Recaps

Sikong Jing used Tribulation-Breaking Power and his Mind Sword to resist the third Punishment Tribulation, which continued for over a year. Meanwhile, Su Yuexi passed the eighth level, and Absolute Battle transformed into a Blood Devour Magic Beast, forcing Absolute Soul to flee into the eighth level and encounter Su Yuexi.

• Sikong Jing pierced the tribulation clouds with his Mind Sword, confirming that it restrained the Burial Emperor Tribulation and protected his mind.
• Sikong Jing continued fighting the intensifying Punishment Tribulation while his allies stood guard; Yu Xianpo also reported what had happened to the Spirit Seal Realm.
• After one year and three months, Su Yuexi completed the eighth level, and the Snow-Tempered Sword Spirit returned to the Dark Demon Small World.
• Absolute Battle failed the seventh level's demonic blood transformation and began turning into a Blood Devour Magic Beast.
• Absolute Battle attacked Absolute Soul, who fled into the eighth level and discovered that Su Yuexi had just passed it.

Su Yuexi chose the Burial Emperor Tomb after Absolute Soul was recognized for the eighth-level trial, while the God-Devouring Demoness’s blood essence began overwhelming her. Outside the restriction, the Absolute Battle Emperor went mad as a Blood Devour Magic Beast, leaving Sikong Jing and Su Yuexi in danger if they emerged from the Dark Demon Abyss.

• The Magic Beast Sword Spirit named Absolute Soul as the next recognized one and ordered Su Yuexi to leave the eighth level and compete with him later.
• Su Yuexi chose the passage to the Burial Emperor Tomb, where she struggled to suppress the God-Devouring Demoness’s blood essence.
• The Snow-Tempered Sword Spirit told Sikong Jing that another recognized one had entered the eighth level and that Su Yuexi was heading out through the passage.
• The Absolute Battle Emperor transformed into a Blood Devour Magic Beast, pursued Wen Xuanwu out of the restriction, and rampaged through the Dark Demon Small World.
• Chen Lusheng and the Sword Shatter Emperor learned of Absolute Battle’s madness and feared Sikong Jing and Su Yuexi would be devoured if they left the Dark Demon Abyss.

The Anti-Seal Faction’s plan to release Absolute Battle failed, and the Absolute Pill Emperor prepared to defend the seal while Absolute Soul remained in the Dark Demon Abyss. Meanwhile, Absolute Heart returned to the Primordial Cosmos, and Horse Armor tasked Yu Mang with raising a new Prison Race prodigy before Yu Mang learned that a war beast expert had already remade someone.

• The Anti-Seal Faction’s attempt to release Absolute Battle failed after the magic beast devoured their agents, and the Absolute Pill Emperor learned that Absolute Battle had fallen to demonic corruption.
• The Absolute Pill Emperor deduced the Anti-Seal Faction’s objective and ordered the Ten Absolutes to guard the Spirit Seal Realm against anyone opening the Dark Demon Realm Ring.
• Absolute Heart and Cheng Yin’s master returned through the Burial Emperor Battlefield to the Primordial Cosmos, where Absolute Heart planned to explore the Nine Heavens Alliance and take control of it.
• Horse Armor appeared before Yu Mang in the Hell Array, explained that Cheng Yin had been remade, and ordered Yu Mang to find a Prison Race genius under a hundred years old.
• Yu Mang sought answers from a war beast clan expert, who revealed that he had already remade a suitable candidate within his clan.

Yu Mang learned that the Hell Array’s old monsters were seeking successors, while Su Yuexi returned to find Sikong Jing still trapped in his Punishment Tribulation. The chapter ended with Absolute Soul riding the newly emerged Magic Beast Absolute Battle into the Vast Cosmos Great World.

