Recaps

Xia Ping completed his mission in the Demon World with Rabbit Linglong and Qingluan, then returned to the original universe with the Black Hole Worms and Demon King corpses he had collected. News of Wu Taidou’s massacre spread through the Demon World, and demons feared that the King Worm would spark a devastating conflict among the great races.

• Xia Ping gave Rabbit Linglong and Qingluan two general-grade Black Hole Worm eggs, completing their mission with a perfect evaluation.
• Xia Ping chose to leave the Demon World immediately and stored the Black Hole Worms and Demon King corpses in the Mountain River Bead.
• Qingluan called on the Demon Saint Palace, which transported Xia Ping, Rabbit Linglong, and Qingluan back to the original universe.
• A day later, news spread that Wu Taidou had killed titled Demon Kings and hundreds of thousands of ordinary Demon Kings in the insect nest.
• Demons discussed Wu Taidou’s Saint artifact and the King Worm, predicting that the great races would soon wage war over the killings and their losses.

Storm City, the Myriad Demon Pavilion, and several demon races reacted to the deaths of their forces by blaming Wu Taidou and launching a search for him. Xia Ping had already left the Demon World and returned to the Demon Saint Palace in the Southern Universe, leaving his enemies unable to find him for now.

• Storm City's elders feared the city would lose its power after Feng Tianji and one hundred thousand Demon Kings died, and decided to appeal to their Ancestor.
• Storm City's First Elder ordered a wanted notice for Wu Taidou and vowed that the Ancestor would capture him.
• The Myriad Demon Pavilion's elders learned that the Flame Serpent King and one hundred and fifty thousand Demon Kings had perished, and followed the Pavilion Master's order to hunt Wu Taidou.
• The Myriad Demon Pavilion's elders discussed Wu Taidou's treasures and mobilized their intelligence network to find him.
• The Silver Wing Clan, Whale Clan, Flood Dragon Clan, Roc Clan, Wood Clan, and other races declared war on Wu Taidou and ordered their forces to search for him.
• Xia Ping had already returned to the Demon Saint Palace in the Southern Universe, beyond the reach of the Demon World’s search for the time being.

After returning to the Southern Universe, Xia Ping gave Qingluan and Rabbit Linglong time to refine the Black Hole Worm eggs, then gave Gaia Xiao Dai the Soul Crystals he had collected from Demon Kings. Xiao Dai entered a powerful hatching state that might let her reach the Saint Realm.

• Qingluan and Rabbit Linglong entered separate secluded chambers to refine the Black Hole Worm eggs.
• The system awarded Xia Ping 120 Hate Crystals for becoming a wanted criminal in the Demon World, bringing his total to 370.
• Xia Ping examined the Soul Crystals he had collected and decided that consuming all of them himself could overwhelm his soul.
• Gaia Xiao Dai appeared, said she needed a small mountain of Soul Crystals to evolve, and told Xia Ping that his supply was almost enough.
• Xia Ping gave Xiao Dai all his Soul Crystals, and she devoured them before forming a massive crystalline eggshell around herself.
• Cat Immortal recognized Xiao Dai's hatching state and said her evolution might allow her to enter the Saint Realm.

Xia Ping formed an ancient contract with the King Worm just before its egg hatched, binding the newborn ruler of the Black Hole Worms to him. The arrogant little girl declared herself King, but her subjects obeyed Xia Ping instead, and he decided to name her Xiao Hei.

• Cat Immortal told Xia Ping that Xiao Dai had a chance to enter the Saint realm through her evolution, and Xia Ping placed her in the Mountain River Bead to evolve.
• Green Ox warned Xia Ping that the King Worm was about to hatch, so Xia Ping hurried to the egg and offered it his essence blood.
• The King Worm absorbed Xia Ping's blood, formed an ancient contract with him, and hatched as a black-haired little girl adorned in royal ornaments.
• The newly born King Worm ordered the Black Hole Worms to kneel, but they remained prostrated before Xia Ping because their contracts bound them to him.
• The King Worm grew angry when Xia Ping knocked her on the head and proposed naming her Xiao Hei, then accused him of being a treacherous regent trying to usurp her throne.

