Recaps

Sikong Jing revealed that he was the Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts and returned to Heaven-Soaring Palace after imprisoning Wuxian. There, his spirit shadow prepared to face the King of Night Charms and learned that Huanting’s spirit shadow had entered the Spirit Seal Realm.

• Sikong Jing told Wuxian he had returned from the Vast Cosmos Great World to destroy the Origin Universe invaders, then imprisoned him in the Second Ten Thousand Beasts Heavenly Prison.
• Sikong Jing returned to Heaven-Soaring Palace with Golden Dragon Wuhai and reflected on how to advance his cultivation without losing control.
• Sikong Jing’s Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow finished the Nine Heavens Sword Formation and ordered Ling Liaoyuan to have Bu Nanfei capture Quasi-Emperor Palace Masters.
• The King of Night Charms arrived at Heaven-Soaring Palace, entered the Demon Dream Witch’s soul to learn what had happened, and recounted its failed pursuit of Huanting’s spirit shadow.
• The King of Night Charms asked Sikong Jing’s spirit shadow how Heaven-Soaring Palace could help it cut down Huanting’s spirit shadow.

The Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow and the King of Night Charms unleashed Nine Heavens One Sword to target Huanting and draw out Primordial Cosmos invaders. As the battle approached, the Absolute Spirit Emperor armed Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor with three spirit leaves and ordered him to seize people from Purple Dust Pavilion.

• The King of Night Charms told the Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow that the Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor was likely still alive and that Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor was a true Ancient Spirit Race member tied to another Primordial Cosmos invader.
• The Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow activated the Nine Heavens Sword Formation, and the King of Night Charms locked onto Green Leaf Palace as Nine Heavens One Sword pierced through the realm.
• Sikong Jing sensed the sword's release and hurried toward Heaven-Soaring Palace with Golden Dragon Wuhai as a Baleful Storm rose around them.
• The Absolute Spirit Emperor gave Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor three spirit leaves that could grant him Seven-Tribulation Emperor Venerable-level attacks.
• The Absolute Spirit Emperor ordered Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor to find Absolute Sword Kid and capture the people from Purple Dust Pavilion so Teng Bahun would surrender the Spirit Root Divine Willow fragments.

Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor confronted Huanting, whose spirit shadow sought his help escaping the King of Night Charms’ mark. A Nine Heavens One Sword killed Huanting before she could finish revealing what she knew, leaving Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor to study its sword fragments and question whether Absolute Sword Kid came from outside the Origin Universe.

• Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor met Huanting’s spirit shadow, and Absolute Spirit Emperor’s hidden presence frightened her when she insulted the figure backing him.
• Huanting admitted her body had been killed by Absolute Sword Kid and asked Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor to remove the King of Night Charms’ mark from her spirit shadow.
• Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor demanded a tangible reward, and Huanting warned that Absolute Sword Kid might not be from the Origin Universe and possessed the Vast Universe Sword.
• A Nine Heavens One Sword struck Huanting’s Seven Decree Shuttle, killing her spirit shadow, then rebounded from the Spirit Seal Realm’s seal into fragments of sword intent.
• Absolute Spirit Emperor told Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor to cultivate and comprehend the fragments, while Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor wondered what Huanting’s unfinished warning meant.

The Seven Decree Sect’s first force learned that Huanting had died and was attacked by the Soul-Slaying Empire and the Myriad Flame Sect, who blamed them for killings they did not understand. Huangang was left severely wounded and cornered as the battle turned into a fight to the death.

• The Absolute Spirit Emperor ordered Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor to investigate Absolute Sword Kid, while Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor continued comprehending the Nine Heavens Sword Dao fragments.
• The Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow learned Huanting was dead and ordered everyone in the Heaven-Soaring Realm to cultivate and prepare for battle.
• Huangang learned Huanting’s life lamp had shattered, leaving only four Emperor Venerables in the Seven Decree Sect’s first force, and heard they were six days from the Burial Emperor Spirit Seal Realm.
• Giant Soul Marshal and Wan Benzhong confronted Huangang, accusing the Seven Decree Sect of killing the Soul-Slaying Empire’s Howling Soul General and the Myriad Flame Sect’s Ben Yang.
• Giant Soul Marshal and Wan Benzhong launched an attack, surrounding the Seven Decree Sect’s Divine Cosmos Ship with Army-Slaying Formations as Huangang pleaded that there had been a misunderstanding.
• The combined forces destroyed Huangang’s Divine Cosmos Ship and severely wounded him, and Huangang vowed that none of them would live.

