Recaps

Xu Taiping accepted Yang Hong’s challenge to a blade duel and overwhelmed his attacks by repeatedly increasing his blade force. He continued raising that force as he prepared to test the ultimate realm of his transformation of force.

• Xu Taiping agreed to use a blade, hoping to win over the Peerless Nether Heaven blade cultivators behind Yang Hong.
• Yang Hong unleashed his grandfather Yang Ben’s Great Avalanche, but Xu Taiping split it apart with one strike.
• Yang Hong attacked with Snow Domain True Dragon Blade, and Xu Taiping’s blade force rose nine layers as he shattered the towering blades and struck him.
• Yang Hong asked what blade technique Xu Taiping had used, and Xu Taiping explained that he was only increasing his blade force.
• Xu Taiping raised his blade force further and assumed a blade-drawing stance to test its ultimate realm.

Xu Taiping defeated Yang Hong’s Frost Dragon blade force with an overwhelming strike, then challenged him and the other battle generals to face him. Yang Hong and the generals remained too afraid to raise their heads, leaving Xu Taiping disappointed and the army’s loyalty unresolved.

• Yang Hong unleashed his Frost Dragon blade force across the drill ground and sent two frost dragons at Xu Taiping.
• Xu Taiping realized Yang Ben had been sealing Yang Hong’s true ability and answered with eighteen blade lights and a five-colored slash that destroyed the frost dragons.
• Xu Taiping’s blade shadow stopped above Yang Hong’s head, and Yang Hong lowered his gaze in terror as the battle generals did the same.
• Xu Taiping ordered Yang Hong and the other generals to raise their heads and warned that those who could not face their commander should leave the Five Emperors’ Army.
• Yang Hong tried to look up when Xu Taiping called his name again but could not overcome his fear.

Xu Taiping tested the battle generals’ resolve, expelled those who could not withstand his pressure, and rallied the rest to join him in attacking Northern Emperor City. He learned that Lin Buyan had reached Crimson Heaven Peak and found another Dragon-Slaying Stele, prompting him to go to her at once.

• Xu Taiping gave Yang Hong one last chance to face him, and Yang Hong stood up, reignited his battle intent, and vowed to surpass him.
• Xu Taiping expelled the battle generals who could not raise their heads, then offered the remaining generals a chance to join an attack on White Emperor City.
• The battle generals rallied behind Xu Taiping, while Zhu Huai and Chu Yinan reacted to the prospect of an attack on Northern Emperor City.
• Xu Taiping told Zhu Huai that an attack on Northern Emperor City could happen soon and that he was preparing the army for it.
• Lin Buyan contacted Xu Taiping from the summit of Crimson Heaven Peak, said Xiaohei had gone to meet him, and revealed she had found another Dragon-Slaying Stele.

Xu Taiping and Lin Buyan reached the summit of Crimson Heaven Peak and discovered that its secret realm held a projection of the Ancestral Dragon's Legacy. Lin Buyan claimed the Crimson Heaven Spirit Garden, which could supply the Five Emperors' Army with weapons and pills as Xu Taiping prepared to attack Northern Emperor City.

• Xu Taiping recognized the giant Dragon-Slaying Stele as a projection of the Ancestral Dragon's Legacy and told Lin Buyan about his promise to Dragon Emperor Cangzhou.
• Lin Buyan shared what she knew about the Ancestral Dragon's Legacy and advised Xu Taiping not to pursue it if the search proved dangerous or difficult.
• Lin Buyan used the Grotto-Heaven Hub to become the master of the Crimson Heaven Spirit Garden, gaining command of everything within it except its Origin Edict.
• Lin Buyan said the garden could supply enough resources for at least three hundred thousand soldiers in the Five Emperors' Army.
• Xu Taiping said he would assign Zhao Linglong and Azure Profound Sect Disciples to forge weapons and Xiahou You and other trusted cultivators to refine pills.

Xu Taiping learned from Lady Jade Mother that the Crimson Heaven Secret Realm was a fragment of the Buddhist Kingdom’s Glazed Heaven, which could become a Buddhist artifact and a place to cultivate Earth Fruit. Lady Jade Mother also deduced that the Dragon-Slaying Steles recorded the Ancestral Dragon’s proposed solution to the Great Void Calamity, and offered to take Xu Taiping into the Seven Lodges Treasury if he found a hundred thousand Demon Seeds.

