Chapter Summaries

An Ying, disguised as Zhao Zhihui, escaped the Civil Engineering Department hoping to retrieve the Evil God's Spirit Eye, but learned Elder She Meng would be away for half a year. With his other plans blocked, An Ying decided to wreak havoc across the Three Continents.

• An Ying slipped out of the Vast Heaven Divine Domain while Huang Ritian was occupied receiving visiting prodigies.
• An Ying went to the Nether Snake Palace and claimed the Evil God's Spirit Eye needed to be checked back in for the family appreciation ceremony.
• A Nether Snake Palace disciple told An Ying that Elder She Meng had left an hour earlier and might not return for nearly half a year.
• An Ying rejected trying to take the Evil God's Fang from Zang Ling or the Evil God's Bone Flute from the Dark Moon Clan because both plans risked exposing him.
• An Ying resolved to plunge the Three Continents into chaos since he could not reach his goals through his original plans.

An Ying decided to plunge the Three Continents into chaos by impersonating Zheng Yu and killing Vast Heaven Holy Land’s Holy Son Chu Cheng. Instead, White Tiger and Liu Bo pulled him into an all-night beating session with Chu Cheng, and An Ying returned inside at dawn to keep going.

• An Ying resolved to exploit the gathered young prodigies and provoke a war between the Vast Heaven Holy Land and Martial Emperor City by impersonating Zheng Yu.
• An Ying disguised himself as Zheng Yu and sneaked into Chu Cheng’s wooden house, intending to kill him while his cultivation was suppressed.
• White Tiger entered and mistook An Ying for Zheng Yu, then Liu Bo arrived with spiked clubs and urged them to begin their usual session.
• White Tiger and An Ying spent the night striking Chu Cheng with spiked clubs while Chu Cheng insulted them and ultimately defeated White Tiger again.
• At dawn, An Ying was exhausted and shaken by Chu Cheng’s insults, but he picked up more clubs and went back inside.

An Ying's failed attempt to disrupt the Vast Heaven Holy Land left him plotting to target someone else, while Chu Xinghe prepared marriage gifts for Wuj iang by counting carts of resource inventories rather than carts of actual resources. Zheng Yu and the other factions discovered the Vast Heaven Holy Land's immense wealth and began proposing marriages to get their own inventories.

• An Ying returned to the Civil Engineering Department disguised as Zhao Zhihui, found his workload had increased, and resolved to plan another attempt to throw the Three Continents into chaos.
• Chu Xinghe and Ma Liang prepared the marriage gifts, with Chu Xinghe counting carts of inventories toward the promised one-tenth of the Vast Heaven Holy Land's resources.
• Zheng Yu entered the treasure vault and discovered that the carts Chu Xinghe had called gifts contained resource inventories, not the resources themselves.
• Zheng Yu told the other young prodigies what he had seen, and they proposed marrying their relatives or elders into the Vast Heaven Holy Land to receive gifts.
• Hua Xichen silenced the other factions and offered to arrange for the Spirit Beast Continent's Empress Ji Ya to meet Holy Lord Gu Mingchao.

Chu Xinghe proposed that Gu Mingchao marry Empress Ji Ya, and Gu Mingchao agreed to consider it after claiming he wanted to study Dao Porcelain with her. The Grand Elder endorsed the match, and Chu Xinghe sent Little Hua and the Four Great Clans to persuade Ji Ya, while Zheng Yu’s suggestion that Gu Mingchao overlook gender earned him a kick.

• Chu Xinghe asked Gu Mingchao whether he would take a companion, and Gu Mingchao agreed to consider Empress Ji Ya after learning who Chu Xinghe meant.
• Gu Mingchao explained that he had once followed the Dao of Severing Emotion but now wished to watch and wait, supposedly to study Dao Porcelain with Ji Ya.
• The Grand Elder told Chu Xinghe that Gu Mingchao had devoted his life to protecting the Vast Heaven Sect and supported the idea of bringing him and Ji Ya together.
• Chu Xinghe asked the Grand Elder whether he wanted help finding a companion, and the Grand Elder kicked him out of Spirit Crane Palace.
• Chu Xinghe told Little Hua to begin persuading Ji Ya, and Zheng Yu suggested Gu Mingchao should be less strict about gender before Chu Xinghe kicked him.

