Chapter Summaries

Fairy Lingyue explained that she had hired Wuji Immortal Elder to retrieve a Dragon-Slaying Stele from the deadly Wind Demon Eye so Xu Taiping could eventually leave the Golden Court Grotto-Heaven. Just as Xu Taiping’s first Demon-Sealing Sword was about to emerge, Wuji Immortal Elder reported that his companions had died and a terrifying being had trapped him in the secret realm.

• Fairy Lingyue told Bai Yu and Ping'an that Wuji Immortal Elder had spent decades preparing to retrieve Zhu Songyu’s Dragon-Slaying Stele from the Wind Demon Eye.
• Fairy Lingyue recalled that she had promised Wuji Immortal Elder an Origin Demon Pearl, an Ancient Times sage relic, and a Confucian Sect Immortal Weapon for the mission.
• Xu Taiping told Fairy Lingyue that his first Demon-Sealing Sword was about to emerge, then warned her that Wuji Immortal Elder was in trouble.
• Wuji Immortal Elder told Fairy Lingyue that everyone who entered the Wind Demon Eye with him had died and that a being stronger than Heavenly Lord Cangzhu might prevent his escape.

Wuji Immortal Elder arranged for his cursed clone to carry the Dragon-Slaying Stele to Zhao Linglong in the Azure Profound Sect. He and Fairy Lingyue agreed to explore the Heavenly Court Ruins after the Sword Chief Tournament, while Xu Taiping continued forging his first Demon-Sealing Sword.

• Wuji Immortal Elder said he would send his refined clone with the Dragon-Slaying Stele to True Martial Heaven, where the clone would need a trusted receiver to help evade pursuers.
• Xu Taiping chose Zhao Linglong, and Wuji Immortal Elder agreed to have his clone seek her out.
• Wuji Immortal Elder deduced that a divine general of the Ancient Heavenly Court was trapping him and proposed that he and Fairy Lingyue explore the ruins for a Path to Heaven leading to the Old Heavenly Gate.
• Fairy Lingyue agreed to explore the ruins after the Sword Chief Tournament, and Wuji Immortal Elder's presence then vanished.
• Xu Taiping told Fairy Lingyue that his first Demon-Sealing Sword could emerge from the furnace at any moment.

Xu Taiping completed the Demon-Sealing Sword, named it Black Hound, and sealed one of his soul seals inside it, while Fairy Lingyue advised him to cultivate slowly in the Heaven Gazing Realm. Half a year earlier, Wuji Immortal Elder's clone urged Zhao Linglong to pour her true essence into a stone stele to help rescue Xu Taiping as masked attackers surrounded them.

• Xu Taiping spent decades forging a sword from outer heaven meteoric iron and the Demon Emperor's remnant body, then completed its quenching and unsealed its edge.
• Xu Taiping used the sword to seal the Black Hound Demon Emperor's soul seal and named the sword Black Hound, allowing it to merge with the seal and freeing his suppressed aura.
• Fairy Lingyue observed that Xu Taiping's true essence had become unusually pure and profound, then warned him to cultivate slowly in the Heaven Gazing Realm.
• Half a year earlier, Zhao Linglong met Wuji Immortal Elder's clone after returning to the Azure Profound Sect and asked whether his stone stele could help find Xu Taiping.
• Masked figures surrounded Zhao Linglong and Wuji Immortal Elder's clone, but the clone raised a wind wall and ordered Zhao Linglong to pour all her true essence into the stone stele without letting go.

Zhao Linglong activated the Dragon-Slaying Stele in hopes of bringing Xu Taiping back, while the Wuji Immortal Elder's clone fought the Netherworld Rakshasa Hall cultivators. As the clone charged the surviving enemies, Xu Taiping's voice came from inside the stele and called out to Zhao Linglong.

• Zhao Linglong recalled that the Dragon-Slaying Stele could transport someone between realms and poured her true essence into it.
• A Netherworld Rakshasa Hall cultivator ignited a black talisman, and the eight masked cultivators revealed their ghostly forms and netherworld weapons.
• The Wuji Immortal Elder's clone countered the cultivators' attacks with eight arms and powerful spells, killing two and severely wounding three.
• Wounded and exhausted, the clone refused Zhao Linglong's offer to fight together, saying that this was their only chance to bring Xu Taiping back safely.
• As the clone lunged at the remaining enemies, Xu Taiping's voice came from inside the stele and asked whether Zhao Linglong was there.

