Arc 50Chapters 1226–1250

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Chapters 1226–1250 Vol. 13 Read

Ch. 1226Sever the Bear's Head, Everyone, Keep Charging the Formation

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 told Gu Qingcheng that the soldiers had to charge without hesitation because even one defeat would taint their battle intent and ruin their chance to escape the Snow Domain.
  • Xu Taiping ordered Gu Qingcheng to switch to the North Wind Battle Formation and keep it unchanged, leaving him to shoulder any attack from an enemy commander alone.
  • Gu Qingcheng gave the order, and the Azure Dragon Armor soldiers, including Dugu Qingxiao and Zhao Linglong, answered as the Azure Dragon Phantom's aura intensified.
  • Yun Ye warned Gu Qingcheng that Xu Taiping could not face four Double Grade A ghost generals and two troops of ghost cavalry alone.
  • Gu Qingcheng argued that fighting the ghost generals one by one would wear the Azure Dragon forces down, but Yun Ye insisted they could leave the tower and try again after a defeat.

Ch. 1227Slay the Sword Ghost, Not a Single Battle Can Be Lost!

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.

  • Gu Qingcheng prompted Yun Ye to realize that the group could escape the Snow Domain only if they never lost and maintained their pure battle intent.
  • A Ghost King army attacked the Azure Dragon formation, and Xu Taiping used Golden Flame and the Ancestral Sage Fist to repel its Sword Cultivator commander.
  • Xu Taiping's escalating Raging Thunder Form punches drove back the Sword Cultivator Ghost King and shattered his enormous Flying Sword after 2,700 blows.
  • The Sword Cultivator Ghost King summoned a flaming meteor as his Heaven-Falling Sword, and Xu Taiping raised his Raging Thunder Form to the second stage to meet it.

Ch. 1228Facing the ghost lord, the silver-robed saber wielder's ghost power

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 shattered the Sword Ghost’s Heaven-Falling flying sword, killed him with a punch, and took his jade hairpin.
  • The Azure Dragon Armor soldiers surged through the ghost generals’ formation, strengthening their battle intent as they advanced into the Snow Domain’s center.
  • The Redfire Cavalry’s spirit mirror scorched the Azure Dragon Phantom while the Silver Rope Cavalry bound it with a silver rope.
  • A blue-robed Daoist and a silver-robed saber wielder attacked Xu Taiping, but he broke their strikes and punched the saber wielder in the chest.
  • The silver-robed saber wielder’s aura grew stronger after he was injured, and Gu Qingcheng warned Xu Taiping that his ghost power increased as he neared death.

Ch. 1229Meeting the Ghost Lord, My Proudest Blade Strike

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’s clone used the Sea-Swallowing Seal to absorb the blue-robed Daoist’s flame attack while Xu Taiping battered the silver-robed blade ghost.
  • Xu Taiping urged the Azure Dragon Armor warriors to keep charging, renewing their battle intent and driving the Azure Dragon Phantom forward.
  • Xu Taiping met the silver-robed blade ghost’s waterfall-like strike with his Mountain-Setting Fist and sensed a sudden insight into fist intent.
  • The silver-robed blade ghost used his ghost power to transform his body into a blood blade and unleash One Blade Cuts Heaven.
  • Gu Qingcheng stopped the Azure Dragon Armor warriors from leaving formation to rescue Xu Taiping, whose fist intent and Bull Demon Phantom suddenly surged as she suspected his Raging Thunder Form had reached its third transformation.

Ch. 1230Facing the Ghost Lord, the Power of the Third-Stage Raging Thunder Form

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 used alternating punches with his Bull Demon phantoms to withstand the Silver-Robed Saber Cultivator's Blade Shadow and build his fist force.
  • Xu Taiping comprehended the third stage of the Ancestral Sage Fist and shattered the Blade Shadow with hundreds of punches.
  • Xu Taiping punched the Silver-Robed Saber Cultivator into black mist, then killed the Azure-Robed Daoist and took his Spirit Mirror.
  • Gu Qingcheng ordered the three hundred Azure Dragon Armor soldiers to charge through the Ghost General formations, and their Azure Dragon battle intent broke through the enemy ranks.
  • A Tiger-Headed Ghost General leaped from his formation and swung a massive axe at Xu Taiping.

