Chapter Summaries

Xia Ping faced Lei Yundong and his thunder demons over a treasure vault, then confronted Daoist Extreme Evil and the Dark Hall disciples who arrived to claim it. After Xia Ping rejected their demands, Daoist Extreme Evil ordered his men to kill him.

• Lei Yundong summoned his elite thunder demon subordinates and told them about the treasure vault.
• Daoist Extreme Evil and the Dark Hall disciples arrived, claiming the vault belonged to the human race and ordering Xia Ping to retrieve its treasures for them.
• Xia Ping refused to give up the vault or obey Daoist Extreme Evil, declaring that no one could take what belonged to him.
• Dark Hall disciples insulted Xia Ping and accused him of being a foreign spy.
• Daoist Extreme Evil flew into a rage and ordered his disciples to kill Xia Ping.

Xia Ping summoned the Thousand-Hand Buddha and countered Daoist Extreme Evil’s attacks with overwhelming Buddhist power. Daoist Extreme Evil’s Dharma Idol and body were destroyed, while the Thunder Demons watched from a distance.

• Daoist Extreme Evil attacked Xia Ping with his Supreme Evil Divine Art, while the Thunder Demons held back and planned to strike after the humans weakened each other.
• Xia Ping summoned his Thousand-Hand Buddha, whose light dissolved Daoist Extreme Evil’s punch and began purifying the vengeful souls within him.
• Daoist Extreme Evil burned his lifespan and vitality to unleash his Underworld God Dharma Idol and Supreme Evil Steel Fork.
• Xia Ping used Buddha Kingdom in the Palm to smash Daoist Extreme Evil’s Dharma Idol and steel fork.
• Buddhist power shattered Daoist Extreme Evil’s body, leaving a giant golden Buddha hand hanging in the void.

Xia Ping killed Daoist Extreme Evil with one strike, provoking the Dark Hall disciples to unleash the Nine Heavens Ten Lands Underworld King Formation. As the formation summoned an Underworld King avatar, Xia Ping summoned three Heaven and Earth Dharma Idols that tore open part of the formation.

• The Dark Hall disciples and thunder demons reacted in shock after Xia Ping killed Daoist Extreme Evil with a single palm strike.
• Xia Ping apologized mockingly for underestimating Daoist Extreme Evil, enraging the Dark Hall disciples.
• The Dark Hall disciples formed the Nine Heavens Ten Lands Underworld King Formation, trapping the thunder demons along with Xia Ping.
• Lei Yundong ordered the thunder demons to gather and form a defense against the formation.
• The Dark Hall disciples summoned a towering Underworld King avatar to attack Xia Ping.
• Xia Ping summoned the Thousand-Hand Buddha, Thousand-Eye Demon, and Kui Ox Dharma Idols, which tore open a corner of the formation.

Xia Ping revealed that he possessed three Dharma Manifestations of Heaven and Earth and used them to overwhelm the Dark Hall disciples' formation. The formation collapsed, leaving more than half of the Dark Hall disciples dead or injured.

• The Dark Hall disciples were shocked to see Xia Ping activate three Dharma Manifestations and realized his mana far exceeded theirs.
• Xia Ping sent the Kui Ox Dharma Manifestation charging through the demonic qi with tribulation lightning, breaking apart the demon domain.
• Xia Ping used the Thousand-Hand Buddha Dharma Manifestation to hurl huge energy spheres at the formation's demon soldiers and destroy them.
• The Dark Hall disciples burned their blood essence to strengthen the Nine Heavens Ten Lands Underworld King Formation and summoned a counterfeit Underworld King.
• Xia Ping empowered the Thousand-Eye Demon Dharma Manifestation with hell energy, and its death beams pierced the counterfeit Underworld King and shattered the Nether River.
• The Nine Heavens Ten Lands Underworld King Formation collapsed, and its backlash killed or injured more than half of the Dark Hall disciples.

After Xia Ping shattered the Nine Heavens Ten Lands Underworld King Grand Formation, Lei Yundong ordered the Thunder Demons to unleash a lethal ambush with the Green Wood Divine Lightning Cosmos Grand Formation. Xia Ping revealed another Heaven and Earth Dharma Idol to meet their attack, leaving the Thunder Demons shocked and still determined to kill him.

