Chapter Summaries

Chen Wei poisoned Chang Xuan and the others, leaving them powerless, and ordered the Guiyuan Sect disciples to kill them. With the slaughter underway, Fan Ming confronted Xia Ping to avenge the humiliation he had suffered the previous day.

• Chang Xuan and the others lost their cultivation after eating poisoned food, and Chen Wei told them the effects would last twenty-four hours.
• Zhuo Hao questioned Chen Wei about the poison, but Chen Wei claimed he would never use it against his allies.
• Chen Wei ordered Fan Ming and the Guiyuan Sect disciples to kill everyone, and they slaughtered dozens despite their victims' pleas for mercy.
• Liu Rulan and the Lingyun Sect disciples lay helpless, certain they would die.
• Fan Ming approached Xia Ping and threatened him over the previous day's defiance while Chen Wei let the confrontation proceed.

Poisoned and apparently powerless, Xia Ping used the Endless War Blade to kill Fan Ming in a single strike. Fan Ming fell dead as the battle’s destruction injured or killed nearby martial artists.

• Xia Ping taunted Fan Ming despite being poisoned, while Chang Xuan and the others could not intervene.
• Fan Ming attacked Xia Ping with a massive hand of magical power, and Xia Ping activated the Endless War Blade.
• The Endless War Blade pierced through Fan Ming’s attack and clashed with his Meteor Fist, sending a destructive shockwave across the battlefield.
• Xia Ping’s sword split the meteor, pierced Fan Ming’s treasure armor, and destroyed his heart.
• Xia Ping retracted the sword, and Fan Ming fell dead to the ground.

Xia Ping killed Fan Ming despite the Guiyuan Sect’s belief that he had been poisoned, then resisted a group attack and used the Yang God Fist to kill more disciples. The remaining Guiyuan Sect members still faced him as the battle continued.

• Xia Ping killed Fan Ming with a single strike, shocking the Guiyuan Sect disciples and Chang Xuan’s group.
• Chen Wei questioned how Xia Ping still had mana, then ordered the disciples to attack him.
• Xia Ping used the Northern Underworld Body Protection Art to absorb the disciples’ Sword Qi and trap them.
• Xia Ping unleashed the Yang God Fist when Divine Ability Realm disciples tried to rescue their comrades.
• Xia Ping’s flames burned the trapped Guiyuan Sect disciples to ash.

During the fight with Guiyuan Sect disciples, Xia Ping broke through to the middle stage of the As-You-Will Realm, greatly enhancing his magical power, divine consciousness, and Hell Golden Crow Cells. As Chen Wei recognized Xia Ping as an increasing threat, Zhuo Hao stepped forward to kill him.

• Chen Wei and the other Guiyuan Sect disciples were shocked by the destructive unusual fire in Xia Ping’s punch, while the Soul Clan members watched in alarm.
• Xia Ping realized the battle had triggered the breakthrough he needed and stopped suppressing his surging magical power.
• Xia Ping advanced to the middle stage of the As-You-Will Realm, expanding his Purple Mansion and releasing an aura that forced nearby cultivators back.
• Xia Ping’s divine consciousness grew strong enough to crack a boulder, and a thousand Hell Golden Crow Cells awakened, strengthening his body.
• Chen Wei ordered that Xia Ping be stopped, and Zhuo Hao stepped forward, declaring that he would kill him.

Zhuo Hao and the Soul Clan joined forces to kill Xia Ping with the Mount Tai Crushing Top Technique, but Xia Ping used the World Tree to shatter their attack and counter with a devastating soul strike. Zhuo Hao and the other Soul Clan cultivators were left screaming as their souls were pierced.

• Zhuo Hao ordered his subordinates and Soul Clan allies to attack Xia Ping together.
• The Soul Clan fused their spiritual power and unleashed the Mount Tai Crushing Top Technique, killing more than a dozen nearby universe martial artists with its pressure.
• Liu Rulan recognized the technique and warned that it was a lethal soul attack, while Chen Wei believed Xia Ping was doomed.
• Xia Ping summoned the World Tree, which shattered the incoming mountain and left him unharmed.
• Xia Ping drove the World Tree's branches through the souls of Zhuo Hao and the other Soul Clan cultivators.

