Arc 135Chapters 3351–3375
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Xu Taiping recognized Qu Ningshuang as the daughter of Qu Shuang and confirmed the connection through the Sword Intent of Ten Thousand Edges. After Qu Ningshuang’s sword broke during her trial against the Lion Demon, Xu Taiping offered her his Ancient Sword.
Xu Taiping lent Qu Ningshuang the ancient sword Ten Thousand Edges, allowing her to enter the Demon-Slaying Platform and challenge the Lion Demon. She and Zhou Xie struck the demon together, leaving it gravely injured but not yet defeated.
Qu Ningshuang and Zhou Xie failed to defeat the berserk Lion Demon, and Qu Ningshuang returned Ten Thousand Edges to Xu Taiping. After agreeing to lend her the sword again tomorrow, Xu Taiping was challenged to take the trial himself.
Xu Taiping accepted a trial-platform challenge, then requested a powerful enough opponent to qualify for the Heaven seats. He killed the Third Stage Upper Grade Five-Headed Lion-Tiger Demon with a single punch, leaving the crowd stunned.
Xu Taiping revealed that he was a Lower Realm cultivator after killing a demonic beast with one punch, and Chi Fan placed him in the Heaven Character Seat for the Chaotic Stars Assembly. As Xu Taiping set out for Heavenly Unity Ruin Star, A Zhu warned that Qu Ningshuang and the other Lower Realm cultivators might be in danger.
Xu Taiping learned that cultivators from Yellow Origin Palace threatened Qu Ningshuang and set off to rescue her despite the Flame Court’s reluctance to get involved. Qu Ningshuang received his warning at an Abandoned Temple, where she and Zhou Xie began to realize he was coming to help.
Qu Ningshuang and Zhou Xie learned from Xu Taiping that Lu Ming might have betrayed them, but Lu Ming trapped them and helped the Yellow Origin Palace break the ruined temple’s barrier. As the enemy figures arrived, Xu Taiping messaged Qu Ningshuang that he was above the Ruin Star and would handle the rest.
Qi He and his allies arrived at the ruined temple to claim Qu Ningshuang, but a mysterious cultivator descended and killed Tu Shan with overwhelming force. The newcomer’s black hound swallowed Tu Shan’s Nascent Soul, leaving Qi He and the others stunned.
A young cultivator avenged his injured friend by overwhelming Qi He, Black-Robed, and Gu Qi with his Great Dao Edict Power and martial strength. He destroyed their defenses and killed Black-Robed and Gu Qi, while Qi He was left pinned to the ground.
Xu Taiping rescued Qu Ningshuang and Zhou Xie from Qi He, then gave Qu Ningshuang the sword Ten Thousand Edges and the truth about her father, Qu Shuang. As Xu Taiping prepared to leave, his white feather reacted, suggesting Bai Yu—and possibly the Old Palace Master of Yellow Origin Palace—was nearby.
Xu Taiping learned that the Old Palace Master of Yellow Origin Palace was tracking the Heavenflame Cauldron, so he took it to draw the pursuer away from Qu Ningshuang and the others. Qu Ningshuang blocked Elder Shi’s group from following, while a roaring presence approached overhead.
Xu Taiping and Xiaohei lured the Old Palace Master of Yellow Origin Palace away from Qu Ningshuang’s group and prepared an ambush on a Ruin Star. The old Daoist pursued Bai Yu there, but insisted on descending with him, leaving Xu Taiping to face them both together.
Xu Taiping and Xiaohei ambushed the Old Palace Master of Yellow Origin Palace to rescue Bai Yu, but Bai Yu escaped with the injured old Daoist and the chase continued. As the deadline for earning Demon-Slaying Tokens arrived, Qu Ningshuang and Zhou Xie entered the Trial Platform, where a veiled woman remarked that Xu Taiping had lent Qu Ningshuang a sword.
Qu Ningshuang and Zhou Xie fought the Two-Headed Lion Demon on the Trial Platform, where the Ancient Sword Ten Thousand Edges revealed its power to break the beast’s Lion’s Roar. Qu Ningshuang killed the demon with Ten Thousand Edges True Release.
Lin Buyu watched Qu Ningshuang wield the Ten Thousand Edges Sword, which the crowd said Xu Taiping had given her, while Lin Buyan struggled with Lin Buyu’s concealed jealousy. As Three Corpses Cave cultivators approached, Lin Buyan hid her aura, and a young girl greeted Lin Buyu.
Lin Buyu declined to join Liu Qingxiang and Luo Hong’s team before the Chaotic Stars Assembly began. As she prepared to leave the Demon-Slaying Platform, she saw Xuan Zhou being pursued by a mysterious figure and wondered who could threaten him.
A mysterious pursuer drove Yellow Origin Palace's Xuan Zhou to the Demon-Slaying Platform while repeatedly shattering his defenses. There, the pursuer demanded that Xuan Zhou release Bai Yu, threatening to attack through the turbulent gang wind.
Xu Taiping pursued Xuan Zhou after breaking his first escape talisman, but Xuan Zhou used a second to flee to Yellow Origin Palace. Xu Taiping briefly reunited with Lin Buyu before racing to the palace, where he demanded that Xuan Zhou return his younger brother.
Xu Taiping and Xiaohei attacked Yellow Origin Palace after Xuan Zhou refused to hand over Bai Yu. As Xu Taiping's Heavenly Wrath Style battered the mountain gate formation, Xiaohei prepared to devour the spiritual land.
Xu Taiping battered Yellow Origin Palace’s Mountain Gate barrier while Palace Master Xuan Zhou and the elders relied on its self-repairing formation and planned to wait until the Chaotic Stars Assembly forced Xu Taiping to leave. The barrier held, but a Black Hound shadow began devouring the palace’s two peaks, leaving Xuan Zhou and the others horrified.
Xu Taiping attacked the Yellow Origin Palace’s mountain-guarding barrier while Xiaohei devoured the peaks and drained its spiritual power. Palace Master Xuan Zhou refused to return Bai Yu and used the Palace’s earth artifact to delay Xu Taiping, betting that he would have to choose between Bai Yu and the Chaotic Stars Assembly.
Xu Taiping used his Origin Beginning Clone to overwhelm Yellow Origin Palace’s defenses while Xiaohei’s Heavenly Hound form swallowed its two peaks. With the palace trapped and unable to summon its Ancestor in time, Xu Taiping demanded Bai Yu in exchange for sparing its cultivators’ primordial spirits.
As noon approached, cultivators on the Demon-Slaying Platform wondered whether Xu Taiping had survived his assault on Yellow Origin Palace. Spirit Mirror reports revealed that he had destroyed the palace, and he headed to the Chaotic Stars Assembly with Xiaohei.
Xu Taiping returned after destroying the Yellow Origin Palace and learned that Lin Buyu had been mistreated by the Three Corpses Cave, though they agreed to settle matters after the Chaotic Stars Assembly began. Lin Buyu challenged him to compete for the top three, and Fenghuang began explaining the assembly’s rules as its teleportation drew near.
At the Chaotic Stars Assembly, Xu Taiping saw through the Lotus Eye that Lin Buyu would be sent into the sealed land of the fifth-stage Evil Demon Incarnation Zhuyin Liyuan, so he used Form- and Shadow-Transposition to take her place. He entered Zhuyin Liyuan’s sealed land safely and prepared to use the Lotus Eye to assess his chances against the demon.