Recaps

The demon rat body persuaded Wen Xuanwu and Chen Lusheng to let him travel near the Peerless Pill Pavilion to help Sikong Jing escape. After confirming that the rat possessed a genuine but incomplete Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts bloodline, Wen Xuanwu sent him toward Chen Lusheng and prepared the Ten Thousand Demon Hall for a retreat.

• The demon rat body insisted on going near the Peerless Pill Pavilion because Sikong Jing’s survival depended on it, and Wen Xuanwu sought Chen Lusheng’s approval.
• Wen Xuanwu examined the demon rat body and confirmed that his Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts bloodline was pure but limited by his Shadow Moon Rat body.
• Wen Xuanwu gave the demon rat body a signal pearl and arranged for Chen Lusheng to take him near the Peerless Pill Pavilion.
• The demon rat body stayed to rally the Demon Race and direct the war until the Celestial Race and Spirit Race were driven back, then entered the Dark Demon Small World.
• Wen Xuanwu told the King of Heavenly Fox that they were gambling on Sikong Jing and ordered preparations for a retreat route into the Extreme Sea.

The Ancient Ten Absolutes planned to destroy the Ten Thousand Demon Hall and use the Five Absolutes inheritance to turn the Vast Cosmos Great World against the Anti-Seal Faction. Tian Wuxiu confronted Tian Tao over his attempt to warn Sikong Jing, then invoked the Anti-Seal Faction to explain why Sikong Jing had to die.

• Absolute Pill Emperor told Tian Wuxiu that destroying the Dark Demon Small World would require all Ten Absolutes to complete their rebirths, and ordered him to prepare for an assault after the Five Absolutes inheritance.
• Absolute Pill Emperor suggested Tian Wuxiu use Tian Wuchen to lure Sikong Jing to the Peerless Pill Pavilion, though he believed Sikong Jing would come regardless.
• Tian Wuxiu visited Tian Tao and questioned him about sending Tian Qi to warn Sikong Jing not to go to the Peerless Pill Pavilion.
• Tian Tao admitted he had sent someone to recall Tian Qi and said he had wanted to protect the Celestial Race's reputation and repay Sikong Jing's past favor.
• Tian Wuxiu revealed that Sikong Jing belonged to the Anti-Seal Faction and declared that he had to die because of the faction's existence.

Tian Wuxiu revealed that he belonged to the Ancient Ten Absolutes, killed Tian Tao, and used his death to unite the Celestial Race against the Anti-Seal Faction. As Tian Wuxiu headed for the Peerless Pill Pavilion and sent Tian Wuchen to intercept Sikong Jing, Sikong Jing neared the Prison Race amid its ongoing civil war.

• Tian Wuxiu told Tian Tao that the Ancient Ten Absolutes planned to destroy the Vast Cosmos Great World, then crushed Tian Tao’s body and spirit shadow.
• Before his second spirit shadow was destroyed, Tian Tao sent Liu Shun a warning that Tian Wuxiu was one of the Ancient Ten Absolutes and had killed him.
• Tian Wuxiu blamed the Anti-Seal Faction and Chen Lusheng for Tian Tao’s death, prompting Celestial Race experts to rally behind a campaign against the Ten Thousand Demon Hall and the Extreme Sea Fierce Beast Clan.
• Tian Wuxiu organized the Celestial Race’s second army and set out for the Peerless Pill Pavilion, instructing Tian Wuchen to find and persuade Sikong Jing.
• Sikong Jing approached the Prison Race’s Eighth Heavenly Domain and learned that the Prison Race’s civil war had become a stalemate.

Sikong Jing considered how to bring Tian Wuchen to the Peerless Pill Pavilion and uncover the Celestial Race chief’s identity, then encountered Tao Qi near the Prison Race Eighth Heaven Domain. Tao Qi offered herself as a hostage and warned him away from the pavilion, but Tian Wuchen appeared and claimed the Celestial Race chief would not kill Sikong Jing if he stopped sinking deeper.

