Recaps

Xu Taiping visited the mortally wounded veteran generals Gu Huai and Yu Lang, promising that the Demon-Slaying Army would defeat the Demon Mother and end the Nine Abysses calamity. After both generals died, he inscribed their names and remnant souls on his hand and led the army in bidding them farewell; Yang Hong approached him with a request.

• Xu Taiping learned that Gu Huai and Yu Lang were beyond saving because Demon Seed Power had corroded their divine souls.
• Gu Huai and Yu Lang asked whether the Demon-Slaying Army could defeat the Demon Mother, and Xu Taiping vowed that they would.
• Yu Lang died after declaring that he could close his eyes in peace, and Xu Taiping inscribed Yu Lang's name on his hand.
• Gu Huai died after asking Xu Taiping to tell him when the calamity was ended, and Xu Taiping inscribed his name as well.
• Xu Taiping and the generals solemnly bid farewell to Gu Huai and Yu Lang, renewing their resolve to fight.
• Yang Hong caught up with Xu Taiping outside the barracks and said that he had a presumptuous request.

Xu Taiping promised Yang Hong he would carve his name onto himself if Yang Hong died in battle, then entered the Dragon-Trapping Tower to inspect its newly opened rooms. Lady Jade Mother warned that something Chu Lingyue had left for him might disappear, and Xu Taiping hurried to find out what it was.

• Yang Hong asked Xu Taiping to carve his name onto his body if he died, and Xu Taiping reluctantly promised before leaving to see Lady Jade Mother.
• Xu Taiping met Lady Jade Mother, Dragon Emperor Cangzhou, and Lin Buyu inside the Dragon-Trapping Tower and learned that Lin Buyu had completed seventy percent of her fusion with the Immortal Official Remnant.
• Lin Buyu nearly revealed the identity of the remnant's owner, but Xu Taiping stopped her so she could continue receiving Lady Jade Mother's guidance.
• Lin Buyu said Xu Taiping's master's Sword Intent had grown more than tenfold while he remained in seclusion.
• Lady Jade Mother warned that something Chu Lingyue had left for Xu Taiping might disappear, and Xu Taiping hurriedly asked what it was.

Xu Taiping entered the Kun Character Room with Lin Buyu to search for something Chu Lingyue had left for him. They discovered the room held ruins beyond the domain, where they could not use the Shangqing Edict, and wondered why the Ancestral Dragon had been there.

• Lady Jade Mother told Xu Taiping that Chu Lingyue had sent a message through the Earth Fruit saying she had left something for him in a room on the Dragon-Trapping Tower’s third floor.
• Xu Taiping and Lin Buyu entered the Kun Character Room with Lady Jade Mother and Dragon Emperor Cangzhou accompanying them through their divine senses.
• Xu Taiping found himself among floating palace ruins surrounded by darkness and strange lights filled with immense vitality.
• The Shangqing Edict powers surrounding Lin Buyu and Xu Taiping shattered, leading them to realize they could not use them in this world.
• Lady Jade Mother identified the ruins as beyond the domain, and Dragon Emperor Cangzhou questioned how the Ancestral Dragon could have appeared there.

Xu Taiping and Lin Buyu discovered that the ruins beyond the domain were remnants of the Sumeru Realm, destroyed by the Great Void Calamity. As a strange light trapped them, Xu Taiping broke free and escaped into the Dragon-Slaying Stele with Lin Buyu, glimpsing a terrifying presence beyond the domain.

• Lady Jade Mother sent Xu Taiping and Lin Buyu to inspect a broken stone pillar, warning that sword cultivators could attract nearby evil demons.
• Lin Buyu found an inscription by Muqiu, Grand Elder of the Sumeru Taixuan Sect, describing the realm’s destruction despite the Ancestral Dragon’s Legacy.
• Lady Jade Mother and Dragon Emperor Cangzhou concluded that the ruins were debris from the Sumeru Realm, consumed by the Great Void Calamity and cast beyond the domain.
• As Xu Taiping searched for traces of Sister Lingyue, Lin Buyu sensed a breathing mass of vitality and warned him about it.
• A scarlet light immobilized Xu Taiping and Lin Buyu, but Xu Taiping manifested his ultimate dao true dragon divine being body, freed them, and escaped with her into the Dragon-Slaying Stele.
• Xu Taiping glimpsed a terrifying presence beyond the domain as he plunged into the stele.

