Recaps

Xia Ping used his lightning tribulation and the Samsara Pen with the Underworld God's Eye to slaughter the Abyss Demons attacking him. After surviving the eight-hour tribulation, he left three hundred million Abyss Demons dead and the survivors fleeing.

• Xia Ping chased the Abyss Demons through the lightning tribulation as bolts killed most of them and he absorbed their souls.
• The Abyss Demons joined forces to attack Xia Ping, but he used the Underworld God's Eye and Samsara Pen to sever their life lines and kill them.
• Xia Ping used the Samsara Pen to slaughter more Abyss Demons, forcing the rest to flee, though the techniques rapidly drained his mana.
• Xia Ping endured the sixty-fourfold lightning tribulation for eight hours, killing three hundred million Abyss Demons before the tribulation clouds dispersed.

After surviving the heavenly tribulation, Xia Ping absorbed the souls of three hundred million Abyss Demons and discovered that his Underworld God's Eye contained a hellish space that could store and refine soul energy. He left for Five-Finger Mountain before the arriving cultivators could find him, while Yin Shixing and the others found the aftermath and angrily speculated about what had happened.

• Xia Ping used the tribulation lightning and the Abyss Demons' soul energy to strengthen his Primordial Spirits, expand his nine purple mansion spaces, and reach the peak of the early Return to Truth Realm.
• When Xia Ping could not absorb all the soul energy, his Underworld God's Eye drew it into the Underworld God Space, where the souls took the forms of Abyss Demons in a hellish landscape.
• Xia Ping learned that the Underworld God's Eye could capture souls and slowly refine the stored energy, then decided to seek treasures at Five-Finger Mountain.
• Sensing cultivators approaching, Xia Ping vanished into the void and headed toward Five-Finger Mountain without meeting them.
• Yin Shixing and hundreds of thousands of cultivators arrived to find the Abyss Demons dead and the area scarred by lightning, and they speculated that the mystic realm itself had destroyed the demons.
• Yin Shixing and the others fumed that the dead Abyss Demons could no longer hunt Xia Ping.

Xia Ping reached Five-Finger Mountain and rescued Ye Mengyao from a pursuing horde of Abyss Demons. The two reunited at the mountain, where Ye Mengyao healed herself with a treasured pill and dismissed Xia Ping’s requests for a reward and more medicine.

• Xia Ping arrived at Five-Finger Mountain, where its Buddhist barrier purified the Abyssal aura and healed his wounds.
• Ye Mengyao reached the mountain pursued by over a hundred Abyss Demons and killed them with the Ye Family’s God-Slaying Arrows.
• A concealed Abyss Demon ambushed Ye Mengyao, but Xia Ping killed it with a punch and appeared before her.
• Xia Ping teased Ye Mengyao about repaying him and proposed dual cultivation to heal her injuries, but she rejected him.
• Ye Mengyao swallowed a Withered Leaf Renewal Pill and recovered quickly, then refused Xia Ping’s request for several pills to study.

Xia Ping and Ye Mengyao reached Five-Finger Mountain, where Venerable Subhaddra revealed that the weakened seal imprisoning Heart Demon Venerable needed their help. As Subhaddra offered to empower them with Buddhist abilities, Xia Ping suddenly punched and shattered his head.

• Xia Ping and Ye Mengyao entered Five-Finger Mountain and were transported into a cavern before Venerable Subhaddra.
• Subhaddra told them he was a remnant of spiritual light and had been watching their journey.
• Subhaddra explained that the damaged seal imprisoned Heart Demon Venerable and asked them to help repair it.
• Subhaddra offered to instill Buddhist divine abilities into their minds so they could empower the seal.
• Xia Ping struck Subhaddra with a punch, shattering his head and blasting a hole through the distant cave.

