Chapter Summaries

After the Wolf King confirmed that Chu Xinghe had used Haotian Battle Intent in the Land of Bewildered Spirits, Shen Chun and the others speculated that the mysterious Chu Xinghe there was actually An Ying. Elder He argued that An Ying had transformed into Xinghe to survive, while the real Chu Xinghe listened in astonishment.

• The Wolf King sent word to the Vast Heaven Holy Land that his people had seen Chu Xinghe use Haotian Battle Intent in the Land of Bewildered Spirits.
• The Grand Elder questioned whether Gu Mingchao had taught the technique to someone else, and Chu Xinghe revealed that the one present was his Xinghe Divinity.
• Shen Chun proposed that the Chu Xinghe in the Land of Bewildered Spirits was An Ying, whose Thousand Illusions Phantom Art could imitate Xinghe and some of his abilities.
• Shen Chun connected his theory to contestant number 666 from the Chu Xinghe Impersonation Competition and reasoned that An Ying might have been trapped in the Land of Bewildered Spirits.
• Elder He explained that An Ying could have transformed into Xinghe to draw on his Body Cultivation and Power of Fortune, allowing him to survive the dangers and Spirit-Sealing Power.
• The others accepted Elder He's explanation, while Chu Xinghe was moved by how closely their elaborate guesses seemed to approach the truth.

Trapped in the Land of Bewildered Spirits, An Ying survived by transforming into Chu Xinghe and decided to join Vast Heaven Holy Land rather than fight him. Although reports of a Chu Xinghe lookalike reached the Holy Land, Chu Xinghe refused to rescue An Ying because he feared the Phantom Holy Son would only build up the sect again.

• An Ying used the Thousand Illusions Phantom Art to transform into Chu Xinghe, gaining enough vitality and fortune to survive the Land of Bewildered Spirits.
• After realizing how powerful Chu Xinghe was, An Ying abandoned his plans to fight him and resolved to join Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• An Ying tried to attract help by displaying a Haotian Sword Casket, then imitating Haotian Battle Intent, and people who escaped reported seeing Chu Xinghe in the Land of Bewildered Spirits.
• An Ying gathered treasures and pleaded for Chu Xinghe to rescue him, promising to become his most trusted aide and devote himself to building up Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• Chu Xinghe rejected the idea of rescuing An Ying, reasoning that An Ying would only cause more trouble by building up the Holy Land.

Chu Xinghe celebrated the losses caused by the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits at the Artifact Refining Palace and tried to protect himself from Senior Brother Shen Chun with a teleportation array. He ended the chapter stunned when Shen Chun appeared in his room anyway.

• Chu Xinghe welcomed the Artifact Refining Palace’s mounting failures as part of his strategy to lose money across multiple ventures.
• Ouyang Ming complained to Chu Xinghe about the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits’ failed experiments and wild ideas, but Chu Xinghe realized he mainly wanted more cold noodles.
• Chu Xinghe arranged for Wu Beichen to receive all the Eyes of the Fire Phoenix and asked Wu Erke to install a Concept Level Round-Trip Teleportation Array in his room.
• After Chu Xinghe lay down, Senior Brother Shen Chun appeared in his room despite the array, leaving Chu Xinghe bewildered.

Chu Xinghe discovered that Senior Brother Shen Chun could ignore the Round-Trip Teleportation Array, then spent ten quiet days worrying that the Misfortune Compass was preparing a disaster. He visited the Artifact Refining Palace, where Man Sheng considered abandoning his experimental methods after another furnace exploded, and Chu Xinghe urged him to keep experimenting.

• Chu Xinghe watched Senior Brother Shen Chun enter and leave his room without triggering the Round-Trip Teleportation Array, realizing Shen Chun had inherited the Great Elder's teleportation abilities.
• Chu Xinghe recalled how White Tiger Holy Venerable had nearly been teleported to death after becoming trapped in an endless loop inside Wujiang's Round-Trip Teleportation Array.
• Chu Xinghe announced that the Vast Heaven Holy Land would not let the Great Elder use teleportation arrays as long as its opponents avoided despicable methods, then spent nearly ten uneventful days anxiously watching for trouble.
• Chu Xinghe went to the Artifact Refining Palace, greeted its disciples, and found Ouyang Ming eating cold noodles amid the wreckage from repeated furnace explosions.
• Man Sheng emerged soot-covered after his furnace exploded and told Chu Xinghe he might abandon his ingenious artifact-refining methods.
• Chu Xinghe urged Man Sheng to stay true to his ideas and keep experimenting rather than refine artifacts normally.

