Chapter Summaries

Spirit Terrace Kingdom replaced its publicly selected fighters with ten unknown geniuses, forcing Great Summer Kingdom’s team to face a tougher contest on God Island. After the teams signed a Heavenly Dao Contract, Wang Lan volunteered to face the arrogant green-haired youth first, intending to draw out his abilities for Zhang Ruoruo.

• Chen Zhen arrived on God Island with ten replacement fighters, and Jiang Ping An realized Great Summer Kingdom’s intelligence about their opponents was useless.
• Ming Chen explained that God Island suppressed everyone’s cultivation and weapons to the Golden Core Realm, then the two teams used a Detection Stone to test their ages and cultivation.
• Chen Zhen tried to recruit Jiang Ping An back to Spirit Terrace Kingdom, but Jiang insulted him and refused.
• Ming Chen and Chen Zhen signed a Heavenly Dao Contract setting the contest rules and penalties for cheating.
• The green-haired youth challenged Great Summer Kingdom’s team, and Wang Lan volunteered to fight first so he could reveal the youth’s strength for Zhang Ruoruo.

Wang Lan and Zhang Ruoruo died fighting Zhao Tianyi, exposing that the ten supposed Spirit Terrace Kingdom geniuses were actually from the Chu Kingdom. Fang Xing then entered the battlefield to face the next opponent, a Soul Cultivator.

• Wang Lan fought Zhao Tianyi, who revealed the Cloud Dispelling Palm and killed him with successive attacks.
• Zhang Ruoruo burned her life with a Forbidden Technique, killed Zhao Tianyi, and died after asking to be buried beside Wang Lan.
• Ming Chen accused Chen Zhen of sending Chu Kingdom geniuses, and Chen Zhen admitted the rules never specified where the ten geniuses had to come from.
• Fang Xing stopped Jiang Ping An from entering the fight and went to battle, warning that the opposing woman was a Soul Cultivator.

Fang Xing sacrificed his Soul Seed to defeat Zhu Yuling after she threatened his younger sister, but Jiang Ping An saved him with a Soul Solidification Pill. As the Great Xia prodigies faced a worsening battle, Jiang Ping An prepared to fight until Yun Huang stepped forward instead.

• Zhu Yuling taunted Fang Xing about his murdered family and threatened his younger sister, driving him to attack her spiritual Main Body.
• Fang Xing detonated his Soul Seed, crippling Zhu Yuling’s Soul Seed and falling from the air, but Jiang Ping An caught him.
• Jiang Ping An gave Fang Xing a Soul Solidification Pill, restoring his Soul Seed, and Ming Chen reimbursed Jiang Ping An with fifty million spirit stones.
• Zhu Yuling threatened to have her father kill everyone before fainting, while the Great Xia prodigies worried that they were losing the contest.
• Jiang Ping An offered to fight, but Yun Huang stopped him and volunteered to go first, keeping Jiang Ping An and Ye Wuqing in reserve.

Yun Huang defeated the Vermilion Bird-blooded youth by surviving his fatal attack and striking back, but her victory left her too weakened to fight again. As Jin Lin prepared to face the next opponent, the Spirit Terrace Kingdom captured Meng Kuo and Chen Zhen threatened to kill him if Jiang Ping An or Meng Jing acted.

• Yun Huang fought the Vermilion Bird-blooded youth, endured a heart-piercing flame attack through her rebirth ability, and killed him with a black flame blade.
• Yun Huang returned to Great Xia’s side, took a Healing Pill, and used the Black Flame Firestone to recover, telling the others the rest depended on them.
• A towering Body Cultivator entered the battlefield, and Jin Lin prepared to face him by planning a blood sacrifice.
• A cultivator arrived carrying Meng Kuo, prompting Jiang Ping An and Meng Jing to recognize him as Meng Jing’s father.
• Chen Zhen admitted the Spirit Terrace Kingdom had captured Meng Kuo and threatened to kill him if Jiang Ping An or Meng Jing made a move.

After Spirit Terrace Kingdom’s National Ruler Chen Zhen tortured Meng Kuo for information, Meng Kuo killed himself rather than be used against his allies. Meng Jing rampaged through the battlefield and killed four Chu Kingdom prodigies before collapsing into Jiang Ping An’s arms, and Chu Yang prepared to fight personally.

