Arc 111The Fist Challenge and Early Departure
Xu Taiping defeated a succession of arena challengers while pushing his martial strength to new heights, drawing the attention of powerful heavenly geniuses. After the Eclipse Wheel wounded Heavenly Lord Hanjian and damaged the Black Prison, Xu Taiping agreed to enter Yaochi Sacred Land early and recruited Mo Qingzhu before Xiao Huang challenged him.
- Xu Taiping defeated Yue Zhenchuan, Duan Qingbo, and Mo Qingzhu, then defeated Nangong Wen after driving his own combat strength higher, with Luo Hong intervening before Xu Taiping could strike Nangong Wen’s primordial spirit.
- Xu Taiping defeated Du Shouzhuo and Baili Yezhao, culminating in a sixty-thousand-six-hundred-sixty-punch attack that blasted Baili Yezhao into blood mist and caught Qingning’s attention.
- Xu San and Luo Hong explained Lin Qinggu’s destined-enemy path, while the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage told Heavenly Lord Hanjian that Xu Taiping’s fists might help complete his Dao Heart.
- Xiao Tinghan, Yan Xuanling, and Xiao Huang arrived to challenge Xu Taiping, but an Eclipse Wheel attacked the Black Prison and forced Xu Taiping to remain inside the Golden Goblet Tower.
- Nine days later, the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage brought the injured Heavenly Lord Hanjian to Xu Taiping and explained that the Eclipse Wheel had damaged the Black Prison and Hanjian needed a Nine-Colored Lotus from Yaochi Sacred Land.
- Xu Taiping agreed to enter Yaochi Sacred Land early and recruited Mo Qingzhu as a talisman master, offering him Golden Millet Paper in exchange for joining the dangerous journey.
- Xiao Huang arrived at the Golden Goblet Tower and challenged Xu Taiping to a fistfight, and Xu Taiping chose to accept despite the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage’s warning that Xiao Huang was stronger.