Chapter Summaries

Xu Taiping revealed himself on the Sacrificial Platform and protected Zhao Linglong and the others from Jin Hezhi’s attack. He then confronted Wumei with the bloodied head of the person Wumei had been waiting for.

• Xu Taiping revealed his identity and Martial God Body, alarming the Faceless Tower’s leaders as spectators recognized him.
• Zhao Linglong recognized Xu Taiping, and he reassured her that he was still himself.
• Jin Hezhi attacked Xu Taiping with a Flying Sword, but Xu Taiping cut it in half with Water-Cutting.
• Xu Taiping promised to avenge his senior brothers and sisters’ suffering and faced Jin Hezhi and Wumei.
• One of Xu Taiping’s Mysterious Origin Avatars arrived carrying a blood-drenched head, which Xu Taiping showed to Wumei.

Xu Taiping accepted Wumei’s sword challenge on behalf of Qingxuan, while the Faceless Tower’s Nine Seats watched anxiously. Wumei and Jin Hezhi revealed powerful weapons, but Xu Taiping shattered Jin Hezhi’s armor and mangled his arm in their opening clash.

• The Faceless Tower’s Nine Seats learned that Xu Taiping had killed One-Eye and discussed the danger to Wumei’s side and Qingxuan.
• Wumei condemned Xu Taiping for killing One-Eye, and Xu Taiping declared that he accepted the sword challenge on behalf of Qingxuan’s Sect Master.
• Wumei summoned three life-bound immortal swords, while Jin Hezhi donned the Leize Xiuyan Armor.
• Jin Hezhi attacked Xu Taiping, but Xu Taiping’s dragon whale physique shattered the armor on Jin Hezhi’s arm.
• Xu Taiping seized Jin Hezhi’s arm and twisted it, breaking his bones and tendons as Jin Hezhi screamed.

Xu Taiping brutalized Jin Hezhi while his Mysterious Origin Avatar broke Wumei’s life-bound sword and swallowed its spirit. As Jin Hezhi begged for death, Wumei launched another attack, and Xu Taiping opened his Unceasing Blade Domain to meet it.

• Xu Taiping’s Mysterious Origin Avatar used No Edge to destroy Wumei’s life-bound immortal sword and swallow its sword spirit, leaving Wumei gravely wounded.
• News that Xu Taiping possessed the Demon Blade No Edge spread across the various heavens, drawing widespread attention and sending Gold Essence Coin deposits soaring.
• Xu Taiping repeatedly struck Jin Hezhi, shattered his elbow, and used the Great Sage Fist: Baxia Form with Heaven-Opening Force to destroy his body inside the Xiu Yan Armor.
• Xu Taiping pierced Jin Hezhi’s armor with thirteen flying spikes wreathed in Great Sun Golden Flame while Jin Hezhi screamed and begged for death.
• Wumei sent a firebird-shaped flying sword toward Xu Taiping, who opened his Unceasing Blade Domain and slowed its approach.

Xu Taiping survived Wumei’s ambush when Bai Yu drove back the Eight-Branched Cloud-Swallowing Python, then faced Wumei’s giant form on the sacrificial platform. When Wumei attacked with overwhelming sword qi, Ping'an appeared in the Demon Venerable Realm and blocked it.

• Wumei sent the Eight-Branched Cloud-Swallowing Python to attack Xu Taiping while his flying sword kept him occupied.
• Bai Yu shielded Xu Taiping from the python’s gang wind, blasted it backward, and severed one of its heads.
• Xu Taiping knocked Wumei’s flying sword aside and struck him, but Wumei’s protective treasure blocked the blow.
• Wumei used Dharma Form Heaven and Earth to grow into a giant, smashed the sacrificial platform, and pursued Xu Taiping.
• Xu Taiping told Zhao Qian not to activate the Immortal-Slaying Sword Formation and called for Ping'an.
• Ping'an appeared as a Demon Venerable Realm Mountain-Lifting Ape and blocked Wumei’s flying swords and sword qi.

Xu Taiping defeated Wumei with Ping'an’s help, but Jin Hezhi and the Faceless Tower struck him with the Nine Nether Bone-Shattering Curse, apparently destroying his spirit bone. When Xu Taiping realized the curse had also erased the aura of the Spirit Bone Pill his grandfather left him, his grief turned into terrifying rage and he began absorbing spiritual energy beyond what his body could withstand.