Xu Taiping discovered that Zhao Linglong was on the other side of the Geng Character Room door, trying to open the Dragon-Slaying Stele. He began merging his mind with the Dragon-Trapping Tower to connect with her, despite Fairy Lingyue warning him that he had not confirmed whether she was in danger.

• Xu Taiping heard pounding from the Geng Character Room and learned from Fairy Lingyue that the Dragon-Slaying Stele had to absorb enough True Essence before he could communicate through it.
• Fairy Lingyue explained that Xu Taiping could use the Dragon-Trapping Tower to sense nearby Dragon-Slaying Steles and help open one, but the attempt could severely damage his Divine Soul.
• Xu Taiping asked the person beyond the door to knock three times, then used a private question to confirm that the person was Zhao Linglong.
• Xu Taiping began merging his entire mind with the Dragon-Trapping Tower, while Fairy Lingyue warned him that he had not established whether Zhao Linglong was in danger.

Xu Taiping linked his mind to the Dragon-Slaying Stele and learned that Zhao Linglong was fighting five Netherworld Rakshasa Hall assassins while protecting it. He opened the door to find Zhao Linglong gravely wounded and Wuji Immortal Elder's clone dismembered, then refused to flee and prepared to fight.

• Xu Taiping linked his Divine Soul Power and True Essence to the Dragon-Slaying Stele and spoke with Zhao Linglong through the door.
• Zhao Linglong explained that five Netherworld Rakshasa Hall assassins had nearly exhausted Wuji Immortal Elder's clone and described their abilities to Xu Taiping.
• Fairy Lingyue warned Xu Taiping to rely on physical attacks and weapons when fighting the Netherworld Rakshasa Hall disciples.
• A powerful impact silenced Zhao Linglong, and Xu Taiping opened the door to find her impaled and Wuji Immortal Elder's clone dismembered.
• The five assassins rushed toward Xu Taiping and Zhao Linglong, but Xu Taiping refused to leave and reached for his bone blade.

Xu Taiping revealed his overwhelming strength and killed four Netherworld Rakshasa Hall assassins while sparing Qingmian’s head, after Zhao Linglong was badly wounded protecting him. Zhao Linglong’s sealed memories of the Mysterious Wasteland Tower began returning, and with pursuers approaching, Xu Taiping decided to take her to the Golden Court Grotto-Heaven.

• Qingmian attacked Xu Taiping with a wall of spearheads, and Xu Taiping shattered it with No Edge, though the spear’s toxic mold began to spread across the blade.
• Four Netherworld Rakshasa Hall assassins launched a combined attack, and Zhao Linglong intercepted it, taking their strike and falling gravely wounded.
• Xu Taiping caught Zhao Linglong and stopped hiding his strength, using the Ancestral Sage Fist’s Baxia Form and the Demon Ancestor’s true intent of Ants Shake the Tree to destroy the five attackers, sparing Qingmian’s head.
• Zhao Linglong’s sealed memories of the Mysterious Wasteland Tower resurfaced, and she asked Xu Taiping how he had appeared there.
• As Nine Prefectures pursuers approached, Xu Taiping decided to take Zhao Linglong back to the Golden Court Grotto-Heaven.

Xu Taiping discussed Zhao Linglong’s recovered memories and the danger of revealing the Earth Fruit with Fairy Lingyue. The Earth Fruit Golden Lotus ripened, and Xu Taiping harvested its nine pods before trying one of their lifespan-extending seeds to restore his Divine Essence.

• Xu Taiping told Fairy Lingyue that he had brought the injured Zhao Linglong into the Dragon-Trapping Tower and hidden the Dragon-Slaying Stele with Bai Yu and Ping'an.
• Fairy Lingyue warned Xu Taiping not to tell Zhao Linglong about the Earth Fruit, and he agreed to keep it secret.
• Xu Taiping and Fairy Lingyue concluded that his aura had awakened Zhao Linglong’s memories and that the Nine Abysses would not discover the sealed Eight Demon Emperors in him right away.
• The nine Earth Fruit Golden Lotuses dropped their petals and ripened, leaving nine lotus pods.
• Xu Taiping harvested the pods, and Fairy Lingyue explained that each held one golden treasure-bearing seed and ordinary seeds that could extend life and restore Divine Essence.
• Xu Taiping ate an ordinary lotus seed to test whether it could repair the damage to his Divine Soul.

