Recaps

Ling Dongchuan confronted Sikong Jing over hiding the Crescent Moon Lineage and demanded that he bring them to the Heaven-Soaring Giant Continent. Sikong Jing refused, and Ling Dongchuan offered him two choices before forcing him two steps higher on the stairway.

• Ling Dongchuan asked Sikong Jing why he had not received a stairway token and demanded an explanation for the Crescent Moon Lineage's disappearance.
• Sikong Jing admitted that he had hidden the lineage because he did not trust Ling Dongchuan to protect them from Ling Dongwei.
• Ling Dongchuan promised to protect the lineage and ordered Sikong Jing to contact them, but Sikong Jing said he had severed every means of contact.
• Sikong Jing said he would fight for the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family, but not specifically for Ling Dongchuan.
• Ling Dongchuan offered Sikong Jing a choice between finding the lineage for direct-descendant treatment or being handed over to Ling Dongwei.
• Ling Dongchuan moved Sikong Jing from the 526th step to the 528th and told the onlookers that Sikong Jing wanted to climb higher.

Sikong Jing used a token he had made himself to neutralize the Imperial Hall Stairway’s pressure and climbed to the Heaven-Soaring Main Hall. He revealed his creation to Ling Dongchuan and asked for a third choice, leaving the family head and elders stunned.

• Ling Dongchuan returned to the main hall and waited for Sikong Jing to kneel, while Ling Yuyue asked to make him her male consort for the sake of his bloodline.
• Sikong Jing activated the true-energy token he had crafted, causing the stairway’s opposing pressure to vanish and his injuries to stop worsening.
• Sikong Jing climbed the remaining steps with ease, prompting onlookers to assume Ling Dongchuan had secretly given him a Stairway Token.
• Ling Dongchuan denied giving Sikong Jing a token, but decided to let him reach the hall and deal with him afterward.
• After Sikong Jing reached the hall, Ling Dongchuan accused him of stealing a token, and Sikong Jing revealed that he had made one himself.
• Sikong Jing dispersed the token and asked Ling Dongchuan to give him a third choice because his value was great.

Sikong Jing used his stairway formation insight and claimed the Heaven-Soaring Emperor’s essence blood to secure a third choice from Ling Dongchuan. Ling Dongchuan sent him to the Scripture Repository’s nineteenth floor to force him to solve its martial mysteries.

• Sikong Jing revealed that he had comprehended the stairway’s formation laws and demanded a third choice, citing his value to the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family.
• Ling Dongchuan examined Sikong Jing and sensed an exceptionally pure Heaven-Soaring Imperial Bloodline.
• Sikong Jing claimed the Heaven-Soaring Emperor’s essence blood had struck him when the Imperial Legacy Battlefield shattered, and asked to be recognized as direct line.
• Ling Dongchuan offered to elevate Sikong Jing to the direct line and stop pursuing the Crescent Moon Lineage if he made great contributions.
• Ling Dongchuan ordered guards to take Sikong Jing to the nineteenth floor of the Scripture Repository so he could solve its martial problems.

Ling Dongchuan imprisoned Sikong Jing in the Scripture Repository to force him to restore its damaged scriptures or bring the Crescent Moon Lineage to the Heaven-Soaring Giant Continent. Sikong Jing planned to use the task to gain the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family’s protection, provoke conflict with Ling Dongwei, and find a way to rescue his parents, then focused on the damaged azure jade wall’s Army-Slaying Formation.

• Ling Dongchuan and the elders decided to provoke Ling Dongwei by exaggerating Ling Jianxing’s importance, arranging special training for him, and hunting the Crescent Moon Lineage.
• Ling Dongchuan announced that Ling Jianxing had astonishing talent and would enter seclusion, while allowing the misunderstanding about the Stairway Token to persist.
• A Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family guard sealed Sikong Jing inside the nineteenth floor and told him he could leave only after restoring its damaged scriptures or bringing the Crescent Moon Lineage to the continent.
• Sikong Jing planned to make Ling Dongchuan value and protect him, drive Ling Dongwei toward war, and use the ensuing chaos to enter the void-rift world and rescue his parents.
• Sikong Jing searched the damaged scriptures for the Heaven-Soaring Emperor’s martial path but found nothing, then returned to study the damaged azure jade wall’s powerful Army-Slaying Formation.

