Chapter Summaries

After returning from Heart Sword Lake, Lu Xuan settled back into his cave abode and began raising Tassel Fish in a new Small Sword Pool. Two months later, Jin Zaigan delivered a Seventh-Grade Giant Sword Boat commissioned for Lu Xuan by Huan Zhen and the other Sword Peaks.

• Lu Xuan promised Still True Sword Peak disciples first priority if he sold his two Shadow Stones, then returned safely to his cave abode.
• Xiao Bai Ape welcomed Lu Xuan home, massaged him, and reported that Yu Qiushui had visited while he was away.
• Lu Xuan found the Shadow Stone Sprites gathered on one Reef Stone, redistributed them among the stones, and bound them with Restrictions.
• Lu Xuan made a pool for his Sword Qi Spirit Liquid and added Tassel Fish, naming it the Small Sword Pool.
• After two months of tending his Spirit Plants and keeping to his usual routine, Lu Xuan received Jin Zaigan, who delivered a Seventh-Grade Giant Sword Boat commissioned by Huan Zhen and other Sword Peak elders.

Lu Xuan tested his newly acquired Giant Sword Boat and considered how to balance his duties across two realms. He sold Shadow Stones to fellow disciples for Sword Seals while keeping his other stones a secret.

• Jin Zaigan warned Lu Xuan about traveling through the void, and Lu Xuan explained that his duties as a Guest Elder required him to return to the Cloud Void Domain.
• Lu Xuan considered focusing on the Profound Cave Sword Sect and sought a way to hasten the Eightfold Palace’s maturation by obtaining the Divine Wood Azure Kettle’s origin portion.
• Lu Xuan refined the Seventh Grade Giant Sword Boat, explored its spacious interior, and tested its flight before returning to cultivate Spirit Plants.
• Huang Jinhu visited Lu Xuan, confirmed the Shadow Stone’s authenticity, and bought it for one thousand seven hundred Sword Seals after Lu Xuan asked him to keep the sale confidential.
• Several days later, Lu Xuan sold another Shadow Stone to a fellow disciple for over a thousand Sword Seals.

Lu Xuan sought information about the descendants of Chen Xiaobai, a deceased Nascent Soul cultivator whose sword soul he hoped to claim by resolving its obsession. Mo Yuanfeng told him that the Chen Family had declined and identified a promising young descendant in the sect’s outer sect.

• The White Jade Sky Supporting Ape teased Ye with a remark about a treasure being fated for her, and Lu Xuan warned it not to repeat the joke.
• Lu Xuan counted the Sword Seals earned from selling Shadow Stones and considered seeking Chen Xiaobai’s descendants to resolve a sword soul’s obsession.
• Lu Xuan visited Mo Yuanfeng and asked about Chen Xiaobai’s descendants, claiming he wished to repay the deceased cultivator for a past favor.
• Mo Yuanfeng explained that the Chen Family had declined and now had only one aging Core Formation Mid-Stage elder.
• Mo Yuanfeng reported that a talented young Chen descendant was cultivating in the outer sect with Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivation before age seventy, and Lu Xuan asked for more details.

Chen Qingshuang returned from a draining day of work and continued recovering from poison left by an Evil Spirit. Lu Xuan visited her, proved his connection to her great-grandfather, and offered her valuable treasures as repayment.

• Chen Qingshuang returned to her courtyard, took an antidote pill, and purged more of the Evil Spirit's poison from her body.
• Zhong Li visited Chen Qingshuang and again invited her to move into her Cave Mansion, but Chen Qingshuang declined.
• Lu Xuan introduced himself to Chen Qingshuang and explained that he had formed a connection with her great-grandfather, Chen Xiaobai.
• Lu Xuan recounted details about Chen Xiaobai that convinced Chen Qingshuang of his story.
• Lu Xuan offered Chen Qingshuang three Rank 4 Sword Talismans, two Rank 4 Dust Cleansing Pills, and three Thunderstorm Lotus seeds, which she hesitated to accept.

