Recaps

Xu Taiping defeated Mu Yun by exploiting his knowledge of Mu Yun’s abilities, earning cheers in True Martial Heaven and provoking Mu Yuchen to plot his death. As Xu Taiping prepared to face Zhang Moyan, Chu Yudie and Fan Zhixing expected him to lose.

• Xu Taiping disrupted Mu Yun’s Ten-Extinction Blade Formation by exposing an embarrassing childhood secret, then struck him off the Golden Scale Platform with the Baxia Form.
• Mu Yuchen realized Xu Taiping had likely overheard her thoughts and ordered Elder Zou to have Ye Feiyu kill him after his match with Zhang Moyan or later in the Imperial Capital.
• Lu Rushuang and Chu Tiancheng celebrated Xu Taiping’s victory, while Chu Xiaoxiao exclaimed that they had struck it rich.
• Zhao Linglong spread news of Xu Taiping’s win across Azure Profound Sect, and Liu Chuxuan and the experts at Nine Prefectures' Main Altar celebrated his achievement.
• Chu Yudie and Fan Zhixing predicted Zhang Moyan would defeat Xu Taiping in the next round.

After Xu Taiping defeated Mu Yun, Mu Yuchen tried to arrange for Ye Feiyu to target him, but Mu Yun warned her that Ye Feiyu was dangerous. The chapter ended with Mu Yuchen learning that Ye Feiyu had already gone to the Mysterious Cloud Martial Hall and rushing there to stop him.

• Mu Yun suffered a coughing fit as Mu Yuchen recalled that Xu Taiping had exposed his childhood bed-wetting, and he told her to keep Xu Taiping from revealing it.
• Mu Yun accepted his defeat by Xu Taiping and said Xu Taiping might beat Zhang Moyan, while Mu Yuchen said she did not want him on the Golden Scale Ranking.
• Mu Yuchen admitted she had asked Ye Feiyu to hit Xu Taiping harder if they met, and Mu Yun warned her about Ye Feiyu's extreme temperament and the Three Delusions Scripture.
• Mu Yun told Mu Yuchen to call off the plan and keep Ji Ye, Guangling Pavilion's hidden contender, protected.
• Mu Yuchen messaged Elder Zou to cancel the request, then learned Ye Feiyu had already gone to the Mysterious Cloud Martial Hall.
• Mu Yuchen urged Elder Zou to try to call Ye Feiyu back and hurried to the Mysterious Cloud Martial Hall herself.

A mysterious youth attacked the Mysterious Cloud Martial Hall while looking for Xu Taiping, injuring Lu Yun and Lu Wen and severely wounding Dharma Master Chongde. Zhang Moyan of Western Liang arrived and knocked the youth away, leaving him excited to recognize her.

• The youth kicked open the Mysterious Cloud Martial Hall's gates and attacked Lu Wen and Lu Yun after demanding to see Xu Taiping.
• The youth crushed Lu Yun's wrist, but Dharma Master Chongde intervened and rescued him.
• Chongde fought the youth with his Prajna Golden Body Technique, but the youth shattered his palms and cut off one of his ears.
• A sudden kick sent the youth crashing into a wall, and he recognized the newcomer as Zhang Moyan of Western Liang.

Xu Taiping learned that Ye Feiyu had badly injured Lu Yun and Dharma Master Chongde before Mu Yuchen took him away. Guangling Pavilion elder Zou Yan apologized and offered compensation, but Lu Rushuang still planned to seek an explanation from the Taihao Sect after Xu Taiping’s competition.

• Lu Yun recounted how Zhang Moyan fought Ye Feiyu, wounded him, and watched Mu Yuchen persuade him to leave.
• Lu Rushuang treated Lu Yun and heard that Dharma Master Chongde expected to recover from his injuries.
• Elder Zou of Guangling Pavilion came to apologize, explaining that Ye Feiyu had acted on his own, and offered healing pills and compensation.
• Xu Taiping asked Zou to bring Ye Feiyu to apologize, while Lu Rushuang accepted the compensation and said she would seek justice from the Taihao Sect.
• Xu Taiping asked to accompany Lu Rushuang after the competition, and Lu Yun revealed that Zhang Moyan had come to thank Xu Taiping in person.

