Recaps

Sikong Jing reached the Ten-Spring Quasi-Emperor realm while searching for Sword Extinction Giant Tomb, but he learned that the tomb had disappeared. He discovered that Teng Bahun had been inside it, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Sikong Jing broke through to the Ten-Spring Quasi-Emperor realm and inspected the powers in his two dantians.
• Sikong Jing and Gan Wumie continued searching for Sword Extinction Giant Tomb and worried it might have been destroyed.
• Sikong Jing hid with Gan Wumie when several variant humans approached.
• A member of Purple Dust Pavilion said Sword Extinction Giant Tomb had disappeared and asked what had happened to Martial Uncle Bahun.
• Sikong Jing realized Teng Bahun had remained in Sword Extinction Giant Tomb and rebuilt Purple Dust Pavilion, but the tomb was now gone.

Sikong Jing learned that the Sword Extinction Giant Tomb had vanished and that people from the Primordial Cosmos Great World might have taken it. While investigating the Heaven-Soaring Giant Continent, he sensed his Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow there.

• Sikong Jing questioned several variant humans and learned that the Sword Extinction Giant Tomb had disappeared within the past two months.
• Sikong Jing concluded that people from the Primordial Cosmos Great World might have used a spatial treasure to move the tomb, and he learned that the Five Heavenly Emperors had hunted Teng Bahun for the Sword Extinction Totem.
• Sikong Jing checked Teng Bahun's life lamp, confirmed that he was still alive, and decided to investigate the Heaven-Soaring Giant Continent before searching other small worlds.
• Gan Wumie asked why the Primordial Cosmos and Vast Cosmos fought, and Sikong Jing said even Longfir Emperor had not known the Burial Emperor Battlefield's origins.
• Sikong Jing arrived at the Heaven-Soaring Giant Continent and summoned information from demon beasts across the land and sea.
• Sikong Jing sensed that his Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow was on the Heaven-Soaring Giant Continent.

Sikong Jing learned that the Abyss Mad Demon Giant Beast had seen the Divine Cosmos Ship three years earlier near the far side of the Boundless Sea, raising questions about the Seven Decree Sect’s first arrival. The beast warned that he could not remain because people on the Heaven-Soaring Giant Continent were coming to capture him.

• Sikong Jing sensed that his Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow had briefly appeared and vanished, then continued searching beast reports for clues.
• Sikong Jing summoned the Abyss Mad Demon Giant Beast and asked about its report of a terrifying divine ship.
• The beast said it had seen a ship matching the Divine Cosmos Ship three years earlier in the Void Rift World, bearing seven decree-token symbols.
• Sikong Jing inferred that the first Seven Decree Sect members had reached the Spirit Seal Realm and wondered what they had done there.
• Someone on the Heaven-Soaring Giant Continent called for the beast to be captured, and the beast told Sikong Jing it had to leave.

Sikong Jing used a captured centipede beast to draw faction leaders out and investigate the vanished Sword Extinction Giant Tomb and missing Teng Bahun while concealing his identity. Elsewhere, Ling Wangjiao led Divine Lord Stage forces from Heaven-Soaring Palace in capturing Purple Dust Pavilion, intending to use its members to force Teng Bahun to reveal whether he knew the Nine Heavens Sword Dao.

• Sikong Jing made the centipede beast his mount, lowered his aura, altered his appearance, and planned to question the factions about the Origin Universe ship and recent abnormalities.
• Ling Wangjiao and his powerful group emerged from the void-rift entrance at Purple Dust Pavilion's manor and swiftly subdued its members.
• Ling Wangjiao identified himself as a member of Heaven-Soaring Palace and claimed the estate as the family's former territory.
• Ling Wangjiao recognized the pavilion master as a former Azure Wind General and demanded that Purple Dust Pavilion accompany his forces to find Teng Bahun.
• Ling Wangjiao revealed his Divine Lord Stage power and said he wanted to trade the pavilion members' lives for Teng Bahun's knowledge of the Nine Heavens Sword Dao.
• Heaven-Soaring Palace seized Purple Dust Pavilion's core members and carried them away.