• Ping'an blasted Wumei out of his transformed body with a punch and the Ape Strike Palm, allowing Xu Taiping to rush in and strike.
• A black lotus appeared above Xu Taiping as he attacked, and a pale hand used the Nine Nether Bone-Shattering Curse on him, making his spirit-bone aura vanish.
• Jin Hezhi revealed that he had joined forces with the Faceless Tower to curse Xu Taiping, while Wumei joined him and mocked Xu Taiping’s fall.
• Xu Taiping told Fairy Lingyue that he could no longer sense the Spirit Bone Pill left by his grandfather, and said his enemies had taken away the last proof of his grandfather’s existence.
• Xu Taiping’s eyes reddened, his killing intent surged, and he began drawing in immense amounts of spiritual energy as Fairy Lingyue warned that his body could not endure it.

Xu Taiping regained control and unleashed a terrifying blade domain as Wumei and Jin Hezhi tried to escape aboard the Eight-Branched Cloud-Swallowing Python. He struck at the python, leaving the battle poised to decide whether the two culprits could flee.

• Fairy Lingyue trusted Xu Taiping to make his final farewell to Grandpa and stopped restraining him.
• Wumei and Jin Hezhi transferred their Divine Souls into the Eight-Branched Cloud-Swallowing Python and began fleeing into the sky.
• Xu Taiping regained his senses and formed the opening stance of the Demon-Slaying Blade, stilling the spiritual energy and freezing the python in midair.
• Xu Taiping drew Water-Cutting and expanded a blade domain that enveloped the mountain and the Eight-Branched Cloud-Swallowing Python.
• Xu Taiping declared that his blade would not rest until his foes were dead, then slashed at the python.

Xu Taiping destroyed Wumei and Jin Hezhi with a mighty saber strike, then concealed the fact that he was a Mortal Bone and planned to let the world believe the curse had ruined his cultivation. Fairy Lingyue told him to exchange for a Phoenix Marrow Stone at the Abyssal Pavilion before going into seclusion, while the Faceless Tower dismissed the possibility that he was a Mortal Bone.

• Xu Taiping merged the saber shadows into a single strike that shattered the Divine Souls of Wumei and Jin Hezhi.
• Fairy Lingyue urged Xu Taiping to hide his strength and let the Cultivation World believe the Nine Nether Bone-Shattering Curse had destroyed his Spirit Bone.
• Xu Taiping agreed to keep a low profile and planned to exchange for a Phoenix Marrow Stone with Wuji Immortal Elder at the Abyssal Pavilion.
• Zhao Linglong and Dugu Qingxiao comforted Xu Taiping and vowed to find a way to break the curse.
• The First and Second Seats of the Faceless Tower celebrated Xu Taiping's supposed ruin, while Zhu Ling suggested he might be a Mortal Bone and the Second Seat rejected the idea.

The Faceless Tower and the Nine Prefectures concluded that Xu Taiping had spirit bone, not mortal bone, and that the curse had ended his prospects for cultivation beyond Spirit Refining. As Qingxuan’s leaders vowed to protect him, Zhao Qian opened a jade box from Xu Taiping and discovered a Gold Essence Coin and a radiant stone emitting powerful pure yang qi.

• The head of the Third Tower examined the Spirit Mirror and declared that Xu Taiping had low-grade spirit bone, leaving him unable to match Zhang Tianze’s fortune.
• Liu Chuxuan, Amon, and Patriarch Wuya discussed Xu Taiping’s injury and concluded that he had spent his fortune to save Qingxuan from the tribulation.
• Zhao Qian confirmed through a Voice Transmission Jade Slip that the Spirit Bone Stele had admitted Xu Taiping and removed his name after the curse struck.
• Amon and the guest elders promised to protect Xu Taiping, while Patriarch Wuya offered Xiaoyao Sect’s help and Liu Chuxuan invited Xu Taiping to join the Nine Prefectures.
• Zhao Qian declined Liu Chuxuan’s offer, then opened a jade box Dugu Qingxiao had brought from Xu Taiping and found a Gold Essence Coin and a rainbow-glowing stone releasing powerful pure yang qi.

