Chapter Summaries

Mu Qingyan was forced into a bridal sedan despite insisting she had a marriage agreement with Ouyang Ming, until Ouyang Ming arrived and rescued her. She renounced the Mu Clan and declared herself Ouyang Qingyan, leaving Chu Xinghe wondering who should receive the betrothal gift he had brought.

• Mu Chengkun had Mu Qingyan sealed and sent into a bridal sedan after she refused to marry Master Yan Hua and agreed to be expelled from the Mu Clan.
• Ouyang Ming arrived at the Mu Clan's gates with Chu Xinghe and Ma Liang, then freed Mu Qingyan from the restriction and comforted her.
• Master Yan Hua learned Mu Qingyan was Ouyang Ming's betrothed, begged for forgiveness, and was ordered to leave the artifact refining world.
• Mu Chengkun tried to call the forced wedding a misunderstanding, but Mu Qingyan said she had nothing more to do with the Mu Clan and took the name Ouyang Qingyan.
• Chu Xinghe wondered who should receive the betrothal gift he had brought.

Ouyang Qingyan publicly accepted Mu Chengkun’s expulsion from the Mu Clan, while Ma Liang revealed that the Vast Heaven Holy Land had brought extraordinary betrothal gifts for her marriage to Ouyang Ming. The Mu Clan realized it had lost its chance to gain the Holy Land’s support, and news of its decision spread, prompting other families to reconsider their own betrothals.

• Ouyang Qingyan asked the gathered witnesses to confirm that Mu Chengkun had publicly expelled her from the Mu Clan.
• Mu Chengkun tried to take back his words, but the onlookers confirmed the expulsion and Ouyang Qingyan’s acceptance of it.
• Ma Liang warned Mu Chengkun that Ouyang Ming had spared the Mu Clan for Ouyang Qingyan’s sake and revealed that the Vast Heaven Holy Land had prepared betrothal gifts greater than those given for Gu Mingchao’s marriage to Ji Ya.
• Mu Chengkun collapsed after realizing the Mu Clan had lost the gifts and the chance to ally with the Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• Chu Xinghe refused to give the betrothal gifts to the Mu Clan because none of its members had defended Ouyang Qingyan.
• News of the Mu Clan’s rejection spread, and young women from prominent Lineages began breaking off their engagements for fear of having overlooked a connection like Ouyang Qingyan’s.

Tan City’s events caused prominent lineages across the Three Continents to reconsider their daughters’ arranged marriages, while disciples of the Vast Heaven Holy Land became sought-after partners. At the Holy Land, Ouyang Qingyan’s arrival revealed that she could make the feared Ouyang Ling act bashful and respectful.

• After the Mu Clan forced Ouyang Qingyan into a bridal sedan, she severed her remaining affection for the clan, and news of Tan City’s events spread across the Three Continents.
• Prominent lineages investigated their daughters’ ties to Vast Heaven Holy Land disciples and canceled engagements to pursue those connections instead.
• Vast Heaven Holy Land disciples remained unmoved by their new admirers, while the notorious Ouyang Ling continued to be regarded as a taboo beauty.
• Ouyang Ming brought Ouyang Qingyan to the Artifact Refining Palace, where Ouyang Ling and the Ouyang Lineage disciples paid their respects to her.
• Ouyang Qingyan dismissed everyone but Ouyang Ling for a private half-hour conversation, after which Ouyang Ling began acting bashful and respectful around her.

Ouyang Qingyan joined Vast Heaven Holy Land and asked Chu Xinghe to examine her blindness. Although her eyes appeared undamaged, his treatment revealed that black mist inside them was the cause.

• Ouyang Qingyan made Ouyang Ling behave by threatening to tell Senior Brother Xinghe about her embarrassing childhood secrets.
• Ouyang Ming introduced Ouyang Qingyan to Gu Mingchao, Holy Empress Ji Ya, and the other leaders, who welcomed her into Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• Ouyang Ming asked Chu Xinghe to treat Ouyang Qingyan's eyes, and Chu Xinghe and the Grand Elder found no visible damage.
• Ouyang Qingyan explained that an ancient treasure fragment had shattered during Mu Yinglun's lesson, killing him and leaving her blind.
• Chu Xinghe sent spiritual light into Ouyang Qingyan's eyes, revealing a wisp of black mist as the culprit behind her blindness.

