Chapter Summaries

Xia Ping confronted the Swordfish King, who had come to avenge his son Jian Jiu and assert his authority over Lingwu Island. After taunting the Swordfish King, Xia Ping struck first and sent him crashing into a deserted island, leaving him badly injured but alive.

• Zhang Dong, Elder Xu, and the human masters feared Xia Ping's appearance would lead to his death and fail to stop the Swordfish King from attacking the island.
• Chu Rong worried about Xia Ping, then recalled his strength against the Red Skull Pirates and believed he might be confident enough to face the Swordfish King.
• The Swordfish King recognized Xia Ping as Jian Jiu's killer, and Xia Ping admitted killing Jian Jiu and his subordinates while taunting the king.
• The Swordfish King threatened to capture and torture Xia Ping, but Xia Ping suddenly kicked him in the chest and hurled him into a deserted island.
• The Swordfish King emerged from the wreckage covered in wounds, with his internal organs damaged.

Xia Ping destroyed the Swordfish King’s Blood Demon Sword attacks with his Yang God Fist and left the Sea Demon badly injured. As the humans watched, Zhang Dong realized how dangerous it would have been to carry out his plan to stage a rescue.

• The Swordfish King attacked Xia Ping with the Bloodthirsty Soul-Devouring Sword, but Xia Ping’s powerful soul resisted its baleful aura.
• Xia Ping shattered the Sword Qi with his Yang God Fist, then struck the Swordfish King with a second punch that hurled him into a desolate island and badly injured him.
• The humans on Lingwu Island watched the fight through drone footage, and the recovering Wu Baibian was shocked by Xia Ping’s strength.
• Zhang Dong’s bodyguard asked whether they would still stage a hero-saving-the-beauty plan, and Zhang Dong panicked at the thought of Xia Ping discovering his involvement.

After the humans recognized Xia Ping as a nineteen-year-old King, he continued overpowering the Swordfish King, who begged him to stop and threatened the people of Lingwu Island. Xia Ping refused to spare the demon and vowed to kill every Sea Demon that had invaded the island.

• The human Grandmasters recognized Xia Ping, and Zhang Dong regretted having looked down on him while Elder Xu was relieved they had not attacked.
• Xia Ping struck the Swordfish King with dozens of punches, breaking its bones and forcing it to realize it could not win.
• The Swordfish King begged Xia Ping to call off the fight and claimed its son had deserved to die.
• The Swordfish King warned that the people of Lingwu Island could suffer if the battle continued.
• Xia Ping rejected the threat, condemned the Swordfish King for slaughtering innocents, and vowed to kill it and every Sea Demon that had invaded Lingwu Island.

Swordfish King used the Blood Demon Sword, a Demonic Spirit Artifact, to heal his injuries and overwhelm Xia Ping with increased power. Xia Ping struck at the artifact spirit with Heavenly Dragon Eight Sounds, then killed Swordfish King and left the weakened sword embedded in a reef.

• Swordfish King sacrificed half his flesh-and-blood energy to the Blood Demon Sword, which healed him and covered him in corrosive demonic qi.
• Swordfish King attacked Xia Ping with a barrage of powerful sword strikes, forcing him backward.
• Cat Immortal explained that the Blood Demon Sword was a Demonic Spirit Artifact that had taken control of Swordfish King and could be countered with soul attacks.
• Xia Ping used Heavenly Dragon Eight Sounds to attack the artifact spirit, leaving Swordfish King screaming and exposed.
• Xia Ping punched Swordfish King to pieces and burned away the surrounding demonic energy.
• The Blood Demon Sword lost its glow and fell onto a reef, embedding itself in the rock.

After Xia Ping killed the Swordfish King, he led the humans to victory over the invading sea demons at Lingwu Island. The souls he absorbed pushed his spiritual power to the brink of the King Realm, so he left to cultivate in seclusion beneath the sea.

• Humans watched Xia Ping kill the Swordfish King, while Zhang Dong feared the powerful young King and Chu Rong reflected on how much Xia Ping had changed.
• The sea demons fled after their king died, but Xia Ping killed the Grandmaster-level demons and human forces joined him in wiping out nearly the entire army.
• The humans celebrated their victory after hundreds of thousands of sea demons were nearly exterminated and the Swordfish King was dead.
• Xia Ping realized the souls he had absorbed had pushed his spiritual power close to its limit and forced an imminent breakthrough to the King Realm.
• Xia Ping told Chu Rong he would cultivate in seclusion beneath the sea, then left Lingwu Island to find a secluded cave.

