Chapter Summaries

Feng Hetang pretended to be provoked into matching bets on Xia Ping winning the championship, drawing 770 billion Federal Coins from Core Students. The legally binding wager spread through the Cloud Sky Realm, where people speculated about the Feng family's wealth and mocked Feng Hetang.

• Feng Hetang grew uneasy as the wagers reached 230 billion Federal Coins and urged everyone to keep the betting low-key.
• Core Students taunted Feng Hetang, and he acted furious and agreed to match whatever they bet on Xia Ping winning the championship.
• The Core Students set up a joint account with a bank as custodian, while more people borrowed money and took out loans to bet against Feng Hetang.
• The wagers reached 770 billion Federal Coins in an hour, and Feng Hetang closed the betting because that was all the money Xia Ping had available to cover the bet.
• The bettors signed a legally binding agreement, and news of the colossal gamble spread through the Cloud Sky Realm, prompting speculation and mockery about Feng Hetang and his family.

Xia Ping reassured Feng Hetang about their enormous bet, then cultivated before the semifinals began. He faced Xie Anshou, whose Dragon Binding Hand shook the arena and pressured even Grandmasters.

• Feng Hetang feared losing 770 billion Federal Coins, but Xia Ping assured him he could cover the loss and was certain to win.
• Xia Ping refined Water Moon Grass and aimed to open two more meridians to reach the peak of the Seventh Heaven of Martial Master Realm.
• The semifinals began, pairing Xia Ping with Xie Anshou and Bai Qingqing with Feng Qiudao.
• Xia Ping and Xie Anshou argued over Xia Ping's defiance of the Core Students before Xie Anshou challenged him to prove his strength.
• Xie Anshou unleashed the king-grade supreme martial art Dragon Binding Hand, summoning a golden dragon whose aura shook the arena and threatened even Grandmasters.

Xia Ping revealed his formidable strength against Xie Anshou, matching his Dragon Blood-enhanced opponent with powerful martial arts. The Core Students realized Xia Ping had been pretending to be injured and suspected he had tricked them into betting against him.

• Xia Ping used the No-Beat Palm to match Xie Anshou’s Dragon Binding Hand despite Xie Anshou’s strength after bathing in Dragon Blood.
• Xie Anshou activated his dragon bloodline, transformed into a Dragon-Man, and attacked Xia Ping with a Dragon Fist.
• Xia Ping circulated the Pure Yang Indestructible Art and countered with the Hell Golden Crow Claw, trading blows with Xie Anshou across the arena.
• Xie Anshou questioned how Xia Ping could fight so fiercely while injured, and Xia Ping claimed he was using his final burst of strength.
• The Core Students concluded that Xia Ping had never been injured and suspected he had arranged the bet to take their money.

Xia Ping revealed that he was uninjured and overwhelmed Xie Anshou with his Sun Furnace, but Xie Anshou brought out the Flood Dragon Gauntlet to counter the flames. The chapter ended with the spectators believing the treasure had given Xie Anshou the advantage.

• The spectators discovered Xia Ping was not injured and worried that he might win the championship.
• Xie Anshou attacked Xia Ping with his Heaven-Turning Palm, but Xia Ping unleashed the Sun Furnace and burned through the attack.
• Xia Ping's flames engulfed Xie Anshou and began burning his body, leaving the spectators expecting him to lose.
• Xie Anshou put on the Flood Dragon Gauntlet, which extinguished the flames, expelled Xia Ping's true essence, and formed a field around him.
• Huo Gang explained that the Flood Dragon Gauntlet was a powerful treasure that could double its wearer's strength and repel attacks, and the Core Students expected Xie Anshou to win.

Xia Ping revealed the Spear of Hell after Xie Anshou empowered himself with the Flood Dragon Gauntlet, shocking the arena and the Kings who recognized the cursed treasure. Xia Ping launched a soul-shaking spear strike at Xie Anshou, who tried to block it as the attack closed in.

• Xie Anshou activated the Flood Dragon Gauntlet and unleashed the Dragon Binding Hand, greatly amplifying his power and terrifying the spectators.
• Xia Ping summoned the Spear of Hell, shattering Xie Anshou’s fist power and knocking him back.
• Xie Anshou and the Core Students were stunned that Xia Ping possessed a treasure, while the Kings recognized the Spear of Hell and marveled that he had subdued it.
• Xia Ping thrust the Spear of Hell at Xie Anshou with a fast, soul-shaking strike.
• Xie Anshou tried to block the incoming spear with the Flood Dragon Gauntlet.

