Recaps

Blade Ghost forced Qingzhouzi to release Bai Yu and exchange the Yellow Origin Palace disciples’ Primordial Spirits for stones before Qingzhouzi departed. Xu Taiping and Bai Yu prepared to enter seclusion for the Taixuan Ghost Domain, and sixteen years later Zhu Ping wondered if they would emerge that day.

• Blade Ghost ended his Blade Prison after Qingzhouzi offered more Soulfire Stones and Spirit Marrow Stones, then demanded that he release Bai Yu.
• Qingzhouzi shattered a Jade Jue to free Bai Yu, and Xu Taiping had Xiaohei return the Yellow Origin Palace disciples’ Primordial Spirits in exchange for a Qiankun Bag of stones.
• Qingzhouzi left after promising to compensate Kang Cangzi, while Blade Ghost told Xu Taiping that his Blade Domain let him threaten Qingzhouzi’s External Incarnation.
• Bai Yu thanked Xu Taiping for his rescue, accepted him as their eldest brother, and learned that he should continue cultivating the Kun Feather Scripture for the Taixuan Ghost Domain.
• Xu Taiping and Bai Yu agreed to focus on cultivation, and Zhu Ping proposed sealing off the Bamboo Sea Grotto-Heaven as they entered seclusion.
• Sixteen years later, a drunken Zhu Ping wondered whether Xu Taiping and the others would emerge from seclusion that day.

Zhu Ping watched Xu Taiping undergo a dramatic physical breakthrough at Sea-Viewing Cliff, where his merged body reached a thousand zhang and shattered the clouds with one palm. The strike unleashed enormous waves, and Zhu Ping explained that the sea was a Ruin Star refined by his master, whose seal protected the Bamboo Sea Dao Field and the Hemu Spirit Fields.

• Zhu Ping flew to Sea-Viewing Cliff on his Wine Gourd and watched Xu Taiping and his clone from the clouds.
• A powerful disturbance surrounded Sea-Viewing Cliff as Xu Taiping’s physical qi pressed down the sea and formed fierce winds.
• Xu Taiping’s Origin Beginning Clone merged with his true body, and his body grew to a thousand zhang tall.
• Xu Taiping struck the sky with his palm, shattering the clouds and shaking the Bamboo Sea Dao Field.
• The strike unleashed towering waves, and Zhu Ping explained that the sea was a Ruin Star refined by his master and sealed to keep it from sinking the Hemu Spirit Fields.

Xu Taiping tested his physical strength against the Vast Sea’s raging tides after his strike disrupted the seal, and punched back wave after wave until the sea calmed. He then turned his attention to the sky canopy above the Bamboo Sea Grotto-Heaven, leaving Zhu Ping alarmed by what he might do next.

• Zhu Ping warned Xu Taiping that the raging tides carried the power of the entire Vast Sea and could only be countered with pure strength.
• Xu Taiping stood his ground and met the incoming tides with the qi and blood power of his physique, while Zhu Ping retreated to safety.
• Xu Taiping’s golden fist shadows smashed and checked the second through fifth waves, astonishing Zhu Ping, who concluded Xu Taiping had reached the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage Realm.
• Xu Taiping continued punching until the tides retreated, then struck the sea with a final punch that carved a huge depression into it.
• Xu Taiping asked Zhu Ping why he had not told him about the sea as a place to practice punches, then struck toward the sky canopy above.

Xu Taiping spent the year tempering his physique and fist techniques against the Vast Sea’s raging waves while his companions drank through the year. As the group prepared to depart for the Taixuan Ghost Domain, Xu Taiping announced that he would first visit Three Corpses Cave to deliver a fist challenge letter.

• Xu Taiping practiced his punches against the Vast Sea’s raging waves, and Zhu Ping and Bai Yu resolved to cultivate harder after watching him.
• Xu Taiping sent his Origin Beginning Clone to study the Southern Bright Li Fire Sword while he continued training for the year he had left.
• Zhu Ping and Bai Yu drank for a year at Pine and Bamboo Residence and only realized how much time had passed when Ping'an, Old Daoist Huang, and Blade Ghost came to depart.
• Xu Taiping arrived in fresh Daoist robes and told the group that he would visit Three Corpses Cave before going to the Taixuan Ghost Domain.
• Xu Taiping said he would deliver a fist challenge letter to punish Three Corpses Cave for murdering Azure Profound Sect disciples.

