Recaps

Chou Zhan revealed his first-grade Golden Sword Battle Body, defeated and killed his Western Lands opponents despite Ju Dan’s offer and threats, then pursued Gongyang Ying. Yao Yuzhi crushed a token showing that one of Sikong Jing’s teammates had died, leaving everyone wondering how Gongyang Ying could have killed a Fifth Dao Inquiry Realm cultivator.

• Chou Zhan unleashed his Golden Sword Battle Body, killed one Fourth Inquiry Realm cultivator, and fought the Western Lands Golden Body Realm expert and his remaining ally.
• Chou Zhan killed the fallen Golden Body Realm expert despite Ju Dan offering him a quota-battle pass, then cut down the fleeing cultivator and held up four fingers to mark his kills.
• Yao Yuzhi crushed four tokens for the opponents Chou Zhan had slain, while Ju Dan demanded to see Gongyang Ying die.
• Yao Yuzhi crushed an icy-blue token and revealed that another genius had died, and Elder Ge recognized him as the Fifth Dao Inquiry Realm cultivator pursuing Gongyang Ying.
• Ju Dan questioned whether Yao Yuzhi had crushed the wrong token, as the ship’s occupants struggled to believe Gongyang Ying had killed the stronger cultivator.

Gongyang Ying returned alive after killing a Fifth Dao Inquiry Realm cultivator, exposing her Moon Soul Battle Body and humiliating Ju Dan. Meanwhile, Sikong Jing sensed an unknown demonic beast’s ambush at the waterfall and was driven back by its deadly strike.

• Yao Yuzhi confirmed that Gongyang Ying had killed the Western Lands’ Fifth Dao Inquiry Realm cultivator, and Gongyang Ying arrived asking where Chou Zhan had gone.
• Lang Zhengzhi told Gongyang Ying to hold up five fingers, then advised her to hide and recover; Ju Dan attacked him but was stopped by the adjudicator.
• Old Yin identified Gongyang Ying as a battle body, and Yao Yuzhi confirmed she possessed the second-grade Moon Soul Battle Body.
• Ju Dan threatened that the Western Lands’ four sword contenders would defeat Sikong Jing, Chou Zhan, and Gongyang Ying, leaving the Northern Lands’ crowd worried.
• Sikong Jing sensed an unidentified demonic beast approaching, then blocked its black projectile with his true qi and Mind Platform power but was forced behind the waterfall.

Sikong Jing identified the unseen attacker as a Golden Body Realm Shadow Moon Rat seeking the Moon Swallowing Beast’s inner core, then provoked it into fighting so he could study its demonic power. The rat launched repeated attacks as two concealed Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce experts watched in confusion.

• Sikong Jing sensed the attacker’s aura and recognized it as a juvenile Shadow Moon Rat, a ferocious beast.
• Sikong Jing realized the Shadow Moon Rat wanted the half Moon Swallowing Beast inner core he had tossed aside, then took it and taunted the rat by keeping it.
• Sikong Jing moved from behind the waterfall to the shore, hoping to study the Shadow Moon Rat’s attacks and comprehend its meridians.
• The Shadow Moon Rat attacked, and Sikong Jing met its strikes with his Mystic Ice Spirit Sword while gaining a faint insight into its demonic power.
• Two experts hidden by the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce watched Sikong Jing and wondered what the one-armed kid from the Northern Lands was doing.

Sikong Jing fought through the night against an invisible Shadow Moon Rat, learning to imitate its movements while trying to survive its moonlight-enhanced attacks. At dawn, he remained injured and on the run as the creature continued pursuing him and two baffled Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce experts followed.

• The Shadow Moon Divine Rat explained that Shadow Moon Rats grew stronger in bright moonlight and could conceal their bodies and auras within it.
• The Shadow Moon Rat wounded Sikong Jing repeatedly, forcing him to flee the moonlit waterfall while using its meridian aura to imitate its movement.
• Two Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce experts followed Sikong Jing but could not see what was attacking him.
• Sikong Jing fought the Shadow Moon Rat through the night, gradually opening new meridians and developing movements like its own.
• At daylight, the Shadow Moon Divine Rat warned that the injured Sikong Jing was still in danger, and the Shadow Moon Rat continued its attack as he fled.