Ling Yuyue was targeted by Ling Wangjiao’s jealous maidservants after he recognized her Nine Heavens Sword Dao talent. As Sister Li prepared to kill her, a mysterious voice revealed that Sister Li had reached the Extreme Prison Stage, a realm forgotten by the Spirit Seal Realm.

• Ling Yuyue recalled how Heaven-Soaring Palace had punished her family and offered her a chance to escape by cultivating the Nine Heavens Sword Dao.
• After Ling Wangjiao made Ling Yuyue one of his maidservants and brought her back to Boundless Sea, his other maidservants resented her new standing.
• The maidservants challenged Ling Yuyue to a fight to the death, and the bystanders falsely claimed that she had proposed it.
• Sister Li advanced on Ling Yuyue and revealed that she was in the Extreme Prison Stage.
• A hoarse, demonic voice beside Ling Yuyue explained that the Extreme Prison Stage was a realm forgotten by the Spirit Seal Realm.

Ling Yuyue accepted the demonic shadow’s offer to control her body and unleashed the Nine Heavens Sword Dao against Sister Li and the surrounding maids. When a squad led by a Divine Dao Stage expert arrived, the shadow returned control to her, leaving Ling Yuyue to face them alone.

• Sister Li slapped Ling Yuyue down and threatened to kill her while the surrounding servants jeered.
• Ling Yuyue grasped her sword and opened her Spirit Platform consciousness sea, allowing the demonic shadow to enter and take control of her body.
• The demonic shadow seized Sister Li’s hand, twisted it apart, and killed her with a sword strike.
• Ling Yuyue’s sword intent cut down the veteran maids and servants who had encouraged Sister Li, despite Ling Yuyue’s pleas for the shadow to stop.
• A squad led by a Divine Dao Stage expert surrounded Ling Yuyue, and the demonic shadow withdrew control, telling her to warn them that killing her could bring consequences for her Nine Heavens Sword Dao.

Ling Yuyue was captured after the Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow used her sword to unleash the Nine Heavens Sword Dao, then revealed itself as part of Sikong Jing and began teaching her the sword art. Meanwhile, Sikong Jing remained disguised atop the centipede beast as powerful pursuers surrounded him and questioned his identity.

• Ling Yuyue threatened her pursuers with Young Master Wangjiao’s authority, so the squad subdued her and recorded her battle rather than killing her.
• Ling Yuyue questioned the demonic shadow in her sword, and it revealed that it was Sikong Jing’s Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow with confused memories of its main body.
• The Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow decided to help Ling Yuyue pass an examination by teaching her the first seven levels of the Nine Heavens Dark Demon Sword.
• A crowd of powerful experts surrounded Sikong Jing, who remained disguised atop the centipede beast.
• Sikong Jing asked a flame-wreathed middle-aged man whether he had once served the Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor.

Sikong Jing learned that the Boundless Sea’s surviving factions had become variant humans and were searching for Teng Bahun, then sensed Ling Wangjiao’s Divine Lord Stage power and Nine Heavens Sword Qi near Purple Dust Pavilion. He headed there and found Ling Wangjiao traveling toward Sword Extinction Giant Tomb, where Ling Wangjiao lamented that the Nine Heavens Emperor’s essence blood was gone.

• Sikong Jing explained that the Five Heavenly Emperors had ordered their subordinates to capture Teng Bahun, plunging the other half of Boundless Sea into chaos and leaving powerful variant humans in control.
• Boundless Sea experts threatened Sikong Jing and demanded that he leave, but he sensed Ling Wangjiao and the captured Purple Dust Pavilion people through his spiritual shadow.
• Sikong Jing and his giant centipede beast vanished toward Purple Dust Pavilion, while their departing gale knocked the attacking experts into the ground.
• The Boundless Sea experts assumed Sikong Jing could not exceed the Extreme Heaven Stage and pursued him, secretly ordering their troops to assemble.
• Ling Wangjiao traveled toward Sword Extinction Giant Tomb aboard a miniature Divine Cosmos Ship and cultivated the Nine Heavens Sword Dao.
• Ling Wangjiao told a Heaven-Soaring Palace expert that the Nine Heavens Emperor’s essence blood was gone and that the portion once kept in Heaven-Soaring Palace had been destroyed in experiments.

