Arc 15The Pingtian Sect Rises

Xia Ping defeated Mu Haoran and swept through Yanhuang University's martial arts clubs, then founded the Pingtian Sect and reached the Ninth Heaven of Martial Artist Realm. As he prepared to seek Water of Life in the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, Xu Yunlong set out to intercept him and uncover his secret.

  • Xia Ping reached the Eighth Heaven of Martial Artist Realm with three Mystic Yin Pills, then learned Mu Haoran and several club presidents had challenged him over his insults to Cloud Sky Realm students.
  • Xia Ping defeated Mu Haoran at the Kendo Club, then withstood the club members’ attacks and took their plaque.
  • Xia Ping defeated Ju Zijian and the Blade Technique Club, took its sign, and went on to defeat more than a hundred clubs over three weeks.
  • Xia Ping’s victories drew praise from Yanhuang Planet students and anger from Cloud Sky Realm students, while university administrators declined to punish him for breaking no rules.
  • Feng Hetang helped Xia Ping form the Pingtian Sect, whose members used coercion and deceptive recruiting to grow to thirty thousand before the Academic Affairs Office ordered them to stop those methods.
  • Xu Yunlong dismissed Xu Jianhua’s likely death and decided to kill Xia Ping to obtain his secret, planning to intercept him before he entered the Cloud Mist Mountain Range.
  • Xia Ping reached the Ninth Heaven of Martial Artist Realm, registered for the expedition, and used fifteen Dragon Tiger Ruyi Pills before deciding to seek Water of Life and wondering whether he had earned one million Hate Points.
Chapters 351–375 Vol. 4 Read

Ch. 351Obtaining the Mystic Yin Pills

After Xia Ping’s forum provocation sparked a furious online feud and further humiliated the beaten seniors, he collected his Mystic Yin Pills and used them to break through to the Eighth Heaven of Martial Artist Realm.

  • Students from Yanhuang Planet and the Cloud Sky Realm exchanged insults on the forum, leading moderators to ban 79,897 accounts and mute them for a week.
  • Curious students crowded the hospital to mock the injured seniors, who angrily vowed to settle things with Xia Ping, while Xiao Yixuan smashed the furniture in his villa.
  • The system told Xia Ping that he had 450,000 Hate Points and would receive a System Gift Pack upon reaching one million.
  • A young man delivered Xia Ping’s three Mystic Yin Pills, which Xia Ping had ordered from the Alchemy Department for 40,000 points and a Mystic Yin Fruit.
  • Xia Ping swallowed all three Mystic Yin Pills, filled his seventh acupoint, and opened his eighth acupoint, reaching the Eighth Heaven of Martial Artist Realm.

Ch. 352The Power of True Essence

After advancing to the Eighth Heaven of Martial Artist Realm, Xia Ping discovered that his true qi was beginning to liquefy into true essence and let him wield flame power. He spent the day consolidating his cultivation, then received a call from Feng Hetang.

  • Xia Ping opened his eighth acupoint, grew stronger, and found that some of his true qi had condensed into liquid true essence.
  • Xia Ping used the Pure Yang Indestructible Art to unleash a flame-wreathed punch that melted the titanium-alloy wall.
  • Xia Ping realized he could use only one Martial Master-level flame attack before his small supply of true essence ran out.
  • Xia Ping cultivated for a day to stabilize his new realm, and Feng Hetang called him that night.

Ch. 353Cloud Mist Mountain Range

Xia Ping learned that Mu Haoran and several martial arts clubs had challenged him after his recent fights, then heard that Mu Haoran had spent three years suppressing his cultivation to seek the Water of Life in the Cloud Mist Mountain Range. The chapter left Xia Ping curious about the relic and Mu Haoran’s strength.

