Chapter Summaries

Lei Lan began her Refining Void breakthrough inside the Four Elephants Killing Array, but the lightning from her Thunder Spirit Body shattered the barrier and drew thousands of Eighteen-Claw Octopuses to the palace. Jiang Ping An and his Bloodthirsty Nine Nether Worms fought to protect her as she continued her breakthrough.

• Lei Lan saw Jiang Ping An's Bloodthirsty Nine Nether Worms and learned that the Queen Insect had evolved once, gaining stronger offspring.
• Jiang Ping An offered Lei Lan resources for her breakthrough, but she refused and began cultivating inside the Four Elephants Killing Array.
• Lei Lan's lightning intensified until it cracked and then blasted apart the array barrier five days later.
• Thousands of Eighteen-Claw Octopuses surged into the palace, and Jiang Ping An's three bodies and Bloodthirsty Nine Nether Worms attacked them.
• Jiang Ping An reassured Lei Lan through Divine Sense Transmission while she focused on breaking through and he continued fighting the octopuses.

Jiang Ping An fought for a month to keep increasingly powerful Eighteen-Claw Octopuses from reaching Lei Lan while she completed her breakthrough. With his bodies and weapons pushed to their limits, he embraced the Heaven Shaking Demon Stick’s Demonic Qi and implanted a Demon Dragon Bone into himself for more power.

• Jiang Ping An guarded the palace entrance for a month, smashing the octopuses while his Bloodthirsty Nine Nether Worms devoured their scattered bodies and grew in number.
• The octopuses widened the entrance and grew stronger, forcing Jiang Ping An to rely on the Heaven Shaking Demon Stick and then the Judge's Brush as Lei Lan’s breakthrough continued.
• As Lei Lan neared the end of her breakthrough, Jiang Ping An’s clones were badly injured, his Bloodthirsty Nine Nether Worms died in great numbers, and he exhausted his techniques and the Judge's Brush.
• With his energy depleted and the octopuses still advancing, Jiang Ping An stopped Cheng Xuan from suppressing the Heaven Shaking Demon Stick’s Demonic Qi, letting it transform him and greatly increase his power.
• Jiang Ping An took a Demon Dragon Bone, tore out half of his own spine, and implanted the bone; its dragon roar shattered the seabed and blasted the approaching octopuses apart.

Jiang Ping An entered demonic state to protect Lei Lan from the Eighteen-Claw Octopuses, and seemed to sacrifice his life after she completed her breakthrough. A Substitute Death Talisman revived him, and the two hid in the Time Palace while Jiang Ping An began recovering.

• Jiang Ping An fused with the Demon Dragon Bone and fought the Eighteen-Claw Octopuses to keep them from reaching Lei Lan.
• As the swarm overwhelmed him, Jiang Ping An used his final strength to destroy many octopuses, and his body crumbled to ashes just as Lei Lan completed her breakthrough.
• A Substitute Death Talisman restored Jiang Ping An, and he told Lei Lan to carry him and the remaining Bloodthirsty Nine Nether Worms deeper into the palace.
• Lei Lan hid the Storage Bag beneath a Big Stone, entered the Time Palace, and found Jiang Ping An badly injured.
• Jiang Ping An gave Lei Lan ten Substitute Death Talismans and refused her help applying healing ointment before she left him to recover.

Jiang Ping An searched for a way to escape the Abyss Forbidden Zone after years of cultivation, but his investigation revealed that the entire realm was inside an enormous Eighteen-Claw Octopus. The chapter left him facing the terrifying scale of the creature surrounding him and his companions.

• Xia Qing and Lei Lan discussed Jiang Ping An's demonic state and their hopeless prospects for escaping the Abyss Forbidden Zone.
• Jiang Ping An spent years cultivating his techniques and laws, while Jiang XiaoXue told him that Little White had taken human form.
• Jiang Ping An studied the Space Codex but made little progress, then used the Judge's Brush to turn a spatial Teleportation Talisman into a directional one.
• Jiang Ping An used Lei Lan's Crystal Ball to investigate the distance to the sea's surface and discovered countless enormous octopuses around the palace.
• Jiang Ping An extended the Crystal Ball's view until it struck octopus skin, revealing that the entire dim seawater space lay inside an enormous Eighteen-Claw Octopus.

