Chapter Summaries

Li Xuan collected rare seeds while touring the North District Flower Seas with Bai Wen, then began digging a tunnel through the soil behind his basement wall. The next morning, he set out with Bai Wen for the East District to buy lumber and continue exploring.

• Li Xuan planted the Lucky Four-Leaf Clover, kept its special ability secret from Bai Wen, and later added it to his collection beside the Void Grass.
• Li Xuan and Bai Wen toured Flower Seas managed by more than a dozen Flower Slaves, where Li Xuan collected twelve rare plant seeds and one Heavenly Treasure seed.
• Li Xuan mapped the North District Flower Seas and stored the seeds in his Void Pearl.
• Li Xuan dug a five-meter tunnel through the soil behind his basement wall, then stopped because he feared it might collapse without support.
• The next morning, Li Xuan asked Bai Wen to guide him through the East District so he could buy cheaper lumber.

Li Xuan and Bai Wen visited Han Yun to trade food for Anvil Wood, and Li Xuan secured permission to explore Han Yun’s Flower Sea. While searching among its rare plants, Li Xuan found a Purple Thunder Walnut and noticed a crack in the opposite cliff.

• Li Xuan and Bai Wen traveled from the North District to the East District, where Li Xuan was struck by the contrast between their living conditions.
• Bai Wen took Li Xuan to Han Yun’s house, where Li Xuan traded an Egg Skin Meat Floss Bread for Anvil Wood and gave Han Yun a Void Pearl for permission to explore his Flower Sea.
• Han Yun agreed to let Li Xuan explore as long as he did not damage the plants, and Bai Wen accompanied him inside.
• Li Xuan examined the valuable plants and discovered a three-year-old Purple Thunder Walnut, a Heavenly Treasure that could produce explosive walnuts as it aged.
• Li Xuan pointed out a fissure in the cliff across from the walnut tree and asked Bai Wen if he could see through it.

Li Xuan explored a hidden crack in the Flower Sea’s mountainside and discovered that the plain outside might be suitable for digging a tunnel. After returning home with a Purple Thunder Walnut branch, he used the Little Green Bottle to grow it into a small tree bearing a walnut.

• Li Xuan climbed into the mountainside crack while Bai Wen waited below, then crawled through it to observe the area outside the Flower Sea.
• Li Xuan spotted a guard patrol on the grassy plain and recorded its route and frequency before returning to Bai Wen.
• Li Xuan cut a branch from a Purple Thunder Walnut Tree, and he and Bai Wen returned to Han Yun’s courtyard with Anvil Wood logs.
• Li Xuan planted the branch in a flowerpot and used the Little Green Bottle’s green spiritual liquid to grow a half-meter-tall tree with a walnut on it.

Li Xuan tested a Silver Thunder Walnut against a granite wall and discovered it could blast a deep crater, though its noise made it unsuitable for discreet excavation. He stored the remaining walnut, strengthened the tunnel with living Anvil Wood, and returned to the surface to rest with one day left on his countdown.

• Li Xuan harvested two Silver Thunder Walnuts from the Purple Thunder Walnut Tree, stored them in the Void Pearl, and began extending and supporting his tunnel with Anvil Wood.
• Li Xuan reached the granite wall and activated one Silver Thunder Walnut with Soul Power before fleeing the tunnel.
• The walnut’s explosion shook the basement and filled it with dust, and Li Xuan found it had blasted a half-meter-wide, thirty-centimeter-deep crater in the granite.
• Li Xuan decided to cultivate more Purple Thunder Walnuts but saved the remaining walnut rather than risk another noisy blast.
• Li Xuan reinforced the tunnel with Anvil Wood and used diluted Green Spirit Liquid to make its roots bind the supports to the soil.
• Li Xuan returned to the surface exhausted and planned to rest, with one day remaining on his countdown.

Li Xuan tested using Burning Heart Clarifying Spirit Flame and water to crack the mountainside rock, then worked through the night to extend his escape tunnel. After measuring his progress, he realized he had fifteen days to dig through the mountain before Chrysanthemum Douluo arrived to inspect the flowers.

• Li Xuan waited until evening, then heated the rock wall with Burning Heart Clarifying Spirit Flame and poured water over it, cracking the stone.
• Li Xuan spent the night repeating the fire-and-water method, exhausting his Soul Power several times before finally emerging at dawn.
• Bai Wen came to Li Xuan's courtyard looking for work and food, and Li Xuan gave him a sack of bread.
• Li Xuan slept until evening, ate, and returned to the tunnel to measure his progress, discovering he had dug ten meters in one night.
• Li Xuan calculated that Chrysanthemum Douluo would arrive in fifteen days and that he needed to tunnel through the mountain before his cultivation drew scrutiny.

