Chapter Summaries

Yan Shoujing coached Tantai Jing on how to sabotage Chu Xinghe’s Four Holy Beasts Grand Formation without leaving evidence, while publicly proving his own formation sound. The eight representatives entered Spirit Beast Island, and Wu Xingyun expected Tantai Jing’s sabotage to force the Vast Heaven Sect to pay for repeated attempts to open it.

• Yan Shoujing explained how Tantai Jing could tamper with the formation while the eight participants infused it separately, making the failure impossible to pin on him.
• Chu Xinghe mastered the star chart Four Holy Beasts Grand Formation, and visiting formation masters confirmed that Yan Shoujing’s instructions had no flaws.
• Chu Xinghe and the other seven representatives used their jade talismans to enter Spirit Beast Island through the rift.
• Crowds outside the rift debated whether Tantai Jing would help or hinder the attempt to open Spirit Beast Island.
• Wu Xingyun revealed that the Demonic Sect was studying its Beast Taming Heart Sutra and planned to blame any failures on Chu Xinghe’s formation so the Vast Heaven Sect would cover the costs.

Chu Xinghe and his teammates arrived directly at the Azure Dragon Divine Hall, where Azure Dragon demanded spirit stones to open his domain and presented the star disc. Zheng Yu failed to overcome Azure Dragon’s pressure, and Tantai Jing stepped forward to try next.

• Chu Xinghe and the other seven arrived among ruined palaces in a gray void, where Azure Dragon appeared and asked if they were ready.
• Azure Dragon told the group to sacrifice spirit stones to open his domain, and Chu Xinghe eagerly led them in paying the sacrifice.
• Azure Dragon appeared with the star disc and told the group to come take it, revealing that the trial was to overcome his pressure and fear.
• Zheng Yu struggled toward the star disc but was struck by Azure Dragon’s pressure and thrown backward before reaching it.
• Chu Xinghe gave Zheng Yu two Eighth Rank pills, and Tantai Jing then stepped forward to retrieve the star disc.

Tantai Jing and the others failed to reach the Azure Dragon’s astrolabe, while Douding'er unexpectedly advanced farther than anyone before being thrown back. Chu Xinghe then reached sixteen steps without feeling the Azure Dragon’s pressure and faked being crushed, leaving the Azure Dragon bewildered.

• Tantai Jing endured the Azure Dragon’s pressure for ten steps before being thrown back on his eleventh, and Chu Xinghe gave him two eighth-rank pills.
• Fan Sheng and the others tried the test in turn, but none surpassed Zheng Yu’s eight steps, and they guessed the test measured cultivation.
• Douding'er reached fifteen steps before the pressure sent her flying backward, confusing everyone about what the test measured.
• Chu Xinghe approached the Azure Dragon expecting to fail, but reached fifteen steps without feeling any pressure.
• After the Azure Dragon stared at him, Chu Xinghe took a sixteenth step and faked a strained expression, baffling the Azure Dragon.

Chu Xinghe unexpectedly passed the Azure Dragon’s trial and set up the star disc, then deliberately installed it upside down to make the formation fail. Tantai Jing secretly flipped the disc over, believing he could expose Chu Xinghe and make the Vast Heaven Sect pay for the losses.

• Chu Xinghe took seventeen steps toward the Azure Dragon before the dragon unexpectedly declared that he had passed and handed him the Azure Dragon Star Disc.
• The Azure Dragon opened the Azure Dragon Altar, and Chu Xinghe entered first to set up the star disc formation.
• Chu Xinghe deliberately placed the star disc upside down, expecting the activation to fail and planning to reimburse everyone for the wasted resources.
• Zheng Yu and the others entered the altar one by one and activated the formation with their Spirit Beast Talismans and resources.
• Tantai Jing entered last and flipped the star disc over, intending to accuse Chu Xinghe of setting it up incorrectly and charge the Vast Heaven Sect for the losses.

Chu Xinghe and the others activated the Azure Dragon formation in less than a day, astonishing the people outside Spirit Beast Island. After Tantai Jing blamed Ji Moran for secretly sabotaging the group, they were teleported to the White Tiger Divine Hall, where White Tiger appeared and stunned them.

