Chapter Summaries

Lu Xuan passed the Heart Demon Tribulation and endured all nine bolts of the Nascent Soul Thunder Tribulation. He successfully advanced to Nascent Soul, with his new Nascent Soul carrying the marks and treasures that helped him survive.

• Lu Xuan awoke from an illusion of his former ordinary life and found that his Nascent Soul had formed after he passed the Heart Demon Tribulation.
• Jian Hai Zhen saw the thundercloud gather and prepared to keep others away while waiting to rescue Lu Xuan if needed.
• Lu Xuan used the Southern Bright Thunder Fire Jade Tablet, Yin Yang Yuan Magnetic Divine Needle, and his physical body to withstand the first six thunderbolts.
• Lu Xuan combined the Five Thunder Lock Immortal Bracelet and the Blood Flood Dragon Sword Talisman to weaken the seventh thunderbolt.
• Lu Xuan released Thunder Marsh Divine Sand and his phoenix power to counter the eighth and ninth thunderbolts.
• Lu Xuan survived the final thunderbolt, examined the Nascent Soul in his dantian, and realized he had advanced to Nascent Soul.

Lu Xuan advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm with little difficulty and tested his new abilities, including briefly sending his Nascent Soul out of his body. He left the spirit land to congratulations from Jian Hai Zhen and the sect, beginning his new life as True Lord Lu Xuan.

• Lu Xuan reflected on how his deep foundation, treasures, and spirit objects had helped him overcome the Nascent Soul breakthrough and its tribulations without injury.
• Lu Xuan tested his increased physical strength and True Essence Magic Power, finding that he could use his magical treasures and divine powers more efficiently.
• Lu Xuan briefly sent his Nascent Soul out of his body, then returned it after feeling the cold and recognizing its vulnerability outside his body.
• Lu Xuan left the spirit land and received congratulations from the guarding Nascent Soul True Lord and three Inner Sect Disciples.
• Jian Hai Zhen congratulated Lu Xuan, praised his breakthrough, and offered to explain his new benefits and responsibilities while arranging a celebration.
• An aged voice announced throughout the Sword Sect that Lu Xuan of Still True Sword Peak had advanced to Nascent Soul.

Lu Xuan’s breakthrough to Nascent Soul was announced throughout the Sword Sect, prompting celebration, envy, and renewed resolve among its cultivators. As Jian Hai Zhen arranged a celebration and explained Lu Xuan’s new privileges, Lu Xuan looked forward to using his status to obtain treasures and returned to consolidate his cultivation.

• Jian Hai Zhen told Lu Xuan that the Sword Sect would announce his breakthrough and hold a celebration in three months, and Lu Xuan began thinking of whom to invite.
• Mo Yuanfeng, White Ape, Yuan Rong, Yuan Yue, Jin Zaigan, the Purple Firmament Sword Master, Wan Zhong, Ge Pu, and Huo Liner each reacted to the news of Lu Xuan’s advance.
• Ge Pu steadied Huo Liner after he struggled with the widening gap between their cultivation and Lu Xuan’s.
• Jian Hai Zhen explained that Lu Xuan could access higher-grade methods, treasures, and blessed lands, while Lu Xuan focused on the Sword Sect Treasure Vault.
• Jian Hai Zhen left Lu Xuan at his Cave Mansion to consolidate his Nascent Soul, and Lu Xuan scolded White Ape for acting without proper dignity as his gate-guarding Spirit Beast.

Lu Xuan held a grand celebration after advancing to the Nascent Soul Realm, welcoming Sword Masters, cultivators from nearby domains, and familiar acquaintances. The Heaven Sea Old Ancestor attended and gave Lu Xuan a Seventh Grade Spirit Seed, recognizing his talent in the Spirit Plant Dao.

• Lu Xuan spent three months in Secluded Cultivation, then prepared to host his Nascent Soul celebration at Still True Sword Peak.
• Six Sword Masters arrived to congratulate Lu Xuan, followed by more than fifty Nascent Soul True Lords from the eight great Sword Peaks.
• True Lord Xuan Yang and Yao Qingyue of Li Yang Dao Sect attended, and Lu Xuan welcomed the familiar Yao Qingyue into the Palace.
• The Mu Family Head brought a congratulatory gift from Senior Artifact Spirit and told Lu Xuan he would stay near the Sword Sect.
• Heaven Sea Old Ancestor appeared at the ceremony, gave Lu Xuan a Seventh Grade Spirit Seed, and congratulated him on advancing to Nascent Soul.

