Recaps

Xu Taiping prepared to break through to the Dao Integration Realm, using every safeguard available as chaos spread through the Yellow Springs Ruins. Just as enemies breached Xuān Pǔ Palace, Cangwu Heavenly Lord revealed that he was still hunting them.

• Xu Taiping swallowed three Soul-Merging Pills and sent word to his allies to come aid his breakthrough in ten days.
• Xu Taiping summoned the protection of the Dragon-Slaying Ranking’s Ranking Spirit and the Half-Immortal promised by Dipankara Buddha, refusing to hold back any safeguards.
• Eight days later, Old Daoist Huang and Ping'an learned that five Taichong Delusion Seeds had arrived early and that fighting over the God-Burying Mound had kept Fengdu Prefecture occupied.
• The Six-Arms Mirror warned Old Daoist Huang and Ping'an that something terrible had happened outside, then a black spear pierced Xuān Pǔ Palace’s barrier and struck its immortal mountains.
• Cangwu Heavenly Lord appeared in the mirror image and declared that Xu Taiping would not get the chance to break through.

Ghost King Qin Ming activated Xuān Pǔ Palace’s Thousand-Mile Layered City Grand Formation to stop Cangwu Heavenly Lord’s rune-covered spears, then learned that the attack was part of a plan to draw Fengdu Prefecture away from the Forbidden Grounds. The chapter ended with Elder Huang suspecting that the attackers were broadcasting the Sword Platform’s scene across the Upper Realm’s major Star Domains.

• Cangwu Heavenly Lord’s rune-covered spears shattered the outer barrier and shook Xuān Pǔ Palace’s Forbidden Grounds.
• Qin Ming arrived, reported that two other Ghost Kings had come to help, and activated the Thousand-Mile Layered City Grand Formation.
• The formation’s seven jade towers rose and repelled the spears, while Qin Ming revealed that the attack had been arranged to draw Fengdu Prefecture’s forces away from Xu Taiping.
• Qin Ming questioned Ping'an about the attacker, but Old Daoist Huang claimed they had only guessed it was Cangwu Heavenly Lord.
• Qin Ming received a message and used Elder Huang’s Spirit Mirror to view the Sword Platform, prompting Elder Huang to suspect the scene was being projected across the Upper Realm.

Cangwu Heavenly Lord used a Spirit Mirror broadcast to falsely accuse Xu Taiping of stealing the Upper Realm’s fortune and rallied cultivators to attack Fengdu Prefecture. As the crowd rushed toward the Yellow Springs Ruins, Cangwu Heavenly Lord and his companions arrived to confront Ping'an and the others.

• Ping'an, Old Daoist Huang, and Ghost King Qin Ming watched the Spirit Mirror show Xu Taiping extracting a peerless-grade Soulfire Stone from a ruin.
• Cangwu Heavenly Lord accused Xu Taiping of stealing the Upper Realm’s fortune and claimed he planned to disrupt the cultivation world by breaking through to the Dao Integration Realm.
• Cangwu Heavenly Lord urged cultivators to travel to the Yellow Springs Ruins and distract Fengdu Prefecture while he stopped Xu Taiping’s breakthrough.
• Heavenly Lord Qingmu revealed that Grand Teleportation Arrays had been prepared across several star domains, and cultivators rushed to use them despite warnings about the Taichong Delusion Seeds.
• A black spear descended through the barrier, and Cangwu Heavenly Lord and his three companions appeared before Ping'an and the others.

At Heavenly Lord Shihu’s Dao Field, Xiahou You and Shihu watched Cangwu Heavenly Lord and three other Upper Realm experts attack Xu Taiping’s breakthrough site, suspecting their actions concealed a greater plot. As Shihu prepared to spend his military merit to ask the Ancestor to save Taiping, Daoist Fengzhu and Heavenly Lord Xuanbei arrived and ordered the four attackers to take their own lives.

