Chapter Summaries

Su Yuexi provoked Nan Hedun and his companions by praising the Overlord Soul inheritor until Sikong Jing appeared. Sikong Jing punished the three for threatening her, then teased Su Yuexi about admiring him.

• Su Yuexi taunted Nan Hedun, Ming Yan, and Gong Yi by saying the Overlord Soul inheritor would punish them for bullying her.
• Nan Hedun boasted that he could defeat Sikong Jing, who then emerged from the crowd and challenged him to try.
• Nan Hedun threatened Su Yuexi and tried to leave with his companions, but Sikong Jing ordered the three to slap themselves before they could go.
• When they refused, Sikong Jing struck them with a barrage of phantom palms until they collapsed, then dismissed them for abusing their authority.
• Sikong Jing turned to Su Yuexi and asked whether he had heard correctly that she admired him.

Sikong Jing refrained from killing Nan Hedun and the others, but Gong Ying arrived and revealed that Ju Dan had brought people from his past to use as hostages. Sikong Jing agreed to follow Gong Ying to the Tyrant Fierce Residence to collect them, despite her threat that Tyrant Fierce Venerable would kill them if he acted rashly.

• Su Yuexi left after Sikong Jing told her to return, and he decided not to kill Nan Hedun and the other two.
• Gong Ying arrived, took Gong Yi and the others away, and told Sikong Jing that Ju Dan had brought gifts for her, Tyrant Fierce Venerable, and him.
• Sikong Jing followed Gong Ying to a Divine Shuttle Ship, where she gave him Lang Yisuo's Long Night Holy Dragon Palace token.
• Gong Ying revealed that Ju Dan had also brought Hua Lidian and other people from Sikong Jing's past, and threatened to have them killed if he acted rashly.
• Sikong Jing agreed to accompany Gong Ying to the Tyrant Fierce Residence to collect his people.

Gong Ying took Sikong Jing to Tyrant Fierce Residence under guard while Su Yuexi trusted he would return safely. Meanwhile, Qian Ta coerced Xiong Tingting into a mission and learned that Tyrant Fierce Venerable planned to surrender Ba Hun’s living heir to him, prompting him to leave to claim the gift.

• Gong Ying and her companions watched Sikong Jing closely as their Divine Shuttle Ship headed for Tyrant Fierce Residence.
• Su Yuexi declined to alert others and said she would wait for Sikong Jing to return after meeting Extinguishing Love Venerable and Wen Ge.
• Qian Ta arrived at Fresh Martial Town and summoned Xiong Tingting’s daughter, threatening to harm her if Xiong Tingting failed to kill Lord Pei Xie.
• Qian Ta received word that Tyrant Fierce Venerable would surrender Ba Hun’s living heir to him and left to accept the offer, while Xiong Tingting feared something had happened to Sikong Jing.

Sikong Jing arrived at Tyrant Fierce Residence and reunited with Lang Yisuo and the other captives, only to learn that Ju Dan had used Lang Yisuo as bait to draw him into a trap. Tyrant Fierce Venerable confronted him and began to explain why he had let Sikong approach the hostages.

• Xiong Tingting was summoned by Murong Grand Heaven Duel and left for Overlord Heaven Inner City, worried about Sikong Jing and her daughter.
• Sikong Jing arrived at Tyrant Fierce Residence and saw Lang Yisuo, Lang Zhengzhi, Hua Lidian, Old Mo, and other Eastern Plains Northern Lands figures hanging from the courtyard walls.
• Lang Yisuo warned Sikong Jing to run because Tyrant Fierce Venerable wanted to kill him and the hostages were surrounded by a trap.
• Ju Dan whipped at Lang Yisuo, and Sikong Jing caught the whip before it struck him.
• Ju Dan revealed that she had baited Sikong Jing into rushing to protect Lang Yisuo, and Tyrant Fierce Venerable praised her before asking Sikong why he had allowed him near the hostages.

Sikong Jing entered Tyrant Fierce Residence to save Lang Yisuo and the others, only to discover Tyrant Fierce Venerable had deliberately let him approach so a trap could ensnare him. Tyrant Fierce activated the barrier around Sikong Jing and the hostages, leaving them surrounded.

