Chapter Summaries

Xu Taiping watched Heaven-Shocking Realm cultivators from other worlds slaughter Old Daoist Mao of the One-Leaf Book, while Fairy Lingyue explained why such experts hunted one another. Mao’s body and Natal Treasures were destroyed, but a yellow leaf escaped through a rift after its voice threatened the woman behind Xu Taiping’s survival.

• Golden and seven-colored attacks from the sky’s rifts shattered Old Daoist Mao’s defenses and split his body.
• Fairy Lingyue told Xu Taiping that Heaven-Shocking Realm cultivators became targets because the Heavenly Dao drove them to seize one another’s fortune and resources.
• Fairy Lingyue explained that Heaven-Shocking Realm cultivators concealed their auras and locations, but Xu Taiping’s Spirit-Shocking Formation had exposed Mao.
• The attacks annihilated Mao’s body and destroyed his Natal Treasures, leaving only an unharmed yellow leaf.
• A voice from the yellow leaf recognized a woman as still alive, vowed not to reveal her identity, and fled through a rift.

After Old Daoist Mao escaped with One-Leaf Book, Xu Taiping absorbed a Heavenly Dao gift and prepared to pick the Earth Fruit with Fairy Lingyue. In the Imperial Capital, Zhu Huai urged Zhang Tianze to ask Xu Taiping’s hidden ally to help in the coming battle against the Nine Abysses.

• Old Daoist Mao escaped with One-Leaf Book, though Fairy Lingyue said his body’s destruction had ruined his cultivation and left him gravely injured.
• The Heavenly Dao sent Xu Taiping essence qi, which his Lotus Eye absorbed and used to clarify the golden lotus in his pupil.
• Fairy Lingyue told Xu Taiping to clear the others away so they could pick the Earth Fruit that night.
• Zhu Huai and Zhang Tianze discussed Old Daoist Mao’s escape and the expert behind Xu Taiping, and Zhu Huai asked Zhang to seek that expert’s help against the Nine Abysses.
• At Blood Rain Forest, Fairy Lingyue showed Xu Taiping that the Earth Fruit had grown as several Spirit Peaches, and he prepared to pick them.

Inside the Dragon-Trapping Tower, Xu Taiping opened the Earth Fruit’s peach pits and found treasures, including a Gate-Sealing Stone and an upgraded Shentu Bow. He opened a third pit and discovered three small red candles, with one pit still unopened.

• Fairy Lingyue explained that only Xu Taiping could see the Earth Fruit’s peaches and that their treasures were hidden inside the pits.
• Xu Taiping opened the first pit and found a Gate-Sealing Stone, which he hid from the hungry Lotus Eye.
• Xu Taiping opened the second pit and found the Shentu Bow, now a supreme-grade immortal weapon, and Fairy Lingyue suggested he might refine it into a second Natal Treasure.
• Xu Taiping opened the third pit and found three thumb-sized, blood-red candles.

Xu Taiping opened an Earth Fruit treasure and discovered it was a Liuguang Blood Candle that could provide decades of cultivation in just days. He and Fairy Lingyue then turned to the final peach pit, hoping it held the item the Sixth Seat of the Abyssal Pavilion wanted.

• Xu Taiping asked Fairy Lingyue if the candle was the treasure sought by the Sixth Seat, and she identified it as a relic grown from Demon God Blood Jade.
• Xu Taiping examined the candle and learned it had been made from Demon God Liuguang's blood and could make ten years pass beneath its light for every day outside.
• Fairy Lingyue confirmed the candle's time-warping power and urged Xu Taiping to check its restrictions.
• Xu Taiping learned that a candle could not be moved or extinguished once lit and could shelter only one person, but he realized his Mysterious Origin Avatar could use it to cultivate.
• Xu Taiping and Fairy Lingyue discussed the potential value of the three candles before Xu Taiping crushed the final peach pit, hoping it contained the Sixth Seat's desired treasure.

Xu Taiping and Fairy Lingyue discovered a Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart beneath Phoenix Cry Mountain, which they planned to trade to the Abyssal Pavilion’s Wuji Immortal Elder for the Phoenix Marrow Stone and other treasures. Fairy Lingyue also explained the Spirit Peaches’ benefits and advised Xu Taiping to refine the Shentu Bow as Qingxuan’s calamity approached.

