Recaps

Chu Xinghe celebrated Ouyang Ming’s victory as the number one cold noodle killer and waited anxiously for a backstab that never came, while in the Spirit Realm, lucky Rogue Cultivator Zhao Dabao failed to comprehend a seven-colored inheritance but won another entry slot. The chapter ended with Zhao Dabao convinced his fortune would let him succeed on his next attempt.

• Elder He explained that Chu Xinghe could eat so much because his transformed body converted food into strength, and Ouyang Ming reclaimed the title of number one cold noodle killer as the Artifact Refining Palace began a fifteen-day celebration.
• Chu Xinghe returned to the Spirit Crane Palace singing about failure, but Senior Brother Shen Chun startled him before leaving in a drunken stumble; Chu Xinghe then spent the night and following days waiting for a backstab that never came.
• Favored geniuses entering the Spirit Realm struggled to comprehend the seven-colored inheritances, and even Cui Wuming failed to understand anything useful.
• Zhao Dabao, a Sixth Rank Rogue Cultivator famed for his luck, entered the Spirit Realm hoping to comprehend a Main God-level inheritance, but his first attempt failed.
• Zhao Dabao won a second entry slot and celebrated, certain that his good fortune would help him succeed next time.

Zhao Dabao stopped wasting his Spirit Realm visits on the Seven-Colored Inheritance Spirit Orb and successfully comprehended a silver inheritance, whose shattered orb began forming a Formation-Locking Jade. As news brought the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s senior figures rushing over, Shen Chun told Chu Xinghe that something big had happened, and Chu Xinghe braced for the Misfortune Compass’s long-awaited blow.

• Zhao Dabao was repeatedly drawn into the Spirit Realm but failed again and again to comprehend the Seven-Colored Inheritance Spirit Orb.
• Zhao Dabao decided to pursue a practical inheritance instead and began comprehending the silver New Moon Gold Art.
• Zhao Dabao completed the inheritance, and the shattered silver Inheritance Spirit Orb gathered into the embryonic form of a Formation-Locking Jade.
• News of the Formation-Locking Jade spread through the Vast Heaven Holy Land, bringing its senior figures to the site.
• Chu Xinghe worried that the Misfortune Compass was preparing a major setback after days without a backstab, and Shen Chun appeared to announce that something big had happened.

Chu Xinghe followed Shen Chun to the Spirit Realm, where the Vast Heaven Holy Land discovered that Inheritance Spirit Orbs could produce Formation-Locking Jade, restoring an inexhaustible supply. After Elder Ling warned that flame power could destroy all Formation-Locking Jade while it formed, Chu Xinghe saw a chance to act against the Misfortune Compass.

• Shen Chun told Chu Xinghe that something had happened in the Spirit Realm, and Chu Xinghe followed him there.
• Chu Xinghe found the holy land’s leaders and Formation Spirit Palace disciples gathered around Formation-Locking Jade forming from an Inheritance Spirit Orb.
• Elder Ling explained that comprehending an inheritance reshaped spiritual power and caused Formation-Locking Jade to condense, while the Lord of Purity could restore the consumed orb.
• Elder Ling warned that flame power entering the forming jade could make all Formation-Locking Jade disappear forever, so the Holy Lord quickly retreated.
• Chu Xinghe realized he could use flame power to destroy the Formation-Locking Jade and decided the time had come to act.

Chu Xinghe used Phoenix Divine Fire to destroy the forming Formation-Locking Jade, but the flames transformed it into the legendary Eye of the Fire Phoenix. The White Tiger Holy Venerable took the new artifact and tested its blade-like power.

• Chu Xinghe sent his Phoenix Divine Fire at the forming Formation-Locking Jade, causing it to crack apart and spread flames through every Inheritance Spirit Orb.
• A vortex formed from the flames and produced the Eye of the Fire Phoenix, astonishing Elder He and the others.
• Elder He explained that the Eye had formed because Phoenix Divine Fire fused with the Fire of Nirvanic Rebirth, upgrading the jade throughout the Spirit Realm.
• Chu Xinghe realized the Misfortune Compass had turned his attempt to ruin the jade into its transformation, while Elder Ling's prediction that the jade would disappear still came true.
• Elder He handed the Eye of the Fire Phoenix to the White Tiger Holy Venerable, who swung it and thrust with its blade.

