Recaps

Xia Ping fought Li Hu and a Huang Family disciple who attacked from hiding, then used the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Art to strike the distant assassin. The sphere of compressed air and true essence destroyed the building and blasted the Huang Family disciple away.

• Li Hu attacked Xia Ping with his giant hammer while a hidden Huang Family disciple fired throwing knives at him.
• Xia Ping dodged the knives and blocked one with the Northern Underworld Body Protection Art, but the combined attacks left him injured and under pressure.
• Xia Ping used the Hell Golden Crow Eye to locate the Huang Family disciple hiding three kilometers away.
• Xia Ping compressed air and true essence into a sphere and hurled it at the assassin’s building.
• The sphere exploded, collapsing the building and flinging the Huang Family disciple away with a scream.

Xia Ping attacked the Huang Family disciple from afar and struck Li Hu when he tried to interfere. The Huang Family disciple fled but was impaled by Xia Ping’s Hell Spear and eliminated from the competition.

• Xia Ping formed a Hell Spear and prepared to kill the injured Huang Family disciple.
• Li Hu charged at Xia Ping to stop him, but Xia Ping struck Li Hu with No-Beat Palm and hurled him through several walls.
• The Huang Family disciple used the Huang Family Cloud-Scaling Ladder to flee from Xia Ping.
• Xia Ping hurled the Hell Spear after the fleeing disciple, piercing his abdomen and pinning him to a building wall.
• The Huang Family disciple disappeared from the competition grounds and was eliminated.

Xia Ping pursued Li Hu and eliminated him after defeating the Huang Family disciple, leaving viewers stunned by his strength. As the Pingtian Sect mocked the outraged audience, some viewers vowed to castrate themselves if Xia Ping won the Genius Tournament.

• Xia Ping leaped from a skyscraper and used his wings to pursue the fleeing Li Hu.
• Xia Ping struck the injured Li Hu with a powerful punch, eliminating him from the competition.
• Viewers marveled that Xia Ping had defeated Li Hu and the Huang Family disciple despite being at the sixth level of the Martial Master realm.
• Feng Hetang and the Pingtian Sect members taunted viewers who refused to accept Xia Ping's victory.
• Angry viewers insisted stronger prodigies would defeat Xia Ping, and some vowed to castrate themselves if he won the tournament.

Xia Ping demolished skyscrapers to drive hidden contestants out and provoke them into fighting him. After he insulted the angry martial artists, dozens charged at him, leaving the confrontation about to begin.

• Xia Ping noticed the contestants were avoiding him, so he decided to force them out of their hiding places.
• Xia Ping hurled fireballs at skyscrapers, bringing down buildings and scattering contestants into the streets.
• The displaced martial artists spotted Xia Ping destroying their hideouts and confronted him.
• Xia Ping admitted what he was doing and taunted the martial artists, daring them to retaliate.
• Dozens of furious contestants charged at Xia Ping with killing intent.

Xia Ping fought off a mob of contestants in the preliminaries, using his qi arts to repel their attacks and overwhelm them with flames. After eliminating hundreds of opponents, he stood alone amid the destruction and declared himself invincible.

• Dozens of contestants attacked Xia Ping at once, but he used the Northern Underworld Body Protection Art to redirect their qi attacks back at them.
• Xia Ping unleashed the Pure Yang Indestructible Art, surrounding himself with flames that formed a Fire Divine Bird and terrified the contestants.
• Xia Ping sent flaming birds and punches into the crowd, burning and injuring contestants until they were eliminated and transported away.
• Over half an hour, Xia Ping eliminated hundreds of contestants and left the area flattened, with no one else standing.
• Xia Ping looked up at the sky and sighed that he was already invincible in this world.

Xia Ping’s decisive victory over more than a hundred opponents provoked audience outrage at his boasts, while the battle helped him break through three meridians. He left to seek more opponents, hoping to reach the Seventh Heaven of Martial Master Realm before the preliminaries ended.