An Ying disguised himself as Xiao Ling to enter Jiuli’s residence and kill Feng Yuqing, hoping to provoke a war between Vast Heaven Holy Land and Martial Emperor City. His plan collapsed when he ate a pastry at the gathering and immediately fell unconscious.

• The four clan heads rushed to find Empress Ji Ya, but learned she had entered closed-door seclusion and could not be approached.
• As Feng Yuqing’s one-month celebration approached, Vast Heaven Holy Land prepared a lavish ceremony, while An Ying struggled to find a chance to leave and carry out his plan.
• An Ying escaped the Divine Domain and used the Thousand Illusions Phantom Art to disguise himself as Xiao Ling of Martial Emperor City.
• Disguised as Xiao Ling, An Ying brought toys to Jiuli’s residence and tried to approach Feng Yuqing, but Ouyang Ling intercepted him and took the gifts.
• An Ying tried to redirect the conversation by praising and eating a pastry, then collapsed under Jiuli’s bewildered gaze.

An Ying, disguised as Xiao Ling, visited Jiuli with Wan Lin and Ouyang Ling, but collapsed after eating one of Jiuli’s pastries. To avoid being exposed when taken to Martial Emperor City’s quarters, he went with Wan Lin instead, then fled after she trapped him in an illusion.

• Xiao Ling arrived with gifts for Feng Yuqing, and An Ying, disguised as her, ate one of Jiuli’s pastries and collapsed.
• Wan Lin revived An Ying with tea while Jiuli and Ouyang Ling apologized and offered help.
• Jiuli asked Wan Lin to take An Ying back to Martial Emperor City’s quarters, but An Ying begged her not to go there.
• An Ying agreed to return with Wan Lin after she suggested he experience her Staff Intent.
• Wan Lin used her Art of Charm to draw An Ying into a lifelike illusion, and he escaped her room once he recovered.

At Feng Yuqing’s one-month celebration, Chu Xinghe presented Wuj iang with an enormous gift of resource lists, believing the unrepaid gifts would finally make Vast Heaven Holy Land suffer a loss. The Wuj iang Holy Mother instead made Feng Yuqing the new Lord of Wuj iang, entrusted her parents with the gifts, and asked to retire at Vast Heaven Holy Land, leaving Chu Xinghe stunned.

• Chu Xinghe revealed two hundred carts of densely packed resource lists as Vast Heaven Holy Land’s gifts of thanks to Wuj iang, astounding the gathered factions and the Wuj iang Holy Mother.
• The Wuj iang Holy Mother explained that she had supported Jiuli’s happiness and apologized to her daughter for the past; Jiuli tearfully embraced her.
• The Wuj iang Holy Mother announced that one-month-old Feng Yuqing was Wuj iang’s new Lord and asked Feng Fei and Jiuli to govern and hold the gifts for her until she grew up.
• Feng Fei promised to fulfill his responsibility, and the Wuj iang Holy Mother asked Gu Mingchao and the Grand Elder to let her retire at Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• Gu Mingchao welcomed the Wuj iang Holy Mother, while Chu Xinghe was left feeling that his plans to make Vast Heaven Holy Land suffer a loss had collapsed.

At Feng Yuqing's one-month celebration, the Wuj iang Holy Mother made the infant her successor, left Wuj iang's affairs to Feng Fei and Jiuli, and stayed at the Vast Heaven Holy Land, effectively bringing Wuj iang under its influence. Chu Xinghe privately despaired that his generous bride's-family gifts had helped create a win-win deal for everyone but him, while the Wuj iang Holy Mother believed his gifts proved the Vast Heaven Holy Land valued Wuj iang and guaranteed its future.