Li Xuan finished digging through the stone cave and woke to find Chrysanthemum Douluo in his courtyard inspecting the Dark Domain Ghost Orchid. Chrysanthemum Douluo revealed that he had punished the Spirit Hall deacon who framed Li Xuan and planned to train him as a Flower Sea overseer, leaving Li Xuan stunned.

• Li Xuan used Green Spirit Liquid to ripen two Silver Thunder Walnuts, stored them in the Void Pearl, and continued digging his escape tunnel.
• After more than ten days, Li Xuan broke through the hundred-meter stone cave and fell asleep after sealing the tunnel entrance.
• Li Xuan woke to Chrysanthemum Douluo examining the Dark Domain Ghost Orchid and nervously introduced himself.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo praised Li Xuan for cultivating the rare orchid and asked about his flower-growing ability.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo said he had investigated Li Xuan’s past, executed the Spirit Hall deacon who sent him to the Flower Sea, and would train Li Xuan as an overseer.

Li Xuan gained Chrysanthemum Douluo’s favor after identifying a rare Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum seed and agreeing to cultivate it. Chrysanthemum Douluo made him supervisor of the West District and gave him authority over Lin Mo, while Li Xuan planned to begin studying the chrysanthemum field the next morning.

• Li Xuan recognized the seed Chrysanthemum Douluo offered as a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and learned he would be punished if he failed to cultivate it.
• Li Xuan asked to study ordinary chrysanthemums first, and Chrysanthemum Douluo appointed him supervisor of the West District with Lin Mo as his assistant.
• Li Xuan asked Chrysanthemum Douluo to give his friend Bai Wen to him, and Chrysanthemum Douluo agreed.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo gave Lin Mo a writ to arrange Li Xuan’s transfer and lodging, then left Li Xuan’s courtyard.
• Li Xuan told Lin Mo to handle the handover immediately and planned to inspect the West District chrysanthemum field the next morning.

After Chrysanthemum Douluo left, Li Xuan feared he would be killed after cultivating the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, so he continued preparing an escape tunnel. He recruited Bai Wen to extend it and began producing Anvil Wood for its framework, leaving the work ready to continue with Liu Li and the others.

• After Lin Mo left, Li Xuan recovered from Chrysanthemum Douluo's pressure and examined the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum seed while doubting Chrysanthemum Douluo's promises.
• Li Xuan decided to keep digging his escape tunnel and asked Bai Wen to take over the work because he had no time to do it himself.
• Li Xuan showed Bai Wen the breached stone wall and explained that they needed to extend the tunnel three kilometers beyond the North District; Bai Wen agreed to help and said he wanted to escape too.
• Li Xuan promised to provide Bai Wen with Anvil Wood, supplies, and a place to stay, and Bai Wen went to find Liu Li and the others to expand the courtyard.
• Li Xuan cultivated more than a hundred Anvil Wood roots with diluted green liquid and shaped the matured wood for the tunnel framework.
• Bai Wen returned with Liu Li after Li Xuan finished preparing the Anvil Wood.

Li Xuan arranged for Liu Li to rebuild his North District courtyard while concealing the tunnel he had dug, then sealed it with Bai Wen. He went to explore his new post in the West District and was astonished by its prosperous streets and ornate Supervisor Mansion.

• Li Xuan asked Liu Li to draw up plans for a mansion in his courtyard, while refusing to let him alter the basement.
• After Liu Li left, Li Xuan and Bai Wen removed the Anvil Wood and filled in the tunnel with the excavated soil.
• Li Xuan asked Bai Wen to guard the courtyard and said he would go to the West District to buy supplies.
• Li Xuan arrived at the West District after nightfall and explored its shops, restaurants, and pleasure house.
• Li Xuan reached the three-story Supervisor Mansion and marveled at how splendid the West District was compared with the North District.

Li Xuan moved into the Supervisor Mansion and grew suspicious of Lin Mo’s sudden submissiveness. He secretly followed Lin Mo at night, discovered him visiting a woman, and used the Burning Heart Clarifying Spirit Flame to intensify his desire before slipping away to explore the mansion.

