Chapter Summaries

Xia Ping reunited with Mu Haoran, Ju Zijian, and their companions, who were furious over his past attacks and refused his offer to make peace. When three students attacked him, Xia Ping defeated them with one palm, revealing that he had already advanced to the Martial Master Realm.

• Xia Ping greeted Mu Haoran and Ju Zijian with teasing remarks about their breakthroughs, angering both men.
• Xia Ping said he wanted to turn their hostility into friendship, but Mu Haoran, Ju Zijian, and the other students demanded revenge for his earlier beatings.
• Three students at the first level of the Martial Master Realm attacked Xia Ping from different directions.
• Xia Ping sent all three flying with one palm, knocking them unconscious against a tree.
• Su Ji recognized Xia Ping's use of true essence, and Xia Ping confirmed that he had advanced to the Martial Master Realm.
• Ju Zijian and the others guessed that Xia Ping's rapid progress came from a fortuitous encounter or precious spirit medicine.

Xia Ping faced Mu Haoran and the others after his breakthrough to the Martial Master Realm, and they tried to make peace rather than fight him. He demanded compensation, then struck Ju Zijian down when Ju Zijian refused, leaving the others facing his overwhelming strength.

• Mu Haoran and the others suspected Xia Ping had found a precious spirit medicine, while Xia Ping claimed his progress came from hard work.
• Xia Ping confronted Mu Haoran and the others about their earlier threats, and they nervously tried to make peace with him.
• Xia Ping demanded one hundred thousand points from each student to settle their conflict.
• Ju Zijian refused to pay, so Xia Ping punched him through the air and left him badly injured and unable to fight.

Xia Ping beat Ju Zijian and demanded that Mu Haoran and the other students pay him a hundred thousand points in compensation. When they tried to flee, he caught and injured them with his Kunpeng Step and fiery true energy, leaving them afraid their qigong would be destroyed.

• Xia Ping declared that the students owed him compensation for emotional distress and insisted on payment.
• A student in yellow objected to the amount, so Xia Ping slapped him and knocked out several of his teeth.
• Mu Haoran and the others decided to flee in different directions rather than pay.
• Xia Ping used Kunpeng Step to catch and strike the fleeing students, sending them crashing into trees, rocks, and the ground.
• Mu Haoran and the others realized Xia Ping's fiery true energy was burning their own energy and feared it would destroy their meridians and dantians.

Xia Ping forced Mu Haoran and the others to sign contracts promising him a hundred thousand points each, then approached the lake to collect the Century Moon-Heart Lotus. Diamond Demon Crocodiles ambushed him, but Xia Ping had already sensed their trap and unleashed his flames to fight them.

• Xia Ping mocked Mu Haoran and the others until they begged him to spare them.
• Xia Ping made Mu Haoran and the others sign contracts to pay him a hundred thousand points each within two months, then removed his true essence from their bodies.
• Xia Ping headed to the lake to pick the Century Moon-Heart Lotus.
• More than a dozen Diamond Demon Crocodiles burst from the lake and attacked Xia Ping.
• Xia Ping revealed he had sensed the crocodiles lying in wait and activated the Pure Yang Indestructible Art, turning the area around him into a sea of flames.

Xia Ping killed the Diamond Demon Crocodiles and claimed their Demon Cores and the Century Moon-Heart Lotus before the Cloud Mist Mountain Range began to close. He and the other students escaped the ensuing Demon Tide, though Mu Haoran and his companions resented Xia Ping for fleeing ahead.

• Xia Ping burned the Diamond Demon Crocodiles to charcoal, extracted their Demon Cores, and picked the Century Moon-Heart Lotus.
• Su Ji recognized that the mountain range was closing and warned that a Demon Tide was coming.
• Demons poured from the fissures and black mist, so Xia Ping fled toward the exit while Mu Haoran, Su Ji, and the others followed.
• Xia Ping fought and burned demons as he ran, and after half an hour he reached the portal and escaped the Cloud Mist Mountain Range.
• Mu Haoran and the others escaped after him, bloodied and disheveled.

After Nie Zhen was reported killed by Wu Wudi in the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, God of War Academy’s teachers demanded that every student be investigated. Yanhuang University and the other schools refused to cooperate and left, while Xia Ping departed with Yanhuang University, his expression calm.

