Recaps

Lu Xuan secretly helped the Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros recover its strength, then gained its protection and harvested rare treasures from the Ancient Medicine Garden. Back at his Cave Mansion, he acquired valuable Spirit Seeds and a new Buddhist Divine Power before discovering intruders probing his defenses.

• Lu Xuan secretly warned the Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros of the cultivators’ attacks, then restored its vitality with a Heavenly Essence Fruit and a Turtle Crane Essence Elixir.
• After the Nascent Soul True Lords withdrew, Lu Xuan entered the Thunder Hǒu Beast Territory and persuaded the Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros to accompany him to the Ancient Medicine Garden.
• Lu Xuan and the Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros gathered rare materials in the garden, rescued Thunder Ghost, and found the Seventh Grade Light Hong Immortal Feather Spirit Seed.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion with Thunder Ghost and the Azure Wood Spirit Thunder Vine, then received the Yellow Millet Dreamwood Spirit Seed from Yao Qingyue and declined an offer to join the Li Yang Dao Sect.
• Lu Xuan avoided Tong Ying’s invitation to the Corpse Forest Secret Realm, where an Ancient Corpse had lured cultivators and transformed into a Ten Thousand Year Corpse.
• At Thunder Fire True Lord’s birthday celebration, Lu Xuan traded lightning-attribute offerings with the Treasure Devouring Thunder Toad and won a Seventh Grade Twin White Lotus Spirit Seed.
• Lu Xuan learned the Twin White Lotus could become a mind-linked incarnation, but stored its seed until he could obtain enough high-grade Spirit Spring and Spiritual Liquid.
• Lu Xuan matured the Sitting Buddha Lotus and received the Immovable Wisdom King Seal, then sensed three Demon Worms trying to enter his Cave Mansion through its formation.

Lu Xuan protected his Cave Mansion, cultivated rare spirit plants, and gained new treasures and allies amid demonic incursions in Heavenly Star Grotto. He gathered Core Formation cultivators for a private auction, which reached its final lot with the Sixth Grade Small Five Thunder Talisman.

• Lu Xuan killed two cultivators who plotted to seize his Seventh Grade Spirit Plant, then secured Azure Sky True Lord’s help to drive away further spies.
• Lu Xuan exchanged the Jade Bottle Willow for a Fifth Grade Primal Spirit Ginseng Seed Condensation Method, received Earth Yin Spirit Spring from Azure Sky True Lord, and harvested the Nine Confucian Treasure Tree.
• Lu Xuan declined to join the hunt for demonic beings and continued cultivating, harvesting Small Profound Cave Sword Gourds and selling the Nine Confucian Treasure Tree materials to Lei Zheng.
• Lu Xuan’s avatar discovered that the Corpse Demon Temple had matured and received a Demon Buddha White Bone Body, while the Flesh Spirit God fed on evil beasts and advanced to Core Formation strength.
• Daoist Mu warned Lu Xuan that an evil demon had occupied White Bone True Lord and used the Ten Thousand Bones Assembly to trap cultivators, then sold him a Double Pupil Flower seed.
• Lu Xuan harvested sword plants and Pure Yang Golden Lotuses, gained Taiyi Pure Yang True Fire, and received two Primal Spirit Ginseng plants from Zhang Jiuzong.
• Lu Xuan invited nearly thirty Core Formation True Persons to Star Plucking Tower and began auctioning rare treasures for Spirit Stones or high-grade Spirit Seeds.
• Zhang Jiuzong won the Pure Yang Golden Lotus Seed for 115,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and Lu Xuan introduced the Small Five Thunder Talisman as the final lot.

Lu Xuan advanced his cultivation and tended his Spirit Plants while demonic beings spread through the Star Caves, choosing to avoid the hunt and protect his Cave Mansion. After the invasion ended, the Grass Puppet broke through and rewarded him with a Sixth Grade Thousand Machines House.

• Lu Xuan harvested Spirit Plants, gained new treasures and techniques, and advanced to the Late Stage Core Formation.
• Lu Xuan recognized Zheng Xing'an as a Mirage Demon, killed it with his thunder treasures, and concealed his involvement from the inspectors.
• As demonic beings spread through Heavenly Star Grotto, Lu Xuan declined to join the hunts and instead stocked supplies for the cultivators who went out to fight.
• Lu Xuan visited the Profound Limit Tree Mother, received a Seventh Grade Spirit Seed, and brought ten newly emerged tree nymphs back to his Cave Mansion.
• Jade Forest Rogue Cultivator told Lu Xuan that Wang Suihuai had died hunting demonic beings, while Daoist Mu brought him Light Blending Dust for his Burning Lamp Ancient Grass.
• At Fengyuan Star Cave, Lu Xuan found Ling Gu defending the Cave Mansion, harvested the Ghost Eating Evil Vine, and gave its Hungry Ghost Giant Demon reward to Ling Gu.
• Ye Xuanyin asked Lu Xuan for help with Demonic Strange Poison, and his Hundred Poisons Heart-Devouring Insect failed to withstand it until Lu Xuan pulled it away and treated it.
• After the invasion ended, the Grass Puppet advanced to Fifth Grade, and Lu Xuan received and began refining the Sixth Grade Thousand Machines House.

Lu Xuan acquired a Defective Grotto-heaven, cultivated rare Spirit Plants, and helped resolve a crisis among Heavenly Star Grotto’s Spirit Beasts. After transplanting high-grade plants and securing the grotto-heaven, he fished the Thousand Treasure True River and caught three Dark Underworld Fish before returning to tend his Spirit Plants.

• Lu Xuan received the Defective Grotto-heaven from the Artifact Spirit, learned its dangerous route through the void, and swore not to take its Nine True Spirit Leaf.
• Lu Xuan won the Little Thousand Hands Demon and Buddha Mother Demon Seed at auction, then subdued the demon and harvested Thousand Thunder Sword Grass for valuable rewards.
• Lu Xuan helped Ye Xuanyin recover from her Demonic Strange Poison, and she gave him a Sixth Grade Spirit Marvelous Soul Nourishing Tea Spirit Seed.
• Lu Xuan identified Three Corpse Worms as the cause of the Spirit Beasts’ madness, and the Star Masters used Thunder Extreme Yang Liquid to expose and destroy them.
• Lu Xuan moved the Little Thousand Hands Demon to Fengyuan Star Cave under the Flesh Spirit God’s supervision, harvested Yin Mare Flowers, and obtained the Flower Enchantress and Peach Immortal Disturbance Scripture.
• Lu Xuan gave Guo Bingqiu Green Condensation Dew after his injuries in Fallen Demon Cave damaged his dantian and ended his prospects of advancing to Nascent Soul.
• Lu Xuan crossed the void to the Defective Grotto-heaven, planted his high-grade Spirit Plants, and deployed five Star Fighting Flags as a defensive array.
• Lu Xuan learned river-fishing techniques from Shi Zichen, bought fishing gear from the Fish Shopkeeper, and caught three Dark Underworld Fish before giving one to Shi Zichen and leaving.