Chapter Summaries

Seventh Granduncle asked Chu Xinghe to help the ordinary young people of the Muyue Kingdom, but Mu Bai rejected direct handouts and spirit-herb cultivation as unsuitable. Chu Xinghe sent the Muyue Kingdom group away, then destroyed the Vast Heaven Holy Land's spirit fields with Star Shattering; the sect leaders arrived and assumed he must have had a deeper reason.

• Seventh Granduncle explained that the Muyue Kingdom's ban on joining other factions left ordinary young people without a path to cultivate, and he asked Chu Xinghe for support.
• Mu Bai argued that supplying resources without effort would make the Muyue Kingdom's young people dependent, while Seventh Granduncle's proposal for them to cultivate spirit herbs was dismissed as impractical.
• Chu Xinghe asked Mu Bai and the Muyue Kingdom disciples to tour the Vast Heaven Holy Land with Seventh Granduncle while he considered a solution.
• After nightfall, Chu Xinghe ordered the spirit-field guards away and unleashed Star Shattering, destroying the spirit herbs and tearing apart the fields.
• The Grand Elder, Gu Mingchao, Ji Ya, and the other leaders arrived at the ruined fields, found Chu Xinghe there, and concluded that he must have had a deeper reason for destroying them.

Chu Xinghe’s breakthrough destroyed the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s spirit field, but Mu Bai’s seventh great-uncle discovered that Chu Xinghe’s starlight could activate the buried Star Meteoric Iron and turn the land into a powerful Star Spirit Field. The Muyue Kingdom gained a way to cultivate spirit herbs and prosper, while its seventh great-uncle credited Chu Xinghe with giving the kingdom a new future.

• Elder He recognized that Chu Xinghe had reached the peak of the Ninth Rank and manifested Star Shatterer, while the elders celebrated his breakthrough instead of lamenting the ruined spirit field.
• Chu Xinghe tried to point out that he had destroyed the field, but Mu Bai’s seventh great-uncle rushed in and used Wood Spirit power on the shattered soil.
• The seventh great-uncle’s Star Meteoric Iron fused with Chu Xinghe’s lingering starlight, restoring the destroyed spirit herbs and transforming the field into a Star Spirit Field.
• Mu Bai’s seventh great-uncle explained that the Muyue Kingdom had been built atop the Star Meteoric Iron, which had prevented its people from growing spirit herbs until Chu Xinghe’s starlight activated it.
• Mu Bai’s seventh great-uncle thanked Chu Xinghe and concluded that the Muyue Kingdom could now cultivate spirit herbs and prosper while supplying the Vast Heaven Holy Land.

Chu Xinghe accidentally used the power of starlight to activate Star Meteoric Iron, transforming the Muyue Kingdom’s spirit fields into Star Spirit Fields that could rapidly cultivate powerful spirit medicines. The kingdom became a major supplier of Heart-Devouring Spirit Medicine, while Chu Xinghe struggled to understand how his unplanned success had happened.

• Seventh Granduncle and Mu Bai discovered that the Star Spirit Fields could grow spirit medicines containing complete Mutated Heart-Devouring Power, and Mu Bai praised Chu Xinghe for opening a path to prosperity for the Muyue Kingdom.
• Chu Xinghe realized he had never known about Star Meteoric Iron or intended to create the fields, while Seventh Granduncle used it to reactivate the destroyed spirit fields with tenfold-enhanced effects.
• Wu Man learned that the Muyue Kingdom could now supply spirit medicines without relying on him, and news spread that Chu Xinghe had reached the Peak of the Ninth Rank and activated his ninth divine sword, the Star Shatterer.
• Mu Bai took Seventh Granduncle back to the Muyue Kingdom, where activating the Star Meteoric Iron underground transformed the kingdom’s land into Star Spirit Fields and made spirit medicines grow up to a hundred times faster.
• The various parties rushed to reserve Heart-Devouring Spirit Medicine, Ma Liang arranged large-scale cultivation for the Muyue Kingdom, and Chu Xinghe decided he needed a break from making unexpected moves.

Chu Xinghe entered seclusion while the power of starlight transformed Muyue Kingdom into the Three Continents’ leading spirit herb producer. The Evil Lords then planned to attack the Ming Clan with the Heavenly Secrets Evil Spirits’ Progenitor Puppet, hoping to draw Ji Ya and the Vast Heaven Holy Land into the conflict.