• Lin Buyan returned a jade pendant to Xu Taiping, who said he could not open it because it was restricted.
• Lin Buyan took Xiaohei to face the Great Fire Python again after Xu Taiping allowed Xiaohei to help her pursue a breakthrough.
• Lady Jade Mother identified the secret realm as a fragment of Glazed Heaven and said Xu Taiping could eventually forge it into a Buddhist magic artifact.
• Lady Jade Mother proposed using the fragment to plant Earth Fruit, which might extract a Buddhist treasure.
• After examining the Dragon-Slaying Stele, Lady Jade Mother deduced that the Ancestral Dragon had foreseen the Great Void Calamity and inscribed a possible way to overcome it.
• Lady Jade Mother told Xu Taiping she could help him enter the Seven Lodges Treasury after awakening if he found a hundred thousand Demon Seeds.

Xu Taiping weighed whether to attack Qifei Grotto or Zhoujue Grotto, then received a request to rescue a trapped Jade Balance Mountain army. Suspecting the request was a trap, he decided to use it as a diversion while sending a small force to strike Zhoujue Grotto.

• Xu Taiping considered the need to obtain a hundred thousand demon seeds and asked the Lotus Eye which demon grotto to attack before Northern Emperor City.
• The Lotus Eye recommended Qifei Grotto as the safer target and Zhoujue Grotto as the more rewarding but much riskier one.
• The Demon-Suppressing Stele relayed Heavenly Lord Shihu’s request for aid after ten thousand Jade Balance Mountain troops were trapped in Dragon-Snake Valley by Qifei Grotto’s demonic army.
• Xu Taiping suspected the distress call might be a trap but decided to turn it to his advantage by making a diversionary move against Qifei Grotto.
• Xu Taiping planned to take sixty thousand troops, including twenty thousand sword cultivators and forty thousand blade cultivators, on a swift assault against Zhoujue Grotto.
• The Lotus Eye estimated that the nearest two-hundred-thousand-strong demonic army would need at least six days to return and defend Zhoujue Grotto.

Xu Taiping prepared a risky strike against the Zhoujue Demon Grotto and began arranging troops and support. When the four army commanders and Heavenly Lord Shihu asked him to rescue the Jade Balance Army at the Qifei Demon Grotto, Xu Taiping offered to send his army if they agreed to one condition.

• Xu Taiping asked Lotus Eye to simulate the Nine Abysses Demonic Army and planned to coordinate the frontline armies’ attacks before his sixty thousand troops struck the Zhoujue Demon Grotto.
• Zhao Qian questioned the plan, but Lü Daoxuan backed Xu Taiping, and they began selecting troops, including Jiang Cuicui and Duan Xiaoyu’s blade cultivators.
• Song Yan told Xu Taiping that the Vermilion Bird Army’s commander-in-chief wanted to discuss rescuing the Jade Balance Army, and Xu Taiping agreed to meet the commanders.
• Huo Xuan, Wei Ming, Bai Lu, Zhao Cangbai, and Heavenly Lord Shihu challenged Xu Taiping about delaying his response to their request for aid.
• Xu Taiping said his Five Emperors' Demon-Slaying Army could reach the Qifei Demon Grotto the next day if the commanders accepted one condition.

The Northern Emperor and Xu Taiping both prepared for a trap at Qifei City, while Xu Taiping deliberately slowed his army to test the demon forces. The chapter ended with Xu Taiping asking Huo Xuan to coordinate attacks on the other Nine Abysses fronts if his army still had not reached Qifei City the next day.

• The Northern Emperor told E Piao to remain at Zhoujue Grotto, explaining that Xu Tianzhu and his Bone-Piercing Army were heading to Qifei City and that a larger force would spring a trap on Xu Taiping.
• The Northern Emperor planned to have E Piao lead one hundred thousand troops from Zhoujue City to attack once Xu Taiping reached Qifei City, coordinating with Yao Xiong and Xu Tianzhu to destroy the Five Emperors' Demon-Slaying Army.
• Huo Xuan learned from Lei Huo that Xu Taiping's army had marched only three hundred li in half a day and contacted Xu Taiping for an explanation.
• Xu Taiping told Huo Xuan that he was probing the Northern Emperor, who he believed would not act rashly while both sides waited for the other to reveal its plans.
• Xu Taiping assured Huo Xuan that he was confident in victory and asked him to persuade the other three army commanders to attack the Nine Abysses front lines if his army had not reached Qifei City by the next day.

