Arc 29The Demon Prodigies’ Ransom

Xia Ping used bombs and Heavenly Punishment to devastate the Evil Demons, then broke through to the Grandmaster Realm and defeated the Soul-Devouring Beast. He left the battlefield with captured monster prodigies, and Lu Shuwen began negotiating their ransom with the Demon Kings.

  • Xia Ping and his monster followers lured the Evil Demons into a plaza, where Xia Ping detonated his buried bombs and killed the leader and hundreds of thousands of demons.
  • Xia Ping took the Flame Dragon Divine Sword from a Demon King’s corpse, escaped the Heavenly Demon Graveyard, and reached the Grandmaster Realm with a White Spirit Ginseng Fruit.
  • Xia Ping awakened Hell Golden Crow powers and drew the Soul-Devouring Beast’s army into his lightning tribulation, which killed most of the Evil Demons and badly wounded the beast.
  • Xia Ping defeated the Soul-Devouring Beast’s clone and absorbed its soul fragment, greatly increasing his spiritual power.
  • Xia Ping gathered Rabbit Linglong, Doom Crow, and other monster prodigies, then teleported out of the battlefield with them as his captives.
  • Lu Shuwen took the captured prodigies back to human territory aboard the Super Warship and told the Demon Kings that he would return them for a ransom.
  • The War Rabbit King offered five hundred billion Federal Coin for Rabbit Linglong, but Lu Shuwen demanded that amount for each captive along with rare treasures and a King-Grade Supreme Secret Manual.
  • Lu Shuwen gave the Demon Kings three days to accept his terms and threatened to keep the captives as slaves, leaving the kings enraged.
Chapters 701–725 Vol. 8 Read

Ch. 701Necessary Preparations

Xia Ping agreed to stay and fight alongside Rabbit Linglong and the demons, then revealed he had brought more than a thousand micro nuclear bombs to destroy the evil demons. He kept the details of how he transported them secret.

  • Rabbit Linglong clung to Xia Ping and, with Doom Crow and the other demons, stopped him from leaving.
  • Xia Ping agreed to face the evil demons with them after they accused him of trying to abandon them.
  • Doom Crow warned that their injuries would worsen if they continued fighting the evil demons this way.
  • Xia Ping said he had a plan and revealed a human micro nuclear bomb.
  • Xia Ping disclosed that he had brought more than a thousand micro nuclear bombs, shocking Rabbit Linglong, Doom Crow, the Three-Eyed Giant, and the other demons.
  • Xia Ping refused to explain how he had brought the bombs into the battlefield.

Ch. 702Acting as Bait!

Xia Ping persuaded Doom Crow and the other monsters to act as bait in a plan to lure the Evil Demons into range of his Micro Nuclear Bombs. After several days of recovery, they put the plan into motion, and Xia Ping openly provoked the Evil Demons after they surrounded him.

  • Xia Ping revealed his plan to lure the Evil Demons together and destroy them with Micro Nuclear Bombs, asking Doom Crow and the other monsters to serve as bait.
  • Doom Crow and the other monsters agreed to the dangerous plan, hoping it would let them survive.
  • After several days of healing and cultivation, Xia Ping led the monsters out to carry out the plan.
  • The Evil Demons discussed concentrating their forces to capture Xia Ping, then learned from a scout that he had been found.
  • Tens of thousands of Evil Demons surrounded Xia Ping, who taunted them and demanded that their boss come out.

Ch. 703Show Off and Run

Xia Ping used Sun Essence and planted Fireball Bombs to slaughter large numbers of Evil Demons while taunting their leader. When thousands of Evil Demons surrounded him, he detonated his remaining bombs and hid inside his Space Ring, leaving them unable to find him.

  • The Evil Demons attacked Xia Ping, but he burned several dozen of them to ashes with fire.
  • Xia Ping detonated more than a hundred hidden Fireball Bombs, killing several hundred Evil Demons who charged at him.
  • The Evil Demon leader sent more than a thousand Evil Demons after Xia Ping, fearing he would wipe out their race.
  • Xia Ping detonated his remaining Fireball Bombs and slipped into his Space Ring under cover of the smoke.
  • The Evil Demons searched the area for Xia Ping, convinced he was still nearby and determined to capture him.

