Chapter Summaries

Xia Ping replenished his depleted blood and qi by devouring Dragon Blood Pills, Crystal Fragrant Rice, and other pills after inheriting the Divine Elephant Breathing Technique. Once restored to peak condition, he prepared to investigate the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect.

• Green Ox told Xia Ping that it had refined Dragon Blood Pills from Dragon Savage Rabbits and harvested a billion tons of Crystal Fragrant Rice.
• Xia Ping ordered Green Ox and Cat Immortal to prepare Dragon Blood Pills and a ton of Crystal Fragrant Rice, along with other pills.
• Xia Ping devoured the food and pills, converting their energy into strength as his body glowed with intense heat.
• Cat Immortal and Green Ox recognized the Divine Elephant Breathing Technique as the source of Xia Ping's extraordinary ability to keep improving and consume so much.
• After eating everything over the course of a day, Xia Ping recovered fully and decided to find out what was happening with the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect.

Xia Ping learned that the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect had sealed three starfields and placed a massive bounty on Wu Wudi, hoping to find him and intimidate its enemies. After reading the sect’s boastful forum posts, Xia Ping decided to provoke the sect further and earn more Hate Points.

• Xia Ping used the Infinite Puppets to gather intelligence and learned that the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect had mobilized its disciples and sealed three nearby starfields to hunt him.
• Xia Ping stayed calm because he expected to burn away the sect’s spiritual mark with the Hell Golden Crow Flame within a day.
• Xia Ping decided to stir up more hatred against himself and visited the Southern Universe Forum.
• Xia Ping read the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect’s bounty offering one billion Universal Coins, a Mid-grade Spirit Artifact, Antidote Pills, and a Divine Ability Manual for Wu Wudi’s capture or head.
• Ten Thousand Poisons Sect disciples mocked Wu Wudi and said the bounty would make an example of him and warn other factions against challenging the sect.

Xia Ping posted photos of Golden Cores taken from Ten Thousand Poisons Sect masters and publicly taunted the sect, provoking its elders to launch a massive search for him. While Cat Immortal blocked their attempts to trace his post, Xia Ping quietly approached a prosperous commercial planet in the Spider Star Domain to carry out a major plan.

• Xia Ping posted photos of Lu Wen and other Ten Thousand Poisons Sect masters' Golden Cores, signing the taunt as Wu Wudi.
• Forum users and Ten Thousand Poisons Sect disciples recognized the Golden Cores and reacted with shock and fury.
• Elder Lu Tao demanded that Xia Ping remove the photos, and Xia Ping replied by mocking the sect and its reliance on poison.
• Ten Thousand Poisons Sect disciples challenged Xia Ping to face them, but he dared them to come find him and threatened the sect.
• Ten Thousand Poisons Sect elders mobilized forces across three star domains to search for Xia Ping, while Cat Immortal thwarted their attempts to trace his post.
• Xia Ping flew toward a prosperous commercial planet in the Spider Star Domain aboard the Star Ship, planning to pull off something big.

Xia Ping brought Xiao Dai to Bamboo Peach Planet so she could devour it and grow stronger. After she swallowed the planet and its population, Xia Ping set off to target more planets, while arriving traders discovered Bamboo Peach Planet was gone.

• Xia Ping asked Cat Immortal whether Xiao Dai could devour Bamboo Peach Planet, and Cat Immortal assured him she could unless a Saint intervened.
• Xia Ping told Xiao Dai the planet was her food, and she created a massive black hole that swallowed Bamboo Peach Planet and nearby spaceships.
• Xiao Dai explained that the planet's nonliving matter became part of her body, while its people were scattered across her surface and its technology was converted into energy.
• Xia Ping left for another planet, planning to make the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect suffer from the disappearances.
• Traders arriving at Bamboo Peach Planet found it missing and failed to contact anyone who had lived there.

After twenty commercial planets vanished, Xia Ping publicly claimed responsibility and declared himself a Northern Universe disciple of the Mysterious Heaven Sect. He left the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect and the Southern Universe enraged, challenging them to retaliate while demanding the sect surrender.

• Twenty prosperous planets disappeared, causing fear across the Spider Star Domain, Red Snake Star Domain, and Black Scorpion Star Domain.
• The Ten Thousand Poisons Sect searched for Xia Ping but found no trace of him or his spiritual imprint.
• Xia Ping posted before-and-after pictures of Bamboo Peach Planet on the forum and called the destruction a warning.
• Xia Ping admitted he was from the Northern Universe and claimed to be a direct disciple of the Mysterious Heaven Sect with three Saints backing him.
• Xia Ping insulted the Southern Universe, threatened to destroy more planets, and demanded the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect surrender its Saint Artifacts, manuals, and women.

