Recaps

The Demon Kings rejected Xia Ping’s ransom demands and planned to pressure the human side, while Lu Shuwen told Xia Ping to hold firm and stay cautious. Xia Ping announced that he would auction off the captured Demon King Descendants, throwing the Cloud Sky Realm into an uproar.

• The Demon Kings refused to pay the ransom and proposed massing troops at the border to pressure the Human Race.
• Lu Shuwen told Xia Ping that the Demon Kings would likely resist before negotiating and warned him to watch for assassins.
• Xia Ping mocked Rabbit Linglong and the other captives, then said he would sell them if the Demon Kings refused to ransom them.
• Xia Ping announced an online auction of several Demon King Descendants for the following day.
• People across the Cloud Sky Realm reacted with shock and excitement to Xia Ping’s auction announcement.

Xia Ping advertised captured Demon King Descendants as battle pets on a forum, pitching their abilities while downplaying their drawbacks. The Doom Crow, Metal Tiger, and Single-Horned Thunder Bull drew interest from potential buyers, though each demon resented his sales tactics.

• A forum user asked which Demon King Descendants Xia Ping had captured, and Xia Ping assured everyone his merchandise was top quality.
• Xia Ping presented the Doom Crow as a home guardian that could caw outside, prompting ridicule until knowledgeable buyers recognized its royal bloodline and potential to become an Invincible King.
• Xia Ping promoted the Metal Tiger as a fierce, easy-to-feed pet, while the tiger seethed because it required expensive rare ore and was being sold as a status symbol.
• Xia Ping described the Single-Horned Thunder Bull as a portable charger and breeding bull, angering it with visions of a miserable future.
• Forum users praised the Single-Horned Thunder Bull as gentle, rideable, and a promising battle pet.

Xia Ping promoted several captured demons as valuable battle pets or workers, prompting human buyers to covet them while the demons resented his descriptions. He refused to sell Rabbit Linglong, declaring her his bedchamber maid.

• Xia Ping forced the Black Water Explosive Bear to pose cutely and advertised its strength, while the bear feared for its reputation among the Bear Clan.
• Xia Ping presented the Widow Spider as a profitable silk-producing resource, and the spider dreaded being worked as a factory.
• Xia Ping praised the Three-Eyed Giant as a strong laborer and potential bodyguard, leaving it humiliated by the prospect of hauling bricks or serving as a meat shield.
• People asked about Rabbit Linglong after seeing her photo and offered to pay for her.
• Xia Ping declared Rabbit Linglong was not for sale because she was his bedchamber maid.

Xia Ping refused to sell Rabbit Linglong and announced that he would auction the Demon King Descendants for a starting price of three hundred billion Federal Coins. The news spread through the Cloud Sky Realm and reached both human King Families and the Demon Race, leaving the auction’s consequences to unfold.

• Xia Ping refused the crowd’s offers for Rabbit Linglong, leaving her relieved but worried that he intended to keep her as a bed warmer.
• Xia Ping set the starting price for the Demon King Descendants at three hundred billion Federal Coins and argued that their potential made the price worthwhile.
• Xia Ping announced that the auction would begin on the Online Mall in one day, then logged off.
• The crowd dismissed a proposed boycott, reasoning that the chance to acquire Demon King Descendants was too valuable to pass up.
• News of the auction spread to King Families across the Cloud Sky Realm, and the Demon Race also learned of Xia Ping’s plan.

Ten Thousand Demon Mountain’s Demon Kings debated how to recover Rabbit Linglong and the other captured demon geniuses, but rejected both war and the humans’ ransom demands. The chapter ended when they learned Xia Ping had publicly announced an auction of the captives for the next day.

• The Bull Demon King demanded retaliation for the captured demon geniuses, then nearly fought the Eagle Demon King before a respected Demon King stopped them.
• The Giant King proposed pressuring humanity, while the Crow King explained that the humans had rejected protests and demanded an enormous ransom for each captive.
• The Crow King revealed that the humans would not abandon Xia Ping, the eighteen-year-old Genius Tournament champion who had reached the Grandmaster Realm.
• The Demon Kings ruled out a rescue mission and refused to accept the humans’ terms, deciding to stall rather than risk war.
• A Demon King discovered that Xia Ping had publicly announced an auction of the captured demon geniuses for the following day, enraging the assembled Demon Kings.

