Recaps

Xu Taiping accepted Blade Ghost’s offer to fight the evil god inside the Infernal Blade Prison in exchange for a Soulfire Stone, while Blade Ghost promised to retrieve Hidden Immortal Wine. In the prison, Xu Taiping unleashed his full power and split the evil god’s figure with a single strike.

• Fairy Lingyue demanded that Blade Ghost explain why he wanted Xu Taiping to spend a Soulfire Stone, and Blade Ghost said he hoped to regain memories by watching Xu Taiping fight the evil god.
• Blade Ghost offered to retrieve a remaining half-flask of Hidden Immortal Wine from the ninth layer of his Infernal Blade Prison if Xu Taiping agreed.
• Xu Taiping gave Blade Ghost a Soulfire Stone, and Blade Ghost pulled Xu Taiping, Fairy Lingyue, and the evil god into the fourth layer of the Infernal Blade Prison.
• Blade Ghost warned that the evil god could devour his blade domain and that they would be consumed if Xu Taiping failed to slay it.
• Xu Taiping drew his saber, activated the Heavenly Wrath Four Symbols Art, and cleaved the evil god’s black figure in two.
• Blade Ghost marveled at Xu Taiping’s power, and Fairy Lingyue said the soul seal kept him from being the strongest in the Spirit Refining Realm of the Shangqing Realm.

Xu Taiping fought the Evil God, who had taken Shang Jiu’s form and borrowed his Blade Immortal Sabre Arts, then trapped him with the mountain spirit blade domain and attacked with Blade Opens the Netherworld. Blade Ghost recognized the technique but could not remember when or where he had seen it.

• The Evil God took Shang Jiu’s form and met Xu Taiping’s attack with Shang Jiu’s Blade Immortal Sabre Arts.
• Xu Taiping broke through Shang Jiu’s blade attack and struck him down, but the Evil God blocked a follow-up slash with a Black Ice Crystal.
• Xu Taiping used a Mysterious Origin Avatar to draw out the Black Ice Crystal, then wounded the Evil God with the Thunder Soul Blade.
• Xu Taiping activated the mountain spirit blade domain and pinned the Evil God to the ground.
• Xu Taiping sent a Mysterious Origin Avatar to use Blade Opens the Netherworld against the trapped Evil God.
• Blade Ghost recognized Blade Opens the Netherworld but clutched his cheeks and said he could not remember where he had seen it.

Xu Taiping fought the evil god’s newly manifested divine-human variant bone, pushing forward despite being torn apart by its Heavenly Dao power. Just as he hit the bone’s ten-zhang barrier, four divine manifestations rose from the netherworld qi and empowered him with Four Symbols Divine-Human Back-Pushing.

• Fairy Lingyue jolted Blade Ghost out of his mental turmoil as the evil god’s golden rune skeleton reshaped its body into a giant divine-human variant bone.
• The evil god used Heavenly Dao power to repel Xu Taiping’s Crossing the Gods Style, but Xu Taiping pressed forward and suffered deep wounds.
• Xu Taiping kept pushing the Yellow Springs Skiff despite losing both legs, until an invisible barrier stopped him ten zhang from the evil god.
• Fairy Lingyue and Blade Ghost prepared to rescue Xu Taiping, but four divine manifestations rose from the netherworld qi and pushed power into his back.
• Fairy Lingyue recognized Xu Taiping’s empowerment as Four Symbols Divine-Human Back-Pushing.

Xu Taiping split the Evil God's Divine-Human Variant Bone and watched the Evil God's remnant soul enter the Netherworld Gate, but the Lotus Eye seized control of his body and swallowed the soul. The Lotus Eye warned Xu Taiping that their fates were bound together, then began revealing its overwhelming power as his vision dimmed.

