Chapter Summaries

After receiving a huge fortune, Xia Ping spent 150 billion Federal Coins upgrading God of Light into a heavily armed spaceship with advanced training facilities. Three days later, he prepared to fly to Cold Moon Pool to improve his cultivation before his killing of Nie Zhen was discovered.

• Xia Ping told Liang Kuan he wanted to expand God of Light, install training facilities, improve its speed, and strengthen its weapons.
• Liang Kuan estimated the upgrades would cost at least 150 billion Federal Coins, and Xia Ping paid for them.
• Three days later, Xia Ping inspected the enlarged, upgraded God of Light and its Gravity Chamber at his villa.
• Xia Ping decided to head to Cold Moon Pool to find Water Moon Grass, fight demon beasts, and advance his cultivation.
• Xia Ping felt pressed to grow stronger before Nie Wudao learned that he had killed Nie Zhen and threatened his family.

Xia Ping arrived at the Wild Forest and strengthened himself by cultivating under five times normal gravity aboard the God of Light. He landed near Cold Moon Pool to secretly seek Water Moon Grass, but after Wolf Demons attacked him, he killed them all.

• Xia Ping spent seven days cultivating in the Gravity Chamber, adapting to five times gravity, absorbing Energy Stones, and breaking through several meridians.
• The God of Light reached a point 150 kilometers from Cold Moon Pool, and Xia Ping ordered it to land in a secluded valley so he could avoid alerting the Silver Flood Dragon King.
• A pack of Wolf Demons discovered Xia Ping and attacked him, intending to eat him.
• Xia Ping burned the Wolf Demons with his Soul Fire and killed their leaders with No-Beat Palm, leaving none alive.

After claiming a wolf demon valley as a temporary landing spot for the God of Light, Xia Ping headed toward Cold Moon Pool and discovered a fight in the forest. Just as bandits were about to kill a group of Zhou Clan disciples, several streaks of light killed three attackers, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Xia Ping slaughtered the wolf demons, refined their Demon Cores, and chose their valley as a temporary landing spot for the God of Light.
• Xia Ping set off toward Cold Moon Pool using Kunpeng Step while the God of Light concealed itself in the valley.
• Xia Ping sensed a battle and approached a group of Zhou Clan disciples fighting a larger band of stronger attackers.
• The bandits decided to kill the Zhou Clan disciples and began pressing their attack until the disciples faced certain defeat.
• Several streaks of light pierced three bandits through the forehead, killing them before they could strike the Zhou Clan disciples.

Xia Ping arrived as bandits threatened Zhou Clan disciples and offered to spare them if they let the students go. When the bandits attacked, he killed most of them with Heavenly Dragon Eight Sounds and finished off the survivors with White Crane Slash.

• Xia Ping appeared before the bandits and Zhou Clan disciples after three bandits suddenly died.
• Xia Ping offered to let the bandits leave alive if they spared the Yanhuang University students, but they angrily attacked him.
• Xia Ping used Heavenly Dragon Eight Sounds to shake most of the bandits to death, while the Zhou Clan disciples watched in shock.
• Three surviving bandits fled in different directions, but Xia Ping killed them with White Crane Slash.

Xia Ping saved Zhou Hao and the other Zhou Clan disciples from bandits, but refused their attempts to recruit him and escort them out of the Wild Forest. After Xia Ping left, the disciples insulted him, while Zhou Hao suspected he was searching for treasure.

• Xia Ping introduced himself to Zhou Hao and the other Zhou Clan disciples as an Elite Student from Yanhuang University.
• Zhou Hao offered Xia Ping a position as a Zhou Clan guest retainer, but Xia Ping refused.
• Zhou Hao asked Xia Ping to escort the group out of the Wild Forest, but Xia Ping refused and departed.
• The Zhou Clan disciples cursed Xia Ping for leaving them behind and complained that he should have helped them further.
• Zhou Hao called Xia Ping eccentric and suspected he had stayed in the Wild Forest to hunt for treasure.

