Arc 15Six-Point Selection

Chu Xinghe’s inspection of the sect’s businesses unexpectedly brought hidden embezzlement to light, while his new six-point assessment opened the Vast Heaven Sect to candidates with specialized talent. Wei Xin infiltrated the Dark Moon Palace but found himself caught up in its grisly routines and the Savage Wilderness Tribes’ beast-feasting.

  • Chu Xinghe brought the Savage Wilderness Tribes to the Vast Heaven Sect, where they befriended the Ouyang Lineage after discovering demonic beasts could be eaten.
  • Chu Xinghe’s surprise inspection of the Rong City mine uncovered defective ore and embezzlement, but his offer of doubled compensation persuaded the stewards to restore their accounts and repay what they had taken.
  • Chu Xinghe promoted Wei Xin and sent him to the Dark Moon Palace, where the clansmen repeatedly terrified him with their death demonstrations.
  • Chu Xinghe traveled to Ice City, where An Lan killed Zhang Dongkui and Thousand-Faced Fox after Zhang mistook Chu Xinghe for the fox.
  • Chu Xinghe used lineage connections to admit weak candidates, and Ma Liang’s explanation led the sect to adopt a six-point assessment based on full marks in six categories.
  • The new assessment spread across the major sects and admitted specialized candidates, including Hu Wenhai, while Chu Xinghe planned elective courses to address their weaknesses.
  • Wei Xin endured the Dark Moon Palace’s demonstrations, investigated the Savage Wilderness Tribes, and discovered they were catching demonic beasts to grill and eat.
Chapters 351–375 Vol. 4 Read

Ch. 351Are We Even Worthy of the Vast Heaven Sect Scheming Against Us?

Douding'er accepted the Vast Heaven Sect’s offer to shelter the nearly extinct Savage Wilderness Tribes and let them research demonic beasts in the City of Dark Moon. The tribes arrived at the sect with young demonic beasts, where Chu Xinghe saw their desperate condition as a chance to advance his own cultivation.

  • Douding'er prepared the Savage Wilderness Tribes for a final attempt to control demonic beasts after years of isolation and decline.
  • An Zhi offered to bring the tribes into the Vast Heaven Sect and demonstrated his resurrection by letting demonic beasts devour him.
  • Douding'er accepted the offer and proposed giving the Vast Heaven Sect half the Land of Wilderness, but An Zhi refused the worthless land.
  • The Savage Wilderness Tribes chose young demonic beasts to bring and traveled to the Vast Heaven Sect using the Flute of Space and Time.
  • The grand elder and the sect’s chief disciples welcomed the tribes, while Ouyang Ming and Ouyang Ling remarked on their pitiful state.
  • Chu Xinghe saw the tribes and their demonic beasts as a way to use up the sect’s resources and help him become a Martial God.

Ch. 352A Demon Beast's Final Dignity Should Be Cremation!

Chu Xinghe welcomed the Savage Wilderness Tribes to the Vast Heaven Sect, expecting their demon-beast research to consume resources without producing results. After a demon beast ran amok and was killed, the Ouyang Lineage turned its cremation into a feast, and the tribes discovered that demon beasts were delicious.

  • Chu Xinghe arranged lodgings for the Savage Wilderness Tribes in the City of Dark Moon and watched them spend the Vast Heaven Sect's resources raising demon beasts.
  • Douding'er befriended Ouyang Ling, while the demon beasts grew quickly and became increasingly uncontrollable.
  • A demon beast broke out of its cage, and Great Sage An Zhi killed it before it could attack anyone.
  • Ouyang Ling declared that the demon beast deserved cremation, but Ouyang Ming and the Ouyang Lineage roasted it and ate it.
  • Douding'er and the Savage Wilderness Tribes tasted the demon beast and realized they could eat the creatures they had previously buried, forging a lasting friendship with the Ouyang Lineage.

Ch. 353Just Watch How Fierce I Can Be!

Chu Xinghe arranged for the Ouyang Lineage, Dark Moon Clan, and Savage Wilderness Tribes to form a bizarre cycle of breeding, feeding, and eating demonic beasts, then set out to inspect the sect’s businesses. Rather than visit the prepared northern branches, he took Ma Liang and An Lan south to launch a surprise inspection and expose misconduct.

