Recaps

Qingshi, Lü Hu, Thousand Threads, and Elder Lu watched Xu Taiping face the sand dragon, mistaking his true dragon physique for a divine ability. The dragon's breath exposed Xu Taiping, who stayed behind to draw it away while Dongfang Yuejian and Xuanzhi escaped toward the Central Area of Yangxian City.

• Lü Hu asked to deal with Xu Taiping because he had killed Jing Xian, and Elder Lu agreed to let her handle him after claiming the Dragon-Slaying Stele and Xu Taiping's physique for himself.
• Thousand Threads noticed Xu Taiping had vanished from the Spirit Mirror and explained that his concealment ability hid him from sight and divine-soul detection.
• Elder Lu dismissed the possibility that Xu Taiping had a true dragon physique and predicted that the sand dragon's breath would expose him.
• The sand dragon shattered Xuanzhi's phantom Golden Bell with its breath, revealing Xu Taiping beneath the dragon in midair.
• Xu Taiping told Dongfang Yuejian and Xuanzhi to go, and Dongfang Yuejian used One Stroke Opens Heaven to carry Xuanzhi toward the Central Area of Yangxian City.

Xu Taiping fought the sand dragon with his bare fists before revealing his True Dragon Body and destroying it with Thunderflame Dragon Breath. His power stunned the spectators and left Elder Lu demanding an explanation from Thousand Threads.

• The sand dragon ignored Xu Taiping and pursued Master Xuanzhi and Dongfang Yuejian, appearing to confirm Elder Lu’s prediction.
• Xu Taiping stopped the sand dragon’s charge with a heavy punch, then was knocked backward when it counterattacked.
• As the sand dragon tried to swallow him, Xu Taiping transformed into a True Dragon Body and blasted its head apart with Thunderflame Dragon Breath.
• The spectators recognized Xu Taiping’s True Dragon Body, while the Ningchan Cave group fell silent.
• Elder Lu turned to Thousand Threads and demanded to know what was going on.

Ningchan Cave's elders discussed Xu Taiping's true dragon physique and decided not to confront him before learning its limits. As Xu Taiping and his companions reached Yangxian City's drill ground, they encountered the fearsome Blade Emperor Yang Ben.

• Qingshi persuaded Elder Lu that Xu Taiping's true dragon physique could be valuable, easing Elder Lu's anger at Thousand Threads for failing to recognize it.
• Elder Lu warned Thousand Threads to accept punishment if their party failed to capture Xu Taiping and his companions.
• Lü Hu urged the others to hurry to Yangxian City, but Elder Lu and Qingshi advised waiting because Xu Taiping's abilities remained uncertain and greater dangers awaited in the city.
• Xu Taiping, Dongfang Yuejian, and Master Xuanzhi reached the drill ground at the center of Yangxian City.
• A scarred old man approached them, and Lü Hu recognized him as the Blade Emperor Yang Ben of Tianfen Island in Peerless Nether Heaven.

The watchers learned that Yang Ben had once been defeated by Xu Luochen and had remained in the Lower Realm ever since. As Yang Ben attacked Xu Taiping’s group, Xu Taiping stepped forward to challenge him to a contest of blades, while Lü Hu accused him of using the challenge to buy time.

• Qingshi explained that an unknown youth had defeated Yang Ben with one stroke over three hundred years earlier, leaving him unable to break through to the Upper Realm.
• Qingshi revealed that the youth was Xu Luochen, Liu Half-Immortal’s sole disciple, and the watchers reacted with shock.
• Yang Ben manifested a towering snowy mountain of Blade Intent and ordered Xu Taiping’s group to scram.
• Yang Ben’s blade strike shattered Master Xuanzhi’s Buddha Light, but Xu Taiping cut through the incoming Blade Qi and stepped forward.
• Xu Taiping challenged Yang Ben to a contest of blades, and Yang Ben warned that their match would decide life and death.
• Lü Hu claimed Xu Taiping had challenged Yang Ben only to buy time.