The White Tiger Holy Venerable demonstrated that the Eye of the Fire Phoenix could preserve and amplify formations, making it a powerful rival to Formation-Locking Jade. As everyone credited Chu Xinghe with planning the discovery, he privately blamed the Misfortune Compass, until Zhao Dabao asked if the Eye belonged to him.

• The White Tiger Holy Venerable engraved an ice formation into the Eye of the Fire Phoenix and found that its flames boosted the formation’s power by twenty percent.
• The White Tiger Holy Venerable engraved a Flame Formation, which the Eye upgraded and doubled in power, astonishing the formation masters.
• The people present realized the Eye of the Fire Phoenix could transform formation masters’ strength and would be highly sought after across the Four Continents.
• Ma Liang and Elder Ling praised Chu Xinghe’s timing and assumed he had deliberately prepared the discovery, while Chu Xinghe privately blamed the Misfortune Compass for turning the tables on him.
• Zhao Dabao asked whether the Eye of the Fire Phoenix should belong to him, drawing everyone’s attention.

Zhao Dabao demanded the Eye of the Fire Phoenix, claiming his enlightenment had caused it to appear, while everyone condemned his greed. Vast Heaven Holy Land’s elders ordered Shen Chun to give him the treasure, leaving Zhao Dabao to flee with it and face the danger of carrying such a valuable prize.

• Zhao Dabao claimed the Eye of the Fire Phoenix should belong to him because he had gained enlightenment in the Spirit Realm.
• Chu Xinghe and Zheng Yu recognized that the Eye belonged to Vast Heaven Holy Land, while people across the Four Continents mocked Zhao Dabao’s demand.
• Tantai Jing ordered the Demonic Sect’s disciples not to imitate Zhao Dabao’s shamelessness.
• The grand elder, with Gu Mingchao and the other elders’ approval, told Shen Chun to give Zhao Dabao the Eye of the Fire Phoenix.
• Zhao Dabao snatched the Eye and fled, while Chu Xinghe realized the treasure would put Zhao Dabao in mortal danger.

Zhao Dabao accepted the Eye of the Fire Phoenix and was killed by a hunter shortly after leaving the Vast Heaven Holy Land, while Tantai Jing explained that the holy land could have rewarded and protected him if he had accepted its resources instead. His death warned the Four Continents against claiming what they could not defend, and the various powers sent disciples into the Spirit Realm to help produce more Eyes of the Fire Phoenix.

• Zhao Dabao left the Vast Heaven Holy Land with the Eye of the Fire Phoenix and was murdered by a cloaked hunter less than ten li away.
• News of Zhao Dabao’s death spread across the Four Continents, and people recognized that hunters had targeted him for the treasure rather than the Vast Heaven Holy Land having ordered his killing.
• Tantai Jing said Zhao Dabao could have received wealth, protection, and possibly a place as an outer sect disciple if he had accepted the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s help instead of fixating on the Eye.
• Chu Xinghe realized the Grand Elder had understood that giving Zhao Dabao the Eye would make him a target and warn others not to demand what was not theirs.
• The various powers sent their disciples into the Spirit Realm to comprehend useful Inheritance Spirit Orbs and produce more Eyes of the Fire Phoenix for future purchase.

The Eye of the Fire Phoenix’s broad benefits made factions rush to buy them, so the Grand Elder allowed visitors to purchase the Eyes their disciples comprehended while prioritizing Vast Heaven Holy Land’s own formation disciples. Chu Xinghe saw a chance to waste the surplus by giving it to Body Cultivation disciples, who could not use formations.

