Recaps

Xia Ping defeated Xie Anshou in the semifinal and advanced to the Genius Tournament finals. He then told reporters he had exhausted his strength, prompting furious viewers who remembered his earlier claims and had lost bets on him.

• Xia Ping pierced Xie Anshou with the Spear of Hell and defeated him.
• Xie Anshou tried to fight on, but Xia Ping pointed his spear at his throat and forced him to surrender.
• Xie Anshou was teleported away for treatment, and the system declared Xia Ping the semifinal winner.
• The audience cursed Xia Ping and lamented their lost bets as he left the arena.
• Xia Ping told reporters he had beaten Xie Anshou with his last burst of strength, and viewers dismissed his claim as another blatant lie.

After Feng Qiudao defeated Bai Qingqing, Xia Ping and Feng Qiudao were set to meet in the tournament final. Xia Ping feigned despair in an interview, while the Core Students panicked over their bets and Qiu Xue warned that Feng Qiudao was a formidable opponent.

• Feng Qiudao knocked Bai Qingqing unconscious, securing his place in the final against Xia Ping.
• Xia Ping told reporters he expected to lose and jokingly demanded that Feng Qiudao handicap himself.
• The Core Students fretted over the money and treasures they had wagered against Xia Ping, and dismissed assassination as impossible under heavy surveillance.
• Huo Gang urged the Core Students to rely on Feng Qiudao, while Su Mei laughed at their desperation.
• Qiu Xue denied that Xia Ping was her boyfriend and cautioned that Feng Qiudao was an exceptionally powerful competitor.

Xia Ping cultivated to the peak of the seventh level of the Martial Master realm and prepared to win the Genius Tournament championship. Before the final, he rejected Huo Gang and the other Core Students’ threats, then entered the arena to face Feng Qiudao.

• Xia Ping broke through two meridians and reached the peak of the seventh level of the Martial Master realm, while realizing he was running low on Water Moon Grass.
• As the Genius Tournament final approached, Xia Ping vowed to win the championship and gain the rewards and recognition it offered.
• Huo Gang and Cao Zhengbin confronted Xia Ping and threatened his friends and family unless he lost the final, but Xia Ping mocked them and refused to back down.
• Huo Gang and the other Core Students left after Xia Ping threatened to report them to the Sun Moon City Lord.
• Xia Ping entered the arena, where Feng Qiudao was waiting as the packed crowd watched the championship match begin.

Xia Ping fought Feng Qiudao in the arena as Feng Qiudao unleashed the Feng Family’s Nine Phoenix Strikes and claimed Xia Ping could not withstand him. Xia Ping drew the Spear of Hell and unleashed a startling aura, leaving the battle at a turning point.

• Feng Qiudao said he had accepted the Core Students’ offer to defeat Xia Ping, then attacked with the Nine Phoenix Strikes.
• Xia Ping countered with the Giant Elephant Axe, but Feng Qiudao shattered it; Xia Ping’s Northern Underworld Body Protection Art shielded him from the strike.
• The Core Students praised Feng Qiudao and mocked Xia Ping while the two fighters exchanged increasingly powerful attacks.
• Feng Qiudao boasted that the Nine Phoenix Strikes let him draw on the world’s vital energy and urged Xia Ping to give up.
• Xia Ping drew the Spear of Hell from his body, and his aura erupted with startling force.

Xia Ping and Feng Qiudao escalated their duel by bringing out the Spear of Hell and the Feng Family’s Purple Gold Fan. Feng Qiudao trapped Xia Ping in a storm formed by nine Undying Phoenixes and tried to force him to his knees.

• Xia Ping used the Spear of Hell to pierce through two phoenixes and threaten Feng Qiudao.
• Feng Qiudao countered with the Purple Gold Fan, whose Undying Phoenix shattered Xia Ping’s attack and sent him flying backward.
• Feng Qiudao used the Purple Gold Fan to form nine Undying Phoenixes that surrounded Xia Ping in fiery vortexes.
• Xia Ping resisted the Phoenix True Flames with his Pure Yang Indestructible Art and Northern Underworld Body Protection Art, though the vortexes held him in place.
• Feng Qiudao increased the pressure with a crushing force and ordered Xia Ping to kneel.

