Recaps

Sikong Jing trained the Teng Residence and his followers while Earth Decider Fu Wang’s poison worsened on the eve of the Heavenly Judgment Hall’s second vote. With death closing in and no time to reach another alchemist, Fu Wang went alone to seek Sikong Jing.

• Sikong Jing returned to the Teng Residence with Duanmu Chun and the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion, then began teaching martial arts tailored to the people gathered there.
• Bai Xiaojin and Leng Sha devoted themselves to training, with Leng Sha facing a three-month test to remain Sikong Jing’s disciple.
• Fu Wang’s invited alchemists failed to cure the three poisons ravaging him, and he ordered them to keep his condition secret.
• Fu Wang told his guard he would not vote for Sikong Jing at the coming vote, then suffered a poison flare-up that covered his body in scales and threatened his life.
• Fu Wang abandoned his plan to seek an alchemist outside the city and slipped out alone to find Sikong Jing.

Tyrant Fierce Venerable secured Leng Chan and Fu Wang’s opposition to Sikong Jing before the successor vote, then planned to ensure the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce would not protect him. Sikong Jing left for the Bai Residence with Duanmu Chun, while Leng Chan learned that Leng Sha had been missing for nine days.

• Tyrant Fierce Venerable persuaded Leng Chan not to vote for Ba Hun’s successor and learned that Fu Wang would also oppose Sikong Jing.
• Tyrant Fierce Venerable and Gong Ying planned to visit other Earth Deciders and Xi Tu to keep the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce from protecting Sikong Jing.
• Leng Sha returned to the Leng Residence as Tyrant Fierce Venerable and Gong Ying departed, while Bai Xiaojin left the Teng Residence after her father summoned her.
• Duanmu Chun told Sikong Jing that Tyrant Lotus Venerable had returned to the Bai Clan and invited them to a banquet introducing him to her followers.
• Sikong Jing left for the Bai Residence with Duanmu Chun after asking Yao Yulou to stall Fu Wang if he arrived.
• Leng Chan announced his decision to the Leng Family, and Leng Su revealed that Leng Sha had been missing for nine days.

Leng Sha returned to the Leng Family after reaching the Heavenly King Realm and found his father being mocked for asking the family to help search for him. When Leng Ao attacked him, Leng Sha struck back and stunned the family, declaring that he still had one breath left.

• Leng Xiao, Leng Xi, Leng Ao, and other Leng Family members insulted Leng Sha as Leng Su asked Leng Chan for help finding his missing son.
• Leng Chan agreed to let Leng Su take men to search, but Leng Sha arrived at the hall and told his father he had returned.
• Angry over the family’s treatment and Leng Sha’s failure to reply to his message bird, Leng Su tried to slap him, but Leng Sha dodged.
• Leng Ao challenged Leng Sha to defeat him within two breaths and swung at him, but Leng Sha sent him crashing to the ground with a slap.
• Leng Ao realized Leng Sha had reached the Heavenly King Realm, and Leng Sha coldly announced that he still had one breath left.

Leng Sha revealed that he had recovered and defeated Leng Ao, then told Leng Chan that Sikong Jing had cured him and was his master. Meanwhile, Sikong Jing arrived at the Bai Residence banquet, where the Tyrant Lotus Lineage gathered to welcome him as its future leader.

• Leng Sha struck Leng Ao twice, blocked his third charge with an Ice Eternal Shield, and sent him flying with the Ice Eternal Shield Strike.
• Leng Chan examined Leng Sha and celebrated his recovery, while Leng Sha credited his master, Sikong Jing, with curing his affliction.
• Leng Chan took Leng Sha to the garden, where Leng Sha began recounting what had happened during his disappearance.
• Sikong Jing and Duanmu Chun arrived at the Bai Residence, where Duanmu Chun told Sikong Jing that Tyrant Lotus Venerable would introduce him as the lineage's future leader.
• Bai Wei, Tyrant Lotus Venerable's Protector Venerable and Bai Xiaojin's father, came forward to greet Sikong Jing.

Tyrant Lotus Venerable tried to arrange a marriage between Sikong Jing and Bai Xiaojin to make him understand love and reveal Tyrant Soul Venerable’s whereabouts. Her plan collapsed when Sikong Jing revealed that Bai Xiaojin was already his disciple, leaving Duanmu Chun to explain how it happened.

