Chapter Summaries

Xu Taiping and Fairy Lingyue traded intelligence about the Faceless Tower’s planned passage through the Thousand Buddha Kingdom, then prepared for Xu Taiping to train in the Mysterious Wasteland Tower. The chapter ended as Fairy Lingyue warned him that the tower’s trials could trap him for a year or leave his primordial spirit there if he died.

• Cangzhu offered to provide monthly updates about intelligence involving the Faceless Tower, and Fairy Lingyue accepted the trade on Xu Taiping’s behalf.
• Xu Taiping learned that Baishu would lead the Third Tower’s Nine Seats and three hundred thousand-head-tier Faceless Ones through the Thousand Buddha Kingdom toward True Martial Heaven.
• Fairy Lingyue told Xu Taiping to raise his Divine Soul to the second tier so he could practice the fourth level of the Great Sun Golden Flame Art and burn the earth fruit’s fifth seed.
• After a month of training and preparation, Xu Taiping said goodbye to his senior sister and senior brothers and headed to Fan Tower to enter the Mysterious Wasteland Tower.
• Fairy Lingyue warned Xu Taiping that he could not leave the tower until he completed its trial or waited a year, and that dying there would trap his primordial spirit inside.

Xu Taiping entered Fan Tower determined to risk his life in pursuit of answers and to protect those he cared about. Fairy Lingyue explained the Mysterious Wasteland Tower’s rules, warning that he would need to reach its twelfth floor and urging him to exploit his Soul Armor to survive the dangerous first floor.

• Xu Taiping told Fairy Lingyue that he wanted to seek answers beyond his old ambitions and protect his loved ones, then entered Fan Tower.
• Fairy Lingyue asked Xu Taiping to remember his resolve, and he promised he would.
• Fairy Lingyue explained that Xu Taiping needed to reach the twelfth floor to bring his Divine Soul to the great perfection of the twelfth stage because of the Evil God in his shadow.
• Fairy Lingyue told Xu Taiping that cultivators lost their cultivation inside the tower and that killing humans or demons could restore it, making the first floor especially dangerous.
• Fairy Lingyue advised Xu Taiping to use Wuji Immortal Elder’s Soul Armor to kill Demonic Beasts quickly, restore his cultivation, and earn better rewards by adapting faster.

Xu Taiping entered the Mysterious Wasteland Tower after Fairy Lingyue explained its trials and warned him to adapt to the dangers within. He arrived on the first floor stripped of his cultivation, met several human cultivators, and realized that more than a dozen newcomers were demonic beasts.

• Fairy Lingyue explained the challenges of the tower's first three floors and told Xu Taiping that Bai Yu, Ping'an, and she would guard his physical body.
• Xu Taiping sent his primordial spirit through the Mysterious Wasteland Ring and chose the gate leading to the Mysterious Wasteland Tower.
• Xu Taiping entered the tower and appeared in an abandoned Daoist temple, where his true essence and qi and blood had vanished.
• Seven or eight human cultivators arrived, and a burly bearded man asked Xu Taiping whether it was his first time in the tower.
• More than ten newcomers appeared, and Xu Taiping sensed their peculiar fragrance and recognized them as demonic beasts.

Xu Taiping found himself trapped in a dilapidated Daoist temple with human cultivators and Demonic Beasts reduced to mortal strength. As the humans prepared to break out, Young Master Wang You sent Snake Woman to kill Xu Taiping, leaving him in immediate danger.

• Xu Taiping stumbled while retreating from the disguised Demonic Beasts, and Snake Woman moved to approach him before another beast stopped her.
• A burly middle-aged man tried to escape through the temple doors, but a handsome Demonic Beast tackled him; the man broke free and rallied the other human cultivators.
• Xu Taiping secretly circulated the Remnant Sunset Art and refined spiritual energy into True Qi while the Demonic Beasts focused on the humans.
• The middle-aged man armed the humans with stones and a wooden club as the Demonic Beasts fortified the entrance with clubs, rocks, and the temple doors.
• Young Master Wang You ordered Snake Woman to take Xu Taiping, warning the middle-aged man that the humans could lose their chance to escape if she regained her cultivation.

