Chapter Summaries

Mu Yuchen visited Xu Taiping and asked him to withdraw from the next day's competition, but he refused and used her Heart-Observing Art to learn about Mu Yun. The chapter ended with Xu Taiping discovering that Mu Yun had reached the Martial God Realm and resolving to use the information in the coming match.

• Mu Yuchen visited Xu Taiping, while Ping'an warned him that she intended to persuade him to concede.
• Mu Yuchen removed her veil and tried to use the Heart-Observing Art to read Xu Taiping's thoughts, but his left eye concealed them.
• Mu Yuchen offered Xu Taiping anything within Guangling Pavilion's power if he withdrew from the competition, but he refused.
• Xu Taiping deliberately let Mu Yuchen hear his thoughts boasting of his strength, provoking her to reveal that Mu Yun had reached the Martial God Realm.

Xu Taiping refused Mu Yuchen’s attempt to persuade him to concede, while secretly using Ping'an to learn about Mu Yun’s abilities and mislead her with fabricated trump cards. The next day, Mu Yun entered the Golden Scale Pool, unaware that his sister had revealed information to Xu Taiping.

• Mu Yuchen told Xu Taiping that Mu Yun considered Zhang Moyan his true rival and urged him to give up the fight.
• Xu Taiping let Mu Yuchen overhear thoughts about raising his physique to the Martial God Realm, while Ping'an relayed her thoughts about Mu Yun’s Six-Ding Deity-Inviting Mantra and Ten-Extinction Blade Formation.
• Xu Taiping pretended he could use Divine Firmament Palm-Heart Thunder, making Mu Yuchen believe he had another dangerous trump card.
• After an hour, Xu Taiping refused to concede, and Mu Yuchen left secretly pleased with the information she believed she had gathered.
• Ping'an told Xu Taiping that Mu Yuchen thought Mu Yun could beat him without using thirty percent of his strength, and Xu Taiping joked about Mu Yun wetting the bed at eight.
• The next day, Mu Yun thanked Mu Yuchen for sparing him trouble before entering the Golden Scale Pool.

As Xu Taiping prepared to face Mu Yun at the Golden Scale Assembly, Chu Xiaoxiao learned that Taiping had only a small chance of winning after staking her savings and dowry on him. Dharma Master Chongde also reported that the Cloud Emergence Kingdom was under severe demonic attack, while the chapter left Taiping’s match yet to begin.

• Mu Yuchen warned Mu Yun about Xu Taiping’s Palm-Heart Thunder, and Mu Yun said he would avoid the dangerous hand; Mu Yuchen revealed she had bet three hundred thousand Gold Essence Coins on him.
• Chu Tiancheng and Chu Xiaoxiao met Lu Rushuang, Lu Yun, and Dharma Master Chongde, who reported that the Demon Monk of Fire Cloud Temple and the Heavenly Wolf King had conquered nearly half the Cloud Emergence Kingdom.
• Dharma Master Chongde said the four great Buddhist temples were protected by Ancient Buddha Kasyapa, but Tianyuan City’s fall could let the demonic beasts unleash the Demon Abyss.
• Lu Rushuang estimated that Xu Taiping had only a thirty percent chance of defeating Mu Yun, and Chu Xiaoxiao admitted she had wagered her savings and pawned her dowry residence and restaurant for a total of two hundred thousand Gold Essence Coins.
• Lu Rushuang said Xu Taiping’s chance of winning was very small, and Chu Xiaoxiao fainted.

Xu Taiping fought Mu Yun of Guangling Pavilion on the Golden Scale Platform, using a clone to evade Mu Yun’s traps and land a surprise attack. As Mu Yun broke free, Xu Taiping launched a relentless barrage of punches.

• Chu Xiaoxiao regained her spirits after Chu Tiancheng and Monk Chongde reminded her that she could win a fortune if Xu Taiping prevailed.
• Dugu Qingxiao told the Azure Profound Sect disciples that Xu Taiping’s opponent, Mu Yun, was a formidable cultivator from Peerless Nether Heaven.
• Mu Yun trapped Xu Taiping with earthen soldiers and struck him with Blade Drawn, Shadow Follows, then encased him in mud as a pottery figure.
• Mu Yun’s saber split the pottery figure, but Dugu Qingxiao realized it held Xu Taiping’s clone, while the real Xu Taiping struck Mu Yun from above.
• Mu Yun broke free with a green radiance, and Xu Taiping unleashed Great Sage Fist, Raging Thunder Form, raining punches down on him.