• The Azure Dragon Altar’s divine light pierced the island’s seal, confirming that Chu Xinghe and the others had passed the first formation in less than a day.
• Wu Xingyun wondered why Tantai Jing had failed to sabotage the group, while Tantai Jing and Chu Xinghe each realized that someone had reversed the astrolabe against their actions.
• Tantai Jing ruled out the other members and decided Ji Moran was the hidden saboteur, while Ji Moran felt uneasy at Tantai Jing’s stare.
• A teleportation formation carried Chu Xinghe, Tantai Jing, and the others from the Azure Dragon Divine Hall to the White Tiger Divine Hall.
• White Tiger welcomed the group and boasted about his difficult trial, but his appearance left Chu Xinghe and the others stunned.

White Tiger revealed that Azure Dragon's trial tested confidence rather than resistance to dragon might, then offered two ways to pass his own trial. Tantai Jing chose to fight White Tiger at equal cultivation, but White Tiger countered his Yin Souls with an Evil Repeller Formation.

• White Tiger introduced himself as a white dog and explained that Azure Dragon used a Mind-Bewitching Technique to magnify challengers' fear of failure.
• White Tiger explained that Chu Xinghe had passed immediately because he had felt no fear of failure, while Zheng Yu, Tantai Jing, and Douding'er had advanced different distances according to their confidence.
• White Tiger offered challengers a choice between defeating him at their own cultivation level and a second trial option, but Tantai Jing chose to fight him without hearing the alternative.
• Tantai Jing unleashed his Yin Souls against White Tiger, who activated an Evil Repeller Formation and reduced them to ashes.

White Tiger defeated Tantai Jing and the others with his spirit formations, then recognized Chu Xinghe's Innate Formation Mastery and offered to teach him battle formations. Chu Xinghe hesitated over accepting the legacy, leaving White Tiger and the group stunned.

• White Tiger used the Evil Repeller Formation and Blood Sha Formation to defeat Tantai Jing without seriously injuring him.
• White Tiger demonstrated his Spirit Formations Accompanying the Body by making Sun Xueheng and the others test his formations, leaving them injured.
• When White Tiger attacked Chu Xinghe, Chu Xinghe formed a White Tiger Vajra Formation with the Flying Locust and forced White Tiger back three steps.
• White Tiger recognized Chu Xinghe's Innate Formation Mastery and realized the Flying Locust could help him use formations beyond the limits of the earth.
• White Tiger offered to teach Chu Xinghe all his battle formations if he stayed on Spirit Beast Island, but Chu Xinghe said they should discuss it first.

Chu Xinghe refused White Tiger’s inheritance and set up the second formation on Spirit Beast Island, hoping it would fail and consume resources. Instead, the formation succeeded, leaving Chu Xinghe to suspect that another teammate had sabotaged it.

• Chu Xinghe refused White Tiger’s inheritance 256 times, and White Tiger left after offering it repeatedly.
• Chu Xinghe placed the star chart upside down to set up the second formation, then Zheng Yu arranged for Tantai Jing to enter the altar second while he checked the setup afterward.
• Tantai Jing activated the star chart without tampering with it, and Zheng Yu confirmed that Tantai Jing had left it unchanged.
• After Ji Moran entered last, the formation succeeded, repairing another section of Spirit Beast Island’s rift in space and time.
• Tantai Jing was confused by the success, while Chu Xinghe realized another teammate must have sabotaged the formation.

After the second formation succeeded, Chu Xinghe, Tantai Jing, and Ji Moran each suspected another of sabotaging it, while all three remained unaware that they were secretly on the same side. The group reached the Vermilion Bird Temple, where the Vermilion Bird’s spirit fire swept everyone back but flowed into Chu Xinghe and summoned a giant phantom behind him.

