Chapter Summaries

Yin Shixing spread increasingly outrageous rumors about Xia Ping on the forum, stirring up outrage and drawing dangerous attention to him. Xia Ping learned of the hostility and planned to retaliate against Yin Shixing while avoiding a direct fight with powerful pursuers; he then turned to finding a way out of Venerable Subhaddra’s secret realm to search for the Ten Thousand Longevity Fruit.

• Yin Shixing claimed Xia Ping was the top womanizer in the world and had seduced Ye Mengyao, enraging her admirers and other forum users.
• Yin Shixing invented further stories about Xia Ping’s senior sisters and Ye Mengyao’s close friends, then went silent as the rumors spread beyond his control.
• Xia Ping saw the forum posts condemning him and decided to teach Yin Shixing a lesson.
• Green Ox warned Xia Ping that powerful Lightning Tribulation Realm figures were targeting him, and Xia Ping resolved to avoid confronting them directly.
• Xia Ping considered how to leave Venerable Subhaddra’s secret realm and search for the Ten Thousand Longevity Fruit.

Xia Ping used the Wish Compass to locate a secret realm associated with the Ten Thousand Longevity Fruit, then discovered a gathering of powerful fiends searching for the same treasure. The old monsters learned that the fruit grew in the secret realm formed after Green Willow Demon Saint's fall, but faced competition from Lang Jialong and his allies.

• Xia Ping used the Wish Compass and followed its direction through a spatial passage into the Heaven-Connecting Secret Realm.
• Xia Ping traveled cautiously to a mountain range crowded with Lightning Tribulation Realm great powers and hid himself with the Formless Mask.
• Xia Ping identified several notorious fiends, including Evilwood Daoist, as they gathered near the secret realm's entrance.
• Evilwood Daoist explained that Green Willow Demon Saint's secret realm held abundant Ten Thousand Longevity Fruit because of the Saint's immense life essence.
• Evilwood Daoist warned that Lang Jialong and his allies had already been searching the place for two months and could soon clash with them.

Evilwood Daoist and the old devils formed an alliance to claim the Ten Thousand Longevity Fruit and kill Xia Ping for his treasures. After they entered the secret realm, Xia Ping followed them, leaving their confrontation ahead.

• Longbrow Old Devil, Golden Snake Gentleman, and the other old devils agreed to oppose Lang Jialong over the Ten Thousand Longevity Fruit.
• The Blood Sea Two Elders proposed joining forces to capture and kill Xia Ping for Venerable Subhaddra’s inheritance and other treasures.
• Evilwood Daoist and the old devils formed an Offensive-Defensive Alliance and decided to deal with Xia Ping after claiming the fruit.
• Green Ox and Cat Immortal urged Xia Ping to kill the conspirators, but Xia Ping said they still had their uses.
• Evilwood Daoist and the others opened a spatial gate and entered the secret realm, then Xia Ping followed after their auras vanished.

Xia Ping found the Ten Thousand Longevity Fruit in a hidden Blood-Colored Plain guarded by terrifying saint wraiths. Unable to seize the fruit alone, he decided to use Evilwood Daoist and the other fiends to draw the wraiths away.

• Xia Ping entered the Green Willow Secret Realm and used the Wish Compass to travel directly toward the Ten Thousand Longevity Fruit.
• Xia Ping reached an ordinary-looking valley and used the Hell Golden Crow Eye to reveal a hidden spatial formation and the Blood-Colored Plain within.
• Cat Immortal warned Xia Ping that the undead were saint wraiths formed from the killing intent of deceased saints.
• Xia Ping discovered that the Blood-Colored Plain had likely formed from a saint's heart and saw Ten Thousand Longevity Fruit growing on blood-red trees.
• Xia Ping suppressed his urge to enter the plain and decided to lure Evilwood Daoist, the White-Browed Old Devil, and the Blood Sea Two Elders into drawing away the saint wraiths.

Disguised as Yin Shixing, Xia Ping approached Evilwood Daoist and the other devils, claiming to know where the Ten Thousand Longevity Fruit was. He used the information to lure them toward Xia Ping, whom he wanted them to kill, and the Blood Sea Two Elders invited him to join their organization.

• Evilwood Daoist told the devils that he had found traces left by Lang Jialong's group and planned to follow them to the Ten Thousand Longevity Fruit.
• Xia Ping used the Formless Mask to appear as Yin Shixing and told the devils he knew where the Ten Thousand Longevity Fruit was.
• Xia Ping claimed he had discovered the fruit by following Xia Ping and said he wanted revenge for losing Ye Mengyao and Venerable Subhaddra's opportunity.
• Golden Snake Gentleman realized that Xia Ping wanted to use the devils to kill Xia Ping while hiding his own involvement.
• The Blood Sea Two Elders praised Xia Ping's ruthlessness and invited him to join the Blood Sea organization.