• Chen Zhen threatened Ming Chen with Meng Kuo’s life and tore off Meng Kuo’s arm while demanding the cultivation technique he had obtained from God Void Daoist’s residence.
• Meng Kuo revealed that he had poisoned himself and shattered his heart, then died after entrusting Meng Jing to Jiang Ping An and urging them to destroy Spirit Terrace Kingdom.
• Grief-stricken, Meng Jing unleashed her Thunder Spirit Body and killed four Chu Kingdom prodigies with lightning.
• Jiang Ping An caught the exhausted Meng Jing and vowed that none of their enemies would escape.
• Ye Wuqing stepped forward as Jiang Ping An prepared to enter the battlefield, while Chu Yang revealed himself as the Chu Kingdom Crown Prince and said he would end the competition himself.

Chu Yang, the Chu Kingdom Crown Prince with the Sun God Body, overwhelmed Ye Wuqing and drove Jiang Ping An to enter the fight. Jiang Ping An struck Chu Yang down with a lightning-fast punch, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Chu Yang revealed his identity and mocked Ye Wuqing’s painful past, provoking Ye Wuqing to attack with a Law-infused sword strike.
• Chu Yang’s Sun God Body let him shatter Ye Wuqing’s attacks and wound him, then he launched a flame attack to finish him.
• Jiang Ping An saved Ye Wuqing and insisted on taking his place, despite Ming Chen, Fang Xing, and Meng Jing urging him not to fight.
• Jiang Ping An evaded Chu Yang’s flame attack with Thunder Flash and punched him through his flames, sending him crashing into the ground.

Jiang Ping An gained the upper hand against Chu Yang with Thunder Flash and the Battle God Art, but Chu Yang awakened the Flame Law in his flames and turned the fight against him. Jiang Ping An kept dodging as Chu Yang pressed his attack, leaving the battle unresolved and Great Xia fearing he would run out of energy.

• Jiang Ping An ambushed Chu Yang, then used Thunder Flash to strike repeatedly, drawing blood while Chu Yang's Sun God Body absorbed most of the damage.
• Chu Yang used a speed-boosting secret art and Burning Sky Fist to overwhelm Jiang Ping An, but Jiang Ping An activated the Battle God Art and seized the advantage again.
• Jiang Ping An grabbed Chu Yang and smashed him into the ground, shocking both Chu Kingdom's geniuses and the people of Great Xia.
• Chu Yang's flames turned ghostly blue, and Ming Chen warned that he had activated the Flame Law; Jiang Ping An began dodging instead of confronting him directly.
• Chu Yang recognized Jiang Ping An was trying to outlast him and launched a relentless assault, while Great Xia's people worried Thunder Flash would exhaust Jiang Ping An's energy.

Jiang Ping An outlasted Chu Yang’s law-fueled attacks, then revealed the Saint Body blood within him and used it to pierce Chu Yang’s heart. Chu Yang died, leaving Great Xia’s group celebrating the defeat of a dangerous enemy.

• Jiang Ping An collected Meng Kuo’s corpse and severed arm, then maneuvered Chu Yang into killing Chu Kingdom’s two remaining geniuses with a Flame Fist.
• Jiang Ping An evaded Chu Yang for an hour, exhausting his opponent’s ability to wield the law while conserving his own energy.
• Chu Yang’s Blue Flame faded, and Jiang Ping An attacked him, but Chu Yang claimed his defenses could not be broken without a godly body and law power.
• Jiang Ping An ignited the Saint Body Blood hidden within him, drawing shocked recognition from Chen Zhen and mobilizing the Battle Intent Law.
• Jiang Ping An pierced Chu Yang’s heart with his transformed right hand, killing him and prompting Ming Chen and Yun Huang to celebrate.

