Recaps

Sikong Jing waited calmly as the Seal Sovereign Empire investigated the Red Wind Sect affair, while Joy Soul and the others feared the consequences. After three days, Seventeenth Prince Jun Guxian visited Sikong Jing and warned him that he might still be handed over to the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family.

• Sikong Jing revealed to Luo Guangmang that he had multiple spirit shadows and asked him to keep it secret.
• Luo Guangmang used Jun Huixiang's status to report the Red Wind Sect matter to the Seal Sovereign Emperor.
• The investigation team arrived at Heaven Seal Academy, but spent three days questioning Jing Chuiguang and others before approaching Sikong Jing's group.
• Sikong Jing reassured Joy Soul, Le Xiao, Tutu, and the others that the investigators would deal with more urgent matters first.
• Jun Guxian, the Seventeenth Prince and a former Overlord Seal student, visited Sikong Jing with wine and warned him that he could still be sold to the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family.

Jun Guxian warned Sikong Jing that the Seal Sovereign Empire might trade him to the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family unless he offered greater value. After learning about Sikong Jing’s inheritance from the Cangyu Demon Sect, Jun Guxian said Sikong Jing had to prove his potential by reaching Saint King peak within three months.

• Jun Guxian told Sikong Jing that the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family might demand his surrender as part of a settlement with the Seal Sovereign Empire.
• Jun Guxian said Sikong Jing needed to offer the Seal Sovereign Empire more than the opposing family could in order to avoid being sold off.
• Jun Guxian asked whether Sikong Jing knew of the Cangyu Demon Sect’s ancient heterogeneous human army led by Demon War.
• Sikong Jing revealed that he had received Demon War’s power inheritance and said the ancestor had died after activating the Desolate Sea Absolute Formation.
• Jun Guxian said the Seal Sovereign Empire cared about whether Sikong Jing could become the strongest heterogeneous human in Boundless Sea.
• Jun Guxian told Sikong Jing to reach Saint King peak in the Saint Martial Stage within three months.

Jun Guxian asked Sikong Jing to reach the peak of the Saint King Realm within three months so he could fight for the Seal Sovereign Empire in a battle of geniuses held in the Heaven-Soaring Sea Cave. Sikong Jing accepted, recognizing the empire’s political maneuvering while planning to use the contest to reach the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family and investigate his parents’ whereabouts.

• Jun Guxian explained that the Seal Sovereign Empire planned to pressure the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family into opening the Heaven-Soaring Sea Cave and wanted Sikong Jing to reach the peak of the Saint King Realm to enter it.
• Sikong Jing agreed to cultivate and fight for the Seal Sovereign Empire, while asking whether his performance would earn rewards for him and the Cangyu Demon Sect.
• Jun Guxian promised protection for Teng Yue and the Cangyu Demon Sect, rewards for Sikong Jing’s role in exposing the spy, and support from Heaven Seal Academy if he needed resources.
• After Jun Guxian left, Sikong Jing told Le Xiao that the empire was using him as leverage and that the battle could let Ling Dongwei avenge Ling Yusong by killing him.
• Sikong Jing accepted the arrangement because it would protect the Cangyu Demon Sect and let him question members of the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family about his parents, then entered seclusion to cultivate.
• Joy Soul reflected that Sikong Jing had reached the terrifying stage of Boundless Sea and resolved to join the Cangyu Demon Sect and follow him.

Jun Guxian planned to use Sikong Jing as a weapon in the coming Heaven-Soaring Sea Cave battle, while Sikong Jing vowed to stand for the Cangyu Demon Sect and master all nine Overlord Seal Drums. At the Cangyu Demon Sect, an imperial decree promoting the sect to six leaves forced its besiegers to retreat.

