Recaps

After escaping Jujube City, An Ying gathered information in Cao City and copied the appearance and Eighth Rank cultivation of a traveler who vanished with a Flute of Space and Time. Just as he planned to use the disguise to infiltrate the Vast Heaven Holy Land, Tantai Jing mistook him for the spy Yang Zheng and captured him.

• An Ying vowed to avoid another humiliation and studied the Three Continents so he could plan his mission more carefully.
• After observing several experts in Cao City, An Ying chose a reclusive Eighth Rank cultivator who had no companions.
• The cultivator crushed a Flute of Space and Time and disappeared, allowing An Ying to copy his appearance, presence, and cultivation with the Thousand Illusions Phantom Art.
• An Ying planned to gather intelligence on the Three Continents and infiltrate the Vast Heaven Holy Land to steal the Evil God Relics.
• Tantai Jing tore the roof from the inn, accused An Ying of being Yang Zheng, and seized him.

An Ying endured torture in the Demonic Sect's prison before escaping as a mouse, then suffered a string of misadventures on his way toward the Vast Heaven Holy Land. He finally reached the Haotian Mountain Range and vowed to begin his comeback, though his tearful report left the Evil Lords confused.

• Tantai Jing tortured An Ying, who was disguised as Yang Zheng, through the night, but An Ying kept his identity secret until the Thousand Illusions Phantom Art became usable again.
• An Ying transformed into a mouse, escaped the Demonic Sect's base, and fled Cao City toward the Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• On the way, An Ying was repeatedly captured or beaten after disguising himself as a flower thief, an outlaw, a woman, a child, a spirit beast, and a hunter.
• An Ying reached the Haotian Mountain Range, where the Hand of the Evil God connected him to his master and the Evil Lords.
• An Ying tearfully told the Evil Lords that his journey had gone smoothly, then vowed to wash away his humiliations and make his comeback.

An Ying planned to infiltrate the Vast Heaven Holy Land and steal the Evil God Relics, so he hid the Hand of the Evil God outside the Haotian Mountain Range as a backup escape route. After An Ying headed for Haotian City, Feng Yuzheng found and collected the buried hand while searching for treasures.

• An Ying explained his plan to enter Haotian City, impersonate a high-ranking core disciple, and approach the Evil God Relics.
• The White Spirit Evil Lord advised An Ying to assume the identity of an important disciple, while An Ying assured the evil lords he would hide the Hand of the Evil God outside the mountain range.
• An Ying buried the Hand of the Evil God beneath a boulder in a secluded valley, beyond the Four Holy Beasts Grand Formation, and set off for Haotian City.
• Feng Yuzheng searched outside the Haotian Mountain Range and found a hand-shaped treasure beneath a boulder, which he mistook for something left by the Nightmare Evil Lord.

An Ying gathered intelligence in Haotian City while seeking a way to infiltrate the Vast Heaven Holy Land and impersonate someone close to Chu Xinghe. He learned that Chu Xinghe was in seclusion and, just as An Ying considered risking entry into the Holy Land, Hua Xizhong approached him as a fellow spy and gold-medal spy tour guide.

• An Ying studied Haotian City and the Vast Heaven Holy Land while posing as the Seventh Rank cultivator Ling Ran.
• An Ying planned to impersonate Chu Xinghe to steal the three Evil God Relics and sabotage the Vast Heaven Holy Land, but learned Chu Xinghe had gone into seclusion.
• An Ying chose Ma Liang as his next target but found that Ma Liang and other Holy Land disciples rarely visited Haotian City.
• An Ying worried about entering the guarded Vast Heaven Holy Land and began asking how to get inside.
• Hua Xizhong recognized An Ying as a likely spy and introduced himself as a former infiltrator who had become a gold-medal guide for the Vast Heaven Holy Land spy tour group.

Hua Xizhong turned his years as a spy into a business, guiding spies on tours of the Vast Heaven Holy Land and selling An Ying a private customized visit. An Ying became interested when Hua Xizhong offered a chance to glimpse the mysterious Holy Son Chu Cheng.

