Chapter Summaries

The Vast Heaven Holy Land realized that An Ying had disguised himself as Feng Fei and recaptured Zang Ling, prompting the Grand Elder to order an investigation. Convinced An Ying had turned against the Evil Spirit Clan, Zang Ling revealed 381 ways to counter the Phantom Evil Spirits and left Chu Xinghe suspecting he wanted An Ying dead more than the Holy Land did.

• Feng Fei revealed that he had not caught Zang Ling, leading everyone to conclude An Ying had impersonated him and infiltrated the Vast Heaven Holy Land again.
• Shen Chun knelt in fear, and the Grand Elder ordered him to investigate how An Ying entered, what he did, and what he wanted.
• Zang Ling realized An Ying had recaptured and beaten him, then decided An Ying had defected by devoting himself to helping the Three Continents.
• Zang Ling told the Vast Heaven Holy Land 381 ways to counter the Phantom Evil Spirits' Thousand Illusions Phantom Art and kill them.
• Chu Xinghe listened to Zang Ling's disclosures and suspected Zang Ling wanted An Ying dead even more than the Vast Heaven Holy Land did.

An Ying infiltrated the Vast Heaven Holy Land, helped inspect accounts, and stopped Zang Ling from escaping, while the Grand Elder punished Shen Chun and the guards for their negligence. Zang Ling was confined by White Tiger’s formation, Chu Xinghe lamented the loss of his escape, and An Ying left determined to plunge the Three Continents into chaos.

• Zang Ling shared 381 methods for dealing with Phantom Evil Spirits, and the Grand Elder sent copies to every hall.
• Shen Chun explained that An Ying had entered by using Feng Fei’s teleportation ability, prompting White Tiger to admit the Four Holy Beasts Grand Formation had not been breached by force.
• The Grand Elder punished Shen Chun and the disciples who had guarded Zang Ling with three months of sword-washing duties.
• An Ying’s account-checking and intervention in Zang Ling’s escape impressed Feng Fei, while Chu Xinghe despaired that Zang Ling had been caught.
• White Tiger used the Four Holy Beasts Grand Formation to confine Zang Ling within the Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• An Ying teleported outside the Haotian Mountain Range and set out to pursue his goal of plunging the Three Continents into chaos.

An Ying tried to leave the Vast Heaven Holy Land using Feng Fei’s teleportation array, but landed in the central region of the Land of Bewildered Spirits. After looting its ruins, he became trapped, and the Phantom Evil Lord learned that An Ying’s presence had vanished without him dying.

• An Ying tested Feng Fei’s teleportation array, then used it to leave the Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• An Ying arrived in a mist-shrouded region, found ruins filled with treasures, and collected their contents.
• An Ying realized he was in the central region of the Land of Bewildered Spirits, but his teleportation array failed to work.
• An Ying entered an area of thinner mist and became immobilized, trapped in a place where he could not even speak.
• The Phantom Evil Lord summoned the other seven Evil Lords of the Eight Divisions of Evil Spirits, and the White Spirit Evil Lord said An Ying had been taken into the Land of Bewildered Spirits by a supreme powerhouse.

The evil lords concluded that An Ying had been taken into a Land of Bewildered Spirits, where even the Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord could not divine his whereabouts. Meanwhile, news of Zang Ling’s surrender made Xie Yue look courageous by comparison and helped him recover from the shame of his defeat.

• The White Spirit Evil Lord recognized An Ying’s vanishing presence as a sign that he had been taken into a Land of Bewildered Spirits.
• The Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord refused to use the Art of Heavenly Secrets to search for An Ying, warning that the backlash could kill him.
• The Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord taunted the Heart-Devouring Evil Lord that Zang Ling had surrendered, sparking an argument between them.
• The Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord defended Xie Yue by pointing out that Xie Yue had returned from the Three Continents without surrendering to Chu Xinghe.
• After Zang Ling surrendered, Xie Yue emerged from seclusion and felt less ashamed as the Evil Spirit Clan’s ridicule shifted away from him.

After Zang Ling and other evil spirits failed or surrendered in the Three Continents, the Evil Shadow Continent united in condemning the Heart-Devouring Evil Spirits, while Xie Yue’s escape made him a celebrated Holy Son. The Evil Lords argued over what to do until the White Spirit Evil Lord proposed a desperate plan: place themselves on deadly ground to find a way to live.