Xu Taiping and Lin Buyu recovered from their encounter with a powerful being beyond the domain and continued searching the Dragon-Slaying Stele’s rooms for Chu Lingyue and the Ancestral Dragon’s legacy. Lin Buyu concluded that Taiqing Paradise, where Chu Lingyue left something for Xu Taiping, might be the same place as the Ancestral Dragon’s hidden treasure.

• Lin Buyu healed Xu Taiping’s injured arm while Lady Jade Mother explained that sword intent could frighten beings beyond the domain and that traveling there could not let cultivators escape the Great Void Calamity.
• Lady Jade Mother and Dragon Emperor Cangzhou agreed to search the remaining rooms for Chu Lingyue’s aura and the Ancestral Dragon’s legacy.
• Xu Taiping and the others reached the fifth room, the Heng-Character Room, and learned that the Ancestral Dragon had hidden all his treasures in the Sumeru Realm.
• Lin Buyu reasoned that the Ancestral Dragon could have entered Taiqing Paradise and proposed that it was the same place as the Ancestral Dragon’s treasure site.

Xu Taiping and his companions entered Taiqing Paradise, where Xu used his True Dragon Divine Being Body to break through the sea’s restriction and reach the ruins of the Ancestral Dragon’s Taiqing Dragon Court. They discovered an armory of thousands of Dragon Divine Weapons, and, finding no trace of Sister Lingyue, suspected the Shark Pearl above the ruins might hold a message from her.

• Xu Taiping, Lin Buyu, Lady Jade Mother, and Dragon Emperor Cangzhou recognized the sea beyond the door as Taiqing Paradise and concluded they needed to reach its seabed.
• Lady Jade Mother realized the restriction might permit dragons to pass, so Xu Taiping transformed into a true dragon and carried Lin Buyu down through the sea.
• Xu Taiping crashed into underwater ruins, where a Shark Pearl illuminated the remains of the Ancestral Dragon’s Taiqing Dragon Court.
• Lady Jade Mother identified the ruins as an armory containing thousands of Dragon Divine Weapons, and Xu Taiping reasoned that the Ancestral Dragon had prepared them against the Great Void Calamity.
• Xu Taiping noted that Sister Lingyue’s aura was absent, and Dragon Emperor Cangzhou explained that the Shark Pearl could record images, prompting Xu Taiping to wonder whether Sister Lingyue had left something inside it.

Xu Taiping and his companions discovered that the Shark Pearl held a recording of Chu Lingyue entering Taiqing Paradise, while mysterious attackers struck the sea above the Dragon Court. The image ended with Fairy Lingyue and Immortal Elder Wuji fleeing two powerful Dharma Aspects as an enemy declared them trespassers.

• Xu Taiping and Lin Buyu heard massive palm-shaped attacks strike the sea above the Dragon Court, and a sword strike cut through the Ancestral Dragon's restrictions.
• The Dragon Court's inner restrictions activated, pulling the Dragon-Slaying Stele inside and shifting the Inner Court into another world.
• Lady Jade Mother explained that the Dragon Court had two sets of restrictions, and Xu Taiping found a projection preserved in the Shark Pearl.
• The projection showed Fairy Lingyue racing across the sea with Immortal Elder Wuji, confirming that she had entered Taiqing Paradise.
• Two deity-like Dharma Aspects attacked Lingyue and Wuji, but Wuji's umbrella blocked the strike and Lingyue carried them away.
• A voice behind Lingyue and Wuji condemned them as people of the impure land who had trespassed in Taiqing Paradise.

