Recaps

Xia Ping hid from the Ancient Heavenly Dragon Talismans’ devastating attack, then seized the chance to ambush the weakened angels. He killed Oliver and Harley with the Spear of Hell-Suppressing Demon, while the surviving angels remained nearby.

• The twenty-eight Ancient Heavenly Dragon Talismans formed a killing formation and devastated the region around Oliver, Harley, and the other angels.
• Xia Ping hid Rabbit Linglong and Qingluan in the Mountain River Bead, then sheltered there himself as the angels fought the talismans.
• The talismans’ attack killed dozens of Return to Truth Realm angels and all six Dharma Image Realm angels, leaving Oliver, Harley, and the other survivors severely wounded and drained.
• Xia Ping emerged from the Mountain River Bead and attacked the weakened angels with the Spear of Hell-Suppressing Demon.
• Xia Ping shattered Oliver’s Holy Light Shield, impaled him, and used the spear to devour his essence before killing him.
• Harley charged Xia Ping in fury, but Xia Ping pierced him through the heart and killed him.

Xia Ping slaughtered the exhausted angels and seized and refined all twenty-eight Ancient Heavenly Dragon Talismans. He discovered that the talismans could form a devastating formation and strengthen him, though their strongest attacks required Dragon Blood.

• Xia Ping killed the angels who stayed behind and then slaughtered the rest, collecting their Angel Crystals.
• Xia Ping seized the twenty-eight weakened Ancient Heavenly Dragon Talismans before they could recover.
• Xia Ping suppressed the talismans’ Ancient Heavenly Dragon wills and imprinted them with his divine sense.
• Xia Ping realized the talismans could form the Heavenly Dragon Twenty-Eight Mansions Grand Formation, but needed Dragon Blood for their strongest attacks.
• Xia Ping found that the talismans absorbed void energy and strengthened his body, and the Cat Immortal explained they were top-grade Saint artifacts.

Xia Ping absorbed the Angel Flame left behind by the destroyed Ancient Heavenly Dragon Talismans, awakening more Hell Golden Crow Cells and raising his cultivation to the perfected mid-stage Golden Core Realm. He entered a spatial passage with Rabbit Linglong and Qingluan, while other factions headed toward the site of the battle in search of treasure.

• Xia Ping absorbed the lingering Angel Flame into his Sun Furnace and learned that it could purify enemies while sparing and healing friends.
• The Angel Flame awakened another million Hell Golden Crow Cells and raised Xia Ping's mana to the perfected mid-stage Golden Core Realm.
• Xia Ping released Rabbit Linglong and Qingluan, showed them the angels' remains, and admitted that he had killed them all.
• Xia Ping, Rabbit Linglong, and Qingluan entered the spatial passage into the half-plane world.
• The Elephant Race, White Tiger Race, Antelope Race, Peacock Race, and other factions sensed the battle's energy and rushed to investigate.

Xia Ping, Rabbit Linglong, and Qingluan entered a demi-plane filled with rare spirit grains and Nine Heavens Breathing Soil, which Xia Ping harvested for the Mountain River Bead. They then explored Tania’s abandoned laboratory, where Xia Ping found her experimental records on creating Corpse Beasts.

• Xia Ping discovered fields of Crystal Fragrant Rice, Golden Corn, and Glazed Sweet Potatoes, and found that the latter two strengthened his bloodline, physique, and spiritual sense.
• Rabbit Linglong and Qingluan ate the spirit grains with Xia Ping, while Green Ox urged him to transplant them into the Mountain River Bead.
• Green Ox identified the demi-plane’s soil as Nine Heavens Breathing Soil, and Xia Ping dug up the spirit grains and soil, leaving the fields stripped bare.
• Xia Ping entered Tania’s vast laboratory complex and found that its equipment had been removed.
• Xia Ping discovered Tania’s Dragon Race-script records describing her experiments in creating Corpse Beasts.

