Recaps

Xu Taiping regained control and unleashed a terrifying blade domain as Wumei and Jin Hezhi tried to escape aboard the Eight-Branched Cloud-Swallowing Python. He struck at the python, leaving the battle poised to decide whether the two culprits could flee.

• Fairy Lingyue trusted Xu Taiping to make his final farewell to Grandpa and stopped restraining him.
• Wumei and Jin Hezhi transferred their Divine Souls into the Eight-Branched Cloud-Swallowing Python and began fleeing into the sky.
• Xu Taiping regained his senses and formed the opening stance of the Demon-Slaying Blade, stilling the spiritual energy and freezing the python in midair.
• Xu Taiping drew Water-Cutting and expanded a blade domain that enveloped the mountain and the Eight-Branched Cloud-Swallowing Python.
• Xu Taiping declared that his blade would not rest until his foes were dead, then slashed at the python.

Xu Taiping destroyed Wumei and Jin Hezhi with a mighty saber strike, then concealed the fact that he was a Mortal Bone and planned to let the world believe the curse had ruined his cultivation. Fairy Lingyue told him to exchange for a Phoenix Marrow Stone at the Abyssal Pavilion before going into seclusion, while the Faceless Tower dismissed the possibility that he was a Mortal Bone.

• Xu Taiping merged the saber shadows into a single strike that shattered the Divine Souls of Wumei and Jin Hezhi.
• Fairy Lingyue urged Xu Taiping to hide his strength and let the Cultivation World believe the Nine Nether Bone-Shattering Curse had destroyed his Spirit Bone.
• Xu Taiping agreed to keep a low profile and planned to exchange for a Phoenix Marrow Stone with Wuji Immortal Elder at the Abyssal Pavilion.
• Zhao Linglong and Dugu Qingxiao comforted Xu Taiping and vowed to find a way to break the curse.
• The First and Second Seats of the Faceless Tower celebrated Xu Taiping's supposed ruin, while Zhu Ling suggested he might be a Mortal Bone and the Second Seat rejected the idea.

The Faceless Tower and the Nine Prefectures concluded that Xu Taiping had spirit bone, not mortal bone, and that the curse had ended his prospects for cultivation beyond Spirit Refining. As Qingxuan’s leaders vowed to protect him, Zhao Qian opened a jade box from Xu Taiping and discovered a Gold Essence Coin and a radiant stone emitting powerful pure yang qi.

• The head of the Third Tower examined the Spirit Mirror and declared that Xu Taiping had low-grade spirit bone, leaving him unable to match Zhang Tianze’s fortune.
• Liu Chuxuan, Amon, and Patriarch Wuya discussed Xu Taiping’s injury and concluded that he had spent his fortune to save Qingxuan from the tribulation.
• Zhao Qian confirmed through a Voice Transmission Jade Slip that the Spirit Bone Stele had admitted Xu Taiping and removed his name after the curse struck.
• Amon and the guest elders promised to protect Xu Taiping, while Patriarch Wuya offered Xiaoyao Sect’s help and Liu Chuxuan invited Xu Taiping to join the Nine Prefectures.
• Zhao Qian declined Liu Chuxuan’s offer, then opened a jade box Dugu Qingxiao had brought from Xu Taiping and found a Gold Essence Coin and a rainbow-glowing stone releasing powerful pure yang qi.

Zhao Qian grieved over Xu Taiping’s lost Spirit Bone and resolved to help seek a cure for the Nine Nether Bone-Shattering Curse. Unable to visit his master in the Netherdark Demon Grotto, Xu Taiping traveled with Fairy Lingyue to the Abyssal Pavilion, where her Second Seat identity brought them into conflict with a Golden-Armored Divine General.

• Zhao Qian lamented that Xu Taiping had lost his Spirit Bone despite completing his missions, while Dugu Qingxiao proposed returning to Fallen Dragon Valley to seek a way to undo the curse.
• Zhao Qian agreed to accompany Dugu Qingxiao to Fallen Dragon Valley after he reached the Transformation Realm, and learned that Xu Taiping could not enter the Netherdark Demon Grotto for now.
• Fairy Lingyue warned Xu Taiping that his Evil God's mark might endanger Qingxuan if he approached the Netherdark Demon Grotto, then invited him to attend the Abyssal Pavilion's monthly gathering.
• Xu Taiping used a formation and the Red Essence Yin-Yang Mirror to travel in spirit with Fairy Lingyue to the Abyssal Pavilion, where she told him to call her Moon Candle Heavenly Lord.
• A Golden-Armored Divine General threatened Xu Taiping and Fairy Lingyue, and Fairy Lingyue warned him about pointing his spear at the Abyssal Second Seat.