• Mu Bai and his companions escorted Seventh Granduncle to Muyue Kingdom and brought the power of starlight that Chu Xinghe had prepared for it.
• The starlight activated the star meteoric iron beneath Muyue Kingdom, turning the nation into a powerful Star Spirit Field and promising prosperity for its citizens.
• As demand for spirit herbs containing Mutated Heart-Devouring Power surged, Ma Liang handled negotiations with alchemists and factions across the Three Continents.
• Wu Man reported Chu Xinghe’s boost to the Three Continents’ strength to the eight evil lords, and the White Spirit Evil Lord asked him to kill Chu Xinghe.
• After the Witch Curse Evil Lord warned that Chu Xinghe’s fortune made cursing him impossible, the White Spirit Evil Lord proposed weakening the other factions instead.
• The evil lords agreed to use the Heavenly Secrets Evil Spirits’ Progenitor Puppet against the Ming Clan, expecting Ji Ya and the Vast Heaven Holy Land to respond.

The Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord explained how the Taiyang Progenitor Puppet could suppress the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet and siphon resources from the Ming Clan and, ultimately, the Vast Heaven Holy Land. Wu Man and the other Evil Lords approved of the scheme, which the Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord believed would throw the Spirit Beast Continent into chaos.

• The Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord told Wu Man that the Yin-Yang Progenitor Puppets had once been one, and that the Ming Clan had acquired the lost Taiyin Puppet while the Heavenly Secrets Evil Spirits Division kept the stronger Taiyang Puppet.
• The Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord explained that he would use Wu Man as a medium to make the Taiyang Puppet suppress the Taiyin Puppet, disrupting the Ming Clan’s puppets and forcing the clan to feed it resources.
• Wu Man realized the scheme would siphon resources from the Ming Clan and could force it to seek help from the other Four Great Clans or Holy Empress Ji Ya at the Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• Wu Man concluded that either the Ming Clan would collapse and its sold puppets would cause chaos, or the Vast Heaven Holy Land would supply resources that the Taiyang Puppet could steal for the Evil Shadow Continent.
• Wu Man and the other Evil Lords praised the plan, while the Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord privately boasted that Chu Xinghe would be unable to turn the situation around.

Wu Man carried out the Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord’s plan to exploit the link between the Taiyin and Taiyang Progenitor Puppets, hoping to force Chu Xinghe into a crisis over the Ming Clan. The Ming Clan Head’s repeated efforts to restore the weakening Taiyin Puppet instead sent resources to the Heavenly Secrets Evil Spirits Division, and the Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord challenged Chu Xinghe to respond.

• Wu Man learned the plan required him to channel the Taiyang Puppet’s power into the Ming Clan, then left the Vast Heaven Holy Land and activated the secret technique.
• Wu Man considered how difficult it would be to obtain the Evil God Relics and concluded he needed chaos to create an opening.
• Wu Man spent the following days spreading gossip around the Vast Heaven Holy Land while he waited for the plan to unfold.
• The Ming Clan Head discovered that the clan’s puppets were losing power and found the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet repeatedly weakening despite receiving vast resources.
• The Taiyang Puppet on the Evil Shadow Continent passed the resources it absorbed from the Taiyin Puppet to the Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord, who celebrated the gains and challenged Chu Xinghe to enter the game.

The Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord used the Taiyin and Taiyang Progenitor Puppets to drain the Ming Clan’s resources, then was forced to share the spoils with the other evil spirit divisions. As the Ming Clan Head struggled to keep the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet running, he sought help from the other great clans, but the chapter left him facing mockery and empty coffers.

• The Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord’s plan siphoned the Ming Clan’s resources through the connected Taiyin and Taiyang Progenitor Puppets.
• The White Spirit Evil Lord and Witch Curse Evil Lord demanded shares, while the Heart-Devouring Evil Lord argued that Zang Ling could serve as a medium.
• The White Spirit Evil Lord led six evil spirit divisions in surrounding the Heavenly Secrets Evil Spirits Division until the Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord agreed to divide the spoils.
• The Ming Clan Head secretly poured the clan’s resources into the weakening Taiyin Progenitor Puppet, fearing that losing it would cripple the Ming Clan.
• After less than half a month, the Ming Clan Head visited the Hua, Cui, and Ning Clans for resources; the Hua Clan lent him some, but the Cui and Ning Clans refused.
• Clan Head Cui joked that he could lend the Ming Clan Head his life, while Clan Head Ning offered the Ning Clan’s grand elder, who began vomiting when he heard the word shrimp.

