Chapter Summaries

Lu Xuan subdued two Nebula Swords and realized the nine-sword set could form a formation with power comparable to a Fifth Grade Flying Sword. When he and Bai Shixiong reached a third nebula phenomenon, its sword flew straight into Lu Xuan’s Yangxuan Sword Sheath, leaving the two cultivators to contend over its ownership.

• Lu Xuan defeated a nebula phenomenon and obtained a Nebula Sword, learning that nine of them could form the powerful Nebula Sword Formation.
• Lu Xuan sent the Yangxuan Sword Sheath to search the Sword Pool, and it found a second Nebula Sword in less than an hour.
• Lu Xuan spotted a third nebula phenomenon in a Mountain Valley and encountered Bai Shixiong, who also wanted the Flying Sword.
• Bai Shixiong proposed competing for the sword while avoiding harm to each other, but the third Nebula Sword flew into Lu Xuan’s sheath and joined its two companions.

Lu Xuan found a fourth Nebula Sword in the Sword Pool and learned from Jian Wuxia that a sword formation counted as a single sword artifact for the quota. Back at his Cave Mansion, he added the Nebula Swords to the Yangxuan Sword Sheath, then approached a strange bamboo whose noisy roots were silenced by a gray vine.

• The Nebula Sword voluntarily entered Lu Xuan's Yangxuan Sword Sheath, and the Gloomy Youth gave up the sword and left.
• Lu Xuan followed the sword sheath's directions and found a fourth Nebula Sword before the Sword Pool's half-day limit expired.
• Jian Wuxia told Lu Xuan that the Flying Swords of a sword formation counted as one sword artifact once gathered together.
• Lu Xuan returned from the Sword Pool with five Flying Swords and inserted the four Nebula Swords into the Yangxuan Sword Sheath.
• Lu Xuan visited a strange bamboo, and a gray vine blocked the slits in its roots as strange voices poured from them.

Lu Xuan harvested forty-five mature Water Firefly Grass, gaining cultivation and many rewards, and continued tending his spirit plants. Ge Pu visited with an offer for Lu Xuan to cultivate a rare Rank 5 Spirit Seed for a Core Formation martial uncle, and Lu Xuan eagerly agreed.

• Lu Xuan tested the Thunder Sound Sword on the mature Phantom Sound Bamboo, silencing its strange sounds with Sword Qi Thunder Sound.
• Lu Xuan harvested forty-five Water Firefly Grass, gained eighteen years of cultivation, and realized he was close to Foundation Establishment Late Stage.
• Lu Xuan absorbed more Spirit Accumulation Elixir Formula experience and concluded that his skill in refining the elixir had reached the Grandmaster Realm.
• After more than ten days, Ge Pu visited Lu Xuan and said he expected to attempt Core Formation within ten years.
• Ge Pu explained that a Core Formation martial uncle wanted someone to cultivate his rare Rank 5 Spirit Seed, and Lu Xuan immediately accepted.

Lu Xuan agreed to cultivate a Fifth Grade Purification Glazed Tea seed for Qingxu True Person, a Core Formation cultivator seeking its comprehension-enhancing leaves. After planting it, Lu Xuan learned its precise growing needs and hoped it would yield Light Orb rewards that could improve his own comprehension.

• Ge Pu brought Lu Xuan to meet Li Qingxu, known as Qingxu True Person, at his vast Cave Mansion.
• Qingxu True Person explained that he wanted Lu Xuan to nurture Purification Glazed Tea while he prepared to cultivate a difficult divine ability method.
• Lu Xuan accepted the task, and Qingxu True Person gave him the Fifth Grade Spirit Seed and promised a reward when it matured.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion and planted the Purification Glazed Tea seed in his Spirit Field.
• Lu Xuan learned that the tea required a clear, pure aura to grow and that its mature leaves could enhance comprehension and purify evil influences.