Lu Xuan gave Chen Qingshuang cultivation treasures and a Communication Talisman, then went to the Sword Palace to spend his Sword Seals on rare spirit seeds. He bought two Heavenly Essence Fruit spirit seeds, hoping to cultivate a valuable source of lifespan-extending pills.

• Lu Xuan gave Chen Qingshuang several treasures and a Communication Talisman, and she accepted them gratefully.
• Lu Xuan traveled to the Sword Palace’s Spirit Plant Hall to search for rare spirit seeds.
• Lu Xuan found two Sixth Grade Heavenly Essence Fruit spirit seeds and decided to buy them for their potential to produce lifespan-extending pills.
• Lu Xuan paid the Gaunt Old Man 2,800 Sword Seals for the two Heavenly Essence Fruit spirit seeds and stored them in his Gluttony Insect Pouch.

After harvesting mature sword gourds and Thousand Thunder Sword Grass, Lu Xuan gained numerous treasures and completed the Sixth Grade Thousand Thunder Sword Formation. The Old Sword Flood Dragon recognized his work supplying Still True Sword Liquid and offered him a nearly withered segment of an Innate Spirit Root.

• Lu Xuan harvested forty-four Small Profound Cave Sword Gourds and received sword talismans, Profound Cave Sword Intent, and Sword Talisman Annotations insights from their light orbs.
• Lu Xuan harvested forty-two Thousand Thunder Sword Grasses and obtained Still True Sword Liquid, Thunderous Sword Galls, and formula insights.
• Lu Xuan combined eighteen Flying Swords and mastered the Sixth Grade Thousand Thunder Sword Formation.
• Lu Xuan brought Still True Sword Liquid to the Old Sword Flood Dragon, who praised his efforts and gave him a nearly withered segment of an Innate Spirit Root.

Old Sword Flood Dragon gave Lu Xuan a lifeless fragment of the Innate Spirit Root called the Void Containing Immortal Vine. Lu Xuan revived a trace of its vitality and learned the rare requirements for cultivating it, then resolved to seek the treasures it needed.

• Old Sword Flood Dragon told Lu Xuan that the Void Containing Immortal Vine was an Innate Spirit Root fragment whose vitality had drained away, then bestowed it on him.
• Lu Xuan hurried to his Spirit Field and planted the withered vine, but no Spirit Plant information appeared.
• Lu Xuan poured the vegetation spiritual energy from his Divine Wood Azure Kettle into the vine until a faint trace of vitality returned.
• Lu Xuan learned that the vine had to be planted in a grotto-heaven after years of soaking in Seventh Grade vitality-rich spiritual liquid and nourishment from a wood-element supreme treasure.
• Lu Xuan decided to search for the rare treasures needed to cultivate the Void Containing Immortal Vine.

Lu Xuan delivered a large batch of Sword Talismans and Still True Sword Liquid to Yuan Rong, earning nearly eighteen thousand Sword Seals and agreeing to continue working for Sword Peak. He then approached Mo Yuanfeng to ask for help acquiring the Seventh Grade Ten Thousand Year Spirit Milk needed to restore the Void Containing Immortal Vine.

• Yuan Rong visited Lu Xuan to ask about the Sword Talismans and Still True Sword Liquid he had been commissioned to make.
• Lu Xuan handed over sixty-three Fifth Grade Sword Talismans and thirty-one bottles of Still True Sword Liquid, which Yuan Rong bought for 17,880 Sword Seals.
• Lu Xuan agreed to keep making Sword Talismans and Still True Sword Liquid for Sword Peak when more materials became available.
• Lu Xuan decided to seek a Nascent Soul True Lord's help buying Ten Thousand Year Spirit Milk before someone else exchanged for it.
• Lu Xuan visited Mo Yuanfeng with four bottles of Spirit Brew and asked him for help, and Mo Yuanfeng joked that the request must be important.

Lu Xuan obtained Ten Thousand Year Spirit Milk to restore a rare Seventh Grade Spirit Seed, then prepared to return to the Cloud Void Domain to harvest matured Spirit Plants and their Light Orb rewards. He left Xiao Bai Ape guarding his Cave Mansion as he set out.

