Chapter Summaries

A group of Illusion Race impostors disguised themselves as Wu Wudi to extort shops across Red Earth City, then planned to flee before they were exposed. Xia Ping caught them as they tried to escape and seized the group and their Sound Pattern Stones.

• The Illusion Race impostors, led by a blue-clad man, forced small shopkeepers to sell their goods for one coin while onlookers blamed the real Wu Wudi.
• Several hours later, the blue-clad man ordered his subordinates to change identities and leave Red Earth City before anyone discovered their fraud.
• Xia Ping appeared before the group and confronted them for using his identity to rob merchants and ruin his reputation.
• The blue-clad man released a Mist Ball and used Sound Pattern Stones to stun Xia Ping, but Xia Ping swallowed the mist and shattered the sound waves.
• Xia Ping knocked the impostors unconscious, seized them, and vanished from the street with the Sound Pattern Stones.

Xia Ping captured Bati and his Illusion Race companions, learned the location of their race’s lair and its Sound Pattern Stones, then returned to Red Earth City. He left with Ruth to find Rich, the Treant Race elder.

• Bati and the others woke in the Mountain River Bead space and discovered that Xia Ping had captured them.
• Xia Ping forced the group to reveal that they were Illusion Race members who had impersonated him, and learned that Bati was a noble descendant.
• Bati said the Illusion Race treasury held more Sound Pattern Stones, but he and his companions refused to reveal their lair’s location.
• Xia Ping used divine consciousness to place Bati and the others in an illusion, and Bati revealed that the lair was in a secret realm northeast of the Southern Universe.
• Xia Ping sent Bati and the others into a deep sleep, returned to Red Earth City, and asked Ruth to take him to Rich’s pill shop.
• Ruth led Xia Ping toward Rich’s location in the southern district of Red Earth City.

Xia Ping and Ruth visited Rich's Pill Shop, where Elder Rich learned that Ruth had found the Lord and received the Lord's blessing. Liu Zhengguang arrived, challenged Rich over his treatment of Xia Ping, and attacked Xia Ping with a spiritual impact that had no effect.

• Ruth brought Xia Ping to Rich's Pill Shop and told Elder Rich that her parents had been attacked by pirates and turned into seeds.
• Ruth secretly told Elder Rich that Xia Ping had signed a contract with the Lord, and Rich recognized the Lord's blessing within her.
• Elder Rich closed the shop and ordered the customers to leave so he could attend to the discovery.
• Liu Zhengguang arrived with powerful members of the Liu Family and demanded to know why Rich had closed the shop early.
• Liu Zhengguang targeted Xia Ping with a spiritual attack, but Xia Ping was unaffected, prompting Liu Zhengguang to grow more suspicious and hostile.

Xia Ping confronted Liu Zhengguang after the Liu Family elder threatened Treant Race alchemist Rich and attacked Xia Ping. Xia Ping defeated Liu Zhengguang and his men, who fled, leaving the Liu Family’s promised retaliation unresolved.

• Liu Zhengguang tried to persuade Rich to join the Liu Family and threatened him when Rich refused.
• Xia Ping challenged Liu Zhengguang over his attack and secret injury, but Liu Zhengguang claimed the Liu Family ruled Red Earth City and struck at him.
• Xia Ping pierced Liu Zhengguang’s Six Extremes Shadowless Hand with a finger and grievously injured him.
• Xia Ping swept away the Liu Family subordinates who rushed to seize him, leaving them badly injured.
• Liu Zhengguang and his men fled, warning Xia Ping that the Liu Family would not let him go.

After Xia Ping defeated Liu Zhengguang’s group, Rich warned him that the Liu Family ancestor, Liu Xiong, was a dangerous Immortal Saint. Xia Ping agreed to leave Red Soil Star, while Liu Xiong plotted to capture them once they departed.

• Rich warned Xia Ping that offending Liu Xiong could bring the Liu Family’s vengeance, but Xia Ping said he could kill the Immortal Saint.
• Rich advised Xia Ping to leave Red Soil Star before confronting Liu Xiong, and Xia Ping agreed.
• Liu Zhengguang returned to Liu Xiong and complained that Rich and Xia Ping had beaten his group and refused to join the Liu Family.
• Liu Xiong revealed that he needed Rich to refine a Saint-grade pill that could give him a chance to become an Early Ancient Saint.
• Liu Xiong said he could not attack on Red Soil Star because of the Saint Covenant, but ordered his family to watch Rich and Xia Ping and planned to capture them if they left.

