Chapter Summaries

Xia Ping captured more than a hundred Demon Kings in Durian World, and Zuo Yangdong persuaded him to keep them alive for ransom. The prisoners revealed that they had come to seize a vast Mithril mine, leaving Zuo Yangdong and the others aware of the world’s enormous strategic value.

• The Demon Kings struggled against Xia Ping’s black chains, but Xia Ping silenced two Night Demon Race Demon Kings by slamming them into the ground.
• Zuo Yangdong convinced Xia Ping that the captured Demon Kings could be sold to the Primordial Sacred Land for points and ransomed to their races.
• Zuo Yangdong questioned the Demon Kings about why they had joined forces to invade Durian World, and Xia Ping threatened to burn them if they stayed silent.
• One Demon King revealed that they had discovered an enormous Mithril mine in Durian World.
• Zuo Yangdong and the others realized the mine could greatly increase Durian World’s value and draw a much larger response from the Primordial Sacred Land.

Zuo Yangdong and the Primordial Sacred Land disciples refined Durian World’s origin with a Humanity Talisman, binding the world to humanity’s vast formation. As the world released origin energy, Xia Ping absorbed far more than anyone else and sensed that he was close to entering the Lightning Tribulation Realm.

• Zuo Yangdong led the group to the world origin and used a Humanity Talisman to refine it for the human race.
• The talisman fused Durian World into a formation spanning nine hundred million human worlds, setting the world in motion toward human territory.
• The defeated Demon Kings realized their mission had failed and that they had become human captives.
• Zuo Yangdong explained that the world origin was releasing energy during the fusion, and the disciples sat down to absorb it.
• The other disciples quickly reached their limits, while Xia Ping continued devouring the origin energy across a vast area.
• Xia Ping sensed that his mana was nearly full and that he was about to advance into the Lightning Tribulation Realm.

After returning to the Primordial Sacred Land, Xia Ping used his rewards and accumulated energy to break through to the Lightning Tribulation Realm. His soul entered the Sea of Bitterness, where it took the astonishing form of a giant three thousand zhang tall.

• The Primordial Sacred Land rewarded Xia Ping with two hundred thousand points for capturing Demon Kings and helping secure the Durian World's Mithril mine.
• Xia Ping entered seclusion and used the Pure Yang Indestructible Art to refine his stored energy and strengthen his nine Heavenly Dharma Forms.
• The World Tree grew to tens of thousands of zhang, and the other eight Heavenly Dharma Forms transformed and merged with it.
• Xia Ping's divine sense and Dharma power surged as he broke through to the Lightning Tribulation Realm and his soul entered the River of Fate, also called the Sea of Bitterness.
• Xia Ping discovered that his soul had become a three-thousand-zhang giant, far larger than the souls of ordinary Lightning Tribulation Realm cultivators.

Xia Ping struggled to cross the Sea of Bitterness and discovered that advancing through it tempered his soul and deepened his understanding of his body and cultivation. After examining his new Lightning Tribulation Realm abilities and extraordinary lifespan, he continued cultivating to consolidate his early-stage realm.

• Xia Ping found that his enormous body and the Sea of Bitterness’s resistance made it extremely difficult to move forward.
• Xia Ping discovered that struggling through the Sea of Bitterness strengthened and refined his soul, transforming his abilities and cultivation.
• Xia Ping explored his Lightning Tribulation Realm powers, including his enlarged Purple Mansion spaces, stronger divine sense, and increased ability to sense spiritual energy.
• Xia Ping sensed that he had 357,993,459 years of life and realized that awakening Hell Golden Crow Cells could extend his lifespan further.
• Xia Ping recalled Green Ox’s explanation of the three lightning tribulations and the path to sainthood, then sat down to consolidate his cultivation.

After a month of cultivation, Xia Ping saw that the Thousand-Star Vine had transformed the Star Ship into a living, evolving vessel with greatly increased defenses, firepower, speed, and interior space. He planned to leave the Primordial Sacred Land in three days to search for newly born worlds and help Xiao Dai reach the Saint Realm.

• Xia Ping finished consolidating his cultivation at the early stage of the Lightning Tribulation Realm and advanced farther into the Sea of Bitterness.
• Cat Immortal showed Xia Ping the Star Ship after it merged with the Thousand-Star Vine and described its improved defenses, attacks, speed, and ability to evolve.
• Cat Immortal explained that the Star Ship's interior had expanded a thousandfold and now contained spaces resembling stars.
• Xia Ping decided to leave the Primordial Sacred Land in three days to search for world origins and help Xiao Dai reach the Saint Realm.