Ch. 704Deliberate Provocation!

Xia Ping’s monster followers provoked and attacked the Evil Demons across the Heavenly Demon Graveyard, drawing them into furious pursuits while Xia Ping continued evading capture. After suffering over ten thousand casualties, the Evil Demons’ chief revealed a plan to surround Xia Ping with an army of hundreds of thousands.

  • The Single-Horned Thunder Bull attacked a group of Evil Demons with lightning, then fled to provoke them into pursuit.
  • The Three-Eyed Giant ambushed and killed dozens of Evil Demons, taunted them, and escaped as they chased it.
  • Rabbit Linglong killed Evil Demons with her kicks, urged them to surrender on Xia Ping’s instructions, and outran her pursuers.
  • Over several days, Xia Ping and his monster followers inflicted more than ten thousand casualties while repeatedly escaping the Evil Demons.
  • The Evil Demons complained about Xia Ping and his monster followers, and their chief said it had deployed eighty percent of their forces to surround Xia Ping and steadily close the encirclement.

Ch. 705Wings Clipped, Escape Impossible!

Xia Ping let the Evil Demons surround him in Ruins City, pretending to be exhausted and willing to negotiate. Once tens of thousands had gathered in the plaza, he revealed that the encirclement was part of his own plan and prepared to strike.

  • Xia Ping fled through Ruins City as several thousand Evil Demons pursued him, and he tried to persuade them to make peace.
  • Xia Ping asked the Evil Demons to withdraw their army thirty miles, but they demanded that he surrender instead.
  • Xia Ping ran into a plaza, where Evil Demons surrounded him from all directions and demanded his surrender.
  • Xia Ping asked whether surrender would earn him better prisoner treatment, while the Evil Demons threatened to kill him and his allies.
  • Xia Ping judged that enough Evil Demons had gathered, revealed that he had been plotting against them, and attacked.

Ch. 706Fell for It

Xia Ping detonated hundreds of miniature nuclear bombs to annihilate the Evil Demons pursuing him, escaping into his Space Ring as the blast engulfed the area. The Soul-Devouring Beast suffered a severe backlash and lost much of its control over the Heavenly Demon Graveyard, while the watching monsters believed Xia Ping had survived.

  • Xia Ping triggered the buried bombs and entered his Space Ring as the explosion began.
  • The blast killed the Evil Demon leader and hundreds of thousands of Evil Demons within minutes.
  • The Soul-Devouring Beast coughed up blood, suffered severe damage, and lost the ability to close the Heavenly Demon Graveyard gates.
  • Doom Crow, Three-Eyed Giant, Rabbit Linglong, Metal Tiger, and the other monsters watched from a distant skyscraper district and concluded Xia Ping had prepared a way to escape.

Ch. 707The Demon King's Corpse

After surviving the nuclear explosion, Xia Ping found a Demon King's corpse and a weakened treasure sword embedded in its chest. He refined the sword and left the chapter with it under his control.

  • The explosion shook the surrounding region, and humans and monsters suspected Xia Ping was responsible and headed toward the blast site.
  • Xia Ping emerged from his Space Ring after the explosions stopped and saw that the blast had killed the Evil Demons and destroyed much of the area.
  • Xia Ping sensed an energy fluctuation and discovered a three-headed Wolf Demon corpse that he recognized as a Demon King.
  • Xia Ping found a crimson treasure sword embedded in the Demon King's chest and seized it while it was weakened by the explosion.
  • Xia Ping used the Pure Yang Indestructible Art to overcome the sword's resistance and imprint his spiritual power on it.

Ch. 708The Treasured Artifact, Flame Dragon Divine Sword

Xia Ping claimed the Flame Dragon Divine Sword, then learned that the Soul-Devouring Beast had created a powerful avatar to hunt him. He decided to seek a White Spirit Ginseng Fruit to advance to the Grandmaster Realm, but found the Heavenly Demon Graveyard exit blocked by thousands of Evil Demons.