Lu Xuan tended his Sword Grass and other Spirit Plants, then harvested a mature Fourth Grade Five Elements Fruit. Its light orb rewarded him with a Fifth Grade Illusionary Extinction Five Elements Formation, leaving him with a powerful new array.

• Lu Xuan decided to plant the Purification Glazed Tea Spirit Seed and Dragon Bone Grass in the Defective Secret Realm, where the spiritual energy was purer and denser.
• Lu Xuan inspected the Wind Lightning Sword Grass and tracked the Spirit Seeds forming inside several plants while guiding another through the Seed Condensation process.
• Lu Xuan used sword techniques to nurture the Fourth Grade Sword Thousand-Kite and Sword Peacock as they entered their mature stages.
• Lu Xuan harvested a Good Grade Fourth Grade Five Elements Fruit that had matured ahead of schedule.
• Lu Xuan opened the White Light Orb and obtained a Fifth Grade Illusionary Extinction Five Elements Formation, capable of heavily injuring or annihilating Early Stage Core Formation cultivators.

Lu Xuan received a Fifth Grade Illusionary Extinction Five Elements Formation and delivered a Good Grade Five Elements Fruit to Guan Wan of the Alchemy Hall. Guan Wan offered him more Five Elements Fruit seeds and suggested he pursue alchemy, leaving Lu Xuan considering joining the Alchemy Hall to refine Foundation Establishment Pills openly.

• Lu Xuan admired the Illusionary Extinction Five Elements Formation he had obtained from a Spirit Plant Light Orb and planned to use it to strengthen the Netherworld Courtyard's defenses.
• Lu Xuan contacted Guan Wan to report that the entrusted Five Elements Fruit had matured, and Guan Wan came to inspect it.
• Guan Wan confirmed the fruit was Good Grade and rewarded Lu Xuan with 150 Sword Seals.
• Guan Wan offered to obtain more Five Elements Fruit seeds for Lu Xuan to cultivate and asked whether he had considered developing his alchemy skills.
• Lu Xuan considered joining the Alchemy Hall so he could refine and sell Foundation Establishment Pills openly.

Lu Xuan joined Alchemy Hall as an ordinary alchemist and chose three pill recipes to learn. After returning to his Cave Mansion, he refined Essence Nurturing Pills with effortless mastery, producing six flawless pills of superior quality.

• Lu Xuan told Guan Wan he wanted to learn Alchemy, and she brought him to Alchemy Hall and explained its rules, benefits, and obligations.
• Lu Xuan chose the Essence Nurturing Pill, Spirit Accumulation Elixir, and Beast Spirit Pill recipes, swore a Heart Demon Oath, and received materials for each.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion and absorbed the recipe information from the jade slips.
• Lu Xuan used the Azure Pill Flame and the Medicine Midge to refine Essence Nurturing Pills, producing six flawless pills of superior quality.

Lu Xuan used elixir recipe experience packs to refine Essence Nurturing Pills and Spirit Accumulation Elixirs with exceptional success, but repeatedly failed to make Beast Spirit Pills. He planned to sell some of his pills discreetly and visit the Defective Secret Realm to transplant two Spirit Plants.

• Lu Xuan recognized that his experience packs had given him Grandmaster-level skill in refining Essence Nurturing Pills and Spirit Accumulation Elixirs, and considered the wealth he could earn.
• Lu Xuan refined several cauldrons of Essence Nurturing Pills and Spirit Accumulation Elixirs while the Medicine Midge searched the Pill Furnace for pill poison.
• Lu Xuan tried making Beast Spirit Pills but produced charred medicine residue, which the Medicine Midge eagerly consumed.
• Lu Xuan refined dozens of batches of free materials, successfully making Essence Nurturing Pills and Spirit Accumulation Elixirs while the Medicine Midge feasted on his failed Beast Spirit Pills.
• Lu Xuan decided to sell some of his pills discreetly and make a trip to the Defective Secret Realm to transplant Purification Glazed Tea and Dragon Bone Grass.

