Recaps

At the Winter Solstice Festival, Ma Wei exposed Jiang Ping An’s origins in Spirit Terrace Kingdom and accused him of being a spy. Jiang Ping An calmly admitted where he was born as the gathered cultivators turned against him.

• Xia Qing announced a day off for the Winter Solstice Festival and invited the youths to the dining hall that evening.
• Meng Jing persuaded Jiang Ping An to take a break, and the two went shopping in Black Wind City before returning to the Prefect Residence.
• At the dining hall, Ma Wei asked whether Jiang Ping An’s homeland, Spirit Terrace Kingdom, celebrated the festival, provoking suspicion among the gathered youths.
• Meng Jing defended Jiang Ping An, explaining that Spirit Terrace Kingdom had killed his parents and that he had helped Great Xia defeat Flat Water County.
• Jiang Ping An acknowledged that he was born in Spirit Terrace Kingdom and said Ma Wei was attacking him regardless of what he claimed, while Ma Wei presented his words as an admission of spying.
• The youths called for Jiang Ping An to be driven out or captured and interrogated, as Meng Jing stood up for him.

Xia Qing stopped the youths from attacking Jiang Ping An and urged them to focus on unity and cultivation. The next morning, Jiang Ping An challenged the genius on the twenty-ninth level, who recognized his mastery of Limitless Fist and charged into battle.

• Meng Jing defended Jiang Ping An as Ma Wei stirred up suspicion, but Xia Qing arrived and declared that Jiang Ping An was not a spy.
• Xia Qing called for unity, encouraged the youths to cultivate for the Quota Competition, and gave each of them a red packet containing one thousand spirit stones.
• Meng Jing left with Jiang Ping An and vowed to avenge him by knocking Ma Wei out of the top ten.
• The next morning, Jiang Ping An challenged Ren Ming on the twenty-ninth level despite being only an intermediate Martial Master.
• Jiang Ping An rebounded Ren Ming's sword qi with Limitless Fist, shocking Ren Ming, who then charged at him to test the technique.

Jiang Ping An used the Limitless Fist to exhaust one opponent after another and climbed to the twentieth floor, where Xiang Yang challenged him. The chapter ended as Jiang Ping An prepared to fight the Golden Staff-wielding Body Cultivator.

• Jiang Ping An countered Ren Ming’s attacks with the Limitless Fist until Ren Ming ran out of spiritual energy and surrendered, then continued climbing.
• Jiang Ping An fought a flame-wielding Body Cultivator on the Twenty-Eighth Floor until the man collapsed from exhaustion, then reflected on the technique’s limits.
• Jiang Ping An deflected a whip-wielding genius girl’s attacks until she too was exhausted and defeated, while Ren Ming and the Body Cultivator mocked her from below to keep her fighting.
• Jiang Ping An continued climbing over the following days, exhausting and defeating the geniuses on successive floors as his battles drew increasing attention.
• With twenty-three days left until the selection, Jiang Ping An reached the twentieth floor and faced Xiang Yang, a powerful Body Cultivator wielding a Golden Staff.

Jiang Ping An climbed rapidly through the mountain trials, defeating Xiang Yang and Zhang Lingmin with his Limitless Fist and recovering eye abilities. He reached the eleventh floor as Meng Jing began a major battle with Ma Wei on the ninth floor.

• Jiang Ping An rebounded Xiang Yang's staff strikes, exhausted him, and advanced to the twentieth floor.
• Jiang Ping An revealed his breakthrough to high-level Martial Master and defeated the female Cultivator on the nineteenth floor before continuing his climb.
• Jiang Ping An reached the twelfth floor and faced Zhang Lingmin, who attacked with Wind Spirit Dance and Wind Blades.
• Jiang Ping An used his improving dynamic vision to anticipate Zhang Lingmin's attacks and defeated her after an hour.
• Jiang Ping An challenged the eleventh floor while Meng Jing and Ma Wei began a battle on the ninth floor that drew the attention of the trial's strongest observers.

Xia Qing learned that Jiang Ping An had reached the eleventh floor, while Meng Jing drove Ma Wei down to the tenth with a massive lightning attack. Jiang Ping An prepared to challenge Ma Wei for a top-ten place despite Xia Qing’s doubts that he could win.

