Chapter Summaries

Sikong Jing established Entering Cloud Mountain as a new cultivation and inheritance center for the Azure Dragon Small Domain and planned to expand its territory into the One-Claw Domain. He then left to check on the Heavenly Heart Sacred Ancestor and confronted a newly arrived Emperor Realm expert guarding the domain’s edge.

• Sikong Jing recognized Su Beiheng’s sword technique as the Beiheng Origin Shadow Sword and realized it could grow toward God-grade power.
• Sikong Jing arranged for Sui Yu to spread the lake’s Thousand-Beast Flower Blood Drop-infused water throughout the Azure Dragon Small Domain and completed an inheritance formation on Entering Cloud Mountain.
• Sui Yu warned Sikong Jing that overcrowding and shortages were causing disorder, and Sikong Jing said residents could settle in the One-Claw Domain.
• Sikong Jing left Entering Cloud Mountain to check on the Heavenly Heart Sacred Ancestor and deal with the Heavenly Dao Sacred Land’s forces.
• Sikong Jing crossed the One-Claw Domain and found a newly entered Emperor Realm expert guarding its eastern edge, then stepped outside to face the Heavenly Dao experts.

Sikong Jing emerged from the One-Claw Domain and slaughtered the Heavenly Dao Sacred Land experts waiting outside, wielding Su Beiheng’s sword technique. When Heavenly Heart Sacred Ancestor arrived, Sikong Jing challenged him over his recovery, but the ancestor asked to talk.

• The Heavenly Dao Sacred Land experts recognized Sikong Jing as he emerged and surrounded him while one sent word to Heavenly Heart Sacred Ancestor.
• Sikong Jing revealed his King Realm cultivation and used the Beiheng Origin Shadow Sword to kill the encircling experts.
• Sikong Jing defeated the initial Emperor Realm expert, condemning the Heavenly Dao Sacred Land for treating the people of the Eastern Plains Northern Lands as ants.
• Sikong Jing sensed Heavenly Heart Sacred Ancestor arriving and asked how much he had recovered from Su Beiheng’s injuries.
• Heavenly Heart Sacred Ancestor, shaken by Sikong Jing’s strength, emerged and asked to talk.

Sikong Jing refused Heavenly Heart Sacred Ancestor's offer and made him flee, then hurried to rescue Gongyang Ying's grandfather from the Heavenly Dao Sacred Land. He saved Gongyang Ren and reunited him with Gongyang Ying, leaving the Sacred Land forces stunned and wondering what had happened to their ancestor.

• Sikong Jing rejected Heavenly Heart Sacred Ancestor's attempt to negotiate and advanced to attack him.
• Heavenly Heart Sacred Ancestor fled, warning Sikong Jing that Gongyang Ying was in danger, and escaped south.
• Sikong Jing realized the Heavenly Dao Sacred Land could use Gongyang Ren to draw out Gongyang Ying and her companions, so he rushed toward their location.
• The Heavenly Dao Sacred Land held Gongyang Ren hostage while Yang Yi, Hua Meixi, and Gongyang Ying faced them; Hua Meixi urged Gongyang Ying to trust Sikong Jing.
• Sikong Jing appeared, snatched Gongyang Ren from the Sacred Land forces, and returned him safely to Gongyang Ying.
• Gongyang Ying reunited with Gongyang Ren as the Sacred Land experts asked how Sikong Jing had arrived and where Heavenly Heart Sacred Ancestor was.

Sikong Jing defeated the Heavenly Dao Sacred Land’s forces, secured the Azure Dragon Small Domain, and returned to the Central Plains with Yang Yi and the others. At Ancient Sacred Peak, Duanmu Chun told him that the Thousand Prison Tower had suddenly issued a summons.

• Sikong Jing told the Heavenly Dao Sacred Land experts that Heavenly Heart had abandoned them, then let Yang Yi, Hua Meixi, Chou Zhan, and Gongyang Ying fight and kill them.
• Sikong Jing reassured Gongyang Ren that he would not blame the Eastern Plains Northern Lands and declared that the War Soul Dynasty and Long Night Empire would no longer be mortal enemies, while leaving past enemies to face justice.
• Sikong Jing announced the Heavenly Dao Sacred Land’s defeat to the allied army, left the Way of Heaven Academy and Holy Dragon Central Academy’s fate to Chou Zhan, and had Gongyang Ying arrange the allied forces’ withdrawal.
• Sikong Jing spent half a month expanding habitable land in the One-Claw Domain, establishing formations, and opening a passage into the Azure Dragon Small Domain before helping Long Night Empire troops return to the Eastern Plains Northern Lands.
• Sikong Jing said farewell to Sui Yu, Xia Dielian, Ning Jingjing, Ji Shengmang, and the others, then traveled to Ancient Sacred Peak with Yang Yi and the others.
• Duanmu Chun told Sikong Jing that the Thousand Prison Tower had suddenly issued a summons, and Sikong Jing asked him to confirm it.

