Chapter Summaries

After Shu Da gained the Hand of the Evil God, Chu Xinghe tightened security around Zang Ling, while An Ying planned to use stolen identities to commit massacres and frame Vast Heaven Holy Land geniuses. An Ying entered the Great Luo Kingdom’s capital and chose its imperial family as his first target, unaware that the kingdom had once been called the Great Moon Kingdom.

• Zang Ling explained the limits of the Phantom Evil Spirit Clan’s copying ability, and Shu Da demonstrated the power he had copied before the Grand Elder gave him the Hand of the Evil God.
• Chu Xinghe had Shen Chun restore the guards around Zang Ling, who then found his escape routes heavily watched.
• An Ying, disguised as Ma Liang, resolved to retaliate against the Three Continents by committing massacres under the identities of Vast Heaven Holy Land geniuses.
• An Ying entered the Great Luo Kingdom’s capital and abandoned his plan to slaughter the entire city because he lacked Ma Liang’s Soul-Devouring Banner.
• An Ying decided to kill the Great Luo Kingdom’s imperial family, unaware that the kingdom had once been called the Great Moon Kingdom.

An Ying disguised as Ma Liang and headed for the Great Luo Imperial City, intending to slaughter its royal family and frame Ma Liang. As the royals gathered at the Altar of the Moon, the story recounted Ji Moran’s purge of the Cloud Firmament Sect’s corrupt forces and revealed that the Great Luo royal family had found a demonic art that used infants as sacrifices.

• An Ying used Ma Liang’s ghostly power to reach Great Luo Imperial City and found most of the royal family gathered together.
• Ji Moran had purged corrupt officials and elder descendants throughout the Cloud Firmament Sect’s subordinate forces, including the Great Moon Kingdom, which he renamed the Great Luo Kingdom.
• Ji Moran had spared some of Tian Qingquan’s bloodline, but the Great Luo royal family blamed Ma Liang for its loss of power and resented him.
• The Great Luo royal family discovered the Spirit Child Curse Art in Tian Qingquan’s secret treasure trove and learned that it required sacrificing children under one year old.

The Great Luo imperial family used the Spirit Child Curse Art to sacrifice babies and strengthen themselves, then prepared to kill Ma Liang with a secret curse. An Ying arrived disguised as Ma Liang to frame him, but the family mistook him for their enemy and attacked; the chapter left An Ying trapped in their formation and furious that he could not explain the misunderstanding.

• The Great Luo imperial family secretly sacrificed babies to cultivate the Spirit Child Curse Art, raising the emperor and other members to powerful ranks.
• The family discovered the Ten Thousand Children Killing Curse and planned to use it to kill Ma Liang and avenge their ancestor Tian Qingquan.
• The Great Luo emperor sacrificed another baby as the family prepared its ritual, then rallied them to kill Ma Liang.
• An Ying arrived disguised as Ma Liang, intending to massacre the Great Luo imperial family and frame him, but the family believed he had uncovered their crimes.
• The Great Luo emperor activated the Six Paths Evil-Slaying Formation, suppressing An Ying's spectral power, and struck him through several pillars.
• The Great Luo imperial family charged An Ying, while he realized they were Ma Liang's enemies and could not make them listen.

An Ying, disguised as Ma Liang, fought the Great Luo imperial family after they mistook him for their nemesis, killing the emperor and fleeing badly wounded. Ji Moran and the Cloud Firmament Sect found the ruined city and evidence of the imperial family’s horrific sacrifices, while suspecting that the supposed Ma Liang was not the real one.

• The Great Luo emperor and his family attacked An Ying, believing he was Ma Liang, and An Ying retaliated by slaughtering many of them.
• The emperor devoured his own companions, broke through to the Ninth Rank, and fought An Ying until An Ying killed him but suffered severe injuries.
• An Ying fled the ruined city using Ma Liang’s Ghost Art before Ji Moran and the Cloud Firmament Sect arrived.
• Qin Zhongnan and Ji Moran heard surviving guards claim that Ma Liang had killed the emperor, but the sect members questioned whether the account made sense.
• Qin Zhongnan and Ji Moran searched the altar ruins, found more than a hundred surviving sealed infants, and discovered at least a thousand infant skulls.