• Feng Hetang and the Pingtian Sect members celebrated Xia Ping’s victory and mocked the spectators who had predicted his defeat.
• Spectators criticized Xia Ping’s arrogance and argued that defeating many Elite Students did not make him invincible.
• Xia Ping refined the medicinal power in his body after the battle and broke through three meridians at once.
• Xia Ping recognized that combat had greatly improved his cultivation and felt close to reaching the Seventh Heaven of Martial Master Realm.
• Xia Ping used the Kunpeng Step to head toward another area and find more opponents.

Xia Ping rampaged through the tournament zone, defeating contestants and provoking widespread anger while other competitors debated how to handle him. Lu Chao decided to wait until Xia Ping was at his most confident before challenging him publicly.

• Xia Ping demolished buildings, forced contestants into fights, and defeated groups of opponents, spreading his name throughout the tournament zone.
• Angry contestants complained about Xia Ping's insults and strength, while some warned that Lu Chao might be the one able to stop him.
• Several powerful contestants ignored Xia Ping's provocations and focused on surviving the preliminaries and preparing for the championship tournament.
• Lu Chao's companions urged him to teach Xia Ping a lesson, but Lu Chao said he would wait until the final day to defeat and humiliate him at the height of his success.

On the final day of the competition, Xia Ping, at the peak of the sixth level of the Martial Master Realm, met Lu Chao, a ninth-level Martial Master with the Diamond Demon Ape Bloodline. Their battle began as contestants watched and considered taking advantage of the fight.

• After killing more than a dozen prodigies who had tried to steal his points, Xia Ping reached the peak of the sixth level of the Martial Master Realm and sensed he was close to a breakthrough.
• Lu Chao descended onto the ruined street, and he and Xia Ping faced off as surviving contestants gathered to watch.
• Xia Ping proposed that he and Lu Chao eliminate the spectators together, but Lu Chao refused and promised to defeat Xia Ping quickly.
• Lu Chao attacked with his metal rod, and Xia Ping evaded with the Kunpeng Step before countering with the Rending Bear Hand.
• Xia Ping's bear-paw strike collided with Lu Chao's metal rod, sending a powerful shockwave through the street.

Xia Ping fought Lu Chao in a devastating battle that drove nearby contestants away, but Lu Chao’s Indestructible Vajra Body withstood Xia Ping’s strongest opening attack. Lu Chao began using his royal-grade Thirty-Six Earth-Shaking Strikes, leaving the fight escalating and unresolved.

• Xia Ping and Lu Chao’s powerful clashes destroyed buildings and injured nearby contestants, forcing many to flee or be eliminated.
• Xia Ping spotted a slight opening after their hundred clashes and struck Lu Chao in the chest with the Kunpeng Step.
• Lu Chao’s Indestructible Vajra Body blocked Xia Ping’s punch, and Lu Chao sent him flying with a staff strike.
• Lu Chao taunted Xia Ping and unleashed the Thirty-Six Earth-Shaking Strikes, bringing down successive staff blows that formed enormous mountain-like shadows.

Xia Ping fought Lu Chao’s overwhelming staff technique head-on, using the impacts to temper his body and build true essence. As Lu Chao prepared to unleash his bloodline’s full power, Xia Ping was nearing a breakthrough into the seventh level of the Martial Master realm.

• Xia Ping and Lu Chao traded fierce blows as the Thirty-Six Earth-Shaking Staffs clashed with Xia Ping’s Ten Thousand Beasts Fist.
• Viewers watching the livestream expected Lu Chao to defeat Xia Ping, while Xia Ping welcomed the punishment and used it to strengthen his body and gather true essence.
• Xia Ping’s seventy-two meridians filled with true essence, bringing him close to opening his seventy-third meridian and advancing to the seventh level of the Martial Master realm.
• Lu Chao realized Xia Ping’s yielding defense absorbed his staff strikes and grew furious at how little damage he could inflict.
• Lu Chao decided to fully activate his Diamond Demon Ape Bloodline and strike Xia Ping down with all his strength.

Xia Ping broke through to the Seventh Heaven of the Martial Master Realm during his fight with Lu Chao, turning the tide after Lu Chao’s bloodline secret art nearly defeated him. The chapter ended with Xia Ping challenging Lu Chao to choose how he wanted to die.

