Chapter Summaries

Xu Taiping broke through the fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth sky canopies by adapting his powers to each realm. After slicing open the eighth canopy with the Water-Cutting Sword, he continued ascending toward the Nine Heavens.

• Xu Taiping used divine intent, which Feng Tianxing identified as likely evolved from the Mountain-Moving Edict, to part the star sand and break through the fifth sky canopy.
• Xu Taiping transformed into a giant whale with his Dragon Whale Physique and rammed through the sixth sky canopy.
• Xu Taiping changed into his True Dragon Divine Being Physique and pierced the seventh sky canopy with a golden sword light.
• Xu Taiping revealed his thousand-zhang true dragon body, drew the Water-Cutting Sword, and declared a Blade Inquiry against the Nine Heavens.
• Xu Taiping sliced open the chaotic-vortex eighth sky canopy with one stroke of his blade.

Xu Taiping endured the Eighth Layer Sky Canopy’s Golden Immortal remains and awakened Ultimate Realm Heavenly Wrath Style, breaking through into the Ninth Layer Sky Canopy. As he faced the pure white world beyond, he sensed something watching him and unexpectedly thought of Lin Buyu.

• Feng Tianxing explained that Xu Taiping had to withstand a strike from the Golden Immortal remains to pass through the Eighth Layer Sky Canopy.
• Xu Taiping repeatedly attacked the remains’ phantom, then used his True Dragon Divine Being Body and Heavenly Wrath Style to resist its finger.
• Feng Tianxing surmised that the sky canopy’s trial was meant to awaken Xu Taiping’s Ultimate Realm power, and Xu Taiping continued fighting with that purpose.
• Xu Taiping manifested Ultimate Realm Heavenly Wrath Style, shattered the Golden Immortal remains phantom, and broke through the Ninth Layer Sky Canopy.
• Xu Taiping looked into Primordial Wuji Heaven, sensed something watching him, and suddenly thought of Lin Buyu.

Xu Taiping ascended through the ninth layer of the sky canopy, where a baptism restored his strength and purged impurities from his body and Divine Soul. As blessings from people across the Five Heavens—and from those in the Yellow Springs and Taixuan Ghost Domain—spurred him upward, he heard his Second Senior Brother, Senior Sister Linglong, and Master wish him well.

• Xu Taiping entered the ninth layer and found himself rising as his True Essence, qi and blood, and Divine Soul Power recovered.
• Black smoke carried impurities away from Xu Taiping's body and Divine Soul, strengthening his combat potential.
• Duan Xiaoyu and monks from temples across the Five Heavens sent Xu Taiping farewell blessings, and he realized the blessings were accelerating his ascent.
• Xu Taiping heard blessings from Zhang Moyan, Mu Yun, Little Martial Aunt Lu Rushuang, and people from Tianhai Pass, then bowed in thanks.
• Dugu Qingxiao sent a blessing from the Yellow Springs, and Xu Taiping resolved that they would reunite.
• Zhao Linglong and Xu Taiping's Master called out to him, and Xu Taiping recognized their voices through tears.

After hearing farewells from his Azure Profound Sect comrades and encouragement from Lin Buyu, Xu Taiping renewed his vow to help them and continued ascending through the Sky Canopy. He reached its ninth-layer barrier, bid farewell to the Five Heavens, and broke through into the Land of Chaos in Outer Heaven.

• Xu Taiping heard Lin Buyu urge him to press forward, then vowed to cross Yellow Springs and fight beside his master and fellow disciples.
• Xu Taiping's renewed resolve accelerated his ascent, while strands of gold-and-green wish power wrapped around him.
• Feng Tianxing explained that wish power protected cultivators ascending to Outer Heaven and helped Ultimate Realm cultivators hold more Dao Essence Power.
• Xu Taiping reached the top of the ninth layer, bid farewell to the Five Heavens, and summoned the Rusty Lion Sword and Eight Demon-Sealing Swords.
• Xu Taiping merged with the nine swords and blasted a hole through the Sky Canopy Barrier, prompting Gu Yu to celebrate his success.

As Xu Taiping entered the Land of Chaos in Outer Heaven, Feng Tianxing explained the dangers and history of the Chaos Star Domain to those watching. Just as they believed Xu Taiping was safe, the Chaos Void Banner appeared above him.

