Recaps

Xu Taiping lured the Primordial Lords into a trap by severely wounding Purple Fox and enduring overlapping Heavenly Tribulations. He escaped the tribulations as two more Primordial Lords arrived, but Qinggu and seven others surrounded him.

• Xu Taiping exposed his position, lured Purple Fox toward him, and severed seven of Purple Fox’s nine tails with a single slash.
• Fragrant Civet and Maiwang struck Xu Taiping, sending him into the Tornado Wind Heavenly Tribulation, where the other Primordial Lords gathered to block his escape.
• The Tornado Wind and Tribulation Lightning Heavenly Tribulations overlapped, rapidly draining Xu Taiping’s aura as he endured their combined force.
• Two more Primordial Lords and more than ten Demon Emperors arrived, and Xu Taiping used Endless Horizon to fly a hundred li out of the tribulations.
• Qinggu and the other five Primordial Lords surrounded Xu Taiping alongside the two new arrivals, and Qinggu declared that he had nowhere left to run.

Xu Taiping revealed overwhelming hidden power in the Land of Myriad Tribulations, breaking Huangyi’s and Jiuquan’s attacks and trapping all eight Primordial Lords in a blade domain. On the Heaven-Demon Battlefield, Huo Xuan formed the Vermilion Bird battle formation as the Nine Abysses Demonic Army launched its counterattack.

• Jiuquan and Huangyi planned to wound or kill Xu Taiping while the Nine Abysses Great Army counterattacked the Human Race Army.
• Qinggu and five other Primordial Lords attacked Xu Taiping inside two overlapping tribulation prisons, but he endured their blows and hurled them backward with a barrage of punches.
• Huangyi unleashed his origin devouring power and Jiuquan amplified it, but Xu Taiping used Sealed Domain, three thousand li to dissolve their attack and the heavenly tribulation power.
• Jiuquan and Huangyi tried to flee, but Xu Taiping’s gray-white blade domain enveloped them and the other six Primordial Lords.
• After learning the Nine Abysses Demonic Army had dispatched its troops, Huo Xuan ordered the million-strong Vermilion Bird Army to form its battle formation.
• The Vermilion Bird phantoms appeared above the army as the six Primordial Lords continued attacking Xu Taiping in the Heaven-Patrolling Mirror.

Xu Taiping was overwhelmed by eight Primordial Lords, but revealed his concealed power and trapped them within his domain. He unleashed the Burial Blade Stance, leaving Huo Xuan wondering whether he had slain all eight with one stroke.

• Nine Abysses projected Xu Taiping's battle as six Primordial Lords attacked him, but he struck them back with a barrage of punches.
• Jiuquan and Huangyi joined the fight and used their origin demon seed power to drag Xu Taiping toward a devastating vortex.
• As Lei Huo warned that the Vermilion Bird Army could not hold the line, Huo Xuan ordered the troops not to retreat while worrying over their battle intent.
• Xu Taiping activated Sealed Domain, Three Thousand Li, causing the Primordial Lords' origin demon seed power to dissipate and trapping all eight in his blade domain.
• Xu Taiping invoked the Burial Blade Stance, and black-smoke-like blades tore through the domain and the surrounding sky, prompting Huo Xuan to wonder whether he had killed all eight Primordial Lords.

Xu Taiping pursued the surviving Primordial Lords to the Land of Myriad Tribulations, where he killed Maiwang and nearly finished Jiuquan before Tianluo arrived. Tianluo rescued Jiuquan and struck Xu Taiping into an erupting volcano, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Huo Xuan watched the Heaven-Patrolling Mirror show Xu Taiping pursuing Maiwang and Jiuquan while Huangyi’s demon seed floated nearby.
• Maiwang used Word-Follows-Law against Xu Taiping, but Xu Taiping’s True Dragon Forbidden Domain neutralized it before he shattered Maiwang’s head and collected his demon seed and three Sage Nine-Aperture Exquisite Hearts.
• Xu Taiping increased the force bearing down on Jiuquan, but Jiuquan called for Lord Tianluo, who appeared and rescued him with a streak of bloody light.
• Tianluo confronted Xu Taiping, who answered by eating a Primordial Lord’s demon seed.
• Tianluo struck Xu Taiping with a blood-colored palm, smashed him into the Flame Mountain, and engulfed his body in erupting magma.

