xu Shaoze describe a dangerous mission, Lu Xuan visited Sword Gate Town to buy materials for his Netherworld Spirit Plants and Mystic Insect Vine. He returned with demon beast bones, eyeballs, and Hidden Winged Cicada eggs, but found no Grievance Souls or more fresh eyes.

• Xu Shaoze told Lu Xuan that his group had defeated an Evil Cultivator connected to an Evil Sect, though two companions had been injured.
• Lu Xuan tended his Spirit Plants and then went to Sword Gate Town to seek materials for his Netherworld Spirit Plants and Mystic Insect Vine.
• Lu Xuan bargained with a stall owner and bought a Purple Cloud Leopard's bones and eyes for twelve Spirit Stones.
• Lu Xuan bought a mostly intact Second Grade Demon Beast skeleton for thirty Spirit Stones.
• Lu Xuan found no more fresh eyeballs, but bought seven or eight Hidden Winged Cicada eggs for eighteen Spirit Stones.

Lu Xuan returned to his Small Courtyard and confronted two cultivators who had been discussing whether its owner was dead. After tending to his Spirit Plants and feeding the Hundred Eyed Treant, he considered how to find more Demon Beast Eyes but rejected the idea of adventuring.

• Lu Xuan surprised two cultivators outside his Small Courtyard, claimed he was preparing to break through to Foundation Establishment, and accepted their offer to watch over the residence.
• The two cultivators left, admitting they had been worried Lu Xuan suspected them of plotting against his courtyard.
• Lu Xuan checked the Spirit Field, released fifty resentful souls for the Ghost Face Stone Mushrooms, and gave the Thorn Bone two Demon Beast skeletons.
• Lu Xuan fed a pair of Purple Cloud Leopard eyes to the Hundred Eyed Treant and decided it needed more fresh Demon Beast Eyes.
• Lu Xuan considered adventuring to hunt demon beasts, then dismissed the idea and resolved to focus on growing Spirit Plants.

Lu Xuan posted missions at General Affairs Hall to obtain fresh Demon Beast eyes and suitable Demon Worm eggs or larvae for his Fourth Grade Spirit Plants. After returning to his Cave Mansion, he planted eight Hidden Winged Cicada Insect Eggs on the Mystic Insect Vine Spirit Seed.

• Lu Xuan paid to post a mission offering Spirit Stones for fresh Rank 1 and Second Grade Demon Beast eyes.
• He asked a steward about Demon Worm habitats, then posted a second mission seeking Demon Worm eggs or larvae, especially species that shed their shells.
• Cultivators gathered around the light screen and discussed ways to keep Demon Beast eyes fresh, while few showed interest in collecting Demon Worm eggs or larvae.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion, greeted the Wind Falcon Chick and Cloud Stepping Lynx, and went to the Spirit Field.
• He used Earth Guidance Art to make holes above the Mystic Insect Vine Spirit Seed and placed eight Hidden Winged Cicada Insect Eggs on it.

Lu Xuan’s Flood Dragons continued to thrive, and a Two-Headed Flood Dragon advanced to Third Grade. Huang Yuan then asked him to investigate a Third Grade Ink Scale Flood Dragon’s worsening loss of appetite, and Lu Xuan agreed to take a look.

• Lu Xuan tended his Spirit Plants and observed the Hidden Winged Cicada eggs merging with the Mystic Insect Vine Spirit Seed.
• At Thousand Dragon Lake, Lu Xuan fed the Flood Dragons he raised, whose progress had earned them a fearsome reputation.
• A Two-Headed Flood Dragon broke through to Third Grade by growing a third head, and Lu Xuan collected its blood.
• Huang Yuan congratulated Lu Xuan and explained that a Foundation Establishment Martial Uncle’s Third Grade Ink Scale Flood Dragon had lost its appetite and begun vomiting.
• Lu Xuan agreed to examine the Ink Scale Flood Dragon, and Huang Yuan led him onward.