• Outside Spirit Beast Island, the righteous path and Demonic Sect argued over who deserved credit for the second formation’s success, while Wu Xingyun believed Tantai Jing was saving his sabotage for the final formation.
• Inside the island, Tantai Jing suspected Ji Moran had interfered, Chu Xinghe suspected Ji Moran too, and Ji Moran doubted that he had successfully reversed the star chart.
• A teleportation formation took Chu Xinghe and the others to the Vermilion Bird Temple, where a Vermilion Bird descended in a blaze of fire.
• The Vermilion Bird’s spirit fire overwhelmed Tantai Jing, Zheng Yu, and the others, sending them flying without seriously injuring them.
• The flames entered Chu Xinghe without harming him, and a giant phantom image of the Vermilion Bird appeared behind him.

Chu Xinghe received the Vermilion Bird’s flames, which transformed into the Phoenix’s Bright Gold Divine Fire and overwhelmed every fire-aligned being on Spirit Beast Island. He awoke to find the Vermilion Bird prostrate before him, baffled by what had happened.

• The Vermilion Bird recognized Chu Xinghe’s Vermilion Bird Spirit Fire and poured more flames into him as a gift.
• Chu Xinghe’s body revealed that he had Shed the Mortal Frame and Exchanged the Bones, transforming the Vermilion Bird Spirit Fire.
• A golden egg formed behind Chu Xinghe, and its power forced the Vermilion Bird, Zheng Yu, and fire-aligned beings across Spirit Beast Island to bow.
• A golden Phoenix emerged from the egg, then returned to it as the Phoenix’s first-cycle Bright Gold Divine Fire entered Chu Xinghe.
• Chu Xinghe awoke and found the Vermilion Bird kneeling before him, wondering why the sacred beast had prostrated itself.

Chu Xinghe gained Bright Gold Divine Fire after the Vermilion Bird’s inheritance transformed into a Phoenix inheritance, then received the Vermilion Bird’s star chart and joined the others in completing the third array. The array succeeded despite Chu Xinghe placing the chart correctly, leaving him and the other suspected infiltrators baffled as Zheng Yu celebrated the group’s unity.

• The Vermilion Bird explained that Chu Xinghe’s Phoenix represented the source of all flames and that Bright Gold Divine Fire was the first of nine possible revolutions, though no one had ever reached the second.
• The Vermilion Bird described Bright Gold Divine Fire as a powerful flame that could refine pills beyond divine-pill quality and grant them random special effects.
• The Vermilion Bird thanked Chu Xinghe, gave him the star chart without a test, and opened the Vermilion Bird Altar.
• Chu Xinghe placed the star chart correctly, and Zheng Yu entered the altar next to show temporary trust in Tantai Jing before the others followed.
• The third array lit up successfully, confusing Chu Xinghe, Tantai Jing, and Ji Moran, while Zheng Yu apologized to Tantai Jing and praised their unity.

The eight youngsters completed the Vermilion Bird formation, while Tantai Jing and Ji Moran remained confused about why their inaction had helped the team succeed. At the Xuanwu Divine Temple, Xuanwu announced a trial of fortune and proposed a wager, which Zheng Yu immediately accepted by betting everything he owned.

• The third formation succeeded, prompting the factions to praise the youngsters and Tantai Jing for cooperating with the righteous path.
• Ji Moran and Tantai Jing wondered why their decision not to act had brought success, while Tantai Jing continued searching for a hidden third saboteur.
• The eight arrived at the Xuanwu Divine Temple, where Xuanwu praised Chu Xinghe and introduced fortune as the final trial.
• The others recognized Chu Xinghe as the continent's father of fortune, while Chu Xinghe hoped Xuanwu would choose a different test.
• Xuanwu offered to wager an inheritance of fortune against the youngsters' treasures, and Zheng Yu declared that he was betting everything, even his clothes.

Zheng Yu and the others challenged Xuanwu Sacred Venerable to a luck wager, immediately staking their treasures, lives, and even entire sects despite not knowing the rules. Xuanwu announced a simple test of choosing the hidden power among a hundred small Xuanwus, but the group demanded greater difficulty and rewards.