  • Feng Hetang told Xia Ping that Mu Haoran and several martial arts clubs had publicly threatened to teach him a lesson.
  • Xia Ping read Mu Haoran’s School Forum post, in which Mu Haoran claimed he could defeat him with one sword strike.
  • Students argued over whether Mu Haoran could beat Xia Ping, and an older student explained that Mu Haoran had remained at the peak of the Ninth Heaven of Martial Artist Realm for three years.
  • The older student described the Cloud Mist Mountain Range as a relic from the Cloud Sky Realm containing a Spring of Life that produced Water of Life.
  • The older student revealed that Mu Haoran had suppressed his cultivation to enter the Cloud Mist Mountain Range and obtain Water of Life.

Ch. 354Offending the Public's Wrath!

Students explained that Mu Haoran had suppressed his cultivation to qualify for the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, where the Water of Life and other treasures could be found. Club presidents across Yanhuang University challenged Xia Ping, leaving him under mounting pressure to fight.

  • A senior student explained that the Cloud Mist Mountain Range opened once every four years and barred anyone above the peak of the Ninth Heaven of Martial Artist Realm.
  • Students discussed Mu Haoran's three-year cultivation suppression and said Yanhuang University's strongest club members had done the same to enter the mountain range.
  • Ju Zijian, president of the Blade Technique Club, challenged Xia Ping to face him at the club.
  • Presidents of the Fist Technique, Hidden Weapon, and Leg Technique Clubs also mocked Xia Ping and issued challenges.
  • Students said Xia Ping could not refuse without being branded a coward and predicted the club presidents would defeat him.

Ch. 355Things Had Gotten Out of Hand

After Xia Ping’s insults sparked a wave of Martial Arts Clubs vowing to challenge him, he dismissed his friends’ warnings and welcomed the chance to fight. He learned that entry to the Cloud Mist Mountain Range opened in a month and decided he would take part.

  • Su Ji told the girls that the clubs were targeting Xia Ping because he had insulted Cloud Sky Realm students and the King Bloodline, while the girls anticipated his downfall.
  • Feng Hetang urged Xia Ping to flee, but Xia Ping said he welcomed the challenges and expected to defeat the clubs’ members.
  • Jiang Yaru, Nangong Wu, Chu Rong, Mu Bancheng, Luo Di, Shi Fei, Liu Qiang, and others called Xia Ping with offers of help, but he reassured them and declined.
  • Xia Ping asked a veteran student about the Cloud Mist Mountain Range and learned that students needed to reach the Ninth Heaven of Martial Artist Realm or pay thirty thousand school credits to enter.
  • The veteran student told Xia Ping the Cloud Mist Mountain Range would open in a month, and Xia Ping decided to join the trip.

Ch. 356Sarcastic Remarks

After three days of silence, Xia Ping emerged from cultivation and prepared to confront the Martial Arts Clubs that had mocked him. He arrived at the Kendo Club, choosing its arrogant president as his first target.

  • Xia Ping spent three days cultivating in seclusion while students and club leaders ridiculed his silence and called him a coward.
  • Mu Haoran offered to forgive Xia Ping if he knelt and apologized at the Kendo Club, while another club president demanded an apology and three years of unpaid street cleaning.
  • The Martial Arts Club presidents continued taunting Xia Ping, and his reputation at Yanhuang University fell as even his supporters grew uncertain.
  • Xia Ping finished cultivating, revealed that his silence had been a deliberate ploy, and decided to challenge the Kendo Club first.
  • Xia Ping took a bus to the Kendo Club, where members recognized him at the entrance.

Ch. 357Trampling the Kendo Club!

Xia Ping arrived at the Kendo Club and demanded that its president face him or the club would be flattened. He left several elite members defeated and humiliated, while the president had yet to appear.

  • Xia Ping ordered the Kendo Club president to come out and threatened to flatten the club if he did not appear within three breaths.
  • A Ninth Heaven Martial Artist Realm student attacked Xia Ping with his sword, but Xia Ping knocked him unconscious with one punch.
  • Three Ninth Heaven Martial Artist Realm students formed the Three Talents Formation and attacked Xia Ping together.
  • Xia Ping struck the three students with one palm, smashed their swords, and forced them to kneel on the ground.