Xu Taiping and Fairy Lingyue shelled the Earth Fruit’s golden lotus seeds to discover what treasures they contained. The first two revealed an enhanced Water-Cutting Blade and the Azure Luan Ring, whose unexpected transformation left Xu Taiping stunned.

• Xu Taiping ate an ordinary Earth Fruit seed and found that its spiritual power rapidly repaired his damaged primordial spirit.
• Xu Taiping shelled the first golden lotus seed, revealing a Water-Cutting Blade upgraded with the Thunder Soul Blade’s power and a One-Cut Guaranteed Break that could sever true intent and spells.
• Xu Taiping shelled the second golden lotus seed, and its golden light transformed into the Azure Luan Ring.
• Xu Taiping sensed the Azure Luan Ring’s changes and exclaimed in disbelief, wondering whether something had gone wrong with the Earth Fruit.

Xu Taiping discovered that the earth fruit had upgraded the Azure Luan Ring into a top-grade immortal weapon and awakened its divine ability, Wind God's Wrath. After he tested it by reducing a massive stone mountain to dust, Fairy Lingyue urged him to shell the remaining golden lotus seeds for more surprises.

• Xu Taiping told Fairy Lingyue that the earth fruit had fused the Azure Luan Ring with the Wind-Suppressing Pearl, restored Azure Luan's remnant soul as its ring spirit, and raised its grade to a top-grade immortal weapon.
• Xu Taiping explained that the ring could absorb wind essence from the world and enemy attacks, and that its divine ability, Wind God's Wrath, could unleash devastating gang wind.
• Xu Taiping used Wind God's Wrath against a stone mountain, but the initial gale swept through the surrounding forest without moving the mountain.
• Xu Taiping concentrated the gale around the mountain to a radius of a thousand zhang, and the mountain shattered into sand and dust.
• Fairy Lingyue praised the ring's power and urged Xu Taiping to shell the remaining golden lotus seeds.

Xu Taiping and Fairy Lingyue examined the treasures revealed by the Earth Fruit, discovering that the broken Po Jun Sword had become a rare sword embryo containing Shoushan Copper. They shelled the remaining lotus seeds and found a seven-foot ball of golden light, which Xu Taiping believed was Fairy Lingyue’s puppet body.

• Xu Taiping found that the Rusty Lion Sword had become an Immortal Weapon, while the broken Po Jun Sword had been reshaped into a sword embryo.
• Fairy Lingyue urged Xu Taiping to examine the sword embryo, and he discovered that it contained Shoushan Copper, a material for forging Xiantian Divine Weapons.
• Fairy Lingyue suggested that Xu Taiping might forge the sword embryo into a Xiantian Divine Weapon, potentially enabling him to seal seven Soul Seals in one sword.
• Xu Taiping shelled three more lotus seeds, finding Old Daoist Huang’s jade-like severed finger and two pieces of gold essence stone.
• Xu Taiping shelled the lotus seed Fairy Lingyue had chosen, and a seven-foot ball of golden light emerged, which he believed was her puppet body.

Xu Taiping watched Fairy Lingyue take possession of the puppet body made by the Earth Fruit, and she tested its power before asking him to take her to Liuxian Town for food. Their plans were interrupted when Ping'an warned that a powerful old man was trying to steal the Dragon-Slaying Stele.

• The Earth Fruit produced a graceful puppet body, and Xu Taiping gave Fairy Lingyue a Dharma Robe before she possessed it.
• Fairy Lingyue drank Hidden Immortal Wine and unleashed a fearsome aura that showed Xu Taiping the gulf between their cultivation levels.
• Fairy Lingyue sat in a chair and asked Xu Taiping to peel the final golden lotus seed, then said she wanted to eat her fill in Liuxian Town.
• Xu Taiping opened the final lotus and found another large piece of gold essence stone inside, so Fairy Lingyue proposed they use it to pay for food.
• Ping'an warned Xu Taiping and Fairy Lingyue that a powerful old man was trying to steal the Dragon-Slaying Stele and had defeated him and Bai Yu.
• Fairy Lingyue vowed to confront the old man, and Xu Taiping prepared to open the door.

