Chapter Summaries

Lu Xuan visited the Secret Realm’s high-grade fierce beasts with Pan Hong and learned of the Black Qilin Leopard’s painful past through its memories. He used the voice of its lost mother to comfort it before leaving to see the next beast.

• Pan Hong took Lu Xuan to meet the Secret Realm’s Fifth Grade and Sixth Grade fierce beasts, explaining their strength and the Restrictions controlling them.
• Lu Xuan fed the Black Qilin Leopard and discovered through its memories that its mother had protected it from birth and sacrificed herself to save it from cultivators.
• Lu Xuan gave the Black Qilin Leopard extra meat and, after Pan Hong called him away, returned to speak to it.
• Lu Xuan used the Mirage Sound Pearl to imitate the Black Qilin Leopard’s mother saying, “Qi'er, don't be afraid,” and the beast relaxed as it remembered her.

Lu Xuan used the Black Qilin Leopard’s trust and bloodline power to intimidate fierce beasts while feeding and taming them in the Secret Realm. With the beasts under control and Ding Yu’s changed views on beast taming, Lu Xuan prepared to return to Heavenly Star Grotto.

• Lu Xuan calmed the Black Qilin Leopard by simulating its clan’s call, then used his rapport with it to inspect other powerful fierce beasts.
• The Black Qilin Leopard drove off a Three-Headed Wolf Demon that threatened Lu Xuan, and Lu Xuan began bringing it along to intimidate troublesome beasts.
• Lu Xuan used the Black Qilin Leopard to subdue a fish demon and an Emerald Green Giant Snake while feeding beasts in their territories.
• The Black Qilin Leopard injured a Giant Spider, and Lu Xuan scolded it before taking the spider’s severed legs for his spirit plants.
• The day came for Lu Xuan to leave the Secret Realm, where Ding Yu had changed his views on beast taming and the Black Qilin Leopard had joined the effort to manage the fierce beasts.

Lu Xuan returned from the Secret Realm to his Cave Mansion and resumed cultivating Spirit Plants before Huang Bingqiu visited with Yuan Magnetic Spirit Ore. Huang Bingqiu revealed that Xuan Yuan Zhe had gone missing after encountering a Disaster-Class Evil Spirit, leaving Lu Xuan fearing the worst.

• Lu Xuan parted from Pan Hong, Ding Yu, and the others, accepted thirty thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and asked them to look after the Black Qilin Leopard.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion, greeted his Spirit Beasts, tended his Spirit Plants, and settled back into his peaceful routine over the following months.
• Huang Bingqiu visited Lu Xuan and offered to show him a piece of Yuan Magnetic Spirit Ore he had obtained on Yuan Feng Island.
• Lu Xuan asked whether Xuan Yuan Zhe had been with Huang Bingqiu, and Huang Bingqiu said Xuan Yuan Zhe was likely missing after their group entered a Secret Realm and encountered a Disaster-Class Evil Spirit.

Lu Xuan bought Yuan Magnetic Spirit Ore from Huang Bingqiu and used it to begin cultivating his Sixth Grade Yuan Magnetic Spirit Wood. While patrolling his Spirit Field, he harvested a Fifth Grade Fiend Origin Fruit and received a Yin Fiend Bottle from its light orb.

• Huang Bingqiu told Lu Xuan that Xuan Yuan Zhe had likely fallen to a Disaster-Class Evil Spirit in a Secret Realm.
• Huang Bingqiu offered Lu Xuan a piece of Yuan Magnetic Spirit Ore, and Lu Xuan negotiated the price down to 120,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Lu Xuan planted the seed of his Sixth Grade Yuan Magnetic Spirit Wood beside the ore and sensed its spiritual power nourishing the seed.
• Lu Xuan harvested a mature Fifth Grade Fiend Origin Fruit and received a Sixth Grade Yin Fiend Bottle from its light orb.

