Recaps

Chu Xinghe learned about the Shadow Rat Clan and eagerly sought out its last three members, seeing their constant need for resources and inability to cultivate techniques as ideal for his plans. After the brothers were repeatedly rejected and decided to leave the city, Vast Heaven Sect disciples brought them to Chu Xinghe, who welcomed them into the sect.

• Shu Fei explained that Shadow Rats could not cultivate techniques, depended on resources to maintain their strength, and could create resource-consuming clones.
• Chu Xinghe ordered Ma Liang to find the three Shadow Rat brothers, believing their traits made them perfect additions to the Vast Heaven Sect.
• Shu Da, Shu Er, and Shu San were forced out of another team and, after exhausting their options, decided to return home.
• A Vast Heaven Sect disciple stopped the brothers at the city gate and took them by carriage to Haotian Tower.
• Chu Xinghe welcomed Shu Da, Shu Er, and Shu San as disciples of the Vast Heaven Sect.

Chu Xinghe brought the three Shadow Rat brothers into the Vast Heaven Sect as inner disciples because their extreme resource consumption suited his plans. After Shu Da demonstrated their ability to devour spirit stones and create resource-draining Shadow Clones, Chu Xinghe arranged for the sect to supply them generously, and the chapter ended as the Great Elder and others reacted with alarm to the brothers’ abilities.

• Chu Xinghe led Shu Da, Shu Er, and Shu San into Haotian Tower and gave them inner disciple robes, while people across the continents questioned his decision.
• Chu Xinghe had learned from the Wolf King that Shadow Rats were weak, resource-hungry creatures whose highest known rank was the Seventh Rank, and he welcomed them because they could consume resources.
• Yuan Ying told Wu Xingyun that even the Shadow Rat King had remained useless after reaching the Seventh Rank, while Zheng Yu confirmed the reports about the clan were accurate.
• Shu Da devoured top-grade spirit stones and rapidly reached the Fifth Rank, then created a Shadow Clone that Chu Xinghe could not distinguish from the original.
• Chu Xinghe called the three brothers his lucky generals, asked Feng Fei to supply them with resources, and drew the sect’s elders and disciples to watch their demonstration.
• The three Shadow Rat brothers displayed their abilities before the sect, and the Great Elder’s expression changed drastically.

The Three Shadow Rat Brothers devoured Vast Heaven Sect resources at an astonishing rate, reached the Sixth Rank, and accidentally became an asset to the sect’s civil engineering disciples. Chu Xinghe then ordered Bai Jingyan to perform for free, recognizing that winning the world’s support could bring the Vast Heaven Sect’s elevation to Vast Heaven Holy Land within reach.

• Feng Fei supplied the Three Shadow Rat Brothers with unlimited resources, and they devoured each batch almost immediately while making slow breakthroughs to the Sixth Rank.
• The Grand Elder and Elder He examined the brothers’ Shadow Clones but found no clear advantage, while Shu Da told his brothers to consume as much as possible before the sect expelled them.
• Little Bear King challenged the brothers’ resource consumption, overloaded himself with Spiritual Qi, and had to be subdued and carried away.
• Chu Xinghe saw the Misfortune Compass turning briskly and took the brothers’ success as a sign of good fortune.
• Lu Chengqing brought Bai Jingyan to Chu Xinghe with requests for paid performances, but Chu Xinghe ordered her to help everyone for free and accept no payment.
• Lu Chengqing realized Chu Xinghe was pursuing worldwide support so the world itself would recognize the Vast Heaven Sect as the Vast Heaven Holy Land.

Chu Xinghe returned to the Vast Heaven Sect after arranging Bai Jingyan’s musical training and delivering Spirit Pattern Cloth robes to the sect. When the elders questioned why he supported the resource-hungry Shadow Rat brothers, Shu Da revealed that his Shadow Clones could multiply without limit, turning the brothers’ potential into a discovery that stunned the sect.

