Recaps

The Blade Slave overwhelmed Chu Yinan with blade qi and killed him, leaving the observers shocked by the strength of his blade intent. When Xu Taiping faced the Blade Slave next, the guardian asked his name and let him advance directly to the eleventh layer without a fight, puzzling everyone watching.

• The Blade Slave used manifested blade qi to break Chu Yinan’s Heavenly Shadow Sword attacks and killed him with a single saber strike.
• King Chu Zhaoyuan, Zhu Huai, and Sword Immortal Qionghua discussed the Blade Slave’s strength and planned to prepare for another challenge.
• The Blade Slave pointed his saber at Xu Taiping, asked his name, and identified him as a disciple of the Azure Profound Sect.
• The Blade Slave told Xu Taiping he could proceed to the eleventh layer without fighting, astonishing the palace observers and cultivators watching through Spirit Mirrors.
• Xu Taiping asked the Blade Slave why he did not have to fight.

Blade Slave recognized that Xu Taiping had sensed changes in his blade intent and offered him passage to the eleventh layer, while expelling Chu Yinan for challenging his decision. Xu Taiping declined the direct ascent and chose to cross blades with Blade Slave, a choice Fairy Lingyue believed would prepare him for the eleventh layer's guardian.

• Blade Slave told Xu Taiping that sensing changes in his blade intent qualified him to ascend to the eleventh layer, then expelled Chu Yinan for protesting.
• The King of Chu, Zhu Huai, and Qionghua debated whether Xu Taiping had truly sensed Blade Slave's intent or had secured a secret deal.
• Blade Slave opened a door for Xu Taiping and allowed the other Azure Dragon Armor wearers to join him, though they could only assist him.
• Xu Taiping thanked Blade Slave but refused the offered passage, asking to cross blades with him and saying he would withdraw if he lost.
• Fairy Lingyue approved of Xu Taiping's choice, believing the duel was essential preparation for facing the eleventh layer's guardian.

Xu Taiping gave up his chance to ascend the tower directly so he could test blades with Blade Slave and sharpen his skills before the eleventh floor. Their first exchange sent Blade Slave crashing into a wall, prompting him to open his golden double pupils and unleash a far greater aura.

• Xu Taiping asked Blade Slave to test blades with him, hoping to gauge the strength ahead and gain insight into blade qi profound connection.
• Blade Slave agreed, destroyed the door behind him, and warned Xu Taiping that failure would get him expelled from the Mysterious Wasteland Tower for ten years.
• In the Southern Chu imperial palace, Zhu Huai and Sword Immortal Qionghua recognized that Xu Taiping intended to use Blade Slave as a whetstone for the eleventh floor.
• Blade Slave began the duel by spreading flames of blade qi throughout the Main Hall, and Xu Taiping countered with his Mountain Spirit blade domain.
• Xu Taiping blocked Blade Slave's slash and struck him hard enough to send him crashing into a wall.
• Blade Slave opened his golden double pupils, causing his aura to surge and his blade flames to sweep toward Xu Taiping.

Xu Taiping blocked Blade Slave’s forceful attack on the eighth layer of the Eight-Faced Tower, but Blade Slave then revealed control of blade qi so precise that his crimson blade flames became countless tiny blades. The observers realized Blade Slave had reached an ultimate level of mastery as his blade tide rushed toward Xu Taiping.

• Blade Slave opened his double pupils and unleashed a powerful strike, which Xu Taiping blocked with Chaotic Cicada Stance.
• Xu Taiping’s Mysterious Origin Avatar struck Blade Slave with Mountain Spirit Power and smashed him into the tower floor.
• Sword Immortal Qionghua, Zhu Huai, and the King of Chu discussed Xu Taiping’s talent and regretted that Nine Nether’s Bone-Shattering Curse might limit his future.
• Blade Slave spread crimson blade flames across the eighth layer and warned Xu Taiping against relying too heavily on his blade domain.
• Sword Immortal Qionghua enlarged the Spirit Mirror image and saw that the apparent bloody mist was made of countless tiny blade shadows.
• Blade Slave flicked his blade and sent the tiny blade shadows surging toward Xu Taiping.

Xu Taiping faced the Blade Slave’s overwhelming Blade Qi and tried to achieve Blade Qi Profound Connection by fusing the Shentu Bow’s Power of Thunder with his blade Gang. As his Protective Gang Qi broke layer by layer, he recalled the Blade Slave’s changing Blade Intent and Blade Force, searching for the missing key to the technique.