Xu Taiping delayed his march to Qifei City while the Human Race armies launched their assaults as planned, and the Northern Emperor misread his intentions. At Huzhao Valley, Xu Taiping revealed that he planned to lead sixty thousand sword and blade cultivators on a surprise attack through Zhoujue Grotto, and his companions agreed to follow him.

• Huo Xuan persuaded the other commanders to begin their attacks at noon the next day, whether or not Xu Taiping had reached Qifei City.
• The Northern Emperor learned that the Human Race armies had attacked early and concluded that Xu Taiping would keep advancing toward Qifei City, where he planned to trap him with hidden reinforcements.
• The Northern Emperor ordered E Piao to hold Zhoujue City and prepare a hundred-thousand-strong force to cut off Xu Taiping's retreat once his troops reached Qifei City.
• At Huzhao Valley, Xu Taiping told Lei Huo, Duan Xiaoyu, and Chu Yinan that he would lead sixty thousand sword and blade cultivators on a surprise attack toward Zhoujue Grotto.
• Chu Yinan, Duan Xiaoyu, Yang Hong, and Lei Huo all declared their willingness to serve under Commander-in-Chief Taiping.

Xu Taiping concealed his sixty-thousand-strong force in Huzhao Valley and prepared to break through the approaching Mao-Ri Demonic Army with the Demon-Breaking Sword Formation. The enemy arrived with 150,000 troops instead of the expected 100,000, and the chapter ended as Yang Hong led a sudden strike that destroyed three hundred demonic scouts.

• Xu Taiping briefed Chu Yinan and the central army generals, ordered them to avoid lingering in battle, and told Duan Xiaoyu to watch Yang Hong.
• Lei Huo reported that the Well Ghost Army was approaching, while Zhao Qian later spotted 150,000 demonic troops advancing toward Huzhao Valley.
• Xu Taiping ordered the generals to form the Demon-Breaking Sword Formation and told Lei Huo to warn the Vermilion Bird Army about the enemy’s concealed strength.
• As the demonic army drew near, Xu Taiping used the Blade of Guicang to hide his force from its scouts.
• When the scouts reached one thousand zhang away, Yang Hong led several hundred blade cultivators in a charge that killed all three hundred scouts.

Xu Taiping led sixty thousand Blade and Sword Cultivators through the Mao-Ri Demonic Army’s formation and into the Demon Domain. At the chapter’s end, Great General Huo Xuan was shocked to learn that Xu Taiping had bypassed Qifei City.

• Xu Taiping ordered the Sword Cultivators to charge, and their formation tore a breach into the Mao-Ri Demonic Army.
• Duan Xiaoyu and Yang Hong led forty thousand Blade Cultivators in an assault that widened the breach as the Sword Cultivators attacked the Demonic Beasts overhead.
• A ghost-faced Demonic General struck at Yang Hong, but Xu Taiping intervened and rallied the sixty thousand Blade and Sword Cultivators.
• Xu Taiping combined the army’s battle intent with his Ultimate Realm blade force, splitting the Demonic General’s True Demon Body and cutting through the troops behind him.
• Xu Taiping ordered the army to keep charging, and they swept through the breach into the Demon Domain; Huo Xuan was stunned by the news.

Xu Taiping led sixty thousand troops into the Demon Domain to attack the Zhoujue Demon Grotto while asking the four human armies to intensify their assaults. The Northern Emperor mistook Xu Taiping’s force for a diversion and ordered his commanders to ignore it, leaving Xu Taiping’s real objective unchecked.

• Lei Huo told Huo Xuan that Xu Taiping had entered the Demon Domain with sixty thousand troops to destroy the Zhoujue Demon Grotto and asked the four armies to keep pressure on the front lines.
• Huo Xuan agreed to trust Xu Taiping and explained the plan to Zhao Cangbai, then worried that Wei Ming and Bai Lu would be harder to persuade.
• Yao Pei reported to the Northern Emperor that a force of about sixty thousand had broken through the Mao-Ri Army’s blockade, but could not identify its commander.
• The Northern Emperor dismissed the force as a sacrificial diversion after receiving reports that Xu Taiping was attacking Qifei City and the other human armies were advancing.
• The Northern Emperor ordered Yao Pei to keep fighting the Vermilion Bird Army and said rear forces would intercept the sixty thousand troops.

Xu Taiping led sixty thousand cultivators in a Wind and Thunder Battle Formation against the Nine Abysses garrison at Old Fox Ridge. He killed the demonic general Jingyi and broke through, while Jingyi used his last strength to warn the Northern Emperor that Xu Taiping was a terrifying threat.

