Recaps

Xu Taiping discovered that removing his soul seals had greatly increased his Qi and Blood True Essence fluctuations, and that drawing the Demon-Sealing Swords multiplied their circulation and combat power. After Blade Ghost explained that the seals had also restrained his spells and martial arts, Xu Taiping prepared to examine the Origin Beginning Clone’s progress with the Heaven-Replenishing Book.

• Xu Taiping drew the Demon-Sealing Swords one by one and found that each sword increased his aura fluctuations, while drawing all three also made his Qi and Blood True Essence drain nearly three times faster.
• Dongfang Yuejian, Xuanzhi, and Gu Yu sensed Xu Taiping’s pressure from outside the Dragon-Trapping Tower and marveled at how much his power had risen.
• Xu Taiping concluded that the swords increased the circulation speed, not the total amount, of his Qi and Blood True Essence, and that all eight could multiply its power eightfold.
• Blade Ghost told Xu Taiping that removing the soul seals should also improve his spells, divine abilities, and martial arts, then asked to test his blade against Xu Taiping after awakening.
• Xu Taiping agreed to Blade Ghost’s request and turned his attention to the Origin Beginning Clone’s progress with the Heaven-Replenishing Book.

Xu Taiping removed all eight soul seals and learned that his Origin Beginning Clone had made progress on the Heaven-Replenishing Book. The Battle Merit Ledger then announced that Nine Abysses Team One had challenged his team.

• Xu Taiping told Dongfang Yuejian that he had removed all eight soul seals using a method taught by Immortal Elder Wuji, and said his power could still rise further.
• Xu Taiping contacted his cultivation clones and merged his divine soul with the Origin Beginning Clone’s insights into the Heaven-Replenishing Book.
• Xu Taiping demonstrated that he could turn part of a table into crystal and reviewed the inheritance’s sealing, heaven-replenishing, and heaven-excavating powers.
• The Battle Merit Ledger announced that the Immortal Burial Ruins Test-the-Blade Gathering had begun and Nine Abysses Team One had challenged Xu Taiping’s team.

Xu Taiping and Dongfang Yuejian realized the Dragon-Slaying Assembly’s new Blade-Catching Assembly rules likely resulted from the Demon Mother’s interference. The first challenge pitted the Nine Abysses’ Wuxin, Qing He, and Li Yezhu against the Dongfang Clan’s team, but Xu Taiping said he could face all three now that his Soul Seals were removed.

• Xu Taiping suspected the Demon Mother had altered the Dragon-Slaying Assembly’s rules, and Dongfang Yuejian and Xuanzhi agreed it was possible.
• The Battle Merit Ledger announced a Blade-Catching Assembly before the blade trial, with unfair rules favoring teams with lower battle merit.
• The Ledger named Wuxin, Qing He, and Li Yezhu as the first challengers and required the Dongfang Clan’s team to send one Dragon-Slaying Person or lose ten thousand battle merit.
• Dongfang Yuejian protested the one-against-three challenge, while Xu Taiping concluded the rules showed the Demon Mother’s interference had been limited.
• Xu Taiping said his Soul Seals had been removed and that he was not afraid of facing all three opponents in the Lower Realm.
• At the Profound Elixir Palace, Chu Xiaoxiao angrily denounced the challenge rules.

Spectators in the Spring Rain Pavilion suspected the Demon Mother had altered the Blade-Catching Assembly rules to disadvantage Xu Taiping’s team, and worried about their odds against Nine Abysses. Xu Taiping and his companions accepted the challenge, leaving their allies anxious about the coming fight.

• Xiahou Qingyuan and Zhu Huai concluded that the Demon Mother had likely added the Blade-Catching Assembly, though her ability to interfere appeared limited.
• Lu Rushuang and the others warned that Xu Taiping could face three opponents and that the rules might still change, making refusal and forfeited battle merit seem safer.
• The Heartless Demon Emperor told hidden Nine Abysses allies to prepare for the demonic army to descend on Chenglong Heaven after the assembly.
• A phantom image revealed Xu Taiping and his companions had accepted Nine Abysses’ challenge, prompting excitement among spectators and concern in the Spring Rain Pavilion.

