Arc 23Chapters 551–575

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Ch. 551Sikong Jing, Absolutely Not Dark Wing

Sikong Jing asked Lang Yisuo to obtain an Extraordinary Realm demon beast so he could destroy the Long Night Imperial Capital’s leading aristocratic family. Meanwhile, Yan Ruyu identified Sikong Jing as Dark Wing, but Ji Tan rejected her claim and began listing reasons it could not be true.

  • Sikong Jing met Lang Yisuo at the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion and asked him to acquire an Extraordinary Realm demon beast for his plan to destroy the leading aristocratic family.
  • Lang Yisuo sent men to purchase an available demon beast after Sikong Jing refused to take one from the former Star Luo Palace site.
  • Zou Fu told Ji Tan that Sikong Jing had killed more than a dozen Star Luo Palace instructors and falsely claimed Sikong Jing feared offending him.
  • Yan Ruyu told Ji Tan she believed Sikong Jing was Dark Wing, citing his military history, his relationship with Ning Jingjing, and his access to the Long Night Black Flame Camp.
  • Ji Tan slapped Yan Ruyu and insisted Sikong Jing was not Dark Wing, questioning how he could have conquered the Long Night Black Burn Army or challenged Lu Lingun.

Ch. 552Prove Your Worth

Ji Tan dismissed Yan Ruyu’s belief that Sikong Jing was Dark Wing and warned her to prove her worth. Meanwhile, Eunuch Zou misled Ji Shengmang about Dark Wing’s departure from the Long Night Black Burn Army, leaving the emperor wary that Dark Wing might join the War Soul Dynasty.

  • Ji Tan listed reasons he believed Sikong Jing could not be Dark Wing, then threatened Yan Ruyu and ordered her to prove her worth.
  • Yan Ruyu feared Sikong Jing would die at the Peng Family and worried Ji Tan would discard her if Sikong Jing proved more useful.
  • Ji Shengmang read Cheng Yusui’s battle report and praised him for stabilizing the Twelve Prefectures of the Gloom Plains.
  • Eunuch Zou falsely told Ji Shengmang that Dark Wing had rebelled against Cheng Yusui and left the Long Night Black Burn Army.
  • Eunuch Zou suggested Dark Wing might have joined the War Soul Dynasty, prompting Ji Shengmang to become cautious.

Ch. 553Ungrateful White-Eyed Wolf

Ji Shengmang concealed his suspicions about Sikong Jing while pretending to condemn him, then learned Sikong Jing would challenge the Peng Family and decided to watch. At the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, Sikong Jing effortlessly subdued an untamable Night Shadow Mad Wolf.

  • Ji Shengmang recognized that Eunuch Zou’s report about Dark Wing was fabricated, hid Sikong Jing’s identity, and questioned whether Sikong Jing had caused Beigong Xianfeng’s death.
  • Eunuch Zou told Ji Shengmang that Sikong Jing planned to challenge the Peng Family, and Ji Shengmang announced he would attend the battle in two days.
  • After Eunuch Zou left, Ji Shengmang wondered whether Sikong Jing was staging the challenge to draw him out.
  • At the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, Sikong Jing asked the Left Pavilion Master to open the cage containing the untamed Night Shadow Mad Wolf.
  • Qin Heng arrived to ensure the pavilion’s safety, but Sikong Jing ordered the Night Shadow Mad Wolf to withdraw its aura and squat, and it obeyed him.

Ch. 554The Two Great Families

Sikong Jing gave the Long Night Holy Dragon Palace a new sword technique and prepared to challenge the Peng Family while the palace faced an invasion by Star Luo Grand Academy. As the battle approached, the Ning Family arrived at the Peng Family’s banquet, where Dowager Lady Ning falsely claimed Sikong Jing had abducted her granddaughter.