Sikong Jing learned the Shadow Moon Rat’s movement skill and hid in a flower sea to heal and cultivate toward the Dao Inquiry Realm. Above him, Yao Yuzhi stopped her ship to admire the flowers and ordered reports on the nine captains’ locations, as the quota battle neared its final clash.

• Sikong Jing closed the Shadow Moon Rat’s meridians and used Beast Skill, Shadow Moon, to vanish from the Ba Tian experts pursuing him.
• Sikong Jing lured the Shadow Moon Rat into a firefly-lit flower sea, where it appeared and accused him of secretly learning its skill.
• Sikong Jing explained that he only needed to learn part of the skill, then began healing and cultivating while the Shadow Moon Rat watched from the flower sea’s edge.
• The Divine Shuttle Ship passed overhead without detecting Sikong Jing, then stopped above the flowers at Yao Yuzhi’s direction.
• Yao Yuzhi told those aboard that she would reveal the nine captains’ locations and ordered a middle-aged adjudicator to send out message birds for reports.

Yao Yuzhi tracked the eight captains in Tyrant Heaven Valley, but Sikong Jing’s position vanished from her surveillance and the middle-aged adjudicator could not find him. As Yao Yuzhi tried to reassure everyone, the bloodied Gongyang Ying hurried toward the ship.

• Yao Yuzhi marked the positions of eight captains on the map, leaving Sikong Jing as the only one unaccounted for.
• Yao Yuzhi received Sikong Jing’s message and discovered that he had vanished from the watchers’ sight.
• The middle-aged adjudicator flew to Sikong Jing’s last known location but returned word that he could not be found.
• Fan He bluntly pointed out that Sikong Jing was missing, embarrassing Yao Yuzhi as she promised the Spirit Martial experts would find him.
• Gongyang Ying appeared beneath the moonlight, covered in blood and hurrying toward the sea of flowers.

Gongyang Ying was cornered by Shang Fu, Ling Feiyan, and Senior Brother Feng’s forces, who planned to seize her Moon Soul Battle Body while Chou Zhan was trapped elsewhere. As Ling Feiyan dismissed Gongyang Ying’s accusations of betrayal and ingratitude, Gongyang Ying’s suppressed anger finally erupted.

• Shang Fu, Ling Feiyan, and another Star Luo Academy student surrounded Gongyang Ying while Senior Brother Feng ordered his squad to capture her alive and take her Moon Soul Battle Body.
• Yao Yuzhi warned Ju Dan and Old Feng that transplanting a battle body bloodline harmed its recipient, but they said they wanted an early-stage fighter for the Central Plains competition.
• Ling Feiyan revealed that Gongyang Ying had lured Senior Brother Feng’s squad away so Chou Zhan could break through, but another Western Lands squad was now hunting him.
• Gongyang Ying asked Ling Feiyan why she treated her this way and reminded her that Gongyang Ying’s grandfather had cured Ling Feiyan’s master.
• Ling Feiyan accused Gongyang Ying of betraying her, and Gongyang Ying angrily denied helping Sikong Jing or giving Chou Zhan a detoxification pill before demanding that Ling Feiyan honor her grandfather’s debt.

Gongyang Ying learned that Ling Feiyan had betrayed her from the start and fought desperately against Ling Feiyan, Shang Fu, and their ally in the sea of flowers. As Yao Yuzhi refused to intervene and the Northern Lands watched in despair, Sikong Jing suddenly opened his eyes.

• Shang Fu revealed that Ling Feiyan had planted a tracking item on Gongyang Ying long ago, and Ling Feiyan admitted she had brought Gongyang Ying along as cannon fodder.
• At Senior Brother Feng's order, Shang Fu, Ling Feiyan, and a third attacker charged Gongyang Ying, who fought back despite her severe injuries.
• Ling Feiyan struck Gongyang Ying and pursued her through the sea of flowers as Gongyang Ying struggled onward, thinking of her grandfather and Sikong Jing.
• Hua Lidian asked Yao Yuzhi to grant Gongyang Ying direct admission, but Yao Yuzhi refused because the quota battle had already begun.
• As Gongyang Ying's pursuers mocked her hopes for a miracle, Sikong Jing abruptly opened his eyes amid the fireflies.