Xia Ping registered his Saint-Grade Spaceship at the Primordial Sacred Land and arranged to leave for a trial. His fellow disciples learned about the ship and his departure, mocked him out of envy, and resolved to surpass him.

• Xia Ping registered his Saint-Grade Spaceship with a black-robed elder, who approved his request to leave the Primordial Sacred Land for a trial.
• News of Xia Ping's ship and departure spread through the Primordial Sacred Land, and disciples complained that he had used points they had given him to buy it.
• A man in blue robes explained that Xia Ping had reached the Lightning Tribulation Realm, but other disciples accused him of defending Xia Ping.
• The disciples insisted Xia Ping was not exceptional and secretly increased their cultivation, determined to surpass him and avenge themselves.

Xia Ping used the Wish Compass to locate a newly formed large world that could provide enough world origin for Gaia to evolve. After entering it, he discovered that members of the Starlight Clan from the Strange District had arrived first.

• Xia Ping learned that Gaia needed the origin of 108 small worlds, ten medium worlds, or one large world to evolve.
• Xia Ping activated the Wish Compass and followed its star map toward a newly formed large world.
• After a month of travel, Xia Ping and Cat Immortal reached the world and forced the Star Ship through its barriers.
• Cat Immortal detected powerful auras in a valley, and Xia Ping went to investigate.
• Xia Ping found a group with star-shaped marks on their brows, and Cat Immortal identified them as the Starlight Clan from the Strange District.

Xia Ping used the Wish Mask to disguise himself as a Starlight Clan member and infiltrated a group that had discovered the newly formed world. He learned that their reinforcements were arriving to claim it, and Xing Rongmu invited him to help fight other enemies and share the credit.

• Cat Immortal explained that the Starlight Clan sought opportunities in the Ordinary District and warned that reinforcements might arrive.
• Xia Ping transformed into a Starlight Clan member with the Wish Mask and approached the group in the valley.
• Xia Ping introduced himself as Xing Wudi, a commoner and cosmic adventurer who had found a Saint-Grade Spaceship in a ruin.
• The Starlight Clan members admired Xia Ping after learning he was a commoner who had become an adventurer.
• A Starlight Clan member announced that their reinforcements had reached the outskirts of the world.
• Xing Rongmu told Xia Ping that the clan planned to seize the world and invited him to join them against other enemies.

Xia Ping learned that the Starlight Clan’s struggle for the newly born world involved the Moon-Radiance Clan and the Sun-Radiance Clan, then met the arrogant noble Xing Yongming. The chapter ended with Xing Yongming threatening to kill Xia Ping and ordering him to leave.

• Xing Rongmu told Xia Ping that the Starlight Clan had discovered the newly born world while fighting the Moon-Radiance Clan and the Sun-Radiance Clan.
• Xia Ping agreed to help the Starlight Clan defend its claim to the world.
• Three Starlight Clan Saint-Grade Spaceships arrived carrying thousands of powerful members, including the peak Lightning Tribulation Realm noble Xing Yongming.
• Xing Rongmu introduced Xia Ping as a commoner adventurer who could help fight the rival clans, but Xing Yongming mocked and dismissed him.
• Xing Rongmu and the others secretly warned Xia Ping that Xing Yongming was dangerous and urged him to endure the insult.
• Xing Yongming noticed their secret messages and threatened to kill Xia Ping unless he left immediately.

Xing Yongming attacked Xia Ping with his lower-grade holy artifact, Star-Slayer, but Xia Ping summoned the Myriad Worlds Star Map and its Starry Sky Gate to defeat him and seize the sword. Xing Yongming was left gravely wounded, while Star-Slayer struggled in Xia Ping’s grasp.

• Xing Yongming drew the lower-grade holy artifact Star-Slayer and formed a vast stellar sword formation to punish Xia Ping.
• Xia Ping summoned the Myriad Worlds Star Map and formed the Starry Sky Gate from its million stars.
• Xia Ping struck down the sword formation, shattered Star-Slayer, and sent Xing Yongming flying with a grave injury.
• Xia Ping seized Star-Slayer, and the artifact struggled to unleash its power against him.

Xia Ping seized Xing Yongming’s low-grade Saint artifact, the Star-Slaying Sword, and severed Xing Yongming’s spiritual connection to it. Enraged, Xing Yongming ordered a thousand Starlight Clan elites to attack Xia Ping with the Infinite Starlight Absolute Killing Grand Formation, whose starry power descended across the battlefield.