• Lei Yundong ordered the Thunder Demons to burn their blood essence and power the Green Wood Divine Lightning Cosmos Grand Formation for a fatal strike against Xia Ping.
• The Thunder Demons formed the Green Wood Divine Lightning Cosmos Grand Formation and sent a planet of lightning crashing toward Xia Ping.
• The lightning planet struck the wounded Dark Hall disciples and reduced them to ashes.
• Lei Yundong celebrated the attack and claimed the victory and Xia Ping's magic treasures for himself.
• Xia Ping mocked the Thunder Demons and revealed a Divine Elephant Heaven and Earth Dharma Idol.
• The Thunder Demons were stunned by Xia Ping's additional Dharma Idol, but Lei Yundong insisted their formation would still kill him.

Xia Ping used the Divine Elephant’s overwhelming strength to destroy the Thunder Demons’ formation and pursue Lei Yundong. He killed Lei Yundong after preventing his escape, leaving the Thunder Demon Clan’s young lord dead.

• The Divine Elephant charged through the Thunder Demons’ lightning formation, shattering it and injuring the demons.
• Xia Ping killed the Thunder Demons who tried to cover Lei Yundong’s retreat.
• Lei Yundong used the Thunder Demon Clan’s Thunder Serpent Escape to flee, burning his blood essence and lifespan.
• Xia Ping pursued Lei Yundong and trapped him with the Hell Golden Crow Claw, blocking his escape.
• Xia Ping crushed Lei Yundong’s body and destroyed his Primordial Spirit, killing him.

Xia Ping killed the remaining Thunder Demons and seized their loot before discovering the mid-grade Saint Artifact, the Brahma Divine Fire Artifact-Refining Cauldron, in the treasure vault. With the system’s help, he subdued its artifact spirit and began refining it, leaving his Primordial Spirit inside the cauldron’s core.

• Xia Ping killed the Thunder Demons after they threatened revenge and tried to self-destruct.
• Xia Ping collected the enemies’ Space Rings, soul energy, and corpses, then went to the treasure vault.
• Xia Ping discovered the Brahma Divine Fire Artifact-Refining Cauldron, which identified itself as a mid-grade Saint Artifact and refused to be controlled by a mortal.
• Xia Ping spent fifty Hate Crystals to have the system overpower the cauldron and began refining it.
• Xia Ping’s Primordial Spirit entered the cauldron’s core and reached out to touch its sleeping scarlet-flame artifact spirit.

Xia Ping refined the Brahma Divine Fire Artifact-Refining Cauldron and learned that an orchard in the Map of Heavens' Creation might contain nine ginseng fruit trees. He set out with Brahma to find it as news of his recent killings spread throughout the Map.

• Xia Ping took control of the Brahma Divine Fire Artifact-Refining Cauldron, and its awakened spirit accepted him as its master.
• Brahma told Xia Ping that an orchard might contain nine ginseng fruit trees, whose fruits could greatly increase mana and lifespan.
• Brahma said the orchard lay in the northeastern corner of the Map of Heavens' Creation, and Xia Ping agreed to follow him there.
• Xia Ping broke the treasure vault's restrictions, collected its artifacts, and headed toward the orchard.
• News of Xia Ping slaughtering Dark Hall disciples and thunder demons spread throughout the Map of Heavens' Creation.

News spread that Wu Wudi had killed Dark Hall disciples and Lei Yundong, the Thunder Demon Clan's young master, inside the Map of Heavens' Creation. His enemies vowed to set a careful trap and kill him before he could escape.

• People across the Map of Heavens' Creation reacted with shock to Wu Wudi's killing of Dark Hall disciples and Lei Yundong.
• The crowd noted that Wu Wudi's cultivation had advanced rapidly enough for him to kill Dharma Aspect experts, and Central Universe visitors learned of his notorious reputation.
• Factions including the Mysterious Heaven Sect, Heavenly Sovereign Sect, Ancient Moon Sect, Heavenly Mirror Sect, and Ten Thousand Poisons Sect received news of Wu Wudi's return.
• Wu Wudi's enemies agreed to avoid alerting him and to make a thorough plan to destroy him before he left the Map of Heavens' Creation.

The Dark Hall and the Thunder Demon Clan vowed to hunt down Wu Wudi after he killed their disciples and heirs. Meanwhile, Xia Ping traveled inside the Map of Heavens' Creation, mastering the Brahma Divine Fire Artifact-Refining Cauldron and strengthening his cultivation and Chaos Bell.