Ch. 358Let's See What You've Got!

Xia Ping challenged the Kendo Club and humiliated its members, then faced Club President Mu Haoran in a duel. Mu Haoran attacked with his Thunderbolt Sword Technique, and Xia Ping countered with the Flying Crane Slash.

  • Xia Ping forced three Kendo Club upperclassmen to kneel and knocked away six members who tried to intervene.
  • Mu Haoran arrived with a group of club members and confronted Xia Ping, who claimed he had come to spar.
  • Mu Haoran drew his sword and clashed with Xia Ping, then unleashed his Thunderbolt Sword Technique.
  • Xia Ping countered with the eighth form of the Ten Thousand Beasts Fist, the Flying Crane Slash.

Ch. 359Thunder Cat Bloodline

Xia Ping revealed that he had advanced to the Eighth Heaven of Martial Artist Realm and injured Mu Haoran, prompting Mu Haoran to awaken his Thunder Cat bloodline. As Mu Haoran launched a lightning-charged sword attack, Xia Ping formed a barrier with the Northern Underworld Body Protection Art.

  • Xia Ping broke Mu Haoran's Thunderbolt Sword Technique with his sword energy and struck him with a powerful attack that sent him flying and left him spitting blood.
  • Mu Haoran realized Xia Ping had reached the Eighth Heaven of Martial Artist Realm, shocking the watching students.
  • Xia Ping accused Mu Haoran and other students from the Cloud Sky Realm of relying on superior cultivation resources, then challenged him to admit defeat.
  • Mu Haoran awakened his Thunder Cat bloodline, causing purple lightning to coil around him and greatly increasing his power.
  • Mu Haoran charged at Xia Ping with a lightning-charged sword strike, and Xia Ping formed a barrier using the Northern Underworld Body Protection Art.

Ch. 360Dragon Tiger Seal!

Xia Ping used Mu Haoran’s thunderous attacks to temper his body and strengthen his cultivation before defeating him with the Dragon Tiger Seal. He then faced the furious Kendo Club members as he moved to take their signboard.

  • Mu Haoran’s attacks failed to penetrate Xia Ping’s defenses and instead helped Xia Ping refine the power of his pills and fill his eighth acupoint.
  • Xia Ping unleashed the Dragon Tiger Seal, shattered Mu Haoran’s protective technique, and knocked him unconscious through several stone walls.
  • The students watched in shock as Xia Ping defeated the Kendo Club president, Mu Haoran.
  • Xia Ping declared himself the victor and moved to take the Kendo Club’s signboard as his spoils.
  • The Kendo Club members tried to stop Xia Ping, but he challenged them to do something about it.

Ch. 361No One in the Kendo Club!

Xia Ping let the Kendo Club members attack him, using their blows to temper his body while taunting them about their lack of progress. After exhausting every member, he took the club’s plaque and left, ignoring their threats of retaliation.

  • Xia Ping challenged the Kendo Club members to attack him and claimed they could not move him.
  • The Kendo Club members assaulted Xia Ping, but his Northern Underworld Body Protection Art blocked every strike.
  • Xia Ping mocked the exhausted members for failing to reach the Martial Master Realm or become Elite Students, provoking them into a final futile attack.
  • After half an hour, all the Kendo Club members collapsed from exhaustion, and Xia Ping took their plaque.
  • The Kendo Club members threatened Xia Ping and lamented their disgrace as he carried the plaque away.

Ch. 362The Blade Technique Club's Panic

After Xia Ping defeated the Kendo Club, the Blade Technique Club feared he would target them next. Xia Ping arrived at their hall and challenged Ju Zijian and the club to fight, leaving the confrontation poised to begin.

