Recaps

Sikong Jing learned that the Seal Sovereign Empire had surrounded the Cangyu Demon Sect after a powerful figure came to seize Teng Bahun. He concealed his identity while questioning a group of young cultivators, and the chapter left him knowing the cause but not the empire’s full intentions.

• Several young men and women arrived on Sikong Jing’s island and admired the Seal Sovereign Empire’s Divine Seal Colossal Warship near Cangyu Island.
• Sikong Jing emerged from hiding and asked why the Seal Sovereign Empire had mobilized against the Cangyu Sect.
• The young cultivators questioned Sikong Jing’s background, and he falsely claimed he had come from a distant branch of the Sikong Family to seek relatives.
• One woman told Sikong Jing that nearby families with the Sikong surname had been wiped out, but the group could not confirm who was responsible.
• The handsome young man explained that Teng Bahun had reportedly offended a great figure from the Seal Sovereign Empire, who had come to seize him.

Sikong Jing learned why the Seal Sovereign Empire had surrounded the Cangyu Demon Sect and decided he needed to enter Cangyu Island. A war general then recruited young Emperor Martial cultivators for a mission with rewards, giving Sikong Jing a chance to join without revealing his identity.

• A woman explained that Teng Bahun’s position as chief sect master had made it difficult for the Seal Sovereign Empire to end its siege with a mere warning.
• A young man told Sikong Jing that Chai Jiu had tried to reclaim his position but had been struck down by the Empire’s important figure.
• Sikong Jing concluded that he could not infiltrate Cangyu Island and would have to enter openly as a sect member.
• A middle-aged war general summoned nearby cultivators under thirty who had reached the Emperor Martial Stage, offering a mission and rewards.
• Sikong Jing joined the gathering crowd, intending to blend in rather than reveal himself as the Young Sect Master.

Sikong Jing and more than two thousand young people were brought to Cangyu Island for an undisclosed mission, where they learned that one of the Seal Sovereign Empire’s Six Seal Divine Generals had arrived. The chapter ended with Sikong Jing asking what the Six Seal Divine Generals were and Bao Jiusu warning him to keep his questions quiet.

• A Seal Sovereign war general brought Sikong Jing and the gathered young people to Cangyu Island, where imperial soldiers guarded the mountain and the Cangyu Demon Sect members were absent.
• Lian Zhidiao, the young island master of Eight Steeds Linked Camp Island, announced his status and drew the other young people into flattering him.
• Lian Zhidiao revealed that one of the Seal Sovereign Empire’s Six Seal Divine Generals was the important figure on the mountain.
• Sikong Jing asked what the Six Seal Divine Generals were, prompting the crowd to regard him as ignorant and his companions to distance themselves.
• Bao Jiusu introduced himself to Sikong Jing and advised him to ask questions quietly.

Bao Jiusu explained the Seal Sovereign Empire’s ranks and the power of Six-Seal Divine Generals to Sikong Jing, who sought details about the one besieging the Cangyu Demon Sect. When Sikong Jing exposed Lian Zhidiao’s ignorance, Lian threatened him and Bao Jiusu’s group.

• Bao Jiusu explained the Empire’s nine-seal hierarchy and the nine-leaf sect ranking system, including that the Cangyu Demon Sect was a Three-Leaf Sect and Eight Steeds Linked Camp Island was a Six-Leaf Sect.
• Bao Jiusu emphasized that a Six-Seal Divine General could overwhelm even a powerful sect, while Sikong Jing considered how Chai Jiu’s return might strengthen the Cangyu Sect.
• Lian Zhidiao boasted that he would complete the mission and protect the assembled young people, drawing flattery from the crowd.
• Sikong Jing asked Bao Jiusu whether Lian knew which Six-Seal Divine General was involved, and the crowd realized Lian had not named the person.
• Lian Zhidiao angrily challenged Sikong Jing, refused to answer his question, and threatened to kill Bao Jiusu and the others if the mission brought them into conflict.

Sikong Jing and more than two thousand young people were brought before the Seal Sovereign Empire’s forces at Cangyu Divine Mountain. Jun Yiji announced that they would form two thousand-man Army-Slaying Formations, and Teng Yue arrived to ask if he could now enter battle.

