Chapter Summaries

After condensing his Golden Core, Xia Ping discovered that his Purple Mansion and divine sense had expanded dramatically, then replenished his depleted magic power by drawing in natural energy. His cultivation produced extraordinary heavenly phenomena over Qingyang City, and he emerged a day later with his Golden Core Realm cultivation stabilized.

• Xia Ping found that his Purple Mansion had become a life-filled world a million kilometers across and that his divine sense could cover the same distance.
• Xia Ping used the Pure Yang Indestructible Art to absorb natural energy and refill his exhausted magic power.
• Xia Ping's cultivation drew scarlet clouds and mythic visions over Qingyang City, startling its residents and Gu Bo's group.
• Natural energy condensed into Spirit Liquid and rained over Qingyang City, healing residents and accelerating their cultivation as they collected it and thanked Xia Ping.
• Xia Ping emerged from seclusion a day later after stabilizing his Golden Core Realm cultivation and mastering its power.

After emerging from seclusion, Xia Ping learned that the Formless Ghost King had joined forces with three demon armies to attack Qingyang City. The city prepared for battle as the enormous forces arrived, leaving its defenders terrified by their numbers.

• Xia Ping emerged from seclusion, heard Qingyang City was thriving, and sensed the Formless Ghost King and three allied demon armies approaching.
• Xia Ping ordered the generals to sound the alarm, close the gates, evacuate the citizens, and activate the city's defenses.
• An hour later, Xia Ping and Qingyang City's generals gathered on the walls as the citizens took shelter in underground passages.
• The Ram-Horn Demons, Slayer Demons, Venom Centipede Demons, and tens of thousands of Nether Ghosts arrived and threatened to destroy the city.
• Gu Bo and the other defenders trembled as they faced the overwhelming enemy forces.

The four Devil Kings demanded Qingyang City’s surrender, but Xia Ping and Gu Bo refused to yield. As the demon and Nether Ghost armies charged, Xia Ping activated the Earth-Mystic Tortoise Array, and the first attackers struck its barrier.

• The Formless Ghost King, Venom Centipede Devil King, Slayer Devil King, and Ram-Horn Devil King arrived above Qingyang City and ordered its people to surrender.
• Gu Bo rejected the Ram-Horn Devil King’s demand, and Xia Ping warned the four Devil Kings to retreat or die.
• The Formless Ghost King urged the others to send their soldiers first rather than risk attacking Xia Ping’s city themselves.
• The four Devil Kings ordered their armies to destroy Qingyang City, and the demons and Nether Ghosts charged.
• Xia Ping activated the Earth-Mystic Tortoise Array, raising an ochre, tortoise-shell-patterned barrier over Qingyang City.
• Tens of thousands of demons struck the barrier as they reached the city.

Xia Ping used his Chaos Bell to repel the demons and Nether Ghosts attacking Qingyang City, killing most of their forces. The surviving Devil Kings were left furious and the remaining invaders terrified.

• Gu Bo and the others watched the Earth-Mystic Tortoise Array withstand the demons’ first assault on Qingyang City.
• The Ram-Horn Devil King ordered over a hundred thousand demons to attack the city from four directions.
• Xia Ping activated the Chaos Bell and sent destructive sound waves across the battlefield.
• The Chaos Bell killed more than seventy percent of the demons and Nether Ghosts, forcing the survivors to flee beyond its range.
• The Ram-Horn Devil King, Slayer Devil King, Venom Centipede Devil King, and Formless Ghost King blamed Xia Ping for their catastrophic losses, while the surviving invaders feared his power.

Xia Ping’s Chaos Bell devastated the Nether Ghost and demon army attacking Qingyang City, forcing the survivors to flee. The Ram-Horn Devil King and three other powerful enemies then attacked Xia Ping together, surrounding him with physical and spiritual assaults.

• Xia Ping taunted the fleeing demons after the Chaos Bell killed most of their forces.
• The Ram-Horn Devil King attacked Xia Ping with a mountain-splitting axe, and Xia Ping met the strike with his Lightning Fist.
• The Ram-Horn Devil King and Xia Ping recognized each other’s formidable strength after their clash shook the Earth-Mystic Tortoise Array.
• The Venom Centipede Devil King sprayed poisonous mist and rain at Xia Ping, while the Slayer Devil King attacked with cutting claws.
• The Formless Ghost King cast a domain of illusions to overwhelm Xia Ping’s soul.

Xia Ping resisted the Formless Ghost King’s illusions and defeated the four devil kings’ attacks, badly injuring each of them. The devil kings regenerated and prepared to continue fighting, while the demons and Nether Ghosts watched Xia Ping in terror.

