Chapter Summaries

After emerging from seclusion, Xia Ping watched Xiao Dai and Tan Menglu clash over their claims on him. Xiao Dai defeated Tan Menglu and stopped after Tan Menglu apologized, declaring that Xia Ping belonged to her because she was older.

• Xia Ping finished consolidating his mid-stage Golden Core Realm cultivation and illuminated seven or eight stars in the Myriad Worlds Star Map.
• Tan Menglu urged Xia Ping to take her elsewhere to find food, and Xiao Dai woke from the Mountain River Bead space and called Xia Ping her big brother.
• Xiao Dai insulted Tan Menglu as a vixen with big breasts and no brains, provoking Tan Menglu to attack her.
• Xiao Dai blocked Tan Menglu's first punch, then struck her flying and battered her until she could no longer resist.
• Xia Ping watched without intervening as Tan Menglu pleaded for help and finally apologized to Xiao Dai.
• Xiao Dai stopped fighting and told Tan Menglu that Xia Ping was hers because she was older and Tan Menglu was younger.

Xia Ping learned that imprisoned Return to Truth Realm cultivators were waking Xiao Dai by repeatedly attacking Gaia’s spatial barriers, so he activated a flight-restriction array to stop them. As the cultivators resigned themselves to their confinement, Xia Ping discovered that Gaia had grown rapidly as its human population built cities, fought wars, and strengthened Xiao Dai through their deaths.

• Tan Menglu reluctantly acknowledged Xiao Dai’s higher status and called her big sister after Xiao Dai defeated her.
• Xiao Dai told Xia Ping that the imprisoned cultivators’ attempts to break through Gaia’s barriers had disturbed her sleep.
• Xia Ping activated the Five Elements Heavenly Dragon Demon-Sealing Array, grounding the Return to Truth Realm cultivators and blocking their escape through the skies.
• Xia Ping discovered that Gaia had grown to three times its former size as its human settlers built cities, formed factions, and fought over resources.
• The imprisoned humans speculated about how they had been brought to Gaia and concluded that the planet was a spatial prison they could not escape.

Xia Ping planned to turn Gaia Planet into a temporary battlefield between humans and hell’s Nether Ghosts and demons, using the resulting soul energy to help Gaia grow. Meanwhile, Wu An led the Red Scarf Bandits’ fleet toward Borderhead Planet to kill Xia Ping and plunder the planet.

• Xia Ping sensed the captured humans’ hatred and considered waiting for their resentment to peak before harvesting Hate Points.
• Xia Ping planned to study a secret realm and locate hell so he could build a temporary teleportation array to bring Nether Ghosts and demons to Gaia Planet.
• Wu An and about ninety surviving high-ranking officers assembled aboard the Red Scarf Bandits’ mobile space fortress near Borderhead Planet.
• Wu An explained that the bandits had suffered major losses, especially from the theft of Crystal Fragrant Rice and Nine Heavens Breathing Soil, and said he wanted a Star Core to advance his cultivation.
• The Red Scarf Bandits agreed to attack Borderhead Planet, kill Xia Ping, and plunder its resources, then their fleet accelerated toward the planet.

The Universe Sect learned that the Red Scarf Bandits had surrounded Borderhead Planet to retaliate against Yang Budong, and it rushed to prepare a temporary teleportation array to protect him. Nearby, an Angel Race force planned to let both sides fight, then use a hidden purification array to destroy them and conceal its role.

• Elder Yu Xiujun learned that the Red Scarf Bandits had mobilized their full force after Yang Budong killed underworld leaders and four of their officers on Borderhead Planet.
• Yu Xiujun ordered the elders to build a temporary teleportation array and head to Borderhead Planet, despite the three-hour delay.
• A concealed force of forty to fifty Angel Race warriors watched the Red Scarf Bandits approach Borderhead Planet.
• The angel captain revealed that the Angel Race intended to destroy both the Red Scarf Bandits and Borderhead Planet after the fighting weakened them.
• The angel captain said he had already planted an Angel Purification Grand Array across the region to eradicate the survivors and blame the destruction on the Red Scarf Bandits.

The Red Scarf Bandits approached Borderhead Planet with their full force, while Xia Ping prepared to resist despite being badly outmatched and unable to receive timely reinforcements. Hidden nearby, the angels prepared an Angel Purification Grand Array to destroy everyone on the planet, as Wu An ordered his bandits to seek surrender and plunder rather than destroy their prize.

