Chapter Summaries

Xia Tianling defeated the first trial guardian in under a minute and received a reward that raised his Sub-profession levels. He arrived at the next stage with his cultivation restored and prepared to face its challenge.

• Xia Tianling entered the first trial arena and learned that the skeleton soldier guarding it recognized him but refused to answer his question about his parents.
• Xia Tianling fought the skeleton soldier, discovered it was weaker than expected, and defeated it with a powerful strike from his staff.
• The skeleton soldier confirmed Xia Tianling had passed, and the trial announced his first-place ranking and a Heavenly Grade A clearance.
• Xia Tianling received a reward that raised his Artifact Refining, Spirit Chef, and Formation levels from Beginner's Insight to Proficient.
• Xia Tianling was transported to the next stage, where he regained Level Nineteen cultivation and summoned his True Dragon Spirit and Storm Axe.

Xia Tianling swiftly defeated the second checkpoint boss while Tang San and his companions entered Yin Yang Inverted Mountain. Yu Xiaogang failed the mountain’s test of courage and was sent back with his Soul Power permanently reduced by one level.

• Xia Tianling killed the second checkpoint boss in three seconds and continued toward the next checkpoint.
• Tang Hao could not enter Yin Yang Inverted Mountain, so Tang San led Xiao Wu and the others onto the Guiding Heavenly Ladder.
• Tang San realized the mountain was reducing their cultivation and encouraged the group to keep climbing together.
• Yu Xiaogang panicked as his cultivation fell below Level Twenty-One and his Second Soul Ring became unusable.
• Yin Yang Inverted Mountain declared Yu Xiaogang’s trial failed, returned him to his place of origin, and permanently reduced his Soul Power by one level.

Yu Xiaogang failed the first trial and lost a level of Soul Power, while the Imperial Dou Team struggled through the first two stages and learned how far Xia Tianling’s records surpassed theirs. The team was teleported onward after defeating the second stage’s guardian, still astonished by Xia Tianling’s three-second victory.

• Yu Xiaogang returned from the trial with his Soul Power reduced to level twenty-eight, claimed he had no affinity with the mountain, and fainted after spitting blood.
• The Imperial Dou Team reached the summit, received a one-level Soul Power increase, and struggled through the fear-filled passage to the first stage.
• Tang San and the team helped defeat the strengthened skeleton soldier, which told them Xia Tianling had cleared the stage in fifty-nine seconds.
• The Imperial Dou Team defeated the second stage’s guardian and received a two-hundred-year increase to each Spirit Ring’s lifespan.
• The guardian revealed that Xia Tianling had defeated it in three seconds, leaving Dai Mubai and the others stunned before they were teleported onward.

Xia Tianling cleared the first stage of the trial with a top evaluation after using the later stages to explore his rapidly increased cultivation and test his abilities. During his rest, the Five Elements Comprehension Gift Pack triggered a fusion between his water and fire domains, which had merged nearly halfway by the chapter’s end.

• Xia Tianling slowed his progress from the seventh stage onward to study his advanced cultivation, then cleared the tenth stage with a low evaluation after testing his abilities against its guarding boss.
• The trial awarded Xia Tianling a Heavenly Grade A evaluation, first place in the historical ranking, six Soul Power Levels, a Five Elements Comprehension Gift Pack, and one million Trial Points.
• Xia Tianling chose to continue the trial and was sent to a villa on a grassland with 240 hours to rest before beginning the second stage.
• Xia Tianling reviewed his rewards and opened the Five Elements Comprehension Gift Pack, absorbing insights that caused his water and fire domains to begin merging.
• The Water Dragon King and Fire Dragon King worried the fusion might explode, then saw that the domains had merged nearly halfway and were radiating black-and-white light.

Xia Tianling completed a new Yin Yang Tai Chi Domain and rested in the trial space while Tang San and the Imperial Dou Team cleared the tenth stage. The team arrived at the grassland and reunited with Xia Tianling, who learned that Tang Hao had brought them to the Yin Yang Inverted Mountain.

• Xia Tianling fused his insights into the Five Elements into the Yin Yang Tai Chi Domain, then ate and rested after exhausting his Soul Power.
• Tang San and the Imperial Dou Team reached the tenth stage, where Tang San's Guanyin's Tear killed the boss in five seconds.
• The Imperial Dou Team received rewards and appeared on the grassland beside a newly formed villa.
• Xiao Wu rushed into Xia Tianling's villa for the food, while Tang San and Xia Tianling were astonished to see each other.
• Tang San told Xia Tianling that Tang Hao had brought the group to the Yin Yang Inverted Mountain.