Sikong Jing discovered that the damaged formations on the green jade stone wall formed the opening stance of the Nine Heavens-Breaking Army-Slaying Diagram, and began studying how to repair it. He received more materials from the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family, while Ling Dongchuan and the Fifth Elder discussed his work and Ling Dongwei.

• Sikong Jing identified the damaged opening stance as the Nine Heavens-Breaking Army-Slaying Diagram and realized it could be repaired by studying the Nine Heavens Emperor's martial path.
• Sikong Jing tried to simulate Nine Heavens attacks against the formation, then decided he needed to strengthen his knowledge of Army-Slaying Formations.
• Sikong Jing requested Army-Slaying Formation fundamentals and Green Jade Stone Bricks from the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family, and a guard brought him materials while urging him to study an easier part of the wall.
• Sikong Jing asked the guard about the green jade stone wall, the Imperial Path Three Islands, and the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family's main branch; the guard answered some questions before sealing the nineteenth level again.
• Sikong Jing examined the supplied Army-Slaying Diagrams, martial fundamentals, and war chessboard, then immersed himself in study.
• Ling Dongchuan told the Fifth Elder that the family could kill Sikong Jing after using him, and noted that Sikong Jing's focus on the Nine Heavens-Breaking Army-Slaying Diagram might waste time before asking about Ling Dongwei's reaction.

Ling Dongwei planned to seize Ling Jianxing and use him to draw Void Energy, while Sikong Jing continued studying the Break Nine Heavens Army-Slaying Formation. Seeking stronger martial arts, Sikong Jing absorbed the Nine Heavens Blood Devour Magic Beast’s essence blood and saw a vision of its battle with the Nine Heavens Emperor.

• Ling Dongchuan ordered his people to avoid discussing Ling Jianxing with Ling Dongwei and to provoke him if the chance arose.
• Ling Dongwei told Old Madam Ling to wait before seeking revenge for Yitian, then learned from Ling Zhonghuang that the Divine Flood Dragon’s soul had been restored at great cost in Void Energy Crystals.
• Ling Dongwei considered turning the unconscious Ling Yuman into a Void Energy absorber and vowed to capture Ling Jianxing, take Ling Dongchuan’s position, and use ferocious beast souls to earn the Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor’s reward.
• After hearing that Ling Yitian was returning with two conquered ferocious beast souls, Ling Dongwei ordered his third son to work with Gan to capture Sikong Jing alive.
• Sikong Jing studied the army-slaying formation for ten days, then absorbed some of the Nine Heavens Blood Devour Magic Beast’s essence blood and witnessed its battle with the Nine Heavens Emperor.

Sikong Jing advanced his study of the Nine Heavens-Breaking Army-Slaying Formation while restoring incomplete manuals on the Hall of Hidden Tomes’ nineteenth floor. After revealing his progress to Ling Dongchuan, he asked for fierce beast inner cores or soul remnants needed to restore more manuals.

• Sikong Jing studied the Blood Devour Magic Beasts’ essence blood and used what he learned to continue deducing the Nine Heavens-Breaking Army-Slaying Formation.
• Over a month, Sikong Jing restored many incomplete manuals while studying Army-Slaying Formations, imperial bloodline wills, and the beasts in the Ten Thousand Beasts Heavenly Prison.
• Sikong Jing claimed he had restored forty percent of the manuals and showed the guard several Green Jade Stone Bricks, persuading him to contact Ling Dongchuan.
• Ling Dongchuan and the elders inspected Sikong Jing’s restored manuals and confirmed that he had made substantial progress.
• Sikong Jing said he intended to restore all the manuals and asked Ling Dongchuan for fierce beast inner cores or remnants of fierce beast souls.