• Dark Hall disciples, angered by the deaths of Daoist Extreme Evil and the others, united to find and kill Wu Wudi.
• Lei Bao mourned his son Lei Yundong and ordered the Thunder Demons to search for Wu Wudi so he could kill him himself.
• Two weeks later, Xia Ping continued traveling through the Map of Heavens' Creation aboard the Star Ship while cultivating.
• Xia Ping absorbed the Brahma Divine Fire, awakening more Hell Golden Crow Cells and reaching the peak of the early Dharma Image Realm.
• Xia Ping used the Brahma Divine Fire Artifact-Refining Cauldron to make stronger pills and improve the Chaos Bell to a supreme-grade spirit artifact.

Xia Ping found a hidden continent of Mysterious Yellow Soil in the Map of Heavens' Creation, but discovered that eighteen thousand powerful Abyss Demons were sealed there. He hesitated to break the restriction array because the battle could attract other experts, and learned that the Dark Hall and Thunder Demon Clan had placed a warrant on him.

• Xia Ping used the Hell Golden Crow Eye to reveal a continent concealed by a powerful spatial restriction array.
• Green Ox identified the continent as rare Mysterious Yellow Soil and urged Xia Ping to dig it all up.
• Xia Ping spotted eighteen thousand peak Lightning Tribulation Realm Abyss Demons sealed on the continent and warned that freeing them could draw other experts.
• Green Ox agreed that breaking the array would be dangerous, while Cat Immortal told Xia Ping that Lei Bao and the Dark Hall had mobilized forces to hunt him.

Xia Ping used Wu Wudi’s identity to reveal his location and taunt everyone who wanted him dead, hoping to lure them into fighting the Abyss Demons. The Dark Hall and countless other forces believed his claim and set out to confront him.

• Xia Ping realized he could lure his pursuers into dealing with the Abyss Demons and profit from the conflict.
• Xia Ping posted Wu Wudi’s location on the Cosmic Virtual Network and challenged anyone who could to kill him.
• Xia Ping showed the life-bound treasures he had taken from Daoist Extreme Evil, Lei Yundong, and other defeated opponents to prove his identity.
• People across the Map of Heavens' Creation accepted that the message was genuine and reacted with shock and anger.
• Dark Hall disciples, enraged by Xia Ping’s taunts, ordered their forces to move out and punish him.

After Xia Ping publicly revealed his location, the Thunder Demon Clan and numerous other factions decided to pursue him despite suspecting a trap. Xia Ping prepared an array of concealed formations to ambush the approaching enemies.

• Lei Bao flew into a rage upon hearing that Wu Wudi had appeared with Lei Yundong's natal magic treasure, and ordered the Thunder Demon Clan to move out.
• Other factions debated whether Wu Wudi's public challenge concealed a trap, then set off in groups with allies and life-saving items.
• Xia Ping saw that his provocation had drawn many enemies and began preparing a series of linked restriction formations.
• Xia Ping planned to conceal formations including the Flame River Nine-Bend Formation, the Five Elements Thunder Tribulation Formation, the Celestial Star Formation, and the Peach Blossom Miasma Illusion Formation.
• Green Ox and Cat Immortal watched Xia Ping prepare the formations and silently pitied the enemies on their way.

Forces gathered near the Xuanhuang Continent to confront Wu Wudi, but his reputation and the fear of traps kept them from attacking. Xia Ping provoked the crowd, then spat phlegm onto Master Jie Nu, who hid his anger and maintained his composure.

• Factions and small teams arrived and found Wu Wudi sitting alone in the void, but none dared to attack him.
• Xia Ping taunted the gathered forces for their hesitation, yet they suspected a trap and held back.
• Master Jie Nu stepped forward to calm an angry man and introduced himself to the crowd.
• Xia Ping spat across the void and hit Master Jie Nu on his bald head with a glob of phlegm.
• Master Jie Nu concealed his fury and pretended to remain unbothered, earning the crowd's respect.

Xia Ping provoked Master Jie Nu until the monk unleashed his Furious Vajra art, then froze him with Mysterious Nether cold qi. The chapter left Jie Nu trapped as a humanoid ice sculpture.

• Xia Ping struck Master Jie Nu with a pebble, but Jie Nu claimed to remain unmoved and the crowd praised his composure.
• Xia Ping hit Jie Nu with a watermelon-sized rock, and Jie Nu tried to dismiss it without losing his temper.
• Xia Ping hurled a colossal meteorite at Jie Nu, who smashed it and erupted in rage, summoning his Furious Vajra Dharma image.
• Jie Nu charged Xia Ping with the wrath-fueled power of his Buddhist divine art.
• Xia Ping released Mysterious Nether cold qi and froze Jie Nu into a giant ice sculpture.

