Recaps

Xia Ping drew the Scarlet Lightning heavenly tribulation toward the Abyss Demons and asked them to help him survive it. He absorbed the lightning with his Taotie manifestation, while the nearby demons were struck down and hundreds died.

• The Abyss Demons watched the immense Scarlet Lightning tribulation gather over Xia Ping and assumed it would kill him.
• Xia Ping flew toward the demons with the tribulation clouds following him and asked them to help him survive, promising repayment.
• The Abyss Demons refused, cursed Xia Ping, and threatened to kill him if he brought the tribulation any closer.
• Scarlet lightning poured from the sky, and Xia Ping summoned his Taotie manifestation to swallow and refine the bolts.
• The lightning essence strengthened Xia Ping's Kui Ox manifestation, while the Scarlet Lightning burned away the demons' Abyssal Demonic Qi and killed several hundred of them.

Xia Ping used the heavenly tribulation to kill Abyss Demons, then trapped the survivors in a Buddhist kingdom when they tried to flee. The tribulation continued to descend, and the demons remained caught within its range.

• The Abyss Demons realized Xia Ping had drawn them into the heavenly tribulation and furiously cursed him for using them to share its burden.
• Xia Ping defended his actions as granting the dead demons a new life, enraging the Abyss Demons who charged at him.
• A larger wave of Scarlet Lightning struck and annihilated thousands of Abyss Demons while Xia Ping remained unharmed and absorbed some of its power.
• The surviving Abyss Demons decided to escape the tribulation’s range and fled in all directions.
• Xia Ping activated the Saha Prayer Beads, projecting a vast Buddhist kingdom whose golden barrier stopped the fleeing demons and left many injured.

Xia Ping trapped over a million Abyss Demons inside the Buddhist Kingdom of the Saha Prayer Beads, forcing them to endure the Scarlet Lightning tribulation with him. When the demons attacked him, he used the Glory Scepter to confuse them, leaving them divided and vulnerable as the tribulation continued.

• The Abyss Demons discovered they could not break through the Buddhist Kingdom barrier before the Scarlet Lightning tribulation overwhelmed them.
• Scarlet Lightning struck down over ten thousand Abyss Demons, and the survivors decided to kill Xia Ping to escape the tribulation.
• The Abyss Demons unleashed their attacks on Xia Ping, who countered with the Glory Scepter's Chaos ability.
• The Glory Scepter confused the demons, causing them to attack one another while Xia Ping absorbed the souls of the dead as Soul Crystals.
• The demons regained their senses, realized Xia Ping had used a second Saint Artifact against them, and wondered how they could reach him.

Xia Ping faced the Nine Nether Demon and used the Glory Scepter to counter its Nine Nether Gale and unleash Holy Light Judgment. The Nine Nether Demon escaped by becoming intangible, but thousands of Abyss Demons behind it were burned to ash.

• Xia Ping taunted the Abyss Demons and urged them to serve as cannon fodder against the heavenly tribulation.
• The Nine Nether Demon appeared and withstood the Scarlet Lightning before attacking Xia Ping with Nine Nether Gale.
• Xia Ping used the Glory Scepter's Holy Light Shines Upon All to neutralize the Nine Nether Gale.
• Xia Ping fired Holy Light Judgment at the Nine Nether Demon, which escaped by activating its Nine Nether Body.
• Thousands of Abyss Demons behind the Nine Nether Demon were caught by the holy light and burned to ash.

Xia Ping used the Samsara Pen to pierce the Nine Nether Demon’s supposedly invulnerable body and kill it. The Abyss Demons watched in shock as the death of their formidable overlord left them afraid to face him.

• The Nine Nether Demon dodged Xia Ping’s attack, boasted that its Nine Nether Body could not be harmed, and urged him to surrender.
• Xia Ping summoned the Samsara Pen and struck the Nine Nether Demon with its sharp force.
• The Nine Nether Demon’s Nine Nether Body was split apart, and its soul was badly wounded.
• Xia Ping struck again, destroyed the demon’s body and soul, and gathered its energy into a Soul Crystal.
• The Abyss Demons were stunned by the Nine Nether Demon’s death and lost their courage to fight Xia Ping.

Xia Ping faced the Sunshine Demon, an Abyss overlord that attacked him with Abyss Darkfire. He devoured its flames and killed it with the Underworld God's Spear, leaving the battlefield clear of the demon.

