Arc 95Fengdu’s Rise and Infiltration

Xia Ping strengthened Burning Hell, defeated an invading demon crew and a horde of Void Monsters, then sent a clone to infiltrate Haims City. After saving three Demon Saints and gaining entry to the city, he faced Leopold’s demand to search him.

  • Xia Ping expanded his Spatial Domain, fused Scorched Earth Hell with Burning Hell, and awakened billions of Hell Golden Crow Cells.
  • Elvis and his demons attacked Burning Hell, but Xia Ping defeated Elvis and trapped the surviving demons after Void Monsters killed their leader.
  • Xia Ping burned the Void Monsters with Hell Golden Crow Flame, absorbed their dark matter through the World Tree, and forced the captured demons to submit.
  • Xia Ping created nine source clones and sent a Hell Golden Crow clone to investigate the Demon Race in Haims City.
  • Xia Ping rescued Bradley, Heller, and Jonas from an Element Race Early Ancient Saint by burning through its Spatial Domain.
  • Bradley, Heller, and Jonas brought Xia Ping to Haims City, where the Eye of Dharma Decline cleared them to enter.
  • At the Demon Saint Palace, Xia Ping sensed its hidden Ancient Heavenly Dragon Talismans and met Leopold, who recognized him as Wu and demanded to search him.
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Ch. 2351The Embryonic Form of the World

After comprehending the laws of space, Xia Ping developed a vast Spatial Domain and merged the World Tree into it. The domain gained the rudimentary form of a world, leaving Xia Ping confident it could withstand even a Middle Ancient Saint’s Time Domain to some extent.

  • Xia Ping discovered that his divine sense had expanded to four hundred light-years and become more concealed through the power of the void.
  • Xia Ping transformed his Spiritual Domain into a Spatial Domain that spanned four hundred light-years and blocked the calamities of Scorched Earth Hell.
  • Xia Ping realized his Spatial Domain could let him teleport across its range and suppress enemies, with his immense mana making repeated teleportation practical.
  • Xia Ping sent the World Tree’s roots through his Spatial Domain, giving it a visible, reinforced barrier nourished by energy from dimensional spaces.
  • Xia Ping sensed that the World Tree had given his Spatial Domain the rudimentary form of a world and believed it could resist a Middle Ancient Saint’s Time Domain to some extent.

Ch. 2352Fusion of Hell's Origin

Xia Ping stabilized his Spatial Domain after advancing to Early Ancient Saint, and Green Ox brought him Scorched Earth Hell’s Origin Pearls. Xia Ping fused the pearls and imprinted himself on the hell’s source, beginning to make it his own.

  • Xia Ping integrated his divine abilities into his Spatial Domain and mastered it, expanding it to four hundred light-years across Scorched Earth Hell.
  • Xia Ping used the World Tree’s roots to absorb energy from countless dimensions and greatly accelerate his cultivation.
  • Cat Immortal and Green Ox marveled at Xia Ping’s strength and the resilience of his Spatial Domain.
  • Green Ox told Xia Ping that it had gathered Scorched Earth Hell’s thirteen Origin Pearls from the treasure vaults of the thirteen Early Ancient demons.
  • Xia Ping refined and fused all thirteen Origin Pearls, engraving his spiritual imprint into Scorched Earth Hell’s source.

Ch. 2353Promotion, Promotion!!

Xia Ping used his authority to summon Burning Hell and merge it with Scorched Earth Hell, creating a larger, more powerful plane. The advancement awakened thirty-six billion Hell Golden Crow Cells in Xia Ping, whose bloodline radiance spread throughout the fused hell.

  • Xia Ping sensed his complete authority over Scorched Earth Hell and drew upon its origin energy, awakening Hell Golden Crow Cells.
  • Xia Ping summoned Burning Hell across the void, alarming the demons who feared the incoming plane would collide with theirs.
  • Xia Ping fused Burning Hell and Scorched Earth Hell, expanding the land and increasing the plane's hell-origin energy.
  • The demons absorbed the new energy and benefited from the plane's advancement, while Xia Ping awakened thirty-six billion Hell Golden Crow Cells.
  • Xia Ping's Hell Golden Crow bloodline power spread throughout Burning Hell, and most of its demons sensed its overwhelming influence.

Ch. 2354The Crimson Demon

Xia Ping’s Hell Golden Crow bloodline spread through Burning Hell, transforming its demons and drawing them toward Fengdu City. Meanwhile, Captain Elvis and the crew of the Crimson Demon discovered the newly advanced Hell and prepared to attack it for its resources.