Dongfang Yuejian entered the Dragon-Catching Assembly on behalf of her team and named Xu Taiping as their Dragon-Slaying Person. At the Twin Sword Peaks, the Qing He Demon Emperor and Li Yezhu revealed overwhelming Demon God Bodies, leaving Xu Taiping’s companions fearful as the confrontation began.

• Dongfang Yuejian accepted the challenge and announced that Xu Taiping would represent her team.
• The Dragon-Slaying Ranking’s edict brought Xu Taiping and the three Nine Abyss figures to the Twin Sword Peaks.
• The Qing He Demon Emperor transformed into his Hān Bà Body and absorbed the vitality of nearby life to increase his strength.
• Xiahou Qingyuan explained that the Qing He Demon Emperor’s body could draw on living creatures for an apparently endless supply of qi and blood.
• Li Yezhu revealed his own massive, hound-headed Demon God Body, and the force from both demons’ auras cracked Xu Taiping’s mountain peak.

Xu Taiping’s True Dragon Divine Being Body initially matched the Nine Abysses’ Demon God Bodies in qi and blood power, but the Heartless Demon Emperor and Qing He Demon Emperor escalated their attack until Xu Taiping could barely hold them back. He decided he had to draw the Demon-Sealing Sword.

• Xu Taiping revealed his Ultimate Realm True Dragon Divine Being Body and pushed back the Qing He Demon Emperor and Demon Emperor Li Yezhu’s combined aura.
• The Heartless Demon Emperor revealed his Azure Bull Demon God Body, and the three Nine Abysses Demon God Bodies drove their combined aura toward Xu Taiping.
• Xu Taiping’s qi and blood tempering power surged, allowing him to push the black dividing line back and restore an even contest.
• The Heartless Demon Emperor enlarged his Azure Bull Demon God Body and ordered Qing He to use his Drought Demon True Body, overwhelming Xu Taiping’s aura until he barely held his ground.
• Xu Taiping judged that ordinary methods could not match the two Demon God Bodies and decided to draw the Demon-Sealing Sword.

Xu Taiping matched the combined aura of Qing He, Wuxin, and Li Yezhu after a sword cry unleashed a surge of power. Wuxin called the contest a draw and proposed testing their spells and divine abilities, while the Spring Rain Pavilion worried that Xu Taiping might be outmatched.

• The Heartless Demon Emperor called on Li Yezhu, whose Demon God Body joined Qing He and Wuxin in suppressing Xu Taiping’s aura.
• Duan Xiaoyu, Chu Xiaoxiao, and others in the Spring Rain Pavilion objected to the Nine Abysses’ advantage, while Xu Taiping continued matching their auras.
• A fierce sword cry rang from Xu Taiping’s True Dragon Divine Being Body, and his aura drove the three Demon Emperors’ combined pressure back to the midpoint.
• The onlookers speculated that Xu Taiping’s strength had grown through Yundaozi’s legacy as the Heartless Demon Emperor declared the aura contest a draw and proposed a contest of spells and divine abilities.
• Zhu Huai and Xiahou Qingyuan suspected Wuxin had been probing Xu Taiping’s limits, and another sword cry broke the pavilion’s tense silence.

Xu Taiping’s aura fluctuations doubled again as he overwhelmed the three Demon Emperors and fought them to a draw. When the emperors summoned the legendary Night Demonic Spear, his surging aura stopped it in midair, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Xu Taiping’s aura surged, shattered the Nine Abysses’ defenses, and engulfed the Heartless Demon Emperor, the Qing He Demon Emperor, and Demon Emperor Li Yezhu.
• Xu Taiping struck the Qing He Demon Emperor with a punch, then drove his Burning Blade through the demon’s chest.
• The Heartless Demon Emperor and Demon Emperor Li Yezhu intervened, and the opposing forces shattered in another draw.
• The three Demon Emperors summoned the legendary Night Demonic Spear and launched it at Xu Taiping.
• Xu Taiping’s aura doubled again and stopped the Night Demonic Spear in midair.

