Recaps

Xu Taiping confronted the Primordial Lord over his plan to reduce humanity to a million people and confine the survivors, then began fighting him. The Primordial Lord’s overwhelming speed and strength troubled Xu Taiping, who boosted his Qi and Blood Power and met the next attack with a Baxia.

• Xu Taiping rejected the Primordial Lord’s claim that he sought coexistence with humans, pointing to the tens of thousands of cultivators sacrificed in his scheme.
• The Primordial Lord said he would keep hunting humans until their population fell to one million, then confine them and raise their children under the Ten Abysses.
• Xu Taiping condemned the plan for stripping ordinary people of their lives and freedom, and demanded to know by what right the Demon Abyss ruled them.
• The Primordial Lord declared that abyssal descendants were stronger than humans and attacked Xu Taiping with a series of powerful punches.
• Xu Taiping recognized that the Primordial Lord’s movement technique resembled Li Daoyan’s Form- and Shadow-Transposition Step, then used Blood Qi Body Tempering Power to strengthen himself.
• Xu Taiping charged into the Primordial Lord’s Fist Force with a Baxia, and after they each stepped back, the Primordial Lord immediately attacked again.

Xu Taiping fought the Primordial Lord with his blade and Ancestral Sage Fist, but the Primordial Lord rapidly raised Li Daoyan’s physique to the Great Sage Realm. As the Primordial Lord attacked again, Xu Taiping decided to risk using the dragon whale physique.

• Xu Taiping drew the Water-Cutting Blade, broke the Primordial Lord’s fist force, and used his Mysterious Origin Avatar to create an opening for a flurry of blade strikes.
• The Primordial Lord unleashed surging qi and blood, restored Li Daoyan’s youthful form, and kicked Xu Taiping away before striking his chest.
• Xu Taiping drew power from the Hidden Immortal Wine, advanced his physique and blood qi body tempering power, and blocked the Primordial Lord’s attacks with the Ancestral Sage Fist.
• The Primordial Lord raised Li Daoyan’s qi and blood power to the Great Sage Realm and sent Xu Taiping flying with a punch.
• The Primordial Lord told Xu Taiping that he had failed to seal his qi and blood power, then attacked again as Xu Taiping resolved to use the dragon whale physique.

Xu Taiping fought the Primordial Lord with the Dragon Whale Physique and the Ancestral Sage Fist, matching his opponent even as the Primordial Lord unleashed stronger Blood Demon Eyes. When the Primordial Lord pinned Xu Taiping and struck with overwhelming force, Xu Taiping’s Prosperous Martial Fortune Token shattered and the twelve-blossomed Earth Fruit Golden Lotus began drawing in the surrounding spiritual power.

• Xu Taiping transformed into the Dragon Whale Physique, shattered the Primordial Lord’s Origin Black Crystal Scales, and tore apart his arm with a punch.
• Xu Taiping closed in and unleashed eighteen hundred punches in the Ancestral Sage Fist’s Raging Thunder Form, forcing the Primordial Lord to defend himself.
• The Primordial Lord drew on more origin demon seed power and struck Xu Taiping with a punch bearing the might of two Blood Demon Eyes, but Xu Taiping met it with the second stage of Raging Thunder Form.
• As Xu Taiping’s fist force continued to rise, the Primordial Lord invoked a third Blood Demon Eye, increasing his power and pinning Xu Taiping in place.
• Xu Taiping’s Prosperous Martial Fortune Token shattered as the Earth Fruit Golden Lotus bloomed into twelve blossoms and drew in the spiritual power around it, including the Primordial Lord’s xirang.

Xu Taiping fought the Primordial Lord while waiting for his Raging Thunder Form to reach its third stage, hoping to exhaust the Blood Demon Eyes that briefly freed his enemy from suppression. After enduring a brutal beating, Xu Taiping unlocked another Mountain-Setting Fist and launched it at the Primordial Lord.

