Recaps

Wu Erke was appointed to govern East Ridge and West Ridge, but he refused to manage East Ridge and stayed focused on his inventions. Chu Xinghe returned to the Vast Heaven Holy Land confident in his plans, while Zang Ling decided to act against Wu Man.

• The Wuj iang Holy Mother and the Vast Heaven Holy Land announced that Wu Erke would temporarily govern East Ridge and West Ridge.
• East Ridge’s tribes prepared for Wu Erke’s arrival, but he told them to handle their own affairs and not bother him.
• Chu Xinghe saw Wu Erke’s refusal to govern as good fortune for his plans and returned to the Vast Heaven Holy Land to watch Wu Man.
• Chu Xinghe found Wu Man working steadily in the spirit fields and promised to make him a full disciple if he kept it up.
• Zang Ling heard about Chu Xinghe’s praise for Wu Man and resolved to act to protect the dignity of the Evil Spirit Clan.

Zang Ling grew alarmed by Wu Man’s efforts to help the Vast Heaven Holy Land and decided to stop him from strengthening it. As Wu Man’s Voodoo Arts devastated the spirit-field yield and Chu Xinghe tightened security around the fields, Zang Ling secretly broke in, ready to act.

• Zang Ling concluded that Wu Man had defected and resolved to prevent him from gaining influence by helping the Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• Wu Man taught his Voodoo Arts to Mu Bai and others, causing spirit-herb yields to fall by ninety percent and cultivation time to increase tenfold.
• Mu Bai asked Chu Xinghe to stop the project, but Chu Xinghe reprimanded him and defended Wu Man; Wu Man and the eight old schemers chose to wait and see as the losses continued.
• Chu Xinghe ordered Shen Chun to guard the spirit fields and bar everyone, including Ma Liang, from entering.
• Zang Ling slipped past the guards into the spirit fields and decided that he would take action against Wu Man’s work.

Zang Ling secretly contaminated Vast Heaven Holy Land’s spirit fields with Heart-Devouring Power to sabotage Wu Man’s work. When Body Cultivation disciples consumed the affected herbs, the power transformed into a holy force that strengthened them, leaving Qu Yifeng eager to report the discovery to Mu Bai.

• Zang Ling recognized Wu Man’s unusually productive spirit herbs and resolved to undermine Vast Heaven Holy Land by contaminating them with Heart-Devouring Power.
• Zang Ling used the Evil God’s Fang to taint every spirit field overnight and returned to his room without being detected.
• Mu Bai gave Qu Yifeng a batch of partially mature spirit herbs after Qu Yifeng demanded resources for the Body Cultivation disciples.
• Qu Yifeng and the other disciples discovered that the herbs’ mysterious power dispelled Heart-Devouring Power and transformed its remnants into a force that further strengthened their bodies.
• Qu Yifeng realized Mu Bai’s group had produced new spirit herbs and hurried to report their effects.

Qu Yifeng discovered that mutated spirit herbs had given Body Cultivation disciples new powers that could assimilate Heart-Devouring Power and protect or restore its victims. Mu Bai rushed to tell Chu Xinghe, who mistakenly believed Wu Man had sabotaged his plans by causing the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s spirit fields to produce a major benefit.

• Qu Yifeng demonstrated the new abilities he gained from the spirit herbs and explained how they refined the Body Cultivation disciples’ Heart-Devouring Power.
• Mu Bai and the other Muyue Kingdom disciples examined the spirit herbs and found that nearly all of them contained a power that could assimilate Heart-Devouring Power.
• Mu Bai concluded that the herbs could protect people from becoming low-level evil spirits or restore those already transformed, and hurried to share the news with Chu Xinghe.
• Mu Bai praised Wu Man for supposedly helping Chu Xinghe’s grand plan, startling Wu Man so badly that his rocking chair broke beneath him.
• Chu Xinghe also fell from his chair, then blamed Wu Man for turning the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s spirit fields into a source of powerful benefits.

