Chapter Summaries

Xia Ping advanced to the Third Heaven of Martial Artist Realm during his fight with Xu Yuntian, awakening more of the Nine-Turn Foundation Pill’s power. He overwhelmed Xu Yuntian as Xu Yang and the others rushed to join the battle, leaving Xu Yuntian captured by the neck.

• Xu Yuntian’s Thunder Sound Sword Technique struck Xia Ping’s chest but could not pierce his protective true qi.
• Xia Ping thanked Xu Yuntian for forcing him to awaken the pill’s power, then broke through to the Third Heaven of Martial Artist Realm.
• The watching examinees and Chu Rong were stunned by Xia Ping’s breakthrough during combat.
• Xu Yuntian ordered Xu Yang and the others to attack Xia Ping together, but Xia Ping charged first with Savage Bull Crash.
• Xia Ping shattered Xu Yuntian’s fist, injured him internally, and grabbed him by the neck.

Xia Ping killed Xu Yuntian and overwhelmed Xu Yang after the Huajing City heirs threatened him. As Xu Yang fled, a charging pack of beasts approached the examination group.

• The Huajing City heirs tried to stop Xia Ping from choking Xu Yuntian, but Xia Ping snapped Xu Yuntian's neck and killed him.
• Xu Yang threatened revenge on behalf of the Xu Family, and Xia Ping vowed to destroy the family once he reached the King Realm.
• Xu Yang attacked Xia Ping after advancing to the Fourth Heaven of Martial Artist Realm, but Xia Ping's Rending Bear Hand crushed his fist and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Xu Yang dodged Xia Ping's killing blow and fled, while a roaring pack of beasts charged toward them through the yellow sand.

A pack of Desert Rats charged toward the examinees, but Xia Ping focused on killing Xu Yang before he could escape. After Xia Ping defeated the Huajing City examinees who tried to stop him, he knocked Xu Yang down and left him unable to run.

• Thousands of Desert Rats approached, and Xu Yang saw their arrival as a chance to escape Xia Ping.
• Xia Ping pursued Xu Yang and struck him, but Xu Yang kept running and called on the Huajing City young masters for help.
• The young masters attacked Xia Ping, but his Northern Underworld Body Protection Art blocked their blows as Xu Yang gained distance.
• Xia Ping used Lion's Roar to kill five attackers, frightening the remaining young masters into fleeing.
• Xia Ping struck Xu Yang with a punch from afar, sending him crashing to the ground too injured to run.

Xia Ping killed Xu Yang after rejecting his threats, then stayed behind to face the approaching Desert Rat horde while Jiang Yaru and the others fled. He intended to use the danger to consolidate his newly reached Third Heaven of Martial Artist Realm.

• Xu Yang threatened Xia Ping with the Xu Family, and Xia Ping killed him with a single strike.
• The candidates discussed the deaths of Xu Yang and Xu Yuntian and feared the consequences for the Xu Family.
• Jiang Yaru warned Xia Ping and the others that a huge horde of Desert Rats was approaching.
• Xia Ping told his companions to flee while he stayed behind to train against the horde.
• Jiang Yaru, Chu Rong, Nangong Wu, and Feng Hetang accepted his offer and ran for safety.

Xia Ping survived a massive Desert Rat swarm and caught up with Jiang Yaru and the others, who were struggling in the desert’s extreme heat. He led them toward an oasis he had detected, though he did not explain how he knew it was there.

• Thousands of Desert Rats attacked Xia Ping, but his Northern Underworld Body Protection Art killed five thousand and helped him absorb the Nine-Turn Foundation Pill’s effects.
• The remaining Desert Rats feared Xia Ping and gave him room to escape, while several examinees who had not fled quickly enough were killed.
• Xia Ping used the Kunpeng Step to catch up with Jiang Yaru and the others, who were relieved to see he had survived.
• Nangong Wu warned that the heat from the three suns was rapidly exhausting them, while Xia Ping said he felt comfortable in the warmth.
• Xia Ping told the group that an oasis lay several dozen miles away and led them toward it, having detected its water vapor with his Ten Thousand Mile Tracking Technique.

