Chapter Summaries

Xia Ping froze the battlefield and slaughtered the fleeing Demon Kings, absorbing their soul energy and collecting their remains and treasures. He then demanded that Fang Yang lead him to the Blood Mist Forbidden Land, where Liu Rulan might be.

• The Demon Kings realized Xia Ping had killed more than a dozen of their companions and tried to flee to alert their master and summon reinforcements.
• Xia Ping unleashed his pressure, freezing the Demon Kings, Fang Yang, and the other Soul Clan warriors in place.
• Xia Ping killed the Demon Kings with a single gesture, absorbed their soul energy, and collected their corpses and storage rings.
• Xia Ping asked Fang Yang where they had been going, and Fang Yang said they had been discussing the Blood Mist Forbidden Land.
• Xia Ping ordered Fang Yang to take him to the Blood Mist Forbidden Land, and Fang Yang and the other Soul Clan warriors agreed in fear.

Xia Ping and the Soul Clan warriors entered the Blood Mist Forbidden Land, where the Corrosive Soul Mist strengthened the Soul Clan but attacked outsiders. Xia Ping devoured the mist to enhance his Primordial Spirit, triggering a second layer of the formation.

• Xia Ping saw through the saint-grade formation surrounding the Blood Mist Forbidden Land and led Fang Yang, Fang Xin, and the Soul Clan warriors inside.
• The Soul Clan warriors absorbed the crimson mist and felt their mana and Primordial Spirits grow stronger.
• Xia Ping discovered that the mist and the formation were attacking him because he was not a member of the Soul Clan.
• Cat Immortal identified the mist as Corrosive Soul Mist, which empowered the Soul Clan while corroding members of other races.
• Xia Ping used his Taotie Devouring Ability to absorb the mist, rapidly strengthening his Primordial Spirit and enlarging his Purple Mansion spaces.
• Xia Ping's absorption triggered the formation's second layer of restrictions.

Xia Ping devoured the blood-red mist until the Blood Mist Forbidden Land’s defenses tried to teleport him away, but he escaped into its depths. He stumbled upon Liu Rulan in a medicinal spring, and she drew him into a dream to confront him before recognizing him.

• Xia Ping swallowed vast amounts of blood-red mist, prompting the forbidden land’s formations to identify him as a gluttonous beast and attempt to expel him.
• Xia Ping spotted flaws in the spatial restriction, escaped its reach, and teleported to the deepest part of the Blood Mist Forbidden Land.
• Xia Ping appeared in a medicinal hot spring where Liu Rulan was cultivating and recognized her.
• Liu Rulan sensed an intruder and attacked, but Xia Ping nullified her strike with a finger.
• Liu Rulan used Dream Invasion to pull Xia Ping into a dream, where she recognized him and asked how he had arrived.
• Xia Ping embraced Liu Rulan in the dream, and she blushed and demanded that he let her go.

Xia Ping reunited with Liu Rulan in the Blood Mist Forbidden Land, and she explained how the Soul Clan had mistreated her and how she had escaped the Curse-Slaying Demon Saint. The palace trembled as Soul Clan members entered the forbidden land, while Liu Rulan said she had already passed its inheritance trial and could leave at will.

• Liu Rulan accused Xia Ping of lying after he took advantage of their reunion, and Xia Ping insisted it had happened by accident.
• The palace shook, and Liu Rulan explained that the tremor meant someone had passed the trial and triggered the forbidden land’s opening; Xia Ping guessed Fang Yang and the others had entered.
• Xia Ping asked about Liu Rulan’s fellow clansmen, and she recounted how they had tried to capture and rob her after she arrived in the Azure Sea World.
• Liu Rulan said she triggered the Soul Clan inheritance, drew the Curse-Slaying Demon Saint’s pursuit, and escaped when the inheritance formation teleported her into the Blood Mist Forbidden Land.
• Liu Rulan explained that the forbidden land’s spatial formations could trap even an Immortal Saint and that Soul Clan warriors who failed its inheritance requirements could never leave.
• Liu Rulan claimed she had passed the trial long ago and could leave whenever she wanted.

Fang Yang and the Soul Clan survivors reached the Blood Mist Forbidden Land and believed they had found a safe refuge, but their reunion with Liu Rulan and Xia Ping was interrupted when a maid released twelve powerful figures from a transparent pearl. The chapter left the figures' arrival shaking the plaza as Fang Yang and the others faced an unknown threat.

