Recaps

Han Baiyu told Chu Tianshu about her past life and the incomplete token that let her trade and store goods, then brought him to the badly injured Zhang Yining. Chu Tianshu learned that Zhang Yining had transformed the Heavenly Silkworm Demonic Art into the life-preserving Heavenly Silkworm Divine Art, and Han Baiyu asked him to save Zhang.

• Han Baiyu described her death in 2002, her transmigration, and how her token later enabled trades and protected stored supplies from spoiling.
• Han Baiyu explained that the rebels had bought military equipment in Yu Province after officials mistook her token's ability for Five Ghosts Transport.
• Han Baiyu led Chu Tianshu to an abandoned courtyard, where he found Zhang Yining sealed inside a silkworm cocoon with devastating injuries.
• Han Baiyu recounted how Zhang Yining survived poison, starvation, and the temptation to consume a companion's corpse by beholding the sun and drinking moonlight.
• Chu Tianshu questioned whether Zhang Yining might be connected to Zhang Sanfeng, and Han Baiyu urged him to save Zhang Yining.

Chu Tianshu tried to save Zhang Yining by guiding his Grand Void Inner Force through a silver needle, but discovered that the Beggars' Sect's Seven Stars Soul-Chasing Palm had concealed a deadly poison inside Zhang Yining. Zhang Yining found the resolve to endure by recalling his wish to save others who suffered as he had, and Chu Tianshu began forcing his inner power through him.

• Chu Tianshu examined Zhang Yining through the cocoon and inserted a silver needle to channel his unusual inner force into Zhang Yining's brain.
• As Chu Tianshu treated him, seven blue marks appeared on Zhang Yining's face, and Zhang Yining identified the poison as the Seven Stars Soul-Chasing Palm combined with other martial arts.
• Chu Tianshu recognized the hidden attack as a scheme linked to Yang Muren and told Zhang Yining that he needed a powerful reason to keep living so he could withstand the treatment.
• Han Baiyu worried that she might not be the most important person to Zhang Yining, while Zhang Yining recited the True Martial Precious Proclamation and recalled his childhood suffering.
• Zhang Yining resolved that people like the children who had suffered with him should be saved even without reciting the proclamation, and Chu Tianshu drove the silver needle into him and unleashed his Grand Void Inner Force.

Chu Tianshu used his internal force to treat Zhang Yining’s silkworm cocoon while sending the Sanqi Divine Sword to Yu Danxia with orders to rescue Putuo and deal with the prisoners. As Busha and Yang Muren sensed their poison being driven out, they prepared to hunt down whoever was treating Zhang Yining.

• Chu Tianshu drove his internal force into Zhang Yining’s cocoon, and Han Baiyu worried that the treatment’s power would alert Busha and Yang Muren.
• Chu Tianshu sent the Sanqi Divine Sword to Yu Danxia with instructions to kill Meteor, release Putuo, handle the prisoners using Putuo’s information, and bring the sword to him.
• Busha recalled how jealousy had rekindled his cultivation and led him to seek out heroes, including Zhang Yining, while Yang Muren revealed his interest in Zhang Yining’s Heavenly Silkworm Demonic Art.
• Busha and Yang Muren agreed to hunt Zhang Yining and his companions, with Yang Muren asking Busha to help him find someone who knew the Dragon-Subduing Divine Palms.
• Busha and Yang Muren sensed that someone was driving out their combined poison, and Yang Muren swore to kill that person before the day ended.

Han Baiyu gathered allies and raised the Blazing Fire Pearl Flag formation around the courtyard to guard Chu Tianshu while he treated a poisoned friend. Yang Muren and Monk Busha failed to break through directly, so Busha summoned Shaolin and Beggars' Sect disciples to use Buddha statues as vessels for their power and force a path into the mist.

• Granny Putuo introduced Wang Daozi and Liu Qingsi as trusted allies, and Han Baiyu gave them Ice Jade Pills while Sun Liang distributed pieces of the Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng Emperor.
• Han Baiyu assigned the group to wield the eight main flags and raised a vast mist around the courtyard, concealing the formation's defenders.
• Yang Muren attacked the formation with a mud sphere carrying his palm force, but a scarlet flag absorbed it, and the formation turned him back toward Monk Busha.
• Yang Muren proposed joining forces to push through the fog, but Monk Busha instead called on Buddha to help break the formation.
• Shaolin and Beggars' Sect disciples raided Huiyin Goryeo Temple, carried off its Buddha and guardian statues, and poured their internal force into them as they advanced into the mist.

