Chapter Summaries

Wan Lin taught Hu Wenhai the Mirror Image Talisman and tested talismans imbued with her Charm Art, but they failed to control demonic beasts because they lacked her Charm Physique. Ma Liang then realized that Elder Ji had been overlooked and was another part of Senior Brother Xinghe's plan.

• Wan Lin taught Hu Wenhai the Mirror Image Talisman, which he mastered and made successfully on his first attempt.
• Wan Lin discovered that Hu Wenhai's talents perfectly matched the requirements of the Ancient Heaven-Reaching Talisman Art, and the two produced many Mirror Image Talismans imbued with Charm Arts.
• Wan Lin tested the talismans on demonic beasts, but the Charm Arts dissipated without controlling them.
• Wan Lin consulted the Great Sage, who explained that the talismans lacked the Charm Physique that strengthened Wan Lin's own Charm Art.
• Wan Lin told Ma Liang that she had failed, but Ma Liang realized they had forgotten to account for Elder Ji and declared that Elder Ji was part of Senior Brother Xinghe's plan.

Wan Lin and Ma Liang devised a plan to use Ji Changfeng’s Bewilderment Art to weaken demonic beasts before casting the Mirror Image Talisman, while Chu Xinghe left his lesson and went to see Wu Qun off. At the Spirit Crane Palace, Wu Qun reflected on Luo Ying’er’s defeat and her admiration for Chu Xinghe, then found she agreed that she was not worthy of him yet.

• Ma Liang told Wan Lin that Chu Xinghe’s plan relied on Ji Changfeng’s Bewilderment Art weakening demonic beasts so her Mirror Image Talisman could charm them.
• Wan Lin resolved to ask Ji Changfeng about the Bewilderment Art, but Ma Liang urged her to wait until Chu Xinghe had finished studying.
• Chu Xinghe left Ji Changfeng’s room, exhausted from learning the Bewilderment Art, and headed to the Spirit Crane Palace to see Wu Qun and Little Squirrel off.
• Wu Qun recalled how Chu Xinghe had defeated Luo Ying’er and how she had since constantly praised him.
• Wu Qun told Luo Ying’er that she was not yet worthy of Chu Xinghe, and she agreed that she needed to keep working hard.

Wu Qun toured the Vast Heaven Sect’s spirit fields and discovered that its Medicine King Palace had resources, talent, and support on a scale that dwarfed the Heavenly Medicine Palace. He left without despair, concluding that the gap was so vast that he was not even a rival to the Vast Heaven Sect.

• Wu Qun saw the Vast Heaven Sect’s abundant heavenly treasures and Crystals of Xinghe being cultivated toward Fifth Rank.
• Mu Bai explained that the Medicine King Palace disciples aimed to surpass their limits, and Wu Qun learned they considered becoming a Medicine Saint an ordinary goal.
• Mu Bai and the Muyue Kingdom disciples mocked Mu Xiaoqi as trash despite his peak seventh-rank alchemy and eighty-percent success rate with eighth-rank pills.
• Wu Qun saw that the Vast Heaven Sect’s other alchemy disciples also far surpassed the Heavenly Medicine Palace’s disciples.
• Mu Bai told Wu Qun that Chu Xinghe granted unlimited resources for any research and that the sect carried out his requests without question.
• Wu Qun considered leaving the Heavenly Medicine Palace to join the Vast Heaven Sect, then calmly accepted that the gap was too great for him to count as a rival.

Wu Qun returned to the Heavenly Medicine Palace after seeing the Vast Heaven Sect’s overwhelming resources and gave up competing with its Medicine King Palace. His elders mistook his warnings for brain damage, while Luo Ying’er kept insisting she wanted to stay in the Vast Heaven Sect and become a cauldron.

