Chapter Summaries

Xia Ping arrived at the assessment plaza and entered a short line reserved for nobles, provoking Gato, son of Marquis Loulan. After Xia Ping mocked Gato and refused to leave, Gato attacked him, leaving the clash underway.

• Xia Ping saw the long assessment queues and joined a nearly empty line without knowing it was restricted to nobles and heirs of ancient families.
• Gato identified himself as the son of Marquis Loulan and ordered Xia Ping, whom he called a commoner, to leave the restricted area.
• Xia Ping challenged Gato’s authority, and the onlookers warned that he had provoked a powerful noble.
• Gato threatened Xia Ping and, after others mocked him, launched a powerful punch at Xia Ping.

Xia Ping defeated Gato with one punch after the noble youths underestimated him, then taunted them in the examination square. The Universe Sect officials intervened, and the nobles left threatening revenge during the upcoming assessment.

• The onlookers praised Gato’s inherited strength and expected him to crush Xia Ping.
• Xia Ping struck Gato with a Spiral Fist Force, knocked him unconscious, and challenged the noble youths to fight him.
• The noble youths were shocked by Gato’s defeat and grew angry at Xia Ping’s public taunt.
• Several men in black from the Universe Sect arrived and warned that private conflicts could get candidates expelled from the examination square.
• The nobles pretended nothing had happened, carried away Gato, and threatened Xia Ping during the assessment.
• Xia Ping taunted the nobles again, but they held back while the Universe Sect officials watched.

Xia Ping taunted the nobles' offspring, but they held back when Universe Sect's elders arrived and began the assessment. The first candidates were brutally injured by the beast puppet, leaving the remaining examinees frightened and considering withdrawal.

• The nobles' offspring suppressed their anger toward Xia Ping so they would not risk being expelled before the assessment.
• More than a dozen Universe Sect elders arrived, and the chief examiner announced that anyone who defeated the beast puppet would become an outer disciple.
• The beast puppet attacked the first examinee and tore off his arm before the chief examiner stopped it and sent him for treatment.
• Successive candidates failed to withstand even one attack, suffering severe injuries as medical staff carried them away.
• Shaken by the brutal assessment, several candidates said they wanted to withdraw.

Xia Ping faced the Universe Sect’s entrance examination and defeated the ferocious beast puppet bare-handed after it failed to break through his energy shield. The chief examiner declared that he had passed, leaving the influential families’ heirs stunned.

• Many candidates withdrew from the examination, while a gray-clad young man defeated the ferocious beast puppet with his Green Willow Sword Art and became an outer disciple.
• Other candidates took their turns, with most failing and some earning places as outer disciples.
• Xia Ping stepped forward without a weapon and told the chief examiner that his fists were the best weapons.
• The ferocious beast puppet charged Xia Ping, but its claws could not penetrate his energy shield.
• Xia Ping struck the puppet into the ground, severely damaging it, and the chief examiner announced that he had passed.

After Xia Ping passed the Universe Sect’s assessment with one strike, Kuer befriended him and explained the newcomer ranking tournament and the Universe Wall. Xia Ping declared he would claim first place, then learned that the Universe Wall could bring talented disciples rewards and special cultivation opportunities.

• Xia Ping’s single strike destroyed the vicious beast puppet, stunning the examinees and worrying Gato’s allies.
• Kuer, the eighteenth prince of the Loki Kingdom, introduced himself to Xia Ping and proposed they look out for each other as Universe Sect disciples.
• Xia Ping agreed to be friends with Kuer, while the Cat Immortal privately pitied Kuer for getting involved with him.
• Kuer told Xia Ping about the newcomer ranking tournament, and Xia Ping declared that he would take first place.
• Kuer explained that new outer disciples could visit the Universe Wall once and that those who perceived its mysteries might receive key cultivation or an elder’s tutelage.

After passing the Universe Sect examination, Xia Ping and the other new disciples swore the Heavenly Dao Blood Oath and were taken to the sect’s forbidden grounds. They entered the Universe Wall to seek enlightenment, where elders would watch for promising talent.