Lu Xuan examined Yang Qingfeng’s underfed Ink Scale Flood Dragon to discover why it refused Demon Beast Meat. He found that the dragon was a mixed-blood variant whose Chi Dragon ancestry made it prefer spiritual plants, and the chapter ended with him realizing it had effectively become a vegetarian.

• Huang Yuan brought Lu Xuan to Yang Qingfeng’s island and introduced the Foundation Establishment cultivator and his nine flood dragons.
• Yang Qingfeng explained that his talented young Ink Scale Flood Dragon had lost its appetite and asked Lu Xuan to find the cause.
• Lu Xuan examined the thin dragon and offered it a piece of Demon Beast Meat, which it swallowed despite its obvious distaste.
• Lu Xuan used his insight to learn that the dragon was a mixed-blood variant carrying Pure and Subtle Chi Dragon origin power.
• Lu Xuan realized that the dragon’s altered bloodline made it prefer spiritual fruits and leaves and reject flesh.

Lu Xuan diagnosed an Ink Scale Flood Dragon’s anorexia as a result of its hidden Pure and Subtle Chi Dragon bloodline, which made it reject meat and prefer Spirit Fruits. After proving his theory and resolving the problem, he received the remaining blood essence and a promise of another reward.

• Lu Xuan asked Yang Qingfeng to help extract blood from the Ink Scale Flood Dragon so he could test his suspicion about its unusual diet.
• Lu Xuan explained that the Flood Dragon might carry Pure and Subtle Chi Dragon bloodline and showed its blood purifying sinister aura from a finger bone.
• Yang Qingfeng recalled that a Pure and Subtle Chi Dragon had visited years earlier and realized it had mated with his Ink Scale Flood Dragon.
• Lu Xuan fed the ailing Flood Dragon Spirit Fruits, and it ate them eagerly without vomiting and became livelier.
• Yang Qingfeng let Lu Xuan keep the remaining blood essence and promised him another reward.

After helping Yang Qingfeng solve the Ink Scale Flood Dragon’s loss of appetite, Lu Xuan received an unknown Third Grade Spirit Seed as a reward. Back at his Cave Mansion, he identified and planted it as a Jade Scale Fruit, then used Ink Scale Flood Dragon blood essence to nourish his mature Flood Dragon Vine.

• Yang Qingfeng thanked Lu Xuan and gave him a mysterious Spirit Seed that Lu Xuan accepted as a likely Third Grade Spirit Plant.
• Huang Yuan praised Lu Xuan’s rewards and asked him to keep the Ink Scale Flood Dragon’s Pure and Subtle Chi Dragon bloodline secret.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion, where the Wind Falcon Chick playfully accused him of spending time with another bird.
• Lu Xuan identified the Spirit Seed as a Third Grade Jade Scale Fruit and planted it with White Jade Fragments to provide jade aura.
• Lu Xuan watered his mature Flood Dragon Vine with Ink Scale Flood Dragon blood essence and reflected on the rare blood essences he had used to cultivate it.

Lu Xuan harvested mature Copper Bone Bamboo, Spirit Firefly Grass, and his first Third Grade Illusory Mist Luo Fruit, receiving valuable treasures and years of cultivation from their light orbs. The Illusory Mist Luo Fruit’s reward was a Fourth Grade Thousand Illusions Cloud and Mist Array, leaving Lu Xuan with a powerful new formation.

• Lu Xuan harvested the last two mature Copper Bone Bamboo stalks and received a Second Grade Scarlet Flame Sword and a drop of Third Grade Golden Marrow Jade Liquid from their light orbs.
• Lu Xuan harvested forty-two mature Spirit Firefly Grass plants, gaining nearly eight years of cultivation and several other rewards.
• Lu Xuan discovered and harvested the mature Illusory Mist Luo Fruit, his first fully mature Third Grade Spirit Plant.
• Lu Xuan touched the Illusory Mist Luo Fruit’s light orb and received the Fourth Grade Thousand Illusions Cloud and Mist Array.