• Sikong Jing decided that Tian Wuchen was key to turning the Celestial Race and began considering how to persuade him to visit the Peerless Pill Pavilion.
• Sikong Jing followed Tao Qi’s aura to a forest near the Prison Race Eighth Heaven Domain and found her cultivating alone.
• Tao Qi apologized for the Celestial Race’s actions against the Ten Thousand Demon Hall and offered to become Sikong Jing’s hostage, while warning him not to go to the Peerless Pill Pavilion.
• Sikong Jing told Tao Qi that the Ten Thousand Demon Hall had repelled the first attack and that the Celestial Race chief also wanted him dead.
• Tian Wuchen emerged from the darkness and said the Celestial Race chief would not kill Sikong Jing as long as he did not sink deeper.

Tian Wuchen urged Sikong Jing to reject the Anti-Seal Faction, claiming the Burial Emperor Tomb was an evil force that had to remain sealed. Sikong Jing challenged the Celestial Race’s history and asked whether its clan chief, Heaven-Sunder Emperor, had altered its records.

• Tian Wuchen explained that Emperor Venerables at the Fourth Tribulation or above faced the Burial Emperor Tribulation every thousand years and had to advance another tribulation to survive.
• Tian Wuchen claimed a demon inside the Burial Emperor Tomb devoured Emperor Venerables and would eventually destroy the Vast Cosmos Great World.
• Tian Wuchen accused Sikong Jing’s Sword Shatter Eldest Senior Sister and five other Swordwalk Small World Emperor Venerables of opposing the seal, and argued that the Anti-Seal Faction should be killed.
• Sikong Jing offered to share what he had heard, but Tian Wuchen rejected the claim that another great world existed and insisted the Celestial Race’s records proved the tomb’s evil.
• Tian Wuchen urged Sikong Jing not to be deceived, citing the Celestial Race’s Nine-Tribulation Emperor experts as evidence that the Burial Emperor Tomb was unnecessary.
• Sikong Jing asked whether the Celestial Race’s clan chief was Heaven-Sunder Emperor and had fabricated the story and erased the clan’s original records.

Tao Qi learned that Tian Tao had accused the Celestial Race clan chief of being one of the Ancient Ten Absolutes, shattering Tian Wuchen’s certainty in his leader. Sikong Jing seized on Tian Wuchen’s doubt and pressed him to question the clan chief’s claims.

• Tian Wuchen urged Sikong Jing not to join the Anti-Seal Faction and explained that he had been ordered to intercept him.
• Tao Qi received word from Liu Shun that Tian Tao had been killed by the Celestial Race clan chief for opposing his plan to send Sikong Jing to the Peerless Pill Pavilion.
• Tian Wuchen destroyed Tao Qi’s communication stone and accused Liu Shun of lying, but Tao Qi declared that she believed Liu Shun and Tian Tao.
• Tao Qi condemned the Celestial Race’s recent actions and challenged Tian Wuchen to kill her, recalling the slaughter of Celestial Race members in Swordwalk Small World.
• Sikong Jing asked Tian Wuchen whether he truly believed the explanation about the Absolute Sword Emperor’s resurrection plan and pointed out that the clan chief had accepted it without question.

Sikong Jing exposed his suspicions about Tian Wuxiu to Tian Wuchen, who tried to take him captive, but Xie Bumian arrived and stopped him. Xie Bumian then brought out Lone Wanderer's spirit shadow, whose reaction to seeing Sikong Jing left the confrontation poised to continue.

• Sikong Jing told Tian Wuchen that the Ancient Ten Absolutes intended to destroy the Vast Universe, but Tian Wuchen refused to believe the Celestial Race clan chief was involved and tried to capture Sikong Jing and Tao Qi.
• Sikong Jing realized Tian Wuxiu had arranged events to get him captured, so he sent Yu Xianpo a signal and prepared to escape.
• Xie Bumian arrived, shattered Tian Wuchen's power, and trapped him with Sword Qi before Sikong Jing persuaded her not to kill him.
• Xie Bumian explained that she had escaped a Demon-Slaying Hall ambush and had learned about the Anti-Seal Faction from Old Lady Chen.
• Xie Bumian released Lone Wanderer's spirit shadow to raise Tian Wuchen's suspicions about Tian Wuxiu, and Lone Wanderer saw Sikong Jing and cried out in fear.