After Xia Ping refused to negotiate and planned to auction the seven captured Demon King Descendants, the Demon Kings debated how to respond. The Giant King and other major clans were left to handle the crisis alone when smaller races refused to risk war.

• The Demon Kings learned that Xia Ping considered them insincere and would auction the captured descendants to wealthy humans.
• The Giant King and Bull Demon King called for Xia Ping to be killed, but the Crow King warned that Ten Thousand Demon Mountain could not invade the human world.
• The Crow King explained that the other Demon races would not unite over the capture of only seven descendants.
• The Wolf King rejected the Giant King's appeal and said the Three-Eyed Giant Clan should pay the ransom itself.
• The Wolf King and other Demon Kings from smaller races refused to join a war, leaving the Giant King and allied clans to negotiate on their own.

The Demon Kings abandoned plans to wage war on humanity and prepared to pay for their captured descendants or seek help from human Kings. While Xia Ping treated Rabbit Linglong and the other demons as slaves ahead of the auction, a King named Huo Yongming contacted him.

• The Giant King, the Crow King, and the War Rabbit King agreed to prepare money for the auction, with the War Rabbit King also planning to ask human Kings to help rescue Rabbit Linglong and the others secretly.
• Xia Ping woke refreshed and ate breakfast, anticipating that the auction proceeds would let him buy a Super Warship.
• Xia Ping threatened Rabbit Linglong into behaving like his maid, and she obediently massaged him while the Doom Crow and the other demons said they had no requests.
• Xia Ping answered a call from an unfamiliar number, and a blue-robed King introduced himself as Huo Yongming.

Xia Ping rejected Huo Yongming’s demand to release the demon prodigies and apologize, refusing to halt his auction despite warnings about angering the demon race. He ended the call and blacklisted Huo Yongming, leaving the furious King powerless to force him to comply.

• Huo Yongming called Xia Ping and urged him to release the demon prodigies unconditionally and apologize to the demon race.
• Xia Ping mocked Huo Yongming’s demands and refused his offer to buy the captives for one hundred billion Federal Coins each.
• Huo Yongming warned Xia Ping that other Kings supported him and that defying them could bring serious consequences.
• Xia Ping insisted he would continue the auction, told Huo Yongming to send the other Kings after him, then hung up and blacklisted him.
• Huo Yongming smashed his communicator in rage after Xia Ping refused to answer his return call.

Huo Yongming and several kings plotted to sabotage Xia Ping’s auction by deleting its online promotion after he refused to release the demon geniuses. Xia Ping discovered the blacklist and decided to turn the kings’ interference into an opportunity to gain Hate Points.

• Huo Yongming and the other kings discussed how Xia Ping had refused to hand over the demon geniuses the demon kings wanted released.
• Huo Yongming proposed deleting Xia Ping’s auction posts to keep buyers away and pressure him into accepting their terms.
• The kings agreed that Giant Corporation would not intervene, since their actions would not threaten Xia Ping’s life or disrupt the company’s marketplace.
• Hours later, Xia Ping found that posts and discussions about his auction had been removed across the internet.
• Xia Ping recognized the kings’ scheme and decided to play along, believing he could use it to gain Hate Points.

Xia Ping visited Pingtian Sect headquarters with Rabbit Linglong and found that Feng Hetang and Su Ji had helped the organization grow powerful. Su Ji challenged Xia Ping’s boss-like attitude as the chapter ended.

• Xia Ping arrived at Pingtian Sect headquarters with Rabbit Linglong and was greeted by admiring members.
• Xia Ping noticed Feng Hetang had reached the Martial Master Realm, and Feng Hetang credited Pingtian Sect’s resources for his rapid progress.
• Su Ji appeared with a group of girls, and Feng Hetang told Xia Ping she was Pingtian Sect’s third most powerful person and had helped it grow.
• Xia Ping praised Su Ji and urged her to work overtime, prompting her to accuse him of acting like a boss despite barely showing up.

Xia Ping asked Pingtian Sect to help promote his auction after Kings had him banned online. Feng Hetang agreed to mobilize the sect’s large membership, while Su Ji watched Xia Ping’s influence continue to grow.