Xu Taiping faced Zhang Moyan in the third round of the Golden Scale Assembly, while his companions discussed their winnings and the Taihao Sect’s attack on Lu Yun, his sibling, and Monk Chongde. Zhang Moyan thanked Xu Taiping for helping defend Tianhai Pass and announced that she would lose the match.

• Chu Xiaoxiao celebrated her six hundred thousand Gold Essence Coins and claimed she had stopped gambling, though she secretly wagered everything on Xu Taiping losing.
• Lu Rushuang told Chu Tiancheng that her recovered masters were coming to the city and would help deal with the Taihao Sect over its attack on Lu Yun, his sibling, and Monk Chongde.
• Xu Taiping and Zhang Moyan faced each other on the Golden Scale Platform but did not immediately fight.
• Zhang Moyan thanked Xu Taiping for helping defend Tianhai Pass three months earlier and protecting Western Liang from becoming a Demon Domain.
• Zhang Moyan declared that she would be the loser of the round, shocking the spectators.

After Zhang Moyan conceded to Xu Taiping and thanked him for saving Western Liang, the spectators wondered what Xu Taiping had done there. A Guangling Pavilion report and a vision of the battle at Tianhai Pass suggested that Xu Taiping had helped the Red Armor Cavalry repel the Shark Demons.

• Chu Tiancheng and Lu Rushuang guessed that Xu Taiping had gone to Western Liang and might have lifted the siege of the Sea-Calming Tower.
• Chu Xiaoxiao admitted she had bet seven hundred thousand on Xu Taiping losing, including money she owed Chu Tiancheng, and Chu Tiancheng kicked her.
• Mu Yuchen wondered whether Zhang Moyan had made a deal with Xu Taiping or fallen for him, while Mu Yun dismissed both ideas.
• Elder Zou brought Mu Yun an urgent Guangling Pavilion report saying a young cultivator had helped the Red Armor Cavalry hold Tianhai Pass against the Shark Demons three months earlier.
• Mu Yun and Mu Yuchen connected the report to Zhang Moyan's thanks, then watched a vision of Xu Taiping repeatedly rising to fight Demonic Beasts at Tianhai Pass.

Xu Taiping’s defense of Tianhai Pass spread through the Five Heavens, changing how others viewed him and prompting Chu Yudie’s punishment and King Zhao’s shock at Zhang Tianze’s victory over the Shark Emperor. Back at the Mysterious Cloud Martial Hall, Xu Taiping finished recounting the battle just as Huang Zong arrived with Ye Feiyu to apologize.

• Mu Yun and Elder Zou recognized Xu Taiping’s strength and urged Mu Yuchen not to offend him, so she promised to visit with a gift and apologize.
• Dugu Qingxiao showed the Azure Profound Sect disciples images of Xu Taiping defending Tianhai Pass, and Lin Buyu and the others realized he had earned his fortune through his actions.
• Chu Yudie accepted whatever punishment her father, King Zhao, deemed appropriate after he reprimanded her.
• Zhu Huai showed King Zhao an image of Zhang Tianze beside the Shark Emperor’s enormous head, and King Zhao learned that Zhang Tianze had slain it.
• Xu Taiping told Little Martial Aunt and the others about Tianhai Pass, crediting the Sea-Calming Tower’s formation and the soldiers who defended the town.
• Huang Zong arrived at the Mysterious Cloud Martial Hall with Ye Feiyu to beg forgiveness for the previous day’s events.