  • The Ouyang Lineage and Dark Moon Clan developed a cycle in which the Dark Moon Clan let demonic beasts eat them, force-fed the beasts until they died, and then ate them with the Ouyang Lineage.
  • Douding'er realized the Vast Heaven Sect’s methods might wipe out the demonic beasts of the Land of Wilderness, while Chu Xinghe accepted the increased breeding costs as a useful way to consume resources.
  • The Grand Elder arranged an inspection of the northern branches, and their stewards prepared carefully because Chu Xinghe would inspect on the sect master’s behalf.
  • Ma Liang found An Lan being eaten by a demonic beast before their departure, and invoked Chu Xinghe’s name to stop An Lan from repeating the experience.
  • Chu Xinghe set up a teleportation array that took him, Ma Liang, and An Lan south instead of north, intending to conduct a surprise inspection and publicly expose any dirty business.

Ch. 354Nothing Good Ever Came of Anything Involving Ouyang Ling!

Chu Xinghe traveled south with Ma Liang and An Lan to conduct an unannounced inspection of the Vast Heaven Sect’s businesses. After choosing Rong City’s meteorite iron mine as his starting point, he surrounded it with the Ten Thousand Ghosts Grand Formation and took control of the sect members there.

  • Ma Liang gave Chu Xinghe a Fox-Pattern Mask he had taken from the sect treasury after following Ouyang Ling’s advice, and Chu Xinghe used it to disguise himself as Tieniu.
  • Chu Xinghe, Ma Liang, and An Lan traveled to Rong City and saw the thriving Vast Heaven Trading Company and pharmacy without entering either business.
  • Chu Xinghe decided to investigate Rong City’s meteorite iron mine, suspecting that the large-scale ore trade concealed shady dealings he could expose.
  • Chu Xinghe went to the mine with Ma Liang and An Lan, ordered Ma Liang to deploy the Ten Thousand Ghosts Grand Formation, and had the ghosts seize control of the sect members there.
  • The mine’s stewards were stunned by the sudden ghostly takeover and wondered who dared to interfere with the Vast Heaven Sect’s mine.

Ch. 355Nothing Was More Reliable Than a Surprise Attack

Chu Xinghe used a surprise inspection to descend on the Vast Heaven Sect’s southern meteoric iron mine, where Ma Liang’s Ten Thousand Ghosts Grand Formation prevented anyone from hiding evidence. The inspection revealed that the ore supposedly reserved for the sect was defective, and Xu Wei turned his suspicion toward a young man in the group.

  • Ma Liang’s Ten Thousand Ghosts Grand Formation surrounded the mine, and Chu Xinghe revealed himself to Xu Wei and the mine’s supervisors.
  • Chu Xinghe rejected Xu Wei’s offer to delay the inspection until the next day and ordered Ma Liang to guard the entire mine.
  • Xu Wei led Chu Xinghe through the mine, explaining its operations and showing him the ore warehouse.
  • Xu Wei presented the ore reserved for the sect as the highest quality, but Chu Xinghe found that it was all defective.
  • Xu Wei realized someone had tampered with the ore and fixed his gaze on a young man at the back of the group.

Ch. 356If You Don't Take Any and I Don't Take Any, When Will the Sect Take a Crushing Loss?

Chu Xinghe discovered that Luo Zheng had mixed defective meteorite iron into a shipment intended for the Vast Heaven Sect and punished him, while secretly deciding not to investigate the mine’s widespread embezzlement. The chapter ended with Chu Xinghe burning a ledger in front of the anxious mine managers.

  • Xu Wei panicked when Chu Xinghe found defective ore among the mine’s finest meteorite iron shipment, and Chu Xinghe grew furious because the ore could endanger sect disciples.
  • Xu Wei identified warehouse chief Luo Zheng as responsible, and Ma Liang used the Soul-Devouring Formation to expose Luo Zheng’s crimes and gambling debts.
  • Chu Xinghe ordered Luo Zheng executed and demoted Zhang Peng after Luo Zheng pleaded for help on his uncle’s behalf.
  • Ma Liang revealed that most mine managers, including Xu Wei, had embezzled resources, but Chu Xinghe decided to overlook it to keep the mine running and continue causing the sect losses he wanted.
  • Chu Xinghe summoned Xu Wei and the other managers, then burned a ledger before their bewildered eyes.