• Lian Zhidiao threatened Sikong Jing, but his claim of knowing the Six-Seal Divine General failed to impress the crowd.
• The middle-aged battle generals ordered everyone to follow them up Cangyu Divine Mountain, while Bao Jiusu’s group distanced themselves from Sikong Jing.
• At the summit, Sikong Jing spotted Jun Yiji, the Cangyu Demon Sect’s leaders, and Zhan Hu, but he could not find Teng Yue.
• Jun Yiji introduced herself as a six-seal general of the Seal Sovereign Empire and ordered the young people to form two thousand-man Army-Slaying Formations.
• Teng Yue descended into the plaza and asked Jun Yiji whether he could now go into battle.

Teng Yue faced Princess Huixiang, who demanded that he fight a final thousand-man formation battle and become her prince consort, while he refused because he was pledged to marry a woman of the Cosmic Vein. The chapter ended with Sikong Jing realizing that Teng Yue’s earlier contests with Princess Huixiang likely explained why the Seal Sovereign Empire’s army had surrounded the Cangyu Demon Sect.

• Teng Yue emerged from the God Mountain Hall and addressed Princess Huixiang, revealing her identity as the Sea-Chasing King’s daughter.
• Lian Zhidiao and the gathered youths realized Jun Yiji and Princess Huixiang were members of the Seal Sovereign Empire’s imperial family, and that the youths had been assembled for a thousand-man formation battle.
• Princess Huixiang reminded Teng Yue that he had refused to fight because Jun Yiji’s troops were all her people, then challenged him to compete with the newly gathered youths.
• Teng Yue said he could not become Princess Huixiang’s prince consort because he had promised the Cosmic Vein he would marry one of its women.
• Princess Huixiang declared that Teng Yue had to defeat her in their final battle before he could refuse her, while Sikong Jing inferred that their earlier contests had kept the imperial army around the Cangyu Demon Sect.

Teng Yue and Princess Fennel began their Thousand-Man Army-Slaying Formation contest, but Princess Fennel easily seized the stronger troop formation. The battle left Teng Yue facing the remaining troops while Sikong Jing watched without revealing himself.

• Teng Yue questioned whether the contest could be fair, and Princess Fennel argued that the young people wanted her to lose and that this gave him an advantage.
• Jun Yiji ordered the contest to begin and divided the more than two thousand six hundred young people into two formations, telling Teng Yue and Princess Fennel to seize troops from the stronger side.
• Princess Fennel revealed her appearance to the crowd, then rushed to seize the formation containing Lian Zhidiao; Teng Yue chose the same side.
• Princess Fennel's formation patterns overwhelmed Teng Yue's, and she swept Lian Zhidiao and the thousand troops into the plaza.
• Sikong Jing remained hidden and watched as Teng Yue stood before the troops on his side; Princess Fennel asked whether he had deliberately let her win, and Teng Yue said he knew only the basics of the formation.

Teng Yue faced Princess Fennel in a Thousand-Man Army-Slaying Formation duel, while Jun Yiji watched to see whether he would reveal a formation method inherited from Teng Bahun. Princess Fennel initially overwhelmed him, but Sikong Jing pointed out that Teng Yue’s side had stronger unity; the duel remained underway.

• Teng Yue gathered a thousand people from Sikong Jing’s formation and returned to the square to face Princess Fennel, with replacements waiting nearby.
• Princess Fennel launched her formation’s attack, and Teng Yue formed a defense as her side appeared to suppress him.
• Jun Yiji said Teng Yue seemed inexperienced but might have a seed of Teng Bahun’s formation method, and she praised his talent and steady Dao heart.
• The spectators complained that either outcome would frustrate them, while Bao Jiusu expected Teng Yue to lose and avoid a fight with Lian Zhidiao.
• Sikong Jing argued that Teng Yue’s side might prevail because its members wanted him to win, prompting the short man to rebuke him.

Sikong Jing studied Teng Yue’s Battle-Killing Formation as Teng Yue fought Princess Fennel and drew the reserves into battle. When Teng Yue’s forces began to falter, Sikong Jing entered the formation as its final substitute.

