Recaps

Xu Taiping used a hundred years of blade comprehension to break Xiao Huang’s spear force and challenge him to test his blade. Xiao Huang unleashed his full strength, and Xu Taiping entered the Heavenly Ember Form as their clash began again.

• Xu Taiping cut through Xiao Huang’s spear shadow with his fifth-stage blade domain, but Xiao Huang revived his spear force with Ashes Rekindled and strengthened it by devouring the domain with Adding Fuel to the Fire.
• As Xiao Huang’s spear force overwhelmed Xu Taiping’s blade domain, Xu Taiping released his mystic origin clone and gained nearly a hundred years of blade comprehension.
• Xu Taiping and eight Divine Manifestations struck together, shattering Xiao Huang’s spear force and revealing his flame-wreathed body.
• Xu Taiping invited Xiao Huang to test his blade, and Xiao Huang cast off the restraints on his physique before attacking with his spear.
• Xu Taiping cast off the star soul power weighing on him and roared, “Ultimate realm! Heavenly Ember Form!”

Xu Taiping unleashed the Annihilating Blade Art against Xiao Huang, who broke through to the Moon-Supporting Great Sage Realm but was still defeated when Xu Taiping reached the same realm. After Xiao Huang asked his opponent’s identity, Xu Taiping revealed that he was a disciple of the True Martial Heaven Azure Profound Sect in the Lower Realm.

• Xu Taiping’s Heavenly Ember Form shattered Xiao Huang’s spear force and divine spear, while Xiao Huang’s master arrived but honored Xiao Huang’s request not to interfere.
• Xiao Huang’s Ziyang Overlord Body broke through to the Moon-Supporting Great Sage Realm and forced Xu Taiping’s blade force apart.
• As Xiao Huang charged, Xu Taiping’s physique also broke through to the Moon-Supporting Great Sage Realm, and he overwhelmed Xiao Huang with a punch that shattered his fist and sent him flying.
• Xiao Huang called the defeat satisfying, kept his battle intent, and asked Xu Taiping to reveal his true name.
• Xu Taiping identified himself as a disciple of the True Martial Heaven Azure Profound Sect in the Lower Realm.

After defeating Xiao Huang, Xu Taiping accepted his challenge to meet again at the Chaotic Stars Assembly in the Kunlun Ruins. Ninth Madam made Xu Taiping a Named Elder of the Black Prison, then told him to meet her later to hear about a fortuitous opportunity from two important figures.

• Xiao Huang recognized Xu Taiping as the Dragon-Slaying Chief from the Lower Realm and challenged him to compete at the Chaotic Stars Assembly.
• Xu Taiping accepted Xiao Huang's challenge but said he first needed to qualify for the assembly.
• Several sects offered to recommend Xu Taiping to the Kunlun Ruins, and Ninth Madam explained that the factions gathered there to divide the Flame Emperor's treasures and fight demons from Outer Heaven.
• Ninth Madam pressured Xu Taiping to affiliate with the Black Prison, and he agreed to become its Named Elder and represent it at the assembly.
• Siyou appeared to announce the arena match's result, and Ninth Madam invited Xu Taiping to meet two important figures offering him a fortuitous opportunity.

After defeating Xiao Huang, Xu Taiping received the Ziyang Pill, which could give him decades to prepare for the Dao Integration Realm. Ninth Madam introduced him to Heavenly Lord Xuanbei and Daoist Fengzhu, who asked him to retrieve something they had left in a forbidden ground on Yellow Springs Ruin Star.

• Xu Taiping won the Bronze Arena match, and Siyou handed him the Ziyang Pill as his wager prize.
• Xiahou You told Jiang Shuoxue that Xu Taiping had spent nearly all his lifespan in the Dragon-Slaying Assembly battle, explaining why the pill was precious to him.
• Xu Taiping met Heavenly Lord Xuanbei and Daoist Fengzhu in Ninth Madam's side room and felt the overwhelming pressure of their auras.
• Ninth Madam explained that the two masters' fighting strength rivaled the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage, while Ping'an told Xu Taiping they had been Ascension Realm experts.
• Heavenly Lord Xuanbei and Daoist Fengzhu asked Xu Taiping to enter a forbidden ground on Yellow Springs Ruin Star and retrieve something they had left there.