Primordial Lord Tianluo pinned Xu Taiping to Flame Mountain with a Blood Demon Spear and had Huangyi and Jiuquan seal him with Immortal-Pinning Nails. Xu Taiping broke free, killed Huangyi and Jiuquan, and launched a sudden blade strike at Tianluo.

• Primordial Lord Tianluo unleashed a Blood Demon Spear that pinned Xu Taiping to Flame Mountain and drew upon the power of other demon seeds.
• Primordial Lord Tianluo resurrected Huangyi and Jiuquan, then ordered them to drive Immortal-Pinning Nails into Xu Taiping's brow and throat.
• Huangyi and Jiuquan sealed Xu Taiping in blood-red light and returned to Primordial Lord Tianluo, believing he could no longer fight.
• Xu Taiping broke free of the seal and appeared behind Huangyi and Jiuquan, bursting them into blood mist with a sudden attack.
• Xu Taiping unleashed a dazzling blade strike at Primordial Lord Tianluo, who reacted in alarm.

Xu Taiping overwhelmed Primordial Lord Tianluo, but Tianluo revealed abyss immortality power that shattered Xu Taiping’s True Dragon Forbidden Domain and strengthened his Demon God Body. The chapter left Xu Taiping attacking again as Tianluo sealed his blade light inside a gigantic boulder.

• Xu Taiping repeatedly cut apart and destroyed Primordial Lord Tianluo, while Tianluo used demon seeds to restore his Demon God Body.
• Xu Taiping trapped Tianluo in his True Dragon Forbidden Domain, where Tianluo’s body kept shattering and recovering.
• Tianluo burst more than ten demon seeds and unleashed abyss immortality power, which devoured the domain’s power and shattered it.
• Tianluo’s aura grew stronger, and he challenged Xu Taiping after escaping the domain.
• Xu Taiping struck Tianluo with a sudden blade slash, but Tianluo condensed his thick-earth power into a massive boulder that sealed the slash inside.

Xu Taiping used the Great Balance Law of Taishu to amplify the weight of Tianluo Primordial Lord’s earth power until its star soul force overwhelmed Tianluo. The battle ended with Xu Taiping gripping Tianluo’s head, and Huo Xuan declared the Primordial Lord defeated.

• Tianluo Primordial Lord repeatedly buried Xu Taiping in thick-earth power, while Xu Taiping slashed his way out.
• Huo Xuan recognized Tianluo’s Myriad Forms Returning to the Flow as it transformed the incoming thunder-prison tribulation into more thick-earth power.
• Xu Taiping used the Great Balance Law of Taishu to make the earth power so heavy that its star soul force began pulling Tianluo and the surrounding landscape toward it.
• Tianluo used an unknown demon seed power to escape the pull, but Xu Taiping increased the earth power’s weight another thousandfold.
• The sphere’s star soul force dragged Tianluo into a collision, and Xu Taiping seized his head as Huo Xuan announced his defeat.

Xu Taiping used a growing Star Soul Power sphere to repeatedly destroy Tianluo Primordial Lord, but Tianluo kept resurrecting through the Abyss's undying power. When Tianluo claimed only devouring the entire Land of Myriad Tribulations could kill him, Xu Taiping said that might be possible, startling him.

• Tianluo Primordial Lord told Xu Taiping that the Nine Abysses had sought the Demon Mother's power because the path to heaven had been severed, and tried to bargain for information about the Great Void Calamity.
• Xu Taiping agreed to a deal, then crushed Tianluo Primordial Lord's head and absorbed his body into an earthen sphere powered by Star Soul Power.
• Tianluo Primordial Lord resurrected from the Abyss, but Xu Taiping expanded the sphere's power and pulled him in, destroying his restored body again.
• Xu Taiping fed hundreds of thousands of broken weapons into the sphere, increasing its size and reach as Tianluo Primordial Lord repeatedly resurrected and was destroyed.
• Tianluo Primordial Lord said Xu Taiping could not kill him without devouring the entire Land of Myriad Tribulations, and Xu Taiping replied that it was not impossible.

Xu Taiping used two Earth Pearls and his Origin Beginning Clone to overwhelm Primordial Lord Tianluo, but Tianluo invoked immortality that made him impossible to kill for three months. Tianluo revealed he intended to trap Xu Taiping while the Nine Abysses Frontline annihilated the Demon-Slaying Army.

