Recaps

Xia Ping arrived at Orchid Island and confronted the Sea Demons over their actions against humans. He left Jing Zhantian badly wounded after defeating him with a single punch, stunning the gathered Sea Demons.

• The Sea Demons were shocked when Xia Ping appeared among them and declared that they must not harm humans.
• Jing Zhantian attacked Xia Ping, while the other Sea Demons watched confidently, believing he would easily kill the human.
• Xia Ping met Jing Zhantian's punch head-on and used Spiral Force to overpower him.
• Jing Zhantian lost an arm and was sent flying several kilometers before collapsing and coughing up blood.
• Xia Ping remarked that Jing Zhantian had survived his punch, leaving the other Sea Demons astonished by his strength.

Xia Ping defeated Zhang Ming, the Octopus Demon Clan prince, after shrugging off his eight-blade assault and striking him with a devastating punch. He challenged the remaining Sea Demons to attack him together.

• Zhang Ming leaped forward and attacked Xia Ping with the Octopus Clan's Universe Eight-Blade Style.
• Xia Ping formed a shield with the Northern Underworld Body Protection Art and blocked all eight blades without injury.
• Xia Ping struck Zhang Ming with a punch that locked down his escape and sent him flying several kilometers.
• Zhang Ming's eight arms shattered, his treasured blades fell, and he collapsed gravely injured.
• The Sea Demons watched in shock as Xia Ping challenged them to attack together.

Xia Ping faced Hai Peng and the Sea Demons in the City Lord’s Mansion, where they launched a mass attack against him. He killed the three Swordfish Clan Grandmasters and the three Electric Eel Clan Grandmasters with overwhelming force, while the Sea Shell Clan Grandmasters remained in the battle.

• Hai Peng ordered his subordinates to kill Xia Ping after the Sea Demons urged him to attack together.
• Three Swordfish Clan Grandmasters charged from the left, while three Electric Eel Clan Grandmasters attacked from the right and three Sea Shell Clan Grandmasters rushed in from the middle.
• Xia Ping stomped the ground and unleashed a powerful sonic and mental attack that struck all nine attackers before they reached him.
• Xia Ping punched the three Swordfish Clan Grandmasters, killing them and blasting their bodies apart.
• Xia Ping slapped away the Electric Eel Clan Grandmasters’ lightning and sent them flying into a concrete wall, killing them.

Xia Ping killed the three Sea Shell Grandmasters after breaking their Absolute Defense, then stopped Hai Peng’s ambush with the Spear of Hell. Hai Peng survived but was pinned to a wall with his right arm pierced.

• The three Sea Shell Grandmasters used Absolute Defense, but Xia Ping found a flaw and killed them with a kick.
• The Sea Demons watched in shock as the nine Grandmasters who had attacked Xia Ping lay dead.
• Hai Peng launched a surprise Dragon King Halberd attack at Xia Ping’s back.
• Xia Ping summoned the Spear of Hell and hurled it through Hai Peng’s attack, piercing Hai Peng’s right arm and pinning him to a wall three kilometers away.

Xia Ping used the Soul-Absorbing Bell to incapacitate the Sea Demon masters who attacked him, then beat Hai Peng and warned the princes not to threaten or provoke humans. He left the Sea Dragon Clan prince humiliated and powerless, with the other princes afraid of him.

• Hai Peng ordered the Sea Demon masters to surround and kill Xia Ping after Xia Ping taunted him.
• Xia Ping rang the Soul-Absorbing Bell, trapping the Sea Demon masters in an illusion and causing them to collapse unconscious.
• Hai Peng, Zhang Ming, and Jing Zhantian watched in shock as Xia Ping defeated their subordinates without a direct fight.
• Xia Ping slapped Hai Peng repeatedly until he could no longer speak.
• Xia Ping warned the Sea Demon princes to stay in the Undersea World and never threaten or provoke humans.

Xia Ping forced the Sea Demons to release their human captives and warned them to stay off the land, while claiming he would marry the Mermaid Princess and become the Mermaid King's son-in-law. After Xia Ping left Orchid Island aboard the Moon Goddess, hidden Sea Demon Kings decided against attacking him because of his spacecraft and Cosmic Protective Suit.