Xia Ping posed as Yin Shixing and persuaded Evilwood Daoist and the other fiends to follow him toward the Ten Thousand Longevity Fruits, while insulting them and refusing to reveal the destination. Unbeknownst to them, Lang Jialong and a hidden group of Lightning Tribulation Realm cultivators planned to ambush them and seize the fruits and their treasures.

• Xia Ping rejected the fiends’ recruitment, claimed he wanted only to kill a target, and disparaged their reliance on Ten Thousand Longevity Fruits.
• Evilwood Daoist and the others suppressed their anger and agreed to cooperate, planning to betray Xia Ping after finding the fruits.
• Xia Ping refused to disclose the fruits’ location and led Evilwood Daoist and the others away.
• Lang Jialong and twenty or thirty hidden Lightning Tribulation Realm cultivators emerged from concealment after Xia Ping’s group departed.
• Lang Jialong ordered his group to follow the fiends, ambush them, and take the Ten Thousand Longevity Fruits and their other treasures.

Xia Ping led Evilwood Daoist and the other demons to a hidden spatial world where the Ten Thousand Longevity Fruit was said to grow. After the demons turned on him, he escaped with a teleportation talisman, and they entered the world without him.

• Xia Ping brought Evilwood Daoist, Longbrow Old Devil, and the others to a valley concealing a folded spatial world.
• Xia Ping warned the demons that Xia Ping of the Universe Sect was inside, but they demanded that he scout ahead.
• Golden Snake Gentleman attacked Xia Ping, who used a Lesser Teleportation Talisman to vanish beyond the demons' detection.
• Evilwood Daoist and the others abandoned their pursuit of Xia Ping and focused on the Ten Thousand Longevity Fruit.
• Evilwood Daoist opened the spatial passage, and the demons entered the hidden world.

Xia Ping lured Evilwood Daoist, Longbrow Old Devil, and their allies into a hidden illusion on the Blood-Colored Plain, where they were ambushed by Lang Jialong and his Wolf Clan. When the illusion shattered, Saint undead awakened around them, and Xia Ping revealed that he and Yin Shixing had staged the betrayal to trap the devils.

• Xia Ping concealed the Blood-Colored Plain behind an illusion formation while Evilwood Daoist and the others entered the pocket world looking for Ten Thousand Longevity Fruits.
• Evilwood Daoist, Longbrow Old Devil, and Golden Snake Gentleman spotted the fruits and chased a false image of Xia Ping as it harvested them.
• Lang Jialong and two to thirty Wolf Clan fighters appeared and raced toward the fruits, with the other pursuers close behind.
• Lang Jialong struck the false Xia Ping, shattering the illusion and exposing the real Blood-Colored Plain.
• The Saint undead awoke and turned on Lang Jialong and the other experts, who realized they had entered a deadly trap.
• Xia Ping revealed that he and Yin Shixing had staged the scheme to lure the devils into the Blood-Colored Plain.

Xia Ping and Yin Shixing’s scheme trapped the demonic experts near a terrifying saint undead, which swiftly overwhelmed them. Lang Jialong and the survivors were left badly injured and furious as their escape failed.

• The Blood Sea Two Elders, Longbrow Old Devil, Golden Snake Gentleman, and Evilwood Daoist cursed Xia Ping and Yin Shixing for deceiving them.
• Lang Jialong tried to locate Xia Ping and attacked an empty spot, while Xia Ping taunted him from concealment.
• A headless knight charged from the Blood-Colored Plain, and its spear severely wounded a Lightning Tribulation Realm devil lord.
• Lang Jialong ordered the group to escape inside the Shadow Void Map, but the headless knight split the scroll apart and killed several of them.
• The survivors blamed Xia Ping and Yin Shixing for luring them into danger and vowed revenge.

Evilwood Daoist and the other Lightning Tribulation Realm cultivators were overwhelmed by a Saint undead and fled, only to draw more Saint undead into the fight. Xia Ping took advantage of the chaos to approach the unguarded Ten Thousand Longevity Fruits and loot them.

• Evilwood Daoist and the others joined forces to attack the Headless Knight, but it struck back and killed several Lightning Tribulation Realm cultivators.
• Xia Ping watched as Evilwood Daoist and the survivors fled from the Headless Knight, blaming Xia Ping and Yin Shixing for their predicament.
• Several pebbles struck other Saint undead beneath the Blood-Colored Plain, enraging them and drawing them into the battle.
• Evilwood Daoist and the others scattered and tried to escape the world as the Saint undead slaughtered and routed their forces.
• Xia Ping realized the Saint undead had left the Ten Thousand Longevity Fruits unguarded and flew in to loot them.