• Lin Mo welcomed Li Xuan to the Supervisor Mansion and led him to a luxurious pavilion built from Brown Vein Sandalwood.
• Li Xuan concealed his intent to avenge his original body and suspected Chrysanthemum Douluo had assigned Lin Mo a secret task.
• Li Xuan disguised his bed as though he were asleep, then secretly followed Lin Mo through the mansion.
• Lin Mo checked Li Xuan’s room before visiting a woman in a small house in the rear courtyard.
• Li Xuan sent the Burning Heart Clarifying Spirit Flame into Lin Mo, then ran off to explore the Supervisor Mansion.

Li Xuan used the Dark Domain Ghost Orchid and a frightening disguise to make Lin Mo reveal that Chrysanthemum Douluo wanted him to uncover Li Xuan’s plant-cultivation method. After learning he had one year, Li Xuan returned to his room determined to dig an escape tunnel and gather rare plants before time ran out.

• Li Xuan sneaked into Lin Mo’s room, put the Dark Domain Ghost Orchid powder on him, and knocked out the other woman.
• Disguised as a ghostly deity, Li Xuan terrified Lin Mo into admitting Chrysanthemum Douluo had sent him to discover Li Xuan’s cultivation method.
• Lin Mo revealed that Chrysanthemum Douluo promised him authority over the Flower Sea’s four districts if he succeeded, and that he planned to torture and kill Li Xuan afterward.
• Lin Mo said Chrysanthemum Douluo had given him one year before he could resort to force, and Li Xuan knocked him unconscious before leaving.
• Li Xuan reflected on the danger of exposing his abilities and resolved to dig a tunnel and harvest rare plants from the Flower Sea’s first and second districts.

Li Xuan received building plans and a supply list from Liu Li, then decided to build a residence and dig a tunnel at the same time. He learned Chrysanthemum Douluo had arranged for Lin Mo to accompany him outside the Flower Sea, and set off for Sala City.

• Li Xuan ordered the servants to clean his bedding and told them to welcome Liu Li and Bai Wen generously when they visited.
• Liu Li delivered detailed plans for a four-courtyard residence and a list of its required materials to Li Xuan.
• Li Xuan decided to build the residence and dig the tunnel simultaneously, then asked Liu Li to have Bai Wen visit soon to discuss a matter.
• Li Xuan found Lin Mo exhausted and asked to leave the Flower Sea to buy supplies.
• Lin Mo explained that Chrysanthemum Douluo had already arranged for a carriage and an escort, and Li Xuan departed for Sala City with him.

Lin Mo escorted Li Xuan from the Flower Sea to Sala City, where Li Xuan observed the surrounding wasteland and city while remaining wary of Lin Mo and the servants. After buying Li Xuan new clothes, Lin Mo led him toward Baiwei Restaurant, appearing anxious about something he had arranged there.

• Lin Mo took Li Xuan by carriage out of the Flower Sea, with at least ten servants riding alongside them and keeping watch.
• Li Xuan borrowed Gold Soul Coins from Lin Mo, then studied the yellow wasteland beyond the Flower Sea and memorized its features.
• After traveling more than thirty kilometers, Li Xuan and Lin Mo saw Sala City in the distance and entered it on foot.
• Lin Mo offered to treat Li Xuan to a meal, but Li Xuan pointed out that his bloodstained clothes had been taken from a dead person.
• Lin Mo bought Li Xuan more than ten sets of children's clothes, then led him to Baiwei Restaurant while Li Xuan suspected he had arranged something there.

Li Xuan went drinking with Lin Mo, got him drunk, and used the confusion among Chrysanthemum Douluo’s watchers to leave the restaurant. He walked freely through Sala City while the City Lord’s Mansion guards followed him and kept him from leaving the city.

• Li Xuan noticed that Chrysanthemum Douluo’s people were monitoring him at the restaurant, but he went upstairs with Lin Mo to drink.
• Li Xuan checked the wine for poison and outdrank Lin Mo, who passed out after one jar.
• Li Xuan decided to walk out openly rather than try to sneak past the watchers, reasoning that they would not stop him while he remained under surveillance.
• A middle-aged man ordered the City Lord’s Mansion guards to watch Li Xuan, guard the city gates, and record his activities.
• Li Xuan walked through Sala City, relieved to be outside the Flower Sea, as the guards followed him.

Li Xuan visited Sala City’s largest building materials store to buy supplies for expanding his underground passage. After placing his order, he left for the South District bookstore with the shop assistant Xiao Hu as his guide.

