Grandmaster Taiyi Hunyuan arrived at Tianjin Garrison with his junior brother, Venerable Maha Sikong Zhan, his disciple Master Tuotuo, and two friends, White Bone Gods Lord and Nether Saint Xu Wan.
On the way, they encountered Chan Master Xiaoyue, who had come from Star Lodge Sea and was also heading to Tianjin, so the two parties traveled together.
They all shared an enemy in the Emei Sect and found themselves kindred spirits. The more they talked, the happier they became, until they gathered to drink their fill.
Grandmaster Taiyi Hunyuan told Shi Feiyang what had happened since they parted at Red Cloud Valley in Fujian. He had studied and cultivated the Chiyou Threefold Scripture, originally intending to use Earthly Remnant and Red Cloud to forge the Heavenly Demon Immortal-Slaying Sword. Later, he decided that Chiyou's Primordial Spirit, described in the Chiyou Threefold Scripture, would serve better. He therefore went to Chiyou's Tomb, found Chiyou's bones and blood, slew the three Monster corpses there, and even refined them into his own three corpse incarnations...
He had spent considerable effort incorporating Chiyou's blood into the Immortal-Slaying Sword. All that remained was to work out how to refine Chiyou's Primordial Spirit into it as well.
This was no small matter. Grandmaster Taiyi Hunyuan had performed extensive divinations beforehand and knew that once the sword's refinement began, it could not be interrupted. Otherwise, the sword would be destroyed and lives lost, and even he would suffer grievous injuries.
Both heavenly tribulations and mortal tribulations would arise during the forging. The sword defied Heaven too greatly; once completed, it would bring a catastrophe upon the entire world.
After repeated calculations and planning with Xu Feiniang, Grandmaster Taiyi Hunyuan had sought out White Bone Gods Lord and Nether Saint Xu Wan and taught them the sword-forging