Recaps

Murong Jianyun revealed that he backed Sikong Jing to unite the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce against the Thousand Kings Holy Tower, and he hoped Sikong Jing might help uncover other Saint Martial Stage allies. Meanwhile, Dong Wu told Nan Feng, Tyrant Fierce, and Gong Ying that the vote would be revisited in ten days.

• Murong Jianyun explained to Bei Cang that Sikong Jing’s actions had stirred the Chamber’s pride and could help unite its members against the Thousand Kings Holy Tower.
• Murong Jianyun disclosed that he had reached the Saint Martial Stage and hoped A-Lian and Old Teng might become additional Saint Martial Stage cultivators.
• Bei Cang wondered how Sikong Jing could win over enough Earth Deciders despite opposition from Nan Feng, Dong Wu, and the Fierce Tyrant Lineage.
• Dong Wu met Nan Feng, Tyrant Fierce, and Gong Ying and explained that Murong Jianyun had cast a tying vote to buy time and appease Tyrant Lotus Venerable.
• Dong Wu said the vote would be discussed again in ten days.

After learning the revote would take place in ten days, Sikong Jing and his allies settled at the Teng Residence while seeking more support. Tyrant Lotus Venerable confronted Sikong Jing about Tyrant Soul Venerable’s disappearance, leaving him torn over whether to reveal the truth.

• Dong Wu rejected Nan Feng’s suggestion to use the Thousand Kings Holy Tower against Tyrant Lotus Venerable and explained that he was protecting the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce’s interests.
• Sikong Jing’s group celebrated Duanmu Chun’s return as Grand Overlord Commander, but Bei Cang warned that the three Grand Heaven Decider votes would not count again and that the revote was set for ten days later.
• Tyrant Lotus Venerable declined Bei Cang’s offer to talk and took the Yao Residence’s people to stay at the Teng Residence.
• Tyrant Lotus Venerable led Sikong Jing aside and asked where Tyrant Soul Venerable had gone, explaining that she knew his claim of pursuing the Saint Martial Stage was a lie.
• Tyrant Lotus Venerable pleaded with Sikong Jing to tell her why Tyrant Soul Venerable had disappeared, while Sikong Jing struggled over whether to reveal the truth.

Sikong Jing kept the Tyrant Soul Venerable’s whereabouts from the Tyrant Lotus Venerable, who suspected him of knowing more and began plotting to teach him about love. After reuniting with Duanmu Chun, Sikong Jing delayed their campaign to win votes from the Earth Deciders and asked to visit the beast market first.

• Sikong Jing told the Tyrant Lotus Venerable that the Tyrant Soul Venerable was in a dangerous place and withheld his location to honor his promise.
• The Tyrant Lotus Venerable failed to enter the Overlord Soul Battle-Killing Diagram, then stopped herself from striking Sikong Jing and left in anguish.
• The Tyrant Lotus Venerable blamed the Tyrant Soul Venerable for possibly being with the Demon Dream Witch, then decided Sikong Jing needed to learn about love.
• White Protector Venerable arrived and greeted his aunt, the Tyrant Lotus Venerable, who smiled meaningfully at him.
• Sikong Jing reunited with Duanmu Chun and the others, settled into the Teng Residence, and cultivated through the night.
• Duanmu Chun brought Sikong Jing files on the Earth Deciders, but Sikong Jing asked to go to the beast market in the Overlord Heaven Outer City first.

Sikong Jing took Duanmu Chun to Overlord Heaven Outer City's monster beast market to find a powerful mount instead of courting Earth Deciders, confident he had another way to secure support. At the market, they encountered Bai Xiaojin betting that Nan Hedun could tame a Two-Horned War Demon Tiger, whose powerful Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger bloodline caught Sikong Jing's attention.