Xu Taiping handed control of his Origin Beginning Clone to Blade Ghost for the saber duel with Blade Emperor Yang Ben. After the coin landed tails, Yang Ben yielded the first strike, but Blade Ghost told Xu Taiping to take it himself so he could judge Xu Taiping’s progress.

• Spectators in the First-Rank Pavilion suspected Xu Taiping was stalling and prepared Teleportation Scrolls to reach Yangxian City if he fled or fell.
• Blade Ghost warned Xu Taiping that neither he nor the Mysterious Origin Avatar could withstand Yang Ben’s blade, and told him to leave the duel to Blade Ghost.
• Xu Taiping agreed to lend Blade Ghost his Origin Beginning Clone as Yang Ben tossed a Gold Essence Coin to decide who struck first.
• Blade Ghost took control of the clone as the coin landed tails, but Yang Ben beckoned Xu Taiping to strike first.
• Xu Taiping cautioned Blade Ghost not to reveal himself, and Blade Ghost told him to take the first strike so he could assess Xu Taiping’s improvement.

Xu Taiping struck Blade Emperor Yang Ben with the Dragon-Slaying Form, but Yang Ben’s snow-white blade-qi cloak blocked the blow, though it was slightly torn. Blade Ghost then took control of Xu Taiping and yielded the next strike to Yang Ben, provoking outrage among the spectators and Ningchan Cave.

• Xu Taiping used the Origin Beginning Clone to unleash the Dragon-Slaying Form against Yang Ben, whose cloak shattered the blade force and knocked his saber away.
• Yang Ben’s cloak was left with a small tear that the spectators failed to notice.
• Cultivators at the Old Dragon Court teahouse mocked Xu Taiping, while Purple-Robed Elder Lu told Ningchan Cave’s members to prepare to intercept him if he fled.
• Ningchan Cave’s Thousand Threads informed Purple-Robed Elder Lu that Huangbo had possessed a body in the Lower Realm, and Lu ordered Huangbo to go to Yangxian City and make amends through meritorious service.
• Blade Ghost forced Xu Taiping out of the Origin Beginning Clone and announced that Yang Ben should strike first in return for the strike he had yielded.
• The spectators and Ningchan Cave’s members condemned Xu Taiping for yielding his turn to Yang Ben.

Blade Ghost took control of Xu Taiping’s Origin Beginning Clone and challenged Blade Emperor Yang Ben, who unleashed his Great Avalanche Blade Force. Blade Ghost’s fiery Teng Snake shattered Yang Ben’s attack and sent him flying, then Blade Ghost counterattacked with Extreme Law, Heavenly Remnant Ashes as the Spirit Mirror turned blood-red.

• Blade Ghost provoked Blade Emperor Yang Ben by insisting that Yang Ben strike first, angering the former Blade Emperor.
• Yang Ben drew his saber and unleashed his Great Avalanche Blade Force, engulfing Xu Taiping in a destructive avalanche of blade intent.
• Blade Ghost’s Teng Snake remained unharmed and dissipated Yang Ben’s icy blade qi, then shattered his blade force and hurled him backward.
• Blade Ghost attacked Yang Ben with a crimson, magma-like blade strike as Yang Ben laughed and raised his saber to meet it.
• Blade Ghost shouted, “Extreme Law, Heavenly Remnant Ashes!” and his blade shadow filled the Spirit Mirror’s view with red.

Xu Taiping defeated Blade Emperor Yang Ben in the Blade Inquiry, awakening Cangyuan and his three hundred Dragon Cavalry. Ningchan Cave sent people to Fuliu Slope to wait outside Yangxian City, while Xu Taiping and Blade Ghost faced the approaching dragon forces.