Zhou Hao used a stolen Invisibility Bead to make himself and the Zhou Clan disciples invisible so they could secretly follow Xia Ping and search for treasure. Meanwhile, Chen Dao discovered that Ye Lao San and the other bandits had been killed, then led his men to pursue Xia Ping and the others while plotting revenge.

• Zhou Hao persuaded the Zhou Clan disciples to follow Xia Ping, claiming that his Invisibility Bead could hide them from even a peak Grandmaster.
• Zhou Hao activated the bead, concealed the group’s auras and footsteps, and led them after Xia Ping.
• Chen Dao and dozens of men found Ye Lao San and the other bandits dead and concluded that people had killed them.
• Chen Dao told his men to assess their enemies before attacking and to use poison or traps if a direct fight was too dangerous.
• Chen Dao’s group buried the bodies and followed Xia Ping and the others’ trail.

Xia Ping reached Cold Moon Pool seeking Water Moon Grass and watched the Snake Demons cultivate under the moonlight. He discovered a squad of powerful Snake Demon guards protecting the herbs and overheard them discussing killing and secretly capturing humans.

• Xia Ping arrived at Cold Moon Pool and spotted a large patch of Water Moon Grass.
• Thousands of Snake Demons emerged from the lake and cultivated by absorbing spiritual energy and moonlight through a formation.
• After the Snake Demons returned to the depths, Xia Ping approached the Water Moon Grass but found fifteen or sixteen guards patrolling it.
• The Snake Demon guards spoke of humans as food and discussed secretly raiding human cities to capture them.

Xia Ping used the Spear of Hell and the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Art to silently kill sixteen Snake Demon guards, then harvested the Water Moon Grass at Cold Moon Pool. Zhou Hao and the others witnessed the attack from hiding beneath a distant boulder.

• Xia Ping decided to take the Water Moon Grass and kill the Snake Demon guards before they could raise an alarm.
• Xia Ping infused the Spear of Hell with his power and unleashed the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Art’s Flower Rain Across the Sky.
• Xia Ping’s strike killed all sixteen Snake Demon guards without giving them time to call for help.
• Xia Ping harvested the Water Moon Grass and swiftly left Cold Moon Pool.
• Zhou Hao and the others watched Xia Ping’s attack from beneath a distant boulder and were shaken.

After Xia Ping killed sixteen Martial Master Realm Snake Demons with the Spear of Hell, Zhou Hao and the Zhou Clan disciples decided to seize the treasure artifact. They planned to call Elder Zhou Bin and use bandits to delay Xia Ping before he could leave the Wild Forest.

• A Zhou Clan disciple marveled at Xia Ping killing sixteen Martial Master Realm Snake Demons in one strike, and Zhou Hao told him to keep quiet.
• Zhou Hao identified the Spear of Hell as an offensive treasure artifact and resolved to take it from Xia Ping.
• Zhou Hao said he would summon his uncle, Grandmaster Zhou Bin, to help kill Xia Ping and claim the spear for the Zhou Family.
• Zhou Hao proposed leaking Xia Ping's whereabouts to the bandits so they would hinder him until Zhou Bin arrived.
• Despite one disciple objecting that Xia Ping had saved their lives, Zhou Hao ordered the disciples to notify Zhou Bin and the bandits.

After the system revealed that Zhou Hao’s group planned to ambush him, Xia Ping resolved to kill them and take their Invisibility Bead. Before he could set a trap, Chen Dao and his bandits surrounded him, and Xia Ping killed one of them with a single punch.

• The system warned Xia Ping of Zhou Hao’s killing intent and showed him the group’s plan to ambush and kill him.
• Xia Ping decided to seize Zhou Hao’s Invisibility Bead and kill the group when they came after him.
• Chen Dao and more than twenty bandits surrounded Xia Ping and accused him of killing Ye Lao San and the others.
• Xia Ping admitted killing the bandits and warned Chen Dao’s men not to provoke him.
• A burly bandit attacked Xia Ping, who blocked the punch and killed him with one counterblow.

Xia Ping used the Golden Light Mirror to overcome Chen Dao's Vajra Demon-Subduing Blade and kill him. The surviving bandits were left terrified by Xia Ping's treasure artifact.

