Recaps

Li Yezhu sought the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord’s help in killing Zhang Wuyou, but a warning from Haitang and her husband forced the Evil Lord to reconsider. The chapter ended with the Evil Lord demanding a Heavenly Calamity Demon Seed and a voice from Li Yezhu’s demon seed ordering him to agree.

• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord struck Li Yezhu with gang wind for trespassing on his wife’s resting place, then let him explain his request to kill Zhang Wuyou.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord refused to honor their agreement and tossed Li Yezhu a jade slip warning him not to target Xu Taiping or Zhang Wuyou.
• Li Yezhu recognized the warning’s signature as Haitang and her husband of the Third Watch Observatory, and the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord described their formidable cultivation and fighting strength.
• Li Yezhu asked the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord to name his price, and the Evil Lord demanded one Heavenly Calamity Demon Seed.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord reminded Li Yezhu that Zhang Wuyou had powerful Confucian allies, and a voice from Li Yezhu’s demon seed ordered him to accept the terms.

The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord accepted Nine Abysses’ offer of a Heavenly Calamity Demon Seed to capture Zhang Wuyou and Xu Taiping. As Xu Taiping prepared to seek a breakthrough in the Withered Stone Sea, Ninth Uncle urged him not to turn to the demonic path, but the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord soon arrived in Old Dragon City and called him and Zhang Wuyou out to die.

• Li Yezhu offered the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord a Heavenly Calamity Demon Seed in exchange for capturing Zhang Wuyou and Xu Taiping, and the Evil Lord agreed to leave Fire Tree Valley that day.
• Xu Taiping told Zhao Qian he planned to go into hiding with Zhang Wuyou and pursue a breakthrough in the Withered Stone Sea, and Zhao Qian relayed Ninth Uncle’s warning against turning to the demonic path.
• Xu Taiping promised Ninth Uncle he would remember his teachings and vowed to show the world Ninth Uncle’s sword at the True Martial Sword Champion Assembly.
• Bai Yu warned Xu Taiping that a white-haired man had entered Old Dragon City and gravely injured nearby cultivators.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord’s pressure engulfed the inn, and he shouted for Zhang Wuyou and Xu Taiping to come out and die.
• Xu Taiping took out Zhu Songyu’s Jade Slip and left the outcome in her hands.

Xu Taiping came downstairs to face the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord and Li Yezhu, who had surrounded Cloudrise Tower after his killings the previous night. He agreed with Fairy Lingyue that they might have to spend an Immortal Peach to keep Zhu Songyu’s Jade Slip from revealing the Tenth Demon Abyss, then stepped outside as the shopkeeper finished counting.

• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord and Li Yezhu confronted Cloudrise Tower and gave the head shopkeeper ten breaths to bring out Xu Taiping.
• Xu Taiping thanked Cloudrise Tower’s staff for sheltering him, while they praised him for killing Liang Chengshan and Dong Qiushui and apologized that they could not protect him.
• Xu Taiping recognized Li Yezhu as one of the Nine Abysses’ Ten Demonic Generals and worried that he could not safely hand over Zhu Songyu’s Jade Slip.
• Fairy Lingyue offered to use one of their remaining Immortal Peaches to kill Li Yezhu if necessary, and Xu Taiping agreed.
• When the head shopkeeper reached ten, Xu Taiping stepped to the entrance and announced that he had arrived.

Xu Taiping watched Cloud Crane True Lord and the House Master of Pearl Relic House intervene against the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord, disrupting his plan to deliver Zhu Songyu's Jade Slip. After Li Yezhu was banished three thousand li, Xu Taiping saw an opening to give the Jade Slip to the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord.

• Cloudrise Tower activated its Golden Cloud Grand Formation as the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord attacked, and Xu Taiping recognized that the House Master of Pearl Relic House had brought Cloud Crane True Lord to help him.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord tore through the formation's clouds, prompting Xu Taiping to prepare to borrow Fairy Lingyue's power once the defense fell.
• Cloud Crane True Lord struck the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord with the Golden Cloud Formation's power, shattering all thirty-six layers of his Protective Sword Gang and driving him backward.
• The House Master of Pearl Relic House trapped Li Yezhu with a rune technique and banished him three thousand li.
• Xu Taiping realized Li Yezhu's removal gave him a chance to deliver Zhu Songyu's Jade Slip to the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord.

