Arc 35Chapters 851–875

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Ch. 851A discussion of cultivation, mother and daughter ordered to leave

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.

  • Fairy Lingyue explained that Xu Taiping’s Pill Embryo and Primordial Spirit would develop through Spirit Refining, and described the benefits of pursuing the Ultimate Realm.
  • Fairy Lingyue told Xu Taiping that the Mysterious Wasteland Tower had fallen to the Demon Abyss and promised to find other secret realms for him.
  • Fairy Lingyue outlined the three ranks of the Transformation Realm and revealed that the owner of the One-Leaf Book was among the few Heaven Shocking Realm cultivators in Youyun Heaven.
  • Lu Rushuang told Xu Taiping that the Dongfang Household had been driven from its inn and tactfully ordered by Southern Chu’s Imperial Clan to leave the Imperial Capital.
  • Lu Rushuang urged Xu Taiping to stay out of the Dongfang Household’s trouble, but he said he was confident he could help Dongfang Yuejian.

Ch. 852Battling a Leaf, Miss Dongfang, Please Wait

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.

  • Xu Taiping refused Lu Rushuang's offer to accompany him, explaining that he was helping the Dongfang Household because he would hope others would help Qingxuan in the same situation.
  • The Qi Household Ancestor had the Dongfang Household's luggage thrown out of the Calamity-Cloud Inn, while other inns, carriage drivers, and townspeople refused to help them.
  • Su Qingtan sent the Dongfang Household disciples to Youyun Prefecture and prepared to take Dongfang Yuejian toward the teleportation array to Chenglong Heaven.
  • Zhang Tianze admitted to Zhu Huai that he wanted to intervene but no longer dared act freely because his life was not his own.
  • Xu Taiping rode up in a Bronze Chariot and called to Su Qingtan and Dongfang Yuejian, offering to go with them; Zhang Tianze recognized him and raised his wine in salute.

Ch. 853Facing One-Leaf Book, How Can You Still Laugh?

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.

  • Zhu Huai scolded Zhang Tianze for letting Xu Taiping enter the dangerous conflict, and Zhang Tianze praised Xu Taiping’s resolve.
  • Zhu Huai asked Lu Rushuang whether she had told Xu Taiping why the mother and daughter were being hunted, and Lu Rushuang confirmed that he knew.
  • Lu Rushuang relayed Xu Taiping’s reason for helping, moving Zhu Huai and Zhang Tianze; Zhang Tianze declared that they had lived in disgrace for too long.
  • Zhang Tianze planned to confront One-Leaf Book, but Zhu Huai urged him to wait and explained that the Blood Rain Forest would give them an advantage.
  • Zhu Huai used a Spirit Mirror to watch Xu Taiping, Su Qingtan, and Dongfang Yuejian at the city gate, then told Zhang Tianze to split the mirror’s cost.

Ch. 854Fighting One-Leaf Book, You Aren't Joking, Are You?

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 urged Su Qingtan and Dongfang Yuejian to trust his plan and guided them into the Bronze Chariot.
  • Inside the chariot, Xu Taiping’s clone explained that Qingye, Hongye, and Baiye would ambush them at Falling Cloud Slope with specific techniques.
  • Su Qingtan questioned how Xu Taiping could predict every move, and he credited a senior who had foreseen the attacks.
  • Dongfang Yuejian declared that she believed Xu Taiping, and Su Qingtan agreed to hear his plan.
  • Xu Taiping revealed that they would trap the three disciples and use their identities to approach two more cultivators waiting outside Blood Rain Forest.

Ch. 855Breaking the Ambush, the Old Ghost's Personal Disciple

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 caught three Rock-Splitting Arrows inside the carriage and told Su Qingtan and Dongfang Yuejian that his true body was guarding outside.
  • Zhang Tianze and Zhu Huai watched as four earth dragons trapped the carriage and cultivators attacked it.
  • Xu Taiping cut down the cultivator hidden in an earth dragon, broke the trap, and killed or injured the attacking cultivators with repeated saber strikes.
  • The Bronze Chariot reached Falling Cloud Slope, where Baiye created a hurricane that began pulling it toward him.

Ch. 856Breaking the Ambush, Slaying Two Leaves Before Blood Rain Forest

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.

