Recaps

The Genius Competition began its first test, Knocking Dao Asking Heart, which challenged contestants to resist illusions of their deepest desires. Jiang Ping An entered the secret realm and, while studying his technique, was confronted by a vision of his long-lost family.

• Ming Chen announced that the competition’s top ten would receive an opportunity to seek the Nether King Inheritance and explained the rules of the one-hour test.
• Jiang Ping An entered the secret realm and studied “Sandstorm Burial” in a chaotic white space.
• Meng Jing encountered an illusion of Woodhead and their quiet life together, while Jin Lin imagined becoming patriarch of his family.
• Jiang Ping An saw his mother, father, and Tiger Girl in their village, ate a familiar rabbit dish, and wept.

Jiang Ping An lingered in an illusion of his parents before choosing to leave and continue his path, emerging from the Nether King Secret Realm at the exact moment the trial ended. His arrival saved him from elimination as Ming Chen announced that everyone still trapped inside had failed the First Trial.

• A white-clad cultivator from Qinghai County emerged first, followed by Yun Huang, who said she burned her illusion away with a spell, and Zhou Feng.
• More than half an hour into the trial, Meng Jing escaped by recognizing that the youth in her illusion was not Woodhead, then asked Xia Qing whether Jiang Ping An had emerged.
• Feng Yuchen suggested Jiang Ping An was trapped by an illusion of fulfilled desires, while Meng Jing and Xia Qing worried that he would not escape in time.
• Jiang Ping An prepared a meal for his parents, told them he would keep pursuing immortality and avenge Flat Water County, then said farewell and left the illusion.
• Jiang Ping An emerged as the hourglass ran out, and Ming Chen announced the end of the First Trial, eliminating everyone who had not come out.

After Jiang Ping An passed the First Trial, Ming Chen began the Second Trial, a one-hour contest to kill demonic beasts that would leave only fifty geniuses. Jiang Ping An entered the rune-made secret realm, where his right eye revealed its structure, and faced a giant black wolf.

• Ming Chen eliminated the geniuses who had failed to exit the First Trial in time and explained that the test measured their resolve.
• Ming Chen announced that the Second Trial would rank the remaining geniuses by the number of demonic beasts they killed, and he distributed jade slips to track their scores.
• Zhou Feng identified Yun Huang and the person following the Ruthless Path as his main rivals, while Xia Qing encouraged Jiang Ping An and Jin Lin to prioritize their safety.
• The geniuses entered the secret realm, where Jiang Ping An saw that the landscape and space were formed from runes.
• A giant black wolf attacked Jiang Ping An, who dodged its pounce and struck its stomach, sending it flying without killing it.

Jiang Ping An fought off waves of conjured black wolves while deliberately keeping his ranking near fiftieth place. Outside the secret realm, Xia Qing noticed his repeated rises and falls on the leaderboard and suspected he was hiding his true strength.

• Jiang Ping An killed successive black wolves and used Sandstorm Burial to trap larger groups while other participants were eliminated.
• The leaderboard showed Fang Xing in first place with hundreds of kills, and Xia Qing identified him as a powerful Soul Cultivator from Black Wind County.
• More than half the competitors were eliminated, leaving fewer than one hundred as Jiang Ping An cultivated behind a shifting barrier of quicksand.
• Jiang Ping An decided to withdraw once he reached fiftieth place, keeping his strength concealed.
• Xia Qing noticed Jiang Ping An repeatedly rising and falling around fiftieth place, and Zhang Lingmin realized he might be deliberately controlling his ranking.

Jiang Ping An’s deliberate score control placed him fiftieth, forcing him to face a top-ten genius in the next round. After the second-round rankings and draws were finalized, Zhou Feng became Jiang Ping An’s first opponent and eagerly anticipated defeating him.