  • Sikong Jing commanded the Nightshadow Mad Wolf to stay put, then met Qin Heng privately and began preparing to construct the beast’s meridians.
  • Qin Heng told Shen Qingye that Sikong Jing had provided a mid-grade Universe-level Six-Elephant Divine Dragon Sword technique and would challenge the Peng Family in two days, as two Star Luo Grand Academy elders attacked the Eighth Branch Academy.
  • Shen Qingye cultivated the technique and broke through, while Qin Heng explained Sikong Jing’s plans involving the Long Night Emperor and Beigong Xianfeng’s grave.
  • Two days later, residents of the Long Night Imperial Capital anticipated Sikong Jing’s challenge as the Peng Family held a banquet for Ji Tingyue.
  • Dowager Lady Ning arrived with the Ning Family and falsely told Ji Tingyue that Sikong Jing had abducted Ning Jingjing, leaving Ning Shouzhi visibly distressed.

Ch. 555He, Riding a Wolf, Arrives

Ji Tingyue and Star Luo Grand Academy gathered at the Peng Family to confront Sikong Jing, while the Ning Family argued over whether to support him. The emperor and Hua Lidian arrived to watch, and the chapter ended with news that Sikong Jing had come alone on a demon wolf.

  • Ji Tingyue dismissed the Ning Family’s attempts to ingratiate themselves, and Dowager Lady Ning insisted Sikong Jing was doomed to die.
  • Ji Shengmang arrived and said he would not interfere, but wanted Sikong Jing’s body if he died; Ji Tingyue warned him not to intervene.
  • Ji Tan hid his role in spreading rumors and causing Beigong Xianfeng’s death while accompanying his father to the gathering.
  • Hua Lidian arrived, and Star Luo Grand Academy’s people rose to welcome him.
  • A Peng Family guard announced that Sikong Jing had arrived alone, riding a terrifying demon wolf.

Ch. 556I Can't Win Too Easily

Sikong Jing arrived alone at the Peng Family estate on a tamed Night Shadow Mad Wolf and challenged Ji Tingyue to a one-on-one fight. After he chose to fight on foot and threatened Bai Changwu, two Star Luo Grand Academy elders headed for the Long Night Holy Dragon Palace Eighth Branch Academy, leaving Sikong Jing and Ji Tingyue to face off.

  • Sikong Jing rode the Night Shadow Mad Wolf into the banquet and declared that he fought only for his family, while Huang Yu recognized the wolf he had sold to the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion.
  • Ji Tingyue summoned her fourth Extraordinary Realm Skyfire Blazing Lion, but Sikong Jing insisted his third Extraordinary Realm mount was enough and challenged her to fight.
  • Sikong Jing chose to fight Ji Tingyue on foot, saying he could not defeat her too easily if he fought mounted.
  • Sikong Jing reminded Bai Changwu that he had been expelled from the Long Night Imperial Capital and said he would kill him after defeating Ji Tingyue.
  • Two Soul-Reversal Realm elders of Star Luo Grand Academy mounted their beasts and left for the Long Night Holy Dragon Palace Eighth Branch Academy.

Ch. 557Why Provoke Me?

Sikong Jing fought Ji Tingyue, who sought revenge for Peng Peng, and revealed he had reached the Dao General Realm. After Bai Changwu insulted Sikong Jing’s wife, Sikong Jing defeated Ji Tingyue with one spear strike and asked Hua Lidian not to record it.

  • Ji Tingyue attacked Sikong Jing with her Star Luo Armament Domain, intent on killing him for Peng Peng’s sake.
  • Sikong Jing broke through Ji Tingyue’s sword formation with Night Shadow Mad Spear and revealed his Dao General Realm cultivation.
  • Sikong Jing and Ji Tingyue clashed, while Hua Lidian recorded their techniques and recognized that Sikong Jing was holding back.
  • Bai Changwu insulted Sikong Jing’s wife to provoke him, and Sikong Jing’s true qi surged in response.
  • Sikong Jing blasted Ji Tingyue into the Star Luo Armament Domain with one spear strike, then asked Hua Lidian not to record the move.

Ch. 558Bai Changwu, The First To Die

Sikong Jing abandoned his fight with Ji Tingyue to attack Bai Changwu after Bai insulted Yue Xi, and used the Night Shadow Mad Wolf to overpower him. The chapter left Bai Changwu struggling to defend himself while Ji Tan coveted Huang Yu’s untamed wolf.

