Chapter Summaries

Xu Taiping, Dongfang Yuejian, and Master Xuanzhi faced a renewed assault from nearly a hundred Upper Realm cultivators, but all three recovered their strength and unleashed terrifying auras. Xu Taiping crushed Zhou Xiao of Pisha Palace’s thunder attack and struck him down, then prepared to sweep the battlefield with his Rending Blade Stance.

• Xu Taiping used Form- and Shadow-Transposition to exchange places with the two Purple-Robed Elders of Ningchan Cave, causing the Upper Realm cultivators to scatter before regrouping under a Spell-Breaking Talisman.
• A cultivator sealed Xu Taiping’s movement technique and urged the others to attack from a distance while he charged a purple gourd with thunder.
• Master Xuanzhi’s aura surged as he struck the Eight-Tone Withered Wood Fish, and Dongfang Yuejian’s strength also returned as she summoned an Immortal Garment and an Immortal Sword.
• Xu Taiping released a scorching, overwhelming aura that shook the cultivators’ resolve, but Zhou Xiao of Pisha Palace spent six drops of essence blood to power his purple gourd and attack.
• Xu Taiping crushed Zhou Xiao’s thunder sphere and purple gourd with a dragon-scaled hand, then struck him with a Baxia blow that sent him flying through the dunes.
• Xu Taiping invoked Overlord’s Breath and unleashed his Rending Blade Stance, spreading Blade Force, crane-feather Blade Qi, and thunderflame across the battlefield.

Xu Taiping and Dongfang Yuejian routed the Upper Realm cultivators, while Heavenly Lord Shihu and Brother Ox agreed to let him train independently and watch over his safety. Xu Taiping entered the Crimson Heaven Spirit Garden to temper his Great Sage Realm physique before the Dragon-Slaying Assembly.

• Dongfang Yuejian trapped the Upper Realm cultivators in her Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation, and Xu Taiping defeated them with his Ancestral Sage Fist.
• Heavenly Lord Shihu and Brother Ox discussed Xu Taiping’s training, deciding to let him train in the Upper Realm while keeping watch in case factions threatened him.
• Dongfang Yuejian told Xu Taiping that she and Master Xuanzhi had reached Chenglong Heaven and invited him to consult the Dongfang Household’s ancestral notes about the Mysterious Origin Avatar Art.
• Xu Taiping told Dongfang Yuejian he would seclude himself in the Dragon-Trapping Tower for several years, then join her and Master Xuanzhi before the Dragon-Slaying Assembly.
• Xu Taiping entered the Crimson Heaven Spirit Garden, intending to temper his Great Sage Realm physique to match the Chitie Barbarian Ox and gather spirit fruit.

Five years into training in the Crimson Heaven Spirit Garden, Xu Taiping hunted exotic beasts and found Tianying Grass, while reflecting on the gains and dangers of consuming the garden’s creatures. A message summoned him to Chenglong Heaven for the Dragon-Slaying Assembly in three months.

• Xu Taiping confirmed that the beheaded beast was Xiqu and subdued a herd of Chitie Barbarian Oxen with his Qi and Blood Power.
• Xu Taiping received a Jade Slip message asking him to go to Chenglong Heaven to meet Master Xuanzhi and the sender before the Dragon-Slaying Assembly.
• Xu Taiping found Tianying Grass, harvested its five fruits, and replanted the herb in accordance with the Heavenly Dao Edict.
• Xu Taiping recalled that killing more than one beast of the same kind in a month had nearly gotten him burned to ashes by Profound Heart Netherfire.
• Xu Taiping considered how eating exotic beasts’ flesh and blood increased his Essence Blood and Essence Vitality.

After five years in the Crimson Heaven Spirit Garden, Xu Taiping returned to the Dragon-Trapping Tower and discovered that a powerful Upper Realm cultivator was trying to seize it. Dongfang Yuejian identified the attacker as an Ultimate Dao Law Cultivator sent by Three Corpses Cave to stop Xu Taiping from attending the Dragon-Slaying Assembly.