Xia Ping exposed the supposed Venerable Subhaddra as Heart Demon Venerable, a demon overlord sealed beneath Five-Finger Mountain. After Xia Ping rejected its offer and mocked its weakened state, Heart Demon Venerable erupted in rage and covered the cave in darkness.

• Xia Ping attacked the supposed Venerable Subhaddra and accused it of being a demon in disguise.
• Xia Ping struck with Yang God Fist, and the disguised demon countered with a dark demonic palm.
• Ye Mengyao moved away from the demon as it revealed itself as an old man in a yellow robe.
• Xia Ping identified the old man as Heart Demon Venerable, who admitted he was an ancient Abyss Demon overlord sealed by Venerable Subhaddra.
• Heart Demon Venerable offered Xia Ping rewards for helping break the seal, but Xia Ping refused and mocked its weakened state.
• Heart Demon Venerable roared in anger and filled the cave with demonic qi, creating a dark domain.

The Heart Demon Venerable trapped Ye Mengyao and Xia Ping in its Darkness Space and Heart Demon World while trying to seize Xia Ping’s body. Xia Ping shattered the first domain and burned the Venerable with Golden Crow flames, but was then pulled into a realm where the demon’s powers could attack his Primordial Spirit.

• The Heart Demon Venerable used its Darkness Space to blind Ye Mengyao and attacked Xia Ping, hoping to take over his body.
• Xia Ping found the Heart Demon Venerable despite the darkness and battered it until the Darkness Space shattered.
• Xia Ping struck the Venerable with Golden Crow flames, burning its incorporeal body and causing it severe pain.
• The Heart Demon Venerable cast Heart Demon World and dragged Xia Ping into a timeless void, where it threatened to torture him for ten thousand years for every second outside.
• Green Ox and Cat Immortal warned Xia Ping that the Heart Demon Venerable could stir inner demons as thousands of its phantoms appeared around him.

Xia Ping used the Hell Golden Crow Flame to destroy the Heart Demon World and severely wound the Heart Demon Venerable. As Xia Ping attacked again, the Heart Demon Venerable struck him and Ye Mengyao with the Paired Wings Flying Together Curse, binding their souls and making them love each other.

• The Heart Demon Venerable trapped Xia Ping in the Heart Demon World and taunted him, but Xia Ping summoned the Sun Furnace.
• Xia Ping unleashed the Hell Golden Crow Flame, destroying the Heart Demon World and burning the Heart Demon Venerable until it was gravely wounded.
• The Heart Demon Venerable feared Xia Ping and tried to kill him before he could grow stronger.
• Xia Ping attacked the Heart Demon Venerable with the Yang God Fist, but it retaliated with the Paired Wings Flying Together Curse.
• The curse struck Xia Ping and Ye Mengyao, binding their souls and filling them with an irresistible love for each other.

Heart Demon Venerable tried to invade Xia Ping and Ye Mengyao’s souls, but their strengthened Primordial Spirits and Xia Ping’s Underworld God’s Eye defeated him. Venerable Subhaddra re-sealed Heart Demon Venerable, cleansed the curse from Xia Ping and Ye Mengyao, and left them with strengthened bodies and Buddhist divine power.

• Heart Demon Venerable waited for Xia Ping and Ye Mengyao’s souls to weaken under the Paired Wings Flying Together Curse, then entered Xia Ping’s sea of consciousness.
• Heart Demon Venerable discovered that the Telepathic Resonance Technique had strengthened Xia Ping and Ye Mengyao’s Primordial Spirits instead of weakening them.
• Xia Ping’s Underworld God’s Eye swallowed Heart Demon Venerable’s remnant soul and imprisoned it in the Underworld God Space.
• Venerable Subhaddra appeared and re-sealed Heart Demon Venerable within Five-Finger Mountain.
• Venerable Subhaddra dispelled the curse from Xia Ping and Ye Mengyao, strengthened their physiques, and gave Xia Ping Buddhist divine power.