• Hua Xizhong decided his experience made him the Vast Heaven Holy Land's only gold-medal spy tour guide.
• Hua Xizhong offered An Ying a private tour with access to Holy Land sights, meals, souvenirs, and a Thunder Palace performance.
• An Ying learned the spy tour service was real and considered using it to meet Chu Xinghe or Ma Liang.
• Hua Xizhong said the tour might let An Ying glimpse the Holy Son from afar, and An Ying became eager to see Chu Cheng.

An Ying joined a private spy tour of the Vast Heaven Holy Land, hoping to learn about Holy Son Chu Cheng. After being guided through the tour’s bizarre photo service, he heard Chu Cheng’s proclamations and glimpsed him in a cabin, leaving An Ying convinced that a treasure was suppressing the Holy Son’s immense power.

• An Ying paid for Hua Xizhong’s private customized spy tour after learning how little anyone knew about Chu Cheng.
• Hua Xizhong took An Ying through the mountain gate in a Spirit Formation hovercar, where An Ying posed for a photo with Xiong Feng while he nursed his dad.
• Hua Xizhong led An Ying into the outer sect and pointed out the cabin where Chu Cheng cultivated in seclusion.
• An Ying heard Chu Cheng proclaim his power and resolve from inside the cabin.
• An Ying glimpsed a blurry figure who appeared to be third rank and concluded that spiritual, gauze-like material was suppressing Chu Cheng’s true strength.

An Ying visited the Vast Heaven Holy Land on a customized spy tour and gained the ability to transform into Chu Cheng and Wei Buhui. After learning that Wei Buhui would soon leave the holy land and that the Evil God's Bone Flute was in the Dark Moon Palace, An Ying planned to steal the relics using Wei Buhui's identity.

• An Ying decided Chu Cheng was the hidden power behind Chu Xinghe and gained the ability to transform into the sealed Holy Son.
• Hua Xizhong led An Ying into the Dark Moon Palace and introduced him to Wei Buhui, its only disciple from outside the Dark Moon Clan.
• An Ying learned that Wei Buhui would soon travel to the Spirit Beast Continent to catch Qi and Blood Spirit Beasts.
• An Ying realized Wei Buhui would leave the Vast Heaven Holy Land and that the Evil God's Bone Flute was in the Dark Moon Palace.
• An Ying resolved to transform into Wei Buhui and steal the Evil God's Bone Flute, and possibly the Evil God's Spirit Eye and Evil God's Fang as well.

An Ying disguised himself as Wei Buhui to infiltrate the Vast Heaven Holy Land and steal the Evil God Relics. After exploiting Wei Buhui’s status to enter the treasury, he headed to the Dark Moon Palace, where An Lan offered to take him to the Evil God's Bone Flute.

• An Ying saw Zang Ling happily working for the Vast Heaven Holy Land and learned that the Civil Engineering Department disciples oversaw its treasuries.
• After waiting three days in Haotian City, An Ying transformed into Wei Buhui, who was away hunting soul beasts for half a month.
• The Little Bear King and the Vast Heaven Holy Land disciples accepted An Ying’s disguise, allowing him to enter and travel through the sect without obstruction.
• The Civil Engineering Department disciples let An Ying take treasury resources freely, but he chose to prioritize finding the Evil God Relics.
• An Lan welcomed An Ying to the Dark Moon Palace and offered to take him to the Evil God's Bone Flute.

An Ying saw the Evil God's Bone Flute and mistook the Dark Moon Clan’s surprise for a chance to obtain it. Believing he had volunteered to join their deadly games, he was pulled into a Nightmare Realm, where An Lan stabbed his soul.

• An Lan brought An Ying to the Dark Moon Palace and placed the Evil God's Bone Flute in his hands as a surprise.
• An Ying, disguised as Wei Buhui, told the Dark Moon Clan he wanted to fully join their games, and the clan believed his performance.
• An Lan recalled how the Dark Moon Clan had discovered that people could die and be reborn in the Nightmare Realm while their spiritual power grew stronger.
• After An Ying affirmed that he would have no regrets, An Lan used the Evil God's Bone Flute to pull him into a dream.
• A black saber pierced An Ying's soul, and An Lan said the thrilling experience was only beginning.

An Ying was dragged into the Dark Moon Clan’s bizarre celebration, where the clansmen repeatedly killed and revived him while testing how many times he could blink after being beheaded. After he beat An Lan’s record, they pulled him into a bonfire and began singing, dancing, and hacking at one another, leaving An Ying trapped in the chaos.

