Recaps

Old Master Wuyang’s assessment reshaped the sect rankings, while Ji Changfeng’s defeat brought his poison arts into the Vast Heaven Sect. The arc ended with Wan Lin and Hu Wenhai using Ji Changfeng’s Bewilderment Art and a Mirror Image Talisman to control a demonic beast, revealing Chu Xinghe’s plan.

• Old Master Wuyang praised the Vast Heaven Sect and Martial Emperor City but condemned the Cloud Firmament Sect, whose ranking fell to tenth after Xing Yushen’s injuries and a series of challenges.
• Chu Xinghe accepted Ji Changfeng’s challenge to protect Luo Ying’er, but Ji Changfeng was repeatedly knocked unconscious by Jiuli’s osmanthus cakes and then found that the sect’s members could consume his poison unharmed.
• Ji Changfeng admitted defeat, renounced the Poison Venerable title, and became the Vast Heaven Sect’s guest elder, agreeing to teach poison arts as the sect offered him resources for his research.
• The grand elder ordered Chu Xinghe to study under Ji Changfeng, and the two exchanged the Medicine Saint and Poison Saint inheritances while Chu learned poison and Bewilderment Arts.
• Wan Lin and Hu Wenhai made Mirror Image Talismans carrying her Charm Art, but the charms failed to control demonic beasts until Ma Liang identified Ji Changfeng’s Bewilderment Art as the missing part of the plan.
• Wu Qun and Luo Ying’er returned to the Heavenly Medicine Palace, where the elders dismissed Wu Qun’s account of the Vast Heaven Sect’s resources and repeatedly suppressed Luo Ying’er when she tried to run back.
• Wan Lin and Hu Wenhai used Ji Changfeng’s Bewilderment Art and a Mirror Image Talisman to charm a dazed demonic beast into obedience, and Ji Changfeng realized Chu Xinghe had sought his arts for this plan.

Chu Xinghe’s efforts to turn the Land of Wilderness into a resource-rich opportunity instead opened the way to Spirit Beast Island, where he and seven others began the sacred beasts’ trials. After passing the Azure Dragon and White Tiger challenges, Chu Xinghe received the Vermilion Bird’s fire and awakened a golden Phoenix’s divine power.

• Ji Changfeng realized Chu Xinghe’s demonic beast project combined the talents of Wan Lin, Hu Wenhai, and himself, while Hu Wenhai and Wan Lin demonstrated how the sect could control demonic beasts.
• The Vast Heaven Sect revealed its control methods, sold demonic beasts to other factions, and trained disciples, while Chu Xinghe arranged for Douding'er and the Savage Wilderness Tribes to teach the Beast Taming Art.
• Chu Xinghe and the Dark Moon Clan unleashed Universal Celebrations across the Land of Wilderness, and the final celebration opened a passage to Spirit Beast Island.
• Douding'er’s Spirit Communication Art led the sect leaders to the Beast God Talisman propping up Chu Xinghe’s table, and its activation revealed that it carried the Beast God’s Blessing.
• Chu Xinghe and seven other representatives entered Spirit Beast Island and passed the Azure Dragon’s trial, with Chu Xinghe reaching the star disc despite feeling no pressure.
• At the White Tiger Divine Hall, White Tiger explained that the first trial tested fear of failure, then offered Chu Xinghe his battle formations after Chu Xinghe forced him back with a formation of his own.
• Chu Xinghe repeatedly refused White Tiger’s inheritance, and the group completed the second formation despite each of the suspected saboteurs believing someone else had interfered.
• The Vermilion Bird’s flames entered Chu Xinghe harmlessly, and its gift awakened a golden Phoenix whose Bright Gold Divine Fire entered him as the Vermilion Bird knelt before him.

Chu Xinghe and his companions opened Spirit Beast Island, where Chu Xinghe defeated the Beast God’s attempt to possess him and gained the Power of Rebirth. As the Vast Heaven Sect raised Nebula Spirit Cats and the Savage Wilderness Tribes joined the sect, the Beast God’s attempts to recover his strength repeatedly backfired.

• Chu Xinghe and the others completed the four sacred formations, opening Spirit Beast Island and repairing the spacetime rift, while the factions received sacred beast blessings.
• The Beast God tried to possess Chu Xinghe, but Chu Xinghe thwarted its attacks and made it sacrifice part of its soul to grant the Power of Rebirth before forcing it into the Beast God Talisman as Little Beast.
• Chu Xinghe offered the Power of Rebirth to factions on good terms with the Vast Heaven Sect, and the sect’s reputation drew a flood of applicants seeking membership.
• Chu Xinghe chose Nebula Spirit Cats for the Vast Heaven Sect because they required enormous resources to raise, and the sect sent five thousand disciples to tame them.
• The Beast God’s efforts to regain power from the cats’ growth were repeatedly undone by Chu Xinghe’s misfortune, and it eventually helped the disciples tame the cats without spending resources.
• The Beast God bestowed taming marks on the Vast Heaven Sect’s disciples, then sent Douding'er an inheritance containing a complete cat-raising guide and the Spirit Beast Mystic Art.
• Douding'er tested Chu Xinghe by pretending the Savage Wilderness Tribes would leave, then pledged the tribes to join the Vast Heaven Sect as its Beast Taming Palace after he supported their return home.
• Gu Mingchao welcomed the tribes and promised they could preserve their customs, while Douding'er offered to teach every disciple the Spirit Beast Mystic Art, leaving Chu Xinghe stunned.

Chu Xinghe helped the Vast Heaven Sect share the Spirit Beast Mystic Art, protect Wei Xin by reviving him as Wei Buhui, and expose the Cloud Firmament Sect’s spies. He then organized the Spirit Beast Grand Prix while secretly trying to make the Vast Heaven Sect lose, but Feng Yuzheng’s cat defeated Ye Suifeng’s Lightning Earth Dragon in the opening match.

• Douding'er passed the Spirit Beast Mystic Art to the Vast Heaven Sect, and Chu Xinghe persuaded the sect to share a weaker version with friendly factions for resources and influence.
• The Nebula Spirit Cats developed new abilities across the palaces, while Wei Xin became a Soul Master and the sect discovered his history as a Cloud Firmament Sect spy.
• Chu Xinghe killed Wei Xin in accordance with sect rules, then used the Power of Rebirth to revive him as Wei Buhui and promised to protect his new life as a Vast Heaven Sect disciple.
• Wei Buhui and Chu Xinghe exposed the Cloud Firmament Sect’s spies, triggering mass arrests, business blockades, and a collapse in the sect’s reputation.
• After the Vast Heaven Sect claimed the Land of Wilderness, Chu Xinghe proposed the Spirit Beast Grand Prix, offering major prizes and the Spirit Beast Mystic Art to attract contestants.
• Chu Xinghe selected Feng Yuzheng, Mu Bai, Ouyang Ming, Ouyang Ling, and himself for the Vast Heaven Sect team, while privately planning for them to lose.
• The Grand Prix began in Spirit Beast City, and Ye Suifeng drew Chu Xinghe’s team as his advancement-round opponent, and Chu Xinghe planted a note to keep Ye from surrendering.
• Feng Yuzheng’s Nebula Spirit Cat dodged Ye Suifeng’s Lightning Earth Dragon and struck it down with a pawful of starlight.