Chapter Summaries

Xia Ping faced Duanmu Kang, the young chief of the Nine-Headed Bird clan, who had trapped his villa and demanded the Dragon Wood Secret Realm talisman. Xia Ping badly wounded Duanmu Kang with one palm, but Duanmu Kang transformed into his seven-headed beast form and prepared to fight on.

• Xia Ping sensed Duanmu Kang and his attendants surrounding the villa, and they raised a formation to seal the area.
• Duanmu Kang demanded Xia Ping's Dragon Wood Secret Realm talisman and admitted that he preferred taking what he wanted by force.
• Duanmu Kang attacked with the Eagle Claw Mountain-Crushing Technique, but Xia Ping countered with the Immovable Tathagata Palm and sent him crashing into the shield, badly injured.
• Duanmu Kang rejected Xia Ping's warnings, transformed into a demon beast with seven heads, and unleashed his demonic energy.

Xia Ping defeated Duanmu Kang and slaughtered the Nine-Headed Bird elites who attacked him. Duanmu Kang summoned his father, the Nine-Headed Bird King, for help as Xia Ping still threatened his life.

• Duanmu Kang unleashed the Nine-Headed Void Diagram against Xia Ping, but Xia Ping shattered it with the Divine Elephant Breathing Technique and badly injured him.
• The Nine-Headed Bird elites attacked Xia Ping together with the Nine-Headed Four Palaces Bagua Slaughter Formation.
• Xia Ping killed the attacking elites with a barrage of divine-elephant punches.
• Duanmu Kang accused Xia Ping of hypocrisy, but Xia Ping said he had delivered the dead to the Western Paradise and threatened to kill Duanmu Kang too.
• Duanmu Kang used his protective talisman to summon the Nine-Headed Bird King and begged him to kill Xia Ping.

Xia Ping fought Duanmu Kang and the Nine-Headed Bird King's divine-consciousness wisp after the King came to defend his son. He killed Duanmu Kang, destroyed the King's wisp, and escaped Dragon Wood Planet in disguise as powerful beings arrived.

• The Nine-Headed Bird King attacked Xia Ping with his Void-Rending Claw, but Xia Ping evaded it and the blow shattered the villa and its restrictions.
• Xia Ping appeared behind Duanmu Kang and killed him with a punch, despite the Nine-Headed Bird King's threat of war between their races.
• Xia Ping took the Space Rings from Duanmu Kang and the others and tried to flee as powerful auras approached.
• The Nine-Headed Bird King attacked Xia Ping again, but Xia Ping's punch destroyed the claw and dispersed the King's divine-consciousness wisp.
• Xia Ping warned the Nine-Headed Bird King, then used the Formless Mask to take the form of a small bird and disappear as powerful beings searched the area.

After Wu Wudi killed Duanmu Kang and his guards, the Nine-Headed Bird clan launched a planet-wide hunt for him. His name spread across Dragon Wood Planet, while the Arhat Race struggled to identify him.

• Major figures on Dragon Wood Planet learned that Duanmu Kang had lured Wu Wudi to his villa, where Wu Wudi killed him and dozens of his subordinates.
• The Nine-Headed Bird King recalled Wu Wudi's overwhelming punch and ordered his clan and allies to search the planet and kill him.
• The Nine-Headed Bird clan posted a wanted notice offering a huge reward for information about Wu Wudi or his capture.
• People across Dragon Wood Planet discussed the hunt and speculated about Wu Wudi's origins as the Dragon Wood Secret Realm's opening approached.
• The Arhat Race received pressure from the Nine-Headed Bird clan but could not locate Wu Wudi across its vast territory, while his name became widely known on Dragon Wood Planet.

While hiding on Dragon Wood Planet as an ant, Xia Ping discovered that Rabbit Linglong and Qingluan had arrived to enter the Dragon Wood Secret Realm. He overheard how their bloodlines and abilities had grown after centuries of trials, while Rabbit Linglong vowed to take revenge on him.

• Xia Ping hid from the Nine-Headed Bird clan’s planet-wide hunt after killing its young lord.
• Xia Ping recognized Rabbit Linglong and Qingluan on the street and secretly followed them to their rented courtyard.
• Xia Ping observed that both had reached the mid-stage of the Treasure Refining Realm and had greatly strengthened their bloodlines.
• Rabbit Linglong worried that the Dragon Wood Secret Realm mission would be deadly, but Qingluan reassured her that their abilities could help them survive and find opportunities.
• Rabbit Linglong celebrated their prospects and vowed to defeat Xia Ping and make him serve her.
• Rabbit Linglong recalled that she and Qingluan had endured nearly three hundred years of trials in secret realms, emerging as powerful demons.

