Festival of Lights · Diwali
Shan Heyuan overcame his blocked meridians, chose the grower’s path, and used his unusual ability to cultivate spirit herbs within his Dantian while repaying his debt to Shen Duheng. After proving his skill in the Supreme Harmony Sect’s diseased Spirit Plant garden, he returned home to find that only some of the cuttings he treated had survived.
Shan Heyuan revived the Supreme Harmony Sect’s dying Spirit Plants, developed a new fertilizer, and traded with the Illusionless Tree for a branch. After reaching Foundation Establishment, he grew Drunken Ox Grass to overcome the demon bull guarding a spirit spring, then returned with Core Formation-grade water and plans to advance as a planter.
Shan Heyuan joined Sword Reverence Academy as a teaching assistant and used his growing skills to save two poisoned disciples. As he searched for a way to sustain the Illusionless Tree in his Dantian, he retraced Xin Xie's path and learned to tame Spirit Plants with Return a Plum for a Peach.
Shan Heyuan advanced through the academy competition and discovered that his Dantian was becoming a small world infused with Breathing Earth. He traveled with Shen Duheng to Qingmian City, where a powerful tribulation began and Shan Heyuan remained untouched by its lightning.
Shan Heyuan forms a Golden Core by refining the Pu Core Fire, then uses his growing small world to hide the Realm Spirit and stolen Spirit Stones. As he and Shen Duheng investigate Shan Heyuan’s unknown past, they travel to Black She Temple, where the Illusionless Tree recognizes something familiar in his Spiritual Power.
Shan Heyuan and Shen Duheng built an artificial spirit spring, confessed their love, and fled after Shan’s Nascent Soul breakthrough drew the major sects’ attention. In hiding, they explored Shan’s growing Dantian Small World, sought a way to grow Thousand Powder Grass, and married.
After Ji Li nearly killed them, Shan Heyuan and Shen Duheng escaped into the void, where Shan Heyuan rebuilt himself by merging with the Illusionless Tree. Years later they reached Fu Province, reunited with allies, and prepared to test Shan Heyuan’s high-yield Wunuo Grain in a dead city.
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