Arc 103Conquest and Forced Expedition

Xia Ping negotiated with the Human Race Patriarchs over creation liquid, defeated Aldrich, and expanded his power in Carlos Hell under Aldrich’s identity. He turned the other demon lords’ conscription scheme against them and arrived with them at Green Lotus Hell’s fortified base beside the Demon God Ruins.

  • Tania resolved to capture Xia Ping for his god bloodline, while the Human Race Patriarchs concealed his identity as Wu Wudi and negotiated to trade treasures for creation liquid.
  • Xia Ping activated Eternal Clock across the Classic of Mountains and Seas World and refined a Gaia Clone whose misfortune made it dangerous to ordinary life.
  • Xia Ping intercepted Aldrich’s invading fleet, destroyed its formation with the World Tree, killed Aldrich, and bound the surviving demons with Underworld God Demon Curses.
  • Xia Ping consumed Aldrich’s Creation Fruit and advanced to the late Middle Ancient Realm.
  • Xia Ping entered Carlos Hell disguised as Aldrich, killed Kaden with the Samsara Pen, and took over his territory after his demons surrendered.
  • Vaslai and the other demon lords arranged Xia Ping’s conscription into Green Lotus Hell’s expedition, but Xia Ping persuaded Jialuoke to take them along as well.
  • Jialuoke revealed that Green Lotus Hell faced a vast Void Monster invasion and needed treasures from the deadly Demon God Ruins.
  • Jialuoke delivered the demons to the fortified ruins base, where Adolf imposed repeated exploration duties and punished Vaslai’s resistance with Hell Lightning Punishment.
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Ch. 25518000 Hate Crystals

Xia Ping escaped Tania, an Invincible Realm Saint who wanted to capture him and have his children, and learned that his recent actions had earned him eight thousand Hate Crystals. Tania returned to her hidden laboratory, where she planned to capture him and study his divine bloodline before he grew stronger.

  • Tania’s spiritual projection appeared behind Xia Ping, declared that she wanted him to father her children, and vanished after he refused.
  • Xia Ping realized Tania posed a grave threat, discovered that the system could not detect her without killing intent or hatred, and received eight thousand Hate Crystals for angering Abyss Kings and divine beast Saints.
  • Xia Ping counted 8,530 Hate Crystals, looked forward to reaching ten thousand, and fled after erasing his aura.
  • In her hidden laboratory, Tania received her clone’s report that it had found Human Race Wu Wudi and regretted not going in person.
  • Tania recognized that Xia Ping had inherited a god’s bloodline and resolved to capture him before he grew stronger.

Ch. 2552The Universe-Shaking Fame

The major races’ saints reacted to the Abyss Demons’ failed ambush, agreed to investigate and strengthen their defenses, and learned that Wu Wudi had disrupted the scheme. They then focused on Wu Wudi’s rapid rise and the Creation Pool, plotting to pressure the Human Race if they could find evidence it possessed the treasure.

  • The saints learned that the Abyss Kings had planned to slaughter divine beast saints and agreed to investigate the Abyss Demons and reinforce the seal.
  • A saint credited Wu Wudi with ruining the ambush, and the others discussed his notorious deeds and astonishing rise to Middle Ancient Saint.
  • The saints learned Wu Wudi had obtained the innate magical treasure Creation Pool and debated whether the Human Race had secretly acquired it.
  • The saints resolved to watch the Human Race and seek ironclad evidence so they could demand that it surrender the Creation Pool.

Ch. 2553Identity Confidentiality

The human saints rejected the Dragon Race’s demand to surrender Wu Wudi and the Creation Pool, while secretly protecting Wu Wudi’s identity as Xia Ping. The patriarchs praised Xia Ping’s rapid rise and arranged to meet him through the Cosmic Virtual Network to discuss the divine corpse.

