Recaps

Sikong Jing revealed that he had secretly rescued Luo Guangmang by controlling two monstrous insects to carry Luo Guangmang’s spirit shadow and body. After reuniting them, he asked Luo Guangmang to see whether he could survive, leaving Luo Guangmang attempting to return to his ruined body.

• Sikong Jing emerged from a monstrous insect and revealed himself to Luo Guangmang, who was stunned to see the Young Sect Master of Cangyu Demon.
• Sikong Jing explained that he had caused the disruption inside the ferocious python skull and controlled an insect to swallow Luo Guangmang’s spirit shadow, tricking the Imperial Envoy into thinking Luo Guangmang was dead.
• Sikong Jing told Luo Guangmang that another insect carried his body and that his survival depended on whether he could return to it.
• Twelve Leopard brought Luo Guangmang’s badly damaged body into the insect carrying Sikong Jing and his spirit shadow.
• Luo Guangmang said he would try, then slammed his spirit shadow back into his ruined body.

Sikong Jing used the Multi-Leaf Seal’s immense life force to save Luo Guangmang, who had been left near death after his body was destroyed. Luo Guangmang survived but needed months to recover, leaving Sikong Jing’s idea of ambushing the Red Wind Old Monster without his help.

• Sikong Jing retrieved his demonic spirit shadow, which destroyed the spiritual platform and sea of consciousness of the monster insect it had controlled.
• Luo Guangmang emerged from his ruined body and said that only immense life force could give him a chance to survive.
• Sikong Jing used the Multi-Leaf Seal to infuse Luo Guangmang’s body with life force, and Luo Guangmang merged his spirit shadow with his body.
• After half a day, Luo Guangmang woke and learned that Sikong Jing had comprehended the life-force technique from a million-year-old willow tree in his homeland.
• Luo Guangmang said he would need ten days to half a month before he could move and at least three months to recover fully.
• Sikong Jing explained that he had considered ambushing the Red Wind Old Monster, but Luo Guangmang urged him to abandon the matter.

Sikong Jing learned that the imperial envoy might belong to the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family, while Luo Guangmang warned that the Seal Sovereign Empire would likely avoid intervening. After hiding Luo in Blood Evil Valley and deciding to delay his breakthrough, Sikong Jing faced Tutu and Le Xiao, who demanded his answer.

• Luo Guangmang said the imperial envoy was likely connected to the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family, so the Seal Sovereign Empire might suppress the matter rather than act.
• Sikong Jing concealed his own Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family bloodline and considered whether Luo Guangmang's grudge could help him find his parents.
• Sikong Jing declined Luo Guangmang's offer to help bring Teng Yue to Heaven Seal Academy, preferring to preserve the favor Luo owed him.
• Sikong Jing returned with Luo Guangmang to their original position in Blood Evil Valley, hid him in an underground cave, and destroyed the strange insect's spirit platform and sea of consciousness.
• Sikong Jing concluded that he needed to grow stronger and postponed his Saint Martial breakthrough until he obtained a Divine Martial demonic beast meridian.
• Tutu and Le Xiao appeared above Sikong Jing after five days, and Le Xiao demanded his answer.

Sikong Jing and Twelve Leopard endured the next stage of Blood Evil Valley while Luo Guangmang recovered, as chaos over a Five-Seal War General’s supposed death delayed their interrogators. After Luo Guangmang emerged from the cave, Sikong Jing asked him to help Twelve Leopard pass as Teng Yue, saying Teng Yue’s side should now be safe.

• Sikong Jing and Twelve Leopard refused to yield when Tutu and Le Xiao questioned them, and Sikong Jing continued cultivating and training Twelve Leopard while Luo Guangmang recovered.
• Sikong Jing deliberately let the monster insects make their surroundings appear chaotic, but Tutu and Le Xiao missed their next visit as the Red Wind Sea Region dealt with a Five-Seal War General’s death.
• Three days later, Tutu and Le Xiao said the War General had supposedly been killed by assassins from the Dark Sea Divine Wind Kingdom, then left after Sikong Jing and Twelve Leopard again refused to compromise.
• Luo Guangmang emerged from the cave, explained that Jun Yiji would secretly search for him while publicly treating him as dead, and said he would contact her after recovering further.
• Luo Guangmang noticed that Twelve Leopard did not resemble the legendary Teng Yue, so Sikong Jing asked him to guide Twelve Leopard and assured him that Teng Yue’s side should be safe.

