Recaps

Dongfang Yuejian used the Eye-Dotting Art to empower the Xingtian phantom, which broke the silver dragon’s spear force and shattered his dragon domain. After catching the exhausted Yuejian in the Immortal Burial Ruins, Xu Taiping left her with Xuanzhi and prepared to continue alone.

• The silver dragon froze the Xingtian phantom’s leg and drove his enormous spear down toward its head.
• Dongfang Yuejian dotted the phantom’s right eye with Spring and Autumn, entering its body and filling it with scarlet qi and blood power.
• The empowered Xingtian phantom blocked the spear, broke free of the ice, and pressed the silver dragon with its axe.
• The silver dragon’s surging spear force overwhelmed his own body, blew apart his arm, and caused his dragon domain to collapse.
• Xu Taiping caught the exhausted Dongfang Yuejian, gave her a Yaoguang Fruit, and entrusted her to Xuanzhi.

Xu Taiping confronted Ao Yan after the Demon Dragon absorbed the Dragon Domain’s remaining power and restored most of his strength. Xu Taiping matched Ao Yan’s true dragon divine being body, and the chapter ended as he prepared to unleash his true essence and divine essence.

• Dongfang Yuejian warned Xu Taiping that Ao Yan would recover much of his fighting strength by absorbing the Dragon Domain’s remaining power, and Xu Taiping reassured her before approaching him.
• Ao Yan absorbed the surrounding spiritual power, restored his body, and grew into a towering true dragon divine being with a long saber.
• Ao Yan attacked Xu Taiping with blade qi, but Xu Taiping split the attack with a pillar of lightning-and-fire blade qi.
• Xu Taiping revealed his Eight Demon-Sealing Swords and expanded his aura across Ten Thousand Islands Lake, then grew his true dragon divine being body to over six hundred zhang tall.
• Ao Yan released more of his strength, and their auras collided, raising a vast wall of water between them.
• Xu Taiping realized he needed to fully circulate his true essence and divine essence to awaken his body’s unique divine power.

As Xu Taiping’s aura struggles against demon dragon Ao Yan’s, golden light and dragon script reveal that Xu Taiping has awakened true dragon power. His aura surges and begins driving the towering wall of water back toward Ao Yan, leaving the spectators cheering and Zhu Huai identifying his physique as the ultimate realm true dragon divine being body.

• Xiahou Qingyuan predicts that Xu Taiping will struggle to defeat Ao Yan, whose true dragon power remains despite his broken dragon domain.
• Xu Taiping’s aura stops the wall of water Ao Yan is pushing toward him, but Ao Yan’s aura soon threatens to force it forward again.
• Golden light appears around Xu Taiping, prompting Chu Xiaoxiao to wonder whether his physique has gained true dragon power.
• Dragon script appears on Xu Taiping’s right arm, and his aura surges severalfold, driving the wall of water toward Ao Yan.
• Zhu Huai declares that Xu Taiping has reached the ultimate realm of the true dragon divine being body and awakened legendary true dragon divine being power.

Xu Taiping fought Ao Yan while his Origin Beginning Clone comprehended true dragon divine being power. The clone emerged from the Black Iron Coffin with the same power as Xu Taiping, leaving Xiahou Qingyuan to realize Xu Taiping had learned the complete Shangqing Clone Art.

• Ao Yan attacked Xu Taiping, who drew the Water-Cutting Blade and met his strike with Burning Blade.
• Ao Yan used mountain spirit power to press Xu Taiping into the lakebed while frost began eroding his blade and freezing his aura.
• Xu Taiping said he was not alone, and the observers realized his Origin Beginning Clone was comprehending true dragon divine being power.
• Ao Yan unleashed his full strength, but Xu Taiping revealed that he had only just begun.
• The Black Iron Coffin opened, and Xu Taiping's Origin Beginning Clone emerged with a true dragon divine being body.
• Xiahou Qingyuan recognized that Xu Taiping had learned the complete Shangqing Clone Art.

Xiahou Qingyuan and Zhu Huai recognized Xu Taiping’s clone as a possible primordial chaos clone when it began condensing earthly fire against Ao Yan. Xu Taiping and his clone broke Ao Yan’s saber and damaged his fist guards, and the chapter ended as Xu Taiping gathered all his power to unleash Ultimate Realm, Burning Blade.