Xu Taiping waited until Snake Woman and He Hui lowered their guard, then used his soul armor and a newly opened aperture to kill them both. Their deaths restored his qi and blood to its peak before he broke through to the Gate Opening Realm.

• The human cultivators charged Wang You’s demonic beasts but were driven back into a corner, while Snake Woman and He Hui trapped Xu Taiping in another corner.
• Xu Taiping pretended to be too injured to resist while secretly preparing to force open an aperture and attack the two demonic beasts.
• Snake Woman tried to cut Xu Taiping’s throat, but his soul armor broke her finger and protected him.
• Xu Taiping twisted Snake Woman’s head around, then used Ox Horn Crashes the Mountain to punch through He Hui’s chest as he tried to flee.
• Xu Taiping felt his qi and blood recover to their peak before he broke through to the Gate Opening Realm.

Xu Taiping used his restored Martial General physique to battle the Demonic Beasts in the Daoist temple while Wang You grew stronger by killing his own followers. The remaining beasts were dead and the Human Race cultivators had escaped, leaving Xu Taiping and Wang You poised for a direct fight.

• Xu Taiping charged the temple entrance and killed several Demonic Beasts with his Black Rock Soul Armor and Green Ox Fist.
• Wang You killed his own companions to rapidly increase his Qi and Blood, and Xu Taiping realized he had to stop him.
• Wang You grew to ten feet tall and knocked Xu Taiping back, claiming a Devil Master surpassed him in strength within the same realm.
• Xu Taiping and Wang You raced to kill the remaining Demonic Beasts as the Human Race cultivators fled the temple.
• Xu Taiping killed three of the final nine Demonic Beasts, while Wang You killed six and continued growing stronger.

Xu Taiping fought Devil Master Wang You in the Daoist temple, overcoming Wang You’s attempt to escape with his Thousandfold Force and Desolate Lion physique. He struck Wang You into the temple wall, leaving the fight’s outcome unresolved.

• Xu Taiping and Wang You were the last two in the temple, and Xu Taiping asked whether killing Wang You would let him break through to the Gate Opening Realm.
• Wang You distracted Xu Taiping by explaining that people could raise Blood Qi only to the Martial Arts Grandmaster Realm, then charged and knocked him away from the doorway.
• Wang You tried to escape, but Xu Taiping blocked him with Ox Horn Crashes the Mountain, and their punches collided.
• Xu Taiping’s Thousandfold Force injured Wang You’s arm and broke through his defense, striking him in the chest.
• Xu Taiping activated the Sleeping Lion Physique of the Desolate Lion Realm and sent Wang You flying into the temple wall with the Mountain-Shaking Form of the Azure Ox Great Sage Fist.

Xu Taiping killed Devil Master Wang You in the Mysterious Wasteland Tower and gained a surge of Qi and Blood, but he was struck by a curse as he prepared to leave the temple. A returning cultivator and Miss Nanxing explained that Wang You’s Primordial Spirit might still be inside the cursed arm.

• Xu Taiping shattered Devil Master Wang You’s head with a Mountain-Shaking punch and received a surge of Qi and Blood from the tower.
• Xu Taiping considered raising his physique and cultivation further before challenging the Tower Spirit.
• A returning figure warned Xu Taiping, who dodged an attack but was struck on the left arm by a black-mist Poison Curse.
• Xu Taiping sealed the affected arm’s acupoints to stop the curse from draining his Qi and Blood.
• The burly middle-aged man returned, and Miss Nanxing identified the curse as the Soul-Rending Blood-Sucking Curse and warned that Wang You’s Primordial Spirit might take over Xu Taiping’s body.

