Chapter Summaries

The Pearl Relic House Master explained that Nine Dragons Covering the Sun would trap everyone in Old Dragon City for at least nine days and hinder their search for Li Yezhu. Cloud Crane True Lord tried to recruit the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord for the Golden Court Grotto-Heaven expedition, and revealed that they had obtained the Immortal Sword Po Jun.

• The Pearl Relic House Master described Nine Dragons Covering the Sun and said its dragon breath would keep Li Yezhu from leaving Old Dragon City.
• Cloud Crane True Lord explained that the spectacle weakened spells, formations, and divine-soul probing, while the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord said the Nine Abysses stayed unaware of the Tenth Demon Abyss because the Shangqing Cultivation World monitored it.
• The Pearl Relic House Master warned that they had nine days to find Li Yezhu before the Heartless Demon Emperor could deduce the Tenth Demon Abyss's existence.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord, identifying himself as Li Daoyan, demanded directions to the Golden Court Grotto-Heaven and said he could slay the demon seed alone.
• Cloud Crane True Lord urged the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord to cooperate, then revealed that they had found the Immortal Sword Po Jun.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord asked whether Po Jun was truly in their hands.

Xu Taiping remembered that Ancient Buddha Kasyapa had asked him to retrieve a White Bodhi branch from the Withered Stone Sea. Kasyapa warned that a calamity was imminent and told him to spend all his Gold Essence Coins summoning Kasyapa’s Dharma manifestation to save himself and the cultivators in Old Dragon City.

• Cloud Crane True Lord confirmed that Po Jun was in their possession, and the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord eagerly demanded the sword.
• The Pearl Relic House Master explained Po Jun’s restrictions, and the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord offered his life through a Life-Bestowal Talisman in exchange for it.
• Cloud Crane True Lord described when the White Bodhi tree appeared, prompting Xu Taiping to recall Ancient Buddha Kasyapa’s request for a branch.
• Venerable Jiaye warned Xu Taiping that Dragon Breath would soon destroy him and every cultivator in Old Dragon City unless he used all his Gold Essence Coins to summon Kasyapa’s Dharma manifestation.

Xu Taiping learned from Venerable Jiaye that a disaster would soon kill tens of thousands, and Jiaye connected his dream of ten evil dragons to the Nine Dragons Covering the Sun above the Old Dragon Court. The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord revealed that the tenth dragon was the old dragon outside the Withered Stone Sea’s thirty-two Spirit Pearl Secret Realms.

• Xu Taiping discussed Venerable Jiaye’s warning of an imminent catastrophe and the three million Gold Essence Coins needed to cast an Ancient Buddha Kasyapa Golden Body.
• Xu Taiping told Fairy Lingyue about Jiaye’s prophecy, and she urged him to ask whether Jiaye’s vision related to the Nine Dragons Covering the Sun.
• Venerable Jiaye recalled dreaming of ten evil dragons destroying a city and suspected the tenth dragon was tied to Xu Taiping’s coming disaster.
• Xu Taiping confirmed that the Old Dragon Court’s sandstorms had shown no more than nine dragon shadows, and the Pearl Relic House Master and Cloud Crane True Lord agreed.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord said the old dragon outside the Withered Stone Sea’s thirty-two Spirit Pearl Secret Realms was not counted among the nine.

An ancient dragon broke through the Old Dragon Court’s barrier, joining the nine dragon shadows and leading them in an assault on Old Dragon City. With the city’s defenses nearly destroyed, Xu Taiping told Azure-Eyed Evil Lord and the others that he had a way to avert disaster but needed time.

• Azure-Eyed Evil Lord revealed that a tenth dragon could exist, and Xu Taiping suspected Venerable Jiaye’s premonition had been right.
• The ancient dragon’s remnant soul broke through the Spirit Pearl Secret Realm barrier and joined the nine dragon shadows above the Old Dragon Court.
• The ten dragons attacked Old Dragon City, destroying all but the strongest layer of its protective barriers.
• Fairy Lingyue suggested Xu Taiping use Gold Essence Coins to cast Ancient Buddha Kasyapa’s golden body, and Xu Taiping agreed the expense was worthwhile if it saved the city.
• Azure-Eyed Evil Lord pressed Xu Taiping about what he knew, and Xu Taiping asked him and the others to hold off the dragon breath while he prepared a way to avert the disaster.

