Recaps

Jiang Ping An’s right eye lost its lingering obsession after he saw the memory behind the bloodstained cloth, and he refused Sun Pan’s increasingly desperate attempts to sell it. He sparred with Yun Huang until evening, then went with her and Xia Qing to the Royal Palace banquet, where Xia Qing worried that his lack of a Golden Core would hurt her chances.

• Jiang Ping An’s right eye showed him the beautiful woman remembered by the cloth, and its estrangement from him vanished as its lingering obsession disappeared.
• Jiang Ping An refused to buy the cloth, and Yun Huang used her Princess Residence token to drive off Sun Pan when he threatened him.
• Li He planned to complain to the Ninth Princess after Jiang Ping An and Yun Huang declined his dinner invitation.
• Jiang Ping An and Yun Huang sparred at the Princess’s training grounds from morning until sunset, and Yun Huang found that she could not break through his Limitless Fist.
• Xia Qing summoned them to the Royal Palace banquet and worried that Jiang Ping An’s failure to reach Golden Core would drag her down, while Yun Huang defended his strength.

At the Winter Solstice Festival, Xia Yuanhao announced that the young cultivators competing to become Xia Qing’s prince consort could also win a year in the Royal Secret Realm. As the first challengers entered the arena, Jiang Ping An learned about the secret realm and the Judge’s Brush.

• Xia Qing arrived with Jiang Ping An and Yun Huang, and her brothers discussed her marriage and taunted her over the Sixth Prince’s death.
• Chen Xuan greeted Xia Qing, who praised him and told Jiang Ping An to study his fighting ability.
• Xia Yuanhao arrived and announced that the competition’s victor could cultivate in the Royal Secret Realm for a year.
• Yun Huang explained that the realm’s Star Gazing Platform let Golden Core cultivators comprehend Laws, making Jiang Ping An eager to compete.
• Li Lingxing and Jin Luo entered the arena to fight, and Xia Yuanhao used the Judge’s Brush to form a spatial barrier around them.
• Yun Huang told Jiang Ping An that the Judge’s Brush controlled karma and drew runes rather than relying on Xia Yuanhao’s Space Power.

Yun Huang explained the Judge's Brush's rune-drawing and karma-killing abilities to Jiang Ping An, while Li Lingxing and Chen Xuan fought for a place in the Royal Secret Realm. Chen Xuan defeated Li Lingxing and stood ready to face another challenger.

• Yun Huang told Jiang Ping An that the Judge's Brush could draw runes from a thought and kill a named person on a specified date, but using it to kill demanded the user's life and was harder against stronger cultivators.
• Li Lingxing defeated Jin Luo in the spatial barrier, prompting other geniuses to praise his strength and hesitate to challenge him.
• Chen Xuan challenged Li Lingxing, and Yun Huang explained that he had awakened Earth Force, letting him replenish spiritual energy from the ground.
• Chen Xuan defended against Li Lingxing's blade attacks with earthen walls and spikes, then struck him with a massive earthen hand.
• Li Lingxing conceded, and Chen Xuan asked the gathered geniuses who would challenge him next.

Chen Xuan defeated several challengers before Xia Tianlu sent Big Stone, a barbarian armed with a Thunder Needle, into the tournament. Big Stone defeated Chen Xuan with overwhelming strength and a lightning surprise attack, while Xia Tianlu laughed at Xia Qing’s fury.

• Chen Xuan used his earth techniques and abundant spiritual energy to defeat three challengers, leaving the other youths convinced they could not beat him.
• Big Stone appeared as Xia Tianlu’s chosen contestant, and the crowd recognized his Barbarian Race bloodline.
• Big Stone charged through Chen Xuan’s earth defenses, then used the Thunder Needle to unleash lightning across the barrier.
• While Chen Xuan was stunned by the lightning, Big Stone punched him out of the barrier and left him badly injured.
• Xia Qing gave Chen Xuan a Healing Pill and accused Xia Tianlu of arranging an unfair attack, but Xia Tianlu denied wrongdoing and mocked her.

Jiang Ping An challenged Big Stone to secure entry to the Royal Secret Realm and swiftly defeated him with his poisonous spiritual energy. After revealing that poison was his talent, Jiang Ping An faced a new challenge from Sun Pan.

