Recaps

Xia Ping collected the black spaceship left behind by the slain Void Monsters and sent it to the Golden Slime to devour. He and Luna then reached Scorched Earth Hell and entered aboard the concealed Star Ship to scout the plane without alerting its demons.

• Xia Ping sensed the World Tree growing rapidly after absorbing the Void Monsters’ dark matter.
• Xia Ping placed the damaged black spaceship in the Mountain River Bead and told the Golden Slime to eat it.
• Xia Ping and Luna arrived at Scorched Earth Hell, where Luna’s Corpse Insect Clones were hiding.
• Xia Ping told Luna to gather intelligence before they made plans to hunt demons.
• Xia Ping ordered Cat Immortal to keep the Star Ship hidden as it slipped through Scorched Earth Hell’s planar barrier unnoticed.

Xia Ping and Luna arrived in Scorched Earth Hell and found Ice Demons and Magma Demons battling over the Blood-Colored Plain. Xia Ping called himself Fengdu, a peace envoy, and proposed a truce, but after a Magma Demon attacked him, he effortlessly absorbed its blow.

• Ice Demons and Magma Demons clashed over control of the Blood-Colored Plain, with both sides claiming to be the masters of Scorched Earth Hell.
• Xia Ping and Luna appeared above the battlefield, interrupting the fighting as they sought information about Scorched Earth Hell.
• Xia Ping introduced himself as Fengdu, a Burning Demon and peace envoy, and urged the factions to stop fighting and negotiate over tea.
• An immortal Magma Demon rejected Xia Ping's proposal and attacked him with a powerful magma punch.
• Xia Ping met the Magma Demon's fist with one hand and absorbed its power without being moved, leaving the attacker stunned.

Xia Ping easily killed the immortal magma demon Cole, then faced an attack from the remaining immortal demons. His overwhelming strike devastated the Blood-Colored Plain, but Luna told him one immortal magma demon had survived and could be questioned.

• Xia Ping caught Cole's full-force punch, restrained him, and burned him to ashes after Cole admitted he was wrong.
• The remaining immortal magma demon threatened Xia Ping, while the two immortal frozen demons joined its attack.
• The frozen demons unleashed their strongest ice abilities, and Xia Ping answered with a Hell Golden Crow claw that smashed all three demons into the ground and destroyed the surrounding area.
• Xia Ping realized he had used too much force and might have killed everyone he wanted to question.
• Luna told Xia Ping that one immortal magma demon had survived, leaving the demon trembling at the prospect of being tortured for information.

After learning that thirteen ancient demons ruled Scorched Earth Hell, Xia Ping decided to challenge its rulers and waited for Lord Magma and Lord Ice to arrive. While the two immortal demons feared the coming confrontation, Xia Ping and Luna prepared a meal, and a distress talisman reached Magma City.

• Xia Ping tortured the immortal Magma Demon and learned that Scorched Earth Hell had thirteen ancient demon lords and hundreds of immortal demons.
• The immortal Magma Demon and Ice Demon revealed that they had sent distress signals to Lord Magma and Lord Ice, while Xia Ping resolved to wait for the two lords rather than flee.
• Xia Ping asked Luna if she was hungry, and the two began cooking with ingredients from the Mountain River Bead's space as their captives watched in disbelief.
• A black distress talisman crossed billions of miles and arrived at Magma City.

After learning that Fengdu had killed Immortal demons from Magma City and the Ice Demons, Ancient Demon Vede and Ancient Demon Osborne mobilized their forces and headed for the Blood-Colored Plain. Both lords set out to confront Fengdu, though Osborne suspected a conspiracy.

• Vede received a distress talisman reporting that Fengdu had killed one Magma Immortal general and left another near death, and he flew into a rage.
• Vede summoned twenty Immortal Magma Demons and ordered them to march with him to kill Fengdu.
• Osborne received a distress signal about Fengdu killing an Ice Demon Immortal and wondered where the mysterious demon came from.
• Osborne decided that Vede was likely already heading to the Blood-Colored Plain, gathered his Immortal demons, and set out to investigate Fengdu.