Xu Taiping sought time to cast a golden body for Ancient Buddha Kasyapa’s statue and asked the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord to keep Old Dragon City’s barrier standing for half an incense stick. He used Venerable Jiaye’s magical power to guide a Thunderflame at the ten dragon shadows, but it burst without harming them, leaving the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord unconvinced.

• Xu Taiping told the Pearl Relic House Master and Cloud Crane True Lord that he needed half an incense stick to hold off the Sandstorm Dragon Breath, but they said they could not stop it.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord asked Xu Taiping how he would prove his plan could resolve the calamity before he spent his strength protecting the barrier.
• Xu Taiping told Venerable Jiaye that thousands of cultivators could die, and Venerable Jiaye sent magical power into the Void for Xu Taiping to guide.
• Xu Taiping condensed Thunderflame at his fingertip despite Cloud Crane True Lord’s warning, and the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord stopped him from intervening.
• Xu Taiping launched the Thunderflame toward the ten dragon shadows, but it burst without harming them, and the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord questioned his plan.

Xu Taiping summoned a golden Buddha statue that drove back the ten dragon shadows, then watched the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord combine his power with Cloud Crane True Lord and the Pearl Relic House Master to defend Old Dragon City. As the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord’s bright moon cut apart the dragons’ breath, Little Monkey Ping'an told Xu Taiping that Ancient Buddha Kasyapa’s statue was ready for him to cast its golden body.

• Xu Taiping used thunderflame to guide Venerable Jiaye’s power, summoning a golden Buddha statue that struck the ten dragon shadows and then dissipated.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord asked who Xu Taiping was, but Xu Taiping challenged him to prove his own strength and left the next move to him.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord had Cloud Crane True Lord and the Pearl Relic House Master join him through a spirit pearl, combining their cultivation and arts.
• Cloud Crane True Lord formed a strengthened cloud tower, and the Pearl Relic House Master enlarged it to protect Old Dragon City.
• The ten dragon shadows shattered the city barrier and battered the cloud tower, but the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord summoned a bright moon that cleaved apart their dragon breath.
• Little Monkey Ping'an told Xu Taiping that Ancient Buddha Kasyapa’s statue had been carved and that it was time for Xu Taiping to cast its golden body.

Xu Taiping coated a Buddha statue with melted Gold Essence Coins while the Old Dragon Court's dragon phantoms opened the Dragon Clan's Seven Lodges Treasury and attacked the cloud tower with a growing arsenal of weapons. The tower's defenders struggled to hold them back, and the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord demanded to know how much longer Xu Taiping needed.

• Xu Taiping melted millions of Gold Essence Coins and covered nearly half of Ping'an's Buddha statue in gold leaf.
• Fairy Lingyue explained that the Old Dragon Court was supplying the ten dragon phantoms with inexhaustible power.
• The dragon phantoms grew stronger, and a silver-scaled spear pierced the cloud tower's barrier as Old Dragon City plunged into winter.
• Fairy Lingyue suspected the phantoms had opened the Dragon Clan's Seven Lodges Treasury, and more weapons emerged from black vortices above the dragons.
• The Pearl Relic House Master blocked dozens of weapons with a golden city formed by True Words, but the city soon shattered.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord warned Xu Taiping that the defenders could not hold much longer and asked when he would act.

Xu Taiping carried the Golden Body of Ancient Buddha Kasyapa into the sky while the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord and the others fought off the Old Dragon King and its summoned weapons. A giant Buddha hand caught Xu Taiping and blocked the Dragon Divine Weapons, as a majestic voice threatened to destroy the Old Dragon King's soul.

• Xu Taiping learned that the ten dragon phantoms had opened the Seven Lodges Dragon Weapon Treasury and carried the Buddha statue out of the tower to hasten Buddha Fate Power's arrival.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord used Old Dragon City's flying swords to shatter the Dragon Clan's treasure weapons, while the Pearl Relic House Master guided Xu Taiping upward with an enchanted bamboo slip.
• Xu Taiping flew above the Cloud Tower as the Old Dragon King pursued him, and the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord's swords and the bamboo slip helped him withstand the dragon's attacks.
• The Old Dragon King summoned more Dragon Divine Weapons and blasted Xu Taiping with Sandstorm Dragon Breath, destroying the bamboo slip and the remaining sword light.
• A giant golden Buddha hand punched through the sky, caught Xu Taiping, and remained unharmed when the Dragon Divine Weapons struck it.
• A majestic voice from above the heavens declared that the Old Dragon King had harmed Buddhism's Heavenly Dharma Protector and threatened to destroy it.