• Jun Guxian told the Blue Seal woman that he intended to make Sikong Jing kneel and submit, then flew to comprehend the eighth Overlord Seal Drum.
• Sikong Jing’s demonic-form spirit shadow reached the seventh drum and vowed to master all nine drums and represent the Cangyu Demon Sect in the coming battle.
• The investigation into Jing Chuiguang and the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family continued, while Teng Yue settled into life at Heaven Seal Academy.
• After two months of siege, the Eight Steeds island lord prepared to attack the Cangyu Demon Sect over Lian Zhidiao’s death, despite hearing Teng Yue might have entered Heaven Seal Academy.
• A Seal Sovereign official announced the emperor’s decree promoting the Cangyu Demon Sect to a six-leaf sect for Sikong Jing’s extraordinary merit.
• Ying Sanmeng and the others accepted the imperial rewards, and the Eight Steeds island lord abandoned the attack and withdrew.

The Cangyu Demon Sect learned that Sikong Jing’s deeds had earned him the title of Two-Seal War General and entry into the Seal Sovereign Divine Son Hall, though his next mission could be dangerous. After two and a half months of seclusion, Sikong Jing reached Saint King Peak and reported that he was ready for the next step toward Heaven-Soaring Sea Cave.

• The Cangyu Demon Sect learned that the Seal Sovereign Empire had erased the Red Wind Sect after Red Wind Old Monster murdered a Five-Seal War General and blamed the Dark Sea Divine Wind Kingdom.
• News spread that Sikong Jing had uncovered a Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family spy, identified as the headmaster of Heaven Seal Academy, easing fears that the Cangyu Demon Sect would be erased.
• A senior Seal Sovereign divine official announced that Sikong Jing had been named a Two-Seal War General and admitted to the Seal Sovereign Divine Son Hall.
• The official told Ying Sanmeng that Sikong Jing would join a major Seal Sovereign Empire mission and warned that the Cangyu Demon Sect would receive compensation if he died in battle.
• Sikong Jing comprehended the meridians of two Divine Martial demon beast inner cores, reached Saint King Peak, and sent word to Jun Guxian that he had met the requirement for Heaven-Soaring Sea Cave.

Sikong Jing learned that the Seal Sovereign Empire had secured access to the Heaven-Soaring Sea Cave and granted him a two-seal battle general title and entry to the Seal Sovereign Divine Son Hall. Jun Yiji arrived and explained how she and Jun Huixiang’s father had protected Sikong Jing and Cangyu Demon Sect during negotiations, while Jun Guxian’s hostility toward her exposed their conflict.

• Jun Guxian told Sikong Jing that the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family had agreed to open the Heaven-Soaring Sea Cave and that Sikong Jing would enter the Seal Sovereign Divine Son Hall.
• Jun Guxian gave Sikong Jing his two-seal battle general token and left after warning Jun Yiji not to overstep her place.
• Jun Yiji arrived with Luo Guangmang, Wen Nu, the scholarly old man, and Jun Huixiang, and exchanged a tense greeting with Jun Guxian.
• Sikong Jing guessed that Jun Yiji had protected him during negotiations, and Jun Huixiang confirmed that she and her father had secured Cangyu Demon Sect’s promotion to Six Leaf.
• Jun Huixiang explained that she and her father had publicized Sikong Jing’s capture of a Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family spy, preventing Jun Guxian and the other negotiators from handing him over.

Jun Yiji warned Sikong Jing that his exposed achievements had tied him to the Sea-Chasing King’s faction and made him a target of the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family. She also revealed that the Seal Sovereign Emperor might seek to take over the secret mission involving vicious beast souls, and urged Sikong Jing not to investigate further.

• Jun Yiji defended the decision to publicize Sikong Jing’s merits and warned him that Jun Guxian and rival factions could pose dangers.
• Jun Yiji told Sikong Jing that the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family would target him for uncovering Jing Chuiguang’s actions, and admitted that she and the Sea-Chasing King might have to abandon him under overwhelming pressure.
• Sikong Jing asked Jun Yiji to protect the Cangyu Demon Sect for a while and promised not to drag her or the Sea-Chasing King down with him.
• Jun Yiji explained that the Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor might have ordered the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family’s mission to subdue vicious beast souls.
• Jun Yiji said the Seal Sovereign Emperor might try to take over that mission, then warned Sikong Jing not to investigate the matter further.