Xu Taiping broke through Mu Yun’s defenses and interrupted his Spirit-Invoking Spell with an Ultimate Realm punch. Mu Yun stopped himself from flying off the Golden Scale Platform, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Xu Taiping’s Raging Thunder Form overwhelmed Mu Yun’s Power of Thick Earth, and Guangling Pavilion’s elders realized he had held back in their previous bout.
• Elder Zou and Elder Tan concluded that Mu Yun needed the Spirit-Invoking Spell to break Xu Taiping’s growing fist force, despite wanting to save it for Zhang Moyan.
• Mu Yun began casting the Spirit-Invoking Spell as golden runes appeared across his body, while Xu Taiping released blood qi comparable to the Martial God Realm.
• Xu Taiping struck through the black sand with an Ultimate Realm punch, hit Mu Yun’s rune-covered arms, and interrupted the invocation.
• Mu Yun drew his saber and stabbed it into the Golden Scale Platform to stop himself from being knocked off.

Xu Taiping defeated Mu Yun by exploiting his knowledge of Mu Yun’s abilities, earning cheers in True Martial Heaven and provoking Mu Yuchen to plot his death. As Xu Taiping prepared to face Zhang Moyan, Chu Yudie and Fan Zhixing expected him to lose.

• Xu Taiping disrupted Mu Yun’s Ten-Extinction Blade Formation by exposing an embarrassing childhood secret, then struck him off the Golden Scale Platform with the Baxia Form.
• Mu Yuchen realized Xu Taiping had likely overheard her thoughts and ordered Elder Zou to have Ye Feiyu kill him after his match with Zhang Moyan or later in the Imperial Capital.
• Lu Rushuang and Chu Tiancheng celebrated Xu Taiping’s victory, while Chu Xiaoxiao exclaimed that they had struck it rich.
• Zhao Linglong spread news of Xu Taiping’s win across Azure Profound Sect, and Liu Chuxuan and the experts at Nine Prefectures' Main Altar celebrated his achievement.
• Chu Yudie and Fan Zhixing predicted Zhang Moyan would defeat Xu Taiping in the next round.

After Xu Taiping defeated Mu Yun, Mu Yuchen tried to arrange for Ye Feiyu to target him, but Mu Yun warned her that Ye Feiyu was dangerous. The chapter ended with Mu Yuchen learning that Ye Feiyu had already gone to the Mysterious Cloud Martial Hall and rushing there to stop him.

• Mu Yun suffered a coughing fit as Mu Yuchen recalled that Xu Taiping had exposed his childhood bed-wetting, and he told her to keep Xu Taiping from revealing it.
• Mu Yun accepted his defeat by Xu Taiping and said Xu Taiping might beat Zhang Moyan, while Mu Yuchen said she did not want him on the Golden Scale Ranking.
• Mu Yuchen admitted she had asked Ye Feiyu to hit Xu Taiping harder if they met, and Mu Yun warned her about Ye Feiyu's extreme temperament and the Three Delusions Scripture.
• Mu Yun told Mu Yuchen to call off the plan and keep Ji Ye, Guangling Pavilion's hidden contender, protected.
• Mu Yuchen messaged Elder Zou to cancel the request, then learned Ye Feiyu had already gone to the Mysterious Cloud Martial Hall.
• Mu Yuchen urged Elder Zou to try to call Ye Feiyu back and hurried to the Mysterious Cloud Martial Hall herself.

A mysterious youth attacked the Mysterious Cloud Martial Hall while looking for Xu Taiping, injuring Lu Yun and Lu Wen and severely wounding Dharma Master Chongde. Zhang Moyan of Western Liang arrived and knocked the youth away, leaving him excited to recognize her.

• The youth kicked open the Mysterious Cloud Martial Hall's gates and attacked Lu Wen and Lu Yun after demanding to see Xu Taiping.
• The youth crushed Lu Yun's wrist, but Dharma Master Chongde intervened and rescued him.
• Chongde fought the youth with his Prajna Golden Body Technique, but the youth shattered his palms and cut off one of his ears.
• A sudden kick sent the youth crashing into a wall, and he recognized the newcomer as Zhang Moyan of Western Liang.

Xu Taiping learned that Ye Feiyu had badly injured Lu Yun and Dharma Master Chongde before Mu Yuchen took him away. Guangling Pavilion elder Zou Yan apologized and offered compensation, but Lu Rushuang still planned to seek an explanation from the Taihao Sect after Xu Taiping’s competition.

