Chapter Summaries

Xia Qing asked the Great Xia Emperor to grant Jiang Ping An the Dao Body secret technique, and Jiang Ping An secured half of it by offering the damaged Judge's Brush. The Emperor then announced that Xia Qing would be matched for marriage at the Winter Solstice Festival, leaving her angry and eyeing Jiang Ping An with a new plan.

• Xia Qing warned Jiang Ping An that the Fourth Prince, Xia Tianlu, had previously sent people to poison him before leading him into the Royal Palace.
• Xia Qing asked Xia Yuanhao to grant Jiang Ping An the Dao Body secret technique, but ministers loyal to Xia Tianlu accused Jiang Ping An of being a spy and opposed the request.
• Jiang Ping An offered the damaged Judge's Brush to Xia Yuanhao, who accepted it and awarded him half of the Dao Body secret technique.
• Xia Yuanhao dismissed the court and announced that he would arrange a match for Xia Qing at the Winter Solstice Festival two months later.
• Xia Tianlu taunted Xia Qing about the marriage arrangement, and she glared at him before turning to Jiang Ping An with a plotting smile.

Jiang Ping An mastered the Dao Body secret art and created a second body to cultivate separately. Meanwhile, Meng Jing learned that the Thunder Clan had sent Lei Qingyun after him and swore revenge, prompting an elder to forbid the clan from harming Jiang Ping An.

• Xia Qing gave Jiang Ping An a room and resources, then warned him not to study the Dao Body secret art until after the Winter Solstice Festival.
• Jiang Ping An ignored Xia Qing’s warning, studied the Dao Body art, and repeatedly failed before successfully creating a clone.
• Jiang Ping An assigned the clone to orthodox cultivation and Saint Body Blood while keeping the main body focused on the Hidden Universe Art.
• Jiang Ping An thought about the absent Meng Jing, while Meng Jing privately missed him and wondered how he was doing.
• Lei Lan told Meng Jing that Lei Qingyun had gone with Third Elder to find her and had disappeared, leading Meng Jing to realize the Thunder Clan had targeted Jiang Ping An.
• Meng Jing threatened to destroy the Thunder Clan if Jiang Ping An died, and an old man ordered the clan not to attack him and sent Third Elder to face the wall for three hundred years.

Xia Qing urged Jiang Ping An to advance to Golden Core so he could help her escape a marriage tournament, while Hua QingYu visited to collect the Demon Dragon Bone he had found. After explaining that Demon Cultivators were not necessarily evil, Hua QingYu left Jiang Ping An without the cultivation system he sought.

• Xia Qing told Jiang Ping An that she had announced a marriage tournament to avoid the Fourth Prince’s plans and asked him to win it as her stand-in.
• Jiang Ping An said he could handle the contestants without advancing, and Xia Qing left to find another genius to use as a shield.
• Hua QingYu arrived to collect on their deal, but Jiang Ping An presented a Demon Dragon Bone instead of agreeing to mine for five years.
• Hua QingYu accepted the bone and explained to Jiang Ping An that Demon Cultivators were not the same as Evil Cultivators.
• Jiang Ping An asked whether the Wealth Source Commerce Association had God Void Daoist’s cultivation technique, and Hua QingYu said no one knew his cultivation system.

Jiang Ping An traded Demon Dragon Bones for a Saint Body Bone and learned that a Taiyin Divine Body had killed a Saint Body. As the Winter Solstice Festival began, Xia Qing prepared for the royal marriage tournament with Chen Xuan’s help, while Jiang Ping An remained below the Golden Core Realm and was sent to buy proper clothes.

• Jiang Ping An offered Hua QingYu a Demon Dragon Bone in exchange for a Saint Body Bone, and she arranged for him to collect the remains after the festival.
• Hua QingYu told Jiang Ping An that the Saint Body had been slain by the Taiyin Divine Body of the Taiyin God Sect, and Jiang Ping An resolved to remain humble.
• Xia Tianlu recruited a fifteen-year-old savage with the primordial wilderness bloodline and planned to use him against Chen Xuan in the tournament for Xia Qing’s hand.
• When the Winter Solstice Festival arrived, Xia Qing lamented that Jiang Ping An had not reached the Golden Core Realm and said Chen Xuan would help her instead.
• Xia Qing sent Jiang Ping An with Yun Huang to buy suitable clothes for the royal palace banquet.

Jiang Ping An went with Yun Huang to buy clothes for Xia Qing’s banquet and encountered a bloodstained white cloth from the Ancient Battlefield that made his right eye ache. He offered to buy it, and Sun Pan demanded ten thousand spirit stones.

• Yun Huang brought Jiang Ping An to a tailor shop, where he reluctantly tried on an expensive black outfit.
• Li He appeared and offered to buy Yun Huang clothes, but she explained she was shopping for Jiang Ping An.
• Sun Pan showed the shop owner an ancient bloodstained white cloth, but the owner dismissed it as a scrap worth only a few thousand spirit stones.
• Jiang Ping An rushed out of the fitting room, offered Sun Pan five thousand spirit stones for the cloth, and concealed that his right eye had throbbed when he saw it.
• Sun Pan raised his asking price to ten thousand spirit stones, claiming the blood might contain high-level laws.

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.