Chapter Summaries

Xia Ping examined three Saint-grade Creation Pills and learned from Green Ox that they possessed a form of life. The system warned that the pills carried the Saint of Creation’s imprint, which could help Xia Ping advance quickly but eventually erode his soul and contribute to the Saint’s possible resurrection.

• Xia Ping inspected three Saint-grade Creation Pills and discovered that their crystals moved and reacted to his divine consciousness.
• Green Ox explained that Saint-grade pills possessed spirituality and described how higher-grade pills could become lifeforms.
• The system warned Xia Ping not to consume the pills and charged him ten Hate Crystals to reveal why.
• The system explained that the pills carried the Saint of Creation’s imprint and that the Saint might be caught between life and death.
• Xia Ping learned that consuming the pills could speed his cultivation but would eventually let the imprint erode his soul and use his strength for the Saint’s resurrection.

Xia Ping learned that Saint of Creation had feigned death and scattered imprints among Creation Pills to absorb countless prodigies’ wisdom and perfect his laws in pursuit of godhood. He chose not to interfere with the scheme and confirmed that the Brahma Divine Fire Artifact-Refining Cauldron knew nothing about it.

• The system explained that Saint of Creation used Creation Pills and his imprints to lure prodigies, attach to their souls, and gather their experiences and abilities.
• Xia Ping learned that Saint of Creation sought to perfect the laws of the universe and become a god, while Tania pursued godhood through scientific study.
• The system said Saint of Creation’s long absence and the secrecy surrounding his plan had kept other Saints from exposing it.
• Xia Ping declined to refine the Creation Pills because doing so could alert Saint of Creation and trigger his revival.
• The system confirmed that the Brahma Divine Fire Artifact-Refining Cauldron was not involved in the scheme and had been kept unaware of it.

Xia Ping decided to auction off the unusable Creation Pills, then used the system to refine the Saha Prayer Beads and the Glory Scepter. After destroying the Saints' divine senses within them, he gained full control of both artifacts and learned their powers.

• Xia Ping decided to auction off the Creation Pills in the Virtual Universe to trade them for cultivation resources.
• Xia Ping paid fifty Hate Crystals for the system to refine the Saha Prayer Beads and the Glory Scepter.
• The system destroyed the Saint wills and methods inside the artifacts, injuring the Buddhist Sect Saint and the Angel Race Saint, who ordered investigations into their loss.
• Xia Ping fused his divine sense with both artifacts and discovered that the Saha Prayer Beads could seal enemies and draw energy from prisoners.
• Xia Ping learned that the Glory Scepter could trap enemies in the Kingdom of Heaven and control them with a Glory Mark.

Xia Ping learned that advanced cities in the Virtual Universe enabled secure, universe-wide trade, and decided to hold an auction there. After several more days of robbing powerful factions across the mysterious continent, Wu Wudi entered a High-Level City to auction the Creation Pills and other medicinal pills he had seized.

• Xia Ping asked Cat Immortal how to hold an auction, and Cat Immortal explained advanced cities and their secure treasure-transmission system.
• Xia Ping decided to auction his treasures in an advanced city but first planned to seize more pills.
• Over the following days, Xia Ping robbed powerful factions across the continent, leaving their members furious and humiliated.
• People discussed how the Buddhist Sect and Angel Race had lost their sacred artifacts and learned that Xia Ping had erased the Saints' divine thoughts within them.
• Word spread that Wu Wudi had entered the High-Level City and planned to auction the Creation Pills and other medicinal pills he had obtained.

Xia Ping held an auction in Virtual Universe Advanced City No. 88, drawing powerful figures from across the universe who hoped to buy Creation Pills. He barred humans from participating, citing the hostility of Dark Hall and Primordial Sacred Land, and the chapter ended with human cultivators protesting his rule.

• A furious figure urged everyone to boycott Xia Ping’s auction, but the gathered powers ignored him and joined because the sale included Creation Pills.
• Xia Ping entered City No. 88, submitted his pills to the virtual system, and was sent to the auction house.
• Mighty figures from human factions, demon clans, the Western Universe, the Ancient Alliance, and smaller families filled the auction house.
• Xia Ping announced that humans could not participate and ordered them to leave.
• Human cultivators angrily demanded an explanation, and Xia Ping defended his rule by pointing to the hostility of Dark Hall and Primordial Sacred Land.

Xia Ping expelled all human bidders from the auction, provoking fury from human mighty figures and the disciples of the Dark Hall and Primordial Sacred Land. He began the auction by demanding a million-year-old spiritual herb for the bundled Creation Pill and other pills, leaving many Demon Kings unable to bid.

