Chapter Summaries

Chu Xinghe arranged for the Vast Heaven Holy Land to buy spirit mines under Heavenly Dao Contracts requiring the mines to be returned to their original owners at the original price if they recovered. Convinced he had blocked every way the Misfortune Compass could turn the purchase into a profit, he watched it spin wildly as the buying began.

• Chu Xinghe told Ma Liang to buy spirit mines while excluding those on Wang Tieniu's list, and required a Heavenly Dao Contract for every purchase.
• Chu Xinghe set the contract terms so the Vast Heaven Holy Land would return recovered mines intact to their sellers at the original purchase price.
• The various factions flocked to sell their mines, then were surprised that the contract protected their right to reclaim them rather than restricting them.
• Some factions offered to waive the contract or share future profits, but Ma Liang rejected their proposals on Chu Xinghe's instructions.
• As the Vast Heaven Holy Land began buying the mines, the Misfortune Compass spun faster and faster, and Chu Xinghe laughed, believing he had it cornered.

Vast Heaven Holy Land bought spirit mines at full value and promised their original owners the right to reclaim them, giving small and medium-sized factions hope while elevating the sect’s standing. In Martial Emperor City, Zheng Yu persuaded Cheng Xiaotian to follow Chu Xinghe’s example, and Cheng agreed to watch and wait.

• Vast Heaven Holy Land bought spirit mines at their actual value and signed Heavenly Dao Contracts promising to return each mine intact at its original price when it recovered.
• Small and medium-sized factions used the proceeds to prepare to endure the five years before the earth veins recovered, trusting they could reclaim their mines or buy new ones.
• Cheng Xiaotian rebuked Zheng Yu for wanting Martial Emperor City to buy spirit mines under Chu Xinghe’s rules, but Zheng Yu argued that Chu Xinghe’s calm, joyful expression suggested a hidden plan.
• Zheng Yu urged Martial Emperor City to risk the cost for prestige, and Cheng Xiaotian agreed to let him proceed while he watched and waited.

Martial Emperor City joined Vast Heaven Holy Land in buying spirit ores, while Zheng Yu mistook Chu Xinghe’s attempt to limit his losses as a sign of enormous profits. Gui Li crossed the Four Continents Barrier alive, but woke up in the Three Continents with no memory of his mission.

• Zheng Yu announced that Martial Emperor City would use its resources and Heavenly Dao Contracts to purchase spirit ores and help the factions.
• Chu Xinghe urged Zheng Yu to leave the losses to Vast Heaven Holy Land, but Zheng Yu took his concern as proof the deal would be profitable and committed Martial Emperor City’s resources.
• Gui Li said goodbye to the seven evil lords, donned the Evil God Mask, and entered the passage to the Three Continents to carry out his mission.
• The disrupted Four Continents Barrier battered Gui Li, but the Evil God Mask protected him long enough for him to crash through and reach the Three Continents unconscious.
• Gui Li woke up in the Three Continents confused and unable to remember what his mission was.

After being battered while crossing the Four Continents Passage, Gui Li reached the Three Continents with his memories mostly destroyed, remembering only that he had to join the Vast Heaven Holy Land. He collapsed at a Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce branch in Bamboo City, where Sima Bian discovered his immense strength and the Evil God Mask’s power.

• The Evil God Mask carried Gui Li through the Four Continents Passage, and he emerged in the Three Continents badly injured and confused.
• Gui Li remembered his name and his determination to join the Vast Heaven Holy Land, then learned from townspeople that he should travel north to Bamboo City.
• Gui Li reached the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce branch in Bamboo City and collapsed at its entrance.
• Sima Bian arrived, mistook Gui Li for an exhausted clerk, and then realized the unconscious man was a peak Ninth Rank cultivator.
• When Sima Bian tried to heal Gui Li, the Evil God Mask blasted him backward and injured him.
• Gui Li murmured that he had to join the Vast Heaven Holy Land, leaving Sima Bian astonished.

Gui Li survived his journey through the Four Continents Barrier but woke with amnesia, remembering only that he had to join the Vast Heaven Holy Land and find Chu Xinghe. As Sima Bian mistook him for Chu Xinghe’s devoted fan, Gui Li later offered to help with a city-rebuilding project the Vast Heaven Holy Land could not staff.