Three days after awakening from their cultivation, Ye Mengyao discovered that Xia Ping was also Wu Wudi and confronted him about their intimate encounter. She broke through to the Lightning Tribulation Realm, then attacked him over his boasts about taking more wives as he fled into the void.

• Ye Mengyao woke beside Xia Ping and recognized from memories gained through the Telepathic Resonance Technique that he was Wu Wudi.
• Xia Ping admitted Wu Wudi was one of his identities, and Ye Mengyao demanded he answer for their encounter.
• Xia Ping offered to marry Ye Mengyao and boasted about his dream of gathering thousands of divine maidens into a harem.
• Ye Mengyao advanced to the early-stage Lightning Tribulation Realm and threatened to castrate Xia Ping for his shameless boasts.
• Xia Ping dodged Ye Mengyao's attack with the Kunpeng Step and vanished into the void, while she pursued him.

Yin Shixing and his group entered Five-Finger Mountain seeking treasure, but the Heart Demon Venerable deceived them into believing Xia Ping had taken the inheritance and was Ye Mengyao’s Dao companion. After the group was expelled, Yin Shixing’s jealousy turned to hatred, and he planned to spread news that Xia Ping had obtained Saint treasures.

• Yin Shixing led his group into Five-Finger Mountain, where they searched in vain for treasures.
• The Heart Demon Venerable appeared as Subhaddra and told them Xia Ping had taken the treasures and was destined for Buddhism.
• The Heart Demon Venerable claimed Xia Ping had left with Ye Mengyao, his Dao companion, then forcibly teleported the group out of the mountain.
• Yin Shixing grew furious over Xia Ping’s relationship with Ye Mengyao and accused them of stealing his opportunity and his woman.
• Yin Shixing decided to spread word that Xia Ping had obtained Subhaddra’s inheritance and Saint treasures so others would target him.

After news spread that Xia Ping had obtained Venerable Subhaddra’s inheritance and treasures, powerful fiends and Buddhist forces began plotting to seize them. The chapter ends with these figures setting out to find Xia Ping.

• Cultivators and outside forces learned that Xia Ping had obtained Venerable Subhaddra’s inheritance, prompting envy and murderous intentions.
• Evilwood Daoist heard the news and left to teach Xia Ping a lesson and take his treasure.
• The Blood Sea Two Elders decided to kill Xia Ping and seize the inheritance for a chance to become Saints.
• Slayer Monk ordered his monks to reclaim the Buddhist inheritance, first trying to convert Xia Ping and otherwise killing him.
• Old monsters, fiends, and other forces began searching for Xia Ping.

After escaping Ye Mengyao, Xia Ping secluded himself and devoured the Heart Demon Venerable’s trapped Primordial Spirit, gaining its soul energy and memories. His illusion arts advanced, and he discovered he could create an immense, realistic town populated by intelligent illusory people, though sustaining it consumed his divine sense.

• Xia Ping entered seclusion in a mountain cave after evading Ye Mengyao with the Formless Mask.
• Xia Ping entered the Underworld God Space and found the Heart Demon Venerable bound by chains.
• Xia Ping used the Underworld God Space’s power to tear apart and devour the Heart Demon Venerable’s Primordial Spirit.
• Xia Ping absorbed the Heart Demon Venerable’s soul energy and memories, advancing his illusion arts to the advanced stage of the first realm.
• Xia Ping created a realistic town spanning a hundred li, populated by intelligent illusory people, and found he could maintain it for only one and a half shichen.
• Xia Ping discovered he had gained a faint ability to stir the heart demons of others.

Xia Ping discovered that he had inherited Venerable Subhaddra’s Conversion Scripture and fused its Divine Ability with the World Tree. He captured a group of Abyss Demons to test the strengthened power of conversion.

