Chapter Summaries

Xia Ping annihilated the Lost Ones who had attacked him and captured their ship. He set it down safely and prepared to investigate what it contained for information about the Mist Star Sector.

• Xia Ping killed Wei Dong, and the vice-captain fled toward the ship before Xia Ping punched him apart.
• Xia Ping struck down more than a hundred Lost Ones with one punch, devastating the surrounding landscape.
• The Lost Ones aboard the ship panicked and tried to escape the planet after witnessing the slaughter.
• Xia Ping activated the Chaos Bell, killing everyone aboard without damaging the ship.
• Xia Ping caught the falling ship, set it down, and wondered what information he could find inside.

Xia Ping found a star chart leading to the Five Elements Planet, where the Star Sect's treasure was hidden. After Golden Slime returned far stronger from devouring metal across the sector, Xia Ping tested its evolved Endless War Blade and prepared to leave for the planet.

• Xia Ping found a star chart that marked the Five Elements Planet as the Lost Ones' base and revealed its rich five-element resources and defenses against cosmic beasts.
• Cat Immortal recognized the Five Elements Planet as the place where the Star Sect's treasure was hidden, and Xia Ping decided to head there soon.
• Xia Ping summoned Golden Slime, which had evolved by devouring metal planets and battleship fragments scattered across nearby worlds.
• Xia Ping discovered Golden Slime had advanced into a high-grade Spirit Artifact and tested Endless War Blade, which created a vast sword formation that leveled mountains.
• Xia Ping ordered Golden Slime to devour the Lost Ones' ship before they left.

Xia Ping reached the Five Elements Planet and learned from Cat Immortal that it was a living member of the rare Gaia Race, sealed by the Star Sect's former master. He planned to use his Soul Seal to make the Gaia his subordinate.

• Xia Ping finished consolidating his True Fire Realm cultivation and refining the Chaos Bell as the Star Ship arrived at the Five Elements Planet.
• Xia Ping used his Hell Golden Crow Eye to see the Five Elements Heavenly Dragon Demon-Sealing Array that sealed the planet.
• Cat Immortal revealed that the planet was a Gaia, a naturally born planetary life-form and one of the universe's peak races.
• Cat Immortal explained that the Star Sect's former master had sealed the Gaia for hundreds of millions of years but had failed to make it submit.
• Xia Ping decided that his Soul Seal could succeed where the former master had failed and make the Gaia his loyal subordinate.

Xia Ping learned that he needed the five Five Elements Spirit Talismans to control the array guarding the Star Sect’s treasure, then headed down to Five Elements Planet. Meanwhile, the Mysterious Heaven Sect sent thousands of cultivators to the planet to seize control of the same array and establish a foothold in the Mist Star Sector.

• Cat Immortal told Xia Ping that the Star Sect’s treasure lay beneath the planet and that five Spirit Talismans were needed to control the array protecting it.
• Xia Ping learned that the talismans could only be refined by cultivators of the Star-Drawing Technique, unless a Saint overcame the safeguards.
• Xia Ping boarded the Star Ship and descended to Five Elements Planet.
• A space-time gate brought thousands of Mysterious Heaven Sect cultivators to another part of the planet.
• A Mysterious Heaven Sect elder explained that the planet was a safe zone and that the sect planned to collect the talismans, control the array, and turn the planet into a training ground.

The Mysterious Heaven Sect, Bright Moon Pavilion, and Heavenly Sovereign Sect gathered on the Five Elements Planet to claim its talismans and explore the dangerous Mist Star Sector. As the sects eyed one another warily, Qiu Xue and Su Mei arrived with the Bright Moon Pavilion, both near the Treasure Refining Realm.

• Hao Xingguang explained that the Mysterious Heaven Sect invited the other sects partly to use them as cannon fodder and share the risks of exploring the Mist Star Sector.
• Rong Hang ordered the Mysterious Heaven Sect disciples to set out for the five Five Elements Spirit Talismans and control of the Five Elements Heavenly Dragon Demon-Sealing Array.
• The Heavenly Sovereign Sect disciples recognized the Mysterious Heaven Sect might exploit them, but decided to join the expedition while staying alert and concealing their suspicions.
• The Bright Moon Pavilion's female disciples gathered, and Qiu Xue and Su Mei stood out as its two most striking members.
• Qiu Xue and Su Mei were revealed to have reached the peak of the Divine Ability Realm and come within one step of the Treasure Refining Realm.

