Vol. 16The Earth Veins Stir

Chu Xinghe guided the Vast Heaven Holy Land through the spirit-stone crisis, acquiring and restoring spirit mines while Gui Li repeatedly tried to sabotage the earth veins. The Earth Vein Grand Formation transformed the Three Continents’ spirit fields and drew the Evil Shadow Continent closer, while Gui Li severed contact with the Evil Lords, who postponed their next move.

  • Chu Xinghe helped Elder He overcome his Heart Demon and gain the Fate Divinity, while the Evil Lords plotted to delay the continents’ merger.
  • Chu Xinghe kept the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce expanding despite the spirit-stone shortage, leaving Qin Xiangqian to manage mounting losses.
  • Chu Xinghe directed the Vast Heaven Holy Land to buy struggling factions’ spirit mines under contracts promising their return.
  • Gui Li arrived and restored a ruined spirit mine, while the Holy Land acquired about a third of the Three Continents’ mines.
  • Gui Li restored the Three Continents’ earth veins and upgraded their spirit mines, then joined the Vast Heaven Holy Land as an outer disciple.
  • The Heavenly Dao Contracts blocked the mines’ return, and Chu Xinghe used his Divinity to break through to the Martial God realm while Gui Li resumed plotting against the earth veins.
  • Chu Xinghe enlisted Gui Li to restore the withering spirit fields, and the Earth Vein Grand Formation transformed them into holy fields and drew the Evil Shadow Continent closer.
  • Gui Li erased the Evil Lords’ trace from the Evil God Mask and cut contact with the Evil Shadow Continent, while the Evil Lords decided to wait for the Demon Star Continent’s earth veins to erupt.
Chapters 1501–1600 Read from Ch. 1501

Arc 61The Misfortune Compass Turns

Chu Xinghe helps Elder He break free of his Heart Demon and gain the Fate Divinity, while the Evil Lords plot to disrupt the continents’ merger. As a spirit-stone crisis devastates commerce, Chu Xinghe keeps the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce operating and expanding, leaving Qin Xiangqian to manage mounting losses.

  • Chu Xinghe entered Elder He’s Heart Demon Illusion Realm and repeatedly killed the Heart Demon, exhausting the realm’s treasures until Elder He retraced his past and remembered Miss Sheng.
  • The Holy Mother of Wujiang was revealed as Miss Sheng, and Elder He’s obsession broke, allowing him to receive the Fate Divinity and reach Half-Step Main God.
  • The White Spirit Evil Lord and the other Evil Lords planned to send Gui Li to alter the unstable earth veins and delay the continents’ merger.
  • Elder He suppressed Heart Demons across the Vast Heaven Holy Land, while Wang Tieniu reported that spirit mines throughout the Three Continents were losing their spiritual essence.
  • The Great Sage and White Tiger explained that the accelerated continental merger had diverted power from the mines, and the resulting shortage cut spirit-stone allowances and damaged the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce’s business.
  • Chu Xinghe made Qin Xiangqian president but refused to let him lay off staff or cut wages, and the Vast Heaven Holy Land ordered the chamber to maintain its workforce and open two new branches.
  • Qin Xiangqian received 170,000 job applications, including more than 3,000 prominent business figures, and Chu Xinghe told him to hire the elites despite the chamber’s losses.
  • Qin Xiangqian met with branch presidents who reported losses greater than outsiders expected, then decided to consult Ma Liang about Chu Xinghe’s intentions.
Chapters 1501–152525 summaries Read

Arc 62The Spirit Mine Gambit

Chu Xinghe guided the Vast Heaven Holy Land through a spirit-stone crisis and bought spirit mines from struggling factions under contracts that promised their return. As Gui Li arrived with the power to restore a ruined mine, the Holy Land gained a new opportunity while Chu Xinghe’s larger plan remained unclear.

