Recaps

After Tantai Jing explained that the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s Spirit Realm drawing had ruined the Demonic Sect’s plans to profit from the Momo Queueing Service, Yuan Ying proposed a new business based on selling winning lots. Tantai Jing embraced the idea, leaving the Demonic Sect ready to turn the drawing into an opportunity.

• News that resources had appeared at the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s gates made the Four Continents suspect Yuan Ying was simping for Chu Xinghe, though Yuan Ying insisted he had sent nothing.
• Tantai Jing told Yuan Ying that the Demonic Sect’s cooperation with the Vast Heaven Holy Land had deepened and explained why he had called a meeting to keep the sect in line.
• Yuan Ying reflected on how he had come to accept his role as Demonic Sect vice sect master and wanted to contribute to the sect.
• Tantai Jing told Yuan Ying that the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s drawing had ended the Momo Queueing Service’s chance to profit from Spirit Realm entry.
• Yuan Ying proposed that Demonic Sect disciples across the Four Continents enter the drawing and sell their winning lots to those who had not won.
• Tantai Jing praised Yuan Ying as a great talent after realizing the Momo Drawing Service could make the Demonic Sect a profit.

Tantai Jing exploited the Demonic Sect’s huge membership to win and resell thousands of Inheritance Spirit Orb slots, then secretly arranged for the profits to reach the Vast Heaven Holy Land through Yuan Ying. After smaller sects protested, the grand elder allowed the resales but changed the lottery rules so slots could only be transferred within the same sect.

• Yuan Ying pointed out that the Demonic Sect could use its vast numbers to win lottery slots and resell them, and Tantai Jing entered every disciple in the lottery.
• Tantai Jing secured nearly two thousand slots, sold them to prodigies at high prices, and decided to share half the profit with the Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• Tantai Jing left the resources at the Holy Land’s gates under Yuan Ying’s name, leaving Yuan Ying furious and the Holy Land accepting the gift without linking it to Tantai Jing’s scheme.
• Small and medium-sized sects demanded that the grand elder ban Tantai Jing’s slot resales, but he ruled that the Demonic Sect had not broken the rules.
• The grand elder ordered Shen Chun to announce that lottery slots could only be transferred between members of the same sect.

After the First Elder restricted spot transfers to fellow disciples, Yuan Ying found a way for the Demonic Sect to keep selling spots by temporarily enrolling its disciples in other factions. Cheng Xiaotian defended the transfer system as fair and useful, while Yuan Ying was once again blamed for resources Tantai Jing left at the Vast Heaven Holy Land.

• Tantai Jing angrily complained about the First Elder's new restriction, but Yuan Ying explained it was meant to encourage Evil Spirits to leave the Evil Shadow Continent and proposed enrolling Demonic Sect disciples in other factions to make transfers legal.
• The Demonic Sect resumed selling spots through temporary fellow-discipleship arrangements, while Yuan Ying warned Tantai Jing not to sell spots to the Evil Shadow Continent or use his name to send resources again.
• People demanding a complete ban on spot trading were dismissed by the First Elder, and Cheng Xiaotian rejected their appeals and defended the system on the Haotian Mirror.
• Unlucky lottery applicants and Rogue Cultivators supported Cheng Xiaotian's explanation that transfers gave them a chance to enter the Spirit Realm or exchange a spot for resources.
• When resources appeared at the Vast Heaven Holy Land's gates, people blamed Yuan Ying again, and Tantai Jing insisted he had left no note as Yuan Ying carved another "wronged" into his face.

As the Spirit Realm opened, the Vast Heaven Holy Land revealed every Inheritance Spirit Orb, including the rarest seven-colored ones, while Chu Xinghe stayed out of the arrangements to avoid triggering the Misfortune Compass. Tantai Jing raised the price of entry slots, and Chu Xinghe watched the Misfortune Compass spin faster as visitors began claiming powerful inheritances.

