Recaps

Weng Ting and Hua Meixi tried to get the Spirit Shadow Formation shut down for Sikong Jing, while Xiao Qibo and Old Ling insisted he was a burden. Hua Meixi revealed that Sikong Jing had protected her from three assassins, but Old Ling still assumed he had died.

• Xiao Qibo falsely claimed that Sikong Jing had held him back and nearly caused his death in the formation.
• Weng Ting ordered Old Ling to shut down the formation, but Hua Meixi emerged safely and said Sikong Jing was still inside.
• Old Ling refused to shut down the formation and dismissed Sikong Jing as worthless, while Xiao Qibo repeated his accusation.
• Hua Meixi told Xiao Qibo she had encountered three assassins, then revealed that Sikong Jing had blocked them for her.
• Old Ling mocked Sikong Jing for supposedly sacrificing himself, unaware that Sikong Jing was still fighting inside the formation.

Weng Ting forced Old Ling to retract the Spirit Shadow Formation so she could try to save Sikong Jing, only to discover he had survived and killed the assassins. Sikong Jing then exposed the corpse of the final assassin, leaving Xiao Qibo and Old Ling stunned.

• Xiao Qibo and Old Ling dismissed Sikong Jing as dead, but Weng Ting ordered Old Ling to shut down the Spirit Shadow Formation and slapped him when he refused.
• Old Ling activated the spirit artifact, and the Spirit Shadow Formation began to vanish as Pei Feishan and Shi An let it happen, knowing Sikong Jing had killed four assassins.
• With the formation gone, Sikong Jing was left wondering why the Heavenly King Realm spirit shadows had disappeared, while Weng Ting and the others came looking for his corpse.
• Sikong Jing appeared alive at a small building, relieved Weng Ting and shocking Old Ling and Xiao Qibo.
• When Xiao Qibo claimed the last assassin had escaped, Sikong Jing threw the assassin's corpse down from the window.

Sikong Jing revealed that he had killed all four Shi Yu assassins, but Old Ling refused to believe him or accept that he had passed the Spirit Shadow Formation. When Old Ling attacked him, Sikong Jing used the Shadow Moon Step and a powerful crossbow to pin him to a wall, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Sikong Jing showed Weng Ting the four assassins’ storage rings and said he had killed all four, with Hua Meixi confirming that he had protected her and dealt with the attackers.
• Xiao Qibo rejected Sikong Jing’s claim, while Sikong Jing dismissed him and asked Weng Ting whether it was time to set out.
• Old Ling declared that Sikong Jing had not truly passed the Spirit Shadow Formation and was not qualified to leave with them.
• Sikong Jing challenged Weng Ting to explain why Old Ling kept questioning his invitation and eligibility.
• Old Ling lunged past Weng Ting to attack Sikong Jing, but Sikong Jing evaded him and pinned him to a wall with a crossbow bolt.

Sikong Jing forced Weng Ting to answer for Elder Ling’s attack, and she punished the elder and promised to submit him to her grandfather’s judgment. As the group prepared to depart for the Spirit-Seizing War, Xiao Qibo demanded that Sikong Jing be sent away or he would leave.

• Sikong Jing held Elder Ling at crossbow-point and demanded an explanation from Weng Ting for the elder’s attack.
• Weng Ting apologized to Sikong Jing, admitted she had tested the reinforcements, and agreed to take Elder Ling back for judgment.
• Weng Ting borrowed Sikong Jing’s crossbow, struck Elder Ling three times, and shot bolts through all four of his limbs before ordering him imprisoned aboard a Divine Shuttle Ship.
• Sikong Jing accepted Weng Ting’s explanation and promised to give his all in the Spirit-Seizing War.
• Xiao Qibo refused to join the expedition with Sikong Jing, and Weng Ting told him to go back.

Weng Ting rejected Xiao Qibo and took Sikong Jing with her toward Eastern Spirit City, while Xiao Qibo tried to retaliate by exposing Sikong Jing’s whereabouts. Duanmu Chun stopped him, and Sikong Jing later explained that the Shi Yu assassins had probably targeted him because he had killed Pei Fenqing.

