Chapter Summaries

After killing the obese Core Formation Mid-Stage cultivator, Lu Xuan questioned his surviving soul to learn how his location had been discovered. The cultivator revealed that Huang Yandong had helped track Lu Xuan, leaving Lu Xuan with a new lead and a reason to keep the soul alive.

• Lu Xuan returned safely to his Cave Mansion and reflected on the treasures and abilities he had needed to defeat the stronger cultivator.
• Lu Xuan restrained the cultivator’s separated flesh and used the Blood Burning Art to force his divine soul to answer questions.
• The obese cultivator confessed that he had learned Lu Xuan’s movements from Huang Yandong, an Azure Wood Star Cave Core Formation True Person.
• The cultivator explained that Huang Yandong used Dustless Flower pollen and a Strange Insect to track Lu Xuan’s location.
• Lu Xuan spared the cultivator’s soul for the time being because it still had some use to him.

Lu Xuan captured a Core Formation Mid-Stage Meat Mountain Cultivator and learned that a scrawny old man had betrayed his whereabouts. He used a cursed arrow to subdue the old man and planted a Sixth Grade Tusk Bone Demon Seed inside his body.

• Lu Xuan made the Meat Mountain Cultivator swear a Heart Demon Oath, found the Strange Insect, and decided to keep the cultivator alive for his flesh.
• Lu Xuan searched the Meat Mountain Cultivator's Storage Bag and took his magical treasures, poisons, talismans, and Spirit Stones.
• Lu Xuan tracked down the scrawny old man, Huang Yandong, and used the Nailhead Arrow to wound his soul.
• Lu Xuan restrained Huang Yandong with the Multi-Armed Corpse Slave and planted the Tusk Bone Demon Seed in his body.

Lu Xuan took the Ghoul Trees and other Spirit Plants from the skinny old man's Spirit Field, then returned to his Cave Mansion and planted the Ghoul Trees in his Netherworld Spirit Field. He set the Flesh Spirit God to watch them and fed it a piece of the Meat Mountain Cultivator, which it devoured.

• Lu Xuan transplanted the skinny old man's Spirit Plants, including four Ghoul Trees, and took the old man away in his Gluttony Insect Pouch.
• On his way back to his Cave Mansion, Lu Xuan met Daoist Gao and declined an invitation to hunt a Fifth Grade Thunder Beast.
• Lu Xuan planted the four Ghoul Trees in his Netherworld Spirit Field, where they increased the Yin Qi, and warned them to behave.
• Lu Xuan told the Flesh Spirit God to watch the Ghoul Trees and fed it a piece of the Meat Mountain Cultivator's flesh.
• The flesh fragment tried to escape, but the Flesh Spirit God devoured it and remained hungry.

Lu Xuan tended his Cave Mansion, fed the growing Flesh Spirit God, and welcomed six Little Tree Nymphs into his Spirit Field. He checked on several Spirit Plants and animals before leaving the Star Fruits and restless Flying Thunder Ganoderma to grow.

• Lu Xuan planted the Gorgeous Tree Bark in the Nether Mud Flesh and told it to grow before attempting to possess him.
• Lu Xuan found the Thunder Dragon Howl hiding in the Water Firefly Grass, fed it a Thunderstorm Lotus Seed, and watched it play with the Rock Armor Turtle.
• Lu Xuan welcomed six Little Tree Nymphs to the Cave Mansion and let them gather Vegetation Spiritual Energy from its Spirit Plants.
• Lu Xuan inspected the six Fifth Grade Star Fruits and concluded they needed star-related spirit ores to grow better.
• Lu Xuan found that the Sixth Grade Flying Thunder Ganoderma Spirit Seed had shifted within its restriction before taking root.

Lu Xuan cultivated the Azure Peak Qilin embryo and brewed Fifth Grade Ape Demon Wine while enjoying life with the Spirit Beasts in his Cave Mansion. After feeding the Hundred Poisons Heart-Devouring Insect an unknown Fourth Grade poison pill and curing its reaction, he watched it advance to Fourth Grade and received the Sixth Grade Calamity Poison Scripture (Volume One).