• Tantai Jing explained to Yuan Ying that the resources sent to the Vast Heaven Holy Land were a profitable share disguised as licking-dog money, and Yuan Ying felt reassured.
• The Grand Elder recognized Tantai Jing's contribution and understood that their unspoken cooperation had advanced the Four Continents' integration while earning the Demonic Sect resources.
• Chu Xinghe avoided intervening in the arrangements and anticipated the Spirit Realm's opening, believing its costs would outweigh Tantai Jing's profits.
• The Grand Elder opened the Spirit Realm, and entrants from across the Four Continents entered to find fully charged Inheritance Spirit Orbs of every color, including seven-colored orbs.
• Tantai Jing ordered his people to double the price of entry slots after seeing the Vast Heaven Holy Land had made even its top-tier inheritances available.
• Chu Xinghe watched visitors begin comprehending the powerful orbs as his Misfortune Compass spun faster.

The prodigies competed to comprehend the Spirit Realm’s seven-colored Inheritance Spirit Orbs, consuming resources as Chu Xinghe hoped they would fail. Back at the Spirit Crane Palace, Chu Xinghe steered Ouyang Ming toward studying food instead of artifact refining, convinced his plans were safely on track.

• The prodigies rushed to claim seven-colored Inheritance Spirit Orbs, and Tantai Jing reminded them that the orbs could be comprehended repeatedly.
• Elder He warned the young cultivators that seven-colored inheritances were extremely difficult, but they ignored him and waited for chances to try them.
• Zheng Yu emerged from his first attempt claiming he had almost succeeded, and the prodigies formed lines to take turns comprehending the orbs as Elder Ling increased their power supply.
• Chu Xinghe returned to the Spirit Crane Palace, where Ouyang Ming showed him the spirit treasures he had refined.
• Chu Xinghe told Ouyang Ming to break from conventional artifact refining and suggested that studying food could lead to a breakthrough.
• Ouyang Ming accepted Chu Xinghe’s advice and left determined to devote himself to studying food.

Chu Xinghe tried to divert Ouyang Ming from artifact refining and let Ma Liang handle sect affairs, hoping both would consume more Vast Heaven Holy Land resources. Ling Yun then asked whether the formation master disciples should abandon their techniques or keep cultivating with costly substitutes for Formation-Locking Jade, leaving Chu Xinghe delighted by the opportunity to spend more.

• Chu Xinghe was pleased when Ouyang Ming entered seclusion to study cooking and canceled all his artifact-refining commissions.
• Ma Liang returned from recuperation with white hair, and Chu Xinghe sent him to handle sect affairs while ordering him to take two Tiger God Pills each day.
• Ma Liang briefly returned with half-black, half-white hair, prompting Chu Xinghe to dry-heave after his rocking chair shook him violently.
• Ling Yun told Chu Xinghe that the formation master disciples lacked enough Formation-Locking Jade now that the Dead Spirit Realm had become the Spirit Realm.
• Ling Yun asked whether the disciples should switch cultivation techniques or keep using enormous quantities of resources to replenish their Formation-Locking Jade, and Chu Xinghe was pleased by the prospect.

Chu Xinghe chose to recharge the Formation-Locking Jade rather than have the formation-master disciples change cultivation paths, assuring Ling Yun that he could obtain more jade. As the Formation Spirit Palace regained its resolve and the White Tiger Holy Venerable began recharging the jade, Chu Xinghe watched the Misfortune Compass spin faster, convinced that the mounting losses would finally make him fail.

• Chu Xinghe chose the White Tiger Holy Venerable's plan to recharge the Formation-Locking Jade, despite its enormous resource cost.
• Ling Yun worried that recharging the jade was wasteful, but Chu Xinghe assured him that he might be able to obtain more Formation-Locking Jade.
• Ling Yun returned to the Formation Spirit Palace and told the disciples that Chu Xinghe had a way forward, lifting their spirits.
• Qu Yifeng encouraged the Body Cultivation disciples, recounting how Chu Xinghe had given them a path when they had been branded trash and urging them to trust him.
• The White Tiger Holy Venerable began using resources to recharge the Formation-Locking Jade as the formation-master disciples resumed studying formations.
• Chu Xinghe watched the Misfortune Compass spin faster and believed the many accumulating losses would finally make him lose.