• The angel captain concealed his forces with the Angel Purification Grand Array and planned to activate it after the humans and Red Scarf Bandits weakened each other.
• Xia Ping sensed danger and learned from the underworld leaders that the Red Scarf Bandits were approaching with a massive fleet.
• Xia Ping told the frightened leaders to fight to the bitter end and explained that Universe Sect reinforcements would take at least three hours to arrive.
• The Red Scarf Bandits' fleet reached within thirty thousand kilometers of Borderhead Planet.
• Wu An ordered his officers to persuade the planet's inhabitants to surrender and preserve its resources and people for plunder.

Xia Ping confronted the invading Red Scarf Bandits and demanded their surrender, while Chief Wu An tried to turn the underworld bosses against him. The bosses declared their loyalty to Xia Ping, though Slave Chips had forced them to obey, and the confrontation remained unresolved.

• Wu An and the Red Scarf Bandits prepared to invade Borderhead Planet, confident that their fleet would overwhelm its defenders.
• Xia Ping appeared in a communication projection and ordered the Red Scarf Bandits to surrender and hand over their valuables.
• Wu An recognized Xia Ping as Yang Budong and dismissed him as an unproven genius, while Xia Ping insulted Wu An in return.
• Wu An offered the underworld bosses their lives if they killed Xia Ping, but they rejected his attempt to divide them and declared their loyalty.
• Xia Ping praised the bosses for standing with him, while they privately knew their Slave Chips would kill them if they disobeyed.

Xia Ping confronted Wu An and the Red Scarf Bandits in space, using the Mountain River Bead to survive the vacuum and his powers to attack their fleet. He evaded their barrage and began tearing apart their warships, leaving the battle ongoing.

• Wu An threatened to wipe out everyone on Borderhead Planet, and Xia Ping answered that he would kill Wu An himself.
• Xia Ping arrived aboard the Star Ship, then used the Mountain River Bead to protect himself in the vacuum of space.
• Xia Ping launched a Thunderbolt Spear with Lightning Fist, piercing and destroying a Red Scarf Bandits warship.
• The Red Scarf Bandits fired hundreds of thousands of energy beams from more than a thousand warships, but Xia Ping evaded them with the Hell Golden Crow Wings.
• Xia Ping charged into another warship and ripped it apart with his wings, killing the Red Scarf Bandits aboard.

Xia Ping destroyed the Red Scarf Bandits’ warships until chief Wu An and four other Return to Truth Realm masters confronted him. Xia Ping matched Wu An’s divine ability, and the bandits identified him as the Universe Sect disciple Xia Ping, leaving Wu An stunned by his rapid cultivation.

• Xia Ping used his Hell Golden Crow Wings to evade the warships’ energy beams and destroy more than a hundred Red Scarf Bandit vessels.
• Red Scarf Bandit chief Wu An and four other Return to Truth Realm masters flew out from the cosmic fortress to stop Xia Ping.
• Wu An attacked Xia Ping with his Heaven Weeping Blood Hand, and Xia Ping countered with the Great Yin-Yang Tablet-Shattering Hand.
• The two palms collided with enough force to destroy nearby warships, kill their crews, and send both fighters retreating several kilometers.
• A vice chief recognized Xia Ping’s martial art and identified him as the North Nether Saint’s disciple, while Wu An reacted with disbelief at Xia Ping’s rapid rise to the middle stage of the Golden Core Realm.

The Red Scarf Bandits realized Xia Ping was a Saint's disciple and tried to capture him for profit, but Wu An's ultimate attack failed to overcome Xia Ping's Hell Golden Crow Claw. Xia Ping declared that he would make Wu An and the four deputy leaders suffer before annihilating them.

• The four deputy leaders recognized Xia Ping's value as a Saint's disciple and resolved to capture him alive despite the risk of angering the Universe Sect.
• Wu An unleashed Heaven's Injustice, the ultimate profundity of the Heaven Weeping Blood Hand, against Xia Ping.
• Xia Ping countered with Hell Golden Crow Claw, overpowering Wu An's punch, breaking his formation, and injuring him.
• Xia Ping condemned Wu An and the four deputy leaders to death as his Hell Golden Crow presence terrified the surrounding Red Scarf Bandits.

Xia Ping used his Hell Furnace to withstand the combined attack of Wu An and four deputy leaders, then killed one deputy leader with a single punch. Wu An and the remaining leaders were left facing his overwhelming power.

• Wu An ordered the four deputy leaders to attack Xia Ping together as his aura continued to rise.
• The four deputy leaders unleashed their sword art, Wind Thunder Fan, Five Poisons Banner, and Fire Lion Spear while Wu An struck with a powerful punch.
• Xia Ping summoned his Hell Furnace, swallowed all five attacks, and blasted the attackers backward, making them cough up blood.
• A deputy leader demanded to know Xia Ping's identity, and Xia Ping dismissed him before appearing at his side.
• The deputy leader begged Xia Ping for mercy, but Xia Ping struck him with a hellish punch and shattered his body and Primordial Spirit.