Xia Ping and Luna waited calmly on the Blood-Colored Plain as ancient demons Vede and Osborne arrived with their forces. Vede attacked Xia Ping with a devastating torrent of magma, while Osborne watched to gauge Xia Ping’s strength.

• The captured Immortal demons sensed Vede and Osborne approaching and expected them to punish Xia Ping, who calmly finished dinner with Luna.
• Vede and Osborne arrived above the Blood-Colored Plain with Immortal demons from the Magma and Ice Demon Races.
• Vede accused Xia Ping of killing Magma Demon Race soldiers, and Xia Ping declared that he intended to subdue both ancient demons.
• Osborne agreed that Xia Ping should be killed but chose to observe Vede’s attack before acting himself.
• Vede tore open the void and sent a massive river of molten magma crashing toward Xia Ping.

Xia Ping used the Chaos Bell to block ancient demon Vede’s attack, then unleashed Soul-Scattering Light and killed Vede with a single punch. Ancient demon Osborne recovered from the soul attack and was left terrified by what he had witnessed.

• Xia Ping summoned the Chaos Bell, which shielded him from Vede’s devastating attack and astonished the demons watching.
• Vede, Osborne, and the other demons coveted the Chaos Bell, believing it was the source of Xia Ping’s strength.
• Xia Ping activated the Chaos Bell’s Soul-Scattering Light, killing more than a dozen immortal demons and briefly stunning Vede and Osborne.
• Xia Ping punched Vede while he was dazed, destroying his body and soul.
• Xia Ping collected Vede’s remains for the World Tree, and Osborne regained his senses, horrified by Vede’s death.

Xia Ping killed the ancient demons Vede and Osborne, then forced the surviving immortal demons to submit and bound them with the Underworld God Demon Curse. He left the defeated demons under his control, intending to use them to expand Burning Hell’s power.

• Osborne tried to flee after seeing Vede die, but Xia Ping’s bell shattered his soul and killed him.
• The remaining immortal demons surrendered when Xia Ping demanded to know whether they wanted to live or die.
• Xia Ping ordered the immortal demons to open their soul defenses and accepted their submission by placing Underworld God Demon Curses in their souls.
• The immortal demons realized the curses gave Xia Ping control over their lives and deaths, but they could no longer refuse.

The Ice Demon Race and Magma Demon Race accepted Fengdu’s rule and moved to Fengdu City, where Xia Ping’s curse strengthened the immortal demons’ bloodlines and powers. Xia Ping then ordered them to carry his declaration of war to every lord in Scorched Earth Hell, aiming to draw the remaining ancient demons into one confrontation.

• The Ice Demon Race and Magma Demon Race learned their lords had died and accepted Fengdu’s rule, relocating to Fengdu City.
• The immortal demons gathered in Fengdu City’s City Lord’s Mansion and admired Xia Ping for building the city in one day with engineering robots.
• The immortal demons became more loyal to Xia Ping after the Underworld God Demon Curse gave them Hell Golden Crow Bloodline and improved their cultivation.
• Xia Ping ordered the immortal demons to demand every hell lord surrender and declared that he would be the only lord in Scorched Earth Hell.
• The immortal demons were shocked by Xia Ping’s plan to challenge the remaining lords, while Xia Ping intended to draw the ancient demons into a single battle.

Xia Ping sent immortal demons from Fengdu City across the Scorched Earth Hell to demand that its powers surrender or face war. The ancient demon lords rejected his ultimatum, and their reactions set the stage for a major conflict.

• Xia Ping ordered Fengdu City’s immortal demons to spread his declaration of war because news traveled slowly through the Scorched Earth Hell.
• The messengers told the ancient demons that Xia Ping had killed Osborne and Vede and taken control of their races.
• One ancient demon raged at Xia Ping’s ultimatum and threatened to destroy Fengdu City, while the messenger hurried away.
• Other ancient demons mocked Xia Ping, considered joining forces against him, or planned to investigate his strength.
• The Scorched Earth Hell’s factions began reconsidering their plans as tensions rose toward war.

