Chapter Summaries

Chu Xinghe denied that the Star Divination Art existed, then used his Shoe Art to guide Hua Xichen across the Path of Starlight. They reached a shifting world that brought Hua Xichen back to the rainy night when he obtained the Great Prophecy Art as a child.

• Chu Xinghe joined the three Well Spirit elders in condemning the Star Divination Art as a fraud, leaving Hua Xichen bewildered.
• Chu Xinghe told Hua Xichen that the Shoe Art could guide them across the Path of Starlight and tossed his shoe to choose their route.
• The starlight illuminated the path as Chu Xinghe repeatedly tossed his shoe and led Hua Xichen forward, stunning the Well Spirit elders.
• The final patch of starlight lit up, carrying everyone into a void where buildings appeared around them.
• Hua Xichen became ten years old again as the scene shifted to the rainy night when he had obtained the Great Prophecy Art.

The Well of Prophecy trapped Hua Xichen in a repeating nightmare of the night he and his mother were killed, but the Great Prophecy Art never appeared. Although Chu Xinghe helped Hua Xichen realize he had to escape instead of waiting for the art, every route he tried ended in another death, leaving him desperate and unable to break the nightmare.

• Hua Xichen returned to the night of the attack, but the Great Prophecy Art failed to appear and an assassin killed him and his mother.
• Hua Xichen repeatedly relived the night and died again, while the well spirits' first elder explained that escaping the cycle was the Well of Prophecy's test.
• Chu Xinghe told Hua Xichen to stop waiting for the Great Prophecy Art and use what he remembered to escape.
• Hua Xichen fled with his mother along the route he remembered, but an assassin appeared where none should have been and killed them.
• Hua Xichen tried different escape routes, but assassins kept blocking each one, and he began to despair about how to break the nightmare.

Chu Xinghe forced his way into Hua Xichen’s endless rainy-night cycle after persuading the Heavenly Dao to let him enter, but their first escape attempt failed. When Hua Xichen considered giving up, Chu Xinghe grabbed him at the start of a new cycle and raced past the killers.

• Hua Xichen repeatedly failed to escape the rainy-night cycle as the Well Spirit elders urged him to give up.
• Chu Xinghe used the Haotian Sword Casket to cut the world’s edge, then stopped when the cycle began to tremble and argued that Hua Xichen deserved a teammate.
• A door opened in response, and Chu Xinghe entered Hua Xichen’s memory world, appearing in place of Hua Xichen’s mother.
• Chu Xinghe and Hua Xichen tried several routes, but killers blocked every road and the cycle reset them to the beginning.
• Hua Xichen began to give up, but Chu Xinghe refused and promised to outrun the killers with him.
• At the start of the next cycle, Chu Xinghe scooped up Hua Xichen and sped beyond the killers before they could react.

Chu Xinghe repeatedly carried Hua Xichen out of the city, but the Endless Cycle of Reincarnation kept resetting and surrounding them with assassins. Realizing escape would never work, Chu Xinghe led Hua Xichen toward the Hua Clan, where Hua Xichen finally recognized his own strength and faced the nightmare.

• Chu Xinghe carried Hua Xichen past the assassins and beyond the city walls, but a mass of assassins appeared and the cycle reset.
• Chu Xinghe tried escaping again, overwhelmed the larger assassin force with his speed, and reached the same place before the cycle restarted once more.
• After the Well Spirits' Grand Elder warned that they could not escape, Chu Xinghe killed an assassin and decided to stop running.
• Chu Xinghe used the eight divine swords to slay the assassins as he led Hua Xichen through the rain toward the Hua Clan.
• At the Hua Clan gates, Chu Xinghe challenged Hua Xichen to stop fleeing, and Hua Xichen realized his power had remained intact throughout the cycle.

Chu Xinghe helped Hua Xichen break the nightmare that had trapped him since childhood, allowing him to recover the Great Prophecy Art and choose his own path. The Endless Cycle of Reincarnation revealed the Well of Prophecy, whose starlight enveloped Chu Xinghe as Hua Xichen identified it as Star Radiance Stone.