Qiu Xue and Su Mei endured hostile rumors from jealous Bright Moon Pavilion disciples and learned that some people might try to keep them from returning alive. As the three great sects arrived on the planet, Xia Ping piloted the Star Ship down to the surface.

• Disciples from the Mysterious Heaven Sect and Heavenly Sovereign Sect discussed pursuing the Bright Moon Pavilion women, while some Bright Moon Pavilion disciples insulted Qiu Xue and Su Mei.
• Su Mei dismissed the rumors, and Qiu Xue explained that jealousy over their talent and a Saint's offer to take them as disciples had made them targets.
• Su Mei warned Qiu Xue that certain people in Bright Moon Pavilion might try to stop them from returning alive, and Qiu Xue urged caution.
• Xia Ping piloted the Star Ship down to the planet as the three great sects arrived.

Xia Ping arrived on Five Elements Planet, sensed Gaia awakening in response to him, and set out to find a Metal Spirit Talisman. Before he could leave, a group of Lost Ones led by an early Golden Core Realm cultivator confronted him and offered him a place in their tribe.

• Xia Ping landed on Five Elements Planet and sensed its dense spiritual energy and Gaia's consciousness throughout the world.
• The Hell Golden Crow Bloodline within Xia Ping resonated with the planet, and Gaia briefly awakened before the Five Elements Heavenly Dragon Demon-Sealing Array suppressed it.
• Cat Immortal told Xia Ping that the nearby Metal Temple held a Metal Spirit Talisman guarded by savage beasts.
• More than a hundred Lost Ones arrived, and Xia Ping recognized them as inhabitants of the Mist Star Sector.
• Scarface, the Lost Ones' early Golden Core Realm leader, offered Xia Ping protection if he joined their tribe.

Xia Ping refused to join a tribe on Five Elements Planet, and Scarface’s group threatened him and demanded his spaceship and treasures. When Xia Ping challenged them to try taking it, the man in black beast hide attacked him with a spear.

• Xia Ping refused Scarface’s invitation to join the tribe and prepared to leave.
• The man in black beast hide and another warrior threatened Xia Ping, insisting he had to join or die.
• Scarface offered to let Xia Ping leave if he surrendered his spaceship and all his treasures.
• Xia Ping mocked Scarface’s offer by asking if he could become chief, then calmly challenged the group to attack.
• The man in black beast hide thrust his spear at Xia Ping.

Xia Ping killed Xu Wu after effortlessly stopping his spear strike, provoking Scarface to attack with the Blood Sky Demon Blade. Xia Ping blocked Scarface’s slash with the Chaos Bell, leaving Scarface shocked that his attack had failed.

• Xu Wu attacked Xia Ping with his spear, but Xia Ping stopped it with a mana vortex formed at his fingertip.
• Xia Ping struck Xu Wu with a lightning-fast punch and killed him, blasting apart part of a distant mountain.
• Scarface drew the mid-grade Spirit Artifact Blood Sky Demon Blade and attacked Xia Ping with a blood-red blade aura.
• Xia Ping summoned the Chaos Bell and endured Scarface’s slash behind its five-colored barrier, though the impact sent him sliding several miles.

Xia Ping shattered Scarface’s Blood Rain Immortal Slaughter Diagram with his Yang God Fist and exposed the strange flames that countered the demonic blade’s power. He then flew straight at Scarface and launched a second, deadly punch, leaving the Golden Core cultivator unable to escape.

• Scarface activated the Blood Rain Immortal Slaughter Diagram, unleashing corrosive blood rain across the surrounding area and forcing the Lost Ones to retreat.
• Xia Ping answered with his Yang God Fist, burning away the blood rain and blasting apart the diagram while damaging Blood Sky and injuring Scarface.
• Scarface recognized that Xia Ping’s strange flames countered his blood baleful qi, but insisted that the gap between their realms would still decide the fight.
• Xia Ping used his Hell Golden Crow Wings to close the distance and struck Scarface with a second punch powered by the surrounding spiritual energy.
• Scarface sensed that the blow would kill him, but Xia Ping’s speed left him no chance to dodge.