• A God of War Academy teacher learned that Nie Zhen had been killed by Wu Wudi and demanded to know who the killer was.
• God of War Academy’s teachers threatened to question every student and prevent anyone from leaving until they found Wu Wudi.
• A Yanhuang University teacher told the school’s students to leave, and Xia Ping joined them without showing any alarm.
• Teachers from other universities mocked God of War Academy’s demands and left with their students.
• God of War Academy’s teachers were left furious after the other schools ignored them.

Xia Ping began assimilating the Hell Golden Crow Bloodline, accepting the system’s help to reduce the fusion’s deadly risks. When the bloodline tried to devour his body and soul, mysterious chains suppressed it, allowing it to fuse into his cells; Xia Ping then fell asleep as black energy enveloped him.

• Xia Ping returned to his villa at Yanhuang University and asked the system to assimilate the Hell Golden Crow Bloodline.
• The system warned Xia Ping that fusion carried a seventy percent chance of death unless he spent five million Hate Points to reduce the risk.
• Xia Ping paid the cost, and the Hell Golden Crow Bloodline entered his body and began devouring his human cells while its soul attacked his soul.
• Mysterious chains surged from the depths of Xia Ping’s soul, suppressing the Hell Golden Crow soul and sealing its cells within his own.
• Xia Ping used the Pure Yang Indestructible Art as the bloodline fused into his cells, then fell asleep beneath a shroud of black energy.

The Nie Family gathered after Nie Zhen was killed in the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, and Wolf King Nie Wudao ordered them to hunt down the mysterious Wu Wudi. The family could not identify the killer, but learned that he had used extraordinary, unfamiliar swordsmanship and killed the other students with a single punch.

• Nie Wudao summoned the Nie Family elders and demanded to know how Nie Zhen had died.
• An elder reported that a student called Wu Wudi had killed Nie Zhen and left no body behind.
• Nie Wudao ordered the family to find Wu Wudi, torture him to death, and wipe out his clan.
• An elder said the Nie Family had searched university student registers but found no one named Wu Wudi.
• The elders debated whether the killing was planned by an enemy or caused by a fight over a treasure.
• An elder described the killer's peerless, unknown sword technique and said he had killed the other students with a single punch.

After Nie Zhen was killed, the Nie Family debated who could have overcome him and identified Wu Wudi as the target of their investigation. Nie Wudao announced an enormous bounty for Wu Wudi, setting the Cloud Sky Realm ablaze with the prospect of the reward.

• The Nie Family elders struggled to believe that anyone could have killed Nie Zhen, given his Three-Eyed Wolf Bloodline and Golden Light Mirror.
• An elder proposed that Nie Zhen’s killer was either a powerful King Family descendant, an unexpectedly strong commoner, or possibly Wu Wudi in disguise as a demon.
• The Nie Family narrowed its search to Martial Master students and found 8,763 suspects after excluding those with alibis; Xia Ping appeared on the list but seemed unlikely to be the killer.
• Nie Wudao announced a bounty of five hundred billion Federal Coins, a treasure, and a Century Turtle Longevity Pill for information about or the death of Wu Wudi.
• The Nie Family elders realized the rewards could tempt martial artists and powerful figures across the Cloud Sky Realm to hunt Wu Wudi.

The Nie Family’s enormous bounty for Wu Wudi set off a frenzy among students, assassins, martial organizations, and experts across the Cloud Sky Realm. After seven days and nights, Xia Ping woke up in a villa at Yanhuang University.

• The Nie Family offered five hundred billion Federal Coins, a treasure, and a longevity pill to whoever killed Wu Wudi, and martial artists across the underworld discussed the bounty.
• Students from universities across the Cloud Sky Realm became eager to claim the reward.
• An assassin organization decided to pursue Wu Wudi, believing that finding him first mattered more than strength.
• An old King-level expert learned the bounty included a Century Turtle Longevity Pill and left his cave to kill Wu Wudi.
• Seven days and seven nights passed, and Xia Ping woke up in a villa at Yanhuang University.

