Recaps

Xia Ping entered the Universe Sect, gained the Universe Wall’s Great Yin-Yang Tablet-Shattering Hand legacy, and became the North Nether Saint’s disciple. After rising quickly in cultivation, he challenged ten new disciples in the Virtual World and fought Lv Wenhou, who left him badly wounded.

• Xia Ping defeated Gato, passed the beast-puppet assessment, and joined the new Universe Sect disciples.
• At the Universe Wall, Xia Ping received Qiankun’s legacy of the Great Yin-Yang Tablet-Shattering Hand and was chosen as the North Nether Saint’s disciple.
• The North Nether Saint gave Xia Ping Yin-Yang Pills, the Universe As-You-Will Technique, and the Lion Vajra Seal, while Xia Ping settled into his spirit-mountain estate.
• Xia Ping advanced to the peak of the late-stage Purple Mansion Realm, then agreed to fight ten new disciples in the Virtual World for a wager of Yin-Yang Pills.
• Xia Ping overwhelmed the challengers with the Great Yin-Yang Tablet-Shattering Hand and Lion Vajra Seal, defeating Li Hu, Kuer, Tang Mingchen, Pan Da, and the others.
• Lv Wenhou fought Xia Ping with the Heaven-Opening Halberd, then revealed his Ghost-God Body and battered Xia Ping across the battlefield.

Xia Ping advanced in power and traveled to Blood Soul Continent to gather Soul Stones, where he rescued Liu Rulan and clashed with the Soul Hall. After killing the Soul Hall master's son, Xia Ping became the continent's most wanted criminal, then continued toward the mine as a battle unfolded nearby.

• Xia Ping awakened his Hell Golden Crow Cells, defeated all ten opponents in the Virtual Battlefield, and advanced to the As-You-Will Realm.
• Xia Ping accepted a deadly mission to retrieve Soul Stones from Blood Soul Continent and traveled there despite North Nether Saint's warning about hidden enemies.
• Xia Ping crashed onto the continent, repelled Bao Mingyuan and the Soul Clan experts, and forced Liu Rulan to guide him to a Soul Stone mine.
• Xia Ping and Liu Rulan encountered the Calm-Spirit Flowers, where Xia Ping killed Soul Hall guards and defeated Elder Qi and Chang Shisheng's son with the Moon Goddess's cannon.
• Xia Ping left Wu Taidou's name at the scene, prompting Chang Shisheng to declare him the continent's most wanted criminal as the Seven Killers tracked him.
• Xia Ping refined Soul Stones, tested the Golden Slime's evolved Endless War Blade, and continued toward the mine with Liu Rulan.
• Xia Ping sensed a battle ahead and saw several outsiders fleeing from a pack of Black Fang Wolves.

Xia Ping joined an expedition to a Soul Stone mine, where the Guiyuan Sect and the Soul Clan betrayed the other cultivators. After defeating them and taking the mine’s treasures, he headed to Huaining City under Zhuo Hao’s identity, with the Seven Killers following.

• Xia Ping joined Chang Xuan’s group for the mine expedition and killed Feng Zhe after Feng attacked him and Chang Xuan.
• Xia Ping discovered that Chen Wei had poisoned the expedition members and made a deal with the Soul Clan, then survived the betrayal because the poison could not weaken him.
• Xia Ping killed Fan Ming and the Guiyuan Sect disciples, broke through to the middle stage of the As-You-Will Realm, and defeated Zhuo Hao and the Soul Clan attackers.
• Xia Ping killed Chen Wei after he took Liu Rulan hostage, then learned from her that Zhuo Hao’s token could grant access to Soul Hall facilities.
• Xia Ping and the Golden Slime excavated more than a hundred thousand soul stones and found a hidden spatial formation containing Saint-written calligraphy.
• Xia Ping took control of the formation and spread a false message claiming that the Blood Soul Saint was sealed near Huaining City.
• Xia Ping and Liu Rulan reached Huaining City’s Soul Hall disguised as Zhuo Hao, where Tan Bo confronted him and the Seven Killers followed.

Xia Ping manipulated the Soul Clan into attacking the Seven Killers, then infiltrated the Inheritance Hall and stole its secret art before leaving the Blood Soul Continent. The Soul Clan placed a bounty on Wu Taidou, prompting hunters across the universe to search for him as Ye Mengyao suspected he was connected to Wu Wudi.

• Xia Ping refused Chang Chi’s demand for Liu Rulan, defeated the two Soul Hall elders, and sent Chang Chi away in fear.
• Xia Ping and Cat Immortal spread rumors of the Blood Soul Saint’s sealed valley, drawing the Soul Clan and other factions to Huaining City while Xia Ping reached the peak of the mid-stage As-You-Will Realm.
• Xia Ping used the rumor to expose the Seven Killers to Chang Shisheng’s forces, then killed the weakened assassins and took their Space Rings and the Infinite Puppet.
• Xia Ping entered the Inheritance Hall with Liu Rulan, subdued its elders with Cultivation-Dissolving Poison, and received the Telepathic Resonance Technique with her from the Inheritance Stele.
• Xia Ping and Liu Rulan cultivated together, reached the peak of the As-You-Will Realm, and Xia Ping used the system to extract the Soul Seal from the stele before leaving the continent with Cat Immortal.
• The Soul Clan discovered that Wu Taidou had stolen its Soul Stones and inheritance, then placed a continent-wide bounty on him, dead or alive.
• Chang Xuan, Wang Chen, Wei Qi, and Jin Ze refused to betray Wu Taidou, while hunters and criminal factions across the universe began searching for him.
• Ye Mengyao suspected Wu Taidou was Wu Wudi or someone connected to him and ordered her disciples to report clues so she could capture him alive.