Qin Zhongnan uncovered nearly three thousand infant corpses beneath the altar in the Great Luo Imperial City and learned that the Great Luo emperor’s family had used the Spirit Child Curse Art. He ordered the Great Luo imperial family’s remnants slain and the atrocity made public, while remaining troubled by Ma Liang’s unexplained fight with the emperor.

• Qin Zhongnan ordered the Cloud Firmament Sect to clear the altar, where disciples uncovered dried infant corpses and severed heads alongside members of the Great Luo imperial family.
• The surviving guards told Qin Zhongnan and Ji Moran that infants had been disappearing across the Great Luo Kingdom and that the imperial family had investigated the cases.
• Qin Zhongnan interrogated a distant imperial relative, who confessed that the emperor had ordered them to silence bereaved parents and contain news of the abductions.
• Qin Zhongnan identified the Spirit Child Curse Art as the likely cause of the infants’ deaths and suspected that Tian Qingquan had taken the art after killing its former practitioner.
• Qin Zhongnan ordered the Cloud Firmament Sect to kill every remnant of the Great Luo imperial family, warn the sect’s higher-ups, and announce the atrocity to the world.
• Qin Zhongnan wondered why Ma Liang had fought the Great Luo emperor on equal terms and why he had not used the Ten Thousand Ghosts Grand Formation.

The Cloud Firmament Sect exposed the Great Luo Kingdom’s infant thefts and revealed that Ma Liang’s Spectral Power had been used to punish the royal family, transforming his reputation. Ma Liang and the Vast Heaven Holy Land realized An Ying had impersonated him, while An Ying recovered in hiding and vowed to make an even bigger move.

• The Cloud Firmament Sect publicized the Great Luo Kingdom’s crimes, returned surviving infants to their families, compensated victims, and ordered the remaining royal family hunted down.
• People across the Three Continents praised Ma Liang for destroying the Great Luo royal family, despite Ma Liang being bewildered because he had never left the Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• Ma Liang concluded that An Ying had copied his appearance, presence, and Spectral Power, while Chu Xinghe and Senior Brother Shen Chun wondered how they could catch an evil spirit who was doing good deeds.
• The great elder questioned what the Vast Heaven Holy Land should do if it caught An Ying, and Zang Ling suspected An Ying intended to defect to the sect.
• An Ying, recovering from his injuries in a secret place, vowed to make an even bigger move once he healed.

An Ying recovered from his earlier setbacks and searched the Three Continents for a chance to strike on a massive scale. When he learned that a plague had ravaged the Yuyang Kingdom and that Chu Xinghe was being summoned to help, An Ying planned to impersonate Ouyang Ling and poison tens of millions of people.

• The Phantom Evil Lord insisted that An Ying had not defected, while the other Evil Lords questioned why he had stopped contacting them.
• An Ying spent half a month recovering and rebuilding his mental state, then traveled in disguises while gathering information and avoiding rash attacks.
• A deadly plague spread through the Yuyang Kingdom and neighboring countries, and Wu Qun could not find an affordable treatment after the disease mutated.
• Wu Qun urged the Yuyang Kingdom to seek Chu Xinghe's help, and the kingdom's crown prince traveled to the Vast Heaven Holy Land to request his aid.
• After hearing about the plague and the appeal for help, An Ying took Ouyang Ling's appearance and planned to poison the Yuyang Kingdom and nearby countries before Chu Xinghe arrived.

An Ying disguised himself as Ouyang Ling and entered Yuyang Kingdom, intending to use her poison arts to cause a mass killing and frame the Ouyang Lineage. He claimed Chu Xinghe had sent him to resolve the plague, leaving Wu Qun wary of whether Ouyang Ling had come to save people or kill them.

• An Ying transformed into Ouyang Ling and entered Yuyang Kingdom’s plague-stricken capital, planning to poison its people and ruin the Vast Heaven Holy Land and Ouyang Lineage.
• An Ying openly identified himself as Ouyang Ling, and news of the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s arrival reached Emperor Zhao Yuanji.
• Zhao Yuanji told Wu Qun that Ouyang Ling had arrived, startling Wu Qun because the crown prince had only just left to seek help.
• An Ying greeted Zhao Yuanji and Wu Qun, then claimed Chu Xinghe had sent him to resolve Yuyang Kingdom’s plague crisis.
• Wu Qun questioned the timing of Ouyang Ling’s arrival and wondered whether she had come to save people or kill them.