Sikong Jing rescued Gongyang Ying from Shang Fu, Ling Feiyan, and a Star Luo Academy student, then confronted the attackers. He killed one fleeing student, while Gongyang Ying ordered him to cripple Ling Feiyan so she could take revenge herself.

• Sikong Jing sensed Gongyang Ying was in danger and hurried through the sea of flowers to save her from Shang Fu and the others.
• Sikong Jing appeared with Gongyang Ying in his arms, shocking everyone aboard the divine shuttle ship.
• Sikong Jing placed Gongyang Ying on a flower and advanced on Shang Fu, Ling Feiyan, and the Star Luo Academy student as they fled.
• Sikong Jing killed the slowest Star Luo Academy student with a streak of mystic ice-colored sword light.
• Ling Feiyan begged Sikong Jing and Gongyang Ying for mercy, and Gongyang Ying spared her life for now but ordered Sikong Jing to sever her hand and foot tendons.

Sikong Jing broke through to the Golden Body Realm and killed Shang Fu and four members of Senior Brother Feng’s squad. Senior Brother Feng charged at him, and Sikong Jing unleashed the Moon Swallowing Wind Wave Sword.

• Sikong Jing severed Ling Feiyan’s tendons and hamstrings, while Shang Fu refused to return for her and fled to Senior Brother Feng.
• Senior Brother Feng ordered his squad to surround Sikong Jing and sent Shang Fu back to attack Gongyang Ying.
• Sikong Jing broke through to the Golden Body Realm and killed all four attackers with a swift sword strike.
• Sikong Jing stopped Shang Fu with his sword and killed him before turning to face Senior Brother Feng.
• Senior Brother Feng charged at Sikong Jing, who invoked the Moon Swallowing Beast’s Moon Swallowing Wind Wave Sword.

Sikong Jing overwhelmed Senior Brother Feng with the Moon Swallowing Wind Wave Sword and chased him down, forcing him to accept the Southern Lands captain’s terms. As the Southern Lands captain prepared to help capture Sikong Jing, Sikong Jing offered him the same six slots and help killing Wang He, asking him to join forces instead.

• Sikong Jing wounded Senior Brother Feng with the Moon Swallowing Wind Wave Sword, stunning Ju Dan and the observers aboard the Divine Shuttle Ship.
• Senior Brother Feng attacked again, but Sikong Jing defeated him repeatedly and pursued him as he fled.
• Senior Brother Feng begged Brother He of the Southern Lands for help and agreed to Ju Hua receiving six slots and to helping kill Wang He.
• Brother He secured Ju Dan’s promise, then ordered his people to capture Sikong Jing alive.
• Sikong Jing offered Brother He six slots and help killing Wang He, asking him to follow him instead.

Sikong Jing fought Brother He, Senior Brother Feng, and the Southern Lands team, using the Ten Dragon Codex’s demon dragon beast skills to seize their weapons and kill their fighters. After demonstrating every beast skill, he left only the two captains standing against him.

• Brother He rejected Sikong Jing’s offer and joined Senior Brother Feng in attacking him with the Southern Lands team.
• Sikong Jing perfected the Moon Swallowing Wind Wave Sword while appearing to struggle against the attackers.
• Sikong Jing called for a spear, seized one from a Southern Lands fighter, and killed two team members with the Horizontal Dragon Spear skill.
• Sikong Jing continued taking weapons and using the Ten Dragon Codex’s beast skills to kill the Southern Lands fighters.
• Sikong Jing ran through every demon dragon beast skill, leaving only Brother He and Senior Brother Feng alive, both bloodied and terrified.

Sikong Jing killed Senior Brother Feng, He Yan, and Ling Feiyan, wiping out the Western and Southern Lands squads. As the Northern Lands confronted Old Yin and Yao Yuzhi destroyed sixteen life jade tokens, the onlookers wondered how Sikong Jing had become so powerful.

• Sikong Jing killed Senior Brother Feng and then stabbed He Yan after He Yan agreed to follow him.
• Gongyang Ying attacked Ling Feiyan, who died as Sikong Jing approached, leaving both squads completely wiped out.
• Old Mo argued that He Yan had ignored Sikong Jing's offer, while Lang Zhengzhi and Elder Ge mocked Old Yin for refusing to help earlier.
• Yao Yuzhi shattered sixteen life jade tokens, including two captain tokens.
• Old Qiao asked whether Sikong Jing was a battle body, and Yao Yuzhi said she could not tell before beginning to explain his strength.

