Recaps

Chu Xinghe sought losses through the Spirit Realm, costly cultivation support, and Ouyang Ming’s food research, but Ouyang Ming created the Light of Xinghe Silver Plate instead. Chu Xinghe diverted the plates to demonic beasts and sent the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits to disrupt artifact refining, leaving the disciples gathered for a food contest.

• Yuan Ying devised a lottery-slot resale scheme, and Tantai Jing profited while sharing resources with the Vast Heaven Holy Land under Yuan Ying’s name.
• Chu Xinghe welcomed the Spirit Realm’s resource consumption and approved costly Formation-Locking Jade recharging, then revived visitors’ interest in difficult inheritances by appearing to comprehend one.
• Ouyang Ming followed Chu Xinghe’s advice to study food and created the Light of Xinghe Silver Plate, which absorbed spiritual energy and empowered food.
• Chu Xinghe distributed Ouyang Ming’s forging method, but other refiners failed to reproduce it and bought large quantities of materials from the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce.
• Chu Xinghe diverted all the silver plates to Douding'er’s demonic beasts and promised delayed buyers tenfold compensation, while the recipient factions publicly reported smaller payments.
• Ouyang Ming developed stronger gold plates after Chu Xinghe discouraged cost cutting, and Douding'er requested them after finding they improved demonic-beast growth efficiency.
• Chu Xinghe sent Man Sheng and the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits to learn artifact refining, hoping their failures would disrupt Ouyang Ming’s research.
• Man Sheng repeatedly blew up furnaces and defeated Ouyang Ming in an eating contest, but he stopped early against Ouyang Ling in the Food King Championship as Elder He explained his clan’s eating limitation.

Chu Xinghe's attempts to waste resources instead produced Eyes of the Fire Phoenix, a new advancement path for Body Cultivators, and totem-enhanced spirit treasures. After diverting the new treasures to the Beast Taming Palace, he decided to act before their production expanded.

• Chu Xinghe tried to destroy forming Formation-Locking Jade with Phoenix Divine Fire but instead transformed it into the formation-enhancing Eye of the Fire Phoenix.
• The Grand Elder granted Zhao Dabao's demand for the first Eye of the Fire Phoenix, and a hunter murdered Zhao Dabao after he left the Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• Chu Xinghe diverted the Eyes of the Fire Phoenix to Body Cultivation disciples, and Qu Yifeng used their flames and his formation studies to reach the Martial God realm with a Golden Body Dharma Aspect.
• The Grand Elder reserved the Eyes of the Fire Phoenix for the Holy Land's disciples, while Ma Liang offered outside factions free Eyes.
• An Ying impersonated Chu Xinghe to survive the Land of Bewildered Spirits and attract rescuers, but Chu Xinghe refused to rescue him.
• Chu Xinghe encouraged Man Sheng's failed refining experiments, but Ma Liang redirected Man Sheng and Ouyang Ming toward creating a totem-enhanced Light of Xinghe Dark Gold Plate.
• Chu Xinghe sent the powerful new plates to the Beast Taming Palace, where Douding'er used one to feed demonic beasts as outside factions sought the exclusive treasures.
• Chu Xinghe feared that the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits would master the Totem Artifact Refining Technique and decided to intervene before mass production began.

Chu Xinghe moved the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits into pill refining, but their experiments produced automatic pill furnaces and taught them the Totem Artifact Refining Technique. While he avoided the Land of Bewildered Spirits and retreated into seclusion, Ouyang Ming, Ma Liang, and Wu Erke developed a mechanical means for the Taiyin Evil Spirits to use their knowledge.

• Chu Xinghe transferred every Strength Barbarian Evil Spirit to the Medicine King Palace and ordered them to work at pill furnaces without first learning medicinal ingredients.
• Chu Xinghe refused Hua Xichen's invitations to explore the Land of Bewildered Spirits and barred Vast Heaven Holy Land disciples from entering despite other factions returning with treasures.
• Ma Liang guided Mu Bai, Mu Xiaoqi, and Man Sheng toward totem-powered automatic pill refining, and their successful furnace experiments also taught the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits the Totem Artifact Refining Technique.
• Chu Xinghe delayed the totem artifact refining plan, supported cheaper pills and deferred payment for essential medicine, and received a Misfortune Compass reward that raised him to Peak Martial God.
• Chu Xinghe gained Divine Sense, discovered new sword fusion abilities in the Haotian Sword Casket, and entered seclusion while the automatic pill furnaces spread affordable medicine.
• Ouyang Ming and Ma Liang sought Wu Erke's help after failing to give the Taiyin Evil Spirits a way to use spiritual power.
• Wu Erke and Ouyang Ming built a conversion Eternal Life Jade Talisman and a mechanical ghost hand that Tai Chu operated to perform Ice Palm.
• Shen Chun brought Chu Xinghe out of seclusion to witness the ghost hand, and Elder He explained how mechanical bodies could expand combat abilities, professions, and access to techniques.

Chu Xinghe gathered several disciples at the Beast Taming Palace to keep them from disrupting his plans, but Ma Liang broke through and devised a blood pill to strengthen demonic beasts. Meanwhile, Fan Sheng lost part of his soul in the Land of Bewildered Spirits, and Chu Xinghe tried to derail the blood pill by stripping ingredients from its formula.

• Ouyang Ming and Wu Erke built a mechanical body that allowed the disabled Zhang Wei to walk again, and they credited Chu Xinghe with inspiring their research.
• Chu Xinghe assigned Ma Liang, Ouyang Ming, Mu Bai, Cheng Xiaotian, and the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits to the Beast Taming Palace.
• Chu Xinghe secured permission to open the first eight floors of the Technique Repository Tower to all disciples.
• Hua Xichen reported seeing Chu Xinghe in the Land of Bewildered Spirits, and the Great Sage and Elder He discovered that Fan Sheng had lost one of his three hun there.
• Ma Liang broke through to the Martial God realm and formed independent life and death Dharma Aspects after his pills and mental exertion strengthened his soul.
• Chu Xinghe ordered all three Ma Liangs to remain at the Beast Taming Palace and used the Xinghe Avatar to help watch them.
• Ma Liang and Douding'er obtained Man Sheng's blood to develop medicine for enlarging demonic beasts, and the gathered experts credited Chu Xinghe with planning the discovery.
• Chu Xinghe assigned the blood pill to Mu Xiaoqi to prevent its success, then crossed ingredients out of the formula that Mu Xiaoqi devised.