• Sikong Jing warned Bao Jiusu that the reserves might soon be needed, just before Teng Yue’s formation began collapsing under Princess Fennel’s attacks.
• Teng Yue pulled Bao Jiusu and the other reserves into his formation while Sikong Jing stayed back to study the battle techniques.
• Teng Yue rebuilt his thousand-man force and unleashed a stronger formation, impressing Jun Yiji as both sides launched a fierce assault.
• Sikong Jing judged that Teng Yue still lacked the strength to win and began preparing his own Army-Slaying Formation.
• After Teng Yue and nearly all his men spat blood, he drew Sikong Jing and the last substitutes into his formation.

Sikong Jing revealed himself inside Teng Yue’s formation and forcibly linked the fighters into his Army-Slaying Formation. Jun Yiji stopped on her way to sign the marriage contract after realizing a young person had taken control of nearly a thousand Emperor Martial Stage experts.

• Jun Yiji ordered Ying Sanmeng and the others to enter Divine Mountain Hall and sign Teng Yue and Princess Fennel’s marriage contract after Teng Yue’s apparent defeat.
• Zhan Hu spotted Sikong Jing in Teng Yue’s formation, recognized him as the Young Sect Master, and kept silent when Sikong Jing signaled him not to speak.
• Princess Fennel shattered Teng Yue’s Army-Slaying Formation, leaving his fighters exhausted and Teng Yue ready to concede.
• Sikong Jing declared that they had not lost, then unleashed his power and linked the fighters into his Army-Slaying Formation.
• Teng Yue accepted Sikong Jing’s formation patterns, while the others failed to break free of them and Jun Yiji turned back in shock.

Sikong Jing stepped in for Teng Yue and used a newly mastered Thousand-Man Army-Slaying Formation to crush Princess Fennel’s formation. Teng Yue claimed victory in the third wager, but Princess Fennel disputed the result and appealed to Jun Yiji.

• Sikong Jing took Teng Yue’s place at the front and provoked Princess Fennel into attacking.
• Sikong Jing used the Army-Slaying Sword Form to break Princess Fennel’s formation and force her thousand fighters to their knees.
• Sikong Jing released Bao Jiusu and the others from his formation control, leaving them exhausted and injured.
• Sikong Jing congratulated Teng Yue, who declared that he had won the third wager.
• Princess Fennel argued that Teng Yue’s side had not won because Sikong Jing had unleashed the formation, then appealed to Jun Yiji.

Jun Yiji mistook Sikong Jing for a hidden disciple of a super sect and demanded that his elder reveal himself. Sikong Jing identified himself as the Cangyu Demon Sect’s Young Sect Master, leaving Jun Yiji and her people stunned as Teng Yue explained they had repeatedly dismissed his warnings about Sikong Jing.

• Jun Yiji sensed Sikong Jing’s strength, suspected he belonged to a super sect, and ordered his hidden elder to come forward.
• Sikong Jing addressed Ying Sanmeng and the elders as his Martial Uncle and elders, prompting Ying Sanmeng to step forward and say he was Sikong Jing’s Martial Uncle.
• Ying Sanmeng revealed that Sikong Jing was the Young Sect Master of the Cangyu Demon Sect, and Sikong Jing formally introduced himself to Jun Yiji.
• The burly expert accused Sikong Jing and the Cangyu Demon Sect of deceiving the Divine General, but Cosmic Vein Martial Ancestors, Elder Lu, and others confirmed Sikong Jing’s identity.
• Teng Yue reminded Jun Yiji’s group that he had repeatedly said he was not the Cangyu Demon Sect’s strongest disciple, but they had refused to believe him.

Jun Yiji learned that Sikong Jing was Teng Bahun’s disciple and questioned him about Teng Bahun’s whereabouts. Sikong Jing said he did not know, and Jun Yiji revealed that Teng Bahun had ruined her Seven-Seal Challenge by breaking her final formation.

