Recaps

Xia Ping underwent his thirty-sixth tribulation on a Guiyuan Sect training planet, drawing the attention of nearby cultivators who realized he was an unknown intruder. Senior Brother Liu Long arrived, recognized Xia Ping’s extraordinary talent, and ordered the group to kill him.

• Guiyuan Sect cultivators gathered at a safe distance and debated how Xia Ping could be undergoing tribulation despite being only in the Treasure Refining Realm.
• The cultivators realized Xia Ping was not one of their disciples and suspected he had intruded on their sect’s protected training planet.
• They decided to wait for senior disciples to arrive because the tribulation was too dangerous to approach.
• Liu Long arrived with five Treasure Refining Realm experts and assessed Xia Ping’s strength and talent.
• Liu Long declared that Xia Ping’s trespass was a capital offense and ordered the others to kill him.

While Xia Ping underwent a lightning tribulation on Guiyuan Sect territory, Liu Long and the sect disciples decided to kill him for his treasures despite his offer of Dragon Blood as compensation. The chapter ended with Liu Long attacking Xia Ping with his Dragon Scale Blade.

• Liu Long ordered the Guiyuan Sect disciples to attack Xia Ping during his tribulation and seize his treasures.
• Xia Ping offered the disciples three bottles of Dragon Blood as compensation for accidentally entering their territory.
• The disciples were tempted by the Dragon Blood, but Liu Long persuaded them that killing Xia Ping would yield even greater treasure.
• Xia Ping warned the Guiyuan Sect disciples that they would pay if they disrupted his tribulation, but they mocked him and refused to back down.
• Liu Long drew his Dragon Scale Blade and unleashed a massive slash at Xia Ping.

Xia Ping resisted his lightning tribulation while Liu Long and the Guiyuan Sect disciples attacked him. He redirected their formation’s power into the tribulation and devoured the resulting lightning essence, leaving the battle and his transformation ongoing.

• Liu Long’s blade strike failed to pierce Xia Ping’s condensed air barrier, and Xia Ping sent him crashing into a mountain wall.
• Xia Ping continued enduring the lightning tribulation, using his divine martial ability to break the bolts and absorb their energy.
• Enraged, Liu Long summoned dozens of Guiyuan Sect disciples to form the Mountain and River Guiyuan Formation and attack Xia Ping.
• Xia Ping used the Northern Underworld Body Protection Art to redirect the formation’s attack into the lightning tribulation, turning it into a strike that shattered the tribulation cloud.
• Xia Ping swallowed the scattered lightning essence, which coursed through and transformed his body and soul.

Xia Ping defeated Liu Long and the Guiyuan Sect disciples, survived the lightning tribulation, and absorbed its energy along with stellar power. He prepared to kill the helpless disciples, but an unknown figure called out from a thousand miles away.

• Liu Long used the Mountain and River Guiyuan Formation to attack Xia Ping, but Xia Ping shattered his blade and wounded him with Lightning Fist, breaking the formation and injuring the disciples.
• Xia Ping faced the Thirty-Six-Fold Lightning Tribulation and destroyed its final bolt with a punch.
• Xia Ping absorbed the lightning essence and stellar energy, strengthening his body and magical power as a Celestial Star Formation appeared in the sky.
• Xia Ping approached the wounded Liu Long and the other disciples, who threatened him with the Guiyuan Sect and pleaded for their lives.
• Xia Ping raised his hand to kill them, but a figure flying from a thousand miles away shouted, "Stop!"

Xia Ping confronted Zhao Hai, a True Fire Realm expert from the Guiyuan Sect, over the sect disciples’ attempt to kill him during his lightning tribulation. After Zhao Hai refused to admit fault and tried to suppress him, Xia Ping attacked, and the clash killed Liu Long and the other injured disciples.

• Zhao Hai arrived and learned Liu Long’s account, then ordered Xia Ping to surrender and return to Guiyuan Sect headquarters.
• Xia Ping explained that Guiyuan Sect’s disciples had ambushed him during his lightning tribulation, but Zhao Hai dismissed his accusations and refused to apologize.
• Zhao Hai’s furious roar failed to affect Xia Ping, who resisted the divine consciousness attack without moving.
• Xia Ping launched Lightning Fist at Liu Long and the others, while Zhao Hai countered with Palm Lightning.
• The lightning techniques collided, and the resulting energy blasts killed Liu Long and the other injured disciples.