• The seven Evil Lords worried while Gui Li remained unconscious, but the Earth Sha Evil Lord reassured them that the Evil God Mask’s bond showed Gui Li was still alive.
• Gui Li woke after three days and told Sima Bian that he remembered neither his past nor his sect, only his name, his wish to join the Vast Heaven Holy Land, and Chu Xinghe.
• Sima Bian decided Gui Li was a fanatical admirer of Chu Xinghe and promised to take him to the Vast Heaven Holy Land after he recovered.
• Steward Liu Da asked Sima Bian for help rebuilding Bamboo City, but Sima Bian refused to involve the overworked Civil Engineering Department and Huang Ritian.
• Gui Li appeared with his mask off and offered to help with the construction work.

Gui Li recovered his memories briefly, then forgot them again and used the Evil God Mask to rebuild Bamboo City's walls while believing he was helping the Vast Heaven Holy Land. Meanwhile, Chu Xinghe celebrated his apparent plan for failure, unaware that Gui Li intended to infiltrate the Holy Land and attack it.

• Gui Li demonstrated that the Evil God Mask let him control the earth and grow plants, and Sima Bian asked him to help rebuild Bamboo City.
• The seven evil lords contacted Gui Li, restoring his memories long enough for him to reveal that he planned to feign amnesia and infiltrate the Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• After the connection ended, Gui Li lost his memories again and concluded that his purpose was to help Chu Xinghe build up the Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• Gui Li evacuated the damaged areas and used the Evil God Mask to replace Bamboo City's crumbling walls with new black-stone walls.
• Chu Xinghe received Sima Bian's letter about Gui Li, laughed at the news, and told Shen Chun and Ma Liang that heavenly secrets must not be revealed.

Chu Xinghe ordered the Vast Heaven Holy Land to accelerate its purchase of spirit mines after Martial Emperor City stopped buying, driving the Civil Engineering Department to empty the treasure vaults. At the Northern Branch, Sima Bian questioned whether the Purple Peak Sect’s ruined mine was truly spiritually depleted, and a sickly young man suggested restoring it to reveal the truth.

• Shen Chun and Ma Liang wondered why Chu Xinghe had laughed at Sima Bian’s news about Gui Li, while the Civil Engineering Department built the Azure Dragon Divine Hall and shipped resources out of the vaults.
• After learning Martial Emperor City had stopped buying spirit mines, Chu Xinghe ordered the Vast Heaven Holy Land to purchase them faster, and Azure Dragon’s department worked through meals to keep up.
• Sima Bian postponed bringing the recovering Gui Li to the Vast Heaven Holy Land and instead led the Northern Branch’s large-scale spirit-mine purchases under Heavenly Dao Contracts.
• Xue Zifeng insisted that the Purple Peak Sect’s mine had been damaged by changes in the earth veins rather than human actions, but Sima Bian demanded proof against the rumors.
• A sickly pretty boy suggested restoring the spirit mine to determine whether Xue Zifeng was telling the truth, leaving Xue Zifeng and Sima Bian stunned.

Xue Zifeng sought help selling the Purple Peak Sect’s spirit mine, but Martial Emperor City and Sima Bian were wary that it had truly been depleted. Gui Li proposed restoring the shifted earth veins, then used his Earth Sha Technique at the mine, where spiritual light began returning to the spirit stones.

• Xue Zifeng explained that rumors about the Purple Peak Sect’s depleted mine had become impossible to disprove after spirit mines everywhere lost their spiritual power, and Zheng Yu refused to buy it.
• Xue Zifeng asked Sima Bian for help, but Sima Bian feared Old Qin would hold him accountable for risking the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s interests.
• Gui Li said that the Earth Sha Technique could return shifted earth veins to their places, despite Sima Bian and Xue Zifeng doubting his claim.
• Sima Bian arranged for Gui Li and Xue Zifeng to travel to the Purple Peak Sect, where Gui Li identified the mine as a victim of shifted earth veins rather than true depletion.
• Gui Li’s Evil God Mask covered his face as he sent an earth spirit underground, and the ground shook while the mine’s spirit stones began to regain their spiritual light.

