Chapter Summaries

Xia Ping revealed his overwhelming strength after Yun Tiankong tried to have him crippled, killing six of Yun Tiankong’s subordinates and seizing Yun Tiankong. As Yun Family guards threatened him, four Yun Family Dao Protectors arrived to intervene.

• Yun Tiankong ordered his subordinates to seize Xia Ping and cripple him with Mysterious Heaven Chains.
• Xia Ping killed six approaching Yun Family subordinates with a single punch, shattering their chains.
• Xia Ping seized Yun Tiankong by the throat and sealed his mana, leaving him unable to resist.
• Yun Family subordinates threatened Xia Ping and demanded that he release Yun Tiankong.
• Four Yun Family Dao Protectors descended and surrounded the planet.

Xia Ping killed Yun Tiankong despite the four Yun Family elders’ threats, provoking them to attack him. He used the Dragon-Trapping Stake to suppress the elders and seal their cultivation down to the Golden Core Realm.

• A white-robed elder tried to persuade Xia Ping to spare Yun Tiankong while a black-robed elder threatened his family, and the other two watched for a chance to rescue Yun Tiankong.
• Xia Ping crushed Yun Tiankong to death, enraging the Yun Family elders and shocking Qiu Xue, Nangong Wu, and Su Mei.
• Xia Ping said Yun Tiankong had earned his death by threatening his family and argued that the Yun Family would have betrayed him regardless.
• The black-robed elder urged the others to kill Xia Ping and exterminate his clan, and all four Yun Family elders attacked him with cold rays.
• Xia Ping brought out the Dragon-Trapping Stake, creating a vast golden barrier that suppressed the four elders and sealed their cultivation to the Golden Core Realm.

Xia Ping used the Dragon-Trapping Stake to seal the four Yun Family elders’ cultivation, then killed them and the surrounding Yun Family subordinates. The Yun Family’s distress signals went unanswered in time, leaving Xia Ping’s threats against the clan still to be carried out.

• The Dragon-Trapping Stake reduced the four Dharma Image Realm elders to Golden Core strength, and Xia Ping vowed to kill them and exterminate the Yun Family.
• Xia Ping killed the white-robed elder and the black-robed elder with lightning-powered punches.
• Xia Ping used his Hell Golden Crow wings to reach the red-robed elder and kill him with a palm strike as Yun Family subordinates sent distress signals.
• The last Yun Family elder tried to flee, but Xia Ping caught him and smashed his head apart.
• Xia Ping released compressed air across thousands of kilometers, killing all the remaining Yun Family disciples.

After Xia Ping killed Yun Tiankong and his four protectors, he decided to strike at the Yun Family before they could threaten his family or the Cloud Sky Realm. He left with Nangong Wu, Qiu Xue, and Su Mei, while elders from Bright Moon Pavilion and the Mysterious Heaven Sect arrived too late and blamed the killing on Nangong Wu and her companions.

• Xia Ping calmly dismissed Qiu Xue's concern about retaliation after killing Yun Tiankong and his protectors.
• Nangong Wu warned that Yun Family and sect elders were rushing to the planet, and Xia Ping asked where the Yun Family lived.
• Xia Ping said he intended to destroy the Yun Family to prevent them from threatening him or discovering the Cloud Sky Realm, despite Nangong Wu's warning about their strength.
• Xia Ping looted a Lightning Tribulation Realm cave abode and took Nangong Wu, Qiu Xue, and Su Mei aboard the Star Ship.
• Bright Moon Pavilion and Mysterious Heaven Sect elders arrived after Xia Ping had left, found no clues, and argued over the Yun Family's account of the deaths.

After the deaths of Yun Tiankong and his followers, Bright Moon Pavilion and Mysterious Heaven Sect hunted Nangong Wu, Qiu Xue, and Su Mei, who were aboard Xia Ping’s Star Ship. Unable to return home, the women resigned themselves to traveling with Xia Ping as the ship approached Yun Clan Planet.

• Bright Moon Pavilion disciples spread rumors that Nangong Wu, Qiu Xue, and Su Mei had helped a lover kill Yun Tiankong, and gloated over the women’s disgrace.
• Wang Fang warned Nangong Hai that the Wang Family and Bright Moon Pavilion might hand Nangong Wu over, and said she had already told the women not to return.
• Nangong Wu confronted Xia Ping for making them wanted fugitives, while he offered to destroy the Yun Family.
• Qiu Xue urged Nangong Wu to look ahead, and Su Mei said leaving Bright Moon Pavilion might not be a bad thing.
• Xia Ping saw Yun Clan Planet ahead and announced that it was time to get to work.