Xia Ping killed Liu Long despite Zhao Hai’s efforts to save him, then fought Zhao Hai with star and lightning powers. The chapter left Xia Ping’s Hell Golden Crow Claw effortlessly seizing the Thunder Lord Hammer and burning away its lightning.

• Xia Ping used Kunpeng Step to catch the wounded Liu Long before he could escape.
• Xia Ping ignored Zhao Hai’s threat and killed Liu Long with a palm strike.
• Zhao Hai attacked Xia Ping with the Thunder Lord Hammer, but Xia Ping countered with the Star-Drawing Technique—Falling Stars.
• Zhao Hai summoned the Thunder Duke with his strongest strike, and Xia Ping answered with Hell Golden Crow Claw.
• Xia Ping’s golden claw seized the Thunder Lord Hammer and burned away its lightning energy.

Xia Ping killed Zhao Hai and the other Guiyuan Sect disciples, took their treasures, and left a provocative message before escaping the planet. Guiyuan Sect elders arrived at the battle site after his Star Ship had departed.

• Zhao Hai’s hammer strike failed to harm Xia Ping, who killed him with the Hell Golden Crow Claw.
• Xia Ping collected the treasures left behind by the Guiyuan Sect disciples, including the Dragon Scale Blade and Thunder Lord Hammer.
• Cat Immortal warned Xia Ping that Guiyuan Sect reinforcements were approaching, and Xia Ping carved a message on a boulder claiming responsibility for the killings as Wu Taidou.
• Xia Ping returned to the Star Ship and escaped through a wormhole without triggering the planet’s defensive formation.
• Guiyuan Sect elders arrived at the battle site after Xia Ping and his companions had left.

The Guiyuan Sect elders discovered that Wu Taidou had killed their disciples and left a defiant message, then vowed to hunt him down. Meanwhile, aboard a Star Ship, Xia Ping learned he had earned 700 million Hate Points and exchanged 1.5 billion for the Chaos Lightning Method to refine the excess lightning energy in his body.

• The Guiyuan Sect elders found no bodies at the scene and identified Wu Taidou as the killer from the message he had carved into a rock.
• The elders grew enraged at Wu Taidou's insult and ordered an investigation, debating how he had bypassed the planet's defensive formation.
• Hours later, Xia Ping cultivated aboard a Star Ship bound for Universe Planet while struggling to process the lightning essence he had absorbed.
• The system told Xia Ping that he had earned 700 million Hate Points, bringing his total to 2.5 billion, and warned him that excess lightning energy could harm him.
• Xia Ping exchanged 1.5 billion Hate Points for the Saint-level Chaos Lightning Method and spent three hours absorbing its knowledge.
• Xia Ping closed his eyes and began cultivating the Chaos Lightning Method.

Xia Ping cultivated the Chaos Lightning Method, condensed the Chaos Lightning Array, and transformed his body into the Thunder Emperor Body. After stabilizing his new power aboard the spaceship, he returned to Universe Planet.

• Xia Ping drew the lightning essence within his body into a Lightning Talisman, which purified the energy and strengthened his physique.
• The Lightning Talisman transformed into a Chaos Lightning Array that fused with Xia Ping's body and formed the Thunder Emperor Body.
• Xia Ping tested his new lightning abilities with Lightning Fist, Palm Lightning, Lightning Eye, and Thunder God Leg in the Training Room.
• Xia Ping stabilized the Thunder Emperor Body and continued studying the Chaos Lightning Method as his cultivation advanced.
• Cat Immortal told Xia Ping the concealed Saint-Grade Spaceship had returned to Universe Planet, and the spaceship landed there.

Xia Ping arrived on Universe Planet with Jiang Yaru, Chu Rong, Su Ji, Yu Qiqi, and Feng Hetang, and learned that Lingyun Sect disciples had been humiliating Universe Sect newcomers in restricted martial exchanges. He agreed to go confront them, while his companions still needed help joining the sect.

• Xia Ping and his companions arrived on Universe Planet and admired its dense spiritual energy and diverse, powerful races.
• Xia Ping said he would ask a Universe Sect elder to let his companions join the sect, and the group headed toward the Elder Court.
• Feng Hetang provoked a group of injured Universe Sect disciples, who recognized Xia Ping and told him Lingyun Sect visitors had badly beaten them.
• The disciples explained that a powerful Lingyun Sect newcomer was exploiting rules that barred older disciples from competing while the Universe Sect’s top-ranked newcomers were in seclusion.
• Xia Ping agreed to go see the Lingyun Sect disciples, interested in testing their abilities and earning Hate Points.

