Recaps

Xia Ping learned that a crowd was hunting the holder of the rare Li Fire Forging Technique and decided to join the scramble. He then heard from Ye Jiajia that the children from Novice Village had advanced enough to leave and watched them arrive in Far East City.

• The people of Far East City learned that someone had obtained the Saint-level Li Fire Forging Technique and rushed into the wilderness to seize it.
• Xia Ping explained why the inheritance's holder could neither log out nor safely receive it while being hunted, then decided to pursue the technique for himself.
• Ye Jiajia contacted Xia Ping and announced that she and the other children could leave Novice Village and were coming to find him.
• The children arrived through Far East City's teleportation array, cheering as they came out.

Xia Ping took Ye Jiajia and the other children, along with Jiang Yaru, Su Ji, Chu Rong, and Yu Qiqi, out of Far East City to pursue the Li Fire Forging Technique. His departure stirred the city’s angry residents, who began organizing to surround and kill him.

• Yu Qiqi mistook the children who approached Xia Ping for his illegitimate offspring, and Xia Ping introduced the women as his concubines before the children called them big sisters-in-law.
• Xia Ping told the children to call him Wu Wudi, and Ye Jiajia asked when he would take them to fight bandits and seize their money.
• Xia Ping agreed to take the children outside Far East City to capture a bad guy while seeking the Li Fire Forging Technique.
• Xia Ping and his companions left Far East City, and residents who had been waiting for him to leave began summoning others to surround and kill him.

After Xia Ping, also known as Wu Wudi, left Far East City, criminal groups and powerful families plotted to seize his fortune. The Black Tiger Gang prepared to ambush him with a soul-attacking treasure, the Ice Soul Silver Needle.

• News spread that Xia Ping had left Far East City, and gangs and clan scions began plotting to capture him and take his wealth.
• Black Tiger Gang members discussed how much money Wu Wudi had made and wondered how they could extort him in the Virtual Network World.
• Lu Hu revealed the Ice Soul Silver Needle and explained that it could attack and kill a soul even in the virtual space.
• Lu Hu said he had paid a great price to bring the needle into the Martial Arts Space and ordered the gang to capture Wu Wudi.
• Other gangs and major clans in Far East City and other lower-level cities also planned to seize Wu Wudi’s fortune.

Xia Ping led his companions out of Far East City, where underworld men tried to stop him, but he revealed overwhelming strength and killed them all. He collected their dropped treasures and continued toward his goal of obtaining the Li Fire Forging Technique.

• Xia Ping led Yu Qiqi, Chu Rong, Su Ji, Jiang Yaru, and the children out of Far East City, but underworld men blocked their way.
• Xia Ping killed six attackers with one punch, revealing that he had reached at least the Divine Ability Realm.
• The remaining attackers tried to flee and call for help, but Xia Ping wiped them all out.
• Xia Ping collected the dropped treasures, worth at least ten million Universal Coins, and continued toward the Li Fire Forging Technique.

Xia Ping used the system to locate Hou San, the man who had obtained the Li Fire Forging Technique, while search parties combed the mountain range. He left Jiang Yaru and the others behind and headed to seize Hou San, who remained hidden in plain sight among the searchers.

• Xia Ping defeated several groups of enemies, causing the remaining pursuers to withdraw and wait for reinforcements.
• Xia Ping and his companions reached the mountain range where Hou San was believed to be trapped among tens of thousands of searchers.
• Xia Ping paid five million Hate Points for the system to reveal Hou San’s location and appearance.
• Xia Ping told Jiang Yaru, Yu Qiqi, Su Ji, and Chu Rong to wait while he went to capture Hou San, then sped away.
• Hou San, mingling with the rogue cultivators searching the mountains, mocked them for thinking they could catch him.

Hou San tried to escape the mountain range with the Li Fire Forging Technique, but Xia Ping intercepted him and knocked him unconscious with a brick. Xia Ping found a jade slip that appeared to contain Ancestor Li Fire's inheritance.

