Arc 178Chapters 4426–4450
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Sikong Jing told Qin Yitai a fabricated story about becoming a Wild Beast Clan disciple and rescuing Qin Luoluo, while learning that Using Demons to Control Demons had emerged from the Burial Emperor Battlefield. He planned to investigate the Divine Relic Small World before the Primordial Cosmos factions moved to claim the mountain.
Sikong Jing revealed his fabricated account of helping Qin Luoluo and reclaimed Qin Jiaojiao’s body, then ordered the Zither Treasure Chamber of Commerce to hide and prepare for the dangerous return journey. Three months later, their ship was surrounded by waves of evil Baleful Intent, and Sikong Jing declared they would fight through.
Sikong Jing faced five Origin Universe Divine Cosmos Ships led by the Nine-Tribulation Blackflow Wolf and promised to seize them within an hour. As the enemy launched its attack, Sikong Jing objected to being called an old Wild Beast.
Sikong Jing used his beastly pressure and Beast Slaughter Array to overwhelm the Nine-Tribulation Blackflow Wolf’s forces and protect the Zither Treasure Chamber of Commerce. He began restoring their confidence by brutally attacking Blackflow Wolf, leaving the battle still underway.
Sikong Jing slaughtered Blackflow Wolf’s forces and learned that his imperfect Aurora Emperor Vein made Primordial Cosmos powerhouses mistake him for an old man, threatening his plan to gain the Great Emperors’ support. After the battle, he revealed to the stunned Zither Treasure Chamber of Commerce that he was less than a hundred years old.
Sikong Jing learned how the Aurora Sacred Pearl nourished Emperors and resolved to cultivate an Aurora Emperor Vein himself using Mu Bujun’s fragment. As he began sensing the aurora aura, he detected a Great Emperor’s spirit shadow secretly observing him, but its presence vanished.
The Divine Cry Emperor abandoned hopes of recruiting the wild beast after judging it to be old, while Emperor Zhan Ke ordered Zhan Da to destroy the Zither Treasure Chamber of Commerce and confront the Seven Tribulations Desolate Beast. At the Dark Demon Entrance, Su Yuexi grew worried when Sikong Jing failed to arrive or send word.
Su Yuexi brought news of Sikong Jing’s emergence, but Chen Lusheng and the other Great Emperors postponed breaking the Spirit Seal Realm’s seal after Absolute Pill Emperor threatened them. Meanwhile, Tian Wuxiu contacted someone hidden on the Hell Array’s seventeenth level, and Sikong Jing received a challenge from Young Master War Beast.
Sikong Jing accepted the War Beast Young Master's challenge to reach Zither Treasure City within two months, where the captured Zither Treasure Chamber of Commerce members were being held. He revealed that the War Beast Clan also hoped to draw out and kill a Wild Beast Emperor, then showed Qin Luoluo and the others that he had cultivated the Aurora Emperor Vein.
Sikong Jing began reshaping Wan Qi, Qin Luoluo, and Mu Bujun while preparing to pass off a false Aurora Emperor Vein as genuine. Meanwhile, Yu Mang sought to exploit the Nine Heavens Sword Dao, and Sikong Jing’s group reached Zither Treasure City without the expected holy light appearing.
Sikong Jing arrived at Zither Treasure City to face the War Beast Clan, where Zhan Da had gathered and abused the captured Zither Treasure Chamber of Commerce members to make an example of them. Zhan Shu began the duel, and Zhan Da declared that the Chamber would be destroyed regardless of the outcome.
Sikong Jing seized Zhan Shu’s spirit shadow and held him hostage, forcing Zhan Da to reconsider the wagered battle. He threatened to kill Zhan Shu if the War Beast Clan refused or tried to intervene.
Sikong Jing forced Zhan Da to accept a wagered battle by holding Zhan Shu’s spirit shadow hostage and securing a promise to spare the Zither Treasure Chamber of Commerce if he won. The battle began with Sikong Jing’s opening punch flying toward Zhan Da.