Jiang Ping An discovered that a deep hole inside the Eighteen-Claw Octopus led to the outside world and found a way to seek it using the Universe Compass. He left the Time Palace with Xia Qing and Lei Lan to gather octopuses and duplicate enough Teleportation Jade Talismans to escape.

• Jiang Ping An fell into despair after realizing the massive octopus blocked their way out, but seeing Jiang XiaoXue restored his resolve to keep searching.
• Jiang Ping An gave Lei Lan a Storage Ring filled with cultivation resources, astonishing her with its wealth.
• Jiang Ping An used the Universe Compass and Crystal Ball to locate a deep hole opening into a sea region with a glimmer of outside light.
• Jiang Ping An left the Time Palace with Xia Qing and Lei Lan, planning to gather octopuses and stockpile Teleportation Jade Talismans.
• Eighteen-Claw Octopuses charged at the trio, and Jiang Ping An fought them fiercely, shocking Xia Qing and Lei Lan with his combat strength.

Jiang Ping An spent decades preparing to escape the Abyss Forbidden Zone, then risked his life teleporting through its squid-infested waters toward the exit. Near the barrier, a dying Eight-Claw Squid pursued him with an immortal artifact, first pleading for help and then turning hostile.

• Lei Lan told Xia Qing that Jiang Ping An's techniques and talents made him nearly impossible to defeat among those of the same realm.
• Jiang Ping An spent five years slaughtering Eighteen-Claw Octopuses, while the Bloodthirsty Nine Nether Worm completed its second evolution and bred defensive Insect Soldiers.
• Jiang Ping An copied Teleportation Jade Talismans and spent another five years preparing to leave the Abyss Forbidden Zone.
• In the fortieth year, Jiang Ping An gave the Treasure Accumulation Basin to Jiang XiaoXue, restrained her with Mental Chains, and left to protect her and the others.
• Jiang Ping An used Teleportation Talismans for ten days to reach the barrier, repeatedly being destroyed by squids and revived by his Substitute Death Talisman.
• A severely injured Eight-Claw Squid carrying an immortal Yellow Paper chased Jiang Ping An, begged him to take it out, and then angrily threatened him when he fled.

Jiang Ping An escaped the Abyss Forbidden Zone after battling a dying Octopus Race expert, while Ye Wuqing faced death at the hands of Sea Demon Race pursuers. Jiang Ping An rescued him, but heavenly lightning struck at the chapter’s end.

• Jiang Ping An survived the Octopus Race expert’s Immortal Artifact attack with a Substitute Death Talisman, wounded the expert with the Judge’s Brush, and took its Yellow Paper before fleeing.
• The dying octopus sacrificed itself to curse Jiang Ping An, condemning him to heavenly lightning whenever he killed a living being.
• Ye Wuqing fled several Sea Demon Race experts toward the Abyss Forbidden Zone, but they caught him and shattered his weapon as they prepared to kill him.
• Jiang Ping An emerged from the sea, astonishing the pursuers, and crushed all eight Spirit Transformation Realm sea demons with the Star Guiding Art.
• A massive bolt of heavenly lightning descended toward Jiang Ping An as Ye Wuqing watched.

Jiang Ping An rescued Ye Wuqing near the Deep Sea Forbidden Zone and fought off a Sea Demon army after entering his demonic state. He killed a Refining Void Double Horned Swimming Dragon and over one hundred thousand sea demons, then faced a vast storm of heavenly lightning.

• Jiang Ping An discovered a strange black pattern on his back that drew down lightning, then healed the badly injured Ye Wuqing.
• A Refining Void Double Horned Swimming Dragon led a huge Sea Demon force toward them and charged Jiang Ping An for his supreme treasure.
• Jiang Ping An entered his demonic state, pursued the fleeing dragon with Teleportation Talismans, and killed it with the Judge's Brush.
• Jiang Ping An swept a beam of light across the Sea Demon army and killed more than one hundred thousand sea demons.
• Vast thunderclouds gathered over Jiang Ping An, and he darkened his expression as the heavenly lightning loomed.