Xia Ping used alternate forum accounts to inflame the Southern Universe’s anger and taunt its people over their inability to retaliate against Wu Wudi. As the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect failed to locate him, its elders concluded that only a Saint could track him down.

• Southern Universe forces erupted in fury after Wu Wudi’s actions humiliated the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect and provoked the wider region.
• Xia Ping posted through alternate accounts, arguing that the Southern Universe could not reach or challenge the Mysterious Heaven Sect and would have to endure the insult.
• Southern Universe users cursed the Northern Universe accounts and demanded that forum moderators ban them.
• Xia Ping mocked the Southern Universe’s people as ignorant and muscle-bound, prompting a flood of abuse and chaos on the forum.
• Ten Thousand Poisons Sect members reported that their searches across the three great starfields had failed and suspected Wu Wudi had either left or lost their spiritual imprint.
• The Ten Thousand Poisons Sect elders considered asking a Saint to find Wu Wudi.

Xia Ping used the Wish Compass to evade the Ten Thousand Poisons Venerable after a Saint began searching for him. He vanished through a black hole, while the Venerable failed to track him and news of Wu Wudi's escape spread across the universes.

• The system told Xia Ping he had gained three billion Hate Points and warned him that a Saint might be targeting him.
• Cat Immortal sensed a Saint scanning the star domain, and Xia Ping decided to leave the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect's territory.
• Xia Ping used the Wish Compass to find an escape route, and the Star Ship followed it to an empty stretch of the Spider Star Domain.
• A black hole appeared and swallowed the Star Ship before Xia Ping could react.
• The Ten Thousand Poisons Venerable arrived too late, searched for three days and nights, then gave up and reported that Wu Wudi had escaped.
• The news of Wu Wudi's escape from a Saint spread through the Southern Universe and reached the Northern Universe, prompting factions to investigate him.

The Ten Thousand Poisons Sect launched a deadly campaign against Mysterious Heaven Sect strongholds, leaving the sect baffled about the reason for the attacks. The chapter ended with the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect posting a declaration of war on the Mysterious Heaven Sect forum.

• Mysterious Heaven Sect disciples lamented the losses caused by Wu Wudi in the Mist Star Sector and repeated the elders' bounty for finding or killing him.
• A Mysterious Heaven Sect disciple reported that Ten Thousand Poisons Sect disciples had killed hundreds at several strongholds, including seven or eight Golden Core True Persons.
• Mysterious Heaven Sect disciples demanded revenge, and elders sent elites to hunt down the attackers.
• Ten Thousand Poisons Sect disciples used poison and other sinister tactics, inflicting heavy casualties despite being outnumbered.
• Mysterious Heaven Sect elders struggled to understand why the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect was attacking, then saw its declaration of war appear on their forum.

The Ten Thousand Poisons Sect accused the Mysterious Heaven Sect of sheltering Wu Wudi, whom they blamed for destroying twenty planets and killing trillions. The Mysterious Heaven Sect recognized Wu Wudi as a former enemy and denied he was their disciple, but the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect refused to believe them.

• The Ten Thousand Poisons Sect posted a declaration of war demanding that the Mysterious Heaven Sect hand over its supposed disciple.
• The Mysterious Heaven Sect elders searched for the accused disciple but found no record of anyone named Wu Wudi.
• A Mysterious Heaven Sect disciple recognized Wu Wudi as the native who had previously disrupted their plans and killed twelve of their Golden Core True Persons.
• The Mysterious Heaven Sect elders told the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect that Wu Wudi was their enemy, not their disciple.
• The Ten Thousand Poisons Sect dismissed the denial as a lie and again demanded that the Mysterious Heaven Sect surrender Wu Wudi.

The Ten Thousand Poisons Sect blamed the Mysterious Heaven Sect for protecting Wu Wudi, and their failed negotiations sparked a bloody battle. After a temporary truce, both sects traced Wu Wudi’s past to the Eastern Universe but found no clear lead on his identity or whereabouts.

• The Ten Thousand Poisons Sect demanded a holy artifact, resources from fifty life planets, and hundreds of millions of pills from the Mysterious Heaven Sect in exchange for believing it was innocent.
• The Mysterious Heaven Sect refused the demands, and the two sects fought until the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect’s forces were wiped out, suffering many casualties themselves while their saints held back.
• Qiu Xue and Su Mei learned about Wu Wudi’s role in the conflict and recognized that Xia Ping had caused trouble again while keeping his identity concealed.
• Several days later, the two sects agreed to a truce and realized Wu Wudi might not have been connected to the Mysterious Heaven Sect.
• The sects discovered that Wu Wudi had first appeared in the Eastern Universe and heard accounts of his scams and notorious book, but they still could not determine his background or location.