Xia Ping and his companions reached a desert oasis, where examinees from Jizhou District barred them from the lake and threatened them. Xia Ping warned that the water was deadly, but the hostile examinees dismissed him, and he led his group aside without entering the oasis.

• Xia Ping, Jiang Yaru, Chu Rong, Nangong Wu, and Feng Hetang ran for hours before reaching a lush oasis and lake.
• Feng Hetang rushed toward the water, but examinees from Jizhou District appeared and stopped him.
• The Jizhou examinees mocked the group from Yang Province District and claimed the oasis for themselves, demanding that the women spend the night with them to gain access.
• Jiang Yaru and Chu Rong challenged the Jizhou examinees' right to claim the lake, but the Black-Clad Examinee threatened to kill anyone who entered.
• Xia Ping warned that the water would kill them, but the Jizhou examinees refused to believe him.
• Xia Ping led Jiang Yaru and the others aside without entering the oasis.

Xia Ping warned the Jizhou District examinees that the lake was dangerous, but they ignored him and were killed by the creatures living in it. The Black-Clad Examinee and the survivors watched in terror as a swarm of Desert Venom Scorpions devoured everyone near the water.

• The Black-Clad Examinee ordered his people to fetch water while Xia Ping warned Jiang Yaru and the others that the lake held a danger worse than poison.
• The Jizhou District examinees drank and bathed in the lake, dismissing Xia Ping’s warning as a scare tactic.
• Several examinees began screaming as parasites burst from their stomachs, and a swarm of black creatures dragged swimmers beneath the water.
• Nangong Wu identified the creatures crawling from the lake as Desert Venom Scorpions, whose venom could kill a martial artist within moments.
• The Desert Venom Scorpions swarmed the examinees gathered by the lake and killed them all, leaving the Black-Clad Examinee and his companions too terrified to intervene.

Xia Ping and his companions watched the Jizhou District examinees flee the lake after parasites killed those who drank from it, while Xia Ping and Feng Hetang taunted the survivors. When Desert Venom Scorpions surrounded them from both the lake and the desert, Xia Ping led his group into the Oasis as their only chance to escape.

• The Black-Clad Examinee and the surviving Jizhou District examinees fled the lake after parasites killed several of their companions.
• Jiang Yaru, Nangong Wu, and Chu Rong realized the Oasis lake was unsafe to drink from, while Feng Hetang and Xia Ping mocked the Jizhou District examinees for ignoring their warning.
• Feng Hetang continued insulting the Jizhou District examinees, who grew furious but held back from attacking because the scorpions threatened them.
• More Desert Venom Scorpions emerged from the desert, surrounding the examinees and cutting off their escape route.
• Xia Ping ordered his companions to charge into the Oasis, and Jiang Yaru, Nangong Wu, Chu Rong, and the others followed him.

Xia Ping led the exhausted examinees through the Oasis, using his tracking skills to steer them toward food while the Desert Venom Scorpions stayed outside the forest. He found a Treasure Meat Tree bearing valuable Gem Fruits, and the examinees gathered around it in excitement.

• The examinees entered the Oasis to escape the Desert Venom Scorpions, which stopped at the forest's edge.
• Xia Ping led Feng Hetang, Jiang Yaru, Chu Rong, and Nangong Wu northeast through the forest, with the Black-Clad Examinee and the remaining Jizhou District examinees following them.
• After hours of travel, Xia Ping said he could smell food and led the group toward it.
• Xia Ping brought the examinees to a Treasure Meat Tree covered in Gem Fruits, which a Jizhou District examinee identified as a rare, energy-rich food worth millions of Federal Coins per pound.
• The examinees stared eagerly at the Gem Fruits, hoping to replenish their strength and improve their cultivation.

Xia Ping found a Treasure Meat Tree guarded by Thorn Trees and dodged their deadly barrage to collect two Gem Fruits. As he tried to return, the Black-Clad Examinee ordered Jizhou District examinees to shoot him.