Ling Wangjiao and Heaven-Soaring Palace sought to seize the Nine Heavens Sword Dao from Teng Bahun before the Primordial Cosmos lords returned. Sikong Jing confronted their ship and realized the outsiders had already reached Heaven-Soaring Palace, giving him a chance to learn what had happened in the Spirit Seal Realm.

• Ling Wangjiao learned that the Vast Sea branch's Nine Heavens blood essence had been absorbed by someone who left for the Vast Cosmos Great World, and he planned to obtain Teng Bahun's sword inheritance before the lords returned.
• Heaven-Soaring Palace's experts spotted Sikong Jing and his centipede beast and ordered their ship to ram them, intending to capture the youth and destroy his mount.
• Sikong Jing and the beast vanished like an illusion, then Sikong Jing appeared on the ship's deck and asked whether the group came from Heaven-Soaring Palace.
• Sikong Jing recognized the Heaven-Soaring bloodline and questioned how its people had learned the Nine Heavens Sword Dao, realizing the Primordial Cosmos experts had reached the palace.

Sikong Jing confronted Ling Wangjiao and Heaven-Soaring Palace while disguised as a Seven Decree Sect disciple, then learned that Purple Dust Pavilion had been seized to find Ba Hun and the complete Nine Heavens Sword Dao. He revealed that Sword Extinction Giant Tomb had disappeared and prepared to take Purple Dust Pavilion with him.

• Sikong Jing claimed to belong to the Seven Decree Sect, making Ling Wangjiao and the Heaven-Soaring Palace experts realize he was provoking them.
• Sikong Jing called Purple Dust Pavilion his friends and asked why Heaven-Soaring Palace had taken them prisoner.
• A Heaven-Soaring Palace Divine Lord attacked Sikong Jing with a Heaven-Soaring Sword Dao domain, but Sikong Jing erased it with a casual wave.
• Lao Tian revealed that Heaven-Soaring Palace wanted to take Purple Dust Pavilion to Sword Extinction Giant Tomb and find Ba Hun, who might possess the complete Nine Heavens Sword Dao.
• Sikong Jing told Ling Wangjiao that Sword Extinction Giant Tomb had disappeared, then declared that he would take Purple Dust Pavilion with him.

Sikong Jing broke Ling Wangjiao’s suppression and revealed that he could wield Absolute Sword power. Lord Wudun of the Seven Decree Sect confronted him, and Sikong Jing began his first true battle as a Quasi-Emperor by striking with both Absolute Sword and Absolute Slaughter.

• Ling Wangjiao used the spirit shadow of a Ten Thousand Springs Quasi-Emperor hidden in his sea of consciousness to suppress Sikong Jing and demand his origins.
• Sikong Jing shattered the suppression with his Absolute Sword intent and challenged the hidden Seven Decree Sect expert to appear.
• Lord Wudun emerged and recognized Sikong Jing’s Absolute Sword Sword Dao, asking whether he belonged to the sect of the Absolute Sword brat who followed Golden Bright Emperor.
• Sikong Jing suggested that he was the Absolute Sword brat, and Wudun dismissed the claim before trapping him and the ship in a misty space.
• Sikong Jing announced that he also possessed Absolute Slaughter and thrust his sword through Wudun’s misty space.

Sikong Jing overwhelmed Wudun and demanded that Heaven-Soaring Palace leave behind a Divine Lord Stage cultivator so he could question him about the Primordial Cosmos Great World's forces in the Spirit Seal Realm. Wudun fled with the others, leaving the standoff unresolved as Sikong Jing insisted the captive was needed to calm his friends in Purple Dust Pavilion.

