Recaps

Xu Taiping faced Zhao Xuantan’s overwhelming attacks until the Jade Mother emerged from the white jade gourd and began awakening the Demon Mother Clone. Zhao Xuantan’s fury escalated as she weakened the Ghost Domain’s edict, and the chapter ended with her preparing to drive a second jade nail into the corpse’s throat.

• Xu Taiping blocked Zhao Xuantan’s first full-strength saber strike with successive deity projections.
• The Jade Mother emerged from Xu Taiping’s white jade gourd and shielded him from Zhao Xuantan’s next attack with an enormous canopy.
• The Jade Mother appeared on the jade platform and began pouring magical power into the Demon Mother Clone as Zhao Xuantan recognized her as a deity from bygone days.
• Zhao Xuantan transformed his ghost body and attacked the Jade Mother, but she drove a white jade nail into the Demon Mother Clone’s forehead, weakening the Ghost Domain’s edict.
• The Jade Mother used a torrent of flying swords to extinguish Zhao Xuantan’s next strike, then aimed a second jade nail at the Demon Mother’s throat.

Xu Taiping fought Zhao Xuantan while Jade Mother tried to seal the Demon Mother Clone, but the effort awakened the Demon Mother ahead of time. Jade Mother dragged Xu Taiping toward the Heavenly Palace exit as the Demon Mother addressed her from behind.

• Jade Mother lent Xu Taiping her Sword Case and Canopy, and he used them with his clone to battle Zhao Xuantan.
• Zhao Xuantan's strength kept increasing as Xu Taiping's attacks threatened him, forcing Xu Taiping to rely on his defensive arts and Jade Mother's artifacts.
• Jade Mother drove three Gate-Sealing Nails into the Demon Mother Clone but told Xu Taiping that the Demon Mother had awakened early.
• Jade Mother drove back Zhao Xuantan and pulled Xu Taiping toward the Heavenly Palace exit as his Left-Eye Lotus Pupil showed the Demon Mother opening her eyes.
• The Demon Mother called out to Jade Mother from behind them, and a terrifying aura reached toward Xu Taiping.

As Xu Taiping fought Zhao Xuantan inside Taixuan Hall, the ghost wall trapping Zhao Qian and the others collapsed, allowing them to reunite with Lü Daoxuan and Ping'an. The group prepared to rescue Xu Taiping, but a terrifying aura from the hall suggested that the Demon Mother had awakened.

• Old Daoist Huang received a message and flew down into the Abyss, while Ping'an assured Lü Daoxuan that Huang was helping them.
• Sword lights tore down the ghost wall around Taixuan Hall, freeing the forces trapped inside it.
• Lü Daoxuan sent a flying sword to summon help, and Zhao Qian and the Seven Peak Lords arrived with hundreds of sword lights.
• Zhao Qian learned that Xu Taiping was still inside Taixuan Hall fighting Zhao Xuantan and said they would rescue him.
• A powerful aura surged from Taixuan Hall, and Zhao Qian wondered whether the Demon Mother had awakened.

The Demon Mother awakened and destroyed Taixuan Hall, forcing Xu Taiping and Jade Mother to retreat while the Qingxuan and Zhenwu cultivators prepared to fight. The Demon Mother recognized Jade Mother and trapped her in a blood-mist barrier as their confrontation began.

• Lü Daoxuan, Zhao Qian, and Bu Xueting rushed to help Xu Taiping after sensing the Demon Mother's awakening.
• Xu Taiping and Jade Mother fled Taixuan Hall, and the Demon Mother emerged as a giant figure after the hall exploded.
• Bu Xueting and Zhao Qian rallied the Zhenwu and Azure Profound Sect cultivators to fight without retreating.
• The Demon Mother targeted Xu Taiping and Jade Mother, but Jade Mother shielded him from her overwhelming aura.
• The Demon Mother recognized Jade Mother and challenged her power, then trapped her inside a barrier of blood mist.