Xia Ping killed the Soul Clan warriors and Zhuo Hao, avenging Liu Rulan’s family and terrifying the Guiyuan Sect disciples. Chen Wei’s attempt to negotiate failed, and he drew the Shadow Demon-Devouring Sword to fight Xia Ping.

• The Soul Clan warriors died from the backlash of their failed spiritual attack, while Zhuo Hao escaped with severe injuries.
• Xia Ping pursued Zhuo Hao and killed him with a blast of force, fulfilling Liu Rulan’s revenge.
• The Guiyuan Sect disciples feared Xia Ping after he wiped out the Soul Clan soldiers, and Chen Wei offered to split the Soul Stone Mine.
• Xia Ping rejected Chen Wei’s offer, reminding him that he had tried to kill him earlier.
• Chen Wei abandoned negotiations, drew the Shadow Demon-Devouring Sword, and filled the surrounding area with corrosive black mist.

Xia Ping fought off a coordinated ambush by Guiyuan Sect cultivators inside a dark realm and revealed overwhelming strength. He killed all eight attackers, leaving no surviving Divine Ability Realm cultivators.

• A dark realm shrouded the area, and three Guiyuan Sect Divine Ability Realm cultivators and five As-You-Will Realm cultivators ambushed Xia Ping.
• Xia Ping used Black Vortex Ripple Fist to swallow their attacks, then struck back and killed the five As-You-Will Realm cultivators while grievously injuring the other three.
• The surviving Guiyuan Sect cultivators panicked and tried to flee, realizing Xia Ping was no ordinary Rogue Cultivator.
• Xia Ping used Kunpeng Step and his Hell Golden Crow wings to catch the three fleeing cultivators and kill them with a punch.

Xia Ping survived Chen Wei’s ambush with the Black Horn Armor and defeated him with a fiery palm strike. The black mist cleared to reveal that nearly everyone had died or lost consciousness, including Liu Rulan.

• Chen Wei attacked Xia Ping from the shadows with the Shadow Demon-Devouring Sword, but Xia Ping blocked the strike with the Black Horn Armor.
• Chen Wei poured his mana into the sword and tried to pierce Xia Ping’s defenses, but the weapon became trapped in the armor’s energy shield.
• Xia Ping struck Chen Wei with a palm, breaking his ribs and sending fiery power into his body that disrupted his mana.
• Chen Wei crashed to the ground and dropped the Shadow Demon-Devouring Sword, causing the black mist to disperse.
• Xia Ping found that most sect disciples had been killed, while Chang Xuan, a few others, and the poisoned Liu Rulan lay unconscious.

Xia Ping faced Chen Wei, who took Liu Rulan hostage in a desperate attempt to escape. Xia Ping secretly used the Endless War Blade to kill Chen Wei, leaving Liu Rulan alive.

• The Cat Immortal praised Xia Ping for defeating the Guiyuan Sect group and securing the Soul Stone Mine.
• As Xia Ping moved to finish Chen Wei, Chen Wei suddenly seized the unconscious Liu Rulan as a hostage.
• Chen Wei threatened to kill Liu Rulan, believing Xia Ping would not risk her life, but Xia Ping pretended not to care.
• While Xia Ping distracted Chen Wei, the concealed Endless War Blade burst from underground and split him in two.
• Chen Wei died lamenting his lost future, and Xia Ping explained that the blade had killed him before he could react.

Liu Rulan woke to find that Xia Ping had killed the Soul Clan attackers, destroyed the corpses, and cured her poison. After identifying the loot, she warned him against using the Soul Hall branch master's token to enter the Soul Hall, but Xia Ping still planned to go after its inheritance.

• Liu Rulan regained consciousness and learned from Xia Ping that half an hour had passed, the attackers were dead, and her poison had been cured.
• Xia Ping asked Liu Rulan to identify the Soul Nourishing Pills and spiritual medicines he had looted.
• Liu Rulan explained that Zhuo Hao's black token controlled the Huaining City Soul Hall branch and could grant access to forbidden areas and the main hall teleportation formation.
• Xia Ping said he intended to visit the Soul Hall, and Liu Rulan warned him that its experts could overwhelm him.
• Xia Ping took out the Space Rings belonging to Chen Wei and the others to inspect their treasures.

