Chapter Summaries

Xu Taiping learned that Dugu Ye’s trapped Divine Soul was helping him, and he used the Raging Thunder Form to hold off the Thousand Mountains Palm. Dugu Ye pointed out flaws in Xu Taiping’s Great Sage Fist, leaving Xu Taiping hoping for guidance on how to improve it and fuse two versions of the art.

• Gu Qingcheng told Xu Taiping that Goshu Miu could seal defeated cultivators’ Divine Souls, and that Dugu Ye’s trapped soul retained his own mind.
• Xu Taiping accepted that Dugu Ye was helping him and drove his Qi and Blood to meet Goshu Miu’s palm shadows with the Raging Thunder Form.
• Ye Chensha asked Fairy Lingyue about Xu Taiping’s Great Sage Fist, and she confirmed it resembled a fist art close to the Demon Ancestor’s legacy.
• Xu Taiping’s Fist Shadows checked Dugu Ye’s Thousand Mountains Palm, but Dugu Ye warned that his fists, Fist Force, and fist intent were not strong enough.
• Xu Taiping realized he needed to fuse two versions of the Great Sage Fist and hoped Dugu Ye could guide him.

Xu Taiping asked Dugu Ye to identify flaws in his Great Sage Fist and adjusted his technique while fighting Goshu Miu. He shattered Goshu Miu’s eighteen palm shadows, proving the correction worked, and Gu Qingcheng recognized him as the person her eldest brother had asked her to find.

• Xu Taiping endured Goshu Miu’s Thousand Mountains Palm strikes and refused to switch to his saber, asking Dugu Ye for guidance on his Great Sage Fist.
• Dugu Ye identified a flaw in the coordination of Xu Taiping’s left and right punches, and Xu Taiping adjusted the Raging Thunder Form using both fist manuals.
• Goshu Miu unleashed eighteen merged palm shadows, and Xu Taiping’s revised punch shattered them without breaking through Goshu Miu’s palm force.
• Ye Chensha learned that Fairy Lingyue had not guided Xu Taiping’s punch, while Gu Qingcheng declared that Xu Taiping was the person her eldest brother had asked her to find.

Xu Taiping fused the Mountain-Bearing Form with the Heaven-Supporting Form to withstand Goshu Miu’s increasingly powerful Thousand Mountains Palm Force. He transformed his Qi and Blood and True Essence into Gang Qi and formed a golden Bull Demon phantom, which faced Goshu Miu’s four merged palm shadows.

• Goshu Miu strengthened his Thousand Mountains Palm Force and forced Xu Taiping to spend the fist force he had saved for his final strike.
• Goshu Miu immediately pressed his attack, merging his eight golden palm shadows into four as he challenged Xu Taiping to break the technique.
• Xu Taiping decided to fuse the Mountain-Bearing Form with the Heaven-Supporting Form, using one to guide his Qi and Blood and the other to guide his True Essence.
• Xu Taiping merged his Qi and Blood and True Essence into Gang Qi and formed a metallic golden Bull Demon phantom around himself.
• Goshu Miu’s four powerful palm shadows struck the Bull Demon phantom in succession, shaking the valley entrance.

Xu Taiping used the Great Sage Fist’s Mountain-Bearing Form to withstand Goshu Miu’s attacks, but the unstable technique repeatedly collapsed. After Dugu Ye pointed out that Xu Taiping’s qi and blood outweighed his true essence, Xu Taiping adjusted their balance and shattered Goshu Miu’s palm shadows, leaving Ye Chensha wondering if he was mastering the fist technique during the match.

• Xu Taiping’s Bull Demon phantom blocked Goshu Miu’s four palm shadows, revealing the Great Sage Fist’s Supreme-Grade power to Ye Chensha and Fairy Lingyue.
• Xu Taiping’s hastily combined Mountain-Bearing Form collapsed after another attack, and Ye Chensha realized he had not fully mastered the technique.
• Goshu Miu repeatedly struck Xu Taiping with four palm shadows, while Xu Taiping worried the attacks would exhaust his qi and blood and true essence.
• Dugu Ye advised Xu Taiping to balance the power of his qi and blood with his true essence, and Xu Taiping adjusted his technique.
• Xu Taiping’s renewed Mountain-Bearing Form shattered Goshu Miu’s palm shadows and momentum, forcing Goshu Miu backward and astonishing Ye Chensha.

