Chapter Summaries

After escaping an Early Ancient demon’s attack, Xia Ping recovered by consuming eight Immortal Fruits and reached the peak of the Lightning Tribulation Realm. He realized that surviving an impending lightning tribulation was the final step to condensing a True Spirit and advancing to immortality.

• An Early Ancient demon searched the Abyss Continent for Xia Ping, then abandoned the hunt after several days without finding him.
• Xia Ping hid as a stone using the Formless Mask, survived the demon’s attack with severe injuries, and recognized how far his strength was from an Early Ancient Saint’s.
• Xia Ping used the World Tree’s eight Immortal Fruits to heal himself and fill his nine Purple Mansion spaces, reaching the peak of the Lightning Tribulation Realm.
• Xia Ping crossed the Sea of Bitterness in his soul but was stopped at the far shore by a barrier that prevented him from attaining immortality.
• Xia Ping realized he needed a lightning tribulation to fuse his body and Primordial Spirit, and sensed one gathering in the void.

Bati returned from the Abyss World while Jacob and the other examiners remained missing, prompting Mission Hall elders to accuse him of their deaths. Bati denied involvement and let the other returning warriors conclude that the group had likely been killed by an ancient demon.

• Illusion Race warriors returned from the Abyss World and wondered why Jacob, Keli, and their companions had not come back.
• Bati appeared in the teleportation array alive, surprising the warriors who had seen him surrounded by Jacob's group.
• Three Mission Hall elders confronted Bati and demanded to know what had happened to Jacob and the others.
• Bati denied knowing their fate and challenged the elder in black to provide evidence that he had harmed them.
• An Illusion Race member described seeing an ancient demon, and the crowd speculated that it had killed Jacob's group.

Xia Ping convinced the Mission Hall elders to stop investigating Jacob’s death by suggesting the Council of Elders examine the case, then accepted a promotion to captain. He reunited with Emma, who warned him that Minerva might try to kill him again, and returned to Lawrence City while Emma went to report his survival to Sophia.

• Xia Ping suggested that the Council of Elders investigate Jacob and the others’ deaths, frightening the Mission Hall elders into dropping their accusations.
• The three Mission Hall elders excused Xia Ping from responsibility and the black-robed elder appointed him captain of a treasury guard squad.
• Xia Ping left the square and encountered Emma, who was shocked to find him alive.
• Xia Ping told Emma that Sophia’s talisman had saved him from Jacob and the others’ attack.
• Emma warned Xia Ping to stay in the Illusion World because Minerva might target him again.
• Xia Ping returned to his home in Lawrence City, while Emma went to Lawrence Castle to inform Sophia that he had survived.

After Xia Ping returned safely and became a treasury guard captain, Sophia dismissed Emma’s belief that Bati was grateful and judged him a dangerous, calculating enemy, while deciding he was not worth killing herself. Minerva ordered the Leinster Family to make Bati disappear within three months, then wondered whether the Primordial Demon that had saved him signaled a threat from the Abyss Demons.

• Emma told Sophia that Xia Ping had survived and said he was grateful for the talisman, but Sophia concluded he was pretending and would become dangerous if he gained power.
• Sophia said she would not kill Bati herself because he was only an ant, and expected Minerva to kill him within three months.
• Leinster scouts reported to Minerva that Xia Ping had returned safely to the Illusion World and had been promoted to captain of the treasury guards.
• Minerva raged at the Leinster clansmen and ordered them to make Bati disappear within three months or face death themselves.
• After the clansmen left, Minerva wondered where the Primordial Demon had come from and whether the Abyss Demons were preparing to attack the Illusion Race.

Xia Ping arrived at the Illusion Race treasury with the newly appointed guards and learned about its layout, rules, and security. As the group settled into their assigned courtyards, Xia Ping planned to investigate the inner hall that night, suspecting the Sound Pattern Stone was there.

• Xia Ping reached the Illusion Race treasury with more than a hundred other guards who had passed the assessment.
• Elder Teuton led the new guards inside and explained that they would patrol the outer hall while Saints guarded the forbidden inner hall.
• Xia Ping suspected the inner hall contained the Sound Pattern Stone and considered probing it.
• Elder Teuton showed the guards their living area and told them they had a month to learn the treasury before starting work.
• Xia Ping moved into the best courtyard as the group's captain and planned to investigate the inner hall that night.