After a month of refusing to compromise, Sikong Jing and Twelve Leopard were being taken to negotiate with the Red Wind Sect when Chai Jiu ambushed them. Chai Jiu tried to seize the Cangyu Demon inheritances, but Luo Guangmang emerged from Blood Evil Valley as a Super Godly Warrior.

• Luo Guangmang agreed to guide Twelve Leopard, who soon reached the realm of a top-tier Emperor Martial Emperor.
• Sikong Jing and Twelve Leopard continued refusing the Red Wind Sect's demands through a month of negotiations, forcing Elder Red Mountain to call them in for talks.
• As Le Xiao carried Sikong Jing from Blood Evil Valley, Sikong Jing sensed an assassination and warned everyone.
• A masked Chai Jiu stabbed Tutu and Le Xiao, knocked them unconscious, and revealed that he intended to take Sikong Jing and Twelve Leopard for their inheritances.
• Sikong Jing warned Chai Jiu that death was near, and Luo Guangmang emerged from Blood Evil Valley, making Chai Jiu recognize a Super Godly Warrior.

Sikong Jing used Luo Guangmang’s Super God Martial aura to force Chai Jiu to surrender the spatial teleportation transmission stones. Chai Jiu later doubted the ruse and returned, only to hear Red Wind Old Monster awaken inside Blood Evil Valley.

• Luo Guangmang threatened Chai Jiu, who surrendered his treasures but secretly kept the transmission stones.
• Sikong Jing noticed the hidden stones and demanded them, while Chai Jiu tried to bargain by offering to kill Eight Steeds Linked Camp Island’s experts.
• Luo Guangmang ordered Chai Jiu to leave the stones behind, and Chai Jiu fled rather than risk fighting him.
• Sikong Jing took the stones and warned Luo Guangmang that Chai Jiu might return, so Luo Guangmang departed for Heaven Seal Academy.
• Chai Jiu decided the black shadow had been a bluff and turned back to attack Sikong Jing.
• Sikong Jing called out that Eight Steeds Linked Camp Island had come to kill people, and Red Wind Old Monster’s powerful aura answered from Blood Evil Valley.

Sikong Jing explained the failed assassination attempt and negotiated the Cangyu Demon Sect’s relationship with the Red Wind Sect. Red Wind Old Monster accepted Teng Yue’s future potential as sufficient grounds for an alliance and sent the young men toward Heaven Seal Academy.

• Red Wind Old Monster rescued the wounded Tutu and Le Xiao, then asked Sikong Jing and Teng Yue why Chai Jiu had spared them.
• Sikong Jing claimed Chai Jiu was a disgraced former Cangyu Demon Sect leader who had fled after Red Wind Old Monster arrived.
• Red Wind Old Monster rebuked the Red Wind Three Elders for failing to detect the Eight Steeds infiltration, then heard Sikong Jing’s offers of support and friendship.
• Sikong Jing proposed that Teng Yue promote the Red Wind Sect at Heaven Seal Academy and might grow close to Princess Fennel, winning Red Wind Old Monster’s approval.
• Red Wind Old Monster ordered Elder Le Hun to take Sikong Jing and Twelve Leopard to Heaven Seal Academy immediately.

Red Wind Old Monster ordered Red Mountain and Hong Rong to arrange for Sikong Jing and Twelve Leopard to be killed after revealing their location to Eight Steeds, because he feared they might expose his murder of the Five-Seal War General. As Sikong Jing and Twelve Leopard prepared to leave for Heaven Seal Academy with Le Hun, Sikong Jing warned General Luo that Red Wind Old Monster suspected them.

• Red Wind Old Monster told Red Mountain and Hong Rong to secretly give Eight Steeds the two brats' location and ensure they died, ideally alongside Joy Soul.
• Red Wind Old Monster revealed that he had killed the Five-Seal War General and feared the two brats could tell Jun Yiji that the general had visited Blood Evil Valley.
• Red Mountain and Hong Rong accepted the order and left to carry it out, while Red Wind Old Monster returned to the valley to continue his formation.
• Le Hun told Sikong Jing and Twelve Leopard to wash up and prepare to leave for Heaven Seal Academy.
• Sikong Jing sent a message through a demon bird, warning General Luo that Red Wind Old Monster suspected them and might attack them on the way to Heaven Seal Academy.