• The Earth Fruit drained Xirang's spiritual power, weakening the Primordial Lord and letting Xu Taiping resume his Raging Thunder Form attack.
• Xu Taiping reached the second-stage breakthrough requirement and struck the Primordial Lord with a Mountain-Setting Fist, but seven Blood Demon Eye phantoms let the Primordial Lord block it and counterattack.
• The Primordial Lord battered Xu Taiping, who endured his injuries and resolved to force him to expend the Blood Demon Eyes before using his strongest killing moves.
• The Primordial Lord guessed Xu Taiping was waiting to break through and summoned another Blood Demon Eye, but Xu Taiping had already completed the third-stage requirement.
• Xu Taiping answered the Primordial Lord's renewed assault with the third-stage Mountain-Setting Fist, hoping to make him use all his Blood Demon Eyes.

Xu Taiping used his Mountain-Setting Fist, a Mysterious Origin Avatar, and the Life-Taking Blade to press the Primordial Lord, who answered with Blood Demon Eyes, fire, and a Spirit Mirror. The chapter ended with Xu Taiping’s avatar exhausting its true essence and bursting apart as the Spirit Mirror continued absorbing its sound-wave attack.

• The Primordial Lord manifested a ninth Blood Demon Eye and met Xu Taiping’s third-stage Mountain-Setting Fist with his own fist and a divine maiden’s wave of fire.
• Xu Taiping punched through the fire wave and sent a Mysterious Origin Avatar through the opening to strike the Primordial Lord with the Demon-Slaying Blade’s Dragon-Slaying Form.
• The avatar shattered in a clash that forced the Primordial Lord backward, and Xu Taiping caught the Water-Cutting Blade and gathered the Life-Taking Blade’s Crossing the Gods Style.
• Xu Taiping’s second Mysterious Origin Avatar used the Mysterious Wasteland Art’s Raging Waves to attack the Primordial Lord’s divine soul, prompting him to summon a Spirit Mirror that absorbed the sound waves.
• The Spirit Mirror began to shrink under the sustained attack, but Xu Taiping’s avatar exhausted its true essence and burst apart, bringing relief to the Primordial Lord.

Xu Taiping opened the Netherworld gates with the Crossing the Gods Style and sent the Yellow Springs Skiff toward the Primordial Lord, who tried to stop it with his demon-seed powers. Xu Taiping’s Martial Fortune Token shattered and triggered Human-God Push-Back, driving the skiff through the Primordial Lord’s defenses.

• The Primordial Lord sent his Heavenrend flying sword at Xu Taiping, but it failed to immediately destroy Xu Taiping’s Divine Manifestation.
• Xu Taiping used “Blade Opens the Netherworld, Summoning Yellow Springs” to open the gates and summon the Yellow Springs Skiff.
• The Primordial Lord blocked the Yellow Springs waters with a wall of fire and shattered Xu Taiping’s Divine Manifestation, causing the gates to begin closing.
• Xu Taiping drew on his remaining strength to hold the gates open and send the skiff toward the Primordial Lord.
• Xu Taiping’s Martial Fortune Token shattered, and four Divine Manifestations pushed him forward with Human-God Push-Back.
• The Yellow Springs Skiff shattered the Primordial Lord’s Heavenrend sword and smashed through his wall of fire.

Xu Taiping fused his Blade Domain with the Life-Taking Blade’s Crossing the Gods Style and drove the Yellow Springs Skiff through the Primordial Lord’s defenses. The Primordial Lord opened all nine Blood Demon Eyes and unleashed his treasures through the Spirit Mirror as the skiff engulfed him.

• The Primordial Lord opened a vertical Blood Demon Eye and raised ancient gates to slow the Yellow Springs Skiff, but Xu Taiping pressed forward with the power of four Divine Being Dharma Aspects.
• Xu Taiping opened his Blade Domain and fused its power into the Life-Taking Blade’s Crossing the Gods Style, forcing back the Primordial Lord’s treasures and smashing through several gates.
• The Primordial Lord realized Xu Taiping reminded him of powerful human cultivators and resolved to eliminate him for the sake of Mother and the Ten Abysses.
• The Primordial Lord opened all nine Blood Demon Eyes, drawing on the White Tree’s power, and Fairy Lingyue warned Xu Taiping to withstand his counterattack until he returned to slumber.
• Xu Taiping drove the Yellow Springs Skiff through the final gate and into the Primordial Lord, who poured the power of all nine Origin Demon Seed treasures into the Spirit Mirror.