  • The Dragon Race elders protested at the Human Sacred Land, but the human saints refused to hand over Wu Wudi or the Creation Pool, so the elders returned home in disgrace.
  • The human saints discussed Wu Wudi’s hidden identity and agreed to conceal it, fearing other peak races might use it as an excuse to attack the human race.
  • Carefree Patriarch praised Beiming Patriarch’s disciple for seizing the Creation Pool despite facing divine beast races and abyss kings.
  • Beiming Patriarch revealed that Xia Ping had advanced from the Purple Mansion Realm to the Middle Ancient Saint realm in only a few years, and Void Patriarch remarked that his foundation remained solid.
  • Void Patriarch proposed speaking with Xia Ping about the divine corpse, and Beiming Patriarch arranged for the patriarchs to meet him through the Cosmic Virtual Network.

Ch. 2554Negotiations with the Old Ancestors

Xia Ping met with the Human Race Patriarchs, explained how he had awakened the god corpse in the Cosmic Light World, and heard their concerns about the incident. The Patriarchs then proposed trading their treasures for creation liquid from his Creation Pool, and Xia Ping agreed.

  • Xia Ping joined a virtual conference with the North Nether Saint and the other Human Race Patriarchs, who acknowledged that they knew his identity as Wu Wudi.
  • The Carefree Patriarch asked Xia Ping what had happened in the Cosmic Light World and how the god corpse had awakened.
  • Xia Ping said he had accidentally entered Origin Star, damaged its restriction formations, and released the god corpse while trying to survive.
  • The Patriarchs discussed the god corpse, the World-Ending Black Coffin, and the ominous signs around the god's tomb.
  • The Carefree Patriarch asked about Xia Ping's Creation Pool, and the Void Patriarch explained that the Human Race could not safely claim it while other races watched.
  • The Primordial Patriarch offered to trade Human Race treasures for creation liquid, and Xia Ping agreed to negotiate.

Ch. 2555The Power of the Eternal Clock

Xia Ping learned that the damaged Eternal Clock could be repaired by feeding it rare treasures containing spacetime laws, then explored its powerful abilities. He spread its spacetime domain across the entire Classic of Mountains and Seas World, making its laws subject to the divine artifact.

  • Xia Ping asked the System how to repair Eternal Clock and learned it needed vast quantities of treasures containing spacetime laws.
  • Xia Ping discovered Eternal Clock could reverse damage to matter, freeze enemies in time, and accelerate or decelerate spacetime within its domain.
  • Xia Ping recognized the artifact's potential to protect the Classic of Mountains and Seas World and accelerate the growth of sacred medicines.
  • Xia Ping poured his magical power into Eternal Clock and spread its spacetime domain across the entire Classic of Mountains and Seas World.

Ch. 2556Gaia Clone

Xia Ping completed his Gaia Clone while cultivating in the Classic of Mountains and Seas World and learned about its formidable powers and dangerous bloodline abilities. He left the clone’s uncontrollable misfortune as a serious liability, while its controllable curse remained a costly trump card.

  • Xia Ping raised his mana to the peak of the middle stage of the Middle Ancient Realm and successfully refined his third clone, the Gaia Clone.
  • Xia Ping learned that Gaia drew on the universe’s origin, grew rapidly, possessed immense strength, and naturally mastered laws shaped by their environments.
  • Xia Ping discovered that his Gaia Clone wielded uncontrollable misfortune that harmed friends and enemies alike, so he decided it could not appear freely.
  • Xia Ping found that the clone could use a controllable curse to attack enemies through karma, but the curse consumed soul energy according to the target’s strength.
  • Xia Ping realized that the clone’s Gaia Space was filled with curses and misfortune, making it deadly and uninhabitable for ordinary life.

Ch. 2557Carlos Hell

Xia Ping considered turning his Gaia Clone’s inner space into a Hell World and learned about the hidden Gaia Paradise. Luna then warned him that Aldrich, an ancient demon from Carlos Hell, was leading an army to destroy Burning Hell in revenge for Xia Ping killing Ansel.

  • Xia Ping realized that hell creatures might be able to live inside his Gaia Clone and considered transforming its inner space into a Hell World.
  • Xia Ping recalled that the Gaias lived in the hidden Gaia Paradise and considered using the Wish Compass to find it.
  • Luna told Xia Ping that her Corpse Beast avatars had discovered Carlos Hell and learned that its demon lord, Aldrich, was seeking revenge for Ansel’s death.
  • Luna reported that Aldrich had found Burning Hell and was personally leading a force there to destroy its demons.
  • Xia Ping declared that he would kill Aldrich when the ancient demon arrived.