• Chu Xinghe recognized that Hua Xichen had relied on the Great Prophecy Art to make every choice and had remained trapped in the trauma of his tenth year.
• Hua Xichen resisted the Wise One's prescribed route and walked into the Hua Clan, breaking the nightmare in his heart.
• Hua Xichen awoke beside Chu Xinghe, and the rain stopped as dawn broke and the Great Prophecy Art returned to him.
• Chu Xinghe explained that Hua Xichen had recovered his own sense of self and could now judge the Great Prophecy Art's guidance for himself.
• The Endless Cycle of Reincarnation shattered and revealed the Well of Prophecy, whose starlight spread over Chu Xinghe.
• Hua Xichen excitedly declared that the Well of Prophecy was filled with Star Radiance Stone, while Chu Xinghe thought it was a knife.

Hua Xichen reclaimed the Great Prophecy Art and learned that the Well of Prophecy, made of Star Radiance Stone, could provide water to advance Chu Xinghe’s path of Body Cultivation. He vowed to obtain the water for Chu Xinghe, while the Well Spirits revealed that the Well of Prophecy was the root of the Spirit Beast Continent and connected to the shattering of the four continents.

• Hua Xichen recognized the Well of Prophecy as the source of Star Radiance Stone, and the Well Spirits explained that the well itself was made from the stone and its water could refine Qi and Blood.
• Hua Xichen resolved to obtain the well’s water for Chu Xinghe, believing Chu Xinghe had saved him and become his trusted friend.
• Hua Xichen tried to reach the water but learned from the Well Spirits’ grand elder that only the Great Prophecy Art could draw it from the well.
• Hua Xichen learned that the Wise One had obtained the Great Prophecy Art from the Well of Prophecy rather than creating it.
• The Well Spirits revealed that the Well of Prophecy was the birthplace and root of the Spirit Beast Continent and was connected to the shattering of the four continents, exciting Chu Xinghe.

The Well Spirit elders told Chu Xinghe that the Four Continents had formed when an ancient god fell, and that an overwhelming force later shattered them while killing the god’s lingering will. Hua Xichen drew water from the Well of Prophecy for Chu Xinghe until Chu Xinghe approached to close it, only for the well’s starlight to converge on him.

• The Well Spirit Great Elder explained that the ancient god’s fallen body had formed the Four Continents and their bewildering lands.
• The Well Spirit Great Elder recounted how a mysterious force had killed the Well Spirit clan’s tens of thousands of members, shattered the Four Continents, and left only three survivors.
• Hua Xichen used the Great Prophecy Art to draw water from the Well of Prophecy for Chu Xinghe.
• After the Well Spirit Great Elder warned that Chu Xinghe’s approach would seal the well, Chu Xinghe rushed over and stopped Hua Xichen from drawing more water.
• Starlight burst from the Well of Prophecy and gathered toward Chu Xinghe.

The Well of Prophecy unexpectedly accepted Chu Xinghe as its master, along with the three Well Spirits elders. As Chu Xinghe tried to keep the well's water from undermining his plans, the Great Elder revealed that the Well Spirits could carry the well anywhere.

• Chu Xinghe approached the Well of Prophecy, which closed before surrounding him with starlight and runes.
• The Well of Prophecy accepted Chu Xinghe as its master, and marks appeared on the three Well Spirits elders.
• Hua Xichen congratulated Chu Xinghe and offered to draw well water regularly and deliver it to the Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• Chu Xinghe planned to keep access to the well limited, but the Well Spirits Great Elder lifted the well and carried it on his back.

Chu Xinghe acquired the entire Well of Prophecy, its three Well Spirit elders, and their enormous treasure hoard, then urged Hua Xichen to demonstrate his recovered Great Prophecy Art at the Extreme Realm Heaven Stele. Hua Xichen agreed to defeat Chu Xinghe’s phantom before returning to take revenge on the Hua Clan, while Chu Xinghe hoped the challenge would cost him ten million Blood Spirit Stones.