  • Blade Technique Club members discussed Xia Ping's defeat of the Kendo Club and worried he would come after them.
  • Ju Zijian and the other members insisted they could defeat Xia Ping, though they relied on their numbers to reassure themselves.
  • A student rushed in to announce that Xia Ping had arrived, and Xia Ping burst through the entrance after beating the members outside.
  • Ju Zijian threatened to report Xia Ping to the Academic Affairs Office, but Xia Ping called his visit a friendly spar and challenged the Blade Technique Club.

Ch. 363Stop Right There!

Xia Ping challenged the Blade Technique Club after its members protested his treatment of their disciples, then defeated the club president and its members. He left the entire club unconscious and unable to fight.

  • Ju Zijian accused Xia Ping of assaulting the Blade Technique Club's gatekeeping disciples and demanded an apology.
  • Xia Ping mocked the club members for hesitating to fight and compared them unfavorably to the Kendo Club, prompting them to attack.
  • Ju Zijian attacked Xia Ping with his Savage Bull Bloodline, but Xia Ping shattered his blade energy with the Immoveable Tathagata Palm and sent him crashing into a wall.
  • Xia Ping knocked Ju Zijian unconscious with a palm strike from a distance after the club president refused to accept his defeat.
  • The Blade Technique Club members charged Xia Ping in a blade formation, but he overpowered them and left every member unconscious within half an hour.

Ch. 364Going Too Far

Xia Ping took the Blade Technique Club’s treasured sign after defeating and intimidating its members. Once he left, they lamented their humiliation and realized he planned to challenge every martial arts club at Yanhuang University.

  • Xia Ping seized the Blade Technique Club sign and threatened to cripple anyone who tried to stop him.
  • The Blade Technique Club members apologized and let Xia Ping leave with the sign.
  • After Xia Ping was gone, the members angrily condemned him for beating them and humiliating their club.
  • The members discussed Xia Ping’s strength and feared he would sweep through every martial arts club at Yanhuang University.
  • Xia Ping continued his plan to visit every club that had targeted him on the forums and earn Hate Points.

Ch. 365Sweeping Through the Martial Arts Clubs

Xia Ping continued his campaign against Yanhuang University’s martial arts clubs, defeating their members and taking their plaques. After three weeks, he had challenged more than a hundred clubs and left them battered, with their plaques as trophies.

  • Xia Ping defeated the Hidden Weapon Club, knocked out its president, and took its plaque.
  • Xia Ping smashed his way into the Fist Technique Club, defeated its members, and took its plaque.
  • On the third day, Xia Ping beat a small club that had not provoked him, claiming it was on his way.
  • Xia Ping also uprooted ten clubs in one day, including the Spear Technique Club, the Staff Technique Club, and the Lightness Skill Club.
  • Over three weeks, Xia Ping challenged more than a hundred clubs across Yanhuang University and took their plaques.

Ch. 366The Rising Tide!

Xia Ping’s unprecedented three-week streak of defeating more than a hundred Yanhuang University clubs sparked heated arguments between students from Yanhuang Planet and the Cloud Sky Realm. The Cloud Sky Realm students called for him to be punished, but his fights were recognized as legitimate, and Su Ji vowed she would not lose to him.

  • Students on the School Forum marveled that Xia Ping had defeated more than a hundred clubs without showing signs of exhaustion.
  • Students from Yanhuang Planet celebrated Xia Ping’s victories and mocked the Cloud Sky Realm students who had once belittled them.
  • Cloud Sky Realm students accused Xia Ping of assault and demanded that the university expel him, while others pointed out that the school recognized his fights as legitimate.
  • Su Ji and the other women grew angry at Xia Ping’s rising fame, and Su Ji vowed she would not lose to him.

Ch. 367The School Was Shaken

Xia Ping’s defeat of more than a hundred Martial Arts Clubs amazed his friends and drew the attention of Yanhuang University’s senior administrators, who decided to let him be. The administrators then turned to preparations for the opening of the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, which they considered far more important.

