Recaps

Xu Xuan was reborn as Wang Tong in Hundred Fragrance Valley, used his skill with spiritual plants to enter the Azure Wood Sect, and quietly helped the Xu Household build its own cultivation resources. As Xu Xuan advanced into the Yellow Court Phase, growing signs of demonic activity led him to prepare the Lineage for a possible evacuation.

• Xu Xuan died after directing Xu Yuming to preserve the Lineage, then was reborn as Wang Tong and began cultivating while working as a spiritual-field farmer.
• Xu Xuan impressed Yuan Qiu and Yuan Hongyi with his knowledge of spiritual plants, married Yuan Zhilan, and used a Yellow Bud Pill to resume cultivation.
• After restoring a diseased field, Xu Xuan earned Li Jiangping’s recommendation and left Hundred Fragrance Valley to work in the Azure Wood Sect’s herb garden.
• Xu Xuan improved the herb garden, opened his first Spiritual Treasury with a Spirit Nourishing Pill, and sent cultivation knowledge and seeds to the Xu Household through Liu Yun and Xu Ziyu.
• Xu Xuan adopted the Evergreen Technique, learned to make spirit talismans, and helped the Xu Household establish a herb garden, refine Grain Abstinence Pills, and send disciples to the Azure Wood Sect.
• Xu Xuan controlled an outbreak of Spirit-Devouring Aphids and helped Xu An and other Xu Household disciples gain standing and connections in the herb garden.
• Xu Xuan’s companion-planting methods increased yields, and he used a Spirit-Concentrating Pill to open his yellow court spiritual treasury and reach the Yellow Court Phase.
• As reports of demonic activity mounted, Xu Xuan told Xu An to investigate distant postings and instructed Xu Ziyu to prepare the Lineage’s assets and members for evacuation, then spotted a black figure near the reserve spirit herb storehouse.

Xu Xuan built the Lingyan Xu Lineage, reached Qi Refining, and prepared for reincarnation before returning as Xu Chen. After recovering his past-life memories and rising quickly in cultivation, he joined the lineage and set out to investigate the Black Water Gate’s attack on Xu Qingchan.

• Xu Xuan became the herb garden’s steward, built the Cloud Arrival Trading House, and profited from grain futures before joining a Southern Wilds expedition.
• Xu Xuan brought the Xu Household south to Lingyan Valley, where he used Azure Wood Sect connections and Elder Zhou’s intervention to deter the Xiao Household.
• Xu Xuan gathered the five elements’ essence qi and broke through to Qi Refining, while Xu Qingchan returned injured after a clash near the Sinking Sand River with the Black Water Gate.
• Xu Xuan prepared the lineage for his absence, recorded his inheritance, and died after Xu Xingzong also reached Qi Refining.
• Xu Xuan reincarnated as Xu Chen, cultivated under suspicion because of his Soaring Serpent Bloodline, and joined Purple Sun Gate before leaving amid the second prince’s investigation.
• Xu Chen returned to Spiritual Expanse Mountain, opened the inheritance vault, awakened his past-life wisdom, and broke through to Qi Refining with a metal-and-earth treasure.
• Xu Xuan emerged at the seventh layer of Qi Refining, agreed to help Xu Mingxuan manage the lineage’s factions, and left for the Sinking Sand River to investigate Xu Qingchan’s injury.