Xia Ping used the Five Elements Spirit Fruits to reach the peak of the ninth level of the Grandmaster Realm and break through to the King Realm. His Purple Mansion formed as a vast sea of magical power, producing an extraordinary phenomenon that astonished Cat Immortal.

• Xia Ping ate the Five Elements Spirit Fruits and refined them, breaking through all his remaining acupoints and reaching the peak of the ninth level of the Grandmaster Realm.
• The fruits cleansed and repaired Xia Ping’s body while his spiritual power liquefied and reached its limit.
• Xia Ping formed a spear from his spiritual power, shattered the purple gate, and entered his Purple Mansion, which spanned 100 kilometers.
• Xia Ping merged his spiritual power and astral energy inside the Purple Mansion, forming magical power that gathered into a growing ocean.
• Xia Ping’s Purple Mansion produced a phenomenon featuring a golden-black sun, stars, a moon, a Kunpeng, a Heavenly Dragon, a Buddha, an angel, and other powers, and Cat Immortal reacted in shock.

Xia Ping’s advance to the Purple Mansion Realm produced extraordinary phenomena that stunned Cat Immortal and drew Kings across the sea in search of a supposed treasure. Meanwhile, news and footage of Xia Ping killing Swordfish King spread through the Cloud Sky Realm, confirming that he had become its youngest King.

• Xia Ping’s Purple Mansion phenomena spread across thousands of kilometers of ocean, and Cat Immortal realized he had the makings of a future sage.
• Kings who sensed the phenomena searched the waters for a peerless treasure but found nothing.
• Xia Ping remained secluded, refining his gains and consolidating his cultivation without knowing about the search.
• News that Xia Ping had killed Swordfish King and reached the King Realm spread throughout the Cloud Sky Realm, and many people initially dismissed it as fake.
• A video of Xia Ping defeating Swordfish King silenced the skeptics, and people celebrated his power and status as the youngest King in history.

After Xia Ping reached the King Realm and killed the Swordfish King, humanity’s leaders, students, and the Demon Kings reacted to his rapid rise and the losses from the secret realm. The leaders prepared for an approaching alien spaceship, while Xia Ping remained in seclusion.

• Gu Xilai, Liu Wuming, and Sun Yangdao praised Xia Ping’s breakthrough and agreed to tell him humanity’s secrets after he left seclusion.
• Liu Wuming reported that an alien spaceship was approaching and could arrive in about two weeks, and Sun Yangdao said humanity had coordinated with Ten Thousand Demon Mountain and the Sea Clans.
• Feng Hetang celebrated Xia Ping’s advancement and expanded Pingtian Sect beyond Yanhuang University as new members joined.
• The Tiger Demon King and Leopard Demon King blamed the humans for invading Ten Thousand Demon Mountain’s secret realm and stealing its opportunities.
• The Rabbit Demon King took comfort that Qingluan and Rabbit Linglong had obtained Five Elements Spirit Fruits and could become Demon Kings.

The Demon Kings realized Xia Ping had become too powerful to pursue safely after he killed Swordfish King. At Shark Demon King's banquet, news of the killing forced Shark Demon King to consider making peace with the human he hated.

• Crow King asked the Demon Kings whether they should keep hunting Xia Ping, and they concluded that only an Invincible King could challenge him at the risk of starting a war.
• Rabbit Demon King warned that Xia Ping might soon grow strong enough to hunt the Demon Kings, frightening the others.
• A Sea Demon guard interrupted Shark Demon King's banquet and reported that Swordfish King had been killed.
• The guard showed the Sea Clan Demon Kings a video of Xia Ping defeating Swordfish King and slaughtering his subordinates.
• The Demon Kings urged Shark Demon King to make peace with Xia Ping, and Shark Demon King reluctantly considered the danger of keeping their feud alive.

The Red Scarf Bandits’ warship, led by Yu Bo, headed toward a native continent after discovering it was inhabited and rich in potential spoils. Yu Bo planned to conquer it without alerting headquarters, while vice-captain Zheng Cheng urged caution; the crew learned the continent might already have detected them.

• Yu Bo asked Zheng Cheng how long it would take to reach the native continent and ordered the warship to accelerate.
• Yu Bo announced that he intended to capture the natives and claim the continent’s wealth, despite Zheng Cheng’s warning about the unknown dangers.
• Yu Bo refused Zheng Cheng’s suggestion to notify Red Scarf Bandits headquarters, wanting to keep the prize for himself and his crew.
• A crew member reported that scanning instruments from the continent might have detected the warship, but Yu Bo dismissed the threat and ordered the ship onward.