The Demon Mother sent Zhao Xuantan and an army of blood-garment great ghosts against the human cultivators while Jade Mother waited for a Shangqing edict to lift the Azure Profound Sect’s restrictions. As the Demon Mother’s Beyond the Domain Edict strengthened her forces, Jade Mother explained their connection to the Great Void Calamity, and Xu Taiping asked what that calamity was.

• The Demon Mother ordered Zhao Xuantan and hundreds of blood-garment great ghosts to attack while she worked to remove the three Sealing Gate Nails.
• Zhao Qian and Bu Xueting led the Azure Profound Sect and True Martial Heaven cultivators into battle, but Zhao Xuantan’s forces held them back.
• Jade Mother told Xu Taiping she was waiting for a Shangqing edict that would lift the Taixuan Sect inheritance restrictions and increase the Azure Profound Sect’s combat power.
• Bu Xueting, Lü Daoxuan, and Zhao Qian severely wounded Zhao Xuantan and opened a breach in the ghost army.
• The Demon Mother’s Beyond the Domain Edict eroded the Shangqing Edict, strengthening Zhao Xuantan and the ghost creatures, and Jade Mother explained that they were manifestations of the Great Void Calamity.
• Xu Taiping asked Jade Mother what the Great Void Calamity was.

Lady Jade Mother explained that the great void calamity threatened both the Shangqing Realm and the Upper Realm, while she worked to summon Shangqing’s full Heavenly Dao Edict. As Lü Daoxuan and Bu Xueting’s forces attacked the Demon Mother Clone, Xu Taiping learned he had to defend Jade Mother until the edict fully descended.

• Lady Jade Mother told Xu Taiping that the great void calamity could erase all existence, including those who had ascended to the Upper Realm.
• A first layer of Shangqing’s Heavenly Dao Edict descended, and Jade Mother explained that two more layers were needed because the Demon Mother’s and Extraterrestrial Ghost Creature’s edicts obstructed it.
• Lü Daoxuan and the Azure Profound Sect broke through Zhao Xuantan’s formation, while Bu Xueting led True Martial Heaven’s Sword Cultivators and Bai Yu attacked the Demon Mother’s barrier.
• Jade Mother told Xu Taiping that killing the Demon Mother Clone required an exact sequence of steps and that he had to hold off the Ghost Creatures while she summoned the complete edict.
• Xu Taiping summoned the Dragon-Trapping Tower to protect himself and Jade Mother, but a powerful Blood-Garment Great Ghost cracked its phantom image as he vowed to defend her.

Lü Daoxuan and the others fought to hold off the Demon Mother’s forces while Xu Taiping and Jade Mother were cut off by the Blood-Garment Great Ghosts. As Lü Daoxuan unleashed a Taixuan Sect sword art against Zhao Xuantan, a five-colored pillar descended, and his strike suddenly carried a terrifying aura.

• Ping'an warned that the Blood-Garment Great Ghosts had cut Xu Taiping and Jade Mother off from the others, and Lü Daoxuan concluded the Demon Mother was targeting them because of their power.
• Lü Daoxuan used his swordsmanship to turn Blood-Garment Great Ghosts into sword shadows that repeatedly pierced the Demon Mother’s barrier.
• Zhao Xuantan attacked Lü Daoxuan while Zhao Qian and the Azure Profound Sect sword cultivators fought off ghost creatures, and Bu Xueting was pinned down protecting the Zhenwu cultivators.
• A second five-colored pillar of light descended toward Xu Taiping and the Demon Mother, leaving Lü Daoxuan wondering what the manifestation meant.
• Lü Daoxuan unleashed the Heavenly Thunder Sword Art, Fire Dragon Sword Art, and Heavenly Escape Sword Art against Zhao Xuantan, and the strike suddenly gave off a terrifying aura.

