Recaps

Xia Ping’s group confronted the Jizhou District examinees, who tried to kill him so they could claim the Treasure Meat Tree’s fruit. Xia Ping survived their ambush unharmed and retaliated, leaving the Jizhou District group stunned and fearful.

• The Black-Clad Examinee declared that the Jizhou District examinees would kill Xia Ping and his companions to secure the Treasure Meat Tree’s fruit.
• As Xia Ping returned with two Gem Fruits, the archers and hundreds of thorns attacked him at the Black-Clad Examinee’s command.
• Xia Ping shattered the arrows and thorns without suffering a scratch, stunning the attackers and relieving Jiang Yaru, Chu Rong, and Nangong Wu.
• Xia Ping threw a steel thorn through the nearest archer’s head and killed three more Jizhou District examinees behind him.

Xia Ping overwhelmed the Jizhou District examinees, killing their attackers and forcing the survivors to flee. He pursued them with a steel thorn and left four examinees pinned to a boulder.

• Xia Ping killed four Jizhou District examinees with a single palm strike as he landed among them.
• Several examinees attacked Xia Ping with sabers, but his Northern Underworld Body Protection Art shattered their weapons and killed them with the rebound force.
• The surviving Jizhou District examinees, including the Black-Clad Examinee, fled in terror.
• Xia Ping hurled a steel thorn after the fleeing examinees, piercing four and pinning them to a boulder.

Xia Ping slaughtered the Jizhou District examinees who had attacked him, then stopped their leader from taking Jiang Yaru, Chu Rong, Nangong Wu, and the others hostage. He killed the leader despite his threats, leaving the group safe.

• The Jizhou District examinees fled, but Xia Ping killed several with iron-hard thorns thrown from five kilometers away.
• Some examinees turned to fight Xia Ping, but he killed them with punches, the Northern Underworld Body Protection Art, and the nearby Thorn Trees.
• Xia Ping killed the last fleeing examinees with the Lion's Roar technique and saw their leader rushing toward Jiang Yaru, Chu Rong, Nangong Wu, and the others.
• Xia Ping used the Kunpeng Step to catch the Black-Clad Examinee before he could seize anyone, then killed him with a punch despite his threats.

Xia Ping took a powerful treasure weapon, the Moon-Shooting Bow, from the Black-Clad Examinee and demonstrated its destructive force. He and his companions ate Gem Fruits, whose energy strengthened their cultivation, and the chapter left them noticing the fruits’ effects on everyone.

• Xia Ping collected the Jizhou District examinees’ weapons and discovered that the Black-Clad Examinee had carried the Moon-Shooting Bow, a rare treasure weapon.
• Nangong Wu explained the value and power of treasure weapons, and Xia Ping fired the bow to destroy a huge boulder several kilometers away.
• Xia Ping dismissed concerns about the Black-Clad Examinee’s powerful family and gathered Gem Fruits from the Treasure Meat Tree.
• Xia Ping and his companions ate Gem Fruits, and Xia Ping refined their energy to strengthen his true qi and approach the peak of the Third Heaven of Martial Artist Realm.
• Xia Ping noticed that Jiang Yaru, Nangong Wu, Chu Rong, and Feng Hetang had also changed significantly after eating the fruits.

After eating Gem Fruits, Jiang Yaru and the others grew stronger, but the fruit's scent drew a horde of monsters that chased them from the oasis. They escaped into a ruined ancient city, where the monsters stopped at the walls.

• Jiang Yaru and Chu Rong broke through to the Martial Artist Realm, while Nangong Wu and Feng Hetang also gained strength from the Gem Fruits.
• Xia Ping sensed approaching monsters, and Nangong Wu realized the Gem Fruits had attracted them.
• Xia Ping and the others fled as Jungle Poison Bees, Black Armored Berserk Bears, and other monsters pursued them.
• The group reached a ruined city beyond the oasis and rushed inside.
• The monsters halted outside the city and circled its walls instead of following them.