After Sikong Jing demonstrated his ability to restore the incomplete codex, Ling Dongchuan agreed to use him to disrupt one of Ling Dongwei’s ferocious beast soul plans and test his connection to the Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor. Sikong Jing left the Scripture Repository with the First Elder and Fifth Elder, arriving at Frost-Defying Continent.

• Sikong Jing reasoned that Ling Dongchuan might use his request to sabotage Ling Dongwei’s plan involving ferocious beast souls.
• Ling Dongchuan and the elders concluded that destroying a ferocious beast soul could reveal how closely Ling Dongwei dealt with the Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor.
• Ling Dongchuan agreed to let Sikong Jing observe a powerful vicious beast’s soul, and Sikong Jing brought the Nine Heavens-Breaking Army-Slaying Diagram along.
• After a month in the Scripture Repository, Sikong Jing left with the First Elder and Fifth Elder and traveled by spatial formation to Frost-Defying Continent.

Sikong Jing entered the Black Frost Desolate Land to find the Flying Star Giant Ape’s remnant soul, while the Grand Elder and Fifth Elder hoped to use him against Ling Dongwei and shift the blame onto him. Inside, Sikong Jing recognized Red Wind Old Monster and discovered that the second Super Divine Martial expert was the Imperial Envoy from Blood Evil Valley.

• The Grand Elder placed a restraining seal in Sikong Jing’s spirit platform and sent him alone into the Black Frost Desolate Land to investigate its vicious beast soul.
• Sikong Jing identified the soul as a Flying Star Giant Ape’s remnant and reasoned that the Grand Elder and Fifth Elder wanted him to sabotage Ling Dongwei’s plan while making him take the blame.
• The Grand Elder and Fifth Elder discussed whether Sikong Jing knew about the plan, but decided to use him to test Ling Dongwei and keep the Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor from blaming them.
• Sikong Jing recognized Red Wind Old Monster as one of the Super Divine Martial experts working to subdue the Flying Star Giant Ape’s remnant soul.
• Sikong Jing heard Red Wind Old Monster speak to the Imperial Envoy and realized the second expert was the Blood Evil Valley envoy he had encountered before.

Sikong Jing confronted Red Wind Old Monster and a Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family member while they tried to conquer the Flying Star Giant Ape's remnant soul. He claimed the clan head had sent him to seize the vicious beast soul, and the Imperial Envoy attacked after recognizing him as the dangerous Ling Jianxing.

• Sikong Jing recalled his earlier encounter with Red Wind Old Monster in Blood Evil Valley as he watched the same man conquer another vicious beast soul.
• The Imperial Envoy revealed that he belonged to the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family, while Red Wind Old Monster lamented that his sect had been destroyed and blamed Sikong Jing.
• Red Wind Old Monster continued using a formation to conquer the Flying Star Giant Ape's soul inside a cracked stone-pillar Heavenly Pattern Treasure Artifact.
• The Flying Star Giant Ape's remnant soul emerged and begged for help when Sikong Jing appeared from the black smoke.
• Sikong Jing identified himself as a member of the Crescent Moon Lineage, and the Imperial Envoy mistook him for Ling Jianxing.
• Sikong Jing claimed the clan head had sent him to take a vicious beast soul, and the Imperial Envoy launched a full-force attack after warning Red Wind Old Monster that Sikong Jing had slain a Super Divine Martial expert.

Sikong Jing revealed his strength in the Black Frost Desolate Land and overwhelmed the Imperial Envoy and Red Wind Old Monster with his Heaven-Soaring Tenth Sword. He began forming his newly created Eleventh Sword, leaving the two opponents facing the power of his Army-Slaying Sword Dao.