• The Well Spirits’ grand elder explained that the Well of Prophecy could be carried away and that the three elders had to leave with it, so Chu Xinghe acquired the well and its guardians.
• The grand elder opened 126 treasure vaults and loaded the Well Spirits’ ancient resources into the Well of Prophecy as a gift for Chu Xinghe.
• Hua Xichen declared that he would return to the Hua Clan and take blood-for-blood revenge on those who had betrayed and targeted him.
• Chu Xinghe invited Hua Xichen to the Vast Heaven Holy Land to defeat his phantom at the Extreme Realm Heaven Stele and reveal that he had regained the Great Prophecy Art.
• Hua Xichen said defeating the phantom would be easy with the Great Prophecy Art, and Chu Xinghe hoped the challenge would make him lose ten million Blood Spirit Stones.

Chu Xinghe brought Hua Xichen back from the Land of Bewildered Spirits after Hua Xichen recovered the Great Prophecy Art, though their journey out was crowded with treasures and ruins Hua Xichen found by prophecy. At the Extreme Realm Dao Field, Hua Xilin mistook Hua Xichen’s demeanor for proof that he had failed to recover the art and rejoiced at the prospect of competing for the Hua Clan leadership.

• Hua Xichen explained that the Great Prophecy Art let him predict his enemies’ actions, but that it could not reliably calculate Chu Xinghe because of his Star Divination Art.
• Hua Xichen told Chu Xinghe that the Ming Clan woman and Hua Xijun were dead and that Clan Head Hua had been gravely injured in the events outside the Land of Bewildered Spirits.
• Chu Xinghe asked Hua Xichen to lead the group out, and Hua Xichen used the Great Prophecy Art to find numerous treasures and ruins along their route.
• Chu Xinghe teleported Hua Xichen and the three Well Spirit elders from Bewildered Heart City to the Extreme Realm Dao Field so Hua Xichen could challenge his phantom.
• Hua Xilin saw Hua Xichen’s lack of aloofness and concluded that he had not recovered the Great Prophecy Art, then became excited about his own chances to compete for the Hua Clan leadership.

Hua Xichen returned from the Land of Bewildered Spirits and claimed he had failed to recover the Great Prophecy Art, prompting Hua Xilin to demand his resources in exchange for protection. Hua Xichen revealed that his art had returned, defeated Hua Xilin, and announced that he would punish the clan's traitors and troublemakers.

• Hua Xilin asked Hua Xichen whether he had recovered the Great Prophecy Art, and Hua Xichen said he had failed.
• Hua Xilin offered to protect Hua Xichen and his mother if Hua Xichen handed over his possessions, and Hua Xichen agreed.
• Hua Xichen slapped Hua Xilin, then effortlessly dodged his attacks with the Great Prophecy Art.
• Hua Xichen struck Hua Xilin again and ordered him to return to his courtyard for life.
• Hua Xichen told Hua Xilin to warn the clan's troublemakers and his trusted aide Hua Jin that their young lord had returned and would come for them.

Hua Xichen challenged Chu Xinghe’s phantom in the Extreme Realm Heaven Stele, expecting the restored Great Prophecy Art to secure victory, but it failed to help him resist even one attack. After repeated instant defeats, Hua Xichen wondered whether his Great Prophecy Art had no effect on the phantom.

• Hua Xichen returned to the Hua Clan, punished Hua Jin for betraying him, and apologized to Chu Xinghe for the turmoil in his family.
• Chu Xinghe escorted Hua Xichen to the Extreme Realm Heaven Stele, eager for him to defeat the phantom and help Chu Xinghe lose his Blood Spirit Stones.
• Hua Xichen activated the Great Prophecy Art, but Chu Xinghe’s phantom instantly defeated him with Purple Lightning Flash.
• Hua Xichen repeatedly reentered the illusion realm and was defeated in one strike each time, even after bringing out Sage's Descent.
• Hua Xichen wondered aloud whether his Great Prophecy Art had no effect on Brother Xinghe’s phantom.

After Hua Xichen repeatedly failed to predict Chu Xinghe’s phantom, the Well Spirits Great Elder explained that the Well of Prophecy had made the phantom impossible for Hua’s Great Prophecy Art to read. Hua left for home, while the Vast Heaven Holy Land welcomed Chu Xinghe and the well, whose elders began revealing its benefits.