Lu Xuan secured a Fourth Grade Thousand Illusions Cloud and Mist Array to protect his courtyard and continued buying Demon Beast eyes and rare insect specimens for his Spirit Plants. After acquiring Silver Thread Mantis larvae and Black Armor Beetle eggs, he prepared to raise them alongside his Mystic Insect Vine.

• Lu Xuan obtained a Thousand Illusions Cloud and Mist Array from the Illusory Mist Luo Fruit’s Light Orb reward, easing his concerns about protecting his courtyard in Sword Gate Town.
• A female cultivator sold Lu Xuan fourteen fresh Demon Beast eyes, including a special One-Eyed Barbarian Rhino eye, for 240 Spirit Stones.
• Lu Xuan stored the eyes in his Life-Preserving Bag and reflected on the expense and value of cultivating high-grade Spirit Plants.
• A tall cultivator brought Lu Xuan seven Black Armor Beetle eggs and two Second Grade Silver Thread Mantis larvae from Red Miasma Valley.
• Lu Xuan bought the insect specimens for 112 Spirit Stones and planned to raise them alongside the Mystic Insect Vine.

Lu Xuan planted insect eggs and larvae to support the Mystic Insect Vine, then avoided joining a dangerous Secret Realm expedition and returned to his Cave Mansion. While sharing a meal with his spirit beasts, he learned that the Luan Bird visiting him was a powerful Mystic Sky White Luan with the potential to become a Seventh Grade spirit beast.

• Lu Xuan placed Black Armor Beetle eggs and Silver Thread Mantis larvae beside the Mystic Insect Vine Spirit Seed to support its growth.
• Lu Xuan canceled his task for Demon Beast Eyes after deciding the eyes he had received and those already on the way were sufficient for the Hundred Eyed Treant.
• A cultivator told Lu Xuan that a newly discovered Secret Realm had drawn interest, but Lu Xuan declined an expedition because he did not want to risk his life or delay his Spirit Plants' harvest.
• Lu Xuan cooked an Iron Pincer Crab and shared pieces with the Cloud Stepping Lynx, Wind Falcon Chick, and the returning Luan Bird.
• Lu Xuan identified the Luan Bird as a third-grade Mystic Sky White Luan, a descendant of a Sixth Grade spirit beast with the potential to grow into a Seventh Grade spirit beast.

Lu Xuan fed the juvenile Pure White Luan Bird Crab meat and Crab Spirit Paste, hoping to build a bond with the powerful demon beast, then tended his Spirit Plants. Yao Qing arrived with an opportunity for him to plant mutated Spirit Plants for a Foundation Establishment martial uncle.

• Lu Xuan charmed the Pure White Luan Bird with food, and it flew away through the Mist Concealing Formation after enjoying Crab Spirit Paste.
• Lu Xuan scolded the Wind Falcon Chick for being fat, then shared the remaining Crab Spirit Paste between it and the Cloud Stepping Lynx.
• Lu Xuan inspected his Spirit Plants and waited for the Flood Dragon Vine's Progress Bar to fill before harvesting it.
• Yao Qing visited Lu Xuan and offered him work planting a batch of Mutated Spirit Plants for a Foundation Establishment martial uncle.

Yao Qing recruited Lu Xuan to help Uncle-Master He care for a batch of mutated spirit plants, and he accepted the mission after confirming he would have freedom over his time. As Uncle-Master He explained spirit plant variety improvement, Lu Xuan realized his abilities suited the work, but worried that he lacked the Spirit Stones to pursue it.