  • Xu Taiping grappled with Baiye in the sandstorm, and the Bronze Chariot was buried in a hollow before Baiye and the others dug it out and carried it toward Blood Rain Forest.
  • Zhang Tianze noticed that Xu Taiping had held back during the fight and urged Zhu Huai to keep watching.
  • At Blood Rain Forest, Yellow Leaf and Black Leaf met the group, and Zhang Tianze prepared to intervene to save Xu Taiping.
  • Qingye, Hongye, and Baiye suddenly attacked Yellow Leaf and Black Leaf while Xu Taiping, Su Qingtan, and Dongfang Yuejian leaped from the chariot and joined the assault.
  • The three apparent disciples dispersed into mist, revealing that they had been impostors who used the One Stroke Opens Heaven Art to ambush and badly injure Yellow Leaf and Black Leaf.
  • Zhu Huai realized Huangting Dao Palace had likely backed Xu Taiping, and dark clouds and thunder signaled that Old Ghost was coming out.

Ch. 857Blood Rain Forest, Old Daoist Mao of the One-Leaf Book

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 warned Su Qingtan and Dongfang Yuejian that a Transformation Realm pursuer might be after them, and Dongfang Yuejian summoned a swift Zouwu for their escape.
  • Xu Taiping sent his Mysterious Origin Avatar ahead and instructed Dongfang Yuejian to follow a planned route while Su Qingtan prepared to strike any yellow leaves he identified.
  • At Golden Toad Valley, Cang Ai asked Old Daoist Mao to help the group, but Mao refused and challenged them to evade three yellow leaves.
  • Old Daoist Mao dropped a yellow leaf into his Spirit Mirror, turning it into eight hundred flying swords that attacked Xu Taiping and his companions.
  • Su Qingtan shouted and swung her twin sabers at the approaching Yellow Leaf Flying Swords.

Ch. 858Blood Rain Forest, this really is the Spirit-Shocking Formation

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.

  • Su Qingtan opened a gap in the Yellow Leaf Sword Formation, and Xu Taiping struck the yellow leaf controlling it, destroying the flying swords.
  • Su Qingtan and Xu Taiping struck again, and Xu Taiping shattered the yellow leaf even after Old Daoist Mao moved it to evade his saber.
  • Old Daoist Mao deduced that Xu Taiping could foresee his actions and sent a gigantic hand after Xu Taiping, Su Qingtan, and their companions.
  • Dongfang Yuejian used the Zouwu to carry the group to a lake, where Xu Taiping timed a second jump to evade Old Daoist Mao’s palm.
  • Old Daoist Mao prepared to attack with swords made from the lake water, but runes and eight stone steles appeared around him, and he recognized the Spirit-Shocking Formation.

Ch. 859The Spirit-Shocking Formation, whispers from the void

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.

  • After the Spirit-Shocking Formation’s steles murmured with an ancient aura, Old Daoist Mao suppressed his aura and stood still to avoid attracting a terrifying presence.
  • Dongfang Yuejian’s Zouwu phantom shattered, leaving her, Su Qingtan, and Xu Taiping injured and drained.
  • Xu Taiping said they would kill Old Daoist Mao instead of escaping to Cloud-Hidden Temple, though Su Qingtan and Dongfang Yuejian urged him to flee.
  • Old Daoist Mao pressured the women with his aura and Divine Soul, while Xu Taiping warned Su Qingtan to resist and prepared a Jade Slip.
  • Xu Taiping recited, “The Way of Heaven takes from what has a surplus to replenish what is lacking,” and Old Daoist Mao turned pale and asked who Xu Taiping’s senior was.

Ch. 860The Spirit-Shocking Formation, the Judgment of the Powerful Ones of the Heavens

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 continued pouring true essence into the Jade Slip, causing Old Daoist Mao to beg him to stop activating the Spirit-Shocking Formation.
  • Zhang Tianze told Zhu Huai that his father had called Heaven Shocking Realm cultivators “Surplus Ones” whose existence Heaven and Earth could not tolerate.
  • The formation’s stone steles revealed eyes, and Old Daoist Mao’s aura broke free of his control as he pleaded with Xu Taiping and the senior behind him for mercy.
  • Xu Taiping recited the formation’s final incantation, and the Jade Slip shattered as a protective light enveloped him, Su Qingtan, and Dongfang Yuejian.
  • Old Daoist Mao attacked Xu Taiping, but a sword descended from a fissure in the sky and pierced Mao’s Dharma manifestation.
  • Mao broke the sword light and tried to flee, but dozens of pitch-black fissures opened around him, releasing powerful auras.