• White Protector Venerable told Sikong Jing that Tyrant Lotus Venerable had recovered emotionally but still wanted him to reveal where Tyrant Soul Venerable was.
• Tyrant Lotus Venerable asked Sikong Jing’s age and announced that she intended to arrange a marriage for him.
• Tyrant Lotus Venerable called for Bai Xiaojin, whom she planned to betroth to Sikong Jing.
• Bai Xiaojin entered, delighted to see her master, and Sikong Jing revealed that she was already his disciple.
• Tyrant Lotus Venerable and the others were stunned, and Sikong Jing asked Duanmu Chun to explain.

Pei Yuxian met with South Wind Heavenly Decider and confirmed the Thousand Kings Holy Tower would publicly kill Ba Hun’s successor after the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce vote. She and Pei Yushan then set out to investigate Yao Yulou on Pei Kuang’s orders.

• Pei Yuxian warned South Wind that the Thousand Kings Holy Tower would take Ba Hun’s successor’s head, and South Wind assured her the vote would not protect him.
• Pei Yuxian demonstrated her overwhelming strength by scattering South Wind’s true energy with a sword formed from zither music, then ordered him to make the killing a public spectacle.
• South Wind left the tavern shaken, reflecting on the Thousand Kings Holy Tower’s power and expecting the vote and Sikong Jing’s death to go as planned.
• Pei Yuxian told Pei Yushan they would visit the Teng Residence to meet Yao Yulou and investigate whether Ba Hun’s successor was Sikong Buwang.

Leng Chan agreed to support Sikong Jing in the vote after learning how he had healed Leng Sha, while Bai Xiaojin’s impulsive decision to become Sikong Jing’s disciple enraged her family and Tyrant Lotus Venerable. The chapter left Duanmu Chun poised to explain the rest of what had happened.

• Leng Chan ordered the Leng Family to support Sikong Jing and had Leng Xiao and Leng Xi seized over the poisons they had used against Leng Sha.
• Leng Sha thanked Sikong Jing and promised his father, Leng Su, that he would no longer let him suffer.
• White Protector Venerable learned that Bai Xiaojin had knelt to Sikong Jing to become his disciple and angrily objected.
• Tyrant Lotus Venerable demanded that Bai Xiaojin dissolve the master-disciple relationship and marry Sikong Jing immediately.
• Sikong Jing asked Tyrant Lotus Venerable to let Duanmu Chun finish his explanation, and she agreed to hear the rest.

At the Bai Residence banquet, Sikong Jing used Leng Sha’s support and his own wife’s existence to stop the Tyrant Lotus Venerable from forcing a marriage. The Tyrant Lotus Venerable then revealed that she had failed to reach the Saint Martial Stage but had advanced to the final minor realm of Emperor Martial Stage, leaving her one step from becoming a top-tier Emperor.

• Duanmu Chun told the hall that Sikong Jing had won over Leng Chan and that the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion was in the Teng Residence.
• Sikong Jing and Duanmu Chun persuaded the Tyrant Lotus Venerable not to force Bai Xiaojin and Sikong Jing to end their master-disciple relationship, warning that doing so could cost Leng Chan’s vote.
• The Tyrant Lotus Venerable tried to find Sikong Jing another bride, but Sikong Jing said he already had a wife and asked her to let the matter go.
• The Bai Clan celebrated Sikong Jing and Bai Xiaojin’s master-disciple bond with fireworks, and Bai Xiaojin joked that they had found her an excellent master.
• The Tyrant Lotus Venerable told Sikong Jing she had sought a way to avoid suppression by reaching the Saint Martial Stage, but had failed and advanced to the fifth realm of the Emperor Martial Stage’s Emperor Realm.

The Tyrant Lotus Venerable took Sikong Jing to the Teng Residence's minor secret realm, hoping he could help her reach the top-tier Sovereign Realm. Meanwhile, Fu Wang waited in agony for an antidote, and Yao Yulou was summoned by an arriving expert from the Thousand Kings Holy Tower.

• The Tyrant Lotus Venerable explained that she needed to reach the top-tier Sovereign Realm to resist Murong Jianyun and strengthen her position in the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce.
• The Tyrant Lotus Venerable took Sikong Jing back to the Teng Residence, leaving the others at the Bai Residence banquet.
• Yao Yulou refused Fu Wang's demand to summon Sikong Jing and warned him to stay put or risk another sting from the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion.
• Yao Yulou's jade pendant signaled that an expert from the Thousand Kings Holy Tower was waiting nearby, and he went to face the summons, fearing his secret could endanger Jiang Wanyou.