Xia Ping collected 108 Ten Thousand Longevity Fruits and let the World Tree devour a Saint's heart beneath the Blood-Colored Plain. He escaped the returning Saint undead, which went mad after losing the heart.

• Xia Ping gathered 108 Ten Thousand Longevity Fruits from the Blood-Colored Plain.
• The World Tree found a Saint's heart beneath the plain and began absorbing its energy, shaking the land and summoning the Saint undead back from their pursuit of Evilwood Daoist and the others.
• Evilwood Daoist and the others realized Xia Ping had used them to distract the undead and blamed him for taking the treasures.
• Xia Ping poured mana into the World Tree, which devoured the Saint's heart as the undead closed in.
• Xia Ping used the Formless Mask to vanish before the undead's attacks struck, and the undead went berserk when they sensed the heart was gone.

Xia Ping hid while the undead Saints hunted the fleeing Lightning Tribulation Realm experts, then ambushed and killed Longbrow Old Devil. After claiming Longbrow’s Space Ring and having the Spear of Hell devour his Primordial Spirit, Xia Ping remained in the Heaven-Connecting Secret Realm.

• Golden Snake Gentleman, the Blood Sea Two Elders, Lang Jialong, and the other experts fled in different directions as the undead Saints attacked them.
• Evilwood Daoist and the others endured three days and nights of pursuit, losing many treasures and resources while trying to stay alive.
• Longbrow Old Devil escaped an undead Saint by playing dead, then set out to find shelter and recover from his wounds.
• Xia Ping appeared behind Longbrow Old Devil and pierced his chest with a spear, killing him before he could retaliate.
• Xia Ping destroyed Longbrow Old Devil’s body, let the Spear of Hell devour his Primordial Spirit, and took his Space Ring.

Xia Ping ambushed and killed several wounded Lightning Tribulation Realm cultivators, including Golden Snake Gentleman, after luring him into a hidden formation. When the saint undead exhausted their power and disappeared, the surviving cultivators prepared to leave, and Xia Ping decided to break through.

• Xia Ping knocked out a fleeing Lightning Tribulation Realm Old Devil with a brick, killed him with the Spear of Hell, and took his treasures.
• Xia Ping lured the badly wounded Golden Snake Gentleman into a concealed formation, then killed him and seized his treasures.
• The saint undead vanished after raging for three days and three nights, having nearly exhausted their stored energy.
• Evilwood Daoist and the surviving Lightning Tribulation Realm cultivators discussed leaving the area and blamed Xia Ping for their companions' deaths.
• Xia Ping watched the cultivators depart and decided to break through after reaching the peak of his mana and divine consciousness.

Xia Ping broke through to the mid Return to Truth Realm, greatly strengthening his mana, divine sense, Primordial Spirits, and Hell Golden Crow Bloodline. While he consolidated his cultivation in seclusion, Evilwood Daoist and the other fiends tracked down Yin Shixing and set out to confront him.

• Xia Ping filled and expanded his nine Purple Mansion spaces, breaking through to the mid Return to Truth Realm and doubling his mana and divine sense.
• Xia Ping summoned energy from thousands of dimensional passages and sensed distant Asura, dragon, and Phoenix dimensions.
• Xia Ping awakened three million Hell Golden Crow Cells, further strengthening his body.
• Evilwood Daoist and the other peerless fiends left the Green Willow Secret Realm to find Xia Ping and Yin Shixing.
• The fiends learned Yin Shixing's location from his public messages and rushed to confront him.

Evilwood Daoist and the surviving devils tracked down Yin Shixing and accused him of helping Xia Ping lure them into the Blood-Colored Plain, where they lost comrades and Ten Thousand Longevity Fruits. Yin Shixing denied remembering or committing any of it, but the devils refused to believe him and left him surrounded and unable to clear his name.

• Evilwood Daoist, Lang Jialong, and the other devils located Yin Shixing while he searched the Heaven-Connecting Secret Realm with new companions.
• The devils encircled Yin Shixing and his companions, then accused him of tricking them into the Blood-Colored Plain with Xia Ping.
• Yin Shixing claimed he had never met the devils and insisted that he and Xia Ping were mortal enemies.
• Lang Jialong slapped Yin Shixing and accused him of profiting from their losses by taking Ten Thousand Longevity Fruits.
• Evilwood Daoist recalled Yin Shixing's earlier lies and self-inflicted injury scheme, while Yin Shixing remained unable to explain the accusations.