• Wu Qun prepared to leave the Vast Heaven Sect, but Luo Ying’er insisted that she wanted to stay and become Ji Changfeng’s cauldron, so Wu Qun suppressed her and took her home.
• Chu Xinghe set up a teleportation array that returned Wu Qun and Luo Ying’er to the Heavenly Medicine Palace, where the elders welcomed their recovered palace master.
• The Heavenly Medicine Palace Grand Elder urged the sect to strive to surpass the Medicine King Palace, but Wu Qun ordered them to shut down projects that competed with it.
• Wu Qun described the Vast Heaven Sect’s vast resources, but the elders concluded that the Poison Venerable’s poison had damaged his brain and forcibly fed him medicine.
• The elders freed Luo Ying’er, who immediately ran toward the Vast Heaven Sect, shouting that she wanted to become a cauldron; they suppressed her again and gave her medicine as well.

Chu Xinghe continued enduring lessons from the Grand Elder and Poison Venerable Ji Changfeng while Wan Lin and Hu Wenhai tested a method for controlling demonic beasts. Ji Changfeng realized Chu Xinghe had arranged events to use his bewitching arts as part of the plan, and marveled at Xinghe’s foresight.

• The Grand Elder joined Ji Changfeng in teaching Chu Xinghe medicine and poison arts each day, while Chu Xinghe enjoyed watching the Dark Moon Palace disciples use up resources.
• Ji Changfeng reflected that the Vast Heaven Sect was full of exceptional talents and that Chu Xinghe’s accomplishments justified the sect’s trust in him.
• Wan Lin asked Ji Changfeng to use his bewitching arts on a demonic beast, and Hu Wenhai struck it with a Mirror Image Talisman containing Wan Lin’s Art of Charm.
• The charm power took control of the dazed demonic beast, and Hu Wenhai directed it like an obedient puppy.
• Wan Lin explained that Chu Xinghe had devised the method, and Ji Changfeng realized Xinghe had challenged him partly to obtain his bewitching arts for the plan.

Ji Changfeng realized that Chu Xinghe had assembled the pieces needed to let Vast Heaven Sect disciples control demonic beasts, and he was happy to remain at the sect for its resources. When Wan Lin and Hu Wenhai demonstrated their success, Chu Xinghe was horrified to learn how many people had helped behind his back, while the Savage Wilderness Tribes watched in dismay.

• Ji Changfeng concluded that Chu Xinghe had planned the demonic beast project around Wan Lin's Charm Art, Hu Wenhai's talisman skills, and Ji Changfeng's Bewilderment Art, and he decided he had no reason to leave Vast Heaven Sect.
• Wan Lin and Hu Wenhai used a Mirror Image Talisman and the Charm Art to control a demonic beast, revealing that the sect could turn the beasts into powerful companions for its disciples.
• The Great Sage ordered An Lan to spread the news and alert the Saint, and word brought the sect's leaders rushing to the Dark Moon Palace.
• An Lan woke Chu Xinghe and took him to see Hu Wenhai command a demonic beast, leaving Chu Xinghe convinced he was trapped in a nightmare.
• Chu Xinghe learned that Wan Lin, Ma Liang, Hu Wenhai, Ji Changfeng, and others had worked together on the project, while the Savage Wilderness Tribes watched in anguish.

Wan Lin and Hu Wenhai demonstrated that Mirror Image Talismans could let anyone control demonic beasts, and Mu Bai revealed spirit medicine that sped up their growth tenfold. As the Vast Heaven Sect celebrated its new advantages, Chu Xinghe concluded that Ji Changfeng might have joined the sect because he had taken a fancy to him.