• As factions recognized that the Eye of the Fire Phoenix strengthened formations and benefited many areas of sect life, their leaders pressed Vast Heaven Holy Land to sell them.
• The Grand Elder decided that outside factions could buy Eyes produced by their own disciples’ comprehensions, while Vast Heaven Holy Land prioritized equipping its formation disciples.
• Ma Liang suggested giving the Eyes away for free, but the Grand Elder rejected the idea, and Ma Liang lamented that the visitors had missed out on free stuff.
• Gui Li brought 315 Eyes of the Fire Phoenix to the Formation Spirit Palace and told Ling Yun to give them to junior formation disciples rather than Body Cultivation disciples.
• Chu Xinghe realized that equipping Body Cultivation disciples with surplus Eyes would waste them and reduce how many Vast Heaven Holy Land could sell.

Chu Xinghe reprimanded Gui Li for prioritizing formation disciples and ordered every Eye of the Fire Phoenix to go to the Body Cultivation disciples first. Qu Yifeng eventually tested one and discovered it had an unexpected use, but the chapter ended before revealing what it was.

• Chu Xinghe argued that the Body Cultivation disciples deserved equal treatment and ordered Gui Li to supply them with all the Eyes of the Fire Phoenix first.
• Qu Yifeng and the other Body Cultivation disciples protested that they had no use for the Eyes, but Chu Xinghe insisted they take and use them.
• Gui Li stopped the Eyes of the Fire Phoenix from being sold to the Heavenly Medicine Palace, prompting Wu Qun to take the dispute to the Grand Elder.
• The Grand Elder and others were bewildered by Chu Xinghe's decision, but the Eyes were delivered to the Body Cultivation disciples.
• Qu Yifeng used an Eye of the Fire Phoenix and realized it had an unexpected function.

Qu Yifeng absorbed the Phoenix Divine Fire from the Eye of the Fire Phoenix and, with the holy lord’s guidance, used his Qi and Blood Furnace to endure its destruction and regeneration of his body. He emerged as a Fleshly Body Martial God, opening a path for Body Cultivation to reach the Martial God realm through a Golden Body Dharma Aspect.

• Qu Yifeng concluded that Senior Brother Xinghe had a deeper purpose for giving the Body Cultivation disciples the Eye of the Fire Phoenix, then realized its Phoenix Divine Fire might be absorbed into his body.
• Qu Yifeng absorbed the flames and caught fire, while the Body Cultivation disciples failed to extinguish them and summoned the elders and holy lord.
• The holy lord told Qu Yifeng to stop resisting, activate his Body Cultivation Furnace, and absorb the flames; Qu Yifeng used his Qi and Blood to merge with the fire as it destroyed and reforged his body.
• Golden patterns appeared on Qu Yifeng’s metallic body, and Elder Ling Mou identified them as a Magic Array rather than a formation.
• Qu Yifeng’s power erupted and his body grew into a golden giant, revealing that he had entered the Martial God realm and formed a Golden Body Dharma Aspect.

Qu Yifeng used the Eye of the Fire Phoenix and magic arrays to break through the Ninth Rank and form a Golden Body Dharma Aspect, revealing a path for Body Cultivators to become Martial Gods. The elders credited Chu Xinghe with planning the breakthrough, while Chu Xinghe remained baffled by their explanation as they celebrated the future of Body Cultivation.

• Qu Yifeng unleashed a full-power strike in his Golden Body Dharma Aspect, and Gu Mingchao found its strength far greater than that of an ordinary Martial God.
• Chu Xinghe arrived at the Formation Spirit Palace and saw Qu Yifeng's transformation as the Body Cultivation disciples celebrated their breakthrough.
• Elder Ling Mou realized the disciples had studied formations so they could use them as the foundation for inscribing magic arrays on their bodies.
• Elder He explained that the Eye of the Fire Phoenix let the disciples absorb Phoenix Divine Fire and combine it with their Power of Qi and Blood to form Golden Body Dharma Aspects.
• The elders praised Chu Xinghe for opening the path to Martial God advancement and overcoming Body Cultivators' weaknesses, while Chu Xinghe privately admitted he did not understand what had happened.