Lu Xuan inspected the Spirit Plants in his Defective Secret Realm, planted a Purification Glazed Tea Spirit Seed, and tended to his other plants and beasts. Back at his Cave Mansion, he learned that Fat Bird had met two attractive Wind Falcons and felt self-conscious about its appearance.

• Lu Xuan checked the growth of the Phoenix Wood, Vajra Bodhi, Earth Sovereign Jujube, Lightning Fall Wood, and other Spirit Plants in his Secret Realm.
• Lu Xuan planted the Purification Glazed Tea Spirit Seed near a spring eye and placed the Flood Dragon Skeleton in the Underworld Spring Spiritual Dew.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion and continued cultivating Spirit Plants and feeding Spirit Beasts.
• Fat Bird returned from playing outside looking dispirited, and Lu Xuan asked what had happened.
• Fat Bird told Lu Xuan that it had met two pretty Wind Falcons and thought the other birds disliked it because it was fat.

Lu Xuan followed Fat Bird to discover why it had been acting restless and found it visiting Guo Ping’s handsome Third Grade Variant Wind Falcon. After learning Guo Ping had reservations about the match, Lu Xuan returned to the Cave Mansion and waited for Fat Bird, which came back looking dejected.

• Lu Xuan distracted Fat Bird with the promise of its favorite foods and resolved to follow it the next time it left.
• The next day, Lu Xuan secretly followed Fat Bird to a Mountain Valley, where it approached a group of Wind Falcons and lingered near a handsome Third Grade Variant Wind Falcon.
• Guo Ping confronted Lu Xuan, then relaxed after learning who he was and explained that he had bred the Variant Wind Falcon through selective mating and other methods.
• Lu Xuan described Fat Bird to Guo Ping, who politely said the Wind Falcons should only get together if they both wanted to.
• Lu Xuan returned to the Cave Mansion and asked the downcast Fat Bird how its visit had gone.

Lu Xuan helped Fat Bird attract the Exotic Wind Falcon’s attention by sending it to the valley with a bag of spirit fruits. After seeing his attempts to refine Beast Spirit Pills fail, Lu Xuan decided to seek the formula through Spirit Plant Light Orbs and went to Si Nong Hall.

• Lu Xuan explained to Fat Bird that improving its status and sharing its spirit fruits might win the Exotic Wind Falcon’s favor.
• Fat Bird visited the valley with a bag of spirit fruits, and the Exotic Wind Falcon became affectionate after seeing Fat Bird eat them.
• Lu Xuan watched from afar and left Fat Bird to decide what to make of the Exotic Wind Falcon’s attention.
• The Exotic Wind Falcon’s keeper decided to make the bird curry favor with Fat Bird for a share of its spirit fruits.
• Lu Xuan, frustrated by his failed Beast Spirit Pill experiments, decided to cultivate the formula’s Spirit Plants for their Light Orbs and traveled to Si Nong Hall.

Lu Xuan bought Second Grade Spirit Seeds to test their Light Orb rewards and planted them in his Cave Mansion. He began accelerating the Yellow Cloud Ganoderma’s growth with Azure Wood Source Qi.

• Lu Xuan bought twenty Yellow Cloud Ganoderma Spirit Seeds and five each of several other Second Grade Spirit Seeds from Zhang Ce.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion and found Fat Bird cheerful again, asking how it would treat the Azure Feather Wind Falcon.
• Lu Xuan planted the spirit seeds, noting that the Yellow Cloud Ganoderma could merge into Spirit Soil and evade detection.
• Lu Xuan divided Azure Wood Source Qi among the twenty Yellow Cloud Ganoderma Spirit Seeds to accelerate their growth.

Lu Xuan used Azure Wood Source Qi to mature Yellow Cloud Ganoderma, harvested the first batch, and gained pills and a Beast Spirit Pill recipe from their light orbs. After improving his alchemy, he found that his Wind Lightning Sword Grass had successfully produced a genuine spirit seed and prepared to report back to Sword Hall.