Sikong Jing secretly contacted Luo Guangmang before departing the Red Wind Sea Region, while Elder Red Mountain and Elder Hong Rong plotted to follow and ambush the group. Luo Guangmang later met Jun Yiji in secret and told her how Sikong Jing had rescued him, including his suspicion about the imperial envoy.

• Sikong Jing used a demon bird to contact Luo Guangmang without alerting the watcher, then hid his actions from Twelve Leopard.
• Elder Red Mountain learned that Sikong Jing believed the Cangyu Demon Sect had a bright future and dismissed him as harmless.
• Sikong Jing, Twelve Leopard, Elder Le Hun, and their companions traveled through spatial formations toward Heavenly Courtyard Academy as Luo Guangmang secretly joined their transmission and confirmed he had received Sikong Jing's message.
• Elder Red Mountain and Elder Hong Rong arranged to follow the travelers, using Tutu's aura to track the group and seeking intelligence from the Eight Steeds.
• Luo Guangmang met Jun Yiji in secret and explained that he had gone to the Red Wind Continent, where Sikong Jing saved him, and shared his suspicion that the imperial envoy belonged to the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family.

Jun Yiji secretly reassigned the supposedly dead Luo Guangmang and sent him to rescue Sikong Jing, while Sikong Jing and Twelve Leopard reached the shore facing the Seal Sovereign Great Continent. The chapter left them four days from Heaven Seal Academy, with only five days remaining before Jun Yiji’s deadline.

• Jun Yiji learned that the Imperial Envoy was connected to the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family and discussed the report with Luo Guangmang, deciding to consult the Sea-Chasing King before taking action.
• Luo Guangmang told Jun Yiji how Sikong Jing had rescued him and helped the real Teng Yue escape, and warned her that Red Wind Old Monster planned to kill Sikong Jing.
• Jun Yiji ordered Luo Guangmang to take a new name, join the Wind-Chasing Army as a Three-Seal Battle General, and protect Princess Fennel while rescuing Sikong Jing near Heaven Seal Academy.
• Jun Yiji sent Luo Guangmang off immediately and left to discuss the Imperial Envoy matter with the Sea-Chasing King.
• With five days left before Jun Yiji’s deadline, Sikong Jing and Twelve Leopard arrived with Joy Soul and the Red Wind group at the shore facing the Seal Sovereign Great Continent.
• Joy Soul explained that reaching the continent would take about three days by flight, followed by another day to reach Heaven Seal Academy.

Sikong Jing and the Red Wind Sect traveled toward the Seal Sovereign Great Continent, where limited entry tokens and rampant violence made the approach perilous. As they continued through the bloodshed, Lian Zhidiao waited on the coast with the experts of Eight Steeds Linked Camp Island.

• Le Hun explained that vassal forces could not use the Seal Sovereign Empire’s teleportation arrays and had to fly to the continent, where their movements would be restricted.
• Le Hun and Tutu warned that people fought and killed one another over limited entry tokens, while sects and enemies exploited the chaos.
• Le Xiao mocked Sikong Jing and Twelve Leopard, while Tutu explained that the Seal Sovereign Empire let sea beasts devour those unable to enter.
• Sikong Jing observed that sea beasts were easier to control than a divided human race, earning the Red Wind Sect members’ approval.
• Lian Zhidiao watched the crowds entering the continent from the coastline, with the experts of Eight Steeds Linked Camp Island behind him.

Lian Zhidiao received coordinates and auras that let the Eight Steeds pursue Sikong Jing’s party, while Red Wind Sect elders and Chai Jiu followed with their own plans. As Sikong Jing traveled with Elder Le Hun, a Divine Martial spine shark surfaced nearby, and Elder Le Hun warned everyone to stay alert.

• Lian Zhidiao received a slip with Sikong Jing’s location and the Red Wind Sect members’ auras, then led the Eight Steeds experts into the sea.
• Elder Red Mountain and Elder Red Rong disguised themselves and followed the Eight Steeds, planning to intervene and blame them if needed.
• Chai Jiu and Elder Chen set out after receiving Lian Zhidiao’s message, while Luo Guangmang hurried toward the Spine Shark Sea Route to reach Sikong Jing.
• A Divine Martial spine shark burst from the sea near Sikong Jing’s traveling party, and onlookers explained that a more powerful spine shark king ruled the route.
• Elder Le Hun noticed Sikong Jing watching where the shark had dived and told him and the others to remain careful.