• Hou San infiltrated a rogue cultivator search party and planned to slip away with the Li Fire Forging Technique.
• Hou San left the team under the pretense of relieving himself and raced toward the edge of the mountains.
• Xia Ping called out to Hou San, then struck him unconscious with a red brick.
• Xia Ping searched Hou San and found a jade slip that he believed held the Li Fire Forging Technique.

Hou San woke to find that Wu Wudi had robbed him of the Li Fire Forging Technique and all his belongings, and swore revenge. Xia Ping arrived at the valley to find Jiang Yaru and the children surrounded by the Black Tiger Gang, whose leader demanded to know where Wu Wudi was.

• Hou San woke with a head injury and discovered that Wu Wudi had taken the Li Fire Forging Technique, his treasures, and even his food.
• Hou San read Wu Wudi’s message claiming they were destined to meet and vowed to make him pay.
• Xia Ping reached the valley and found Jiang Yaru, the others, and a group of children surrounded by the Black Tiger Gang.
• The gang’s leader, Lu Hu, confronted Jiang Yaru and demanded to know where Wu Wudi was.
• Jiang Yaru and the children refused to cooperate and taunted Lu Hu and his men.

Lu Hu and the Black Tiger Gang threatened Jiang Yaru, Yu Qiqi, and the others, then tried to capture them. Xia Ping arrived and crushed dozens of gang members with a single attack, leaving Lu Hu to face an opponent far stronger than expected.

• Lu Hu threatened to capture and torment Jiang Yaru, Yu Qiqi, and the others while the Black Tiger Gang members jeered at them.
• Lu Hu ordered his subordinates to seize the women and children, but a sudden force of gravity pinned the attackers to the ground.
• Xia Ping appeared, and Ye Jiajia and the others greeted him with relief.
• Xia Ping struck the pinned gang members with a powerful palm, crushing them and leaving a massive crater.
• The onlookers and Black Tiger Gang members realized Xia Ping's strength was genuine, while Lu Hu worried that the operation had gone badly.

Xia Ping crushed the Black Tiger Gang with his Infinite Gravity technique and defeated Lu Hu in one move. He left the gang helpless as Ye Jiajia and the other children rushed to attack them.

• Xia Ping used Infinite Gravity to pin more than two thousand Black Tiger Gang members to the ground while sparing Jiang Yaru, Ye Jiajia, and the onlookers.
• Lu Hu attacked Xia Ping with his Nine Tigers Overlord Blade, but Xia Ping seized him with a hand of yin-and-yang mana and hurled him into a crater.
• The Black Tiger Gang members were shocked by Lu Hu's defeat, and Ye Jiajia and the other children charged at them.
• Xia Ping increased the gravity more than tenfold, leaving the gang members unable to move as the children advanced.

Xia Ping and Ye Jiajia’s group wiped out the Black Tiger Gang, with the children’s extraordinary powers overwhelming the immobilized gang members. As Lu Hu regretted provoking Xia Ping, tens of thousands of new enemies arrived seeking the Li Fire Forging Technique.

• Under Xia Ping’s gravitational suppression, Ye Jiajia and the other children attacked the Black Tiger Gang, killing more than two thousand members with brute force, crushing attacks, and Samadhi True Fire.
• Jiang Yaru, Chu Rong, Su Ji, and Yu Qiqi witnessed the children’s strength and resolved to learn profound cultivation techniques after joining the Universe Sect.
• Lu Hu was left badly injured and regretted challenging Xia Ping, but he stayed in the virtual network to protect the Ice Soul Silver Needle.
• Tens of thousands of armed cultivators arrived at the valley and demanded Wu Wudi come forward.
• Xia Ping identified himself, and a triangular-eyed man asked whether he had obtained the Li Fire Forging Technique.

Xia Ping let the Li Fire Forging Technique rumor draw a massive gathering of gangs, intending to use an epic battle to intimidate his enemies. He admitted he had the technique, then casually invented a family connection to Ancestor Li Fire as the gang leaders demanded he hand it over.