Sikong Jing questioned Lone Wanderer about the Ancient Ten Absolutes and used his answers to deepen Tian Wuchen’s doubts about the Celestial Race’s leadership. Tian Wuchen tested Tian Wuxiu’s response and found that Sikong Jing’s predictions were correct, leaving him shaken as he prepared to go to the Peerless Pill Pavilion.

• Sikong Jing questioned Lone Wanderer about the Ancient Ten Absolutes, the Seal and Anti-Seal Factions, and the Celestial and Spirit Races; Lone Wanderer said the forces were connected and the Celestial Race’s clan chief could be one of the Ten.
• Sikong Jing killed Lone Wanderer and urged Tian Wuchen to test Tian Wuxiu, while Tao Qi warned that the Celestial Race could face ruin if the accusation proved true.
• Tian Wuchen contacted Tian Wuxiu and claimed that he had intercepted Sikong Jing and Tian Qi, while reporting the accusation that Tian Wuxiu had killed Tian Tao and belonged to the Ancient Ten Absolutes.
• Tian Wuxiu said Chen Lusheng had killed Tian Tao and ordered Tian Wuchen to bring Sikong Jing and Tian Qi to the Peerless Pill Pavilion, confirming Sikong Jing’s predictions and further unsettling Tian Wuchen.

Sikong Jing and his allies set out for the Peerless Pill Pavilion, unaware that Tian Wuxiu planned to use Tian Wuchen as bait to draw the Anti-Seal Faction into a trap. Meanwhile, the Magic Rat body arranged to send Sikong Jing a sample of Magic Beast blood, leaving Chen Lusheng puzzled by its purpose.

• Sikong Jing gathered Yu Xianpo and the others, and they decided Xie Bumian would take Sikong Jing, Tao Qi, and the imprisoned Tian Wuchen to the Peerless Pill Pavilion while the others settled the Prison Race's internal conflict.
• Sikong Jing reasoned that the Ancient Ten Absolutes would let their enemies gather at the Peerless Pill Pavilion so they could eliminate the Anti-Seal Faction in one sweep.
• Tian Wuxiu told Tian Sui that Tian Wuchen was bait to draw Sikong Jing and the Anti-Seal Faction into the pavilion, and warned that Sikong Jing might become Tian Sui's rival for the Ten Absolutes inheritance.
• Tian Wuxiu explained that the Peerless Pill Pavilion's gathering would also select successors for the Ten Absolutes, and Tian Sui vowed to become one.
• Chen Lusheng brought the Magic Rat body out of the Dark Demon Small World, and it asked him to send Sikong Jing some Magic Beast blood.

The Magic Rat form gave Chen Lusheng powerful resources for Sikong Jing and explained that it could secretly communicate with him inside Peerless Pill Pavilion. They planned to arrange support outside the pavilion, with the Dark Demon Small World as Sikong Jing’s escape route.

• The Magic Rat form gave Chen Lusheng Nine Heavens Demon Blood and demonic qi, which Chen Lusheng sent to Sikong Jing.
• Chen Lusheng warned that Peerless Pill Pavilion held three complete Ten Absolute Emperors and posed a grave danger to Sikong Jing.
• The Magic Rat form proposed going near Peerless Pill Pavilion to coordinate support, revealing that it could communicate with Sikong Jing beyond the Ancient Ten Absolutes’ detection.
• Chen Lusheng agreed to plan a base, battle formations, and escape routes outside Peerless Pill Pavilion.
• The Magic Rat form identified the Dark Demon Small World as Sikong Jing’s only true escape route and proposed deploying Dark Demon Realm Rings throughout their usable range.