• Xiahou You condemned Cangwu Heavenly Lord’s accusations against Xu Taiping, while Shihu noted that the Upper Realm experts’ preparations seemed suspicious.
• Cangwu Heavenly Lord and his three companions broke through the forbidden barrier and attacked Xu Taiping’s Sword Platform, shattering its protective formation and injuring Ghost King Qin Ming.
• Shihu decided to use his military merit to ask the Ancestor to save Xu Taiping, explaining that he owed Taiping for saving his life at Yaochi Sacred Land.
• Daoist Fengzhu and Heavenly Lord Xuanbei arrived at the breakthrough site, startling Shihu and Venerable Ziming.
• Heavenly Lord Xuanbei told Cangwu Heavenly Lord and his three companions to take their own lives.

Cangwu Heavenly Lord and three allies attacked Xuān Pǔ Palace to stop the Lower Realm cultivator, but Daoist Fengzhu and Heavenly Lord Xuanbei confronted them. Fengzhu broke free of Dong Cangzi’s Blood Prison Curse, and Heavenly Lord Shihu realized Fengzhu had recovered his lost Great Dao edict.

• Cangwu Heavenly Lord tried to persuade Xuanbei and Fengzhu to abandon their protection of the Lower Realm cultivator, but Fengzhu attacked the four and drained their magic power with a palm strike.
• Zhu Li and the others used rune-marked palms to break Fengzhu’s defenses and summon six black spears that pierced him, while another set of spears forced Xuanbei to dodge.
• The four used Dong Cangzi’s Blood Prison Curse to seal Fengzhu in a blood-colored coffin, and Heavenly Lord Shihu explained that Xuanbei and Fengzhu had lost part of their Great Dao power.
• Cangwu Heavenly Lord threatened Xuanbei with Fengzhu’s life, but Xuanbei asked Fengzhu how long he would keep watching the show.
• Fengzhu shattered the blood coffin with his aura, condemned the four as Dong Cangzi’s subordinates, and revealed a five-colored radiance that led Heavenly Lord Shihu to conclude he had recovered his lost Great Dao edict.

Daoist Fengzhu and Heavenly Lord Xuanbei overwhelmed Cangwu Heavenly Lord and his companions, but three powerful newcomers appeared to confront them. The chapter left Xiahou You and Heavenly Lord Shihu realizing that Xiao Shen and Lady Chixue were among the threats facing Xu Taiping.

• Daoist Fengzhu repeatedly struck Cangwu Heavenly Lord and his three companions, while Heavenly Lord Xuanbei severed their hands and turned their own black spears against them.
• Cangwu Heavenly Lord and his companions were trapped in a blood coffin, which then shattered as three powerful figures arrived.
• Xiao Shen threatened Xuanbei and Fengzhu for protecting Xu Taiping, claiming he had no fear of the two elders.
• Heavenly Lord Shihu recognized Xiao Shen as the Xiao Clan's ancestor and explained that he had reached the Heaven-Connecting Realm and inherited the clan artifact.
• Lady Chixue spoke to Heavenly Lord Xuanbei, who recognized her as the Red Snow Demoness, and Heavenly Lord Shihu warned that her combat strength might match his and Fengzhu's.

As Xu Taiping began an early breakthrough to Dao Integration, Liu Dong Cang and his allies threatened to destroy the Sword Platform barrier. Lin Hanjian of the Ageless Spring arrived to serve as Xu Taiping’s Dharma Protector.

• Lady Chixue revealed her grudge against Heavenly Lord Xuanbei, and Liu Dong Cang identified himself as Dong Cangzi’s disciple.
• Liu Dong Cang displayed Half-Step Half-Immortal cultivation and restored Cangwu Heavenly Lord and his three companions with his aura.
• The Crown of Heaven appeared above Xu Taiping, signaling that he was beginning his breakthrough to Dao Integration.
• Cangwu Heavenly Lord and his companions attacked the Sword Platform barrier with rune-covered black spears as Liu Dong Cang and his allies gathered their power.
• Lin Hanjian descended beside Heavenly Lord Xuanbei and Daoist Fengzhu and declared that he had come to protect Xu Taiping.

