Recaps

Leng Sha carried out Sikong Jing’s instructions to hide his survival and prepare Willow Leaf City for a confrontation with the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall. Sikong Jing reached Reverse Blade City and met Shi Douxing, acknowledging that the Reverse Blade Sect had been drawn into the coming battle.

• Leng Sha told Leng Chan and Old Xin that Sikong Jing had faked his death in the Willow Leaf Sacred Tomb and ordered them to keep his survival secret.
• Leng Sha revealed that Murong Jianyun had reached the Saint Martial Stage, reassuring Leng Chan and Old Xin as they prepared to follow Ye Wucan’s lead at Willow Leaf Holy Manor.
• Leng Chan and Old Xin agreed to help Willow Leaf Holy Manor fight the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall, knowing the Thousand Kings Holy Tower’s plans threatened their own territory.
• Leng Chan and Old Xin joined Ye Wucan’s negotiations without revealing that they knew about the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall’s connection to the Thousand Kings Holy Tower.
• Sikong Jing arrived at Reverse Blade City and privately apologized to Shi Douxing for involving the Reverse Blade Sect in the conflict.

Sikong Jing secured Shi Douxing’s support and organized the Reverse Blade Sect to prepare for war against the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall. He then slipped back into sealed Willow Leaf City, but a message from Ye Lushi changed his plans.

• Sikong Jing told Shi Douxing that the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce had a Saint Martial Stage expert, and Shi Douxing agreed to follow his command while pretending to be dead.
• Shi Douxing secretly summoned subordinate factions to learn the Overlord Soul Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formation for the coming battle, while publicly preparing to attack Willow Leaf Holy Manor.
• Sikong Jing returned to Willow Leaf City’s outskirts and arranged to enter through a route prepared by Old Fat Head’s people.
• Sikong Jing entered the city with the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion concealed aboard a Heavenly Tyrant Branch merchant ship and set off toward the Heavenly Tyrant Branch.
• A message bird delivered a letter to Sikong Jing, and he crushed it after reading Ye Lushi’s name.

Sikong Jing went to Fragrance Inquiry House to confront Ye Lushi over his role in Su Yuexian’s fall into the Holy Tomb Demon Cave, while warning Xiong Tingting that Thousand Kings Holy Tower might contact her. As Sikong Jing began interrogating Ye Lushi, Xiong Tingting received a summons from Thousand Kings Holy Tower.

• Sikong Jing learned from Ren You that Ye Lushi had confessed at Fragrance Inquiry House to forcing Su Yuexian into the Holy Tomb Demon Cave.
• Sikong Jing met Xiong Tingting, asked about the destroyed Willow Leaf Sacred Tomb, and warned her not to admit knowing him if Thousand Kings Holy Tower approached her.
• Sikong Jing entered Ye Lushi’s room, struck him, and demanded an explanation about Su Yuexian, whom he also called Ye Yuexian.
• Sikong Jing embedded broken wine-cup shards in Ye Lushi to force him to answer, sealing the room so his screams could not be heard outside.
• Xiong Tingting’s jade pendant lit up, and she realized Thousand Kings Holy Tower had summoned her.

Pei Yupo arrived at Fragrance Inquiry House and questioned Xiong Tingting about rumors surrounding Sikong Jing, while Sikong Jing secretly listened in after capturing Ye Lushi. The chapter ended with Xiong Tingting maintaining the false rumors as Sikong Jing waited to see what Pei Yupo would do next.

• Xiong Tingting dismissed the people in her building and waited after her jade pendant signaled a summons from the Thousand Kings.
• Pei Yupo arrived with Chang Lehuang, Ma Feigong, and another young man, and Xiong Tingting recognized Pei Yupo as one of Pei Kuang's sons.
• Pei Yupo introduced Chang Lehuang as one of the Eight Emperors and Ma Feigong as the president of the Qianyuan New Chamber of Commerce.
• Sikong Jing tortured Ye Lushi until he confessed to abusing Su Yuexian, then knocked him unconscious and decided to take him back to Willow Leaf Holy Manor.
• Sikong Jing sensed Pei Yupo's arrival, entered Xiong Tingting's building disguised as a mouse, and overheard Pei Yupo ask about rumors concerning the Overlord Soul inheritor.
• Xiong Tingting claimed she did not know whether the rumors were true, while Sikong Jing listened from the inner chamber.