• Yu Mang questioned the old battle beast monster about its purpose, but the monster expelled his spirit-shadow avatar and warned that mastering Nine Heavens’ swordsmanship would lead to the same fate as the old monsters.
• After eight months in the Dark Demon Passage, Su Yuexi returned to the Burial Emperor Tomb and joined Yu Xianpo and the others as Sikong Jing continued to endure his Punishment Tribulation in silence.
• The Snow-Tempered Sword Spirit told Su Yuexi that Absolute Soul had completed the eighth-level trial in ten months and was stronger than her, Cheng Yin, and Sikong Jing, then left to help Absolute Soul reach them.
• Su Yuexi and the others waited for Absolute Soul and Absolute Battle, but when they failed to appear, she feared they had gone to attack Wen Xuanwu and the Vast Cosmos Great World.
• Magic Beast Absolute Battle emerged above the Spirit Race’s territory, with Absolute Soul standing atop its head as the Sword Shatter Emperor, Wen Xuanwu, and the others looked on.

Absolute Soul arrived in the Vast Cosmos, controlled Magic Beast Absolute Battle, and helped Absolute Pill Emperor expose Sikong Jing as the Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts to rally the Seal Faction. The Ten Absolutes’ counteroffensive drove the Anti-Seal Faction back to the Spiritless Mountain Range, where the Spirit Root Divine Willow halted their advance.

• Sword Shatter Emperor, Chen Lusheng, and Wen Xuanwu recognized the newcomer as Absolute Soul, the youngest of the Ten Absolutes, reincarnated with powerful Nine Heavens Sword Dao.
• Absolute Pill Emperor publicly revealed that Sikong Jing had been the Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts and that the Shadow Moon Demon Rat had been one of his incarnations.
• Absolute Pill Emperor rallied the Seal Faction by condemning Sikong Jing and announcing that Absolute Soul had brought Magic Beast Absolute Battle under control.
• Absolute Soul led Absolute Battle and the Seal Faction in a counterattack, then asked the Snow-Tempered Sword Spirit to compare him with Sikong Jing; the spirit judged him inferior.
• Absolute Soul threatened to kill Sikong Jing and punish the Snow-Tempered Sword Spirit for favoring him.
• Over the next half year, the Ten Absolutes drove the Anti-Seal Faction from the Spirit Race through Frost God Hall to the Spiritless Mountain Range, where the Spirit Root Divine Willow held them back.

Ten Absolutes' forces continued attacking the Spiritless Mountain Range, but the Spirit Root Divine Willow helped the Anti-Seal Faction endure. Absolute Soul led demon beast troops toward the Burial Emperor Tomb to kill Sikong Jing and destroy the Spirit Seal Realm, while Sikong Jing remained trapped in his Punishment Tribulation; the chapter ended with Absolute Soul appearing before Su Yuexi and the others.

• Absolute Pill Emperor urged Ten Absolutes' forces to destroy the Spirit Root Divine Willow, but its growing vitality helped the Anti-Seal Faction hold the Spiritless Mountain Range for months.
• Absolute Soul announced that he would go to the Burial Emperor Tomb to kill Sikong Jing and destroy the Spirit Seal Realm, while searching for Absolute Heart.
• Absolute Soul took Magic Beast Absolute Battle and a large force of demon beasts into the Dark Demon Small World, but the Snow-Tempered Sword Spirit refused to tell him about Sikong Jing or the Spirit Seal Realm.
• Sword Shatter Emperor and the others learned that Absolute Soul and Absolute Battle had gone to the Burial Emperor Tomb, but they could not warn Sikong Jing or leave the front.
• Su Yuexi worried that Sikong Jing's Punishment Tribulation had lasted nearly three years, while Xie Bumian and Yu Xianpo waited with her outside the Dark Demon Small World.
• A figure emerged from the Nine Heavens Emperor's formation, and Su Yuexi recognized Absolute Soul.

Absolute Soul emerged from the Dark Demon Entrance with a vast beast army, and the forces gathered by Su Yuexi and Yu Xianpo prepared to hold them off while the beasts underwent tribulations. As the Spirit Seal Realm army rushed to reinforce them, Sikong Jing's shadow learned that his true body could not break the Punishment Tribulation unless the Mad Beast emerged, and Sikong Jing opened his eyes inside it.

