Chapter Summaries

Xia Ping asked Dripping Water Saint and the others about the Strange District, learned about its dangers and the need to travel in teams, and agreed to join their group. After waiting two days, he and the other Saints entered Spatial Passage Number One when the passages opened.

• Dripping Water Saint explained that the nine spatial passages opened once every three days and led to destinations with different levels of danger.
• Golden Wind Saint and Dark Fire Saint described the Strange District’s vast landmasses, deadly hazards, and competition over territory among the races.
• Dripping Water Saint invited Xia Ping to explore with him, Golden Wind Saint, and Dark Fire Saint, and Xia Ping accepted.
• After two days, a steward opened all nine spatial passages for half an hour, and Xia Ping entered Passage Number One with his companions.

Xia Ping arrived at the Strange District and learned why its abundant cosmic origin energy attracted so many Immortal Saints. He discovered that the Human Race’s Cosmic Virtual Network helped unite its far-flung people and identify allied vassal races, leaving him to recognize it as the foundation of the Human Race’s power.

• Xia Ping arrived at a plaza in the Strange District and sensed that its cosmic origin energy made cultivation far more efficient than elsewhere.
• Dripping Water Saint explained that the Strange District’s proximity to the cosmic origin accounted for its rich energy.
• Golden Wind Saint explained that the plaza held many Saints because survivors from countless epochs had gathered there, including Saints from the Human Race’s vassal races.
• Xia Ping asked how the Human Race distinguished its allies from enemies, and Dark Fire Saint explained that the War Assistance System identified races using the Cosmic Virtual Network.
• Xia Ping realized that the Cosmic Virtual Network enabled instant communication across Human Race territory and remained a closely guarded secret from rival peak races.

Xia Ping and his companions arrived at Storm Island in the Strange District, rejected eager offers to join veteran squads, and spent several days learning about the human base. The chapter left them aware that earning military points by killing alien saints was the main route to valuable resources and influence.

• Veteran Immortal Saints surrounded Xia Ping and his companions, inviting them to join their squads, but Golden Wind Saint urged the newcomers to refuse and observe first.
• Golden Wind Saint warned that joining a squad too quickly could leave them as cannon fodder, and Dark Fire Saint and Xia Ping agreed to wait for a suitable team.
• Xia Ping and the others settled into a hotel on Storm Island and learned that it was a human newcomer base in the dangerous Storm Sea.
• Dripping Water Saint remarked that Storm Island was comfortable, while Golden Wind Saint and Dark Fire Saint noted its high costs and the need for points to obtain treasures.
• Xia Ping explained that killing alien saints earned points and weakened rival races, making the struggle between races more important than gaining territory.

Xia Ping and the three Saints decided to leave Storm Island and explore the dangerous Storm Sea for treasures and points. They departed aboard Dripping Water Saint’s spacecraft and saw that Storm Island was an immense, heavily fortified war fortress.

• Xia Ping explained that Saints could earn points by killing alien Saints or exchanging treasures, and Dripping Water Saint suggested leaving Storm Island to explore.
• Dark Fire Saint warned that alien Saints might ambush them, but Golden Wind Saint, Dripping Water Saint, and Xia Ping agreed they could evade danger if they stayed cautious.
• Dripping Water Saint brought out his low-grade Saint Artifact spacecraft, Dripping Water, and the four Saints boarded it.
• Dripping Water flew through the base’s passageway and exited Storm Island into outer space.
• Xia Ping and the others saw that Storm Island was surrounded by a massive energy shield and millions of weapons, making it a formidable Human Race fortress.

The Dripping Water carried Xia Ping and the Saints beyond the Human Race’s safe zone toward an island in the Strange District. Nearby, five Element Race Saints prepared to ambush their approaching ship, believing its crew were inexperienced newcomers.

• Xia Ping observed the wreckage drifting through the void as Dripping Water Saint explained the history of the shattered islands and warned that valuable-looking wreckage could be a trap.
• Golden Wind Saint suggested scavenging the wreckage, but Dark Fire Saint cautioned against the danger, and Dripping Water Saint said they could search islands for treasures instead.
• Dark Fire Saint spotted a small island, and the Dripping Water headed toward it.
• Five Element Race Saints—Delien, Walading, Pade, Strong, and Butexi—celebrated defeating another squad and agreed to split their spoils equally.
• Strong sensed the approaching Dripping Water, and the Element Race Saints decided to trap and kill its Human Race passengers.