Ch. 1231Breaking the Ghost Formation, Human Conviction and Will

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 shattered the Tiger-Beast Ghost General and led the Azure Dragon Armor soldiers into the Snow Domain.
  • Xu Taiping called on the soldiers to avenge their dead and refuse to submit, stirring Gu Qingcheng and the Mysterious Wasteland Heaven cultivators to cry out for a charge.
  • The Azure Dragon formation met three thousand Ghost Armor soldiers and their black flood-dragon battle intent, defeating them without losing a soldier as Xu Taiping killed their spear-wielding Ghost King.
  • Vice Palace Master Yun Shiliu concluded that human battle intent was the key to victory in the Heaven-Demon War as Xu Taiping’s force drove toward the Ghost Lord.
  • An unseen voice urged Xu Taiping to keep charging and prove how high his battle intent could rise.

Ch. 1232Breaking the battle intent, words fluttering down

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 and the three hundred armored warriors broke through the Ghost Lord’s invisible battle-intent wall and charged toward him.
  • The Ghost Lord’s moonlit battle intent unfolded into scrolls whose falling words battered the Azure Dragon Phantom, while Gu Qingcheng urged Xu Taiping to lead the charge.
  • The Ghost Lord sighed, sending a supernatural chill through the army that slowed its advance and froze the Azure Dragon Phantom.
  • Three Ghost Generals attacked Xu Taiping, who struck them back with the Mountain-Setting Fist, badly injuring two and leaving the strongest unscathed.
  • Xu Taiping opened his Mountain Spirit blade domain, which scattered the falling words and blocked the Ghost Lord’s cold from the Azure Dragon warriors.

Ch. 1233Breaking Battle Intent, the Ghost Power of the Snow Domain's 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 used his blade domain to clear the Ghost Armor Army Formation while Gu Qingcheng asked Luo Cheng to use Immortal Caressing the Crown to replenish him.
  • The Ghost Lord questioned whether the Azure Dragon Army Formation was also a shackle, then used his words as law to turn the soldiers into boulders chained to Xu Taiping’s feet.
  • Gu Qingcheng explained that the ghost power had transformed their perceptions, and Xu Taiping discovered he could drag the boulders forward through will and thought.
  • As Xu Taiping kept stepping forward, the soldiers regained their senses and their battle intent grew stronger.
  • The Ghost Lord conjured a mountain of blades and a sea of fire ahead of Xu Taiping, who declared he dared to proceed and took a step forward.

Ch. 1234Breaking Battle Intent: It Could Only Slay the Heart, Not the Person

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 realized the Ghost Lord had made the blades, flames, and pain real while reducing his body to that of a mortal.
  • Xu Taiping declared that the Ghost Lord’s power could only break a person’s heart, then insisted he could still kill the Ghost Lord.
  • Xu Taiping repeatedly pulled his feet from the blades and stepped forward despite his injuries, inspiring the three hundred Azure Dragon Armor soldiers.
  • Yun Ye admitted the Azure Dragon Token should belong to Xu Taiping, while Gu Qingcheng recalled her brother’s sacrifice and felt her battle intent surge.
  • The Azure Dragon Armor soldiers’ battle intent rose with each of Xu Taiping’s steps, and the Azure Dragon Phantom roared as heat gathered in its body.

Ch. 1235Summoning the Azure Dragon-Ghost Lord, I've Come to Kill You

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 pulled himself off the blades piercing him and continued dragging the three hundred petrified Azure Dragon Armor warriors toward the Ghost Lord.
  • Dugu Qingxiao and Zhao Linglong resolved to help Xu Taiping, and their battle intent joined the others to strengthen the Azure Dragon Phantom.
  • Yun Shiliu asked Elder Fang to wake the old Palace Master after recognizing the significance of the battle.
  • Xu Taiping reached the Ghost Lord, and the Azure Dragon Phantom summoned the remnant souls of the fallen Azure Dragon Armor warriors to lift him back to his feet.
  • Xu Taiping raised the Azure Dragon Token and told the Ghost Lord he had come to kill him.