Xu Taiping accidentally disrupted Cloudrise Tower’s formation while trying to get outside, weakening True Person Cloud Crane’s defense against the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord. The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord revealed his Ghost Water Sacred Body and overwhelmed Cloud Crane, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Xu Taiping struck Cloudrise Tower’s barrier to attract True Person Cloud Crane’s attention, but the impact disrupted the Golden Cloud Grand Formation and staggered Cloud Crane.
• Cloud Crane used Cloudrise Sea-Connecting Tower to block the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord’s sword strike, and Liu Yuan recognized that Cloud Crane had reached great perfection in the Heaven Questioning Realm.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord’s eyes turned blue as he unleashed his Ghost Water Sacred Body, and Fairy Lingyue and Liu Yuan warned Xu Taiping not to look at him.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord shattered Cloudrise Sea-Connecting Tower and forced Cloud Crane to stop his sword with his palms, while the ghost-water flames consumed Cloud Crane’s power and blood essence.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord questioned Cloud Crane’s cultivation after three hundred years of seclusion, asking whether he had mastered only Cloud-Born Sea-Connecting Tower.

Cloud Crane True Lord and the master of Pearl Relic House wounded the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord, but his Gui Water True Intent let him recover, and he overwhelmed them with the Juexian Sword Formation. Xu Taiping intervened by calling him Li Daoyan, shattering the phantom Juexian Sword and provoking the Evil Lord to demand who had revealed his name.

• The master of Pearl Relic House used “Return What Belongs to Its Original Owner” to restore Cloud Crane True Lord and Cloudrise Tower, giving Cloud Crane True Lord an opening to pierce the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord with “Flying Mirror Beneath the Moon.”
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord re-formed from Ghost Water Azure Flame, and Liu Yuan explained that his Gui Water True Intent let him recover unless countered by Li Fire True Intent.
• Cloud Crane True Lord told Xu Taiping that allies would arrive soon, but the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord resumed his attack before Xu Taiping could finish warning him.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord summoned hundreds of Immortal Flying Swords, formed the Juexian Sword Formation, and shattered Cloud Crane True Lord’s cloud tower and the Golden Cloud Grand Formation with one slash.
• Xu Taiping rushed out of Cloudrise Tower and shouted “Li Daoyan,” causing the phantom Juexian Sword to shatter as the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord demanded to know who had told him that name.

Xu Taiping stopped Azure-Eyed Evil Lord from attacking by revealing that Zhu Songyu had sent him, then told Li Daoyan that his master and fellow disciples were dead. The revelation left Li Daoyan desperate to know whether his junior sister Songyu was still alive and where she was.

• Azure-Eyed Evil Lord's Ghost Water Azure Flame invaded Xu Taiping, who drove it back with Blade Qi Transformation into Thunder and Hidden Immortal Wine.
• Azure-Eyed Evil Lord demanded to know how Xu Taiping knew a name, while Pearl Relic House Master and Cloud Crane True Lord shielded Xu Taiping from another attack.
• Xu Taiping called Azure-Eyed Evil Lord Li Daoyan and asked whether he remembered Qi Songyang and Zhu Songyu, causing Li Daoyan to calm down and ask if they had sent Xu Taiping.
• Xu Taiping told Li Daoyan that Fairy Songyu had asked him to find him.
• Xu Taiping revealed that Qi Songyang and the other disciples had died more than ten thousand years earlier while fleeing the Nine Abysses.
• Li Daoyan grieved for his lost master and fellow disciples, then urgently asked Xu Taiping where Songyu was and whether she was still alive.