Heavenly Lord Hanjian and the Fengdu Great Emperor Zhong Xuan joined Xu Taiping’s protectors as Liu Dong Cang and his allies prepared to strike. Just as the seventh Crown of Heaven neared and Xu Taiping’s breakthrough approached, Heavenly Lord Cangzhu arrived to protect the Abyssal Pavilion’s Thirteenth Seat.

• Heavenly Lord Hanjian froze Cangwu Heavenly Lord and his companions’ attacks, forcing them to retreat from the Sword Platform.
• Heavenly Lord Shihu and Xiahou You realized that the seventh Crown of Heaven would signal Xu Taiping’s best chance to break through, and suspected Liu Dong Cang was waiting to disrupt it.
• Heavenly Lord Hanjian called upon Great Emperor Zhong Xuan, who arrived and declared that he had come to protect Xu Taiping.
• Liu Dong Cang, Lady Chixue, and Xiao Shen combined their auras and prepared to oppose Zhong Xuan and the other protectors.
• A dazzling sword-like radiance scattered their combined aura, and Heavenly Lord Cangzhu arrived to protect the Abyssal Pavilion’s Thirteenth Seat.

Heavenly Lord Cangzhu and Feng Tianxing joined Xu Taiping’s protectors and drove back Liu Dong Cang’s group as they tried to obstruct his realm breakthrough. The Fengdu Great Emperor challenged Xiao Shen’s accusation and revealed an illusory scene whose contents were not yet shown.

• Heavenly Lord Cangzhu warned Liu Dong Cang and his allies not to interfere with Xu Taiping’s breakthrough, but Liu Dong Cang invoked Dong Cangzi and prepared to fight.
• Liu Dong Cang, Lady Chixue, and Xiao Shen charged Heavenly Lord Cangzhu’s group to stall Xu Taiping’s breakthrough.
• Feng Tianxing arrived, struck Liu Dong Cang’s group with a Fist Shadow, and declared that he would protect his little brother Taiping.
• Feng Tianxing and Heavenly Lord Hanjian attacked Liu Dong Cang’s group, scattering and freezing them.
• Xiao Shen accused Lin Hanjian and Feng Tianxing of helping a tyrant, and the Fengdu Great Emperor Zhong Xuan challenged him before showing an illusory scene across the sky.

Phantom scenes of Xu Taiping protecting villagers and battling the Blightbones silenced accusations that he stole the Upper Realm’s cultivation fortune. As Dong Cangzi attacked Xu Taiping through a powerful clone, the Dragon-Slaying Ranking intervened to protect him just as his Seven Crowns of Heaven breakthrough began.

• Heavenly Lord Hanjian showed scenes of Xu Taiping defending Three Paths Village and fighting the Blightbones in Kaiyang Heaven, prompting Xiahou You and Heavenly Lord Shihu to defend him.
• Dong Cangzi appeared in the sky and shattered the Sword Platform’s barrier with a finger aimed at Xu Taiping.
• Heavenly Lord Cangzhu, Great Emperor Zhong Xuan, Heavenly Lord Xuanbei, and Daoist Fengzhu halted Dong Cangzi’s finger and sword, but his clone’s power pushed them back.
• The Dragon-Slaying Ranking of Chenglong Heaven arrived and sent azure dragon phantoms against Dong Cangzi, forcing him to withdraw his attacks.
• A five-colored Crown of Heaven appeared above Xu Taiping, and Xiahou You announced that his Seven Crowns of Heaven breakthrough had arrived.

Xu Taiping prepared to absorb the divine power of his seven-layered Crown of Heaven and break through to Dao Integration while powerful allies guarded him. As purple tribulation clouds appeared overhead, he readied the palace’s defenses and began his breakthrough.