Xu Taiping prepared to deliver a fist challenge letter to the Three Corpses Cave, bringing Bai Yu and Xiaohei while the others waited near an ancient Teleportation Array. At the Three Corpses Cave, Luo Hong emerged from seclusion stronger and vowed to kill Lin Buyu if he entered the Heaven-Demon Battlefield.

• Xu Taiping told his companions he would deliver the challenge letter himself and asked Bai Yu and Xiaohei to accompany him.
• Xu Taiping instructed Blade Ghost and the others to wait at an ancient Teleportation Array near the Three Corpses Cave.
• Half a month later, Luo Hong emerged from seclusion after severing his corpse and vowed to kill Xu Taiping in repayment for the punch that helped him.
• Xu San told Luo Hong that the Three Corpses Cave's leaders had secured a satisfactory quota for the Heaven-Demon Battlefield.
• Luo Hong said he would seek out Lin Buyu in the Heaven-Demon Battlefield and scatter her soul and spirit utterly.

Xu Taiping breached Three Corpses Cave and defeated Luo Hong and Xu San when they tried to stop him. He burned their bodies and primordial spirits with the legendary Southern Bright Li Fire Sword as the three Exalted Venerables rushed to intervene.

• Xu San warned Luo Hong that others were competing for the reward in Three Corpses Cave.
• Xu Taiping burst through the cave’s heaven-and-earth barrier, and Luo Hong and Xu San volunteered to confront him while the three Exalted Venerables watched.
• Luo Hong and Xu San recognized Xu Taiping, then attacked him together with their full strength using the Sun Wheel Heaven Strike Technique.
• Xu Taiping tore through their attack and seized Luo Hong and Xu San by their heads.
• Xu Taiping crushed their heads and struck their bodies with the Southern Bright Li Fire Sword, prompting Fuyao Venerable to recognize the legendary sword.

Xu Taiping attacked the Three Corpses Cave, overpowered its three Exalted Venerables, and publicly challenged the sect to a fist fight in three years over Buyu’s destroyed soul. After confronting Lin Qinggu and surviving the Three Corpses Cave’s Half-Immortal, he escaped, leaving the sect humiliated and the challenge set.

• Xu Taiping used Southern Bright Li Fire Swords, powerful punches, and the Mountain-Setting Fist to overwhelm Fuyao Venerable, Xuanque, and Danji, then burned them with the sword’s fire.
• Xu Taiping announced through a spirit mirror that he would issue a fist challenge to the Three Corpses Cave in three years, then split the Three Corpses Stele with his sword.
• The Three Corpses Cave Master attacked Xu Taiping, but Xu Taiping’s Origin Beginning Clone shattered his sunlike strike; Xu Taiping told Lin Qinggu to protect Buyu’s soul and caught Lin Qinggu’s saber slash with one hand.
• A Half-Immortal of the Three Corpses Cave struck at Xu Taiping, but Xu Taiping escaped with the Greater Sky Demon Token and vowed the challenge would remain unchanged.
• The Three Corpses Cave Master raged over the sect’s humiliation as Xu Taiping’s voice carried his three-year challenge throughout the Upper Realm.

Lin Qinggu and Pengzhi Ancestor accepted Xu Taiping’s three-year challenge, while discussing the Heaven-Demon Battlefield and the possible revival of the Demon Mother’s dharma body. In the Jumen Ruins, Wen Shu paid Liu San to inspect a Moonshadow Stone showing a mysterious treasure, then balked at Liu San’s demand for 3,000 Spirit Marrow Stones to lead him there.

• Lin Qinggu asked Pengzhi Ancestor why they had let Xu Taiping leave, and Pengzhi said stopping him would bring a backlash from the Heavenly Dao.
• Lin Qinggu planned to devour Xu Taiping after their three-year appointment, and Pengzhi said Lin Buyu’s remnant soul would ensure Xu Taiping kept it.
• Pengzhi told Lin Qinggu that the Sky Demon Teleportation Array was delayed because people awaited news of whether the Demon Mother’s sealed dharma body in the Taixuan Ghost Domain could revive.
• Pengzhi revealed that Lü Daoxuan, the former Azure Profound Sect master, had been a heavenly official of the Ancient Heavenly Court, but Lin Qinggu dismissed his chances against the Demon Mother.
• In the Jumen Ruins, Liu San sold Wen Shu a Moonshadow Stone deposit showing a blue-violet glow at Tuoluo Ridge, then offered to guide him there for 3,000 Spirit Marrow Stones.
• Wen Shu objected to Liu San’s demand for 3,000 Spirit Marrow Stones.