• Lu Chao activated his Diamond Demon Ape bloodline secret art and struck Xia Ping with Heaven-Shaking Earth-Shattering.
• Lu Chao’s blow sent Xia Ping crashing through buildings, and the watching crowd assumed he had been eliminated.
• Lu Chao charged to finish Xia Ping, but Xia Ping emerged from the rubble and struck him with a giant palm, sending him into a crater.
• Lu Chao realized Xia Ping had broken through to the Seventh Heaven of the Martial Master Realm.
• Xia Ping confirmed his breakthrough and asked Lu Chao how he wanted to die.

Xia Ping broke through to the seventh level of the Martial Master realm during his fight with Lu Chao, awakening the full power of his Hell Golden Crow Eye. He used his enhanced abilities and No-Beat Palm to defeat Lu Chao and eliminate him from the competition.

• The livestream audience reacted with shock as Xia Ping broke through to the seventh level of the Martial Master realm mid-fight.
• Xia Ping felt his true essence and physical strength surge, and his Hell Golden Crow Eye fully stabilized.
• Lu Chao dismissed Xia Ping's breakthrough and charged at him with his staff, boasting that his ninth-level cultivation would let him kill Xia Ping.
• Xia Ping used his Hell Golden Crow Eye to read Lu Chao's attack and caught the hand swinging his staff.
• Xia Ping struck Lu Chao with No-Beat Palm, breaking through his Indestructible Vajra Body and severely injuring him.
• A flash of white light eliminated Lu Chao from the competition, and Xia Ping dismissed his defense as nothing special.

Xia Ping defeated Lu Chao with his newly comprehended second force of No-Beat Palm, then left to stabilize his cultivation. His victory drew attention across the Cloud Sky Realm, and Yanhuang University’s elders decided to conceal the full extent of his achievement to protect him from the demon race.

• Xia Ping used No-Beat Palm’s layered forces to break Lu Chao’s Indestructible Vajra Body and eliminate him with one strike.
• Xia Ping left the area to meditate and stabilize his cultivation while the other Martial Masters stayed behind to qualify for the next round.
• Spectators across the Cloud Sky Realm learned that Xia Ping had defeated Lu Chao and began recognizing him as a rising genius from Yanhuang University.
• Yanhuang University’s elders watched the fight and concluded that Xia Ping had mastered and improved No-Beat Palm into a pinnacle king-level art.
• Lu Shuwen ordered the elders to conceal the full truth and tell outsiders only that Xia Ping had learned a pinnacle king-level No-Beat Palm, fearing a demon-race assassination attempt.

After Xia Ping defeated Lu Chao, Yanhuang University celebrated his potential while other schools and martial organizations recognized him as a formidable new talent. Giant Corporation confirmed that Xia Ping was already its member and made him a top-priority trainee, leaving the other organizations unable to recruit him.

• Yanhuang University's elders praised Xia Ping for defeating Lu Chao and agreed to reward him generously.
• Elders at other schools watched Xia Ping's battle footage, admired his mastery of the No-Beat Palm, and debated whether he could win the Genius Tournament.
• Martial organizations investigated Xia Ping and learned that he was a new Elite Student from an ordinary family on Yanhuang Planet.
• The organizations discovered that Xia Ping was already an official member of Giant Corporation and abandoned their attempts to recruit him.
• Giant Corporation's Kings made Xia Ping a highest-priority trainee and decided to invest substantial cultivation resources in him.

The qualifiers ended, and the surviving contestants were teleported to a plaza where Hou Hanyang announced that they had passed. Xia Ping topped the rankings by a huge margin, leaving the other Elite Students stunned and Lu Chao facing public mockery over his defeat.

• A bell announced the end of the qualifiers, and Xia Ping was teleported from his remote building to a plaza with the other survivors.
• Hou Hanyang congratulated the contestants and said their qualifier points and rankings had been sent to their communicators.
• The contestants discovered that Xia Ping had ranked first with 10,873 points, far ahead of Feng Qiudao and Bai Qingqing.
• The Elite Students learned that Xia Ping was at the Seventh Heaven of Martial Master Realm and had defeated Lu Chao.
• Other contestants questioned Lu Chao about whether he had thrown the fight, then mocked him when he refused to comment.