• Sikong Jing split Wudun's mist domain with his sword radiance, and their clash destroyed the small Divine Cosmos Ship and sent Ling Wangjiao and the others flying.
• Wudun questioned Sikong Jing about the Sword Extinction Giant Tomb and accused him of seeking Teng Bahun, while Sikong Jing concluded that Wudun did not know where the tomb had gone.
• Sikong Jing unleashed his Nine Heavens Sword Dao, shattered Wudun's defenses, and trapped him in a sword domain.
• Wudun burned his true qi to escape the sword domain, swept up Heaven-Soaring Palace's group, and fled through the mist.
• Sikong Jing tracked Wudun through the mist and demanded that he leave behind the Divine Lord Stage cultivator who had made the first move.
• Sikong Jing said he needed to question the cultivator about the Spirit Seal Realm and that the man could make amends for frightening his friends in Purple Dust Pavilion.

Sikong Jing captured Ling Dongyang and questioned him about Seven Decree Sect, while Wudun fled with Ling Wangjiao and the others through the Void Rift World. Ling Dongyang revealed that Seven Decree Sect’s main interest was the Nine Heavens Sword Dao, leaving Sikong Jing to consider the sect’s motives.

• Wudun threw Ling Dongyang toward Sikong Jing and escaped with Ling Wangjiao and the others toward Purple Dust Pavilion.
• Sikong Jing caught Ling Dongyang, repaired his ship, and questioned him about his name, position, and Seven Decree Sect’s actions.
• Wudun ordered Ling Wangjiao to activate the Time-Space White Jade Array Disc after they found Ling Yuyue had killed several servants, and the group fled with her.
• Sikong Jing sensed the Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow near Purple Dust Pavilion but stayed to hear Ling Dongyang’s account.
• Ling Dongyang told Sikong Jing that Seven Decree Sect considered the sealed Spirit Seal Realm unimportant and focused instead on the Nine Heavens Sword Dao.

Sikong Jing learned that the Seven Decree Sect was pursuing Nine Heavens Sword Dao and planned to visit Heaven-Soaring Palace to draw out the Primordial Cosmos sect that had taken the Sword Extinction Giant Tomb. After reuniting with the Purple Dust Pavilion, he ordered them to gather and prepare to contact allies, while Ling Dongyang realized Sikong Jing was the son of the Nine Heavens Successor.

• Ling Dongyang told Sikong Jing that the Seven Decree Sect sought the Nine Heavens Emperor's inheritance and had little information about the Sword Extinction Giant Tomb's disappearance.
• Sikong Jing decided to go to Heaven-Soaring Palace and make its Nine Heavens Sword Dao surge to attract the sect that took the tomb.
• Sikong Jing summoned the Purple Dust Pavilion members, who recognized him after Gan Wumie had revealed his identity to them.
• Sikong Jing told the Purple Dust Pavilion to gather and leave the Vast Sea, and asked them to station people across the small worlds to contact the King of Night Charms and others.
• Ling Dongyang heard Sikong Jing's conversation with the Purple Dust Pavilion and realized he was Sikong Jing, the son of the Nine Heavens Successor.

Sikong Jing forced Ling Dongyang to help him infiltrate Heaven-Soaring Palace, then questioned Vast Sea experts about the Golden Bright Emperor’s ship and the vanished Sword Extinction Giant Tomb. After Sikong Jing left for Purple Dust Pavilion, Fire Pattern Bell arrived with Azure Fire General Camp troops and learned where Sikong Jing had gone.

• Sikong Jing threatened Ling Dongyang with the danger of exposing his identity as the son of the Nine Heavens Successor, and Ling Dongyang offered to help him enter Heaven-Soaring Palace.
• Sikong Jing planted Nine Heavens Sword Qi and a Fire Evil Spirit in Ling Dongyang’s Spirit Platform, intending to use him while avoiding alerting Wudun and the others.
• Sikong Jing questioned the kneeling Vast Sea experts about the Divine Cosmos Ship and the Sword Extinction Giant Tomb, but gained almost no useful information before heading to Purple Dust Pavilion.
• Fire Pattern Bell arrived with Azure Fire General Camp troops, questioned the Vast Sea experts about the Black-Clothed Youth, and learned that Sikong Jing had likely gone to Purple Dust Pavilion.