• Jiang Ping An stopped at fiftieth place and left the secret realm, unaware that the bottom ten would face the top ten; Xia Qing scolded him after learning Meng Jing had not explained the rule.
• Wan ChunGuo delivered the Fourth Prince’s warning to Xia Qing, who vowed to kill her fourth brother.
• Meng Jing finished in the top ten, and Xia Qing explained the forgotten rule to her; Meng Jing apologized to Jiang Ping An for his difficult draw.
• Fang Xing took first place, Yun Huang second, and Zhou Feng third as the second round ended.
• Ming Chen announced the third round and conducted the draw, which paired Jiang Ping An with Zhou Feng in the first match.
• Zhou Feng celebrated the pairing and planned to kill Jiang Ping An with a single sword strike.

Jiang Ping An went to Nether King City with Meng Jing and Jin Lin to place a bet on his upcoming fight with Zhou Feng, then visited the Abundant Wealth Merchant Guild to sell Saint Body Blood and ask about Ice Crystal Grass. He learned that Hua QingYu, the guild’s powerful intelligence chief, knew his identity and was aware he had killed Ma Wei, but she assured him that the guild kept its clients’ transactions private.

• Meng Jing apologized repeatedly for Jiang Ping An drawing Zhou Feng as his opponent, and Jin Lin offered to bet on the fight; Jiang Ping An decided to place a bet on himself.
• Jiang Ping An, Meng Jing, and Jin Lin traveled to Nether King City and entered the Abundant Wealth Merchant Guild, where Jiang Ping An asked for a private room to sell an expensive item.
• Jiang Ping An revealed a drop of Saint Body Blood, and Meng Jing urged him to keep it because it could strengthen him as a Body Cultivator.
• Hua QingYu arrived, recognized the Saint Body Blood as an item she had sold to Wang Ren, and offered Jiang Ping An fifty million spirit stones for it.
• Hua QingYu explained that the Wealth Source Commerce Association tracked information about Jiang Ping An and knew he had killed Ma Wei, but said the guild did not sell information about its own transactions.

Jiang Ping An sold a drop of Saint Body Blood, bet his fifty million spirit stones on his own match, and searched for Ice Crystal Grass to save his master. He followed a lead to the Ten Thousand Mountains Mine gambling stone district and began choosing Mother Stones.

• Jiang Ping An accepted Hua QingYu’s offer of fifty million for a drop of Saint Body Blood and bet all the money on himself to win tomorrow’s match.
• Hua QingYu told Jiang Ping An that Ice Crystal Grass was nearly extinct but that a seed had last been found in a gambling stone, and she directed him to the Ten Thousand Mountains Mining Area.
• Hua QingYu revealed that she had come to see Meng Jing and predicted that Meng Jing would suffer the deaths of the person she loved and her father.
• Jiang Ping An asked Hua QingYu to inform him if she heard news of Ice Crystal Grass, then left with Meng Jing for the gambling stone district.
• Jiang Ping An used his ability to spot glowing Mother Stones and pointed out ten for the attendants to bring over, while Meng Jing worried about the money he was spending.

Jiang Ping An and Meng Jing gambled on Mother Stones, selling several valuable finds and earning money despite occasional losses. Jiang Ping An kept searching for the Ice Crystal Grass seed, while the shop clerks concluded he must be a Heavenly Fate Master.

• Meng Jing paid seven hundred and thirty thousand spirit stones for ten Mother Stones and anxiously urged Jiang Ping An to find treasures.
• Jiang Ping An cut Mystic Sandalwood from the first stone and sold it for four hundred and thirty thousand spirit stones.
• Jiang Ping An uncovered a terrifying ancient beast’s remains in the third stone, and Meng Jing bargained the sale price up to one million one hundred thousand spirit stones.
• Jiang Ping An found a crystal stone among the first ten stones, then continued gambling and earned money from further Mother Stones while failing to find the Ice Crystal Grass seed.
• The shop clerks watched Jiang Ping An’s unusually frequent finds and decided he was a Heavenly Fate Master practicing his deductions.

Jiang Ping An faced Zhou Feng in the first martial contest of the Genius Competition, where he used the Limitless Fist to turn Zhou Feng’s Sword Intent back against him. He left Zhou Feng shocked after even a full-strength strike failed to break through his defense.