• Lu Xuan used Azure Wood Source Qi to ripen twenty Yellow Cloud Ganoderma, then harvested the first five, which were ordinary quality.
• Lu Xuan collected light-orb rewards that included Beast Spirit Pills, an Agarwood Pill, and the Beast Spirit Pill recipe.
• Lu Xuan used the recipe experience to refine Beast Spirit Pills, succeeding once or twice in ten attempts.
• Lu Xuan found that the Wind Lightning Sword Grass had condensed a spirit seed through the genuine Seed Condensation Method and decided to report to Sword Hall.

Lu Xuan successfully condensed seeds from two Wind Lightning Sword Grass plants and brought the seeds and his method to Sword Hall. Shen Ye recognized the seeds as a new Third Grade variety and praised Lu Xuan’s contribution.

• Lu Xuan gave the Cloud Stepping Lynx an Agarwood Pill, which the lynx eagerly licked before carrying it away.
• Lu Xuan harvested five Yellow Cloud Ganoderma and gained Beast Spirit Pills and pill-recipe knowledge from their light orbs.
• Lu Xuan collected seven Spirit Seeds from two successfully seeded Wind Lightning Sword Grass plants.
• Lu Xuan visited Shen Ye at Sword Hall and presented the Wind Lightning Sword Grass Spirit Seeds and his written Seed Condensation Method.
• Shen Ye identified the seeds as a new Third Grade variety and said Lu Xuan’s paper had knocked open Sword Hall’s doors.

Lu Xuan brought three Wind Lightning Sword Grass plants to Shen Ye so the Sword Hall could verify his Seed Condensation Method, and Shen Ye promised him a generous choice of rewards if it succeeded. Lu Xuan explained his desire to cultivate more Sword Grass Spirit Seeds as a love of spirit plants and a way to help the sect’s disciples.

• Lu Xuan gave Shen Ye three Wind Lightning Sword Grass plants at different stages of seed condensation for the Sword Hall to examine.
• Shen Ye sent the plants to experienced Sword Cultivators and told Lu Xuan the hall would soon report whether his Seed Condensation Method worked.
• Shen Ye offered Lu Xuan his choice of Sword Hall treasures as a reward, with limits on grade, quantity, and resale, and required a Heart Demon Oath.
• Lu Xuan asked Shen Ye about obtaining more Sword Grass Spirit Seeds, explaining that he preferred cultivation and wanted to help fellow disciples by producing sword weapons.
• Shen Ye praised Lu Xuan’s devotion to the sect and felt ashamed beside his selfless intentions.

Lu Xuan continued cultivating spirit plants and beasts while practicing his techniques, then received word from Shen Ye that a Core Formation Martial Uncle had condensed five Fourth Grade Azure Lotus Sword Grass Spirit Seeds. He immediately set off for Sword Hall to claim one.

• Lu Xuan planted Water Firefly Grass seeds, reserved others for improvement, and continued tending his spirit fields and beasts.
• Lu Xuan visualized the Pure Yang True Fire Talisman and refined a Hundred Eyed Treant eye to strengthen his eye technique.
• Lu Xuan maintained his routine of cultivation and alchemy, and the Yellow Cloud Ganoderma matured with ordinary quality.
• Shen Ye told Lu Xuan that five Fourth Grade Azure Lotus Sword Grass Spirit Seeds were available and that he could hold one for only half a month.
• Lu Xuan summoned Fat Bird and rushed toward Sword Hall to claim a Spirit Seed.

Lu Xuan received a Fourth Grade Azure Lotus Sword Grass Spirit Seed and its cultivation scripture from Shen Ye after two Foundation Establishment Perfection cultivators sought the seed. He planted it on his mountain and considered the work needed to cultivate it.