• Sikong Jing blocked the Imperial Envoy's punch with a golden sword and announced that he was robbing them.
• The Imperial Envoy crushed a signal bead to alert Ling Dongwei, then attacked Sikong Jing alongside Red Wind Old Monster.
• Sikong Jing unleashed the Heaven-Soaring Tenth Sword, shredding Red Wind Old Monster's defenses and sending him crashing into the Flying Star Giant Ape's treasure artifact.
• The Imperial Envoy burned his true energy to break free of Sikong Jing's sword attack and demanded to know how Sikong Jing had become so powerful.
• Sikong Jing explained that his recent training had strengthened him and began displaying his incomplete Heaven-Soaring Eleventh Sword, which fused the Break Nine Heavens Army-Slaying Formation with the Sword Dao of the Nine Heavens.

Sikong Jing pursued the fleeing Imperial Envoy through the unstable spatial passage and overwhelmed him with his Heaven-Soaring Sword Dao. He captured Ling Zhongxie and Red Wind Old Monster, leaving the elders to wait while he dealt with them and the fierce beast souls.

• The Imperial Envoy fled and ordered Red Wind Old Monster to hold Sikong Jing back, but Sikong Jing froze the spatial turbulence and followed him out of the Black Frost Desolate Land.
• Sikong Jing intercepted the Imperial Envoy before he could contact Ling Dongwei and struck him back into the black mist with the tenth Heaven-Soaring Sword.
• The First Elder and Fifth Elder discussed Sikong Jing’s fused sword technique and resolved to kill him after draining his value.
• Sikong Jing trapped the fleeing Red Wind Old Monster in a cage of sword shadows and pursued the wounded Imperial Envoy.
• The Imperial Envoy revealed that he was Ling Dongwei’s nephew, Ling Zhongxie, and Sikong Jing said he would spare him so Ling Dongwei would learn about the seized fierce beast souls.
• Ling Zhongxie fainted as Sikong Jing prepared to deal with him and Red Wind Old Monster.

Sikong Jing secretly freed the Flying Star Giant Ape's remnant soul from its subjugation formation and learned that Ling Dongwei might subdue several more beast souls within two months. After Red Wind Old Monster died, Sikong Jing stored the giant ape’s treasure artifact and turned his attention to Ling Zhongxie.

• Sikong Jing formed a hidden barrier around the stone pillar and promised the suffering Flying Star Giant Ape that he would save it.
• Sikong Jing revealed his identity to Red Wind Old Monster and persuaded him to undo the subjugation formation by promising to restore the Red Wind Sect.
• Red Wind Old Monster gave Sikong Jing the formation methods and everything he knew, then killed himself after asking him to fulfill his promise.
• Sikong Jing stored the stone pillar treasure artifact and resolved to save the other beast souls before Ling Dongwei could subdue them.
• Sikong Jing woke Ling Zhongxie and placed a sword against his brow.

Sikong Jing tortured Ling Zhongxie into yielding his communication jade stones, then impersonated him to contact Ling Dongwei’s agents. He discovered that Ling Yusong’s eldest paternal aunt possessed a subdued savage beast soul, while Ling Zhongxie remained trapped in the Black Frost Desolate Land.

• Sikong Jing tormented Ling Zhongxie until he briefly loosened the ownership bond on his storage treasure, allowing Sikong Jing to take the communication jade stones.
• Sikong Jing trapped Ling Zhongxie inside a sword formation, leaving him too injured to escape or seek help.
• Sikong Jing impersonated Ling Zhongxie and used the jade stones to contact several people, learning that Ling Dongwei had ordered forces to gather at Black Frost Desolate Land.
• Sikong Jing warned the woman who called Ling Zhongxie her younger male cousin that someone sought her savage beast soul, and she revealed that she had one.
• Sikong Jing told the woman to return to Heaven-Soaring Giant Continent, then sealed their communication and concluded that her savage beast soul had already been subdued.

Sikong Jing manipulated the First Elder and Fifth Elder into investigating Ling Yitian’s beast souls, hoping to deepen the conflict between Ling Dongchuan and Ling Dongwei. Ling Dongchuan ordered them to rob Ling Yitian and appointed Sikong Jing commander of the Hungry Wolf Devours Moon Army, while Ling Dongwei began asking his subordinates about events on Frost-Defying Continent.