Pei Yupo told Xiong Tingting that he and a Saint Martial Stage expert from the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall had destroyed the Willow Leaf Sacred Tomb and killed Ba Hun's successor, then outlined the Thousand Kings Holy Tower's plan to seize the Willow Leaf City region. He ordered Xiong Tingting to publicize the death and investigate the Overlord Soul Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formation, unaware that Sikong Jing had overheard everything.

• Xiong Tingting told Pei Yupo that the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce had blocked Dragon Controlling Mountain in the Mad Demon Forest but had not sent anyone to Willow Leaf City.
• Pei Yupo revealed that he and a Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall expert had destroyed the Willow Leaf Sacred Tomb and killed Ba Hun's successor there.
• Pei Yupo explained that the Thousand Kings Holy Tower would exploit the clash between the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce and Dragon Controlling Mountain to seize the Willow Leaf City region within ten days.
• Pei Yupo gave Xiong Tingting the Light-Returning Mirror and ordered her to publicize Ba Hun's successor's death as though a Dragon Controlling Mountain Saint Martial Stage expert had killed him.
• Pei Yupo also ordered Xiong Tingting to investigate whether Willow Leaf Holy Manor or the Heavenly Tyrant Branch had distributed the Overlord Soul Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formation, and told her to report to Ma Feigong.
• Sikong Jing secretly heard Pei Yupo's entire conversation with Xiong Tingting.

Sikong Jing returned to Xiong Tingting’s room and revealed the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall’s plan to destroy Willow Leaf City and lure Murong Jianyun into a trap. As Pei Yupo strolled through the city, Liejia regained her intelligence and reached the first realm of the Emperor stage.

• Sikong Jing surprised Xiong Tingting by appearing silently in her room and explained that Pei Yupo believed him dead.
• Sikong Jing told Xiong Tingting about the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall’s plans and said Dragon Controlling Mountain, the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce, and Murong Jianyun had already been alerted.
• Sikong Jing instructed Xiong Tingting to publicize the Light-Returning Mirror and the Overlord Soul Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formation, then left with Ye Lushi.
• Pei Yupo told his trusted man that he wanted to ensure the coming battle had no losses, then discussed tormenting Su Old Devil’s granddaughters as his group explored Willow Leaf City.
• Liejia told Leng Sha that she had regained her intelligence after Sikong Jing evolved her during their journey and had reached the first realm of the Emperor stage.

Sikong Jing returned to Judgment Tower, reassured Su Yuexi and her parents that Su Yuexian was safe, and exposed Ye Lushi’s role in her ordeal. He helped Ye Wuzhi advance toward the Emperor Realm, then learned that Fragrance Inquiry House had announced his death.

• Sikong Jing returned to Judgment Tower with Ye Lushi and told Su Yuexi, Su Zhenglong, and Mei Xiaofang that Su Yuexian was safe and would meet them in Willow Leaf City.
• Sikong Jing revealed that Ye Lushi had forced Su Yuexian into the demon cavern and that Ye Wukui had concealed the crime, then left Ye Lushi in the family’s hands while keeping him alive.
• Sikong Jing used the Willow Leaf aura to help Ye Wuzhi break through from the Venerable Realm toward the Emperor Realm.
• Sikong Jing sent Ye Wuzhi with Su Yuexi, Su Zhenglong, and Mei Xiaofang to capture Ye Lushi’s grandmother and take her to Willow Leaf Grand Hall.
• Lou Jie and three other Arbiters reported that Fragrance Inquiry House had announced Sikong Jing died in the Willow Leaf Sacred Tomb, and Sikong Jing answered that he was supposedly dead.

Sikong Jing returned alive and ordered Lou Jie’s group to identify Willow Leaf City’s upright experts while Leng Sha learned improved formation methods. Meanwhile, Ye Wuzhi helped Su Yuexi, Su Zhenglong, and Mei Xiaofang seize Liu Shisun and take her toward Willow Leaf Holy Manor.

• Lou Jie and three Arbiters mistook Sikong Jing for a ghost, confessed their corruption, and received orders to compile a list of responsible experts in Willow Leaf City.
• Sikong Jing gave Leng Sha black jade instructions for improving the Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formation, then left for Willow Leaf Holy Manor with Ye Lushi and the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion.
• At Wu Kui Courtyard, Liu Shisun celebrated the supposed death of Ba Hun’s successor and believed her grandson Ye Lushi was safe from rivals.
• Su Yuexi, Su Zhenglong, and Mei Xiaofang confronted Liu Shisun, and Ye Wuzhi revealed he had brought them inside.
• Ye Wuzhi knocked Liu Shisun unconscious, stunned the servants, and carried her away with the others toward Willow Leaf Holy Manor.