Xu Taiping overwhelmed the Heartless Demon Emperor, Qing He Demon Emperor, and Demon Emperor Li Yezhu with a series of powerful blade techniques, ending with the devastating No-Blade Form. The three demons were killed but revived through Li Yezhu’s origin life-lending demon seed power, and Xu Taiping challenged them to keep fighting until that power ran out.

• Xiahou Qingyuan recognized that Xu Taiping’s aura, true essence, qi and blood, and divine soul power had tripled.
• Xu Taiping used Rending Blade and Unity Blade to break the Night Demonic Spear, but the demons blocked his attack with a black umbrella and the Heartless Demon Emperor disrupted his aura.
• Xu Taiping’s Burning Blade shattered the umbrella, wounded Qing He Demon Emperor and Demon Emperor Li Yezhu, and badly injured the Heartless Demon Emperor.
• Xu Taiping unleashed No-Blade, filling the world with golden blade light and slicing apart all three demon emperors.
• The three demon emperors reappeared after Li Yezhu revived them with his life-lending origin demon seed power.
• Xu Taiping asked whether they wanted to continue fighting and warned that he would kill them until their revival power was exhausted.

Xu Taiping learned that Pang Zhong might have reached the Heavenly Dragon Realm, giving him the right to choose Dragon-Slaying Persons for the trip to Ten Thousand Islands Lake. The chapter left the Spring Rain Pavilion watching Pang Zhong unleash a devastating attack, unsure whether he had truly broken through.

• Xu Taiping defeated the Heartless Demon Emperor and the others, but learned that Gu Yu’s next opponent would be Pang Zhong if Pang Zhong had reached the Heavenly Dragon Realm.
• The Heartless Demon Emperor warned Xu Taiping that Pang Zhong had supposedly broken through and would challenge Gu Yu for a Dragon-Slaying Token.
• Xiahou You and Xiahou Qingyuan explained that Heavenly Dragon Realm Dragon Catchers could issue Dragon-Slaying Tokens and choose their companions.
• Chu Xiaoxiao and the others wondered whether the Nine Abysses had fabricated Pang Zhong’s breakthrough to mislead Xu Taiping’s team.
• Pang Zhong absorbed the battlefield’s blood baleful qi and cleaved through the Yan Kingdom military formation with one strike, prompting Chu Xiaoxiao to question whether he had reached the Heavenly Dragon Realm.

Xu Taiping planned to use the Supreme-Grade Soulfire Stone to let Gu Yu train in his Avīci Blade Domain for at least a month, hoping to raise Gu Yu’s combat strength enough to face Pang Zhong. Gu Yu agreed despite his fear, and Dongfang Yuejian was left wondering what made the Blade Domain so terrifying.

• Dongfang Yuejian and Master Xuanzhi doubted that Pang Zhong had truly reached the Heavenly Dragon Realm, but Xu Taiping said improving Gu Yu’s strength mattered more.
• Xu Taiping revealed that the Supreme-Grade Soulfire Stone would let Gu Yu cultivate in his Blade Domain Power for at least another month.
• Xuanzhi noticed that Xu Taiping’s Vajra Demon-Subduing Seal and Dhyana Seal had returned after he took on the Xingtian Divine Intent’s calamity.
• After Gu Yu woke, Xu Taiping told him Pang Zhong had likely reached the Heavenly Dragon Realm and asked whether he dared to enter the Avīci Blade Domain again.
• Gu Yu agreed, but trembled when Xu Taiping said the trial would last at least a month; Dongfang Yuejian asked what inside the Blade Domain frightened him so much.