Jian Qingbai and the Lingyun Sect disciples humiliated the Universe Sect disciples, defeating Gattuso and taunting them about Xia Ping. Xia Ping arrived just as Jian Qingbai was preparing to leave, drawing the Lingyun Sect group’s attention.

• Jian Qingbai challenged the Universe Sect disciples and mocked them, including the absent Xia Ping.
• Gattuso stepped forward to fight Jian Qingbai, but Jian Qingbai’s Waterfall Heavenly Gang Sword badly injured him with one strike.
• The Universe Sect disciples discussed how their strongest members were away and feared they could not defeat Jian Qingbai’s group.
• Jian Qingbai called the Universe Sect disciples the “Sick Men of the Universe Sect” and prepared to leave with the Lingyun Sect disciples.
• Xia Ping appeared and addressed Jian Qingbai, prompting the Lingyun Sect disciples to stop and look at him.

Xia Ping faced Lingyun Sect prodigy Jian Qingbai and effortlessly overwhelmed his sword techniques, revealing a vast gap in their strength. Jian Qingbai was left gravely injured as his fellow disciples rushed to save him.

• Lingyun Sect disciples scrutinized Xia Ping, while Jian Qingbai challenged him and Xia Ping offered to fight with one hand.
• Jian Qingbai unleashed the Waterfall Heavenly Gang Sword, but Xia Ping dispersed its sword energy with a flick and sent Jian Qingbai flying.
• Xia Ping praised Jian Qingbai's technique and predicted he could reach the Golden Core Realm, angering Jian Qingbai.
• Jian Qingbai launched the Mountain-Collapsing Earth-Splitting Sword, and Xia Ping crushed it with the Great Yin-Yang Tablet-Shattering Hand.
• Xia Ping slammed Jian Qingbai into the ground, leaving him near death, and Lingyun Sect disciples rushed to revive him.

Xia Ping defeated Jian Qingbai and provoked the Lingyun Sect disciples until Bian Haifan arrived on a Single-Horned Lava Leopard. Bian Haifan revealed that Xia Ping had reached the Treasure Refining Realm and challenged his treatment of weaker opponents.

• Xia Ping claimed he had accidentally struck Jian Qingbai so hard that he nearly died, while the Universe Sect disciples mocked the Lingyun Sect for protesting.
• Xia Ping taunted the Lingyun Sect disciples and invited them to attack him together.
• Bian Haifan descended on a Single-Horned Lava Leopard and stopped the Lingyun Sect disciples from attacking, warning that they were no match for Xia Ping.
• Bian Haifan accused Xia Ping of bullying Jian Qingbai despite having reached the Treasure Refining Realm, shocking both sects with Xia Ping's cultivation progress.

Xia Ping confronted Bian Haifan after defeating Jian Qingbai, then fought Bian Haifan’s Single-Horned Lava Leopard with overwhelming physical strength. He left the beast badly injured and thwarted its enraged fire attack, shocking everyone present.

• Xia Ping revealed that he had reached the Treasure Refining Realm and challenged Bian Haifan to stand up for Jian Qingbai himself.
• Bian Haifan refused to fight personally and ordered his Single-Horned Lava Leopard to trample Xia Ping to death.
• Xia Ping struck the charging Single-Horned Lava Leopard and sent it flying, while the force also knocked Bian Haifan away.
• Xia Ping attacked the injured beast again, breaking its bones and provoking it to erupt with flames and a formation.
• Xia Ping punched the flames back into the Single-Horned Lava Leopard’s mouth and shattered its formation, leaving the onlookers stunned.

Xia Ping killed Bian Haifan’s Single-Horned Lava Leopard, then defeated Bian Haifan’s Meteor Fire Rain divine ability and struck him into a crater. Bian Haifan lay severely injured, with more than a hundred bones shattered.

• Xia Ping killed the Single-Horned Lava Leopard with a punch and said he would make a meal of it.
• Bian Haifan flew into a rage and unleashed his Meteor Fire Rain martial arts divine ability against Xia Ping.
• Xia Ping tore apart the formation, crushed its fiery meteors into a ball, and swallowed the fire energy.
• Bian Haifan charged Xia Ping, who struck him with an Yin-Yang millstone palm and shattered his protective layers and bones.

Xia Ping defeated Bian Haifan, then roasted and shared Bian’s Single-Horned Lava Leopard with the Universe Sect disciples. Ye Mengyao arrived and heard Bian accuse Xia Ping, leaving the Lingyun Sect women demanding justice.

