Recaps

Xuanyuan Xueluo prepared to defend the Sun Family’s Iron Armor Token despite the Zhou Family’s overwhelming lineup, while a letter from Rusty Lion offered help. On the day of the arena, Bai Yunfei carried the Zhou Family through the preliminary matches, and the final contest began with Zhou Liang sending the Qi brothers against Xueluo’s side.

• Xuanyuan Qingshuang warned Xuanyuan Xueluo that the Zhou Family could not hold the arena without a Martial Saint, and doubted the Otherworlders would risk appearing.
• Xuanyuan Xueluo received Rusty Lion’s letter promising that the Otherworlders would come if she commissioned them, but she decided to enter the arena without relying on them.
• Xuanyuan Qingshuang offered Xuanyuan Xueluo some of her guards, and Xueluo accepted her support.
• Bai Yunfei defeated the other military households for the Zhou Family, while the expected Otherworlders’ seats remained empty.
• Xuanyuan Xueluo and Sun Can prepared to face the Zhou Family’s challenge, and Zhou Liang opened the deciding match by naming the Qi brothers as the first challengers.

Xuanyuan Xueluo’s injured guards lost the three-on-three Iron Armor Arena match against the Qi Family’s Three Brothers, leaving her to consider conceding the next round and saving her strength for the final battle. Just as she was about to decide, Xu Taiping and his companions arrived.

• Xuanyuan Xueluo sent Sun Zhi, Sun Yuan, and Li Mu to represent her side in the three-on-three match against Qi Wen, Qi Wu, and Qi Zhong.
• Sun Zhi’s trio used their Burning Body Battle Intent to split Qi Zhong’s sword qi, but the Qi brothers adapted and drove them onto the defensive.
• After Qi Wu knocked Sun Zhi down, Xuanyuan Xueluo conceded the round to protect her sister Qing Shuang’s guards.
• Xuanyuan Xueluo considered conceding the next round to save strength for the nine-on-nine battle, but Xu Taiping and his companions arrived and apologized for being late.

Xu Taiping chose Gongshu Nanxing, Zhai Mo, and Elder Zhang to face the Qi brothers in the three-on-three bout. The Qi brothers attacked with much greater strength than before, but Zhai Mo’s Battle Intent broke through Qi Wu’s defenses and struck him in the chest.

• Xu Taiping selected Gongshu Nanxing, Zhai Mo, and Elder Zhang to fight first against the Qi brothers.
• The Qi brothers revealed that they had held back in earlier fights, and Xuanyuan Xueluo grew worried as the bout began.
• Qi Wu charged Zhai Mo with a powerful saber slash while Qi Wen followed with a fist attack.
• Zhai Mo met Qi Wu’s slash with his axe and unleashed Battle Intent that overwhelmed the brothers’ coordinated assault.
• Zhai Mo broke through Qi Wu’s Blade Force, Protective Gang Qi, and armor, striking him squarely in the chest.

Zhai Mo and the female outlander defeated the Qi Family’s Three Brothers, prompting the Zhou Family to concede rather than reveal Bai Yunfei’s abilities before Rusty Lion entered the arena. Xu Taiping decided to concede the next round too, saving the Azure Dragon Token’s power for the final nine-against-nine battle, where he hoped to defeat the Worship Moon Pavilion disciples at once.

• Zhai Mo and the female outlander knocked all three Qi brothers out of the arena.
• The red-robed Left Guardian advised Bai Yunfei not to fight before Rusty Lion entered the arena, and the Zhou Family conceded the round.
• Xuanyuan Xueluo realized that the Zhou Family wanted to hide its strength from Xu Taiping.
• Xu Taiping said he would concede the next round and save the Azure Dragon Token’s power for the final team battle.
• Xu Taiping recognized the red-robed man as Devil Master Tianxing, who had hunted them on Golden Summit Mountain.

The Sun Family and Zhou Family forfeited the earlier round to face each other directly in the final nine-on-nine match for the Iron Armor Token. Xu Taiping and the Northern Garrison Manor’s fighters prepared to face Devil Master Tianxing’s group and Zhou Liang’s hired fighters, with Xuanyuan Xueluo promising the Manor would protect them regardless of the outcome.