• Weng Ting told Xiao Qibo to return to Chaos-Shaking City and left with Sikong Jing aboard her Divine Shuttle Ship.
• Furious at being excluded from the Spirit-Seizing War, Xiao Qibo threatened to reveal Sikong Jing’s destination and participation to Yang Zhi.
• Duanmu Chun slapped Xiao Qibo, rebuked him for defying orders, and carried him away unconscious.
• Duanmu Chun praised Sikong Jing’s ability to face a Shadow Wielding Realm opponent and wondered how much power he was still hiding.
• On the way to Eastern Spirit City, Sikong Jing told Weng Ting and the others that the Shi Yu assassins had likely targeted him because he had killed Pei Fenqing.
• Hua Meixi asked why the assassins had seemed to target her instead.

Yao Yulou explained that the Jade Appraisal Chamber targeted Hua Meixi to use her as a hostage and described the negotiations that stopped Pei Feishan from pursuing Sikong Jing. He then announced Sikong Jing’s rewards, including an Emperor Martial Stage demonic beast spirit shadow, as the group prepared for the Spirit-Seizing War.

• Yao Yulou arrived and explained that the Jade Appraisal assassins had targeted Hua Meixi as a hostage for negotiations with him and Grand Overlord Commander.
• Yao Yulou revealed that the negotiations stopped Pei Feishan from secretly attacking Sikong Jing and forced him to expose hidden agents in Eastern Tyrant Branch.
• Yao Yulou warned that Pei Fenyi would support a force in Eastern Spirit City and compete in the Spirit-Seizing War, and that she was a greater genius than Pei Fenqing.
• Yao Yulou announced that Sikong Jing would receive a pinnacle spirit-grade spear, sword, and battle armor for his service.
• Yao Yulou gave Sikong Jing a Spirit Shadow Pearl containing the spirit shadow of an Emperor Martial Stage demonic beast.

Sikong Jing accepted an Emperor Martial Stage Six-Elephant Heavenly Dragon spirit shadow and withdrew to study it, while Yao Yulou entrusted Hua Meixi’s strange condition to his care. As the Zhang siblings and the two women followed him into the cabin, the spirit shadow recognized Sikong Jing and began to kneel before him.

• Yao Yulou explained how to safely sense the Emperor Martial Stage spirit shadow and asked Sikong Jing to examine Hua Meixi’s condition.
• Sikong Jing accepted the Six-Elephant Heavenly Dragon spirit shadow, and Zhang Duiyin tried to provoke him into demonstrating his strength, but he went to rest instead.
• Zhang Duiyi asked Weng Ting and Hua Meixi what they knew about Sikong Jing, and Hua Meixi admitted she could no longer judge how strong he had become.
• Zhang Duiyin rushed into the cabin to sound out Sikong Jing, and Weng Ting and Hua Meixi followed to prevent a clash.
• Sikong Jing sat down to study the spirit shadow, which trembled, began to kneel, and declared, “My King, I am willing to shatter for you!”

Sikong Jing accepted the Six-Elephant Heavenly Dragon's spirit shadow into his spirit platform, alarming Zhang Duiyin and the others, who entered to pull it out. He reassured them that his connection to the Six-Elephant Heavenly Dragon kept him safe, and Zhang Duiyi told Zhang Duiyin to apologize for acting recklessly.

• The Six-Elephant Heavenly Dragon's spirit shadow asked Sikong Jing to let it devote itself to him, and he tapped the Spirit Shadow Pearl to accept it.
• Zhang Duiyin rushed in, saw the spirit shadow enter Sikong Jing, and pressed a finger to his brow to try to pull it out.
• Zhang Duiyi, Weng Ting, and Hua Meixi joined Zhang Duiyin, sending their spirit shadows into Sikong Jing's spirit platform.
• The four realized Sikong Jing was unharmed and warned him that absorbing the spirit shadow could have shattered his spirit platform.
• Sikong Jing pushed their spirit shadows back to their bodies and explained that his cultivation and Six-Elephant Heavenly Dragon meridians made the spirit shadow safe for him.
• Zhang Duiyi scolded Zhang Duiyin for her recklessness and ordered her to apologize to Sikong Jing.