Xia Ping provoked a crowd of Elite Students who questioned his first-place ranking and accused him of relying on powerful backers. He challenged them to attack, but Sun Moon City’s rules stopped the fight and left the crowd furious.

• Lu Chao stayed silent as people mocked him and speculated about Xia Ping’s tournament results.
• When the crowd questioned Xia Ping’s points and suggested he had cheated, Xia Ping insulted them and called everyone present trash.
• An Elite Student demanded that Xia Ping apologize, but Xia Ping boasted about his backers and challenged the crowd to make him take a step back.
• The Elite Students moved to attack, but a force pinned them to the ground and a mechanical voice warned that fighting was forbidden in the plaza.
• Xia Ping taunted the crowd for forgetting the rules, leaving them enraged but unable to retaliate.

After provoking the other Elite Students, Xia Ping learned that the Genius Tournament’s second round would be a randomly assigned elimination tournament beginning the next morning. He arrived at the Colosseum fully recovered and sensed that many powerful Kings had gathered in the hidden VIP boxes.

• Hou Hanyang announced that the second round would be a single-bout elimination tournament starting the next morning, with opponents assigned randomly.
• Elite Students threatened Xia Ping, but he mocked them as they left for the prepared rest rooms.
• Xia Ping recovered overnight using Sun Moon City’s premium nutritional fluid.
• The next morning, bells summoned the contestants to the tournament, and Xia Ping followed the other Elite Students to the Colosseum.
• Xia Ping sensed powerful Martial Masters and Grandmasters among the spectators and King-level figures entering the VIP boxes.

Xia Ping spotted Qiu Xue and Su Mei in the tournament stands, where their conversation sparked gossip about his relationship with Qiu Xue. Their fellow Core Students grew hostile toward Xia Ping after hearing the rumor, leaving him the target of their threats.

• Xia Ping recognized Qiu Xue and Su Mei from across the plaza, though Su Mei doubted he could see them in the crowd.
• Qiu Xue and Su Mei discussed Xia Ping’s success and their past conflict, then argued over whether Qiu Xue was defending him.
• Dao Bailan mocked Qiu Xue over rumors that she kept Xia Ping as a boyfriend, and Qiu Xue insulted Dao Bailan in return.
• Dao Bailan threatened that Xia Ping would be eliminated in the first round, while Qiu Xue did not correct the boyfriend rumor.
• Angry male Core Students decided to investigate Xia Ping and threatened him for supposedly pursuing Qiu Xue.

Xia Ping faced Jia Zhijie, a personal disciple of Sword King Yang Tahai, in the first elimination round and taunted him by promising to fight with one hand. Jia Zhijie attacked with the king-level superior Nine-Layer Wave Sword Technique, leaving the spectators astonished by his skill.

• The contestants were teleported into randomly assigned arenas as the elimination round began.
• Jia Zhijie introduced himself and threatened Xia Ping, while viewers explained that he was Sword King Yang Tahai’s personal disciple.
• Dao Bailan mocked Qiu Xue over Xia Ping’s difficult matchup, but Qiu Xue silently watched.
• Xia Ping said he would fight Jia Zhijie with one hand and called him a nobody.
• Jia Zhijie drew the Three-Foot Green Peak and unleashed the Nine-Layer Wave Sword, astonishing the swordsmanship Grandmasters.

Jia Zhijie unleashed his Nine-Layer Wave Sword against Xia Ping, but Xia Ping’s Northern Underworld Body Protection Art stopped the attack and even benefited from its force. Enraged by Xia Ping’s taunts, Jia Zhijie revealed his mastery of the unity between man and sword and launched his devastating Triple Wave strike, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Jia Zhijie struck Xia Ping with the Nine-Layer Wave Sword, and onlookers expected Xia Ping to be defeated.
• Xia Ping formed a layered defensive barrier with the Northern Underworld Body Protection Art and stopped Jia Zhijie’s sword at the 108th layer.
• Xia Ping taunted Jia Zhijie and used the pressure of his attacks to refine the medicinal power in his body.
• Jia Zhijie erupted with sword energy and revealed that he had mastered the unity between man and sword.
• Jia Zhijie used the Triple Wave technique, injuring himself as his sword energy surged toward Xia Ping and shook the arena.