• Hua Lidian and Lang Yisuo warned Sikong Jing that they were at the center of a terrifying trap and urged him not to come.
• Tyrant Fierce Venerable explained that he had feared Sikong Jing might contact Murong Jianyun and had lured him in to prevent that.
• Tyrant Fierce revealed that Ju Dan had predicted Sikong Jing would risk himself to save his friends, and Ju Dan boasted that she had intended to seize more of his friends.
• Sikong Jing declared that Lang Yisuo and the others were his brothers and friends, while Lang Zhengzhi urged him to escape without worrying about them.
• Tyrant Fierce ordered the trap activated, and a fiery barrier made from Emperor-grade weapons and formation artifacts enclosed Sikong Jing and the hostages.

Sikong Jing rescued Lang Yisuo and the others while deducing that Tyrant Fierce Venerable planned to betray the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce and hand him over to the Thousand Kings Holy Tower. As the Thousand Kings Holy Tower's people were due to arrive soon, Sikong Jing used the Space Sacred Key to suppress the Imperial artifacts powering the barrier.

• Tyrant Fierce Venerable surrounded Sikong Jing and Lang Yisuo's group with archers and a blazing barrier, confident they could not escape.
• Sikong Jing cut Lang Yisuo and the others free and used Multi-Leaf Seals to heal their wounds.
• Sikong Jing deduced that Tyrant Fierce Venerable intended to defect to the Thousand Kings Holy Tower and deliver him alive as proof of allegiance.
• Tyrant Fierce Venerable confirmed his plan and admitted that he had gambled on Sikong Jing's concern for his companions.
• Sikong Jing revealed the Space Sacred Key and used its power to suppress the Imperial artifacts that formed the blazing barrier.

Sikong Jing escaped the blazing-fire barrier by using the Space Sacred Key to suppress its Emperor artifact, leaving Lang Yisuo, Hua Lidian, and the others protected inside. With the Dark Tower master on his way, Sikong Jing decided he had to defeat the Tyrant Fierce Residence himself, then killed Nan Hedun to begin the fight.

• Sikong Jing used the Space Sacred Key to create a brief fissure in the blazing-fire barrier and escape, while the barrier sealed again around Lang Yisuo, Hua Lidian, and the others.
• The Tyrant Fierce Venerable strengthened the Tyrant Fierce Grand Formation, then learned from a messenger bird that the Dark Tower master was approaching.
• Sikong Jing realized he had to slaughter the Tyrant Fierce Residence before the Dark Tower master arrived so he could rescue those trapped inside the barrier.
• Gong Ying taunted Sikong Jing about being unable to call for help, but Sikong Jing raised the Tyrant War King Halberd and declared his challenge to the residence.
• Nan Hedun mocked Sikong Jing, who answered by cutting him down with a halberd beam.

Sikong Jing challenged Tyrant Fierce Residence and revealed Venerable-level battle power by defeating Gong Ying with one halberd strike. As Tyrant Fierce Venerable confronted him, Sikong Jing broke through to the fourth realm of Emperor Exit, and the chapter ended with him raising frost shields against a barrage of arrows.

• Gong Ying confronted Sikong Jing after Nan Hedun's death, but Sikong Jing struck her down with Seven Beast Mad Demon Halberd, forcing Tyrant Fierce Venerable to catch her.
• Tyrant Fierce Residence's people realized Sikong Jing possessed battle power capable of defeating a Venerable, and Tyrant Fierce Venerable stepped forward to suppress him with his fifth-stage Venerable aura.
• Sikong Jing used his comprehension of the Saint Martial Stage Dark Wing Dragon Eagle meridian to break through from the first to the fourth realm of Emperor Exit, pushing back Tyrant Fierce Venerable's aura.
• Tyrant Fierce Venerable ordered his archers to fire at Sikong Jing, who summoned Ice Eternal Thousand Shields to defend himself.

