Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ping An discovered that the Mummy Soul Tree Fragment connected to the mysterious beast hide and spent nearly three years and a fortune in pills feeding it Soul Power. After the hide appeared unchanged and he resolved to sell it, he noticed a tiny black sprout emerging from the mark where the fragment had merged.

• Jiang Ping An failed to uncover the hide’s secrets with the World Eye or other methods and decided to sell it to Ning Yun Ya.
• He realized the Mummy Soul Tree Fragment might be connected to the hide and placed the fragment on it.
• The hide absorbed Jiang Ping An’s Soul Power through the fragment, which merged into the hide and left a black mark.
• Jiang Ping An spent nearly three years and tens of thousands of Spirit King Pills feeding the hide, but it showed no apparent change.
• After deciding to sell the hide, Jiang Ping An noticed a tiny black tip sprouting from the mark.

Jiang Ping An spent a year and enormous resources transforming the beast hide, discovering it contained a world he could shape with his thoughts and a second consciousness linked to his own. He suspected that a missing ancient jar was needed to let creations escape into reality, leaving him with a powerful but incomplete treasure.

• Jiang Ping An noticed a tiny head resembling himself forming on the beast hide and chose to keep investing in it.
• He traded most of his remaining Spirit King Pills for Soul Power-restoring pills and spent another year nourishing the hide until the Mummy Soul Tree fragment vanished.
• Divine runes erupted as the hide formed a miniature Jiang Ping An, giving him a second soul and access to an independent spiritual world he could shape with his thoughts.
• Jiang Ping An created a golden dragon with second king-level power and discovered that its attacks in the spiritual world also hurt his main body's soul.
• He tried to bring the dragon into reality but failed, then recalled the ancient jar from the Zhum Civilization Ruins and guessed it was the missing passage between the hide's world and reality.
• Jiang Ping An regretted losing the jar and wondered whether the beast hide had practical value without it.

Jiang Ping An discovered that the beast hide could provide a time advantage and let Little Black safely simulate cultivation of Hell of Illusory Suffering. As he cultivated at Hua Miao Lou, Lan Jie arrived searching for him under the name Long Ping.

• Jiang Ping An tested the beast-hide world against a real Time Array and found it used ten times fewer resources for the same time difference.
• Jiang Ping An realized Little Black could use the beast hide to think through battles at accelerated time and simulate cultivating Hell of Illusory Suffering without suffering most of its Karmic Fire damage.
• Jiang Ping An continued cultivating the sixth layer of the Heaven Mending Art and the Fourth Layer Prison Suppressing of Hell of Illusory Suffering at Hua Miao Lou.
• Lan Jie showed a Hua Miao Lou maid a divine-power image of Jiang Ping An and demanded to know which room Long Ping occupied.

Lan Jie failed to force Hua Miao Lou to reveal Jiang Ping An’s location, then ordered his men to watch the establishment while he pursued another stolen treasure. After cultivating in the Beast Hide World, Jiang Ping An left to meet Lan Shi'er and Tuanzi but was intercepted by Xiao Hui, who confirmed that Lan Jie wanted to see him.

• Lan Jie demanded that Hua Miao Lou reveal whether Long Ping was staying there, but the maid refused and relayed Ning Yun Ya’s warning that Lan Jie would be barred if he caused trouble.
• Lan Jie ordered a subordinate to watch Hua Miao Lou and seize Long Ping when he came out, then left the imperial city to find Zhang Yong and Mo Xiu about the clay jar.
• Jiang Ping An cultivated in the Beast Hide World at five times the outside rate, leaving Little Black to continue studying while he went to meet Lan Shi'er and Tuanzi.
• Xiao Hui stopped Jiang Ping An outside Hua Miao Lou and demanded that he come meet his Young Master.
• Jiang Ping An denied being Long Ping, but Xiao Hui identified his master as Young Master Lan Jie, and Jiang Ping An realized Lan Jie was likely after the beast hide.

Jiang Ping An used a Sound Recording Stone to expose Xiao Hui’s threats and protect himself from being seized by the Lan Clan Royal Family. With the recording drawing a crowd and Hua Miao Lou shielding him, he forced Xiao Hui to agree to pay compensation, though Xiao Hui demanded a public explanation that they had only been joking.

• Xiao Hui threatened to have the royal guards frame Jiang Ping An and arrest him unless he went along willingly.
• Jiang Ping An activated a Sound Recording Stone, broadcasting Xiao Hui’s threats to the surrounding street, then retreated into Hua Miao Lou.
• Jiang Ping An publicly condemned the Lan Clan Royal Family while Xiao Hui stopped outside Hua Miao Lou and tried to silence him.
• Jiang Ping An demanded five thousand Spirit King Pills or equivalent collateral to stop the recording, and Xiao Hui agreed to pay if Jiang publicly said they had been joking.

