Chapter Summaries

Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord was ostracized after claiming Chu Xinghe had paid eightfold compensation, while the other factions insisted on sevenfold. Meanwhile, Ouyang Ming unveiled an improved golden plate and explained how he had corrected his artifact-refining approach, leaving Chu Xinghe baffled by Ouyang Ming’s praise and blame.

• Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord claimed he had received eightfold compensation, and White Spirit Evil Lord and the other big shots challenged him to prove it with a Heavenly Dao Contract.
• Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord stayed silent because Chu Xinghe had actually paid tenfold, and the factions settled on publicly reporting sevenfold compensation.
• Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord asked the Grand Elder to announce the tenfold payment, but the Grand Elder rejected him and had him escorted out of Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• Ouyang Ming showed Chu Xinghe a golden plate that enhanced fruit more strongly than the previous silver plate, then offered Chu Xinghe both pieces to taste.
• Ouyang Ming explained that he had abandoned using lower-grade materials after discovering they weakened spiritual treasures’ durability, especially under extreme conditions.
• Ouyang Ming thanked Chu Xinghe for supposedly steering him away from a costly mistake, and Chu Xinghe wondered why Ouyang Ming had turned the conversation into an accusation.

Ouyang Ming made gold Light of Xinghe plates after realizing the risks of cutting costs, while Chu Xinghe tried to reassure himself that their benefits would take decades to pay off. Back at the Spirit Crane Palace, Chu Xinghe was visited by Man Sheng, who said he felt awful, but the chapter ended before he explained why.

• Ouyang Ming thanked Chu Xinghe for guiding him away from cutting costs and returned to the Artifact Refining Palace to craft gold plates.
• Douding'er tested the gold plates and said they improved demonic-beast growth efficiency by about a third, so she asked Ouyang Ming to replace their silver plates.
• Chu Xinghe told Douding'er to continue her research at a normal pace, then returned to the Spirit Crane Palace to relax.
• Man Sheng arrived at Chu Xinghe's room and, looking bashful despite his imposing appearance, said he felt awful.

Man Sheng worried that the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits were not contributing enough to the Vast Heaven Holy Land, so Ma Liang and Chu Xinghe tried to reassure him. Chu Xinghe then saw a chance to turn their lack of experience into an advantage and sent them to the Artifact Refining Palace.

• Man Sheng told Senior Brother Xinghe that the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits felt useless because their treasure-hunting earned less than Zang Ling’s sales.
• Ma Liang told Man Sheng that the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits’ role was to fight for the sect and suggested he ask Senior Brother Xinghe for advice.
• Man Sheng went to Chu Xinghe, who assured him that every disciple could contribute in their own way.
• When Man Sheng asked whether Chu Xinghe feared they would cause losses, Chu Xinghe realized their inexperience could help him and sent them to the Artifact Refining Palace to assist Ouyang Ming.

Chu Xinghe sent the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits to the Artifact Refining Palace, claiming they had a gift for the craft. After they learned advanced techniques but could not apply them, he watched Ouyang Ming struggle and celebrated that the disruption would halt Ouyang Ming’s research and damage the palace.

• Chu Xinghe ordered Man Sheng and the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits to study artifact refining, insisting they start with the finest techniques.
• Man Sheng brought the group to the Artifact Refining Palace, where Ouyang Ming questioned the order but agreed to follow Chu Xinghe’s arrangements.
• Ouyang Ming taught the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits the Ouyang Lineage’s best artifact-refining techniques, and Tai Chu used the Taiyin Evil Spirits’ method to instill them in their minds.
• The Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits memorized the theories but could not put them into practice, and Tai Chu refused Ouyang Ming’s request to teach them again.
• Chu Xinghe secretly watched Ouyang Ming’s confusion and expected the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits to disrupt the Artifact Refining Palace and stop Ouyang Ming’s research.

Man Sheng’s enormous appetite defeated Ouyang Ming in a cold-noodle contest, prompting the Ouyang Lineage to call on Ouyang Ling to defend its reputation in a food championship. Ouyang Ling appeared to win when Man Sheng could not eat more, while Elder He explained that Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits only ate huge amounts in one sitting; the crowd then asked why the Ouyang Lineage and Chu Xinghe could keep eating.

