Recaps

As Cheng Yusui searched for the Dark Wing Camp, Cao Yi learned from Ning Jingjing that Commander Beigong was alive and that Sikong Jing intended to move the Dark Wing warriors into the War Soul Dynasty. Cheng Yusui ordered Ning Jingjing and the Sixty-Sixth Legion to attack Gloombrow Prefecture City, and they broke through the War Soul Dynasty’s defenses as night fell.

• Ning Jingjing told Cao Yi that Sikong Jing’s message said Commander Beigong was alive and that the Dark Wing Camp should enter the War Soul Dynasty.
• Cheng Yusui, unable to find the Dark Wing Camp and angry at the Long Night forces’ poor morale, decided to sacrifice a legion to intimidate the army.
• Cheng Yusui ordered Ning Jingjing and the Sixty-Sixth Legion to capture Gloombrow Prefecture City before dawn, threatening Cao Yi’s family when he tried to object.
• Ning Jingjing received the order and led the Sixty-Sixth Legion toward the War Soul Dynasty’s weakest point as night fell.
• The Sixty-Sixth Legion tore through the War Soul Dynasty’s defensive line, and Ning Jingjing led the charge toward Gloombrow Prefecture City.

Cheng Yusui sent Ning Jingjing and the Sixty-Sixth Legion into War Soul Dynasty territory, hoping they would be killed, but Lu Lingun mistook the move for a trap and only sent five hundred thousand troops after them. Sikong Jing joined Ning Jingjing, took command of the mission to capture Gloombrow Prefecture City, and led the legion into an ambush against the pursuers.

• Cheng Yusui ordered a retreat and let Ning Jingjing lead the Sixty-Sixth Legion into War Soul Dynasty territory, while Lu Lingun sent five hundred thousand troops to follow them instead of attacking.
• Sikong Jing emerged from the darkness and told Ning Jingjing and Lian Guang to use the titles First Boss, Second Boss, and Third Boss while they operated undercover.
• Ning Jingjing told Sikong Jing that Cheng Yusui had ordered them to take Gloombrow Prefecture City before dawn, and Sikong Jing agreed to pursue the mission.
• Sikong Jing ordered the legion to dismount and hide in a forest while their riderless Black Fierce Horses drew the five hundred thousand pursuers into an ambush.
• Sikong Jing launched the ambush and killed the pursuing commander with his Dark Wing Black Flame Sword.

Sikong Jing led the Sixty-Sixth Legion in disguising themselves as War Soul soldiers and seizing checkpoints on the road to Gloombrow Prefecture City. After using the Wolf Guards’ aura to enter the city, he claimed the front lines had fallen and prompted the defenders to prepare for an attack.

• Ning Jingjing, Lian Guang, Sikong Jing, and the Sixty-Sixth Legion ambushed and killed the pursuing War Soul soldiers and their aerial riders.
• Sikong Jing ordered the legion to wear War Soul uniforms and use corpses to make the Black Fierce Horses appear to carry War Soul troops.
• Sikong Jing deceived the first outpost into opening its gates, then ordered the legion to kill its garrison before it could alert Lu Lingun.
• Sikong Jing used the same deception to seize two more checkpoints and reach Gloombrow Prefecture City.
• The Wolf Guards and Dark Wing warriors howled, convincing the Gloombrow commander that they were War Soul beast-blood battle soldiers, and he opened the city gates.
• Sikong Jing told the commander that the front lines had collapsed and ordered him to fire arrows at the supposed pursuing Long Night army.

Sikong Jing led the Sixty-Sixth Legion in a surprise assault that captured Gloombrow Prefecture City, while Cheng Yusui wrongly believed the legion had been destroyed and waited for Sikong Jing to return. After receiving news of the city’s fall, Lu Lingun gathered a million beast-blood warriors to retake it.

• Sikong Jing killed the Gloombrow commander and led the Sixty-Sixth Legion in slaughtering the defenders and capturing Gloombrow Prefecture City.
• Sikong Jing told Ning Jingjing to notify Cheng Yusui, collect the War Soul Dynasty soldiers’ belongings, and prepare to enter the Soul Piercing Mountain Range.
• Lu Lingun first heard that the Long Night army had returned to camp, then received reports that Gloombrow Prefecture City had fallen and the pursuing troops and checkpoints had been wiped out.
• Lu Lingun gathered a million beast-blood warriors and marched back toward Gloombrow Prefecture City.
• Cheng Yusui celebrated in Youye Prefecture City, believing Sikong Jing would return after learning Ning Jingjing had been killed.