Ch. 861Slaying Yiye, No Wonder It Was Called the Heaven Shocking Realm

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.

  • Golden and seven-colored attacks from the sky’s rifts shattered Old Daoist Mao’s defenses and split his body.
  • Fairy Lingyue told Xu Taiping that Heaven-Shocking Realm cultivators became targets because the Heavenly Dao drove them to seize one another’s fortune and resources.
  • Fairy Lingyue explained that Heaven-Shocking Realm cultivators concealed their auras and locations, but Xu Taiping’s Spirit-Shocking Formation had exposed Mao.
  • The attacks annihilated Mao’s body and destroyed his Natal Treasures, leaving only an unharmed yellow leaf.
  • A voice from the yellow leaf recognized a woman as still alive, vowed not to reveal her identity, and fled through a rift.

Ch. 862Slaying One-Leaf Book, Preparing to Pick the Earth Fruit

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.

  • Old Daoist Mao escaped with One-Leaf Book, though Fairy Lingyue said his body’s destruction had ruined his cultivation and left him gravely injured.
  • The Heavenly Dao sent Xu Taiping essence qi, which his Lotus Eye absorbed and used to clarify the golden lotus in his pupil.
  • Fairy Lingyue told Xu Taiping to clear the others away so they could pick the Earth Fruit that night.
  • Zhu Huai and Zhang Tianze discussed Old Daoist Mao’s escape and the expert behind Xu Taiping, and Zhu Huai asked Zhang to seek that expert’s help against the Nine Abysses.
  • At Blood Rain Forest, Fairy Lingyue showed Xu Taiping that the Earth Fruit had grown as several Spirit Peaches, and he prepared to pick them.

Ch. 863Opening the Earth Fruit: The Treasures Within Four Peach Pits

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.

  • Fairy Lingyue explained that only Xu Taiping could see the Earth Fruit’s peaches and that their treasures were hidden inside the pits.
  • Xu Taiping opened the first pit and found a Gate-Sealing Stone, which he hid from the hungry Lotus Eye.
  • Xu Taiping opened the second pit and found the Shentu Bow, now a supreme-grade immortal weapon, and Fairy Lingyue suggested he might refine it into a second Natal Treasure.
  • Xu Taiping opened the third pit and found three thumb-sized, blood-red candles.

Ch. 864Opening the Earth Fruit, Three Liuguang Demon Blood Candles

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 asked Fairy Lingyue if the candle was the treasure sought by the Sixth Seat, and she identified it as a relic grown from Demon God Blood Jade.
  • Xu Taiping examined the candle and learned it had been made from Demon God Liuguang's blood and could make ten years pass beneath its light for every day outside.
  • Fairy Lingyue confirmed the candle's time-warping power and urged Xu Taiping to check its restrictions.
  • Xu Taiping learned that a candle could not be moved or extinguished once lit and could shelter only one person, but he realized his Mysterious Origin Avatar could use it to cultivate.
  • Xu Taiping and Fairy Lingyue discussed the potential value of the three candles before Xu Taiping crushed the final peach pit, hoping it contained the Sixth Seat's desired treasure.

Ch. 865A treasure obtained: a Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart

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 asked Fairy Lingyue about the beating heart, and she identified it as a Sage’s Literary Heart recovered from the site of an ancient battle.
  • Fairy Lingyue explained that the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart was a supreme Confucian treasure and proposed bargaining for more than the Phoenix Marrow Stone.
  • Fairy Lingyue told Xu Taiping that eating a piece of Spirit Peach flesh would let her borrow his body to act once, though the True Martial Barrier might make her intervention ineffective.
  • Xu Taiping said he would face the calamity himself with the Lotus Eye, his Spirit Refining Realm cultivation, and his treasures.
  • Fairy Lingyue advised Xu Taiping to refine the Shentu Bow before the Life-and-Death Seal, and Xu Taiping asked whether refining different Immortal Weapons affected a cultivator’s fighting strength.

Ch. 866Obtaining treasures, Jingkong, Abbot of Fire Cloud Temple

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.