• The Sea Demons agreed to release the captured humans and begged Xia Ping to spare them.
• Xia Ping lectured the Sea Demons, condemned their attempt to take the Mermaid Princess, and claimed he would marry her and command the Mermaid Kingdom's forces.
• Xia Ping warned the Sea Demons not to return to land, then boarded the Moon Goddess and left Orchid Island.
• Several hidden Sea Demon Kings considered attacking Xia Ping but held back because the Moon Goddess's weapons targeted them and his Cosmic Protective Suit made him difficult to kill.
• The Sea Demon Kings decided to protect the princes and hoped the encounter would keep them from returning to the land world.

After Xia Ping left, Hai Peng vowed to retaliate by wiping out the humans on Orchid Island, but simultaneous nuclear explosions near major cities across several Sea Demon territories revealed Xia Ping’s warning. Hai Peng abandoned his threat and ordered the humans released.

• Hai Peng angrily vowed to kill the humans on Orchid Island and challenged Xia Ping to retaliate.
• Zhang Ming warned Hai Peng that Xia Ping was dangerous, but Hai Peng insisted the Sea Dragon King could defeat him.
• Sea Dragon Clan guards reported nuclear explosions near Dragon Horn City, Dragon Might City, and Dragon Scale City.
• Soldiers reported similar blasts near cities in the Octopus Demon Clan and other Sea Demon territories, and the Sea Demons recognized them as Xia Ping’s warning.
• The Sea Demons urged Hai Peng to reconsider, and he ordered the humans released.

After the Sea Demons withdrew from the human islands, the rescued captives wrongly credited their ancestors and condemned Xia Ping. When the Kings arrived, they praised Xia Ping as their savior and promised him gifts, leaving the captives furious and bewildered.

• The Sea Dragon Clan, Octopus Clan, Sea Shell Clan, Electric Eel Clan, and other Sea Demon races withdrew from the human islands without harming anyone or taking treasure.
• The freed humans speculated that their ancestors had frightened the Sea Demons, while some blamed Xia Ping for endangering them by refusing to hand over the Mermaid Princess.
• A Wang Family disciple and others grew angry when they saw Xia Ping arriving with the Kings and prepared to confront him.
• Pan Da rebuked the captives, called Xia Ping their lifesaver, and told them to thank him.
• Xia Ping hinted that he expected precious gifts, and Pan Da promised that the Pan Family would prepare him a grand one.
• The Kings, including Wang Kang, praised Xia Ping for averting war and sought to build ties with him.

News of Xia Ping forcing the Sea Demons to retreat spread across the Cloud Sky Realm, but the island residents dodged reporters’ questions about their captivity. Meanwhile, Yu Qiqi remained trapped on Giant Island as Xia Ping checked the materials he had bought to modify the Moon Goddess.

• People across the Cloud Sky Realm heard that the Sea Demons had withdrawn and released their human captives, and many suspected a secret deal.
• Reporters confronted the returned island residents, while Wang Family members denied stories that they had begged the Sea Demons for mercy and refused to explain their release.
• Yu Qiqi watched the news and wondered why the Sea Demons had abandoned their rescue effort, fearing she would remain in Xia Ping’s service.
• Su Ji and Jiang Yaru watched the reports and suspected Xia Ping had played a major role in the Sea Demons’ retreat.
• Xia Ping inspected the spaceship materials delivered to his villa and asked Cat Immortal whether they were enough to modify the Moon Goddess.

Xia Ping oversaw the Moon Goddess’s automated modifications and learned that the leaders of humanity’s three major organizations wanted to meet with him. The chapter ended with Zhao Zhong warning Xia Ping to behave discreetly at the gathering.

• Cat Immortal explained that the enhanced Nano Engineering Robots would finish modifying the Moon Goddess in about three months.
• Xia Ping considered how the ship could let him explore nearby planets and help him search for treasures.
• The system awarded Xia Ping fifty million Hate Points for angering Sea Demon grandmasters, bringing his total to six hundred and thirty million.
• King Zhao Zhong contacted Xia Ping and told him that Gu Xilai, leader of the Giant Corporation, wanted to meet him.
• Zhao Zhong explained that Sun Yangdao and Liu Wuming would attend a gathering of the three leaders along with elite human grandmasters, and warned Xia Ping not to cause trouble.
• Xia Ping claimed he was the most low-key person around, leaving Zhao Zhong speechless.