Chu Xinghe revealed that black mist fused with Ouyang Qingyan’s eyes had caused her blindness, and the Vast Heaven Holy Land considered how to remove it safely. He persuaded the elders to use the costly Lotus Blossom Purifies Heaven Formation instead of the Well of Prophecy, leaving him delighted at the prospect of its resource consumption.

• Chu Xinghe exposed the black mist in Ouyang Qingyan’s eyes, and the experts realized it was the cause of her blindness.
• Chu Xinghe and the experts warned that the mist had fused with Ouyang Qingyan’s eyes and could not be forcibly removed without destroying them.
• The White Tiger Holy Venerable proposed using the Lotus Blossom Purifies Heaven Formation to purify the mist, though it would consume enormous resources.
• The Three Well Spirits Elders suggested trying water from the Well of Prophecy, but Chu Xinghe argued that its weakened power made the attempt too risky for Ouyang Qingyan’s eyes.
• The Great Elder approved Chu Xinghe’s plan, and the White Tiger Holy Venerable agreed to deploy the formation while Ouyang Qingyan thanked Chu Xinghe.

Ouyang Qingyan asked Ouyang Ming to empower her with the Ouyang Lineage’s artifact-refining techniques while the Lotus Blossom Purifies Heaven Grand Formation treated her eyes, hoping to contribute to Vast Heaven Holy Land. Ouyang Ming brought her to Chu Xinghe, who flatly refused, leaving their request unanswered.

• The Three Well Spirits Elders accepted Elder He's argument that Xinghe's Star Divination Art meant the Lotus Blossom Purifies Heaven Grand Formation should treat Ouyang Qingyan's eyes.
• News spread across the Three Continents that Vast Heaven Holy Land would spend enormous resources on Ouyang Qingyan's treatment, and Huan'er told her about doubts that the cost would be worthwhile.
• Ouyang Qingyan asked Ouyang Ming to use empowerment to teach her the Ouyang Lineage's artifact-refining techniques so she could help build up Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• Ouyang Ming warned that empowerment at his cultivation level carried some risk, but Ouyang Qingyan insisted and he agreed to support her decision.
• Ouyang Ming brought Ouyang Qingyan to Chu Xinghe, who was overseeing the formation with the White Tiger Holy Venerable and refused her request outright.

Chu Xinghe refused Ouyang Ming and Ouyang Qingyan’s request for a risky empowerment, insisting that her safety mattered more than the possible gains. Ouyang Qingyan came to understand why the Ouyang Lineage trusted the Vast Heaven Holy Land, and the chapter ended as Chu Xinghe and the White Tiger Holy Venerable began her treatment with the Lotus Blossom Purifies Heaven Grand Formation.

• Chu Xinghe rejected Ouyang Ming’s request to empower Ouyang Qingyan, citing the danger of failure and refusing to let her risk her life.
• Ouyang Qingyan realized that Chu Xinghe prioritized the safety of the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s people over the benefits they might bring.
• Ouyang Ming and Ouyang Qingyan left, and Ouyang Ming explained that he had expected Chu Xinghe to refuse because he would not let disciples gamble with their lives.
• Chu Xinghe helped the White Tiger Holy Venerable prepare and repeatedly inspect the Lotus Blossom Purifies Heaven Grand Formation.
• Chu Xinghe and the White Tiger Holy Venerable brought Ouyang Qingyan to the formation’s central eye and began her treatment.

Wu Man publicized Ouyang Qingyan’s mistreatment by the Mu Clan, prompting widespread criticism of great families, while the Vast Heaven Holy Land defended him. The Lotus Blossom Purifies Heaven Grand Formation restored Ouyang Qingyan’s sight, but a sudden change interrupted the final attempt to remove the black mist completely.

• Wu Man spread Huan’er’s account of Ouyang Qingyan’s suffering in the Mu Clan, making the clan notorious and stirring public criticism of great-family marriage alliances.
• Lu Chengqing declared Wu Man a protected disciple of the Vast Heaven Holy Land and warned his attackers that Wu Xingyun might intervene.
• Chu Xinghe ordered White Tiger to activate the complete Lotus Blossom Purifies Heaven Grand Formation to treat Ouyang Qingyan’s eyes.
• The nine-petaled lotus fought the black mist in Ouyang Qingyan’s eyes and gradually compressed it until she could see the world again.
• White Tiger warned Ouyang Qingyan to steady herself, then prepared to destroy the remaining compressed mist, but a sudden change occurred.