• The Sunshine Demon appeared and struck at Xia Ping with a vast hand of Abyss Darkfire, but Xia Ping dodged the blow.
• The Sunshine Demon revealed its plan to claim Xia Ping's flesh and blood, then attacked with its Myriad Mountains of Demonic Fire.
• Xia Ping summoned a Hell Golden Crow and devoured all the Abyss Darkfire.
• Xia Ping formed the Underworld God's Spear and pierced the Sunshine Demon, destroying its soul and Primordial Spirit.

After killing the Sunshine Demon, Xia Ping refined its essence and awakened another two hundred million Hell Golden Crow Cells, bringing the total to three hundred million. As his power surged, the Scarlet Lightning tribulation intensified, and he punched a massive hole through the thunder and tribulation clouds.

• The Abyss Demons lost their nerve after the Sunshine Demon and Nine Nether Demon died, while the Heavenly Heart Demon fled.
• Xia Ping studied his new bloodline ability, Underworld God's Spear, and used the Sun Furnace to refine the Sunshine Demon's corpse into a relic.
• Xia Ping absorbed the relic's energy, awakening two hundred million more Hell Golden Crow Cells and strengthening his bloodline abilities.
• The Abyss Demons sensed Xia Ping's growing power as the Scarlet Lightning tribulation grew more violent.
• Xia Ping punched through the lightning and blasted an enormous hole in the tribulation clouds.

After surviving the eighty-one layers of lightning tribulation, Xia Ping broke through to the late Dharma Image Realm and strengthened his cultivation with the Sunshine Demon's origin energy. As he sensed a new threat, the Heavenly Heart Demon invaded his sea of consciousness.

• Xia Ping survived the final lightning strikes, which killed every Abyss Demon trapped in the tribulation and left him with millions of Soul Crystals.
• Xia Ping broke through to the late Dharma Image Realm, healing his injuries and expanding his nine Purple Mansion spaces and spiritual power.
• The Sunshine Demon's remaining origin energy poured into Xia Ping's Purple Mansion spaces, restoring his mana and bringing him closer to the peak of the Dharma Image Realm.
• Xia Ping sensed a malicious presence and recognized the approaching grayish-white shadow as the Heavenly Heart Demon.
• The Heavenly Heart Demon turned invisible and entered Xia Ping's sea of consciousness, claiming it would take over his body.

The Heavenly Heart Demon ambushed Xia Ping after his tribulation, but it was overwhelmed and killed by the giant within his immense sea of consciousness. Xia Ping absorbed its soul energy and discovered a mysterious demonic seed left behind.

• The Heavenly Heart Demon entered Xia Ping's body, intending to devour his soul and take over his body.
• The Heavenly Heart Demon found Xia Ping's vast sea of consciousness and nine Purple Mansion spaces, then encountered a towering giant.
• The giant trapped and crushed the Heavenly Heart Demon, destroying its soul.
• Xia Ping absorbed the Heavenly Heart Demon's remaining soul energy and formed a Soul Crystal far greater than the one from the Sunshine Demon.
• Xia Ping sensed a mysterious black talisman, containing inner demon scriptures and dark spiritual secrets, condense from the refined energy.

After refining Heavenly Heart Demon’s source energy, Xia Ping gained the Demon Heart Seal and advanced his illusion arts to the consummate realm, creating a lifelike world across a vast region. He collected more Hate Crystals and headed back, where he spotted Yu Qiqi, Jiang Yaru, Su Ji, and Chu Rong hunting Abyss Demons.

• Xia Ping refined the demon seed and obtained Heavenly Heart Demon’s Demon Heart Seal, which let him perceive the emotions of living beings.
• The Demon Heart Seal boosted Xia Ping’s True Explanation of Illusion Arts to the consummate realm.
• Xia Ping created a realistic illusion world spanning a radius of one billion kilometers, complete with nations, histories, and lifelike people.
• The system awarded Xia Ping one hundred Hate Crystals, bringing his total to five hundred and sixty.
• Xia Ping left to return to his observer post, then stopped after spotting Yu Qiqi, Jiang Yaru, Su Ji, and Chu Rong hunting Abyss Demons.

Xia Ping arrived in the valley, where his uncontrolled Hell Golden Crow aura incinerated several thousand Abyss Demons. After explaining his sudden appearance to Yu Qiqi, Jiang Yaru, Su Ji, and Chu Rong, he was overwhelmed by the women’s advances.