After reaching Purple Mansion Realm, Xia Ping explored his new magical power and vastly expanded spiritual power. As his thousandth Hell Golden Crow Cell awakened, a new divine ability transformed his stomach into a powerful furnace.

• Xia Ping consolidated his breakthrough and learned to fly by using magical power to overcome gravity.
• Xia Ping formed a sphere of magical power that destroyed a boulder and carved a huge crater into the ground.
• Xia Ping expanded his spiritual power's range to 150 kilometers and discovered he could use it to crack a boulder.
• Xia Ping awakened his thousandth Hell Golden Crow Cell, and the resulting surge of bloodline power transformed his body.
• Xia Ping awakened a Hell Golden Crow divine ability that turned his stomach into a furnace capable of devouring and burning everything.

After awakening a thousand Hell Golden Crow Cells, Xia Ping discovered his new devouring stomach and triggered an Eighteen-Fold Lightning Tribulation. He upgraded his defensive arts during the attack and left his crystalline shield holding against the next volley.

• Xia Ping recognized his newly formed Hell Golden Crow stomach, which could devour matter and flames, digest treasures without waste, and produce Hell Golden Crow Flame.
• Xia Ping sensed that awakening a thousand Hell Golden Crow Cells had summoned another lightning tribulation, and he emerged from the sea to face it.
• The Eighteen-Fold Lightning Tribulation struck Xia Ping with dozens of purple bolts that pierced his Northern Underworld Body Protection Art and wounded him.
• Xia Ping exchanged two hundred million Hate Points for the King Realm versions of the Northern Underworld Body Protection Art and the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Art.
• Xia Ping absorbed the upgraded defensive art and formed a crystalline shield that withstood the next volley of purple lightning.

Xia Ping's Northern Underworld Body Protection Art evolved to redirect lightning as well as devour it, letting him use the tribulation to strengthen his body and advance toward the mid-stage of the Purple Mansion Realm. The Sea Spider King, Water Crab King, and Squid King mistook him for a treasure-bearing human crippled by the tribulation and set out to kill him as the thunderclouds cleared.

• Xia Ping redirected purple lightning into the sea with his Northern Underworld Body Protection Art, which had evolved to devour and redirect attacks.
• Xia Ping let the tribulation lightning temper his body and strengthen his cells while his magical power surged toward the mid-stage of the Purple Mansion Realm.
• The Sea Spider King, Water Crab King, and Squid King spotted Xia Ping beneath the thunderclouds and suspected he possessed the treasure behind the recent celestial phenomenon.
• The three Sea Clan kings decided to wait for the tribulation to end, then kill Xia Ping and take his supposed treasure.
• When the thunderclouds dispersed, the Squid King and Water Crab King urged the others to attack Xia Ping.

After surviving the Eighteen-Fold Lightning Tribulation, Xia Ping faced three Demon Kings who mistook the storm for evidence of a treasure. He killed two of them and left the Water Crab King fleeing.

• Xia Ping absorbed the final bolt of purple lightning and emerged stronger, then sensed three hostile Demon Kings approaching.
• The Water Crab King, Sea Spider King, and Squid King demanded that Xia Ping hand over the treasure they believed he had found.
• The Squid King attacked Xia Ping from behind, but his protective aura stopped the blow, and Xia Ping killed the Squid King with a single strike.
• The Water Crab King and Sea Spider King fled in opposite directions, and Xia Ping used Black Vortex Ripple Fist to crush the Sea Spider King.
• The Sea Spider King’s flesh fell into the sea, where fish devoured it, while the Water Crab King remained at large.

Xia Ping killed the fleeing Water Crab King from miles away with the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Art. He reflected on the technique’s power and its potential to strike enemies across vast distances.

• The Water Crab King fled after realizing Xia Ping had killed the Sea Spider King, then recognized Xia Ping as the human genius who had killed the Swordfish King.
• The Water Crab King decided to warn the ocean’s Invincible Kings about Xia Ping and considered eliminating him before he grew stronger.
• Xia Ping used his Hell Golden Crow Eye and spiritual power to locate the Water Crab King, then formed and threw a magical dagger using the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Art.
• The dagger struck the Water Crab King through the head, killing it before its corpse sank into the sea and was devoured by fish.
• Xia Ping studied the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Art and considered how, at its highest level, it could kill an enemy from countless light-years away.