• Absolute Soul arrived at the Dark Demon Entrance, recognized Su Yuexi and three newly entered Great Emperors, and began undergoing his Burial Emperor Tribulation.
• Absolute Soul released his beast army into the Nine Heavens Formation, where beasts at Four-Tribulation level or higher began crossing their own Burial Emperor Tribulations.
• Yu Xianpo crushed a signal bead to summon the Spirit Seal Realm forces, while Xie Bumian said they had to hold out until reinforcements arrived and assess Absolute Battle's strength.
• The King of Night Charms asked Sikong Jing's Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow about his true body's condition, and the shadow said the memories were blocked and the tribulation could not be broken unless the Mad Beast emerged.
• Sikong Jing's true body opened his blood-red eyes inside the Punishment Tribulation and saw that Yuexi had arrived and Absolute Soul was the fourth to enter the eighth level.

Sikong Jing awakened and learned that Absolute Soul had become the most recognized candidate, while he remained trapped in a Punishment Tribulation he could not yet break. Three months later, Absolute Soul led Absolute Battle and his demon-beast army out of the Nine Heavens Formation to confront Su Yuexi and the others.

• Sikong Jing learned from his Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow's memories that Absolute Soul had taken first place in the restriction and resolved to kill him before he recovered to the Emperor Realm.
• Sikong Jing realized the Punishment Tribulation forced him to use the Mad Beast Sword Dao, so he concealed his awakening and continued cultivating Nine Heavens Sword Dao Tribulation-Breaking Power.
• Absolute Soul demonstrated the Nine Heavens Sword Dao to his demon beasts and taunted Su Yuexi while the beasts completed their Burial Emperor Tribulations over three months.
• Absolute Soul summoned Absolute Battle from the Dark Demon Small World and carried him out of the Nine Heavens Formation before its bombardment could kill him.
• Absolute Soul's demon-beast army charged out after him, and Yu Xianpo and the others faced the Emperor-level Magic Beast.

Absolute Soul and Absolute Battle overwhelmed the defenders protecting Sikong Jing’s Punishment Tribulation, then discovered Sikong Jing was inside it and attacked to reach him. As the defenders faltered, the tribulation parted and revealed Sikong Jing’s fierce beast form.

• Absolute Soul revealed that Absolute Battle’s possessed War Beast body had already undergone the Emperor Tribulation, allowing it to fight without another tribulation.
• Absolute Soul and Absolute Battle unleashed their demonic army-slaying formation against Su Yuexi, Yu Xianpo, and the others.
• Sikong Jing realized Absolute Battle’s vessel was a War Beast Clan monster from the Hell Array and worried his reinforcements would not be able to contain it.
• The Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow arrived with Spirit Seal Realm troops, helping the defenders form three linked formations and halt Absolute Soul’s advance.
• Absolute Battle devoured energy and grew stronger, so Yu Xianpo’s group shifted to defending Sikong Jing’s Punishment Tribulation.
• Absolute Soul guessed Sikong Jing was undergoing tribulation and attacked the defenses; as they weakened, the tribulation parted and revealed Sikong Jing’s fierce beast form.

Sikong Jing unleashed the Mad Beast Sword Dao and shattered his three-year Punishment Tribulation, then advanced to the Seven-Tribulation Emperor Venerable Realm. As he prepared to confront Absolute Soul and Absolute Battle, he revealed that the rules’ Voice of Will had warned he would be suppressed in hell.

• Sikong Jing told Su Yuexi he had to break the tribulation to prevent the Spirit Seal Realm’s forces from being driven into it and suffering greater casualties.
• Sikong Jing unleashed the Mad Beast Sword Dao, shattered the Punishment Tribulation clouds, and sent a sword force that made Absolute Battle and the demon beast army recoil.
• Absolute Soul used his Emperor bloodline to counter Sikong Jing’s pressure, while the Spirit Seal Realm’s troops regained their confidence after seeing Sikong Jing break the tribulation.
• Sikong Jing stepped into the Seven-Tribulation Emperor Venerable Realm and dispersed his descending tribulation with a single glare.
• Sikong Jing warned Absolute Soul that he had little time left, then revealed that the rules’ Voice of Will had told him he would be suppressed in hell.

Sikong Jing used his Mad Beast Sword Dao to take command of the Spirit Seal Realm army and overpower Absolute Soul’s formation, while the Burial Emperor Battlefield’s Hell Array drew nearer. He prepared to finish the battle before its rules dragged him into suppression as a Seven-Tribulation Emperor Venerable.