• A bald-headed cultivator and Huang Shixiong urged Shen Ye to give them the Azure Lotus Sword Grass Spirit Seed, citing a damaged Flying Sword and Huang Shixiong’s dwindling lifespan.
• Shen Ye explained that he had reserved the seed for an acquaintance, and Lu Xuan arrived soon afterward.
• Shen Ye introduced Lu Xuan as the seed’s owner and the discoverer of the Wind Lightning Sword Grass Seed Condensation Method, prompting the two cultivators to abandon their claims.
• Shen Ye gave Lu Xuan the Azure Lotus Sword Grass Spirit Seed and the Fourth Grade Azure Lotus Sword Scripture.
• Lu Xuan planted the seed in his Spirit Field and noted that he now had three Fourth Grade Sword Grasses to cultivate.

Lu Xuan mastered the complex Azure Lotus Sword Scripture while tending his spirit plants, and the Phantom Sound Bamboo matured. Its light orb rewarded him with a Mirage Sound Pearl, which he swallowed and tested by imitating voices and unleashing Sword Qi Thunder Sound.

• Lu Xuan studied the Azure Lotus Sword Scripture jade slip late into the night and struggled to absorb its difficult sword art.
• Lu Xuan tended the Alchemy Hall’s plants and discovered that the Water Firefly Grass had sprouted.
• Lu Xuan found the Phantom Sound Bamboo mature, harvested it, and learned that it had absorbed decadent music and Sword Qi Thunder Sound.
• Lu Xuan touched the bamboo’s light orb and obtained a Fifth Grade Mirage Sound Pearl, which he swallowed.
• Lu Xuan tested the pearl by imitating familiar voices and blasting a boulder with Sword Qi Thunder Sound, then noticed the Demon Ghost Vine staring up at him.

Lu Xuan tested his Fifth Grade Mirage Sound Pearl and decided to sell his Phantom Sound Bamboo, then brought pills to the Alchemy Hall and earned 3,400 Spirit Stones. Guan Wan invited him to an alchemy exchange gathering, where Lu Xuan hoped to meet alchemists who could help him obtain rare spirit seeds and planting commissions.

• Lu Xuan kicked away the Demon Ghost Vine, put away the Mirage Sound Pearl, and tested the Phantom Sound Bamboo’s seductive and thunderous sounds.
• Lu Xuan decided to sell or trade the Phantom Sound Bamboo and planned to exchange some of his pills for Spirit Stones or Sword Seals.
• Guan Wan welcomed Lu Xuan at the Alchemy Hall and guided him through submitting his pills.
• Lu Xuan claimed a thirty percent success rate, and a female cultivator counted his ordinary-quality pills and paid him 3,400 Spirit Stones.
• Guan Wan invited Lu Xuan to join an alchemy exchange gathering, and he agreed, hoping to meet alchemists and find rare spirit seeds or high-grade planting commissions.

Lu Xuan attended an Alchemy Hall exchange meeting with Guan Wan, where he quietly judged the other cultivators’ alchemy insights against his own Light Orb-taught skills. He concealed his Grandmaster-level mastery of the Spirit Accumulation Elixir and left the gathering on polite terms, considering whether the Silver-Haired Old Woman might help him obtain rare spirit seeds.

• Guan Wan introduced Lu Xuan to five Alchemy Hall cultivators and explained his achievements as a Spirit Plant Master and new alchemist.
• Lu Xuan listened as a red-faced, eyebrowless cultivator demonstrated fire control, privately judging his skill inferior to Lu Xuan’s own.
• Two other alchemists shared refinement advice, but Lu Xuan found their insights less reliable than the knowledge gained from his Light Orbs.
• The Silver-Haired Old Woman described reaching Great Accomplishment in refining the Second Grade Spirit Accumulation Elixir and advised Lu Xuan to build his foundations.
• Lu Xuan claimed he had learned her advice while hiding his own Grandmaster-level mastery, deciding that staying discreet could preserve the possibility of obtaining rare spirit seeds.