Chapter Summaries

After Xia Ping returned from his lightning tribulation, Liu Rulan told him she had to leave to continue receiving the Blood Soul Saint's inheritance and teleported away. Soon after, Xiao Dai awakened, filling the Mountain River Bead space with a powerful aura.

• Liu Rulan surveyed the Mountain River Bead space and realized its abundant spiritual grains and herbs had greatly accelerated her cultivation.
• Xia Ping returned safely after passing his lightning tribulation, and Liu Rulan told him she had to continue receiving the Blood Soul Saint's inheritance.
• Liu Rulan activated the Blood Soul Saint's mark and teleported to a Soul Hall after teasing Xia Ping about staying faithful.
• Xia Ping sensed that Xiao Dai had awakened, and her powerful aura made the Mountain River Bead space tremble.

Gaia Xiao Dai advanced to immortality, alarming the ancient remnants working in the valley. Xia Ping explored her transformed Gaia Space and discovered its powerful laws, prisonlike boundaries, and benefits for those cultivating within it.

• Feiyi and the Black Baleful Demon Bird sensed Gaia’s immortal aura and hoped she would turn against Xia Ping, allowing them to escape.
• The ancient remnants laboring in the herb fields sensed the aura and feared that an Immortal Gaia would make escape impossible.
• Xia Ping found Xiao Dai briefly awake before she returned to sleep, and he observed her complete control over her growing power.
• Xia Ping entered Gaia Space and found a miniature universe with World Origin, increasingly complete laws, and boundaries that could imprison Immortal Saints.
• Xia Ping sensed that Gaia Space’s abundant energy benefited its cultivators and that observing its laws could help him understand martial arts divine abilities.

Xia Ping returned to the Green Sun Secret Realm and found Qingyang City flourishing under Gu Bo’s leadership. At the City Lord’s Mansion, he learned that the nine passages to the hell world had expanded and stronger Nether Ghosts and demons were entering, leaving the city’s leaders fearing for humanity’s survival.

• Xia Ping flew into the Green Sun Secret Realm and secretly surveyed the prosperous, heavily populated Qingyang City.
• Xia Ping walked through the city and saw refugees arriving from across the realm, drawn by Qingyang City’s reputation as a safe haven.
• Xia Ping went to the City Lord’s Mansion and concealed himself among Gu Bo and the city’s other leaders.
• Gu Bo reported that the nine spatial passages to the hell world had expanded and that stronger Nether Ghosts and demons were already entering.
• The generals questioned how humanity could survive a stronger invasion, while Gu Bo and the others fell silent in fear.

Qingyang City’s leaders argued over whether to contact their absent City Lord as Nether Ghosts and demons threatened their homeland. Xia Ping returned to the City Lord’s Mansion and revealed himself, leaving the generals stunned and the city with its founder back at the helm.

• A general urged Qingyang City to resist the approaching Nether Ghosts and demons, while another declared that defeat was inevitable.
• The generals discussed contacting Xia Ping, but Gu Bo admitted they had not completed the task Xia Ping had left behind.
• Chang Yongbo argued that Xia Ping could not stop the invaders and urged the city to prepare for battle instead of relying on him.
• Gu Bo defended Xia Ping and warned Chang Yongbo and his faction not to insult the City Lord.
• Xia Ping appeared in the City Lord’s Mansion and sat on the throne, shocking the generals until Gu Bo and the old guard recognized him.
• Xia Ping praised Gu Bo for building up Qingyang City and avoiding major trouble.

Xia Ping returned to Qingyang City and stripped Chang Yongbo of his position, then killed him when he led an attack. Chang Yongbo was revealed to be a powerful Nether Ghost, which Xia Ping immediately destroyed.

• Xia Ping praised Gu Bo and the others, then ordered Chang Yongbo to give up his position and return to civilian life.
• A subordinate defended Chang Yongbo, so Xia Ping struck him down with a glance and declared that Qingyang City's people had to obey him or die.
• Chang Yongbo accused Xia Ping of being possessed by a Nether Ghost and urged his followers to attack, then struck at Xia Ping with a Golden Core-level saber technique.
• Xia Ping killed Chang Yongbo with a sigh, and a Nether Ghost emerged from his remains.
• The Nether Ghost threatened Xia Ping, but he shattered it with a single grab.