The Yun Family planned revenge against Nangong Wu but could not act against her powerful relatives or find her home planet. Xia Ping arrived near Yun Clan Planet and summoned Tan Menglu and another sleeping girl to help attack the heavily defended world, leaving Nangong Wu and her companions shocked by his apparent abduction of children.

• Yun Cha told the Yun Family elders that Yun Tiankong and four protectors had been killed, and they learned Nangong Wu was responsible.
• A Supreme Elder demanded retaliation, but the elders said Nangong Wu's ties to the Wang Family and Bright Moon Pavilion made direct action dangerous.
• Yun Cha said the Yun Family had mobilized its connections to hunt Nangong Wu and her companions.
• Xia Ping reached Yun Clan Planet aboard a concealed Star Ship and observed its formidable defenses.
• Xia Ping summoned Tan Menglu and a sleeping girl, then asked Tan Menglu to help wipe out the Yun Family.
• Nangong Wu, Su Mei, and Qiu Xue accused Xia Ping of abducting little girls.

Xia Ping and his companions reached Yun Clan Planet and prepared to destroy its defenses so Xiao Dai could devour it. Their attack on the Yun Family headquarters triggered an alarm, and the furious Yun Family elders rallied against the invaders.

• Xia Ping explained that Tan Menglu was a Taotie and Xiao Dai was a Gaia, shocking Qiu Xue, Nangong Wu, and Su Mei.
• Xia Ping ordered Tan Menglu to devour Yun Clan Planet’s restriction formations and Xiao Dai to eat the planet afterward.
• Tan Menglu demanded meals in exchange for helping, but she obeyed after Xia Ping threatened to cut off her food.
• Xia Ping’s Star Ship crashed into the Yun Family headquarters, destroying buildings and damaging the core of the planet’s defenses.
• Yun Family guards sounded the alarm, and the Grand Elder ordered the elders to find and punish the invaders.

Xia Ping, using the false name Wu Taidou, confronted the Yun Family elders after admitting he had killed Yun Tiankong and his Dao Protectors. When nine Lightning Tribulation Realm elders attacked together, Xia Ping unleashed twenty-seven Ancient Heavenly Dragon Talismans and blasted them back.

• Yun Family elders and disciples gathered at the Star Ship after an invasion was discovered on Yun Clan Planet.
• Xia Ping, Tan Menglu, and Xiao Dai left the ship while Qiu Xue, Su Mei, and Nangong Wu stayed aboard.
• Xia Ping gave the elders the false name Wu Taidou and admitted that he had killed Yun Tiankong and several Dao Protectors.
• A Yun Family elder threatened Nangong Wu, Su Mei, and Qiu Xue, and Xia Ping vowed to erase the Yun Family.
• Nine Lightning Tribulation Realm Supreme Elders attacked Xia Ping together, but he unleashed twenty-seven charged Ancient Heavenly Dragon Talismans that shattered their domain and blasted them away, leaving them coughing blood.

Xia Ping devastated the Yun Family stronghold with twenty-seven Ancient Heavenly Dragon Talismans, prompting the family elders to activate the Heavenly Sword Earth Sha Grand Formation. As the formation unleashed a deadly storm of sword rays against him, Xia Ping and his companions faced the full force of the Yun Clan Planet's defenses.

• Xia Ping used the twenty-seven Ancient Heavenly Dragons to overwhelm the Yun Family elders, killing and injuring many and destroying much of their stronghold.
• The Yun Family supreme elders recognized the Ancient Heavenly Dragon Talismans and assessed the threat they posed.
• A white-robed supreme elder urged the Yun Family to kill Xia Ping and seize the talismans.
• The black-robed supreme elder ordered the elders to activate the Heavenly Sword Earth Sha Grand Formation.
• The formation enveloped the Yun Clan Planet, bound Xia Ping with its force, and fired countless silver-white sword rays at him.

Xiao Dai shielded Xia Ping from the Yun Family’s Heavenly Sword Earth Sha Grand Formation, while Tan Menglu ate through the formation’s barrier and attacked its foundation. The Yun Family elders realized a Taotie was destroying their planet’s defenses, but they could only watch as she reached the formation core.

• Nangong Wu, Qiu Xue, and Su Mei warned Xia Ping to dodge the formation’s incoming sword barrage.
• Xiao Dai rose above Xia Ping and blocked the sword gleams with her Spatial Barrier, leaving him unharmed.
• The Yun Family elders tried to activate the formation again, but its power flickered because someone was destroying its foundation.
• A Yun Family guard reported that a little girl was eating through the formation barrier and digging toward the core.
• The elders saw Tan Menglu devouring the ground and the formation barrier, and one Supreme Elder recognized her as a Taotie.
• The black-robed Supreme Elder begged Tan Menglu not to eat the formation foundation.