• Savage Wilderness Tribes specialists examined Hu Wenhai’s demonic beast and realized the Mirror Image Talisman let anyone use the Art of Charm to claim a beast as their own.
• Gu Mingchao and the Grand Elder celebrated the prospect of equipping Vast Heaven Sect disciples with demonic beasts and selling them to other factions.
• Ji Changfeng watched Chu Xinghe’s composed reaction and decided it confirmed his belief that Xinghe had planned the breakthrough.
• Wan Lin credited Chu Xinghe, Hu Wenhai, Ji Changfeng, and Ma Liang for their roles in the success and pledged to serve Xinghe.
• Mu Bai revealed spirit medicine that made demonic beasts grow ten times faster, prompting the sect to celebrate while Chu Xinghe lamented the latest setback.
• Seeing Ji Changfeng enthusiastically join the celebration, Chu Xinghe suspected the guest elder had taken a fancy to him and joined the sect on purpose.

Douding'er realized the Vast Heaven Sect had succeeded in controlling demon beasts through Chu Xinghe’s plans, making the Savage Wilderness Tribes more dependent on the sect. After Ling accused the Vast Heaven Sect of stealing the tribes’ research, the sect invited the factions to witness its methods and began revealing them, ending with Ling learning that the second step required the Ancient Heaven-Reaching Talisman Art.

• Douding'er recognized that Chu Xinghe had aimed to control demon beasts rather than produce demon beast spirit meat, and decided the Savage Wilderness Tribes could not leave the Vast Heaven Sect.
• The other factions doubted the Vast Heaven Sect’s claim, and Ling accused it of claiming the Savage Wilderness Tribes’ research as its own.
• The Vast Heaven Sect invited the world’s factions to witness demon beast control and announced it would reveal every method it used.
• The grand elder demonstrated the control methods openly, while Zheng Yu accepted that Chu Xinghe’s plans were behind the achievement.
• Ling grew excited when the first step required the Charm Art, but his hopes faltered when the grand elder revealed the second step was the Ancient Heaven-Reaching Talisman Art.

The Vast Heaven Sect publicly revealed its three-step method for controlling demon beasts, but the rare and lost materials made the technique impossible for other factions to copy. After the grand elder sold beasts to other factions while refusing the Cloud Firmament Sect, Ling Su ordered his disciples to capture beasts and research their own method, turning the sect into a dangerous menagerie.

• The grand elder revealed that controlling demon beasts required the Charm Art, a Mirror Image Talisman made with the lost Ancient Heaven-Reaching Talisman Art, and Ji Changfeng's Bewilderment Art, thwarting other factions' hopes of stealing the technique.
• The grand elder met with major faction leaders and sold them demon beasts at the previous price, which he could afford thanks to Mu Bai's cheaper spirit medicine.
• Ling Su brought gifts to apologize for the Cloud Firmament Sect's earlier offense, but the grand elder accepted them and then claimed the Vast Heaven Sect had sold out of demon beasts.
• The grand elder said sales followed faction rankings, leaving the tenth-ranked Cloud Firmament Sect at the back of the line, and explained that its earlier third-place ranking had been overlooked during the Vast Heaven Sect's first, disorderly sale.
• Ling Su returned to the Cloud Firmament Sect and ordered disciples to capture demon beasts in Demon Cloud Valley so they could develop their own control method.
• The Cloud Firmament Sect's captured beasts ran wild during its research, and some young geniuses rejected by other sects abandoned it for safer alternatives.

The Gongsun Clan withdrew from the great clans to secretly master an incomplete Heaven-Reaching Talisman Art, but news that Hu Wenhai and the Great Sage had the authentic Ancient Heaven-Reaching Talisman Art shattered its ambitions. As the Vast Heaven Sect’s strength surged and Chu Xinghe’s plans kept producing unintended successes, he decided to retaliate by having the Dark Moon Clan consume resources in a Universal Celebration.

• Gongsun Lu and the elders celebrated their plan to master an incomplete Heaven-Reaching Talisman Art and eventually rise above the other clans.
• A messenger reported that Hu Wenhai was using a technique from the Ancient Heaven-Reaching Talisman Art to control demonic beasts, and word spread that the Great Sage had mastered the complete art.
• Gongsun Lu lowered the clan’s ambition, declaring that it would aim to become the second-greatest talisman clan instead.
• Chu Xinghe saw that the Vast Heaven Sect’s disciples were growing stronger with controllable demonic beasts and battle formations, while Wan Lin and Hu Wenhai credited him for their progress.
• Chu Xinghe blamed the Great Sage for turning the situation into another Universal Celebration and ordered the Dark Moon Clan to consume resources on a massive scale.