An Ying, disguised as Ouyang Ling, presented a deadly poison-filled prescription as Chu Xinghe's cure for Yuyang's plague, and Wu Qun agreed to test it. The patient convulsed and bled after taking it, but Wu Qun declared the treatment successful when he extracted the plague poison, leaving An Ying stunned.

• An Ying told Wu Qun that Chu Xinghe had predicted the plague was poison-like and had given him a treatment, winning Wu Qun's trust.
• An Ying named a prescription made from numerous deadly poisons, and Wu Qun accepted it as Chu Xinghe's potent style.
• Wu Qun stopped An Ying from dosing the whole kingdom and ordered a single dose tested on a plague patient.
• The patient convulsed and bled from his orifices after drinking the medicine, and An Ying prepared to flee.
• Wu Qun extracted black plague poison from the patient's blood and declared that the medicine had worked without damaging the patient's foundation.

An Ying impersonated Ouyang Ling and supplied a poison recipe that Wu Qun believed could cure Yuyang Kingdom’s plague, then secretly added ingredients he expected to make it lethal. As An Ying anticipated disaster, Yuyang Kingdom appealed to the Vast Heaven Holy Land, and Chu Xinghe eagerly planned to spend vast resources supplying the people with Sixth Rank poison-cleansing pills.

• An Ying’s potent recipe cured the plague poison, and Wu Qun praised Chu Xinghe for anticipating that the outbreak was caused by plague poison.
• An Ying claimed Chu Xinghe had ordered three extra ingredients added to reduce the recipe’s harmful effects, and Wu Qun ordered the powder distributed across Yuyang Kingdom and neighboring kingdoms.
• An Ying expected the altered powder to poison the population and implicate Ouyang Ling and Chu Xinghe.
• At the Vast Heaven Holy Land, Shen Chun told Chu Xinghe that Yuyang Kingdom’s crown prince had arrived to request help after Wu Qun failed to handle the plague.
• Chu Xinghe decided to supply everyone in Yuyang Kingdom and the surrounding kingdoms with Sixth Rank poison-cleansing pills, eager to spend the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s resources.

Chu Xinghe arranged for the Muyue Kingdom disciples to enter seclusion, then learned from Zhao Shanhe about a spreading plague in Yuyang Kingdom and promised the Vast Heaven Holy Land would send a cure. Suspecting An Ying might be behind the plague, Chu Xinghe ordered vast quantities of Sixth Rank Poison-Expelling Pills prepared to protect lives without risking a delay.

• Chu Xinghe sent all the Muyue Kingdom disciples into a month of death seclusion and went to the great elder.
• Zhao Shanhe told Chu Xinghe that a plague in Yuyang Kingdom and nearby kingdoms was spreading and that Wu Qun had failed to stop it.
• Chu Xinghe promised Zhao Shanhe that the Vast Heaven Holy Land would provide a cure, and Zhao Shanhe hurried back to Yuyang Kingdom to share the news.
• Chu Xinghe told the great elder that An Ying might be behind the plague and that testing a countermeasure could endanger millions of people.
• The great elder summoned the chief elders, and they supported Chu Xinghe's plan to prepare Sixth Rank Poison-Expelling Pills in overwhelming quantities.

Chu Xinghe mobilized vast quantities of Sixth Rank Detoxification Pills and the Flute of Space and Time to combat the plague, while An Ying disguised himself as Ouyang Ling and distributed a poisonous powder made from Xinghe’s recipe. An Ying escaped the capital before the consequences emerged, but a rider soon reported that the powder had cured everyone in the capital who took it.

