Recaps

Xu Taiping endured Vulture Peak’s trials to obtain a Buddha Fate Inheritance for Mysterious Wasteland Heaven and carried it there despite threats from the Nine Abysses. The inheritance awakened protectors at a ruined temple, while Dipankara appeared in Shangqing.

• Xu Taiping climbed Vulture Peak with the Buddha Statue, defeated the Otherworldly Evil God through the Heavenly Dao Sun-Chasing Edict, and endured the summit’s trials to receive the Buddha Fate Inheritance.
• Xu Taiping refused the emperors’ offers and gave the Buddha Statue to Mysterious Wasteland Heaven, then accepted Yangling Demon Emperor’s help to cross the heavenly curtain.
• Xu Taiping awakened Zhong Ling in the Heaven-Questioning Bell and chose a ruined temple near the Nine Abysses as the place for the inheritance.
• Little Qing and Little Bai brought food to the mad monk, and the Faceless Clay Bodhisattva awakened to protect them from Gui Jue and empower all three.
• Xu Taiping prepared to return to Jiaye Temple with supplies from Dongfang Jing, Zhong Ling, and Yangling Demon Emperor as the Nine Abysses gathered to attack the mountain.
• Xu Taiping returned through a passage opened by Yangling Demon Emperor and flew to confront Yellow Robe, while three Bodhisattva Dharma Aspects fought Gui Jue’s forces.
• The Bodhisattvas destroyed Gui Jue and turned demon seeds into Buddha Candles, then Dipankara appeared above the mountain and identified himself to the shocked cultivators.

Xu Taiping chose to protect the Azure Profound Sect’s future, while Lü Daoxuan saved True Martial Heaven from Moonfall and revealed what Qingxuan would face in the Taixuan Ghost Domain. Later, Xu Taiping trained through Blade Ghost’s domain, reached the Great Sage Realm, and prepared to search the River of Time for the missing Star Chart Contest fighters.

• Xu Taiping refused to surrender the Buddha Fate Inheritance, and Lü Daoxuan declared himself True Martial Heaven’s Great Emperor before using hidden sword intents across the realm to shatter Moonfall.
• Lü Daoxuan told Xu Taiping that Qingxuan would enter the Taixuan Ghost Domain and set conditions for Xu Taiping to survive there, including rescuing Dugu Qingxiao, reaching Dao Integration Realm, and obtaining a Great Dao Divine Weapon.
• Lü Daoxuan revealed that Fairy Lingyue had gone to Taiqing Paradise and left clues for Xu Taiping, while Xu Taiping vowed to rescue his master and fellow disciples.
• Lotus Eye’s deduction led Xu Taiping to a past Star Chart Contest where Demon Emperor Jiao trapped Xiahou You, Xiahou Qingyuan, Duan Xiaoyu, and others, and Xu Taiping resolved to return in time to save them.
• Blade Ghost took Xu Taiping into the Zen Meditation Sect’s Celestial Person Hall, where Xu Taiping lifted five Ancient Cauldrons and raised the Yuyue Cauldron to reach the Great Sage Realm.
• Rhinoceros Horn Great Sage defeated Gu Liuyun and imprisoned him, while Xu Taiping learned that Xuanchengzi had left something for Blade Ghost.
• After training with Blade Ghost, Xu Taiping received Dongfang Yuejian’s report about Demon Emperor Jiao’s trap and decided to search the River of Time for the missing fighters.

Xu Taiping fought Demon Emperor Jiao to rescue Duan Xiaoyu and the others, but the demon trapped them beneath Starfall Lake in ancient ice. Seeking the blade power needed to free them, Xu Taiping possessed Beiguo Xiao and entered the Profound Elixir Palace’s trials, reaching a challenge against the Earth Rank puppet.

• Xu Taiping crossed the Withered Stone Sea, repelled the Ningchan Cave cultivators, and killed the Sand Worms and Devil Masters blocking his path.
• Xu Taiping ambushed Demon Emperor Jiao with the Burning Blade Style as the demon reached for Duan Xiaoyu and overwhelmed him with strengthened blade force.
• Demon Emperor Jiao shattered the Water-Settling Pearl and froze the lake bottom with ice from the Primordial Antiquity Ice Demon's remains.
• Xu Taiping escaped with his true body, left his Origin Beginning Clone frozen with the captives, and returned to six months later to seek a way to rescue them.
• Blade Ghost took Xu Taiping to the Profound Elixir Palace to master ultimate-realm blade techniques, and Xu Taiping possessed Beiguo Xiao with his eventual cooperation.
• Xu Taiping helped Beiguo Xiao pass the tower trials and claim the Martial Champion titles from the second through fifth floors despite accusations of cheating.
• Beiguo Xiao accepted the risks of Xu Taiping using his body and explained that he wanted to stay at the palace and reconcile with Li Xueqing.
• Xu Taiping shattered the Yellow Tier Blade-Sharpening Boy and beheaded the Profound Rank puppet through Beiguo Xiao, who then accepted the Earth Rank challenge despite Elder Niu’s warning.

Xu Taiping defeated the Blade-Sharpening Boy, helped Feng Tianxing return, and prepared to break the ice sealing Demon Emperor Jiao and the others. At Starfall Lake, he used the ultimate-realm Burning Blade Style to split and melt Demon God Qingnü’s ice, freeing the prisoners.

• Xu Taiping destroyed the Heaven Rank puppet and fought the Blade-Sharpening Boy’s true body, learning the ultimate realm of the Burning Blade Style during their clash.
• Li Xueqing rejected Beiguo Xiao in favor of Fu Liu, and Beiguo Xiao died as Feng Tianxing’s sealed identity returned to life.
• Feng Tianxing thanked Xu Taiping for helping him transcend his tribulation, then left for the Purple Jade Alchemy Chamber with Yan Yu.
• Abbot Jiaye restored Xu Taiping’s divine essence, and Xu Taiping learned that Demon Emperor Jiao and Duan Xiaoyu were trapped in ice that only a full-strength Dao Integration Realm strike could break.
• The Heartless Demon Emperor pulled the frozen mass from Starfall Lake and fought Yun Shiliu and Xiahou Qingyuan, while Xu Taiping arranged to bring the Dragon-Slaying Stele to the battlefield.
• Xu Taiping entered the Heartless Demon Emperor’s freezing power with the Dragon-Slaying Stele and endured its blasts with his Great Sage Realm physique.
• Xu Taiping ignored pleas to rescue Xiahou Qingyuan first and struck the ice imprisoning Duan Xiaoyu and the others, then prepared his ultimate-realm Burning Blade Style.
• Xu Taiping cleaved Demon God Qingnü’s ice-sealing mass in two and melted it, freeing Demon Emperor Jiao.