• Xia Ping landed before Yu Qiqi, Jiang Yaru, Su Ji, and Chu Rong, and his fiery aura burned the hostile Abyss Demons to ashes.
• Xia Ping realized his rapidly evolved Hell Golden Crow Bloodline was automatically retaliating against enemies and said he needed time to master it.
• Jiang Yaru asked why Xia Ping was there, and he claimed he had merely been passing by.
• Yu Qiqi asked if Xia Ping had caused the blood-red tribulation cloud, and he teased her by offering to explain in private.
• Su Ji suddenly praised Xia Ping and clung to him, while Jiang Yaru pulled him close and challenged his attention to other women.
• Yu Qiqi grabbed Xia Ping and pulled him away from Jiang Yaru.

Xia Ping learned that his increased Hell Golden Crow Bloodline was releasing irresistible pure yang energy, causing Su Ji, Yu Qiqi, Chu Rong, and Jiang Yaru to overwhelm him. Elsewhere, Abyss Demons discovered that Xia Ping’s tribulation had wiped out the continent’s high-ranking demons and left to continue assembling their armies.

• Yu Qiqi and Chu Rong each made advances on Xia Ping, and he asked the system why the women had become so bold.
• The system explained that Xia Ping’s excess pure yang energy attracted women and said he could stop it only by perfectly controlling his power.
• Su Ji, Yu Qiqi, Chu Rong, and Jiang Yaru surrounded Xia Ping and dragged him into a nearby cave.
• More than a dozen peak Lightning Tribulation Realm Abyss Demons found the aftermath of Xia Ping’s tribulation and realized the continent’s top demons had been killed.
• The Abyss Demons blamed the humans for disrupting their plans and left to gather forces on the other Demon Continents.

The trial in the Abyss World ended, and the surviving disciples returned to their sects. Su Ji and the others had advanced dramatically through dual cultivation with Xia Ping, who also returned with a new breakthrough and prepared to pursue the Saint Realm before the coming cosmic war.

• The Heavenly Secret List teleported the surviving new disciples out of the Abyss World when the trial ended.
• Yu Qiqi, Jiang Yaru, Su Ji, and Chu Rong returned to the Universe Sect as True Fire Realm cultivators, but concealed that dual cultivation with Xia Ping had caused their progress.
• Xia Ping returned to the elders of the five major sects after reaching the late Dharma Image Realm, startling the elders from the other sects.
• Xia Ping had awakened fifty million more Hell Golden Crow Cells, bringing his total to 350 million, and gained thousands of years of mana through dual cultivation.
• Xia Ping resolved to reach the Saint Realm before the coming cosmic-scale war so he would not be reduced to cannon fodder.

After returning to the Universe Sect, Xia Ping reported the Abyss Demons’ plans to the North Nether Saint and learned that a war between humanity and the demons was unavoidable. His master urged him to grow stronger and travel to the Primordial Sacred Land in the Central Universe, where the chapter leaves him preparing to go.

• Xia Ping returned to the Universe Sect and went to North Nether Peak to tell the North Nether Saint about the Abyss Demons’ planned invasion.
• The North Nether Saint explained that the Abyss Demons could not be destroyed in their own world and that humanity had long been preparing for war.
• Xia Ping learned that humanity hoped to cripple the demons’ forces and secure another hundred million years of peace.
• The North Nether Saint warned Xia Ping that he was too weak to matter in the coming war and urged him to seek strength in the Primordial Sacred Land.
• Xia Ping left North Nether Peak resolved to grow stronger, and the time to depart for the Central Universe soon arrived.

Xia Ping waited at the Universe Planet port for the Primordial Sacred Land to take him to the Central Universe, and learned about Saint-Grade Spaceships and the Star Ship’s potential upgrades. After Su Chang arrived to receive him, Xia Ping boarded the ship and found other successful candidates aboard.

• Xia Ping finished consolidating his cultivation and waited at the spaceship port for the Primordial Sacred Land.
• A living-looking Saint-Grade Spaceship arrived, and Cat Immortal explained how cosmic life-forms could be fused with such ships.
• Cat Immortal said the Star Ship could be upgraded by fusing it with a Saint-level metal or plant life-form, and that the Central Universe depended on Saint-Grade Spaceships.
• Su Chang and two other Primordial Sacred Land disciples emerged and told Xia Ping to board the ship.
• Xia Ping boarded with Su Chang and saw other geniuses who had passed the assessment.

