Recaps

Xu Taiping helped Master Xuanzhi and Dongfang Yuejian survive a battle in the Golden Court Grotto-Heaven, then learned that Upper Realm powers were converging over a star chart. He set out with them for Wilderness Heaven, but at Yangxian City they faced a sand dragon while Ningchan Cave prepared to attack.

• Xu Shu broke Qingxuan’s Mountain-Sealing Sword Formation, and Lin Buyu chose to leave with Three Corpses Cave, after she departed, Luo Hong wounded Xu Taiping and escaped.
• Xu Taiping recovered and used his Origin Beginning Clone to store strength and abilities, then entered the Golden Court Grotto-Heaven to reach Master Xuanzhi and Dongfang Yuejian.
• Xu Taiping joined Xuanzhi and Dongfang Yuejian against Ningchan Cave’s attackers, defeating Jing Xian and forcing Thousand Threads and Huangbo to flee after tribulation lightning struck.
• Dongfang Yuejian explained that Upper Realm powers were competing over a star chart, while Xuanzhi gave Xu Taiping the Duel Evil Arhat armor and learned of his plan to reach Wilderness Heaven.
• Xu Taiping agreed to travel with Dongfang Yuejian and Xuanzhi, refined the White Bodhi Tree into a pearl, and learned that the Wilderness entrance lay beneath Fuliu Slope.
• As the group approached Yangxian City, Blade Ghost offered to face Yang Ben, while Ningchan Cave’s Qingshi and Elder Lu identified Xu Taiping and planned to attack after the travelers were weakened.
• Xu Taiping, Xuanzhi, and Dongfang Yuejian entered Yangxian City as a sand dragon attacked them, and Xu Taiping sent the others to draw it down and vanished with Chengying as Elder Lu watched from the Old Dragon Court.

Xu Taiping defeated Yang Ben, faced Cangyuan and learned the Dragon Clan’s history from Cangzhou, then gathered allies as he freed the Human Sovereign Spear from its chains. The spear remained embedded in the platform as the arc ended.

• Xu Taiping revealed his True Dragon Body, defeated Yang Ben through Blade Ghost, and gained Yang Ben’s respect.
• Cangyuan and the three hundred Dragon Cavalry bowed to Xu Taiping after he wielded the Silver Dragon Sword, and Cangzhou reunited with his son before Cangyuan and his cavalry passed away.
• Cangzhou gave Xu Taiping the Azure Dragon Seven Lodges Treasury star map and explained the Dragon-Trapping Tower’s connection to the Ancestral Dragon’s lost secret.
• Xu Taiping accepted the Human Sovereign Sword and the spirits within it, then began severing the chains that bound the Human Sovereign Spear.
• Ningchan Cave attacked Xu Taiping and his companions as Dongfang Yuejian and Master Xuanzhi defended him at the platform.
• The Four Song Brothers arrived in mechanical divine generals to protect Xu Taiping, and Mysterious Wasteland Heaven’s city lords declared war against Ningchan Cave if it harmed him.
• Xu Taiping’s Dao heart and power grew as his wounds healed, and he severed the final chain with the Human Sovereign Sword.
• The Human Sovereign Spear released a powerful aura but remained embedded in the platform.

Xu Taiping drew the Human Sovereign Spear, defeated Ningchan Cave’s attackers, and entered the Wilderness with Dongfang Yuejian and Master Xuanzhi. After escaping a Yin God’s trap with Guicang, the three followed Madam Lu as she gathered souls to awaken Su Yan.

• Xu Taiping drew the Human Sovereign Spear, killed Huangbo, destroyed the Fierce Beast, and forced Thousand Threads to free the Four Song Brothers.
• Xiahou You of Jade Balance Mountain rescued Xu Taiping from Elder Lu’s flames, then sent him to rejoin Dongfang Yuejian and Master Xuanzhi in the Wilderness.
• Xu Taiping, Dongfang Yuejian, and Master Xuanzhi entered the Wilderness at night and took shelter in an abandoned courtyard, where a Yin God’s chill overwhelmed them.
• Madam Lu appeared in the courtyard and marked Xu Taiping with Entering Dreams, while the Lotus Eye revealed that the group was trapped inside a Yin God’s body.
• Xu Taiping used the Lotus Eye to witness Elder Xunqi’s bargain with Madam Lu to gather three hundred souls for Su Yan, then found Ten Thousand Edges and Guicang in the golden lotuses.
• Xu Taiping used Guicang and Earth Fruit Seeds to conceal himself, Dongfang Yuejian, and Master Xuanzhi from Madam Lu and the Yin Residence for three days.
• The three followed Madam Lu toward Su Yan, learning that she had gathered nearly three hundred Headless Ghosts, while Dongfang Yuejian searched for the Yin God’s weaknesses.

Xu Taiping and his companions tried to stop Yin God Su Yan from awakening, then escaped Yin God Chaoxi with the aid of Ancient Buddha Kasyapa. Afterward, Xu Taiping resolved to climb Vulture Peak and prepared for a Heaven Shocking Realm breakthrough, while Venerable Jiaye examined Su Yan’s sealed Golden Cocoon.

• Xu Taiping released Yuyangzi’s demonic qi to draw Madam Lu out, then gathered gold essence stones as the Corpse Demons broke through her ice wall.
• Xu Taiping and Dongfang Yuejian joined Blade Ghost in striking Yin God Su Yan’s cocoon, forcing it back into slumber before Madam Lu attacked and Xu Taiping sealed the cocoon inside the Dragon-Trapping Tower.
• Xu Taiping reached Master Xuanzhi and Dongfang Yuejian through the Dragon-Slaying Stele, then transformed into a whale to escape Yin God Chaoxi’s tide power.
• Venerable Jiaye summoned Ancient Buddha Kasyapa, who destroyed Chaoxi’s manifestations and confined him in a Buddha Domain beneath the Bodhi Trees.
• Xu Taiping told Venerable Jiaye he intended to climb Vulture Peak, and learned that reaching the Heaven Shocking Realm through the Ultimate Realm could help him confront beings from Beyond the Domain.
• Xu Taiping and Venerable Jiaye planned his breakthrough, with Xu Taiping beginning to refine four Thunder Sound Banners and agreeing to retrieve a stolen main beam from a Yin God’s lair.
• After two months of recovery and preparation, Xu Taiping gathered Dongfang Yuejian, Master Xuanzhi, and Venerable Jiaye in the Dragon-Trapping Tower, where Jiaye examined Su Yan’s Golden Cocoon.