• Xu Taiping asked Fairy Lingyue about the beating heart, and she identified it as a Sage’s Literary Heart recovered from the site of an ancient battle.
• Fairy Lingyue explained that the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart was a supreme Confucian treasure and proposed bargaining for more than the Phoenix Marrow Stone.
• Fairy Lingyue told Xu Taiping that eating a piece of Spirit Peach flesh would let her borrow his body to act once, though the True Martial Barrier might make her intervention ineffective.
• Xu Taiping said he would face the calamity himself with the Lotus Eye, his Spirit Refining Realm cultivation, and his treasures.
• Fairy Lingyue advised Xu Taiping to refine the Shentu Bow before the Life-and-Death Seal, and Xu Taiping asked whether refining different Immortal Weapons affected a cultivator’s fighting strength.

Xu Taiping learned how refining bonded immortal weapons could strengthen him and decided to refine the Shentu Bow first. After Zhang Tianze and Zhu Huai asked him to seek help from his Huangting Dao Palace senior, they named their target: Jingkong, Abbot of Fire Cloud Temple.

• Fairy Lingyue explained how bonded immortal weapons could increase a cultivator’s strength, and Xu Taiping chose to refine the Shentu Bow first.
• Dongfang Yuejian told Xu Taiping that her Seven Tribulations Curse had been broken and that the Dongfang Household had found clues involving the true dragons of Youyun Heaven.
• Zhang Tianze and Zhu Huai visited Xu Taiping at the Mysterious Cloud Martial Hall and asked him to request help from his Huangting Dao Palace senior.
• Xu Taiping asked whom they wanted the senior to confront, and Zhang Tianze named Jingkong, Abbot of Fire Cloud Temple.

Xu Taiping learned why Youyun Heaven needed help confronting Jingkong and agreed to ask Fairy Lingyue to intervene. She demanded an Immortal Rank Red Essence Yin-Yang Mirror and Emperor Youyun’s Cloud Emergence Sword, then ordered them to lift the Sword Tower’s restrictions so she could fetch it herself.

• Zhu Huai and Zhang Tianze told Xu Taiping that Jingkong was the obstacle to a plan to cripple the Nine Abysses and steer the next Heaven-Demon War toward the Grand Tournament.
• Zhu Huai explained that the Great Emperors could not freely use their full strength because their destinies were bound to their domains, while Fairy Lingyue told Xu Taiping that they guarded the Five Heavens from dangers beyond the world.
• Fairy Lingyue agreed to hold Jingkong off but required an Immortal Rank Red Essence Yin-Yang Mirror and the Cloud Emergence Sword as compensation.
• Xu Taiping told Zhu Huai and Zhang Tianze the conditions, and Zhu Huai agreed to provide the mirror.
• Zhu Huai and Zhang Tianze warned that only Emperor Youyun could wield the Cloud Emergence Sword, but Fairy Lingyue ordered them to lift the Sword Tower’s restrictions so she could fetch it.

Xu Taiping and Zhang Tianze went to Youyun Prefecture to borrow the Cloud Emergence Sword after Zhu Huai agreed to seek the Great Emperor’s approval. Qiu Shanyuan warned them that the sword was a dangerous, resentful demon sword, but Xu Taiping remained confident that he could retrieve it for his senior.

• Xu Taiping relayed Fairy Lingyue’s request to borrow the Cloud Emergence Sword, and Zhu Huai agreed to seek the Great Emperor’s approval that day.
• Zhang Tianze took Xu Taiping to Youyun Prefecture, where Qiu Shanyuan worried about their request to borrow Cloud Emergence.
• Qiu Shanyuan explained that Cloud Emergence had been a Master-Devouring Demon Sword and that its baleful aura had returned after the Great Emperor left it to guard Youyun Heaven.
• Zhang Tianze’s teasing provoked Cloud Emergence into ringing and releasing pressure, which Zhang Tianze suppressed with a stomp.
• Qiu Shanyuan learned that Xu Taiping, not Zhang Tianze, intended to borrow the sword and warned him that lifting the tower’s restrictions could cost lives.
• Xu Taiping assured Qiu Shanyuan that he was confident he could retrieve the sword for a senior.