Chu Xinghe and White Tiger strengthened the Lotus Blossom Purifies Heaven Grand Formation to restore Ouyang Qingyan’s sight, but they could not remove the black mist. After Elder He identified it as contaminated ancient Spirit of Chaos, Chu Xinghe vowed to defy fate and began another attempt.

• White Tiger called Chu Xinghe into the formation, where Flying Locust created a second Lotus Blossom Purifies Heaven Formation and amplified the grand formation.
• The black mist resisted the strengthened formation, and Evil Repeller returned without attacking it.
• Elder He identified the mist as ancient Spirit of Chaos from a fragment of an ancient spiritual treasure, contaminated when the treasure shattered.
• Ouyang Qingyan thanked Chu Xinghe and the seniors, accepted the possibility of remaining blind, and memorized Ouyang Ming’s appearance.
• Chu Xinghe challenged Ouyang Qingyan to try changing her fate with him, then spread his Thunderfire Wings and unleashed Phoenix Fire across the sky.

Chu Xinghe used Phoenix Fire to purify the contamination in Ouyang Qingyan’s Eyes of Chaos, restoring her sight and awakening her ability to see and repair disordered spiritual power. The Vast Heaven Holy Land realized she could restore its broken spirit treasures, while its elders credited Chu Xinghe with foreseeing the outcome.

• Ouyang Qingyan and Ouyang Ming asked Chu Xinghe to proceed with purifying the Power of Chaos in her eyes.
• Chu Xinghe surrounded Ouyang Qingyan with Heaven-Burning Thunderfire and burned away the black contamination, despite the pain it caused her.
• The purified Power of Chaos returned to Ouyang Qingyan’s eyes, restoring her vision and letting her see Spiritual Qi and the source of things.
• Ouyang Qingyan saw disordered spiritual power inside a discarded spirit treasure and used her hands to restore it.
• Ma Liang and the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s higher-ups realized Ouyang Qingyan could repair their spirit treasures and praised Chu Xinghe for anticipating it.

After Chu Xinghe healed Ouyang Qingyan’s eyes with Phoenix Fire, her Eyes of Chaos let her repair and customize spirit treasures, making her ability a sensation across the Three Continents. Factions rushed to send gifts to Vast Heaven Holy Land, while the Mu Clan became notorious for refusing an easy chance to associate with it.

• Ouyang Qingyan used her newly awakened Eyes of Chaos to repair spirit treasures and alter their spiritual power structures, while Chu Xinghe regretted being stabbed by the ability he had helped awaken.
• The Grand Elder realized Ouyang Qingyan could customize spirit treasures to match their owners and adjust them again when cultivators changed techniques.
• News of Ouyang Qingyan’s Eyes of Chaos spread across the Three Continents, silencing those who had mocked Chu Xinghe for using the Lotus Blossom Purifies Heaven Grand Formation.
• Zheng Yu sent Ouyang Ming and Ouyang Qingyan a congratulatory gift in advance of their wedding, prompting other factions to send gifts and seek future appointments.
• The Mu Clan of Tan City was mocked as the Most Daring Clan for turning down an easy opportunity to attach itself to Vast Heaven Holy Land.

Ouyang Ming and Ouyang Qingyan married in a simple-looking ceremony attended by the Three Continents’ leading figures, while Ma Liang’s drunken encounter with Ouyang Ling left him terrified of her. Amid the celebrations, Zang Ling discovered a way to use the Evil God’s Fang to activate Wu Man’s Skull of the Evil God and open a path to the Evil Shadow Continent.

• Ma Liang’s thank-you letter and retaliation against anyone cooperating with the Mu Clan helped drive Mu Chengkun from his position as patriarch and left the clan isolated.
• Chu Xinghe pushed Ouyang Ming and Ouyang Qingyan to marry sooner, and their modest wedding drew major figures from the Three Continents, including Gu Mingchao, Holy Empress Ji Ya, and the Wolf King.
• Ouyang Qingyan thanked Senior Brother Xinghe for saving her and promised to help build up the Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• Ma Liang praised Ouyang Ling for being well-behaved, then drank the wine she offered and transformed into Ma Niang, frightening himself into begging her for mercy.
• Zang Ling used the Evil God’s Fang to reconnect with the other Evil God Relics and realized she could activate Wu Man’s Skull of the Evil God to escape to the Evil Shadow Continent with him and both relics.