Yao Yulou faced questioning and punishment from Pei Yushan and Pei Yuxian over Pei Yuzheng’s death and his actions alongside Sikong Jing. Pei Yuxian began a Spirit Platform consciousness interrogation, leaving Yao Yulou to face a perilous test.

• Yao Yulou arrived at the Teng Residence armory and found Pei Yuxian and Pei Yushan waiting with the unconscious Jiang Wanyou.
• Pei Yushan tested Yao Yulou’s composure by threatening Jiang Wanyou, then blasted and crushed Yao Yulou for failing to save Pei Yuzheng.
• Yao Yulou accepted the punishment and explained that Nether Protector Venerable had held him back while Sikong Jing used the city’s Army-Slaying Formation to kill Pei Yuzheng.
• Pei Yushan accused Yao Yulou of fleeing with Sikong Jing and failing to warn the Thousand Kings Holy Tower’s pursuers, while Yao Yulou claimed he had no chance to act and had prioritized the Fierce Charm Sacred Body mission.
• Pei Yuxian surrounded Yao Yulou with her Spirit Platform consciousness to detect any emotional fluctuation during the interrogation.

Old Xiu and Old He secretly watched Pei Yuxian interrogate Yao Yulou while Jiang Wanyou remained captive, and they chose to wait rather than risk exposing themselves. Sikong Jing hurried back to the Teng Residence with Tyrant Lotus Venerable, as Yao Yulou faced questions about his betrayal of the Thousand Kings Holy Tower.

• Old He urged Old Xiu to kill Pei Yuxian and her brother, but Old Xiu warned that attacking would expose them and endanger Yao Yulou, Jiang Wanyou, and her mother.
• Sikong Jing received Old Xiu's message about Pei Yuxian and Jiang Wanyou, then urged Tyrant Lotus Venerable to hurry back to the Teng Residence.
• Sikong Jing told Tyrant Lotus Venerable that Su Old Devil's remnants were helping him against the Thousand Kings Holy Tower and that the Demon Dream Witch story had been fabricated.
• Tyrant Lotus Venerable learned that Pei Yuxian, a top-tier Emperor, had arrived and sped toward the Teng Residence with Sikong Jing.
• Pei Yuxian asked Yao Yulou how the Thousand Kings envoy had died, and Yao Yulou answered that Xiu Hanzhi and He Congsheng had killed him.

Pei Yuxian and Pei Yushan interrogated Yao Yulou about Pei Feishan’s death, Hua Meixi’s battle body, and his withdrawal from the Eastern Tyrant Branch. After declaring the Fierce Charm Sacred Body mission over, Pei Yuxian ordered Jiang Wanyou and Hua Meixi killed.

• Pei Yuxian questioned Yao Yulou about Pei Feishan’s death, and he firmly blamed Yang Zhi.
• Yao Yulou explained that he had not reported Hua Meixi’s Eighth Rank Battle Body because he could not confirm she was the Fierce Charm Sacred Body and had planned to report to Pei Yuzheng.
• Yao Yulou said he had withdrawn from the Eastern Tyrant Branch to remain near Sikong Jing, whom he believed could ignite Sacred Bodies.
• Pei Yushan tested Yao Yulou by asking whether Sikong Jing was Sikong Buwang, and Yao Yulou denied that they were the same person.
• Pei Yuxian revealed that Hua Meixi had the Blood Charm Demon Cat bloodline rather than the Fierce Charm Sacred Body, and Yao Yulou feigned shock.
• Pei Yuxian declared Yao Yulou’s mission over and ordered Jiang Wanyou and Hua Meixi killed as remnants of Su Old Devil.

Pei Yuxian and Pei Yushan threatened Jiang Wanyou to test whether Yao Yulou would betray the Thousand Kings Holy Tower to save her. Sikong Jing’s message told Yao Yulou and the hidden rescuers to endure, leaving Jiang Wanyou still in danger as the Pei siblings prepared to act.