Qu Yifeng used the formations he had studied at Chu Xinghe’s command to forge a Golden Body and break through to the Martial God realm, overcoming many of Body Cultivation’s weaknesses. The chapter left Chu Xinghe insisting that his plans were still going well, despite the Eye of the Fire Phoenix’s unexpected effects.

• The chapter explained how Body Cultivation offered powerful endurance and a path for people without spiritual roots, but left cultivators vulnerable to distance, flight, and formations.
• Qu Yifeng broke through to the Martial God realm by inscribing dozens of formations on his body in the instant Phoenix Divine Fire ignited his Power of Qi and Blood.
• Qu Yifeng’s formations granted him abilities such as flight and lightning attacks, while body cultivators across the Four Continents watched his breakthrough through the Haotian Mirror.
• Qu Yifeng embraced Chu Xinghe and cried, grateful that his diligent formation studies had let him seize the chance to advance.
• The other Body Cultivation Peak disciples realized their formation studies had prepared them to continue cultivating, while Chu Xinghe privately resolved to stay confident and keep pursuing his projects.

Qu Yifeng’s breakthrough as a Body Cultivation Martial God revealed the Eye of the Fire Phoenix as essential for body cultivators to attempt the realm, sending demand and prices soaring across the Four Continents. The Vast Heaven Holy Land refused to sell its remaining supply, while Ma Liang offered to give Eyes of the Fire Phoenix away for free.

• Qu Yifeng’s breakthrough inspired body cultivators across the Four Continents to learn formations, though many struggled to find formation masters and were still far from the Ninth Rank.
• The factions realized that body cultivators needed an Eye of the Fire Phoenix to attempt the Martial God realm, and its price rose sharply as lineages sought to secure the scarce treasures.
• The Jiangdong Chen Lineage and the Guo Lineage offered enormous rewards for an Eye of the Fire Phoenix, but major sects kept their supplies for their own disciples.
• The Vast Heaven Holy Land’s Grand Elder refused to sell its Eyes of the Fire Phoenix because its own body cultivation disciples needed them.
• The Grand Elder directed interested buyers to the Holy Land’s external spokesperson, Ma Liang, who said the Holy Land could not sell any Eyes but could give them away for free.

Ma Liang distributed Eyes of the Fire Phoenix to the factions, while Chu Xinghe let him profit and relied on losses at the Artifact Refining and Beast Taming Palaces to offset the gains. Hua Xichen then told Chu Xinghe that someone had seen him using Haotian Battle Intent in the Land of Bewildered Spirits, leaving Chu Xinghe curious about the supposed impersonator.

• Tantai Jing claimed he had received two Eyes of the Fire Phoenix for free from Ma Liang because he had once saved Ma Liang and helped Chu Xinghe.
• The other factions tried to learn what Tantai Jing had paid, while Chu Xinghe chose not to interfere with Ma Liang’s deals.
• Chu Xinghe took comfort in the Artifact Refining Palace’s losses from Man Sheng and the Beast Taming Palace’s penalties for using Ouyang Ming’s treasures as animal bowls.
• Shen Chun brought Hua Xichen to see Chu Xinghe, who denied visiting the Demon Star Continent or its Land of Bewildered Spirits.
• Hua Xichen explained that the Land of Bewildered Spirits had become accessible and that someone had seen Chu Xinghe using Haotian Battle Intent there.
• Chu Xinghe wondered who could have impersonated him while using the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s rare battle technique.

Chu Xinghe learned that the Demon Star Continent’s Land of Bewildered Spirits had become less dangerous at its outer edge, and that a mysterious person resembling him was asking strangers to rescue him in exchange for making them Grand Elder of the Vast Heaven Holy Land. Although Hua Xichen explained the change and urged no one to assume the depths were safe, Chu Xinghe refused to investigate, despite being intensely curious.