• Xia Ping sensed Hou San among the arriving gangs and realized he had leaked the rumor, though Xia Ping had deliberately allowed the news to spread.
• Hou San watched from the crowd, furious that Xia Ping had robbed and beaten him, and anticipated the gangs taking revenge for him.
• Gu Yong, Yu Tao, and Zhang Hao demanded the Li Fire Forging Technique and threatened to kill Xia Ping to claim his treasures.
• Xia Ping denied having the technique at first, then admitted it and claimed Ancestor Li Fire was connected to the Wu Family.
• Tang Zhen pointed out that Ancestor Li Fire had been surnamed Zeng, so Xia Ping changed his story and called him a sworn friend of his ancestor.

Xia Ping faced a charge by Gu Yong and the gang members seeking the Li Fire Forging Technique, then unleashed the Seven Kill True Dragon Roar. He killed sixty thousand attackers and badly wounded the rest, leaving the survivors shaken by his strength.

• Gu Yong demanded the Li Fire Forging Technique and led the gangs in a mass attack on Xia Ping.
• Xia Ping dismissed the attackers as rabble and activated the Seven Kill True Dragon Roar.
• The roar’s dragon might terrified the crowd, while its sound waves and baleful energy killed weaker cultivators and battered the Divine Ability Realm fighters.
• The attack killed sixty thousand gang members and left the forty thousand survivors injured, including Gu Yong and the other gang leaders.
• Ye Jiajia, Jiang Yaru, and the others marveled at Xia Ping’s power as the surviving enemies recognized that a human-wave strategy could not defeat him.

Xia Ping used the Azure Emperor Longevity Technique’s Myriad Manifestations to control the forest’s plants and slaughter the gangs who had attacked him and his allies. As the survivors fled, he discovered he could absorb soul energy from their deaths in the Virtual World and strengthen his divine sense.

• Xia Ping mocked the attackers, and Gu Yong urged them to target Jiang Yaru and the others, betting Xia Ping could not use his strongest attack without harming his allies.
• Xia Ping unleashed Myriad Manifestations, causing the forest’s plants to grow wildly and attack the gang members.
• Xia Ping controlled the plants through the World Tree and absorbed the soul energy released by his victims, strengthening his divine sense.
• The attackers panicked and tried to flee as the plants killed them, leaving them trapped in a plant-filled hell.

Xia Ping drove the gangs into a panicked retreat after massacring tens of thousands of them, then tracked down the fleeing Lu Hu. He killed Lu Hu with a brick and found the Ice Soul Silver Needle among the dropped treasures.

• The gangs fled after Xia Ping overwhelmed their hundred-thousand-strong force, while onlookers marveled at his power.
• Xia Ping continued hunting gang members for half an hour until his magical power began to run low, and he noted that his soul energy and divine sense had grown.
• Yu Qiqi told Xia Ping that Lu Hu had escaped, and Xia Ping located his aura more than ten thousand kilometers away.
• Lu Hu rested in the forest, relieved to have escaped and resolved never to provoke Wu Wudi again.
• Xia Ping surprised Lu Hu and killed him with a brick, forcing him out of the Virtual World and making him lose his treasures.
• Xia Ping found Lu Hu's dropped items, including the Ice Soul Silver Needle.

Xia Ping learned that the Cosmic Virtual Network could provide real cultivation resources and that cultivators fought over Spirit Mountains. After taking the Ice Soul Silver Needle, he headed back to meet Jiang Yaru and the others before attacking the gangs’ strongholds.

• Cat Immortal explained that the Ice Soul Silver Needle could kill souls in the Cosmic Virtual Network and described how real and virtual treasures could cross between worlds.
• Cat Immortal told Xia Ping that higher-level virtual spaces held more useful resources, which grew mainly on Spirit Mountains controlled by powerful groups.
• Xia Ping decided to seize the Black Tiger Gang’s Spirit Mountains, claiming he would punish the gangsters and uphold justice.
• Xia Ping put away the Ice Soul Silver Needle, searched the area for other treasures, and left to meet Jiang Yaru and the others.

After defeating the Black Tiger Gang’s leader and slaughtering the gangs that pursued him, Xia Ping arrived at Black Tiger Mountain with his companions and a group of children. The Black Tiger Gang formed its defensive array to confront him, but the reason for his assault remained unclear.