Xu Taiping brought Dongfang Yuejian and Gu Yu into the Avīci Blade Domain for training, where Blade Ghost began teaching Gu Yu and sent Xu Taiping and Dongfang Yuejian toward the Twelfth Layer. Dongfang Yuejian recognized Blade Ghost’s name from her ancestor’s travelogue, leaving Xu Taiping eager to learn what it said about his origins.

• Blade Ghost told Xu Taiping that the Eleventh Layer had been repaired and invited him to bring Dongfang Yuejian into the Blade Domain for training.
• Xu Taiping, Dongfang Yuejian, and Gu Yu entered the Blade Domain while Master Xuanzhi guarded them in seclusion.
• Blade Ghost sent Xu Taiping and Dongfang Yuejian toward the Twelfth Layer and began training Gu Yu, whose aura briefly vanished before returning.
• Xu Taiping told Dongfang Yuejian that Blade Ghost had guided his Blade Techniques but knew little about his own identity.
• Dongfang Yuejian said her ancestor’s travelogue mentioned a powerful Blade Ghost who also knew nothing about his origins, and Xu Taiping asked what else it recorded.

A month into Gu Yu’s trial in the Infernal Blade Prison, he awakened a powerful blade domain and defeated the Blade Slave in battle. The breakthrough gave him a chance to face Pang Zhong, though he killed himself afterward to resume the trial.

• Dongfang Yuejian, Xu Taiping, and the Blade Ghost watched Gu Yu struggle against the Blade Slave and worried that he could not defeat a Heavenly Dragon Realm Dragon Catcher.
• Gu Yu broke through the Blade Slave’s blade qi blockade and opened his blade domain.
• Gu Yu used Furious Lion’s Roar, Thousand Kills with Every Inch to shatter the Blade Slave’s fire-dragon slash and destroy him.
• The Blade Ghost praised Gu Yu’s blade domain, and Dongfang Yuejian said it could let him fight Pang Zhong even if Pang reached the Heavenly Dragon Realm.
• After waving to the three observers, Gu Yu smashed his own head apart to continue the trial.

Xu Taiping and Blade Ghost discussed clues to Blade Ghost’s origins and the Taiyi Sect’s spirit mirror. Gu Yu requested a fight against the Blade Slave with all restrictions lifted, but after the Blade Slave overwhelmed him and attacked the group, Xu Taiping stopped it with one slash.

• Xu Taiping asked Blade Ghost again whether he remembered Kang Cangzi and their supposed visit to Yellow Millet Cave Heaven, but Blade Ghost had no such memories.
• Blade Ghost suggested that the Taiyi Sect’s spirit mirror might reveal cultivators who had appeared in the upper and lower realms, and Xu Taiping noted that the sect was also connected to his search for the remaining Taixuan Clone Art fragments.
• Gu Yu asked Blade Ghost to remove the Blade Slave’s final two restrictions so he could test himself against its full strength.
• Blade Ghost lifted the restrictions, and Gu Yu drew his blade and unleashed his furious lion blade domain.
• The Blade Slave cut through Gu Yu’s blade domain and body in a single attack, then turned its blade toward Xu Taiping and the others.
• Xu Taiping split the Blade Slave in two with one slash and pinned its severed halves in the sand with his blade force.

Xu Taiping let Dongfang Yuejian and Gu Yu take turns fighting the Old Blade Slave while he watched. Gu Yu unleashed his Jade Shatter Art and revealed the third layer of his blade domain, leaving Xu Taiping and Blade Ghost aghast at its killing power.