After Xia Ping, Rich, and Ruth left Red Earth City aboard a Star Ship, Liu Xiong trapped them in the void with his Dark Baleful Net. Xia Ping left the ship to confront Liu Xiong, who attacked him with the Ten Thousand Demons Profound Yin Fist.

• Rich, Ruth, and Xia Ping departed Red Earth City aboard the Star Ship, and Rich said he needed several days to locate Tree World through the Sacred Tree.
• Liu Xiong appeared, sealed the surrounding void, and demanded that Rich submit to him for fleeing with Xia Ping.
• Liu Xiong revealed his Dark Baleful Net and spread it across space to prevent the Star Ship from escaping.
• Xia Ping left the Star Ship to face Liu Xiong, shocking Rich and enraging the ancestor of the Liu Family.
• Liu Xiong unleashed the Ten Thousand Demons Profound Yin Fist, summoning tens of thousands of freezing demons toward Xia Ping.

Xia Ping overwhelmed Liu Xiong, breaking his attacks and damaging his Dark Baleful Net. Liu Xiong struck back with the Thunder-Extinguishing Hammer, but Xia Ping’s Hell Worlds absorbed its power, leaving Liu Xiong shocked and unable to break through.

• Xia Ping shattered Liu Xiong’s Ten Thousand Demons Profound Yin Fist with a single finger and blasted him into an uninhabited planet.
• Liu Xiong used the Dark Baleful Net to trap Xia Ping, but Xia Ping’s Spear of Hell tore the net apart and injured its artifact spirit.
• Furious over the damage to his treasure, Liu Xiong summoned the Thunder-Extinguishing Hammer and unleashed its full power against Xia Ping.
• Xia Ping created multiple Hell Worlds with the Spear of Hell’s Third Form, Creation, and they absorbed Liu Xiong’s lightning without damage.
• Liu Xiong screamed in disbelief when his Thunder-Extinguishing Hammer failed to break Xia Ping’s divine ability.

Xia Ping overwhelmed Liu Xiong with hell power and stopped him from escaping. As Liu Xiong tried to self-destruct, Xia Ping killed him with the Spear of Hell.

• Xia Ping battered Liu Xiong with hell worlds and forced the injured Immortal Saint to flee.
• Liu Xiong used Formless Shadow Escape Art, but Xia Ping struck him with the Spear of Hell’s fourth form and dragged him out of the void.
• Liu Xiong split into multiple shadows to escape, but Xia Ping sealed the surrounding void and forced him back into one body.
• Liu Xiong began to self-destruct along with his two low-grade saint artifacts, prompting Green Ox to warn Xia Ping.
• Xia Ping pierced Liu Xiong with the Spear of Hell before he could detonate, destroying his body and soul.

Xia Ping killed Liu Xiong, an Immortal Saint, and claimed his Saint artifacts and other treasures before leaving the starfield. The Immortal Saints who had considered ambushing him held back, then moved to divide the Liu Family’s territory and wealth.

• Rich watched Xia Ping kill Liu Xiong and struggled to believe that a Lightning Tribulation Realm cultivator had defeated an Immortal Saint.
• Xia Ping collected Liu Xiong’s Dark Baleful Net, Thunder-Extinguishing Hammer, and spatial treasure, then sensed hidden enemies and returned to the Star Ship.
• The lurking Immortal Saints watched Xia Ping depart and discussed how fortunate they had been not to attack him.
• The elders identified Xia Ping as Wu Wudi and blamed Liu Xiong for provoking him.
• The Immortal Saints agreed to split the Liu Family’s holdings among their families, and the Liu Family fell apart amid bloodshed.

After refining two low-grade Saint artifacts and consuming Immortal Fruits, Xia Ping grew closer to the peak of the Lightning Tribulation Realm. Golden Slime began its tribulation to advance into a Saint artifact and withstood the Geng Metal Lightning without harm.

