Recaps

Sikong Jing confronted Ju Hua with his newly mastered Ten Dragon Chaos-Slaying Sword while Gongyang Ying and Nan Xiu joined Chou Zhan in battle against the Western Lands fighters. Sikong Jing matched Ju Hua’s Fifth Golden Body Realm power with his sword technique, leaving their duel unresolved.

• Gongyang Ying and Nan Xiu revealed their breakthroughs and joined Chou Zhan, while Gongyang Ying taunted the Western Lands fighters and attacked.
• Sikong Jing held Ju Hua at bay with his sword and revealed that he had mastered the mid-grade spirit-level Ten Dragon Chaos-Slaying Sword.
• Ju Hua attacked Sikong Jing with his Northern Cold Heavenly Frost Sword, but Sikong Jing’s first two moves shattered his sword radiance.
• Ju Hua unleashed the Northern Cold Raging Frost Sword, but Sikong Jing’s Ten Dragon Sky Dance matched its power despite their three-realm gap.
• Ju Dan, Yao Yuzhi, and Hua Meixi watched in shock as Hua Lidian pointed out Yao Yuzhi’s repeated misjudgments about Sikong Jing.

Sikong Jing faced Ju Hua after Ju Hua unleashed his second-grade Cold Mountain Battle Body, which was said to suppress Sikong Jing’s true qi. Sikong Jing caught Ju Hua’s sword bare-handed and shattered it, leaving everyone stunned.

• Yao Yuzhi warned that Ju Hua would unleash his battle body to end the fight quickly and protect his Western Lands companions from Chou Zhan, Gongyang Ying, and Nan Xiu.
• Ju Hua revealed his second-grade Cold Mountain Battle Body, whose coldness and weight suppressed true qi.
• Old Yin and Ju Dan declared that battle bodies held an iron advantage over martial artists without them, while Ju Hua taunted Sikong Jing and attacked.
• Sikong Jing planted the Mystic Ice Spirit Sword in the ground and caught Ju Hua’s descending sword with his Darkflow Sky-Reflecting Claws.
• Sikong Jing tightened his grip until Ju Hua’s Cold Mountain Battle Body sword cracked and shattered into ice crystals.

Sikong Jing defeated Ju Hua with the Ten Dragon Chaos-Slaying Sword and declared that he would kill Ju Dan and the rest of Ju Hua’s family. With Ju Hua’s allies defeated and his escape routes guarded, he stood surrounded and unable to resist.

• Sikong Jing rejected the idea that battle bodies were inherently noble and invoked Su Beiheng as proof that non-battle-bodies could resist them.
• Sikong Jing charged Ju Hua with the Ten Dragon Chaos-Slaying Sword, overcame the battle body suppression, and severely wounded him.
• Yao Yuzhi suggested that Sikong Jing’s opened spirit platform sea of consciousness let him temper his meridians and strengthen his true qi.
• Sikong Jing approached Ju Hua and threatened to kill him, then Ju Dan and their entire family.
• Chou Zhan killed the Western Lands captain and guarded Ju Hua, while Gongyang Ying and Nan Xiu slaughtered the other Western Lands fighters.
• Gongyang Ying told Nan Xiu to keep Fu Jiaoxing alive so Ju Hua could not escape by filling the eighteen slots, then moved to block Ju Hua as well.

Wang He and Qiao Hen tried to use the quota battle’s rules to bargain with Ju Hua and Sikong Jing, killing team members to force the contest to end. As Wang He’s sword stopped just before Guo Zixia, Guo Zixia revealed a sudden, ominous confidence.

• Ju Hua and Ju Dan offered favors and official posts to Wang He and Qiao Hen, but Wang He said their teams could not defeat Sikong Jing and proposed ending the battle by reducing the survivors to eighteen.
• Wang He and Qiao Hen killed members of their teams, then threatened Guo Zixia and another Northern Lands student to pressure Sikong Jing and Ju Dan into offering greater rewards.
• Sikong Jing continued toward Ju Hua without bargaining, while Wang He killed Guo Zixia’s remaining junior and waited for Ju Dan to raise her offer.
• Ju Dan promised Wang He and Qiao Hen a spirit weapon each if they killed Guo Zixia, and Wang He thrust his sword toward him.
• Wang He’s sword stopped inches from Guo Zixia’s chest, and Guo Zixia grinned and challenged him to kill him.