Sikong Jing turned Tyrant Fierce’s arrow barrage against his forces, then used Shadow Moon to assassinate his surviving subordinates. As Tyrant Fierce’s group gathered for protection, Sikong Jing unleashed two hammer attacks on them.

• Sikong Jing reversed his Ice Eternal shields and sent the frozen arrows sweeping back through Tyrant Fierce’s forces, killing nearly everyone below King Realm, including Ju Dan.
• Sikong Jing challenged Tyrant Fierce Venerable and warned that he would kill Gong Ying and the others before fighting him.
• Sikong Jing used Shadow Moon to vanish and assassinated two King Realm experts while Tyrant Fierce failed to catch him.
• Gong Ying led the survivors into a group to defend against Sikong Jing’s attacks.
• Sikong Jing appeared and swung the Heaven-Devouring Hammer at Gong Ying and the gathered survivors, then called out the War Demon Hammer against Tyrant Fierce.

Sikong Jing overwhelmed Gong Ying and the King Realm experts, then broke through to the fifth realm of the Emperor Martial Stage and fought Tyrant Fierce Venerable inside the formation. Gong Ying escaped the formation intending to summon an Army-Slaying Formation and stall until the master of Dark Tower arrived.

• Sikong Jing shattered Gong Ying and the others' true qi shield, killing the King Realm experts and leaving Gong Ying badly wounded.
• Sikong Jing challenged Tyrant Fierce Venerable, who decided to hold him off until the master of Dark Tower arrived.
• Sikong Jing advanced to the fifth realm of the Emperor Martial Stage and drew the Dark Wing Black Flame Sword and the Golden Frost Spirit Sparrow Sword.
• Sikong Jing and Tyrant Fierce Venerable fought fiercely inside the Tyrant Fierce Grand Formation for seven or eight minutes without either gaining the upper hand.
• Lang Yisuo warned Sikong Jing that Gong Ying was approaching the formation's edge, but Sikong Jing said she could leave without posing a threat.
• Gong Ying escaped the formation and said she would form an Army-Slaying Formation to surround them and stall for the master of Dark Tower.

Sikong Jing recovered from his wounds, defeated the Tyrant Fierce Venerable’s attempt to trap him, and seized control of the Tyrant Fierce Residence’s troops. After killing Gong Ying and breaking the Blazing Fire Barrier, he rescued Lang Yisuo and the others, leaving the Tyrant Fierce Venerable to flee for now.

• Sikong Jing used the Multi-Leaf Seal to recover most of his strength and overwhelmed the injured Tyrant Fierce Venerable with Nether Lotus Frenzied Whip.
• When the Tyrant Fierce Venerable tried to crush him with the Tyrant Fierce Grand Formation, Sikong Jing used the Space Sacred Key to break through and escape it.
• Gong Ying sent the Tyrant Fierce Residence’s troops to attack, but Sikong Jing used Qianyuan Battle-Killing Formation, Forced Troop Control to take command of them.
• Sikong Jing used the troops’ Army-Slaying power to kill Gong Ying and turn the formation against the Tyrant Fierce Venerable, who fled.
• Sikong Jing ordered the troops to shatter the Blazing Fire Barrier, then freed Lang Yisuo and the others and prepared to lead them out of Tyrant Fierce Residence.

Sikong Jing sent Lang Yisuo, Hua Lidian, and the others to safety before returning to face Tyrant Fierce Venerable. Tyrant Fierce Venerable revealed he planned to capture Sikong Jing and gamble on using him to escape Overlord Heaven City.

• Sikong Jing transported Lang Yisuo, Hua Lidian, and the others to the Tyrant Fierce Residence, then used a herd of demon beasts to help them escape into the busy streets.
• Sikong Jing reassured Hua Lidian about his family, and the group left safely while thanking Sikong Jing.
• Sikong Jing sent message birds to Captain Yang Yi, Hua Meixi, and Murong Jianyun, then returned to confront Tyrant Fierce Venerable.
• Tyrant Fierce Venerable emerged on a Venerable-realm beast with powerful demon-beast mounts and explained that he intended to capture Sikong Jing and use him to secure the master of Dark Tower's help escaping.
• Sikong Jing warned that the master of Dark Tower would risk being killed by Grand Heaven Duel and the others if he appeared, but Tyrant Fierce Venerable chose to gamble with Sikong Jing's life.