Goshu Miu drew on the sealed Martial God Cui Tiehuai’s power to reach the Purple Essence Physique and attack Xu Taiping with force that could penetrate Protective Gang Qi. After Cui Tiehuai warned him about the City-Crushing physique, Xu Taiping began fusing the Raging Thunder Forms from two fist manuals to find a way to fight back.

• Goshu Miu’s body grew to twenty feet tall as his physique began turning purple, and Cui Tiehuai identified himself as the source of the body-tempering power.
• Gu Qingcheng explained that the Purple Essence Physique greatly increased Goshu Miu’s strength, speed, and toughness, while Elder Zhang recalled Cui Tiehuai’s past service in Mysterious Wasteland Heaven.
• Goshu Miu unleashed a palm strike, but Xu Taiping’s Mountain-Bearing Form blocked its many palm shadows before the attack’s force penetrated his Protective Gang Qi.
• Cui Tiehuai warned Xu Taiping that his City-Crushing physique could break through Protective Gang Qi, prompting Xu Taiping to abandon defense and consider the Baxia and Raging Thunder Forms.
• Xu Taiping chose to fuse the two Raging Thunder Forms and began mobilizing True Essence and Qi and Blood according to their different internal methods.

Xu Taiping fused the Raging Thunder Forms of two fist techniques and, under the Martial Gods’ guidance, corrected every flaw while fighting Goshu Miu’s crushing palm attack. His punches became seamless and powerful, leaving him able to break apart Palm Shadows with ease as the Martial Gods continued advising him.

• Xu Taiping fused the Raging Thunder Forms and used rapid punches to shatter Goshu Miu’s Palm Shadows, but Goshu Miu’s strengthened palm technique began overwhelming him.
• Xu Taiping asked the Martial Gods sealed within Goshu Miu for help identifying flaws in his fist technique, and they gave him dozens of corrections.
• Gongshu Nanxing and Zhai Mo worried that Xu Taiping could not apply the advice in time, while Gu Qingcheng watched with eager anticipation.
• After a Palm Shadow struck his chest, Xu Taiping suddenly adjusted his punches and began breaking Palm Shadows more efficiently.
• Ye Chensha recognized that Xu Taiping had corrected every flaw, and Xu Taiping smashed several Palm Shadows with three punches as the Martial Gods continued coaching him.

Xu Taiping refined his Raging Thunder Form under the Martial Gods’ guidance, causing his punches to carry the awe of heaven and grow steadily more powerful. By the end, he had corrected every flaw, leaving the Martial Gods astonished by his flawless technique.

• Gu Qingcheng explained that mastering a supreme-grade Martial Dao cultivation technique bestowed a trace of heaven’s might, which could let martial artists challenge Transformation Realm cultivators.
• Xu Taiping shattered Goshu Miu’s remaining palm shadows with a punch after more than three hundred strikes, recognizing how the Martial Gods’ corrections had strengthened his technique.
• Goshu Miu launched thirty-six merged palm shadows, and Xu Taiping met them with both fists, briefly losing ground as his Fist Force weakened.
• Dugu Ye, Cui Tiehuai, and the other Martial Gods gave Xu Taiping increasingly precise advice, and he adjusted his punches until his Fist Force began growing stronger.
• Xu Taiping continued refining his Raging Thunder Form until Cui Tiehuai called a punch flawless, while Dugu Ye wondered which secluded sect Xu Taiping came from.

Xu Taiping used the Raging Thunder Form to repel Goshu Miu’s Thousand Palms Unite as One, revealing that he had mastered the Supreme-Grade Great Sage Fist. When Goshu Miu began burning his blood to strengthen his clone, Xu Taiping refused to retreat and continued attacking, asking the martial seniors sealed within the Ghost Eye to help him find flaws in his fist technique.

• Goshu Miu merged his palm shadows into one immense strike, and Xu Taiping knocked it back with dozens of punches.
• Ye Chensha realized Xu Taiping had mastered the Raging Thunder Form, while Fairy Lingyue suggested he had gained guidance from powerful martial artists.
• Cui Tiehuai warned Xu Taiping that Goshu Miu was using the Blood-Burning Method and urged him to escape, but Xu Taiping refused to admit defeat.
• Goshu Miu burned his qi and blood, strengthening his palm strike, while Dugu Ye also urged Xu Taiping to leave.
• Xu Taiping unleashed nearly fifty punches, then called on the seniors sealed within the Ghost Eye to lend their strength and help him find shortcomings in his fist technique.

