Chapter Summaries

The Ten Great Sects followed Chu Xinghe’s decision to delay recruiting disciples, while Gui Li struggled under endless work in the Civil Engineering Department. When the Blazing Sun Continent’s earth vein changed and spirit fields began losing their spiritual power, the Muyue Kingdom warned Chu Xinghe that their vast reserves would eventually run out.

• Zheng Yu persuaded Martial Emperor City to postpone recruitment until after the Four Continents merged, and the other major sects followed suit.
• Wu Man and Zang Ling brought Chu Xinghe a list of promising evil-spirit prodigies, frustrating his plan to leave talented disciples for other factions.
• Gui Li continued working without a break in the Civil Engineering Department, where his cultivation and control of the Evil God Mask improved.
• News arrived that the Blazing Sun Continent’s earth vein had changed, causing spirit fields to lose spiritual power and their crops to wither.
• Mu Bai and Mu Xiaoqi told Chu Xinghe that stored spirit medicines could supply the Three Continents for only thousands of years, while the Misfortune Compass spun wildly.

Chu Xinghe learned that Vast Heaven Holy Land’s spirit fields were losing their spiritual power, but the sect’s enormous herb reserves left everyone unconcerned, making him think the Misfortune Compass would keep turning without his intervention. Gui Li expected the crisis to let him destroy the earth veins and fulfill his mission, but the Civil Engineering Department simply called him back to work.

• Mu Bai told Chu Xinghe that the spirit fields were withering and claimed the sect had only a ten-thousand-year supply of spirit herbs, prompting Chu Xinghe to scold Mu Xiaoqi for their excessive stockpiling.
• Mu Bai reported the spirit-field crisis to the Holy Land leaders, but Gu Mingchao, Elder He, and White Tiger left the meeting, and the Grand Elder dismissed it because the herb supply would last for millennia.
• Chu Xinghe realized that the Misfortune Compass was turning as the fields deteriorated and celebrated that the sect was united in accepting the loss without asking him to intervene.
• After hearing about the crisis, Gui Li prepared to destroy the Three Continents’ earth veins and die as a hero of the Evil Spirit Clan, believing the Holy Land would need his help.
• Gui Li waited for two hours for someone to ask him to heal the earth veins, but Huang Ritian instead told him to get back to work in the Civil Engineering Department.

Gui Li tried to get Vast Heaven Holy Land to let him repair the damaged earth veins, but Huang Ritian assigned him more repair work in the Civil Engineering Department instead. As the spirit-field crisis spread across the Three Continents, Vast Heaven Holy Land’s abundant pill supplies kept everyone calm, leaving Gui Li still wondering whether anyone remembered his earth-vein skills.

• Gui Li hinted to Huang Ritian that he knew the Earth Vein Technique, but Huang Ritian assigned him to repair damaged treasure vaults instead of the earth veins.
• Gui Li decided the Holy Land’s leaders were watching him with suspicion, so he resolved to wait until they asked him to help.
• Over the next ten days, the loss of spiritual power spread through spirit fields across the Three Continents, but Gui Li expected the other powers to seek Vast Heaven Holy Land’s help.
• Gui Li learned that people had stayed calm because they bought pills from the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce, which supplied them in abundance at normal prices.
• Qin Xiangqian arranged for Devil Devil Logistics to deliver Vast Heaven Holy Land’s pill stock to branches across the Three Continents, while the chamber continued supplying most ordinary pills.
• Gui Li wondered whether anyone still remembered that he was the Earth Sha Holy Son who could repair the earth veins.

Gui Li desperately tried to use his Earth Sha Technique to help the Vast Heaven Holy Land, but everyone ignored his ability until Chu Xinghe finally asked him to repair failing earth veins. When Gui Li offered to upgrade the spirit fields too, Chu Xinghe abandoned the plan because it could make the sect too much money, leaving Gui Li despairing.

• Gui Li tried to persuade Huang Ritian and Azure Dragon to let him repair earth veins, but Huang Ritian barely responded and Azure Dragon asked him to review a model of his planned divine hall.
• Chu Xinghe learned that Qin Xiangqian’s pill sales had cleared the Vast Heaven Chamber of Commerce’s excess stock, causing the Misfortune Compass to stop spinning.
• Chu Xinghe visited the Civil Engineering Department and ordered the word “dogs” removed from Gui Li’s exclusion sign, then found Gui Li wandering among the exhausted disciples.
• Chu Xinghe asked Gui Li to repair the earth veins beneath the failing spirit fields, and Gui Li eagerly offered to upgrade every spirit field as well.
• Chu Xinghe decided not to proceed because upgraded spirit fields could earn the Vast Heaven Holy Land a fortune, and Gui Li was left in despair.