Xu Taiping told the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord that Zhu Songyu had died, and played the Jade Slip containing her final messages to Li Daoyan. After hearing Zhu Songyu and his master condemn his past actions, Li Daoyan declared that he deserved to die.

• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord demanded that Xu Taiping take him to save Zhu Songyu, while Xu Taiping hesitated because Li Daoyan's Divine Soul seemed close to collapse.
• Xu Taiping told Li Daoyan that Zhu Songyu had died after years of pursuit and a final Sword Inquiry against the demons.
• Li Daoyan accused Xu Taiping of lying, but recognized the Jade Slip Zhu Songyu had given him.
• Cloud Crane True Lord sealed the Cloud Tower so no one outside could hear, and Xu Taiping activated the Jade Slip.
• Zhu Songyu questioned Li Daoyan about abandoning the 307 disciples who died protecting him, then relayed their master's dying question about why Li Daoyan had not boarded the ship.
• Li Daoyan roared in anguish, struck his chest, and said that he deserved to die.

Xu Taiping revealed Zhu Songyu’s final request: the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord had to slay a powerful demonic beast to stop the Tenth Demon Abyss from reopening a passage to the Shangqing Realm. The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord accepted the deadly commission, then learned that the beast was tied to the sacrifice of his master and fellow disciples.

• Zhu Songyu called the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord her Eldest Senior Brother and asked to borrow his life, and he agreed without hesitation.
• Xu Taiping told the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord to slay a Demon Emperor-level beast whose strength rivaled a cultivator at the great perfection of the Heaven Shocking Realm.
• Xu Taiping explained that Zhu Songyu and the Thousand Crafts Workshop had discovered the Tenth Demon Abyss was trying to reopen a passage to the Shangqing Realm.
• Xu Taiping recounted how the Workshop’s disciples fought the Tenth Demon Abyss for ten thousand years, leaving Zhu Songyu as the sole survivor.
• Xu Taiping revealed that killing the beast opening the passage was the way to prevent the Tenth Demon Abyss from entering the Shangqing Realm again.

Xu Taiping told Azure-Eyed Evil Lord that the demon was in the hidden Inner Grotto-Heaven of Golden Court Grotto-Heaven, and the group learned that Li Yezhu might expose their secret to the Heartless Demon Emperor. They killed Li Yezhu’s apparent body, but his life-substitution clone remained as nine dragon silhouettes covered Old Dragon City.

• Azure-Eyed Evil Lord agreed to face the demon as redemption for failing to join his fellow disciples and learned that the demon was in Golden Court Grotto-Heaven.
• The master of the Pearl Relic House explained that the Inner Grotto-Heaven remained hidden beneath a white bodhi tree, and Cloud Crane True Lord invited Xu Taiping and Azure-Eyed Evil Lord inside.
• Azure-Eyed Evil Lord warned that Li Yezhu could reveal their conversation to the Heartless Demon Emperor, then asked the master of the Pearl Relic House and Cloud Crane True Lord to attack him.
• Li Yezhu attacked Xu Taiping, but Azure-Eyed Evil Lord used Heavenly Rotation and Earthly Shift to swap their positions, causing Li Yezhu’s blades and the others’ counterattack to strike their intended targets in reverse.
• The master of the Pearl Relic House and Cloud Crane True Lord reduced Li Yezhu’s body to dust, but the group sensed his life-substitution clone remained in Old Dragon City.
• A sandstorm dragon breath swept over Old Dragon City, and nine dragon silhouettes appeared above it as the master of the Pearl Relic House recognized Nine Dragons Covering the Sun.

The Pearl Relic House Master explained that Nine Dragons Covering the Sun would trap everyone in Old Dragon City for at least nine days and hinder their search for Li Yezhu. Cloud Crane True Lord tried to recruit the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord for the Golden Court Grotto-Heaven expedition, and revealed that they had obtained the Immortal Sword Po Jun.