• The Wuj iang Holy Mother named Feng Yuqing Wuj iang's future leader, entrusted its affairs to Feng Fei and Jiuli, and chose to remain at the Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• The leading figures recognized that Feng Yuqing's succession could unite Wuj iang and the Vast Heaven Holy Land while keeping the bride's-family gifts safely at the Holy Land.
• Gu Mingchao understood that the Vast Heaven Holy Land would gain influence over Wuj iang and access to information about its resources.
• Chu Xinghe realized that the Wuj iang Holy Mother's decision turned his carefully prepared gifts into a deal that benefited everyone but him.
• Ma Liang and the Wuj iang Holy Mother misread Chu Xinghe's calmness as proof that he had anticipated and engineered the outcome.
• The Wuj iang Holy Mother recalled that Chu Xinghe's two hundred carts of gifts had convinced her the Vast Heaven Holy Land valued Wuj iang and would secure its future.

During the full-month feast, An Ying escaped Vast Heaven Divine Domain and tried to steal the Evil God's Fang from Zang Ling so he could flee to Evil Shadow Continent. Zang Ling mistook him for a test arranged by Chu Xinghe and refused to hand over the relic, declaring his loyalty to Vast Heaven Holy Land.

• Chu Xinghe realized that Wuj iang Holy Mother had joined Vast Heaven Holy Land without accepting his resources, while the Grand Elder ordered the Civil Engineering Department disciples to build her a residence.
• An Ying escaped his work in Vast Heaven Divine Domain during the feast and decided to seek the Evil God's Fang from Zang Ling.
• An Ying entered Zang Ling's room disguised as Zhao Zhihui and admitted he was An Ying, hoping to obtain the Evil God's Fang.
• Zang Ling interpreted An Ying's answers as clumsy acting in a test orchestrated by Chu Xinghe and demanded that he reveal his true form.
• Zang Ling refused to give up the Evil God's Fang and swore he would never betray Vast Heaven Holy Land, leaving An Ying stunned.

An Ying visited Zang Ling to reveal himself, but Zang Ling mistook him for an impostor and reported him to Vast Heaven Holy Land. The leaders confirmed An Ying had been disguised as Zhao Zhihui, and Chu Xinghe feared the Thief Saint had stolen a great deal from the sect.

• An Ying tried to convince Zang Ling of his identity, but Zang Ling dismissed him as a fake and shouted for help.
• An Ying fled, and Zang Ling alerted the gathered guards that An Ying, the Holy Son of the Phantom Evil Spirits, had infiltrated Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• Shen Chun informed the leaders, and Chu Xinghe joined them in questioning Zang Ling about his report.
• Zang Ling described An Ying’s visit and identified Zhao Zhihui as the person An Ying had impersonated.
• The Grand Elder used Zhao Zhihui’s soul lamp to locate him sealed in a warehouse, and Gu Mingchao confirmed Zhao Zhihui’s account.
• Zang Ling realized he had reported the real An Ying, while Chu Xinghe worried that An Ying had stolen the sect’s resources.

Vast Heaven Holy Land discovered that An Ying had stolen no resources and had instead worked diligently for the Civil Engineering Department after infiltrating the Holy Land. As Chu Xinghe tried to make sense of An Ying’s escape, Feng Yuzheng revealed that he had found the Phantom Evil Spirits’ Hand of the Evil God.

• Shen Chun reported that every disciple’s soul lamp had been checked and that no one besides Zhao Zhihui had been replaced.
• Feng Fei, the Civil Engineering Department disciples, and Azure Dragon inventoried the treasuries and confirmed that no resources were missing.
• An Lan revealed that the Dark Moon Clan had mistaken An Ying for Wei Buhui and made him play their death game more than eight thousand times.
• Chu Xinghe learned that An Ying had disguised himself as Zhao Zhihui and worked so efficiently that he had helped the Civil Engineering Department rather than harmed it.
• Feng Yuzheng showed Chu Xinghe and the Grand Elder the Hand of the Evil God, which he had picked up a few days earlier.

Feng Yuzheng discovered that a strange hand he had picked up was the Hand of the Evil God, which An Ying had hidden at the Vast Heaven Holy Land. The Grand Elder tightened security while An Ying returned to retrieve the relic and realized it had been stolen.