Cheng Yusui learned that Ning Jingjing had captured Gloombrow Prefecture City but refused to send immediate aid, claiming it was a trap. The Long Night army teetered on the brink of mutiny and vowed to kill him when they had the chance.

• Cheng Yusui stopped a messenger from explaining Ning Jingjing's message and ordered him to announce it before the Long Night army, expecting her to be pleading for rescue.
• The messenger revealed that Ning Jingjing had captured Gloombrow Prefecture City and requested troops to support her against Lu Lingun.
• Scouts confirmed that Lu Lingun was heading toward Gloombrow Prefecture City with a million beast-blood war soldiers and that War Soul Dynasty troops were fleeing.
• Cao Yi and Wen Jun urged Cheng Yusui to seize the chance to attack, but Cheng called it a trap and said he would send troops at dawn.
• The Long Night army erupted in fury, while Cao Yi and the other deputy commanders restrained them and reminded them to hold Youye Prefecture City.
• Cheng Yusui returned to the tower, where a White Flame Army strategist warned that his refusal would provoke public outrage.

Sikong Jing led Ning Jingjing and the Sixty-Sixth Legion toward the Soul Piercing Mountain Range, drawing two million War Soul pursuers after them so their deaths could be presumed. As the legion entered the range, Sikong Jing revealed that he had arranged a beast tide, just as Xia Dielian suspected he had in the Dark Dragon Mountains.

• Cheng Yusui dismissed the Long Night army's outrage and resented Ning Jingjing for capturing Gloombrow Prefecture City.
• Sikong Jing and Ning Jingjing received messages about Cheng Yusui's planned attack and Lu Lingun's million beast-blood soldiers, then mapped a route to lure War Soul troops after them.
• Sikong Jing explained that the legion needed to appear to die in the Soul Piercing Mountain Range, and he ordered it to leave Gloombrow Prefecture City.
• Lu Lingun learned the Sixty-Sixth Legion had withdrawn and sent troops from four prefecture cities to pursue it as he returned to the front with the beast-blood soldiers.
• The Sixty-Sixth Legion entered the Soul Piercing Mountain Range with two million War Soul troops in pursuit, and Sikong Jing announced that a beast tide was about to begin.
• Xia Dielian realized Sikong Jing had likely caused the earlier beast tide in the Dark Dragon Mountains and was now arranging another one.

Sikong Jing used a beast tide in the Soul Piercing Mountain Range to destroy most of the two million pursuers while protecting the Sixty-Sixth Legion. After the surviving pursuers came to confirm the Legion’s deaths, Sikong Jing’s soldiers surrounded them.

• Xia Dielian realized that the huge number of pursuers would make the Sixty-Sixth Legion’s survival harder to detect among the beast tide’s casualties.
• Sikong Jing ordered the Sixty-Sixth Legion into the trees as the beast tide swept through the mountain range.
• The demon beasts ignored the Sixty-Sixth Legion and attacked the pursuers, killing nearly all of them.
• Tens of thousands of pursuers emerged from hiding underground and headed to confirm the Sixty-Sixth Legion’s deaths.
• Sui Yu revealed the Legion in the trees, and its two hundred thousand soldiers surrounded the surviving pursuers.

Sikong Jing used the beast tide to destroy the two million War Soul pursuers and help the Sixty-Sixth Legion fake its own deaths. Lu Lingun accepted that the Legion had been wiped out and ordered the Long Night Army to be told that his forces had killed them all.

• Sikong Jing ordered the Sixty-Sixth Legion to kill the remaining pursuers, discard Long Night Empire-marked items, change into ordinary clothes, and retreat deeper into the Soul Piercing Mountain Range.
• Sikong Jing explained that the Legion had shed its old identities, while Xia Dielian and Ning Jingjing suspected the humanoid demonic beast had controlled the tide.
• The beast tide returned and erased the bodies and traces, and Sikong Jing announced that the Legion would train in the mountain range for one month.
• Two days later, a deputy marshal found the mangled remains and reported to Lu Lingun that the Sixty-Sixth Legion was presumed dead.
• Lu Lingun ordered his deputy commander to tell Cheng Yusui that the War Soul forces had slaughtered the Sixty-Sixth Legion, without mentioning the beast tide.

Cheng Yusui announced that Ning Jingjing and the Sixty-Sixth Legion had fallen, while Cao Yi and the deputy commanders suspected Sikong Jing had secretly led the legion into the War Soul Dynasty. In the Long Night Imperial Capital, Mo Ci learned that Sikong Jing had gone there and concluded that he intended to kill her, then demanded to know where the Beigong Clan was.

