Chapter Summaries

Xia Ping killed an elder of the Infinite Devil Palace with a single slap, then defeated the palace’s Lightning Tribulation Realm grand elder and destroyed him with Buddhist power. The remaining elders were left grieving and enraged as Xia Ping faced them.

• Xia Ping slapped Junior Brother Li to death, shocking the elders of the Infinite Devil Palace.
• The palace’s red-haired grand elder attacked Xia Ping with the Dark Sinkhole Art, unleashing sinful demonic energy and black blades.
• Xia Ping used his Thousand-Hand Buddha’s golden palm to purify the demonic energy and send the grand elder crashing into a nearby planet.
• The injured grand elder questioned whether Xia Ping carried a Buddha’s legacy, while the other elders cried out in grief.
• Xia Ping mocked the grand elder and said he would finish him with another palm strike.
• The Buddhist power inside the grand elder erupted, destroying his body and soul.

Xia Ping killed the Infinite Devil Palace’s Great Elder and captured and destroyed the demonic curses left by the slain elders. The remaining elders trapped themselves inside his golden barrier and unleashed the Ten Thousand Devils Soul-Devouring Array against him.

• An elder warned Xia Ping that the Infinite Devil Palace’s demonic curses would cling to his soul and bloodline, but Xia Ping caught and sealed the curses left by the two elders he had killed.
• Xia Ping burned the curses to ash with the Hell Golden Crow Flame as the Infinite Devil Palace elders sent signals for reinforcements.
• Xia Ping’s Thousand-Hand Buddha raised golden walls of air around the area, sealing the elders inside a spatial prison.
• The Infinite Devil Palace elders joined forces and formed the Ten Thousand Devils Soul-Devouring Array, summoning Heavenly Demons to attack Xia Ping’s soul.

Xia Ping withstood the Infinite Devil Palace elders’ assault and turned their Ten Thousand Devils Soul-Devouring Array against them. After Taotie devoured the Heavenly Demons sent to kill him, the terrified elders decided to retreat.

• Xia Ping used his Thousand-Hand Buddha to batter the Ten Thousand Devils Soul-Devouring Array, injuring the Infinite Devil Palace elders guarding it.
• The elders sacrificed their vital blood to unleash the array’s supreme profundity and summon tens of thousands of Heavenly Demons.
• The Heavenly Demons invaded Xia Ping’s sea of consciousness, expecting to devour his soul.
• Xia Ping summoned Taotie, which swallowed all the Heavenly Demons before the Hell Golden Crow Flame refined them into Soul Crystals.
• The elders watched Xia Ping absorb the soul energy and screamed that he was not human, then called for an immediate retreat.

Xia Ping slaughtered the Infinite Devil Palace elders on a primitive planet and departed for the Universe Sect. Later, powerful figures from the Southern Universe arrived and found the elders dead, leaving the culprit’s identity unknown.

• The Infinite Devil Palace elders fled after Xia Ping swallowed more than ten thousand Heavenly Demons, but Xia Ping killed them all with the Thousand-Hand Tathagata.
• The battle left the planet covered in golden Buddhist light, and Xia Ping reflected on how Dharma Image Realm battles affected their surroundings.
• Xia Ping collected the elders’ Space Rings, absorbed their remaining soul energy, and piloted his Star Ship toward the Universe Sect.
• Powerful figures from the Southern Universe arrived, recognized the dead as Infinite Devil Palace elders, and left to avoid becoming involved.

After returning to the Universe Sect, Xia Ping revealed that he had reached the early stage of the Dharma Image Realm, astonishing the sect elders. Sect Master Zhu Xian explained the chance for Xia Ping to be nominated to train at the Primordial Sacred Land, though the meeting ended before Xia Ping learned why Zhu Xian had been expelled from it.

• Several days after leaving the Infinite Devil Palace, Xia Ping returned safely to the Universe Sect, where Sect Master Zhu Xian summoned him to a meeting.
• Zhu Xian and the elders discovered that Xia Ping had condensed a Heaven and Earth Dharma Image and reached the early stage of the Dharma Image Realm.
• Zhu Xian explained that the Primordial Sacred Land and the Dark Hall selected candidates from across the universe every hundred years, and that the Universe Sect could nominate Xia Ping for the Primordial Sacred Land.
• Xia Ping asked why Zhu Xian had returned from the Primordial Sacred Land, and Zhu Xian admitted that its elimination system expelled those who failed to meet its standards.
• Elder Yu Xiujun stopped Xia Ping from asking how Zhu Xian had been eliminated.