Xia Ping welcomed the hatred of Scorched Earth Hell’s demons as he waited for them to unite, while Fred gathered the other lords to discuss how to deal with Fengdu. The demons learned that Fengdu was only at the peak of the Immortal Realm and had killed two Early Ancient demons using a powerful hell artifact.

• The system awarded Xia Ping thirty Hate Crystals for enraging the demons of Scorched Earth Hell.
• Green Ox warned Xia Ping that eleven Early Ancient demons might join forces, but Xia Ping said that was what he wanted and entered seclusion to wait for them.
• Fred gathered the eleven Early Ancient demons and more than two hundred Immortal demons in a mountain valley to plan how to deal with Fengdu.
• Rist and Odys dismissed the need for all the lords to unite against Fengdu, but Fred argued that killing Early Ancient demons proved Fengdu was a serious threat.
• Fred revealed that Fengdu had not reached the Early Ancient Realm and had used a powerful hell artifact to kill Vede and Osborne, shocking the gathered demons.

Fred persuaded ten other ancient demons to sign a hell contract and form an alliance to attack Fengdu and seize his hell treasure. The eleven ancient demons and over two hundred immortal demons reached Fengdu City, where they found its powerful formations resisting their combined pressure.

• Odys questioned Fred's motives for revealing Fengdu's hell treasure, and Fred said he needed the other demons to block Fengdu's escape routes.
• Fred proposed sharing the treasure and taking turns studying its laws, and the ancient demons agreed to sign a hell contract.
• Fred presented a contract forbidding the demons from harming one another, and eleven ancient demons signed it to form an Offensive-Defensive Alliance.
• Fred led the demons toward Fengdu City, and eleven ancient demons and over two hundred immortal demons arrived half an hour later.
• Rist examined Fengdu City and noticed that its vast formations drew on hell's origin power and resisted the demons' pressure.

Eleven ancient demons and over two hundred immortal demons arrived to destroy Fengdu City and draw out Xia Ping. When Fred attacked the city with a massive lightning strike, Xia Ping countered with his Chaos Bell.

• Fengdu City's demons feared the invading force but resolved to fight because they were bound to Xia Ping by the Underworld God Demon Curse.
• Odys and Rist examined Fengdu City and questioned why its demons dared to resist them.
• Fred struck Fengdu City with a golden lion claw, unleashing rivers of black lightning.
• Xia Ping responded by summoning his life-bound magical treasure, the Chaos Bell, to intercept the lightning.

Xia Ping used the Chaos Bell to repel the ancient demons who had gathered at Fengdu City, leaving three near-ancient demons gravely wounded. The demons survived the blow but were stunned by the artifact’s power.

• The Chaos Bell blocked Fred’s lightning attack, and the watching demons grew greedy for the artifact.
• Xia Ping mistook the demons’ arrival for surrender and told them they would have to earn merits to rise in Fengdu City.
• Three near-ancient demons attacked Xia Ping with their strongest abilities from different directions.
• Xia Ping rang the Chaos Bell and shattered their attacks, injuring their bodies and souls and sending them crashing across the ground.
• The wounded Power Bull Demon and the other two demons struggled out of a pit, shocked that they had failed to withstand one strike.

Xia Ping faced the ancient demons and their allies as they launched a combined assault on Fengdu City. He used the Book of Karma to shield the city and rebound their attacks, leaving the demons’ own overwhelming power racing back toward them.

• Power Bull Demon and the other ancient demons grew furious when Xia Ping questioned whether they were genuine ancient demons.
• The ancient demons and more than two hundred immortal demons joined forces and unleashed their Spatial Domains against Xia Ping and Fengdu City.
• Xia Ping summoned the Book of Karma and formed the Karmic Barrier around Fengdu City, absorbing the assault without letting its power through.
• Xia Ping activated the barrier’s karmic rebounding power, sending the demons’ attacks back along their original paths.
• The demons realized their returned attacks could kill them and tried to dodge, but the rebounding power was already upon them.