Wu Man discovered that Zang Ling had tainted the spirit-field herbs with mutated Heart-Devouring Power, giving cultivators a way to counter the Heart-Devouring Evil Spirits. The elders summoned Zang Ling to explain himself, while he believed they had uncovered his secret sabotage and were coming to kill him.

• Chu Xinghe brought everyone to the spirit fields, where Qu Yifeng demonstrated his new power to Wu Man.
• Wu Man examined the spirit herbs and found that Zang Ling had caused them to develop mutated Heart-Devouring Power that countered ordinary Heart-Devouring Power.
• Wu Man explained that the herbs could make the Heart-Devouring Evil Spirits unable to enslave cultivators and vulnerable to their own power.
• The Grand Elder, Gu Mingchao, Ji Ya, and the others learned what Wu Man and Zang Ling had done, leaving Chu Xinghe and Ji Ya stunned.
• The Grand Elder sent Shen Chun to fetch Zang Ling, who assumed they had discovered his secret plan and were coming to kill him.

Zang Ling expected Vast Heaven Holy Land to punish him for sabotaging the spirit fields, but his actions instead created mutated Heart-Devouring Power and earned him a place as an outer disciple. Wu Man was appalled by Zang Ling’s apparent betrayal, while Chu Xinghe wondered why the two evil spirits had joined forces against him.

• Shen Chun led Zang Ling to the spirit fields, where Zang Ling confidently admitted that he had deliberately caused the damage.
• Wu Man asked whether Zang Ling had acted by accident, but Zang Ling insisted that he had acted on purpose and had a clear conscience.
• The grand elder made Zang Ling an outer disciple of Vast Heaven Holy Land instead of punishing or handing him over to Ouyang Ling.
• After learning that the damaged spirit fields had produced mutated Heart-Devouring Power that could counter the Heart-Devouring Evil Spirits Division, Zang Ling collapsed and laughed.
• Chu Xinghe wondered why Zang Ling and Wu Man had joined forces to sabotage him.

Zang Ling’s work with mutated spirit herbs won him the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s trust while neutralizing the Heart-Devouring Evil Spirits’ ability to enslave others. Wu Man reported what happened to the evil lords, who accused the Heart-Devouring Evil Lord of plotting a surrender, while the Phantom Evil Lord blamed him for a popular book portraying An Ying as a hero.

• Zang Ling’s spirit herbs made people immune to Heart-Devouring Power and allowed Body Cultivation practitioners to use that power, earning him praise and the rank of the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s first evil spirit outer disciple.
• Wu Man realized Zang Ling had reported An Ying and lamented that Zang Ling’s actions had struck a blow against their own clan.
• Mu Bai celebrated the spirit herbs’ benefits, including their potential to boost cultivation and be sold through the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce.
• Wu Man contacted the Evil Shadow Continent and told the eight evil lords what Zang Ling had done, prompting the Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord to accuse the Heart-Devouring Evil Lord of sending Zang Ling ahead to prepare a surrender.
• The Phantom Evil Lord accused the Heart-Devouring Evil Lord of writing the popular book “Evil Spirit Hero An Ying Braves the Three Continents” to shift blame from the Phantom Evil Spirits, and the evil lords began arguing.
• The White Spirit Evil Lord urged the evil lords to stop fighting and discuss a countermeasure.

Wu Man vowed to take revenge on Zang Ling despite the White Spirit Evil Lord ordering him to lie low. At the Vast Heaven Holy Land, Ji Ya secretly visited the outer sect and discovered Liu Bo loudly boasting about defeating Chu Xinghe, but she left without challenging him.

