Recaps

Sikong Jing explained how he had uncovered Yao Yulou’s sincere betrayal of the Thousand Kings Holy Tower and why he had kept the truth from Jiang Wanyou. Yao Yulou feared confessing would make Jiang Wanyou hate him, but she heard everything and emerged to reassure him.

• Yao Yulou deduced that Sikong Jing had never been controlled by Di Geng and that his claims about Xiu Hanzhi had been false.
• Sikong Jing explained that he had hidden Yao Yulou’s actions from Jiang Wanyou while testing whether Yao Yulou had truly turned against the Thousand Kings Holy Tower.
• Yao Yulou admitted he was afraid Jiang Wanyou would hate him for deceiving her and suspect he had betrayed the tower to obtain her Fierce Charm Sacred Body.
• Sikong Jing took Pei Feishan’s corpse and left for the Eastern Tyrant Branch without answering Yao Yulou’s plea to keep the truth secret.
• Jiang Wanyou emerged from the woods and told Yao Yulou she would let him devour her Fierce Charm Sacred Body if he ever truly wanted it, and Yao Yulou collapsed in shock.

Sikong Jing planned to earn the standing to reclaim Su Yuexi openly, then arranged to use Pei Feishan's corpse against Yang Zhi. At the Tyrant Soul Secret Realm, he overheard Gong Ying send three disciples to train so they could kill him, and decided to test whether people could be killed inside.

• Jiang Wanyou embraced Yao Yulou as he broke down in tears, while Sikong Jing vowed to take Su Yuexi back from Willow Leaf Holy Manor after the District-Seizing War.
• Sikong Jing gave Old He Pei Feishan's corpse and told him to make a disturbance near the Yang Residence before leaving it there.
• Sikong Jing entered the Eastern Tyrant Branch in the guise of a little demon beast and found Gong Ying with three of her disciples outside the Tyrant Soul Secret Realm.
• Gong Ying ordered her peak War Martial Realm disciples to challenge the secret realm, strengthen themselves, and eventually kill Sikong Jing at the same realm.
• Gong Ying left after threatening to have Duanmu Chun sent to a deadly assignment, and Sikong Jing emerged from hiding and decided to test whether people could be killed inside the secret realm.

Sikong Jing entered the Tyrant Soul Secret Realm and immediately received the Tyrant Soul Heavenly Demon Halberd inheritance, leaving him bewildered by how differently his trial unfolded. The Tyrant Soul Venerable appeared and explained that solving the Tyrant Soul Endgame had made Sikong Jing’s token special and his consciousness strong enough to receive the inheritance through a Green Jade Tube.

• Sikong Jing entered the secret realm and found himself standing atop the castle, where a voice awarded him the Tyrant Soul Heavenly Demon Halberd inheritance.
• The Tyrant Soul Venerable’s voice inscribed the Emperor-grade battle technique into a Green Jade Tube, and Sikong Jing examined its moves.
• A black-armored figure formed above the castle, and Sikong Jing recognized him as the Tyrant Soul Venerable.
• The Tyrant Soul Venerable explained that Sikong Jing had reached the castle and received the inheritance because he had solved the Tyrant Soul Endgame and carried a different Tyrant Soul Token.
• The Tyrant Soul Venerable said Sikong Jing’s Spirit Platform sea of consciousness was strong enough to receive the inheritance without having it carved directly into his mind.

Tyrant Soul Venerable revealed that the castle was only the beginning of his secret realm and set Sikong Jing a deadly battlefield trial. Sikong Jing accepted the challenge, seeking the Overlord Soul Battle-Killing Diagram, the Tyrant War King Halberd, and clues to Tyrant Soul Venerable’s whereabouts.

• Tyrant Soul Venerable explained that Sikong Jing had qualified to continue beyond the castle and must lead controlled War Puppets across a real battlefield to reach a second castle within half a month.
• Tyrant Soul Venerable warned that Sikong Jing would face uncontrolled War Puppets and could bring only the Tyrant Soul Heavenly Demon Halberd technique and the Tyrant War King Halberd into battle.
• Sikong Jing left his belongings behind and asked whether success would reveal Tyrant Soul Venerable’s true whereabouts; Tyrant Soul Venerable said clues might await him at the destination.
• Sikong Jing began studying the halberd technique as he left the castle, while Tyrant Soul Venerable told him he could refuse and depart with the technique.
• Sikong Jing chose to fight for the Imperial weapon, the Overlord Soul Battle-Killing Diagram, and information that might help Tyrant Lotus Venerable find Tyrant Soul Venerable.