• Xia Qing’s maid reported that Jiang Ping An had defeated the eleventh-ranked challenger and reached the eleventh floor, astonishing Xia Qing.
• Xia Qing went to the Back Mountain and watched Meng Jing battle Ma Wei, while she concluded Jiang Ping An’s strength came from a body-tempering technique.
• Meng Jing unleashed Thunderstorm, frightening Ma Wei into retreating to the tenth floor; a Nascent Soul Realm manager confirmed that the attack was not lethal.
• Jiang Ping An announced that he would challenge Ma Wei, and Xia Qing judged that Ma Wei’s training and techniques gave him the advantage.
• Meng Jing warned Jiang Ping An that Ma Wei might hurt him, but Jiang Ping An insisted that he needed a top-ten place.
• Ma Wei announced that he had recovered and called on Jiang Ping An to challenge him.

Jiang Ping An defeated Ma Wei with one punch after revealing that he had mastered the Heavenly Fiend Art and Tyrant Body Art. His victory secured his place on the Tenth Floor and drew the attention of the mountain’s strongest geniuses and Xia Qing.

• Ma Wei challenged Jiang Ping An, boasting that he would kill him in one strike, while Meng Jing warned Jiang Ping An about his sword art.
• Jiang Ping An used the Heavenly Fiend Art to unleash Killing Intent, disrupting Ma Wei’s Thousand Willow Sword Art and briefly binding him with an unseen force.
• Jiang Ping An activated the Tyrant Body Art and punched Ma Wei off the mountain, where a manager caught him before he hit the ground.
• Ma Wei recognized the Tyrant Body Art, and the gathered cultivators reacted with shock as Jiang Ping An declared his victory.
• Xia Qing reconsidered Jiang Ping An, while the Myriad Gold Body praised his perseverance and explained how painful the Tyrant Body Art was to cultivate.

Jiang Ping An secured tenth place in the selection, while Meng Jing took ninth, and he learned that the Hundred Counties Tournament would decide access to God Island, a place rumored to hold a path to immortality. After the selection ended, Jiang Ping An agreed to fight the third-ranked cultivator, eager to test his skills against the man’s Myriad Gold Body.

• Ma Wei accused Jiang Ping An of cheating with a Forbidden Technique, but an administrator explained that the Heavenly Fiend Art was not forbidden and that its phantom victims had been soldiers from the Spirit Terrace Kingdom.
• Xia Qing announced that fourteen days remained before the final rankings, and Ma Wei secretly decided Jiang Ping An had to die so he could reclaim tenth place.
• As the rankings stabilized, Jiang Ping An stayed on the Tenth Floor to block Ma Wei, while Ma Wei never challenged him.
• Meng Jing told Jiang Ping An that the Hundred Counties Tournament would select geniuses to compete for God Island, which was rumored to offer a chance at immortality.
• Xia Qing ended the selection, confirming Jiang Ping An in tenth place and Meng Jing in ninth; the third-ranked cultivator challenged Jiang Ping An to a later match, and Jiang Ping An accepted.

After Jiang Ping An and Meng Jing earned places among the top fifteen, Xia Qing arranged for Meng Jing to reunite with her mother, Lei Lan. Lei Lan warned Jiang Ping An to stay away from Meng Jing and tested his resolve before taking Meng Jing to see her father, Meng Kuo.

• Xia Qing praised the seventy-eight geniuses, announced that the top fifteen should gather again in three days, and summoned Jiang Ping An and Meng Jing.
• Xia Qing introduced the black-robed Lei Lan, and Meng Jing rushed to embrace her mother after ten years apart.
• Lei Lan warned Jiang Ping An that Meng Jing’s Thunder Clan would not accept him, then pressured him with her aura and gave him a healing pill.
• Jiang Ping An insisted that he would protect Meng Jing, and Lei Lan gave him a jade slip before leaving with her daughter.
• Lei Lan and Meng Jing appeared in Meng Kuo’s room, and he recognized them in astonishment.

Jiang Ping An received the Thunder Flash speed technique and valuable cultivation resources from Xia Qing before heading to Abundant Wealth to buy pills and other supplies. There, he encountered Ma Wei, who threatened him, and entered a private room to make his purchases discreetly.