The Ming Clan Head sought Ji Ya’s help when the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet’s unexplained resource consumption threatened the clan, and she supplied the clan with vast resources. Wu Man and the Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord manipulated the puppet’s consumption, forcing the Ming Clan Head to return to the Vast Heaven Holy Land just as Chu Xinghe eagerly anticipated Ji Ya giving away more resources.

• The Ming Clan Head struggled to fund the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet, so Ming Chenghai urged him to ask Ji Ya for help.
• The Ming Clan Head told Ji Ya about the puppet’s crisis, and she ordered Feng Fei to provide him with abundant resources.
• The Ming Clan Head’s investigation revealed that the puppet’s consumption rose with the use of other connected puppets, so he ordered the clan to limit their use.
• The Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord countered the Ming Clan Head’s conservation effort, causing the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet to consume resources even faster.
• The Ming Clan Head set out for the Vast Heaven Holy Land again, and Chu Xinghe excitedly wondered whether Ji Ya would provide the Ming Clan with more resources.

Ji Ya revealed that the Ming Clan’s Taiyin Progenitor Puppet was weakening because of the Taiyang Puppet, and Elder He warned that the Ming Clan’s resources were being sent to the Evil Shadow Continent. As the Ming Clan Head prepared to accept the clan’s decline, Chu Xinghe arrived and insisted the battle was not over.

• Ji Ya told Gu Mingchao that the Ming Clan’s Taiyin Progenitor Puppet was failing, and Gu Mingchao summoned the elders and the Ming Clan Head to the Haotian Grand Hall.
• Elder He explained that the Taiyang Puppet’s growing strength was weakening the Taiyin Puppet and that resources fed to it were flowing to the Evil Shadow Continent.
• Elder He advised the Ming Clan Head to abandon the puppet, while the Grand Elder and Ji Ya offered to protect the clan and cover its debts.
• The Ming Clan Head struggled to accept that abandoning the puppet would end the clan’s power and legacy.
• Chu Xinghe burst into the hall and declared that the Ming Clan had not lost the battle and that he would defeat the Heavenly Secrets Evil Spirits.

Chu Xinghe left seclusion after learning the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet was draining the Ming Clan’s resources and urged the Vast Heaven Holy Land not to retreat from the Evil Shadow Continent’s attack. He persuaded the Ming Clan Head to transfer the puppet to the Holy Land, which would cover its costs while letting the Ming Clan use it, and eagerly anticipated the resources it would consume.

• Chu Xinghe rushed from secluded cultivation to the Haotian Grand Hall after hearing about the Ming Clan Head’s predicament and declared that the Three Continents could not yield to the Evil Shadow Continent.
• Chu Xinghe argued to Holy Empress Ji Ya, the Grand Elder, and the others that abandoning the Ming Clan would encourage the enemy and invite further attacks.
• Chu Xinghe asked the Ming Clan Head to trust the Vast Heaven Holy Land and transfer the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet to it, promising the Ming Clan could still use the puppet whenever needed.
• The Ming Clan Head agreed to hand over the puppet, relieved that the Vast Heaven Holy Land would bear its enormous resource costs.
• Chu Xinghe privately celebrated the puppet’s voracious consumption, believing it would help him advance and make victory inevitable.

The Ming Clan agreed to hand the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet to Chu Xinghe, trusting his promise that the Vast Heaven Holy Land would cover its costs while the Ming Clan retained free use of it. Chu Xinghe received the puppet and ordered it to consume resources from the Holy Land’s treasure vaults, leaving Wu Man puzzled by how delighted he seemed.

• The Ming Clan Head convened the clan’s elders, who agreed to give Chu Xinghe the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet after considering his guarantee and the puppet’s ruinous upkeep.
• The Ming Clan Head retrieved the puppet from the clan’s forbidden grounds and brought it to the Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• Chu Xinghe welcomed the weakened puppet and ordered Senior Brother Shen Chun to take it to the treasure vaults to consume resources.
• Huang Ritian, Azure Dragon, and the Civil Engineering Department disciples hurried to carry out the order, hoping the puppet’s consumption would give them time off.
• Wu Man watched Chu Xinghe eagerly feed resources to the puppet and wondered why Chu Xinghe seemed more excited than he was.

The Vast Heaven Holy Land pushed the Ming Clan to use its puppets far more often so the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet would consume more resources. Meanwhile, the Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord denied hiding shared resources, but the other Evil Lords forced open his forbidden area and uncovered a flood of them.