• The Lingyun Sect disciples revived Bian Haifan after Xia Ping defeated him.
• Xia Ping roasted Bian Haifan’s Single-Horned Lava Leopard in the Universe Sect plaza and invited everyone to eat.
• The Universe Sect disciples and Jiang Yaru ate the meat, then meditated to absorb its powerful energy.
• Bian Haifan grew furious at seeing his mount eaten and fainted before his disciples revived him.
• Ye Mengyao arrived with several female disciples, and Bian Haifan accused Xia Ping of injuring him and killing and roasting his mount.
• The Lingyun Sect women condemned Xia Ping and threatened to report him to the Universe Sect elders.

Xia Ping defeated Bian Haifan and enraged Ye Mengyao by mocking her age when she challenged him to a spar. As Ye Mengyao prepared to teach him a lesson, Xia Ping called for a Universe Sect elder, who appeared from the void.

• Xia Ping defended himself against Lingyun Sect disciples' accusations, saying he had beaten Bian Haifan in a spar and killed and grilled Bian Haifan's mount in self-defense.
• Ye Mengyao stopped the Lingyun Sect disciples from attacking Xia Ping and challenged him to spar with her.
• Xia Ping refused to fight Ye Mengyao and called her an auntie, provoking her and the other Lingyun Sect disciples.
• Xia Ping mocked Ye Mengyao for pretending to be young and called her an old-timer when she again proposed a spar.
• Xia Ping loudly called for a Universe Sect elder to stop Ye Mengyao from bullying him, and a Lightning Tribulation Realm elder appeared from the void.

Lu Cheng stopped Ye Mengyao and the Lingyun Sect disciples from continuing their dispute with Xia Ping, then agreed to test Xia Ping’s five companions for entry into the Universe Sect. After discovering their exceptional aptitudes, Lu Cheng accepted them, but another elder arrived demanding to know who had bathed in Dragon Blood.

• Lu Cheng arrived at the plaza and ended the confrontation, prompting Ye Mengyao and the Lingyun Sect disciples to leave.
• Xia Ping offered Lu Cheng some roasted vicious beast meat and praised him, and Lu Cheng led Xia Ping and his companions to his courtyard.
• Xia Ping asked Lu Cheng to let Jiang Yaru, Chu Rong, Yu Qiqi, Su Ji, and Feng Hetang join the Universe Sect.
• Lu Cheng examined the five companions, discovered their remarkable aptitudes, and agreed to accept them as disciples.
• Another elder barged into the courtyard and demanded to know who had bathed in Dragon Blood.

Xia Ping saw Jiang Yaru and the others accepted as beginner disciples by Universe Sect elders, then met with Lv Wenhou, Li Hu, Batu, and Kuer. Kuer explained the demons of the Cosmic Abyss and how ancient Saints’ battles had opened rifts that let them invade the universe.

• Liu Dong summoned several Universe Sect elders to Lu Cheng’s courtyard, where they competed to take Jiang Yaru and the others as disciples.
• Several elders selected Jiang Yaru and the others as beginner disciples, and one also took an interest in Feng Hetang.
• Xia Ping returned to Yanhuang Peak, and the next day Lv Wenhou, Li Hu, Batu, and Kuer came to discuss the Demon Battlefield with him.
• Kuer told Xia Ping that demons came from the Cosmic Abyss, fed on living beings, and grew stronger by devouring them.
• Kuer explained that ancient Saints had torn open spatial rifts, allowing demons to invade and cause a catastrophic war across the universe.

Kuer, Lv Wenhou, Li Hu, and Batu explained the Demon Battlefield, its dangers, and the upcoming contest among the five great sects. Xia Ping agreed to join their alliance for the training, leaving the group hopeful about their chances.

• Kuer explained that cosmic rifts connected to the Abyss of the Universe remained sealed in the Demon Battlefield, where sect experts guarded them against demons.
• Xia Ping asked why the ancient races had not exterminated the demons, and Kuer said demons would be born endlessly as long as the Abyss of the Universe existed.
• Lv Wenhou told Xia Ping that disciples from the five great sects would enter the Demon Battlefield in ten days for a training contest.
• Li Hu explained that demon cores contained pure yang energy and could help cultivators increase their mana.
• Batu and Lv Wenhou warned Xia Ping that the battlefield was deadly and that Heavenly Demons could invade souls and seize bodies.
• Kuer asked Xia Ping to cooperate with the group, and Xia Ping agreed to form an alliance for the training.

