Recaps

Chu Xinghe repeatedly tried to earn punishment and expulsion, but his accidents and choices brought him cultivation, honors, and a leadership role. After leading the Vast Heaven Sect disciples through a clash with the Huang Clan, he reached the spirit cave expecting to be blamed for a delay, only to learn they had arrived early.

• Chu Xinghe confessed to the Grand Elder about the deaths in his trial, but the Grand Elder revealed the dead disciples were spies and promoted Chu Xinghe while demoting Chu Cheng.
• Chu Xinghe caused explosions in Vermilion Bird Hall and Medicine King Palace, awakening Vermilion Bird Spirit Fire and receiving Medicine Saint Lu Changfeng’s inheritance.
• Chu Xinghe guided disciples in the Spirit Tomb, where the Haotian Sword Casket chose him and Gu Mingchao offered to teach him Haotian Battle Intent.
• Chu Xinghe ordered three million Shen Spirit Herbs with the Haotian Token, and the Grand Elder confined him for three months after discovering the purchase.
• The Vast Heaven Sect turned the herb order into a bargain for one hundred places in a spirit grotto, lifted Chu Xinghe’s confinement, and appointed him leader of the expedition.
• Chu Xinghe led disciples to avenge Ma Liang by forcing the Huang Clan to surrender Huang Shaohua, whose arm Ma Liang severed.
• Chu Xinghe took responsibility for the group’s delay and reached the spirit cave, where Guo Qizhen told him the Vast Heaven Sect had arrived half a day early.

Chu Xinghe's attempts to fail instead brought the Vast Heaven Sect spirit liquid, financial gains, and victories over visiting rivals. After buying the supposedly worthless Tianyi Spirit Mine, he improved miner disciples' treatment and left the sect facing demands from other powers for his punishment.

• Chu Xinghe led the Vast Heaven Sect to spirit liquid, rescued the three sects from monsters, and received all the remaining liquid after they refused their shares.
• Chu Xinghe bought gifts for the sect and forced Qin Xiangqian to sell raw stones that proved low-grade, earning praise while the Misfortune Compass rewarded him for the portion Qin Xiangqian had retained.
• Chu Xinghe refined the sect's Marrow-Cleansing Pills for two months and reached fifth-grade alchemy before preparing to lose against the visiting rival sects.
• Wan Lin lost to Xiao Ling and then comprehended Staff Intent, Ma Liang drew with Zheng Bo, and Chu Xinghe accidentally defeated Zheng Yu while injuring Big Rhinoceros and Xiao Ling.
• Chu Xinghe tried to explode his furnace during his contest with Luo Ying'er but instead produced a divine-grade pill and secured the Heavenly Medicine Palace's defeat.
• Gu Mingchao entrusted Chu Xinghe with replacing the exhausted No. 1 Spirit Mine, and Chu Xinghe bought the supposedly dead Tianyi Spirit Mine despite widespread ridicule.
• Chu Xinghe took Wang Tieniu under his wing and used the Haotian Token to improve miners' meals, rest, clothing, and cultivation benefits despite Qin Xiangqian's warnings.
• Miner disciples celebrated Chu Xinghe's reforms, miners from other sects demanded equal treatment, and Gu Mingchao defended his intentions as other powers demanded his punishment.

Chu Xinghe survived capture by the Demonic Shadow Sect and returned to the Vast Heaven Sect, where his unlikely successes brought him acclaim and new responsibilities. He championed the struggling Ouyang Lineage, and its failed forging test ended with the discovery that Ouyang Ming had inherited part of a lost technique.

• Chu Xinghe’s stone-pointing choice turned the Tianyi Spirit Mine into a treasure trove, but he left Spirit City and was captured after drawing the Demonic Shadow Sect away from Zheng Yu.
• Chu Xinghe feigned defection, gave Meng Yong the Divine Stone-Pointing Art and Haotian Battle Intent, then escaped after the battle intent caused Meng Yong to explode and he fought his way through the sect’s forces.
• Feng Yuyan sheltered the wounded Chu Xinghe, who revealed his identity after driving off Liu Chong and Liu Jingkuo, and the Vast Heaven Sect rewarded the Feng Lineage for helping him.
• The Vast Heaven Sect and Martial Emperor City prepared to retaliate against the Demonic Shadow Sect, but the sect evacuated Demonic Shadow City, and Chu Xinghe returned home to be praised and ordered to study the Technique Repository Tower.
• Chu Xinghe encouraged the Thunder Palace disciples to cultivate the Thunderclap Art in reverse, and they broke through successfully, and he also persuaded the Vast Heaven Sect to support the struggling Ouyang Lineage.
• Chu Xinghe welcomed Ouyang Ming and Ouyang Ling despite others’ mockery, then defended them at a banquet where Wan Lin shattered the spirit weapons presented by the Liu and Wang Lineages.
• The Liu and Wang Lineages demonstrated their forging skill, while Ouyang Ming’s first furnace exploded and his second attempt produced only a low-grade sword.
• Elder He recognized cloud patterns in Ouyang Ming’s sword, and Gu Mingchao identified them as traces of the lost Cloud-Piercing Hammer Technique, and Ouyang Ling revealed that Ouyang Ming had partly comprehended it.

Chu Xinghe saved the Ouyang Lineage, created the Evil Repeller Pill, and oversaw a recruitment round that admitted three thousand disciples despite his efforts to reject talented candidates. The Ouyang Lineage reclaimed its ancestral home, where Ouyang Ling discovered the complete Sacred Heart Spirit Imbuing inheritance.

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