Huangang unleashed Yin Spirit Evil Qi in a desperate attack that devastated all three factions, then convinced Wan Benzhong and the Giant Soul Marshal that a mysterious sect had framed the Seven Decree Sect. Soul searches confirmed his account, leaving the Myriad Flame Sect and Soul-Slaying Empire to realize they had been manipulated into fighting each other.

• Huangang released Yin Spirit Evil Qi from six decree shuttles, killing many fighters and forcing the three factions to stop fighting under the protection of their Nine Heavens artifacts.
• Wan Qi and Wan Benzhong accused Huangang of killing Wan Benyang, while the Giant Soul Marshal blamed the Seven Decree Sect for Howling Soul's death.
• Huangang learned that Howling Soul's army had been destroyed at Heaven-Soaring Palace and explained that a mysterious sect had taken the palace and impersonated the Seven Decree Sect.
• Huangang linked the Black-Clothed Youth, his powers, and the deaths of Huanting's group to the mysterious sect, arguing that it had arranged for the factions to slaughter one another.
• Wan Benzhong and the Giant Soul Marshal searched the souls of several Seven Decree Sect disciples and confirmed Huangang's account.

Huangang, Wan Benzhong, and the Giant Soul Marshal blamed a mysterious sect for their losses, then joined forces to pursue it after a powerful Nine Heavens Sword Dao shook the Burial Emperor Tomb. Three days later, Long Flow Palace Master Bu Nanfei arrived in the Heaven-Soaring Realm with several captured Quasi-Emperor Palace masters.

• Huangang warned Wan Benzhong and the Giant Soul Marshal not to fight each other because the mysterious sect remained a threat, and the three factions agreed to cooperate after the Yin Spirit Evil Qi fled from a powerful Nine Heavens Sword Dao.
• Huangang persuaded Wan Benzhong and the Giant Soul Marshal that the mysterious sect was excavating a Nine Heavens Emperor relic, and the three factions set out for the Spirit Seal Realm to seize the sword art.
• Huangang questioned Wan Qi about the Black-Clothed Youth, and Wan Benzhong showed him a bottle of inheritance energy collected by Wan Benyang.
• Wan Benzhong privately told Wan Qi that the Vast Cosmos Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts' bloodline might belong to the Black-Clothed Youth and ordered her to keep the suspicion secret so the Myriad Flame Sect could capture him alive.
• Long Flow Palace Master Bu Nanfei arrived in the Heaven-Soaring Realm with several palace masters captured from the Quasi-Emperor Palace.

Ling Liaoyuan and Bu Nanfei told seven Quasi-Emperor palace masters that the Primordial Cosmos threatened the Spirit Seal Realm and urged them to resist, but the captives favored surrender. Ling Yuyue insulted them before Sikong Jing arrived, and Bu Nanfei greeted him as Instructor Si.

• Bu Nanfei brought seven Quasi-Emperor palace masters to Heaven-Soaring Palace, where they questioned him and Ling Liaoyuan about their sudden rise to Heavenly Emperor status.
• Ling Liaoyuan explained the conflict between the Vast Cosmos and Primordial Cosmos, while Bu Nanfei warned that three of the Five Heavenly Emperors had joined the invaders.
• Golden Mystery Quasi-Emperor and another palace master rejected the call to fight, arguing they should join the stronger side to survive.
• Ling Yuyue mocked the palace masters and declared that even Ling Liaoyuan had to obey her, prompting Golden Mystery Palace Master to demand an explanation.
• Sikong Jing entered the main hall, and Bu Nanfei greeted him as Instructor Si.

Sikong Jing arrived at Heaven-Soaring Palace and revealed that the Demon Sword was his Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow, then overwhelmed Ling Liaoyuan and the seven Quasi-Emperors with his sword intent. He spared Ling Yuyue but refused to nurture her, and ended by asking her to introduce him after realizing he had forgotten to remove his disguise.