Xia Ping renamed the Black Hole Worm girl Chong Xiaoqian and left Green Ox to teach her, while the Black Hole Worms offered to expand the Mountain River Bead space. The worms began building their nest by breaking through the Spatial Barrier, and Xia Ping watched the space grow.

• Xia Ping named the black-haired girl Chong Xiaoqian, overruled her objections, and sent Green Ox to teach her.
• Green Ox convinced Chong Xiaoqian to avoid confronting Xia Ping and patiently build up her strength, and she obediently went with him to study.
• Chong Da told Xia Ping that the Black Hole Worms could expand the Mountain River Bead space by building a nest.
• Xia Ping assigned the worms to expand the space, and over a hundred of them began eating through the Spatial Barrier.
• The worms poured spatial energy into the Mountain River Bead, gradually expanding its land and replenishing its energy.

After Qingluan refined a Black Hole Worm, her strengthened bloodline resonated with Xia Ping’s Hell Golden Crow bloodline, drawing them into dual cultivation. The exchange propelled Xia Ping to the peak of the Return to Truth Realm and gave him the insight to attempt a breakthrough into the Dharma Image Realm.

• Qingluan emerged from seclusion after refining a commander-grade Black Hole Worm, gaining a stronger Qingluan bloodline and the ability to use spatial divine abilities.
• Xia Ping sensed that Qingluan’s transformed aura had awakened a powerful resonance between their divine-beast bloodlines.
• Xia Ping and Qingluan embraced and practiced dual cultivation, sharing mana, soul energy, and bloodline power.
• Xia Ping’s mana and all nine Primordial Spirits rose to the peak of the Return to Truth Realm, while he gained insights from ancient Qingluan memories.
• Xia Ping realized he could attempt to break through into the Dharma Image Realm and condense his Dharma Image of Heaven and Earth.

Xia Ping consumed a vast store of pills and broke through to the Dharma Image Realm, forming nine Heaven and Earth Dharma Images. Their celestial phenomenon drew the attention of nearby powerful figures, but the Demon Saint Palace concealed him from their investigation.

• Xia Ping refined a vast quantity of pills with his Sun Furnace and absorbed the medicinal energy to fuel his breakthrough.
• Xia Ping's nine primordial spirits shattered their Purple Mansions and emerged as nine Heaven and Earth Dharma Images.
• Xia Ping formed the Kui Ox, Hell Golden Crow, Divine Elephant, Heavenly Dragon, Myriad Worlds Star Map, Taotie, Thousand-Hand Buddha, Thousand-Eye Demon, and World Tree Dharma Images.
• Xia Ping's nine Dharma Images caused a phenomenon that shook planets across thousands of light-years and alarmed nearby mighty figures and Saints.
• The Saints searched for the phenomenon's source but could not locate Xia Ping inside the Demon Saint Palace, so they stopped to avoid provoking an unknown powerhouse.

Xia Ping discovered that his breakthrough to the Dharma Image Realm had greatly strengthened him, while Qingluan’s bloodline awakened and her cultivation surged to the Golden Core Realm. After Qingluan awoke, Rabbit Linglong emerged from seclusion with news that she had refined the Black Hole Worm, then grew suspicious of the pair.

• Xia Ping found that his nine Purple Mansion spaces, spiritual sense, Dharma Images, and Hell Golden Crow Bloodline had grown stronger after his breakthrough.
• Qingluan awakened memories of her bloodline and increased her Qingluan Bloodline to sixty percent through the energy she had received from Xia Ping.
• Qingluan’s cultivation rose through several realms, and she reached the Golden Core Realm and condensed a Golden Core.
• Qingluan awoke with a blue mark between her brows, and Xia Ping and Qingluan got dressed after she sent him flying away.
• Rabbit Linglong emerged from her quiet room, announced that she had refined the Black Hole Worm, and questioned Xia Ping and Qingluan about their strange atmosphere.