• Xia Ping found a golden Divine Ability seed in his Primordial Spirit and learned that it contained Venerable Subhaddra’s Conversion Scripture.
• Green Ox and Cat Immortal explained the scripture’s power to convert even Abyss Demons and warned Xia Ping to keep his inheritance secret.
• Xia Ping cultivated the scripture and condensed it into a swastika-shaped Divine Ability Talisman, which the World Tree absorbed and strengthened.
• Xia Ping left his cave, captured more than a hundred Abyss Demons, and prepared to test the Conversion Scripture on them.

Xia Ping used the World Tree to pierce the Abyss Demons’ soul barriers and convert them with the Conversion Scripture. After converting the hundred or so demons into loyal followers, he decided to capture more Abyss Demons.

• Xia Ping’s Light of Conversion failed to penetrate the Abyss Demons’ soul barriers, so he summoned the World Tree.
• Xia Ping used the World Tree’s roots to pierce the demons’ souls and flooded them with the Conversion Scripture’s Buddhist light.
• The hundred or so Abyss Demons became peaceful and loyal to Xia Ping, pledging to serve him and atone for their past deeds.
• Green Ox and Cat Immortal were shocked by the conversion, while Cat Immortal grew wary of Buddhist monks.
• Xia Ping accepted the converted demons as followers and set out to capture more Abyss Demons.

Xia Ping converted fifty million Abyss Demons in the Heaven-Connecting Secret Realm, then learned that rumors about his obtaining Venerable Subhaddra’s inheritance had spread. He discovered that Yin Shixing was publicizing the rumor by lavishly praising Xia Ping and his supposed treasures, stirring up envy and hostility.

• Xia Ping used the World Tree and the Conversion Scripture to convert fifty million Abyss Demons, including one million at the Dharma Image Realm.
• Xia Ping asked Cat Immortal what had happened in the Heaven-Connecting Secret Realm, and Cat Immortal told him Zhu Xian had left a message warning that people wanted to kill him.
• Cat Immortal revealed that Yin Shixing had first spread the news that Xia Ping obtained Venerable Subhaddra’s inheritance.
• Xia Ping read Yin Shixing’s forum posts, which claimed he possessed numerous Saint artifacts, innate magic treasures, and other riches.
• Yin Shixing continued praising Xia Ping as unmatched among the younger generation, provoking other forum users and intensifying the rumors.

Yin Shixing spread increasingly outrageous rumors about Xia Ping on the forum, stirring up outrage and drawing dangerous attention to him. Xia Ping learned of the hostility and planned to retaliate against Yin Shixing while avoiding a direct fight with powerful pursuers; he then turned to finding a way out of Venerable Subhaddra’s secret realm to search for the Ten Thousand Longevity Fruit.

• Yin Shixing claimed Xia Ping was the top womanizer in the world and had seduced Ye Mengyao, enraging her admirers and other forum users.
• Yin Shixing invented further stories about Xia Ping’s senior sisters and Ye Mengyao’s close friends, then went silent as the rumors spread beyond his control.
• Xia Ping saw the forum posts condemning him and decided to teach Yin Shixing a lesson.
• Green Ox warned Xia Ping that powerful Lightning Tribulation Realm figures were targeting him, and Xia Ping resolved to avoid confronting them directly.
• Xia Ping considered how to leave Venerable Subhaddra’s secret realm and search for the Ten Thousand Longevity Fruit.

Xia Ping used the Wish Compass to locate a secret realm associated with the Ten Thousand Longevity Fruit, then discovered a gathering of powerful fiends searching for the same treasure. The old monsters learned that the fruit grew in the secret realm formed after Green Willow Demon Saint's fall, but faced competition from Lang Jialong and his allies.

• Xia Ping used the Wish Compass and followed its direction through a spatial passage into the Heaven-Connecting Secret Realm.
• Xia Ping traveled cautiously to a mountain range crowded with Lightning Tribulation Realm great powers and hid himself with the Formless Mask.
• Xia Ping identified several notorious fiends, including Evilwood Daoist, as they gathered near the secret realm's entrance.
• Evilwood Daoist explained that Green Willow Demon Saint's secret realm held abundant Ten Thousand Longevity Fruit because of the Saint's immense life essence.
• Evilwood Daoist warned that Lang Jialong and his allies had already been searching the place for two months and could soon clash with them.