  • Sikong Jing warned Bai Changwu to stop provoking him, then pierced Ji Tingyue again when Bai insulted Yue Xi.
  • Sikong Jing shattered Ji Tingyue’s Star Luo Armament Domain with one spear strike and confronted Bai Changwu.
  • Sikong Jing mounted the Night Shadow Mad Wolf and charged Bai Changwu, piercing his shoulder despite Bai’s Dao Inquiry Realm strength.
  • Sikong Jing and the wolf pressed their attack, forcing Bai Changwu onto the defensive and tearing apart buildings in the Peng Family estate.
  • Ji Tan told Huang Yu that he wanted Huang Yu’s untamed Night Shadow Mad Wolf when they returned.

Ch. 559Sikong Jing, Invincible in Mounted Combat

Sikong Jing killed Bai Changwu and fought off the combined forces of Star Luo Grand Academy and the Peng Family while mounted on the Night Shadow Mad Wolf. The attackers retreated, and Sikong Jing declared that the Long Night Imperial Capital would have no more six great families.

  • Huang Yu revealed that he had sold the Night Shadow Mad Wolf to Sikong Jing two days earlier, after failing to tame it for three years.
  • Bai Changwu called for Star Luo Grand Academy to join forces against Sikong Jing, but Sikong Jing charged through them and killed him with a spear.
  • Sikong Jing declared that he and the Night Shadow Mad Wolf were enough, then fought the academy's instructors and students as they unleashed the Star Luo Armament Domain.
  • Peng Lingcheng ordered the Peng Family to attack Sikong Jing, and more than a thousand experts overwhelmed the center of the estate.
  • The attackers retreated, and Sikong Jing emerged bloodied atop the Night Shadow Mad Wolf, discarded his broken spear, and declared that the six great families would be no more.

Ch. 560Your Majesty, Save Us

Sikong Jing kept slaughtering the Peng Family while Star Luo Academy’s elders confronted Long Night Holy Dragon Palace. Shen Qingye, Tan Yue, and a Soul-Reversal Realm Seven-Elephant Heavenly Dragon revealed their strength, and Sikong Jing killed the Star Luo mentor after Ji Shengmang refused to intervene.

  • Peng Lingcheng warned Sikong Jing that Star Luo Academy’s two Soul-Reversal Realm elders were coming, but Sikong Jing charged at the Peng Family instead.
  • A Seven-Elephant Heavenly Dragon appeared at the former site of Star Luo Palace as Shen Qingye and Tan Yue revealed they had both reached the third level of the Golden Body Realm.
  • Sikong Jing continued killing Peng Family experts as they fled in terror and begged Ji Shengmang to save them.
  • Ji Shengmang refused to interfere, citing Ji Tingyue’s earlier order that he stay out of the fight.
  • When a Star Luo Academy mentor threatened Ji Shengmang, Sikong Jing pierced him with a spear and killed him, leaving Ji Tingyue as the only Star Luo Academy member alive in the manor.

Ch. 561Accompany You to the End

Sikong Jing defeated the Peng Family’s resistance, killed Ning Shouye after he threatened Ning Shouzhi, and spared Dowager Lady Ning before finishing Peng Lingcheng and Ji Tingyue. The Star Luo Academy elders then suffered defeat, leaving the academy’s remaining forces warned to withdraw from the Long Night Imperial Capital.

  • Sikong Jing struck Dowager Lady Ning for invoking her ties to Ning Jingjing, then spared her because she had not tried to kill General Ning.
  • Ning Shouye threatened Ning Shouzhi to force Sikong Jing to spare Peng Lingcheng, so Sikong Jing destroyed his hand and killed him with his spear.
  • Sikong Jing chased down and killed Peng Lingcheng, causing the remaining Peng Family members to lose their will to fight.
  • Sikong Jing dismounted and fought Ji Tingyue, eventually piercing her chest with his spear while pretending to be exhausted.
  • Dowager Lady Ning insisted the Star Luo Academy elders would win, but Shen Qingye announced that one elder was dead and the other had fled.