• Lu Xuan poured Azure Wood Source Qi into the Azure Peak Qilin embryo, sensing that the sleeping beast had begun to form a faint connection with him.
• Lu Xuan gathered materials and brewed a jar of Fifth Grade Ape Demon Wine using the Mind Ape Fruit.
• Lu Xuan hosted a feast for the Cave Mansion's Spirit Beasts, giving each creature suitable food and drink.
• Lu Xuan fed the Hundred Poisons Heart-Devouring Insect a Fourth Grade poison pill, then cleared its poison and healed it with Azure Wood Source Qi.
• The Hundred Poisons Heart-Devouring Insect advanced to Fourth Grade, and Lu Xuan received the Sixth Grade Calamity Poison Scripture (Volume One) from its White Light Orb.

Lu Xuan studied the Calamity Poison Scripture and hosted Xuan Yuan Zhe, who warned him that Huang Yandong’s Cave Mansion had been invaded and Huang had disappeared. After Xuan Yuan Zhe left, Lu Xuan tended his Spirit Plants until a phoenix cry rang out from within the Cave Mansion.

• Lu Xuan examined the Calamity Poison Scripture, learned it contained knowledge about poisons, and planned to use it to help cultivate poisonous spirit plants and feed the Hundred Poisons Heart-Devouring Insect.
• Xuan Yuan Zhe visited Lu Xuan with Fourth Grade Demon Beast Meat, and the two shared Spirit Brew and discussed their different approaches to cultivation.
• Xuan Yuan Zhe warned Lu Xuan that Huang Yandong’s Cave Mansion had been looted and Huang’s fate was unknown, with signs suggesting a powerful cultivator had attacked him.
• Lu Xuan resolved to hide the Ghoul Trees he had taken from Huang Yandong, then saw Xuan Yuan Zhe off after they discussed recent events and cultivation.
• Lu Xuan inspected and watered his Spirit Plants, when a clear phoenix cry sounded from inside the Cave Mansion.

Lu Xuan used Primordial Yang True Fire to help his Phoenix Wood mature, then harvested it and received a Seventh Grade Purification Glazed Red Phoenix Bone. He chose to fuse the bone into his body, hoping to improve his constitution, bones, and affinity for fire.

• Lu Xuan sent Primordial Yang True Fire into the Phoenix Wood's phoenix phantoms, helping them shed the charred wood and reveal the mature Sixth Grade Spirit Plant.
• Lu Xuan identified the Phoenix Wood's properties and stored it, then touched the light orb beneath it.
• Lu Xuan received the Seventh Grade Purification Glazed Red Phoenix Bone and learned it could strengthen his bones, improve his fire affinity, and subdue birds.
• Lu Xuan decided to fuse the bone into his body rather than risk having someone else refine it into a magical treasure.

Lu Xuan completed his fusion with the Purification Glazed Red Phoenix Bone, greatly improving his control over Pure Yang True Fire. He stopped the Demon Ghost Vine from leading a Little Tree Nymph into the Bewitching Peach Forest, then harvested its latest crop of peaches and found that the spirit plant was producing fewer fruits.

• Lu Xuan fused the Purification Glazed Red Phoenix Bone into his body over several months, gaining greater control over Pure Yang True Fire.
• A Little Tree Nymph rode the Grass Puppet and then the Demon Ghost Vine as it battled the Fiendish Granny Treant.
• The Demon Ghost Vine tried to take the Little Tree Nymph into the Bewitching Peach Forest, but Lu Xuan caught her and scolded the vine.
• Lu Xuan entered the Pink Miasma with the Demon Ghost Vine and harvested more than ten Bewitching Peach Spirit Fruits, along with Light Orb rewards.
• Lu Xuan observed that the Bewitching Peach Forest’s latest crop was smaller than before and concluded that its fruit production was declining.

Lu Xuan watched the Rock Armor Turtle advance to Fourth Grade and received a Fifth Grade Mystic Yang Armor from its reward. He harvested dozens of Sword Nurturing Gourds for Rank 4 Sword Talismans and considered how to improve their Spirit Seed.