Xu Taiping raised his dragon whale physique and blood qi power to their ultimate realms, merging the powers of heaven, earth, and man to launch a desperate attack on the Primordial Lord. The Primordial Lord recalled the True Martial Great Emperor’s devastating battle and, determined to prevent another such enemy from arising, opened a portal to the Demon Abyss in his own chest.

• Xu Taiping absorbed most of the four divine beings’ remaining power and transformed his physique and blood qi body tempering power to their ultimate realms.
• Xu Taiping merged the powers of heaven, earth, and man into Crossing the Gods and slashed toward the Primordial Lord as the Yellow Springs Skiff charged through the white flames.
• The Primordial Lord recalled how the True Martial Great Emperor had slaughtered Abyssal Remnants when surrounded, and resolved that Xu Taiping must die.
• The Primordial Lord opened a circular hole in his chest that became a vortex, then declared that he would reveal the true Demon Abyss to Xu Taiping.

Xu Taiping learned that the Primordial Lord had opened a premature passage to the Tenth Demon Abyss and was using its Demon Seeds to attack him. Xu Taiping ferried the first Demon Seed into the Netherworld, but a second emerged as the Primordial Lord’s power and the battle remained unresolved.

• Fairy Lingyue warned Xu Taiping that the Primordial Lord’s black palm came from the Tenth Demon Abyss, and it struck the Yellow Springs Skiff and began freezing the Yellow Springs.
• Xu Taiping shifted his Three Talents Blade Force to defense and blocked the freezing power, though the effort rapidly drained his strength.
• Xu Taiping saw Demon Seed black fish devouring the golden radiance protecting Fairy Lingyue’s Earth Fruit Golden Lotus, while another Demon Seed began emerging from the Primordial Lord’s chest.
• Fairy Lingyue told Xu Taiping that the premature passage would close once the Primordial Lord exhausted his accumulated power, and urged him to endure and wear the Primordial Lord down.
• Xu Taiping launched a decisive Crossing the Gods Style slash and sent the enormous black hand into the Netherworld on the Yellow Springs Skiff.
• A second Demon Seed charged out of the passage in the Primordial Lord’s chest.

Xu Taiping opened the Dragon Clan's Seven Lodges Treasury while powerful demon seeds poured out of the Ten Abysses, enduring severe pain as he forced the gates apart. The treasury entrance appeared, and Kunwu and Po Jun charged at the demons as their combined powers threatened him.

• The black bear demon seed struck the Yellow Springs Skiff, then the skiff broke apart and the Netherworld gates vanished.
• The Primordial Lord drained more than half the power stored in the white tree and opened a vortex from the Ten Abysses, where dozens of powerful demon seeds gathered.
• Xu Taiping used Ancient Buddha Kasyapa to summon a golden dragon shadow and saw two golden gates, then heard the Human Sovereign Sword urge him to push them open.
• A ghost net attacked Xu Taiping, but Kunwu and the broken Po Jun Sword pierced its central ghost face and forced it to retreat.
• Xu Taiping endured the pain of tearing his divine soul to open the gates, revealing a golden rift into the Dragon Clan Treasury.
• Dozens of demon seeds emerged and unleashed their powers, while Kunwu and Po Jun flew to confront them.

Xu Taiping forced open the Seven Lodges Treasury while the swords and Dragon Divine Weapons fought the Demon Seeds pouring from the Ten Abysses Exit. As the Human Sovereign Sword’s last barrier neared collapse, he awakened the treasury’s vast host of Dragon Divine Weapons.