Xia Tianling told Tang San he had found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, then left the villa and began the second stage of the trial. He discovered that his powerful attacks could kill monsters in large numbers and retreated to the safe zone to inspect the Trial Shop.

• Xia Tianling told Tang San that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye could help revive Ah Yin, and Tang San thanked him profusely.
• Xiao Wu realized she had been eating spicy rabbit meat and hurried to rinse her mouth.
• Xia Tianling ended the rest period early and was transported to the second trial, where he had to kill one thousand monsters within ninety days.
• Xia Tianling killed the first monster with his axe, then used Ultimate Withering to wipe out a large area of the demon tide and raise his counter to 124.
• Xia Tianling returned to the safe zone, where the monsters could not approach, and opened the trial panel.

Xia Tianling browsed the Trial Shop’s treasures and decided to spend most of his points on Instant Recovery Potions so he could farm monsters. After three months of relentless fighting, he had spent his million points on potions and learned how tempting the trial’s discounted, temporary Spirit Bones and Spirit Rings could be.

• Xia Tianling found that a customized Million-Year Spirit Bone cost twenty million Trial Points, far beyond his current means.
• He bought ninety Instant Recovery Potions and used them to repeatedly restore his Soul Power while killing monsters with Ultimate Withering.
• As the monsters became more scattered, Xia Tianling transformed into a True Dragon and fought them directly with the Storm Axe and three-element skills.
• Xia Tianling farmed monsters day and night for three months, returning to the safe zone to sleep or recover from injuries when necessary.
• On the trial’s final day, Xia Tianling had spent all one million points on healing and Soul Power potions, and recognized the temptation of the trial’s cheap, temporary Spirit Bones and Spirit Rings.

Xia Tianling finished the Endless Demon Tide trial, rested, and entered the second stage, while the Imperial Dou Team fought to earn enough points for powerful rewards. The new trial placed Xia Tianling in a replica of his home from his previous life, leaving him wondering if he had returned there.

• Xia Tianling completed the trial with 11,381 kills and 1,024,000 points, then returned to the grassland villa and slept for three days.
• The Imperial Dou Team struggled to kill monsters in the demon tide, with their members relying on their different strengths to fight as a group.
• Xiao Wu discovered that teammates could transfer Trial Points, and Tang San persuaded the team to buy Dugu Yan a trial Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.
• Dugu Yan fused the ring, reached Level 51, and gained two area-attack skills that greatly increased the team's killing efficiency.
• Xia Tianling ended his rest and entered the second trial stage, where he found a room and home furnishings identical to those from his previous life.

Xia Tianling found himself trapped in a familiar version of his home, where his attacks could not break anything and distractions warped his sense of time. After realizing the space was dulling his perceptions and preventing cultivation, he tried to keep himself occupied by starting to forge.

• Xia Tianling arrived in the imperial capital home, ate two boxes of fried chicken, and realized something inside the house was affecting him.
• Xia Tianling unleashed Brilliant Bloom at the balcony, but the attack left it and the rest of the home completely unharmed.
• Xia Tianling searched the house and tried to escape, then noticed the phone delivered meals at the times he used to eat.
• Xia Tianling played Savage: Six through the night before realizing the game had consumed his attention and time.
• Xia Tianling used the God Piercing Needle to clear his mind, discovered that the space distorted his perception and lacked Soul Power energy, and began forging in the shower room.

Xia Tianling forged metals and developed a crude Spirit Guiding Lamp while completing the second self-discipline trial. He passed and learned how the trial tested his ability to escape temptation and persevere, then returned to the rest area wary of the Divine Mountain’s deadly influence.

• Xia Tianling forged rare metals and studied Formations and Artifact Refining during the trial.
• Xia Tianling spent about a month developing a working Spirit Guiding Lamp from cheap materials.
• The trial system announced that Xia Tianling had passed Stage Two in just under thirty days and awarded him 5,120,000 Trial Points.
• The system explained that the trial required him to escape adversity, leave his comfort zone, and make progress without giving up.
• Xia Tianling returned to the grassland villa and realized that failure would have left him trapped and mentally broken by the Divine Mountain.

Xia Tianling and the Imperial Dou Team completed the Discipline Trial, earning points through their personal trials before Xia entered a year-long test focused on studying and creating Soul Skills. He began recording inventions, including practical household techniques and powerful combat skills, and set out to accumulate points.