• Xu Taiping spent months eating exotic beasts in the Crimson Heaven Spirit Garden, strengthening his essence blood, essence vitality, and Qi and Blood Power.
• Xu Taiping returned to the Dragon-Trapping Tower and prepared to unseal the Divine Soul Mark inside the second Golden Lotus before the Dragon-Slaying Assembly.
• Someone secretly refined the Dragon-Trapping Tower and began forcing open its Gate-Sealing Stone, causing Xu Taiping pain through their connection to the tower.
• Abbot Jiaye told Xu Taiping that cultivators were refining the tower in the valley where Yin God Su Yan had resided, led by an Upper Realm Ultimate Dao Law Cultivator with a Great Sage Realm Physique.
• Dongfang Yuejian informed Xu Taiping that Three Corpses Cave had sent an Ultimate Dao Law Cultivator to the Lower Realm to prevent him from attending the Dragon-Slaying Assembly.

Xu Taiping learned that Du Heng of Three Corpses Cave was leading an attack to refine the Dragon-Trapping Tower and force him out. He refused offers to flee and prepared to confront Du Heng, while Abbot Jiaye agreed to isolate the area from outside communications.

• Xu Taiping learned from Dongfang Yuejian that Du Heng, a powerful Ultimate Dao Law Cultivator, was among those attacking the Dragon-Trapping Tower.
• Xu Taiping realized the attackers wanted to force him out while weakening his Divine Soul and claimed the tower for themselves.
• As the Gate-Sealing Stone began to open, Xu Taiping considered his clones and continued preparing to forge the Fourth Mad Demon Sword.
• Abbot Jiaye and Dongfang Yuejian urged Xu Taiping to seek shelter, but he insisted on facing Three Corpses Cave and asked Abbot Jiaye to block outside communications.
• Abbot Jiaye agreed to isolate the Thousand Buddha Kingdom and the valley for up to a month, and Xu Taiping prepared to conceal his methods before the Dragon-Slaying Assembly.
• Du Heng mocked Xu Taiping as the Gate-Sealing Stone opened, and Xu Taiping asked whether he was Du Heng of Three Corpses Cave.

Xu Taiping faced Du Heng on the sacrificial platform after retracting the Dragon-Trapping Tower, and Du Heng revealed a Great Sage Physique whose Gazing Heaven Hou bloodline suppressed Xu Taiping’s True Dragon bloodline. After driving Xu Taiping back and blocking the other cultivators’ attack with his dragon-blood bamboo hat, Xu Taiping faced Du Heng alone as Du Heng declared he needed no help.

• Xu Taiping retracted the Dragon-Trapping Tower and found himself surrounded by eleven cultivators on Yin God Su Yan’s sacrificial platform.
• Du Heng challenged Xu Taiping’s Great Sage Realm physique and manifested his own Great Sage Physique, tempered for a hundred years.
• Du Heng revealed that his physique inherited the Gazing Heaven Hou’s bloodline, which suppressed Xu Taiping’s True Dragon bloodline.
• Du Heng struck Xu Taiping with a solidified surge of qi and blood, sending him sliding backward dozens of zhang.
• Four or five cultivators attacked Xu Taiping together, but he blocked their combined strike with his dragon-blood bamboo hat.
• Du Heng stopped the other cultivators and declared that he alone was enough to deal with Xu Taiping.

Xu Taiping fought Du Heng after learning that a sect had sent him to stop Xu Taiping from attending the Dragon-Slaying Assembly. Du Heng’s Heavenly Gang Fist overwhelmed Xu Taiping, but Abbot Jiaye activated the seal just as Du Heng launched another attack, allowing Xu Taiping to unleash his full power.

• Xu Taiping transformed his Sleeping Dragon Physique into a Raging Dragon Physique and revealed his immense qi and blood power.
• Du Heng said a sect had hired him to prevent Xu Taiping from attending the Dragon-Slaying Assembly, but promised to reveal the sect’s identity only if Xu Taiping defeated him.
• Du Heng used the Household Heavenly Gang Fist to summon stellar power and broke through Xu Taiping’s Baxia Form and Shoulder the Heavens stance.
• Du Heng attacked Xu Taiping again as he lay embedded in a mountain wall, and Abbot Jiaye told Xu Taiping that the seal was active and he could unleash his full power.

Dongfang Yuejian and Master Xuanzhi tried to reach Xu Taiping after his fight with Du Heng vanished from the projections, but Abbot Jiaye warned them not to enter or contact the Wilderness. In Su Yan's Lair, Du Heng continued to overpower Xu Taiping and learned that Abbot Jiaye had sealed the area against communications to the Five Heavens.