  • Xia Ping tested the Flame Dragon Divine Sword and saw its fiery Sword Qi carve through rock and melt the debris into magma.
  • The system warned Xia Ping that the Soul-Devouring Beast had split off part of its soul to create an avatar with peak Grandmaster Realm cultivation.
  • Xia Ping accepted the Soul-Devouring Beast’s challenge and received thirty million Hate Points, bringing his total to fifty-five million.
  • Xia Ping decided he needed to reach the Grandmaster Realm and recalled that a White Spirit Ginseng Fruit could help him break through.
  • Xia Ping put the Flame Dragon Divine Sword and Demon King's corpse into his Space Ring and hurried toward the exit.
  • Xia Ping reached the Heavenly Demon Graveyard entrance and found thousands of Evil Demons blocking the way out.

Ch. 709Bury Him in Bodies!

Xia Ping used the Soul-Absorbing Bell and his sword techniques to slaughter the Evil Demons blocking his way. After killing over a thousand, he took advantage of their shock to dash through a gap and continue toward the White Spirit Ginseng Fruit.

  • The Evil Demons’ leader offered Xia Ping two choices, both ending in his death, and Xia Ping attacked with the Soul-Absorbing Bell.
  • Xia Ping stunned the demons with the bell and killed over a hundred with the Flame Dragon Divine Sword and the Drizzling Spring Rain stance.
  • The remaining Evil Demons charged Xia Ping, who answered with Autumn Wind Solemn and Desolate and slaughtered over a thousand of them.
  • Xia Ping used the Kunpeng Step to dash through a gap in the stunned Evil Demons.

Ch. 710Breaking Through to the Grandmaster Realm!

Xia Ping escaped the Heavenly Demon Graveyard and found the hidden valley Qiu Xue had marked, where he used a White Spirit Ginseng Fruit to reach the peak of the Martial Master level. After opening all 108 meridians, his true essence transformed into astral energy and he entered the Grandmaster Realm.

  • Xia Ping used the Soul-Absorbing Bell to disorient the Evil Demons and escaped the Heavenly Demon Graveyard.
  • Xia Ping followed Qiu Xue's map to a barren area and used the Golden Crow Eye to see through its natural enchantment array.
  • Xia Ping entered the hidden valley and found a White Spirit Ginseng Fruit growing on a towering tree.
  • Xia Ping ate the fruit and cultivated with the Pure Yang Indestructible Art, refining its energy to open four meridians and reach 108.
  • Xia Ping's true essence resonated, an acupoint opened, and he broke through into the Grandmaster Realm.

Ch. 711Golden Crow Wings!

Xia Ping advanced to the Grandmaster Realm, gaining immense spiritual power and control over astral energy. A hundred Hell Golden Crow Cells awakened, giving him fiery wings that let him fly at extraordinary speed, and he tested his new ability by darting silently through the air.

  • Xia Ping opened an acupoint and entered the Grandmaster Realm, greatly increasing his spiritual power and strength.
  • He converted his true essence into astral energy and discovered that the newly opened acupoint held the phantom image of a Hell Golden Crow.
  • A hundred Hell Golden Crow Cells awakened, further strengthening Xia Ping’s body and purifying his astral energy.
  • Golden Crow wings sprouted from Xia Ping’s back, granting him control over flames and the ability to fly.
  • Xia Ping flapped his wings and raced through the air, moving silently and leaving dozens of afterimages.

Ch. 712Heaven's Punishment Returns!

Xia Ping faced a lightning tribulation just as the Soul-Devouring Beast led a hundred-thousand-strong Evil Demon army to hunt him. He provoked the beast and its army, then waited as the gathered storm clouds loomed over the battlefield.

  • Xia Ping sensed a lightning tribulation forming after awakening a hundred Hell Golden Crow Cells, while the system warned that the Soul-Devouring Beast's clone had left the Heavenly Demon Graveyard.
  • Xia Ping decided to use the approaching Soul-Devouring Beast to help absorb the tribulation's lightning and flew out of the valley.
  • The Soul-Devouring Beast approached with an army of a hundred thousand Evil Demons and confronted Xia Ping.
  • Xia Ping mocked the Soul-Devouring Beast and dismissed its army, prompting the beast to order its followers to attack.
  • The Evil Demon army charged Xia Ping as the tribulation clouds spread across the sky.