• Ma Liang left Bai Jingyan in Lu Chengqing’s care to pursue her musical path, then returned with Chu Xinghe to Star City and the Vast Heaven Sect.
• Chu Xinghe ordered Zhou Ping'an to send the first Spirit Pattern Cloth disciple robes to the sect and report any developments to him immediately.
• After returning to the sect, Chu Xinghe visited the Dark Moon Palace, where the great elder and palace heads questioned his support for the resource-devouring Shadow Rat brothers.
• Elder He asked where the brothers stored the spiritual power they consumed, and Shu Da explained that his clan could hide it inside Shadow Clones.
• Shu Da demonstrated as his Shadow Clones multiplied into a vast crowd, leaving even the Great Sage unable to distinguish his original body.
• The elders realized that, with enough resources, Shadow Rats could create enormous numbers of equally powerful clones, potentially reaching godlike strength.

Chu Xinghe welcomed the resource-devouring Three Shadow Rat Brothers into the Dark Moon Palace and ordered them to receive as many resources as needed. After Spirit Pattern Cloth robes spread through the sect, Hu Wenhai told Zhou Ping'an that the cloth’s manufacturing method was wrong and described a process that seemed more precise than the Bai Clan’s secret formula.

• The Great Sage and Elder He confirmed to Gu Mingchao that the Three Shadow Rat Brothers’ original bodies could not cultivate techniques, while Chu Xinghe imagined their clones eventually reaching the Ninth Rank and using Universal Celebration.
• Chu Xinghe ordered the Three Shadow Rat Brothers to receive maximum resources, and Feng Fei arranged for civil engineering disciples to deliver them to the Dark Moon Palace.
• Zhou Ping'an brought the first shipment of Spirit Pattern Cloth robes to the sect, where Chu Xinghe inspected them and ordered that none be sold.
• The inner sect disciples received Spirit Pattern Cloth robes, and Ma Liang reassured the outer sect disciples that they would receive robes too.
• Zhou Ping'an visited the Dark Moon Palace to collect feedback on the robes and found its disciples repeatedly dying and returning to life.
• Hu Wenhai told Zhou Ping'an that the Spirit Pattern Cloth method was wrong, then described a process that made Zhou Ping'an question whether the Bai Clan’s formula was authentic.

Hu Wenhai discovered ways to greatly improve Spirit Pattern Cloth and reproduce its effects on ordinary fabric, but Zhou Ping'an explained that the ordinary version could not be mass-produced because it required the Ancient Heaven-Reaching Talisman Art. Chu Xinghe concluded that neither method threatened his plans, since one was too costly and the other depended on Hu Wenhai alone.

• Zhou Ping'an was shocked when Hu Wenhai explained Spirit Pattern Cloth’s materials and formula in detail, then proposed a version with fifty times the effect.
• Hu Wenhai used simple talismans from the Ancient Heaven-Reaching Talisman Art to give ordinary cloth effects that surpassed Spirit Pattern Cloth.
• Zhou Ping'an realized that the ordinary-fabric version could be highly profitable but could not be mass-produced because few people could use the talisman art.
• Zhou Ping'an brought Hu Wenhai and both new cloth versions to Chu Xinghe at Spirit Crane Palace.
• Chu Xinghe decided Hu Wenhai’s improvements posed no threat because the enhanced cloth remained costly and the ordinary version could not be produced in quantity.

Hu Wenhai struggled to find a way to mass-produce his improved Spirit Pattern Cloth, while Chu Xinghe and the other powers waited to see what would happen. Shu Da offered an unexpected solution: his Shadow Rat brothers' clones might be able to learn the Ancient Heaven-Reaching Talisman Art.

• Chu Xinghe reassured Hu Wenhai, ordered the Vast Heaven Sect to make the improved Spirit Pattern Cloth for its own disciples, and forbade them from selling it.
• The Demonic Sect panicked over its stockpile of Black Demon Cloth, but Yuan Ying took news of the Spirit Pattern Cloth's fiftyfold improvement as a sign that Chu Xinghe would soon start selling it.
• Hu Wenhai sought advice from Elder He and the Great Sage, but neither could solve the problem that only he could make the improved cloth.
• Hu Wenhai told Shu Da that he needed people who could learn the Ancient Heaven-Reaching Talisman Art and help produce the cloth.
• Shu Da said that although the Shadow Rat brothers' original bodies could not learn the art, their clones could, prompting Hu Wenhai's astonishment.