• Xu Taiping declined to fight the Old Blade Slave again and invited Dongfang Yuejian to take his place.
• Xu Taiping withdrew his blade force, and Blade Ghost was surprised that he could control it; Xu Taiping said he wanted to master the Spirit Bone Stele’s Demon-Slaying Blade deductions before sparring with him.
• Dongfang Yuejian used the Spring and Autumn Brush to sweep away the Blade Slave’s fire-rain attack and strike him into the Great Desert.
• After exhausting herself with two strokes, Dongfang Yuejian yielded the final training opportunity to Gu Yu, whose body had recovered.
• Gu Yu used the Jade Shatter Art and activated Blade Domain Third Layer, Angry Lion Sea Swallowing, shocking Xu Taiping and Blade Ghost with its killing power.

Gu Yu defeated the Blade Slave with his terrifying threefold blade domain, while Xu Taiping and the others left the Blade Prison. Xu Taiping learned that Pang Zhong had reached the Heavenly Dragon Realm and that their team was scheduled to challenge him last in the Test the Blade Assembly.

• Gu Yu swallowed the Blade Slave's blade force and desert sand, then overwhelmed him with a storm of blade shadows and killed him.
• Blade Ghost warned Xu Taiping that Gu Yu's pure killing intent could harm him if his Dao heart became unstable, but Xu Taiping trusted Gu Yu's years of heart cultivation.
• Blade Ghost sent Xu Taiping and the others out of the Blade Prison and said that absorbing three Soulfire Stones might let him reopen the Fifteenth Layer Blade Prison.
• Xu Taiping and the others returned to the earth-vein cavern, where Xuanzhi told them that Pang Zhong had broken through to the Heavenly Dragon Realm.
• Xuanzhi explained that Dragon Catchers had to defeat Pang Zhong to earn a Dragon-Slaying Token, and that Xu Taiping's team was scheduled for the final match after sixteen challengers.

Xu Taiping and his companions learned that Gu Yu would face Pang Zhong in the Test the Blade Assembly, where a new rule and powerful rewards could give them a chance to rally the human Dragon-Slaying Persons. As Qin Yun neared defeat, the Dragon-Slaying Ranking issued another bounty.

• Xu Taiping, Dongfang Yuejian, and Xuanzhi discussed the earlier matches, including draws that allowed some Dragon-Slaying Persons to remain in the Immortal Burial Ruins.
• Gu Yu learned that Pang Zhong was his opponent and vowed not to concede, saying he feared his cultivation path would end if he failed to slay the Demon Dragon.
• Dongfang Yuejian read a new Battle Merit Ledger rule allowing a victorious Dragon Catcher to recall eliminated Dragon-Slaying Persons and grant them Dragon-Slaying Tokens.
• Xu Taiping and Dongfang Yuejian prompted the Ranking Spirit to offer rewards, and the ledger announced treasures including a Sixth Turn Heart-Settling Pill and a clue to a Dragon-Slaying Stele.
• Dongfang Yuejian urged Gu Yu to defeat Pang Zhong so she could obtain the pill needed for her breakthrough, and Gu Yu promised to fight with all his strength.
• At the Profound Elixir Palace, Qin Yun neared defeat against Pang Zhong, and Duan Xiaoyu noticed the Dragon-Slaying Ranking issue another bounty.

The Dragon-Slaying Ranking announced a high-stakes bounty that could let a Dragon Catcher recall eliminated teams, with lavish rewards for defeating Pang Zhong. After Pang Zhong defeated Qin Yun, Xu Taiping’s team became next to face him, risking expulsion from the Immortal Burial Ruins.

• The Dragon-Slaying Ranking announced that a Dragon Catcher who defeated Pang Zhong could recall the eliminated Dragon-Slaying Persons teams.
• Zhang Moyan and the others concluded that the bounty was aimed at Xu Taiping’s team and wondered whether Gu Yu could match Pang Zhong’s strength.
• The ranking revealed rewards including the Five Ancestors' Glazed Glass Lamp, a Sixth Turn Heart-Settling Pill, a Ten-Thousand-Year Phoenix Tongue Fruit, a Dragon-Slaying Stele clue, and a thirty-thousand-strong military formation.
• Xiahou Qingyuan explained that Dragon-Slaying Steles could lead to hidden treasuries and immortal mansion ruins, while the group recognized that losing would mean expulsion from the Immortal Burial Ruins.
• Pang Zhong knocked Qin Yun from the arena and cracked his battle armor, leaving Xu Taiping’s team next to fight.