• The chief examiner welcomed the successful examinees as Universe Sect disciples and led them through the Heavenly Dao Blood Oath.
• A black spaceship carried Xia Ping and the new disciples to the Universe Wall, a forbidden ground filled with the martial traces of past sect powers.
• A Universe Sect elder explained that the new disciples had one chance to study the wall and that their enlightenment could draw an elder’s attention.
• The elder opened the barrier, and the examinees entered; Xia Ping looked up and saw the enormous stone wall.

Xia Ping endured the Universe Wall’s spiritual pressure until the World Tree protected his soul, allowing him to receive the sacred-level inheritance of the Great Yin-Yang Tablet-Shattering Hand. He entered a vision of the technique’s white-robed master and began comprehending the Way of Yin and Yang.

• Xia Ping and several examinees looked at the entire Universe Wall, and its spiritual imprints overwhelmed the examinees, leaving them unconscious.
• The World Tree in Xia Ping’s Purple Mansion shielded his soul and absorbed the pressure of the Universe Wall.
• Xia Ping sensed the Universe Wall turn and received information about the Great Yin-Yang Tablet-Shattering Hand.
• Xia Ping spent four hundred million Hate Points to master the sacred-level martial art.
• Xia Ping saw a white-robed old man wield yin and yang to seize and hurl a planet, then began studying the technique’s mysteries.

Xia Ping resonated with the Universe Wall and received the Universe Sect founder’s lost Saint-level legacy, astonishing the watching elders. The elders identified the technique as the Great Yin-Yang Tablet-Shattering Hand and summoned the rest of the sect to witness its return.

• The elders watched new disciples gain insights from the Universe Wall, including Kuer and a blond young man.
• Senior Brother Yun Jian judged the promising disciples unworthy of becoming Saints and prepared to leave.
• The Universe Wall trembled and formed a yin-yang symbol as Xia Ping resonated with it.
• Xia Ping received the wall’s legacy and produced visions of the Yin Yang Two Forms Array and the Eight Trigrams Universe Array.
• Senior Brother Yun Jian identified Xia Ping’s legacy as the Great Yin-Yang Tablet-Shattering Hand, and an elder sent word to summon the other elders.

After Xia Ping inherited the Great Yin-Yang Tablet-Shattering Hand from the Universe Wall, the Universe Sect’s elders praised his talent and argued over who should take him as a disciple. Their dispute ended when a powerful white-robed elder appeared and declared that he would take Xia Ping.

• Dozens of Universe Sect elders arrived at the Universe Wall and discovered that Xia Ping had inherited Universe Daoist’s Great Yin-Yang Tablet-Shattering Hand.
• The elders learned that Xia Ping had only arrived on Universe Planet that day and speculated about his origins.
• A sword-bearing elder, a chubby elder, and other masters argued over who should teach Xia Ping.
• A white-robed elder appeared before them and ordered the others not to fight him for Xia Ping.

The North Nether Saint revealed why he had waited to take a disciple and chose Xia Ping after learning he had comprehended the Great Yin-Yang Tablet-Shattering Hand. Xia Ping woke after mastering the technique as the remaining candidates speculated that the gathered elders had come to recruit them.

• The North Nether Saint explained that he had vowed to take a disciple only if someone comprehended Senior Brother Universe’s Great Yin-Yang Tablet-Shattering Hand, then declared Xia Ping his disciple.
• Xia Ping woke an hour later after receiving the inheritance and mastering the Great Yin-Yang Tablet-Shattering Hand.
• More than ninety percent of the candidates had been dismissed for failing to gain insight from the Universe Wall, while the survivors gathered near Xia Ping.
• The candidates assumed the elders had arrived to recruit them, and the children of powerful families claimed commoners could not compete with them.

North Nether Saint appeared before Xia Ping and offered to take him as his first disciple, and Xia Ping accepted. After North Nether Saint took him away, the aristocratic examinees seethed with jealousy and feared the consequences of having mistreated him.