Xu Taiping faced the Old Dragon King's summoned Dragon Clan weapons while Fairy Lingyue warned him of the Human Sovereign Sword's power. At the chapter's end, Xu Taiping raised Ancient Buddha Kasyapa's Golden Buddha Statue and called for Buddha Fate as the sword and other weapons prepared to strike.

• The ten dragon phantoms shattered Venerable Jiaye's Buddha hand and drove Xu Taiping to defend himself with the Cloud-Cloaking Umbrella and Profound Ice Armor.
• Cloud Crane True Lord struck at the dragon phantoms, but the Old Dragon King redirected them to attack the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord and the others, leaving Xu Taiping exposed.
• As the Old Dragon King summoned powerful weapons from the Seven Lodges Treasury, Fairy Lingyue urged Xu Taiping to eat an Immortal Peach, but Venerable Jiaye told him to raise the Golden Buddha Statue instead.
• Fairy Lingyue identified the emerging weapon as the Human Sovereign Sword and explained that it suppressed human Qi and Blood, so Xu Taiping poured his True Essence into the statue to summon Ancient Buddha Kasyapa's Buddha Fate.
• The Human Sovereign Sword and more than a dozen Dragon Clan Treasure Weapons emerged from the vortex, cracking the sky above the Old Dragon Court Secret Realm.

The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord used Heaven and Earth Manifestation to shield Xu Taiping from the Old Dragon King's weapons, but his dharma form broke apart under the strain. As the Human Sovereign Sword attacked Xu Taiping, Ancient Buddha Kasyapa's power descended and placed him upon a giant Buddha's lap.

• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord transformed into a towering dharma form and used the Cloud Tower and bright moon to fend off the Human Sovereign Sword and the Old Dragon King's other weapons.
• The Pearl Relic House Master restored the shattered Cloud Tower and bright moon, but the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord's dharma form exploded under the strain of combining its powers.
• Fairy Lingyue told Xu Taiping to eat the Immortal Peach, and he raised the Buddha statue as the Human Sovereign Sword charged at him.
• Ancient Buddha Kasyapa's Buddha light blocked the sword strike, and his giant golden statue cradled Xu Taiping on its lap.
• Ancient Buddha Kasyapa spoke, "All forms are illusory," and the sand and dust covering the Old Dragon Court dispersed.

Xu Taiping learned that the Human Sovereign Sword held the souls of human heroes and could be freed only by helping the Human Race overcome its great tribulation. Ancient Buddha Kasyapa’s Buddha Fate Power temporarily broke the sword’s seal and presented it to Xu Taiping, warning him that accepting it would bring danger.

• The dragon shadows and Dragon Clan Treasure Weapons fled toward the sky’s shattered canopy, while the Human Sovereign Sword was drawn toward a black vortex.
• Xu Taiping heard the sword’s sorrow and sensed the defiant spirits of the human heroes forged into it, then said that they deserved release.
• Ancient Buddha Kasyapa’s Buddha Fate Power pulled the Human Sovereign Sword from the vortex and temporarily lifted its seal.
• Ancient Buddha Kasyapa destroyed nine dragon shadows and explained that the heroes could find release by helping the Human Race overcome its great tribulation.
• Ancient Buddha Kasyapa warned Xu Taiping that the sword could only be wielded by Dragon Clan blood, would act only during the Human Race’s great calamity, and would draw the Tomb Keeper after him.
• The Human Sovereign Sword flew before Xu Taiping, and he looked at it as its aura settled.

Xu Taiping accepted the Human Sovereign Sword into his Iron Gourd and received a golden bead from Ancient Buddha Kasyapa that could let him command Dragon Divine Weapons. After a warning that an evil entity threatened Buddhism, Cloud Crane True Lord revealed that a black-misted monster was cutting down the White Bodhi tree.

• Xu Taiping invited the Human Sovereign Sword’s spirit to dwell in his Iron Gourd, and it accepted.
• Ancient Buddha Kasyapa warned Xu Taiping that an evil entity was watching for a chance to reach Buddhism through him.
• Ancient Buddha Kasyapa seized the Old Dragon King’s remnant soul, took its golden bead of power, and gave the bead to Xu Taiping before his manifestation vanished.
• Venerable Jiaye told Xu Taiping that the evil entity could be dealt with after he brought back a White Bodhi branch.
• Cloud Crane True Lord showed Xu Taiping and the others a spirit mirror depicting a black-misted monster repeatedly chopping at the White Bodhi tree.

