Recaps

Xia Ping attended the Cosmic Sea Auction and learned that the Sky Net System was one of its main finale items. When the auction began, he won the first lot, Blood Sun Iron, by bidding one million Universal Coins.

• Manager Bai Bei told Xia Ping that the auction's three finale items were the Lightning Fist manual, a Sacred Artifact Fragment, and the Sky Net System.
• The auction began, and Director Tan Ming presented a piece of Blood Sun Iron as the first item.
• Xia Ping bid one million Universal Coins for the Blood Sun Iron, shocking the other bidders and Manager Bai Bei.
• The other attendees complained that Xia Ping had vastly overpaid, while Xia Ping said he was happy to spend freely on something he loved.

Xia Ping bought the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass for two million Universal Coins after taunting the other bidders. When a damaged black bead came up for auction, his Hell Golden Crow Eye sensed a trace of chaotic aura in it, and he decided to bid.

• Supervisor Tan Ming sold the Blood Sun Iron to Xia Ping for one million Universal Coins.
• Tan Ming presented the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, and Xia Ping bid two million Universal Coins while insulting the other bidders.
• The crowd declined to challenge Xia Ping, and he won the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass for two million Universal Coins.
• Tan Ming introduced a damaged black bead whose artifact spirit had been destroyed, and the crowd doubted its value.
• Xia Ping's Hell Golden Crow Eye sensed a trace of chaotic aura from the bead, so he decided to pursue it.

Xia Ping used aggressive bidding to buy a damaged black bead and then outmaneuvered Baldy during the auction of a low-grade spirit artifact. Baldy was left unable to pay and faced three hundred years of unpaid work for the Cosmic Sea Auction Company.

• Xia Ping bid three million Universal Coins for the damaged black bead, and Manager Tan Ming sold it to him.
• Xia Ping declared that he would buy every auction item, prompting some attendees to plan to drive up the prices against him.
• Xia Ping and Baldy raised the Cold Nether Sword's price to ten million Universal Coins, where Xia Ping stopped bidding and let Baldy win.
• Baldy tried to return the sword, but Manager Tan Ming refused and offered to make him work without pay for three hundred years to repay the debt.
• Baldy accused Xia Ping of setting him up, and Xia Ping mocked him until Baldy vomited blood and fainted.

Xia Ping drove up prices throughout the auction, angering martial artists and powerful sects before bidding a billion Universal Coins on the Saint-level manual Lightning Fist. Qian Shan threatened him and sent someone to demand he withdraw his bid, leaving the auction tense.

• Xia Ping repeatedly raised auction prices and backed out before the reserve, leaving other bidders to pay far more than they had planned.
• Angry bidders and powerful VIPs blamed Xia Ping for their losses, while Xia Ping remained pleased at the Hate Points he expected to earn.
• Supervisor Tan Ming introduced the Saint-level manual Lightning Fist, and the major sects and clans prepared to compete for it.
• Qian Shan resolved to obtain Lightning Fist and warned that he would kill anyone who stood in his way.
• Xia Ping opened the bidding at a billion Universal Coins, provoking furious reactions from the sect elders.
• Qian Shan sent a messenger to demand that Xia Ping withdraw his bid and let the Qian Clan have the manual.

Xia Ping provoked Qian Shan into a fierce auction battle over the Lightning Fist manual, driving the price to 2.9 billion Universal Coins. He then unexpectedly conceded, leaving Qian Shan with the apparent victory and a grudge against him.

• Xia Ping insulted the Qian Clan servant and refused to withdraw his bid, so the servant returned to Qian Shan and reported the confrontation.
• Qian Shan smashed a table in anger, vowed Xia Ping would not leave Bake Planet, and decided to keep bidding to defend the Qian Clan’s reputation.
• Qian Shan entered the bidding at 1.5 billion Universal Coins and warned the other bidders not to compete against him.
• Xia Ping ignored Qian Shan’s threat and raised the price to 2 billion, prompting the other sects to withdraw.
• Xia Ping and Qian Shan traded bids until Qian Shan offered 2.9 billion Universal Coins, near his limit.
• Xia Ping stopped bidding and told Qian Shan that he had won.

Xia Ping made Qian Shan pay 2.9 billion Universal Coins for a Saint-level manual, then accidentally won the Sky Net System for five billion after no one joined his bid. Qian Shan ordered an investigation into Xia Ping, while Xia Ping was left unable to return his purchase.

