Chapter Summaries

Lu Xuan received the eighth drop of True Spirit Essence Blood from the Treasure Pagoda Artifact Spirit and discussed ways to speed up the Nine True Spirit Leaf’s growth. The Artifact Spirit also praised Lu Xuan for refusing the Taiyi Alliance and promised to deal with its attempt to recruit him.

• Lu Xuan learned that the Little Dijiang Bag was a rare Rank 8 spatial treasure and stored it with his Fangcun Wood inside the Fangcun Book.
• After half a year, Mu Heng summoned Lu Xuan to the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild, where he met the Treasure Pagoda Artifact Spirit.
• The Artifact Spirit gave Lu Xuan Celestial Fox Essence Blood, the eighth type needed for the Nine True Spirit Leaf.
• Lu Xuan asked the Artifact Spirit to find Rank 8 Ripening Spirit Objects and more Fangcun Wood seeds, but the Artifact Spirit had no seeds to offer.
• The Artifact Spirit approved of Lu Xuan refusing Wen Wuchen’s offer to cooperate with the Taiyi Alliance and vowed to teach the Alliance a lesson.

Lu Xuan cultivated his high-grade spirit plants in his Personal Space while waiting for the Flowing Light Spirit Crane to break through. After surviving its thunder tribulation with some help from Lu Xuan, the crane advanced to Rank 7, leaving Lu Xuan eyeing the Light Orb it had produced.

• Lu Xuan fed Celestial Fox Essence Blood to the Nine True Spirit Leaf, then tended the Profound Yellow Tree, Void Containing Immortal Vine, and True Qi Mysterious Gourd.
• Five years passed as Lu Xuan cultivated in the Sword Sect Cave Mansion, and he learned that Senior Artifact Spirit had provoked a costly conflict for the Taiyi Alliance.
• A thunder tribulation formed around the Flowing Light Spirit Crane in Lu Xuan's Personal Space, and the crane endured the lightning with help from the Extreme Saint Demon Fruit's residual power.
• Lu Xuan used the Divine Firmament Heavenly Thunder to absorb part of the crane's final three thunderbolts, helping it survive the tribulation.
• The Flowing Light Spirit Crane advanced to Rank 7, thanked Lu Xuan, and he noticed a White Light Orb at the center of the vortex.

Lu Xuan received the Sun Chasing Bow after the Flowing Light Spirit Crane advanced, tested its power, and set out for the Cloud Void Domain to seek treasures for his Spirit Beasts. He reached Heavenly Star Pavilion and entered Thunder Fire Star Cave, wondering how Hong Qinghai was doing.

• Lu Xuan received the Rank 8 Sun Chasing Bow, refined it, and blasted most of a distant mountain peak apart with one arrow.
• Lu Xuan considered seeking wind-attribute treasures at Profound Wind Star Cave and planned to visit Azure Wood Star Cave and his old acquaintances in the Cloud Void Domain.
• Lu Xuan prepared his Cave Mansion, left the Sword Sect aboard the Giant Sword Boat, and used the Little Dijiang Bag to calm a spatial turbulence.
• Lu Xuan arrived at Heavenly Star Pavilion, entered Thunder Fire Star Cave, and recalled his years living there before wondering about Hong Qinghai.

Lu Xuan returned to his former Cave Mansion in Thunder Fire Star Cave and reunited with Hong Qinghai and Daoist Mu after decades apart. He learned that old acquaintances had died or disappeared, then offered Daoist Mu rare treasures to extend his life, which Daoist Mu hesitated to accept.

• Lu Xuan returned to his empty but well-maintained Cave Mansion and found that Hong Qinghai had been cleaning it while continuing to manage the shop.
• Hong Qinghai told Lu Xuan that he had reached Foundation Establishment Late Stage and perfected his cultivation, and Lu Xuan gave him a Pure Yang Golden Lotus Seed and Spirit Marvelous Soul Nourishing Tea leaves.
• Daoist Mu visited Lu Xuan, and they drank Azure Lotus Wine while discussing Daoist Mu's dwindling lifespan and the fates of their old acquaintances.
• Daoist Mu told Lu Xuan that Guo Bingqiu and Jade Forest Rogue Cultivator had died, while Daoist Ye Xuanyin had disappeared after offending a Nascent Soul True Lord.
• Lu Xuan offered Daoist Mu a Heavenly Essence Fruit and a Turtle Crane Essence Elixir to extend his lifespan, but Daoist Mu hesitated because the treasures were so valuable.