Zang Ling secretly planned to use the Evil God Relics to escape to the Evil Shadow Continent with Wu Man and capture Chu Xinghe, whom he hoped to trade for the relics held by the Vast Heaven Holy Land. Wu Man tried to persuade Zang Ling that the Holy Land treated him better than the Evil Shadow Continent ever had, but Zang Ling refused to listen.

• Zang Ling used a secret art to sense the connections between the Evil God Relics and chose Wu Man's Skull of the Evil God as the target of his plan.
• Zang Ling devised the Star-Picking Plan: seize control of the Skull, open a passage to the Evil Shadow Continent, and take Chu Xinghe there as leverage against the Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• Zang Ling kept his intentions hidden, behaving calmly around Wu Man so Chu Xinghe's Star Divination Art would not uncover his plan.
• Wu Man told Zang Ling that the Heart-Devouring Evil Lord had made him a scapegoat and that the Heart-Devouring Evil Spirits had issued a kill order against him.
• Wu Man described how the Vast Heaven Holy Land had welcomed and supported him, but Zang Ling dismissed his words and called him a traitor.

Wu Man reflected on why the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s cooperative approach benefited the Three Continents, while Zang Ling plotted to use him to bring Chu Xinghe back to the Evil Shadow Continent. Zang Ling discovered that his Star-Picking Plan could not transport all three of them through the passage, but a chance to solve the problem suddenly appeared.

• Wu Man concluded that the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s peaceful cooperation would benefit ordinary evil spirits, while the nine evil lords fought to preserve their control.
• Wu Man argued that Zang Ling served his own interests, and Zang Ling dismissed him as brainwashed and vowed to make him part of the Star-Picking Plan.
• Zang Ling prepared to use the Evil God's Fang and the Skull of the Evil God to open a passage and bring Chu Xinghe back to the Evil Shadow Continent.
• Zang Ling realized his two Evil God Relics could transport only two people, so he could not bring himself, Wu Man, and Chu Xinghe through together.
• An opportunity to overcome the passage’s limitation suddenly presented itself to Zang Ling.

Zang Ling secretly used the Skull of the Evil God to contact the Evil Shadow Continent while Wu Man was in seclusion, then revealed Wu Man’s betrayal to the Evil Lords. After White Spirit Evil Lord proposed exploiting Wu Man as a double agent, Zang Ling offered a plan to bring Chu Xinghe to the Evil Shadow Continent.

• Zang Ling activated the Evil God's Fang and used its connection to the Skull of the Evil God to contact the Evil Shadow Continent without Wu Man noticing.
• The Witch Curse Evil Lord received Zang Ling’s message and summoned the other Evil Lords, who learned that Wu Man had betrayed the Evil Spirit Clan.
• The Heart-Devouring Evil Lord and Heavenly Secrets Evil Lord demanded revenge against Wu Man, but Zang Ling pointed out that the Evil Spirits’ failures had other causes too.
• White Spirit Evil Lord persuaded the others to keep Wu Man’s betrayal secret and use him to feed false information to the Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• Zang Ling proposed using Wu Man to bring Chu Xinghe to the Evil Shadow Continent so the Evil Spirits could seize the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s resources.

The White Spirit Evil Lord replaced Zang Ling's abduction plan with a scheme to exploit Wu Man's secret defection and lure Chu Xinghe into a passage to the Evil Shadow Continent. Wu Man believed the false threat involving the Evil God's Scepter, and the trap was scheduled for three days later.

• Zang Ling proposed using three Evil God Relics to carry himself, Wu Man, and Chu Xinghe to the Evil Shadow Continent and hold Chu Xinghe for ransom.
• The White Spirit Evil Lord rejected Zang Ling's plan because Zang Ling could not reliably ambush Chu Xinghe or evade his Star Divination Art.
• The White Spirit Evil Lord devised a replacement plan that used Wu Man's defection to feed Chu Xinghe false information and entice him into the passage.
• The White Spirit Evil Lord instructed Zang Ling to behave normally and conceal his knowledge of the scheme.
• After half a month, the evil lords contacted Wu Man and convinced him that the Evil God's Scepter would seal the Four Continents Barrier and steal spiritual power from the Three Continents.
• The White Spirit Evil Lord told Wu Man that Chu Xinghe could stop and seize the scepter only by entering the passage with the necessary relics, then ordered Wu Man to help open the passage in three days.