Rabbit Linglong and Qingluan imagined returning to the Cloud Sky Realm as powerful Treasure Refining Realm cultivators and taking revenge on Xia Ping, but he appeared before them at the Dragon Wood Secret Realm. Xia Ping easily stopped Rabbit Linglong’s attack and revealed that he had reached the Golden Core Realm.

• Rabbit Linglong and Qingluan speculated that Xia Ping would still be far weaker than them if they returned to the Cloud Sky Realm.
• Rabbit Linglong fantasized about making Xia Ping her servant, then revealed her thoughts when a voice asked what she was grinning about.
• Rabbit Linglong and Qingluan were shocked to discover Xia Ping behind them, and he said he was entering the Dragon Wood Secret Realm too.
• Rabbit Linglong attacked Xia Ping with a space-infused kick, but he knocked her into the ground with a single palm.
• Xia Ping revealed his Golden Core Realm aura, leaving Rabbit Linglong terrified and Qingluan stunned.

Xia Ping reunited with Rabbit Linglong and Qingluan, who were shocked by the size of his Golden Core and suspected he was the wanted monk Wu Wudi. After he admitted killing the Nine-Headed Bird young master, he threatened to implicate them as accomplices and masterminds, leaving them trapped in his scheme.

• Rabbit Linglong was stunned by Xia Ping's enormous Golden Core, while he teased her about its size.
• Qingluan and Rabbit Linglong suspected Xia Ping was the wanted monk Wu Wudi.
• Xia Ping admitted killing the Nine-Headed Bird young master, and Qingluan realized how powerful he had become.
• Rabbit Linglong threatened to report Xia Ping for the reward, but he claimed she and Qingluan were accomplices who could be blamed too.
• Xia Ping invented a motive portraying Rabbit Linglong and Qingluan as the plot's masterminds and threatened to spread rumors about them.
• Rabbit Linglong and Qingluan seethed at being dragged into Xia Ping's crime but feared they could not defeat him.

Xia Ping learned from Qingluan that the Dragon Wood Secret Realm was Tania’s former laboratory and the prison of a nearly indestructible, infectious monster called the Corpse Beast. A day later, the secret realm opened, and eager experts began rushing toward its entrance.

• Xia Ping, Rabbit Linglong, and Qingluan agreed to cooperate during their journey into the Dragon Wood Secret Realm.
• Xia Ping asked about the women’s goals, and Qingluan explained that they sought the Source of Dragon Wood and other treasures.
• Qingluan revealed that Tania’s Laboratory No. 32 had become the Corpse Beast’s prison, where experts entered every hundred years to destroy its offspring and weaken it.
• Qingluan described how Tania had created the Corpse Beast by combining Taotie, Vampire Race, and savage-beast bloodlines, giving it regeneration, infectiousness, and endless growth.
• A day later, the Dragon Wood Secret Realm opened, and the waiting experts hurried to enter.

Xia Ping, Rabbit Linglong, and Qingluan entered the Dragon Wood Secret Realm together and discovered a hidden supreme-grade spirit artifact, the Sun True Copper Cauldron. Before Xia Ping could claim it, Hu Rong and a group of White Tiger Race elites arrived and attacked the treasure.

• The major races entered the Dragon Wood Secret Realm seeking the Source of Dragon Wood while the Nine-Headed Bird King vowed to hunt down Xia Ping inside.
• Qingluan used her Dragon Wood spirit talisman to bring Xia Ping and Rabbit Linglong through the spatial gate with her.
• Xia Ping sensed the Sun True Copper Cauldron concealed near their landing site, and Green Ox identified it as a precious alchemy treasure.
• Hu Rong and the White Tiger Race elites discovered the cauldron and attacked, causing it to emerge in a burst of terrifying flames.

Xia Ping watched the White Tiger Race and Vampire Race fight over the Sun True Copper Cauldron, then saw Xiang Tao drive them off with the Heaven-Opening Axe. As Xiang Tao reached for the cauldron, Xia Ping appeared before him disguised as Wu Wudi of the Arhat Race.

• Raj and Hu Rong fought over the Sun True Copper Cauldron after their races claimed it.
• Qingluan urged Xia Ping and Rabbit Linglong to withdraw, while Rabbit Linglong warned him not to provoke the major races.
• Xiang Tao arrived with the Heaven-Opening Axe and forced the White Tiger and Vampire experts to retreat.
• More Elephant Race experts gathered, and Xiang Tao reached out to claim the cauldron.
• Xia Ping appeared before Xiang Tao disguised as Wu Wudi of the Arhat Race.

