Recaps

The Spirit Communication Pagoda’s destruction reunited the three continents and transformed Gu Mingchao, while Tantai Jing dismantled the Spirit Beast Continent’s Demonic Sect through violence, deception, and alliances. The arc ended with Empress Ji Ya visiting the Vast Heaven Sect and mistaking Gu Mingchao’s gray roof tiles for profound Dao Porcelain.

• Gu Mingchao absorbed the Beast God’s spine as the Spirit Communication Pagoda shattered, while Ji Ya fused with the Four Saints’ remains and reached Peak Mystic God.
• Gu Mingchao emerged with Half-Step Main God physical strength, spared Clan Head Ning no slaps, and helped Xing Yushen overcome his hatred of the Vast Heaven Sect.
• The three continents reunited, and Ji Moran’s ownerless Xuanwu Spirit Beast Talisman bonded with Clan Head Ning before the Ning Clan suffered a string of bizarre mishaps.
• Tantai Jing retaliated against the Soulless Sect for attacking Demon Demon Express, then ambushed Shen Yue and secretly arranged a betting scam that blamed the deceased Yin Soul Patriarch.
• Tantai Jing enlisted the Cui Clan by exploiting rumors about Qiu Tian and Liu Xing, then attacked Demonic Sect factions while the Cui Clan restrained Qiu Tian and took control of their businesses.
• Tantai Jing declared that the Demonic Sect had avenged its attacks on Demon Demon Express couriers and planned to expand its business network across the Spirit Beast Continent.
• The Ning Clan blamed the Vast Heaven Sect for its misfortunes and discussed retaliation as Chu Xinghe emerged from seclusion.
• Empress Ji Ya visited the Vast Heaven Sect to meet Gu Mingchao, praised his supposed unified Dao, and asked to see his Dao Porcelain, which Chu Xinghe recognized as dull gray roof tiles.

Chu Xinghe turned the Vast Heaven Sect’s price war and Ancient Spirit Temple ticket plan into opportunities to lose resources while helping the sect and smaller factions. As the temple opened with costs ten times higher than usual, White Tiger’s formation work unexpectedly began restoring his remnant soul.

• Ji Ya praised Gu Mingchao’s plain Dao porcelain, sending potters and sects after his work as Cheng Xiaotian’s kiln breakthrough inspired others to fire porcelain.
• Chu Xinghe led the Vast Heaven Sect into a price war with the Ning Clan, driving medicine prices below cost while Hua Xichen’s prophecy predicted both sides would lose and Chu Xinghe would win.
• The sect held its New Year awards, where Chu Xinghe was named its most hated person and Chu Cheng’s blood-written ballot showed his defiance.
• The Ning Clan challenged the Vast Heaven Sect to a poison contest, but Ouyang Ling’s concoction turned its Earth Spirit Gushing Spring pink and ended the price war in Chu Xinghe’s favor.
• Chu Xinghe proposed selling Ancient Spirit Temple tickets at twice the usual price while promising refunds or covering higher costs, giving smaller factions and Rogue Cultivators a chance to enter.
• The Ning Clan and Demonic Sect exploited the ticket offer by buying in bulk, while Chu Xinghe ordered Ma Liang to sell tickets to everyone who wanted them.
• Chu Xinghe helped White Tiger build a holy-land-level mountain formation, repeatedly producing extraordinary formations by trying to make mistakes, and White Tiger partially restored his remnant soul through enlightenment.
• As the Ancient Spirit Temple opened, White Tiger activated the formation’s first layer, and its second beam revealed that entry required ten times the usual offerings, delighting Chu Xinghe.

Chu Xinghe's attempts to spend resources failed when the Four Sacred Beasts granted universal temple access and ticket buyers refused refunds. Inside the Ancient Divine Domain, his companions amassed resources and secret arts despite the Beast God's interference, while Hua Xichen reached the Beast God Hall and received a warning to retreat.

• The Four Sacred Beasts granted everyone temple access, and Chu Xinghe's refunds left a massive profit when the Ning Clan and Demonic Sect denied buying tickets.
• The Beast God sealed the Vast Heaven Sect's eligibility for the Ancient Divine Domain, but Clan Head Ning's Beast-Subduing Bell interrupted the seal and allowed them to enter.
• The Beast God assigned Chu Xinghe to the Spirit Race faction and supplied the opposing Beast Race faction with secret arts, resources, and treasures.
• The Three Shadow Rat Brothers copied the Mountain-Splitting Axe with Shadow Clone and swept through Beast Race territories while Hua Xichen searched for the Beast God Treasure Vault.
• Tantai Jing and Wei Buhui formed the Scourge Legion from zombies and souls, extracting secret techniques and plundering both the Beast Race and the Spirit Race.
• Ning Jisheng raided Chu Xinghe's camp, but Huang Ritian and the Civil Engineering Department disciples defeated and captured the Ning Clan attackers.
• Chu Xinghe kept the Ning Clan captives for healing and daily sparring, and the Civil Engineering Department disciples also forced them to build treasure vaults.
• Hua Xichen followed the Great Prophecy Art to the Beast God Hall, where the divine character “Retreat!” appeared before him.

Chu Xinghe helped defeat the Beast God Heart Demon and returned with the Beast God’s Heart and Beast Taming Arts. Later, he guided Feng Yuzheng’s mine-seeking efforts, protecting him from the danger of his Spirit Shepherd power while the Cui and Ning Clans pursued their own plans.

• Hua Xichen recognized the danger at the Beast God Hall, killed Ming Chenghai when he threatened him, and sent a warning to Chu Xinghe before falling to the controlled prodigies.
• Chu Xinghe fought through the bewitched prodigies as the Beast God Heart Demon emerged, then the Beast God rescued him and helped the survivors escape the Ancient Divine Domain.
• The Beast God sealed the Heart Demon in the Beast God Talisman, but it broke free, so Chu Xinghe returned and fused with the Beast God to fight it.
• Chu Xinghe used the Evil Repeller and his accumulated misfortune to draw down the Heavenly Dao, whose lightning destroyed the Heart Demon and its blood pool.
• Chu Xinghe gave the Beast God Heart to the Beast God, received the Beast Taming Arts, and returned from the Ancient Divine Domain with the sect’s resources intact.
• Chu Xinghe sent Feng Yuzheng and Wang Tieniu to buy spirit mines, and their many early failures gave way to discoveries of rare and valuable ores.
• Clan Head Cui used the Xuanwu Shell to suppress Feng Yuzheng’s Spirit Shepherd ability, while Chu Xinghe sold Feng Yuzheng’s selected mines to the Ning Clan and later bought other mines himself.
• Chu Xinghe exposed the danger that frequent use of Spirit Shepherd powers consumed lifespan, prompting Feng Yuzheng to rely on cultivation instead as the Vast Heaven Sect secured mines for a thousand years.