• The White Spirit Evil Lord suppressed infighting and told Wu Man to lie low and watch how events developed.
• Wu Man blamed Zang Ling for ruining his chance to earn the Vast Heaven Holy Land's trust and vowed to surpass him.
• After visiting every inner sect palace, Ji Ya ignored repeated warnings and went to inspect the outer sect in secret.
• Ji Ya admired the outer sect's talented disciples and reflected on Chu Xinghe's influence over the Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• Ji Ya found Liu Bo practicing with a spiked club while declaring that Chu Cheng would always be superior to Chu Xinghe.
• Liu Bo offered his spiked club to Ji Ya, who declined to quarrel with a junior and departed, leaving Liu Bo convinced she was a divine being.

Chu Xinghe reached the Peak of the Ninth Rank and unsealed Star Shatterer, the ninth divine sword, whose power could destroy spiritual energy. He eagerly set out to use it on the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s spirit fields, hoping to ruin their spirit herbs.

• Ji Ya left Chu Cheng alone, while Liu Bo broke the unused spiked clubs and tended to him.
• A mysterious woman had Ouyang Ming forge Nine Heavens Slash into the Nine Heavens Spiked Club, then secretly tested it in the outer sect.
• Shen Chun reported the nighttime intruder, and the Grand Elder ordered the disciples not to interfere; White Tiger later failed to catch the mysterious figure and questioned Ji Ya.
• Chu Xinghe discovered that Wu Man’s slow cultivation of Zang Ling’s spirit herbs kept the Misfortune Compass turning, and he broke through to the Peak of the Ninth Rank.
• Star Shatterer was unsealed, and Chu Xinghe learned that its Star Shattering power could strip spiritual energy from land and objects.
• Chu Xinghe headed for the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s spirit fields, intending to destroy their spirit herbs with Star Shatterer.

Mu Bai's Seventh Granduncle visited the Vast Heaven Holy Land to ask for help finding opportunities for the ordinary young people of the Muyue Kingdom, who were barred from joining other factions but could not qualify for the Holy Land. Chu Xinghe promised to find a solution, leaving the problem in his hands.

• Senior Brother Shen Chun told Mu Bai that his Seventh Granduncle had come from the Muyue Kingdom, and Mu Bai hurried to meet him.
• Mu Bai learned that the Muyue Kingdom's ban on joining factions other than the Vast Heaven Holy Land had left many ordinary young people without a path forward.
• Seventh Granduncle asked Mu Bai to help those young people find a livelihood, and Mu Bai suggested consulting Senior Brother Xinghe.
• Chu Xinghe greeted Mu Bai's Seventh Granduncle respectfully and listened as he explained the Muyue Kingdom's problem.
• Chu Xinghe promised Seventh Granduncle that he would find a solution for the Muyue Kingdom.

Seventh Granduncle asked Chu Xinghe to help the ordinary young people of the Muyue Kingdom, but Mu Bai rejected direct handouts and spirit-herb cultivation as unsuitable. Chu Xinghe sent the Muyue Kingdom group away, then destroyed the Vast Heaven Holy Land's spirit fields with Star Shattering; the sect leaders arrived and assumed he must have had a deeper reason.

• Seventh Granduncle explained that the Muyue Kingdom's ban on joining other factions left ordinary young people without a path to cultivate, and he asked Chu Xinghe for support.
• Mu Bai argued that supplying resources without effort would make the Muyue Kingdom's young people dependent, while Seventh Granduncle's proposal for them to cultivate spirit herbs was dismissed as impractical.
• Chu Xinghe asked Mu Bai and the Muyue Kingdom disciples to tour the Vast Heaven Holy Land with Seventh Granduncle while he considered a solution.
• After nightfall, Chu Xinghe ordered the spirit-field guards away and unleashed Star Shattering, destroying the spirit herbs and tearing apart the fields.
• The Grand Elder, Gu Mingchao, Ji Ya, and the other leaders arrived at the ruined fields, found Chu Xinghe there, and concluded that he must have had a deeper reason for destroying them.