Tan Menglu devoured the Yun Family’s formation foundation while Xia Ping and Xiao Dai fought off the elders trying to stop her. Xiao Dai killed the Yun Family’s remaining Supreme Elders and absorbed their power, while the battle left the formation foundation nearly destroyed.

• Tan Menglu excitedly ate nearly half of the Yun Family’s formation foundation, despite the elders’ furious protests.
• Xia Ping used the Ancient Heavenly Dragon Talisman to kill dozens of Yun Family elders rushing toward Tan Menglu.
• A white-robed Supreme Elder charged Xia Ping, but Xiao Dai knocked him unconscious and fed him to Gaia’s space.
• Xia Ping’s Ancient Heavenly Dragon Talisman suppressed the eight remaining Lightning Tribulation Realm Supreme Elders.
• Xiao Dai captured and killed all eight Supreme Elders in Gaia’s space, absorbing their energy and growing two centimeters taller.

Xia Ping rejected the Yun Family’s attempted resistance and had Xiao Dai swallow Yun Clan Planet, destroying the clan and expanding Gaia. He left the surviving Yun Family disciples to their fate on Gaia before returning to the Star Ship with Xiao Dai and Tan Menglu.

• Xia Ping demanded that the Yun Family elders surrender, but they threatened to activate the Yun Clan Planet Extinction Formation and destroy the planet rather than submit.
• Xia Ping ordered Xiao Dai to act, and she projected Gaia Space over Yun Clan Planet and swallowed the entire planet and its inhabitants.
• Gaia absorbed Yun Clan Planet’s matter and precious materials, expanding its space and increasing its density.
• Nangong Wu, Qiu Xue, and Su Mei watched from the Star Ship and were shocked by the destruction of the planet.
• Tan Menglu accused Xiao Dai of hogging the planet, but Xiao Dai ignored her and fell asleep on Xia Ping; Tan Menglu returned to the Mountain River Bead space to eat.

The Mysterious Heaven Sect learned that Wu Taidou had destroyed the Yun Clan Planet and debated how to respond, while the Yun Family survivors demanded revenge. The sect master ordered an investigation and issued a wanted order, leaving Wu Taidou’s origins and the sect’s next move unresolved.

• The Mysterious Heaven Sect elders learned that Wu Taidou had annihilated the Yun Family and destroyed the Yun Clan Planet.
• Yun Family survivors urged the sect to mobilize and kill Wu Taidou, while other elders warned that attacking him without knowing his strength could endanger the sect.
• The Mysterious Heaven Sect Master ordered a wanted notice for Wu Taidou and an investigation into his background, refusing to involve a Saint yet.
• Bright Moon Pavilion disciples learned that Nangong Wu’s lover, Wu Taidou, had exterminated the Yun Family and speculated about his power and origins.

News of Wu Taidou’s destruction of the Yun Family spread through the Northern Universe, making Nangong Wu and her companions seem untouchable. Wang Fang confronted the Wang Family elders over their past treatment of her daughter, while the wider universe debated Wu Taidou’s identity and feared his power.

• Bright Moon Pavilion disciples envied Nangong Wu and her companions for gaining Wu Taidou’s protection, but a senior sister warned them not to risk provoking him.
• Wang Fang told the Wang Family elders that Nangong Wu no longer needed to marry Yun Tiankong and mocked those who had wanted to hand her over to the Yun Family.
• Wang Fang accused the Wang Family elders of betraying her daughter and warned that Wu Taidou could destroy their family as he had the Yun Family.
• News of the Yun Family’s destruction spread across the Northern Universe, where people discussed its surviving descendants and speculated about Wu Taidou’s origins.
• Families across the Northern Universe warned their disciples to avoid Wu Taidou, while most people dismissed the possibility that he was the famous Wu Wudi.

After destroying the Yun Family, Xia Ping learned that Xiao Dai needed vast resources to reach the Saint Realm and that he should enter the Trial Tower before advancing to the Return to Truth Realm. He entered the Virtual Universe, prepared to face the dangers of an Intermediate City and pursue the Saints’ treasure.