Sect Master Zhu Xian told Xia Ping that the Map of Heavens' Creation would soon appear in the Eastern Universe and asked him to join Universe Sect’s effort to claim it. After agreeing, Xia Ping learned from Cat Immortal about the Central Universe and its powerful factions, then began cultivating in seclusion as he awaited an examiner from Primordial Sacred Land.

• Sect Master Zhu Xian informed Xia Ping that Primordial Sacred Land would send people to assess candidates and that the Map of Heavens' Creation was expected to emerge in the Eastern Universe within a month.
• Sect Master Zhu Xian asked Xia Ping to help Universe Sect compete for the Map of Heavens' Creation, and Xia Ping agreed to take part.
• Xia Ping returned to Yanhuang Peak and found that Nangong Wu, Qiu Xue, Su Ji, Su Mei, Jiang Ya Ru, and the others were out completing missions together.
• Xia Ping asked Cat Immortal about the Central Universe and learned that it was a vast battleground rich in treasures, where powerful human factions and geniuses gathered.
• Cat Immortal told Xia Ping about the Hall of Saints, an organization open only to Saints, and Xia Ping entered seclusion to cultivate before the Primordial Sacred Land examiner arrived.

Yin Shixing passed the Primordial Sacred Land’s assessment and learned that Xia Ping had been nominated by the Universe Sect. He left the examiners with a fabricated tale portraying Xia Ping as a tyrant, and they grew furious with him.

• Feng Xingyu approved Yin Shixing’s entry into the Primordial Sacred Land but rejected the Five Elements Sect’s other nominees.
• Yin Shixing recalled how Xia Ping’s actions had alienated his sectmates and made him a target for assassins.
• When Zhang Haodang mentioned Xia Ping’s nomination, Yin Shixing claimed Xia Ping had stolen and impregnated his fiancée.
• Feng Xingyu, Zhang Haodang, and Meng Zhenshun misunderstood Yin Shixing’s story and condemned Xia Ping as an arrogant young master.
• Yin Shixing embellished his accusations, and the three examiners grew angrier as they prepared to assess the Universe Sect.

Yin Shixing turned the Primordial Sacred Land examiners against Xia Ping by claiming he relied on pills and a backdoor recommendation. When the examiners arrived at the Universe Sect, they confronted Xia Ping, who had advanced to the Dharma Image Realm and answered their accusations with insults.

• Yin Shixing told Feng Xingyu, Zhang Haodang, and Meng Zhenshun that Xia Ping used pills to cultivate and gained his recommendation through connections.
• Feng Xingyu became furious about Xia Ping’s alleged backdoor quota and vowed to deny him entry to the Primordial Sacred Land.
• Several days later, the three examiners arrived at the Universe Sect and ordered Sect Master Zhu Xian to present the five candidates.
• Feng Xingyu, Zhang Haodang, and Meng Zhenshun confronted Xia Ping and were shocked to discover he had reached the Dharma Image Realm.
• The examiners accused Xia Ping of relying on pills, and Xia Ping mocked them for being poor and unable to support themselves.

Xia Ping accepted Feng Xingyu’s deliberately difficult entrance examination and challenged all three Primordial Sacred Land examiners at once. When they gave him three moves, he summoned a terrifying Hell Golden Crow Heaven and Earth Dharma Image that devastated the hall and forced the Universe Sect to evacuate and activate its defenses.

• Feng Xingyu demanded that Xia Ping defeat him to pass the Primordial Sacred Land entrance examination.
• Xia Ping asked to fight Feng Xingyu, Zhang Haodang, and Meng Zhenshun together, and the three examiners agreed to let him attack first for three moves.
• Meng Zhenshun revealed that Yin Shixing had passed the examination and claimed Xia Ping was a counterfeit who lacked strength.
• Xia Ping summoned his Hell Golden Crow Heaven and Earth Dharma Image, whose scorching pressure sent the three examiners flying.
• Sect Master Zhu Xian and the others evacuated weaker disciples and activated the grand formation as the Dharma Image cracked the ground, damaged the hall, and sent flames surging beyond Universe Planet.

Xia Ping revealed a formidable Hell Golden Crow Dharma Image and defeated Feng Xingyu’s Star Dharma Image with a single claw. As Feng Xingyu lay gravely injured, Zhang Haodang launched an attack with his Ocean Dharma Image.

• Universe Sect elders and Primordial Sacred Land disciples realized that Xia Ping’s cultivation foundation and Dharma Image were far stronger than they had expected.
• Feng Xingyu summoned his Star Dharma Image and attacked Xia Ping with a storm of starlight spear strikes.
• Xia Ping’s Hell Golden Crow Dharma Image shattered Feng Xingyu’s attack and sent him crashing into a distant mountain, breaking his bones.
• Zhang Haodang, enraged by Feng Xingyu’s injuries, summoned his Ocean Dharma Image and unleashed a cataclysmic flood against Xia Ping.