• Xu Taiping awakened as his seven-layered Crown of Heaven descended around him, while Dong Cangzi drew Liu Dong Cang, Lady Chixue, Xiao Shen, and Cangwu Heavenly Lord into his palm to watch the coming tribulation.
• Heavenly Lord Hanjian, Heavenly Lord Cangzhu, Feng Tianxing, and the other guardians prepared to oppose Dong Cangzi, and Xu Taiping thanked them for protecting him.
• Feng Tianxing and Heavenly Lord Hanjian urged Xu Taiping to absorb the Crown of Heaven before the tribulation lightning arrived.
• Blade Ghost told Xu Taiping to spend his magic power freely while absorbing the Crown of Heaven and to refine Soulfire Stones if needed.
• Purple tribulation clouds appeared, and Xu Taiping instructed the Six-Nostril Mirror to activate Xuān Pǔ Palace’s complete barrier once the clouds had fully formed.

Xu Taiping rapidly absorbed the Crown of Heaven’s spiritual power while preparing to face the tribulation lightning, and Heavenly Lord Shihu and Xiahou You watched through the Spirit Mirror. Thirteen purple tribulation clouds formed, followed by a Purple Tribulation Lightning Ring that suggested an extraordinary breakthrough.

• Xu Taiping used his Furnace Dao Body to swallow the Crown of Heaven’s spiritual power and consumed Soulfire Stones to replenish his dao essence power.
• Heavenly Lord Shihu realized Xu Taiping had absorbed two of the Crown of Heaven’s seven layers and expected him to finish before the first two lightning bolts passed.
• Thirteen purple tribulation clouds appeared at once, startling Heavenly Lord Shihu and Xiahou You.
• Heavenly Lord Shihu suspected Xu Taiping was breaking through from the ultimate realm, and Xiahou You recognized the Purple Tribulation Lightning Ring as one associated with the Dao Integration Origin Opening Realm.

Xu Taiping’s breakthrough to the Dao Integration Realm triggered a Thirteenfold Crown of Heaven, a Purple Thunder Heavenly Tribulation Eye, and terrifying waves of tribulation lightning. As the Jade Mother’s Layered City Grand Formation began to fail, a Great Dao edict offered a way to withstand the lightning, and Ping'an volunteered to ascend the tower.

• Heavenly Lord Shihu and Xiahou You realized Xu Taiping was breaking through from the Ultimate Realm and saw the Thirteenfold Crown of Heaven appear.
• The Purple Thunder Heavenly Tribulation Eye appeared, and Heavenly Lord Shihu predicted Xu Taiping might reach the Heaven-Connecting Realm and become unmatched below the Half-Immortal Realm.
• The Jade Mother’s Layered City Grand Formation manifested around the Sword Platform, with its twelve-story tower shielding Xu Taiping from the first waves of tribulation lightning.
• Successive lightning waves battered the jade tower, and Heavenly Lord Shihu warned that thirteen waves would be followed by even more dangerous tribulations.
• A voice declared that those who ascended the tower could receive the Jade Mother’s Great Dao edict and use it to withstand the tribulation lightning.
• Ping'an volunteered to ascend the tower.

Ping'an and the cultivators on the jade tower fought off successive waves of tribulation lightning, revealing that Jade Mother's Edicts were hidden in the tower. After Feng Tianxing called the others up to claim the edicts, Dong Cangzi and his allies attacked the barrier left outside.

• Ping'an climbed atop the jade tower and used a five-colored manifestation of great dao power to disperse five pillars of lightning.
• Heavenly Lord Cangzhu, Feng Tianxing, and Old Daoist Huang went onto the jade tower as the sixth wave of tribulation lightning descended.
• Old Daoist Huang shattered the six lightning pythons with his ruler, but they merged into a larger python that Heavenly Lord Cangzhu and Feng Tianxing destroyed with their powers.
• Heavenly Lord Shihu realized that Jade Mother's Edicts were hidden in the tower, and Feng Tianxing urged the others to climb up.
• Fengdu Great Emperor, Heavenly Lord Xuanbei, Daoist Fengzhu, and Heavenly Lord Hanjian went to the tower's lower floors while the Dragon-Slaying Ranking guarded outside.
• Dong Cangzi, Liu Dong Cang, Xiao Shen, Lady Chixue, and the others attacked the barrier.