Disguised as an Arhat monk, Xia Ping tried to claim the Sun True Copper Cauldron from Xiang Tao by insisting it belonged to Buddhism. After Xia Ping blocked Xiang Tao’s axe with Elephant Race martial arts, Xiang Tao recognized the technique’s value and ordered his allies to capture him alive.

• Rabbit Linglong recognized Xia Ping beneath his monk disguise, while Qingluan chose to watch and see what he would do.
• Xia Ping claimed the Sun True Copper Cauldron was a lost Buddhist treasure and warned Xiang Tao that taking it would bring a bloody calamity.
• Xiang Tao attacked Xia Ping with the Heaven-Opening Axe, but Xia Ping used the Divine Elephant Breathing Technique to block the strike with a giant hand.
• Xiang Tao realized Xia Ping’s martial arts carried divine elephant power and decided to capture him to obtain the technique.
• Xiang Tao called on the Elephant Race elites to help seize Xia Ping alive.

Xia Ping defeated Xiang Tao’s combined Elephant Race attack, but Xiang Tao persuaded the Vampire Race and White Tiger Race elites to join forces against him. Hu Rong and Raj agreed to attack Xia Ping in exchange for the Sun True Copper Cauldron and the Elephant Race’s favor.

• Xiang Tao drew mana from more than a dozen Elephant Race experts and unleashed the Heaven-Opening Execution Technique with the Heaven-Opening Axe.
• Xia Ping countered with Black Vortex Ripple Fist and defeated Xiang Tao in one collision, leaving him injured and breaking the formation.
• The Elephant Race experts suffered severe backlash when their formation shattered, while Raj, Hu Rong, Rabbit Linglong, and Qingluan watched from a distance.
• Xiang Tao offered the Sun True Copper Cauldron and a favor to Raj and Hu Rong in exchange for their help capturing Xia Ping.
• Raj and Hu Rong decided to attack Xia Ping, and the Vampire Race and White Tiger Race elites moved against him without giving him time to recover.

Xia Ping learned the Great Compassion Great Mercy Palm to hide the origins of his martial arts and used it to repel the White Tiger and Vampire Races’ combined attack. The two groups were left shocked, while the Elephant Race elites began to consider retreating.

• Xia Ping exchanged five hundred million Hate Points for the Buddhist divine ability Great Compassion Great Mercy Palm and mastered it instantly.
• Hu Rong and the White Tiger Race elites attacked Xia Ping with White Tiger Geng Metal Sword Qi as Raj and the Vampire Race elites formed the Lunar Blood Fiend Array.
• Xia Ping struck with the Great Compassion Great Mercy Palm, shattering the White Tiger sword qi and melting the Vampire Race’s Lunar Blood Fiend Sword, which broke their array.
• Raj, Hu Rong, and their elites were shocked by Xia Ping’s power and the palm’s restraint against the Vampire Race.
• Xiang Tao and the Elephant Race elites realized the allied forces could not easily kill Xia Ping and began to consider retreating.

Xia Ping used the Great Compassionate and Merciful Palm, empowered by the Divine Elephant Breathing Technique, to slaughter the White Tiger and Vampire Race elites. The Elephant Race elites recognized him as Wu Wudi and faced the terrifying prospect of confronting the wanted killer.

• Xia Ping struck the White Tiger Race elites with an empowered palm that filled their minds with Buddhist scripture and made them lower their guard.
• Hu Rong resisted the palm's spiritual influence, but he and the other White Tiger Race elites were crushed into minced flesh.
• The Vampire Race elites panicked and fled, but Xia Ping's next palm caught and reduced Raj and the others to ashes.
• The Elephant Race elites watched the devastation and feared Xia Ping's overwhelming power.
• An Elephant Race elite recognized Xia Ping as Wu Wudi, the wanted man who had killed the Nine-Headed Bird young lord.

Xia Ping killed Xiang Tao and the Elephant Race warriors after they abandoned negotiations and attacked him. He collected the fallen elites’ treasures and fully refined the Sun True Copper Cauldron, planning to give it to Green Ox.

• Xiang Tao and the Elephant Race warriors tried to negotiate with Xia Ping, but he refused to spare them and said they should join Hu Rong and the others before the Buddha.
• Xiang Tao cursed Xia Ping and led the Elephant Race warriors in attacking him with the Ancient Elephant Grand Formation.
• Xia Ping used the Divine Elephant Breathing Technique and destroyed the formation with one punch, killing Xiang Tao and every Elephant Race warrior present.
• Witnesses watched from afar and spread word of Xia Ping’s victory, predicting that the Elephant Race, White Tiger Race, and Vampire Race would regard him as an enemy.
• Xia Ping collected the Space Rings of the fallen elites and took their treasures, including thirty-three high-grade spirit artifacts.
• Xia Ping suppressed and refined the Sun True Copper Cauldron, then decided to give the supreme-grade spirit artifact to Green Ox.