• Xia Ping used his Hell Golden Crow Bloodline and Seven Kill True Dragon Roar to break the Formless Ghost King’s illusion and injure it.
• Xia Ping’s Yang God Fist burned away the Venom Centipede Devil King’s poison and severely injured it.
• Xia Ping’s Northern Underworld Body Protection Art stopped the Slayer Devil King’s claws, and his palm strike slammed the Slayer Devil King into the ground.
• The demons and Nether Ghosts were shocked to see Xia Ping overpower the four devil kings.
• The Ram-Horn Devil King, Slayer Devil King, Venom Centipede Devil King, and Formless Ghost King healed from their injuries within moments.

Xia Ping faced the four Devil Kings again and revealed the Spear of Hell, whose restored power filled them with fear. The Ram-Horn Devil King coveted the weapon’s authority and launched an all-out attack to take it.

• The Ram-Horn Devil King, Slayer Devil King, Venom Centipede Devil King, and Formless Ghost King surrounded Xia Ping and argued over whether to capture or kill him.
• Xia Ping summoned the Spear of Hell, which gained a mark from hell’s will and revealed a terrifying power that made the Devil Kings retreat.
• The Formless Ghost King and Slayer Devil King recognized the Spear of Hell, while Xia Ping demanded that the devils submit to its authority.
• The Ram-Horn Devil King rejected Xia Ping’s demand and decided to seize the spear so it could rise to greater power.
• The Ram-Horn Devil King vanished and appeared beside Xia Ping, striking with a peak-strength punch.

Xia Ping used the Spear of Hell to kill Ram-Horn Devil King and Venom Centipede Devil King, absorbing their essence and awakening more Hell Golden Crow Cells. As Slayer Devil King and Formless Ghost King faced him, Slayer Devil King decided they needed help from a Devil Emperor and tried to flee.

• Xia Ping's first-form spear technique crushed Ram-Horn Devil King's attack and pierced its body.
• Xia Ping destroyed Ram-Horn Devil King's body and soul, and the Spear of Hell absorbed its essence, awakening two hundred thousand Hell Golden Crow Cells in Xia Ping.
• Venom Centipede Devil King, Slayer Devil King, and Formless Ghost King resolved to attack Xia Ping before he grew stronger.
• Xia Ping comprehended the second form of the Spear of Hell-Suppressing Demon and cut Venom Centipede Devil King into pieces, destroying its soul.
• The Spear of Hell absorbed Venom Centipede Devil King's essence, and Slayer Devil King panicked, deciding to seek a Devil Emperor's help and flee.

Xia Ping killed the fleeing Slayer Devil King with the Spear of Hell, then revealed that he had planted a Hell Golden Crow Flame seed inside the Formless Ghost King. The seed destroyed the ghost king, leaving behind only its white mask.

• The Slayer Devil King used its Death-Cutting Array to block Xia Ping's attack, but the Spear of Hell pierced the formation and wounded it.
• Xia Ping hurled the Spear of Hell after the fleeing Slayer Devil King, killing it and letting the spear devour its blood and vitality.
• The Spear of Hell's energy formed several hundred thousand more Hell Golden Crow Cells in Xia Ping's body.
• The Formless Ghost King fled hundreds of li away and threatened that demons would avenge it, but Xia Ping said he had planted a hidden flame inside it.
• Xia Ping triggered the Hell Golden Crow Flame seed, which annihilated the Formless Ghost King and left its white ghost mask behind.

Xia Ping defeated the remaining demons and Nether Ghosts after killing the four great Devil Kings, then led Qingyang City's forces toward Formless Mountain. The chapter ended with the army marching to plunder the Formless Ghost King's treasures and investigate the black hole leading to hell.

• Xia Ping absorbed the Formless Ghost King's soul energy and stored the white mask it left behind.
• The surviving demons and Nether Ghosts fled after seeing Xia Ping kill the four great Devil Kings, but he froze them across a thousand kilometers with the Nine Heavens Mysterious Nether Force.
• Xia Ping shattered the frozen enemies and absorbed their soul power, while the people of Qingyang City celebrated their victory.
• Xia Ping ordered Qingyang City's army to march on Formless Mountain and explore the black hole leading to hell.

Xia Ping led Qingyang City's army in taking Formless Mountain and plundered its treasures, including Hell Cold Stone, Nether soil, and a manual of illusion arts. After stripping the mountain bare, he inspected the black hole leading to hell, where demons and Nether Ghosts remained trapped by the passage's limits.