• Xiahou Qingyuan explained that the Shangqing Clone Art could create a clone equal to its true body, and Zhu Huai said Xu Taiping’s primordial chaos clone was unlike any he had seen.
• Xu Taiping’s clone began fusing three kinds of true fire into earthly fire, prompting Ao Yan to retreat from the threat.
• Xu Taiping pursued Ao Yan and used Form- and Shadow-Transposition to switch places with his clone, whose Earthly Fire Sword pierced Ao Yan’s blade force and shattered his saber.
• Ao Yan blocked Xu Taiping’s next attack with the Mountain Spirit Shield, then used his Silver Fist Guards to punch Xu Taiping backward.
• Xu Taiping and his clone exchanged places again and struck Ao Yan with earthly fire, cracking his fist guards.
• Xu Taiping drew on all his true essence, qi and blood, and divine essence power to prepare Ultimate Realm, Burning Blade.

Xu Taiping trapped Ao Yan in an erupting mountain of blade flame, but Ao Yan used golden armor imbued with the combat strength of past Dragon Emperors to break free and counterattack. Xu Taiping switched places with his Primordial Chaos Clone, which met Ao Yan’s descending strike with a thirty-percent-purity Earth Fire Burning the Heavens Finger.

• Xu Taiping unleashed his ultimate-realm Burning Blade Style, shattered Ao Yan’s mountain-spirit tower, and engulfed him in a mountain of blade flame.
• Jiang Cuicui, Zhu Huai, Xiahou You, and Xiahou Qingyuan assessed the devastating power of Xu Taiping’s slash as Ao Yan’s frost protection began to melt.
• Ao Yan revealed golden battle armor containing a tenth of each Dragon Emperor’s combat strength, summoned his Father Emperor’s dragon qi, and broke free of the burning mountain.
• Ao Yan drew a Dragon Divine Weapon and slashed at Xu Taiping with mountain spirit power and frost heaven power.
• Xu Taiping switched places with his Primordial Chaos Clone, which launched a thirty-percent-purity Earth Fire Burning the Heavens Finger that formed a golden crow and collided with Ao Yan’s blade shadow.

Ao Yan burned the Dragon Clan’s remaining fortune to boost his combat strength and overwhelmed Xu Taiping’s attacks. After Ao Yan shattered Xu Taiping’s No-Blade Form, Xu Taiping prepared to wager his life by using the Life-and-Death Seal.

• Ao Yan burned the Dragon Clan’s fortune, forming golden rings of combat strength behind him.
• Ao Yan attacked Xu Taiping, and Xu Taiping’s Primordial Clone blocked the punch at the cost of severe injuries.
• Xu Taiping used one of his last two wisps of Dao Essence to unleash the Demon-Slaying Blade’s Ultimate Realm, No Blade.
• Ao Yan tore through Xu Taiping’s No-Blade Form without being injured.
• Xu Taiping manifested the Life-and-Death Seal and declared that he would wager his life against Ao Yan’s wager of the Dragon Clan’s fortune.

Xu Taiping used the Life-and-Death Seal to burn his and his Primordial Clone’s lifespan, gaining enough strength to match Dragon Emperor Ao Yan’s punch. Both fighters then spent even more power, and their next clash erupted around Ten Thousand Islands Lake.

• Xu Taiping drew one jiazi of lifespan from himself and his Primordial Clone, but gained less than a ten percent increase in combat strength.
• After Ao Yan badly wounded the Primordial Clone, Xu Taiping burned six hundred years of lifespan from each of them and sent the clone into the Demon-Suppressing Coffin.
• Xu Taiping’s Heaven-Supporting Form summoned six illusory deities that withstood Ao Yan’s punch, prompting Ao Yan to use another stream of divine seal power.
• Xu Taiping’s flaming fist and Ao Yan’s empowered fist shattered against each other in a draw.
• Xu Taiping chose to spend another six hundred years of lifespan, while Ao Yan activated another stream of divine seal power, and their next clash shook the area around Ten Thousand Islands Lake.

Xu Taiping and Dragon Emperor Ao Yan continued raising their battle power as they traded punches, with Ao Yan gaining the upper hand through the second Divine Seal before Xu Taiping surged back and began suppressing him. The spectators wondered what Xu Taiping was sacrificing for his increasing strength, and Xiahou You asked whether he was using special means to exchange something for battle power.