• Jiang Ping An volunteered to fight Big Stone, saying he wanted to enter the Royal Secret Realm, while Xia Qing warned him to watch out for the Thunder Needle.
• Jiang Ping An entered the barrier, and Big Stone suddenly collapsed; Jiang Ping An threw him out and called for the next challenger.
• An old man identified poison as the cause, and Xia Tianlu and Sun Pan accused Jiang Ping An of using a dirty trick.
• Jiang Ping An revealed that his spiritual energy was poisonous and said toxins had formed within him after someone poisoned him.
• Sun Pan concluded that poison had helped Jiang Ping An kill the Sun God Body and challenged him to a fight.

Jiang Ping An defeated Sun Pan in the marriage tournament with four kicks, and Emperor Xia Yuanhao declared him the imperial son-in-law. The tournament ended with Jiang Ping An accepting the title and a generous gift while privately planning to focus on entering the secret realm and delaying the wedding.

• Sun Pan attacked Jiang Ping An with his Dragon Spear, but Jiang Ping An vanished, shattered his defenses with a kick, and knocked him out of the arena with three more kicks.
• Sun Pan accused Jiang Ping An of hiding his true cultivation, while Chen Xuan and Xia Qing reacted with surprise at Jiang Ping An’s strength.
• Emperor Xia Yuanhao declared Jiang Ping An the imperial son-in-law, and Xia Qing privately told him not to refuse the marriage immediately.
• Jiang Ping An sat beside Xia Qing at the banquet, asked when he could enter the secret realm, and learned it would open in three months.
• Xia Yuanhao asked Jiang Ping An about the wedding, and Jiang Ping An said he would discuss it after reaching the Nascent Soul Realm; Xia Yuanhao gave him a Storage Ring containing a thousand low-grade crystals.

After the New Year banquet, Xia Qing protected Jiang Ping An from Li He's attempt to humble him, prompting Li He to arrange for Jiang Ping An to be targeted in the Royal Secret Realm. Jiang Ping An then visited the Abundant Wealth Merchant Guild to ask whether Hua QingYu's Saint Body Bone had arrived.

• The First Prince and the other princes gave Jiang Ping An lavish gifts, and Emperor Xia Yuanhao led the guests in a toast to Great Xia at sunrise.
• Li He tried to make Xia Qing reprimand Jiang Ping An for refusing his invitation, but Xia Qing shielded him and declined Li He's attempt to meet Yun Huang.
• Li He ordered his attendant to have Li Lingxing contact the Li Clan in the Royal Secret Realm and arrange for Jiang Ping An to be driven out.
• Xia Qing warned Jiang Ping An not to accept cultivation-time wagers in the secret realm, and he thanked her before she left to seek money for her supporters.
• Jiang Ping An went to the Abundant Wealth Merchant Guild to ask about the Saint Body Bone, and the staff escorted him to a luxurious private room while summoning the chief steward.

Jiang Ping An received a Saint Body spinal bone in exchange for the Demon Dragon Bone and learned that fusing with it could greatly strengthen him, though the process was dangerous. He also discovered that he had more than six billion Spirit Stones and ordered two Strength Laws while asking Steward Wang QingHai to search the Eastern Region for Gravity and Battle Intent Laws.

• Jiang Ping An sent away the maids and waited for Wang QingHai, who delivered the Storage Ring containing the Saint Body spinal bone arranged by Hua QingYu.
• Wang QingHai warned Jiang Ping An that Sacred Bone fusion was dangerous and rarely produced a full Saint Body, while explaining that Hua QingYu had also deposited the remaining Spirit Stones and issued him a five-star Gold Card.
• Jiang Ping An saw that the card held more than six billion Spirit Stones and asked to buy the Gravity Law, Strength Law, and Battle Intent Law.
• Wang QingHai said the branch had two Strength Laws but lacked the other two, and offered to search the Eastern Region for them.
• Jiang Ping An ordered Wang QingHai to purchase the two Strength Laws and search the Eastern Region for the Gravity and Battle Intent Laws, dismissing the warning that his cultivation was too low to use them.