Xu Taiping asked the Cloud Emergence Sword to come downstairs and faced its furious attack after its spirit refused. Fairy Lingyue took control of his body and cut through the sword qi, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Emperor Youyun ordered Qiu Shanyuan to remove the Sword Suppression Tower's restrictions so Xu Taiping could borrow the Cloud Emergence Sword.
• Qiu Shanyuan released the restrictions, and the Cloud Emergence Sword's furious sword presence swept across Golden Scale Pool.
• Xu Taiping respectfully asked the sword spirit to come downstairs, but it insulted him and attacked with sword qi.
• Xu Taiping raised his blood energy and endured the sword qi, then repeated his request in a thunderous voice.
• The sword spirit opened the tower doors and sent a massive wave of azure sword qi at Xu Taiping, so Fairy Lingyue took control of his body and cleaved the attack apart.

Xu Taiping used Fairy Lingyue’s sword intent to subdue the Cloud Emergence Sword spirit and secure its agreement to go downstairs. News then arrived that Demon Monk Jingkong had emerged early and the Heavenly Wolf King had assembled his Demon Army, so Xu Taiping prepared to leave for Fire Cloud Temple.

• Fairy Lingyue used precise control of Xu Taiping’s blood qi and true essence to scatter the Cloud Emergence Sword’s sword qi, then urged him to summon the sword spirit downstairs.
• The Cloud Emergence Sword spirit attacked Xu Taiping, but Fairy Lingyue took control of his body and used her Annihilation sword intent to tear apart the spirit body until Qiu Shanyuan pleaded for her to stop.
• Xu Taiping relayed Fairy Lingyue’s question about the Sword Ancestor, and the terrified sword spirit knelt, apologized, and agreed to go downstairs with him.
• Zhu Huai received word that Jingkong had emerged from seclusion and that Xuanzhi and the Scripture Guardians were intercepting him near Fire Cloud Temple.
• Zhu Huai reported that the Heavenly Wolf King had assembled the Demon Army ahead of time, and Xu Taiping decided to consult Fairy Lingyue before leaving for Fire Cloud Temple.

Cloud-Hidden Temple’s monks tried to contain Jingkong inside Cinnabar Valley with the Immovable Wisdom King Demon-Subduing Seal. Jingkong emerged from Fire Cloud Temple and struck the Immovable Wisdom King manifestation hard enough to wound Xuanzhi, who hoped Youyun Prefecture’s reinforcements would arrive soon.

• Xuanzhi and Cloud-Hidden Temple’s monks chanted outside Cinnabar Valley while Qingjue warned that Jingkong’s escape could leave Tianyuan City unable to withstand the demons.
• When demonic qi surged from Fire Cloud Temple, Xuanzhi invoked the Immovable Wisdom King manifestation and sealed the temple beneath its golden alms bowl.
• A crimson lotus broke through the scripture barrier, and an aged voice from within it addressed Xuanzhi.
• Jingkong emerged from the lotus, grew to the Immovable Wisdom King’s size, and punched the manifestation backward, making Xuanzhi spit blood.
• Xuanzhi steadied the damaged manifestation and hoped Youyun Prefecture’s reinforcements would arrive before it failed.

Zhang Tianze and Zhu Huai watched Xuanzhi and the monks of Cloud-Hidden Temple defend Cinnabar Valley against Jingkong, whose Four-Armed Rahu Dharma Form overwhelmed them. As Xu Taiping remained half an incense stick away, Fairy Lingyue told him to eat a Spirit Peach while she flew the sword.

• Zhu Huai and Zhang Tianze saw Xuanzhi badly wounded by Jingkong's Yama Palm, but Xuanzhi and the Cloud-Hidden Temple monks restored the Immovable Wisdom King Dharma Form by chanting together.
• Jingkong taunted Zhang Tianze and Zhu Huai, then unleashed his Four-Armed Rahu Dharma Form and slashed the Immovable Wisdom King Dharma Form.
• Zhu Huai urged Zhang Tianze to hurry Xu Taiping, warning that Xuanzhi could not hold out for long against Jingkong's strongest Dharma Form.
• Zhang Tianze contacted Xu Taiping, who learned from Bai Yu that Cinnabar Valley was still half an incense stick away.
• Fairy Lingyue told Xu Taiping to eat a Spirit Peach while she flew the sword.

Xu Taiping let Fairy Lingyue take control of his body and use a Spirit Peach to prepare for a fight with the demonic monk Jingkong. As she raised his power and transformed his appearance, Fairy Lingyue told him to study her techniques rather than remain a bystander.