Xia Ping realized Tania had intended to use Taotie cells to create an endlessly evolving drug, and considered using the Soul Seal to control the Corpse Beast and its infection. After taking control of the demi-plane and hiding its spatial node, he found a warehouse full of Dragon Crystals.

• Xia Ping concluded that a sane, controlled Corpse Beast could create rational Taotie thralls, and considered enslaving it with the Soul Seal.
• Rabbit Linglong found the demi-plane’s restriction core, and Qingluan warned that outsiders might investigate the earlier battle.
• Xia Ping refined the stone stele, closed the spatial passage, and hid the demi-plane’s spatial node within a grain of sand.
• Xia Ping used his control of the demi-plane to discover and open a concealed warehouse.
• Xia Ping, Rabbit Linglong, and Qingluan found a mountain of Dragon Crystals and recognized their immense value for bloodline evolution.

Xia Ping consumed eight Dragon Crystals and broke through to the late Golden Core Realm, greatly expanding his Purple Mansion and divine sense while awakening eight million Hell Golden Crow Cells. The flames from his breakthrough frightened Rabbit Linglong and Qingluan, who resolved to cultivate with their own Dragon Crystals.

• Xia Ping refined eight Dragon Crystals, filling his Purple Mansion with surging magic power.
• Xia Ping broke through to the late Golden Core Realm as his Purple Mansion expanded and his divine sense spread across the pocket-dimension world.
• Xia Ping sensed his Primordial Spirit growing within his Golden Core and awakened eight million Hell Golden Crow Cells.
• Xia Ping's dark-golden flames erupted around his seclusion area, melting nearby buildings and forcing Rabbit Linglong and Qingluan to flee.
• Qingluan admired Xia Ping's bloodline, while Rabbit Linglong vowed to surpass him and make him her male servant.
• Rabbit Linglong and Qingluan decided to enter seclusion and cultivate with their Dragon Crystals.

After stabilizing his late Golden Core Realm cultivation, Xia Ping tested his enhanced physical power, mastered flames, and strengthened divine consciousness. He advanced his illusion arts to the beginner stage of One Thought, One World, leaving Rabbit Linglong and Qingluan puzzled by the sudden city he had created.

• Xia Ping spent more than a month stabilizing his cultivation and further advancing his mana with the Dragon Crystal’s energy.
• Xia Ping demonstrated the immense strength of his body, devastating the surrounding land with his breathing and a single stomp.
• Xia Ping summoned six strange flames and blasted craters into the ground, setting the region ablaze.
• Xia Ping used his strengthened divine consciousness to create a lifelike ancient city and realized he had entered the beginner stage of One Thought, One World.
• Rabbit Linglong and Qingluan emerged from seclusion, saw the city, and wondered why it had appeared.

Xia Ping tested his illusions on Rabbit Linglong and Qingluan, then fought off Rabbit Linglong when she realized he had tricked her. He opened a passage out of the demi-plane so they could search for the Source of Dragon Wood and the Corpse Beast.

• Xia Ping spread an illusion across the ancient city, making Rabbit Linglong see a shop piled with fragrant carrots while Qingluan used her Qingluan Eye to see through it.
• Rabbit Linglong bit a stone she believed was a carrot, and Qingluan dispelled the illusion by sending magic power into her divine consciousness.
• Xia Ping appeared and assessed that his illusions could fool ordinary beings but not creatures with special eyes like Qingluan.
• Rabbit Linglong attacked Xia Ping with her Space Kick, but he blocked her strikes with the Northern Underworld Body Protection Art until she exhausted herself.
• Xia Ping opened a spatial passage from the demi-plane, and he, Rabbit Linglong, and Qingluan flew through it to leave.

After emerging from the shifting demi-plane, Xia Ping, Qingluan, and Rabbit Linglong encountered Xiong Bo surrounded by Corpse Monsters and rescued him. Xiong Bo revealed why he had ended up alone, and Xia Ping began questioning him about the Dragon Wood Secret Realm.