• Shen Chun told Chu Xinghe that the Demon Star Continent’s Land of Bewildered Spirits had changed, allowing a few entrants to escape with treasures while many others still vanished.
• Shen Chun’s intelligence agents reported that people had heard pleas for help inside and encountered someone using Chu Xinghe’s Haotian Battle Intent, who promised to make rescuers Grand Elder of the Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• Hua Xichen explained that the Spirit-Sealing Domain had disappeared from the outermost reaches, but the Great Prophecy Art could not reveal what lay deeper inside.
• Hua Xichen asked whether Chu Xinghe wanted to learn why another Chu Xinghe had appeared, but Chu Xinghe firmly refused to go to the Land of Bewildered Spirits.

After the Wolf King confirmed that Chu Xinghe had used Haotian Battle Intent in the Land of Bewildered Spirits, Shen Chun and the others speculated that the mysterious Chu Xinghe there was actually An Ying. Elder He argued that An Ying had transformed into Xinghe to survive, while the real Chu Xinghe listened in astonishment.

• The Wolf King sent word to the Vast Heaven Holy Land that his people had seen Chu Xinghe use Haotian Battle Intent in the Land of Bewildered Spirits.
• The Grand Elder questioned whether Gu Mingchao had taught the technique to someone else, and Chu Xinghe revealed that the one present was his Xinghe Divinity.
• Shen Chun proposed that the Chu Xinghe in the Land of Bewildered Spirits was An Ying, whose Thousand Illusions Phantom Art could imitate Xinghe and some of his abilities.
• Shen Chun connected his theory to contestant number 666 from the Chu Xinghe Impersonation Competition and reasoned that An Ying might have been trapped in the Land of Bewildered Spirits.
• Elder He explained that An Ying could have transformed into Xinghe to draw on his Body Cultivation and Power of Fortune, allowing him to survive the dangers and Spirit-Sealing Power.
• The others accepted Elder He's explanation, while Chu Xinghe was moved by how closely their elaborate guesses seemed to approach the truth.

Trapped in the Land of Bewildered Spirits, An Ying survived by transforming into Chu Xinghe and decided to join Vast Heaven Holy Land rather than fight him. Although reports of a Chu Xinghe lookalike reached the Holy Land, Chu Xinghe refused to rescue An Ying because he feared the Phantom Holy Son would only build up the sect again.

• An Ying used the Thousand Illusions Phantom Art to transform into Chu Xinghe, gaining enough vitality and fortune to survive the Land of Bewildered Spirits.
• After realizing how powerful Chu Xinghe was, An Ying abandoned his plans to fight him and resolved to join Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• An Ying tried to attract help by displaying a Haotian Sword Casket, then imitating Haotian Battle Intent, and people who escaped reported seeing Chu Xinghe in the Land of Bewildered Spirits.
• An Ying gathered treasures and pleaded for Chu Xinghe to rescue him, promising to become his most trusted aide and devote himself to building up Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• Chu Xinghe rejected the idea of rescuing An Ying, reasoning that An Ying would only cause more trouble by building up the Holy Land.

Chu Xinghe celebrated the losses caused by the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits at the Artifact Refining Palace and tried to protect himself from Senior Brother Shen Chun with a teleportation array. He ended the chapter stunned when Shen Chun appeared in his room anyway.

• Chu Xinghe welcomed the Artifact Refining Palace’s mounting failures as part of his strategy to lose money across multiple ventures.
• Ouyang Ming complained to Chu Xinghe about the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits’ failed experiments and wild ideas, but Chu Xinghe realized he mainly wanted more cold noodles.
• Chu Xinghe arranged for Wu Beichen to receive all the Eyes of the Fire Phoenix and asked Wu Erke to install a Concept Level Round-Trip Teleportation Array in his room.
• After Chu Xinghe lay down, Senior Brother Shen Chun appeared in his room despite the array, leaving Chu Xinghe bewildered.

Chu Xinghe discovered that Senior Brother Shen Chun could ignore the Round-Trip Teleportation Array, then spent ten quiet days worrying that the Misfortune Compass was preparing a disaster. He visited the Artifact Refining Palace, where Man Sheng considered abandoning his experimental methods after another furnace exploded, and Chu Xinghe urged him to keep experimenting.