Xu Taiping and his companions watched as Gu Yu entered the Test the Blade Assembly to face Pang Zhong, whose formidable physique and Qi and Blood Power raised doubts about Gu Yu’s chances. When the contest began, their first clash sent Gu Yu flying to the arena’s edge while Pang Zhong retreated only a short distance.

• Zhu Huai and Xiahou Qingyuan recognized that Nine Abysses had arranged the Test the Blade Assembly to drive Xu Taiping’s team from the Immortal Burial Ruins.
• Gu Yu entered the arena, where Jiang Xuanfeng established rules forbidding attacks after a concession and prohibiting lethal blows.
• Xu Taiping observed Pang Zhong’s immense, battle-hardened physique, while Dongfang Yuejian sensed that his Qi and Blood Power surpassed Gu Yu’s.
• The arena’s wind wall dissipated, and Gu Yu and Pang Zhong charged at each other.
• Their first clash sent Gu Yu to the arena’s edge, while Pang Zhong was pushed back only a few dozen zhang.

Gu Yu fought Pang Zhong, whose immense strength and thousand-armed dharma aspect steadily suppressed Gu Yu’s blade force. Xu Taiping revealed that Gu Yu was deliberately allowing the pressure to build so he could unleash the ultimate realm blade strike he had comprehended in the Blade Prison, leaving Dongfang Yuejian uncertain whether the technique would work.

• Pang Zhong enlarged his body and attacked Gu Yu with massive fist shadows, while Gu Yu drew his blade and countered with Thousand Kills.
• Gu Yu’s flaming blade strike pierced Pang Zhong’s fist shadow and left a wound on the back of his hand, prompting Pang Zhong to summon a thousand-armed dharma aspect.
• Pang Zhong and his dharma aspect attacked with a barrage of punches as Gu Yu repeatedly used Thousand Kills, and Pang Zhong’s fist force gradually suppressed Gu Yu’s blade force.
• Zhu Huai and Jiang Cuicui questioned Gu Yu’s choice to contest Pang Zhong in force, while Xu Taiping explained that Gu Yu was letting his blade force be suppressed to enable his ultimate realm blade strike.
• Dongfang Yuejian asked whether Gu Yu truly needed to let his blade force reach its limit to unleash the ultimate realm Thousand Kills Blade strike.

Gu Yu repeatedly rekindled his suppressed blade force against Pang Zhong, growing stronger each time as Xu Taiping explained the method to Dongfang Yuejian. After Pang Zhong shattered Gu Yu’s blade force with a vastly stronger Dharma Aspect, Gu Yu unleashed the Ultimate Realm move Blade Burial.

• Pang Zhong knocked Gu Yu’s saber aside and struck him, but Gu Yu’s apparent body burst into blade qi as his true figure attacked from behind.
• Dongfang Yuejian realized Gu Yu was rekindling his blade force after suppression, and Xu Taiping confirmed that it would grow stronger each time.
• Spectators in the Spring Rain Pavilion watched Pang Zhong suppress Gu Yu’s blade force again, while Gu Yu repeatedly revived it from dead ashes.
• Pang Zhong strengthened his thousand-armed Dharma Aspect, shattered Gu Yu’s blade force, and forced Gu Yu to face the attack alone.
• Gu Yu’s blade force rekindled once more, drew back into his body, and erupted as he shouted, “Ultimate Realm, Blade Burial!”

Gu Yu and Pang Zhong exchanged powerful blade techniques as Gu Yu used the fight to assess his strength. Pang Zhong’s divine-intent-enhanced strike broke Gu Yu’s Back-Blade Form and struck his back.