Ch. 562Still Alive

Ji Shengmang rescued Sikong Jing from the Peng Family estate, and Sikong Jing revealed that Ji Tan had concealed Beigong Xianfeng’s survival and cause of death. They planned how to reach Beigong’s tomb without alerting Ji Tan, ending with Sikong Jing proposing to pass off a student’s corpse as a fake Dark Wing.

  • Ji Shengmang seized Sikong Jing and fled the Peng Family estate, followed by Huang Yu, Eunuch Zou, and the Night Shadow Mad Wolf.
  • Sikong Jing told Ji Shengmang that Ji Tan had arranged for Mo Ci to be led away and was suppressing the truth about Beigong Xianfeng’s death.
  • Sikong Jing revealed that Beigong Xianfeng was still alive and warned that Ji Shengmang could not be sure Huang Yu was loyal to him.
  • Sikong Jing explained that Shen Qingye had gone to Beigong’s tomb and outlined the risks of relying on her to rescue them if Ji Tan rebelled.
  • Sikong Jing proposed stabilizing Ji Tan by killing a supposed fake Dark Wing in front of Huang Yu and Eunuch Zou, using a Star Luo Grand Academy student’s corpse and Dark Wing’s mask.

Ch. 563Deceiving the Heavens to Cross the Sea

Sikong Jing arranged to disguise a dead Star Luo Grand Academy student and stage Dark Wing’s death at Beigong Xianfeng’s tomb. The ruse ended with Huang Yu and Eunuch Zou believing Sikong Jing had killed Dark Wing, though the corpse’s transformation was still underway.

  • Sikong Jing brought Ji Shengmang to Beigong Xianfeng’s tomb, where Shen Qingye and Yao Changeng were waiting.
  • Sikong Jing asked Yao Changeng to alter a dead Star Luo Grand Academy student’s appearance, then had Ji Shengmang open the tomb.
  • Huang Yu and Eunuch Zou rushed toward the tomb after hearing its doors open, while Ji Shengmang pretended to accuse Dark Wing of betraying the Long Night Black Burn Army.
  • Ji Shengmang and Sikong Jing staged a fight, and Sikong Jing then shouted that he had killed Dark Wing for bullying General Ning.
  • Huang Yu and Eunuch Zou stopped in disbelief, convinced that Sikong Jing had killed Dark Wing.

Ch. 564Awakening

Sikong Jing and Ji Shengmang concealed Beigong Xianfeng’s survival while Huang Yu and Eunuch Zou believed Dark Wing had been killed. Yao Changeng treated Beigong Xianfeng in the tomb, and the old marshal awoke.

  • Sikong Jing had Shen Qingye take Yao Changeng into Beigong Xianfeng’s tomb and disguised a corpse as Dark Wing.
  • Eunuch Zou and Huang Yu saw the masked corpse and believed Dark Wing was dead, while Ji Shengmang led Sikong Jing into the tomb.
  • Sikong Jing told Ji Shengmang that Huang Yu had delayed his arrival after hearing Dark Wing was there, revealing that Huang Yu likely served Ji Tan.
  • Yao Changeng examined Beigong Xianfeng and realized he was feigning death, then worked with Sikong Jing to treat him.
  • Beigong Xianfeng opened his eyes after Yao Changeng stabilized his condition.

Ch. 565Corpse, Sent Back to the Battlefield

Beigong Xianfeng learned that he had returned from the dead and heard Sikong Jing’s account of the war in the Twelve Prefectures of the Gloom Plains. Ji Shengmang kept the resurrection secret for now, while Ji Tan sent a corpse he believed was Dark Wing to Youye Prefecture City to undermine the Long Night Black Burn Army.