• Xu Taiping and Dragon Emperor Ao Yan exchanged blows as their battle power rose, and Ao Yan’s second Divine Seal strengthened his fist force until it began overwhelming Xu Taiping’s Heavenly Wrath Style.
• Ao Yan landed two powerful punches that shattered six of Xu Taiping’s twelve Divine Manifestations, leaving Xu Taiping increasingly unable to do more than defend.
• A seal-shaped pattern lit beneath Xu Taiping, his battle power surged, and his Divine Manifestations increased from six to sixteen as he reversed Ao Yan’s attack.
• Xu Taiping began suppressing Ao Yan, while Zhang Moyan wondered what was fueling Xu Taiping’s rise in battle power.
• Xiahou Qingyuan suggested that Xu Taiping must be exchanging something for power, and Xiahou You asked if he was using special means to do so.

As Xu Taiping and Dragon Emperor Ao Yan raised the stakes of their battle, Spring Rain Pavilion realized they were wagering their lives and their clans’ fortunes. Ao Yan began to suppress Xu Taiping’s fist force, and the chapter ended with Xu Taiping’s black hair turning silver as he drew on the Heaven-Flipping Seal again.

• Xiahou Qingyuan suspected Xu Taiping was using the Heaven-Flipping Seal’s Life-and-Death Seal to turn his lifespan into combat strength.
• Jiang Cuicui doubted Xu Taiping possessed the Heaven-Flipping Seal, but Xiahou Qingyuan reminded everyone that Xu Taiping had received Yundaozi’s complete legacy.
• Ao Yan recognized that Xu Taiping was trading his lifespan for power and challenged him to see whether Xu’s life or the Dragon Clan’s fortune would run out first.
• Ao Yan enveloped himself in the final surge of divine seal power and suppressed Xu Taiping’s fist force with a succession of punches.
• Xu Taiping declared that he would stake his life as Ao Yan staked the Dragon Clan’s fortune, and his black hair turned silver as the seal pattern beneath him lit up again.

Xu Taiping pushed the Heaven-Flipping Seal’s life-and-death power to its limit as he fought Dragon Emperor Ao Yan at Ten Thousand Islands Lake. When a familiar yet unfamiliar sensation offered to guide his punch, Xu Taiping trusted it, and the world trembled in response.

• Xu Taiping and Dragon Emperor Ao Yan clashed, and Ao Yan’s power broke through the Divine Seal before he drove Xu Taiping back with a series of punches.
• Xu Taiping used the seal’s power and the Heaven-Touching Stance to match Ao Yan’s fist, then raised his combat power further despite the lifespan it consumed.
• Xu Taiping merged his divine manifestation into his true dragon body and used the ultimate Heaven-Touching Stance to knock Ao Yan and his fist force backward.
• A familiar yet unfamiliar sensation returned to Xu Taiping and seemed to offer to teach him a more powerful punch.
• Xu Taiping unclenched his fist and trusted the sensation, causing his qi, blood, and true essence to circulate along a strange route as heaven and earth shuddered.

Xu Taiping’s fighting strength continued to rise as he combined multiple forms of the Heaven-Shaking Fist to withstand Dragon Emperor Ao Yan. He countered Ao Yan’s relentless barrage with thirty-six divine manifestations, and their battle continued amid thunderous collisions.

• Duan Xiaoyu, Chu Xiaoxiao, and the others feared Xu Taiping had lost focus or exhausted his lifespan, but his fighting strength erupted into tangible flames.
• Xu Taiping used the Heaven-Supporting Form to block Dragon Emperor Ao Yan’s punch and merged with its divine manifestation like armor.
• Xu Taiping summoned another manifestation with the Heaven-Touching Stance and broke through Ao Yan’s next punch, shattering one of his two manifestations.
• Ao Yan unleashed dozens of golden fist shadows through rifts in the void, eventually shattering Xu Taiping’s Heaven-Supporting manifestation.
• Xu Taiping used the Heavenly Wrath Style to summon thirty-six wrathful divine manifestations, which joined him in striking back at Ao Yan’s fist shadows.

Xu Taiping and Dragon Emperor Ao Yan wagered their lifespan and the Dragon Clan’s fortune in an escalating fistfight, until Xu Taiping broke Ao Yan’s fist force and forced him to retreat into ice. Ao Yan then challenged Xu Taiping to abandon their powers and fight as ordinary flesh-and-blood bodies, and both prepared to continue.

• Xu Taiping matched Ao Yan’s use of the Dragon Clan’s fortune by draining his own lifespan through the Heaven-Flipping Seal.
• Xu Taiping’s fist force overwhelmed Ao Yan’s combat power, and his blows smashed Ao Yan down toward the ground.
• Ao Yan used the Frost Heaven Seal to encase himself and the surrounding area in ice.
• Ao Yan proposed that they abandon their powers and true dragon forms to fight with ordinary bodies, and Xu Taiping accepted.
• Xu Taiping and Ao Yan transformed into flesh-and-blood bodies and challenged each other to fight to their last breath and drop of blood.

