Recaps

Lu Xuan gathered rare Spirit Plants and treasures while exploring the Thunder Sea, where he killed a possessed Zhang Zhizong and later thwarted a cultivator’s attempt to rob his Cave Mansion. He attended the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild auction and won several valuable items, then recognized a mysterious Spirit Seed among the prizes at the closing guessing game.

• Lu Xuan sold Sword Talismans to Mu, traded an Earth Element Pearl for a Bronze Halberd, and won a wager by identifying Mu’s bone-like Spirit Seed as the Sixth Grade Corpse Demon Temple.
• Lu Xuan planted the Corpse Demon Temple, nourished the Fiend Origin Fruit with the halberd’s Killing Intent, and discovered that a sword grass had become Thunderlight Sword Grass.
• Lu Xuan visited the Thunder Sea, gathered Ink Green Spirit Thunder and Thunder Liquid with help from the Mutated Thunder Hǒu Beast, and removed Thunder Death Crystals from the aging Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros.
• Zhang Zhizong attacked Lu Xuan while possessed by an Evil Spirit, and Lu Xuan killed him and destroyed the flying ghostly faces before returning to his Cave Mansion.
• Lei Zheng entrusted Lu Xuan with a Spirit Seed that he identified as the Sixth Grade Nine Confucian Treasure Tree, while Heavenly Star Grotto patrol cultivators inspected his Cave Mansion and left without searching it.
• Peng Qi broke into Lu Xuan’s Cave Mansion to rob and kill him, but Lu Xuan’s formation and Grass Puppet killed him, and the Soul Guiding Lamp captured his fleeing soul.
• Lu Xuan harvested Bewitching Peaches, the Seven Emotions Bean, and Saint Infant Fruit Sub-plants, gaining cultivation rewards and the Fifth Grade Red Dust Tablet and Two-Faced Saint Infant.
• At the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild auction, Lu Xuan won a Fiendish Granny Treant, a Giant Spirit Elephant skeleton, and the Sixth Grade Sitting Buddha Lotus Spirit Seed.
• After the auction, Lu Xuan recognized the Spirit Seed among the Artifact Spirit’s guessing-game prizes but held back from answering as Core Formation Cultivators tried to identify the treasures.

Lu Xuan advanced to Core Formation, expanded his cultivation and opened You Jian General Store while building ties with cultivators across Heavenly Star Grotto. After a Meat Mountain Cultivator targeted him, Lu Xuan used the local patrols to keep the attacker at bay and returned to tending his Spirit Plants, where the Vajra Bodhi matured.

• Lu Xuan identified the Ghost Eating Evil Vine at the auction, received its Spirit Seed, and accepted a Guest Elder position with the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild.
• Lu Xuan harvested Purification Glazed Tea Leaf and obtained Marrow Cleansing Jade Liquid, then used it during his breakthrough to Core Formation.
• Lu Xuan welcomed congratulating cultivators, received a Snow Barrier Ice Jade Lotus Spirit Seed and Five-Colored Soil, and began studying the Profound Heaven Pure Subtle Method.
• Lu Xuan rented a shop in Star Plucking Tower, named it You Jian General Store, hired Wen Qian, and stocked it with rare goods and Rank 4 Sword Talismans.
• Lu Xuan hired Hong Qinghai to cultivate the Nine Confucian Treasure Tree, then attended Xing Kun’s banquet and diagnosed Xing Yanran’s ailing Dust Light Grass.
• The Meat Mountain Cultivator tracked Lu Xuan to Thunder Fire Star Cave, but Lu Xuan alerted Qi Wuheng and brought Heavenly Star Grotto patrols to investigate.
• Lu Xuan secretly visited the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild and You Jian General Store, returned to his Cave Mansion, and finished tempering the Peacock King Ming Sword and Gluttony Insect Pouch.
• Lu Xuan heard a Buddhist chant from his Spirit Field and found that the Vajra Bodhi had matured.

Lu Xuan expanded his collection of Spirit Seeds and treasures, helped the merchant association save infected Tiger Leopard Grass, and brought the orphaned Thunder Dragon Howl to his Cave Mansion. The arc left him at a treasure-trading gathering in Azure Wood Star Cave, where he exchanged the Soul Seizing Blood Palm for the Bewitching Corpse Skin Spirit Seed.

• Lu Xuan harvested the Nether Spring Flower and Yin Cry Wood, gaining the Netherworld True Water Forbidden Art and Ghost Wail Strange Diagram from their Light Orbs.
• Lu Xuan sold the Nine Heads Dragon Chart through You Jian General Store, then bought a Purification Glazed Tea Spirit Seed from the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild.
• Lu Xuan sheltered Jade Forest Rogue Cultivator and three injured Core Formation Cultivators, harvested the Mind Ape Fruit, and helped Hong Qinghai advance to Foundation Establishment.
• Lu Xuan visited the Thunder Hǒu Beast Clan, cleared Thunder Death Crystals from the Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros, and took the orphaned Thunder Dragon Howl to live in his Cave Mansion.
• Lu Xuan investigated the infected Tiger Leopard Grass at Illusory Spirit Blessed Land, identified Soul Devouring Mycelium, and burned it out with Pure Yang True Fire.
• Zhang Jiuzong rewarded Lu Xuan with Snow Dragon Sacred Spring and Star Fruit Spirit Seeds, while Lu Xuan harvested the Thunderstorm Lotus and Azure Spirit Branch for new cultivation rewards.
• Lu Xuan traveled with Xuan Yuan Zhe to Azure Wood Star Cave and attended Jade Forest Rogue Cultivator's gathering, where he exchanged the Soul Seizing Blood Palm for the Bewitching Corpse Skin Spirit Seed and thirty thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

Lu Xuan gained rare Spirit Seeds and nurtured his growing collection while punishing the cultivators who had targeted him. He then joined the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild’s secret realm to assess its fierce beasts, exposing the danger of mistaking resentment for obedience.

• Lu Xuan traded for the Azure Peak Qilin embryo, visited the Profound Limit Tree Mother’s hidden world, and agreed to raise six Little Tree Nymphs before defeating the Meat Mountain Cultivator who ambushed him.
• Lu Xuan traced the ambush to Huang Yandong, captured him, and transplanted his Ghoul Trees into the Netherworld Spirit Field while tending his Spirit Plants and beasts.
• Lu Xuan helped the Phoenix Wood mature and fused its Purification Glazed Red Phoenix Bone into his body, then harvested Spirit Fruits and Sword Talismans as his Rock Armor Turtle advanced.
• Lu Xuan traded the Red Dust Tablet to Bai Yushan for both Invert Yin Fruit Spirit Seeds, bought a Wu Geng Wood Sapling, and supplied You Jian General Store with goods to sell.
• Lu Xuan declined to join Xuan Yuan Zhe’s expedition but offered to buy any Yuan Magnetic Spirit Ore it found, then accepted Yan Jiu'an’s request to inspect the guild’s secret realm beasts.
• Lu Xuan used food and his ability to sense beasts’ thoughts to tame some Fourth Grade beasts, but killed those whose hostility remained, drawing warnings from Pan Hong and Ding Yu.
• Lu Xuan sensed that Ding Yu’s Cloud Splitting Eagle still resented him, and the eagle proved it by attacking Ding Yu, who killed it and thanked Lu Xuan for the lesson.