• News that Zang Ling had surrendered united the evil spirit divisions in cursing the Heart-Devouring Evil Spirits, while Xie Yue regained his confidence and status.
• After Meng You and the Nightmare Evil Lord disappeared, the other divisions continued to blame the Heart-Devouring Evil Spirits because the Nightmare Evil Spirits had been wiped out.
• An Ying was captured and thrown into the Land of Bewildered Spirits, but the evil spirit divisions still focused their curses on the Heart-Devouring Evil Spirits, and Xie Yue traveled the continent as its celebrated number-one Holy Son.
• The Heart-Devouring Evil Lord and Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord quarreled until the White Spirit Evil Lord separated them and called for unity.
• The Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord proposed surrendering under the Heart-Devouring Evil Lord’s leadership, prompting another near-fight before the White Spirit Evil Lord intervened and announced he had a plan.

The Evil Lords debated how to stop the Three Continents from using their four Evil God Relics to reach the Evil Shadow Continent. The White Spirit Evil Lord proposed sending Wu Man to surrender and infiltrate the Vast Heaven Holy Land, with the Skull of the Evil God’s curse as a fallback that could disable the relics for two hundred years.

• The White Spirit Evil Lord proposed sending Wu Man and the Skull of the Evil God to the Three Continents, but the Witch Curse Evil Lord refused to risk his Holy Son.
• The White Spirit Evil Lord explained that the Evil Spirit Clan could either fight the Three Continents, surrender resources for peace, or prevent them from opening a passage to the Evil Shadow Continent.
• The White Spirit Evil Lord revealed that Wu Man’s death could trigger the Holy Relic Curse and render the Three Continents’ Evil God Relics useless for at least two hundred years.
• The White Spirit Evil Lord proposed that Wu Man surrender immediately, infiltrate the Vast Heaven Holy Land, and use his Witch Curse abilities to create chaos and possibly retrieve the Evil God Relics.
• The Evil Lords considered the plan, which promised either an infiltration opportunity or a two-hundred-year delay if Wu Man died.

The Evil Lords agreed to send Wu Man into a dangerous mission in the Three Continents in exchange for eighty percent of the Witch Curse Evil Spirit Branch’s western mineral veins. Though Wu Man realized he had been coerced, he accepted to protect his family and demanded security for them and recognition as Holy Son if he returned or died.

• The Evil Lords raised their offers until the Witch Curse Evil Lord agreed to send Wu Man in exchange for eighty percent of their western mineral veins.
• The Witch Curse Evil Lord summoned Wu Man, who mistakenly guessed they were going to fight the White Spirit Evil Lord or the Heart-Devouring Evil Lord.
• The Evil Lords praised Wu Man’s willingness to die for the Evil Spirit Clan and explained the plan to send him into the Three Continents.
• Wu Man realized the Evil Lords would kill him and threaten his family if he refused, so he agreed to undertake the mission.
• Wu Man demanded that his family be cared for and that he be recognized as Holy Son whether he returned alive or died, and the Evil Lords agreed.

The White Spirit Evil Lord explained Wu Man’s mission to infiltrate the Vast Heaven Holy Land and obtain intelligence, while the Witch Curse Evil Lord held off until the promised resources arrived. At the Vast Heaven Holy Land, Lu Chengqing reported that the Haotian Mirror was struggling financially, but Chu Xinghe responded by proposing to shut down its advertising revenue as well.

• The White Spirit Evil Lord told Wu Man to surrender upon reaching the Three Continents and try to infiltrate the Vast Heaven Holy Land, using the Skull of the Evil God to relay information to the Evil Shadow Continent.
• The Evil Lords agreed that Wu Man could help close their information gap, while the Witch Curse Evil Lord refused to act until the other Evil Lords transferred their promised resources.
• Chu Xinghe worried that An Ying might be behind every new report, then watched Lu Chengqing arrive at the Vast Heaven Holy Land through the falling snow.
• Lu Chengqing explained that the Haotian Mirror’s advertising income was declining and asked to reopen the Tribute Ranking, but Chu Xinghe instead suggested shutting down the advertising revenue too.