Sikong Jing drew the Tyrant War King Halberd and awakened its loyal War Puppet army, then led them through the forest to face the Tyrant Soul Venerable's enemies. After defeating an enemy scouting unit, he discovered their ice-colored War Puppets were far stronger than his own and realized he would have to command the battle himself.

• Sikong Jing combined his power with the Tyrant Soul Heavenly Demon Halberd's aura and pulled the Tyrant War King Halberd from the ground.
• Sikong Jing awakened the black War Puppets, ordered them to move out, and led them on horseback into the mountain forest.
• Sikong Jing studied the halberd's techniques while his War Puppets scouted for enemies.
• After three days and nights, Sikong Jing ordered his troops to capture an enemy scouting unit of ice-colored War Puppets, then cut them apart for inspection.
• Sikong Jing discovered the ice-colored War Puppets were stronger than his black War Puppets and realized he was the only real person on the battlefield.

Sikong Jing used his Black Puppets and warhorses to scout the Ice Puppets, then outmaneuvered their main force and tested his newly created Sikong Army-Slaying Formation. After losing five hundred thousand Black Puppets while destroying six to seven hundred thousand Ice Puppets, he continued toward the second castle.

• Sikong Jing sent groups of Black Puppets and warhorses in different directions to scout the Ice Puppets, and he inferred their numbers from which horses survived.
• Sikong Jing redirected his troops from a dangerous route, used the surviving warhorses to expose several hundred hidden Ice Puppets, and continued toward the second castle.
• After leading his forces onward for a day and night, Sikong Jing turned back and ambushed the Ice Puppet main force before it could trap him in a pincer attack.
• Sikong Jing's troops killed nearly a hundred thousand Ice Puppets before the enemy formed an Army-Slaying Formation.
• Sikong Jing deployed his newly created Sikong Army-Slaying Formation, losing five hundred thousand Black Puppets while annihilating six to seven hundred thousand Ice Puppets.

Sikong Jing led his dwindling black puppets through the ice-puppet armies and reached the second castle, where he broke through the gates by merging with his war puppet warhorse and charging alone. The challenge ended, and the Tyrant Soul Spirit Shadow directed him to the Overlord Soul Battle-Killing Diagram, leaving him to discover whether he could find clues about the Tyrant Soul Venerable’s disappearance.

• Sikong Jing charged through the ice-puppet formations for five days, honing his control of the Sikong Army-Slaying Formation until only a hundred thousand black puppets remained.
• Sikong Jing ordered his black puppets to break the enemy formation and charged the second castle alone on his war puppet warhorse.
• Sikong Jing merged with the warhorse, wielded the Tyrant War King Halberd, and cut through the ice puppets despite suffering numerous wounds.
• Sikong Jing smashed the second castle’s gate, rode inside, and declared that he had completed the challenge, causing both armies of puppets to stop fighting.
• The Tyrant Soul Spirit Shadow told Sikong Jing that the Overlord Soul Battle-Killing Diagram lay in the castle’s main hall and that finding clues about the Tyrant Soul Venerable’s disappearance depended on his ability.

Sikong Jing obtained the Overlord Soul Battle-Killing Diagram and discovered an illusion showing Tyrant Soul Venerable playing Army-Slaying War Chess with Su Beiheng in their youth. The chapter left him watching their conversation as he began to uncover their connection.

• Sikong Jing entered the second castle and claimed the Overlord Soul Battle-Killing Diagram from the main hall.
• Sikong Jing studied the diagram and realized its formations were nearly as powerful as the Qianyuan Battle-Killing Diagram.
• The Tyrant Soul spirit projection told Sikong Jing to leave the hall and said he would see something only if he had the ability.
• Sikong Jing saw an illusion of young Tyrant Soul Venerable playing chess with young Su Beiheng and recognized his Grandpa Su.
• Tyrant Soul Venerable complained about losing by a narrow margin, while Su Beiheng explained that debt kept him from finding soldiers and horses for a battlefield match.