Xia Ping and three Human Race Saints were ambushed by five Element Race Saints, who trapped them inside the Five Elements Cage. With reinforcements too far away to help, the enemies unleashed billions of powerful Five Elements Vipers while Xia Ping held back to assess his companions.

• Xia Ping detected killing intent and warned Dripping Water Saint, Golden Wind Saint, and Dark Fire Saint as the Element Race Saints set a trap.
• The Element Race Saints formed a Five Elements Cage across a hundred million kilometers, cutting off spatial power.
• Dripping Water Saint let Xia Ping and the others leave the Dripping Water, then stored the ship away before the enemy attacked.
• Five Element Race Saints revealed themselves and charged the four Human Race Saints, who were outnumbered and outmatched.
• Dark Fire Saint reported that nearby allies were too far away to arrive in time, while Xia Ping remained calm and chose to watch his companions fight.
• The Element Race Saints activated the cage and sent billions of Five Elements Vipers sweeping toward the Human Race Saints.

Xia Ping and the three Human Race Saints fought the five Element Race Saints, but the Five Elements Absolute Kill Formation trapped them and overwhelmed the others with relentless attacks. Xia Ping evaded the blows while studying the enemies and realized they could only be killed by destroying their souls or elemental cores.

• Dripping Water Saint, Golden Wind Saint, and Dark Fire Saint unleashed powerful attacks against the five Element Race Saints while Xia Ping defended himself with the Northern Underworld Body Protection Art.
• The Element Race Saints activated the Five Elements Absolute Kill Formation and struck Dripping Water Saint and the others with countless Five Elements palms.
• Dripping Water Saint and Golden Wind Saint tried to resist and escape, but the formation sealed the void and steadily drained their strength.
• Xia Ping used the Kunpeng Step to evade the attacks and the Hell Golden Crow Eye to locate the Element Race Saints.
• Xia Ping observed that the Element Race Saints could regenerate their energy-made bodies and could only be killed by extinguishing their souls or shattering their elemental cores.

The five Element Race saints used their Five Elements grand formation and Posuo Calamity Poison to wound and poison Dripping Water Saint, Golden Wind Saint, and Dark Fire Saint. They believed the poisoned humans were doomed and moved to kill them all, while the unpoisoned Fengdu remained their companions’ only possible escape.

• The five Element Race saints activated Five Elements Flowing Light, filling the void with piercing beams.
• Dripping Water Saint, Golden Wind Saint, and Dark Fire Saint were wounded, allowing Posuo Calamity Poison to invade and corrode their souls.
• Dark Fire Saint identified the poison as a deadly soul-destroying toxin with no time to use an antidote in battle.
• The Element Race saints celebrated, convinced the poisoned Human Race saints would die and bring them treasure and military merit.
• Dripping Water Saint and Golden Wind Saint urged Fengdu to flee, while Dark Fire Saint entrusted his people and possessions to him.
• The Element Race saints vowed that none of the humans would escape and prepared to kill them all.

Xia Ping escaped the Element Race Saints’ attack and used the Spear of Hell to kill three of them. Walading and Delien remained as the battle continued.

• The five Element Race Saints attacked Xia Ping from every direction, but he used spatial movement to evade them.
• Xia Ping unleashed the Spear of Hell’s Slaughter form and killed Pade with a single thrust.
• Sterlang and Delien raged over Pade’s death, while Walading and the Earth Element Race Saint urged the others to activate their formation and kill Xia Ping.
• Xia Ping struck again with Creation, piercing Sterlang and the Earth Element Race Saint with countless hellish edges and killing them.

Xia Ping revealed overwhelming strength, killing the Element Race Saints who had cornered the Human Race Saints. Walading escaped by self-destructing its body and fleeing as a soul, leaving Xia Ping and the survivors behind.

• Xia Ping killed a gold Element Race Saint, and Fengdu speared the earth and wood Element Race Saints to death.
• Dripping Water Saint, Golden Wind Saint, and Dark Fire Saint watched in shock as the battle turned in their favor.
• Xia Ping used the fourth form of the Hell-Suppressing Demon Spear to kill Delien, the fire Element Race Saint.
• Walading self-destructed its body, but its soul escaped into the void despite Xia Ping withstanding the blast.