• Xia Ping burned the Star-Slaying Sword’s artifact spirit with Hell Golden Crow Fire and forcibly refined the weapon, breaking Xing Yongming’s connection to it.
• Xia Ping mocked Xing Yongming and placed the Star-Slaying Sword in the Mountain River Bead’s space.
• Xing Yongming, furious over losing the Saint artifact, ordered the Starlight Clan elites under his command to kill Xia Ping.
• A thousand Starlight Clan elites joined their starry sky energy and formed the Infinite Starlight Absolute Killing Grand Formation.
• The formation’s power surged to its limit, sending countless stars crashing down across tens of millions of kilometers.

Xia Ping destroyed the Starlight Clan’s formation and defeated more than a thousand elites, then pinned Xing Yongming beneath his foot. The surviving fighters and Xing Rongmu’s group watched in fear and astonishment as Xia Ping stood victorious.

• Xia Ping fused his Divine Elephant manifestation with the Starry Sky Gate and smashed the Starlight Clan’s Infinite Starlight Absolute Killing Grand Formation.
• The formation’s backlash and Xia Ping’s attack badly injured the Starlight Clan elites, blasted them into distant mountains, and sent Xing Yongming flying.
• Xia Ping appeared before Xing Yongming and stomped him into the ground, sealing his energy and leaving him unable to resist.
• Xia Ping warned Xing Yongming that his noble status would not protect him if Xia Ping chose to kill him.
• The injured Starlight Clan elites feared Xia Ping, while Xing Rongmu and his companions marveled at his strength.

Xia Ping defeated Xing Yongming and rejected the Starlight Clan nobles’ demands to spare him, forcing the clan members to submit. With his life still in danger, Xing Yongming offered the clan’s supreme secret arts as ransom.

• Xing Yongming begged for his life, but Xia Ping dismissed his noble status and threatened to kill him.
• Xing Yangping and Xing Yiliang arrived and asked Xia Ping to spare Xing Yongming and return his saint artifact.
• Xia Ping attacked Xing Yangping and Xing Yiliang, crushing them into the ground and warning the crowd against challenging him.
• The Starlight Clan members stayed silent, while Xing Rongmu and the others admired Xia Ping’s strength.
• Xia Ping prepared to kill Xing Yongming, who offered to teach him the Starlight Clan’s supreme secret arts in exchange for his life.

Xia Ping obtained the Starlight Clan’s supreme secret arts from Xing Yongming in exchange for sparing his life, including the Myriad Stars Yin-Yang Scripture. After using one Hate Crystal to learn it, Xia Ping immediately reached its initial mastery, leaving Xing Yongming and the others stunned.

• Xing Yongming offered to reveal the Starlight Clan’s secret arts as ransom, and Xia Ping agreed to spare him if he told the truth.
• Xing Yongming privately recounted the secret arts he knew, including the Myriad Stars Yin-Yang Scripture.
• Cat Immortal explained that its old master had desperately wanted the scripture but could never obtain it from the Starlight Clan.
• Xia Ping spent one Hate Crystal to learn the Myriad Stars Yin-Yang Scripture and immediately formed a book of stars through its power.
• Xing Yongming, Xing Yangping, and Xing Yiliang were shocked that Xia Ping had mastered the scripture so quickly.

Xia Ping cultivated the Myriad Stars Yin-Yang Scripture, rapidly condensing thirty-eight thousand stars and establishing himself as the Starlight Clan group’s leader. After a day of recovery, he agreed to set out with them to secure the world’s origin before rival clans could claim it.

• Xia Ping drew stellar energy into the Myriad Stars Yin-Yang Scripture and condensed eighteen thousand stars in half an hour, astonishing Xing Yongming, Xing Yangping, Xing Yiliang, and the others.
• Xia Ping realized the scripture could store and unleash the power of its stars, while Xing Yongming and the others recognized his extraordinary strength.
• Over the next day, Xia Ping cultivated the scripture until it held thirty-eight thousand stars arranged in a Yin-Yang formation.
• After recovering from their injuries, Xing Yangping urged the group to leave before reinforcements from the Moon-Radiance Clan and Sun-Radiance Clan reached the world’s origin.
• Xia Ping agreed, and the Starlight Clan members set out toward the world’s origin.

Xia Ping and the Starlight Clan reached the enormous world origin, fighting through the monsters it manifested as guards. Just as the Starlight Clan prepared to refine it, black energy sealed the region, revealing that they had walked into an ambush.