Ye Wucan’s attempt to conceal Sikong Jing’s supposed death was exposed when Xiong Tingting showed the Light-Returning Mirror’s record of the Willow Leaf Sacred Tomb’s destruction. As Ye Wukui claimed responsibility and prepared to avenge Sikong Jing, Ye Yuexi suddenly appeared and called him to account.

• Ye Wucan told Leng Chan and Old Xin that Sikong Jing was still missing, but a messenger bird brought word that Fragrance Inquiry House had announced his death.
• Xiong Tingting arrived with a Light-Returning Mirror and showed the hall the Saint Martial blow destroying the sacred tomb.
• Leng Chan and Old Xin verified the mirror and accused Ye Wucan and Willow Leaf Holy Manor of causing Sikong Jing’s death.
• Ye Wukui and Liu Shizeng claimed the tragedy was a coincidence and urged the Earth Deciders to join them in seeking revenge against Dragon Controlling Mountain.
• Ye Wukui revealed that he had reached the Emperor Realm and vowed to avenge Sikong Jing and Ye Yuexian.
• Ye Yuexi appeared and challenged Ye Wukui to avenge her elder sister and Jing Gege, prompting Ye Wucan and Ye Wuyu to recognize her.

Su Yuexi and her parents entered Willow Leaf Grand Hall with Ye Wuzhi, who revealed he had reached the Emperor Realm and confronted Ye Wukui. Ye Wuzhi demanded that Liu Shisun explain Su Yuexian’s fall into the Holy Tomb Demon Cave, but Liu Shisun denied knowing anything and the confrontation continued.

• Ye Wuzhi brought Liu Shisun, bound and gagged, into Willow Leaf Grand Hall and confronted Ye Wukui.
• Ye Wukui attacked Ye Wuzhi and tried to seize Liu Shisun, but Ye Wuzhi revealed his Emperor Realm strength and drove him back.
• Ye Wuzhi demanded that Liu Shisun explain how Su Yuexian had fallen into the Holy Tomb Demon Cave, but Liu Shisun denied knowing anything.
• Mei Xiaofang slapped Liu Shisun, and Leng Chan ordered her to deliver three more slaps after Liu Shisun insulted Sikong Jing.
• Ye Wukui clenched his fists and appealed to Ye Wucan.

Ye Wucan tried to dismiss Ye Wuzhi’s accusation against Liu Shisun while Ye Wukui arranged to hide Ye Lushi. Outside the hall, Sikong Jing revealed his plan to help Ye Wuzhi take the manor lord’s position and prepared Xiong Tingting to witness the confrontation.

• Ye Wucan demanded an explanation from Ye Wuzhi, and Liu Shisun accused him of framing and molesting her.
• Ye Wukui asked Xiong Tingting to leave and secretly told her to help Ye Lushi hide, but she intended to help Sikong Jing instead.
• Xiong Tingting found Sikong Jing waiting outside the hall atop a box containing Ye Lushi, while immobilized guards concealed his presence.
• Sikong Jing explained that he wanted Ye Wuzhi to see the family’s true nature and gain the resolve to replace Ye Wucan as manor lord.
• Sikong Jing concealed Xiong Tingting’s aura, while Ye Wucan reprimanded Ye Wuzhi and soothed Su Yuexi and the others.

Ye Wucan and his allies denied responsibility for Su Yuexian’s and Sikong Jing’s deaths while accusing Ye Wuzhi of abducting and humiliating Liu Shisun. Ye Wuzhi’s attempt to win his family’s recognition failed, and they continued to trample his dignity as Su Yuexi waited for Jing Gege to arrive.

• Ye Wucan and Ye Wukui agreed to deny the accusations and pledged to fight Dragon Controlling Mountain to preserve their ties with the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce.
• Ye Wucan accused Ye Wuzhi of pursuing Liu Shisun, while Ye Wukui and Liu Shisun denied that Ye Lushi had forced Su Yuexian into the demon pit.
• Ye Wuzhi urged Ye Wucan to investigate the truth and make amends, and Leng Chan assured him that the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce would not withdraw if Ye Wucan acted honestly.
• Ye Wucan rejected their appeals and accused Ye Wuzhi of using Su Yuexi to take revenge, while Ye Wuyu and Liu Shizeng joined in condemning him.
• Ye Wuzhi roared that he was Ye Wucan’s younger brother too, but Ye Wucan, Ye Wukui, and Ye Wuyu mocked him and demanded that he submit to them.

