Chapter Summaries

Ma Liang arrived at the Bai Clan estate after Zhang Zekui attacked Liu Ying, revealing himself as her nephew and the master of Ghost Valley. After embracing his aunt, he spared the Heroic Martial Ancestor disciples and left the crowd stunned when Chu Xinghe revealed his identity.

• Zhang Zekui tried to slap Liu Ying, but an ancient ghost struck him and sent him crashing through the courtyard wall.
• Ma Liang entered the Bai Clan estate surrounded by Ghost Qi and ancient ghosts, terrifying Star City's experts and revealing himself as Liu Ying's nephew.
• Liu Ying and Ma Liang embraced and wept after being separated for fifteen years, while the Bai Clan members realized who he was.
• Ma Liang killed Zhang Zekui, then released the terrified Heroic Martial Ancestor disciples and told them they could leave.
• A young man explained that Ma Liang had grown more restrained and that Heroic Martial Ancestor would punish itself, then identified himself as Chu Xinghe.

Chu Xinghe arrived at the Bai Clan while Ma Liang reunited with his aunt and met his relatives. When Bai Jingyan praised Chu Xinghe as a legendary genius, he insisted that he was a total failure and left her confused.

• Chu Xinghe introduced himself to Star City's stunned experts after discussing Ma Liang's restraint toward the Heroic Martial Ancestor.
• Ma Liang reunited with his aunt Liu Ying, learned that she had been treated well, and greeted her husband Bai Wenyuan as his uncle.
• Ma Liang met his curious little cousin Bai Jingyan, who asked him about Chu Xinghe.
• Chu Xinghe appeared at the Bai Clan courtyard, startling Bai Wenzheng and the rest of the clan.
• Bai Jingyan praised Chu Xinghe's legendary reputation, but Chu Xinghe called himself a failure, and she angrily accused him of being the one who failed at everything.

Chu Xinghe reunited Ma Liang with the Bai Clan and met the clan with great respect, then proposed a patent agreement to acquire the Bai Clan’s Spirit Pattern Cloth formula. The Bai Clan was left astonished by the Vast Heaven Sect’s offer to pay a ten-percent fee for every robe it produced.

• Bai Jingyan recognized Chu Xinghe, and Bai Wenzheng led the Bai Clan in welcoming him and Ma Liang.
• Chu Xinghe paid his respects to Liu Ying and Bai Wenyuan, and the Bai Clan escorted the visitors into its reception hall.
• Zhou Ping'an arrived with the Vast Heaven Sect stewards, paid respects to Chu Xinghe and Ma Liang, and described the sect’s Star City businesses.
• Chu Xinghe asked Bai Wenzheng for the Spirit Pattern Cloth formula, but Bai Wenzheng offered it to the Vast Heaven Sect for free.
• Chu Xinghe explained a patent purchase under which the Vast Heaven Sect would pay the Bai Clan ten percent of each robe’s value and protect the formula.
• Bai Wenzheng and the Bai Clan marveled at the agreement and Chu Xinghe’s willingness to treat them as business partners.

Chu Xinghe secured the Bai Clan's spirit-pattern cloth formula and arranged for Zhou Ping'an to produce robes only for the Vast Heaven Sect. Liu Yuanhong arrived to meet Chu Xinghe and Ma Liang, praised his son Liu Bo's prospects in the outer sect, and offered his manor to Ma Liang's aunt as a gift.

• Bai Wenzheng accepted Chu Xinghe's proposal and gave him the spirit-pattern cloth formula, which Chu Xinghe entrusted to Zhou Ping'an.
• Chu Xinghe told Zhou Ping'an to produce only enough spirit-pattern cloth robes for the Vast Heaven Sect's disciples each year.
• Liu Yuanhong arrived at the Bai Clan to pay his respects to Chu Xinghe and Ma Liang, and Chu Xinghe greeted him as Uncle Liu.
• Ma Liang explained that Liu Bo was thriving as a manager of the outer disciples and could have a promising future in the outer sect.
• After learning that Chu Xinghe and Ma Liang planned to stay with the Bai Clan, Liu Yuanhong ordered his family to vacate Liu Manor and offered it to Ma Liang's aunt as a gift.

