Chapter Summaries

Bai Yu and Ping'an briefly controlled the Demon Mother, allowing the others to attack, but she soon broke free and nearly removed the final Sealing Gate Nail. Xu Taiping and Jade Mother then released the Taixuan Sect inheritance’s restraints, enabling the Azure Profound Sect disciples to unleash a powerful assault that forced the Demon Mother to defend herself.

• Bai Yu and Ping'an controlled the Demon Mother long enough for Bu Xueting, Lü Daoxuan, Blade Ghost, and the others to wound Zhao Xuantan and the ghost generals, though the Demon Mother remained unharmed.
• The Demon Mother broke free of Bai Yu and Ping'an's control, struck at them, and continued pulling out the final Sealing Gate Nail.
• Blade Ghost prepared to open his Avīci Blade Domain, but Xu Taiping told him that Jade Mother had lifted the restraints on the Taixuan Sect inheritance within the Azure Profound Sect.
• Lü Daoxuan led more than ninety Azure Profound Sect sword cultivators in an assault that broke through the ghost generals and forced the Demon Mother to stop pulling the Sealing Gate Nail and defend herself.
• Bu Xueting recognized that the Azure Profound Sect disciples' combined killing power had reached a terrifying level.

Xu Taiping and the Azure Profound Sect Sword Cultivators captured the Demon Mother Clone, but Zhao Xuantan and the Ghost Generals attacked while the others were held back. Jade Mother revealed that her edict could lower the Demon Mother's cultivation to match one of them, and she chose Xu Taiping because of his Heaven-Hunting Great Sage Realm physique.

• The Azure Profound Sect Sword Cultivators formed a sword formation and helped Xu Taiping and Jade Mother wound the Demon Mother Clone.
• Jade Mother used her jade bottle to absorb the Demon Mother Clone and its Origin Demon Seed Power.
• Zhao Xuantan and five Ghost Generals surrounded Xu Taiping and Jade Mother while Blood-Garment Great Ghosts kept Bu Xueting, Lü Daoxuan, and the others from helping.
• Xu Taiping and his clone used their treasures and techniques to hold off the attackers as Jade Mother absorbed the Demon Mother's power.
• Jade Mother told Xu Taiping that she could use the Great Dao Edict Power, Rain and Dew Fall Equally, to lower the Demon Mother's cultivation, and chose him because of his Heaven-Hunting Great Sage Realm physique.

Jade Mother’s Jade Bottle threatened to capture the Demon Mother Clone while the cultivators held off her forces, but Zhao Xuantan attacked Xu Taiping with a time-powered strike. Xuanzhi and Xu Taiping’s old friends intervened, leaving Zhao Xuantan under attack and Xu Taiping reunited with his allies.

• Jade Mother moved to capture the Demon Mother Clone as the cultivators suppressed the Demonic Generals and Great Ghosts.
• Zhao Xuantan blamed Xu Taiping for disrupting his plans, released another seal, and attacked him with a devastating finger strike infused with the Power of Time.
• Xuanzhi arrived and shattered Zhao Xuantan’s attack with his Golden Buddha Dharma Aspect, then reunited with Xu Taiping.
• Xiahou You, Heavenly Lord Shihu, Gongshu Nanxing, Mu Yun, Ji Ye, Zhang Moyan, Third Prince Chu Yinan, and others joined the battle and forced Zhao Xuantan onto the defensive.
• Xu Taiping thanked his old friends as they greeted him amid the ongoing battle.

Jade Mother trapped the Demon Mother Clone on a Sword Platform and used an Origin-Returning Pill to restore Xu Taiping’s strength, while the human cultivators held back the empowered ghost army outside. Xu Taiping rushed to fight the Demon Mother Clone as Jade Mother wagered that a tenth of her divine power was enough to kill her.

• The Demon Mother broke free of Jade Mother’s jade bottle, and Jade Mother sent Xiahou You and the others to help Bu Xueting resist the rising ghost creatures.
• Zhao Xuantan recovered to eighty percent of his combat strength, and the Demon Mother pulled the Sealing Gate Nail from her forehead to release the seals on him and the other generals.
• Jade Mother gave Xu Taiping an Origin-Returning Pill and raised a Sword Platform with her Great Dao Edict Power, trapping the Demon Mother Clone while Zhao Xuantan was left outside.
• Zhao Qian realized Jade Mother planned for Xu Taiping to slay the Demon Mother Clone, and Bu Xueting, Lü Daoxuan, and the cultivators formed a defensive line against the ghost horde.
• The Demon Mother Clone challenged Jade Mother’s limited divine power and the short duration of her edict, but Xu Taiping charged forward to attack her.