Ch. 357Wherever Xinghe Goes, a Torrent of Riches Follows!

Chu Xinghe inspected the meteorite iron mine and burned an account book rather than investigate its irregularities, then promised to double the benefits of the mine’s stewards and workers. The stewards praised him, while Ma Liang remained baffled by his decision and its likely cost.

  • Xu Wei worried that Chu Xinghe would uncover the mine’s embezzlement and punish its staff during his inspection.
  • Chu Xinghe burned an account book in front of Xu Wei, Ma Liang, and the mine’s stewards.
  • Chu Xinghe praised Deacon Xu’s leadership, said he would not examine the accounts, and promised to double the resources of stewards and other enterprise workers starting next month.
  • The stewards knelt to thank Chu Xinghe, who told them to submit clean accounts at year’s end.
  • Ma Liang wondered why Chu Xinghe rewarded people who had taken sect resources and fretted over the expense of doubling benefits across the Vast Heaven Sect’s enterprises.

Ch. 358So This Was What Senior Brother Xinghe Meant!

After Chu Xinghe promised to double compensation at the Meteoric Iron Mine, Xu Wei explained that the offer was a chance for the stewards to return what they had embezzled and start over. The stewards restored the accounts and repaid their stolen funds, and Ma Liang arranged for the lesson to be spread throughout the Vast Heaven Sect’s enterprises.

  • News that Chu Xinghe would double compensation spread through the Meteoric Iron Mine, where disciples and stewards celebrated.
  • At a meeting, Xu Wei told the stewards that Chu Xinghe expected them to restore the accounts and return everything they had taken, not falsify the books again.
  • The stewards agreed to repay their shortfalls, and Xu Wei promised to help those who could not pay immediately.
  • Steward Li and the others worked through the night to correct the books and record how much each steward had returned.
  • Xu Wei gave Ma Liang the restored accounts, and Ma Liang understood Chu Xinghe’s plan to encourage repayment while preventing future embezzlement.
  • Ma Liang told Xu Wei to notify the sect’s enterprises that Chu Xinghe had given them the same one-time opportunity to make things right.

Ch. 359Then We'd Reward Him Like Crazy!

Chu Xinghe’s attempt to keep the Vast Heaven Sect’s businesses from making honest accounts instead led stewards and managers to repay what they had taken, while the elders praised his solution and celebrated the sect’s increased revenue. He then learned that Wei Xin was an incorruptible, highly effective manager whose work could make the mine prosper, and decided to reward him extravagantly rather than punish him.

  • Xu Wei’s messages offered every business a chance to repay missing funds in exchange for double compensation, prompting managers across the Vast Heaven Sect to revise their ledgers and hand over what they had taken.
  • The Grand Elder and the other chief elders praised Xinghe’s handling of the meteorite iron mine after every business submitted revised accounts, and Feng Fei calculated that the sect’s revenue had doubled despite the increased compensation.
  • Chu Xinghe realized that the managers’ honest accounts had ruined his plan to let them hide their corruption, while Ma Liang mistakenly thought Xinghe was disappointed in him for failing to understand his intentions.
  • Ma Liang told Chu Xinghe that Wei Xin was an incorruptible and capable manager whose plans had steadily increased the mine’s income.
  • Chu Xinghe decided that, since Wei Xin had done nothing wrong, he would reward him extravagantly instead of punishing him.

Ch. 360Ascending to Heaven in a Single Step!

Chu Xinghe promoted Meteoric Iron Mine manager Wei Xin directly into the Vast Heaven Sect's inner sect, believing the move would keep his management talents from benefiting the mine. Wei Xin celebrated the promotion as his chance to spy more effectively for the Cloud Firmament Sect and vowed to help bring down the Vast Heaven Sect.

  • Xu Wei praised Wei Xin's management skills, and Chu Xinghe decided to reward him by admitting him directly into the inner sect.
  • Ma Liang explained the promotion as a chance for Wei Xin to become an internal manager and perhaps a deacon, while Chu Xinghe privately planned to keep him from returning to the mine.
  • News of Wei Xin's promotion spread through the Meteoric Iron Mine, and Wei Xin joyfully thanked Chu Xinghe and Xu Wei.
  • After Xu Wei left, Wei Xin revealed that he had spent fifteen years spying for the Cloud Firmament Sect under Ling Su's orders.
  • Wei Xin celebrated Chu Xinghe's decision as an opportunity to access and sell the Vast Heaven Sect's secrets, vowing to help destroy the sect.