Xia Ping arrived at Flame Yellow Island with a gathering of human Grandmasters and Kings, drawing attention from travelers and fellow cultivators. As people speculated about the reason for the unprecedented security and assembly, Wu Quan and Lv Shan dismissed Xia Ping’s prospects of becoming an Invincible King.

• Soldiers sealed off transportation across Flame Yellow Island as spaceships carrying Grandmasters and Kings arrived under heavy security.
• Travelers recognized Xia Ping among the arrivals and discussed his fame, achievements, and rapid rise to the sixth level of the Grandmaster Realm.
• Grandmasters and Kings watched Xia Ping and speculated that he had been brought to the gathering to broaden his horizons.
• Wu Quan and Lv Shan watched Xia Ping from a distance, and Wu Quan argued that reaching the King Realm was far from certain despite Xia Ping’s talent.

Lv Shan and Ren Haodan argued over rumors that Su Mei and Qiu Xue loved Xia Ping, while Xia Ping arrived at Flame Yellow Base with the Kings and Grandmasters of Giant Corporation. The gathering encountered three legendary Invincible Kings.

• Lv Shan praised Su Mei and Qiu Xue as prodigies and teased Ren Haodan about rumors linking them to Xia Ping.
• Ren Haodan challenged Lv Shan, then glared at the approaching Xia Ping as Wu Quan watched in silence.
• Xia Ping boasted about his fame after leaving the ship, and Zhao Zhong ordered the group to travel to Flame Yellow Base.
• Xia Ping and the others arrived at Flame Yellow Base, where a powerful voice greeted the gathered Kings and Grandmasters.
• The crowd saw three extraordinary figures whose presence revealed them to be Invincible Kings.

Liu Wuming revealed that humans could enter the Demon King Path through a secret entrance in their territory, offering Grandmasters a chance to reach the King Realm at the risk of death. Xia Ping decided to join the trial, but Ren Haodan singled him out as an unwelcome participant.

• Gu Xilai, Liu Wuming, and Sun Yangdao introduced themselves as the leaders of the three super-organizations and explained that the Demon King Path trial had opened.
• Liu Wuming revealed a guarded, secret entrance in human territory that would let Grandmasters enter the Demon King Path and seek its spoils.
• Liu Wuming warned that participants who failed to become Kings inside the trial would die there, but the Grandmasters accepted the danger.
• Xia Ping decided to enter the trial, believing his abilities and trump cards would help him survive.
• Ren Haodan objected to Xia Ping joining and accused him of being a rat who had nearly ruined everything.

Ren Haodan challenged Xia Ping’s place in the secret-realm trial, arguing that a weaker Grandmaster would waste a spot. Xia Ping attacked and badly injured Ren Haodan in front of the Kings, then left him furious and humiliated.

• Ren Haodan told Liu Wuming that the trial spots should go to stronger Grandmasters and implied Xia Ping was too weak to participate.
• Xia Ping confronted Ren Haodan, who mocked him for recognizing his own limits.
• Xia Ping crossed the distance and struck Ren Haodan with a punch that drove him back and injured him.
• Xia Ping followed with a kick that shattered Ren Haodan’s protective qi and sent him crashing into the base’s wall.
• Xia Ping taunted Ren Haodan, who spat blood and glared at him while the Kings watched without intervening.

Xia Ping defeated Ren Haodan and secured his place on the trial team, silencing the Grandmasters who had challenged his qualifications. At a secret meeting in Flame Yellow Base, Gu Xilai revealed that a spaceship was approaching the Cloud Sky Realm from thirty thousand light-years away.

• Xia Ping knocked Ren Haodan down in a few moves, shocking the Grandmasters and Kings who witnessed the fight.
• Ren Haodan admitted he had no objections to Xia Ping joining the trial, and the other Grandmasters also agreed.
• Liu Wuming confirmed that Xia Ping would join the trial team and announced that it would begin the next morning.
• Xia Ping and the others left for the base lounge while the human Kings gathered secretly in a conference room.
• Gu Xilai told Zhao Zhong and the other Kings that the Starry Sky Detection System had detected a spaceship heading toward the Cloud Sky Realm.