• Cheng Yusui falsely announced Ning Jingjing and the Sixty-Sixth Legion's deaths and promised to seek military merit for Ning Jingjing.
• Cao Yi told Wen Jun that Sikong Jing had likely led the Sixty-Sixth Legion into the War Soul Dynasty.
• Ji Tan told Yan Ruyu that Sikong Jing had gone to protect the Beigong Clan and might also target Wang Ge and the Worry-Forget Sect.
• Mo Ci arrived at Ji Tan's residence and demanded that he find Sikong Jing, but Ji Tan told her Sikong Jing had already entered the War Soul Dynasty.
• Mo Ci rejected Ji Tan's theory that Sikong Jing was pursuing Wang Ge, said he meant to kill her, and asked where the Beigong Clan was.

A month after leaving the eastern side of the Soul Piercing Mountain Range, Sikong Jing reached Soulwatch Prefecture with the Sixty-Sixth Legion and considered taking over Soulfall Road to give his army a base and a reliable identity. The chapter left Sikong Jing and Ning Jingjing preparing to target the Soulfall Bandits while the legion remained inside the mountains.

• Ji Tan told Mo Ci where the Beigong Clan was, but Shen Qingye and the Long Night Holy Dragon Palace ambushed Mo Ci there and wounded her before she escaped.
• Mo Ci promised to help Ji Tan ascend the throne and asked him to send troops against the Long Night Holy Dragon Palace afterward.
• Yan Ruyu secretly planned to become Ji Tan's favored woman and empress of the Long Night Empire.
• A month passed as the war between the Long Night Empire and the War Soul Dynasty settled into a stalemate.
• Sikong Jing and Ning Jingjing reached Martial Hope City in Soulwatch Prefecture while the Sixty-Sixth Legion waited inside the Soul Piercing Mountain Range.
• Sikong Jing proposed taking over the Soulfall Bandits' stronghold to secure a base and an identity for the Sixty-Sixth Legion.

Sikong Jing planned to use Soulfall Road as a foothold while joining Phantom Soaring Manor’s campaign against the Soulfall Bandits. At Moon-Viewing Tower, he provoked a confrontation with a nobleman’s retinue, and the young master called off Uncle Lu before the fight could escalate.

• Sikong Jing explained that he wanted to temper the Sixty-Sixth Legion and use Soulfall Road as a foothold for his mission in the War Soul Dynasty.
• Sikong Jing ordered Ning Jingjing to send word that Lian Guang would lead the Sixty-Sixth Legion, with Xia Dielian and Sui Yu as advisers, while the legion camped beyond Soulfall Road.
• A young man in white ordered Uncle Lu to clear Sikong Jing and Ning Jingjing’s table, and Sikong Jing demanded a higher price before slapping Uncle Lu across the face.
• Uncle Lu attacked Sikong Jing with his sword, but Ning Jingjing shattered the attack with a wine cup and told the retinue to get lost.
• Uncle Lu called for his men to kill Sikong Jing and Ning Jingjing, but the young man in white told him to wait.

Sikong Jing and Ning Jingjing faced the Young City Lord of Soulwatch City, who became interested in Ning Jingjing after she called Sikong Jing her Young Master. As they discussed the difficulties of her training, Ning Jingjing learned that Sikong Jing had created the Dark Wing Camp’s cultivation method and asked whether he had also created their combat technique.

• Zeng Yuanxi apologized to Ning Jingjing, introduced himself as Soulwatch City’s Young City Lord, and tried to befriend her, but Sikong Jing refused.
• Ning Jingjing called herself Little Jing and said she did not want to make friends either, stunning the people in the hall.
• Zeng Yuanxi’s men guessed that Sikong Jing and Ning Jingjing came from tribes in the Soul Piercing Mountain Range, and Zeng Yuanxi decided he wanted Ning Jingjing.
• Ning Jingjing told Sikong Jing that the Black Flame Lion Wing Art was difficult to cultivate, and Sikong Jing offered to revise it.
• Ning Jingjing realized Sikong Jing had created the Black Flame Lion Wing Art and asked whether he had also created the Lion Wing Dragon Spear.

Sikong Jing and Ning Jingjing tried to remain in Moon-Viewing Tower for Phantom Soaring Manor’s pre-battle assembly, but Fatty Yan initially ordered them to leave. Sikong Jing revealed that his little black dog was a Dao Martial Realm Night Shadow Mad Wolf, securing their place and prompting Fatty Yan to mistake them for members of the Night Wolf Tribe.