• Man Sheng answered Ouyang Ming’s artifact-refining questions perfectly but repeatedly blew up his furnace, then beat him in a cold-noodle contest.
• Ouyang Ming summoned Ouyang Ling to face Man Sheng in a decisive food contest the next morning.
• Disciples from across the Vast Heaven Holy Land gathered to watch Ouyang Ling and Man Sheng compete in the first Food King Championship.
• Ouyang Ling began devouring pork knuckles, but Man Sheng stopped eating after more than ten, leaving the crowd to suspect foul play.
• Elder He explained that Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits could eat huge amounts at once but could not eat again afterward, and the Ouyang Lineage celebrated its apparent victory.
• A disciple asked why the Ouyang Lineage and Chu Xinghe could keep eating, and Elder He said he knew the answer about Chu Xinghe.

Chu Xinghe celebrated Ouyang Ming’s victory as the number one cold noodle killer and waited anxiously for a backstab that never came, while in the Spirit Realm, lucky Rogue Cultivator Zhao Dabao failed to comprehend a seven-colored inheritance but won another entry slot. The chapter ended with Zhao Dabao convinced his fortune would let him succeed on his next attempt.

• Elder He explained that Chu Xinghe could eat so much because his transformed body converted food into strength, and Ouyang Ming reclaimed the title of number one cold noodle killer as the Artifact Refining Palace began a fifteen-day celebration.
• Chu Xinghe returned to the Spirit Crane Palace singing about failure, but Senior Brother Shen Chun startled him before leaving in a drunken stumble; Chu Xinghe then spent the night and following days waiting for a backstab that never came.
• Favored geniuses entering the Spirit Realm struggled to comprehend the seven-colored inheritances, and even Cui Wuming failed to understand anything useful.
• Zhao Dabao, a Sixth Rank Rogue Cultivator famed for his luck, entered the Spirit Realm hoping to comprehend a Main God-level inheritance, but his first attempt failed.
• Zhao Dabao won a second entry slot and celebrated, certain that his good fortune would help him succeed next time.

Zhao Dabao stopped wasting his Spirit Realm visits on the Seven-Colored Inheritance Spirit Orb and successfully comprehended a silver inheritance, whose shattered orb began forming a Formation-Locking Jade. As news brought the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s senior figures rushing over, Shen Chun told Chu Xinghe that something big had happened, and Chu Xinghe braced for the Misfortune Compass’s long-awaited blow.

• Zhao Dabao was repeatedly drawn into the Spirit Realm but failed again and again to comprehend the Seven-Colored Inheritance Spirit Orb.
• Zhao Dabao decided to pursue a practical inheritance instead and began comprehending the silver New Moon Gold Art.
• Zhao Dabao completed the inheritance, and the shattered silver Inheritance Spirit Orb gathered into the embryonic form of a Formation-Locking Jade.
• News of the Formation-Locking Jade spread through the Vast Heaven Holy Land, bringing its senior figures to the site.
• Chu Xinghe worried that the Misfortune Compass was preparing a major setback after days without a backstab, and Shen Chun appeared to announce that something big had happened.

Chu Xinghe followed Shen Chun to the Spirit Realm, where the Vast Heaven Holy Land discovered that Inheritance Spirit Orbs could produce Formation-Locking Jade, restoring an inexhaustible supply. After Elder Ling warned that flame power could destroy all Formation-Locking Jade while it formed, Chu Xinghe saw a chance to act against the Misfortune Compass.

• Shen Chun told Chu Xinghe that something had happened in the Spirit Realm, and Chu Xinghe followed him there.
• Chu Xinghe found the holy land’s leaders and Formation Spirit Palace disciples gathered around Formation-Locking Jade forming from an Inheritance Spirit Orb.
• Elder Ling explained that comprehending an inheritance reshaped spiritual power and caused Formation-Locking Jade to condense, while the Lord of Purity could restore the consumed orb.
• Elder Ling warned that flame power entering the forming jade could make all Formation-Locking Jade disappear forever, so the Holy Lord quickly retreated.
• Chu Xinghe realized he could use flame power to destroy the Formation-Locking Jade and decided the time had come to act.

Chu Xinghe used Phoenix Divine Fire to destroy the forming Formation-Locking Jade, but the flames transformed it into the legendary Eye of the Fire Phoenix. The White Tiger Holy Venerable took the new artifact and tested its blade-like power.