• Xia Ping noticed Su Ji had reached the fourth level of the Martial Master realm, and Su Ji bragged that she was an Elite Student at Yanhuang University.
• Su Ji warned Xia Ping that her sister, Su Mei, was in seclusion and nearing the King Realm.
• Xia Ping told Feng Hetang that Kings had banned him online and asked Pingtian Sect to publicize his auction.
• Feng Hetang said Pingtian Sect had a hundred thousand disciples and would help, while Su Ji considered taking control of the sect for herself.
• Xia Ping ordered the disciples to recruit others to post about the auction around the clock and offered 0.5 Federal Coin for each accepted post.

Xia Ping paid to launch a massive online publicity campaign for his auction of captured Demon Race prodigies, and the chapter ends with the posts drawing attention to Rabbit Linglong and sparking outrage over her captivity.

• Xia Ping told Feng Hetang to hire professional online trolls and spend freely to promote the auction.
• The Pingtian Sect mobilized its disciples and their families, quickly recruiting nearly ten million people to post for payment.
• A flood of clickbait posts announced that Xia Ping had captured Demon Race prodigies and would auction them, with the date moved to three days later.
• Online readers complained that the scandalous headlines exaggerated the story, while others focused on Rabbit Linglong's beauty and feared for her after seeing her in Xia Ping's hands.

Xia Ping’s auction drew massive attention across the Cloud Sky Realm, while Huo Yongming and the other kings tried to suppress discussion by deleting posts. Xia Ping answered by flooding the internet with even more messages, overwhelming websites and pushing the conflict into a public uproar.

• People across the Cloud Sky Realm debated the auction’s three-hundred-billion-Federal-Coin starting bid as online attention surged.
• Huo Yongming berated his subordinates for failing to erase the growing number of auction posts and ordered them to delete every mention of Xia Ping.
• The kings mobilized their people to remove auction discussions, wiping out posts and even entire forum sections.
• Xia Ping ordered the Pingtian Sect to recruit ten times as many people to flood online boards with posts.
• Pingtian Sect members flooded websites with messages, provoking ordinary users and overloading internet companies’ servers.

Xia Ping and Feng Hetang planned to retaliate against the Huo Family by exposing alleged food-safety abuses at Huo Fast Food. The chapter left them preparing to use a former employee’s insider information to damage the chain.

• A traffic surge gave hackers an opening to attack internet companies that were trying to delete posts, and their bosses feared losing customer data.
• Feng Hetang told Xia Ping that their posts were spreading across major platforms and that hackers had temporarily blocked the companies’ administrative access.
• Feng Hetang proposed targeting the Huo Family’s Huo Fast Food chain, and Xia Ping agreed that rumors of poisoned food could hurt its business.
• Su Ji objected to their plan, while Rabbit Linglong was frightened by their willingness to challenge a kingly family.
• Feng Hetang claimed a former Huo Fast Food waiter and purchasing worker could provide evidence that the chain cut corners, used hormone-grown ingredients, genetically engineered three-day chickens, and cooked with gutter oil.

Su Ji learned that Huo Fast Food used rotten ingredients and suppressed people who exposed the practice, so Xia Ping planned to publicize the evidence and short the company’s stock. The Huo Family fought back by buying shares to drive up the price, setting up a financial battle with Xia Ping.

• Feng Hetang told Su Ji and Xia Ping that Huo Fast Food used rotten ingredients and had intimidated people who tried to expose it, and he described the evidence a Pingtian Sect disciple had collected.
• Xia Ping decided to release the evidence and short Huo Fast Food’s stock, while Feng Hetang gathered information about the company.
• Xia Ping began shorting Huo Fast Food’s stock with several hundred billion in funds, sending its price down by ten percent.
• A Huo Family elder learned that Xia Ping was behind the short-selling and ordered Huo Company to buy shares to raise the price.
• Huo Company stabilized the stock and pushed it above its previous opening price, prompting the Huo Family elder to keep driving it up to bankrupt Xia Ping.

Huo Yongming confronted Xia Ping over his short-selling of Huo company stock, but Xia Ping said he was retaliating against the Huo Family for its threats. The Huo Family tried to defend its stock price until reports exposing Huo Fast Food’s unsafe practices spread across the Cloud Sky Realm and enraged the public.

