Chapter Summaries

Lu Xuan inspected the Spirit Plants in his Cave Mansion, fed the Flesh Spirit God, and harvested eighteen mature Thousand Tendril Hands. Their Light Orb rewards combined into a Fifth Grade evil object, the Multi-Armed Corpse Slave, which could rival a Core Formation True Person when fully assembled.

• Lu Xuan continued condensing Spirit Seeds within the four mature Ice Firefly Grass plants and checked the growth of his high-grade Spirit Plants.
• Lu Xuan considered finding higher-grade strange fires for the Sixth Grade Phoenix Wood and more Buddhist artifacts to nourish the Vajra Bodhi.
• Lu Xuan caught the Flesh Spirit God eating scraps from the flesh-fed Spirit Plants, then gave it Demon Beast Blood Meat.
• Lu Xuan discovered that all eighteen connected Thousand Tendril Hands had matured and pulled them from the Nether Mud Flesh Spirit Soil.
• Lu Xuan touched the eighteen Light Orbs and received pieces of the Fifth Grade Multi-Armed Corpse Slave, a combined evil object with power rivaling a Core Formation True Person.

Lu Xuan assembled the Multi-Armed Corpse Slave and harvested a Good Grade Blood Spirit Palm Ginseng, whose light orb rewarded him with the Soul Seizing Blood Palm divine power. He set aside the risky cultivation method, tended his netherworld spirit plants, and considered how to cultivate the Fiend Origin Fruit.

• Lu Xuan pieced together the eighteen parts of the Multi-Armed Corpse Slave, tested its speed and attacks, and moved it to a corner of the Spirit Field.
• Lu Xuan harvested the mature Good Grade Blood Spirit Palm Ginseng and obtained the low-level heretical divine power Soul Seizing Blood Palm from its light orb.
• Lu Xuan examined the divine power's dangerous cultivation requirements and stored it in the Gluttony Insect Pouch for later.
• Lu Xuan released Yin Souls from the Soul Guiding Lamp and Soul Loss Bell, fed one to the Soul Burning Flower, and supplied infant souls and demon beast organs to other spirit plants.
• Lu Xuan considered how to properly cultivate the Fiend Origin Fruit instead of leaving its seed buried in the Grievous Spirit Mud.

Lu Xuan ripened and harvested his Sword Nurturing Gourds, gaining dozens of fourth-grade Sword Talismans, then went to the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild to sell some. Female Cultivator Wen arranged for their value to be appraised, leaving Lu Xuan waiting at the guild.

• Lu Xuan used Azure Wood Source Qi to mature the Sword Nurturing Gourds and harvested seventy-five gourds, leaving five vines to condense seeds.
• Lu Xuan collected dozens of Light Orbs and gained Starfall, Great Sun, Howling Sea, and Dragon Elephant Sword Talismans, bringing his total to over a hundred and twenty.
• Lu Xuan decided to sell some of his fourth-grade Sword Talismans for spirit stones to prepare for the auction.
• Lu Xuan visited the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild and asked Female Cultivator Wen to buy his Sword Talismans.
• Lu Xuan explained that the rare talismans came from a clan ancestor and declined Female Cultivator Wen's offer to introduce him to a Core Formation Elder.
• Female Cultivator Wen said Fellow Daoist Mu needed to appraise the talismans, and Lu Xuan agreed to wait.

Lu Xuan sold rare Sword Talismans to the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild and asked Mu for a treasure containing dense Killing Intent. Mu led him to a Bronze Halberd with powerful Killing Intent, hoping to exchange it for something rare.

• Lu Xuan asked Wen whether the merchant guild had a magic tool or treasure containing dense Killing Intent, and she suggested Mu might own one.
• Mu arrived and appraised Lu Xuan’s Starfall and Dragon Elephant Sword Talismans, recognizing their powers.
• Lu Xuan sold five of each Sword Talisman for eight hundred and thirty-five Middle Grade Spirit Stones.
• Lu Xuan asked Mu to trade his Killing Intent treasure for something rare, and Mu agreed to show him his collection.
• Mu revealed a Wooden Tower that stored his treasures and presented a Bronze Halberd from an Ancient Battlefield, warning that its dense Killing Intent could overwhelm the mind.