• Zhao Qian told Xu Taiping that Old Fox Ridge was guarded by two hundred thousand troops and the Fourth-Vein Demon Emperor Jingyi.
• Xu Taiping ordered the sixty thousand sword and blade cultivators to form the Wind and Thunder Battle Formation and charge Old Fox Ridge.
• The formation broke through the restrictions and the wall of demonic beasts, but demon flood dragons and black flames halted its advance.
• Xu Taiping rallied the formation with his battle intent, then revealed his Dao true dragon divine being body and clashed with Jingyi.
• Xu Taiping and the formation cut through Jingyi and charged past the defenders, turning Jingyi and tens of thousands of demons into blood mist.
• Jingyi sent the Northern Emperor a final warning that Xu Taiping was a terrifying threat and urged him to send troops.

The Northern Emperor learned that Xu Taiping’s sixty-thousand-strong force was heading toward Yuanshan Mountain, where much of his army’s supplies were stored. While deciding how to respond, he received reports of coordinated attacks on every front and ordered the hidden forces deployed, prioritizing the fighting at Qifei Grotto.

• The Northern Emperor asked Elder Yu to divine the identity and location of the Vermilion Bird Army’s battle general, but Elder Yu could not identify him because a treasure concealed heavenly secrets and the troops’ aura.
• Elder Yu intermittently revealed Xu Taiping’s force moving from Tongbai Mountain to Horse-Offering Land and then Yellow Rock Valley, along the route to Yuanshan Mountain.
• The Northern Emperor and Elder Yu considered the force’s likely target, Yuanshan Mountain, and judged that the sixty thousand troops could still tie down demonic forces despite facing two hundred thousand defenders.
• The Northern Emperor received reports that the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise Armies were attacking across the front, and recognized that the offensives were coordinated with Xu Taiping’s advance.
• The Northern Emperor ordered his generals to deploy their hidden forces and attack at full strength, forbidding them to withdraw until the fighting at Qifei Grotto ended.

At Yuanshan Mountain, Demonic General Feiliao realized the human cavalry was likely heading for Zhoujue Demon Grotto, but doubted sixty thousand troops could threaten it. Demonic General Guichi then warned him that the cavalry had already broken through Yuliu Pass and revealed its commander was Xu Taiping.

• The Northern Emperor warned Demonic General Feiliao that a sixty-thousand-strong human cavalry force might approach Yuanshan Mountain and ordered him to defend the grotto and identify its commander.
• Feiliao and Deputy General Yecha heard fighting near Yuliu Pass and inferred that the human cavalry had attacked the Wuhào Army there.
• Feiliao and Yecha realized the cavalry might be advancing toward Zhoujue Demon Grotto, though they believed nearby forces could stop it.
• Demonic General Guichi sent Feiliao a bloodied message, reporting that the cavalry had cut off communications and breached Yuliu Pass.
• Guichi identified Xu Taiping as the human battle general commanding the cavalry.

Huo Xuan faced mounting pressure to withdraw support from Xu Taiping’s campaign as E Piao’s army advanced on Qifei Grotto and the allied armies threatened to pull back. Lei Huo finally sent word that Xu Taiping had won a resounding victory, leaving Huo Xuan eager to learn whether they had passed Old Fox Ridge.

• Huo Xuan learned that Xu Tianzhu’s Bone-Piercing Army had ambushed the Five Emperors' Demon-Slaying Army at Qifei Grotto.
• Tie Yu reported that at least a hundred thousand Nine Abysses troops, likely led by E Piao, were marching toward Qifei Grotto.
• Zhao Cangwu, Wei Ming, and Bai Lu questioned Xu Taiping’s progress and warned they might withdraw their armies if the Demon-Slaying Army could not hold out.
• Huo Xuan received Lei Huo’s report that Xu Taiping’s force had been fighting throughout the Demon Domain and had won a resounding victory.
• Huo Xuan asked Lei Huo how far the army had advanced and whether it had made it through Old Fox Ridge.

After Xu Taiping’s army broke through Yuliu Pass, Huo Xuan and the other commanders prepared to mass their forces for a counterattack. Alarmed by the advance toward the Zhoujue Demon Grotto, the Northern Emperor ordered Mozhe awakened and E Piao recalled to ensure Xu Taiping did not survive.