Elder Huang Zong brought Ye Feiyu to the Mysterious Cloud Martial Hall to apologize, but Ye Feiyu refused to show remorse and insulted Lu Rushuang and Xu Taiping. Faced with Lu Rushuang’s powerful aura and the threat of retaliation, Huang Zong crushed a Jade Jue and summoned a mysterious, terrifying phantom before Ye Feiyu.

• Elder Huang Zong apologized to Lu Rushuang for Ye Feiyu injuring her disciples and Dharma Master Chongde, then ordered Ye Feiyu to kneel.
• Ye Feiyu refused until Huang Zong used a Jade Jue to bind him with spiritual chains and force him to his knees.
• Ye Feiyu insulted Lu Rushuang and Xu Taiping, prompting Huang Zong to stomp his head down and apologize again.
• Lu Rushuang demanded that Ye Feiyu sincerely apologize to her children and Dharma Master Chongde, and threatened to seek justice at the Taihao Sect’s lodging if he did not.
• Lu Rushuang revealed her formidable Transformation Realm aura, and Huang Zong decided to abandon Ye Feiyu to protect the other Taihao Sect disciples.
• Huang Zong crushed the Jade Jue and summoned a hazy phantom whose terrifying aura reminded Xu Taiping of Old Daoist Huang.

After Taihao Sect Master Lin Qinggu ordered Ye Feiyu to repay the injuries he had caused, Ye Feiyu mutilated himself before Xu Taiping and Lu Rushuang. The staged atonement ended with Ye Feiyu challenging Xu Taiping to the upcoming competition and vowing to kill him even without hands.

• Lin Qinggu appeared as a phantom, ordered Ye Feiyu to atone for the injuries he had inflicted, and vanished.
• Ye Feiyu punched his abdomen, crushed his own wrist, and cut off an ear to repay the injuries he had caused Lu Yun, Lu Wen, and the monk.
• Xu Taiping said Ye Feiyu was atoning for Lin Qinggu rather than for them, while Huang Zong defended the disciple's actions.
• Ye Feiyu used his sword to sever both his hands, claiming the gesture repaid the monk.
• Huang Zong asked Xu Taiping and Lu Rushuang to forgive Ye Feiyu, who then challenged Xu Taiping to the next competition and threatened to kill him without hands.

Xu Taiping entered the fourth round of the Golden Scale Ranking after receiving warnings about Ye Feiyu, a ruthless practitioner of the Three Delusions Scripture. As his companions prepared to watch, the Azure Profound Sect disciples learned that Xu Taiping needed four more victories, including this match, to contend for first place.

• Chu Tiancheng tried to give Xu Taiping a Moonshadow Stone recording of Ye Feiyu, but Xu Taiping entered the Golden Scale Pool before Chu Xiaoxiao arrived with it.
• Lu Rushuang warned Xu Taiping that Ye Feiyu was a madman who would use any means to win, and Xu Taiping vowed to make him apologize to A Yun and A Wen.
• Chu Xiaoxiao gave Chu Tiancheng the Moonshadow Stone, and Lu Rushuang waited at the pavilion entrance for Zhang Moyan to join them.
• At the Azure Profound Sect, Dugu Qingxiao explained that Xu Taiping had ranked sixtieth after Zhang Moyan conceded and needed four more matches, including the current one, to contend for first place.

As Xu Taiping prepared to face Ye Feiyu, the others learned that Ye practiced the Taihao Sect’s dangerous Three Delusions Scripture, including its formidable Mad Ghost Blood. The fifth match of the round began with the two fighters separated by a wall of sword qi.