• Xu Taiping pushed the Golden Gate’s leaves as the Kunwu Sword and Po Jun Sword struggled to hold back the Demon Seeds’ power.
• The Human Sovereign Sword and Rusty Lion flew from the Iron Gourd and drove back the Demon Seeds attacking the sword barrier.
• Xu Taiping opened the Golden Gate enough for a Dragon Clan Spear and three more Dragon Divine Weapons to emerge and attack the demons.
• Three powerful shadows transformed into a great bell, a black cauldron, and an incense burner, smashing the Dragon Divine Weapons and shattering most of the swords’ barriers.
• Xu Taiping forced the Golden Gate fully open despite the strain, then commanded the tens of thousands of Dragon Divine Weapons in the Seven Lodges Treasury to help him slay the demons.
• The Dragon Divine Weapons in the Seven Lodges Treasury awakened together as more Demon Seeds threatened the Human Sovereign Sword’s final barrier.

Xu Taiping fought off the Primordial Lord’s increasingly powerful Abyssal Demonic Beasts while Fairy Lingyue protected the Earth Fruit Golden Lotus. When the Seven Lodges Treasury stopped answering his summons, the Human Sovereign Sword told him to conquer the Dragon Divine Weapons with his sword.

• The Primordial Lord summoned stronger Demonic Beasts and sent black fish to attack the Earth Fruit Golden Lotus, thinning Fairy Lingyue’s Vast Righteous Qi barrier.
• Xu Taiping linked his mind with Rusty Lion, and Rusty Lion led Kunwu, Po Jun, the Human Sovereign Sword, and the Dragon Divine Weapons against the Demonic Beasts.
• The Demonic Beasts destroyed most of the Dragon Divine Weapons and broke through Rusty Lion’s Sword Qi barrier, grievously injuring Xu Taiping’s Divine Soul before the Human Sovereign Sword stopped them.
• Xu Taiping summoned a stronger batch of Dragon Divine Weapons, which killed dozens of Demonic Beasts, then drank from his wine gourd to restore his strength.
• Xu Taiping tried to summon more weapons from the Seven Lodges Treasury, but the weapons and their Artifact Spirits gave no answer.
• The Human Sovereign Sword told Xu Taiping to conquer the Dragon Divine Weapons with his sword.

Xu Taiping drank Hidden Immortal Wine and used Lü Daoxuan’s Stored Sword Art to slaughter the Demonic Beasts, even destroying the huge-mouthed beast from within. As the Primordial Lord gathered the white tree’s power for a final attack, Kunwu, the Human Sovereign, Po Jun, and the remaining Dragon Divine Weapons joined Xu Taiping for battle.

• Xu Taiping abandoned hope of relying on the Seven Lodges Treasury, drank Hidden Immortal Wine, and summoned Rusty Lion to fight the Demonic Beasts.
• Xu Taiping used the Stored Sword Art and the Shurangama Sutra’s power to kill waves of Demonic Beasts.
• Xu Taiping charged into a group of more than thirty Demonic Beasts and was swallowed by the huge-mouthed Demonic Beast.
• Xu Taiping invoked “One sword’s chill” from inside the beast and tore it apart with sword light.
• The Primordial Lord absorbed the white tree’s power and gathered thousands of ghostly faces for a final blow.
• Kunwu, the Human Sovereign, Po Jun, and the remaining Dragon Divine Weapons flew to Xu Taiping, who called on them to fight the invading Demonic Beasts.

Xu Taiping used the Hidden Immortal Wine’s power to wield dozens of Immortal and Dragon Divine Weapons against the Abyssal Demonic Beasts, but endless reinforcements pushed him to the brink. The Dragon Divine Swords then arrived, and their leader told Xu Taiping that fighting with all thirteen hundred would risk his soul and spirit.

• Xu Taiping accepted the weapons’ attempts to acknowledge him as their master and used their power with the Hidden Sword Art to battle the Abyssal Demonic Beasts.
• More waves of Demonic Beasts poured from the Ten Abysses, overwhelming Xu Taiping’s defenses as his weapons and strength were worn down.
• With his last weapons nearly spent, Xu Taiping charged the Demonic Beasts rather than retreating, and Kunwu and Human Sovereign joined his desperate attack.
• A silver sword led thousands of Dragon Clan Swords from the Seven Lodges Treasury, and they slew the Demonic Beasts in a single strike.
• The sword’s majestic voice warned Xu Taiping that using his soul to wield all thirteen hundred Dragon Divine Swords could scatter his soul and spirit, leaving the choice to him.

