Chapter Summaries

Xia Ping arrived in the valley, where his uncontrolled Hell Golden Crow aura incinerated several thousand Abyss Demons. After explaining his sudden appearance to Yu Qiqi, Jiang Yaru, Su Ji, and Chu Rong, he was overwhelmed by the women’s advances.

• Xia Ping landed before Yu Qiqi, Jiang Yaru, Su Ji, and Chu Rong, and his fiery aura burned the hostile Abyss Demons to ashes.
• Xia Ping realized his rapidly evolved Hell Golden Crow Bloodline was automatically retaliating against enemies and said he needed time to master it.
• Jiang Yaru asked why Xia Ping was there, and he claimed he had merely been passing by.
• Yu Qiqi asked if Xia Ping had caused the blood-red tribulation cloud, and he teased her by offering to explain in private.
• Su Ji suddenly praised Xia Ping and clung to him, while Jiang Yaru pulled him close and challenged his attention to other women.
• Yu Qiqi grabbed Xia Ping and pulled him away from Jiang Yaru.

Xia Ping learned that his increased Hell Golden Crow Bloodline was releasing irresistible pure yang energy, causing Su Ji, Yu Qiqi, Chu Rong, and Jiang Yaru to overwhelm him. Elsewhere, Abyss Demons discovered that Xia Ping’s tribulation had wiped out the continent’s high-ranking demons and left to continue assembling their armies.

• Yu Qiqi and Chu Rong each made advances on Xia Ping, and he asked the system why the women had become so bold.
• The system explained that Xia Ping’s excess pure yang energy attracted women and said he could stop it only by perfectly controlling his power.
• Su Ji, Yu Qiqi, Chu Rong, and Jiang Yaru surrounded Xia Ping and dragged him into a nearby cave.
• More than a dozen peak Lightning Tribulation Realm Abyss Demons found the aftermath of Xia Ping’s tribulation and realized the continent’s top demons had been killed.
• The Abyss Demons blamed the humans for disrupting their plans and left to gather forces on the other Demon Continents.

The trial in the Abyss World ended, and the surviving disciples returned to their sects. Su Ji and the others had advanced dramatically through dual cultivation with Xia Ping, who also returned with a new breakthrough and prepared to pursue the Saint Realm before the coming cosmic war.

• The Heavenly Secret List teleported the surviving new disciples out of the Abyss World when the trial ended.
• Yu Qiqi, Jiang Yaru, Su Ji, and Chu Rong returned to the Universe Sect as True Fire Realm cultivators, but concealed that dual cultivation with Xia Ping had caused their progress.
• Xia Ping returned to the elders of the five major sects after reaching the late Dharma Image Realm, startling the elders from the other sects.
• Xia Ping had awakened fifty million more Hell Golden Crow Cells, bringing his total to 350 million, and gained thousands of years of mana through dual cultivation.
• Xia Ping resolved to reach the Saint Realm before the coming cosmic-scale war so he would not be reduced to cannon fodder.

After returning to the Universe Sect, Xia Ping reported the Abyss Demons’ plans to the North Nether Saint and learned that a war between humanity and the demons was unavoidable. His master urged him to grow stronger and travel to the Primordial Sacred Land in the Central Universe, where the chapter leaves him preparing to go.

• Xia Ping returned to the Universe Sect and went to North Nether Peak to tell the North Nether Saint about the Abyss Demons’ planned invasion.
• The North Nether Saint explained that the Abyss Demons could not be destroyed in their own world and that humanity had long been preparing for war.
• Xia Ping learned that humanity hoped to cripple the demons’ forces and secure another hundred million years of peace.
• The North Nether Saint warned Xia Ping that he was too weak to matter in the coming war and urged him to seek strength in the Primordial Sacred Land.
• Xia Ping left North Nether Peak resolved to grow stronger, and the time to depart for the Central Universe soon arrived.

Xia Ping waited at the Universe Planet port for the Primordial Sacred Land to take him to the Central Universe, and learned about Saint-Grade Spaceships and the Star Ship’s potential upgrades. After Su Chang arrived to receive him, Xia Ping boarded the ship and found other successful candidates aboard.