• Gu Yu unleashed the Thousand Kills Blade, surrounding Pang Zhong with blade shadows that collided with his Dharma Aspect’s three thousand fists.
• Gu Yu emerged from the shattered blade shadows and forced Pang Zhong to draw his Mo Dao, then said the fight had helped him gauge his strength.
• Pang Zhong attacked with his Mo Dao while Gu Yu sent hundreds of blade lights through Pang Zhong’s blade force.
• Pang Zhong used his Dharma Aspect to form a wall of blade qi, then brought down a massive divine-intent-infused slash.
• Gu Yu used Thousand Kills’ Back-Blade Form to block the strike, but Pang Zhong shattered its blade shadow and hacked into Gu Yu’s back.

Gu Yu drew on the power of his Divine-Human Variant Bone and fought Pang Zhong with increasingly powerful blade techniques. He repeatedly clashed with Pang Zhong’s hurricane of blades, seeking an opening for a counterattack.

• Gu Yu activated the power stored in his Divine-Human Variant Bone, growing over thirty zhang tall and raising his qi and blood to match Pang Zhong’s.
• Gu Yu used Sudden Rain to drive Pang Zhong’s blade force across the arena, but Pang Zhong merged with his Dharma Aspect and shattered the blade rain.
• Pang Zhong launched a hurricane of blades, and Gu Yu answered with Burial Blade before striking repeatedly to halt the attack briefly.
• Pang Zhong’s hurricane resumed advancing, and Gu Yu’s final blade shadow shattered as his strength failed to suppress Pang Zhong’s true essence and qi and blood.
• Gu Yu unleashed the Sea-Turning Form, sending successive blade shadows against Pang Zhong’s hurricane in an attempt to expose an opening for a counterattack.

Gu Yu endured Pang Zhong’s Blade-Edge Hurricane and used the power of his Divine-Human Variant Bone to turn the fight against him. After shaking Pang Zhong’s resolve with a defiant challenge, Gu Yu unleashed his final move: the Blade Domain.

• Gu Yu kept using the Sea-Turning Form to stop Pang Zhong’s hurricane, suffering grievous wounds as Dongfang Yuejian and Master Xuanzhi warned that one mistake could kill him.
• Gu Yu drew on the divine power in his Divine-Human Variant Bone, strengthening his blade shadows until they pierced Pang Zhong’s Blade-Edge Hurricane and wounded him.
• Pang Zhong drove his hurricane forward and taunted Gu Yu, but Gu Yu declared that he had more reason to win and challenged Pang Zhong’s motives.
• Gu Yu proclaimed that he wanted to become a hero, slay the demon dragon, and see how far he could go on the path of cultivation.
• Gu Yu’s words shook Pang Zhong’s qi-blood true essence, and Gu Yu seized the opening by shouting, “Better shattered jade than intact tile!” and opening the Blade Domain.

Gu Yu defeated Pang Zhong in the Dragon-Slaying Assembly after unleashing the third layer of his Furious Lion Blade Domain, even as Pang Zhong used the Void Abyss Art. With Pang Zhong eliminated, Xu Taiping and his companions could obtain the Dragon-Slaying Token and proceed toward the Dragon Domain.

• Gu Yu revealed his blade domain and used Furious Lion's Roar to break apart Pang Zhong's hurricane of blades.
• The Heartless Demon Emperor urged Pang Zhong to use the Void Abyss Art, but Pang Zhong refused at first and rallied against Gu Yu.
• Gu Yu's blade domain transformed into a furious lion that swallowed Pang Zhong's attack, and Xiahou Qingyuan realized Gu Yu had likely comprehended its third layer.
• Pang Zhong unleashed the Void Abyss Art, but Gu Yu's blade domain overwhelmed him and blasted his ruined body out of the arena.
• The spectators celebrated Gu Yu's victory, and Duan Xiaoyu and Zhang Moyan looked forward to Xu Taiping's team obtaining the Dragon-Slaying Token and facing the demon dragon.