• Chen Dao attacked Xia Ping with the Vajra Demon-Subduing Blade, but Xia Ping dodged with the Kunpeng Step.
• Xia Ping fired the Golden Light Mirror's golden flame beam, shattering Chen Dao's blade qi and piercing his chest.
• Chen Dao tried to evade the beam but was struck and gravely wounded.
• Xia Ping used the Kunpeng Step to reach Chen Dao and smashed his head with a palm strike, killing him.
• The bandits realized Xia Ping possessed a treasure artifact and feared they had provoked an overwhelming opponent.

Xia Ping used the Golden Light Mirror to annihilate Chen Dao’s bandit gang, then collected their valuables and left before Zhou Hao’s group emerged from hiding. He headed off to find a cave while planning to spare Zhou Hao’s group until their helpers gathered.

• The enraged bandits attacked Xia Ping to avenge their leader, Chen Dao.
• Xia Ping activated the Golden Light Mirror’s Death Light Net, trapping the bandits in a vast formation of golden beams.
• The beams slaughtered every bandit, and Xia Ping recalled the mirrors and burned the corpses to ash.
• Xia Ping took the bandits’ spirit herbs, cultivation pills, and Energy Stones, then decided to wait for Zhou Hao’s helpers to gather before dealing with the group.
• Xia Ping left to find a nearby cave, and Zhou Hao’s group emerged from hiding to inspect the scorched ground and bloodstains.

Xia Ping hid in a cave to refine Water Moon Grass with his Sun Furnace, using its yin energy to balance his fire cultivation. As Zhou Hao and the Zhou Clan disciples pursued him, Xia Ping’s cultivation produced a powerful transformation that shook the mountain.

• Zhou Clan disciples found the bandits’ destruction and concluded that Xia Ping had killed them all, while Zhou Hao insisted their Grandmaster elders would deal with him and seize his treasure weapon.
• Zhou Hao ordered the disciples to follow Xia Ping and keep watch so he could not escape with the weapon.
• Xia Ping retreated into a cave with Energy Stones and Water Moon Grass from Cold Moon Pool and prepared to cultivate.
• Xia Ping used his Sun Furnace to burn the Water Moon Grass into medicinal vapor and absorb it directly.
• Water and fire, yin and yang, balanced within Xia Ping, forming a vortex of true essence and a Taiji-like pattern as a Hell Golden Crow phantom appeared behind him.
• The resulting force trembled the mountain and drove nearby animals away, while Zhou Hao and the disciples felt oppressed as they watched from afar.

After refining Water Moon Grass, Xia Ping considered sneaking into Cold Moon Pool with a treasure orb to gather more, then confronted a powerful group waiting outside his cave. The chapter ended with a black-clad martial artist berating him for disrespecting the Grandmaster leading the group.

• Xia Ping grew stronger after cultivating with Water Moon Grass and decided that he needed the treasure orb to reach the herb in Cold Moon Pool's depths.
• Xia Ping emerged from his cave and sensed a group of martial artists lying in ambush nearby.
• Fifteen or sixteen Zhou Family fighters confronted Xia Ping, including two Grandmasters and a goateed Grandmaster at the peak of the realm.
• The goateed man praised Xia Ping's awareness, but Xia Ping cut him off and demanded to know why the group had come.
• A black-clad martial artist angrily threatened to cripple Xia Ping for speaking disrespectfully to a Grandmaster.

Xia Ping confronted the Zhou Family members who had ambushed him to seize his Spear of Hell. Zhou Hao accused him of staging the earlier rescue for personal gain, leaving the group convinced they owed Xia Ping nothing.

• A black-clad man demanded that Xia Ping hand over his treasure, and Xia Ping revealed the Spear of Hell, whose aura unsettled the Martial Masters and threatened the two Grandmasters.
• Xia Ping asked where Zhou Hao and the others were, and Zhou Hao emerged from the woods with several companions.
• Xia Ping reminded Zhou Hao that he had saved their lives and condemned the Zhou Family for trying to steal his treasure.
• Zhou Hao claimed Xia Ping had conspired with the bandits to manufacture the rescue and gain the Zhou Family's favor.
• The Zhou Clan disciples accepted Zhou Hao's accusation, and he demanded that Xia Ping confess when he had begun plotting against them.