• Xu Taiping expanded the Earth Pearl's star soul power to its three-hundred-li limit and split the pearl between his true body and Origin Beginning Clone.
• Xu Taiping and his clone combined the Earth Pearls' power to grind Primordial Lord Tianluo to death repeatedly, absorbing his power and growing stronger.
• Primordial Lord Tianluo invoked abyssal demon seed immortality and declared that his life would end three months later, making him impervious to Xu Taiping's attacks until then.
• Primordial Lord Tianluo ordered the Nine Abysses Frontline to annihilate the Demon-Slaying Army while he trapped Xu Taiping for three months.

Xu Taiping challenged the Tianluo Primordial Lord’s claim that abyss immortality power guaranteed his death date, while the commanders feared for the Demon-Slaying Army at Yanyuntai. Xu demonstrated the enhanced power of his earth beads, but Tianluo’s shattered Demon God Body immediately restored itself, leaving his immortality unexplained.

• Huo Xuan and the other commanders realized Nine Abysses planned to attack Yanyuntai after Tianluo set his death date.
• Xu Taiping told the Demon-Slaying Army to hold Yanyuntai and fight the enemy, reminding them that their purpose was to slay the Demon Mother.
• Bai Lu left, confident in the Demon-Slaying Army, while Huo Xuan, Wei Ming, and Zhao Cangbai stayed to discuss how to support it.
• Xu Taiping questioned whether abyss immortality power could truly guarantee Tianluo’s death date three months later.
• Xu Taiping and his Origin Beginning Clone used their earth beads to absorb the Land of Myriad Tribulations and greatly increase their power.
• Xu pulled Tianluo into an earth bead and shattered his Demon God Body, but Tianluo instantly restored himself and returned to his original position.

Xu Taiping used his two earth beads to overwhelm Primordial Lord Tianluo’s Abyssal regeneration, revealing that the supposed undying power could be outpaced and weakened. Tianluo’s appointed death date began to draw closer as Xu Taiping’s power grew, leaving Huo Xuan and the commanders convinced Tianluo had been utterly defeated.

• Xu Taiping separated his true body and clone, expanded their earth beads, and used their Star Soul Power to pull in everything between them while Primordial Lord Tianluo remained motionless.
• Xu Taiping strengthened the beads further, causing Tianluo’s body to flicker as Huo Xuan, Zhao Cangwu, and Wei Ming realized the Abyss’s power was restoring him more slowly than the beads could destroy him.
• Xu Taiping revealed he had been using only eighty percent of his power, then unleashed his full strength and dragged Tianluo’s torn body toward the point where the beads’ forces converged.
• Tianluo claimed Xu Taiping could only bring his death forward by a dozen days and warned that the Nine Abysses Great Army would defeat the Demon-Slaying Army.
• Xu Taiping explained that each death let the beads seize more of the Abyss’s undying power, and Huo Xuan declared Tianluo utterly defeated.

Chu Yinan chose to lead the Demon-Slaying Army out to meet Chongming’s eight-hundred-thousand-strong Nine Abysses army at Yanyuntai, staking his Dao heart on victory. As the enemy approached, the other fronts were unable to send reinforcements, and the commanders watching the advance doubted anyone but Xu Taiping could challenge Chongming.

• Chu Yinan rejected Feng Tianxing and Song Yan’s advice to defend Yanyuntai, insisting that the Demon-Slaying Army needed to preserve its battle intent by fighting outside the city.
• Chu Yinan assured Feng Tianxing and Song Yan that Yanyuntai’s formation would let him face Chongming, then invoked Xu Taiping’s choice of him to secure their support.
• Chu Yinan privately vowed that losing the battle would destroy his Great Dao.
• Huo Xuan, Wei Ming, Zhao Cangwu, and Bai Lu learned that Nine Abysses had deployed eight hundred thousand troops against Yanyuntai while reinforcing the other fronts, leaving them unable to aid the Demon-Slaying Army.
• The commanders watched Chongming’s army race toward Yanyuntai, and Bai Lu revealed that Chongming had once defeated him, prompting Zhao Cangwu to say that only Xu Taiping might match him.

The Nine Abysses Demonic Army, led by Demonic General Chongming, attacked Yanyuntai and broke through its first barrier with the Zhu Yan battle formation. The second barrier began to fail as Chongming’s army overwhelmed its defenders, and he challenged Commander-in-Chief Chu to fight.