• Human mighty figures protested Xia Ping's ban, while other races mocked them and supported the exclusion.
• Xia Ping ordered the system to expel every human from the auction venue, prompting threats and outrage from the humans and sacred-land disciples.
• Xia Ping opened the auction and set the starting price for the Creation Pill bundle at one million-year-old spiritual herb, accepting barter instead of Universal Coin.
• Demon Kings balked at the price because sacred herbs were extraordinarily rare, but Xia Ping argued that the pills were worth the cost because the Creation Pill improved their odds of becoming Saints.
• Xia Ping warned Demon Kings without Saint medicine not to bid, further angering those who could not afford the starting price.

Xia Ping auctioned Creation Pills to Demon Kings, who offered rare sacred medicines and spirit medicines in exchange. He left the auction with nine sacred medicines and ninety hundred-thousand-year spirit medicines, while the buyers and watching human powers seethed with resentment.

• A Demon King bid a Purple Lightning Exotic Flower for a Creation Pill, prompting a Thunder Demon King to explain its rarity and power.
• Demon Kings raised their bids with Void Grass, a Five Elements Vine, Phoenix Wood, and increasing numbers of hundred-thousand-year spirit medicines.
• Xia Ping welcomed the Demon Kings' offers and privately credited the Saint of Creation with making the trade possible.
• The day-long auction ended after Xia Ping sold nine Creation Pills and other pills, gaining nine sacred medicines and ninety hundred-thousand-year spirit medicines.
• Human powers watching from outside envied Xia Ping's gains, while the Demon Kings vowed to find a chance to kill Wu Wudi.

After the Map of Heavens' Creation expelled its visitors, Xia Ping returned to the Virtual Universe and tried to befriend ancient remnant species and Demon Kings, who fled from him. A Buddhist Sect figure then asked him to return the Saha Prayer Beads, but Xia Ping demanded a supreme-grade sacred artifact in exchange.

• The system awarded Xia Ping eighty Hate Crystals, bringing his total to four hundred and sixty.
• The Map of Heavens' Creation's artifact spirit teleported all its visitors away, and Xia Ping arrived on an uninhabited primitive planet.
• Xia Ping tried to get an ancient remnant species' contact information, but it fled from him.
• Xia Ping offered to become sworn brothers with a Demon King, who rejected him and logged off, followed by the other Demon Kings.
• A Buddhist Sect figure asked Xia Ping to auction back the Saha Prayer Beads, and Xia Ping demanded a supreme-grade sacred artifact for them.

After Xia Ping refused to return the Saha Prayer Beads and logged off to avoid the Angel Race, the Buddhist monks speculated about his backing and chose to wait. News that Wu Wudi had captured ancient remnant species as slaves enraged the Ancient Alliance, and Ancestor Qiongqi emerged to hunt him down.

• Xia Ping refused the Buddhist Sect's offers for the Saha Prayer Beads, and its monks departed after failing to reclaim the artifact.
• Angels demanded that Wu Wudi return the Glory Scepter, but Xia Ping logged off, prompting them to threaten to enlist Saint-level angels to find him.
• Buddhist monks concluded that a Saint likely supported Wu Wudi and decided to wait for his identity to emerge.
• An ancient remnant reported that Wu Wudi had captured Feiyi, Black Baleful Demon Bird, Purple Crystal Tiger, Nine-Headed Lion, Void Butterfly, Golden Ant, and other elites, provoking the Ancient Alliance.
• Ancestor Qiongqi appeared before the Ancient Alliance and declared that Wu Wudi would die for enslaving ancient remnants.

Holy Angel Loki, Qiongqi, and Venerable Indra Dehui searched for Wu Wudi on Dragon Wood Planet, but Loki’s Time Reversal could not reveal him. Indra warned that a powerful being might be protecting Wu Wudi, and the three Saints left without finding a trace.

• Qiongqi, Holy Angel Loki, and Venerable Indra Dehui met near Dragon Wood Planet and argued over who would claim Wu Wudi.
• Holy Angel Loki used Time Reversal to replay events around the planet and search for Wu Wudi.
• Loki and Qiongqi saw that Wu Wudi’s image was obscured by a mysterious force that distorted time.
• Venerable Indra Dehui suggested that a terrifying existence might be protecting Wu Wudi, prompting Loki to leave and report his suspicions.
• Qiongqi searched other places where Wu Wudi had appeared but found no clues and eventually gave up.