• Chu Xinghe won the elders’ approval to use Sixth Rank Detoxification Pills, and Ma Liang claimed Mu Bai’s group could no longer make Fifth Rank pills.
• Chu Xinghe gathered Detoxification Pills from the Vast Heaven Holy Land and its Chamber of Commerce branches, using the Flute of Space and Time to transport them.
• Zhao Yuanji ordered Yuyang’s medicine-makers to prepare and distribute the powder An Ying had prescribed while disguised as Ouyang Ling.
• An Ying left the Yuyang capital at night, believing his powder would cause a massacre and hoping to evade Wu Qun.
• Wu Qun discovered that Ouyang Ling had vanished and feared the powder was dangerous, but a rider reported that it had purged the plague’s poison from everyone treated in the capital.

Ouyang Ling distributed Chu Xinghe’s medicine throughout Yuyang and the neighboring kingdoms, curing the plague without harming the patients. As Yuyang celebrated the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s intervention, Crown Prince Zhao Shanhe arrived to find the crisis already over.

• Zhao Yuanji followed Ouyang Ling’s instructions and delayed distributing the medicine until she said the time was right.
• A knight reported that Ouyang Ling’s medicine had cured plague patients in the capital without causing harm, and Wu Qun examined the recovered patients.
• Wu Qun realized Chu Xinghe had prepared a second prescription using potent poisons to eliminate the plague without side effects.
• Reports confirmed that the medicine cured people throughout Yuyang and neighboring kingdoms, prompting Zhao Yuanji to establish an annual Day of Gratitude.
• Ouyang Ling was celebrated as Yuyang’s savior, and Zhao Shanhe arrived to learn that the Vast Heaven Holy Land had already resolved the crisis.

Zhao Shanhe returned to the Yuyang Kingdom and learned that Ouyang Ling's medicine had cured the plague, while An Ying discovered that his poison had also helped save the people of Yanyang City. The chapter left An Ying stunned as the crowd celebrated the Vast Heaven Holy Land and he muttered, "Heavenly meat is so sweet..."

• Zhao Shanhe admired Ouyang Ling for leaving without seeking praise after her medicine cured the plague, then accepted Zhao Yuanji's request to carry the kingdom's thanks to the Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• Zhao Shanhe set off for the Vast Heaven Holy Land with more than a hundred carts of gifts from the Yuyang Kingdom.
• An Ying went to Yanyang City expecting to find people killed by his poison, but saw residents and guards lying in the streets after celebrating through the night.
• The people told An Ying that Ouyang Ling's medicine had cured the plague, and that they were praising the Vast Heaven Holy Land for saving them.
• An Ying realized his poison had fought the plague and cured the people, then joined the crowd's celebration in a daze, saying, "Heavenly meat is so sweet..."

An Ying fled Yuyang Kingdom after curing its plague while impersonating Ouyang Ling, and Chu Xinghe prepared a vast supply of detoxification pills to save the kingdom. When Zhao Shanhe arrived to thank the Vast Heaven Holy Land for the cure, its leaders realized An Ying had been the impostor, leaving them stunned by his actions.

• An Ying escaped Yanyang City, worried the Vast Heaven Holy Land would discover his deeds, and hid in a hole after a snake bit him.
• Chu Xinghe gathered sixth-rank detoxification pills from across the Three Continents and ordered the Spirit Crane Palace disciples to make more.
• Chu Xinghe sent Mu Bai back into sealed seclusion after Mu Bai offered to cure the plague without pills.
• Shen Chun told Chu Xinghe that Zhao Shanhe had returned with gifts to thank the Vast Heaven Holy Land, and Chu Xinghe joined the elders to hear his account.
• Zhao Shanhe reported that an Ouyang Ling had cured Yuyang Kingdom's plague, prompting the Vast Heaven Holy Land's leaders to conclude that An Ying had impersonated her.

Vast Heaven Holy Land struggled to understand why An Ying had saved people and done good deeds instead of wreaking havoc, earning him the nickname Evil Spirit Hero. The Grand Elder decided to keep watching An Ying but not capture him immediately, while Chu Xinghe remained baffled by his actions.