• Black Tiger Gang members recounted how Xia Ping had killed hundreds of their men and slaughtered tens of thousands of pursuers, while some accused him of hiding his identity.
• Nine alarm bells rang across Black Tiger Mountain, signaling an attack that threatened the gang’s survival.
• The Black Tiger Gang members learned that Wu Wudi had arrived and called for their deputy leader and elders, since their leader could not log in for months.
• Xia Ping kicked through the hall doors and entered Black Tiger Mountain with Jiang Yaru, Su Ji, Yu Qiqi, Chu Rong, Ye Jiajia, and other children.
• The Black Tiger Gang members formed the Black Tiger Yin Evil Array and demanded to know why Xia Ping had come.

Xia Ping attacked Black Tiger Mountain to destroy the Black Tiger Gang and slaughtered its members with overwhelming force. After killing the gang’s deputy leader and defeating its elders, he left only a handful of survivors, who feared the gang was finished.

• Xia Ping announced that he had come to flatten the Black Tiger Gang, whose members formed the Black Tiger Yin Evil Array and attacked him.
• Xia Ping destroyed the array with Sun Essence flames and burned hundreds of Black Tiger Gang members to death.
• The Black Tiger Gang’s deputy leader attacked Xia Ping with a massive axe, but Xia Ping killed him with one punch.
• Xia Ping fought the gang’s elders and other members with punches, slaps, and kicks, killing and injuring them in droves.
• The Black Tiger Gang’s forces in the hall were nearly wiped out, and the surviving members despaired over their leader’s absence and the gang’s imminent destruction.

Xia Ping and his companions stripped Black Tiger Mountain's Herb Garden and treasure vault bare, then left while the Black Tiger Gang could only watch. After learning of the raid, Lu Hu vowed revenge against Wu Wudi.

• Xia Ping and the children pulled up every plant in Black Tiger Mountain's Herb Garden, leaving it barren.
• The Black Tiger Gang members feared stopping them after Xia Ping had killed the gang's top figures.
• Xia Ping and his companions emptied the treasure vault, taking everything they found.
• Xia Ping thanked the Black Tiger Gang and said he would return if he got the chance, then left with his companions.
• Lu Hu learned that Xia Ping had raided Black Tiger Mountain and vowed to make him pay.

Xia Ping arrived at Wolf Fang Mountain disguised as a food deliveryman and demanded that the Wolf Fang Gang hand over every treasure. Gang Leader Gu Yong and the gang members rejected his demand and prepared to fight.

• Wolf Fang Gang members discussed Xia Ping's destruction of the Black Tiger Gang and insisted he would never dare attack their mountain.
• Xia Ping entered the Wolf Fang Gang hall after a black-clad member opened the door to the supposed food delivery.
• The gang members recognized Xia Ping and sounded the alarm, bringing Gang Leader Gu Yong and the other fighters out of the main hall.
• Gu Yong challenged Xia Ping and claimed the Wolf Fang Gang's numbers would overwhelm him.
• Xia Ping said he had come to seek justice and demanded every treasure on Wolf Fang Mountain.
• Wolf Fang Gang members refused to surrender their treasures and declared they were ready to fight.

Xia Ping defeated the Wolf Fang Gang by breaking its battle formation and killing Gu Yong, then took the gang’s treasures and spirit herbs. The surviving gang members swore to avenge themselves as Xia Ping left with Ye Jiajia and the children.

• Gu Yong ordered the Wolf Fang Gang to form its Wolf Fang Army-Breaking Formation and unleashed a horde of mana wolves against Xia Ping.
• Xia Ping used Kunpeng Step to evade the wolves and charge toward Gu Yong at the formation’s center.
• Xia Ping killed Gu Yong with one punch, causing the formation to collapse and injure or kill many Wolf Fang Gang members.
• Xia Ping sent Ye Jiajia and the other children to loot the treasure vault and Herb Garden, and they took everything.
• Xia Ping left Wolf Fang Mountain with the children while the surviving Wolf Fang Gang members vowed to take revenge.

Xia Ping attacked the Big Bear Gang and defeated its members, then took all its treasures. The gang realized the nearby Mad Lion Gang was likely next, but it was too late to warn them.