Heavenly Lord Hanjian used the Jade Mother’s Edict to shatter Dong Cangzi’s finger strike, while the Jade Tower’s Great Dao edicts repelled successive waves of tribulation lightning. All thirteen tribulation clouds then unleashed forty-five thunder jiao toward Young Master Taiping at the Sword Platform, leaving Heavenly Lord Shihu and Xiahou You unsure how he could survive.

• Dong Cangzi’s finger shadow pierced the Dragon-Slaying Ranking’s dragon shadows and struck its banner as Liu Dong Cang and the others attacked.
• Heavenly Lord Hanjian invoked the Jade Mother’s Edict and shattered Dong Cangzi’s finger shadow with a frost giant sword.
• The Jade Tower’s seven Great Dao edicts repelled the seventh wave of tribulation lightning, and its radiance withstood the eighth wave.
• All thirteen tribulation clouds lit up and sent down a total of forty-five thunder jiao toward Young Master Taiping at the Sword Platform.
• Xiahou You feared the lightning would kill Young Master Taiping, while Heavenly Lord Shihu wondered how anyone could stop it.

As Xu Taiping absorbed the Crowns of Heaven, his companions fought the escalating Purple Tribulation Lightning to protect him. After a Thunder Dragon struck the Sword Platform and left them battered, another Purple Tribulation Lightning Ring remained as Xu Taiping swallowed the final Crown of Heaven.

• Xiahou You and Heavenly Lord Shihu watched through the Spirit Mirror as Xu Taiping's companions endured the tribulation, while Ping'an and Old Daoist Huang retreated to his side.
• Feng Tianxing, Heavenly Lord Cangzhu, Daoist Fengzhu, Heavenly Lord Hanjian, and Zhong Xuan urged Xu Taiping to keep absorbing the Crowns of Heaven and prepared to face the remaining lightning together.
• A Purple Tribulation Lightning Ring gathered power and formed a Thunder Dragon, which dived toward the Sword Platform.
• Heavenly Lord Cangzhu, Zhong Xuan, and the others emerged battered beneath the shattered Jade Tower Phantom Image, and Heavenly Lord Hanjian's arm remained charred by the thunder.
• Feng Tianxing glanced at Xu Taiping as he swallowed the final Crown of Heaven, while another Purple Tribulation Lightning Ring still shone overhead.

Xu Taiping swallowed and refined the final Crown of Heaven while Feng Tianxing took his place against the last Purple Tribulation Lightning Ring. Xu Taiping's golden core began to crack, bringing him to the final step before nascent soul formation.

• Feng Tianxing offered to withstand the final Purple Tribulation Lightning Ring so the guardians could preserve their strength for the threats afterward.
• Feng Tianxing and the other guardians urged Xu Taiping to seize the opportunity and continue his breakthrough, promising they could share in its fortune.
• Xu Taiping swallowed the final Crown of Heaven, and a much stronger phantom dragon head appeared in the Purple Tribulation Lightning Ring.
• Feng Tianxing transformed into a storm and flew up to meet the tribulation, while Xu Taiping strained to refine the Crown of Heaven's spiritual power.
• Xu Taiping refined the final Crown of Heaven, and the power surged through his meridians into his golden core.
• Xu Taiping's golden core swelled and began to crack, bringing him close to golden core shattering and nascent soul formation.

Xu Taiping endured the pain of shattering his golden core and began forming his nascent soul. As he neared the final step, the tribulation eye opened, forcing Heavenly Lord Cangzhu and the Fengdu Great Emperor to rise and face it.

• Xu Taiping used the power of two Soul-Merging Pills to withstand the pain as his golden core shattered.
• Xu Taiping gathered his divine essence, true essence, origin qi, and blood into a cyan sphere, where the outline of a nascent soul began to form.
• Heavenly Lord Shihu and Xiahou You saw that Xu Taiping had overcome the core-shattering ordeal, while the Dharma Protectors were badly strained by Dong Cangzi and his allies.
• The purple thunder tribulation eye opened above the Sword Platform, and Heavenly Lord Cangzhu and the Fengdu Great Emperor shot into the sky to face it.