• Sikong Jing told Duanmu Chun he wanted to buy an Emperor Martial Stage monster beast mount and search for beasts with powerful bloodlines.
• Sikong Jing and Duanmu Chun traveled to the monster beast market and headed toward the Emperor Martial Stage section.
• They heard that Bai Xiaojin had wagered a night with Nan Hedun if he could tame a violent Two-Horned War Demon Tiger.
• Duanmu Chun recognized Bai Xiaojin as White Protector Venerable's daughter and entered the crowd with Sikong Jing to intervene.
• Sikong Jing noticed the tiger carried a strong Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger bloodline, and a blue-clad young man warned Bai Xiaojin about her bet with Nan Hedun.

Sikong Jing and Duanmu Chun watched Bai Xiaojin bet that Nan Hedun would fail to tame the Two-Horned War Demon Tiger, with Leng Sha drawn into a second wager. Nan Hedun began battling the beast, while Sikong Jing recognized its strong Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger bloodline and remained interested in its potential.

• Bai Xiaojin wagered that Nan Hedun would fail, promising he could make her sleep if she lost, and challenged Leng Sha to wager as well.
• Nan Hedun mocked Leng Sha and declared that Bai Xiaojin would be his, while Duanmu Chun told Sikong Jing that Nan Hedun belonged to the Nan family.
• A Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce steward removed the War Demon Tiger’s remaining demon power locks and sealed it and Nan Hedun inside a barrier.
• Nan Hedun attacked the fully released War Demon Tiger with twin hammers as Bai Xiaojin watched and Leng Sha looked on anxiously.
• Duanmu Chun judged that Nan Hedun was unlikely to tame the tiger, while onlookers described its violent history and Bai Xiaojin’s reputation as a formidable young fighter.

Nan Hedun defeated the Two-Horned War Demon Tiger through suspected cheating and tried to force Bai Xiaojin to honor their wager. Sikong Jing stepped in and argued that conquest required the beast to willingly become a mount, leaving the challenge unresolved.

• Onlookers discussed Bai Xiaojin's failed earlier challenge, Leng Sha's illness, and Nan Hedun's powerful family connections.
• Nan Hedun overwhelmed the Two-Horned War Demon Tiger with his twin hammers, and the beast collapsed after suddenly losing its demon power.
• Nan Hedun claimed his victory entitled him to Bai Xiaojin, but she accused him of cheating while the crowd stayed silent.
• Nan Hedun threatened Bai Xiaojin with damage to her family's reputation and confinement, prompting her to approach him despite Leng Sha's objections.
• Sikong Jing stepped forward and said Bai Xiaojin could not admit defeat because conquest meant making the Two-Horned War Demon Tiger willingly become a mount.

Sikong Jing exposed Nan Hedun's cheating, causing him to lose his wager with Bai Xiaojin. Nan Hedun then conspired with an Overlord Heaven steward to trap Sikong Jing with the enraged Two-Horned War Demon Tiger, while Bai Xiaojin rushed back to help.

• Sikong Jing challenged Nan Hedun to make the Two-Horned War Demon Tiger declare its submission, and Nan Hedun forced it awake.
• The Two-Horned War Demon Tiger denounced Nan Hedun for suppressing it with a treasure carrying peak Emperor Martial Stage spirit-shadow power and refused to yield.
• Leng Sha declared Nan Hedun the loser, and Bai Xiaojin mocked him before running off as Leng Sha followed.
• Nan Hedun threatened Sikong Jing, then signaled the Overlord Heaven steward to seal Sikong Jing inside the barrier with the Two-Horned War Demon Tiger.
• The steward secretly struck the tiger, which blamed Sikong Jing and attacked; Bai Xiaojin turned back and demanded that the steward open the barrier.

Sikong Jing defeated the Two-Horned War Demon Tiger with his War Demon Hammer and demanded its submission. After the tiger swore it would never serve a human, Sikong Jing asked if it was sure, and it abruptly agreed to submit.