Xu Taiping and Dragon Emperor Ao Yan fought using only their flesh, blood, and qi and blood power. After trading brutal blows, Xu Taiping ended the chapter by crashing into Ao Yan and knocking him to the ground.

• Xu Taiping struck first and landed several heavy punches, driving Ao Yan backward.
• Xu Taiping unleashed three hundred and sixty consecutive punches, then broke through Ao Yan's guarded arms with his accumulated fist force.
• Ao Yan gathered his qi and blood power in his chest and prepared to counterattack, but Xu Taiping headbutted him and pinned him down with his knees.
• Ao Yan kicked Xu Taiping away and launched a sweeping kick that sent him flying.
• Xu Taiping poured his remaining qi and blood power into his legs and struck Ao Yan with Savage Ox Collision, knocking him to the ground.

Xu Taiping defeated Dragon Emperor Ao Yan in a brutal contest of flesh and blood, though Ao Yan hinted that their fates had been decided long before the fight. As Ao Yan lay dying in his true dragon form, he asked Xu Taiping for a taste of his homeland’s wine.

• Xu Taiping kept pounding Dragon Emperor Ao Yan while Ao Yan tore at his organs, until Ao Yan admitted defeat and begged him to stop.
• Ao Yan said he had already lost when he burned through the Dragon Clan’s fortune to strengthen himself, and explained that the Dragon Clan’s and Human Race’s outcomes had been decided long ago.
• Ao Yan lost his human form and revealed his scarred true dragon body, while the spectators celebrated Xu Taiping’s victory and expected the Dragon Clan’s fortune to return to Shangqing.
• Ao Yan asked Xu Taiping for wine, saying he wanted to taste the wine of his homeland before he died.

Xu Taiping offered Ao Yan wine and prepared to end the age-old feud between humans and dragons, but the Heartless Demon Emperor attacked Ao Yan to steal the victory. Ao Yan revealed that he still had strength enough to destroy the demon, then asked Xu Taiping to finish him and serve as the Dragon Clan’s chosen final bearer.

• Xu Taiping offered Ao Yan a jug of wine, and Ao Yan asked him to strike off his head and end the feud between the Human Race and the Dragon Clan.
• The Heartless Demon Emperor suddenly attacked Ao Yan with a giant black claw while Xu Taiping prepared to draw his blade.
• Xu Taiping drew his blade and activated the Heaven-Flipping Seal as the Heartless Demon Emperor taunted him and the spectators feared for his life.
• Ao Yan revealed his remaining power, shattered the Heartless Demon Emperor’s attack, and crushed the demon’s body.
• Ao Yan told Xu Taiping that he had chosen him to lead the Dragon Clan to its end and urged him to cut off his head.

Dragon Emperor Ao Yan revealed that the Great Void Calamity had destroyed the Ancient Gods and the Dragon Clan, and warned Xu Taiping that the Human Race faced the same fate. He promised to help Xu Taiping uncover the truth after his death and asked him to swallow the Dragon Pearl he had left behind.

• Xu Taiping asked why Dragon Emperor Ao Yan had helped him, and Ao Yan told him to return to the place where they first met in the River of Light and Shadow.
• Ao Yan explained that he had once hated the Human Race but learned that both humans and dragons were pawns of hidden beings facing an approaching catastrophe.
• Xu Taiping named the Great Void Calamity, and Ao Yan isolated their conversation in a stretch of the River of Time so no one else could hear them.
• Ao Yan said the Ancient Gods and the Dragon Clan had both fallen to the Great Void Calamity and promised to reveal the truth after his death.
• Ao Yan asked Xu Taiping to swallow the Dragon Pearl containing several dozen strands of Dragon Emperor Divine Intent after cutting off his head.

Dragon Emperor Ao Yan revealed that the Ten Emperors Scripture could repair a fatal flaw in the cultivation of humans, ancient gods, and dragons, and entrusted Xu Taiping with the task of using it against the beings behind the Great Void Calamity. Back in the present, Xu Taiping beheaded Ao Yan and received his Dragon Pearl, then demanded that whoever was watching stop spectating.

