Chapter Summaries

Lu Xuan demonstrated his expertise in mutated spirit plants, earning Feng Yu and his companion’s respect and meeting Spirit Plant Masters from the other sects. When Fang Qing proposed exchanging mutated Dragon Vein Wood, Lu Xuan suspected he wanted to exploit an information advantage and resolved not to take a loss.

• Lu Xuan explained the traits and uses of mutated Ice Nether Lotus and Dragon Vein Wood, convincing Feng Yu and his companion of his expertise.
• Over several days, Lu Xuan and the others studied mutated spirit plants at the camp while cultivators from the three sects came and went.
• Lu Xuan met Fang Qing of Spirit Cloud Sect, who asked whether Heaven Sword Sect had sent any other Spirit Plant Masters.
• Long Miaomiao of Ten Thousand Beasts Sect told Lu Xuan that Spirit Cloud Sect had sent a larger team and that its cultivators acted superior.
• Fang Qing visited Lu Xuan and proposed exchanging mutated spirit plants, asking for Dragon Vein Wood that Lu Xuan already understood well.
• Lu Xuan suspected Fang Qing wanted to profit from the other sects’ lack of information and said any exchange would have to benefit him too.

Lu Xuan visited Spirit Cloud Sect to exchange Mutated Dragon Vein Woods for their unknown spirit plants. He secured three Fourth Grade Mutated Arrow Vines, including a seedling, and left pleased with the valuable plants he planned to cultivate.

• Lu Xuan agreed with Fang Qing to trade one Mutated Spirit Plant for each Mutated Dragon Vein Wood.
• Lu Xuan visited Spirit Cloud Sect's camp and examined the spirit plants Fang Qing had prepared for exchange.
• Lu Xuan recognized a Third Grade Mutated Flowing Fire Wood and understood that it could condense precious fire essence, which Fang Qing and the others had not discovered.
• Lu Xuan exchanged eight Mutated Dragon Vein Woods for eight Mutated Spirit Plants, then spotted three Fourth Grade Mutated Arrow Vines among the remaining plants.
• Fang Qing agreed to trade the three Arrow Vines, and Lu Xuan exchanged three pieces of Mutated Dragon Vein Wood for them.

Lu Xuan traded Mutated Dragon Vein Woods for valuable Mutated Spirit Plants and planted a Mutated Arrow Vine seedling while researching the plants in the Flesh and Blood Blessed Land. When Huo Liner arrived with more specimens and questioned Lu Xuan’s exchanges with other sects, Lu Xuan demonstrated that the plants contained hidden fire essence, and Huo Liner encouraged him to intensify the exchanges.

• Lu Xuan traded more than ten Mutated Dragon Vein Woods with Fang Qing for Mutated Flowing Fire Woods, Mutated Arrow Vines, and other Mutated Spirit Plants.
• Lu Xuan planted a Mutated Arrow Vine seedling in the camp and began experimenting on the remaining Mutated Spirit Plants with Feng Yu and another helper.
• Over the next seven or eight days, Lu Xuan researched the plants and exchanged specimens with Spirit Cloud Sect and Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, earning considerable profit.
• Huo Liner arrived with dozens of Mutated Spirit Plants collected during the sect’s development of the blessed land.
• Huo Liner asked Lu Xuan to explain why he had been exchanging plants with the other sects, and Lu Xuan revealed fire essence hidden inside a Mutated Flowing Fire Wood.
• Huo Liner accepted Lu Xuan’s explanation and asked him to keep working hard to exchange for more Mutated Spirit Plants.

Lu Xuan received a parasitic Mutated Spirit Plant from Huo Liner and quickly identified it as Tu Yin Silk, including its weakness to sound-wave attacks. He kept the discovery to himself for a few days so he could help the sect without drawing unwanted attention.