Chu Rong struggled to handle the powerful visitors and gifts that had gathered for Xia Ping on Lingwu Island. Xia Ping returned from seclusion, revealed he had reached the King Realm, and took Chu Rong back to Giant Island, where he planned to inspect his refurbished warship.

• Chu Rong received Kings and heads of King Families who came to visit Xia Ping, while their gifts nearly filled the presidential suite.
• Xia Ping appeared at the hotel after completing his seclusion, and Chu Rong learned that he had broken through to the King Realm.
• Xia Ping dismissed the visitors and carried Chu Rong out, saying Giant Corporation had arranged a private spaceship.
• The next morning, Xia Ping and Chu Rong landed on Giant Island and took a flying car back to their villa.

Chu Rong returned to the villa with Xia Ping and was shocked to find Su Ji and a group of maids there, then clashed with Yu Qiqi over their relationship with him. As the two women faced off, Xia Ping slipped away to inspect his modified spaceship.

• Jiang Yaru and the others welcomed Chu Rong and Xia Ping when they arrived at the villa.
• The maids crowded around Xia Ping, prompting Chu Rong to suspect he had forced Su Ji into serving him.
• Su Ji denied Chu Rong's suspicion but did not reveal that her parents had sent her to warm Xia Ping's bed.
• Yu Qiqi appeared and insulted Xia Ping for bringing Chu Rong back, then traded barbs with Chu Rong.
• Xia Ping left the two women arguing and went to check the spaceship he had modified.

Xia Ping learned that the Moon Goddess had been upgraded for interstellar travel and went to the base to install a Purple Thunder Cannon. There, he discovered the Starry Skies, the Saint-Grade Spaceship once owned by the Star Sect’s Sect Master.

• Cat Immortal told Xia Ping that the Moon Goddess’s engine had been upgraded and that he was ready to leave the Cloud Sky Realm for the universe.
• Cat Immortal explained that the base held a Purple Thunder Cannon powered by scarce Thunder Crystals, and Xia Ping decided to install it on the Moon Goddess.
• Xia Ping boarded the upgraded Moon Goddess, which carried a Smart Brain and Liquid Robots, and ordered it to depart.
• The Moon Goddess made a rapid, undetected spatial jump to the base and entered through a concealed entrance Cat Immortal opened.
• Xia Ping saw an ancient silver-white spaceship, and Cat Immortal identified it as the Starry Skies, the old master’s Saint-Grade Spaceship.

Xia Ping learned about the damaged Saint-Grade Spaceship and helped finish modifying the Moon Goddess. Just as he returned to his villa, a gigantic battleship descended toward Cloud Sky Realm, and Cat Immortal warned that trouble was coming.

• Cat Immortal explained that the Saint-Grade Spaceship held vast internal spaces and had been nearly pierced by thirteen punches from a Saint.
• Xia Ping touched the Saint's lingering blood-will and suffered a minor injury before Cat Immortal warned him away from it.
• Cat Immortal said the spaceship's engine remained intact and that limited repairs would let it travel, though restoring it fully would cost an immense fortune.
• Xia Ping set aside the Saint-Grade Spaceship and helped complete the Purple Thunder Cannon installation and other modifications to the Moon Goddess.
• A few days later, Xia Ping piloted the Moon Goddess back to the villa, where Jiang Yaru, Yu Qiqi, Su Ji, and Chu Rong had begun getting along better.
• Cat Immortal detected a gigantic battleship plunging toward Cloud Sky Realm and projected its image for Xia Ping.

The Human Federation learned that an armed alien spacecraft had arrived in the Cloud Sky Realm and prepared to unite humanity with the Demon Race and Sea Clan. The Red Scarf Bandits dismissed the natives as weak and sent three forces to attack the three races’ core territories.

• Gu Xilai ordered the human Kings to gather on Flame Yellow Island and told the Federation to alert the Demon Race and Sea Clan.
• Yu Bo learned that the strongest natives were supposedly at the Divine Ability Realm and planned to conquer them and sell them as slaves.
• Zheng Cheng warned that the world’s laws had suppressed his cultivation, but Yu Bo believed their weapons and experience would ensure victory.
• Yu Bo ordered three elite forces to strike the core cities of the Human Race, Demon Race, and Sea Clan and kill their Divine Ability Realm cultivators.
• Thirty smaller ships left the spacecraft and split into three groups, heading toward the territories of the three races.