• Dongfang Yuejian decided to use the Grand Teleportation Array to go to the Wilderness with Master Xuanzhi, despite the cost to her clan.
• The projections and communications from the Wilderness were cut off, and Dongfang Yuejian could not reach Abbot Jiaye through his Voice Transmission Jade Slip.
• Abbot Jiaye told Dongfang Yuejian and Master Xuanzhi not to contact or enter the Wilderness, then relayed Xu Taiping's promise to arrive for the Dragon-Slaying Assembly on time.
• Du Heng struck Xu Taiping through several hills, then surrounded him with two elders and seven cultivators from the Lower Realm.
• The pale-faced elder told Du Heng that Abbot Jiaye had sealed the region against reflection-power transmissions, and said they could restore communications by taking Xu Taiping beyond the seal.

Xu Taiping unleashed his full strength and defeated Du Heng with a single overwhelming punch, then cut down the silver-haired Dharma Protector Elder. He revealed the fourth level of his blade domain, Returning to the Sea, Burying the Blade, as the remaining enemies faced a vast sea of blade flames and thunderflame blade shadows.

• Du Heng attacked Xu Taiping with Heavenly Gang Fist, but Xu Taiping unleashed his qi and blood and true essence and shattered Du Heng's fist force with Baxia Form.
• Xu Taiping's golden fist shadow struck Du Heng and sent him crashing into the mountain valley.
• The silver-haired Dharma Protector Elder attacked Xu Taiping with a blazing palm, but Xu Taiping cleaved the elder in two with his blade.
• The dying silver-haired elder warned White Wolf to flee with Du Heng, but Xu Taiping declared that no one would escape.
• Xu Taiping activated the fourth level of the blade domain, Returning to the Sea, Burying the Blade, covering the area with blade flames and thunderflame blade shadows.

Zhang Moyan, Duan Xiaoyu, and Chu Tiancheng reached Dragonwhisker Town to travel to the Profound Elixir Palace’s Dragon-Slaying Assembly, but Zhang Moyan was repelled by the jade gate after their invitations passed inspection. The chapter ended with him questioning whether his jade jue was faulty.

• Zhang Moyan warned Chu Tiancheng and Duan Xiaoyu that cultivators might try to rob them of their invitations to the assembly.
• At the West Gate, Profound Elixir Palace disciples inspected the trio’s jade jue and offered them pills, which Zhang Moyan declined on their behalf.
• The disciples verified the invitations and directed the three to pass through a jade gate before boarding the Teleportation Platform.
• Zhang Moyan was thrown back by the jade gate, leaving him to suspect that something was wrong with his jade jue.

Zhang Moyan, Duan Xiaoyu, and Chu Tiancheng discovered that their Jade Jue could not open the jade gate and accused Profound Elixir Palace disciples Zhu Ti and Tian Qi of swapping them. Elder Wei arrived and demanded evidence from Zhang Moyan, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Duan Xiaoyu and Chu Tiancheng each tried to enter the jade gate, but its barrier threw them back.
• Zhang Moyan realized their Jade Jue had been swapped, and Chu Tiancheng confronted Zhu Ti and Tian Qi.
• Zhang Moyan offered to use his Moonshadow Stone to prove what had happened, while the disciples denied the accusation and threatened them.
• Elder Wei emerged after Chu Tiancheng challenged the disciples, then attacked him with gang qi, which Zhang Moyan cut through with his spear.
• Elder Wei learned Zhang Moyan was a martial artist and demanded to see his evidence.

Zhang Moyan, Duan Xiaoyu, and Chu Tiancheng were framed by Profound Elixir Palace disciples and detained by Elder Wei in Dragonwhisker Town. A powerful black-robed man appeared, defeated the disciples sent to seize them, and confronted Wei Yixiao with the three Jade Jue.

• Elder Wei crushed Zhang Moyan’s Moonshadow Stone, accused him of forging it, and recaptured him and his companions after Zhang used the Phoenix-Crying Boots to flee.
• Zhang Moyan revealed their identities as guests invited by the Dongfang Household, but Wei Yixiao mocked their connections and ordered Zhu Ti and Tian Qi to take them to the Great Prison in Dragonwhisker Town.
• A black-robed man appeared beside the captives and challenged Wei Yixiao over his claim that Zhang Tianze and Jiang Cuicui had been his errand runners.
• Zhu Ti and Tian Qi attacked the black-robed man with their Flying Swords, but he knocked them away and sent them crashing through a room with a kick.
• The black-robed man showed Wei Yixiao the three Jade Jue and accused him of allowing the disciples to switch them and frame the palace’s invited guests.