Sikong Jing sensed an ambush by more than a hundred Eight Steeds experts, but Le Xiao dismissed his warning until the attackers struck. Le Hun and her allies were overwhelmed, leaving Joy Soul alone against the enemy as Le Xiao and Tutu remained beside Sikong Jing.

• Sikong Jing sensed that a gravely injured Divine Martial spine shark might be an opportunity to gain protection and secretly tracked its aura while considering how to escape Le Hun’s control.
• Sikong Jing warned that over a hundred powerful experts were approaching from every direction, but Le Xiao mocked him for claiming to sense what Le Hun had missed.
• An Eight Steeds attacker pierced one of Le Hun’s junior sister elders, and the enemy’s concealment barrier shattered to reveal Lian Zhidiao and his forces.
• Lian Zhidiao ordered his hundred-plus experts to attack and demanded that they take Sikong Jing and Teng Yue alive.
• Joy Soul and the Red Wind Sect elders tried to resist, but the Eight Steeds overwhelmed them, killing Joy Soul’s junior sister elder and Tutu’s two martial uncle elders.
• Joy Soul fought alone against the Eight Steeds while Le Xiao anxiously wondered how they could survive.

Sikong Jing deduced that Red Mountain and Hong Rong had secretly exposed their group's location to the Eight Steeds Linked Camp Island, then exposed the disguised elders during the battle. The fighting paused as the Eight Steeds grew wary, while Red Mountain and Hong Rong fled and expected Chai Jiu and Elder Chen to arrive soon.

• Sikong Jing suspected that Red Mountain and Hong Rong had tipped off the Eight Steeds and intended to silence him, Twelve Leopard, and Le Hun.
• Sikong Jing called out Red Mountain and Hong Rong, tested their reactions, and confirmed they were watching in disguise.
• Sikong Jing pointed out the two elders to Tutu, Le Xiao, and Le Hun, and their reactions revealed the pair's identities.
• Le Hun lost focus and was blasted back by the Eight Steeds, whose fighters then halted and watched Red Mountain and Hong Rong warily.
• Hong Rong claimed they were passing by and fled with Red Mountain, while the two anticipated Chai Jiu and Elder Chen's arrival.

Sikong Jing dragged Joy Soul, Le Xiao, Tutu, and Twelve Leopard into the sea to escape the Eight Steeds, but sea beasts immediately surrounded them. With Joy Soul and Le Xiao unable to break through, Sikong Jing led the group toward a charging sea beast, and Joy Soul chose to trust his plan.

• Elder Red Mountain and Red Rong watched Sikong Jing and the others jump into the sea, while Lian Zhidiao ordered the Eight Steeds to guard the water instead of pursuing them.
• Chai Jiu and Elder Chen arrived and warned the Eight Steeds not to lower their guard against Sikong Jing.
• Underwater, Le Xiao and Tutu angrily questioned Sikong Jing, who admitted he had not understood that entering the sea meant certain death.
• Joy Soul was badly weakened, and the sea beasts crushed Le Xiao's attempt to force the group back to the surface.
• Sikong Jing urged the others to follow him and charged toward a sea beast; Joy Soul swept up Le Xiao and Tutu and followed.

Sikong Jing led Le Hun, Le Xiao, Tutu, and Twelve Leopard into the sea beast Old Sword Spear to buy time and escape the surrounding demon fish sea beasts. As Old Sword Spear tried to expel them, Sikong Jing sent his Dual Spirit Shadows toward its Spirit Platform and urged Le Xiao to make Tutu contact Red Mountain.

• Sikong Jing and the others entered Old Sword Spear’s mouth, drawing the anger and suspicion of the surrounding sea beasts.
• Inside Old Sword Spear, Sikong Jing told Le Hun that they had to remain inside the sea beast to preserve their chance of survival.
• Sikong Jing reminded Tutu that Red Mountain wanted Le Hun dead, prompting Le Hun and Le Xiao to question Tutu about the disguised onlookers.
• Sikong Jing sent his beast-form and demon-form Dual Spirit Shadows through Old Sword Spear’s meridians toward its Spirit Platform.
• Sikong Jing suggested that Tutu use his communication jade stone to contact Red Mountain, and Le Xiao held a sword to Tutu’s neck as Old Sword Spear tried to spit them out.

Sikong Jing seized control of Old Sword Spear from within its Spirit Platform, saving Joy Soul, Le Xiao, and Tutu from the sea beasts’ power. He tricked the beasts into withdrawing their power, then escaped with Old Sword Spear’s body into the depths of the seabed.