• Sikong Jing linked Yu Xianpo, Xie Bumian, and Yu Jian into his Army-Slaying Formation and turned its power into the Mad Beast Sword Dao.
• Sikong Jing told Absolute Soul that Cheng Yin had been an altered creation of the mysterious powerhouse and attacked him with his Mad Beast sword-forms.
• Sikong Jing’s formation defeated Absolute Soul’s first clash, with Tribulation-Breaking Power tearing through the monster beast army.
• The Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow comforted Su Yuexi and explained that the Hell Array would suppress him, but he believed he could eventually break free.
• Sikong Jing unleashed his Frenzied Beast Army-Slaying Formation and commanded the Vast Universe’s beasts to resist Absolute Soul, who used Absolute Battle’s aura to shield them.

Sikong Jing used his beast pressure and Mad Beast Sword Dao to disrupt Absolute Soul’s demon-beast army, then freed Absolute Battle from demonic madness and killed him. Absolute Battle learned that Absolute Soul had abandoned him as Sikong Jing turned to explain the betrayal.

• Sikong Jing’s beast pressure threw Absolute Soul’s demon-beast army into chaos, weakening the attack he could command.
• Absolute Soul forced Absolute Battle to devour the chaotic beasts, but Absolute Battle lost control and turned on him.
• Absolute Soul fled into the Nine Heavens army’s formation while Sikong Jing used Mad Beast Sword energy to sever Absolute Battle’s demonic nature.
• After Absolute Battle regained consciousness, Sikong Jing impaled him and declared that six of the Ten Absolutes remained.
• Sikong Jing pulled out Absolute Battle’s spirit shadow and revealed that Absolute Soul had set him up, leaving Absolute Battle to confront his Junior Brother’s betrayal.

Sikong Jing was seized by the Hell Array’s chains because he used the Mad Beast Sword Dao, leaving his companions desperate to free him. The Snow-Tempered Sword Spirit revealed that the Nine Heavens Emperor’s power could sever the chains, but Absolute Soul was currently the one recognized by Using Demons to Control Demons.

• Absolute Soul fled toward the Dark Demon entrance, but chains from the Burial Emperor Battlefield bound Sikong Jing and dragged his Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow back into his body.
• Sikong Jing told Yu Xianpo and the others he would survive and return, then the chains carried him away despite their attempt to chase him.
• Absolute Soul returned and taunted Sikong Jing’s companions, while Su Yuexi stopped them from attacking him inside the Nine Heavens Formation.
• Yu Jian and Yu Tong identified the chains as those of the Hell Array’s seventeenth level, and Su Yuexi explained that Sikong Jing’s Mad Beast Sword Dao had caused the suppression.
• The Snow-Tempered Sword Spirit told Su Yuexi that the Nine Heavens Emperor had left power in the Hell Array to sever the chains, but Absolute Soul’s recognition currently prevented Sikong Jing from invoking it.

Su Yuexi released the God-Devouring Demoness’s blood essence, transformed into the God-Devouring Demon Butterfly, and took the Snow-Tempered Sword Spirit into a new black sword. She entered the Nine Heavens Formation to fight Absolute Soul alone, leaving the beast army to Yu Xianpo and the others.

• Su Yuexi resolved to kill Absolute Soul, awaken the Nine Heavens Emperor’s power, and force the God-Devouring Demoness’s power from her body or destroy her dantian.
• Su Yuexi released the blood essence’s suppression and transformed into the terrifying God-Devouring Demon Butterfly, frightening the surrounding beasts and Absolute Soul.
• The Snow-Tempered Sword Spirit began to dissipate after its sword body shattered, but Su Yuexi drew it into a newly formed black sword and promised to reforge it.
• Su Yuexi asked Yu Xianpo to clear away Absolute Soul’s beast army and to cripple her martial path if she lost herself.
• Su Yuexi entered the Nine Heavens Formation to fight Absolute Soul alone as Yu Xianpo and the other Great Emperors suppressed the beast army.
• Absolute Soul met Su Yuexi head-on, his fear fading as his Emperor bloodline circulated, while the two faced off at the Fifth Tribulation Emperor Sovereign Realm.