  • Qin Xiangqian followed Ma Liang’s interpretation of Chu Xinghe’s hint and bought materials with spirit stones as their prices rose.
  • Xuanwu Sacred Venerable restored the Cui Clan’s Mystic Water Power with the Mysterious Water Grand Array, and the Heart of the Earth helped the clan recover its cultivation and upgrade spirit stones.
  • After the earth veins’ recovery was shortened to five years, Chu Xinghe directed the Vast Heaven Holy Land to buy spirit mines at their original value and sign contracts promising to return recovered mines intact.
  • The Demonic Sect offered only a fraction of the mines’ value, while Martial Emperor City joined the purchases and small factions sold their mines to survive the recovery period.
  • Gui Li arrived in the Three Continents with his memories mostly lost and helped rebuild Bamboo City using the powers of the Evil God Mask.
  • Gui Li used the Earth Sha Technique to restore the Purple Peak Sect’s spirit mine, and Sima Bian began to suspect Chu Xinghe had anticipated his arrival.
  • The Vast Heaven Holy Land acquired about a third of the Three Continents’ spirit mines, while Gui Li entered the sect determined to help build it up.
  • Azure Dragon demanded that Gu Mingchao and Ji Ya explain why his Azure Dragon Divine Hall bore the Haotian Grand Hall’s name.
Chapters 1526–155025 summaries Read

Arc 63The Earth Veins Awaken

Gui Li restored and upgraded the Three Continents’ spirit mines, while Chu Xinghe’s attempt to return them ran into the Heavenly Dao Contract and triggered his breakthrough to the Martial God realm. As Gui Li resumed his hidden mission, he continued earning the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s trust and joined the Civil Engineering Department.

  • Gui Li arrived at the Vast Heaven Holy Land with his memory apparently lost, and Chu Xinghe agreed to let him try restoring the spirit mines despite Elder He’s suspicions.
  • Gui Li secretly regained his memories, but Chu Xinghe mistook his genuine memory loss for an act and backed the plan to activate the Earth Vein Grand Formation.
  • Gui Li restored the Demon Star and Blazing Sun Continents’ earth veins, then activated the Spirit Beast Continent’s formation with help from Ji Ya, the clan leaders, and the Beast God.
  • The formation upgraded spirit mines across all Three Continents, and Gui Li joined the Vast Heaven Holy Land as an outer disciple as the Evil Shadow Continent approached.
  • The Heavenly Dao Contracts prevented the factions from simply reclaiming their mines, but Zheng Yu found a loophole that let Martial Emperor City keep the increased output while returning the original quantity of resources.
  • The Misfortune Compass counted the mines Zheng Yu bought as losses for the Vast Heaven Holy Land and sent Chu Xinghe into a breakthrough, allowing him to form a Divinity through his own power.
  • Chu Xinghe lured his Divinity into the Land of Bewildered Spirits, where Flying Locust’s array trapped it, and absorbed its power to enter the Martial God realm.
  • Gui Li regained his memories and resumed plotting to sabotage the earth veins, yet continued helping the Vast Heaven Holy Land and impressed the Azure Dragon Sacred Venerable with his work in the Civil Engineering Department.
Chapters 1551–157525 summaries Read

Arc 64The Earth Vein Grand Formation

Chu Xinghe guided the factions through a crisis in the Three Continents’ spirit fields while Gui Li’s attempts to sabotage the restoration repeatedly played into the Holy Land’s plans. The formation strengthened the fields and drew the Evil Shadow Continent closer, while Gui Li severed his final connection to the Evil Spirit Clan and the Evil Lords postponed their next move.

  • Gui Li endured relentless work in the Civil Engineering Department, then angrily attacked Chu Cheng in his hut as rumors spread that Chu Cheng was an immortal hero.
  • Chu Xinghe persuaded Vast Heaven Holy Land and the other major factions to postpone recruiting disciples until after the Four Continents merged, while Gui Li remained trapped at work.
  • As spirit fields across the Three Continents withered, Chu Xinghe enlisted Gui Li to restore them and secured the Heart of the Earth and shared funding from the factions.
  • Gui Li and Chu Xinghe each tried to make the Earth Vein Grand Formation fail, while Elder He discovered that it required a yin-polar Heart of the Earth.
  • Gui Li secretly changed the Heart of the Earth’s polarity, but Clan Head Cui’s intervention and Chu Xinghe’s maneuvers left it yin-polar when the formation activated.
  • The formation restored the spirit fields as holy fields with more than twice their former vitality, while its tremors cracked the Four Continents Barrier and drew the Evil Shadow Continent closer.
  • Gui Li told the Evil Lords he intended to build up Vast Heaven Holy Land, erased their trace from the Evil God Mask, and cut off contact with the Evil Shadow Continent.
  • The Evil Lords blamed Chu Xinghe’s Star Divination Art for their failures and agreed to wait for the Demon Star Continent’s earth veins to erupt, while Clan Head Hua welcomed the chance for the Hua Clan to be wiped out.
Chapters 1576–160025 summaries Read
Volume 16 of 24
Volume 16 of 24