Lu Xuan celebrated his advancement to Nascent Soul with guests from the Profound Cave Sword Sect and renewed ties with old fellow disciples. After the celebration, he planted the Seventh Grade Heavenly Dragon Subduing Demon Tree Spirit Seed gifted by Heaven Sea Old Ancestor.

• Heaven Sea Old Ancestor presented Lu Xuan with a Jade Box and urged him to cultivate more high-grade sword grasses before departing as an avatar.
• Lu Xuan and Jian Hai Zhen hosted the celebration, where Lu Xuan toasted guests and asked Ge Pu and Huo Liner to call him martial uncle.
• Mu Heng of the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild approached Wen Qian and Bai Li Jian Qing to discuss the guild’s planned branch near the Profound Cave Sword Sect and possible cooperation with their store.
• After the guests departed, Lu Xuan opened Heaven Sea Old Ancestor’s gift and identified it as a Seventh Grade Heavenly Dragon Subduing Demon Tree Spirit Seed.
• Lu Xuan planted the Spirit Seed in his Spirit Field and learned that the tree required Buddhist power and treasures to grow.

Lu Xuan opened the gifts from his Nascent Soul celebration and received Kun Peng Essence Blood from the Artifact Spirit Little Person to cultivate the Nine True Spirit Leaf. He then agreed with the Mu Family Head to establish a Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild branch in Sword Star City, leaving the branch’s arrangements to the Mu family and promising to look after Mu Heng.

• Lu Xuan opened the celebration gifts, finding High-Grade Spirit Stones and other mostly Fifth- and Sixth-Grade treasures.
• The Artifact Spirit Little Person gave Lu Xuan a drop of Kun Peng Essence Blood and asked him to use it to cultivate the Nine True Spirit Leaf.
• The Artifact Spirit Little Person toured the sword sect with Lu Xuan for three days before its thought incarnation returned to the void.
• Lu Xuan agreed that the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild would establish a branch in Sword Star City and give him ten percent of its sales revenue.
• The Mu Family Head offered to supply Lu Xuan’s General Store through the guild’s channels and said Mu Heng would manage the branch, and Lu Xuan agreed to look after him.

After reaching the Nascent Soul Realm, Lu Xuan entered the Profound Cave Realm to study the Sword Sect’s fundamental Profound Cave Sword Scripture. He comprehended 147 sword arts before leaving, impressing Senior Brother Qi with his sword-path talent.

• Lu Xuan decided to visit the Scripture Pavilion and cultivate the Profound Cave Sword Scripture to help him grow high-grade sword grass.
• Senior Brother Qi explained the rules of entering the Profound Cave Realm and sent Lu Xuan inside.
• Lu Xuan studied the countless sword intents and formed 147 Sword Intent spirit glyphs in his sea of consciousness.
• Lu Xuan called for Senior Brother Qi to retrieve him when his head began to ache from the strain.
• Senior Brother Qi said Lu Xuan had spent nearly three months inside and praised his comprehension of 147 sword arts.
• Lu Xuan told Senior Brother Qi that his sword skills helped him cultivate sword grass, and Qi agreed that this was a worthwhile use of his talent.

Lu Xuan tended his spatial and sword spirit plants, prepared Primordial Spirit Ginseng seeds, and then visited the Sword Sect Treasure Vault to seek a time treasure. He exchanged thirty thousand Sword Seals for a Seventh Grade Light Yin Arrow to cultivate his Nine True Spirit Leaf.

• Lu Xuan checked the Fangcun Woods and erased the Space Cracks forming around them.
• Lu Xuan nourished his Sword Grasses with Sword Arts and prepared the remaining Primordial Spirit Ginsengs for seed condensation.
• After half a month, Lu Xuan went to the Sword Sect Treasure Vault to search for a time treasure.
• The Sword Boy showed Lu Xuan a Seventh Grade Light Yin Arrow and explained that it could drain lifespan but would also cost its user vitality.
• Lu Xuan spent thirty thousand Sword Seals to obtain the Light Yin Arrow.