• Xu Taiping used the Power of Teaching the Dao to cleave the Divine-Human Variant Bone in two, and Netherworld Water swept the battlefield.
• A chained, antlered youth appeared aboard the Yellow Springs Skiff and asked Xu Taiping how he would ferry him across now that the Netherworld was gone.
• As the skiff entered the Netherworld Gate, Xu Taiping's left eye grew hot, and a fissure opened in the Fourth Layer of the Infernal Blade Prison.
• The Lotus Eye appeared in the fissure, controlled Xu Taiping, and declared that his body would ferry those the Heavenly Dao would not.
• The Lotus Eye drew the skiff and the Evil God's remnant soul into Xu Taiping's left eye, explaining that sealing the soul would cost Gold Essence Coins but not burden him otherwise.
• After Xu Taiping threatened to gouge out his eye, the Lotus Eye said the Heavenly Dao regarded them as one and warned that their bond made harming it dangerous; Xu Taiping's vision then dimmed.

Xu Taiping woke after the Lotus Eye struck a bargain with him, promising divination powers in exchange for a long sleep and taking his Gate-Sealing Stones. He learned he had been unconscious for nearly five days and examined the small amount of Hidden Immortal Wine Blade Ghost had brought him.

• The Lotus Eye offered Xu Taiping a curse mark that would grant him divination abilities if he fed Gold Essence Coins into his left eye, and Xu Taiping accepted the bargain.
• The Lotus Eye took Xu Taiping's three Gate-Sealing Stones, promising to help him defeat enemies below Spirit-Shocking when it awoke.
• Xu Taiping woke in Fan Tower, found the jade box empty, and told Fairy Lingyue what the Lotus Eye had done.
• Fairy Lingyue explained that the Lotus Eye shared Xu Taiping's fortune and said she could restrain it only after he reached the Transformation Realm and she gained a usable body.
• Fairy Lingyue told Xu Taiping he had been unconscious for nearly five days and gave him the Hidden Immortal Wine Blade Ghost had brought; Xu Taiping found less than half a gourd remained.

Xu Taiping confirmed that the gourd contained Hidden Immortal Wine and learned how its power could replenish the energy consumed by the Eight Soul Seals. After agreeing to meet Huang Que, he heard that thirteen cultivators from other heavens had slaughtered the Great Liang Kingdom.

• Xu Taiping drank Hidden Immortal Wine and found that it replenished his qi and blood, true essence, and divine essence.
• Fairy Lingyue explained that Shang Jiu and the little girl were sealed in Dark Crystal, and Xu Taiping decided to leave them sealed until after his journey to Peerless Nether Heaven.
• Fairy Lingyue told Xu Taiping that Huang Que had repeatedly come looking for him, and Xu Taiping agreed to meet him.
• Huang Que told Xu Taiping that thirteen cultivators from Peerless Nether Heaven, Youyun Heaven, and Chenglong Heaven had slaughtered the Great Liang Kingdom under Cloud Lodge Immortal Mountain's jurisdiction.

Xu Taiping learned that Green Ox Village and the Great Liang Kingdom had been burned by cultivators searching for a treasure, and he saw the destruction recorded in Huang Que’s Spirit Mirror. Huang Que asked him to investigate the three unidentified arsonists believed to be connected to Wang You Valley, giving him a Moonshadow Stone showing their attack on Great Liang’s imperial palace.

• Huang Que showed Xu Taiping a recording of Green Ox Village being consumed by True Fire, and Xu Taiping recognized the green ox statue at the bottom of the village pond.
• Xu Taiping asked whether the arsonists had been identified, and Huang Que said ten of the thirteen cultivators were known while three were only tentatively linked to Wang You Valley.
• Huang Que explained that the cultivators had likely been searching for treasure, though the Nine Prefectures still lacked confirmation and planned to consult divination experts.
• Huang Que told Xu Taiping that the known culprits were being pursued across several prefectures and asked him to investigate the three unidentified cultivators.
• Huang Que gave Xu Taiping a Moonshadow Stone showing the three killing Great Liang’s ruler, torturing princesses, and burning tens of thousands of people in the imperial palace.