The Shangqing Edict’s seal on the Taixuan Sect Inheritance was partially lifted, allowing the Azure Profound Sect to unleash its full swordsmanship as they fought the Demon Mother’s forces. Xu Taiping held off successive attacks while urging the others to stop the Demon Mother from extracting the third Sealing Gate Nail, but Zhao Xuantan powered up and began pushing back Lü Daoxuan’s sword.

• Lü Daoxuan struck Zhao Xuantan with the Fire Dragon Heavenly Thunder Sword and realized the Shangqing Edict’s seal had partly lifted.
• Zhao Qian tested the Taixuan Sect Inheritance, then announced that the Azure Profound Sect could use it at full strength.
• The Azure Profound Sect’s sword cultivators unleashed their inherited techniques and cut through the blood-garment ghost horde.
• Three great ghosts attacked Xu Taiping and Jade Mother, but Xu Taiping and his clone held them off.
• Xu Taiping revealed that they were lifting the inheritance’s seal and warned everyone to stop the Demon Mother from pulling out the third Sealing Gate Nail.
• Lü Daoxuan and the other human cultivators attacked the Demon Mother, but Zhao Xuantan halted Lü Daoxuan’s sword and gained strength from another Blood-Colored Halo.

Bu Xueting and Lü Daoxuan faced the Demon Mother’s empowered ghost generals after she pulled the Sealing Gate Nail from her heart. The Blade Ghost, Heavenly Lord Neck Metal, arrived, defeated Zhao Xuantan, and shattered the Demon Mother’s barrier.

• Bu Xueting attacked Zhao Xuantan, but Zhou Tong, Yuyangzi, and powerful ghost generals appeared and blocked her strike.
• The Demon Mother pulled the Sealing Gate Nail from her heart, causing the ghost generals’ auras to surge and driving the human cultivators back.
• The Blade Ghost, Heavenly Lord Neck Metal, arrived and sent the ghost generals flying with a massive blade strike.
• Zhao Xuantan called on the Demon Mother for power, then fought the Blade Ghost, who broke his saber and overwhelmed him.
• The Blade Ghost struck the Demon Mother’s barrier and shattered it, leaving her visibly terrified.

The Demon Mother removed the Second Sealing Gate Nail, lifting more of the Shangqing Edict’s restraints and empowering Zhao Xuantan and the Ghost Generals. As the Human Race struggled against their assault, Bai Yu and Ping'an broke through the Demon Mother’s barrier, but Zhao Xuantan intercepted them above her.

• Zhao Xuantan blocked Blade Ghost’s attacks with Lei Qiong’s Tianfang Cauldron, enraging Blade Ghost over Lei Qiong’s apparent death.
• The Demon Mother pulled out the Second Sealing Gate Nail, causing the Ghost Generals’ power to surge and ordering them to kill their opponents.
• Zhao Xuantan and the Ghost Generals attacked, killing and wounding Human Race cultivators; Lü Daoxuan refused Zhao Qian’s request to form the annihilation-character sword formation and instead used his sword seeds to suppress Zhao Xuantan’s blade force.
• Blade Ghost swallowed Zhao Xuantan and the Ghost Generals in a void rift, but most of them quickly escaped, while three Ghost Generals remained trapped.
• Bai Yu carried Ping'an toward the Demon Mother, knocked away Zhao Xuantan’s cauldron, and helped shatter her blood mist barrier as Ping'an attacked in his Mountain-Lifting Ape form.
• Zhao Xuantan appeared above the Demon Mother and raised an enormous mountain phantom image to meet Bai Yu and Ping'an.

Bai Yu and Ping'an briefly controlled the Demon Mother, allowing the others to attack, but she soon broke free and nearly removed the final Sealing Gate Nail. Xu Taiping and Jade Mother then released the Taixuan Sect inheritance’s restraints, enabling the Azure Profound Sect disciples to unleash a powerful assault that forced the Demon Mother to defend herself.