Chu Xinghe tried to reassure Man Sheng that his unconventional ideas could help Ouyang Ming break through in artifact refining, and the Grand Elder endorsed the plan. After days of failed experiments, Ouyang Ming hit on a new idea: bringing Ma Liang in to complete what he thought was a more stable triangle.

• Chu Xinghe told Man Sheng that his lack of artifact-refining expertise could help Ouyang Ming escape rigid conventions, and Ouyang Ming agreed.
• The Grand Elder and the elders praised Chu Xinghe's plan and encouraged Ouyang Ming and Man Sheng to keep working together.
• Chu Xinghe spent five days watching Man Sheng and Ouyang Ming fail to produce a breakthrough, then returned to the Spirit Crane Palace relieved.
• Man Sheng and Ouyang Ming repeatedly sought Chu Xinghe's advice, but he stayed silent to avoid giving them more ideas.
• Ouyang Ming thought of inviting Ma Liang to join them, reasoning that triangles were the most stable and Ma Liang could clear their obstacles.

Ma Liang tried to interpret why Xinghe had sent the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits to the Artifact Refining Palace, despite their disastrous attempts at crafting artifacts. After hearing Man Sheng recall Xinghe’s instructions, Ma Liang seized on the phrase “high-end artifact refining” as the key, though he had not yet explained what it meant.

• Ouyang Ming and Man Sheng invited Ma Liang to the Artifact Refining Palace, where Ouyang Ling’s poisoned dish accidentally knocked out a Strength Barbarian Evil Spirit before Ouyang Ming treated him.
• Ma Liang assumed the lavish meal meant the group wanted him to kill someone, but Man Sheng explained that the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits kept failing at artifact refining despite their extensive knowledge.
• Ma Liang insisted that Man Sheng recount every detail of what Xinghe had said when sending the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits to the palace.
• Man Sheng recalled that Xinghe had called them clumsy, sent them to the Artifact Refining Palace, and said they were suited to high-end artifact refining.
• Ma Liang declared that the phrase “high-end” was the crucial clue in Xinghe’s instructions.

Ma Liang interpreted Xinghe’s advice as a sign that Man Sheng and the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits should work on the highest level of artifact refining alongside Ouyang Ming. After their first attempt exploded, Man Sheng infused totems into a Light of Xinghe Gold Plate, creating a far more powerful dark-gold plate, and the three set out to tell Xinghe in person.

• Ma Liang persuaded Ouyang Ming and Man Sheng that the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits should focus on advanced artifact refining and collaborate with Ouyang Ming.
• Ouyang Ming had Man Sheng refine an Eight Formation Flags-level artifact, but the furnace exploded again.
• Ma Liang identified the Light of Xinghe plate as the current pinnacle of artifact refining and suggested they try making one together.
• As Ouyang Ming crafted a Light of Xinghe Gold Plate, Man Sheng infused it with totems, transforming it into a dark-gold plate with at least three times the power.
• Ma Liang convinced Ouyang Ming and Man Sheng to visit Xinghe in person, and the three dressed formally and headed to the Spirit Crane Palace.

Chu Xinghe was dragged to the Artifact Refining Palace, where a breakthrough by Ouyang Ming and Man Sheng proved that totems could greatly enhance spirit treasures. The Vast Heaven Holy Land realized its Taiyin Evil Spirits gave it control of the new method, leaving Chu Xinghe to remain unfazed as others credited him with planning it all.

• Man Sheng burst into Chu Xinghe’s room to announce that the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits had succeeded, and Ouyang Ming and Ma Liang arrived with him, breaking Chu Xinghe’s rocking chair in the commotion.
• Ouyang Ming and Ma Liang took Chu Xinghe to the Artifact Refining Palace, where Ouyang Ming presented the Light of Xinghe Dark Gold Plate to the gathered leaders of the Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• Elder He tested the plate and found that its power had increased three to four times, while Ouyang Ming and Man Sheng’s collaboration had established a new totem-based artifact-refining method.
• Elder He explained that totem-enhanced treasures could outperform ordinary treasures by at least fifty percent, making a new generation of spirit treasures likely to replace most existing ones.
• The leaders concluded that other factions could not reproduce the method without Taiyin Evil Spirits to teach the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits, giving the Vast Heaven Holy Land control of the market.
• Elder He praised Chu Xinghe for supposedly engineering the breakthrough, while Chu Xinghe silently tried to stay unfazed.