Jun Yiji warned Sikong Jing about the dangers of Heaven-Soaring Sea Cave and offered him a refuge, while he prepared to face the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family and broke through to the Demonic Path Third-Layer Form. After Sikong Jing passed Cang Vein inheritance to Elder Le Hun, she reached the Super Divine Martial Realm, and Jun Yiji asked Luo Guangmang whether he would gamble on Sikong Jing becoming the strongest heteroblood human.

• Jun Yiji gave Sikong Jing information about Heaven-Soaring Sea Cave and told him to seek her or the Burial Emperor Sea if he survived but could not return to the Seal Sovereign Empire.
• Sikong Jing told Jun Yiji he would still have killed Ling Yusong and asked her to retrieve his sword and other treasures from the Cangyu Demon Sect.
• Sikong Jing broke through to the Demonic Path Third-Layer Form and shared part of the Cang Vein inheritance with Elder Le Hun, who immediately reached the Super Divine Martial Realm.
• Jun Yiji told Luo Guangmang that Sikong Jing had a righteous heart and asked whether he would wager on Sikong Jing becoming the strongest heteroblood human and confronting the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family.

Luo Guangmang accepted Jun Yiji’s deadly mission to retrieve an item for Sikong Jing and protect him, while Sikong Jing prepared to leave for the Seal Sovereign Divine Son Hall. At Heaven Seal Academy’s teleportation array, the chief Shi Xuanyong challenged Sikong Jing to prove what he had learned from the Overlord Seal Drums.

• Jun Yiji offered Luo Guangmang a chance to pursue revenge if he risked his life retrieving an item for Sikong Jing and protecting him, and Luo Guangmang accepted.
• Sikong Jing promised the Overlord Seal Giant Elephant that he would return to save it, then continued studying its meridians and the ninth drum’s inscriptions.
• Jun Guxian freed Joy Soul, Twelve Leopard, and the others to return to the Cangyu Demon Sect with Sikong Jing’s two tasks, while Sikong Jing asked for time to study all nine drums.
• Sikong Jing used his two hours at the drums to retrieve his demonic spirit shadow, then traveled with the blue-seal woman to Heaven Seal Academy’s teleportation array.
• Jun Guxian introduced Sikong Jing to Heaven Seal Academy’s chief and second seat, Shi Xuanyong and Jun Meng, and Shi Xuanyong immediately attacked him with Overlord Seal engravings to test his gains.

Sikong Jing repelled Shi Xuanyong’s attempt to force him to kneel by revealing his mastery of the seventh drum’s inscriptions, then reversed their inscriptional clash and challenged Shi to kneel instead. Jun Guxian stopped Shi before he could attack with true qi, praised Sikong Jing, and ordered the spatial teleportation array activated.

• Shi Xuanyong surrounded Sikong Jing with seventh-drum inscriptions and demanded that he kneel, but Sikong Jing shattered them with his first six drums’ inscriptions.
• Shi Xuanyong combined inscriptions from all seven drums to overwhelm Sikong Jing, but Sikong Jing fused in seventh-drum inscriptions he had gained and suppressed Shi instead.
• Sikong Jing told Shi Xuanyong to kneel so he could teach him, prompting Shi to unleash peak Saint Martial Realm true qi and break Sikong Jing’s inscriptions.
• Jun Guxian ordered Shi Xuanyong to stop, then praised Sikong Jing and asked how much he understood of the last three drums.
• Sikong Jing claimed he understood all three drums, while Jun Meng doubted him and Jun Guxian remarked that it was a pity Sikong was not a normal human.
• Jun Guxian told the woman with the blue seal to activate the spatial teleportation array.