• Lu Xuan promised Huo Liner to keep his fire essence discovery secret, and Huo Liner asked him to investigate a parasitic Mutated Spirit Plant troubling the sect.
• Lu Xuan questioned why the Core Formation True Persons had not dealt with the plant, and Huo Liner explained they were focused on breaking the blessed land’s Restrictions while Foundation Establishment Cultivators handled the threat.
• After Huo Liner left, Lu Xuan released the plant, resisted its parasitic attack, and stopped the Demon Ghost Vine from eating it.
• Lu Xuan identified the plant as a mutated Third Grade Tu Yin Silk and learned that sound-wave Spiritual Power could force it to reveal itself and curl up.
• Lu Xuan decided to wait a few days before telling Huo Liner what he had learned, while the hungry Demon Ghost Vine begged to eat the Tu Yin Silk.

Lu Xuan discovered that sonic attacks could restrain mutated Tu Yin Silks, then exchanged Spirit Plants with the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect. That night, he detected a vast underground assault by Demon Beasts controlled by Tu Yin Silks and helped alert the camp as its cultivators prepared to defend themselves.

• Lu Xuan used a dragon-like roar to make the mutated Tu Yin Silks curl up, confirming their fear of sonic attacks, and informed Huo Liner of his discovery.
• Lu Xuan exchanged Mutated Spirit Plants with Long Miaomiao at the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect camp and returned with Spirit Plants he wanted.
• The Demon Ghost Vine sensed something underground, and Lu Xuan used his Spiritual Sense to discover many Demon Beasts tunneling toward the camp.
• Lu Xuan confirmed that the approaching Demon Beasts carried the aura of mutated Tu Yin Silks, then warned Feng Yu and Daoist Zhang.
• Long Miaomiao's Earth Yellow Ground Dragon emerged from the soil, prompting her to warn the camp about the underground attack.
• Lu Xuan, Feng Yu, and other cultivators gathered to face the assault as Feng Yu raised a protective spiritual energy barrier.

Lu Xuan and the Heaven Sword Sect disciples fought off a sudden attack by puppet Demonic Beasts, which Lu Xuan identified as hosts for the Mutated Tu Yin Silk. Sonic attacks slowed the beasts, and Lu Xuan used his swordsmanship to protect the group as they awaited reinforcements.

• Feng Yu apologized to Lu Xuan for failing to notice the approaching Demonic Beasts, then the beasts erupted from underground and assaulted the camp barrier.
• Zhang Ruiping pierced a giant elephant Demonic Beast through the head, but it kept fighting, revealing that the beasts ignored severe injuries.
• Feng Yu sent a signal for help, and Lu Xuan explained that the Demonic Beasts had been parasitized by a Mutated Spirit Plant that controlled them as puppets.
• An Inner Sect Disciple used a white jade flute to slow more than ten Demonic Beasts, allowing the disciples to strike them with lethal attacks.
• Lu Xuan fought with his Wind Lightning Sword and rescued besieged disciples, while Feng Yu praised his swordsmanship and learned he belonged to the Sword Hall.

Lu Xuan warned the Heaven Sword Sect cultivators of a stronger second wave of demon beasts, then escaped underground as explosive Demon Beast Puppets overwhelmed the camp. Alone in the blessed land, he fought off more puppets with his White Bone Demon Puppet and Explosive Flame Pearls, then called out the Demon Ghost Vine to feed.

• Lu Xuan discovered the second wave of demon beasts approaching and warned Feng Yu and the other Heaven Sword Sect cultivators.
• Black-sphere Demon Beast Puppets exploded among the Three Sects' cultivators, and Lu Xuan escaped the collapsing camp using the Five Elements Escape Technique.
• Lu Xuan surfaced alone, considered using Gu Jiankong's Small Sword Talisman only if necessary, and sent the Voidsky Nightmare Eye to scout nearby threats.
• Lu Xuan used the White Bone Demon Puppet to destroy several Demon Beast Puppets and burned a black-sphere puppet to ash with Explosive Flame Pearls.
• Lu Xuan summoned the Demon Ghost Vine and promised it a meal of demon beasts and Spirit Plants.

Lu Xuan searched the blessed land for high-grade Spirit Seeds with the Demon Ghost Vine, found a weakened Fourth Grade Mutated Arrow Vine Spirit Seed, and fled when two Spirit Cloud Sect cultivators drew a horde of Demon Beast Puppets toward him.