Heavenly Lord Cangzhu and Fengdu Great Emperor defended the Sword Platform from the Heavenly Tribulation Eye, and Cangzhu used the Haotian Mirror to suppress its thunder. The Eye unleashed Purple Sky Divine Thunder, which pushed back the mirror’s light, while Heavenly Lord Shihu explained that the lightning could be countered only by enduring it with one’s physical body.

• Heavenly Lord Cangzhu and Fengdu Great Emperor raised golden barriers to protect the Sword Platform from the Heavenly Tribulation Eye’s purple thunder.
• Heavenly Lord Cangzhu summoned the Haotian Mirror as Fengdu Great Emperor formed a Deity Projection to hold back the storm.
• The thunder shattered Fengdu Great Emperor’s projection, which re-formed with eight arms before the giant thunder sword pierced it and threatened Fengdu Great Emperor.
• Heavenly Lord Cangzhu used the Haotian Mirror to dissolve the thunder, but the Eye released Purple Sky Divine Thunder that pushed down the mirror’s light.
• Heavenly Lord Shihu told Xiahou You that Purple Sky Divine Thunder destroyed spells and treasures, while its physical harm was comparable to ordinary tribulation lightning, making bodily resistance possible but perilous.

Heavenly Lord Cangzhu and the Fengdu Great Emperor stopped Xu Taiping’s first bolt of Purple Sky Divine Thunder, allowing him to form a nascent soul, but Dong Cangzi reopened the Heavenly Tribulation Eye. When another bolt appeared, Xu Taiping sent Ping'an, Old Daoist Huang, and Xiaohei back and charged toward it himself.

• The Fengdu Great Emperor trapped the Purple Sky Thunder Dragon in a phantom Nether River, but it broke free, and Heavenly Lord Cangzhu used the Haotian Mirror to destroy its remaining body at the cost of spitting blood.
• The Heavenly Tribulation Eye began to close, and Xu Taiping formed his nascent soul as five-colored light surged around him.
• Dong Cangzi struck the nearly closed Heavenly Tribulation Eye with a black sword shadow and reopened it, prompting another bolt of Purple Sky Divine Thunder to appear.
• Ping'an, Old Daoist Huang, and Xiaohei flew toward the tribulation lightning to protect Xu Taiping, but Xu Taiping knocked them back to the Sword Platform with star soul power.
• Xu Taiping continued toward the Purple Sky Divine Thunder alone, astonishing Xiahou You and Heavenly Lord Shihu.

Xu Taiping completed the formation of his Nascent Soul and began replenishing its breath, transforming his Qi and Blood into golden true blood and his Divine Essence into sixteen layers of Divine Marrow Power. As the Nascent Soul manifested a gourd and Baleful Transformation power, the Purple Sky Divine Thunder struck, and Xu Taiping rose to face it after forcing Ping'an and Old Daoist Huang back.

• Xu Taiping watched his Nascent Soul exhale Innate True Spirit Qi, which transformed his Qi and Blood into golden true blood and greatly increased his strength.
• A second breath transformed Xu Taiping's Divine Essence into sixteen layers of Divine Marrow Power, enhancing his Divine Sense enough to detect the Purple Sky Heavenly Tribulation Eye.
• Xu Taiping sensed that the Dharma Protectors, including Feng Tianxing, were injured and prepared to abandon the Nascent Soul's final exhalation to intercept the tribulation.
• The Nascent Soul's third exhalation formed a gourd and awakened Baleful Transformation power, so Xu Taiping withdrew his attention and rushed toward the falling thunder.
• Xu Taiping used his True Dragon Mountain Spirit Power to drive Ping'an and Old Daoist Huang back, then drew the Water-Cutting Blade as Blade Ghost urged him to withstand the Purple Sky Divine Thunder with his physique alone.

Xu Taiping endured the purple sky divine thunder with his body, trusting Blade Ghost and his own intuition that he still had a choice in the face of despair. He survived the strike, though badly charred, and told his companions he had to live on to see and save the people he cared about.