At Spring Rain Tower in Liuxian Town, Bai Yu confronted Jiang Chong, an elder of Tangting Mountain, who accused him of eating a disciple and attacked him over the Dragon-Slaying Stele. Bai Yu sheltered himself and the stele with his wings, and the stele began to glow as Jiang Chong prepared another blow.

• Jiang Chong accused Bai Yu of eating his disciple, whose mutilated body lay in the inn hall.
• Bai Yu challenged Jiang Chong to take the Dragon-Slaying Stele, and the surrounding cultivators mostly supported Jiang Chong.
• Jiang Chong unleashed his Great Perfection Looking-to-Heaven Realm aura and pierced Bai Yu’s feather shield, wounding his shoulder.
• Jiang Chong punched Bai Yu, who revealed his true form and blocked the blow with his golden-feathered wings.
• Bai Yu wrapped himself and the Dragon-Slaying Stele in his wings and warned Jiang Chong that he would die unless he could destroy him in one punch.
• The Dragon-Slaying Stele shimmered with flowing colors as Jiang Chong prepared to strike again.

Ping'an told Xu Taiping that Jiang Chong had exposed the Dragon-Slaying Stele at Spring Rain Tower and framed him and Bai Yu, prompting Xu Taiping to leave the Dragon-Trapping Tower to help. Xu Taiping reached the inn and found Bai Yu badly injured while still protecting the stele.

• Ping'an explained that Jiang Chong had framed him and Bai Yu after the Concealment Cloak fell from the Dragon-Slaying Stele, and Xu Taiping reassured him that Bai Yu would be all right.
• Fairy Lingyue arrived in a physical body, played with Ping'an, and gave Xu Taiping lotus root that granted the True Intent of Lotus Root Broken, Yet Its Fibers Remain.
• Xu Taiping ate the lotus root, then remembered Bai Yu was in danger and opened the Geng Character Room door to leave.
• Xu Taiping and Fairy Lingyue saw Bai Yu kneeling in Spring Rain Tower's hall with one wing broken as he shielded the Dragon-Slaying Stele.
• Bai Yu cried out to Xu Taiping that his attackers had nearly plucked out all his feathers.

Fairy Lingyue intervened when Jiang Chong attacked Bai Yu, then faced Jiang Chong and four more Tangting Mountain elders who surrounded Spring Rain Tower. Xu Taiping guarded the entrance as Fairy Lingyue stopped Jiang Chong’s powerful punch with one palm.

• Jiang Chong attacked Bai Yu, but Fairy Lingyue intercepted his punch and sent him crashing into a pillar.
• Bai Yu recognized Fairy Lingyue as his sister, and Xu Taiping restrained him at her request.
• Jiang Chong summoned four Tangting Mountain elders and revealed that disciples had sealed the inn with a formation.
• Fairy Lingyue challenged the five elders while Xu Taiping guarded the door so none could escape.
• Jiang Chong launched a powerful punch at Fairy Lingyue, and she stopped its enormous fist shadow with one palm.

Fairy Lingyue turned aside Jiang Chong’s punch, then used the true intent of Palm Holds Mountains and Rivers to seize and crush the five Tangting Mountain elders. As Tangting Mountain’s supreme elder Zhu Wu arrived and threatened her, Fairy Lingyue unleashed a vast aura to confront him.

• Fairy Lingyue redirected Jiang Chong’s punch into the inn floor and mocked him when he retreated.
• Jiang Chong convinced the other four Tangting Mountain elders to form the Wild Sand Formation and attack Fairy Lingyue together.
• Fairy Lingyue used Palm Holds Mountains and Rivers to shrink and trap all five elders in her fist, then began crushing them.
• Zhu Wu, Tangting Mountain’s supreme elder, arrived outside and pressured the inn, but Fairy Lingyue stopped Xu Taiping from drawing his saber and challenged Zhu Wu.
• Fairy Lingyue unleashed a vast aura as she faced Zhu Wu’s threat.