• An Lan and the Dark Moon clansmen repeatedly killed An Ying and revived him with the Evil God's Bone Flute, then challenged him to compete in blinking after beheading.
• An Ying tied An Lan’s record of thirty-five blinks, then defeated him with thirty-nine blinks and became the Dark Moon Palace’s record holder.
• The Dark Moon clansmen celebrated by setting themselves alight as a bonfire and pulling An Ying into the flames.
• An Ying tried to escape by striking down a clansman, prompting the others to draw their blades and begin hacking at one another as they sang and danced.

An Ying endured a series of gruesome games in the Dark Moon Clan’s Nightmare Realm before escaping the Dark Moon Palace and swearing off Wei Buhui’s form. After recovering, he planned to steal the Evil God's Spirit Eye from She Meng and escape the Vast Heaven Holy Land.

• The Dark Moon clansmen repeatedly killed and revived An Ying, making him participate in increasingly gruesome games suggested by An Zhui.
• An Ying escaped the Nightmare Realm and fled the Dark Moon Palace, while the Great Sage scolded the clansmen and forbade them from putting Buhui through such games again.
• An Ying hid in the grass as a little insect and swore never to enter the Dark Moon Palace or take Wei Buhui’s form again.
• Four days later, An Ying recovered his resolve and decided to steal the Evil God's Spirit Eye from She Meng of the Nether Snake Palace.
• An Ying planned to disguise himself as a Civil Engineering Department disciple and claim that the treasury needed to borrow the Evil God's Spirit Eye.

An Ying disguised himself as Zhao Zhihui and secretly sealed him inside a treasury so he could take his place and pursue the Evil God's Spirit Eye. Meanwhile, the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s leaders gathered as Jiuli went into labor, and the chapter ended with a baby’s cry.

• An Ying chose newly recruited Civil Engineering Department disciple Zhao Zhihui as his disguise, deciding to seal him rather than kill him and risk drawing attention through his soul lamp.
• An Ying waited until Zhao Zhihui fell asleep, sealed him, and hid him in the treasury with plenty of food; Zhao Zhihui was delighted to be free to eat and sleep.
• An Ying took Zhao Zhihui’s place and followed Huang Ritian to work, planning to learn the department’s routines before seeking the Evil God's Spirit Eye from She Meng.
• Chu Xinghe and the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s leaders gathered at Feng Fei and Jiuli’s residence as Jiuli went into labor, with Wuj iang Holy Mother also anxiously waiting.
• A baby cried out, bringing smiles to everyone in the Vast Heaven Holy Land.

Feng Fei and Jiuli welcomed their daughter, whom the Grand Elder named Feng Yuqing, and the Vast Heaven Holy Land began preparing a family-thanking gift for the Wuj iang Land. After confirming the Wuj iang would give nothing in return, Chu Xinghe eagerly vowed to make the gift extravagant, setting his sights on sending the Civil Engineering Department disciples on vacation.

• Ouyang Ling announced that Jiuli had safely given birth to a girl, and the Grand Elder took the newborn into his arms.
• The Wuj iang Holy Mother used her essence blood to protect the baby with the Wuj iang secret art Bloodline Connection.
• The Grand Elder chose the name Feng Yuqing after Feng Fei and Ma Liang suggested mistaken names and Chu Xinghe proposed a different one.
• Disciples from the various palaces visited Jiuli and brought gifts for the newborn, while Chu Xinghe picked out presents for his niece.
• Shen Chun summoned Chu Xinghe to discuss the family-thanking gift that the Vast Heaven Holy Land would give the Wuj iang Land.
• After learning the Wuj iang would not give a return gift, Chu Xinghe resolved to make the family-thanking gift enormous and send the Civil Engineering Department disciples on vacation.

Chu Xinghe persuaded the Vast Heaven Holy Land to give Wuj iang a tenth of its resources as a wedding gift, and the elders entrusted him with arranging it. The decision thrilled the overworked Civil Engineering Department, while An Ying, disguised as Zhao Zhihui, remained trapped there and learned its Half-Asleep, Half-Awake Technique.