Lu Xuan gave Daoist Mu a Turtle Crane Essence Elixir and traveled with Thunder Fire True Lord to obtain Gen Kun Wu Earth and seek wind-attributed treasures. Profound Wind True Lord offered him a quasi-Seventh Grade Wind Master Lantern for raising a high-rank wind-attributed Spirit Beast.

• Lu Xuan gave Daoist Mu a Turtle Crane Essence Elixir and warned him to keep it secret.
• Thunder Fire True Lord visited Lu Xuan, learned what treasures he was seeking, and offered to help him.
• Thunder Fire True Lord accompanied Lu Xuan to Wu Earth Star Cave, where Wu Earth True Lord gave him one thousand catties of Gen Kun Wu Earth at a favorable price.
• Thunder Fire True Lord brought Lu Xuan to Profound Wind Star Cave and introduced him to Profound Wind True Lord.
• Profound Wind True Lord offered Lu Xuan a quasi-Seventh Grade Wind Master Lantern.

Lu Xuan received a Wind Master Lantern and a rare Seventh Grade wind-attribute Spirit Seed from Profound Wind True Lord after exchanging gifts with her. He identified the seed as Burning Wheel Grass and set out to visit Profound Limit Tree Mother in the Tree Realm for help cultivating it.

• Profound Wind True Lord explained the Wind Master Lantern and gifted it to Lu Xuan, who planned to use it to help his Listening Wind Beast advance.
• Lu Xuan gave Profound Wind True Lord Azure Lotus Wine and Spirit Marvelous Soul Nourishing Tea leaves, and she reciprocated with an unidentified Seventh Grade wind-attribute Spirit Seed.
• Lu Xuan visited Jade Forest Rogue Cultivator’s former Cave Mansion and confirmed that the cultivator had died and the residence had been rented to someone else.
• Lu Xuan planted the Spirit Seed and learned that it was Burning Wheel Grass, a rare Seventh Grade Spirit Plant cultivated in a wind cave.
• Lu Xuan decided to seek an eighth-grade maturation Treasure from Profound Limit Tree Mother and brought several Little Tree Nymphs with him to the Tree Realm.

Lu Xuan visited the Profound Limit Tree Mother in the Tree Realm and discovered that she was badly wounded by a powerful demon. He used the Myriad Wood Spring Birth Seal to purge the demonic energy and restore her, leaving her grateful.

• Lu Xuan entered the Tree Realm with the Little Tree Nymphs and greeted the Profound Limit Tree Mother.
• The Profound Limit Tree Mother praised Lu Xuan for raising the Little Tree Nymphs to Rank 5 and accepted his Spirit Fruits and Spirit Brews.
• Lu Xuan sensed that the Profound Limit Tree Mother was injured, and she explained that a high-grade demon had wounded her and that forces in Central Province were taking advantage of her condition.
• Lu Xuan used the Myriad Wood Spring Birth Seal to remove the demonic energy from the Profound Limit Tree Mother's body.
• The Profound Limit Tree Mother recovered and solemnly thanked Lu Xuan.

Lu Xuan healed the Profound Limit Tree Mother and offered to help her fend off the Nascent Soul Cultivators threatening her. In return, she gave him Rank 8 Profound Natural Secret Qi, and Lu Xuan began probing whether she would consider leaving the Azure Wood Star Cave.

• Lu Xuan used the Myriad Wood Spring Birth Seal to remove the root of the Profound Limit Tree Mother's injury, then offered to help protect her while she recovered.
• Lu Xuan displayed several powerful Exotic Treasures, convincing the Profound Limit Tree Mother that he could help face her enemies.
• Lu Xuan asked for Rank 8 Ripening Spirit Objects, and the Profound Limit Tree Mother gave him Profound Natural Secret Qi as payment for healing her and lending his aid.
• Lu Xuan asked whether the Profound Limit Tree Mother had ever considered moving elsewhere, hoping to draw her into his Personal Space.

