Chapter Summaries

Feng Yuzheng's Nebula Spirit Cat defeated the Lightning Earth Dragon by using its mutated Treasure Seeking Art to sense spiritual power, evade attacks, and strike weak points. The cat won the first match for the Vast Heaven Sect, while Chu Xinghe watched with composed bewilderment.

• Feng Yuzheng's Nebula Spirit Cat effortlessly dodged the Lightning Earth Dragon's attacks, leaving Douding'er and the crowd wondering if it used the Great Prophecy Art.
• The First Elder realized the cat's mutated Treasure Seeking Art let it detect spiritual power fluctuations and identify the Lightning Earth Dragon's weaknesses.
• Chu Xinghe's lineup and confidence convinced the First Elder that he had expected Feng Yuzheng to win, even though Feng Yuzheng himself seemed surprised by the cat's abilities.
• Feng Yuzheng's Nebula Spirit Cat repeatedly struck the Lightning Earth Dragon's weak points and defeated it after sending it flying five times.
• The Nebula Spirit Cat returned gracefully to Feng Yuzheng as Chu Xinghe watched, privately baffled by its behavior.

Feng Yuzheng’s Nebula Spirit Cat swept the Flowing Cloud Sect’s team, earning the Vast Heaven Sect widespread acclaim. Meanwhile, the Cloud Firmament Sect was eliminated by five Rogue Cultivators, leaving Chu Xinghe furious that they had ruined his chance to pass on the Spirit Beast Mystic Art and be publicly denounced.

• Feng Yuzheng’s Nebula Spirit Cat defeated all five Flowing Cloud Sect fighters with effortless, one-sided victories.
• Douding’er asked Feng Yuzheng to teach the Treasure Seeking Art to the Beast Taming Palace, and his performance made the Vast Heaven Sect a sensation in Spirit Beast City.
• Chu Xinghe learned that the Cloud Firmament Sect had been eliminated in the first round and lamented that he could no longer arrange for them to receive the Spirit Beast Mystic Art and denounce him.
• The Soul Devourers swept the Cloud Firmament Sect’s first four fighters before Ji Moran defeated two opponents and then lost his third match, sealing his team’s elimination.

After the Cloud Firmament Sect issued an Adversity Challenge, it drew Martial Emperor City as its opponent, prompting Ling Su to accuse the Vast Heaven Sect of rigging the draw. Chu Xinghe offered a million resources to Martial Emperor City and let Ling Su conduct a new draw, leaving the challenge unresolved.

• Xinghe persuaded the Grand Elder to accept Ling Su's Adversity Challenge, and the Vast Heaven Sect announced the challenge after taking the Cloud Firmament Sect's million resources.
• The Grand Elder drew Martial Emperor City as the Cloud Firmament Sect's opponent, delighting Zheng Yu and Cheng Xiaotian while Ling Su and Ji Moran despaired.
• Ling Su accused the Grand Elder of unfairly targeting the Cloud Firmament Sect and refused to accept the draw, sparking anger and chaos at the venue.
• Chu Xinghe proposed that Ling Su conduct a new draw and offered Martial Emperor City a million resources in compensation, which quieted the crowd.

Chu Xinghe offered a million in resources so Ling Su could redraw and silence claims that the Grand Elder had rigged the draw. Ling Su drew Martial Emperor City again, and the chapter ended with the draw box cleared of suspicion while Chu Xinghe worried that fate had ruined his plans to lose resources.

• Chu Xinghe celebrated the Cloud Firmament Sect’s adversity challenge, then panicked when the Grand Elder drew Martial Emperor City for them.
• Ling Su accused the Grand Elder of targeting the Cloud Firmament Sect and demanded another draw, while Cheng Xiaotian resisted giving up Martial Emperor City’s million in resources.
• Chu Xinghe offered the million in resources to compensate Martial Emperor City, convincing the crowd that the Grand Elder had not rigged the first draw.
• Ling Su personally drew another slip, which also named Martial Emperor City, leaving the crowd and Chu Xinghe stunned.
• The Grand Elder invited Ling Su to inspect the draw box, and the revealed slips showed that all one hundred teams’ names were present without tampering.
• Chu Xinghe realized the destined showdown might prevent him from giving away the promised million in resources.