Jiang Ping An arranged to auction the severed arm of the Chu Kingdom Crown Prince, then returned to the Princess's bedchamber and began fusing a Saint Body Spinal Bone into his clone. As he endured the painful process in seclusion, news spread that the Great Emperor Relic had been discovered and powerful factions were fighting over its treasures.

• Jiang Ping An asked Wang QingHai to auction the Sun God Body's severed arm, and Wang QingGuo accepted it and exchanged ten billion spirit stones' worth into crystals.
• Wang QingGuo received news that a Great Emperor Relic had appeared in Spirit Sea Kingdom and that powerful figures from across the Cultivation World were rushing there.
• Jiang Ping An returned to the Princess's bedchamber, prepared life-saving pills, and began implanting the Saint Body Spinal Bone into his clone.
• Jiang Ping An and his clone endured the agonizing rejection of the bone for thirty days as news of the relic spread and Chu Kingdom and Great Xia suspended their war.
• Powerhouses from the Thunder Clan and Sun God Sect fought over a supreme treasure, while the former Holy Land Master of Heavenly Marsh Holy Land seized a Great Emperor's cup that had become a Quasi-Immortal Artifact.

After months of fusing with the Sacred Bone, Jiang Ping An gained the ability to see the laws of heaven and earth through his right eye. He prepared to visit the Wealth Source Commerce Association before joining Yun Huang and the others for the Royal Secret Realm.

• Xia Qing and Yun Huang discussed the Great Emperor Relic, and Xia Qing revealed that Jiang Ping An had sold Chu Yang's severed arm for five million spirit stones.
• Chu Yang raged over the auction and broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm.
• After three months in seclusion, Jiang Ping An emerged still at Foundation Establishment but with a changed spirit and a right eye that could see laws and look inside Storage Rings.
• Jiang Ping An gave Yun Huang blood from a Sun God Body to help her comprehend Fire Law, telling her she could pay him back later.
• Yun Huang told Jiang Ping An that the group planned to enter the Royal Secret Realm, and he said he would go to the Wealth Source Commerce Association first.

Jiang Ping An bought Gravity Laws before the Royal Secret Realm entry, then discovered Xia Qing was in financial trouble and gave her a Demon Dragon Bone. Xia Qing was overjoyed and kissed him, while Li He left plotting to have Jiang Ping An and Yun Huang driven out of the secret realm.

• Jiang Ping An bought three Gravity Laws from the Abundant Wealth Merchant Guild but could not find a Battle Intent Law.
• Li He confronted Xia Qing, offered her resources in exchange for Yun Huang and her support against Jiang Ping An, and left with three Guest Elders who had defected from Xia Qing.
• Xia Qing gave Jiang Ping An and Yun Huang one hundred thousand spirit stones each, but Jiang Ping An noticed she had borrowed one billion spirit stones and offered her a Demon Dragon Bone.
• Xia Qing recognized the valuable Demon Dragon Bone, laughed with delight, and kissed Jiang Ping An as she planned to trade it for resources.
• Li He ordered a guard to ensure Jiang Ping An and Yun Huang were driven out of the Royal Secret Realm, saying Li Lingxing had already alerted the clansmen inside.

Jiang Ping An and Yun Huang entered Great Xia’s Royal Secret Realm, where Xia Qing explained its cultivation grounds and warned them not to accept challenges. They were immediately surrounded by eager cultivators seeking to spar.

• A Spirit Transformation Realm ancestor inspected Jiang Ping An’s Spirit Beast Storage Bag, recognized his Dao Body secret art, and gave him a Barbarian Totem Stone after learning he had formed a second body.
• Another ancestor gave Jiang Ping An a jade talisman allotting him 360 days in the realm and gave Yun Huang resources and 1,000 days to cultivate.
• Jiang Ping An and Yun Huang passed through the glowing entrance and met Xia Qing’s second body inside the realm.
• Xia Qing described the Star Gazing Platform and the mountain with an Ancient Expert’s projection, then warned them to avoid the dangerous third cultivation ground.
• A crowd of young cultivators rushed toward Jiang Ping An and Yun Huang, eager to challenge the newcomers to spar.

Jiang Ping An accepted challenges from Foundation Establishment Cultivators to test his combat ability and won two matches against Jiang Zhu, earning more cultivation time. After Jiang Zhu’s second defeat, another youth in blue stepped forward to fight him.