Nanxing concealed Xu Taiping’s Poison Curse but warned that he had two hours to reach the Martial Arts Grandmaster Realm or lose his left arm. Xu Taiping decided to kill enough Demon Cultivators to break through and asked Zhai Mo and Nanxing to find him a good saber.

• Gongshu Nanxing drew a talisman that hid Xu Taiping’s Poison Curse for an hour, and the Devil Master’s ghostly face warned that Demon Cultivators would come for him.
• Nanxing said Xu Taiping had two hours to reach the Martial Arts Grandmaster Realm or sever his cursed left arm, while Zhai Mo urged him to cut it off.
• Xu Taiping asked whether the curse would attract Demon Cultivators and learned that hunting its bearers was common among them.
• Xu Taiping asked how many Demon Cultivators he needed to kill to reach the Martial Arts Grandmaster Realm, and Nanxing estimated at least sixty.
• After learning the tower held mostly Demon Cultivators, Xu Taiping resolved to fight them and asked Zhai Mo and Nanxing to find him a good saber.

Xu Taiping prepared to challenge the Black Bear Spirit guarding the Heavenly Book Pavilion, hoping to obtain its treasured saber. Zhai Mo and Gongshu Nanxing offered to help, revealing they wanted to bet on him.

• Zhai Mo explained that the Heavenly Book Pavilion held a treasured saber and was guarded by a demon lord-level Black Bear Spirit.
• Gongshu Nanxing warned Xu Taiping that the Black Bear Spirit was dangerous, but Xu Taiping insisted on challenging it for the saber.
• Xu Taiping planned to catch the Black Bear Spirit off guard and strike a vital spot with one punch.
• Gongshu Nanxing offered to conceal Xu Taiping with a talisman, while Zhai Mo offered to distract the Black Bear Spirit.
• Zhai Mo and Gongshu Nanxing admitted they were helping because they wanted to place a bet on Xu Taiping.

Xu Taiping joined Zhai Mo and Gongshu Nanxing’s plan to lure a Black Bear Spirit into an ambush, hoping to use the opportunity to challenge a powerful Demon Cultivator. As the Black Bear Spirit turned its blade toward Xu Taiping, the chapter left the outcome of the ambush unresolved.

• Zhai Mo explained that a Demon Cultivator was slaughtering Human Race cultivators and recovering his strength inside the tower.
• Xu Taiping agreed to help Zhai Mo and Gongshu Nanxing, and Gongshu Nanxing placed runes on him that would activate after seven steps and stop working within five steps of an opponent.
• Zhai Mo lured the Black Bear Spirit out of the valley and struck it with his bamboo staff.
• The Black Bear Spirit retaliated with its Mo Dao and a blast of gang wind, wounding Zhai Mo and knocking him down.
• Xu Taiping appeared five steps behind the Black Bear Spirit, which sensed him and swept its blade toward him.

Xu Taiping killed the black bear spirit with a single punch that combined his Wild Lion Physique and Thousandfold Force, then collapsed from exhaustion. Zhai Mo found Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland's reward—a Storage Ring—and handed it to Xu Taiping to open.

• Xu Taiping used Mountain-Shaking to strike the black bear spirit with enough force to drive it into the ground.
• The black bear spirit rose and attacked, but Xu Taiping's Thousandfold Force made it spew blood and collapse.
• Xu Taiping exhausted his Qi and Blood, noticed his lightning-flash power returning, and nearly fell before Gongshu Nanxing caught him.
• Zhai Mo cut open the black bear spirit's belly and found a jade box containing an obsidian Storage Ring.
• Zhai Mo gave the Storage Ring to Xu Taiping, explaining that only Xu Taiping could take out its contents.

Xu Taiping recovered with pills from Gongshu Nanxing and shared supplies with her and Zhai Mo before heading to the Heavenly Book Pavilion. He waited at the valley entrance for the Demon Cultivators, then killed their first attacker with a single saber strike.

