Chapter Summaries

Xia Ping crushed Ma Guowei, Ma Shengping, and Ma Minghao’s attacks, but the three elders activated the Kui Ox Heaven-Piercing Diagram and unleashed a storm of Lightning Tribulation power. As the elders expected Xia Ping to fall, he opened a passage to the Flame Dimension, shocking Sect Master Zhu Xian.

• Xia Ping struck Ma Shengping’s underground pangolin Dharma Image with a stomp, then crushed the nine-headed serpent with his Great Yin-Yang Tablet-Shattering Palm.
• Ma Guowei, Ma Shengping, and Ma Minghao refused to concede because they stood to lose their fortunes, and Ma Guowei called on his brothers to activate the Kui Ox Heaven-Piercing Diagram.
• The three elders used their magic power to raise a grand formation and draw Lightning Tribulation energy from the void, summoning a colossal Kui Ox.
• Ma Guowei sent the Kui Ox and tens of thousands of lightning bolts charging at Xia Ping, while the spectators predicted his defeat.
• Xia Ping connected to the Flame Dimension and opened a dimensional passage above himself, leaving Sect Master Zhu Xian stunned.

Xia Ping defeated Ma Guowei, Ma Shengping, and Ma Minghao by summoning immense power from the Flame Dimension, then closed the passage before its creatures could escape. Sect Master Zhu Xian declared Xia Ping the winner, and the defeated elders were taken away for treatment.

• Xia Ping opened a huge passage to the Flame Dimension and summoned a flame giant that shattered the Ma elders’ attack and defeated them.
• Xia Ping closed the dimensional passage, stopping the Flame Dimension creatures from entering their world.
• Ma Guowei refused to accept defeat, while Ma Shengping called the battle an illusion and Ma Minghao lay gravely injured.
• Sect Master Zhu Xian declared Xia Ping the victor and warned that he had spared the elders’ lives.
• Ma Shengping fainted after realizing he had lost his entire fortune in the wager, and Zhu Xian took the three elders away for treatment.

News that Xia Ping had defeated three Dharma Image Realm elders spread across the universe, earning him admiration in the Universe Sect and marking him as a threat to rival factions. Mad Slaughter Saint resolved to eliminate Xia Ping before he could grow into another North Nether Saint.

• Universe Sect disciples celebrated Xia Ping's victory and compared his prospects with Wu Wudi's.
• Xia Ping's feat spread through the Eastern Universe and reached factions across the other great regions.
• Leaders of rival factions discussed killing Xia Ping during the upcoming Heaven-Connecting Secret Realm.
• Mad Slaughter Saint learned of Xia Ping's growth and considered acting personally to eliminate him.

Xia Ping learned that the Heaven-Connecting Secret Realm would open in seven days and that its Ten Thousand Longevity Fruits could add ten thousand years to a person's lifespan. He planned to seek them for his parents and learned that his token would take him into the realm for three months before returning him to Yanhuang Peak if he survived.

• Sect Master Zhu Xian gave Xia Ping the treasures taken from Elders Ma and the others and warned him that more than a million people, including Lightning Tribulation Realm experts and beings of other races, might enter the secret realm.
• Zhu Xian explained that only people carrying Heaven-Connecting Tokens could safely enter, because anyone else emerging from a spatial treasure would be struck dead by heavenly punishment.
• Zhu Xian told Xia Ping that the secret realm's Ten Thousand Longevity Fruits each added ten thousand years to a person's lifespan, making them especially valuable to aging experts seeking to reach the Saint Realm.
• Xia Ping decided that the fruits could help extend his parents' lives, and Zhu Xian asked him to sell any surplus fruits to him.
• Zhu Xian explained that Xia Ping's Heaven-Connecting Token would open a passage in seven days, allow him to stay in the realm for three months, and return him to his original location if he survived.

Xia Ping prepared for his trip to the Heaven-Connecting Secret Realm and discussed bringing the Pingtian Sect brothers into the universe with Feng Hetang. After Feng Hetang left Yanhuang Peak, he exaggerated his friendship with Xia Ping to impress Universe Sect disciples.

• Green Ox told Xia Ping to bring any Longevity Fruit to him so he could refine it into a Longevity Pill.
• Feng Hetang asked Xia Ping whether the Pingtian Sect brothers could leave the Cloud Sky Realm and venture through the universe, and Xia Ping promised to discuss a solution after his secret-realm trip.
• Xia Ping entered seclusion to cultivate for his journey to the Heaven-Connecting Secret Realm a week later, while Feng Hetang left Yanhuang Peak.
• Outside Yanhuang Peak, Feng Hetang told Universe Sect disciples to keep his close friendship with Xia Ping secret, then accepted their eager hospitality.

