Arc 35Chapters 851–875
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Xu Taiping learned from Fairy Lingyue about Spirit Refining cultivation, the Transformation Realm, and the powerful cultivators in Youyun Heaven. The next morning, he learned that the Dongfang Household had been ordered to leave the Imperial Capital, but he remained determined to help Dongfang Yuejian.
Xu Taiping reassured Lu Rushuang that he would take Dongfang Yuejian to Cloud-Hidden Temple to seek a cure for her curse. In the Imperial Capital, the Dongfang Household was driven out and shunned, but as Su Qingtan and Dongfang Yuejian set out alone, Xu Taiping arrived and called for them to wait.
Zhang Tianze and Zhu Huai learned that Xu Taiping knew the danger facing Dongfang Yuejian and had chosen to help her and Su Qingtan. They prepared to confront One-Leaf Book in the Blood Rain Forest, while Zhu Huai watched the group leave the city.
Xu Taiping reassured Su Qingtan and Dongfang Yuejian that his plan could carry them through Dongfang Yuejian’s seventh tribulation, revealing that he knew exactly how One-Leaf Book’s disciples would ambush them. He proposed turning the ambush around and using the disciples’ identities to approach two more attackers near Blood Rain Forest.
Xu Taiping protected Su Qingtan and Dongfang Yuejian from volleys of Rock-Splitting Arrows and fought off waves of cultivators attacking their carriage. At Falling Cloud Slope, Baiye, Old Ghost Yiye's Personal Disciple, unleashed a hurricane that began dragging the carriage toward him.
Xu Taiping and his companions appeared to be captured after the ambush, but they had secretly replaced One-Leaf Book’s disciples and struck down Yellow Leaf and Black Leaf at the entrance to Blood Rain Forest. Zhu Huai and Zhang Tianze realized an expert from Huangting Dao Palace was involved, just as Old Ghost began to emerge.
After defeating Black Leaf and Yellow Leaf, Xu Taiping led Su Qingtan and Dongfang Yuejian into Blood Rain Forest on a Zouwu, relying on his foresight to evade pursuit. Old Daoist Mao set a trial of eight hundred yellow leaves against them, and Su Qingtan began cutting through the flying swords as Emperor Youyun Cang Ai watched.
Xu Taiping and Su Qingtan twice shattered Old Daoist Mao’s Yellow Leaf Sword Formation, prompting him to attack them directly. Xu Taiping lured Old Daoist Mao to a lake where his Mysterious Origin Avatar’s formation trapped him, and Old Daoist Mao recognized it as the Spirit-Shocking Formation.
Xu Taiping revealed that he intended to kill Old Daoist Mao rather than flee, then used a Jade Slip to recite a Law of Heaven and Earth that terrified the trapped Heaven Shocking Realm expert. Old Daoist Mao demanded to know who Xu Taiping’s senior was.
Xu Taiping activated the Spirit-Shocking Formation, and its judgment targeted Old Daoist Mao, a Heaven Shocking Realm cultivator. After a sword descended from a fissure in the sky, Mao tried to flee, only for dozens of new fissures and terrifying auras to surround him.
Xu Taiping watched Heaven-Shocking Realm cultivators from other worlds slaughter Old Daoist Mao of the One-Leaf Book, while Fairy Lingyue explained why such experts hunted one another. Mao’s body and Natal Treasures were destroyed, but a yellow leaf escaped through a rift after its voice threatened the woman behind Xu Taiping’s survival.
After Old Daoist Mao escaped with One-Leaf Book, Xu Taiping absorbed a Heavenly Dao gift and prepared to pick the Earth Fruit with Fairy Lingyue. In the Imperial Capital, Zhu Huai urged Zhang Tianze to ask Xu Taiping’s hidden ally to help in the coming battle against the Nine Abysses.