Xia Ping defeated Xie Anshou in the semifinal and advanced to the Genius Tournament finals. He then told reporters he had exhausted his strength, prompting furious viewers who remembered his earlier claims and had lost bets on him.

• Xia Ping pierced Xie Anshou with the Spear of Hell and defeated him.
• Xie Anshou tried to fight on, but Xia Ping pointed his spear at his throat and forced him to surrender.
• Xie Anshou was teleported away for treatment, and the system declared Xia Ping the semifinal winner.
• The audience cursed Xia Ping and lamented their lost bets as he left the arena.
• Xia Ping told reporters he had beaten Xie Anshou with his last burst of strength, and viewers dismissed his claim as another blatant lie.

After Feng Qiudao defeated Bai Qingqing, Xia Ping and Feng Qiudao were set to meet in the tournament final. Xia Ping feigned despair in an interview, while the Core Students panicked over their bets and Qiu Xue warned that Feng Qiudao was a formidable opponent.

• Feng Qiudao knocked Bai Qingqing unconscious, securing his place in the final against Xia Ping.
• Xia Ping told reporters he expected to lose and jokingly demanded that Feng Qiudao handicap himself.
• The Core Students fretted over the money and treasures they had wagered against Xia Ping, and dismissed assassination as impossible under heavy surveillance.
• Huo Gang urged the Core Students to rely on Feng Qiudao, while Su Mei laughed at their desperation.
• Qiu Xue denied that Xia Ping was her boyfriend and cautioned that Feng Qiudao was an exceptionally powerful competitor.

Xia Ping cultivated to the peak of the seventh level of the Martial Master realm and prepared to win the Genius Tournament championship. Before the final, he rejected Huo Gang and the other Core Students’ threats, then entered the arena to face Feng Qiudao.

• Xia Ping broke through two meridians and reached the peak of the seventh level of the Martial Master realm, while realizing he was running low on Water Moon Grass.
• As the Genius Tournament final approached, Xia Ping vowed to win the championship and gain the rewards and recognition it offered.
• Huo Gang and Cao Zhengbin confronted Xia Ping and threatened his friends and family unless he lost the final, but Xia Ping mocked them and refused to back down.
• Huo Gang and the other Core Students left after Xia Ping threatened to report them to the Sun Moon City Lord.
• Xia Ping entered the arena, where Feng Qiudao was waiting as the packed crowd watched the championship match begin.

Xia Ping fought Feng Qiudao in the arena as Feng Qiudao unleashed the Feng Family’s Nine Phoenix Strikes and claimed Xia Ping could not withstand him. Xia Ping drew the Spear of Hell and unleashed a startling aura, leaving the battle at a turning point.

• Feng Qiudao said he had accepted the Core Students’ offer to defeat Xia Ping, then attacked with the Nine Phoenix Strikes.
• Xia Ping countered with the Giant Elephant Axe, but Feng Qiudao shattered it; Xia Ping’s Northern Underworld Body Protection Art shielded him from the strike.
• The Core Students praised Feng Qiudao and mocked Xia Ping while the two fighters exchanged increasingly powerful attacks.
• Feng Qiudao boasted that the Nine Phoenix Strikes let him draw on the world’s vital energy and urged Xia Ping to give up.
• Xia Ping drew the Spear of Hell from his body, and his aura erupted with startling force.

Xia Ping and Feng Qiudao escalated their duel by bringing out the Spear of Hell and the Feng Family’s Purple Gold Fan. Feng Qiudao trapped Xia Ping in a storm formed by nine Undying Phoenixes and tried to force him to his knees.

• Xia Ping used the Spear of Hell to pierce through two phoenixes and threaten Feng Qiudao.
• Feng Qiudao countered with the Purple Gold Fan, whose Undying Phoenix shattered Xia Ping’s attack and sent him flying backward.
• Feng Qiudao used the Purple Gold Fan to form nine Undying Phoenixes that surrounded Xia Ping in fiery vortexes.
• Xia Ping resisted the Phoenix True Flames with his Pure Yang Indestructible Art and Northern Underworld Body Protection Art, though the vortexes held him in place.
• Feng Qiudao increased the pressure with a crushing force and ordered Xia Ping to kneel.

