Recaps

Xia Ping’s arrow awakened three Sunshine Demons, which immediately hunted the gathered great demons. The Sunshine Demons slaughtered demons across the continent, leaving the survivors cursing Xia Ping as the cause of their destruction.

• The Deadly Poison Demon prepared to attack Xia Ping and the humans after they had killed tens of millions of demons.
• Xia Ping’s arrows awakened three Sunshine Demons, whose appearance terrified the demons across the continent.
• The Sunshine Demons sensed the great demons gathered in the valley and began firing death rays at them.
• The great demons fled in every direction, but the death rays killed them through the air, underground, and among the mountains.
• A death ray killed the Deadly Poison Demon, while the surviving demons cursed Xia Ping for provoking the Sunshine Demons.

The five sects’ disciples watched Sunshine Demons slaughter huge demons while Xia Ping stayed hidden, and they discovered they could contact the Heavenly Secret List again. When the list updated in the Human Realm, Xia Ping’s points surged past fifty million, leaving the elders of the five sects shocked and accusing the Universe Sect of cheating.

• Meng Yunxiao explained that the Sunshine Demons were still in the Lightning Tribulation Realm but wielded overwhelming bloodline power, and that Saint Realm Sunshine Demons could slaughter Saints.
• The disciples blamed Xia Ping for provoking the Sunshine Demons, then discovered that the array concealing the Demon Continent had been destroyed and they could contact the Heavenly Secret List.
• The disciples debated whether to return to the Human Realm before the trial ended, while Xia Ping considered hunting the Sunshine Demons once he became stronger.
• The Heavenly Secret List updated with Xia Ping’s points exceeding fifty million, while Lv Wenhou and Kuer took second and third place and the top twenty were all Universe Sect disciples.
• The elders of the other four major sects accused the Universe Sect of cheating, while the Universe Sect elders were unable to explain the rankings.

The elders ended the trial after learning demons had attacked the disciples and the three Sunshine Demons had awakened. Xia Ping and the surviving disciples returned to the Human Realm, while the furious demons blamed Xia Ping for ruining their plan.

• The Heavenly Secret List revealed that demons had blinded its senses with the Heavenly Demon Yin-Yang Reversal Grand Array and that one-fifth of the disciples had been killed or injured.
• Ye Mengyao urged the elders to end the trial because the three awakened Sunshine Demons threatened the disciples, and the elders agreed.
• The Heavenly Secret List summoned the disciples away from the Demon Continent, and Xia Ping returned with them as the demons cursed his name.
• The disciples rejoiced at reaching safety, while Xia Ping regretted leaving the Demon Continent and its cultivation opportunities.

After the Demon Continent trial, the elders praised the surviving disciples, while they privately credited Xia Ping for saving them and doubted his extraordinary score. The Heavenly Secret List confirmed Xia Ping’s record-breaking first place and awarded three drops of Imperial Flow Elixir.

• Lingyun Sect, Five Elements Sect, and Guiyuan Sect elders praised Meng Yunxiao, Hua Yang, and Shi Anchang, while the disciples privately remembered that Xia Ping had saved them.
• A Five Elements Sect elder accused Xia Ping of cheating, but Hua Yang and the others stayed silent rather than reveal how Xia Ping had defeated the demons.
• A Flying Immortal Sect elder questioned Li Powang about Xia Ping’s score, and Li Powang affirmed that Xia Ping deserved first place while hiding his resentment over the spirit herbs Xia Ping had extorted.
• The Heavenly Secret List announced that Xia Ping had won with 57,879,657 points, surpassing all previous records.
• The Heavenly Secret List opened a spatial passage and bestowed three drops of Imperial Flow Elixir, stunning the elders.

Xia Ping absorbed Imperial Flow Elixir, awakening more Hell Golden Crow Cells and reaching the peak of the Treasure Refining Realm. After winning the trial, he received the high-grade spirit artifact Heaven-Burying Bow and a Heaven-Piercing Token, leaving the five great sects’ disciples and elders stunned and envious.

• Xia Ping swallowed a drop of Imperial Flow Elixir and used its energy to awaken one hundred thousand Hell Golden Crow Cells, bringing his total to seven hundred thousand.
• The Imperial Flow Elixir filled Xia Ping’s Purple Mansion with mana and advanced his cultivation to the consummate Treasure Refining Realm, while his divine consciousness began forming Spirit Fire.
• The disciples of the five great sects watched Xia Ping’s rapid progress with envy, and even Lv Wenhou and Meng Yunxiao could not match his pace.
• The Heaven Secret List rewarded Xia Ping with the Heaven-Burying Bow, which the elders identified as an imitation of a sacred artifact and a high-grade spirit artifact.
• Xia Ping received a golden Heaven-Piercing Token, astonishing Ye Mengyao and making the elders of the five great sects intensely envious.