Xia Ping inventoried the treasures taken from the three Ma Family elders, then cultivated while awaiting the Heaven-Connecting Secret Realm’s opening. When the realm opened, he entered its ancient battlefield, leaving the Universe Sect’s elders to worry about the dangers he might face.

• Xia Ping gave Green Ox and Cat Immortal the spirit medicines and rare materials taken from Ma Guowei, Ma Shengping, and Ma Minghao, while keeping the Kui Ox Heaven-Piercing Diagram for his cultivation.
• Xia Ping cultivated for a week and sensed his magical power growing through the energy drawn by his nine Primordial Spirits.
• Xia Ping learned that the North Nether Saint remained in seclusion while Nangong Wu, Qiu Xue, Su Mei, and Feng Hetang settled into their roles at the Universe Sect.
• Xia Ping’s Heaven-Connecting Token announced the secret realm’s opening and formed a spatial passage above Yanhuang Peak.
• Xia Ping entered the Heaven-Connecting Secret Realm, and the Universe Sect’s elders discussed the dangers and enemies awaiting him.

Xia Ping entered the Heaven-Connecting Secret Realm and searched for a way to find the Ten Thousand Longevity Fruit. When he followed battle fluctuations to a valley, the Demon Race trapped him inside the All-Heavens Blazing Fire Formation.

• Xia Ping discovered that the Heaven-Connecting Secret Realm was protected by ancient restrictions and its land was exceptionally hard and desolate.
• Xia Ping and the Cat Immortal discussed searching for the Ten Thousand Longevity Fruit and finding other trial-takers for information.
• The Cat Immortal sensed a battle ahead, and Xia Ping flew toward it in his Kunpeng form.
• A thousand-mile All-Heavens Blazing Fire Formation sealed Xia Ping inside the valley.
• The Demon Race elites revealed that they had faked a battle to lure in opponents, and Lang Beijiang led them in preparing to kill and plunder Xia Ping.

Xia Ping faced an ambush by Demon Race elites in the Heaven-Connecting Secret Realm and revealed his identity to intimidate them. Lang Beijiang attacked him with the Heavenly Wolf Star-Shattering Blade, but Xia Ping shattered the blade aura barehanded and rushed in with a punch, leaving Lang Beijiang terrified.

• Xia Ping told the Demon Race elites he was the North Nether Saint's disciple and threatened them, but they mocked his warnings.
• Lang Beijiang recognized Xia Ping and explained that the Western Universe's major races had placed him on their kill list.
• Xia Ping told Lang Beijiang to leave or die, and Lang Beijiang attacked with the Heavenly Wolf Star-Shattering Blade and his Divine Wolf Eye.
• Xia Ping crushed Lang Beijiang's blade aura with one palm strike, making Lang Beijiang spit blood in disbelief.
• Xia Ping charged Lang Beijiang with a punch, and Lang Beijiang's confidence turned to terror when his Divine Wolf Eye could not track Xia Ping's speed.

Xia Ping killed Lang Beijiang with one punch, then devoured the flames of the Dutian Blazing Fire Formation. When the Demon Race prodigies tried to flee, he slaughtered them all.

• Xia Ping punched through Lang Beijiang's chest and blasted him into fragments.
• The Demon Race elites activated the Dutian Blazing Fire Formation to burn Xia Ping.
• Xia Ping summoned his Hell Golden Crow Primordial Spirit and devoured all the formation's flames.
• The Demon Race prodigies panicked and tried to retreat, with one staying behind to cover their escape.
• Xia Ping shattered the formation and killed every Demon Race prodigy.

News of Xia Ping killing Lang Beijiang and the other Demon Race elites spread through the Heaven-Connecting Secret Realm, alarming the Universe Sect and provoking the Demon Race’s elders. Lang Jialong concealed his desire for revenge while prioritizing the Ten Thousand Longevity Fruit, then entered a Saint’s secret realm with the other Lightning Tribulation Realm experts.