The Angels in hiding recognized Xia Ping as a future threat and decided they would kill him after the Red Scarf Bandits weakened him. After Xia Ping killed a deputy leader, Wu An and the remaining bandits unleashed their life-burning Wind-Calling Rain-Summoning Formation against him.

• The Angel captain learned Xia Ping was the Universe Sect’s eldest disciple of North Nether Saint and urged the Angels to wait until the battle weakened both sides before attacking him.
• Wu An and the Red Scarf Bandits realized Xia Ping was growing stronger and decided they had to risk their lives to kill him.
• Wu An ordered the bandits to activate the Wind-Calling Rain-Summoning Formation by burning their vital blood and mana.
• The four bandits formed the formation, opening two black holes that released Xin Metal Astral Wind and Yi Wood Baleful Water.
• Wu An and the other bandits directed the wind and water across thousands of miles toward Xia Ping.

Xia Ping used the Mountain River Bead to devour the Red Scarf Bandits’ Wood Baleful Water and Metal Astral Wind, strengthening the Holy Artifact and forcing Wu An’s group to retreat. Before anyone could escape, the angels activated a concealed grand formation that trapped Xia Ping, Wu An, and the Red Scarf Bandit fleets in a world of white light.

• Xia Ping unleashed the Mountain River Bead’s Map of the Realm against the Wind-Calling Rain-Summoning Formation.
• The Mountain River Bead swallowed the Wood Baleful Water and Metal Astral Wind, growing stronger and repairing its core formation.
• Wu An and the Red Scarf Bandits stopped their formation and prepared to flee before the Universe Sect elders arrived.
• The angel captain ordered the angels to activate the concealed Angel Purification Grand Array and trap both Xia Ping and the Red Scarf Bandits.
• A colossal angel appeared within the formation and covered the starry sky with white light, threatening everyone caught inside.

Xia Ping watched the angels slaughter the Red Scarf Bandits, then found himself targeted by their Angel Purification Grand Array. When its World-Ending Sound threatened to break through his defenses, he summoned Gaia Xiao Dai, who emerged unharmed by the blasts.

• The angels wiped out Wu An, the Red Scarf Bandits, and their fleet with beams of white light.
• Xia Ping asked the angels why they intended to kill him, and they mocked him and prepared to turn his body into a battle puppet.
• The angels attacked Xia Ping with the Angel Purification Grand Array, but his Northern Underworld Body Protection Art blocked its white light.
• The angels activated the array's World-Ending Sound, shattering Xia Ping's energy shields and nearly reaching his body.
• Xia Ping summoned Gaia Xiao Dai, who emerged from the Mountain River Bead and withstood the sound blasts without a scratch.

Xiao Dai destroyed the Angel Purification Grand Array and left the angels vulnerable to Xia Ping’s attack. After Xia Ping killed them, he collected their Angel Crystals and had the Golden Slime devour the remaining warship fragments.

• Xiao Dai appeared to protect Xia Ping and shattered the angels’ grand array with a single punch.
• The wounded angels prepared to self-destruct, but Xia Ping used Yang God Fist to burn them all to ash.
• Xia Ping discovered that the angels had left behind Angel Crystals, and Cat Immortal explained their value and the danger of possessing them.
• Xia Ping stored the Angel Crystals in the Mountain River Bead and collected the Red Scarf Bandits’ remaining treasures and Space Rings.
• Xia Ping sent the Golden Slime to devour the leftover warship fragments and help it evolve.

Yu Xiujun and several Universe Sect elders arrived at Borderhead Planet to reinforce Xia Ping, only to learn that he had already defeated the Red Scarf Bandits. After watching footage of Xia Ping battling their experts, they marveled at his strength and future potential.

• Yu Xiujun urged the elders to finish building a teleportation array so they could reach Borderhead Planet quickly.
• Yu Xiujun and several dozen elders teleported to Borderhead Planet, where they found no sign of fighting and searched for Xia Ping.
• Soldiers told Yu Xiujun that Yang Budong had destroyed the Red Scarf Bandits' fleet and cosmic fortress and killed their leader.
• Yu Xiujun and the elders watched surveillance footage of Xia Ping fighting several Return to Truth Realm experts before the recording ended.
• The elders praised Xia Ping's combat strength and predicted he would become a Saint.

After the Red Scarf Bandits were destroyed, Xia Ping examined their plunder and learned that their leader had possessed a pass to the Dragon Wood Secret Realm. He decided to travel to Dragon Wood Planet in the Western Universe when the realm opened in a week.

