Chapter Summaries

Xia Ping refined the miniature worm nest and severed the Black Hole Worms’ control over it, then tried to flee with the nest. The Demon Kings launched a combined assault, leaving him trapped beneath their attacks.

• Xia Ping refined the worm nest, established a spiritual connection with it, and expelled the Black Hole Worms from its control.
• Xia Ping weakened the Black Hole Worms and blocked their attacks with the nest’s Spatial Barriers.
• Xia Ping announced that the Black Hole Worms were his and tried to escape with the worm nest.
• The Flood Dragon King, Hollow Wood King, Silver Wing King, and other Demon Kings attacked the nest with their formations and abilities.
• Demon Kings from Emerald City watched and considered waiting to profit from the battle.
• Xia Ping sensed that the Demon Kings’ attacks had sealed the void and could overwhelm the worm nest.

Xia Ping used forty-six Ancient Heavenly Dragon Talismans with the insect nest to repel the Demon Kings’ combined assault and demanded that they surrender. Before they could attack again, Feng Tianji and a massive Storm City force arrived, escalating the standoff.

• Xia Ping activated all forty-six Ancient Heavenly Dragon Talismans through the insect nest, whose combined power shattered the Demon Kings’ formations and wounded their forces.
• Xia Ping remained unharmed inside the insect nest and realized its spatial energy greatly amplified the talismans and strengthened his own body and mana.
• The Demon Kings discussed the talismans’ power and refused to give up the Black Hole Worm eggs or the King Worm, while hesitating to attack again.
• Xia Ping insulted the Demon Kings and demanded that they kneel, beg for mercy, and become his slaves.
• Feng Ganglie appeared with at least a hundred thousand Dharma Image Realm Demon Kings and introduced Feng Tianji, the City Lord of Storm City, as their leader.

Xia Ping faced Feng Ganglie and Feng Tianji as Storm City’s army gathered to seize his insect nest, but the Myriad Demon Pavilion arrived with an even larger force. After the Flame Serpent King accused him of killing Black Wind Old Demon and demanded his surrender, Xia Ping provoked the pavilion, which formed the Flame Serpent Void-Piercing Array.

• Xia Ping taunted Feng Ganglie and Feng Tianji, insisting Storm City’s hundred thousand Demon Kings could not breach the insect nest.
• The Flame Serpent King arrived with more than one hundred and fifty thousand Myriad Demon Pavilion Demon Kings and accused Xia Ping of killing Black Wind Old Demon and taking eighteen Ancient Heavenly Dragon Talismans.
• Xia Ping insulted the Myriad Demon Pavilion and refused to surrender, threatening to destroy its forces.
• The Flame Serpent King ordered the Myriad Demon Pavilion army to form the Flame Serpent Void-Piercing Array, creating a vast world of fire and awakening a colossal flame serpent.

Xia Ping merged with the insect nest and the Ancient Heavenly Dragon Talismans to withstand the Flame Serpent King and Feng Tianji’s combined formations. Though he shattered their formations, the insect nest was badly damaged, and the other titled Demon Kings launched a fresh attack.

• Feng Tianji summoned Storm City’s hundred thousand elite troops to form the Purple Star Astral Wind Array alongside the Flame Serpent King’s Flame Serpent Void-Piercing Array.
• Xia Ping merged his soul with the insect nest and forty-six Ancient Heavenly Dragon Talismans, then unleashed the Seven Kill True Dragon Roar.
• The Ancient Heavenly Dragon Talismans’ attack clashed with both formations, shattering them and injuring Demon Kings, but leaving the insect nest cracked and close to collapse.
• The Hollow Wood King, Silver Wing King, Mighty Whale King, Flood Dragon King, Golden Roc King, and other titled Demon Kings urged one another to attack Xia Ping while he was weakened.

Xia Ping revealed the Mountain River Bead, a Saint Artifact, and unleashed its Nine-Bend Yellow River Diagram against the Demon Kings attacking him. The formation badly injured their forces, but the Mighty Whale King urged them to hold on, claiming Xia Ping would soon be drained of energy.

• The Emerald Lord chose to stay out of the battle and watch rather than risk exposing Emerald City's whereabouts.
• Titled Demon Kings attacked Xia Ping, hoping to seize the Black Hole Worm eggs and the Ancient Heavenly Dragon Talisman.
• Xia Ping brought out the Mountain River Bead and activated its Nine-Bend Yellow River Diagram with his mana and stored energy.
• The formation shattered the Demon Kings' attacks and injured two hundred thousand of them, prompting many to consider fleeing.
• The Mighty Whale King steadied the Demon Kings, arguing that the Saint Artifact would exhaust Xia Ping after only a few uses.