Sikong Jing arrived at the Seal Sovereign Divine Son Hall with Jun Guxian, Jun Meng, and Shi Xuanyong to collect their Divine Son Tokens. There, Jun Guxian explained that the third captain for the Heaven-Soaring Sea Cave battle remained unchosen, and the chapter ended with the selection still pending.

• The blue-sealed woman confirmed Sikong Jing had truly struck the six drums from afar, while Heaven Seal's eight Super Divine Martial experts hoped he would sever ties with the Sea-Chasing King's line and serve the Seventeenth Prince.
• Jun Guxian brought Sikong Jing, Jun Meng, and Shi Xuanyong to the Divine Son Hall, where they received Divine Son Tokens from Jun Guqiao.
• Jun Guqiao criticized Sikong Jing's restrained greeting, but Jun Guxian defended him as a favored talent and friend.
• Jun Guqiao announced that Jun Guxian would take over as Hall Master and asked whether he had chosen a third captain for the Heaven-Soaring Sea Cave battle.
• Jun Guxian said the third captain had not yet been selected and explained that Jing Yuan and he were the other two captains.

After Jun Guqiao became ineligible for the Heaven-Soaring Sea Cave battle, the Divine Son Hall began seeking a third captain, and its older geniuses mocked Sikong Jing for being mixed-blood. Sikong Jing declared he wanted the position to silence them, and Jun Guxian began explaining the selection rules.

• Senior Brother Guan mocked Shi Xuanyong and asserted that older Divine Son Hall members stood ahead of him in the race for captain.
• Senior Brother Guan and other Divine Son Hall geniuses surrounded Sikong Jing and taunted him to reveal his mixed-blood traits.
• Shi Xuanyong joined in the mockery, while Jun Guxian watched without intervening.
• Sikong Jing asked Jun Guxian about the rules for selecting the third captain and said he wanted the position to silence the jeering geniuses.
• Jun Guxian began explaining the selection rules as the crowd turned its attention to him.

Jun Guxian announced that the geniuses could claim divine weapons, armor, and seals from the jade lamps, with the strongest acknowledged set earning its owner the third captaincy. As the geniuses fought to reach the Seal Sovereign Violent Spear, Sikong Jing revealed that its spirit had already chosen him, while the battle continued without him.

• Jun Guxian explained that each genius could seek the acknowledgment of three treasures and that the strongest set would determine the third captain.
• Jun Guqiao returned the Seal Sovereign Violent Spear by releasing her bond to it and tossing it into a jade lamp.
• Jun Guxian invited the geniuses to test whether the Violent Spear's spirit would acknowledge them, and Senior Brother Guan led the charge.
• Sikong Jing told Jun Guxian that the spear's spirit would acknowledge none of the fighters, concealing that it had already sought him out as its master.
• The geniuses clashed beneath the jade lamps, and Jun Meng and Shi Xuanyong were among those knocked down.

After no one gained the Violent Spear artifact spirit’s recognition, Sikong Jing drew the Seal Sovereign geniuses’ anger by mocking them. Jun Guxian left him to face their attack, but someone unexpectedly stepped in to block Shi Xuanyong.

• Senior Brother Guan and the other geniuses, including Shi Xuanyong and Jun Meng, failed to gain the Violent Spear artifact spirit’s recognition.
• Jun Guxian asked Sikong Jing how he had known no one would be acknowledged, and Sikong Jing said it was only a guess before mocking the gathered geniuses as mosquitoes.
• Senior Brother Guan, Shi Xuanyong, and the others confronted Sikong Jing, demanding that he reveal his other-race traits.
• Jun Guxian left through the side door, while Jun Guqiao watched and the two discussed how Sikong Jing needed to be humiliated and taught fear.
• Shi Xuanyong charged at Sikong Jing with his peak Saint Emperor aura, but an unidentified person rushed forward to block him and told Sikong Jing he was the weakest there.