After the trial, Xia Ping learned that his golden token granted entry to the Heaven-Connecting Secret Realm and received 2.5 billion Hate Points. He spent most of his new wealth on Chaos Essence Gold for his natal magic treasure, then hurried to North Nether Saint after learning the Dragon-Trapping Stake had been forged.

• The Universe Sect elder explained that Xia Ping’s Heaven-Connecting Token granted access to a secret realm where a Saint-making opportunity might be found, and the trial’s rewards ended before the disciples returned to their sects.
• The five great sects’ elders learned that Xia Ping and the others had saved the other sects’ disciples, and Ye Mengyao left with the sense that she would meet Xia Ping again.
• Xia Ping returned to Yanhuang Peak and learned from the system that he had gained 2.5 billion Hate Points, bringing his total to 3.5 billion.
• The system recommended Chaos Essence Gold as the main material for Xia Ping’s natal magic treasure, and he spent 3 billion Hate Points to obtain a piece.
• Xia Ping received a message that North Nether Saint had finished forging the Dragon-Trapping Stake, so he put away the Chaos Essence Gold and flew to his residence.

Xia Ping met with the North Nether Saint, who praised his performance in the Demon Battlefield and warned him about the Heaven-Connecting Secret Realm. The Saint returned an upgraded Dragon-Trapping Stake and guided Xia Ping through his cultivation questions before Xia Ping left with new insight.

• The North Nether Saint praised Xia Ping for his unprecedented score in the Demon Battlefield trial.
• The North Nether Saint explained that the Heaven-Piercing Token would grant access to the Heaven-Connecting Secret Realm, but warned Xia Ping not to enter before reaching the Golden Core Realm.
• The North Nether Saint returned the repaired Dragon-Trapping Stake, upgraded into an absolute-grade spirit artifact that could trap enemies two realms above Xia Ping.
• Xia Ping examined the Stake and discovered that it could form a much larger Dragon-Trapping Domain without needing to set up multiple pillars.
• Xia Ping asked the North Nether Saint about his cultivation, and the Saint helped him resolve his accumulated doubts over the course of a day.

After learning that forging his life-bound treasure would attract dangerous attention, Xia Ping decided to use the Mist Star Sector as a remote forge site. Cat Immortal revealed that the Star Sect’s hidden treasure was there, and Xia Ping set out aboard the Star Ship after collecting his promised reward.

• The system warned Xia Ping that forging Chaos Essence Gold on Yanhuang Peak would create phenomena visible across hundreds of light-years and draw dangerous attention.
• Cat Immortal directed Xia Ping to the Mist Star Sector, and Green Ox warned that its deadly mist, chaotic magnetic fields, and cosmic beasts could trap or kill even Saints.
• Cat Immortal explained that the Star Sect’s master hid the sect’s treasures in the Mist Star Sector and could navigate it using his Star-Drawing Technique and knowledge of fixed planets.
• Xia Ping agreed to enter the Mist Star Sector after Cat Immortal judged him strong enough, and learned the journey would take about ten days aboard the Star Ship.
• The four great sects sent Xia Ping seventy ten-thousand-year spiritual medicines as his promised reward, while their disciples secretly cursed him for the loss.
• After resting and preparing, Xia Ping departed aboard the Star Ship for the Mist Star Sector.

Xia Ping agreed to let Green Ox use more than fifty million demon cores to restore the Mountain River Bead, which expanded its inner world and revived some of its offensive power. The Star Ship then reached the Mist Star Sector, where a Saint-level Heavenly God Whale appeared and forced the crew to hide.

• Green Ox explained that the demon cores could restore the Mountain River Bead and help it refine spirit medicines into powerful Primal Chaos Pills, and Xia Ping approved.
• Green Ox used the demon cores to repair the Mountain River Bead, doubling its land area, enriching its soil, expanding the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil, and restoring ancient formations.
• Green Ox said the Mountain River Bead could become an offensive treasure and that restoring it further might awaken the Map of the Realm, while it began preparing the spirit medicines for cultivation.
• After traveling for more than ten days, the Star Ship reached the Mist Star Sector, where the gray mist disrupted its sensors and cut off all communication.
• A Heavenly God Whale swallowed planets and mist nearby, so Cat Immortal activated the Star Ship's stealth system and hid it in dimensional space.