Ye Wuzhi severed ties with his siblings after they pressured him to kneel and apologize, while Sikong Jing prepared to reveal himself at Willow Leaf Grand Hall. Sikong Jing entered the hall alive and immediately overwhelmed Liu Shisun, leaving Ye Wukui and the others stunned.

• Ye Wuzhi told Ye Wucan, Ye Wuyu, and Ye Wukui that he would cut ties with them.
• Sikong Jing immobilized Xiong Tingting so his presence would remain secret, then headed for Willow Leaf Grand Hall.
• Ye Wucan demanded that Ye Wuzhi kneel and apologize, while Leng Chan and Old Xin warned that his actions had endangered Ye Wukui.
• Sikong Jing entered the hall and asked Ye Wucan whether he had heard that Sikong Jing had died.
• Liu Shisun challenged Sikong Jing, who slapped her, pulled her back, and pinned her beneath his foot, shattering her Emperor Martial King Realm true energy.

Sikong Jing confronted Willow Leaf Holy Manor after revealing that he had survived and exposed Ye Lushi’s role in forcing Ye Yuexian into the Holy Tomb Demon Cave. Ye Wukui and Ye Wucan killed Ye Lushi and Liu Shisun to appease him, but Sikong Jing stopped Ye Wukui from leaving.

• Sikong Jing revealed himself alive and challenged Ye Wucan over whether he could kill Liu Shisun and Ye Lushi.
• Sikong Jing opened the human-shaped box and exposed Ye Lushi, declaring that Ye Lushi had forced Ye Yuexian into the Holy Tomb Demon Cave.
• Ye Wucan asked Ye Wukui what had happened, and Ye Wukui killed Ye Lushi before he could speak.
• Ye Wucan killed Liu Shisun and apologized to Sikong Jing, while Ye Wukui also apologized on behalf of the manor.
• Ye Wukui tried to leave, but Sikong Jing ordered him to stay.

Sikong Jing rejected Willow Leaf Holy Manor’s apology and declared that he would kill Ye Wukui. He revealed that he was Su Yuexi’s husband from the Bright Dragon Mountain Range and confronted Ye Wukui over the old attempt to destroy him, leaving their grudge poised to be settled.

• Sikong Jing refused to accept Willow Leaf Holy Manor’s apology and demanded Ye Wukui’s life.
• Liu Shizeng and Ye Wuyu accused Sikong Jing of pretending to seek vengeance for Ye Yuexian to impress Su Yuexi, but Su Yuexi, Su Zhenglong, and Mei Xiaofang affirmed their trust in him.
• Ye Wukui insulted Su Yuexi and taunted her about her missing husband, but she leaned into Sikong Jing without wavering.
• Sikong Jing said he would no longer let Su Yuexi bear the accusation of abandoning her husband and revealed that he came from the Azure Dragon Small Domain in the Bright Dragon Mountain Range.
• Sikong Jing reminded Ye Wukui that he had taken Su Yuexi away and later sent people to destroy him, then vowed to settle their old and new grudges that night.

Sikong Jing revealed that he was Su Yuexi’s husband and had deliberately forced Willow Leaf Holy Manor into a corner to reclaim her. He demanded that the manor arrange their betrothal and marriage, while its leaders struggled to accept that their own past actions had brought them to this point.

• Sikong Jing revealed his connection to Su Yuexi, and Ye Wukui, Ye Wucan, and Liu Shizeng recognized him as her husband from Bright Dragon Mountain Range.
• Ye Wukui accused Sikong Jing of plotting the events involving Su Yuexi, the Qianyuan Fragment Map, and Liu Shitian’s death, and Sikong Jing confirmed he had planned it all to reclaim his wife and family.
• Sikong Jing demanded that Willow Leaf Holy Manor let him take Su Yuexi and arrange their betrothal and formal marriage.
• Ye Wucan accused Sikong Jing of forcing the manor into a dead end, and Sikong Jing said the manor’s own actions had caused its predicament.
• Su Zhenglong and Ye Wuzhi blamed Ye Wukui and the manor for separating and mistreating Sikong Jing and Su Yuexi’s family, while Ye Wuyu rejected them as family.
• Mei Xiaofang told the manor that Sikong Jing could have become its Sacred Body if they had taken him in.

Sikong Jing confronted Willow Leaf Holy Manor over its past mistreatment of his family and announced that Ye Wukui was next after Liu Shitian. With Ye Wukui’s attack stopped and the manor facing the threat of retaliation, Ye Wucan pleaded with Sikong Jing to talk.

