Recaps

Xu Taiping learned to strengthen his cultivation, fought Chu Wei and Xiao Huang in the Black Prison, then traveled to Wuji Abyss to refine the Soul-Merging Pill and pursue Fairy Lingyue’s clues. As the pill neared completion, Old Daoist Huang helped mislead the cultivators gathering outside, but Venerable Qingming and Zhu Li broke through the formation and began attacking the seal over the abyss.

• The Heaven-Hunting Great Sage taught Xu Taiping methods to temper his essence and physique, asked him to conceal the Great Sage’s aura with the Blade of Guicang, then left Yaochi Sacred Land.
• Xu Taiping opened Fairy Lingyue’s jade box, learned that the Moonshadow Stone revealed Ping'an and Bai Yu’s locations and that the jade slip held the Soul-Merging Pill recipe, then set out for Nether Luo Ruin Star.
• While Xu Taiping was away, Lin Mu harassed Xiahou You, Qu Chao Ci, Bai Yue, and Mo Qingzhu at the Black Prison, until Heavenly Lord Hanjian and Ninth Madam intervened.
• Xu Taiping defeated Chu Wei on the Bronze Sparrow Platform, then fought Xiao Huang to a draw after both fighters unleashed immense battle intent and Xu Taiping released his Star Soul Power.
• Xu Taiping and Ping'an found Fairy Lingyue’s Azure Nether Pill Origin Palace beneath Wuji Abyss, where Lingyue warned them not to open the dangerous passage beneath the Main Hall.
• Xu Taiping reinforced the abyss passage and cultivated while Ping'an refined the Soul-Merging Pills, and Xu Taiping’s avatars worked on his life-bound weapons.
• As cultivators approached the abyss, Old Daoist Huang used the Blade of Guicang and his Qi-Reading Arts to mislead and obstruct them, while Xu Taiping watched Su Su evade Venerable Ziming and steal the Heaven-Flipping Seal Fragment from Su Huiming.
• Venerable Qingming and Zhu Li destroyed the formation around Wuji Abyss and attacked the Dragon-Trapping Tower sealing its depths, while Xu Taiping prepared the Sitting-in-Forgetfulness Corpse as a trap.

Xu Taiping and his companions resisted Venerable Ziming and Zhu Li, activated the formations of the Unburning Sword Palace and Buyao Dou Palace, and opened Buzhou Immortal Palace to cultivate and gain new treasures. After escaping to the Ruin Market, Xu Taiping arranged to auction a huge supply of Sky Canopy Glazed Jade while his pursuers and new rivals remained nearby.

• Xu Taiping used the Sitting-in-Forgetfulness Corpse and Thunder Sound Earth-Splitting Millstone to seize three Soul-Merging Pills, then escaped with Ping'an and Old Daoist Huang into the Unburning Sword Palace ruins.
• Xu Taiping awakened his own resilient-grass Sword Intent and, with Ping'an's help, activated the Unburning Sword Palace's nine Sword Pools to repel Venerable Ziming, Zhu Li, and their allies.
• Xu Taiping and Ping'an placed the Star Soul Cauldrons in their positions, strengthening both palace formations and opening the Buzhou Immortal Palace.
• Xu Taiping, Ping'an, and their companions cultivated inside Buzhou Immortal Palace for over a century, while Ping'an and Xiaohei grew stronger and Xu Taiping refined his weapons and power.
• Xu Taiping received Xiaoyu and the willow treasures from Jade Mother, who promised help rescuing his fellow disciples if he helped her return to Shangqing.
• Xu Taiping and his companions escaped the palace, fought off Venerable Ziming's group, and reached Wuji Abyss before deciding to visit the Ruin Market and prepare for Tusita Palace.
• After Madam Xiao arranged an ambush, Xiao Huang and Jiang Suxue learned that Nameless Nobody and a white ape had killed her clan elders, while Xu Taiping brought Sky Canopy Glazed Jade to the Profound Appraisal Pavilion.
• Xu Taiping offered twenty-five jin of supreme-grade Sky Canopy Glazed Jade, and the Second Pavilion Master arranged for it to be auctioned at the Black Prison.

Xu Taiping escaped the Black Prison pursuers and entered Tusita Palace, where he found Qi Haitang and Xiang Nantian trapped by Demon Seeds and agreed to retrieve materials and the Soul-Suppressing Bell. He gathered the first ingredients with Ping'an and Old Daoist Huang, then confronted Three-Eyed Boy as his companions escaped the Impure Land.

• Xu Taiping escaped the four Heavenly Communion Realm pursuers with Ping'an and Old Daoist Huang, then hid in Danyuan Palace and entered its cavern route toward Tusita Palace.
• Xu Taiping reached Tusita Palace, met Daoist Lord Wangchen, and learned that Qi Haitang and Xiang Nantian were trapped in the Profound Azure Pill Furnace with Demon Seeds.
• Xu Taiping agreed to gather materials for Wangchen's pill and learned that Dong Cangzi had used Haitang and Xiang Nantian to nurture Demon Seeds.
• Xu Taiping defeated a water-shaped demonic beast, exposed its impostors, and stayed behind to guard Old Daoist Huang while Ping'an returned to Tusita Palace.
• Xu Taiping and Old Daoist Huang escaped the Blood Demonic General, then joined Ping'an to gather Blood-Patterned Scarlet Lingzhi and Azure-Po Soul Orchid in the Impure Land.
• Xu Taiping and Ping'an gathered Corrupt-Bone Bamboo and Yin-Congealing Dew after battling a mountain beast and a Red-Scaled Demon Serpent.
• Three-Eyed Boy shattered the stone statues' outer barrier and attacked Xu Taiping, who used Two Hundred Ninety-Three Thousand Blades and Heaven Opening to stagger him while Ping'an carried Old Daoist Huang to safety.

Xu Taiping and his allies defended Cloudsplitter Valley from the blood tide and fought Dong Cangzi while Daoist Lord Wangchen prepared to intervene. The Third Watch Observatory disciples were revived, and their Master struck Dong Cangzi with the Third Watch Curse before he fled.

• Xu Taiping learned that Third Watch Observatory's disciples had died protecting the Ten-Thousand Souls Banner, then set out with Old Daoist Huang and Ping'an to retrieve the Crimson Scales Vine.
• Xu Taiping awakened the fifth level of his Blade Domain and, with Xiaoyu's aid and the arrival of Qi Haitang and Xiang Nantian, fought off the demons pursuing them to Cloudsplitter Valley.
• Xu Taiping and his allies used the Golden Cloud Grand Formation and Thunder Sound Five-Direction Earth-Splitting Formation to resist the blood tide and its demonic beasts.
• Dong Cangzi appeared and tried to bargain for the Ten-Thousand Souls Banner, but Qi Daohai and the others refused to surrender it.
• Xu Taiping commanded Fengdu Ghost Generals and Ghost Soldiers to defeat Dong Cangzi's Ghost Corpse formations, though Dong Cangzi later shattered the valley's defenses.
• Daoist Lord Wangchen arrived, destroyed the Sky-Piercing Demonic Bone, and forced Dong Cangzi to restore the dead Third Watch Observatory disciples.
• The Observatory Master and the disciples used Liberation by Violence, and Xu Taiping's words helped the Master gather their power into a flaming talisman seal.
• The Observatory Master gained an Undying Dharma Aspect and branded Dong Cangzi with the Third Watch Curse, but Dong Cangzi escaped above the sky canopy.