Xu Taiping learned that Great Liang's little princess was the only survivor of the palace fire and decided to visit her for clues. Before they could leave, Zhao Linglong reported finding three arsonist cultivators in Tianshui City, then was attacked as the villains revealed their fire was a smokescreen for a larger plan.

• Huang Que told Xu Taiping that Great Liang's little princess had survived with an Immortal Treasure but had lost her mind and refused to leave the palace ruins.
• Xu Taiping insisted on visiting the princess, and Huang Que explained that Zhao Linglong and Jiang Zhi were hunting an arsonist cultivator wounded by Senior A Meng.
• Zhao Linglong contacted Huang Que through the Spirit Mirror and reported finding three arsonists in Great Liang Tianshui City, adding that far more people were involved than the Nine Prefectures knew.
• A one-armed arsonist struck Zhao Linglong through the Spirit Mirror and threatened that no one from the Azure Profound Sect would leave Great Liang's ruins alive.
• Xu Taiping ordered Huang Que to take him to Tianshui City immediately, and Huang Que agreed.

Xu Taiping searched the ruins of Tianshui City for Zhao Linglong and learned the massacre may have been tied to a carefully planned scheme involving demon or heretical cultivators. He and Huang Que rescued an injured Azure Profound Sect disciple from beneath rubble, but the disciple was not Zhao Linglong, leaving her whereabouts unknown.

• Fairy Lingyue and Huang Que told Xu Taiping that the arsonists had used vicious Heaven Rank Thousand-Wound True Fire, which suggested a possible connection to demon or heretical cultivators.
• Huang Que explained that the Nine Prefectures had sent the Azure Profound Sect disciples to deal with the gathering wronged souls, while Xu Taiping warned that the massacre had been meticulously planned.
• Huang Que spotted the place where Zhao Linglong had been attacked, and Fairy Lingyue sensed an injured disciple beneath the rubble.
• Xu Taiping smashed apart the rubble, and Huang Que rescued the injured person before the stones fell.
• Xu Taiping saw that the injured person was an Azure Profound Sect disciple from Second Peak, but not Zhao Linglong.

Xu Taiping and Huang Que rescued the injured Azure Profound Sect disciple Li Muyang, who revealed that Xu Taiping’s example had inspired him to cultivate. When Xu Taiping touched Huang Que, the Lotus Eye showed him a vision of Li Muyang suddenly attacking Huang Que, leaving Xu Taiping to face the danger as the vision began to unfold.

• Xu Taiping prepared to give the unconscious Li Muyang a White Bone Pill, but Huang Que stopped him and stabilized Li Muyang’s qi and blood with silver needles.
• Li Muyang regained consciousness, thanked Huang Que, and recognized Xu Taiping as Eldest Senior Brother Taiping.
• Li Muyang told Xu Taiping that his example had encouraged him to resume cultivation and earn second place in the Seven Peaks Selection.
• Huang Que asked Xu Taiping for a White Bone Pill, and their hands touched as Xu handed it over.
• The Lotus Eye showed Xu Taiping a vision of Li Muyang recovering after taking the pill, then bursting blood spikes through Huang Que’s defenses and chest.
• Huang Que gave Li Muyang the White Bone Pill, and Li Muyang began recovering just as Xu Taiping had seen.

Xu Taiping used the Cloud-Cloaking Umbrella to protect Huang Que from the Blood Spear Gu erupting from Li Muyang, who was in too much pain to be saved. Before Xu Taiping could grant him a quick death, Li Muyang revealed that Senior Sister Linglong planned to meet him in Sunset Glow Valley.

• Li Muyang's chest burst open and blood spears attacked Huang Que, but Xu Taiping blocked them with the Cloud-Cloaking Umbrella.
• More blood spears pierced Li Muyang, and Huang Que explained that the incurable Blood Spear Gu would slowly consume him.
• Xu Taiping agreed to end Li Muyang's suffering, but Li Muyang insisted on speaking first.
• Li Muyang told Xu Taiping that Senior Sister Linglong had hidden him and planned to meet him in Sunset Glow Valley, three hundred li west.
• Xu Taiping interrupted Li Muyang when he tried to continue speaking as the Blood Spear Gu worsened.