Chu Xinghe persuaded the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s leaders to consider repairing the Three Continents’ earth veins, arguing that spiritual fields were vital for producing spiritual rice as well as herbs. Gui Li’s wildly shifting claims about his chances and costs left the leaders uncertain, and the chapter ended with him looking to Chu Xinghe for guidance on whether he could upgrade the fields.

• Gui Li insisted that his Earth Sha Technique could repair and upgrade the spiritual fields, but Chu Xinghe coached him to claim low odds and high costs.
• Chu Xinghe told Gui Li to prepare for an earth-vein repair and then explained to the Grand Elder that spiritual fields also supplied spiritual rice, whose spread could improve people’s health and produce more geniuses.
• The Grand Elder summoned the Holy Lord and palace elders, who agreed that the Three Continents needed to preserve their spiritual-rice supply.
• Chu Xinghe had Shen Chun bring Gui Li to the Spirit Crane Palace, where Gui Li suddenly claimed complete confidence in repairing the earth veins.
• Gui Li changed his answer about the formation’s cost after Chu Xinghe coughed, then looked to Chu Xinghe for a cue about whether he could upgrade the spiritual fields.

Gui Li explained that the spirit fields across the Three Continents could be restored by using the Cui Clan’s Heart of the Earth, though the process would damage it and require years and resources to repair. The major factions agreed to proceed, and Clan Head Cui offered the Heart, confident that the Vast Heaven Holy Land would compensate the Cui Clan.

• Chu Xinghe urged Gui Li to stick to the facts, and Gui Li admitted that spirit fields could not be upgraded but explained how their earth veins could be restored.
• Gui Li said an Earth Vein Grand Formation could use the Cui Clan’s Heart of the Earth to restore spirit fields across the Three Continents, though the Heart would take about five years and substantial resources to recover.
• Chu Xinghe stopped Xuanwu Sacred Venerable from simply asking the Cui Clan for the Heart and argued that the Vast Heaven Holy Land should compensate the clan for its loss.
• The Great Elder ordered Ma Liang to invite the major factions to the holy land to discuss restoring the spirit fields.
• At the meeting, Gu Mingchao explained the damage to Clan Head Cui, who offered the Heart of the Earth without hesitation, trusting the Vast Heaven Holy Land to make things right.

Gu Mingchao persuaded the Three Continents’ powers to share the resources needed for the Cui Clan’s Heart of the Earth and the spirit fields. Chu Xinghe then had Gui Li state that repairing the earth veins had only a fifty-percent chance of success, prompting Wang Daoquan to propose paying the Vast Heaven Holy Land with spirit fields if the repairs succeeded.

• Gu Mingchao promised the Cui Clan double compensation if the Heart of the Earth was damaged, and Clan Head Cui accepted.
• Gu Mingchao proposed that the Three Continents’ powers share the spirit-field expenses, and the gathered leaders agreed to contribute proportionally.
• Chu Xinghe called for Gui Li and pressed him to give an honest estimate of the earth-vein repairs; Gui Li settled on a fifty-percent chance of success.
• Wang Daoquan suggested that the Jade Void Palace contribute an additional ten percent of its spirit fields to offset the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s costs if the repairs succeeded.
• Chu Xinghe secretly resolved to sabotage the repairs so the spirit fields would not be restored.

The major factions agreed to fund the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s attempt to restore the spiritual fields, with the Holy Land receiving four tenths of their future yields. As Chu Xinghe and Gui Li began setting up the Earth Vein Grand Formation, both secretly tried to ensure it failed, and the chapter ended with Elder He watching their bizarre argument over how many resources to use.

• Wang Daoquan proposed that the factions compensate the Vast Heaven Holy Land with an additional tenth of their annual spiritual field yields, and Gu Mingchao accepted after Chu Xinghe nodded.
• The factions agreed to give the Vast Heaven Holy Land four tenths of their yields once the spiritual fields were restored, and the Civil Engineering Department paid Clan Head Cui twice his estimated five-year losses for the Heart of the Earth.
• Gui Li asked about the Heart of the Earth’s yin and yang states, then secretly changed it to the yang extreme after Clan Head Cui explained its properties.
• Chu Xinghe dismissed White Tiger and personally helped Gui Li set up the Earth Vein Grand Formation, while Gui Li concealed his sabotage plan in the Heart of the Earth’s state.
• Chu Xinghe ordered Gui Li to increase the resources at every formation position a hundredfold, and Gui Li complied while both men tried to make the formation fail without exposing their intentions.
• Elder He secretly watched Chu Xinghe and Gui Li argue over the formation and wondered whether the Half of the Fate Divinity had gone haywire again.