Fairy Lingyue forced her way past the Abyssal Pavilion’s guards with overwhelming strength and brought Xu Taiping to its entrance. There, Nine Seats Zhushā invoked new rules to challenge Lingyue and demand Xu Taiping pass a trial.

• The golden-armored divine general attacked Fairy Lingyue and Xu Taiping, but Lingyue broke his spear, crushed his armor, and killed him.
• A golden-radiant man attacked Lingyue after she killed the divine general, so she summoned Tai'a and cut him down.
• Lingyue ignored Heavenly Lord Cangzhu’s request to stop and burned the defeated man’s Primordial Spirit before heading into the Abyssal Pavilion with Xu Taiping.
• Lingyue warned Xu Taiping to conceal his identity and explained that the Pavilion’s Thirteen Seats schemed against one another.
• Nine Seats Zhushā blocked the entrance and demanded that Lingyue accept a challenge and Xu Taiping undergo the divine general guards’ trial under the Pavilion’s new rules.

First Seat Cangzhu and Third Seat Yunhua discussed the Abyssal Pavilion’s weakened state and the purpose of its battle against the Third Demon Abyss, while watching Yuezhu’s chosen challengers face a test. As Xu Taiping prepared to fight, Fairy Lingyue called down a saber for him, which immediately unleashed a dangerous surge of Blade Qi.

• Yunhua questioned why Cangzhu would let Yuezhu test the youngsters, and Cangzhu said her failure would prove she no longer qualified to remain in the Abyssal Pavilion.
• Yunhua lamented the losses among the pavilion’s old seats and asked what the battle against the Third Demon Abyss had been for.
• Cangzhu said the battle had saved the common people of the Shangqing Realm and that he would bring the pavilion’s missing members back from the Demon Abyss once its strength recovered.
• Ninth Seat Zhu Sha summoned a grade C golden-armored divine general to test the lad Yuezhu had brought.
• Fairy Lingyue told Xu Taiping he could use his original cultivation and strength inside the Abyssal Pavilion, then called for a saber from Heavenly Lord Cangzhu.
• Xu Taiping caught the saber, whose scabbard bore archaic patterns, as it released a savage surge of Blade Qi.

Xu Taiping subdued the Dragon Sparrow Saber that Heavenly Lord Cangzhu had lent him and was promised the weapon as a gift if he defeated a grade-C Golden-Armored Divine General. He entered the match as Rusty Lion and faced Bai Qing, preparing to fight with the Great Sage Fist.

• Xu Taiping poured his blade qi into the saber until it submitted, then thanked Heavenly Lord Cangzhu for lending it to him.
• Heavenly Lord Cangzhu offered to give Xu Taiping the Dragon Sparrow Saber if he defeated the grade-C divine general, while Zhu Sha objected to the gift.
• Fairy Lingyue urged Xu Taiping to fight without holding back, and he assured her he could handle the opponent without revealing his identity.
• Xu Taiping introduced himself to Bai Qing as Rusty Lion and took up the Great Sage Fist stance.
• Bai Qing leveled his spear and unleashed a powerful aura that battered Xu Taiping.

Xu Taiping fought the Abyssal Pavilion’s Golden-Armored Divine General Bai Qing in an entrance assessment and defeated him with his martial arts. His victory impressed Cangzhu and Yunhua, while Fairy Lingyue asked Zhushā to confirm that Xu Taiping qualified to enter the pavilion.

• After the third bell, Bai Qing opened the assessment by thrusting his spear at Xu Taiping with overwhelming force.
• Xu Taiping used the Mountain-Bearing Form of the Great Sage Fist to block Bai Qing’s spear and send him stumbling back.
• Xu Taiping struck Bai Qing with a lightning-fast punch, shattering one of his arms and breaking his golden armor with a follow-up blow.
• Bai Qing summoned his spear and attacked again, but Xu Taiping drew his saber and cut Bai Qing in two with a strike carrying martial Ultimate Intent.
• Cangzhu and Yunhua praised Xu Taiping’s ability, and Fairy Lingyue asked Zhushā whether he qualified to enter the Abyssal Pavilion.