Xia Ping discovered the Nether Ghosts infiltrating Qingyang City and effortlessly killed them, leaving the city's generals in awe of his power. The city was safe for the moment, but the Nether Ghosts warned that their army was on its way.

• Gu Bo and the others watched Xia Ping crush a Nether Ghost and were stunned by the difference between his strength and theirs.
• Xia Ping sensed other Nether Ghosts hiding throughout Qingyang City and forced ten of them to reveal themselves, including three possessing commanders in the City Lord's Mansion.
• The Nether Ghosts tried to flee and threatened Xia Ping with the arrival of their army, but he froze the city and shattered all ten.
• Xia Ping absorbed the Nether Ghosts' remaining soul energy and stored it as Soul Crystals in the Mountain River Bead.
• The generals of Qingyang City praised Xia Ping's strength and became even more reverent toward him.

Xia Ping learned that a huge demon and Nether Ghost army was advancing on Qingyang City, then left to face it alone. As the army approached, its leaders argued over whether the humans were weak or hiding an unexpected strength, and the Nether Ghosts began to explain their suspicions.

• Gu Bo told Xia Ping that the spatial passage had expanded and that Nether Ghosts and demons were gathering to destroy Qingyang City.
• Xia Ping sensed an army of more than thirty million approaching and said he would wipe it out himself.
• Xia Ping vanished before Gu Bo and the other generals could stop him, leaving them to trust in his confidence.
• A Burning Demon mocked the Nether Ghosts for gathering intelligence, while a cautious Nether Ghost warned that the humans had already wiped out powerful Nether Ghosts.
• A Bull-Horn Demon asked what the Nether Ghosts had discovered, and one of them said the humans were strange.

The Nether Ghosts and demons suspected that humans from a higher plane had helped Qingyang City and planned to exploit their invasion as a path to that world. As their army prepared to attack, eight stone steles trapped them in a powerful sealing formation.

• A Nether Ghost told Bull-Horn Demon and the other demons that Qingyang City’s rapid construction and unfamiliar restriction formations suggested help from a higher human plane.
• The Nether Ghosts explained that they had gathered their forces to defeat the humans and capture anyone from the higher plane to discover the passage between worlds.
• The Nether Ghosts revealed that ten of their kind had infiltrated Qingyang City, possessed members of its upper ranks, and planned to cause chaos during the attack.
• The demons and Nether Ghosts set out to invade, discussing whether to slaughter the humans or keep them as a food supply.
• Eight stone steles appeared around the army and formed a sealing barrier that trapped the Nether Ghosts and demons.

Xia Ping trapped the Nether Ghost and demon armies inside a barrier formed by eight demon-sealing Saint artifacts. He then unleashed the Star-Slaying Sword, killing countless fiends and leaving the surviving invaders facing a deadly assault.

• Xia Ping appeared before the invading Nether Ghosts and demons and activated the Mystic Moon and Crimson Sun Demon-Sealing Steles to form a Taiji barrier.
• The Nether Ghosts tried to escape through the void but crashed into the barrier, while the demons’ combined attack also failed to break through.
• A Nether Ghost blamed the demons for rushing into the humans’ trap, but the Burning Demon urged the armies to cooperate and destroy the formation.
• Xia Ping drew on the stars’ power through the Star-Slaying Sword and sent countless beams of starlight raining down on the fiends.
• The starlight pierced and dismembered countless fiends of different cultivation realms.

Xia Ping used the Spear of Hell to kill every Nether Ghost and demon trapped in the barrier, then strengthened Qingyang City's defenses before entering the passage to the hell world. He left the city protected by upgraded formations and began his journey into hell.

• Xia Ping summoned the Spear of Hell, whose hellish light slaughtered all the Nether Ghosts in the barrier.
• Xia Ping absorbed the dead enemies' soul energy into Soul Crystals and concluded he needed to enter the hell world to gather enough energy to unseal the Samsara Pen.
• Xia Ping spent several days upgrading Qingyang City's three restriction formations to defend against powerful Nether Ghosts and demons.
• Xia Ping returned to the mountain where the Formless Ghost King had been and entered the Darkness Space passage to the hell world.