• Dugu Qingxiao revealed that Ye Feiyu was the Taihao Sect sect master’s disciple and practiced the Three Delusions Scripture.
• Lin Buyan warned Lin Buyu that Xu Taiping could be in danger, but reminded her that Ye could only cultivate the scripture’s first section before reaching the Spirit Refining Realm; Lin Buyu stopped herself from burning more of her fortune.
• Mu Yun explained to Mu Yuchen that the scripture’s Living Corpse section could grant an Undying Bone body and the Mutual Harm Spell Body, and warned that Mad Ghost Blood could make the match impossible to continue.
• Chu Tiancheng and the others watched footage of Ye Feiyu using Mad Ghost Blood to tear apart a peak Spirit Refining Realm cultivator, while Lu Rushuang said Xu Taiping knew his limits.
• Chu Xiaoxiao instructed A-Da to bet the proceeds from pawning her dowry on Xu Taiping.
• Prefect Qiu Shanyuan announced the match between Xu Taiping and Ye Feiyu, and a wall of sword qi rose between them on the Golden Scale Platform.

Xu Taiping faced Ye Feiyu in the fourth round of the Golden Scale Assembly and learned that Ye Feiyu possessed an Ultimate Realm aura like his own. He chose to risk fighting him with fists and saber to seek insight into Ultimate Intent, and Ye Feiyu’s sword strike wounded and drove him back.

• Martial God Zhu Huai warned Chu Yinan to take Xu Taiping seriously, while Chu Yinan judged Ye Feiyu an even more dangerous opponent.
• Ye Feiyu broke through the sword-qi wall, revealed his perfected Undying Bone Physique, and attacked Xu Taiping with his sword.
• Blade Ghost told Xu Taiping that Ye Feiyu shared his Ultimate Realm aura and explained how a deadly contest between such opponents might help him master Ultimate Intent.
• Xu Taiping decided to fight Ye Feiyu using his fists and saber rather than risk ending the duel with his other powerful abilities.
• Xu Taiping blocked Ye Feiyu’s sword strike with the Great Sage Fist’s Guarding Form, but suffered a bloody cut and was sent staggering back.

Xu Taiping abandoned his defenses and fought Ye Feiyu to sharpen his own martial dao ultimate intent against Ye Feiyu’s overwhelming sword intent. After enduring a barrage of wounds, Xu Taiping began to break Ye Feiyu’s sword shadows and transformed his dragon whale physique into the Soaring Dragon Realm, setting the stage for their true contest.

• Ye Feiyu pinned Xu Taiping down with a storm of sword strikes and gathered his accumulated sword qi into a massive slash.
• Xu Taiping recognized the ultimate realm aura in Ye Feiyu’s sword and, urged on by Blade Ghost, met it with a punch instead of defending.
• Ye Feiyu’s sword intent overwhelmed Xu Taiping’s first attacks and inflicted numerous deep wounds, while Mu Yun realized Xu Taiping was contending with Ye Feiyu for martial dao ultimate intent.
• Xu Taiping kept trading wounds for momentum until his fist shadow finally shattered one of Ye Feiyu’s sword shadows.
• Xu Taiping transformed his dragon whale physique into the Soaring Dragon Realm, and Mu Yun anticipated the true contest for martial dao ultimate intent.

Xu Taiping and Ye Feiyu clashed over martial dao ultimate intent at the Golden Scale Assembly, with Xu Taiping breaking Ye Feiyu’s sword intent and landing a devastating punch. Ye Feiyu’s cursed body struck back, but Xu Taiping kept attacking as his successive fist shadows battered Ye Feiyu’s storm of blades.

• Xu Taiping raised his blood qi to the Soaring Dragon Realm, assumed the Baxia Form, and challenged Ye Feiyu to contend with him.
• Ye Feiyu drew a second sword and attacked Xu Taiping with a storm of sword qi, but Xu Taiping shattered his sword shadows with one punch and injured his Undying Bone body.
• Ye Feiyu’s Mutual Harm Spell body inflicted matching wounds on Xu Taiping, but Xu Taiping staggered only briefly before attacking again.
• Ye Feiyu unleashed a relentless barrage of twin-sword strikes, and Xu Taiping answered with a series of fist shadows that hammered into the storm of blades.

Xu Taiping endured Ye Feiyu’s attacks and reached a new level of Martial Dao Ultimate Intent, then won their contest and forced Ye Feiyu to concede. His victory put him in contention for the top thirty of the Golden Scale Ranking, astonishing his fellow disciples at Azure Profound Sect.