  • Xiao Yixuan heard about Xia Ping’s achievements and vowed to defeat him as he trained.
  • Luo Di, Mu Bancheng, Shi Fei, Liu Qiang, and the others praised Xia Ping and resolved to work harder so they would not fall behind.
  • Jiang Yaru, Nangong Wu, and Chu Rong read posts about Xia Ping’s victories and decided to improve their cultivation too.
  • Yanhuang University’s administrators discussed Xia Ping’s actions and agreed not to punish him because he had broken no school rules.
  • The administrators shifted their meeting to the upcoming opening of the Cloud Mist Mountain Range and said Yanhuang University must not lose to the other universities.

Ch. 368Reigning Supreme

Feng Hetang defended Xia Ping’s reputation at Yanhuang University and used his status as Xia Ping’s number-one underling to intimidate the martial arts clubs. He announced that Xia Ping planned to start a martial arts club and invited the eager students to join.

  • Feng Hetang bragged to a crowd of students about how close he was to Xia Ping, claiming he would do anything to curry favor with him.
  • A Kendo Club student accused Xia Ping of having no character and called taking the martial arts clubs’ signs robbery.
  • Feng Hetang defended Xia Ping’s actions as teaching the clubs and collecting souvenirs, then punched the student unconscious.
  • Feng Hetang threatened the martial arts club members with another visit from Xia Ping, frightening them into silence.
  • Feng Hetang announced that Xia Ping wanted to start a martial arts club and urged the students to join.

Ch. 369The Ninth Heaven

Xia Ping broke through to the Ninth Heaven of Martial Artist Realm and strengthened his true essence, then spent most of his points on pills to fuel further cultivation. After learning he had 850,000 Hate Points, he received notice that the Cloud Mist Mountain Range would open in three days.

  • Xia Ping opened his ninth acupoint and reached the Ninth Heaven of Martial Artist Realm after three weeks of training and battles.
  • Xia Ping tested his new power by piercing a titanium alloy wall with a dark red true essence attack.
  • Xia Ping ordered fifteen Dragon Tiger Ruyi Pills for 150,000 points, leaving himself 10,000 points.
  • The system told Xia Ping that he had earned 400,000 Hate Points and now had 850,000 in total.
  • Xia Ping received a school message announcing that the Cloud Mist Mountain Range would open in three days and registration would last one day.

Ch. 370Pingtian Sect

Xia Ping registered for the Cloud Mist Mountain Range expedition after his cultivation was verified at the ninth level of the Martial Artist Realm. He accepted Feng Hetang and nearly a thousand students as followers, then formed the Pingtian Sect and ordered them to recruit as many members as possible.

  • Xia Ping learned that the Cloud Mist Mountain Range was opening and registered for its expedition after passing the cultivation check.
  • Feng Hetang arrived at Xia Ping’s villa with nearly a thousand students and introduced them as aspiring followers.
  • Xia Ping accepted the students, intending to use the organization to attract more Hate Points.
  • Xia Ping ordered Feng Hetang to recruit as many members as possible and named their organization the Pingtian Sect.

Ch. 371Recruiting Members

Feng Hetang and the Pingtian Sect members failed to recruit students because Xia Ping’s reputation drove them away. Xia Ping ordered them to use threats and scams to grow the sect, and they eagerly set off to carry out his plan.

  • Feng Hetang and the Pingtian Sect members handed out flyers at Yanhuang University, but students rejected and mocked the club because Xia Ping had a terrible reputation.
  • Feng Hetang returned to Xia Ping’s villa and reported that no one had joined.
  • Xia Ping told his followers to force reluctant students to join through beatings, threats, and intimidation, citing the Yellow Turban Army as an example.
  • Xia Ping taught Feng Hetang and the others pyramid-scheme tactics, and they praised him before leaving to expand the Pingtian Sect.