• Xuanyuan Xueluo conceded the previous round for the Sun Family, and Devil Master Tianxing concluded that both sides wanted to settle matters in the final match.
• Devil Master Tianxing led three Worship Moon Pavilion heretical cultivators onto the arena, while Bai Yunfei brought four hired Iron Armor fighters for the Zhou Family.
• Qi Wen warned Zhou Liang not to underestimate the Otherworlders, but Zhou Liang dismissed him and refused to promise help for the Qi brothers.
• Xu Taiping learned from Zhai Mo that Zhou Liang had driven the Qi brothers away, while Xuanyuan Xueluo watched Qi Wen leave with satisfaction.
• Xuanyuan Xueluo sent Xu Taiping, Zhai Mo, and four Northern Garrison Manor veterans to the arena, promising the Manor would protect them whether they won or lost.
• Xu Taiping, Zhai Mo, and the veterans vowed not to disgrace the Northern Garrison Manor.

Xu Taiping faced Devil Master Tianxing’s challenge in the arena and defeated Bai Yunfei in a clash of swordsmanship and physical strength. Zhai Mo blocked Tianxing’s sudden attack, leaving Tianxing to judge that Xu Taiping seemed less formidable than expected.

• Devil Master Tianxing confronted Xu Taiping and revealed that the Nine Abysses had narrowed down his possible identities.
• Xu Taiping and Tianxing’s killing intent and saber intent stirred the crowd before the Old Judge began the match.
• Bai Yunfei attacked Xu Taiping with his sword, but Xu Taiping shattered his sword and defeated his technique.
• Bai Yunfei charged again with golden armor and a powerful palm strike, and Xu Taiping matched it with his Wild Lion Physique.
• Devil Master Tianxing attacked Xu Taiping with the Blood Blade, but Zhai Mo blocked the slash with an Axe Shadow.
• Tianxing assessed Xu Taiping’s abilities and concluded that he had been overly cautious.

Xu Taiping used the Azure Dragon Token to raise his cultivation and nearly killed Devil Master Tianxing, but the Mysterious Maiden rescued Tianxing. At the Abyssal Pavilion, Fairy Lingyue told Ye Chensha that the Nine Abysses were searching for Rusty Lion, so he had to return from the Mysterious Wasteland Tower instead of rescuing Ye Chensha’s younger sister.

• Xu Taiping activated the Azure Dragon Token’s Fight with One's Back to the River incantation, raising the cultivation of himself and the Azure Dragon Armor.
• Xu Taiping wounded Devil Master Tianxing and pressed his attack while Zhai Mo, Nanxing, and their companions killed Tianxing’s three subordinates.
• Zhai Mo and his companions joined Xu Taiping in cornering Tianxing, but the Mysterious Maiden rescued Tianxing just as he was about to die.
• Ye Chensha noticed Yuezhu had left the Abyssal Pavilion and asked about Rusty Lion’s plan to rescue his younger sister.
• Fairy Lingyue returned and told Ye Chensha that the Nine Abysses had guessed Rusty Lion’s identity and were searching for him, so he had to return before ascending to the Fifth Layer.

After the Fourth Layer trial, Xu Taiping chose the Lotus Eye as his reward and discovered its spiritual consciousness could manifest inside the Mysterious Wasteland Tower. The Lotus Eye revealed dangers on later layers and warned him that Zhao Linglong had encountered trouble in Qingxuan, leaving Xu Taiping to prepare to return there before entering the Fifth Layer.

• The Tower Spirit rewarded Xu Taiping for leading his followers to victory and offered him one chance to wield one of his Divine Abilities.
• Xu Taiping chose the Lotus Eye's power, causing a golden lotus to appear in his left eye as its spiritual consciousness manifested inside the tower.
• The Lotus Eye showed Xu Taiping four images containing the locations and tribulations awaiting him on the Fifth through Eighth Layers.
• The Lotus Eye warned Xu Taiping that the Ninth Layer was extremely dangerous and told him to gather life-saving items before entering.
• The Lotus Eye told Xu Taiping that Zhao Linglong had encountered trouble in Qingxuan and advised him to return there before going to the Fifth Layer.
• Xu Taiping decided to tell Elder Zhang, Nanxing, and the others that he might leave the tower for a while.