• Huo Xuan warned that even Commander-in-Chief Taiping might not defeat the Nine Abysses Demonic Army with too few troops, while Wei Ming urged the commanders to rely on Yanyuntai’s defenses until Taiping returned.
• Demonic General Chongming led eight hundred thousand soldiers into Yanyuntai’s barrier, where a divine general phantom from the restrictions stopped their advance.
• Chongming formed the Immortal-Slaying Battle Formation, summoning a giant Zhu Yan phantom that shattered the first barrier’s divine general and breached the barrier in less than half an incense stick.
• At the second barrier, three divine general phantoms destroyed the first Zhu Yan, but Chongming unleashed the soldiers’ full battle intent and sent ten Zhu Yan phantoms to defeat the defenders.
• As the second barrier weakened under the army’s assault, Chongming challenged Commander-in-Chief Chu to fight, and Huo Xuan warned Chu not to leave the city.

Demonic General Chongming’s army rapidly broke through Yanyuntai’s barriers while Chu Yinan kept the Demon-Slaying Army behind the city gates. Bai Lu warned that waiting would erode their unvanquished battle intent, and Huo Xuan prepared to send Chu Yinan a message as the enemy reached the twelfth barrier.

• Demonic General Chongming led eight hundred thousand demonic troops in a fierce assault, breaching Yanyuntai’s third barrier while Chu Yinan kept the city gates closed.
• Huo Xuan and Zhao Cangwu argued that the barriers would weaken the enemy, but Bai Lu warned that hiding would wear down the Demon-Slaying Army’s unvanquished battle intent.
• Bai Lu suggested Chu Yinan might be expected to lead the army out because Xu Taiping had chosen him as acting commander-in-chief, though Huo Xuan doubted he could match Chongming.
• Chongming’s army smashed through more barriers and reached the twelfth, prompting Wei Ming to warn that Yanyuntai could fall in fewer than five days.
• Zhao Cangwu urged Huo Xuan to tell Chu Yinan to prepare, and Huo Xuan took out the Vermilion Bird Token to send a message.

Chu Yinan led the Demon-Slaying Army out of Yanyuntai and initially held the Nine Abysses Demonic Army at bay, but Demonic General Chongming unleashed overwhelming battle intent and nearly shattered his formation. As the army teetered on the brink of defeat, Chu Yinan summoned battle intent tied to the fallen soldiers and people of Great Chu.

• Chu Yinan led the Demon-Slaying Army through Yanyuntai's gates and charged the Nine Abysses Demonic Army, using the power of twenty-four Barriers to fight it to a standstill.
• Chu Yinan's skill in controlling battle formations began to suppress the enemy, earning praise from Huo Xuan and Zhao Cangwu.
• Demonic General Chongming amplified the battle intent of his eight hundred thousand troops and led them in a formation charge that rapidly broke apart Chu Yinan's army formation.
• Chu Yinan raised his Battle Banner and declared that his battle intent came from the million Great Chu soldiers and tens of millions of people who had died, then released a surge of battle intent mixed with imperial aura.

Chu Yinan’s memories showed how Xu Taiping became the guiding light for his battle intent, which now matched Demonic General Chongming’s. As Chongming’s strike was weakened by successive attacks, Gu Yu called on the army to lend him its strength.

• Chu Yinan recalled how Zhu Huai trained him in battle intent and how Xu Taiping’s feats helped him understand what his own battle intent lacked.
• Chu Yinan’s Demon-Slaying Army met the battle intent of Chongming’s Nine Abysses Demonic Army, and the two forces initially matched each other.
• Chongming attacked Chu Yinan with the combined battle intent of eight hundred thousand demonic soldiers, but Feng Tianxing and Jiang Fu intervened and were sent flying.
• Under Chu Yinan’s direction, Yang Hong and Duan Xiaoyu attacked Chongming in succession, weakening his blade force.
• Gu Yu appeared behind the flying Duan Xiaoyu, called for everyone to lend him their strength, and merged with the red blade battle intent of the army.

Chu Yinan unleashed the Ghost-Faced Butcher’s battle intent, breaking Demonic General Chongming’s formation and rescuing the encircled Demon-Slaying Army. He revealed that he had staked all his Great Dao fortune to win peace and prosperity for the people of Great Chu.