Gui Li restored the Purple Peak Sect’s depleted spirit mine, astonishing the sect and Sima Bian. Sima Bian concluded that Chu Xinghe had foreseen Gui Li’s arrival and kept the discovery secret, convinced that Chu Xinghe’s plans would bring the Vast Heaven Holy Land both fame and fortune.

• Sima Bian brought Gui Li to the Purple Peak Sect to reactivate its ruined spirit mine, leaving its elders and disciples skeptical of Gui Li’s ability.
• Gui Li used the Earth Sha Technique and the Evil God Mask to restore the earth veins and revive the spirit stones in the mine.
• Sima Bian recognized Gui Li’s extraordinary power and decided that Chu Xinghe’s Star Divination Art had anticipated his arrival and was guiding a larger plan.
• Xue Zifeng ordered the Purple Peak Sect members who witnessed the restoration not to tell outsiders what had happened.
• Sima Bian concluded that Chu Xinghe aimed to make the Vast Heaven Holy Land gain both fame and fortune through his purchases of spirit mines.

Chu Xinghe watched the Vast Heaven Holy Land collect contracts for the spirit mines it had bought, while Sima Bian brought Gui Li to the Holy Land as agreed. The Civil Engineering Department prepared to take leave, and Azure Dragon caused a commotion at Haotian Palace over the name on its grand hall.

• Sima Bian puzzled over why Chu Xinghe had bound the Vast Heaven Holy Land to return every restored spirit mine at its original price, even though the deal seemed certain to lose money.
• Chu Xinghe saw that the Holy Land had acquired about a third of the Three Continents’ spirit mines, mostly from small and medium-sized forces, and celebrated as the last contracts arrived.
• Chu Xinghe promised the exhausted Civil Engineering Department disciples leave after they filed the contracts, while Huang Ritian remained under punishment and could not join them.
• Azure Dragon coiled around a pillar in Haotian Grand Hall and demanded that Holy Lord Gu Mingchao and Holy Empress Ji Ya explain why his Azure Dragon Divine Hall bore the hall’s name.
• Sima Bian brought Gui Li into the Vast Heaven Holy Land, where Gui Li resolved to help build it up, believing that goal was part of his remaining memories.

Chu Xinghe learned that Gui Li, an amnesiac Earth Sha Holy Son of Evil Spirits, had arrived at the Vast Heaven Holy Land and claimed he wanted to join it. After Sima Bian showed Gui Li restoring the earth veins with the Evil God Mask, Chu Xinghe believed he had finally thwarted the danger posed by Gui Li’s knife.

• Shen Chun interrupted Chu Xinghe as he was about to approve the Civil Engineering Department disciples’ leave slips and warned him that another Holy Son of Evil Spirits had arrived.
• Wu Man and Zang Ling recognized Gui Li despite his altered presence because he had the Evil God Mask hanging at his waist, then realized he genuinely seemed to have lost his memory.
• Gui Li told Wu Man and Zang Ling that he remembered nothing about the Three Continents and only wanted to join the Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• Chu Xinghe and the Holy Land’s leaders met the amnesiac Gui Li at Spirit Crane Palace, where Wu Man and Zang Ling confirmed his identity and condition.
• Sima Bian played footage of Gui Li using the Evil God Mask and Earth Sha Technique to restore the earth veins, and Chu Xinghe concluded that Gui Li’s knife could no longer threaten him.

The Spirit Crane Palace learned that Gui Li and the Evil God Mask could restore the spirit mines, while Chu Xinghe kept his plans secret despite the Heavenly Dao Contract. Elder He used his fate divinity to discover that Gui Li had harbored evil intentions before losing his memory, then revealed that he had called the Holy Mother of Wujiang over just to keep looking at her.

• Elder He explained that Gui Li’s Earth Sha Technique and the Evil God Mask could restore the spirit mines by repairing the earth veins.
• The Vast Heaven Holy Land’s leaders worried that the Heavenly Dao Contract would force them to sell the restored mines back at their original price, and Chu Xinghe again said the secrets of heaven could not be revealed.
• Elder He asked the Holy Mother of Wujiang to stand with him and used his fate divinity to examine Gui Li’s mind.
• Elder He declared that Gui Li had harbored evil intentions, and Wu Man and Zang Ling agreed that Gui Li had come with a plot before losing his memory.
• The Holy Mother of Wujiang asked why Elder He had called her over, and he said he had wanted to keep looking at her.