Drunk and facing a horde of Abyssal Demonic Beasts, Xu Taiping accepted the Silver Dragon Sword Spirit’s offer to lend him Divine Essence and control the Dragon Swords. He summoned all thirteen hundred swords to fight beside him, then enveloped them with his Divine Soul, triggering an explosive sound within it.

• Xu Taiping accepted the Silver Dragon Sword Spirit’s offer, and the sword flew to his side as the Demonic Beasts descended.
• Xu Taiping grasped the Silver Dragon Sword, which poured Divine Essence into his Primordial Spirit and explained that the Seven Lodges Treasury held thirty thousand Dragon Swords.
• Xu Taiping controlled more than a dozen Dragon Divine Swords to kill the first Demonic Beasts, while the Silver Dragon Sword Spirit warned him that wielding so many swords could scatter his soul.
• Remembering the fallen Human Race cultivators, Xu Taiping resolved to keep fighting, and the Silver Dragon Sword Spirit promised to summon all thirty thousand swords if he dared take them.
• Xu Taiping called the thirteen hundred Dragon Swords to become his swords, and they swept toward him as he enveloped them with his Divine Soul.
• An explosive sound erupted within Xu Taiping’s Divine Soul as he bonded with all thirteen hundred Dragon Swords.

Xu Taiping endured soul-wrenching pain to command thirteen hundred Dragon Swords and repel the demonic horde, but the Primordial Lord unleashed an even larger wave of demon seeds. As the swords broke and the barrier neared collapse, Xu Taiping pleaded for more swords.

• Xu Taiping took command of thirteen hundred Dragon Swords through the Silver Dragon Sword, but the strain caused unbearable soul pain and made him bleed.
• Xu Taiping refused to give up and sent the Dragon Swords to help Kunwu, the Human Sovereign, and Rusty Lion fight the descending demonic beasts.
• Xu Taiping’s Dragon Swords tore through the demonic horde, destroying at least thirty percent of the beasts, and he continued attacking with Lü Sword Nine’s sword forms.
• The black vortex at the Ten Abysses Exit expanded, releasing more demon seeds as the Primordial Lord declared the tide would last at least as long as a cup of tea.
• Xu Taiping and his swords struggled against the growing horde, with at least a hundred Dragon Divine Swords breaking as the Sword Qi Barrier came close to falling.
• Xu Taiping raised the Silver Dragon Sword and asked the sword spirit for more swords.

Xu Taiping drew on thousands of Dragon Swords to fight back the Demonic Beasts, pushing his Primordial Spirit toward collapse as the Demon Abyss poured out tens of thousands more. As he neared unconsciousness, the spirits of those who had died sealing the Primordial Lord appeared, and the Treading the Sea Army prepared for one last charge.

• Xu Taiping controlled two thousand Dragon Swords and turned his defense against the Demonic Beasts into an attack, despite the worsening damage to his Primordial Spirit and body.
• Xu Taiping persuaded the Silver Dragon Sword's Sword Spirit to give him another thousand swords, then fought through a tide of seven or eight thousand Demonic Beasts.
• The Demon Abyss expanded and released tens of thousands of Demonic Beasts, so the Sword Spirit summoned every Dragon Sword in the Seven Lodges Treasury.
• Xu Taiping spread his Divine Soul over twenty thousand Dragon Swords, and the strain cracked his Primordial Spirit as he began losing consciousness.
• Li Daoyan and the other fallen cultivators appeared behind Xu Taiping, and the Treading the Sea Army's Old General called for their last charge and asked Xu Taiping to give the order.