• Jiang Ping An’s friends waited for him before the match, and Meng Jing revealed that he had spent the previous day gambling on stones.
• Jiang Ping An and Zhou Feng entered the arena, where Zhou Feng vowed to defeat him with one sword.
• Zhou Feng revealed that he had comprehended Sword Intent and launched an attack at Jiang Ping An.
• Jiang Ping An used the Limitless Fist to redirect Zhou Feng’s Sword Intent back at him, stunning the spectators.
• Zhou Feng unleashed a stronger full-powered strike, but Jiang Ping An redirected it again, leaving Zhou Feng exclaiming that it was impossible.

Jiang Ping An fought Zhou Feng in the arena, using the Limitless Fist and Thunder Flash to withstand and counter his attacks. As Zhou Feng lost his composure and launched a berserk assault, Jiang Ping An called out that he had used a prohibited weapon, leaving Zhou Feng frozen.

• Zhou Feng used the Divine Void Step and the Thousand Willow Sword Art to attack Jiang Ping An, but Jiang used the Limitless Fist to defend and Thunder Flash to wound Zhou Feng.
• The spectators and Xia Qing’s group were shocked by Jiang Ping An’s strength, while those who had bet on Zhou Feng feared losing their money.
• Jiang Ping An repeatedly mocked Zhou Feng, who abandoned restraint and launched a furious barrage of attacks.
• Zhou Feng summoned a top-grade treasured sword from his Storage Bag, and Jiang Ping An shouted to the referee that Zhou had used a prohibited weapon.

Jiang Ping An won his match against Zhou Feng, revealed his overwhelming strength when Zhou Feng attacked him afterward, and then collapsed after eating a poisoned Golden Dragon Fish. As Jiang Ping An neared death, the Myriad Poison Seven Star Insect entered his heart and sacrificed its body in an attempt to save him.

• The Referee disqualified Zhou Feng for using a forbidden treasured sword and declared Jiang Ping An the winner.
• Zhou Feng launched his sword at Jiang Ping An, but Jiang Ping An struck him down with a single punch and took the sword.
• Spectators and other competitors realized Jiang Ping An had hidden his strength, while Meng Jing celebrated her winnings.
• A male attendant brought Jiang Ping An a Golden Dragon Fish, and Jiang Ping An collapsed after eating it because it was poisoned.
• Jiang Ping An swallowed his antidotes, but they failed against the law-powered poison; the Myriad Poison Seven Star Insect entered his heart and sacrificed its body to try to save him.

Jiang Ping An survived a poisoning attempt by Wan ChunGuo, prompting Xia Qing to challenge the governor of Flame Sun County. After the fight was moved into the Nether King Secret Realm, the competition continued, and Jiang Ping An recovered backstage.

• Meng Jing learned that Jiang Ping An had collapsed backstage, then rushed to him and found him pale and bloodied.
• Xia Qing identified Hundred Fragrance Blood Poison on the Golden Dragon Fish, gave Jiang Ping An an antidote, and received information implicating Wan ChunGuo from Hua QingYu.
• Xia Qing confronted Wan ChunGuo, who admitted he had poisoned Jiang Ping An and was shocked that the poison had failed to kill him.
• Ming Chen transported Xia Qing and Wan ChunGuo into the Nether King Secret Realm to fight, while the competition resumed and Yun Huang defeated Mary.
• Jiang Ping An recovered with Meng Jing beside him and realized the Myriad Poison Seven Star Insect had saved his life at the cost of nearly dying.

After Xia Qing returned from the secret realm with Wan ChunGuo's severed head, she threatened him on Jiang Ping An's behalf and accepted compensation from the Wealth Source Commerce Association. Jiang Ping An chose the first three levels of the Battle God Art, and Hua QingYu gave him a jade slip containing it.

• Jiang Ping An refused a physician's examination to keep his hidden reserves secret, and Hua QingYu offered him one hundred million Spirit Stones as compensation.
• Xia Qing emerged from the secret realm carrying Wan ChunGuo's head after killing the Spirit Transformation cultivator, then demanded that he apologize to Jiang Ping An.
• Jiang Ping An ordered Xia Qing to seal Wan ChunGuo in a latrine pit, making him panic and apologize before Xia Qing sealed his mouth.
• Xia Qing rejected the Commerce Association's money and demanded the second and third levels of the Tyrant Body Art, but Hua QingYu offered three alternative techniques.
• Jiang Ping An chose the Battle God Art, and Hua QingYu sent him a jade slip containing its first three levels.