• Lu Xuan let the Demon Ghost Vine devour several Demon Beast Puppets and ordered it to search for Spirit Seeds of Third Grade or higher.
• The Demon Ghost Vine sensed an Arrow Vine Spirit Seed and led Lu Xuan to a small hill, where it found the seed buried inside Spirit Ore.
• Lu Xuan freed the Fourth Grade Mutated Arrow Vine Spirit Seed from the ore and placed it in the Gluttony Insect Pouch to restore its vitality.
• Lu Xuan spotted two fleeing Spirit Cloud Sect cultivators pursued by more than ten Demon Beast Puppets and hurried away rather than help them.

Lu Xuan found and restored several Spirit Seeds before rescuing Feng Yu, Long Miaomiao, and another Ten Thousand Beasts Sect cultivator with a powerful sword talisman. After collecting the Demon Beast Puppet remains and heading toward the Three Sects' front line, the group encountered four enormous Flood Dragon Demonic Beasts.

• Lu Xuan found a mutated Third Grade Flowing Fire Wood Spirit Seed in a lake and used pure white flame to restore it.
• The Demon Ghost Vine gathered several mutated Fourth Grade Arrow Vine Spirit Seeds and other Spirit Seeds while Lu Xuan avoided threats.
• Lu Xuan spotted Feng Yu fleeing with Long Miaomiao and another Ten Thousand Beasts Sect cultivator, then used a Rank 4 Howling Sea Sword Talisman to destroy most of their pursuers.
• Lu Xuan collected the Demon Beast Puppet remains and let the others choose one material each before the group set off for the Three Sects' front line.
• The group stopped in a secluded valley when four powerful Flood Dragon Demonic Beasts appeared, and Lu Xuan prepared another sword talisman.

Huo Liner rescued Lu Xuan and the others from the Flood Dragon puppets, then led Lu Xuan and Feng Yu toward the Underground Cave. He revealed that Lu Xuan’s advice on countering the Tu Yin Silk had helped Heaven Sword Sect gain an advantage and collect many treasures.

• Huo Liner burned the four Flood Dragon puppets to ash and checked on Lu Xuan, while greeting Feng Yu with little more than relief that he was alive.
• Huo Liner explained that the camp had been destroyed and told Lu Xuan and Feng Yu to join the cultivators at the front line, while Long Miaomiao and another Ten Thousand Beasts Sect disciple went to find their sect’s cultivators.
• Long Miaomiao and her companion thanked Lu Xuan for helping them survive and invited him to visit Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.
• Huo Liner led Lu Xuan and Feng Yu to the Underground Cave and explained that the Three Sects had cleared most of its dangers and suffered few casualties.
• Huo Liner thanked Lu Xuan for his method of countering the Mutated Tu Yin Silk, which had helped Heaven Sword Sect gain the initiative and obtain many cultivation resources.

Lu Xuan examined a mass of arm-shaped Mutated Spirit Plants that worked together like a formation and resisted the Heaven Sword Sect cultivators. He began testing their coordinated movements, hoping to discover how to pass through them.

• Huo Liner asked Lu Xuan to investigate strange Mutated Spirit Plants blocking a passage in the Underground Cave.
• Huo Liner introduced Lu Xuan to Wu Xie and brought him to the spirit plant cluster with Feng Yu and other Heaven Sword Sect cultivators.
• Huo Liner demonstrated how the plants formed giant nets and arms to block and crush attacks, while Wu Xie explained that brute force or finding their weakness were the only apparent ways through.
• Lu Xuan suggested attacking the plants from multiple directions, but Huo Liner said the plants coordinated too quickly for that to work.
• Lu Xuan approached the cluster to test it firsthand and asked the plants on the right to wave their arms, prompting them to thrash in coordinated motions.

Lu Xuan identified the mutated spirit plants as Thousand Tendril Hands and suggested using extreme cold to slow their connected movements, allowing the Heaven Sword Sect cultivators to defeat them. As the group entered the next passage, he secretly sent his Demon Ghost Vine back to search for Thousand Tendril Hand Spirit Seeds.