• Sikong Jing slapped Ling Yuyue, and the Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow left the Demon Sword and merged into him.
• Sikong Jing challenged Ling Liaoyuan, whose sword intent he shattered before praising his progress toward becoming a member of the Sword Clan.
• Sikong Jing's sword intent pinned down the seven Quasi-Emperors, who had doubted his ability to challenge Ling Liaoyuan.
• Golden Dragon Wuhai and the other beasts arrived and greeted Sikong Jing as Young Master.
• Sikong Jing told Ling Yuyue he would spare her but would no longer nurture her, then asked her to introduce him after noticing his disguise.

Sikong Jing revealed his identity as the son of the Nine Heavens Successor and forced the seven Quasi-Emperor Palace Masters to submit so he could mobilize their armies against the Origin Universe. The chapter ended with Golden Mystery Quasi-Emperor dead and his spirit shadow ordered to summon his palace’s troops, while Sikong Jing demanded the other six comply.

• Sikong Jing returned to his true appearance, and the palace masters recognized him as the son of the Nine Heavens Successor and the Demon Sword’s true identity.
• Sikong Jing confirmed that he had told Ling Liaoyuan about the Primordial Cosmos, but the seven Quasi-Emperors challenged his claims and demanded benefits.
• Sikong Jing unleashed the beasts’ overwhelming pressure, then used Nine Heavens Sword Qi to place the seven Quasi-Emperors’ lives under his control.
• Sikong Jing ordered the seven palaces to move their troops to Heaven-Soaring Palace, but Golden Mystery Quasi-Emperor tried to negotiate.
• Sikong Jing killed Golden Mystery Quasi-Emperor, preserved his spirit shadow, and ordered it to summon Golden Mystery Palace’s troops before warning the other six palace masters.

Sikong Jing ordered the seven Quasi-Emperor Palaces to move their forces to Heaven-Soaring Palace and helped six Quasi-Emperors advance to Emperor Venerable. As troops gathered and an Origin Universe force approached the Burial Emperor Tomb, Sikong Jing wondered why Green Leaf Palace and other expected enemies had remained silent.

• Sikong Jing sent seven divine beasts to lead the Quasi-Emperor Palaces’ troops toward Heaven-Soaring Palace while avoiding detection.
• Sikong Jing gave the six Quasi-Emperors Extreme Prison Stage cultivation methods, and they all broke through to Emperor Venerable.
• Ling Liaoyuan expelled Ling Yuyue from Heaven-Soaring Palace but left her First Young Lady status intact for the time being.
• Three days later, Sikong Jing discussed his strengthened soul and plans with the Snow-Tempered Sword Spirit and the King of Night Charms.
• Sikong Jing received reports that most allied forces had reached Heaven-Soaring Palace, then learned from Golden Dragon Wuhai that an Origin Universe force was approaching the Burial Emperor Tomb.
• Sikong Jing ordered continued scouting and questioned why Green Leaf Palace and other expected Origin Universe forces had made no move in six days.

Sikong Jing prepared Heaven-Soaring Palace for the approaching forces of the Seven Decree Sect, the Myriad Flame Sect, and the Soul-Slaying Empire, while they tore apart the small worlds to avoid being trapped. As the battle neared, Snow Baleful Sacred Land watched from concealment and considered whether the Absolute Sword Kid was the Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts.

• King of Night Charms reported that Green Leaf Palace remained active but could not be contacted after Nine Heavens One Sword struck through its territory.
• Sikong Jing ordered Heaven-Soaring Palace's forces into the Nine Heavens Sword Formation after learning three Divine Cosmos Ships were heading toward the Heaven-Soaring Realm.
• Wan Benzhong, Huangang, and Giant Soul Marshal decided to tear apart the eight small worlds between them and the Heaven-Soaring Realm to prevent an ambush.
• Sikong Jing ordered the Long Flow Palace Master and seven Palace Masters to seal the torn realm walls, while King of Night Charms and Golden Dragon Wuhai prepared to lead the formations.
• Xue Qiong watched from a Snow Baleful Sacred Land ship with the Sky-Slaying Heavenly Emperor and Nether Thunder Heavenly Emperor, and said the Absolute Sword Kid might be the Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts in disguise.