A Saint aboard the Primordial Sacred Land ship explained why the Central Universe was difficult to enter and how its worlds fueled conflict among the races. The chapter ended with the disciples learning that humanity had seized many worlds but could not easily venture into the Strange District or the deadly Dark Forbidden Zone.

• A Saint told the Eastern Universe geniuses that spatial storms kept ordinary ships from reaching the Central Universe, and only Saint-Grade Spaceships could cross them safely.
• The Saint explained that the Central Universe contained countless expanding minor worlds rich in resources, which the races fought over.
• The Saint revealed that humanity occupied around nine hundred million resource-bearing worlds in the Ordinary District.
• A Primordial Sacred Land disciple explained that the Central Universe was divided into the Ordinary District, the Strange District, and the Dark Forbidden Zone, where even Saints faced deadly dangers.

Xia Ping learned that the Central Universe’s Strange District housed the worlds of powerful races and that spatial cracks there exposed patterns of universal laws. After three days and nights crossing the spatial storm, the black spacecraft reached the Central Universe.

• The man in blue battle robes explained that many powerful races, including the Dragon and Demon Races, occupied worlds in the Strange District, while only Saints could enter them.
• The black whale-shaped spacecraft entered a spatial storm at the Central Universe’s outskirts and withstood the planet-destroying wind blades using its azure defenses.
• Xia Ping noticed strange patterns in the spatial cracks, and the man in blue battle robes identified them as patterns of laws that could help cultivators comprehend universal laws.
• The man in blue battle robes explained that the Central Universe’s unstable space exposed laws, giving cultivators better opportunities to advance toward the Saint realm.
• After sailing for three days and three nights, the spacecraft broke through the astral wind layer and reached the Central Universe.

Xia Ping and the other Eastern Universe geniuses arrived at the Primordial World, a vast human stronghold rich in Primordial Qi. They were brought to a city in the Primordial Sacred Land, where the powerful locals took notice of Xia Ping’s reputation.

• Xia Ping saw the Central Universe’s worlds from the spaceship, and the man in blue battle robes identified the Primordial World as the group’s destination.
• The spaceship passed through a spatial passage into the Primordial World, where Xia Ping and Cat Immortal sensed the immense supply of Primordial Qi.
• The man in blue battle robes explained that humanity had seized the Primordial World at great cost because its Primordial Qi greatly aided cultivation.
• The man in blue battle robes teleported Xia Ping and the other geniuses to a plaza in a city crowded with powerful cultivators and Saints.
• The city’s residents discussed the newcomers and singled out Xia Ping for defeating several Primordial Sacred Land outer disciples.

Lü Zhong introduced the newcomers to life in Green Jade City, explained contribution points and the ten-year assessments, and warned them that the Primordial World forbade conflict. Xia Ping realized points could be transferred and asked about contracts and duels, leaving Lü Zhong wary of his intentions.

• Lü Zhong welcomed Xia Ping and the other newcomers to Green Jade City, gave them identity chips, and explained how they were used.
• Lü Zhong said each newcomer received fifty contribution points and showed them the Primordial Sacred Land’s exchange list.
• Lü Zhong explained that newcomers had ten years to cultivate before facing an assessment every decade, with failure resulting in expulsion.
• Xia Ping asked whether contribution points could be traded and suggested collecting points through voluntary transfers.
• Lü Zhong warned Xia Ping against robbing anyone, then explained that agreed duels were allowed in arenas.

After settling into Villa No. 666, Xia Ping learned how cultivation and points worked in the Primordial Sacred Land. He accepted Wei Liangsheng’s invitation to meet other geniuses from the Eastern Universe over a meal.

• Lü Zhong led Xia Ping and the others to their villas in Green Jade City, and Xia Ping entered Villa No. 666.
• After resting and cultivating, Xia Ping found that the Primordial World greatly increased his cultivation speed and that disciples had to study independently.
• Xia Ping learned that points were needed for nearly everything in the Primordial Sacred Land and could be earned through tasks or by selling resources.
• Wei Liangsheng, a true disciple of the Lingyun Sect, visited Xia Ping with other Eastern Universe geniuses and invited him to a meal.
• Xia Ping agreed, met Yin Xiheng, Kong Cheng, and Hua Bei, and went with the group to the outer disciples’ dining hall.

