Recaps

The Hua Clan’s cursed tempering pool led to the discovery of the Craft God Mausoleum and an inheritance that stole talent from every failed candidate. As the curse threatened artifact refiners across the Three Continents, Chu Xinghe refused to risk Ouyang Ming, leaving the gathered powers waiting for a way forward.

• Hua Xichen foretold the Hua Clan’s annihilation, and Clan Head Hua and the clan celebrated before discovering that a curse in their quenching pool had ruined their spirit treasures.
• Chu Xinghe proposed that the Vast Heaven Holy Land buy the damaged treasures and send its own treasures through the Hua Clan’s pool, while factions across the Three Continents joined the scheme.
• When the pool’s spirit water vanished, Clan Head Hua and Clan Head Ning discovered the Craft God Mausoleum beneath it and confronted the Craft God’s corrupted curse-bound remains.
• Clan Head Hua and the Hua Clan’s talented refiners tried to claim the inheritance, but the Inheritance Spirit Orb stole their artifact-refining talent, prompting Hua Xichen to ask Chu Xinghe for help.
• Chu Xinghe refused to let Ouyang Ming risk his talent and offered the Hua Clan a century of support, so Clan Head Hua opened the mausoleum to anyone willing to claim the inheritance and serve the clan.
• Wu Man revealed that each failed candidate had strengthened the Inheritance Spirit Orb by adding stolen talent, and Elder He warned that destroying it could bring Heavenly Dao punishment upon artifact refiners.
• Artifact refiners continued entering the mausoleum while Tantai Jing’s Demonic Sect profited by selling supplies outside, and faction leaders gathered to ask Chu Xinghe how to avert the threat.
• Hua Xichen identified Ouyang Ming as the key to breaking the deadlock, but Gu Mingchao backed Chu Xinghe’s decision to keep him out, and Ouyang Ming asked Chu Xinghe for permission to enter anyway.

Ouyang Ming inherited the Craft God’s knowledge, while Chu Xinghe’s attempt to sabotage the Hua Clan’s rebuilt Quenching Pool instead gave it a powerful new function. As the Hua Clan recovered and the factions sought access to the pool, Spiritual Qi began draining from the Three Continents and the Evil Spirit Clan prepared to fight rather than surrender.

• Ouyang Ming entered the Craft God Mausoleum, received its inheritance, and survived the Curse Monster’s attempt to steal his and Chu Xinghe’s talents, while the stolen talents returned to their original owners.
• Ouyang Ming reached Divine Master Level but not Slight Understanding Level, then joined Wu Man and Ouyang Qingyan to rebuild the Quenching Pool and cleanse cursed spirit treasures.
• Chu Xinghe secretly directed curses into the Quenching Pool, but the treasures gained Curse Wound, and withdrawing the Flying Locust turned the formation into a Shadow Formation that could imbue any spirit treasure.
• Clan Head Hua accepted responsibility for the Quenching Pool and promised half its value to the Vast Heaven Holy Land, while Ma Liang negotiated lucrative service deals with factions across the Three Continents.
• The Wolf King discovered that Spiritual Qi was running dry across the Demon Star Continent and spreading toward the other continents, then set out for the Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• Bai Yu and the Evil Lords vowed that the Evil Spirit Clan would fight rather than surrender or be enslaved as the continents’ earth veins changed.

As Spiritual Qi dwindled, Chu Xinghe and Ma Liang organized Reverse Spirit Formations and negotiated for the Blood Spirit Stones needed to sustain them. Gui Li’s earth-vein formation restored Spiritual Qi and reunited the Evil Shadow Continent with the Three Continents, after which the Evil Lords surrendered to Gu Mingchao.

• The Wolf King warned the leaders that Spiritual Qi would soon decline across the Three Continents, and Gui Li proposed using Reverse Spirit Formations to release Spiritual Qi from spirit stones.
• Ma Liang persuaded the major powers to fund the formations by collecting a tenth of people’s resources, and Chu Xinghe’s reputation helped deter aristocratic families from resisting.
• The formations began consuming their resources instead of sustaining Spiritual Qi, so Chu Xinghe learned they required Blood Spirit Stones stockpiled by the great clans.
• Chu Xinghe signed a Heavenly Dao Contract offering the families the Holy Land’s future Blood Spirit Stones, then arranged for their stocks to supply formations that stabilized Spiritual Qi.
• Gui Li completed the Earth Vein Grand Formation, but after Chu Xinghe restored his memories with a Void Shadow Pill, Gui Li secretly altered the formation and tried to make it fail.
• The earth-vein formation succeeded, restored Spiritual Qi, and brought the Evil Shadow Continent into the same world as the Three Continents, reuniting the Four Continents.
• The White Spirit Evil Lord’s plan to reverse the Evil Shadow Continent’s earth veins helped bring about the merger, while Gui Li lost his memories and Chu Xinghe’s allies concluded he had erased them deliberately.
• The White Spirit Evil Lord and the other Evil Lords presented letters of surrender and tribute to Gu Mingchao, stunning Bai Yu and the gathered factions.

Chu Xinghe stabilized the Four Continents by turning the Evil Lords’ gifts into benefits for the people and offering aid to the great lineages. He then opened the Vast Heaven Holy Land to Evil Spirit disciples, while the White Spirit Evil Lord maneuvered to send Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits as applicants.

• The White Spirit Evil Lord defended the Evil Spirit divisions and offered an Earth Vein Fragment, while Chu Xinghe argued that keeping the Evil Lords alive would stabilize the Evil Shadow Continent.
• The Earth Vein Fragment and Earth Sha Evil Lord’s formation restored the Four Continents’ earth veins and upgraded Blood Spirit Stones into Crimson Crystals, which left Chu Xinghe bewildered by the Evil Lords’ gifts.
• Chu Xinghe used the contracts to reclaim the upgraded crystals from the great lineages, then offered the lineages free assistance in exchange for a share of their profits.
• Zheng Yu’s pledge led most lineages to offer the Vast Heaven Holy Land a share of their income, while Chu Xinghe withdrew to the Technique Repository Tower.
• Chu Xinghe proposed recruiting only Evil Spirit disciples to encourage unity, and Wu Man livestreamed his family’s move to Haotian City to show the Evil Spirit Clan everyday life in the Three Continents.
• Evil Spirits began traveling to the Three Continents for work and opportunities, while Heavenly Secrets Evil Spirits found success as fortune-tellers and other divisions’ members joined teams.
• The White Spirit Evil Lord arranged to send Strength Barbarian Evil Spirit slaves to Haotian City, forcing the Vast Heaven Holy Land to decide whether to accept them.
• Chu Xinghe promised to accept all Evil Spirit applicants who met the requirements, replaced Ma Liang as chief examiner, and removed the spiritual-power and medicine-refining assessments.