• Xu Taiping ate a Spirit Peach to give Fairy Lingyue the strength to fight Jingkong and save Xuanzhi.
• Fairy Lingyue took control of Xu Taiping’s body and warned him that the power she would channel could cause severe pain, though his Dragon Whale Physique could repair the damage.
• Fairy Lingyue changed Xu Taiping’s appearance and body into a woman’s form so she could draw out more of her original strength.
• Fairy Lingyue sharply increased Xu Taiping’s blood energy and true essence, and he endured the pain without wavering.
• Fairy Lingyue reminded Xu Taiping of Thousandfold Force and told him to observe how she circulated true essence and wielded blood energy in combat.

Fairy Lingyue left Xu Taiping with a warning to learn Heaven-Opening Force, then rushed to Cinnabar Valley as Xuanzhi and the monks of Cloud-Hidden Temple made a final stand against Jingkong. Just as Jingkong prepared to kill them, Fairy Lingyue arrived and knocked his Rahu Heavenly Demon Dharma Aspect to its knees.

• Fairy Lingyue explained that Heaven-Opening Force came from an Origin Law and urged Xu Taiping to seize his chance to learn it before flying away on the Cloud Emergence Sword.
• Jingkong shattered much of Xuanzhi's Immovable Wisdom King Aspect and body, but Xuanzhi and the monks of Cloud-Hidden Temple continued chanting and vowed to face death together.
• Xuanzhi restored his weakened Immovable Wisdom King Aspect, but Jingkong broke it apart again and raised his weapons for a final blow.
• Zhu Huai and Zhang Tianze watched helplessly, believing Xuanzhi and the monks could not be saved in time.
• Fairy Lingyue arrived and struck Jingkong's Rahu Heavenly Demon Dharma Aspect with a punch that drove it to its knees.

Fairy Lingyue battled Demon Monk Jingkong, using the Cold Sky Pearl to extinguish his Black Lotus Demon Flame and freeze his Rahu Heavenly Demon Dharma Aspect. After Jingkong broke free and attacked with a sword and saber, she stood her ground and continued raising her blood qi.

• Zhu Huai and Zhang Tianze saw that Taiping's senior was a woman and watched her force Jingkong's Rahu Heavenly Demon Dharma Aspect to its knees with a punch.
• Fairy Lingyue dodged Jingkong's Black Lotus Demon Flame and used the Cold Sky Pearl's Chill Breath to extinguish the flames and freeze his Dharma Aspect.
• Fairy Lingyue attacked the frozen aspect with another punch, but Jingkong freed it from the ice during their clash.
• Jingkong's Rahu Heavenly Demon Dharma Aspect broke free and slashed at Fairy Lingyue with a sword and saber.
• Fairy Lingyue did not dodge the attack and continued to raise the power of her blood qi.

Fairy Lingyue destroyed Jingkong’s Rahu Heavenly Demon Dharma Aspect with Heaven-Opening Force, but Jingkong drew on the Nine Abysses Demon Cavern and opened the Ghost Prison Rakshasa Gate. The chapter ended as Zhu Huai and Zhang Tianze recognized a Rakshasa Ghost Mother emerging from the gate.

• Fairy Lingyue shattered Jingkong’s Rahu Heavenly Demon Dharma Aspect with repeated Heaven-Opening Force punches.
• Zhang Tianze identified Fairy Lingyue’s technique as the ancient martial art Heaven-Opening Force.
• Jingkong summoned demonic qi from the Nine Abysses Demon Cavern and used it to block Fairy Lingyue’s attack.
• Jingkong opened the Ghost Prison Rakshasa Gate, and Zhu Huai warned that it could release endless evil ghosts.
• A Rakshasa Ghost Mother appeared through the gate, and Zhu Huai recognized it by its black body, vermilion hair, and green eyes.

Fairy Lingyue fought Jingkong’s Rakshasa Ghost Mothers while teaching Xu Taiping to wield Heaven-Opening Force and combine the Cold Sky Pearl with saber energy. After she killed four Rakshasa Ghost Mothers and sealed the gate in ice, Xu Taiping understood how mastery and adaptation could strengthen his techniques, while Zhu Huai and Zhang Tianze speculated about her intentions.