Ch. 361I, Wei Xin, Am Going to Make a Name for Myself!

Chu Xinghe assigned Wei Xin, a Cloud Firmament Sect spy, to the Dark Moon Palace, believing it would be a harsh but useful place for him. Wei Xin celebrated the assignment as a chance to steal the palace’s secrets and help bring down the Vast Heaven Sect.

  • Chu Xinghe, Ma Liang, and An Lan debated where to place Wei Xin, and An Lan proposed sending him to the Dark Moon Palace.
  • Chu Xinghe and Ma Liang agreed that the Dark Moon Palace would suit Wei Xin, where the Great Sage could modify techniques to help him improve.
  • Ma Liang told Wei Xin about his assignment, and Wei Xin eagerly accepted, intending to infiltrate the palace and pass its secrets to the Cloud Firmament Sect.
  • Wei Xin thanked Chu Xinghe, who arranged a teleportation array to send him directly to the Vast Heaven Sect.
  • Wei Xin arrived at the Vast Heaven Sect’s mountain gate and vowed to uncover its secrets from within.

Ch. 362I, Wei Xin, Belong to the Dark Moon Palace in Life and Will Be Its Ghost in Death!

Wei Xin arrived at the Vast Heaven Sect and insisted on joining the Dark Moon Palace, unaware that the other disciples considered it a dreadful assignment. After entering the City of Dark Moon, he encountered a huge demonic beast and collapsed in terror.

  • Wei Xin entered the Vast Heaven Sect with help from a gatekeeping disciple, while the other gatekeepers discussed how unusual it was for anyone to accept a place in the Dark Moon Palace.
  • The escort showed Wei Xin ordinary inner sect disciples consuming fifth-grade pills and explained that Wei Xin might receive sixth-grade pills at the Dark Moon Palace.
  • The Grand Elder offered Wei Xin a place in another palace, but Wei Xin vowed to remain in the Dark Moon Palace for life, and the Grand Elder approved his choice.
  • Wei Xin collected his inner disciple robes and entered the City of Dark Moon, excited to begin his rise and uncover the palace's secrets.
  • Wei Xin came face-to-face with an enormous demonic beast, wet himself, and collapsed as distant voices debated whether to let it eat him.

Ch. 363The Excited Dark Moon Clan!

Wei Xin woke in the Dark Moon Palace after a demonic beast frightened him unconscious, then insisted on staying despite the senior brothers urging him to leave. The Dark Moon clansmen celebrated having a timid disciple to watch their death performances, and Wei Xin fainted again when one senior brother let a demonic beast eat him.

  • The Dark Moon clansmen killed the demonic beast that had frightened Wei Xin and carried him to a room to recover.
  • After waking, Wei Xin learned the senior brothers thought he was too timid for the Dark Moon Palace and wanted him to choose another palace.
  • Wei Xin swore he would remain in the Dark Moon Palace because Senior Brother Xinghe had arranged for him to join.
  • The Dark Moon clansmen were excited to have Wei Xin as an audience for their death performances, recalling how other disciples and the Savage Wilderness Tribes had disappointed them.
  • Senior Brother An Zhen delayed Wei Xin's visit to the Great Sage and promised to teach him about demonic beasts.
  • A senior brother brought in a demonic beast, which ate him in one bite, and Wei Xin fainted again.

Ch. 364Mom... I Want to Go Home...

Wei Xin woke repeatedly to gruesome spectacles staged by the Dark Moon Clan’s senior brothers, who insisted they were following the Saint’s instructions to toughen him up. Meanwhile, Chu Xinghe heard Lu Chengqing report on the Southern Branch’s booming businesses and Haotian Mirror income, while Ma Liang marveled at Chu Xinghe’s apparent dissatisfaction with their success.

