Arc 78Chapters 1926–1950
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After Xu Taiping defeated three opponents, he earned the right to challenge a Heavenly Thunder Commandant and faced Zhao Tu, one of twelve commandants. Zhao Tu blocked Xu Taiping’s opening punch and counterattacked with martial intents, forcing Xu Taiping to reveal more of his strength.
Xu Taiping defeated Heavenly Thunder Colonel Zhao Tu and claimed his Thunder Sound Banner, becoming the only Heavenly Thunder Commandant. The Ranking Spirit explained the cost of taking the banner and revealed that Xu Taiping still had to let the treasures choose him.
Xu Taiping performed the Green Ox Fist in the Martial Armory, gaining a small breakthrough in his understanding of the technique. As he prepared to leave, a mysterious elder gave him a piece of Shoushan Copper, and Xu Taiping left wondering whether Fairy Lingyue could explain its origins.
Xu Taiping returned from the Zhenwu Martial Armory with four Thunder Sound Banners and a piece of Shoushan Copper, which Fairy Lingyue identified as a gift likely given by the legendary Demon Ancestor. After Fairy Lingyue urged him to seize the chance to meet the Demon Ancestor by advancing his cultivation, she told Xu Taiping that Lü Daoxuan had slain the Earth Calamity Demon Seed, and they went to see him.
Lü Daoxuan explained that Shoushan Copper could revive the Azure Profound Sect’s ancient body-forged sword techniques, while warning Xu Taiping that the Spirit Bone Stele’s sword-forging methods carried a hidden cost. Fairy Lingyue then began revealing that the Sumeru Realm’s River of Time differed from the Shangqing Realm’s.
Fairy Lingyue and Lü Daoxuan explained how anomalies in the Spirit Bone Stele and River of Time revealed a way to resist the Great Void Calamity. Lü Daoxuan revealed that the calamity was already devouring the Shangqing Realm and had begun in True Martial Heaven.
Lü Daoxuan explained how Zhao Xuantan and the Five Elders fought the Great Void Calamity and why their failure led them to seek a Swordbearer who could forge a stronger Immortal Sword. Xu Taiping agreed to become that Swordbearer, and Lü Daoxuan said they had at least five hundred years to prepare.
Xu Taiping prepared to refine an Origin Beginning Clone before entering the Scroll of Time, while Lü Daoxuan told Fairy Lingyue why he had chosen to involve him in the coming Great Void Calamity. Lü Daoxuan resolved that he and Qingxuan would fight alongside Xu Taiping, revealing that victory could let the entire Qingxuan sect ascend.
Lü Daoxuan explained to Fairy Lingyue that Xu Taiping’s sword-forging clone would draw the Great Void Calamity’s tribulations onto Qingxuan, while Taiping’s true body stayed away. He also revealed that the trial in the Scroll of Time could let Taiping obtain eight cultivators’ martial fortune and break through, just as a Bronze Coffin began to tremble.
Xu Taiping struggled to refine an Origin Beginning Clone because the Nine Abysses were rapidly severing his Martial Fortune, then entered the Scroll of Time to join Eldest. After he vanished, Fairy Lingyue revealed she intended to investigate the Old Heavenly Court's Path to Heaven, hoping it could help avert the Great Void Calamity.
Fairy Lingyue told Lü Daoxuan that Taiqing Paradise might offer a refuge from the Great Void Calamity and prepared to seek its entrance in the Old Heavenly Court. Lü Daoxuan promised to protect Taiping and help find Lingyue if he could escape the Netherdark Demon Grotto.
Fairy Lingyue prepared to leave clues and protect herself while Xu Taiping entered the Scroll of Time. Inside Buddha-Slaying Town, Mister Da gave Xu Taiping a ring that could alter the flow of time, and Xu Taiping wondered why the town seemed so ordinary.
Mister Da explained the Scroll of Time’s trial to Xu Taiping, who had to repeat the choices made by seven martial artists on the days they died. After Xu Taiping chose incorrectly in Buddha-Slaying Town, he began aging as the scene reset, leaving him to face the waiter’s question again.
Xu Taiping repeatedly relived a deadly encounter in the Scroll of Time, trying to choose how Qi Zhou would respond to the waiter. After discovering clues linking the restaurant patrons’ injuries to him, he used Lotus Eye Divination to confirm his suspicion and prepare an answer.
Xu Taiping struck the waiter at Drunken Immortal Tower and received Qi Zhou’s power and memories through the Scroll of Time. After learning that Qi Zhou had become a serial killer who tortured and murdered families, Xu Taiping condemned him and told Eldest Master that he had recognized Qi Zhou’s villainy from the drinkers’ eyes.
Xu Taiping learned how to use Lotus Eye Divination through his True Intent, then entered the real story within the Scroll of Time. He faced a new choice when a shackled, pregnant girl who called him “Daddy” offered him food scraped from the muddy street.
Xu Taiping repeatedly relived the rainy encounter with a chained girl, learning that each scene took place on a different day and that Qi Zhou had eventually killed the young gentleman. After using the Lotus Eye to inspect the girl, Xu Taiping struck her into the carriage and shattered it.
Xu Taiping, trapped in Qi Zhou's body, was captured by the Hong Household and displayed in the street as bait for his allies and to force him to reveal a treasure map. After sharing food with the suffering girl who called him Dad, he unexpectedly discovered that he had made the correct choice.
Xu Taiping received another memory mark from Qi Zhou and learned that Qi Zhou had killed a Hong family member out of irritation, not to save the girl. As the girl fled from guards and Xu Taiping suspected a demonic presence inside her, Mister Da warned him that the trial was nearing its end and that he would need to suppress the cultivation and fortune forced into him.
Xu Taiping learned Tian Li’s tragic past and saw how she continued to care for him despite her injuries and hardship. When she asked to go home, the time vortex reset the scene, leaving Xu Taiping to figure out what Qi Zhou had chosen to do.
Xu Taiping agreed to go home with A Li, then realized Qi Zhou had hidden his strength as the Hong Household guards attacked them. After Xu Taiping defeated the guards, a purple-robed Daoist descended and attacked him.
Xu Taiping watched through Qi Zhou as he defeated the Hong Household fighters, then revealed that he had broken Buddha-Slaying Town’s barrier to let the Nine Abysses invade. The chapter left Xu Taiping on the gate tower as Tian Li fought the demonic beasts and called for Qi Zhou, while another demon-nurturer mocked him.
Qi Zhou turned back to save Tian Li after realizing she was the only person who had shown him compassion. Xu Taiping entered the next act as Yunyan and learned from Mister Da that he would receive Qi Zhou’s gains only after Yunyan raised the curtain on the first act.
Xu Taiping and his companions entered Buddha-Slaying Town and found Qi Zhou kneeling atop a mountain of demonic beast corpses with a young girl in his arms. Mister Da confirmed this was the final curtain and warned that at least twenty percent of Qi Zhou’s power would be transferred to Xu Taiping, who feared he could not suppress it.
Yunyan attacked Qi Zhou to seize the Yellow Millet Immortal Map, but the awakened demonic beast corpses overwhelmed him and Yun Ling. Eldest Senior Sister Yun Jiang arrived with a massive sword strike, and Qi Zhou welcomed the arrival of someone powerful enough to kill him.