Shaolin and the Beggars' Sect used Buddha statues filled with their internal force to break through the mist formation, but Monk Busha overwhelmed the defenders in battle. As Yang Muren reached the courtyard, Chu Tianshu drove him back with ricocheting sword rays and emerged to face the remaining enemies.

• Han Baiyu realized that the Buddha statues could hold the attackers' combined internal force and clear the mist as they advanced.
• Liu Qingsi destroyed one statue, but Monk Busha caught his spear and gravely wounded him and Granny Putuo with his supreme techniques.
• Diba Deng, Wang Daozi, Sun Liang, and Han Baiyu combined their attacks to force Monk Busha backward, though several defenders were injured.
• Yang Muren bypassed the formation and attacked Yu Danxia at the courtyard gate, but Chu Tianshu stopped her from using a suicidal counterattack.
• Chu Tianshu unleashed sword rays from his acupoints and drove Yang Muren out through the courtyard gate.
• Chu Tianshu left the silkworm cocoon, emerged into the courtyard, and warned the enemies that they had little time left.

Chu Tianshu used a strange heartbeat to unsettle the gathered Shaolin and Beggars' Sect experts, then exploited Yang Muren's distraction to kill him with the Mountain Collapse Divine Palm. The other fighters were left stunned as Chu Tianshu's clash with Monk Busha remained unresolved.

• The Shaolin and Beggars' Sect fighters scattered from the Buddha statues when Chu Tianshu emerged, but stayed nearby to watch the battle.
• Chu Tianshu sent his heartbeat through the ground, making the gathered experts mistake it for their own and then feel a disturbance in their chests.
• Yang Muren glanced toward the fighters, wondering whether Chu Tianshu had controlled them, and lost focus for an instant.
• Chu Tianshu lunged at Yang Muren with the Mountain Collapse Divine Palm, breaking his hands and striking his chest.
• Yang Muren exploded into ash, leaving the gathered experts stunned by Chu Tianshu's single-move kill.

Chu Tianshu fought Monk Busha as the old monk animated Shaolin statues and used reversed versions of their supreme techniques to counter Chu Tianshu’s calculations. Chu Tianshu adapted to Busha’s attacks and killed him, ending the battle with Busha’s head destroyed.

• Monk Busha ordered Vairocana Buddha and the other surviving statues to attack Chu Tianshu, and Chu evaded their techniques while studying them.
• Chu Tianshu realized Busha had sent fragments of his power and thoughts into the statues, then shattered the statues by striking the weaknesses in their techniques.
• Monk Busha emerged from the Skanda statue and reversed the supreme techniques, injuring Chu Tianshu’s left fist and revealing that the statues’ attacks had been a trap.
• Monk Busha seized Chu Tianshu with a reversed Dragon Claw Hand, but Chu countered his claws, escaped by shedding skin from his hand, and severed Busha’s right hand.
• Chu Tianshu fought Busha in close quarters, pursued him after their clash, and smashed Busha’s head with a punch.

Chu Tianshu killed Monk Busha and drove the surviving sect disciples from the battlefield, then treated the wounded and explained that the cocooned Protector had dissolved into liquid as part of the Heavenly Silkworm Divine Art. The Protector was expected to recover, and Chu Tianshu and Han Baiyu settled on informal ways to address each other.

• After Chu Tianshu killed Monk Busha, hundreds of sect disciples fled, and his Sanqi Divine Sword cut down fewer than a hundred of those who shouted or looked back.
• Han Baiyu explained that the Beggars' Sect and Shaolin's internal struggles had made their experts especially alert to danger, then asked about Chu Tianshu's injuries.
• Chu Tianshu healed the exposed flesh on his left hand with his Heavenly Eye and carried Monk Busha's corpse into the courtyard, where he treated the wounded.
• Han Baiyu discovered that the Protector in the silkworm cocoon had no heartbeat or breath, and Chu Tianshu said he had turned into liquid to heal and could reshape his body.
• Han Baiyu asked how she should address Chu Tianshu, and he urged her to call him Big Brother Chu; she settled on calling him Big Brother Chu or Old Chu and herself Little Han or Baiyu.

At White Deer Manor, Han Shantong resisted Liu Futong’s calls to rebel, fearing the court and the Shaolin monk Busha. News that one fighter had killed both Busha and the Beggars’ Sect chief Yang Muren made Han Shantong reconsider waiting as the struggle between the court and the rebels threatened to engulf them.