  • Ji Shengmang embraced the resurrected Beigong Xianfeng, and Sikong Jing explained that humanoid monster beast blood had saved him.
  • Sikong Jing recounted the war’s developments and left decisions about Ji Tan to Ji Shengmang and Beigong Xianfeng.
  • Ji Shengmang arranged for Beigong Xianfeng to remain secretly in the Long Night Holy Dragon Palace for treatment.
  • After Sikong Jing departed, Ji Shengmang ordered Dark Wing’s supposed corpse removed from the tomb, and it was taken to Ji Tan.
  • Ji Tan dismissed Yan Ruyu’s doubts, declared the corpse was Dark Wing, and ordered it sent to Youye Prefecture City to weaken the Long Night Black Burn Army.

Ch. 566Deception Must Be Destroyed

Sikong Jing and Su Yuexi strolled through the Long Night Imperial Capital as people debated his prospects and the dangers facing him. When the Worry-Forget Sect attacked Beigong Xianfeng’s family for supposedly deceiving its Sect Master, Sikong Jing stepped forward to demand their release.

  • Sikong Jing told Su Yuexi that he could not stay long and planned to head west to find his younger sister, Sikong Ling, and draw the Worry-Forget Sect away from the capital.
  • The Worry-Forget Sect froze a street and confronted Beigong Da, declaring that it would slaughter the Beigong Clan because Beigong Xianfeng had deceived Mo Ci.
  • Beigong Da protested that his father could not have known Sikong Jing’s whereabouts and had deceived the Sect Master only to survive.
  • Sikong Jing approached the confrontation and demanded that the Worry-Forget Sect release Old Marshal Beigong’s family.

Ch. 567Battle in the Dao Inquiry Realm Again

Sikong Jing intervened when the Worry-Forget Sect tried to exterminate Beigong Xianfeng’s family, but the Sect’s Dao Inquiry Realm woman trapped him and attacked. He took control of the Sect’s Ice Soul Cold Eagles, freed himself, and wounded the woman, leaving the battle unresolved.

  • The Worry-Forget Sect’s Dao Inquiry Realm woman identified Sikong Jing and ordered her followers to kill Beigong Xianfeng’s family while she captured him.
  • The woman ensnared Sikong Jing in a frost cage, while the other Worry-Forget Sect experts rode their Ice Soul Cold Eagles toward the Beigong Clan.
  • Sikong Jing commanded the Ice Soul Cold Eagles to stop and break his cage, and the beasts obeyed, freeing him and turning against their riders.
  • Sikong Jing ordered the eagles to protect the Beigong Clan, then joined with the strongest eagle and challenged the Worry-Forget Sect experts.
  • Sikong Jing used the Ice Soul Cold Spear to fight the Dao Inquiry Realm woman and struck her shoulder, sending her crashing to the ground.

Ch. 568Rebellious Soul Demonic Beast, Steel Bone Flying Vulture

Sikong Jing killed the Worry-Forget Sect attackers and urged Beigong Da to take his clan to the Long Night Holy Dragon Palace Eighth Branch Academy for protection. After Sikong Jing fled to hide his beastly aura, the Steel Bone Flying Vulture arrived and began hunting for him.

  • Sikong Jing killed the wounded Worry-Forget Sect woman and the fleeing sect experts while Beigong Da's forces held off their reinforcements.
  • Sikong Jing promised Beigong Da he would help stop the Worry-Forget Sect's revenge and advised the Beigong Clan to seek protection at the Long Night Holy Dragon Palace Eighth Branch Academy.
  • Sikong Jing used the Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts' aura to command the Ice Soul Cold Eagles, then fled with Su Yuexi as a powerful beast approached.
  • The Steel Bone Flying Vulture arrived, questioned Beigong Da about the battle, and learned that Sikong Jing had controlled the Ice Soul Cold Eagles.
  • The Steel Bone Flying Vulture decided Sikong Jing carried a powerful beast's treasure and flew toward the Long Night Holy Dragon Palace Eighth Branch Academy to find him.

Ch. 569I, Iron Bones, Unbending

Sikong Jing captured the Steel Bone Flying Vulture and began draining its blood, using the power of his Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts bloodline to absorb it and break through a minor realm. The Steel Bone Flying Vulture, terrified after losing a fifth of its blood, begged him to stop, and Sikong Jing asked if it would submit.