  • Xia Ping’s bloodline transformed demons throughout Burning Hell, with stronger changes among those closer to him and those with higher bloodlines.
  • Demons from Burning Hell and Scorched Earth Hell rushed toward Fengdu City, drawn by Xia Ping’s power.
  • An observer aboard the Crimson Demon discovered a new low-level Hell plane after the ship had searched the void for decades.
  • Captain Elvis examined the Hell plane and judged that its rich origin made it valuable prey.
  • The Crimson Demon’s crew planned to kill the Hell Lord, seize the plane’s origin, and capture its demons.

Ch. 2355Ancient Demon's Might

Elvis led a powerful force toward Burning Hell to seize it, but Xia Ping detected the invasion after absorbing the hell’s origin energy and awakening thirty-six billion Hell Golden Crow Cells. Xia Ping attacked the Crimson Demon to test his new strength, and Elvis stopped and destroyed the strike with his time domain.

  • Elvis ordered his demons to steer the Crimson Demon toward Burning Hell and kill anyone who resisted.
  • Xia Ping finished absorbing Burning Hell’s origin energy, awakening thirty-six billion Hell Golden Crow Cells and strengthening his power.
  • Xia Ping sensed Elvis, more than twenty ancient demons, and over three hundred immortal demons approaching Burning Hell.
  • Xia Ping attacked the Crimson Demon with his Hell Golden Crow Claw, intending to draw the fight into the hell void.
  • Elvis used Time Stasis to halt Xia Ping’s claw, then blasted it apart with a punch.
  • Xia Ping recognized the vast power of Elvis’s time domain and marveled at the strength of a medieval demon.

Ch. 2356Ruinous and Decaying

Xia Ping confronted Elvis and the demons who had come to seize Burning Hell, then crushed the attacking Early Ancient demons with his Spatial Domain. The remaining threat from Elvis, a Middle Ancient demon who had mastered the laws of time, was unresolved.

  • Xia Ping left Burning Hell and faced the Crimson Demon and its crew outside the hell plane.
  • Elvis questioned Xia Ping, and Xia Ping identified himself as Fengdu, Lord of Burning Hell, and demanded to know why the demons had come.
  • The demons announced their plan to rob Xia Ping and take his territory, while Elvis threatened to kill him.
  • More than twenty Early Ancient demons attacked Xia Ping with their Spatial Domains.
  • Xia Ping unleashed his Spatial Domain across four hundred light-years, shattered the demons' domains, and badly injured them.

Ch. 2357Utterly Unshakeable

Xia Ping faced the medieval demon Elvis, whose Time Domain failed to overcome Xia Ping’s enormous, World Tree-reinforced Spatial Domain. Xia Ping realized his domain could withstand a medieval demon’s power, while Elvis withdrew and watched him warily.

  • More than twenty ancient demons reeled from Xia Ping’s Spatial Domain, and Elvis angrily rebuked them for failing to defeat him.
  • Elvis spread his Time Domain across dozens of light-years and used Time Stasis to halt movement throughout the area.
  • Xia Ping reinforced his four-hundred-light-year Spatial Domain with the World Tree, preventing Elvis’s Time Domain from imprisoning it.
  • Elvis felt his magical power and life force rapidly drain, so he stopped using Time Stasis and eyed Xia Ping with caution.
  • Xia Ping realized his Spatial Domain could withstand a medieval demon’s Time Domain and felt reassured.

Ch. 2358Time Acceleration

Fengdu, also known as Xia Ping, fought the medieval demon Elvis, who used Time Acceleration to attack him at tremendous speed. Xia Ping evaded Elvis's punch and summoned the World Tree, but Elvis slowed its roots with Time Deceleration, leaving their clash unresolved.

  • Elvis questioned Fengdu's identity and challenged him after Fengdu mocked his strength.
  • Elvis used Time Acceleration to rush at Fengdu, who tracked him with the Hell Golden Crow Eye and teleported away from his punch.
  • Xia Ping activated the Azure Emperor Longevity Technique and summoned a World Tree that spread across his Spatial Domain.
  • The World Tree sent countless roots toward Elvis, who used Time Deceleration to slow them within a ten-light-year radius.

Ch. 2359Invincible Territory

Xia Ping used his vast spatial domain to withstand Middle Ancient demon Elvis’s time powers until Elvis’s mana drained away. After Elvis withdrew his domain, the World Tree’s roots severely wounded him, leaving Xia Ping unharmed and the watching demons stunned.