• Jun Yiji asked Sikong Jing whether he was Teng Bahun’s disciple, and Sikong Jing admitted that he was.
• Jun Yiji examined Sikong Jing but saw only his Sacred Body, as he concealed his bloodlines and spirit shadows.
• Sikong Jing told Jun Yiji that Teng Bahun had been gone from the Cangyu Demon Sect for more than three years and that he did not know where he was.
• Jun Yiji explained that Teng Bahun had caused her to fail the Seven-Seal Challenge by breaking her final step with the Thousand-Man Army-Slaying Formation.
• Teng Yue explained that Teng Bahun had been among the thousand formation masters recruited for Jun Yiji’s final challenge, after which Teng Bahun vanished.

Sikong Jing tried to shield Teng Yue from Jun Yiji’s ruling that he had lost and must become Princess Fennel’s consort. After learning why Fennel loved Teng Yue, Sikong Jing turned her reasoning against her by demanding that she marry into the Cangyu Demon Sect.

• Jun Yiji declared Teng Yue defeated, citing Sikong Jing’s participation as a breach of the rules, and ordered him to become Fennel’s consort.
• Teng Yue tried to redirect Fennel’s attention to Sikong Jing, but Fennel insisted that she loved Teng Yue and rejected Sikong Jing.
• Fennel explained that she had fallen for Teng Yue after he once gave her martial guidance, and Sikong Jing learned how their wager battle had unfolded.
• Sikong Jing said Fennel had guided him in the Thousand-Man Army-Slaying Formation and demanded that she marry into the Cangyu Demon Sect, stunning everyone present.

Sikong Jing challenged Princess Fennel’s belief that she could win Teng Yue’s affection by forcing a wager battle, making her confront how he felt. Teng Yue admitted he did not like her, and Princess Fennel fled in tears.

• Sikong Jing argued that Princess Fennel’s wager battle with Teng Yue was no different from forcing someone to love her, and challenged her to apply the same logic to herself.
• The burly expert attacked Sikong Jing, but Jun Yiji stopped him so Sikong Jing could continue speaking to Princess Fennel.
• Sikong Jing explained that winning a wager could not make Teng Yue like Princess Fennel, and that she could simply take him by force because of her status.
• Princess Fennel asked Teng Yue whether he truly disliked her, and Teng Yue answered that he did not like her.
• Princess Fennel asked what she could do to make Teng Yue like her, then said she did not want to see him again and fled from Cangyu Divine Mountain.

Sikong Jing was shackled after provoking Princess Fennel into abandoning her interest in Teng Yue, and Jun Yiji challenged him to explain how she should deal with him. He accepted her authority without pleading, leaving his fate in Jun Yiji’s hands.

• Princess Fennel fled after Sikong Jing’s words upset her, and Jun Yiji ordered someone to follow her discreetly.
• Jun Yiji ordered the war generals to shackle Sikong Jing while suppressing the Cangyu Demon Sect members who tried to intervene.
• Jun Yiji accused Sikong Jing of exploiting Fennel’s inexperience and declared that her authority made the wager and Teng Yue’s wishes irrelevant.
• Teng Yue knelt and tried to offer himself as the Commandery Consort in exchange for Sikong Jing’s safety, but Jun Yiji sealed his mouth and released him from the role.
• Jun Yiji asked how she should deal with Sikong Jing, and he replied that she could decide his fate as she pleased.

Sikong Jing challenged Jun Yiji’s attempt to force him into becoming a prince consort, which would require him to abandon the women he loved. He invoked the Cangyu Demon Sect’s origins and began transforming into a scaled form, leaving his point about his fitness to serve as a consort unrevealed.

• Jun Yiji declared that Sikong Jing would become a prince consort and threatened the Cangyu Demon Sect if he refused.
• Jun Yiji said Sikong Jing would have to sever ties with every woman he loved or she would kill them.
• Sikong Jing asked whether he had any other choice, but Jun Yiji said his offers to help her would not change the marriage demand.
• Sikong Jing asked Jun Yiji about the Cangyu Demon Sect’s demonfolk and whether someone like him was fit to be a commandery princess’s consort.
• Sikong Jing’s body trembled and black scales emerged from his skin.