Yin Shixing escaped Lang Jialong and the other fiends by using his Five Elements Talisman, but Xia Ping’s framing left him accused of possessing Ten Thousand Longevity Fruits and plotting against the fiends. The Five Elements Sect elders and disciples refused to believe his explanation, and he vowed revenge on Xia Ping.

• Lang Jialong attacked Yin Shixing, who used his Five Elements Talisman to blast the fiends back and escape.
• Evilwood Daoist and the other fiends realized Yin Shixing had fled, while Lang Jialong vowed to take revenge on him and his companions.
• Yin Shixing hid in a cave and concluded that Xia Ping had framed him.
• A Five Elements Sect elder accused Yin Shixing of pretending to know nothing and refused to believe his explanation before hanging up.
• Five Elements Sect members contacted Yin Shixing to trade for Ten Thousand Longevity Fruits, and their suspicions turned him into a target of resentment.
• Yin Shixing blamed Xia Ping for his predicament and swore they could not live under the same sky.

News of Xia Ping and Yin Shixing’s scheme against Evilwood Daoist and other fiends spread, bringing Xia Ping fame and drawing the attention of masters seeking his treasures. After more than ten days of cultivation, Xia Ping stabilized his strength and discovered that the World Tree had transformed after consuming the Saint’s heart.

• Cultivators learned that Xia Ping and Yin Shixing had swindled Evilwood Daoist and other fiends, killing Lightning Tribulation Realm masters and taking their Ten Thousand Longevity Fruits and treasures.
• Ye Mengyao concluded that Xia Ping had tricked Yin Shixing into helping him, then focused on preparing to survive her coming heavenly tribulation.
• Xia Ping finished more than ten days of cultivation in the Mountain River Bead space and strengthened his mid-stage Return to Truth Realm power.
• The system announced that Xia Ping had accumulated two hundred Hate Crystals from the scheme.
• Xia Ping sensed that the World Tree had completely awakened and transformed after devouring the Saint’s heart.

Xia Ping examined the World Tree’s growth, received one hundred and eight supreme-grade Ten Thousand Longevity Pills from Green Ox, and decided to return to the Cloud Sky Realm to protect his family and its people. When the Heaven-Connecting Secret Realm trial ended, he returned to the Universe Sect with its other surviving participants.

• Xia Ping found that the World Tree had grown to three thousand zhang and was still refining the Saint’s heart energy within it.
• Green Ox delivered one hundred and eight supreme-grade Ten Thousand Longevity Pills, and Xia Ping swallowed three to gain more than a hundred thousand years of lifespan.
• Xia Ping planned to return to the Cloud Sky Realm, have Xiao Dai devour it, and move the humans of Yanhuang Planet into Gaia Space.
• The Heaven-Connecting Token announced that the trial would end in ten minutes, and Xia Ping activated it to return to the Universe Sect.
• The surviving trial participants opened gates of light and left the Heaven-Connecting Secret Realm.

After returning to the Universe Sect, Xia Ping learned that the North Nether Saint had advanced to a new realm and was warned that enemies might target him. He then met the newly awakened Corpse Beast, named her Luna, and began testing her abilities.

• Elders and the sect master visited Xia Ping to trade for his Ten Thousand Longevity Fruits, and he agreed to consider offers of valuable treasures.
• The North Nether Saint told Xia Ping that he had broken through into a new realm and warned him to beware of enemies drawn by his actions in the Heaven-Connecting Secret Realm.
• Green Ox informed Xia Ping that the Corpse Beast had awakened, so Xia Ping returned to the Mountain River Bead's space to see her.
• The Corpse Beast appeared as a young black-haired girl, recognized Xia Ping as her closest family, and clung to him.
• Xia Ping named the girl Luna and asked her to turn a Dragon Savage Rabbit into a servant.
• Luna infused the rabbit with mysterious black energy, transforming it into a larger, stronger creature that rapidly grew more powerful by eating.

Xia Ping examined Luna’s powers, then arranged for Cat Immortal to teach her while he prepared to return to the Cloud Sky Realm. As his spaceship left Universe Planet, an unknown force detected its aura and followed it through the void.

• Xia Ping discovered that Luna’s minions could not spread infection, remained one level weaker than her, and sent half their energy back to strengthen her.
• Tan Menglu, Gaia, and Xiao Dai arrived to meet Luna, and Xia Ping introduced them as friends.
• Tan Menglu tried to claim a high rank and volunteer as Luna’s teacher, but Xia Ping assigned Luna’s education to Cat Immortal instead.
• After several days, Xia Ping finished recovering, activated the Star Ship, and departed Universe Planet for the Cloud Sky Realm.
• A mysterious force detected the spaceship’s aura in the void and began following it.