The Infinite Devil Palace pursued a celestial phenomenon that its elders suspected might be linked to the Map of Heavens' Creation. After Xia Ping stabilized his cultivation, the Demon Saint Palace departed for its next trial, leaving him behind just as the Infinite Devil Palace's forces arrived nearby.

• The Infinite Devil Palace's First Elder led elders and disciples toward the center of a celestial phenomenon, hoping to find a rare treasure.
• The Infinite Devil Palace elders speculated that the phenomenon might signal the appearance of the Map of Heavens' Creation and hurried to search before rival sects arrived.
• Xia Ping stabilized his Dharma Image Realm cultivation and mastered the power of his nine Heavenly Dharma Images during several days of seclusion.
• Qingluan told Xia Ping that the Demon Saint Palace was moving to a new location for their next trial, then the palace teleported away.
• Dozens of figures descended from the void and arrived near Xia Ping.

Xia Ping faced the Infinite Devil Palace after its elders demanded to know what he had found in a mysterious palace linked to the Map of Heavens' Creation. He killed their peak Dharma Idol realm attacker with one palm, leaving the other devils facing his overwhelming power.

• The Infinite Devil Palace elders surrounded Xia Ping and demanded to know about the mysterious palace and its connection to the Map of Heavens' Creation.
• Xia Ping refused to reveal his secret, insulted the Infinite Devil Palace, and warned the elders to leave or die.
• The elders ordered a peak Dharma Idol realm giant to attack Xia Ping with the Infinite Devil Axe.
• Xia Ping summoned a Thousand-Hand Buddha, shattered the giant's Dharma idol, and crushed him with a golden palm strike.

Xia Ping killed an elder of the Infinite Devil Palace with a single slap, then defeated the palace’s Lightning Tribulation Realm grand elder and destroyed him with Buddhist power. The remaining elders were left grieving and enraged as Xia Ping faced them.

• Xia Ping slapped Junior Brother Li to death, shocking the elders of the Infinite Devil Palace.
• The palace’s red-haired grand elder attacked Xia Ping with the Dark Sinkhole Art, unleashing sinful demonic energy and black blades.
• Xia Ping used his Thousand-Hand Buddha’s golden palm to purify the demonic energy and send the grand elder crashing into a nearby planet.
• The injured grand elder questioned whether Xia Ping carried a Buddha’s legacy, while the other elders cried out in grief.
• Xia Ping mocked the grand elder and said he would finish him with another palm strike.
• The Buddhist power inside the grand elder erupted, destroying his body and soul.

Xia Ping killed the Infinite Devil Palace’s Great Elder and captured and destroyed the demonic curses left by the slain elders. The remaining elders trapped themselves inside his golden barrier and unleashed the Ten Thousand Devils Soul-Devouring Array against him.

• An elder warned Xia Ping that the Infinite Devil Palace’s demonic curses would cling to his soul and bloodline, but Xia Ping caught and sealed the curses left by the two elders he had killed.
• Xia Ping burned the curses to ash with the Hell Golden Crow Flame as the Infinite Devil Palace elders sent signals for reinforcements.
• Xia Ping’s Thousand-Hand Buddha raised golden walls of air around the area, sealing the elders inside a spatial prison.
• The Infinite Devil Palace elders joined forces and formed the Ten Thousand Devils Soul-Devouring Array, summoning Heavenly Demons to attack Xia Ping’s soul.

Xia Ping withstood the Infinite Devil Palace elders’ assault and turned their Ten Thousand Devils Soul-Devouring Array against them. After Taotie devoured the Heavenly Demons sent to kill him, the terrified elders decided to retreat.