Zhao Qian grieved over Xu Taiping’s lost Spirit Bone and resolved to help seek a cure for the Nine Nether Bone-Shattering Curse. Unable to visit his master in the Netherdark Demon Grotto, Xu Taiping traveled with Fairy Lingyue to the Abyssal Pavilion, where her Second Seat identity brought them into conflict with a Golden-Armored Divine General.

• Zhao Qian lamented that Xu Taiping had lost his Spirit Bone despite completing his missions, while Dugu Qingxiao proposed returning to Fallen Dragon Valley to seek a way to undo the curse.
• Zhao Qian agreed to accompany Dugu Qingxiao to Fallen Dragon Valley after he reached the Transformation Realm, and learned that Xu Taiping could not enter the Netherdark Demon Grotto for now.
• Fairy Lingyue warned Xu Taiping that his Evil God's mark might endanger Qingxuan if he approached the Netherdark Demon Grotto, then invited him to attend the Abyssal Pavilion's monthly gathering.
• Xu Taiping used a formation and the Red Essence Yin-Yang Mirror to travel in spirit with Fairy Lingyue to the Abyssal Pavilion, where she told him to call her Moon Candle Heavenly Lord.
• A Golden-Armored Divine General threatened Xu Taiping and Fairy Lingyue, and Fairy Lingyue warned him about pointing his spear at the Abyssal Second Seat.

Fairy Lingyue forced her way past the Abyssal Pavilion’s guards with overwhelming strength and brought Xu Taiping to its entrance. There, Nine Seats Zhushā invoked new rules to challenge Lingyue and demand Xu Taiping pass a trial.

• The golden-armored divine general attacked Fairy Lingyue and Xu Taiping, but Lingyue broke his spear, crushed his armor, and killed him.
• A golden-radiant man attacked Lingyue after she killed the divine general, so she summoned Tai'a and cut him down.
• Lingyue ignored Heavenly Lord Cangzhu’s request to stop and burned the defeated man’s Primordial Spirit before heading into the Abyssal Pavilion with Xu Taiping.
• Lingyue warned Xu Taiping to conceal his identity and explained that the Pavilion’s Thirteen Seats schemed against one another.
• Nine Seats Zhushā blocked the entrance and demanded that Lingyue accept a challenge and Xu Taiping undergo the divine general guards’ trial under the Pavilion’s new rules.

First Seat Cangzhu and Third Seat Yunhua discussed the Abyssal Pavilion’s weakened state and the purpose of its battle against the Third Demon Abyss, while watching Yuezhu’s chosen challengers face a test. As Xu Taiping prepared to fight, Fairy Lingyue called down a saber for him, which immediately unleashed a dangerous surge of Blade Qi.

• Yunhua questioned why Cangzhu would let Yuezhu test the youngsters, and Cangzhu said her failure would prove she no longer qualified to remain in the Abyssal Pavilion.
• Yunhua lamented the losses among the pavilion’s old seats and asked what the battle against the Third Demon Abyss had been for.
• Cangzhu said the battle had saved the common people of the Shangqing Realm and that he would bring the pavilion’s missing members back from the Demon Abyss once its strength recovered.
• Ninth Seat Zhu Sha summoned a grade C golden-armored divine general to test the lad Yuezhu had brought.
• Fairy Lingyue told Xu Taiping he could use his original cultivation and strength inside the Abyssal Pavilion, then called for a saber from Heavenly Lord Cangzhu.
• Xu Taiping caught the saber, whose scabbard bore archaic patterns, as it released a savage surge of Blade Qi.

Xu Taiping subdued the Dragon Sparrow Saber that Heavenly Lord Cangzhu had lent him and was promised the weapon as a gift if he defeated a grade-C Golden-Armored Divine General. He entered the match as Rusty Lion and faced Bai Qing, preparing to fight with the Great Sage Fist.

• Xu Taiping poured his blade qi into the saber until it submitted, then thanked Heavenly Lord Cangzhu for lending it to him.
• Heavenly Lord Cangzhu offered to give Xu Taiping the Dragon Sparrow Saber if he defeated the grade-C divine general, while Zhu Sha objected to the gift.
• Fairy Lingyue urged Xu Taiping to fight without holding back, and he assured her he could handle the opponent without revealing his identity.
• Xu Taiping introduced himself to Bai Qing as Rusty Lion and took up the Great Sage Fist stance.
• Bai Qing leveled his spear and unleashed a powerful aura that battered Xu Taiping.