• Chu Xinghe watched Senior Brother Shen Chun enter and leave his room without triggering the Round-Trip Teleportation Array, realizing Shen Chun had inherited the Great Elder's teleportation abilities.
• Chu Xinghe recalled how White Tiger Holy Venerable had nearly been teleported to death after becoming trapped in an endless loop inside Wujiang's Round-Trip Teleportation Array.
• Chu Xinghe announced that the Vast Heaven Holy Land would not let the Great Elder use teleportation arrays as long as its opponents avoided despicable methods, then spent nearly ten uneventful days anxiously watching for trouble.
• Chu Xinghe went to the Artifact Refining Palace, greeted its disciples, and found Ouyang Ming eating cold noodles amid the wreckage from repeated furnace explosions.
• Man Sheng emerged soot-covered after his furnace exploded and told Chu Xinghe he might abandon his ingenious artifact-refining methods.
• Chu Xinghe urged Man Sheng to stay true to his ideas and keep experimenting rather than refine artifacts normally.

Chu Xinghe tried to reassure Man Sheng that his unconventional ideas could help Ouyang Ming break through in artifact refining, and the Grand Elder endorsed the plan. After days of failed experiments, Ouyang Ming hit on a new idea: bringing Ma Liang in to complete what he thought was a more stable triangle.

• Chu Xinghe told Man Sheng that his lack of artifact-refining expertise could help Ouyang Ming escape rigid conventions, and Ouyang Ming agreed.
• The Grand Elder and the elders praised Chu Xinghe's plan and encouraged Ouyang Ming and Man Sheng to keep working together.
• Chu Xinghe spent five days watching Man Sheng and Ouyang Ming fail to produce a breakthrough, then returned to the Spirit Crane Palace relieved.
• Man Sheng and Ouyang Ming repeatedly sought Chu Xinghe's advice, but he stayed silent to avoid giving them more ideas.
• Ouyang Ming thought of inviting Ma Liang to join them, reasoning that triangles were the most stable and Ma Liang could clear their obstacles.

Ma Liang tried to interpret why Xinghe had sent the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits to the Artifact Refining Palace, despite their disastrous attempts at crafting artifacts. After hearing Man Sheng recall Xinghe’s instructions, Ma Liang seized on the phrase “high-end artifact refining” as the key, though he had not yet explained what it meant.

• Ouyang Ming and Man Sheng invited Ma Liang to the Artifact Refining Palace, where Ouyang Ling’s poisoned dish accidentally knocked out a Strength Barbarian Evil Spirit before Ouyang Ming treated him.
• Ma Liang assumed the lavish meal meant the group wanted him to kill someone, but Man Sheng explained that the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits kept failing at artifact refining despite their extensive knowledge.
• Ma Liang insisted that Man Sheng recount every detail of what Xinghe had said when sending the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits to the palace.
• Man Sheng recalled that Xinghe had called them clumsy, sent them to the Artifact Refining Palace, and said they were suited to high-end artifact refining.
• Ma Liang declared that the phrase “high-end” was the crucial clue in Xinghe’s instructions.

Ma Liang interpreted Xinghe’s advice as a sign that Man Sheng and the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits should work on the highest level of artifact refining alongside Ouyang Ming. After their first attempt exploded, Man Sheng infused totems into a Light of Xinghe Gold Plate, creating a far more powerful dark-gold plate, and the three set out to tell Xinghe in person.

• Ma Liang persuaded Ouyang Ming and Man Sheng that the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits should focus on advanced artifact refining and collaborate with Ouyang Ming.
• Ouyang Ming had Man Sheng refine an Eight Formation Flags-level artifact, but the furnace exploded again.
• Ma Liang identified the Light of Xinghe plate as the current pinnacle of artifact refining and suggested they try making one together.
• As Ouyang Ming crafted a Light of Xinghe Gold Plate, Man Sheng infused it with totems, transforming it into a dark-gold plate with at least three times the power.
• Ma Liang convinced Ouyang Ming and Man Sheng to visit Xinghe in person, and the three dressed formally and headed to the Spirit Crane Palace.