After recovering from his defeat, Bian Haifan plotted to make Xia Ping a target by spreading exaggerated praise of him before the five sects’ Demon Battlefield trial. Xia Ping and the Universe Sect disciples arrived at the sealed Demon Continent, where the trial was set to begin.

• Bian Haifan and the Lingyun Sect disciples complained about their losses and blamed Xia Ping for their humiliation.
• Bian Haifan planned to spread claims that Xia Ping was the trial’s strongest participant so other geniuses would challenge him.
• The Lingyun Sect disciples praised Bian Haifan’s scheme, and Xia Ping’s reputation began spreading through the five great sects.
• After several more days of cultivation, Xia Ping joined the Universe Sect disciples as they teleported to the Demon Continent.
• The disciples saw the enormous cosmic rift and the formations and chains of order sealing it.

Xia Ping arrived at the Demon Battlefield and felt that its demonic qi could awaken his Hell Golden Crow Bloodline. When disciples from the other four great sects challenged his reputation as the strongest new disciple, he discovered that a forum post praising him had provoked them into demanding proof.

• Xia Ping sensed his Hell Golden Crow Bloodline responding eagerly to the Demon Battlefield’s demonic qi and resolved to absorb it.
• Disciples from the Lingyun Sect, Guiyuan Sect, Five Elements Sect, and Flying Immortal Sect arrived and questioned Xia Ping’s claim to be the strongest new disciple.
• Kuer told Xia Ping that a pinned Martial Arts Forum post about him had caused a major uproar.
• Xia Ping read a post by “I Eat Pork Rib Rice” declaring him unmatched and urging the other disciples to curry favor with him.
• Disciples from the four rival sects denounced the post and named Hua Yang, Shi Anchang, and Li Powang among the geniuses who could defeat Xia Ping.

Bian Haifan and his paid lackeys stirred up a sect-wide feud on the martial arts forum by posing as Xia Ping’s admirers and boasting of his strength. Bian Haifan then publicly pretended to concede to Xia Ping, provoking the other sects’ disciples to challenge him in the Demon Battlefield.

• Bian Haifan, posting as “I Eat Pork Rib Rice,” argued that Xia Ping had defeated him and mocked disciples who doubted Xia Ping’s strength.
• Bian Haifan’s lackeys posed as Xia Ping’s fans, while disciples from the five great sects traded insults and attacked one another’s martial arts.
• The forum brawl spread, with Universe Sect disciples joining in after the other sects insulted their sect.
• Bian Haifan revealed his identity and falsely described how Xia Ping had beaten him and eaten his Single-Horned Lava Leopard.
• Bian Haifan dubbed Xia Ping “Xia Invincible,” enraging the other sects’ disciples and making them eager to test Xia Ping in the Demon Battlefield.

Xia Ping used the Demon Battlefield trial to openly claim leadership of the new disciples from the five great sects, provoking their anger. When Ju Xinliang challenged him, Xia Ping crushed his sword attack and slammed him into the ground.

• Xia Ping realized Bian Haifan had made him a target by spreading praise meant to provoke the other sects, and decided to use the hostility to gain Hate Points.
• Xia Ping proposed that the five sects choose a leader for the dangerous Demon Battlefield trial and declared himself the only suitable candidate.
• Disciples from the four other great sects rejected Xia Ping's claim, and he further enraged them by reserving first place for himself and boasting of his strength.
• Ju Xinliang of the Five Elements Sect challenged Xia Ping and attacked with a powerful strike of Sword Qi.
• Xia Ping crushed Ju Xinliang's Sword Qi with one hand and struck him into the ground, leaving a massive palm print.

Xia Ping defeated Ju Xinliang with the Great Yin-Yang Tablet-Shattering Palm, then faced challenges from the strongest new disciples of the other four sects. The four peak Treasure Refining Realm cultivators gathered to fight him, and Xia Ping agreed to exchange moves with them.

• Xia Ping struck Ju Xinliang into a deep pit, and Five Elements Sect disciples pulled Ju Xinliang out and gave him healing pills.
• Ju Xinliang recovered enough to realize Xia Ping had held back, while the other sect disciples grew wary of Xia Ping's strength.
• Meng Yunxiao of the Lingyun Sect challenged Xia Ping, followed by Shi Anchang of the Guiyuan Sect, Hua Yang of the Five Elements Sect, and Li Powang of the Flying Immortal Sect.
• The four challengers confronted Xia Ping, who called them chickens and dogs made of clay but agreed to exchange moves with them.