Xia Ping used the Spirit Fire in his True Fire Realm body to crack Scarface’s Golden Core and badly wound him. Scarface’s Golden Core was now covered in cracks as he prepared to unleash a final, desperate attack.

• Scarface summoned his Golden Core to block Xia Ping’s punches, and Cat Immortal explained that the core was a powerful crystallization of mana.
• Xia Ping burned his mana with the Pure Yang Indestructible Art and struck Scarface’s Golden Core with the Hell Golden Crow Claw, cracking it and injuring Scarface.
• Xia Ping struck Scarface again, sending him crashing into the ground and spreading more cracks across the Golden Core.
• Scarface, furious and badly wounded, activated his technique and prepared to die together with Xia Ping as his Golden Core glowed and threatened to erupt.

Xia Ping used the Mountain River Bead’s Map of the Realm to stop Scarface from self-destructing his Golden Core and killed him. He then used the Chaos Bell to wipe out the fleeing Lost Ones.

• Scarface began self-destructing his Golden Core, terrifying the Lost Ones and putting Xia Ping in danger.
• Green Ox told Xia Ping that the Mountain River Bead’s Map of the Realm could stop a Golden Core from exploding within its domain.
• Xia Ping projected the Map of the Realm, froze everyone in its range, and struck Scarface dead before the projection ended.
• The Lost Ones realized Scarface was dead and fled in every direction.
• Xia Ping activated the Chaos Bell and killed the fleeing Lost Ones with its sound waves.

Xia Ping learned that Green Ox could refine a Golden Core into pills and handed it over for processing. He also let Green Ox feed the Lost Ones’ beast cores to the Mountain River Bead, restoring part of its power and boosting his cultivation to the peak of the early True Fire Realm.

• Green Ox explained that its alchemical secret art could cleanse a Golden Core and turn its accumulated cultivation into pills for Xia Ping to absorb.
• Xia Ping ordered Green Ox to refine the damaged Golden Core and gathered the Lost Ones’ Space Rings, finding spiritual medicines, pills, and more than ten thousand beast cores.
• Green Ox asked to use the beast cores to restore the Mountain River Bead, and Xia Ping agreed.
• Green Ox devoured the beast cores, flooding the Mountain River Bead with Five Elements energy and expanding its land, seas, forests, mountains, and formations.
• The Mountain River Bead’s recovering power flowed into Xia Ping, raising his magical power to the peak of the early True Fire Realm.

Xia Ping battled his way toward the Metal Temple, using the Golden Needle Bees and other Metal beasts to strengthen the Mountain River Bead. He reached the temple but was immediately attacked by thousands of Sword Flying Cranes.

• Xia Ping encountered a vast swarm of Golden Needle Bees, which attacked him with a Golden Needle Geng Metal God-Slaying Formation.
• Xia Ping used the Star-Drawing Technique—Myriad Stars Fall to destroy the swarm and collected its beast cores and Geng Metal aura.
• The Mountain River Bead absorbed the loot, grew more solid, and formed metal ore veins throughout its space.
• Xia Ping slaughtered more Metal savage beasts as he advanced toward the Metal Temple, feeding their cores to the Mountain River Bead.
• Xia Ping reached the Metal Temple and drew the attention of thousands of Sword Flying Cranes, which fired Sword Qi at him.

Xia Ping used the Chaos Bell and Endless Blades to defeat the Sword Flying Cranes and gathered their corpses and metal-element energy into the Mountain River Bead. He reached the Metal Temple but was left wondering how to break its restrictions and obtain the Metal Spirit Talisman.

• Xia Ping blocked the Sword Flying Cranes' Sword Qi with the Chaos Bell as Green Ox and Cat Immortal worried about the flock's attacks.
• The Sword Flying Cranes formed a sword formation, and Xia Ping sent Golden Slime, transformed into Endless Blades, to fight them.
• Xia Ping spotted the Sword Flying Cranes tiring and empowered Endless Blades with his mana, killing more than ten thousand of them.
• Xia Ping stored the Sword Flying Crane corpses and absorbed the golden cloud into the Mountain River Bead, nourishing its space and the Map of the Realm.
• Xia Ping reached the Metal Temple and considered how to break its restrictions to obtain the Metal Spirit Talisman.