Xu Taiping and Fairy Lingyue met several young holders of the Abyssal Pavilion’s Thirteen Seats and learned that many veteran seat holders had died, suggesting the Pavilion had suffered a calamity. After the young cultivators took Fairy Lingyue’s concern for contempt, she challenged them with a deadly threat.

• Zhu Sha admitted she had misjudged Xu Taiping, then mocked Fairy Lingyue for clinging to the Second Seat.
• Fairy Lingyue explained to Xu Taiping that the Thirteen Seats were awarded based on compatibility with divine powers, and that Zhu Sha’s inexperience could indicate the previous Ninth Seat had died unexpectedly.
• In Stop the War Hall, Fairy Lingyue met the young Seventh, Eighth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Seats and learned that the Sixth and Tenth Seats were also recent additions.
• Fairy Lingyue realized that more than half of the seat holders from her era had likely died and decided to reconsider involving Xu Taiping with the Pavilion.
• Zhu Sha and Ye Chensha accused Fairy Lingyue of looking down on them, and she asked how they wanted to die.

Fairy Lingyue faced the younger Abyssal Pavilion successors after Zhu Sha and Ye Chensha provoked her and challenged her authority. She crushed Shi Wei in their first exchange, leaving the remaining challengers to confront the gap in their strength.

• Zhu Sha and Ye Chensha discussed using the challenge to weaken the previous generation's influence in the Abyssal Pavilion.
• Zhu Sha invoked the rules for challenges between seats, and Shi Wei stepped forward to challenge Fairy Lingyue.
• Shi Wei revealed overwhelming martial strength, shocking Xu Taiping with how powerful the younger generation was.
• Shi Wei attacked with his axe, but Fairy Lingyue shattered the attack with one punch and overwhelmed him with her strength.
• Fairy Lingyue struck Shi Wei repeatedly, breaking his bones and causing his body to explode into blood and flesh.

Fairy Lingyue defeated Shi Wei with three punches, then faced Zhu Sha in Stop the War Hall. After destroying Zhu Sha’s Red Sky Sword and cutting her down, Lingyue left Xu Taiping with the thought that swords were for killing.

• Xu Taiping watched Fairy Lingyue kill Shi Wei with three punches and realized the extent of her cultivation.
• Heavenly Lord Cangzhu and Third Seat Yunhua praised Lingyue’s prowess and wondered whether she had advanced further.
• Zhu Sha challenged Lingyue alone, revealing that she had mastered the sixth turn of the Nine-Turn Golden Body Art and summoned her Red Sky Sword.
• Fairy Lingyue shattered Zhu Sha’s sword with Tai'a and wounded her, then cut her apart with sword qi.
• Xu Taiping heard the words “Swords are for killing” echo in his mind.

Fairy Lingyue defeated Ye Chensha, Lü Xinyi, and Xu Chuanlian by overcoming their combined attacks and killing them with spoken laws. After Yunhua and Heavenly Lord Cangzhu praised her power and welcomed her return, she asked whether Wuji Immortal Elder was still alive because his fate affected Taiping’s chance of obtaining the Phoenix Marrow Stone.

• Fairy Lingyue challenged Ye Chensha, Lü Xinyi, and Xu Chuanlian, who chose to attack her together.
• Ye Chensha struck with a lightning Cloud Talisman, while Xu Chuanlian trapped Fairy Lingyue with a Confucian spoken law and Lü Xinyi attacked with a divine-artifact dagger.
• Fairy Lingyue said “No Taboos,” dispelling Lü Xinyi’s spoken law, then killed Lü Xinyi, Xu Chuanlian, and Ye Chensha with her words.
• Yunhua asked Heavenly Lord Cangzhu whether Fairy Lingyue’s presence in the past battle would have changed its outcome, and Cangzhu said she could have helped destroy the Third Demon Abyss.
• Fairy Lingyue entered the Abyssal Palace and asked Yunhua and Cangzhu whether Wuji Immortal Elder was still alive.