Jiang Ping An fought Chu Yang after Chu Yang revived with Substitute Death Wood and unleashed his Quasi-Immortal Artifact, the Judge's Brush. Jiang Ping An poisoned and restrained Chu Yang, then attacked his heart while taking the brush, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Jiang Ping An learned that burning Saint Body Blood produced the power of laws, while Chu Yang revived at full strength through Substitute Death Wood.
• Chu Yang ignored the competition rules and attacked Jiang Ping An again, while Jiang Ping An revealed his spiritual energy and used Sandstorm Burial to trap him.
• Chu Yang escaped the sand with the Judge's Brush, a Quasi-Immortal Artifact, as Chen Zhen blocked Ming Chen from reaching Jiang Ping An.
• Jiang Ping An's poison made Chu Yang bleed, and Jiang Ping An briefly restrained him with Mental Power.
• Jiang Ping An used Thunder Flash to reach Chu Yang, ignited Saint Body Blood, struck toward his heart, and seized the Judge's Brush.

Jiang Ping An killed Chu Yang twice and stole the Judge's Brush, but Chu Yang's ancestor intervened with overwhelming power. The ancestor withdrew after sensing a greater danger on God Island, leaving Chu Yang alive and vowing revenge.

• Jiang Ping An killed Chu Yang again, severed his right hand, and took the Judge's Brush and Storage Ring.
• Chu Yang used a Substitute Death Talisman to survive, but Jiang Ping An attacked him again before a phantom hand emerged from a Black Hole.
• A Tribulation Realm ancestor's phantom hand overwhelmed Jiang Ping An's talismans and dispelled Meng Jing's thunderclouds, but Jiang Ping An struck it with a broken golden brush and escaped the impact.
• The ancestor ordered Chu Yang and Chen Zhen to leave God Island, and both entered the Black Hole as it closed.
• In the Chu Kingdom Mausoleum, the ancestor explained that a great terror on God Island had forced him to retreat and urged Chu Yang to reflect and grow stronger.
• Chu Yang accepted the ancestor's order but swore to take revenge on Jiang Ping An.

After Jiang Ping An protected God Island, the Ancient Thunder Clan arrived to claim Meng Jing, whose Thunder Spirit Body had evolved into an Immortal Thunder Body. Meng Jing chose to leave with them to gain strength and avenge her father, while Jiang Ping An watched her go and asked Ming Chen where to find Demon Dragon Bone.

• Jiang Ping An embraced Meng Jing and apologized for failing to kill the Chu Kingdom Crown Prince, while the people of Great Xia recognized how much his strength had grown.
• The Third Elder of the Lei Family arrived with members of the Ancient Thunder Clan, declared that Meng Jing had awakened an Immortal Thunder Body, and demanded to take her back.
• The Third Elder threatened Jiang Ping An, and Meng Jing defended him, but she eventually agreed to return with the clan to pursue an Immortal's inheritance and avenge her father.
• Meng Jing gave Jiang Ping An a tearful kiss, promised to return, and warned him not to like other girls before leaving with the Third Elder.
• After Ming Chen warned him not to provoke the Ancient Thunder Clan, Jiang Ping An asked where he could search God Island for Demon Dragon Bone.

Jiang Ping An searched God Island for Demon Dragon Bone to fulfill his bargain with Hua QingYu, but Lei Qingyun ambushed him on the Lei Family’s orders. Jiang Ping An wounded Lei Qingyun with the Judge’s Brush and escaped by teleportation, while Lei Qingyun began hunting him for the artifact.

• Jiang Ping An asked Ming Chen for time to search God Island for Demon Dragon Bone, and Ming Chen let the gathered geniuses explore for a month before leaving with Wang Lan and Zhang Ruoruo’s bodies.
• Jiang Ping An searched the island while Yun Huang, Jin Lin, and the other geniuses looked for treasures, but Lei Qingyun suddenly attacked him.
• Lei Qingyun’s lightning strike badly injured Jiang Ping An, who then used the Judge’s Brush to wound Lei Qingyun and teleported away.
• Lei Qingyun recognized the Judge’s Brush, became determined to seize it, and searched God Island after finding Jiang Ping An’s teleportation talisman fragment.
• Jiang Ping An recovered in a dark cave, realized Lei Qingyun would be guarding against another Judge’s Brush attack, and vowed to fight the Lei Family to the end.

Jiang Ping An used Chu Yang’s resources to attempt Core Formation with the Hidden Universe Art, but his golden core repeatedly shattered. God Island revealed that it was a living being and warned that the art belonged to God Void Daoist’s separate cultivation system, leaving Jiang Ping An to weigh abandoning it against forging his own path.