• Pei Yuxian urged Pei Yushan to kill Jiang Wanyou and assigned Yao Yulou to kill Hua Meixi, deliberately provoking Yao Yulou.
• Yao Yulou begged Pei Yushan to spare Jiang Wanyou and admitted he had developed feelings for her, while insisting he had not betrayed the Thousand Kings Holy Tower.
• Pei Yuxian ordered Pei Yushan to kill Jiang Wanyou, forcing Yao Yulou to choose between fighting for her and endangering his family.
• Sikong Jing sent a bird bearing the message “Endure it. Don't worry!” to Yao Yulou, Old Xiu, and Old He, stopping them from acting.
• Yao Yulou suppressed his urge to fight and claimed his affection for Jiang Wanyou was useless to him, convincing the Pei siblings that he remained trustworthy.
• Pei Yuxian said she would report Yao Yulou to their father, then ordered Pei Yushan to kill Jiang Wanyou before they left.

Pei Yuxian and Pei Yushan attacked the Teng Residence, prompting Tyrant Lotus Venerable and the Tyrant Heaven experts to respond. As Pei Yushan moved to kill Jiang Wanyou, Sikong Jing arrived and bought Yao Yulou time to escape with her.

• Tyrant Lotus Venerable confronted Pei Yuxian at the Teng Residence, while Murong Jianyun, Bei Cang, and other Tyrant Heaven experts rushed to intervene.
• Pei Yushan prepared to kill Jiang Wanyou and ordered Yao Yulou to kill Hua Meixi afterward, but Yao Yulou stayed calm and pretended to obey.
• Sikong Jing attacked Pei Yushan with the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion and a halberd strike, but Pei Yushan blasted both aside with golden punches.
• Sikong Jing called for Yao Yulou to flee with Jiang Wanyou, and Pei Yushan allowed Yao Yulou to carry her away to preserve his cover.

Yao Yulou escaped with Jiang Wanyou after Sikong Jing’s warnings helped keep his cover intact, while Old Xiu and his people withdrew from the Teng Residence. Sikong Jing faced Pei Yushan with the Raging Flower Battle Team and the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion as Pei Yuxian fought Tyrant Lotus Venerable overhead.

• Yao Yulou fled with the unconscious Jiang Wanyou and thanked Sikong Jing for helping him avoid exposure and save her.
• Old Xiu led his people away from the Teng Residence, confident Sikong Jing could hold out until Murong Jianyun arrived.
• Pei Yuxian’s sonic sword blades overwhelmed Tyrant Lotus Venerable’s ghostly lotuses in the battle above the residence.
• Pei Yushan battered the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion, while Sikong Jing held back his mount-merging trump card and confirmed Hua Meixi was safe.
• Sikong Jing formed the Sikong Army-Slaying Formation with the two teams and combined its punch with the Scorpion Tail Needle to cancel Pei Yushan’s third attack.

Sikong Jing used the Qianyuan Battle-Killing Formation to track Pei Yushan, but Tyrant Lotus Venerable’s fall interrupted his attack and Pei Yuxian moved to take her arm. Murong Jianyun intervened with a single sword strike, cutting apart Pei Yuxian’s zither attack before his sword beam flashed across Overlord Heaven Outer City.

• Sikong Jing changed to the Qianyuan Battle-Killing Formation and discovered that Pei Yushan had entered the Heavenly Wolf Team’s ranks.
• Tyrant Lotus Venerable was blasted down by Pei Yuxian, and her aura forced Sikong Jing to abandon his planned Qianyuan Sword Slaying and shield those beneath him.
• Pei Yuxian descended and declared that she would spare Sikong Jing for the moment but take one of Tyrant Lotus Venerable’s arms.
• Pei Yuxian launched a zither attack at Tyrant Lotus Venerable despite Murong Jianyun’s warning to stop.
• Murong Jianyun sent a blazing sword beam from Overlord Heaven Inner City that sliced apart Pei Yuxian’s zither-note ripples and streaked across Overlord Heaven Outer City.

Murong Jianyun stopped Pei Yuxian from attacking Tyrant Lotus Venerable, but Pei Yuxian threatened to return tomorrow and take Sikong Jing’s head. Seriously injured and unable to match a top-tier Emperor, Tyrant Lotus Venerable took Sikong Jing to Teng Residence’s small secret realm to seek a way to reach that realm before dawn.