Xia Ping secretly infiltrated the Illusion Race’s treasure-vault inner hall and discovered its powerful Saint guardians and vast collection of treasures. Unable to raid it safely, he left planning to expose the Illusion Race’s collusion with the Abyss Demons and draw its defenders away.

• Xia Ping used the Formless Mask and the Hell Golden Crow Eye to cross the spatial maze and reach the inner hall undetected.
• He examined the palace’s formidable defenses and sensed more than a dozen powerful Saints guarding it.
• Xia Ping spotted numerous Saint artifacts and the Sound Pattern Stones he wanted for forging the Chaos Bell into a Saint artifact.
• He decided that he could not enter while the Saints remained and planned to expose the Illusion Race’s collusion with the Abyss Demons.
• Xia Ping silently left the inner hall to begin the next step of his plan.

Xia Ping returned to Yanhuang Planet to contact the human intelligence network without exposing his identity, then entered the Dark Web to sell information about the Illusion World. The chapter ended as a Dark Web receptionist asked what level of information he had.

• The Illusion Race Ancestor sensed a brief, mysterious gaze, but the Saints found no intruder and resumed their cultivation.
• Xia Ping returned unnoticed to his residence, then used the Mountain River Bead to travel from the Illusion World to Yanhuang Planet.
• Xia Ping asked Cat Immortal how to report information about the Illusion World without revealing his identity, and Cat Immortal told him about the Dark Web.
• Cat Immortal gave Xia Ping an anonymous Dark Web account, which he used to enter the virtual network's hidden world.
• Xia Ping told an elf-like receptionist that he wanted to sell information, and she asked what level it was.

Xia Ping sold the Human Dark Web intelligence about the Illusion World's location and the Illusion Race's collusion with the Abyss Demons. After he left, Dark Web leaders decided to alert their ancestors and investigate the threat.

• Xia Ping requested a top-tier reward for information about the Illusion World, and a black-robed Saint brought him into Truth Space to verify his sincerity.
• Xia Ping revealed the Illusion World's location and said that the Illusion Race had colluded with the Abyss Demons and that many of its Saints had been abyssalized.
• The black-robed elder said the information would be investigated and that Xia Ping would receive a mid-grade Saint artifact or equivalent if it was confirmed.
• Xia Ping refused to explain how he obtained the information, disconnected from the Dark Web, and returned to Yanhuang Planet.
• More than a dozen Human Dark Web leaders discussed the danger of the Illusion Race and decided to notify their ancestors and relay the intelligence to human higher-ups.

Carefree Patriarch confirmed that the Illusion Race had allied with the Abyss and planned a covert operation to destroy them. He left the Saints preparing to gather forces under the cover of a public Saints’ Conference.

• Human Saints debated reports that the Illusion World had been located and that the Illusion Race had joined the Abyss.
• Carefree Patriarch volunteered to investigate and sent a black-and-white fish to confirm the Illusion World’s location and the Abyss’s corruption of its inhabitants.
• Carefree Patriarch warned that the Illusion World held formidable power and proposed gathering Saints from across the heavens to wipe out the traitors.
• Carefree Patriarch planned to conceal the mobilization behind a Saints’ Conference and have Void Patriarch secretly transport forces to the Illusion World.
• The Saints praised Carefree Patriarch’s plan after he rebuked them for calling him crafty.

Xia Ping exchanged his Dark Web reward for one hundred kilograms of Sound Pattern Stones and used them to forge the Chaos Bell. After several days of tempering, the bell absorbed the stones’ Sound Dao power and gained greatly increased strength.

• Xia Ping received a middle-grade sacred artifact as a reward for verified intelligence, then exchanged it for one hundred kilograms of Sound Pattern Stones.
• Xia Ping left the treasury under Cat Immortal’s watch and began forging the Chaos Bell on an uninhabited planet near Yanhuang Planet.
• Xia Ping melted the Sound Pattern Stones with the Hell Golden Crow Flame and fused them into the Chaos Bell while tempering it with the Li Fire Forging Technique.
• The Chaos Bell released devastating soundwaves that cracked the planet and shattered space as it absorbed the Sound Pattern Stones’ Sound Dao laws.

Xia Ping fused the Sound Pattern Stones into the Chaos Bell, turning it into a lower-grade sacred artifact and helping him transcend the Sea of Bitterness. His advancement triggered the legendary Four Symbols Tribulation, while the archaic remnants inside the Mountain River Bead celebrated and anticipated his death.