Xia Ping faced Zhang Haodang and Meng Zhenshun’s combined attack, but unleashed the power of his Hell Golden Crow Dharma Image. Zhang Haodang’s Yinwood Water was evaporated and his Dharma Image shattered, while Meng Zhenshun’s attack remained unresolved.

• Meng Zhenshun joined Zhang Haodang and summoned a golden sword Dharma Image to attack Xia Ping with Myriad Swords Return to the Sect.
• An elder urged Sect Master Zhu Xian to stop the battle, but Zhu Xian watched because Xia Ping appeared calm.
• Xia Ping awakened his Hell Golden Crow Dharma Image, whose terrifying aura shook Universe Planet and frightened its disciples.
• The Hell Golden Crow fired a golden beam that evaporated Zhang Haodang’s Yinwood Water and blasted him into a spatial barrier.
• Zhang Haodang spat blood as his Heaven-and-Earth Dharma Image shattered and he writhed in pain.

Xia Ping defeated Meng Zhenshun, Feng Xingyu, and Zhang Haodang, earning approval to enter the Primordial Sacred Land. After he left, the three injured examiners realized Yin Shixing had misled them and tried to contact him, only to discover he had blocked them.

• Meng Zhenshun's sword formation was annihilated by Xia Ping's black beam, which then blasted Meng into the barrier and left him badly injured.
• The Universe Sect elders and Sect Master Zhu Xian marveled at Xia Ping's strength as he asked the three examiners whether he had passed.
• Meng Zhenshun, Feng Xingyu, and Zhang Haodang confirmed Xia Ping's qualification and declined his offer to fight another round.
• Xia Ping left, and the three examiners blamed Yin Shixing for deceiving them about Xia Ping's strength.
• Meng Zhenshun messaged Yin Shixing demanding healing pills and ten-thousand-year spirit herbs, then discovered Yin Shixing had blocked him, prompting the three examiners to vow revenge.

After Xia Ping defeated three Primordial Sacred Land disciples, Yin Shixing fled to avoid their retaliation while the Universe Sect’s Saints discussed Xia Ping’s strength and the dangers ahead. News of the victory spread across the universe, drawing both challengers and enemies who planned to kill Xia Ping during the upcoming Map of Heavens' Creation.

• Yin Shixing blocked Meng Zhenshun and the others’ communications, then decided to flee the Five Elements Sect for the Central Universe.
• North Nether Saint, Blazing Sun Saint, and Snow Sea Saint praised Xia Ping’s strength and discussed his chances of surviving the Map of Heavens' Creation.
• News of Xia Ping’s victory spread across the four universes, and human prodigies began challenging his reputation.
• Mighty figures from other races suspected Xia Ping had gained powerful secrets and began planning to ambush and kill him in the Map of Heavens' Creation.

After Xia Ping defeated three Primordial Sacred Land disciples, their peers resented him and anticipated confronting him in the Map of Heavens' Creation. While Xia Ping cultivated on Yanhuang Peak, Yanhuang Planet and the Mountain River Bead space developed, and Green Ox taught Chong Xiaoqian about ruling her subjects.

• The Primordial Sacred Land disciples learned that Xia Ping had defeated Feng Xingyu, Zhang Haodang, and Meng Zhenshun, and vowed to make him suffer when they met in the Map of Heavens' Creation.
• Xia Ping stayed on Yanhuang Peak, cultivating and consolidating his strength as he waited for the Map of Heavens' Creation to open.
• The Sky Net System was deployed around Yanhuang Planet, which became a headquarters and logistical base for the Yanhuang people.
• Green Ox expanded the Mountain River Bead space's farms, formations, and workshop palaces, while the slave girls studied and cultivated to help manage it.
• Chong Xiaoqian complained about studying alongside commoners, but Green Ox explained that a King had to care for her subjects; she then panicked at the thought they might hang her.

Chong Xiaoqian studied kingship with Green Ox and went looking for Tan Menglu, hoping to recruit the notorious idler against the regent. Tan Menglu welcomed her defiance, then declared that games were life and revealed a startling aura.

• Green Ox taught Chong Xiaoqian about the virtues and knowledge expected of a King, and she decided to study diligently.
• The girls warned Chong Xiaoqian that Tan Menglu was a lazy shut-in who lived by freeloading, which made Chong Xiaoqian curious about her.
• Chong Xiaoqian found Tan Menglu lounging in a valley filled with food and watching a television drama.
• Tan Menglu sensed Chong Xiaoqian, pulled her over with a suction force, and recognized her as a King Worm and The Lord's new pet.
• Tan Menglu praised Chong Xiaoqian for resisting the regent and invited her to play games, then erupted with a powerful aura and insisted that games were life.