• Xia Ping used his Thousand-Hand Buddha to batter the Ten Thousand Devils Soul-Devouring Array, injuring the Infinite Devil Palace elders guarding it.
• The elders sacrificed their vital blood to unleash the array’s supreme profundity and summon tens of thousands of Heavenly Demons.
• The Heavenly Demons invaded Xia Ping’s sea of consciousness, expecting to devour his soul.
• Xia Ping summoned Taotie, which swallowed all the Heavenly Demons before the Hell Golden Crow Flame refined them into Soul Crystals.
• The elders watched Xia Ping absorb the soul energy and screamed that he was not human, then called for an immediate retreat.

Xia Ping slaughtered the Infinite Devil Palace elders on a primitive planet and departed for the Universe Sect. Later, powerful figures from the Southern Universe arrived and found the elders dead, leaving the culprit’s identity unknown.

• The Infinite Devil Palace elders fled after Xia Ping swallowed more than ten thousand Heavenly Demons, but Xia Ping killed them all with the Thousand-Hand Tathagata.
• The battle left the planet covered in golden Buddhist light, and Xia Ping reflected on how Dharma Image Realm battles affected their surroundings.
• Xia Ping collected the elders’ Space Rings, absorbed their remaining soul energy, and piloted his Star Ship toward the Universe Sect.
• Powerful figures from the Southern Universe arrived, recognized the dead as Infinite Devil Palace elders, and left to avoid becoming involved.

After returning to the Universe Sect, Xia Ping revealed that he had reached the early stage of the Dharma Image Realm, astonishing the sect elders. Sect Master Zhu Xian explained the chance for Xia Ping to be nominated to train at the Primordial Sacred Land, though the meeting ended before Xia Ping learned why Zhu Xian had been expelled from it.

• Several days after leaving the Infinite Devil Palace, Xia Ping returned safely to the Universe Sect, where Sect Master Zhu Xian summoned him to a meeting.
• Zhu Xian and the elders discovered that Xia Ping had condensed a Heaven and Earth Dharma Image and reached the early stage of the Dharma Image Realm.
• Zhu Xian explained that the Primordial Sacred Land and the Dark Hall selected candidates from across the universe every hundred years, and that the Universe Sect could nominate Xia Ping for the Primordial Sacred Land.
• Xia Ping asked why Zhu Xian had returned from the Primordial Sacred Land, and Zhu Xian admitted that its elimination system expelled those who failed to meet its standards.
• Elder Yu Xiujun stopped Xia Ping from asking how Zhu Xian had been eliminated.

Sect Master Zhu Xian told Xia Ping that the Map of Heavens' Creation would soon appear in the Eastern Universe and asked him to join Universe Sect’s effort to claim it. After agreeing, Xia Ping learned from Cat Immortal about the Central Universe and its powerful factions, then began cultivating in seclusion as he awaited an examiner from Primordial Sacred Land.

• Sect Master Zhu Xian informed Xia Ping that Primordial Sacred Land would send people to assess candidates and that the Map of Heavens' Creation was expected to emerge in the Eastern Universe within a month.
• Sect Master Zhu Xian asked Xia Ping to help Universe Sect compete for the Map of Heavens' Creation, and Xia Ping agreed to take part.
• Xia Ping returned to Yanhuang Peak and found that Nangong Wu, Qiu Xue, Su Ji, Su Mei, Jiang Ya Ru, and the others were out completing missions together.
• Xia Ping asked Cat Immortal about the Central Universe and learned that it was a vast battleground rich in treasures, where powerful human factions and geniuses gathered.
• Cat Immortal told Xia Ping about the Hall of Saints, an organization open only to Saints, and Xia Ping entered seclusion to cultivate before the Primordial Sacred Land examiner arrived.

Yin Shixing passed the Primordial Sacred Land’s assessment and learned that Xia Ping had been nominated by the Universe Sect. He left the examiners with a fabricated tale portraying Xia Ping as a tyrant, and they grew furious with him.