• Xia Ping froze Formless Mountain and its Nether Ghost guards, then Qingyang City soldiers killed the survivors and searched the mountain.
• Xia Ping learned that the Formless Ghost King's black jade bed was Hell Cold Stone and decided to use it to strengthen his Nine Heavens Mysterious Nether Force.
• Green Ox urged Xia Ping to gather the mountain's Nether soil, which could help the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil expand through the Mountain River Bead's space.
• Xia Ping collected all the Nether soil and found the True Explanation of Illusion Arts among the plundered treasures.
• Xia Ping searched Formless Mountain until he found nothing else, then examined the black hole to hell and learned that powerful demons and Nether Ghosts could not pass through it.

Xia Ping abandoned his plan to enter Hell through Formless Mountain after discovering its entrance was guarded, then returned to Qingyang City and consolidated his strength. He learned that the Formless Mask could perfectly disguise him as any creature and examined the True Explanation of Illusion Arts, while leaving the search for a safer entrance to Hell unresolved.

• Xia Ping sensed demons and Nether Ghosts guarding the Formless Mountain passage and decided not to enter Hell there.
• Gu Bo told Xia Ping that small, temporary black holes could also lead to Hell, and Xia Ping left Formless Mountain to return to Qingyang City.
• After several days of cultivation, Xia Ping stabilized his power, awakened three million Hell Golden Crow Cells, and gained one billion Hate Points.
• Xia Ping refined the Formless Mask and discovered it could transform him into creatures so convincingly that even a Saint could not detect the disguise.
• Xia Ping tested the mask by transforming into animals and a woman, then changed back after joking about using it to enter women's bathhouses.
• Xia Ping examined the True Explanation of Illusion Arts, a manual found by Formless Ghost King that taught the creation of realistic illusory worlds.

Xia Ping cultivated the True Explanation of Illusion Arts to minor success and set out to test it on a group of Nether Ghosts near Qingyang City. While he infiltrated their camp, the Hungry Ghost King warned his followers that the city was protected by a dangerous formation and might be more formidable than it appeared.

• Xia Ping learned that convincing illusion arts depended on abundant sensory details and drew on his powerful divine sense to cultivate them.
• After a month in seclusion, Xia Ping reached the minor success stage in the True Explanation of Illusion Arts.
• A soldier reported that three hundred Nether Ghosts, including Ghost King-level beings, had camped several hundred li from Qingyang City.
• Xia Ping transformed into a kunpeng, then used the Formless Mask to infiltrate the Nether Ghosts' valley as a mosquito and an ant.
• The Hungry Ghost King told his followers that humans had killed the Formless Ghost King and that Qingyang City was protected by a powerful formation.

Xia Ping tested his illusion arts on the Nether Ghosts gathering to attack Qingyang City. The Hungry Ghost King died believing that phantoms were real, and Xia Ping absorbed the ghosts’ remaining soul energy.

• The Hungry Ghost King decided to launch a surprise attack on Qingyang City and kill its humans if they seemed weak.
• Xia Ping, hidden in the sand, created an illusion of the Formless Ghost King and three other devil kings confronting the Hungry Ghost King and its forces.
• The Hungry Ghost King believed the apparitions and fought them after learning they supposedly served the lord of Qingyang City.
• After two hours of battling illusions, the exhausted Hungry Ghost King self-destructed, wiping out the surrounding Nether Ghosts and leveling the valley.
• Xia Ping absorbed the soul energy left by the dead Nether Ghosts and marveled at the strength of his illusion arts.

Xia Ping prepared to leave Qingyang City and expanded it into a self-sufficient human stronghold protected by three powerful arrays. He left Gu Bo in charge as acting City Lord, with limited authority over the defenses.

• Xia Ping told Gu Bo and the other leaders that he would leave Qingyang City after their search for a black hole leading to hell failed.
• Xia Ping claimed the surrounding territory and built a vast city network with walls, satellite cities, towns, farmland, factories, and housing.
• Xia Ping established the Earth-Mystic Tortoise Array to protect the region and the Abyssal Illusion Array to trap powerful intruders.
• Xia Ping set up the Pure Yang Evil-Exorcising Array to detect and burn Nether Ghosts, including Ghost King-level ones.
• Xia Ping gave Gu Bo second-tier authorization to the array rune keys and appointed him acting City Lord.

Xia Ping returned to the Universe Sect after leaving the secret realm, where his Golden Core breakthrough astonished the North Nether Saint. Elder Yu Xiujun assigned him a ten-year mission as governor of the chaotic frontier planet Borderhead Planet.