• Overlord Heaven Deacon claimed the barrier treasure had broken as Leng Sha accused him of sabotaging it.
• Sikong Jing struck the charging Two-Horned War Demon Tiger with his War Demon Hammer and sent it crashing into the barrier.
• Sikong Jing overwhelmed the War Demon Tiger with repeated hammer blows, leaving the beast unable to rise.
• Nan Hedun vowed to kill Sikong Jing, while Bai Xiaojin admired his hammer technique and joked about getting it from him.
• Sikong Jing told the War Demon Tiger he would awaken its Devouring Heaven Tiger bloodline if it followed him.
• The War Demon Tiger refused to become a human's mount, but after Sikong Jing asked if it was sure, it suddenly agreed to submit.

Sikong Jing subdued and healed the War Demon Tiger, then bought it and left with it. Bai Xiaojin asked him to teach her his hammer technique and, after Duanmu Chun said she would need to acknowledge him as her master, immediately knelt and did so.

• The War Demon Tiger submitted to Sikong Jing after his bloodline aura suppressed it, and he healed its injuries.
• Sikong Jing made the Overlord Heaven steward lift the barrier, bought the Two-Horned War Demon Tiger, and led it away.
• Bai Xiaojin stopped Sikong Jing and asked him to teach her the hammer technique he had used.
• Duanmu Chun reprimanded Bai Xiaojin for asking for martial arts without acknowledging Sikong Jing as her master.
• Bai Xiaojin knelt before Sikong Jing and asked him to accept her as his disciple, leaving Duanmu Chun stunned.

Bai Xiaojin and Leng Sha both knelt before Sikong Jing to ask to learn his hammer techniques, prompting Duanmu Chun to reconsider when he realized Leng Sha might help them obtain Leng Dijue’s vote. Sikong Jing was willing to consider accepting them, but warned Leng Sha that his family might cast him out for becoming his disciple.

• Bai Xiaojin insisted on taking Sikong Jing as her master, and Leng Sha encouraged her after deciding it was the best way to prevent further trouble.
• Leng Sha suddenly knelt and asked Sikong Jing to take him as a disciple too, hoping to become Bai Xiaojin’s junior brother.
• Duanmu Chun objected that Leng Sha was Leng Dijue’s grandson, then changed his mind when he saw a chance to gain Leng Dijue’s vote.
• Duanmu Chun urged Sikong Jing to accept Bai Xiaojin to help White Protector Venerable and pointed out Leng Sha’s connection to Leng Chan.
• Sikong Jing sensed beast poison in Leng Sha and recognized that he might be able to cure him, but warned him that joining as a disciple could get him cast out of his family.

Sikong Jing set strict terms for Leng Sha and Bai Xiaojin to become his disciples, then led them to the beast market’s sole Venerable-level demon beast, the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion. The chapter ended as the stewards warned that testing themselves against it cost a hundred Bright Core Crystals and could prove fatal.

• Leng Sha agreed to become Sikong Jing’s disciple despite risking expulsion from his family, and Bai Xiaojin accepted Sikong Jing’s military-style discipline in exchange for learning hammer techniques.
• Sikong Jing gave both disciples three months to meet his martial and character requirements, warning that betrayal would cost them their lives.
• Leng Sha admitted he could not influence his grandfather Leng Chan, but Sikong Jing said he would help Leng Sha regain a voice before him.
• Sikong Jing asked Bai Xiaojin about the strongest beasts in the market, and she identified the Venerable-level Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion.
• Sikong Jing and the others rode the Two-Horned War Demon Tiger to the scorpion’s rocky cage, where two Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce stewards warned them about the fee and the risk of death.

Sikong Jing paid to enter the cave containing the Venerable-level Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion and made Bai Xiaojin and Leng Sha accompany him. He intended to test their courage and teach them to submit, while Duanmu Chun stayed outside.

• The stewards explained that the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion was dangerous and charged a hundred Bright Core Crystals per person for half an hour inside.
• Sikong Jing paid three hundred Bright Core Crystals and invited Bai Xiaojin and Leng Sha into the cave, telling Duanmu Chun to wait outside.
• Sikong Jing provoked Bai Xiaojin and Leng Sha into following him by challenging their courage and threatening to expel them from the sect.
• Bai Xiaojin entered after Sikong Jing, and Leng Sha followed despite his fear.
• Sikong Jing privately intended to test Leng Sha's courage and use the Venerable-level beast to make both disciples submit.