• Xia Ping and his companions emerged into an unfamiliar forest and sensed a large group of Corpse Monsters nearby.
• They spotted Xiong Bo, a Fire Bear Clan warrior Xia Ping recognized as the bear whose fur he had shaved off, surrounded by more than a thousand Corpse Monsters.
• Xia Ping chose to save Xiong Bo for information, and he, Qingluan, and Rabbit Linglong destroyed the Corpse Monsters with a barrage of attacks.
• Xiong Bo thanked Xia Ping, who pretended their shared origin made them allies and asked why Xiong Bo was traveling alone.
• Xiong Bo said his lost fur had damaged his standing and driven away his girlfriends, so he had run off by himself.
• Xia Ping comforted Xiong Bo and reassured him that his fur would grow back and he could find new partners.

After Xia Ping won Xiong Bo’s trust with a fabricated tale of romantic heartbreak, Xiong Bo offered to lead him, Rabbit Linglong, and Qingluan to the Source of Dragon Wood. The group learned that it grew near the Corpse Beast’s sealed land, and Xiong Bo prepared to guide them there despite the dangers.

• Xia Ping told Xiong Bo a false story about being deceived by a woman, and Xiong Bo sympathized with him and cursed women.
• Xiong Bo invited Xia Ping to join him for an opportunity, then revealed that he knew where to find the Source of Dragon Wood.
• Xiong Bo explained that many Dragon Wood Trees grew around the Corpse Beast’s sealed land, where Saints had used them to establish a powerful sealing formation.
• Xiong Bo said his Fire Bear Clan had found a way into the sealed land’s outer perimeter, but warned that other races and corpse monsters made the area dangerous.
• Xiong Bo offered to lead Xia Ping, Rabbit Linglong, and Qingluan to the sealed land three thousand li away.

Xia Ping and Xiong Bo reached the Sealed Land, where rival Western Universe races had gathered around the formation guarding its dragonwood forest and the Corpse Beast within. When a Silver Tiger challenged Xia Ping, Xiong Bo defended him and was mocked by other demons for befriending a human and being defeated by Wu Wudi.

• Xia Ping pretended to sympathize with Xiong Bo’s hatred of Wu Wudi and promised to help him defeat the monk, though Xia Ping was Wu Wudi himself.
• Xiong Bo led Xia Ping, Rabbit Linglong, and Qingluan to the Sealed Land, where Xia Ping sensed the Saint-made formation, ancient dragonwood trees, and the sealed Corpse Beast.
• Rabbit Linglong and Qingluan noticed camps belonging to many Western Universe races gathered around the Sealed Land.
• Hu Hai, a Silver Tiger, ordered Xia Ping and his companions to leave, but Xia Ping insulted him and refused to back down.
• Xiong Bo stepped in to protect Xia Ping, prompting other demons to ridicule him for becoming brothers with a human and being humiliated by Wu Wudi.

Xia Ping confronted the demons who mocked Xiong Bo and effortlessly repelled the Silver Tiger’s attacks. After Xia Ping injured it with a single punch, the enraged Silver Tiger rose again to continue fighting.

• The Bronze Scorpion insulted Xiong Bo, and Xia Ping threatened it for disrespecting his brother.
• The Silver Tiger charged Xia Ping, but its first strike rebounded off his energy shield and sent it flying.
• The Silver Tiger unleashed a powerful formation attack, but Xia Ping’s Kunpeng runes swallowed it.
• The Silver Tiger gathered its power for a desperate attack, but Xia Ping struck first and shattered its formations with one punch.
• The injured Silver Tiger forced itself back to its feet and vowed to kill Xia Ping.

Xia Ping brutally defeated Hu Hai and three Silver Tigers in the Dragon Wood Secret Realm, shocking the surrounding demons. He then considered how to cook Hu Hai, who desperately tried to convince him not to eat it.