Hu Wenhai discovered that the Three Shadow Rat Brothers’ clones could mass-produce cheap Spirit Pattern Cloth, turning the resource-consuming Shadow Rats into a major asset for the Vast Heaven Sect. He and Zhou Ping'an prepared to alert the sect’s leaders, while Hu Wenhai resolved to tell Chu Xinghe himself.

• Shu Da explained that Shadow Rat clones could learn basic talismans, and the Vast Heaven Sect’s resources could prevent their skills from declining.
• Hu Wenhai taught the Three Shadow Rat Brothers’ clones the simple talismans needed to make the new Spirit Pattern Cloth, and they succeeded after two days of practice.
• The Three Shadow Rat Brothers rejoiced that they could finally contribute to the Vast Heaven Sect and repay Chu Xinghe for his support.
• Hu Wenhai summoned Zhou Ping'an, who inspected the Shadow Rats’ mass production and declared that the inexpensive cloth could bring the sect a vast fortune.
• Hu Wenhai and Zhou Ping'an arranged to notify the grand elder and palace heads, while Hu Wenhai decided to inform Chu Xinghe personally.

Chu Xinghe discovered that the three Shadow Rat brothers he had brought into the Vast Heaven Sect could produce vast quantities of profitable Spirit Pattern Cloth, despite his hopes that they would merely consume the sect’s resources. The cloth spread through the market, and when Zheng Yu visited to investigate its production, Ma Liang showed him the Shadow Rats at work.

• Hu Wenhai told Chu Xinghe that the Shadow Rat brothers had made a new Spirit Pattern Cloth, and the grand elder and palace chiefs celebrated its enormous profit potential.
• Chu Xinghe concealed his alarm, cried, “Heaven blesses Vast Heaven,” and returned to his room, deciding to lie low while fortune and bad luck seemed to retaliate against him.
• Zhou Ping'an put the cloth on the market, and buyers and the Gongsun Clan failed to identify the talismans behind it, eventually suspecting the Ancient Heaven-Reaching Talisman Art.
• Zheng Yu visited the Vast Heaven Sect to find out how the cloth was being produced, but learned from Ma Liang that only three disciples were responsible.
• Ma Liang took Zheng Yu to the Dark Moon Palace, where he saw the Shadow Rats producing cloth across the mountains and plains and became dizzy with disbelief.

Chu Xinghe’s Shadow Rats made Vast Heaven Weaving’s spirit pattern cloth a wildly profitable success, while Yuan Ying joined the Demonic Shadow Sect as vice sect master and devised a new scheme against the Vast Heaven Sect. After Yuan Ying dumped black demon cloth near the sect, the Little Bear King identified his scent, leaving everyone baffled by his apparent help.

• Zheng Yu’s revelation that the Shadow Rats could produce huge quantities of spirit pattern cloth stunned the world, and Zhou Ping'an received orders from major sects while reserving at least half the supply for Rogue Cultivators.
• Yuan Ying learned that the Vast Heaven Sect’s new cloth differed from the product he had hoped to undermine, and Wu Xingyun forced him to accept the Demonic Shadow Sect’s vice sect master position using a supposed Demonic Life Mark as leverage.
• Yuan Ying planned to send black demon cloth into the Vast Heaven Sect so its disciples might suffer cultivation deviation, and Wu Xingyun and Tantai Jing supported the plan.
• Yuan Ying secretly dumped his black demon cloth at the edge of the Haotian Mountain Range, where the Bear Clan found it and reported the discovery to the sect.
• The Little Bear King detected Yuan Ying’s scent on the cloth, leaving the Vast Heaven Sect’s elders and disciples wondering why he had apparently brought them another gift.