Xu Taiping agreed to enter dangerous forbidden grounds on Yellow Springs Ruin Star after Heavenly Lord Xuanbei and Daoist Fengzhu offered him a Heaven-Flipping Seal Fragment, protection, and help with his sect’s Ghost Domain Calamity. He postponed the journey until he found the entrance to Yellow Springs, then learned that blood-red light was soaring above Fulai Inn.

• Heavenly Lord Xuanbei and Daoist Fengzhu told Xu Taiping that only three of the roughly fifty cultivators they had sent into the forbidden grounds had survived, and Xu Taiping initially refused to go.
• Heavenly Lord Xuanbei offered Xu Taiping a Heaven-Flipping Seal Fragment and the two former Ascension Realm experts’ protection, while explaining that Xiao Moji had already entered the forbidden grounds for their enemy.
• Heavenly Lord Xuanbei and Daoist Fengzhu promised to help Xu Taiping resolve the Azure Profound Sect’s Ghost Domain Calamity if he brought back the treasure, and Xu Taiping agreed to enter the forbidden grounds.
• On the way back, Xu Taiping told Ping'an and Old Daoist Huang he would not set out until he found the entrance to Yellow Springs and Fairy Lingyue’s guidance, because Dugu Qingxiao’s safety came first.
• After hearing reports that Fulai Inn had been razed, Old Daoist Huang saw blood-red light rising above it and called it an omen of great misfortune.

Xu Taiping and his companions found the Fulai Inn crushed beneath an unseen force that also sealed the Primordial Spirits within. As a desperate father battered the ruins searching for his daughter Ying'er, Ping'an finally heard a girl's voice beneath the rubble.

• Xu Taiping, Old Daoist Huang, and Ping'an examined the ruined Fulai Inn and found no signs of survivors or Primordial Spirits.
• A middle-aged cultivator rushed into the ruins, where an invisible force pinned him down as he tried to reach his daughter Ying'er.
• The father ignored warnings, shattered rubble with his hands and head, and insisted that he could hear Ying'er calling to him.
• Xu Taiping asked Ping'an to use Mind-Heart Communication again, and Ping'an suddenly reported hearing a girl's voice.

Xu Taiping and Ping'an entered the ruins to rescue a girl whose voice Ping'an had heard, resisting the invisible gravity and smashing the collapsed Fortune Comes Restaurant apart. They uncovered an intact section of rubble, where the middle-aged cultivator heard his daughter Ying'er calling for him.

• Ping'an told Xu Taiping and Old Daoist Huang that a girl was alive beneath the ruins, so Xu Taiping and Ping'an went to save her while Old Daoist Huang watched for danger.
• Xu Taiping and Ping'an ignored the Ruin Market guards' warning and endured the doubled invisible gravity without injury.
• Xu Taiping and Ping'an prepared to strike the ruins, telling the middle-aged cultivator to stand back and warning Ping'an to avoid the area around the girl's voice.
• Xu Taiping and Ping'an struck the ruins together, scattering the collapsed restaurant into sand and dust while leaving a section of rubble intact.
• Ying'er called out from beneath the remaining rubble, and the middle-aged cultivator rushed over and knocked away the top layer.

Xu Taiping and Ping'an found the slaughtered guests of Fortune Comes Restaurant, and the dying boss's wife entrusted Xu Taiping with a strange key and a plea for revenge. As they prepared to leave Shenhou Ruin Market for Yellow Springs, Old Daoist Huang revealed that he had seen Su Chan among the ruins.

• Xu Taiping, Ping'an, and a middle-aged cultivator uncovered survivors beneath the ruins, including the dying boss's wife and the old proprietor, whose divine soul had dispersed.
• The boss's wife named a man who had come with Xue Ju, handed Xu Taiping an ancient key, and died after asking him to avenge her and her child.
• The middle-aged cultivator discovered that his daughter Ying'er had been mutilated and vowed revenge before the Ruin Market Guards took him away.
• Ninth Madam warned Xu Taiping to leave Shenhou Ruin Market, and Xu Taiping told Ping'an they would go to Yellow Springs Ruin Star.
• Old Daoist Huang told Xu Taiping that he had seen Su Chan in the ruins.

As Xu Taiping and his companions traveled toward the Yellow Springs Ruins, Old Daoist Huang insisted he had seen Su Chan among the Fortune Comes Restaurant survivors, despite Xu Taiping having killed Su Chan years earlier. Xu Taiping opened a soul mark and recognized Su Chan’s voice in its vision, leaving him convinced Su Chan was alive and connected to the restaurant’s disaster.