• Yao Qing asked Lu Xuan to care for Uncle-Master He's mutated spirit plants, and Lu Xuan agreed after confirming the mission would not restrict his free time.
• Yao Qing brought Lu Xuan to Uncle-Master He's mountain residence, where he met the Foundation Establishment cultivator.
• Uncle-Master He led Lu Xuan and Yao Qing toward the spirit field and explained two methods of improving spirit plant varieties and their risks.
• Lu Xuan concluded that his ability to assess and treat spirit plants made him well suited to variety improvement, but he lacked the Spirit Stones to fund experiments.

Lu Xuan began cultivating a Foundation Establishment cultivator’s Burning Origin Wood and compared the mutated plants with ordinary ones. He discovered that the mutations produced flawed, ordinary, and improved plants, including one that had advanced to Third Grade.

• The Gentle and Graceful Female Cultivator showed Lu Xuan thirty-six mutated Burning Origin Wood and asked him to cultivate them.
• Lu Xuan requested ten ordinary Burning Origin Wood for comparison, and a cultivator brought them to the Spirit Field.
• Lu Xuan examined each plant by carefully transplanting it and reading the information he perceived.
• Lu Xuan found that the Burning Origin Wood included flawed, ordinary, and slightly improved variants.
• At the fourteenth plant, Lu Xuan discovered a Third Grade Burning Origin Wood with superior fire-talisman materials.

Lu Xuan finished recording and testing the Variant Burning Origin Wood while carrying out his new assignment, then returned to his Cave Mansion and harvested a mature Third Grade Flood Dragon Vine. Its White Light Orb rewarded him with the upper section of the Fifth Grade Grand Void Dragon Transformation Art, which required bathing in a decoction made with Flood Dragon and Chi Dragon essence blood.

• Lu Xuan counted the Burning Origin Wood, recorded its growth, and planned experiments on the Variant plants’ cultivation needs and tolerances.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion by Spirit Crane and played with the Wind Falcon Chick and Cloud Stepping Lynx.
• Lu Xuan checked the Third Grade Flood Dragon Vine and found that its progress was complete, then harvested it at Superior Grade.
• Lu Xuan opened the resulting White Light Orb and obtained the upper section of the Fifth Grade Grand Void Dragon Transformation Art, which could let him briefly assume Half-Dragon Form.
• Lu Xuan learned that cultivating the Art required a decoction prepared with Flood Dragon and Chi Dragon essence blood, and wondered whether he would have to seek more at Thousand Dragon Lake.

Lu Xuan took blood samples from the Flood Dragon Giant Pythons for a routine checkup, while Huang Yuan asked whether he had Spirit Fruits for an Ink Scale Flood Dragon. After the other cultivators learned about his inspections, they eagerly asked him to check their own flood dragons too.

• Lu Xuan planted two cuttings from a Superior Grade Flood Dragon Vine and tended the Spirit Plants in his field.
• Lu Xuan fed the Flood Dragon Giant Pythons at Thousand Dragon Lake and persuaded them to let him draw blood for health checks.
• Huang Yuan praised Lu Xuan's dragon-raising skills and asked whether he had Spirit Fruits suited to a Third Grade Ink Scale Flood Dragon; Lu Xuan said he did not.
• Lu Xuan and Huang Yuan returned to the stone house, where the other cultivators asked about the blood samples.
• A cultivator asked Lu Xuan to inspect his flood dragons, prompting the others to ask him to check theirs as well.

Lu Xuan agreed to examine his fellow disciples’ Flood Dragon Giant Pythons in exchange for Spirit Stones and blood essence, then discovered a parasite inside a promising Watery Rain Flood Dragon. He prepared to remove it while the other cultivators watched anxiously.

• Huang Yuan rebuked the cultivators for pressuring Lu Xuan, but Lu Xuan accepted their offer to examine their Flood Dragons for payment.
• Lu Xuan asked the handsome young cultivator to restrain each Flood Dragon and provide Demon Beast Meat before he drew its blood.
• Lu Xuan examined the Flood Dragons and secretly collected their blood essence, finding most of them healthy.
• Lu Xuan discovered that a Strange Fish was parasitizing a Watery Rain Flood Dragon and told its owner to keep it restrained.
• Lu Xuan promised the Watery Rain Flood Dragon he would remove the parasite, and Huang Yuan and the others gathered to watch.