  • Wei Xin woke to An Zhen beheading himself and An Shen, then fainted after another senior brother demonstrated how to burst a heart.
  • Wei Xin woke beside headless corpses and blinking severed heads, then passed out again in terror.
  • The Dark Moon Clan members reattached their heads and agreed that scaring Wei Xin was the Saint’s way of tempering him, so they planned to continue once he woke.
  • Chu Xinghe learned that southern business stewards had come to Rong City with lists of embezzlers and promises to increase profits.
  • Lu Chengqing reported that the Voice of Vast Heaven auditions and sect advertisements had brought in enormous fees through the Haotian Mirror.
  • Ma Liang struggled to stay calm as Lu Chengqing described their earnings and wondered how Chu Xinghe could seem dissatisfied.

Ch. 365The First Step to the Good-for-Nothing Path: Xinghe's Selection Technique!

Chu Xinghe traveled to Ice City to interfere with the Vast Heaven Sect’s disciple selection and ensure more good-for-nothings could advance. There, a thief secretly marked him, and Chu Xinghe eagerly let the mark remain, hoping to be robbed of the spirit stones in his spatial ring.

  • Chu Xinghe decided the sect’s first-round selection needed to admit more unqualified candidates and told Ma Liang and An Lan he would inspect it in the north.
  • Ma Liang accused Deacon Yang of using personal connections, prompting Chu Xinghe to privately recall Ma Liang’s own role in recommending the Muyue Kingdom.
  • Chu Xinghe, Ma Liang, and An Lan traveled to Ice City, where young candidates had gathered for the Vast Heaven Sect’s first-round assessment.
  • A passing thief secretly placed a tracking mark on Chu Xinghe, but Ma Liang detected it and An Lan prepared to pursue the thief.
  • Chu Xinghe stopped Ma Liang and called An Lan back, then decided to keep the mark so the thief could steal his spirit-filled spatial ring.

Ch. 366I Can't Even Be a Melon-Eating Spectator in Peace, Can I?!

Chu Xinghe tried to lure a thief into stealing his storage ring by flaunting his wealth at the Green Hairpin Tower, but the thief never appeared. When Hunter Alliance leader Zhang Dongkui stormed in to confront the Thousand-Faced Fox, he mistook Chu Xinghe for the notorious thief because of a mark on him.

  • Chu Xinghe took Ma Liang and An Lan to the Green Hairpin Tower and displayed his wealth in hopes of attracting the thief who had marked him.
  • Chu Xinghe waited in the crowded hall with his storage ring exposed, but nobody tried to steal it.
  • Zhang Dongkui and his men burst into the Green Hairpin Tower, and Zhang accused the Thousand-Faced Fox of stealing the Wu Lineage’s resources after helping poison its members.
  • Zhang Dongkui recognized a Hunter Alliance mark on Chu Xinghe and declared that Chu Xinghe was the Thousand-Faced Fox.
  • Chu Xinghe realized the mark was not a thief’s tag but the Hunter Alliance’s mark, and that Zhang Dongkui had mistaken him for someone else.

Ch. 367Was This the Legendary Power to Make His Words Law?

Chu Xinghe was mistaken for Thousand-Faced Fox and watched An Lan swiftly kill Zhang Dongkui and the Hunter Alliance men before killing Thousand-Faced Fox on his order. The people in Green Hairpin Tower were stunned by Chu Xinghe’s apparent power until Deacon Yang arrived and greeted him as Xinghe.

  • Zhang Dongkui ordered his men to seize Chu Xinghe, but An Lan killed the attackers and beheaded Zhang Dongkui before Chu Xinghe could stop him.
  • The witnesses mistook An Lan’s invisible strikes for Chu Xinghe’s power and were terrified by how easily he had killed a Seventh Rank Martial Saint.
  • Chu Xinghe told An Lan to kill Thousand-Faced Fox, and An Lan returned with the fox’s severed head after killing him outside Ice City.
  • The people in Green Hairpin Tower wondered if Chu Xinghe could make his words law when Thousand-Faced Fox’s head arrived in response to his order.
  • Deacon Yang of the Vast Heaven Sect entered, recognized Chu Xinghe, and greeted him, shocking the young people gathered there.

Ch. 368Just You Wait, This Time We're Going All In on the Trash Archetype

Chu Xinghe revealed himself at the Green Hairpin Tower after Deacon Yang arrived and recognized him, then announced his plan to send low-talent candidates into the next round of Vast Heaven Sect’s selection trials. He left the gathered hopefuls clamoring for his attention, determined to master the “trash archetype” and avoid repeating his previous failure.