Lu Xuan used his accumulated Sword Seals to obtain a Seventh Grade Light Yin Arrow, then attended the opening of the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild branch in Sword Star City. The branch opened under his name and protection, drawing attention to his reputation as a Nascent Soul spirit plant master.

• Lu Xuan exchanged thirty thousand Sword Seals for a Seventh Grade Light Yin Arrow and returned to his Cave Mansion to cultivate spirit plants.
• The Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild established its Sword Star City branch in less than a year and invited Lu Xuan to its opening ceremony.
• The Mu Family Head introduced Lu Xuan to Wen Changping, and they toured the five-story branch together.
• Lu Xuan joined the Mu Family Head and Wen Changping in cutting the ribbon and welcomed the gathered cultivators to the branch.
• Cultivators discussed Lu Xuan's reputation, then entered the branch to browse its Treasures.

Lu Xuan planned his cultivation after reaching Nascent Soul, collected White Bone Killing Sword Grass seeds to begin improving the variety, and harvested seven mature Azure Profound Flourishing Wither Sword Grasses. Their merged Light Orb rewarded him with the Seventh Grade Du Tian Divine Wood Sword Formation.

• Lu Xuan planned to refine his Defective Grotto-heaven, seek growth-accelerating treasures, gather True Spirit Essence Blood, and improve his sword grasses.
• Three months later, Lu Xuan successfully condensed thirty-four Rank 5 Primal Spirit Ginseng seeds.
• Lu Xuan visited the Spirit Plant Hall, where Gu Yun gave him twenty White Bone Killing Sword Grass seeds for his improvement experiments.
• Lu Xuan found that seven Azure Profound Flourishing Wither Sword Grasses had matured together and their seven Light Orbs merged into one.
• Lu Xuan touched the orb and obtained the Seventh Grade Du Tian Divine Wood Sword Formation, a set of nine Flying Swords capable of slaying mid-to-late Nascent Soul cultivators.

Lu Xuan obtained the Seventh Grade Du Tian Divine Wood Sword Formation and oversaw the White Ape’s breakthrough to Sixth Grade. The White Ape gained a Seventh Grade Sea Suppressing Staff and eagerly challenged the Thunder Dragon Howl and Azure Peak Qilin to a fight.

• Lu Xuan found the Du Tian Divine Wood Sword Formation and decided to refine it, while considering selling his Azure Profound Flourishing Wither Sword Grasses.
• The White Ape presented Lu Xuan with five Mind Ape Fruit Spirit Seeds and said it wanted to fight its way through a breakthrough.
• Lu Xuan arranged for the White Ape and Thunder Dragon Howl to spar for a Myriad Manifestation Grass reward, and the Azure Peak Qilin joined them.
• Lu Xuan planted the Mind Ape Fruit Spirit Seeds and tended his other Spirit Plants while the Spirit Beasts fought in the back mountain.
• The White Ape absorbed the surging spiritual energy and broke through to Sixth Grade as Lu Xuan stood guard.
• Lu Xuan rewarded the White Ape with Myriad Manifestation Grass, then touched its White Light Orb and received the Seventh Grade Treasure, Sea Suppressing Staff.

Lu Xuan gave the newly promoted White Ape a Seventh Grade Sea Suppressing Staff containing the Sea Suppressing Demon Ape Clan’s divine ability inheritance. More than a year later, after earning sword seals by supplying Yuan Rong with sword talismans and Still True Sword Liquid, he asked her about places in the Sword Sect filled with Slaughter Sword Intent.

• Lu Xuan summoned the White Ape and presented it with the Sea Suppressing Staff, a Seventh Grade treasure suited to its ape-clan bloodline.
• The White Ape accepted the staff, thanked Lu Xuan, and planned to use it to bully the Thunder Dragon Howl and the Azure Peak Qilin.
• Lu Xuan spent more than a year tending his cave mansion and declined invitations from fellow disciples to explore secret realms.
• Yuan Rong visited Lu Xuan to collect sword talismans and Still True Sword Liquid, and he supplied eighty fifth grade sword talismans and forty-six bottles of spirit brew.
• Yuan Rong paid Lu Xuan twenty-three thousand eight hundred and twenty sword seals for the goods.
• Lu Xuan asked Yuan Rong whether Heart Sword Lake or another place in the Sword Sect contained a treasure ground filled with Slaughter Sword Intent.