• Murong Jianyun arrived and broke Pei Yuxian’s sonic attack, forcing Pei Yuxian and Pei Yushan to leave after Pei Yuxian threatened a formal visit and public execution the next day.
• Murong Jianyun said tomorrow’s vote would determine the matter, then announced that he would not vote and left with Bei Cang.
• After the others departed, Tyrant Lotus Venerable spat blood and hurried Sikong Jing to Teng Residence’s small secret realm.
• Tyrant Lotus Venerable told Sikong Jing she needed to reach the top-tier Emperor realm before sunrise and opened the secret realm’s entrance.

Sikong Jing examined the stone pedestal Tyrant Lotus Venerable had inherited from Tyrant Soul Venerable and discovered it had been refined from a Nether Lotus Sea Serpent. He recognized the serpent’s meridians and asked whether Tyrant Lotus Venerable’s cultivation technique came from Tyrant Soul Venerable’s family, leaving her to recall how she received it.

• Sikong Jing resolved to help Tyrant Lotus Venerable reach the pinnacle Emperor Realm before the confrontation with Thousand Kings Holy Tower.
• Tyrant Lotus Venerable led Sikong Jing into her small mystic realm and showed him the stone pedestal left by Tyrant Soul Venerable.
• Sikong Jing touched the pedestal and sensed the meridians of the Nether Lotus Sea Serpent refined within it.
• Tyrant Lotus Venerable mistook Sikong Jing’s quick withdrawal for failure and tried to ease his disappointment.
• Sikong Jing asked whether Tyrant Lotus Venerable practiced a family cultivation technique from Tyrant Soul Venerable, and she recalled how he had given it to her when they were young.

Sikong Jing gave Tyrant Lotus Venerable an image of the Nether Lotus Sea Serpent, hoping it would inspire her cultivation. After she began studying it, he left the secret realm and returned to the wounded Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion.

• Sikong Jing confirmed that Tyrant Lotus Venerable’s cultivation technique drew on a snake-like beast connected to the Stone Pedestal Magic Box.
• Sikong Jing obtained an image of the Nether Lotus Sea Serpent from the Ten Thousand Beasts Heavenly Prison and gave it to Tyrant Lotus Venerable.
• Tyrant Lotus Venerable recognized the serpent’s appearance as the source of her cultivation technique and decided to study it before emerging from seclusion the next morning.
• Sikong Jing left the small secret realm after Tyrant Lotus Venerable remarked that the Yellow Jade Tube looked new.
• Sikong Jing returned to the artificial hill and looked at the wounded Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion.

Sikong Jing prepared the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion to break through while Pei Yuxian and Pei Yushan planned to pressure the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce after the vote. Murong Jianyun revealed that Tyrant Lotus Venerable had reached the fifth realm of the Emperor and intended to resist his suppression, leaving the outcome of the inquest uncertain.

• Sikong Jing fed his demonic blood and true energy to the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion to heal it and raise its strength before facing Pei Yushan.
• Pei Yuxian told Pei Yushan that Murong Jianyun was beyond her ability to defeat and said their plans depended on the vote going their way.
• Pei Yuxian and Pei Yushan planned to negotiate for the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce's Qianyuan Fragment Maps and sent their father an update about Yao Yulou and Jiang Wanyou's daughter.
• Dong Wu urged Murong Jianyun to cancel the vote and have Sikong Jing face the inquest, but Murong Jianyun insisted the announced vote would proceed.
• Murong Jianyun told Bei Cang that Tyrant Lotus Venerable had reached the fifth realm of the Emperor and was preparing to resist his suppression.

Murong Jianyun and others doubted Sikong Jing’s efforts and expected the vote to fail, while Yu Liman and Old Xin decided to keep supporting him. Near dawn, Sikong Jing returned to find Yao Yulou waiting and Fu Wang demanding his antidote, leaving Fu Wang newly recovered and threatening him.

• Murong Jianyun decided that if the vote failed, the Yao Residence’s other residents would be protected, while Tyrant Lotus and Sikong Jing would be dealt with according to Dong Wu’s decision.
• Yu Liman told Old Xin that Sikong Jing had hidden his strength and urged him to protect the Ba Hun inheritor, and Old Xin agreed.
• Leng Chan reassured Leng Sha that he would not change his decision, while Tyrant Fierce Venerable, Gong Ying, and Nan Feng celebrated their expected victory in the vote.
• Sikong Jing returned to the Teng Residence’s secret realm on his evolved Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion and found Fu Wang poisoned and Yao Yulou waiting outside his room.
• Sikong Jing gave Fu Wang one day’s worth of antidote and warned him to return tomorrow for the rest, then Fu Wang recovered and demanded the full antidote.