Lu Xuan discovered a Hidden Scale Fish parasitizing a Watery Rain Flood Dragon and explained how the creature affected its host. He examined the Flood Dragon Giant Pythons across Thousand Dragon Lake, found eight more Hidden Scale Fish, and suspected they had spread from a captured outsider.

• Lu Xuan cut open the Watery Rain Flood Dragon and extracted a Hidden Scale Fish concealed inside it.
• Lu Xuan identified the fish as a nonpoisonous Rank 1 Demon Beast that parasitized aquatic beasts, and reassured the cultivators that it hindered growth but did not threaten a Flood Dragon's life.
• After the Watery Rain Flood Dragon recovered, Lu Xuan accepted payment and continued drawing blood and inspecting the cultivators' Flood Dragon Giant Pythons.
• Lu Xuan found Hidden Scale Fish in eight Flood Dragon Giant Pythons, earning extra Spirit Stones and collecting a large quantity of Flood Dragon Blood Essence.
• Lu Xuan suggested that a Hidden Scale Fish had arrived in a captured Flood Dragon, then grown and reproduced in Thousand Dragon Lake.

Lu Xuan returned from examining the Flood Dragons with more than five hundred Spirit Stones and a large stock of Flood Dragon Blood Essence, then inspected his Spirit Plants and presented his Burning Origin Wood experiment report to Uncle-Master He. The chapter ended with Uncle-Master He praising the report’s clear format and suggesting Outer Sect Disciples could adopt it.

• Huang Yuan said he would report the Hidden Scale Fish problem to a Foundation Establishment martial uncle, and Lu Xuan agreed that this was the best approach.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion and counted more than five hundred Spirit Stones, bringing his total wealth back to around two thousand Spirit Stones.
• Lu Xuan stored over three hundred bottles of Flood Dragon Blood Essence and celebrated that he had more than he could spend.
• Lu Xuan inspected his Spirit Plants and found that the Mystic Insect Vine had sprouted while its Hidden Winged Cicadas and Silver Thread Mantises developed in cocoons.
• Lu Xuan tested the Burning Origin Woods and gave Uncle-Master He his experiment report, which she praised as clear and useful for Outer Sect Disciples.

Lu Xuan received an unknown Third Grade Poison Shuttle Wood Spirit Seed from Uncle-Master He as a reward for his work distinguishing Variant Burning Origin Woods. After learning the plant needed murky Spiritual Power and poison to grow, he planned to plant it in his Sword Gate Town courtyard and harvested another batch of Spirit Firefly Grass.

• Uncle-Master He praised Lu Xuan’s care and experiments with the Variant Burning Origin Woods and offered him a reward.
• Lu Xuan requested rare Spirit Seeds, and Uncle-Master He gave him a pitch-black, shuttle-shaped Spirit Seed found in Red Miasma Valley.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion, greeted the Wind Falcon Chick and Cloud Stepping Lynx, and examined the Spirit Seed’s information, identifying it as a poisonous Third Grade Poison Shuttle Wood.
• Lu Xuan dug up the Spirit Seed because the sect’s pure Spiritual Power would not suit it and decided to plant it in his Sword Gate Town courtyard.
• Lu Xuan inspected his Spirit Field and harvested forty-one mature Spirit Firefly Grass, including six Perfect Grade plants.

Lu Xuan absorbed rewards from his Spirit Firefly Grass and planned experiments to improve the plant while preparing for Foundation Establishment. At Thousand Dragon Lake, he agreed to examine other cultivators’ Flood Dragons for Hidden Scale Fish, expanding his paid checkup work.