Xia Ping used the Nine-Bend Yellow River Diagram to kill the Mighty Whale King and then unleashed the formation against the assembled Demon Kings. The massacre continued as yellow dragons tore apart tens of thousands of them.

• Xia Ping struck the Mighty Whale King with a yellow dragon from the Nine-Bend Yellow River Diagram, badly wounding it and corroding its body and soul.
• The Mighty Whale King threatened Xia Ping and tried to retreat, but Xia Ping sent the yellow dragon after it and killed it, destroying its body and Primordial Spirit.
• Xia Ping warned the other Demon Kings that they would die next, while the Demon Kings raged and attacked him together.
• Xia Ping activated the Nine-Bend Yellow River Diagram, sending countless yellow dragons to fight the Demon Kings.
• The yellow dragons overwhelmed the Demon Kings, tearing apart tens of thousands of them and collapsing their Primordial Spirits.

Xia Ping used the Nine-Bend Yellow River Diagram to slaughter the Demon Kings and collect their corpses and souls. He killed the Flood Dragon King and the fleeing Silver Wing King, leaving the surviving Demon Kings terrified and trapped.

• Xia Ping gathered the fallen Demon Kings’ corpses, Space Rings, and scattered soul energy.
• Xia Ping formed a Yellow Springs Blade and beheaded the Flood Dragon King, then destroyed its body and Primordial Spirit with a palm strike.
• The Silver Wing King fled, but the Nine-Bend Yellow River Diagram’s spatial formation trapped it in a maze.
• Xia Ping seized the Silver Wing King with a giant hand of Yellow Rivers despite its threats and pleas for mercy.
• Xia Ping crushed the Silver Wing King and dispersed its Primordial Spirit.

The Flame Serpent King and Feng Tianji tried to seize the Emerald Lord and his companions as hostages to escape Wu Taidou’s formation. Wu Taidou responded by activating the Nine-Bend Yellow River Diagram against the gathered demons, while the Emerald Lord pleaded that he was still alive and could be saved.

• The Flame Serpent King and the other Myriad Demon Pavilion Demon Kings panicked after the Silver Wing King, Flood Dragon King, and Mighty Whale King died, and Feng Tianji admitted it had no way to escape the formation.
• Feng Ganglie spotted the Emerald Lord and the other Demon Kings, and Feng Tianji and the Flame Serpent King decided to capture them as hostages.
• The Emerald Lord insisted it was not close to Wu Taidou, but Feng Ganglie called it a liar, and Feng Tianji and the others captured the Emerald Lord’s group after a brief fight.
• Wu Taidou saw the capture, mockingly promised to avenge the Emerald Lord and take care of its city and family, then activated the Nine-Bend Yellow River Diagram against the gathered demons.
• The Emerald Lord shouted that it was still alive and could be saved as Wu Taidou prepared to attack them all.

Feng Tianji used Storm City's Wind Jade Orb to free himself and the other Demon Kings from Xia Ping's Nine-Bend Yellow River Diagram. Xia Ping shattered the orb with the Samsara Pen, and the Demon Kings died in the spatial turbulence, leaving him to collect their bodies and treasures.

• Feng Tianji activated Storm City's Wind Jade Orb, forming a barrier around the Demon Kings and tearing free of the Nine-Bend Yellow River Diagram.
• Green Ox identified the Wind Jade Orb as a Demon Saint-made secret treasure that the formation could not restrain.
• Xia Ping used the Samsara Pen to strike and shatter the Wind Jade Orb as it fled through the void.
• Feng Tianji, Feng Ganglie, the Flame Serpent King, the Emerald Lord, and the other Demon Kings died in the spatial turbulence.
• Xia Ping collected the dead Demon Kings' bodies, pills, spiritual medicines, and magic treasures.

Xia Ping wiped out the Demon Kings trapped in the Nine-Bend Yellow River Formation, then spared survivors to spread his name and challenge the forces that might seek revenge. The Black Hole Worms offered to become his vassals so they could protect their King Worm, and Xia Ping agreed to their proposed blood contract.

• Xia Ping killed hundreds of thousands of Demon Kings, including the Silver Wing King, Mighty Whale King, and Flood Dragon King, but deliberately let some survivors escape.
• Xia Ping told the surviving Demon Kings to spread word of his name and invite the Myriad Demon Pavilion, Storm City, the Winged Clan, and the Flood Dragon Clan to seek revenge.
• The fleeing Demon Kings discussed their losses and feared that the massacre could draw the attention of Demon Saints.
• Xia Ping confronted the unharmed Black Hole Worms, and their Grand Elder said they wanted to follow him because he had become the King Worm's master.
• The Black Hole Worm Great Elder offered a blood contract to prove their loyalty, and Xia Ping accepted.