Chu Xinghe went to the Spirit Realm after hearing that no one could comprehend its seven-colored Inheritance Spirit Orbs, and he appeared to obtain one instantly. His demonstration restored everyone’s enthusiasm, though the Misfortune Compass had prevented him from receiving an actual inheritance.

• Ma Liang told Chu Xinghe that Tantai Jing’s Demonic Sect had profited from selling protected entry slots, while visitors and even their masters had failed to comprehend the seven-colored Inheritance Spirit Orbs.
• Chu Xinghe realized that dwindling interest in the orbs could undermine the Spirit Realm’s appeal and went there to investigate.
• Zheng Yu and the others asked Chu Xinghe whether the orbs’ inheritances could be comprehended, but he refused to answer and approached an orb instead.
• The orb lit up and appeared to pass its inheritance to Chu Xinghe, prompting onlookers to conclude that the orbs worked and renew their efforts to comprehend them.
• Chu Xinghe returned to his rocking chair, pleased that interest had revived, though the Misfortune Compass had only made it look as if he received an inheritance.

Chu Xinghe’s failed attempt to receive the seven-colored Inheritance Spirit Orb led major figures to explain how difficult such inheritances were, while Tantai Jing’s compensatory schemes and collapsing ticket sales delighted Chu Xinghe. The chapter ended when the Artifact Refining Palace exploded and Ouyang Ming was rescued unharmed, clutching a huge plate.

• Chu Xinghe touched the seven-colored Inheritance Spirit Orb and began receiving its inheritance, but the Misfortune Compass blocked it before he could obtain it.
• The White Spirit Evil Lord, Elder He, and other major figures explained that comprehending a seven-colored Inheritance Spirit Orb was exceptionally difficult, and many prodigies stopped buying scalped tickets.
• Tantai Jing arranged for Demonic Sect disciples to damage a Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce branch and lose a shipment, then paid the Vast Heaven Holy Land enormous compensation.
• Chu Xinghe celebrated the drop in scalped-ticket sales by singing and dancing on his way to the Spirit Crane Palace.
• An explosion collapsed the Artifact Refining Palace’s largest chamber, and the elders rushed over after hearing Ouyang Ming was buried inside.
• The Artifact Refining Palace disciples dug Ouyang Ming out unharmed, and he grinned while hugging a huge plate.

Ouyang Ming emerged unharmed from an explosion, clutching a silver platter he had made using an idea from Chu Xinghe. He announced that the high-grade spiritual artifact was a revolutionary new design and named its series Light of Xinghe.

• Ouyang Ming's disciples dug him out of the rubble and found him unharmed, guarding a silver platter from anyone who tried to take it.
• The elders and disciples wondered why Ouyang Ming valued an ordinary-looking platter so highly, and the grand elder scolded him for crawling out instead of flying.
• Ouyang Ming explained that his fellow disciples, including Chu Xinghe, Wan Lin, and Ma Liang, had encouraged him when he was a struggling artifact refiner, so they still treated one another as junior and senior brothers and sisters.
• Ouyang Ming presented the platter to the assembled elders and confirmed that it was a high-grade spiritual artifact.
• Ouyang Ming declared that the platter was a new type of super divine artifact inspired by Chu Xinghe and named the series Light of Xinghe, leaving Chu Xinghe bewildered.

Ouyang Ming demonstrated that the Light of Xinghe silver platter could imbue food with usable spiritual power, turning it into a super divine artifact with the potential to transform the Four Continents. Chu Xinghe watched the elders celebrate the discovery and wondered how his name had become tied to yet another bizarre artifact.