Xu Taiping and his companions waited at Tuoluo Ridge for Heavenly Lord Xuanbei and Daoist Fengzhu, while Wen Shu gathered Horse-Rat members to pursue a supposed treasure. After the two powerful seniors arrived, Xuanbei asked Xu Taiping about the cultivators approaching from the west.

• Liu San persuaded Wen Shu to pay three thousand Spirit Marrow Stones for information and lead him toward Tuoluo Ridge.
• Wen Shu summoned Horse-Rat members in Jumen Ruins, expecting three or four hundred people to gather.
• Xu Taiping explained to Bai Yu that they were waiting for Heavenly Lord Xuanbei and Daoist Fengzhu before using the repaired Ancient Teleportation Array.
• Bai Yu spotted nearly two hundred cultivators gathering west of Tuoluo Ridge, and Ping'an identified them as Horse-Rat members invited by Wen Shu to hunt for treasure.
• Daoist Fengzhu and Heavenly Lord Xuanbei arrived, and Xuanbei asked Xu Taiping about the cultivators to the west.

Xu Taiping used the Greater Sky Demon Token to open a passage from the Upper Realm to the Lower Realm, while he and his companions drove off the Horse-Rat members who tried to seize the apparent treasure. They vanished through the rift, leaving the Upper Realm cultivation world wondering where they had gone.

• Xu Taiping warned Heavenly Lord Xuanbei and Daoist Fengzhu that they might never return from the Lower Realm, and they joined him on the Teleportation Platform.
• Old Daoist Huang, Bai Yu, and Ping'an filled the Teleportation Platform with spirit marrow stones, and Xu Taiping activated it with the Greater Sky Demon Token.
• The Teleportation Platform opened a void rift to the Lower Realm as Ping'an warned that the Horse-Rat members were approaching.
• Wen Shu led more than three hundred Horse-Rat members to seize the supposed treasure, but Xu Taiping and his companions released their auras and hurled them back.
• Xu Taiping and his companions vanished through the void rift, and word of their disappearance spread through the Upper Realm.

Dongfang Yuejian found Xu You, Xu Taiping’s Origin Beginning Clone, living out his final days in a Mortal Realm village. Xu You explained that he had chosen to relinquish his cultivation and experience mortal life and death, and Dongfang Yuejian questioned what purpose his choice served.

• Xu You prepared a sweet potato for Dongfang Yuejian and refused her plea to accept Spirit Fruits and stay alive.
• Xu You recalled the suffering he had witnessed during their travels through the Five Heavens, including the deaths of a girl he had once saved and her grandmother.
• Xu You told Dongfang Yuejian that he had chosen to give up his cultivation and die as a mortal in Xu Taiping’s place.
• Xu You described his path as seeking death, unlike Dongfang Yuejian’s Great Dao of seeking life.
• Dongfang Yuejian refused to forgive Xu You for leaving without saying goodbye twenty years earlier, then asked what his choice was meant to accomplish.

Xu You sacrificed himself fighting the evil ghosts that had killed his adopted family, and Dongfang Yuejian promised to deliver his sword strike to Xu Taiping. At Vairocana Chan Temple, Abbot Yelai refused to retreat because he had to protect the Grand Teleportation Array Xu Taiping would need to use.

• Xu You explained that he had nurtured a sword with the suffering of the Mortal Realm so Xu Taiping could one day wield a strike against karma and suffering.
• Xu You charged outside to fight the evil ghosts while Dongfang Yuejian honored his wish and stayed inside.
• Dongfang Yuejian killed the ghost creatures around the courtyard, but found Xu You torn in two and dying.
• Xu You asked Dongfang Yuejian to witness his future sword strike, then died; his silver strand of divine sense flew into her hand.
• Dongfang Yuejian vowed to place Xu You's sword strike in Xu Taiping's hands.
• At Vairocana Chan Temple, Yelai dismissed General Duan's plea to retreat and said he would protect the Grand Teleportation Array Xu Taiping would need to pass through.

Duan Xiaoyu agreed to defend Vairocana Chan Temple for one more day while Yelai insisted on staying to sustain its magic formation. When the Blazing Cloud Cavalry fought off a demon assault, a Flood Dragon Demon trapped Duan Xiaoyu and launched a spear at her, but a bronze bell suddenly appeared around her.