• Fatty Yan announced that only factions with a Dao Martial Realm expert could remain in Moon-Viewing Tower for the assembly against the Soulfall Bandits.
• Zeng Yuanxi persuaded Fatty Yan to let him stay, then offered Ning Jingjing and Sikong Jing places as his retainers.
• Sikong Jing said they had a Dao Martial Realm expert and summoned Little Black from outside the tower.
• Little Black revealed its form and Dao Martial First Realm strength as a Night Shadow Mad Wolf, and Fatty Yan allowed the pair to stay while warning them to obey the rules.
• Fatty Yan mistook Sikong Jing and Ning Jingjing for people from the Night Wolf Tribe, and Sikong Jing realized their borrowed clothes had caused the misunderstanding.

Sikong Jing and Ning Jingjing attended a gathering at Moon-Viewing Tower, where they learned about Gongyang Ying and the forces pursuing her. Phantom Soaring Manor Lord Yan Qihuan arrived and urged the gathered martial factions to unite against the Soulfall Bandits, insisting they could succeed if they followed his orders.

• Zeng Yuanxi asked Fatty Yan about the Night Wolf Tribe, then schemed to win over Ning Jingjing.
• Martial factions from across Soulwatch Prefecture filled Moon-Viewing Tower ahead of the gathering.
• A young man told Sikong Jing and Ning Jingjing that Gongyang Ying was the War Soul Dynasty's greatest beauty and that she would meet only men ranked among the Eastern Plains Thousand Tyrants' top three hundred.
• Yan Qihuan arrived, and the gathered leaders greeted him as the foremost expert in Soulwatch Prefecture.
• Yan Qihuan questioned whether the martial factions could defeat the Soulfall Bandits, then argued they could succeed if everyone obeyed orders.

Yan Qihuan revealed that Yan Benxing had entered the Eastern Plains Thousand Tyrants Ranking at rank 289 as a disciple of the Horizontal Blade Sect, and announced that Moon Soul Fairy Gongyang Ying would join the campaign against the Soulfall Bandits. Yan Benxing arrived with Horizontal Blade Sect disciples and ordered everyone in Moon-Viewing Tower to kneel and welcome her.

• Zeng Yuanxi questioned how Yan Qihuan could lead scattered martial artists against the Soulfall Bandits, and Yan Qihuan promised a mysterious co-leader would help ensure their defeat.
• Yan Qihuan announced that his grandson Yan Benxing had entered the Eastern Plains Thousand Tyrants Ranking, and the crowd discovered his name at rank 289.
• Yan Qihuan revealed that Yan Benxing was the Horizontal Blade Sect master's final disciple, then confirmed that Moon Soul Fairy Gongyang Ying was the mysterious guest joining the operation.
• Yan Benxing arrived at Moon-Viewing Tower with Horizontal Blade Sect disciples and ordered everyone inside to kneel on one knee to welcome Gongyang Ying, who was on her way.

Sikong Jing checked the new Eastern Plains Thousand Tyrants Ranking and worried that his high placement might reach his sister, Sikong Ling. Gongyang Ying arrived at Moon-Viewing Tower, where Yan Benxing welcomed her with a grand salute that she disliked.

• Yan Qihuan led the crowd out of Moon-Viewing Tower to welcome Gongyang Ying.
• Sikong Jing borrowed the ranking list and sent out demon mice to check whether Mo Ci was with Gongyang Ying.
• Sikong Jing found Gongyang Ying at rank thirty-one, Sikong Ling at rank forty-two, and himself at rank one hundred and thirty-two.
• Ning Jingjing told Sikong Jing that Gongyang Ying had arrived in a carriage drawn by a One-Horned Thousand-Stride Horse.
• Yan Benxing greeted Gongyang Ying as the Moon Soul Fairy and defended the crowd's salute by boasting of his own ranking.

Yan Benxing’s attempt to impress Gongyang Ying collapsed when Sikong Jing and Ning Jingjing appeared at Moon-Viewing Tower, prompting him to attack them. Ning Jingjing fought two Horizontal Blade Sect disciples while Gongyang Ying and Aunt Mian discussed the trouble and possible recruitment of the pair.