• Xia Tianling gathered his belongings after passing the Discipline Trial and reflected that the Divine Mountain's temptations could have trapped him.
• Xiao Wu transformed back into human form on the 105th day and earned twenty thousand points, while Tang San recreated Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus on the 113th day and earned the same reward.
• Dai Mubai advanced one level in Soul Power after more than ninety days of cultivation, earned forty thousand points, and continued aiming for a high-level Soul Bone and Spirit Ring.
• Xia Tianling entered a classroom for the third trial, where a glowing teacher explained that participants had one year to create Self-Created Soul Skills for a score-based reward.
• Xia Tianling studied famous inherited techniques and began testing his own ideas, recording skills including Dishwashing Technique, Scorched Earth Technique, True Dragon Shocks the Heavens, and Three-Element Detonation.

Xia Tianling completed the third trial by creating 1,178 Self-Created Soul Skills and received enough points to customize a million-year Jade Swan Left Leg Bone. The Imperial Dou Team also finished the trial with mixed results, and the Shi Brothers were eliminated after failing to create any skills.

• Xia Tianling created 1,178 Self-Created Soul Skills and earned 10,240,000 points, bringing his total to 25,600,000.
• Xia Tianling spent 20,000,000 points to customize a million-year restorative wood-attribute Jade Swan Left Leg Bone and stored it without absorbing it.
• Xia Tianling decided to pursue a customized million-year wood-attribute spirit ring and continue earning points in the next trial.
• Xiao Wu barely passed, while Tang San, Dai Mubai, Dugu Yan, and Yu Tianheng created skills that earned them points.
• Ye Lingling passed without earning points, and the Shi Brothers were eliminated after creating no skills; each exchanged their points for a thousand-year spirit bone.

The Shi Brothers returned from Yin Yang Inverted Mountain’s trials with increased Soul Power, improved physiques, longer-lived spirit rings, and rare soul bones. Their account of the rewards left Yu Xiaogang overwhelmed with regret, and he spat blood.

• The Shi Brothers returned after failing the second stage’s third trial, and Tang Hao stopped Shi Mo from revealing the forbidden details.
• Shi Mo told Tang Hao that the brothers had reached level forty-two and received improved physiques and high-quality thousand-year Torso Bones.
• Yu Xiaogang noticed the brothers’ spirit rings had longer lifespans, and Shi Mo explained that their rewards included a two-hundred-year increase for every ring.
• Shi Mo described the trial shop, the points that could raise Soul Power Levels, and the God-Bestowed Spirit Rings that could become suitable spirit rings.
• Shi Mo told Yu Xiaogang he could have entered the mountain and received a Soul Power Level and a spirit ring, prompting Yu Xiaogang to spit out blood.

Yu Xiaogang collapsed after realizing he had missed a chance to gain a Soul Power level, while Tang Hao and the Shi Brothers remained at the sacred mountain. In the fourth-stage Trial Space, Xia Tianling trained his way up the Heaven Ascending Staircase and discovered that its exercises improved his physical fitness.

• Yu Xiaogang vomited blood and passed out after Shi Mo and Tang Hao dismissed the value of the Soul Power level he had missed by refusing to climb the Heaven Ascending Staircase.
• Tang Hao told the Shi Brothers to set up camp and cultivate near the sacred mountain, and the brothers privately questioned Yu Xiaogang's reliability and training methods.
• Xia Tianling learned the Heaven Ascending Staircase's rules and considered, then rejected, the Trial Shop items that could help him skip exercises or stages.
• Xia Tianling climbed the staircase while completing its assigned exercises, and by the six hundredth stair he noticed improvements to his defense, flexibility, and coordination.

Xia Tianling completed the Heaven Ascending Staircase trial in 176 days and earned 5,120,000 Trial Points. Dai Mubai's attempt to rush through with Shield Cards cost him points and rewards, while Ye Lingling gained Soul Power despite failing the trial and Yu Xiaogang suffered another setback.

• Xia Tianling used his domains, martial souls, and physical strength to complete the required exercises and reach the 1,080th step in 176 days.
• Xia Tianling received 5,120,000 Trial Points after earning doubled rewards for following the trial requirements and finishing early.
• Dai Mubai rushed up the staircase using Shield Cards and received no reward because he had skipped the required exercises, while Tang San, Xiao Wu, Yu Tianheng, and Dugu Yan earned 20,000 points each.
• Ye Lingling took over a year to finish the staircase and failed, but Yin Yang Inverted Mountain awarded her two Soul Power levels; she spent her points to reach level forty-five.
• Ye Lingling treated Yu Xiaogang's physical injuries, but his mental distress and decaying aura remained.

Xia Tianling began the second stage’s final trial by facing the returning skeleton soldier, whose underworld weapons could injure his spirit body. He learned that Yin Yang Inverted Mountain had drawn him into the underworld and ended the encounter by giving the skeleton offerings of paper money and goods.