Xia Ping completed his initial fusion with the Hell Golden Crow Bloodline, reaching the peak of the Martial Master First Heaven Realm before his aura drew Heaven’s Retribution over Yanhuang University. The chapter leaves Xia Ping facing a massive bolt of red lightning striking his villa.

• Xia Ping woke from the fusion with greatly enhanced strength, twelve newly opened meridians, and the beginnings of an imperishable Vajra body.
• The system explained that the Hell Golden Crow Bloodline had been sealed and would be refined gradually as Xia Ping’s cultivation advanced.
• Xia Ping sensed Hell Golden Crow energy within his cells and circulated his true essence, sending a powerful infernal aura into the sky.
• A vast black cloud and chaotic red lightning appeared over Yanhuang University, alarming its students and King-class experts.
• The system identified the phenomenon as Heaven’s Retribution, explaining that the world’s laws sought to destroy the foreign bloodline and would temper Xia Ping with lightning as he grew stronger.
• A barrel-thick red bolt descended from the clouds and struck Xia Ping’s villa.

A heavenly tribulation unleashed a barrage of red thunderbolts against Xia Ping’s villa at Yanhuang University, while the university’s defensive system shielded him and enraged the heavens further. As the defenses weakened, the system warned Xia Ping that eighty-one more bolts would strike at once.

• Yanhuang University’s energy shield blocked the first red thunderbolt aimed at Xia Ping.
• The heavens escalated the assault, sending waves of lightning at Xia Ping’s villa and causing chaos among the students.
• Yanhuang University’s Kings emerged from seclusion and ordered an investigation as the lightning threatened the campus.
• The red thunderbolts battered the shield until its energy began to dwindle.
• Xia Ping questioned the system, which explained that the shield had intensified the tribulation and warned that eighty-one more thunderbolts would strike at once.

Xia Ping survived the final eighty-one bolts of heavenly lightning, which tempered his body and advanced him to the Second Heaven of the Martial Master Realm. After discovering he could hide his strength by storing his true essence in a Hell Golden Crow Cell, he found himself surrounded by more than a dozen king-level experts.

• Eighty-one bolts of red lightning shattered Yanhuang University's defenses and struck Xia Ping in his villa.
• Xia Ping used the Pure Yang Indestructible Art to withstand and absorb the lightning, which strengthened his body and awakened a Hell Golden Crow Cell.
• The lightning opened Xia Ping's thirteenth meridian and advanced him to the Second Heaven of the Martial Master Realm.
• After the heavenly punishment ended, Xia Ping discovered that he could store his true essence in the awakened cell and conceal his aura.
• More than a dozen king-level experts flew to Xia Ping's villa and surrounded him.

Xia Ping denied causing the lightning that struck him and challenged Yanhuang University's protector elders for suspecting him and trying to examine his body. The elders were left speechless when he demanded compensation for the accusations and distress.

• Yanhuang University's protector elders questioned Xia Ping about the lightning phenomenon, and he denied causing it.
• The elders secretly debated whether Xia Ping had provoked a heavenly tribulation and decided to examine him under the pretext of checking for injuries.
• Xia Ping recognized their intention and accused them of suspecting him without evidence.
• A green-robed elder suggested Xia Ping might have angered the heavens by cultivating a demonic technique, and Xia Ping denied the charge.
• Xia Ping agreed to an examination only if the elders compensated him should they find nothing, then argued that their accusations had damaged his reputation and caused him distress.
• The elders were stunned and could not easily dismiss Xia Ping's demand.

The Law Enforcement Elders examined Xia Ping and confirmed he had not cultivated an Evil Demon technique or caused the Heaven's punishment. They recognized his exceptional talent and solid foundation, and the black-robed elder handed him a Primordial Marrow Cleansing Pill as compensation.

• Xia Ping demanded that the Law Enforcement Elders examine him and honor their promise of compensation.
• The elders probed Xia Ping's body and were astonished by his broad meridians, abundant true essence, and solid martial foundation.
• Xia Ping sensed a mysterious energy in the elders' power and suspected it revealed the secret behind King-level strength.
• The elders concluded Xia Ping had no connection to the Heaven's punishment and that the thunder was likely a natural phenomenon.
• The black-robed elder admitted Xia Ping was innocent and gave him a Primordial Marrow Cleansing Pill.