• The Blade Slave’s mistlike Blade Qi broke through Xu Taiping’s Blade Domain and shattered two layers of his Protective Gang Qi.
• Sword Immortal Qionghua found no way to counter the Blade Qi, and Zhu Huai said Xu Taiping needed to master Blade Qi Profound Connection.
• Xu Taiping decided to attempt Blade Qi Profound Connection rather than rely on his Blade Domain to cut through the mist.
• The Blade Slave’s attack shattered two more layers of Xu Taiping’s Protective Gang Qi as Xu Taiping drew the Shentu Bow’s Power of Thunder into his Qi Mansion.
• Xu Taiping’s blade Gang destabilized when the Power of Thunder entered his Qi Mansion, so he recalled the Blade Slave’s emotional changes in Blade Intent and Blade Force for a clue.

Xu Taiping tried to bring his blade qi to Profound Connection by merging the power of thunder into his Qi Mansion, using his blade intent and blade force to control it. As the Blade Slave’s attack overwhelmed his defenses, Xu Taiping found a new approach and began another attempt, drawing the Blade Slave’s attention.

• Xu Taiping sensed the Blade Slave’s blade intent and blade force, then used an image of a sandstorm to give his own blade force and blade intent emotion.
• Xu Taiping drew the power of thunder into his Qi Mansion, briefly calming the blade qi before it exploded again and left him spitting blood.
• Xu Taiping realized he might need to use an emotion suited to thunder, such as a spring thunderstorm or summer lightning, to merge the power of thunder with his blade qi.
• The Blade Slave’s blade mist shattered Xu Taiping’s final layer of protective gang qi, but his Profound Ice Armor encased him and blocked the attack.
• Xu Taiping drew all the power of thunder in his Primordial Spirit into his Qi Mansion and imagined lightning striking Green Ox Village, causing his blade intent and blade force to surge like a thunderstorm.
• The Blade Slave sensed the change in Xu Taiping’s aura, opened his eyes, and watched him intently.

Xu Taiping endured the Blade Slave’s blade qi while seemingly testing his blade, as observers doubted he could survive the trial. When the blade mist finally engulfed him, azure lightning tore through it, revealing that he had not yet been defeated.

• On the sixth floor of the Eight-Faced Tower, Gu Qingcheng and Dugu Qingxiao wondered why Xu Taiping had not countered the Blade Slave’s blade qi, and Gu Qingcheng suspected he was testing his blade.
• In the Southern Chu imperial palace, Zhu Huai predicted Xu Taiping might become a Blade Immortal after fighting the Blade Slave more times, but Sword Immortal Qionghua doubted he could advance because his Spirit Bone had shattered.
• The King of Chu and Sword Immortal Qionghua saw profound ice crack around Xu Taiping and assumed his defeat would end the tower attempt.
• Xu Taiping remained with his eyes shut and his saber raised as lightning flickered around him and the blade mist shattered the ice.
• When the blood-red blade mist engulfed Xu Taiping, streaks of azure lightning tore through it, astonishing Sword Immortal Qionghua.

Xu Taiping manifested blade qi profound connection by transforming his blade qi into lightning, allowing him to counter Blade Slave’s blood-colored blade mist. Blade Slave escalated to golden blade flames and offered to use only the Life-Taking Blade’s defensive forms for three moves, leaving Xu Taiping to face a legendary art said to kill Yin Gods.

• Xu Taiping’s blade qi transformed into lightning and scattered the blood-colored blade mist, impressing the observers watching through the Spirit Mirror.
• Gu Qingcheng identified Xu Taiping’s technique as the rare lightning transformation of blade qi profound connection.
• Blade Slave turned his blade qi into golden flames, but Xu Taiping revealed his Ultimate Realm Python Flood Dragon Physique and drove the flames back with his lightning blade qi.
• Blade Slave announced he would use only the Life-Taking Blade’s defensive forms for three moves before resorting to its killing moves.
• Gu Qingcheng explained that the Life-Taking Blade, also called the God-Slaying Blade, was created to kill Yin Gods and drive them back into the Wilderness.

Blade Slave used the Life-Taking Blade’s Returning Blade to Sheath Form, which built layers of protective blade qi as he sheathed his weapon. Xu Taiping gathered his blade lightning into his Thunder Soul Blade and began preparing his unceasing blade domain’s strongest forms, while Blade Slave’s defense continued to grow.

