Recaps

Xu Taiping defeated Ye Xuan, endured the Sect Master’s attempt to stop him, and joined the Seventh Peak. After choosing his techniques and completing months of cultivation, he set out on an escort assignment and found the Sixth Princess at Mantuo Manor under threat from pursuers.

• Xu Taiping broke through Ye Xuan’s defenses with his punches, revealed his Nether Gazing Realm cultivation, and continued fighting despite the Sect Master’s order to stop.
• Ninth Uncle intervened, healed Xu Taiping, and invited him to become his disciple, but Xu Taiping stayed true to his promise to join the Seventh Peak.
• Zhou Tong ordered Jin Yue to arrange a sect trial for Xu Taiping, while Lü Daoxuan began planning to teach him without formally taking him as a disciple.
• Xu Taiping chose the Rosy Dawn Formula and discovered the hidden Taiqing Profound Origin Clone Technique in the Ten Thousand Scrolls Tower.
• Xu Taiping told Liu Zijin that Liu Qingmei had become a Tiger Wraith’s Ghost Servant and gave her Dust-Seeking Incense to aid her investigation.
• Xu Taiping received an assignment to escort White Tree Country’s Sixth Princess to Wujiao Country and back, then trained for three months with the Red Crow Golden Flame Formula.
• Xu Taiping departed with Elder Yun Ye after receiving supplies and instructions, while Wu Liang asked him to pass a message to his former subordinates if possible.
• At Mantuo Manor, the Sixth Princess refused to leave before her expected meeting, as guards reported that pursuers were near and a threat demanded her hand in marriage.

Xu Taiping rescued the Sixth Princess from Blood Spider Valley and agreed to help her kill Fan Qi, then escorted her toward Furious Fist Manor. After defeating a ghostly ambush and learning the arena's rules, he watched wandering knights die challenging Fan Qi and finally stepped forward to fight.

• Xu Taiping cut through Blood Spider Valley, rescued the Sixth Princess, defeated the Blood Spider Ancestor, and helped her recover her mother's pouch and Su Chan's sword scabbard.
• The Sixth Princess named Fan Qi as her target and explained that killing him was required for her to meet Wujiao Country's emperor and protect the White Tree Kingdom.
• Xu Taiping and the Sixth Princess were trapped in a ghostly feast at a ruined temple, but Xu Taiping killed the fox spirit and freed the guards from its illusion.
• Huang Que warned Xu Taiping that Fan Qi was a Martial Arts Grandmaster and that using cultivation in the Life-and-Death Arena would break the rules, but Xu Taiping refused to abandon the mission.
• At Furious Fist Manor, Fan Zhong challenged Fan Qi and died after fighting with his Acupoint-Exploding Technique and declaring his loyalty to the Sixth Princess and the White Tree Kingdom.
• Qi Yan and Wang Zhenghao also challenged Fan Qi and were killed, while Xu Taiping watched the wandering knights' sacrifices with growing respect.
• After the final wandering knight's corpse was carried away, Xu Taiping walked toward the arena and vowed not to waste their kindness.

Xu Taiping defeated Fan Qi, helped Li Yu awaken as Qi Haitang and reunite with Xiang Nantian, then returned to the sect and exposed the truth of his mission. As he prepared to avenge Liu Zijin and began sword practice, an attack on Zhou Yidao raised rumors of the Red-Haired Blade Ghost.

• Xu Taiping defeated Fan Qi in a brutal final exchange, and Fan Qi died after entrusting him with a letter exposing the Imperial Consort’s scheme.
• The Sixth Princess read her mother’s letter urging her to die for White Tree Kingdom, and Xu Taiping learned the plan involved breaking the Emperor of Wujiao Country’s Dao Seal.
• Xu Taiping infiltrated the imperial audience as Li Yu attacked the emperor, then recited the Dragon Script poem that awakened Li Yu as Qi Haitang and the emperor as Xiang Nantian.
• Qi Haitang and Xiang Nantian explained their past and offered Xu Taiping a Teleportation Token and their protection, while Xu kept their awakening secret at the sect inquiry.
• Xu Taiping proved that the Sixth Princess had survived and revealed her identity as Qi Haitang, then visited Liu Zijin and urged her to live while he planned to kill Lu Chen.
• Xu Taiping completed Seed Burning and obtained bamboo rice, then practiced sword flight at Moon-Fishing Pool while Elder Sansan repeatedly missed him.
• Xu Taiping was summoned to Hundred Herbs Hall, where he found Zhou Yidao gravely wounded and heard Jiang Zhi mention rumors of the Red-Haired Blade Ghost.

Xu Taiping killed Lu Chen, helped the Seventh Peak through several rounds of the Seven Peaks Grand Competition, and gave Liu Zijin the chance to pursue the Martial Artist’s Path. After the competition left him unconscious, he awoke to find the Red-Haired Blade Ghost inside Hundred Herbs Hall, threatening the disciples around him.

• Xu Taiping confronted Lu Chen at Wind-Howling Mountain Villa and killed him after breaking through his defenses, then sent Lu Chen’s head to Liu Zijin as she left the mountain.
• Liu Zijin found Lu Chen’s head in Xu Taiping’s gift, abandoned her plan to die, and set out to pursue the Martial Artist’s Path.
• Xu Taiping filled in for an injured Seventh Peak disciple in the sword-engraving contest, defeating Zhou Ao and then Ye Xuan by lifting and carving with increasingly heavy ship-ballast iron.
• After the Seventh Peak lost to the Second Peak, Xu Taiping learned that Qingxiao had won the Qingxuan Sword Champion title before collapsing and waking three days later.
• Jiang Zhi told Xu Taiping about the competition’s outcome, then collapsed, while Bai Yu brought him Fairy Lingyue’s letters warning that the Red-Haired Blade Ghost was in Hundred Herbs Hall.
• The Red-Haired Blade Ghost revealed that it possessed Zhou Yidao and wanted to take Xu Taiping’s place, then threatened to kill the Seven Peaks’ disciples, including Jiang Zhi.