Xia Ping led his companions through the ancient city to a wine bottle tree that supplied them with desperately needed water. Their relief ended when a group of examinees arrived, claimed the tree for Yanzhou District, and threatened them.

• Jiang Yaru, Nangong Wu, Chu Rong, Feng Hetang, and Xia Ping entered the ancient city and speculated about its vanished inhabitants and possible supplies.
• Xia Ping used the Ten Thousand Mile Tracking Technique to follow traces of water to a ruined palace garden.
• Feng Hetang recognized a wine bottle tree, and Xia Ping opened a hole in its trunk so the group could drink its stored water.
• A dozen exhausted examinees arrived, and one fired an arrow into the ground to threaten Xia Ping's group.
• A buzz-cut examinee claimed the tree for Yanzhou District and ordered Xia Ping's group to leave, while Xia Ping noticed others nearby.

Xia Ping claimed the wine bottle tree for himself after exam candidates from all Nine Continents gathered to divide its water. The crowd turned hostile, and Feng Hetang provoked them further on Xia Ping’s behalf.

• Candidates from across the Nine Continents rushed to the wine bottle tree, desperate for water after crossing the ruins under the scorching sun.
• The crew-cut candidate proposed splitting the water evenly, and the gathered squads agreed until Xia Ping objected.
• Xia Ping said he had found the tree first and claimed it as his own, prompting the candidates to threaten him.
• Feng Hetang defended Xia Ping and insulted the crowd, while Jiang Yaru and the others reacted uneasily.

Xia Ping defended Feng Hetang’s claim to the Wine Bottle Tree by defeating an aggressive candidate with a single slap. He then challenged the rest of the candidates, who remained furious despite recognizing his strength.

• The candidates grew angry at Feng Hetang’s arrogant attempt to monopolize the Wine Bottle Tree, and Feng Hetang hid behind Xia Ping.
• A flat-top candidate threatened Xia Ping and attacked him with a powerful punch.
• Xia Ping stopped the flat-top candidate’s punch, then slapped him through a stone wall and knocked him unconscious.
• The candidates were shocked by Xia Ping’s strength and began to take him seriously.
• Xia Ping challenged the crowd to step forward, and the candidates glared at him, still angry over his claim to the tree.

Xia Ping defeated Boulder Liu Qiang with a single charge, shocking the examinees gathered around the Wine Bottle Tree. After hearing about Xia Ping's strength and his killing of Xu Yuntian, several elite examinees joined forces to attack him.

• Liu Qiang charged Xia Ping with his massive iron hammer, but Xia Ping blocked the blow with a punch.
• Xia Ping struck Liu Qiang with Savage Bull Crash, sending him into a wall and breaking several ribs.
• The Qingzhou District examinees learned that Xia Ping had killed Xu Yuntian and feared he would take control of the Wine Bottle Tree.
• Seven or eight elite examinees, including two Third Heaven and six Fourth Heaven Martial Artist Realm fighters, rushed Xia Ping together.

Xia Ping defeated eight elite examinees who attacked him for the Wine Bottle Tree, binding them with his true-energy whips and tearing their clothes apart. He threatened to castrate the helpless men, leaving them terrified while Jiang Yaru, Chu Rong, and Nangong Wu reacted with disgust and alarm.

• Seven or eight top examinees attacked Xia Ping together, accusing him of monopolizing the Wine Bottle Tree.
• Xia Ping used the Coiling Snake Whip technique to bind all eight attackers and knock them into the ground.
• Xia Ping tore the men's clothes apart and mocked them, saying they could dress with a single rope.
• Jiang Yaru, Chu Rong, and Nangong Wu expressed disgust and warned that Xia Ping might use the humiliating move on women.
• Xia Ping threatened to castrate the bound men, and they begged him to stop.

Xia Ping repelled a coordinated assault from dozens of examinees by absorbing and redirecting their attacks, leaving them badly injured. His overwhelming strength and ties to Giant Corporation cowed examinees from all nine districts into admitting they were convinced.