• Ao Yan told Xu Taiping that swallowing his Dragon Pearl would let him draw the Dragon Emperors’ Dao Essence and explained that hidden beings behind the Great Void Calamity could easily destroy the strongest cultivators.
• Ao Yan revealed that the Dragon Clan had created the Ten Emperors Scripture to remedy a flaw shared by human, ancient god, and dragon cultivation, and that the scripture required Dao Essence from all three races.
• Ao Yan explained that the Dragon Clan had intended to pass the scripture and its knowledge to humanity, and asked Xu Taiping to carry out their revenge against the hidden beings.
• Ao Yan and Xu Taiping returned to their original time, where Ao Yan urged Xu Taiping to cut off his head and take the Dragon Pearl.
• Xu Taiping beheaded Ao Yan, received the Dragon Pearl, and solemnly told the unseen spectators to end their spectating.

After Xu Taiping won the Dragon-Slaying Assembly, Xiahou Qingyuan and Xiahou You learned they had to hurry to the Upper Realm to seek treasures at the reappeared Yaochi Sacred Land. In the Immortal Burial Ruins, Xu Taiping swallowed Dragon Emperor Ao Yan’s Dragon Pearl and received Ao Yan’s promised inheritance and a Dragon Divine Weapon yet to be revealed.

• The spectators celebrated Xu Taiping’s victory, while Xiahou Qingyuan wondered why Ao Yan had willingly let Xu Taiping behead him.
• Xiahou Qingyuan and Xiahou You discussed Xu Taiping’s likely ascent to the Upper Realm, then received word from Heavenly Lord Shihu to return to Yuheng and ascend with him.
• Heavenly Lord Shihu told Xiahou Qingyuan that Yaochi Sacred Land had reappeared and its seal might soon lift, prompting Xiahou Qingyuan and Xiahou You to prepare to leave.
• Xu Taiping swallowed Ao Yan’s Dragon Pearl, and Ao Yan’s voice revealed it contained three hundred Divine Soul Marks on dragon cultivation methods and a Dragon Divine Weapon.

After refining the Dragon Pearl, Xu Taiping gained the Dragon Vault armor and discovered a military treatise for countering human battle formations. The backlash from his battle with Ao Yan left him with only three to five years to live, and he urgently asked the Heaven-Flipping Seal how he could extend his lifespan.

• Xu Taiping refined the Dragon Pearl and received the Dragon Vault armor, which contained Ao Yan’s true dragon powers and the Dragon Vault and Heaven’s Jealousy divine powers.
• Xu Taiping stored Ao Yan’s body and discovered the military treatise Taoguang, written by Dragon Emperor Ao Wei to counter human military formations.
• Dongfang Yuejian approached Xu Taiping, but he collapsed as the backlash from using the Life-and-Death Seal drained his vitality and power.
• Xu Taiping used his last Yaoguang Fruit to stabilize himself, and the Heaven-Flipping Seal warned that he needed abundant spiritual energy to restore his physique.
• The Heaven-Flipping Seal told Xu Taiping that he had only three to five years left to live unless he advanced to Dao Integration or found life-prolonging pills or spirit fruits.

Xu Taiping learned that his secret art had left him only three to five years to live, and that rare pills and spirit fruits might buy him a few decades to seek a breakthrough to the Dao Integration Realm. After recovering in the Earth Vein Cave Abode, he told Dongfang Yuejian, Xuanzhi, and Gu Yu about his shortened lifespan and named the remedies he sought.

• Ancient Heavenly Venerable told Xu Taiping that the Su Spirit Pill, Purple Mansion Pill, Bixu Fruit, Red Sun Fruit, and Azure Void Fruit could extend a Heaven Shocking Realm cultivator's life, but only by thirty to forty years.
• Ancient Heavenly Venerable advised Xu Taiping to prepare for a breakthrough to the Dao Integration Realm and then vanished to sleep for at least ten years.
• Xu Taiping told Dongfang Yuejian, Xuanzhi, and Gu Yu that he had recovered from his exhaustion and led them through the Dragon-Trapping Tower to the Earth Vein Cave Abode.
• After ten days of healing, Xu Taiping revealed that his secret art had consumed his lifespan and left him only three to five years to live.
• Dongfang Yuejian offered to search the Ancestor's notes for information on the remedies, and Xu Taiping named the five pills and spirit fruits he sought.

Xu Taiping learned that the Purple Mansion Pill and Azure Void Fruit would be difficult to obtain, but Dongfang Yuejian, the Profound Elixir Palace, and Venerable Jiaye might help find leads. After the group reported their recovery, the Ranking Spirit transported them to the place where they had first prepared to set out, so they could redeem their rewards.