• Xu Taiping endured the pain of Ye Feiyu’s Mutual Harm Spell and broke through to a higher level of Martial Dao Ultimate Intent.
• Xu Taiping’s Dragon Whale Physique entered the Raging Dragon Realm, and his punch shattered Ye Feiyu’s swords and body, winning their contest of Ultimate Intent.
• Ye Feiyu used Mad Ghost Blood to trap Xu Taiping in a blood net and attack him with a blood saber.
• Xu Taiping repeatedly unleashed the Demon-Slaying Blade Chaotic Cicada Stance with the Great Sun Golden Flame Art, burning away the blood net and scorching Ye Feiyu.
• Ye Feiyu conceded, and Zhao Linglong, Dugu Qingxiao, and Xu Ziyan celebrated Xu Taiping’s victory and his chance to rank in the Golden Scale Ranking’s top thirty.

After Xu Taiping defeated Ye Feiyu, observers reconsidered his strength while discussing the hidden abilities of Chenglong Heaven’s Dongfang Yuejian and Zhu Qiongmo. The next match was announced as Dongfang Yuejian versus Gongshu Bai, and the Third Prince prepared to watch her closely as a possible future opponent.

• Mu Yuchen and Mu Yun discussed Xu Taiping’s victory and anticipated that Dongfang Yuejian might reveal her full strength against Gongshu Bai.
• Zhu Huai told the Third Prince that Dongfang Yuejian and Zhu Qiongmo had grasped true intent and wielded ancient Immortal Treasures.
• Zhu Huai warned the Third Prince that Xu Taiping’s Martial Dao Ultimate Intent could potentially lead to Domain Power, prompting him to abandon his disdain for Xu Taiping.
• Prefect Qiu Shanyuan announced Dongfang Yuejian’s match against Gongshu Bai, and Zhu Huai urged the Third Prince to focus on her as a likely next-round opponent.

Xu Taiping returned to watch the Golden Scale Assembly and learned that Dongfang Yuejian might have comprehended the true intent of spells. He watched as Gongshu Bai attacked her with powerful mechanical puppets, but the battle remained unresolved.

• Xu Taiping returned to the pavilion to watch more matches, and Chu Xiaoxiao declared him her own brother after winning again.
• Zhang Moyan told Xu Taiping that Western Liang elders had sensed the true intent of spells from Dongfang Yuejian.
• Xu Taiping learned that cultivators below the Transformation Realm could comprehend true intent and watched Dongfang Yuejian's match closely.
• Gongshu Bai sent two enormous humanoid puppets to attack Dongfang Yuejian with blazing saber strikes.
• A blue feather raised a wind wall that blocked the puppets' first attack, and Gongshu Bai followed with another strike from four sabers that engulfed Dongfang Yuejian in blade light.

Dongfang Yuejian used One Stroke Opens Heaven to pin Gongshu Bai’s two puppets beneath mountain talismans, revealing that she had inherited a rare Origin Law. The puppets broke free and attacked again, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Dongfang Yuejian’s feather shield shattered under the puppets’ saber strikes, and she drew mountain-character talismans with her brush.
• The mountain talismans forced Gongshu Bai’s two puppets to their knees, prompting Lu Rushuang and Zhang Moyan to recognize One Stroke Opens Heaven.
• Zhang Moyan explained to Xu Taiping that One Stroke Opens Heaven was a rare Origin Law preserved from Primordial Antiquity, and Lu Rushuang said Dongfang Yuejian had become its successor.
• Gongshu Bai’s puppets spat a rain of fire, while Dongfang Yuejian rode a Luan Bird phantom to evade the flames.
• The mountain talismans shattered, and the puppets rose again; Lu Rushuang noted Dongfang Yuejian’s shallow cultivation, while Zhang Moyan praised Gongshu Bai’s ability to control two Immortal Treasure-grade puppets.