• Fang Yang and the Soul Clan survivors reached the plaza inside the Blood Mist Forbidden Land and celebrated finding a place to rebuild.
• Fang Xin assumed Xia Ping had died in the blood mist and vowed to punish Liu Rulan, but Liu Rulan appeared beside Xia Ping.
• Liu Rulan rebuked Fang Xin and the other Soul Clan members for their past cruelty, while Fang Yang tried to prevent a fight.
• Xia Ping noticed a blue-clad maid throw a transparent pearl, releasing twelve figures whose demonic aura shook the plaza and cracked the ground.

The twelve titled Demon Kings entered the Blood Mist Forbidden Land with Chen Lan’s help and revealed that capturing Liu Rulan was their main mission. Xia Ping confronted them, and the Wind Wing King launched a lightning-fast attack.

• Twelve titled Demon Kings appeared in the Blood Mist Forbidden Land, and Fang Yang identified them as the Curse-Slaying Demon Saint’s most powerful subordinates.
• Fang Xin accused Chen Lan of betraying the Soul Clan, and Chen Lan admitted she had sold them out to survive.
• The Fire Bear King praised Chen Lan, while the Wind Wing King demanded that Liu Rulan surrender so the demons could seize the Blood Soul Saint’s inheritance.
• Xia Ping warned the titled Demon Kings to leave, prompting them to recognize him as the human who had killed their legion’s elites.
• The Wind Wing King attacked Xia Ping with its Endless Wind Blades bloodline ability.

Xia Ping killed the Wind Wing King with one punch, then used the Star-Slaying Sword to overwhelm the other titled Demon Kings. The Fire Bear King called for the Curse-Slaying Saint as the demons faced mortal danger.

• The Wind Wing King attacked Xia Ping, but Xia Ping shattered its wind blades and killed it with a single punch.
• Xia Ping taunted the remaining eleven titled Demon Kings and challenged them to face him one at a time.
• The titled Demon Kings refused and attacked Xia Ping together with flames, floods, lightning, and other abilities.
• Xia Ping drew the low-grade saint artifact Star-Slaying Sword and struck the demons with a storm of enormous stars.
• The sword strike shattered the demons' attacks and badly injured them, prompting the Fire Bear King to summon the Curse-Slaying Saint.

Xia Ping rejected the Curse-Slaying Demon Saint's demand to surrender and killed its titled Demon King subordinates with one sword strike. The enraged Demon Saint then arrived in the Blood Mist Forbidden Land and threatened to destroy Xia Ping and his clan.

• The Fire Bear King used a black talisman to contact the Curse-Slaying Demon Saint, who learned that Xia Ping was obstructing the demons' mission to find Liu Rulan.
• The Curse-Slaying Demon Saint ordered Xia Ping to kneel and surrender, threatening his family and friends if he refused.
• Xia Ping attacked with the Star-Slaying Sword and killed the eleven titled Demon Kings present, including the Fire Bear King.
• The Curse-Slaying Demon Saint raged at Xia Ping, tore through the Blood Mist Forbidden Land's restraining formation, and arrived through a wormhole.

Curse-Slaying Demon Saint arrived in his true body and killed Fang Yang, Fang Xin, and the others with a glance before attacking Xia Ping. Xia Ping blocked his strike with Divine Elephant Supports Heaven, revealing that his strength could rival an ordinary Immortal Saint.

• Curse-Slaying Demon Saint appeared in the Blood Mist Forbidden Land and killed Fang Yang, Fang Xin, the Soul Clan warriors, and the blue-robed maid with a glance.
• Curse-Slaying Demon Saint challenged Xia Ping and attacked him with a giant millstone formed from heaven-and-earth energy.
• Xia Ping summoned Divine Elephant Supports Heaven, which held up the millstone and withstood the attack.
• Liu Rulan retreated from the battle and was shocked that Xia Ping could resist an Immortal Saint.
• Xia Ping judged Curse-Slaying Demon Saint's power to be comparable to his own, while Curse-Slaying Demon Saint burned with anger over failing to kill him.

Xia Ping fought the Curse-Slaying Demon Saint and blocked its Curse Script Demon Palm and Curse-Slaying Heavenly Fist with his Thousand-Hand Buddha and Thousand-Eye Demon. After declaring himself Wu Wudi of the human race, he charged the demon saint with a Primordial Heavenly Dragon punch, leaving the battle raging.

• The Curse-Slaying Demon Saint unleashed its Curse Script Demon Palm, and Xia Ping blocked it with the Thousand-Hand Buddha.
• The Curse-Slaying Demon Saint followed with the Curse-Slaying Heavenly Fist, and Xia Ping countered with the Thousand-Eye Demon’s ghostly beams.
• The Curse-Slaying Demon Saint demanded to know who Xia Ping was after its strongest attack failed to harm him.
• Xia Ping declared himself Wu Wudi of the human race and attacked with a Primordial Heavenly Dragon punch.
• The Curse-Slaying Demon Saint raged at Xia Ping for daring to strike back.