After harvesting the Thunderstorm Lotuses, Lu Xuan obtained Evil-Exterminating Spirit Thunder and the Thunder Control Chapter of the Divine Firmament True Method. He began studying the chapter’s techniques for gathering, refining, and wielding spirit thunder.

• Lu Xuan identified the Yin Fiend Bottle and decided to keep the Fiend Origin Fruit for a possible trade or sale.
• Over the next half year, Lu Xuan tended his Spirit Plants, including the growing Yuan Magnetic Spirit Wood and the transforming Huang Yandong.
• Lu Xuan harvested mature Spirit Plants, leaving twenty Ice Firefly Grass plants to condense seeds and collecting Ice Soul Pills.
• Lu Xuan harvested a Thunderstorm Lotus and obtained a wisp of Evil-Exterminating Spirit Thunder, which he sealed in a Jade Box.
• Lu Xuan harvested another Thunderstorm Lotus and obtained the Thunder Control Chapter, learning methods for controlling spirit thunder.

Lu Xuan harvested Thunderstorm Lotus rewards, strengthened his thunder-control abilities, and fed a lotus seed to the Thunder Dragon Howl young beast. He then hatched the Azure Peak Qilin, a Sixth Grade Variant Demon Beast, from its jade sphere.

• Lu Xuan gathered the remaining five mature Thunderstorm Lotuses and obtained Evil-Exterminating Spirit Thunder, a Thunder Extreme Escape Talisman, and another Thunder Control Chapter experience package.
• Lu Xuan practiced controlling his four wisps of Evil-Exterminating Spirit Thunder and decided to seek more Thunderstorm Lotus seeds through the Thunder Sea or the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild.
• Lu Xuan fed the Thunder Dragon Howl young beast a Thunderstorm Lotus Seed, and its aura grew stronger.
• The Thunder Dragon Howl young beast gave another lotus seed to Fat Bird, scorching its feathers with lightning until Lu Xuan healed it with Azure Wood Source Qi.
• Lu Xuan poured Azure Wood Source Qi into the jade sphere until it cracked open and the Azure Peak Qilin hatched.

Lu Xuan considered finding a larger Cave Mansion for his growing collection of Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts, then discovered that Nascent Soul True Lords were entering Thunder Fire Star Cave to investigate the Thunder Sea. Qi Wuheng warned him to keep a low profile, and Lu Xuan resolved to remain secluded.

• Lu Xuan fed the Azure Peak Qilin cub and considered finding another Cave Mansion to accommodate his growing collection.
• The Voidsky Nightmare Eye spotted a Nascent Soul True Lord riding a dark-green Chi Dragon, and the cultivator noticed the eye before it escaped into the void.
• Lu Xuan sensed another Nascent Soul True Lord passing through Thunder Fire Star Cave toward the Thunder Sea and decided to avoid going out.
• Qi Wuheng sent a puppet message warning Lu Xuan that several Nascent Soul True Lords, including a Daoist from Li Yang Dao Sect, had entered the Thunder Sea.
• Qi Wuheng told Lu Xuan that the Star Master had arrived to guard Thunder Fire Star Cave, and Lu Xuan thanked him for the warning.

As danger rose in Thunder Fire Star Cave, Lu Xuan learned that cultivators were exploring the newly revealed Thunder Islet Cave, an ancient Nascent Soul cultivator’s ruin. He refused Ye Xuanyin’s invitation to join the expedition but offered to buy any Spirit Seeds and other spirit-plant-related treasures she found.

• Lu Xuan felt reassured by Thunder Fire Star Cave’s increased patrols and continued tending his Spirit Plants while preparing more Ice Firefly Grass Spirit Seeds.
• Ye Xuanyin visited Lu Xuan and told him that Thunder Islet Cave had appeared in the Thunder Sea, attracting many Nascent Soul True Lords.
• Ye Xuanyin invited Lu Xuan to join her group in exploring the Secret Realm, but Lu Xuan declined because the danger outweighed the potential rewards.
• Lu Xuan asked Ye Xuanyin to sell him any High-Level Spirit Seeds, Spirit Beast embryos, or spirit-plant-related Treasures she obtained, and she agreed to try.