Jiang Ping An turned Xiao Hui’s attempt to buy his silence into a public scandal, prompting Lan Jie to apologize and privately threaten him over the Zhum Civilization beast hide. After Lan Jie left, Lan Shi'er learned what happened and vowed to protect Jiang Ping An as she grew stronger.

• Xiao Hui gave Jiang Ping An five thousand Spirit King Pills to stop the Sound Recording Stone, but Jiang Ping An publicly described the deal in a way that further exposed Xiao Hui’s threats.
• Lan Jie arrived, struck Xiao Hui away, and told the crowd that his subordinate had misunderstood his orders before apologizing to Jiang Ping An.
• Lan Jie privately demanded the beast hide and warned that restarting the Zhum Civilization jar could destroy the consciousness of whoever held it, but Jiang Ping An denied possessing it.
• Jiang Ping An refused Lan Jie’s banquet invitation and suggested compensation in Spirit King Pills, while Lan Jie left without agreeing to pay.
• Lan Shi'er heard Jiang Ping An’s account, condemned Lan Jie’s group, and promised to become strong enough to defend him.

Jiang Ping An learned how his companions were advancing and returned to cultivation as the war worsened. Meanwhile, Lan Jie killed Mo Xiu, revived Zhu Mu through the Heavenly Abyss Jar, and began activating a consciousness world centered on the beast hide.

• Jiang Ping An heard that Shi'er, Tuanzi, Little Lion, and Long Ya were progressing in their cultivation while the alliance lost ground in the war.
• Lan Shi'er received an order to return and cultivate, and Jiang Ping An went back to the Cultivation Room at Hua Miao Lou.
• Months later, Lan Jie demanded the jar from Zhang Yong and killed Mo Xiu even after Zhang Yong handed it over.
• Zhang Yong fled into the sea, while Lan Jie performed a ritual that awakened the Heavenly Abyss Jar and revived Zhu Mu within him.
• Zhu Mu activated the consciousness world left in the beast hide, intending to drag all living creatures within ten million miles into it.

Lan Jie used the Heavenly Abyss jar to awaken the beast skin, causing the consciousness world inside it to change beyond Jiang Ping An’s control. Jiang Ping An’s Second Soul faced a powerful spider, and the chapter ended as his strongest strike barely wounded it.

• Lan Jie awakened the beast skin with the Heavenly Abyss jar, hoping its power would help him ascend to Lord God.
• Jiang Ping An felt the beast skin tremble as strange patterns appeared and his connection to his Second Soul became unstable.
• The Second Soul’s blank world transformed into a landscape of mountains, rivers, plants, and ten suns, while Jiang Ping An lost control of it.
• Jiang Ping An spotted six eyes watching him from the mountains and tried to flee to protect his Second Soul.
• A giant green-black spider attacked, and Jiang Ping An’s purple-flaming blade cut its mouthparts but failed to seriously injure it.

Jiang Ping An discovered that he could absorb the Divine Power in the consciousness world and used it to wound a Six-Eyed Demon Spider from within. After primitive people appeared, he realized the world might be recreating the primordial era of the God Realm.

• Jiang Ping An opened Devouring Space to block the spider's attack and discovered that Divine Power in the consciousness world could be absorbed freely.
• Jiang Ping An used Instant Flash to reach the spider's head, pierced its carapace with a Bone Blade, and sent Bone Spikes into its internal organs.
• The spider hurled itself into the mountains to crush Jiang Ping An, but he remained attached and continued attacking it while absorbing its Divine Power.
• Several primitive people arrived and shouted in astonishment as they watched Jiang Ping An fight the Six-Eyed Demon Spider alone.
• Jiang Ping An recalled Lan Jie’s explanation of the beast hide and suspected the world was recreating the primordial era of the God Realm.

Jiang Ping An discovered that the Primordial God Realm recreated inside the Beast-Skin Consciousness World held simulated treasures whose soul-nourishing effects could reach his real body. After testing Golden Grain Soul Grass, he realized the uncontrolled world might still offer a powerful way to strengthen himself.

• A Black Mountain Tribe hunting party attacked the Six-Eyed Demon Spider and its leader swung a Chaos Primordial Stone axe at Jiang Ping An, who retreated to a nearby mountain.
• Jiang Ping An watched the Black Mountain Tribe fight the spider and marveled at their strength and the priceless materials in their weapons.
• A young man approached Jiang Ping An, offered him Golden Grain Soul Grass, and explained that it was supposed to improve his mind.
• Jiang Ping An recognized the herb, ate several seeds, and found that they nourished both his Second Soul in the consciousness world and his real soul at Hua Miao Lou.
• Jiang Ping An realized that simulated treasures that strengthened Soul Power could affect reality and reconsidered the value of the transformed world.