Xu Taiping and the others watched Fairy Lingyue and Immortal Elder Wuji face three powerful Taiqing Dao-Seekers. Zhao Wuji sacrificed himself to protect Fairy Lingyue and expose the truth, but the Dao-Seekers killed him and challenged the beings below the sea.

• Jade Mother told Xu Taiping and Lin Buyu that the three attackers were among the lowest Dao-Seekers in Taiqing Paradise.
• As Fairy Lingyue and Immortal Elder Wuji were overwhelmed, Zhao Wuji transformed into a purple True Dragon using Shangqing's Wuji Edict and sent Fairy Lingyue toward the Dragon Court.
• Zhao Wuji drew on the Dragon Court's True Dragon Power and wielded the Dragon God Spear, driving back and wounding two Dao-Seekers.
• A third Dao-Seeker pierced Zhao Wuji, tore off his head, and killed his headless body despite its final strike with the Dragon God Spear.
• The Dao-Seeker looked toward the seabed and called the beings below vermin from the Impure Land, challenging them to come up and die.

Chu Lingyue revealed that she had found Taiqing Paradise and a way to overcome the Great Void Calamity, then asked Xu Taiping to breach Yeyuan City so he could reach her. After obtaining the Sun-Burying Sword, she headed toward the Heaven-Demon Battlefield and announced herself as Undying Night Soul.

• Chu Lingyue asked the Dragon Court’s ancestral presence for a Dragon Divine Weapon and received the Sun-Burying Sword, forged by the Ancestral Dragon.
• Lady Jade Mother suggested the Ancestral Dragon and the Sword Ancestor had planned together against the Great Void Calamity, leaving Dragon Emperor Cangzhou wondering why the Ancestral Dragon had not saved the Dragon Clan.
• Chu Lingyue told Xu Taiping that she had found Taiqing Paradise and discovered a way to completely overcome the Great Void Calamity, but could not explain the details through the projection.
• Chu Lingyue revealed that the Heaven-Demon Battlefield was the former ruins of the Sumeru Realm and said she would likely be sensed by the Demon Mother at Yeyuan City.
• Chu Lingyue asked Xu Taiping to breach Yeyuan City so she could sense his aura and awaken to join him.
• When the Dragon Court recalled the Dragon-Slaying Stele after a sword attack, Chu Lingyue shot toward the sea’s surface and declared, “I, Undying Night Soul, never let a grudge last the night!”

Xu Taiping discovered a spirit spring in the Shangqing Lower Realm and arranged for Lin Buyu to cultivate in his Jiazi Pot. After learning that the Human Race Army had advanced suspiciously quickly, he tried to divine the battlefield’s situation, but the Lotus Eye lacked enough power of chaos, so he went to the Crimson Heaven Spirit Garden and saw a sword light rise.

• Xu Taiping and Lin Buyu found a spirit spring rich in Xiantian Spiritual Power, and Xu Taiping gathered its water in his Jiazi Pot so Lin Buyu could cultivate there.
• Xu Taiping chose not to open the final room holding the true Ancestral Dragon's Legacy Secret until after the battle at Yeyuan City.
• Xu Taiping learned from Huo Xuan that the Vermilion Bird Army had reached Jingni City and warned him that the rapid advance might be a trap.
• Xu Taiping attempted to use the Lotus Eye to divine the Heaven-Demon Battlefield, but it could not proceed because he lacked enough power of chaos.
• Xu Taiping entered the Crimson Heaven Spirit Garden and saw a sword light rise, wondering whether his Master's sword had been forged.

Xu Taiping arrived at the Crimson Heaven Spirit Garden as Lü Daoxuan’s Great Dao Natal Magical Sword neared completion but remained sheathed. Xu Taiping stayed behind to test the sword, and Lü Daoxuan finally drew it with a strike that cleaved through a mountain peak.