Sikong Jing faced the invading forces of the Myriad Flame Sect, Soul-Slaying Empire, and another Seven Decree Sect faction after they tore open the Heaven-Soaring Realm’s barrier. He provoked them with his powerful Nine Heavens Sword Dao, and their leaders entered the realm to seize him despite warnings of an ambush.

• Snow Venerable announced that the three Seven-Tribulation forces had begun tearing open the Heaven-Soaring Realm’s world barrier.
• The three forces entered the Heaven-Soaring Realm and found Sikong Jing waiting alone atop its highest mountain.
• Wan Qi demanded revenge, while Wan Benzhong, Giant Soul Marshal, and Huangang questioned Sikong Jing about the deaths of their forces’ experts.
• Sikong Jing admitted killing them and taunted the leaders about their reduced forces, then revealed his exceptionally pure Nine Heavens Sword Dao to tempt them into competing for him.
• Huangang and Wan Benzhong drove their Divine Cosmos Ships into the realm, while Giant Soul Marshal sent subordinates ahead and stayed back.

Sikong Jing used the Nine Heavens Sword Formation to unleash demonic qi and Fire Evil Spirits, throwing the three Origin Universe factions into chaos and killing many of their troops. He then revealed Heaven-Soaring Palace’s forces, but the three Seventh Tribulation Emperor Venerables dismissed them as too weak to pose a threat.

• Wan Benzhong attacked Sikong Jing, triggering the first layer of the Nine Heavens Sword Formation and releasing demonic qi that drove the factions’ demon beast mounts berserk.
• Sikong Jing activated the second layer, releasing Fire Evil Spirits and similar creatures that killed troops caught outside the factions’ defensive treasures.
• The Giant Soul Marshal entered the Heaven-Soaring Realm and used the Soul-Slaying Empire’s Nine Heavens treasure to protect his subordinates.
• Sikong Jing taunted Wan Benzhong, Huangang, and the Giant Soul Marshal for charging into his ambush, while they dismissed his remaining Fire Evil Spirits as insufficient to defeat them.
• Sikong Jing unleashed the third layer, summoning Heaven-Soaring Palace’s forces, including the Ten Thousand Seas Divine Turtle and the Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger.
• Huangang and Wan Benzhong saw that Heaven-Soaring Palace’s strongest fighters were only Three-Tribulation Emperor Venerables, and a Myriad Flame Sect Emperor Venerable mocked Sikong Jing’s forces as weak.

Sikong Jing used the fourth layer of the Nine Heavens Sword Formation to breach the Seven Decree Sect's ship and unleash Fire Evil Spirits inside. As Huangang's forces were overwhelmed, Wan Benzhong and Ju Hun abandoned them to race toward Sikong Jing.

• Sikong Jing formed the Nine Heavens One Sword by joining the Army-Slaying Formation with the Divine Turtle and the Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger.
• Sikong Jing's sword form cracked the Seven Decree Sect's defensive barrier, and the Snowforged Divine Sword pierced through to open a hole.
• Fire Evil Spirits poured into the Seven Decree Sect's ship, invading Huangang and his people and killing Divine Lord Stage cultivators.
• Huangang called on Wan Benzhong and Ju Hun to bring their forces and Nine Heavens treasures to help save the Seven Decree Sect.
• Ju Hun and Wan Benzhong ignored Huangang's plea and raced each other toward Sikong Jing to capture him first.

Sikong Jing forced the Myriad Flame Sect, Soul-Slaying Empire, and Seven Decree Sect to retreat, then trapped them at the entrance to the Heaven-Soaring Realm. With King of Night Charms, Golden Dragon Wuhai, and the allied forces waiting, the Seven Decree Sect was nearly annihilated, leaving the other two forces surrounded.