Sikong Jing learned that the Thousand Kings Holy Tower had ordered its Thousand Prison Tower pawns to gather in two months, forcing him to plan a strike against the tower before their loyalty was tested. As troops withdrew from Overlord Heaven City, he learned the Holy Tower was summoning Central Plains sects to reestablish the Thousand Kings Ten Emperors and offer five positions to the world.

• Duanmu Chun told Sikong Jing that the Thousand Prison Tower pawns had been ordered to gather in two months, risking exposure of those Sikong Jing had won over.
• Sikong Jing decided to destroy the Thousand Prison Tower within two months and set out for the Thousand Kings Holy Tower, then sent letters ordering Old Xiu, Master Wuji, and Su Yuexian to halt their operations and prepare their allies for battle.
• Murong Jianyun informed Sikong Jing that the Thousand Kings Holy Tower had withdrawn its troops from around Overlord Heaven City.
• Sikong Jing received Sikong Ling's report that the Holy Tower planned to summon Central Plains sects and reestablish the Thousand Kings Ten Emperors.
• Tie Binghun arrived with a Holy Tower message announcing that powerful experts could compete for the Ten Emperors and that five positions would be open to the world.

Sikong Jing explained that the Thousand Kings Holy Tower planned to lure the world's top Emperors with five positions among the Thousand Kings Ten Emperors and Saint-grade rewards, gathering powerful sects on its territory to win their support and intimidate rivals. He revealed that the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce also possessed Saint-grade cultivation techniques and martial skills, leaving Tie Binghun and Duanmu Chun stunned.

• Tie Binghun told Sikong Jing and Duanmu Chun that the Thousand Kings Holy Tower had invited him to compete for a place among the Thousand Kings Ten Emperors.
• Sikong Jing explained that Saint-grade rewards and the promise of a mere title would tempt top Emperors to attend, while Pei Kuang could use the gathering to pressure sects and win their allegiance.
• Tie Binghun and Duanmu Chun realized that Pei Kuang was copying Duanmu Chun's strategy of using powerful resources to draw support away from the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce.
• Sikong Jing said the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce could counter the plan because it also possessed Saint-grade cultivation techniques and martial skills.

Sikong Jing decided to use the time granted by the Thousand Kings Holy Tower’s upcoming contest to grow stronger before destroying the Thousand Prison Tower. After training Tie Binghun and Elder Cang Lin, he set out for the Thousand Kings Holy Tower, where the world’s factions and Thousand Prison Tower pawns were gathering.

• Sikong Jing told Duanmu Chun and Tie Binghun that they should avoid fighting the Thousand Kings Holy Tower for now and use the delay to strengthen themselves before he destroyed the Thousand Prison Tower.
• Sikong Jing said he might claim a Thousand Kings Ten Emperors slot, then asked about changes in the Central Plains and planned to travel there after three days at Ancient Sacred Peak.
• Sikong Jing guided Tie Binghun in martial cultivation and helped Elder Cang Lin improve the Qianyuan Battle-Killing Formation before leaving Ancient Sacred Peak alone.
• Sikong Jing told Hua Meixi that he intended to reach the Thousand Kings Holy Tower and rescue Yao Yulou and Jiang Wanyou.
• Sikong Jing returned to Fire Artisan City and saw the Holy Craftsman You Family preparing to travel to the Thousand Kings Holy Tower, with Fu Miaoling among them.

Sikong Jing returned to Overlord Heaven City and reassured the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce that he could strengthen its foundation with better battle diagrams and cultivation resources. He announced he would enter the Thousand Kings Ten Emperors Battle, then defeated East Mist in a sparring match.

• Sikong Jing entered Overlord Heaven City as residents debated the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce’s declining business and the Thousand Kings Holy Tower’s Ten Emperors Battle.
• Murong Jianyun and the Heavenly Judgment Hall discussed whether the Chamber of Commerce should participate, while Old Xin proposed holding a rival battle with Saint-grade rewards.
• Sikong Jing arrived and revealed that he could produce seventy-percent Qianyuan Battle-Killing Diagrams and green jade stone bricks to help Overlord Heaven’s experts advance.
• Sikong Jing declared that he would participate in the Thousand Kings Ten Emperors Battle himself, then challenged East Mist to fight.
• East Mist sparred with Sikong Jing and was defeated, leaving the Chamber of Commerce’s leaders stunned.

After Sikong Jing defeated Dong Wu, the Tyrant Heaven higher-ups recognized his rapid growth and prepared for the coming war. Sikong Jing revealed his plan to unleash demon beasts inside the Thousand Kings Holy Tower and destroy the Thousand Prison Tower, then Tyrant Lotus Venerable asked whether Tyrant Soul Venerable had gone to Boundless Sea.