As Li Muyang lay dying, he asked Xu Taiping to find his reincarnation and to win the Nine Prefectures Sword Chief title, proving that anyone with a spirit bone could rise to the top. After Li Muyang died, Xu Taiping vowed revenge and learned from the curse’s visions that the one-armed arson cultivator had tortured him to target Dugu Qingxiao and the Azure Profound Sect.

• Xu Taiping promised to seek Li Muyang’s reincarnation and take him as his disciple, spirit bone or not.
• Li Muyang asked Xu Taiping to claim the Nine Prefectures Sword Chief title, and Xu Taiping agreed before Li Muyang died.
• Xu Taiping collected Li Muyang’s remains and vowed to make his killer suffer ten times the pain Li Muyang had endured.
• Xu Taiping’s curse inscription showed the one-armed arson cultivator torturing Li Muyang and blaming the Azure Profound Sect for having Dugu Qingxiao.
• The one-armed arson cultivator said he would kill Zhao Linglong and Xu Taiping after making Dugu Qingxiao watch other disciples die.

Xu Taiping learned that Lü Qianshou and the Faceless Tower had trapped Zhao Linglong and the other Azure Profound Sect disciples in Sunset Glow Valley. He and Huang Que headed there, and Xu Taiping planned to turn the ambush against its perpetrators.

• The Lotus Eye revealed that Lü Qianshou and the Faceless Tower had lured Zhao Linglong, Xu Ziyan, and other Azure Profound Sect disciples into a trap, intending to use them to force Dugu Qingxiao to surrender.
• Xu Taiping realized the Faceless Tower's scheme was connected to his actions in Youyun Heaven and told Fairy Lingyue he would leave the Azure Profound Sect after resolving the crisis.
• Xu Taiping asked Fairy Lingyue how to handle the Qi-Dispersing Gu, and she explained that Blade Qi Thunderclap or Gu-Removing Poison Pills could kill the insects.
• Xu Taiping and Huang Que flew toward Sunset Glow Valley, where Huang Que pointed out the valley entrance.

Xu Taiping and Huang Que reached Sunset Glow Valley, where Zhao Linglong and Jiang Zhi were sheltering from the Arsonists. Jiang Zhi warned that Setting Sun Mountain would be attacked after sunset and gave Xu Taiping an Evil-Repelling Pill, while he privately remained determined to draw his hidden enemies out.

• Xu Taiping and Huang Que identified themselves at the valley entrance and were welcomed by Zhao Linglong.
• Xu Taiping told Zhao Linglong that Li Muyang had died after a Heretical Cultivator planted Blood Spear Gu inside him, and Zhao Linglong blamed the One-Armed Man.
• Jiang Zhi said at least three hundred Arsonists were stalking them and predicted an attack on Setting Sun Mountain after sunset.
• Jiang Zhi urged everyone to prepare to retreat through a hidden exit, while Huang Que said he had sent a Nine Prefectures Message Talisman for reinforcements.
• Xu Taiping privately confirmed to Fairy Lingyue that events matched the Lotus Eye's foresight and that he still intended to draw his enemies out.
• Jiang Zhi gave Xu Taiping an Evil-Repelling Pill for the heavy nighttime miasma, and Zhao Linglong said everyone else had taken one.

Xu Taiping followed Jiang Zhi toward a concealed exit while secretly using the Lotus Eye to test Zhao Linglong and learning that the Lotus Eye’s curse-mark abilities carried a costly backlash. The Lotus Eye warned him that the group’s objective was a dangerous “thing,” then vanished, leaving Xu Taiping shaken as he entered the cavern with Zhao Linglong and Huang Que.