Xu Taiping learned that Zhao Linglong and the others were trapped in the Thousand Buddha Kingdom after the Faceless Tower ambushed them. Fairy Lingyue taught him how to send his Primordial Spirit into the Great Void so he could contact Venerable Jiaye, but Bai Yu’s latest message revealed the group was trapped and running out of time.

• Xu Taiping woke in Fan Tower and told Fairy Lingyue that the Lotus Eye’s spiritual consciousness had entered the Mysterious Wasteland Tower.
• Fairy Lingyue explained that Zhao Linglong, Xu Ziyan, Bai Yu, and several Azure Profound Sect elders had been ambushed in the Thousand Buddha Kingdom and were pursued by the Faceless Tower.
• Xu Taiping listened to Bai Yu’s messages describing Linglong’s injuries and the group’s desperate escape from powerful pursuers.
• Fairy Lingyue proposed contacting Venerable Jiaye, and Xu Taiping prepared to find a Teleportation Array.
• Fairy Lingyue explained that Xu Taiping could roam the Great Void with his Primordial Spirit and use the All Beings Equal Bracelet to contact Jiaye.
• Bai Yu sent a new message saying the group was trapped in ruins and could not hold out much longer.

Fairy Lingyue taught Xu Taiping how to roam the Great Void and prepared the Azure Luan Ring as a Soul Anchor. Xu Taiping contacted Venerable Jiaye, who offered to take him to the Thousand Buddha Kingdom to help rescue Zhao Linglong and the others in exchange for a favor.

• Fairy Lingyue explained the dangers of Soul Roaming the Great Void and refined Xu Taiping’s Azure Luan Ring into a Soul Anchor.
• Xu Taiping sent his Primordial Spirit into the Great Void and reached Venerable Jiaye through the All Beings Equal Bracelet.
• Xu Taiping told Venerable Jiaye that Faceless Tower assassins had attacked Zhao Linglong and the others in the Thousand Buddha Kingdom.
• Venerable Jiaye offered to take Xu Taiping’s Primordial Spirit to the Thousand Buddha Kingdom so he could control the Duer Ashura Dharma Body and rescue his friends.
• Xu Taiping agreed to go, and Venerable Jiaye asked him to help in return if the rescue succeeded.

Xu Taiping agreed to retrieve a branch from the Withered Stone Sea’s Ten-Thousand-Year Baiye Bodhi Tree for Venerable Jiaye after rescuing his senior sister and the others. Venerable Jiaye brought him toward the Thousand Buddha Kingdom, where Huihai and the Faceless Ones were besieging Wondrous Sound Hall.

• Venerable Jiaye asked Xu Taiping to bring him a branch from the Ten-Thousand-Year Baiye Bodhi Tree in the Withered Stone Sea, promising a way to enter and leave safely once Xu Taiping’s primordial spirit reached the great perfection of the twelfth stage.
• Venerable Jiaye warned that Xu Taiping faced a trial with nine chances of death and one of survival, prompting Xu Taiping to wonder if it was connected to the ninth layer of the Mysterious Wasteland Tower.
• Xu Taiping agreed to go to the Withered Stone Sea after saving Senior Sister Linglong and the others, and Venerable Jiaye carried him toward the Thousand Buddha Kingdom on Ancient Buddha Kasyapa’s statue.
• Venerable Jiaye warned Xu Taiping to still his heart as they passed through the Wilderness’s restrictions, lest they alert the Yin Gods.
• A Faceless One reported to Huihai that the Faceless Ones had surrounded Wondrous Sound Hall but needed another hour to break its barrier without attracting nearby Yin Gods.

Huihai and the Faceless Ones tortured Wu Liang and Wu Mo to force Zhao Linglong out of the Wondrous Sound Hall. Xu Taiping watched helplessly as Venerable Jiaye prepared the Evil-Delivering Asura’s Dharma body, and Zhao Linglong emerged to accept Huihai’s challenge.

• Huihai gave his people half an incense stick’s time to force Xu Taiping’s senior brothers and sisters out of the Wondrous Sound Hall.
• A Faceless One whipped Wu Liang and Wu Mo, threatening to kill them unless Zhao Linglong came out.
• Xu Taiping urged Venerable Jiaye to let him act, but Jiaye said he needed more time to summon the Evil-Delivering Asura’s Dharma body.
• Huihai offered to let one captive inside if Zhao Linglong came out and withstood one of his moves.
• Zhao Linglong emerged from the Wondrous Sound Hall and agreed to take Huihai’s move.