After Zhang Duiyin entered Sikong Jing’s consciousness and discovered his spirit image, the others learned that he and Hua Meixi had both achieved spirit-martial fusion before reaching the Spirit Martial Stage. The others left, and Hua Meixi thanked Sikong Jing before asking him to examine her condition.

• Zhang Duiyin apologized to Sikong Jing for entering his room and interrupting his cultivation, and he accepted her apology.
• Weng Ting noticed Sikong Jing’s spirit image, and Sikong Jing admitted he had condensed it not long ago.
• Sikong Jing asked Hua Meixi about her spirit image, and she confirmed she had condensed one a few days earlier.
• Zhang Duiyin, Zhang Duiyi, and Weng Ting left after acknowledging Sikong Jing’s and Hua Meixi’s early achievements.
• Hua Meixi thanked Sikong Jing for saving her and her Mother, then asked if he could solve the strange problem with her body.
• Sikong Jing agreed to examine Hua Meixi, and she removed her veil and looked up at him.

Sikong Jing identified Hua Meixi’s rapidly advancing Demonic Charm Battle Body as a powerful bloodline of the ferocious beast Night Charm and warned her that powerful experts would target her if they discovered it. Hua Meixi promised to keep the secret, while Sikong Jing remained wary of being drawn into the danger.

• Hua Meixi mistook Sikong Jing’s admiration of the Night Charm phantom for lust toward her, but he clarified that he was examining her bloodline.
• Sikong Jing took a drop of Hua Meixi’s vital blood and explained that her Demonic Charm Battle Body came from the powerful Night Charm bloodline.
• Sikong Jing warned Hua Meixi that her bloodline’s rapid advancement could expose her to capture and experimentation, threatening her family as well.
• Sikong Jing urged Hua Meixi not to tell anyone, including Yao Bajue or Aunt Jiang, and explained that her family had already been watched and targeted.
• Hua Meixi promised to keep the secret and left Sikong Jing’s room, while he resolved to test her blood and worried about the risks of helping her.

Sikong Jing strengthened his spirit shadow and continued cultivating while the group traveled to Eastern Spirit City. There, Weng Ting reunited with her grandfather, Weng Yinke, who welcomed her and the Eastern Tyrant Branch’s geniuses but realized only four of the expected five had arrived.

• Sikong Jing tried to suppress Hua Meixi’s Night Charm bloodline and learned he needed to study demon beasts that carried Night Charm bloodlines.
• Sikong Jing absorbed the Six-Elephant Heavenly Dragon’s spirit shadow and built its meridians while cultivating the Iron-Wing Divine Vulture’s inner core, nearing the War Martial Realm.
• Weng Ting told Sikong Jing that the Divine Shuttle Ship had arrived at the Elder Family’s grounds in Eastern Spirit City.
• Weng Ting greeted her grandfather, Weng Yinke, and proudly told him she had reached the Spirit Battle Realm of the Spirit Martial Stage.
• Weng Yinke welcomed Sikong Jing and the others, then noticed that only four of the five expected Eastern Tyrant Branch geniuses were present.

Weng Ting faced challenges from Weng Wu and Great Elder Weng Yindu over a missing external aide, then publicly confronted them by revealing Old Ling's injuries. The chapter ended with Old Ling defending his attempt to drive away Sikong Jing, whom he called a battle-body-less trash.

• Weng Wu questioned Weng Ting's standing in the Eastern Tyrant Branch and suggested she had exaggerated her influence.
• Weng Yindu pressed Weng Ting to explain why an external aide had left, while Weng Yinke asked her to bring him back.
• Weng Ting said she had personally expelled the aide, then ordered servants to bring out the injured Old Ling.
• Weng Ting returned the Spirit Shadow spiritual weapon to Weng Yindu and said she had punished Old Ling for mistreating her guest and trying to hurt someone.
• Old Ling shouted that Sikong Jing was trash without a battle body and claimed he had tried to drive him away for the family's sake.

Weng Ting defended Sikong Jing after the Elder Family mocked him as a weak non-battle body and questioned her choice of reinforcements. Zhang Duiyi challenged Sikong Jing to prove his worth by making a move.