• Fairy Lingyue warned Xu Taiping to observe how she used Heaven-Opening Force and the Cold Sky Pearl, so he could learn the techniques.
• When the Rakshasa Ghost Mother emerged from the Ghost Prison Rakshasa Gate, Fairy Lingyue struck it with Baxia Form and Heaven-Opening Force, reducing its body to a skeleton.
• Fairy Lingyue combined the Cold Sky Pearl’s cold energy with saber energy to destroy three more Rakshasa Ghost Mothers and freeze the gate shut.
• Xu Taiping thanked Fairy Lingyue and realized that mastering and adapting techniques mattered more than simply possessing many of them.
• Aboard the Bronze Chariot, Zhu Huai questioned why Fairy Lingyue had not used her strongest methods earlier, and Zhang Tianze suggested she had been instructing a junior.

Fairy Lingyue used the Cloud Emergence Sword to destroy Fire Cloud Temple and trap Jingkong in the Demon Grotto for at least seven days. Later, Xu Taiping learned Qingxuan would hold a Sect Master Inauguration Ceremony in half a month, then saw two black-robed men from the Faceless Tower searching for a Spirit Cat at Cloud Cottage Mountain.

• Fairy Lingyue summoned the Cloud Emergence Sword and killed the Rakshasa Ghost Mothers pouring from the Rakshasa Gate.
• Fairy Lingyue’s One Sword, Annihilation reduced Fire Cloud Temple to ruins and forced Jingkong to retreat into the Demon Grotto.
• Xu Taiping told Zhu Huai and Zhang Tianze that the Cloud Emergence Sword and monks from Cloud-Hidden Temple could keep Jingkong trapped for at least seven days.
• Xu Taiping confirmed Qingxuan would hold a Sect Master Inauguration Ceremony in half a month, and he and Fairy Lingyue suspected it was connected to the Nether Profound Grotto.
• Xu Taiping saw two black-robed men discussing the Spirit Cat’s whereabouts and naming Cloud Cottage Mountain as its likely location.

Xu Taiping’s Lotus Eye revealed that two Faceless Tower members had infiltrated Qingxuan six years earlier and plotted to cripple Cloud Cottage Mountain before attacking. The vision ended with Xu Taiping realizing they had turned Uncle White Rainbow into a living puppet.

• Xu Taiping told Fairy Lingyue that the Lotus Eye had shown him the Faceless Tower plotting against Qingxuan, and she explained the Tower’s methods and weaknesses.
• The Lotus Eye showed One-Eye planting a spirit-devouring thunder god vine beneath Cloud Cottage Mountain to weaken its cultivators over six years.
• Browless revealed that he had sent an Eight-Branched Cloud-Swallowing Python into the clouds to undermine the True Martial Grand Formation and cut Cloud Cottage Mountain off from outside help.
• One-Eye and Browless discussed looting Qingxuan, capturing female cultivators, and entering seclusion until their preparations were complete.
• Browless struck the wounded White-Headed Eagle, and One-Eye ordered White Rainbow to take them to his hidden cave abode.
• Xu Taiping realized that the Faceless Tower members had been hiding in Qingxuan for six years and had made Uncle White Rainbow their living puppet.

Xu Taiping and Fairy Lingyue discussed the Faceless Tower's plot against the Azure Profound Sect and his plans to prepare before returning to Qingxuan. At Youyun Prefecture's gates, Qiu Shanyuan gave Xu Taiping an ancient Fish-Seeking Disc that could send messages and detect nearby beings.

• Xu Taiping told Fairy Lingyue that One-Eye and Browless had infiltrated the Azure Profound Sect six years earlier, using Thunder God Vine and the Eight-Branched Cloud-Swallowing Python as part of their plan.
• Fairy Lingyue explained the Faceless Tower's brutal recruitment and missions, while Xu Taiping recalled White Rainbow's suffering and resolved to prepare before confronting the two intruders.
• Xu Taiping decided to wait a few days, learn more about the Faceless Tower and its weapons, and see whether the Lotus Eye revealed further visions before returning to Qingxuan.
• Qiu Shanyuan stopped Xu Taiping at Youyun Prefecture's gates and presented him with an ancient jade Fish-Seeking Disc as a gift.
• Qiu Shanyuan explained that the disc could transmit messages and detect nearby cultivators, demonic beasts, and spirit beasts by showing differently colored fish.