• Liu Futong urged Han Shantong to lead the White Lotus Sect in rebellion, but Han Shantong said the time was not right and feared Busha’s return to strength.
• Han Shantong recalled how he had stolen the Muscle-Tendon Changing Classic and the Marrow-Cleansing Classic from Shaolin, provoking Busha and leaving him with a strange illness.
• Liu Futong told Han Shantong that their followers would accept the risk of rebellion rather than endure discrimination and die without acting.
• Han Shantong received a message reporting that Yang Muren and Busha had died in battle in Suzhou and Hangzhou at the hands of the same person.
• Han Shantong noted that Heavenly Maiden Han had been on the battlefield and warned that the court’s coming confrontation with the rebels could leave the White Lotus Sect with no place if they waited for a victor.

Chu Tianshu welcomed the Resolute Sect, a few hundred rebels who had come to join his forces, while continuing to strengthen his organization and train himself. An unknown fighter infiltrated the Spirit-Calming Hall and attacked Zhang Yining, mistaking his gesture for an opening.

• Yu Danxia told Chu Tianshu that Jing Chao of the Resolute Sect had arrived, and Chu Tianshu ordered that the group be warmly welcomed.
• Diba Deng explained that the Resolute Sect had fled Taiyuan after its rebel leader died and internal strife broke out; Chu Tianshu let the weary newcomers rest before meeting them.
• Chu Tianshu used the treasures on his table to temper his soul-body and told Diba Deng that Han Baiyu had already planted spies in Dadu.
• Chu Tianshu ordered Diba Deng to give the selected young martial artists a medicinal bath with Yaksha blood that night.
• A faceless intruder reached the Spirit-Calming Hall, confronted Zhang Yining, and attacked when Zhang pinched his earlobe.

Zhang Yining defeated Han Shantong’s water avatar in a martial contest, but Han Shantong questioned the rumors about Zhang’s strength. Chu Tianshu then appeared, confirmed that he had killed Busha and Yang Muren, and invited Han Shantong to discuss an alliance and a favor.

• Han Shantong formed a water avatar and challenged Zhang Yining, who trapped his water body and turned Han’s Mani Pearl Divine Finger attack back on him.
• Han Shantong acknowledged Zhang Yining’s skill but questioned whether he could have defeated the Shaolin and Beggars’ Sect experts without Han Baiyu’s help.
• Chu Tianshu appeared behind Han Shantong, forced him back to the ground, and admitted that he had eliminated Busha and Yang Muren.
• Chu Tianshu explained how Han Shantong’s soul and true body projected the avatar from underground, and revealed why Han could not detect him.
• Chu Tianshu warned Han Shantong that he could track his true body and offered to teach him ways to conceal his incarnation in exchange for help with a small matter.

Han Shantong struggled with the humiliation of being outmatched, then became absorbed in Chu Tianshu and Zhang Yining’s discussions of martial arts. He arrived at the Spirit-Calming Hall eager to challenge Zhang Yining’s views, leaving Chu Tianshu and Zhang Yining pleased that their conversation had drawn him in.

• Han Shantong turned back toward the Spirit-Calming Hall after Chu Tianshu threatened to track his avatar, and Liu Futong followed him.
• Han Shantong learned that Han Baiyu had found flaws in the White Lotus Sect’s rules and marveled at her knowledge of law and medicine.
• As his avatar listened to Chu Tianshu and Zhang Yining discuss martial arts, Han Shantong became engrossed and hurried toward the hall.
• Han Shantong struck Liu Futong’s arm aside when he tried to interrupt him, insisting that they had reached a crucial point.
• Han Shantong entered the hall and argued passionately with Zhang Yining about yin and yang, claiming his experience as a woman gave him authority.

Liu Futong reconsidered his future in the White Lotus Sect after Diba Deng encouraged him to support their cause. Meanwhile, Chu Tianshu learned Zhang Yining intended to confess his feelings to Han Baiyu and decided to take Han Shantong to investigate Dadu, leaving Zhang Yining to manage affairs at home.

• Liu Futong worried that changes to the White Lotus Sect’s rules could cost him influence, but Diba Deng reminded him that his skills and connections could still earn him a place if their cause succeeded.
• Liu Futong felt encouraged by Diba Deng’s words and decided to give their undertaking a try.
• Chu Tianshu and Zhang Yining discussed the White Lotus Sect and Han Baiyu’s possible departure, and Zhang Yining resolved to tell her how he felt.
• Zhang Yining gave Chu Tianshu the Heavenly Silkworm Divine Art manual, and they discussed the limits of Han Shantong’s Great Art of Transformation.
• Chu Tianshu decided to take Han Shantong near Dadu to investigate, while Zhang Yining stayed behind to respond to events.