• Zheng Yu went all in, and Tantai Jing and the others followed by staking their treasures and lives.
• Ji Moran, Douding'er, and others offered up their sects, cities, and communities, while Chu Xinghe proposed staking the Vast Heaven Sect.
• The group objected to Chu Xinghe joining, arguing that his participation would leave too little of Xuanwu's luck for them to share.
• Xuanwu insisted his luck was endless and revealed a test in which each person had to choose the hidden power among a hundred small Xuanwus.
• Zheng Yu and the others asked Xuanwu to make the test harder and increase the reward, eventually proposing a thousand small Xuanwus.

Xuanwu challenged Chu Xinghe and the others to identify the real little Xuanwu among a thousand, but they kept raising the difficulty and wagering snacks with their lives. Chu Xinghe blindfolded himself and cleared the marked area without hitting a single real one, leaving Xuanwu baffled by his luck.

• Xuanwu filled the sky with a thousand spinning little Xuanwu after the group demanded a harder challenge.
• Chu Xinghe proposed adding nine more real little Xuanwu and eliminating the fakes, while Zheng Yu suggested numbering the real ones and arranging them in order.
• Douding'er and the others withdrew their snacks from the wager while keeping their lives and other stakes in.
• Chu Xinghe blindfolded himself, and the group demanded a higher reward for the added difficulty.
• Chu Xinghe pointed out a whole area of little Xuanwu, causing them all to burst without revealing any Xuanwu power.
• Xuanwu saw a real little Xuanwu mysteriously fly out of Chu Xinghe's chosen area and wondered if he had witnessed luck.

Chu Xinghe effortlessly chose every genuine Xuanwu token, then defeated Xuanwu in a series of luck-based contests and received his fortune inheritance along with six others. With the Xuanwu Star Disc, Chu Xinghe entered the altar for the final attempt and decided to place it upside down.

• Chu Xinghe selected the ten genuine little Xuanwu from among the thousand, leaving Xuanwu stunned by his apparent fortune.
• Tantai Jing, Zheng Yu, and the others comforted Xuanwu, while Chu Xinghe insisted that he lost every day without knowing how.
• Xuanwu challenged Chu Xinghe at several games of chance and lost each round, then distributed his fortune inheritance among seven people, excluding Chu Xinghe.
• Xuanwu opened the Xuanwu Altar after three attempts, lost his balance and fell into a ditch, and Chu Xinghe warned him to be careful without his fortune.
• Chu Xinghe entered the altar with the Xuanwu Star Disc, found that an incorrect formation would not fit, and chose to place the disc upside down.

Chu Xinghe, Tantai Jing, Ji Moran, and Zheng Yu each gambled on who would alter the Xuanwu Star Disc, and Zheng Yu’s final move completed the formation. The Four Saints Divine Hall opened Spirit Beast Island to the Blazing Sun Continent, and the talismans received the Four Sacred Beasts’ blessings.

• Chu Xinghe placed the Xuanwu Star Disc upside down and secretly set a sensing formation to detect anyone who touched it.
• Tantai Jing flipped the disc right side up, and Ji Moran later flipped it upside down again.
• Zheng Yu entered last, sensed the disc was wrong, and flipped it, completing the final formation and leaving Chu Xinghe, Tantai Jing, and Ji Moran stunned.
• The four grand formations revealed all of Spirit Beast Island and repaired the spacetime rift, creating an entrance that people from the Blazing Sun Continent could freely use.
• Wu Xingyun and Ling Su questioned why Tantai Jing and Ji Moran had cooperated instead of sabotaging the formations.
• The seven Spirit Beast Talismans and Chu Xinghe’s Beast God Talisman received divine blessings as Spirit Beast Island opened.

The Four Sacred Beasts blessed the seven Spirit Beast Talismans, but Xuanwu's blessing on Ji Moran's talisman turned into a curse that repelled every other beast's blessing. Xuanwu promised to make Ji Moran a replacement talisman with three sacred beasts' inheritances, though it would take seven or eight hundred years, leaving Ji Moran stunned and Chu Xinghe unexpectedly sympathetic.