Xia Ping and the newly arrived outer disciples marveled at the lavish free food in Green Jade City’s Azure Jade Imperial Kitchen before a group of arrogant disciples mocked them. Xia Ping traded insults with Xi An and gave a false name, prompting the real Yin Shixing to expose him.

• Xia Ping and the others entered the Azure Jade Imperial Kitchen and learned that the Primordial Sacred Land had tens of millions of outer disciples and provided their meals for free.
• The group admired the extravagant menu and the valuable food they could eat without limit.
• Xi An mocked the newcomers as ignorant country bumpkins, and Xia Ping answered by comparing Xi An to a barking dog.
• When Xi An demanded Xia Ping’s name, Xia Ping claimed to be Yin Shixing of the Five Elements Sect.
• The real Yin Shixing confronted Xia Ping and warned Xi An that Xia Ping had impersonated him and was actually from the Universe Sect.

Xia Ping’s attempt to pass himself off as Yin Shixing angered both Yin Shixing and Xi An, while his identity as the man who had insulted the Primordial Sacred Land spread through the Dining Hall. He left the gathered disciples openly provoking them to attack.

• Xia Ping greeted Yin Shixing and claimed they were close enough to share each other’s names and blame, while Yin Shixing denied any friendship and called them enemies.
• A Primordial Sacred Land disciple recognized Xia Ping as the Universe Sect disciple who had defeated Feng Xingyu, Zhang Haodang, and Meng Zhenshun and called the Sacred Land’s disciples frauds.
• Xi An and the other outer disciples surrounded Xia Ping, furious about his remarks, while Wei Liangsheng, Yin Xiheng, Kong Cheng, and their companions feared being targeted as his friends.
• Xi An challenged Xia Ping to repeat his insults, and Xia Ping called the disciples idiots and dared them to attack him.

Xia Ping provoked Xi An and the Primordial Sacred Land disciples, then challenged them to duels with fifty points at stake. He revealed a stalk of holy medicine to prove he could cover the wager, leaving the disciples stunned and envious.

• Xia Ping taunted the Primordial Sacred Land disciples, and Xi An challenged him to fight in the Duel Arena.
• Wei Liangsheng warned Xia Ping about the points he could lose and urged him to wait, but Xia Ping rejected his advice.
• Xi An taunted Xia Ping and Wei Liangsheng, prompting Xia Ping to challenge all the dissatisfied disciples to matches worth fifty points each.
• The disciples questioned whether Xia Ping could pay, and Xia Ping produced a stalk of holy medicine as proof of his wealth.
• Xia Ping claimed he had heaps of holy medicine, and the disciples reacted with anger, disbelief, and envy.

Xia Ping arranged a fifty-point duel with more than ten thousand Primordial Sacred Land disciples, turning their confidence into a chance to profit. As the wager drew attention across Green Jade City, disciples and Saints headed to watch the gauntlet scheduled for that night.

• Xia Ping challenged the Primordial Sacred Land disciples to wager fifty points per duel, and more than ten thousand signed up.
• Wei Liangsheng explained to Kong Cheng and the others that Xia Ping could profit as long as he won more than half his matches.
• Yin Shixing grew jealous when Xia Ping turned the apparent crisis into a potential fortune.
• News of the challenge spread through Green Jade City, and disciples from other cities prepared to watch Xia Ping fight that night.
• Several Saints heard that Xia Ping was Beiming's disciple and decided to attend the duels.

At the Green Jade City Duel Arena, Miao Wushuang volunteered to face Xia Ping first and boasted of his thirty-six divine abilities. After the duel began, Xia Ping ignored Miao Wushuang's gravity domain and knocked him unconscious with one punch.

• Xi An asked who would fight Xia Ping first, and the Central Universe geniuses hesitated because Xia Ping had defeated Feng Xingyu, Zhang Haodang, and Meng Zhenshun.
• Miao Wushuang volunteered, dismissed Xi An's warning, and bragged about his strength and thirty-six divine abilities.
• Miao Wushuang challenged Xia Ping on the dueling platform, and the bell signaled the start of their duel.
• Miao Wushuang used Myriad Phenomena Gravity to cover the platform, but Xia Ping moved through the domain and punched him in the head.
• Miao Wushuang crashed into the barrier, fell into a crater, and passed out.