Chapter Summaries

Chu Xinghe found that the Ouyang Lineage was training Nebula Spirit Cats to refine artifacts, then added cooking to their lessons after Chu Xinghe mentioned it. He entered the Dark Moon Palace and discovered its cats and clansmen taking part in a grisly mutual-slashing party, leaving him questioning whether anyone in the Vast Heaven Sect was normal.

• Chu Xinghe visited the Artifact Refining Palace and saw Nebula Spirit Cats practicing artifact refining and the Cloud-Piercing Hammer Technique.
• Ouyang Ming explained that the Spirit Beast Mystic Art had awakened the cats' intelligence and argued that artifact refining was a fitting way for the Ouyang Lineage's cats to fight alongside their masters.
• Chu Xinghe remarked that the cats could learn to cook, prompting Ouyang Ming to order them to train in both cooking and artifact refining.
• Chu Xinghe entered the Dark Moon Palace and saw a dismembered Nebula Spirit Cat revive and run away.
• Chu Xinghe reached the palace center and found Wei Xin leading a mutual-slashing party involving Dark Moon clansmen and Nebula Spirit Cats.

Chu Xinghe watched the Dark Moon Clan celebrate their undying Nebula Spirit Cats and learned that Wei Xin’s cat had become a soul. The Beast God recognized Wei Xin as a legendary Soul Master, and Elder He confirmed the same, leaving the Beast God stunned.

• An Lan explained that the Dark Moon Clan’s Nebula Spirit Cats had gained Undying Bodies and could revive after dying alongside their masters.
• Chu Xinghe saw Wei Xin join the Dark Moon Clan’s bloody celebration and learned that Wei Xin had advanced close to the Seventh Rank.
• Wei Xin summoned his Nebula Spirit Cat, which had become a soul that Chu Xinghe could not touch.
• The Beast God identified Wei Xin as a Soul Master but refused to explain what that meant to Chu Xinghe.
• An Lan brought Elder He to examine the cat, and Elder He recognized Wei Xin as a legendary Soul Master.

Elder He identified Wei Xin as a rare soul master and explained the class’s formidable abilities, leaving Chu Xinghe and the Beast God astonished when the Vast Heaven Sect produced ten complete cultivation manuals for Wei Xin to study.

• Elder He explained that soul masters could turn spirit beasts into nearly invulnerable souls and potentially command an army of them.
• Wei Xin learned that he was a soul master and tearfully thanked Chu Xinghe for giving him the chance to cultivate.
• The Vast Heaven Sect’s leaders celebrated Wei Xin’s discovery, and the Grand Elder asked Elder He about soul master cultivation methods.
• Elder He revealed that he had pieced together two complete manuals from several incomplete ones he had found in ancient ruins.
• The Great Sage arrived and offered Wei Xin eight more complete manuals, leaving Chu Xinghe and the Beast God questioning how rare soul masters really were.

Wei Xin became a soul master after receiving cultivation manuals from the Vast Heaven Sect and the Savage Wilderness, drawing attention across the world. The Cloud Firmament Sect exposed him as its spy, and the Vast Heaven Sect imprisoned him, leaving Wei Xin fearing that his new life was over.

• The Vast Heaven Sect learned that Wei Xin was a soul master, and Ma Liang discussed pairing Wei Xin’s soul spirit beasts with the ghosts in his Ten Thousand Ghosts Grand Formation.
• Douding'er gave Wei Xin four more complete soul master cultivation manuals from the Savage Wilderness.
• Ling Su discovered that Wei Xin had cut off the Cloud Firmament Sect’s secret channels and concluded that he had defected, so the elders agreed to expose him.
• The Cloud Firmament Sect publicly revealed Wei Xin’s past as its spy, and factions across the world watched to see how the Vast Heaven Sect would respond.
• The Vast Heaven Sect imprisoned Wei Xin, who swore he would destroy the Cloud Firmament Sect if he survived.

Wei Xin, a former Cloud Firmament Sect spy who had sincerely become a Vast Heaven Sect disciple, believed he deserved execution and prepared to die. Chu Xinghe declared that he trusted Wei Xin and would protect him, leaving the sect to debate how to handle the case.