• Feng Xingyu approved Yin Shixing’s entry into the Primordial Sacred Land but rejected the Five Elements Sect’s other nominees.
• Yin Shixing recalled how Xia Ping’s actions had alienated his sectmates and made him a target for assassins.
• When Zhang Haodang mentioned Xia Ping’s nomination, Yin Shixing claimed Xia Ping had stolen and impregnated his fiancée.
• Feng Xingyu, Zhang Haodang, and Meng Zhenshun misunderstood Yin Shixing’s story and condemned Xia Ping as an arrogant young master.
• Yin Shixing embellished his accusations, and the three examiners grew angrier as they prepared to assess the Universe Sect.

Yin Shixing turned the Primordial Sacred Land examiners against Xia Ping by claiming he relied on pills and a backdoor recommendation. When the examiners arrived at the Universe Sect, they confronted Xia Ping, who had advanced to the Dharma Image Realm and answered their accusations with insults.

• Yin Shixing told Feng Xingyu, Zhang Haodang, and Meng Zhenshun that Xia Ping used pills to cultivate and gained his recommendation through connections.
• Feng Xingyu became furious about Xia Ping’s alleged backdoor quota and vowed to deny him entry to the Primordial Sacred Land.
• Several days later, the three examiners arrived at the Universe Sect and ordered Sect Master Zhu Xian to present the five candidates.
• Feng Xingyu, Zhang Haodang, and Meng Zhenshun confronted Xia Ping and were shocked to discover he had reached the Dharma Image Realm.
• The examiners accused Xia Ping of relying on pills, and Xia Ping mocked them for being poor and unable to support themselves.

Xia Ping accepted Feng Xingyu’s deliberately difficult entrance examination and challenged all three Primordial Sacred Land examiners at once. When they gave him three moves, he summoned a terrifying Hell Golden Crow Heaven and Earth Dharma Image that devastated the hall and forced the Universe Sect to evacuate and activate its defenses.

• Feng Xingyu demanded that Xia Ping defeat him to pass the Primordial Sacred Land entrance examination.
• Xia Ping asked to fight Feng Xingyu, Zhang Haodang, and Meng Zhenshun together, and the three examiners agreed to let him attack first for three moves.
• Meng Zhenshun revealed that Yin Shixing had passed the examination and claimed Xia Ping was a counterfeit who lacked strength.
• Xia Ping summoned his Hell Golden Crow Heaven and Earth Dharma Image, whose scorching pressure sent the three examiners flying.
• Sect Master Zhu Xian and the others evacuated weaker disciples and activated the grand formation as the Dharma Image cracked the ground, damaged the hall, and sent flames surging beyond Universe Planet.

Xia Ping revealed a formidable Hell Golden Crow Dharma Image and defeated Feng Xingyu’s Star Dharma Image with a single claw. As Feng Xingyu lay gravely injured, Zhang Haodang launched an attack with his Ocean Dharma Image.

• Universe Sect elders and Primordial Sacred Land disciples realized that Xia Ping’s cultivation foundation and Dharma Image were far stronger than they had expected.
• Feng Xingyu summoned his Star Dharma Image and attacked Xia Ping with a storm of starlight spear strikes.
• Xia Ping’s Hell Golden Crow Dharma Image shattered Feng Xingyu’s attack and sent him crashing into a distant mountain, breaking his bones.
• Zhang Haodang, enraged by Feng Xingyu’s injuries, summoned his Ocean Dharma Image and unleashed a cataclysmic flood against Xia Ping.

Xia Ping faced Zhang Haodang and Meng Zhenshun’s combined attack, but unleashed the power of his Hell Golden Crow Dharma Image. Zhang Haodang’s Yinwood Water was evaporated and his Dharma Image shattered, while Meng Zhenshun’s attack remained unresolved.

• Meng Zhenshun joined Zhang Haodang and summoned a golden sword Dharma Image to attack Xia Ping with Myriad Swords Return to the Sect.
• An elder urged Sect Master Zhu Xian to stop the battle, but Zhu Xian watched because Xia Ping appeared calm.
• Xia Ping awakened his Hell Golden Crow Dharma Image, whose terrifying aura shook Universe Planet and frightened its disciples.
• The Hell Golden Crow fired a golden beam that evaporated Zhang Haodang’s Yinwood Water and blasted him into a spatial barrier.
• Zhang Haodang spat blood as his Heaven-and-Earth Dharma Image shattered and he writhed in pain.