Ch. 713Luring a Few Others to Their Doom

Xia Ping drew Heavenly Punishment Thunder onto himself and plunged into the Evil Demon army, using its members as shields against the tribulation. The lightning began wiping out the army in successive waves as the Soul-Devouring Beast raged and tried to drive him away.

  • The Soul-Devouring Beast sensed Heavenly Punishment and realized it was targeting Xia Ping.
  • Xia Ping denied that he had triggered Heavenly Punishment and charged toward the Evil Demon army with his Golden Crow Wings.
  • The first wave of purple lightning struck the Evil Demons around Xia Ping, killing more than a thousand.
  • The Soul-Devouring Beast threatened Xia Ping, but he went deeper into the army instead of fleeing.
  • A stronger second wave of lightning killed several thousand more Evil Demons.

Ch. 714Ten Thousand Troops Pursued

Xia Ping used the Heavenly Tribulation lightning targeting him to devastate a hundred-thousand-strong Evil Demon army. After the Soul-Devouring Beast ordered the demons to kill him, Xia Ping evaded their attacks, and the army collapsed under the lightning.

  • Xia Ping chased the fleeing Evil Demons and used them as shields as the Heavenly Punishment Thunder struck around him.
  • Humans and monsters emerging from the Heavenly Demon Graveyard recognized Xia Ping and watched him pursue the army of a hundred thousand Evil Demons.
  • The Soul-Devouring Beast ordered the Evil Demons to kill Xia Ping, believing the lightning would stop if he died.
  • Xia Ping dodged their attacks with his Hell Golden Crow Wings, while his Northern Underworld Body Protection Art left him unharmed.
  • The Heavenly Punishment Thunder killed tens of thousands of Evil Demons, and the remaining army broke down, unable to defeat Xia Ping.

Ch. 715No Escape Meant Death

Xia Ping used the tribulation lightning to strengthen himself while forcing the Evil Demons and the Soul-Devouring Beast to endure its strikes. By the time the ninth layer of the tribulation descended, most of the Evil Demon army had been wiped out and the Soul-Devouring Beast was badly injured, but Xia Ping was still pursuing it.

  • Xia Ping absorbed the tribulation lightning while the Evil Demons around him took most of its force, and the frightened army broke free of the Soul-Devouring Beast's control and fled.
  • The Soul-Devouring Beast attacked Xia Ping but was struck by purple lightning, which damaged both its body and soul and drove it to flee.
  • Xia Ping chased the Soul-Devouring Beast, taunting it and demanding that it call him Dad, but it refused to stop and fight.
  • The tribulation advanced through its later layers to the ninth, killing ninety percent of the Evil Demons and leaving the Soul-Devouring Beast severely wounded.
  • Xia Ping continued pursuing the Soul-Devouring Beast as the lightning struck through its clone's soul and damaged its true body.

Ch. 716Soul Deprivation!

After surviving the Nine-Fold Heavenly Tribulation with the Evil Demons and Soul-Devouring Beast bearing most of its power, Xia Ping fought the Beast using the Spear of Hell. The Soul-Devouring Beast survived a wound through the heart and launched its soul-devouring ability at Xia Ping.

  • Xia Ping watched the Heavenly Punishment fade after the thunder killed most of the hundred-thousand-strong demon army.
  • The Soul-Devouring Beast celebrated the end of the thunder, then threatened Xia Ping.
  • Xia Ping drew the Spear of Hell and pierced the Soul-Devouring Beast through the heart.
  • The wounded Soul-Devouring Beast unleashed a mental shockwave that shattered the souls of nearby Evil Demons.
  • The Soul-Devouring Beast used Soul Deprivation to try to pull Xia Ping's soul from his body.

Ch. 717Who Was the Real Calamity?!

The Soul-Devouring Beast unleashed Soul Deprivation, but Xia Ping resisted with the Pure Yang Indestructible Art and awakened the Hell Golden Crow Bloodline. His Soul Fire destroyed the beast’s clone and wounded its main body, leaving it shaken and terrified of Xia Ping.