Gui Li believed Chu Xinghe was testing him, so he secretly planned to sabotage the Earth Vein Grand Formation with the yang-pole Heart of the Earth while blaming any other flaws on Chu Xinghe’s extravagant use of resources. After the formation was completed and Gui Li placed the Heart of the Earth, Chu Xinghe and White Tiger waited to see what would happen.

• Gui Li mistook Chu Xinghe’s push to spend more resources on the formation for a bluff meant to expose whether Gui Li had recovered his memory.
• Chu Xinghe ordered Gui Li to use a hundred times the usual resources, while Gui Li secretly planned to make the formation fail by placing the yang-pole Heart of the Earth at its center.
• Gui Li worried that Chu Xinghe, White Tiger, and Gu Mingchao could detect flaws because all three supposedly had Innate Formation Mastery, so he avoided tampering with the formation’s layout.
• Gui Li completed the enormous Earth Vein Grand Formation, installed its activating formation eye at the Vast Heaven Holy Land, and placed the yang-pole Heart of the Earth at the center.
• Chu Xinghe reflected that the formation was badly flawed from the excess resources, while White Tiger had repeatedly questioned it and then held back to see what Chu Xinghe would do.

Gui Li completed the Earth Vein Grand Formation and believed he had outmaneuvered Chu Xinghe, but Chu secretly changed the Heart of the Earth from yang to yin and sent Gui Li away. Elder He later found an ancient text stating that the Hearts of the Earth had to be yin, leaving him convinced he had proof of Gui Li’s treachery.

• Gui Li placed the final Heart of the Earth in the formation and told Chu Xinghe it would take three days to fuse.
• Chu Xinghe sent Gui Li back to the Civil Engineering Department, then secretly changed the Heart of the Earth from yang to yin and ordered Ma Liang to guard it.
• Elder He discussed Gui Li’s suspicious behavior with the Holy Mother of Wujiang, who suggested Gui Li might act during the formation’s activation.
• The Holy Mother of Wujiang produced an ancient text about arranging the Earth Vein Grand Formation, and Elder He discovered it required Hearts of the Earth in their yin state.
• Elder He concluded that Gui Li had lied about the required state and believed he had finally exposed Gui Li’s plot.

Elder He accused Gui Li of harboring malicious intentions after an ancient book said the Earth Vein Grand Formation required a negative Heart of the Earth, despite Gui Li previously insisting it had to be positive. When Elder He revealed the Heart of the Earth was negative, Gui Li’s guilt seemed uncertain, but Chu Xinghe was relieved that he had learned the formation’s correct requirement before it could fail.

• Elder He found an ancient book stating that the Earth Vein Grand Formation required a negative Heart of the Earth and gathered the Vast Heaven Holy Land’s chief elders, Gui Li, and Chu Xinghe.
• Elder He accused Gui Li of faking his lost memories and intending to sabotage the formation because Gui Li had said the Heart of the Earth needed to be positive.
• Elder He revealed the Heart of the Earth’s attribute at the formation’s core, and everyone discovered that it was negative.
• Gui Li wondered how the Heart of the Earth had become negative after he remembered setting a positive one in place.
• Chu Xinghe credited Elder He with helping him avoid another failed formation and resolved to use his knowledge of the correct requirement.

After Elder He’s intervention left the Heart of the Earth correctly set as a cathode, Gui Li concluded that Chu Xinghe had outmaneuvered him, while the Grand Elder ordered the formation guarded and Gui Li watched. The next morning, Chu Xinghe checked the Heart of the Earth but chose not to change its attribute, hoping to avoid another disastrous reversal.

• Gui Li decided Chu Xinghe had secretly corrected the Heart of the Earth and led him into completing the Earth Vein Grand Formation, but Gui Li believed he still had a trump card.
• The Grand Elder ordered Ma Liang to guard the Heart of the Earth and instructed Azure Dragon to keep Gui Li confined in the Civil Engineering Department for three days.
• Everyone returned to their duties, and the night passed peacefully as Ma Liang guarded the Heart of the Earth.
• The next morning, Chu Xinghe entered the formation alone after Ma Liang promised to protect the Heart of the Earth.
• Chu Xinghe confirmed that the Heart of the Earth was a cathode and decided not to change it, fearing Gui Li could alter it again and turn the formation’s final result against him.