• Jiang Ping An agreed to fight Foundation Establishment Cultivators after Xia Qing allowed it, and he wagered thirty days of cultivation time against Jiang Zhu.
• Jiang Ping An used Thunder Flash to knock Jiang Zhu out of the Martial Arts Stage with one punch, winning thirty days.
• Jiang Zhu challenged Jiang Ping An again and unleashed a powerful sword attack, but Jiang Ping An’s Gravity Talent forced it to the ground.
• Jiang Ping An kicked Jiang Zhu off the stage again, winning another thirty days and revealing his strength to the onlookers.
• A Foundation Establishment youth in blue flew onto the Martial Arts Stage to challenge Jiang Ping An.

Jiang Ping An defeated a Beast-blooded Body Cultivator, then accepted Li Yidao’s hundred-day wager despite Xia Qing’s warning. Li Yidao’s law-infused blade kept him on the defensive, and the chapter left their fight unresolved as spectators doubted Jiang Ping An.

• Jiang Ping An beat the Blue-Clad Youth in a contest of strength and won ten days of cultivation time.
• Jiang Ping An challenged Golden Core Realm cultivators, and Li Yidao accepted a wager of one hundred days.
• Xia Qing warned Jiang Ping An that Li Yidao was a Li Family genius who wielded the Gold Law, but Jiang Ping An agreed to fight him.
• Li Yidao raised a protective barrier and attacked with the Tyrant Blade Art, while Jiang Ping An used Thunder Flash to evade his law-infused strikes.
• Spectators mocked Jiang Ping An as he struggled to land a counterattack, and Yun Huang defended his strength at Foundation Establishment.

Jiang Ping An defeated the Golden Core cultivator Li Yidao with his spiritual energy defense and Limitless Fist, shocking the spectators with his Foundation Establishment strength. He then challenged Xia Qunren, and their first clash shattered the Martial Arts Stage.

• Jiang Ping An used a spiritual energy barrier and fist wind to withstand Li Yidao's Law-infused blade and trade blows with him.
• Li Yidao unleashed his full-power strike, but Jiang Ping An returned its Blade Intent with the Limitless Fist and knocked him out of the arena, gaining five hundred cultivation days.
• Jiang Ping An ignored Xia Qing's call to come down and challenged Xia Qunren, whom he identified as the strongest Golden Core cultivator present.
• Xia Qunren accepted the challenge, and his first clash with Jiang Ping An cracked apart the Martial Arts Stage and drew nearby cultivators to watch.

Jiang Ping An fought Xia Qunren and proved that his Foundation Establishment Realm strength could rival the strongest Golden Core prodigies. As he faced Xia Qunren and Xia Lian together, memories of Old Li renewed his determination to destroy the Spirit Terrace Kingdom, while an old woman watching with Xia Qing judged that he had taken the wrong path.

• Jiang Ping An matched Xia Qunren's Great Collapse Fist and revealed that he had opened all 360 major acupoints.
• Xia Qunren invoked the Gold Law, but Jiang Ping An activated the Battle God Art and sent him flying with a single blow.
• Jiang Ping An challenged Xia Lian to join the fight, and she bound him with vines while Xia Qunren attacked.
• Remembering Old Li, Jiang Ping An broke free, declared his resolve to destroy the Spirit Terrace Kingdom, and fought Xia Lian and Xia Qunren at once without yielding.
• Xia Qing watched Jiang Ping An's battle as her grandmother remarked that he was no weaker than Xia Qing and had taken the wrong path.

Jiang Ping An defeated Xia Lian and Xia Qunren, but the old woman warned that his vast reserves of energy made it impossible for him to form a Golden Core or advance further. He began to abandon the Hidden Universe Art, then changed his mind and decided to gamble on continuing its path.

• Jiang Ping An overpowered Xia Lian and Xia Qunren in battle, stunning the gathered prodigies.
• The old woman explained that Jiang Ping An’s excessive energy prevented him from forming a Golden Core and urged him to cultivate anew.
• Jiang Ping An accepted the old woman’s guidance, while Li Yidao left after failing to reclaim his lost cultivation time.
• Jiang Ping An settled into a house on the Star Gazing Platform and reflected on the Hidden Universe Art and God Void Daoist.
• Jiang Ping An began dispersing his cultivation, then drew the energy back into himself and decided to gamble on his current path.