• Xia Ping stopped bidding on Lightning Fist, leaving Qian Shan with the winning bid of 2.9 billion Universal Coins and humiliating him.
• Qian Shan vowed revenge and sent Qian Clan servants to investigate Xia Ping's identity and backing.
• Supervisor Tan Ming introduced the Sky Net System with a starting price of five billion Universal Coins, but the other bidders showed little interest.
• Xia Ping bid five billion Universal Coins, and Tan Ming quickly declared the Sky Net System sold to him.
• Xia Ping said he had bid out of habit and asked to return the system, but Tan Ming refused because all sales were final.
• Qian Shan realized Xia Ping might have been trying to trick him into bidding again and felt relieved that he had held back.

Xia Ping secretly celebrated winning the Sky Net System while the auction crowd mistook his purchase for a foolish loss. After collecting his items, he registered himself as the system’s highest-authorized user and left it on standby.

• The auction crowd rejoiced when Xia Ping stopped bidding, believing he had wasted five billion Universal Coins on the Sky Net System.
• Xia Ping watched the auction continue without bidding, while the sect elders looked forward to competing for a Sacred Artifact Fragment without him.
• Steward Bai Bei delivered Xia Ping’s auction winnings and explained that the Sky Net System contained 108,000 satellites powered by a sun.
• Xia Ping registered his blood with the system’s Smart Brain, becoming its highest-authorized user.
• Xia Ping declined to deploy the satellites and placed the Sky Net System on standby.

Xia Ping restored the mysterious black bead with his bloodline and discovered that it contained a vast, barren world. The bead’s spirit, a Green Ox named Mountain God, revealed that it was the damaged Mountain River Bead, once a sacred artifact, while he and Cat Immortal repeatedly fought.

• Xia Ping examined the black bead with his Hell Golden Crow Eye and found that its formations were broken.
• Xia Ping’s blood restored the bead’s formations, awakening a vast inner world that could support living beings.
• Mountain God appeared and identified himself as the spirit of the Mountain River Bead.
• Mountain God explained that the bead had once been the Mountain River Saint’s life-bound sacred artifact, with a world-sized space and powerful abilities.
• Cat Immortal mocked Mountain God, and the two spirits fought until Xia Ping separated them.

Xia Ping learned that the damaged Mountain River Bead could be restored with rare resources and that it contained the Saint-grade Azure Emperor Longevity Technique. With the World Tree and his Life Fire resonating with the technique, he triggered a cosmic phenomenon that Cat Immortal concealed, leaving Green Ox astonished by his treasures.

• Green Ox explained that the Mountain River Bead could regain its abilities with Sacred Artifact Fragments, space stones, and Nine Heavens Breathing Soil, while Cat Immortal mocked its demands.
• Green Ox revealed the Azure Emperor Longevity Technique and warned that Xia Ping’s powerful flame sacred body might prevent him from cultivating it.
• Xia Ping asked Green Ox to teach him the technique, and Green Ox transmitted it into his mind.
• The World Tree resonated with the Azure Emperor Longevity Technique, helping Xia Ping grasp it and forming a wood-element domain around him.
• Xia Ping’s World Tree phantom and azure Life Fire produced a heavenly phenomenon, which Cat Immortal hid with the Moon Goddess’s defensive system.
• Green Ox recognized the World Tree and Life Fire within Xia Ping and marveled at his treasures.

Xia Ping cultivated the Azure Emperor Longevity Technique with the World Tree and Life Fire, forming the Azure Emperor Body and greatly strengthening his vitality and mana. Meanwhile, Qian Shan bought the Sacred Artifact Fragment and ordered his forces to hunt Xia Ping down.

• Green Ox marveled at Xia Ping’s World Tree and Life Fire, which let him cultivate the Azure Emperor Longevity Technique with extraordinary advantages.
• Xia Ping condensed Azure Emperor mana and reached the minor completion stage of the Azure Emperor Body, gaining greater longevity, recovery, plant control, and mana.
• The auction ended with Qian Shan buying the Sacred Artifact Fragment for two billion Universal Coins.
• Qian Shan learned that Xia Ping was staying at the port on Bake Planet, though his subordinates had not yet uncovered Xia Ping’s identity.
• Qian Shan struck a subordinate who urged caution and ordered his forces to prevent Xia Ping from escaping and kill him.

