Arc 4The Haotian Recruitment
Chu Xinghe saved the Ouyang Lineage, created the Evil Repeller Pill, and oversaw a recruitment round that admitted three thousand disciples despite his efforts to reject talented candidates. The Ouyang Lineage reclaimed its ancestral home, where Ouyang Ling discovered the complete Sacred Heart Spirit Imbuing inheritance.
- Ouyang Ling demonstrated Sacred Heart Spirit Imbuing, convincing Gu Mingchao to keep the Ouyang Lineage in the Vast Heaven Sect, and Chu Xinghe helped establish its own Artifact Refining Palace.
- Chu Xinghe traveled with the Grand Elder to treat Zhao Zhidong, refined the Evil Repeller Pill, and cured Zhao Zhidong’s evil fire.
- Chu Xinghe returned to the sect, received overwhelming support in the New Year votes, and was put in charge of the second round of disciple selection.
- Chu Xinghe rejected three top prodigies and admitted three hundred Muyue Kingdom geniuses without an assessment, then made the remaining candidates wait in the snow.
- Ma Liang interpreted the wait as a test of resolve, and 2,581 candidates who stayed achieved breakthroughs before Ma Liang completed the intake at three thousand.
- Chu Xinghe secured places in Spirit Crane Palace for the Muyue Kingdom disciples and gave them core-disciple resources.
- Ouyang Ling reclaimed the Ouyang ancestral home from the Liu Lineage, found the complete Sacred Heart Spirit Imbuing inheritance in an ancestor’s coffin, and decided to master it before telling Chu Xinghe.