• Lu Yun recounted how Zhang Moyan fought Ye Feiyu, wounded him, and watched Mu Yuchen persuade him to leave.
• Lu Rushuang treated Lu Yun and heard that Dharma Master Chongde expected to recover from his injuries.
• Elder Zou of Guangling Pavilion came to apologize, explaining that Ye Feiyu had acted on his own, and offered healing pills and compensation.
• Xu Taiping asked Zou to bring Ye Feiyu to apologize, while Lu Rushuang accepted the compensation and said she would seek justice from the Taihao Sect.
• Xu Taiping asked to accompany Lu Rushuang after the competition, and Lu Yun revealed that Zhang Moyan had come to thank Xu Taiping in person.

Xu Taiping faced Zhang Moyan in the third round of the Golden Scale Assembly, while his companions discussed their winnings and the Taihao Sect’s attack on Lu Yun, his sibling, and Monk Chongde. Zhang Moyan thanked Xu Taiping for helping defend Tianhai Pass and announced that she would lose the match.

• Chu Xiaoxiao celebrated her six hundred thousand Gold Essence Coins and claimed she had stopped gambling, though she secretly wagered everything on Xu Taiping losing.
• Lu Rushuang told Chu Tiancheng that her recovered masters were coming to the city and would help deal with the Taihao Sect over its attack on Lu Yun, his sibling, and Monk Chongde.
• Xu Taiping and Zhang Moyan faced each other on the Golden Scale Platform but did not immediately fight.
• Zhang Moyan thanked Xu Taiping for helping defend Tianhai Pass three months earlier and protecting Western Liang from becoming a Demon Domain.
• Zhang Moyan declared that she would be the loser of the round, shocking the spectators.

After Zhang Moyan conceded to Xu Taiping and thanked him for saving Western Liang, the spectators wondered what Xu Taiping had done there. A Guangling Pavilion report and a vision of the battle at Tianhai Pass suggested that Xu Taiping had helped the Red Armor Cavalry repel the Shark Demons.

• Chu Tiancheng and Lu Rushuang guessed that Xu Taiping had gone to Western Liang and might have lifted the siege of the Sea-Calming Tower.
• Chu Xiaoxiao admitted she had bet seven hundred thousand on Xu Taiping losing, including money she owed Chu Tiancheng, and Chu Tiancheng kicked her.
• Mu Yuchen wondered whether Zhang Moyan had made a deal with Xu Taiping or fallen for him, while Mu Yun dismissed both ideas.
• Elder Zou brought Mu Yun an urgent Guangling Pavilion report saying a young cultivator had helped the Red Armor Cavalry hold Tianhai Pass against the Shark Demons three months earlier.
• Mu Yun and Mu Yuchen connected the report to Zhang Moyan's thanks, then watched a vision of Xu Taiping repeatedly rising to fight Demonic Beasts at Tianhai Pass.

Xu Taiping’s defense of Tianhai Pass spread through the Five Heavens, changing how others viewed him and prompting Chu Yudie’s punishment and King Zhao’s shock at Zhang Tianze’s victory over the Shark Emperor. Back at the Mysterious Cloud Martial Hall, Xu Taiping finished recounting the battle just as Huang Zong arrived with Ye Feiyu to apologize.

• Mu Yun and Elder Zou recognized Xu Taiping’s strength and urged Mu Yuchen not to offend him, so she promised to visit with a gift and apologize.
• Dugu Qingxiao showed the Azure Profound Sect disciples images of Xu Taiping defending Tianhai Pass, and Lin Buyu and the others realized he had earned his fortune through his actions.
• Chu Yudie accepted whatever punishment her father, King Zhao, deemed appropriate after he reprimanded her.
• Zhu Huai showed King Zhao an image of Zhang Tianze beside the Shark Emperor’s enormous head, and King Zhao learned that Zhang Tianze had slain it.
• Xu Taiping told Little Martial Aunt and the others about Tianhai Pass, crediting the Sea-Calming Tower’s formation and the soldiers who defended the town.
• Huang Zong arrived at the Mysterious Cloud Martial Hall with Ye Feiyu to beg forgiveness for the previous day’s events.