• Xing Yangping explained that the powerful monsters guarding the world origin had been manifested by its developing consciousness.
• Xing Yiliang ordered the Starlight Clan warriors to attack, and they destroyed millions of monsters with their stellar energy.
• Xia Ping advanced with the Starlight Clan while Gaia Xiao Dai urged him to let her devour the world origin; he told her to wait for potential enemies.
• Xing Yongming and the other Starlight Clan leaders ordered their warriors to approach the world origin and prepare to refine it with a grand formation and eighteen thousand Saint-grade talismans.
• Black energy poured out and sealed the surrounding space, leading Xing Yongming and the others to realize they had been ambushed.

The Sun-Radiance Clan and Moon-Radiance Clan revealed they had joined forces to seize the large world and trap the Starlight Clan with eight Demon-Sealing Steles. As their combined attack began, Xia Ping stepped forward to face it.

• Xia Ping recognized the eight steles as low-grade Saint Artifacts, while Xing Yangming identified them as the Mystic Moon and Crimson Sun Demon-Sealing Steles.
• Xing Yiliang suspected the Sun-Radiance Clan and Moon-Radiance Clan had allied against the Starlight Clan, and their leaders confirmed the alliance was meant to eliminate rivals and claim the world.
• Xing Yongming asked why the clans would not join with the Starlight Clan, but a leader said they wanted to divide the world between just two clans.
• A Sun-Radiance Clan leader dismissed Xing Yongming's Star-Slaying Sword as no match for eight Demon-Sealing Steles.
• The Sun-Radiance Clan and Moon-Radiance Clan leaders unleashed scarlet rays and freezing moonlight, sealing the area and driving the Starlight Clan warriors to despair.
• Xia Ping stepped before the Starlight Clan warriors as the attacks fell.

Xia Ping used the Myriad Stars Yin-Yang Scripture to repel the attack of eight Demon-Sealing Steles and free the Starlight Clan warriors from the spatial prison. As the Sun-Radiance and Moon-Radiance Clan leaders argued with him, Xia Ping blinded them with starlight and prepared a surprise attack with the Samsara Pen.

• Xia Ping summoned his Book of Stars and unleashed thirty-eight thousand stars, shattering the crimson rays and profound yin aura from the eight Demon-Sealing Steles.
• The blast drove the hidden Sun-Radiance and Moon-Radiance Clan warriors out of the void and damaged the spatial barrier.
• The Sun-Radiance and Moon-Radiance Clan leaders were shocked by Xia Ping's power, while Xing Yongming celebrated the Starlight Clan's survival.
• The two clan leaders insisted that the Demon-Sealing Steles had not shown their full power and vowed to defeat Xia Ping.
• Xia Ping flooded the area with blinding starlight, then drew the Samsara Pen and traced a stroke through the void.

Xia Ping shattered the Moon-Radiance Clan and Sun-Radiance Clan’s prison formation and seized their eight Demon-Sealing Steles. As the two clans prepared to attack, he sensed another force hiding nearby and struck at its concealment.

• Xia Ping destroyed the spatial barrier and formation with the Samsara Pen, freeing Xing Yongming and the others.
• Xia Ping claimed the eight Demon-Sealing Steles and used Hell Golden Crow Flame to sever their bonds with the two clan leaders and refine them.
• The Sun-Radiance Clan and Moon-Radiance Clan leaders ordered their warriors to attack Xia Ping and reclaim the sacred artifacts.
• Xia Ping warned that another force was hiding nearby, then bombarded the northeastern void with the power of the Demon-Sealing Steles.

Xia Ping exposed human and Demon Race forces lying in ambush near the large world, revealing that both had tracked the Strange District races’ movements. Su Chang demanded their surrender while trying to buy time, but Xia Ping saw through the ploy and prepared to defeat them before reinforcements arrived.

• Xia Ping used his Hell Golden Crow Eye to expose the Sun-Radiance Clan and Moon-Radiance Clan’s hidden Void Boat and its occupants.
• Xia Ping revealed more than ten thousand Demon Kings concealed nearby, led by a Demon King who explained their ambush plan.
• Su Chang, leading more than ten thousand human experts, admitted that humans had tracked the three races through their intelligence network.
• Su Chang urged the Starlight Clan, Moon-Radiance Clan, and Sun-Radiance Clan to surrender and claimed the large world belonged to the Ordinary District.
• Xia Ping recognized that Su Chang was stalling for reinforcements, confirmed no other enemies were hidden nearby, and decided to defeat the assembled forces quickly.