Chu Xinghe and Ma Liang settled into Liu Manor after Liu Yuanhong gave it to Ma Liang’s aunt, Liu Ying. The Heroic Martial Ancestor submitted to Ma Liang’s demand to root out its wrongdoing, but the sect’s troubles continued as the Star Moon Sect severed its ties with them and major sects began investigating their own subordinate forces.

• Liu Yuanhong gave Liu Manor to Liu Ying and ordered the Liu Lineage to move out immediately, while Chu Xinghe and Ma Liang settled into the estate.
• Zhang Qianshan brought the heads of Bai Clan persecutors and Qu Yingcheng’s severed arm to Liu Manor, but Ma Liang refused to receive him.
• After Ma Liang demanded that evil be rooted out completely, the Heroic Martial Ancestor sent more heads and Qu Yingcheng’s severed leg, then finally presented Qu Yingcheng’s head.
• Zhang Qianshan delivered the heads of the remaining sect members involved in persecuting the Bai Clan, and Ma Liang allowed him to enter with the message, “Conduct yourself well.”
• Guo Qizhen expelled the Heroic Martial Ancestor from the Star Moon Sect and visited Chu Xinghe to distance the sect from its crimes.
• Chu Xinghe urged Guo Qizhen and Zheng Yu to investigate subordinate sects, and great sects across the world began uncovering evildoers.

Ma Liang learned that his cousin Bai Jingyan wanted to audition for Vast Heaven's Good Voice and asked him to seek help from Chu Xinghe and Lu Chengqing. Ma Liang was shocked that she had never auditioned, and the chapter ended as he prepared to reveal his influence over Lu Chengqing.

• Chu Xinghe checked on Ma Liang at Liu Manor and found him occupied with his family.
• Bai Jingyan told Ma Liang she dreamed of performing on Vast Heaven's Good Voice but had lost confidence after seeing famous musicians queue at Haotian Tower.
• Bai Jingyan asked Ma Liang to speak to Chu Xinghe so Lu Chengqing would give her an audition opportunity.
• Ma Liang grew angry at the thought that Lu Chengqing might have rejected Bai Jingyan, then realized she had never entered the selection.
• Ma Liang privately reflected that Lu Chengqing valued being Ma Liang's number one trusted subordinate more than being called the King of Entertainment.

Ma Liang agreed to take Bai Jingyan to Haotian Tower so she could pursue music, while Chu Xinghe ordered Spirit Pattern Cloth robes for every Vast Heaven Sect disciple and assistant. Zhou Ping'an requested the vast resources needed to produce them, and teleportation formations arrived at the workshop that night.

• Ma Liang reassured Bai Jingyan that he could arrange her entry into Haotian Tower, and he took her to meet Chu Xinghe before bringing her there himself.
• Chu Xinghe visited Zhou Ping'an at the Vast Heaven Weaving Workshop and learned that Spirit Pattern Cloth production could begin in a few days but would consume resources worth half a mu of jujube orchard.
• Chu Xinghe rejected Zhou Ping'an's plan to distribute the cloth gradually and ordered robes for inner- and outer-sect disciples, miners, stewards, and assistants alike.
• Zhou Ping'an agreed to speed up production and sent a request for a large quantity of resources in Chu Xinghe's name.
• That night, countless teleportation formations arrived at the Vast Heaven Weaving Workshop.

Zhou Ping'an received an enormous shipment of resources for the Vast Heaven Weaving Workshop after the construction disciples rushed to deliver everything so they could attend the Dark Moon Palace’s mutual slashing gathering. Meanwhile, Wu Xingyun and Tantai Jing learned of Chu Xinghe’s plans for Spirit Pattern Cloth, and Yuan Ying proposed ruining the Vast Heaven Sect by passing off harmful Black Demon Cloth as its product, but its cost discouraged them.