  • Fairy Lingyue explained how bonded immortal weapons could increase a cultivator’s strength, and Xu Taiping chose to refine the Shentu Bow first.
  • Dongfang Yuejian told Xu Taiping that her Seven Tribulations Curse had been broken and that the Dongfang Household had found clues involving the true dragons of Youyun Heaven.
  • Zhang Tianze and Zhu Huai visited Xu Taiping at the Mysterious Cloud Martial Hall and asked him to request help from his Huangting Dao Palace senior.
  • Xu Taiping asked whom they wanted the senior to confront, and Zhang Tianze named Jingkong, Abbot of Fire Cloud Temple.

Ch. 867Facing Jingkong, Lingyue's two conditions

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.

  • Zhu Huai and Zhang Tianze told Xu Taiping that Jingkong was the obstacle to a plan to cripple the Nine Abysses and steer the next Heaven-Demon War toward the Grand Tournament.
  • Zhu Huai explained that the Great Emperors could not freely use their full strength because their destinies were bound to their domains, while Fairy Lingyue told Xu Taiping that they guarded the Five Heavens from dangers beyond the world.
  • Fairy Lingyue agreed to hold Jingkong off but required an Immortal Rank Red Essence Yin-Yang Mirror and the Cloud Emergence Sword as compensation.
  • Xu Taiping told Zhu Huai and Zhang Tianze the conditions, and Zhu Huai agreed to provide the mirror.
  • Zhu Huai and Zhang Tianze warned that only Emperor Youyun could wield the Cloud Emergence Sword, but Fairy Lingyue ordered them to lift the Sword Tower’s restrictions so she could fetch it.

Ch. 868The Cloud Emergence Sword, a sword was a thing of utmost ferocity

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 relayed Fairy Lingyue’s request to borrow the Cloud Emergence Sword, and Zhu Huai agreed to seek the Great Emperor’s approval that day.
  • Zhang Tianze took Xu Taiping to Youyun Prefecture, where Qiu Shanyuan worried about their request to borrow Cloud Emergence.
  • Qiu Shanyuan explained that Cloud Emergence had been a Master-Devouring Demon Sword and that its baleful aura had returned after the Great Emperor left it to guard Youyun Heaven.
  • Zhang Tianze’s teasing provoked Cloud Emergence into ringing and releasing pressure, which Zhang Tianze suppressed with a stomp.
  • Qiu Shanyuan learned that Xu Taiping, not Zhang Tianze, intended to borrow the sword and warned him that lifting the tower’s restrictions could cost lives.
  • Xu Taiping assured Qiu Shanyuan that he was confident he could retrieve the sword for a senior.

Ch. 869The Cloud Emergence Sword, Asking Senior Cloud Emergence to Come Downstairs

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.

  • Emperor Youyun ordered Qiu Shanyuan to remove the Sword Suppression Tower's restrictions so Xu Taiping could borrow the Cloud Emergence Sword.
  • Qiu Shanyuan released the restrictions, and the Cloud Emergence Sword's furious sword presence swept across Golden Scale Pool.
  • Xu Taiping respectfully asked the sword spirit to come downstairs, but it insulted him and attacked with sword qi.
  • Xu Taiping raised his blood energy and endured the sword qi, then repeated his request in a thunderous voice.
  • The sword spirit opened the tower doors and sent a massive wave of azure sword qi at Xu Taiping, so Fairy Lingyue took control of his body and cleaved the attack apart.

Ch. 870The Cloud Emergence Sword, Fairy Lingyue's sword intent

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.

  • Fairy Lingyue used precise control of Xu Taiping’s blood qi and true essence to scatter the Cloud Emergence Sword’s sword qi, then urged him to summon the sword spirit downstairs.
  • The Cloud Emergence Sword spirit attacked Xu Taiping, but Fairy Lingyue took control of his body and used her Annihilation sword intent to tear apart the spirit body until Qiu Shanyuan pleaded for her to stop.
  • Xu Taiping relayed Fairy Lingyue’s question about the Sword Ancestor, and the terrified sword spirit knelt, apologized, and agreed to go downstairs with him.
  • Zhu Huai received word that Jingkong had emerged from seclusion and that Xuanzhi and the Scripture Guardians were intercepting him near Fire Cloud Temple.
  • Zhu Huai reported that the Heavenly Wolf King had assembled the Demon Army ahead of time, and Xu Taiping decided to consult Fairy Lingyue before leaving for Fire Cloud Temple.