• Chu Xinghe argued that the Vast Heaven Holy Land should match the tenth of its resources Wuj iang had once given it, and the Grand Elder and Gu Mingchao approved his proposal.
• The elders agreed to let Chu Xinghe handle the gift preparations, and he celebrated, believing the enormous transfer would cause a major loss.
• The Civil Engineering Department disciples rejoiced at the prospect of handling the resources and finally getting a chance to prosper.
• An Ying, disguised as Zhao Zhihui, recalled four days of relentless labor under Huang Ritian and learned that the department had gone nearly three years without a vacation.
• An Ying tried to get caught stealing resources so he would be punished, but the disciples ignored him and taught him the Half-Asleep, Half-Awake Technique instead.

Chu Xinghe arranged to send an enormous marriage-thanksgiving gift from Vast Heaven Holy Land to Wuj iang, certain that Ma Liang could not interfere with the plan. After Feng Fei and Jiuli’s daughter Feng Yuqing was born, congratulatory gifts poured in from across the Three Continents, leaving Chu Xinghe to host the visitors while still confident Vast Heaven Holy Land’s gift would dwarf them all.

• Chu Xinghe ordered Vast Heaven Holy Land to pack up vast quantities of resources for Wuj iang, insisting the gift would exceed one tenth of the Holy Land’s resources.
• Ma Liang informed major powers that Feng Fei and Jiuli had welcomed a daughter, and Zheng Yu arrived with a large collection of gifts specifically for Feng Yuqing.
• Major powers, including Tantai Jing of the Demonic Sect, brought congratulatory gifts after learning of Feng Yuqing’s birth.
• The news spread throughout the Three Continents, prompting nearly every notable power to send valuable gifts for Feng Yuqing.
• Chu Xinghe estimated the gifts could provide for Feng Yuqing for her whole life, then chose to host the visitors without giving them return gifts.

An Ying, disguised as Zhao Zhihui, escaped the Civil Engineering Department hoping to retrieve the Evil God's Spirit Eye, but learned Elder She Meng would be away for half a year. With his other plans blocked, An Ying decided to wreak havoc across the Three Continents.

• An Ying slipped out of the Vast Heaven Divine Domain while Huang Ritian was occupied receiving visiting prodigies.
• An Ying went to the Nether Snake Palace and claimed the Evil God's Spirit Eye needed to be checked back in for the family appreciation ceremony.
• A Nether Snake Palace disciple told An Ying that Elder She Meng had left an hour earlier and might not return for nearly half a year.
• An Ying rejected trying to take the Evil God's Fang from Zang Ling or the Evil God's Bone Flute from the Dark Moon Clan because both plans risked exposing him.
• An Ying resolved to plunge the Three Continents into chaos since he could not reach his goals through his original plans.

An Ying decided to plunge the Three Continents into chaos by impersonating Zheng Yu and killing Vast Heaven Holy Land’s Holy Son Chu Cheng. Instead, White Tiger and Liu Bo pulled him into an all-night beating session with Chu Cheng, and An Ying returned inside at dawn to keep going.

• An Ying resolved to exploit the gathered young prodigies and provoke a war between the Vast Heaven Holy Land and Martial Emperor City by impersonating Zheng Yu.
• An Ying disguised himself as Zheng Yu and sneaked into Chu Cheng’s wooden house, intending to kill him while his cultivation was suppressed.
• White Tiger entered and mistook An Ying for Zheng Yu, then Liu Bo arrived with spiked clubs and urged them to begin their usual session.
• White Tiger and An Ying spent the night striking Chu Cheng with spiked clubs while Chu Cheng insulted them and ultimately defeated White Tiger again.
• At dawn, An Ying was exhausted and shaken by Chu Cheng’s insults, but he picked up more clubs and went back inside.

An Ying's failed attempt to disrupt the Vast Heaven Holy Land left him plotting to target someone else, while Chu Xinghe prepared marriage gifts for Wuj iang by counting carts of resource inventories rather than carts of actual resources. Zheng Yu and the other factions discovered the Vast Heaven Holy Land's immense wealth and began proposing marriages to get their own inventories.