• Sikong Jing used his sword and a bluff about the Snow-Tempered Sword to make Wan Benzhong and Giant Soul Marshal halt their advance and retreat, while Huangang fled toward the Soaring Flight Realm.
• Sikong Jing summoned King of Night Charms, Golden Dragon Wuhai, the Beast Venerables, Bu Nanfei, and the palace masters to block the world entrance with the forces of eight Quasi-Emperor Palaces.
• Golden Dragon Wuhai's array attack shattered Huangang's defenses, and Sikong Jing's Nine Heavens Sword Form tore apart the Seven Decree Sect's Divine Cosmos Ship.
• Fire Evil Spirits and other aberrations slaughtered nearly all the Seven Decree Sect members; Wan Benzhong took the badly injured Huangang and five others aboard the Myriad Flame Sect's ship.
• Sikong Jing declared that the allied forces would face the Myriad Flame Sect and Soul-Slaying Empire next, as the two forces remained surrounded by the aberrations.

Sikong Jing revealed his origins and explained the conflict between the Vast Cosmos Great World and the Primordial Cosmos to rally the Spirit Seal Realm against the invaders. As his forces held back the enemy’s breakout attempt, Huangang ordered the invaders to flee by shattering the Heaven-Soaring Realm’s barrier.

• Huangang demanded to know who Sikong Jing was, and Sikong Jing admitted that he had come from the Vast Cosmos Great World.
• Sikong Jing introduced himself as Sikong Ding’s son and explained the history of the two great worlds and the invaders’ purpose to the Spirit Seal Realm’s forces.
• Giant Soul Marshal urged Wan Benzhong to break through before Sikong Jing could rally the defenders.
• King of Night Charms and Golden Dragon Wuhai led the Eight Palaces forces in Beast Slaughter Arrays to hold the invaders back.
• Sikong Jing invoked Mystic Jade Emperor’s sacrifice to urge the Spirit Seal Realm to eradicate the invaders.
• After their charge failed, Huangang ordered Wan Benzhong and Giant Soul Marshal to attack the Heaven-Soaring Realm’s world barrier elsewhere.

Sikong Jing’s forces trapped the Origin Universe invaders inside the Heaven-Soaring Realm as Giant Soul Marshal tore the realm apart and Wan Benzhong charged toward Sikong Jing. Sikong Jing launched a counterattack with the Break Nine Heavens Army-Slaying Formation, but Wan Benzhong and Huangang faced the prospect of sacrificing their Nine Heavens treasure to survive.

• Giant Soul Marshal ordered Wan Benzhong to attack Sikong Jing while he tore apart the Heaven-Soaring Realm.
• Sikong Jing used Nine Heavens One Sword, the Snow-Tempered Sword, and the Fire Evil Spirit to wear down Wan Benzhong’s defenses as Wan Benzhong charged closer.
• Giant Soul Marshal opened breaches across the Heaven-Soaring Realm, while Golden Dragon Wuhai and the King of Night Charms defended them.
• Sikong Jing shattered the Nine Heavens Sword Formation, called the armies of the eight palaces into battle, and linked their forces to his army-slaying formation.
• Sikong Jing used Break Nine Heavens—Heaven-and-Earth Beast Fangs to attack Wan Benzhong’s Divine Cosmos Ship, then sent the Snow-Tempered Sword through a gap in its defenses.
• Huangang used the Seven Decree Shuttle to protect Wan Benzhong’s ship and urged him to sacrifice their Nine Heavens treasure, despite the risk that they could not return to the Origin Universe.

Sikong Jing led the Spirit Seal Realm forces in wearing down the three Origin Universe armies and trapping them after the Heaven-Soaring Realm shattered. He blocked their escape and realized hidden forces were gathering to attack once both sides were weakened.

• Wan Benzhong, Huangang, and the Giant Soul Marshal each expended their Nine Heavens treasures to consume the Fire Evil Spirits, while Sikong Jing retained a portion of his own.
• After the Nine Heavens treasures and most of the Fire Evil Spirits were exhausted, Sikong Jing ordered the Spirit Seal Realm troops to fight, and the three Origin Universe forces were reduced to roughly three hundred thousand soldiers.
• Wan Benzhong and the Giant Soul Marshal tried to break out, but Sikong Jing used attrition tactics and repeated troop deployments to keep them surrounded.
• The Heaven-Soaring Realm shattered, and Wan Benzhong and the Giant Soul Marshal tried to escape through a spacetime tunnel, but Sikong Jing sealed their routes.
• Wan Benzhong began burning his power when escape became impossible, so Sikong Jing ordered his troops to retreat and attack from a distance.
• Sikong Jing sensed hidden figures gathering in the void, apparently waiting for both sides to weaken before striking.