• Gongshu Nanxing identified Xu Taiping’s pills and gave him a Strength-Boosting Pill to restore his Qi and Blood.
• Xu Taiping shared Strength-Boosting Pills with Zhai Mo and Qi-Enhancing Pills with Nanxing, then hurried toward the Heavenly Book Pavilion as his Poison Curse began emitting black vapor.
• Nanxing and Zhai Mo hid in the pavilion and worried that Xu Taiping was taking too much of a risk while he waited at the valley entrance with his saber.
• Fourteen or fifteen mounted Demon Cultivators arrived, and their leader asked whether Xu Taiping had killed Devil Master Wang You.
• A red-haired Demon Cultivator charged Xu Taiping, who cut him and his Spirit Horse in two with one saber strike before challenging the others.

Xu Taiping defeated a squad of Demon Cultivators at the entrance to Heavenly Books Valley, then used a pill and the Black Rock Armor to overcome their leader’s attempt to kill him. He questioned the surviving Demon Cultivator about the limits of his enemies’ powers.

• Xu Taiping used lightning-fast blade strikes to dismount and kill nearly all the Demon Cultivators at the valley entrance.
• The Demon Cultivator leader attacked Xu Taiping when he appeared exhausted, but the Black Rock Armor blocked the blow and Xu Taiping kicked him away.
• Xu Taiping restored his blood qi with a Strength-Boosting Pill, and the leader agreed to answer his questions in exchange for being allowed to leave.
• The Demon Cultivator told Xu Taiping that only Devil Masters could grow stronger by killing their own kind or cast the vampire curse.

Xu Taiping killed the fleeing Demon Cultivator, regained his blood qi, and had Gongshu Nanxing remove Wang You’s Poison Curse. After learning that Rhinoceros Horn had claimed the Vermilion Bird Fruit, Xu Taiping transformed into his python-dragon physique and asked whether he could fight him.

• Xu Taiping let a Demon Cultivator run, then shot him through the skull with a Breakwind Rune arrow.
• Gongshu Nanxing and Zhai Mo watched Xu Taiping’s victory and hoped he could reach the top of the tower and meet Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland’s divine sense.
• The blood qi from the defeated Demon Cultivators restored Xu Taiping to the Martial Arts Grandmaster Realm, and he channeled it into his left arm to force out the Poison Curse.
• Gongshu Nanxing burned away the Poison Curse and the Primordial Spirit Devil Master Wang You within it, while Wang You warned that Rhinoceros Horn would kill them all.
• Gongshu Nanxing recognized that Rhinoceros Horn had picked the Vermilion Bird Fruit, and Zhai Mo warned Xu Taiping against fighting him.
• Xu Taiping raised his physique to the python-dragon state and asked Gongshu Nanxing and Zhai Mo whether he could fight Rhinoceros Horn.

Xu Taiping discovered that his physique had reached Martial Venerable strength and agreed to help Zhai Mo and Nanxing seize the Vermilion Bird Fruit from the Rhino Horn Devil Master. Two days later, Zhai Mo and Nanxing watched as a large force of demon cultivators rode into the hidden valley where the last Human Race cultivators were sheltering.

• Zhai Mo and Gongshu Nanxing explained that Xu Taiping’s Martial Venerable physique surpassed the first-floor limit and gave him a chance against Rhino Horn.
• Nanxing confirmed the Vermilion Bird Fruit needed three days to ripen, while Zhai Mo said the remaining fruits needed for Xu Taiping to advance would take at least seven days.
• Xu Taiping suggested drawing out demon cultivators so he and his allies could strengthen their Blood Qi, and Zhai Mo and Nanxing set their plan in motion.
• Two days later, Zhai Mo and Nanxing hid near a secret valley where eight Human Race cultivators were tending spirit fruit plants.
• A large group of demon cultivators rode into the valley as Nanxing counted them.