Jiang Ping An withdrew from the battlefield and found a secluded cave to refine the Golden Grain Soul Grass, learning that only part of its benefit reached his real body. Meanwhile, the Black Mountain Tribe discovered that the Six-Eyed Demon Spider’s meat had become dangerously corrosive and blamed the white-haired man who had poisoned it.

• Shi Da He returned to his father, Shi Da Hu, who scolded him for giving Golden Grain Soul Grass to a stranger and warned that the Black Mountain Tribe was hunting nearby.
• Jiang Ping An decided to repay Shi Da He later, then used the Shadow Kill Technique to leave the battlefield and head into the deep mountains.
• The Black Mountain Tribe killed the Six-Eyed Demon Spider, but its abdomen had turned to corrosive sludge that dissolved a warrior’s hand; the chief blamed the white-haired man and ordered the tribe to salvage the spider’s legs and mouthparts.
• Jiang Ping An traveled through the wilderness, avoided divine herbs guarded by powerful beasts, and carved a concealed cave into a cliff with high-grade God Source Stones inside.
• Jiang Ping An collected some God Source Stones, ate more Golden Grain Soul Grass seeds, and began refining their soul energy.
• Jiang Ping An found that his real body received roughly one-fifth of the herb’s benefit to his Second Soul, and he was encouraged by the abundance of divine herbs in the wilderness.

Jiang Ping An used the Golden Grain Soul Grass to strengthen his Second Soul and master Prison Suppressing, then searched for more herbs. He reached Great Lake Village to find Shi Da He, whose unexpected appearance exposed the villagers’ awkward denial.

• Jiang Ping An absorbed the Golden Grain Soul Grass, strengthened his soul, and achieved initial mastery of Prison Suppressing.
• Jiang Ping An left his cave, subdued two Lion-headed Golden Eagles with his Soul Power, and searched their memories for rare herbs.
• Jiang Ping An rode one Lion-headed Golden Eagle toward Great Lake Village and collected Fierce Beast corpses as gifts along the way.
• Jiang Ping An arrived at Great Lake Village and asked its wary villagers whether Shi Da He lived there.
• A limping villager denied knowing Shi Da He, but Shi Da He called out from the well and emerged, leaving the villagers in awkward silence.

Jiang Ping An arrived at the village to repay Shi Da He for giving him Golden Grain Soul Grass, but he also sought more of the herb. After bringing a mountain of Fierce Beast corpses as payment, he learned from Shi Da Hu that obtaining more might not be possible.

• A villager kicked Shi Da He back into the well, but Shi Da He climbed out again and went to meet Jiang Ping An.
• Jiang Ping An summoned a mountain of Fierce Beast corpses at the village entrance, astonishing Shi Da He and the villagers.
• Shi Da He refused the meat, and Shi Da Hu arrived and invited Jiang Ping An into his house to discuss the gift.
• Jiang Ping An told Shi Da Hu he wanted more Golden Grain Soul Grass and offered up to five hundred times as much Fierce Beast meat in trade.
• Shi Da Hu said he might have to disappoint Jiang Ping An, leaving the herb trade unresolved.

Jiang Ping An learned that the Black Mountain Tribe controlled the Golden Grain Soul Grass and that a more potent soul-nourishing herb grew in a dangerous canyon. After Shi Da He described the plant, Jiang Ping An identified it as a Nine-Leaf Violet Orchid, a rare herb worth many times more than the grass he had sought.

• Shi Da Hu explained that the Black Mountain Tribe had claimed the river valley where Golden Grain Soul Grass grew, then told Jiang Ping An about a stronger herb guarded by a fearsome Fierce Beast.
• Shi Da Hu arranged for Shi Da He to guide Jiang Ping An to the herb the next morning, hoping his son would learn from Jiang Ping An, and accepted the meat Jiang Ping An offered the village.
• Shi Da He told Jiang Ping An how tasting a glowing purple petal in a canyon had sharpened his senses and helped his hunting party escape a Mountain Armored Beast.
• Shi Da He described the flower's nine glossy purple petals and green-glowing center, and Jiang Ping An searched records through his Avatar.
• Jiang Ping An identified the herb as a Nine-Leaf Violet Orchid, a top-grade soul-nourishing herb far more valuable than Golden Grain Soul Grass.

Jiang Ping An taught Shi Da He a basic Qi Guiding Method and discovered that his apparent simplicity concealed an innocent heart that let him learn with remarkable speed. After Shi Da He mastered the method and demonstrated a Divine Power Light Blade, the villagers looked at him with newfound admiration.