Elder Huang Zong brought Ye Feiyu to the Mysterious Cloud Martial Hall to apologize, but Ye Feiyu refused to show remorse and insulted Lu Rushuang and Xu Taiping. Faced with Lu Rushuang’s powerful aura and the threat of retaliation, Huang Zong crushed a Jade Jue and summoned a mysterious, terrifying phantom before Ye Feiyu.

• Elder Huang Zong apologized to Lu Rushuang for Ye Feiyu injuring her disciples and Dharma Master Chongde, then ordered Ye Feiyu to kneel.
• Ye Feiyu refused until Huang Zong used a Jade Jue to bind him with spiritual chains and force him to his knees.
• Ye Feiyu insulted Lu Rushuang and Xu Taiping, prompting Huang Zong to stomp his head down and apologize again.
• Lu Rushuang demanded that Ye Feiyu sincerely apologize to her children and Dharma Master Chongde, and threatened to seek justice at the Taihao Sect’s lodging if he did not.
• Lu Rushuang revealed her formidable Transformation Realm aura, and Huang Zong decided to abandon Ye Feiyu to protect the other Taihao Sect disciples.
• Huang Zong crushed the Jade Jue and summoned a hazy phantom whose terrifying aura reminded Xu Taiping of Old Daoist Huang.

After Taihao Sect Master Lin Qinggu ordered Ye Feiyu to repay the injuries he had caused, Ye Feiyu mutilated himself before Xu Taiping and Lu Rushuang. The staged atonement ended with Ye Feiyu challenging Xu Taiping to the upcoming competition and vowing to kill him even without hands.

• Lin Qinggu appeared as a phantom, ordered Ye Feiyu to atone for the injuries he had inflicted, and vanished.
• Ye Feiyu punched his abdomen, crushed his own wrist, and cut off an ear to repay the injuries he had caused Lu Yun, Lu Wen, and the monk.
• Xu Taiping said Ye Feiyu was atoning for Lin Qinggu rather than for them, while Huang Zong defended the disciple's actions.
• Ye Feiyu used his sword to sever both his hands, claiming the gesture repaid the monk.
• Huang Zong asked Xu Taiping and Lu Rushuang to forgive Ye Feiyu, who then challenged Xu Taiping to the next competition and threatened to kill him without hands.

Xu Taiping entered the fourth round of the Golden Scale Ranking after receiving warnings about Ye Feiyu, a ruthless practitioner of the Three Delusions Scripture. As his companions prepared to watch, the Azure Profound Sect disciples learned that Xu Taiping needed four more victories, including this match, to contend for first place.

• Chu Tiancheng tried to give Xu Taiping a Moonshadow Stone recording of Ye Feiyu, but Xu Taiping entered the Golden Scale Pool before Chu Xiaoxiao arrived with it.
• Lu Rushuang warned Xu Taiping that Ye Feiyu was a madman who would use any means to win, and Xu Taiping vowed to make him apologize to A Yun and A Wen.
• Chu Xiaoxiao gave Chu Tiancheng the Moonshadow Stone, and Lu Rushuang waited at the pavilion entrance for Zhang Moyan to join them.
• At the Azure Profound Sect, Dugu Qingxiao explained that Xu Taiping had ranked sixtieth after Zhang Moyan conceded and needed four more matches, including the current one, to contend for first place.

As Xu Taiping prepared to face Ye Feiyu, the others learned that Ye practiced the Taihao Sect’s dangerous Three Delusions Scripture, including its formidable Mad Ghost Blood. The fifth match of the round began with the two fighters separated by a wall of sword qi.

• Dugu Qingxiao revealed that Ye Feiyu was the Taihao Sect sect master’s disciple and practiced the Three Delusions Scripture.
• Lin Buyan warned Lin Buyu that Xu Taiping could be in danger, but reminded her that Ye could only cultivate the scripture’s first section before reaching the Spirit Refining Realm; Lin Buyu stopped herself from burning more of her fortune.
• Mu Yun explained to Mu Yuchen that the scripture’s Living Corpse section could grant an Undying Bone body and the Mutual Harm Spell Body, and warned that Mad Ghost Blood could make the match impossible to continue.
• Chu Tiancheng and the others watched footage of Ye Feiyu using Mad Ghost Blood to tear apart a peak Spirit Refining Realm cultivator, while Lu Rushuang said Xu Taiping knew his limits.
• Chu Xiaoxiao instructed A-Da to bet the proceeds from pawning her dowry on Xu Taiping.
• Prefect Qiu Shanyuan announced the match between Xu Taiping and Ye Feiyu, and a wall of sword qi rose between them on the Golden Scale Platform.