Ch. 372Tricking, Cheating, and Beating People

Feng Hetang and the others used deceptive sales pitches, staged fights, and beatings to expand the Pingtian Sect to thirty thousand members in two days. Students complained online about being tricked or forced to join, while the Sect’s recruitment scheme required new members to recruit two more people.

  • Feng Hetang and the others recruited students by any means, growing the Pingtian Sect to thirty thousand members in two days.
  • Students on the forums expressed shock that the Pingtian Sect had become Yanhuang University’s largest martial arts club so quickly.
  • A student revealed that Pingtian Sect recruiters used a fake membership form and gave customers ten rocks instead of ten free pills.
  • Another student described being framed during a staged sparring challenge and forced to join in exchange for avoiding compensation.
  • Students shared more accounts of being beaten or pressured into joining, and complained that new members had to recruit two more people.

Ch. 373The Shameless

The Martial Arts Clubs accused the Pingtian Sect of coercing students into joining, and Feng Hetang defended the sect before the Academic Affairs Office. The director banned the sect from using its questionable recruiting tactics but recognized its existing recruitment as legal, leaving the other clubs furious while Feng Hetang was secretly pleased.

  • Victims and Martial Arts Club leaders accused the Pingtian Sect of using fraud, beatings, and forced recruitment to grow to thirty thousand members.
  • The club leaders and Feng Hetang's group went to the Academic Affairs Office to lodge complaints and defend the Pingtian Sect.
  • Feng Hetang denied the accusations and described the sect's recruiting tactics as unconventional marketing and martial arts instruction.
  • The director ruled that students had to join voluntarily and barred the Pingtian Sect from using its questionable methods, but recognized its past recruitment as legal.
  • The other club leaders resented the decision, while Feng Hetang and his companions were secretly pleased that the sect had already built a large membership.

Ch. 374The Xu Family's Xu Yunlong

Xu Yunlong met with Xu Bowen, Xu Bowu, and Xu Boquan to discuss Xia Ping and Xu Jianhua’s disappearance, but rejected their appeals to family loyalty and asserted that strength alone ruled. He revealed that he still planned to kill Xia Ping, not for revenge, but to obtain something from him and uncover his secrets.

  • Xu Bowen, Xu Bowu, and Xu Boquan told Xu Yunlong that Xia Ping had grown powerful and famous, and that Xu Jianhua had likely died after pursuing him.
  • Xu Yunlong dismissed Xu Jianhua as a fool who had brought his death on himself, angering Xu Boquan.
  • Xu Yunlong froze Xu Boquan in place with his ice-attribute true essence, then lectured the Xu Family elders about relying on strength rather than family ties or schemes.
  • Xu Bowen acknowledged Xu Yunlong’s power and reminded him that the Xu Family had helped cultivate him.
  • Xu Yunlong said he would still kill Xia Ping to obtain something from him and uncover his secrets.

Ch. 375Heartless and Ruthless!

Xu Yunlong decided to confront Xia Ping and seize the secret behind his rapid cultivation before he could grow stronger. After refining fifteen Dragon Tiger Ruyi Pills, Xia Ping prepared to enter the Cloud Mist Mountain Range in search of Water of Life and a chance to reach the Martial Master Realm.

  • Xu Yunlong told Xu Bowen and the others that Xia Ping’s rapid progress and powerful techniques suggested he was hiding a valuable secret.
  • Xu Yunlong decided to interrogate Xia Ping and intercept him before he could enter the Cloud Mist Mountain Range and advance further.
  • Xia Ping spent three days cultivating with fifteen Dragon Tiger Ruyi Pills, filling half his acupoints and doubling the number of Martial Master-level attacks he could unleash.
  • Xia Ping realized the pills had stopped helping him and planned to seek Water of Life in the Cloud Mist Mountain Range.
  • Xia Ping wondered how many Hate Points he had earned while system notifications were off and whether he had reached one million for the System Gift Pack.
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