• Huang Ritian and the Civil Engineering Department disciples fed resources to the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet, but Azure Dragon’s resource storm filled it to capacity.
• The Ming Clan Head explained that consumption had fallen because Ming Clan disciples had been told not to use their puppets, so Chu Xinghe ordered them to use puppets more than usual.
• Huang Ritian, Azure Dragon, and Zhao Zhihui urged the Ming Clan to hold puppet tournaments, activate large puppets, and set up thousands of puppet formations.
• The Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord secretly removed the resources meant to be shared with the other seven parties and claimed they did not exist.
• The White Spirit Evil Lord and the other Evil Lords confronted the Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord, and the forbidden-area gates exploded, releasing countless resources.

The Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord’s hidden resources burst out of his clan’s forbidden area, and the other Evil Lords seized them while denying they had taken anything. After Wu Man reported Chu Xinghe’s actions with the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet, the Evil Lords wondered whether he was an undercover agent, but concluded the Taiyang Progenitor Puppet still gave them the advantage.

• The Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord swore there were no resources in the forbidden area, but its gates exploded and a flood of resources poured out.
• The seven other Evil Lords grabbed the resources and claimed they had taken nothing, leaving the Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord furious and helpless.
• Wu Man told the eight Evil Lords that Chu Xinghe had taken responsibility for the Ming Clan’s Taiyin Progenitor Puppet.
• The Evil Lords speculated that Chu Xinghe might be an undercover agent after seeing him pour resources into the puppet, but the Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord insisted the Taiyang Progenitor Puppet still made victory impossible for Chu Xinghe.

Chu Xinghe carefully kept the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet consuming the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s resources, while the Ming Clan Head struggled to understand why the Holy Land seemed unconcerned. Ming Kong then arrived with news that the Ming Clan’s halted puppet sales had caused major clans to demand overdue deliveries and compensation, leaving the clan worried that resuming sales would worsen the Holy Land’s losses.

• The Evil Lords concluded that Chu Xinghe’s current plan was a failure and expected the Evil Shadow Continent to drain the Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• Chu Xinghe monitored the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet as it steadily consumed resources and warned Huang Ritian, Azure Dragon Sacred Venerable, and others not to take reckless actions.
• The Grand Elder watched the puppet’s resource consumption without intervening, while the baffled Ming Clan Head wondered why the Vast Heaven Holy Land appeared so relaxed.
• Ming Kong arrived from the Spirit Beast Continent and told the Ming Clan Head that major clans were demanding overdue Battle Armor Puppets and compensation.
• The Ming Clan had suspended puppet sales to limit the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet’s consumption, but feared resuming deliveries would make the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s losses worse and anger Chu Xinghe.

The Ming Clan Head and Elder Ming Kong told Chu Xinghe that the clan faced overdue puppet deliveries, refund demands, and mounting rumors while the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet was troubled. Chu Xinghe urged them to resume deliveries and reopen every puppet shop, then proposed lowering prices to expand sales across the Three Continents.

• Elder Ming Kong explained that the Ming Clan owed more than a thousand puppets and faced demands for refunds and tenfold compensation if it failed to deliver.
• The Ming Clan Head brought Elder Ming Kong to Chu Xinghe, who was helping the Civil Engineering Department disciples support the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet.
• Chu Xinghe told the Ming Clan to deliver its orders immediately and reopen all its puppet shops, despite the increased strain this would place on the puppet.
• After asking about the Ming Clan's prices and profit margin, Chu Xinghe rejected Elder Ming Kong's suggestion to raise prices and proposed lowering them to sell puppets throughout the Three Continents.

Chu Xinghe ordered the Ming Clan to reopen its puppet shops, slash prices, and sell puppets across the Three Continents, even though doing so would greatly increase the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet’s resource consumption. After confirming his instructions, the Ming Clan decided to follow the plan and treat it as a chance to grow rich while Chu Xinghe bore the risk.

• Chu Xinghe told Elder Ming Kong to deliver the delayed puppets, reopen the shops, lower prices, and expand sales across the Three Continents, promising to cover refunds on previously sold puppets.
• Elder Ming Kong and the Ming Clan Head warned Chu Xinghe that increased sales would drive the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet’s consumption up, but Chu Xinghe insisted they proceed and contact Qin Xiangqian for help with sales channels.
• The Ming Clan Head returned with Elder Ming Kong, delivered more than a thousand puppets, and told the Ming Clan that its shops would soon reopen.
• The Ming Clan’s elders panicked about the plan and suspected Chu Xinghe might be plotting against the clan, so the Ming Clan Head called him and heard him confirm the instructions.
• The Ming Clan Head concluded that Chu Xinghe had no reason to scheme against the Ming Clan and persuaded the elders to follow the plan and profit from expanded puppet sales.