• Zheng Yu and Douding'er received Azure Dragon blessings, Guo Qizhen and Sun Xueheng received White Tiger blessings, and Tantai Jing and Fan Sheng received Vermilion Bird blessings.
• Xuanwu's blessing on Ji Moran's Spirit Beast Talisman failed twice before turning black, striking Ji Moran in the face and giving him a nosebleed.
• The White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Azure Dragon each tried to bless Ji Moran's talisman, but Xuanwu's black misfortune repelled every blessing.
• The Four Sacred Beasts advised Ji Moran to discard the talisman, but Xuanwu offered to nurture a replacement that the other three beasts could bless alongside him.
• Ji Moran celebrated the prospect of receiving three sacred beasts' inheritances, then learned from Xuanwu that the replacement would take seven or eight hundred years.
• Chu Xinghe sympathized with Ji Moran's despair and vowed that the Vast Heaven Sect would not target the Cloud Firmament Sect.

After Xuanwu cursed Ji Moran’s Cloud Firmament Sect to wait seven or eight hundred years for another Spirit Beast Talisman, Chu Xinghe’s Beast God Talisman activated and pulled him into a void before the Beast God. The Beast God revealed that it had chosen Chu Xinghe as a vessel for possession and prepared to take over his body.

• Ji Moran despaired over Xuanwu’s curse, while Zheng Yu and the others tried to console him and joked about trading places.
• After the seven Spirit Beast Talismans received their blessings, Chu Xinghe’s Beast God Talisman rose into the air and dragged him into its vortex.
• The Beast God seized Chu Xinghe and declared its intention to be reborn in his body, explaining that the Beast God Talisman selected a possession target.
• Chu Xinghe realized Evil Repeller had protected him from the Beast God’s earlier attempt to investigate him, but it could not overcome the Beast God’s nearly complete soul.
• The Beast God revealed that Spirit Beast Island was a world it had created to find a suitable vessel, and that Chu Xinghe’s fortune and transformed body made him an ideal target.
• The Beast God told Chu Xinghe it would kill him and take his identity, believing that neither Chu Xinghe nor Evil Repeller could resist.

The Beast God tried to possess Chu Xinghe, but the Azure Dragon phantom failed to harm him because he longed for failure rather than fearing it. The Beast God then used a White Tiger phantom to reshape Chu Xinghe’s body, but Chu Xinghe repeatedly sabotaged its formation with Flying Locust, leaving the possession thwarted.

• The Beast God told Chu Xinghe that the Four Sacred Beasts knew nothing of Spirit Beast Island’s secrets, then began the possession with an Azure Dragon phantom.
• The Azure Dragon phantom entered Chu Xinghe, but its power ran out without harming him because Chu Xinghe did not fear failure.
• The Beast God summoned a White Tiger phantom to lay the Body-Shaping Grand Formation inside Chu Xinghe, while Chu Xinghe sent Flying Locust and the other divine swords to attack it.
• Chu Xinghe used Flying Locust to place formation points matching the White Tiger’s frequency, repeatedly disrupting the Body-Shaping Grand Formation before it could be completed.

Chu Xinghe thwarted the Beast God’s attempts to possess him, defeating the White Tiger and Vermilion Bird phantoms after the Azure Dragon had already failed. When the Beast God tried to summon the Xuanwu to kill him, the phantom vanished before appearing, leaving the Beast God powerless and searching the sky while Chu Xinghe smiled.

• Chu Xinghe repeatedly disrupted the White Tiger’s Body-Shaping Grand Formation, exhausting its power and causing the phantom to disappear.
• The Beast God summoned the Vermilion Bird to burn away Chu Xinghe’s will, but Chu Xinghe’s Phoenix Divine Fire burned the phantom to ashes.
• The Beast God abandoned possession and decided to use the Xuanwu’s power to seal and kill Chu Xinghe.
• The Beast God spent his remaining power summoning the Xuanwu, but the phantom collapsed before it appeared.
• Chu Xinghe realized the Xuanwu summoning had been ruined by the curses affecting the real Xuanwu, while the powerless Beast God searched for his missing phantom.