• Dongfang Yuejian told Xu Taiping that the Purple Mansion Pill belonged to the powerful Ziyang Sect, while the Azure Void Fruit grew in the elusive Jade Pool Secret Realm, which had not appeared for thousands of years.
• Dongfang Yuejian offered to search for leads using the Dongfang Household's resources, Xu Taiping proposed asking the Profound Elixir Palace, and Master Xuanzhi suggested consulting Venerable Jiaye.
• Dongfang Yuejian told Xu Taiping that the other Dragon-Slaying Persons had left the Immortal Burial Ruins and that their team needed to report their recovery to the Ranking Spirit to redeem their rewards.
• Xu Taiping agreed, and Dongfang Yuejian sent a message through the Battle Merit Ledger before the group placed their hands on it.
• The Ranking Spirit transported Xu Taiping, Dongfang Yuejian, Gu Yu, and Master Xuanzhi to the gray expanse where they had chosen their Dragon Catchers and prepared to set out.

After the Dragon-Slaying Assembly, Jiang Xuanfeng explained how the Profound Elixir Palace would protect the Immortal Burial Ruins and announced the team’s rewards. The Dragon-Slaying Person and his companions entered the Chenglong Great Emperor’s treasury to choose treasures, with Xu Taiping receiving two choices.

• Jiang Xuanfeng congratulated Xu Taiping and his companions, then said the Profound Elixir Palace would protect the Immortal Burial Ruins and keep outside cultivators away for thirty to fifty years.
• Jiang Xuanfeng announced the Dongfang Clan’s team had earned 210,000 battle merit, material rewards, a Dao-Protector Opportunity for each person, and a clue to the Dragon-Slaying Stele.
• Xu Taiping asked about rewards for slaying the dragon, and Jiang Xuanfeng revealed that each participant could choose one treasure from the Chenglong Great Emperor Treasury.
• The secret realm transformed into a vast palace, where Jiang Xuanfeng showed the group pillars holding techniques, weapons, pills, and other treasures.
• Jiang Xuanfeng granted Xu Taiping two opportunities to choose a treasure and told everyone to make their selections before he announced the remaining rewards.
• Xu Taiping invited Dongfang Yuejian and the others to choose their treasures first.

Xu Taiping sought a pill to extend his lifespan in the Chenglong Great Emperor’s Treasury, but the Spirit Tea Bud Pill he obtained had no effect on cultivators above the Heaven Shocking Realm. He left the Treasury with his second selection opportunity unused and planned to meet Feng Tianxing.

• Jiang Xuanfeng warned Xu Taiping that extending his life would be difficult and urged him to meet Feng Tianxing, then learned Xu Taiping had only three to five years left to live.
• Dongfang Yuejian emerged with a Turtle Shell Ancient Talisman, and Xu Taiping advised her to keep it secret.
• Master Xuanzhi and Gu Yu returned from the Treasury without revealing what they had obtained.
• Xu Taiping entered the pillar containing Three Hundred Varieties of Immortal Pills and Wondrous Medicines and asked for a pill that could extend his lifespan.
• Xu Taiping caught a brocade box containing a Spirit Tea Bud Pill, learned it could not help cultivators above the Heaven Shocking Realm, and left without using his second selection opportunity.

Xu Taiping failed to find a pill that could extend his true body's life, then decided to inspect the treasury of ominous objects despite Jiang Xuanfeng's warnings. The chapter left him approaching the treasury while Jiang Xuanfeng hinted that the misfortunes surrounding its treasures were even stranger than he had revealed.

• Xu Taiping told Dongfang Yuejian and Jiang Xuanfeng that the Spirit Tea Bud Pill could not extend the life of a cultivator above the Heaven Shocking Realm.
• Jiang Xuanfeng suggested the pill might extend Xu Taiping's Primordial Chaos Clone's lifespan, and Xu Taiping considered saving it for the clone he planned to leave in the Lower Realm.
• Xu Taiping chose to inspect the treasury marked "Ill omen" after Jiang Xuanfeng warned that its treasures had brought misfortune to previous cultivators.
• Xu Taiping asked the Lotus Eye to divine the danger, but it could not use its Divine Power and advised him to trust his strong intuition.
• Xu Taiping walked toward the treasury, and Jiang Xuanfeng told Dongfang Yuejian that the previous cultivators' misfortunes had been even more uncanny than he had described.