• An Ying returned to the Civil Engineering Department disguised as Zhao Zhihui, found his workload had increased, and resolved to plan another attempt to throw the Three Continents into chaos.
• Chu Xinghe and Ma Liang prepared the marriage gifts, with Chu Xinghe counting carts of inventories toward the promised one-tenth of the Vast Heaven Holy Land's resources.
• Zheng Yu entered the treasure vault and discovered that the carts Chu Xinghe had called gifts contained resource inventories, not the resources themselves.
• Zheng Yu told the other young prodigies what he had seen, and they proposed marrying their relatives or elders into the Vast Heaven Holy Land to receive gifts.
• Hua Xichen silenced the other factions and offered to arrange for the Spirit Beast Continent's Empress Ji Ya to meet Holy Lord Gu Mingchao.

Chu Xinghe proposed that Gu Mingchao marry Empress Ji Ya, and Gu Mingchao agreed to consider it after claiming he wanted to study Dao Porcelain with her. The Grand Elder endorsed the match, and Chu Xinghe sent Little Hua and the Four Great Clans to persuade Ji Ya, while Zheng Yu’s suggestion that Gu Mingchao overlook gender earned him a kick.

• Chu Xinghe asked Gu Mingchao whether he would take a companion, and Gu Mingchao agreed to consider Empress Ji Ya after learning who Chu Xinghe meant.
• Gu Mingchao explained that he had once followed the Dao of Severing Emotion but now wished to watch and wait, supposedly to study Dao Porcelain with Ji Ya.
• The Grand Elder told Chu Xinghe that Gu Mingchao had devoted his life to protecting the Vast Heaven Sect and supported the idea of bringing him and Ji Ya together.
• Chu Xinghe asked the Grand Elder whether he wanted help finding a companion, and the Grand Elder kicked him out of Spirit Crane Palace.
• Chu Xinghe told Little Hua to begin persuading Ji Ya, and Zheng Yu suggested Gu Mingchao should be less strict about gender before Chu Xinghe kicked him.

An Ying disguised himself as Xiao Ling to enter Jiuli’s residence and kill Feng Yuqing, hoping to provoke a war between Vast Heaven Holy Land and Martial Emperor City. His plan collapsed when he ate a pastry at the gathering and immediately fell unconscious.

• The four clan heads rushed to find Empress Ji Ya, but learned she had entered closed-door seclusion and could not be approached.
• As Feng Yuqing’s one-month celebration approached, Vast Heaven Holy Land prepared a lavish ceremony, while An Ying struggled to find a chance to leave and carry out his plan.
• An Ying escaped the Divine Domain and used the Thousand Illusions Phantom Art to disguise himself as Xiao Ling of Martial Emperor City.
• Disguised as Xiao Ling, An Ying brought toys to Jiuli’s residence and tried to approach Feng Yuqing, but Ouyang Ling intercepted him and took the gifts.
• An Ying tried to redirect the conversation by praising and eating a pastry, then collapsed under Jiuli’s bewildered gaze.

An Ying, disguised as Xiao Ling, visited Jiuli with Wan Lin and Ouyang Ling, but collapsed after eating one of Jiuli’s pastries. To avoid being exposed when taken to Martial Emperor City’s quarters, he went with Wan Lin instead, then fled after she trapped him in an illusion.

• Xiao Ling arrived with gifts for Feng Yuqing, and An Ying, disguised as her, ate one of Jiuli’s pastries and collapsed.
• Wan Lin revived An Ying with tea while Jiuli and Ouyang Ling apologized and offered help.
• Jiuli asked Wan Lin to take An Ying back to Martial Emperor City’s quarters, but An Ying begged her not to go there.
• An Ying agreed to return with Wan Lin after she suggested he experience her Staff Intent.
• Wan Lin used her Art of Charm to draw An Ying into a lifelike illusion, and he escaped her room once he recovered.

At Feng Yuqing’s one-month celebration, Chu Xinghe presented Wuj iang with an enormous gift of resource lists, believing the unrepaid gifts would finally make Vast Heaven Holy Land suffer a loss. The Wuj iang Holy Mother instead made Feng Yuqing the new Lord of Wuj iang, entrusted her parents with the gifts, and asked to retire at Vast Heaven Holy Land, leaving Chu Xinghe stunned.