Xu Taiping discovered the flaw in his Raging Thunder Form and pushed it into the ultimate realm during his fight with Goshu Miu. As Goshu Miu launched a full-strength palm strike, Xu Taiping began transforming his physique, astonishing the onlookers.

• Xu Taiping endured Goshu Miu's Palm Force to search for a flaw in the Raging Thunder Form, while Dugu Ye and Cui Tiehuai urged the others to watch.
• Dugu Ye suggested that Xu Taiping's true essence and qi and blood were not merging smoothly, and Xu Taiping adjusted them according to his guidance.
• Xu Taiping's strengthened Fist Force shattered Goshu Miu's Fist Shadows, revealing that he had brought the Raging Thunder Form into the ultimate realm.
• Goshu Miu unleashed a full-strength palm strike, and Xu Taiping gathered the force of nearly a thousand punches into his right fist.
• Xu Taiping's body grew taller and more muscular as his qi and blood surged, prompting Zhai Mo to exclaim that he had a Martial God Realm physique.

Xu Taiping revealed his Dragon Whale Physique and defeated Goshu Miu with a barrage of powerful punches, but he could not free the Martial Gods trapped within him. As Goshu Miu neared death, Dugu Ye warned Xu Taiping that the Mysterious Wasteland Tower and Heaven were doomed and urged him to leave the tower and escape the Shangqing Realm.

• Xu Taiping activated his Dragon Whale Physique, surprising the spectators with its purple-gold scales and immense power.
• Xu Taiping broke through Goshu Miu's palm attack and shattered his arm before knocking him into the air.
• Xu Taiping asked the trapped Martial Gods whether he could rescue them, but Cui Tiehuai and another Martial God said their outside bodies had already rotted away.
• Xu Taiping battered Goshu Miu and destroyed his head despite Goshu Miu's claims that he would imprison Xu Taiping in his Ghost Eye.
• Dugu Ye secretly warned Xu Taiping that the Mysterious Wasteland Tower would fall and Mysterious Wasteland Heaven would become part of the Nine Abysses Demon Domain, urging him to flee.

Xu Taiping defeated Goshu Miu’s clone, accepted the Red Lion Ghost King’s Beast-Trapping Token, and left Black Wind Valley with Gu Qingcheng and the others. In the Abyssal Pavilion, Ye Chensha concluded they might be heading to the Eighth Layer and asked Fairy Lingyue to reveal Xu Taiping’s identity, while she demanded information about the clans and sects behind him and Gu Qingcheng in return.

• Xu Taiping refused to stand aside and vowed to reach the twelfth floor of the Mysterious Wasteland Tower, taking Dugu Ye and the others home with him.
• Goshu Miu’s clone burst apart, and the Red Lion Ghost King congratulated Xu Taiping for defeating him and winning the contest.
• The Red Lion Ghost King gave Xu Taiping a Beast-Trapping Token, saying it would let him use the Ghost King’s beast-trapping power against Goshu Miu’s true body.
• The Red Lion Ghost King carried Xu Taiping, Gu Qingcheng, and the others away from Black Wind Valley despite the Guifang elders’ protests.
• Ye Chensha and Fairy Lingyue discussed the group’s likely route to the Eighth Layer, where Goshu Miu’s weakened territory could be crossed.
• Ye Chensha asked Fairy Lingyue to identify Xu Taiping, and she asked him to disclose the clans and sects behind him and Gu Qingcheng in exchange.

Ye Chensha revealed that he was Xiahou Qingyuan of the Three Sovereigns Dao Palace and explained his clan’s history to Fairy Lingyue. After learning that her disciple was Xu Taiping, the latest Golden Scale Champion, Xiahou Qingyuan understood Rusty Lion’s importance and grew excited.

• Ye Chensha agreed to reveal his identity and hear Rusty Lion’s background directly from Fairy Lingyue.
• Ye Chensha introduced himself as Xiahou Qingyuan of the Xiahou Clan of Jade Balance Mountain and described the clan’s withdrawal from Mysterious Wasteland Heaven.
• Xiahou Qingyuan said he and his siblings Xiahou Yi and Xiahou You were disciples of the Three Sovereigns Dao Palace.
• Fairy Lingyue explained that Rusty Lion had grown up in Green Ox Village before joining the Azure Profound Sect on Cloud Cottage Mountain.
• Xiahou Qingyuan recognized Fairy Lingyue’s disciple as Xu Taiping, the latest Golden Scale Champion, and became excited.