• Hua Xichen repeatedly challenged Chu Xinghe’s phantom but was defeated in one hit whenever he tried to use the Great Prophecy Art, even after activating Sage’s Descent.
• The Well Spirits Great Elder explained that the Well of Prophecy had acknowledged Chu Xinghe as its master, so the Heavenly Dao concealed the phantom’s movements from Hua’s art.
• Hua accepted that he could no longer defeat the phantom, left the Vast Heaven Holy Land, and returned to the Hua Clan to restore order.
• The Great Elder, Elder He, and the Great Sage greeted Chu Xinghe and marveled at the Well of Prophecy, which was made entirely of Star Radiance Stone.
• The Three Well Spirits Elders explained the well’s uses, including how its water could temper flesh and the Power of Qi and Blood, leaving Chu Xinghe dismayed by the well’s lingering consequences.

Chu Xinghe brought the Well of Prophecy to the Vast Heaven Holy Land, where its water proved exceptionally effective for Body Cultivators. When Xinghe proposed giving the water away for free, the Well Spirit grand elder revealed that using it returned power to the well and produced spirit stones, suggesting free distribution could benefit the sect.

• The grand elder tested the Well of Prophecy’s water on Body Cultivation disciples, who saw their Power of Qi and Blood increase, while Douding'er realized the well would ease competition for Blood Spirit Stones.
• Ma Liang proposed that the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce trade the water for spirit stones and other resources, and the elders approved his plan.
• The grand elder asked Chu Xinghe how the sect should handle the water, and Xinghe insisted they give it away for free rather than sell or exchange it.
• The Well Spirit grand elder supported free distribution and showed that the water’s mystical power returned to the well after Body Cultivators refined their Qi and Blood.
• Gu Mingchao and the others watched the returning power carry essence of heaven and earth into the well, where it condensed into a tiny spirit stone.

Chu Xinghe learned that the Well of Prophecy produced spirit stones when its water was given away, and the Vast Heaven Holy Land celebrated his generosity while he regretted the decision. Meanwhile, Hua Xichen’s return with the Great Prophecy Art restored order to the Hua Clan, and he arrived at its main gate.

• Ma Liang explained that freely distributing the Well of Prophecy’s water would help Body Cultivators and generate spirit stones for the Vast Heaven Holy Land, earning the sect their gratitude.
• Chu Xinghe realized he had unknowingly given away the well’s water and went into seclusion as the sect’s disciples praised his treasures and generosity.
• Hua Ritian and the Civil Engineering Department disciples went offline, while the other palaces agreed not to disturb Chu Xinghe during his seclusion.
• Hua Xichen’s recovery of the Great Prophecy Art frightened the Hua Clan’s factions into surrendering seized property and pleading for mercy.
• Hua Xilin hid in his courtyard, Hua Jin placed his severed head at Hua Xichen’s courtyard entrance, and Hua Xichen returned to the clan through its main gate.

Hua Xichen returned to the Hua Clan and took control, punishing the second branch and crushing the third branch with the Hua Shadow Guard. He confronted the injured Clan Head Hua, who revealed that he had deliberately allowed Hua Xichen to suffer, and Hua Xichen realized his father had orchestrated events behind the scenes.

• Hua Xichen welcomed his uncles and elders with a smile, then assigned his second uncle and the second branch to oversee the unprofitable toil pits.
• Hua Xichen revealed that he had already neutralized the third branch’s western stewards, including Hua Ming, and refused Hua Chaoyun’s plea to spare the branch.
• Hua Xichen summoned the Hua Shadow Guard, had Hua Chaoyun and the third branch seized, and signaled that he would later settle accounts with his siblings.
• Hua Xichen entered Clan Head Hua’s retreat, where Clan Head Hua asked him to execute only the chief culprits of the third branch and defended his past actions as necessary trials.
• Clan Head Hua revealed that Hua Xichen’s recovery of the Great Prophecy Art and connection with Chu Xinghe had not come about through Hua Xichen’s efforts alone, and Hua Xichen realized his father had been pulling the strings.