• Old Daoist Huang told Xu Taiping that he had recognized Su Chan’s thread of fortune among the survivors, but Su Chan vanished before he could investigate.
• Xu Taiping revealed that touching the proprietress had caused his Lotus Eye to deduce two divine soul marks, then decided to inspect them while Ping'an and Old Daoist Huang stood guard.
• The Lotus Eye told Xu Taiping that its deductions now required Dao Essence or dragon origin power and that it needed Soulfire Stones to prepare for its third stage of divine power.
• Xu Taiping opened one soul mark and saw the Fortune Comes Restaurant after he and his companions had left.
• A man warned the proprietress of a bloody disaster, and Xu Taiping recognized his voice as Su Chan’s.

Xu Taiping, Old Daoist Huang, and Ping'an viewed a second divination scene that revealed Su Yun was the last bloodline of the Wangchuan Clan and held a key to a secret tied to Yellow Springs. Old Daoist Huang recognized her song as directions to Yellow Springs Ruins, and the group set out for Wangjin Ferry, located in an especially dangerous forbidden region.

• Xu Taiping shared the first divination scene with Ping'an and Old Daoist Huang, and Ping'an recognized Su Chan's voice, though the scene did not prove he was the killer.
• Old Daoist Huang urged Xu Taiping to break through to the Dao Integration Realm, but Xu Taiping chose to first investigate whether Su Yun's clue led to Yellow Springs.
• The three linked their minds with Ping'an's Numinous Connection Clarity as Xu Taiping opened the second Divine Soul Mark.
• In the vision, Su Yun called herself the last bloodline of the Wangchuan Clan and sang a verse naming Yellow Springs Ruins, Wangjin Ferry, and Lion Bridge.
• Old Daoist Huang identified the song as directions to Yellow Springs and showed Xu Taiping and Ping'an Wangjin Ferry on the map, warning that it lay in a forbidden ground among forbidden grounds.

Xu Taiping and his companions approached the Yellow Springs Ruins and discovered Xiahou You, Qu Chao Ci, and Jiang Shuoxue trapped by Qiu Qianche. Recognizing the old enemy, Xu Taiping prepared to rescue them as Xiaohei offered to draw Qiu Qianche away.

• Old Daoist Huang used the Blade of Guicang to conceal the group as Xiaohei flew toward the Yellow Springs Ruins.
• Ping'an sensed two powerful groups fighting, and Xu Taiping learned that Chaos Demonic Beasts roamed the Wangjin Ferry forbidden grounds.
• Ping'an recognized Xiahou You and Qu Chao Ci among those trapped in a formation, then spotted Jiang Shuoxue with them.
• Xu Taiping recognized Qiu Qianche of the Heavenly River Sect, who threatened the trapped group with his Nine-Chen World-Sealing Formation.
• Xiaohei offered to lure Qiu Qianche away so Xu Taiping could rescue the others.

Xu Taiping and Xiaohei attacked Qiu Qianche and the eight Heavenly River Sect cultivators guarding the formation, while Old Daoist Huang prepared to break the formations. Xu Taiping’s Infernal Prison and coordinated strike wounded all eight, but the battle remained unresolved.

• Xu Taiping instructed Xiaohei to attack Qiu Qianche while Old Daoist Huang worked to break the formations.
• Xiaohei repeatedly charged Qiu Qianche, while the eight Heavenly River Sect cultivators stayed by the formation.
• Xu Taiping revealed his Infernal Prison blade domain and trapped the eight cultivators, who recognized him as Zhenwu Qingxuan Xu Taiping.
• Ping'an revealed his Mountain-Lifting Ape true body and swept aside the eight cultivators’ attacks with the Human Sovereign Spear.
• Xu Taiping struck with Deity Palm Blade, earthly fire tempering the edge, shattering the eight cultivators’ protective light and badly wounding them.

Xu Taiping and Ping'an combined their strength to defeat Qiu Qianche and destroy his body, while Xiaohei swallowed his fleeing primordial spirit. Their victory showed that Xu Taiping’s breakthrough had raised their combined fighting strength again.