Sikong Jing led the Spirit Seal Realm forces to defeat the Myriad Flame Sect and Soul-Slaying Empire, capturing their weakened leaders and fewer than five thousand survivors. As the exhausted victors faced the threat of hidden forces, Snow Venerable appeared and revealed her interest in Sikong Jing.

• Sikong Jing transmitted an Extreme Prison Stage cultivation method through the Army-Slaying Formation, strengthening the troops as they fought.
• Sikong Jing rejected Wan Benzhong’s attempt to negotiate and countered the invaders’ efforts to weaken the Spirit Seal Realm forces’ morale.
• The Giant Soul Marshal’s Divine Cosmos Ship exploded, and Sikong Jing ordered the King of Night Charms and the Beast Venerables to surround and capture the Soul-Slaying Empire’s forces.
• After the Myriad Flame Sect’s Divine Cosmos Ship shattered, the Spirit Seal Realm forces captured Wan Benzhong and Huangang, leaving fewer than five thousand survivors from the three invading forces.
• Sikong Jing warned Golden Dragon Wuhai that more enemies remained, and Snow Venerable appeared, identified herself as Xue Qiong, and expressed interest in Sikong Jing.

Snow Venerable tried to recruit Sikong Jing and threatened to divide the Spirit Seal Realm, but Sikong Jing refused to join her. The Cloud Soaring Palace Master and Golden Mystery Palace Master defected to Snow Venerable, who extracted the Nine Heavens Sword Qi from the Cloud Soaring Palace Master's sea of consciousness.

• Snow Venerable invited Sikong Jing to join the Snow Baleful Sacred Land, but he rejected her offer and declared that Vast Cosmos could still resist the Ten Absolute.
• Snow Venerable summoned the phantoms of Sky Slayer and Nether Thunder and threatened to make the Spirit Seal Realm fight itself with the forces of two Heaven Emperor Palaces.
• The Cloud Soaring Palace Master and Golden Mystery Palace Master left the Nine Palaces' forces and sought Snow Venerable's protection.
• Bu Nanfei urged Sikong Jing to kill the defectors with the Fire Evil Spirit, but Sikong Jing refused.
• Snow Venerable extracted the Nine Heavens Sword Qi from the Cloud Soaring Palace Master's sea of consciousness, and the Cloud Soaring Palace Master rejoiced at his apparent escape.

Snow Venerable killed the Golden Mystery and Cloud Soaring Palace Masters, then tried to recruit Sikong Jing while stalling for reinforcements. Sikong Jing exposed her plan and forced her retreat, then led the Nine Palaces troops into the Soaring Flight Realm to plan their next move.

• The Golden Mystery Palace Master and Cloud Soaring Palace Master tried to rally their palaces to Snow Venerable, but she killed both of them.
• Snow Venerable offered Sikong Jing a place in Snow Baleful Sacred Land, while the five remaining Quasi-Emperor Palace Masters abandoned their thoughts of defecting out of fear.
• Sikong Jing revealed that Snow Venerable was waiting for troops from two Heaven Emperor Palaces and showed that he still possessed a Fire Evil Spirit.
• Sikong Jing ordered his troops to attack Snow Venerable's Divine Cosmos Ship, prompting her to retreat and join up with the incoming reinforcements.
• Sikong Jing halted the pursuit and led the Nine Palaces troops into the Soaring Flight Realm, where the Emperor Venerables gathered to discuss how to confront Snow Baleful Sacred Land.

Sikong Jing prepared the Spirit Seal Realm for Snow Venerable’s coming assault and concluded that the Sword Extinction Giant Tomb was in Green Leaf Palace. Snow Venerable gathered more troops and sent disciples toward three Heavenly Emperor Palaces, setting the stage for a conflict between Quasi-Emperor Palaces and Heavenly Emperor Palaces.