• Jiang Ping An claimed Chu Yang’s Storage Treasure and found vast wealth, including Flame Law Fragments and many other storage tools.
• Jiang Ping An swallowed pills and drained hundreds of thousands of spirit stones while attempting to condense a golden core with the Hidden Universe Art.
• His golden core shattered, and spiritual energy merged with his blood energy to form a blood-colored golden core, which also shattered.
• God Island spoke to Jiang Ping An from within its own body and explained that God Void Daoist’s Hidden Universe Art could not produce a conventional golden core.
• Jiang Ping An considered whether to abandon the Hidden Universe Art, then asked if creating his own path was difficult.
• God Island said only three people across the ages had forged their own Dao and reached the summit, including God Void Daoist.

Jiang Ping An decided to postpone Core Formation rather than abandon the Hidden Universe Art, and discovered a way to increase his power by storing spiritual energy and blood qi inside reinforced acupoints. Meanwhile, Lei Qingyun used a Golden Compass to track him to God Island’s underground barrier and headed toward the sea in search of its entrance.

• God Island explained that Body Cultivators and Soul Cultivators were offshoots of the second cultivation system, with realms corresponding to Golden Core and Nascent Soul.
• Jiang Ping An swallowed a Fire Lotus Enlightenment Seed and chose to keep cultivating the Hidden Universe Art instead of forming a core for now.
• Jiang Ping An reinforced his Tanzhong Acupoint with spiritual energy, blood qi, and Saint Body Blood, increasing his energy storage capacity fourfold.
• Jiang Ping An continued expanding his acupoints with replenishing pills, intending to boost his combat power against the enemy before him.
• Lei Qingyun followed a Golden Compass to the underground location where Jiang Ping An was hiding, but a hard barrier stopped him from digging farther.
• Lei Qingyun used the compass to locate an entrance beneath the sea and flew toward it, determined to claim the Quasi-Immortal Artifact.

Jiang Ping An obtained four pieces of Demon Dragon Bone from God Island, which also revealed that it knew about the Treasure Accumulation Basin within him. Lei Qingyun tracked him down and attacked over the Judge's Brush, leaving Jiang Ping An facing a Nascent Soul Realm opponent on God Island.

• Jiang Ping An asked God Island for Demon Dragon Bone, and God Island gave him four scraps from the demon dragon it had eaten.
• God Island warned Jiang Ping An to grow stronger and not betray the Bronze Basin, revealing that it knew about his hidden treasure.
• Lei Qingyun found Jiang Ping An with a Golden Compass and demanded the Judge's Brush, while claiming that the Heavenly Marsh Holy Land Saint Son had taken Meng Kuo because of Lei Lan.
• Jiang Ping An attacked Lei Qingyun with the Judge's Brush, and the two exchanged blows using Thunder Flash without landing a hit.
• Lei Qingyun tried to draw Jiang Ping An beyond God Island, but Jiang Ping An used second-stage Thunder Flash to return; Lei Qingyun caught up and attacked the seemingly exhausted Jiang Ping An.

Jiang Ping An trapped Lei Qingyun in Nascent Soul barriers and fought him with the Judge's Brush, Gravity Talent, and Battle God Art. Yun Huang completed her First-Grade Divine Phoenix Golden Core and arrived to find Lei Qingyun trapped instead of Jiang Ping An.

• Jiang Ping An used the Judge's Brush to destroy Lei Qingyun's second protective talisman, then severed Lei Qingyun's arm with another strike.
• Jiang Ping An sealed Lei Qingyun inside two Nascent Soul barriers and attacked him using Gravity Talent, breaking his spine.
• Jiang Ping An burned his remaining Saint Body Blood and clashed with Lei Qingyun using the Battle God Art and energy from his 360-Degree Major Acupoints.
• Yun Huang completed her Core Formation with a First-Grade Divine Phoenix Golden Core and sensed the battle.
• Yun Huang reached the battlefield and realized that Lei Qingyun, not Jiang Ping An, was trapped.

Jiang Ping An killed Lei Qingyun with Nascent Soul Realm Sword Dao Talismans after overpowering him on God Island, then revealed he had opened all 360 major acupoints. Jin Lin and Yun Huang learned that doing so required Jiang Ping An to shatter his Blood Core hundreds of times.

