Chapter Summaries

Xia Ping confronted Qian Ba over Qian Shan’s attempt to kill him, but Qian Ba declared he would cripple and imprison Xia Ping. Xia Ping used a Saint talisman to repel Qian Ba’s attack, and Qian Ba survived the clash with serious injuries while the talisman’s power was exhausted.

• Qian Ba accused Xia Ping of stealing from the Qian Clan and sentenced him to have his cultivation crippled and be imprisoned for a thousand years.
• Xia Ping rejected Qian Ba’s claims and insisted that Qian Shan must die for trying to kill him.
• Qian Ba attacked Xia Ping with a massive hand, and Xia Ping activated his Saint talisman to destroy the strike and overwhelm the Qian Clan elders.
• Qian Ba drew the Golden Light Flood Dragon Saber and unleashed the Turtle-Snake Innate Saber against the Saint talisman.
• The two forces collided, devastating the area and causing casualties in Bake City.
• The Saint talisman’s power ran out, but Qian Ba was blasted back and badly injured, along with the Qian Clan Supreme Elders.

Xia Ping killed Qian Shan despite Qian Ba’s fury, and the North Nether Saint intervened from afar to kill Qian Ba and the Qian Clan’s Supreme Elders. The Qian Clan’s top fighters were wiped out, while Xia Ping survived under his master’s protection.

• Qian Ba realized Xia Ping had a Saint backing him but still intended to teach him a lesson.
• Xia Ping killed Qian Shan with a blast of flame power, provoking Qian Ba into a rage.
• Qian Ba attacked Xia Ping, but the North Nether Saint appeared through a black hole and locked Qian Ba in place.
• Qian Ba begged the North Nether Saint for mercy, but the Saint’s attack reduced him to nothingness.
• The North Nether Saint’s attack also crushed the dozen or so Qian Clan Supreme Elders, wiping out the clan’s high-level combat strength.

Xia Ping returned to Bake Planet, where North Nether Saint killed Qian Ba with a perfectly controlled strike, then gathered the treasures left behind by Qian Shan. After Xia Ping departed for the Universe Sect, Bake Planet’s leaders learned he was North Nether Saint’s disciple and expected the Qian Clan to be destroyed.

• North Nether Saint contacted Xia Ping, confirmed his return, and told him to visit after he reached the Universe Sect.
• Xia Ping found Qian Shan’s Space Ring containing pills, spiritual herbs, the Saint-grade manual Lightning Fist, and a Sacred Artifact Fragment, then left Bake Planet.
• Bake Planet’s leaders identified Xia Ping as North Nether Saint’s disciple and discussed how Qian Ba had been killed for provoking him.
• A sect elder reported that the Universe Sect intended to destroy the Qian Clan, while other sect leaders ordered their people never to offend Xia Ping.
• News of Xia Ping’s identity and the Qian Clan’s impending destruction spread among the small sects.

Xia Ping told North Nether Saint about his gains on Blood Soul Continent and the assassination attempt by the Seven Killers, prompting his master to give him a Saint talisman for protection. North Nether Saint took the broken Dragon-Trapping Stake to study and promised to forge a replacement, leaving Xia Ping pleased with his new protection and prospects.

• Xia Ping asked North Nether Saint why Saints had not conquered Blood Soul Continent, and his master explained that Blood Soul Saint had left contingencies to transport the continent away if Saints acted.
• Xia Ping revealed that the Seven Killers had tried to assassinate him and that Mad Slaughter Saint had ordered the attack.
• North Nether Saint, angered that Mad Slaughter Saint had targeted his disciple, gave Xia Ping a powerful Saint talisman that could summon him to battle.
• North Nether Saint asked to examine the broken Dragon-Trapping Stake, and Xia Ping lent it to him.
• North Nether Saint promised to forge Xia Ping a replacement Dragon-Trapping Stake after studying the original.

Xia Ping fed a Sacred Artifact Fragment to the Mountain River Bead, restoring much of its power and transforming its inner land into a living world. He learned that Nine Heavens Breathing Soil could make the land suitable for growing spirit herbs and considered raiding the Red Scarf Bandits’ base to obtain some.