Feng Qiudao tried to crush Xia Ping with his Undying Phoenix power, but the pressure helped Xia Ping advance to the Eighth Heaven of Martial Master Realm. The Spear of Hell then transmitted its inheritance, and Xia Ping used Hate Points to receive the Eighteen Spears of Hell.

• Spectators speculated that Feng Qiudao wanted to destroy Xia Ping's martial heart because he feared Xia Ping's potential.
• Feng Qiudao unleashed more of his Undying Phoenix bloodline and ordered Xia Ping to kneel under crushing pressure.
• Xia Ping resisted the pressure and advanced to the Eighth Heaven of Martial Master Realm, opening his eighty-fourth meridian.
• The Spear of Hell awakened and flooded Xia Ping with images and knowledge of its martial inheritance.
• Xia Ping spent ten million Hate Points to receive the complete inheritance of the Eighteen Spears of Hell.

Xia Ping received the Spear of Hell-Suppressing Demon inheritance and broke through to the Eighth Heaven of Martial Master Realm during his fight with Feng Qiudao. Feng Qiudao unleashed his full power in the form of a giant Undying Phoenix, and Xia Ping prepared to meet the attack with the Hell Spear.

• Xia Ping learned part of the Spear of Hell-Suppressing Demon technique, and the system sealed its deeper principles until his cultivation grew stronger.
• Xia Ping broke through to the Eighth Heaven of Martial Master Realm, shocking Feng Qiudao, the spectators, and the people watching from the stands.
• Su Mei suggested that Xia Ping marry into the Su Family, while Qiu Xue acknowledged that many families would likely seek marriage alliances with him.
• Feng Qiudao used the King-grade supreme martial skill Nine Phoenix Strikes and merged nine Undying Phoenixes into a towering fiery phoenix.
• Xia Ping planted the Hell Spear in the arena and unleashed a powerful field as Feng Qiudao's attack approached.

Xia Ping used the Spear of Hell and its inherited Hell Martial Arts to overwhelm Feng Qiudao in the arena. He pierced Feng Qiudao and won, leaving the spear embedded in the arena wall as Feng Qiudao vanished in white light.

• Xia Ping's Spear of Hell broke through Feng Qiudao's defenses despite the energy supplied by Feng Qiudao's Nine Phoenix Strikes.
• Xia Ping thrust with the Spear of Hell-Suppressing Demon and shattered Feng Qiudao's Undying Phoenix, startling the kings watching from the VIP seats.
• Feng Qiudao tried to escape with Phoenix Soaring to the Sky, but Xia Ping's spear pierced his barrier and abdomen, pinning him to the arena wall.
• The spear absorbed Feng Qiudao's blood as he vanished in white light, and Xia Ping was declared the winner.

Xia Ping won the Genius Tournament after breaking through during his fight with Feng Qiudao, leaving the losing Core Students unable to challenge the result. He collected his winnings and faced a crowd of reporters, beginning a long list of acknowledgments before they interrupted him.

• Xia Ping defeated Feng Qiudao after advancing to the eighth level of the Martial Master realm, and the spectators accepted him as champion.
• Huo Gang, Cao Zhengbin, and other Core Students accused Xia Ping of cheating, but Qiu Xue told them to honor their lost bets.
• Dao Bailan left, while Su Mei congratulated Qiu Xue on winning the Core Students' treasures.
• Xia Ping received seven hundred and seventy billion Federal Coins, bringing his bank balance to one trillion five hundred and forty billion.
• Reporters surrounded Xia Ping, and he spent half an hour thanking people before one reporter interrupted him to ask another question.

Xia Ping gave reporters cultivation advice that infuriated everyone watching because he recommended expensive pills and Water of Life, then bragged that he had to slow his cultivation down. The reporters ended their interview when the award ceremony began, and Xia Ping went to receive his award.

• A reporter asked Xia Ping how he handled bottlenecks, and Xia Ping claimed he had barely encountered any.
• Asked to share his cultivation secrets, Xia Ping recommended top-grade pills, rare spirit medicines, and Water of Life, prompting outrage from the audience and Core Students.
• Xia Ping advised everyone to cultivate slowly and limit themselves to advancing one level a month, leaving Su Mei, Qiu Xue, and the audience wanting to hit him.
• The reporters tried to end the interview, and a staff member announced the award ceremony, sending Xia Ping to collect his award.