• Jiang Ping An inspected the jade slip from Meng Jing's mother and learned Thunder Flash, a top-tier speed technique.
• Xia Qing teased Jiang Ping An for concealing that he had learned the Tyrant Body Art and gave him the second and third levels of Limitless Fist along with five hundred thousand spirit stones.
• Jiang Ping An reminded Xia Qing of their wager that she would grant him a secret technique if he placed in the tournament's top ten, then left to buy cultivation supplies.
• At Abundant Wealth, Ma Wei insulted Jiang Ping An and threatened him after Jiang Ping An ignored him and entered the shop.
• Jiang Ping An chose the shop's third spending tier and paid for private room service before the maid led him to a room.

Jiang Ping An exchanged pills for powerful talismans, flight boots, and a deadly poisonous insect to strengthen his defenses. He left with the goods and poisons to help him survive against stronger enemies.

• Jiang Ping An exchanged one hundred Foundation Establishment Pills for Blood Demon Pills and Essence Nourishing Pills, then asked about weapons capable of harming Golden Core Realm experts.
• He traded one hundred Realm Breaking Pills for an offensive talisman and a defensive talisman, then bought the Sky Stepping Boots with more Realm Breaking Pills.
• Jiang Ping An asked for poisons and assassination tools, and the old man offered him a Myriad Poison Seven Star Insect that could kill an early-stage Golden Core Realm Cultivator.
• Jiang Ping An bought the insect, a beast-control secret technique, and nearly a million spirit stones' worth of poisons and antidotes.
• The old man returned with the goods, and Jiang Ping An put on the Sky Stepping Boots, which immediately doubled his speed even before he activated them.

Jiang Ping An learned to control the Myriad Poison Seven Star Insect and survived an assassination attempt when Jin Lin killed the Golden Core assassin. After Ma Wei was identified as the likely culprit, the chapter ended with news that he had been poisoned to death.

• Jiang Ping An quickly learned the insect-control technique, claimed the merchant association discount card, and controlled the Myriad Poison Seven Star Insect.
• Jin Lin joined Jiang Ping An outside the shop and killed a Golden Core assassin who attacked him.
• Jiang Ping An sensed Ma Wei watching from a teahouse and sent the insect toward him before the Enforcement Team took Jiang Ping An and Jin Lin to the Prefect Residence.
• Xia Qing warned Jiang Ping An that the assassination might be linked to the Spirit Terrace Kingdom and offered him protection.
• An Enforcement Team member reported that Ma Wei, a Vast Mist Sect disciple, had been poisoned to death in the teahouse.

Jiang Ping An sparred with Jin Lin at the Back Mountain, first matching his brute strength and then using the Limitless Fist to redirect his attacks. Jin Lin unleashed the Myriad Gold Body and sent Jiang Ping An flying, leaving him shaken by the gap between their strength.

• Xia Qing learned that Ma Wei had been killed and went with the Enforcement Team to inspect the teahouse, while Jin Lin suspected Jiang Ping An was responsible.
• Jin Lin offered Jiang Ping An an alibi, and the two went to the Back Mountain to spar as Jiang Ping An secretly stored the Myriad Poison Seven Star Insect.
• The watching youths gathered as Jiang Ping An and Jin Lin exchanged powerful blows, with Jiang Ping An relying on brute strength at first.
• Jiang Ping An used the Limitless Fist to redirect Jin Lin's attacks and briefly put him at a disadvantage.
• Jin Lin released the Myriad Gold Body's metal energy and struck Jiang Ping An hard enough to send him flying more than ten meters.

Jiang Ping An learned that the Vast Mist Sect might target him over his suspected role in Ma Wei’s death, so he began studying Thunder Flash. The remaining tournament geniuses were assigned instructors, and Jiang Ping An’s instructor was revealed to be Wang Ren, the famed Former Prefect of Black Wind County.

