Recaps

Xu Taiping escaped Devil Master Tianxing and joined Xuanyuan Xueluo in the struggle over the Sun Family’s Iron Armor Token. After winning a gambling contest, he fought through a demon cultivator ambush to rescue Gongshu Nanxing and Zhai Mo, then learned the Zhou Family had allied with their enemies.

• Xu Taiping rescued Ayu from the bandits, then used his clone and talismans to ambush Devil Master Tianxing before escaping with his companions.
• Xu Taiping and his companions arrived in Seven Sages Town, where Gongshu Nanxing and Xuanyuan Xueluo drew them into the dispute over the Sun Family’s Iron Armor Token.
• After the Qi brothers and Bai Yunfei withdrew, Xu Taiping gambled against Zhou Liang and won enough to settle the contest over Bai Yunfei’s chance to fight in the Iron Armor Arena.
• Gongshu Nanxing warned Xu Taiping that demon cultivators had trapped her in Peach Blossom Alley, while Xuanyuan Xueluo’s second sister revealed a Blood Hand Warrant against the outsiders.
• Xu Taiping and Elder Zhang fought the heretical cultivators in Peach Blossom Alley, where Xu Taiping used All Beings Are Equal and the Crane Cry Form to cut through their attack.
• Xu Taiping killed Xiong Tai with the Great Sage Fist’s Heaven-Rending Stance and hidden Mountain-Splitting Force, then learned that the Zhou Family had allied with the Worship Moon Pavilion, Bai Yunfei, and the Qi brothers.
• The Tower Spirit raised the Azure Dragon Tokens to yellow grade and granted cultivation rewards, while Xu Taiping used his commander authority to raise his companions’ cultivation by one tier.

Xu Taiping helped Xuanyuan Xueluo defeat the Zhou Family's arena team before learning that Zhao Linglong and her companions were trapped by the Faceless Tower. He rescued them with Venerable Jiaye's help, contained a runaway thunderflame, and learned that the Nine Abysses planned to trap Rusty Lion.

• Xu Taiping and his companions arrived after Xuanyuan Xueluo conceded the opening round, and Zhai Mo and the female outlander defeated the Qi brothers.
• Xu Taiping activated the Azure Dragon Token and led his companions to victory, but the Mysterious Maiden rescued Devil Master Tianxing before they could kill him.
• Xu Taiping used his reward to consult the Lotus Eye, which warned him about the tower's later layers and Zhao Linglong's trouble outside.
• Xu Taiping sent his Primordial Spirit through the Great Void to Venerable Jiaye, who helped him reach the Thousand Buddha Kingdom in exchange for a promised Bodhi Tree branch.
• Zhao Linglong endured Huihai's attacks to secure a captive's release until Xu Taiping entered the Duedu Asura Dharma Body and intervened.
• Xu Taiping killed Huihai and fought Baishu and Zhu Ling before unleashing a fused thunderflame that consumed Baishu and the Faceless Tower disciples.
• Xu Taiping learned the Sea-Swallowing Seal from Venerable Jiaye and contained the runaway thunderflame before it attracted the Yin Gods.
• Baishu offered information from inside the seal's ring and revealed that the Nine Abysses planned to bait Rusty Lion with a noble scion's younger sister and knew Rusty Lion was Xu Taiping.

Xu Taiping rescued his companions from Yun Mubai, then entered the Sixth Layer and pursued the plot surrounding Gu Qingcheng’s marriage tournament. After winning the preliminary bouts, he challenged Hall Master Siyou and began preparing Jun Shuyan’s treasures against him.

• Xu Taiping rescued Zhai Mo and the others from Yun Mubai’s poisoned banquet, defeated the Cloud Court Thirteen Swords, and escaped with his companions after Xuanyuan Xueluo intervened.
• Xu Taiping’s Lotus Eye revealed that the Heavenly Frost Pavilion’s marriage tournament concealed a trap for Gu Qingcheng, who was imprisoned beneath the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion.
• Xu Taiping and his companions entered the Sixth Layer, completed their trials, and arrived at the tournament under assumed identities while Xuanyuan Xueluo searched for Otherworlders.
• Xu Taiping defeated Gao Qi by freezing the arena floor and forcing him off the platform, then watched Gongshu Nanxing win her preliminary match.
• Jun Shuyan challenged Hall Master Siyou but lost after Siyou broke through his silver-sand cocoon and reached the Martial Dao Ultimate Realm.
• Xu Taiping borrowed Jun Shuyan’s Folding Fan and Silver Sand, then stepped forward to challenge Siyou as the elder quietly spoke with the Hall Master.
• Xu Taiping used his Mysterious Origin Avatar to withstand Siyou’s attacks with the Mountain-Bearing Form and Great Sage Fist while he channeled true essence into the fan and Silver Sand.

Xu Taiping defeated the three Hall Masters, then exposed and destroyed Devil Master Tianxing’s trap at the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion with thunderflame. After rescuing Gu Qingcheng and obtaining new treasures, he entered Guifang territory, where he guided his companions through the first wave of a deadly hunt and faced the start of the second.

• Xu Taiping killed Hall Master Siyou, defeated Gaishan with the 𩙥 Flame, and overcame Wuhuan’s Netherfrost Sword Qi with the Sea-Swallowing Seal.
• Xu Taiping entered the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion, where Netherfrost Sword Qi killed Gu Qingcheng and the disguised demon cultivators, triggering Devil Master Tianxing’s attack.
• Xu Taiping used fused thunderflame to burn through Tianxing’s devouring blade qi and destroy him, then confirmed his companions were safe and learned that Xuanyuan Xueluo needed rescuing.
• Xu Taiping opened a chest and received the Sea-Overturning Chapter, the Wind-Suppressing Pearl, and the Cloud-Cloaking Umbrella before rejoining the group bound for the Seventh Layer.
• Xu Taiping led Gongshu Nanxing, Zhai Mo, Elder Zhang, Gu Qingcheng, and Yuzhu into Guifang territory and directed his companions to shelter inside an ancient tree during the first hunt.
• Gu Qingcheng fled west as arrows and other attacks struck the refugees, then returned to Xu Taiping’s unharmed shelter.
• After the first hunt ended, Xu Taiping led the group onward and warned that the second hunt was beginning as Gu Qingcheng divined a certain-death predicament.