The Vast Heaven Sect and the Demonic Sect were baffled when Yuan Ying’s Black Demon Cloth became harmless Spirit Pattern Cloth after reaching Chu Xinghe’s sect, while it still caused Qi deviation among Demonic Sect disciples. Meanwhile, Hua Xizhong gathered information in Winding Water City and prepared for the Spirit Beast Continent’s arrival, confident that Hua Xichen’s Great Prophecy Art would surpass Chu Xinghe’s Star Divination Art.

• The Grand Elder had Hu Wenhai inspect Yuan Ying’s huge gift of Spirit Pattern Cloth, then approved upgrading it and making disciple robes for the Dark Moon Clan to test.
• Hu Wenhai found that the robes harmed no one, and Chu Xinghe despaired when the Grand Elder told him Yuan Ying’s gift had caused no trouble.
• News of Yuan Ying’s gift spread, baffling the Wolf King Ming Han and enraging the Ape Clan, while Wu Xingyun questioned Yuan Ying’s loyalty to the Demonic Sect.
• Yuan Ying tested another batch of Black Demon Cloth on Demonic Sect disciples, who suffered Qi deviation, and Wu Xingyun refused to let him send more cloth to the Vast Heaven Sect.
• Hua Xizhong continued gathering intelligence in Winding Water City and believed Hua Xichen’s Great Prophecy Art would surpass Chu Xinghe’s Star Divination Art when the Spirit Beast Continent arrived.

Hua Xizhong reported Blazing Sun Continent’s situation to the Spirit Beast Continent clan heads, who ordered him to investigate the Vast Heaven Sect by infiltrating its Demonic Sect opponents. He discovered that the Demonic Sect ran legitimate businesses and joined it as a courier for Demon Demon Express.

• Hua Xizhong used Spirit-Communing Incense to tell the four clan heads that Blazing Sun Continent and Demon Star Continent had merged and that the Human Race and Demon Race lived in peace.
• The four clan heads dismissed the Star Divination Art, learned that the Vast Heaven Sect was Blazing Sun Continent’s strongest power, and told Hua Xizhong to assess it through its opponents.
• Hua Xizhong asked people about the Vast Heaven Sect’s Demonic Sect opponents, but they said the sect was effectively its own opponent.
• Hua Xizhong learned that the Demonic Sect ran services such as Momo Queueing Service, Momo Delivery Service, and Demon Demon Express, and that its members made their living through work.
• Hua Xizhong joined the Demonic Sect and became a courier for Demon Demon Express.

Hua Xizhong joined the Demonic Sect expecting to uncover its sinister operations, but instead he was assigned delivery work and then hired as a sparring partner. After deciding the sect was too weak to help him assess the Vast Heaven Sect, he tried to scout its vice sect master and discovered a terrifying gap in their strength.

• Hua Xizhong delivered packages for Demon Demon Express and received his first wages, but he remained convinced the work concealed the Demonic Sect's true purpose.
• After Hua Xizhong displayed some of his strength, the Demonic Sect assigned him to Demon Demon Personal Training as a sparring partner for a wealthy young master.
• Hua Xizhong's senior brothers explained that the Demonic Sect had become too weak to behave as it once had and feared punishment from the Vast Heaven Sect.
• Hua Xizhong decided to leave, but first sent his Eighth Rank Jade Blood Mosquito to scout Yuan Ying, the Demonic Shadow Sect's vice sect master.
• Yuan Ying casually clapped the mosquito to death, and Hua Xizhong sensed that the vice sect master was a Half-Step Mystic God before collapsing in terror.

After Hua Xizhong discovered that the Demonic Sect’s deputy sect master was a half-step Mystic God, he warned the four clan heads, who abandoned their plan to plunder the Blazing Sun Continent and ordered him to investigate the Vast Heaven Sect. He reached Haotian City and learned that the sect offered public one-day tours, giving him an unexpected way to investigate it.