• Sikong Jing offered Snow Venerable the Nine Heavens Sword Traces from three defeated factions in exchange for information about the Sword Extinction Giant Tomb, but she denied knowing of it.
• Sikong Jing used the clues about Fire Pattern Bell and the Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor to conclude that the tomb was in Green Leaf Palace.
• Sikong Jing ordered the forces under his command to fortify Heaven-Soaring Palace’s small worlds, scout enemy movements, and strengthen the Nine Palace Forces.
• Snow Venerable rejected her disciples’ suggestion to recruit two Spirit Seal Realm Emperor Venerables and explained that she intended to subdue Sikong Jing and exhaust his Fire Evil Spirits.
• Snow Venerable sent six disciples toward Gan Miao Palace, Flame Prison Palace, and Green Leaf Palace to bring their Heavenly Emperors to her, warning them to retreat if they encountered Sikong Jing’s demonic beasts.

Sikong Jing prepared to investigate Green Leaf Palace by raising the strength of two Beast Venerables through demonic cultivation and devouring captured enemies. After the Origin Universe captives rejected his offer of a quick death, he began killing and devouring them, accelerating his own advancement.

• Sikong Jing sent the Eternal Night Wolf King, Divine Eagle, and two Beast Venerables to secure the Heaven Emperor Palaces and use Fire Evil Spirit against Snow Baleful Sacred Land.
• Sikong Jing decided to investigate Green Leaf Palace with the Ten Thousand Seas Divine Turtle and Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger, first raising the Beast Venerables to the peak of the Third Tribulation by devouring captives.
• Sikong Jing brought five Quasi-Emperor Palace Masters to the prison, where the Origin Universe captives’ curses convinced them to fight for the Vast Cosmos.
• Sikong Jing demanded that the three Seven-Tribulation Emperor Venerables explain how to seal the path through the Burial Emperor Battlefield, but they refused.
• Sikong Jing killed a hundred captives and began devouring the Origin Universe prisoners with the two Beast Venerables, rapidly advancing his beast-vein dantian.

Sikong Jing interrogated the Origin Universe captives, killed most of them, and spared Wan Qi and Wuxian for their potential usefulness. After returning to camp, he sacrificed half his soul essence to place another Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow in Ling Yuyue's sword, telling her that Heaven-Soaring Palace still believed the Heaven-Soaring Emperor was attached to her.

• Sikong Jing used his Nine Heavens Sword Dao to reverse the demonic fall of two beasts, then continued devouring the captives until he and the beasts had grown stronger.
• Sikong Jing killed the Origin Universe captives except Wan Qi and Wuxian, sparing them because they might help him find a way to seal the route through the Burial Emperor Battlefield.
• Sikong Jing told the King of Night Charms to preserve the true energy in the corpses before leaving with the Ten Thousand Seas Divine Turtle and the Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger.
• Sikong Jing summoned Ling Yuyue and split off half his soul essence to place a Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow inside her sword.
• Sikong Jing told Ling Yuyue that her existence still mattered because most people in Heaven-Soaring Palace believed the Heaven-Soaring Emperor was attached to her.

Sikong Jing split off half his soul essence to preserve his identity if he fell in battle, then traveled with two Beast Venerables toward Green Leaf Palace. As the Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow prepared the Nine Palaces for war, Sikong Jing found Green Leaf Palace’s territory strangely peaceful and continued toward its main world.

• Sikong Jing explained that splitting his soul essence was both a cultivation method and protection against the unknown dangers at Green Leaf Palace and in the wider war.
• Sikong Jing left for Green Leaf Palace with the Ten Thousand Seas Divine Turtle and the Heaven-Swallowing Tiger King, leaving most of the Fire Evil Spirits and supplies with his Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow.
• After learning that the forces of the two Heaven Emperor Palaces and Snow Baleful Sacred Land had begun attacking, the Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow ordered the Nine Palaces to build defenses, strengthen their cultivation, and spread the truth about the two Great Worlds.
• The Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow told Ling Yuyue to keep leading the forces and explained that the war could temper their foundations and turn the Heaven Emperor Palace forces to their side.
• Sikong Jing and the two Beast Venerables found Green Leaf Palace’s two hundred small worlds peaceful despite the recent battle, and Sikong Jing continued toward its main world while taking control of guards at the realm-space arrays.