Recaps

The third assessment forced the God Kings to risk death against Jun Changge’s projection, but the administrator revealed that it tested their courage and resolve to pursue the Fifth God Kingdom’s inheritance. Six God Kings withdrew, leaving ten to advance, while Jiang Ping An’s formidable killing intent drew Jun Changge’s attention.

• The administrator declared that the battle would continue until the participants died or the top ten were chosen, and Jun Changge’s projections appeared across the mountain peaks.
• Jun Changge’s projection unleashed overwhelming Invincible Belief, but Jiang Ping An answered with his own belief and a blood-sea killing intent that surprised Jun Changge.
• Several God Kings conceded, and two more withdrew just before the third round began, leaving ten God Kings on Investiture Mountain.
• The administrator explained that the assessment tested courage and confirmed that any deaths in battle would have been real.
• The six who withdrew regretted losing their chance to advance, while the remaining ten qualified to proceed.

Jiang Ping An and Lan Shi'er secured places among the top ten in the First Level God King selection, with Lan Shi'er taking first and Jiang Ping An tenth. After reuniting and celebrating, they prepared for the Fifth God Kingdom's Legacy Ground, and royal escorts arrived to take them to the ruins.

• The Investiture of the Gods administrator ended the selection, named the top ten, and said they could enter the Fifth God Kingdom's Legacy Ground in three years.
• Jiang Ping An returned to Lan Shi'er's residence, where she joyfully reunited with him and revealed that she had ranked first; he told her he had ranked tenth.
• Bai Jingqiu apologized to Jiang Ping An for underestimating him, and the group shared a celebration feast.
• Jiang Ping An continued preparing for the dangerous Legacy Ground trials during the two and a half years before the expedition.
• High-level God Kings sent by the National Ruler arrived to escort Jiang Ping An and Lan Shi'er to the ruins of the Fifth God Kingdom.

Jiang Ping An and Lan Shi'er reached the Fifth God Kingdom’s Legacy Ground, where Fengyun Kingdom’s National Teacher tried to recruit him away from Blue Sea Country. Jiang Ping An asked for a drop of blood from the Lord of Order, leaving the National Teacher stunned.

• Jiang Ping An said goodbye to Tuanzi and departed with Lan Shi'er under the escort of two high-level God Kings.
• Jiang Ping An and Lan Shi'er arrived at the ruins and learned that the nine great powers had agreed to share the Legacy Ground through the Investiture of the Gods.
• Fengyun Kingdom’s National Teacher approached Jiang Ping An and offered him royal-level treatment if he joined Fengyun Kingdom.
• A Lan Clan God King objected to the recruitment, while the National Teacher criticized Blue Sea Country for neglecting Jiang Ping An.
• Jiang Ping An asked Fengyun Kingdom’s National Teacher for a drop of blood from the Fifth Main God, the Lord of Order.

Jiang Ping An rejected Fengyun Kingdom’s recruitment and waited with Lan Shi'er for the Legacy Ground to open. He entered with the other First Level God Kings and found an empty white space where an ancient voice announced that someone had finally arrived.

• Jiang Ping An demanded a drop of the Lord of Order’s blood from Fengyun Kingdom’s National Teacher, who refused and departed.
• A Lan Clan Royal Family expert promised to nurture Jiang Ping An after the inheritance, but Jiang Ping An remained focused on trading for the blood himself.
• The Legacy Ground opened, and Ye Cangchuan told Jiang Ping An that neither of them should hold back if they competed for an inheritance.
• The qualified gods entered the palace in batches, and Lan Shi'er urged Jiang Ping An to prioritize his safety.
• Jiang Ping An entered the Legacy Ground with nine other First Level God Kings and found himself in a vast, empty white space.
• An ancient voice spoke from everywhere, and Jiang Ping An quietly retreated toward the entrance as the God Kings prepared to defend themselves.

The God Kings chose the Nightmare Trial after learning they could withdraw if they survived, and Jiang Ping An entered with them seeking a rare legacy. Their first stage required them to endure three years of soul-burning agony in the Pure Spirit Fire, and Jiang Ping An stepped forward to face it.