Ch. 2558The Demon Army Attacks

Aboard the Shadow, Aldrich revealed that he had mobilized an army to Burning Hell because its young demon lord possessed a Demon God bloodline, which he intended to steal. The Shadow reached Burning Hell, and Aldrich ordered his forces to prepare for battle and prevent the lord from escaping.

  • A Middle Ancient demon questioned why Aldrich had brought such a large force to attack a low-grade hell plane.
  • Aldrich disclosed that Ansel’s intelligence suggested Burning Hell’s demon lord possessed a Demon God bloodline and was still in the Near Ancient Realm.
  • Aldrich explained that devouring the young demon could break his cultivation bottleneck and let him rise to greater power.
  • The demons agreed to follow Aldrich’s command while privately regretting that they could not seize the bloodline for themselves.
  • A demon soldier reported that the Shadow was nearing Burning Hell, and Aldrich ordered everyone to prepare for battle.

Ch. 2559A Meeting Gift

Xia Ping and Luna intercepted Aldrich’s fleet before it could reach Burning Hell, and Xia Ping destroyed its spaceship with the Spear of Hell. The surviving demons demanded that their hidden attacker show themselves.

  • Luna told Xia Ping that Aldrich and the ancient demons had arrived near Burning Hell.
  • Xia Ping decided to fight in the void and kill Aldrich before the fleet could approach Burning Hell.
  • Xia Ping and Luna concealed their presence near the black spaceship, and Xia Ping hurled the Spear of Hell at it.
  • The Spear of Hell pierced and destroyed the spaceship, killing a medieval demon and scattering the others.
  • The surviving demons grew furious and called for the attacker to reveal themselves.

Ch. 2560Tyrant Ghost God Fist

Xia Ping and Luna confronted Ancient Demon Aldrich and his army as Aldrich attacked to avenge Ansel and claim Xia Ping’s demonic god bloodline. Xia Ping met Aldrich’s Tyrant Ghost God Fist with his Hell Golden Crow Claw, and the collision sent nearby demons flying and injured many of them.

  • Xia Ping and Luna appeared before Aldrich’s demon army, and Aldrich recognized Xia Ping as the Burning Lord who had killed Ansel.
  • Aldrich’s demons realized Xia Ping had advanced to the Middle Ancient Realm and carried a demonic god bloodline.
  • Xia Ping ordered Aldrich to surrender, but Aldrich refused and vowed to kill him for Ansel’s death.
  • Aldrich unleashed the Swallow Heaven and Devour Earth forms of the Tyrant Ghost God Fist at Xia Ping.
  • Xia Ping countered with the Hell Golden Crow Claw, and their attacks collided in an explosion that wounded and scattered nearby demons.

Ch. 2561Spacetime Strangulation

Xia Ping battled the Ancient demon Aldrich, shattering its Tyrant Ghost God Fist techniques with overwhelming power. Aldrich was badly wounded by Xia Ping’s space-time attack and prepared to unleash its trump card.

  • Aldrich was shocked when Xia Ping’s claw strike broke its Tyrant Ghost God Fist, but it then used the third style, Tyrant, to trap Xia Ping in its domain.
  • Xia Ping shattered the Tyrant Domain with his mana and struck Aldrich with the Yang God Fist, blasting it away and burning tens of thousands of immortal demons.
  • Aldrich used the fourth style, Nether Ghost, to launch an invisible attack from the void.
  • Xia Ping countered with Four Seasons Alternation, twisting space-time and forcing Aldrich out of the void with severe wounds.
  • Enraged, Aldrich abandoned restraint and began gathering a destructive aura to unleash its trump card against Xia Ping.

Ch. 2562Blood Demon Profound Baleful Grand Formation

Xia Ping used the Ancient Heavenly Dragon Talisman to repel ancient demon Aldrich's attack and heavily wound it, but Aldrich rallied its forces to overwhelm him. The demons formed the Blood Demon Profound Baleful Grand Formation around Xia Ping.