• Feng Yuzheng recognized the unusual hand he had found as the Hand of the Evil God, and Elder He confirmed its identity.
• The Grand Elder and the others learned that the relic had no master-binding contract and did not respond to their attempts to activate it.
• Zang Ling told the Vast Heaven Holy Land that the Hand of the Evil God strengthened the Phantom Evil Spirits' Thousand Illusions Phantom Art, but he did not know how to use it.
• The Grand Elder ordered disciples to show identity tokens and soul-lamp elders to watch for signs of impersonation while they searched for An Ying.
• An Ying returned to his hiding place to retrieve the Hand of the Evil God and found that Feng Yuzheng had already taken it.

After losing the Hand of the Evil God, An Ying decided to remain in the Three Continents and use his disguises to stir up chaos. He entered Flowing Flower City disguised as Chu Xinghe, but his imitation of Thunder Shadow’s Purple Lightning Flash barely shocked a guard.

• An Ying mourned the loss of the Hand of the Evil God and concluded that he could neither recover it easily nor return to the Evil Shadow Continent.
• After several days, An Ying regained his resolve and planned to impersonate Vast Heaven Holy Land prodigies to commit murders and damage their reputations.
• An Ying traveled south to Flowing Flower City, where crowds had gathered, and disguised himself as Chu Xinghe.
• An Ying discovered that his imitation could not fully reproduce Chu Xinghe’s power, then approached the city gate convinced that no one would dare challenge him.
• When a guard stopped him, An Ying attacked with an imitation of Thunder Shadow’s Purple Lightning Flash, but its tiny electric arc failed to penetrate the guard’s defenses.

An Ying disguised himself as Chu Xinghe, but misfortune weakened his imitation Purple Lightning Flash into a tiny spark. He discovered Flowing Flower City was hosting a vast Chu Xinghe impersonation competition, leaving him surrounded by people dressed as Chu Xinghe and being treated as an amateur imitator.

• An Ying used his Thousand Illusions Phantom Art to imitate Chu Xinghe and tried to demonstrate Purple Lightning Flash, but misfortune suppressed his power and produced only a little arc of electricity.
• A group of Chu Xinghe impersonators criticized An Ying’s lightning effects, outfit, and fake Ninth Rank presence, and invited him to join their mutual aid society.
• An Ying learned that Flowing Flower City was hosting the Chu Xinghe Impersonation Competition with Lu Chengqing as final judge and a live broadcast, after Chu Xinghe had approved the event.
• An Ying entered Flowing Flower City through the contestants’ passage and saw crowds of Chu Xinghe impersonators greeting one another, alongside people impersonating other well-known figures.

An Ying entered Flowing Flower City disguised as Chu Xinghe and joined an impersonation contest after other contestants and a judge insulted his transformation. He was eliminated in the preliminaries for lacking immersion, but then learned he had drawn a revival slot and resolved to keep competing for the Phantom Evil Spirit Clan’s dignity.

• An Ying encountered crowds of people impersonating Chu Xinghe and his companions, then entered the Chu Xinghe impersonation contest as contestant number 666.
• A judge criticized An Ying’s immersion when he collected his token, prompting him to stay and prove the Phantom Evil Spirit Clan’s Thousand Illusions Phantom Art was superior.
• An Ying prepared for the contest by renting a Ma Liang, buying clothes and a sword case, and getting his makeup done, but his finished appearance no longer resembled Chu Xinghe.
• The judges rejected An Ying in the first preliminary round, saying his introduction showed he was still thinking of himself as an impersonator.
• An Ying considered attacking Flowing Flower City, but learned he had drawn a revival slot and decided to compete again.

An Ying was repeatedly reinstated in the Chu Xinghe impersonation contest despite failing the judges, becoming Flowing Flower City's luckiest contestant. Meanwhile, Chu Xinghe received the Hand of the Evil God after the elders failed to discover its use, and tried to convince everyone it was merely a backscratcher.

• An Ying returned to the contest as contestant number 666 and failed the preliminary selection after insisting he was Chu Xinghe himself.
• The judges chose An Ying for the preliminary round's reinstatement spot, making him the only contestant reinstated twice and a local sensation.
• Chu Xinghe worried that the Hand of the Evil God might grant someone a powerful boost while Elder He, the Great Sage, and the Three Well Spirits Elders studied it without success.
• Chu Xinghe took possession of the Hand of the Evil God and claimed it was a backscratcher, challenging everyone to imagine what it could do.