Xia Ping returned to Universe Planet after gaining a breakthrough in the Map of Heavens' Creation and learned he would help oversee the next Abyss Demon trial. When arrogant Primordial Sacred Land disciples confronted him, he mocked them for their defeat by Wu Wudi, leaving them furious.

• Xia Ping returned to Universe Planet at the mid-stage Dharma Image Realm, and Sect Master Zhu Xian and the others greeted him.
• Sect Master Zhu Xian asked Xia Ping to help oversee the new disciples' Abyss Demon trial at a different Sealed Land.
• Xia Ping learned that he would depart for the Central Universe in three months to join the Primordial Sacred Land.
• More than a dozen Primordial Sacred Land disciples arrived and looked down on the Universe Sect members.
• Xia Ping mocked the Primordial Sacred Land disciples for being routed by Wu Wudi, and they angrily defended their strength and standing.

Xia Ping accepted a challenge from the Primordial Sacred Land disciples and defeated their first fighter with a single finger. When several more disciples rushed him, his Hell Golden Crow Eye’s divine consciousness knocked them unconscious, leaving the others stunned.

• Xia Ping agreed to spar with the Primordial Sacred Land disciples after warning that he might injure them.
• A peak Dharma Image Realm disciple attacked Xia Ping with the Kingly Way Killing Fist.
• Xia Ping shattered the fist imprints with one finger and sent the disciple flying, leaving him badly injured and unable to fight.
• Xia Ping taunted the other disciples, and four of them moved to attack him.
• Xia Ping released divine consciousness from his Hell Golden Crow Eye, causing the four disciples to collapse unconscious.

Xia Ping overwhelmed the Primordial Sacred Land disciples, then extorted meeting gifts from them before they left. He returned to Yanhuang Peak and asked Sect Master Zhu Xian to notify him when the trial began.

• Xia Ping made four Primordial Sacred Land disciples faint with a glance, frightening the remaining Lightning Tribulation Realm disciples.
• Xia Ping taunted the disciples and repeatedly challenged them to spar, but they refused and claimed they were injured and busy.
• Xia Ping demanded meeting gifts before letting the Primordial Sacred Land disciples leave.
• The disciples gave Xia Ping pills and the Kingly Way Killing Fist manual, then carried away their injured junior brothers and left.
• Xia Ping returned to Yanhuang Peak after asking Sect Master Zhu Xian to notify him when the trial began.

Xia Ping refined the Phoenix Wood into Phoenix Blood and devoured it, awakening many Hell Golden Crow Cells. He reached ninety-five million awakened cells and chose to cultivate in seclusion rather than risk triggering a heavenly tribulation before he was prepared.

• Xia Ping received the sacred medicines he had bought at auction and set the others aside in the Mountain River Bead.
• Xia Ping used Hell Golden Crow Fire to melt the Phoenix Wood into Phoenix Blood.
• Xia Ping swallowed the Phoenix Blood, and his Hell Golden Crow bloodline overwhelmed and devoured the phoenix power within it.
• Xia Ping awakened a total of ninety-five million Hell Golden Crow Cells and realized he needed five million more to reach one hundred million.
• Xia Ping decided to delay that breakthrough until he was ready for the resulting heavenly tribulation, then continued cultivating in seclusion.

Feiyi and the Black Baleful Demon Bird argued over how to escape their captivity inside Wu Wudi’s spatial treasure. The Black Baleful Demon Bird revealed it had secretly made a way out of their cage, and the two prepared to flee.

• Feiyi proposed earning Wu Wudi’s trust by working for him for centuries, but the Black Baleful Demon Bird slapped him and rejected the plan.
• The Black Baleful Demon Bird explained that Wu Wudi’s lax defenses gave them an opportunity to retaliate and force him to let them go.
• The Black Baleful Demon Bird planned to escape their cage, kidnap one of Wu Wudi’s high-ranking subordinates, and use the captive as leverage.
• The Black Baleful Demon Bird revealed that its black mist had secretly corroded a small passage through the cage despite its sealed mana.
• Feiyi urged them to run, but the Black Baleful Demon Bird told him to lower his voice and shrink his body.

Black Baleful Demon Bird and Feiyi escaped their confinement in the Mountain River Bead space and tried to seize a high-ranking official to bargain with Wu Wudi. They broke into Luna’s estate, where her terrifying aura drove them to flee.

• Black Baleful Demon Bird and Feiyi secretly escaped while Green Ox focused on planting the sacred medicines.
• Black Baleful Demon Bird decided to avoid the ancient remnants who might betray them and led Feiyi toward an estate where they planned to capture its supposed high-ranking official.
• Black Baleful Demon Bird and Feiyi entered the unguarded estate and found Luna watering flowers.
• Luna sensed the intruders, and her overwhelming aura terrified Black Baleful Demon Bird and Feiyi.
• Feiyi fled immediately, leaving Black Baleful Demon Bird behind to curse its companion.