• Xia Ping completely refined the Thunder-Extinguishing Hammer and the Dark Baleful Net, while Immortal Fruits greatly increased his mana.
• Xia Ping sensed that Golden Slime had finished evolving after devouring the Earth Mother Stone and went to its secluded valley.
• A Geng Metal Lightning artifact tribulation appeared as Golden Slime prepared to advance into a Saint artifact.
• Green Ox explained the artifact tribulation, and Xia Ping withdrew to watch from a safe distance.
• Tens of thousands of metal weapons formed from lightning struck Golden Slime, but it drew on earth's energy and remained unharmed as the lightning tempered it.

The Golden Slime survived its artifact tribulation and became a lower-grade Saint artifact, gaining powerful new abilities. Xia Ping tested its sword form and tore through space before Green Ox warned him that he might destroy the Mountain River Bead’s spatial world.

• The Golden Slime endured a day and night of Geng Metal Lightning, which transformed the surrounding land into a vast metallic region and refined its body.
• After the final bolt, the Golden Slime absorbed the universe’s source energy and law information, completing its transformation into a Saint artifact.
• The Golden Slime communicated its five divine abilities to Xia Ping: Myriad Transformations, Devour All Things, Body of Earth, Unbreakable, and Earthquake.
• Xia Ping transformed the Golden Slime into a golden greatsword and drew upon the earth’s source energy.
• Xia Ping’s casual sword swing tore open a spatial rift thousands of kilometers long, and Green Ox stopped him from testing the sword further to protect the Mountain River Bead.

After testing the newly forged Golden Slime greatsword, Xia Ping learned it could help him contend against an Immortal Saint. Since Rich had not yet located the Tree World, Xia Ping postponed that journey and decided to head to the Illusion Race's lair for its Sound Pattern Stones and other treasures.

• Chong Xiaoqian coveted Xia Ping's King's Sword, while Tan Menglu wanted to eat it.
• Ancient remnant species recognized Xia Ping's sword as a Golden Slime and despaired of escaping.
• Feiyi and the Black Baleful Demon Bird argued with the other prisoners over rumors that they had been captured for breeding and reduced to poop-scoopers.
• Xia Ping recalled the Golden Slime as a bracelet and assessed the greatsword's strength.
• Xia Ping asked Ruth about the Tree World's location, then decided to visit the Illusion Race's lair while Rich kept searching.

Xia Ping learned how to find the Illusion Race’s hidden stronghold and planned to infiltrate its treasury for Sound Pattern Stones. He reached the stronghold’s concealed entrance and entered the Illusion World.

• Xia Ping questioned Bati under illusion and learned that the Illusion Race’s movable stronghold was founded on the supreme-grade Saint Artifact Mirage Mist Pearl.
• Bati described earning merit or becoming a treasury guard as ways to approach the treasury, while Green Ox warned Xia Ping that stealing many Sound Pattern Stones could provoke the Illusion Race’s Saints.
• Xia Ping said he would wait to assess his chances, relying on the Formless Mask to conceal his identity and the Wish Compass to help him escape if necessary.
• Xia Ping traveled through Yanhuang Planet to a remote Northern Universe starfield and searched for the Illusion World’s hidden gate.
• Xia Ping spotted the gate with his Hell Golden Crow Eye, transformed into Bati’s appearance, and entered the white point of light.

Xia Ping entered the Illusion World disguised as Bati and learned that its strict hierarchy required warriors to complete assigned missions. At the Mission Hall, Bati’s rival Keli mocked him, but Xia Ping ignored them and walked on.

• Xia Ping passed the Illusion Race’s inspection at a forward base and was teleported into the Illusion World.
• Bati explained that returning warriors reported to the Mission Hall to submit completed missions and claim rewards.
• Bati told Xia Ping that his annual mission was to swindle one hundred million Universal Coins and that failure could cost him his noble status.
• Keli and his companions mocked Bati, predicting that he would be demoted if he failed his mission.
• Xia Ping ignored Keli and his underlings and walked past them.

Xia Ping defeated Keli and his lackeys after revealing his advancement to the Return to Truth Realm, then entered the Mission Hall. There, he discovered that the Illusion Race’s missions were all criminal schemes.

• Keli blocked Xia Ping and challenged him, but Xia Ping mocked his reliance on his father.
• Keli attacked Xia Ping, who knocked him into the ground, then blasted away Keli’s lackeys with a gesture.
• Xia Ping revealed that he had reached the Return to Truth Realm and warned Keli to behave; Keli fled with his lackeys.
• Xia Ping entered the Mission Hall and found missions involving seduction, bank robbery, and piracy.