Ch. 1236Exhaling Dragon Breath, the Unceasing Blade Domain and Chaotic Cicada

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 summoned the Azure Dragon Battle Intent with the Azure Dragon Token, breaking the Ghost Lord’s scroll battle intent and restoring the Azure Dragon Armor soldiers to their original forms.
  • Luo Cheng of the Eight Views Dao Palace used Immortal Caressing the Crown to restore Xu Taiping’s true essence and blood qi and strengthen his body.
  • Xu Taiping led the Azure Dragon Armor soldiers in a charge that collided with the Ghost Lord’s formation and killed the Ghost Creatures outside its protection.
  • Xu Taiping clashed blades and domains with the Ghost Lord, struggling against his powerful swordsmanship while the Azure Dragon Battle Intent did not assist him.
  • Gu Qingcheng told Xu Taiping that the Azure Dragon Battle Intent had gathered dragon breath but needed him to demonstrate a threatening ultimate technique before it would exhale it.
  • Xu Taiping decided to fuse Chaotic Cicada with the Unceasing Blade Domain into his newly named Startling Cicada technique.

Ch. 1237Breathing Dragon Breath, the Ghost Lord's Great River Sword Intent

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.

  • The Ghost Lord struck Xu Taiping with abundant sword qi, and Xu Taiping used his Mysterious Origin Avatar and blade domain to break through it.
  • Xu Taiping charged the Ghost Lord and unleashed repeated Dragon-Slaying Form slashes, but the Ghost Lord evaded them within his river of sword qi.
  • Xu Taiping realized the Ghost Lord's domain could engulf other domains and drew on the Golden Flame of the Origin Returning True Fire.
  • The Ghost Lord unleashed a vast torrent of sword qi that compressed Xu Taiping's blade domain to a ten-zhang area.
  • Xu Taiping ignored the Thunder Soul Blade's prompting and continued gathering blade force, blade qi, and the Geng Metal Blazing Flame.

Ch. 1238Breathing Dragon Breath, Zhi Zhi Zhi Zhi Zhi Zhi Zhi

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.

  • The Ghost Lord’s Sword Qi battered Xu Taiping’s Blade Domain until its dragon and crane phantoms shattered and the Lotus Throne cracked.
  • Xu Taiping released a powerful Blade Intent and Blade Force, which Gu Qingcheng recognized as his preparation to use blade techniques at the Ultimate Realm.
  • The Ghost Lord invoked “Hundred Rivers Return to the Sea,” sending hundreds of Sword Qi torrents at Xu Taiping from every direction.
  • As the torrents drove Xu Taiping’s Blade Domain down to seven feet, he erupted with a tremendous Blade Force that pinned the attack and immobilized the Ghost Lord.
  • Xu Taiping’s blade shadows, accompanied by cicada cries and Geng Metal Thunderflame, dissolved all the Sword Qi torrents.

Ch. 1239Slaying the Ghost Lord, the Unceasing Blade Domain's Startling Cicada Form

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.

  • Xu Taiping’s Startling Cicada Form shattered the Ghost Lord’s sword domain and protective sword gang, but the Ghost Lord survived and caught Xu Taiping’s follow-up strike at the cost of an arm and a long blade wound.
  • The Ghost Lord charged Xu Taiping and the three hundred Azure Dragon Armor warriors, and Xu Taiping raised the Azure Dragon Token to command the Azure Dragon Immortal Lord to join the battle.
  • The Azure Dragon Immortal Lord answered Xu Taiping’s command and blasted the Ghost Lord and thousands of Ghost Generals into ashes with dragon breath.
  • At the Eight Views Dao Palace, Yun Shiliu and a figure hidden in azure mist discussed the rarity of someone commanding the true dragon and whether Xu Taiping could reach the tower’s top floor.
  • Yun Shiliu and the figure in the mist considered whether Yun Ye, Luo Cheng, and the other inner disciples would follow Xu Taiping and help him subdue the Seven Evils.

Ch. 1240Receiving rewards, extra gifts from the Mysterious Wasteland Tower

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 reassured Gongshu Nanxing, Elder Zhang, and the others that they had truly reached the bridge to the Tenth Layer, and they thanked him and the other cultivators for their help.
  • The Tower Spirit awarded each of the three hundred Azure Dragon Armor soldiers an extra reward for defeating seven thousand Ghost Armor soldiers.
  • The Tower Spirit told Xu Taiping that he could take three Sealing Artifacts out of the tower and use their Ghost Kings, including the Ghost Lord, by spending Gold Essence Coins or Soulfire Stones.
  • The Tower Spirit offered Xu Taiping the Heavenly Wrath Five Forms Art, which could strengthen his Divine Soul and grant him five celestial powers.