• The examiner explained the trial difficulties, their death rates, and the legacy rewards, including the possibility of Near Lord God Level Divine Techniques.
• A God King entered the Nightmare Gate, and the others, including Jiang Ping An, followed him into a space filled with corpses and a green flame.
• The examiner revealed that the stage tested their Dao heart and required them to endure three years of the Pure Spirit Fire burning their souls.
• Ye Cangchuan urged Jiang Ping An to test the flame first, and the Demon Illusion Fairy kicked him toward it.
• Jiang Ping An steadied himself, ignored the others, and began walking toward the Pure Spirit Fire.

Jiang Ping An touched the Pure Spirit Fire and endured its soul-burning pain with little outward reaction, while a confident God King from the Fengyun Kingdom collapsed after trying it. Alarmed by the contrast, Demon Illusion Fairy withdrew from the Nightmare Trial and headed for the difficult-level trial.

• Jiang Ping An touched the Pure Spirit Fire, which entered his body and ignited his soul with pain he called extremely difficult to endure for three years.
• The seventh-ranked God King from the Fengyun Kingdom dismissed Jiang Ping An’s warning and touched the flame, then collapsed in agony as it burned his soul.
• The Fengyun Kingdom God King gave up, and the Pure Spirit Fire withdrew from his forehead, leaving him bloodied and trembling.
• Demon Illusion Fairy explained that Jiang Ping An rarely showed emotion, then withdrew from the Nightmare Trial and went to attempt the difficult-level trial.

Most God Kings withdrew from the Nightmare Trial after Pure Spirit Fire inflicted unbearable pain, leaving Jiang Ping An and Jun Changge to endure it. Thundercrash abandoned the trial after the examiner forbade protective treasures and failed to ambush Jiang Ping An before leaving.

• The God Kings who touched the Pure Spirit Fire collapsed in agony and announced their withdrawal, while Jiang Ping An, Jun Changge, and Thundercrash remained standing.
• The examiner prohibited treasures above a contestant’s cultivation realm, prompting Thundercrash to give up because it had planned to use a soul-protecting Mystic Treasure.
• Thundercrash attacked Jiang Ping An, but Ye Cangchuan blocked its strike and forced it to retreat.
• Thundercrash left the trial space, and Ye Cangchuan departed with the other God Kings.
• Jun Changge asked whether Jiang Ping An would attempt the Nightmare Trial, and Jiang Ping An said he would try.
• Jun Changge sat down to endure the Pure Spirit Fire, saying he hoped Jiang Ping An would hold on so he would not be alone.

Jiang Ping An and Jun Changge endured the soul-burning Pure Spirit Fire in the Nightmare Trial while eight other God Kings struggled through a pressure assessment. Thundercrash finished first after two and a half years, still hoping Jun Changge would die in the trial.

• Jiang Ping An drew strength from his resolve to avenge his loved ones and revive his family, while he and Jun Changge continued resisting the Pure Spirit Fire.
• The other eight God Kings attempted to walk one thousand meters under high-level God King pressure, and Thundercrash doubted that Jiang Ping An could pass the Nightmare Trial.
• Demon Illusion Fairy defended Jiang Ping An’s ability to create miracles, though she also recognized how difficult the trial was.
• Thundercrash completed the pressure assessment first after two and a half years and received permission to proceed to the next trial.
• Thundercrash looked down on the remaining God Kings and hoped Jun Changge would die so no one could surpass it.

Jiang Ping An and Jun Changge endured the Nightmare Trial’s soul-burning First Trial and chose to continue, only to face opponents an entire realm above them in the combat trial. Jiang Ping An’s first attack was easily blocked, and he was left in the path of a storm of deadly sword beams.

• Jiang Ping An and Jun Changge endured three years of Pure Spirit Fire, passed the First Trial, and recovered from their exhaustion.
• After praising each other’s resolve, Jiang Ping An and Jun Changge both chose to continue into the Second Trial.
• The examiner sent them to separate arenas and explained that they had one month to defeat adaptive Second Level God King opponents without resting.
• Jiang Ping An attacked his opponent with the Blazing Dragon Fire and God Burning Blade Art, but the Second Level God King blocked the strike and sent him flying.
• The Second Level God King unleashed a storm of sword beams that sealed off Jiang Ping An’s escape routes.