Chu Xinghe refused Lu Chengqing’s request to reopen the Tribute Ranking and decided to shut down Haotian Mirror advertising while expanding coverage across the Three Continents. To fill the airtime, he planned a program that would record his own uneventful daily life, convinced it could not become popular.

• Lu Chengqing asked Chu Xinghe to reopen the Tribute Ranking, but Chu Xinghe agreed to shut it down along with the ads.
• Chu Xinghe ordered Haotian Mirror coverage expanded across the Demon Star Continent and Spirit Beast Continent, including coverage for every spirit beast.
• Lu Chengqing warned that the Haotian Mirror lacked enough programs for round-the-clock broadcasts after advertisements were removed.
• Chu Xinghe rejected creating new programs and decided to fill the remaining airtime by filming his own daily life.
• Chu Xinghe named the program Recording the Beautiful Life and planned to keep it dull enough that it would not attract viewers.

Chu Xinghe arranged for the Haotian Mirror to broadcast across the Three Continents while ending advertisements and refunds, hoping its massive resource costs would advance his cultivation. After sealing Mu Bai and Feng Yuzheng in seclusion, he launched a deliberately dull livestream, confident viewers would soon lose interest.

• Lu Chengqing refunded advertising fees tenfold, ended existing advertising partnerships, and used vast resources to extend Haotian Mirror coverage across the Three Continents.
• Chu Xinghe saw the Misfortune Compass turning steadily and sent Ma Liang away to inspect the Vast Heaven Holy Land's businesses.
• Chu Xinghe had White Tiger seal Mu Bai and the others in the Spirit Crane Palace, then ordered the same formation placed around Feng Yuzheng.
• Lu Chengqing told Chu Xinghe that the Haotian Mirror now covered every region and that news of Chu Xinghe's livestream had caused a sensation.
• Chu Xinghe began a mute, uneventful livestream, expecting its audience to dwindle without tips or advertisements.

Chu Xinghe’s highly anticipated livestream showed him sleeping, eating, and ignoring the audience instead of performing or teaching. Ma Liang suggested the broadcast was testing viewers’ patience like Chu Xinghe’s disciple recruitment in Haotian City, but after several days of waiting, even Ma Liang admitted he could not figure out Chu Xinghe’s plan.

• Lu Chengqing asked Chu Xinghe to prepare makeup and scripts for the livestream, but Chu Xinghe refused and insisted it would show his ordinary daily life.
• When the broadcast began, Chu Xinghe ignored Lu Chengqing’s prompts, fell asleep in his rocking chair, ate dinner, and went back to sleep.
• Viewers across the Three Continents speculated that Chu Xinghe was secretly preparing a major lesson, while Ma Liang compared the broadcast to Chu Xinghe’s silent disciple recruitment in Haotian City.
• After Ma Liang suggested that viewers needed to endure the broadcast to earn Chu Xinghe’s teachings, many stayed awake waiting for him to speak.
• Chu Xinghe continued his usual routine for several days without addressing the viewers, and Ma Liang admitted he could not understand what Chu Xinghe was doing.

Chu Xinghe kept his deliberately dull livestream running, convinced its dwindling audience and constant resource consumption would let him overcome the Misfortune Compass. When Empress Ji Ya emerged from seclusion and the Four Great Clans proposed Gu Mingchao as her Dao companion, Ji Ya admitted she was drawn to him and considered him worthy of her.

• Chu Xinghe refused to interact with viewers or accept gifts and advertising, while the Misfortune Compass kept turning and his cultivation began to rise.
• As viewers abandoned the broadcast, Lu Chengqing urged Chu Xinghe to stop it, but Chu Xinghe insisted they should wait for his Star Divination Art to reveal a way to turn things around.
• Shen Chun told Chu Xinghe that Empress Ji Ya had emerged from seclusion and that the four clan heads of the Spirit Beast Continent had arrived.
• The four clan heads asked Ji Ya whether she wanted a Dao companion, and Clan Head Hua suggested Holy Lord Gu Mingchao after Ji Ya rejected the idea of romance.
• Ji Ya recognized her affection for Gu Mingchao and his Beast God Spine’s potential to help her advance, and she reflected on the qualities that made him worthy of her.