• Gu Qingcheng warned that Blade Slave’s Wind Earl Aspect and Life-Taking Blade would be difficult for Xu Taiping to break, though Dugu Qingxiao and Gu Qingcheng thought his Crane-Listening Stance and Startling Cicada Form might help.
• Blade Slave manifested the Wind Earl Aspect, a divine beast Feilian, then assumed a defensive stance and named his move Returning Blade to Sheath Form.
• Gu Qingcheng explained that every fraction of the blade entering its sheath formed another layer of protective blade qi, which would merge into an almost impossible-to-break defense once fully sheathed.
• Xu Taiping drew the suspended blade lightning into his Thunder Soul Blade and transformed his mountain spirit blade domain into his unceasing blade domain.
• Blade Slave began sheathing his blade, and as it entered by half, his Wind Earl Aspect generated at least fifty layers of protective blade qi around him.

Xu Taiping failed twice to break Blade Slave’s Returning Blade to Sheath Form, even after strengthening his physique and blood qi cultivation. As he prepared another strike, his blood qi body tempering unexpectedly reached the Immaculate Realm.

• Xu Taiping’s Startling Cicada Form failed to pierce Blade Slave’s golden sphere, and the recoil blasted his sword arm into bloody mist.
• Gu Qingcheng, Zhao Linglong, and Dugu Qingxiao discussed Blade Slave’s strength while the Old Palace Master explained how quickly he could sheath his blade.
• Xu Taiping raised his physique to the Dragon Whale Physique and his blood qi body tempering to the Purple Gold Realm, then attacked with Crane Shadow Form.
• Blade Slave sheathed his blade in only three breaths and repelled Xu Taiping’s strike again, leading the Old Palace Master and Yun Shiliu to assume the match was decided.
• As Xu Taiping gathered his blade force for another strike, his Dragon Whale scales turned moon white, and Yun Shiliu recognized that his blood qi body tempering had reached the Immaculate Realm.

Xu Taiping reached the Immaculate Realm and used his improved physique to unleash a concealed blade technique against the Blade Slave. The Blade Slave began returning his saber to its sheath, and Xu Taiping appeared before its layers of protective blade qi as the decisive clash began.

• Gu Qingcheng explained that the Immaculate Realm was a stage needed to advance blood qi body tempering beyond the first turn.
• Xu Taiping sensed that his purified physique had become lighter and more coordinated, greatly increasing his combat strength.
• Xu Taiping expanded his mountain spirit blade domain, cornering the Blade Slave and forcing it to begin returning its saber to its sheath.
• Xu Taiping gathered his blade qi lightning, thunderflame, and mountain spirit power into a downward strike that shattered the Blade Slave's golden blade flames.
• The Blade Slave formed hundreds of layers of protective blade qi as it nearly sheathed its saber, and Xu Taiping flickered before the outermost layer.

Xu Taiping combined the Mountain Spirit Blade Domain’s power with the Dragon-Slaying Form and broke the Blade Slave’s Returning Blade to Sheath Form, leaving his opponent severely wounded. Gu Qingcheng confirmed Xu Taiping’s victory and said his slash deserved a place in the Shangqing Realm’s secret scrolls.

• Xu Taiping’s blade shattered hundreds of layers of the Blade Slave’s Protective Gang Qi.
• The Blade Slave formed a golden sphere around himself by returning his blade to its sheath.
• Xu Taiping cleaved through the sphere with the Thunder Soul Blade and sheathed his weapon.
• The Blade Slave coughed violently, unable to stand without leaning on his blade, while a deep wound crossed his chest.
• Gu Qingcheng confirmed Xu Taiping’s victory and praised his slash as worthy of recording in the great sects’ secret scrolls.

After Xu Taiping defeated Blade Slave’s Returning Blade to Sheath Form, he realized his Dragon-Slaying slash had permanently cost him cultivation and vitality. Unmoved by the price, Xu Taiping declared he would still draw his blade, and Blade Slave offered him his mantle.

• Yun Shiliu and the Old Palace Master recognized that Xu Taiping had fused several arts into a slash that showed a blade cultivator’s distinctive mastery.
• Xu Taiping sensed that his body, vitality, divine soul, and cultivation had permanently weakened after he broke Blade Slave’s technique.
• Xu Taiping thanked Blade Slave after realizing the senior had forced him to unleash the slash so he could learn its cost.
• Blade Slave asked whether Xu Taiping would still dare draw his blade, and Xu Taiping answered that knowing the price would make his blade heavier, faster, and sharper.
• Xu Taiping declared that a life-risking slash should wound and kill its target, prompting Blade Slave to offer him his mantle.