Xia Ping struck the Curse-Slaying Demon Saint and split its body, but the immortal Saint regenerated and retaliated with the Curse Codex. The curse invaded Xia Ping’s soul and body, leaving him plagued by inner demons and the Five Decays of Heaven and Man.

• Xia Ping teleported behind the Curse-Slaying Demon Saint and punched it into two pieces, but it quickly regenerated.
• The Curse-Slaying Demon Saint admitted it had underestimated Xia Ping and brought out its mid-grade Saint artifact, the Curse Codex.
• Green Ox warned Xia Ping that the Curse Codex’s curse could attack across space, destroy souls, and bring about the Five Decays of Heaven and Man.
• The Curse-Slaying Demon Saint sacrificed vital blood to activate the Curse Codex, sending its power into Xia Ping.
• The curse entered Xia Ping’s consciousness, Dharma manifestations, organs, and cells, stirring inner demons and draining his life force.

Curse-Slaying Demon Saint unleashed a powerful curse on Xia Ping, but the Hell Golden Crow Flame burned it away and the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Art absorbed its essence. Xia Ping formed a black curse dagger and struck Curse-Slaying Demon Saint, leaving it screaming as the curse attacked its soul.

• Curse-Slaying Demon Saint cursed Xia Ping and sent the curse power into his soul.
• Xia Ping's Hell Golden Crow Flame consumed the curse power, protecting him and leaving behind its essence.
• Xia Ping's Nail-Head Seven Arrows Art absorbed the curse essence and transformed into a powerful curse talisman.
• Xia Ping formed a black dagger from the talisman's curse power and hurled it at Curse-Slaying Demon Saint.
• The dagger pierced Curse-Slaying Demon Saint's Primordial Spirit, and the curse tore at its soul.

Xia Ping fought the immortal Curse-Slaying Demon Saint after breaking its curse, but its undying body threatened to outlast him. He chose to spend fifty Hate Crystals to temporarily unseal the first layer of the Samsara Pen so he could destroy the Demon Saint for good.

• The Curse-Slaying Demon Saint blew up its body to escape Xia Ping's curse, then reformed with its vital energy severely depleted.
• Xia Ping and the Curse-Slaying Demon Saint exchanged blows, wrecking much of the Blood Soul Saint's palace complex while Liu Rulan watched from the Inheritance Hall.
• The Curse-Slaying Demon Saint relied on its undying body and tried to exhaust Xia Ping's divine power.
• Xia Ping considered bringing out Xiao Dai but decided the Demon Saint might escape and remain a threat to him and those around him.
• Xia Ping asked the system how to kill an immortal Saint and learned he could temporarily unseal the Samsara Pen for fifty Hate Crystals.
• Xia Ping accepted the cost and ordered the system to unseal the Samsara Pen's first layer.

Xia Ping temporarily released the Samsara Pen’s first seal and gained the Soul-Hooking Spirit-Seizing divine ability. He used it to seize the Curse-Slaying Demon Saint’s soul and disable its regeneration, leaving the Demon Saint begging for its life.

• Xia Ping repeatedly smashed and dismembered the Curse-Slaying Demon Saint, but the Demon Saint regenerated every injury.
• The Samsara Pen’s first seal opened, granting Xia Ping the Soul-Hooking Spirit-Seizing divine ability for one hundred breaths.
• Xia Ping poured his mana into the Samsara Pen and used it against the Curse-Slaying Demon Saint.
• The Samsara Pen shattered the Demon Saint’s body, seized its soul, and prevented it from drawing on origin energy to regenerate.
• The Curse-Slaying Demon Saint begged Xia Ping to spare it, offering to become his slave and give him its treasures.

Xia Ping killed the Curse-Slaying Demon Saint with the Samsara Pen, took its curse essence and Curse Codex, and left Azure Sea World with Liu Rulan to avoid the Demon Race’s retaliation. News of the demon saint’s death soon reached the Demon Race’s holy land.

• Xia Ping used the Samsara Pen to shatter the Curse-Slaying Demon Saint’s soul, then collected the remaining curse energy and its intact Curse Codex.
• Liu Rulan emerged from the ruined great hall, learned the Curse-Slaying Demon Saint was dead, and warned Xia Ping that the Demon Race would target Azure Sea World.
• Xia Ping decided to leave Azure Sea World with Liu Rulan, teasing her before carrying her aboard his Star Ship.
• News of the Curse-Slaying Demon Saint’s death reached the Demon Race’s holy land and caused an uproar.

After the Curse-Slaying Demon Saint died in the Azure Sea World, the demon race learned that Human Wu Wudi had killed it while helping a Soul Clan saintess. The Howling Wolf Demon Saint ordered a universe-wide hunt for Wu Wudi, leaving the human newly marked as a target of the demon race.