Evilwood Daoist and the old devils formed an alliance to claim the Ten Thousand Longevity Fruit and kill Xia Ping for his treasures. After they entered the secret realm, Xia Ping followed them, leaving their confrontation ahead.

• Longbrow Old Devil, Golden Snake Gentleman, and the other old devils agreed to oppose Lang Jialong over the Ten Thousand Longevity Fruit.
• The Blood Sea Two Elders proposed joining forces to capture and kill Xia Ping for Venerable Subhaddra’s inheritance and other treasures.
• Evilwood Daoist and the old devils formed an Offensive-Defensive Alliance and decided to deal with Xia Ping after claiming the fruit.
• Green Ox and Cat Immortal urged Xia Ping to kill the conspirators, but Xia Ping said they still had their uses.
• Evilwood Daoist and the others opened a spatial gate and entered the secret realm, then Xia Ping followed after their auras vanished.

Xia Ping found the Ten Thousand Longevity Fruit in a hidden Blood-Colored Plain guarded by terrifying saint wraiths. Unable to seize the fruit alone, he decided to use Evilwood Daoist and the other fiends to draw the wraiths away.

• Xia Ping entered the Green Willow Secret Realm and used the Wish Compass to travel directly toward the Ten Thousand Longevity Fruit.
• Xia Ping reached an ordinary-looking valley and used the Hell Golden Crow Eye to reveal a hidden spatial formation and the Blood-Colored Plain within.
• Cat Immortal warned Xia Ping that the undead were saint wraiths formed from the killing intent of deceased saints.
• Xia Ping discovered that the Blood-Colored Plain had likely formed from a saint's heart and saw Ten Thousand Longevity Fruit growing on blood-red trees.
• Xia Ping suppressed his urge to enter the plain and decided to lure Evilwood Daoist, the White-Browed Old Devil, and the Blood Sea Two Elders into drawing away the saint wraiths.

Disguised as Yin Shixing, Xia Ping approached Evilwood Daoist and the other devils, claiming to know where the Ten Thousand Longevity Fruit was. He used the information to lure them toward Xia Ping, whom he wanted them to kill, and the Blood Sea Two Elders invited him to join their organization.

• Evilwood Daoist told the devils that he had found traces left by Lang Jialong's group and planned to follow them to the Ten Thousand Longevity Fruit.
• Xia Ping used the Formless Mask to appear as Yin Shixing and told the devils he knew where the Ten Thousand Longevity Fruit was.
• Xia Ping claimed he had discovered the fruit by following Xia Ping and said he wanted revenge for losing Ye Mengyao and Venerable Subhaddra's opportunity.
• Golden Snake Gentleman realized that Xia Ping wanted to use the devils to kill Xia Ping while hiding his own involvement.
• The Blood Sea Two Elders praised Xia Ping's ruthlessness and invited him to join the Blood Sea organization.

Xia Ping posed as Yin Shixing and persuaded Evilwood Daoist and the other fiends to follow him toward the Ten Thousand Longevity Fruits, while insulting them and refusing to reveal the destination. Unbeknownst to them, Lang Jialong and a hidden group of Lightning Tribulation Realm cultivators planned to ambush them and seize the fruits and their treasures.

• Xia Ping rejected the fiends’ recruitment, claimed he wanted only to kill a target, and disparaged their reliance on Ten Thousand Longevity Fruits.
• Evilwood Daoist and the others suppressed their anger and agreed to cooperate, planning to betray Xia Ping after finding the fruits.
• Xia Ping refused to disclose the fruits’ location and led Evilwood Daoist and the others away.
• Lang Jialong and twenty or thirty hidden Lightning Tribulation Realm cultivators emerged from concealment after Xia Ping’s group departed.
• Lang Jialong ordered his group to follow the fiends, ambush them, and take the Ten Thousand Longevity Fruits and their other treasures.