• Gu Yu wielded the Demon-Slaying Army’s battle intent and struck Chongming, while Chu Yinan led his troops in a charge that broke through the demonic formation.
• Chongming gathered his re-forming army around the Demon-Slaying Army and trapped several of its contingents, putting them at risk of annihilation.
• At Old Martial God Zhu Huai’s urging, Chu Yinan put on a ghost-face mask, revealing himself as Youyun Heaven’s Ghost-Faced Butcher and surging toward the enemy.
• Chu Yinan’s battle intent shattered Chongming’s blade force and split open the demonic formation, allowing the Demon-Slaying Army to rescue its trapped soldiers.
• Chongming recognized that Chu Yinan had traded his fortune for battle intent, and Chu Yinan declared that he had staked all his Great Dao fortune to secure peace and prosperity for Great Chu.

The commanders-in-chief watched Chu Yinan repel Chongming’s army but realized Yanyuntai’s weakening barriers left the city vulnerable. Demonic General Yan Jin then led a devastating assault, breaching eleven layers of barriers and undoing Chu Yinan’s hard-won defense.

• Huo Xuan and the other commanders-in-chief watched Chu Yinan’s army repel Chongming’s forces after ten days of fighting, while noting that Yanyuntai’s barriers had weakened.
• Bai Lu warned that Chongming’s withdrawal likely meant he was waiting for an opening, and Lei Huo reported that a hundred-thousand-strong demonic army was advancing toward Yanyuntai.
• Huo Xuan and the others identified the approaching commander as Demonic General Yan Jin, a powerful siege general allied with Chongming.
• Yan Jin ordered his demonic beasts into the Falling Heaven Battle Formation and charged Yanyuntai’s barriers, while Chongming promised to follow.
• Yan Jin’s army shattered the outermost barrier, breached ten more layers, and broke through the eleventh after a brief struggle.

Chu Yinan’s Demon-Slaying Army was driven back by Chongming’s forces and Yan Jin’s attack, but a concealed counterattack restored the breached barriers and trapped the demonic army. The commanders realized Chu Yinan had planned the retreats and weakened barriers to lure Chongming into an ambush.

• Yan Jin’s army joined Chongming’s attack, and the Demon-Slaying Army lost barrier after barrier despite Feng Tianxing’s efforts.
• Chu Yinan refused Huo Xuan’s advice to retreat and led the Demon-Slaying Army in a charge that briefly broke through Chongming’s ranks.
• Chongming avoided the charging soldiers until their battle intent weakened, then launched a renewed assault alongside Yan Jin’s army.
• Zhao Qian’s Sword Cultivator Army and Yang Hong’s Blade Cultivator Army attacked Chongming’s forces from behind as the breached barriers were restored.
• Chu Yinan rallied the Demon-Slaying Army, and Huo Xuan, Wei Ming, and Zhao Cangwu realized the earlier retreats and weakened barriers had been bait for Chongming.

The Demon-Slaying Armies nearly broke Demonic General Chongming’s Nine Abysses Demonic Army, but Chongming opened his Thousand Shadows Origin Domain and turned the tide. Zhao Qian’s Immortal Carp wounded Chongming, yet Zhao Qian was forced to retreat before rallying his blade and sword cultivators for another assault.

• Chu Yinan ordered the Thunder Sound Five-Direction Earth-Splitting Formation, while Zhao Qian drew Immortal Carp and slashed Chongming, cutting his saber and wounding his chest.
• Yan Jin unleashed black flames across the battlefield, giving Chongming time to activate his Thousand Shadows Origin Domain and merge with his eight hundred thousand troops.
• Chongming’s empowered Nine Abysses Demonic Army formed multiple battle formations, encircled the Demon-Slaying Army, and slaughtered several of its units.
• Chongming struck Zhao Qian with repeated punches, forcing him to retreat into his formation.
• Zhao Qian charged Chongming again alongside the blade cultivators and sword cultivators.

Zhao Qian and Yang Hong’s blade and sword cultivators struggled against Demonic General Chongming’s overwhelming power while the Demon-Slaying Army fought to hold its ground. Xu Taiping killed Tianluo Primordial Lord ahead of schedule and announced that he was returning as the Land of Myriad Tribulations began to collapse.

• Chu Yinan summoned the Demon-Slaying Army’s heroic spirits through its battle banner, restoring the army’s battle intent and helping it suppress Chongming.
• Chongming redirected his attacks at Zhao Qian’s blade and sword cultivators, shattering their combined sword strike and driving their formation back.
• Chongming’s blows killed thousands of cultivators and battered the formation, while Yang Hong tried to charge him alone and Zhao Qian stopped him.
• Xu Taiping punched through Tianluo Primordial Lord’s chest, smashed his head, and announced that he was returning.
• The Land of Myriad Tribulations began to collapse, and Huo Xuan realized that Xu Taiping had killed Tianluo Primordial Lord ahead of time.