• Feng Fei approved Zhou Ping'an’s request and sent the construction disciples to deliver all the resources at once, despite the request for three separate batches.
• The construction disciples refused to take the resources back and hurried off to the Dark Moon Palace’s mutual slashing gathering, leaving Zhou Ping'an to pile the shipment outside the workshop.
• Demonic Sect disciples reported the stockpile and Spirit Pattern Cloth to Wu Xingyun, who summoned Venerable Yuan Ying and Tantai Jing to discuss it.
• After learning about Spirit Pattern Cloth, Yuan Ying suggested the Demonic Sect sell Black Demon Cloth as a counterfeit to damage the Vast Heaven Sect’s reputation.
• Wu Xingyun and Tantai Jing abandoned the scheme when they learned Black Demon Cloth was too costly to produce and worried Chu Xinghe might be baiting them.

Yuan Ying persuaded Wu Xingyun and Tantai Jing to fund black devil cloth so the Demonic Sect could exploit problems with the Vast Heaven Sect’s spirit-patterned cloth, while they secretly planned to sell Yuan Ying to Gu Mingchao if things went wrong. At Haotian Tower, as crowds gathered around the popular Vast Heaven’s Good Voice program, someone announced they were getting their little sister onto the show through the back door.

• Yuan Ying argued that Chu Xinghe intended to sell spirit-patterned cloth for profit and urged Wu Xingyun and Tantai Jing to make black devil cloth.
• Yuan Ying promised to join the Demonic Sect as vice sect master if his plan failed, and Tantai Jing persuaded Wu Xingyun that the scheme was worth the risk.
• Wu Xingyun and Tantai Jing agreed to support Yuan Ying, who used the Demonic Sect’s earnings and resources to produce mountains of black devil cloth.
• Wu Xingyun and Tantai Jing secretly considered selling Yuan Ying to Gu Mingchao for a high price if they could not profit from the plan.
• Crowds gathered outside Haotian Tower to see famous performers and discuss the competition for places on Vast Heaven’s Good Voice.
• A voice announced that someone was helping their little sister get onto Vast Heaven’s Good Voice through the back door.

Ma Liang brought Bai Jingyan to Haotian Tower, where he planned to get her into Vast Heaven's Good Voice. The crowd mocked him until Lu Chengqing and the tower's staff rushed out to honor him, revealing Ma Liang's status as the legendary master of Ghost Valley and King of the Nether Domain.

• People seeking a place on Vast Heaven's Good Voice failed to sway Lu Chengqing, who personally screened every applicant and refused to let anyone bypass the rules.
• Ma Liang ignored the queue at Haotian Tower and led Bai Jingyan toward the entrance, while bystanders mocked his claim that he could get her in.
• A young attendant recognized Ma Liang and stopped him, explaining that Lu Chengqing had ordered the staff to summon him and wait for Lu to welcome him personally.
• The attendant told Lu Chengqing that Ma Liang had arrived, and Lu hurried downstairs with the tower's stewards and staff to greet him.
• Lu Chengqing and the assembled staff bowed to Ma Liang, leaving the onlookers stunned when they learned he was the master of Ghost Valley and King of the Nether Domain.

Ma Liang brought his cousin Bai Jingyan to Haotian Tower and arranged for her to compete on Vast Heaven's Good Voice, while Chu Xinghe hoped the apparent favoritism would ruin the show's reputation. The chapter left Chu Xinghe eagerly expecting Ma Liang's sister to be named the contest's overall champion.

• Lu Chengqing welcomed Ma Liang to Haotian Tower, cleared the building for him, and reported the tower's thriving productions and income.
• Ma Liang introduced Bai Jingyan and told Lu Chengqing to arrange for her to enter Vast Heaven's Good Voice and take second place.
• Ma Liang warned Lu Chengqing to protect Bai Jingyan, and Lu Chengqing promised no one would dare mistreat her.
• Chu Xinghe arrived at Haotian Tower, heard that Ma Liang was pulling strings for Bai Jingyan, and celebrated the prospect of damaging Vast Heaven's Good Voice's reputation.
• Chu Xinghe listened to the crowd complain about the favoritism and decided he wanted Ma Liang's sister to win the overall championship.

Chu Xinghe visited Haotian Tower and insisted that Ma Liang’s cousin, Bai Jingyan, be named Vast Heaven’s Good Voice’s annual overall champion and that the decision be announced in advance. After hearing her play, he ordered the Southern Branch to publish the announcement, and the news caused an uproar.