• Lei Huo told Huo Xuan that Xu Taiping’s forces had broken through Old Fox Ridge and Yuliu Pass, severely wounding Guichi.
• Xu Taiping asked Huo Xuan to coordinate attacks along the front so the Human Race Army could exploit the fall of the Zhoujue Demon Grotto.
• Huo Xuan told Zhao Cangbai, Bai Lu, and Wei Ming about the breakthrough, and they agreed to mass ninety percent of their fighting strength for an assault on the Northern Emperor Army’s lines.
• Wu Gu questioned the reports that Xu Taiping was leading the force attacking Qifei Grotto, and the Northern Emperor ordered the nearby garrison armies to intercept it.
• The Northern Emperor ordered Wu Gu to awaken Mozhe and summon E Piao back, declaring that Xu Taiping must not return alive.

Xu Taiping’s army approached Zhoujue Demon Grotto and prepared to face its defenders and two large demonic reinforcements. Before the battle began, Xu Taiping cleared the Origin Demon Seed Power from Yang Hong’s wound, allowing him to wield his sabers again.

• Zhao Qian reported that Zhoujue Demon Grotto was a hundred li ahead, and Xu Taiping ordered the army into the Wind and Thunder Battle Formation.
• Xu Taiping learned that two demonic armies, each over a hundred thousand strong, were converging on Zhoujue Demon Grotto, which also held nearly fifty thousand troops.
• Lei Huo suggested broadcasting the battle to damage the Nine Abysses Demonic Army’s morale, and Xu Taiping assigned him the task.
• Xu Taiping ordered the injured Yang Hong to let Duan Xiaoyu lead the blade cultivators, but Yang Hong protested that he could still fight with one arm.
• Xu Taiping used True Dragon Forbidden Domain to remove the Origin Demon Seed Power from Yang Hong, who thanked him and drew both sabers.

Xu Taiping led nearly sixty thousand troops in a charge against two hundred thousand demonic troops before Zhoujue Grotto, breaking through their formation with his own strength and coordinated sword and blade attacks. As the battle turned in his army’s favor, a blood-colored pillar of light appeared at Zhoujue Grotto, suggesting a Demon Emperor might be emerging.

• Xu Taiping rallied his generals and charged toward the demonic army blocking Zhoujue Pass.
• Xu Taiping shattered the demonic army’s final barrier and opened a gap in its formation, which Yang Hong led the blade cultivators through while the sword cultivators rained attacks down on the enemy.
• Three demonic generals used the battle intent of two hundred thousand troops to drive back the human battle generals and threaten to halt the charge.
• Xu Taiping punched one demonic general away and slashed back the other two, leading the commanders watching through the Heaven-Patrolling Mirror to recognize that his strength covered the formation’s weaknesses.
• A blood-colored pillar of light rose near Zhoujue Demon Grotto, and Bai Lu feared that a Demon Emperor was emerging.

Bai Lu identified the demon breaking through in the Zhoujue Demon Grotto as Mozhe, while Xu Taiping’s smaller army crushed through the Nine Abysses Demonic Army’s defenses. Mozhe seized command and halted Xu Taiping’s charge, then unleashed rising waves of battle intent as their armies clashed.

• Bai Lu recognized Mozhe as the demon about to break through to the first vein realm, alarming Huo Xuan, Zhao Cangbai, and Wei Ming.
• Xu Taiping used his Thunder Sound Banners and military formation to devastate the demon-armored soldiers and push back three Demonic Generals.
• Xu Taiping’s forty thousand saber cultivators smashed through the Nine Abysses Demonic Army’s final defensive line, but Mozhe arrived and stopped their charge with waves of blood.
• Xu Taiping and Mozhe exchanged attacks, and Xu Taiping blocked Mozhe’s blood-colored fist shadows while their armies’ battle intents remained evenly matched.
• Mozhe increased his battle intent and sent thousand-zhang waves crashing toward Xu Taiping and his formation.

Xu Taiping broke Mozhe’s army formation and defeated the demonic general, then went alone to the Zhoujue Demon Grotto to face the Primordial Lord. The Heaven-Patrolling Mirror came back on to reveal that Xu Taiping had slain the Primordial Lord by himself.