Xu Taiping continued destroying Primordial Lord Tianluo and the Land of Myriad Tribulations while the Demon-Slaying Army fought Demonic General Chongming at Yanyuntai. As Chu Yinan held the line, Yan Jin and one hundred thousand demonic beasts broke through thirty of the fortress’s first thirty-six barriers.

• Xu Taiping repeatedly reduced Primordial Lord Tianluo to ashes, and his Star Soul Power outpaced Tianluo’s Abyss Immortality Power while devouring the surrounding land.
• Demonic General Chongming struck Zhao Qian and Yang Hong’s formation, but Zhao Qian’s Immortal Carp Sword blocked his attack and revealed an aura that threatened the Mother Emperor.
• Chu Yinan intervened against Chongming, then led the Demon-Slaying Army in a defensive formation against the charge of eight hundred thousand demonic troops.
• Zhao Qian and Yang Hong severed three of Chongming’s tentacles, while Chu Yinan’s counterattack pierced Chongming’s chest before its heavenly-light sword was shattered.
• Yan Jin transformed into a Mystic Phoenix and led one hundred thousand demonic beasts through thirty of Yanyuntai’s first thirty-six barriers.

Xu Taiping returned to Yanyuntai and rallied the Demon-Slaying Army as Demonic General Chongming drew power from his forces. The army’s battle intent surged, and Xu Taiping ordered them to slaughter every demonic beast before them.

• Demonic General Chongming led the Nine Abysses Demonic Army in a charge, but Chu Yinan’s troops held their formation as Yanyuntai’s barriers fell.
• Xu Taiping arrived behind the enemy formation, raised the Demon-Slaying Army’s banner, and strengthened the army’s battle intent.
• Xu Taiping joined the blade and sword cultivators’ formation to break through the demonic ranks and strike Demonic General Chongming.
• Xu Taiping reunited with Chu Yinan and took command of the more than six hundred thousand Demon-Slaying Army troops.
• Demonic General Chongming absorbed Demon Seed Power from his troops, while Yan Jin transformed into a long saber and joined one of Chongming’s tentacles.
• Xu Taiping reminded the army that they could not fall before the Demon Mother was slain, then ordered them to slaughter every demonic beast before them.

Xu Taiping led the Demon-Slaying Army to defeat Demonic General Chongming and rout the Nine Abysses Demonic Army. After withdrawing to the city, the Vermilion Bird Army’s commanders agreed to commit the Demon-Suppressing Stele’s resources to the army and set their next target as Yeyuan City.

• Demonic General Chongming broke through the Demon-Slaying Army’s formation and attacked Xu Taiping, but Xu Taiping’s thousand-armed Dharma aspect shattered his saber strike and forced him to retreat.
• Xu Taiping ordered the Demon-Slaying Army to charge, and Zhao Qian and the Azure Profound Sect’s Seven Peak Lords killed Chongming with their combined sword intent.
• The Demon-Slaying Army pursued the demonic troops for three hundred li, reducing their remaining numbers to fewer than three hundred thousand before Xu Taiping ordered a withdrawal.
• Huo Xuan, Zhao Cangwu, Wei Ming, and Bai Lu agreed to devote the Demon-Suppressing Stele’s resources to strengthening the Demon-Slaying Army.
• Huo Xuan named Yeyuan City as the army’s next target.

Xu Taiping learned that the armies were preparing to attack Yeyuan City, where the Demon Mother and the Nine Primordial Lords remained protected by powerful defenses. As the Demon-Slaying Army began preparing for the coming assault, Song Yan received word that Gu Huai and Yu Lang were near death, and Gu Huai wanted to see Xu Taiping.

• Song Yan and Jiang Fu explained Yeyuan City's origins, the forces gathering for its assault, and why the Demon Mother could not leave the city.
• Heavenly Lord Shihu and Song Yan warned that entering Yeyuan City would expose the armies to the Demon Mother and the Nine Primordial Lords, while sixteen powerful generals defended the city.
• Xu Taiping agreed to join the assault and ordered the Demon-Slaying Army to grow toward a million troops during the three months before the armies reached Yeyuan City.
• Song Yan received a message that Gu Huai and Yu Lang were unlikely to survive, and told Xu Taiping that Gu Huai wanted to see him before he died.