• The Pearl Relic House Master described Nine Dragons Covering the Sun and said its dragon breath would keep Li Yezhu from leaving Old Dragon City.
• Cloud Crane True Lord explained that the spectacle weakened spells, formations, and divine-soul probing, while the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord said the Nine Abysses stayed unaware of the Tenth Demon Abyss because the Shangqing Cultivation World monitored it.
• The Pearl Relic House Master warned that they had nine days to find Li Yezhu before the Heartless Demon Emperor could deduce the Tenth Demon Abyss's existence.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord, identifying himself as Li Daoyan, demanded directions to the Golden Court Grotto-Heaven and said he could slay the demon seed alone.
• Cloud Crane True Lord urged the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord to cooperate, then revealed that they had found the Immortal Sword Po Jun.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord asked whether Po Jun was truly in their hands.

Xu Taiping remembered that Ancient Buddha Kasyapa had asked him to retrieve a White Bodhi branch from the Withered Stone Sea. Kasyapa warned that a calamity was imminent and told him to spend all his Gold Essence Coins summoning Kasyapa’s Dharma manifestation to save himself and the cultivators in Old Dragon City.

• Cloud Crane True Lord confirmed that Po Jun was in their possession, and the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord eagerly demanded the sword.
• The Pearl Relic House Master explained Po Jun’s restrictions, and the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord offered his life through a Life-Bestowal Talisman in exchange for it.
• Cloud Crane True Lord described when the White Bodhi tree appeared, prompting Xu Taiping to recall Ancient Buddha Kasyapa’s request for a branch.
• Venerable Jiaye warned Xu Taiping that Dragon Breath would soon destroy him and every cultivator in Old Dragon City unless he used all his Gold Essence Coins to summon Kasyapa’s Dharma manifestation.

Xu Taiping learned from Venerable Jiaye that a disaster would soon kill tens of thousands, and Jiaye connected his dream of ten evil dragons to the Nine Dragons Covering the Sun above the Old Dragon Court. The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord revealed that the tenth dragon was the old dragon outside the Withered Stone Sea’s thirty-two Spirit Pearl Secret Realms.

• Xu Taiping discussed Venerable Jiaye’s warning of an imminent catastrophe and the three million Gold Essence Coins needed to cast an Ancient Buddha Kasyapa Golden Body.
• Xu Taiping told Fairy Lingyue about Jiaye’s prophecy, and she urged him to ask whether Jiaye’s vision related to the Nine Dragons Covering the Sun.
• Venerable Jiaye recalled dreaming of ten evil dragons destroying a city and suspected the tenth dragon was tied to Xu Taiping’s coming disaster.
• Xu Taiping confirmed that the Old Dragon Court’s sandstorms had shown no more than nine dragon shadows, and the Pearl Relic House Master and Cloud Crane True Lord agreed.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord said the old dragon outside the Withered Stone Sea’s thirty-two Spirit Pearl Secret Realms was not counted among the nine.

An ancient dragon broke through the Old Dragon Court’s barrier, joining the nine dragon shadows and leading them in an assault on Old Dragon City. With the city’s defenses nearly destroyed, Xu Taiping told Azure-Eyed Evil Lord and the others that he had a way to avert disaster but needed time.

• Azure-Eyed Evil Lord revealed that a tenth dragon could exist, and Xu Taiping suspected Venerable Jiaye’s premonition had been right.
• The ancient dragon’s remnant soul broke through the Spirit Pearl Secret Realm barrier and joined the nine dragon shadows above the Old Dragon Court.
• The ten dragons attacked Old Dragon City, destroying all but the strongest layer of its protective barriers.
• Fairy Lingyue suggested Xu Taiping use Gold Essence Coins to cast Ancient Buddha Kasyapa’s golden body, and Xu Taiping agreed the expense was worthwhile if it saved the city.
• Azure-Eyed Evil Lord pressed Xu Taiping about what he knew, and Xu Taiping asked him and the others to hold off the dragon breath while he prepared a way to avert the disaster.

Xu Taiping sought time to cast a golden body for Ancient Buddha Kasyapa’s statue and asked the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord to keep Old Dragon City’s barrier standing for half an incense stick. He used Venerable Jiaye’s magical power to guide a Thunderflame at the ten dragon shadows, but it burst without harming them, leaving the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord unconvinced.