• Yu Xiujun and the elders left Borderhead Planet after learning that Xia Ping was recovering in seclusion, and news of the Red Scarf Bandits' destruction spread throughout the Eastern Universe.
• Green Ox reported the vast quantities of spirit artifacts, spirit herbs, and medicinal pills Xia Ping had taken from the bandits, including fifteen Earth Spirit Pills.
• Green Ox revealed that the bandit leader had possessed a Dragon Wood Talisman, a pass to the Dragon Wood Secret Realm.
• Cat Immortal explained that the realm would open in a week and that the bandit leader had previously found great opportunities there, including the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil and Crystal Fragrant Rice seeds.
• Green Ox urged Xia Ping to seek the realm's Source of Dragon Wood, and Xia Ping learned that its entrance was on Dragon Wood Planet in the Western Universe.

After destroying the Red Scarf Bandits, Xia Ping became the focus of the Eastern Universe while he prepared for the Dragon Wood Secret Realm. His feat spurred sect elders to impose dangerous training on their disciples and angered factions that had relied on the bandits, leaving Xia Ping with enemies on all sides.

• Xia Ping decided to visit the Dragon Wood Secret Realm and spent several days cultivating in seclusion before its opening.
• Spies across the Eastern Universe uncovered Xia Ping's identity and spread news of his Golden Core cultivation and destruction of the Red Scarf Bandits.
• Elders from sects including the Five Elements Sect and Lingyun Sect resolved to send their true disciples on harsher trials, prompting those disciples to curse Xia Ping.
• Factions that had used the Red Scarf Bandits as business proxies lamented their losses and threatened Xia Ping, but hesitated to retaliate because of his status as North Nether Saint's disciple.

Xia Ping refined Earth Spirit Pills and practiced Call Wind and Rain, learning that he needed to reach the Return to Truth Realm to unleash its full power. After learning that his identity had become public and Universe Planet was now his territory, he left for the Western Universe to enter the Dragon Wood Secret Realm.

• Xia Ping refined Earth Spirit Pills during seclusion, increasing his mana and strengthening his Golden Core.
• Xia Ping used Call Wind and Rain to summon a vast storm, then realized he needed to advance to the Return to Truth Realm to draw on dimensional power.
• Green Ox reminded Xia Ping that it was time to head to the Western Universe for the Dragon Wood Secret Realm.
• Xia Ping learned that news of the Red Scarf Bandits' defeat had revealed his identity, causing Borderhead Planet's underworld factions to submit.
• Xia Ping learned that Universe Planet had been granted to him as his personal territory and appointed a temporary manager for Borderhead Planet.
• Xia Ping boarded the Star Ship and departed for the Western Universe.

Xia Ping traveled through the hostile Western Universe toward Dragon Wood Planet, a commercial hub where the Dragon Wood Secret Realm was about to open. After disguising himself as an Arhat, he reached the city gate, where a soldier’s questions drew the attention of nearby people.

• Xia Ping learned that Western Universe races guarded their territories fiercely and that outsiders needed permission to enter their star regions.
• Cat Immortal advised Xia Ping to use the Formless Mask so he would not be targeted as a human, and Xia Ping agreed.
• Xia Ping arrived at Dragon Wood Planet, an independent commercial planet crowded with ships and visitors seeking the Dragon Wood Secret Realm.
• Xia Ping transformed into an Arhat monk, concealed his Star Ship in the Mountain River Bead, and approached the city gate.
• A birdman soldier demanded Xia Ping’s identity, purpose, and entrance fee, and Xia Ping introduced himself as Wu Wudi, an Arhat rogue cultivator seeking to enter the secret realm.
• The soldier asked whether Xia Ping possessed a spirit talisman for the Dragon Wood Secret Realm, drawing the attention of people nearby.

Xia Ping used his Dragon Wood Secret Realm talisman to enter Dragon Wood Planet and received a villa to stay in until the realm opened. Meanwhile, Nine-Headed Bird Race young lord Duanmu Kang plotted to steal the talisman and kill Xia Ping inside a concealed formation.

• Xia Ping showed the bird-person soldier his Dragon Wood Secret Realm talisman and was allowed to enter Dragon Wood Planet without paying or registering.
• The bird-person soldier escorted Xia Ping to a luxurious villa and told him the secret realm would open in two days.
• After leaving Xia Ping, the soldier reported to Duanmu Kang that a Rogue Cultivator of the Arhat Race with a talisman had arrived.
• Duanmu Kang decided to take Xia Ping’s talisman and enter the secret realm in his place.
• Duanmu Kang told the soldier that a restriction formation in Xia Ping’s villa would hide their attack and prevent anyone from discovering the murder.