Sikong Jing drove Tyrant Fierce Venerable from his residence by frightening away his beast mounts, then chased him through Overlord Heaven City. As Qian Ta reconsidered his next move and Murong Jianyun prepared to respond to the danger, the chapter left their actions unresolved.

• Sikong Jing used his Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts aura to make Tyrant Fierce Venerable's mounts abandon him and flee Tyrant Fierce Residence.
• Tyrant Fierce Venerable fled, and Sikong Jing chased him through the sky so the people of Overlord Heaven City would witness the hunt.
• Qian Ta decided not to rescue Tyrant Fierce Venerable, then changed course and headed toward Tyrant Fierce Residence to investigate Sikong Jing.
• Xiong Tingting heard Sikong Jing's voice and continued onward with Fresh Martial Town's Tyrant generals, relieved that he was safe.
• Murong Jianyun learned that Leng Sha and Bai Xiaojin had returned and prepared to head for Tyrant Fierce Residence after sensing its military killing intent.

Murong Jianyun learned that Sikong Jing was pursuing Tyrant Fierce Venerable and trusted him enough to let him handle the matter. After Leng Sha revealed Sikong Jing's plan to protect Xiong Tingting and abandon Pei Xie as a witness, Murong Jianyun ordered Pei Xie taken to the battlements of Overlord Heaven Inner City.

• Murong Jianyun received Sikong Jing's message not to interfere at the Tyrant Fierce Residence, then allowed Sikong Jing to pursue Tyrant Fierce Venerable.
• South Wind accused Sikong Jing of settling a personal grudge and urged Murong Jianyun to intervene, but Murong Jianyun refused.
• Pei Xie demanded that Xiong Tingting be brought to him before he would agree to testify against the Thousand Kings Holy Tower.
• Leng Sha and Bai Xiaojin arrived, and Leng Sha told Murong Jianyun that Sikong Jing intended to protect Xiong Tingting and no longer needed Pei Xie as a witness.
• Murong Jianyun ordered the guards to take Pei Xie to the battlements, saying he had changed his mind and would make Pei Xie's death exciting.

Murong Jianyun arranged for Sikong Jing to kill Pei Xie so the Thousand Kings Holy Tower would focus on Sikong Jing and overlook Xiong Tingting. Sikong Jing forced the Tyrant Fierce Venerable to flee toward Overlord Heaven Inner City, while Qian Ta arrived at the deserted Tyrant Fierce Residence and examined Ju Dan's corpse.

• Murong Jianyun told Leng Sha to ask Sikong Jing to kill Pei Xie, making the killing appear to justify expelling Sikong Jing from the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce.
• Leng Sha sent Sikong Jing a letter explaining that his apparent lawlessness would help protect Xiong Tingting from suspicion.
• Sikong Jing blasted the Tyrant Fierce Venerable out of a lake with a Beast Slaughter Array and steered him toward Overlord Heaven Inner City.
• The wounded Tyrant Fierce Venerable fled toward the inner city, hoping to hide among the experts gathered to buy Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formations.
• Qian Ta entered the empty Tyrant Fierce Residence, found Ju Dan's corpse, and pressed a finger to her brow.

Qian Ta briefly restored Ju Dan’s Spirit Shadow to learn what had happened at Tyrant Fierce Residence, but she vanished before explaining how Sikong Jing escaped the trap. In Overlord Heaven City, Murong Jianyun publicly accused the Thousand Kings Holy Tower of creating the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall and plunging the world into chaos.

• Qian Ta condensed Ju Dan’s Spirit Shadow and learned that she had died before she could explain how Sikong Jing overcame the Blazing Fire Barrier.
• Qian Ta considered whether Sikong Jing could be turned into a Thousand Prison Tower chess piece, then decided Madam Raccoon must identify him before Yao Yulou acted.
• Qian Ta saw Pei Xie escorted onto the city tower and hurried away to find Xiong Tingting, suspecting she had revealed something.
• Murong Jianyun introduced Pei Xie to the crowd as a Thousand Kings Holy Tower formation master and accused the tower of creating the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall.
• Murong Jianyun began recounting the war at Willow Leaf City and the Thousand Kings Holy Tower’s control of the Jade Appraisal Chamber of Commerce.

