Recaps

After learning that the Book of Life and Death could seal and kill Xu Taiping, his fellow disciples and the Azure Profound Sect vowed to protect him. Back in the Mysterious Wasteland Tower, Xu Taiping drew strength from the support of Cloud Cottage Mountain and Mysterious Wasteland Heaven as he prepared to face the seven remaining soul seals.

• Zhao Linglong and Jiang Zhi wanted to leave the tower to protect Xu Taiping, but Dugu Qingxiao urged them to stay calm and declared that no one could harm him while he remained in the Azure Profound Sect.
• Zhao Qian rejected a delegation from Youyun Prefecture and the Nine Prefectures that wanted Xu Taiping handed over, and he and the peak lords activated the Azure Profound Sect's Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation.
• The Azure Profound Sect's disciples sent ten thousand swords skyward, filling Cloud Cottage Mountain with sword cries that Xu Taiping and Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland heard through the Heaven-Questioning Bell.
• Elder Zhang declared on behalf of Mysterious Wasteland Heaven's cities that they would fight anyone who disrespected Xu Taiping.
• Xu Taiping thanked Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland for the support and told him he was ready to face the seven remaining soul seals.

Xu Taiping endured the Eight Demon Emperors’ Soul Seals and fought the Book of Life and Death by imagining it as an opponent, reclaiming his life through relentless combat. Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland told him he had won and promised him a magnificent gift.

• Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland branded Xu Taiping with the Soul Seals as the Book of Life and Death devoured his fortune, lifespan, qi and blood, and true essence.
• Xu Taiping recalled his grandfather’s words and fought back by training his martial arts against an imagined Book of Life and Death, slowing the loss of his strength.
• Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland and the watching cultivators realized Xu Taiping was using the imagined opponent to improve himself and resist the Book of Life and Death.
• Xu Taiping continued fighting after both arms broke, gripping his blade in his teeth until he endured the final Demon Emperor’s Soul Seal.
• Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland called Xu Taiping back to awareness, told him he had reclaimed his life, and promised him a magnificent gift.

Xu Taiping learned that Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland had a way to help him endure the Eight Emperors' soul marks, which were draining his body and cultivation. The Hidden Immortal wine restored his depleted strength, but its rare ingredients only offered temporary relief, leaving the root problem unresolved.

• Heavenly Lord Cangzhu, Heavenly Lord Yunhua, and Wuji Immortal Elder admired Xu Taiping's resolve, while Fairy Lingyue vowed to find a way to remove his soul marks.
• Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland asked Xu Taiping how the soul marks affected him, and Xu Taiping explained that they consumed his qi and blood, true essence, and divine essence at a terrible rate.
• Xu Taiping said he did not regret accepting the soul marks, and Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland offered him a cup of wine.
• The wine rapidly restored much of Xu Taiping's qi and blood, true essence, and divine essence, and Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland identified it as Hidden Immortal wine.
• Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland transmitted the recipe for Hidden Immortal wine to Xu Taiping and explained that its rare ingredients made it a temporary remedy rather than a cure.

Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland explained how Xu Taiping could refine the eight soul seals by forging them into Immortal Swords and cultivating a furnace dao body. He revealed that Xu Taiping’s mortal bone could let him evade the Heavenly Dao’s constraints, leaving Xu stunned by its significance.

• Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland told Xu Taiping that Immortal-Hiding Wine could preserve his strength in a crisis but would not remove the eight soul seals.
• Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland explained that Xu Taiping needed immortal-grade primordial meteoric iron to forge eight Immortal Swords and fuse the soul seals into them.
• Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland taught Xu Taiping the furnace dao body method and said he needed to reach the Gold-Burning Realm to refine the soul seals with true fire.
• Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland revealed that the furnace dao body could transform the soul seals’ supreme yin Netherworld Qi into supreme yang true fire.
• Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland told Xu Taiping that his mortal bone was the greatest flaw born with humanity and could escape the Heavenly Dao’s constraints, leaving Xu Taiping astonished.

Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland explained that Mortal Bone was a flaw in the Human Race and proposed that Xu Taiping unite the powers of five traditions to challenge the Heavenly Dao. He gave Xu Taiping his Great Sun Golden Flame, then transformed his fading true spirit into a raging gale.

• Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland told Xu Taiping that Mortal Bone was the Human Race's flaw and that the Luan-Phoenix and True Dragon races had been destroyed by the Heavenly Dao's jealousy.
• Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland said he could not guarantee Xu Taiping would escape the Heavenly Dao's backlash, since no Mortal Bone cultivator in his memory had reached Xu Taiping's level.
• Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland proposed that Xu Taiping use Mortal Bone to achieve Dao Integration with Buddhist, Daoist, martial, ghost, and demon powers.
• Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland explained that Xu Taiping would need the Great Sun Golden Flame to forge eight Immortal Swords at the Heaven Gazing Realm and share the backlash from the Book of Life and Death's soul seals.
• Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland transferred the Great Sun Golden Flame to Xu Taiping and turned his fading true spirit into a raging gale.

Xu Taiping learned that Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland’s Wind of Forgetfulness had erased the Shangqing Realm’s memories of his deeds in the tower, giving him ten years to prepare for impending calamities. After waking from more than three years of secluded cultivation, he shared his memories with Fairy Lingyue so she alone would know the truth.

• Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland told Xu Taiping that the realm would remember Rusty Lion as the one who saved Mysterious Wasteland Heaven, and warned him to forge an Immortal Sword before the next ten years brought calamities.
• Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland urged Xu Taiping to seek the True Martial Great Emperor’s Sword Embryo and ask Chu Ling for help if needed, then the Tower Spirit and Blade Slave bid him farewell.
• Xu Taiping was pulled from the tower and woke in the Fan Tower Stone Chamber, where Fairy Lingyue told him he had spent over three years in secluded cultivation.
• Fairy Lingyue explained that Rusty Lion had defeated the Nine Abysses’ plot and saved Mysterious Wasteland Heaven, while Xu Taiping realized the Wind of Forgetfulness had changed her memories.
• Xu Taiping sent Fairy Lingyue a Divine Soul Mark containing his experiences in the tower, intending her to be the only person who knew the truth for the next ten years.

Xu Taiping showed Fairy Lingyue his memories from the Mysterious Wasteland Tower, restoring her memories and proving that Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland had altered them with the Wang You Wind. As Xu Taiping began managing the Soul Seals’ backlash, Zhu Xuejian of Yellow Maple Valley arrived to challenge him to another Sword Inquiry.

• Xu Taiping passed Fairy Lingyue a Divine Soul Mark containing his memories, and she discovered that her memories had been altered.
• The Wang You Wind released Fairy Lingyue’s suppressed memories, including Xu Taiping’s sacrifice to erase the Eight Demon Emperors with the Book of Life and Death.
• Xu Taiping took a Dragon Blood Pill and Spirit Marrow Liquid to restore his strength, then told Fairy Lingyue about Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland’s plan to restrain the Soul Seals and Netherworld Qi.
• Xu Taiping and Fairy Lingyue agreed to seek the ingredients for Immortal-Hiding Wine and help Xu Taiping reach the Transformation Realm within ten years.
• Zhu Xuejian of Yellow Maple Valley challenged Xu Taiping to another Sword Inquiry and threatened to kill his spirit pet if he refused.

Xu Taiping confronted Zhu Xuejian after she broke into Moon Perching Pavilion and injured Ping'an, then defeated her in a brief fight. Zhu Xuejian threatened to destroy his cultivation grounds with an Immortal-Grade Flying Sword Talisman, but a white-robed man arrived to stop her.

• Zhu Xuejian blasted apart the gates of Moon Perching Pavilion, sending Ping'an flying, and entered the courtyard with her sword aimed at him and Xu Taiping.
• Xu Taiping challenged Zhu Xuejian for trespassing and injuring Ping'an, then knocked her Life-Bound Flying Sword away and punched her out of the courtyard.
• Zhu Xuejian stood up and threatened to raze Xu Taiping's cultivation grounds with an Immortal-Grade Flying Sword Talisman unless he knelt and apologized.
• Fairy Lingyue warned Xu Taiping about the talisman's power, and they realized Zhu Xuejian had acquired new treasures since their memories were sealed.
• A white-robed man descended and tried to stop Zhu Xuejian.

Xu Taiping confronted Zhu Xuejian and Shen Li at Moon Perching Pavilion after Zhu threatened him and his spirit pet with a powerful Flying Sword Talisman. After Zhu secretly attacked him, Xu Taiping severed her arm, then accepted Shen Li’s Sword Inquiry challenge and demanded three Yellow Bamboo Fruits if he won.