• Ping'an swapped places with Xu Taiping, endured the eight Heavenly River Sect cultivators’ attacks, and killed them with a sweeping spear strike.
• Qiu Qianche broke Xu Taiping’s blade domain and rescued the eight cultivators, prompting Xu Taiping and Ping'an to exchange bodies and attack together.
• Ping'an fired the Wind Granny Arrow to knock aside Qiu Qianche’s lightning sword, while Xu Taiping struck Qiu Qianche and shattered his golden barrier.
• Qiu Qianche fled into the Nine-Chen World-Sealing Formation and threatened Xu Taiping, but Xu Taiping’s punch broke the formation and destroyed Qiu Qianche’s body.
• Xiaohei swallowed Qiu Qianche’s escaping primordial spirit and said he would need time to refine it.

Xu Taiping rescued Xiahou You and Qu Chao Ci from a spatial seal and learned that Heavenly Lord Hanjian was on his way to meet them. After revealing that he held a Fengdu Token, Xu Taiping was interrupted when Xiaoyu began striking Old Daoist Huang with lightning.

• Xu Taiping reunited with Xiahou You and Qu Chao Ci, while Old Daoist Huang began working to break the seal around their Immortal Boat.
• Xiahou You explained that Heavenly Lord Hanjian had been fighting two Demon Emperors after coming to rescue them, and Heavenly Lord Hanjian said he had defeated them and would arrive shortly.
• Qu Chao Ci explained that a Fengdu Token was needed to enter the Yellow Springs Ruins' forbidden grounds, and Xu Taiping showed that he had one.
• Jiang Shuoxue worried that Xu Taiping's training would widen the gap between him and her Eldest Senior Brother, while Ping'an warned that Xiaoyu was hungry.
• Xiaoyu repeatedly struck Old Daoist Huang with lightning, and Huang begged her to pick someone else.

Xu Taiping left Xiahou You and Qu Chao Ci and hurried to the Yellow Springs Ruins with Xiaohei, Ping'an, and Old Daoist Huang. At the ruins, he presented his Fengdu Token after the ghost cultivators demanded payment, gaining the group entry.

• Xu Taiping and Xiaohei carried Ping'an and Old Daoist Huang away to the Yellow Springs Ruins, while Heavenly Lord Hanjian arrived and learned that Xu Taiping already had a Fengdu Token.
• Heavenly Lord Hanjian told Xiahou You, Qu Chao Ci, and Jiang Shuoxue that they would follow his arrangements during their trial, alongside Yuwen Shuo, Guan Cixue, and Luo Jinghong.
• At the Yellow Springs Ruins, ghost cultivators Lu Xi and Zhุmian demanded one hundred thousand Gold Essence Coins per person and proof of authority for entry to the forbidden grounds.
• After Old Daoist Huang criticized the ghost cultivators, Xu Taiping showed his Fengdu Token, and Lu Xi apologized and offered to take the group inside.

Lu Xi brought Xu Taiping, Ping'an, and Old Daoist Huang into the Yellow Springs Ruins and explained that Fengdu Prefecture required a test before newcomers could enter Wangjin Ferry. Xu Taiping chose to take the test, but Ghost King Qin Ming recognized him when he gave his name and sect.

• Lu Xi explained the Nine Springs and led the group down to Fengquan, the entrance to the Yellow Springs Ruins.
• The group passed through Fengquan Ghost Gate and arrived at the Fengdu Prefecture outpost, where Lu Xi warned that a Fengdu Token alone did not grant access to Wangjin Ferry.
• Xu Taiping presented the Fengdu Token and asked to enter Wangjin Ferry, and Qin Ming said a newcomer had to pass Fengdu Prefecture's test or spend half a year trying other forbidden grounds.
• Qin Ming required the weakest cultivator in the group to take the test, and Xu Taiping agreed despite Ping'an's objection.
• Qin Ming began registering Xu Taiping for a test broadcast across the Fengdu Star Domain, and Xu Taiping gave his name as Xu Taiping of Zhenwu Qingxuan.
• Qin Ming recognized Xu Taiping and exclaimed in surprise.

Xu Taiping joined two other cultivators in Fengdu Prefecture’s trial, which required them to survive relentless attacks from summoned Ghost Generals. As the Ghost Generals multiplied into the hundreds and overwhelmed the fighters, Ping'an and Old Daoist Huang remained confident that Xu Taiping’s Fengdu Token could still help.