• Xia Ping finished consolidating his cultivation and waited at the spaceship port for the Primordial Sacred Land.
• A living-looking Saint-Grade Spaceship arrived, and Cat Immortal explained how cosmic life-forms could be fused with such ships.
• Cat Immortal said the Star Ship could be upgraded by fusing it with a Saint-level metal or plant life-form, and that the Central Universe depended on Saint-Grade Spaceships.
• Su Chang and two other Primordial Sacred Land disciples emerged and told Xia Ping to board the ship.
• Xia Ping boarded with Su Chang and saw other geniuses who had passed the assessment.

A Saint aboard the Primordial Sacred Land ship explained why the Central Universe was difficult to enter and how its worlds fueled conflict among the races. The chapter ended with the disciples learning that humanity had seized many worlds but could not easily venture into the Strange District or the deadly Dark Forbidden Zone.

• A Saint told the Eastern Universe geniuses that spatial storms kept ordinary ships from reaching the Central Universe, and only Saint-Grade Spaceships could cross them safely.
• The Saint explained that the Central Universe contained countless expanding minor worlds rich in resources, which the races fought over.
• The Saint revealed that humanity occupied around nine hundred million resource-bearing worlds in the Ordinary District.
• A Primordial Sacred Land disciple explained that the Central Universe was divided into the Ordinary District, the Strange District, and the Dark Forbidden Zone, where even Saints faced deadly dangers.

Xia Ping learned that the Central Universe’s Strange District housed the worlds of powerful races and that spatial cracks there exposed patterns of universal laws. After three days and nights crossing the spatial storm, the black spacecraft reached the Central Universe.

• The man in blue battle robes explained that many powerful races, including the Dragon and Demon Races, occupied worlds in the Strange District, while only Saints could enter them.
• The black whale-shaped spacecraft entered a spatial storm at the Central Universe’s outskirts and withstood the planet-destroying wind blades using its azure defenses.
• Xia Ping noticed strange patterns in the spatial cracks, and the man in blue battle robes identified them as patterns of laws that could help cultivators comprehend universal laws.
• The man in blue battle robes explained that the Central Universe’s unstable space exposed laws, giving cultivators better opportunities to advance toward the Saint realm.
• After sailing for three days and three nights, the spacecraft broke through the astral wind layer and reached the Central Universe.

Xia Ping and the other Eastern Universe geniuses arrived at the Primordial World, a vast human stronghold rich in Primordial Qi. They were brought to a city in the Primordial Sacred Land, where the powerful locals took notice of Xia Ping’s reputation.

• Xia Ping saw the Central Universe’s worlds from the spaceship, and the man in blue battle robes identified the Primordial World as the group’s destination.
• The spaceship passed through a spatial passage into the Primordial World, where Xia Ping and Cat Immortal sensed the immense supply of Primordial Qi.
• The man in blue battle robes explained that humanity had seized the Primordial World at great cost because its Primordial Qi greatly aided cultivation.
• The man in blue battle robes teleported Xia Ping and the other geniuses to a plaza in a city crowded with powerful cultivators and Saints.
• The city’s residents discussed the newcomers and singled out Xia Ping for defeating several Primordial Sacred Land outer disciples.

Lü Zhong introduced the newcomers to life in Green Jade City, explained contribution points and the ten-year assessments, and warned them that the Primordial World forbade conflict. Xia Ping realized points could be transferred and asked about contracts and duels, leaving Lü Zhong wary of his intentions.

• Lü Zhong welcomed Xia Ping and the other newcomers to Green Jade City, gave them identity chips, and explained how they were used.
• Lü Zhong said each newcomer received fifty contribution points and showed them the Primordial Sacred Land’s exchange list.
• Lü Zhong explained that newcomers had ten years to cultivate before facing an assessment every decade, with failure resulting in expulsion.
• Xia Ping asked whether contribution points could be traded and suggested collecting points through voluntary transfers.
• Lü Zhong warned Xia Ping against robbing anyone, then explained that agreed duels were allowed in arenas.

After settling into Villa No. 666, Xia Ping learned how cultivation and points worked in the Primordial Sacred Land. He accepted Wei Liangsheng’s invitation to meet other geniuses from the Eastern Universe over a meal.