• Chu Xinghe sent his Phoenix Divine Fire at the forming Formation-Locking Jade, causing it to crack apart and spread flames through every Inheritance Spirit Orb.
• A vortex formed from the flames and produced the Eye of the Fire Phoenix, astonishing Elder He and the others.
• Elder He explained that the Eye had formed because Phoenix Divine Fire fused with the Fire of Nirvanic Rebirth, upgrading the jade throughout the Spirit Realm.
• Chu Xinghe realized the Misfortune Compass had turned his attempt to ruin the jade into its transformation, while Elder Ling's prediction that the jade would disappear still came true.
• Elder He handed the Eye of the Fire Phoenix to the White Tiger Holy Venerable, who swung it and thrust with its blade.

The White Tiger Holy Venerable demonstrated that the Eye of the Fire Phoenix could preserve and amplify formations, making it a powerful rival to Formation-Locking Jade. As everyone credited Chu Xinghe with planning the discovery, he privately blamed the Misfortune Compass, until Zhao Dabao asked if the Eye belonged to him.

• The White Tiger Holy Venerable engraved an ice formation into the Eye of the Fire Phoenix and found that its flames boosted the formation’s power by twenty percent.
• The White Tiger Holy Venerable engraved a Flame Formation, which the Eye upgraded and doubled in power, astonishing the formation masters.
• The people present realized the Eye of the Fire Phoenix could transform formation masters’ strength and would be highly sought after across the Four Continents.
• Ma Liang and Elder Ling praised Chu Xinghe’s timing and assumed he had deliberately prepared the discovery, while Chu Xinghe privately blamed the Misfortune Compass for turning the tables on him.
• Zhao Dabao asked whether the Eye of the Fire Phoenix should belong to him, drawing everyone’s attention.

Zhao Dabao demanded the Eye of the Fire Phoenix, claiming his enlightenment had caused it to appear, while everyone condemned his greed. Vast Heaven Holy Land’s elders ordered Shen Chun to give him the treasure, leaving Zhao Dabao to flee with it and face the danger of carrying such a valuable prize.

• Zhao Dabao claimed the Eye of the Fire Phoenix should belong to him because he had gained enlightenment in the Spirit Realm.
• Chu Xinghe and Zheng Yu recognized that the Eye belonged to Vast Heaven Holy Land, while people across the Four Continents mocked Zhao Dabao’s demand.
• Tantai Jing ordered the Demonic Sect’s disciples not to imitate Zhao Dabao’s shamelessness.
• The grand elder, with Gu Mingchao and the other elders’ approval, told Shen Chun to give Zhao Dabao the Eye of the Fire Phoenix.
• Zhao Dabao snatched the Eye and fled, while Chu Xinghe realized the treasure would put Zhao Dabao in mortal danger.

Zhao Dabao accepted the Eye of the Fire Phoenix and was killed by a hunter shortly after leaving the Vast Heaven Holy Land, while Tantai Jing explained that the holy land could have rewarded and protected him if he had accepted its resources instead. His death warned the Four Continents against claiming what they could not defend, and the various powers sent disciples into the Spirit Realm to help produce more Eyes of the Fire Phoenix.

• Zhao Dabao left the Vast Heaven Holy Land with the Eye of the Fire Phoenix and was murdered by a cloaked hunter less than ten li away.
• News of Zhao Dabao’s death spread across the Four Continents, and people recognized that hunters had targeted him for the treasure rather than the Vast Heaven Holy Land having ordered his killing.
• Tantai Jing said Zhao Dabao could have received wealth, protection, and possibly a place as an outer sect disciple if he had accepted the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s help instead of fixating on the Eye.
• Chu Xinghe realized the Grand Elder had understood that giving Zhao Dabao the Eye would make him a target and warn others not to demand what was not theirs.
• The various powers sent their disciples into the Spirit Realm to comprehend useful Inheritance Spirit Orbs and produce more Eyes of the Fire Phoenix for future purchase.

The Eye of the Fire Phoenix’s broad benefits made factions rush to buy them, so the Grand Elder allowed visitors to purchase the Eyes their disciples comprehended while prioritizing Vast Heaven Holy Land’s own formation disciples. Chu Xinghe saw a chance to waste the surplus by giving it to Body Cultivation disciples, who could not use formations.