Xu Taiping overcame his despair and unleashed the power of thirty thousand Dragon Swords against the demonic horde. After destroying the demons and closing the Ten Abysses Exit, he struck the Primordial Lord’s sealed head with the Water-Cutting Blade, leaving it wounded but not yet dead.

• Xu Taiping accepted the Hidden Immortal Wine’s intoxication, raised the Silver Dragon Sword, and vowed to face the demon seeds with thirty thousand swords.
• The demonic beasts shattered the sword formation led by Kunwu, the Human Sovereign, and Rusty Lion, but Xu Taiping’s gathered sword intent halted their charge.
• The Myriad Gods Formation awakened, sending souls into Xu Taiping’s sword intent and the flying swords.
• Xu Taiping charged with thirty thousand flying swords, broke through the demons’ Black Crystal Barriers, and destroyed the horde, causing the Ten Abysses Exit to snap shut.
• The Primordial Lord sealed his head inside black crystal, but Xu Taiping used a Mysterious Origin Avatar to strike it with the Water-Cutting Blade and cleave an opening.

Xu Taiping killed the Primordial Lord, but learned that the secret realm was cut off from the Shangqing Realm and that the liberated souls were only temporary remnants. Li Daoyan and the others urged him to break through to the Transformation Realm while they could protect him from the Otherworldly Heavenly Demons.

• Xu Taiping ordered his clone to kill the Primordial Lord, whose demon seed was then destroyed by heavenly lightning.
• The destruction of the demon seed released Li Daoyan, the Pearl Relic House Master, Cloud Crane True Lord, and other remnant souls.
• Li Daoyan told Xu Taiping that the souls would soon dissipate and that he had left something for him in the Kunwu Sword.
• Li Daoyan urged Xu Taiping to break through to the Transformation Realm, explaining that the remnant souls could protect him from the Otherworldly Heavenly Demons.
• Fairy Lingyue confirmed that Xu Taiping needed to break through to keep suppressing the Eight Soul Seals and told him he could trust the remnant souls.

Xu Taiping honored the fallen Treading the Sea Army and learned from High Immortal Qionghua that Su Chan was involved in a demonic plot against the True Martial Sword Champion Assembly. Li Daoyan urged Xu Taiping to break through to the Transformation Realm immediately, then revealed that he knew where Dragon Gall Stone could be found.

• Xu Taiping thanked Yan Kai and promised to record the remnant souls’ names on the Treading the Sea Army’s stone stele.
• High Immortal Qionghua told Xu Taiping that demon cultivators planned to attack the True Martial Sword Champion Assembly and identified Su Chan as one of them.
• Li Daoyan warned Xu Taiping that he had to reach the Transformation Realm to escape the secret realm and prevent Su Chan from bringing ruin to Azure Profound Sect and True Martial Heaven.
• Xu Taiping learned that Ping'an and Bai Yu had finished refining a realm-breaking pill and prepared to heal before attempting his breakthrough.
• Li Daoyan told Xu Taiping that a perilous place in this world held the only remaining Dragon Gall Stone.

Li Daoyan told Xu Taiping where to find dragon gall stone and gave him treasures before bidding farewell with the other fallen heroes. With Fairy Lingyue recovered and the remnant souls ready to protect him, Xu Taiping began his breakthrough by taking the Nirvana Pill.

• Li Daoyan told Xu Taiping that dragon gall stone could be found in the Immortal-Burying Ruins and mentioned a Profound Elixir Palace treasure that might suppress his misfortune.
• Li Daoyan gave Xu Taiping the Spirit Pearl and the Primordial Lord’s black beads, then explained their uses.
• Xu Taiping poured out Hidden Immortal Wine as a farewell offering and wished the remnant souls of the Human Race completion of their immortal paths.
• Yan Kai and the remnant souls invited Xu Taiping to begin his breakthrough, while Fairy Lingyue told him she had recovered and could help if needed.
• Xu Taiping swallowed the Nirvana Pill and circulated the Cloud-Riding Scripture as his aura surged and phoenix-like true qi rose around him.