Xia Ping completed his mission in the Demon World with Rabbit Linglong and Qingluan, then returned to the original universe with the Black Hole Worms and Demon King corpses he had collected. News of Wu Taidou’s massacre spread through the Demon World, and demons feared that the King Worm would spark a devastating conflict among the great races.

• Xia Ping gave Rabbit Linglong and Qingluan two general-grade Black Hole Worm eggs, completing their mission with a perfect evaluation.
• Xia Ping chose to leave the Demon World immediately and stored the Black Hole Worms and Demon King corpses in the Mountain River Bead.
• Qingluan called on the Demon Saint Palace, which transported Xia Ping, Rabbit Linglong, and Qingluan back to the original universe.
• A day later, news spread that Wu Taidou had killed titled Demon Kings and hundreds of thousands of ordinary Demon Kings in the insect nest.
• Demons discussed Wu Taidou’s Saint artifact and the King Worm, predicting that the great races would soon wage war over the killings and their losses.

Storm City, the Myriad Demon Pavilion, and several demon races reacted to the deaths of their forces by blaming Wu Taidou and launching a search for him. Xia Ping had already left the Demon World and returned to the Demon Saint Palace in the Southern Universe, leaving his enemies unable to find him for now.

• Storm City's elders feared the city would lose its power after Feng Tianji and one hundred thousand Demon Kings died, and decided to appeal to their Ancestor.
• Storm City's First Elder ordered a wanted notice for Wu Taidou and vowed that the Ancestor would capture him.
• The Myriad Demon Pavilion's elders learned that the Flame Serpent King and one hundred and fifty thousand Demon Kings had perished, and followed the Pavilion Master's order to hunt Wu Taidou.
• The Myriad Demon Pavilion's elders discussed Wu Taidou's treasures and mobilized their intelligence network to find him.
• The Silver Wing Clan, Whale Clan, Flood Dragon Clan, Roc Clan, Wood Clan, and other races declared war on Wu Taidou and ordered their forces to search for him.
• Xia Ping had already returned to the Demon Saint Palace in the Southern Universe, beyond the reach of the Demon World’s search for the time being.

After returning to the Southern Universe, Xia Ping gave Qingluan and Rabbit Linglong time to refine the Black Hole Worm eggs, then gave Gaia Xiao Dai the Soul Crystals he had collected from Demon Kings. Xiao Dai entered a powerful hatching state that might let her reach the Saint Realm.

• Qingluan and Rabbit Linglong entered separate secluded chambers to refine the Black Hole Worm eggs.
• The system awarded Xia Ping 120 Hate Crystals for becoming a wanted criminal in the Demon World, bringing his total to 370.
• Xia Ping examined the Soul Crystals he had collected and decided that consuming all of them himself could overwhelm his soul.
• Gaia Xiao Dai appeared, said she needed a small mountain of Soul Crystals to evolve, and told Xia Ping that his supply was almost enough.
• Xia Ping gave Xiao Dai all his Soul Crystals, and she devoured them before forming a massive crystalline eggshell around herself.
• Cat Immortal recognized Xiao Dai's hatching state and said her evolution might allow her to enter the Saint Realm.

Xia Ping formed an ancient contract with the King Worm just before its egg hatched, binding the newborn ruler of the Black Hole Worms to him. The arrogant little girl declared herself King, but her subjects obeyed Xia Ping instead, and he decided to name her Xiao Hei.

• Cat Immortal told Xia Ping that Xiao Dai had a chance to enter the Saint realm through her evolution, and Xia Ping placed her in the Mountain River Bead to evolve.
• Green Ox warned Xia Ping that the King Worm was about to hatch, so Xia Ping hurried to the egg and offered it his essence blood.
• The King Worm absorbed Xia Ping's blood, formed an ancient contract with him, and hatched as a black-haired little girl adorned in royal ornaments.
• The newly born King Worm ordered the Black Hole Worms to kneel, but they remained prostrated before Xia Ping because their contracts bound them to him.
• The King Worm grew angry when Xia Ping knocked her on the head and proposed naming her Xiao Hei, then accused him of being a treacherous regent trying to usurp her throne.

Xia Ping renamed the Black Hole Worm girl Chong Xiaoqian and left Green Ox to teach her, while the Black Hole Worms offered to expand the Mountain River Bead space. The worms began building their nest by breaking through the Spatial Barrier, and Xia Ping watched the space grow.

• Xia Ping named the black-haired girl Chong Xiaoqian, overruled her objections, and sent Green Ox to teach her.
• Green Ox convinced Chong Xiaoqian to avoid confronting Xia Ping and patiently build up her strength, and she obediently went with him to study.
• Chong Da told Xia Ping that the Black Hole Worms could expand the Mountain River Bead space by building a nest.
• Xia Ping assigned the worms to expand the space, and over a hundred of them began eating through the Spatial Barrier.
• The worms poured spatial energy into the Mountain River Bead, gradually expanding its land and replenishing its energy.