Xia Ping used the Book of Karma to cripple the demons attacking him, then killed three ancient demons with his attacks. The remaining demons watched in terror as he continued his assault.

• Xia Ping tested the Book of Karma’s Karma Barrier, which severely wounded the demons around him.
• Xia Ping killed Power Bull Demon Rist with a single Yin-Yang Tombstone Throwing Hand strike, destroying his body and soul.
• Xia Ping used Lightning Fist to pierce two more ancient demons with tribulation lightning and obliterate their souls.
• The surviving demons panicked as they realized three of Scorched Earth Hell’s eleven ancient demons had been killed in moments.

Xia Ping killed two more Early Ancient demons, leaving the remaining demons terrified and ready to flee. Fred revealed the Thunder-Devouring Demon Staff and unleashed a vast lightning domain, making the demons look to him to stop Fengdu.

• Xia Ping used the Kunpeng Step to reach two Early Ancient demons and killed them with lightning spears, then collected their corpses.
• Ram-Horn Demon Odys and the surviving demons panicked after five Early Ancient demons had died and began considering retreat.
• Fred, the Lion-Thunder Demon, brought out the Thunder-Devouring Demon Staff and raised his power with its lightning laws.
• The demons realized Fred had concealed a hell magic treasure and suspected he intended to eliminate them after dealing with Fengdu.
• The demons set aside their anger at Fred's deception and hoped he could hold off Fengdu, whom they feared as their greatest threat.

Fred unleashed the Thunder-Devouring Demon Staff against Xia Ping, but Xia Ping used the Chaos Lightning Method to swallow its lightning and nullify the blow. Three ancient demons then seized what they believed was an opening and launched a surprise attack on him.

• Fred swung the Thunder-Devouring Demon Staff at Xia Ping with overwhelming force, and nearby demons retreated from the attack.
• Xia Ping circulated the Chaos Lightning Method and absorbed Fred’s Thunder-Devouring Power, leaving the staff strike unable to harm him.
• Xia Ping refined the absorbed lightning, strengthening the power of the Chaos Lightning Method within his body.
• Fred broke down when he realized his attack had failed to hurt Xia Ping.
• Odys and two other ancient demons attacked Xia Ping from three directions, hoping to kill him while he was weakened.

Xia Ping killed three ancient demons with a lightning technique, leaving Fred and two others among the attackers alive. As Xia Ping moved to kill Fred, a shadow demon named Ansel intervened, revealing a rare and powerful presence in Scorched Earth Hell.

• Xia Ping used Chaos Infinite Thunder Cut to kill Odys and two other ancient demons, bringing the total number of dead ancient demons to eight.
• The surviving demons realized their expedition had become a disastrous defeat, while Fred marveled at Xia Ping’s lightning and began to comprehend its laws.
• Xia Ping attacked the exhausted Fred with a lightning spear, but a vast shadow domain blocked the strike.
• A formless shadow revealed itself as Ansel, a shadow demon, and introduced itself to Xia Ping.
• Xia Ping recognized that shadow demons were rare, stealthy, and powerful creatures not expected in Scorched Earth Hell.

Xia Ping refused Shadow Demon Ansel’s demand to spare Fred and challenged Ansel to fight. Ansel ambushed Xia Ping with the Shadow Dagger, but Xia Ping caught it effortlessly, leaving Ansel stunned.

• Shadow Demon Ansel revealed that Fred had become a loyal general to its master and asked Xia Ping to spare him.
• Xia Ping rejected Ansel’s appeal and threatened to kill it if it stood in Fengdu’s way.
• Ansel warned Xia Ping about the power of demons from higher hell planes and promised to take Fred away if Xia Ping let them leave.
• Enraged by Xia Ping’s refusal, Ansel vanished into the shadows and attacked him from behind with the Shadow Dagger.
• Xia Ping turned and caught the dagger between two fingers, shocking Ansel by detecting its ambush.

Xia Ping exposed Shadow Demon Ansel’s stealth and forced it to flee using its Shadow Clone ability. He destroyed the clones with the Samsara Pen, killing Ansel and the ancient demons it carried.

