Arc 35The Sword and the Senior
Xu Taiping helped Dongfang Yuejian escape her pursuers, defeated Old Daoist Mao with the Spirit-Shocking Formation, and gathered several treasures from the Earth Fruit. He then secured Fairy Lingyue’s aid against Jingkong, and the arc ended with her battling Jingkong’s Rahu Heavenly Demon Dharma Aspect.
- Fairy Lingyue explained Xu Taiping’s cultivation path and the ranks of the Transformation Realm, while Lu Rushuang told him the Dongfang Household was being driven out of the Imperial Capital.
- Xu Taiping joined Su Qingtan and Dongfang Yuejian, helped them counter One-Leaf Book’s ambushes, and led them through Blood Rain Forest as Zhu Huai and Zhang Tianze watched.
- Xu Taiping used the Spirit-Shocking Formation to expose Old Daoist Mao, whose body and Natal Treasures were destroyed by attacks from the sky, though he escaped through a rift as One-Leaf Book.
- Xu Taiping picked the Spirit Peaches and found a Gate-Sealing Stone, the Shentu Bow, three time-warping candles, and a Sage’s Literary Heart.
- Zhu Huai and Zhang Tianze asked Xu Taiping to have his senior confront Jingkong, and Fairy Lingyue agreed in exchange for the Red Essence Yin-Yang Mirror and Cloud Emergence Sword.
- Xu Taiping borrowed Cloud Emergence from the Sword Suppression Tower, where Fairy Lingyue subdued its sword spirit, and learned that Jingkong had emerged while the Demon Army was gathering.
- As Jingkong overwhelmed Xuanzhi and the Cloud-Hidden Temple monks, Xu Taiping ate a Spirit Peach so Fairy Lingyue could take control of his body and fly to the battle.
- Fairy Lingyue arrived and drove Jingkong’s Rahu Heavenly Demon Dharma Aspect to its knees, extinguished his Black Lotus Demon Flame with the Cold Sky Pearl, and kept fighting after the aspect broke free of her ice.