• Blade Ghost reminded Xu Taiping that despair did not leave him without a choice, and Xu Taiping thanked him before leaping toward the tribulation clouds.
• Xu Taiping asked Blade Ghost about the purple sky divine thunder, then chose to endure it himself.
• The thunder dragon engulfed Xu Taiping, repeatedly scorching his body and divine soul as a coolness from his dantian restored him.
• The Heavenly Tribulation Eye closed, and Xu Taiping fell from the sky until Xiaohei caught him on its back.
• Ping'an blamed himself for failing to protect Xu Taiping, while Old Daoist Huang feared Xu Taiping's body was beyond saving.
• Xu Taiping weakly insisted that he had to live on to see the people he missed and rescue those he wanted to save.

Xu Taiping survived tribulation lightning body tempering with help from his Baleful Intent Transformation Power and his will to live, then discovered a second Origin Power awakening in his nascent soul. Blade Ghost reacted with shock when Xu Taiping identified it as Punishment Baleful Intent Power.

• Xu Taiping's heart began beating again, and his charred flesh peeled away as his body recovered.
• Heavenly Lord Cangzhu and Feng Tianxing realized Xu Taiping had survived using tribulation lightning to temper his body.
• Blade Ghost explained that Xu Taiping's Baleful Intent Transformation Power helped, but his refusal to die let him seize the Heavenly Dao's Survival in Desperate Straits life-force.
• Xu Taiping waited for the Otherworldly Heavenly Demon, the final obstacle to completing his breakthrough, while his injuries healed.
• Xu Taiping saw a lightning-flickering Vajra Pestle appear in his nascent soul's left hand and asked Blade Ghost whether it had awakened Punishment Baleful Intent Power.
• Blade Ghost reacted in shock and demanded that Xu Taiping repeat what he had said.

Xu Taiping’s breakthrough drew Ancestral Qi and a vast horde of Otherworldly Heavenly Demons, while Blade Ghost prepared to use the attackers to test his blade and teach Xu Taiping. The chapter ended as at least three hundred demons descended on the Sword Platform and Blade Ghost eagerly told Xu Taiping to stay close.

• The sky split open above the Sword Platform, and Blade Ghost explained that Xu Taiping’s breakthrough had drawn Ancestral Qi and Otherworldly Heavenly Demons into Shangqing Realm.
• Old Daoist Huang confirmed that Xu Taiping’s Nascent Soul had completed all three breaths, while Heavenly Lord Cangzhu, Feng Tianxing, and the others prepared to defend the Sword Platform.
• Blade Ghost asked Xu Taiping to pass him the Life-Taking Blade, then promised to test his blade against the demons and told Xu Taiping to follow and learn.
• Ancestral Qi poured through the opening as the Otherworldly Heavenly Demons descended, and Ping'an initially thought only seven or eight had arrived.
• The opening widened, releasing at least three hundred Otherworldly Heavenly Demons, and Blade Ghost called them first-rate whetstones before telling Xu Taiping to stay close.

Hundreds of Otherworldly Heavenly Demons descended as Dong Cangzi and the Lawbreakers kept Xu Taiping’s protectors occupied during his tribulation. Feng Tianxing and Ping'an with Old Daoist Huang repelled several demons, but a tiger-headed Sky Demon struck Ping'an with a roar and left him badly wounded.

• Xiahou You and Heavenly Lord Shihu saw that more than three hundred Otherworldly Heavenly Demons were approaching, including at least ten with strength comparable to Heaven-Connecting Realm powerhouses.
• Dong Cangzi’s clone cut a gap in the Dragon-Slaying Ranking, allowing Liu Dong Cang and the Lawbreakers to reach the Sword Platform and harass Xu Taiping’s protectors.
• The first Otherworldly Heavenly Demons landed, and Feng Tianxing killed one after it hurled a spear at Xu Taiping.
• Ping'an and Old Daoist Huang drove back two demons, and Old Daoist Huang killed them by severing their fortune with the Heavenly Balance Ruler.
• A tiger-headed Sky Demon knocked Ping'an backward and unleashed a roar that made blood burst from Ping'an’s Mountain-Lifting Ape true body.