Xia Ping used the Star-Drawing Technique to break the Metal Temple’s formations and obtain the Metal Spirit Talisman, then discovered that other talismans were also being claimed. A group from the Mysterious Heaven Sect arrived and demanded he surrender the talisman, threatening to kill him and his people if he refused.

• Cat Immortal told Xia Ping that the Star-Drawing Technique would let him resonate with the formations and make them collapse.
• Xia Ping used the technique to find a flaw in the formations, shattered them, and refined the Metal Spirit Talisman.
• Xia Ping sensed that one or two of the other spirit talismans were moving, suggesting someone else had obtained them.
• Chu Hen and more than a dozen Mysterious Heaven Sect disciples arrived at the ruined temple and saw Xia Ping with the Metal Spirit Talisman.
• A Mysterious Heaven Sect disciple ordered Xia Ping to surrender the talisman and threatened to execute him and his people if he resisted.

Xia Ping confronted disciples of the Mysterious Heaven Sect, who demanded that he become their slave. He killed one with a single spear strike despite the man’s Mystic Turtle Infinity Armor, leaving the other disciples retreating in fear.

• Xia Ping learned that the Mysterious Heaven Sect was a Saint-level force claiming dominion over the Five Great Star Regions.
• Chu Hen ordered Xia Ping to kneel and become his slave, while another disciple threatened him.
• Xia Ping attacked the black-clothed disciple with the Spear of Hell.
• The disciple activated his Mid-grade Spirit Artifact, the Mystic Turtle Infinity Armor, to defend himself.
• Xia Ping’s Spear of Hell-Suppressing Demon pierced the armor and killed the disciple, blasting a massive crater into the ground.
• The remaining Mysterious Heaven Sect disciples fled more than a dozen kilometers from the explosion.

Xia Ping fought Chu Hen, a Golden Core cultivator of the Mysterious Heaven Sect, and matched his powerful sword art despite being in the True Fire Realm. As their battle continued, the Spear of Hell began transmitting deeper Hell Martial Arts inheritance to Xia Ping.

• Xia Ping killed Chu Hen's junior brother, prompting Chu Hen to swear vengeance and attack with the Heaven-Trace Universe Sword Art.
• Xia Ping countered Chu Hen's sword strike with the Great Yin-Yang Tablet-Shattering Hand, and the two attacks canceled each other out.
• Chu Hen suspected Xia Ping possessed an ancient inheritance and demanded to know his origins, but Xia Ping attacked again with the Spear of Hell.
• Xia Ping and Chu Hen clashed repeatedly, devastating the surrounding land and forcing the Mysterious Heaven Sect disciples to flee.
• As Xia Ping poured mana into the Spear of Hell, it transmitted deeper Hell Martial Arts knowledge, including the complete inheritance of the Spear of Hell-Suppressing Demon.

Xia Ping comprehended the first form of the Spear of Hell-Suppressing Demon and used it to kill Chu Hen, a Golden Core Realm cultivator. He then faced the surviving Mysterious Heaven Sect disciples and demanded they choose how to die.

• Xia Ping realized the Spear of Hell-Suppressing Demon contained seven forms and mastered its first form, Nature.
• Xia Ping struck Chu Hen with the spear, piercing his defenses and abdomen.
• Xia Ping used the Mountain River Bead to immobilize Chu Hen and prevent him from detonating his Golden Core.
• Xia Ping pierced Chu Hen's head and killed him, shocking the Mysterious Heaven Sect disciples.
• Xia Ping shattered Chu Hen's corpse, kept his Golden Core, and demanded the remaining disciples choose their deaths.

Xia Ping killed the fleeing Mysterious Heaven Sect disciples, though one sent a distress message before dying. He collected their loot and fed their beast cores to the Mountain River Bead, which awakened the Boundless Space Diagram.

• The Mysterious Heaven Sect disciples threatened Xia Ping and then tried to flee when he refused to let them build a Gate of Time and Space on Gaia.
• Xia Ping used the Chaos Bell to kill the fleeing disciples, but one disciple sent a distress talisman to seek reinforcements.
• Xia Ping collected the disciples’ Space Rings and found around two hundred thousand Five Elements beast cores.
• The Mountain River Bead devoured the beast cores, expanded its inner world, and revealed the Boundless Space Diagram.
• Green Ox explained that the Boundless Space Diagram could conceal Xia Ping’s aura and let him slip through space, though it had recovered only a small part of its power.