• Old Ling accused Weng Ting of bringing an unsuitable outsider and insulted Sikong Jing before the Elder Family.
• Weng Wu mocked Weng Ting, so she slapped him and warned him not to insult her friend.
• Weng Yinke intervened, stopped Weng Wu, and asked Weng Ting why she had invited a Soul-Reversal Realm outsider.
• Weng Ting revealed that Sikong Jing had shot Old Ling with a crossbow bolt and insisted she had chosen the most suitable people for the Spirit-Seizing War.
• Zhang Duiyi asked Sikong Jing whether he was willing to make a move and silence the doubters.

Weng Ting’s reinforcements challenged the Elder Family’s Weng Wu, and Sikong Jing promised to defeat him with one spear. Sikong Jing shattered Weng Wu’s attack and sent him flying, leaving the crowd stunned and silent.

• Zhang Duiyi and Zhang Duiyin stood up to Weng Yindu and the Elder Family, revealing their fifth-grade battle bodies alongside Hua Meixi and Weng Ting.
• Zhang Duiyi asked Sikong Jing how many moves he needed to defeat Weng Wu, and Sikong Jing answered that one spear would be enough.
• Weng Wu unleashed his Moon-Shaking Heaven Soul Blade at Sikong Jing, while Weng Yindu doubted that a Soul-Reversal Realm cultivator could defeat him.
• Sikong Jing used Beast Skill: Iron-Wing Sky-Soaring Spear to shatter Weng Wu’s blade radiance and overwhelm his defenses.
• Weng Yindu caught the bloodied Weng Wu as the crowd fell silent before Sikong Jing.

Sikong Jing silenced the Elder Family’s doubts with a devastating spear strike, and Weng Ting exposed Weng Yindu’s scheme. Weng Yinke killed Old Ling and barred Weng Wu and the First Elder’s line from the Spirit-Seizing War as Weng Ting led Sikong Jing and the others away.

• Sikong Jing’s spear strike shocked the battle body geniuses and convinced the Elder Family of his strength.
• Weng Yinke apologized to Sikong Jing, and Sikong Jing urged him to recognize how deeply the family’s distrust had hurt Weng Ting.
• Weng Ting accused Weng Yindu and Weng Wu of acting like mad dogs and demanded that the family settle the matter before the Spirit-Seizing War.
• Weng Ting led Sikong Jing, Zhang Duiyi, and the others away, and Weng Yinke killed Old Ling with a sword thrust.
• Weng Yinke barred Weng Wu and the First Elder’s line from participating in the Spirit-Seizing War, leaving Weng Yindu isolated.

Sikong Jing silenced Weng Yindu’s objections by breaking through to the War Martial Realm, then prepared for the Spirit-Seizing War. His cultivation was interrupted when Pei Fenyi arrived at the Elder Family’s gate and demanded to see him.

• Weng Yindu warned that Sikong Jing would be vulnerable to spirit shadows unless he reached the War Martial Realm, hoping to make him resent Weng Ting.
• Sikong Jing broke through to the War Martial Realm in front of the Elder Family, easing Weng Ting’s worries and humiliating Weng Yindu.
• Weng Yinke ordered Weng Yindu and his followers to remain in their courtyards until the Spirit-Seizing War was over.
• Sikong Jing skipped Weng Yinke’s banquet to consolidate his breakthrough and complete the demonic beast meridians before the competition.
• Pei Fenyi arrived at the Elder Family’s gate with an Emperor Martial Stage elder and demanded that Weng Ting bring Sikong Jing out.

Pei Fenyi confronted the Elder Family and threatened to kill Sikong Jing and every Elder Family participant in the Spirit-Seizing War. Sikong Jing revealed himself to face her, leaving the Elder Family shaken by the danger his presence had brought upon them.

• Pei Fenyi arrived with Wrath Mountain to provoke the Elder Family and threaten Weng Ting ahead of the Spirit-Seizing War.
• A white-robed elder explained that Sikong Jing’s feud with the Jade Appraisal Chamber of Commerce had made Wrath Mountain a powerful contender.
• Pei Fenyi and four Jade Appraisal geniuses displayed their formidable battle bodies, and the group recognized that Pei Fenyi was near a sixth-grade battle body.
• Pei Fenyi offered to withdraw if Weng Ting killed Sikong Jing, but Weng Ting refused, and Zhang Duiyin, Zhang Duiyi, and Hua Meixi showed their support for Sikong Jing.
• Sikong Jing stepped forward and identified himself to Pei Fenyi, who vowed to kill him and every Elder Family participant in the Spirit-Seizing War.