Lu Xuan traded an Earth Element Pearl for Mu’s Bronze Halberd, hoping its dense Killing Intent would help mature his Fiend Origin Fruit. He then accepted Mu’s wager to identify a mysterious Spirit Seed in exchange for a reward.

• Lu Xuan offered Mu a Rank 4 Dust Cleansing Pill for the Bronze Halberd, but Mu already owned one and refused the trade.
• Lu Xuan presented an Earth Element Pearl and explained its earth-shuttling ability, prompting Mu to exchange it for the Bronze Halberd.
• Lu Xuan planned to use the halberd’s Killing Intent to help mature his Fiend Origin Fruit.
• Lu Xuan asked Mu about rare Spirit Seeds, and Mu described mysterious Fifth- or Sixth-Grade seeds that other Spirit Plant Masters had failed to identify.
• Lu Xuan accepted Mu’s wager: if he identified the seeds, Mu would grant a request or ten thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones; if he failed, Lu Xuan would give Mu a Treasure equivalent to the Earth Element Pearl.

Lu Xuan identified Mu’s mysterious Spirit Seed as the Sixth Grade Corpse Demon Temple and asked Mu about a place containing Yuan Magnetic Spiritual Power. After Mu promised to seek information about a Yuan Magnetic Spirit Mountain, Lu Xuan offered to cultivate the Corpse Demon Temple for him.

• Lu Xuan examined Mu’s bone-like Spirit Seed by placing it in spirit soil and learned that it was the Corpse Demon Temple, a Sixth Grade Spirit Plant that absorbed bone essence.
• Lu Xuan revealed the Spirit Seed’s name and its connection to the Secret Demon Sect, winning the wager with Mu.
• Lu Xuan asked Mu about an environment rich in Yuan Magnetic Spiritual Power, and Mu recalled a dangerous Yuan Magnetic Spirit Mountain in a Secret Realm outside the Li Yang Domain.
• Mu promised to ask around at his chamber of commerce headquarters for the mountain’s location.
• Lu Xuan offered to cultivate Mu’s Corpse Demon Temple Spirit Seed.

Lu Xuan secured the Sixth Grade Corpse Demon Temple Spirit Seed by trading a Fifth Grade treasure as collateral, then planted it in his Netherworld Spirit Field. He also nourished the Fiend Origin Fruit and discovered that a sword grass seed had transformed into a Third Grade Thunderlight Sword Grass.

• Lu Xuan agreed to cultivate the Corpse Demon Temple and exchanged Heart Demon Oaths with the old man, leaving his Nailhead Arrow as collateral for the Spirit Seed.
• Lu Xuan considered opening a small shop to sell surplus Treasures and collect Spirit Seeds without drawing suspicion.
• Lu Xuan planted the Corpse Demon Temple in Nether Mud Flesh Spirit Soil and fed it a Demonic Beast skull.
• Lu Xuan placed the Bronze Halberd near the Fiend Origin Fruit Spirit Seed, allowing it to absorb the weapon's Killing Intent.
• Lu Xuan found that a sword grass Spirit Seed nurtured in the Yangxuan Sword Sheath had developed lightning patterns and identified it as a Third Grade lightning-attribute sword grass, which he named Thunderlight Sword Grass.

Lu Xuan cultivated his Spirit Plants, harvested more than a hundred Water Firefly Grass light orbs, and gathered rewards that brought him closer to Core Formation. After tending his Sword Grasses, he comprehended an embryonic Sword Art for the Light Splitting Shadowing Sword Grass and named it the Light Splitting Sword Scripture.