Jiang Ping An endured a lightning tribulation while Ye Wuqing gathered the sea demons’ spoils, then reunited with Jiang XiaoXue and told Xia Qing he had escaped the Abyss Forbidden Zone. Xia Qing recognized the mark on his back as a curse, leaving Jiang Ping An to fear that killing sea demons would keep drawing down lightning.

• Jiang Ping An told Ye Wuqing to collect the corpses and Storage Treasures and leave before more sea demons arrived, and Ye Wuqing escaped to the Military Camp with the spoils.
• Jiang Ping An released Jiang XiaoXue from the Heaven Sealing Chains, comforted her, and warned her to keep the Bronze Basin secret.
• Xia Qing approached Jiang Ping An intending to spend the rest of her life with him, but he revealed that he had escaped the Abyss Forbidden Zone.
• When Xia Qing pushed him down, Jiang Ping An bound the three Xia Qings with Mental Chains and showed her the strange mark on his back.
• Xia Qing identified the mark as a curse and explained that breaking it required someone to pay the same price as its caster.
• Jiang Ping An suspected the Eight-Claw Squid expert had cursed him so that killing sea demons triggered heavenly lightning.

Jiang Ping An returned from the Abyss Forbidden Zone after resolving the lightning curse and arrived at PingAn Star, where Li YueYue and Meng Jing had waited for him. He reunited with them as Lü Hui challenged him to a fight.

• Jiang Ping An examined the Yellow Paper, considered his damaged armor, back curse, and path toward a third cultivation step, then devoured the heavenly lightning with his Black Hole and teleported away.
• Sea Demon Race experts arrived at the cleared site and mistook the lightning for the work of a Sea Demon Race Heaven's Chosen.
• On PingAn Star, Lü Hui pressured Li YueYue to become his Dao Companion, but she insisted she was waiting for Jiang Ping An, and Meng Jing told Lü Hui to leave them alone.
• Jiang Ping An appeared behind Lü Hui, and Li YueYue and Meng Jing rushed to greet him in tears after years apart.
• Jealous of their reunion, Lü Hui challenged Jiang Ping An to a fight.

Jiang Ping An reunited with Meng Jing, Lei Lan, and Xia Qing after emerging from the Abyss Secret Realm, but his reunion was interrupted by Lü Hui’s challenge and alarm over his Demonic Qi. The commanders of the Anti-Demon Army accepted that Jiang Ping An remained rational and tried to recruit him instead of executing him, leaving Lü Hui’s scheme thwarted.

• Jiang Ping An reunited Meng Jing with Lei Lan and Xia Qing, while Jiang XiaoXue explained that Jiang Ping An had adopted her.
• Lü Hui challenged Jiang Ping An, who drove him back with his overwhelming Demonic Qi.
• Soldiers recognized Jiang Ping An as a Gold Plate Commander and saluted him, and the five supreme commanders arrived in shock that he had survived the Abyss Secret Realm.
• Lü Hui urged the commanders to execute Jiang Ping An for entering Demonic State, but Lei Lan defended him and the commanders refused to condemn him.
• Qian Zuo and other commanders offered Jiang Ping An ways to stabilize or guide his Demon Cultivation and invited him to their factions, leaving Lü Hui bewildered.

Jiang Ping An returned from the Abyss Forbidden Zone, killed Lü Hui after Lü Hui provoked him, and learned that a curse threatened his cultivation and reputation. He challenged the Sea Demon Race, whose soldiers recognized that he had truly returned.

• Lü Hui provoked Jiang Ping An, who struck him apart with the Heaven Shaking Demon Stick; Lü Hui revived with a Substitute Death Talisman and fled using a Teleportation Talisman.
• Jiang Ping An refused the five commanders’ offer of assistance, then showed them the curse on his back.
• Qian Zuo examined the curse and explained that it would bring heavenly lightning whenever Jiang Ping An killed, obstruct his comprehension of laws, and cause others to despise and misunderstand him.
• Jiang Ping An said the curse could only be removed by a Tribulation Realm expert who understood curses, while Xia Qing offered to ask Hua QingYu for help and Jiang Ping An asked about repairing his Fourth-Order Battle Intent Armor.
• Jiang Ping An flew toward the Sea Demon Race’s territory and challenged them to fight; their soldiers recognized him and reacted with alarm.