  • The Seven-Elephant Heavenly Dragon fought the Steel Bone Flying Vulture until Shen Qingye, Tan Yue, and other Long Night Holy Dragon Palace experts helped capture it alive.
  • Beigong Da reconsidered seeking the Long Night Holy Dragon Palace’s protection, then decided he still had to go because of the Worry-Forget Sect.
  • Sikong Jing returned to the Eighth Branch Academy with Su Yuexi and told Tan Yue he intended to tame the Steel Bone Flying Vulture for the palace.
  • Sikong Jing touched the Steel Bone Flying Vulture and stirred its fear and hunger with the aura of a true ferocious beast bloodline.
  • Sikong Jing drained and absorbed the Steel Bone Flying Vulture’s blood, broke through a minor realm, and stopped when it begged him to stop.

Ch. 570Scared Witless, Submission

Sikong Jing forced the Steel Bone Flying Vulture to submit by draining its blood and exposing it to the terrifying beasts inside his Ten Thousand Beasts Heavenly Prison. He bound the vulture by marking its inner core, leaving Shen Qingye and the others stunned and asking how he had done it.

  • Sikong Jing repeatedly drained the Steel Bone Flying Vulture's blood until it agreed to submit.
  • Sikong Jing told the vulture to open its spirit platform sea of consciousness, and it tried to kill his consciousness and devour him instead.
  • The Steel Bone Flying Vulture discovered Sikong Jing had a spirit platform sea of consciousness, then entered the Ten Thousand Beasts Heavenly Prison and fled in terror from the beasts within.
  • The Steel Bone Flying Vulture offered its inner core, and Sikong Jing marked it so he could control the vulture.
  • Sikong Jing told Shen Qingye and the others the matter was settled, and Tan Yue asked how he had done it.

Ch. 571One Ingredient Missing

Sikong Jing decided to travel to the War Soul Dynasty after learning that the medicine needed to restore Beigong Xianfeng could only be obtained from its Imperial Preceptor or Star Luo Grand Academy. The chapter left Ji Shengmang facing the danger of exposing Ji Tan’s treason without a strong enough case.

  • Sikong Jing subdued the Steel Bone Flying Vulture and returned to the Long Night Seven Dragon Mountains to tell Beigong Xianfeng about the Worry-Forget Sect’s attempt to kill Beigong Da.
  • Sikong Jing told Beigong Xianfeng he planned to go to the War Soul Dynasty to draw Mo Ci away, protect the Long Night Holy Dragon Palace, and try to kill her.
  • Ji Shengmang reported that Ji Tan’s supporters had spread through the court, leaving him only a fifty-percent chance of exposing the First Prince’s treason without causing turmoil.
  • Yao Changeng said Beigong Xianfeng needed a rare medicinal ingredient found only at Star Luo Grand Academy or with the War Soul Dynasty’s Imperial Preceptor, Gongyang Ren.
  • After learning that Beigong Xianfeng could survive for only one year without the medicine, Sikong Jing said he had no choice but to go to the War Soul Dynasty.
  • Ji Shengmang asked Beigong Xianfeng how to proceed against Ji Tan, since killing him without conclusive evidence could provoke rebellion and further chaos.

Ch. 572Assassination? I Am the Witness

Sikong Jing departed the Long Night Imperial Capital after secretly planning with Ji Shengmang and Beigong Xianfeng to let Cheng Yusui take control before striking back. At Youye Prefecture City, Cheng Yusui claimed Dark Wing had been killed for attempting to assassinate the emperor, but Sikong Jing appeared alive and offered to prove the charge was true.