Sikong Jing led Bai Xiaojin and Leng Sha into the cave to investigate the supposedly uncontrollable Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion. After claiming he could make it speak, he awakened it, and its attack stopped just short of striking him.

• Duanmu Chun waited outside the cave while the two stewards questioned why he had sent the three young people inside.
• Sikong Jing led Bai Xiaojin and Leng Sha through the freezing passage and asked why the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion had remained unsold for five years.
• Leng Sha and Bai Xiaojin explained that the scorpion was mad, unintelligent, and had killed people after a previous owner bought it.
• Sikong Jing asked whether they believed he could make the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion speak, then awakened it in its cave.
• The scorpion lunged at Sikong Jing and the others, but its chains halted its pincers just before they reached him.

Sikong Jing confronted the partially demonized Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion and used his authority as the Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts to make it speak. After revealing his own demonic intent, he offered to help it either embrace its corruption or recover, and the scorpion began to calm down.

• The Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion’s scream overwhelmed Leng Sha and Bai Xiaojin, but Sikong Jing silenced it and approached its pincers.
• Sikong Jing recognized the scorpion’s incomplete demonic corruption and asked whether it regretted falling to demonhood.
• When the scorpion went mad and raised its pincer over Sikong Jing, he ordered it to calm down, stopping the blow inches above his head.
• The Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion spoke and challenged Sikong Jing, who revealed his own demonic intent and told it to choose whether to embrace corruption or resist it.
• The scorpion lowered its pincer and calmed, and Sikong Jing invited it to follow him so he could help it pursue either choice.

Sikong Jing subdued the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion and left the cave with Bai Xiaojin and Leng Sha. Outside, the stewards doubted Bai Xiaojin’s claim that he had conquered the beast.

• Sikong Jing suppressed the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion’s madness and offered it the choice of following him or remaining trapped in its current state.
• The Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion agreed to follow Sikong Jing and gave him a drop of its essence blood.
• Sikong Jing left the cave with Bai Xiaojin and Leng Sha, who hurried after him rather than stay near the beast.
• Sikong Jing brought them out of the rocky hill, surprising the two stewards who had expected them to die.
• Bai Xiaojin boasted that Sikong Jing had conquered the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion, but the stewards laughed and pointed out that her legs were still shaking.

Sikong Jing paid for and freed the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion, then left the demonic beast market with it and Duanmu Chun. Fu Wang learned who had taken the beast and rushed after them to prevent Sikong Jing from returning to Teng Residence, while Bai Xiaojin asked why they had left before buying more beasts.

• Sikong Jing showed the stewards the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion's essence blood and paid them to remove its chains.
• The stewards watched the obedient Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion carry Sikong Jing, Duanmu Chun, and Bai Xiaojin away from the market, then speculated that Sikong Jing was an old monster.
• Fu Wang arrived to study the beast's demonic power and learned it had been bought; after hearing the group's description, he identified Sikong Jing and Duanmu Chun.
• Fu Wang chased after the group, hoping to stop Sikong Jing before he returned to Teng Residence and forced Fu Wang to vote for him.
• On the flying scorpion's back, Bai Xiaojin asked Sikong Jing why they had left without buying the other demon beasts he had mentioned.

Sikong Jing tried to restore Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion’s sanity before continuing, but Earth Decider Fu Wang pursued them and demanded the scorpion and the method for subduing it. After Fu Wang attacked the group, Sikong Jing ordered them to flee the city and began restoring the scorpion’s sanity.