Xia Ping effortlessly froze Jie Nu and the Buddhist monks who attacked him, then taunted the gathered cultivators. As ancient remnant species arrived to claim his bounty and challenge him, the confrontation escalated.

• Xia Ping froze Jie Nu and shattered the Buddhist monks’ attacks, leaving the surrounding cultivators astonished by his strength.
• Xia Ping challenged the crowd to attack him, and his killing intent drove them to retreat.
• A Black Baleful Demon Bird arrived and threatened Xia Ping.
• Feiyi arrived and claimed Xia Ping’s flesh and blood for itself.
• The Purple Crystal Tiger, Void Butterfly, Golden Ant, Nine-Headed Lion, and other mighty figures arrived to claim Xia Ping and his bounty.

Xia Ping challenged the ancient relic species and defeated the Black Baleful Demon Bird and Feiyi with overwhelming strength. He captured Feiyi and stored it in the Mountain River Bead, intending to keep it for breeding and food.

• Xia Ping taunted the ancient relic species and invited them to attack him.
• The Black Baleful Demon Bird attacked Xia Ping, but his Divine Elephant Dharma Form shattered its claw and sent it flying.
• Feiyi attacked Xia Ping with its Burning Heaven and Earth flame, but his Hell Golden Crow swallowed the fire and seized Feiyi.
• Xia Ping decided Feiyi was a valuable source of meat and said he would keep it for breeding.
• Xia Ping captured Feiyi and tossed it through the Mountain River Bead's spatial gate, leaving the other ancient relic species unable to intervene.

Xia Ping attacked the assembled ancient remnant species after they hesitated to challenge him, summoning four powerful manifestations to suppress them. He crippled the Purple Crystal Tiger and Nine-Headed Lion, while the Golden Ant unleashed a vast swarm against him.

• The ancient remnant species and other races recognized Xia Ping as a formidable enemy after seeing him capture Feiyi and defeat the Black Baleful Demon Bird.
• Xia Ping summoned the Kui Ox, Divine Elephant, Heavenly Dragon, and Taotie, then sent them against the gathered ancient remnant species.
• The Kui Ox shattered the Purple Crystal Tiger’s attack and struck it with tribulation lightning, leaving it paralyzed and screaming.
• The Divine Elephant crushed the Nine-Headed Lion’s sound attacks and sent it flying with most of its bones broken.
• The Golden Ant released a swarm of Golden Ants from a wormhole, calling on their overwhelming numbers to attack Xia Ping.

Xia Ping captured several ancient bloodline species with his Taotie, Primordial Heavenly Dragon, and Thousand-Hand Buddha manifestations, sending them into the Mountain River Bead. The Thunder Demon Clan arrived under Lei Bao and attacked him with a massive lightning strike, which Xia Ping escaped by slipping into the void.

• Xia Ping's Taotie swallowed the Golden Ant and its swarm, secretly transferring them into the Mountain River Bead.
• The Void Butterfly tried to flee through the void, but Xia Ping's Primordial Heavenly Dragon caught it and sent it into the Mountain River Bead.
• Xia Ping used his Thousand-Hand Buddha to capture the injured Black Baleful Demon Bird as the other ancient bloodline species scattered in panic.
• Lei Bao arrived with more than a thousand Thunder Demons and attacked Xia Ping with millions of lightning bolts.
• Xia Ping enveloped himself in primordial energy and slipped into the void to evade the lightning strike.

The Thunder Demon Clan, Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, and Mysterious Heaven Sect joined forces to kill Xia Ping. He unleashed the Flame River Nine-Bend Formation, repelled their attacks, and grew stronger through battle.

• Lei Bao and the Thunder Demon Clan attacked Xia Ping over his earlier killing of their young master and elites.
• More than a thousand Ten Thousand Poisons Sect elders arrived and joined the assault with poison-based divine abilities.
• Over a thousand Mysterious Heaven Sect elders arrived and attacked Xia Ping with a sword formation.
• Xia Ping activated the Flame River Nine-Bend Formation, shattering the three forces' attacks and injuring their cultivators.
• Xia Ping awakened more Hell Golden Crow Cells during the battle, raising his mana to the peak of the early Dharma Image Realm.