Su Yuexi fought Absolute Soul in the Hell Array after unleashing the God-Devouring Demoness's blood essence, while Sikong Jing was dragged into the seventeenth level and found himself bound by the same restrictions as a mysterious powerhouse. He could not extend his power beyond a hundred meters or advance beyond Seven-Tribulation Imperial Venerable, and the chapter ended with the God-Devouring Demoness and Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger reacting to his arrival.

• Su Yuexi told Absolute Soul that both had been altered by a mysterious Hell Array powerhouse and attacked him with the Nine Heavens Sword Dao.
• Absolute Soul fought back, and Su Yuexi resolved to kill him even if they both died, which would leave Sikong Jing as the only one able to pass the restriction.
• Yu Xianpo warned that the God-Devouring Demoness might make Su Yuexi lose herself, while Golden Dragon Wuhai repeated Madam's order to cripple her martial path if that happened.
• Sikong Jing's soul essence surged after the Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow returned, stabilizing his cultivation at Seven-Tribulation Imperial Venerable as the chains dragged him toward the Hell Array.
• Sikong Jing entered the seventeenth level and discovered that his spirit-shadow power could not reach beyond a hundred meters and that the chains suppressed his cultivation whenever he used his qi.
• The God-Devouring Demoness greeted Sikong Jing, and the suppressed Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger demanded to know why he had been dragged there.

Sikong Jing learned that the Burial Emperor Rules had suppressed him because they feared he might become another Nine Heavens Emperor, and that a remade powerhouse who killed or suppressed him would gain a thousand years of freedom from the chains. He discovered that Su Yuexi had released the God-Devouring Demoness’s essence blood, and resolved to escape before she lost herself, though the suppression stopped his attempt.

• The God-Devouring Demoness explained that the Burial Emperor Rules had targeted Sikong Jing because they feared he would threaten them like the Nine Heavens Emperor.
• The God-Devouring Demoness revealed that Nine Heavens was likely dead beyond the rules, and that suppressing Sikong Jing would reward the successful remaker with a thousand years of cultivation time.
• Yin Zhihun celebrated that Absolute Soul’s success had loosened the chains’ suppression, while Horse Armor mocked his hope of escaping the Hell Array.
• The God-Devouring Demoness warned that Su Yuexi would lose herself, attack Sikong Jing, and devour beast bloodlines if she could not suppress the essence blood within her.
• Sikong Jing realized Su Yuexi had released the essence blood’s imperial bloodline and vowed to escape for her sake.
• Sikong Jing tried to circulate his true energy, but the suppression stopped him, and the voices told him he could neither break free nor kill himself.

Sikong Jing searched for a way to break the Burial Emperor Rules’ chains while imprisoned in the hell array. After Yu Mang’s clone tried to force the Nine Heavens Sword Dao from him, the Mystic Jade Emperor intervened, and Sikong Jing offered to help him escape.

• Sikong Jing realized the Qing Ling Sword remained unbound and resolved to complete the Demonic Path Ninefold Body so he could devour the chains.
• Yu Mang learned Sikong Jing had been suppressed in hell and went to demand his Nine Heavens Sword Dao.
• The Mystic Jade Emperor struck Yu Mang’s spirit shadow clone apart before it could attack Sikong Jing.
• Sikong Jing explained his predicament to the Mystic Jade Emperor and offered to help him leave the hell array in exchange for protection and a new understanding of the Nine Heavens Sword Dao.
• Sikong Jing released Wan Qi, Qin Luoluo, and Mu Bujun from the New Purple Night Mystic Jade’s space, and Mu Bujun lamented that he had returned to the hell array.

Su Yuexi awakened more of the God-Devouring Demoness’s power and defeated Absolute Soul, but the reforged Snow-Tempered Sword spirited him away to be reborn. Su Yuexi pursued him while fighting the Demoness’s influence, and the Absolute Pill Emperor ordered an assault on the Spirit Root Divine Willow.