After stabilizing his Azure Emperor Body, Xia Ping learned that Qian Shan had won the Sacred Artifact Fragment and that the Qian Clan was behind a police operation targeting him. Xia Ping went with the officers to the police station, leaving onlookers fearing Qian Shan would kill him.

• Xia Ping finished consolidating his cultivation, and Cat Immortal told him Qian Shan had bought the Sacred Artifact Fragment for two billion Universal Coins.
• The system awarded Xia Ping 300 million Hate Points and warned that Qian Shan planned to retaliate and stop him from leaving Bake Planet.
• Cat Immortal showed Xia Ping that thousands of Bake Planet police officers had surrounded the Moon Goddess.
• A police captain accused Xia Ping of involvement in smuggling and ordered him to come to the station; Xia Ping agreed but demanded an explanation if they found nothing.
• Xia Ping boarded a police vehicle and left under escort as bystanders suspected Qian Shan had arranged the arrest.

Xia Ping was taken to an abandoned warehouse, where Qian Shan gathered powerful guards to kill and torture him. Xia Ping unleashed the Dragon-Trapping Stake, trapping everyone in its domain and suppressing their cultivation to the Divine Ability Realm.

• A police captain drove Xia Ping to an abandoned warehouse in the outskirts instead of a police station.
• Qian Shan arrived with two or three Treasure Refining Realm cultivators and dozens of Divine Ability Realm guards, then threatened Xia Ping despite his warnings about the Qian Clan's future.
• Qian Shan ordered Feng San to break Xia Ping's limbs and keep him alive for torture.
• Xia Ping deployed the Dragon-Trapping Stake, enclosing everyone in an energy barrier that suppressed the Treasure Refining Realm cultivators to the Divine Ability Realm.

Xia Ping used the Dragon-Trapping Stake to suppress the Qian Clan pursuers’ cultivation, then revealed the Hell Golden Crow’s crushing pressure and overwhelming power. After he nearly burned Feng San to death with one punch, Xia Ping faced threats against his family and prepared to strike the remaining enemies.

• Qian Shan recognized the Dragon-Trapping Stake as a supreme-grade treasure artifact and dismissed Xia Ping’s chances of escaping.
• Xia Ping unleashed the Hell Golden Crow’s pressure, forcing Qian Shan to his knees and shattering his bones.
• Feng San attacked Xia Ping with Thousandfold Blade, but Xia Ping destroyed the blade-energy net with one punch and set Feng San ablaze.
• The other Treasure Refining Realm cultivators threatened to kill Xia Ping’s family and friends.
• Xia Ping’s killing intent surged as he circulated the Azure Emperor Longevity Technique and summoned the World Tree phantom.

Xia Ping slaughtered Qian Shan’s Treasure Refining Realm bodyguards and subordinates, leaving Qian Shan trapped behind a protective talisman. As Xia Ping prepared to kill him, a powerful attacker arrived and shattered the Dragon-Trapping Stake’s domain.

• Two Treasure Refining Realm cultivators attacked Xia Ping, but he used his Azure Emperor Body to overpower them and killed them with the Azure Emperor Longevity Technique.
• Qian Shan ordered his hundred-plus subordinates to attack Xia Ping, who summoned meteors with the Star-Drawing Technique and wiped them out.
• A protective talisman left by Qian Ba shielded Qian Shan from the meteors, and Xia Ping advanced on him as the talisman’s energy began to run down.
• A furious roar and powerful force struck from afar, cracking the Dragon-Trapping Stake; Xia Ping retrieved it, ending the Equality Domain.

The sect elders on Bake Planet learned that Qian Ba had confronted Xia Ping and assumed the black-card youth was doomed. Qian Ba arrived with Qian Clan elders and accused Xia Ping of attacking his clan, while Xia Ping defended his actions and Qian Shan falsely accused him of theft.

• The elders of several sects heard Qian Ba's shout, investigated the clash, and concluded that Xia Ping would likely die at Qian Ba's hands.
• Qian Ba and several Qian Clan elders arrived after the Dragon-Trapping Stake's Equality Domain shattered and the warehouse was destroyed.
• Qian Ba threatened Xia Ping and tried to crush him with his divine consciousness, but the World Tree protected Xia Ping.
• Xia Ping said Qian Shan had ambushed him and that he had killed the Qian Clan guards in self-defense.
• Qian Shan told Qian Ba that Xia Ping had stolen Qian Clan treasures and attacked them while trying to escape.