• Xu Taiping told the Pearl Relic House Master and Cloud Crane True Lord that he needed half an incense stick to hold off the Sandstorm Dragon Breath, but they said they could not stop it.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord asked Xu Taiping how he would prove his plan could resolve the calamity before he spent his strength protecting the barrier.
• Xu Taiping told Venerable Jiaye that thousands of cultivators could die, and Venerable Jiaye sent magical power into the Void for Xu Taiping to guide.
• Xu Taiping condensed Thunderflame at his fingertip despite Cloud Crane True Lord’s warning, and the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord stopped him from intervening.
• Xu Taiping launched the Thunderflame toward the ten dragon shadows, but it burst without harming them, and the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord questioned his plan.

Xu Taiping summoned a golden Buddha statue that drove back the ten dragon shadows, then watched the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord combine his power with Cloud Crane True Lord and the Pearl Relic House Master to defend Old Dragon City. As the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord’s bright moon cut apart the dragons’ breath, Little Monkey Ping'an told Xu Taiping that Ancient Buddha Kasyapa’s statue was ready for him to cast its golden body.

• Xu Taiping used thunderflame to guide Venerable Jiaye’s power, summoning a golden Buddha statue that struck the ten dragon shadows and then dissipated.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord asked who Xu Taiping was, but Xu Taiping challenged him to prove his own strength and left the next move to him.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord had Cloud Crane True Lord and the Pearl Relic House Master join him through a spirit pearl, combining their cultivation and arts.
• Cloud Crane True Lord formed a strengthened cloud tower, and the Pearl Relic House Master enlarged it to protect Old Dragon City.
• The ten dragon shadows shattered the city barrier and battered the cloud tower, but the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord summoned a bright moon that cleaved apart their dragon breath.
• Little Monkey Ping'an told Xu Taiping that Ancient Buddha Kasyapa’s statue had been carved and that it was time for Xu Taiping to cast its golden body.

Xu Taiping coated a Buddha statue with melted Gold Essence Coins while the Old Dragon Court's dragon phantoms opened the Dragon Clan's Seven Lodges Treasury and attacked the cloud tower with a growing arsenal of weapons. The tower's defenders struggled to hold them back, and the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord demanded to know how much longer Xu Taiping needed.

• Xu Taiping melted millions of Gold Essence Coins and covered nearly half of Ping'an's Buddha statue in gold leaf.
• Fairy Lingyue explained that the Old Dragon Court was supplying the ten dragon phantoms with inexhaustible power.
• The dragon phantoms grew stronger, and a silver-scaled spear pierced the cloud tower's barrier as Old Dragon City plunged into winter.
• Fairy Lingyue suspected the phantoms had opened the Dragon Clan's Seven Lodges Treasury, and more weapons emerged from black vortices above the dragons.
• The Pearl Relic House Master blocked dozens of weapons with a golden city formed by True Words, but the city soon shattered.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord warned Xu Taiping that the defenders could not hold much longer and asked when he would act.

Xu Taiping carried the Golden Body of Ancient Buddha Kasyapa into the sky while the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord and the others fought off the Old Dragon King and its summoned weapons. A giant Buddha hand caught Xu Taiping and blocked the Dragon Divine Weapons, as a majestic voice threatened to destroy the Old Dragon King's soul.

• Xu Taiping learned that the ten dragon phantoms had opened the Seven Lodges Dragon Weapon Treasury and carried the Buddha statue out of the tower to hasten Buddha Fate Power's arrival.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord used Old Dragon City's flying swords to shatter the Dragon Clan's treasure weapons, while the Pearl Relic House Master guided Xu Taiping upward with an enchanted bamboo slip.
• Xu Taiping flew above the Cloud Tower as the Old Dragon King pursued him, and the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord's swords and the bamboo slip helped him withstand the dragon's attacks.
• The Old Dragon King summoned more Dragon Divine Weapons and blasted Xu Taiping with Sandstorm Dragon Breath, destroying the bamboo slip and the remaining sword light.
• A giant golden Buddha hand punched through the sky, caught Xu Taiping, and remained unharmed when the Dragon Divine Weapons struck it.
• A majestic voice from above the heavens declared that the Old Dragon King had harmed Buddhism's Heavenly Dharma Protector and threatened to destroy it.