Jiang Ping An fought a Second Level God King in the nightmare-tier assessment, beheading him with a combined attack before suffering severe injuries. Meanwhile, Thundercrash and the others cleared the difficult-tier trial, and Thundercrash anticipated Jun Changge’s possible defeat.

• Jiang Ping An used Devouring Power and Shadow Kill Technique to create an opening, then severed the Second Level God King’s head with his Bone Blade.
• The God King counterattacked and cut off Jiang Ping An’s left arm, but Jiang Ping An used Demon Illusion Fairy’s blood essence to treat the wound and reattach his arm.
• The Second Level God King regenerated, shattered Jiang Ping An’s Bone Blade, and sent him crashing to the ground with a blow to his chest.
• Demon Illusion Fairy, Ye Cangchuan, Thundercrash, and several other God Kings completed the difficult-tier trial, which required them to take a key from a Second Level God King.
• Thundercrash mocked the others and hoped Jun Changge would fail the nightmare-tier assessment against a Second Level God King.

Jiang Ping An endured a brutal fight against a Second Level God King in the second Nightmare Trial, then turned the battle around with the Primordial Dao Domain, Primordial Calamity Light, and a final Soul Power strike. He defeated his opponent but collapsed with severe injuries, and the examiner praised his victory.

• The Second Level God King battered Jiang Ping An and prepared a massive golden Sword Qi strike to finish him.
• Jiang Ping An survived the attack, appeared behind the God King, and used the Primordial Dao Domain to disrupt his connection to the Divine Dao Laws.
• Jiang Ping An unleashed Primordial Calamity Light, which disintegrated most of the God King's body before fading from lack of divine power.
• The wounded God King charged at Jiang Ping An with his Broken Sword, but Jiang Ping An destroyed him with a blood sword formed from killing intent and Mental Power.
• Jiang Ping An collapsed after confirming the God King's death, and the examiner praised his will, tactics, and trump cards.

After recovering from his injuries, Jiang Ping An chose to enter the final Nightmare Trial, where he had to master three levels of a Divine Art within a century at the cost of his life essence. He headed for the palace’s most powerful Divine Arts, determined to earn one valuable enough to trade to Azure King for the Lord of Order's blood.

• A healing orb restored Jiang Ping An's body, divinity, and energy after he passed the Second Trial.
• Jiang Ping An rejected the offer to stop and entered the Third Trial through a gate of light.
• In the vast palace, Jiang Ping An saw dozens of divine trees inscribed with supreme Divine Arts and spotted Jun Changge studying the tallest tree.
• The examiner explained that challengers had to master the first three levels of one Divine Art within a hundred years or die, and that abandoning the attempt would permanently damage their life essence and cultivation.
• Jiang Ping An chose to challenge the trial and flew toward the three innermost trees, whose Divine Arts rivaled the Primordial True Martial Scripture.

Jiang Ping An chose to study the Karmic Fire Divine Art, Hell of Illusory Suffering, instead of the spatial or spear arts. Jun Changge recognized the art’s deadly backlash for someone with Jiang Ping An’s heavy karmic burden, but the life-draining trial had already begun.

• Jiang Ping An examined the three Divine Arts and set aside the spatial art and spear art as poor fits for his cultivation path.
• Jiang Ping An chose Hell of Illusory Suffering because his strong foundation in fire rules might help him master it and combine it with his flame arts.
• Jiang Ping An touched the tree and began sacrificing his lifespan while using the World Eye to study its Divine Runes.
• Jun Changge noticed Jiang Ping An’s choice and realized the art could make its sinful practitioner burn in Karmic Fire.
• Jun Changge regretted that Jiang Ping An had chosen a dangerous art, then returned his attention to comprehending the spatial Divine Art.

Jiang Ping An began comprehending Hell of Illusory Interdependence by igniting his own immense karmic burdens, enduring Karmic Fire while using his sins and the World Eye to master the art. As he and Jun Changge continued their trials beneath the giant tree, factions gathered outside the Legacy Ground and anxiously awaited news.