Sikong Jing forced Fu Wang to help keep him alive, reassured Yao Yulou that he would protect Jiang Wanyou and Mei Xi, and prepared to face the Thousand Kings Holy Tower. After Tyrant Lotus Venerable reached the peak Emperor Realm, Sikong Jing gathered his allies and returned to Heavenly Judgment Hall.

• Sikong Jing threatened Fu Wang with the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion and sent him away, ordering him to return the next day for the full antidote.
• Fu Wang realized the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion had reached the peak of the Fourth Realm Venerable and returned to the Fu Residence, vowing revenge once cured.
• Yao Yulou feared the Thousand Kings Holy Tower would force him to kill Jiang Wanyou and Mei Xi, and Sikong Jing promised to kill Pei Yuxian and her brother in Overlord Heaven City.
• Sikong Jing told Yao Yulou that Old Xiu and the remnants of Su Old Devil would protect Jiang Wanyou, and said they were leaving for Heavenly Judgment Hall.
• Tyrant Lotus Venerable arrived after reaching the peak Emperor Realm, and Sikong Jing gathered Yang Yi, the Yao Residence's hundred members, the Four Great Mad Demons, and Duanmu Chun.
• Sikong Jing and his group entered Overlord Heaven Inner City and returned to Heavenly Judgment Hall.

Sikong Jing faced a vote on whether to protect him as Ba Hun’s inheritor after the Thousand Kings Holy Tower’s attack on the Teng Residence. Leng Chan and Fu Wang unexpectedly joined his supporters, reversing the tally and giving him the win.

• Murong Jianyun arrived at the Heavenly Judgment Hall and said he would not vote, leaving East Mist to preside.
• East Mist questioned Sikong Jing about the attack, and Sikong Jing stressed that the Teng Residence had stood united against the Thousand Kings Holy Tower.
• Bei Cang and the five Earth Deciders who had supported Sikong Jing before raised their hands, giving his side seven votes against ten.
• Leng Chan raised his hand for Sikong Jing, changing the count to eight against nine.
• Fu Wang silently raised his hand for Sikong Jing, reversing the vote to nine against eight and securing Sikong Jing’s victory.

The Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce’s vote shifted decisively toward protecting Sikong Jing, despite East Mist’s efforts to prevent a confrontation with the Thousand Kings Holy Tower. As East Mist pressed Murong Jianyun to use his three votes, Pei Yuxian arrived at Overlord Heaven Inner City for her official visit.

• Fu Wang, Leng Chan, and Old Xin supported protecting Sikong Jing, bringing the vote to ten against seven.
• Old Xin told Nan Feng that the Chamber of Commerce had to resist the Thousand Kings Holy Tower, and Nan Feng threatened to sever their friendship.
• Murong Jianyun warned East Mist, Nan Feng, and Tyrant Fierce Venerable to stop interfering with the vote.
• East Mist urged Murong Jianyun to use his three votes, and Xi Tu warned that he would cast his two votes for Sikong Jing if Murong broke his word.
• Pei Yuxian arrived with Pei Yushan and requested entry to Overlord Heaven Inner City; Murong Jianyun welcomed her and sent Nan Feng and Ba Lie to receive them.

Sikong Jing offered the Overlord Soul Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formation to the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce and agreed to face the Thousand Kings Holy Tower’s interrogation despite winning the vote. He proposed that Tyrant Lotus Venerable accompany him against Pei Yuxian and her younger brother, leaving the Chamber able to claim it had yielded while refusing the Tower any further pretext for attack.

• After Nan Feng, Tyrant Fierce Venerable, and the others left the Heavenly Judgment Hall, Sikong Jing told Murong Jianyun to vote against protecting him.
• Sikong Jing handed Murong Jianyun the Overlord Soul Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formation and said he was willing to face the Thousand Kings Holy Tower’s interrogation.
• Sikong Jing explained that his willingness to submit would let the Chamber appear to yield to the Tower and deny it grounds for further action.
• Sikong Jing asked Murong Jianyun not to suppress Tyrant Lotus Venerable and to let them face Pei Yuxian and her younger brother together.
• Sikong Jing said they would show the Chamber that their submission was only superficial by defeating Pei Yuxian and her younger brother, or at least surviving their interrogation.