Sikong Jing witnessed scenes from Su Beiheng and Tyrant Soul Venerable’s past, learning how they became friends and decided to seek adventure in Boundless Sea. The final scene left the two traveling through snow after evading Thoughtless Sacred Sect, still uncertain when they would reach their destination.

• Su Beiheng told Tyrant Soul Venerable that the Thousand Kings Holy Tower had expelled him and that he would never join another force.
• Senior Brother Pei led Thousand Kings Holy Tower soldiers to kill Su Beiheng, but Tyrant Soul Venerable arrived and helped him defeat them all.
• Tyrant Soul Venerable urged Su Beiheng to adventure with him, and Su Beiheng agreed after asking whether he could win Wu Yan back.
• Tyrant Soul Venerable and Su Beiheng traveled through the snow after escaping Thoughtless Sacred Sect and wondered whether his ancestral map would lead them to Boundless Sea.

Sikong Jing witnessed memories of Su Beiheng and the Tyrant Soul Venerable journeying through the Boundless Sea, where they gained Army-Slaying Formation insights and found the Qianyuan Battle-Killing Diagram. He then saw the Tyrant Soul Venerable visiting Su Beiheng after the latter had been suppressed by a holy martial demon beast, explaining when the castle and ice puppets were brought back.

• Sikong Jing watched Su Beiheng and the Tyrant Soul Venerable fight their way through the Boundless Sea and reach the castle from the secret realm.
• Su Beiheng and the Tyrant Soul Venerable gained insights into Army-Slaying Formations, and Su Beiheng used them to unlock the Qianyuan Battle-Killing Diagram.
• Sikong Jing realized that Su Beiheng later modified the Qianyuan Battle-Killing Diagram and that the Tyrant Soul Venerable also gained powerful formation knowledge.
• Sikong Jing entered the second castle and saw the Tyrant Soul Venerable beside a stele warning that holy beasts were poisonous and entry to the One-Claw Domain was forbidden.
• The Tyrant Soul Venerable told the weakened Su Beiheng that he had returned to the Boundless Sea and brought back the castle and ice puppets, but had arrived too late.

Sikong Jing learned that Tyrant Soul Venerable had ventured into Boundless Sea and that he and Su Beiheng had arranged for one person to inherit both their legacies. Tyrant Soul's spirit shadow confirmed Sikong Jing had met Su Beiheng's successor conditions, then explained the traits those conditions required.

• Tyrant Soul Venerable revealed that he was leaving for Boundless Sea to pursue the Saint Martial Stage and would leave clues and inheritance in five secret realms.
• Tyrant Soul Venerable and Su Beiheng agreed to make a person who passed both their trials their shared successor.
• The fourth scene ended, and Tyrant Soul's spirit shadow named Sikong Jing as their successor and told him to take the Overlord Soul Battle-Killing Diagram to Su Beiheng.
• Tyrant Soul's spirit shadow sensed from Su Beiheng's life lamp that he had died, and Sikong Jing questioned whether he would accept the burden of becoming his successor.
• Tyrant Soul's spirit shadow explained that the successor rules required no battle body, combat strength exceeding Su Beiheng's at the same realm, talent for Army-Slaying Formations, and loyalty to affection and righteousness.

Sikong Jing fulfilled the Tyrant Soul Venerable's conditions to inherit Su Beiheng's legacy and accepted that his loyalty and strength would force him into conflict with the Central Plains. He revealed that he carried Su Beiheng's enhanced Qianyuan Battle-Killing Diagram, leaving the spirit shadow stunned and eager to hear how he had met Su Beiheng.

• The Tyrant Soul Spirit Shadow explained that Sikong Jing had fulfilled Su Beiheng's requirements and took him back to the first castle.
• Sikong Jing questioned why they were certain he would become an enemy of the Central Plains, and the spirit shadow said his loyalty and strength would inevitably make him a demon.
• Sikong Jing admitted he had killed one of Pei Kuang's sons and accepted that he had little choice but to become a demon.
• The Tyrant Soul Spirit Shadow lamented Su Beiheng's death and feared the Qianyuan Battle-Killing Diagram had fallen into enemy hands.
• Sikong Jing revealed the Qianyuan Battle-Killing Diagram that Su Beiheng had personally altered and given him, stunning the spirit shadow.
• The spirit shadow first told Sikong Jing to stop recounting his meeting with Su Beiheng, then asked him to continue in case its original body could return and learn the story.