• Lu Xuan fed his pool companions and saw the Rock Armor Turtle advance to Fourth Grade.
• Lu Xuan collected the light orb from the turtle's advancement and obtained a Fifth Grade Mystic Yang Armor.
• Lu Xuan decided the armor offered little benefit to him and planned to trade it or sell it through You Jian General Store.
• Lu Xuan harvested most of his Sword Nurturing Gourds, leaving six vines for seed condensation, and received more than eighty Rank 4 Sword Talismans.
• Lu Xuan considered placing a Sword Nurturing Gourd Spirit Seed in the Yangxuan Sword Sheath and nourishing it with two Fifth Grade Sword Arts.

Lu Xuan harvested four stalks of Ice Firefly Grass and gained twenty years of cultivation, then went to Star Plucking Tower to seek Spirit Plants suitable for Artifact Refining. He learned about Wu Geng Wood and heard of a rare Spirit Seed, rumored to be Sixth Grade, that a declining clan wanted to sell.

• Lu Xuan harvested four mature Ice Firefly Grass stalks, gaining twenty years of cultivation and an Ice Soul Pill treasure.
• Lu Xuan decided to seek Spirit Trees for Artifact Refining and visited the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild at Star Plucking Tower.
• Lu Xuan asked Female Cultivator Wen about Fourth Grade or higher Spirit Plants suitable for refining Magic Tools.
• Female Cultivator Wen identified Wu Geng Wood as a Fourth Grade Spirit Tree suited to refining Flying Swords and offered to seek higher-grade seeds from other branches or headquarters.
• Female Cultivator Wen told Lu Xuan that a declining clan in Li Yang Domain was selling a rare ancestral Spirit Seed rumored to be Sixth Grade.

Lu Xuan visited the declining Bai Family to inspect its mysterious Sixth Grade Spirit Seed and watched the family head consider offers from several Core Formation cultivators. As the Bai Family Head weighed treasures against the clan’s future, Lu Xuan asked to examine the seed and hinted he had a valuable item to trade.

• Lu Xuan asked Wen for details about the Qingyuan Bai Family and learned it had only two Core Formation cultivators.
• Wen brought Lu Xuan to meet Bai Yushan, the Bai Family Head, and he joined six other Core Formation cultivators in the family hall.
• Bai Yushan revealed the Sixth Grade Spirit Seed and said he would exchange it for valuable cultivation arts, divine abilities, or other treasures.
• Several cultivators offered treasures and techniques, while Bai Yushan told his nephew that the family needed ways to ensure its survival, not merely stronger magic tools.
• Lu Xuan asked Bai Yushan to let him examine the Spirit Seed and said he had a fine treasure to offer.

Lu Xuan discovered that the Bai Family’s Sixth Grade Spirit Seed was an Invert Yin Fruit meant to grow alongside an Invert Yang Fruit, and offered Bai Yushan a Red Dust Tablet that could improve Core Formation chances in exchange. As Bai Yushan pressed to secure the tablet, Lu Xuan asked for another Sixth Grade Spirit Seed from the same source.

• Lu Xuan examined the Bai Family’s mysterious Spirit Seed and identified it as an Invert Yin Fruit that could combine with an Invert Yang Fruit to produce a quasi-Seventh Grade fruit.
• Lu Xuan offered Bai Yushan his Red Dust Tablet, explaining that it could temper the mind and slightly increase the chance of breaking through to Core Formation.
• Bai Yushan recognized the tablet’s value to the Bai Family and proposed exchanging it for the Spirit Seed plus one hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Lu Xuan refused the offer as insufficient, prompting Bai Yushan to ask what else he wanted.
• Lu Xuan asked whether Bai Yushan had another Sixth Grade Spirit Seed from the same source, leaving the old man stunned.