Jiang Ping An returned from the Abyss Forbidden Zone and challenged the Sea Demon Race, which sent a late-stage Spirit Transformation Bloodthirsty Mad Shark to fight him. Jiang Ping An killed it with overwhelming force, leaving both armies stunned.

• The Sea Demon Race's commanders panicked at Jiang Ping An's return and tried to ignore his challenge until he ordered the human soldiers to prepare for war.
• The Sea Demon Race accepted the challenge and sent a late-stage Spirit Transformation Bloodthirsty Mad Shark to exhaust Jiang Ping An's strength.
• The Bloodthirsty Mad Shark transformed into a ten-thousand-meter beast and charged Jiang Ping An as the soldiers watched.
• Jiang Ping An activated the Fourth Floor of the Little Phaseless Skill, grew nearly twenty thousand meters tall, and struck the shark with a fist that sealed its spiritual energy.
• Jiang Ping An broke the Bloodthirsty Mad Shark's spine, tore its body apart, and destroyed its fleeing Primordial Spirit with the Star Guiding Art.
• The human and Sea Demon armies stared in shock at Jiang Ping An's victory.

Jiang Ping An slaughtered the Sea Demon Race’s strongest fighters, but Lü Hui turned the soldiers against him to prevent war and ruin his reputation. Before Lü Hui could drive Jiang Ping An from the Military Camp, a disguised man killed him, leaving the soldiers stunned.

• Jiang Ping An killed a late Spirit Transformation Bloodthirsty Mad Shark, swallowed the curse lightning, and challenged the Sea Demon Race to send more fighters.
• Jiang Ping An fought for more than ten days and killed dozens of top late Spirit Transformation Sea Demons, refusing to stop when the Sea Demon Race warned him against starting a war.
• Lü Hui secretly stirred up the soldiers’ resentment toward Jiang Ping An, accusing him of selfishly risking ordinary soldiers’ lives.
• The soldiers argued over whether to fight the Sea Demon Race as Lü Hui continued to fan their hostility toward Jiang Ping An.
• A black streak pierced Lü Hui’s head, destroyed his Substitute Death Talisman, and turned him into a corpse.
• The soldiers discovered that Lü Hui’s killer was an exceptionally beautiful man disguised as a woman.

Jiang Ping An protected Ye Wuqing after he killed Lü Hui, the Bright Moon Holy Land Saint Son, and took responsibility for him. He learned that removing his curse required exceptionally rare circumstances, but also found out that his Battle Intent Armor could be repaired.

• Ye Wuqing admitted to killing Lü Hui and accepted Qian Zuo's death sentence, but Jiang Ping An intervened and called him a friend.
• Ye Wuqing tried to attack Jiang Ping An to sever their connection, but Jiang restrained him, put him in the Spirit Beast Storage Bag, and claimed him as a soldier under his command.
• Bu Si tried to take Lü Hui's corpse, and Jiang Ping An allowed it, while the Sea Demon Race leaders considered using the human infighting to turn humanity against him.
• Xia Qing told Jiang Ping An that lifting his curse would require a dying Tribulation Realm expert proficient in curses and an enormous price.
• Jiang Ping An learned that his Battle Intent Armor could be repaired, though severe damage would require sending it to the Central Continent, and he said cost did not matter.

News of Jiang Ping An’s return from the Abyss Forbidden Zone spread across the Eastern Region, bringing attention to his curse and stirring both envy and suspicion. At a gathering of Eastern Sea military commanders, Jiang Ping An was asked to explain how he had escaped the forbidden zone.

• Cultivators across the Eastern Region discussed Jiang Ping An’s past achievements and learned that he could no longer comprehend Laws because of a curse.
• The new Chu Kingdom Emperor rejoiced at Jiang Ping An’s misfortune, while other powerful young geniuses dismissed him as no longer worth challenging.
• At Heavenly Dao Academy, Situ Lingfeng learned that Jiang Ping An possessed the Devouring Talent and resolved to seize it.
• Rumors in the Eastern Sea military camp accused Jiang Ping An of becoming demonic, sheltering a murderer, and possibly serving as a Sea Demon spy.
• The commanders of the Five Great Legions and other Gold Plate commanders questioned Jiang Ping An about how he had emerged from the Abyss Forbidden Zone.