• Lü Zhong led Xia Ping and the others to their villas in Green Jade City, and Xia Ping entered Villa No. 666.
• After resting and cultivating, Xia Ping found that the Primordial World greatly increased his cultivation speed and that disciples had to study independently.
• Xia Ping learned that points were needed for nearly everything in the Primordial Sacred Land and could be earned through tasks or by selling resources.
• Wei Liangsheng, a true disciple of the Lingyun Sect, visited Xia Ping with other Eastern Universe geniuses and invited him to a meal.
• Xia Ping agreed, met Yin Xiheng, Kong Cheng, and Hua Bei, and went with the group to the outer disciples’ dining hall.

Xia Ping and the newly arrived outer disciples marveled at the lavish free food in Green Jade City’s Azure Jade Imperial Kitchen before a group of arrogant disciples mocked them. Xia Ping traded insults with Xi An and gave a false name, prompting the real Yin Shixing to expose him.

• Xia Ping and the others entered the Azure Jade Imperial Kitchen and learned that the Primordial Sacred Land had tens of millions of outer disciples and provided their meals for free.
• The group admired the extravagant menu and the valuable food they could eat without limit.
• Xi An mocked the newcomers as ignorant country bumpkins, and Xia Ping answered by comparing Xi An to a barking dog.
• When Xi An demanded Xia Ping’s name, Xia Ping claimed to be Yin Shixing of the Five Elements Sect.
• The real Yin Shixing confronted Xia Ping and warned Xi An that Xia Ping had impersonated him and was actually from the Universe Sect.

Xia Ping’s attempt to pass himself off as Yin Shixing angered both Yin Shixing and Xi An, while his identity as the man who had insulted the Primordial Sacred Land spread through the Dining Hall. He left the gathered disciples openly provoking them to attack.

• Xia Ping greeted Yin Shixing and claimed they were close enough to share each other’s names and blame, while Yin Shixing denied any friendship and called them enemies.
• A Primordial Sacred Land disciple recognized Xia Ping as the Universe Sect disciple who had defeated Feng Xingyu, Zhang Haodang, and Meng Zhenshun and called the Sacred Land’s disciples frauds.
• Xi An and the other outer disciples surrounded Xia Ping, furious about his remarks, while Wei Liangsheng, Yin Xiheng, Kong Cheng, and their companions feared being targeted as his friends.
• Xi An challenged Xia Ping to repeat his insults, and Xia Ping called the disciples idiots and dared them to attack him.

Xia Ping provoked Xi An and the Primordial Sacred Land disciples, then challenged them to duels with fifty points at stake. He revealed a stalk of holy medicine to prove he could cover the wager, leaving the disciples stunned and envious.

• Xia Ping taunted the Primordial Sacred Land disciples, and Xi An challenged him to fight in the Duel Arena.
• Wei Liangsheng warned Xia Ping about the points he could lose and urged him to wait, but Xia Ping rejected his advice.
• Xi An taunted Xia Ping and Wei Liangsheng, prompting Xia Ping to challenge all the dissatisfied disciples to matches worth fifty points each.
• The disciples questioned whether Xia Ping could pay, and Xia Ping produced a stalk of holy medicine as proof of his wealth.
• Xia Ping claimed he had heaps of holy medicine, and the disciples reacted with anger, disbelief, and envy.

Xia Ping arranged a fifty-point duel with more than ten thousand Primordial Sacred Land disciples, turning their confidence into a chance to profit. As the wager drew attention across Green Jade City, disciples and Saints headed to watch the gauntlet scheduled for that night.

• Xia Ping challenged the Primordial Sacred Land disciples to wager fifty points per duel, and more than ten thousand signed up.
• Wei Liangsheng explained to Kong Cheng and the others that Xia Ping could profit as long as he won more than half his matches.
• Yin Shixing grew jealous when Xia Ping turned the apparent crisis into a potential fortune.
• News of the challenge spread through Green Jade City, and disciples from other cities prepared to watch Xia Ping fight that night.
• Several Saints heard that Xia Ping was Beiming's disciple and decided to attend the duels.

At the Green Jade City Duel Arena, Miao Wushuang volunteered to face Xia Ping first and boasted of his thirty-six divine abilities. After the duel began, Xia Ping ignored Miao Wushuang's gravity domain and knocked him unconscious with one punch.