• Ouyang Ming placed a Spirit Cloud Fruit on the silver platter, which chilled it, then cut it with the Light of Xinghe blade and served it to the assembled elders.
• The First Elder and the other big shots discovered that eating the fruit strengthened them, and Elder He asked whether the platter could affect foods without spiritual power.
• Ouyang Ming took pork knuckles from Ouyang Ling and placed them on the platter, which began to lose its luster as it imbued them with spiritual power.
• Ouyang Ling and the elders ate the pork knuckles, while Chu Xinghe declined and realized the platter bestowed spiritual power rather than merely converting it.
• Elder He called the platter a heaven-defying divine object, and Ouyang Ming said its complicated technique could be learned and used again.

The Vast Heaven Holy Land’s experts recognized that Ouyang Ming’s silver platter could empower food with spiritual energy and remove impurities, potentially transforming cultivation across the Four Continents. Ouyang Ming credited Chu Xinghe for the idea and believed it had shown him the path to Concept Level, while Chu Xinghe silently struggled to maintain his composure.

• The Holy Land’s big shots determined that Ouyang Ming’s silver platter absorbed spiritual energy, empowered food, and recharged after use.
• Elder He and the other experts realized the platter could make ordinary food resemble spiritual rice by removing impurities, and they imagined major factions using it to cultivate more geniuses.
• The Grand Elder praised the possibility of a future age when geniuses appeared everywhere, and Elder He suggested Ouyang Ming was close to Concept Level.
• Ouyang Ming credited Chu Xinghe with conceiving the platter and said he still had a long way to go before reaching Concept Level.
• Ouyang Ming remembered how Chu Xinghe had guided his artifact-making and concluded that the silver platter had revealed the path he needed to follow.
• Ouyang Ming grew tearful with gratitude while Chu Xinghe maintained an unruffled expression and privately lamented being backstabbed with a concept.

Ouyang Ming’s Light of Xinghe Silver Plate spread across the Four Continents, and the factions learned that its production cost was manageable. As major powers gathered at the Vast Heaven Holy Land to discuss it, Ma Liang stepped in to negotiate while Chu Xinghe stayed away.

• Ouyang Ming praised Chu Xinghe for guiding him to create the Light of Xinghe Silver Plate and declared that he would pursue the Concept Level.
• Ouyang Ming and Ouyang Ling recorded videos introducing the silver plate, and its demonstrations spread across the Four Continents through the Haotian Mirror.
• Major powers came to the Vast Heaven Holy Land, where Ouyang Ming demonstrated the silver plate and explained that cheaper, lower-grade versions would cost only slightly more than ordinary spirit treasures.
• The Great Elder brought Ma Liang forward, and Ma Liang took over the negotiations while Chu Xinghe focused on another plan.

Chu Xinghe secretly gave Erlüzi the Light of Xinghe Silver Plate forging method, hoping to undermine the prospect of profiting from it. Erlüzi brought the method to Leader Bai and the other haters, but even Bai Yu, a ninth-rank artifact refining master, could not understand Ouyang Ming’s advanced instructions.

• Chu Xinghe asked Ouyang Ming to record the complete Light of Xinghe Silver Plate forging method in an Eternal Life Jade Talisman and confirmed that ordinary artifact refiners could use any furnace to make it.
• Chu Xinghe transformed into Seventh Fairy, contacted Erlüzi through the Black River Token, and arranged to meet him in Cao City.
• Chu Xinghe tossed Erlüzi the jade talisman and left without answering whether he was Chu Xinghe.
• Erlüzi found the Light of Xinghe Silver Plate forging method inside the talisman and summoned Leader Bai, Sanpao, Si Bangchui, Wu Quezi, and Lao Liu to examine it.
• Leader Bai and the others were stunned by the method, and Bai Yu could not understand it despite being a ninth-rank artifact refining master.