With the Five Absolutes inheritance three days away, factions across the Vast Cosmos Great World mobilized toward the Peerless Pill Pavilion. Sikong Jing, Tao Qi, and Xie Bumian reached Pill-Tempering City as Chen Lusheng prepared an escape plan and Zhe Ying wrestled with the truth about the Spirit Race’s servitude to the Ancient Ten Absolutes.

• Chen Lusheng planned Sikong Jing’s escape through the Dark Demon Small World and mapped a route toward the Southern Heavenly Heroic Spirit Divine Region.
• Yu Xiandeng and Yu Xianbao ended the Prison Race war temporarily and led their factions toward the Peerless Pill Pavilion, while Zhan Congdian and the Dragon Shield Heavenly Roc also set out with their forces.
• Ling Dao ordered Zhe Ying to pursue the Five Absolutes inheritance and prove himself to the Spirit Race, while warning that Absolute Spirit Emperor might accept him as a disciple if he performed well.
• Zhe Ying told Que Yi that the Spirit Race served the Ancient Ten Absolutes and feared that rumors about the Burial Emperor Tomb’s purpose might be true; he resolved to wait until they reached Sikong Jing before deciding what to do.
• Sikong Jing, Tao Qi, and Xie Bumian arrived in Pill-Tempering City with three days remaining before the Five Absolutes inheritance, as Tao Qi observed that factions from across the world had gathered.

Sikong Jing, Tao Qi, and Xie Bumian entered Pill-Tempering City in disguise to investigate the factions gathering for the Five Absolutes inheritance and meet Chen Lusheng’s contact. At the Peerless Tavern, Sikong Jing heard people praise him as a contender for the inheritances, then learned that others now considered him an enemy of the entire world.

• Xie Bumian questioned whether the Five Absolutes inheritance was a scheme, and Sikong Jing explained why the factions would risk coming despite their doubts.
• Sikong Jing led Tao Qi and Xie Bumian to the Peerless Tavern to meet Chen Lusheng’s contact and learn what the factions thought of the turmoil.
• Yun Dongguang identified them as members of Cloud Roar Hall and gave Sikong Jing the bottles of demon blood and demon energy.
• Sikong Jing examined the bottles while listening as tavern patrons discussed the Five Absolutes inheritances and praised his chances.
• A patron sneered that Sikong Jing was about to become the enemy of the entire world.

At the Peerless Tavern, Sikong Jing watched as guests disputed the Anti-Seal Faction and the Absolute Sword Emperor. Shan Yue confronted Brother Le and ordered him to kneel and apologize for criticizing the emperor.

• Tu Gui of Earth Pattern Hall denounced Sikong Jing and the Anti-Seal Faction, while Brother Le challenged his account and defended Sikong Jing.
• Tao Qi told Sikong Jing that Brother Le had been rescued by him in Swordwalk Small World, and Yun Dongguang noted that some guests might become allies.
• Tu Gui praised remaking the world's order and condemned the Shadow Moon Demon Rat, while Brother Le fell silent under warnings from nearby guests.
• Shan Yue shoved Tu Gui aside, confronted Brother Le over his criticism of the Absolute Sword Emperor, and demanded that he kneel and kowtow toward Peerless Pill Pavilion.

Sikong Jing decided to reveal himself to protect Brother Le, who had spoken up against Shan Yue, and drank Nine Heavens Demon Blood to complete his controllable Demon Vein. After Xie Bumian learned that Tian Wuxiu had contacted the sealed Tian Wuchen, she and Yun Dongguang fled with Tao Qi, leaving Sikong Jing alone as the Mountain Clan chief approached.

• Shan Yue threw Brother Le to the ground and forced him down while a Mountain Clan powerhouse subdued Brother Le's elders.
• Sikong Jing told Yun Dongguang and Xie Bumian to leave, explaining that he would reveal himself to encourage others to resist the Ancient Ten Absolutes and protect Brother Le.
• Sikong Jing drank the Nine Heavens Demon Blood and told Xie Bumian to give him the treasure sealing Tian Wuchen.
• Tian Wuchen said that Tian Wuxiu had contacted him, and Sikong Jing ordered Xie Bumian, Yun Dongguang, and Tao Qi to leave before the clan chief arrived.
• Brother Le refused to kowtow to Shan Yue, declaring that Sikong Jing had saved him and others in the Swordwalk Small World.
• Sikong Jing walked toward Shan Yue and Brother Le as the demon blood fused with him and his controllable Demon Vein began to take shape.