• Dozens of examinees attacked Xia Ping together to stop him from defeating the eight experts.
• Xia Ping used the Northern Underworld Body Protection Art to absorb their attacks and send the force back at them, knocking them down and injuring them.
• The bald and crew-cut examinees stared in disbelief as the attackers lay battered while Xia Ping remained unharmed.
• An examinee learned from the Yang Province District group that Xia Ping had recently appeared and been recruited by Giant Corporation.
• Xia Ping challenged the examinees to attack again, then threatened to break their bones until they were convinced.
• Examinees from all nine districts declared themselves convinced and begged Xia Ping not to come closer.

Xia Ping refused to let the defeated examinees drink from the Wine Bottle Tree unless they paid him two hundred million Federal Coins each. He left them desperate to choose between thirst and Xia Ping’s exorbitant terms.

• Xia Ping told the defeated examinees to leave, but they pleaded for water after hours in the sun.
• Feng Hetang mocked the examinees and refused to let them drink for free.
• Xia Ping offered water at the Wine Bottle Tree for two hundred million Federal Coins per person.
• When an examinee said he could not afford the price, Xia Ping offered a loan at three percent monthly compound interest.
• Feng Hetang praised Xia Ping’s scheme, while the examinees condemned his greed and Xia Ping defended his need for money.

Xia Ping forced the exam candidates to pay two hundred million Federal Coins each for water, earning more than twenty-four billion. As night approached and the desert threatened to freeze, he suggested sheltering in a nearby Royal Palace building.

• Feng Hetang claimed he was poor after spending hundreds of millions at a brothel and urged the rich candidates to support him.
• Xia Ping gave the candidates three minutes to decide whether to pay two hundred million Federal Coins for water, and they agreed under pressure.
• The candidates signed contracts with Xia Ping and rushed to drink the water.
• Jiang Yaru, Nangong Wu, and Chu Rong reacted to Xia Ping's huge earnings, while Feng Hetang praised him.
• Jiang Yaru warned that the temperature would plunge after dark and said they needed safe shelter.
• Xia Ping pointed to a massive black stone building in the Royal Palace as a possible place to stay.

Xia Ping and his companions took shelter from the desert’s extreme temperatures in a black house in the Ruined City. While they rested inside, Xia Ping trained outside in the freezing cold and advanced his cultivation, as other examinees fumed over the money he had extorted from them.

• Xia Ping, Jiang Yaru, Nangong Wu, Chu Rong, and Feng Hetang entered a black house whose unusual materials kept it cool and later released stored heat at night.
• The group settled into the house as a snowstorm and freezing temperatures swept across the ruins, while Jiang Yaru and Chu Rong speculated that other examinees had found shelter too.
• Nangong Wu and Feng Hetang went to sleep, but Xia Ping sat outside in the snow and practiced the Pure Yang Indestructible Art.
• Xia Ping used the extreme cold to refine the medicinal power in his body and fill his third acupoint as he neared the peak of the Third Heaven of Martial Artist Realm.
• Examinees from the other Nine Continents complained about Xia Ping’s two-hundred-million-Federal-Coin extortion and vowed that someone would eventually defeat him.

After several days of recovery and cultivation, Xia Ping reached the peak of the Third Heaven of Martial Artist Realm. A group of examinees arrived seeking his help to hunt Fire-Thorn Lizards for food, and Wu Tong asked him to join them.

• Xia Ping cultivated outside the black house and advanced to the peak of the Third Heaven of Martial Artist Realm.
• A group of examinees from the Nine Continents arrived at the black house, and Xia Ping teased them about giving him money.
• Wu Tong introduced himself and explained that the group had found Fire-Thorn Lizards in the Black Stone Mountain Range and wanted to hunt them for food.
• Nangong Wu described the Fire-Thorn Lizards' ancient origins, powerful bodies, and pack-hunting habits.
• Wu Tong invited Xia Ping and his companions to join the group in hunting the Fire-Thorn Lizards.

Xia Ping joined Wu Tong, Feng Hetang, and the others on a hunt for Fire-Thorn Lizards in the Black Stone Mountain Range. At the caves, Luo Di insulted Shi Fei and threatened Xia Ping, then launched an attack.