Chu Xinghe’s breakthrough destroyed the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s spirit field, but Mu Bai’s seventh great-uncle discovered that Chu Xinghe’s starlight could activate the buried Star Meteoric Iron and turn the land into a powerful Star Spirit Field. The Muyue Kingdom gained a way to cultivate spirit herbs and prosper, while its seventh great-uncle credited Chu Xinghe with giving the kingdom a new future.

• Elder He recognized that Chu Xinghe had reached the peak of the Ninth Rank and manifested Star Shatterer, while the elders celebrated his breakthrough instead of lamenting the ruined spirit field.
• Chu Xinghe tried to point out that he had destroyed the field, but Mu Bai’s seventh great-uncle rushed in and used Wood Spirit power on the shattered soil.
• The seventh great-uncle’s Star Meteoric Iron fused with Chu Xinghe’s lingering starlight, restoring the destroyed spirit herbs and transforming the field into a Star Spirit Field.
• Mu Bai’s seventh great-uncle explained that the Muyue Kingdom had been built atop the Star Meteoric Iron, which had prevented its people from growing spirit herbs until Chu Xinghe’s starlight activated it.
• Mu Bai’s seventh great-uncle thanked Chu Xinghe and concluded that the Muyue Kingdom could now cultivate spirit herbs and prosper while supplying the Vast Heaven Holy Land.

Chu Xinghe accidentally used the power of starlight to activate Star Meteoric Iron, transforming the Muyue Kingdom’s spirit fields into Star Spirit Fields that could rapidly cultivate powerful spirit medicines. The kingdom became a major supplier of Heart-Devouring Spirit Medicine, while Chu Xinghe struggled to understand how his unplanned success had happened.

• Seventh Granduncle and Mu Bai discovered that the Star Spirit Fields could grow spirit medicines containing complete Mutated Heart-Devouring Power, and Mu Bai praised Chu Xinghe for opening a path to prosperity for the Muyue Kingdom.
• Chu Xinghe realized he had never known about Star Meteoric Iron or intended to create the fields, while Seventh Granduncle used it to reactivate the destroyed spirit fields with tenfold-enhanced effects.
• Wu Man learned that the Muyue Kingdom could now supply spirit medicines without relying on him, and news spread that Chu Xinghe had reached the Peak of the Ninth Rank and activated his ninth divine sword, the Star Shatterer.
• Mu Bai took Seventh Granduncle back to the Muyue Kingdom, where activating the Star Meteoric Iron underground transformed the kingdom’s land into Star Spirit Fields and made spirit medicines grow up to a hundred times faster.
• The various parties rushed to reserve Heart-Devouring Spirit Medicine, Ma Liang arranged large-scale cultivation for the Muyue Kingdom, and Chu Xinghe decided he needed a break from making unexpected moves.

Chu Xinghe entered seclusion while the power of starlight transformed Muyue Kingdom into the Three Continents’ leading spirit herb producer. The Evil Lords then planned to attack the Ming Clan with the Heavenly Secrets Evil Spirits’ Progenitor Puppet, hoping to draw Ji Ya and the Vast Heaven Holy Land into the conflict.

• Mu Bai and his companions escorted Seventh Granduncle to Muyue Kingdom and brought the power of starlight that Chu Xinghe had prepared for it.
• The starlight activated the star meteoric iron beneath Muyue Kingdom, turning the nation into a powerful Star Spirit Field and promising prosperity for its citizens.
• As demand for spirit herbs containing Mutated Heart-Devouring Power surged, Ma Liang handled negotiations with alchemists and factions across the Three Continents.
• Wu Man reported Chu Xinghe’s boost to the Three Continents’ strength to the eight evil lords, and the White Spirit Evil Lord asked him to kill Chu Xinghe.
• After the Witch Curse Evil Lord warned that Chu Xinghe’s fortune made cursing him impossible, the White Spirit Evil Lord proposed weakening the other factions instead.
• The evil lords agreed to use the Heavenly Secrets Evil Spirits’ Progenitor Puppet against the Ming Clan, expecting Ji Ya and the Vast Heaven Holy Land to respond.

The Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord explained how the Taiyang Progenitor Puppet could suppress the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet and siphon resources from the Ming Clan and, ultimately, the Vast Heaven Holy Land. Wu Man and the other Evil Lords approved of the scheme, which the Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord believed would throw the Spirit Beast Continent into chaos.

• The Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord told Wu Man that the Yin-Yang Progenitor Puppets had once been one, and that the Ming Clan had acquired the lost Taiyin Puppet while the Heavenly Secrets Evil Spirits Division kept the stronger Taiyang Puppet.
• The Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord explained that he would use Wu Man as a medium to make the Taiyang Puppet suppress the Taiyin Puppet, disrupting the Ming Clan’s puppets and forcing the clan to feed it resources.
• Wu Man realized the scheme would siphon resources from the Ming Clan and could force it to seek help from the other Four Great Clans or Holy Empress Ji Ya at the Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• Wu Man concluded that either the Ming Clan would collapse and its sold puppets would cause chaos, or the Vast Heaven Holy Land would supply resources that the Taiyang Puppet could steal for the Evil Shadow Continent.
• Wu Man and the other Evil Lords praised the plan, while the Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord privately boasted that Chu Xinghe would be unable to turn the situation around.

Wu Man carried out the Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord’s plan to exploit the link between the Taiyin and Taiyang Progenitor Puppets, hoping to force Chu Xinghe into a crisis over the Ming Clan. The Ming Clan Head’s repeated efforts to restore the weakening Taiyin Puppet instead sent resources to the Heavenly Secrets Evil Spirits Division, and the Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord challenged Chu Xinghe to respond.

• Wu Man learned the plan required him to channel the Taiyang Puppet’s power into the Ming Clan, then left the Vast Heaven Holy Land and activated the secret technique.
• Wu Man considered how difficult it would be to obtain the Evil God Relics and concluded he needed chaos to create an opening.
• Wu Man spent the following days spreading gossip around the Vast Heaven Holy Land while he waited for the plan to unfold.
• The Ming Clan Head discovered that the clan’s puppets were losing power and found the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet repeatedly weakening despite receiving vast resources.
• The Taiyang Puppet on the Evil Shadow Continent passed the resources it absorbed from the Taiyin Puppet to the Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord, who celebrated the gains and challenged Chu Xinghe to enter the game.

The Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord used the Taiyin and Taiyang Progenitor Puppets to drain the Ming Clan’s resources, then was forced to share the spoils with the other evil spirit divisions. As the Ming Clan Head struggled to keep the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet running, he sought help from the other great clans, but the chapter left him facing mockery and empty coffers.

• The Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord’s plan siphoned the Ming Clan’s resources through the connected Taiyin and Taiyang Progenitor Puppets.
• The White Spirit Evil Lord and Witch Curse Evil Lord demanded shares, while the Heart-Devouring Evil Lord argued that Zang Ling could serve as a medium.
• The White Spirit Evil Lord led six evil spirit divisions in surrounding the Heavenly Secrets Evil Spirits Division until the Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord agreed to divide the spoils.
• The Ming Clan Head secretly poured the clan’s resources into the weakening Taiyin Progenitor Puppet, fearing that losing it would cripple the Ming Clan.
• After less than half a month, the Ming Clan Head visited the Hua, Cui, and Ning Clans for resources; the Hua Clan lent him some, but the Cui and Ning Clans refused.
• Clan Head Cui joked that he could lend the Ming Clan Head his life, while Clan Head Ning offered the Ning Clan’s grand elder, who began vomiting when he heard the word shrimp.

The Ming Clan Head sought Ji Ya’s help when the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet’s unexplained resource consumption threatened the clan, and she supplied the clan with vast resources. Wu Man and the Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord manipulated the puppet’s consumption, forcing the Ming Clan Head to return to the Vast Heaven Holy Land just as Chu Xinghe eagerly anticipated Ji Ya giving away more resources.