The Black-Robed Man proved that Profound Elixir Palace disciples had stolen Zhang Moyan and his companions’ Jade Jue, then defeated Elder Wei Yixiao despite his powerful Daoist attacks. After Wei tried to detonate himself with a sect token, Li Yunxiao, Elder Niu, and Fu Liu arrived and accused the Black-Robed Man of attacking Wei.

• The Black-Robed Man showed the three stolen Jade Jue, confirming Zhang Moyan and Chu Tiancheng’s innocence and enraging Wei Yixiao.
• Wei Yixiao summoned a massive Geng Metal Sword Shadow, but the Black-Robed Man caught it with one hand and crushed it.
• Wei Yixiao attacked with a Geng Metal palm, but the Black-Robed Man shattered it and struck him down with a punch.
• The Black-Robed Man stomped Wei Yixiao’s arm, breaking the Jade Token he had intended to use to detonate himself.
• Li Yunxiao arrived with Elder Niu and Fu Liu, drove the Black-Robed Man away from Wei, and Zhu Ti and Tian Qi welcomed the newcomers as rescuers.

On Dragonwhisker Street, the black-robed man ignored the Profound Elixir Palace’s accusations and freed Zhang Moyan, Duan Xiaoyu, and Chu Tiancheng from the Immortal-Binding Rope. As Fu Liu attacked him, the black-robed man unleashed overwhelming Qi and Blood Power, leaving the watching crowd in an uproar.

• Chu Tiancheng and Duan Xiaoyu protested that Elder Wei had been beaten fairly, but Li Yunxiao used his pressure to injure them and Fu Liu told them to be quiet.
• Zhu Ti and Tian Qi accused the black-robed man of ambushing Elder Wei, and Li Yunxiao ordered him to give his name and surrender Elder Wei’s Communication Jade Slip.
• The black-robed man picked up the Jade Slip, dispersed Li Yunxiao’s pressure around Zhang Moyan and his companions, and ignored Fu Liu’s demands.
• The black-robed man failed to cut the Immortal-Binding Rope at first, then revealed a reddish-gold, Dragon-Scaled knife-hand and sliced through it; Zhang Moyan recognized him and agreed to keep his identity secret from Duan Xiaoyu and Chu Tiancheng.
• Fu Liu attacked from above, but the black-robed man’s Qi and Blood Power swept away Fu Liu’s Sword Intent and forced Fu Liu to abandon his sword and flee.

The black-robed man confronted Li Yunxiao and the Profound Elixir Palace elders after stepping in to expose Zhu Ti and Tian Qi for switching the Jade Jue. He refused their attempt to dismiss the matter as a misunderstanding and summoned Palace Master Jiang, leaving the elders’ attack suspended.

• The black-robed man scattered Fu Liu’s Sword Intent with his Qi and Blood Power, prompting Li Yunxiao to challenge him while Elder Niu urged that they first learn what had happened.
• Zhang Moyan told Elder Niu that Zhu Ti and Tian Qi had switched their Jade Jue, but Zhu Ti and Tian Qi denied the accusation and blamed the black-robed man for attacking Elder Wei.
• Li Yunxiao offered to let the matter go, and Zhang Moyan tried to lead Chu Tiancheng and the others away, but the black-robed man condemned Elder Niu for failing to distinguish right from wrong.
• Six more Profound Elixir Palace elders arrived, and Li Yunxiao and the elders surrounded the black-robed man and the three women with their auras.
• The black-robed man broke the pressure with a stamp, took Wei Yixiao’s bloodstained Communication Jade Slip, and called Palace Master Jiang to come deal with the unreasonable disciples.

Xu Taiping confronted Li Yunxiao and six Profound Elixir Palace elders at Dragonwhisker Town, then revealed his identity through a saber strike Jiang Xuanfeng recognized. Ancestor Feng Tianxing confirmed that the black-robed man was his younger brother and turned on Jiang Xuanfeng over the elders’ attack.

• Li Yunxiao accused the black-robed man of deception and rallied six elders to capture him.
• The black-robed man used Wei Yixiao’s Communication Jade Slip to summon Jiang Xuanfeng and warned that he would draw the saber strike he had shown at the Martial Champion Tower.
• Jiang Xuanfeng and Ancestor Feng Tianxing recognized the voice and redirected the hall’s projection to the fight near Dragonwhisker Town’s West Gate.
• The black-robed man switched places with an attacking elder and struck Li Yunxiao through his protective sword gang, severely injuring him.
• Feng Tianxing identified the black-robed man as Xu Taiping and angrily rebuked Jiang Xuanfeng for his disciple’s attack.