• Sikong Jing said he would honor his promise by restoring some of Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion’s sanity, and the scorpion showed a flicker of clarity.
• Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion warned that Fu Wang was catching up, and Duanmu Chun recognized him as a powerful Earth Decider who opposed protecting them.
• Fu Wang demanded the method for subduing the scorpion, then attacked the group and destroyed Duanmu Chun’s message bird to prevent him from seeking help.
• Fu Wang used a treasure to conceal their presence and insisted they hand over Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion; Bai Xiaojin insulted him, and he attacked her.
• Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion blocked Fu Wang’s strike against Bai Xiaojin, and Sikong Jing ordered it to accept Duanmu Chun’s treasure-enhanced acceleration so they could leave the city.
• Sikong Jing said Fu Wang had likely blocked their route back and promised to make him deliver his ticket, then told Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion to open its meridians so he could restore its sanity.

Sikong Jing studied the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion’s chaotic meridians while Duanmu Chun led their flight from Overlord Heaven City with Fu Wang in pursuit. After Sikong Jing restored some of its power, he faced the choice of returning it to normal or guiding it further down the demonic path.

• Sikong Jing examined the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion’s meridians with help from the Armor-Splitting Divine Scorpion, while Duanmu Chun accelerated their escape from the city.
• Fu Wang pursued them beyond Overlord Heaven City, blocked Duanmu Chun’s attempt to use Forced Troop Control, and attacked as the chase continued into the wilderness.
• After half a day, Fu Wang struck the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion with an arrow, but it unleashed stronger demonic power and sped up.
• Sikong Jing entered the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion’s Spirit Platform and asked whether it would choose to become a Magic Beast, warning that it would temporarily lose speech and obey his commands.
• Sikong Jing considered two ways to repair the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion: restore its sanity at the cost of reducing its realm, or develop orderly demonic meridians and continue its transformation.

Sikong Jing transformed the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion into a powerful half-magic beast, though it temporarily lost its intelligence. When Fu Wang caught up and assumed it had gone mad, Sikong Jing reappeared and challenged him to lie down before they negotiated.

• The Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion chose to remain half-demonized so it could become stronger, and Sikong Jing promised to help it regain its intelligence and settle its grudges.
• Sikong Jing guided the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion's meridians as its ordinary meridians recovered and its magic beast meridians grew stronger.
• Fu Wang pursued the group into the night, worried that the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion's rapid improvement came from the Tyrant Soul Inheritance.
• The Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion stopped in midair and roared, leading Duanmu Chun and the others to fear it had gone mad again.
• Fu Wang blocked the group's path and offered to talk, but Sikong Jing appeared, revealed the scorpion had completed its transformation, and said Fu Wang would have to lie down first.

Sikong Jing fused with the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion and used their combined power to challenge Fu Wang. Their battle intensified as Sikong Jing’s ultimate Emperor weapon gave him an advantage, leaving Fu Wang shaken.

• Sikong Jing explained that the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion had lost its intelligence and now obeyed only him.
• Sikong Jing fused with the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion and struck Fu Wang with the Tyrant War King Halberd, blasting him into the earth.
• Sikong Jing asked Duanmu Chun to take Bai Xiaojin and Leng Sha away before resuming his attack on Fu Wang.
• Fu Wang claimed his higher cultivation realm would let him overpower Sikong Jing and the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion, but Sikong Jing broke through his suppression during their battle.
• Sikong Jing taunted Fu Wang about the Tyrant War King Halberd’s power and said he had plenty of treasures too.

Sikong Jing used the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion’s poisoned stinger to defeat Fu Wang and force their negotiations onto his terms. Fu Wang fled for Overlord Heaven City, vowing revenge, while Sikong Jing told him to seek him out if he needed an antidote.

• Sikong Jing overwhelmed Fu Wang with the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion and dozens of treasures, keeping Fu Wang from attacking too recklessly for fear of attracting Tyrant Lotus Venerable.
• Sikong Jing revealed that his attacks had set up the flying scorpion’s tail-stinger strike, which poisoned Fu Wang.
• Sikong Jing knocked the poisoned Fu Wang to the ground and said they could talk, while Duanmu Chun realized Sikong Jing had planned for this outcome.
• Fu Wang refused to vote for Sikong Jing, suppressed the poison, and fled toward Overlord Heaven City after threatening revenge.
• Sikong Jing did not pursue Fu Wang and told him to come to the Teng Residence if he could not find an antidote.