• Yan Benxing claimed his authority had brought the crowd to kneel, but Aunt Mian pointed out Sikong Jing and Ning Jingjing watching from the tower window.
• Yan Qihuan learned the pair were from the Night Wolf Tribe and ordered them killed, while Yan Benxing ordered disciples to drag them down.
• Ning Jingjing repelled two Horizontal Blade Sect disciples with her palm strikes, then drew her spear and fought them using Lion Wing Dragon Spear.
• Zeng Yuanxi expected to intervene and claim Ning Jingjing after Yan Benxing defeated the pair.
• Gongyang Ying reproached Aunt Mian for provoking Yan Benxing, and Aunt Mian suggested recruiting Ning Jingjing after learning the pair came from the Night Wolf Tribe.

Ning Jingjing and Sikong Jing refused to kneel to Gongyang Ying, and Sikong Jing revealed his strength by crushing the Horizontal Blade Sect disciples who attacked him. Yan Benxing challenged Sikong Jing after revealing that he, too, was a Dao Commander Realm cultivator.

• Ning Jingjing defeated two Horizontal Blade Sect disciples and rejected Yan Benxing’s demand that she kneel to Gongyang Ying.
• Yan Benxing threatened to break Ning Jingjing and Sikong Jing’s legs, but Sikong Jing questioned whether the Eastern Plains Thousand Tyrants Ranking’s top three hundred could command people to kneel.
• A Night Shadow Mad Wolf cub bit off a Dao Martial First Realm disciple’s arm, prompting more than a dozen Horizontal Blade Sect disciples to attack.
• Sikong Jing summoned an iron staff and struck down the attacking disciples, revealing that he had reached the Dao Commander Realm.
• Sikong Jing asked Yan Benxing if he could still force others to kneel, and Yan Benxing revealed his own Dao Commander Realm cultivation and challenged him to a fight.

Sikong Jing overwhelmed Yan Benxing with his Steel Bone Sky-Soaring Staff, but Yan Qihuan intervened when his grandson was about to lose. Gongyang Ying stopped Yan Qihuan, defended Sikong Jing, and declared that she and Yan Benxing were not suited for each other.

• Sikong Jing shattered Yan Benxing’s blade technique and struck him with nine staff blows, leaving him badly injured and unable to raise his weapon.
• Yan Qihuan attacked Sikong Jing as he delivered the tenth blow, but Aunt Mian appeared and crushed Yan Qihuan’s blade radiance.
• Gongyang Ying stepped between the Yan family and Sikong Jing, rebuked Yan Qihuan, and rejected Yan Benxing’s claim that Sikong Jing had disrespected her.
• Gongyang Ying reminded Yan Benxing that she had come to meet him and help wipe out the Soulfall Bandits, then told him they were not suited for each other.
• Yan Benxing stared in disbelief and demanded to know why Gongyang Ying had rejected him.

Gongyang Ying rejected Yan Benxing and praised the Night Wolf Tribe fighter who had defeated him, while Sikong Jing concealed his identity as Sikong Yi. Gongyang Ying invited Sikong Yi to discuss the campaign against the Soulfall Bandits, leaving his true identity and strength hidden.

• Yan Benxing asked Gongyang Ying why she had rejected him, and she said they were simply unsuitable.
• Yan Benxing accused Sikong Jing of being the reason for the rejection, but Gongyang Ying denied it and Aunt Mian ordered Yan Qihuan to take him away.
• Gongyang Ying asked Sikong Jing his name, and he introduced himself as Sikong Yi.
• Sikong Jing claimed he had learned his self-created staff technique by observing a Steel Bone Flying Vulture, and Gongyang Ying admired his skill.
• Sikong Jing joked about the Eastern Plains Thousand Tyrants Ranking, and Gongyang Ying invited him to discuss the campaign against the Soulfall Bandits with Manor Lord Huan Teng.

At Moon-Viewing Tower, Gongyang Ying analyzed the failed campaigns against the Soulfall Bandits and sought Sikong Jing’s insight. After recognizing his assessment of the bandits’ weaknesses, she devised an encirclement plan and asked him to add to it.

• Sikong Jing and Ning Jingjing entered Moon-Viewing Tower, where Yan Qihuan yielded the seat of honor to Gongyang Ying.
• Zeng Yuanxi presented intelligence about the Soulfall Bandits, including rumors that their chief had served Marshal Lu Lingun or been expelled from the Iron Mountain Sect.
• Sikong Jing asked to review the past encirclement details, and Gongyang Ying supported his request despite Zeng Yuanxi’s objections.
• After examining the reports, Gongyang Ying identified the chief’s tactics, while Sikong Jing pointed out that the bandits’ numbers, retreat routes, and deployments were limited and predictable.
• Gongyang Ying praised Sikong Jing’s insight, drew up an encirclement plan using the bandits’ weaknesses, and asked him whether he had anything to add.