Chu Xinghe planned to unleash the Dark Moon Clan’s Universal Celebration near the Demonic Sect and asked Yan Shoujing for help finding a suitable location. Yan Shoujing insisted he knew nothing about the Demonic Sect, then revealed detailed hideouts and secret recognition phrases, leaving Chu Xinghe stunned.

• Chu Xinghe decided to use Universal Celebration to prevent his allies from conspiring against him and began seeking a remote area without civilians or mineral deposits.
• Chu Xinghe went to Haotian Palace to ask Yan Shoujing where the Demonic Sect was located, carrying numerous Haotian Tokens meant for emergencies.
• Yan Shoujing panicked when Chu Xinghe said he knew the Demonic Sect better than the Demonic Sect itself, fearing his identity as a spy had been exposed.
• After learning Chu Xinghe only wanted information for his Universal Celebration plan, Yan Shoujing described how Demonic Sect members hid among tradespeople and operated shops.
• Yan Shoujing explained the Demonic Sect’s nighttime knock-and-response code, and Chu Xinghe wondered how that counted as knowing nothing about the Demonic Sect.

Chu Xinghe searched for a suitable target for a Universal Celebration while the Vast Heaven Sect equipped its disciples with demonic beasts. Ma Liang delivered Chu Cheng a supposedly future divine beast called Surpasses Xuanwu, leaving Chu Cheng determined to make it grow despite its apparent limitations.

• Yan Shoujing revealed several Demonic Sect contact codes, then went into seclusion to steady himself and remember his mission.
• Chu Xinghe asked around the Vast Heaven Sect about evil places but found no suitable target for a Universal Celebration.
• Wan Lin and Hu Wenhai helped provide Mirror Image Talismans so sect disciples could train with their own demonic beasts.
• Ma Liang claimed two Eighth Rank beasts for himself on Chu Xinghe’s behalf and arranged for Chu Xinghe to receive emperor-grade beasts later.
• Ma Liang and the outer sect disciples entered Chu Cheng’s house, beat and soul-tempered him, then gave him a small turtle named Surpasses Xuanwu.
• Chu Cheng vowed to help Surpasses Xuanwu transform, but the turtle promptly defecated on his hand.

Chu Xinghe saw the Savage Wilderness Tribes’ disappointment that demonic beasts could not match the lost spirit beasts and agreed to fund their research and teach the Beast Taming Art at the Vast Heaven Sect. When Douding'er asked the sect to clear demonic beasts from the Land of Wilderness, Chu Xinghe realized it was an ideal place to unleash Universal Celebration without endangering people or destroying valuable deposits.

• The Vast Heaven Sect equipped its disciples with demonic beasts, sold beasts to other sects, and doubled resources for everyone after Feng Fei complained about the growing workload.
• Chu Xinghe watched Hu Wenhai’s talisman-inscribing speed improve, but Hu Wenhai refused the great sage’s offer to teach him the Ancient Heaven-Reaching Talisman Art until his speed stopped advancing.
• The great sage urged Chu Xinghe to visit the downcast Savage Wilderness Tribes, and Douding'er explained that their Beast Taming Art was useless without spirit beasts and could not make demonic beasts stronger.
• Douding'er proposed researching how to raise demonic beasts into spirit beasts, and Chu Xinghe offered half the resources in exchange for teaching the Beast Taming Art to the sect’s disciples.
• Douding'er asked the Vast Heaven Sect to clear demonic beasts from the Land of Wilderness, and Chu Xinghe planned to use Universal Celebration there, where no people or valuable deposits would be harmed.