Xu Taiping fought the Demon Mother Clone, whose ultimate fist technique overwhelmed him until her punch helped him comprehend great dao edict power. He realized her technique was only the human race’s ultimate realm, then struck back with what he declared to be Shangqing’s true ultimate dao realm.

• Xu Taiping’s ultimate realm attacks and treasures weakened the Demon Mother’s demon domain, but his blade still failed to injure her.
• The Demon Mother wounded Xu Taiping and revealed that she had mastered the Shangqing Spirit Bone Steles and its martial techniques beyond the ultimate realm.
• The Demon Mother’s ultimate punch shattered Xu Taiping’s defense and sent him crashing onto the Sword Platform, while Jade Mother watched from afar.
• Xu Taiping rose with new great dao edict power and told the Demon Mother that her fist technique was only the human race’s ultimate realm, not Shangqing’s.
• The Demon Mother launched another devastating punch, and Xu Taiping stepped forward and answered with a punch he called Shangqing’s true ultimate dao realm.

Xu Taiping used the Ten Emperors Scripture to unleash Ultimate Dao attacks against the Demon Mother, but her Origin Demon-Transformation Power kept producing new clones. With the Jade Mother's edict only able to restrain her for a little longer, Xu Taiping chose to focus on perfecting his fist technique and began settling into a stance.

• Xu Taiping shattered the Demon Mother's fist and blade attacks with the Ten Emperors Scripture, while his Origin Beginning Clone helped fend her off.
• Xu Taiping summoned four awakened deity projections and combined them into a powerful Ultimate Dao Shangqing Heaven-Shaking Fist, destroying the Demon Mother's clone before she re-formed and attacked again.
• The Jade Mother warned Xu Taiping that the Demon Mother was using Origin Demon-Transformation Power to stall him and that her edict would soon stop restraining her.
• The Jade Mother told Xu Taiping to let his clone hold off the Demon Mother while he gathered a decisive fist or blade strike and brought his Shangqing Ultimate Dao Power closer to its ultimate realm.
• Xu Taiping recalled practicing punches at Green Bamboo Abode, chose to pursue the fist path, and began carefully correcting his stance.

Xu Taiping unleashed Shangqing ultimate Dao power in a punch that weakened the Demon Mother Clone, but Zhao Xuantan shattered the Jade Mother's Edict with Zhenwu's Demon-Breaking Sword and restored the clone's strength. The Jade Mother concluded that the remaining human powerhouses could still drive the clone out, though only at great cost.

• Xu Taiping adjusted his stance as the Sword Platform created by the Jade Mother's Edict began to tremble and lose cohesion.
• The Demon Mother knocked away Xu Taiping's Origin Beginning Clone, then attacked Xu Taiping with a Vermilion Long Saber to interrupt his punch.
• Xu Taiping struck with Shangqing ultimate Dao power, engulfing the Demon Mother's blade force and repeatedly annihilating her clones.
• Zhao Xuantan struck the Sword Platform with Zhenwu's Demon-Breaking Sword, shattering the Jade Mother's Edict and leaving himself gravely torn apart.
• The Demon Mother Clone's aura surged and overwhelmed Xu Taiping's fist force, so the Jade Mother said the remaining powerhouses could drive her out only at grievous cost.

Xu Taiping spent thousands of years of his lifespan using the Heaven-Flipping Seal to weaken the Demon Mother Clone and protect the Azure Profound Sect. As the Demon Mother prepared to kill him, his Second Senior Brother arrived and told him to leave the rest to him.

• Xu Taiping learned from Jade Mother that another heavy blow could weaken the recovering Demon Mother Clone and reduce casualties, so he decided to attack again.
• Xu Taiping used the Heaven-Flipping Seal to strengthen himself and his Origin Beginning Clone, sacrificing a thousand years of lifespan for an ultimate realm blade strike.
• Xu Taiping followed with an ultimate realm punch and another blade strike, further reducing the Demon Mother's combat strength at the cost of more of his lifespan.
• The Demon Mother chose to sacrifice ten percent of her combat strength to attack Xu Taiping with the Sky Demon Hands.
• As Xu Taiping prepared to spend his remaining lifespan on another strike, his Second Senior Brother arrived and told him he had done enough.