Fairy Lingyue confronted Zhu Wu at Spring Rain Tower, overwhelming him with her aura and forcing him to back down over Tangting Mountain’s dispute with Xu Taiping. Before she and Xu Taiping could leave, a Nine Prefectures woman arrived, and Zhu Wu arranged for an informant to tell her what had happened.

• Xu Taiping cleared the inn entrance, and Fairy Lingyue faced Zhu Wu as he entered.
• Fairy Lingyue berated Zhu Wu and overwhelmed him with a divine soul attack, but Zhu Wu insisted that the Nine Prefectures should judge the dispute.
• Fairy Lingyue returned the five battered Tangting Mountain Elders and threatened to keep the whole party in Liuxian Town if they continued to harass her.
• Zhu Wu restrained his anger and prepared to leave with the Tangting Mountain Elders rather than risk more lives.
• A woman in Nine Prefectures robes arrived with guards, and Zhu Wu secretly instructed an informant to report the incident to them.

Xu Taiping spotted a strange thread on the Tangting Mountain disciple’s corpse and learned from Fairy Lingyue that he had activated the Lotus Root Broken, Yet Its Fibers Remain Intent, which could reveal the truth behind the death. As Qian Xiaofu detained them and accused them of murder, Xu Taiping challenged her to let him investigate and secured her promise to apologize if he proved their innocence.

• A disguised Tangting Mountain disciple accused Fairy Lingyue of letting her disciple eat a cultivator and threatening Elder Zhu Wu, then presented the mutilated corpse as evidence.
• Xu Taiping recognized Qian Xiaofu, while he and Fairy Lingyue discussed avoiding exposure and considered contacting their allies if the confrontation worsened.
• Xu Taiping noticed a glowing thread on the corpse, and Fairy Lingyue identified it as the Lotus Root Broken, Yet Its Fibers Remain Intent.
• Qian Xiaofu tried to detain Xu Taiping and Fairy Lingyue with a restriction net, but Fairy Lingyue shattered it before Qian Xiaofu restored it with another Jade Jue.
• Xu Taiping challenged Qian Xiaofu’s evidence and asked to uncover the true cause of death; Qian Xiaofu agreed to apologize publicly if he proved their innocence within the time it took to drink a cup of tea.

After Qian Xiaofu’s rash accusation and public humiliation, Huang Que reprimanded her while Fairy Lingyue and Xu Taiping discussed his plan to climb Ten Thousand Evils Peak. The next day, Zhao Linglong learned of the climb and was told that Xu Taiping had sent for her.

• Huang Que scolded Qian Xiaofu for judging the siblings without investigating and ordered her back to the Pure Yang Sword Sect after she kowtowed eight times.
• Huang Que watched a Spirit Mirror recording of Fairy Lingyue overpowering five Heaven Gazing Realm experts and realized how dangerous Qian Xiaofu’s mistake could have been.
• Fairy Lingyue explored Liuxian Town with Xu Taiping, then discussed mortal life and learned that he planned to climb Ten Thousand Evils Peak to qualify for the True Martial Sword Champion Tournament.
• Fairy Lingyue warned Xu Taiping that the resentful swords on Ten Thousand Evils Peak would attack him, but he said he was ready to face them and challenge Su Chan under a new identity.
• After Bai Yu told Zhao Linglong that Xu Taiping would climb the peak, she tried to leave to stop him, but Ping'an explained that Xu Taiping had sent for her.

Xu Taiping, disguised as Chu Ping'an, arrived at Ten Thousand Evils Peak to qualify for the True Martial Sword Champion Tournament without revealing his identity. As Fairy Lingyue and Zhao Linglong watched, Chen Hao announced a trial requiring challengers to take an apple from his basket, protected by his formidable Sword Qi.

• Xu Taiping introduced himself to the Nine Prefectures guards as Chu Ping'an and learned that Chen Hao of the Pure Yang Sword Sect would screen those attempting the ascent.
• Fairy Lingyue warned Xu Taiping not to reveal his identity to Chen Hao, and he went to join the other challengers.
• Fairy Lingyue told Zhao Linglong that Xu Taiping intended to stay hidden while dealing with Su Chan and urged her to trust him.
• Chen Hao announced that thirty-four cultivators would attempt the ascent and that they had to pass his trial before climbing.
• Chen Hao surrounded himself with a storm of Sword Qi shaped like snowflakes and challenged the cultivators to take an apple from his basket.