• Green Ox pleaded with Xia Ping to use the Sacred Artifact Fragment to repair the Mountain River Bead instead of feeding it to the Golden Slime, and Xia Ping agreed.
• Xia Ping gave the fragment to Green Ox, who used it to repair the Mountain River Bead and trigger a surge of energy across Yanhuang Peak.
• Xia Ping explored the restored Mountain River Bead and found its space had doubled, its land was growing lush, and its weather and energy had begun to resemble a real world.
• Green Ox said Nine Heavens Breathing Soil could turn the continent into fertile spiritual soil for growing spirit herbs.
• Xia Ping recalled that the Red Scarf Bandits might possess Nine Heavens Breathing Soil and considered raiding their secret base after repairing the Star Ship.

After two months of cultivation, Xia Ping broke through to the middle stage of the Divine Ability Realm and mastered the Saint-level Lightning Fist. He ended his training and prepared to return to the Cloud Sky Realm to install the Sky Net System.

• Xia Ping advanced to the middle stage of the Divine Ability Realm, doubling the space in his Purple Mansion and strengthening his body and Divine Ability Talismans.
• Xia Ping consolidated his cultivation and practiced Lightning Fist, using his experience with tribulation lightning to master the dangerous technique.
• Xia Ping tested Lightning Fist by punching through a sturdy stone tablet and discovered that the technique also tempered his body.
• Xia Ping decided to return to the Cloud Sky Realm after nearly a year away and install the Sky Net System.

Xia Ping installed the Sky System around Cloud Sky Realm, using a nearby sun to power its network of 108,000 satellites. The system mapped the surrounding starfield and established a powerful defense, and Xia Ping then headed back to Yunxiao Continent.

• Xia Ping returned to Cloud Sky Realm after more than a week of peaceful travel and decided to install the Sky System before going home.
• The Sky System selected a nearby sun as its energy source, and Xia Ping approved the installation.
• The Sky System's base entered the sun's core, drew its energy, and launched 108,000 concealed satellites across a hundred-light-year region.
• The Sky System reported millions of resource-rich planets, 130 planets suitable for life, and no current enemy incursions.
• Xia Ping learned that the satellites could detect and attack enemies across the network's range, then piloted the Moon Goddess toward Yunxiao Continent.

After returning to Flame Yellow Island, Xia Ping discovered that the Human Race, demon race, and Sea Clan had formed a World Government, with humanity dominant after producing many new Kings. He learned that human power had reshaped life across the Cloud Sky Realm, then someone recognized him as he was about to leave.

• Xia Ping concealed the Moon Goddess and went to Flame Yellow Island to learn what had happened during his year away.
• Xia Ping saw monsters and humans shopping together and asked an old man in white why the races now lived side by side.
• The old man told Xia Ping that the three races had established a World Government with Nine Councilors, five of them human.
• The old man explained that humanity had gained a hundred and fifty Kings in a year, leaving the demon race and Sea Clan far weaker.
• Passersby described how human Kings had wiped out Sea Demon raiders and demons that threatened human settlements.
• As Xia Ping prepared to leave, someone recognized him.

Xia Ping reunited with his former high school classmates Yang Wei, Gao Wan, and Xiong Batian on Flame Yellow Island, where World Government staff quickly reported his return to the Nine Councilors. Their reunion was interrupted by Hua Hao, a local student who bullied the three exchange students.

• A monitoring-center staff member recognized Xia Ping and alerted the supervisor, who ordered the Nine Councilors to be notified.
• Xia Ping met Yang Wei, Gao Wan, and Xiong Batian, his former high school classmates, and dismissed their apologies for past conflicts.
• Yang Wei explained that the three were studying in the Cloud Sky Realm as university exchange students from Yanhuang Planet.
• Hua Hao and his lackey mocked the three classmates and called them country bumpkins, while Xia Ping watched.

Xia Ping reunited with Xiong Batian, Gao Wan, and Yang Wei, then met Hua Hao and Tong Xiaoqian. After Xia Ping gave a false name and Tong Xiaoqian invited him to lunch, jealous Hua Hao insisted on joining them.