Lu Xuan arranged another way to acquire high-level spirit seeds and visited Joy Star Cave to sell accumulated treasures and seek a cave mansion for cultivating evil spirit plants. After disguising himself, he toured the pleasure district with a guide and declared himself opposed to gambling and drugs.

• Ye Xuanyin agreed to watch for cultivators returning from Secret Realms with spirit seeds, while Lu Xuan said he would pay a premium for ones he wanted.
• Lu Xuan inspected his spirit plants, checked the nearly finished Ape Demon Wine, and decided to visit Joy Star Cave to trade treasures and investigate cave mansions.
• Lu Xuan activated his Protective Arrays, left the Grass Puppet to guard his Cave Mansion, disguised himself, and entered Joy Star Cave.
• A young guide named Xiao He introduced Lu Xuan to the district’s restaurants, wine halls, gambling dens, drug venues, and dual-cultivation establishments.
• Lu Xuan said he and gambling and drugs were irreconcilable enemies, and Xiao He offered to take him to nearby pleasure houses.

Lu Xuan entered Chang Le Pavilion in Joy Star Cave and sold Ding Nian a large batch of yin-yang dual-cultivation treasures. As Ding Nian tried to seduce him, the Demon Ghost Vine warned him that she had an evil seed inside her belly.

• Lu Xuan rewarded his guide with a Middle Grade Spirit Stone and entered Chang Le Pavilion.
• Ding Nian, the pavilion master and a Core Formation Cultivator, welcomed Lu Xuan and led him to a private room after he offered to sell treasures.
• Lu Xuan showed Ding Nian Bewitching Desire Pills, copies of the Scripture of Utmost Bliss, and Bewitching Sound Pearls.
• Ding Nian bought all the treasures Lu Xuan had offered for three thousand three hundred and eighty Middle Grade Spirit Stones.
• Ding Nian tried to seduce Lu Xuan, but the Demon Ghost Vine sensed an evil seed inside her belly.

Lu Xuan stole three Sixth Grade Yin Mare Flower Spirit Seeds from Foundation Establishment cultivators at Chang Le Pavilion and escaped. The Six-Tailed Girl learned of the theft and suspected the culprit had unusual origins.

• Lu Xuan sensed a Spirit Seed inside Ding Nian and asked her to arrange three Foundation Establishment Perfection cultivators for him.
• Lu Xuan used the Voidsky Nightmare Eye to make the three cultivators unconscious and extracted the Yin Mare Flower Spirit Seeds from their bodies.
• Lu Xuan identified the seeds as Sixth Grade Spirit Plants, concealed what had happened with illusions, and fled Chang Le Pavilion using an escape art.
• Lu Xuan changed his appearance and aura, then considered how his disguises and precautions would hinder anyone searching for him.
• The Six-Tailed Girl punished the three women, confirmed that Ding Nian's Spirit Seed was safe, and examined a message left by the thief as she suspected his origins were unusual.

After Lu Xuan took three Yin Mare Flower Spirit Seeds from Chang Le Pavilion, its Six-Tailed Girl decided to investigate him discreetly. Lu Xuan then learned about the Ancient Jade Pavilion’s ancient-stone gambling and headed there, hoping his Spirit Seed-sensing ability could reveal hidden treasures.

• The Six-Tailed Girl deduced that the man who took the Spirit Seeds was likely a powerful Profound Sect disciple and ordered a quiet investigation while preparing for the news to leak.
• Lu Xuan left Chang Le Pavilion, avoided other pleasure houses, and enjoyed a meal at the Ten Thousand Spirits Food Hall.
• The Ancient Jade Pavilion appeared above Joy Star Cave, drawing cultivators eager to gamble on ancient stones that might contain valuable treasures.
• After hearing how the ancient stones worked, Lu Xuan wondered whether his ability to sense Spirit Seeds could guarantee a winning pick.
• Lu Xuan flew with the other cultivators onto the Ancient Jade Pavilion.