Xia Ping confronted Qian Ba over Qian Shan’s attempt to kill him, but Qian Ba declared he would cripple and imprison Xia Ping. Xia Ping used a Saint talisman to repel Qian Ba’s attack, and Qian Ba survived the clash with serious injuries while the talisman’s power was exhausted.

• Qian Ba accused Xia Ping of stealing from the Qian Clan and sentenced him to have his cultivation crippled and be imprisoned for a thousand years.
• Xia Ping rejected Qian Ba’s claims and insisted that Qian Shan must die for trying to kill him.
• Qian Ba attacked Xia Ping with a massive hand, and Xia Ping activated his Saint talisman to destroy the strike and overwhelm the Qian Clan elders.
• Qian Ba drew the Golden Light Flood Dragon Saber and unleashed the Turtle-Snake Innate Saber against the Saint talisman.
• The two forces collided, devastating the area and causing casualties in Bake City.
• The Saint talisman’s power ran out, but Qian Ba was blasted back and badly injured, along with the Qian Clan Supreme Elders.

Xia Ping killed Qian Shan despite Qian Ba’s fury, and the North Nether Saint intervened from afar to kill Qian Ba and the Qian Clan’s Supreme Elders. The Qian Clan’s top fighters were wiped out, while Xia Ping survived under his master’s protection.

• Qian Ba realized Xia Ping had a Saint backing him but still intended to teach him a lesson.
• Xia Ping killed Qian Shan with a blast of flame power, provoking Qian Ba into a rage.
• Qian Ba attacked Xia Ping, but the North Nether Saint appeared through a black hole and locked Qian Ba in place.
• Qian Ba begged the North Nether Saint for mercy, but the Saint’s attack reduced him to nothingness.
• The North Nether Saint’s attack also crushed the dozen or so Qian Clan Supreme Elders, wiping out the clan’s high-level combat strength.

Xia Ping returned to Bake Planet, where North Nether Saint killed Qian Ba with a perfectly controlled strike, then gathered the treasures left behind by Qian Shan. After Xia Ping departed for the Universe Sect, Bake Planet’s leaders learned he was North Nether Saint’s disciple and expected the Qian Clan to be destroyed.

• North Nether Saint contacted Xia Ping, confirmed his return, and told him to visit after he reached the Universe Sect.
• Xia Ping found Qian Shan’s Space Ring containing pills, spiritual herbs, the Saint-grade manual Lightning Fist, and a Sacred Artifact Fragment, then left Bake Planet.
• Bake Planet’s leaders identified Xia Ping as North Nether Saint’s disciple and discussed how Qian Ba had been killed for provoking him.
• A sect elder reported that the Universe Sect intended to destroy the Qian Clan, while other sect leaders ordered their people never to offend Xia Ping.
• News of Xia Ping’s identity and the Qian Clan’s impending destruction spread among the small sects.

Xia Ping told North Nether Saint about his gains on Blood Soul Continent and the assassination attempt by the Seven Killers, prompting his master to give him a Saint talisman for protection. North Nether Saint took the broken Dragon-Trapping Stake to study and promised to forge a replacement, leaving Xia Ping pleased with his new protection and prospects.

• Xia Ping asked North Nether Saint why Saints had not conquered Blood Soul Continent, and his master explained that Blood Soul Saint had left contingencies to transport the continent away if Saints acted.
• Xia Ping revealed that the Seven Killers had tried to assassinate him and that Mad Slaughter Saint had ordered the attack.
• North Nether Saint, angered that Mad Slaughter Saint had targeted his disciple, gave Xia Ping a powerful Saint talisman that could summon him to battle.
• North Nether Saint asked to examine the broken Dragon-Trapping Stake, and Xia Ping lent it to him.
• North Nether Saint promised to forge Xia Ping a replacement Dragon-Trapping Stake after studying the original.

Xia Ping fed a Sacred Artifact Fragment to the Mountain River Bead, restoring much of its power and transforming its inner land into a living world. He learned that Nine Heavens Breathing Soil could make the land suitable for growing spirit herbs and considered raiding the Red Scarf Bandits’ base to obtain some.