Chu Xinghe arranged for the Vast Heaven Sect to learn the Savage Wilderness Tribes' Beast Taming Art and sent An Lan and the Dark Moon Clan to investigate the Land of Wilderness. After their reports confirmed that it was poor in resources and demonic beasts rarely left their territory, Chu Xinghe ordered the Dark Moon Clan to set out for the next stage of his plan.

• Douding'er assured Chu Xinghe that the Land of Wilderness had no mineral deposits, so he asked her to start a Beast Taming Art elective and promised to deal with its demonic beasts.
• The Vast Heaven Sect's leaders supported the elective, and Douding'er and the Savage Wilderness Tribes taught the art to the sect's disciples.
• Wan Lin studied the Beast Taming Art and searched for a way to turn demonic beasts into spirit beasts, but experts and records offered no method.
• Chu Xinghe sent An Lan and the Dark Moon Clan to investigate demonic beast attacks and search the Land of Wilderness for resources.
• An Lan's report said people with ulterior motives caused most attacks by entering demonic beasts' territory, and Ma Liang prepared Chu Xinghe's warning to the various powers.
• Feng Yuzheng found no treasures or mineral deposits in the Land of Wilderness, and Chu Xinghe ordered the Dark Moon Clan to set out.

Chu Xinghe sent the Great Sage and the Dark Moon Clan to clear the Land of Wilderness, using lavish Universal Celebrations to eliminate its demonic beasts and warn other forces away. While Chu Xinghe wondered why the Misfortune Compass had not reacted, an unknown remnant soul was destroyed by Evil Repeller, and Shen Chun summoned him to a grave emergency meeting at Haotian Palace.

• Chu Xinghe received the Grand Elder’s approval to clear the Land of Wilderness and gave the Great Sage abundant resources for the task.
• The Great Sage and the Dark Moon Clan unleashed massive Universal Celebrations across the Land of Wilderness, causing rival forces to withdraw and deterring anyone from claiming the territory.
• As the Dark Moon Clan’s supplies ran low, Chu Xinghe sent An Lan back for more resources but grew anxious when the Misfortune Compass still did not react.
• A remnant soul emerged from a jade talisman in Chu Xinghe’s room, but Evil Repeller struck it apart before it could identify itself.
• Chu Xinghe found the jade token the next morning and shoved it under a table leg, then followed Shen Chun to an emergency meeting at Haotian Palace.

The Dark Moon Clan’s Universal Celebration opened a passage to the vanished Spirit Beast Island, and seven Spirit Beast Talismans chose young champions across the continent. Chu Xinghe had received no talisman, leaving everyone searching for the missing eighth as the island could not be entered without all eight.

• The Great Sage’s final Universal Celebration distorted space and time in the Land of Wilderness and opened a passage to Spirit Beast Island.
• Douding'er told Chu Xinghe that the Savage Wilderness Tribes could regain their strength through spirit beasts, and the Vast Heaven Sect celebrated the island’s return.
• Elder He explained that eight Spirit Beast Talismans were needed to open the island, and seven had chosen Zheng Yu, Tantai Jing, Sun Xueheng, Fan Sheng, Guo Qizhen, Ji Moran, and Douding'er.
• The first elder and Douding'er asked Chu Xinghe whether he had received the eighth talisman, but he swore that he had seen neither a talisman nor the Beast God’s remnant soul.
• The Vast Heaven Sect searched its disciples, and news spread that Chu Xinghe had not been chosen; after two days, the eighth talisman’s owner remained unknown.

The Blazing Sun Continent searched for the missing eighth Spirit Beast Talisman while the Cloud Firmament Sect used Chu Xinghe’s failure to receive one to attack his reputation. After seven talismans failed to open the passage to Spirit Beast Island, Douding'er prepared to use a forbidden technique to locate the last one.