• Ghost King Qin Ming warned Xu Taiping that Fengdu Prefecture’s trial would be difficult and brought him to join two cultivators who were also seeking entry to ordinary forbidden grounds.
• Qin Ming explained that they had to endure the Ghost Generals’ attacks for at least half an incense stick, and Xu Taiping asked whether he could use any means available.
• More than thirty Ghost Generals emerged, and the blond cultivator and the burly martial cultivator quickly defeated several while Xu Taiping held his own.
• Qin Ming summoned successive waves until more than four hundred Ghost Generals crowded the clearing, forcing Xu Taiping to reveal his ultimate realm true dragon divine being body.
• Qin Ming and Lu Xi dismissed the Fengdu Token’s usefulness against the swarm, but Ping'an and Old Daoist Huang remained confident in Xu Taiping.

Xu Taiping used the Fengdu Token to command the Ghost Generals after his final Arcane Essence Clone was destroyed. His battle intent awakened hundreds of Ghost Generals, who answered his call as the blond cultivator and the martial cultivator watched in shock.

• The blond cultivator and the martial cultivator were overwhelmed by Ghost Generals until the martial cultivator drove them back with Crimson Flame Heaven-Sealing and the blond cultivator disrupted them with flute music.
• The blond cultivator redirected the Ghost Generals toward Xu Taiping so he and the martial cultivator could recover, drawing anger from Ping'an and Old Daoist Huang.
• Xu Taiping evaded the horde with the Form- and Shadow-Transposition Technique until his final Arcane Essence Clone shattered.
• Xu Taiping raised the Fengdu Token and called the Ghost Generals to heed his command, prompting more than a dozen to answer.
• Xu Taiping roared again with overlord's breath, releasing a vast battle intent that made hundreds of Ghost Generals answer his call in unison.

Xu Taiping demonstrated extraordinary command of the ghost generals, using battle formations to defeat waves of enemies in the trial. Ghost King Qin Ming called him a born battle general, while powerful Upper Realm groups and the Fengdu Great Emperor began contacting Qin Ming about him.

• Xu Taiping gathered fewer than two hundred ghost generals, then formed them into a Great Slaughter Formation that repelled the far larger enemy force.
• Xu Taiping strengthened the formation’s battle intent and led the ghost generals in repeated charges, scattering and annihilating the ghost generals emerging from underground.
• Xu Taiping gradually used the Fengdu Token to summon more ghost generals until his formation numbered five hundred.
• Ghost King Qin Ming concluded that Xu Taiping was a born battle general.
• Qin Ming received invitations from Upper Realm powers seeking Xu Taiping and a warning from the Fengdu Great Emperor not to accept their promises readily.

Xu Taiping passed Fengdu’s test after defeating Zhou Yan and Zhao Yuan, earning permission to enter any Fengdu forbidden ground for three years. Ninth Madam then told him that Daoist Fengzhu and Heavenly Lord Xuanbei had renewed their request for his help entering a secret realm, while the two seniors waited anxiously for her to persuade him.

• After Ghost King Qin Ming announced that no more ghost generals would appear, Xu Taiping ordered one final Formation Charge against Zhou Yan and Zhao Yuan, who surrendered but were struck by the attack.
• Zhao Yuan complained to Qin Ming, and Zhou Yan threatened Xu Taiping, but Qin Ming refused to intervene and Zhou Yan left with Zhao Yuan.
• The gray mist dispersed, and Qin Ming announced that Xu Taiping had passed Fengdu’s test and could enter any forbidden ground there for three years.
• Xu Taiping received a transmission from Ninth Madam, who said Daoist Fengzhu and Heavenly Lord Xuanbei had changed their minds after watching his test and wanted him to enter a secret realm.
• At the Black Prison, Daoist Fengzhu and Heavenly Lord Xuanbei urged Ninth Madam to persuade Xu Taiping, and she told them they should show him some sincerity.

Xu Taiping and his companions followed Ghost King Qin Ming to Nether Spring Hall, where Old Daoist Huang detected that the teleportation array posed an ill omen. After identifying two guests as its likely source, Huang also sensed that they were connected to a great opportunity involving the Yellow Springs Entrance.

• Ping'an and Xu Taiping discussed the offer Heavenly Lord Xuanbei and Daoist Fengzhu were still considering, while Old Daoist Huang warned that his twitching eyelid foretold trouble.
• Xu Taiping used his Lotus Eye and saw a vision of Ping'an warning that they were deep inside Wangjin Ferry among Chaos Demon Seeds, while Huang urged him to escape because someone had tampered with the array.
• Xu Taiping warned Ping'an and Huang about the teleportation array and lent Huang the Blade of Guicang so he could conceal his aura and inspect the people there.
• Qin Ming led the group into Nether Spring Hall and introduced Shang Yu, a charming woman, and a gray-haired old man who would travel with them to the Nether Spring Domain.
• Huang identified the woman and old man as the source of the ill omen, then urged Xu Taiping not to expose them because they were also tied to a great opportunity involving the Yellow Springs Entrance.