Dongfang Yuejian used One Stroke Opens Heaven to paint the Purple-Sashed Immortal Garment and Immortal-Slaying Sword, defeating Gongshu Bai in the Golden Scale Assembly match. After his puppets went out of control and attacked her, she painted a three-zhang figure of Xu Taiping in his Dragon Whale Body to protect her.

• Xu Taiping said Dongfang Yuejian would make the remaining Golden Scale Assembly matches pointless if she could use One Stroke Opens Heaven at full power.
• Dongfang Yuejian painted the Purple-Sashed Immortal Garment and Immortal-Slaying Sword, then swept aside Gongshu Bai's flaming arrows and shattered his spherical chariot with a sword strike.
• Gongshu Bai yielded, and Dongfang Yuejian dismissed her painted relics after landing.
• Gongshu Bai's humanoid puppets suddenly went out of control and attacked Dongfang Yuejian as she was weakened.
• Dongfang Yuejian used her remaining True Essence to paint a towering figure of Xu Taiping, who shattered both puppets' blades with one punch.

After the fourth round, Mu Yun and Mu Yuchen discussed Dongfang Yuejian’s ability to draw a powerful copy of Xu Taiping and checked the fifth-round match roster. Xu Taiping and his companions also considered the puppet sabotage, while Mu Yun became alarmed that he could not remember Xu Taiping’s next opponent.

• Mu Yun explained that Dongfang Yuejian could draw exact copies of cultivators and that her drawn Xu Taiping’s strength suggested the real Xu Taiping had held back against Ye Feiyu.
• Mu Yuchen and Mu Yun checked the fifth-round roster and were relieved that Ji Ye had avoided several powerful opponents.
• Mu Yun noticed Xu Taiping’s next opponent’s name and feared the person had used a curse to make everyone forget him.
• Xu Taiping asked Chu Tiancheng about Gongshu Bai’s runaway puppets and suspected someone had tampered with them, but Lu Rushuang warned him not to investigate further.
• Xu Taiping recalled the Seven-Kill Tribulation and wondered whether Dongfang Yuejian had suffered a similar curse as the Spirit Mirror began displaying the next match roster.

Xu Taiping learned that Zhou Yuanqing of the Mystic Blade Sect had been hidden from notice by a forbidden Mind-Blinding Curse, and prepared to investigate his next opponent. A delivered Moonshadow Stone then revealed that Duan Xiaoyu was imprisoned and being tortured by the sect, where she declared Xu Taiping her eldest brother.

• Chu Tiancheng read that Xu Taiping would face Zhou Yuanqing of the Mystic Blade Sect in the next round.
• Lu Rushuang explained that the Mystic Blade Sect had likely used a Mind-Blinding Curse to keep Zhou Yuanqing unnoticed, despite its devastating cost to the caster.
• Chu Tiancheng agreed to investigate Zhou Yuanqing before the match.
• A little girl delivered a cloth bag containing a Moonshadow Stone and a Voice Transmission Jade Slip to the Mysterious Cloud Martial Hall.
• Xu Taiping activated the Moonshadow Stone and saw Duan Xiaoyu being tortured in a prison cell.
• Duan Xiaoyu defied her captors and said that Xu Taiping was her eldest brother.

Xu Taiping and his companions linked Mo Yu to the threat against Duan Xiaoyu, and he confronted her through a Voice Transmission Jade Slip. Mo Yu demanded that he fight in the next round without true essence or protective dharma treasures, leaving Xu Taiping to face her threat and her furious denial that jealousy motivated her.