Fire Pattern Bell investigated the Extreme Prison Stage and concealed Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor’s secrets by killing the Vast Sea experts who had witnessed him. Sikong Jing uncovered clues about the War Emperor Divine Flood Dragon’s remains, then learned an Imperial Venerable had appeared and prepared for battle.

• Fire Pattern Bell dismissed concerns about Myriad Springs Quasi-Emperor and took men to investigate the two newly discovered Extreme Prison Stage cultivators.
• An Azure Fire General revealed Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor’s secrets to the Vast Sea experts, then killed them to keep those secrets hidden.
• Sikong Jing found evidence that his Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow had returned to Heaven-Soaring Palace and inferred that Spacetime White Jade Stone had enabled travel through the Void Rift World.
• Sikong Jing decided to go to Heaven-Soaring Palace, draw out the Origin Universe visitors, and later search for the War Emperor Divine Flood Dragon’s remains and void-energy crystals.
• Feng Shidao warned Sikong Jing that a powerful figure had appeared, and Sikong Jing identified the newcomer as an Imperial Venerable and ordered everyone into the Void Rift.

Sikong Jing shielded the Purple Dust Pavilion from Fengwen Zhong’s pressure and recognized him as the Green Leaf Palace’s Azure Fire General Camp commander. After a Hundred-Spring Quasi-Emperor attacked, Sikong Jing and Ling Dongyang quickly subdued him, leaving Fengwen Zhong’s questions and motives unresolved.

• Feng Shidao and the Purple Dust Pavilion cultivators were injured by Fengwen Zhong’s Emperor Venerable pressure, but Sikong Jing protected and healed them with his sword intent.
• Fengwen Zhong demanded Sikong Jing’s identity and asked how he could move freely in the Burial Emperor Tomb, prompting Sikong Jing to identify Fengwen Zhong and his Azure Fire General Camp.
• Sikong Jing challenged Fengwen Zhong to explain why the Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor had let him reach the Heavenly Emperor realm, but a Hundred-Spring Quasi-Emperor attacked before Fengwen Zhong answered.
• Sikong Jing effortlessly caught and stomped the attacker, then summoned Ling Dongyang to suppress him with Nine Heavens Sword Qi.

Sikong Jing overwhelmed Fire Pattern Bell’s Heavenly Emperor Realm power and questioned him about Green Leaf Palace’s plans. Fire Pattern Bell revealed that the Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor had sent them to capture people connected to Teng Bahun, while Sikong Jing confirmed Fire Pattern Bell knew nothing of the Primordial Cosmos Great World.

• Fire Pattern Bell unleashed his full strength, but Sikong Jing’s Absolute Sword Qi contained his attack and protected Purple Dust Pavilion and its people.
• Sikong Jing explained that his foundation was stronger because he had cultivated the Extreme Prison Stage from the Extreme Heaven Stage, while Fire Pattern Bell had taken it up later without proper guidance.
• Fire Pattern Bell said the Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor had discovered the Extreme Prison Stage and grown stronger, then asked who Sikong Jing served.
• Sikong Jing said he came from the Primordial Cosmos Great World, and Fire Pattern Bell revealed that he had never heard of it.
• Sikong Jing pressed Fire Pattern Bell about his mission, and Fire Pattern Bell admitted Green Leaf Palace had been sent to capture everyone connected to Teng Bahun.
• Fire Pattern Bell asked Sikong Jing to explain the Primordial Cosmos Great World.

Sikong Jing revealed the history of the Burial Emperor Spirit Seal Realm and the looming conflict between the Vast Cosmos and Primordial Cosmos Great Worlds to Fire Pattern Bell. He left with Purple Dust Pavilion, planning to use the threat of Seven Decree Sect’s return and his journey to Heaven-Soaring Realm to draw out hidden Origin Universe forces.