• Mei Xiaofang rebuked Ye Wucan and Willow Leaf Holy Manor for driving Sikong Jing’s family away, while Sikong Jing admitted he had killed Liu Shitian and said Ye Wukui was next.
• Ye Wukui charged at Sikong Jing in a rage, but Ye Wuzhi slapped him back and defended Sikong Jing.
• Leng Chan and Old Xin warned that harming the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce’s Sacred Body could bring Willow Leaf Holy Manor’s destruction.
• Ye Wukui and Liu Shizeng proposed killing Sikong Jing and the others, then blaming Dragon Controlling Mountain, but Su Yuexi revealed Sikong Jing had already sent word outside the city.
• Su Zhenglong warned that Su Old Devil’s remaining followers might be hidden within the manor, and Ye Wucan finally begged Sikong Jing to talk things over.

Sikong Jing proposed a life-or-death mounted battle between Ye Wukui and the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion, and Ye Wucan accepted. At the Willow Leaf Sacred Wall, the scorpion recognized Ye Wukui and his giant beetle as the ones who had killed its offspring, and the two sides prepared to fight in secret.

• Sikong Jing offered Ye Wukui a one-on-one mounted battle and warned that no one could interfere, and Ye Wucan agreed.
• Sikong Jing chose the forbidden ground by the Willow Leaf Sacred Wall as the battlefield and insisted that his survival remain secret from the Saint Martial Stage expert.
• Ye Wucan discovered that the Willow Leaf guards outside, including Xiong Tingting, had been immobilized, and the group left without releasing them.
• The Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion recognized Ye Wukui and his giant beetle as the ones who had captured it and eaten its offspring years earlier.
• Sikong Jing calmed the enraged scorpion and brought it above the Willow Leaf Sacred Wall, where Ye Wukui mounted his beetle to face it.
• Liu Shizeng questioned how the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion could be alive after dying in the Willow Leaf Sacred Tomb, and the gathered manor figures realized its return had to stay secret.

The Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion confronted Ye Wukui and Big Beetle in a life-and-death mounted battle after Ye Wukui revealed he had killed and eaten its child. The Scorpion reached the first Emperor Realm and began overpowering them, while Su Yuexi explained that it was half-demonized.

• Ye Wucan and Ye Wuyu worried that Sikong Jing would struggle to defeat Ye Wukui, while Su Yuexi reassured Leng Chan and Old Xin that Sikong Jing had a Sacred Body.
• Sikong Jing let the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion ask Ye Wukui why he had killed its child, and Ye Wukui admitted that his grandson had wanted to eat it.
• Ye Wukui tried to provoke the Scorpion into madness by threatening to feed it to his grandson, and the Scorpion erupted with power and revealed its first Emperor Realm cultivation.
• The Scorpion attacked Ye Wukui and Big Beetle, forcing them back after three breaths despite their combined resistance.
• Su Yuexi explained that the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion was half-demonized, leaving Leng Chan and Old Xin stunned that it had not gone mad.

Sikong Jing merged with the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion and overwhelmed Ye Wukui, then left the fight to his mount. He landed on the Willow Leaf Sacred Wall to investigate the strange force pulling at him.

• Ye Wukui tried to provoke the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion into devouring Sikong Jing, but Sikong Jing revealed that they could achieve rider-beast unity.
• Sikong Jing and the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion fused their power and struck Ye Wukui and his giant beetle, shattering their defense and blasting them away.
• Sikong Jing's halberd radiance reached the Divine Shuttle Ship, and Ye Wucan needed two breaths to crush it.
• Sikong Jing ended the unity and left Ye Wukui to the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion before landing on the Willow Leaf Sacred Wall.
• Sikong Jing focused on the wall, sensing the strange pulling force that had drawn his attention since his arrival.

The Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion killed Ye Wukui’s giant beetle and poisoned Ye Wukui, while Sikong Jing refused to let Ye Wucan’s group interfere. Ye Wukui’s brothers abandoned him and Ye Wucan blamed him for the family’s troubles as the poison overwhelmed him.

• The Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion tore apart and devoured Ye Wukui’s giant beetle, then pierced Ye Wukui with its poisoned stinger as he fled.
• Ye Wucan led his companions toward Ye Wukui, but Sikong Jing warned that touching the stinger would kill them and that Ye Wukui could not be cured.
• Ye Wukui begged Ye Wucan to capture the scorpion, but Ye Wucan backed down when Sikong Jing threatened to withdraw from Willow Leaf City.
• Ye Wucan blamed Ye Wukui for his own crimes, and Ye Wukui realized his eldest brother had abandoned him.
• Ye Wukui pleaded with Ye Wuzhi and Su Yuexi for help, but Ye Wuzhi declared they had severed all ties and Su Yuexi demanded to know where her sister was.
• Ye Wucan shifted the blame for the family’s troubles onto Ye Wukui, who vomited black blood and fainted.