• Chu Xinghe arrived at Haotian Tower and asked Lu Chengqing whether Bai Jingyan had been assigned a placing.
• Ma Liang explained that he and Lu Chengqing had planned to give Bai Jingyan runner-up, but Chu Xinghe demanded that she be made champion.
• Chu Xinghe ordered Lu Chengqing to announce the chosen champion publicly before the competition, arguing that open favoritism could not be behind-the-scenes manipulation.
• Chu Xinghe asked Bai Jingyan to play the guqin, and she performed Star Lake Enters a Dream.
• Chu Xinghe declared Bai Jingyan the annual overall champion and told Lu Chengqing to release the news immediately.
• Lu Chengqing arranged the announcement, and the news caused an uproar.

Chu Xinghe ordered Haotian Tower to announce that Ma Liang’s cousin, Bai Jingyan, had already been named the annual champion of Vast Heaven’s Good Voice, making the competition’s favoritism impossible to miss. As the announcement enraged the public and the major factions, the Vast Heaven Sect doubled down and offered refunds to disgruntled advertisers.

• Lu Chengqing drafted a notice about Bai Jingyan’s reserved championship, but Chu Xinghe tore it up and ordered him to name her and openly explain her connection to Ma Liang.
• Ma Liang urged Chu Xinghe to soften the announcement, but Chu Xinghe kicked him and ordered the steward to post it at Haotian Tower.
• The notice declared Bai Jingyan the annual grand champion before the monthly champions had even been chosen, prompting public outrage and disbelief across the world.
• Zheng Yu and leaders of the major factions heard the news and condemned the Vast Heaven Sect’s brazen handling of the competition.
• The sect master told the elders to watch and wait, and Haotian Tower posted a follow-up confirming the notice was true and offering double refunds to advertisers who wanted their money back.

Chu Xinghe deliberately damaged Vast Heaven's Good Voice by declaring Ma Liang's cousin the grand champion in advance and refusing to explain, while the Southern Branch faced protests, refunds, and contestant withdrawals. As the scandal spread across the world, Chu Xinghe welcomed the growing backlash and vowed to replace withdrawing contestants with newcomers.

• Haotian Tower offered advertisers double refunds, prompting more than ninety percent to withdraw their sponsorships as protests and abuse mounted.
• Lu Chengqing reported the refunds to Chu Xinghe and asked whether they should calm the public, but Chu Xinghe refused to explain or change course.
• Zheng Yu and Martial Emperor City refused to request a refund and continued supporting Chu Xinghe.
• Yang Yunshan withdrew from Vast Heaven's Good Voice, and many other contestants followed after the show's reputation collapsed.
• Chu Xinghe celebrated the worldwide backlash and told Lu Chengqing to let contestants withdraw and recruit newcomers to replace them.

After Chu Xinghe’s controversial decisions drew widespread condemnation, he expected Vast Heaven’s Good Voice to fail, but the first live broadcast drew enormous crowds across the land. He saw the packed cities through the Haotian Mirror and was left bewildered by the show’s sudden popularity.

• Zhang Yongxing decided Yongxing Pastry Shop would refuse Haotian Tower’s offer to refund its advertising fee twice over.
• Yang Yunshan left Haotian Tower believing he had escaped the backlash by withdrawing from the competition.
• Lu Chengqing learned that viewers had flooded the cities and ordered the broadcast formations expanded to fit the crowds.
• Lu Chengqing told Chu Xinghe that Vast Heaven’s Good Voice was drawing nearly as many viewers as the Millennial Grand Sacrifice.
• Chu Xinghe went with Lu Chengqing to watch the packed cities through the Haotian Mirror and wondered how his infamy had made him famous.

Vast Heaven's Good Voice began two hours late because the crowds overwhelmed the preparations, and the hosts filled the delay with an absurdly long Yongxing Pastries advertisement. With most contestants withdrawn, Chu Xinghe chose blind musician Qu Wan'er to perform on the pipa and promised to heal her eyes afterward.