• Bai Yu and Ping'an controlled the Demon Mother long enough for Bu Xueting, Lü Daoxuan, Blade Ghost, and the others to wound Zhao Xuantan and the ghost generals, though the Demon Mother remained unharmed.
• The Demon Mother broke free of Bai Yu and Ping'an's control, struck at them, and continued pulling out the final Sealing Gate Nail.
• Blade Ghost prepared to open his Avīci Blade Domain, but Xu Taiping told him that Jade Mother had lifted the restraints on the Taixuan Sect inheritance within the Azure Profound Sect.
• Lü Daoxuan led more than ninety Azure Profound Sect sword cultivators in an assault that broke through the ghost generals and forced the Demon Mother to stop pulling the Sealing Gate Nail and defend herself.
• Bu Xueting recognized that the Azure Profound Sect disciples' combined killing power had reached a terrifying level.

Xu Taiping and the Azure Profound Sect Sword Cultivators captured the Demon Mother Clone, but Zhao Xuantan and the Ghost Generals attacked while the others were held back. Jade Mother revealed that her edict could lower the Demon Mother's cultivation to match one of them, and she chose Xu Taiping because of his Heaven-Hunting Great Sage Realm physique.

• The Azure Profound Sect Sword Cultivators formed a sword formation and helped Xu Taiping and Jade Mother wound the Demon Mother Clone.
• Jade Mother used her jade bottle to absorb the Demon Mother Clone and its Origin Demon Seed Power.
• Zhao Xuantan and five Ghost Generals surrounded Xu Taiping and Jade Mother while Blood-Garment Great Ghosts kept Bu Xueting, Lü Daoxuan, and the others from helping.
• Xu Taiping and his clone used their treasures and techniques to hold off the attackers as Jade Mother absorbed the Demon Mother's power.
• Jade Mother told Xu Taiping that she could use the Great Dao Edict Power, Rain and Dew Fall Equally, to lower the Demon Mother's cultivation, and chose him because of his Heaven-Hunting Great Sage Realm physique.

Jade Mother’s Jade Bottle threatened to capture the Demon Mother Clone while the cultivators held off her forces, but Zhao Xuantan attacked Xu Taiping with a time-powered strike. Xuanzhi and Xu Taiping’s old friends intervened, leaving Zhao Xuantan under attack and Xu Taiping reunited with his allies.

• Jade Mother moved to capture the Demon Mother Clone as the cultivators suppressed the Demonic Generals and Great Ghosts.
• Zhao Xuantan blamed Xu Taiping for disrupting his plans, released another seal, and attacked him with a devastating finger strike infused with the Power of Time.
• Xuanzhi arrived and shattered Zhao Xuantan’s attack with his Golden Buddha Dharma Aspect, then reunited with Xu Taiping.
• Xiahou You, Heavenly Lord Shihu, Gongshu Nanxing, Mu Yun, Ji Ye, Zhang Moyan, Third Prince Chu Yinan, and others joined the battle and forced Zhao Xuantan onto the defensive.
• Xu Taiping thanked his old friends as they greeted him amid the ongoing battle.

Jade Mother trapped the Demon Mother Clone on a Sword Platform and used an Origin-Returning Pill to restore Xu Taiping’s strength, while the human cultivators held back the empowered ghost army outside. Xu Taiping rushed to fight the Demon Mother Clone as Jade Mother wagered that a tenth of her divine power was enough to kill her.

• The Demon Mother broke free of Jade Mother’s jade bottle, and Jade Mother sent Xiahou You and the others to help Bu Xueting resist the rising ghost creatures.
• Zhao Xuantan recovered to eighty percent of his combat strength, and the Demon Mother pulled the Sealing Gate Nail from her forehead to release the seals on him and the other generals.
• Jade Mother gave Xu Taiping an Origin-Returning Pill and raised a Sword Platform with her Great Dao Edict Power, trapping the Demon Mother Clone while Zhao Xuantan was left outside.
• Zhao Qian realized Jade Mother planned for Xu Taiping to slay the Demon Mother Clone, and Bu Xueting, Lü Daoxuan, and the cultivators formed a defensive line against the ghost horde.
• The Demon Mother Clone challenged Jade Mother’s limited divine power and the short duration of her edict, but Xu Taiping charged forward to attack her.