• Hua Xizhong escaped after the half-step Mystic God deputy sect master killed his Jade Blood Mosquito, leaving him badly injured.
• Hua Xizhong told the four clan heads what he had witnessed, and they scrapped their plundering plan in favor of peaceful coexistence with the Blazing Sun Continent.
• The four clan heads ordered Hua Xizhong to investigate the Vast Heaven Sect, so he traveled toward Haotian City despite his injuries and lost cultivation rank.
• In Haotian City, Hua Xizhong encountered guides offering one-day tours of the Vast Heaven Sect and was stunned that outsiders could enter.
• A guide explained that Chu Xinghe had established monthly open days, allowing visitors to tour nearly the entire Vast Heaven Sect and leaving many spies despairing after seeing its strength.

Hua Xizhong, a spy, joined a Vast Heaven Sect spy tour expecting a trap, but found the sect openly welcoming spies and sharing its secrets. The tour entered the sect, where Hua Xizhong took notes and doubted the Ouyang Lineage’s reputation as artifact refiners.

• Hua Xizhong signed up for a discounted spy tour after a guide identified him as a spy and assured him the Vast Heaven Sect welcomed them.
• Hua Xizhong spent the night expecting to be arrested, then joined the tour led by Little Wang, who promised to answer the spies’ questions.
• Little Wang introduced the mountain gate’s Bear Clan guards, including Xiong Feng and the Half-Step Mystic God Old Bear King, and encouraged the spies to take pictures.
• The tour entered the Vast Heaven Sect, and Hua Xizhong borrowed paper and a brush to record the information Little Wang shared about its palaces.
• Little Wang praised Ouyang Ming and the Ouyang Lineage’s divine weapons, while Hua Xizhong privately questioned whether their artifact refining could rival the Hua Family Clan’s.

Hua Xizhong toured the Vast Heaven Sect with Guide Little Wang and was stunned by its extravagant divine weapons and enormous spirit fields. He insisted he could withstand any bloody spectacle, but fainted during the Dark Moon Palace’s mutual slashing tournament.

• Hua Xizhong learned that the Ouyang Lineage used the Light of Xinghe to cut and chill fruit, while the scouts warned him that Ouyang Ling was more terrifying than a Mystic God.
• Guide Little Wang showed Hua Xizhong the Vast Heaven Sect’s vast spirit fields, including uncultivated land that had already been converted into top-grade fields.
• Hua Xizhong refused to buy a blood-fainting pill, boasting that his Spirit Race warrior’s life among blood and battle had made him fearless.
• Hua Xizhong entered the Dark Moon Palace during a mutual slashing tournament and fainted within half a minute.
• Little Wang and the others revived Hua Xizhong with aid and shock-soothing powder as he foamed at the mouth.

Hua Xizhong survived a tour of the Vast Heaven Sect, where the Dark Moon Clan’s gruesome death rituals and the outer sect’s overwhelming powers left him stunned. He watched Ma Liang lose a sparring match to the White Tiger Holy Venerable, then learned the White Tiger had repeatedly lost to Chu Cheng.

• Hua Xizhong fainted during a visit to the Dark Moon Palace after witnessing the Dark Moon Clan dissect and revive one another, and tour guide Little Wang helped him recover.
• Little Wang explained that the Dark Moon Clan loved dying, then guided Hua Xizhong past the Haotian Palace and other sites in the Vast Heaven Sect.
• At the outer sect, Ma Liang appeared with a host of powerful Ancient Specters, frightening Hua Xizhong before Little Wang identified him as an outer sect disciple.
• The White Tiger Holy Venerable fought Ma Liang and defeated him with formations that countered the Ancient Specters.
• Ma Liang taunted the White Tiger for losing to Chu Cheng, leaving Hua Xizhong shocked.

Chu Cheng provoked the White Tiger Holy Venerable until White Tiger sought out Chu Youcai and lost again, while Hua Xizhong’s tour of the Vast Heaven Sect alarmed the Spirit Beast Continent’s clan heads. Convinced they could not face the Blazing Sun Continent alone, the clan heads decided to seek an alliance with the Demon Star Continent and sent Hua Xizhong to meet Ming Han.