• The Ming Clan Head struggled to fund the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet, so Ming Chenghai urged him to ask Ji Ya for help.
• The Ming Clan Head told Ji Ya about the puppet’s crisis, and she ordered Feng Fei to provide him with abundant resources.
• The Ming Clan Head’s investigation revealed that the puppet’s consumption rose with the use of other connected puppets, so he ordered the clan to limit their use.
• The Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord countered the Ming Clan Head’s conservation effort, causing the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet to consume resources even faster.
• The Ming Clan Head set out for the Vast Heaven Holy Land again, and Chu Xinghe excitedly wondered whether Ji Ya would provide the Ming Clan with more resources.

Ji Ya revealed that the Ming Clan’s Taiyin Progenitor Puppet was weakening because of the Taiyang Puppet, and Elder He warned that the Ming Clan’s resources were being sent to the Evil Shadow Continent. As the Ming Clan Head prepared to accept the clan’s decline, Chu Xinghe arrived and insisted the battle was not over.

• Ji Ya told Gu Mingchao that the Ming Clan’s Taiyin Progenitor Puppet was failing, and Gu Mingchao summoned the elders and the Ming Clan Head to the Haotian Grand Hall.
• Elder He explained that the Taiyang Puppet’s growing strength was weakening the Taiyin Puppet and that resources fed to it were flowing to the Evil Shadow Continent.
• Elder He advised the Ming Clan Head to abandon the puppet, while the Grand Elder and Ji Ya offered to protect the clan and cover its debts.
• The Ming Clan Head struggled to accept that abandoning the puppet would end the clan’s power and legacy.
• Chu Xinghe burst into the hall and declared that the Ming Clan had not lost the battle and that he would defeat the Heavenly Secrets Evil Spirits.

Chu Xinghe left seclusion after learning the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet was draining the Ming Clan’s resources and urged the Vast Heaven Holy Land not to retreat from the Evil Shadow Continent’s attack. He persuaded the Ming Clan Head to transfer the puppet to the Holy Land, which would cover its costs while letting the Ming Clan use it, and eagerly anticipated the resources it would consume.

• Chu Xinghe rushed from secluded cultivation to the Haotian Grand Hall after hearing about the Ming Clan Head’s predicament and declared that the Three Continents could not yield to the Evil Shadow Continent.
• Chu Xinghe argued to Holy Empress Ji Ya, the Grand Elder, and the others that abandoning the Ming Clan would encourage the enemy and invite further attacks.
• Chu Xinghe asked the Ming Clan Head to trust the Vast Heaven Holy Land and transfer the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet to it, promising the Ming Clan could still use the puppet whenever needed.
• The Ming Clan Head agreed to hand over the puppet, relieved that the Vast Heaven Holy Land would bear its enormous resource costs.
• Chu Xinghe privately celebrated the puppet’s voracious consumption, believing it would help him advance and make victory inevitable.

The Ming Clan agreed to hand the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet to Chu Xinghe, trusting his promise that the Vast Heaven Holy Land would cover its costs while the Ming Clan retained free use of it. Chu Xinghe received the puppet and ordered it to consume resources from the Holy Land’s treasure vaults, leaving Wu Man puzzled by how delighted he seemed.

• The Ming Clan Head convened the clan’s elders, who agreed to give Chu Xinghe the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet after considering his guarantee and the puppet’s ruinous upkeep.
• The Ming Clan Head retrieved the puppet from the clan’s forbidden grounds and brought it to the Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• Chu Xinghe welcomed the weakened puppet and ordered Senior Brother Shen Chun to take it to the treasure vaults to consume resources.
• Huang Ritian, Azure Dragon, and the Civil Engineering Department disciples hurried to carry out the order, hoping the puppet’s consumption would give them time off.
• Wu Man watched Chu Xinghe eagerly feed resources to the puppet and wondered why Chu Xinghe seemed more excited than he was.