Xia Ping, posing as Bati, clashed with Supervisor Jacob over Bati’s year-end mission and wagered that he could scam more than one billion Universal Coins within two months. The two signed a binding Illusion Race Contract, leaving their fortunes and penalties dependent on whether Xia Ping could meet the challenge.

• Jacob confronted Xia Ping in the mission hall and criticized him for not completing his year-end mission.
• Xia Ping mocked Jacob and dismissed his threats, angering the supervisor and the onlookers.
• Xia Ping bet that he could scam more than one billion Universal Coins within two months, while Jacob would eat a ton of shit and forfeit his property if Xia Ping succeeded.
• Jacob accepted the wager and produced an Illusion Race Contract, which bound its signers under severe penalties for breaking it.
• Xia Ping signed the contract without concern, and Jacob predicted that he would lose everything and become a laughingstock.

Xia Ping, posing as Bati, ignored the Illusion Race members who mocked his wager with Supervisor Jacob and traveled to Lawrence City with Elder Emma. He sought to use Emma’s influence to pursue a treasury guard position, while she followed him home to learn how he planned to win.

• Illusion Race members ridiculed Bati for wagering with Supervisor Jacob, and Xia Ping left the Mission Hall.
• Emma confronted Xia Ping about the wager and warned that his loss could disgrace the Lawrence Family, while he teased her and walked away.
• Xia Ping used a teleportation array to travel to Lawrence City, and Emma followed him there.
• Emma questioned Xia Ping about his plan to win, and he dismissed her concerns.
• Xia Ping asked whether Emma could help him become a treasury guard, and she said the position might be attainable if he earned Sophia’s favor.
• Xia Ping invited Emma to watch what he planned to do at Bati’s home, and she followed out of curiosity.

Xia Ping launched a viral ad offering a huge reward for a son, using a fabricated rich woman and a law firm guarantee to draw in applicants. The ad spread across the Cosmic Virtual Network, and men debated its legitimacy while some rushed to contact her.

• Xia Ping dismissed Emma’s doubts and created an ad offering a hundred million Universal Coins to a healthy young man who could provide an heir for the fictional Cuihua Marilyn Monroe.
• Xia Ping used Cat Immortal to create a seductive photo, posted the ad, and spent ten million Universal Coins promoting it across major media websites.
• The ad appeared to countless users and quickly spread as netizens reacted to its unusual offer and enormous reward.
• Some users suspected the ad was a scam or an excuse for a rich woman to find a lover, while others trusted the Integrity Law Firm guarantee and believed they had nothing to lose.
• One man warned others that the ad could lure men into being financially supported by a rich woman, then admitted he planned to call her.

After Xia Ping advertised a hundred-million reward for a rich woman seeking a child, callers rushed to apply. Posing as a lawyer, Xia Ping tricked one hopeful man into paying a ten-thousand-Universal-Coin examination fee, and the man believed he was on his way to wealth and beauty.

• A man defended applying for the reward as a way to help a lonely rich woman, while others mocked him and admired her beauty.
• Many people called the number, and Cat Immortal handled the incoming calls simultaneously.
• Xia Ping answered one caller as Da Dong from Integrity Law Firm and said Miss Cuihua? Marilyn Monroe had entrusted the matter to the firm.
• Xia Ping claimed the caller needed a health examination and demanded ten thousand Universal Coins to arrange it.
• The caller paid the fee and agreed to wait three days for the examination.
• After the call ended, the caller fantasized about winning the rich woman's affection and taking her wealth.

Xia Ping used Cat Immortal to handle callers responding to his advertisement, collecting examination fees from people hoping to win a one-hundred-million-coin reward. As the scheme spread across the universe, the fees surged into the tens of billions, leaving Emma convinced Xia Ping had already won the wager.

• Cat Immortal processed millions of calls, and at least one hundred thousand callers paid ten thousand Universal Coins each on the first day, bringing in one billion.
• Emma was stunned by the earnings, while Xia Ping explained that greed made the scheme effective and said he was doing it to complete his mission and impress the Illusion Race higher-ups.
• Call volume grew tenfold on the second day as people from other races joined in.
• Online discussions and callers' accounts of the upcoming examination fueled a frenzy across the universe.
• The scheme earned ten billion Universal Coins on the second day and thirty billion on the third, convincing Emma that Xia Ping had effectively won the wager.