• Lu Xuan asked Mo Yuanfeng to exchange more than twenty-one thousand Sword Seals for Ten Thousand Year Spirit Milk, claiming it would restore a rare Spirit Seed that could help him reach the Nascent Soul Realm.
• Mo Yuanfeng quickly obtained the Spirit Milk and gave it to Lu Xuan.
• Lu Xuan soaked the withered Void Containing Immortal Vine in the Spirit Milk and decided to seek a wood-element supreme treasure himself.
• Lu Xuan planned a return to the Cloud Void Domain to collect Light Orb rewards from matured Spirit Plants and visit old friends.
• Lu Xuan gave Xiao Bai Ape food and Spirit Brew, asked it to guard his Cave Mansion, and promised to bring its Spirit Beast companions to visit when he returned.
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Lu Xuan returned to the Li Yang Domain, visited the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild, and replenished his General Store before going back to his cave abode. There, he reunited with his Spirit Beasts and welcomed Qi Wuheng, Guo Bingqiu, and other familiar cultivators.

• Lu Xuan visited the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild, where Daoist Mu welcomed him and told him the guild had no urgent Spirit Plant duties for him.
• Lu Xuan replenished the General Store with treasures, collected its Spirit Stone earnings, and asked Hong Qinghai to send Wen Qian to see him when he returned.
• A Heavenly Star Grotto patrol led by Daoist Zhang found Lu Xuan at his cave abode, and Lu Xuan gave them Spirit Brew before entering.
• Lu Xuan returned to his cave abode and was greeted by Fat Bird, Thunder Dragon Howl, Azure Peak Qilin, Dazzling Fire Flood Dragon, Thunder Ghost, and the Little Tree Nymphs.
• Qi Wuheng visited Lu Xuan, and Guo Bingqiu arrived with Ye Xuanyin, Lei Zheng, and other familiar cultivators.

Lu Xuan hosted cultivators at his Cave Mansion after joining the Profound Cave Sword Sect, then harvested mature Spirit Plants to gain cultivation and treasures. He began harvesting his Pure Yang Golden Lotuses and received a Sixth Grade Taiyi Pure Yang True Fire from the first Light Orb.

• Lu Xuan welcomed familiar cultivators to his Cave Mansion, where they asked about the Profound Cave Sword Sect and invited him to visit them.
• After the guests left, Lu Xuan fed his Spirit Beasts and noted that Fat Bird and the Cloud Stepping Lynx were close to breakthroughs.
• Lu Xuan harvested more than eighty Ice Firefly Grass plants, gaining fifty-two years of cultivation along with Ice Marrow Spirit Wine, Ice Soul Pills, and other rewards.
• Lu Xuan found that all seven Pure Yang Golden Lotuses had matured and decided to harvest three while leaving four to condense seeds.
• Lu Xuan harvested a Pure Yang Golden Lotus and received the Sixth Grade treasure Taiyi Pure Yang True Fire.

Lu Xuan harvested Pure Yang Golden Lotuses, Thunderstorm Lotuses, and Five Elements Illusion Fruits, receiving spirit wine, powerful treasures, cultivation experience, and a fragment of a seventh-grade array. He ended with two fragments of the Grand Five Elements Annihilation Array that resonated with each other.

• Lu Xuan received two more wisps of Taiyi Pure Yang True Fire and discovered that a White Light Orb had yielded fifth-grade Heart Flame Wine.
• Lu Xuan nurtured spirit seeds from four Pure Yang Golden Lotuses and continued toward the remaining Spirit Fields.
• Lu Xuan harvested dozens of Thunderstorm Lotuses and obtained Evil-Exterminating Spirit Thunder, Thunder Extreme Escape Talismans, Thunder Evil Pellets, and cultivation experience packs.
• Lu Xuan harvested two fifth-grade Five Elements Illusion Fruits, leaving four plants to condense seeds.
• Lu Xuan received a fragment of the seventh-grade Grand Five Elements Annihilation Array and found that it resonated with another fragment in his Gluttony Insect Pouch.