• Xu Taiping swallowed a Misfortune-Repelling Pill and secretly sent blade qi thunderclap into his meridians while Jiang Zhi explained why they needed to wait until night to leave Sunset Glow Valley.
• Xu Taiping used the Lotus Eye to confirm Zhao Linglong was genuine, then paid Gold Essence Coins to dispel the backlash from the ability.
• The Lotus Eye warned Xu Taiping that someone coveted a certain thing and left him a Divine Soul Mark with instructions for when he encountered it.
• Jiang Zhi stopped at the concealed cavern entrance and stayed behind, claiming she could use an Earth-Escaping Talisman to reach the others if necessary.
• Zhao Linglong led Xu Taiping and Huang Que into the cavern while Xu Taiping left a concealed Mysterious Origin Avatar outside.

Xu Taiping and his companions reached the cavern where Xu Ziyan and the Azure Profound Sect disciples were sheltering, but a sudden rockslide buried Sunset Glow Valley and trapped them inside. Zhao Linglong rushed to save Jiang Zhi, who had been left outside, as Xu Ziyan stopped her.

• Xu Ziyan told Xu Taiping and Huang Que that the disciples were waiting for Dugu Qingxiao and reinforcements, and might have to use a secret passage if help did not arrive by nightfall.
• Xu Taiping noticed a Message-Transmitting Formation in the cavern, and Xu Ziyan explained that Jiang Zhi had set it up to contact Dugu Qingxiao and the Nine Prefectures.
• Boulders began crashing down around Sunset Glow Valley, and the guards fled into the cavern on Jiang Zhi's orders.
• A disciple told Zhao Linglong that Jiang Zhi had been trapped outside while covering their retreat, and Huang Que confirmed that rocks had buried the valley and blocked the cavern entrance.
• Zhao Linglong charged toward the entrance to rescue Jiang Zhi, but Xu Ziyan stopped her with a wall of sword qi.

Xu Taiping and the Azure Profound Sect disciples were trapped in the Karst Cave after a Gurong Tribe warrior attacked them. A woman posing as Jiang Zhi revealed herself as Liu Baizhi of the Faceless Tower and identified Xu Taiping as the Golden Scale Champion they had been hunting.

• Xu Ziyan stopped Zhao Linglong from trying to rescue Jiang Zhi and led the disciples toward the Karst Cave's hidden exit, with Xu Taiping and Huang Que guarding the rear.
• The disciples were thrown back into the cave, followed by Zhao Linglong and Xu Ziyan, as a giant Gurong Tribe warrior charged in with a bone hammer.
• Zhao Linglong summoned a Golden Armor Warrior to shield them, and Xu Ziyan led the disciples in forming the Shangqing Cloud-Piercing Sword Formation against the warrior.
• A woman emerged from the ground disguised as Jiang Zhi, then revealed that she was Liu Baizhi, a Faceless One of the Faceless Tower.
• Liu Baizhi recognized Xu Taiping as the Golden Scale Champion, and Xu Taiping challenged her to try to harm the disciples.

Liu Baizhi revealed that she had weakened the Azure Profound Sect disciples with poison gu and helped the Gurong Tribe strongman destroy their sword formation. Xu Taiping struck back but was also brought down by the gu, while Fairy Lingyue warned him to remove the insects before they multiplied further.

• Xu Taiping stalled Liu Baizhi while his clone watched for Dugu Qingxiao and the other Azure Profound Sect reinforcements to arrive.
• Liu Baizhi snapped her fingers, weakening the disciples and shrinking their Shangqing Cloud-Piercing Sword Formation, which the Gurong Tribe strongman shattered with his hammer.
• Huang Que realized that the white pills Liu Baizhi had given them contained poison gu, but she struck him into the cave wall before he could act.
• Xu Taiping attacked Liu Baizhi with a Baxia Form, broke her protective gang qi and arm, then was struck into the cave wall when the gu disrupted his power.
• Liu Baizhi advanced on Xu Taiping as Xu Ziyan and Zhao Linglong were held back by the Gurong strongman, and Fairy Lingyue urged him to clear the multiplying gu from his body.