• Dongfang Yuejian, Gu Yu, and Master Xuanzhi watched Xu Taiping fly toward the Land of Chaos as Feng Tianxing reassured them that the distant eyes in the Chaos Star Domain belonged to faraway Demonic Beasts.
• Xu Taiping passed through the Sky Canopy into the Land of Chaos, and the Battle-Watching Projection showed the Five Heavens as tiny worlds in the vast Chaos Star Domain.
• Feng Tianxing explained that the Chaos Star Domain was once part of the Shangqing Realm but had become a deadly territory largely occupied by Demonic Beasts and Evil Gods.
• Great Emperor Zongyun ended the viewing, and Feng Tianxing said Xu Taiping would reach the Azure Dragon Seven Lodges Star Domain in a little over a hundred days, where someone would meet him.
• Before the Battle-Watching Projection vanished, Gu Yu spotted an enormous bone banner above Xu Taiping, and Feng Tianxing identified it as the Chaos True Aspect Demonic Beast, the Chaos Void Banner.

Xu Taiping used his vow power to drive back the Chaos Cavern Banner, but Xue Yazi and Green Scale Old Monster trapped and blinded him while preparing to lure the Sitting-in-Forgetfulness Corpse. He endured their talismans and planned to use zhu yu grass to turn the arriving mind aspect beast against them.

• Feng Tianxing explained that the Chaos Cavern Banner caused hallucinations and that its power could be dispelled by Fengdu disciples who knew the Yinji Scripture.
• Feng Tianxing reassured Dongfang Yuejian, Gu Yu, and Xuanzhi that Xu Taiping's vow power could help him resist the banner, though it might not be enough.
• Xu Taiping struck the Chaos Cavern Banner twice with his vow power and drove it away, then tried to escape on his Nine Flying Swords.
• Xue Yazi and Green Scale Old Monster appeared, immobilized Xu Taiping, and revealed that they were using the banner to lure the Sitting-in-Forgetfulness Corpse.
• Xu Taiping realized that zhu yu grass might let him control the mind aspect beast and turn it against the two Daoists.
• Xue Yazi burned Xu Taiping's eyes and tongue with black talismans, while Xu Taiping pretended to beg for mercy and endured the pain.

Xu Taiping remained trapped by the Chaos Void Banner until Yun Wuyue, a red-clad young cultivator, intervened and pierced the banner. As Yun Wuyue tried to take Xu Taiping to safety, Xue Yazi and Green Scale Old Monster ambushed him, and Yun Wuyue recognized them.

• The Chaos Void Banner enveloped Xu Taiping again, while his wish power shielded him from its corrosive force.
• Yun Wuyue appeared, saw Xu Taiping trapped, and decided to help him despite the danger.
• Yun Wuyue pierced the Chaos Void Banner with his flying sword, easing its pressure on Xu Taiping.
• Yun Wuyue reached Xu Taiping and offered to take him to the Azure Dragon Seven Lodges Star Domain to find a cultivator from Fengdu.
• Xue Yazi and Green Scale Old Monster ambushed Yun Wuyue with a crimson chain and green mist, sealing his aura.
• Yun Wuyue recognized Xue Yazi and Green Scale Old Monster as scum of the Cultivation World, astonishing Xu Taiping.

Xue Yazi and Green Scale Old Monster restrained Yun Wuyue and waited for the Sitting-in-Forgetfulness Corpse, while Xu Taiping hoped its arrival would give him a chance to save him. After the corpse devoured the Chaos Void Banner, the two demonic cultivators tried to capture it, and Xu Taiping began breaking free of his seal.

• Xue Yazi sealed Yun Wuyue's mouth and eyes with black talismans, and Green Scale Old Monster planned to turn him into a Sitting-in-Forgetfulness Corpse.
• Green Scale Old Monster and Xue Yazi concealed themselves as a chilling wind carried the Sitting-in-Forgetfulness Corpse into the star domain.
• The corpse's gaze froze the Chaos Void Banner, but Xu Taiping regained his senses when the zhuyu spirit herb released a piercing chill.
• The Sitting-in-Forgetfulness Corpse crushed and swallowed the Chaos Void Banner, leaving Xu Taiping and Yun Wuyue loose in the star domain.
• Green Scale Old Monster and Xue Yazi bound the corpse with a blood-colored anchor and used a Demon-Refining Pot to draw it in.
• Xu Taiping summoned his qi-blood true essence and began breaking free of Xue Yazi's seal.