Fairy Lingyue began explaining why she had disappeared after encountering a colossal, cursed female corpse in the void, but Cangzhu stopped her when the story triggered a dangerous disturbance. Wuji Immortal Elder arrived, and the council fell silent as Cangzhu began explaining that the Abyssal Pavilion had lost many members after its decree to conquer the Third Demon Abyss.

• Fairy Lingyue said she had found an enormous armored female corpse in the void, and Cangzhu interrupted her as the surrounding world began to shatter.
• Cangzhu invoked the Abyssal Pavilion's prohibition, darkening the world outside, while Yunhua reproached Fairy Lingyue for putting them at risk.
• Fairy Lingyue revealed that the corpse had opened its eyes and looked at her; Cangzhu asked where it was so the pavilion could avoid the region, and she requested an exchange of information.
• Wuji Immortal Elder appeared in the Fourth Seat, and Fairy Lingyue told Xu Taiping that he was alive and that they had a lead on the Phoenix Marrow Stone.
• Cangzhu explained that Fairy Lingyue had beaten the other council members, then began describing how the Abyssal Pavilion's decree to conquer the Third Demon Abyss eight hundred years earlier had left many people gone.

Fairy Lingyue asked the Abyssal Pavilion for a Phoenix Marrow Stone and used Xu Taiping’s Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart to persuade Wuji Immortal Elder to retrieve one. The heart’s authenticity was confirmed, and Wuji became eager to act even though Lingyue said she would not need the stone for twenty or thirty years.

• Cangzhu told Fairy Lingyue that the Abyssal Pavilion would discuss its campaign against the Demon Abyss after issuing its next edict in six months.
• Fairy Lingyue asked Wuji Immortal Elder for a Phoenix Marrow Stone, but he refused to fetch one until she offered a Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart in exchange.
• Cangzhu used the Abyssal Pavilion’s power to let Xu Taiping bring the jade box containing the heart into the pavilion.
• Wuji Immortal Elder tried to grab the box, but Fairy Lingyue stopped him and allowed him only to inspect it.
• Wuji confirmed the heart was genuine and offered to fetch the Phoenix Marrow Stone next month, while Fairy Lingyue insisted she was in no hurry.

Fairy Lingyue used the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart to negotiate with Wuji Immortal Elder for his Soul Armor, which Xu Taiping needed for the Mysterious Wasteland Tower. After Wuji agreed to lend it for sixty years, Fairy Lingyue asked Cangzhu whether the Abyssal Pavilion had information about True Martial Heaven.

• Xu Taiping told Fairy Lingyue he wanted a treasure he could use inside the Mysterious Wasteland Tower.
• Fairy Lingyue asked Wuji Immortal Elder to lend Xu Taiping his Soul Armor, but he initially refused.
• Cangzhu offered to compete for the Literary Heart, prompting Wuji Immortal Elder to agree to lend the Soul Armor for sixty years in exchange for the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart.
• Wuji Immortal Elder promised to bring the Phoenix Marrow Stone in one month and then left the hall.
• Xu Taiping asked Fairy Lingyue to inquire about True Martial Heaven, and she asked Cangzhu whether the Abyssal Pavilion had related information.

Xu Taiping and Fairy Lingyue traded intelligence about the Faceless Tower’s planned passage through the Thousand Buddha Kingdom, then prepared for Xu Taiping to train in the Mysterious Wasteland Tower. The chapter ended as Fairy Lingyue warned him that the tower’s trials could trap him for a year or leave his primordial spirit there if he died.

• Cangzhu offered to provide monthly updates about intelligence involving the Faceless Tower, and Fairy Lingyue accepted the trade on Xu Taiping’s behalf.
• Xu Taiping learned that Baishu would lead the Third Tower’s Nine Seats and three hundred thousand-head-tier Faceless Ones through the Thousand Buddha Kingdom toward True Martial Heaven.
• Fairy Lingyue told Xu Taiping to raise his Divine Soul to the second tier so he could practice the fourth level of the Great Sun Golden Flame Art and burn the earth fruit’s fifth seed.
• After a month of training and preparation, Xu Taiping said goodbye to his senior sister and senior brothers and headed to Fan Tower to enter the Mysterious Wasteland Tower.
• Fairy Lingyue warned Xu Taiping that he could not leave the tower until he completed its trial or waited a year, and that dying there would trap his primordial spirit inside.