• Blade Emperor Yang Ben knelt in defeat, and the spectators in the First-Rank Pavilion wondered how Xu Taiping had won.
• Purple-Robed Elder Lu and Qingshi concluded that Xu Taiping must have used a special intent, then arranged for Qingshi, Thousand Threads, and Lü Hu to travel to Fuliu Slope and prepare to capture him.
• Elder Lu warned that Cangyuan and his Dragon Cavalry had awakened and would prevent Xu Taiping from leaving Yangxian City unharmed.
• Qingshi reported that the three had reached Fuliu Slope and sent Huangbo into Yangxian City while they waited outside the Mountain-Watching Mirror's range.
• Blade Ghost told Xu Taiping that he and his companions were unlikely to defeat Cangyuan, and Xu Taiping pointed out that Blade Ghost's fight had awakened him.

Xu Taiping agreed to let Blade Ghost out for air each day in exchange for help against the Dragon Clan forces, then watched Blade Ghost guide Blade Emperor Yang Ben away from despair over his broken blade Dao. With Cangyuan and three hundred Dragon Cavalry arrayed against them, Xu Taiping rejoined Monk Xuanzhi and Dongfang Yuejian and faced the coming fight.

• Xu Taiping agreed to Blade Ghost's condition and proposed testing the blade with a Mysterious Origin Avatar from the Demon-Suppressing Coffin.
• Blade Emperor Yang Ben begged Blade Ghost to kill him, but Blade Ghost refused and urged him to seek victory instead.
• Blade Ghost asked Yang Ben why he had first practiced the blade, prompting him to remember that he had taken it up to protect his mother and younger sister.
• Blade Ghost told Yang Ben to go home if he could not recover his original understanding of the blade, and Yang Ben thanked the departing Xu Taiping for his guidance.
• Xu Taiping joined Monk Xuanzhi and Dongfang Yuejian as Cangyuan formed an array with three hundred Dragon Cavalry, leaving Xu Taiping to prepare for the battle ahead.

Xu Taiping, Dongfang Yuejian, and Master Xuanzhi faced Cangyuan and his three hundred Dragon Cavalry, with Xu Taiping planning to hold off the general while the others escaped. As Cangyuan broke Dongfang Yuejian’s attack with a single stroke, the Silver Dragon Sword appeared and revealed itself as Cangyuan’s father, offering to help him find release.

• Xu Taiping told Dongfang Yuejian and Master Xuanzhi to flee for the exit once he broke the Dragon Cavalry formation, while he dealt with Cangyuan.
• Dongfang Yuejian swept the group forward on a conjured wave and brought down a phantom of Buzhou Divine Mountain on the charging Dragon Cavalry.
• Cangyuan cleaved through the mountain phantom and charged Xu Taiping, whose ally the Blade Ghost judged Cangyuan’s swordsmanship superior to Yang Ben’s.
• As Xu Taiping prepared to summon his Mysterious Origin Avatar, the Silver Dragon Sword appeared in his sea of consciousness and transformed into a white-clad man who called Cangyuan his son.
• In the Old Dragon Court’s First-Rank Pavilion, Elder Lu watched the Spirit Mirror and anticipated that Cangyuan would break Xu Taiping and his companions’ Dao hearts.

Xu Taiping’s companions struggled to withstand Dragon Clan Divine General Cangyuan and his three hundred dragon cavalry while observers expected them to flee. Xu Taiping summoned the Silver Dragon Sword, shattered Cangyuan’s attack, and was hailed as emperor by Cangyuan and the Canghai Dragon Cavalry.

• Cangyuan and the three hundred dragon cavalry repeatedly attacked Dongfang Yuejian’s defenses, while cultivators in the teahouse discussed the Dragon Clan’s true dragon divine being body.
• Purple-Robed Elder Lu arranged with Qingshi of Ningchan Cave to ambush Xu Taiping and his companions if they fled.
• As Dongfang Yuejian’s ancient cauldron neared breaking, Xu Taiping told her to leave the rest to him.
• A silver flying sword emerged from a fissure in the sky, and Xu Taiping caught it and used its sword light to scatter Cangyuan’s blade force.
• Xu Taiping ordered Cangyuan to bow, and Cangyuan recognized him as his emperor before the Canghai Dragon Cavalry bowed as well.
• Purple-Robed Elder Lu turned livid and cried out that it was impossible.