After Ling Su drew Martial Emperor City himself, the Cloud Firmament Sect lost its adversity challenge and became the first team eliminated from the Spirit Beast Grand Prix. As the next advancement matches approached, Chu Xinghe arranged the Vast Heaven Sect’s lineup and decided to send Ouyang Ming first after he admitted he lacked confidence.

• Ling Su drew Martial Emperor City, staked a million in resources, and watched Zheng Yu defeat all five Cloud Firmament Sect members, including Ji Moran.
• Cheng Xiaotian thanked Ling Su and the Cloud Firmament Sect as they left Spirit Beast City, while other factions discussed the sect’s elimination and the strength of the Soul Devourers team.
• The Spirit Beast Grand Prix began its next round, and Chu Xinghe focused on arranging his own team rather than studying possible opponents.
• Chu Xinghe put Feng Yuzheng last and explained that the other disciples deserved a chance to fight for the team too.
• Feng Yuzheng accepted Chu Xinghe’s decision, but Ouyang Ming admitted the team was not confident, so Chu Xinghe assigned him to go first.

Chu Xinghe arranged the Vast Heaven Sect’s lineup and watched the random draw pair them with the Battle Heaven Pavilion. Their first match began with Ouyang Ming’s cooking-equipped Nebula Spirit Cat facing Xu Dong’s mutated Frost Giant Tiger, which suddenly flew backward after charging.

• Chu Xinghe placed Ouyang Ming first, himself second, Ouyang Ling third from last, Mu Bai second from last, and Feng Yuzheng last in the Vast Heaven Sect’s lineup.
• Lin Zhenhui drew Martial Emperor City as the Kun Forest Sect’s opponent, while the Vast Heaven Sect drew the Battle Heaven Pavilion.
• Xu Dong pleaded with Chu Xinghe to go easy, and Chu Xinghe reassured him that Feng Yuzheng was last in the lineup.
• Ouyang Ming’s Nebula Spirit Cat appeared wearing a wok, ladle, spatula, and apron, so Ouyang Ming hurriedly removed its cooking gear before the match began.
• Xu Dong’s mutated Frost Giant Tiger froze the arena and charged at the Nebula Spirit Cat, but a thunderous impact sent the tiger flying backward and shattered the ice.

Ouyang Ming’s Nebula Spirit Cat used a giant hammer to defeat Xu Dong’s Frost Giant Tiger, leaving Chu Xinghe baffled by the cat’s hidden strength. Elder He explained that the cat had turned the Ouyang Lineage’s Cloud-Piercing Hammer Technique into a combat skill, and Ouyang Ming concluded that Xinghe understood his lineage better than he did.

• Ouyang Ming’s Nebula Spirit Cat pulled a huge forging hammer from its storage ring and drove Xu Dong’s Frost Giant Tiger across the arena.
• Chu Xinghe discovered that Ouyang Ling’s Nebula Spirit Cat used its storage ring to carry an enormous stash of pork hocks.
• Ouyang Ming’s Nebula Spirit Cat smashed the ice and arena while overpowering the Frost Giant Tiger, forcing Xu Dong to concede.
• Ouyang Ming asked Chu Xinghe how he had known the cat possessed its hidden ability, but Chu Xinghe was just as surprised.
• Elder He explained that the Cloud-Piercing Hammer Technique came from the lost Cloud-Piercing Sect and was originally a combat technique.
• Ouyang Ming’s Nebula Spirit Cat had combined the technique with the Spirit Beast Mystic Art, leading Ouyang Ming to believe Chu Xinghe deeply cared about the Ouyang Lineage.

Ouyang Ming’s Nebula Spirit Cat used the Cloud-Piercing Hammer Technique to rout Battle Heaven Pavilion, while Chu Xinghe searched for a teammate who might lose the next match. He chose Mu Bai’s farming-only cat, then watched the Jade Void Palace draw against Martial Emperor City.