Lu Xuan harvested a Five Elements Illusion Fruit and obtained the Five Elements Pill Formula, then tended his spirit plants and beasts after returning to Thunder Fire Star Cave. Wen Qian visited with two Jade Wutong saplings, and Lu Xuan rewarded him with a Thunder Extreme Escape Talisman and urged him to acquire rare spirit seeds and seed-condensation methods.

• Lu Xuan obtained the Five Elements Pill Formula from the White Light Orb and reflected that he needed to condense seeds and acquire a Divine Wood Azure Kettle origin.
• Lu Xuan inspected and tended the spirit plants and spirit beasts that had grown during his absence, then replenished their food.
• After half a month of visitors, Lu Xuan resumed his quiet farming routine at Thunder Fire Star Cave.
• Wen Qian visited Lu Xuan and presented two Jade Wutong saplings he had bought in the Great Xia Territory.
• Lu Xuan rewarded Wen Qian with a fifth-grade Thunder Extreme Escape Talisman and instructed him to secure rare spirit seeds and seed-condensation methods regardless of cost.

Lu Xuan gave Wen Qian a Thunder Extreme Escape Talisman and considered taking him to the Profound Cave Realm if he opened a shop there. Back at his Cave Mansion, the Cloud Stepping Lynx broke through to Fifth Grade, and Lu Xuan received a Sixth Grade Double Pupil Spirit Eye.

• Lu Xuan gave Wen Qian a Thunder Extreme Escape Talisman and said he might take him to the Profound Cave Realm to help with a shop.
• Lu Xuan planted two Jade Wutong saplings and fed them Crimson Astral Jade for their growth.
• The Cloud Stepping Lynx absorbed a vast amount of spiritual energy and broke through to Fifth Grade, awakening a third eye.
• Lu Xuan assessed the Cloud Stepping Lynx's strengthened eye techniques and speed, noting that its bloodline shackles capped its advancement at Fifth Grade.
• Lu Xuan touched the White Light Orb from the Lynx's breakthrough and received the Sixth Grade Treasure Double Pupil Spirit Eye.

Lu Xuan refined a Double Pupil Spirit Eye, raised new Spirit Seeds, and watched Fat Bird break through to Fifth Grade. Fat Bird’s breakthrough rewarded him with a Thunder Peng Feather that could be nurtured into a Seventh Grade Treasure.

• Lu Xuan refined the Sixth Grade Double Pupil Spirit Eye and absorbed it into his body to improve his Illusory Breaking Eye Technique.
• Lu Xuan planted Spirit Seeds from the Pure Yang Golden Lotuses and Five Elements Illusion Fruits, then sensed Fat Bird beginning its breakthrough.
• Fat Bird broke through to become a Fifth Grade Spirit Beast, gaining greater speed, strength, toughness, and wind abilities.
• Lu Xuan touched the White Light Orb and received a Sixth Grade Thunder Peng Feather containing lightning-attributed mana and a trace of Thunder Peng origin aura.
• Lu Xuan learned that high-grade spiritual lightning and lightning fluid could nurture the Thunder Peng Feather into a Seventh Grade Treasure.

Lu Xuan visited the Thunder Hǒu Beast Territory, reunited with the Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros, and explained how he had joined the Profound Cave Sword Sect. The Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros asked him to take responsibility for protecting the Thunder Hǒu Beast Clan after its death, and Lu Xuan considered the request.

• Lu Xuan visited the Thunder Sea and gave the Mutated Thunder Hǒu Beast three Thunderstorm Lotus Seeds.
• Lu Xuan met the Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros, explained his years away and his entry into the Profound Cave Sword Sect, and offered it two bottles of Fifth Grade Spirit Brew.
• Lu Xuan cleaned the Thunder Death Crystals from the Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros's back while they spoke.
• The Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros asked Lu Xuan to protect the Thunder Hǒu Beast Clan after it died, offering High-Level Spirit Seeds and a special gift in return.