Xia Ping defeated and killed Hu Rong, Raj, Xiang Tao, and their companions, then left with Qingluan and Rabbit Linglong to continue searching for the Source of Dragon Wood. News of the massacre spread through the Dragon Wood Secret Realm, and the White Tiger, Elephant, and Vampire Races began hunting him.

• Rabbit Linglong and Qingluan marveled at Xia Ping's strength as he finished looting his enemies and refining the Sun True Copper Cauldron.
• Xia Ping left with Qingluan and Rabbit Linglong and headed north toward the Source of Dragon Wood.
• The races in the Dragon Wood Secret Realm spread news that Wu Wudi had killed Hu Rong, Raj, Xiang Tao, and their forces.
• The White Tiger Race elders flew into a rage and ordered scouts to find and kill Wu Wudi.
• The Elephant Race elders vowed revenge and set out to track Wu Wudi.
• The Vampire Race elders developed killing intent toward Wu Wudi and began seeking his whereabouts.

The Nine-Headed Bird clan learned that Wu Wudi had appeared in the Dragon Wood Secret Realm and ordered its members to hunt him down. As Xia Ping, Rabbit Linglong, and Qingluan traveled north toward their destination, more than a thousand bounty hunters emerged from ambush, and Xia Ping prepared to fight them all at once.

• The Nine-Headed Bird King ordered the clan to find Wu Wudi and destroy his soul.
• Xia Ping, Rabbit Linglong, and Qingluan traveled north for several days as Qingluan's premonition grew stronger.
• Xia Ping sensed enemies lying in ambush around them and called them out.
• Elites from the Peacock Race, Fire Bear Clan, Zebra Clan, Water Tiger Clan, Antelope Race, and other races emerged to claim Xia Ping's bounty.
• Rabbit Linglong and Qingluan grew alarmed at the size of the force, while Xia Ping said he would dispose of them together.

Xia Ping used his Seven Kill True Dragon Roar and a hidden illusion formation to defeat and capture more than a thousand enemies from the Peacock Race and other Western Universe races. He left them bound and powerless, while Rabbit Linglong and Qingluan helped guard the prisoners.

• Xia Ping unleashed the Seven Kill True Dragon Roar, injuring over a thousand enemies and suppressing their bloodlines with its dragon might.
• When the enemies tried to regroup and counterattack, Xia Ping activated the illusion formation he had secretly prepared across the area.
• Xia Ping sent Rabbit Linglong and Qingluan into the formation to knock out the scattered enemies and capture them alive.
• After half an hour, Xia Ping sealed the captives’ mana and bound them, while Rabbit Linglong mocked their complaints and Qingluan threatened them into silence.
• Xia Ping assured the prisoners that he did not kill living beings, but the captives remained distrustful and lowered their heads without daring to argue.

Xia Ping told the captured Western Universe elites that his strength came from being bald, then shaved their fur and feathers to free them from their worries. The elites were left humiliated and furious, while Qingluan and Rabbit Linglong watched in dismay.

• The Peacock Race and other captured elites begged Xia Ping to release them and promised not to seek revenge.
• Xia Ping claimed that going bald was the source of his strength and urged the captives to abandon their hair and fur.
• The Fire Bear Clan warrior rejected Xia Ping's claim, and the captives cursed him for wanting to make everyone bald.
• Xia Ping decided to help the captives achieve enlightenment by shaving their bodies.
• The Peacock Race, Fire Bear Clan, Antelope Race, and Water Tiger Clan warriors howled after Xia Ping removed their feathers, fur, and even one warrior's tail fur.
• Qingluan and Rabbit Linglong felt Xia Ping had been too cruel as they saw the captives' altered appearances.

Xia Ping shaved the Peacock Race warriors and stripped the other prodigies of their feathers and fur, then escaped with Rabbit Linglong and Qingluan using the Formless Mask. The elders arrived to find their surviving prodigies humiliated and heard them vow revenge against Wu Wudi.

• Xia Ping left the Peacock Race warriors alive after shaving them and taking their treasures, explaining that their hatred was more useful to him than killing them.
• Xia Ping used the Formless Mask to conceal himself, Rabbit Linglong, and Qingluan from the scouts pursuing them.
• Elders from several races arrived at the battlefield and initially feared their prodigies had been killed.
• Kong Zhi revealed himself to his grandfather, who recognized him by his bloodline despite his missing feathers.
• Kong Zhi and the other prodigies told their elders that Wu Wudi had stripped them of their feathers and fur, and demanded revenge.