Recaps

Xu Taiping defeated Dong Cangzi and received his half-immortal inheritance, but the victory revealed a brand tied to a hidden force and the vanished Heavenly Court. While Xu Taiping remained away to refine the inheritance, Blade Ghost kept the brand secret as the Azure Profound Sect prepared to act near Three Corpses Cave.

• Xu Taiping entered the Tomb Well, obtained the Divine Emperor Pearl, and defeated Liu Dong Cang and the Jade Appraisal Pavilion cultivators who confronted him.
• Xu Taiping announced that he would challenge Dong Cangzi, then used the Taixuan Demon-Suppressing Coffin to prepare for the Great Dao Strife and meet with his allies before leaving.
• Qi Haitang invited a boy from Taiping Village to watch Xu Taiping's challenge, and the boy recognized Xu Taiping from his grandfather's portrait.
• Xu Taiping broke through Dong Cangzi's defenses with his Ultimate Dao Martial Artist strength and defeated him after Crow Heavenly Venerable intervened to stop the killing.
• Xu Taiping saw a chained Heavenly Gate and received a burning half-immortal brand as Dong Cangzi's inheritance entered him.
• Heaven-Hunting Great Sage freed Xu Taiping from the brand's influence, restored his Heavenly Official seat, and clashed with Crow Heavenly Venerable before disappearing with him.
• Heavenly Lord Cangzhu explained that the brand was an inherited heart demon connected to the vanished Heavenly Court and said reclaiming the Heaven-Demon Battlefield could reveal its source.
• Blade Ghost secretly told Ping'an about Xu Taiping's brand, while the Azure Profound Sect prepared to act near Three Corpses Cave without informing Xu Taiping.

Xu Taiping inherited the Thirteenth Seat’s power, removed his Half-Immortal brand, and reached the Ziwei Star Domain in time to join the Azure Profound Sect’s struggle against Three Corpses Cave. The Sword Inquiry became a series of fierce duels, ending with Zhao Qian defeating Luo Hong’s Dharma Aspect with Qingxuan’s sword.

• Heavenly Lord Cangzhu welcomed Xu Taiping as the Abyssal Pavilion’s Thirteenth Seat, and Xu inherited its Divine Dao power and removed his Half-Immortal brand.
• Xu Taiping’s Origin Beginning Clone returned with decades of cultivation, and Xu Taiping left the Abyssal Pavilion to reach the Azure Profound Sect’s Sword Inquiry.
• Xu Taiping helped Qu Chao Ci and Qu Ningshuang repel Ningchan Cave, then discovered Three Corpses Cave planned to sacrifice the spectators and frame the Azure Profound Sect.
• Meng Qingqiu defeated Baili Yezhao, and Jiang Zhi killed Venerable Danji in successive Sword Inquiry bouts.
• Xu Taiping warned Lü Daoxuan that Luo Hong was dangerous, so the Azure Profound Sect replaced Jiang Zhi with Zhao Qian.
• Luo Hong’s attacks damaged Zhao Qian’s Geng Metal Sword Bone, but Zhao Qian destroyed Luo Hong’s Three Corpses clones with a Geng Metal sword strike.
• Luo Hong released his Three Corpses Seal and attacked with half-immortal power, but Zhao Qian’s Fire Dragon Swallows the Sun shattered his Dharma Aspect.

Xu Taiping defeated the Half-Immortals who threatened the Shaking Light Ruins, recovered Lin Buyu’s remnant soul, and discovered that Chaos power could strengthen him. He reached the Heaven-Demon Battlefield and joined the defense of Heavenly Thunder City as the demonic forces breached its wall.

• Lü Daoxuan defeated Pengzhi Ancestor with the sixteen ancestral swords, but Xu San’s death allowed Half-Immortal Jade Dipper to possess his body and attack the gathering.
• Xu Taiping arrived, endured Jade Dipper’s attacks, killed him, and destroyed the Immortal-Subduing Grand Formation that had trapped the spectators.
• Xu Taiping forced Lin Qinggu to reveal that Lin Buyu’s remnant soul lay beneath the Three Corpses Stele, then retrieved it from a Bronze Casket.
• Xu Taiping used Lin Qinggu as bait to draw out Zhechen, and he and Yun Guanxuan wounded the Half-Immortal before Xu Taiping’s Emberless blade strike destroyed his clone and injured his true form through karma.
• Xu Taiping stayed in the Shaking Light Ruins to refine Chaos power, discovered that Chaos Demonic Beasts carried Great Dao Edict power, and gathered hundreds before using the Greater Sky Demon Token to reach the Heaven-Demon Battlefield.
• Venerable Jiaye redirected Xu Taiping toward an active battlefield, where he met the veteran Zhenwu Demon-Slaying Army defending Heavenly Thunder City from demonic forces.
• Xu Taiping disabled the city’s Teleportation Array and fought the attackers while Old Jiang and the veteran generals stayed to defend the city, and a giant ape breached the wall, and Old Jiang charged toward the opening.

Xu Taiping defended Heavenly Thunder City, passed the Langfeng Demon-Suppressing Stele’s trials, and earned the rank of Divine General while choosing to revive the Zhenwu Demon-Slaying Army. After strengthening his powers, he set out to rescue a trapped convoy at Yujing City, knowing the Nine Abysses might use it as bait to attack Heavenly Thunder City.

• Xu Taiping arrived at Heavenly Thunder City, defeated White Bone Demonic General and his army, then helped protect the city from Crow Heavenly Venerable and the other half-immortals.
• Xu Taiping traveled with the veteran generals to Langfeng City, where he registered at the Demon-Suppressing Stele and endured its increasingly difficult trials.
• Xu Taiping passed the martial trials and entered the divine general trial, where he led the Zhenwu Demon-Slaying Army against Xuan Zhong Demon Emperor and defeated him.
• The Demon-Suppressing Stele named Xu Taiping Divine General, and he chose to stay with the Zhenwu Demon-Slaying Army and used a Recruitment Token to begin rebuilding it.
• Xu Taiping secluded himself in the Dragon-Trapping Tower, refined Chaos Demonic Beasts, and gained new edict powers and combat insights.
• Xu Taiping learned that Gu Huai and the veterans were going to rescue a trapped convoy at Yujing City, and he agreed to join them after discovering a divine soul mark showing Buyu.
• Xu Taiping warned the generals that the Nine Abysses might attack Heavenly Thunder City while they were away, and he arranged for his Origin Beginning Clone to defend it as the group approached the besieged convoy.