Lu Xuan agreed to shelter the Profound Limit Tree Mother and the Tree Realm’s Grass and Wood Monsters in his Personal Space after reaching the Nascent Soul Late Stage. When seven Nascent Soul cultivators invaded, Lu Xuan and the Tree Mother fought back, trapping and attacking several of them.

• The Profound Limit Tree Mother agreed to move into Lu Xuan’s Personal Space with the Grass and Wood Monsters once he reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage, in exchange for shelter and help with his needs.
• Lu Xuan stayed in the Tree Realm to confront the seven Nascent Soul cultivators who arrived through a crack in the sky, while the Profound Limit Tree Mother focused on their Nascent Soul Late Stage leader.
• The invaders split up after the Tree Realm’s formation separated them, and the Profound Limit Tree Mother’s five-colored flames burned away most of the bald cultivator’s Four-Winged Black Worms.
• Lu Xuan used the Zhou Tian Star Fighting Sword Formation to trap a pair of Nascent Soul Early Stage sword cultivators.
• Lu Xuan struck a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Body Tempering cultivator with the Five Thunder Lock Immortal Bracelet and a silver-white arrow, badly damaging his dharma manifestation.
• An aged voice warned the other invaders to be careful.

After helping the Profound Limit Tree Mother repel the invading cultivators, Lu Xuan traveled to the Eastern Wasteland to revisit the former Heaven Sword Sect. He found the sect’s old territory overrun by demons and monsters and prepared to clear them out with thunder.

• The seven invading cultivators withdrew after learning the Profound Limit Tree Mother had recovered and recognizing Lu Xuan’s connection to the Profound Cave Sword Sect.
• The Profound Limit Tree Mother thanked Lu Xuan, who then left the Tree Realm and decided to visit the Heaven Sword Sect’s former territory.
• Lu Xuan traveled through Heavenly Star Grotto to the Eastern Wasteland and observed its demon-tainted wilderness and battle-hardened cultivators.
• Lu Xuan revisited Sword Gate Town, remembered meeting Bai Li Jian Qing there, and flew to the ruined Heaven Sword Sect.
• Lu Xuan revealed himself above the sect, drew the attention of its demons and monsters, and unleashed thunder to begin clearing them out.

Lu Xuan returned to the Eastern Wasteland, destroyed the demons and monsters at Heaven Sword Sect’s ruins, and dismantled Langyue Blessed Land to collect its source spiritual energy for his Ninth Grade Profound Yellow Tree. He then searched for old acquaintances and met East Pole High Lord in Demon Suppression City, where he explained why he had come.

• Lu Xuan annihilated the demons and monsters at Heaven Sword Sect’s old site and recalled his years there.
• Lu Xuan restored the transmission Array Formation, entered Langyue Blessed Land, and collected its source spiritual energy after dismantling it.
• Lu Xuan found that the other two blessed lands were either missing or had merged into the void, then visited the ruins of Vast Forest Market.
• Lu Xuan traveled to Demon Suppression City and introduced himself to East Pole High Lord, who welcomed him inside.
• Lu Xuan told East Pole High Lord that he had once been a Heaven Sword Sect disciple and had returned to seek old friends or their descendants.

Lu Xuan discovered that the Azure Cloud Token in He Guangzong’s possession had belonged to his old friend He Shichang, and offered He Guangzong a choice between aid in Demon Suppression City and joining him on his travels. He Guangzong chose to follow Lu Xuan.

• Lu Xuan declined East Pole High Lord’s offer of help and searched Demon Suppression City for old acquaintances’ descendants.
• Lu Xuan spotted an Azure Cloud Token in He Guangzong’s home and recognized it as a token he had once given to He Shichang.
• He Guangzong explained that the token was his family heirloom, and Lu Xuan confirmed that he had given it to He Shichang long ago.
• Lu Xuan offered He Guangzong treasures to remain in Demon Suppression City or the chance to travel with him and receive his guidance.
• He Guangzong chose to serve at Lu Xuan’s side.

Lu Xuan returned to the Profound Cave Sword Sect with He Guangzong and arranged for him to stay at his shop under Wen Qian’s care. Back in his Cave Mansion, Lu Xuan reviewed his gains from the Cloud Void Domain and resumed tending his Spirit Plants.