• Zhu Xuejian threatened Xu Taiping with Yellow Maple Valley’s Flying Sword Talisman, while Shen Li urged Xu to appease her.
• Xu Taiping used his Blade Force to immobilize Zhu and demanded that she put away the talisman and apologize to his spirit pet.
• Zhu appeared to apologize, then secretly launched the Flying Sword Talisman at Xu Taiping when he withdrew his Blade Force.
• Xu Taiping split the incoming Sword Qi and cut off Zhu Xuejian’s right arm with a saber strike.
• Xu Taiping exposed Shen Li’s scheme to challenge him to a Sword Inquiry, accepted the challenge, and demanded three Yellow Bamboo Fruits from Yellow Maple Valley if he won.

Xu Taiping reassured Dugu Qingxiao, Jiang Zhi, and Zhao Linglong that he intended to accept Shen Li’s Sword Inquiry, despite their concerns. He showed his strength in a spar with Dugu Qingxiao, whose surprise at Xu Taiping’s powerful punch left him pleased with his junior brother’s progress.

• Dugu Qingxiao, Jiang Zhi, and Zhao Linglong urged Xu Taiping to reconsider accepting Shen Li’s Sword Inquiry from Yellow Maple Valley.
• Xu Taiping learned that Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland’s Wang You Wind had erased or altered memories and had changed the circumstances surrounding the Sword Inquiry.
• Xu Taiping told his senior siblings he would accept the challenge because it could secure Azure Profound Sect’s chance to participate in the Azure Cloud Assembly.
• Xu Taiping asked Dugu Qingxiao to spar so he could demonstrate his abilities rather than argue about his readiness.
• Xu Taiping struck Dugu Qingxiao hard enough to send him into the courtyard wall, and Dugu Qingxiao praised his improved fist techniques.

Xu Taiping reunited with Dugu Qingxiao, Zhao Linglong, and Jiang Zhi after his seclusion, then learned that Shen Li had recovered his cultivation and that cultivators across the Five Heavens would watch their Sword Inquiry. He agreed to proceed but added a condition that the Azure Profound Sect receive half the spectator proceeds.

• Xu Taiping reassured Dugu Qingxiao, Zhao Linglong, and Jiang Zhi that he had made progress in Martial Dao cultivation during his seclusion.
• Bai Yu arrived and warned Xu Taiping that Shen Li had regained the Heaven Gazing Realm with help from a Soul Artifact found by Du Ziyin.
• Xu Taiping said he was not afraid of Shen Li, despite the recovery of Shen Li's cultivation.
• Dugu Qingxiao received word that cultivators throughout the Five Heavens could watch the Sword Inquiry through Spirit Mirrors and told Xu Taiping he could refuse.
• Xu Taiping agreed to the Sword Inquiry on the condition that the Azure Profound Sect receive fifty percent of the proceeds from spectators.

Yellow Maple Valley’s leaders discussed the rewards of the Azure Cloud Ranking and Shen Li’s confidence in defeating Xu Taiping, while Shen Li concealed his desire to kill him. At Moon Perching Pavilion, Fairy Lingyue explained to Xu Taiping that ranking at the Azure Cloud Assembly could revive Cloud Cottage Mountain’s dormant spiritual veins.

• Du Ziyin and Zhu Xuejian complained that the Azure Profound Sect would take half the battle-viewing proceeds, but Zhu Yuan told them the Azure Cloud Assembly mattered more than the money.
• Zhu Yuan asked Shen Li about his chances against Xu Taiping, and Shen Li said his Heaven Gazing Realm strength would let him wear Xu Taiping down.
• Zhu Yuan explained that the Azure Cloud Ranking could revive spiritual veins and cause Yellow Maple Valley’s Yellow Bamboo Fruit trees to bear fruit far more often.
• Zhu Xuejian urged Shen Li to win so she could enjoy Yellow Bamboo Fruits, and Shen Li promised not to disappoint them while privately resolving to kill Xu Taiping.
• Shen Li reflected that his inexplicable hatred of Xu Taiping had plagued him for three years, unaware that it came from memories sealed by Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland.
• At Moon Perching Pavilion, Fairy Lingyue told Xu Taiping that the Azure Cloud Assembly could revive Cloud Cottage Mountain’s spiritual veins, which she believed had once been substantial.

Xu Taiping learned how Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland had protected his identity and planned to gather ingredients for Immortal-Hiding Wine in Peerless Nether Heaven. After Ping’an spotted the Evil God stirring in Xu Taiping’s shadow, Xu Taiping agreed to seek help at Ninth Uncle’s Forget-Me-Not Peak before confronting it; meanwhile, Mu Yuchen sensed that she and her companions had watched Xu Taiping and Shen Li’s Sword Inquiry before.