Xu Taiping used his physical strength to overpower Liu Baizhi, then drew the Gurong Tribe Strongman away from the wounded Xu Ziyan and Zhao Linglong. After the Strongman badly injured him, Xu Taiping saw through his clone that Dugu Qingxiao had drawn out Lü Qianshou and the hidden Faceless Tower assassins.

• Liu Baizhi attacked Xu Taiping with her Qi-Dispersing Gu, but Xu Taiping countered with powerful punches using only the qi and blood in his tendons, bones, and muscles.
• Xu Taiping broke Liu Baizhi's arm and sent her flying, forcing her to call on Zeba to kill him.
• Xu Taiping blocked Zeba's Bone Hammer and deliberately drew the Gurong Tribe Strongman away from the wounded Xu Ziyan and Zhao Linglong.
• The Gurong Tribe Strongman smashed through Xu Taiping's punch, fractured his wrist, and struck him into the cave ceiling.
• Xu Taiping saw through his clone that Dugu Qingxiao had drawn out Lü Qianshou and the Faceless Tower assassins hiding nearby.

Xu Taiping used Mountain-Splitting Force and Charging Ox Breaks the Formation to injure the Gurong Tribe strongman, then pretended to be exhausted. After the strongman resumed attacking him, Xu Taiping endured the blows to keep Liu Baizhi and the strongman focused on him instead of Zhao Linglong and the others.

• Xu Taiping dodged the Gurong Tribe strongman's attacks and struck his head with Ox Horn Crashes the Mountain, using Mountain-Splitting Force to disrupt his qi and blood.
• Xu Taiping unleashed all one hundred and eight punches of Herd of Oxen Charges the Formation, cracking the strongman's arm bones and driving him into the rock wall.
• Xu Taiping fell to the ground and let Liu Baizhi believe he had exhausted his qi and blood, but rolled aside when the strongman tried to stomp on him.
• The Gurong Tribe strongman struck and repeatedly stomped Xu Taiping while Xu Taiping curled up and endured the blows to protect Zhao Linglong and the others from attack.

Xu Taiping endured Zeba’s attacks while waiting for Liu Baizhi to use the Spirit Mirror to show Dugu Qingxiao that the Azure Profound Sect disciples were trapped. After Xu Taiping revealed his strength and called for his Second Senior Brother to strike, Dugu Qingxiao unleashed his sword against the Faceless Tower assassins in Sunset Glow Valley.

• Xu Taiping endured Zeba’s blows while waiting for Liu Baizhi to contact Dugu Qingxiao through the Spirit Mirror.
• Liu Baizhi showed Lü Qianshou the imprisoned disciples, and Lü Qianshou threatened to kill them unless Dugu Qingxiao surrendered.
• Lü Qianshou’s countdown made Dugu Qingxiao attack him, while Liu Baizhi ordered Zeba to kill Xu Taiping.
• Xu Taiping caught Zeba’s fist, broke free, and knocked the Gurong Tribe Strongman to the ground.
• Xu Taiping called to Dugu Qingxiao to fight, and Dugu Qingxiao answered by unleashing red-lotus sword energy across Sunset Glow Valley.

Liu Baizhi tried to use Zeba to hold Xu Taiping while she seized Xu Ziyan and Zhao Linglong, but Xu Taiping's clones and Mysterious Origin Avatar delayed her attack. Xu Taiping broke free from Zeba by unleashing his qi and blood, then strengthened his arms to counter Zeba's renewed assault.