Guo Zixia used a Star-Sucking Insect to drain the true qi of Wang He and the other Eastern and Southern Lands geniuses, while the stewards aboard the Divine Shuttle Ship refused to intervene. He revealed that he had been waiting for this moment and blamed Sikong Jing for failing to protect his slain junior brothers and sisters.

• Guo Zixia unleashed a Star-Sucking Insect that seized Wang He and eleven other geniuses from the Eastern and Southern Lands.
• Guo Zixia activated the insect, which began siphoning their true qi into his body and triggered his breakthrough.
• Yao Yuzhi explained that the insect was a rare, evil creation of the Heavenly Dao Sacred Land and ruled that using it did not break the quota battle rules.
• Old Yin and Old Qiao urged Yao Yuzhi to intervene, but she refused because stopping Guo Zixia could provoke the Heavenly Dao Sacred Land.
• Wang He begged Guo Zixia to stop, but Guo Zixia said an Emperor Martial Stage powerhouse from the Heavenly Dao Sacred Land had given him the insect.
• Guo Zixia told Sikong Jing he had wanted to drain him too, then accused him of failing to save Guo Zixia's junior brothers and sisters.

Guo Zixia restrained Sikong Jing’s group while Ju Hua killed Fu Jiaoxing to end the quota battle and save himself. Sikong Jing then severed Ju Hua’s arm despite the battle’s end, and Ju Dan’s attempt to attack him was stopped by the Divine Shuttle Ship’s restrictions.

• Guo Zixia used the Star-Sucking Insect to restrain Sikong Jing and his companions, giving Ju Hua ten breaths to escape.
• Ju Hua instead killed Fu Jiaoxing, ending the quota battle and leaving the survivors stunned.
• After Guo Zixia’s restraints withdrew, Ju Hua taunted Sikong Jing to attack him, believing the rules would protect him.
• Sikong Jing appeared beside Ju Hua and severed one of his arms with the Mystic Ice Spirit Sword.
• Ju Dan and the Western Lands decision-makers rushed to attack Sikong Jing but crashed into the Divine Shuttle Ship’s restrictions, and Ju Dan demanded that Yao Yuzhi open them.

Yao Yuzhi kept the quota battle open until Nu Guang emerged from the grass, securing the final slot and leaving nineteen survivors. Guo Zixia reached the Soul-Reversal Realm and attacked Sikong Jing, who ended the fight with a single slap.

• Ju Dan accused Yao Yuzhi of favoring Hua Meixi and was slapped into the restriction after challenging her fairness.
• Nu Guang woke in the grass, and Sikong Jing announced that he had won the final quota slot.
• Sikong Jing cut off Ju Hua's other arm and mocked Ju Dan, while Yao Yuzhi refused Ju Dan's demand to let all nineteen contestants pass.
• Guo Zixia challenged Sikong Jing to wait until he broke through, and Sikong Jing agreed as Guo Zixia absorbed the others' true qi and reached the Soul-Reversal Realm.
• Guo Zixia charged Sikong Jing, who struck him with one slap and sent him flying, scattering his true qi.

The Eastern Plains quota battle ended with Sikong Jing defeating Ju Hua and leaving Guo Zixia unable to understand the gap between them. At Bright Dragon Stronghold, Yao Yuzhi announced that the Northern Lands had won first place because they killed the most opponents and collected the most spirit swords.

• Sikong Jing killed Ju Hua, and Yao Yuzhi declared the quota battle over with eighteen survivors.
• Ju Dan attacked Sikong Jing but Yao Yuzhi stopped her and had a Chamber of Commerce expert slap her unconscious.
• Old Yin and Old Qiao learned that their teams' survivors had been left with their true energy drained and their meridians ruined.
• Steward Huang told Guo Zixia that Sikong Jing's strength was beyond his understanding, while Sikong Jing explained that Guo Zixia's impure true qi and unopened spirit platform sea of consciousness weakened him.
• Yao Yuzhi brought the survivors to Bright Dragon Stronghold and announced that the Northern Lands had taken first place by killing the most people and obtaining the most spirit swords.