• The trial announced that Xia Tianling would face the first-stage bosses again and earn ten thousand points for each one defeated.
• The skeleton soldier attacked Xia Tianling with an assault rifle, and Xia Tianling recognized him as an underworld soldier and identified the other underworld figures as projections.
• The skeleton’s special bullets pierced Xia Tianling’s arm and caused intense soul-deep pain.
• Xia Tianling realized that Yin Yang Inverted Mountain had placed him in the underworld, where his body existed in a superposition of life and death.
• The skeleton soldier explained that the trial rules prevented Xia Tianling from revealing restricted secrets and stopped fighting when his ammunition ran low.
• Xia Tianling exchanged items for paper money and offerings, burned them for the skeleton soldier, and made a friendly connection with him.

Xia Tianling received a warning about the deadly final trial of the third phase, then fought the second phase’s underworld bosses until he defeated Black Impermanence. Yin Yang Inverted Mountain revived him and declared him the winner.

• Xia Tianling gave the skeletal underworld soldier offerings and learned that the third phase’s final trial required entering a real world, where the death rate was over ninety-nine percent.
• The skeletal soldier advised Xia Tianling to avoid the final trial, then secretly ordered the other brothers to let him challenge Ox-Head’s projection directly.
• After Xia Tianling left, the skeletal soldier revealed himself as a Ghost Commander and departed with the ghastly green Ghost Shadow as the underworld prepared to withdraw for war.
• Xia Tianling repeatedly fought and lost against the second phase’s powerful underworld projections, learning how thoroughly cultivators had to develop every ability.
• Xia Tianling used Brilliant Bloom to defeat Black Impermanence at the cost of his own life, and Yin Yang Inverted Mountain revived him and declared him victorious.

Xia Tianling completed the second-stage trials, claimed his ranking rewards, and chose to enter the dangerous final trial for doubled gains. During his thirty days of preparation, he customized a million-year gold-attribute Spirit Bone and several powerful Soul Rings, leaving him ready to face the next stage.

• The system awarded Xia Tianling five Soul Power Levels, 100,000 Trial Points, and the top ranking in the second-stage trials, then gave him thirty days to decide whether to continue.
• Xia Tianling asked his system whether it could still help in the third stage, learned his hidden trump card would remain usable, and confirmed his entry into the final trial.
• Xia Tianling received ten million Trial Points and spent twenty million to customize a million-year Geng Xin White Tiger right arm bone.
• Xia Tianling customized five ninety-thousand-year trial-version Fierce Beast Soul Rings and absorbed them, reaching Soul Power level sixty-one without triggering a lightning tribulation.
• Xia Tianling gained the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's rule-based Arena of Life and Death skill, along with Invincible Golden Body and Teleportation from the Soft Bone Rabbit Soul Ring and Immortal Body and Energization from the Death Spider Queen Soul Ring.

Xia Tianling absorbed two Million-Year Spirit Bones and gained powerful metal and wood domains, further strengthening his abilities and defenses. He entered the Training Camp to test his new skills against Black and White Impermanence.

• Xia Tianling absorbed the Million-Year Jade Swan Left Leg Bone and Geng Xin White Tiger Right Arm Bone, tempering his liver, lungs, and body.
• Xia Tianling gained the Heavenly Army Slaughter Golden Domain and Myriad Revival Wooden Domain, expanding his control over metal and plants.
• Xia Tianling asked Yin Yang Inverted Mountain's AI for sparring partners and paid two hundred Trial Points for Training Camp services.
• Xia Tianling was teleported to the Trial Space, where Black and White Impermanence prepared to fight him.

Tang San and the Imperial Dou Team returned from Yin Yang Inverted Mountain and compared their trial rewards, while Tang Hao learned that Xia Tianling had already reached Spirit King. The team left with their gains and a new Seven-in-One Spirit Soul Fusion Skill to try before the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, as the mountain’s final trial was announced for the next day.

• Tang San told Tang Hao that he had earned a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone and two Soul Power levels, while Xiao Wu had gained a Thousand-Year Soul Bone and five levels.
• Tang Hao learned that Tang San had encountered Xia Tianling, who was already a Spirit King, and changed the subject by mentioning the Seven-in-One Spirit Soul Fusion Skill he and Yu Xiaogang had researched.
• Dai Mubai reported defeating Bull Head at great risk and exchanging his rewards for a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone and one Soul Power level.
• Yu Tianheng said he had reached level forty-six and obtained a Dragon Type Thousand-Year Spirit Bone, while Dugu Yan had earned only enough points for two thousand-year soul bones after being countered by the Underworld Soldier Ghost Commander.
• The narration announced that Yin Yang Inverted Mountain’s final trial would begin the next day and be very short.