• Xia Ping stopped his companions from approaching the Treasure Meat Tree and tested its defenses with a rock, triggering the Thorn Trees to smash it apart.
• Nangong Wu explained that the Thorn Trees guarded the Treasure Meat Tree and used its fruit to lure prey to its death.
• Xia Ping entered the trees’ attack range and used the Kunpeng Step to evade their thorns.
• Xia Ping reached the Treasure Meat Tree and picked two Gem Fruits.
• The Black-Clad Examinee ordered several Jizhou District examinees to shoot Xia Ping, and they fired more than ten arrows at him.
• Jiang Yaru shouted in outrage as Chu Rong, Nangong Wu, and Feng Hetang reacted furiously.

Xia Ping’s group confronted the Jizhou District examinees, who tried to kill him so they could claim the Treasure Meat Tree’s fruit. Xia Ping survived their ambush unharmed and retaliated, leaving the Jizhou District group stunned and fearful.

• The Black-Clad Examinee declared that the Jizhou District examinees would kill Xia Ping and his companions to secure the Treasure Meat Tree’s fruit.
• As Xia Ping returned with two Gem Fruits, the archers and hundreds of thorns attacked him at the Black-Clad Examinee’s command.
• Xia Ping shattered the arrows and thorns without suffering a scratch, stunning the attackers and relieving Jiang Yaru, Chu Rong, and Nangong Wu.
• Xia Ping threw a steel thorn through the nearest archer’s head and killed three more Jizhou District examinees behind him.

Xia Ping overwhelmed the Jizhou District examinees, killing their attackers and forcing the survivors to flee. He pursued them with a steel thorn and left four examinees pinned to a boulder.

• Xia Ping killed four Jizhou District examinees with a single palm strike as he landed among them.
• Several examinees attacked Xia Ping with sabers, but his Northern Underworld Body Protection Art shattered their weapons and killed them with the rebound force.
• The surviving Jizhou District examinees, including the Black-Clad Examinee, fled in terror.
• Xia Ping hurled a steel thorn after the fleeing examinees, piercing four and pinning them to a boulder.

Xia Ping slaughtered the Jizhou District examinees who had attacked him, then stopped their leader from taking Jiang Yaru, Chu Rong, Nangong Wu, and the others hostage. He killed the leader despite his threats, leaving the group safe.

• The Jizhou District examinees fled, but Xia Ping killed several with iron-hard thorns thrown from five kilometers away.
• Some examinees turned to fight Xia Ping, but he killed them with punches, the Northern Underworld Body Protection Art, and the nearby Thorn Trees.
• Xia Ping killed the last fleeing examinees with the Lion's Roar technique and saw their leader rushing toward Jiang Yaru, Chu Rong, Nangong Wu, and the others.
• Xia Ping used the Kunpeng Step to catch the Black-Clad Examinee before he could seize anyone, then killed him with a punch despite his threats.

Xia Ping took a powerful treasure weapon, the Moon-Shooting Bow, from the Black-Clad Examinee and demonstrated its destructive force. He and his companions ate Gem Fruits, whose energy strengthened their cultivation, and the chapter left them noticing the fruits’ effects on everyone.

• Xia Ping collected the Jizhou District examinees’ weapons and discovered that the Black-Clad Examinee had carried the Moon-Shooting Bow, a rare treasure weapon.
• Nangong Wu explained the value and power of treasure weapons, and Xia Ping fired the bow to destroy a huge boulder several kilometers away.
• Xia Ping dismissed concerns about the Black-Clad Examinee’s powerful family and gathered Gem Fruits from the Treasure Meat Tree.
• Xia Ping and his companions ate Gem Fruits, and Xia Ping refined their energy to strengthen his true qi and approach the peak of the Third Heaven of Martial Artist Realm.
• Xia Ping noticed that Jiang Yaru, Nangong Wu, Chu Rong, and Feng Hetang had also changed significantly after eating the fruits.

After eating Gem Fruits, Jiang Yaru and the others grew stronger, but the fruit's scent drew a horde of monsters that chased them from the oasis. They escaped into a ruined ancient city, where the monsters stopped at the walls.