Xia Ping and his companions entered the Mist Star Sector, narrowly avoided a Heavenly God Whale, and used his Star-Drawing Technique to follow the stellar coordinates toward the Star Sect’s treasure. After finding a habitable planet, Xia Ping landed to forge his life-bound artifact while the Golden Slime fed on nearby mineral asteroids.

• Xia Ping, Green Ox, and Cat Immortal encountered a Heavenly God Whale, which drifted away without noticing their hidden Star Ship.
• Cat Immortal explained that the Star-Drawing Technique revealed the stellar coordinates left by the Star Sect’s master, and Xia Ping sensed them and set their direction.
• Xia Ping and his companions traveled through the Mist Star Sector for three days, passing ferocious beasts and tens of thousands of abandoned cosmic warships.
• Xia Ping found a habitable planet and chose it as a temporary resting place where he could forge his life-bound artifact.
• Xia Ping let the Golden Slime devour nearby mineral asteroids, then landed and set up protective formations around a valley.
• Xia Ping took out the Chaos Essence Gold and began considering what kind of natal magic treasure to forge.

Xia Ping forged Chaos Essence Gold into a bell and carved his divine ability arrays into it to create his natal Dharma treasure. The completed bell rang across the planet, though the surrounding mists contained its shockwaves.

• Xia Ping envisioned a bell as his natal Dharma treasure and used the Li Fire Forging Technique to hammer Chaos Essence Gold into its shape over three days and nights.
• Xia Ping carved the Celestial Star Formation, Azure Emperor Longevity Array, Yin Yang Universe Array, and Hell Golden Crow Array into the bell.
• Xia Ping replenished his magical power with pills and continued adding arrays, including the Chaos Lightning, Lion Vajra, Seven Sha Dragon Roar, and Northern Underworld Kunpeng Arrays.
• Xia Ping imprinted the final divine ability array, and the completed bell rang with enough force to shake the planet.
• The mists around the Mist Star Sector blocked the bell's shockwaves before they could spread far enough to attract cosmic ferocious beasts.

Xia Ping's newly forged Chaos Bell faced a devastating Black Sha Gale tribulation, but it protected him and grew stronger as it endured the assault. The gale also tempered Xia Ping, leaving him on the verge of entering the True Fire Realm.

• Xia Ping named his life-bound treasure the Chaos Bell after forging it from Chaos Essence Gold.
• A powerful treasure tribulation descended, and Green Ox and Cat Immortal identified it as the Black Sha Gale.
• Xia Ping used the Chaos Bell's Impervious to All Arts defense to withstand the gale and its savage beasts, then shattered them with the bell's sound waves.
• The tribulation intensified and attacked Xia Ping as well, but the Chaos Bell's five-colored barrier blocked the black runes.
• The Black Sha Gale refined the Chaos Bell and tempered Xia Ping's Soul Fire until it became a roaring inferno, bringing him to the verge of the True Fire Realm.

As Xia Ping neared the end of his magic treasure’s Black Sha Gale tribulation, Captain Wei Dong and the Lost Ones aboard his ship decided to kill him and seize the treasure. Xia Ping sensed the attackers and warned them away, but they mocked him as they approached.

• A crew member spotted Xia Ping undergoing a Black Sha Gale tribulation, and Wei Dong realized his magic treasure might become a sacred artifact.
• Wei Dong told the Lost Ones that seizing the treasure could help them dominate the Mist Star Sector and find a way out.
• Wei Dong ordered more than a hundred crew members to leave their ship and attack Xia Ping before he completed the tribulation.
• As the Black Sha Gale weakened, Xia Ping sensed the attackers approaching and warned them not to interfere with his breakthrough.
• Wei Dong and the others laughed at Xia Ping’s threat as they continued toward him.

Xia Ping endured Wei Dong and his crew’s assault while the Chaos Bell blocked their attacks, and the impact helped him ignite his Spirit Fire. He broke through to the early stage of the True Fire Realm, leaving Wei Dong and the others stunned by the overwhelming power of his divine sense.

• Wei Dong ordered his crew to attack Xia Ping and tried to kill him with the Death Ray Spear.
• The Chaos Bell raised a Spatial Barrier that blocked the crew’s attacks and grew stronger as their blows struck it.
• Xia Ping used the Northern Underworld Body Protection Art to absorb the immense energy while his soul’s flame intensified.
• Xia Ping’s Spirit Fire transformed into a blazing sun, creating a celestial phenomenon that shook the surrounding world.
• Xia Ping entered the early stage of the True Fire Realm, and Wei Dong and his crew recoiled in shock at his power.