Gu Xilai informed the kings that an unknown spaceship was approaching the Cloud Sky Realm and urged them to unite its races in preparation. The next day, Xia Ping and the grandmasters entered the Demon King Path, a deadly trial with no known way back.

• Gu Xilai told the kings that a spaceship was nearing the Cloud Sky Realm and that its intentions were unknown.
• Gu Xilai explained that the Cloud Sky Realm's laws limited powerful outsiders and said humanity could retreat to Yanhuang Planet as a last resort.
• Gu Xilai ordered the kings to visit other races and build an alliance in case the aliens invaded.
• Gu Xilai rallied the human kings by recalling humanity's survival of the Great Destruction Era, and they vowed to fight any invaders.
• The Army Marshal brought Xia Ping and the grandmasters to the Demon King Path entrance and warned that nine out of ten would die and none could return.
• The grandmasters entered the Demon King Path, and Xia Ping followed them.

The human Grandmasters entered a demon trial space and were attacked by black Demon Trees that devoured their victims to grow stronger. As more Demon Trees answered the call, one singled out Xia Ping as the weakest target.

• The Grandmasters arrived in a lush forest with rich spiritual energy and discovered that the black vortex had vanished, leaving them with no obvious way back.
• The humans discussed searching for demon prodigies to learn how the trial worked, while Xia Ping watched in silence.
• A pack of black Demon Trees charged from the forest and attacked the Grandmasters with their roots.
• A black Demon Tree pierced a blade cultivator and drained him into a shriveled corpse, then grew stronger from devouring him.
• The Demon Trees summoned more of their kind, and one targeted Xia Ping as the weakest human.

Xia Ping killed the Black Demon Trees with his flame-powered martial arts, revealing himself as their natural enemy. Three veteran human grandmasters joined the fight, but the other grandmasters fled, leaving Xia Ping and the three elders facing the trees.

• Xia Ping killed a Black Demon Tree with No-Beat Palm, provoking the others to attack him.
• Xia Ping used Buddha Light Illuminates All to burn the attacking Black Demon Trees, and they recognized him as the Black Wood Clan’s natural enemy.
• Dozens of Black Demon Trees charged Xia Ping as three veteran human grandmasters came to help.
• Xia Ping and the three grandmasters struck down several Black Demon Trees together.
• Wu Quan, Lv Shan, Ren Haodan, and the other human grandmasters escaped while Xia Ping and the three veterans stayed behind to fight.

After the other human Grandmasters fled, Xia Ping used the Flame Dragon Divine Sword to burn through the Black Demon Trees attacking him and the three elder Grandmasters. With his astral energy nearly exhausted and more enemies approaching, he fled with the three elders.

• Wu Quan, Lv Shan, Ren Haodan, and the other human Grandmasters abandoned Xia Ping and the three elder Grandmasters as the Black Demon Trees attacked.
• The Black Demon Trees concentrated their assault on Xia Ping, and the three elders were badly wounded while trying to protect him.
• Xia Ping summoned the Flame Dragon Divine Sword and unleashed its power with his Pure Yang Indestructible Art and fiery energies.
• Xia Ping's flame dragons burned and destroyed the Black Demon Trees, turning their clustered formation into a spreading inferno.
• After exhausting nearly all his astral energy, Xia Ping called for the three elders to flee, and they followed him away from the approaching Black Demon Trees.

Xia Ping escaped the Black Demon Trees with three grandmasters, healed their injuries with Emerald Vine Pills, and learned that a fight with demons was happening nearby. He and the grandmasters headed toward the battle.

• Xia Ping reached a secluded cave with Liu Qi, Guo Cunyi, and Li Yun after they escaped the Black Demon Trees.
• Xia Ping traded boastful remarks with the three grandmasters, then gave them Emerald Vine Pills to heal their injuries.
• Liu Qi, Guo Cunyi, and Li Yun recovered fully and questioned why Xia Ping had entered the dangerous Trial Space.
• Xia Ping sensed a battle nearby, and Li Yun identified the fighting presence as demons.
• Xia Ping led the grandmasters toward the battle, hoping to capture demons and learn about the Trial Space.