• Sikong Jing told the First Elder and Fifth Elder that Ling Yitian’s daughter had beast souls and was heading toward a nearby spatial array, and admitted he had impersonated Ling Zhongxie to contact her.
• The First Elder and Fifth Elder decided to seek Ling Yitian’s location and ask Ling Dongchuan whether to seize the beast souls.
• The Fifth Elder suspected Sikong Jing knew more than he admitted, while Ling Dongchuan privately ordered the Elders to rob Ling Yitian without acting openly.
• The Fifth Elder proposed giving Sikong Jing troops and blaming him for the operation, and Ling Dongchuan approved the plan and appointed him chief battle general of the Hungry Wolf Devours Moon Army.
• The First Elder and Fifth Elder took Sikong Jing toward Ling Yitian’s likely location as the Hungry Wolf Devours Moon Army began moving.
• Ling Dongwei summoned his core subordinates and asked what major event had happened on Frost-Defying Continent.

Ling Dongwei learned that Ling Jianxing had impersonated Ling Zhongxie to mislead Ling Yitian, then rushed to retaliate against Ling Dongchuan. Ling Yitian fled toward a spatial array but was intercepted by Ling Jianxing.

• Ling Yitian told Ling Dongwei that Ling Zhongxie had warned her away from the Frost-Defying Continent and that the family head wanted her beast souls.
• Ling Dongwei ordered his people to return to the Heaven-Soaring Giant Continent and refused to see Ling Zhongxie's wife.
• Reports revealed that Ling Jianxing had killed the Red Wind Old Monster, crippled Ling Zhongxie, and seized the beast souls after breaking a sword formation.
• Ling Dongwei learned Ling Jianxing had impersonated Ling Zhongxie, then lost contact with Ling Yitian and led his people to attack Ling Dongchuan's territory.
• Ling Jianxing appeared before Ling Yitian over the sea and identified himself as the Hungry Wolf Devours Moon Army's chief war general.

Sikong Jing, posing as Ling Jianxing, confronted Ling Yitian and revealed that he had tricked her into exposing her location. He fought her to demonstrate his strength while the elders watched, and the Hungry Wolf Devours Moon Army’s commander approved of him as its successor.

• The Grand Elder and Fifth Elder sent Sikong Jing to intercept Ling Yitian, while secretly concealing the Hungry Wolf Devours Moon Army nearby.
• Sikong Jing admitted he was working for the family head to disrupt Ling Dongwei’s ferocious beast soul plan and revealed that he had impersonated Ling Zhongxie to locate Ling Yitian.
• Ling Yitian realized Sikong Jing had deceived her and attacked him in a fury, but the sealed space prevented her from sending a warning to Ling Dongwei.
• Sikong Jing fought back with the Heaven-Soaring Nine Swords and Army-Slaying Sword Dao, but Ling Yitian tore through his attacks and pursued him.
• The First Elder and Fifth Elder watched Sikong Jing’s battle from beneath the sea, and the Hungry Wolf Devours Moon Army’s commanding general said he had no objection to Sikong Jing taking over.

Sikong Jing was nearly captured by Ling Yitian’s bell-shaped treasure, but he linked with the Hungry Wolf Devours Moon Army and used an Army-Slaying battle form to escape. He took command of the army and ordered it to form the Break the Nine Heavens, Army-Slaying Formation against Ling Yitian.

• The Fifth Elder sent the Hungry Wolf Devours Moon Army to support Sikong Jing, while ordering the former commander to let him try controlling the troops first.
• Ling Yitian suppressed Sikong Jing and used a bell-shaped treasure to draw him inside as he extended his Army-Slaying Formation patterns toward the approaching fleet.
• The Fifth Elder stopped the First Elder from intervening, hoping Sikong Jing would suffer before they rescued him.
• The army connected to Sikong Jing’s formation patterns and launched a massive “Break” battle form, forcing Ling Yitian to release control of her treasure.
• Sikong Jing escaped to the Divine Shuttle Ships, identified himself as the army’s new commander, and ordered the soldiers to form the Break the Nine Heavens, Army-Slaying Formation.