Sikong Jing learned how Grandpa Su died, and the Overlord Soul spirit projection made him the successor of both Su Beiheng and himself. It gave Sikong Jing three gifts and left him with a warning not to seek Boundless Sea prematurely.

• Sikong Jing recounted Grandpa Su's death, and the Overlord Soul spirit projection grieved and blamed the Thousand Kings Holy Tower for suppressing Su Beiheng.
• The Overlord Soul spirit projection named Sikong Jing the successor of himself and Su Beiheng, and Sikong Jing agreed to call him Grandpa Overlord Soul.
• The Overlord Soul spirit projection gave Sikong Jing a route map to Boundless Sea and warned him not to go there yet or tell A-Lian where its true body was.
• The Overlord Soul spirit projection gave Sikong Jing a dark-gold Tyrant Soul Token that let him enter and leave the five Tyrant Soul Secret Realms freely.
• The Overlord Soul spirit projection explained that the Frost Magic Box controlled the ice puppets and contained knowledge of Army-Slaying Formations, then handed it to Sikong Jing.

Sikong Jing secluded himself in the Tyrant Soul Secret Realm before the District-Seizing War and learned that the Frost Magic Box contained the preserved meridians of an Ice Eternal Mystic Turtle. Despite warnings that the turtle had reached the initial Saint Martial Stage, he decided to attempt carving its meridians into his body before breaking through.

• Sikong Jing asked the Tyrant Soul spirit shadow for permission to cultivate in seclusion, and it allowed him to do so in the first castle.
• The Divine Turtle told Sikong Jing that the Frost Magic Box had been refined from a living Ice Eternal Mystic Turtle and preserved its meridians.
• Sikong Jing chose to test whether he could carve the turtle's meridians into his body, even after learning it had been in the initial Saint Martial Stage.
• The Divine Turtle explained that the box's preserved spirituality would let Sikong Jing perceive the turtle's meridians because he was the Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts.
• Sikong Jing focused on the Frost Magic Box and saw the Ice Eternal Mystic Turtle's complete meridians arranged into a formation he could reproduce in his body.

Sikong Jing endured the pain of inscribing the Ice Eternal Mystic Turtle’s meridians, causing his meridians and dantian to explode before his Beast Heart rebuilt them stronger. With his body restored, he broke through to the peak of the fifth realm of Spirit Battle.

• The Divine Turtle explained that Sikong Jing’s repeated berserk episodes had given his beast body magic-beast attributes and urged the beasts to strengthen his foundation for his future battle against the Five Heavenly Emperors.
• Sikong Jing spent five days inscribing the Ice Eternal Mystic Turtle’s meridians while enduring severe pain, and the Divine Turtle and Golden Divine Dragon stopped the other beasts from urging him to break through.
• Sikong Jing completed the inscription, but his meridians and dantian exploded, leaving only his powerful Beast Heart beating.
• Sikong Jing’s Beast Heart formed a new oval dantian, which restored and reforged his meridians and healed his body.
• Sikong Jing charged into the Spirit Martial Stage and advanced through its realms to the peak of the fifth realm of Spirit Battle.

Sikong Jing reforged his dantian and meridians, reached the Spirit Martial Stage, and chose to consolidate his foundation before advancing further. With the Chaos-Shaking City District-Seizing War beginning tomorrow, he prepared to leave the secret realm, where Gong Ying’s three disciples had just claimed Tyrant Soul Venerable’s inheritance.

• Sikong Jing explained that his will had helped him reshape his dantian into a cocoon and rebuild his meridians, beginning a path of his own.
• Sikong Jing assessed his new strength and decided to focus on cultivating his Battle-Killing Diagrams rather than seeking more demonic beast meridians.
• Sikong Jing learned that five days had passed and realized the Chaos-Shaking City District-Seizing War would begin the next day.
• Sikong Jing sensed Gong Ying’s three disciples reaching the castle’s top floor and heard them disparage the Eastern Tyrant Branch and Duanmu Chun.
• Gong Ying’s three disciples defeated the top floor’s War Puppets and completed the Tyrant Soul Secret Realm challenge.