Xu Taiping faced Ye Feiyu in the fourth round of the Golden Scale Assembly and learned that Ye Feiyu possessed an Ultimate Realm aura like his own. He chose to risk fighting him with fists and saber to seek insight into Ultimate Intent, and Ye Feiyu’s sword strike wounded and drove him back.

• Martial God Zhu Huai warned Chu Yinan to take Xu Taiping seriously, while Chu Yinan judged Ye Feiyu an even more dangerous opponent.
• Ye Feiyu broke through the sword-qi wall, revealed his perfected Undying Bone Physique, and attacked Xu Taiping with his sword.
• Blade Ghost told Xu Taiping that Ye Feiyu shared his Ultimate Realm aura and explained how a deadly contest between such opponents might help him master Ultimate Intent.
• Xu Taiping decided to fight Ye Feiyu using his fists and saber rather than risk ending the duel with his other powerful abilities.
• Xu Taiping blocked Ye Feiyu’s sword strike with the Great Sage Fist’s Guarding Form, but suffered a bloody cut and was sent staggering back.

Xu Taiping abandoned his defenses and fought Ye Feiyu to sharpen his own martial dao ultimate intent against Ye Feiyu’s overwhelming sword intent. After enduring a barrage of wounds, Xu Taiping began to break Ye Feiyu’s sword shadows and transformed his dragon whale physique into the Soaring Dragon Realm, setting the stage for their true contest.

• Ye Feiyu pinned Xu Taiping down with a storm of sword strikes and gathered his accumulated sword qi into a massive slash.
• Xu Taiping recognized the ultimate realm aura in Ye Feiyu’s sword and, urged on by Blade Ghost, met it with a punch instead of defending.
• Ye Feiyu’s sword intent overwhelmed Xu Taiping’s first attacks and inflicted numerous deep wounds, while Mu Yun realized Xu Taiping was contending with Ye Feiyu for martial dao ultimate intent.
• Xu Taiping kept trading wounds for momentum until his fist shadow finally shattered one of Ye Feiyu’s sword shadows.
• Xu Taiping transformed his dragon whale physique into the Soaring Dragon Realm, and Mu Yun anticipated the true contest for martial dao ultimate intent.

Xu Taiping and Ye Feiyu clashed over martial dao ultimate intent at the Golden Scale Assembly, with Xu Taiping breaking Ye Feiyu’s sword intent and landing a devastating punch. Ye Feiyu’s cursed body struck back, but Xu Taiping kept attacking as his successive fist shadows battered Ye Feiyu’s storm of blades.

• Xu Taiping raised his blood qi to the Soaring Dragon Realm, assumed the Baxia Form, and challenged Ye Feiyu to contend with him.
• Ye Feiyu drew a second sword and attacked Xu Taiping with a storm of sword qi, but Xu Taiping shattered his sword shadows with one punch and injured his Undying Bone body.
• Ye Feiyu’s Mutual Harm Spell body inflicted matching wounds on Xu Taiping, but Xu Taiping staggered only briefly before attacking again.
• Ye Feiyu unleashed a relentless barrage of twin-sword strikes, and Xu Taiping answered with a series of fist shadows that hammered into the storm of blades.

Xu Taiping endured Ye Feiyu’s attacks and reached a new level of Martial Dao Ultimate Intent, then won their contest and forced Ye Feiyu to concede. His victory put him in contention for the top thirty of the Golden Scale Ranking, astonishing his fellow disciples at Azure Profound Sect.

• Xu Taiping endured the pain of Ye Feiyu’s Mutual Harm Spell and broke through to a higher level of Martial Dao Ultimate Intent.
• Xu Taiping’s Dragon Whale Physique entered the Raging Dragon Realm, and his punch shattered Ye Feiyu’s swords and body, winning their contest of Ultimate Intent.
• Ye Feiyu used Mad Ghost Blood to trap Xu Taiping in a blood net and attack him with a blood saber.
• Xu Taiping repeatedly unleashed the Demon-Slaying Blade Chaotic Cicada Stance with the Great Sun Golden Flame Art, burning away the blood net and scorching Ye Feiyu.
• Ye Feiyu conceded, and Zhao Linglong, Dugu Qingxiao, and Xu Ziyan celebrated Xu Taiping’s victory and his chance to rank in the Golden Scale Ranking’s top thirty.