• Fairy Lingyue warned Xu Taiping to keep a low profile and agreed he could accompany Azure Profound Sect disciples to the Azure Cloud Assembly without entering the ranking.
• Fairy Lingyue explained that Peerless Nether Heaven might hold the ingredients for Immortal-Hiding Wine and that the Abyssal Pavilion’s Thirteen Seats still believed Xu Taiping was her disciple.
• Ping’an saw Xu Taiping’s shadow move on its own, and Fairy Lingyue identified the Evil God within it as a threat.
• Xu Taiping agreed to visit Ninth Uncle’s Forget-Me-Not Peak after his Sword Inquiry with Shen Li so the sword formation could help him slay the Evil God.
• At Guangling Pavilion, Mu Yun, Mu Yuchen, and Ji Ye watched the upcoming Sword Inquiry, and Mu Yuchen felt they had seen the same scene before.

Mu Yun, Mu Yuchen, and Ji Ye watched the Sword Inquiry and worried that Xu Taiping had lost his strength after the Bone-Shattering Curse and missed the Mysterious Wasteland Tower. The chapter ended as Xu Taiping faced Du Ziyin on the Sword-Suppressing Sword Platform and began coughing violently.

• Mu Yuchen mistook her feeling of familiarity for exhaustion from practicing Spirit Refining methods, and Mu Yun and Ji Ye agreed that she was imagining things.
• Mu Yun lamented that Xu Taiping had skipped the Mysterious Wasteland Tower and lost the respect of cultivators who had expected great things from him.
• Du Ziyin of Yellow Maple Valley challenged Xu Taiping to a Sword Inquiry after gaining an Immortal Sword and other treasures in the Mysterious Wasteland Tower.
• Xu Taiping stepped onto the Sword-Suppressing Sword Platform looking pale and thin, prompting Mu Yuchen, Ji Ye, and Mu Yun to doubt he could win.
• Xu Taiping tried to answer Du Ziyin but broke into a violent coughing fit.

Xu Taiping faced Du Ziyin in the Sword Inquiry match, initially appearing unable to withstand his swordsmanship before revealing his hidden Qi and Blood Power. The chapter ended with Xu Taiping shattering Du Ziyin’s giant sword with one punch and sending him flying.

• Xu Taiping coughed up blood, prompting Mu Yun, Ji Ye, and Mu Yuchen to speculate that he had injured himself trying to break the Bone-Shattering Curse.
• Du Ziyin struck Xu Taiping with a storm of Sword Qi and sent him nearly off the Sword-Suppressing Sword Platform.
• Dugu Qingxiao explained that Du Ziyin had grown stronger in the Mysterious Wasteland Tower and considered stopping the match if Xu Taiping could not withstand another strike.
• Du Ziyin formed a giant sword from hundreds of streams of Sword Qi and urged Xu Taiping to concede.
• Xu Taiping released his sealed Qi and Blood Power, shattered Du Ziyin’s giant sword with a punch, then rushed forward and struck him hard enough to break his protective sword gang and send him flying.

Xu Taiping repeatedly broke Du Ziyin’s sword attacks with increasingly powerful Great Sage Fist techniques. Du Ziyin summoned the Immortal Sword Molten Gold and again demanded that Xu Taiping concede.

• Mu Yun explained that Xu Taiping’s precise control of Qi and Blood Power and his mastery of fist techniques gave his punches their extraordinary might.
• Xu Taiping shattered Du Ziyin’s sword attacks with Baxia and then used the Raging Thunder Form to destroy his five flying swords.
• Mu Yun recognized Xu Taiping’s near-ultimate mastery of the Great Sage Fist, unaware that Xu Taiping had inherited the Ancestral Sage Fist.
• Du Ziyin summoned the Immortal Sword Molten Gold, whose flames rapidly produced many flying swords of sword Qi.
• Du Ziyin pointed Molten Gold at Xu Taiping and demanded once more that he concede before the watching world.

Xu Taiping fought Du Ziyin by striking down his sword attacks with the Golden Essence-tempered fists of the Raging Thunder Form. He advanced to the Purple Gold Realm and sent Molten Gold flying again, leaving a crack in the Immortal Weapon’s blade.