  • Elvis used Time Deceleration to slow the World Tree’s roots, but maintaining the time domain rapidly consumed his mana and hell origin power.
  • Elvis withdrew his time domain when he realized it would drain him to death.
  • The World Tree’s roots struck Elvis from every direction, piercing him and inflicting grievous wounds with chaotic law power.
  • The demons watching were astonished that Xia Ping had defeated a Middle Ancient demon while remaining uninjured.
  • Xia Ping realized that Elvis’s time powers consumed enormous energy when used against his unusually vast spatial domain.

Ch. 2360Ten Thousand Void Monsters

Fengdu forced Elvis and the other demons to retreat, but Xia Ping sensed one hundred thousand Void Monsters approaching Burning Hell. Trapped between the monsters ahead and Fengdu behind, Elvis ordered his group to turn back toward Fengdu.

  • Elvis ordered the demons to retreat after realizing he could not defeat Fengdu.
  • Xia Ping stopped pursuing the fleeing demons when he sensed one hundred thousand Void Monsters approaching Burning Hell.
  • Elvis and his demons initially assumed Fengdu had given up chasing them, but Elvis soon detected the Void Monsters ahead.
  • The demons panicked at the approaching horde, and Elvis ordered them to return and face Fengdu rather than fight the Void Monsters.

Ch. 2361Elvis Dies!

Xia Ping watched the hundred thousand Void Monsters overwhelm and kill Elvis, then intervened to keep them from reaching Burning Hell. He trapped the monsters in a vast Spatial Domain and summoned the World Tree, beginning his battle against them.

  • The Void Monsters charged the demons, and Elvis's spacetime domain failed to restrain them.
  • The Void Monsters tore Elvis apart and destroyed his soul, killing the ancient demon in moments.
  • The terrified demons fled toward Burning Hell as the Void Monsters continued advancing.
  • Xia Ping stopped the monsters with a Spatial Domain spanning four hundred light-years and summoned the World Tree to fill it.

Ch. 2362Turn to Ashes

Xia Ping used the World Tree to bind one hundred thousand Void Monsters, then unleashed the Hell Golden Crow Flame to burn them into ashes. The demons fled as the battle left pools of dark matter behind.

  • Xia Ping merged his mind with the World Tree and used its roots to bind the hundred thousand Void Monsters.
  • The demons saw the Void Monsters trapped and decided to flee before they could break free.
  • The Void Monsters grew enraged and began cracking the World Tree's roots with their chaotic energy.
  • Xia Ping unleashed the Hell Golden Crow Flame, which tore into the Void Monsters and burned them using their dark energy as fuel.
  • The Void Monsters screamed in agony, and many burned to ashes, leaving pools of dark matter behind.

Ch. 2363Submission or Death

Xia Ping used the Hell Golden Crow Flame to destroy one hundred thousand Void Monsters, and the World Tree grew stronger after consuming their dark matter. He trapped the fleeing demons with his expanded Spatial Domain and demanded their submission or death.

  • Xia Ping burned the Void Monsters to ashes with the Hell Golden Crow Flame, leaving behind pools of dark matter.
  • The World Tree consumed the dark matter, grew rapidly, and strengthened Xia Ping's Spatial Domain.
  • The demons decided to flee and spread news that Xia Ping could kill Void Monsters in hopes of winning a reward.
  • Xia Ping trapped the demons across a four-hundred-light-year Spatial Domain and demanded that they submit or die.

Ch. 2364Expanding Influence!

Xia Ping subdued the invading demons from Poison Gu Hell and learned how Hell’s planes were ranked. After hearing legends of Demon God Hell Planes and worrying about retaliation from an Archaic demon, he began considering what threats might lie ahead.

  • Xia Ping forced the surrendered demons to accept the Underworld God Demon Curse, adding over twenty Primordial demons and more than three hundred Immortal demons to Burning Hell’s forces.
  • Xia Ping questioned the demons, who explained that they came from the enormous high-level Poison Gu Hell and had planned to plunder Burning Hell’s resources.
  • The demons described low-, middle-, and high-level hell planes, and Xia Ping accepted their apology for attempting to plunder his territory.
  • Xia Ping wondered whether the Archaic demon who had ambushed him would retaliate and asked whether hell planes existed above the high-level ones.
  • A Primordial demon shared legends of Demon God Hell Planes inhabited by powerful Demon Gods, and Xia Ping decided such matters were beyond his current reach.

Ch. 2365Demon Race Unrest

After strengthening Burning Hell and returning to Thunder City, Xia Ping learned that the Demon Race was secretly mobilizing for war. He considered infiltrating Haims City with the Formless Mask to discover their plans, despite Cat Immortal’s warning.