• Huo Yongming learned Xia Ping had shorted Huo company stock, then discovered Xia Ping had blacklisted his number.
• Huo Yongming called Xia Ping from another number and warned him to stop shorting the company, but Xia Ping said he wanted revenge on the Huo Family.
• Huo Yongming ordered the Huo Family to deploy its resources against Xia Ping, and both sides poured money into trading until the stock price held steady.
• Reports and photos alleging Huo Fast Food used sewer oil and tainted chicken spread across the Cloud Sky Realm.
• Netizens reacted with outrage, accused the company and health inspectors of wrongdoing, and demanded punishment.

The Huo Family learned that Xia Ping and Pingtian Sect had exposed Huo Fast Food’s scandals, but they could not retaliate against him because of his protection by Giant Corporation and other powerful figures. As health departments began shutting down the family’s restaurants, Huo Yongming realized the scandal could bring the family down and erupted in fury at Xia Ping.

• Huo Yongming and the Huo Family elders learned that Pingtian Sect and Xia Ping had spread scandals about Huo Fast Food and discussed how they could respond.
• The elders concluded that Xia Ping was difficult to target because he was protected by Giant Corporation and powerful kings, and Huo Yongming regretted provoking him.
• A subordinate reported that hacked internet-company networks could not remove the negative posts for twenty-four hours.
• Another subordinate reported that health departments across the Cloud Sky Realm were investigating and shutting down Huo Fast Food restaurants.
• The elders learned that a senior Federation official had ordered the investigations after seeing reports about food poisoning at Huo Fast Food.
• Huo Yongming smashed a table and the floor in anger, blaming Xia Ping for the Huo Family’s crisis.

After the health bureau shut down Huo Fast Food, Huo Company’s stock collapsed, earning Xia Ping five hundred billion Federal Coins from his short sale. At Pingtian Sect headquarters, Xia Ping joked about marrying Su Ji and using the Su Family’s backing, leaving Su Ji furious as the disciples called her their sister-in-law.

• News of Huo Fast Food’s shutdown spread, and public outrage erupted over its unsafe food.
• Huo Company’s stock fell eighty percent, and Xia Ping cashed out five hundred billion Federal Coins in profits.
• Huo Family elders blamed Xia Ping for the company’s losses, and Huo Yongming vowed the family would not rest until Xia Ping was dead.
• At Pingtian Sect headquarters, Feng Hetang celebrated the victory while Su Ji criticized Xia Ping for offering only a meal after making so much money.
• Xia Ping said he was saving money to ask the Su Family for Su Ji’s hand and joked that he would rely on them against future enemies.
• Pingtian Sect disciples called Su Ji their sister-in-law, and she angrily denied it and threatened to kick Xia Ping.

News of Xia Ping’s auction of captured demon prodigies spread across the Cloud Sky Realm, drawing the interest of powerful kings who wanted the creatures for revenge, research, pets, or treasure-making. Two days later, Xia Ping began the auction on the Online Mall and streamed it live to a huge audience.

• Peng Dong heard that a Doom Crow with a pure bloodline was up for auction and decided to bid on it for his cultivation.
• The Mosquito King learned that a Venomous Spider Clan prodigy had been captured and resolved to win it and avenge its clan’s past attacks on the Demon Mosquitoes.
• The Sea Shark King decided to join the bidding for a Three-Eyed Giant prodigy, hoping to turn its third eye into a treasure.
• Other kings learned about the auction and discussed which demon prodigies they wanted to acquire.
• Xia Ping started the auction on the Online Mall two days later, attracting a huge livestream audience.

Xia Ping began auctioning the demon prodigies on a livestream, drawing over a hundred million viewers. After the Sea Shark King bid five hundred billion Federal Coins for the Doom Crow and was accused of being a shill, the Crow King entered the bidding to save his clan's genius.

• Xia Ping appeared on the livestream and dismissed a viewer's request to lower the starting price.
• Xia Ping introduced the Doom Crow as the first prodigy for auction and praised its bloodline and fighting ability.
• Peng Dong bid three hundred and fifty billion Federal Coins for the Doom Crow.
• The Sea Shark King raised the bid to five hundred billion Federal Coins, prompting Demon Kings to accuse the humans of using a shill.
• The Crow King bid six hundred billion Federal Coins to prevent the Doom Crow from falling into someone else's hands.

Xia Ping’s auction of the captured Doom Crow drove the Demon Kings into a furious bidding war. As rival Kings ignored the Doom Crow Clan’s threats and the price soared, the Crow King bid one trillion Federal Coins to keep his grandson from falling into their hands.