Lu Xuan arranged to use the Sword Burial Mound’s Slaughter Sword Intent to nurture White Bone Killing Sword Grass seeds with the Yangxuan Sword Sheath. Before heading to the Defective Grotto-heaven to cultivate a time-related Spirit Flower, he gave the Azure Peak Qilin a Myriad Manifestation Grass to help it advance to Sixth Grade.

• Yuan Rong warned Lu Xuan that Slaughter Sword Intent had ruined spirit seeds in previous attempts, then told him about the Sword Burial Mound and its dangers.
• Lu Xuan obtained permission from Sword Master Hai Zhen to enter the Sword Burial Mound and placed the Yangxuan Sword Sheath in a restricted stone room.
• Lu Xuan fed twenty White Bone Killing Sword Grass Spirit Seeds into the sheath and left it to absorb Slaughter Sword Qi, planning to return and check their condition.
• Lu Xuan prepared to visit the Defective Grotto-heaven to cultivate a time-related Spirit Flower, while considering the risks posed by his three Fangcun Woods.
• The Azure Peak Qilin asked Lu Xuan for a Myriad Manifestation Grass to aid its advance to Sixth Grade, and Lu Xuan granted its request.

Lu Xuan returned to the Defective Grotto-heaven to cultivate the Eightfold Palace’s seventh layer, the Cosmic Zenith Palace, with the Light Yin Arrow and precious resources. He harvested the Ancient Sundial, a Seventh Grade treasure that could help turn an ownerless grotto-heaven into a Personal Space.

• Lu Xuan instructed the White Ape to guard his Cave Mansion while he was away, then left the Sword Sect for the Defective Grotto-heaven.
• Lu Xuan confirmed that the grotto-heaven remained undisturbed and found the Cosmic Zenith Palace’s seventh Spirit Flower still growing slowly.
• Lu Xuan used the Divine Wood Azure Kettle’s Vegetation Spiritual Energy and nine drops of Primal Chaos Tree Sap to ripen the Spirit Flower.
• Lu Xuan harvested the Ancient Sundial and learned it could adjust time and, with seven Exotic Treasures, refine an ownerless grotto-heaven into a Personal Space.

Lu Xuan tended the high-grade Spirit Plants in his Defective Grotto-heaven and harvested the Spirit Marvelous Soul Nourishing Tea. Its light orb rewarded him with a Seventh Grade Glass Spirit Nourishing Elixir, leaving him pleased with a rare pill suited to Nascent Soul Cultivators.

• Lu Xuan inspected the Ancient Sundial and considered how he would gather the space-related Treasure needed to nurture the Cosmic Zenith Palace’s eighth layer.
• Lu Xuan tended the Void Cicada Wood, Light Hong Immortal Feather, Burning Lamp Ancient Grass, and Incense Offering Myriad Tree, then planted the Heavenly Dragon Subduing Demon Tree Spirit Seed.
• Lu Xuan connected with the Twin White Lotus and inspected the Nine True Spirit Leaf, merging the Artifact Spirit senior’s Kun Peng Essence Blood into it.
• Lu Xuan harvested four Spirit Marvelous Soul Nourishing Tea leaves and received a Seventh Grade Glass Spirit Nourishing Elixir from the light orb.
• Lu Xuan learned that the elixir could strengthen Divine Sense and protect the soul, and he recognized its value to Nascent Soul Cultivators.

Lu Xuan advanced the Void Cicada Wood and obtained the Seventh Grade Heavenly Cicada Remains, which could conceal him and help him cultivate the Heavenly Cicada Six Transformations. He left the Defective Grotto-heaven for Heavenly Star Grotto, where patrol guards saw a river of stars appear above the cave mansion they were protecting.

• Lu Xuan drank the Glass Spirit Nourishing Elixir and found that it greatly strengthened his Divine Sense.
• Lu Xuan used a drop of Primal Chaos Tree Sap to ripen the Void Cicada Wood, which shed its skin and advanced to Sixth Grade.
• Lu Xuan obtained the Seventh Grade Heavenly Cicada Remains and learned it could conceal him from ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators and aid his cultivation of the Heavenly Cicada Six Transformations.
• Lu Xuan stored the Heavenly Cicada Remains, left the Defective Grotto-heaven, and headed toward Heavenly Star Grotto to visit old friends.
• Heavenly Star Grotto patrol guards discussed the special protection around Lu Xuan's cave mansion after hearing he had advanced to Nascent Soul.
• A river of stars appeared over Thunder Fire Star Cave, and the patrol guards wondered whether Lu Xuan had returned.