• Lu Xuan brought He Guangzong to Sword Abyss City and left him in Wen Qian’s care while he considered whether to take him into the sect later.
• Lu Xuan returned to Still True Sword Peak, where the White Ape reported on visitors and handed him their jade slips.
• Lu Xuan reviewed his Cloud Void Domain gains, including the Wind Master Lantern, Burning Wheel Grass, and Profound Natural Secret Qi from the Profound Limit Tree Mother.
• Lu Xuan inspected his mature Primal Spirit Ginsengs and Heavenly Essence Fruit, planning to use them and Essence of Life to help elderly cultivators extend their lives.
• Lu Xuan checked his sword-grass Spirit Plants and wondered what treasure the Rank 8 Silent Extinction Sword Grass would produce when it matured.

After returning to his Personal Space and tending its treasures and Spirit Plants, Lu Xuan learned that the Profound Cave Sword Sect would soon select a new True Inheritor Sword Child. He agreed to represent Still True Sword Peak and compete, especially eager for access to high-grade sword grass spirit seeds in the Profound Cave Realm.

• Lu Xuan nurtured the Profound Yellow Tree with source aura, gave the Wind Master Lantern to the Listening Wind Beast, and planted Burning Wheel Grass in his Personal Space.
• Sword Master Hai Zhen visited Lu Xuan and asked about his sword cultivation, then invited him to compete for the position of True Inheritor Sword Child.
• Sword Master Hai Zhen explained that Lu Xuan’s cultivation, sword-path attainments, and contributions gave him strong chances in the selection.
• Lu Xuan agreed to represent Still True Sword Peak and prepare for the selection, which would take place in several years.

Lu Xuan tended the spirit plants in his Personal Space and learned that Mu Yuanping had condensed a Fourth Grade Vegetation Spirit Orb. He gave his disciple three Primal Spirit Pills and promised to protect him when he advanced to Core Formation.

• Lu Xuan harvested rewards from mature Primal Spirit Ginseng and collected 106 seeds while nurturing the still-unripe Heavenly Essence Fruit.
• Lu Xuan worried that the Azure Horn Thunder Rhinoceros had not returned from the void after more than ten years, then checked his Thunder Attribute Spirit Plants and caught the elusive Flying Thunder Ganoderma King.
• Lu Xuan inspected the improved Sixth Grade Five Elements Illusion Fruit and Pure Yang Golden Lotus, then planted sword grass in the Immeasurable Sword Prison.
• Mu Yuanping presented Lu Xuan with more than a hundred Spirit Gathering Grass Orbs and a Fourth Grade Vegetation Spirit Orb he had condensed.
• Lu Xuan advised Mu Yuanping to prioritize cultivation, gave him three Primal Spirit Pills, and offered to protect him during his Core Formation advancement.

Lu Xuan harvested Essence of Life from the Dragon Turtle and Flowing Light Spirit Crane, then watched the Listening Wind Beast undergo its lightning tribulation and advance to a Seventh Grade Spirit Beast. The beast’s reward was the Rank 8 defensive treasure Taiyi Five Smoke Gauze, which Lu Xuan considered trading because he already had a superior Ninth Grade Lotus Platform.

• Lu Xuan harvested Essence of Life from the Seventh Grade Dragon Turtle and Flowing Light Spirit Crane, then helped them recover.
• The Listening Wind Beast began its breakthrough, summoning a spiritual energy vortex, fierce winds, and thunderclouds.
• Lu Xuan soothed the Listening Wind Beast and used his Divine Firmament Heavenly Thunder to absorb part of its final lightning tribulation.
• The Listening Wind Beast survived the tribulation and advanced to a Seventh Grade Spirit Beast.
• Lu Xuan touched the White Light Orb and received the Rank 8 treasure Taiyi Five Smoke Gauze.
• Lu Xuan judged the Taiyi Five Smoke Gauze inferior to his Ninth Grade Lotus Platform and considered trading it for High-Level Spirit Seeds or a suitable treasure.