Lu Xuan explored the Ancient Jade Pavilion’s high-grade Ancient Stones and learned how its stone gambling worked. After another cultivator won a fifth-grade Sword Embryo, Lu Xuan suspected the man was a plant and prepared to choose a stone himself.

• Lu Xuan entered the pleasure boat’s three-level hall and went to the third level, where Core Formation cultivators and likely Nascent Soul True Lords examined Ancient Stones.
• Yu Huanzhen explained that Lu Xuan could inspect the stones by hand or with Spiritual Sense, but could not damage them before paying to gamble on them.
• Lu Xuan used his Illusory Breaking Eye Technique to examine the Ancient Stones, but their contents remained obscured; the Demon Ghost Vine also showed no reaction.
• A sinister middle-aged man in an azure robe paid two hundred Middle Grade Spirit Stones to open a gray Ancient Stone and obtained a fifth-grade Sword Embryo.
• After other cultivators opened stones with less valuable results, Lu Xuan suspected the azure-robed cultivator was a plant and thought it was his turn to win a grand prize.

Lu Xuan searched the ancient stones in Ancient Jade Pavilion for a Spirit Seed and discovered that the pavilion’s owner was the Treasure Tower artifact spirit. He finally found a stone containing a sealed Sixth Grade Heavenly Essence Fruit Spirit Seed.

• Lu Xuan secretly examined several ancient stones, but found no Spirit Seeds.
• A thin middle-aged man followed Lu Xuan and revealed that he knew Lu Xuan’s true identity.
• Lu Xuan recognized the man as the Treasure Tower artifact spirit, who said he had opened Ancient Jade Pavilion for amusement.
• The artifact spirit explained that the ancient stones came from ruins beyond the domain and refused to give Lu Xuan inside information.
• Lu Xuan found a faintly glowing ancient stone containing a sealed Heavenly Essence Fruit Spirit Seed.

Lu Xuan opened a Sixth Grade Heavenly Essence Fruit Spirit Seed from an ancient stone and refused to sell it, then discovered a Seventh Grade Spirit Seed hidden in another stone. The chapter left him preparing to claim the even rarer Eightfold Palace.

• Lu Xuan chose a white-jade ancient stone and had Yu Huanzhen cut it open, revealing a Sixth Grade Heavenly Essence Fruit Spirit Seed.
• Cultivators identified the fruit as a rare lifespan-increasing Spirit Plant, and an old Core Formation cultivator offered Lu Xuan 110,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones for it.
• Lu Xuan refused to sell the Spirit Seed and resumed examining the remaining ancient stones.
• After inspecting dozens of stones, Lu Xuan sensed that one contained the Seventh Grade Eightfold Palace Spirit Seed.

Lu Xuan opened three ancient stones in the Ancient Jade Pavilion, revealing a Seventh Grade Eightfold Palace Spirit Seed despite drawing the attention of other cultivators. The Treasure Tower Artifact Spirit offered to protect him and asked him to remain in the pavilion after the stone openings ended.

• Lu Xuan decided to open the stone containing the Eightfold Palace Spirit Seed in the pavilion and chose two extra stones to disguise his luck.
• Yu Huanzhen opened the first two stones, yielding an underpriced Fourth Grade Star Stone and an empty core.
• The final stone revealed a seven-colored Eightfold Palace Spirit Seed, which a Nascent Soul True Lord confirmed was Seventh Grade.
• Lu Xuan put the spirit seed away as concealed Spiritual Senses probed him, but his Clear Mayfly Feather Garment blocked them.
• Lu Xuan's success prompted other cultivators to claim ancient stones, while the Treasure Tower Artifact Spirit told him to stay in the pavilion and leave with it after the openings.

Lu Xuan met the Treasure Tower Artifact Spirit after gambling on ancient stones, then returned to his Cave Mansion with several rare Spirit Seeds. While tending his Spirit Field, he discovered that the White Bone Killing Sword Grass had matured.