• Sikong Jing told Fire Pattern Bell that the Spirit Seal Realm was a sealed fragment of Vast Cosmos and that Primordial Cosmos was its enemy, then warned that Seven Decree Sect’s main force would return with a seventh-step Heavenly Emperor expert.
• Fire Pattern Bell said he knew nothing about the disappearance of Sword Extinction Giant Tomb, and Sikong Jing let him and his subordinates leave after declaring that he would take Purple Dust Pavilion.
• Fire Pattern Bell returned to ask Sikong Jing’s name and sect, but Sikong Jing gave only the false name Absolute Sword Kid.
• Sikong Jing explained to Ling Dongyang that he had spared Fire Pattern Bell to spread the truth and lure out any Origin Universe power behind Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor.
• Sikong Jing asked Ling Dongyang for the name of Heaven-Soaring Palace’s world, then prepared to head to Heaven-Soaring Realm to draw out hidden Origin Universe people.

Sikong Jing set out for the Heaven-Soaring Realm while Fire Pattern Bell returned to Green Leaf Palace and reported his encounter with the Absolute Sword boy. Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor ordered him to investigate the visitors from the Primordial Cosmos Great World, then consulted a mysterious shadow that revealed concern over the Nine Heavens Sword Dao.

• Sikong Jing gathered the Purple Dust Pavilion members, refined the Time-Space White Jade Array Disc, and traveled through the void rifts toward the Heaven-Soaring Realm.
• Fire Pattern Bell told Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor that the Absolute Sword boy had warned of the Primordial Cosmos Great World and a possible Burial Emperor war.
• Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor killed Fire Pattern Bell's subordinates with flying leaves and ordered Fire Pattern Bell to keep the two Great Worlds secret and investigate the Absolute Sword boy and the visitors.
• Fire Pattern Bell wondered whether Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor was controlled by the Primordial Cosmos Great World, but suppressed the thought and left to explain his subordinates' deaths.
• Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor met a mysterious shadow in the empty void and reported the news; the shadow said the Nine Heavens Sword Dao had enabled people from the Primordial Cosmos Great World to cross the Burial Emperor Battlefield.

The Absolute Spirit Emperor empowered the Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor and ordered him to seize the Purple Dust Pavilion people from Absolute Sword. He then tried to recruit Teng Bahun, who refused to betray the Vast Cosmos, while the Spirit Seal Realm’s true sealing barrier was revealed in the Void Rift World.

• The Absolute Spirit Emperor explained that he could not command all Primordial Cosmos arrivals, then raised the Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor from the Three-Tribulation to the Four-Tribulation Emperor Venerable Realm and sent him to face the Burial Emperor Tribulation.
• The Absolute Spirit Emperor revealed the missing Sword Extinction Giant Tomb and offered Teng Bahun power and a place in the Primordial Cosmos if he surrendered the Sword Extinction Totem.
• Teng Bahun refused, saying his family was in the Vast Cosmos and invoking the Sword Extinction Emperor’s will that outsiders must die.
• The Absolute Spirit Emperor threatened to have Green Leaf gather the Primordial Cosmos arrivals to break the tomb and warned that the Purple Dust Pavilion people might soon appear before Teng Bahun.
• The Absolute Spirit Emperor withdrew the Sword Extinction Giant Tomb, revealing the Spirit Seal Realm’s sealing barrier and its bound Heroic Spirit Guards deep in the Void Rift World.

Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor endured his first Burial Emperor Tribulation while recalling his secret alliance with Absolute Spirit Emperor and his plan to obtain the Sword Extinction Totem. Meanwhile, Wudun and Ling Wangjiao returned to Heaven-Soaring Palace, where Wuxian prepared for a threat he mistakenly believed was coming.

• Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor recalled how Absolute Spirit Emperor revealed his Ancient Spirit Race bloodline and taught him the Extreme Prison Stage cultivation method.
• Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor collected Nine Heavens Sword Traces, completed his Extreme Prison Stage, and retrieved the Sword Extinction Giant Tomb for Absolute Spirit Emperor, though Teng Bahun prevented him from opening it.
• Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor resolved to join the Primordial Cosmos Great World and become a Great Emperor before the coming war.
• Wudun and Ling Wangjiao returned to Heaven-Soaring Palace ten days later, and Wudun told Wuxian about the mysterious Black-Clothed Youth.
• Wuxian warned Huangang's group about the supposed threat and ordered Ling Liaoyuan to prepare for a possible attack on Heaven-Soaring Palace.

Wuxian ordered Heaven-Soaring Palace to prepare for a powerful enemy while avoiding open conflict with rival sects searching for the Nine Heavens Sword Dao. Ling Yuyue followed the Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow’s advice and stood up to Ling Wangjiao, who demanded that she demonstrate her sword art.

• Wuxian ordered Ling Liaoyuan to deploy surveillance throughout Heaven-Soaring Palace’s small worlds and gather troops in the Heaven-Soaring Realm.
• Wuxian explained to Wudun that dangerous rival sects in Green Leaf Palace and Flame Prison Palace had kept the Seven Decree Sect from expanding, and that any force breaking the balance would draw every sect’s attention.
• Wuxian learned that the Sword Extinction Giant Tomb had disappeared and cursed that his side had been too late to seize Teng Bahun.
• Wuxian gave Ling Liaoyuan three days to break through to Emperor Venerable, then kicked him into a palace hall to help him advance.
• Ling Wangjiao confronted Ling Yuyue about killing his men and accused the Vast Sea branch of hiding something; the Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow urged her not to kneel and to claim her Nine Heavens Sword Dao talent.
• Ling Yuyue told Ling Wangjiao that her sword art had advanced after she saw Sikong Jing fight, and Ling Wangjiao ordered her to demonstrate it.

Ling Yuyue demonstrated the Nine Heavens Dark Demon Sword to Ling Wangjiao, who promoted her from maidservant to concubine in hopes of gaining favor with the Seven Decree Sect. The Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow seized control of her actions and forced her to demand a far greater status, leaving Ling Yuyue facing Ling Wangjiao’s threats.

• Ling Yuyue demonstrated the first level of the Nine Heavens Dark Demon Sword, impressing Ling Wangjiao with its coherent teachings.
• Ling Wangjiao declared that Ling Yuyue would become his concubine and ordered the veteran maidservant who insulted her dragged away to be executed.
• Ling Yuyue involuntarily slapped Ling Wangjiao’s reaching hand, and the guards drew their weapons as the Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow revealed it had controlled her.
• The Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow made Ling Yuyue claim she had seen Sikong Jing’s complete Nine Heavens Sword Dao, but Ling Wangjiao threatened to torture her and execute her branch relatives.
• The Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow ordered Ling Yuyue to demand the status of Heaven-Soaring Palace’s number one young lady or threaten to kill herself.

Ling Yuyue used the promise of Sikong Jing’s Nine Heavens Sword Dao to make Ling Wangjiao agree to take her before the Heaven-Soaring Palace Master. The Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow insisted on meeting Ling Liaoyuan, but Ling Yuyue knew the promised inheritance was false, and they arrived as Wuxian berated Ling Liaoyuan for failing to break through.

• Ling Yuyue threatened to withhold Sikong Jing’s Nine Heavens Sword Dao unless Ling Wangjiao promised to make her the First Young Lady of Heaven-Soaring Palace and let her meet the Palace Master.
• Ling Wangjiao gave Ling Yuyue ten days to recall the sword art and agreed to take her to Ling Liaoyuan, while privately planning to kill her once she had helped him become a core disciple of the Seven Decree Sect.
• The Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow told Ling Yuyue it wanted to meet Ling Liaoyuan but could not remember why, and Ling Yuyue realized the promised sword inheritance was not hers to give.
• Ling Yuyue and Ling Wangjiao waited outside the Heaven-Soaring Main Hall while Wuxian helped Ling Liaoyuan, then heard Wuxian angrily criticize Ling Liaoyuan for failing to break through his Emperor Venerable barrier.