• Sikong Jing and his companions studied martial paths and worked to break his suppression while the God-Devouring Demoness warned him that time would eventually leave him alone.
• After ten days of battle, Su Yuexi’s awakening powers let her read Absolute Soul’s moves, and she defeated him with Butterfly Dream Nine Heavens Sword.
• The reforged Snow-Tempered Sword seized Absolute Soul’s shattered body and spirit shadow and carried him into the Dark Demon Small World to reshape him.
• Su Yuexi pursued Absolute Soul, resolved to resist the God-Devouring Demoness’s influence, and began cultivating the Pure Spirit Ninth Heart.
• After learning that Absolute Soul’s life lamp had gone out, the Absolute Pill Emperor ordered an attack on the Spirit Root Divine Willow to avenge his junior brothers and sisters.

Absolute Soul returned to the Vast Cosmos and blamed Sikong Jing for Absolute Battle’s death, helping the Ten Absolutes weaken the Anti-Seal Faction’s morale. As the faction neared defeat, Su Yuexi arrived and forcibly advanced to the Six-Tribulation Emperor Venerable realm by absorbing the bloodlines of beast prisoners, then charged Absolute Soul.

• Absolute Soul told Absolute Pill that Sikong Jing had killed Absolute Battle and been suppressed by the Burial Emperor Rules, while Su Yuexi had reconstructed her body.
• Absolute Pill announced that Sikong Jing was suppressed, and Absolute Soul’s growing strength and rise to the Six-Tribulation Emperor Venerable realm drove the Anti-Seal Faction toward collapse.
• Su Yuexi’s signal bead shattered, and she appeared over the battlefield to attack Absolute Soul.
• Su Yuexi extracted and absorbed the essence bloodlines of the Ten Absolutes’ beast prisoners, forcing herself into the Six-Tribulation Emperor Venerable realm.
• Su Yuexi charged Absolute Soul, and Chen Lusheng ordered the Anti-Seal Faction to follow her into battle.

Su Yuexi forcibly raised her cultivation and entered the Hell Array’s ninth level to settle her contest with Absolute Soul, carrying a safeguard against losing control. A year after Sikong Jing was imprisoned, Mu Bujun’s body began transforming inside the Hell Array.

• Su Yuexi learned that killing Absolute Soul was necessary to rescue Sikong Jing, and the New Snow-Tempered Sword Spirit ruled they would be evenly matched once she reached the Sixth Tribulation.
• Absolute Soul urged Absolute Pill Emperor to kill Su Yuexi before she could advance, but Su Yuexi’s allies instead forcibly raised her cultivation and planted three power beads in her dantian so she could destroy it if she lost control.
• Su Yuexi entered the ninth level of the Dark Demon Abyss, and Absolute Soul followed after receiving notice that their three-day trial had begun.
• Three days later, Su Yuexi emerged holding the original Snow-Tempered Sword Spirit and surrounded by Tribulation-Breaking Power.
• A year after Sikong Jing was taken, Mu Bujun told Sikong Jing he was turning into a monster, while Wan Qi had already undergone a frightening transformation.

Sikong Jing continued cultivating in the Hell Array while concealing his experiments with its energy, and learned that Su Yuexi might lose herself to Tribulation-Breaking Power. On the eighth level, Su Yuexi challenged Absolute Soul to decide who was strongest, but he refused to fight and left for Vast Cosmos.

• Sikong Jing showed Mu Bujun and Qin Luoluo the beast heads protruding from his body and claimed the Hell Array's energy had changed his skin.
• The God-Devouring Demoness warned Sikong Jing that Su Yuexi had awakened her Tribulation-Breaking Power and might forget her feelings for him; Sikong Jing said Yuexi would resist it.
• The Mystic Jade Emperor returned after driving away monster emperors drawn by Yu Mang's claim that Sikong Jing's Nine Heavens Sword Dao could help them escape the Hell Array.
• Absolute Soul refused to fight Su Yuexi for the title of strongest in Using Demons to Control Demons, and the New Snow-Tempered Sword Spirit agreed to help either of them with permitted requests.
• Su Yuexi threatened to bring three newly ascended Great Emperors to Vast Cosmos unless Absolute Soul fought her, but he refused and said he would wait for her there.

Su Yuexi fought Absolute Soul to stop him from preventing three newly ascended Great Emperors from reaching Vast Universe, then prepared to bring Yu Xianpo and the others there with the Spirit Root Divine Willow’s protection. After enduring her tribulations and strengthening herself, she led the group toward Vast Universe.