Inside the Dragon-Trapping Tower, Xu Taiping opened the Earth Fruit’s peach pits and found treasures, including a Gate-Sealing Stone and an upgraded Shentu Bow. He opened a third pit and discovered three small red candles, with one pit still unopened.
Xu Taiping opened an Earth Fruit treasure and discovered it was a Liuguang Blood Candle that could provide decades of cultivation in just days. He and Fairy Lingyue then turned to the final peach pit, hoping it held the item the Sixth Seat of the Abyssal Pavilion wanted.
Xu Taiping and Fairy Lingyue discovered a Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart beneath Phoenix Cry Mountain, which they planned to trade to the Abyssal Pavilion’s Wuji Immortal Elder for the Phoenix Marrow Stone and other treasures. Fairy Lingyue also explained the Spirit Peaches’ benefits and advised Xu Taiping to refine the Shentu Bow as Qingxuan’s calamity approached.
Xu Taiping learned how refining bonded immortal weapons could strengthen him and decided to refine the Shentu Bow first. After Zhang Tianze and Zhu Huai asked him to seek help from his Huangting Dao Palace senior, they named their target: Jingkong, Abbot of Fire Cloud Temple.
Xu Taiping learned why Youyun Heaven needed help confronting Jingkong and agreed to ask Fairy Lingyue to intervene. She demanded an Immortal Rank Red Essence Yin-Yang Mirror and Emperor Youyun’s Cloud Emergence Sword, then ordered them to lift the Sword Tower’s restrictions so she could fetch it herself.
Xu Taiping and Zhang Tianze went to Youyun Prefecture to borrow the Cloud Emergence Sword after Zhu Huai agreed to seek the Great Emperor’s approval. Qiu Shanyuan warned them that the sword was a dangerous, resentful demon sword, but Xu Taiping remained confident that he could retrieve it for his senior.
Xu Taiping asked the Cloud Emergence Sword to come downstairs and faced its furious attack after its spirit refused. Fairy Lingyue took control of his body and cut through the sword qi, leaving the confrontation unresolved.
Xu Taiping used Fairy Lingyue’s sword intent to subdue the Cloud Emergence Sword spirit and secure its agreement to go downstairs. News then arrived that Demon Monk Jingkong had emerged early and the Heavenly Wolf King had assembled his Demon Army, so Xu Taiping prepared to leave for Fire Cloud Temple.
Cloud-Hidden Temple’s monks tried to contain Jingkong inside Cinnabar Valley with the Immovable Wisdom King Demon-Subduing Seal. Jingkong emerged from Fire Cloud Temple and struck the Immovable Wisdom King manifestation hard enough to wound Xuanzhi, who hoped Youyun Prefecture’s reinforcements would arrive soon.
Zhang Tianze and Zhu Huai watched Xuanzhi and the monks of Cloud-Hidden Temple defend Cinnabar Valley against Jingkong, whose Four-Armed Rahu Dharma Form overwhelmed them. As Xu Taiping remained half an incense stick away, Fairy Lingyue told him to eat a Spirit Peach while she flew the sword.
Xu Taiping let Fairy Lingyue take control of his body and use a Spirit Peach to prepare for a fight with the demonic monk Jingkong. As she raised his power and transformed his appearance, Fairy Lingyue told him to study her techniques rather than remain a bystander.
Fairy Lingyue left Xu Taiping with a warning to learn Heaven-Opening Force, then rushed to Cinnabar Valley as Xuanzhi and the monks of Cloud-Hidden Temple made a final stand against Jingkong. Just as Jingkong prepared to kill them, Fairy Lingyue arrived and knocked his Rahu Heavenly Demon Dharma Aspect to its knees.
Fairy Lingyue battled Demon Monk Jingkong, using the Cold Sky Pearl to extinguish his Black Lotus Demon Flame and freeze his Rahu Heavenly Demon Dharma Aspect. After Jingkong broke free and attacked with a sword and saber, she stood her ground and continued raising her blood qi.