• Yu Huanzhen brought Lu Xuan to meet the Treasure Tower Artifact Spirit, which asked how he had found the Spirit Seeds in the ancient stones.
• Lu Xuan claimed he could sense the vitality of Spirit Seeds, and the Artifact Spirit promised him a great opportunity once his cultivation improved.
• Lu Xuan returned to his Cave Mansion with three Sixth Grade Yin Mare Flower seeds, a Sixth Grade Heavenly Essence Fruit seed, a Seventh Grade Eightfold Palace seed, and Spirit Stones.
• Lu Xuan inspected his growing Spirit Plants and carefully watered the Ice Firefly Grass seedlings.
• Lu Xuan found that the Fifth Grade White Bone Killing Sword Grass had matured and admired its fierce sword intent.

Lu Xuan harvested a Sixth Grade Profound Cave Sword Tablet from the White Bone Killing Sword Grass and buried it among his Sword Grass to cultivate Sword Arts and create a Sword Intent secret realm. After tending to his Spirit Plants and checking on his companions, he celebrated with a feast and Ape Demon Wine, ending the day in a drunken mood with his Spirit Beasts.

• Lu Xuan harvested the White Bone Killing Sword Grass and received the Sixth Grade Profound Cave Sword Tablet, a treasure that aided Sword Dao cultivation and could transform nearby space into a Sword Intent Small Secret Realm.
• Lu Xuan buried the tablet in his Sword Grass field and built a stone hut nearby to use for comprehending and cultivating Sword Arts.
• Lu Xuan checked the Light Splitting Shadowing Sword Grass and kept the mature White Bone Killing Sword Grass as a potential means of protecting himself.
• The Little Tree Nymph told Lu Xuan that she and the other little spirits were delighted by the Cave Mansion’s many High-Level Spirit Plants.
• Lu Xuan invited the Spirit Beasts to a feast, served Demon Beast Meat, Spirit Fruits, and Ape Demon Wine, then drunkenly made a heart shape with Cloud Stepping Lynx’s ear tufts.

Lu Xuan rewarded Hong Qinghai with Ape Demon Wine, then resumed cultivating his Spirit Plants and discovered that a Five Elements Fruit spirit seed had mutated under the Illusionary Extinction Five Elements Formation. He planned to cultivate the seed and seek more Seed Condensation Methods to improve the plant further.

• Lu Xuan tended the Nine Confucian Treasure Tree and gave Hong Qinghai a bottle of fifth-grade Ape Demon Wine.
• Lu Xuan returned to his quiet routine of cultivating Spirit Plants and raising Spirit Beasts.
• Lu Xuan examined the Five Elements Fruit spirit seeds and discovered one had become a Mutated Five Elements Fruit seed.
• Lu Xuan planted the mutated seed in Five-Colored Soil and planned to use a Seed Condensation Method to produce more seeds and eventually improve the plant to fifth grade.
• Lu Xuan considered seeking additional Seed Condensation Methods through the Chamber of Commerce.

Lu Xuan received thirty Thunderstorm Lotus Spirit Seeds from Daoist Mu and returned the Nailhead Arrow he had left as a pledge. After planting the seeds, Lu Xuan harvested a mature Soul Burning Flower and obtained the Sixth Grade cultivation technique "Soul Capturing Scripture."

• Daoist Mu delivered thirty high-quality Thunderstorm Lotus Spirit Seeds, which Lu Xuan bought for one thousand five hundred Middle Grade Spirit Stones.
• Daoist Mu returned Lu Xuan's Nailhead Arrow and left the Corpse Demon Temple Spirit Plant in his care while he returned to the Mu Family to pursue Core Formation.
• Lu Xuan planted the thirty Thunderstorm Lotus Spirit Seeds and nourished them with the Spirit Rain Technique.
• Lu Xuan harvested the mature Soul Burning Flower and received the Sixth Grade cultivation technique "Soul Capturing Scripture" from its White Light Orb.