• Xu Taiping rushed toward the sword light, where Zhao Qian and the Azure Profound Sect Peak Lords explained that Lü Daoxuan’s completed sword had not left its scabbard because its first strike might overwhelm the nearby restrictions.
• Zhao Qian and Meng Qingqiu explained that someone had to test the Origin of the Great Dao Immortal Sword to complete its final quenching.
• Xu Taiping asked Zhao Qian, Meng Qingqiu, and the others to retreat, then stayed a hundred zhang from the sword light and called on Lü Daoxuan to draw without worry.
• Sword Qi Gang Wind erupted around the sword light, ravaging the Crimson Heaven Spirit Garden as Lü Daoxuan prepared to draw his sword.
• Lü Daoxuan’s sword light vanished, then reappeared in a brilliant strike that cleaved through a mountain peak and shot into the sky.

After Lü Daoxuan completed his sword forging, Xu Taiping learned that the half-immortal curse brand also affected his master and offered to remove it using Primordial Chaos Pearls. Before he could take the pearls, Commander-in-Chief Huo Xuan sent an urgent message that the Vermilion Bird Army was trapped, then cut off.

• Xu Taiping tested Lü Daoxuan's newly forged sword techniques, stopping the sword shadows until Lü Daoxuan emerged from seclusion with his sword forging complete.
• Lü Daoxuan invited Xu Taiping to celebrate, but Xu Taiping noticed that Lü Daoxuan also bore a half-immortal curse brand and explained its danger and how to remove it.
• Lü Daoxuan exchanged his military merit for a thousand Primordial Chaos Pearls and gave Xu Taiping a hundred to remove the brand.
• Commander-in-Chief Huo Xuan warned Xu Taiping that the Nine Abysses' retreat was unusual and that the Vermilion Bird Army was trapped, then his message abruptly ended.

Xu Taiping learned that the Four Directions Army had been trapped by the Demon Mother’s edicts and began a deduction to find a way forward. His vision showed the White Tiger Army breaking through, but also revealed that the Four Directions Army would later suffer a devastating defeat before Yeyuan City.

• Bai Lu told Xu Taiping that the White Tiger Army was trapped behind an invisible wall, and Lin Buyan deduced that the barrier was likely an Earth Emperor-level edict from the awakened Demon Mother.
• Bai Lu announced that he would use the White Tiger Army’s Flame Emperor Origin Inheritance, the Heavenly Calamity Edict, to break the barrier, though Lin Buyan warned that the power could be used only once and might be part of the Demon Mother’s scheme.
• Xu Taiping persuaded Bai Lu and the other commanders to hold out while he used his great deductive power, then began his deduction with Lü Daoxuan’s Primordial Chaos Pearls.
• Xu Taiping saw Bai Lu lead the White Tiger Army in the form of a giant white tiger that tore through the Demon Mother’s edict, while explosions sounded from the other armies’ directions.
• Xu Taiping’s vision shifted to a future battle outside Yeyuan City, where the Four Directions Army was nearly annihilated by a three-to-four-million-strong defending army.

Xu Taiping realized Lü Daoxuan could break the Demon Mother's edict, but needed greater strength to send his sword to the battlefield in time. Ping'an linked their powers, giving Lü Daoxuan a chance to teach Xu Taiping how to draw the sword as they prepared to strike.

• Xu Taiping's deduction pointed to Lü Daoxuan as the solution, and Lü Daoxuan said his Great Dao Natal Immortal Sword might break the Demon Mother's edict.
• Lin Buyan suggested Lü Daoxuan use Xu Taiping's strength to overcome the time and power limits of the strike.
• Xu Taiping summoned Ping'an, who agreed to use his Origin Spiritual Bond Edict to share their power.
• Ping'an activated Spiritual Bond Point, linking his, Xu Taiping's, and Lü Daoxuan's minds and allowing Lü Daoxuan to control their bodies.
• Lü Daoxuan used Xu Taiping's cultivation to wield his sword and began teaching him how to draw it.

Lü Daoxuan taught Xu Taiping the Eye-Dotting Form, using his sword to awaken and order the profound thoughts within him. As Lü Daoxuan prepared to draw Heavenly Craft, the sword’s power gathered around Yanyuntai, and its true strike began.