Sikong Jing revealed the Break Nine Heavens Army-Slaying Formation and used it to overwhelm Ling Yitian and her entourage. Ling Yitian was injured while trying to escape, and Sikong Jing began another attack with the Heaven-Soaring Void-Shattering Sword Form.

• Sikong Jing formed the Break Nine Heavens Army-Slaying Formation with the Hungry Wolf Devours Moon soldiers, surprising Ling Yitian and the former Devours Moon commander.
• Sikong Jing explained that the formation came from the Scripture Repository and struck Ling Yitian with the Six-Character Battle Form, driving her back to the sea.
• Sikong Jing summoned the Heaven-Soaring Sword Form, surrounding Ling Yitian and her entourage with golden giant swords.
• Ling Yitian ordered her entourage to retreat, but Sikong Jing’s Clamp Down attack killed or wounded members of her group as she fought her way outward.
• Sikong Jing detonated the giant swords with the Heaven-Soaring Sword Explosion Form, injuring Ling Yitian and disrupting her true qi.
• Sikong Jing began the Heaven-Soaring Void-Shattering Sword Form against the injured Ling Yitian.

Sikong Jing used the Break Nine Heavens Army-Slaying Formation to trap and overpower Ling Yitian, then demanded the vicious beast souls she possessed. Ling Yitian refused and released the beast souls from their subjugation formations, forcing Sikong Jing to confront them.

• Sikong Jing repeatedly drove Ling Yitian back into the center of the formation, where the Hungry Wolf Devours Moon Army surrounded her.
• Sikong Jing enclosed Ling Yitian with golden swords and demanded that she hand over the vicious beast souls.
• The Great Elder and Fifth Elder watched from below and prepared to rescue Ling Yitian if Sikong Jing tried to kill her.
• Ling Yitian refused to give up the souls, and Sikong Jing suggested she could release them instead.
• Ling Yitian shattered two Divine Martial Shadow Pearls, undoing her subjugation formations and unleashing the vicious beast souls inside the army-slaying formation.

Sikong Jing tricked Ling Yitian into unsealing two ferocious beast souls, then secretly drew them into his Ten Thousand Beasts Heavenly Prison while pretending to attack her. After the elders stopped him, he claimed the souls and the Flying Star Giant Ape’s remnant soul had been destroyed.

• Ling Yitian unsealed the two ferocious beast souls and taunted Ling Jianxing, believing it would take Ling Dongchuan years to subdue them again.
• Sikong Jing feigned fury and unleashed the Break Nine Heavens Army-Slaying Formation against Ling Yitian and the beast souls.
• Sikong Jing secretly called himself the new generation’s Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts and drew both beast souls into his spiritual platform, then into the Ten Thousand Beasts Heavenly Prison.
• The Fifth Elder shattered Sikong Jing’s formation and blasted Ling Yitian away, leaving her to fall unconscious into the sea.
• The First Elder suppressed Sikong Jing, who claimed he had destroyed the ferocious beast souls and the Flying Star Giant Ape’s remnant soul.

Sikong Jing was taken back to the Heaven-Soaring Giant Continent after the elders restrained him, while Ling Dongwei launched a revenge attack on Ling Dongchuan’s territory. Ling Dongchuan intercepted him and denied responsibility for Sikong Jing’s actions, turning the confrontation into a public argument.