Xu Taiping inherited Blade Slave’s Life-Taking Blade legacy and promised to defend the mortal world against the Heaven-Outside Evil God. Blade Slave then offered to escort him and the Azure Dragon Armor to the Heaven-Ascending Platform, while hinting that the tower was guiding Xu Taiping toward a hidden mission.

• Xu Taiping accepted Blade Slave’s legacy and received the Heavenly Wrath Five Forms Art, the Life-Taking Blade manual, and Blade Slave’s saber insights.
• Blade Slave made Xu Taiping promise to defend the gates of the mortal world when the Heaven-Outside Evil God descended, and revealed he would have erased Xu Taiping’s Divine Soul Marks if he had hesitated.
• Blade Slave declared that Xu Taiping and the Azure Dragon Armor could ascend to the Eleventh Floor, and that his Clone would guard them to the Heaven-Ascending Platform.
• The King of Chu credited Xu Taiping’s extraordinary rewards to the Golden Scale Ranking’s Fortune, while Fairy Lingyue doubted Fortune could explain the tower’s generosity.
• As Blade Slave opened the way to the Eleventh Floor, he hinted at suffering inside and outside the tower, then asked Xu Taiping to reclaim a debt of blood on their behalf.

Xu Taiping and his companions learned that the Eleventh Layer held Guifang's Imperial Capital, where six hundred thousand corpse wraiths awaited the Ningyuan Kingdom's three armies. As battle began on Crane Crossing Plain, Xu Taiping resolved to reach the Heaven-Ascending Platform even if the armies were defeated, while Blade Slave declared he would protect him.

• Gu Qingcheng explained that Guifang's Imperial Clan had sacrificed its people to the Ghost Gods, creating a huge corpse wraith army now led by Goshu Miu near the capital.
• Xu Taiping and Gu Qingcheng concluded they needed the Ningyuan Kingdom's three armies to break through the corpse wraiths so they could reach the Heaven-Ascending Platform.
• Gu Qingcheng said the journey to the Eleventh Layer had moved them at least ninety years forward, leaving Xuanyuan Xueluo possibly alive but near the end of her lifespan.
• Xu Taiping vowed that they would find a way into the city and reach the Twelfth Layer even if the three armies lost.
• Blade Slave sensed that the battle on Crane Crossing Plain had begun and promised Xu Taiping he could cut down anyone who threatened his life.

Xuanyuan Xueluo led the White Tiger Army in a desperate charge toward the Imperial Capital, choosing to strike before Guifang could anticipate their full strength. After Ayu learned from a jade slip about the horrors inside the capital, Xuanyuan Xueluo rallied her soldiers to charge until death.

• Xuanyuan Xueluo ordered the White Tiger Army to keep charging despite the danger of being cut off from the Black Tortoise and Vermilion Bird Armies.
• Xuanyuan Xueluo told Ayu that the court’s delay had left them with three months of missing intelligence and that they had to breach the city by surprise.
• Xuanyuan Xueluo gave Ayu a jade slip containing the findings of A Mu, who had died infiltrating the Imperial Capital.
• Ayu saw the horrors recorded in the jade slip and feared they could not fight what awaited them.
• Xuanyuan Xueluo declared that the charge would continue until her blood ran dry, and the White Tiger Army answered with a vow to fight until death.

Xuanyuan Xueluo led the White Tiger Army in a desperate charge toward Guifang’s Imperial Capital, determined to destroy its altar before she died. Just as the army broke through the corpse wraith formations and neared the gates, a silver-haired commander emerged with a powerful black-armored cavalry force.

• The White Tiger Army’s battle intent formed a white tiger that scattered corpse wraith formations and crushed hundreds of Flying Jiangshi-level ghost generals.
• Ayu reported that the Black Tortoise Army and Vermilion Bird Army had fallen back, leaving the White Tiger Army surrounded, and that Goshu Miu was approaching with several thousand riders.
• Xuanyuan Xueluo rallied her soldiers to charge for the sake of their families and breach the Imperial Capital before Goshu Miu could stop them.
• The White Tiger Army scattered the corpse wraith formations blocking the way, but the Imperial Capital’s gates opened and a silver-haired man rode out with tens of thousands of black-armored corpse wraith cavalry.
• Ayu warned Xuanyuan Xueluo that the cavalry’s battle intent was no weaker than the White Tiger Army’s.