Fairy Lingyue and Xiahou Qingyuan watched the Haotian Mirror reveal the armies of Guifang and Ningyuan Kingdom preparing for battle. Gu Qingcheng told Xu Taiping and the others that they had to help Ningyuan Kingdom win to reach the Ninth Layer, or time would reverse and they would have to start over.

• Fairy Lingyue asked Xiahou Qingyuan why Xu Taiping had entered the Mysterious Wasteland Tower, but the Haotian Mirror interrupted them with an image of the armies preparing to fight.
• Fairy Lingyue and Xiahou Qingyuan saw Goshu Miu face Xuanyuan Qingshuang and Xuanyuan Xueluo across the battlefield.
• Xiahou Qingyuan explained that reaching the Ninth Layer was believed to require crossing the battlefield, while Fairy Lingyue worried Xu Taiping's group would not arrive in time.
• Gu Qingcheng told Xu Taiping, Nanxing, and the others that winning the war—not merely crossing the battlefield—was the key to ascending, and that Xuanyuan Xueluo's inheritance could defeat Goshu Miu.
• Gu Qingcheng warned that if Ningyuan Kingdom lost, time in the tower would reverse and they would have to begin again.

Xu Taiping and his companions entered the Eighth Layer of the Mysterious Wasteland Tower during a decisive battle between Ningyuan and Guifang. Xu Taiping went to observe the fighting despite Gu Qingcheng’s warning, while the Abyssal Palace watchers judged that Ningyuan’s fate depended on the Xuanyuan Clan sisters defeating Goshu Miu.

• Xu Taiping opened the Bronze Gate, and the group was transported onto the battlefield as Guifang soldiers rushed past them.
• Gu Qingcheng concealed the group with talismans and explained that Great General Geshu was surrounded and that the battle had reached its critical moment.
• Gu Qingcheng warned Xu Taiping that the battle’s outcome was already decided, but he chose to go look and asked Gongshu Nanxing and the others to wait.
• In the Abyssal Palace, Xiahou Qingyuan and Fairy Lingyue discussed Ningyuan’s plan to have the Xuanyuan Clan sisters defeat Goshu Miu and the danger of the army being annihilated if they failed.

Xuanyuan Qingshuang sacrificed herself and the Northern Garrison Army to break Goshu Miu’s battle formation and give Xuanyuan Xueluo a chance to escape. As Goshu Miu moved to kill Xueluo, she called on her ancestor to sever her mortal ties and karmic bonds once more.

• Xuanyuan Qingshuang gathered the Northern Garrison Army’s blood qi into a golden spear and pierced Goshu Miu’s battle formation.
• Qingshuang urged Xuanyuan Xueluo to flee with the remaining White Tiger Armor soldiers, but Goshu Miu’s formation struck down Qingshuang and annihilated the Northern Garrison Army.
• Xuanyuan Xueluo ignored her sister’s warning and rushed toward her, only to freeze when Guifang’s cavalry trampled Qingshuang’s body.
• Goshu Miu raised his saber to kill Xuanyuan Xueluo, who asked her ancestor to sever her mortal ties and karmic bonds again.
• A streak of sword light descended onto Xuanyuan Xueluo as Xiahou Qingyuan explained that she had repeatedly failed to sever those bonds.

Xu Taiping and his companions reached the Mysterious Wasteland Tower’s ninth layer after Xuanyuan Xueluo defeated Goshu Miu’s forces and gave him the Snow Domain token. The moment they entered the ninth layer, they were sent back to its entrance, and Xu Taiping realized that one of his Five-Life Pearls had vanished.