  • Ancient demon Aldrich burned its bloodline and unleashed a powerful punch at Xia Ping.
  • Xia Ping summoned the Ancient Heavenly Dragon Talisman, whose Ancient Dragon World crushed Aldrich's demon-god attack and blasted Aldrich away.
  • Aldrich survived the strike and ordered its subordinates to join forces against Xia Ping.
  • Over a hundred Middle Ancient Realm demons, several thousand Near Ancient demons, and a hundred thousand immortal demons formed the Blood Demon Profound Baleful Grand Formation around Xia Ping.

Ch. 2563The World Tree Unleashes Its Might

Xia Ping summoned the World Tree to shatter Aldrich’s Blood Demon formation and devour the demons trapped inside it. As Aldrich tried to flee, Xia Ping used Karma Finger to stop him.

  • Xia Ping recognized that ancient demon Aldrich had trapped him in a formation filled with corrosive Blood Demons to drain his mana.
  • Xia Ping summoned the World Tree, whose domain froze space and time and tore apart the Blood Demon Profound Baleful Grand Formation.
  • Xia Ping commanded the World Tree to devour the demons, killing tens of thousands and turning their remains into nourishment and fruits.
  • Ancient demon Aldrich realized Xia Ping had lured him into a trap and tried to escape.
  • Xia Ping pointed through the void and used Karma Finger to pursue Aldrich.

Ch. 2564The Devils Submit

Xia Ping killed the ancient demon Aldrich with Indra Finger, then forced Aldrich’s surviving forces to choose between submission and death. He left Burning Hell vastly stronger, with Aldrich’s corpse turned into a Creation Fruit.

  • Xia Ping’s Indra Finger shattered Aldrich’s soul and killed the ancient demon.
  • The demons witnessed Aldrich’s death and lost the will to resist Xia Ping.
  • Xia Ping offered Aldrich’s forces surrender or death, and they willingly accepted him as their master.
  • Xia Ping planted Underworld God Demon Curses in the demons, adding dozens of medieval demons, thousands of recent ancient demons, and tens of thousands of immortal demons to Burning Hell.
  • Xia Ping summoned the World Tree, which devoured Aldrich’s corpse and condensed it into a large Creation Fruit.

Ch. 2565Middle Ancient Realm Late Stage

After swallowing the Creation Fruit refined from Aldrich, Xia Ping broke through to the late Middle Ancient Realm and strengthened his mana, soul, and Hell Golden Crow bloodline. He remained in his chamber in Burning Hell, with the power of creation and Ancient Saint realm still ahead of him.

  • Xia Ping swallowed Aldrich's Creation Fruit and refined its immense hell-origin energy.
  • The Creation Fruit shattered Xia Ping's bottleneck, advancing him to the late Middle Ancient Realm and expanding all nine Purple Mansion Spaces.
  • Xia Ping's mana grew powerful enough to break the void with a punch, and his soul's reach doubled to forty thousand light-years.
  • Xia Ping gained hundreds of fragments of time laws and considered how gathering three thousand could help him reach the Ancient Saint realm.
  • Xia Ping awakened another one hundred billion Hell Golden Crow Cells, bringing his total to six hundred billion, and strengthened his bloodline abilities, including the Underworld God Demon Curse.

Ch. 2566Heading to Carlos Hell

Xia Ping led Luna and Aldrich’s surviving demons to Carlos Hell, intending to seize the medium hell plane and use its origin energy to strengthen Burning Hell and himself. After arriving, they found Aldrich’s territory under attack by the rival lord Caden.

  • After a month of cultivation, Xia Ping left seclusion with Luna and Aldrich’s demons and set course for Carlos Hell.
  • A Middle Ancient demon explained Carlos Hell’s scale, its thirteen Ancient Demon lords, and how its rulers compared with the demons of Green Lotus Hell.
  • The spaceship entered Carlos Hell and flew to Aldrich’s former territory.
  • Xia Ping saw the territory burning and learned that Caden had launched a sneak attack while Aldrich was away.