Xu Taiping fought the Demon Mother Clone, whose ultimate fist technique overwhelmed him until her punch helped him comprehend great dao edict power. He realized her technique was only the human race’s ultimate realm, then struck back with what he declared to be Shangqing’s true ultimate dao realm.

• Xu Taiping’s ultimate realm attacks and treasures weakened the Demon Mother’s demon domain, but his blade still failed to injure her.
• The Demon Mother wounded Xu Taiping and revealed that she had mastered the Shangqing Spirit Bone Steles and its martial techniques beyond the ultimate realm.
• The Demon Mother’s ultimate punch shattered Xu Taiping’s defense and sent him crashing onto the Sword Platform, while Jade Mother watched from afar.
• Xu Taiping rose with new great dao edict power and told the Demon Mother that her fist technique was only the human race’s ultimate realm, not Shangqing’s.
• The Demon Mother launched another devastating punch, and Xu Taiping stepped forward and answered with a punch he called Shangqing’s true ultimate dao realm.

Xu Taiping used the Ten Emperors Scripture to unleash Ultimate Dao attacks against the Demon Mother, but her Origin Demon-Transformation Power kept producing new clones. With the Jade Mother's edict only able to restrain her for a little longer, Xu Taiping chose to focus on perfecting his fist technique and began settling into a stance.

• Xu Taiping shattered the Demon Mother's fist and blade attacks with the Ten Emperors Scripture, while his Origin Beginning Clone helped fend her off.
• Xu Taiping summoned four awakened deity projections and combined them into a powerful Ultimate Dao Shangqing Heaven-Shaking Fist, destroying the Demon Mother's clone before she re-formed and attacked again.
• The Jade Mother warned Xu Taiping that the Demon Mother was using Origin Demon-Transformation Power to stall him and that her edict would soon stop restraining her.
• The Jade Mother told Xu Taiping to let his clone hold off the Demon Mother while he gathered a decisive fist or blade strike and brought his Shangqing Ultimate Dao Power closer to its ultimate realm.
• Xu Taiping recalled practicing punches at Green Bamboo Abode, chose to pursue the fist path, and began carefully correcting his stance.

Xu Taiping unleashed Shangqing ultimate Dao power in a punch that weakened the Demon Mother Clone, but Zhao Xuantan shattered the Jade Mother's Edict with Zhenwu's Demon-Breaking Sword and restored the clone's strength. The Jade Mother concluded that the remaining human powerhouses could still drive the clone out, though only at great cost.

• Xu Taiping adjusted his stance as the Sword Platform created by the Jade Mother's Edict began to tremble and lose cohesion.
• The Demon Mother knocked away Xu Taiping's Origin Beginning Clone, then attacked Xu Taiping with a Vermilion Long Saber to interrupt his punch.
• Xu Taiping struck with Shangqing ultimate Dao power, engulfing the Demon Mother's blade force and repeatedly annihilating her clones.
• Zhao Xuantan struck the Sword Platform with Zhenwu's Demon-Breaking Sword, shattering the Jade Mother's Edict and leaving himself gravely torn apart.
• The Demon Mother Clone's aura surged and overwhelmed Xu Taiping's fist force, so the Jade Mother said the remaining powerhouses could drive her out only at grievous cost.

Xu Taiping spent thousands of years of his lifespan using the Heaven-Flipping Seal to weaken the Demon Mother Clone and protect the Azure Profound Sect. As the Demon Mother prepared to kill him, his Second Senior Brother arrived and told him to leave the rest to him.