  • Xia Ping left the Poison Gu Hell demons under Luna’s management and returned to Thunder City in the original universe.
  • Cat Immortal reported that the Demon Race was gathering its forces and that the Human Race had offered one hundred million points for intelligence about its war preparations.
  • Cat Immortal explained that the Demon Race’s Haims City was heavily defended and used bloodline checks to identify intruders.
  • Xia Ping proposed using the Formless Mask to infiltrate Haims City, but Cat Immortal sternly urged him not to risk it.

Ch. 2366Great Origin Clone Technique

Xia Ping decided to infiltrate Haims City using a clone and exchanged for the Great Origin Clone Technique. He immediately mastered it and created nine powerful clones that were nearly indistinguishable from his true body.

  • Green Ox and Cat Immortal warned Xia Ping against infiltrating Haims City because of the danger posed by its demon experts.
  • Xia Ping revealed that he planned to use a cloning technique to enter the city safely.
  • Xia Ping exchanged fifty Hate Crystals for the forbidden Great Origin Clone Technique, which could create nine clones with ninety percent of his strength.
  • The system imparted the technique, and Xia Ping quickly understood how to cultivate it.
  • Xia Ping used the Great Origin Clone Technique to form nine lifelike clones linked to his origin and soul power.

Ch. 2367Forbidden Technique

Xia Ping learned that the Great Origin Clone Technique let his nine source clones adopt demon god bloodlines, though raising them required enormous resources. He infused one clone with the Hell Golden Crow bloodline, raised it to peak Immortal Realm, and sent it to Haims City to investigate the Demon Race.

  • Xia Ping learned from the system that his source clones needed resources to develop their cultivation, but could inherit his comprehension of space laws.
  • The system explained that each clone could absorb a demon god bloodline and gain its powers and form.
  • Xia Ping fused Hell Golden Crow blood into one clone, transforming it into a Hell Golden Crow.
  • Xia Ping used an Immortal Fruit to raise the clone to peak Immortal Realm.
  • Xia Ping instructed Cat Immortal to accept a mission sending the clone to Haims City to investigate the Demon Race.

Ch. 2368So Unlucky

Xia Ping sent his Hell Golden Crow clone toward Haims City to gather intelligence and encountered three Demon Saints being hunted by Element Race Saints. He decided to rescue them to gain goodwill, while the demons remained trapped in a Spatial Domain.

  • Xia Ping left Thunder City in his Hell Golden Crow clone, keeping his true body and precious treasures behind.
  • Xia Ping used his clone’s dark golden wings to travel through the void at tremendous speed while concealing his aura.
  • Xia Ping sensed three Demon Saints fighting an Early Ancient Saint and two Immortal Saints of the Element Race, and decided to help them gain goodwill before entering Haims City.
  • The Element Race Early Ancient Saint trapped the three Immortal Demon Saints in a Spatial Domain, leaving them unable to escape the maze of folded space.

Ch. 2369The Knack for Saving People

Xia Ping arrived just as an Element Race Early Ancient Saint was about to kill three trapped Immortal Demon Saints. The Demon Saints had been cut off from help and worn down until they were close to death, and the chapter ended with Xia Ping confronting their attackers.

  • An Immortal Demon Saint tried to call for help, but interference from the Element Race prevented the Demon Race's distress signals from getting through.
  • The Element Race Early Ancient Saint trapped the three Immortal Demon Saints in a Spatial Domain and taunted them until they abandoned the thought of self-destruction.
  • The Element Race Early Ancient Saint and two Immortal Saints wore down the Demon Saints, draining most of their mana and damaging their souls.
  • The Element Race Early Ancient Saint launched a Spatial Slash to kill the weakened Demon Saints.
  • Xia Ping arrived on a divine bird and appeared before the Element Race attackers as a peak Immortal Realm Demon Saint.

Ch. 2370Coming to Die?!

Xia Ping, posing as Wu of the Fire Crow Clan, entered the Spatial Domain to rescue three captured Immortal Demon Saints. The Element Race’s Early Ancient Saint tried to trap him, but Xia Ping’s Golden Crow Fire burned through its Spatial Domain and badly wounded it, giving the captives a chance to escape.

  • The Element Race Saints mocked Xia Ping after realizing he was only an Immortal Demon Saint, while the three captives feared he had come to die.
  • Xia Ping identified himself as Wu of the Fire Crow Clan and warned the Element Race Saints to release their prisoners.
  • The Early Ancient Saint activated its Spatial Domain to trap Xia Ping.
  • Xia Ping unleashed Golden Crow Fire, burning holes through the Spatial Domain and severely injuring the Early Ancient Saint.
  • The Early Ancient Saint withdrew its Spatial Domain, and the three Immortal Demon Saints saw a chance to escape.