Xu Taiping discovered that the Teleportation Tokens were tampered with and used his Lotus Eye to uncover a warning about Wangjin Ferry. He realized the approaching danger could also present an opportunity as he prepared to respond before the teleportation array activated.

• Xu Taiping accepted three Teleportation Tokens from Shang Yu, and his Lotus Eye reacted as he took them.
• Xu Taiping secretly told Old Daoist Huang that something was wrong with the tokens, while Huang stalled for time by questioning Ghost King Qin Ming.
• Xu Taiping opened the Divine Soul Mark and saw Fairy Yunxiao and Steward Zhou discuss Madam Xiao's order to send him and his companions into Wangjin Ferry's depths by tampering with the tokens.
• Xu Taiping's vision shifted to Wangjin Ferry, where Chaos Demon Seeds and Ghost Corpses surged from the forbidden grounds toward the outskirts.
• Xu Taiping realized the vision might warn of an impending attack and that the danger could bring an opportunity, then opened his eyes with excitement.

Xu Taiping learned that the Hundred Ghosts Night Run could drive powerful creatures from Wangjin Ferry’s forbidden depths into its outer reaches, confirming what the Lotus Eye had seen. He and his companions entered the forbidden grounds by teleportation, where Fairy Yunxiao wished him good luck.

• Xu Taiping asked Ghost King Qin Ming whether creatures from Wangjin Ferry’s forbidden depths could appear in the outer reaches, and Qin Ming explained that the rare Hundred Ghosts Night Run could drive them out.
• Xu Taiping recognized the phenomenon as what the Lotus Eye had encountered, and Old Daoist Huang inferred that it could turn their opponents’ scheme into a fortuitous opportunity.
• Hall Master Shang Yu announced that the Grand Formation was opening and directed Xu Taiping and the others to take their Teleportation Tokens and stand on the stone toad’s tongue.
• Ghost King Qin Ming told Xu Taiping that crushing his Teleportation Token within half an hour would return him to Nether Spring Hall.
• The stone toad teleported Xu Taiping and his companions into the forbidden grounds, where Fairy Yunxiao wished him good luck.

Xu Taiping, Ping'an, and Old Daoist Huang arrived deep inside Wangjin Ferry's forbidden grounds and witnessed the Hundred Ghosts Night Run. The procession appeared harmless under the Blade of Guicang's concealment, until Xu Taiping recognized his Second Senior Brother, Dugu Qingxiao, among the ghosts.

• Xu Taiping and his companions emerged at White Bone Shoals and confirmed they had been transported to the depths of Wangjin Ferry's forbidden grounds.
• Charred Bones and other Demonic Beasts rushed past them toward the outskirts, leaving behind an eerie silence.
• Xu Taiping used the Blade of Guicang's Mountain Edge, Sea End to conceal their auras and explained their plan to Ping'an.
• Great Ghosts and chained humanoid Ghost Creatures streamed past Lion Bridge during the Hundred Ghosts Night Run without noticing the three.
• Xu Taiping saw a ghostly figure with Dugu Qingxiao's face among the procession and recognized his Second Senior Brother.

Xu Taiping learned that Dugu Qingxiao was at risk of losing his humanity as a Ghost Warden and sent him a Divine Soul Mark through Ping'an. Dugu Qingxiao responded, and the signs of the Yellow Springs Entrance began appearing at Wangjin Ferry as Xu Taiping urged everyone onto the bridge.

• Old Daoist Huang explained that Dugu Qingxiao could become a Ghost Warden and lose his humanity, though he might retain his true nature if his will remained firm.
• Xu Taiping sealed memories and a message into a Divine Soul Mark, and Ping'an used Mind-Heart Communication to send it to Dugu Qingxiao.
• Dugu Qingxiao raised the familiar Sword Finger gesture, confirming that he had heard Ping'an and still retained part of his true nature.
• Old Daoist Huang spotted Netherfire above the White Bone Shoals, and strange fish leaped across them as Xu Taiping recognized the signs from the song about the Yellow Springs Entrance.
• Xu Taiping urged everyone to get onto the bridge because the Yellow Springs Entrance might soon appear.