After earning two hundred million points for killing four peak Immortal Realm saints, Xia Ping collected their treasures and helped his poisoned squadmates recover. He and the others decided to return to Storm Island for medical examinations.

• Xia Ping received two hundred million points for killing four peak Immortal Realm saints and collected the Space Rings of the slain saints and the one who fled.
• Dripping Water Saint, Golden Wind Saint, and Dark Fire Saint thanked Xia Ping for saving them and explained that Posuo Calamity Poison still threatened their lives.
• Xia Ping offered to try removing the poison with his Hell Golden Crow Flame, and Dripping Water Saint agreed.
• Xia Ping used the flame to purge the poison from Dripping Water Saint, Dark Fire Saint, and Golden Wind Saint, leaving their souls weakened but out of danger.
• Xia Ping advised the three saints to stop fighting and return to Storm Island for medical examinations, and they agreed.

Walading recovered after escaping Xia Ping but vowed revenge, using the Soul Seal on treasures he had left behind to track the humans and deciding to enlist Lord Cassio. Cassio, an Early Ancient Saint, was already commanding a group of Element Race Saints when Walading contacted him.

• Walading hid in the Storm Sea, recovered his body, and raged over Xia Ping killing his four brothers and forcing him to self-destruct.
• Walading realized the Soul Seal on treasures in his abandoned Space Ring could reveal the humans’ location while they remained in the Storm Sea.
• Walading decided he had only three days to find allies and attack the humans before they returned to Storm Island, and chose to seek Lord Cassio’s help.
• At an unnamed island, six Element Race Immortal Saints praised Cassio for defeating a Human Race squad with his mastery of spatial laws.
• Cassio noticed Walading’s call and wondered why Walading had finally approached him after previously refusing to become his subordinate.

Walading persuaded Cassio to pursue the Human Race Saints who had killed his brothers by showing him battle footage and promising the chance to earn merit. Cassio agreed to attack the weakened squad after Walading revealed he had tracked their location.

• Walading told Cassio that Pade and Delien had been killed by Human Race Saints and asked him to take revenge.
• Cassio refused to help unless Walading offered him a treasure, but Walading said he had left his wealth behind while escaping.
• Walading explained that the Human Race squad had five Immortal Saints and that four were weakened by Posuo Calamity Poison.
• Walading sent Cassio a recording of the battle, and Cassio watched it and believed his account of the late Immortal Realm Saint's strength.
• Walading urged Cassio to act before the squad returned to Storm Island, emphasizing the rewards for killing a Human Race genius.
• Cassio agreed to hunt the Human Race Saints, and Walading assured him that he had already tracked their location.

Cassio joined Walading and six peak Immortal Realm subordinates to pursue Xia Ping and the Human Race Saints before they could reach Storm Island. As Xia Ping’s group discussed their plan to seek veteran allies, he sensed Walading’s spaceship emerging from the void nearby.

• Cassio met Walading on an uninhabited island and learned that Xia Ping’s group was still four days from Storm Island.
• Cassio ordered Walading to lead the pursuit, and his party boarded a spacecraft to hunt down the Human Race Saints.
• Dripping Water Saint, Golden Wind Saint, and Dark Fire Saint agreed to seek an experienced team after returning to Storm Island.
• Xia Ping considered disbanding his squad because the others could not keep pace with his strength.
• Xia Ping sensed an Element Race spaceship appear from the void and recognized Walading’s aura inside.

Xia Ping discovered that Walading and the Element Race saints had tracked the Dripping Water through soul-imprinted treasures and prepared to ambush them. The enemy forces attacked, and the three saints recognized the presence of an Early Ancient Saint who had comprehended the laws of space.

• Xia Ping sensed seven peak Immortal Saints and one Early Ancient Saint approaching, and realized the Element Race could track the Dripping Water through soul imprints on treasures in his Space Rings.
• Hundreds of spatially powerful rays struck the Dripping Water, and Dripping Water Saint, Dark Fire Saint, Golden Wind Saint, and Xia Ping escaped the damaged spacecraft.
• Golden Wind Saint recognized Walading among the attackers, and Dark Fire Saint warned that the Element Race had returned with reinforcements.
• Walading taunted the humans after noticing their Posuo Calamity Poison had been cured, then an Early Ancient Saint emerged from the void.
• Dripping Water Saint, Golden Wind Saint, and Dark Fire Saint turned ashen when they sensed the Early Ancient Saint's spatial laws.