Xu Taiping fought the Abyssal Pavilion’s Golden-Armored Divine General Bai Qing in an entrance assessment and defeated him with his martial arts. His victory impressed Cangzhu and Yunhua, while Fairy Lingyue asked Zhushā to confirm that Xu Taiping qualified to enter the pavilion.

• After the third bell, Bai Qing opened the assessment by thrusting his spear at Xu Taiping with overwhelming force.
• Xu Taiping used the Mountain-Bearing Form of the Great Sage Fist to block Bai Qing’s spear and send him stumbling back.
• Xu Taiping struck Bai Qing with a lightning-fast punch, shattering one of his arms and breaking his golden armor with a follow-up blow.
• Bai Qing summoned his spear and attacked again, but Xu Taiping drew his saber and cut Bai Qing in two with a strike carrying martial Ultimate Intent.
• Cangzhu and Yunhua praised Xu Taiping’s ability, and Fairy Lingyue asked Zhushā whether he qualified to enter the Abyssal Pavilion.

Xu Taiping and Fairy Lingyue met several young holders of the Abyssal Pavilion’s Thirteen Seats and learned that many veteran seat holders had died, suggesting the Pavilion had suffered a calamity. After the young cultivators took Fairy Lingyue’s concern for contempt, she challenged them with a deadly threat.

• Zhu Sha admitted she had misjudged Xu Taiping, then mocked Fairy Lingyue for clinging to the Second Seat.
• Fairy Lingyue explained to Xu Taiping that the Thirteen Seats were awarded based on compatibility with divine powers, and that Zhu Sha’s inexperience could indicate the previous Ninth Seat had died unexpectedly.
• In Stop the War Hall, Fairy Lingyue met the young Seventh, Eighth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Seats and learned that the Sixth and Tenth Seats were also recent additions.
• Fairy Lingyue realized that more than half of the seat holders from her era had likely died and decided to reconsider involving Xu Taiping with the Pavilion.
• Zhu Sha and Ye Chensha accused Fairy Lingyue of looking down on them, and she asked how they wanted to die.

Fairy Lingyue faced the younger Abyssal Pavilion successors after Zhu Sha and Ye Chensha provoked her and challenged her authority. She crushed Shi Wei in their first exchange, leaving the remaining challengers to confront the gap in their strength.

• Zhu Sha and Ye Chensha discussed using the challenge to weaken the previous generation's influence in the Abyssal Pavilion.
• Zhu Sha invoked the rules for challenges between seats, and Shi Wei stepped forward to challenge Fairy Lingyue.
• Shi Wei revealed overwhelming martial strength, shocking Xu Taiping with how powerful the younger generation was.
• Shi Wei attacked with his axe, but Fairy Lingyue shattered the attack with one punch and overwhelmed him with her strength.
• Fairy Lingyue struck Shi Wei repeatedly, breaking his bones and causing his body to explode into blood and flesh.

Fairy Lingyue defeated Shi Wei with three punches, then faced Zhu Sha in Stop the War Hall. After destroying Zhu Sha’s Red Sky Sword and cutting her down, Lingyue left Xu Taiping with the thought that swords were for killing.

• Xu Taiping watched Fairy Lingyue kill Shi Wei with three punches and realized the extent of her cultivation.
• Heavenly Lord Cangzhu and Third Seat Yunhua praised Lingyue’s prowess and wondered whether she had advanced further.
• Zhu Sha challenged Lingyue alone, revealing that she had mastered the sixth turn of the Nine-Turn Golden Body Art and summoned her Red Sky Sword.
• Fairy Lingyue shattered Zhu Sha’s sword with Tai'a and wounded her, then cut her apart with sword qi.
• Xu Taiping heard the words “Swords are for killing” echo in his mind.