Hua Lidian revealed that Sikong Jing had manifested his spirit platform early, explaining his strength and prompting fears about his future. After searchers claimed Sikong Jing had vanished, Yao Yuzhi brought him aboard and asked whether he had bribed her.

• Hua Lidian told Old Mo and the others that Sikong Jing had Initial Spirit Platform Manifestation and was close to opening his spirit platform consciousness sea.
• Ju Dan demanded Sikong Jing be killed, while Hua Lidian explained that revealing his secret might protect him from further probing.
• The middle-aged adjudicator returned with two Tyrant Heaven experts, who reported that Sikong Jing had vanished, but the adjudicator accused them of being bribed.
• Yao Yuzhi ordered Sikong Jing brought aboard the Divine Shuttle Ship, and the monitors discovered he had been standing in the sea of flowers.
• Yao Yuzhi slapped a monitor for claiming she had found Sikong Jing with a single thought, then asked Sikong Jing whether he had bribed her.

Sikong Jing refused to reveal how he had concealed himself, despite Yao Yuzhi’s questions and the Tyrant Heaven experts’ pressure. He left the divine shuttle ship for the quota battle, while Yao Yuzhi ordered the ship away from the sea of flowers.

• Yao Yuzhi explained why Sikong Jing’s disappearance could make others suspect she had favored him, then asked how he had hidden himself.
• Sikong Jing refused to disclose his secret technique, and he challenged the Tyrant Heaven experts when they tried to stop him from leaving.
• Yao Yuzhi ordered the experts to stand down after Sikong Jing warned that detaining him could make her look bribed by Ju Dan.
• Yao Yuzhi cautioned Sikong Jing that his Blood-Refining Battle-Slaying Diagram might not be enough to protect him from being declared guilty, but Sikong Jing left without revealing his technique.
• Yao Yuzhi told those aboard that Sikong Jing had not bribed her and ordered the shuttle ship to leave the sea of flowers, prompting Fan He to ask why they were leaving early.

Sikong Jing gave Gongyang Ying half of the Moon Swallowing Beast’s inner core, while she mistakenly thought his gift carried romantic intentions. Their awkward exchange was interrupted when the lurking Shadow Moon Rat attacked, and Sikong Jing urged Gongyang Ying to absorb the core so they could deal with it.

• Gongyang Ying thanked Sikong Jing for saving her, and he said it had been only natural.
• When Sikong Jing offered her a gift, Gongyang Ying misunderstood and insisted she would not become a lesser wife.
• Sikong Jing revealed that the gift was half of the Moon Swallowing Beast’s inner core, which would help her Moon Soul Battle Body.
• Embarrassed by her mistake, Gongyang Ying took the core and fled into the flowers, where Sikong Jing found her squatting in humiliation.
• The Shadow Moon Rat tried to attack Gongyang Ying, but Sikong Jing intercepted it and told her to absorb the core before the rat could keep pursuing them.

Sikong Jing guarded Gongyang Ying from the Shadow Moon Rat until she absorbed half of the Moon Swallowing Beast's inner core and broke through to the fourth realm of Dao Inquiry. While she cultivated, he inscribed the Moon Swallowing Wind Wave Sword and created a temporary cultivation method for Chou Zhan.

• Sikong Jing offered to subdue the Shadow Moon Rat, but it rejected him and attacked Gongyang Ying for the inner core.
• Sikong Jing repeatedly drove the Shadow Moon Rat back while Gongyang Ying absorbed the inner core.
• The Shadow Moon Rat retreated after Gongyang Ying finished absorbing the inner core and threatened Sikong Jing before vanishing.
• Sikong Jing took two Green Jade Tubes from the slain enemies, erased their contents, and inscribed the Moon Swallowing Wind Wave Sword in one.
• Sikong Jing created and inscribed a temporary cultivation method for Chou Zhan in the second Green Jade Tube.
• Gongyang Ying broke through to the fourth realm of Dao Inquiry and thanked Sikong Jing.