Jiang Ping An searched the stone-gambling hall for an Ice Crystal Grass Seed to save Wang Ren, while Xia Qing and Hua QingYu discovered his remarkable success and suspected he was a Heavenly Fate Master. Hua QingYu offered him an Ice Crystal Grass leaf in exchange for a Demon Dragon Bone.

• Jiang Ping An chose the Battle God Art, then left to gamble on stones despite Meng Jing urging him to rest so he could find an Ice Crystal Grass Seed for Wang Ren.
• Jiang Ping An raised his stone-cutting success rate and found several treasures, drawing a crowd and earning millions of Spirit Stones.
• Xia Qing and Hua QingYu saw Jiang Ping An's success at the stone-gambling hall, and Xia Qing realized he might be a Heavenly Fate Master.
• Jiang Ping An cut open a stone containing an Ice Fish Skeleton rather than the Ice Crystal Grass Seed he needed.
• Hua QingYu told Jiang Ping An she could give him an Ice Crystal Grass leaf that would extend Wang Ren's life by decades, but demanded a Demon Dragon Bone in return.

Jiang Ping An traded with Hua QingYu to obtain an Ice Crystal Grass leaf for his injured master, Wang Ren, and secretly duplicated it before sending the original to Black Wind City. After receiving the leaf and learning of Jiang Ping An’s recent struggles, Wang Ren resolved to back and protect him, while Jiang Ping An returned to preparing for the competition and the Nether King Inheritance.

• Hua QingYu offered Jiang Ping An an Ice Crystal Grass leaf in exchange for finding Demon Dragon Bone on God Island or searching for mineral veins for five years, and he accepted.
• Jiang Ping An duplicated the Ice Crystal Grass leaf with the Treasure Accumulation Basin, then asked Xia Qing to deliver a leaf to Wang Ren through the Teleportation Array.
• Xia Qing brought Wang Ren the Ice Crystal Grass leaf and a jade slip describing Jiang Ping An’s recent experiences.
• Wang Ren learned that Jiang Ping An had defeated Zhou Feng and nearly died from Hundred Fragrance Blood Poison, then vowed to back and protect his disciple.
• Xia Qing urged Jiang Ping An to place in the competition’s top ten and pursue the Nether King Inheritance.

Jiang Ping An focused on strengthening his cultivation before God Island while gossip about his relationship with Xia Qing spread. After the princess secured him a bye in the second round, he discovered that the Myriad Poison Seven Star Insect had given him the ability to neutralize poison and tested it on the deadly Hundred Fragrance Blood Poison.

• Jiang Ping An chose to prioritize the Battle God Divine Art, Thunder Flash, and Sandstorm Burial as he prepared for God Island.
• Stories claiming Jiang Ping An was Xia Qing’s lover spread after she killed a Spirit Transformation cultivator for him.
• Xia Qing used Jiang Ping An’s supposed illness to give him a bye in the second round of the selection, angering the other contestants.
• Jiang Ping An tested several poisons and realized his body could neutralize them, apparently because of the Myriad Poison Seven Star Insect.
• Jiang Ping An ate a piece of Golden Dragon Fish laced with Hundred Fragrance Blood Poison to test whether his new resistance could withstand it.

Jiang Ping An discovered that the Myriad Poison Seven Star Insect’s poison had made his spiritual energy toxic, then learned about powerful competitors and the acupoint gap separating him from the greatest Body Cultivators. He resolved to open all 360 major acupoints as he prepared to join Yun Huang and the others on the perilous journey to God Island.

• Jiang Ping An survived poisoned Golden Dragon Fish and found that his body had developed Anti-Toxicity.
• Jiang Ping An let the Myriad Poison Seven Star Insect poison him and discovered that his spiritual energy could wither flowers into ash.
• Meng Jing and Yun Huang told Jiang Ping An that Ye Wuqing had defeated Feng Yuchen in three sword strikes and warned that the journey to God Island would bring a brutal battle against Spirit Terrace Kingdom.
• Jiang Ping An agreed to cooperate with Yun Huang and the others on the journey to God Island, where he also hoped to find Demon Dragon Bone.
• Jiang Ping An told Yun Huang he had opened ninety-nine acupoints and resolved to open all 360 after hearing that Great Xia’s strongest genius had opened 150.