Sikong Jing poisoned and drove off Fu Wang, then left with his companions for Overlord Heaven City. Two Earth Deciders watched him depart, and Old Yu urged Old Xin to protect Ba Hun's successor despite his rebellious methods.

• Sikong Jing warned Fu Wang to seek him at Teng Residence without bringing a crowd, and Fu Wang left without revealing his defeat.
• Bai Xiaojin praised Sikong Jing, while Leng Sha and Duanmu Chun asked after him and worried Fu Wang could find an antidote.
• Sikong Jing revealed that he had layered Fu Wang's scorpion venom with poison from Pei Yuzheng and his own poison.
• Sikong Jing sensed two Earth Deciders watching from the darkness but left with his companions aboard the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion.
• Old Yu asked Old Xin whether Fu Wang's defeat had changed his mind about protecting Sikong Jing, and defended Sikong Jing's retaliation as justified.

Yu Liman persuaded Old Xin that the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce should support and protect Sikong Jing, even if he became a second Su Old Devil. On the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion, Sikong Jing began testing his disciples’ talent for hammer techniques, and Leng Sha struggled badly.

• Yu Liman argued that Sikong Jing’s bond with the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion made him a Venerable-level beast rider and deserved the Earth Deciders’ support.
• Yu Liman declared that the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce should protect Sikong Jing, even if he became a second Su Old Devil, and Old Xin began to accept the need to support him.
• Bai Xiaojin asked Sikong Jing to teach her hammer techniques, so he demonstrated the War Demon Hammer and had her imitate it.
• Bai Xiaojin copied the routine impressively after seeing it once, revealing her strong talent for hammer techniques.
• Leng Sha tried the hammer routine but managed only two swings before tiring, leaving him afraid Sikong Jing would expel him from the sect.

Sikong Jing healed Leng Sha’s affliction after testing his resolve, allowing Leng Sha to unleash his true strength and regain his standing. Leng Sha remained on a three-month probation, while Bai Xiaojin began learning three moves of the War Demon Hammer.

• Leng Sha begged Sikong Jing to let him stay, even as an ordinary menial, while Bai Xiaojin questioned whether he could learn hammer techniques.
• Sikong Jing told Leng Sha he would give him three months and recorded three moves of the War Demon Hammer for Bai Xiaojin to study.
• Sikong Jing gave Leng Sha a strand of blood to swallow, which opened his meridians and ended the affliction that had limited his true qi to three breaths.
• Leng Sha’s Sea Soaring Realm power and seventh-grade battle body emerged, and he realized Sikong Jing had restored his ability to speak before his grandfather.
• Sikong Jing explained that Leng Sha’s persistence had earned him the chance to stay, but warned that the three months remained a probationary period and that he could make the affliction return.

Sikong Jing cured Leng Sha’s condition, accepted him as a disciple on a three-month trial, and gave him the Ice Eternal Shield Strike. Leng Sha began cultivating, while Duanmu Chun realized their support in the coming vote was growing.

• Sikong Jing gave Leng Sha an inscribed Green Jade Tube and warned him to master its contents within three months to remain his disciple.
• Leng Sha thanked Sikong Jing with three kowtows, then learned that poison from an Ice Red Threadworm and a Golden Thunder Poison Crow had caused his condition.
• Leng Sha discovered the Ice Eternal Shield Strike in the Green Jade Tube and began cultivating the technique.
• Duanmu Chun asked how Sikong Jing had diagnosed and cured Leng Sha, but Sikong Jing dismissed it as a coincidence.
• Duanmu Chun said Leng Chan and Fu Wang might give them two votes, and Sikong Jing agreed their luck was good.
• An ice-colored shield appeared from Leng Sha’s direction, and Sikong Jing explained that he had created the Ice Eternal Shield Strike for Leng Sha.