Sikong Jing and Gongyang Ying set out to find Chou Zhan, but stopped when they found Nan Xiu being confronted by a Western Lands Golden Body Realm cultivator. After learning that Chou Zhan was trapped in a cave, Sikong Jing gave Nan Xiu a spirit sword, leaving his intentions unclear.

• Sikong Jing gave Gongyang Ying the Moon Swallowing Wind Wave Sword and Senior Brother Feng's Azure Wind Spirit Sword, and they hurried off to find Chou Zhan.
• Sikong Jing and Gongyang Ying found a Western Lands Golden Body Realm cultivator threatening Nan Xiu, and Sikong Jing revealed that he had three spirit swords.
• Sikong Jing asked Gongyang Ying to fight the Western Lands cultivator so she could practice her new sword technique, while he spoke with Nan Xiu.
• Sikong Jing offered Nan Xiu the choice of dying or acknowledging him as captain, and Nan Xiu offered information in exchange for his life.
• Nan Xiu revealed that Chou Zhan was trapped in a cave about fifty li away by Captain Le and other Western Lands fighters, and Sikong Jing tossed Nan Xiu a spirit sword.

Sikong Jing rescued the badly wounded Chou Zhan from Captain Le and killed her entire Western Lands team. As they headed back to Gongyang Ying, Yao Yuzhi announced that Gongyang Ying had also killed a Golden Body Realm member of Sikong Jing’s team, provoking Ju Dan’s fury.

• Sikong Jing bound Nan Xiu with his true energy, left him with Gongyang Ying, and went to find Chou Zhan.
• Sikong Jing killed the two Western Lands lookouts outside the cave and entered to help Chou Zhan fight Captain Le’s team.
• Sikong Jing found Captain Le by listening to Ju Dan’s warning and killed her and the rest of her team.
• Sikong Jing emerged supporting the wounded Chou Zhan and reported Captain Le’s team wiped out to the Highest Decision-Maker.
• Yao Yuzhi received word that Gongyang Ying had slain a Golden Body Realm member of Sikong Jing’s team and crushed that member’s jade token.
• Ju Dan roared that she would kill Sikong Jing and Gongyang Ying.

Sikong Jing rewarded Nan Xiu with the Blue Water Spirit Sword and offered him the choice to leave or join him; Nan Xiu chose to follow. Sikong Jing gave Chou Zhan a cultivation method that resolved the flaws from his forced breakthrough and strengthened his Golden Sword Battle Body, leaving Chou Zhan eager to help improve the still-incomplete method.

• Sikong Jing let Nan Xiu take the Blue Water Spirit Sword and leave, but Nan Xiu chose to follow him, impressed by his strength and loyalty to his comrades.
• Sikong Jing warned Nan Xiu not to betray him, then offered to answer his questions about martial arts.
• Chou Zhan described the attributes of his Golden Sword Battle Body, and Sikong Jing gave him a cultivation method tailored to it.
• Chou Zhan cultivated the method, stabilized his second Golden Body realm, and broke through a minor realm as his battle body grew stronger.
• Chou Zhan thanked Sikong Jing and asked about the method's incomplete state and name, and Sikong Jing invited him to help refine it.

Sikong Jing created and named a cultivation art that helped Chou Zhan awaken his Golden Sword Battle Body and advance his cultivation. After the group settled in a secluded place to recover and train, Sikong Jing began fusing the ten dragon meridians to create his own spirit-grade beast skill.

• Sikong Jing re-inscribed Chou Zhan's Green Jade Tube with a cultivation art he had created, and Chou Zhan used it to break through to the middle stage of the second level of the Golden Body Realm.
• Sikong Jing explained that he had created the art to awaken Chou Zhan's Golden Sword Battle Body, and Chou Zhan named it the Golden Sword Soaring Cloud Art at Gongyang Ying's suggestion.
• Sikong Jing, Chou Zhan, and Gongyang Ying settled on how to address one another, while Nan Xiu felt left out of their growing familiarity.
• Sikong Jing found a quiet spot beneath a rocky mountain, where the four of them began cultivating and recovering.
• Sikong Jing set aside the Shadow Moon beast skill and began preparing to fuse the ten dragon meridians of the Ten Dragon Codex into his own spirit-grade beast skill.