Xia Ping answered the Zhou Family’s accusation that he wanted to curry favor with them by killing Zhou Hao and several other disciples with the Spear of Hell. Elder Zhou Bin flew into a rage and prepared to attack him.

• A Zhou Clan disciple argued that Xia Ping had every reason to curry favor with the powerful Zhou Family.
• Xia Ping hurled the Spear of Hell through Zhou Hao, killing him and several nearby Zhou Clan disciples in the blast.
• Xia Ping called the massacre proof that he was not trying to curry favor with the Zhou Family and summoned the spear back to his hand.
• Elder Zhou Bin and the surviving Zhou Clan members demanded Xia Ping’s death.
• Elder Zhou Bin released his Grandmaster aura and roared that he would kill Xia Ping.

Xia Ping used his hidden spaceship, the God of Light, to repel Zhou Bin and launch a devastating barrage against him. The attack wounded Zhou Bin badly, and Xia Ping ordered the ship to finish him off.

• Zhou Bin charged at Xia Ping, but the God of Light appeared and fired an energy cannon that Zhou Bin narrowly dodged.
• The blast carved a huge crater into the ground, leaving Zhou Bin and the Zhou Clan's elite shocked by Xia Ping's spaceship and its weapons.
• Xia Ping ordered the God of Light to attack Zhou Bin with a barrage of energy beams.
• Zhou Bin fled toward the mountains, but the beams shattered the terrain as he dodged them.
• An energy beam struck Zhou Bin, broke through his astral energy defenses, and badly injured him.
• Xia Ping ordered the God of Light to finish Zhou Bin off.

Xia Ping used his upgraded ship to kill Zhou Bin and nearly all the Zhou Family elites who had surrounded him. He then hunted down and killed the surviving Zhou Family Grandmaster, leaving the entire group dead.

• Xia Ping ignored the Zhou Family elites' pleas and used the ship's energy cannon to kill Zhou Bin.
• The Zhou Family elites threatened revenge, but Xia Ping aimed the ship's cannons at them and wiped them out in a bombardment.
• Xia Ping sensed that another Zhou Family Grandmaster had survived and was fleeing through the dust.
• Xia Ping threw the Spear of Hell through the wounded Grandmaster, pinning him to a cliff and killing him.

Xia Ping killed the Zhou Family elites, took their treasures, and discovered that Zhou Hao’s Invisibility Bead could conceal him even while he moved. He returned to Cold Moon Pool, where Snake Demons had tightened security, and slipped inside unseen.

• Xia Ping burned the Zhou Family elites’ corpses and gained 3.5 million Hate Points, bringing his total to 20 million.
• Xia Ping took the elites’ spirit herbs and pills, then found the Invisibility Bead on Zhou Hao’s body.
• Xia Ping activated the Invisibility Bead and found that it concealed him completely, even as he raced forward without making a sound.
• Xia Ping decided to use the bead to gather Water Moon Grass from Cold Moon Pool and traveled there with the God of Light.
• Xia Ping overheard a Snake Demon captain explain that guards had disappeared and the Water Moon Grass had been stolen, so the commander had ordered heavier patrols.
• Xia Ping used the Invisibility Bead to evade the Snake Demon guards and entered Cold Moon Pool.

Xia Ping used the Invisibility Bead to explore Cold Moon Pool and discovered its intelligent demon settlements, farms, and powerful inhabitants. He reached the Silver Flood Dragon King's underwater city and slipped inside unnoticed.

• Xia Ping entered Cold Moon Pool and found that the Invisibility Bead could repel water and create an air-filled shield around him.
• Xia Ping traveled deeper through the pool, seeing powerful demons, guarded underwater towns, spirit-herb fields, and spirit-water-rice paddies.
• Xia Ping sensed concentrated spiritual energy and followed it to the deepest part of Cold Moon Pool.
• Xia Ping found a fortified underwater city that he identified as the Silver Flood Dragon King's lair.
• Xia Ping turned invisible and followed a Snake Demon through the city gate.