Sikong Jing revealed that the Violent Spear had chosen him as its master, then used it to defeat Shi Xuanyong despite their difference in cultivation. He left the Divine Son Hall’s geniuses stunned and challenged them to call him the weakest.

• Sikong Jing told the Divine Son Hall geniuses that the Violent Spear already had a new master and summoned it from the jade lamp.
• The Violent Spear broke free and flew into Sikong Jing’s hand, humiliating Jun Guqiao and silencing the gathered geniuses.
• Shi Xuanyong attacked Sikong Jing, who countered with the Overlord Seal martial way and sent him flying into the hall’s barrier.
• Sikong Jing asked Shi Xuanyong why he could not break Sikong Jing’s Overlord Seal martial way after comprehending the seventh drumbeat.
• Sikong Jing turned to the Sovereign Seal Divine Son geniuses and asked whether he was the weakest among them.

Sikong Jing refused to surrender the Seal Sovereign Violent Spear after the geniuses in Divine Son Hall demanded he give it up. He defeated Senior Brother Guan with the spear and his comprehension of the Overlord Seal Drum’s eighth beat.

• A Divine Martial genius and Senior Brother Guan demanded that Sikong Jing surrender the Violent Spear, while Jun Guqiao explained its connection to the Overlord Seal Giant Elephant.
• Sikong Jing mocked the crowd’s demand, then claimed the spear’s artifact spirit had chosen the strongest person present, enraging Jun Guxian and the others.
• Senior Brother Guan attacked Sikong Jing and tried to force him to kneel, but Sikong Jing used the seven Overlord Seal Drum patterns to withstand the pressure.
• Senior Brother Guan revealed that he had also comprehended all seven drums, and Sikong Jing countered with an eighth-drum pattern that shattered Guan’s martial patterns.
• Sikong Jing struck Senior Brother Guan with the Violent Spear and sent him flying across the hall.

Sikong Jing asserted his strength against the Divine Son geniuses, forcing Jun Guxian to intervene before the fight escalated. Jun Guxian gave Sikong Jing the Seal Sovereign Violent Spear and kept the captain selection open to competition for the strongest divine weapon, armor, and spirit platform divine seal.

• Sikong Jing challenged the crowd to name someone more qualified to be third captain, and Shi Xuanyong argued that Sikong Jing's divine weapon gave him an unfair advantage.
• A Divine Martial Stage genius drew a divine sword to challenge Sikong Jing, who offered to reveal his heteromorphic human traits.
• Jun Guqiao urged Jun Guxian to stop the fight before Sikong Jing could defeat Guan Kuan and the others.
• Jun Guxian halted the confrontation and praised Sikong Jing, while Shi Xuanyong objected that the Violent Spear's connection to the Overlord Seal Drum made the captain selection unfair.
• Sikong Jing said he would compete for the strongest divine armor and spirit platform divine seal even if another person claimed the strongest divine weapon.
• Jun Guxian gave Sikong Jing the Seal Sovereign Violent Spear and announced that the competition for the remaining strongest treasures would continue.

Sikong Jing cultivated in the Divine Son Hall to prepare for the Heaven-Soaring Sea Cave and, by forging new core meridians from the power of the Ten Thousand Beasts, broke through to the Saint Venerable Realm. He was still considering how to strengthen his human-race dantian when he heard that Jing Yuan had arrived.

• Jun Guxian let Sikong Jing cultivate undisturbed in the Divine Son Hall for the ten days before the selection, and Sikong Jing returned to the hall with the Seal Sovereign Violent Spear.
• Sikong Jing comprehended the Overlord Seal Giant Elephant and Divine Emperor Thorn Shark meridians but found that neither was enough to break through from Saint King peak.
• Sikong Jing asked the ferocious beasts and divine beasts in the Ten Thousand Beasts Heavenly Prison to reveal all their meridians, then endured three glances at their combined power.
• Sikong Jing formed new core meridians around his Beast Heart, evolved his beast-race dantian, and broke through into the Saint Venerable Realm.
• Sikong Jing planned to use his father Nine Heavens' legacy to strengthen his human-race dantian and kill Guan without entering a demonic state, but then learned that Jing Yuan had arrived at the Divine Son Hall.