• North Nether Saint revealed himself to Xia Ping as a Saint and offered to make him his first disciple.
• Xia Ping accepted, and North Nether Saint enveloped him in a gentle force and took him away.
• The elders chose several other talented examinees, including Kuer, as disciples while the rest were left behind.
• The aristocratic youths complained that Xia Ping had been chosen over them and resented his sudden rise.
• The youths warned one another not to insult North Nether Saint and feared Xia Ping might retaliate against them.

The North Nether Saint accepted Xia Ping as his disciple and explained the Universe Sect’s rules for earning Yin-Yang Pills and exchanging them for techniques. Before Xia Ping left, the Saint gave him the Lion Vajra Seal, a spiritual secret art suited to his unusually strong spiritual power.

• The North Nether Saint named Xia Ping his disciple because he had obtained Qiankun’s legacy and mastered the Great Yin-Yang Tablet-Shattering Hand, then warned him to keep the technique secret.
• The North Nether Saint explained that disciples used Yin-Yang Pills to obtain sect arts and treasures, and granted Xia Ping a hundred pills as his initial reward.
• The North Nether Saint gave Xia Ping a copy of the Universe As-You-Will Technique and told him to earn what he needed through his own strength.
• The North Nether Saint asked about Xia Ping’s spiritual power, and Xia Ping said a spirit herb had made it dozens of times stronger than an ordinary person’s.
• The North Nether Saint gave Xia Ping the Lion Vajra Seal, a spiritual secret art he had found in an ancient ruin.

Xia Ping received Yin-Yang Pills and learned that ordinary spatial treasures were now inexpensive because of advances in manufacturing. He was taken to his new spirit-mountain estate, where he planned to go into seclusion and digest his recent gains.

• The man in black gave Xia Ping one hundred Yin-Yang Pills in a Space Bottle bestowed by North Nether Saint.
• Xia Ping tried to return the bottle, but the man in black explained that ordinary spatial treasures had become cheap and common.
• Xia Ping realized Cat Immortal's knowledge of spatial treasures was outdated because it had been isolated for tens of thousands of years.
• The man in black explained the Universe Planet's teleportation arrays and warned Xia Ping not to enter forbidden areas without permission.
• The man in black teleported Xia Ping to his spirit-mountain estate, and Xia Ping asked the servants to find him a quiet room for seclusion.

News that North Nether Saint had accepted Xia Ping as a disciple spread across the Six Great Star Domains, drawing attention from powerful families, sects, and young talents. While others investigated or dismissed him, Xia Ping remained unaware and secluded himself to prepare for a breakthrough.

• People across the Six Great Star Domains discussed North Nether Saint's rare decision to accept Xia Ping as a disciple.
• Great families and royal houses ordered intelligence organizations to investigate Xia Ping, but they found no information about his origins.
• Leaders and young talents from nearby Saint-level sects, including the Lingyun Sect, reacted to the news, while Ye Mengyao returned her attention to catching Wu Wudi.
• Xia Ping took a Yin-Yang Pill in seclusion and prepared to break through to the late stage of the Purple Mansion Realm.

Xia Ping used Yin-Yang Pills to break through to the late-stage Purple Mansion Realm and then reached its peak. He set aside plans to pursue the As-You-Will Realm and began consolidating his cultivation.

• Xia Ping swallowed five or six Yin-Yang Pills and broke through to the late-stage Purple Mansion Realm.
• Xia Ping continued taking Yin-Yang Pills, refining their energy and the stored Five-Element Liquid into magical power.
• Xia Ping swallowed a hundred Yin-Yang Pills and reached the peak of the late-stage Purple Mansion Realm.
• Xia Ping recognized that advancing to the As-You-Will Realm would require more pills and the transformation of mental power into divine sense.
• Xia Ping sat on the Jade Bed and circulated the Pure Yang Indestructible Art to stabilize his increased cultivation.