• After Zhao Shanhe left, the Spirit Crane Palace debated why An Ying had impersonated Ouyang Ling and cured the plague in Yuyang Kingdom.
• Chu Xinghe lamented that An Ying had thwarted his preparations by saving tens of millions of people instead of causing destruction.
• Shen Chun explained that Vast Heaven Holy Land's spies had been ordered to watch for evil deeds, so they had not anticipated An Ying's heroic actions.
• The Grand Elder ordered the spies to keep tracking An Ying but not rush to capture him if they found him.
• The Grand Elder sent someone to Yuyang Kingdom to check for hidden schemes, and the report confirmed An Ying had left no trick behind and had used medicine Wu Qun praised.

After recovering from his disastrous attempt to poison Yuyang Kingdom, An Ying decided to cause smaller massacres by repeatedly impersonating powerful members of the Vast Heaven Holy Land. He took Feng Fei’s form and teleported toward his first target, only to arrive in the Vast Heaven Divine Domain before a startled Azure Dragon.

• An Ying emerged from isolation, reviewed his failures, and concluded that greed had derailed his plan to throw the Three Continents into chaos.
• An Ying chose to impersonate Feng Fei, whose personal strength he believed would make him a powerful agent of slaughter.
• An Ying planned to attack cities under the identities of Feng Fei and other powerful figures, moving on before the Vast Heaven Holy Land could catch him.
• An Ying activated a teleportation array as Feng Fei and arrived ready to kill, but found himself in the Vast Heaven Divine Domain before Azure Dragon.
• Azure Dragon recognized Feng Fei and asked how he had ended up in the Vast Heaven Divine Domain, leaving An Ying confused.

An Ying arrived in the Vast Heaven Divine Domain disguised as Feng Fei, but the Civil Engineering Department trapped him in a marathon of account-checking before he escaped by teleportation. Meanwhile, Zang Ling studied the guards around him and prepared to break out of the Vast Heaven Holy Land.

• An Ying appeared before Azure Dragon in Feng Fei's form after using a teleportation formation to enter the Vast Heaven Divine Domain, astonishing Azure Dragon.
• Huang Ritian and the Civil Engineering Department disciples surrounded An Ying with account books, and An Ying convincingly checked them while trying to find a chance to leave.
• After escaping the accounts on his fourth trip to the toilet, An Ying used a teleportation formation to vanish from the Vast Heaven Divine Domain.
• Azure Dragon failed to create a teleportation formation and accepted the Civil Engineering Department disciples' claim that Feng Fei's skills were extraordinary.
• Zang Ling returned to his room after a day of labor and resolved to escape, confident that he had mapped a route through the increased guard patrols.

Zang Ling tried to escape the Vast Heaven Holy Land, but An Ying, disguised as Feng Fei, appeared in his path and beat him back inside. The commotion drew the disciples, who saw Feng Fei beating Zang Ling.

• Zang Ling used a gap during the guard shift to sneak through a tunnel, a cesspit pipe, and a dog hole while escaping the Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• An Ying teleported out of the Vast Heaven Divine Domain but landed inside the Vast Heaven Holy Land, where he encountered Zang Ling.
• An Ying recognized Zang Ling and, furious that he had surrendered and reported him, slapped him over the wall and chased him down.
• Zang Ling shouted “Heaven bless Vast Heaven” as An Ying repeatedly slapped him.
• The disciples rushed over after hearing the commotion and saw Senior Brother Feng Fei beating Zang Ling.

An Ying escaped the Vast Heaven Holy Land after disguising himself as Feng Fei and beating Zang Ling, leaving Shen Chun facing the Grand Elder’s anger. Chu Xinghe arrived to defuse the confrontation, but Feng Fei denied having anything to do with Zang Ling’s beating, and everyone began suspecting An Ying.

• An Ying disguised as Feng Fei, beat Zang Ling with the help of the Vast Heaven Holy Land disciples, then used Feng Fei’s power to escape through the teleportation array.
• Shen Chun arrived, struck Zang Ling, and informed the Grand Elder, who ordered Shen Chun to kneel and scolded him for the security failure.
• Chu Xinghe intervened and brought the Grand Elder, Shen Chun, and the elders inside so Shen Chun could explain what had happened.
• The Grand Elder demanded Feng Fei’s presence, and Feng Fei was woken from bed and summoned to the meeting.
• Feng Fei insisted he had never left his residence or beaten Zang Ling, leading everyone to suspect that An Ying had impersonated him.