Bai Yu and the White Spirit Division tried to make sense of Ouyang Ming’s Light of Xinghe Silver Plate refining method, while Chu Xinghe distributed it across the Four Continents. The factions failed to use it but bought up Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce materials, and Ouyang Ming gained recognition; the chapter ended with Erlüzi suspecting Chu Xinghe was the Seventh Fairy and wondering why he kept targeting him.

• Bai Yu showed Ouyang Ming’s refining method to the White Spirit Evil Lord, who gathered the White Spirit Division’s artifact refining grandmasters and decided they should try it.
• Chu Xinghe arranged for artifact refining factions across the Four Continents to receive the method, but no faction managed to refine a Light of Xinghe Silver Plate.
• Qin Xiangqian showed Chu Xinghe account books revealing that the factions’ attempts had caused artifact refining materials at the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce to sell rapidly.
• Ouyang Ming explained that even his own disciples could not master the method from reading it alone, and other factions’ failures silenced critics who had dismissed his skill as luck.
• Ouyang Ming realized Chu Xinghe had used the method both to profit and to defend his reputation, while Erlüzi concluded that Chu Xinghe was the Seventh Fairy and wondered why he had singled him out.

Chu Xinghe’s use of Ouyang Ming’s Light of Xinghe Silver Plate method silenced critics and revealed that Ouyang Ming had reached the unprecedented Half-Step Concept Level through his own skill. As Chu Xinghe tried to recover from the strain of helping him, Douding'er came from the Beast Taming Palace to visit Ouyang Ming.

• Chu Xinghe’s decision to spread Ouyang Ming’s Light of Xinghe Silver Plate method showed that artifact refiners across the Four Continents could not understand or reproduce it without Ouyang Ming’s personal instruction.
• The Grand Elder and others recognized that Ouyang Ming had reached the Half-Step Concept Level and established a new height for artifact refining.
• The White Spirit Evil Lord said that even a Divine Master might only understand Ouyang Ming’s method, while Ouyang Ming joked that people should find Senior Brother Xinghe to advance.
• Chu Xinghe planned to go to the Technique Repository Tower to recover after the effort of helping Ouyang Ming.
• Douding'er left the City of Dark Moon and came from the Beast Taming Palace to visit his friend Ouyang Ming.

Chu Xinghe arranged for the first batch of Light of Xinghe Silver Plates to be used as feeding bowls for Douding'er's demonic beasts, angering Cheng Xiaotian, who had paid for them for Martial Emperor City. Chu Xinghe offered tenfold compensation, secretly pleased that the plan would bring Vast Heaven Holy Land a huge loss.

• Douding'er asked Ouyang Ming for Light of Xinghe Silver Plates to use as demonic beast feeding bowls, and the Great Elder agreed after considering the Beast Taming Palace's value to the Holy Land.
• Douding'er took the first batch of plates, and Cheng Xiaotian protested that Martial Emperor City had paid for them and was supposed to receive them first.
• Chu Xinghe claimed responsibility and explained that he had told Douding'er to use the plates to help improve the demonic beasts and their meat.
• Cheng Xiaotian said Martial Emperor City's disciples were expecting their plates, and Chu Xinghe promised that Vast Heaven Holy Land would compensate them tenfold.
• Chu Xinghe privately celebrated, believing the compensation would cause Vast Heaven Holy Land a major financial loss.

Chu Xinghe diverted the Light of Xinghe Silver Plates to the Beast Taming Palace and promised tenfold compensation to the other sects, while their leaders reported smaller amounts to their disciples. He then visited Douding'er to encourage her beast-breeding research before gleefully slaughtering the Dark Moon Clan again.