• Xu Taiping faced Du Ziyin’s rain of flaming sword qi and shattered hundreds of sword shadows with a Golden Essence-tempered punch.
• Du Ziyin continued attacking with Molten Gold, and Xu Taiping broke through the remaining sword shadows with another punch.
• Du Ziyin transformed into a flaming tiger that swallowed Xu Taiping, but Xu Taiping burst out and sent Molten Gold flying with Baxia of the Great Sage Fist.
• Du Ziyin launched Molten Gold at Xu Taiping again, and Xu Taiping revealed his Purple Gold Realm fists and struck the sword away.
• Molten Gold flew off with a crack in its blade.

Xu Taiping battered Du Ziyin and shattered the tip of his Immortal Sword Molten Gold, leaving him exposed. After Xu Taiping stopped at Shen Li’s plea, Du Ziyin attacked him by surprise, but was sent tumbling across the platform as Xu Taiping brought his fist down again.

• Du Ziyin repeatedly drove the damaged Immortal Sword Molten Gold at Xu Taiping, who punched it away and cracked it further.
• Xu Taiping pinned the sword with Raging Thunder Form and struck it eight hundred times, breaking off its tip and dispersing its spiritual power.
• Shen Li asked Xu Taiping to spare Du Ziyin, and Xu Taiping withdrew his fist before landing a final blow.
• Du Ziyin sprang up and slashed at Xu Taiping with the broken sword, prompting Zhao Linglong to curse and Dugu Qingxiao to summon his sword.
• Du Ziyin was knocked backward across the Sword-Suppressing Sword Platform, and Xu Taiping appeared above him and brought his fist down.

Xu Taiping defeated Du Ziyin in the Sword Inquiry, forcing him to concede after repeatedly stabbing him with a broken sword. Shen Li then challenged Xu Taiping, who faced him with the blade intent he had honed in the Mysterious Wasteland Tower.

• Xu Taiping used overwhelming speed to stop Du Ziyin, then picked up the broken Immortal Sword Molten Gold and demanded that Du Ziyin concede.
• Du Ziyin refused, so Xu Taiping stabbed him twice and threatened to continue until Du Ziyin finally cried out that he conceded.
• Shen Li accused Xu Taiping of fighting viciously and challenged him to a Sword Inquiry, while Xu Taiping accepted and warned that he could meet Shen Li's challenge to settle life and death.
• Xu Taiping faced Shen Li with one hand on the Water-Cutting Blade, and his surging blade qi and killing intent silenced the crowd at Five Elders Peak.

Xu Taiping battled Shen Li on the Sword-Suppressing Sword Platform, using the Demon-Slaying Blade’s techniques and lightning movement to pressure him. Shen Li’s Boiling Stone and Melting Gold true intent weakened Xu Taiping and scorched his blade, but Xu Taiping’s blade qi transformed into lightning, leaving Mu Yun to suspect he had comprehended a Blade Immortal Realm profound connection.

• Shen Li summoned the Falling Cloud Sword and sent a storm of sword strikes at Xu Taiping, who countered with the Chaotic Cicada Stance.
• Shen Li’s Life-Bound Flying Sword shattered Xu Taiping’s blade shadows and pressed an attack toward his throat, but Xu Taiping used the Shentu Bow’s Power of Lightning Flash to close the distance.
• Xu Taiping unleashed the Crane-Listening Stance and drove Shen Li backward with a rapid barrage of strikes.
• Shen Li invoked Boiling Stone and Melting Gold, turning his sword-qi clouds into fiery rain that burned away Xu Taiping’s blade qi and scorched the Water-Cutting Blade.
• Xu Taiping’s aura surged, and his blade qi and Water-Cutting Blade transformed into flickering lightning, prompting Mu Yun to wonder if he had comprehended the Blade Immortal Realm profound connection.

Xu Taiping cut through Shen Li’s Fire Rain with Blade Qi Thunderclap, but his coughing and blood loss revealed the strain of his fight. Shen Li unleashed his Torrential Rain technique, and Xu Taiping endured the sword-like downpour while continuing to test whether he could fight through the Eight Soul Seals’ agony without relying on pills or Immortal Spirit Marrow.

• Xu Taiping appeared before Shen Li and knocked away his Life-Bound Flying Sword with a slash, breaking through the Fire Rain with Blade Qi Thunderclap.
• Mu Yun, Ji Ye, and Mu Yuchen praised Xu Taiping’s blade control, then worried that he had used a forbidden method when he began coughing blood again.
• Shen Li unleashed Torrential Rain, summoning flaming sword-qi raindrops that tore apart Xu Taiping’s gathered blade qi and wounded him and the Water-Cutting Blade.
• Xu Taiping steadied himself beneath the downpour and resolved to defeat Shen Li using only his own qi and blood and true essence, so he could test whether he could fight through the Eight Soul Seals’ pain.