• As factions recognized that the Eye of the Fire Phoenix strengthened formations and benefited many areas of sect life, their leaders pressed Vast Heaven Holy Land to sell them.
• The Grand Elder decided that outside factions could buy Eyes produced by their own disciples’ comprehensions, while Vast Heaven Holy Land prioritized equipping its formation disciples.
• Ma Liang suggested giving the Eyes away for free, but the Grand Elder rejected the idea, and Ma Liang lamented that the visitors had missed out on free stuff.
• Gui Li brought 315 Eyes of the Fire Phoenix to the Formation Spirit Palace and told Ling Yun to give them to junior formation disciples rather than Body Cultivation disciples.
• Chu Xinghe realized that equipping Body Cultivation disciples with surplus Eyes would waste them and reduce how many Vast Heaven Holy Land could sell.

Chu Xinghe reprimanded Gui Li for prioritizing formation disciples and ordered every Eye of the Fire Phoenix to go to the Body Cultivation disciples first. Qu Yifeng eventually tested one and discovered it had an unexpected use, but the chapter ended before revealing what it was.

• Chu Xinghe argued that the Body Cultivation disciples deserved equal treatment and ordered Gui Li to supply them with all the Eyes of the Fire Phoenix first.
• Qu Yifeng and the other Body Cultivation disciples protested that they had no use for the Eyes, but Chu Xinghe insisted they take and use them.
• Gui Li stopped the Eyes of the Fire Phoenix from being sold to the Heavenly Medicine Palace, prompting Wu Qun to take the dispute to the Grand Elder.
• The Grand Elder and others were bewildered by Chu Xinghe's decision, but the Eyes were delivered to the Body Cultivation disciples.
• Qu Yifeng used an Eye of the Fire Phoenix and realized it had an unexpected function.

Qu Yifeng absorbed the Phoenix Divine Fire from the Eye of the Fire Phoenix and, with the holy lord’s guidance, used his Qi and Blood Furnace to endure its destruction and regeneration of his body. He emerged as a Fleshly Body Martial God, opening a path for Body Cultivation to reach the Martial God realm through a Golden Body Dharma Aspect.

• Qu Yifeng concluded that Senior Brother Xinghe had a deeper purpose for giving the Body Cultivation disciples the Eye of the Fire Phoenix, then realized its Phoenix Divine Fire might be absorbed into his body.
• Qu Yifeng absorbed the flames and caught fire, while the Body Cultivation disciples failed to extinguish them and summoned the elders and holy lord.
• The holy lord told Qu Yifeng to stop resisting, activate his Body Cultivation Furnace, and absorb the flames; Qu Yifeng used his Qi and Blood to merge with the fire as it destroyed and reforged his body.
• Golden patterns appeared on Qu Yifeng’s metallic body, and Elder Ling Mou identified them as a Magic Array rather than a formation.
• Qu Yifeng’s power erupted and his body grew into a golden giant, revealing that he had entered the Martial God realm and formed a Golden Body Dharma Aspect.

Qu Yifeng used the Eye of the Fire Phoenix and magic arrays to break through the Ninth Rank and form a Golden Body Dharma Aspect, revealing a path for Body Cultivators to become Martial Gods. The elders credited Chu Xinghe with planning the breakthrough, while Chu Xinghe remained baffled by their explanation as they celebrated the future of Body Cultivation.

• Qu Yifeng unleashed a full-power strike in his Golden Body Dharma Aspect, and Gu Mingchao found its strength far greater than that of an ordinary Martial God.
• Chu Xinghe arrived at the Formation Spirit Palace and saw Qu Yifeng's transformation as the Body Cultivation disciples celebrated their breakthrough.
• Elder Ling Mou realized the disciples had studied formations so they could use them as the foundation for inscribing magic arrays on their bodies.
• Elder He explained that the Eye of the Fire Phoenix let the disciples absorb Phoenix Divine Fire and combine it with their Power of Qi and Blood to form Golden Body Dharma Aspects.
• The elders praised Chu Xinghe for opening the path to Martial God advancement and overcoming Body Cultivators' weaknesses, while Chu Xinghe privately admitted he did not understand what had happened.

Qu Yifeng used the formations he had studied at Chu Xinghe’s command to forge a Golden Body and break through to the Martial God realm, overcoming many of Body Cultivation’s weaknesses. The chapter left Chu Xinghe insisting that his plans were still going well, despite the Eye of the Fire Phoenix’s unexpected effects.