Xia Ping and Cat Immortal searched the Space Rings of their defeated enemies and found pills, magical artifacts, and a large cache of poisons, including premixed Cultivation-Dissolving Poison. After hiding the still-unconscious Chang Xuan and the others in a cave, Xia Ping prepared to excavate the Soul Stone Mine.

• Xia Ping counted tens of thousands of cultivation pills in the Space Rings, including pills from several saint-level sects.
• Xia Ping and Cat Immortal found many treasure artifacts and Chen Wei's low-grade spirit artifact, the Shadow Demon-Devouring Sword.
• Xia Ping could not find the Red Mist that Chen Wei had claimed to possess, but Cat Immortal identified more than a hundred other poisons in his Space Ring.
• Cat Immortal explained how Cultivation-Dissolving Poison worked and pointed out two or three bottles of premixed poison that Xia Ping could use immediately.
• Xia Ping carried Chang Xuan and the others to a concealed cave and left them unconscious before turning to excavate the Soul Stone Mine.

Xia Ping used the Golden Slime to excavate a Soul Stone Mine, gathering more than a hundred thousand soul stones. At the end of the vein, the group discovered a black barrier that might conceal ruins.

• Xia Ping and Liu Rulan entered the mine and found that its excavation had barely begun.
• Xia Ping summoned the Golden Slime, which split into thousands of clones and rapidly devoured the rocks throughout the mine.
• The Golden Slimes hollowed out nearly the entire mountain and uncovered more than a hundred thousand soul stones.
• Xia Ping stored the soul stones and followed the Golden Slime to the end of the vein after it reported an obstacle.
• Xia Ping and Liu Rulan found a black spatial barrier that even the Golden Slime could not devour.

Xia Ping and his companions entered a deserted spatial formation and found a Saint’s calligraphy in its study. After Xia Ping took it, Liu Rulan suspected the hidden residence was connected to the Blood Soul Saint.

• Xia Ping failed to damage the spatial barrier, and Cat Immortal identified it as an unoccupied spatial formation.
• Cat Immortal analyzed the formation and found a concealed spatial node that could serve as an entrance.
• Xia Ping used his divine consciousness to activate the node, drawing himself, Liu Rulan, and Golden Slime inside.
• Xia Ping found a piece of Saint-written calligraphy bearing the character “Suppress”; Liu Rulan was injured after looking at it.
• Xia Ping removed and stored the calligraphy, and Liu Rulan wondered whether the residence had belonged to the Blood Soul Saint.

Xia Ping took control of the spatial formation in Blood Soul Saint's former residence and devised a scheme to lure people into bringing him Soul Stones. He prepared fake notices and signs to spread across Blood Soul Continent, then headed with Liu Rulan toward Huaining City to use Soul Hall's teleportation network.

• Xia Ping refined the formation core and gained control of the spatial formation.
• Xia Ping wrote a fake message claiming Blood Soul Saint was sealed near Huaining City and promised a reward to anyone who rescued him.
• Xia Ping ordered Cat Immortal to make a million copies of the message for distribution across Blood Soul Continent's 108 super cities.
• Xia Ping and Liu Rulan left the formation and set out for Huaining City, planning to travel through Soul Hall's teleportation formations using Zhuo Hao's token and a disguise.
• Xia Ping put up signs and markers directing people to the supposed sealing site, while Liu Rulan doubted anyone would believe his scheme.

Xia Ping and Liu Rulan returned to Huaining City’s Soul Hall while the Seven Killers secretly followed them. At the hall, Xia Ping maintained his disguise as Zhuo Hao and provoked Elder Tan Bo, leaving their impersonation unexposed for the moment.

• Xia Ping and Liu Rulan arrived at Huaining City’s Soul Hall, where Cat Immortal warned that enemies were following them.
• Xia Ping recognized the pursuers as the Seven Killers and decided he would need an opportunity to eliminate them.
• Soul Hall guards and stewards welcomed Xia Ping as Zhuo Hao, and he claimed his absent companions were carrying out a secret mission.
• Elder Tan Bo confronted Xia Ping over his use of Soul Hall authority, but Xia Ping pretended not to know him and insulted him.
• Tan Bo accused Xia Ping of returning to pursue women and eyed Liu Rulan with jealousy.