• Hua Hao and his lackeys mocked Xiong Batian, Gao Wan, and Yang Wei until Tong Xiaoqian arrived and scolded him.
• Tong Xiaoqian apologized to the three classmates and asked Xia Ping whether he was from their school.
• Hua Hao looked down on Xia Ping as a country bumpkin, but Xia Ping charmed Tong Xiaoqian with a compliment.
• Xia Ping gave Tong Xiaoqian the false name Wang Gebi, and she invited him to lunch.
• Hua Hao offered to treat everyone at Heaven on Earth so he could keep Xia Ping from being alone with Tong Xiaoqian.

Hua Hao took Xia Ping and Tong Xiaoqian’s group to lunch in his new Phantom 3000, hoping to impress them with his wealth. Xia Ping ordered an extravagant meal at Heaven on Earth, leaving Hua Hao to pretend the bill was pocket change as the others piled on more orders.

• Hua Hao showed off his five-million-Federal-Coin Phantom 3000, but Xia Ping dismissed it as merely all right.
• Hua Hao drove Xia Ping and some of the group to Heaven on Earth while the others followed in taxis.
• At the restaurant, Xia Ping selected several of the most expensive dishes and a costly bottle of wine.
• Tong Xiaoqian worried about the bill, but Hua Hao insisted he could pay and acted as if the expense did not matter.
• Xiong Batian, Yang Wei, and Gao Wan eagerly ordered more food at Hua Hao’s expense, while Hua Hao silently seethed.

After Liu Jie harassed Tong Xiaoqian and her friends, Hua Hao struck him, prompting Liu Jie to summon Liu Family Grandmasters and order the group arrested. The one-eyed bodyguard then recognized Xia Ping and stopped his companions.

• Xia Ping and the others finished an expensive meal paid for by Hua Hao.
• Liu Jie and his companions cornered Tong Xiaoqian and her friends, and Liu Jie tried to grab Tong Xiaoqian.
• Hua Hao kicked Liu Jie after Tong Xiaoqian slapped him, and Liu Jie ordered his men to arrest everyone.
• Several Liu Family Grandmasters arrived, frightening Hua Hao and the others as Liu Jie accused them of attacking him.
• The one-eyed bodyguard recognized Xia Ping and stopped the Grandmasters.

Xia Ping returned to the Cloud Sky Realm and was recognized by One-Eyed Wolf, who stopped Liu Jie from provoking him. Gu Xilai and dozens of Kings arrived to welcome Xia Ping, leaving everyone at Heaven on Earth stunned, and asked what he had brought back from the universe.

• One-Eyed Wolf recognized Xia Ping and slapped Liu Jie twice to keep him from offending him.
• Tong Xiaoqian realized Xia Ping was the legendary figure after hearing his name.
• Gu Xilai and dozens of Kings arrived at Heaven on Earth, overwhelming everyone with their presence.
• Xia Ping greeted Gu Xilai, who welcomed him back and asked what he had brought from the universe.

Xia Ping left Heaven on Earth with Gu Xilai to meet the human kings, while his status stunned his old friends and forced Liu Jie to beg for forgiveness. Spies across the Cloud Sky Realm reported Xia Ping’s return to Flame Yellow Island to their leaders.

• Gu Xilai welcomed Xia Ping and said human kings were waiting for him at the World Government.
• Xia Ping thanked Hua Hao and his friends before leaving with Gu Xilai and the other human kings.
• Hua Hao and the others learned Xia Ping was the youngest human king and realized how far above them he had risen.
• Liu Jie knelt before Hua Hao and the others, begging forgiveness after realizing he had nearly endangered the Liu Family.
• Demon, Sea Clan, and human spies spread word that Xia Ping had returned to Flame Yellow Island.

Xia Ping revealed that he had reached the Divine Ability Realm and challenged the Cloud Sky Realm’s nine Invincible Kings to fight him together. After his immense gravity suppressed the Kings in the hall, the weaker Kings withdrew, and Gu Xilai launched the first attack.

• Sun Yangdao recognized that Xia Ping had advanced to the Divine Ability Realm, and Xia Ping confirmed it.
• Xia Ping challenged Sun Yangdao and then all nine Invincible Kings to fight him at once.
• Xia Ping released a powerful gravity aura that pinned the Kings below the Divine Ability Realm to the ground and suppressed the Invincible Kings.
• Sun Yangdao ordered the weaker Kings to retreat ten miles, and they watched from a distance.
• Gu Xilai used Law of Heaven and Earth, grew into a giant, and smashed through the hall’s roof as he attacked Xia Ping.