Xu Taiping entered Fan Tower determined to risk his life in pursuit of answers and to protect those he cared about. Fairy Lingyue explained the Mysterious Wasteland Tower’s rules, warning that he would need to reach its twelfth floor and urging him to exploit his Soul Armor to survive the dangerous first floor.

• Xu Taiping told Fairy Lingyue that he wanted to seek answers beyond his old ambitions and protect his loved ones, then entered Fan Tower.
• Fairy Lingyue asked Xu Taiping to remember his resolve, and he promised he would.
• Fairy Lingyue explained that Xu Taiping needed to reach the twelfth floor to bring his Divine Soul to the great perfection of the twelfth stage because of the Evil God in his shadow.
• Fairy Lingyue told Xu Taiping that cultivators lost their cultivation inside the tower and that killing humans or demons could restore it, making the first floor especially dangerous.
• Fairy Lingyue advised Xu Taiping to use Wuji Immortal Elder’s Soul Armor to kill Demonic Beasts quickly, restore his cultivation, and earn better rewards by adapting faster.

Xu Taiping entered the Mysterious Wasteland Tower after Fairy Lingyue explained its trials and warned him to adapt to the dangers within. He arrived on the first floor stripped of his cultivation, met several human cultivators, and realized that more than a dozen newcomers were demonic beasts.

• Fairy Lingyue explained the challenges of the tower's first three floors and told Xu Taiping that Bai Yu, Ping'an, and she would guard his physical body.
• Xu Taiping sent his primordial spirit through the Mysterious Wasteland Ring and chose the gate leading to the Mysterious Wasteland Tower.
• Xu Taiping entered the tower and appeared in an abandoned Daoist temple, where his true essence and qi and blood had vanished.
• Seven or eight human cultivators arrived, and a burly bearded man asked Xu Taiping whether it was his first time in the tower.
• More than ten newcomers appeared, and Xu Taiping sensed their peculiar fragrance and recognized them as demonic beasts.

Xu Taiping found himself trapped in a dilapidated Daoist temple with human cultivators and Demonic Beasts reduced to mortal strength. As the humans prepared to break out, Young Master Wang You sent Snake Woman to kill Xu Taiping, leaving him in immediate danger.

• Xu Taiping stumbled while retreating from the disguised Demonic Beasts, and Snake Woman moved to approach him before another beast stopped her.
• A burly middle-aged man tried to escape through the temple doors, but a handsome Demonic Beast tackled him; the man broke free and rallied the other human cultivators.
• Xu Taiping secretly circulated the Remnant Sunset Art and refined spiritual energy into True Qi while the Demonic Beasts focused on the humans.
• The middle-aged man armed the humans with stones and a wooden club as the Demonic Beasts fortified the entrance with clubs, rocks, and the temple doors.
• Young Master Wang You ordered Snake Woman to take Xu Taiping, warning the middle-aged man that the humans could lose their chance to escape if she regained her cultivation.

Xu Taiping waited until Snake Woman and He Hui lowered their guard, then used his soul armor and a newly opened aperture to kill them both. Their deaths restored his qi and blood to its peak before he broke through to the Gate Opening Realm.

• The human cultivators charged Wang You’s demonic beasts but were driven back into a corner, while Snake Woman and He Hui trapped Xu Taiping in another corner.
• Xu Taiping pretended to be too injured to resist while secretly preparing to force open an aperture and attack the two demonic beasts.
• Snake Woman tried to cut Xu Taiping’s throat, but his soul armor broke her finger and protected him.
• Xu Taiping twisted Snake Woman’s head around, then used Ox Horn Crashes the Mountain to punch through He Hui’s chest as he tried to flee.
• Xu Taiping felt his qi and blood recover to their peak before he broke through to the Gate Opening Realm.

Xu Taiping used his restored Martial General physique to battle the Demonic Beasts in the Daoist temple while Wang You grew stronger by killing his own followers. The remaining beasts were dead and the Human Race cultivators had escaped, leaving Xu Taiping and Wang You poised for a direct fight.