Sikong Jing challenged Pei Fenyi with a demonic claw strike, crushing her crimson true qi and forcing her to batter the attack apart. He left the confrontation confident that the Spirit-Seizing War would decide everything, while his allies and enemies reeled from his strength.

• Weng Yinke rejected Pei Fenyi and Wrath Mountain's threats, and Pei Fenyi's group prepared to leave.
• Sikong Jing stopped Pei Fenyi and demanded that she take one claw strike from him.
• Sikong Jing's demonic claw crushed Pei Fenyi's crimson true qi and forced her to use repeated punches to destroy it.
• Sikong Jing warned Wrath Mountain that he might leave none of its participants alive in the Spirit-Seizing War, then returned toward the Elder Family.
• Pei Fenyi vowed to kill Sikong Jing in the Spirit-Seizing War, while Weng Ting and the others recognized that his strike had restored their confidence.

After Sikong Jing stunned the Elder Family with a claw strike, Pei Fenyi and Wrath Mountain assumed he had relied on an imperial artifact and planned to seize it in the Spirit-Seizing Battlefield. An eerie sedan arrived, and Sikong Jing recognized the Supreme Emotionless Art, leaving the identity of its practitioner unknown.

• Sikong Jing left the Elder Family gates as Zhang Duiyin questioned him about his strength, while Wrath Mountain worried over his claw strike.
• Pei Fenyi recalled Chairman Pei's claim that Yao Yulou had lent Sikong Jing an imperial artifact and proposed seizing it in the Spirit-Seizing Battlefield.
• Chang E explained that major powers would inspect treasures before the war, but Pei Fenyi insisted the ban on treasures should be abolished so she could take Sikong Jing's artifact.
• Pei Fenyi declared herself invincible in the Spirit-Seizing War, but an icy voice challenged her as a white-silk sedan appeared in the mist.
• Weng Yinke sensed a terrifying expert outside, and Sikong Jing recognized the familiar aura of the Worry-Forget Sect's Supreme Emotionless Art.

Sikong Jing sensed a terrifying presence outside the Elder Family's gates and went to investigate, fearing it might be connected to his sister Ling'er. A mysterious master and her disciples confronted Pei Fenyi, then announced that they would participate in the Spirit-Seizing War, leaving everyone stunned.

• Sikong Jing ignored Zhang Duiyin's questions and headed for the gates after sensing a powerful presence, while Weng Yinke ordered Weng Ting to accompany him.
• A mysterious figure inside a white sedan challenged Pei Fenyi's claim that she was invincible in the Spirit-Seizing War and sent Four Beauties to fight her.
• Four Beauties defeated Pei Fenyi in their clash and slapped her, then returned to the sedan after her master criticized her for taking more than five hundred moves.
• Pei Fenyi attacked again, but the sedan's master froze her and her sword radiance in midair.
• The sedan's master said her disciples would also participate in the Spirit-Seizing War, shocking the people from Wrath Mountain and the Elder Family.

A pale-faced old man arrived with his disciple and demonstrated overwhelming strength, then offered the Elder Family his disciple as outside support. After the family hesitated and invoked the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce, he left for Desert Dust Academy instead.

• The pale-faced old man slapped Chang E flying when Chang E demanded his name.
• He summoned Weng Yinke and asked whether the Elder Family wanted his disciple as outside support.
• Weng Yinke said the Elder Family already had outside support, and the old man threatened to replace them if they died.
• Weng Yinke began to agree, but the old man laughed and said he had been joking and would respect the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce.
• The old man returned to the sedan and ordered his attendants to take him to Desert Dust Academy, while Pei Fenyi fell as the ice around her shattered.

After the pale-faced elder punished Weng Yinke and ordered his disciples to slaughter the Eastern Tyrant Branch and Elder Family during the Spirit-Seizing War, Sikong Jing identified them as the Thoughtless Sacred Sect. He and Weng Ting framed the refusal to accept them as outside support as deliberate, leaving the others to believe the Elder Family would rather fight to the death than ally with them.