• Duan Xiaoyu urged Yelai to evacuate the monks, but he agreed only to let them leave after one more day and vowed to sustain the formation alone.
• A Dark Raven and hundreds of winged demonic beasts attacked the temple, prompting Duan Xiaoyu to lead six thousand Blazing Cloud Cavalry riders into battle.
• The Flood Dragon Demon struck Duan Xiaoyu with its tail, but she counterattacked and forced the surrounding demons to retreat.
• The Flood Dragon Demon trapped Duan Xiaoyu in a cage of flaming claws and prepared a dragon-scale spear while she struggled to break free.
• A bronze bell formed from golden Sanskrit characters suddenly enveloped Duan Xiaoyu as the spear shot toward her.

Duan Xiaoyu and the Blazing Cloud Cavalry killed the Flood Dragon Demon’s body and trapped its fleeing Demon Seed, but the Azure Fish Demon Emperor intervened and blocked their retreat. The six thousand cavalry were surrounded by tens of thousands of demonic troops near Vairocana Chan Temple.

• Duan Xiaoyu broke free of the Flood Dragon Demon’s attack and severed its tail before killing its True Demon Body with a saber strike.
• The Flood Dragon Demon’s Demon Seed unleashed Origin Demon Seed Power and tried to flee, but Duan Xiaoyu trapped it and nearby demons inside the Blazing Cloud Cavalry’s Battle Intent.
• A black Battle Banner disrupted the cavalry’s formation, and Duan Xiaoyu ordered the six thousand Blazing Cloud Cavalry to retreat toward Vairocana Chan Temple.
• The Azure Fish Demon Emperor’s Battle Intent and banners stopped the cavalry’s advance and surrounded them from eight directions.
• Duan Xiaoyu turned to face the enemy and discovered tens of thousands of demonic troops led by the Azure Fish Demon Emperor, who declared that she and Vairocana Chan Temple had nowhere to run.

Duan Xiaoyu led the Blazing Cloud Cavalry against Demon Emperor Azure Fish and repeatedly broke through the Demonic Army’s battle intent, but Azure Fish overpowered her and struck her down. As Azure Fish prepared to kill her, a familiar aura erupted from Vairocana Temple’s main hall, leaving Duan Xiaoyu wondering if Eldest Brother Taiping had appeared.

• Duan Xiaoyu urged Yelai to lead the monks away, then ordered the Blazing Cloud Cavalry to form the Cross-Shaped Slaughter Formation against the Demonic Army.
• Demon Emperor Azure Fish ordered the Nine Abysses Fish-Dragon Army to crush their battle intent, and its black flood dragon halted the cavalry’s advance.
• Duan Xiaoyu merged her blade force with the cavalry’s battle intent, wounded the black flood dragon, and led the Blazing Cloud Cavalry through a gap in the Demonic Army’s formation.
• Demon Emperor Azure Fish struck Duan Xiaoyu down and shattered the cavalry’s battle intent, but her resolve to die charging the enemy restored their strength for another attack.
• Demon Emperor Azure Fish defeated Duan Xiaoyu again and raised his saber to kill her, just as a familiar pillar of light erupted from Vairocana Temple’s main hall.

Xu Taiping arrived at Vairocana Chan Temple and rushed outside to protect Duan Xiaoyu and her six thousand Blazing Cloud Cavalry from the Nine Abysses Demonic Army. After shattering Demon Emperor Azure Fish’s attack, he realized his strength was not restricted in the Lower Realm under certain conditions.

• Ping'an’s wish for Vairocana Chan Temple to be besieged again was followed by a Black-Scales Spear crashing down outside, and Xu Taiping sensed Xiaoyu and Yelai were in danger.
• Xu Taiping told Ping'an and Bai Yu to protect the temple’s monks, then rushed outside to aid Duan Xiaoyu.
• Xu Taiping used the Human Sovereign Sword’s power to hold back the battle formation of sixty or seventy thousand demonic troops with one sword.
• Demon Emperor Azure Fish ordered the Nine Abysses Demonic Army into the Heavenly Baleful Battle Formation, breaking through Xu Taiping’s sword barrier and launching an attack.
• Xu Taiping blocked Azure Fish’s strike with his saber and shattered the battle-intent flood dragon, then recalled that his strength was unrestricted so long as he avoided the Nine Abysses Demon Cavern and the Heavenly Dao Edict.

Xu Taiping led the Blazing Cloud Cavalry in a devastating charge that broke the Fish-Dragon Cavalry’s formation, then shot down the fleeing Azure Fish Demon Emperor. Xiaohei brought back the wounded demon emperor alive, leaving Duan Xiaoyu stunned by Xu Taiping’s victory.