Sikong Jing prepared for Tian Wuchen’s possible death while confronting Tian Wuxiu, then appeared at Peerless Tavern to stop Shan Yue from forcing Brother Le to kneel. Shan Yue chose to escort Sikong Jing into Peerless Pill Pavilion, hoping to use him to draw out the Anti-Seal Faction.

• Sikong Jing asked Tian Wuchen to split off a spiritual shadow so he could preserve a sliver of his life force, and Tian Wuchen agreed despite doubting Sikong Jing’s suspicions.
• Shan Yue tried to force Brother Le to kneel, but Sikong Jing’s Sword Qi severed Shan Yue’s hand and freed Brother Le.
• Sikong Jing revealed his identity and thanked Brother Le for standing up for him.
• Shan Yue surrounded Sikong Jing and said he would use him to pressure the Ten Thousand Demon Hall to release Shan Qiansu.
• After a Mountain Clan elder whispered to him, Shan Yue decided to escort Sikong Jing into Peerless Pill Pavilion and use him to lure out the Anti-Seal Faction.

Sikong Jing proved his claim that the Celestial Race's clan chief was coming and stopped Shan Yue from taking Brother Le by severing both of Shan Yue's arms. After the Mountain Clan released the Zither Dance Hall members, Sikong Jing entered Peerless Hall, where his controllable Demon Vein reached major completion and let him conceal his demonic bloodline at will.

• A Peerless Tavern manager announced that the Celestial Race's clan chief was arriving and ordered everyone except Sikong Jing to leave.
• Shan Yue seized Brother Le and demanded that Sikong Jing trade an arm to save him, but Sikong Jing refused.
• Sikong Jing used Sword Clan and Absolute Sword intents to sever both of Shan Yue's arms and threatened to crush them if the Mountain Clan intervened.
• A Mountain Clan elder released Brother Le and the Zither Dance Hall members, then took Shan Yue away from Peerless Tavern.
• Sikong Jing followed the innkeeper to Peerless Hall, where his Demon Vein reached major completion and his body entered the Demonic Path Eightfold Body state without changing appearance.

Sikong Jing completed his controllable Demon Vein and hid Tian Wuchen’s spirit shadow inside his Nine Heavens Sword Qi, preparing for Tian Wuxiu’s inspection. Outside the Peerless Tavern, onlookers speculated about the Celestial Race Clan Chief’s motives until Tian Wuxiu arrived alone, prompting praise for the Celestial Race.

• Sikong Jing’s true body broke through two realms to the Yin-Yang Divine Lord Realm as his Demon Vein became controllable.
• Sikong Jing concealed Tian Wuchen’s spirit shadow in his Human Meridian Dantian, using the Nine Heavens Sword Dao and clashing Sword Qi to hide it.
• The crowd outside the Peerless Tavern debated why Tian Wuxiu was coming to meet Sikong Jing, while Shan Yue’s clan elders urged him not to provoke Sikong Jing further.
• Brother Le declared that he believed Sikong Jing and wanted to join the Anti-Seal Faction, though his companion warned Sikong Jing might not survive.
• Tian Wuxiu arrived at the Peerless Tavern alone in a pillar of white light, and the gathered crowd praised the Celestial Race for honoring Sikong Jing.

Sikong Jing faced Tian Wuxiu in the Peerless Hall, where Tian Wuchen revealed how Sikong Jing had tried to expose the clan chief. Tian Wuxiu explained that he had anticipated their moves and revealed he was the Heaven-Sunder Emperor, leaving Tian Wuchen stunned and Sikong Jing in danger.