Xuanyuan Xueluo and Ayu led the White Tiger Army toward the Imperial Capital, where the silver-haired Otherworlder Li Yezhu used a Bone Flute to gather the scattered Corpse Wraiths’ Battle Intent. As a vast silver web descended on the charging army, Zhu Huai recognized Li Yezhu as the Spider Demon, one of the Nine Abysses Seven Demonic Generals.

• Xuanyuan Xueluo identified the silver-haired commander as a hostile Otherworlder, but ordered the White Tiger Army to keep charging.
• The Black-Armored Corpse Wraith Cavalry’s spider Battle Intent checked the White Tiger Army’s advance, though Xuanyuan Xueluo broke through the remaining formations barring the way to the Imperial Capital.
• Ayu formed a long-spear formation and led the White Tiger Army toward Li Yezhu’s ten thousand cavalry, while Li Yezhu ordered his troops to hold.
• Li Yezhu played his Bone Flute, causing scattered Corpse Wraith cavalry to rise and become linked to the black spider’s Battle Intent.
• The Corpse Wraiths declared their allegiance to Yezhu, and their gathered Battle Intent formed a gigantic silver web that fell upon the White Tiger Army.
• Zhu Huai recognized the silver-haired man as Spider Demon Li Yezhu, one of the Nine Abysses Seven Demonic Generals.

Zhu Huai explained that Li Yezhu was a powerful Ninth Demon Abyss general whose Puppet Play demon seed could command vast armies and combine their battle intent. Xuanyuan Xueluo froze Li Yezhu and his forces with the White Tiger Army’s frost sky battle intent, but a sudden crash interrupted the King of Chu’s praise and left the observers alarmed.

• Zhu Huai identified Li Yezhu as Li Zhen, a former Mysterious Wasteland Heaven heir who became one of the Nine Abysses’ Ten Great Demonic Generals.
• Zhu Huai explained that Li Yezhu’s Puppet Play controlled the Corpse Wraith cavalry and linked their strength and battle intent.
• Li Yezhu and his cavalry broke through the White Tiger Army’s formation and sent its tiger battle-intent phantom flying backward.
• Xuanyuan Xueluo summoned the Northern Garrison Manor’s frost sky battle intent and froze Li Yezhu, his cavalry, and the black spider battle intent.
• A tremendous crash rang out from the Spirit Mirror, interrupting the King of Chu and changing the expressions of Zhu Huai and Qionghua.

Li Yezhu broke through Xuanyuan Xueluo’s battle intent and struck her down, shattering the Spirit Mirror as the watchers realized his blade skill and power made him nearly unbeatable. On Crane Crossing Plain, Xuanyuan Xueluo rose again and charged Li Yezhu, hoping to wound him and repay the long-absent Rusty Lion for an old favor.

• Li Yezhu broke free of Xuanyuan Xueluo’s Frost Sky Battle Intent and countered her spear with a blade strike that shattered the distant Spirit Mirror.
• Zhu Huai explained that Li Yezhu’s blade skill, military command, and Demon Seed power made him a threat Xuanyuan Xueluo was unlikely to withstand.
• Ayu caught the bloodied Xuanyuan Xueluo and gave her a pill while White Tiger Army deputy generals tried to hold Li Yezhu back.
• Xuanyuan Xueluo recalled Rusty Lion and resolved to wound Li Yezhu as repayment for his past favor.
• Xuanyuan Xueluo mounted her horse and charged back into battle despite Ayu’s efforts to stop her.

Xuanyuan Xueluo sacrificed herself to save the White Tiger army and seal Li Yezhu's arm, but Li Yezhu broke the ice pillar and the seal began to fade. As Xuanyuan Xueluo lay dying at Crane Crossing Plain, Ayu and her guards stayed by her side.

• In the Southern Chu palace, the King of Chu, Zhu Huai, and Sword Immortal Qionghua watched Xuanyuan Xueluo's battle against Li Yezhu through a Spirit Mirror.
• Xuanyuan Xueluo unleashed her life-forging Frost Sky Battle Intent, freezing herself in an ice pillar, piercing Li Yezhu's arm with a frost spear, and opening a path for the White Tiger army to retreat.
• Zhu Huai and Sword Immortal Qionghua explained that Xuanyuan Xueluo's seal would vanish when the ice pillar shattered, and Zhu Huai urged the King of Chu to send more cultivators to the tower together.
• Li Yezhu repeatedly struck the ice pillar with his Blade Force until it shattered, freeing Xuanyuan Xueluo and ending the seal on his arm.
• Ayu and several hundred personal guards who had stayed behind gathered around the weakened Xuanyuan Xueluo, who told Ayu he should not have stayed.