• Chu Xinghe arranged for Douding'er to receive all the Light of Xinghe Silver Plates and promised tenfold compensation to those whose deliveries were delayed.
• Cheng Xiaotian told the Martial Emperor City disciples they would have to wait and claimed Chu Xinghe had paid fivefold compensation, then Zheng Yu confronted him after learning Sect Master Xing Yushen had reported sevenfold.
• Chu Xinghe criticized Gui Li for scrutinizing the compensation accounts, including Huang Ritian's extra cartloads for Jade Void Palace.
• Chu Xinghe went to the Dark Moon Palace, found Douding'er studying demonic beasts, and encouraged her to continue her research despite the lack of early results.
• In high spirits, Chu Xinghe used Thunder Shadow to kill members of the Dark Moon Clan repeatedly, built a bonfire from them, and sang about slashing only his own clan.

After surviving a peaceful night, Chu Xinghe tried to keep the Beast Taming Palace’s demonic-beast project progressing slowly by sending it every Light of Xinghe Silver Plate. Ouyang Ming arrived with good news, but when Chu Xinghe guessed it was Qingyan’s pregnancy, Ouyang Ming said it was not and raised his blade to stab him.

• Chu Xinghe left the Dark Moon Palace after taking part in nearly the entire Mutual Slashing Conference and returned to the Spirit Crane Palace for a quiet night.
• Chu Xinghe woke without a backstab or an unexpected visit from Senior Brother Shen Chun and celebrated what he saw as a first step toward changing his fate.
• Chu Xinghe visited Douding'er, reassured her that the Light of Xinghe Silver Plates would gradually change the demonic beasts, and urged her to keep the project steady.
• Chu Xinghe ordered Ouyang Ming to send every newly refined Light of Xinghe Silver Plate to the Beast Taming Palace, insisting that the demonic beasts needed spare plates.
• Ouyang Ming told Chu Xinghe he had good news; Chu Xinghe guessed Qingyan was pregnant, but Ouyang Ming denied it and raised his blade to stab him.

Chu Xinghe redirected Ouyang Ming from cutting crafting costs toward making stronger Light of Xinghe Silver Plates, expecting the demonic beasts to consume the costly plates. When rumors spread about how much he had compensated other factions, Zheng Yu asked Cheng Xiaotian about the alleged disparity, and Cheng Xiaotian blamed the Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord’s unreliable claims.

• Ouyang Ming told Chu Xinghe he had reduced the cost of making high-grade Light of Xinghe Silver Plates, but Chu Xinghe urged him to focus on becoming a concept-level artifact refiner and crafting stronger treasures.
• Ouyang Ming accepted Chu Xinghe’s advice and went to the Civil Engineering Department to obtain more precious materials for higher-quality plates.
• Chu Xinghe explained that he had numbered the plates and broadcast footage of demonic beasts using them as feeding bowls, preventing the discarded plates from being sold as treasures.
• People across the Four Continents debated rumors that Chu Xinghe had compensated different factions five to eight times the amount for the plates.
• Zheng Yu asked Cheng Xiaotian about the rumors, and Cheng Xiaotian claimed the Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord was lying to sow discord.

Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord was ostracized after claiming Chu Xinghe had paid eightfold compensation, while the other factions insisted on sevenfold. Meanwhile, Ouyang Ming unveiled an improved golden plate and explained how he had corrected his artifact-refining approach, leaving Chu Xinghe baffled by Ouyang Ming’s praise and blame.

• Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord claimed he had received eightfold compensation, and White Spirit Evil Lord and the other big shots challenged him to prove it with a Heavenly Dao Contract.
• Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord stayed silent because Chu Xinghe had actually paid tenfold, and the factions settled on publicly reporting sevenfold compensation.
• Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord asked the Grand Elder to announce the tenfold payment, but the Grand Elder rejected him and had him escorted out of Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• Ouyang Ming showed Chu Xinghe a golden plate that enhanced fruit more strongly than the previous silver plate, then offered Chu Xinghe both pieces to taste.
• Ouyang Ming explained that he had abandoned using lower-grade materials after discovering they weakened spiritual treasures’ durability, especially under extreme conditions.
• Ouyang Ming thanked Chu Xinghe for supposedly steering him away from a costly mistake, and Chu Xinghe wondered why Ouyang Ming had turned the conversation into an accusation.