Feng Qiudao tried to crush Xia Ping with his Undying Phoenix power, but the pressure helped Xia Ping advance to the Eighth Heaven of Martial Master Realm. The Spear of Hell then transmitted its inheritance, and Xia Ping used Hate Points to receive the Eighteen Spears of Hell.

• Spectators speculated that Feng Qiudao wanted to destroy Xia Ping's martial heart because he feared Xia Ping's potential.
• Feng Qiudao unleashed more of his Undying Phoenix bloodline and ordered Xia Ping to kneel under crushing pressure.
• Xia Ping resisted the pressure and advanced to the Eighth Heaven of Martial Master Realm, opening his eighty-fourth meridian.
• The Spear of Hell awakened and flooded Xia Ping with images and knowledge of its martial inheritance.
• Xia Ping spent ten million Hate Points to receive the complete inheritance of the Eighteen Spears of Hell.

Xia Ping received the Spear of Hell-Suppressing Demon inheritance and broke through to the Eighth Heaven of Martial Master Realm during his fight with Feng Qiudao. Feng Qiudao unleashed his full power in the form of a giant Undying Phoenix, and Xia Ping prepared to meet the attack with the Hell Spear.

• Xia Ping learned part of the Spear of Hell-Suppressing Demon technique, and the system sealed its deeper principles until his cultivation grew stronger.
• Xia Ping broke through to the Eighth Heaven of Martial Master Realm, shocking Feng Qiudao, the spectators, and the people watching from the stands.
• Su Mei suggested that Xia Ping marry into the Su Family, while Qiu Xue acknowledged that many families would likely seek marriage alliances with him.
• Feng Qiudao used the King-grade supreme martial skill Nine Phoenix Strikes and merged nine Undying Phoenixes into a towering fiery phoenix.
• Xia Ping planted the Hell Spear in the arena and unleashed a powerful field as Feng Qiudao's attack approached.

Xia Ping used the Spear of Hell and its inherited Hell Martial Arts to overwhelm Feng Qiudao in the arena. He pierced Feng Qiudao and won, leaving the spear embedded in the arena wall as Feng Qiudao vanished in white light.

• Xia Ping's Spear of Hell broke through Feng Qiudao's defenses despite the energy supplied by Feng Qiudao's Nine Phoenix Strikes.
• Xia Ping thrust with the Spear of Hell-Suppressing Demon and shattered Feng Qiudao's Undying Phoenix, startling the kings watching from the VIP seats.
• Feng Qiudao tried to escape with Phoenix Soaring to the Sky, but Xia Ping's spear pierced his barrier and abdomen, pinning him to the arena wall.
• The spear absorbed Feng Qiudao's blood as he vanished in white light, and Xia Ping was declared the winner.

Xia Ping won the Genius Tournament after breaking through during his fight with Feng Qiudao, leaving the losing Core Students unable to challenge the result. He collected his winnings and faced a crowd of reporters, beginning a long list of acknowledgments before they interrupted him.

• Xia Ping defeated Feng Qiudao after advancing to the eighth level of the Martial Master realm, and the spectators accepted him as champion.
• Huo Gang, Cao Zhengbin, and other Core Students accused Xia Ping of cheating, but Qiu Xue told them to honor their lost bets.
• Dao Bailan left, while Su Mei congratulated Qiu Xue on winning the Core Students' treasures.
• Xia Ping received seven hundred and seventy billion Federal Coins, bringing his bank balance to one trillion five hundred and forty billion.
• Reporters surrounded Xia Ping, and he spent half an hour thanking people before one reporter interrupted him to ask another question.

Xia Ping gave reporters cultivation advice that infuriated everyone watching because he recommended expensive pills and Water of Life, then bragged that he had to slow his cultivation down. The reporters ended their interview when the award ceremony began, and Xia Ping went to receive his award.

• A reporter asked Xia Ping how he handled bottlenecks, and Xia Ping claimed he had barely encountered any.
• Asked to share his cultivation secrets, Xia Ping recommended top-grade pills, rare spirit medicines, and Water of Life, prompting outrage from the audience and Core Students.
• Xia Ping advised everyone to cultivate slowly and limit themselves to advancing one level a month, leaving Su Mei, Qiu Xue, and the audience wanting to hit him.
• The reporters tried to end the interview, and a staff member announced the award ceremony, sending Xia Ping to collect his award.