Xu Taiping endured the backlash of his soul seals and Shen Li’s relentless attacks until his blade force overwhelmed Shen Li’s sword intent. He severed Shen Li’s Life-Bound Flying Sword and held the Water-Cutting Blade to his neck, forcing Shen Li to concede.

• Xu Taiping severed one of Shen Li’s fire dragons but was struck by the other and badly wounded.
• Xu Taiping slashed the remaining fire dragon and dispersed Shen Li’s fiery rain, while both fighters vomited blood from their injuries.
• Shen Li recklessly attacked again, but Xu Taiping continued fighting despite the escalating backlash from the Book of Life and Death’s soul seals.
• Xu Taiping’s battle intent grew as Shen Li became frightened, and Xu Taiping’s blade force began suppressing Shen Li’s sword intent.
• After five successive slashes, Xu Taiping severed Shen Li’s Life-Bound Flying Sword and held his blade against Shen Li’s neck.
• Xu Taiping asked whether Shen Li conceded, and Shen Li nodded and conceded.

Xu Taiping defeated Shen Li, but Mu Yun and the others feared that his choice to become a pure Martial Artist had cut him off from the Path to Immortality. Mu Zhixing warned them not to associate with him, yet Mu Yun realized his father had been signaling them to pass along a secret danger while evading Demon Emperor Zhanyang’s surveillance.

• Mu Yun, Mu Yuchen, and Ji Ye discussed Xu Taiping’s victory and worried that his injuries and unstable path would limit his future strength.
• Mu Zhixing appeared in the Spirit Mirror and warned the three that Xu Taiping’s pure Martial Artist path could attract the Nine Abysses, whose Demon Cultivators hunted such people as nourishment for powerful Demon Seeds.
• Mu Zhixing told them not to reveal the danger to anyone, especially Xu Taiping, then vanished from the Spirit Mirror.
• Mu Yun inferred that his father secretly wanted him to warn Xu Taiping and began writing a message on a Jade Slip.
• Mu Yun explained that Demon Emperor Zhanyang’s Thousand Mountains Map could monitor the sect leaders across Peerless Nether Heaven, leaving the others afraid their conversation was being watched.

Huang Que learned that thirteen cultivators had devastated the Great Liang Kingdom and joined the Nine Prefectures’ effort to aid the dead and demand justice. He realized Xu Taiping’s hometown lay in Great Liang and decided to tell him in person.

• Huang Que received Liu Chuxuan’s report that thirteen cultivators from three heavens had slaughtered nearly the entire population of Great Liang.
• Liu Chuxuan showed Huang Que evidence of the devastation and said the Nine Prefectures had identified ten perpetrators, while the other three might belong to Wang You Valley.
• Liu Chuxuan asked Huang Que to coordinate with the Azure Profound Sect to help the wronged souls pass on before pursuing the thirteen cultivators.
• Huang Que vowed that the Nine Prefectures would demand justice for Great Liang’s dead.
• Huang Que remembered that Xu Taiping’s hometown, Green Ox Village, was in Great Liang and chose to tell him face-to-face.

Xu Taiping prepared to slay the Evil God haunting his shadow while discussing the limits of his medicines and plans to travel to the Withered Stone Sea. As the Evil God began to emerge, Blade Ghost offered to pull them both into his Blade Domain if Xu Taiping gave him a Soulfire Stone.

• Fairy Lingyue warned Xu Taiping that his medicines could briefly let him unleash seventy percent of his cultivation, but he must not take them more than three times a day.
• Xu Taiping noted that his Dragon Gall Stone was nearly spent, and Fairy Lingyue said they needed to seek more materials in the Secret Realms of Outer Heaven and the Withered Stone Sea.
• Xu Taiping asked about Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland's warning that restraining the Soul Seal meant contending with Heaven, and Fairy Lingyue said she did not understand because many of her memories were missing.
• Black smoke poured from Xu Taiping's shadow, and Fairy Lingyue warned that the Evil God was preparing to attack early.
• Blade Ghost asked Xu Taiping for a Soulfire Stone so he could pull Xu Taiping and the Evil God into his Blade Domain.