Jiang Ping An committed himself to forging a cultivation path of his own while Yun Huang and Li Yidao reached the Nascent Soul Realm and Xia Qing advanced to Spirit Transformation. The chapter ended with Xia Qing rejecting her family’s attempt to arrange a new marriage and affirming that she would become Empress.

• Jiang Ping An and his clone swallowed Fire Lotus Enlightenment Seeds, and he continued trying to create a path for body cultivators while the secret realm’s cultivators dismissed his chances of advancing.
• Li He learned that Jiang Ping An had defeated Li Yidao, then joined the Fourth Prince’s camp after his family paid for Li Yidao to return to the secret realm.
• Three months later, Yun Huang broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm amid a Divine Phoenix phenomenon, and Li Yidao also reached that realm after resuming cultivation.
• Yun Huang defeated a Royal Talent after further cultivation, while Xia Qing broke through to Spirit Transformation and attracted marriage proposals from powerful factions.
• Great Xia’s elders debated canceling Xia Qing’s marriage to Jiang Ping An, but Xia Qing defended him, demanded the return of the gifts he had given her, and declared she would become Empress.

After emerging from a year of seclusion still at the Foundation Establishment Realm, Jiang Ping An challenged Li Yidao to prove his path to the Heavenly Dao. He left Li Yidao stunned by shattering his finger with a single punch.

• Xia Qing saw Jiang Ping An return and urged him to abandon his path, but he said he wanted to fight Yun Huang.
• Li Yidao encountered Jiang Ping An, mocked his unchanged cultivation, and accepted his challenge when Jiang Ping An asked him to fight.
• Li Yidao announced the match throughout the secret realm, drawing a crowd while Yun Huang and Xia Qing worried about Jiang Ping An.
• Li Yidao boasted that one finger would defeat Jiang Ping An, who warned him not to underestimate anyone.
• Jiang Ping An shattered Li Yidao's finger with a punch and sent him flying more than ten kilometers.

Jiang Ping An used Strength Law to defeat Li Yidao, a Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator, and demanded that the Heavenly Dao recognize the Sealing Spirit Realm he was creating. A mysterious phantom left Martial Dao Mountain and appeared to answer his challenge.

• Li Yidao attacked Jiang Ping An with Gold Law, but Jiang struck back with Strength Law and broke Li Yidao's arm.
• Jiang Ping An met Li Yidao's Tyrant Blade Art head-on and drove him back, shocking the spectators and powerful figures in the secret realm.
• Jiang Ping An named his cultivation realm the Sealing Spirit Realm and asked the Heavenly Dao to acknowledge it.
• When the Heavenly Dao did not respond, Jiang Ping An shattered Li Yidao's treasured blade with one punch and sent him flying off the Martial Arts Stage.
• Jiang Ping An again demanded the Heavenly Dao recognize his realm, and a seven-colored light rose from Martial Dao Mountain as a mysterious phantom appeared in the sky.

Jiang Ping An fought Martial Dao Mountain’s projection to prove he could forge his own cultivation path, unleashing the power of his acupoints and fusing with his Blood Infant clone. The projection multiplied into three Dao Bodies and overwhelmed him, leaving him gravely wounded as the battle continued.

• Martial Dao Mountain’s projection left the mountain and challenged Jiang Ping An, attacking him with the five foundational Laws.
• Jiang Ping An fought back with Thunder Flash, Limitless Fist, and the Battle God Art, but the projection’s attacks wounded him and concealed the battle behind a screen of light.
• Jiang Ping An ignited all three hundred and sixty acupoints and broke through the projection’s spells with his Strength Law.
• Jiang Ping An summoned his clone, which formed a Blood Infant, then fused their bodies to increase his power.
• The projection split into three Dao Bodies and attacked Jiang Ping An together; Xia Qing urged him to retreat while Li Yidao mocked him.
• Jiang Ping An was left kneeling with broken limbs and a badly damaged body, wondering whether he could truly take this path.