After winning the Genius Tournament, Xia Ping received the Soul-Absorbing Bell and proved his soul could resist its illusions. Hou Hanyang warned him that becoming champion would make him a target on the Heavenly Demon Battlefield.

• Xia Ping modestly praised the kings for humanity’s prosperity, winning their approval while spectators resented his false humility.
• When a king asked about Xia Ping’s spear technique, Xia Ping said he had inherited it from the Spear of Hell and could not teach it because of its restrictions.
• Hou Hanyang presented Xia Ping with the Soul-Absorbing Bell and tested it, but Xia Ping broke free of its illusion in one second.
• The kings praised Xia Ping’s exceptional soul and potential, and Hou Hanyang explained that the bell could create illusions and attack souls.
• Hou Hanyang warned Xia Ping that champions were relentlessly hunted by monsters on the Heavenly Demon Battlefield, and Xia Ping accepted the danger along with the artifact.

Huo Gang, Cao Zhengbin, and the other Core Students plotted revenge against Xia Ping after losing heavily to him, deciding to target his friends and family and feed his movements to demon assassins. Unaware of their scheme, Xia Ping received twenty million Hate Points from the tournament, bringing his total to sixty million.

• Huo Gang and the Core Students discussed their losses and debated whether to attack Xia Ping directly, fearing the consequences of striking someone backed by powerful organizations.
• Cao Zhengbin and the others resolved to retaliate by targeting Xia Ping’s friends, lackeys, and family, including his parents on Yanhuang Planet.
• Huo Gang proposed leaking Xia Ping’s information to the demons, who had placed him on their Kill List, so assassins could kill him without the Core Students being implicated.
• The Core Students began arranging attacks through their families’ assassination squads and dead men, and Huo Gang vowed to make Xia Ping kneel before them.
• Xia Ping received twenty million Hate Points from the system, raising his total to sixty million.

After learning that Huo Gang and other Core Students planned to harm his friends and family, Xia Ping asked the Giant Corporation to intervene. Its Kings gathered to discuss the threat and recognized Xia Ping as a rare genius with the potential to become an Invincible King.

• The system warned Xia Ping that a Core Student intended to kill him and revealed Huo Gang and the others' plans to target his loved ones.
• Xia Ping called Liang Kuan and reported the plot against the people around him.
• Liang Kuan promised to handle the matter and passed Xia Ping's report up the Giant Corporation's chain of command.
• About half of the Giant Corporation's Kings gathered at headquarters to discuss the threat to Xia Ping and his family.
• The Kings discussed Xia Ping's tournament victory and his mastery of the Spear of Hell, concluding that he had extraordinary potential.

Giant Corporation’s Kings decided to protect Xia Ping and punish the Core Students plotting against him, while Huo Gang and the others celebrated their planned attack. Their gathering was interrupted when someone kicked open the private-room door.

• Giant Corporation’s Kings agreed that Xia Ping’s value outweighed the Core Students’ influence and ordered their families warned against harming his family.
• The Taoist Robe Elder ended the meeting by directing Giant Corporation to suppress anyone who targeted Xia Ping.
• Huo Gang and the other Core Students dined in Sun Moon City and laughed about making Xia Ping beg for mercy.
• Cao Zhengbin revealed that he had sent his family’s assassination squad into action, reassuring the others that their plot would succeed.
• Someone kicked open the private-room door and asked what kind of good show the Core Students wanted to see.

The family patriarchs confronted the Core Students after the Giant Corporation exposed their plot against Xia Ping and his family. The students were sentenced to join the Sin Army in the Endless Sea, where they would remain until they reached the King Realm.

• The Core Students berated whoever had kicked open their private room, then recognized the powerful family patriarchs who entered.
• The Huo and Cao patriarchs disowned Huo Gang and condemned Cao Zhengbin for his role in the plot.
• An elder revealed that the Giant Corporation had uncovered the students' scheme to harm Xia Ping and his family and was demanding compensation from their families.
• Huo Gang protested that the students had not yet acted and wondered how their plan had been discovered.
• The Cao patriarch sentenced the Core Students to the Sin Army in the Endless Sea, barring them from returning until they reached the King Realm.