Xu Taiping fought Li Yunxiao and the Heaven Frost Hall elders at Dragonwhisker Town, defeating one elder and breaking Li Yunxiao’s blade technique. Li Yunxiao unleashed a frost-dragon attack, but Xu Taiping’s blade-drawing stance revealed a deadly blade intent that left Li Yunxiao sensing imminent annihilation.

• Li Yunxiao ordered the six elders to attack Xu Taiping, who endured their combined axe strike with his body.
• Xu Taiping struck a Profound Elixir Palace elder from a distance, caving in his chest and sending him crashing through a teahouse.
• Li Yunxiao took over the battle formation and attacked with a blade shadow, but Xu Taiping shattered it with Sword Hidden Within the Fist and knocked him into the rubble.
• Li Yunxiao released a wisp of true dragon breath, covered the area in frost, and attacked Xu Taiping atop a giant frost dragon.
• Xu Taiping assumed a blade-drawing stance, and Li Yunxiao sensed blade intent powerful enough to erase him from heaven and earth.

Jiang Xuanfeng intervened to stop Li Yunxiao from attacking Xu Taiping after recognizing Xu Taiping’s Ultimate Realm blade intent. He took Xu Taiping to complete his Ranking Ascension and asked him to speak on behalf of the Profound Elixir Palace disciples who had wronged his friends.

• Jiang Xuanfeng arrived and struck Li Yunxiao and the Frost Giant Dragon away after sensing Xu Taiping’s Ultimate Realm blade intent.
• Xu Taiping withdrew his blade intent, and Jiang Xuanfeng kicked Wei Yixiao for provoking the crisis.
• Li Yunxiao thanked Jiang Xuanfeng for saving him and Xu Taiping for sparing him, then shared the blade intent with the Profound Elixir Palace elders.
• Jiang Xuanfeng stopped Elder Niu from identifying Xu Taiping and offered to escort him to complete his Ranking Ascension.
• Xu Taiping asked Jiang Xuanfeng to look after Zhang Moyan and the other two, and Jiang Xuanfeng asked him to put in a good word for the palace disciples with the Ancestor.

Xu Taiping arranged for the Profound Elixir Palace elders to guide Zhang Moyan, Duan Xiaoyu, and Chu Tiancheng, then accepted Old Palace Master Jiang Xuanfeng’s offer of a ride to the palace in the Dragon Chariot. The elders learned that Xu Taiping was the Ancestor’s great benefactor and expected him to appear in the Dragon-Slaying Assembly rankings.

• Xu Taiping told Jiang Xuanfeng that the elders should earn the three young women’s forgiveness by guiding them during the Dragon-Slaying Assembly.
• Jiang Xuanfeng ordered Li Yunxiao and the other elders to care for Zhang Moyan, Duan Xiaoyu, and Chu Tiancheng or face expulsion from the Profound Elixir Palace.
• Jiang Xuanfeng summoned the Dragon Chariot and flew with Xu Taiping toward the Profound Elixir Palace, astonishing the cultivators watching in Dragonwhisker Town.
• Jiang Xuanfeng told the elders that Xu Taiping was the Ancestor’s great benefactor and warned them to treat the three young women well.
• Elder Niu predicted that Xu Taiping would take part in the Dragon-Slaying Assembly and said the Spirit Mirror would soon show him again.

At the Dragon-Slaying Assembly’s ranking ceremony, Dongfang Yuejian and Xuanzhi finally submitted their Same-Boat Chains after waiting for Xu Taiping. Dongfang Yuejian’s chain earned a double grade A, while Xu Taiping’s arrival remained uncertain.

• Xiahou Qingyuan explained the Dragon-Suppressing Platform’s history and the importance of the Same-Boat Chain rankings to Xiahou You.
• Xiahou You and Xiahou Qingyuan discussed whether Xu Taiping could still arrive after surviving Du Heng’s ambush, and Xiahou You vowed to investigate who had invited Du Heng.
• As the deadline approached, Dongfang Yuejian and Xuanzhi rose and handed their Same-Boat Chains to Elder Lu.
• Xiahou Qingyuan used a spirit mirror to watch the Chenglong Heaven clan heads’ reactions for clues about who had arranged the ambush.
• Elder Lu tested Dongfang Yuejian’s Same-Boat Chain, and its sword light reached two thousand one hundred zhang, earning her the sole double grade A ranking so far.