Xu Taiping ate the zhu yu grass and used its power to awaken the Sitting-in-Forgetfulness Corpse while Xue Yazi and Green Scale Old Monster tried to capture it. He wounded Green Scale Old Monster, whose defenses then failed and whose mind was consumed by the corpse’s power, leaving Xu Taiping and the corpse facing Xue Yazi.

• Xu Taiping ate the zhu yu grass and discovered it strengthened his ability to control nearby mind aspect demonic beasts.
• Xu Taiping used his mind to awaken the Sitting-in-Forgetfulness Corpse as it was pulled toward the Silver Pot.
• Green Scale Old Monster prepared a Banana-Leaf Boat so he and Xue Yazi could escape while he kept driving the Silver Pot.
• Xu Taiping attacked Green Scale Old Monster with his strongest slash and severed his finger and half his palm.
• Green Scale Old Monster lost control of the Silver Bottle and Nether Jade, allowing the Sitting-in-Forgetfulness Corpse’s power to consume his mind.
• Xu Taiping and the Sitting-in-Forgetfulness Corpse turned their attention toward Xue Yazi.

Xu Taiping failed to break through Xue Yazi’s Great Dao Divine Weapon and struggled to stop him from escaping on the Green Banana Boat. As Xue Yazi threatened Xu Taiping’s family, Yun Wuyue erupted in flames and vowed to kill him.

• Xu Taiping’s Ultimate Realm No-Blade Form struck Xue Yazi’s heart-guarding mirror, which he revealed was a Great Dao Divine Weapon.
• Xue Yazi began powering the Green Banana Boat, but Xu Taiping attacked him with Heavenly Wrath and used Mountain-Shaking Power to injure him through the mirror’s protection.
• Xue Yazi seized the mirror and raised barriers that reflected Xu Taiping’s fist force, then prepared the boat to escape.
• Xue Yazi threatened to hunt down Xu Taiping and harm his family, prompting Xu Taiping to take out the Blade of Guicang.
• Yun Wuyue sprang up amid scarlet flames, shouted that Xue Yazi had threatened his sister, and vowed to kill him.

Yun Wuyue defeated Xue Yazi with the Redcloud Sword, then collapsed after his power faded. Xu Taiping used the Sitting-in-Forgetfulness Corpse to turn Xue Yazi into another corpse and searched both enemies for treasures, but he still had to decide whether to keep the corpses.

• Yun Wuyue grabbed the scorched boat, smashed through Xue Yazi's heart-guarding mirror, and drove him back with his fists.
• Yun Wuyue summoned the Redcloud Sword and cut through the heart-guarding mirror and the scorched boat, leaving Xue Yazi badly wounded before collapsing.
• Xu Taiping confronted Xue Yazi with the Sitting-in-Forgetfulness Corpse and used its gaze to turn him into a corpse.
• Xu Taiping bound Xue Yazi and the Green Scale Old Monster's corpses together and reminded himself to stay alert on the way to the Azure Dragon Seven Lodges Star Domain.
• Xu Taiping found Storage Rings and Qiankun Bags on both men but could not remove their Divine Soul Marks, then wondered whether to keep the corpses.

Xu Taiping reached the Azure Dragon Seven Lodges Star Domain with Xiaohei’s help, but an unknown cultivator pursued him after taking an interest in Xiaohei. Just as Xu Taiping prepared to hide, the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage contacted him.

• Xu Taiping sealed the three Sitting-in-Forgetfulness Corpses inside the Dragon-Trapping Tower and set off on Xiaohei’s back with the unconscious Yun Wuyue.
• Xiaohei raced toward the Azure Dragon Seven Lodges Star Domain and reached it in seven days, exhausting his divine power along the way.
• An unknown cultivator caught up with Xu Taiping and demanded to see Xiaohei, prompting Xu Taiping to flee on his flying sword.
• Xu Taiping prepared to use the Blade of Guicang to conceal himself, but the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage contacted him and confirmed he was in the Azure Dragon Seven Lodges Star Domain.