• Xia Ping transformed the Chaos Bell into a lower-grade sacred artifact, and its resonant sound fused his Primordial Spirit and body into unity.
• Xia Ping crossed the Sea of Bitterness, reached the other shore, and glimpsed the River of Destiny.
• A vast tribulation vortex appeared, combining Xia Ping's lightning tribulation with the Chaos Bell's artifact tribulation.
• Green Ox identified the calamity as the Four Symbols Tribulation and warned Xia Ping that its four stages could kill even Immortal Saints.
• Feiyi, the Black Baleful Demon Bird, and the other archaic remnants sensed the tribulation and celebrated, expecting Xia Ping to die and hoping to claim his treasures.

Yellow Springs Tribulation Water flooded the starfield during Xia Ping’s advancement to the Immortal Realm, terrifying the ancient relic species who believed it would kill him. Instead, Xia Ping absorbed the water, and it purified his body while further transforming his Hell Golden Crow Bloodline.

• Yellow Springs Tribulation Water poured through spatial rifts and flooded the starfield, melting planets and corroding the void.
• Feiyi and the ancient relic species in the Mountain River Bead space feared that Xia Ping would die in the legendary world-destroying tribulation.
• Green Ox saw Xia Ping submerged in the water but still alive, his body covered in dark-gold runes as an ancient divine bird appeared behind him.
• Xia Ping absorbed the Yellow Springs Tribulation Water, using it to cleanse his cells and purify his body.
• The Yellow Springs Tribulation Water further transformed Xia Ping’s Hell Golden Crow Bloodline.

Xia Ping absorbed the Yellow Springs Tribulation Water, purifying and transforming his body, soul, and martial arts by merging them with the will of all living beings. As the water receded, the next trial began with the arrival of the deadly Vermilion Bird Tribulation Fire.

• Xia Ping devoured the Yellow Springs Tribulation Water, awakening hundreds of millions of Hell Golden Crow Cells and cleansing his body and soul.
• The Black Baleful Demon Bird, Feiyi, and the other primordial remnants were stunned by Xia Ping’s sacred aura and newfound purity.
• Xia Ping realized his mana, soul, and martial abilities had incorporated the will of all living beings, then unleashed a punch that scattered the tribulation water and cracked the void.
• Green Ox marveled at Xia Ping’s ability to use the tribulation to strengthen himself and deepen his martial arts.
• As the Yellow Springs Tribulation Water receded, tens of thousands of Vermilion Bird Tribulation Fires emerged from the tribulation wormhole.

Xia Ping absorbed the Vermilion Bird Tribulation Fire and withstood the crushing force of the Heavenly Demon Tribulation Earth, leaving the ancient relic species astonished. As the fourth and final tribulation, the Nine Nether Tribulation Wind, approached, Xia Ping regarded it with caution.

• Feiyi and the ancient relic species expected the Vermilion Bird Tribulation Fire to kill Xia Ping, but he absorbed and refined it with his Sun Furnace, strengthening his mana and Hell Golden Crow Bloodline.
• Xia Ping devoured all the Vermilion Bird Tribulation Fire over half an hour, while Feiyi insisted the next tribulation would defeat him.
• The Heavenly Demon Tribulation Earth descended in crushing black clouds, but Xia Ping endured it with the Northern Underworld Body Protection Art and grew stronger.
• The ancient relic species marveled at Xia Ping's defenses, and the Black Baleful Demon Bird told Feiyi there was no comparing anyone to him.
• Xia Ping sensed that the Nine Nether Tribulation Wind, the final and most powerful tribulation, was about to arrive.

Xia Ping endured the Nine Nether Tribulation Wind by swallowing it and destroying the heavenly tribulation wormholes. After the tribulation ended, his soul connected with the universe’s origin and an enormous bronze gateway appeared.

• The Nine Nether Tribulation Wind descended and battered Xia Ping with countless wind blades and black dragons.
• Xia Ping used the Northern Underworld Body Protection Art to withstand the initial assault.
• Xia Ping swallowed the Nine Nether Tribulation Wind and black dragons into the Sun Furnace, where he converted them into energy.
• Xia Ping struck the storm with his palm, shattered the remaining tribulation wind, and devoured its primordial energy.
• The heavenly tribulation wormholes vanished, and Xia Ping’s soul connected with the universe’s origin as a bronze gateway appeared.

Xia Ping advanced to immortality after surviving the Four Symbols Tribulation, and the universe’s origin poured immense energy and knowledge of its laws into him. As his soul became a True Spirit and his body became truly immortal, his divine abilities transformed, leaving him newly established in the Saint Realm.