Chu Xinghe was dragged to the Artifact Refining Palace, where a breakthrough by Ouyang Ming and Man Sheng proved that totems could greatly enhance spirit treasures. The Vast Heaven Holy Land realized its Taiyin Evil Spirits gave it control of the new method, leaving Chu Xinghe to remain unfazed as others credited him with planning it all.

• Man Sheng burst into Chu Xinghe’s room to announce that the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits had succeeded, and Ouyang Ming and Ma Liang arrived with him, breaking Chu Xinghe’s rocking chair in the commotion.
• Ouyang Ming and Ma Liang took Chu Xinghe to the Artifact Refining Palace, where Ouyang Ming presented the Light of Xinghe Dark Gold Plate to the gathered leaders of the Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• Elder He tested the plate and found that its power had increased three to four times, while Ouyang Ming and Man Sheng’s collaboration had established a new totem-based artifact-refining method.
• Elder He explained that totem-enhanced treasures could outperform ordinary treasures by at least fifty percent, making a new generation of spirit treasures likely to replace most existing ones.
• The leaders concluded that other factions could not reproduce the method without Taiyin Evil Spirits to teach the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits, giving the Vast Heaven Holy Land control of the market.
• Elder He praised Chu Xinghe for supposedly engineering the breakthrough, while Chu Xinghe silently tried to stay unfazed.

Chu Xinghe turned the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits’ totem-enhanced artifact work into a new source of losses by sending their dark gold plates to the Beast Taming Palace as feeding bowls. The plates and totem treasures drew attention across the Four Continents, but other powers could not learn the technique without the Taiyin Evil Spirits, leaving the White Spirit Evil Lord regretting that he had sold some to the Vast Heaven Holy Land.

• Man Sheng excitedly hugged Chu Xinghe, who shook off his stunned state and pressed the enormous Strength Barbarian Evil Spirit to the ground.
• Chu Xinghe ordered that the dark gold Light of Xinghe plates be given to the Beast Taming Palace to equip its demonic beasts, and Holy Lord Gu Mingchao approved the plan.
• Douding'er received the plate and silently resolved to give Chu Xinghe an even bigger surprise.
• Chu Xinghe saw that sending every dark gold plate to the Beast Taming Palace had sped up the Misfortune Compass, and counted the plates’ lack of returns as a loss.
• The dark gold plates and totem spiritual treasures became widely sought after, but visiting artifact refiners learned that the technique depended on Taiyin Evil Spirits available only through the Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• The White Spirit Evil Lord lamented that he had once sold Taiyin Evil Spirits to the Vast Heaven Holy Land and asked for help as his heart hurt.

Artifact refiners learned that the Totem Artifact Refining Technique could only be reproduced by teaching Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits, while faction leaders pressed Vast Heaven Holy Land for totem spirit treasures. As production training continued, Chu Xinghe worried the treasures would soon be mass-produced and decided he had to intervene.

• Artifact refiners learned that the Totem Artifact Refining Technique depended on Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits and could not be replicated outside Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• Cheng Xiaotian and other faction leaders offered to accept Ma Liang's free goods in exchange for totem spirit treasures, but the grand elder said the Light of Xinghe Dark Gold Plates were still being used to feed demonic beasts.
• The grand elder took the leaders to the Beast Taming Palace, where they saw Douding'er feeding demonic beasts with a Light of Xinghe Dark Gold Plate.
• People criticized Chu Xinghe in the Haotian Mirror for using divine artifacts to feed beasts, while Chu Xinghe insisted he was only following current affairs.
• Ouyang Ming and Man Sheng crafted plates in the mornings and taught the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits in the afternoons as faction leaders repeatedly asked about production.
• Chu Xinghe feared the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits would soon master the technique and enable mass production, so he decided to act before the situation worsened.