Chu Tianshu and Han Shantong reached the twin cities of Dadu and explored how unrest might take root in Great Yuan. Han Shantong discovered that Yan Tiemu'er was being held in the Jade Pool Hall, and Yan feared Great Yuan was facing a disastrous breach.

• Chu Tianshu and Han Shantong surveyed Dadu and discussed beginning a rebellion in both the north and south as Great Yuan approached its sixtieth year.
• Han Shantong sent his soul underground and heard at the Poor Men's Market that servants from Yan Tiemu'er's residence had stopped hiring workers and that the residence seemed unusually quiet.
• Han Shantong reported the rumors to Chu Tianshu, who warned him that Yan Tiemu'er could extend his life and told him to investigate cautiously.
• Han Shantong found Yan Tiemu'er's concubines planning to enter the palace because they feared they had been abandoned or were in danger.
• Han Shantong entered the palace and sensed Yan Tiemu'er standing in a blood-filled pool, restrained by thirteen figures and weakened by poison.
• Yan Tiemu'er wondered why the emperor and Bayan had stopped visiting, then warned that Great Yuan was about to suffer a disastrous breach.

Han Shantong discovered that Yan Temür had been imprisoned by the court and urged Chu Tianshu to attack Dadu, but Chu Tianshu questioned the situation and investigated before acting. Han Shantong overheard the emperor and Bayan discuss the standoff with the Thirteen Wings, while Chu Tianshu watched Dadu and weighed whom to kill first.

• Han Shantong learned that Yan Temür was imprisoned and excitedly urged Chu Tianshu to kill the emperor, Bayan, and the corrupt officials.
• Chu Tianshu questioned why the court had turned against Yan Tiemu'er and why Bayan had not helped the Thirteen Wings, then went ahead to investigate Dadu.
• Han Shantong’s incarnation found the emperor speaking with Bayan and confirmed that the thirteen fighters facing Yan Tiemu'er were the Thirteen Wings of the Nation.
• Bayan explained that Yan Tiemu'er could counter practitioners of the Heavenly Book of the Blood Dao, while the emperor refused to release him because he feared the monster in the imperial prison.
• The emperor sought guidance from the Buddha, and Bayan left to speak with Yan Tiemu'er and Canglang at Jade Pool Hall.
• Chu Tianshu watched Dadu from a snow cloud and considered whom to kill first, wary of disrupting the balance at Jade Pool Hall.

Chu Tianshu ambushed Bayan and attacked the fourteen experts gathered in Jade Pool Hall, while Han Shantong’s intervention was cut short by the force inside the hall. Chu Tianshu freed Yan Tiemu’er from the chains and exposed that Yan Tiemu’er had neutralized the poison, leaving him furious over the Thirteen Wings’ losses.

• Chu Tianshu descended through the falling snow and struck Bayan from behind, severing his legs and delivering three more sword strikes before carrying his corpse toward Jade Pool Hall.
• Chu Tianshu hurled Bayan’s corpse through the hall’s roof, triggering an eruption of force that drew the attention of all fourteen people inside.
• Han Shantong appeared at the entrance and attacked the oldest shaman and witch with the Great Strength Vajra Finger, but the hall’s force destroyed his upper body.
• Chu Tianshu struck the chains restraining Yan Tiemu’er, killing eight members of the Thirteen Wings and driving several others from their positions.
• Chu Tianshu explained that he had used Yan Tiemu’er’s power through the chains, and Yan Tiemu’er told Canglang that he had absorbed the poison and no longer needed the antidote.
• Yan Tiemu’er realized Chu Tianshu might have seen through his plans, then angrily questioned Bayan and the Emperor before sending the blood-pool water surging into the air.

Chu Tianshu and Yan Tiemu'er fought fiercely in Dadu while the surviving Thirteen Wings tried to intervene, until the Arrow God awakened Longevity Slave, who helped Yan Tiemu'er escape. Chu Tianshu survived but was badly injured, and Yan Tiemu'er led his remaining allies south toward Guangzhou.