Xia Ping crossed the spatial passage into Flame Hell, where its energy strengthened his Hell Golden Crow Cells. After subduing nearby demons with an illusion, he learned that he had entered the Rock Territory, one of nine domains in Flame Hell, and that countless other hell worlds existed.

• Xia Ping sensed that the spatial passage was temporarily reinforced by restriction formations and decided to enter the hell world before destroying them.
• Xia Ping arrived on a barren, blood-red plain in Flame Hell and absorbed its energy as his Hell Golden Crow Cells began awakening.
• A squad of demons spotted Xia Ping, and he trapped them in an illusion with the True Explanation of Illusion Arts.
• Xia Ping questioned the demons and learned that he was in the Rock Territory, ruled by the Rock Lord.
• The demons told Xia Ping that Flame Hell had nine lords at Immortal level and was only one of countless small hell worlds.

Xia Ping learned how demons traveled between hell planes and that Flame Hell's lords frequently went to war. He disguised himself as a Burning Demon and headed for Rock City to join the Rock Lord's army, leaving the robbed soldiers behind to blame an unseen thief.

• Xia Ping learned that demons could travel between hell planes through a passage controlled by the nine lords or risk the deadly void, and that the lords often fought one another.
• Xia Ping decided to disguise himself as a demon and enlist in an army so he could devour soul energy amid the wars without drawing attention.
• Xia Ping used the Formless Mask to transform into a Burning Demon and chose to join the Rock Lord's army in Rock City.
• Xia Ping looted the demons' Space Rings, taking a hundred thousand Nether Stones and other treasures, then left without killing them.
• The demon soldiers awoke, failed to remember seeing a human, and erupted in anger when they discovered their wealth was gone.

Xia Ping reached Rock City and attracted the greed of its gate guards after displaying a pile of Nether Stones. The guards accused him of looting Rock City soldiers and attacked when he tried to leave.

• Xia Ping arrived at Rock City after traveling across the desolate landscape of Flame Hell.
• A gate guard demanded an entrance fee, and Xia Ping scattered more than a thousand Nether Stones before the soldiers and waiting demons.
• Xia Ping said he had found the Nether Stones and treasures on the bodies of demons who had died fighting.
• Demon Soldier B falsely accused Xia Ping of looting Rock City soldiers and demanded all his possessions.
• Xia Ping put away the Nether Stones and tried to leave, but the guards surrounded him and lunged at him with spears.

Xia Ping effortlessly killed the demon soldiers who attacked him at Rock City’s gate, triggering an alarm and bringing the city guards and a Bull-Horn Demon commander to confront him. The chapter ended with Xia Ping blocking the commander’s mighty axe strike without injury.

• The demon soldiers’ spears shattered against Xia Ping, and he swatted their combined attack back at them, killing them against the city wall.
• Xia Ping questioned whether killing the soldiers counted as a crime, while another soldier sounded the alarm and summoned the city guards.
• The surrounding demons fled as elite soldiers gathered, and a Bull-Horn Demon commander arrived and accused Xia Ping of being a spy.
• The Bull-Horn Demon commander and his soldiers attacked Xia Ping with a massive axe strike and a grand formation.
• Xia Ping blocked the commander’s axe with one hand and redirected its force into the ground, leaving the commander stunned.

Xia Ping burned through the demon soldiers and killed the Bull-Horn Demon after they attacked him. Black Lion Demon, one of Rock City's commanders, arrived and confronted Xia Ping.

• Xia Ping engulfed the demon soldiers in flames, killing many and scattering the rest.
• The Bull-Horn Demon attacked Xia Ping with its axe, but Xia Ping pierced its chest with a flame and killed it.
• Xia Ping mocked the Bull-Horn Demon's weakness, angering the surviving soldiers.
• Black Lion Demon appeared and the soldiers knelt before him, identifying him as a powerful commander of Rock City.
• Black Lion Demon accused Xia Ping of despising Rock City's demons.