Lu Xuan traded the Red Dust Tablet for two Sixth Grade Spirit Seeds, completing his set of Yin-Yang Reversal Fruit seeds, then bought a Wu Geng Wood Sapling and brought new goods to You Jian General Store. He tasked Wen Qian with studying rare Spirit Plants to help find more seeds, leaving the general store as another channel for his cultivation.

• Lu Xuan bluffed Bai Yushan into trading his second Sixth Grade Spirit Seed alongside the first for the Red Dust Tablet, and Bai Yushan accepted because his clan urgently needed the treasure.
• Lu Xuan collected the white Spirit Seed and left with the complete Yin-Yang Reversal Fruit seeds, then bought a Wu Geng Wood Sapling from Female cultivator Wen for four thousand five hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Lu Xuan visited You Jian General Store, where Wen Qian presented roughly three hundred thousand Spirit Stones in recent earnings.
• Lu Xuan supplied Wen Qian with Sword Talismans, Sword Nurturing Gourds, and a Fifth Grade defensive Magic Tool, the Mystic Yang Armor.
• Lu Xuan instructed Wen Qian to keep studying Spirit Plant classics, especially rare and high-grade Spirit Seeds, so he could help find new seeds for Lu Xuan.

Lu Xuan planted new Spirit Plants and inspected the strange crops in his Netherworld Spirit Field before Xuan Yuan Zhe invited him on an expedition to Yuan Feng Island. Though the trip offered a chance to find Yuan Magnetic Spirit Ore, Lu Xuan wondered whether he could simply buy the opportunity instead of competing for it.

• Lu Xuan planted a Wu Geng Wood branch and fused the black and white Yin-Yang Reversal Fruit Spirit Seeds, which he stored until he could find suitable growing conditions.
• Lu Xuan inspected his Netherworld Spirit Field, fed the Flesh Spirit God, and found the Fiend Origin Fruit and Five Organs Treasure Plant nearing maturity.
• Xuan Yuan Zhe invited Lu Xuan to join a group of Core Formation cultivators exploring the northern Central Province and Yuan Feng Island, where Yuan Magnetic Spirit Ore might be found.
• Lu Xuan reconsidered Xuan Yuan Zhe's suggestion to fight for a chance and thought that he might buy one instead.

Lu Xuan declined to join Xuan Yuan Zhe’s expedition for Yuan Magnetic Spirit Ore and arranged to buy any ore the group found instead. He stayed in his Cave Mansion to tend his spirit plants, harvest Ice Firefly Grass rewards, and inspect Earth Fire Heart Lotus seeds being treated with Pure Yang True Fire.

• Lu Xuan told Xuan Yuan Zhe he could not travel because his high-grade spirit plants needed tending, then offered to buy Yuan Magnetic Spirit Ore from the expedition at a premium.
• Xuan Yuan Zhe agreed to sell Lu Xuan any ore the group obtained and departed after Lu Xuan wished him a safe return.
• Lu Xuan activated his formations and inspected the Sixth Grade Sitting Buddha Lotus, the Fifth Grade Jade Bottle Willow, and his other spirit plants.
• Lu Xuan harvested five mature Ice Firefly Grass and received fifteen years of cultivation, a Fourth Grade Ice Soul Pill, and a Fourth Grade Ice Spirit Pill from their White Light Orbs.
• Lu Xuan decided to reserve the remaining Ice Firefly Grass for seed condensation and production, then examined Earth Fire Heart Lotus seeds roasting over a Platinum Flame.

Lu Xuan discovered that one Earth Fire Heart Lotus seed had mutated after prolonged stimulation with Pure Yang True Fire, and continued his work improving spirit seeds. Yan Jiu'an then brought him a fifth-grade Yuan Yang Wood seedling from the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild and asked him to examine the guild’s savage beasts in a secret realm; Lu Xuan agreed.

• Lu Xuan found that an Earth Fire Heart Lotus seed had mutated and could produce lotus seeds that harmed evil spirits, demons, and monsters.
• Lu Xuan inspected the remaining lotus seeds and Five Elements Fruit seeds, then continued nurturing the Azure Peak Qilin embryo.
• Yan Jiu'an visited Lu Xuan and gifted him a fifth-grade Yuan Yang Wood seedling on behalf of the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild.
• Yan Jiu'an asked Lu Xuan whether he could help with fierce beasts kept in the guild’s secret realm, and Lu Xuan agreed to take a look.