Xu Taiping fled toward the Azure Dragon Seven Lodges Star Domain while an unnamed cultivator pursued him, seeking the spirit hound he carried. As the pursuer closed in, Xu Taiping recalled a new way to protect himself and tried to negotiate while preparing to use what his clone had learned.

• Xu Taiping told the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage that an unnamed cultivator was chasing him, and the Great Sage said he would arrive in one or two cups of tea.
• Xu Taiping used his remaining Dao Essence Power and ate a Qi Mushroom spirit herb to speed up, but the pursuer's Immortal Boat rapidly gained on him.
• Xu Taiping weighed using the Dragon Vault Armor, the Dragon-Trapping Tower, or the Blade of Guicang, but hesitated to spend the Blade's use before reaching the Yaochi Sacred Land.
• The pursuer demanded Xu Taiping hand over his spirit hound, and Xu Taiping realized he had another way to protect himself.
• Xu Taiping dismissed the Daoxuan essence clone in the Dragon-Trapping Tower and absorbed its recent comprehension, then offered to give up the spirit hound if the pursuer kept his distance.

Xu Taiping sealed himself and Xiaohei inside a Five-Colored Crystal using the Heaven-Replenishing Book to escape Qiu Qianche’s pursuit. Qiu revealed his identity as an elder of the Heavenly River Sect and formed a plan to hide them away and wait until the seal failed.

• Xu Taiping pretended to offer Xiaohei to Qiu Qianche while secretly preparing the Heaven-Replenishing Book’s sealing power.
• Xu Taiping sealed himself and Xiaohei inside a Five-Colored Crystal before Qiu Qianche could reach them.
• Qiu Qianche’s Immortal Boat crashed into the crystal, but the crystal remained intact and seemed joined with the Chaos Star Domain.
• Qiu Qianche identified himself as an elder of the Heavenly River Sect and admitted he wanted to examine Xiaohei because of his speed.
• Qiu Qianche sent nine Dark Nether Mountain-Suppressing Tokens into position to create a Nine-Chen World-Sealing Formation and wait for Xu Taiping’s seal to weaken.

Xu Taiping was trapped in Qiu Qianche’s Nine-Chen World-Sealing Formation while Qiu tried to wear down the Heaven-Replenishing Book’s seal and seize Black Hound. The Heaven-Hunting Great Sage broke through the formation and arrived to confront Qiu Qianche.

• Qiu Qianche trapped Xu Taiping in a Nine-Chen World-Sealing Formation and used a Crimson Gourd’s True Fire to steadily drain his power.
• Xu Taiping contacted the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage, who recognized Qiu Qianche and promised to come rescue him.
• Qiu Qianche intensified the flames with a Spirit Mirror and urged Xu Taiping to surrender Black Hound and lower the seal.
• Xu Taiping challenged Qiu Qianche’s conduct, and Qiu claimed that the Chaos Star Domain had only the weak and the strong.
• The Heaven-Hunting Great Sage punched through the formation, restored the starlight, and descended to confront Qiu Qianche.

The Heaven-Hunting Great Sage drove Qiu Qianche away and learned that Xu Taiping had used the Heaven-Replenishing Book's sealing power to survive. He revealed that he planned to retrieve an item from the Yaochi Sacred Land to aid his breakthrough and would test Xu Taiping as a potential heir to his Martial Dao legacy.

• The Heaven-Hunting Great Sage broke through Qiu Qianche's True Fire and struck him, but Qiu Qianche used the force to retreat behind his nine Dark Nether Mountain-Suppressing Tokens.
• Qiu Qianche escaped a hundred li away in the phantom form of a black whale, and the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage chose not to pursue him.
• Xu Taiping explained that the Heaven-Replenishing Book's sealing power could only be used again after increasingly long intervals, and the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage regretted that it could not be used freely in the Yaochi Sacred Land.
• Xu Taiping told the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage that the abbot of Jiaye Temple had used Lotus Three Thousand Worlds to simulate the Yaochi Sacred Land, which raised the Great Sage's hopes for their journey.
• The Heaven-Hunting Great Sage revealed his two objectives: to retrieve something that would help him reach the Half-Immortal Realm and to test Xu Taiping as a potential inheritor of his Martial Dao legacy.
• Xu Taiping said he would give his all on the journey and welcomed the chance to inherit the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage's legacy.