• The sea beasts forced Old Sword Spear to open its meridians so their power could drive Sikong Jing and the others out.
• Sikong Jing’s beast-shaped spirit shadow distracted Old Sword Spear while his devil-shaped spirit shadow destroyed its spirit shadow.
• Sikong Jing took control of Old Sword Spear’s body and told the sea beasts he had made a major discovery.
• The sea beasts withdrew their power, allowing Joy Soul, Le Xiao, and Tutu to recover inside Old Sword Spear.
• Sikong Jing used Old Sword Spear’s body to break through the encirclement and flee into the seabed, leaving the sea beasts to realize they had been tricked.

Sikong Jing used Old Sword Spear’s body to reach the dying Divine Martial Thorn Shark and offered to save it. The Thorn Shark agreed to let him examine its injuries, promising to take him and his companions out of the seabed if he succeeded.

• Sikong Jing fled the pursuing sea beasts in Old Sword Spear’s body and headed for the dying Divine Martial Thorn Shark.
• The Divine Martial Thorn Shark swallowed Old Sword Spear, Sikong Jing, and Joy Soul’s group, while the pursuing beasts assumed they had become its food.
• Inside the Thorn Shark, Sikong Jing revealed that he controlled Old Sword Spear and offered to save the beast.
• The Thorn Shark questioned Sikong Jing’s motives but agreed to let him try, promising to take him out of the seabed if he kept it alive.

Sikong Jing deliberately arranged for the Divine Martial Thorn Shark to swallow him, Joy Soul, Le Xiao, and Tutu to escape the surrounding sea beasts. After Tutu’s communication jade confirmed Red Mountain and Red Rong had betrayed them, Sikong Jing proposed bargaining with the shark and finding a way to the Seal Sovereign Great Continent.

• Sikong Jing explained that he had tricked Old Sword Spear into separating from the sea beast horde, then provoked the Divine Martial Thorn Shark into swallowing and killing it.
• Joy Soul, Le Xiao, and Tutu realized they were inside the Divine Martial Thorn Shark and learned Sikong Jing had led them there deliberately for safety.
• Sikong Jing told them their situation gave them time to contact their master, so Joy Soul and Le Xiao ordered Tutu to use his communication jade to reach Red Mountain.
• Tutu’s jade flickered before going dark, confirming Red Mountain and Red Rong had been nearby and had exposed their location to the Eight Steeds.
• Le Xiao tried to kill Tutu in rage, but Sikong Jing stopped her and urged them to focus on escaping and avenging the betrayal.
• Sikong Jing proposed speaking with the Divine Martial Thorn Shark and asking it to take them toward the Seal Sovereign Great Continent.

Sikong Jing began treating the Divine Martial Thorn Shark’s failing inner core by guiding it into partial demonic cultivation and studying its meridians. As he worked, Eight Steeds Linked Camp Island’s forces continued watching the surrounding waters and wondered whether the people trapped below were already dead.

• The Divine Martial Thorn Shark called Sikong Jing out, and he left Old Sword Spear’s corpse to negotiate with it.
• Sikong Jing teased Le Xiao about her promise to call him Grandpa, while Twelve Leopard reminded her and Elder Le Hun that Sikong Jing had saved their lives.
• The Divine Martial Thorn Shark explained that lingering Super Divine Martial power was destroying its inner core, and Sikong Jing proposed strengthening it through demonic cultivation.
• Sikong Jing used his demonic blood to help the Thorn Shark enter partial demonic cultivation, then began comprehending its meridians to prepare for rider-beast unity.
• At Eight Steeds Linked Camp Island, Lian Zhidiao asked Chai Jiu and Elder Chen whether the people below should already be dead.

Chai Jiu and the Red Wind Elders worried that Sikong Jing and the others might still be alive when Luo Guangmang arrived to rescue them. Learning that they had jumped into the sea a quarter of an hour earlier, Luo Guangmang unleashed his power and attacked the Eight Steeds.

• Chai Jiu suspected the Red Wind Elders had orchestrated the trap and sought their life lamps, while Red Mountain confirmed Tutu's lamp still burned.
• Luo Guangmang arrived, demanded to know where Teng Yue was, and faced Lian Zhidiao's order to kill him.
• Luo Guangmang killed the first Eight Steeds attacker and revealed that he was a Super Divine Martial powerhouse.
• Luo Guangmang seized an Eight Steeds expert, learned that Sikong Jing and the others had jumped into the sea, and killed him.
• Luo Guangmang declared that the Eight Steeds deserved to die and began attacking them.