Xu Taiping faced the Old Dragon King's summoned Dragon Clan weapons while Fairy Lingyue warned him of the Human Sovereign Sword's power. At the chapter's end, Xu Taiping raised Ancient Buddha Kasyapa's Golden Buddha Statue and called for Buddha Fate as the sword and other weapons prepared to strike.

• The ten dragon phantoms shattered Venerable Jiaye's Buddha hand and drove Xu Taiping to defend himself with the Cloud-Cloaking Umbrella and Profound Ice Armor.
• Cloud Crane True Lord struck at the dragon phantoms, but the Old Dragon King redirected them to attack the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord and the others, leaving Xu Taiping exposed.
• As the Old Dragon King summoned powerful weapons from the Seven Lodges Treasury, Fairy Lingyue urged Xu Taiping to eat an Immortal Peach, but Venerable Jiaye told him to raise the Golden Buddha Statue instead.
• Fairy Lingyue identified the emerging weapon as the Human Sovereign Sword and explained that it suppressed human Qi and Blood, so Xu Taiping poured his True Essence into the statue to summon Ancient Buddha Kasyapa's Buddha Fate.
• The Human Sovereign Sword and more than a dozen Dragon Clan Treasure Weapons emerged from the vortex, cracking the sky above the Old Dragon Court Secret Realm.

The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord used Heaven and Earth Manifestation to shield Xu Taiping from the Old Dragon King's weapons, but his dharma form broke apart under the strain. As the Human Sovereign Sword attacked Xu Taiping, Ancient Buddha Kasyapa's power descended and placed him upon a giant Buddha's lap.

• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord transformed into a towering dharma form and used the Cloud Tower and bright moon to fend off the Human Sovereign Sword and the Old Dragon King's other weapons.
• The Pearl Relic House Master restored the shattered Cloud Tower and bright moon, but the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord's dharma form exploded under the strain of combining its powers.
• Fairy Lingyue told Xu Taiping to eat the Immortal Peach, and he raised the Buddha statue as the Human Sovereign Sword charged at him.
• Ancient Buddha Kasyapa's Buddha light blocked the sword strike, and his giant golden statue cradled Xu Taiping on its lap.
• Ancient Buddha Kasyapa spoke, "All forms are illusory," and the sand and dust covering the Old Dragon Court dispersed.

Xu Taiping learned that the Human Sovereign Sword held the souls of human heroes and could be freed only by helping the Human Race overcome its great tribulation. Ancient Buddha Kasyapa’s Buddha Fate Power temporarily broke the sword’s seal and presented it to Xu Taiping, warning him that accepting it would bring danger.

• The dragon shadows and Dragon Clan Treasure Weapons fled toward the sky’s shattered canopy, while the Human Sovereign Sword was drawn toward a black vortex.
• Xu Taiping heard the sword’s sorrow and sensed the defiant spirits of the human heroes forged into it, then said that they deserved release.
• Ancient Buddha Kasyapa’s Buddha Fate Power pulled the Human Sovereign Sword from the vortex and temporarily lifted its seal.
• Ancient Buddha Kasyapa destroyed nine dragon shadows and explained that the heroes could find release by helping the Human Race overcome its great tribulation.
• Ancient Buddha Kasyapa warned Xu Taiping that the sword could only be wielded by Dragon Clan blood, would act only during the Human Race’s great calamity, and would draw the Tomb Keeper after him.
• The Human Sovereign Sword flew before Xu Taiping, and he looked at it as its aura settled.

Xu Taiping accepted the Human Sovereign Sword into his Iron Gourd and received a golden bead from Ancient Buddha Kasyapa that could let him command Dragon Divine Weapons. After a warning that an evil entity threatened Buddhism, Cloud Crane True Lord revealed that a black-misted monster was cutting down the White Bodhi tree.