Jiang Ping An repeatedly destroyed the Blood Cores forming in his dantian so he could keep opening acupoints without breaking through. He began his first match of the top-ten round against Wang Lan, and Xia Qing learned that Jiang Ping An was exceptionally skilled at battles of attrition.

• Jiang Ping An opened his hundredth acupoint, then repeatedly shattered the Blood Cores that formed as he attacked more acupoints, healing between attempts.
• The second round ended with thirteen contestants remaining, who would each fight twelve matches to determine the rankings and the ten who advanced.
• Xia Qing celebrated that five of the remaining contestants were hers and told them to help Jiang Ping An if he struggled to earn wins.
• Jiang Ping An entered the arena to fight Wang Lan, whose Flowing Water Fist matched his Limitless Fist in a slow, defensive battle.
• After the match continued for half an hour, Jin Lin told Xia Qing that Jiang Ping An had worn down every opponent in his earlier ranking challenges, leaving her wondering which fighter would outlast the other.

Jiang Ping An defeated Wang Lan in an exhausting contest of endurance and spiritual energy, while learning about God Void Daoist’s lost Hidden Universe Art. The battle ended with Jiang Ping An winning the first match and suspecting that the Earth Accumulation Art might be the same cultivation art under another name.

• Wang Lan tried to wear down Jiang Ping An with the Flowing Water Fist, but Jiang Ping An stayed calm through hours of fighting.
• Wang Lan described God Void Daoist’s Hidden Universe Art and revealed that his imitation and special physique gave him far greater energy reserves than an ordinary Cultivator.
• Jiang Ping An connected the Hidden Universe Art to the Earth Accumulation Art and planned to ask Uncle Meng where he had obtained it.
• After Jiang Ping An mocked Wang Lan’s strength, Wang Lan lost his patience and launched a furious, energy-consuming assault.
• Wang Lan exhausted his spiritual energy and Jiang Ping An knocked him into a wall, winning the first match.
• Wang Lan admitted that he had lost because of his mentality, and the Referee announced Jiang Ping An as the winner.

Jiang Ping An spent his spirit stones on defensive treasures after realizing his mental defenses were weak, while Ye Wuqing defeated every major prodigy in the Genius Competition. The contest ended with Jiang Ping An and Ye Wuqing set to fight for first place.

• Jiang Ping An recognized that Soul Cultivators could exploit his weak mental defenses and spent all five hundred million spirit stones on talismans, pills, and magic treasures.
• Ye Wuqing defeated Yun Huang, who warned the others that his swordsmanship was wholly focused on killing.
• Ye Wuqing went on to defeat Fang Xing, Jin Lin, and Meng Jing as the ranking battles continued.
• Jiang Ping An remained undefeated because several prodigies conceded rather than endure his Limitless Fist, making him a favorite alongside Ye Wuqing.
• On the seventeenth day, Jiang Ping An and Ye Wuqing were paired in the final battle, while Xia Qing doubted Jiang Ping An could defeat him.

Jiang Ping An revealed his immense strength and unleashed the Battle God Divine Art in the final Genius Competition match against Ye Wuqing. The two fought fiercely, and the outcome remained undecided.

• Xia Qing and Hua QingYu teased each other about Jiang Ping An before the final match began.
• Jiang Ping An caught and shattered Ye Wuqing's Foundation Establishment Late Stage treasure sword with his bare hand.
• Jiang Ping An revealed that he had learned the Battle God Divine Art and lost control as its fighting spirit took hold.
• Jiang Ping An smashed Ye Wuqing's crimson Sword Intent with a punch and fought him in a rapid exchange of hundreds of blows.
• Ming Chen realized he had underestimated Jiang Ping An, while Hua QingYu refused Xia Qing's proposed bet after seeing Jiang Ping An's strength.
• Wang Lan, Jin Lin, and the other geniuses recognized Jiang Ping An as a powerful opponent.