• Big Bear Gang members and leader Yu Tao discussed Wu Wudi's attacks on other gangs and feared he would come for them.
• Members announced that Wu Wudi had arrived, and Xia Ping burst into the gang's headquarters with Ye Jiajia and the others.
• The Big Bear Gang members attacked Xia Ping, but he defeated them all within half an hour, taking out Yu Tao early in the battle.
• Xia Ping and his companions carried off the Big Bear Gang's treasures, leaving the surviving members cursing him.
• An elder urged the gang to warn other gangs to flee, but a member said the nearby Mad Lion Gang was already too close to escape.

Xia Ping and his companions destroyed the Mad Lion Gang and then accepted the Giant Elephant Gang’s surrender, taking all its treasures. News of their campaign spread after they subdued more than a hundred major gangs across the region.

• The Mad Lion Gang members tried to flee after learning that Xia Ping had destroyed the Big Bear Gang, but Xia Ping arrived and reduced their gang to ruins.
• Xia Ping and his companions reached the Giant Elephant Gang, where Zhang Hao and the other leaders stood outside with a white flag and offered to surrender.
• Ye Jiajia and the children complained that the Giant Elephant Gang had surrendered without a fight, frightening its members further.
• Xia Ping accepted the surrender and ordered Zhang Hao and his gang to bring out every treasure they owned.
• The Giant Elephant Gang delivered its treasures, and Xia Ping stored them before leaving with his companions.
• News spread that Xia Ping and his group had subdued more than a hundred major gangs in over ten days.

People across the Five Great Star Regions discussed Wu Wudi after learning he had seized the Li Fire Forging Technique and defeated more than a hundred gangs. Rumors spread that he possessed the legendary Azure Emperor Body, while people in Far East City continued to curse him as a shameless swindler.

• People near Far East City discussed Wu Wudi’s role in obtaining the Li Fire Forging Technique, and witnesses claimed he had defeated a hundred thousand opponents through strength alone.
• Witnesses described Wu Wudi destroying over a hundred gangs, killing their leaders, and taking their accumulated treasures.
• The crowd repeated rumors that Wu Wudi had the Azure Emperor Body, an exceptionally powerful constitution with immense magical power and recovery.
• People in Far East City concluded that Wu Wudi was a descendant of an ancient family who swindled others as a hobby, and they cursed him.

After Xia Ping and the children ransacked 108 gangs, they met in Far East City to divide the enormous haul. The children logged off with their shares, unaware that their furious families were waiting to confront them.

• The elders of the great families learned that Ye Jiajia and the other children had joined Xia Ping in robbing gangs, and they blamed him for leading their descendants astray.
• Representatives reported that gang members were demanding compensation from the families, while intelligence revealed that the children had eagerly helped seize treasure and earned the nickname Little Devils.
• Xia Ping tallied the stolen goods at a value of at least ten billion Universal Coins and gave each of the thirty children ten million.
• Xia Ping gave Yu Qiqi, Su Ji, Chu Rong, and Jiang Yaru fifty million Universal Coins each, then repaid the money he had borrowed from the children.
• Ye Jiajia and the others said goodbye to Xia Ping and logged off, only for their family elders and parents to appear and confront them.

After Wu Wudi’s influence on their children enraged the elders of several great families, they began searching for him, while Ye Mengyao also vowed to capture him. Xia Ping returned to the real world, advanced his cultivation, and received 1.3 billion Hate Points from the system.

• The elders complained that their children had adopted Wu Wudi’s rebellious sayings and vowed to find him by tracking the rare Azure Emperor Body.
• Ye Jiajia refused Ye Mengyao’s warning to stay away from Wu Wudi, and the sisters argued for the first time.
• Ye Mengyao reasoned that Wu Wudi might have sealed his cultivation to enter the Novice Village and vowed to capture and interrogate him.
• Xia Ping refined spirit medicine in his villa on Giant Island and advanced to the peak of the early Treasure Refining Realm.
• The system told Xia Ping he had gained 1.3 billion Hate Points, bringing his total to 3.8 billion.