• Lu Xuan absorbed cultivation and technique rewards from the Light Orbs, then fed Grass Spirit Essence Liquid to the Grass Puppet.
• Lu Xuan planned experiments to produce a superior variety of Spirit Firefly Grass and listed preparations for Foundation Establishment and the Grand Void Dragon Transformation Art.
• Lu Xuan tended his Spirit Field and continued caring for his other Spirit Plants and creatures.
• Huang Yuan told Lu Xuan that Hidden Scale Fish still infested the Flood Dragon Giant Pythons across Thousand Dragon Lake, and other cultivators wanted his help finding them.
• After confirming the Foundation Establishment martial uncle had no ulterior motive, Lu Xuan agreed to conduct examinations and blood draws for the other cultivators for a hardship fee.

Lu Xuan accompanied Huang Yuan to examine Zhang Hao’s Flood Dragon Giant Pythons, earning Spirit Stones while locating Hidden Scale Fish parasites. After a long day, he returned to his cave abode and fell asleep beside the Wind Falcon Chick as the Cloud Stepping Lynx watched.

• Huang Yuan brought Lu Xuan to Zhang Hao’s water area, where they agreed on the examination fees for the Flood Dragon Giant Pythons.
• Lu Xuan examined more than two hundred Flood Dragon Giant Pythons, found several Hidden Scale Fish, and earned over five hundred Spirit Stones.
• Lu Xuan finished examining Zhang Hao’s beasts and offered to return regularly to check them for parasites.
• Huang Yuan flew Lu Xuan back to his cave abode, where Lu Xuan found the Cloud Stepping Lynx and Wind Falcon Chick waiting.
• Lu Xuan sorted his collected Flood Dragon blood, then fell asleep with his head on the Wind Falcon Chick’s belly while the Cloud Stepping Lynx watched.

Lu Xuan traded crab delicacies with the Mystic Sky White Luan for a Third Grade Spirit Fruit and invited it to bring other beasts to his cave abode. He then visited Sword Gate Town, learned about the dangers and rewards of the newly opened secret realm, and returned to the Netherworld Courtyard reassured by its protective array.

• Lu Xuan shared his steamed Iron Pincer Crab with the Cloud Stepping Lynx, Wind Falcon Chick, and Mystic Sky White Luan, which gave him a Jade Spirit Fruit in return.
• Lu Xuan offered the Luan Bird Crab Spirit Paste and invited it to bring its companions to his cave abode, and it agreed before departing.
• Lu Xuan went to Sword Gate Town to find materials for the Grand Void Dragon Transformation Art and learned that the New Secret Realm had yielded treasures but killed several Outer Sect Disciples.
• Lu Xuan checked the Netherworld Courtyard and found its Array Formation intact, allowing him to plant rare Spirit Plants there with confidence in his Thousand Illusions Cloud and Mist Array.

Lu Xuan fortified his Small Courtyard with a powerful array, planted and tended its Netherworld Spirit Plants, and fed the Hundred Eyed Treant fresh Demon Beast Eyes. He returned to his sect Cave Mansion, where the Wind Falcon Chick and Cloud Stepping Lynx eagerly received their food.

• Lu Xuan installed the Thousand Illusions Cloud and Mist Array around the Small Courtyard and planted the Third Grade Poison Shuttle Wood.
• Lu Xuan released fifty Yin Soul Grudges to feed the Ghost Face Stone Mushrooms and inspected the growing Thorn Bone.
• Lu Xuan replaced the Hundred Eyed Treant's exhausted Purple Cloud Leopard eyes with fresh Demon Beast Eyes, and two tentacles shared one eye.
• Lu Xuan tended the Spirit Plants with basic techniques, bought daily necessities at Blue Stone Plaza, and returned to his sect Cave Mansion.
• The Wind Falcon Chick greeted Lu Xuan by landing on his head, and he gave it Spirit Fruit and wind-attribute Demon Beast Meat before feeding the Cloud Stepping Lynx.