• Xia Ping beat Hu Hai into a bloody, nearly lifeless state despite its pleas for help.
• Three Silver Tigers attacked Xia Ping to rescue Hu Hai, but he struck them down with Lightning Fist and sent them flying through mountains.
• The demons recognized Xia Ping as a human genius with a supreme physique, while the Bronze Scorpion fled and privately justified its retreat.
• Xia Ping asked Hu Hai how it wanted to be cooked, and Hu Hai claimed it was a cat with tough, unpalatable meat.

Xia Ping spared Hu Hai after Xiong Bo intervened, then joined the Fire Bear Clan camp with Rabbit Linglong and Qingluan. After settling in, Xia Ping secretly left to investigate the Dragon Wood Nine Palaces Heavenly Dipper Grand Formation and the Corpse Beast’s seal.

• Xiong Bo asked Xia Ping to spare Hu Hai, and Xia Ping agreed; Hu Hai abandoned his request for his stolen Space Ring and returned to the Silver Tiger camp.
• Xiong Bo led Xia Ping, Rabbit Linglong, and Qingluan to the Fire Bear Clan camp, where curious Fire Bears crowded around them before Xiong Bo found them an empty tent.
• Xiong Bo told Xia Ping that they would enter the sealed land to hunt Dragon Wood Trees the next day.
• Xia Ping set up an array in the tent and told Rabbit Linglong and Qingluan to cover for him while he explored the formation and sought a way to free and enslave the Corpse Beast.
• Xia Ping used the Formless Mask to vanish from the tent, leaving Rabbit Linglong and Qingluan to provide his alibi.

Xia Ping infiltrated the Sealed Land, discovered that most of its Dragon Wood Trees had become dangerous Corpse Monsters, and used his World Tree power to pass through its defenses. He found the sealed Corpse Beast and bought a Saint-Grade Forbidden-Breaking Talisman, but decided to weaken the beast first by drawing other experts into a fight against it.

• Xia Ping entered the Sealed Land disguised as a corroded Dragon Wood Tree and learned that infected trees made up eighty percent of those there.
• Xia Ping sensed that his World Tree power could control the Dragon Wood Trees, then traveled through the restriction formations into the inner world.
• Xia Ping found the mountain-sized Corpse Beast bound by eighteen thousand layers of Saint-laid formations.
• Xia Ping asked the system for a way to break the formations and spent two billion Hate Points on a Saint-Grade Forbidden-Breaking Talisman.
• Xia Ping decided to lure the Dragon Wood Secret Realm's experts into fighting the Corpse Beast so he could weaken and enslave it while earning Hate Points.

Xia Ping used Wu Wudi’s identity to draw enemies in the Sealed Land, then robbed a centaur warrior and left a taunting note. He next trapped a group of Peacock Race and Five-Colored Luan Bird warriors in an illusion barrier, leaving them asleep as he greeted them.

• Xia Ping left the Sealed Land while the Corpse Beast failed to break free of its restraints.
• A centaur warrior stole the Source of Dragon Wood from a squad, but Wu Wudi knocked it unconscious and took its treasures and Space Ring.
• The centaur warrior woke to find Wu Wudi’s note and swore revenge on him.
• Five-Colored Luan Bird Luan Tu mocked the Peacock Race and demanded that they hand over their Sources of Dragon Wood.
• Wu Wudi’s illusion barrier covered the gathered warriors, put them to sleep, and he greeted them as a humble monk.

Xia Ping used the Formless Mask and illusion arts to ambush and rob Western Universe prodigies in the outer space of the Sealed Land, leaving the Five-Colored Luan Birds and Peacock Race furious. The victims formed an alliance but failed to find him, so they resolved to summon their elders to capture him.