Jing Yuan arrived at the Divine Son Hall, where his unimpressive appearance contrasted with his reputation as the empire’s strongest genius. Sikong Jing sensed the danger beneath Jing Yuan’s dull demeanor and found him alone by a lake, where he hinted that he understood Jing Yuan was pretending to be a fool.

• Jing Yuan entered the Divine Son Hall and greeted Jun Guxian and Jun Guqiao, then said he would handle killing the enemy geniuses.
• Jun Guxian warned the Divine Sons not to provoke Jing Yuan and said he had once killed a Four-Seal War General with one punch.
• After returning to cultivation, Sikong Jing left the hall and found Jing Yuan sitting beside a lake.
• Sikong Jing asked Jing Yuan whether playing dumb was his only choice if he did not want to be a dog, then challenged him to a game of Army-Slaying War Chess.
• Jing Yuan turned around after Sikong Jing mentioned his battlefield experience and interest in Army-Slaying Formations.

Sikong Jing played Army-Slaying War Chess against Jing Yuan and lost, revealing how little experience he had with Boundless Sea formations. Jing Yuan gave him a war chess board and several formation inheritances, then advised him to stay close to the Seventeenth Highness during the battle of Heaven-Soaring Sea Cave; Sikong Jing openly questioned that advice because he did not want to follow Jun Guxian.

• Jing Yuan began a high-level Army-Slaying War Chess match, and Sikong Jing struggled to adapt the Qianyuan Battle-Killing Formation to Boundless Sea warfare.
• Sikong Jing lost after an hour and acknowledged that his foundational knowledge of formations and warfare was far behind Jing Yuan's.
• Jing Yuan asked whether Sikong Jing's sect was weak, and Sikong Jing explained that he had risen from Three Leaves to Six Leaves after earning merit.
• Jing Yuan gave Sikong Jing the war chess board, formation records, and a remnant super-divine-grade Army-Slaying Formation because he recognized Sikong Jing's talent.
• Sikong Jing asked about the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family's strongest geniuses, and Jing Yuan told him to stay close to the Seventeenth Highness during the Heaven-Soaring Sea Cave battle.
• Sikong Jing challenged Jing Yuan's advice and stated that he did not want to follow Jun Guxian.

Sikong Jing probed Jing Yuan’s loyalty and intentions while disguising their conversation as instruction in the Overlord Seal Drum. Jing Yuan recognized that Sikong Jing was hiding his abilities too, and their exchange left them considering the possibility of an ally as the Heaven-Soaring Sea Cave battle approached.

• Sikong Jing sensed observers nearby and asked Jing Yuan to demonstrate the Overlord Seal Drum, allowing Jing Yuan to break his displayed engravings with the complete nine drums.
• Sikong Jing gave Jing Yuan a Green Jade Tube and left, then studied the army-slaying formations Jing Yuan had given him.
• Sikong Jing concluded that Jing Yuan might be pretending to be dull to avoid becoming Jun Guxian’s weapon and resolved to keep improving before facing the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family.
• Jing Yuan discovered that the Green Jade Tube contained Sikong Jing’s insight into the Overlord Seal Giant Elephant’s essential power.
• Jing Yuan realized Sikong Jing was concealing his abilities from Jun Guxian and considered him a possible companion, while sensing that he hid a terrifying danger.

Jing Yuan secretly resolved to help Sikong Jing at the Heaven-Soaring Sea Cave, while Jun Guxian misread their meeting and planned to humiliate Sikong Jing. At the captain-selection contest, the other geniuses deliberately blocked Sikong Jing from reaching the jade lamps, excluding him from the competition.