• The Vast Heaven Sect celebrated the benefits of its Beast Taming Art course as spirit beasts emerged and demand for its demonic beasts continued.
• The world learned that only seven of the eight Spirit Beast Talismans had owners, and factions debated why Chu Xinghe and most Vast Heaven Sect disciples had not received one.
• The Cloud Firmament Sect publicized Chu Xinghe’s omission, but Douding'er reminded everyone that the seven talismans were useless without the missing eighth.
• Factions searched for the eighth talisman while Chu Xinghe hoped it would remain missing and his critics would keep attacking him.
• The seven talisman holders tested whether only seven had been sent, but their talismans could not open the passage to Spirit Beast Island.
• Douding'er revealed that the Savage Wilderness Tribes’ forbidden Spirit Communication Art could locate the eighth talisman, though using it would harm her.

Douding'er used the Spirit Communication Art to locate the missing eighth Spirit Beast Talisman, and the guiding light led everyone to Chu Xinghe's room. There, they discovered a dark jade Beast God Talisman wedged beneath a table leg, bringing the Beast God's protection to the Vast Heaven Sect.

• Douding'er gathered the seven Spirit Beast Talismans and used the Spirit Communication Art despite Chu Xinghe's pleas that she avoid harming herself.
• The light from the Spirit Communication Art led the gathered sect leaders to Chu Xinghe's room in the Spirit Crane Palace.
• Douding'er and the others entered Chu Xinghe's room, where the seven Spirit Beast Talismans converged on a dark jade talisman propping up a table leg.
• Ling Su argued that the dark jade talisman could not be a Spirit Beast Talisman because it differed from the other seven.
• Elder He identified the dark jade talisman as the legendary Beast God Talisman, which would grant the Vast Heaven Sect the Beast God's protection.

Chu Xinghe discovered that the dark talisman he had used to prop up a table leg was a legendary Beast God Talisman, granting its holder and faction extraordinary advantages in raising spirit beasts. After Evil Repeller struck down the Beast God's remnant soul before Xinghe could meet it, the world praised him as a prophet who had planned for Spirit Beast Island's opening.

• The First Elder and the others found a Beast God Talisman in Chu Xinghe's room and learned that it surpassed Spirit Beast Talismans and bestowed the Beast God's Blessing.
• Zheng Yu and Gu Mingchao celebrated Xinghe's discovery, while the First Elder teased him and Ling Su regretted that the Cloud Firmament Sect could not borrow his talisman.
• Douding'er activated the Beast God Talisman, but Evil Repeller struck the Beast God's remnant soul and sent it back into the talisman before it could introduce itself to Chu Xinghe.
• The First Elder and Douding'er realized Xinghe had not lied: he had mistaken the Beast God Talisman for an ordinary object and had never seen the remnant soul.
• The news spread that Xinghe had used the Beast God Talisman to prop up a table leg, and people across the world speculated that he had foreseen Spirit Beast Island's opening and prepared the Vast Heaven Sect's disciples in advance.

Chu Xinghe learned the four formations needed to open a stable passage to Spirit Beast Island and hoped their enormous resource costs would let him drain the Vast Heaven Sect’s treasury. Tantai Jing tried to get Yan Shoujing to teach him flawed methods, but Yan taught the formations correctly, leaving Tantai convinced that the spy had defected.

• Elder He explained that the eight entrants had to pass the four holy beasts’ trials, obtain the Spirit Beast Astrolabes, and use them to build four grand formations.
• Douding'er brought Deputy Sect Master Yan Shoujing out of seclusion, and Yan explained the formations and warned that each attempt would consume enormous resources.
• Chu Xinghe eagerly asked Yan to teach him the Astrolabe Four Saints Grand Formation, hoping failed attempts would waste Vast Heaven Sect resources.
• Tantai Jing signaled Yan to sabotage the formation lessons, but Yan taught Chu Xinghe the correct methods.
• Tantai Jing sought Yan out that night, and Yan immediately called him a moron.