• The Peacock Race warriors woke to find their treasures stolen, while the Five-Colored Luan Birds discovered they had been plucked and marked with humiliating words blaming Wu Wudi.
• The Five-Colored Luan Birds vowed revenge, and the Peacock Race secretly took satisfaction in seeing their rivals humiliated.
• Xia Ping repeatedly disguised and concealed himself to ambush lone or weaker Western Universe prodigies, knocking them unconscious with illusion arts and stealing their treasures.
• The victims formed the Victim Alliance and searched for Xia Ping, but his Formless Mask kept them from finding him.
• Xia Ping ambushed some Victim Alliance members again, robbing them and leaving them stripped and hanging upside down from trees.
• The Western Universe elites admitted they could not defeat Xia Ping themselves and decided to summon their family elders to capture him.

After Xia Ping spread reports of Wu Wudi’s crimes, elders from the Western Universe’s major races gathered to hunt the demon monk. Xia Ping prepared to set the next stage of his plan in motion as thousands of powerful elders assembled.

• Countless prodigies condemned Wu Wudi for attacking them and stripping the Five-Colored Luan Bird Clan’s feathers, while rumors spread that the elders were coming to capture him.
• Xia Ping pretended to offer Xiong Bo help in beating Wu Wudi, and Xiong Bo explained that the elders were gathering to organize a search.
• Xia Ping agreed to postpone hunting Dragon Wood Trees, then stored Rabbit Linglong and Qingluan in the Mountain River Bead space before leaving.
• Several hours later, at least three thousand elders from the Western Universe’s major races gathered at a camp, including Xiang Wanxu, Ruth, and Maples.

The Western Universe’s elders debated how to capture Wu Wudi, and Xiang Wanxu proposed sealing a vast region with a powerful formation. Xiang Wanxu secretly wanted Wu Wudi’s Divine Elephant Breathing Technique, while the other elders suspected he was pursuing a hidden prize.

• Undying Phoenix Ruth and Nightmare Serpent Maples complained about the gathering and blamed the Arhat Race for Wu Wudi’s crimes.
• Dao Xin denied that Wu Wudi belonged to the Arhat Race, and Xiang Wanxu stopped the argument so they could focus on capturing him.
• A Peacock Race elder said Wu Wudi had evaded pursuit through transformation and concealment, leaving the elders unsure how to find him.
• Xiang Wanxu proposed deploying a Heaven-Piercing Earth-Shattering Annihilation Grand Formation across one hundred thousand li, and the elders agreed to assist.
• Xiang Wanxu secretly planned to capture Wu Wudi and force him to reveal the Divine Elephant Breathing Technique, while other elders suspected he had discovered a valuable secret.

Xia Ping used a Saint-Grade Forbidden-Breaking Talisman to destroy the formation sealing the Corpse Beast, then hid as the creature escaped. The Western Universe’s elders blamed Wu Wudi and prepared to confront the beast while seeking help from the Saints.

• Xia Ping sent the Saint-Grade Forbidden-Breaking Talisman into the sealing formation and concealed himself as a grain of sand.
• The talisman destroyed the formation and chains, freeing the Corpse Beast.
• The Corpse Beast roared with joy and unleashed destructive soundwaves across the surrounding land as corrupted Dragon Wood Trees and Corpse Monsters welcomed it.
• Immortal Phoenix Ruth, Xiang Wanxu, and the other elders sensed the seal’s collapse and debated who had broken it.
• A Peacock Race elder accused Demon Monk Wu Wudi of luring them into a trap, while others speculated he might serve Tania.
• Xiang Wanxu called for the elders to suppress the weakened Corpse Beast and notify the Saints.

The Western Universe's cultivators fought the Corpse Beast, but its infectious black energy transformed many powerful cultivators and shattered their formation. With their defenses collapsing, Xiang Wanxu brought out the Heaven-Swallowing Elephant clan's sacred artifact, the Sky-Splitting Hammer.