• Chu Xinghe revealed two hundred carts of densely packed resource lists as Vast Heaven Holy Land’s gifts of thanks to Wuj iang, astounding the gathered factions and the Wuj iang Holy Mother.
• The Wuj iang Holy Mother explained that she had supported Jiuli’s happiness and apologized to her daughter for the past; Jiuli tearfully embraced her.
• The Wuj iang Holy Mother announced that one-month-old Feng Yuqing was Wuj iang’s new Lord and asked Feng Fei and Jiuli to govern and hold the gifts for her until she grew up.
• Feng Fei promised to fulfill his responsibility, and the Wuj iang Holy Mother asked Gu Mingchao and the Grand Elder to let her retire at Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• Gu Mingchao welcomed the Wuj iang Holy Mother, while Chu Xinghe was left feeling that his plans to make Vast Heaven Holy Land suffer a loss had collapsed.

At Feng Yuqing's one-month celebration, the Wuj iang Holy Mother made the infant her successor, left Wuj iang's affairs to Feng Fei and Jiuli, and stayed at the Vast Heaven Holy Land, effectively bringing Wuj iang under its influence. Chu Xinghe privately despaired that his generous bride's-family gifts had helped create a win-win deal for everyone but him, while the Wuj iang Holy Mother believed his gifts proved the Vast Heaven Holy Land valued Wuj iang and guaranteed its future.

• The Wuj iang Holy Mother named Feng Yuqing Wuj iang's future leader, entrusted its affairs to Feng Fei and Jiuli, and chose to remain at the Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• The leading figures recognized that Feng Yuqing's succession could unite Wuj iang and the Vast Heaven Holy Land while keeping the bride's-family gifts safely at the Holy Land.
• Gu Mingchao understood that the Vast Heaven Holy Land would gain influence over Wuj iang and access to information about its resources.
• Chu Xinghe realized that the Wuj iang Holy Mother's decision turned his carefully prepared gifts into a deal that benefited everyone but him.
• Ma Liang and the Wuj iang Holy Mother misread Chu Xinghe's calmness as proof that he had anticipated and engineered the outcome.
• The Wuj iang Holy Mother recalled that Chu Xinghe's two hundred carts of gifts had convinced her the Vast Heaven Holy Land valued Wuj iang and would secure its future.

During the full-month feast, An Ying escaped Vast Heaven Divine Domain and tried to steal the Evil God's Fang from Zang Ling so he could flee to Evil Shadow Continent. Zang Ling mistook him for a test arranged by Chu Xinghe and refused to hand over the relic, declaring his loyalty to Vast Heaven Holy Land.

• Chu Xinghe realized that Wuj iang Holy Mother had joined Vast Heaven Holy Land without accepting his resources, while the Grand Elder ordered the Civil Engineering Department disciples to build her a residence.
• An Ying escaped his work in Vast Heaven Divine Domain during the feast and decided to seek the Evil God's Fang from Zang Ling.
• An Ying entered Zang Ling's room disguised as Zhao Zhihui and admitted he was An Ying, hoping to obtain the Evil God's Fang.
• Zang Ling interpreted An Ying's answers as clumsy acting in a test orchestrated by Chu Xinghe and demanded that he reveal his true form.
• Zang Ling refused to give up the Evil God's Fang and swore he would never betray Vast Heaven Holy Land, leaving An Ying stunned.

An Ying visited Zang Ling to reveal himself, but Zang Ling mistook him for an impostor and reported him to Vast Heaven Holy Land. The leaders confirmed An Ying had been disguised as Zhao Zhihui, and Chu Xinghe feared the Thief Saint had stolen a great deal from the sect.

• An Ying tried to convince Zang Ling of his identity, but Zang Ling dismissed him as a fake and shouted for help.
• An Ying fled, and Zang Ling alerted the gathered guards that An Ying, the Holy Son of the Phantom Evil Spirits, had infiltrated Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• Shen Chun informed the leaders, and Chu Xinghe joined them in questioning Zang Ling about his report.
• Zang Ling described An Ying’s visit and identified Zhao Zhihui as the person An Ying had impersonated.
• The Grand Elder used Zhao Zhihui’s soul lamp to locate him sealed in a warehouse, and Gu Mingchao confirmed Zhao Zhihui’s account.
• Zang Ling realized he had reported the real An Ying, while Chu Xinghe worried that An Ying had stolen the sect’s resources.