Sikong Jing revealed his Black Scale demon-man form, preventing Jun Yiji from making him a prince consort. Jun Yiji spared the Cangyu Demon Sect for now but ordered Teng Yue to attend Heaven Seal Academy and demanded that Teng Bahun face her challenge in a year before the Jun Seal forces departed.

• Sikong Jing revealed his Black Scale demon-man form and explained that he had grown up in the Desolate Sea Absolute Formation and had known Teng Yue for only half a year.
• Jun Yiji confirmed Sikong Jing's demonic bloodline, accepted that he could not become a prince consort, and decided not to punish him or the Cangyu Demon Sect over the matter.
• Jun Yiji ordered Teng Yue to report to Heaven Seal Academy in three months so Princess Fennel could have a chance to conquer him.
• Jun Yiji told Sikong Jing that Teng Bahun must appear for her Seven Seal generals challenge in one year, or the Cangyu Demon Sect would face punishment.
• Jun Yiji gave the Thousand-Man Formation participants Emperor-grade Red Jade Comprehension Stones and departed with her forces, ending the two-month siege of Cangyu Island.

After Jun Yiji departed, the Cangyu Demon Sect realized her words had made Teng Yue a target and left him only three months to reach Heaven Seal Academy. Sikong Jing ordered the sect to prepare to face their enemies.

• Lian Zhidiao mocked Sikong Jing and Teng Yue for refusing to become Jun Seal prince consorts, but learned that Teng Yue held an admission token to Heaven Seal Academy.
• Lian Zhidiao warned that Teng Yue had to reach Heaven Seal Academy within three months and implied he would prevent him from getting there.
• Sikong Jing ordered Forged Rock to drive the foreign youths from Cangyu Island, and Lian Zhidiao led them away.
• Elder Lu and the New Cang Vein elders feared Jun Yiji had made the Cangyu Demon Sect a target by leaving Teng Yue vulnerable to attack.
• Ying Sanmeng asked Sikong Jing how the sect should respond, and Sikong Jing ordered everyone to prepare to meet the enemy.

Sikong Jing prepared the Cangyu Demon Sect to face attacks from the powerful sects whose young people had gathered on Cangyu Island. He planned to hold off the invaders while Teng Yue traveled to Heaven Seal Academy, and the chapter ended with the sect’s members revealing how much stronger they had become.

• Sikong Jing ordered the Cangyu Demon Sect to activate its grand formation, seal the surrounding waters, and kill anyone who invaded.
• Sikong Jing explained that the sect needed to survive the first wave of attacks and get Teng Yue safely to Heaven Seal Academy within three months to deter future enemies.
• Sikong Jing argued that killing invaders would discourage other sects and give the Cangyu Demon Sect time to endure the three-month trial and display its new strength.
• Ying Sanmeng, Zhan Hu, Elder Lu, and other sect members reported major improvements after half a year of cultivating their inheritances.
• Sikong Jing concluded that although the sect had fewer Divine Martial experts than it had under Chai Jiu, their quality had surpassed the old Cangyu Sect.

Sikong Jing rallied the Cangyu Demon Sect to prepare for battle and declared that it would reclaim its place as an overlord of the Boundless Sea. Meanwhile, Jun Yiji’s fleet left the sect facing a three-month trial, and her adviser hinted that Sikong Jing’s own test would be even harsher.

• Sikong Jing convinced the Cangyu Demon Sect that its inherited strength was enough to face its enemies, and Elder Lu and the others prepared to defend Cangyu Island.
• Teng Yue asked why the sect had released the young visitors, and Teng Yue explained that capturing them would unite their powers against the Cangyu Demon Sect.
• Sikong Jing told Teng Yue and Ying Sanmeng that the Cangyu Demon Sect must pursue the path of a Boundless Sea overlord, raising their fighting spirit.
• Jun Yiji’s fleet sailed away, and she told Wen Nu that she had not simply let the Cangyu Demon Sect go.
• Jun Yiji’s adviser explained that Teng Yue had to reach Heaven Seal Academy within three months while the sect remained in danger, and that Jun Yiji hoped he and Fennel would grow closer.
• Jun Yiji’s adviser told Wen Nu that Sikong Jing’s test was more terrifying than Teng Yue’s because Sikong Jing had become the Cangyu Demon Sect’s central figure.

