Recaps

Xu Taiping exposed the Eight Views Dao Palace’s scheme, defeated Old Smoky Ghost, and rallied the Azure Dragon Armor soldiers through the Snow Domain’s ghost armies. After crushing Qingmian Ghost and Bearhead, he led the strengthened army onward to break out of the Snow Domain.

• Xu Taiping let Old Smoky Ghost expose the Eight Views Dao Palace disciples’ desperation, then defeated the Ghost King and forced him to release their primordial spirits before expelling Xia Qi and Huang Jinpeng for disobeying orders.
• Xu Taiping held back the early ghost horde with 𩙥 Flame while Gu Qingcheng gathered the cultivators, and he proved he could command the Azure Dragon Armor soldiers’ battle intent better than Luo Cheng and Yun Ye.
• Xu Taiping rallied the soldiers by drawing on their shared convictions, then led their Azure Dragon formation against the White-Robed Ghost King and his army.
• After the White-Robed Ghost King repeatedly escaped, Xu Taiping used his Unceasing Blade Domain and Crane-Listening Stance to cut through the king’s protective bubble and kill him in one strike.
• Xu Taiping and his Mysterious Origin Avatar broke the restraints on the Azure Dragon soldiers’ battle intent, then he challenged the Qingmian Ghost directly and revealed his Ultimate Realm Dragon Whale Physique.
• Xu Taiping overwhelmed Qingmian Ghost with repeated punches and thunderflame despite the ghost’s healing, but sensed danger as an enormous black cloud approached.
• Bearhead and three hundred Black Baleful Cavalry riders attacked, but Xu Taiping destroyed Bearhead and led the Azure Dragon soldiers in crushing the cavalry.
• Xu Taiping ordered the soldiers to keep charging and break out of the Snow Domain, and they answered in unison.

Xu Taiping led the Azure Dragon Armor through the Snow Domain, defeated the Ghost Lord, and chose to continue climbing the Eight-Faced Tower. As his companions faced the Seven Evils, Chu Yinan began fighting the Blade Slave on the eighth floor.

• Xu Taiping led the Azure Dragon Armor through the Ghost armies, defeating their generals and pressing on despite the Ghost Lord’s illusions and attacks.
• Xu Taiping summoned the Azure Dragon Immortal Lord, whose dragon breath destroyed the Ghost Lord and thousands of Ghost Generals.
• Xu Taiping declined the Tower Spirit’s rewards for stopping and kept ascending, while Chu Yinan and other Azure Dragon Armor members left after he freed them from their restraints.
• Xu Taiping and Gu Qingcheng assigned their allies to face the Seven Evils across the tower’s floors, and Mu Yun, Ji Ye, and Mu Yuchen chose to stay with him.
• Xuanzhi defeated Evil Monk Zhichen, while Dugu Qingxiao, Jiang Zhi, Zhao Linglong, and Gu Qingcheng fought Greedy Snake, and Zhao Linglong severed her fingers to break his control as Xu Taiping went upstairs.
• Duan Xiaoyu took on the Infant Ghost on the seventh floor, allowing Xu Taiping to continue to the eighth floor, where the Blade Slave defeated Yun Ye and Luo Cheng.
• Chu Yinan began his fight with the Blade Slave, and Xu Taiping sensed a sudden change in the Blade Slave’s blade intent and blade force.

Xu Taiping defeated the Blade Slave, learned the Life-Taking Blade, and reached the battlefield where Xuanyuan Xueluo’s army faced Li Yezhu. He rallied the Azure Dragon and White Tiger armies against the Spider Demon Battle Intent, then prepared to test blades with Li Yezhu as their forces remained locked in a dangerous struggle.

• The Blade Slave let Xu Taiping bypass the duel, but Xu Taiping refused and fought him to learn how to face the Eleventh Floor’s guardian.
• Xu Taiping transformed his blade qi into lightning, overcame the Blade Slave’s defensive forms, and defeated him with a slash that fused several arts.
• The Blade Slave passed Xu Taiping the Heavenly Wrath Five Forms Art, the Life-Taking Blade manual, and his saber insights, then asked him to reclaim a blood debt.
• Xu Taiping and Gu Qingcheng learned that Goshu Miu’s corpse wraith army stood between them and the Heaven-Ascending Platform, while Xuanyuan Xueluo led the White Tiger Army toward the Imperial Capital.
• Li Yezhu used his Puppet Play and Spider Demon Battle Intent to overwhelm the White Tiger Army, but Xuanyuan Xueluo froze him long enough to open a path for her soldiers to retreat.
• Xu Taiping arrived with the Azure Dragon Armor Phantoms and stopped Li Yezhu’s cavalry, then joined the Azure Dragon and White Tiger armies against the spider demon.
• Li Yezhu strengthened his battle intent with three hundred thousand corpse wraith cavalry and pushed back both armies, while Xu Taiping considered using his last Five-Life Pearl and told the Blade Slave he wanted to test blades with Li Yezhu.

Xu Taiping united the four armies, defeated Li Yezhu and Goshu Miu, and helped Blade Slave destroy Ancient Demon Chi Yin. After Elder Zhang’s formation failed to keep the Heavenly Gate open, Xu Taiping repeatedly crashed into it and prepared to attempt Dragon Transformation.

• Xu Taiping commanded the four Iron Armor armies and wounded Li Yezhu with their combined battle intent, then used Crossing the Gods to open the Netherworld and drive Li Yezhu from the battlefield.
• Xu Taiping and his companions broke into the Guifang Imperial Capital and fought their way toward the Heaven-Ascending Platform while they urged him to continue climbing.
• Xu Taiping joined Blade Slave against Goshu Miu and killed him with Crossing the Gods, ending the trapped Martial Gods’ lives at their request.
• Xu Taiping and Blade Slave fought Ancient Demon Chi Yin while Elder Zhang completed the Spirit-Shocking Formation, but Chi Yin destroyed a formation node as the Heavenly Gate began to open.
• Xu Taiping tried to crash through the Heavenly Gate and was repelled, then exchanged his military merit for Dragon Blood Pills and Immortal Spirit Marrow to recover and try again.
• Xu Taiping shattered the gate’s heavenly might and forced it open a crack, surviving severe injuries before agreeing to make another attempt.
• Xu Taiping consumed his remaining Dragon Blood Pills and Immortal Spirit Marrow to pursue Dragon Transformation, despite warnings that the power could rupture his meridians and apertures.