Xu Taiping broke through to the Heavenly Gazing Realm as his swords and saber shielded him from the tribulation lightning. As Otherworldly Heavenly Demons appeared to seize the heavenly spiritual power, Yan Kai and Li Daoyan prepared to defend him with the Myriad Gods Formation.

• Yan Kai and Li Daoyan discussed Fairy Lingyue’s power and learned that Xu Taiping regarded her as family.
• Xu Taiping’s aura reached the Heavenly Gazing Realm, and Kunwu, Rusty Lion, and Po Jun rose to face his tribulation.
• The flying swords shattered the first two bolts of lightning, while Kunwu and the Water-Cutting Blade weakened the third before it struck Xu Taiping.
• Heavenly spiritual power poured down onto Xu Taiping, and dozens of blood-red eyes appeared overhead as Otherworldly Heavenly Demons gathered.
• Yan Kai and Li Daoyan activated the Myriad Gods Formation, sending its remnant souls toward the demonic beasts to protect Xu Taiping.

Xu Taiping broke through to the Heaven Gazing Realm, forming a Golden Core that restored and strengthened his body while his Primordial Spirit absorbed five Soul Rings and greatly increased his Divine Soul power. He then received the Demon Ancestor’s first Ancestral Sage Fist true intent, Ants Shake the Tree.

• Xu Taiping shattered his Pill Embryo and formed a Golden Core, completing the key step into the Heaven Gazing Realm.
• Golden Spiritual Power from the Golden Core restored and strengthened Xu Taiping’s meridians, organs, flesh, bones, bloodline, and Qi and Blood.
• Xu Taiping’s Primordial Spirit absorbed five Soul Rings, increasing his Divine Soul power fifteenfold.
• Xu Taiping saw a monkey-faced old man practicing Ancestral Sage Fist and recognized him as the Demon Ancestor.
• The Demon Ancestor imparted the first fist intent, Ants Shake the Tree, and demonstrated it by blasting a huge hole through a mountain.

Xu Taiping learned the true intent of “Ants Shake the Tree” and completed his breakthrough, only to find the world around him scorched and the other Remnant Souls gone. Li Daoyan warned him about the danger of future breakthroughs and began questioning him about the River of Time.

• Xu Taiping witnessed the Demon Ancestor demonstrate “Ants Shake the Tree” and received its true intent, learning to wield it by visualizing his tiny Primordial Spirit figure.
• Xu Taiping regained his senses and found the world reduced to scorched earth, with no signs of life.
• Li Daoyan told Xu Taiping that unusually powerful Otherworldly Heavenly Demons had attacked and warned him to prepare thoroughly before his next breakthrough.
• Li Daoyan told Xu Taiping that Yan Kai, Senior Pearl Relic, Senior Cloud Crane, and the other Remnant Souls had dissipated after fighting the demons.
• Li Daoyan summoned the Kunwu Sword and asked Xu Taiping whether Life-Replenishers could be drawn into the River of Time whenever they broke through a realm.

Li Daoyan explained how Xu Taiping could use the Kunwu Sword to control his journeys into the River of Time and warned him to strengthen his cultivation before the Zhenwu Sword Champion Assembly. After Li Daoyan vanished, the Kunwu Sword absorbed the power of time that would otherwise have pulled Xu Taiping into the river.

• Li Daoyan told Xu Taiping that the Kunwu Sword could absorb the power of time generated when he advanced and let him visit stretches of the River of Time where he had already left footprints.
• Xu Taiping decided to use his chance to rescue Lin Buyu rather than visit his grandfather, and Li Daoyan said he had seen everyone he wanted to see in the river.
• Li Daoyan told Xu Taiping to wait until he left the realm before opening the Divine Soul Marks in the Kunwu Sword and to stabilize his Heaven Gazing Realm cultivation before facing Su Chan at the Zhenwu Sword Champion Assembly.
• Li Daoyan asked Xu Taiping to tell him when he ascended to heaven, then vanished, and Xu Taiping bowed farewell.
• The Kunwu Sword rang out and absorbed the power of time that had begun to spread through Xu Taiping after his breakthrough.