Chang Chi arrived at the Huaining City Soul Hall branch while searching for Wu Taidou, then demanded that Zhuo Hao hand over Liu Rulan. Zhuo Hao insulted Chang Chi and ordered him to leave, so Chang Chi sent two elders to attack him.

• Chang Chi questioned Tan Bo about rumors of Wu Taidou, the murderer of Chang Feng, but Tan Bo said he had no leads.
• Chang Chi noticed Liu Rulan and demanded that Zhuo Hao send her to his room.
• Zhuo Hao refused, threatened Chang Chi, and ordered him and his followers out of the branch.
• Chang Chi angrily ordered his two Soul Hall elders to attack Zhuo Hao and cripple him.
• The two elders moved against Zhuo Hao.

Xia Ping defeated two Soul Hall elders by countering their Golden Bell Shockwave Technique with the Heavenly Dragon Eight Sounds. He left Chang Chi beaten and helpless, while the officials watched in shock.

• The two Soul Hall elders attacked Xia Ping with the Golden Bell Shockwave Technique, forcing Tan Bo and the nearby officials to flee its indiscriminate soul shockwaves.
• Xia Ping unleashed the Heavenly Dragon Eight Sounds and shattered the golden bell with a roar.
• The backlash sent both Soul Hall elders flying, gravely injured and barely alive.
• Tan Bo and the Huaining City officials were stunned by Xia Ping’s overwhelming strength, while Chang Chi collapsed in fear.
• Chang Chi tried to threaten Xia Ping by claiming to be the Soul Hall Hall Master’s son, but Xia Ping slapped him to the ground.

Xia Ping beat Chang Chi and two Soul Hall elders, then frightened Chang Chi into unconsciousness while maintaining his disguise as Zhuo Hao. Outside the branch, the Seven Killers watched and hesitated to attack, unaware that Xia Ping had already exposed them.

• Xia Ping taunted Chang Chi and threatened to cripple him, then deliberately missed his vital spot and scared him unconscious.
• Xia Ping ordered the Soul Hall officials to take Chang Chi and the two injured elders for treatment.
• Tan Bo warned Xia Ping about the consequences of assaulting the Soul Hall Lord's son, and Xia Ping declared that he could become Soul Hall Lord himself.
• Xia Ping left the branch hall with Liu Rulan while Tan Bo wondered what had changed Zhuo Hao.
• The Seven Killers gathered outside Huaining City's branch hall and hesitated to attack because Soul Hall's defenses might expose them.

The Seven Killers waited outside the Soul Hall for Xia Ping to emerge, planning to assassinate him later. Meanwhile, Chang Chi recovered from his injuries and, after an elder warned that Xia Ping might be acting for a rival faction, agreed to wait while they investigated his backing.

• The Seven Killers decided to wait for Xia Ping to leave the Soul Hall rather than expose themselves or risk confronting him.
• Chang Chi and two Soul Hall elders regained consciousness in a villa in Huaining City, badly injured and bound in bandages.
• Chang Chi raged about Xia Ping and vowed to tell his father and have him killed.
• A Soul Hall elder suggested that Xia Ping might be serving a faction opposed to Chang Chi's father and that the assault could be a political probe.
• Chang Chi accepted the elder's advice to hold back until they learned who supported Xia Ping and what he intended.

Xia Ping used the Golden Slime to spread flyers across the Blood Soul Continent claiming the Blood Soul Saint was sealed near Huaining City and could be rescued with a hundred Soul Stones. As curious people began heading to the valley, Soul Hall Master Chang Shisheng ordered an investigation, suspecting the rumor and his son’s death were connected.

• Xia Ping sent the Golden Slime to distribute flyers in cities throughout the Blood Soul Continent.
• People mocked the rumor at first, but its spread over the following month persuaded some to investigate the valley near Huaining City.
• Chang Shisheng learned of the rumor and demanded that his subordinates find whoever had spread it.
• An elder suggested investigating the valley and connecting the inquiry to the death of Chang Shisheng’s son.
• Chang Shisheng ordered people to investigate the valley immediately.