Xu Taiping and the cultivators fought the Demon Mother as Dugu Qingxiao dragged the Ghost Domain into the Netherworld Yellow Springs and struck her in his Yama form. After the Demon Mother recovered much of her power, Ping'an, Blade Ghost, and Old Daoist Huang revealed their own Yama bodies and joined the attack.

• Blade Ghost broke past Zhao Xuantan to reach Xu Taiping, but the Demon Mother’s aura drove him back as she withdrew her attack from Xu Taiping.
• Dugu Qingxiao’s icy aura dragged the Ghost Domain into the Netherworld Yellow Springs, and his Yama body emerged from the blood moon to strike the Demon Mother.
• Dugu Qingxiao identified himself to the Azure Profound Sect disciples, but the Demon Mother’s surging power sent his Yama body flying.
• Xu Taiping told Jade Mother that they had prepared more than one Yama body.
• Ping'an, Blade Ghost, and Old Daoist Huang revealed their Yama bodies, blocked the Demon Mother’s saber strike, and attacked her together.

Dugu Qingxiao summoned Yellow Springs forces to turn the battle against the Extraterrestrial Ghost Creatures and help the five Yama attack the Demon Mother. As Xu Taiping healed, Jade Mother warned him that the Demon Mother still had hidden origin demon seed power capable of breaking Yellow Springs’ restraints.

• Dugu Qingxiao issued a Ghost-Slaying Edict and called on the ghosts of Yellow Springs to help the humans fight the Extraterrestrial Ghost Creatures.
• Bu Xueting, Zhao Qian, Lü Daoxuan, and the other cultivators joined the Yellow Springs forces, reversing the battle against Zhao Xuantan and the other Ghost Generals and Demonic Generals.
• Xu Ziyan appeared, and the Five Yellow Springs Yama attacked the Demon Mother together, while Blade Ghost, Ping'an, and Dugu Qingxiao struck her and forced her to use demon-transformation power.
• Jade Mother explained to Xu Taiping that Yellow Springs power would gradually weaken the Demon Mother's clone whenever she used demon-transformation power, and suggested that the former Lord of the Netherworld Yellow Springs might have returned.
• When Xu Taiping offered to join the fight, Jade Mother told him to heal and restore his magic power, warning that the Demon Mother had hidden origin demon seed power that could break Yellow Springs’ restraints.

Xu Taiping’s allies wounded the Demon Mother and forced her to unleash her hidden power, but she overwhelmed the survivors after escaping Dugu Qingxiao’s seal. Just as the Demon Mother threatened to kill the remaining cultivators, Xu Taiping returned to the fight in a giant form and struck her.

• Jade Mother explained that the Demon Mother’s origin demon seed power would permanently weaken her true body, and Xu Taiping healed while his allies continued their assault.
• The Demon Mother reclaimed the power she had given Zhao Xuantan and the other generals, then absorbed the blood of the fallen and unleashed her origin power.
• Dugu Qingxiao attempted to seal the Demon Mother in Yellow Springs, but she broke free and dragged the survivors back into the Taixuan Ghost Domain.
• The Demon Mother incapacitated many cultivators and overpowered Bu Xueting, Lü Daoxuan, Zhao Qian, and the other defenders with her Thousand Demon Hands.
• Xu Taiping appeared in a thousand-zhang form and punched the Demon Mother, giving the remaining cultivators hope.

Chen Hao and the arriving cultivators sought a way through the Blood Ghost Spider’s web to help Xu Taiping fight the Demon Mother, but opening a passage would require five powerful experts to hold it open. Xu Chengling volunteered to enter the Taixuan Ghost Domain, though the elders warned that he would be going to his death.

• Chen Hao stopped cultivators from attacking the Blood Ghost Spider and explained that ordinary methods could not break its web.
• Zhang Tianze and Zhu Huai arrived and urged Chen Hao to find a way to support Xu Taiping, but Chen Hao said five experts would be needed to open and maintain a passage.
• Yun Shiliu arrived with Fang Mou, Zheng Mo, and Xu Chengling, giving them the five experts needed to open the passage.
• Yun Shiliu warned that even she might not be able to help Xu Taiping against the Demon Mother, while Xu Chengling volunteered to enter the Ghost Domain.
• Fang Mou questioned whether they should let Xu Chengling go to his death for nothing.