• The chapter explained how Body Cultivation offered powerful endurance and a path for people without spiritual roots, but left cultivators vulnerable to distance, flight, and formations.
• Qu Yifeng broke through to the Martial God realm by inscribing dozens of formations on his body in the instant Phoenix Divine Fire ignited his Power of Qi and Blood.
• Qu Yifeng’s formations granted him abilities such as flight and lightning attacks, while body cultivators across the Four Continents watched his breakthrough through the Haotian Mirror.
• Qu Yifeng embraced Chu Xinghe and cried, grateful that his diligent formation studies had let him seize the chance to advance.
• The other Body Cultivation Peak disciples realized their formation studies had prepared them to continue cultivating, while Chu Xinghe privately resolved to stay confident and keep pursuing his projects.

Qu Yifeng’s breakthrough as a Body Cultivation Martial God revealed the Eye of the Fire Phoenix as essential for body cultivators to attempt the realm, sending demand and prices soaring across the Four Continents. The Vast Heaven Holy Land refused to sell its remaining supply, while Ma Liang offered to give Eyes of the Fire Phoenix away for free.

• Qu Yifeng’s breakthrough inspired body cultivators across the Four Continents to learn formations, though many struggled to find formation masters and were still far from the Ninth Rank.
• The factions realized that body cultivators needed an Eye of the Fire Phoenix to attempt the Martial God realm, and its price rose sharply as lineages sought to secure the scarce treasures.
• The Jiangdong Chen Lineage and the Guo Lineage offered enormous rewards for an Eye of the Fire Phoenix, but major sects kept their supplies for their own disciples.
• The Vast Heaven Holy Land’s Grand Elder refused to sell its Eyes of the Fire Phoenix because its own body cultivation disciples needed them.
• The Grand Elder directed interested buyers to the Holy Land’s external spokesperson, Ma Liang, who said the Holy Land could not sell any Eyes but could give them away for free.

Ma Liang distributed Eyes of the Fire Phoenix to the factions, while Chu Xinghe let him profit and relied on losses at the Artifact Refining and Beast Taming Palaces to offset the gains. Hua Xichen then told Chu Xinghe that someone had seen him using Haotian Battle Intent in the Land of Bewildered Spirits, leaving Chu Xinghe curious about the supposed impersonator.

• Tantai Jing claimed he had received two Eyes of the Fire Phoenix for free from Ma Liang because he had once saved Ma Liang and helped Chu Xinghe.
• The other factions tried to learn what Tantai Jing had paid, while Chu Xinghe chose not to interfere with Ma Liang’s deals.
• Chu Xinghe took comfort in the Artifact Refining Palace’s losses from Man Sheng and the Beast Taming Palace’s penalties for using Ouyang Ming’s treasures as animal bowls.
• Shen Chun brought Hua Xichen to see Chu Xinghe, who denied visiting the Demon Star Continent or its Land of Bewildered Spirits.
• Hua Xichen explained that the Land of Bewildered Spirits had become accessible and that someone had seen Chu Xinghe using Haotian Battle Intent there.
• Chu Xinghe wondered who could have impersonated him while using the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s rare battle technique.

Chu Xinghe learned that the Demon Star Continent’s Land of Bewildered Spirits had become less dangerous at its outer edge, and that a mysterious person resembling him was asking strangers to rescue him in exchange for making them Grand Elder of the Vast Heaven Holy Land. Although Hua Xichen explained the change and urged no one to assume the depths were safe, Chu Xinghe refused to investigate, despite being intensely curious.

• Shen Chun told Chu Xinghe that the Demon Star Continent’s Land of Bewildered Spirits had changed, allowing a few entrants to escape with treasures while many others still vanished.
• Shen Chun’s intelligence agents reported that people had heard pleas for help inside and encountered someone using Chu Xinghe’s Haotian Battle Intent, who promised to make rescuers Grand Elder of the Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• Hua Xichen explained that the Spirit-Sealing Domain had disappeared from the outermost reaches, but the Great Prophecy Art could not reveal what lay deeper inside.
• Hua Xichen asked whether Chu Xinghe wanted to learn why another Chu Xinghe had appeared, but Chu Xinghe firmly refused to go to the Land of Bewildered Spirits.