Ye Wucan abandoned Ye Wukui to die, while Sikong Jing withdrew from the Willow Leaf Sacred Wall after sensing it try to pull him back in. He then took charge of the coming battle against the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall and demanded Willow Leaf Holy Manor follow his orders.

• Ye Wucan left Ye Wukui behind, and the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion devoured him after killing the Big Beetle.
• Ye Wuzhi grieved for Ye Wukui but told Sikong Jing he did not blame him for what had happened.
• Ye Wucan realized Sikong Jing's understanding of the Willow Leaf Sacred Wall might help him reach the Saint Martial Stage and resolved to win Sikong Jing's favor.
• Sikong Jing found the nine points Liu Duoye had been unable to decipher, but stopped exploring when the sacred wall's strange force tried to pull his power back inside.
• Sikong Jing took command of the battle against the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall after Leng Chan and Old Xin agreed to assist him.
• Sikong Jing demanded that Ye Wucan and Willow Leaf Holy Manor obey his commands completely.

Sikong Jing took command of Willow Leaf Holy Manor and demanded its full military and factional intelligence. He warned that hidden enemy forces had already gathered around Willow Leaf City, leaving the manor to prepare for an attack beyond the Saint Martial Stage expert.

• Liu Shizeng and Ye Wuyu challenged Sikong Jing's authority, but Ye Wucan ordered Willow Leaf Holy Manor to obey him.
• Sikong Jing kept the discussion in the Sacred Wall forbidden grounds and ordered the manor to conceal his return from death.
• Sikong Jing demanded records of the manor's forces, formations, outposts, and subordinate factions, prompting Liu Shizeng to object.
• Sikong Jing warned that enemy forces were hidden in the mountains and forests around Willow Leaf City and that investigators might not return.
• Ye Wuyu and Ye Wucan realized a larger force was assembling while another force occupied the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce in the Mad Demon Forest.

Sikong Jing persuaded Willow Leaf Holy Manor to place the Willow Leaf City region under his command, warning that a Saint Martial Stage attack threatened the whole region. He left to select guards for training while the manor agreed to gather intelligence and teach the Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formation throughout the city.

• Sikong Jing explained that the enemy had faked his death and used the Light-Returning Mirror to lure Tyrant Heaven powerhouses into a trap after occupying Willow Leaf Holy Manor.
• Sikong Jing told Ye Wucan and the others that Reverse Blade Sect would fight alongside Willow Leaf Holy Manor if they obeyed his command, and that the attack threatened the entire Willow Leaf City region.
• Ye Wucan agreed to hand over the region's information within one day, and Willow Leaf Holy Manor reluctantly accepted Sikong Jing's demand to teach the Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formation throughout the city.
• Sikong Jing told the manor not to harm Xiong Tingting and to inform her that they would train the city, hoping the news would draw the enemy out.
• Sikong Jing left the forbidden grounds to select more Willow Leaf guards, including overlooked people like Ye Ke and Liu Sanhu, for personal guidance.

Ye Wucan followed Sikong Jing’s plan as Willow Leaf Holy Manor investigated the threat of Dragon Controlling Mountain and prepared to submit to the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce. After reports confirmed troops and demonic dragons gathering outside Willow Leaf City, Ye Wucan delivered the collected materials to Sikong Jing, giving him control of the city’s situation as he prepared to face the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall.

• Ye Wucan decided Willow Leaf Holy Manor would investigate Dragon Controlling Mountain and submit for the time being if it could not resist.
• Ye Wucan questioned Xiong Tingting about the Light-Returning Mirror, and she claimed a mysterious powerhouse had forced her to reveal it.
• Following Sikong Jing’s instructions, Ye Wucan told Xiong Tingting that Dragon Controlling Mountain might be preparing a two-route attack and that the city would publicly learn the Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formation.
• Xiong Tingting sent Ye Wucan’s message to Pei Yupo, who ordered her to observe and record the formation while Pei Chang planned to stage a deliberate show of demonic dragon forces.
• Ye Wucan received reports of troops and demonic dragons gathering around Willow Leaf City and personally brought the materials to Sikong Jing.