Xu Taiping struggled against the Demon Mother while the cultivators debated sending aid through the sealed Ghost Domain teleportation array. Dongfang Yuejian arrived injured but revealed that Xu Taiping had left a special clone in the Lower Realm to travel the Five Heavens and store swords, a secret she said concerned his Great Dao cultivation.

• Xu Taiping dispelled the Demon Mother's attack and charged at her again, while Yun Shiliu and the others warned that his defeat would doom the cultivators in the Ghost Domain.
• Chen Hao agreed to gather Pure Yang Sword Sect disciples to accompany Xu Chengling, and Yun Shiliu allowed Xu Chengling to go.
• Dongfang Yuejian arrived and asked whether the Pure Yang Sword Sect's teleportation array to the Ghost Domain could still be opened.
• Dongfang Yuejian revealed that Great Ghosts had injured her and reduced her fighting strength to less than half, then asked Chen Hao to take her along.
• Yun Shiliu concealed their conversation, and Dongfang Yuejian explained that Xu Taiping had left a special clone in the Lower Realm to travel the Five Heavens and store swords.

Dongfang Yuejian revealed that Xu Taiping had hidden swords throughout the Five Heavens, and Yun Shiliu sent her and Xu Chengling to deliver them to him. At Taixuan Peak, Bu Xueting fought the Demon Mother's clone at the cost of his own clone as the sealed Ghost Domain entrance was finally opened.

• Dongfang Yuejian told Yun Shiliu that Xu Taiping's clone had spent nearly sixty years hiding swords throughout the Five Heavens.
• Yun Shiliu agreed to help Dongfang Yuejian reach the Taixuan Ghost Domain, and Xu Chengling insisted on escorting her.
• Yun Shiliu approved Xu Chengling's request and ordered him to deliver the swords to Xu Taiping with Dongfang Yuejian.
• Bu Xueting stopped Zhao Qian from attacking and charged the Demon Mother's clone, using up his own clone to buy Xu Taiping time.
• Zhao Linglong and Zhao Qian saw the Ghost Domain gates open after cultivators outside battered them down.

Bu Xueting sacrificed his clone to unleash a devastating sword strike against the Demon Mother Clone, but she survived. Xu Taiping then joined Bai Yu and Ping'an in attacking her, leaving them weakened after they blocked her Extreme Law Divine Abilities.

• The Demon Mother warned Xu Taiping that continuing the fight would cost many Azure Profound Sect disciples their lives, but he chose to try again.
• The Demon Mother struck Bu Xueting with crimson lightning, and Xiaohei, Bai Yu, and Ping'an helped carry him and Xu Taiping out of the Thousand Demon Hands' reach.
• Bu Xueting revealed his heart aperture and sacrificed his clone to unleash Sword Returns to Heavens, destroying half the Demon Mother's body and Thousand Demon Hands before dissolving into ashes.
• Xu Taiping rejected Bu Xueting's advice to prioritize his own survival and asked Bai Yu and Ping'an to fight alongside him.
• Bai Yu carried Xu Taiping and Ping'an to the Demon Mother, where Bai Yu and Ping'an shattered her barrage of Extreme Law Divine Abilities but were thrown back, weakened by the backlash.

Xu Taiping fought the Demon Mother Clone alone, determined to protect the Azure Profound Sect’s remaining cultivators, while his allies urged him to let them help. As the Demon Mother overwhelmed his defenses, Lü Daoxuan asked Jade Mother if she could switch Xu Taiping with them.

• Xu Taiping wounded the Demon Mother Clone with his blade, and his Thousand Arms Bodhisattva Golden Body Dharma Aspect battered her until her body began to crack.
• The Demon Mother gathered her hands and concentrated her spells and demon seed power on Xu Taiping, forcing him to rely on his ultimate dao power to regenerate his defenses.
• Xuanzhi, Xiahou You, Lü Daoxuan, Zhao Qian, and Zhao Linglong urged Xu Taiping to let them join the fight, but he insisted that holding the Demon Mother back would save more Azure Profound Sect cultivators.
• The remaining Azure Profound Sect sword cultivators and other allies called for Xu Taiping not to sacrifice himself, and Xiahou You proposed that they combine their strength.
• The Demon Mother crushed Xu Taiping’s Origin Beginning Clone, leaving his true body to face her full attack, and Lü Daoxuan asked Jade Mother if she could swap Xu Taiping with them.