Xu Taiping and the others discussed the mysterious expert who had guided them to the Golden Court Grotto-Heaven and suspected he was a Life-Replenisher. As they raced to reach the White Bodhi and find the escaped Li Yezhu, Li Daoyan vowed to destroy the demon seed and revealed a Spirit Pearl embedded in his heart.

• Xu Taiping learned that the expert who had appeared in the elders’ dreams might be a Life-Replenisher who could travel through the River of Time.
• Cloud Crane True Lord explained that Li Yezhu had escaped Old Dragon City, and the group needed to find him within three days before the Heartless Demon Emperor could learn the location of the Tenth Demon Abyss.
• The Pearl Relic House Master and Cloud Crane True Lord weighed warning the major Secluded Sects against killing the demon seed in the Golden Court Grotto-Heaven.
• Li Daoyan challenged their plan to warn the Secluded Sects and promised to kill the demon seed within nine days.
• Li Daoyan revealed a newly embedded Spirit Pearl over his heart, which Fairy Lingyue suspected he had obtained by refining an entire secret realm.

The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord revealed that he planned to sacrifice himself to absorb the Spirit Pearl’s power, but the group had to stop Li Yezhu before his nine-day transformation was complete. He asked Xu Taiping to contact Xiang Nantian and Qi Haitang so they could persuade Old Daoist Huang to seal Li Yezhu’s fortune.

• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord told the Pearl Relic House Master and Cloud Crane True Lord that he intended to offer up his body, Divine Soul, and future karma to absorb the Spirit Pearl’s power.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord explained that Li Yezhu might escape before he reached his peak, leaving the group without a way to delay him.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord showed Xu Taiping a threatening message from Qi Haitang and learned that Xu had met her and Xiang Nantian.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord asked Xu Taiping to contact the couple and request Old Daoist Huang’s help in sealing Li Yezhu’s fortune.
• Xu Taiping sent a message to Xiang Nantian and Qi Haitang using his alias, Zhang Wuyou.

Xu Taiping received a Guardian Dao Talisman from Qi Haitang and Xiang Nantian, who offered to help and reported that Old Daoist Huang could seal Li Yezhu’s fortune for seven days. After Xu Taiping erased the talisman to keep them out of danger, he learned that Su Chan of the Azure Profound Sect had fallen to demonic corruption and attacked the people gathered at the Golden Court Grotto-Heaven.

• Xu Taiping’s Guardian Dao Talisman activated, and Qi Haitang and Xiang Nantian threatened the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord after mistaking Xu Taiping’s situation for an emergency.
• Xu Taiping reassured the couple, and Xiang Nantian said Old Daoist Huang could seal Li Yezhu’s fortune for at least seven days.
• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord challenged Xiang Nantian, but Xu Taiping shut down the talisman and warned him not to involve the couple.
• Xu Taiping erased the Guardian Dao Talisman after telling Qi Haitang and Xiang Nantian he would soon return to True Martial Heaven.
• Xu Taiping saw a black figure chopping at a white-leaved bodhi tree near the Golden Court Grotto-Heaven.
• The Pearl Relic House Master told Xu Taiping that Su Chan, a demonic-corrupted sword cultivator from the Azure Profound Sect, had attacked the assembled group, leaving more than half dead or wounded.

Xu Taiping identified Su Chan’s Demon God Weapon, Taotie, and explained how it devoured spiritual energy, but the weapon’s whereabouts remained unclear in the barren Golden Court Grotto-Heaven. The Pearl Relic House Master and his allies rushed to aid Great Elder Lou and attack the monster chopping down the White Bodhi tree.

• Xu Taiping told the Pearl Relic House Master and Cloud Crane True Lord that Su Chan’s Demon God Weapon was Taotie, which could grow into a towering tree and devour spiritual energy for dozens of li.
• Cloud Crane True Lord reported that Great Elder Lou could find no trees or plants nearby apart from the White Bodhi tree, leaving the group unable to locate Taotie.
• The Pearl Relic House Master piloted the Immortal Boat at full speed to the White Bodhi tree, where a huge monster was hacking into its trunk with an axe.
• The Pearl Relic House Master, Cloud Crane True Lord, and Azure-Eyed Evil Lord leaped down to fight the monster, while Xu Taiping remained aboard the Immortal Boat.
• Cloud Crane True Lord’s Protective Golden Light Talisman blocked one axe strike, and the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord punched the monster hard enough to send it flying backward.