• Wei Xin reflected on his years as a spy and decided he would accept execution, though he regretted disappointing Chu Xinghe.
• Chu Xinghe visited Wei Xin in the dungeon after investigating his conduct and learning that Dark Moon Palace disciples supported him.
• Chu Xinghe asked whether Wei Xin considered himself a Vast Heaven Sect disciple, and Wei Xin affirmed his loyalty to the Dark Moon Palace.
• Chu Xinghe said he believed Wei Xin and would protect him regardless of outside opinion, leaving Wei Xin overwhelmed and grateful.
• Vast Heaven Sect disciples debated whether Wei Xin would be imprisoned or executed, while Chu Xinghe recognized the Cloud Firmament Sect wanted the sect to kill its newly powerful former spy.

The Vast Heaven Sect investigated Wei Xin and debated whether to punish him for having once been a spy. Chu Xinghe executed Wei Xin before the gathered elders and disciples, then declared the sect would retaliate against the Cloud Firmament Sect; Wei Xin moved after appearing dead.

• Ma Liang used the Soul-Devouring Technique to reveal Wei Xin’s past and his sincere commitment to the Vast Heaven Sect.
• The elders argued over whether Wei Xin’s service as a spy required his execution, and Chu Xinghe said the sect’s rules demanded that spies die.
• Chu Xinghe received Gu Mingchao’s approval and killed Wei Xin by piercing his heart with Fingers-Wrapping Softness.
• Chu Xinghe ordered the sect to investigate its enterprises for spies and announced that the Vast Heaven Sect would no longer be on friendly terms with the Cloud Firmament Sect.
• As everyone watched, Wei Xin moved on the floor.

Chu Xinghe publicly executed Wei Xin, then used the Power of Rebirth to revive him and give him a chance to leave his past as a spy behind. Wei Xin took the name Wei Buhui and pledged himself to the Vast Heaven Sect, while the Beast God unexpectedly suffered the backlash from Chu Xinghe's power.

• Chu Xinghe ran his sword through Wei Xin in front of the Vast Heaven Sect, and Yan Shoujing feared the same fate if his identity as a Demonic Sect spy were exposed.
• Wei Xin moved after being declared dead, and Chu Xinghe revealed that he had used the Power of Rebirth to revive him.
• Wei Xin understood that Chu Xinghe had kept his promise to protect him, while the elders recognized that the execution upheld the sect's rules and the rebirth gave Wei Xin a new life.
• Chu Xinghe discovered that the backlash from using the Power of Rebirth had struck the Beast God instead of him.
• Chu Xinghe told Wei Xin to leave his past behind and live as an upright Vast Heaven Sect disciple, and Wei Xin renamed himself Wei Buhui and thanked him.

Chu Xinghe executed Wei Xin, then revived him as Wei Buhui, satisfying the Vast Heaven Sect while upholding its public stance against spies. After the sect announced Wei Xin’s death, a detailed list exposing the Cloud Firmament Sect’s spies across the continent surfaced, and Chu Xinghe revealed he had helped release it.

• Chu Xinghe killed Wei Xin and revived him as Wei Buhui, who pledged his loyalty to the Vast Heaven Sect and Senior Brother Xinghe.
• The Vast Heaven Sect erased Wei Xin’s records, welcomed Wei Buhui as a disciple, and broadcast the execution recording through the Haotian Mirror.
• Factions across the continent debated Chu Xinghe’s decision, while Zheng Yu and Cheng Xiaotian discussed what he could learn from it.
• A detailed list of Cloud Firmament Sect spies embedded in factions across the Blazing Sun Continent appeared, shocking the factions and the Cloud Firmament Sect.
• Chu Xinghe examined the list Wei Buhui had brought him and thought that he had helped expose the Cloud Firmament Sect’s spies without leaving his name.

Chu Xinghe used information from Wei Buhui to expose the Cloud Firmament Sect’s spies across other factions, crippling its intelligence network and provoking widespread anger. As the Cloud Firmament Sect’s elders blamed Great Elder Ling Su for the disaster, Ling Su was left facing the consequences of a plan they had all supported.