Jade Mother exchanged Xu Taiping's position with the gathered cultivators, who took his place resisting the Demon Mother while he was left unable to return to the battle. As the formation began to crack and Jade Mother predicted more sacrifices would be needed, Dongfang Yuejian arrived with Xu Taiping's sword.

• Lü Daoxuan and the gathered cultivators agreed to exchange places with Xu Taiping, and Jade Mother helped them form a formation to resist the Demon Mother's attacks.
• Xu Taiping's ultimate dao power ran out, and he prepared to sacrifice his Origin Beginning Clone as the Demon Mother's Thousand Demon Hands overwhelmed him.
• Jade Mother used her last magic power to exchange Xu Taiping's position with the gathered cultivators, who formed a barrier beneath the Demon Mother's attacks.
• Xu Taiping begged Jade Mother to exchange them back, but she said her magic power was exhausted and predicted that over two hundred people might have to be sacrificed to exhaust the Demon Mother.
• As the formation's barrier cracked, Dongfang Yuejian called out to Xu Taiping and said she had brought his sword.

Dongfang Yuejian reunited with Xu Taiping and brought him the memories of his deceased clone, whose mortal experiences could transform Xu Taiping’s Dao heart. As the Demon Mother attacked, Xu Taiping began absorbing those memories while Bai Yu and Ping'an fought to protect the others.

• Dongfang Yuejian arrived with Xu Chengling as the Demon Mother’s Thousand Demon Hand attacked, and Xu Taiping destroyed it with the Heaven-Flipping Seal.
• Dongfang Yuejian explained that Xu Taiping’s Origin Beginning Clone had traveled with her across the Five Heavens, storing swords at each place they visited.
• She told Xu Taiping that the clone had died defending the village where he lived and had chosen to experience mortal suffering on Xu Taiping’s behalf.
• Dongfang Yuejian gave Xu Taiping a strand of silver hair containing the clone’s experiences as the Demon Mother sent hundreds of Thousand Demon Hands toward them.
• Bai Yu and Ping'an intercepted the attacks, while Xu Taiping restrained Dongfang Yuejian and Xu Chengling and began merging the clone’s memories into his divine soul.
• Xu Taiping’s aura surged as the clone’s memories and insights merged into him.

Xu Taiping absorbed the experiences of Xu You’s clone, completing his Dao Heart and greatly increasing his strength as the Demon Mother attacked. After shielding his companions, he went alone to confront her true body.

• The swords Xu You had hidden across the Five Heavens flew to Xu Taiping as he comprehended Xu You’s experiences and his aura grew stronger.
• Xu Taiping’s nine flying swords destroyed a Thousand Demon Hand, and Dongfang Yuejian realized his Dao Heart might be complete.
• The Demon Mother sent dozens of Thousand Demon Hands and a barrage of attacks toward Xu Taiping and his companions.
• Xu Taiping shielded everyone with a Phantom Image of a Treasure Pagoda, then told Bai Yu and Ping'an to protect Dongfang Yuejian and Xu Chengling.
• Xu Taiping declared that the weakened Demon Mother Clone was no match for him and broke through her barrier to confront her alone.

Xu Taiping faced the Demon Mother alone as swords stored by Xu You across the Five Heavens began to reach him. After the first sword broke under the Demon Mother’s assault, hundreds more converged, leaving Ping'an wondering whether Xu Taiping could slay her clone by himself.

• Xu Taiping entered the Thousand Demon Hands barrier alone after the Demon Mother pushed Lü Daoxuan and the other cultivators away.
• A sword from Purple Wisteria Valley in Youyun Heaven arrived, and Xu Taiping wielded it to sweep away the Demon Mother's first barrage of attacks.
• The Demon Mother unleashed a stronger assault, and the sword of morning clouds shattered after Xu Taiping struggled to withstand her spells and demon seed power.
• Dongfang Yuejian explained that Xu You had stored 681 swords during their travels through the Five Heavens.
• Hundreds of swords converged on Xu Taiping, filling the sky with a terrifying sword intent as Ping'an wondered if he could defeat the Demon Mother clone alone.