After Cangyuan knelt before Xu Taiping, cultivators in the First-Rank Pavilion suspected his silver sword came from the Azure Dragon Seven Lodges Treasury, drawing Ningchan Cave and other factions toward Yangxian City. Elder Lu was blocked from teleporting when the Golden Blade Sect confronted him over a dead member, while Xu Taiping reached the Human Sovereign spear with Cangyuan still kneeling.

• Cultivators in the First-Rank Pavilion speculated that Xu Taiping's sword came from the Azure Dragon Seven Lodges Treasury and began sending messages to their factions.
• Elder Lu ordered Qingshi, Huangbo, Thousand Threads, and Lü Hu to seize Xu Taiping and his companions in Yangxian City.
• Elder Lu tried to teleport to Fuliu Slope, but a powerful restriction prevented him from activating his Teleportation Scroll.
• The Golden Blade Sect's elderly leader arrived with the corpse of a member Elder Lu had controlled and demanded that the killer step forward.
• Elder Lu warned Qingshi's group to hold out, then drew his sword and attacked the Golden Blade Sect leader.
• Xu Taiping, Dongfang Yuejian, and Master Xuanzhi reached the Human Sovereign spear as Cangyuan continued kneeling before Xu Taiping.

Xu Taiping and his companions witnessed Cangzhou, the Dragon Clan’s last Dragon Emperor, reunite with his son Cangyuan and reveal why he had left him guarding the Canghai Dragon Court. The chapter ended with Cangzhou claiming he had found a way to restore the Dragon Clan’s glory, though Cangyuan did not know the clan had perished.

• The Silver Dragon Longsword manifested Cangzhou, and Cangyuan rose after recognizing his father, the Dragon Clan’s last Dragon Emperor.
• Master Xuanzhi explained that Cangyuan had defended the Canghai Dragon Court for thousands of years and slain three Human Sovereigns before the Flame Emperor defeated him.
• Cangzhou praised Cangyuan, then admitted he had left him behind to draw the human armies’ attention while he fled to Outer Heaven with three thousand Dragon Clan elites.
• Xu Taiping realized Cangyuan had been used as a pawn, while Cangzhou looked at his son with guilt and remorse.
• Cangyuan asked whether Cangzhou had found a way to restore the Dragon Clan’s glory, and Cangzhou said that he had.

Dragon Emperor Cangzhou reunited with his son Cangyuan, whose spirit finally faded after tens of thousands of years of suffering. Cangzhou thanked Xu Taiping and gave him the Dragon Cavalry armor, then spoke of the Dragon Clan’s fate and warned that the time for the calamity had not come.

• Cangzhou comforted Cangyuan, who said he had not suffered and had only tried to honor his father’s trust.
• Cangyuan fell asleep in Cangzhou’s arms as his spirit and the spirits of the three hundred Dragon Cavalry dissipated, leaving their armor behind.
• Cangzhou regretted abandoning Cangyuan to seek the Ancestral Dragon’s secrets in Outer Heaven, and Xu Taiping, Dongfang Yuejian, and Xuanzhi understood that Cangyuan had been the way to save the Dragon Clan.
• Xuanzhi told Cangzhou that the Dragon Clan’s destruction had been foretold by the last Cloud-Hidden Temple abbot, and Cangzhou thanked Xu Taiping for helping Cangyuan find release.
• Cangzhou gave Xu Taiping the armor of Cangyuan and the three hundred Dragon Cavalry, then said the loss of the True Dragon bloodline had little to do with humans.
• Xu Taiping thought of the Great Void Calamity, but Cangzhou said its time had not come.

Cangzhou gave Xu Taiping a star map to the Azure Dragon Seven Lodges Treasury and revealed that it contained a clue to the Ancestral Dragon’s lost secret. He asked Xu Taiping to help find the secret, then disclosed that the Dragon-Trapping Tower in Xu Taiping’s possession was the treasure Cangzhou’s clan had once sought.