• Jin Lin praised Jiang Ping An’s combat strength, and Jiang returned to his room to study Thunder Flash.
• Xia Qing warned Jiang that the Vast Mist Sect would arrive in five days and might kill him based on suspicion alone.
• Jiang tried building Thunder Flash’s lightning patterns, but the currents repeatedly shocked him and destroyed the paper he used to study them.
• Xia Qing assigned the thirteen remaining geniuses to powerful instructors, while she took Yun Huang to train.
• An old stableman offered to instruct Jiang, and Feng Yuchen mocked him before his instructor slapped him and identified him as Wang Ren, the former prefect who had repelled Spirit Terrace Kingdom’s invasion.

Wang Ren explained ancient cultivation techniques to Jiang Ping An and learned that Jiang Ping An wanted to become an Immortal to revive his parents and protect himself. The chapter ended with Wang Ren revealing that a law-infused injury left him only days to live, and Jiang Ping An resolved to remember the rare medicine that might help him.

• Wang Ren took Jiang Ping An aside and asked why he cultivated, then changed his view after Jiang Ping An explained his reasons for seeking immortality.
• Wang Ren offered to guide Jiang Ping An and explained how ancient Cultivators trained both body and spirit, including the risks and advantages of dual cultivation.
• Jiang Ping An suspected that the resource-intensive Earth Accumulation Art was also an ancient cultivation technique.
• Wang Ren coughed up blood and revealed that a Mystic Fire Law injury from fighting Spirit Terrace Kingdom's forces had left him only a few days to live.
• Wang Ren said Ice Crystal Grass was the only medicine that could treat his injury, and Jiang Ping An silently resolved to obtain it if he found it.

Jiang Ping An was badly injured when Zhou Feng of the Vast Mist Sect seized his tournament spot, but Xia Qing and Wang Ren stopped Zhou from killing him. Two months later, Meng Jing returned and offered to help Jiang Ping An reclaim the spot, while he resolved to handle Zhou Feng himself.

• Jiang Ping An learned that Zhou Feng had arrived from the Vast Mist Sect and challenged him over Ma Wei's death and his tournament spot.
• Zhou Feng defeated Jiang Ping An with two sword attacks, leaving him severely injured and taking his place in the tournament.
• Xia Qing demanded evidence before allowing Zhou Feng to kill Jiang Ping An, and Wang Ren invoked Great Xia's laws as he helped Jiang Ping An up.
• Jiang Ping An returned to cultivating and recovering, while Zhou Feng left with the tournament spot and a claim to his resources.
• Two months later, Meng Jing returned and offered to help Jiang Ping An take back his spot, but Jiang Ping An said he would resolve the matter himself.

Jiang Ping An received Meng Jing’s resources and Wang Ren’s legacy before leaving for Nether King City, where he planned to seek Ice Crystal Grass and a cure for the Mystic Fire Law. As the young geniuses prepared to depart, Zhou Feng challenged Jiang Ping An and proposed becoming Meng Jing’s Dao Companion, but she rejected him harshly.

• Meng Jing gave Jiang Ping An half the resources in her Storage Ring, and he fed her a Heavenly Profound Pill before she began refining it.
• Jiang Ping An thanked Wang Ren for his guidance, and Wang Ren gave him a Storage Bracelet containing cultivation techniques and Saint Body Blood while warning him about the Ninth Princess.
• Jiang Ping An accepted Wang Ren as his master and resolved to search Nether King City for Ice Crystal Grass or a cure for the Mystic Fire Law.
• The young geniuses gathered to board the Abundant Wealth Merchant Guild’s Flying Boat to Nether King City, and Jiang Ping An told Meng Jing to keep the pills secret.
• Zhou Feng introduced himself as a Vast Mist Sect genius, claimed he could defeat Jiang Ping An, and offered to become Meng Jing’s Dao Companion; Meng Jing called him trash.

Meng Jing defended Jiang Ping An from Zhou Feng as the geniuses boarded a month-long voyage to Nether King City. In his room, Jiang Ping An duplicated his Saint Body Blood, absorbed one drop, and gained a dramatic increase in strength along with the ability to see through objects.