  • Sikong Jing told Ji Shengmang and Beigong Xianfeng to let Cheng Yusui gain control of the Long Night Black Burn Army before turning against the rebels.
  • Sikong Jing departed for the Twelve Prefectures of the Gloom Plains on a Steel Bone Flying Vulture, accompanied by an Ice Soul Cold Eagle.
  • Cheng Yusui displayed a masked corpse and claimed Dark Wing had tried to assassinate Ji Shengmang and been killed by the emperor.
  • The Long Night army erupted in anger, while Cao Yi and the other deputy commanders hesitated under Cheng Yusui's threat against their families.
  • Sikong Jing arrived on the Ice Soul Cold Eagle and said he could prove Dark Wing had assassinated the emperor, prompting Cheng Yusui's guards to surround him.

Ch. 573The Price of Using Me

Sikong Jing revealed himself to the Long Night Black Burn Army, helped Cheng Yusui secure control of the troops, then accused him of using Sikong Jing’s name to cause Beigong Xianfeng’s death. After striking Cheng Yusui and killing ten guards, Sikong Jing secretly signaled Ning Jingjing and flew toward the War Soul Dynasty, leaving Cheng Yusui ordering the army to shoot him down.

  • Sikong Jing introduced himself and confirmed that he and the emperor had killed Dark Wing, helping Cheng Yusui calm the Long Night Black Burn Army.
  • Cheng Yusui invited Sikong Jing to talk, but Sikong Jing slapped him and accused him of telling the Worry-Forget Sect where Beigong Xianfeng could be found.
  • Sikong Jing fought off Cheng Yusui’s guards, killed ten of them, and warned Cheng Yusui not to use him again.
  • Sikong Jing asked Ning Jingjing to leave with him, secretly gave her a note, and she refused in public as he had indicated.
  • Sikong Jing warned Cheng Yusui to protect Ning Jingjing, then flew toward the War Soul Dynasty as Cheng Yusui ordered the army to fire arrows at him.

Ch. 574Dark Wing Camp, Step Forward

Sikong Jing struck Cheng Yusui, then secretly instructed Ning Jingjing and Cao Yi to conceal the Dark Wing Camp and await his return. Cheng Yusui began taking control of the Long Night Black Burn Army, but his demand for the Dark Wing Camp to step forward met silence.

  • Cheng Yusui ordered the Long Night Black Burn Army to shoot at Sikong Jing, but Sikong Jing escaped on the Ice Soul Cold Eagle.
  • Cao Yi told the deputy commanders that Sikong Jing was Dark Wing but that the corpse on the wall was fake, and urged them to pretend to submit to Cheng Yusui.
  • Ning Jingjing read Sikong Jing's message directing her to keep the Dark Wing Camp's identity secret, lead the Sixty-Sixth Legion into War Soul Dynasty territory, and tell Cao Yi that Commander Beigong was alive.
  • Cheng Yusui dismissed concerns about Sikong Jing, decided to report his whereabouts to the Worry-Forget Sect, and threatened the generals into accepting his command.
  • Cheng Yusui ordered the Dark Wing Camp to step forward, but no one in the Long Night army responded.

Ch. 575An Opportunity to Achieve Greatness

Cheng Yusui tried to bring Dark Wing Camp under his command, then sent the Long Night Army toward Ghost Soul Prefecture City to test his officers’ loyalty. Sikong Jing prepared to welcome Dark Wing Camp into the War Soul Dynasty, while Lu Lingun ordered defenses against Cheng Yusui’s advance.

  • Cao Yi and the deputy commanders claimed they knew no members of Dark Wing Camp, and Cheng Yusui accepted their assurances after threatening them.
  • Wen Jun told Cheng Yusui that only His Majesty could command Dark Wing Camp, angering Cheng before he restrained himself.
  • Ning Jingjing said she had refused Sikong Jing’s invitation to leave, and Cheng Yusui promised her a chance to build merit.
  • Cheng Yusui sent the Long Night Army toward Ghost Soul Prefecture City on a probing attack, while Ning Jingjing told the Sixty-Sixth Legion not to use the Dark Wing Black Flame Sword.
  • Sikong Jing flew toward the Soul Piercing Mountain Range to prepare for Dark Wing Camp’s arrival in the War Soul Dynasty.
  • Lu Lingun learned that Dark Wing had been killed and ordered his forces to prepare defenses against Cheng Yusui.
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