Jiang Ping An defeated Ye Wuqing to win first place in the Nether King Province Genius Competition, leaving the spectators furious over his surprise attack. He reflected on how quickly he had risen from struggling to enter Black Wind County’s ranks to becoming the province’s champion.

• Jiang Ping An fought Ye Wuqing with the Battle God Art, taking a sword wound to his shoulder while sending Ye Wuqing flying with a punch.
• Ye Wuqing gathered a strike that stirred the laws of the world, and Zhou Feng recognized it as the Heartless Sword, possibly inherited from the Heartless Ancestor.
• Jiang Ping An used Thunder Flash to rush behind Ye Wuqing and punch him before he could release his strike, causing Ye Wuqing’s power to recoil and injure him.
• Ye Wuqing swallowed a Healing Pill and left the arena, conceding the match, and Ming Chen declared Jiang Ping An the competition’s first-place winner.
• The spectators who had lost money cursed Jiang Ping An and protested his surprise attack as he reflected on the resources and training that had strengthened him.

After the Hundred Counties Tournament, the ten remaining geniuses entered the Ming Chen Secret Realm to pursue the Nether King Inheritance, unaware that Ming Chen had sent them there mainly to train. Jiang Ping An challenged the Nether King Projection and was swiftly overwhelmed by its spatial sword techniques, but the secret realm began healing his wounds.

• Ming Chen rewarded the ten advancing geniuses and sent them through a Spatial Vortex, while telling the county governors that they had no chance of defeating the Nether King Projection.
• The ten geniuses saw the Nether King's statue and heard that whoever defeated his projection within three months would obtain his inheritance.
• Meng Jing declined to challenge the projection because she expected to inherit an immortal's legacy, while Jiang Ping An entered to gain experience despite doubting his chances.
• The Nether King Projection attacked Jiang Ping An with spatial sword techniques, piercing him from unexpected directions and redirecting his own punch against him.
• The projection called Jiang Ping An too weak, then a strange energy began healing his wounds.

Jiang Ping An cultivated and fought in the secret realm for three months, opening all 360 major acupoints and awakening a gravity talent. He left with improved combat skills as the other geniuses also emerged without obtaining the Nether King Inheritance.

• After his defeat, Jiang Ping An asked the Nether King Projection for permission to cultivate and repeatedly broke through acupoints, relying on the secret realm to heal his severe injuries.
• Meng Jing often visited Jiang Ping An while he cultivated, and the other nine geniuses improved by battling the Nether King Projection.
• Jiang Ping An opened all 360 major acupoints, gained the ability to control gravity around himself, and learned from the projection that his talent would grow stronger.
• Jiang Ping An spent nearly a month fighting the projection, improving his gravity control to ten times normal gravity across a ten-meter range.
• Meng Jing called Jiang Ping An out of the secret realm, where Jin Lin and Fang Xing remarked that defeating the projection required comprehending laws.
• Ye Wuqing believed he would defeat Jiang Ping An if they fought again, while none of the geniuses had obtained the Nether King Inheritance.

After a day of rest, Jiang Ping An and the other nine geniuses traveled with Ming Chen to God Island, where they would face Spirit Terrace Kingdom’s prodigies in a deadly battle. They arrived at sea and encountered an irritable voice from a Flying Boat.

• Ming Chen warned the ten geniuses that the battle on God Island could be their last chance to contact their families, and Meng Jing spent the day shopping with Jiang Ping An.
• Meng Jing introduced Jiang Ping An to Wang Lan and Zhang Ruoruo, then asked him to be her pastry shop assistant; he agreed and carried her back to the City Lord's Mansion.
• Xia Qing gave Meng Jing intelligence about Spirit Terrace Kingdom's ten geniuses, including three especially powerful opponents, and left before Jiang Ping An could ask about the Great Xia Secret Art.
• Ming Chen offered the ten geniuses a chance to withdraw before activating the Teleportation Array; none chose to leave.
• Ming Chen transported the group to Sunset Glow County, opened a spatial rift to God Island, and led them across the ocean to the Flying Boat.
• A voice from the Flying Boat cursed Ming Chen for arriving three days late.