• Jiang Ping An decided to use his own Karmic Fire as a weapon and rely on his Primordial Dao Domain to erase its effects on himself.
• Jiang Ping An ignited his karmic burdens, endured the Karmic Fire Red Lotus, and studied the first two stages of Hell of Illusory Interdependence.
• Jiang Ping An made rapid progress with help from his sins and the World Eye, though the Karmic Fire continued burning him as his remaining lifespan dwindled.
• Jiang Ping An and Jun Changge aged rapidly while cultivating, with only a hundred years left to complete the first three stages of their Divine Arts.
• Powerful figures waited outside the Legacy Ground and learned that the trials had severe failure rates, while some participants had died before they could withdraw.

Thundercrash emerged from the Legacy Ground after passing the Hard Trial, while Jun Changge remained inside attempting the Nightmare Trial. Lan Shi'er rejected the Azure King’s order to return home and stayed to cultivate as Jiang Ping An continued studying the third layer of an unknown Divine Art.

• Thundercrash emerged after 53 years, announced that he had passed the Hard Trial, and received a high-level lightning Divine Art.
• Thundercrash learned that Lan Shi'er and several others had passed before him, then wondered whether Jun Changge had chosen the Nightmare Trial and decided to wait for his result.
• A messenger told Lan Shi'er that the Azure King wanted her to return to the imperial city, but she refused and continued cultivating while waiting for Jun Changge.
• More Supremes of the Same Level emerged from the palace as the trials continued.
• Jiang Ping An endured raging Karmic Fire while studying the third layer, Karmic Fire Sin Chain.

Jun Changge emerged from the Legacy Ground after passing the Nightmare Trial, while Jiang Ping An continued enduring the Karmic Fire Sin Chain in the Third Trial. Despite his kingdom’s celebration, Jun Changge stayed behind to wait for Jiang Ping An, whom he believed might defeat him.

• Jun Changge watched Jiang Ping An suffer under the Karmic Fire and doubted he could master the technique because of his heavy karmic slaughter.
• Over the decades, Jun Changge aged as he pursued the trial, while Jiang Ping An was reduced to his Undying Demon Bone with faint Karmic Fire chain phantoms forming around him.
• Lan Shi'er waited anxiously outside the Legacy Ground, uncertain whether Jiang Ping An was alive.
• In the ninety-sixth year, Jun Changge emerged and announced that he had passed the Nightmare Trial, astonishing the gathered experts.
• Jun Changge’s mother and the Heavenly Order Divine Kingdom’s elders celebrated his success, while Thundercrash seethed with jealousy.
• When his mother urged him to go home, Jun Changge stayed to wait for someone he thought most likely to defeat him.

Jiang Ping An emerged from the Nightmare Trial after nearly a year, prompting Jun Changge to challenge him. Jiang was in no mood to fight because he had learned that the divine art he won could not be traded for the Lord of Order’s essence blood.

• Jun Changge waited outside the Inheritance Palace, convinced Jiang Ping An might be able to defeat him, while Thundercrash feared Jiang had also survived the Nightmare Trial.
• About a year after Jun Changge emerged, Jiang Ping An left the Inheritance Palace, and Jun Changge’s battle intent stirred the surrounding laws and drew everyone’s attention.
• Experts recognized Jiang Ping An as the Blue Sea Country cultivator who possessed the Yin Yang Dao Body, practiced the 'Primordial True Martial Scripture,' and wielded Invincible Belief.
• Jun Changge praised Jiang Ping An for surviving and asked to fight him, but Jiang declined because he was in a bad mood.
• Jiang Ping An explained that the Legacy Ground had sealed 'Hell of Illusory Suffering,' preventing him from trading it for the Lord of Order’s essence blood.
• The gathered experts were shocked to learn that Jiang Ping An had obtained 'Hell of Illusory Suffering,' one of the Fifth God Kingdom’s three strongest divine arts.

Thundercrash challenged Jiang Ping An to a Life and Death Battle after Lan Shi'er protected him from its attack. Jiang Ping An unleashed Hell of Illusory Suffering, and the chapter ended with towering Karmic Fire engulfing Thundercrash.