A group of newly inducted Universe Sect disciples discussed Xia Ping’s absence from the Newcomer Ranking Tournament and grew eager to challenge him. They decided to visit his residence together, with several hoping to defeat him and attract the North Nether Saint’s attention.

• Batu complained that Xia Ping had skipped the tournament, while Li Hu and others questioned whether he deserved his status as a Saint’s disciple.
• Tang Mingchen provoked Lv Wenhou by suggesting he would have lost first place if Xia Ping had competed, but Lv Wenhou said he wanted to test Xia Ping’s strength.
• The group learned that Xia Ping had stayed inside his residence for a month, and Tang Mingchen proposed that they visit him.
• Kuer explained that he had only met Xia Ping once and was unsure whether Xia Ping considered him a friend.
• Lv Wenhou, Li Hu, Tang Mingchen, and the other disciples agreed to go to Xia Ping’s residence and challenge him.

After a month of cultivation, Xia Ping reached the pinnacle of the Purple Mansion Realm, mastered new techniques, and learned that repairs to his Saint-Grade Spaceship were progressing. He met Kuer and a group of formal disciples at Yanhuang Peak, sensing that several of them had come looking for a fight.

• Xia Ping consolidated his cultivation, mastered the Great Yin-Yang Tablet-Shattering Hand, and practiced the Lion Vajra Seal.
• Cat Immortal told Xia Ping that the Saint-Grade Spaceship’s repairs were underway and that it would soon be ready to travel.
• The steward informed Xia Ping that formal disciples, including Kuer, were waiting to see him.
• Xia Ping welcomed Kuer and the other disciples in the main hall and sensed their combative intent.

Xia Ping agreed to spar with Tang Mingchen and the other top newcomers in the Virtual World, then challenged all ten to fight him at once. He wagered a hundred Yin-Yang Pills per person, and the match was set for three hours later.

• Tang Mingchen told Xia Ping that he and the others had come to spar with him, and Xia Ping agreed after clarifying that the fight would take place in the Virtual World.
• Xia Ping warned the newcomers that he might accidentally cripple them, provoking their anger.
• Xia Ping challenged all ten newcomers to fight him at once, insulting them by saying they would learn from their shame.
• Tang Mingchen and the others accepted Xia Ping’s challenge and agreed that the loser would pay a tribute.
• Xia Ping wagered a hundred Yin-Yang Pills from each side, and Tang Mingchen scheduled the fight for three hours later.

Xia Ping accepted a wager to fight the ten strongest newcomers in the Virtual Battlefield at once, despite Kuer warning him about the risk and the thousand Yin-Yang Pills at stake. News of the duel spread through the Universe Sect, and the North Nether Saint allowed it to proceed, leaving the sect eager to see how Xia Ping would fare.

• Kuer urged Xia Ping to reconsider the wager, but Xia Ping dismissed his concerns and claimed that a thousand Yin-Yang Pills was a small sum.
• Tang Mingchen and the other nine newcomers left to prepare for the duel scheduled for three hours later.
• The planned fight spread across the Universe Sect, drawing the attention of new disciples, senior brothers and sisters, and elders.
• The North Nether Saint rejected an elder's suggestion to stop the duel, saying Xia Ping could benefit whether he won or lost.

Xia Ping faced Lv Wenhou’s group on the Virtual Battlefield and killed Li Hu with one strike after the duel began. The spectators were left stunned as the fight continued with Xia Ping still facing the remaining challengers.

• Hundreds of millions of spectators gathered as Xia Ping and Lv Wenhou’s group appeared on the Virtual Battlefield.
• Tang Mingchen suggested a one-on-one fight, but Xia Ping dismissed the group and challenged them to attack.
• When the bell rang, Li Hu charged Xia Ping with his Blood Tiger Fist.
• Xia Ping countered with the Great Yin-Yang Tablet-Shattering Hand and smashed Li Hu into the ground.
• Xia Ping killed Li Hu with one strike, shocking the spectators.