Recaps

Xu Taiping released the spirits of Three Paths Village and gathered treasures from the God-Burying Mound before Blade Ghost fought off a powerful attacker through his body. He secured protection and equipment for his Dao Integration Realm breakthrough at Xuān Pǔ Palace, then sealed his mind as Taichong Delusion Seeds approached the Yellow Springs Ruins.

• Xu Taiping witnessed Three Paths Village’s destruction, used the Book of Life and Death to release its villagers, and sent Big Yellow to accompany Liu Cui to the Yellow Springs.
• Xu Taiping followed Blade Ghost’s guidance to collect ancient weapons, the Heaven-Measuring Ruler, Heavy-Fortification Armor, and peerless-grade Soulfire Stone from the God-Burying Mound.
• Blade Ghost borrowed Xu Taiping’s body to repel his mortal enemy with three strikes, leaving Xu Taiping severely depleted and the enemy wounded.
• Xu Taiping gave Old Daoist Huang the Heaven-Measuring Ruler and Ping'an the Heavy-Fortification Armor, while Qin Ming arranged Xuān Pǔ Palace as his breakthrough Dao Field.
• Xu Taiping secured Heavenly Lord Xuanbei, Daoist Fengzhu, and Heavenly Lord Hanjian as protectors and sought another Thunder Sound Banner to strengthen his defenses.
• Xu Taiping defeated Lü Kui with the Treading the Sea Army and returned from the Zhenwu Treasury with a Thunder Sound Banner, Flame-Thunder Armor, and Thousand Faces Puppet Body.
• Ninth Madam and Qin Ming learned that news of the God-Burying Mound had spread and that five Taichong Delusion Seeds were approaching the Yellow Springs Ruins.
• Xu Taiping decided to take the Soul-Merging Pill and seal his mind until his scheduled breakthrough, instructing his companions not to wake him.

Xu Taiping began his breakthrough to the Dao Integration Realm while Cangwu Heavenly Lord, Dong Cangzi, and their allies tried to stop him, forcing his protectors to defend the Sword Platform. Xu Taiping survived the tribulation and formed his Nascent Soul, but more than three hundred Otherworldly Heavenly Demons descended as the Lawbreakers reached the battlefield.

• Xu Taiping swallowed three Soul-Merging Pills and summoned the Ranking Spirit and a Half-Immortal to protect his breakthrough, but Cangwu Heavenly Lord attacked Xuān Pǔ Palace before his allies arrived.
• Qin Ming activated the Thousand-Mile Layered City Grand Formation as Cangwu Heavenly Lord and his companions breached the Forbidden Grounds and attacked the Sword Platform.
• Daoist Fengzhu, Heavenly Lord Xuanbei, Heavenly Lord Hanjian, Great Emperor Zhong Xuan, Heavenly Lord Cangzhu, and Feng Tianxing arrived to protect Xu Taiping from Cangwu Heavenly Lord, Liu Dong Cang, Lady Chixue, Xiao Shen, and Dong Cangzi.
• Xu Taiping began absorbing the Crowns of Heaven as thirteen purple tribulation clouds gathered, while Ping'an and the guardians climbed the Jade Mother’s tower to withstand the lightning and repel Dong Cangzi’s attacks.
• Xu Taiping absorbed all seven Crowns of Heaven, shattered his golden core, and formed a Nascent Soul as his guardians fought the tribulation and Dong Cangzi’s forces.
• After Dong Cangzi reopened the Heavenly Tribulation Eye, Xu Taiping faced the Purple Sky Divine Thunder alone, survived its assault, and used the Heavenly Dao’s Survival in Desperate Straits life-force to recover.
• Xu Taiping’s Nascent Soul completed its three breaths, and Blade Ghost prepared to confront the Otherworldly Heavenly Demons as more than three hundred descended and the Lawbreakers reached the Sword Platform.
• Feng Tianxing killed one demon, while Ping'an and Old Daoist Huang drove back two others before a tiger-headed Sky Demon struck Ping'an with its roar.