• Xu Taiping charged the temple entrance and killed several Demonic Beasts with his Black Rock Soul Armor and Green Ox Fist.
• Wang You killed his own companions to rapidly increase his Qi and Blood, and Xu Taiping realized he had to stop him.
• Wang You grew to ten feet tall and knocked Xu Taiping back, claiming a Devil Master surpassed him in strength within the same realm.
• Xu Taiping and Wang You raced to kill the remaining Demonic Beasts as the Human Race cultivators fled the temple.
• Xu Taiping killed three of the final nine Demonic Beasts, while Wang You killed six and continued growing stronger.

Xu Taiping fought Devil Master Wang You in the Daoist temple, overcoming Wang You’s attempt to escape with his Thousandfold Force and Desolate Lion physique. He struck Wang You into the temple wall, leaving the fight’s outcome unresolved.

• Xu Taiping and Wang You were the last two in the temple, and Xu Taiping asked whether killing Wang You would let him break through to the Gate Opening Realm.
• Wang You distracted Xu Taiping by explaining that people could raise Blood Qi only to the Martial Arts Grandmaster Realm, then charged and knocked him away from the doorway.
• Wang You tried to escape, but Xu Taiping blocked him with Ox Horn Crashes the Mountain, and their punches collided.
• Xu Taiping’s Thousandfold Force injured Wang You’s arm and broke through his defense, striking him in the chest.
• Xu Taiping activated the Sleeping Lion Physique of the Desolate Lion Realm and sent Wang You flying into the temple wall with the Mountain-Shaking Form of the Azure Ox Great Sage Fist.

Xu Taiping killed Devil Master Wang You in the Mysterious Wasteland Tower and gained a surge of Qi and Blood, but he was struck by a curse as he prepared to leave the temple. A returning cultivator and Miss Nanxing explained that Wang You’s Primordial Spirit might still be inside the cursed arm.

• Xu Taiping shattered Devil Master Wang You’s head with a Mountain-Shaking punch and received a surge of Qi and Blood from the tower.
• Xu Taiping considered raising his physique and cultivation further before challenging the Tower Spirit.
• A returning figure warned Xu Taiping, who dodged an attack but was struck on the left arm by a black-mist Poison Curse.
• Xu Taiping sealed the affected arm’s acupoints to stop the curse from draining his Qi and Blood.
• The burly middle-aged man returned, and Miss Nanxing identified the curse as the Soul-Rending Blood-Sucking Curse and warned that Wang You’s Primordial Spirit might take over Xu Taiping’s body.

Nanxing concealed Xu Taiping’s Poison Curse but warned that he had two hours to reach the Martial Arts Grandmaster Realm or lose his left arm. Xu Taiping decided to kill enough Demon Cultivators to break through and asked Zhai Mo and Nanxing to find him a good saber.

• Gongshu Nanxing drew a talisman that hid Xu Taiping’s Poison Curse for an hour, and the Devil Master’s ghostly face warned that Demon Cultivators would come for him.
• Nanxing said Xu Taiping had two hours to reach the Martial Arts Grandmaster Realm or sever his cursed left arm, while Zhai Mo urged him to cut it off.
• Xu Taiping asked whether the curse would attract Demon Cultivators and learned that hunting its bearers was common among them.
• Xu Taiping asked how many Demon Cultivators he needed to kill to reach the Martial Arts Grandmaster Realm, and Nanxing estimated at least sixty.
• After learning the tower held mostly Demon Cultivators, Xu Taiping resolved to fight them and asked Zhai Mo and Nanxing to find him a good saber.

Xu Taiping prepared to challenge the Black Bear Spirit guarding the Heavenly Book Pavilion, hoping to obtain its treasured saber. Zhai Mo and Gongshu Nanxing offered to help, revealing they wanted to bet on him.

• Zhai Mo explained that the Heavenly Book Pavilion held a treasured saber and was guarded by a demon lord-level Black Bear Spirit.
• Gongshu Nanxing warned Xu Taiping that the Black Bear Spirit was dangerous, but Xu Taiping insisted on challenging it for the saber.
• Xu Taiping planned to catch the Black Bear Spirit off guard and strike a vital spot with one punch.
• Gongshu Nanxing offered to conceal Xu Taiping with a talisman, while Zhai Mo offered to distract the Black Bear Spirit.
• Zhai Mo and Gongshu Nanxing admitted they were helping because they wanted to place a bet on Xu Taiping.