Jiang Ping An resigned from the military after rumors cast suspicion on him, choosing to seek a way to lift his curse while promising to return if the Eastern Sea faced danger. As he spoke with Meng Jing and Xia Qing, Situ Lingfeng, the Chaos Body, arrived with a Quasi-Immortal Artifact and two peerless powerhouses, drawing everyone’s attention to Jiang Ping An.

• Jiang Ping An placed his commander's badge on the table, apologized for the trouble his actions had caused, and resigned from his position and military service.
• Qian Zuo announced Jiang Ping An's discharge, while soldiers reacted with a mix of approval and anger over what they considered an unfair decision.
• Meng Jing condemned the rumors, and Jiang Ping An told her and Xia Qing that he remained in control of his emotions despite the Demonic Qi.
• A man on a Quasi-Immortal Artifact throne appeared above the battlefield with two peerless powerhouses beside him.
• An old man identified the newcomer as Situ Lingfeng of Heavenly Dao Academy, the Chaos Body, prompting everyone to turn toward Jiang Ping An.

Situ Lingfeng, an Era-Level Heaven's Chosen with the Chaos Body, arrived in the Eastern Sea seeking to devour other Heaven's Chosen's talents and challenged Jiang Ping An. Jiang Ping An accepted the fight despite warnings, but Situ Lingfeng's Space Power soon left him trapped on the defensive.

• Qian Zuo recognized that Situ Lingfeng had come to seize Jiang Ping An's Devouring Power and tried to send him away, but Situ Lingfeng revealed Xia Qing's Taiyin Divine Body and demanded Jiang Ping An's talent.
• Jiang Ping An and Situ Lingfeng's divine pupils clashed, causing a powerful explosion that the commanders contained with a protective barrier.
• Situ Lingfeng demanded Jiang Ping An's Devouring Power, while Jiang Ping An challenged him for his Quasi-Immortal Artifact and agreed to fight despite Qian Zuo and Xia Qing's warnings.
• Jiang Ping An and Situ Lingfeng rose into the sky as the human cultivators and Sea Demon Race watched their duel begin.
• Situ Lingfeng used Space Power to redirect Jiang Ping An's attacks back at him and strike from afar, forcing Jiang Ping An to defend with the Limitless Fist.

Jiang Ping An and Situ Lingfeng fought an escalating battle, countering each other’s powerful arts and abilities. The duel reached a clash between Jiang Ping An’s Devouring Power and Situ Lingfeng’s Chaos Power, with the winner still undecided.

• Jiang Ping An adapted to Situ Lingfeng’s spatial attacks, but their mental arts clashed and Situ Lingfeng severed Jiang Ping An’s sealing chains with Soul Sword.
• Jiang Ping An enlarged his body and struck with the Battle God Art, while Situ Lingfeng answered with the Little Phaseless Skill and the Dragon God Art.
• Jiang Ping An and Situ Lingfeng traded blows across the sky, sea, and seabed, while Situ Lingfeng’s shadow and water-made clones countered Jiang Ping An’s battle soul and Dao Body clones.
• Jiang Ping An unleashed Devouring Power as a vast Black Hole, and Situ Lingfeng met it with a seven-colored sphere of Chaos Power.
• Jiang Ping An’s Devouring Power and Situ Lingfeng’s Chaos Power began devouring each other as the spectators waited to see who would prevail.

Jiang Ping An struggled against Situ Lingfeng’s Natural Body, Yin Yang Heart Sutra, and many divine techniques, but revealed a hidden advantage by unleashing his immense body weight. He left Situ Lingfeng badly wounded with a single collision, shifting the fight’s momentum.

• Situ Lingfeng absorbed natural energy to replenish himself, while the female legion commander identified his physique as the legendary Natural Body.
• Jiang Ping An used the Fourth Floor of the Limitless Fist to return Situ Lingfeng’s fireball, but Situ Lingfeng countered with the Yin Yang Heart Sutra and amplified it.
• Situ Lingfeng’s attacks overwhelmed Jiang Ping An, who was knocked into the sea as the onlookers expected him to lose.
• Jiang Ping An removed the Star Guiding Art’s restrictions and reversed its effect to increase his already immense body weight.
• Jiang Ping An rushed Situ Lingfeng with Thunder Flash, snapped his arm in their collision, and sent him flying.