Xia Ping defeated Meng Zhenshun, Feng Xingyu, and Zhang Haodang, earning approval to enter the Primordial Sacred Land. After he left, the three injured examiners realized Yin Shixing had misled them and tried to contact him, only to discover he had blocked them.

• Meng Zhenshun's sword formation was annihilated by Xia Ping's black beam, which then blasted Meng into the barrier and left him badly injured.
• The Universe Sect elders and Sect Master Zhu Xian marveled at Xia Ping's strength as he asked the three examiners whether he had passed.
• Meng Zhenshun, Feng Xingyu, and Zhang Haodang confirmed Xia Ping's qualification and declined his offer to fight another round.
• Xia Ping left, and the three examiners blamed Yin Shixing for deceiving them about Xia Ping's strength.
• Meng Zhenshun messaged Yin Shixing demanding healing pills and ten-thousand-year spirit herbs, then discovered Yin Shixing had blocked him, prompting the three examiners to vow revenge.

After Xia Ping defeated three Primordial Sacred Land disciples, Yin Shixing fled to avoid their retaliation while the Universe Sect’s Saints discussed Xia Ping’s strength and the dangers ahead. News of the victory spread across the universe, drawing both challengers and enemies who planned to kill Xia Ping during the upcoming Map of Heavens' Creation.

• Yin Shixing blocked Meng Zhenshun and the others’ communications, then decided to flee the Five Elements Sect for the Central Universe.
• North Nether Saint, Blazing Sun Saint, and Snow Sea Saint praised Xia Ping’s strength and discussed his chances of surviving the Map of Heavens' Creation.
• News of Xia Ping’s victory spread across the four universes, and human prodigies began challenging his reputation.
• Mighty figures from other races suspected Xia Ping had gained powerful secrets and began planning to ambush and kill him in the Map of Heavens' Creation.

After Xia Ping defeated three Primordial Sacred Land disciples, their peers resented him and anticipated confronting him in the Map of Heavens' Creation. While Xia Ping cultivated on Yanhuang Peak, Yanhuang Planet and the Mountain River Bead space developed, and Green Ox taught Chong Xiaoqian about ruling her subjects.

• The Primordial Sacred Land disciples learned that Xia Ping had defeated Feng Xingyu, Zhang Haodang, and Meng Zhenshun, and vowed to make him suffer when they met in the Map of Heavens' Creation.
• Xia Ping stayed on Yanhuang Peak, cultivating and consolidating his strength as he waited for the Map of Heavens' Creation to open.
• The Sky Net System was deployed around Yanhuang Planet, which became a headquarters and logistical base for the Yanhuang people.
• Green Ox expanded the Mountain River Bead space's farms, formations, and workshop palaces, while the slave girls studied and cultivated to help manage it.
• Chong Xiaoqian complained about studying alongside commoners, but Green Ox explained that a King had to care for her subjects; she then panicked at the thought they might hang her.

Chong Xiaoqian studied kingship with Green Ox and went looking for Tan Menglu, hoping to recruit the notorious idler against the regent. Tan Menglu welcomed her defiance, then declared that games were life and revealed a startling aura.

• Green Ox taught Chong Xiaoqian about the virtues and knowledge expected of a King, and she decided to study diligently.
• The girls warned Chong Xiaoqian that Tan Menglu was a lazy shut-in who lived by freeloading, which made Chong Xiaoqian curious about her.
• Chong Xiaoqian found Tan Menglu lounging in a valley filled with food and watching a television drama.
• Tan Menglu sensed Chong Xiaoqian, pulled her over with a suction force, and recognized her as a King Worm and The Lord's new pet.
• Tan Menglu praised Chong Xiaoqian for resisting the regent and invited her to play games, then erupted with a powerful aura and insisted that games were life.