• Lu Xuan used strange thunder pearls to nourish Thunder Attribute Spirit Plants and decided to seek more spirit thunder in the Thunder Sea, where he also planned to visit two Thunder Hǒu Beasts.
• Lu Xuan harvested over one hundred Water Firefly Grass light orbs and gained fifty-four years of cultivation, then decided to use his remaining plants to condense seeds for Ice Firefly Grass.
• Lu Xuan collected seventeen Ice Firefly Grass Spirit Seeds and planted an improved Thunderlight Sword Grass Spirit Seed.
• Lu Xuan nourished his Sword Grasses, found that the Fourth Grade Azure Lotus Sword Grass had matured, and comprehended the embryonic Light Splitting Sword Scripture for the Light Splitting Shadowing Sword Grass.

Lu Xuan went to the Thunder Sea to gather spiritual thunder and encountered Zhang Zhizong's group, discovering that one of them carried an Evil Spirit's aura. After entering by himself, he reunited with the Thunder Hǒu Beast he had befriended by feeding it.

• Lu Xuan finished tending his Spirit Field, activated its defensive formations, and headed for the Thunder Sea.
• Zhang Zhizong invited Lu Xuan to explore the Thunder Sea with his group, but Lu Xuan declined.
• The Cloud Stepping Lynx detected an Evil Spirit's aura among Zhang Zhizong's companions, and Lu Xuan spotted black qi around a gloomy young cultivator.
• Lu Xuan entered the Thunder Sea alone with his Thunder Fire Token and used his abilities to navigate the lightning-filled area.
• The Thunder Hǒu Beast rushed to Lu Xuan, who fed it a piece of Demon Beast Meat.

Lu Xuan befriended two Thunder Hǒu Beasts with meat, Spirit Fruits, and Jade Cleansing Spirit Dew, persuading a Mutated Thunder Hǒu Beast to guide him through the Thunder Sea. It led him to a hidden basin rich in wood-attribute Ink Green Spirit Thunder, where he discovered an ancient jade vessel collecting Ink Green Thunder Liquid.

• Lu Xuan fed the Thunder Hǒu Beast Demon Beast Meat and Spirit Fruits, then called for its Mutated companion.
• Lu Xuan offered the Mutated Thunder Hǒu Beast food and Jade Cleansing Spirit Dew, then asked it to lead him to a source of Spirit Thunder.
• The Mutated Thunder Hǒu Beast accepted the Jade Cleansing Spirit Dew and led Lu Xuan through a hidden passage in a stretch of stone pillars.
• Lu Xuan found a basin filled with powerful wood-attribute Ink Green Spirit Thunder.
• The Mutated Thunder Hǒu Beast drank Ink Green Thunder Liquid from an ancient jade vessel, and Lu Xuan realized the vessel had been collecting it.

Lu Xuan collected Ink Green Thunder Liquid and condensed Ink Green Spirit Thunder with the Mutated Thunder Hǒu Beast’s help. After the beast protected him from an aggressive companion, Lu Xuan left the Thunder Sea basin and avoided cultivators battling Thunder Beasts.

• Lu Xuan tasted the Ink Green Thunder Liquid, collected several drops, and arranged to return for more with the Mutated Thunder Hǒu Beast.
• Lu Xuan condensed Ink Green Spirit Thunder into thunder pearls while the Mutated Thunder Hǒu Beast protected him from a companion that tried to attack.
• Lu Xuan thanked the Mutated Thunder Hǒu Beast with a Bewitching Peach and finished collecting enough Spirit Thunder for his Cave Mansion’s Thunder Attribute Spirit Plants.
• Lu Xuan left the basin, spotted cultivators fighting Thunder Beasts through the Voidsky Nightmare Eye, and detoured around them.

Lu Xuan was caught in a thunderstorm in the Thunder Sea, but the Mutated Thunder Hǒu Beast rescued him and brought him to its herd’s territory. There he met a powerful one-legged, single-horned beast, which recognized him from the Thunder Hǒu Beast’s stories and welcomed him as a guest.

• Lu Xuan encountered a thunderstorm and sheltered inside the Kun Earth Spirit Puppet as the lightning battered him.
• The Mutated Thunder Hǒu Beast found Lu Xuan and used a Thunder Escape Technique to carry him out of the storm.
• Lu Xuan arrived in the Thunder Hǒu Beast herd’s territory and offered the beasts Ice Fire Two Spirit Fruits to earn their trust.
• A huge one-legged, single-horned blue-ox beast approached, and Lu Xuan introduced himself and explained how he had arrived.
• The strange beast recognized Lu Xuan from the Mutated Thunder Hǒu Beast’s stories and told him he could stay as a guest.