• Xu Taiping drew the Demon-Slaying Blade and Human Sovereign Sword, then summoned ten thousand armored cavalry and a hundred thousand Zhenwu Demon-Slaying Army troops to reinforce his formation.
• Xu Taiping’s army shattered Mozhe’s battle intent and charged into the demonic ranks, while Mozhe gathered the surviving troops’ strength for a counterattack.
• Xu Taiping gathered his army’s combat power into himself and cut Mozhe’s blood demon’s body in two with a single slash.
• Xu Taiping ordered Zhao Cangwu and Yang Hong to clear the battlefield, then went alone to the Zhoujue Demon Grotto to kill the Primordial Lord.
• The Heaven-Patrolling Mirror went dark after a terrifying aura surged from the grotto, then Lei Huo reported that Xu Taiping had slain the Primordial Lord alone.

Xu Taiping’s army celebrated his slaying of the Zhoujue Demon Grotto’s Primordial Lord, then faced an encircling force as he revealed how he could restore their strength. He led the revived Demon-Slaying Army toward battle, while Huo Xuan’s warning about Demonic General E Piao’s interception had already been sent.

• Huo Xuan learned that Demonic General E Piao was heading to intercept Xu Taiping and warned Lei Huo to bring him back to the city.
• Xu Taiping returned with the Primordial Lord’s demon seed, and the Demon-Slaying Army hailed him for killing the Primordial Lord.
• Xu Taiping called for the Northern Emperor’s death, and the soldiers roared their support as pursuers gathered behind them.
• Xu Taiping activated his nine cauldrons physique and swallowed the demon seed, restoring the soldiers’ depleted magic power.
• Xu Taiping ordered the army to cut through the approaching demon-armored soldiers and strike fear into their enemies.

Xu Taiping led the Demon-Slaying Army through successive formations of Nine Abysses troops, breaking their battle intent and killing tens of thousands as Lei Huo showed the battle to the commanders-in-chief. The chapter left the commanders recognizing that Xu Taiping’s fewer than sixty thousand soldiers could defeat an ordinary army of a hundred thousand.

• Xu Taiping used the Wind and Thunder Demon-Slaying Formation to break through an eighty-thousand-strong Nine Abysses army and kill or wound ten to twenty thousand soldiers.
• Xu Taiping broke another pursuing army apart and led his troops out through the Zhoujue Demon Grotto, conserving his strength for the demonic general E Piao.
• Lei Huo projected the battle across the Heaven-Demon Battlefield, and Huo Xuan and the other commanders-in-chief watched Xu Taiping’s army fight.
• Xu Taiping used the Thunder Sound Five-Direction Earth-Splitting Formation to clash with a demonic army and killed its general with a golden blade strike.
• Xu Taiping seized the general’s demon seed and led his troops in splitting a hundred-thousand-strong army, killing at least thirty thousand soldiers and crushing the survivors’ battle intent.
• Zhao Cangwu, Bai Lu, and Wei Ming said Xu Taiping’s army could crush an ordinary army of a hundred thousand.

Xu Taiping used the Nine Cauldrons Physique to refine demon seeds into pure Dao Essence and strengthen the Demon-Slaying Army. When Demonic General E Piao attacked with his hundred-thousand-strong army, Xu Taiping defeated him in a single exchange.

• The commanders worried that Xu Taiping’s army would run out of pills as it advanced toward Qifei Grotto.
• Demonic General E Piao arrived with his hundred-thousand-strong E Piao Army to intercept Xu Taiping.
• Xu Taiping ate a demon seed and transformed its power into pure Dao Essence that the Demon-Slaying Army could draw upon.
• Huo Xuan and the other commanders recognized that Xu Taiping possessed General Xiang Kui’s Nine Cauldrons Physique.
• Xu Taiping crushed more demon seeds, then cleaved through E Piao’s attack and slashed open E Piao’s chest in a single exchange.

Xu Taiping and the Demon-Slaying Army continued their march toward Qifei Grotto, defeating E Piao’s army and then Xu Tianzhu’s Bone-Piercing Army. The commanders watching through the Heaven-Patrolling Mirror realized that Xu Taiping was deliberately building his army’s battle intent with every victory, and the army charged onward with its momentum growing.

• Xu Taiping ate a demon seed, rallied the Demon-Slaying Army, and broke through E Piao’s army after defeating E Piao.
• The Demon-Slaying Army gathered demon seeds and continued toward Qifei Grotto, routing demonic forces along the way.
• The commanders watching the Heaven-Patrolling Mirror discussed how Xu Taiping’s victories were accumulating extraordinary battle intent in his army.
• Xu Taiping trapped and slew Xu Tianzhu, while the Demon-Slaying Army shattered the Bone-Piercing Army’s formation.
• Xu Taiping and his army charged toward the next demonic gathering place, their battle intent surging higher.