• Lu Xuan recognized the arm-shaped plants as mutated Thousand Tendril Hands whose minds were connected and whose movements were vulnerable to extreme cold.
• Lu Xuan suggested freezing the plants’ joints, and Jian Wuxia used three Fourth Grade ice-element talismans to chill the area.
• Huo Liner and the other Heaven Sword Sect cultivators attacked with ice techniques, slowing the plants and clearing them out.
• Huo Liner and Wu Xie praised Lu Xuan for his idea, and the cultivators entered the dark-red passage.
• Lu Xuan secretly sent his Demon Ghost Vine back through the Spirit Soil to search for mutated Thousand Tendril Hand Spirit Seeds.

Lu Xuan discovered Nether Mud Flesh and learned that its blood-and-flesh Spiritual Power could nourish unusual Spirit Plants, though it also housed dangerous Seed-Eating Flesh Worms. With Huo Liner’s permission, Lu Xuan collected all the soil to take back for research.

• The Demon Ghost Vine returned to Lu Xuan with eighteen Thousand-Armed Hand Spirit Seeds, and he praised it for bringing them back safely.
• The group encountered numerous Seed-Eating Flesh Worms emerging from Nether Mud Flesh, and Lu Xuan captured one to identify it.
• Lu Xuan examined the strange Spirit Soil and recognized its sinister blood-and-flesh power.
• Huo Liner allowed Lu Xuan to take all the Nether Mud Flesh, citing his contributions to the blessed land exploration.
• Lu Xuan sealed the soil in a vessel and stored it away after Huo Liner warned him to keep it from contaminating his other Spirit Plants.

Lu Xuan collected Nether Mud Flesh and explored the newly opened underground passages, while the Three Sects’ Core Formation cultivators discovered and divided an Azure Kui Bull corpse. The Demon Ghost Vine led Lu Xuan to a dark-red stone that seemed ordinary, leaving him wondering what it concealed.

• Lu Xuan gathered all the Nether Mud Flesh to cultivate spirit plants and potentially encourage mutations.
• Gu Jiankong and five other Core Formation cultivators found a sealed seventh-grade Azure Kui Bull corpse and divided it among the Three Sects.
• Lu Xuan joined the Heaven Sword Sect cultivators in the underground labyrinth after the Core Formation cultivators assigned them to search it.
• Gu Jiankong told Lu Xuan to keep the jade sword talisman, which would still work after they left the blessed land.
• Lu Xuan released the Demon Ghost Vine to search for Spirit Seeds, and it led him to a dark-red stone that showed no unusual signs when he examined it with Spiritual Power.

After returning from the blessed land, Lu Xuan went back to his Cave Mansion with rare spirit seeds and treasures from the expedition. He discovered that the Dark Red Stone was a gestating Flesh Spirit God that could grow into a powerful Evil Spirit.

• Gu Jiankong led the Heaven Sword Sect cultivators out of the blessed land, and Uncle-Master He promised rewards based on merit.
• Huo Liner praised Lu Xuan’s contributions and showed interest in befriending him.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion, greeted his Spirit Beasts, and sorted through the seeds and treasures he had collected.
• Lu Xuan planted the Dark Red Stone, but it revealed no information until he smeared Demon Beast Blood Meat on it.
• Lu Xuan learned that the Dark Red Stone contained a Flesh Spirit God that could mature into an Evil Spirit with power comparable to a Nascent Soul Cultivator.

Lu Xuan decided to secretly raise the Disaster-Class Flesh Spirit God rather than hand it over to the sect. Back in his cave mansion, he harvested Sword Nurturing Gourds and a mature Nurturing Spirit Pine, gaining powerful sword talismans and the Fifth Grade Divine Evolution Scripture.

• Lu Xuan chose to place the gestating Flesh Spirit God in his Gluttony Insect Pouch and raise it himself.
• Lu Xuan harvested four mature Sword Nurturing Gourds and obtained four Rank 4 Sword Talismans.
• Lu Xuan picked a Fourth Grade Nurturing Spirit Pine Cone and stored it for later.
• Lu Xuan collected the pine's light orb and gained the Fifth Grade Divine Evolution Scripture, an art that strengthened Spiritual Sense.