After the guardian elders confirmed Xia Ping was uninvolved in the incident, the black-clad elder gave him a Primordial Marrow Cleansing Pill as compensation. Xia Ping learned that the Nie Family had placed a huge bounty on Wu Wudi, leaving him determined to grow stronger before his identity was exposed.

• The black-clad elder gave Xia Ping a Primordial Marrow Cleansing Pill, and Xia Ping accepted it while also asking for compensation for the damaged villa.
• The guardian elders left, and Xia Ping examined the pill and realized the King-realm expert had failed to detect his concealed true essence.
• Xia Ping asked the system about his Hate Points and learned he had accumulated 6.95 million, largely from provoking a King-level expert and others.
• Xia Ping discovered the Nie Family had publicly offered a massive bounty for Wu Wudi and worried that an expert might uncover his identity.
• Xia Ping resolved to raise his cultivation to the Grandmaster Realm or King Realm so he could withstand the Nie Family if his identity was revealed.

After the Primordial Marrow Cleansing Pill strengthened Xia Ping and helped him open two meridians, he went to Yanhuang University's Academic Affairs Office to pursue Elite Student status. He arrived to find veteran students resentful of his rapid progress and privately cursing him over the lightning strike at his villa.

• Xia Ping discovered that the Primordial Marrow Cleansing Pill had doubled his physical strength and energy absorption, improved his martial talent, and helped him open his fourteenth and fifteenth meridians.
• Xia Ping decided to accept the Elite Student promotion mission, hoping the title and its privileges would protect him from the Nie Family and improve his standing.
• Xia Ping arrived at the Academic Affairs Office, where veteran students including Mu Haoran and Ju Zijian recognized him and learned he had come for the Elite Student evaluation.
• The veteran students complained that Xia Ping had reached the Martial Master Realm unusually quickly and resented the possibility that he would surpass them.
• Ju Zijian and the other veterans privately blamed Xia Ping for the lightning damage at Yanhuang University and wished he would be struck down, but they feared confronting him openly.

Xia Ping sought promotion to Elite Student at Yanhuang University, and Teacher Yan let him choose from a list of missions while the other students accused them of corruption. Xia Ping chose the dangerous mission to hunt the Wind-Chasing Thieves, determined to improve through real battles.

• Xia Ping asked Teacher Yan to promote him to Elite Student, and Teacher Yan explained that he had to complete a mission first.
• Teacher Yan let Xia Ping choose any mission and recommended several easy options, angering older students who saw the special treatment as corruption.
• Xia Ping selected the mission to kill the Wind-Chasing Thieves despite Teacher Yan warning that their Martial Master leader and subordinates made them dangerous.
• Xia Ping explained that he wanted life-or-death fights to refine his cultivation, and Teacher Yan approved of his courage.

Xia Ping traveled to West Desolate City to hunt down the notorious Wind-Chasing Thieves and sought help from a local guide. He asked Hu San whether he knew the thieves’ whereabouts.

• Xia Ping reviewed intelligence about the Wind-Chasing Thieves and concluded he would need West Desolate City’s local power brokers to find them.
• Xia Ping arrived in West Desolate City aboard his God of Light, drawing greedy attention from the locals.
• Hu San approached Xia Ping and offered his knowledge of the city.
• Xia Ping asked Hu San if he knew where the Wind-Chasing Thieves were.

Xia Ping sought the Wind-Chasing Thieves so he could complete his school mission and wipe out the bandits, dismissing warnings about their danger. Hu San directed him to the Lawless Gang for information, and Xia Ping paid Hu San to lead him there.

• Xia Ping told Hu San and the bystanders that he planned to kill the Wind-Chasing Thieves and clear his school mission.
• Hu San warned Xia Ping that the notorious bandits had survived police crackdowns, but Xia Ping ignored him and threatened him.
• Hu San recommended the Lawless Gang as a source of information about the thieves’ hideout and warned that they charged high fees.
• Xia Ping boasted that he had plenty of money and tossed Hu San one hundred thousand Federal Coins.
• Hu San pocketed the cash and agreed to take Xia Ping to the Lawless Gang, privately expecting him to get himself killed.