Chu Xinghe turned the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits’ totem-enhanced artifact work into a new source of losses by sending their dark gold plates to the Beast Taming Palace as feeding bowls. The plates and totem treasures drew attention across the Four Continents, but other powers could not learn the technique without the Taiyin Evil Spirits, leaving the White Spirit Evil Lord regretting that he had sold some to the Vast Heaven Holy Land.

• Man Sheng excitedly hugged Chu Xinghe, who shook off his stunned state and pressed the enormous Strength Barbarian Evil Spirit to the ground.
• Chu Xinghe ordered that the dark gold Light of Xinghe plates be given to the Beast Taming Palace to equip its demonic beasts, and Holy Lord Gu Mingchao approved the plan.
• Douding'er received the plate and silently resolved to give Chu Xinghe an even bigger surprise.
• Chu Xinghe saw that sending every dark gold plate to the Beast Taming Palace had sped up the Misfortune Compass, and counted the plates’ lack of returns as a loss.
• The dark gold plates and totem spiritual treasures became widely sought after, but visiting artifact refiners learned that the technique depended on Taiyin Evil Spirits available only through the Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• The White Spirit Evil Lord lamented that he had once sold Taiyin Evil Spirits to the Vast Heaven Holy Land and asked for help as his heart hurt.

Artifact refiners learned that the Totem Artifact Refining Technique could only be reproduced by teaching Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits, while faction leaders pressed Vast Heaven Holy Land for totem spirit treasures. As production training continued, Chu Xinghe worried the treasures would soon be mass-produced and decided he had to intervene.

• Artifact refiners learned that the Totem Artifact Refining Technique depended on Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits and could not be replicated outside Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• Cheng Xiaotian and other faction leaders offered to accept Ma Liang's free goods in exchange for totem spirit treasures, but the grand elder said the Light of Xinghe Dark Gold Plates were still being used to feed demonic beasts.
• The grand elder took the leaders to the Beast Taming Palace, where they saw Douding'er feeding demonic beasts with a Light of Xinghe Dark Gold Plate.
• People criticized Chu Xinghe in the Haotian Mirror for using divine artifacts to feed beasts, while Chu Xinghe insisted he was only following current affairs.
• Ouyang Ming and Man Sheng crafted plates in the mornings and taught the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits in the afternoons as faction leaders repeatedly asked about production.
• Chu Xinghe feared the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits would soon master the technique and enable mass production, so he decided to act before the situation worsened.

Chu Xinghe worried that the Artifact Refining Palace disciples and Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits would master the Totem Artifact Refining Technique and produce valuable treasures, so he seized on Mu Bai’s comment that totems could not help with pill refining. He persuaded the Grand Elder to transfer all the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits to the Medicine King Palace, temporarily removing them from artifact-refining lessons.

• Chu Xinghe fretted over the Artifact Refining Palace disciples and Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits studying the Totem Artifact Refining Technique, while Ma Liang prepared extravagant free-giveaway plans for the resulting treasures.
• Chu Xinghe told Mu Bai that the Medicine King Palace needed a new direction, and Mu Bai observed that totems could not improve pill refining.
• Chu Xinghe realized he could move the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits away from the Artifact Refining Palace and ordered that Tai Chu and the others not teach them pill refining.
• Chu Xinghe brought Mu Bai to the Artifact Refining Palace and asked the Grand Elder to send every Strength Barbarian Evil Spirit to the Medicine King Palace.
• The Grand Elder initially questioned the transfer because the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits still needed to learn artifact refining, but he agreed after Chu Xinghe insisted the Medicine King Palace’s future could not wait.

Chu Xinghe pulled all the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits out of the Artifact Refining Palace and sent them to the Medicine King Palace, disrupting their progress toward making Totem Spirit Treasures. As outsiders demanded an explanation, Holy Lord Gu Mingchao told them to watch quietly as things changed.

• Chu Xinghe ordered every Strength Barbarian Evil Spirit to leave the Artifact Refining Palace and report to the Medicine King Palace, despite Ouyang Ming's objections and Man Sheng's confusion.
• At the Medicine King Palace, Chu Xinghe told Man Sheng and the others to stay put or learn alchemy from Mu Bai, though they knew nothing about alchemy.
• News of the transfer spread, and leaders across the Four Continents worried that the interruption would delay Totem Spirit Treasure production indefinitely.
• The Grand Elder went into seclusion after the leaders confronted him, leaving Holy Lord Gu Mingchao to answer their complaints.
• Holy Lord Gu Mingchao told the gathered leaders to watch quietly as things changed.