After winning first place in the quota battle, Sikong Jing rejected the offer to restore his arm and instead asked Yao Yuzhi to prevent the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce from attacking or occupying his hometown, the Azure Dragon Small Domain. Yao Yuzhi learned why the domain mattered to him, and the chapter ended as Sikong Jing pressed her to accept his request.

• Yao Yuzhi announced the Northern Lands' rewards and the individual prizes, including special benefits for Gongyang Ying, Chou Zhan, and first-place Sikong Jing.
• Yao Yuzhi offered Sikong Jing any request within the Eastern Plains branch's means, including restoring his severed arm to seventy percent.
• Sikong Jing declined the arm restoration, calling it a minor matter, and asked the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce not to attack or occupy the Azure Dragon Small Domain.
• Sikong Jing explained that the Azure Dragon Small Domain was his hometown and held the Beiheng Sword Formation, which the Chamber of Commerce intended to study.
• Yao Yuzhi understood the significance of Sikong Jing's request and looked toward Hua Meixi, while Sikong Jing asked whether even this condition was unacceptable.

Sikong Jing used his first-place reward to secure Yao Yuzhi’s promise not to attack the Azure Dragon Small Domain for up to a year. In the treasury, he chose several rewards, including an obscure War Martial Stage demon beast inner core, surprising Yao Yuzhi.

• Yao Yuzhi showed Sikong Jing the Eastern Branch’s order to seize the Azure Dragon Small Domain, then agreed to tear up the order and promised not to attack his homeland for up to a year.
• Sikong Jing accepted the limited guarantee, and Yao Yuzhi led him, Chou Zhan, and Gongyang Ying to choose their rewards in the treasury.
• Sikong Jing chose the Dark Soul Claws, a cultivation technique, a spear technique, and a Silver Thread Ring to conceal his Blood Devour Spirit Pearl.
• Sikong Jing selected a dusty War Martial Stage demon beast inner core, leaving Yao Yuzhi surprised that he had not chosen a more valuable one.

Sikong Jing exposed a hidden Emperor Martial Stage Iron-Wing Divine Vulture inner core in the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce’s treasure vault and claimed he would prove himself more valuable than a corner of the Qianyuan Battle-Killing Diagram. Yao Yuzhi watched him leave, then told Hua Meixi about the costly appraisal mistake.

• Sikong Jing challenged Yao Yuzhi’s appraisal of an inner core, and his Steel Bone Flying Vulture revealed its Emperor Martial Stage Iron-Wing Divine Vulture aura.
• Sikong Jing reclaimed the inner core and explained that his Steel Bone Flying Vulture’s Iron-Wing Divine Vulture bloodline had sensed its true nature.
• Yao Yuzhi told Sikong Jing that a divine shuttle ship would take them to the Central Plains in ten days and warned him not to cause trouble at Bright Dragon Stronghold.
• Sikong Jing told Yao Yuzhi he would make the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce see that he was worth more than one corner of the Qianyuan Battle-Killing Diagram.
• Sikong Jing left for the northern courtyard with Gongyang Ying and Chou Zhan, while Yao Yuzhi later told Hua Meixi about the inner core he had found.

Sikong Jing completed his breakthrough to the Third Realm of Golden Body and discovered that the Shadow Moon Rat had followed him to Bright Dragon Stronghold. A squad of powerful women arrived in the North Courtyard searching for the rat, leaving Sikong Jing and the others facing their inquiry.