Lu Xuan discovered that the Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros was a Seventh Grade Demonic Beast whose body had accumulated Thunder Death Crystals as it aged. After explaining the crystals’ risks, he began carefully removing them at the beast’s request.

• Lu Xuan offered Jade Cleansing Spirit Dew to the Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros, which drank it before settling into a Thunder Pool and falling asleep.
• Lu Xuan used his ability to learn that the Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros was over ten thousand years old and had entered its decline, with Thunder Death Crystals forming on its body.
• The Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros caught Lu Xuan examining the crystals, and Lu Xuan explained that they could attract people with ulterior motives if left on its body.
• The Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros asked Lu Xuan to remove the crystals, and he began scraping them away carefully.

Lu Xuan collected Thunder Death Crystals from the Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros and left the Thunder Hǒu Beast Territory after the storm passed. On his way back, he encountered Zhang Zhizong, who turned out to be an Evil Spirit in disguise, and killed him before the chapter ended.

• Lu Xuan cleared hundreds of jin of Thunder Death Crystals from the Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros and accepted them as payment.
• Lu Xuan decided not to reveal the Mutated Longevity Peach, then thanked the Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros and departed with a Mutated Thunder Hǒu Beast.
• Lu Xuan parted from the Mutated Thunder Hǒu Beast and encountered his neighbor Zhang Zhizong while crossing the storm-damaged Thunder Sea.
• Zhang Zhizong invited Lu Xuan to travel back together, then tried to stab him as black smoke and ghostly faces emerged from his head.
• Lu Xuan pierced Zhang Zhizong's divine soul with a rune-covered spike, beheaded him with a golden blade, and used a jade talisman to destroy the flying faces.

After killing Zhang Zhizong, Lu Xuan returned from the Thunder Sea with valuable thunder resources and used them to nourish his Spirit Plants. More than a month later, Lei Zheng warned him that Evil Spirits or Evil Cultivators had been invading cave mansions in Thunder Fire Star Cave.

• Lu Xuan found Zhang Zhizong dead but missing his Storage Bag, suspected the young cultivator with an Evil Spirit aura had taken it, and brought Zhang Zhizong's remains back to use as fertilizer.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion with Spirit Thunder, Thunder Liquid, and Thunder Death Crystal, then used them to nourish his Azure Wood Spirit Thunder Vine and other Thunder Attribute Spirit Plants.
• Lu Xuan resumed tending his Spirit Field, caring for his Spirit Beasts, cultivating techniques, and refining pills for more than a month.
• Lei Zheng visited Lu Xuan and asked about his Protective Array, then warned him that Evil Spirits or Evil Cultivators had been invading Rogue Cultivators' cave mansions and killing their occupants.

Lu Xuan reassured Lei Zheng that he could defend himself against Evil Cultivators, then agreed to cultivate a rare Spirit Seed for him. After planting it, Lu Xuan identified it as a Sixth Grade Nine Confucian Treasure Tree and learned its unusual growth requirements and uses.

• Lu Xuan told Lei Zheng that he had reached Foundation Establishment Perfection and could rely on his array and talismans for protection.
• Lei Zheng offered to help Lu Xuan if Evil Cultivators appeared and asked whether Lu remembered the special Spirit Seed.
• Lei Zheng explained that he had obtained the Spirit Seed in Great Xia Territory and entrusted it to Lu Xuan under a Heart Demon Oath.
• Lu Xuan planted the black-character Spirit Seed in his Spirit Field after Lei Zheng departed.
• Lu Xuan identified the seed as a Sixth Grade Nine Confucian Treasure Tree that needed Literary Qi and Confucian works to grow.