Xu Taiping and the others destroyed a monster, but Xu Taiping spotted a Shadow Demon lurking in Cloud Crane True Lord's shadow. As Su Chan's Demon Seed neared its advancement to the Night Demon Realm, Xu Taiping chose to confront the danger rather than wait in hiding.

• The Azure-Eyed Evil Lord killed the monster after the Pearl Relic House Master immobilized it with a True Words Spell, and the group decided to seek Su Chan instead of questioning it about Su Chan's Demon God Weapon.
• The Pearl Relic House Master and the Azure-Eyed Evil Lord left to deal with Su Chan, while Cloud Crane True Lord guarded the White Bodhi Tree and asked Xu Taiping to watch from the Immortal Boat.
• Xu Taiping secretly warned Cloud Crane True Lord that a monster was hiding in his shadow, and Cloud Crane identified it as the Shadow Demon from the Ninth Demon Abyss.
• Fairy Lingyue explained that Su Chan had likely planned to use Taotie to devour the ruined Secret Realm and advance his Demon Seed, but the White Bodhi Tree's light had obstructed him.
• As the Shadow Demon grew larger, Fairy Lingyue warned Xu Taiping not to draw his saber and advised him to hide in darkness, but Xu Taiping decided that waiting in Su Chan's trap would lead only to death.

Xu Taiping and Cloud Crane True Lord fought off a shadow demon, but both became targets of Su Chan’s growing shadow demon power. After using the Lotus Eye Curse Seal to glimpse a future in which thrusting a blade into the ground saved them, Xu Taiping drove his blade into the earth as another shadow demon attacked.

• Xu Taiping struck the shadow demon attacking Cloud Crane True Lord, giving Cloud Crane True Lord time to destroy it with a finger wreathed in blue-green flames.
• Cloud Crane True Lord realized a shadow demon had appeared behind Xu Taiping and warned that Su Chan was advancing his power toward night demon power.
• Xu Taiping used the Lotus Eye Curse Seal on Cloud Crane True Lord and saw a vision in which thrusting his blade into the ground helped them survive.
• A shadow demon emerged behind Xu Taiping, and Cloud Crane True Lord wounded it before another shadow demon charged at Xu Taiping.
• Xu Taiping poured his blade qi into his weapon and thrust it into the ground as the shadow demon raised its axe to strike.

Xu Taiping and Cloud Crane True Lord discovered that the shadow demons were powered by the Demon God Weapon Taotie hidden underground. As Cloud Crane True Lord began drawing a Heaven-Shaking Earth-Splitting Talisman, Xu Taiping stayed behind to hold off the reborn demons.

• Xu Taiping realized the shadow demons came from underground, and Cloud Crane True Lord struck the ground with true fire and confirmed that the Demon God Weapon was buried there.
• Xu Taiping and Cloud Crane True Lord fought stronger shadow demons that stole their true essence and blood qi whenever they emerged from the shadows.
• Xu Taiping asked whether Cloud Crane True Lord could severely damage Taotie in one strike, and Cloud Crane True Lord revealed that he could draw a Heaven-Shaking Earth-Splitting Talisman.
• Xu Taiping agreed to hold off the shadow demons while Cloud Crane True Lord tossed Gold Essence Coins into the sky and began drawing the talisman on the Go-board formation.
• Cloud Crane True Lord traced the talisman head, and its surge of mountain spirit power forced two emerging shadow demons back into Xu Taiping's and Cloud Crane True Lord's shadows.

Xu Taiping used the Ancestral Sage Fist to hold back waves of Shadow Demons while Cloud Crane True Lord drew the Heaven-Shaking Earth-Splitting Talisman. As Xu Taiping’s strength began to run low and the demons poured out faster, he entrusted Cloud Crane with covering him when his fist force failed.

• Cloud Crane True Lord used the shattered battlefield as a talisman medium and began drawing a Heaven-Shaking Earth-Splitting Talisman.
• Xu Taiping blocked the Shadow Demons with the Heaven-Supporting Form and destroyed several with the Baxia Form, but each wave of slain demons doubled in number.
• Xu Taiping struck the ground with the Raging Thunder Form, exploiting the Shadow Demons’ weakness and destroying them as they emerged.
• Xu Taiping told Cloud Crane True Lord he trusted him and asked him to take over when his fist force ran out.
• Cloud Crane True Lord saw Xu Taiping’s True Essence and qi and blood declining as Shadow Demons continued pouring from the two shadows.