• Master Xuanzhi concealed Xu Taiping and Cangzhou beneath golden mist at Cangzhou’s request.
• Cangzhou gave Xu Taiping a brocade box containing a tortoise-shell star map to the Azure Dragon Seven Lodges Treasury, which he said had been depleted in the ancient war.
• Cangzhou revealed that a clue to the Ancestral Dragon’s lost secret was sealed in the treasury and recounted how an Evil God killed his Dragon Clan expedition in the Outer Heaven Death Domain.
• Cangzhou explained that his remnant soul wanted to see the Ancestral Dragon’s lost secret before passing on, but Xu Taiping refused to enter the dangerous death domain.
• Cangzhou told Xu Taiping that he had chosen him because the Dragon-Trapping Tower, the treasure his clan had once sought, was already in Xu Taiping’s hands.

Cangzhou told Xu Taiping that the Dragon-Trapping Tower could lead to the Ancestral Dragon's Legacy, but reaching it required the Azure Dragon Seven Lodges Treasury and a breakthrough to the Dao Integration Realm. He also warned Xu Taiping that a star chart was a trap for summoning a Heaven-Outside Evil God, then suggested a way Xu Taiping might kill it.

• Xu Taiping deduced that a Dragon-Slaying Stele connected to the Ancestral Dragon's Legacy was hidden in the secret realm, and Cangzhou confirmed the Dragon-Trapping Tower could reach it.
• Cangzhou explained that unlocking the sealed Dragon-Slaying Stele required rare sacrificial offerings and that Xu Taiping needed to reach the Dao Integration Realm before venturing to the Azure Dragon Seven Lodges Treasury.
• Xu Taiping promised to visit the treasury after settling his affairs and becoming strong enough, easing Cangzhou's concerns.
• Cangzhou warned Xu Taiping not to pursue a star chart leading to a Star Lord's cave abode, explaining that a Heaven-Outside Evil God had occupied the real abode and planned to use the chart to descend into the Lower Realm.
• Cangzhou learned that Xu Taiping had inherited the Life-Taking Blade and suggested he could kill the evil god shortly after its descent if he transformed his true dragon body into a true dragon divine being body.

Xu Taiping and his companions faced Ningchan Cave pursuers as Dragon Emperor Cangzhou used Yangxian City's protection formation to hold them back. Cangzhou freed the Human Sovereign Sword from its Dragon Clan restriction, and Xu Taiping tried to release the Human Race souls inside, but they resisted him.

• Huangbo of Ningchan Cave attacked Blade Emperor Yang Ben, who fought to keep him at bay as Xu Taiping and his companions realized more pursuers were coming.
• Qingshi, Thousand Threads, and Lü Hu arrived, and Cangzhou activated Yangxian City's City-Protection Grand Formation to drive them back temporarily.
• Cangzhou removed the Dragon Clan runes from the Human Sovereign Sword, freeing it from its bloodline restriction and releasing the souls within from their seal.
• Xu Taiping accepted the sword and chose to free the imprisoned Human Race martyrs rather than use them as a weapon.
• When Xu Taiping tried to shatter the sword, the souls within resisted and knocked his hand away, leaving him to wonder whether their hatred of the Dragon Clan kept them from leaving.

The divine souls within the Human Sovereign Sword asked Xu Taiping to carry them through the Human Race’s calamities, and he accepted as the sword returned to his hand. He then approached the Human Sovereign’s sealed spear, while cultivators watching through spirit mirrors recognized the sword and saw him move toward the chains binding the spear.

• The Golden Birds formed from the Human Sovereign Sword’s divine souls asked Xu Taiping to carry them and help wash away the Dragon Clan’s ancient humiliation, and he bowed in acceptance.
• The Golden Birds returned to the sword, which fell from the sky; Xu Taiping caught it with his Dragon Whale Physique and praised its overwhelming power.
• The sealed Human Sovereign’s spear trembled, and Xu Taiping carried the sword toward it despite Dongfang Yuejian’s concern and Xuanzhi’s warning about the Dragon Clan seal.
• Dragon Emperor Cangzhou watched Xu Taiping climb onto the platform, while cultivators in the Old Dragon Court resumed watching through spirit mirrors.
• An elder identified the Human Sovereign Sword, and Xu Taiping bowed to the spear before walking toward one of the chains that sealed it.