Tan Menglu persuaded Chong Xiaoqian to enter the game King's Supremacy, while Xia Ping checked on Xiao Dai and Luna before learning that the Map of Heavens' Creation had emerged. He joined Sect Master Zhu Xian and the Universe Sect elders to prepare for entering it.

• Tan Menglu seized Chong Xiaoqian and convinced her that topping up in King's Supremacy would make her stronger, then guided her into the virtual game.
• Xia Ping found Xiao Dai still asleep inside a mass of spatial energy, digesting soul energy and undergoing mysterious changes in Gaia Space.
• Xia Ping visited Luna and saw that her fifty million followers had fueled her rapid recovery of her former power.
• Cat Immortal told Xia Ping that the Map of Heavens' Creation had emerged and that Sect Master Zhu Xian and the elders wanted to enter it.
• Xia Ping left Yanhuang Peak and joined Zhu Xian and the Universe Sect elders in a great hall as they faced the opportunity and danger of the map.

The Map of Heavens' Creation appeared across the Eastern Universe, drawing powerful beings who sought its treasures, especially the Creation Pill that could greatly improve the chance of becoming a Saint. Xia Ping and the Universe Sect elders entered a nearby gate, aware that sealed Abyss Demons posed the greatest danger within.

• The Map of Heavens' Creation descended into the Eastern Universe and opened three thousand gates of light, prompting powerful beings from across the universe to rush toward it.
• Xia Ping and the Universe Sect elders boarded a spaceship and headed for the nearest gate.
• Sect Master Zhu Xian told Xia Ping that the Creation Pill could increase the chance of becoming a Saint by thirty percent.
• Zhu Xian warned Xia Ping that the Map sealed countless Abyss Demons, and breaking their seals could release them.
• Xia Ping and the elders left their spaceship and entered the gate of light.

Xia Ping entered the Map of Heavens' Creation and was separated from the Universe Sect elders, then explored its shattered, desolate continents. He discovered a sealed treasure vault containing a sacred artifact and prepared to claim it.

• The Map of Heavens' Creation scattered Xia Ping and the other Universe Sect elders across its inner space, though they stayed in contact through the group chat.
• Sect Master Zhu Xian told Xia Ping to stay cautious and keep in touch while he gathered with nearby elders.
• Xia Ping transformed into Wu Wudi and explored the vast, barren continental fragments, learning from the Cat Immortal that they were remnants of a continent shattered in the Primordial Era.
• Xia Ping used the Hell Golden Crow Eye to inspect the continents and found that some were traps sealing Abyss Demons.
• Xia Ping spotted a treasure vault containing a crimson sacred artifact and decided he had to seize it.

Xia Ping destroyed the formation sealing millions of Abyss Demons, then trapped the released demons in the Flame River Golden Crow Formation and burned most of them to ash. The surviving demons trembled as Xia Ping dismissed them as weak.

• Xia Ping found a flaw in the formation and broke it, releasing millions of Abyss Demons from the dark continent.
• The Abyss Demons swarmed Xia Ping and attacked him, but he summoned his Hell Golden Crow Dharma Image and deployed the Flame River Golden Crow Formation.
• Xia Ping unleashed nine rivers of exotic flames that purified the demonic qi and burned more than half the demons to death.
• A peak Dharma Image Realm demon urged the others to kill Xia Ping and break the formation, but Xia Ping crushed them with two enormous hands of fire.
• Xia Ping watched the remaining Abyss Demons tremble and called them too weak.

Xia Ping slaughtered the Abyss Demons guarding the continent and absorbed their soul energy, then faced Lei Yundong as the thunder demon attacked him with Three Thousand Cloud Thunder Movement. Xia Ping devoured the Green Wood Divine Lightning unharmed, leaving Lei Yundong shocked and wary.

• Xia Ping activated the grand formation and unleashed millions of Hell Golden Crows, burning every Abyss Demon to ashes.
• Xia Ping absorbed the demons' soul energy, strengthening his Primordial Spirit and mana as he prepared to claim the treasure vault.
• Lei Yundong appeared behind Xia Ping and attacked with his spear and the Thunder Demon Clan's Three Thousand Cloud Thunder Movement.
• Xia Ping summoned his Taotie Dharma Image and devoured all the Green Wood Divine Lightning, strengthening his mana and Kui Ox Dharma Idol.
• Lei Yundong realized Xia Ping had absorbed his divine ability and feared the Taotie's power.