  • Deacon Yang rushed to the Green Hairpin Tower after hearing that a young man had killed Zhang Dongkui and sent his head flying into Ice City.
  • Deacon Yang recognized Chu Xinghe by Ma Liang’s respectful service and ordered his stewards to greet him as Senior Brother Xinghe.
  • Chu Xinghe removed his Fox-Pattern Mask and greeted Deacon Yang, while the crowd realized who he was and begged him for help entering the Vast Heaven Sect.
  • Chu Xinghe agreed with a candidate who asked for a chance for people with low talent and resolved to fill the second round with such candidates.

Ch. 369This Genius Is Ours, No Matter What!

After arriving in Ice City, Chu Xinghe found the Vast Heaven Sect’s disciple assessment overwhelmed by applicants and agreed to meet influential lineages seeking favors. He was delighted to learn their connections could help send unsuitable candidates into the first round, and eagerly welcomed Hu Buqi’s son Hu Wenhai, who had scored six points on a talisman assessment.

  • News of Chu Xinghe killing Zhang Dongkui spread through Ice City, drawing crowds of hopeful applicants to the Vast Heaven Sect branch.
  • Deacon Yang explained that the Millennial Grand Sacrifice had restored Spiritual Qi and that many lineages had sent calling cards requesting meetings with Chu Xinghe.
  • Deacon Yang warned Chu Xinghe that the Vast Heaven Sect sometimes let the disciples of allied lineages pass the first round as repayment for past favors.
  • Chu Xinghe realized he could use the connections to bring weak candidates into the second round and told Deacon Yang to arrange meetings with the lineages.
  • Hu Buqi brought his son Hu Wenhai to meet Chu Xinghe and explained that Hu Wenhai had scored six points on his talisman assessment.
  • Chu Xinghe enthusiastically declared that Hu Wenhai had to join the Vast Heaven Sect.

Ch. 370So What If It Failed? Just Tell Me, Was It Fast or Not!

Chu Xinghe admitted Hu Wenhai to the Vast Heaven Sect after Hu Wenhai quickly made a failed talisman, praising his speed and confidence. He then approved disciples from numerous other lineages for admission, leaving Deacon Yang baffled.

  • Hu Buqi claimed Hu Wenhai was a rare talisman prodigy despite his six-point assessment score, and Chu Xinghe agreed that the sect needed him.
  • Hu Wenhai rapidly made a Thunder Talisman, but it failed when it hit the ground; Hu Buqi praised his improved speed, and Hu Wenhai accepted the praise confidently.
  • Chu Xinghe called Hu Wenhai an unparalleled talent, exempted him from the first round, and promised to guarantee his admission.
  • Hu Buqi celebrated Chu Xinghe's decision, while Deacon Yang doubted Hu Wenhai's ability and Ma Liang assumed Chu Xinghe had recognized hidden talent.
  • Chu Xinghe approved disciples from many other lineages for admission, including those with low or falsified assessment scores, as Deacon Yang watched in dismay.

Ch. 371Ma Liang, Mathematical Prodigy!

Chu Xinghe responded to protests over his preferential admissions by lowering the first-round passing threshold to six points, leaving Deacon Yang unsure how to proceed. Ma Liang interpreted the change as requiring six perfect scores and convinced Deacon Yang with a bizarre mathematical argument.

  • Chu Xinghe accepted nearly a thousand lineage disciples with scores around six, provoking examinees who had scored higher but failed the first round.
  • Deacon Yang went to Chu Xinghe after angry examinees blocked the Vast Heaven Sect branch, and Chu Xinghe ordered that anyone scoring six points could pass.
  • Deacon Yang sought Ma Liang's advice, and Ma Liang argued that the assessment was unfair because it had ranked him above Chu Xinghe despite their different abilities.
  • Ma Liang concluded that six points meant six perfect scores across the ten assessment categories, then claimed a sixty-point candidate was better than a ninety-point candidate because they won more categories.
  • Deacon Yang was left bewildered by Ma Liang's mathematical reasoning.

Ch. 372Six-Point Assessment Method

Chu Xinghe’s Six-Point Assessment Method let applicants pass the Vast Heaven Sect’s first round either by scoring above nine overall or by earning full marks in six categories. After the Grand Elder and palace heads approved it, Deacon Yang posted the new rules in Ice City, where the young people who had been protesting were stunned.