• Meng Jing insulted Zhou Feng and left with Jiang Ping An, prompting Zhou Feng to swear he would find a chance to kill her.
• Xia Qing explained the month-long voyage, distributed room plaques, and summoned the top ten geniuses to a meeting.
• Jiang Ping An bowed farewell to Wang Ren as the Flying Boat departed, then went to his room and took out the Saint Body Blood.
• Jiang Ping An poured the blood into the Treasure Accumulation Basin, which multiplied one drop into eleven.
• Jiang Ping An absorbed one drop, opened ten acupoints, and suppressed his urge to break through into the Blood Core Realm.
• After cultivating for half a day, Jiang Ping An found his strength and speed had greatly increased and discovered that his right eye could see through barriers and walls.

Jiang Ping An reflected on his mysterious right eye, continued strengthening his body, and learned about the flying boat’s gambling-stone area after Meng Jing lost a hundred thousand spirit stones. Seeing a Black Stone that caught his attention, he asked its price, and the manager offered it for eight hundred thousand spirit stones.

• Jiang Ping An considered his right eye’s growing powers, then used Saint Body Blood to open ten more acupoints and set a goal of reaching one hundred before condensing a Blood Core.
• Meng Jing came to Jiang Ping An in tears after losing a hundred thousand spirit stones gambling on stones, and told him Zhou Feng had found an ancient weapon fragment worth over three million.
• Meng Jing led Jiang Ping An to the gambling-stone area, where he learned Mother Stones could not be inspected with Mental Power or Divine Sense.
• Jin Lin greeted Jiang Ping An, while Feng Yuchen mocked him for being badly wounded; Meng Jing rebuked Feng Yuchen and Jiang Ping An ignored him.
• Jiang Ping An noticed something among the rubble and asked about a half-man-sized Black Stone; after the manager claimed it might contain a valuable Black Flame Firestone, he quoted a price of eight hundred thousand spirit stones.

Jiang Ping An used Meng Jing’s spirit stones to buy a Black Stone and cut it open, revealing a powerful fire-element treasure. The discovery drew Yun Huang from her room as black flames erupted at the gambling counter.

• Jiang Ping An spotted three points of light in the Black Stone and bargained its price down to 670,000 spirit stones despite Meng Jing and Jin Lin’s warnings.
• Meng Jing lent Jiang Ping An the spirit stones, and Zhou Feng mocked him for spending a woman’s money before the stone was cut on the spot.
• Jiang Ping An’s first cut revealed only a pitch-black interior, prompting the onlookers and Zhou Feng to ridicule him.
• Jiang Ping An’s second cut struck something inside the stone, releasing intense heat and strange black flames that caught the attention of the cultivators.
• Yun Huang sensed the powerful fire-element energy, left her room, and searched for its source.

Jiang Ping An cut a valuable Black Flame Firestone and gave it to Xia Qing in exchange for the Ninth Princess’s protection. As he continued cutting the Mother Stone, another powerful burst of flame erupted, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Jiang Ping An cut an egg-sized Black Flame Firestone from the Mother Stone, and the manager sealed it before its heat could damage the Flying Boat.
• Yun Huang offered three and a half million spirit stones for the firestone but admitted she could not pay immediately, so Jiang Ping An considered the manager’s cash offer instead.
• Xia Qing offered three and a half million spirit stones and said she was buying the firestone for Yun Huang; Jiang Ping An declined payment and asked to repay her earlier kindness by giving it to her.
• Xia Qing accepted the gift and promised that no one would bully Jiang Ping An as long as he did not make mistakes, while Zhou Feng realized he could no longer target him.
• Jiang Ping An resumed cutting the Mother Stone despite the manager’s claim that another Black Flame Firestone was extremely unlikely, and a second surge of flame erupted.

Jiang Ping An cut a Fire Lotus Enlightenment Seed from the stone after finding two Black Flame Firestones, and Xia Qing and the gambling stone manager competed to buy it. He refused to sell the treasure and said he wanted to give it to Xia Qing, leaving her stunned.

• Jiang Ping An sold the second Black Flame Firestone to the manager for one million spirit stones while Meng Jing counted the payment.
• Jiang Ping An continued cutting the stone, and the manager promised him an expensive stone if he found a third Black Flame Firestone.
• A strange fragrance and fluctuation emerged from the stone, and Xia Qing split it open to reveal a Fire Lotus Enlightenment Seed.
• Xia Qing explained the seed's power to aid enlightenment, and she and the manager offered protection in exchange for buying it.
• Jiang Ping An refused to sell the seed and said he wanted to give it to Xia Qing, surprising her.