After entering the True Fire Realm, Xia Ping absorbed the Black Sha Gale and displayed overwhelming power. He left Wei Dong and the Lost Ones facing the consequences of trying to seize his treasure.

• Xia Ping entered the True Fire Realm, gaining a vast Purple Mansion, heightened control of his power, and a stronger Hell Golden Crow Bloodline.
• Xia Ping inhaled the Black Sha Gale, refining its energy and clearing the planet's sky.
• Wei Dong and the Lost Ones feared Xia Ping, but Wei Dong still wanted to claim his treasure.
• Xia Ping crushed Wei Dong's deathly spear attack with a single palm and killed him.

Xia Ping annihilated the Lost Ones who had attacked him and captured their ship. He set it down safely and prepared to investigate what it contained for information about the Mist Star Sector.

• Xia Ping killed Wei Dong, and the vice-captain fled toward the ship before Xia Ping punched him apart.
• Xia Ping struck down more than a hundred Lost Ones with one punch, devastating the surrounding landscape.
• The Lost Ones aboard the ship panicked and tried to escape the planet after witnessing the slaughter.
• Xia Ping activated the Chaos Bell, killing everyone aboard without damaging the ship.
• Xia Ping caught the falling ship, set it down, and wondered what information he could find inside.

Xia Ping found a star chart leading to the Five Elements Planet, where the Star Sect's treasure was hidden. After Golden Slime returned far stronger from devouring metal across the sector, Xia Ping tested its evolved Endless War Blade and prepared to leave for the planet.

• Xia Ping found a star chart that marked the Five Elements Planet as the Lost Ones' base and revealed its rich five-element resources and defenses against cosmic beasts.
• Cat Immortal recognized the Five Elements Planet as the place where the Star Sect's treasure was hidden, and Xia Ping decided to head there soon.
• Xia Ping summoned Golden Slime, which had evolved by devouring metal planets and battleship fragments scattered across nearby worlds.
• Xia Ping discovered Golden Slime had advanced into a high-grade Spirit Artifact and tested Endless War Blade, which created a vast sword formation that leveled mountains.
• Xia Ping ordered Golden Slime to devour the Lost Ones' ship before they left.

Xia Ping reached the Five Elements Planet and learned from Cat Immortal that it was a living member of the rare Gaia Race, sealed by the Star Sect's former master. He planned to use his Soul Seal to make the Gaia his subordinate.

• Xia Ping finished consolidating his True Fire Realm cultivation and refining the Chaos Bell as the Star Ship arrived at the Five Elements Planet.
• Xia Ping used his Hell Golden Crow Eye to see the Five Elements Heavenly Dragon Demon-Sealing Array that sealed the planet.
• Cat Immortal revealed that the planet was a Gaia, a naturally born planetary life-form and one of the universe's peak races.
• Cat Immortal explained that the Star Sect's former master had sealed the Gaia for hundreds of millions of years but had failed to make it submit.
• Xia Ping decided that his Soul Seal could succeed where the former master had failed and make the Gaia his loyal subordinate.

Xia Ping learned that he needed the five Five Elements Spirit Talismans to control the array guarding the Star Sect’s treasure, then headed down to Five Elements Planet. Meanwhile, the Mysterious Heaven Sect sent thousands of cultivators to the planet to seize control of the same array and establish a foothold in the Mist Star Sector.

• Cat Immortal told Xia Ping that the Star Sect’s treasure lay beneath the planet and that five Spirit Talismans were needed to control the array protecting it.
• Xia Ping learned that the talismans could only be refined by cultivators of the Star-Drawing Technique, unless a Saint overcame the safeguards.
• Xia Ping boarded the Star Ship and descended to Five Elements Planet.
• A space-time gate brought thousands of Mysterious Heaven Sect cultivators to another part of the planet.
• A Mysterious Heaven Sect elder explained that the planet was a safe zone and that the sect planned to collect the talismans, control the array, and turn the planet into a training ground.

The Mysterious Heaven Sect, Bright Moon Pavilion, and Heavenly Sovereign Sect gathered on the Five Elements Planet to claim its talismans and explore the dangerous Mist Star Sector. As the sects eyed one another warily, Qiu Xue and Su Mei arrived with the Bright Moon Pavilion, both near the Treasure Refining Realm.