Xu Taiping watched Zhao Linglong face Huihai to rescue her fellow disciples and contacted her through Venerable Jiaye. After Zhao Linglong survived Huihai’s first punch and brought Wu Mo to safety, Xu Taiping reached her mind just as she was about to accept a second blow.

• Xu Taiping asked Venerable Jiaye to help him send a voice transmission to Zhao Linglong, and Jiaye said he needed time to bypass the Wilderness’s restrictions.
• Zhao Linglong confronted Huihai and agreed to withstand one of his attacks in exchange for the release of a disciple.
• Huihai struck Zhao Linglong with a Martial God Realm punch, but she used her Immortal Silk to withstand it despite being wounded.
• Huihai released Wu Mo, and Zhao Linglong escorted her into the Wondrous Sound Hall before preparing to face a second punch.
• Xu Taiping’s voice reached Zhao Linglong’s mind and stopped her from agreeing to Huihai’s next attack.

Zhao Linglong fought Huihai while Xu Taiping prepared to appear and urged her to buy him time. She summoned the Fire-Armored Divine General, but after Huihai destroyed him, she blocked Huihai’s punch with the Immortal Silk as it began to crack.

• Xu Taiping warned Zhao Linglong to hide that anything was wrong and asked her to delay Huihai while he made his way to her.
• Huihai powered up and announced that he would use eighty percent of his strength, while Zhao Linglong wrapped herself in the Immortal Silk to strengthen her body.
• Zhao Linglong summoned the Fire-Armored Divine General, who intercepted Huihai’s punch but was driven back and destroyed.
• Huihai’s next punch struck Zhao Linglong’s crossed arms, and she held her ground as the Immortal Silk cracked and his fist force began consuming her aura.

Xu Taiping merged his primordial spirit with the Duedu Asura Dharma Body and saved Zhao Linglong from Huihai’s attack. After overpowering Huihai and the Faceless Ones, he was recognized by his Great Sage Fist, leaving Huihai to wonder whether he was Xu Taiping.

• Venerable Jiaye freed the Duedu Asura Dharma Body and told Xu Taiping to merge his primordial spirit with it.
• Xu Taiping entered the Dharma Body and caught Zhao Linglong as Huihai’s fist force was about to strike her.
• Xu Taiping confirmed his identity to Zhao Linglong and shielded her from Huihai.
• Xu Taiping used the Great Sage Fist to break through Huihai’s attack and send him flying back.
• Xu Taiping drove off the Faceless Ones with the Raging Thunder Form, and Huihai recognized his fist technique and asked if he was Xu Taiping.

Xu Taiping drew on the Evil-Delivering Asura physique’s immense power to unleash a devastating Great Sage Fist against Huihai. He shattered Huihai’s fist force, broke off his arm, and left the Faceless Ones around them unable to resist.

• Huihai claimed Xu Taiping was not the real Xu Taiping and revealed that the Faceless Tower believed Xu Taiping was in the Mysterious Wasteland Tower.
• Xu Taiping signaled Senior Sister Linglong to retreat and prepared to fight Huihai.
• Huihai attacked with a punch far stronger than the one he had used against Zhao Linglong, and Xu Taiping fully drove the physique’s qi and blood and true essence.
• Xu Taiping grew to over twenty feet tall and gathered the physique’s power into his Great Sage Fist: Baxia Form, manifesting a towering Bull Demon phantom.
• Xu Taiping’s punch shattered Huihai’s fist force, broke off Huihai’s arm, and killed several Faceless Ones who tried to intervene.

Xu Taiping confronted the Faceless Tower elder and his followers while using Venerable Jiaye’s Duedu Asura Physique, learning that his blow against Huihai had used only a tenth of its blood qi power. He chose to kill rather than accept the elder’s offer, then opened his Unceasing Blade Domain against the elder’s attack.