• Ouyang Ming’s Nebula Spirit Cat revealed the Cloud-Piercing Hammer Technique, battered Xu Dong’s Frost Giant Tiger, and forced Battle Heaven Pavilion to forfeit the rest of the match.
• The Vast Heaven Sect’s one-against-five victories by Feng Yuzheng and Ouyang Ming drew attention, while Martial Emperor City eliminated the Kun Forest Sect and the Soul Devourers continued their winning run.
• Chu Xinghe ruled out Feng Yuzheng, Ouyang Ming, and Ouyang Ling, then asked Mu Bai about his Nebula Spirit Cat’s abilities.
• Mu Bai’s Nebula Spirit Cat demonstrated that it could use earth and wood powers to grow or wither plants but had no offensive abilities, so Chu Xinghe chose him for the next match.
• The next drawing began, and the Jade Void Palace’s grand elder trembled when he saw that he would draw against Martial Emperor City.

Elder Li Fenglan drew the Jade Void Palace against the Vast Heaven Sect, leaving Wang Daoquan terrified despite the other sects’ mock praise. Wang Daoquan asked Chu Xinghe to spare the Jade Void Palace’s spirit beasts, while Chu Xinghe privately planned to let them win two matches.

• Elder Li Fenglan drew Martial Emperor City against the Heavenly Pillar Sect, then drew the Vast Heaven Sect as the Jade Void Palace’s opponent.
• Wang Daoquan mocked the Heavenly Pillar Sect for drawing Martial Emperor City, but he and the Jade Void Palace were stunned when they drew the Vast Heaven Sect.
• The Heavenly Pillar Sect’s master and other leaders praised Wang Daoquan and suggested that the Jade Void Palace could reach the finals by defeating the Vast Heaven Sect.
• Elder Li Fenglan completed the draw, and the other sects were relieved by their matchups while the grand elders feared drawing lots in the next round.
• Wang Daoquan visited Chu Xinghe and hinted that he should go easy on the Jade Void Palace, and Chu Xinghe promised that Ouyang Ming would not compete.
• Chu Xinghe privately planned to send Mu Bai first and himself second so the Jade Void Palace could win two matches.

Chu Xinghe arranged for Mu Bai to go easy on the Jade Void Palace, but Mu Bai’s Nebula Spirit Cat instantly defeated their Ginseng Doll. After Wang Daoquan challenged Mu Bai’s claim that he had held back, Mu Bai invited all four remaining Jade Void Palace members to fight him together.

• Wang Daoquan spoke with Chu Xinghe and trusted him to make the Jade Void Palace’s loss look respectable.
• Chu Xinghe told Mu Bai to face the Jade Void Palace and go easy, believing Mu Bai could make the match appear close.
• At the next round of the Spirit Beast Grand Prix, Mu Bai faced a Jade Void Palace fighter whose Ginseng Doll attacked with vines.
• Mu Bai’s Nebula Spirit Cat split the arena, turned the vines to soil, and pulled the Ginseng Doll underground, winning the match immediately.
• Wang Daoquan accused Mu Bai of not going easy, and Mu Bai claimed he had held back.
• Mu Bai challenged the four remaining Jade Void Palace members to attack him together.

Mu Bai led the Vast Heaven Sect to a third consecutive one-against-five sweep by having his Nebula Spirit Cat bury the Jade Void Palace’s five Ginseng Dolls. As the qualifying round ended and the undefeated Soul Devourers drew attention, Chu Xinghe decided to enter first in the next match and surrender immediately so he could finally lose.

• Mu Bai’s Nebula Spirit Cat planted the Jade Void Palace’s five Ginseng Dolls in the arena, eliminating their team in under five minutes.
• The Vast Heaven Sect secured its third qualifying-round victory, while the Heavenly Pillar Sect took comfort in losing less humiliatingly to Martial Emperor City.
• The undefeated Soul Devourers advanced among the final twenty-five teams, becoming the sole surviving team assembled by Rogue Cultivators.
• Chu Xinghe worried that sending Mu Bai out again might cause another disastrous mismatch and decided to go first in the next match.
• Chu Xinghe’s teammates questioned how he could fight without a spirit beast, while Ouyang Ming urged them to trust him; Chu Xinghe privately planned to surrender at once.

During the tournament draw, Elder Xu matched the Listening Snow Pavilion against Martial Emperor City, then drew the Vast Heaven Sect’s name after every other team had been paired. With an odd number of teams, the Vast Heaven Sect received a bye, leaving Chu Xinghe’s plan to lose in battle useless and making his fellow disciples wonder whether he could predict the future.