• Yao Yuzhi realized Sikong Jing had lied about how he identified the hidden inner core, while Hua Meixi speculated that Su Old Devil might have guided him.
• Sikong Jing returned to the North Courtyard, celebrated with Old Mo and the others, then began cultivating the Golden Divine Dragon's third meridian.
• After eight days, Sikong Jing completed his comprehension and broke through to the Third Realm of Golden Body.
• Sikong Jing sensed the Shadow Moon Rat nearby, but Gongyang Ying arrived with the rat perched on her shoulder.
• Dozens of women in pale yellow armor descended into the North Courtyard, and their peak Soul-Reversal Realm leader asked whether anyone had seen the Shadow Moon Rat.

The Beautiful Flower Battle Team searched the northern courtyard for the Shadow Moon Rat, which was hiding in Gongyang Ying’s clothes. Vice Captain Yang Hua ordered the Northern Lands residents to strip, and the chapter ended with her team threatening them while Hua Meixi remained outside the sealed courtyard.

• The Shadow Moon Rat hid inside Gongyang Ying’s clothes as Old Mo denied seeing it, while Hua Lidian explained to Sikong Jing that the Beautiful Flower Battle Team had come seeking trouble with Hua Meixi.
• Vice Captain Yang Hua sealed the northern courtyard and sent her members to search it, while Sikong Jing discovered the rat’s hiding place and threatened to expose it unless it called him Boss.
• After the search found nothing, Yang Hua ordered everyone to take off their clothes, and Lang Zhengzhi, Old Mo, and Hua Lidian objected.
• Yang Hua dismissed Hua Lidian’s protest, challenged Hua Meixi’s team to fight, and had her members point their weapons at the courtyard residents.

Guo Zixia falsely accused Gongyang Ying of hiding the Shadow Moon Rat, prompting Yang Hua to threaten to strip her. Sikong Jing intervened and slapped Yang Hua, leaving the Beautiful Flower Battle Team ready to retaliate.

• Lang Zhengzhi asked to search the rooms separately, but Yang Hua refused, and Sikong Jing secretly sent out a small flying vulture.
• Guo Zixia claimed the Shadow Moon Rat was hidden in Gongyang Ying's clothes and urged Yang Hua to make her strip.
• Yang Hua began counting down before tearing Gongyang Ying's clothes, while Chou Zhan and Sikong Jing grabbed her hand and threw it aside.
• Sikong Jing told Chou Zhan to protect Gongyang Ying and faced Yang Hua alone as the battle team surrounded them.
• Yang Hua boasted that the Beautiful Flower Battle Team controlled who lived or died, and Sikong Jing slapped her across the face.

Sikong Jing fought Yang Hua and the Lihua team with the help of the Steel Bone Flying Vulture, while Chou Zhan confronted Guo Zixia. The battle teams clashed in the air, and Sikong Jing showed strength that shocked the opposing riders.

• Sikong Jing slapped Yang Hua twice, and the Steel Bone Flying Vulture pinned her and helped him strike her down with a staff attack.
• Yang Hua ordered the Lihua team to mount their beasts and attack Sikong Jing.
• Chou Zhan slapped Guo Zixia and attacked him over his past harm to Gongyang Ying and Chou Zhan's master.
• Sikong Jing fused his true qi with the Steel Bone Flying Vulture's demonic power and swept several riders and their mounts from the sky.
• The Beautiful Flower Battle Team members stared in disbelief at Sikong Jing's strength despite his Golden Body Realm cultivation.

Sikong Jing turned the fight against Yang Hua by developing a spiritual-grade spear technique and then defeated the Beautiful Flower Battle Team members who attacked him. He ended the chapter facing Yang Hua in the air and asking whether he would blast her down or she would surrender.

• Lang Zhengzhi prepared to intervene, but Sikong Jing told him he could bear the battle alone and revealed the Iron-Wing Sky-Soaring Spear.
• Sikong Jing fought Yang Hua and gradually matched her as his spear technique improved.
• Gongyang Ying provoked Yang Hua, whose lapse in focus let Sikong Jing blast her away.
• The Beautiful Flower members swarmed Sikong Jing, but he and his mount defeated them all in thirty breaths.
• Sikong Jing pointed his spear at the remaining Yang Hua and asked whether he would blast her down or she would go down herself.