• Su Yuexi drained most of Absolute Soul’s demon beast troops, fought him, and drove him to retreat with the Absolute Pill Emperor.
• Su Yuexi obtained a branch from the Spirit Root Divine Willow and carried it to the Dark Demon Small World to protect Yu Xianpo and the others on their journey to Vast Universe.
• Absolute Pill Emperor gave Absolute Soul pills to restore his cultivation and prepared to face the three newly entered Great Emperors.
• Su Yuexi endured her Six-Tribulation Tribulation and a year-long Punishment Tribulation, stabilizing her Six-Tribulation Emperor Venerable cultivation.
• Su Yuexi devoured the demon beasts Absolute Soul had brought to the Burial Emperor Tomb, then told everyone to follow her into Vast Universe.

Su Yuexi returned with Yu Xianpo and reinforcements to find the Anti-Seal Faction near defeat, then challenged Absolute Soul to settle their contest in the Dark Demon Small World. Although Absolute Soul killed her after revealing his Eight-Tribulation realm, the contest’s rules judged Su Yuexi the winner, and Black Tiger arrived with powerful beast reinforcements to confront him.

• Su Yuexi, Yu Xianpo, and their allies arrived as the Ten Absolutes threatened the Spirit Root Divine Willow, and Chen Lusheng explained that Absolute Hate had changed into a Great Emperor corpse from the Prison Race while Absolute Beast had recovered.
• Tian Wuan and Shan Qiansu revealed their identities, causing half the Celestial Race and the Mountain Clan to waver as the Anti-Seal Faction launched a counterattack.
• Su Yuexi challenged Absolute Soul, who agreed to fight in the Dark Demon Small World and revealed that he had secretly reached the Eight-Tribulation Emperor Venerable realm.
• Absolute Soul killed Su Yuexi, but the New Snow-Tempered Sword carried her body and spirit toward the Dark Demon Abyss as she explained that enduring his attacks had made her the winner under the rules of Using Demons to Control Demons.
• Black Tiger and other Ninth-Tribulation Beast Venerables descended into the Dark Demon Small World and declared that Su Yuexi had ordered Absolute Soul’s death.

Wen Xuanwu and the beasts killed Absolute Soul, turning the Anti-Seal Faction’s war against the Seal Faction in their favor. Su Yuexi began reshaping her body, while Sikong Jing briefly fell into demonhood when her life lamp shattered before it lit again.

• Wen Xuanwu joined Black Tiger and the other beasts, blocked Absolute Pill Emperor’s escape vortex, and helped kill Absolute Soul.
• Wen Xuanwu crushed Absolute Soul’s spirit shadow and announced his death, causing the Four Absolutes’ forces to lose faith and retreat toward the Spirit Seal Realm.
• Su Yuexi began reshaping her body and tried to expel the God-Devouring Demoness’s essence blood, but failed and instead fused in the Nine Heavens Magic Beast bloodline.
• Sikong Jing saw Su Yuexi’s life lamp shatter and fell into demonhood, devouring the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
• Su Yuexi’s life lamp lit again, and Sikong Jing realized she had become the strongest in Using Demons to Control Demons and gained a chance to reshape her body.

Sikong Jing’s frenzied attempt to devour energy triggered the Burial Emperor Rules, which flooded him with spiritual energy and forced him into a lucid, agonizing transformation toward demonhood. He endured the pain and used the experience to continue creating the Pure Spirit Ninth Heart.

• Sikong Jing worried that his sudden devouring might have changed the Burial Emperor Rules and concealed from the surrounding powerhouses that his dantians were transforming.
• A torrent of spiritual energy struck the Ancient Desolation Small Hall and poured through the chains into Sikong Jing, prompting Yin Zhihun and the God-Devouring Demoness to warn him that earlier attempts to fall into demonhood had brought unbearable suffering.
• The God-Devouring Demoness explained that the Burial Emperor Rules preserved a Blood Devour Magic Beast’s consciousness while magnifying its agony tens of millions of times.
• Sikong Jing transformed into a monstrous form as the energy overwhelmed him, and the demonic intent shattered the Qing Ling Sword in his spirit platform.
• Sikong Jing kept his mind clear and turned the pain into resolve, continuing to create the Pure Spirit Ninth Heart.