• Xiang Wanxu activated the Heaven-Piercing World-Destroying Grand Formation, which crushed millions of Corpse Monsters.
• The Corpse Beast unleashed corrosive black energy that infected nearly one-third of the mighty cultivators and turned them into Corpse Monsters.
• The Heaven-Piercing World-Destroying Grand Formation collapsed after its cultivators were infected, and the survivors blamed Wu Wudi for breaking the seal.
• Xiang Wanxu decided to use a Saint artifact and revealed the Sky-Splitting Hammer, shocking the other mighty cultivators.

Xiang Wanxu, Undying Bird Ruth, and their allies fought the immortal Corpse Beast with holy artifacts, but their attacks failed to destroy it. After waiting for both sides to weaken, Xia Ping decided to strike.

• Undying Bird Ruth revealed the Vermilion Bird Banner, and she and Xiang Wanxu attacked the Corpse Beast with their holy artifacts.
• The Corpse Beast survived Xiang Wanxu's hammer strike and re-formed after the Vermilion Bird Divine Fire burned it away.
• Nightmare Snake rallied the other experts to join Xiang Wanxu and Ruth in attacking the Corpse Beast.
• Xia Ping watched from the shadows as the battle continued, waiting for the Corpse Beast and its attackers to weaken.
• After half an hour, Xia Ping sensed both sides had reached their weakest point and launched his attack.

Xia Ping appeared as the Western Universe’s survivors prepared to seal the weakened Corpse Beast, asking them to stop and give him face. After Xiang Wanxu recognized him as Wu Wudi, Xia Ping used the Dragon-Trapping Stake to suppress everyone’s cultivation and killed five attackers with one punch.

• Xiang Wanxu and the surviving great powers weakened the Corpse Beast through their battle, leaving it at roughly Golden Core Realm strength as most of their forces were killed or gravely injured.
• Xiang Wanxu prepared to join the others in sealing the Corpse Beast, but Xia Ping appeared and urged them to stop fighting.
• The great powers rejected Xia Ping’s plea, and Xiang Wanxu identified him as Wu Wudi, whom they blamed for the catastrophe.
• Xia Ping activated the Dragon-Trapping Stake’s Equality Domain, suppressing the great powers’ cultivation to the peak of the Golden Core Realm.
• Five Dharma Image Realm attackers charged Xia Ping, and he killed them all with a single punch, shocking Xiang Wanxu and the others.

Xia Ping subdued the weakened Corpse Beast with his Soul Seal and transformed it into a black egg. He escaped the Dragon Wood Secret Realm, leaving Xiang Wanxu and the other mighty figures stunned by his ability to control Corpse Beasts.

• Nightmare Snake Maples confirmed that the five Dharma Image Realm cultivators had truly been killed, and the Undying Bird Ruth identified the Dragon-Trapping Stake as a half-step Saint artifact that suppressed their cultivation.
• Xia Ping warned the weakened mighty figures not to move and told Xiang Wanxu that he had come for a secret.
• Xia Ping approached the Corpse Beast, which recognized his Taotie aura and did not attack him.
• Xia Ping used Soul Seal to take control of the Corpse Beast, whose body shrank into a black egg.
• Xia Ping stored the egg and used the Dragon Wood Spirit Talisman to leave the secret realm before Xiang Wanxu and the others could stop him.

Three Saints discovered that Wu Wudi had taken the Corpse Beast from Dragon Wood Planet, but they could not trace him after he escaped. Convinced he posed a grave threat, they ordered a universe-wide manhunt and left his fate unresolved.

• Raphael, Venerable Wugou, and Bifang arrived at Dragon Wood Planet and learned from Xiang Wanxu that Wu Wudi had taken the Corpse Beast and enslaved it.
• Venerable Wugou and Raphael searched for Wu Wudi but could not locate him or uncover his origins.
• The Saints suspected Tania might be behind Wu Wudi's control of the Corpse Beast and feared the creature could become a threat to the universe.
• Bifang ordered the major races of the Western Universe to hunt Wu Wudi, offering ten billion Universal Coins for his capture, dead or alive.
• Xiang Wanxu and the others spread the warrant, stirring countless races across the Western Universe.