• Pei Fenyi insulted the pale-faced elder, who slapped her and the Jade Appraisal geniuses, then ordered A Shi to kill the Eastern Tyrant Branch and Elder Family in the Spirit-Seizing War.
• Weng Yinke collapsed as frost spread from the elder's touch, and Sikong Jing examined his injured shoulder.
• Pei Fenyi and Chang E mocked Weng Yinke, but Sikong Jing rebuked them for laughing with their slapped faces.
• Sikong Jing identified the mysterious visitors as members of the Thoughtless Sacred Sect and said they would make poor outside support.
• Weng Ting agreed with Sikong Jing, presenting the Elder Family's refusal as intentional and declaring they would rather fight to the death.

Sikong Jing used demonic smoke to shatter the Thoughtless Sacred Sect frost infecting Weng Yinke and warned him not to resist with true qi. When a Shi Yu genius tried to prove the frost was harmless to those below the Emperor Martial Stage, it spread across his body, and he cried out to Pei Fenyi for help.

• Sikong Jing touched Weng Yinke despite Weng Ting and the others warning him, and the frost began spreading over his hand.
• Sikong Jing destroyed the frost with demonic smoke and told Weng Yinke to disperse his true qi, slowing the frost’s spread.
• Sikong Jing supported Weng Yinke toward the Elder Family gates as Zhang Duiyin mocked Pei Fenyi for not recognizing the Thoughtless Sacred Sect.
• A Shi Yu genius touched Weng Yinke to test the frost, then circulated his true qi to try to dispel it.
• The frost spread faster across the Shi Yu genius’s body, and he screamed, “Senior Sister Pei, save me!”

Sikong Jing carried the frost-covered Weng Yinke into the Old Weng Family residence while a Jade Appraisal prodigy died after Pei Fenyi and Chang E failed to save him. Pei Fenyi vowed to retaliate and planned to use the Thoughtless Sacred Sect against the Eastern Tyrant Branch, while the Weng family rushed to meet Sikong Jing and Weng Yinke.

• Pei Fenyi and the Jade Appraisal prodigies ordered Chang E's people to rescue their frost-trapped companion, but the Wrath Mountain elders and junior disciples were too afraid to approach.
• The dying prodigy begged Sikong Jing for help, but Sikong Jing refused, and the man exploded into ice fragments.
• Sikong Jing entered the Old Weng Family residence with Weng Yinke, explained that those below the Spirit Martial Stage might be unaffected by the frost, and invited the remaining War Martial Realm prodigies to test it.
• Weng Ting challenged Pei Fenyi and Chang E to accept that Sikong Jing knew the sedan chair held someone from the Thoughtless Sacred Sect, then followed him inside as Pei Fenyi threatened revenge.
• Pei Fenyi slapped Chang E and a Shi Yu genius, then insisted they should still join the Spirit-Seizing War and use the Thoughtless Sacred Sect against the Eastern Tyrant Branch.
• Weng family members rushed toward Sikong Jing and Weng Yinke, but Weng Ting stopped them from approaching, and the Second Elder asked what had happened outside.

Sikong Jing brought the frost-stricken Weng Yinke to a quiet room while the others learned the danger posed by the Thoughtless Sacred Sect. Inside, Sikong Jing recognized the enemy’s complete Supreme Emotionless Art and realized he needed to strengthen his Eternal Night Love Art to save Weng Yinke.

• Sikong Jing asked Weng Ting to arrange a quiet room and warned her that the Thoughtless Sacred Sect’s old monster was stronger than he had expected.
• Sikong Jing explained that he recognized the sect because its forces had once pursued Su Old Devil near his hometown.
• Weng Ting sent a report to the Eastern Tyrant Branch, while Zhang Duiyi pointed out that the Spirit-Seizing War would begin before Duanmu Grand Tyrant Judge could arrive.
• Weng Ting said they would wait for Sikong Jing’s advice before deciding whether to join the Spirit-Seizing War.
• Sikong Jing laid Weng Yinke on a bed and identified the frost as the effect of the Thoughtless Sacred Sect’s complete Supreme Emotionless Art.
• Sikong Jing realized his incomplete Eternal Night Love Art was too weak to dispel the frost easily and resolved to create a stronger version.