Jiang Ping An reignited his battle intent, awakened the Saint Body Spinal Bone, and fought the three projections until the Saint King's projection revealed he had taken the first step into the Sealing Spirit Realm. Jiang Ping An left the trial knowing the road ahead remained uncertain, while Li Yidao seethed with jealousy.

• Jiang Ping An nearly gave up against the three projections, but memories of his loved ones revived his resolve and awakened the Saint Body Spinal Bone.
• Jiang Ping An fought for three days using the Battle Intent Law and The Power of the Pupil, finally destroying one projection before collapsing from exhaustion.
• The projection told Jiang Ping An that he had won because it had used power beyond his realm, and identified his new cultivation state as the Sealing Spirit Realm.
• The projection revealed that it was the Saint King, who had created the current cultivation system, and told Jiang Ping An to find his own way forward.
• Jiang Ping An emerged before Xia Qing and the other cultivators, saying he had only taken one step, while Li Yidao privately raged that Jiang Ping An might never advance further.

Jiang Ping An received the other half of the Dao Body and the Endless Life secret technique from Xia Qing’s great-grandmother, who sacrificed herself with the Judge’s Brush to secure an opportunity for Great Xia and bless his advancement. Xia Qing offered him a chance to study at Heavenly Dao Academy and agreed to let him pursue revenge once he mastered the Barbarian Totem Stone, while lending him an Immortal Artifact fragment for protection.

• Xia Qing’s great-grandmother gave Jiang Ping An the other half of the Dao Body and the Endless Life secret technique, then revealed her intention to use the Judge’s Brush for Great Xia.
• The old woman sacrificed her life to seek a supreme treasure for Great Xia and used the last of her power to bless Jiang Ping An’s breakthrough.
• Xia Qing and the imperial clan mourned the old woman, and Jiang Ping An bowed before the Judge’s Brush in gratitude.
• Jiang Ping An told Xia Qing he wanted to leave the secret realm and carry out assassinations for revenge, but she warned him that he was not strong enough.
• Xia Qing told Jiang Ping An that Yun Huang could bring him as her Dao Protector to Heavenly Dao Academy, but he refused to wait for that opportunity.
• Xia Qing said Jiang Ping An could leave to seek revenge after mastering the Barbarian Totem Stone and lent him an Immortal Artifact fragment; he returned to cultivate.

Jiang Ping An studied the Barbarian Totem Stone while reviewing his cultivation and resolving to stay patient. As Li He and Fourth Prince Xia Tianlu plotted to eliminate him, Xia Qing’s hint led Jiang Ping An to decide to carve the totem onto his body.

• Jiang Ping An separated his clone from his main body, reviewed his techniques and limitations, then began examining the Barbarian Totem Stone with the Fire Lotus Enlightenment Seed.
• Li He learned from Li Yidao that Jiang Ping An had defeated him and created a realm comparable to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, so Li He and Fourth Prince Xia Tianlu agreed to eliminate Jiang Ping An.
• Li He killed the two women who overheard the plot to keep it secret.
• After Jiang Ping An made no progress with the Totem Stone for three months, Xia Qing suggested that faith might be required to grasp its power.
• Jiang Ping An rejected the idea of placing his faith in the totem and decided to carve it onto his body.

Jiang Ping An used the Judge's Brush to master Totem Power and Third-Order Thunder Flash, then set out to find Xia Qing after learning the war with Chu Kingdom had intensified. Li Yidao challenged him to a willpower contest at Demon Rock Cave, but Yun Huang warned that the cave could drive people into the demonic path.

• Jiang Ping An used the Judge's Brush to draw a powerful totem on his avatar and true body, then found that the totem greatly strengthened his arm.
• Jiang Ping An used the Judge's Brush to draw a thousand lightning patterns and mastered Third-Order Thunder Flash in two months.
• Jiang Ping An left his room to find Xia Qing and learned from Yun Huang that Chu Kingdom had launched a major attack and Xia Qing had gone to the borderlands.
• Yun Huang told Jiang Ping An that Xia Qing had ordered him to stay until she returned, while Li Yidao appeared and challenged him to a willpower contest at Demon Rock Cave.
• Yun Huang warned Jiang Ping An that malicious thoughts in Demon Rock Cave could affect entrants and push them toward the demonic path.