After Qingluan refined a Black Hole Worm, her strengthened bloodline resonated with Xia Ping’s Hell Golden Crow bloodline, drawing them into dual cultivation. The exchange propelled Xia Ping to the peak of the Return to Truth Realm and gave him the insight to attempt a breakthrough into the Dharma Image Realm.

• Qingluan emerged from seclusion after refining a commander-grade Black Hole Worm, gaining a stronger Qingluan bloodline and the ability to use spatial divine abilities.
• Xia Ping sensed that Qingluan’s transformed aura had awakened a powerful resonance between their divine-beast bloodlines.
• Xia Ping and Qingluan embraced and practiced dual cultivation, sharing mana, soul energy, and bloodline power.
• Xia Ping’s mana and all nine Primordial Spirits rose to the peak of the Return to Truth Realm, while he gained insights from ancient Qingluan memories.
• Xia Ping realized he could attempt to break through into the Dharma Image Realm and condense his Dharma Image of Heaven and Earth.

Xia Ping consumed a vast store of pills and broke through to the Dharma Image Realm, forming nine Heaven and Earth Dharma Images. Their celestial phenomenon drew the attention of nearby powerful figures, but the Demon Saint Palace concealed him from their investigation.

• Xia Ping refined a vast quantity of pills with his Sun Furnace and absorbed the medicinal energy to fuel his breakthrough.
• Xia Ping's nine primordial spirits shattered their Purple Mansions and emerged as nine Heaven and Earth Dharma Images.
• Xia Ping formed the Kui Ox, Hell Golden Crow, Divine Elephant, Heavenly Dragon, Myriad Worlds Star Map, Taotie, Thousand-Hand Buddha, Thousand-Eye Demon, and World Tree Dharma Images.
• Xia Ping's nine Dharma Images caused a phenomenon that shook planets across thousands of light-years and alarmed nearby mighty figures and Saints.
• The Saints searched for the phenomenon's source but could not locate Xia Ping inside the Demon Saint Palace, so they stopped to avoid provoking an unknown powerhouse.

Xia Ping discovered that his breakthrough to the Dharma Image Realm had greatly strengthened him, while Qingluan’s bloodline awakened and her cultivation surged to the Golden Core Realm. After Qingluan awoke, Rabbit Linglong emerged from seclusion with news that she had refined the Black Hole Worm, then grew suspicious of the pair.

• Xia Ping found that his nine Purple Mansion spaces, spiritual sense, Dharma Images, and Hell Golden Crow Bloodline had grown stronger after his breakthrough.
• Qingluan awakened memories of her bloodline and increased her Qingluan Bloodline to sixty percent through the energy she had received from Xia Ping.
• Qingluan’s cultivation rose through several realms, and she reached the Golden Core Realm and condensed a Golden Core.
• Qingluan awoke with a blue mark between her brows, and Xia Ping and Qingluan got dressed after she sent him flying away.
• Rabbit Linglong emerged from her quiet room, announced that she had refined the Black Hole Worm, and questioned Xia Ping and Qingluan about their strange atmosphere.

The Infinite Devil Palace pursued a celestial phenomenon that its elders suspected might be linked to the Map of Heavens' Creation. After Xia Ping stabilized his cultivation, the Demon Saint Palace departed for its next trial, leaving him behind just as the Infinite Devil Palace's forces arrived nearby.

• The Infinite Devil Palace's First Elder led elders and disciples toward the center of a celestial phenomenon, hoping to find a rare treasure.
• The Infinite Devil Palace elders speculated that the phenomenon might signal the appearance of the Map of Heavens' Creation and hurried to search before rival sects arrived.
• Xia Ping stabilized his Dharma Image Realm cultivation and mastered the power of his nine Heavenly Dharma Images during several days of seclusion.
• Qingluan told Xia Ping that the Demon Saint Palace was moving to a new location for their next trial, then the palace teleported away.
• Dozens of figures descended from the void and arrived near Xia Ping.

Xia Ping faced the Infinite Devil Palace after its elders demanded to know what he had found in a mysterious palace linked to the Map of Heavens' Creation. He killed their peak Dharma Idol realm attacker with one palm, leaving the other devils facing his overwhelming power.

• The Infinite Devil Palace elders surrounded Xia Ping and demanded to know about the mysterious palace and its connection to the Map of Heavens' Creation.
• Xia Ping refused to reveal his secret, insulted the Infinite Devil Palace, and warned the elders to leave or die.
• The elders ordered a peak Dharma Idol realm giant to attack Xia Ping with the Infinite Devil Axe.
• Xia Ping summoned a Thousand-Hand Buddha, shattered the giant's Dharma idol, and crushed him with a golden palm strike.