Wu Man reported the White Spirit Evil Lord’s plan to use the Evil God’s Scepter, and the leaders of the Vast Heaven Holy Land gathered to decide how to stop it. Gu Mingchao offered to place his godhood on Chu Xinghe to protect him inside the passage through the Four Continents Barrier, making the scepter seem within their reach.

• Huang Ritian’s attempt to secure confinement instead sent him back to the Civil Engineering Department, and the Grand Elder abolished confinement in favor of hard labor there.
• Wu Man rushed to Chu Xinghe and warned him that the White Spirit Evil Lord was making another move.
• The leaders gathered in Haotian Palace, where Wu Man explained the Evil God’s Scepter plan and they debated whether Chu Xinghe should enter the passage.
• Gu Mingchao offered to place his godhood on Chu Xinghe to keep him safe inside the passage through the Four Continents Barrier.
• The leaders accepted Gu Mingchao’s protection, and he declared that the Evil God’s Scepter would be theirs.

Gu Mingchao entrusted his Main God Divinity to Chu Xinghe so he could enter the passage to the Evil Shadow Continent safely. After Wu Man warned that the White Spirit Evil Lord’s unusually complete explanation might conceal a trap targeting the Evil God’s Fang and the Skull of the Evil God, Chu Xinghe decided he wanted to walk into it and lose the Fang.

• Gu Mingchao offered to place his Divinity on Chu Xinghe, reassuring the elders that the Four Continents Barrier would not endanger him.
• The White Spirit Evil Lord’s plan seemed destined to fail because he had not anticipated Gu Mingchao lending Chu Xinghe his Divinity.
• Chu Xinghe dreaded entering the passage but felt unable to refuse because the Evil God’s Scepter might drain Spiritual Qi from the Three Continents.
• Wu Man questioned the White Spirit Evil Lord’s motives and warned that the plan could be a trap meant to take the Evil God’s Fang and the Skull of the Evil God.
• Chu Xinghe agreed that Wu Man had a point, then decided to enter the passage and let the Evil Shadow Continent’s trap take the Evil God’s Fang so the Demonic Sect could claim compensation.

Chu Xinghe urged the Vast Heaven Holy Land to confront the Evil God's Scepter threat despite the risk of losing the Evil God's Fang and the Skull of the Evil God. The Demonic Sect publicly backed him under Yuan Ying’s name, and Tantai Jing defended the decision by arguing that the Sect’s business and future ties with the Holy Land were worth more than its monthly share of profits.

• Chu Xinghe persuaded the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s leaders to face the possible trap rather than risk the Three Continents’ Spiritual Qi and the Four Continents Barrier.
• The Vast Heaven Holy Land announced its plan, and people across the Three Continents debated whether Chu Xinghe’s decision was righteous or foolish.
• The Demonic Sect announced that Yuan Ying supported Chu Xinghe and would give up the Sect’s monthly share of the Evil God's Fang’s profits.
• Qiu Tian and Yuan Ying were enraged and confused by the announcement, while Yuan Ying learned that Tantai Jing had issued it in his name.
• Tantai Jing told the Demonic Sect’s leaders that supporting the Vast Heaven Holy Land would earn the Sect greater business and future favors, and reminded them that his leadership had transformed the Sect into a prosperous logistics provider.

Tantai Jing silenced the Demonic Sect’s leaders by asserting his control over its resources and disciples, then persuaded them to support the Vast Heaven Holy Land as a calculated bet on Chu Xinghe. He reflected on how avoiding Chu Xinghe had let him reshape the Demonic Sect into a power bound to him by shared benefits.

• Tantai Jing berated Wu Xingyun, Yuan Ying, and the other Demonic Sect leaders, reminding them that his businesses and resources had built their current strength.
• Tantai Jing explained that most unruly disciples had died or joined him, while the growing ranks of recruits depended on his businesses for cultivation resources and work.
• Tantai Jing argued that publicly supporting the Vast Heaven Holy Land would earn its favor, whether or not Chu Xinghe lost the Evil God's Fang, and predicted White Spirit Evil Lord would fail to take it.
• The Demonic Sect leaders accepted Tantai Jing's reasoning, and Wu Xingyun praised his calculations.
• Tantai Jing reflected that he had prospered by avoiding direct conflict with Chu Xinghe and binding the Demonic Sect to him through benefits.