Lu Xuan planted a rare Nine Confucian Treasure Tree Spirit Seed despite lacking the conditions to cultivate it fully, then stayed cautious in his Cave Mansion amid warnings of unrest. He refused a patrol inspection by invoking his connection to Qi Wuheng, and the patrol left without entering.

• Lu Xuan planted the Sixth Grade Nine Confucian Treasure Tree Spirit Seed in Wu Spirit Soil and checked on his newly sprouted Ice Firefly Grass.
• Lu Xuan raised the Cave Mansion’s alert level and decided to postpone selling Fifth Grade Treasures until after reaching Core Formation.
• Shen Mingcheng and three Heavenly Star Grotto patrol cultivators arrived to inspect Lu Xuan and his Cave Mansion.
• Lu Xuan allowed Shen Mingcheng to scan him with an ancient mirror but refused to let the patrol enter, offering Jade Cleansing Spirit Dew instead.
• Lu Xuan mentioned that he had helped Qi Wuheng’s Thunder Winged Bird, and Shen Mingcheng accepted the Spirit Dew and left without searching the Cave Mansion.

Lu Xuan used the Voidsky Nightmare Eye to spot Peng Qi scouting his Cave Mansion and let his defenses deal with the intruder. After Peng Qi died and Lu Xuan processed his remains, he realized the scene resembled reports of Evil Spirit attacks and wondered if he was the Evil Spirit.

• Lu Xuan recognized a short cultivator who repeatedly passed near his Cave Mansion and suspected he was scouting it.
• Peng Qi used a Fourth Grade Formation Breaking Talisman to enter Lu Xuan's Cave Mansion, planning to kill him and disguise the robbery as an Evil Spirit attack.
• The Illusionary Extinction Five Elements Formation and the Grass Puppet's Arrow Vines overwhelmed Peng Qi and killed his body.
• Peng Qi's soul fled but was captured by the Soul Guiding Lamp, and Lu Xuan collected his belongings and processed his corpse for his evil-natured Spirit Plants.
• Lu Xuan noticed that the remains resembled those left by supposed Evil Spirit attacks and wondered whether he was the Evil Spirit.

Lu Xuan harvested ripened Bewitching Peaches and a mature Seven Emotions Bean, gaining several treasures from their Light Orbs. The Seven Emotions Bean yielded a strange Fifth Grade Red Dust Tablet that nearly drew him into its scenes of mortal life.

• Lu Xuan fed a rogue cultivator’s flesh to the Flesh Spirit God and let his evil Spirit Plants consume the man’s remains and soul.
• Lu Xuan inspected the items from the cultivator’s Storage Bag and planned to sell the ordinary magic tools and pills.
• Lu Xuan harvested seven Bewitching Peaches, gaining Bewitching Desire Pills, the Scripture of Utmost Bliss, and Alchemy experience that raised his skill to small accomplishment.
• Lu Xuan harvested the Seven Emotions Bean and obtained the Fifth Grade Red Dust Tablet from its Light Orb.
• Lu Xuan sensed the tablet affecting his state of mind and forcibly pulled himself out of its visions.

Lu Xuan harvested mature Saint Infant Fruits and received a Saint Infant Pill and a strange Two-Faced Saint Infant from their light orbs. He considered keeping the pill for his own future breakthrough and urged the Mother Plant to produce more sub-plant seeds before he let it fuse with the fruits.

• Lu Xuan learned that the Red Dust Tablet could temper his will and help him resist evil demons while advancing to Core Formation, then began using it to cultivate his will.
• Lu Xuan harvested a mature Saint Infant Fruit Sub-plant and obtained a fifth-grade Saint Infant Pill from its light orb.
• Lu Xuan ripened and harvested the second Saint Infant Fruit Sub-plant, then received the fifth-grade treasure Two-Faced Saint Infant from its light orb.
• Lu Xuan suppressed the aggressive Two-Faced Saint Infant and learned that it could cultivate evil-path abilities or be fused into a high-grade puppet.
• Lu Xuan sensed that the Saint Infant Fruit Mother Plant wanted to fuse with its sub-plants, but urged it to produce more sub-plant Spirit Seeds first.