Xu Taiping used the Human Sovereign Sword to sever the chains sealing the Human Sovereign's spear, enduring the Dragon Clan's thunder restrictions. His final technique cut through most of the remaining chains, but the thunder backlash struck him.

• Xu Taiping endured a bolt of thunder and severed the first chain binding the Human Sovereign's spear.
• Xu Hu and other cultivators watching in the First-Rank Pavilion praised Xu Taiping for trying to retrieve the spear.
• Xu Taiping endured another thunderbolt and severed a second chain, making the spear ring with force before the remaining restrictions suppressed it.
• Xu Taiping raised the Human Sovereign Sword and used Human Sovereign Remove Armor to sever most of the remaining chains in one strike.
• The watching cultivators celebrated when only three chains remained, then saw Xu Taiping face a terrifying thunder backlash.

Xu Taiping endured the Dragon Clan’s thunder and was recognized by the Shangqing Realm cultivators as the True Martial Sword Champion. Despite concerns that further strikes could ruin his body, he continued trying to sever the remaining iron chains binding the Human Sovereign Spear.

• Xu Taiping used Overlord’s Breath to withstand a barrage of thunder, leaving him badly charred and coughing blood.
• Xu Taiping summoned the Human Sovereign Sword again, and Xiahou You identified him as the champion of the last True Martial Sword Champion Assembly.
• Xu Hu and the cultivators in the First-Rank Pavilion’s teahouse recognized Xu Taiping and praised his return to Yangxian City.
• Cultivators warned that Xu Taiping’s injuries could worsen with at least three more thunder blasts, while the Dragon Clan’s chains would return if not severed all at once.
• Xu Taiping refused to stop and sent the Human Sovereign Sword crashing toward the stone platform to sever the remaining chains.

Xu Taiping endured the Dragon Clan’s lightning backlash after severing one iron chain, while Dongfang Yuejian and Master Xuanzhi fought off attackers who tried to disrupt him. The attackers’ purple-robed leader revealed Ningchan Cave’s Mysterious Jade Wall, and Xu Taiping still faced the final two chains.

• Xu Taiping cut one iron chain and used the Bull Demon Phantom to withstand the lightning backlash, drawing cheers from the watching cultivators.
• An enormous fireball flew toward the stone platform, and Dongfang Yuejian dispersed it with her rune brush before a burly giant struck her and charged at Xu Taiping.
• A golden alms bowl’s Buddha phantom shielded Xu Taiping from the giant’s blow, then shattered and knocked the giant back.
• A purple-robed Daoist hurled flames at Xu Taiping, but Master Xuanzhi blocked them with his Wrathful-Eyed Vajra Dharma Aspect and charged the Daoist.
• The purple-robed Daoist stopped Xuanzhi’s charge with a nearly transparent, five-colored wall, which the spectators identified as Ningchan Cave’s Mysterious Jade Wall.

As Xu Taiping fought in the Old Dragon Court, cultivators in the First-Rank Pavilion teahouse learned that Ningchan Cave was pursuing him and Dongfang Yuejian. Four youths from Mysterious Wasteland Heaven asked how to reach Yangxian City so they could aid their benefactor, and the teahouse cultivators offered them teleportation scrolls and joined them.