• Jin Lin arrived and, with Yun Huang, watched Jiang Ping An batter the injured Lei Qingyun inside the barrier.
• Lei Qingyun broke through two layers of the barrier and fled beyond God Island, but Jiang Ping An's hidden talismans activated and destroyed Lei Qingyun and his Nascent Soul.
• Jiang Ping An caught Lei Qingyun's Storage Ring and returned to God Island, where Jin Lin and Yun Huang praised him for killing a Nascent Soul.
• Jin Lin asked how many acupoints Jiang Ping An had opened, and Jiang Ping An answered that he had opened all 360 major acupoints.
• Jin Lin explained that Body Cultivators had to shatter their Blood Core each time they opened another acupoint, shocking Yun Huang with how much pain Jiang Ping An had endured.

Jiang Ping An used the Bronze Basin to copy and restore the Judge's Brush, discovering that the artifact could repair items at a tremendous energy cost. As he continued cultivating, the Ancient Thunder Clan arranged to assassinate him, unaware that Lei Qingyun was already dead.

• Jin Lin and Yun Huang learned how many times Jiang Ping An had gravely injured himself to open all three hundred and sixty acupoints, then left to hunt for treasure while he returned to cultivate.
• Jiang Ping An placed the Judge's Brush in the Bronze Basin and watched it create two copies of the Quasi-Immortal Artifact.
• God Island told Jiang Ping An that the Bronze Basin could restore broken items, so he sacrificed artifacts and spirit stones, including a damaged Judge's Brush and Lei Qingyun's possessions, to repair one brush completely.
• The Bronze Basin warned Jiang Ping An that copying and restoring the Judge's Brush had exhausted its stored energy, and God Island refused to explain its origins until Jiang Ping An was qualified to become an immortal.
• Jiang Ping An swallowed a Fire Lotus Enlightenment Seed and trained his Divine Sense, while the Ancient Thunder Clan's Third Elder revealed that he had sent Lei Qingyun to kill Jiang Ping An.

Jiang Ping An spent a month cultivating in a mountain cave, strengthening his body while learning that his right eye might help him comprehend Laws. He left to rejoin the other geniuses, where Xia Qing greeted him with an exuberant embrace.

• News spread across Great Xia that Jiang Ping An had defeated Chu Yang twice and seized the Judge's Brush, boosting morale as Great Xia's forces reclaimed territory.
• Jiang Ping An's fame reached neighboring dynasties, while reports of the Meng-surnamed Immortal Thunder Body becoming the Thunder Clan Goddess drew attention from major factions.
• After a month of cultivation, Jiang Ping An found that his acupoints held immense energy, reviewed his abilities, and worried that Hidden Universe Art would prevent him from reaching the Nascent Soul Realm.
• A senior warned Jiang Ping An that comprehending Laws would be his greatest obstacle and said his right eye could help him perceive the rules of heaven and earth.
• Jiang Ping An flew back to the gathering, where Ming Chen and Xia Qing had arrived, and Xia Qing enthusiastically hugged him.

Jiang Ping An refused to return to Great Xia under Xia Qing’s protection because he intended to avenge Meng Kuo, but accepted the Space Codex as his tournament reward. Xia Qing brought him and Yun Huang to the imperial city, where her brother Xia Tianlu greeted them with a veiled threat.

• Xia Qing embraced Jiang Ping An and offered to take him to the imperial city, but he refused because he feared his revenge would bring disaster upon Great Xia.
• Jiang Ping An told Xia Qing he planned to destroy the Spirit Terrace Kingdom, the Chu Kingdom, and whoever ordered the attack on Meng Kuo; Xia Qing urged him to stay with her until he was stronger.
• Ming Chen gave Jiang Ping An the first level of the Space Codex, which he could study now but could not cultivate until reaching Nascent Soul.
• Xia Qing told Jiang Ping An that Wang Ren had recovered and was in seclusion at the threshold of a breakthrough to Refining Void.
• Xia Qing took Jiang Ping An and Yun Huang through the Teleportation Array to the imperial city, where Xia Tianlu welcomed them and warned that Jiang Ping An might die if Xia Qing failed to protect him.