• Peng Dong bid six hundred and fifty billion Federal Coins, the Sea Shark King bid six hundred and seventy billion, and the Crow King raised the price to seven hundred billion.
• A Doom Crow elder threatened the other bidders and asked them to stop bidding, but the Sea Shark King dismissed the threats and bid seven hundred and fifty billion.
• The Crow King bid seven hundred and sixty billion, but other Kings joined the auction and pushed the price higher as they revealed plans for the captive.
• The Crow King, fearing what the other Kings would do to his grandson, shouted a bid of one trillion Federal Coins.

The Crow King bid a trillion Federal Coins and the King-Grade Supreme Secret Manual, the Dark Underworld God Fist, to ransom Doom Crow, shocking the humans and Demon Kings. Xia Ping was pleased with the offer and waited to see if anyone would raise it further.

• Humans and Kings marveled at the huge sums being offered and doubted anyone else could capture demon prodigies in the Heavenly Demon Battlefield.
• The Crow King added the Dark Underworld God Fist to his trillion-Federal-Coin bid for Doom Crow.
• Demon Kings condemned the Crow King for offering a supreme manual to humans, but he accused them of refusing to help ransom his grandson.
• The Demon Kings reasoned that manuals alone could not create Kings and accepted that talent mattered more.
• Xia Ping urged the others to bid higher, while the Demon Kings and Sea Shark King regarded the Crow King's offer as unaffordable.

Xia Ping auctioned the Three-Eyed Giant together with the Venomous Spider and Black Water Explosive Bear, provoking a bidding war between Sea Shark King and Giant King. The price reached three trillion Federal Coins and two King-Grade Supreme Secret Manuals, but no one else bid.

• Xia Ping closed the Doom Crow auction after Crow King offered one trillion Federal Coins and a King-Grade Supreme Secret Manual.
• Xia Ping bundled the Three-Eyed Giant with the Venomous Spider and Black Water Explosive Bear, setting a starting price of one trillion Federal Coins.
• Giant King protested the bundle, but Sea Shark King opened the bidding at one trillion, two hundred billion Federal Coins.
• Sea Shark King and Giant King drove the price up to three trillion Federal Coins as the Three-Eyed Giant elders insisted their race's eyes must not fall into outsiders' hands.
• The Three-Eyed Giant Race offered the Spirit Eye Technique and Emperor Fist secret manuals, and Sea Shark King stopped bidding.
• Xia Ping called for further bids for several minutes, but no one raised the price.

Xia Ping ended his auction of demon geniuses, earning six trillion Federal Coins and four King-Grade Supreme Secret Manuals. Lu Shuwen proposed that he license the manuals through Yanhuang University, then told him the War Rabbit King wanted to trade for Rabbit Linglong.

• The Giant King bought the Three-Eyed Giant, the Venomous Spider, and the Black Water Explosive Bear, while a Tiger Clan bidder bought the Metal Tiger and the Single-Horned Thunder Bull.
• Xia Ping ended the auction after selling six demon geniuses for six trillion Federal Coins and four King-Grade Supreme Secret Manuals.
• Lu Shuwen called Xia Ping and proposed making the manuals available through Yanhuang University for a patent fee, and Xia Ping agreed.
• Lu Shuwen told Xia Ping that the War Rabbit King had offered favorable terms to trade for Rabbit Linglong.

Xia Ping agreed to exchange Rabbit Linglong and the other demons for one trillion Federal Coins and a Heaven Mending Pill after Lu Shuwen explained the pill’s value. The next day, Federal Express collected the captives and delivered them to Ten Thousand Demon Mountain as the payment reached Xia Ping’s account.

• Lu Shuwen explained that the Heaven Mending Pill could repair a martial artist’s foundation and help them advance toward the King Realm, and Xia Ping agreed to the exchange.
• Xia Ping bid a mocking farewell to the Doom Crow and the other demons, who hid their anger and feared he might keep them.
• Xia Ping warned Rabbit Linglong that he would capture her again, frightening her into deciding she would stay in Ten Thousand Demon Mountain.
• Federal Express collected Rabbit Linglong and the other demons the next day, while the money from Ten Thousand Demon Mountain was transferred to Xia Ping.