Xia Ping effortlessly stopped Gu Xilai’s giant punch and repelled the Invincible Kings who attacked him. He seized control of Liu Wuming’s tree world and left Liu bound in midair.

• Gu Xilai transformed into a thirty-meter giant and punched Xia Ping, but Xia Ping stopped the blow with one finger.
• Sun Yangdao attacked with Eternal Night Light Sword, but Xia Ping shattered the sword light and sent him crashing into a wall.
• Liu Wuming used Birth of the Tree World to summon a vast forest and bind Xia Ping with its branches.
• Xia Ping used the Azure Emperor Longevity Technique to take control of the trees and turn them against Liu Wuming.
• The trees wrapped around Liu Wuming’s limbs and trapped him in midair.

Xia Ping demonstrated his overwhelming strength by defeating the Elephant Demon King and Whale King in a direct clash, then swiftly taking down the remaining Invincible Kings and Councilors. The Cloud Sky Realm’s kings recognized him as its strongest figure, while his true limits remained unknown.

• The Elephant Demon King and Whale King challenged Xia Ping, confident in their immense strength.
• Xia Ping activated the Hell Golden Crow Body and sent both Demon Kings flying with a direct collision, gravely injuring them.
• Xia Ping moved faster than the remaining Invincible Kings could react and struck each one down.
• All nine Invincible Kings and all nine Councilors of the World Government were left unable to fight.
• The watching kings praised Xia Ping as the strongest person in the Cloud Sky Realm and wondered how much strength he had held back.

After defeating the Invincible Kings, Xia Ping gave them pills and introduced them to the wider universe and its virtual network. He returned to Yanhuang Planet to see his parents as a Red Scarf fleet approached Cloud Sky Realm.

• The Invincible Kings recovered from their injuries, and Sun Yangdao acknowledged Xia Ping as the strongest king in Cloud Sky Realm.
• Xia Ping gave the kings Five Elements Pills, which healed their injuries and strengthened their mana.
• Xia Ping answered the kings’ questions about the universe, including the power of Saints and the reach of Lingyun Sect.
• Xia Ping gave the kings about ten thousand devices for accessing the Cosmic Virtual Network and taught them how to use them.
• Xia Ping returned to Yanhuang Planet to reunite with his parents.
• A Red Scarf fleet approached Cloud Sky Realm from more than a hundred light-years away.

The Red Scarf Bandits’ 1,300-warship fleet approached the Cloud Sky Realm to avenge Yu Kou’s son and enslave its inhabitants. The Sky Net System detected the invaders and alerted Xia Ping, offering to exterminate them.

• Red Scarf Bandits discussed their plans to conquer the Cloud Sky Realm and enslave its inhabitants, while a squad captain promised rewards for victory.
• Yu Kou vowed to avenge his son and exterminate the natives, but agreed to send three warships ahead to investigate.
• The fleet reached a point within a hundred light-years of the Cloud Sky Realm.
• The Sky Net System’s 108,000 reconnaissance satellites detected the 1,300 warships and alerted Xia Ping on Yanhuang Planet.

Xia Ping prepared the Cloud Sky Realm to capture the Red Scarf Bandits’ fleet rather than destroy it, while the realm’s leaders watched the enemy approach. Three advance warships entered the area, and their commander, Situ, expected an easy victory.

• The Sky Net System reported that the Red Scarf Bandits had arrived earlier than expected, and Xia Ping ordered it to let them approach so he could capture their warships.
• Xia Ping returned to the Cloud Sky Realm and showed the gathered leaders a projection of the fleet’s thirteen hundred ships approaching.
• Gu Xilai noticed that three ships had advanced ahead of the fleet, and Liu Wuming and Sun Yangdao recognized them as a cautious vanguard.
• Elephant Demon King urged Xia Ping to destroy the enemy quickly, but Xia Ping insisted that he would capture every ship and let none escape.
• Situ and his subordinates approached the Cloud Sky Realm, mistook its lack of visible space technology for weakness, and anticipated wealth and glory from an easy victory.