Ch. 2567Shadow Demon Kaden

Xia Ping, disguised as Aldrich, returned to find Kaden’s shadow demons plundering the territory and confronted Kaden himself. He ended the chapter drawing the Samsara Pen and threatening to kill Kaden despite the demon’s legendary ability to escape.

  • Kaden’s shadow demons raided Aldrich’s territory, killing its demons and stealing its treasures while Aldrich was away.
  • Xia Ping ordered his strengthened demons to attack, and they swiftly slaughtered the shadow demons across the territory.
  • Kaden appeared in a vast Creation Domain and mocked Aldrich, claiming the raid was a lesson for leaving his territory undefended.
  • Xia Ping, disguised as Aldrich, confronted Kaden, who boasted that no demon could catch or kill him.
  • Xia Ping drew the Samsara Pen and declared that Kaden would die even if he fled to the ends of the earth.

Ch. 2568All Subdued

Xia Ping, disguised as Aldrich, used the Samsara Pen to kill Shadow Demon Kaden in one strike. Kaden’s followers surrendered and agreed to join Aldrich’s territory.

  • Shadow Demon Kaden sensed Aldrich’s transformed power and fled by splitting into tens of thousands of shadows.
  • Xia Ping struck through karma with the Samsara Pen and destroyed Kaden’s body and soul.
  • Kaden’s shadow clones vanished, and his demons confirmed that he was dead.
  • Xia Ping spread his Spacetime Domain across the territory and demanded that the shadow demons choose between death and surrender.
  • Kaden’s subordinates laid down their weapons and submitted to Aldrich.

Ch. 2569The Lords' Apprehension

After Aldrich killed Caden and seized his territory, the remaining demon lords feared his new demonic artifact and debated how to stop him. Vaslai proposed sending Aldrich as cannon fodder to a dangerous relic battle in Green Lotus Hell.

  • Aldrich returned, killed Caden with a single attack, and took over Caden’s territory after his subordinates surrendered.
  • The demon lords gathered and learned that Aldrich had apparently obtained a powerful demonic artifact capable of killing Caden.
  • The lords debated whether the artifact could kill them and considered fleeing Carlos Hell rather than risk fighting Aldrich.
  • Vaslai revealed that Green Lotus Hell had called on mid-level hell lords to fight Void Monsters at a dangerous Demon God-era relic.
  • Vaslai proposed recommending Aldrich for the battle so Green Lotus Hell would use him as cannon fodder, and the other lords welcomed the idea.

Ch. 2570The Primordial Demon Jialuoke

Aldrich discovered that the other hell lords had come with Jialuoke, an envoy from Green Lotus Hell, to pressure him into joining an expedition to the Demon God Ruins. He agreed to go, leaving the demon lords delighted that he had accepted their trap.

  • Aldrich wondered why the other hell lords had not reacted to his killing of Shadow Demon Kaden, while Luna urged him to attack them.
  • Eleven demon lords arrived in Aldrich's territory alongside a powerful Primordial Demon, and Aldrich confronted them.
  • Deadly Poison Demon Vaslai introduced Jialuoke as an envoy from Green Lotus Hell and demanded that Aldrich show respect.
  • Jialuoke said Aldrich had volunteered for the Green Lotus Hell expedition to the Demon God Ruins, while the other demon lords pressured him not to withdraw.
  • Aldrich said he would not go back on his word and agreed to enter the Demon God Ruins, delighting Vaslai and the other demon lords.

Ch. 2571Who is Really Tricking Whom

Xia Ping manipulated Jialuoke into forcing Vaslai and the other demon lords to accompany him to the Demon God Ruins. Jialuoke swept them all aboard its spacecraft, while the furious Vaslai blamed Xia Ping as they were taken away.

  • Xia Ping told Jialuoke that Vaslai and the other eleven demon lords had agreed to enter the Demon God Ruins together.
  • Jialuoke seized on their supposed agreement and threatened the demon lords with Green Lotus Hell's wrath if they backed out.
  • Xia Ping urged Jialuoke to depart immediately, and Jialuoke agreed to take the group at once.
  • Jialuoke summoned a dark-golden spacecraft and used its world domain to suppress and sweep Xia Ping and the demon lords aboard.
  • Vaslai and the others cursed Xia Ping as Jialuoke carried them away.