The scholarly old man explained that Jun Yiji was testing Sikong Jing’s ability to respond and command, while Teng Yue was being prepared for martial cultivation. As forces gathered to attack the Cangyu Demon Sect, Bao Jiusu and his companions hid on an island, only to be discovered by a group led by a Saint Martial Stage youth.

• The scholarly old man told Wen Nu that Sikong Jing’s task was to protect Teng Yue and the Cangyu Demon Sect, and that Jun Yiji was cultivating him as a strategist rather than a martial powerhouse.
• The scholarly old man warned Wen Nu that the forces behind the young visitors were moving and the Cangyu Demon Sect’s first major crisis was beginning.
• Bao Jiusu and his companions hid among rocks after Lian Zhidiao’s allies hunted them for having been with Sikong Jing.
• Bao Jiusu and his companions watched Divine Shuttle Ships gather around the Cangyu Demon Sect as its ships rose and its great formation activated.
• A Saint Martial Stage youth and more than a dozen others found Bao Jiusu’s group and identified them as the Three-Leaf Bao Family of the Red Wind Sect faction.

Sikong Jing arrived alone to rescue Bao Jiusu and his companions from an attack by the Eight Steeds Linked Camp Island faction. He overwhelmed and sealed their captors, then left their fate to Bao Jiusu’s group.

• A Saint Martial genius trapped Bao Jiusu and his companions behind a barrier and ordered his men to kill everyone except Bao Jiusu.
• Sikong Jing arrived alone, entered the barrier through a gate opened by the Saint Martial genius, and explained that he had wanted to avoid drawing attention by breaking it.
• Sikong Jing seized the Saint Martial genius and crushed his Sacred Martial True Qi before the man could fight back.
• Sikong Jing subdued and sealed the genius’s companions, causing the barrier to vanish.
• Sikong Jing apologized to Bao Jiusu for dragging them into danger and offered the captured enemies to his group.

Sikong Jing rescued Bao Jiusu and his companions, then proposed that the Cangyu Demon Sect seek cooperation with the Red Wind Sect. As Eight Steeds Linked Camp Island’s forces approached, the Cangyu Demon Sect sealed its waters, and Ying Sanmeng answered a powerful intruder’s challenge.

• Sikong Jing explained that he had just emerged from the Ultimate Formation and asked Bao Jiusu whether he needed anything else.
• Bao Jiusu asked why Sikong Jing had come to save them, and Sikong Jing said the Cangyu Demon Sect had made its preparations and suggested cooperating with the Red Wind Sect.
• Sikong Jing argued that Teng Yue’s selection for Heaven Seal Academy by Jun Yiji could make the Cangyu Demon Sect a valuable ally, despite the short man’s doubts.
• Forged Rock announced that the Cangyu Demon Sect’s seas were sealed and threatened to kill anyone who entered, while Lian Zhidiao challenged Sikong Jing and Teng Yue.
• A Divine Martial fifth-realm expert entered Cangyu Island’s waters, and Ying Sanmeng declared that he would grant the intruder’s wish.

Ying Sanmeng and Forged Rock warned the approaching fleets to stay beyond the Cangyu Demon Sect’s sea line, but Lian Zhidiao led them across it. The Cangyu forces launched a counterattack, and their fighters and troops displayed strength that stunned the onlookers.

• Ying Sanmeng killed a Divine Martial expert from a four-leaf sect and declared the sea line around the Cangyu Demon Sect a boundary invaders must not cross.
• Forged Rock began a three-second countdown, but Lian Zhidiao ordered his fleet into the sea line, and other fleets followed.
• Ying Sanmeng ordered the Cangyu Demon Sect to charge, while Zhan Hu attacked Eight Steeds Linked Camp Island’s peak Divine Martial elder.
• Zhan Hu tore apart the elder’s attack and fought him without falling behind as Ying Sanmeng, Forged Rock, Elder Lu, and other Cangyu experts engaged the invading Divine Martial fighters.
• Mighty Lion led the Demon Vein troops against the ships, while the Cangyu veins’ forces formed Army-Slaying Formations and tore through the attackers.