Lu Xuan returned to his cave mansion in Heavenly Star Grotto, reunited with his spirit beasts, and received visits from Thunder Fire True Lord and Wu Earth True Lord. After the Star Masters and their Star Envoys departed, Guo Bingqiu arrived to confirm Lu Xuan’s rise to the Nascent Soul Realm.

• Lu Xuan reunited with Thunder Ghost, the Grass Puppet, and his other spirit beasts, then heard Thunder Ghost report that visitors had mostly stopped coming to the cave mansion.
• Thunder Fire True Lord arrived, and Lu Xuan welcomed him along with Star Envoy Qi Wuheng and the other Star Envoys.
• Lu Xuan hosted Thunder Fire True Lord and Wu Earth True Lord, who offered to deliver Gen Kun Wu Earth for Lu Xuan’s spirit plants.
• After the Star Masters and Star Envoys left, Guo Bingqiu visited Lu Xuan and respectfully confirmed that he had advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm.

Lu Xuan welcomed old acquaintances after returning to Heavenly Star Grotto and reassured Daoist Mu that their friendship had not changed despite his rise to Nascent Soul. He harvested mature Spirit Plants and completed the Seventh Grade Grand Five Elements Annihilation Array, leaving him with three Seventh Grade formations.

• Lu Xuan welcomed Guo Bingqiu and received visits from familiar cultivators who treated him with great respect.
• Daoist Mu worried that the gap between their positions would alter his friendship with Lu Xuan, but Lu Xuan invited him for Spirit Brew and eased his misgivings.
• After Daoist Mu left, Lu Xuan harvested Ice Firefly Grass and gained modest cultivation, a defective Ice Soul Pill, and other rewards from its light orbs.
• Lu Xuan harvested eighteen Five Elements Illusion Fruits and received seven Array Plates for the Grand Five Elements Annihilation Array.
• Lu Xuan combined the seven new Array Plates with three he already owned, completing the formation and bringing his collection to three Seventh Grade arrays.

Lu Xuan harvested Spirit Plants across his Spirit Field and collected numerous treasures, including a complete set of Qian Yuan Fire Cloud Needles. Harvesting a mature Sixth Grade Spirit Cage then rewarded him with the Seventh Grade Positive Negative Binding Spirit Pouch, a treasure capable of sealing Demonic Beasts and sprites.

• Lu Xuan harvested mature Spirit Plants, replenishing his treasures and building up nearly one hundred and twenty Evil-Exterminating Spirit Thunders.
• Lu Xuan picked eighteen Crimson Flame Plums and obtained Heavenly Flame Essence, enough Qian Yuan Fire Cloud Needles to complete a set, and Crimson Star Gold.
• Lu Xuan harvested Pure Yang Golden Lotus Seeds and received Taiyi Pure Yang True Fire, Heart Flame Wine, and experience packs.
• Lu Xuan dug up the mature Sixth Grade Spirit Cage and obtained the Seventh Grade Positive Negative Binding Spirit Pouch, which could seal Sixth Grade and weaker Demonic Beasts and sprites.

Lu Xuan tested his new Positive Negative Binding Spirit Pouch, then visited the Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros after his Nascent Soul breakthrough. The Rhinoceros accepted Lu Xuan’s plan to move the Thunder Hǒu Beast Clan into his Defective Grotto-heaven despite its limited Thunder Qi.

• Lu Xuan used the Positive Negative Binding Spirit Pouch to capture the Dazzling Fire Flood Dragon briefly, then released it back into Small Lake.
• After more than half a month of visitors, Lu Xuan entered the Thunder Sea to visit the Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros.
• The Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros ambushed Lu Xuan with a lightning spear, but Lu Xuan broke it with his sword formation and restrained the Rhinoceros with the Five Thunder Lock Immortal Bracelet.
• The Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros congratulated Lu Xuan on reaching Nascent Soul and praised his strength and treasures.
• Lu Xuan explained that he could refine his Defective Grotto-heaven into a Personal Space and hoped to bring the Thunder Hǒu Beast Clan there.
• The Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros agreed to move if the new home was safer than the Thunder Sea.