Ch. 2572Yellow Springs River

Xia Ping and eleven other demon lords traveled with Jialuoke to Green Lotus Hell to explore the Demon God Ruins. Jialuoke explained that the ruins held great rewards but were lethally dangerous, especially the Yellow Springs River, which left Xia Ping and the others approaching a deadly expedition.

  • Xia Ping traveled with Jialuoke and eleven demon lords toward Green Lotus Hell while planning to eliminate the other demon lords and have Luna unify Carlos Hell.
  • Xia Ping asked Jialuoke about the Demon God Ruins, and Jialuoke explained that they lay in the dangerous Demon Forbidden Land.
  • Jialuoke said the ruins contained Demon God inheritances, remains, artifacts, and treasures that could help demons reach the Invincible Realm.
  • Vaslai and the other demon lords feared the ruins after hearing that even Invincible Realm demons had died there.
  • Jialuoke revealed that the Yellow Springs River ran through the ruins and had consumed demons and Void Monsters, preventing them from escaping or reviving.

Ch. 2573Demon God Ruins

Jialuoke explained the dangers and secrets of the Demon God Ruins, and Xia Ping deduced that Green Lotus Hell was urgently sending demon lords there because it faced a crisis. Jialuoke confirmed that Green Lotus Hell might be destroyed, leaving Vaslai and the other demon lords stunned.

  • Jialuoke warned Xia Ping and the demon lords that the ruins held the Yellow Springs River, nearly indestructible evil ghosts, and fallen Hell jailers.
  • Jialuoke said the Demon God Ruins might be a fragment of Yellow Springs, which explained why Hell jailers had guarded it.
  • Xia Ping asked why Green Lotus Hell had suddenly rushed to conscript demon lords to explore the ruins.
  • Jialuoke sensed Xia Ping's insight, then admitted that Green Lotus Hell faced a crisis that could destroy it.
  • Vaslai and the other demon lords struggled to believe that Green Lotus Hell could be destroyed.

Ch. 2574Arriving at Green Lotus Hell

Ancient demon Jialuoke warned Xia Ping, Vaslai, and the other demons that an unprecedented horde of Void Monsters was preparing to attack Green Lotus Hell, making their search for treasures in the Demon God Ruins crucial to survival. When they arrived, Xia Ping saw that Green Lotus Hell was unusually verdant and orderly, and Jialuoke explained that its rulers had imposed discipline to unite against the Void Monsters.

  • Jialuoke revealed that a vast horde of Void Monsters was gathering to attack Green Lotus Hell, shocking Vaslai and the other demons.
  • Jialuoke told Xia Ping and the others to seek important treasures in the Demon God Ruins, since Green Lotus Hell’s survival was at stake.
  • Several days later, Jialuoke brought the demons to Green Lotus Hell, whose immense size and abundant hell-origin energy impressed Xia Ping.
  • Xia Ping observed that Green Lotus Hell was green and orderly, unlike other hell planes, with cities and no widespread slaughter.
  • Jialuoke explained that Green Lotus Hell’s leaders established strict rules and armies after the Void Monsters threatened to devour the demons.

Ch. 2575The Base's Rules

Xia Ping and the demon lords arrived at the base before the Demon God Ruins, where steward Adolf laid out the deadly rules governing their stay. Vaslai learned firsthand that defying those rules brought immediate punishment, while the newcomers faced mandatory exploration of the ruins.

  • Jialuoke brought Xia Ping and the demon lords to a heavily fortified base beside the forbidden Demon God Ruins.
  • Adolf called the newcomers cannon fodder and explained that they had to explore the ruins twice yearly, with new arrivals entering during their first month and remaining until they had explored more than twenty times.
  • Vaslai protested the rules, and Adolf struck him down with the base's Hell Lightning Punishment when he tried to attack.
  • Adolf warned the demons that stewards enforced the base's rules, conflicts were forbidden, and trespassing in another demon's private room would be punished.
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