• Xu Taiping explained to Lu Rushuang and Chu Tiancheng that Mo Yu had taken Duan Xiaoyu after Mo Hai’s attempt to destroy the Heavenly Blade Sect was foiled.
• Lu Rushuang and Chu Xiaoxiao suspected the Mystic Blade Sect had planned to use Duan Xiaoyu to threaten Xu Taiping, and Lu Rushuang urged him to contact them.
• Xu Taiping contacted Mo Yu, who denied being involved with the Mystic Blade Sect and said she wanted him disgraced in the upcoming matches.
• Mo Yu threatened to have Duan Xiaoyu killed unless Xu Taiping fought using only blood qi and his physique, without true essence or protective dharma treasures.
• Xu Taiping suggested Mo Yu was driven by jealousy rather than rage, and she angrily told him to shut up.

Xu Taiping negotiated with Mo Yu to trade a match result for Duan Xiaoyu’s life, while secretly planning to use Bai Yu and Ping'an to locate her. Mo Yu agreed to provide Duan Xiaoyu’s location under a Blood Oath, then summoned Xu Taiping to a restaurant with a promised gift.

• Xu Taiping demanded proof that Mo Yu held Duan Xiaoyu and proposed written location details and a Blood Oath in exchange for forfeiting his match.
• Bai Yu and Ping'an told Xu Taiping they could locate Duan Xiaoyu by sensing her aura, so he accepted Mo Yu’s terms without explaining his plan to Lu Rushuang and the others.
• When Mo Yu refused to let him sense her blood qi, Xu Taiping threatened her with Mo Hai’s suffering soul, and Mo Yu agreed to his demands.
• The next day, Xu Taiping arrived alone at the Guest-Retaining Abode in the Southern Chu Imperial Capital, where Mo Yu directed him to a lavish gift in a third-floor room.
• Xu Taiping took Little Monkey and Bai Yu upstairs to see what Mo Yu had left for him.

At the Guest-Retaining Abode, Xu Taiping examined Mo Yu’s sealed message and learned the conditions she had set for the Golden Scale Assembly. He confirmed Mo Yu’s presence nearby and prepared to test whether she was truly acting on her own.

• A shop assistant gave Xu Taiping a wooden box containing a Bronze Casket, an elephant-bone bracelet, and an oath contract bearing Mo Yu’s bloody handprint.
• Mo Yu explained that the Bronze Casket concealed Duan Xiaoyu’s location and Bai Yu said it could see through the casket, though doing so would consume Demonic Power and Blood Qi.
• Mo Yu swore the location in the casket was accurate until the competition ended, and the oath contract burned to confirm that her vow had taken effect.
• Mo Yu demanded that Xu Taiping wear the bracelet, which grew heavy by absorbing his Blood Qi, and wait half an incense stick after the match began before conceding.
• Xu Taiping sensed Mo Yu’s Qi and Blood three or four li northeast of the Guest-Retaining Abode, then asked whether her demands had been planned by her or the Mystic Blade Sect.

Xu Taiping learned that Su Chan was connected to Duan Xiaoyu’s abduction and discovered that Xiaoyu was being held at Mad Wolf Stronghold in the Cloud Emergence Kingdom. With the competition looming, he prepared to ask the kingdom’s major temples for help, while Monk Chongde suggested Xu Taiping had enough influence to persuade them.

• Ping'an relayed the abducting woman’s thoughts, revealing that Su Chan had anticipated Xu Taiping might discover the truth, and Bai Yu confirmed she was the woman who had abducted Duan Xiaoyu.
• Xu Taiping refused to pursue the woman, fearing he would endanger Xiaoyu and lose his lead on Su Chan; Ping'an then reported that she planned to have Xiaoyu killed when the competition began.
• Bai Yu used his Heavenly Eye Ability to locate Xiaoyu at Mad Wolf Stronghold, a former Mystic Blade Sect branch hall that had pledged allegiance to the Heavenly Wolf King.
• Xu Taiping told Lu Rushuang and Chu Tiancheng that he would seek help from friends, then received from Monk Chongde a Jade Disc that could contact the major temples in the Cloud Emergence Kingdom.
• Monk Chongde told Xu Taiping that the temples would give his request more weight than his own.