Sikong Jing continued cultivating while Ju Hua prepared to kill him, and Wang He plotted to profit from their clash. After Hua Meixi learned how Sikong Jing had saved Gongyang Ying and sought help with her formation, word arrived that Ju Hua had reached the Fifth Golden Body Realm and the final battle was about to begin.

• The Golden Divine Dragon told Sikong Jing that fusing the Ten Dragon Codex meridians would let him comprehend its third meridian, and Sikong Jing began cultivating.
• Ju Hua decided to wait until he reached the Fifth Golden Body Realm before attacking Sikong Jing, while Wang He chose to ally with the Eastern Lands and take advantage of the coming fight.
• Wang He ordered Guo Zixia to kneel and thank him for his plan to eliminate Sikong Jing and the Western Lands squads.
• Hua Meixi visited Yao Yuzhi, learned that Sikong Jing had saved Gongyang Ying, and asked for advice on her Army-Slaying Assessment Diagram.
• A Fury Blossom Squad member explained the diagram's problems, and Yao Yuzhi received word that Ju Hua had broken through to the Fifth Golden Body Realm.

Yao Yuzhi ordered the nine spirit swords lit to force the final battle and expose Sikong Jing’s position. As Ju Hua’s group approached, Sikong Jing continued cultivating and prepared to meet them head-on, while Yao Yuzhi wondered whether he would abandon his spirit sword to hide.

• Yao Yuzhi ordered the adjudicator to light the nine spirit swords, revealing the teams’ locations and alerting Sikong Jing’s group.
• Sikong Jing told Gongyang Ying to keep cultivating until the approaching teams drew near, then promised to meet them head-on.
• Ju Hua realized Wang He and Qiao Hen were following his group in hopes of letting him and Sikong Jing weaken each other, but agreed to pursue Sikong Jing first.
• Wang He ordered his group to follow Ju Hua, while Guo Zixia privately resisted the idea of joining Ju Hua after the battle.
• Hua Meixi rejected Hua Lidian’s attempt to speak with her, and Yao Yuzhi said Sikong Jing could hide by abandoning his spirit sword.

Sikong Jing and his three companions chose to face Ju Hua’s larger force head-on, despite warnings that Ju Hua had reached the Fifth Golden Body Realm. Ju Hua unleashed his aura and challenged all four to attack him together, leaving the battle poised to begin.

• Yao Yuzhi said she would judge Sikong Jing by whether he fought for his companions, while those aboard the Divine Shuttle Ship debated how he would respond.
• Sikong Jing stood with Chou Zhan, Gongyang Ying, and Nan Xiu, each holding a spirit sword, and Nan Xiu refused Old Yin’s order to leave.
• Sikong Jing welcomed the news that Ju Hua had reached the Fifth Golden Body Realm, and Chou Zhan and Gongyang Ying declared they would live or die with him.
• Ju Hua’s two squads arrived, and Sikong Jing led his companions down from the hill, saying he needed no trap to defeat Ju Hua.
• Sikong Jing assigned Chou Zhan to fight the other captain and Gongyang Ying and Nan Xiu to attack the remaining enemies, while Ju Hua challenged all four to face him together and released his aura.

Sikong Jing and his companions confronted Ju Hua’s Western Lands squads, surprising their onlookers when Sikong Jing blocked Ju Hua’s attack and Chou Zhan revealed his rapidly awakened Golden Sword Battle Body. The chapter left Chou Zhan’s target surrounded as an icy voice declared that Nan Xiu and the speaker would face the Western Lands fighters.

• Ju Hua and the observers misread Sikong Jing’s intentions, while Old Yin ordered Wang He to ignore Nan Xiu.
• Chou Zhan charged a Western Lands captain, and Sikong Jing blocked Ju Hua’s Fifth Golden Body Realm attack without moving.
• The adjudicator revealed that Sikong Jing had advanced to the Second Golden Body Realm, but the onlookers remained stunned that he had withstood Ju Hua.
• Chou Zhan revealed his Second Golden Body Realm peak cultivation and used the Golden Sword Soaring Cloud beast skill to suppress another Western Lands captain.
• The Western Lands squads prepared to attack Chou Zhan together, but an icy voice announced that Nan Xiu and the speaker would be their opponents.