• Xu Taiping summoned the Blazing Cloud Cavalry’s battle intent, and it matched the formation battle intent of the seventy thousand Fish-Dragon Cavalry.
• Xu Taiping invoked the Demon-Slaying Army, whose battle intent and Lian Xing’s phantom halted the demonic charge before the Blazing Cloud Cavalry broke through the enemy formation.
• Xiaohei swallowed the demon seeds as the Azure Fish Demon Emperor fled from the battlefield.
• Xu Taiping used the Shentu Bow to shoot the Azure Fish Demon Emperor from a great distance and sent Xiaohei to retrieve him.
• Xiaohei returned with the Azure Fish Demon Emperor’s wounded Fish-Dragon Demon God Body, and Duan Xiaoyu realized Xu Taiping had captured him alive.

Xu Taiping and his companions learned that Nine Abysses had sixteen Demon Emperors and two Primordial Lords, while powerful ghost creatures had begun appearing throughout the Five Heavens. At Vairocana Temple, they discovered that the strongest ghost was terrorizing True Martial Heaven, and Blade Ghost warned that the Azure Profound Sect’s seal on the Taixuan Ghost Domain might be failing.

• Xiaohei restrained the Azure Fish Demon Emperor while Ping'an searched his mind and learned that sixteen Demon Emperors and two Primordial Lords now operated in the Lower Realm.
• Duan Xiaoyu explained that ghost creatures had been appearing across the Five Heavens for thirty years, weakening the Cultivation World and helping Nine Abysses counterattack.
• Xu Taiping and his companions went to Vairocana Temple, where Duan Xiaoyu and Yelai described the ghost attacks and named a sword cultivator's remains as the source of the strongest ghost yet seen.
• Duan Xiaoyu said the strongest ghost had killed many experts in True Martial Heaven, including Qian Yi of the Pure Yang Sword Sect.
• Blade Ghost warned Xu Taiping that the Azure Profound Sect’s seal on the Taixuan Ghost Domain might have loosened and that the sect master and the others might not hold out much longer.

Xu Taiping and his companions learned that True Martial Heaven had been cut off for half a year, but he insisted on going there immediately and prepared to leave through the Grand Teleportation Array. While the array was being activated, the elders proposed clearing the ghost creatures and demonic beasts around Vairocana Chan Temple.

• Duan Xiaoyu explained that no cultivators had returned from True Martial Heaven for half a year, and Yelai revealed that Vairocana Chan Temple had also lost several investigating martial monks there.
• Xu Taiping refused to delay the journey, and Blade Ghost, Heavenly Lord Xuanbei, and Daoist Fengzhu said the group was powerful enough to face the danger.
• Xu Taiping had Ping'an and Bai Yu release their auras, startling Duan Xiaoyu and Yelai; Ping'an then described Xu Taiping's strength and achievements.
• Yelai began activating the Grand Teleportation Array with several monks, and Xu Taiping agreed to wait while it was prepared.
• Blade Ghost proposed clearing nearby ghost creatures and demonic beasts, and Xu Taiping, Ping'an, and Bai Yu prepared to join the elders in battle.

Xu Taiping and his companions hunted down ghost creatures and Nine Abysses demonic beasts around Vairocana Temple while its Teleportation Platform activated. After clearing the enemies within a thousand li, they prepared to depart for True Martial Heaven.

• Bai Yu took Ping'an and Duan Xiaoyu out to hunt, while Xu Taiping and the elders used their divine senses and treasures to kill powerful enemies across the surrounding land.
• As the Teleportation Platform began to activate, Yelai discovered that the area around Vairocana Temple had been cleared of ghost creatures and demonic beasts.
• Bai Yu returned with Ping'an and Duan Xiaoyu and confirmed that Xu Taiping and the elders had cleared the enemies within a thousand li.
• Xu Taiping told Yelai and Duan Xiaoyu that they would have to defend Vairocana Temple and Cloud Emergence Kingdom themselves, then exchanged farewells with them.
• Blade Ghost warned Xu Taiping that the ghost creatures in True Martial Heaven could pose a greater threat, and Xu Taiping led everyone onto the Teleportation Platform and activated the Sky Demon Token to depart.

The Pure Yang Sword Sect faced annihilation as two skeletal evil ghosts overwhelmed Sect Master Xiao Ming and Ancestor Nangong Xuan. Chen Hao sacrificed himself trying to stop them, and Xiao Ye watched the sect’s defenses collapse.