After Wu Wudi’s actions made him a target of Mysterious Heaven Sect and Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, news of his crimes spread throughout Lingyun Sect’s Five Great Star Regions. Ye Mengyao predicted that he had hidden his identity and might be a monstrous genius, while Xia Ping entered a black hole and fell into a strange spatial world.

• Mysterious Heaven Sect and Ten Thousand Poisons Sect questioned Jerma about Wu Wudi, but he said he knew nothing, and they could not force him to confess.
• News spread across the Eastern Universe that Wu Wudi had devastated Ten Thousand Poisons Sect’s commercial planets and manipulated the two sects into fighting.
• Lingyun Sect’s female disciples discussed Wu Wudi’s crimes and feared that the two Saint-level sects would kill him.
• Ye Mengyao argued that Wu Wudi had prepared carefully and would evade capture, and she suspected his rapid rise meant he was an unparalleled genius.
• Xia Ping entered a black hole and fell into a strange spatial world.

Xia Ping entered a mysterious secret realm filled with both abyssal aura and lush life, then encountered a wary human caravan whose language he could not understand. He used the system to obtain a Universal Translation Fruit and learned enough to understand the caravan’s warning, leaving him face-to-face with its guarded members.

• Xia Ping emerged from his Star Ship into a demi-plane where dense abyssal and hellish auras mingled with abundant vegetation, and his bloodline stirred in response.
• Green Ox sensed native creatures three hundred li away, so Xia Ping transformed into a Kunpeng and flew to investigate.
• Xia Ping descended before an armed group resembling a merchant caravan, but he could not understand their language, and Green Ox and Cat Immortal could not translate it.
• Xia Ping exchanged one billion Hate Points for a Universal Translation Fruit, ate it, and quickly learned the caravan’s language.
• The guards identified themselves as the Storm Caravan, warned Xia Ping to stay away, and threatened to strike if he approached; Xia Ping greeted them with a friendly smile.

Xia Ping forced the Storm Caravan guards to answer his questions by demonstrating his strength, but their exchange was interrupted when a huge horde of Petrifying Demon Snakes surrounded them and targeted him as prey. As the snakes charged, Xia Ping prepared to meet them with the Divine Elephant Breathing Technique.

• Xia Ping stomped the ground with terrifying force, frightening the Storm Caravan guards into kneeling and promising to answer his questions.
• Xia Ping sensed intense killing intent spreading across the grasslands before hundreds of Petrifying Demon Snakes appeared around the caravan.
• The caravan members recognized the snakes and despaired, while the creatures identified Xia Ping as valuable food and decided to attack him.
• Xia Ping called the snakes foolish and released the aura of the Divine Elephant Breathing Technique as they surged toward him.

Xia Ping used the power of the Divine Elephant to slaughter the Petrifying Demon Snakes and resist their petrifying curse. The Storm Caravan members watched in awe as he killed more than a thousand snakes, leaving the grasslands drenched in blood.

• Xia Ping killed dozens of Petrifying Demon Snakes with his punches, stunning the Storm Caravan members.
• The Petrifying Demon Snakes unleashed their petrifying curse, but Xia Ping’s Divine Elephant power repelled it and destroyed the gray aura.
• Xia Ping’s attacks blew apart more than a hundred snakes and devastated a vast stretch of ground.
• The Petrifying Demon Snakes tried to negotiate and then fought back, but their curses and poison could not harm Xia Ping.
• Xia Ping slaughtered more than a thousand Petrifying Demon Snakes in half an hour, driving other grassland creatures away.

After wiping out the Petrifying Demon Snakes, Xia Ping devoured them and awakened five hundred thousand Hell Golden Crow Cells. He learned from Meng Nan that the world was besieged by demons, monsters, and Nether Ghosts, and suspected the ghosts’ presence meant the Gates of Hell had opened.

• Xia Ping ate all the Petrifying Demon Snakes, awakening five hundred thousand Hell Golden Crow Cells and increasing his power.
• Xia Ping questioned Meng Nan and learned that the Storm Caravan came from Qingyang City and was traveling to Dangtu Town to trade for Nether Stones.
• Meng Nan explained that demons and monsters had ruled the world for ten thousand years, leaving humanity confined to cities and vulnerable to attack.
• Meng Nan told Xia Ping that Nether Stones strengthened demon slayers but also attracted demons, monsters, and Nether Ghosts.
• Meng Nan described Nether Ghosts as soul-attacking spirits that could possess humans, and Xia Ping wondered whether the Gates of Hell connected the world to the netherworld.