Chu Xinghe found that the Hand of the Evil God was only useful as a back scratcher, while An Ying entered the second round of the Chu Xinghe Impersonation Competition. Old Master Wuyang judged An Ying’s disguise harshly and eliminated him again, despite Lu Chengqing’s initial shock at how much he resembled Chu Xinghe.

• Chu Xinghe tested the Hand of the Evil God and found that neither spiritual power nor Zang Ling’s evil spirit power could activate it.
• An Ying advanced to the competition’s second round but heard the crowd mocking his impersonation of Chu Xinghe.
• Old Master Wuyang joined the judging panel alongside Lu Chengqing for the second round of the competition.
• An Ying took the first stage slot, and Lu Chengqing was stunned by his resemblance to Chu Xinghe.
• Old Master Wuyang listed ten ways An Ying’s bearing and behavior differed from Chu Xinghe, and the judges eliminated An Ying again.

An Ying fled Flowing Flower City after repeated humiliations in the Chu Xinghe Impersonation Competition, then disguised himself as Ma Liang to start a killing spree. At the Vast Heaven Holy Land, the Wuj iang Holy Mother recognized the Hand of the Evil God and produced an ancient book titled with specific instructions for using it, leaving Chu Xinghe stunned.

• An Ying was drawn into the finals after being eliminated in the semifinals, but he fled Flowing Flower City overnight and withdrew from the competition.
• After five days of recovering from his humiliation, An Ying transformed into Ma Liang and set off to kill people in Ma Liang’s name.
• Chu Xinghe visited Feng Fei’s residence, where he greeted the grand elder and the Wuj iang Holy Mother and teased Feng Yuqing with the Hand of the Evil God.
• The Wuj iang Holy Mother examined the Hand of the Evil God and recalled an ancient book that contained records about it.
• The Wuj iang Holy Mother produced an ancient book titled “The Specific Methods for Using the Nine Evil God Relics: The Hand of the Evil God,” and Chu Xinghe was stunned.

Wuj iang Holy Mother provided ancient tomes that let the Vast Heaven Holy Land decipher how the Hand of the Evil God worked. Shu Da tested it with his Shadow Clone, and the chapter ended as he formed a ball of ghostly power.

• Elder He and Zang Ling confirmed that Wuj iang Holy Mother's tome contained genuine, encrypted instructions for using the Hand of the Evil God.
• Wuj iang Holy Mother produced a second tome that explained how to crack the Phantom Evil Spirit Clan's encryption, allowing the concept gods to decipher the instructions.
• The group learned that the Hand of the Evil God passively enhanced transformation abilities by letting their users copy other people's power.
• Ma Liang suggested giving the Hand of the Evil God to Shu Da, and Shen Chun brought Shu Da's original body to the group.
• Shu Da used his Shadow Clone talent while carrying the Hand of the Evil God, produced a clone that still looked like himself, and then formed a ball of ghostly power in his palm.

The Vast Heaven Holy Land tested whether Shu Da could use the Hand of the Evil God to copy Ma Liang’s abilities, but the copied Spectral Power vanished almost immediately. Zang Ling suggested testing a lower-ranked target, and Shu Da successfully copied a Thunder Palace disciple’s lightning power, leaving Chu Xinghe convinced that Zang Ling had sabotaged his hopes.

• The Grand Elder gave Shu Da the Hand of the Evil God and asked him to use Shadow Clone to copy Ma Liang.
• Shu Da briefly copied Ma Liang’s Spectral Power, but it vanished after only a moment, even when Shu Da tried again.
• Chu Xinghe celebrated the apparent failure, believing the Hand of the Evil God was useless outside the Phantom Evil Spirit Clan.
• Zang Ling suggested that Ma Liang’s cultivation might be too high for Shu Da to copy, so the Grand Elder brought in a Seventh Rank Thunder Palace disciple.
• Shu Da copied the disciple’s lightning power and used it to form a lightning spear that blasted a crater into the ground.
• The Holy Land’s leaders praised Zang Ling, while Chu Xinghe inwardly accused him of openly helping the Vast Heaven Holy Land.