• Xu Taiping learned from Jade Mother that another heavy blow could weaken the recovering Demon Mother Clone and reduce casualties, so he decided to attack again.
• Xu Taiping used the Heaven-Flipping Seal to strengthen himself and his Origin Beginning Clone, sacrificing a thousand years of lifespan for an ultimate realm blade strike.
• Xu Taiping followed with an ultimate realm punch and another blade strike, further reducing the Demon Mother's combat strength at the cost of more of his lifespan.
• The Demon Mother chose to sacrifice ten percent of her combat strength to attack Xu Taiping with the Sky Demon Hands.
• As Xu Taiping prepared to spend his remaining lifespan on another strike, his Second Senior Brother arrived and told him he had done enough.

Xu Taiping and the cultivators fought the Demon Mother as Dugu Qingxiao dragged the Ghost Domain into the Netherworld Yellow Springs and struck her in his Yama form. After the Demon Mother recovered much of her power, Ping'an, Blade Ghost, and Old Daoist Huang revealed their own Yama bodies and joined the attack.

• Blade Ghost broke past Zhao Xuantan to reach Xu Taiping, but the Demon Mother’s aura drove him back as she withdrew her attack from Xu Taiping.
• Dugu Qingxiao’s icy aura dragged the Ghost Domain into the Netherworld Yellow Springs, and his Yama body emerged from the blood moon to strike the Demon Mother.
• Dugu Qingxiao identified himself to the Azure Profound Sect disciples, but the Demon Mother’s surging power sent his Yama body flying.
• Xu Taiping told Jade Mother that they had prepared more than one Yama body.
• Ping'an, Blade Ghost, and Old Daoist Huang revealed their Yama bodies, blocked the Demon Mother’s saber strike, and attacked her together.

Dugu Qingxiao summoned Yellow Springs forces to turn the battle against the Extraterrestrial Ghost Creatures and help the five Yama attack the Demon Mother. As Xu Taiping healed, Jade Mother warned him that the Demon Mother still had hidden origin demon seed power capable of breaking Yellow Springs’ restraints.

• Dugu Qingxiao issued a Ghost-Slaying Edict and called on the ghosts of Yellow Springs to help the humans fight the Extraterrestrial Ghost Creatures.
• Bu Xueting, Zhao Qian, Lü Daoxuan, and the other cultivators joined the Yellow Springs forces, reversing the battle against Zhao Xuantan and the other Ghost Generals and Demonic Generals.
• Xu Ziyan appeared, and the Five Yellow Springs Yama attacked the Demon Mother together, while Blade Ghost, Ping'an, and Dugu Qingxiao struck her and forced her to use demon-transformation power.
• Jade Mother explained to Xu Taiping that Yellow Springs power would gradually weaken the Demon Mother's clone whenever she used demon-transformation power, and suggested that the former Lord of the Netherworld Yellow Springs might have returned.
• When Xu Taiping offered to join the fight, Jade Mother told him to heal and restore his magic power, warning that the Demon Mother had hidden origin demon seed power that could break Yellow Springs’ restraints.

Xu Taiping’s allies wounded the Demon Mother and forced her to unleash her hidden power, but she overwhelmed the survivors after escaping Dugu Qingxiao’s seal. Just as the Demon Mother threatened to kill the remaining cultivators, Xu Taiping returned to the fight in a giant form and struck her.

• Jade Mother explained that the Demon Mother’s origin demon seed power would permanently weaken her true body, and Xu Taiping healed while his allies continued their assault.
• The Demon Mother reclaimed the power she had given Zhao Xuantan and the other generals, then absorbed the blood of the fallen and unleashed her origin power.
• Dugu Qingxiao attempted to seal the Demon Mother in Yellow Springs, but she broke free and dragged the survivors back into the Taixuan Ghost Domain.
• The Demon Mother incapacitated many cultivators and overpowered Bu Xueting, Lü Daoxuan, Zhao Qian, and the other defenders with her Thousand Demon Hands.
• Xu Taiping appeared in a thousand-zhang form and punched the Demon Mother, giving the remaining cultivators hope.

Chen Hao and the arriving cultivators sought a way through the Blood Ghost Spider’s web to help Xu Taiping fight the Demon Mother, but opening a passage would require five powerful experts to hold it open. Xu Chengling volunteered to enter the Taixuan Ghost Domain, though the elders warned that he would be going to his death.