• Xi An asked who would fight Xia Ping first, and the Central Universe geniuses hesitated because Xia Ping had defeated Feng Xingyu, Zhang Haodang, and Meng Zhenshun.
• Miao Wushuang volunteered, dismissed Xi An's warning, and bragged about his strength and thirty-six divine abilities.
• Miao Wushuang challenged Xia Ping on the dueling platform, and the bell signaled the start of their duel.
• Miao Wushuang used Myriad Phenomena Gravity to cover the platform, but Xia Ping moved through the domain and punched him in the head.
• Miao Wushuang crashed into the barrier, fell into a crater, and passed out.

After Xia Ping knocked Miao Wushuang out with one punch, he challenged the Central Universe geniuses to send another opponent. Wei Han took the platform and unleashed his Lightning Flash divine ability, leaving Xia Ping facing an opponent whose speed seemed impossible to overcome.

• The Duel Arena transferred the unconscious Miao Wushuang away for treatment, and spectators debated his defeat and Xia Ping's strength.
• Xia Ping urged the crowd to send another duelist, saying he wanted to return to sleep.
• Wei Han of the Wei Family challenged Xia Ping, determined to restore the Central Universe geniuses' reputation.
• The bell signaled the duel's start, and Wei Han used Lightning Flash to race around the arena as silver streaks of lightning.
• The spectators praised Wei Han's speed and predicted Xia Ping would lose.

Xia Ping defeated Wei Han in a duel by seeing through his extreme speed with his Hell Golden Crow Eye and landing a punch that left Wei Han incapacitated. The duel ended with Xia Ping declared the winner, while spectators debated the consequences of Wei Han’s injury and accused Xia Ping of striking deliberately.

• Wei Han showed off his speed and taunted Xia Ping, who dismissed it as unimpressive.
• Wei Han charged Xia Ping with a lightning-fast kick, but Xia Ping blocked it and sent him flying.
• Wei Han used Thunderflash: Line of Heaven, but Xia Ping saw through his movements and punched him in the crotch.
• Wei Han collapsed in agony and fainted after worsening his injury, and the mechanical voice declared Xia Ping the winner.
• Spectators reacted to Wei Han’s injury, with some worrying about his recovery and others accusing Xia Ping of doing it on purpose.

After two crushing defeats, Xi An challenged Xia Ping, confident he had found a way to win. Xia Ping countered Xi An’s Heart Spirit Sword with the Chaos Bell, leaving Xi An unconscious.

• Xi An’s group recognized Xia Ping as a serious threat after Wei Han and Miao Wushuang lost, and Xi An volunteered to fight him.
• Xi An attacked Xia Ping with his Heart Spirit Sword, trapping him in an illusion aimed at his Primordial Spirit.
• Xia Ping summoned the Chaos Bell from his Primordial Spirit and shattered the sword illusion with its sound.
• The bell’s sonic waves struck Xi An’s soul, wounded his Primordial Spirit, and sent him flying unconscious.

After Xia Ping defeated Xi An, he mocked the Central Universe geniuses and challenged a hundred of them to fight him at once. The enraged crowd agreed that the duel rules allowed the challenge and surged forward to take him on.

• Xi An lost to Xia Ping and was left unconscious, shocking the onlookers.
• Wei Liangsheng and the other Eastern Universe disciples celebrated Xia Ping's victory over the Central Universe geniuses.
• Xia Ping taunted his opponents and declared that he would fight a hundred of them at once.
• The Central Universe geniuses erupted in anger and confirmed that the duel rules allowed them to accept the challenge together.
• The crowd agreed to face Xia Ping as one and surged toward the dueling platform.

Xia Ping faced more than a hundred Primordial Sacred Land disciples in a duel and used his illusion art to trap them in a convincing Abyss World. After they endured hours of endless demon attacks in the illusion, they collapsed unconscious in the real world, leaving Xia Ping victorious.

• More than a hundred Primordial Sacred Land disciples gathered to fight Xia Ping, who called them stepping stones to his fame.
• When the duel began, Xia Ping used True Explanation of Illusion Arts—One Thought, One World to cast the disciples into an illusion of the Abyss World.
• A Burning Demon killed a disciple within the illusion, convincing the others that its dangers could hurt them.
• The disciples fought waves of Abyss Demons for what seemed like three hours, growing exhausted and desperate.
• The demons overwhelmed the disciples, and in reality they all collapsed unconscious after only a second had passed.