  • Ma Liang explained to Deacon Yang why full marks in six assessment categories could matter more than a high total across all ten.
  • Deacon Yang realized Chu Xinghe’s method gave applicants suited to a particular palace another way to qualify, and he sent the proposal to the Vast Heaven Sect by spirit bird.
  • The Grand Elder convened the palace heads, who unanimously supported the Six-Point Assessment Method and authorized Deacon Yang to implement it.
  • Young people gathered outside the Vast Heaven Sect branch in Ice City and criticized Chu Xinghe for letting disciples from great families pass without assessment.
  • Deacon Yang posted the new assessment rules, leaving the protesting applicants stunned to learn that six full-mark categories could qualify them.

Ch. 373Wasn't the Cloud Firmament Sect Not Accepting Disciples This Year?

Chu Xinghe’s six-point assessment, requiring full marks in six categories, gave unevenly talented candidates a new chance to pass the Vast Heaven Sect’s first round and unsettled rival sects that relied on overlooked talent. As the Ten Great Sects began adopting the system, the Cloud Firmament Sect also announced recruitment, leaving young people surprised because they thought it was not accepting disciples this year.

  • Deacon Yang posted Chu Xinghe’s notice lowering the Vast Heaven Sect’s qualifying score to six points, earned through full marks in six categories, and hopeful candidates celebrated while others questioned the rule.
  • Young people protested that candidates with higher overall scores could fail, so Ma Liang used the Ten Thousand Ghosts Grand Formation to explain why a candidate with six perfect categories could be better than one with nine strong categories.
  • News of the assessment spread, alarming other sects that feared the Vast Heaven Sect would discover talented candidates they had previously recruited after the Vast Heaven Sect rejected them.
  • Martial Emperor City adopted the six-point assessment, and the other members of the Ten Great Sects followed, including the Cloud Firmament Sect.
  • Young people were stunned by the Cloud Firmament Sect’s announcement because they had believed it was not accepting disciples this year and doubted they could reach or qualify for it.

Ch. 374Elective Course Plan

Ling Su blamed Chu Xinghe for a rumor campaign against the Cloud Firmament Sect and urged Wei Xin to steal the Formless Heart Sutra from the Dark Moon Palace. Meanwhile, Chu Xinghe adapted to the six-point assessment by deciding that Vast Heaven Sect recruits would take elective courses in their weakest areas.

  • Ling Su concluded without evidence that Chu Xinghe had orchestrated rumors spread by several sects, then contacted Wei Xin and asked him to obtain the Formless Heart Sutra.
  • Ma Liang’s claim that a candidate who excelled in six categories could surpass one who scored higher overall helped the six-point assessment gain acceptance across the sects.
  • Three young people earned full marks in six categories, including an alchemy prodigy, an elemental specialist whom Elder He chose as a personal disciple, and Hu Wenhai, who excelled at the speed test.
  • Chu Xinghe saw the recruits’ weaknesses as an opportunity and decided Vast Heaven Sect would make them study elective courses in the areas where they lacked talent.

Ch. 375Mutual Slashing Party

Wei Xin endured the Dark Moon Clan’s lethal games after being assigned to the Dark Moon Palace, then discovered that the Savage Wilderness Tribes and Ouyang Lineage were raising demon beasts to barbecue. His grim experiences made him famous as the Vast Heaven Sect’s greatest warrior, while the outer sect recommended Chu Cheng for a place in the Dark Moon Palace.

  • The Grand Elder praised Chu Xinghe’s six-point assessment system and successful tour of the sect’s holdings, which brought other businesses into line.
  • Wei Xin was made to kill Dark Moon Clan senior brothers in daily demonstrations and at their masked mutual slashing parties.
  • Wei Xin secretly investigated the Savage Wilderness Tribes, suspecting they had found a way to control demon beasts.
  • Wei Xin discovered the Ouyang Lineage and the Savage Wilderness Tribes were catching demon beasts to grill and eat, and they learned he was Wei Xin, the Vast Heaven Sect’s greatest warrior.
  • The sect widely praised Wei Xin for choosing the Dark Moon Palace, and outer sect disciples unanimously recommended Chu Cheng for promotion there.
Arc 15 of 95
Arc 15 of 95