Ch. 2371Don't let me run into you again

Xia Ping helped three Immortal Demon Saints escape an Early Ancient Saint of the Element Race, then traveled with them toward Haims City. After learning their names and explaining that he was new to the Thunder Sea Region, he asked them how to enter the city.

  • Bradley, Heller, and Jonas fled with Xia Ping after he disrupted the Element Race saints’ attack, and the Early Ancient Saint ordered its companions to stop pursuing them.
  • The Early Ancient Saint blamed its defeat on underestimating Wu and warned that it would kill him if they met again on Thunder Continent.
  • After fleeing for a day and a night, the three Immortal Demon Saints stopped near Haims City and thanked Xia Ping for saving their lives.
  • Bradley, Heller, and Jonas introduced themselves as Demon Saints of the Thunder Tiger, Water Shark, and Blood Wolf clans.
  • Xia Ping said he had just arrived from the remote Fire Crow Clan and asked what procedures were needed to enter Haims City.

Ch. 2372Eye of Dharma Decline

Xia Ping learned how the Demon Race accepted members and governed itself as he traveled with the Demon Saints to Haims City. At the city gates, he discovered that the supreme-grade Saint Artifact Eye of Dharma Decline inspected everyone entering and leaving.

  • Heller told Xia Ping that the Demon Race would welcome him and that the Demon Saint Palace would likely nurture him as a key Demon Saint.
  • Jonas explained that weaker races could join the Demon Race, but members of peak races such as the Human Race and Dragon Race were excluded.
  • Xia Ping and Bradley's group arrived at Haims City and saw its vast, ancient walls and the many Demon Saints passing through its gates.
  • Bradley identified the giant eyeball inspecting the plaza as the Eye of Dharma Decline, a Saint Artifact that could expose hidden soul secrets and detect intruders.

Ch. 2373Entering Haims City

Xia Ping passed the Eye of Dharma Decline’s inspection and entered Haims City with the Demon Saints. Heller led him toward the Demon Saint Palace to obtain an identity token, while Xia Ping hoped to investigate the Demon Race’s secrets there.

  • Heller explained that the Eye of Dharma Decline in the sky was a projection that monitored and protected Demon Race cities throughout the Strange District.
  • The Eye of Dharma Decline scanned Xia Ping and the other Demon Saints, found no hostile invaders or dangerous items, and granted them clearance.
  • Xia Ping and the Demon Saints entered Haims City through a spatial gate and saw its vast, fortress-like buildings.
  • Bradley told Xia Ping that first-time visitors had to collect identity tokens at the Demon Saint Palace.
  • Heller volunteered to guide Xia Ping to the Demon Saint Palace, and Xia Ping planned to use the visit to investigate Haims City.

Ch. 2374The Demon Saint Palace's Opportunity

Xia Ping sensed hundreds or possibly over a thousand Ancient Heavenly Dragon Talismans hidden inside the Demon Saint Palace, but held back from trying to seize them. At the palace entrance, Leopold of the Starlight Python Clan insulted Xia Ping and his companions, setting up a confrontation.

  • Xia Ping arrived at the Demon Saint Palace with Bradley and the other Immortal Demon Saints and sensed Ancient Heavenly Dragon Talismans concealed within it.
  • Xia Ping realized the palace held hundreds or perhaps more than a thousand talismans and suppressed his urge to take them because the palace was heavily guarded.
  • Bradley and the others asked Xia Ping what was wrong, and Xia Ping claimed he was excited to join the Demon Race.
  • Leopold appeared at the palace entrance and mocked Xia Ping, Bradley, and their companions as trash.
  • Heller warned Xia Ping that Leopold was a resentful genius from the royal Starlight Python Clan who had a history of finding trouble with them.

Ch. 2375Starlight Python Leopold

Leopold confronted Bradley, Jonas, Heller, and Xia Ping in Haims City, demanding to know how Xia Ping had resisted an Early Ancient Saint and accusing him of hiding a secret treasure. The Demon Saints refused Leopold’s demand to search Xia Ping, and the confrontation remained unresolved.

  • Leopold blocked Bradley and the others from entering the Demon Saint Palace and questioned how they had survived an ambush by an Element Race Early Ancient Saint.
  • Leopold revealed that the Element Race Saint had reported Xia Ping used a heaven-and-earth strange flame to break through a Spatial Domain.
  • Leopold identified Xia Ping as Wu and demanded to know whether a cosmic secret treasure gave him power to contend with Early Ancient Saints.
  • Xia Ping said a strange flame had fused with his body and transformed his bloodline, but Leopold called him a liar and demanded to search him.
  • Bradley, Heller, and Jonas condemned Leopold’s demand and insisted he had no right to search Xia Ping.
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