Jiang Ping An gave the Fire Lotus Enlightenment Seed to Xia Qing in gratitude for Great Xia’s protection, then left to copy it. Jealous Zhou Feng gambled five million spirit stones on an Ancient Battlefield ore, found nothing, and watched Meng Jing win a Water Spirit Stone.

• Jiang Ping An chose Xia Qing over the Abundant Wealth Merchant Guild, lent her the Fire Lotus Enlightenment Seed for an hour, and deepened his understanding of Limitless Fist and Thunder Flash.
• Jiang Ping An cut away the remaining stone, found nothing else, and left with the seed, intending to copy it rather than study it.
• Meng Jing demanded the Ancient Battlefield ore she believed the manager had promised her, but he refused; Zhou Feng then bought the five-million-spirit-stone ore himself.
• Zhou Feng cut the ore into pieces and found no treasure, losing his spirit stones and other possessions.
• Meng Jing laughed at Zhou Feng and cut open the stone the manager had given her, uncovering a Water Spirit Stone worth thirty thousand spirit stones.

Jiang Ping An cultivated with the Fire Lotus Enlightenment Seed while building a cautious alliance with Xia Qing, who sought to win his loyalty. After weeks of progress, he arrived at Nether King City and was met with a dismissive remark about his amazement at the city.

• Jiang Ping An duplicated the Fire Lotus Enlightenment Seed, used one to inscribe a Thunder Flash Rune, and gave Xia Qing a seed.
• Xia Qing drew Jiang Ping An close, named herself his sister, and gave him one million spirit stones and Body Cultivator insights to secure his loyalty.
• Jiang Ping An recognized Xia Qing’s calculated kindness but accepted their mutual usefulness and continued cultivating for the Great Xia Secret Technique.
• Over twenty days, Jiang Ping An inscribed ten Thunder Flash Runes and nearly mastered the second level of Limitless Fist.
• Meng Jing told Jiang Ping An she had condensed five Thunder Flash Imprints, then took him to see Nether King City.
• Jiang Ping An marveled at the city’s vast Flying Boats, floating buildings, and enormous flood dragon before someone from the Vast Mist Sect called him a bumpkin.

Xia Qing defended Jiang Ping An from Zhou Feng and brought Black Wind County's geniuses to the competition grounds, where Yun Huang swiftly defeated a challenger. Zhou Feng left vowing revenge, while Jiang Ping An gained a competition spot and drew attention as a supposedly weak opponent.

• Zhou Feng insulted Jiang Ping An, and Xia Qing slapped him, declared him her little brother, and warned him not to insult Jiang again.
• Xia Qing flew Jiang Ping An and the other geniuses to the competition grounds, while Zhou Feng left, determined to seek revenge against Xia Qing and Jiang Ping An.
• Xia Qing's group arrived at the plaza, where the white-haired old man welcomed them and other contestants reacted to Black Wind County's roster of powerful geniuses.
• Wan Chen challenged Yun Huang, who overwhelmed him with her Divine Phoenix power and continued on with the group.
• Meng Jing warned Jiang Ping An that others might mistake his quiet expression for weakness, while he claimed he was not strong.

Jiang Ping An learned about the Hundred Counties Tournament’s three rounds and began studying a wide-area technique to overcome the disadvantage Body Cultivators faced in the second round. The tournament then began in Nether King City, where Ming Chen appeared to open the Nether King Secret Realm.

• Meng Jing explained that the first two rounds would take place in the Nether King Secret Realm: the first tested contestants’ ability to resist temptation, and the second ranked them by how many demon beasts they killed.
• Jiang Ping An fed Little White and the Myriad Poison Seven Star Insect, then chose the Sandstorm Burial technique from Wang Ren’s cultivation books to prepare for the second round.
• After two days of cultivation and preparation, the Hundred Counties Tournament began with more than a thousand contestants gathered in the plaza.
• Contestants discussed Black Wind County’s powerful geniuses and criticized the Ninth Princess for driving away the Vast Mist Sect Sword Cultivator to make room for someone else.
• Ming Chen appeared before the contestants, used the power of laws to raise their saluting arms, and addressed them as the future pillars of Nether King Province.