• Chu Xinghe had Wei Buhui identify Cloud Firmament Sect spies planted in other sects after the known spies withdrew.
• Chu Xinghe captured the spies and offered them a choice between interrogation by Ji Changfeng or freedom and generous resources in exchange for information.
• Most spies chose the resources, gave Chu Xinghe a list of the Cloud Firmament Sect’s agents, and were released as promised.
• Chu Xinghe sent the list anonymously to factions across the region, leading to mass arrests that crippled the Cloud Firmament Sect’s intelligence network.
• The factions demanded explanations from the Cloud Firmament Sect, while its reputation collapsed over the exposed spies.
• The Cloud Firmament Sect elders blamed Ling Su, then argued that he should have stopped their plan, leaving him speechless.

The Cloud Firmament Sect faced worldwide backlash after its spy plot unraveled, while the Vast Heaven Sect announced that Wei Buhui was its new Soul Master and insisted he was not the supposedly dead Wei Xin. The chapter left Ling Su powerless as Wei Buhui began demonstrating his abilities on Cloud Firmament Sect disciples on Spirit Beast Island.

• The Cloud Firmament Sect elders blamed Ling Su for the failed spy scheme as other factions blockaded the sect’s businesses and it lost prospective disciples.
• The Vast Heaven Sect announced that the Cloud Firmament Sect would not receive Xinghe’s Power of Rebirth and revealed that it had found a Soul Master named Wei Buhui.
• Martial Emperor City, Northern Nether City, the Star Moon Sect, Jade Void Palace, and Wu Xingyun publicly backed the claim that Wei Buhui was distinct from Wei Xin.
• Ling Su recognized that Wei Buhui was plainly Wei Xin but could not attack him without provoking a war the Cloud Firmament Sect could not survive.
• Wei Buhui began demonstrating his Soul Master abilities by ‘accidentally’ encountering Cloud Firmament Sect disciples on Spirit Beast Island.

Wei Buhui used his Soul Master abilities to seize spirit-beast souls, repeatedly harming Cloud Firmament Sect’s beasts while claiming it was accidental, and Ling Su had to swallow his anger. Meanwhile, the Vast Heaven Sect consolidated its claim to the Land of Wilderness, and Chu Xinghe welcomed Douding’er’s request for ideas to develop the territory and attract people.

• Wei Buhui seized the souls of spirit beasts recently tamed by Cloud Firmament Sect disciples, then damaged their souls while attempting to return them and promised to repair them someday.
• Wei Buhui again harmed Cloud Firmament Sect’s spirit beasts during his claimed training, and Ling Su backed down after other factions defended Wei Buhui and he saw Wei Buhui’s dangerous guards.
• Wei Buhui demonstrated that his soul arts could forcibly tame weaker spirit beasts, and he began building a carefully limited group of them.
• Chu Xinghe watched Douding’er and the Savage Wilderness Tribes rapidly improve the Vast Heaven Sect’s spirit beasts and mourned their progress.
• The Vast Heaven Sect claimed the Land of Wilderness, and neighboring factions returned the land they had occupied and paid rent.
• Douding’er asked Chu Xinghe how to develop the Land of Wilderness and attract people, and Chu Xinghe eagerly offered to help.

Chu Xinghe proposed the first Blazing Sun Star Spirit Beast Grand Prix to make Spirit Beast City famous, arguing that an enormous prize and an impartial competition would draw contestants and spectators. The elders accepted his reasoning that Vast Heaven Sect’s disciples should compete but be excluded from the final rankings, leaving the prize open to everyone.

• The Grand Elder and the palace chiefs discussed plans to build Spirit Beast City and considered ways to attract visitors.
• Chu Xinghe arrived with Douding'er and proposed the first Blazing Sun Star Spirit Beast Grand Prix.
• Elder He and the other chiefs doubted an arena tournament would attract much attention because such competitions had become predictable.
• Chu Xinghe explained that the Grand Prix’s appeal should be its enormous prize rather than tired promises of fame.
• Chu Xinghe rejected Elder He’s suggestion that Vast Heaven Sect rely on its own strength, warning that outsiders would see the contest as unfair.
• Chu Xinghe proposed excluding Vast Heaven Sect disciples’ results from the final rankings so everyone else could compete for the prize.

Chu Xinghe persuaded the Vast Heaven Sect to launch the Blazing Sun Star Spirit Beast Grand Prix with enormous prizes, excluding its own disciples from the rankings and granting the top hundred the Spirit Beast Mystic Art. The announcements sparked a continent-wide rush to compete, and the Cloud Firmament Sect reversed its refusal to participate.