• Yan Tiemu'er unleashed the Sea-Drying Divine Palm against Chu Tianshu, while Chu Tianshu killed White Deer and wounded Canglang during their battle.
• Han Shantong repeatedly supported Chu Tianshu with his avatars, but Yan Tiemu'er and Canglang countered him as the fighters' attacks devastated Jade Pool Hall.
• The Arrow God shot into the imperial prison's flooded pool, awakening Longevity Slave, a black dragon that burst from the prison and struck Chu Tianshu and Yan Tiemu'er into the ground.
• Yan Tiemu'er escaped on Longevity Slave with Canglang, the Arrow God, and the other survivors, while Chu Tianshu emerged badly injured and sent Han Shantong to capture the emperor.
• Yan Tiemu'er decided to head to Guangzhou rather than north, as Chu Tianshu watched from Dadu and warned that Zhang Yining would be waiting in the south.

Yan Temür arrived in Guangzhou on Longevity Slave and reunited with Chaghan Temür, who agreed to help him rebuild Great Yuan after Dadu fell to rebels. Yan Temür ordered Canglang to target corrupt officials and laid out a plan to remake the empire’s nobility.

• Longevity Slave descended over Guangzhou, where Chaghan Temür and Sain Chidahu recognized Yan Temür and welcomed him into town.
• Yan Temür told Chaghan Temür that he had abandoned Dadu after being plotted against and that rebels had likely taken the capital.
• Chaghan Temür agreed that leaving Dadu created an opportunity to rebuild Great Yuan from Guangzhou and attract loyal supporters.
• Chaghan Temür reported that military equipment had gone missing from the Henan provincial government, and Yan Temür ordered Canglang to punish the corrupt officials.
• Yan Temür declared that the rebuilt Great Yuan would replace its old noble hierarchy with a new immortal nobility.

After Yan Temür fled Dadu on the black dragon, Chu Tianshu and Han Shantong uncovered his plans to trade lifespans and breed long-lived beasts. Chu Tianshu ordered the healing chapter of the Heavenly Book of the Blood Dao shared with the righteous armies, then prepared to oppose Yan Temür’s designs.

• Imperial troops secured Dadu while the emperor’s forces confined senior ministers and suppressed their cultivation.
• Chu Tianshu and Han Shantong questioned the emperor and examined Yan Temür’s books, learning that he had used Monk Busha’s lifespan and raised the black dragon Longevity Slave by feeding her prisoners.
• The emperor insisted that the black dragon must not reproduce, while Han Shantong explained Yan Temür’s plan to extend the lives of nobles and imperial relatives.
• Chu Tianshu rejected Yan Temür’s scheme as a nightmare for commoners and ordered Han Shantong to distribute the healing chapter to the righteous armies.
• Chu Tianshu said he could guess what Yan Temür intended to do and declared that he would try to open the cages rather than let Yan hold the reins.

Liang An’s forces crushed the miners’ stronghold, but salt smugglers captured his estate while his troops were away. Elsewhere, Zhang Yining and Han Baiyu transported supplies to rebel groups, and Zhang confronted the Qilu martial world as it prepared to attack the Wind-Riding Gang; Han Baiyu then received an alarming message from her father.

• Liang An’s forces defeated the rebels at the mountain stronghold, and Liang An ordered the captured miners returned to his lineage’s mines as forced labor.
• Liang An’s old servant arrived and reported that salt smugglers from Qingxu County had taken the Liang estate.
• The salt smugglers’ sharing of the healing method in the Heavenly Book of the Blood Dao helped them build trust and draw people to their cause.
• Pu Xigu and Pu Yun led Qilu martial-world experts to wait for the Wind-Riding Gang, intending to wipe out the coastal bandits.
• Zhang Yining and Han Baiyu arrived by sea to deliver supplies, and Zhang confronted the Qilu group over its slaughter of rebels.
• Han Baiyu received a message through a Gu worm from Central Shu and reacted with alarm at what her father had said.

Han Rui decided to leave the mountains and lead his rebel army toward Dadu, encouraged by the idea that his rebellion could inspire people for centuries. With Chu Tianshu's agreement, Han Rui announced a journey to form an alliance against the Yuan, leaving the rebels ready to draw the old regime's strongest defenders into battle.

• Han Rui taunted his prisoner Tai Buhua and asked what he knew about the grand preceptor Yan Tiemu'er.
• Han Rui told Tai Buhua that Han Baiyu's story about future generations remembering his rebellion had renewed his resolve.
• Han Rui met his veteran followers and said he had sent a message to Baiyu before asking them to prepare flags.
• In Dadu, Chu Tianshu agreed to arrange a date for Han Rui to leave the mountains.
• Han Rui proclaimed that he would travel from Bashu to Dadu to unite those who sought to overthrow the Yuan and swore to share food and clothing with his rebel army.

