Recaps

Lu Xuan helped the Profound Limit Tree Mother close the passage into the Tree Realm, then built a new shop and renewed ties with old companions at the Profound Cave Sword Sect. As the Nine Sword Peaks’ competition began, he chose to contribute through cultivation arts rather than combat.

• The Profound Limit Tree Mother asked Lu Xuan to bury seven Exquisite Tree Wheels near the Tree Realm passage, and he completed the task while Ling Gu distracted patrolling cultivators, allowing her to expel the invaders.
• The Profound Limit Tree Mother rewarded Lu Xuan with the Azure Emperor Longevity Leaf, and the Grass and Wood Monsters gave him Primal Chaos Tree Sap before he left the Tree Realm.
• Lu Xuan recruited workers for a new shop and reunited with Bai Li Jian Qing, whom he chose to manage the Profound Cave Sword Sect branch with Wen Qian.
• Lu Xuan traveled to the Profound Cave Sword Sect, harvested the Yellow Millet Dreamwood, and received a Yellow Millet Jade Pillow before settling his companions in a nearby city.
• Lu Xuan opened You Jian General Store in Sword Abyss City, where Sword Master Hai Zhen’s support drew attention to the shop and customers came to buy his wares.
• Lu Xuan harvested mature Thousand Thunder Sword Grass, began upgrading the Chiding Thunder Wing, and learned from Ge Pu that the Nine Sword Peaks would hold their thirty-year competition.
• Chen Jing asked Lu Xuan to help improve Still True Sword Peak’s standing, and Lu Xuan decided to compete in cultivation arts rather than combat.
• At the competition, Lu Xuan entered the spirit wine contest, where the judges praised his Still True Sword Liquid and recognized his high-grade spirit wines.

Lu Xuan's competition successes raised Still True Sword Peak's standing and brought him rare resources as he continued cultivating and helping fellow cultivators. After reaching Core Formation Completion, he received a treasure from Sword Master Hai Zhen to aid his future Nascent Soul breakthrough.

• Lu Xuan earned Grade A Top in the spirit brew and spirit plant contests, while his talisman score and Still True Sword Peak's rise in the rankings drew attention from the other Sword Masters.
• Jian Hai Zhen rewarded Lu Xuan with a Cave Mansion at Heart Sword Lake, rare spirit seeds, pills, and a sword scripture, and Lu Xuan planted the Free and Immeasurable Sword Grass.
• Lu Xuan cultivated for years, harvested powerful sword grasses and spirit plants, and gained new abilities and rewards, including Sword Qi Thunder Sound and the Seven Kill Sword.
• Lu Xuan helped Chen Qingshuang and Chen Yuqiu settle the Zhang Family's attempt to take the Chen Family's mine, then continued advancing his cultivation until he reached Core Formation Completion.
• Lu Xuan declined to join the Sword Sect's expedition to the Unknown Grotto-heaven and focused on his Spirit Field and Heart Sword Lake, where he cultivated mutated Thousand Thunder Sword Grass.
• Lu Xuan identified Corpse Fiend Qi as the cause of the Sword Xuan Hedgehogs' aggression and helped Chen Bingxue and Xu Wenbai purify and contain them.
• Xu Wenbai rewarded Lu Xuan with a Sword Tempering House and a commission to cultivate Dark Steel Wood, while Lu Xuan discovered the recovered hedgehog could provide gold-iron sand and stone.
• Sword Master Hai Zhen visited Lu Xuan, praised his progress, and gave him a gourd of Thunder Marsh Divine Sand to help him withstand tribulation lightning on the path to Nascent Soul.

Lu Xuan cultivated and harvested rare Spirit Plants, gathered treasures for refining the Defective Grotto-heaven into a Personal Space, and strengthened his ties with the merchant guild and powerful beasts. He returned to Still True Sword Peak to prepare for his Nascent Soul breakthrough and hosted the visiting Fire God Ape.

• Lu Xuan accelerated the Void Cicada Wood’s molt and restored the Celestial Cicada Spirit Leaf, then harvested Primal Unity True Water and Dou Shuai Fire for his Personal Space plan.
• Lu Xuan fortified the Defective Grotto-heaven, harvested many Spirit Plants and treasures, and learned that Lei Zheng had gone missing in a dangerous Secret Realm.
• Lu Xuan secured the Defective Grotto-heaven from the Treasure Pagoda Artifact Spirit in exchange for cultivating the Nine True Spirit Leaf and seeking more True Spirit Essence Blood, and received three Fangcun Wood Spirit Seeds.
• Lu Xuan cultivated the Netherworld Spirit Field, harvested the Ten Thousand Evils Yin Pearl and Celestial Talisman Book, and left the Innate Blood Embryo for the Flesh Spirit God to eat later.
• Lu Xuan invited the Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros and its clan to live in the Defective Grotto-heaven if he reached Nascent Soul, then bought Gen Kun Wu Earth and arranged a Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild branch near the Sword Sect.
• Lu Xuan completed the Seventh Grade Heavenly Demon Token, harvested more Spirit Plant rewards, and returned to Still True Sword Peak to prepare for his Nascent Soul breakthrough.
• Lu Xuan welcomed the Fire God Ape to the Sword Sect, where it reunited with the Old Sword Flood Dragon and sampled Lu Xuan’s spirit wines and Spirit Fruits.

Lu Xuan nurtured new Spirit Plants and sword-grass varieties, earned the Sword Sect’s support, and gathered resources for his Nascent Soul breakthrough. He formed a Nascent Soul and overcame the heart demons, though the tribulation still awaited him.

• Fire God Ape gave Lu Xuan Monkey Hair to help White Ape advance and a Rank 8 Spirit Seed in exchange for future offerings.
• Lu Xuan cultivated the Thunder Dragon Howl until it advanced to Sixth Grade, then restrained White Ape with the Five Thunder Lock Immortal Bracelet and urged it to refine the Monkey Hair.
• Lu Xuan entered Yellow Millet Dreamland, escaped its illusion after recognizing it, and later endured another hostile dream before returning to his cultivation.
• Lu Xuan’s Thunder Abyss Sword Grass earned Still True Sword Peak a higher competition ranking, and he received the Ice Soul Cold Light Sword Grass Spirit Seed and a Fifth Grade Seed Condensation Method.
• Lu Xuan matured the Crossing Calamity Flower and Void Cicada Wood in the Defective Grotto-heaven, harvesting a Crossing Calamity Pill and learning more of Heavenly Cicada Six Transformations.
• Lu Xuan harvested Primal Spirit Ginseng for cultivation rewards, and Jian Hai Zhen arranged a protected spiritual land for his breakthrough.
• Lu Xuan transformed his spiritual power into True Essence Magic Power, entered Nascent Soul Conception, then shattered his Golden Core and formed a Nascent Soul.
• Lu Xuan rejected illusions during the heart demon trial, and the Black Qi dissipated.