• Xie Bumian left Pill-Tempering City with Tao Qi and Yun Dongguang, who contacted Chen Lusheng and learned the Sword and Saber Emperor would meet them nearby.
• Tian Wuxiu arrived at the Peerless Hall with Tian Sui and ordered the pavilion staff to leave, leaving only them and Sikong Jing.
• Sikong Jing released Tian Wuchen, who admitted he had lied about capturing Sikong Jing and described the plan to expose Tian Wuxiu.
• Tian Wuchen asked Tian Wuxiu to resolve his doubts, but Tian Wuxiu instead explained how he had anticipated Sikong Jing's plan and asked how Sikong Jing would survive.
• Tian Wuxiu revealed that he was the Heaven-Sunder Emperor and the junior brother of Absolute Pill, leaving Tian Wuchen staggered in shock.

Tian Wuxiu revealed that he was the reincarnated Heaven-Sunder Emperor and exposed his plan to use Tian Wuchen to lure the Anti-Seal Faction into a trap. Sikong Jing rejected the scheme by destroying his communication stone, and Tian Wuxiu prepared to take him to meet Absolute Pill Emperor.

• Tian Wuxiu told Tian Wuchen that he was the Heaven-Sunder Emperor reincarnated and admitted that he had used him to bring Sikong Jing to the Peerless Pill Pavilion.
• Tian Wuxiu revealed that he intended to kill Tian Wuchen unless Sikong Jing summoned the Anti-Seal Faction, which he planned to capture in one net.
• Sikong Jing crushed his communication stone and refused to let Chen Lusheng and the others risk entering Pill-Tempering City.
• Tian Wuxiu praised Sikong Jing's resolve and said he would take him to meet Absolute Pill Emperor, who would make him reveal the Anti-Seal Faction's members.

Tian Wuxiu killed Tian Wuchen, then inspected Sikong Jing and discovered his powerful magic beast bloodline and unusual cultivation without finding the hidden spirit-shadow avatar. As Tian Wuxiu took Sikong Jing to meet Absolute Pill Emperor, the Magic Rat body arrived nearby and sent a flood of memories into Sikong Jing.

• Tian Wuxiu dissolved Tian Wuchen and pretended to mourn him before turning his attention to Sikong Jing.
• Tian Wuxiu searched Sikong Jing and discovered his terrifying magic beast bloodline, second dantian, and multiple Sword Daos.
• Tian Wuxiu speculated about Sikong Jing's cultivation and imperial bloodlines, then decided Sikong Jing must join them or be killed.
• Tian Wuxiu lifted the barrier around Peerless Hall and took Sikong Jing to meet Absolute Pill Emperor.
• The nearby Magic Rat body sent Sikong Jing memories about the Ten Thousand Demon Hall, the Dark Demon Small World, and the Nine Heavens methods.

Tian Wuxiu took Sikong Jing to the Peerless Pill Pavilion, while Sikong Jing used a breakthrough to conceal Tian Wuchen’s spirit shadow from inspection. The chapter left Tian Wuxiu examining Sikong Jing’s dantians again as Sikong Jing risked discovery to keep Tian Wuchen hidden.

• Tian Wuxiu carried Sikong Jing and Tian Sui away from Pill-Tempering City, telling the crowds that Sikong Jing would be convinced by the Absolute Pill Emperor.
• The crowd praised Tian Wuxiu and condemned the Anti-Seal Faction, while Brother Le silently resolved to join it to repay Sikong Jing.
• Tian Wuxiu inspected Sikong Jing again, and Sikong Jing used memories from the Magic Rat body to break through the second level of the Nine Heavens Sword Dao and reach the Divine Lord Realm.
• Sikong Jing moved Tian Wuchen’s spirit shadow into his beast-vein dantian during the breakthrough, using it to draw Tian Wuxiu’s attention away from the spirit shadow.
• Tian Wuxiu examined Sikong Jing’s beast-vein dantian and returned to his human-vein dantian, while Sikong Jing intensified the clashing sword energies to conceal Tian Wuchen.