Han Rui’s small Central Shu righteous army survived a series of attacks as it marched toward Dadu, revealing the veterans’ hidden strength and Han Rui’s skill. Chaghan Temür prepared an ambush, hoping that killing Han Rui would help the Grand Preceptor defeat Chu Tianshu.

• Han Rui’s veterans repelled Tai Buhua’s poisoned-needle attack, and Han Rui killed the assassin leader with his sword.
• Han Rui and his men endured six more attacks over three days, including ambushes with flying daggers and explosive rafts.
• Wen Gou warned Han Rui that the attacks were coordinated, and Han Rui said that was what they had been waiting for.
• Chaghan Temür prepared an ambush and argued that succeeding where others had failed would advance the Grand Preceptor’s chances of victory.
• The Arrow God said the Grand Preceptor was nearby and could sense that Chu Tianshu was also in the area.

Han Rui’s rebels fought off Chaghan’s mounted archers as Han Shantong repeatedly used his water giant to protect them, while Longevity Slave tracked Han Shantong by scent and confronted him in the marsh. As Zhang Yining faced Canglang and the fighting continued, Chu Tianshu confronted Yan Tiemu’er and declared that he trusted his friends to win.

• Han Rui detected poisoned wind and warned the rebels, but Chaghan and Sain launched a mounted-archer attack that weakened the exhausted defenders with explosive arrows.
• Han Shantong formed a water giant to shield the rebels, but the Arrow God pierced its head and then drove it backward with five arrows as the cavalry charged.
• Han Rui used his acrobatic sword technique to defeat Wind Eagle, then spotted Yan Tiemu’er’s heavily armed elite infantry approaching the battlefield.
• Longevity Slave tracked Han Shantong to a forest marsh, crashed into it, and faced Han Shantong, Yu Danxia, Liu Qingsi, Wang Daozi, and Granny Putuo as Canglang arrived.
• Zhang Yining stepped forward to confront Canglang, while Chu Tianshu met Yan Tiemu’er and said he trusted his friends to win.

Chu Tianshu and Yan Tiemu'er traded devastating techniques on the mountaintop, each suffering severe injuries before retreating to opposite sides of the mountain to heal. Yan Tiemu'er attacked through the mountain before either could recover, and Chu Tianshu welcomed the renewed fight.

• Three hundred warriors charged the grand preceptor's guards with a unified battle cry while Yan Tiemu'er focused his mind on Chu Tianshu's attacks.
• Yan Tiemu'er blocked Chu Tianshu's sword strikes, caught Sanqi between his fingers, and countered with the Overbearing Fist Heart Method.
• Chu Tianshu struck Yan Tiemu'er's chest with his left hand as Yan Tiemu'er hit Chu Tianshu's collarbones, sending both men flying off opposite sides of the mountain.
• Chu Tianshu drew out the poisonous blood-colored power and made new blood to heal, while Yan Tiemu'er sealed his acupoints and drew in primal Qi.
• Yan Tiemu'er sent a black dragon's palm strike through the mountain, and Chu Tianshu answered with a shout and a flick of his ring finger.

Chu Tianshu and Yan Tiemu'er exchanged lethal attacks across the mountain, with Yan Tiemu'er turning Chu Tianshu's Sword Intent into a growing crimson sphere. Chu Tianshu then struck Yan Tiemu'er with a refracted beam from the Great Void Heavenly Eye, leaving his opponent's fate hanging in the balance.

• Chu Tianshu broke apart the black dragon formed from Yan Tiemu'er's primordial Qi and flattened the stone steps into a distorted Taiji diagram.
• Chu Tianshu's hidden Kalpa Ash Sword Intent shot through a burst of exploding stones toward Yan Tiemu'er.
• Yan Tiemu'er caught the Sword Intent between his palms with the Book Character Art and filled its cracks with blood-colored rays, turning it into a growing sphere that absorbed Chu Tianshu's attacks.
• Yan Tiemu'er sent the crimson sphere through the mountain toward Chu Tianshu, believing its power could not be stopped.
• Chu Tianshu used the Sanqi Divine Sword to refract an emerald beam from the Great Void Heavenly Eye and strike Yan Tiemu'er in the forehead.