• Lü Daoxuan explained that the Eye-Dotting Form awakened a sword’s spirit and brought sword intent and qi to their ultimate realm.
• Xu Taiping used the Dhyana Seal and Daoheart Emptiness to help Lü Daoxuan enter meditative emptiness as he sensed the sword within his Golden Mansion.
• Lü Daoxuan claimed the strange thoughts surfacing in his Divine Soul, and his sword qi transformed into runes that cracked the surrounding space.
• Geng Metal Qi gathered around Lü Daoxuan’s sword light, while the soldiers’ sabers and swords flew from their sheaths and pointed toward it.
• Zhao Qian told Feng Tianxing that the sword Lü Daoxuan forged was named Heavenly Craft, the most powerful and hardest to forge sword in the Taixuan Sect Inheritance.
• A dazzling sword light shot skyward from the gate tower as Lü Daoxuan drew his sword.

Lü Daoxuan unleashed Heavenly Craft, powered by Xu Taiping and Ping'an, to break the Demon Mother's Edict and open a path for the four human armies trapped in Luo Fish Province's Great Marsh. His sword shattered the barrier and carved a thousand-zhang road through the Demon Domain, leaving Zhao Qian asking Feng Tianxing how Qingxuan's sword was.

• Lü Daoxuan formed Heavenly Craft into a colossal immortal boat, and Feng Tianxing learned that Xu Taiping and Ping'an had lent their power to the strike.
• Lü Daoxuan sent Heavenly Craft from Yanyuntai toward Luo Fish Province's Great Marsh, where the four human armies were trapped behind the Demon Mother's Edict.
• Heavenly Craft pierced the Edict's intangible wall, but the barrier began repairing itself almost immediately.
• At Lü Daoxuan's command, Heavenly Craft destroyed the barrier and carved a broad road through the Demon Domain for the human armies.
• Zhao Qian asked Feng Tianxing how Qingxuan's sword was.

After freeing the Human Race Army from the Demon Mother's Edict, Lü Daoxuan sent Heavenly Craft toward Yeyuan City to challenge the Demon Mother and advance his swordsmanship. Heavenly Craft returned to Yanyuntai, but the Immortal Sword had been shattered until less than half of it remained.

• Lü Daoxuan used Heavenly Craft to destroy the Demon Mother's Edict, freeing the Human Race Army and renewing its charge toward Yeyuan City.
• Xu Taiping sensed that Lü Daoxuan's sword strike had not reached its full potential, and their exchange with Ping'an made them realize the sword needed to travel farther and strike a stronger opponent.
• Lü Daoxuan sent Heavenly Craft flying toward Yeyuan City to challenge the Demon Mother to a Sword Inquiry.
• At Yanyuntai, Feng Tianxing explained that facing the Demon Mother was necessary for Lü Daoxuan to reach the true Ultimate Realm of swordsmanship.
• A burst of light and blood appeared in the Reflected Projection, and Heavenly Craft returned to Yanyuntai shattered until less than half of the Immortal Sword remained.

Lü Daoxuan awakened his identity as the Ancient Heavenly Court’s Sword Bearer and resolved to reforge Heavenly Craft before the coming battle with the Demon Mother and the Nine Abysses. As Lü Daoxuan entered seclusion, Xu Taiping sought a way to speed up his sword forging and accepted Blade Ghost’s offer to show him the Avīci Blade Domain.

• Lü Daoxuan called to the broken Heavenly Craft Sword, regained his memories and divine power, and declared himself Sword Master Lü Kui, returning to his station.
• Lü Daoxuan told Xu Taiping that reforging Heavenly Craft could let him advance to Void Insight Eight Inches or beyond, and warned that the awakened Demon Mother and the Nine Abysses threatened their coming battle.
• Xu Taiping resolved to strengthen himself and the Demon-Slaying Army while Lü Daoxuan entered seclusion in the Crimson Heaven Spirit Garden to reforge Heavenly Craft.
• Xu Taiping realized he could not melt the Shoushan copper in his Dao Body Furnace quickly enough and asked Blade Ghost for help tempering his physique.
• Blade Ghost brought out a blood-colored sphere and invited Xu Taiping to enter his Avīci Blade Domain.