After winning the Genius Tournament, Xia Ping received the Soul-Absorbing Bell and proved his soul could resist its illusions. Hou Hanyang warned him that becoming champion would make him a target on the Heavenly Demon Battlefield.

• Xia Ping modestly praised the kings for humanity’s prosperity, winning their approval while spectators resented his false humility.
• When a king asked about Xia Ping’s spear technique, Xia Ping said he had inherited it from the Spear of Hell and could not teach it because of its restrictions.
• Hou Hanyang presented Xia Ping with the Soul-Absorbing Bell and tested it, but Xia Ping broke free of its illusion in one second.
• The kings praised Xia Ping’s exceptional soul and potential, and Hou Hanyang explained that the bell could create illusions and attack souls.
• Hou Hanyang warned Xia Ping that champions were relentlessly hunted by monsters on the Heavenly Demon Battlefield, and Xia Ping accepted the danger along with the artifact.

Huo Gang, Cao Zhengbin, and the other Core Students plotted revenge against Xia Ping after losing heavily to him, deciding to target his friends and family and feed his movements to demon assassins. Unaware of their scheme, Xia Ping received twenty million Hate Points from the tournament, bringing his total to sixty million.

• Huo Gang and the Core Students discussed their losses and debated whether to attack Xia Ping directly, fearing the consequences of striking someone backed by powerful organizations.
• Cao Zhengbin and the others resolved to retaliate by targeting Xia Ping’s friends, lackeys, and family, including his parents on Yanhuang Planet.
• Huo Gang proposed leaking Xia Ping’s information to the demons, who had placed him on their Kill List, so assassins could kill him without the Core Students being implicated.
• The Core Students began arranging attacks through their families’ assassination squads and dead men, and Huo Gang vowed to make Xia Ping kneel before them.
• Xia Ping received twenty million Hate Points from the system, raising his total to sixty million.

After learning that Huo Gang and other Core Students planned to harm his friends and family, Xia Ping asked the Giant Corporation to intervene. Its Kings gathered to discuss the threat and recognized Xia Ping as a rare genius with the potential to become an Invincible King.

• The system warned Xia Ping that a Core Student intended to kill him and revealed Huo Gang and the others' plans to target his loved ones.
• Xia Ping called Liang Kuan and reported the plot against the people around him.
• Liang Kuan promised to handle the matter and passed Xia Ping's report up the Giant Corporation's chain of command.
• About half of the Giant Corporation's Kings gathered at headquarters to discuss the threat to Xia Ping and his family.
• The Kings discussed Xia Ping's tournament victory and his mastery of the Spear of Hell, concluding that he had extraordinary potential.

Giant Corporation’s Kings decided to protect Xia Ping and punish the Core Students plotting against him, while Huo Gang and the others celebrated their planned attack. Their gathering was interrupted when someone kicked open the private-room door.

• Giant Corporation’s Kings agreed that Xia Ping’s value outweighed the Core Students’ influence and ordered their families warned against harming his family.
• The Taoist Robe Elder ended the meeting by directing Giant Corporation to suppress anyone who targeted Xia Ping.
• Huo Gang and the other Core Students dined in Sun Moon City and laughed about making Xia Ping beg for mercy.
• Cao Zhengbin revealed that he had sent his family’s assassination squad into action, reassuring the others that their plot would succeed.
• Someone kicked open the private-room door and asked what kind of good show the Core Students wanted to see.

The family patriarchs confronted the Core Students after the Giant Corporation exposed their plot against Xia Ping and his family. The students were sentenced to join the Sin Army in the Endless Sea, where they would remain until they reached the King Realm.

• The Core Students berated whoever had kicked open their private room, then recognized the powerful family patriarchs who entered.
• The Huo and Cao patriarchs disowned Huo Gang and condemned Cao Zhengbin for his role in the plot.
• An elder revealed that the Giant Corporation had uncovered the students' scheme to harm Xia Ping and his family and was demanding compensation from their families.
• Huo Gang protested that the students had not yet acted and wondered how their plan had been discovered.
• The Cao patriarch sentenced the Core Students to the Sin Army in the Endless Sea, barring them from returning until they reached the King Realm.