  • The Soul-Devouring Beast spread its dark domain and ripped the souls from countless Evil Demons.
  • Xia Ping guarded his soul with the Pure Yang Indestructible Art, weakening the beast’s attempt to devour it.
  • The Hell Golden Crow Bloodline transformed Xia Ping’s soul into black Soul Fire that engulfed the Soul-Devouring Beast’s soul.
  • The Soul-Devouring Beast’s main body severed its psychic link with the clone, but a wisp of Soul Fire reached it and burned it.
  • The Soul-Devouring Beast extinguished the flame at great cost and regretted provoking Xia Ping.

Ch. 718Absorbing the Power of Souls

After the Hell Golden Crow devoured a fragment of the Soul-Devouring Beast, Xia Ping fused its soul-absorbing ability at the cost of fifty million Hate Points, and his spiritual power doubled. The human elites and demon prodigies watched him after he destroyed the Evil Demon army, concluding that he was too dangerous to provoke in the Heavenly Demon Battlefield.

  • The Hell Golden Crow swallowed the Soul-Devouring Beast's soul fragment, strengthening Xia Ping's soul and activating the Golden Crystal within it.
  • The system offered Xia Ping the ability to absorb part of the soul power of beings he killed, and he spent fifty million Hate Points to fuse it.
  • A mysterious Black Seed formed in Xia Ping's mind, and he discovered that his spiritual power had doubled and reached a radius of twenty kilometers.
  • The Golden Crystal's energy was fully absorbed into Xia Ping's soul, while the distant elites saw the tribulation end and the hundred thousand Evil Demons flee.
  • The monsters and human elites discussed Xia Ping's strength and rapid advancement, deciding that he was invincible within the Heavenly Demon Battlefield and should not be provoked.

Ch. 719The Great Demon King

After refining his increased soul power, Xia Ping flew toward the gathered monsters and humans, who fled in terror because of his reputation and strength. His monster followers stayed behind, and Xia Ping proposed capturing more monster prodigies to ransom.

  • Xia Ping finished refining his increased soul power and sensed Rabbit Linglong and the others nearby.
  • When Xia Ping flew toward the gathered crowd, the monsters and Elite Students scattered, fearing his power and reputation.
  • The Elite Students explained that Xia Ping had punished people who crossed him and had recently reached the Grandmaster Realm and killed a hundred thousand Evil Demons.
  • Rabbit Linglong, Doom Crow, and the other monster prodigies stayed because they believed they could not escape Xia Ping and feared the Fireball Bombs he had planted in them.
  • Xia Ping warmly greeted his followers and said they should capture more monster prodigies to sell for ransom.

Ch. 720Departure

After three months in the Heavenly Demon Battlefield, Xia Ping prepared to leave with Rabbit Linglong, Doom Crow, and the other demons he had kept under his control. He brought them back toward the human world, while demons across the battlefield finally escaped and argued over the captives’ actions.

  • Xia Ping failed to catch more demon prodigies, found several spirit herbs, and opened another acupoint by tempering his internal energy.
  • Xia Ping invited Rabbit Linglong, Doom Crow, and the other demons to visit the human world, implying that refusing was not an option.
  • Doom Crow warned Xia Ping that kidnapping him could anger the Crow King, but Xia Ping dismissed the threat and said the Crow King could visit too.
  • Xia Ping tore up his Demon King Talisman and teleported away with Rabbit Linglong and the other demons.
  • Demons throughout the battlefield tore up their talismans to leave, and some condemned Doom Crow and the others as traitors.

Ch. 721Robbing the Rich to Help the Poor

Xia Ping returned from the Heavenly Demon Battlefield with several captured monster-race prodigies, shocking the waiting Kings by revealing that he planned to ransom them. The chapter left the Kings alarmed by the danger of provoking the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain, while Xia Ping defended his actions as robbing the rich to help the poor.