Xu Taiping and Elder Zhang confronted the Demon Cultivators surrounding the courtyard, while Gongshu Nanxing and Zhai Mo waited to trap the fleeing enemies as part of their plan. Xu Taiping began cutting down the attackers and gave Elder Zhang the chance to kill them with his bow.

• Gongshu Nanxing and Zhai Mo watched the Demon Cultivators scatter through the valley and prepared to intercept those who fled.
• Elder Zhang decided to face the Demon Cultivators outside the courtyard, but Xu Taiping stopped him and handed him a bow and arrows.
• Xu Taiping and Elder Zhang emerged from the courtyard and challenged the Demon Cultivator leader.
• Xu Taiping maimed one charging Demon Cultivator and cut down another, while Elder Zhang killed both with arrows.

Xu Taiping and Elder Zhang fought off the Demon Cultivators in the valley, but a wounded Demon Venerable escaped to warn Lord Rhinoceros Horn. Zhai Mo and a young woman waiting outside killed the fleeing enemies, then challenged each other to see who could claim more.

• Xu Taiping used the Desolate Lion Body and the Seven-Kill Blade's Life-Seizing move to grievously wound the leading Demon Venerable, while Elder Zhang shot him in the eye.
• The wounded Demon Venerable escaped the valley and vowed to warn Lord Rhinoceros Horn that Xu Taiping's blood qi could threaten him.
• Zhai Mo ambushed and killed the Demon Venerable outside the valley, restoring his qi and blood to the martial general level.
• A young woman leaped from the cliff and beheaded another wounded Demon Cultivator before Zhai Mo could reach him.
• The young woman and Zhai Mo agreed to compete over who could kill more Demon Cultivators.

Xu Taiping restored Gongshu Nanxing, Zhai Mo, and Zhang Yi to grandmaster strength and enlisted them to help him seize the Vermilion Bird Fruit from Rhino Horn. Rhino Horn anticipated their arrival in Vermilion Bird Valley, confident that his tempered physique could withstand them unless they regained martial venerable strength.

• Xu Taiping fought through the valley while Zhai Mo and Nanxing considered supporting him in reaching the top of the Mysterious Wasteland Tower if he defeated Rhino Horn.
• Xu Taiping restored Nanxing, Zhai Mo, and Zhang Yi to martial arts grandmaster strength, and Zhang Yi agreed to help lure away the Demon Cultivators guarding Rhino Horn.
• Zhai Mo told Xu Taiping that Zhang Yi was a renowned formation master and that his archery had once been even more famous.
• In Vermilion Bird Valley, Rhino Horn learned that Feilian and the search party for Wang You had not returned and concluded that a Human Race expert had defeated them.
• Rhino Horn waited for Xu Taiping's group to arrive, confident in his fire rhino physique unless they restored their blood qi to martial venerable strength.

Xu Taiping confronted Rhino Horn Devil Master in Vermilion Bird Valley and killed him by unleashing his python flood dragon physique and Cicada Cry. After the Vermilion Bird Fruit ripened, Gongshu Nanxing gave it to Xu Taiping, explaining that it would advance his Dao cultivation to the Gate Opening Realm and qualify him to challenge the Tower Spirit.

• Rhino Horn Devil Master ordered the red-haired Demon Cultivator to watch for the Human Race cultivators, then learned three Martial Dao Grandmasters were forcing their way into Vermilion Bird Valley.
• Xu Taiping entered the courtyard, declared that he had come to kill Rhino Horn Devil Master, and fought him with his saber.
• Xu Taiping activated his python flood dragon physique and used Cicada Cry to kill Rhino Horn Devil Master.
• The fire tree cried out as the Vermilion Bird Fruit ripened, and Gongshu Nanxing warned Xu Taiping that the surrounding area would become a sea of fire.
• An hour later, Gongshu Nanxing handed Xu Taiping the Vermilion Bird Fruit and told him it would bring him to the Gate Opening Realm and qualify him to challenge the Tower Spirit.