• Jing Yuan copied the contents of Sikong Jing's Green Jade Tube, then crushed it to conceal their exchange from the Seal Sovereign experts watching them.
• Jun Guxian and Jun Guqiao heard a report about Sikong Jing's visit to Jing Yuan and mistook it for an attempt to curry favor.
• Jun Guxian vowed to make Sikong Jing kneel and renounce Jun Yiji and the Sea-Chasing King during the Heaven-Soaring Sea Cave battle, and planned to strike him at the captain selection.
• At the contest, nearly all nine hundred Jun Seal geniuses rushed to inspect the jade lamps, while Sikong Jing stayed below.
• When Sikong Jing tried to reach a jade lamp, dozens of Divine Son geniuses blocked his path, forcing him back down and excluding him from the contest.

Sikong Jing rejected Jun Guxian’s offer to intervene and challenged him over excluding the Sea-Chasing King's geniuses from the Heaven-Soaring Sea Cave battle. He then went to claim the strongest divine armor, only to find dozens of Divine Son geniuses blocking his way.

• Jun Guxian offered to issue an order against the Divine Son geniuses targeting Sikong Jing, but Sikong Jing declined because their actions did not violate the rules.
• Jun Guxian revealed that no other genius from the Sea-Chasing King's lineage had entered the Divine Son Hall and warned that Sikong Jing would lack allies in the coming battle.
• Sikong Jing accused the Sea-Chasing King's faction of endangering the empire’s victory and warned Jun Guxian that his decision could be used against him by the other princes.
• Jun Guxian pressured Sikong Jing to become the third captain and threatened that he could be sacrificed as a minor genius.
• Sikong Jing announced he would claim the strongest divine armor and flashed toward it, but dozens of Divine Son geniuses appeared in his path.

Sikong Jing crushed the Divine Son geniuses who attacked him and revealed that he had mastered the complete first eight Overlord Seal Drums and part of the ninth. He credited Jing Yuan with teaching him, prompting Jing Yuan to demonstrate the Nine Drums as Sikong Jing’s ninth-drum comprehension rose further.

• Jun Guxian signaled the Divine Son geniuses to attack Sikong Jing, but Sikong Jing used the Violent Spear and the complete first eight drum inscriptions to break through their encirclement and defeat them.
• Sikong Jing challenged Jun Guxian to judge his complete eighth-drum inscriptions, then faced more than a hundred geniuses, including Guan Kuan.
• Sikong Jing revealed that he had comprehended part of the ninth drum and said Jing Yuan had taught him, shocking the gathered geniuses and Jun Guxian.
• Jun Guxian asked Jing Yuan to demonstrate the Overlord Seal Nine Drums again, and Jing Yuan complied while silently acknowledging Sikong Jing’s claim was a pretense.
• As Jing Yuan demonstrated the Nine Drums, Sikong Jing’s ninth-drum comprehension increased from ten percent to twenty percent before everyone’s eyes.

Sikong Jing rapidly advanced his Overlord Seal Nine Drums inscription under Jing Yuan’s demonstration, forcing Jun Guxian to stop the display before it worsened his standing. As the third captain contest resumed, Jun Wuqin confronted Sikong Jing and accused him of trampling the geniuses’ dignity.

• Sikong Jing’s inscription pattern advanced from two-tenths to five-tenths as Jing Yuan demonstrated the Nine Drums, while Jun Guxian repeatedly demanded that Jing Yuan stop.
• Jun Guqiao intervened and said the demonstration could continue after the third captain was chosen, so Jing Yuan stopped and Jun Guxian hurried away.
• Jing Yuan sat down as the assembled Divine Heir geniuses gathered around Sikong Jing.
• Jun Wuqin introduced himself as the strongest among them and demanded that Sikong Jing kneel and beg for forgiveness.
• Sikong Jing challenged the crowd to explain why they opposed him and pointed out that he had exposed Jing Chuiguang, the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family traitor.
• One of the geniuses accused Sikong Jing of trampling their dignity by calling them mosquitoes.