Ch. 1241Rewards bestowed, the Azure Dragon Armor fell apart

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.

  • The Tower Spirit offered Xu Taiping three rewards, which he would receive together if he continued to the Eleventh Layer, and he chose to keep ascending.
  • Xu Taiping returned to the exit and reunited with Dugu Qingxiao, Zhao Linglong, Jiang Zhi, and his friends.
  • Gu Qingcheng watched Xu Taiping greet his allies and understood that his youthful spirit drove him to help Mysterious Wasteland Heaven.
  • Chu Yinan thanked Xu Taiping for his help and asked him to release the Azure Dragon Tokens’ restraints, as agreed.
  • Other Azure Dragon Armor cultivators joined Chu Yinan in asking to part ways, and Zhai Mo accused them of ingratitude.

Ch. 1242Keeping Faith with His Original Purpose, the Departing Azure Dragon Armor

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.

  • Chu Yinan asked to leave the Azure Dragon Armor, and Xu Taiping agreed, releasing him and his followers from their armor.
  • Xu Taiping told the Azure Dragon Armor members they could leave freely and retain their military merit if they believed they could defeat the Seven Evils and the Blade Slave.
  • Gu Qingcheng, Dugu Qingxiao, and Zhao Linglong recognized Xu Taiping's commitment to his original purpose, while Yun Ye and Luo Cheng thanked him for granting their wishes.
  • Yun Shiliu and the elderly cultivator discussed Xu Taiping's character and the consequences for Yun Ye and Luo Cheng of choosing to leave him.
  • Xu Taiping asked Mu Yun whether he, his sister, and their companion planned to leave the Azure Dragon Armor.

Ch. 1243The Eight-Faced Tower: Brother Taiping, see you on the eighth floor

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.

  • Mu Yun, Ji Ye, and Mu Yuchen chose to stay with Xu Taiping, and he welcomed them into the group crossing the bridge.
  • Gu Qingcheng explained that the Seven Evils were each as strong as a Heaven Gazing Realm cultivator and organized the remaining fighters to face them floor by floor.
  • Xuanzhi and the Cloud-Hidden Temple monks took responsibility for the first-floor villain, while Zhang Moyan, the five great temples' warrior monks, Dongfang Yuejian's group, Mu Yun's group, and Gu Qingcheng's group were assigned to floors two through six.
  • Gu Qingcheng told Xu Taiping he would have to handle the seventh-floor villain himself, and he accepted the plan.
  • As Xu Taiping's party entered the Eight-Faced Tower, they encountered Chu Yinan, who said they would meet on the eighth floor, and Xu Taiping agreed.

Ch. 1244The Eight-Faced Tower, Zhichen the Villain of the First 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 entered the tower with Zhao Linglong and Gu Qingcheng as a violent aura surged from within.
  • Evil Monk Zhichen attacked Xuanzhi, who dodged his first strike and blocked his next with his vajra body.
  • The Scripture Guardians attacked Zhichen, but he engulfed them in flames until Xuanzhi grew to twenty feet tall and slammed Zhichen into the floor.
  • Zhichen struggled to rise, but Xuanzhi overpowered him again, and the door to the second floor opened.
  • Xu Taiping passed through the first five floors and reached the sixth, where Zhao Linglong said his companions would open the seventh-floor door if they lasted ten exchanges against its guardian.

Ch. 1245The Sixth Evil, the Disciples of the Azure Profound Sect

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.

  • Xu Taiping warned his companions not to intervene in the sixth match, while Gu Qingcheng explained Greedy Snake’s strength and his Ten Fingers Linked to the Heart True Intent.
  • Gu Qingcheng was astonished by the strength of Dugu Qingxiao, Jiang Zhi, and Zhao Linglong and wondered whether the Azure Profound Sect had gained a powerful opportunity.
  • Greedy Snake threatened the group, but Dugu Qingxiao immediately struck him and opened a severe wound.
  • Greedy Snake shattered Dugu Qingxiao’s Sword Intent with a punch, but Jiang Zhi followed with a powerful sword strike that stripped flesh from his body.
  • Zhao Linglong summoned a thirty-foot-tall Fire-Armored Divine General, astonishing Gu Qingcheng.