• The bronze gate opened and unleashed an enormous torrent of energy and universal laws as a reward for Xia Ping’s advancement.
• Feiyi, the Black Baleful Demon Bird, and the ancient remnant species recognized Xia Ping’s immense accumulation and concluded they could not escape his power.
• The universe’s origin infused Xia Ping, merging his soul and body and condensing his soul into a True Spirit.
• Xia Ping attained an immortal body and infinite lifespan, then acknowledged that he had entered the first realm of sainthood.
• Xia Ping absorbed the universe’s knowledge of its laws, transforming his Dharma forms and divine abilities, including the Pure Yang Indestructible Art, Great Yin-Yang Tablet-Shattering Hand, and Chaos Lightning Method.

Xia Ping advanced to the Immortal Realm after seven days of receiving an immense reward of universe-origin energy. The energy also transformed the World Tree and Chaos Bell, while his companions gained power from the surplus; Xia Ping emerged vastly stronger, with seven billion Hell Golden Crow Cells awakened.

• Feiyi and the ancient remnants watched the origin energy pouring down around Xia Ping and marveled at the scale of his reward.
• Taotie Tan Menglu and Chong Xiaoqian secretly absorbed the energy, raising their cultivation to the peak and initial stages of the Lightning Tribulation Realm, respectively.
• The World Tree absorbed the origin energy through its roots, grew more than tenfold, and awakened mysterious runes and divine abilities.
• The Chaos Bell absorbed the laws of the universe and advanced to the peak of a low-grade Saint Artifact.
• Xia Ping completed his advance to the Immortal Realm as his nine Dharma manifestations fused with his body.
• Xia Ping discovered that seven billion Hell Golden Crow Cells had awakened and that his body had become more than a hundred times stronger.

Xia Ping advanced to become an Immortal Saint and formed a Spiritual Domain. Green Ox explained the vast differences between Saint realms and the laws required to advance, leaving Xia Ping with a clearer picture of the challenges ahead.

• Xia Ping's soul transformed into a True Spirit, and he formed a Spiritual Domain that could cover ten light-years.
• Green Ox congratulated Xia Ping on becoming an Immortal Saint and warned him not to underestimate Early Ancient Saints.
• Green Ox explained that Early Ancient Saints comprehended the laws of space, gaining Spatial Domains and bodies whose cells held miniature spaces.
• Green Ox said that fewer than one in a thousand Immortal Saints advanced to Early Ancient Saint, and many died seeking opportunities in secret realms.
• Xia Ping asked about Middle Ancient Saints, and Green Ox explained that they comprehended the laws of time and could alter time within their Spatial Domains or glimpse the past.

Xia Ping learned about the power of Ancient Saints and witnessed the Milky Way starfield transform into a vast new world. He named it the Yanhuang World, which would take at least a hundred years to become habitable.

• Green Ox explained that Ancient Saints wielded the Laws of Creation and that Mountain River Saint had died before reaching the Primordial Ancient Saint realm.
• Xia Ping sensed the Milky Way starfield gathering cosmic dust and universal laws into a continent after his Four Symbols Tribulation.
• Xia Ping and Green Ox realized that the sealed starfield’s transformation and Xia Ping’s connection to the universe’s origin had created a world filled with creative energy.
• Xia Ping sensed that the world would become a vast cultivation sanctuary rich in resources, though it would take at least a hundred years to form fully.
• Xia Ping named the newly born world the Yanhuang World.

After consolidating his Immortal Realm cultivation, Xia Ping learned that the Human Race would hold a Saint Dao Conference in three days, which he recognized as cover for an attack on the Illusion World. Meanwhile, Leinster Family members plotted to have Deputy Hall Master Fenn kill Bati, and Xia Ping remained in the treasury awaiting the coming assault.

• Xia Ping returned from the Mountain River Bead space and asked Cat Immortal about recent news from the Human Race.
• Cat Immortal told Xia Ping that the Human Race ancestors planned to hold a Saint Dao Conference in three days.
• Xia Ping realized the conference would conceal the Human Race's preparations to attack the Illusion World and decided to wait for the opportunity.
• Leinster Family members complained that Bati had stayed inside the treasury courtyard too long for them to assassinate him.
• The Leinster Family members decided to offer their treasures to Deputy Hall Master Fenn in exchange for him killing Bati.