Fairy Lingyue defeated Ye Chensha, Lü Xinyi, and Xu Chuanlian by overcoming their combined attacks and killing them with spoken laws. After Yunhua and Heavenly Lord Cangzhu praised her power and welcomed her return, she asked whether Wuji Immortal Elder was still alive because his fate affected Taiping’s chance of obtaining the Phoenix Marrow Stone.

• Fairy Lingyue challenged Ye Chensha, Lü Xinyi, and Xu Chuanlian, who chose to attack her together.
• Ye Chensha struck with a lightning Cloud Talisman, while Xu Chuanlian trapped Fairy Lingyue with a Confucian spoken law and Lü Xinyi attacked with a divine-artifact dagger.
• Fairy Lingyue said “No Taboos,” dispelling Lü Xinyi’s spoken law, then killed Lü Xinyi, Xu Chuanlian, and Ye Chensha with her words.
• Yunhua asked Heavenly Lord Cangzhu whether Fairy Lingyue’s presence in the past battle would have changed its outcome, and Cangzhu said she could have helped destroy the Third Demon Abyss.
• Fairy Lingyue entered the Abyssal Palace and asked Yunhua and Cangzhu whether Wuji Immortal Elder was still alive.

Fairy Lingyue began explaining why she had disappeared after encountering a colossal, cursed female corpse in the void, but Cangzhu stopped her when the story triggered a dangerous disturbance. Wuji Immortal Elder arrived, and the council fell silent as Cangzhu began explaining that the Abyssal Pavilion had lost many members after its decree to conquer the Third Demon Abyss.

• Fairy Lingyue said she had found an enormous armored female corpse in the void, and Cangzhu interrupted her as the surrounding world began to shatter.
• Cangzhu invoked the Abyssal Pavilion's prohibition, darkening the world outside, while Yunhua reproached Fairy Lingyue for putting them at risk.
• Fairy Lingyue revealed that the corpse had opened its eyes and looked at her; Cangzhu asked where it was so the pavilion could avoid the region, and she requested an exchange of information.
• Wuji Immortal Elder appeared in the Fourth Seat, and Fairy Lingyue told Xu Taiping that he was alive and that they had a lead on the Phoenix Marrow Stone.
• Cangzhu explained that Fairy Lingyue had beaten the other council members, then began describing how the Abyssal Pavilion's decree to conquer the Third Demon Abyss eight hundred years earlier had left many people gone.

Fairy Lingyue asked the Abyssal Pavilion for a Phoenix Marrow Stone and used Xu Taiping’s Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart to persuade Wuji Immortal Elder to retrieve one. The heart’s authenticity was confirmed, and Wuji became eager to act even though Lingyue said she would not need the stone for twenty or thirty years.

• Cangzhu told Fairy Lingyue that the Abyssal Pavilion would discuss its campaign against the Demon Abyss after issuing its next edict in six months.
• Fairy Lingyue asked Wuji Immortal Elder for a Phoenix Marrow Stone, but he refused to fetch one until she offered a Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart in exchange.
• Cangzhu used the Abyssal Pavilion’s power to let Xu Taiping bring the jade box containing the heart into the pavilion.
• Wuji Immortal Elder tried to grab the box, but Fairy Lingyue stopped him and allowed him only to inspect it.
• Wuji confirmed the heart was genuine and offered to fetch the Phoenix Marrow Stone next month, while Fairy Lingyue insisted she was in no hurry.

Fairy Lingyue used the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart to negotiate with Wuji Immortal Elder for his Soul Armor, which Xu Taiping needed for the Mysterious Wasteland Tower. After Wuji agreed to lend it for sixty years, Fairy Lingyue asked Cangzhu whether the Abyssal Pavilion had information about True Martial Heaven.

• Xu Taiping told Fairy Lingyue he wanted a treasure he could use inside the Mysterious Wasteland Tower.
• Fairy Lingyue asked Wuji Immortal Elder to lend Xu Taiping his Soul Armor, but he initially refused.
• Cangzhu offered to compete for the Literary Heart, prompting Wuji Immortal Elder to agree to lend the Soul Armor for sixty years in exchange for the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart.
• Wuji Immortal Elder promised to bring the Phoenix Marrow Stone in one month and then left the hall.
• Xu Taiping asked Fairy Lingyue to inquire about True Martial Heaven, and she asked Cangzhu whether the Abyssal Pavilion had related information.