• Xuanyuan Xueluo awakened the Northern Garrison Manor’s frost sky battle intent, led the White Tiger Armor in a charge, and helped rout Goshu Miu’s Guifang army.
• Xu Taiping and Gu Qingcheng reached Xuanyuan Xueluo beside Xuanyuan Qingshuang’s corpse, and she confirmed Xu Taiping’s identity before giving him the Snow Domain token.
• Xu Taiping and his companions regrouped at the ninth layer’s entrance, where Gu Qingcheng warned that fewer than one in ten Otherworlders survived it.
• Despite Gongshu Nanxing’s concern, Xu Taiping insisted that they enter the ninth layer and relied on his Five-Life Bracelet as a safeguard.
• The group entered through the bronze gate, felt piercing pain, and found themselves back at the entrance; Xu Taiping saw that one of his Five-Life Pearls was gone.

Xu Taiping revealed that the Five-Life Pearl had reversed time after the group died on the ninth layer of the Mysterious Wasteland Tower, and he prepared everyone to enter again. The chapter leaves them fully armored and Xu Taiping ready to open the Bronze Gate.

• Xu Taiping stopped Zhai Mo from opening the Bronze Gate and gathered the others away from it.
• Xu Taiping explained that everyone had died on the ninth layer and that the Five-Life Pearl had returned them to the moment he activated it, though only he remembered what happened.
• Xu Taiping told the group that one of the five pearls had been used and that four remained.
• Gu Qingcheng suggested activating their defenses, while Elder Zhang proposed using the Azure Dragon Token to strengthen the group.
• Xu Taiping asked Gu Qingcheng to record what they saw with a divine soul mark, and she agreed.
• As time ran short, Gongshu Nanxing and the others activated layers of protective treasures, while Xu Taiping manifested his Dragon Whale Physique and blood-qi defenses.

Xu Taiping and the others entered the Ninth Layer of the Mysterious Wasteland Tower and were caught in a deadly ghost-powered blizzard. After Snow Woman killed Zhai Mo, the Tower Spirit revealed that killing her was their only chance of survival.

• Xu Taiping opened the bronze doors, and the group was swept into a blizzard of blood-red snow that rapidly broke through their defenses.
• Zhai Mo summoned a giant shield projection while Xu Taiping opened the Cloud-Cloaking Umbrella and began condensing Three-Origin True Fire.
• Gu Qingcheng recognized Snow Woman, one of Guifang's Ten Great Ghost Kings, and told Zhai Mo to keep her away from Xu Taiping.
• Zhai Mo charged Snow Woman, but she shattered his shield and tore him apart in the blizzard.
• Gu Qingcheng calmed the group by reminding them that Xu Taiping's bracelet could revive Zhai Mo once, and the Tower Spirit announced their reward and warned them to kill Snow Woman to have a chance at survival.

Gu Qingcheng, Gongshu Nanxing, and Elder Zhang fought the Ghost King Snow Woman, whose wind and snow made her nearly impossible to kill. Xu Taiping arrived in time to shield them with the 𩙥 Flame and began combining the Thunder Soul Blade’s power with his great sun golden flame to form thunderflame.

• Gu Qingcheng, Gongshu Nanxing, and Elder Zhang attacked the Snow Woman, but she re-formed after Gongshu Nanxing cut her apart and unleashed a massive snowstorm.
• Xu Taiping arrived with Yuzhu and used the 𩙥 Flame to stop the Snow Woman’s blizzard from reaching Gu Qingcheng and the others.
• Gu Qingcheng warned Xu Taiping that the Snow Woman could not die while the wind and snow persisted.
• Xu Taiping drew on the Thunder Soul Blade and began merging its thunder with his great sun golden flame to condense thunderflame.

Xu Taiping used his Mysterious Origin Avatar and 𩙥 Flame to shield his companions while condensing Thunderflame to fight the Ghost King Snow Woman. As the Snow Woman battered through his defenses, Gu Qingcheng stepped in to protect the others but was struck down and badly wounded.

• Gu Qingcheng realized Xu Taiping was controlling 𩙥 Flame while condensing Thunderflame, and recognized that he had cultivated the Taiqing Profound Origin Clone Technique.
• Xu Taiping’s Mysterious Origin Avatar shaped 𩙥 Flame into an Eight-Armed Duedu Asura manifestation that repelled the Snow Woman’s blizzard and shielded the group.
• The Ghost King Snow Woman merged with the blizzard and repeatedly struck the manifestation until its flames weakened and a breach opened.
• Gu Qingcheng drew a Mountain Character talisman to protect Nanxing and the others, but the Snow Woman shattered it and slammed Gu Qingcheng into the ground, leaving her wounded and bleeding.