• Xu Taiping pinned Huihai beneath his foot as a white-haired Faceless Elder and over a hundred Faceless Ones arrived and offered to spare Xu Taiping and Zhao Linglong if he let Huihai live.
• Xu Taiping asked Venerable Jiaye how much blood qi power his punch had used and learned it was ten percent, though exceeding thirty percent could shock his divine soul.
• Xu Taiping decided to eliminate the Faceless Tower group, but the elder refused to spare anyone beyond Xu Taiping and Zhao Linglong.
• Xu Taiping smashed Huihai’s head and seized his Primordial Spirit in a flame as the elder charged at him.
• Xu Taiping drew Duedu Asura’s Long Saber, unleashed his Unceasing Blade Domain, and engulfed the elder within its thousand-zhang reach.

Xu Taiping fought Baishu and Zhu Ling while using the Duedu Asura's body and the unceasing blade domain. As Zhu Ling's hidden sound attacks pierced his defenses and Baishu prepared to break the domain, Xu Taiping used the Profound Origin Clone Technique and unleashed the Tiger Roar, Dragon Roar, Gold-Shattering Art.

• Xu Taiping opened the unceasing blade domain, killing Huihai's subordinates, then used Chaotic Cicada against Baishu's palm strike.
• Xu Taiping's follow-up slash forced Baishu to catch and shatter the blade shadow with his arms.
• Zhu Ling attacked Xu Taiping with her pipa, concealing additional sound-wave strikes through her Notes Beyond the Strings true intent.
• Baishu began drawing a blood-red longsword and called for Zhu Ling to hold Xu Taiping off while he worked to break the blade domain.
• Xu Taiping created two origin avatars with the Profound Origin Clone Technique, then roared with them using the Tiger Roar, Dragon Roar, Gold-Shattering Art.

Xu Taiping wounded Zhu Ling with the hidden Divine Soul attack in his Tiger Roar, Dragon Roar, Gold-Shattering Art, but First Seat Baishu broke his Blade Domain with the Red Sword and its destructive True Intent. With Baishu's attack nearly upon him, Xu Taiping activated his Blade Domain's second power and transformed into the Eight-Armed Duedu Asura.

• Xu Taiping's Mountain-Bearing Form shielded him from Zhu Ling's pipa vortices, but her Notes Beyond the Strings cut him repeatedly.
• Xu Taiping's concealed Divine Soul attack struck Zhu Ling when a pipa string snapped, tearing at her Primordial Spirit and leaving her groaning in pain.
• First Seat Baishu was also hurt by Xu Taiping's Divine Soul attack, but he drew the Red Sword and shattered Xu Taiping's Blade Domain with a strike powered by True Intent.
• Baishu thrust the Red Sword at Xu Taiping, whose body felt slowed by the sword's destructive Sword Intent.
• Xu Taiping reopened his Blade Domain in a contracted form and drove his Qi and Blood and True Essence, transforming into the Eight-Armed Duedu Asura.

Xu Taiping used the Duedu Asura physique to overpower Baishu, but Baishu borrowed the true intent Force Like a Breakthrough Bamboo and shattered Xu Taiping’s blade attacks. As the borrowed power forced Xu Taiping to switch tactics, he prepared to combine thunder with Great Sun Golden Flame and unleash it through Heavenly Fire Finger.

• Xu Taiping used Dragon-Slaying to break Baishu’s sword shadows and wound him, then cut down a squad of attacking Faceless Ones.
• Baishu recognized Xu Taiping’s Duedu Asura physique, ordered the Faceless Ones to retreat, and began activating a Jade Jue.
• Zhu Ling used her pipa to shield Baishu from Xu Taiping’s attack, then collapsed from the strain.
• Xu Taiping endured the backlash tearing at his primordial spirit and replenished the Duedu Asura’s qi and blood as Baishu summoned Lord Wunian’s true intent from the Jade Jue.
• Baishu used Force Like a Breakthrough Bamboo to break Xu Taiping’s blade force and knock him back.
• Xu Taiping prepared to combine thunder with Great Sun Golden Flame and channel the power through Heavenly Fire Finger.

Xu Taiping tried to fuse thunder and fire origin powers into a new Thunderfire Finger while Baishu of the Faceless Tower relentlessly attacked him. The first attempt exploded and badly damaged his Duedu Asura body, but Xu Taiping remained determined to try again.

• Xu Taiping used the Duedu Asura's arms to repeatedly defend against Baishu's Red Sword while attempting to fuse thunder and fire origin powers.
• After several attempts, Xu Taiping formed a lightning-wreathed Golden Crow and launched it at Baishu's sword shadow, but it exploded and charred one of his arms.
• Baishu's Red Sword struck Xu Taiping's chest, and the sword qi injured him as five of his eight arms became unusable.
• Baishu gathered his remaining strength for another attack, while Xu Taiping raised his last available arm and began trying to form the Thunderfire Finger again.