Chu Xinghe kept the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits away from artifact refining and sent them to learn medicinal herbs, baffling the visiting Four Continents big shots. Gu Mingchao explained that his Dao of Watching and Waiting depended on trusting Xinghe, while Ouyang Ming urged Xinghe to resume training the group, only to be accused of having changed.

• Chu Xinghe welcomed the big shots who stayed at the Vast Heaven Holy Land and arranged lavish accommodations for them.
• Cheng Xiaotian and Wang Daoquan found the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits at the Medicine King Palace struggling to identify medicinal herbs instead of learning the Totem Artifact Refining Technique.
• The Four Continents big shots confirmed that Chu Xinghe had genuinely barred Ouyang Ming from teaching the group and had moved them away from artifact refining.
• Gu Mingchao told Cheng Xiaotian that his Dao of Watching and Waiting came from his absolute trust in Xinghe.
• Ouyang Ming asked Chu Xinghe to bring some Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits back to the Artifact Refining Palace, and Xinghe complained that Ouyang Ming had changed and was trying to undermine him.

Chu Xinghe reassured Ouyang Ming that he could teach the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits the Totem Artifact Refining Technique faster, but gave no explanation and let Ouyang Ming puzzle over whether he had been deceived. At the Medicine King Palace, after Man Sheng caused a furnace explosion, Chu Xinghe ordered the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits to skip ingredient identification and work directly at the pill furnaces.

• Chu Xinghe asked Ouyang Ming how long it would take to teach the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits the Totem Artifact Refining Technique, then claimed he could do it faster without explaining how.
• Ouyang Ming returned to the Artifact Refining Palace, still wondering whether Chu Xinghe had lied to him, while Chu Xinghe happily read criticism of himself on the Haotian Mirror and watched the Misfortune Compass speed up.
• Chu Xinghe arrived at the Medicine King Palace after a furnace exploded and found Man Sheng blackened by the blast while Mu Bai angrily blamed him for ignoring instructions to identify medicinal ingredients.
• Mu Bai stepped forward and accepted responsibility for failing to supervise Man Sheng, but Chu Xinghe recalled his own furnace explosion and ordered the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirit disciples to skip ingredient identification and go straight to work at the pill furnaces.

Chu Xinghe sent the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits to the Medicine King Palace, where their repeated cauldron explosions disrupted pill production and drew medicine-refining apprentices from across the Four Continents. Confident that he had contained any chance of an unexpected breakthrough, he was interrupted by Shen Chun, who announced that Hua Xichen, Zheng Yu, and other young prodigies had arrived to see him, likely about the Land of Bewildered Spirits.

• Chu Xinghe ordered Mu Bai to send the Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits straight to the pill cauldrons without first learning to identify ingredients.
• The Strength Barbarian Evil Spirits repeatedly blew up cauldrons in the Medicine King Palace, reducing its pill production.
• Big shots from across the Four Continents brought medicine-refining apprentices to witness the explosions, prompting the apprentices to take ingredient study seriously.
• Chu Xinghe settled in at the Medicine King Palace, banned Ma Liang from entering, and arranged for the Artifact Refining Palace to supply replacement cauldrons.
• Shen Chun told Chu Xinghe that Hua Xichen, Zheng Yu, and other young prodigies had come to see him, likely about the Land of Bewildered Spirits.

Hua Xichen brought Zheng Yu and other young geniuses to the Vast Heaven Holy Land to recruit Chu Xinghe for an expedition into the Demon Star Continent’s Land of Bewildered Spirits. He offered Chu Xinghe first choice of half the treasures, leaving Chu Xinghe furious because he wanted the expedition to fail, not to be tempted by its riches.

• Hua Xichen explained that his Great Prophecy Art could not predict what was happening to the apparent Chu Xinghe inside the Demon Star Continent’s Land of Bewildered Spirits.
• Hua Xichen explored the Land of Bewildered Spirits alone and collected many treasures, but he did not find the Chu Xinghe who wielded Haotian Battle Intent.
• Hua Xichen entered with Hua Clan elders and Clan Head Hua, but the danger increased and Clan Head Hua was injured, forcing them to retreat.
• Hua Xichen later explored with the Hua Clan’s young geniuses, but they could not access some areas, so he gathered Zheng Yu and other top young cultivators to form a stronger team.
• Hua Xichen asked Chu Xinghe to join the expedition and offered him first pick of half the treasures, making Chu Xinghe inwardly furious.

Chu Xinghe refused to lead a group of heavenly prides into the Land of Bewildered Spirits, despite their relentless offers and pleas. After they returned with a huge haul, he resolved to stay away from the dangerous place so he would not accidentally collect all its treasures himself.