After Ji Ya heard Wu Xingyun’s glowing account of Gu Mingchao, she agreed to become his Dao companion, and the clan heads brought the news to Vast Heaven Holy Land. Gu Mingchao eagerly pushed to begin the wedding rites, while Chu Xinghe proposed sending Sacred Venerable Vermilion Bird as the rare red goose required for the first rite.

• Ji Ya asked Wu Xingyun about Gu Mingchao, accepted his praise as proof of Gu Mingchao’s virtue, and agreed to wait for Vast Heaven Holy Land to propose.
• The four clan heads told Vast Heaven Holy Land that Ji Ya had agreed, and Gu Mingchao entered after eavesdropping and urged everyone to go receive the bride immediately.
• The grand elder insisted that Gu Mingchao and Ji Ya’s wedding follow all six traditional rites, beginning with a proposal gift of a purely red Multicolored Goose.
• Elder He estimated that finding the rare goose would take six months, and Chu Xinghe suggested sending Sacred Venerable Vermilion Bird instead.

Chu Xinghe persuaded Sacred Venerable Vermilion Bird to serve as both matchmaker and the red wild goose for Gu Mingchao’s proposal to Ji Ya, while the Vast Heaven Holy Land debated an enormous betrothal gift. Vermilion Bird reached the Spirit Beast Continent and revealed himself as the promised wild goose, shocking its leaders.

• Chu Xinghe proposed sending Sacred Venerable Vermilion Bird as the red wild goose, and Azure Dragon and White Tiger convinced Vermilion Bird to serve as matchmaker too.
• Vermilion Bird left for the Spirit Beast Continent to complete the proposal and request Ji Ya’s birth details for the marriage rites.
• Chu Xinghe urged the elders to offer half the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s resources as Gu Mingchao’s betrothal gifts, and they reluctantly agreed.
• Vermilion Bird arrived on the Spirit Beast Continent, where Clan Head Hua asked him to present the promised pure red wild goose.
• Vermilion Bird transformed into his fiery red true form and declared that he was the wild goose.

Sacred Venerable Vermilion Bird completed the proposal for Gu Mingchao and Empress Ji Ya by claiming he was the pure red wild goose offered as the betrothal gift, then accompanied the Spirit Beast Continent’s leaders to the Zhou Clan for the required fortune divination. Zhou Tonghe welcomed them and planned to produce an ill omen so he could charge Vast Heaven Holy Land to turn it auspicious.

• Sacred Venerable Vermilion Bird claimed he had once been a pure red wild goose and presented himself as the betrothal gift for Gu Mingchao and Empress Ji Ya, and the four clan heads accepted his explanation.
• Clan Head Hua reminded Sacred Venerable Vermilion Bird that the Zhou Clan had to divine the fortune of a noble marriage, so the leaders and major figures traveled to Divination City.
• The arrival of Sacred Venerable Vermilion Bird and the assembled dignitaries revealed the betrothal to the people of Divination City, and news spread across the Three Continents.
• Zhou Tonghe received the visitors and learned that the divination concerned Gu Mingchao and Empress Ji Ya.
• Zhou Tonghe planned to make the divination appear inauspicious first, then charge Vast Heaven Holy Land for turning the omen auspicious.

Zhou Tonghe repeatedly tried to turn the ominous result of Gu Mingchao and Empress Ji Ya’s divination into good fortune, but the Fortune and Misfortune Divination Tablet kept showing great misfortune. After Vermilion Bird reported the problem, Chu Xinghe blamed the Misfortune Compass and ordered him to offer Zhou Tonghe a hundred treasure vaults to force a favorable result.

• Zhou Tonghe divined an omen of great misfortune for Gu Mingchao and Empress Ji Ya, then promised to turn it into good fortune for the Zhou Clan’s reward.
• Vermilion Bird offered two vaults of gifts, and Zhou Tonghe led the Zhou Clan in rituals to change the omen, but the tablet still showed great misfortune.
• Clan Head Hua offered ten cartloads of gifts, and Zhou Tonghe led two more rounds of rituals, yet the tablet continued to show an omen of great misfortune.
• Vermilion Bird contacted Xinghe and explained what had happened.
• Chu Xinghe blamed the Misfortune Compass and ordered Vermilion Bird to offer Zhou Tonghe a hundred vaults and demand a result of great fortune and prosperity.