• Sect Master Zhu Xian and the Universe Sect elders learned that Xia Ping had killed Lang Beijiang and his companions, and Zhu Xian warned Xia Ping about Lang Jialong through the virtual network.
• Elder Lu Cheng worried that powerful old monsters might target Xia Ping, while Zhu Xian argued that Xia Ping should stand his ground against anyone who provoked him.
• Lang Jialong and several other Lightning Tribulation Realm experts gathered at a small world formed after a Saint’s fall to seek the Ten Thousand Longevity Fruit.
• Shu Haojie questioned Lang Jialong about avenging his son, but Lang Jialong said obtaining the fruit came first because his lifespan was nearly over.
• The gathered experts discussed Xia Ping’s strength and youth, regarded him as a future threat to the Demon Race, and Lang Jialong vowed to kill him later.
• Lang Jialong and the other experts entered the secret realm world to pursue its treasures.

After killing Lang Beijiang, Xia Ping became the target of fear and hostility among cultivators throughout the Heaven-Connecting Secret Realm. He collected the Wolf Clan’s treasures and then encountered Ye Mengyao and a large group of human prodigies, who backed down after learning what he had done.

• News spread across the Heaven-Connecting Secret Realm that Xia Ping had slain Lang Beijiang, prompting cultivators to fear and plot against him.
• Xia Ping collected Lang Beijiang’s treasures, including the All-Heavens Blazing Fire Formation, and dismissed the warning that Lang Jialong might seek revenge.
• More than a hundred human prodigies arrived, and a greedy middle-aged man in black considered attacking Xia Ping for his treasures.
• Ye Mengyao stopped the man and revealed that Xia Ping had wiped out Lang Beijiang and his group.
• The cultivators recognized Xia Ping’s strength and withdrew their hostility because none of them had a Lightning Tribulation Realm mighty figure to support them.

Xia Ping proposed marriage to Ye Mengyao, then agreed to her condition that he capture or kill her archenemy, Wu Wudi. Unaware that he himself was Wu Wudi, Xia Ping confidently promised to do it, while Ye Mengyao expected the two to clash.

• Ye Mengyao reunited with Xia Ping, who proposed marriage and boasted about his background, wealth, talent, and looks.
• Yin Shixing interrupted and challenged Xia Ping, who mocked him as Common-Ugly Guy.
• Ye Mengyao rejected marriage, and Xia Ping suggested they have a child without marrying, angering her and the onlookers.
• Ye Mengyao named Wu Wudi as her archenemy and made capturing or killing him the condition for accepting Xia Ping's demand.
• Xia Ping promised to capture Wu Wudi, while Cat Immortal and Green Ox recognized that Xia Ping was Wu Wudi himself.

Xia Ping joined Ye Mengyao’s group to explore a secret realm formed from a fallen Saint, where Ten Thousand Longevity Fruits and other treasures might be found. Yin Shixing secretly planned to use Xia Ping as a shield against the dangers, and the group flew toward the realm.

• Yin Shixing invited Xia Ping to join the group’s exploration of a nearby secret realm world, claiming it might contain Ten Thousand Longevity Fruits.
• Xia Ping accepted Yin Shixing’s offer and treated him like a follower, while Yin Shixing concealed his anger and planned to make Xia Ping take the risks.
• The cultivators around them mistook Yin Shixing’s flattery for a calculated effort to win Xia Ping’s favor and praised his supposed pragmatism.
• Ye Mengyao led Xia Ping and the others toward the secret realm world.

Ye Mengyao, Xia Ping, and the others entered a secret realm formed after Buddhist Saint Venerable Subhaddra’s death and learned that it held a vast demon army. The demons surged toward them, leaving the group facing an immediate attack.

• Xia Ping led Ye Mengyao and the others through a black gate into a desolate world where Buddhist light clashed with demonic aura.
• Ye Mengyao explained that the realm formed after Venerable Subhaddra and Heart Demon Venerable perished together, and that Subhaddra’s vow had sealed countless demons there.
• Ye Mengyao pointed out Five-Finger Mountain, where powerful abyss demons—including possibly Heart Demon Venerable—were suppressed.
• Hundreds of thousands of demons spotted the newcomers and charged, eager to kill and devour them.

Trapped in the secret realm after its entrance vanished, Xia Ping used the All-Heavens Blazing Fire Formation and his eight strange flames to turn the battle against a vast horde of demons and devils. As the formation devastated the attackers, Yin Shixing and the others joined the assault.

• Yin Shixing and the others tried to retreat from the approaching demons and devils but discovered the light gate had disappeared.
• Ye Mengyao explained that they could escape only by winning the Saint's inheritance, waiting for a passage to open, or using a powerful spatial treasure.
• Xia Ping deployed all one hundred and eight All-Heavens Blazing Fire Formation flags and fueled the formation with eight strange flames.
• The formation unleashed flame monsters that killed or wounded more than half of the demons and devils within a few breaths.
• Yin Shixing and the others seized the chance and joined Xia Ping in attacking the remaining demons and devils.