Lu Xuan promised the Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros he would protect the Thunder Hǒu Beast Clan if he reached the Nascent Soul Realm, then returned to cultivating spirit plants and welcoming visitors. Zhang Jiuzong brought him Thunderstorm Lotus Spirit Seeds and an As-You-Wish Incense Coin, asking him to cultivate rare Sixth Grade spirit seeds for the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild in return.

• Lu Xuan promised the Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros he would shelter the Thunder Hǒu Beast Clan if he became powerful enough, then visited Thunder Dragon Howl's parents and gathered Ink Green Thunder Liquid.
• Lu Xuan resumed his life in his Cave Mansion and received more visitors after becoming a disciple of the Profound Cave Sword Sect.
• Zhang Jiuzong visited Lu Xuan to taste Still True Sword Liquid and brought sixty-two Thunderstorm Lotus Spirit Seeds from the merchant guild.
• Zhang Jiuzong presented Lu Xuan with a Sixth Grade As-You-Wish Incense Coin, explaining that the merchant guild wanted him to cultivate several rare Sixth Grade spirit seeds in return.

Lu Xuan learned that his incarnation Ling Gu had earned the fearsome title Blood Hand Human Butcher in Fengyuan Star Cave. As two Rogue Cultivators described Ling Gu’s reputation and strength, Lu Xuan pressed them for more details.

• Lu Xuan accepted the As-You-Wish Incense Coin from Zhang Jiuzong and agreed to cultivate High-Level Spirit Plants for the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild.
• Lu Xuan planted sixty-two Thunderstorm Lotus Spirit Seeds in his Cave Mansion and set out for Fengyuan Star Cave to harvest mature spirit plants.
• Lu Xuan used Flower Enchantress to scout Fengyuan Star Cave and overheard two Rogue Cultivators discussing their plan to join Ling Gu.
• Lu Xuan confronted the cultivators and asked them to explain Blood Hand Human Butcher Ling Gu’s reputation.
• The tall, gaunt cultivator told Lu Xuan that Ling Gu had killed two of three opponents during a Secret Realm exploration and severely wounded the third.

Lu Xuan visited Ling Gu’s cave in Fengyuan Star Cave and harvested the matured Bewitching Corpse Skin, obtaining the Seventh Grade treasure Fairy Maiden Remains. He learned the remains could grant powerful Joyous Union Sect abilities but risked overwhelming its user with desire.

• Lu Xuan overheard two cultivators discussing Ling Gu’s strength and their plan to seek his protection, then left without revealing his connection to Ling Gu.
• Lu Xuan decided not to let Ling Gu recruit the two cultivators and traveled to the fifth level of Fengyuan Star Cave.
• Lu Xuan entered Ling Gu’s cave, found that Ling Gu and the Flesh Spirit God were away, and went to inspect the Spirit Field.
• Lu Xuan subdued the matured Bewitching Corpse Skin and harvested it, receiving the special Seventh Grade treasure Fairy Maiden Remains.
• Lu Xuan learned that the remains could teach Joyous Union Sect techniques or grant Nascent Soul-level strength, while exposing the user to overwhelming desire.

Lu Xuan harvested mature Soul Insect Fungus and received two Parasitic Insect Demons and the Hundred Demon Fishing Manual from their light orbs. He put the treasures away and continued inspecting his sinister Spirit Plants, noting that the Fragrant Flesh Branch was nearing maturity.

• Lu Xuan reflected on the Fairy Maiden Remains and decided his avatar, Ling Gu, could study the Yin-Yang Joyous Union Secret Art and use the remains only in emergencies.
• Lu Xuan harvested three mature Soul Insect Fungus plants and learned they could attract demons and monsters as bait.
• Lu Xuan opened the first two light orbs and obtained a Sixth Grade Parasitic Insect Demon from each.
• Lu Xuan opened the final light orb and obtained the Hundred Demon Fishing Manual, which contained methods for fishing more than a hundred kinds of demons and monsters.
• Lu Xuan put the manual away and inspected the remaining sinister Spirit Plants, observing that the Fragrant Flesh Branch was in its late growth stage and considering its benefits and risks.