Hua Xichen learned that Clan Head Hua had engineered his hardships to test his fitness to rule, and he resolved to lead the Hua Clan without becoming like his father. Meanwhile, news of the Well of Prophecy’s Qi-and-Blood-refining water spread across the Three Continents, and the Vast Heaven Holy Land stunned everyone by announcing it would give the water away for free.

• Hua Xichen confronted Clan Head Hua, who admitted that he had arranged Hua Xichen’s trials to test whether he deserved to inherit the Hua Clan.
• Hua Xichen rejected Clan Head Hua’s outlook, left without arguing further, and vowed to lead the clan in his own way after learning from Chu Xinghe.
• News spread across the Three Continents that water from the Well of Prophecy could refine Body Cultivators’ Qi and Blood.
• Body Cultivators worried they could not afford the water, so they asked Peng Zhan to appeal to the Vast Heaven Holy Land for a lower price.
• The Vast Heaven Holy Land announced that it would give away the Well of Prophecy’s water for free, astonishing cultivators throughout the world.

The Vast Heaven Holy Land gave Well of Prophecy water to Body Cultivators for free, earning their gratitude and drawing them to shop at the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce. Seeing the unexpected success, Ma Liang decided to bring the good news to Chu Xinghe despite his seclusion.

• Ma Liang announced that the Vast Heaven Holy Land would give Well of Prophecy water to Body Cultivators for free, with no hidden tricks or extra charge.
• Body Cultivators across the Three Continents praised Chu Xinghe and the Vast Heaven Holy Land, while they condemned those who claimed the giveaway was merely a scheme to gain spirit stones.
• Body Cultivators collected the water at Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce shops and then bought supplies there to repay the Holy Land’s kindness.
• The influx of customers boosted the Chamber of Commerce’s business and promised even greater profits as Body Cultivators advanced and gained resources.
• Ma Liang realized Chu Xinghe’s plan benefited both the Well of Prophecy and the Chamber of Commerce, and resolved to cheer Chu Xinghe up with the news while he was in seclusion.

Ma Liang and Mu Bai reported the sect’s successes to Chu Xinghe outside his sealed room, prompting disciples from other palaces to do the same. Chu Xinghe struggled to suppress Thunder Shadow as the reports and complaints overwhelmed his seclusion.

• Ma Liang told Chu Xinghe that the Well of Prophecy had boosted the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce’s revenue and would bring the sect further gains.
• Mu Bai reported that Mu Xiaoqi had improved pill refining and raised the Crystal of Xinghe’s output, while promising to keep him working hard.
• Ouyang Ming announced that more disciples could forge divine weapons and that he planned to share his lineage’s techniques so the Artifact Refining Palace could produce goods for sale.
• Disciples from various palaces repeatedly brought good news to Chu Xinghe’s door, mistaking the strange sounds from inside for signs that he shared their joy.
• Huang Ritian and the Civil Engineering Department disciples complained that they could not build treasure vaults fast enough to store the Vast Heaven Divine Domain’s growing piles of resources, leaving Chu Xinghe despairing over his interrupted seclusion.

Chu Xinghe emerged from seclusion to find that the disciples’ good news and his attempts to waste resources had only brought more success to the Vast Heaven Holy Land. The chapter ended with White Tiger Holy Venerable suffering another defeat before a strange ripple of light appeared on him.

• Ma Liang explained that the disciples’ good news had helped Chu Xinghe gain insight and urged them to keep reporting news whenever Chu Xinghe entered seclusion.
• Chu Xinghe wandered through the palaces, then doubled the compensation at the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s businesses in hopes of using up resources.
• Experts and skilled workers flocked to the Holy Land’s businesses, which improved so much that the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce’s profits rose by twenty percent.
• Qin Xiangqian reported the increased profits to Chu Xinghe, who privately lamented that his attempt to waste resources had turned into another success.
• White Tiger Holy Venerable visited the Holy Son to offer his daily greeting and lost again, but a ripple of light appeared on him as he prepared to leave.