Sikong Jing defeated Yang Hua after the Steel Bone Flying Vulture broke through to the War Martial Realm, humiliating her and knocking out the Beautiful Flower Battle Team without killing anyone. After Chou Zhan defeated Guo Zixia, Sikong Jing invited Gongyang Ying and Chou Zhan to explore Bright Dragon Stronghold before their journey to the Central Plains.

• The Steel Bone Flying Vulture broke through to the first level of the War Martial Realm, letting Sikong Jing overpower Yang Hua and slap her from her mount.
• Sikong Jing shattered Yang Hua’s battle armor and knocked out the Beautiful Flower Battle Team members who rushed at him, while leaving Yang Hua alive.
• Sikong Jing explained to Elder Ge that he had spared Yang Hua’s life but made her experience the humiliation she had inflicted on Gongyang Ying.
• The Shadow Moon Rat boasted that Sikong Jing had been used to protect it, but Sikong Jing threatened to have the Steel Bone Flying Vulture catch it if it tried to flee.
• Chou Zhan defeated Guo Zixia, warned him about his master’s death, and then checked that Sikong Jing was unharmed.
• Sikong Jing invited Gongyang Ying and Chou Zhan to explore Bright Dragon Stronghold and told Old Mo to hold him responsible for the fight.

Sikong Jing left the North Courtyard after defeating the Beautiful Flower Battle Team, leaving Old Mo and the others to face the fallout. Yang Li arrived and demanded punishment for the Northern Lands group, while Yao Yuzhi defended them under Tyrant Heaven rules.

• Steel Bone Flying Vulture broke the formation restrictions, and Sikong Jing, Chou Zhan, and Gongyang Ying left the North Courtyard as Old Mo decided to blame the incident on Sikong Jing.
• Yao Yuzhi and Hua Meixi arrived, reviewed the Soul-Returning Mirror’s record of Sikong Jing’s victory, and learned that he had gone shopping.
• Yang Li arrived and, after Yang Hua recounted an embellished version of events, slapped her for losing to Sikong Jing.
• Yang Li ordered her men to seize the Northern Lands group, but Yao Yuzhi’s guards shielded them.
• Yang Li threatened Yao Yuzhi with her family’s influence, then demanded an explanation for Yang Hua’s injuries and damaged battle armor under the Tyrant Heaven rules.

Yao Yuzhi decided to punish Sikong Jing for his fight with Yang Hua while trying to keep the Yang Family from escalating the matter. Unaware of her decision, Sikong Jing explored Bright Dragon Stronghold and discovered Army-Slaying War Chess, a game based on the Army-Slaying Formation.

• Yang Li demanded that the Northern Lands group be punished for failing to stop Sikong Jing, while Yao Yuzhi sent for the three who had passed the quota selection.
• Yao Yuzhi planned to make Sikong Jing apologize, pay compensation, and receive a hundred strokes, then suppress the matter if Yang Li remained dissatisfied.
• Sikong Jing, Gongyang Ying, and Chou Zhan wandered through Bright Dragon Stronghold as Sikong Jing searched the stalls for valuable goods.
• Sikong Jing sensed an Army-Slaying Formation aura coming from old men playing a game beneath an ancient pine tree.
• The old men explained Army-Slaying War Chess to Sikong Jing and his companions, describing how its pieces and formations simulated battle.

Sikong Jing watched a Battle-Killing War Chess match and recognized that the girl challenging Old He could win despite having far fewer pieces. The girl routed Old He’s army and won their wager, leaving him humiliated.

• A plump elder explained the grades of Battle-Killing War Chess boards to Gongyang Ying and Sikong Jing.
• Old He defeated the gray-robed elder, but Sikong Jing noticed the game could still have been turned around.
• A young girl challenged Old He to win the endgame, wagering that he would call her Mother if he lost.
• Sikong Jing explained how the girl’s troop deployment could overcome Old He’s larger force.
• The girl followed the strategy Sikong Jing described and wiped out Old He’s pieces.
• The girl refused to let Old He call her Mother and suggested he call her Great-Aunt instead.