The Huo and Cao Family heads explained that Giant Corporation had ordered their Core Students sent to the Endless Sea to join the Sin Army after they schemed against Xia Ping. The students were shackled and taken away, powerless to resist.

• Huo Gang and the other Core Students protested their punishment, while the Huo and Cao Family heads said it was their only chance to live.
• The Cao Family head explained that Xia Ping’s potential as an Invincible King and his ties to Giant Corporation made the families powerless to protect them.
• The Huo Family head warned that ordinary Kings were insignificant beside an Invincible King and compared the Core Students to roadside weeds.
• The Cao Family head ordered the students taken to the Endless Sea before they further angered Giant Corporation.
• Black-clad figures subdued the Core Students, suppressed their cultivation with special shackles, and took them away.

The great family heads sent Huo Gang and the other offenders to serve in the Sin Army at the Endless Sea to appease Giant Corporation, and agreed to leave Xia Ping alone. After Liang Kuan warned Xia Ping that the Heavenly Demon Battlefield would open in a month and that demon prodigies would target him, Xia Ping resolved to grow stronger before entering.

• The Cao Family head and the other family heads accepted that Huo Gang and the others would be sent to the Endless Sea, hoping the experience might help them reach the King Realm.
• The Cao Family head warned the family heads not to retaliate against Xia Ping because Giant Corporation protected him and he might become an Invincible King; the Huo Family head told them to let the matter end.
• Liang Kuan called Xia Ping and confirmed that Huo Gang and the others had been sent to serve in the army and could return only after reaching the King Realm.
• Liang Kuan told Xia Ping that the Heavenly Demon Battlefield would open in a month and warned that demon prodigies would hunt him as the Genius Tournament champion.
• Xia Ping considered the battlefield's restrictions and the danger of enemies reaching the Grandmaster Realm, then resolved to increase his strength before entering.

Xia Ping asked the Super Hatred System how to improve his combat strength and bought the King-grade auditory technique Heavenly Epic for 15 million Hate Points. After experiencing its soul-entrancing illusion, he recognized its potential against groups and powerful opponents, though the technique remained incomplete.

• Xia Ping asked the system for a way to strengthen his combat ability without rushing his cultivation.
• The system recommended a technique suited to his Soul-Absorbing Bell and offered Heavenly Epic for 15 million Hate Points.
• Xia Ping bought Heavenly Epic and experienced its illusion of heaven, which entranced even his strong mind.
• Xia Ping assessed the technique’s area effect and potential to catch even Grandmasters off guard when combined with the Soul-Absorbing Bell.
• Xia Ping wondered how powerful Heavenly Epic would be if it were complete.

After Xia Ping won the Genius Tournament, martial arts families sought marriage alliances with him to gain his support and pass on his talent. When he returned to Yanhuang University to a hero’s welcome, a group of young women swarmed him, eager to get close.

• Martial arts families discussed Xia Ping’s prospects and decided to send young women to pursue him, with some hoping to have his child.
• Xia Ping and the other Elite Students returned to Yanhuang University aboard a warship.
• Yanhuang University welcomed the returning students with decorations and cheers, celebrating Xia Ping’s championship.
• Xia Ping left the welcoming crowd to head back to his villa.
• A group of young women surrounded Xia Ping, praising him and touching his muscles.

Xia Ping was mobbed by women eager to marry him or have his children because he had won the Genius Tournament. Su Ji watched in disgust while her friends defended the women’s interest in his status, leaving her frustrated and isolated in her opinion.

• Xia Ping stepped off the spaceship and was surrounded by women who bluntly asked him to marry them or give them his children.
• Xia Ping warned the women that he was lustful, unfaithful, and already involved with many women, but they insisted they would accept him anyway.
• Su Ji watched the scene, furious that the Su Family elders had ordered her to build a relationship with Xia Ping and that the women were pursuing him.
• Su Ji’s friends explained that Xia Ping’s talent and future wealth made him an attractive match, even though they still considered his character despicable.