• Xia Ping left the secret realm, whose growing Qingyang City became a renowned human Holy City after attracting refugees and defeating attacking Ghost Kings and demons.
• Cat Immortal confirmed that Xia Ping's Star Ship was in the Southern Universe, and Xia Ping returned to Universe Planet more than ten days later.
• The North Nether Saint sensed Xia Ping's Golden Core Realm cultivation and notified the Universe Sect elders.
• Yu Xiujun contacted Xia Ping and explained that Golden Core disciples had to leave their masters and undertake sect missions.
• Yu Xiujun assigned Xia Ping to govern Borderhead Planet for ten years, warning that local factions had divided its power despite its nominal allegiance to the Universe Sect.

Elder Yu Xiujun explained that Xia Ping had to make the lawless Borderhead Planet submit to the Universe Sect without support, while concealing his identity as Yang Budong. Xia Ping learned that the Medlin Family and the Red Scarf Bandits dominated the planet’s underworld and prepared to investigate before departing.

• Yu Xiujun told Xia Ping that he had to become the ruler of Borderhead Planet and bring its factions under the Universe Sect’s control without help or resources.
• Yu Xiujun identified the Medlin Family as the planet’s strongest faction and said it was suspected of working with the Red Scarf Bandits.
• Xia Ping recalled that the Red Scarf Bandits knew the Cloud Sky Realm’s location and considered wiping them out to protect it.
• Yu Xiujun warned Xia Ping that attacking the Red Scarf Bandits could draw in powerful families and Western Universe forces, but said the trial carried no punishment if it failed.
• Yu Xiujun gave Xia Ping the alias Yang Budong and ordered him to leave for Borderhead Planet in three days.
• Xia Ping asked Cat Immortal to gather intelligence on Borderhead Planet before their departure.

Universe Sect elders discussed Xia Ping’s rapid cultivation and agreed that his Borderhead Planet mission would give him valuable experience. On Borderhead Planet, Bronte gathered underworld family leaders to decide how to respond to the arriving true disciple, and chose cooperation as his first approach, with death as the alternative.

• Yu Xiujun and the elders praised Xia Ping’s rapid advancement and his mastery of the Great Yin-Yang Tablet-Shattering Hand.
• The elders worried about Xia Ping’s safety on Borderhead Planet, but Yu Xiujun explained that the North Nether Saint wanted him to gain experience and had likely equipped him with treasures.
• Bronte assembled the leaders of Borderhead Planet’s underworld families and told them that a Universe Sect Golden Core true disciple intended to rule the planet.
• The family leaders argued over whether to kill the true disciple or avoid provoking the Universe Sect.
• Bronte proposed cooperating with the true disciple and using his influence to infiltrate the Universe Sect; he vowed to kill him if he refused.

Xia Ping arrived at Borderhead Planet under the alias Yang Budong to take up the post of planetary governor and found the Universe Sect’s government office in disrepair. After learning that local underworld families controlled the planet, he vowed to challenge them, while Duan Chengrui warned him about the powerful Medlin Family.

• Xia Ping traveled to Borderhead Planet after learning that Su Ji, Yu Qiqi, Jiang Yaru, and Chu Rong were away on a sect mission.
• Duan Chengrui contacted Xia Ping as he arrived and invited him to the Universe Sect base, addressing him as Junior Brother Yang Budong.
• Xia Ping saw that the government office was dilapidated and heard Duan Chengrui explain that local underworld families controlled most of the planet’s taxes and public security.
• Xia Ping berated Duan Chengrui for letting the underworld take control and declared that he would restore the Universe Sect’s authority.
• Duan Chengrui warned Xia Ping that the Medlin Family and its peak Golden Core leader, Bronte, made open confrontation dangerous.

Xia Ping ordered Duan Chengrui to summon Borderhead Planet’s major leaders to a banquet and threatened the Golden Dragon Hotel with closure if it demanded payment. After Duan reported Xia Ping’s insults and demands to Bronte and the other leaders, they agreed to attend the banquet while plotting to deal with him later.

• Xia Ping told Duan Chengrui to invite every major force to a banquet and warned him to ensure the Golden Dragon Hotel provided it for free.
• Duan Chengrui went to the Golden Dragon Hotel, where Bronte and other force leaders had gathered, and described his meeting with Xia Ping.
• Bronte and the leaders watched surveillance footage of Xia Ping and angrily condemned his insults and threats.
• Duan Chengrui sided with Bronte, explaining that Xia Ping threatened his position and the resources he gained through the planet’s underworld forces.
• Duan Chengrui warned that killing Xia Ping immediately could provoke the Universe Sect, so the leaders agreed to tolerate him temporarily and attend the banquet.