The Heaven-Hunting Great Sage took Xu Taiping to Ruin Star and explained that, despite his strength in the Lower Realm, many Upper Realm cultivators could match him. He proposed that Xu Taiping fight a succession of evenly matched opponents in an arena within the Void to draw out his full potential.

• The Heaven-Hunting Great Sage told Xu Taiping that the Yaochi Sacred Land would open in a month and brought him to Ruin Star, a miasma-filled refuge and Ghost Market in the Chaos Star Domain.
• The Heaven-Hunting Great Sage took Xu Taiping to his tavern and warned him that at least a hundred Heaven Shocking Realm cultivators he knew could match Xu Taiping's fighting strength.
• Xu Taiping said that he had not faced an evenly matched opponent since reaching the Heaven Shocking Realm, apart from True Dragon Ao Yan.
• The Heaven-Hunting Great Sage explained that repeated deadly struggles against evenly matched opponents could draw out Xu Taiping's potential.
• The Heaven-Hunting Great Sage showed Xu Taiping a Void arena in an ancient battlefield where challengers would fight for a valuable prize, and Xu Taiping realized he was being urged to challenge cultivators across the Chaos Star Domain.

Xu Taiping agreed to defend an arena in the Upper Realm and offered treasures to attract powerful challengers. The Heaven-Hunting Great Sage recognized the rarity of Xu Taiping’s Golden Millet Paper and ancient spirit herbs, but the chapter ended before they settled on the final stakes.

• Xu Taiping agreed to the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage’s proposal to defend the arena for a month of trials.
• Xu Taiping showed the Great Sage primordial chaos metal essence, spirit marrow crystal, and Golden Millet Paper, which the Great Sage said would not all attract powerful prodigies.
• The Great Sage recognized the Golden Millet Paper and explained that even three sheets could provoke conflict because they could help produce a strike rivaling a Dao Integration Heavenly Communion Realm expert.
• Xu Taiping revealed that he had thirty sheets of Golden Millet Paper, and the Great Sage advised staking only one sheet to avoid drawing dangerous forces.
• Xu Taiping offered Qi Mushroom Herb and a Yang Yan Fruit, which the Great Sage identified as ancient spirit treasures, then asked whether one sheet of Golden Millet Paper, one Flaming Sun Fruit, and three stalks of Qi Mushroom Herb would suffice.

Xu Taiping arranged to challenge Upper Realm prodigies in the Ruin Star Black Prison, then spent two days recovering his strength. Just as he prepared to leave, Old Daoist Huang's divine sense awakened inside the Iron Gourd.

• The Heaven-Hunting Great Sage explained that Xu Taiping's three treasures would attract Upper Realm prodigies, but Xu first had to defeat any Heaven Shocking Realm arena defender.
• Shopkeeper Sun summoned the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage to deal with a private matter, so the Great Sage told Xu Taiping to rest before they went to the Black Prison.
• Xu Taiping and Xiaohei recovered most of their strength during two days of secluded cultivation in the Encounter Whatever Studio.
• Xu Taiping sensed a powerful surge from the Iron Gourd and realized that Old Daoist Huang's divine sense was awakening within the Undying Bone.

Xu Taiping reunited with Old Daoist Huang, who had awakened inside a flesh embryo after more than a century of sleep. When Xu Taiping showed him Fairy Lingyue’s Jade Box, Old Daoist Huang sensed its immense karma and said he could not sever it until he fully emerged and took human form.

• Xu Taiping placed the finger bone on the table, where it became a ball of flesh and Old Daoist Huang awoke inside it.
• Old Daoist Huang explained that the flesh embryo meant he was becoming human again after surviving the tribulation and reaching the Dao Integration Realm.
• Xu Taiping told Old Daoist Huang that over a hundred years had passed and recounted the major events since his sleep.
• Xu Taiping asked Old Daoist Huang to sever the karma attached to Fairy Lingyue’s Jade Box so he could open the Soul-Merging Pill recipe.
• Old Daoist Huang sensed the Jade Box’s perilous karma, told Xu Taiping to put it away, and said he would need to fully emerge from the flesh embryo before he could sever its karma.