• Thundercrash attacked Jiang Ping An, but Lan Shi'er sealed its divine power, destroyed its life-saving talisman, and vowed to protect Jiang Ping An.
• Thundercrash taunted Jiang Ping An into fighting, and Jiang Ping An accepted a Life and Death Battle.
• The Electric Eel Demon Race expert removed the seal on Thundercrash, allowing the duel to begin before the gathered factions.
• Jiang Ping An used the Karma Fire Rules, but Thundercrash dismissed the few flames as harmless and struck him, breaking both his arms.
• Endless blood-red Karmic Fire erupted from Jiang Ping An and swallowed Thundercrash, blackening and burning its scales.

Jiang Ping An used his own Karmic Fire to bind and nearly defeat Thundercrash, enduring the flames as he drained and battered his opponent. After Thundercrash’s trump-card spear backfired and an Electric Eel Demon Race elder attacked, Blue Sea Country intervened, and Lan Shi'er condemned the race for breaking the duel’s rules.

• Jiang Ping An trapped Thundercrash with Karmic Fire Sin Chains inside his Primordial Dao Domain and attacked him with a Bone Blade, despite the Karmic Fire consuming his own body.
• Thundercrash unleashed a powerful spear carrying a King-level Third-Order Thunder Rule, but Jiang Ping An twisted space so the spear reappeared and struck Thundercrash instead.
• An Electric Eel Demon Race member caught the gravely injured Thundercrash, then attacked Jiang Ping An in anger.
• A Blue Sea Country expert blocked the attack and accused the Electric Eel Demon Race of breaking the rules of the life-and-death contest.
• Lan Shi'er rebuked the Electric Eel Demon Race for cheating and attacking Jiang Ping An, leaving its experts unable to respond.

Jiang Ping An defeated Thundercrash in the Life and Death Battle, then agreed to spar with Jun Changge five days later. Jun Changge postponed the fight to care for his injured mother, and Jiang Ping An and Lan Shi'er were confronted by Azure King on their way back.

• The gods watched Jiang Ping An defeat Thundercrash, who survived because of a protective talisman and demanded a rematch, but Lan Shi'er refused for him.
• Jun Changge challenged Jiang Ping An to a fight five days later, while Thundercrash was taken away by the Electric Eel Demon Race after his injuries worsened.
• Madam Rong shattered her Origin Divine Spark to pretend she had been injured, prompting Jun Changge to postpone his spar with Jiang Ping An and leave with her.
• The inheritance continued, but no further gods passed the Nightmare Trial, leaving Jiang Ping An and one other person as the only two who had passed.
• Jiang Ping An asked Lan Shi'er why she had stayed behind, and she said she had wanted to return with him.
• Azure King appeared before Jiang Ping An and Lan Shi'er, and their Blue Sea Country escort immediately knelt to greet him as Lord National Ruler.

Azure King offered Jiang Ping An a drop of the Lord of Order's Essence Blood in exchange for pledging loyalty to Blue Sea Country or earning one hundred million Military Merit. Jiang Ping An had not chosen between the conditions when Lan Shi'er urged him to accept the first and flee if the royal family made dangerous demands.

• Azure King summoned Jiang Ping An and Lan Shi'er to his divine hall and praised Jiang Ping An for passing the Nightmare Trial and mastering the Primordial Calamity Light.
• Azure King asked Jiang Ping An to join Blue Sea Country, and Jiang Ping An requested the Lord of Order's Essence Blood or an Origin Fragment in return.
• Azure King offered Jiang Ping An a drop of Essence Blood if he either pledged lifelong loyalty to Blue Sea Country and surrendered Hell of Illusory Suffering at the sixth God King level, or earned one hundred million Military Merit before the war ended.
• Lan Shi'er objected that earning one hundred million Military Merit was nearly impossible for Jiang Ping An, but Azure King insisted the offer was already generous.
• Azure King said he would not oppose Jiang Ping An becoming Lan Shi'er's consort if he pledged loyalty, embarrassing and angering her.
• Lan Shi'er secretly urged Jiang Ping An to accept the first condition and flee if Blue Sea Country later demanded something excessively dangerous.