Chu Xinghe tried to secure an auspicious betrothal divination for Holy Lord Gu Mingchao and Empress Ji Ya by offering Zhou Tonghe more resources, but the tablet defied Zhou Tonghe’s tampering and stood upright. Zhou Wencang declared that heaven had decreed the match was forbidden, leaving the marriage in doubt.

• Sacred Venerable Vermilion Bird told Chu Xinghe that Zhou Tonghe’s Fortune and Misfortune Divination Tablet repeatedly showed great misfortune for Holy Lord Gu Mingchao and Empress Ji Ya.
• Chu Xinghe promised Zhou Tonghe a hundred more storehouses of resources if his next attempt produced an auspicious omen.
• Zhou Tonghe gathered Zhou clansmen to dance and altered the tablet so both sides showed great fortune, but it landed upright between paving stones.
• Zhou Wencang emerged from the rear courtyard and warned Zhou Tonghe not to defy heaven’s mandate.
• Zhou Wencang told Sacred Venerable Vermilion Bird and the clan heads that the divination had settled the matter and that the Zhou Clan would not accept the offered resources.

Zhou Wencang warned that Gu Mingchao and Ji Ya’s union would bring misfortune to the Spirit Beast Continent and the Vast Heaven Holy Land, despite their birth characters being an auspicious match. The clan heads chose to proceed for the betrothal gifts, but Hua Xichen’s Great Prophecy Art failed when he tried to verify the omen.

• Zhou Wencang declared Gu Mingchao and Ji Ya’s birth characters incompatible and refused the clan heads’ offers to change or falsify his divination.
• Zhou Wencang clarified that the pair were a match made in heaven, but their union would turn out contrary to the wishes of the Spirit Beast Continent and the Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• The four clan heads concluded that the betrothal gifts mattered more than the ominous prediction and decided to proceed with the marriage alliance.
• Clan Head Ning suggested that Hua Xichen use the Great Prophecy Art, and Hua Xichen arrived at the Zhou Clan to divine the outcome.
• Hua Xichen activated the Great Prophecy Art, but its divine light dissipated and the prophecy failed.

After Hua Xichen’s Great Prophecy Art failed to divine the betrothal, Chu Xinghe declared through Vermilion Bird that his Star Divination Art foretold great fortune and prosperity. When Zhou Wencang questioned whether the Star Divination Art was truly a divination technique, Chu Xinghe arrived in person and insisted that it existed, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Zhou Wencang’s omen of great misfortune stirred opposition to the betrothal, so Clan Head Hua called for Hua Xichen to counter it with the Great Prophecy Art.
• Hua Xichen failed to divine the matter even after using Sage’s Descent, and Zhou Wencang claimed destiny had already answered.
• Chu Xinghe learned of the failed divination and sent Vermilion Bird a message declaring that his Star Divination Art foretold great fortune and prosperity.
• Zhou Wencang explained that the Star Divination Art was not a method of divination, but a consequence of the extraordinary fortune of its practitioners.
• Chu Xinghe arrived from the Vast Heaven Holy Land and declared that the Star Divination Art did exist, insisting that the betrothal would receive an auspicious result.

Chu Xinghe arrived at the Zhou Clan to use the Star Divination Art and counter Zhou Wencang’s claim that Gu Mingchao and Ji Ya’s union foretold disaster. When Zhou Wencang demanded that Chu Xinghe divine something about the distant Evil Shadow Continent, a black passage suddenly opened above the Zhou Clan.

• Chu Xinghe arrived at the Zhou Clan after Hua Xichen’s Great Prophecy Art failed to produce an auspicious result for Gu Mingchao and Ji Ya’s union.
• Chu Xinghe argued that the union would benefit the couple and both continents, and the four clan heads agreed with him.
• Zhou Wencang refused to retract his prediction and challenged Chu Xinghe to prove the Star Divination Art’s power.
• Zhou Wencang demanded that Chu Xinghe divine something about the Evil Shadow Continent, beyond the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s influence.
• Chu Xinghe began describing a hypothetical Evil Shadow Continent Holy Son arriving to join the Vast Heaven Holy Land, but a black passage suddenly appeared in the sky above the Zhou Clan.