Xia Ping and three old Grandmasters arrived as Rock Giants overwhelmed a group of demon prodigies and Grandmasters. As the demons fled, Rabbit Linglong and Qingluan ran into Xia Ping at the forest’s edge.

• Xia Ping and the three old Grandmasters reached a clearing where dozens of Rock Giants were driving the demons back.
• The Rock Giants killed several demon Grandmasters and left Qingluan injured, while Rabbit Linglong, Doom Crow, Metal Tiger, and the others struggled to resist.
• Qingluan urged the demons to flee and split up, so Rabbit Linglong and Qingluan escaped east as the Rock Giants pursued them.
• Qingluan carried Rabbit Linglong toward the forest’s edge, where they sensed powerful auras waiting ahead.
• Rabbit Linglong recognized Xia Ping among the figures waiting at the forest’s edge and cried out in shock.

Xia Ping appeared in the Demon Race’s Trial Space, startling Rabbit Linglong and the other demons as they fled from the Rock Giants. When a Rock Giant attacked him, Xia Ping destroyed it with a single punch, leaving the remaining giants charging toward him.

• Rabbit Linglong and the Demon Race prodigies recognized Xia Ping and wondered how a human had entered their Trial Space.
• Xia Ping greeted Rabbit Linglong, who hid behind Qingluan and challenged him over his presence in Ten Thousand Demon Mountain.
• The Rock Giants noticed Xia Ping and attacked him as a foreign invader.
• Xia Ping met a Rock Giant’s strike with a punch and shattered its body with Spiral Fist Force.
• The remaining Rock Giants roared and charged at Xia Ping to avenge their companion.

Xia Ping faced dozens of Rock Giants and used the Soul-Absorbing Bell to exploit their weakness to mental attacks. He defeated the nearby giants, leaving their bodies scattered across the ground as Qingluan and Rabbit Linglong watched.

• Dozens of Rock Giants attacked Xia Ping, but Qingluan escaped with Rabbit Linglong and Xia Ping dodged with Kunpeng Step.
• A Rock Giant used a vortex-like technique to control the air and tried to strike Xia Ping.
• Xia Ping summoned the Soul-Absorbing Bell and knocked the attacking Rock Giant down with a mental assault.
• Qingluan explained that Rock Giants were vulnerable to mental attacks because their souls were their weakness.
• Xia Ping unleashed the bell's power across the battlefield, extinguishing the Soul Fire of the Rock Giants in range and making their bodies crumble into boulders.

Xia Ping drove off the Rock Giants and then subdued the demons who had been fleeing them. He captured Rabbit Linglong, knocked out Qingluan, and stopped an eagle demon’s escape, leaving the others too frightened to resist.

• The surviving Rock Giants fled after realizing Xia Ping’s soul attacks could kill them.
• Xia Ping seized and badly injured a monster that cursed him, then captured Rabbit Linglong as she tried to sneak away.
• Qingluan attacked Xia Ping to free Rabbit Linglong, but he blocked her palm and knocked her unconscious with a punch.
• Xia Ping threatened Rabbit Linglong into silence while the surrounding demons hesitated to challenge him.
• An eagle demon tried to escape, but Xia Ping shot it with the Moon-Shooting Bow and warned the others that another arrow would kill any fugitive.

Xia Ping threatened the demons to learn the secrets of the Trial Space and used Rabbit Linglong’s fear for Qingluan to make her agree to explain. The demons could only watch as Rabbit Linglong prepared to tell him what she knew.

• Xia Ping asked the demons how the Trial Space worked and why it could help someone reach the King Realm, but none dared answer.
• Rabbit Linglong refused to reveal the Demon Race’s secret, and Xia Ping dismissed her as someone who knew nothing.
• Xia Ping picked up the unconscious Qingluan and claimed he would torture her for information, alarming Rabbit Linglong and the other demons.
• Rabbit Linglong blocked Xia Ping and offered to tell him everything if he spared Qingluan.
• Xia Ping pretended to doubt Rabbit Linglong before agreeing to listen, while the demons recognized his ploy but dared not intervene.