• Li Xuan found the Jin Family Building Materials Store and gave its assistant a list of building materials he wanted to purchase.
• Li Xuan introduced himself to shopkeeper Zhao Da'an as the West District supervisor of the Flower Sea under Chrysanthemum Douluo.
• Li Xuan paid ten Gold Soul Coins for the listed materials and three more for an additional thirty percent.
• Li Xuan gave Zhao Da'an five Gold Soul Coins to purchase carts and deliver them with the materials to the Flower Sea.
• Li Xuan asked Zhao Da'an to have Xiao Hu guide him around Sala City, then headed toward a bookstore in the South District.

Li Xuan explored Sala City with Zhao Xiaohu and searched a bookstore for books on Spirit Master cultivation, but found none. He bought a shelf of embarrassing leisure books to obtain a Sala City map and then asked Zhao Xiaohu where they could find jewelry.

• Li Xuan asked Zhao Xiaohu to take him to a bookstore, and Zhao Xiaohu led him there.
• Li Xuan searched the bookstore for Spirit Master cultivation books but found only travel journals and miscellaneous writings.
• Li Xuan spotted a Sala City map on a shelf of suggestive novels and claimed he was buying the books for a friend.
• Zhao Xiaohu arranged to buy the whole shelf for thirty Silver Soul Coins, and Li Xuan paid him after leaving the bookstore.
• Li Xuan asked Zhao Xiaohu where they could find jewelry.

Li Xuan commissioned Li Yu to craft a belt that would hold his Void Pearls, giving him a safer and larger portable storage space. After completing his plans in Sala City, he asked Zhao Xiaohu to show him around.

• Zhao Xiaohu led Li Xuan to Yuning Jewelry Store in western Sala City.
• Li Xuan showed Li Yu five Void Pearls and asked him to make a belt that could hold them.
• Li Yu agreed to finish the belt by the following night using Red Jade Fire-Pattern Steel and other precious materials.
• Li Xuan paid Li Yu five Gold Soul Coins and gave him an extra Void Pearl before leaving the shop.
• Li Xuan told Zhao Xiaohu that his goals in Sala City were complete, and Zhao Xiaohu began showing him around.

Li Xuan secured the Sala City map in his Void Pearl and prepared to return to the Flower Sea, while Lin Mo woke to discover his Gold Soul Coins were gone. Lin Mo calmed down after confirming Li Xuan had returned, then sent him to wait while he bought supplies before their planned departure.

• Zhao Da'an showed Li Xuan the gathered building materials and books, and Li Xuan secretly stored the Sala City Map in his Void Pearl.
• Li Xuan left ten Silver Soul Coins for Zhao Xiaohu and returned to the inn, where he found Lin Mo still unconscious.
• Lin Mo woke and panicked over his missing Gold Soul Coins, but Li Xuan claimed he had spent some on supplies while exploring Sala City.
• Lin Mo realized he had gotten drunk instead of questioning Li Xuan and feared the consequences if Li Xuan or the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum seeds went missing.
• Lin Mo told Li Xuan to stay in the room while he bought supplies, planning to leave for the Flower Sea the next morning.

Li Xuan returned to the Flower Sea with Lin Mo after buying supplies in Sala City and received the custom belt containing his hidden Void Pearl. His construction materials were held back for inspection, leaving him to hope the map he had stored in the pearl would stay undiscovered.

• Lin Mo left Li Xuan's room furious, then calmed himself and purchased supplies for the Flower Sea's managers.
• Li Xuan ate a feast charged to Lin Mo and slept while Lin Mo returned late and rested for the night.
• The next morning, Lin Mo told Li Xuan that his purchased supplies had been delivered outside Sala City and showed him a finished belt from Li Yu's jewelry shop.
• Li Xuan examined the belt, removed twelve metal pieces to adjust its fit, and sensed the Void Pearl embedded inside without inspecting it in front of Lin Mo.
• Li Xuan and Lin Mo set out by carriage, and Lin Mo explained that Li Xuan's construction materials were undergoing inspection and would arrive in a few days.

Li Xuan returned to the Flower Sea and planned an escape tunnel with Bai Wen to get away from Chrysanthemum Douluo. They prepared to begin digging an eight-kilometer route to a hill beyond the Flower Sea.

• Li Xuan visited the courtyard construction site and told Liu Li and his brothers to rest before returning to the Supervisor Mansion for a meal the next day.
• Li Xuan told Bai Wen that he wanted to dig an escape tunnel because he did not trust Chrysanthemum Douluo and feared being killed.
• Bai Wen agreed to dig the tunnel and proposed using leftover building materials to brace it until the new materials arrived.
• Li Xuan used a map to plan an approximately eight-kilometer tunnel ending at a low hill outside the Flower Sea.
• Li Xuan brought bread and water for Bai Wen, and then began opening the tunnel toward the stone wall.