• Xia Ping used the Hell Golden Crow Eye to track Ansel through its shadow power and struck it with a palm.
• Ansel survived Xia Ping’s attack with its shadow body and threatened to kill him with its Shadow Dagger.
• Xia Ping summoned the Samsara Pen, terrifying Ansel into splitting into thousands of Shadow Clones and fleeing with Fred and the other ancient demons.
• Fred and the other ancient demons celebrated their escape, believing Ansel could help them evade Xia Ping.
• Xia Ping attacked with the Samsara Pen, destroying Ansel’s Shadow Clones and piercing Fred and the other three ancient demons.
• The ancient demons’ bodies and souls shattered, and Ansel’s Shadow Clones were reduced to atoms.

Xia Ping survived Shadow Demon Ansel’s desperate summoning of a mighty figure, whose Time Stasis and Heaven-Supporting Finger nearly destroyed Scorched Earth Hell. The finger missed Xia Ping, but its shockwave heavily injured him, while Ansel was left stunned that he had survived.

• Xia Ping’s strike killed three Early Ancient demons, but Shadow Demon Ansel survived by fusing its remaining Shadow Clones.
• Shadow Demon Ansel summoned its master through a black talisman, and the gigantic phantom attacked Xia Ping with Time Stasis.
• The Samsara Pen broke the temporal domain’s hold on Xia Ping, allowing him to dodge the Heaven-Supporting Finger.
• The finger devastated Scorched Earth Hell, and its shockwave heavily injured Xia Ping.
• Shadow Demon Ansel was shocked that Xia Ping survived the attack.

Xia Ping killed Shadow Demon Ansel despite Ancient Demon Aldrich's warning, then sent a curse dagger through the vanishing gate to strike Aldrich. The curse entered Aldrich, while Aldrich still vowed to hunt Xia Ping down.

• Xia Ping survived Ansel's time-stopping attack and prepared to kill the exhausted Shadow Demon.
• Aldrich spoke through the dark gate and warned Xia Ping not to kill Ansel, but Xia Ping struck Ansel with the Samsara Pen and shattered its soul.
• Aldrich threatened to hunt Xia Ping down for killing his servant, while Xia Ping vowed to retaliate.
• Xia Ping formed a curse dagger from the Curse Black Coffin's aura and hurled it through the dark gate.
• The curse dagger pursued Aldrich beyond the gate, pierced its defenses, and entered its body.

Xia Ping defeated the forces of Scorched Earth Hell, cursed ancient demon Aldrich, and gained the submission of the surviving demons. He left Fengdu City in control of Scorched Earth Hell, with the new subjects bound by the Underworld God Demon Curse.

• The Curse Black Coffin’s power ravaged Aldrich’s body and soul, and he vowed revenge on Fengdu.
• Xia Ping learned that the attack had earned him 150 Hate Crystals, bringing his total to 1,230, while only 150 immortal demons remained in Scorched Earth Hell.
• The demons of Fengdu City celebrated Xia Ping’s victory over the ancient-era demons and hailed him as the strongest ruler in Scorched Earth Hell.
• Xia Ping demanded that the surviving immortal demons submit or be destroyed, and they agreed to serve him.
• Xia Ping placed the Underworld God Demon Curse on the immortal demons, binding them against betrayal.

Xia Ping used sixteen Spatial Fruits to complete his body's spatialization and advance to the Early Ancient Saint realm. He emerged with a Spatial Body, a clear understanding of spatial laws, and vastly increased power and mana.

• Xia Ping gave the World Tree fourteen Early Ancient demon corpses, which it turned into Spatial Fruits.
• Xia Ping swallowed the sixteen Spatial Fruits and absorbed their energy and the demons' insights into spatial laws.
• Over seven days, spatial energy transformed Xia Ping's body until every cell reached one hundred percent spatialization.
• Xia Ping broke through the Immortal Realm bottleneck and became an Early Ancient Saint.
• Xia Ping recognized that his Spatial Body could hold immense mana and wield overwhelming physical strength.