The Vast Heaven Holy Land pushed the Ming Clan to use its puppets far more often so the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet would consume more resources. Meanwhile, the Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord denied hiding shared resources, but the other Evil Lords forced open his forbidden area and uncovered a flood of them.

• Huang Ritian and the Civil Engineering Department disciples fed resources to the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet, but Azure Dragon’s resource storm filled it to capacity.
• The Ming Clan Head explained that consumption had fallen because Ming Clan disciples had been told not to use their puppets, so Chu Xinghe ordered them to use puppets more than usual.
• Huang Ritian, Azure Dragon, and Zhao Zhihui urged the Ming Clan to hold puppet tournaments, activate large puppets, and set up thousands of puppet formations.
• The Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord secretly removed the resources meant to be shared with the other seven parties and claimed they did not exist.
• The White Spirit Evil Lord and the other Evil Lords confronted the Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord, and the forbidden-area gates exploded, releasing countless resources.

The Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord’s hidden resources burst out of his clan’s forbidden area, and the other Evil Lords seized them while denying they had taken anything. After Wu Man reported Chu Xinghe’s actions with the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet, the Evil Lords wondered whether he was an undercover agent, but concluded the Taiyang Progenitor Puppet still gave them the advantage.

• The Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord swore there were no resources in the forbidden area, but its gates exploded and a flood of resources poured out.
• The seven other Evil Lords grabbed the resources and claimed they had taken nothing, leaving the Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord furious and helpless.
• Wu Man told the eight Evil Lords that Chu Xinghe had taken responsibility for the Ming Clan’s Taiyin Progenitor Puppet.
• The Evil Lords speculated that Chu Xinghe might be an undercover agent after seeing him pour resources into the puppet, but the Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord insisted the Taiyang Progenitor Puppet still made victory impossible for Chu Xinghe.

Chu Xinghe carefully kept the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet consuming the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s resources, while the Ming Clan Head struggled to understand why the Holy Land seemed unconcerned. Ming Kong then arrived with news that the Ming Clan’s halted puppet sales had caused major clans to demand overdue deliveries and compensation, leaving the clan worried that resuming sales would worsen the Holy Land’s losses.

• The Evil Lords concluded that Chu Xinghe’s current plan was a failure and expected the Evil Shadow Continent to drain the Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• Chu Xinghe monitored the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet as it steadily consumed resources and warned Huang Ritian, Azure Dragon Sacred Venerable, and others not to take reckless actions.
• The Grand Elder watched the puppet’s resource consumption without intervening, while the baffled Ming Clan Head wondered why the Vast Heaven Holy Land appeared so relaxed.
• Ming Kong arrived from the Spirit Beast Continent and told the Ming Clan Head that major clans were demanding overdue Battle Armor Puppets and compensation.
• The Ming Clan had suspended puppet sales to limit the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet’s consumption, but feared resuming deliveries would make the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s losses worse and anger Chu Xinghe.

The Ming Clan Head and Elder Ming Kong told Chu Xinghe that the clan faced overdue puppet deliveries, refund demands, and mounting rumors while the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet was troubled. Chu Xinghe urged them to resume deliveries and reopen every puppet shop, then proposed lowering prices to expand sales across the Three Continents.

• Elder Ming Kong explained that the Ming Clan owed more than a thousand puppets and faced demands for refunds and tenfold compensation if it failed to deliver.
• The Ming Clan Head brought Elder Ming Kong to Chu Xinghe, who was helping the Civil Engineering Department disciples support the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet.
• Chu Xinghe told the Ming Clan to deliver its orders immediately and reopen all its puppet shops, despite the increased strain this would place on the puppet.
• After asking about the Ming Clan's prices and profit margin, Chu Xinghe rejected Elder Ming Kong's suggestion to raise prices and proposed lowering them to sell puppets throughout the Three Continents.