• Chu Xinghe proposed excluding Vast Heaven Sect disciples from the Grand Prix rankings so other factions could win the prizes, then offered the Spirit Beast Mystic Art inheritance to the top hundred contestants.
• Ma Liang suggested holding Grand Prix events in every new city, and the elders approved the plan before Sect Master Gu Mingchao endorsed it.
• The Vast Heaven Sect announced the Grand Prix and its huge prize money, prompting factions to suspect the tournament was a publicity stunt.
• The sect announced that its disciples would not count in the rankings, and major factions began targeting first place, including Cheng Xiaotian of Martial Emperor City.
• The Vast Heaven Sect announced the top hundred would receive the Spirit Beast Mystic Art, drawing major factions, minor factions, and Rogue Persons into the competition.
• Ling Su, who had vowed the Cloud Firmament Sect would not participate, mobilized its disciples to fight for a top-hundred place.

The Blazing Sun Star Spirit Beast Grand Prix drew widespread attention with its generous prizes and promise to teach the Spirit Beast Mystic Art to the top hundred. Chu Xinghe tried to ensure the Vast Heaven Sect would lose by excluding its strongest disciples, but after choosing Feng Yuzheng as a weak competitor, he spotted Mu Bai directing Nebula Spirit Cats in the fields.

• News of the Blazing Sun Star Spirit Beast Grand Prix spread across the Blazing Sun Continent, and contestants flocked to the still-under-construction Spirit Beast City.
• Chu Xinghe rejected Ma Liang's idea to hold future Grand Prix events in different cities and decided to keep them all in Spirit Beast City.
• Chu Xinghe refused Douding'er, Wei Buhui, Wan Lin, An Lan, and other palace disciples permission to compete because their spirit beasts were too powerful.
• Chu Xinghe chose Feng Yuzheng and his treasure-seeking Nebula Spirit Cat to represent the Vast Heaven Sect, expecting them to lose.
• After selecting Feng Yuzheng, Chu Xinghe saw Mu Bai directing a group of Nebula Spirit Cats farming in the fields.

Douding'er protested Chu Xinghe’s decision to keep the Beast Taming Palace out of the Spirit Beast Grand Prix, but Chu Xinghe persuaded her and the Grand Elder that withholding the sect’s strongest beast tamers would make the Vast Heaven Sect look more powerful. With the Grand Elder’s backing, Chu Xinghe began assembling a team of less capable competitors and reached the Artifact Refining Palace, where its Nebula Spirit Cats brought him to tears.

• Douding'er went to the Grand Elder to complain that Chu Xinghe had refused to let the Beast Taming Palace compete, explaining that she and her tribespeople wanted to help him.
• The Grand Elder summoned Chu Xinghe and suggested letting the Beast Taming Palace enter the Grand Prix so Chu Xinghe could rest.
• Chu Xinghe argued that keeping the Beast Taming Palace off the field would make the Vast Heaven Sect’s other disciples’ performance more impressive, and Douding'er accepted his reasoning.
• The Grand Elder agreed to follow Chu Xinghe’s choices for the team after speaking with him through the night.
• Chu Xinghe selected Feng Yuzheng’s Nebula Spirit Cat for its Treasure Seeking Art and Mu Bai’s for its farming ability, then went to the Artifact Refining Palace and saw its Nebula Spirit Cats.

Chu Xinghe assigned two Spirit Beast Grand Prix spots to the Ouyang Lineage after discovering their Nebula Spirit Cats had become cooks, then named himself for the final spot. The sect was baffled by the choices, but Gu Mingchao trusted Xinghe’s judgment and prepared to wait for the competition.

• Chu Xinghe found Nebula Spirit Cats cooking in the Artifact Refining Palace and ate their dishes before ordering Ouyang Ming to enter the Spirit Beast Grand Prix.
• Chu Xinghe gave two of the Vast Heaven Sect’s five contestant spots to the Ouyang Lineage and claimed the last spot for himself.
• The other palace members visited the Artifact Refining Palace and discovered that the Ouyang Lineage’s Nebula Spirit Cats had no apparent competition skills beyond cooking.
• Ma Liang questioned Chu Xinghe’s choices, but Chu Xinghe argued that Ouyang Ming had never lost after doubting himself and that Xinghe would ensure victory.
• Sect Master Gu Mingchao was confused by the lineup, noticed that Chu Xinghe lacked a spirit beast, and trusted his selection anyway.