• The Demon Kings reported the Curse-Slaying Demon Saint's death to the Demon Saints, and the Howling Wolf Demon Saint demanded an account of what had happened.
• A subordinate explained that the Curse-Slaying Demon Saint had sought the Blood Soul Saint's inheritance and pursued the Soul Clan saintess who had inherited it.
• The subordinate said a Lightning Tribulation Realm human named Wu Wudi had fought the Curse-Slaying Demon Saint and left a message claiming responsibility for its death.
• The Demon Saints recalled Wu Wudi's earlier crimes and speculated that Gaia and the Blood Soul Saint's measures had helped him kill the Curse-Slaying Demon Saint.
• The Howling Wolf Demon Saint ordered a universe-wide hunt for Wu Wudi and promised a rich reward to whoever found or killed him.

Howling Wolf Demon Saint punished the Demon Kings who failed to protect Curse-Slaying Demon Saint and set its sights on capturing Gaia. News of Curse-Slaying Demon Saint’s death spread across the Central Universe, and the major powers began treating Wu Wudi as an Immortal Saint-level threat.

• Howling Wolf Demon Saint turned the Demon Kings into insects for a thousand years for failing to call for help in time.
• Howling Wolf Demon Saint resolved to capture Gaia and uncover the universe’s mysteries within her.
• Spies and reports spread confirmation that Wu Wudi had killed Curse-Slaying Demon Saint, shocking the major powers.
• The major powers speculated that Wu Wudi had used Gaia’s strength and raised his threat level to that of an Immortal Saint.
• The major powers ordered their spies to report Wu Wudi’s whereabouts to Saints and warned them not to confront him.

Xia Ping refined the curse power he gained from the Curse-Slaying Demon Saint, transforming the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Art into a long-range assassination technique. When his lightning tribulation arrived ahead of schedule, he returned to Yanhuang Planet to undergo it, but the tribulation cloud that gathered over the starfield was overwhelmingly powerful.

• Xia Ping absorbed the Curse-Slaying Demon Saint's gray matter and infused its curse power into the Nail-Head Seven Arrows Art.
• Xia Ping tested the art's reach by throwing a curse dagger that crossed billions of kilometers and pulverized a mountain.
• Xia Ping finished refining the Curse Codex and learned about its collection of curse techniques.
• Xia Ping sensed that his lightning tribulation was approaching months earlier than expected and decided to return to Yanhuang Planet.
• Xia Ping traveled through the Gaia Space wormhole to Yanhuang Planet, where a billion-kilometer-wide tribulation cloud darkened the entire starfield.

Xia Ping faced the universe's Gui Water Tribulation Lightning, which targeted the fire power in his body and grew more violent as he absorbed and countered it. The chapter ended with him resisting tens of thousands of lightning rivers using his nine Heaven and Earth Dharma Forms.

• Green Ox recognized the tribulation clouds as Gui Water Tribulation Lightning and warned Xia Ping that their power rivaled the tribulation faced by cultivators advancing to sainthood.
• Xia Ping used the Northern Underworld Body Protection Art to form an ocean barrier that swallowed the lightning liquid and converted its energy into lightning essence.
• The universe's origin intensified the attack, sending down lightning spheres that threatened to overwhelm Xia Ping's barrier.
• Xia Ping summoned his nine Heaven and Earth Dharma Manifestations, which blasted apart the lightning spheres.
• The tribulation clouds formed thousands of lightning rivers and submerged Xia Ping, but he channeled power from his nine Purple Mansion spaces as the World Tree's roots devoured the Yin-Water tribulation lightning.

Xia Ping survived the Gui Water Tribulation Lightning and advanced to the mid-stage Lightning Tribulation Realm, gaining greatly in power. Seeking soul energy to unseal the Samsara Pen and further develop his Hell Golden Crow Bloodline, he decided to return to the Green Sun Secret Realm, which might lead to the hell world.

• After three days and nights, Xia Ping endured the Gui Water Tribulation Lightning and reached the mid-stage Lightning Tribulation Realm.
• Xia Ping tested his new strength by seizing a distant planet with a giant hand formed from mana.
• Xia Ping awakened another 250 million Hell Golden Crow Cells, bringing the total to 800 million.
• The system awarded Xia Ping seventy Hate Crystals for killing the Curse-Slaying Demon Saint, raising his total to 620.
• The system told Xia Ping that unsealing the first seal of the Samsara Pen required the soul energy of ten million peak Lightning Tribulation Realm cultivators.
• Xia Ping decided to revisit the Green Sun Secret Realm to seek a route into the hell world and gather soul energy.