• Xia Ping agreed to hunt Fire-Thorn Lizards with the candidates, hoping to secure food while they guided him to the mountain range.
• The group crossed the desert, passed the remains of dead candidates, and reached the barren Black Stone Mountain Range.
• Wu Tong led the group to caves where Fire-Thorn Lizards lived, but they found Luo Di and more than twenty Xu Province District candidates guarding the entrance.
• Luo Di mocked Shi Fei for following Xia Ping and threatened to confront the Shi Family after the exam.
• Xia Ping challenged Luo Di for insulting Shi Fei, and Luo Di attacked him at once.

Xia Ping defeated Luo Di and his fellow examinees, then demanded five hundred million from each of them in emotional distress damages and education fees. Luo Di and the others were left beaten and forced to face Xia Ping’s outrageous terms.

• Xia Ping knocked Luo Di into a cliff with one palm, badly injuring him.
• The examinees who attacked Xia Ping were sent flying, and he ordered Wu Tong, Shi Fei, Liu Qiang, and the others to beat them.
• Shi Fei slapped Luo Di and confronted him over his past bullying, while Feng Hetang crushed the fallen examinees beneath his weight.
• Luo Di and the others admitted defeat and begged to be released.
• Xia Ping demanded five hundred million from each examinee for emotional distress damages and education fees, and Shi Fei and Feng Hetang defended the demand.

Xia Ping forced Luo Di and the other Xu Province District examinees to sign compensation contracts, then led his group to hunt Fire-Thorn Lizards. He used a Gem Fruit to lure the monsters out of their cave, and a tremendous tremor signaled that they were coming.

• Luo Di and the other examinees signed contracts agreeing to pay Xia Ping five hundred million Federal Coins each, then hurried away despite their injuries.
• Xia Ping led Jiang Yaru, Shi Fei, Wu Tong, and the others into the Fire-Thorn Lizard cave, where they found many confusing tunnels.
• Xia Ping proposed luring the Fire-Thorn Lizards out and showed the group a piece of Gem Fruit.
• Xia Ping placed the Gem Fruit outside the cave, and its fragrance spread through the tunnels.
• A few minutes later, the mountain shook violently, and Xia Ping realized the Gem Fruit had attracted a huge number of Fire-Thorn Lizards.

Xia Ping and his companions fought off a massive swarm of Fire-Thorn Lizards outside their cave, killing around two thousand without losing anyone. After the battle, Xia Ping tried the lizard meat and discovered that it tasted good and quickly restored his energy.

• A Fire-Thorn Lizard lunged from the cave, and Xia Ping killed it with a palm strike, drawing more of the creatures outside.
• Xia Ping held the cave entrance while Jiang Yaru, Chu Rong, Nangong Wu, and Feng Hetang fought the lizards that got past him.
• Wu Tong and the others joined the fight, and the group killed roughly two thousand Fire-Thorn Lizards over an hour.
• The remaining lizards stopped emerging, and Wu Tong and the others rested after surviving the battle with only a few injuries.
• Nangong Wu showed Xia Ping the edible meat inside a Fire-Thorn Lizard, and he ate some that restored his spent energy and began to strengthen his true qi.

Xia Ping went into the Fire-Thorn Lizards’ cave to search for its lair while his companions butchered the carcasses. Elsewhere, Mu Bancheng heard Luo Di’s group accuse Xia Ping and his followers of beating and extorting them, and Luo Di demanded revenge.

• Jiang Yaru, Wu Tong, and the other examinees celebrated their haul of two thousand Fire-Thorn Lizards.
• Xia Ping entered the cave to search for treasure, confident his tracking technique would keep him from getting lost.
• Mu Bancheng and more than a hundred examinees gathered around a thousand Fire-Thorn Lizard carcasses and praised his swordsmanship.
• Luo Di and his companions returned battered, and Mu Bancheng asked what had happened.
• Luo Di’s group accused Xia Ping and his followers of beating them and demanding five hundred million from each of them.
• Luo Di blamed Xia Ping for his injuries and vowed to get revenge.