Chu Xinghe announced a Spirit Beast Grand Prix team that baffled the sect and the outside world, especially because he had no spirit beast. Certain he could finally lose on his own terms, he discovered that the Beast God was hibernating and could not interfere.

• Chu Xinghe publicly named Feng Yuzheng, Mu Bai, Ouyang Ming, Ouyang Ling, and himself as the Vast Heaven Sect's competitors, prompting widespread confusion and excitement among rival sects.
• Zheng Yu and others were stunned by the lineup, while Chu Xinghe forbade anyone in the sect from teaching the four competitors anything that might disrupt his plans.
• The sect's disciples praised Chu Xinghe as the team's guarantee of victory, despite his lack of a spirit beast, and Chu Xinghe privately resolved to lose every match.
• Chu Xinghe tried to contact the Beast God and discovered that he had gone into hibernation after being weakened, leaving Chu Xinghe confident that nothing could stop him from losing.

The Vast Heaven Sect completed Spirit Beast City in under a month and began the Blazing Sun Star Spirit Beast Grand Prix under rules that allowed even entrants without spirit beasts. After the preliminary rounds, Chu Xinghe’s team drew the powerful Flowing Cloud Sect team led by Ye Suifeng, who feared facing Chu Xinghe.

• The Vast Heaven Sect’s civil engineering disciples finished Spirit Beast City in less than a month, and the sect announced group-based rules for the Grand Prix.
• The Grand Prix opened under Gu Mingchao, and the preliminary matches featured bizarre teams, including entrants with no spirit beasts, because participants received Crystals of Xinghe.
• The Soul Devourers, led by Zhu Peng and fielding five Soul Devouring Snakes, dominated their preliminary matches without Zhu Peng needing to fight.
• After the ten-day preliminaries, Chu Xinghe and Ouyang Ming reviewed the nineteen teams in their group, including the powerful Flowing Cloud Sect team led by Ye Suifeng.
• Ye Suifeng drew Chu Xinghe’s team as his advancement-round opponent and nearly collapsed, convinced he had little chance against Chu Xinghe.

Ye Suifeng despaired after drawing the Vast Heaven Sect, but a mysterious note claiming the sect’s spirit beasts were mostly suited to mundane tasks gave him some hope. Chu Xinghe had secretly planted the note to keep Ye Suifeng from surrendering, while reassuring his own worried teammates as he aimed to lose the match.

• Ye Suifeng lamented that his Flowing Cloud Sect had drawn Chu Xinghe and the Vast Heaven Sect’s formidable team.
• Ye Qingcheng gave Ye Suifeng a mysterious note claiming Feng Yuzheng’s spirit cat found treasure, Mu Bai’s farmed, the Ouyang siblings’ cooked, and Chu Xinghe had no spirit beast.
• Chu Xinghe admitted he had planted the note to lift Ye Suifeng’s spirits and prevent him from surrendering.
• The Vast Heaven Sect’s teammates worried about facing Ye Suifeng, while Chu Xinghe told them he would serve as their fallback.
• Chu Xinghe privately celebrated the team’s renewed confidence, intending for the Vast Heaven Sect to be eliminated in the first round.

The Vast Heaven Sect faced the Flowing Cloud Sect in the qualifying round, and Chu Xinghe expected Feng Yuzheng’s Nebula Spirit Cat to lose quickly. Instead, Feng Yuzheng’s cat dodged the Lightning Earth Dragon’s attacks and knocked it flying, leaving the crowd and Chu Xinghe stunned.

• Chu Xinghe arranged for Feng Yuzheng to fight first, expecting the Nebula Spirit Cat to lose, while Ye Suifeng chose to lead the Flowing Cloud Sect team.
• Feng Yuzheng summoned his Nebula Spirit Cat as Ye Suifeng sent out his Lightning Earth Dragon.
• Ye Suifeng’s Lightning Earth Dragon trapped the Nebula Spirit Cat in a Lightning Prison, but the cat calmly dodged each bolt.
• Feng Yuzheng’s Nebula Spirit Cat struck the Lightning Earth Dragon with a pawful of starlight and sent it crashing to the ground.