• Jiang Yaru and Chu Rong broke through to the Martial Artist Realm, while Nangong Wu and Feng Hetang also gained strength from the Gem Fruits.
• Xia Ping sensed approaching monsters, and Nangong Wu realized the Gem Fruits had attracted them.
• Xia Ping and the others fled as Jungle Poison Bees, Black Armored Berserk Bears, and other monsters pursued them.
• The group reached a ruined city beyond the oasis and rushed inside.
• The monsters halted outside the city and circled its walls instead of following them.

Xia Ping led his companions through the ancient city to a wine bottle tree that supplied them with desperately needed water. Their relief ended when a group of examinees arrived, claimed the tree for Yanzhou District, and threatened them.

• Jiang Yaru, Nangong Wu, Chu Rong, Feng Hetang, and Xia Ping entered the ancient city and speculated about its vanished inhabitants and possible supplies.
• Xia Ping used the Ten Thousand Mile Tracking Technique to follow traces of water to a ruined palace garden.
• Feng Hetang recognized a wine bottle tree, and Xia Ping opened a hole in its trunk so the group could drink its stored water.
• A dozen exhausted examinees arrived, and one fired an arrow into the ground to threaten Xia Ping's group.
• A buzz-cut examinee claimed the tree for Yanzhou District and ordered Xia Ping's group to leave, while Xia Ping noticed others nearby.

Xia Ping claimed the wine bottle tree for himself after exam candidates from all Nine Continents gathered to divide its water. The crowd turned hostile, and Feng Hetang provoked them further on Xia Ping’s behalf.

• Candidates from across the Nine Continents rushed to the wine bottle tree, desperate for water after crossing the ruins under the scorching sun.
• The crew-cut candidate proposed splitting the water evenly, and the gathered squads agreed until Xia Ping objected.
• Xia Ping said he had found the tree first and claimed it as his own, prompting the candidates to threaten him.
• Feng Hetang defended Xia Ping and insulted the crowd, while Jiang Yaru and the others reacted uneasily.

Xia Ping defended Feng Hetang’s claim to the Wine Bottle Tree by defeating an aggressive candidate with a single slap. He then challenged the rest of the candidates, who remained furious despite recognizing his strength.

• The candidates grew angry at Feng Hetang’s arrogant attempt to monopolize the Wine Bottle Tree, and Feng Hetang hid behind Xia Ping.
• A flat-top candidate threatened Xia Ping and attacked him with a powerful punch.
• Xia Ping stopped the flat-top candidate’s punch, then slapped him through a stone wall and knocked him unconscious.
• The candidates were shocked by Xia Ping’s strength and began to take him seriously.
• Xia Ping challenged the crowd to step forward, and the candidates glared at him, still angry over his claim to the tree.

Xia Ping defeated Boulder Liu Qiang with a single charge, shocking the examinees gathered around the Wine Bottle Tree. After hearing about Xia Ping's strength and his killing of Xu Yuntian, several elite examinees joined forces to attack him.

• Liu Qiang charged Xia Ping with his massive iron hammer, but Xia Ping blocked the blow with a punch.
• Xia Ping struck Liu Qiang with Savage Bull Crash, sending him into a wall and breaking several ribs.
• The Qingzhou District examinees learned that Xia Ping had killed Xu Yuntian and feared he would take control of the Wine Bottle Tree.
• Seven or eight elite examinees, including two Third Heaven and six Fourth Heaven Martial Artist Realm fighters, rushed Xia Ping together.

Xia Ping defeated eight elite examinees who attacked him for the Wine Bottle Tree, binding them with his true-energy whips and tearing their clothes apart. He threatened to castrate the helpless men, leaving them terrified while Jiang Yaru, Chu Rong, and Nangong Wu reacted with disgust and alarm.

• Seven or eight top examinees attacked Xia Ping together, accusing him of monopolizing the Wine Bottle Tree.
• Xia Ping used the Coiling Snake Whip technique to bind all eight attackers and knock them into the ground.
• Xia Ping tore the men's clothes apart and mocked them, saying they could dress with a single rope.
• Jiang Yaru, Chu Rong, and Nangong Wu expressed disgust and warned that Xia Ping might use the humiliating move on women.
• Xia Ping threatened to castrate the bound men, and they begged him to stop.