• Sikong Jing reminded the elders that he had repaired part of the Break Nine Heavens Army-Slaying Formation and ancient texts, so the First Elder stopped the Fifth Elder from killing him.
• The First Elder learned that Ling Dongwei was attacking Ling Dongchuan’s territory and ordered Sikong Jing returned, promising he might later get a chance for revenge.
• Ling Dongwei led his men to seize Ling Dongchuan’s ferocious beast souls, but Ling Dongchuan arrived with the Sixth Elder and blocked their way.
• Ling Dongchuan pretended he had just learned that Sikong Jing destroyed the Flying Star Giant Ape’s remnant soul and denied sending him to do it.
• Ling Dongchuan challenged Ling Dongwei over why his Super Divine Martial had failed to stop Sikong Jing, then asked why Ling Dongwei had tried to kill Sikong Jing at Crescent Moon Sea.

Ling Dongchuan accused Ling Dongwei of putting personal revenge ahead of the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family’s interests, winning support from the neutral elders. Ling Dongwei then received Ling Yitian’s report that Ling Jianxing had taken and destroyed her ferocious beast souls, giving him new evidence to confront them with.

• Ling Dongchuan blamed Ling Dongwei for the failed Sea Cave battle, the loss of the family’s arrangements in the Seal Sovereign Empire, and the death of Ling Jindi, while denying that he had ordered Ling Jianxing to destroy the Flying Star Giant Ape’s remnant soul.
• Neutral elders arrived and condemned Ling Dongwei, agreeing with Ling Dongchuan that his personal vendettas had harmed the family.
• Ling Dongwei protested that Ling Jianxing had acted on Ling Dongchuan’s orders, but the Second Elder and other neutral elders dismissed his claim as unbelievable.
• Ling Dongchuan privately considered Ling Jianxing an exceptionally useful card as Ling Dongwei struggled to defend himself.
• Ling Yitian contacted Ling Dongwei and said Ling Jianxing had taken and destroyed both of her conquered ferocious beast souls.
• Ling Dongwei asked Ling Yitian to repeat her claim clearly, then announced it to the neutral elders as further proof against Ling Jianxing.

Ling Dongchuan used Ling Yitian’s account of Ling Jianxing’s attack to discredit Ling Dongwei and force him to withdraw, then told Sikong Jing about the victory. He asked Sikong Jing what reward he wanted.

• Ling Yitian told Ling Dongwei that Ling Jianxing had taken and destroyed her ferocious beast souls using the Hungry Wolf Devours Moon Army and the Break Nine Heavens formation.
• Ling Dongchuan and the neutral elders dismissed Ling Dongwei’s claims, and Ling Dongchuan threatened to destroy him if he did not retreat.
• Ling Dongwei withdrew with his subordinates, while the Second Elder and the neutral elders left without pledging support to Ling Dongchuan.
• Ling Dongchuan decided to seek a chance to bargain with Ling Dongwei over Ling Jianxing and discussed the danger posed by the Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor.
• Three days later, the First Elder and Fifth Elder brought Sikong Jing to the Heaven-Soaring Main Hall, where Ling Dongchuan recounted his victory and asked what reward Sikong Jing wanted.

Ling Dongchuan rewarded Sikong Jing for his achievements but planned to exploit him before eventually eliminating him, sending Ling Yuyue to win his obedience and affection. Sikong Jing continued plotting to reach the Void Rift World, and Ling Yuyue arrived at the Scripture Repository with wine and food to deliver his reward.

• Sikong Jing asked Ling Dongchuan for permission to kill Ling Dongwei's entire family, but Ling Dongchuan told him to return to the nineteenth floor of the Scripture Repository and promised a reward.
• Ling Dongchuan watched a recording of Sikong Jing's battle and told Ling Yuyue to make Sikong Jing obedient and capture his heart while the family exploited his abilities.
• Sikong Jing repaired damaged manuals and planned to keep tensions rising between Ling Dongchuan and Ling Dongwei as he searched for a way to reach the Void Rift World.
• Sikong Jing considered using a Void Energy Crystal to provoke Ling Dongchuan into investigating Ling Dongwei, but decided to hold onto it unless other options failed.
• Ling Yuyue entered the Scripture Repository, set out wine and dishes, and told Sikong Jing that she had come to deliver his reward.