• Elder Xu drew Martial Emperor City as the Listening Snow Pavilion’s opponent, then continued drawing the remaining matchups while hoping another team would face the Vast Heaven Sect.
• Elder Xu drew the Vast Heaven Sect’s name, but found no opponent left in the box because the other twenty-four teams had already been paired.
• The tournament crowd celebrated the Vast Heaven Sect’s bye, since no one wanted to face them.
• Chu Xinghe lamented that his plan to lose by fighting first had fallen apart, while Mu Bai and the others wondered whether Senior Brother Xinghe had foreseen the bye.

The Vast Heaven Sect received a bye in the round that cut twenty-five teams to thirteen, while the mysterious Soul Devourers Team shocked the field by defeating the Heavenly Sword Alliance. As the next draw began, Chu Xinghe hoped for a powerful opponent, and Dongfang Heng drew the Vast Heaven Sect first.

• The Vast Heaven Sect received a bye after its earlier victories convinced everyone it had no need to rig the draw.
• Zheng Yu defeated the Listening Snow Pavilion after arranging his forces carefully, while the Soul Devourers Team stunned Spirit Beast City by eliminating the Heavenly Sword Alliance.
• Zheng Yu investigated the Soul Devourers Team, found little information about its members, and learned that it was not connected to the Demonic Sect.
• Chu Xinghe grew excited at the Soul Devourers Team's strength and hoped the Vast Heaven Sect would face it in the next round.
• Dongfang Heng reluctantly conducted the draw, and his first slip named the Vast Heaven Sect, thrilling Chu Xinghe.

Dongfang Heng drew the Vast Heaven Sect first, but the crowd changed the rules to give it a bye, then his next draw matched Martial Emperor City against East Moon Pavilion. After East Moon Pavilion was eliminated and the next draw began, Martial Emperor City's Wu Qiushui was chosen to draw, leaving Chu Xinghe hoping for a chance to lose.

• Dongfang Heng drew the Vast Heaven Sect first, but Cheng Xiaotian and the other leaders agreed to give it a bye, despite Chu Xinghe protesting.
• Dongfang Heng drew Martial Emperor City and East Moon Pavilion as opponents, and East Moon Pavilion was eliminated after Zheng Yu secured a narrow victory.
• Chu Xinghe lamented losing two chances to disgrace himself and wagered five hundred years of the Beast God's lifespan on the next draw.
• The leaders chose Martial Emperor City's Grand Elder Wu Qiushui to conduct the next drawing, prompting the previously eliminated teams to welcome Martial Emperor City's turn at bad luck.

The Spirit Beast Grand Prix drew the matchups for the remaining teams, but the Vast Heaven Sect received another bye despite being drawn fourth. Chu Xinghe was left frustrated that everyone openly changed the rules to preserve the chance of facing weaker teams.

• Wu Qiushui drew Northern Nether City and the Soul Devourers as the first matchup.
• Wu Qiushui drew the Divine Will Gate, then the Vast Heaven Sect as its opponent, prompting Chu Xinghe to celebrate his chance to lose.
• Wu Qiushui announced a bye for the Vast Heaven Sect, and Chu Xinghe objected that the team had been drawn fourth.
• Zheng Yu argued that a bye would give the Divine Will Gate and the other teams a chance to face weaker opponents.
• The other teams and the Divine Will Gate supported Zheng Yu's reasoning, and the Vast Heaven Sect received its third consecutive bye.

After the Soul Devourers defeated Northern Nether City, Chu Xinghe learned that they would face the Vast Heaven Sect in the semifinals and arranged to fight first with the borrowed Surpasses Xuanwu. The match began with the crowd questioning his choice, while the Soul Devourers' mysterious captain Zhu Peng was announced as his opponent.

• The Soul Devourers Team defeated Sun Xueheng and Northern Nether City, securing a semifinal match against the Vast Heaven Sect.
• Chu Xinghe insisted on fighting first and sent Ma Liang to borrow Surpasses Xuanwu from Chu Cheng.
• Ma Liang returned with Surpasses Xuanwu after teaching Chu Cheng a lesson, and the Vast Heaven Sect learned that Chu Xinghe would take the beast into battle.
• The semifinals began, and the Vast Heaven Sect announced Chu Xinghe as its first fighter with Surpasses Xuanwu.
• The Soul Devourers announced that Zhu Peng, who had not fought earlier in the tournament, would face Chu Xinghe first.

