Arc 50Chapters 1226–1250
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Xu Taiping ordered the three hundred Azure Dragon Armor soldiers to maintain an all-out charge through the Snow Domain in the North Wind Battle Formation, while he faced the enemy commanders alone. As the formation's battle intent surged, Yun Ye warned Gu Qingcheng that Xu Taiping could not defeat the ghost generals and cavalry by himself.
Xu Taiping led the Azure Dragon formation through the Snow Domain, realizing that victory without a single loss was essential to preserving their battle intent and escaping. He broke the Sword Cultivator Ghost King's Flying Sword with a relentless barrage of punches, then faced the ghost's Heaven-Falling Sword while seeking to advance his fist technique.
Xu Taiping defeated the Sword Ghost and led the Azure Dragon Armor soldiers into the heart of the Snow Domain. There, the ghost lord’s Redfire Cavalry and Silver Rope Cavalry attacked the Azure Dragon Phantom, while a wounded silver-robed saber wielder revealed a dangerous ghost power.
Xu Taiping fought the silver-robed blade ghost while leading the Azure Dragon Armor warriors forward, using their renewed battle intent to press toward the Ghost Lord’s army. After the ghost unleashed his strongest blade strike, Xu Taiping’s fist intent surged, suggesting his Raging Thunder Form had reached its third transformation.
Xu Taiping broke through to the third stage of the Ancestral Sage Fist while battling the Silver-Robed Saber Cultivator, then led the Azure Dragon Armor soldiers through several Ghost General formations. The chapter ended as a Tiger-Headed Ghost General attacked Xu Taiping with a massive axe.
Xu Taiping led the three hundred Azure Dragon Armor soldiers into the depths of the Snow Domain, where they broke through the ghost army’s defenses with overwhelming battle intent. As they charged toward the Ghost Lord, observers realized that human conviction and will could decide the Heaven-Demon War.
Xu Taiping led the three hundred Azure Dragon Armor warriors through the Ghost Lord’s battle intent, where falling words and supernatural cold threatened to break their formation. After driving back three Ghost Generals, he opened his Mountain Spirit blade domain, shielding the army and halting the attack as they pressed toward the Ghost Lord.
Xu Taiping led the Azure Dragon Armor soldiers through the Ghost Lord’s formation, resisting a ghost power that turned them into boulders chained to him. As the soldiers’ battle intent returned with each step, the Ghost Lord created mountains of blades and fire in Xu Taiping’s path, and Xu Taiping chose to press on.
Xu Taiping endured the Ghost Lord’s Word-Follows-Law power by walking across the Blade Mountain Molten Flames, arguing that it could slay the heart but not the person. His defiance rekindled the Azure Dragon Armor soldiers’ battle intent as they advanced with him.
Xu Taiping endured the Ghost Lord’s blades while dragging the petrified Azure Dragon Armor warriors toward him, awakening their battle intent and the spirits sealed within the Azure Dragon Token. He stood before the Ghost Lord, lifted the token, and declared his intent to kill him.
Xu Taiping fought the Ghost Lord with the Azure Dragon Armor soldiers, but the Azure Dragon Battle Intent withheld its dragon breath until Xu proved he could threaten his foe. Learning this from Gu Qingcheng, Xu prepared to use his new Startling Cicada technique to wound the Ghost Lord.
Xu Taiping fought the Ghost Lord, whose Great River Sword Domain overwhelmed him with seemingly endless sword qi. As the Ghost Lord unleashed a torrent from above, Xu Taiping began gathering his blade force and Geng Metal Blazing Flame for a powerful counterattack.
Xu Taiping’s Unceasing Blade Domain neared collapse under the Ghost Lord’s Great River Sword Domain, but Xu continued gathering his Blade Intent and Blade Force without drawing his blade. He finally unleashed his power, halted the Ghost Lord’s attack, and erased the hundreds of Sword Qi torrents, leaving their confrontation unresolved.
Xu Taiping used the Startling Cicada Form against the Ghost Lord, then summoned the Azure Dragon Immortal Lord, who destroyed the Ghost Lord and his Ghost Generals. At the Eight Views Dao Palace, Yun Shiliu and a figure in azure mist discussed whether Xu Taiping could lead the Azure Dragon Armor warriors through the Eight-Faced Tower and reach the Mysterious Wasteland Tower’s Eleventh Layer.
After the cultivators escaped the Snow Domain and reached the bridge to the Mysterious Wasteland Tower’s Tenth Layer, the Tower Spirit rewarded the Azure Dragon Armor soldiers and offered Xu Taiping special gifts for his achievements. Xu Taiping learned that he could take three Sealing Artifacts out of the tower and receive the Heavenly Wrath Five Forms Art, while the Tower Spirit had yet to reveal his third gift.
Xu Taiping received rewards for reaching the Tenth Layer and reunited with his senior siblings and allies. After leaving the snow domain, Chu Yinan and other Azure Dragon Armor cultivators asked him to remove their restraints so they could climb the tower independently.
Xu Taiping let Chu Yinan and the other cultivators leave the Azure Dragon Armor, and told its remaining members they could leave while keeping their military merit if they could challenge the Tenth Layer. The chapter ended with Xu Taiping asking Mu Yun whether he and his companions intended to stay.
Xu Taiping and the remaining Azure Dragon Armor troops planned how to fight the Seven Evils guarding the Eight-Faced Tower. After assigning allies to the first six floors, Xu Taiping prepared to face the seventh-floor villain alone, while Chu Yinan challenged him to meet on the eighth floor.
Xu Taiping entered the Eight-Faced Tower while Xuanzhi and the Scripture Guardians fought Evil Monk Zhichen on the first floor. Xu Taiping reached the sixth floor, where his companions prepared to face its guardian so he could continue to the seventh.
Xu Taiping urged Dugu Qingxiao, Jiang Zhi, and Zhao Linglong to trust Gu Qingcheng as they faced the Sixth Evil, Greedy Snake. The Azure Profound Sect disciples attacked with surprising power, and Zhao Linglong summoned a Fire-Armored Divine General as the fight continued.
Zhao Linglong fell under Greedy Snake’s Ten Fingers Linked to the Heart true intent after pursuing him for merit, and Gu Qingcheng explained how it worked. Determined not to hold Xu Taiping back, Zhao Linglong severed all five fingers of one hand and collapsed in agony.
Gu Qingcheng suppressed Greedy Snake and urged Xu Taiping to continue to the Seventh Floor, while Zhao Linglong endured the pain of severing her fingers. There, Xu Taiping encountered the Infant Ghost, but Duan Xiaoyu, disguised as a green-clad girl, attacked it first and tore into its body with a powerful saber strike.
Duan Xiaoyu held off the Infant Ghost so Xu Taiping could enter the Eight-Faced Tower’s Eighth Layer. There, Xu Taiping watched the Blade Slave defeat Yun Ye with ordinary saber moves and recognized a resemblance to the Blade Ghost before the Blade Slave ordered him inside.
Xu Taiping entered the Eight-Faced Tower and watched Blade Slave defeat Luo Cheng after Luo Cheng used the Scenery Cloud Bell and six crown caresses to amplify his strength. Blade Slave then called on Third Prince Chu Yinan to fight.
Chu Yinan challenged the Blade Slave on the Eight-Faced Tower’s eighth floor and unleashed the Heavenly Shadow Sword. As Chu Yinan’s next attack converged on the Blade Slave, Xu Taiping sensed an unusual transformation in the Blade Slave’s blade intent and blade force.