Sikong Jing confronted and killed Gong Ying's three disciples after demonstrating his Spirit Martial Stage strength in the Tyrant Soul Secret Realm. Before leaving, he asked the Tyrant Soul Spirit Shadow about the condition of the Venerable's true body, which had not returned in decades.

• Sikong Jing appeared at the top-floor castle and challenged Gong Ying's three disciples after hearing them boast about beating him.
• Sikong Jing revealed his Spirit Martial Stage cultivation and knocked all three disciples out of the castle with the shaft of his Tyrant War King Halberd.
• The Tyrant Soul Spirit Shadow told Sikong Jing that the challenges had become easier because Sikong Jing had nearly wiped out two million War Puppets, and promised to withhold inheritance until the damaged puppets recovered.
• Sikong Jing killed the three disciples after confirming that people could die inside the secret realm, then told the Tyrant Soul Spirit Shadow he was ready to leave.
• Sikong Jing bowed to the Tyrant Soul Spirit Shadow and asked whether he could sense the condition of his true body, which had not returned in decades.

After leaving the Tyrant Soul Secret Realm, Sikong Jing learned that the Ancient Sacred Saintess had come to the Eastern Tyrant Branch and stayed to find out why. Nether Protector Venerable then revealed that the life lamps of Liu Zheng and the other two challengers had shattered, although they had not emerged from the secret realm.

• The Tyrant Soul Spirit Shadow warned Sikong Jing that even a Saint Martial Stage powerhouse could be trapped in the Boundless Sea and told him not to reveal the truth to Tyrant Lotus Venerable.
• Sikong Jing left the secret realm, worried about how to give Tyrant Lotus Venerable hope, and sensed someone approaching the courtyard.
• Sikong Jing overheard Senior Sister Cen hosting the Ancient Sacred Saintess and suspected she had come to find him.
• Senior Sister Cen boasted that three War Martial Realm disciples were challenging the Tyrant Soul Secret Realm, while the Saintess began to explain the purpose of her visit.
• Nether Protector Venerable arrived and said Liu Zheng and the other two challengers' life lamps had shattered, indicating they had died inside the secret realm.

Tie Ti'er arrived at the Eastern Tyrant Branch seeking Sikong Jing, while Senior Sister Cen and Jin Liwu tried to conceal that they knew him. Granny Kui dismissed Sikong Jing as a useless non-War Body, unaware that he was nearby in disguise.

• Nether Protector Venerable reported the deaths of Gong Ying's three War Martial Realm disciples and left the Eastern Tyrant Branch.
• Tie Ti'er mocked the branch's boastful disciples, and Sikong Jing recognized her as the girl he had met at Bright Dragon Stronghold.
• Tie Ti'er told Senior Sister Cen she had come to find Sikong Jing, leaving the crowd stunned.
• Senior Sister Cen and Gong Ying's trusted disciples pretended they had never heard of Sikong Jing, then pressured Jin Liwu to explain who he was.
• Jin Liwu hinted that Sikong Jing might have been a non-War Body, and Granny Kui called him worthless without realizing Sikong Jing was nearby.

Tie Ti'er came to the Eastern Tyrant Branch hoping to find the man who had beaten her at Army-Slaying War Chess, but Senior Sister Cen and several captains convinced her that he was a failure who had left the city. As Tie Ti'er departed, a beggar outside the courtyard asked for Bright Crystals to buy clothes, leaving everyone stunned.

• Tie Ti'er told Senior Sister Cen that she had lost to Sikong Jing at Army-Slaying War Chess and had come to reclaim her honor.
• Senior Sister Cen prompted Jin Liwu and other captains to disparage Sikong Jing, and they claimed he was incompetent in combat and had left the Eastern Tyrant Branch.
• Tie Ti'er grew disillusioned and left Tyrant Soul Courtyard with Granny Kui, while Senior Sister Cen privately said they would find a chance to kill Sikong Jing.
• A man outside the courtyard begged a woman for Bright Crystals to buy clothes because he was freezing, shocking everyone inside.

Sikong Jing disguised himself as a beggar to meet Tie Ti'er in East Tyrant Courtyard, where Jin Liwu and another captain recognized him and froze in fear. Tie Ti'er protected him from Senior Sister Cen, but Sikong Jing hinted that he was no ordinary beggar.