• The system awarded Xia Ping twenty Hate Crystals for destroying the Yun Family, bringing his total to one hundred and seventy-six.
• Xia Ping learned that Xiao Dai had reached the peak of the Lightning Tribulation Realm, but needed resources hundreds of millions of times greater to advance to the Saint Realm quickly.
• Xia Ping told Cat Immortal he was close to breaking through to the Return to Truth Realm, and Cat Immortal urged him to enter an Intermediate City before advancing.
• Cat Immortal explained that the Trial Tower offered rewards from the Saints, including a possible Saint artifact, but warned that each person had only three attempts.
• Cat Immortal warned Xia Ping that Intermediate Cities lacked protection and allowed cultivators to kill one another in the Virtual Universe.
• Xia Ping entered the Virtual Universe.

Xia Ping entered the intermediate city Panwu City after learning its trial tower held the inheritance of Saint Panwu and was the most difficult in the universe. He arrived at the tower, where other geniuses’ failures showed how formidable its trials were, and prepared to challenge it.

• Cat Immortal told Xia Ping that Panwu City’s trial tower contained Saint Panwu’s inheritance and that no one had passed its fifth floor.
• Xia Ping chose Panwu City and arrived in its vast virtual landscape, where he discovered that cultivation and projected spirit artifacts worked much like they did in reality.
• Xia Ping went to the Panwu Trial Tower and saw a Starlight Clan genius thrown out after failing its first floor.
• Cultivators nearby discussed how even geniuses who had cleared higher floors in other cities had failed to pass Panwu’s fourth floor.
• Some would-be challengers abandoned their plans after hearing about the tower’s difficulty and the risk of wasting their limited attempts.

Xia Ping entered the Panwu Trial Tower under the false name Wu Wudi. The crowd recognized the wanted criminal and alerted the Western Universe races and Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, who began gathering in Panwu City to capture him.

• After the Starlight Clan genius failed the first floor, nearby challengers decided the tower was too difficult and abandoned their attempts.
• Xia Ping approached the tower and entered under the false name Wu Wudi, spending one trial attempt.
• The crowd recognized Wu Wudi as the Western Universe's wanted criminal and recalled the crimes attributed to him.
• Lifeforms from the Western Universe notified their elders, while a Ten Thousand Poisons Sect disciple alerted the sect.
• The elders and their forces mobilized toward Panwu City as the crowd gathered to watch what would happen.

Xia Ping passed the Panwu Trial Tower’s first floor by enduring powerful mental shockwaves, then chose to begin the second trial immediately. Outside, a huge crowd of enemies gathered to capture or kill him, but their confidence faltered when the tower showed that he had cleared the first floor.

• Xia Ping withstood the first floor’s escalating mental attacks, which the World Tree blocked while refining his spiritual power.
• After three minutes, Xia Ping passed the first-floor trial and immediately chose to begin the second floor without resting.
• Ten Thousand Poisons Sect disciples, Angel Race experts, Elephant Race experts, and Mysterious Heaven Sect members gathered outside to claim Xia Ping’s life.
• The crowd laughed at the thought that Xia Ping would fail the first floor, then saw the second floor light up and realized he had passed.
• The Starlight Clan genius recognized how impressive Xia Ping’s success was, while the gathered factions insisted he would fail the harder second trial and watched for a chance to seize him.

Xia Ping passed the Trial Tower’s second-floor sword trial by absorbing and reflecting the Sword Qi, then was sent straight to the third floor. There, he faced a massive beast tide and unleashed the Hell Golden Crow Body as the beasts charged.

• Xia Ping used the Northern Underworld Body Protection Art to absorb the second floor’s Sword Qi, which tempered his body and raised his mana to Golden Core completion.
• Xia Ping reflected the Sword Qi with the Northern Underworld Body Protection Art, shattering all four ancient sword formations and passing the second-floor trial.
• The Trial Tower transported Xia Ping to the third floor, where he discovered a beast tide of at least a million ferocious beasts charging across the grassland.
• Xia Ping activated the Hell Golden Crow Body and filled the area with dark golden flames, incinerating the approaching beasts.

Xia Ping passed the third floor of the Trial Tower after a three-hour battle and entered the fourth-floor trial, where he had to survive an Abyssal battlefield for an hour. As he hid from the demons with an illusion technique, the Western Universe geniuses became alarmed by his talent and resolved to kill him.

• Xia Ping defeated tens of millions of vicious beasts on the third floor, completing the trial and bringing his soul and body into alignment.
• Xia Ping restored himself during the one-hour break, then was teleported to the fourth-floor Trial Space.
• The Trial Tower revealed that Xia Ping had to survive for an hour on a Demon Battlefield from Saint Panwu's memories, where Abyssal demons and Demon Saints threatened him.
• Xia Ping used the True Explanation of Illusion Arts to disguise himself as a rock and evade the searching Abyssal demons.
• The Western Universe geniuses learned that Xia Ping had reached the fourth floor and resolved to eliminate him before he grew stronger.