Lu Xuan harvested mature Heavenly Essence Fruits and gained Turtle Crane Essence Elixirs, Ten Thousand Year Spirit Milk, and pill-making insights from their light orbs. He gave Jian Hai Zhen a Heavenly Essence Fruit and a Turtle Crane Essence Elixir, then revealed that he had refined the elixir himself, leaving Jian Hai Zhen stunned.

• Lu Xuan tested the Taiyi Five Smoke Gauze and reflected that his growing collection of treasures would demand more Divine Sense and magic power to refine.
• After more than a year of cultivating in his Cave Mansion, Lu Xuan harvested Heavenly Essence Fruits and obtained Turtle Crane Essence Elixirs, Ten Thousand Year Spirit Milk, and Pill Recipe Experience Packs.
• Lu Xuan brought a Heavenly Essence Fruit and a Turtle Crane Essence Elixir to Jian Hai Zhen, seeking his help in preventing trouble over the rare pill.
• Jian Hai Zhen accepted the treasures and thanked Lu Xuan for his great gift.
• When Jian Hai Zhen asked where the Turtle Crane Essence Elixir came from, Lu Xuan said he had refined it himself, leaving Jian Hai Zhen shocked.

Lu Xuan told Jian Hai Zhen that he could refine Turtle Crane Essence Elixirs and asked him to oversee the sale of five pills in exchange for rare Spirit Plant resources and other treasures. He then revealed the elixir’s identity to Huang Jinhu at the Alchemy Hall, leaving him stunned.

• Lu Xuan claimed he had obtained the Turtle Crane Essence Elixir recipe from an ancient Tree Spirit and said he could refine it with a twenty-to-thirty-percent success rate.
• Jian Hai Zhen praised Lu Xuan’s varied talents and promised to protect him from trouble caused by the rare elixir.
• Lu Xuan asked Jian Hai Zhen to arrange the distribution of his five Turtle Crane Elixirs and named the resources he wanted in exchange.
• Lu Xuan visited the Alchemy Hall and told Huang Jinhu he had refined a seventh-grade spirit elixir.
• Lu Xuan identified it as the Turtle Crane Essence Elixir, and Huang Jinhu leapt up in shock.

Lu Xuan revealed that he had refined the rare Seventh Grade Turtle Crane Essence Elixir, stirring powerful elders’ interest in obtaining it. He returned to his cave mansion expecting a future treasure exchange, but senior cultivators began arriving at his door in droves.

• Huang Jinhu examined Lu Xuan’s Turtle Crane Essence Elixir and urged him to give its recipe to the Pill Hall, but Lu Xuan said he would consider it.
• Huang Jinhu told the aging Dan Lingzi about Lu Xuan’s recipe and elixirs, and Dan Lingzi declared that the Pill Hall had to control the recipe.
• Chongxu Sword Master informed Lingxiaozi that Lu Xuan had refined the elixir, prompting Lingxiaozi’s interest in obtaining one.
• Lu Xuan returned to his cave mansion, unaware that his elixir had stirred the Sword Sect’s elderly cultivators.
• Hanyu Feng and Fu Long arrived at Lu Xuan’s cave mansion to pay their respects, leaving White Ape bewildered by the powerful visitors.

Lu Xuan hosted senior cultivators seeking his Turtle Crane Essence Elixirs and announced a barter exchange, prioritizing rare Spirit Plant-related resources. Dan Lingzi tried to persuade Senior Brother Sword Child to pressure Lu Xuan into surrendering the pill formula, but Jian Hai Zhen intervened and the Sword Child upheld Lu Xuan’s right to decide.

• White Ape interrupted Lu Xuan’s meeting with Han Yu Feng and Fu Long to announce Lingxiaozi’s arrival, and Lu Xuan went to receive him.
• More than ten Nascent Soul True Lords gathered at Lu Xuan’s Cave Mansion, where he revealed his five Turtle Crane Essence Elixirs and set a barter exchange at Still True Sword Peak ten days later, with Jian Hai Zhen presiding.
• Dan Lingzi petitioned Senior Brother Sword Child to make Lu Xuan give the pill formula to the sect.
• Jian Hai Zhen confronted Dan Lingzi and challenged his claim that Lu Xuan should surrender the formula for the sect’s benefit.
• Senior Brother Sword Child ruled that Lu Xuan could decide what to do with his pill formula and warned against harming a fellow disciple.