Murong Jianyun publicly accused the Thousand Kings Holy Tower and let Pei Xie speak, while Sikong Jing secretly pursued Tyrant Fierce Venerable through Overlord Heaven City. Pei Xie began by denouncing Murong Jianyun’s account, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Murong Jianyun ordered Xiong Tingting to remain in Overlord Heaven Outer City, and she left the Overlord General’s mount as Qian Ta found her.
• A Thousand Kings Holy Tower supporter challenged Murong Jianyun’s account, and others demanded that Pei Xie confirm it himself.
• Murong Jianyun removed the seal on Pei Xie’s mouth while Sikong Jing closed in on Tyrant Fierce Venerable through the crowd.
• Pei Xie shouted that everything Murong Jianyun had said was bullshit.

Sikong Jing publicly attacked Pei Xie after Pei Xie denounced Murong Jianyun, then tortured him while presenting himself as a ruthless enemy of the Thousand Kings Holy Tower. As defectors began condemning the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce, Murong Jianyun held his ground and the staged expulsion plan remained in motion.

• Sikong Jing appeared on the gate tower and slapped Pei Xie after Pei Xie began insulting Murong Jianyun’s account.
• Sikong Jing identified himself as Ba Hun’s successor, then tore off Pei Xie’s arm when Pei Xie repeated his accusations.
• Murong Jianyun warned Dong Wu and the others not to interfere, preserving Sikong Jing’s plan to kill Pei Xie and be expelled from the chamber of commerce.
• Xiong Tingting told Qian Ta that Sikong Jing was trying to torture the truth out of Pei Xie, and Qian Ta praised Pei Xie’s resolve while suggesting Xiong might need to continue her mission.
• Thousand Kings Holy Tower defectors cursed Sikong Jing and accused the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce of controlling the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall, while Murong Jianyun remained calm.

Sikong Jing tortured Pei Xie, restored him, then killed him and let his spirit projection disperse, leaving the crowd confused by his actions. Murong Jianyun ended the chapter by ordering Bei Cang to curse Sikong Jing.

• Sikong Jing restored Pei Xie's body with the Multi-Leaf Seal and threatened to tear him apart again unless he told the truth.
• Pei Xie refused to change his account, so Sikong Jing pierced his heart and killed him.
• Sikong Jing extracted Pei Xie's spirit projection, told him to disperse, and slapped him away when he began to speak.
• Pei Xie realized Sikong Jing and Murong Jianyun were using a plan of retreating in order to advance, but chose not to reveal more and detonated his spirit projection.
• Xiong Tingting felt the suspicion around her had eased, while the crowd remained baffled by Sikong Jing's behavior.
• Murong Jianyun told Bei Cang to curse Sikong Jing.

Sikong Jing killed Pei Xie, the witness whose testimony might have implicated the Thousand Kings Holy Tower, and the crowd began turning against the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce. Murong Jianyun arranged for the Chamber’s leaders to publicly condemn Sikong Jing, leaving onlookers to see them as genuinely devastated and perhaps innocent.

• Bei Cang cursed Sikong Jing as Murong Jianyun instructed, and Sikong Jing replied that he had spared Pei Xie further torture.
• Dong Wu accused Sikong Jing of silencing the witness, while Sikong Jing proclaimed that people knew the Thousand Kings Holy Tower’s ambitions.
• Supporters of the Thousand Kings Holy Tower accused the Chamber of destroying Willow Leaf City, frightening its leaders and members.
• Nan Feng, Bei Cang, and other Chamber authorities loudly condemned Sikong Jing, some sincerely and others as part of Murong Jianyun’s plan.
• Su Yuexi and Sikong Ling told people in the crowd that the Chamber’s grief appeared genuine and that it might be innocent of the attacks.