• Chu Cheng taunted the White Tiger Holy Venerable during their daily sparring, and White Tiger later visited Chu Youcai but lost to him as well.
• At the end of the Vast Heaven Sect tour, Little Wang criticized Hua Xizhong’s faction for treating him poorly, leaving Hua Xizhong in tears.
• Hua Xizhong showed the four clan heads his tour memories, and they grew alarmed by the Vast Heaven Sect’s power and considered sealing the Spirit Communication Pagoda.
• Hua Xizhong called the white dog the White Tiger Holy Venerable a country bumpkin’s mistake, but Clan Head Ming knew the dog really was White Tiger and feared what other legendary beings might be at the Vast Heaven Sect.
• The four clan heads decided to ally with the Demon Star Continent against the Human Race, and they assigned Hua Xizhong to meet the Wolf King, Ming Han.

After the Demon Star and Blazing Sun Continents integrated peacefully, Hua Xizhong arrived from the returning Spirit Beast Continent and offered the Wolf King an alliance against humanity. The Wolf King brought him to the Vast Heaven Sect, where the Beast God awoke upon hearing that the Spirit Beast Continent had returned.

• The Wolf King Ming Han oversaw the growing trade and cooperation between humans and demons after the continents merged.
• Hua Xizhong told Ming Han that the Spirit Beast Continent would soon arrive and proposed that its rulers ally with the Demon Race against the Human Race.
• Ming Han had Hua Xizhong bound and took him through a teleportation array to the Vast Heaven Sect.
• The Grand Elder, Gu Mingchao, Chu Xinghe, and other leaders gathered in the Haotian Grand Hall to meet Ming Han and hear his news.
• Ming Han announced that Hua Xizhong came from the Spirit Beast Continent, and the Beast God awoke, thrilled that his continent had returned.

The ten great sects discussed the arrival of the Spirit Beast Continent and the powerful techniques its Beast God Spirit Temples could offer. Chu Xinghe decided to send Vast Heaven Sect disciples to the temples so their sacrifices would benefit him, while Elder He unexpectedly identified Hua Xizhong’s route to the continent.

• The Beast God awakened and began recovering as power from the returning Spirit Beast Continent nourished his soul.
• Elder He explained that spirit beasts could learn powerful arts in Beast God Spirit Temples, though humans and demons had to sacrifice resources to enter.
• Chu Xinghe resolved to send every Vast Heaven Sect disciple to the temples, hoping their sacrifices would benefit him.
• The Beast God confirmed that other races had to pay to learn the temple arts and that he could not change the rules.
• Hua Xizhong prepared to resist questioning, but Elder He asked whether he had come through the Spirit Communication Pagoda.

Elder He used his Eye of Charm to uncover Hua Xizhong’s route to the Blazing Sun Continent and locate the Spirit Communication Pagoda beneath Spirit Beast Island. After contacting the Spirit Beast Continent’s four clan heads, the leaders of the continents began their first exchange since their separation.

• Elder He questioned Hua Xizhong and inferred that the Spirit Beast Continent had used the fourth method to send him through the Spirit Communication Pagoda.
• Elder He read Hua Xizhong’s reactions and deduced that the pagoda was beneath Spirit Beast Island.
• The Great Sage identified Elder He’s method as the Eye of Charm, and Elder He explained that he had stopped using it after misjudging Chu Xinghe.
• Elder He learned details about the Spirit Beast Continent from Hua Xizhong’s expressions, then used the Spirit-Communing Incense to contact its four clan heads.
• The four clan heads appeared in the incense smoke, and the leaders of the continents began their first exchange since the continents were separated.

The Blazing Sun Continent and Demon Star Continent persuaded the Spirit Beast Continent not to seal the Spirit Communication Pagoda, warning that they would need to unite against the Evil Shadow Continent. The sides agreed to open the pagoda and let their younger generations compete for its treasures, while the Spirit Beast clan heads expected Hua Xichen to secure their victory.