• Chen Hao stopped cultivators from attacking the Blood Ghost Spider and explained that ordinary methods could not break its web.
• Zhang Tianze and Zhu Huai arrived and urged Chen Hao to find a way to support Xu Taiping, but Chen Hao said five experts would be needed to open and maintain a passage.
• Yun Shiliu arrived with Fang Mou, Zheng Mo, and Xu Chengling, giving them the five experts needed to open the passage.
• Yun Shiliu warned that even she might not be able to help Xu Taiping against the Demon Mother, while Xu Chengling volunteered to enter the Ghost Domain.
• Fang Mou questioned whether they should let Xu Chengling go to his death for nothing.

Xu Taiping struggled against the Demon Mother while the cultivators debated sending aid through the sealed Ghost Domain teleportation array. Dongfang Yuejian arrived injured but revealed that Xu Taiping had left a special clone in the Lower Realm to travel the Five Heavens and store swords, a secret she said concerned his Great Dao cultivation.

• Xu Taiping dispelled the Demon Mother's attack and charged at her again, while Yun Shiliu and the others warned that his defeat would doom the cultivators in the Ghost Domain.
• Chen Hao agreed to gather Pure Yang Sword Sect disciples to accompany Xu Chengling, and Yun Shiliu allowed Xu Chengling to go.
• Dongfang Yuejian arrived and asked whether the Pure Yang Sword Sect's teleportation array to the Ghost Domain could still be opened.
• Dongfang Yuejian revealed that Great Ghosts had injured her and reduced her fighting strength to less than half, then asked Chen Hao to take her along.
• Yun Shiliu concealed their conversation, and Dongfang Yuejian explained that Xu Taiping had left a special clone in the Lower Realm to travel the Five Heavens and store swords.

Dongfang Yuejian revealed that Xu Taiping had hidden swords throughout the Five Heavens, and Yun Shiliu sent her and Xu Chengling to deliver them to him. At Taixuan Peak, Bu Xueting fought the Demon Mother's clone at the cost of his own clone as the sealed Ghost Domain entrance was finally opened.

• Dongfang Yuejian told Yun Shiliu that Xu Taiping's clone had spent nearly sixty years hiding swords throughout the Five Heavens.
• Yun Shiliu agreed to help Dongfang Yuejian reach the Taixuan Ghost Domain, and Xu Chengling insisted on escorting her.
• Yun Shiliu approved Xu Chengling's request and ordered him to deliver the swords to Xu Taiping with Dongfang Yuejian.
• Bu Xueting stopped Zhao Qian from attacking and charged the Demon Mother's clone, using up his own clone to buy Xu Taiping time.
• Zhao Linglong and Zhao Qian saw the Ghost Domain gates open after cultivators outside battered them down.

Bu Xueting sacrificed his clone to unleash a devastating sword strike against the Demon Mother Clone, but she survived. Xu Taiping then joined Bai Yu and Ping'an in attacking her, leaving them weakened after they blocked her Extreme Law Divine Abilities.

• The Demon Mother warned Xu Taiping that continuing the fight would cost many Azure Profound Sect disciples their lives, but he chose to try again.
• The Demon Mother struck Bu Xueting with crimson lightning, and Xiaohei, Bai Yu, and Ping'an helped carry him and Xu Taiping out of the Thousand Demon Hands' reach.
• Bu Xueting revealed his heart aperture and sacrificed his clone to unleash Sword Returns to Heavens, destroying half the Demon Mother's body and Thousand Demon Hands before dissolving into ashes.
• Xu Taiping rejected Bu Xueting's advice to prioritize his own survival and asked Bai Yu and Ping'an to fight alongside him.
• Bai Yu carried Xu Taiping and Ping'an to the Demon Mother, where Bai Yu and Ping'an shattered her barrage of Extreme Law Divine Abilities but were thrown back, weakened by the backlash.