Chu Xinghe persuaded the Vast Heaven Holy Land to let the amnesiac Gui Li help restore the Three Continents’ spirit mines, despite the risk that he might sabotage the costly array. After Gui Li was released, he secretly regained his memories and returned to his mission of destruction.

• The White Tiger Holy Venerable supported using Gui Li to restore the spirit mines, while Elder Yu warned that Gui Li could recover his memories and cause the expensive grand array to fail.
• Chu Xinghe learned that the array would cost resources equivalent to two Spirit Crane Palaces and still had a substantial chance of failure, then decided to support letting Gui Li act.
• Chu Xinghe argued that Gui Li deserved a chance, citing Zang Ling and Wu Man’s change of heart and Gui Li’s past contributions; the White Tiger Holy Venerable and the other leaders agreed.
• The Grand Elder ordered Elder He to release Gui Li, and Gui Li secretly recovered his memories and resumed his mission of destruction.

Gui Li arrived at the Vast Heaven Holy Land with his memories restored but hid his true intentions, while news spread that he could use the Evil God Mask and Earth Sha Technique to restore the Three Continents' spirit mines. Chu Xinghe warned that the restoration had a high failure risk, prompting other forces to offer resources and spirit mines, which he accepted.

• Elder He's Fate Divinity sealed Gui Li and revealed his malicious intentions, while Gui Li concealed that his memories had returned and kept up his harmless act.
• Zang Ling and Wu Man urged Gui Li to embrace a fresh start at the Vast Heaven Holy Land, and the Grand Elder left his acceptance as a disciple dependent on his future conduct.
• Xue Zifeng publicized how Gui Li restored the Purple Peak Sect's spirit mine, drawing experts from across the Three Continents to see it for themselves.
• The Vast Heaven Holy Land announced that Gui Li's Evil God Mask and Earth Sha Technique could restore the Three Continents' earth veins, bringing leaders from many forces to seek confirmation.
• Chu Xinghe warned that the restoration could fail repeatedly and consume vast resources, so the Grand Elder's visitors offered support and promised spirit mines if the work succeeded.
• Chu Xinghe accepted the offers while privately hoping Gui Li would fail and the other forces would never get the chance to give him their mines.

Chu Xinghe discovered that Gui Li was secretly working for the Evil Shadow Continent and decided they were allies in a scheme to prevent the earth veins from recovering. After Gui Li lost his memory again, he returned to acting like an eager admirer of Chu Xinghe, who remained convinced his teammate was performing brilliantly.

• Chu Xinghe watched Gui Li secretly contact the Evil Lords and heard Gui Li boast that his infiltration of the Vast Heaven Holy Land was going smoothly.
• Gui Li dismissed the Evil Lords’ warnings about Chu Xinghe and assured them he would prevent anything from going wrong.
• Using the Evil Repeller, Chu Xinghe saw through Gui Li’s illusion, confirmed his false memory loss, and decided to cover for him as a fellow werewolf.
• Chu Xinghe left Gui Li and returned to the Spirit Crane Palace, unaware that Gui Li soon lost his memory again.
• Gui Li woke believing he was trying to save the earth veins and hurried to meet Chu Xinghe when Shen Chun summoned him.
• Gui Li greeted Chu Xinghe with genuine excitement, and Chu Xinghe mistook his behavior for masterful acting by his teammate.

Chu Xinghe rushed the Earth Vein Grand Formation into action because he was certain Gui Li was secretly his ally and wanted the plan to fail. Gui Li and White Tiger completed the enormous formation across the Three Continents, and leaders from many powers gathered at the Vast Heaven Holy Land to witness its awakening.

• Gui Li greeted Chu Xinghe, who praised his convincing act and persuaded White Tiger to begin the formation rather than wait and observe him.
• Elder He warned Chu Xinghe that his Fate Divinity detected something wrong with Gui Li, but he chose to stop arguing and leave to study ancient texts with the Holy Mother of Wujiang.
• White Tiger and Gui Li gathered materials and enlisted the Formation Spirit Clan to lay out the Earth Vein Grand Formation across the Three Continents.
• Chu Xinghe celebrated the alliance with Gui Li while the formation neared completion, confident that he could protect his teammate and secure a failure.
• Gui Li and White Tiger completed the formation, and leaders from across the Three Continents assembled at the Vast Heaven Holy Land to watch it awaken the spirit mines.