Xu Taiping reached Dao-Integration Heavenly Communion, survived Dong Cangzi’s attack, and withdrew to Kang Cangzi’s Dao Field to stabilize his cultivation. He then descended into the Yellow Springs to rescue Dugu Qingxiao and found Ox Head carrying his Second Senior Brother’s bone sword.

• Xu Taiping, Blade Ghost, Kang Cangzi, and the other defenders destroyed the invading demons and blocked the sky breach with the Thunder Sound Five-Direction Earth-Splitting Formation.
• Xu Taiping absorbed ancestral qi, reached Dao-Integration Heavenly Communion, and used the Tai Su Balance-Void Law to punch away the Ruin Star sent by Dong Cangzi.
• Dong Cangzi threatened to expose Xu Taiping’s Earth Treasury Fruit, and Kang Cangzi gave Xu Taiping the complete Taiqing Clone Art and passage to the Muhe Spirit Field.
• Xu Taiping overheard Qingxiang’s plot against Lin Buyu, tested his strength against an evil demon incarnation, and saw a Lotus Eye vision that suggested his Second Senior Brother was in danger.
• Xu Taiping refined the Human Sovereign Sword, Heavenly Sound Bell, and Dragon-Blood Bamboo Hat into Life-Bound Items and created an Origin Beginning Clone.
• Xu Taiping killed a Blood Demon Ant outside the Bamboo Sea Dao Field and returned behind its damaged barrier when a fourth-stage evil demon incarnation appeared.
• Xu Taiping learned Fairy Lingyue’s rescue method for Dugu Qingxiao and descended into the Yellow Springs with Blade Ghost and Old Daoist Huang.
• Xu Taiping forced the Blood Palanquin Female Ghost to reveal Xu Ziyan’s search for Dugu Qingxiao, then spotted Dugu Qingxiao’s bone sword at Ox Head’s waist and asked Blade Ghost whether he could defeat him.

Xu Taiping found Xu Ziyan and learned how Dugu Qingxiao had pursued the Ghost Marshal inheritances until he lost his sanity. The group restored Qingxiao’s senses, helped him defeat the final Ghost Marshal, and agreed to prepare for a confrontation with Mad Monk.

• Xu Taiping defeated the Ox-Head Ghost Warden, recovered Dugu Qingxiao’s Bone Sword and a Ghost Eye Stone, then joined Blade Ghost and Old Daoist Huang to seek Xu Ziyan.
• Xu Taiping and his companions rescued Xu Ziyan from Zhai Yuan at Evil Dog Ridge, escaped Venerable Northern Yin, and heard how Qingxiao had pursued the nine Ghost Marshal inheritances.
• Xu Ziyan explained that Qingxiao had lost his sanity and was heading to challenge the Yellow Springs Hell Ghost Marshal, while Xu Taiping revealed he had recovered the Dragon Spine Sword.
• Xu Taiping discovered that Mad Monk had plotted to make Qingxiao kill Xu Ziyan, so Old Daoist Huang prepared a convincing clone and the group used it to draw Qingxiao out.
• Mad Monk’s blood moon drove Qingxiao to swallow Xu Ziyan’s clone, but the Meng Po Soup restored his senses, and Xu Ziyan then appeared alive, and Qingxiao completed his fusion with the Ghost Marshal’s power.
• Qingxiao defeated the Yellow Springs Hell Ghost Marshal with his Ultimate Dao Heavenly Sword and swallowed its Ghost Eye Stone.
• At the Fallen Immortal Temple, Qingxiao refused to leave the Netherworld before confronting Mad Monk, and Xu Taiping agreed to help him claim their shared Great Dao.
• Blade Ghost arranged to rebuild his true body while Old Daoist Huang stayed behind to watch for Qingxiao’s readiness, and the others planned to return to the Mortal Realm to prepare.