• Xiao Ye saw the evil ghosts’ swords crack Xiao Ming’s and Nangong Xuan’s Life-Bound Flying Swords, while Xiao Ming’s arm burst into blood mist.
• Chen Hao told Xiao Ye to lead the surviving disciples to the Stone Coffin, then charged the evil ghosts with his Broken Sword.
• The skeletal evil ghost shattered Chen Hao’s sword light, and Xiao Ming severed Chen Hao’s sword arm to save him before exploding with his own sword.
• Nangong Xuan’s Longsword burst apart, and the evil ghosts’ Flying Swords rushed toward him as Xiao Ye believed the sect was doomed.

Nangong Xuan sacrificed his body to restrain the two Withered-Bone Ghost Creatures, but a gigantic ghostly figure swallowed his Primordial Spirit and turned its power against the Pure Yang Sword Sect survivors. As Xiao Ye, Chen Hao, and Xiao Ming faced death, enormous golden wings swept into the sky.

• Nangong Xuan's Primordial Spirit illuminated the battlefield and forced the two evil ghosts to their knees.
• A gigantic ghostly figure seized and devoured Nangong Xuan's Primordial Spirit, restoring the Withered-Bone Ghost Creatures' strength.
• Xiao Ye used dozens of flying swords to help Chen Hao and Xiao Ming withstand the Rusty Swords, though many of his swords shattered and he spat blood.
• The ghostly figure's gaze set the surrounding mountains ablaze and engulfed the three survivors in flames.
• A golden-winged Peng Bird's enormous wings swept toward them, drawing the ghostly figure's attention away from the three.

Xu Taiping returned to True Martial Heaven and destroyed the enormous ghost shadow with his clone. After Xiaohei swallowed the remains and Ping'an trapped two other evil ghosts, Ping'an asked Golden Wings to lend him a flame.

• Golden Wings countered the ghost shadow's golden attack, but the ghost shadow drew a flaming blade and struck at the bird.
• Xu Taiping appeared and blocked the blade with a golden barrier, then his clone punched the ghost shadow apart.
• Chen Hao warned Xu Taiping that two skeletal evil ghosts might devour the fallen ghost shadow and revive it.
• Xiaohei swallowed the ghost shadow's remains while Ping'an blocked and trapped the two pursuing evil ghosts.
• Ping'an turned to Golden Wings and asked his second brother to lend him a flame.

Xu Taiping’s powerful companions annihilated two ghost creatures and then wiped out two massive hordes, astonishing the Pure Yang Sword Sect. As Senior Blade Ghost wanted to keep fighting, Xu Taiping reminded him that business came first.

• Golden Wings burned the two skeletal sword ghosts in Ping'an’s palm to ashes, and Xiao Ye and Chen Hao realized that Xu Taiping’s spirit pets had grown immensely powerful.
• Several hundred ghost creatures approached the Pure Yang Sword Sect, and Chen Hao flew to help Xu Taiping despite Xiao Ye’s warning about his injuries.
• A red-haired old man slaughtered the approaching horde with one crimson slash, then Xuanbei used his Heaven and Earth Sleeve to draw another group of ghost creatures toward the others.
• A gray-robed old man destroyed the second horde with his Heaven-Sinking Finger, leaving Xiao Ye and Chen Hao stunned and Chen Hao hopeful that True Martial Heaven could be saved.
• Senior Blade Ghost asked Xuanbei to draw more ghost creatures so he could fight, but Xu Taiping reminded him that business came first.

Xu Taiping learned that the Pure Yang Sword Sect had endured attacks from powerful ghost creatures and sought a shortcut to Dongting Blessed Land. After Bai Yu and Ping'an uncovered the submerged Teleportation Platform at Cold Mirror Lake, ghost creatures ambushed Chen Hao as he approached it.

• Xiao Ming told Xu Taiping that a powerful mantis-shaped ghost creature had pierced Boundless Hall before Ghost Shadow attacked the Pure Yang Sword Sect.
• Xu Taiping said he had come to resolve the Taixuan Ghost Domain Calamity and asked about a route to Dongting Blessed Land.
• Xiao Ming revealed that an ancient Teleportation Array lay within the sect, while Chen Hao warned that Dongting Blessed Land was overrun with ghosts and its route to Yunmeng Marsh had been destroyed.
• Chen Hao led Xu Taiping and the others to Cold Mirror Lake, where Bai Yu and Ping'an shattered rocks blocking the lake outlet and revealed the Teleportation Platform.
• Ghost corpses with human bodies and snake tails burst from the lake and attacked Chen Hao, but blade shadows struck toward them.