Recaps

Xia Ping published a bestselling book on deception, then broke through to the Divine Ability Realm and defeated the Red Scarf Bandits who carried Crystal Fragrant Rice. After learning of a powerful defense system at auction, he arrived on Bake Planet to buy it and entered the auction as a Universal Bank VIP.

• Xia Ping negotiated with Jerma to publish Thirty-Six Stratagems of Deception, then launched the book amid protests and a boycott campaign.
• Readers and literary figures praised the book, whose sales reached tens of millions of copies and earned Xia Ping billions of Universal Coins.
• Xia Ping reached the Divine Ability Realm, formed divine ability talismans from his martial arts, awakened his Hell Golden Crow Heart, and survived a twenty-seven-fold Lightning Tribulation.
• Xia Ping killed the Red Scarf Bandits who attacked him, destroyed their spaceship, and found Crystal Fragrant Rice among its cargo.
• Cat Immortal decoded the bandits’ records, revealing their headquarters and a likely Crystal Fragrant Rice production planet, while Xia Ping planned to raid them after his Star Ship was repaired.
• Xia Ping decided to travel to Bake Planet and buy the Sky Net System to protect his family and stronghold, while the Red Scarf Bandits prepared to replace their missing rice shipment.
• Xia Ping arrived at the auction as powerful sect leaders and Qian Shan gathered, and a guard initially refused him entry.
• Manager Bai Bei recognized Xia Ping’s Universal Bank VIP Card, apologized, and escorted him into the auction.

Xia Ping wins the Mountain River Bead and other auction items, then survives Qian Shan and Qian Ba’s attempt to kill him with help from the North Nether Saint. After returning to Cloud Sky Realm and installing the Sky Net System, he reunites with former classmates and meets Tong Xiaoqian.

• Xia Ping bought the Blood Sun Iron, Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, and damaged black bead, then manipulated the auction crowd into paying inflated prices while securing Lightning Fist and the Sky Net System.
• Xia Ping restored the black bead with his blood, awakening the Mountain River Bead and its spirit, Mountain God, then learned the Azure Emperor Longevity Technique and advanced his Azure Emperor Body.
• After Qian Shan bought the Sacred Artifact Fragment and arranged to have Xia Ping arrested, Xia Ping was taken to an abandoned warehouse and fought Qian Shan’s forces inside the Dragon-Trapping Stake’s barrier.
• Xia Ping killed Qian Shan’s guards, but Qian Ba arrived and attacked him, and Xia Ping used a Saint talisman before the North Nether Saint appeared and destroyed Qian Ba and the Qian Clan’s Supreme Elders.
• Xia Ping took Lightning Fist and a Sacred Artifact Fragment from Qian Shan’s Space Ring, then used the fragment to repair the Mountain River Bead and advanced to the middle stage of the Divine Ability Realm.
• Xia Ping practiced Lightning Fist, returned to Cloud Sky Realm, and installed the Sky Net System, which deployed 108,000 satellites and mapped resources and habitable planets across its range.
• Xia Ping visited Flame Yellow Island and learned that humans, demons, and the Sea Clan had formed a World Government, then met former classmates Yang Wei, Gao Wan, and Xiong Batian.
• After Hua Hao mocked Xia Ping and his classmates, Tong Xiaoqian arrived and invited Xia Ping, who introduced himself as Wang Gebi, to lunch.

Xia Ping returned to Flame Yellow Island, overwhelmed the human kings, and used the Sky Net System to capture the Red Scarf Bandits. After learning that Yu Qiqi, Chu Rong, and Jiang Yaru had vanished into the True Dragon Nest, he entered the Dragon God Continent and fought his way into the favor of Baili City, where his battle with Baili Hu awakened his bloodline cells.

• Xia Ping reunited with the human kings, defeated all nine Invincible Kings and the nine World Government Councilors, and gave them pills and devices for accessing the Cosmic Virtual Network.
• Xia Ping used the Sky Net System to disable the Red Scarf Bandits’ ships, capture their crews, and destroy the remaining fleet, then claimed their treasure and learned that Star Ship was operational.
• The Mermaid King told Xia Ping that Yu Qiqi, Chu Rong, and Jiang Yaru had disappeared while seeking the True Dragon Nest, and Xia Ping entered the realm through a spatial node.
• Xia Ping killed a Dragon Savage Pig, befriended Baili Guang’s clan, and learned about the Dragon God Continent and the powerful Dragon-Man Race.
• Xia Ping killed three Dragon-Man Kings who threatened Baili Guang’s group, then traveled with Baili Guang to Baili City.
• Baili Hu offered Xia Ping access to the dragon vein if he defeated a commander, and Xia Ping swiftly beat Baili Han with his Black Vortex Ripple Fist.
• Xia Ping fought Baili Hu in the City Lord’s Mansion, and his bloodline cells began awakening as their powerful blows damaged the hall.

After breaking through in Baili City's Dragon Vein, Xia Ping annihilated Vester’s army and pushed into Dragon-Man territory. He reached Dragon God City seeking entry to the forbidden land where Yu Qiqi, Chu Rong, Jiang Yaru, and Su Ji were trapped, and left the Dragon-Man Kings pinned beneath his gravity.

• Xia Ping broke through to the late Divine Ability Realm while cultivating in Baili City's Dragon Vein, then helped Baili Hu defend the city against Vester’s million-strong army and one hundred Dragon-Man Kings.
• Xia Ping killed Vester and routed the Dragon-Man forces, while the Baili Clan army pursued them and sent news of the victory to Holy City.
• The Dragon-Man Emperor issued a kill order against Xia Ping, but Xia Ping absorbed Dragon Crystals and learned that Yu Qiqi, Chu Rong, Jiang Yaru, and Su Ji were trapped in Dragon God Forbidden Land.
• Xia Ping refused an invitation to Holy City and headed for Dragon God City, killing the commanders and soldiers who attacked him at Dragon Horn City and freeing the human slaves there.
• Xia Ping stormed Dragon Horn City, killed Batik and more than a hundred Dragon-Man Kings, then looted the City Lord’s Mansion before continuing toward Dragon God City.
• Emperor Gelan prepared to stop Xia Ping after freezing a Blood-Devouring Demon Bird, and Xia Ping arrived outside Dragon God City and demanded entry to the forbidden land.
• When the Dragon-Man elders refused his demand, Xia Ping threatened to destroy the city and used Boundless Gravity to crush the charging Dragon-Man Kings against the ground.