Xia Ping traveled with the Storm Caravan to Dangtu Town, where he exposed and killed Mayor Zeng Ming after sensing an evil ghost’s aura. A Nether Ghost emerged from Zeng Ming’s body, leaving the terrified caravan members hiding behind Xia Ping.

• Xia Ping joined the Storm Caravan to learn about the world and travel toward Qingyang City.
• The caravan crossed the wilderness safely and reached Dangtu Town after its scent of slain Petrifying Demon Snakes frightened away demons and devils.
• Mayor Zeng Ming welcomed the caravan and urged them to attend a banquet before trading for netherstones.
• Xia Ping refused to stay and accused Zeng Ming of carrying the aura of evil ghosts.
• Xia Ping killed Zeng Ming with one punch, revealing a Nether Ghost that made the caravan members flee behind him.

Xia Ping exposed the Nether Ghosts that had slaughtered Dangtu Town’s people and confronted their horde. After they attacked him, he seized and burned one to ashes with Hell Golden Crow Flame, leaving the rest of the Nether Ghosts facing his power.

• Xia Ping revealed that he could see through a Nether Ghost’s disguise and accused the ghosts of killing everyone in Dangtu Town.
• The disguised residents revealed themselves as more than a hundred Nether Ghosts, and Meng Nan and the others realized the town’s people had been massacred.
• The Nether Ghosts mocked Xia Ping and rushed to attack him, trying to overwhelm his body and soul.
• Xia Ping seized one Nether Ghost despite its formless nature and burned it to ashes with Hell Golden Crow Flame.

Xia Ping discovered that killing Nether Ghosts let him absorb their released soul power, then used the Hell Golden Crow Flame and his techniques to slaughter them. He destroyed the remaining ghosts and Dangtu Town, while the fleeing Nether Ghosts’ threat from Formless Mountain went unanswered.

• Xia Ping absorbed the soul power released by a Nether Ghost he killed, strengthening his soul and unsealing more Hell Golden Crow Cells.
• Xia Ping seized and burned another Nether Ghost, then trapped many more in the Hell Furnace and refined them with Hell Golden Crow Flame.
• Xia Ping absorbed the vapor from the slain Nether Ghosts, increasing his soul power and mana as Meng Nan and the others watched.
• The surviving Nether Ghosts fled and threatened that The Lord of Formless Mountain would kill Xia Ping, but he restrained them with Great Yin-Yang Tablet-Shattering Hand.
• Xia Ping crushed the remaining Nether Ghosts with one palm, creating a huge crater and reducing Dangtu Town to dust.

After wiping out the Nether Ghosts that attacked Dangtu Town, Xia Ping learned that their leader, the Formless Ghost King, ruled the formidable Formless Mountain. He also discovered a nearby Nether Stone mine and set out to claim it, confident he could defeat its occupiers.

• Xia Ping stabilized his mana after killing over a hundred Nether Ghosts and sensed that devouring more of their soul energy could help him reach the Golden Core Realm.
• Meng Nan told Xia Ping that Formless Mountain, ruled by the Formless Ghost King, commanded thousands of Nether Ghosts and threatened human cities across the region.
• Xia Ping said he would destroy Formless Mountain to advance, while the Storm Caravan members doubted he could defeat its vast forces.
• Xia Ping drew dozens of Nether Stones from Dangtu Town's ruins and recognized that they could strengthen his soul and unseal more of his Hell Golden Crow Bloodline.
• A man in red revealed that a Nether Stone mine lay a hundred li from Dangtu Town and that the Nether Ghosts had likely occupied it.
• Xia Ping declared that he would slaughter the Nether Ghosts at the mine because they had no right to run wild in human territory.

Xia Ping found a Nether Ghost mining operation in a mountain range outside Dangtu Town and learned that the ghosts had massacred the town’s people and planned to prey on humans. After devouring Ghost Fifty, he trapped the remaining Nether Ghosts in his Star-Drawing Technique: Infinite Gravity and prepared to kill them.

• Over a hundred Nether Ghosts mined a Nether Stone vein and boasted about slaughtering Dangtu Town’s residents and planning to raise humans as food.
• Xia Ping arrived at the mountain range, confronted the Nether Ghosts, and declared that they deserved to die.
• A Nether Ghost attacked Xia Ping, but he seized and devoured it, absorbing Ghost Fifty with his Sun Furnace.
• The Nether Ghosts recognized Xia Ping as a potential threat to their race and moved to capture or kill him.
• Xia Ping unleashed Star-Drawing Technique: Infinite Gravity, pinning the Nether Ghosts beneath the crushing power of the stars.