• Liu Baizhi ordered Zeba to restrain Xu Taiping and lunged toward Xu Ziyan and Zhao Linglong to take them hostage.
• Xu Taiping's clone hurled the Water-Cutting Blade at Liu Baizhi, and his Mysterious Origin Avatar followed with a powerful strike that forced her to defend herself.
• Zeba crushed Xu Taiping in his embrace after Liu Baizhi promised to release his two children, and his blood mist made his grip even stronger.
• Xu Taiping circulated his qi and blood, forced Zeba's arms apart, and showed that his reserves matched those of a Gurong Tribe Strongman.
• Xu Taiping turned his arms bronze and fractured Zeba's wrists as Zeba tried to trap him again.
• Zeba swung his elbow at Xu Taiping, who countered with Ox Horn Crashes the Mountain.

Xu Taiping killed Liu Baizhi and learned that Lü Qianshou had escaped to the Green Bamboo City Ruins, where the Faceless Tower planned to regroup. Lü Qianshou arrived at the ruins and assured the waiting Faceless Ones that he had not been followed.

• Xu Taiping used the Baxia Form and the Cicada Cry Form to defeat Zeba and kill Liu Baizhi as she threatened him.
• Xu Ziyan and Zhao Linglong watched in shock as Dugu Qingxiao’s crimson lotus sword strike cut down the fleeing Faceless Ones in Sunset Glow Valley.
• Xu Taiping let Lü Qianshou escape because Liu Baizhi’s curse mark had revealed his planned meeting with another Thousand Heads at the Green Bamboo City Ruins.
• Xu Taiping told Xu Ziyan and Zhao Linglong to remove their gu insects, then went to check on Dugu Qingxiao.
• Lü Qianshou reached a secret chamber beneath the Green Bamboo City Ruins and told the elderly Faceless One that Tower Master Song’s Azure Luan Talisman had kept him from being followed.

Xu Taiping and the Nine Prefectures captured Lü Shaohai, Lu Chengman, and their Faceless Tower accomplices beneath Green Bamboo City. After discovering Lü Shaohai had planted a Blood Spear Gu in Li Muyang, Xu Taiping seized him despite warnings to leave his punishment to the Nine Prefectures.

• Dugu Qingxiao and Xu Taiping's forces surrounded Green Bamboo City, forcing Lü Shaohai, Lu Chengman, and the other Faceless Ones to surrender.
• Huang Que identified Lü Shaohai and Lu Chengman as Thousand Heads of the Faceless Tower's Fourth Floor and said they had revealed little about their activities.
• Xu Taiping searched Lu Chengman and found crimson pills containing Blood Spear Gu, then asked Lü Shaohai whether he knew Li Muyang.
• Lü Shaohai admitted he had planted a Blood Spear Gu in Li Muyang, and Xu Taiping grabbed him by the neck as the Lotus Eye revealed a divine soul mark.
• Huang Que urged Xu Taiping to let the Nine Prefectures handle Lü Shaohai, but Dugu Qingxiao stopped Huang Que from intervening as Lü Shaohai taunted Xu Taiping.

Xu Taiping tortured Lü Qianshou with ten Blood Spear Gu and killed him despite Huang Que’s warning that he might know how to break the Bone-Shattering Curse. Before Lü Qianshou died, Xu Taiping revealed that he knew Tower Master Song was seeking the True Martial Great Emperor’s treasure and vowed to stop him in Great Liang.

• Dugu Qingxiao offered to take responsibility if Xu Taiping killed Lü Qianshou, but Xu Taiping said he would bear the consequences himself.
• Xu Taiping fed Lü Qianshou ten Blood Spear Gu, ignoring Huang Que’s plea to keep him alive for information about the Wang You Valley arsonists.
• Lü Qianshou offered to reveal a way to break the Bone-Shattering Curse, but Xu Taiping said he did not need it and used his True Essence to trigger the Gu.
• As blood spears burst through Lü Qianshou’s body, he warned that cultivators from the Azure Profound Sect and Nine Prefectures would die in Great Liang.
• Xu Taiping whispered that Tower Master Song was seeking the True Martial Great Emperor’s treasure and vowed to kill him and keep him from leaving Great Liang, terrifying Lü Qianshou.