• The four Spirit Beast clan heads assumed the other continents intended to invade, and Gu Mingchao explained that the Human Race and Demon Race wanted cooperation against the Evil Shadow Continent.
• The Wolf King warned that sealing the Spirit Communication Pagoda would leave the Spirit Beast Continent isolated if the Evil Shadow Continent attacked.
• Clan Head Hua explained that both sides had to clear six mirrored trials to undo the pagoda's seals and proposed that all its resources go to the Spirit Beast Continent.
• Elder He and the others rejected Hua's demand, reassuring the clan heads that the Human Race and Demon Race sought equal terms; both sides agreed that each would keep whatever resources it won.
• The sides agreed that only younger fighters would enter the unstable pagoda, then ended the communication and set an opening date.
• The Spirit Beast clan heads praised Clan Head Hua's plan and trusted that Hua Xichen's Great Prophecy Art would make him unbeatable.

The factions prepared for the Spirit Communication Pagoda’s trial, while Chu Xinghe eagerly hoped the legendary Great Prophecy Art would make him lose. Hua Xichen, its famed wielder and leader of the Spirit Beast Continent’s young geniuses, divined the coming battle and discovered that he was destined to suffer defeat.

• News of the Spirit Communication Pagoda and the Evil Shadow Continent spread, prompting factions to prepare their young disciples for the trial.
• Elder He and the Great Sage warned Chu Xinghe that Hua Xichen’s Great Prophecy Art could outmatch his Star Divination Art, while Chu Xinghe secretly welcomed the prospect of losing.
• Hua Xichen’s rise from a mistress’s son to the Hua Clan’s young lord was recounted, along with his record of using the Great Prophecy Art to defeat every challenger.
• Hua Xichen gathered the Spirit Beast Continent’s young geniuses for the trial and asked the Great Prophecy Art to predict the outcome.
• Hua Xichen saw that the coming battle would end in defeat and reacted with disbelief.

Hua Xichen repeatedly foresaw defeat with the Great Prophecy Art but remained confident as the Spirit Communication Pagoda appeared, connecting the Blazing Sun Continent and the Spirit Beast Continent. At the meeting between the continents, Empress Ji Ya recognized the Blazing Sun Continent’s overwhelming strength, while Hua Xichen was unsettled by the younger generation’s obvious respect for Chu Xinghe.

• Hua Xichen repeatedly used the Great Prophecy Art and saw predictions of defeat, but insisted he could still change the outcome.
• Experts from across the world gathered on Spirit Beast Island as the Spirit Communication Pagoda emerged and connected to the Spirit Beast Continent.
• Gu Mingchao and the other Blazing Sun Continent experts entered the pagoda, where they met the Spirit Beast Continent’s leaders and younger generation across the barrier.
• Empress Ji Ya sensed that Gu Mingchao was a peak Mystic God and recognized that the Spirit Beast Continent could not win a direct conflict, making peace its best option.
• Hua Xichen watched the Blazing Sun Continent’s younger generation give Chu Xinghe the foremost position and wondered how completely they had submitted to him.

Chu Xinghe hoped the Spirit Beast Continent's first-floor contest would leave him free to slack off, but Guo Qizhen was chosen to face Ning Jihong in the Qimen Dunjia trial. As Ning Jihong neared the Spirit Eye and Guo Qizhen remained lost inside the illusion, Hua Xichen's Great Prophecy Art kept predicting defeat for him against Chu Xinghe.

• Chu Xinghe was pushed to the front of the Blazing Sun Continent's group while Hua Xichen secretly used the Great Prophecy Art and received repeated predictions of defeat.
• Empress Ji Ya explained that the first floor's Qimen Illusion Realm required contestants to find and break its Spirit Eye, and the faster side would win its resources.
• Guo Qizhen was selected as the Blazing Sun Continent's only young practitioner with Qimen Dunjia training, while the Spirit Beast Continent chose the skilled Ning Jihong.
• Chu Xinghe reassured Guo Qizhen so bluntly about the massive resources at stake that he increased the pressure on him.
• Ning Jihong and Guo Qizhen entered the Qimen Illusion Realm; Guo Qizhen became lost near the entrance while Ning Jihong broke through formations and approached the Spirit Eye.
• Hua Xichen used the Great Prophecy Art again and received another prediction that he would lose to Chu Xinghe.