Luo Guangmang attacked the Eight Steeds experts to avenge Sikong Jing, forcing Chai Jiu and the survivors into a desperate defense. After Chai Jiu exposed the nearby Red Wind Elders, Luo Guangmang found them and turned his spear on them as they tried to flee.

• Luo Guangmang killed several Eight Steeds experts and attacked Chai Jiu, Elder Chen, and the others with his spear.
• Chai Jiu rallied the Eight Steeds survivors by pointing out that Luo Guangmang was injured and had only recently entered the Super Divine Martial realm.
• Red Mountain and Red Rong speculated about Luo Guangmang's identity and planned to leave before anyone recognized them.
• Chai Jiu shouted that the Red Wind Elders were nearby and might have life lamps belonging to Teng Yue and the others.
• Luo Guangmang sensed the Red Wind Elders, rejected Red Rong's claim that they were passing by, and attacked them.
• Red Rong and Red Mountain shouted for each other to run.

Luo Guangmang learned from Red Mountain’s life lamp that Sikong Jing and the others might still be alive, then dove into the sea to find them. After sea beasts told him they had been swallowed by a Divine Emperor Realm Thorn Shark, he dismissed the lamp as fake and resumed pursuing the Red Wind Elders, while Sikong Jing remained alive inside the shark and continued studying its meridians.

• Chai Jiu and the wounded Eight Steeds survivors fled toward the Seal Sovereign Great Continent as Luo Guangmang chased the Red Wind Elders.
• Luo Guangmang caught the Red Wind Elders, and they revealed their true identities while fighting back.
• Red Mountain showed Luo Guangmang Tutu’s still-burning life lamp, prompting him to dive into the sea to search for Sikong Jing and the others.
• Red Rong persuaded Red Mountain to pursue Eight Steeds and temporarily join forces with them so they could later kill Luo Guangmang.
• Luo Guangmang learned that a Divine Emperor Realm Thorn Shark had swallowed the missing group and returned to attack the Red Wind Elders, believing the life lamp was fake.
• Sikong Jing woke inside the Divine Martial Thorn Shark, realized he was still alive, and continued comprehending its meridians as the shark moved far from its original location.

Sikong Jing joined with the Divine Emperor thorn shark and helped it destroy the Super Divine Martial power threatening its demon core. Meanwhile, Eight Steeds and the Red Wind Elders fled Luo Guangmang onto the Seal Sovereign Great Continent, while the Thorn Shark clan waited to see whether its prince had succumbed to demonic deviation.

• Sikong Jing carved in all the Divine Emperor thorn shark’s meridians and began joining with it, while the Thorn Shark King ordered its son killed if it fully became a Magic Beast.
• Red Mountain confirmed Tutu’s life lamp was real, but Luo Guangmang kept pursuing the Red Wind Elders, who caught up with Eight Steeds and forced them to flee together.
• After two days, Eight Steeds and the Red Wind Elders reached the Seal Sovereign Great Continent with Luo Guangmang still chasing them.
• Sikong Jing joined with the thorn shark and used its demon power to grind away the Super Divine Martial power lodged in its inner core.
• Sikong Jing and the thorn shark shattered the lingering power in the demon core, though the core still churned with demonic qi.

Sikong Jing guided the Divine Emperor Thorn Shark out of its demonic state, helping it recover and break through to the peak Divine Emperor realm. The Thorn Shark offered to become his mount, but Sikong Jing asked it to take him and his companions to Heaven Seal Academy first.

• Sikong Jing used the Pure Spirit Seven Hearts Method to help the Divine Emperor Thorn Shark withdraw its demonic energy and regain its normal form.
• The Divine Emperor Thorn Shark broke through to the peak Divine Emperor realm and offered to become Sikong Jing's mount in gratitude for saving its life.
• Sikong Jing declined a permanent mount arrangement for now and asked the Divine Emperor Thorn Shark to take him to Heaven Seal Academy after reuniting him with his companions.
• Joy Soul, Le Xiao, and the others waited anxiously inside the Thorn Shark while Twelve Leopard reassured them that Sikong Jing would return.
• Joy Soul sensed Sikong Jing's return, and the Divine Emperor Thorn Shark brought him back to the group.