• Hua Xichen, Zheng Yu, Ji Moran, Fan Sheng, Guo Qizhen, and Bai Yu took turns urging Chu Xinghe to guide them into the Land of Bewildered Spirits in exchange for a large share of its treasures.
• Chu Xinghe tried to refuse by citing his duties, his Martial God realm, and the danger, but the group offered to wait, revealed several members were Martial Gods, and Ma Liang volunteered to handle his responsibilities.
• Hua Xichen suggested they abandon the trip if Chu Xinghe truly did not want to go, prompting Chu Xinghe to feel relieved, though the heavenly prides still departed for the Land of Bewildered Spirits.
• Chu Xinghe warned Hua Xichen to follow the Great Prophecy Art and asked Shen Chun to monitor the expedition.
• Three days later, Shen Chun reported that the group had returned with countless resources and rare treasures, and Chu Xinghe was relieved he had stayed behind.

Hua Xichen’s successful expedition sparked a rush to explore the Land of Bewildered Spirits, while Tantai Jing refused to enter and sold supplies outside after learning Chu Xinghe had declined. Meanwhile, rumors attacking Chu Xinghe’s courage spread through the Four Continents, fueled by Old Eight’s writings, and Old Eight became notorious in the Xinghe Haters' Group for an outrageous display that terrified Bai Yu.

• Hua Xichen warned cultivators on the Haotian Mirror that the Land of Bewildered Spirits remained extremely dangerous, but teams still began forming to enter it.
• Tantai Jing refused to explore the Land of Bewildered Spirits and arranged for Demonic Sect stalls to sell goods outside, reasoning that Chu Xinghe’s refusal signaled danger.
• Rumors spread that Chu Xinghe was too timid to explore ruins and secret realms, and Old Eight’s manuscripts supplied the claims behind the gossip.
• Erlüzi brought Old Eight to the Xinghe Haters' Group, and Old Eight’s shocking stunt on the meeting-room table frightened Bai Yu into apologizing.
• The group replaced its round table and abandoned the meeting room, while Bai Yu and the other members began respectfully calling Old Eight Brother Eight.

Old Eight joined the Xinghe Haters' Group and used a secret manuscript to accuse Chu Xinghe of avoiding secret realms, while disciples revealed that Chu Xinghe's expeditions produced treasures they gave to Vast Heaven Holy Land junior sisters. As more cultivators flocked to the Land of Bewildered Spirits, Chu Xinghe forbade Vast Heaven Holy Land disciples from entering, leaving them to wonder what danger he had foreseen.

• Old Eight joined the Xinghe Haters' Group after learning that meals were provided and presented a secret manuscript criticizing Chu Xinghe for rarely entering secret realms and ruins.
• Martial Emperor City disciples explained that Chu Xinghe's expeditions yielded abundant treasures, which they had given to Vast Heaven Holy Land junior sisters in exchange for goose feathers.
• Chu Xinghe privately admitted that he feared entering secret realms because treasures seemed to chase him whenever he went inside.
• Hua Xichen led a second, larger expedition into the Land of Bewildered Spirits, and cultivators across the factions began flocking there for its treasures.
• Chu Xinghe ordered every Vast Heaven Holy Land disciple to stay out of the Land of Bewildered Spirits, and the disciples believed his warning signaled danger.

Chu Xinghe believed his ban on entering the Land of Bewildered Spirits had kept the Vast Heaven Holy Land out of trouble, until Man Sheng and Mu Bai burst in claiming the Medicine King Palace had succeeded. Mu Bai revealed that Ma Liang had interpreted Chu Xinghe’s earlier kick as an order to act and had gone to the Medicine King Palace.

• Chu Xinghe kept the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s disciples out of the Land of Bewildered Spirits, while other factions eventually explored it and brought back treasures without encountering disaster.
• Chu Xinghe relaxed in his rocking chair, confident that the Vast Heaven Holy Land would avoid losing money or getting caught up in trouble.
• Man Sheng smashed through Chu Xinghe’s reinforced doorway, lifted him from his chair, and announced that the Change-of-Direction Learning Method had succeeded.
• Mu Bai arrived and said Chu Xinghe had arranged the whole thing, leaving Chu Xinghe confused about how Ma Liang could be involved.
• Mu Bai explained that Ma Liang had obeyed the order not to enter the Spirit Crane Palace but had taken Chu Xinghe’s kick as a signal to act and gone to the Medicine King Palace.