Jiang Ping An rejected the Azure King's offer of royal protection and resources, choosing instead to earn one hundred million Contribution Points on the battlefield for a drop of the Lord of Order's blood. The Azure King then used Lan Shi'er's feelings for Jiang Ping An to pressure her into cultivating the Lan Clan Royal Family's Divine Arts, making the blood contingent on her success.

• Jiang Ping An chose the battlefield option despite Lan Shi'er warning that earning one hundred million Contribution Points was impossible.
• The Azure King agreed to give Jiang Ping An a drop of the Lord of Order's blood if he earned the required points before the war ended, then teleported him away.
• The Azure King told Lan Shi'er that Jiang Ping An was not yet worthy of her, and Lan Shi'er defended Jiang Ping An's talent.
• The Azure King ordered Lan Shi'er to cultivate in the Royal Palace instead of going to the front lines, and offered to give Jiang Ping An the blood if she mastered two royal Divine Arts to the Seventh Layer.
• Lan Shi'er asked the Azure King to give Jiang Ping An the blood immediately, but he refused and left her to decide whether to accept his condition.

Jiang Ping An reunited with Tuanzi and his companions after nearly a century away, then drank Forget Worry Wine with Lan Shi'er and Long Ya. He woke the next morning beside a sleeping woman whose identity was not revealed.

• Tuanzi worried that Jiang Ping An had not returned, then rushed into his arms when he appeared at the courtyard gate.
• Jiang Ping An gave Tuanzi and Little Lion spirit fruits and explained to Lan Shi'er that he had requested the Lord of Order's blood to avoid being bound by Blue Sea Country.
• Jiang Ping An realized Lan Shi'er had been prepared to sacrifice her freedom for him, so he reassured her that the blood was not important.
• Long Ya joined them with Forget Worry Wine, and the group drank together as Jiang Ping An briefly felt his burdens ease and fell asleep.
• Jiang Ping An woke in the morning and found a sleeping woman nestled in the crook of his arm.

After spending several peaceful months with Lan Shi'er, Jiang Ping An left Snowy Mountain City to pursue assassination bounties and earn Contribution Points while concealing his true motives. He reached Tianyuan Camp, where Wildsea Royal Clan cultivators discussed his growing reputation.

• Jiang Ping An and Lan Shi'er woke together after he drank Forget Worry Wine, and they spent the next few months exploring Snowy Mountain City with Tuanzi.
• Jiang Ping An studied bounty notices and planned to assassinate Wildsea Royal Clan and Electric Eel Demon Race targets below the First Level God King.
• Lan Shi'er urged Jiang Ping An not to take the dangerous missions, but he said he needed to appear to be earning Contribution Points to deceive the Azure King.
• Jiang Ping An left Snowy Mountain City with Tuanzi and Little Lion, intending to carry out assassination missions alone.
• At Tianyuan Camp, Wildsea Royal Clan cultivators learned that Jiang Ping An had obtained a Supreme Divine Art and defeated Thundercrash, and they grew apprehensive about his rise.

Zhuo Wu Yuan boasted that he would kill Jiang Ping An, then left a tavern for the Hunting Ground under the protection of a Second Level God King. After explosions distracted his guard, Zhuo Wu Yuan vanished, prompting Tianyuan Camp to launch an emergency search and issue a bounty.

• Zhuo Wu Yuan emerged from a private room and dismissed the tavern patrons’ warnings about Jiang Ping An, claiming he would kill him once he grew stronger.
• A patron suggested Zhuo Wu Yuan visit the Hunting Ground to hunt Lan Alliance captives, and Zhuo Wu Yuan left the tavern with two women while his guard followed.
• Zhuo Wu Yuan ordered his guard to keep his distance, then mocked him while the two women flattered Zhuo Wu Yuan.
• Several explosions rocked nearby shops, and while the guard checked the blasts, Zhuo Wu Yuan and the two women disappeared.
• The guard reported Zhuo Wu Yuan missing, and Tianyuan Camp sounded its highest-level alert and began a sweeping search.
• Tianyuan Camp sent every being an emergency bounty notice offering 30,000 Contribution Points for valid information about Zhuo Wu Yuan.