A little girl defeated Old He at chess while she and Granny Kui searched Bright Dragon Stronghold for a hidden former Army-Slaying Formation expert. The elders named Sikong Jing their greatest chess master, and as he played the girl, his formations began to impress Granny Kui.

• The little girl beat Old He at chess, mocked him, and made him spit blood in anger.
• The little girl and Granny Kui challenged Bright Dragon Stronghold's elders to find a hidden master they believed was a former Army-Slaying Formation expert.
• The plump old man named Sikong Jing the stronghold's greatest chess master, despite his having just learned the rules.
• Sikong Jing and the little girl began their game, and the little girl initially showed little interest.
• Granny Kui warned the little girl not to underestimate Sikong Jing when his pieces formed a battlefield that the onlookers could see clearly.

Sikong Jing defeated Xiao Ti at chess, then agreed to play again for a pinnacle spiritual-grade battle skill. When Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce experts arrived to summon him back to Lady Yao, he chose to finish the game first, and Xiao Ti ordered Granny Kui to send them away.

• Sikong Jing turned the chess game around and defeated Xiao Ti, leaving the old men amused and Xiao Ti humiliated.
• Xiao Ti challenged Sikong Jing to another game and offered a pinnacle spiritual-grade battle skill if she lost again.
• Sikong Jing accepted the wager, but Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce experts arrived and told him Lady Yao wanted him back immediately.
• Sikong Jing asked the experts to report to Lady Yao that he would return after the game.
• Xiao Ti interrupted the experts and ordered Granny Kui to send them away.

Sikong Jing was forced to continue a chess game with a little girl while Yang Li set out to capture him. He narrowly won, leaving Yang Li heading toward the game as Yao Yuzhi and Hua Meixi went to investigate the old woman guarding it.

• Granny Kui subdued the Tyrant Heaven experts who tried to interrupt Sikong Jing's chess game, and Sikong Jing told them to report back to Yao Yuzhi.
• The Tyrant Heaven experts returned to Yao Yuzhi and explained that Sikong Jing was being kept at the chessboard by a powerful old woman.
• Yang Li accused Yao Yuzhi of protecting Sikong Jing and rode out with the Beautiful Flower Battle Team to capture him.
• Yao Yuzhi decided Yang Li was unlikely to harm Sikong Jing while Granny Kui was present, then left with Hua Meixi to investigate the old woman and Sikong Jing's secret technique.
• After a fierce match, the little girl admitted defeat, and Sikong Jing said he had won by only half a move.

Sikong Jing agreed to a best-of-three match against the little girl on her spirit-grade chessboard, despite not knowing his own military formation rank. To wager for the valuable board, he offered Gongyang Ying’s Golden Body Realm Shadow Moon Rat, and the little girl accepted.

• The little girl brought out a controllable pinnacle spirit-grade chessboard and challenged Sikong Jing to play at three different grades.
• Sikong Jing agreed to a best-of-three match, and the elders insisted he was pretending to be a beginner.
• After the elders urged them to add a prize, the little girl asked Sikong Jing what he would wager against her chessboard.
• Sikong Jing used the Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts' aura to pull the Shadow Moon Rat from Gongyang Ying and offered it as his stake.
• The little girl accepted the wager, and the Shadow Moon Rat learned it had been bet and swallowed its anger out of fear.

During a three-round chess match against a mysterious little girl, Sikong Jing broke through to the second level of the Qianyuan Battle-Killing Diagram and won the second round, leaving the deciding game underway. Yang Li then arrived with the Beautiful Flower Team and attacked Sikong Jing while he remained focused on the match.

• The little girl won the first round against Sikong Jing on a battle-grade high-level chessboard.
• Watching the match sparked insight in Sikong Jing, who broke through to the second level of the Qianyuan Battle-Killing Diagram.
• Sikong Jing overwhelmed the little girl on a spirit-grade low-level chessboard and won the second round.
• Sikong Jing and the little girl began the deciding round on a battle-grade peak chessboard, while Yao Yuzhi and Hua Meixi watched.
• Yang Li found Sikong Jing and charged at him with the Beautiful Flower Team as he continued concentrating on the chess game.