Xu Taiping endured Baishu’s attacks while finding the balance needed to fuse Thunder Origin power with the Great Sun Golden Flame. Just as Baishu pierced his chest, Xu Taiping completed the fusion and unleashed the Thunderfire Finger as an enormous Golden Crow.

• Xu Taiping repeatedly failed to fuse the two powers, losing fingers as Baishu’s sword strikes damaged his Mountain-Bearing Form.
• Xu Taiping warned Zhao Linglong that Baishu and the surrounding people were in danger, so Zhao Linglong took the injured Eighth Junior Brother and the others into Miaoyin Temple.
• After losing more fingers, Xu Taiping found the balance needed to fuse Thunder Origin power with the Great Sun Golden Flame and rapidly enlarged the lightning flame.
• Baishu took the Cloud-Ascending Pill, strengthened his aura and Sword Intent, and struck through Xu Taiping’s protective golden light, piercing his chest.
• Xu Taiping kept the flame from dispersing, completed the fusion, and unleashed the Thunderfire Finger as a giant Golden Crow.

Xu Taiping unleashed a thunderflame Golden Crow that killed Baishu but continued to grow and wreak havoc beyond his control. With blood-red eyes opening in the heavens, Venerable Jiaye offered to teach Xu Taiping Buddha Jiaye’s hand seal.

• Baishu mistook the Golden Crow’s power for an ancient Origin Law, then fled when it shattered his sword strike.
• Xu Taiping sent the Golden Crow after Baishu, and it broke through the Red Sword, consumed Baishu, and grew stronger.
• The uncontrolled Golden Crow swallowed the Faceless Tower disciples and engulfed a snowy mountain, driving its beasts to flee.
• Venerable Jiaye warned Xu Taiping that the divine fire could attract Yin Gods, and blood-red eyes opened across the heavens.
• Xu Taiping asked how to stop the thunderflame, and Venerable Jiaye offered to teach him Buddha Jiaye’s hand seal.

Xu Taiping learned the Sea-Swallowing Seal from Venerable Jiaye to extinguish the lightning flame, accepting the risk of Heavenly Dao backlash. He successfully sealed the flame, causing the blood-red eyes in the sky to close and the eerie wailing to fade.

• Venerable Jiaye identified Xu Taiping's lightning flame as a branch of Origin Returning True Fire and explained that Ancient Buddha Kasyapa's Sea-Swallowing Seal could swallow attacks.
• Venerable Jiaye warned that teaching the Buddhist hand seal to Xu Taiping could bring Heavenly Dao backlash because he was a Daoist disciple.
• Xu Taiping accepted the risk, and Venerable Jiaye transmitted the Sea-Swallowing Seal and its scripture to him.
• Xu Taiping recited the Lankavatara Sutra, formed the seal, and sent a golden Buddha-light projection over the small mountain.
• The Sea-Swallowing Seal swallowed the lightning flame, and the blood-red eyes closed as the wailing faded.

Xu Taiping sealed the thunderflame he had summoned into a ring with the Sea-Swallowing Seal and learned that the trapped Faceless Tower cultivators’ primordial spirits were held by his Origin-Returning Fire. As he flew toward Miaoyin Temple, Baishu revealed that the Nine Abysses demon cultivators had identified Xu Taiping as Rusty Lion and planned to use a noble scion’s younger sister as bait to capture him.

• Xu Taiping received a ring formed by the Sea-Swallowing Seal, which could store the thunderflame he had summoned and seal powers from up to three opponents.
• Venerable Jiaye explained that the Origin-Returning Fire had trapped the Faceless Tower cultivators’ primordial spirits inside the ring.
• Baishu offered Xu Taiping information in exchange for his release, and Xu Taiping agreed to swear to free him if he told the truth.
• Baishu revealed that the Nine Abysses demon cultivators planned to lure Rusty Lion into a trap by using a noble scion’s younger sister as bait.
• Baishu told Xu Taiping that Rusty Lion was actually Xu Taiping, a disciple of the Azure Profound Sect.