Ma Liang guarded the Heart of the Earth while Chu Xinghe secretly watched Gui Li, expecting him to change its attribute and cause a disastrous loss. Gui Li used the Evil God Mask’s Spirit Reversal Art to change the Heart of the Earth back to yang, and Chu Xinghe left convinced that Gui Li’s move had fulfilled his plan.

• Ma Liang refused White Tiger Holy Venerable and Gu Mingchao entry to the Earth Vein Grand Formation without the required tokens, and Gu Mingchao praised him before returning to work on his autobiography.
• Chu Xinghe sneaked into the Civil Engineering Department and watched Gui Li, believing he had accounted for every way Gui Li or he could change the Heart of the Earth’s attribute.
• Gui Li woke from his half-asleep state, hid among resources, and used the Evil God Mask’s Spirit Reversal Art to secretly change the Heart of the Earth back to yang at the cost of his lifespan.
• Gui Li returned to his half-asleep state, planning to wait for the Earth Vein Grand Formation’s activation and believing no one would suspect him.
• Chu Xinghe saw Gui Li’s move and believed he had outmaneuvered the Misfortune Compass, then left happily, singing and dancing for Gui Li.

As the Three Continents’ experts gathered to activate the Earth Vein Grand Formation, Elder He used a Formation-Locking Jade to prevent Gui Li from altering it. Chu Xinghe and Gui Li both believed their plans guaranteed victory, while Gui Li secretly relied on the Evil God Mask’s Spirit Reversal Art to overcome the jade.

• Chu Xinghe believed Gui Li’s earlier sabotage would make the Earth Vein Grand Formation fail while keeping Gui Li alive to cause more trouble.
• After three days, the Heart of the Earth finished fusing with the formation, and Gui Li returned from the Civil Engineering Department with a strand of white hair.
• Elder He presented a Formation-Locking Jade, explaining that it could lock the formation and prevent anyone from changing its attributes.
• Elder He activated the jade, locking the Earth Vein Grand Formation and the Heart of the Earth as the gathered experts watched.
• Chu Xinghe celebrated, believing the jade would ensure the formation failed because he thought Gui Li had changed the Heart of the Earth’s attribute.
• Gui Li privately revealed that he had prepared to counter the jade with the Evil God Mask’s Spirit Reversal Art and believed he had already secured victory.

Gui Li activated the Earth Vein Grand Formation expecting the yang-polar Heart of the Earth to make it fail, but it turned yin-polar instead. Clan Head Cui revealed that he had changed it back to yang-polar after noticing the change, leaving Gui Li and Chu Xinghe bewildered about how it became yin-polar again.

• Gui Li used the Evil God Mask to activate the Earth Vein Grand Formation and channel the Heart of the Earth’s power through the Three Continents.
• Gui Li urged the Heart of the Earth to burn, expecting it to turn white and yang-polar, but it turned completely black and yin-polar.
• Gui Li and Chu Xinghe both struggled to explain why the Heart of the Earth was yin-polar despite Gui Li being the last person to reverse it.
• Clan Head Cui said he had noticed the Heart of the Earth turn yin-polar and changed it to yang-polar, but it had turned yin-polar again.

Clan Head Cui’s remote reversal of the Heart of the Earth accidentally complicated its polarity, but the group concluded that Chu Xinghe had secretly restored it. Gui Li became convinced that Chu Xinghe had orchestrated the entire sequence, while Chu Xinghe stayed silent as everyone praised him.

• Clan Head Cui explained that the Heart of the Earth had unexpectedly turned yin, so he had reversed it to yang, and denied causing its latest change back to yin.
• Gui Li pieced together how Chu Xinghe had changed the Heart of the Earth to yin, Clan Head Cui had unknowingly changed it to yang, and Gui Li had reversed it to yin again.
• Ma Liang argued that Chu Xinghe must have restored the Heart of the Earth after Clan Head Cui’s intervention because Chu Xinghe was the only other person to enter it.
• The Vast Heaven Holy Land’s powerful figures accepted Ma Liang’s explanation, and Clan Head Cui thanked Chu Xinghe for correcting his mistake.
• Gui Li concluded that Chu Xinghe had anticipated his actions and controlled the events from behind the scenes, while Chu Xinghe remained silent as Clan Head Cui praised him.