• Hao Xingguang explained that the Mysterious Heaven Sect invited the other sects partly to use them as cannon fodder and share the risks of exploring the Mist Star Sector.
• Rong Hang ordered the Mysterious Heaven Sect disciples to set out for the five Five Elements Spirit Talismans and control of the Five Elements Heavenly Dragon Demon-Sealing Array.
• The Heavenly Sovereign Sect disciples recognized the Mysterious Heaven Sect might exploit them, but decided to join the expedition while staying alert and concealing their suspicions.
• The Bright Moon Pavilion's female disciples gathered, and Qiu Xue and Su Mei stood out as its two most striking members.
• Qiu Xue and Su Mei were revealed to have reached the peak of the Divine Ability Realm and come within one step of the Treasure Refining Realm.

Qiu Xue and Su Mei endured hostile rumors from jealous Bright Moon Pavilion disciples and learned that some people might try to keep them from returning alive. As the three great sects arrived on the planet, Xia Ping piloted the Star Ship down to the surface.

• Disciples from the Mysterious Heaven Sect and Heavenly Sovereign Sect discussed pursuing the Bright Moon Pavilion women, while some Bright Moon Pavilion disciples insulted Qiu Xue and Su Mei.
• Su Mei dismissed the rumors, and Qiu Xue explained that jealousy over their talent and a Saint's offer to take them as disciples had made them targets.
• Su Mei warned Qiu Xue that certain people in Bright Moon Pavilion might try to stop them from returning alive, and Qiu Xue urged caution.
• Xia Ping piloted the Star Ship down to the planet as the three great sects arrived.

Xia Ping arrived on Five Elements Planet, sensed Gaia awakening in response to him, and set out to find a Metal Spirit Talisman. Before he could leave, a group of Lost Ones led by an early Golden Core Realm cultivator confronted him and offered him a place in their tribe.

• Xia Ping landed on Five Elements Planet and sensed its dense spiritual energy and Gaia's consciousness throughout the world.
• The Hell Golden Crow Bloodline within Xia Ping resonated with the planet, and Gaia briefly awakened before the Five Elements Heavenly Dragon Demon-Sealing Array suppressed it.
• Cat Immortal told Xia Ping that the nearby Metal Temple held a Metal Spirit Talisman guarded by savage beasts.
• More than a hundred Lost Ones arrived, and Xia Ping recognized them as inhabitants of the Mist Star Sector.
• Scarface, the Lost Ones' early Golden Core Realm leader, offered Xia Ping protection if he joined their tribe.

Xia Ping refused to join a tribe on Five Elements Planet, and Scarface’s group threatened him and demanded his spaceship and treasures. When Xia Ping challenged them to try taking it, the man in black beast hide attacked him with a spear.

• Xia Ping refused Scarface’s invitation to join the tribe and prepared to leave.
• The man in black beast hide and another warrior threatened Xia Ping, insisting he had to join or die.
• Scarface offered to let Xia Ping leave if he surrendered his spaceship and all his treasures.
• Xia Ping mocked Scarface’s offer by asking if he could become chief, then calmly challenged the group to attack.
• The man in black beast hide thrust his spear at Xia Ping.

Xia Ping killed Xu Wu after effortlessly stopping his spear strike, provoking Scarface to attack with the Blood Sky Demon Blade. Xia Ping blocked Scarface’s slash with the Chaos Bell, leaving Scarface shocked that his attack had failed.

• Xu Wu attacked Xia Ping with his spear, but Xia Ping stopped it with a mana vortex formed at his fingertip.
• Xia Ping struck Xu Wu with a lightning-fast punch and killed him, blasting apart part of a distant mountain.
• Scarface drew the mid-grade Spirit Artifact Blood Sky Demon Blade and attacked Xia Ping with a blood-red blade aura.
• Xia Ping summoned the Chaos Bell and endured Scarface’s slash behind its five-colored barrier, though the impact sent him sliding several miles.

Xia Ping shattered Scarface’s Blood Rain Immortal Slaughter Diagram with his Yang God Fist and exposed the strange flames that countered the demonic blade’s power. He then flew straight at Scarface and launched a second, deadly punch, leaving the Golden Core cultivator unable to escape.

• Scarface activated the Blood Rain Immortal Slaughter Diagram, unleashing corrosive blood rain across the surrounding area and forcing the Lost Ones to retreat.
• Xia Ping answered with his Yang God Fist, burning away the blood rain and blasting apart the diagram while damaging Blood Sky and injuring Scarface.
• Scarface recognized that Xia Ping’s strange flames countered his blood baleful qi, but insisted that the gap between their realms would still decide the fight.
• Xia Ping used his Hell Golden Crow Wings to close the distance and struck Scarface with a second punch powered by the surrounding spiritual energy.
• Scarface sensed that the blow would kill him, but Xia Ping’s speed left him no chance to dodge.