Xia Ping and his companions slaughtered the abyssal demons in the secret realm, with Xia Ping revealing overwhelming strength and gaining soul energy. Their victory drew a crowd of cultivators, who recognized Xia Ping and began plotting to kill him for the Wolf Clan’s bounty.

• Yin Shixing, Ye Mengyao, Xia Ping, and the others devastated the abyssal demons, while Xia Ping’s formation burned most of them alive.
• Abyssal demons charged Xia Ping, but he killed them with his fists and cleared the area around him.
• The others marveled at Xia Ping’s strength, while Yin Shixing sensed the profound martial power behind his attacks and Ye Mengyao found him strangely familiar.
• Xia Ping absorbed the demons’ soul energy, strengthening his Primordial Spirit and magical power, and considered returning to the Abyss World to hunt more demons.
• Hundreds and thousands of powerful cultivators arrived, recognized Xia Ping, and discussed the Wolf Clan’s bounty before calling for reinforcements to kill him.

Xia Ping faced a growing host of racial prodigies who had come to kill him for a bounty and his rising reputation. He shamelessly declared Yin Shixing and the others his sworn brothers, forcing them into the conflict, just as a sword light suddenly tore through the void.

• Racial prodigies gathered around Xia Ping, planning to kill him and claim his treasures, while Yin Shixing and the others feared they had no chance against them.
• Xia Ping taunted the attackers and named Yin Shixing and the others as his allies, prompting the crowd to target them as accomplices.
• Xia Ping declared that Yin Shixing and the others were his sworn brothers and vowed to protect them, leaving them unable to deny their connection without risking their reputations.
• The racial prodigies abandoned their attempts to sow discord and prepared to slaughter Xia Ping and his companions together.
• A streak of sword light burst from the void and pierced through the darkness.

Xia Ping deflected He Shisan’s Void Severing Slash, but He Shisan, Gu Nan, and Wu Han each claimed they would kill or capture him for their own purposes. The three rival geniuses stood ready to fight over him.

• Green Ox identified He Shisan’s attack as the Sword Crane Clan’s Void Severing Slash, and Xia Ping shattered it with a flick of his finger.
• He Shisan introduced himself and explained that he wanted to kill Xia Ping to strengthen his Slaughter Thirteen Swords.
• Gu Nan arrived and demanded Xia Ping so he could avenge the Gu Clan and make him a medicine slave.
• Wu Han appeared and declared that he would freeze Xia Ping into an ice sculpture for his collection.
• He Shisan, Gu Nan, and Wu Han each insisted that Xia Ping belonged to them as the area turned icy beneath Wu Han’s power.

Xia Ping faced Gu Nan, He Shisan, and the gathered experts, then crushed Wu Han’s ice arts and seized his magical treasure. The chapter ended with Xia Ping killing Wu Han with a single palm-blade strike.

• Gu Nan demanded that Xia Ping kneel and become his slave, while He Shisan threatened him with death.
• Wu Han attacked Xia Ping with Ice-Sealing Three Thousand Miles, but Xia Ping shattered the cold domain with a Divine Elephant fist.
• Xia Ping mocked Wu Han’s strength, driving the enraged Ice Demon to unleash the Cold Domain Dark Nether Diagram.
• Xia Ping destroyed the scroll’s icy world with Great Yin-Yang Tablet-Shattering Hand and took the treasure for himself.
• Xia Ping struck Wu Han with a palm-blade and sent his head flying.

Xia Ping killed Ice Demon Wu Han and defeated He Shisan in a fierce exchange of divine abilities. He Shisan tried to flee, but Xia Ping caught him with the Hell Golden Crow Claw.

• Xia Ping mocked Wu Han's arrogance and destroyed his body and Primordial Spirit.
• Xia Ping challenged He Shisan, who attacked with the First Form of Slaughter Thirteen Swords.
• Xia Ping swallowed He Shisan's Sword Qi with Black Vortex Ripple Fist.
• He Shisan unleashed Flowing Light Passes Away, but Xia Ping shattered the sword world with Yang God Fist.
• He Shisan sacrificed his sword, armor, and protective true qi to escape, then gathered himself into a sharp sword and fled.
• Xia Ping seized He Shisan with Hell Golden Crow Claw and dragged him back out of the void.