Cassio, an Early Ancient Saint, arrived to kill Xia Ping and the other humans, freezing the surrounding space and trapping them with the Element Race Saints. Xia Ping then revealed the high-grade Mountain River Bead and used its Mountain River State Map to seal the entire battlefield, leaving Cassio alarmed by the formidable treasure.

• Cassio arrived and declared that the humans would die by his hand, while Dripping Water Saint, Dark Fire Saint, and Golden Wind Saint considered fleeing.
• Cassio released a vast chill that froze the surrounding space, and Walading and the other Element Race Saints prepared to attack.
• Dripping Water Saint, Dark Fire Saint, and Golden Wind Saint chose to fight rather than submit to Cassio.
• Xia Ping brought out the high-grade Mountain River Bead and activated the Mountain River State Map, enclosing everyone in a vast world of mountains and rivers.
• Cassio realized Xia Ping possessed a high-grade Saint artifact and feared he had provoked a powerful opponent.

Xia Ping trapped Cassio, Walading, and their Element Race forces with the Mountain River State Map, then used the Mourning Staff to kill six peak Immortal Realm Saints. He remained ready to face the surviving Early Ancient Saints, while Cat Immortal celebrated the points he had earned.

• Cassio sent a distress signal, while Walading condemned him for being too cautious to fight Xia Ping without help.
• Xia Ping declared that the Mountain River State Map had sealed the void and that the Element Race Saints would die there.
• Cassio's six peak Immortal Realm subordinates attacked Xia Ping from every direction.
• Xia Ping struck with the Mourning Staff's first Soul-Suppressing Five Forms move, stunning the six Saints and then killing them with a second blow.
• Cat Immortal reported that the six kills earned Xia Ping three hundred million points, and Green Ox said the Mountain River Bead would prevent the remaining Saints from escaping.

Xia Ping’s overwhelming power terrified Cassio, who sent a distress signal that reached the Element Race Saints across the Storm Sea. As reinforcements began moving toward him, Xia Ping attacked Cassio to end the fight before they arrived.

• Xia Ping killed six peak Immortal Saints with one strike, frightening Cassio into sending a distress signal.
• Element Race Saints received Cassio’s message; most refused to risk rescuing him, while several Early Ancient Saints set out to help.
• Green Ox and Cat Immortal warned Xia Ping that the distress signal could bring powerful Element Race reinforcements.
• Xia Ping used the Kunpeng Step to close in on Cassio as Cassio tried to escape through layers of space.
• Xia Ping struck Cassio with the Mourning Staff’s Slowness form, disrupting the laws around him and slowing his body.

Xia Ping killed Cassio with the Spear of Hell after Cassio tried to freeze the surrounding void, then swiftly killed Walading before he could self-destruct. He collected the fallen Saints’ corpses and treasures.

• Cassio found his movements slowed by the Law of Slowness and unleashed Absolute Zero, Frozen World in a desperate attempt to fight back.
• Xia Ping struck Cassio with the Spear of Hell’s fourth form, Slaughter, destroying his body, elemental core, and soul.
• Xia Ping collected Cassio’s remains, Space Ring, and treasures, along with the corpses and belongings of the six Immortal Saints he had killed earlier.
• Walading vowed to self-destruct and take Xia Ping with him, but Xia Ping pierced his head with the Spear of Hell and destroyed his soul.
• Xia Ping collected Walading’s corpse and found no treasures on him.

Xia Ping killed Cassio and the Element Race Saints, earning 450 million points, then escaped with Dripping Water Saint and the others before reinforcements arrived. The Element Race Saints learned of the slaughter, debated whether Fengdu was Xia Ping, and marked him as a priority target for extermination.

• Cat Immortal and Green Ox celebrated Xia Ping’s 450 million points from killing the Element Race Saints, bringing his total haul to 650 million.
• Dripping Water Saint, Golden Wind Saint, and Dark Fire Saint reacted in shock to Xia Ping’s strength, and Xia Ping urged them to leave before reinforcements arrived.
• Dripping Water Saint took Xia Ping and the others aboard the Dripping Water and fled at top speed.
• Element Race Saints received news that Cassio and his group had been killed, and they debated how an Immortal Saint named Fengdu could have slain an Early Ancient Saint.
• The Element Race Saints considered whether Fengdu was Xia Ping, then named him a priority target for extermination and turned back.