• Senior Sister Cen and her group spotted Sikong Jing dressed as a beggar and accused Duanmu Chun of allowing beggars into East Tyrant Courtyard.
• Granny Kui gave Sikong Jing several Bright Crystals, but he asked for more, prompting Senior Sister Cen to order Jin Liwu to kill him.
• Jin Liwu recognized Sikong Jing as he charged and froze in terror, and the second captain recognized him moments later and collapsed.
• Senior Sister Cen prepared to confront Sikong Jing, but Tie Ti'er stepped between them and urged him to leave with the Bright Crystals.
• Sikong Jing told Tie Ti'er he was not an ordinary beggar, and Granny Kui ordered him to take the money and leave.

Sikong Jing revealed himself to Tie Ti'er while disguised as a beggar and challenged her to Army-Slaying War Chess. Senior Sister Cen and her disciples recognized him but hid their fury and tried to keep him inside East Tyrant Courtyard until Gong Ying arrived.

• Sikong Jing showed Tie Ti'er the chessboard she had lost to him and asked her to play for Bright Crystals.
• Tie Ti'er and Granny Kui recognized Sikong Jing, but Tie Ti'er assumed he had gone mad and agreed to play.
• Jin Liwu told Senior Sister Cen that the beggar was Sikong Jing, and her disciples stopped themselves from attacking him because Tie Ti'er was present.
• Senior Sister Cen ordered her group to pretend they did not know Sikong Jing and prevent him from leaving with Tie Ti'er until Gong Ying arrived.
• Sikong Jing sensed the disciples' suppressed fury and told Tie Ti'er he was going on the offensive.

Sikong Jing crushed Tie Ti'er in Army-Slaying War Chess, then stopped pretending to be mad when her kindness made him want to be honest with her. He turned toward the captains who had mocked him and challenged the one who claimed he could kick Sikong Jing away.

• Sikong Jing overwhelmed Tie Ti'er in their opening Army-Slaying War Chess match with his formidable formations.
• Tie Ti'er offered Sikong Jing Bright Crystals and a chance to lead troops if he played her again on a spirit-grade chessboard, hoping to restore his sanity.
• Granny Kui objected and called Sikong Jing trash, while Tie Ti'er insisted she wanted to see his abilities for herself.
• Sikong Jing put away the chessboard and told Tie Ti'er he no longer wanted to deceive a friend.
• Sikong Jing confronted the captains and challenged the one who had boasted that he could kick Sikong Jing away.

Sikong Jing confronted the captains and Senior Sister Cen who had lied to Tie Ti'er about him, defeating them while exposing their deception. The chapter ended with Senior Sister Cen rising in fury as Sikong Jing pointed out that her calling him by name would make the Canggu Saintess suspect she had been lying.

• Granny Kui restrained Tie Ti'er as Sikong Jing stepped toward Senior Sister Cen's group and the captain who claimed he had kicked him flying.
• Sikong Jing kicked that captain into the wall, leaving him coughing blood and unable to rise.
• Sikong Jing struck Jin Liwu with a finger attack and sent the third captain flying with a burst of aura.
• Sikong Jing slapped Senior Sister Cen away when she began shouting his name.
• Senior Sister Cen rose in the Shadow Wielding Realm, and Sikong Jing reminded her that calling him by name would expose her lie to the Canggu Saintess.

Tie Ti'er realized Sikong Jing was powerful, not the useless beggar she had been told he was, and tried to stop Senior Sister Cen's group from killing him. When they attacked anyway, Sikong Jing tore through their encirclement with overwhelming strength.

• Tie Ti'er recognized that Senior Sister Cen and the others had lied about Sikong Jing and saw him slap Senior Sister Cen flying.
• Senior Sister Cen ordered her companions to attack Sikong Jing and said she wanted to torture him rather than kill him outright.
• Tie Ti'er ordered the attackers to stop, but Senior Sister Cen refused, and Granny Kui kept Tie Ti'er restrained.
• Sikong Jing calmly faced the encirclement, punched one attacker flying, and declared that the group could not defeat him.
• Sikong Jing charged among the attackers and knocked them down with single punches, breaking through their true energy before they could use their ultimate moves.