Lu Xuan visited the chamber of commerce’s ferocious beast Secret Realm and learned how its beasts were raised for specific purposes. After Pan Hong demonstrated his brutal taming method, Lu Xuan prepared to adapt to the dangerous Pan Hong Garden.

• Yan Jiu'an brought Lu Xuan to the chamber of commerce’s Secret Realm, where ferocious beasts fought freely across varied terrain.
• Yan Jiu'an introduced Lu Xuan to Pan Hong and Ding Yu, who explained the Secret Realm’s beasts and its protected underground residence.
• Lu Xuan learned that cultivators were expected to maintain the beasts’ ferocity while keeping losses within limits, and that attacks posed some danger.
• Pan Hong took Lu Xuan on a flying boat through Pan Hong Garden and kicked a charging two-winged giant snake out of the sky.
• Lu Xuan judged that rough force suited the beasts and decided to learn how to handle them himself.

Lu Xuan began taming Fourth Grade fierce beasts in the Secret Realm, using their thoughts to gauge their hostility and beating them into submission. He discovered that the Rock Fiend Beast only pretended to surrender, so he destroyed its divine soul with the Thorn God Cone.

• Pan Hong gave Lu Xuan standard Magic Tools and Talismans and assigned him to tame Fourth Grade fierce beasts before joining the effort against Fifth Grade Demon Beasts.
• Lu Xuan fed an Ink Flame Tiger, sensed its greed toward him, and beat it until it showed goodwill.
• Lu Xuan tamed other fierce beasts by feeding them and using their thoughts to identify those that still harbored hostility.
• When the Rock Fiend Beast kept attacking despite its pain-resistant body, Lu Xuan used the Thorn God Cone to make it surrender.
• Lu Xuan sensed the Rock Fiend Beast still wanted to kill him and ground its divine soul to pieces with the Thorn God Cone.

Lu Xuan killed three fiercely malicious beasts during his first three days in the Secret Realm, convinced they would otherwise endanger the merchant association’s cultivators. After Ding Yu challenged his methods and warned him about the death quota, Lu Xuan promised to keep the killings within the limit and suggested that Ding Yu’s approach to taming beasts might put cultivators at greater risk.

• Lu Xuan killed a Rock Fiend Beast he judged irredeemably hostile, gathered its remains, and returned to camp.
• On the third day, Lu Xuan killed another beast after discovering it harbored deadly intentions, bringing his total to three.
• Pan Hong cautioned Lu Xuan about killing beasts too quickly, while Ding Yu questioned how Lu Xuan knew they could not be tamed and warned him about exceeding the merchant association’s death quota.
• Lu Xuan promised to control his killings and assured Ding Yu that the three beasts deserved death.
• Pan Hong explained that he favored fighting beasts that resisted, whereas Ding Yu tried to tame them; Lu Xuan suggested that Ding Yu’s beasts might attack cultivators more often.

Lu Xuan discovered that Ding Yu’s supposedly tamed Cloud Splitting Eagle was still resentful and warned him indirectly by letting events unfold. After the eagle attacked and Ding Yu killed it, Ding reconsidered his approach to beast taming and thanked Lu Xuan for his advice.

• Lu Xuan heard that Ding Yu had brought a tamed Cloud Splitting Eagle to the camp and joined the crowd to see it.
• Lu Xuan fed the Cloud Splitting Eagle and sensed its deep resentment, realizing it was only pretending to be tamed.
• Ding Yu demonstrated his control of the eagle, but it suddenly attacked him as it returned to land on his shoulder.
• Ding Yu killed the Cloud Splitting Eagle with his flying sword, and the gathered cultivators fell silent.
• Ding Yu admitted his previous arrogance and thanked Lu Xuan for helping him understand beast taming; Lu Xuan advised him to adapt his methods to each creature.