• Lu Chengqing delayed Vast Heaven's Good Voice for two hours while the organizers struggled to prepare viewing formations for the enormous crowds.
• The hosts repeated improvised Yongxing Pastries slogans for nearly fifteen minutes, leaving spectators and Zhang Yongxing stunned by how memorable the advertisement was.
• Lu Chengqing asked Chu Xinghe to name replacements for the withdrawn contestants, but Chu Xinghe had forgotten to prepare a list and insisted they choose performers on the spot.
• After the opening musician was jeered and the remaining scheduled contestants proved to have withdrawn, Lu Chengqing brought a group of potential replacements to Chu Xinghe.
• Chu Xinghe selected blind musician Qu Wan'er, gave her a pipa despite her expertise on the guqin, and promised to restore her sight after her performance.

Qu Wan'er performed her unfinished composition on the pipa, completed it onstage, and named it Future after overcoming the grief that had kept her from finishing it. Chu Xinghe gave her a Clear Sight Pill, and the crowd eagerly awaited a chance to perform next.

• After the host stalled for time, he announced the next performance without giving its unnamed act a title.
• Lu Chengqing helped blind Qu Wan'er onto the stage, where she played the pipa for the silent audience.
• Qu Wan'er stopped midway, composed the rest of her piece on the spot, and named it Future, explaining that she had finally let go of the past.
• Qu Wan'er thanked Chu Xinghe for inspiring her and promised to play Future only when he was present.
• Chu Xinghe gave Qu Wan'er a Clear Sight Pill, and Lu Chengqing arranged for her to receive treatment.
• After Qu Wan'er left, the other performers stared eagerly at Chu Xinghe, hoping he would choose them next.

Chu Xinghe sent Liu Yingjun onstage to perform Gods and Devils Transformation, and Liu Yingjun stunned the audience by singing both the divine and devilish parts himself. His performance transformed the song and left musical masters convinced he had fulfilled and surpassed Master Liu Wenyu’s vision, making him famous throughout the world.

• Chu Xinghe chose the ugly Liu Yingjun to perform after Qu Wan'er’s success began turning the hostile audience neutral.
• Liu Yingjun faced boos when he appeared, then silenced the venue with the Devil's Roar.
• Liu Yingjun sang the devil's melody and switched to a sacred woman's voice for the divine song, revealing that he was performing both roles alone.
• Musical masters watching recognized that Liu Yingjun had fused the god and devil into one performance.
• Liu Yingjun traded the voices and expressions of god and devil, leaving the audience convinced he had achieved the true Gods and Devils Transformation.

Liu Yingjun’s acclaimed performance of Gods and Devils Transformation made him famous, and he credited Chu Xinghe with giving him the chance to overcome his fear of performing. Hoping to avoid another formidable contestant, Chu Xinghe sent the floor-sweeper Little Huang onstage and told him to sing badly.

• Liu Yingjun performed Gods and Devils Transformation so powerfully that audiences across the land applauded and shouted his name.
• Liu Yingjun recalled years of ridicule and rejection, then explained how Chu Xinghe’s confidence helped him overcome his fear and perform.
• Liu Yingjun knelt before Chu Xinghe backstage to thank him for giving him the world’s biggest stage.
• Chu Xinghe, worried that everyone at Haotian Tower was an exceptional performer, chose Little Huang, a floor-sweeper who said he sang badly.
• Chu Xinghe sent Little Huang onto the stage in his work clothes and told him to sing as badly as he could.

Little Huang was forced onto Vast Heaven's Good Voice as an odd-job worker, where his rambling introduction made the audience expect a disaster. He then stunned everyone by imitating forty-five famous singers, leaving the audience impressed and Chu Xinghe overwhelmed by the unexpected success.

• Chu Xinghe repeatedly pushed the panicked Little Huang back onto the stage, where Little Huang introduced himself and rambled about his job, family, and search for a wife.
• Little Huang announced that he would sing whatever came to mind, then began performing songs in the voices of their famous original singers.
• Little Huang imitated forty-five singers and performed snippets of their famous songs, silencing the audience and surpassing the known imitation record.
• Little Huang thanked the audience, rejected Ma Dali's cousin, and left Chu Xinghe and Lu Chengqing stunned by his performance.