Blade Ghost brought Xu Taiping to the fifteenth level of the Infernal Blade Prison to temper his physique by having the Fire-Eyes Ghost Wardens attack him. Xu Taiping endured their blows without striking back and asked Blade Ghost to make them attack at full strength.

• Blade Ghost explained that he had combined the Infernal Blade Prison with the Yellow Springs inheritance to reopen its eighteen levels of hell.
• Blade Ghost took Xu Taiping to the fifteenth level, where Fire-Eyes plowed over heaps of corpses as punishment for evil ghosts.
• Blade Ghost told Xu Taiping to endure the Fire-Eyes' attacks without fighting back, and Xu Taiping agreed.
• Xu Taiping raised his physique to the Ultimate Dao Realm and stood still as the Fire-Eyes struck him.
• After Xu Taiping said the attacks were barely of some use, Blade Ghost ordered the Fire-Eyes to attack at full strength, and they surrounded Xu Taiping with blows.

Xu Taiping endured the seventeenth level of Blade Prison to temper his body and wrap Shoushan Copper around his bones as part of forging his sword. Three months later, the Human Race Army reached Yeyuan City, and Huo Xuan called on Xu Taiping's Demon-Slaying Army to prepare to deploy.

• After the Fire-Eyes' blows melted the Shoushan Copper in Xu Taiping's Dao Body Furnace, it began wrapping around his bones, and the ghosts could no longer injure him.
• Blade Ghost brought Xu Taiping to the seventeenth level, where Xu Taiping volunteered to be crushed by its stone mills.
• Xu Taiping discovered the mills' Yellow Springs Edict accelerated the Shoushan Copper's progress, so Blade Ghost ordered the mills to keep rolling over him despite their breaking.
• Over the following dozen days, around fifty stone mills shattered, but Blade Ghost let the punishment continue to strengthen Xu Taiping's physique.
• Three months later, Huo Xuan announced that the Human Race Army had reached Yeyuan City and told Xu Taiping to prepare the Demon-Slaying Army to deploy.

The Three Commanders-in-Chief learned that the Nine Abysses could revive its Demon Armor and Demonic Generals in Yeyuan City within five days, making a swift victory essential. Huo Xuan called Xu Taiping’s Demon-Slaying Army to join them, and two days later Xu Taiping and his 800,000 troops were speeding toward Yeyuan City aboard ten Dragon Clan Immortal Boats.

• Zhao Cangwu, Wei Ming, and Huo Xuan viewed the Demonic Army defending Yeyuan City and discussed the threat it posed.
• Bai Lu explained that the Nine Abysses had a limited number of demon seeds and could revive fallen Demon Armor and Demonic Generals near the Demon Mother in less than five days.
• The commanders agreed to surround Yeyuan City while waiting for Xu Taiping, but to attack if his army did not arrive within five days.
• Huo Xuan sent Xu Taiping an urgent message, and Xu Taiping promised that his army would arrive within the deadline.
• Two days later, Xu Taiping led 800,000 soldiers aboard ten Dragon Clan Immortal Boats toward Yeyuan City.

Xu Taiping led the Demon-Slaying Army toward Yeyuan City, but Half-Immortal Zhechen intercepted him and demanded that he stay behind in exchange for hiding the location of Xuanbei, Fengzhu, and A Meng. Xu Taiping refused to withdraw the army and faced Zhechen alone, while a sword formation trapped him and the battle for Yeyuan City continued.