Chu Xinghe faced Zhu Peng in the Grand Prix, where Surpasses Xuanwu inexplicably resisted the Soul Devouring King Snake’s attack. Zhu Peng then exposed his plan to seize the power in Chu Xinghe’s Beast God Talisman, but the Beast God awakened as he attacked it.

• Chu Xinghe and Zhu Peng entered the arena, and Zhu Peng summoned a rare Soul Devouring King Snake while Chu Xinghe brought out the seemingly ordinary Surpasses Xuanwu.
• The Soul Devouring King Snake’s Soul-Devouring Technique struck Surpasses Xuanwu but dissipated without harming him.
• The Soul Devouring King Snake attacked Chu Xinghe instead, and its devouring power drew the Beast God Talisman out of his body.
• Zhu Peng revealed that he had gained power from the Demon Race and had targeted Chu Xinghe’s Beast God Talisman to strengthen himself and the Soul Devouring King Snake.
• Zhu Peng and the Soul Devouring King Snake attacked the talisman, and Chu Xinghe sensed that the Beast God had awakened.

Zhu Peng tried to steal the divine power in Chu Xinghe’s Beast God Talisman, awakening the Beast God and revealing Zhu Peng’s Demon Race power. The Beast God crushed Zhu Peng’s escape attempt, leaving him buried in the ground.

• Zhu Peng used the Soul Devouring King Snake to drain power from Chu Xinghe’s Beast God Talisman, and the Beast God awoke in anger.
• The Beast God borrowed power from Spirit Beast City’s spirit beasts, made them bow, and destroyed the Soul Devouring King Snake and the Soul Devouring Snakes Team.
• The crowd, including Zheng Yu, wondered what powerful existence Chu Xinghe had hidden in his talisman.
• Zhu Peng revealed his Demon Race power and tried again to devour the Beast God’s power, but his attack turned to ash and he sensed a divine presence inside the talisman.
• Zhu Peng activated the Demon Race’s Corpse Liberation Technique, but the Beast God’s golden arm slapped him into the ground and stopped him from escaping.

After Zhu Peng revealed demonic power, the assembled experts questioned him about its source while Elder He recounted an outlandish unofficial history of the Beast God. Zhu Peng attempted to escape using the Demon Race’s Corpse Liberation Technique, but the Great Sage interrupted it before he could get away.

• The Beast God raged inside his talisman after Chu Xinghe silenced him with the Evil Repeller, while the experts gathered around the unconscious Zhu Peng to investigate his demonic power.
• Elder He told the assembled experts an unofficial tale that the Human Race and Demon Race began fighting over the Beast God, and Chu Xinghe claimed the Beast God was a woman and had given him a divine beast.
• Chu Xinghe confirmed that the Beast God was inside his talisman and said the divine beast was too ugly and embarrassed to appear.
• After Elder He sealed Zhu Peng’s spiritual power, the Grand Elder woke him and demanded to know how he had obtained the Demon Race’s power.
• Zhu Peng activated the Corpse Liberation Technique to escape, but the Great Sage struck him between the brows and stopped the technique.

The sect leaders discovered that Zhu Peng’s Nether Snake Mark could curse his killer and revive him at a cost, but the Dark Moon Clan eagerly claimed him as a chance to die in an entertaining new way. Zhu Peng was carried off by the delighted clansmen, while Chu Xinghe worried about the Snake Spirit Clan behind him.

• The Great Sage explained that the Corpse Liberation Technique was an ordinary escape art to the ancient Dark Moon Clan, which had long since improved on it.
• Elder He identified Zhu Peng’s mark as the Snake Spirit Clan’s Nether Snake Mark and explained that it could curse a killer and revive Zhu Peng at a steep cost.
• Zhu Peng boasted that the mark made him undying, but An Lan and the other Dark Moon clansmen eagerly argued over who would get to kill him.
• The Dark Moon Clan’s Great Sage took charge of dividing Zhu Peng among the clansmen, who carried him away happily.
• Chu Xinghe hoped the Snake Spirit Clan would stay away from the Blazing Sun Continent, fearing the Dark Moon Clan would seek them out for more of their deaths-and-rebirth game.