Xia Ping invited a group of women to his villa, prompting their eager acceptance, but Qiu Xue arrived and took him away before they could go. On a deserted rooftop, Xia Ping teased Qiu Xue by claiming she had acted out of jealousy, and she denied it.

• Xia Ping suggested that the women come to his villa to talk, and they eagerly agreed.
• Su Ji called Xia Ping a pervert, while the surrounding students watched the women prepare to go with him.
• Qiu Xue arrived amid a sudden wave of cold, dismissed the women, and carried Xia Ping away.
• Qiu Xue brought Xia Ping to a deserted rooftop at Yanhuang University.
• Xia Ping called Qiu Xue his wife and claimed she had been jealous, but Qiu Xue denied it.

Qiu Xue shared her firsthand knowledge of the Heavenly Demon Battlefield with Xia Ping and told him about a nearly ripe White Spirit Ginseng Fruit hidden in a valley. She left after promising to send him a map and warning him about dangerous areas.

• Xia Ping and Qiu Xue argued about his attention from other women, while Su Mei arrived to speak with him.
• Qiu Xue explained that she wanted to repay Xia Ping for helping her during the Genius Tournament.
• Xia Ping described what he had learned about the Heavenly Demon Battlefield and its dangers.
• Qiu Xue revealed that she had found an unripe White Spirit Ginseng Fruit in a hidden valley during an earlier expedition.
• Qiu Xue promised to email Xia Ping a map and shared advice about dangerous regions before leaving with Su Mei.

Demon Race prodigies gathered on Ten Thousand Demon Mountain discussed Xia Ping, the Human Race Genius Tournament champion, and argued over whether to capture or kill him. The Heaven-Swallowing Elephant stopped the Doom Crow and Three-Eyed Giant from fighting, and the rivals left their dispute for the Heavenly Demon Battlefield.

• A Golden Lion told the gathered Demon Race prodigies that Xia Ping had won the Human Race's Genius Tournament and noted his fame and potential.
• The Starlight Turtle, Metal Tiger, and Doom Crow discussed Xia Ping, with the Doom Crow proposing to make him a battle slave.
• The Three-Eyed Giant declared Xia Ping was prey for the Three-Eyed Giants, provoking the Doom Crow into a confrontation.
• The Heaven-Swallowing Elephant ordered the Doom Crow and Three-Eyed Giant to stop fighting on Ten Thousand Demon Mountain.
• The Doom Crow backed down, while the Three-Eyed Giant left and vowed to kill it on the Heavenly Demon Battlefield.

After a month of cultivation, Xia Ping grew stronger and mastered Heavenly Epic before receiving word that the Heavenly Demon Battlefield was about to open. He boarded the university warship and reunited with tournament rivals, whom he promptly annoyed with his teasing.

• Xia Ping advanced his cultivation after consuming Water Moon Grass and Demon Cores, mastered Heavenly Epic, and judged that he could reach the ninth level of the Martial Master Realm.
• Xia Ping received a message summoning eligible Elite Students to the university plaza for the opening of the Heavenly Demon Battlefield.
• Xia Ping and the other Yanhuang University students boarded a Super Warship, where Elite Students from other universities awaited their departure.
• Xia Ping greeted Lu Chao and asked Jia Zhijie to teach him the Nine-Layer Wave Sword, prompting Jia Zhijie to refuse and move away.
• Xia Ping teased Liu Mu about his green face and called out to Ge Da, who denied his identity and walked away.

Lu Shuwen explained that the Elite Students had to collect ten kilograms of Spirit Liquid or equivalent treasures in the Heavenly Demon Battlefield, and they all chose to enter despite the danger. As they formed teams aboard the warship, Xia Ping was left isolated.

• Lu Shuwen warned the Elite Students that they had three months in the Heavenly Demon Battlefield and had to return before its entrance closed.
• Lu Shuwen assigned each survivor a mission to hand over ten kilograms of Spirit Liquid or treasures of equal value, while allowing them to keep any other finds.
• None of the Elite Students withdrew, and Lu Shuwen wished them luck before ending his announcement.
• The Elite Students began forming teams and recruiting specialists, especially those who had placed in the Genius Tournament's top hundred.
• Feng Qiudao attracted many invitations, while Xia Ping received none and was shunned even by the Yanhuang University students.