Luna knocked Feiyi and the Black Baleful Demon Bird away when they tried to kidnap her, and the pair fled after realizing she was the Corpse Beast. Their search for somewhere to recover led them to Gaia’s cave and then into the territory of Taotie, where they fainted in terror.

• Luna blasted Feiyi and the Black Baleful Demon Bird more than a hundred million kilometers away with one palm strike, then returned to sleep.
• Feiyi and the Black Baleful Demon Bird recognized Luna as the Corpse Beast and fled to a nearby cave to recover.
• Feiyi spotted a giant egg in the cave, and the Black Baleful Demon Bird recognized it as Gaia and urged them not to wake her.
• The pair fled several hundred million kilometers from Gaia’s cave and wondered what kind of power Wu Wudi commanded.
• A voice accused Feiyi and the Black Baleful Demon Bird of entering its territory to steal food, and they recognized Taotie before fainting.

Feiyi and the Black Baleful Demon Bird woke to find themselves facing Tan Menglu and Chong Xiaoqian, who considered eating them or keeping them as servants. After the two ancient descendants claimed they could cook and play games, Tan Menglu spared them, while she and Chong Xiaoqian rushed off to confront a game rival; Feiyi and the Black Baleful Demon Bird decided to stay put rather than risk escaping again.

• Tan Menglu woke Feiyi and the Black Baleful Demon Bird, who panicked at the sight of a Taotie and begged to be returned to their cage.
• Chong Xiaoqian arrived and joined Tan Menglu in questioning the pair, who learned that Wu Wudi was their owner.
• Tan Menglu recognized Feiyi and the Black Baleful Demon Bird as potential food, but Chong Xiaoqian suggested making them servants instead.
• Feiyi claimed he could play games and the Black Baleful Demon Bird claimed he could cook, so Tan Menglu spared them and assigned them servant duties.
• Chong Xiaoqian told Tan Menglu that a game rival had been attacking her and threatening their city, and the two hurried off to confront him.
• Feiyi considered running away, but the Black Baleful Demon Bird persuaded him to stay until they understood the dangers outside.

After a month of cultivation, Xia Ping reached the peak of the mid-stage Dharma Image Realm and tested his newly mastered Kingly Way Killing Fist. He inspected Green Ox’s thriving sacred-herb fields, then set out to escort new disciples and encountered Su Ji, Jiang Yaru, Chu Rong, and Yu Qiqi.

• Xia Ping consolidated the Phoenix Blood’s energy, advanced to the peak of the mid-stage Dharma Image Realm, and kept his Hell Golden Crow Cells at ninety-five million to avoid heavenly tribulation.
• Xia Ping tested the Kingly Way Killing Fist in the Mountain River Bead and blasted a vast crater into the desert.
• Green Ox showed Xia Ping the thriving medicinal fields for the Purple Lightning Exotic Flower, Five Elements Vine, and other sacred herbs.
• Sect Master Zhu Xian told Xia Ping to join several elders in escorting newly admitted disciples during their trial, and Xia Ping agreed.
• Xia Ping left Yanhuang Peak for the sect’s main hall and met Su Ji, Jiang Yaru, Chu Rong, and Yu Qiqi heading in the same direction.

Xia Ping met Su Ji, Jiang Yaru, Chu Rong, and Yu Qiqi as they headed to the trial for newly inducted disciples, and bragged about his status and cultivation. At the main hall, the disciples gathered for the trial admired Xia Ping as a legendary figure and their examiner.

• Xia Ping greeted Su Ji, Jiang Yaru, Chu Rong, and Yu Qiqi and learned they were going to take part in the newly inducted disciples' trial.
• Xia Ping told the four women that he would supervise the trial as an elder-level figure, then mocked their late Treasure Refining Realm cultivation while boasting about his own status.
• Su Ji, Jiang Yaru, Chu Rong, and Yu Qiqi vowed to cultivate harder and catch up to Xia Ping before flying to the main hall.
• Su Ji, Jiang Yaru, Chu Rong, and Yu Qiqi arrived at the main hall, where Sect Master Zhu Xian and the elders had gathered with the newly inducted disciples.
• The disciples praised Xia Ping's rapid rise to the Dharma Image Realm, his connection to North Nether Saint, and his victories over disciples from the Primordial Sacred Land.