Ch. 1246The Sixth Evil, the True Intent of Ten Fingers Linked to the Heart

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.

  • Zhao Linglong’s Fire-Armored Divine General split Greedy Snake’s chest and head, but Gu Qingcheng shielded Zhao Linglong with a talisman as the divine general vanished.
  • Greedy Snake rose again behind a seven-colored mist, and his defense stopped Dugu Qingxiao’s sword strike.
  • Gu Qingcheng revealed that Greedy Snake’s true intent protected him while his ten fingers remained unbroken and affected those who coveted merit; Greedy Snake broke one finger and caused Zhao Linglong to suffer a wound to her heart.
  • Gu Qingcheng explained that the true intent could be undone only by either Greedy Snake or his target severing all ten fingers, warning that each cut would cause unbearable pain.
  • Zhao Linglong rejected Xu Taiping’s plea to retreat and cut off all five fingers on one hand before collapsing after screaming and vomiting blood.

Ch. 1247The Seventh Evil, the Girl and the Infant Ghost

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.

  • Dugu Qingxiao and Jiang Zhi kept attacking Greedy Snake until the door to the Seventh Layer opened, while Zhao Linglong severed her fingers to resist his control.
  • Gu Qingcheng used a mountain character talisman to pin Greedy Snake down and told Xu Taiping to go upstairs.
  • Xu Taiping saw Zhao Linglong suffering from the pain, and she challenged him not to look down on her, so he continued upstairs.
  • On the Seventh Floor, Xu Taiping recognized the childlike Infant Ghost as the next enemy and approached it.
  • Duan Xiaoyu, disguised as a green-clad girl, rushed past Xu Taiping and struck the Infant Ghost with her saber, leaving its body badly mangled.

Ch. 1248Battling the Blade Slave, as powerful as the Blade Ghost

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.

  • Duan Xiaoyu fought the Infant Ghost and confirmed her identity to Xu Taiping, explaining that she had been studying saber techniques under Martial God Jiang Cuicui.
  • Duan Xiaoyu urged Xu Taiping to proceed upstairs while she kept fighting the Infant Ghost, and he trusted her and entered the Eighth Layer.
  • Xu Taiping found Yun Ye battling the blind Blade Slave while Third Prince Chu Yinan and Luo Cheng watched.
  • The Blade Slave broke through Yun Ye’s defenses with ordinary saber moves and cut him in half.
  • Xu Taiping recognized that the Blade Slave’s slash resembled the Blade Ghost’s, and the Blade Slave called for him to enter.

Ch. 1249Battling Blade Slave, Luo Cheng's Six Crown Caresses

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.

  • Xu Taiping greeted Blade Slave and learned from Yun Ye that defeated cultivators could not leave the tower until everyone who entered together had been defeated.
  • Blade Slave summoned Luo Cheng to fight, and Luo Cheng used the Scenery Cloud Bell’s sound waves to press against Blade Slave’s protective blade gang.
  • Luo Cheng performed Immortal Caressing the Crown six times, boosting his aura and using golden fist shadows to suppress Blade Slave’s blade force.
  • Blade Slave unleashed a powerful slash that split Luo Cheng and the Scenery Cloud Bell, defeating him.
  • Blade Slave sheathed his saber and beckoned Third Prince Chu Yinan to take his turn.

Ch. 1250Battling the Blade Slave, seeing the Heavenly Shadow Sword again

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.

  • In the imperial palace, Chu Zhaoyuan, Zhu Huai, and High Immortal Qionghua discussed Chu Yinan’s chances and the rumored conditions for passing the challenge.
  • Chu Yinan entered the eighth-floor hall, greeted the Blade Slave, and prepared to fight.
  • Chu Yinan unleashed the Heavenly Shadow Sword, plunging the tower into darkness.
  • The Blade Slave drew his saber and clashed with Chu Yinan’s first sword strike, shattering both attacks in a powerful blast.
  • Chu Yinan sent streaks of silver sword light converging on the Blade Slave, while Xu Taiping sensed a sudden change in the Blade Slave’s blade intent and blade force.
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