Black Lion Demon punished the corrupt Rock City soldiers, then attacked Xia Ping for killing Rock City's forces. Xia Ping survived the commander’s Black Lion Death Claw unharmed, and Black Lion Demon prepared to strike with full strength.

• Black Lion Demon accused the Rock City soldiers of corruption and killed them with a single claw as punishment.
• Black Lion Demon declared that Xia Ping had violated Rock City's rules and attacked him with Black Lion Death Claw.
• Xia Ping used Northern Underworld Body Protection Art to absorb the attack without injury.
• Black Lion Demon claimed its strike had used less than ten percent of its power, and Xia Ping mocked it for failing to scratch him.
• Black Lion Demon, enraged by Xia Ping's taunt, vowed to attack with full strength.

Xia Ping overwhelmed the Black Lion Demon in battle, but stopped before killing it when the demon begged for mercy and offered to take him to Rock City’s Lord. Posing as Vajra, Xia Ping agreed to go to the city in search of powerful opponents.

• The Black Lion Demon unleashed its Heavenly Lion Underworld King Fist, and Xia Ping defeated the attack with a stronger punch that pierced its body and mangled one wing.
• Xia Ping pursued the wounded Black Lion Demon and prepared to finish it, but the demon shouted for him to stop.
• The Black Lion Demon claimed its accusations and fight had only been a test, then blamed the dead Rock City soldiers for the conflict.
• The Black Lion Demon offered to introduce Xia Ping to the Lord, and Xia Ping explained that he had left the mountains to find worthy opponents.
• Xia Ping gave the false name Vajra and agreed to accompany the Black Lion Demon into Rock City to meet the Lord.

Xia Ping entered Rock City's mansion disguised as a Burning Demon and impressed Rock Lord with his strength. Rock Lord appointed him commander of the dangerous Vanguard Battalion, an assignment Xia Ping welcomed as a chance to fight and gain soul energy.

• Black Lion Demon Bard brought Xia Ping to meet Rock Lord in the City Lord's Mansion.
• Rock Lord examined Xia Ping and judged him to be a peak Lightning Tribulation Realm expert comparable in strength to Bard.
• Rock Lord appointed Xia Ping commander of the Vanguard Battalion, intending to test his loyalty before considering a higher position.
• Xia Ping accepted the assignment, and Bard led him out of the mansion.

Xia Ping arrived at Rock City's Vanguard Battalion, where he was appointed commander of a camp filled with violent criminals and unruly demons. After Deputy Battalion Commander Kaige and the other leaders challenged him, Xia Ping attacked a snow Tiger Demon and smashed it into the ground.

• Black Lion Demon Bard warned Xia Ping that the Vanguard Battalion's demons were unruly, and Xia Ping said he would win them over with virtue by beating them up if needed.
• A demon soldier led Xia Ping through Rock City's disciplined military camps to the chaotic Vanguard Battalion, where the soldier announced his appointment and fled.
• The Vanguard Battalion's demons discussed Xia Ping's appointment and gathered to size him up, while crimson Snake Demon Kaige introduced himself as deputy commander alongside several powerful demons.
• Kaige and a snow Tiger Demon mocked Xia Ping, and Xia Ping struck the snow Tiger Demon, shattering its bones and blasting it into a crater.

Xia Ping overwhelmed the Vanguard Battalion demons who challenged his authority, crushing their attacks with ease. The demons were left stunned by his strength, while Snow Tiger Demon and Crimson Snake Demon lay subdued at his feet.

• Xia Ping knocked Snow Tiger Demon down and pinned his head beneath his foot for interrupting him.
• Crimson Snake Demon attacked Xia Ping with the Thousand Snakes Myriad Poisons Grand Array, but Xia Ping shattered it with a breath.
• Xia Ping struck Crimson Snake Demon down, sealed his demonic power, and placed him beside Snow Tiger Demon.
• Six powerful demons attacked Xia Ping together, but he stood unharmed and mocked their ineffective strikes.
• The six demons were shocked and demanded to know what kind of monster Xia Ping was.