Sikong Jing survived Tian Wuxiu’s inspection by hiding Tian Wuchen’s remaining spirit shadow and began teaching him the Nine Heavens Sword Dao. As Sikong Jing entered the Peerless Pill Pavilion to face the Absolute Pill Emperor, the hostile spirit shadows of several Ancient Ten Absolutes confronted him.

• Tian Wuxiu withdrew his spirit shadow power after inspecting Sikong Jing and warned him to abandon either the Sword Clan or the Absolute Sword Dao.
• Sikong Jing taught Tian Wuchen the first two realms of the Nine Heavens Dark Demon Sword so his spirit shadow could survive the Absolute Pill Emperor’s trial.
• The demon rat form told Chen Lusheng that Sikong Jing had passed Tian Wuxiu’s test and revealed that the Absolute Pill Emperor intended to recruit or subjugate him.
• Chen Lusheng, Tao Qi, Xie Bumian, and Yun Dongguang gathered at World-Shaking Mountain and prepared to wait for Sikong Jing and plan his rescue.
• Tian Wuxiu brought Sikong Jing and Tian Sui into the Peerless Pill Pavilion, where Absolute Slaying Emperor and three hostile spirit shadows confronted Sikong Jing.

Sikong Jing faced the Six Absolutes alone as Absolute Pill Emperor tried to force him into submission with overwhelming spirit and bloodline pressure. He resisted the illusion and declared that Absolute Pill Emperor was not qualified to conquer him.

• Tian Wuxiu told Absolute Pill Emperor that Sikong Jing was difficult to sway and described his unusual dantians, bloodline, and sword daos.
• The Four Absolutes examined Sikong Jing with their spirit projections, and he endured their scrutiny without speaking or sitting down.
• Absolute Pill Emperor surrounded Sikong Jing with spirit projection power and commanded him to submit.
• Sikong Jing resisted the pressure and suppressed the Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts bloodline so it would not reveal itself.
• Sikong Jing recalled the hardships that had hardened his will and Su Yuexi's promise to wait for him.
• Sikong Jing bit his tongue, cleared his mind, and told Absolute Pill Emperor that he was not qualified to conquer him.

Sikong Jing rejected Absolute Pill Emperor’s offer to join the Ten Absolutes, declaring that he would defend his homeland and pursue martial arts rather than seek supreme power. Absolute Pill Emperor ordered Absolute Slaying Emperor to torture him, but Sikong Jing endured the pain without yielding.

• Sikong Jing broke free of Absolute Pill Emperor’s illusion and explained that he would not let outsiders attack his homeland.
• Absolute Pill Emperor offered to cure Sikong Jing’s dangers and make him heir to the Ten Absolutes, promising him power over two great worlds.
• Sikong Jing refused, saying he would fight for the Vast Cosmos Great World and wanted only to reach the peak of martial arts.
• Absolute Beast Emperor and Absolute Sword Emperor argued over who would possess Sikong Jing’s body.
• Absolute Pill Emperor ordered Absolute Slaying Emperor to shatter Sikong Jing’s bones, and Sikong Jing endured the torture without submitting.

Sikong Jing endured having his bones and soul ground down, using his resistance to make himself more valuable to Absolute Pill Emperor and less vulnerable to possession. Absolute Pill Emperor decided to erase Sikong Jing’s memories, give him new ones, and later divide and devour his soul if it reached its peak.

• Tian Wuchen urged Sikong Jing to pretend to submit, but Sikong Jing explained that resistance would increase his value and protect him from being possessed.
• Absolute Pill Emperor restored Sikong Jing’s crushed bones, then had Absolute Slaying Emperor grind down his soul while Sikong Jing refused to yield.
• Absolute Beast Emperor and Absolute Sword Emperor proposed destroying or controlling Sikong Jing, but Absolute Pill Emperor argued that his soul and will were more valuable than his ordinary body.
• Tian Wuchen resolved to help Sikong Jing and lead the Celestial Race to fight beside him.
• Absolute Pill Emperor proposed erasing Sikong Jing’s memories, implanting new ones, and eventually dividing and devouring his soul to gain power over two Great Worlds.