• Cultivators in the First-Rank Pavilion teahouse condemned Ningchan Cave for hunting Xu Taiping and Dongfang Yuejian, but Li Yu of Penglai Mountain warned them against insulting Upper Realm powers.
• Four young cultivators carrying wooden cases asked for the fastest route from the Old Dragon Court to Yangxian City.
• Li Yu warned the youths that Ningchan Cave could block their path to the Upper Realm and punish their sects, but the youths declared they sought to drive the Nine Abysses Demon Cultivators from their homeland.
• The youths revealed they came from Mysterious Wasteland Heaven and said they would risk their lives to repay Xu Taiping for his kindness.
• Cultivators offered the four youths Teleportation Scrolls, and Xu Hu and others volunteered to accompany them to Yangxian City.
• Li Yu watched Xu Taiping in the Spirit Mirror and said he would remember him.

Xu Taiping continued trying to free the Human Sovereign spear as Ningchan Cave’s cultivators overwhelmed his allies and Huangbo moved to kill him. Just as Huangbo struck, four wooden boxes fell from the sky and four youths shouted that Taiping was their benefactor.

• Purple-Robed Elder Lu summoned demonic beasts and sent flying swords toward Dongfang Yuejian, allowing Huangbo to fatally wound her and smash her into a ruined tower.
• Xu Taiping severed another chain sealing the Human Sovereign spear while Huangbo broke Master Xuanzhi’s protective bowl and prepared to strike him.
• Mu Zhixing condemned Ningchan Cave through the Mountain-Viewing Realm, but Purple-Robed Elder Lu ordered Huangbo to kill Xu Taiping.
• Huangbo struck at Xu Taiping as four rifts opened overhead and four wooden boxes fell toward the ground.
• Four youths shouted, “Do not harm our benefactor Taiping!”

Four mechanical puppets piloted by the Song brothers arrived to protect Xu Taiping from Huangbo and declared that harming their benefactor meant opposing Mysterious Wasteland Heaven. As Huangbo threatened the realm and observers doubted its leaders would risk war for Xu Taiping, Gongshu Bai, city lord of Thousand Mechanisms City, called to command the brothers.

• Four wooden cases fell from the sky, transformed into mechanical divine generals, and attacked Huangbo, knocking him off the stone platform.
• The Four Song Brothers—Song Sheng, Song Xing, Song Ren, and Song Yi—declared that they had come from Thousand Mechanisms City to guard Xu Taiping.
• Xu Taiping felt moved by the young cultivators’ support, while Master Xuanzhi praised the good fruit of past deeds.
• Purple-Robed Elder Lu and Huangbo dismissed the brothers, and Huangbo threatened Mysterious Wasteland Heaven with Ningchan Cave’s wrath.
• Cultivators debated whether Mysterious Wasteland Heaven would risk offending Ningchan Cave for Xu Taiping, and Li Yu argued that its city lords would prioritize the realm’s safety.
• Gongshu Bai, city lord of Thousand Mechanisms City, called Song Sheng, Song Xing, Song Ren, and Song Yi through the Spirit Mirror and ordered them to hear his command.

Gongshu Bai and Mysterious Wasteland Heaven’s eighteen city lords declared their support for Xu Taiping and threatened war against Ningchan Cave if he was harmed. Their resolve strengthened Xu Taiping’s Dao heart, allowing him to sever the final chain sealing the Human Sovereign Spear, which waited for him to draw it.

• Gongshu Bai ordered the four Song brothers to protect Xu Taiping and declared that Mysterious Wasteland Heaven would treat Ningchan Cave cultivators as enemies if they harmed him.
• Purple-Robed Elder Lu threatened Thousand Mechanisms City, but Gongshu Bai and the other city lords announced that Mysterious Wasteland Heaven would wage an unending war against Ningchan Cave.
• Li Yu asked for a Moonshadow Stone recording of what Xu Taiping had done in the Mysterious Wasteland Tower.
• Xu Taiping’s Dao heart expanded, his divine soul power surged, and his wounds began healing as his control over his power improved.
• Xu Taiping sent the Human Sovereign Sword crashing into the final chain and severed it, breaking the Dragon Clan’s seal on the Human Sovereign Spear.
• The Human Sovereign Spear released a powerful aura but remained embedded in the platform, prompting a spectator to call for Xu Taiping to draw it.