  • The Kings waiting outside the battlefield discussed whether the Human Race's Elite Students, including Xia Ping, had survived.
  • The Elite Students returned through a wormhole, battered but relieved to have escaped the battlefield.
  • The Kings noticed Xia Ping had brought several powerful monster-race prodigies with him and asked Lu Shuwen what was happening.
  • Xia Ping called the monsters his spoils of war and explained that he intended to ransom them from the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain.
  • The Kings warned Xia Ping that extorting Demon Kings could bring deadly retaliation, but he claimed he had no other way to make money.
  • Rabbit Linglong and the other captured monsters angrily rejected Xia Ping's claim that his extortion was robbing the rich to help the poor.

Ch. 722They'd All Been Taken

Lu Shuwen agreed to negotiate a costly prisoner exchange for the demon prodigies Xia Ping had captured, and the humans rushed back to their territory. At the demons’ gathering, the Demon Kings discovered their missing descendants had been taken and heard the prodigies’ accusations against Xia Ping.

  • Lu Shuwen praised Xia Ping’s plan and decided to bargain with the demons for a large ransom for the captured prodigies.
  • Lu Shuwen ordered the Kings and Elite Students to board the Super Warship and jump back to human territory before the Demon Kings could react.
  • Demon prodigies emerged from the wormhole while their protectors waited, but the Demon Kings noticed that several powerful descendants were missing.
  • A demon told the Demon Kings that Xia Ping had captured the missing prodigies and taken them away as mounts and household guards.
  • The demon prodigies accused Xia Ping of killing and eating the Thunder Ape, capturing Rabbit Linglong, and threatening to take more demons, then demanded revenge.

Ch. 723The Demon Kings' Fury!

The Demon Kings learned that a human had killed the Thunder Ape and enslaved several demon prodigies, including the Doom Crows, while Rabbit Linglong had fallen into his hands. Enraged by the humiliation, they set out for the human encampment to demand answers, kill the human, and reclaim the captives.

  • The Ape King and other Demon Kings refused to believe that their descendants had submitted to a human, until Qingluan explained that the human had forced them to obey with a restrictive power.
  • The War Rabbit King and the other demons heard rumors that the human had mistreated Rabbit Linglong, and they grew furious and feared for the Saintess.
  • The Demon Kings and demon geniuses lamented that their race had become too weak and afraid to stop a human.
  • The Ape King called for the human's death, and the Demon Kings agreed to head to the nearby human encampment to demand an explanation and retrieve the demon prodigies.

Ch. 724A Love of Peace

The Demon Kings arrived at the human camp after Xia Ping and the others had already escaped, leaving them furious and unable to pursue the Super Warship into human territory. Lu Shuwen contacted them and offered to return the captured Demon Race prodigies for a price.

  • The Ape King and War Rabbit King demanded that the Demon Kings chase the humans, but the others explained the Super Warship had likely already returned to human territory.
  • The Demon Kings recognized Lu Shuwen's name when he called the Ape King's communicator and the War Rabbit King answered.
  • Lu Shuwen told the Demon Kings that their Ten Thousand Demon Mountain prodigies were in human hands and argued that the capture on the Heavenly Demon Battlefield had not violated the ceasefire agreement.
  • The War Rabbit King accused Lu Shuwen and the humans of breaking the agreement by capturing Rabbit Linglong, while the Crow King asked why Lu Shuwen had called.
  • Lu Shuwen offered to return the captured Demon Race prodigies in exchange for a certain price.

Ch. 725Driven Mad by Greed!

Lu Shuwen demanded enormous payments and rare treasures from the Demon Kings to redeem the captured Demon Race talents, then gave them three days to decide. The Demon Kings were left furious and fearful after he ended the call.

  • The War Rabbit King offered goods worth five hundred billion Federal Coin to redeem the Rabbit Clan Saintess, but Lu Shuwen clarified that the price was five hundred billion for each captive.
  • Lu Shuwen demanded a thousand-year-old spirit medicine, a treasure artifact, and a King-Grade Supreme Secret Manual in addition to the payment.
  • The War Rabbit King, Tiger King, Crow King, and Ape King condemned the demands, with the Ape King threatening to invade Human Race territory.
  • Lu Shuwen warned that he could keep the captives as slaves and use them to attack Ten Thousand Demon Mountain, then reminded the Demon Kings of how they had enslaved humans.
  • Lu Shuwen gave the Demon Kings three days to accept his terms and ended the call, leaving them enraged.
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