Xuanyuan Xueluo and Xiao Yu prepared to make a last stand against Li Yezhu until Xu Taiping arrived with Azure Dragon cavalry. As Li Yezhu’s formation gathered strength again, Xu Taiping ordered his troops to charge.

• Xuanyuan Xueluo stood with Xiao Yu and the Northern Garrison Manor guards, drew her saber, and called them to make one last charge.
• Li Yezhu’s battle intent shattered their gathered battle intent as his army bore down on them.
• The White Tiger Token glowed, and Xu Taiping’s Azure Dragon battle intent clashed with Li Yezhu’s formation, halting the Corpse Wraith cavalry.
• Xu Taiping arrived at the head of armored cavalry followed by tens of thousands of Azure Dragon Armor Phantoms, and Xuanyuan Xueluo and Xiao Yu recognized him as Rusty Lion.
• Xuanyuan Xueluo warned Xu Taiping that Li Yezhu could unite the battle intent of his hundred thousand riders, and Xu Taiping ordered his troops to charge.

Xu Taiping’s Azure Dragon battle intent gained the upper hand against Li Yezhu’s spider demon, but Li Yezhu rapidly restored it by turning enemy soldiers into Corpse Wraith heavy cavalry. Blade Slave warned Xu Taiping against accepting Li Yezhu’s saber challenge, and Xu Taiping sought the White Tiger Token before Blade Slave cut Li Yezhu’s attacking arms.

• Xu Taiping’s Azure Dragon battle intent tore into Li Yezhu’s spider demon, though the demon’s web trapped the dragon.
• The King of Chu, Zhu Huai, and Sword Immortal Qionghua discussed the battle and doubted Xu Taiping could withstand Li Yezhu and Blade Slave.
• Li Yezhu’s spider threads pierced thousands of Corpse Wraith heavy cavalry, swelling their ranks and restoring the spider demon’s battle intent.
• Li Yezhu challenged Xu Taiping to defeat his saber, but Blade Slave warned Xu Taiping that the challenge was a trap.
• Xu Taiping asked Xuanyuan Xueluo for the White Tiger Token, and she threw it to him as Li Yezhu attacked.
• Blade Slave severed the arms that emerged from rifts to strike Xu Taiping, inflicting matching wounds on Li Yezhu’s saber arm.

Xu Taiping summoned the Azure Dragon and White Tiger battle intents at once, driving Li Yezhu’s spider demon back. Li Yezhu then unleashed three hundred thousand corpse wraith cavalry, turning the tide of the clash.

• Li Yezhu warned Blade Slave that the Mysterious Wasteland Tower’s rules restricted him from striking first or killing, but Blade Slave dismissed the warning.
• Xu Taiping used a Mysterious Origin Avatar to hold the White Tiger Token while he held the Azure Dragon Token, then called both armies to fight alongside him.
• The Azure Dragon Armor wraiths answered Xu Taiping, and their battle intent broke free of the spider demon’s web and met it in a stalemate.
• A hundred thousand White Tiger Armor wraiths appeared and joined the Azure Dragon Armor, knocking Li Yezhu’s spider demon back a hundred zhang.
• Xuanyuan Xueluo told Xiao Yu to get the Black Tortoise and Vermilion Bird Tokens to Rusty Lion, and Xiao Yu agreed.
• Li Yezhu commanded the spider demon to control three hundred thousand corpse wraith cavalry, strengthening its battle intent and claiming Xu Taiping could not defeat him in a clash.

Xu Taiping strengthened the Azure Dragon and White Tiger armies’ battle intent, but Li Yezhu’s synchronized Corpse Wraiths still drove them back at Crane Crossing Plain. With defeat looming, Xu Taiping decided to test blades with Li Yezhu before using his last Five-Life Pearl to turn back time.

• Li Yezhu used synchronized steps to strengthen the Spider Demon Battle Intent and force back Xu Taiping’s Azure Dragon and White Tiger Battle Intent.
• Xu Taiping sensed the minds of sixty thousand Azure Dragon soldiers and ordered the army to form ranks, boosting its battle intent enough to break the Spider Demon’s web.
• Li Yezhu ordered the Corpse Wraiths to keep advancing in unison, and their growing battle intent suppressed both armies despite Xu Taiping strengthening the White Tiger formation.
• Xu Taiping judged that the Azure Dragon and White Tiger soldiers would not survive a close clash and considered using his last Five-Life Pearl to rewind time.
• Xu Taiping told Blade Slave that he wanted to test blades with Li Yezhu before the battle ended.