Xia Ping led Evilwood Daoist and the other demons to a hidden spatial world where the Ten Thousand Longevity Fruit was said to grow. After the demons turned on him, he escaped with a teleportation talisman, and they entered the world without him.

• Xia Ping brought Evilwood Daoist, Longbrow Old Devil, and the others to a valley concealing a folded spatial world.
• Xia Ping warned the demons that Xia Ping of the Universe Sect was inside, but they demanded that he scout ahead.
• Golden Snake Gentleman attacked Xia Ping, who used a Lesser Teleportation Talisman to vanish beyond the demons' detection.
• Evilwood Daoist and the others abandoned their pursuit of Xia Ping and focused on the Ten Thousand Longevity Fruit.
• Evilwood Daoist opened the spatial passage, and the demons entered the hidden world.

Xia Ping lured Evilwood Daoist, Longbrow Old Devil, and their allies into a hidden illusion on the Blood-Colored Plain, where they were ambushed by Lang Jialong and his Wolf Clan. When the illusion shattered, Saint undead awakened around them, and Xia Ping revealed that he and Yin Shixing had staged the betrayal to trap the devils.

• Xia Ping concealed the Blood-Colored Plain behind an illusion formation while Evilwood Daoist and the others entered the pocket world looking for Ten Thousand Longevity Fruits.
• Evilwood Daoist, Longbrow Old Devil, and Golden Snake Gentleman spotted the fruits and chased a false image of Xia Ping as it harvested them.
• Lang Jialong and two to thirty Wolf Clan fighters appeared and raced toward the fruits, with the other pursuers close behind.
• Lang Jialong struck the false Xia Ping, shattering the illusion and exposing the real Blood-Colored Plain.
• The Saint undead awoke and turned on Lang Jialong and the other experts, who realized they had entered a deadly trap.
• Xia Ping revealed that he and Yin Shixing had staged the scheme to lure the devils into the Blood-Colored Plain.

Xia Ping and Yin Shixing’s scheme trapped the demonic experts near a terrifying saint undead, which swiftly overwhelmed them. Lang Jialong and the survivors were left badly injured and furious as their escape failed.

• The Blood Sea Two Elders, Longbrow Old Devil, Golden Snake Gentleman, and Evilwood Daoist cursed Xia Ping and Yin Shixing for deceiving them.
• Lang Jialong tried to locate Xia Ping and attacked an empty spot, while Xia Ping taunted him from concealment.
• A headless knight charged from the Blood-Colored Plain, and its spear severely wounded a Lightning Tribulation Realm devil lord.
• Lang Jialong ordered the group to escape inside the Shadow Void Map, but the headless knight split the scroll apart and killed several of them.
• The survivors blamed Xia Ping and Yin Shixing for luring them into danger and vowed revenge.

Evilwood Daoist and the other Lightning Tribulation Realm cultivators were overwhelmed by a Saint undead and fled, only to draw more Saint undead into the fight. Xia Ping took advantage of the chaos to approach the unguarded Ten Thousand Longevity Fruits and loot them.

• Evilwood Daoist and the others joined forces to attack the Headless Knight, but it struck back and killed several Lightning Tribulation Realm cultivators.
• Xia Ping watched as Evilwood Daoist and the survivors fled from the Headless Knight, blaming Xia Ping and Yin Shixing for their predicament.
• Several pebbles struck other Saint undead beneath the Blood-Colored Plain, enraging them and drawing them into the battle.
• Evilwood Daoist and the others scattered and tried to escape the world as the Saint undead slaughtered and routed their forces.
• Xia Ping realized the Saint undead had left the Ten Thousand Longevity Fruits unguarded and flew in to loot them.