• Xu Taiping invited the Human Sovereign Sword’s spirit to dwell in his Iron Gourd, and it accepted.
• Ancient Buddha Kasyapa warned Xu Taiping that an evil entity was watching for a chance to reach Buddhism through him.
• Ancient Buddha Kasyapa seized the Old Dragon King’s remnant soul, took its golden bead of power, and gave the bead to Xu Taiping before his manifestation vanished.
• Venerable Jiaye told Xu Taiping that the evil entity could be dealt with after he brought back a White Bodhi branch.
• Cloud Crane True Lord showed Xu Taiping and the others a spirit mirror depicting a black-misted monster repeatedly chopping at the White Bodhi tree.

Xu Taiping and the others discussed the mysterious expert who had guided them to the Golden Court Grotto-Heaven and suspected he was a Life-Replenisher. As they raced to reach the White Bodhi and find the escaped Li Yezhu, Li Daoyan vowed to destroy the demon seed and revealed a Spirit Pearl embedded in his heart.

• Xu Taiping learned that the expert who had appeared in the elders’ dreams might be a Life-Replenisher who could travel through the River of Time.
• Cloud Crane True Lord explained that Li Yezhu had escaped Old Dragon City, and the group needed to find him within three days before the Heartless Demon Emperor could learn the location of the Tenth Demon Abyss.
• The Pearl Relic House Master and Cloud Crane True Lord weighed warning the major Secluded Sects against killing the demon seed in the Golden Court Grotto-Heaven.
• Li Daoyan challenged their plan to warn the Secluded Sects and promised to kill the demon seed within nine days.
• Li Daoyan revealed a newly embedded Spirit Pearl over his heart, which Fairy Lingyue suspected he had obtained by refining an entire secret realm.

The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord revealed that he planned to sacrifice himself to absorb the Spirit Pearl’s power, but the group had to stop Li Yezhu before his nine-day transformation was complete. He asked Xu Taiping to contact Xiang Nantian and Qi Haitang so they could persuade Old Daoist Huang to seal Li Yezhu’s fortune.

• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord told the Pearl Relic House Master and Cloud Crane True Lord that he intended to offer up his body, Divine Soul, and future karma to absorb the Spirit Pearl’s power.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord explained that Li Yezhu might escape before he reached his peak, leaving the group without a way to delay him.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord showed Xu Taiping a threatening message from Qi Haitang and learned that Xu had met her and Xiang Nantian.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord asked Xu Taiping to contact the couple and request Old Daoist Huang’s help in sealing Li Yezhu’s fortune.
• Xu Taiping sent a message to Xiang Nantian and Qi Haitang using his alias, Zhang Wuyou.

Xu Taiping received a Guardian Dao Talisman from Qi Haitang and Xiang Nantian, who offered to help and reported that Old Daoist Huang could seal Li Yezhu’s fortune for seven days. After Xu Taiping erased the talisman to keep them out of danger, he learned that Su Chan of the Azure Profound Sect had fallen to demonic corruption and attacked the people gathered at the Golden Court Grotto-Heaven.

• Xu Taiping’s Guardian Dao Talisman activated, and Qi Haitang and Xiang Nantian threatened the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord after mistaking Xu Taiping’s situation for an emergency.
• Xu Taiping reassured the couple, and Xiang Nantian said Old Daoist Huang could seal Li Yezhu’s fortune for at least seven days.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord challenged Xiang Nantian, but Xu Taiping shut down the talisman and warned him not to involve the couple.
• Xu Taiping erased the Guardian Dao Talisman after telling Qi Haitang and Xiang Nantian he would soon return to True Martial Heaven.
• Xu Taiping saw a black figure chopping at a white-leaved bodhi tree near the Golden Court Grotto-Heaven.
• The Pearl Relic House Master told Xu Taiping that Su Chan, a demonic-corrupted sword cultivator from the Azure Profound Sect, had attacked the assembled group, leaving more than half dead or wounded.