• Jiang Ping An reflected on the village and asked Shi Da He why he had not started a family; Shi Da He admitted that people considered him foolish and no woman would choose him.
• Jiang Ping An passed Shi Da He a basic Qi Guiding Method, and Shi Da He immediately focused on learning it.
• Shi Da He quickly mastered the breathing method, impressing Jiang Ping An, who recognized his innocent heart and praised his talent to Shi Da Hu.
• Shi Da Hu found his son meditating, learned Jiang Ping An was teaching him, and quietly left after hearing the praise.
• At the village bonfire, Shi Da He formed a Divine Power Light Blade and used it to cut beast meat, astonishing the villagers and attracting the attention of young women.

Jiang Ping An took Shi Da He by Lion-headed Eagle to the valley where the Nine-Leaf Violet Orchid grew. After finding four orchids and beginning to harvest one, Jiang Ping An narrowly evaded a devastating black arrow.

• Jiang Ping An left the village feast so the villagers could relax and celebrate Shi Da He's new abilities and standing.
• Jiang Ping An arrived at the village the next morning and flew with Shi Da He on the tamed Lion-headed Eagle toward the distant valley.
• Jiang Ping An left Shi Da He at the valley entrance and stealthily entered the valley alone.
• Jiang Ping An found four Nine-Leaf Violet Orchids by a cave and began carefully harvesting one.
• A black arrow struck the ground near Jiang Ping An, and he avoided its explosive impact by entering shadow form.

Jiang Ping An stole one of three Nine-Leaf Violet Orchids before members of the Feather Soul Tribe took the other two and pursued him into a cave. Yu Shuang struck his shadow with a Soul Arrow that could target his divine soul.

• Two men and a woman from the Feather Soul Tribe attacked Jiang Ping An, who evaded their arrow by turning into a shadow.
• Jiang Ping An distracted the trio with a question and stole one Nine-Leaf Violet Orchid, while they collected the other two.
• Jiang Ping An fled into a cave, and the Feather Soul Tribe members pursued him, demanding that he surrender the herb.
• Yu Shuang fired a homing Soul Arrow at Jiang Ping An, and it struck his shadow in the back.

Jiang Ping An escaped the Feather Soul Tribe experts by using a Time Power clone while they were distracted by a Fierce Beast in the cave. He returned with two Nine-Leaf Violet Orchids, angry over losing the other two, and asked Shi Da He about the Feather Soul Tribe.

• Yu Shuang's Soul Arrow Technique exposed Jiang Ping An's apparent body, and Yu Lie's crimson arrow destroyed it.
• The three Feather Soul Tribe men discovered that the body was a divine-power clone and began searching for Jiang Ping An's true body.
• A guardian Fierce Beast charged from the cave, forcing the three men to abandon their search and fight it.
• Jiang Ping An escaped using Time Power and the Shadow Kill Technique, carrying two of the four Nine-Leaf Violet Orchids.
• Jiang Ping An met Shi Da He at the valley entrance, took him away on the Lion-headed Eagle, and learned that Shi Da He had never heard of the Feather Soul Tribe.

Jiang Ping An and Shi Da He returned to Great Lake Village and discovered that Shi Da Hu was near death after the Black Mountain Tribe attacked him. Shi Da He begged Jiang Ping An to save his father, and Jiang Ping An approached the bed.

• Jiang Ping An and Shi Da He arrived at Great Lake Village late at night and found the villagers gathered anxiously outside Shi Da He's home.
• Shi Da He's second uncle told him to go inside and see his father, and Shi Da He rushed into the cabin.
• Shi Da He found Shi Da Hu gravely wounded, while the Old Apothecary explained that the Black Mountain Tribe had attacked after Shi Da Hu refused their tribute demands.
• The Old Apothecary said a potent poison had reached Shi Da Hu's heart and that he could not save him.
• Shi Da Hu urged Shi Da He to follow Lord Jiang, and Shi Da He begged Jiang Ping An to save his father.
• Jiang Ping An calmly freed himself from Shi Da He's grasp and walked toward Shi Da Hu's bed.

Jiang Ping An healed Shi Da Hu and agreed to teach Shi Da He a Divine Art to help protect their village. Back in the real world, he bought the Indestructible Vajra Body for Shi Da He, accepting the cost because leaving the villagers without help would trouble his conscience.

• Jiang Ping An used Primordial Qi and Devouring Power to remove Shi Da Hu's poison and Rule Power, healing him completely.
• Shi Da Hu thanked Jiang Ping An, and Shi Da He pleaded for a powerful Divine Art so he could protect his father and village.
• Jiang Ping An agreed to bring Shi Da He a suitable Divine Art the next morning, then left to prepare a secluded cave for his Second Soul and the Nine-Leaf Violet Orchids.
• Jiang Ping An's original body left Hua Miao Lou and bought a jade slip containing the Indestructible Vajra Body, spending two-thirds of his Spirit King Pills.
• Jiang Ping An considered why he had spent real resources on the villagers and decided that helping them would let him keep his conscience and Dao heart clear.