Gui Li activated the earth vein formation at the Vast Heaven Holy Land, restoring the Demon Star Continent’s spirit mines and winning the crowd’s confidence. Chu Xinghe remained pleased because he expected Gui Fujiàng to make a major move later.

• White Tiger Holy Venerable and the Formation Spirit Clan completed the earth vein formation with support from across the Three Continents, and leaders gathered at the Vast Heaven Holy Land for its activation.
• Gui Li climbed onto the platform as the Civil Engineering Department disciples looked forward to their promised annual leave, while Elder He worried about Gui Li’s intentions.
• Gui Li put on the Evil God Mask and chose the Ten Thousand Demons Flag first; Elder He explained that beginning with the resource-poor Demon Star Continent made the formation easier to activate.
• Wolf King Ming Han lent Gui Li his power, and Gui Li activated the Demon Star Continent’s formation, redirecting its earth veins and restoring its spirit mines.
• The Demon Race celebrated the successful first step, while Chu Xinghe smiled and expected Gui Fujiàng to cause trouble later.

Gui Li restored the earth veins and spirit mines of Demon Star Continent and Blazing Sun Continent, while Chu Xinghe mistakenly believed Gui Li was deliberately setting up a catastrophic failure. The process reached its final stage, and Chu Xinghe expected Holy Empress Ji Ya to lack the power to restore Spirit Beast Continent’s earth veins.

• Gui Li activated Demon Star Continent’s formation flag, restoring its earth veins and spirit mines while the Wolf King lent him power.
• Gu Mingchao lent Gui Li the Flame Divinity’s power, allowing Gui Li to restore Blazing Sun Continent’s earth veins and spirit mines as well.
• Chu Xinghe decided Gui Li was maximizing losses by activating the flags before an inevitable failure on Spirit Beast Continent.
• Chu Xinghe reasoned that Holy Empress Ji Ya lacked enough power to activate Spirit Beast Continent’s earth veins and that the formation could not be stopped without losing the previous activations.
• Chu Xinghe resolved to defend Gui Li and believed he had finally predicted how the plan would fail.

After the first two continents’ earth veins were activated, the leaders feared Holy Empress Ji Ya could not withstand the Spirit Beast Continent’s power and considered stopping. Ma Liang pointed out Xinghe’s confidence, persuading them to press on as Ji Ya prepared to take her turn.

• The leaders realized Ji Ya might fail to withstand the Spirit Beast Continent’s earth-vein power and worried that Gui Li had set them up to lose.
• Gu Mingchao lent Ji Ya the Flame Divinity, though she knew it could not fully make up for the power she lacked.
• The grand elder considered halting the process to preserve the Spirit Beast Continent’s formation resources.
• Ma Liang drew everyone’s attention to Xinghe’s confident expression and urged them to trust his judgment.
• Reassured by Xinghe, the grand elder and Ji Ya resolved to continue with Ji Ya stepping in.

Gui Li’s Earth Vein Grand Formation drained Holy Empress Ji Ya until Spirit Beast Continent seemed on the verge of failure, while Chu Xinghe mistakenly believed Gui Li was deliberately arranging a defensible failure. The Beast God then awakened through Chu Xinghe, poured his power into the formation flag, and revived Spirit Beast Continent’s spirit mines.

• Gui Li activated Spirit Beast Continent’s formation flag, and its enormous spiritual-power consumption began exhausting Ji Ya.
• Clan Head Hua, Ming Clan Head, Clan Head Cui, and Clan Head Ning lent Ji Ya their power, but they soon ran out, too.
• Gui Li released a vortex that briefly replenished Ji Ya, but it was quickly exhausted and the formation began to fail.
• The Beast God’s phantom emerged from Chu Xinghe and declared that Spirit Beast Continent would not be defeated.
• The Beast God infused the formation flag with his power, restoring its divine light and causing Spirit Beast Continent’s spirit mines to shine again.