• Green Ox pleaded with Xia Ping to use the Sacred Artifact Fragment to repair the Mountain River Bead instead of feeding it to the Golden Slime, and Xia Ping agreed.
• Xia Ping gave the fragment to Green Ox, who used it to repair the Mountain River Bead and trigger a surge of energy across Yanhuang Peak.
• Xia Ping explored the restored Mountain River Bead and found its space had doubled, its land was growing lush, and its weather and energy had begun to resemble a real world.
• Green Ox said Nine Heavens Breathing Soil could turn the continent into fertile spiritual soil for growing spirit herbs.
• Xia Ping recalled that the Red Scarf Bandits might possess Nine Heavens Breathing Soil and considered raiding their secret base after repairing the Star Ship.

After two months of cultivation, Xia Ping broke through to the middle stage of the Divine Ability Realm and mastered the Saint-level Lightning Fist. He ended his training and prepared to return to the Cloud Sky Realm to install the Sky Net System.

• Xia Ping advanced to the middle stage of the Divine Ability Realm, doubling the space in his Purple Mansion and strengthening his body and Divine Ability Talismans.
• Xia Ping consolidated his cultivation and practiced Lightning Fist, using his experience with tribulation lightning to master the dangerous technique.
• Xia Ping tested Lightning Fist by punching through a sturdy stone tablet and discovered that the technique also tempered his body.
• Xia Ping decided to return to the Cloud Sky Realm after nearly a year away and install the Sky Net System.

Xia Ping installed the Sky System around Cloud Sky Realm, using a nearby sun to power its network of 108,000 satellites. The system mapped the surrounding starfield and established a powerful defense, and Xia Ping then headed back to Yunxiao Continent.

• Xia Ping returned to Cloud Sky Realm after more than a week of peaceful travel and decided to install the Sky System before going home.
• The Sky System selected a nearby sun as its energy source, and Xia Ping approved the installation.
• The Sky System's base entered the sun's core, drew its energy, and launched 108,000 concealed satellites across a hundred-light-year region.
• The Sky System reported millions of resource-rich planets, 130 planets suitable for life, and no current enemy incursions.
• Xia Ping learned that the satellites could detect and attack enemies across the network's range, then piloted the Moon Goddess toward Yunxiao Continent.

After returning to Flame Yellow Island, Xia Ping discovered that the Human Race, demon race, and Sea Clan had formed a World Government, with humanity dominant after producing many new Kings. He learned that human power had reshaped life across the Cloud Sky Realm, then someone recognized him as he was about to leave.

• Xia Ping concealed the Moon Goddess and went to Flame Yellow Island to learn what had happened during his year away.
• Xia Ping saw monsters and humans shopping together and asked an old man in white why the races now lived side by side.
• The old man told Xia Ping that the three races had established a World Government with Nine Councilors, five of them human.
• The old man explained that humanity had gained a hundred and fifty Kings in a year, leaving the demon race and Sea Clan far weaker.
• Passersby described how human Kings had wiped out Sea Demon raiders and demons that threatened human settlements.
• As Xia Ping prepared to leave, someone recognized him.

Xia Ping reunited with his former high school classmates Yang Wei, Gao Wan, and Xiong Batian on Flame Yellow Island, where World Government staff quickly reported his return to the Nine Councilors. Their reunion was interrupted by Hua Hao, a local student who bullied the three exchange students.

• A monitoring-center staff member recognized Xia Ping and alerted the supervisor, who ordered the Nine Councilors to be notified.
• Xia Ping met Yang Wei, Gao Wan, and Xiong Batian, his former high school classmates, and dismissed their apologies for past conflicts.
• Yang Wei explained that the three were studying in the Cloud Sky Realm as university exchange students from Yanhuang Planet.
• Hua Hao and his lackey mocked the three classmates and called them country bumpkins, while Xia Ping watched.

Xia Ping reunited with Xiong Batian, Gao Wan, and Yang Wei, then met Hua Hao and Tong Xiaoqian. After Xia Ping gave a false name and Tong Xiaoqian invited him to lunch, jealous Hua Hao insisted on joining them.

• Hua Hao and his lackeys mocked Xiong Batian, Gao Wan, and Yang Wei until Tong Xiaoqian arrived and scolded him.
• Tong Xiaoqian apologized to the three classmates and asked Xia Ping whether he was from their school.
• Hua Hao looked down on Xia Ping as a country bumpkin, but Xia Ping charmed Tong Xiaoqian with a compliment.
• Xia Ping gave Tong Xiaoqian the false name Wang Gebi, and she invited him to lunch.
• Hua Hao offered to treat everyone at Heaven on Earth so he could keep Xia Ping from being alone with Tong Xiaoqian.