Ouyang Ming made gold Light of Xinghe plates after realizing the risks of cutting costs, while Chu Xinghe tried to reassure himself that their benefits would take decades to pay off. Back at the Spirit Crane Palace, Chu Xinghe was visited by Man Sheng, who said he felt awful, but the chapter ended before he explained why.

• Ouyang Ming thanked Chu Xinghe for guiding him away from cutting costs and returned to the Artifact Refining Palace to craft gold plates.
• Douding'er tested the gold plates and said they improved demonic-beast growth efficiency by about a third, so she asked Ouyang Ming to replace their silver plates.
• Chu Xinghe told Douding'er to continue her research at a normal pace, then returned to the Spirit Crane Palace to relax.
• Man Sheng arrived at Chu Xinghe's room and, looking bashful despite his imposing appearance, said he felt awful.

Man Sheng worried that the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits were not contributing enough to the Vast Heaven Holy Land, so Ma Liang and Chu Xinghe tried to reassure him. Chu Xinghe then saw a chance to turn their lack of experience into an advantage and sent them to the Artifact Refining Palace.

• Man Sheng told Senior Brother Xinghe that the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits felt useless because their treasure-hunting earned less than Zang Ling’s sales.
• Ma Liang told Man Sheng that the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits’ role was to fight for the sect and suggested he ask Senior Brother Xinghe for advice.
• Man Sheng went to Chu Xinghe, who assured him that every disciple could contribute in their own way.
• When Man Sheng asked whether Chu Xinghe feared they would cause losses, Chu Xinghe realized their inexperience could help him and sent them to the Artifact Refining Palace to assist Ouyang Ming.

Chu Xinghe sent the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits to the Artifact Refining Palace, claiming they had a gift for the craft. After they learned advanced techniques but could not apply them, he watched Ouyang Ming struggle and celebrated that the disruption would halt Ouyang Ming’s research and damage the palace.

• Chu Xinghe ordered Man Sheng and the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits to study artifact refining, insisting they start with the finest techniques.
• Man Sheng brought the group to the Artifact Refining Palace, where Ouyang Ming questioned the order but agreed to follow Chu Xinghe’s arrangements.
• Ouyang Ming taught the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits the Ouyang Lineage’s best artifact-refining techniques, and Tai Chu used the Taiyin Evil Spirits’ method to instill them in their minds.
• The Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits memorized the theories but could not put them into practice, and Tai Chu refused Ouyang Ming’s request to teach them again.
• Chu Xinghe secretly watched Ouyang Ming’s confusion and expected the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits to disrupt the Artifact Refining Palace and stop Ouyang Ming’s research.

Man Sheng’s enormous appetite defeated Ouyang Ming in a cold-noodle contest, prompting the Ouyang Lineage to call on Ouyang Ling to defend its reputation in a food championship. Ouyang Ling appeared to win when Man Sheng could not eat more, while Elder He explained that Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits only ate huge amounts in one sitting; the crowd then asked why the Ouyang Lineage and Chu Xinghe could keep eating.

• Man Sheng answered Ouyang Ming’s artifact-refining questions perfectly but repeatedly blew up his furnace, then beat him in a cold-noodle contest.
• Ouyang Ming summoned Ouyang Ling to face Man Sheng in a decisive food contest the next morning.
• Disciples from across the Vast Heaven Holy Land gathered to watch Ouyang Ling and Man Sheng compete in the first Food King Championship.
• Ouyang Ling began devouring pork knuckles, but Man Sheng stopped eating after more than ten, leaving the crowd to suspect foul play.
• Elder He explained that Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits could eat huge amounts at once but could not eat again afterward, and the Ouyang Lineage celebrated its apparent victory.
• A disciple asked why the Ouyang Lineage and Chu Xinghe could keep eating, and Elder He said he knew the answer about Chu Xinghe.