Chu Xinghe’s hundredfold Earth Vein Grand Formation transformed the spiritual fields into legendary holy spiritual fields and nearly broke the Four Continents Barrier, bringing the Evil Shadow Continent closer to returning. As everyone praised his plans, Chu Xinghe wondered why the Holy Sons of Evil Spirits kept helping build up the Three Continents instead of their own home.

• Gui Li despaired as Chu Xinghe’s open schemes seemed impossible to overcome, then watched the formation make the spiritual fields wither and turn dark brown.
• The formation cleared the fields’ impurities and upgraded them into holy spiritual fields with more than twice their previous peak vitality and spiritual power, causing Gui Li to lose his memory again.
• Elder He explained that the earth veins had rebuilt the fields at a higher quality, while White Tiger admitted he could not understand Chu Xinghe’s formation.
• The formation continued to tremble and cracked the Four Continents Barrier, drawing the Evil Shadow Continent closer and allowing powerful cultivators to sense its rich Spiritual Qi.
• The big shots praised Chu Xinghe for bringing the Four Continents era closer, while Chu Xinghe wondered why the Holy Sons of Evil Spirits kept coming to the Three Continents to build it up.

The Earth Vein Grand Formation doubled the Spiritual Qi and yield of spiritual fields across the Three Continents, bringing prosperity to factions and ordinary people alike. Chu Xinghe entered seclusion to recover from his relentless efforts, while the seven evil lords on the Evil Shadow Continent wondered why Gui Li seemed to be helping the Three Continents.

• The Earth Vein Grand Formation doubled the Spiritual Qi and yield of spiritual fields across the Three Continents, and the factions accepted the new arrangement as profitable despite grumbling about Wang Daoquan.
• Mu Bai ordered Muyue Kingdom disciples to work harder and build up supplies and the Vast Heaven Holy Land, warning them not to imitate Mu Xiaoqi's laziness.
• Chu Xinghe, wishing he could lose his memory like Gui Li, entered seclusion on the ninth floor of the Technique Repository Tower to rest.
• The factions planned to grow spiritual rice on a massive scale, making it increasingly affordable for ordinary people across the Three Continents.
• The seven evil lords sat in silence on the Evil Shadow Continent and questioned why Gui Li, sent as their last hope, seemed to be building up the Three Continents.

The seven Evil Lords contacted Gui Li and accused him of defecting, but he insisted he had always served the Vast Heaven Holy Land. Bai Yu condemned Gui Li and the other defectors, while Gui Li cut off contact with the Evil Shadow Continent.

• The Evil Lords struggled to explain Gui Li’s actions, then the Earth Sha Evil Lord used the Evil God Mask to contact him.
• Gui Li appeared and asked who the Evil Lords were, prompting them to accuse him of pretending not to know them and to tease him about defecting.
• The Evil Lords praised the achievements of An Ying, Wu Man, and Zang Ling as defectors and told Gui Li he would have to compete with them for a place in the Defectors Palace.
• Gui Li denied defecting and declared that his life’s goal was to build up the Vast Heaven Holy Land.
• Bai Yu swore to kill the defectors and blamed his master for refusing to let him go to the Three Continents.
• Gui Li ended the communication, erased the Earth Sha Evil Lord’s trace from the Evil God Mask, and severed contact with the Evil Shadow Continent.

Gui Li cut off his connection to the Evil Shadow Continent, while the Evil Lords devised a last-minute plan to outmaneuver Chu Xinghe’s Star Divination Art. At the Hua Clan, Clan Head Hua celebrated the arrival of what he believed was a chance to have his clan wiped out.

• Gui Li severed his final connection to the Evil Shadow Continent, leaving the Evil Lords and Bai Yu arguing about his defection.
• The Evil Lords blamed their repeated failures on Chu Xinghe’s Star Divination Art, and the White Spirit Evil Lord proposed waiting until the Demon Star Continent’s earth veins erupted before deciding on a plan.
• The Evil Lords approved the strategy of delaying their decision and dispersed, while the White Spirit Evil Lord vowed to lead their final strike himself.
• Chu Xinghe stayed on the ninth floor of the Technique Repository Tower to recover, unaware of the Evil Lords’ plan.
• Clan Head Hua rejoiced that the Hua Clan had finally received a chance to be wiped out.