Sikong Jing accepted Yan Qihuan’s plan to send him to the Soulfall Bandits’ lair, despite Gongyang Ying’s warning that Phantom Soaring Manor intended to kill him. Gongyang Ying grew more suspicious of Sikong Jing’s identity and ordered her secret Moon Soul Group to watch him and Yan Qihuan during the operation.

• Sikong Jing marked the Soulfall Bandits’ likely lair on a map, and Gongyang Ying praised his analysis before assigning the operation’s routes and roles.
• Yan Qihuan proposed that Sikong Jing lead a group to find the lair, and Sikong Jing agreed despite Gongyang Ying’s attempt to protect him.
• After Sikong Jing and Gongyang Ying left, Yan Benxing raged over Sikong Jing and Gongyang Ying, while Yan Qihuan revealed he had concealed Phantom Soaring Manor’s strength for an ambush.
• Gongyang Ying warned Sikong Jing that Yan Qihuan would harm him, but Sikong Jing insisted he could protect himself and departed with Ning Jingjing.
• Aunt Mian listed reasons to doubt Sikong Jing’s claimed background, and Gongyang Ying ordered the Moon Soul Group to monitor him, Yan Qihuan, and the others during the campaign.

Sikong Jing returned to the Soul Piercing Mountain Range and launched a surprise operation to seize the Soulfall Bandits and their territory. Soul Devourer learned too late that the encirclement had begun early and ordered his men to retreat.

• Sikong Jing told Ning Jingjing that he might seek cooperation with Gongyang Ying after the campaign, then returned to the Sixty-Sixth Legion.
• Sikong Jing assigned Xia Dielian, Ning Jingjing, Lian Guang, and Sui Yu separate roles in a coordinated attack on the Soulfall Bandits.
• Soul Devourer told his core members he planned to capture Gongyang Ying and kill Yan Benxing to win favor with the Iron Mountain Sect.
• Sikong Jing appeared at the bandit stronghold on an Ice Soul Cold Eagle and announced that the encirclement had already begun.
• After a bandit reported the attack, Soul Devourer ordered his men to retreat into the Soul Piercing Mountain Range and blamed Gongyang Ying for starting early.

Sikong Jing lured the Soulfall Bandits into a trap, surrounding them at their mountain base while Sui Yu’s troops seized their families. When Soul Devourer refused to surrender and ordered an attack, he invoked a desperate power, declaring that the bandits would become the War Soul Reaper Army.

• Sikong Jing’s forces cleared the bandits’ traps and drove them through the Soul Piercing Mountain Range while Xia Dielian’s fifty thousand troops occupied their abandoned stronghold.
• Soul Devourer learned that only around a hundred thousand soldiers were pursuing him and led his bandits back to their heavily fortified main base.
• Sikong Jing appeared at the base as Ning Jingjing’s troops closed in, while Sui Yu emerged from inside with the bandits’ families captured.
• Soul Devourer realized his enemies were disciplined soldiers, not martial-world fighters, and demanded to know who they were and where Gongyang Ying was.
• Soul Devourer killed a bandit who called for surrender and ordered his men to attack, dismissing the families’ lives as worthless.
• As the bandits hesitated, Soul Devourer bit his finger, spread his blood into the sky, and announced that they would transform into the War Soul Reaper Army.

Soul Devourer activated his stolen war soul secret art, turning the Soulfall Bandits into mindless reapers who charged the Sixty-Sixth Legion and the families. Sikong Jing and his allies overwhelmed the bandits, and Sikong Jing faced Soul Devourer in battle, leaving the second Exceptional Realm expert stunned by his strength.

• Soul Devourer revealed that his incomplete war soul secret art and beast-blood art made the Soulfall Bandits lose their minds and obey only him.
• Soul Devourer ordered the reaper-like bandits to attack, and Sikong Jing sent Sui Yu to evacuate the families while he guarded the nest entrance.
• Ning Jingjing led the Sixty-Sixth Legion in using the Lion Wing Dragon Spear, while Sikong Jing smashed through the charging bandits with his staff.
• Sui Yu and his fifty thousand troops joined the battle, and Sikong Jing revealed that they were the Long Night Black Burn Army.
• Soul Devourer attacked Sikong Jing to capture him for Gongyang Ying, but after several hundred exchanges he could not defeat Sikong Jing and recoiled in disbelief.