Lu Xuan tended the spirit plants in his Cave Mansion before Huo Liner brought him one thousand Sword Seals and news of a generous reward. The sect granted Lu Xuan sole, indefinite oversight of a Defective Secret Realm, and a True Disciple was due to arrive with the transmission treasure and further instructions.

• Lu Xuan spent several days nourishing his spirit plants, exhausting his Spiritual Power but finding satisfaction in their growth.
• Huo Liner visited Lu Xuan and praised his hospitality and Spirit Plant Attainment.
• Huo Liner awarded Lu Xuan one thousand Sword Seals for his performance in the blessed land.
• Huo Liner told Lu Xuan that Martial Uncle Gu Jiankong had recommended him to oversee a Defective Secret Realm.
• Lu Xuan learned that he could use the secret realm indefinitely while he remained in the sect and alive, and Huo Liner said a True Disciple would soon deliver a transmission treasure and explain the arrangements.

After Huo Liner delivered Sword Seals and news about the Defective Secret Realm, Lu Xuan claimed his Foundation Establishment Middle Stage benefits at Si Nong Hall and chose seeds and cultivation methods. He returned to his Cave Mansion and planted a Fourth Grade Earth Sovereign Jujube, confident he could meet its demanding conditions.

• Huo Liner gave Lu Xuan one thousand Sword Seals and said he would soon take control of the Defective Secret Realm before leaving.
• Lu Xuan assessed his strength, rested for two days, and decided to visit Si Nong Hall to claim his sect benefits and choose Spirit Plant seeds.
• At Si Nong Hall, Lu Xuan selected the Sword Nurturing Gourd and Hidden Essence Grass Seed Condensation Methods, along with other methods and Spirit Seeds.
• Lu Xuan chose a Fourth Grade Earth Sovereign Jujube Spirit Seed and bought additional Sword Nurturing Gourd Spirit Seeds before returning to his Cave Mansion.
• Lu Xuan planted the Earth Sovereign Jujube in the spirit field and learned that it required pure earth-type spiritual power and especially suitable spirit soil.

Lu Xuan received the Bronze Array Disk that let him enter and leave his Defective Secret Realm, then traveled there to inspect it. He found its spiritual energy so dense and pure that he began planning which Spirit Plants to move there.

• Li Yunyuan gave Lu Xuan the Bronze Array Disk and explained how to use it, maintain it, and rely on it to travel to the secret realm.
• Li Yunyuan assured Lu Xuan that the secret realm was secure, its Demonic Beasts and Evil Spirits had been cleared, and its natural spiritual grounds suited Spirit Plants.
• Lu Xuan planned to move high-grade Spirit Plants into the secret realm and decided to inspect it before relocating the Netherworld Spirit Plants.
• Lu Xuan paid Spirit Stones at the Array Hall and used the Bronze Array Disk to travel through the void into the secret realm.
• Lu Xuan sensed the secret realm's exceptionally dense, pure spiritual energy and considered how much it could aid cultivation.

Lu Xuan explored the Defective Secret Realm he had acquired and discovered its rich spiritual energy, unusual inhabitants, and valuable resources. He began planning how to use the realm’s springs and Flame Hill to cultivate Spirit Plants and replenish his talismans.

• Lu Xuan used the Voidsky Nightmare Eye to scout the secret realm and checked that its spatial barrier and restriction were intact.
• Lu Xuan encountered Wood Sprites and learned that they could promote Spirit Plant growth, though they had no offensive ability.
• Lu Xuan found abundant, high-quality Spirit Soil and planted an Ice Luo Fruit seed beside a spring of Underworld Spring Spiritual Dew.
• Lu Xuan discovered a Flame Hill containing Fourth Grade Flame Essence Stone and considered using its fire aura to cultivate Spirit Plants and replenish his Pure Yang True Fire Talisman.
• Lu Xuan assessed the secret realm’s spiritual energy, Spirit Soil, Wood Sprites, spring, and Flame Hill as valuable resources.