Xia Ping defeated Jia Zhijie after Jia’s sword pierced his qi defense but failed to injure him, and the attack even helped Xia Ping break through. The match ended with Jia unconscious and transported out, while the livestream audience condemned Xia Ping’s taunting.

• Jia Zhijie’s Three-Foot Green Peak pierced Xia Ping’s aura shield but shattered before reaching his chest.
• Xia Ping broke through during the fight and thanked Jia Zhijie for helping him improve.
• Xia Ping asked Jia Zhijie to strike again, and Jia, enraged and badly injured, collapsed before he could move.
• The arena transported Jia Zhijie out and announced Xia Ping as the winner.
• The livestream audience erupted, sympathizing with Jia Zhijie and criticizing Xia Ping’s conduct.

Core Students discussed Xia Ping’s powerful defensive qi art after he defeated Jia Zhijie, while Qiu Xue challenged Dao Bailan’s doubts by betting that Xia Ping could win the Genius Tournament. Qiu Xue produced an Infinite Dragon Sun Pill, a treasured medicine said to offer a chance to break through to the King Realm.

• Core Students examined Xia Ping’s defensive qi art and speculated that he had discovered it in ancient ruins.
• Qiu Xue taunted Dao Bailan for claiming Xia Ping would lose to Jia Zhijie, and Dao Bailan insisted Xia Ping would soon be defeated by stronger Elite Students.
• Qiu Xue proposed betting that Xia Ping would win the Genius Tournament, prompting Dao Bailan and the other Core Students to ridicule the claim.
• Qiu Xue produced an Infinite Dragon Sun Pill, and a Core Student explained that it could give its user a twenty percent chance to advance from the peak of the Grandmaster realm to the King Realm.

Qiu Xue wagered an Infinite Dragon Sun Pill that Xia Ping would win the Genius Tournament, prompting several Core Students to bet valuable treasures against her. Xia Ping met Lu Boming in the elimination round, where Lu Boming revealed his ninth-level Martial Master strength and prepared to fight.

• Qiu Xue offered an Infinite Dragon Sun Pill in a bet on Xia Ping becoming the Genius Tournament champion, and Dao Bailan and other Core Students wagered treasures against her.
• Qiu Xue signed contracts with the Core Students, while Su Mei held back because she suspected Qiu Xue had a reason to be confident.
• Xia Ping faced Lu Boming, his former Training Tower enemy, in the second round of the elimination tournament.
• Xia Ping mocked Lu Boming's dependence on his family and claimed he could defeat him with one punch.
• Lu Boming unleashed the Nether Narcissus Scroll and revealed that he had advanced to the ninth level of the Martial Master Realm.

Xia Ping defeated Lu Boming after Lu unleashed the Nether Narcissus Scroll’s Ten Thousand Snakes Dancing Wildly. He spared Lu’s life but warned him to stop plotting against him.

• Lu Boming displayed the Nether Narcissus Scroll, and livestream viewers discussed his feud with Xia Ping and Xia Ping’s hated reputation at Yanhuang University.
• Lu Boming attacked Xia Ping with his ultimate technique, Ten Thousand Snakes Dancing Wildly.
• Xia Ping countered with the Ten Thousand Beasts Fist’s Dragon Tiger Seal, destroying Lu Boming’s water snakes and badly injuring him.
• Xia Ping spared Lu Boming and warned him to behave and stop scheming against him.

Xia Ping defeated Lu Boming and several more opponents, earning a place among the tournament’s top hundred despite being only a seventh-level Martial Master. His success spread his reputation through Sun Moon City and worried the Core Students who had wagered against Qiu Xue.

• Xia Ping taunted Lu Boming after their match, and Lu Boming’s rage caused him to spit blood and be teleported to the hospital before the system declared Xia Ping the winner.
• Xia Ping defeated Miao Renjie, smashing his saber and leaving him badly injured.
• Xia Ping overcame Chen Yufeng’s spear attacks and eliminated him with a kick to a vital spot.
• Xia Ping beat Dong Mucha, a king’s disciple, until the system teleported him away for emergency treatment.
• After a day and a night of matches, Xia Ping entered the top hundred as the only seventh-level Martial Master, alarming the Core Students who had wagered against Qiu Xue.