Sikong Jing fought Zhan Da, the strongest young genius of Origin Universe, and repeatedly proved that Zhan Da could not easily overcome his power. The battle intensified inside a barrier built by two Emperors, and Sikong Jing unleashed a renewed domain as their armies of beast phantoms clashed.
Sikong Jing held off Zhan Da’s Beast God Seal with his Absolute Sword domain as holy light descended toward the battle barrier. He gambled that it would pass through him without exposing his identity, and the chapter ended with the dean of Divine Relic revealing that the holy light was heading for him rather than Zhan Da.
Sikong Jing disguised the holy light as nourishment for his Aurora Emperor Vein, revealing to the crowd that he was supposedly a young Seven-Calamity Wild Beast rather than an old man. The Divine Cry Emperor stopped Zhan Da from attacking during the nourishment, while Emperor Zhan Ke challenged him and the wager battle remained paused.
Zhan Da rejected calls for a fair fight and attacked Sikong Jing, while casting doubt on his claimed youth. Sikong Jing blocked Zhan Da’s Beast God Seals with the Nine Heavens Sword Dao and revealed his Nine Heavens Imperial Bloodline.
Sikong Jing revealed a complete, pure seventh level of the Nine Heavens Sword Dao and claimed he had gained it from Qin Jiaojiao’s Nine Heavens Essence Blood. As he faced Zhan Da again, the Divine Relic Dean and the Ancient Soul Emperor considered secretly rescuing him, but Zhan Ke moved to prevent anyone from taking him away.
Sikong Jing defeated Zhan Da in their wager battle and demanded that the War Beast Clan honor the agreement protecting the Zither Treasure Chamber of Commerce. He refused to release Zhan Shu’s spirit shadow until an Emperor guaranteed his safety and the Chamber’s protection, then asked the gathered Emperors who would stand as guarantor.
After the Wild Beast Young Master defeated Zhan Da, the emperors arranged a compromise that protected the Zither Treasure Chamber of Commerce while allowing the War Beast Clan to save face. Sikong Jing handed Qin Jiaojiao over, then fled with Zhan Shu under the wager’s one-day head start, while Zhan Ke ordered everyone to remain in place and sent lesser demon beasts to track him.
As the factions awaited Sikong Jing’s choice between the Nine Heavens Alliance and the four major powers, Qin Luoluo tried to secure the Zither Treasure Chamber of Commerce whichever side he chose. Sikong Jing continued toward Divine Relic Academy, where Gongsun Chi and Chang Xiangxiang arrived to meet him.
Sikong Jing met Gongsun Chi and Chang Xiangxiang, who tried to recruit him and determine whether he was truly young. He maneuvered the conversation toward entering the Divine Relic Small World, his real objective, while concealing that he already favored the Nine Heavens Alliance.
Sikong Jing negotiated a temporary truce with Gongsun Chi and Chang Xiangxiang so he could enter the Divine Relic Small World without choosing a faction. After accepting their entry tokens, he privately told Gongsun Chi that he wanted to join the Nine Heavens Alliance and revealed that Qin Jiajiao was actually Qin Luoluo.
Sikong Jing won Gongsun Chi’s support for the Nine Heavens Alliance by revealing Qin Luoluo’s situation and offering a partial Nine Heavens Sword Dao inheritance. As Gongsun Chi returned to the emperors, Zhan Ke and Zhan Da blamed him and Chang Xiangxiang for disrupting surveillance, but both appeared and mocked Zhan Da.
The Divine Relic Academy Dean and the Nine Heavens Alliance decided to save Qin Luoluo and bring the Seven-Tribulation Wild Beast under their control, while Sikong Jing’s deception continued to fool the factions. Ten days later, the Dean and the Ancient Soul Emperor proposed a wager battle with Emperor Zhan Ke to decide the wild beast’s fate.