• Xu Taiping told Lin Buyu that he had forged a sword embryo but had not yet completed his sword.
• Zhechen, Jade Dipper, and a masked cultivator descended on the Demon-Slaying Army's Immortal Boat, and Zhechen revealed that he knew where Xuanbei, Fengzhu, and A Meng were hiding.
• Zhechen demanded that Xu Taiping withdraw his troops, then offered to spare the hidden half-immortals if Xu Taiping stayed behind; Xu Taiping refused to withdraw the army and told Lin Buyu to continue ahead.
• At Yeyuan City, Huo Xuan and the other commanders questioned Xu Taiping's decision, while Bai Lu said Zhechen might not be able to hold him.
• A grand formation of immortal swords appeared around Xu Taiping, and Huo Xuan realized Zhechen had come prepared.

Xu Taiping was trapped and wounded by Zhechen and two other half-immortals using a powerful sword formation. As the four commanders-in-chief prepared to attack Yeyuan City, Xu Taiping provoked Zhechen into ordering the others to activate the formation together.

• Zhao Cangwu, Wei Ming, and Huo Xuan discussed how Zhechen's interference had endangered Xu Taiping's arrival and the Human Race Army's prospects.
• The Demonic Army battered the Human Race Army's shield formation for hours, forcing the four commanders-in-chief to send in reserves and consider attacking Yeyuan City.
• Zhechen and two other half-immortals used the sword formation to wound Xu Taiping and bind him with strands of edict power.
• Zhechen explained that he considered both the Orthodox Path Cultivation World and the Nine Abysses necessary to keep each other in check.
• Xu Taiping called Zhechen and his allies beasts, prompting Zhechen to order Jade Dipper and Qingzhou to command the swords together and activate the formation.

Xu Taiping revealed his sword-forged ultimate Dao true dragon divine being body, broke the Half-Immortals’ formation, and incapacitated Zhechen, Jade Dipper, and Qingzhou. Though Crow Heavenly Venerable threatened to withhold help against the Demon Mother if Xu Taiping killed Zhechen, Xu Taiping declared that help was no longer needed and unleashed Southern Bright Li Fire on Zhechen.

• Zhechen, Jade Dipper, and Qingzhou intensified their sword formation against Xu Taiping, but he emerged unscathed and expanded his true dragon divine being body until his aura shattered the formation.
• Zhechen, Jade Dipper, and Qingzhou attacked Xu Taiping with edict powers, but Xu froze them with time power and erased the location of Heavenly Lord Xuanbei and the others from Zhechen’s memory.
• Xu Taiping grievously injured Jade Dipper and Qingzhou, then prepared to kill Zhechen, declaring that those not of their kind must have different hearts.
• Crow Heavenly Venerable threatened not to help Xu Taiping fight the Demon Mother if he killed Zhechen, while Wei Ming, Huo Xuan, and Zhao Cangwu worried that they needed Crow’s power.
• After Huo Xuan warned him that Crow’s help would be indispensable, Xu Taiping said they no longer needed it and poured Southern Bright Li Fire into Zhechen.

Xu Taiping killed Heretical Half-Immortal Zhechen and forced Crow Heavenly Venerable to defer their dispute until after the fight against the Demon Mother. As Yeyuan City's armies launched a fierce counterattack, the Human Race commanders formed a killing formation, but Demonic General Xie Bao moved to close the breach they had opened.

• Xu Taiping burned away Heretical Half-Immortal Zhechen, and Feng Tianxing claimed Zhechen's Half-Immortal Seat.
• Xu Taiping gave Crow Heavenly Venerable one last chance to withdraw, and Crow agreed to settle their accounts after the Demon Mother was slain.
• Yeyuan City's defending army broke through the surrounding formations and attacked the Human Race armies with a taotie battle-intent phantom led by Demonic General Zhaoma.
• Huo Xuan, Bai Lu, Zhao Cangwu, and Wei Ming ordered most of the Human Race Army into the Heaven-Splitting Battle Formation and unleashed golden spears that shattered the taotie phantom.
• The Vermilion Bird Army opened a breach in Zhaoma's formation, but Demonic General Xie Bao sent a Kui Ox phantom charging in to close it.