The eight evil lords watched Chu Xinghe’s baffling response to the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet while the Ming Clan reopened its puppet shops in partnership with Vast Heaven Holy Land. The Ming Clan cut prices, refunded customers ten times the difference, and announced that the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce would handle any problems with the puppets.

• Wu Man reported that Chu Xinghe had told the Ming Clan to increase puppet sales, and the eight evil lords decided to wait and watch rather than interfere.
• The Ming Clan reopened its puppet shops with reduced prices, saying its partnership with Vast Heaven Holy Land would bring puppets to customers across the Three Continents.
• Clan Head Hua learned from Hua Xichen that the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet was devouring resources endlessly and that Chu Xinghe’s involvement had blocked Hua Xichen’s Great Prophecy Art.
• The Ming Clan offered customers who had bought puppets before the price cut a refund worth ten times the price difference.
• The Ming Clan announced that the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce would handle any problems with the puppets it sold.

The Vast Heaven Holy Land partnered with the Ming Clan to sell puppets across the Three Continents, with the Holy Land taking over customer service and driving a buying frenzy. As puppet sales pushed the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet into consuming nearly all the Holy Land’s resources, Chu Xinghe urged the Ming Clan to expand further, while Tantai Jing launched a puppet loan service for customers who could not afford one.

• Qin Xiangqian calculated that expanding puppet sales would deepen the Holy Land’s losses, but Chu Xinghe told him to take the long view and proceed.
• Qin Xiangqian and the Ming Clan announced that the Vast Heaven Holy Land would provide after-sales service, refunds, and exchanges for puppets.
• Customers flooded the new shops, filling the Ming Clan’s vault with resources as the clan’s puppet makers struggled to keep up with demand.
• The Taiyin Progenitor Puppet’s consumption surged until it absorbed nearly all the resources delivered to the Holy Land, bringing income and expenditure close to balance.
• Chu Xinghe ordered the Ming Clan to open still more shops, and Tantai Jing’s Demon Demon business launched a puppet loan service for customers who could not afford to buy one.

Tantai Jing’s affordable Demon Demon Puppet Loan fueled a puppet-buying boom, enriching the Ming Clan while exhausting its disciples with nonstop production. At the Vast Heaven Holy Land, Chu Xinghe celebrated the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet’s huge resource consumption until the Misfortune Compass stopped spinning and Huang Ritian reported that the puppet had begun spitting resources back out.

• Tantai Jing launched the Demon Demon Puppet Loan with interest low enough for borrowers to repay by working for the Demonic Sect for about two years.
• Rogue Cultivators took out loans to buy puppets, and Tantai Jing’s lending brought the Demonic Sect abundant business with few bad debts.
• The Ming Clan struggled to meet surging puppet orders, leaving its disciples with almost no time to rest.
• Chu Xinghe led the Civil Engineering Department disciples in a chorus while Azure Dragon Sacred Venerable performed, celebrating the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet’s soaring resource consumption.
• Chu Xinghe noticed that the Misfortune Compass had stopped spinning, though the Holy Land and the puppet initially seemed normal.
• Huang Ritian rushed to Chu Xinghe and revealed that the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet had started spitting resources back out.

The Vast Heaven Holy Land backed the Ming Clan’s puppet business despite warnings that the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet was sending resources to the Evil Shadow Continent. The puppet suddenly reversed its vortex and began pouring resources out, and Elder He concluded Chu Xinghe had used Yin-Yang Reversal.

• The major powers learned that the Ming Clan had partnered with the Vast Heaven Holy Land, which took ownership of the Taiyin Progenitor Puppet and helped reopen the Ming Clan’s shops with steep discounts and refunds.
• Cheng Xiaotian and other leaders urged the Vast Heaven Holy Land to stop supporting the puppet sales because the consumed resources were reaching the Evil Shadow Continent, but the Holy Land refused to listen.
• Ji Ya asked Gu Mingchao whether Chu Xinghe should slow down, and Gu Mingchao insisted she trust Xinghe and wait for his deeper plan to unfold.
• Elder He and Wuj iang Holy Mother studied the Taiyin and Taiyang Progenitor Puppets but could not figure out how Chu Xinghe would reverse the situation.
• The Taiyin Progenitor Puppet stopped devouring resources and began spewing them out through a reversed vortex, stunning Chu Xinghe and the gathered crowd.
• Elder He declared that Chu Xinghe had used Yin-Yang Reversal to turn the situation around.