Ch. 871Cinnabar Valley, the Immovable Wisdom King of Cloud-Hidden 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.

  • Xuanzhi and Cloud-Hidden Temple’s monks chanted outside Cinnabar Valley while Qingjue warned that Jingkong’s escape could leave Tianyuan City unable to withstand the demons.
  • When demonic qi surged from Fire Cloud Temple, Xuanzhi invoked the Immovable Wisdom King manifestation and sealed the temple beneath its golden alms bowl.
  • A crimson lotus broke through the scripture barrier, and an aged voice from within it addressed Xuanzhi.
  • Jingkong emerged from the lotus, grew to the Immovable Wisdom King’s size, and punched the manifestation backward, making Xuanzhi spit blood.
  • Xuanzhi steadied the damaged manifestation and hoped Youyun Prefecture’s reinforcements would arrive before it failed.

Ch. 872Cinnabar Valley, Jingkong's Rahu Dharma Form

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.

  • Zhu Huai and Zhang Tianze saw Xuanzhi badly wounded by Jingkong's Yama Palm, but Xuanzhi and the Cloud-Hidden Temple monks restored the Immovable Wisdom King Dharma Form by chanting together.
  • Jingkong taunted Zhang Tianze and Zhu Huai, then unleashed his Four-Armed Rahu Dharma Form and slashed the Immovable Wisdom King Dharma Form.
  • Zhu Huai urged Zhang Tianze to hurry Xu Taiping, warning that Xuanzhi could not hold out for long against Jingkong's strongest Dharma Form.
  • Zhang Tianze contacted Xu Taiping, who learned from Bai Yu that Cinnabar Valley was still half an incense stick away.
  • Fairy Lingyue told Xu Taiping to eat a Spirit Peach while she flew the sword.

Ch. 873Cinnabar Valley, don't be a bystander

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.

  • Xu Taiping ate a Spirit Peach to give Fairy Lingyue the strength to fight Jingkong and save Xuanzhi.
  • Fairy Lingyue took control of Xu Taiping’s body and warned him that the power she would channel could cause severe pain, though his Dragon Whale Physique could repair the damage.
  • Fairy Lingyue changed Xu Taiping’s appearance and body into a woman’s form so she could draw out more of her original strength.
  • Fairy Lingyue sharply increased Xu Taiping’s blood energy and true essence, and he endured the pain without wavering.
  • Fairy Lingyue reminded Xu Taiping of Thousandfold Force and told him to observe how she circulated true essence and wielded blood energy in combat.

Ch. 874Cinnabar Valley, Please Follow Xuanzhi to the Yellow Springs

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 explained that Heaven-Opening Force came from an Origin Law and urged Xu Taiping to seize his chance to learn it before flying away on the Cloud Emergence Sword.
  • Jingkong shattered much of Xuanzhi's Immovable Wisdom King Aspect and body, but Xuanzhi and the monks of Cloud-Hidden Temple continued chanting and vowed to face death together.
  • Xuanzhi restored his weakened Immovable Wisdom King Aspect, but Jingkong broke it apart again and raised his weapons for a final blow.
  • Zhu Huai and Zhang Tianze watched helplessly, believing Xuanzhi and the monks could not be saved in time.
  • Fairy Lingyue arrived and struck Jingkong's Rahu Heavenly Demon Dharma Aspect with a punch that drove it to its knees.

Ch. 875Battling Jingkong, the Senior Was a Woman?

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.

  • Zhu Huai and Zhang Tianze saw that Taiping's senior was a woman and watched her force Jingkong's Rahu Heavenly Demon Dharma Aspect to its knees with a punch.
  • Fairy Lingyue dodged Jingkong's Black Lotus Demon Flame and used the Cold Sky Pearl's Chill Breath to extinguish the flames and freeze his Dharma Aspect.
  • Fairy Lingyue attacked the frozen aspect with another punch, but Jingkong freed it from the ice during their clash.
  • Jingkong's Rahu Heavenly Demon Dharma Aspect broke free and slashed at Fairy Lingyue with a sword and saber.
  • Fairy Lingyue did not dodge the attack and continued to raise the power of her blood qi.
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