Mu Bancheng and the other examinees heard a Yang Province District examinee describe Xia Ping as a notorious criminal protected by Giant Corporation. Incited by the accusations, Mu Bancheng vowed to confront Xia Ping and led the group to find him.

• An examinee from Yang Province District said Xia Ping had killed Xu Yuntian and several of his followers, terrifying the district's examinees.
• The examinee accused Xia Ping of abducting and assaulting women, and said Giant Corporation's protection kept him from being punished.
• Luo Di and the other examinees condemned Xia Ping and urged Mu Bancheng to stop him.
• Mu Bancheng agreed to confront Xia Ping and led the group to meet him.

Xia Ping found six Fire-Thorn Lizard eggs deep in the cave and redeemed a Space Ring to carry them. As he left the mountain with Jiang Yaru and the others, Mu Bancheng ambushed him and revealed himself as a powerful rival.

• Xia Ping reached the cave’s deepest point and discovered six Fire-Thorn Lizard eggs.
• Xia Ping redeemed a Space Ring from the system, stored the eggs inside it, and made the ring invisible.
• Xia Ping returned to Jiang Yaru and the others, and they left the mountain together.
• Mu Bancheng launched a sword aura at Xia Ping, who dodged the attack as it split a massive boulder.
• Mu Bancheng identified himself as the top examinee, a Fifth Heaven martial artist and King Family descendant, and confronted Xia Ping.

Xia Ping confronted Mu Bancheng, who had come with Luo Di and the Xu Province District examinees to demand that Xia Ping cancel his contracts and apologize. Their battle escalated as Xia Ping matched Mu Bancheng’s Azure Emperor Sword Technique with powerful punches, and Mu Bancheng began his second form.

• The Xu Province District examinees insulted Xia Ping and demanded he answer for beating Luo Di’s group and extorting money from them.
• Mu Bancheng ordered Xia Ping to kneel, apologize, and cancel the contracts, but Xia Ping challenged him to fight.
• Mu Bancheng’s first sword strike collided with Xia Ping’s punch, and their clash blasted a crater into the ground and injured nearby examinees.
• Mu Bancheng unleashed the first form of the Azure Emperor Sword Technique, and Xia Ping met it with a barrage of punches that forced the onlookers to retreat.
• Mu Bancheng grew enraged and attacked with the second form of the Azure Emperor Sword Technique, Death to Those Who Oppose Me.

Xia Ping fought Mu Bancheng and withstood his powerful sword attacks, astonishing the onlookers. As Mu Bancheng unleashed the third form of Azure Emperor Sword Technique, Xia Ping gathered the power of Ten Thousand Beasts Fist and prepared to counter with its seventh form.

• Xia Ping used Blood Shark Devour to swallow the sword energies of Mu Bancheng’s strike.
• Xia Ping and Mu Bancheng clashed across the battlefield, while Luo Di, Jiang Yaru, and the others watched in shock.
• Mu Bancheng unleashed the third form of Azure Emperor Sword Technique, Ten Thousand People Executed.
• Xia Ping combined the principles of his first six fist forms and used Kunpeng Step to gather his strength.
• Xia Ping stepped forward and prepared to unleash the seventh form of Ten Thousand Beasts Fist, Giant Elephant Axe.

Xia Ping defeated Mu Bancheng and beat the other examinees who had come to challenge him. He demanded that Mu Bancheng become his lackey, but Mu Bancheng angrily refused.

• Xia Ping shattered Mu Bancheng’s sword aura with a punch, sent him crashing into a boulder, and left him gravely injured.
• Xia Ping charged the examinees who tried to help Mu Bancheng and quickly beat more than a hundred of them.
• Feng Hetang mocked the fallen examinees and led others in beating them again when they refused to admit defeat.
• When Mu Bancheng protested, Xia Ping punched both his eyes, then demanded that he become his lackey instead of paying money.
• Mu Bancheng refused, declaring that he would never become Xia Ping’s lackey.