• Dong Wu’s defeat led Leng Chan and the other Tyrant Heaven higher-ups to accept Sikong Jing’s strength, while Bei Cang vowed to reach the Saint Martial Stage within two months.
• Sikong Jing told Murong Jianyun that Pei Kuang could not casually summon the demon beast from his One-Claw Domain again.
• Sikong Jing said he would fill the Thousand Kings Holy Tower with demon beasts and bring the Beast Slaughter Array there to destroy the Thousand Prison Tower.
• Sikong Jing and Murong Jianyun arrived at the Teng Residence, where Tyrant Lotus Venerable eagerly greeted Sikong Jing before asking if Tyrant Soul Venerable had gone to Boundless Sea.

Sikong Jing revealed to Tyrant Lotus Venerable that Tyrant Soul Venerable was alive in Boundless Sea and had gone there to save Su Beiheng, then warned her of the dangers of pursuing him. After more than twenty days of studying ways to advance at the Saint Martial Stage, Sikong Jing prepared to leave for the Thousand Kings Holy Tower with the Thousand Kings Ten Emperors Battle approaching.

• Sikong Jing confirmed that Tyrant Soul Venerable was alive in Boundless Sea and warned Tyrant Lotus Venerable not to go there alone.
• Sikong Jing told Tyrant Lotus Venerable and Murong Jianyun that Tyrant Soul Venerable had gone to Boundless Sea to save Su Beiheng.
• Tyrant Lotus Venerable cursed Tyrant Soul Venerable for keeping the matter from her but resolved to hold back and help crush the Thousand Kings Holy Tower.
• Sikong Jing explained what he knew about the Desolate Sea Absolute Formation, the Blood Demon Grand Formation, and the Six-Clawed Hybrid Beast to Tyrant Lotus Venerable.
• Sikong Jing, Murong Jianyun, and Tyrant Lotus Venerable spent more than twenty days studying treasures and beast meridians to find ways to advance at the Saint Martial Stage.
• With half a month left before the Thousand Kings Ten Emperors Battle, Sikong Jing announced that he was leaving for the Thousand Kings Holy Tower.

After leaving the Teng Residence Minor Mystic Realm, Sikong Jing refused to let Xiong Tingting risk her life in the Thousand Prison Tower operation and gave her a message bird so she could help the rescued people afterward. Ten days later, he reached the outskirts of Wind Thunder City, one of the Thousand Kings Holy Tower’s Ten Emperor Cities, while his Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion was set to join Old Xiu and the others.

• Tyrant Lotus Venerable and Murong Jianyun praised Sikong Jing’s martial insights and planned to strengthen their own cultivation before the coming battle.
• Xiong Tingting asked Sikong Jing to take her along to destroy the Thousand Prison Tower, but he told her to meet Old Xiu after the battle and help settle the rescued people.
• Sikong Jing gave Xiong Tingting a message bird, and she promised to complete the mission as her daughter wondered why he did not exploit her.
• After ten days of travel, Sikong Jing entered the Thousand Kings Holy Tower’s territory and arrived in Wind Thunder City’s region.
• Sikong Jing left the conspicuous Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion in the mountains to join Old Xiu and the others for the planned retreat operation.

Sikong Jing entered Wind Nine City to obtain a qualification token for the Holy Son's martial companion battle, which was required to continue toward Hundred Venerables City and Ten Emperors City. He passed the tests and suspected Pei Kuang was using the blood collection to screen the battle-body geniuses.

• Old Xiu, Master Wuji, and Su Yuexian's parties gathered outside the Thousand Kings Holy Tower's territory and arranged their retreat route with Sikong Jing's help.
• Sikong Jing traveled through Wind Thunder City and considered how the Thousand Kings Holy Tower had scheduled the martial companion battle, the Ten Emperors Battle, and the gathering of the Thousand Prison Tower's chess pieces.
• Sikong Jing reached Wind Nine City and joined the line for the Holy Son's martial companion battle qualification tests.
• Sikong Jing passed the age, battle physique, and combat cultivation tests, gave the guards a false name, and left blood that could not be used to track him.
• Sikong Jing received a Thousand Kings Token and headed for Hundred Venerables City, suspecting Pei Kuang was screening battle-body geniuses through the collected blood.

Sikong Jing entered Wind Thunder City to gather information before the Saint Son companion warrior battle, while Pei Kuang revealed that the contest was a way to collect battle-body geniuses’ blood for Jiang Wanyou’s search for a Fierce Charm Sacred Body. Pei Kuang gave Jiang Wanyou five days to find a compatible bloodline, leaving her under intense pressure.

• Sikong Jing passed the selection and arrived in Wind Thunder City, where he listened to the participating disciples while waiting for the battle to begin.
• A Thousand King powerhouse announced that the Ten Emperors Cities were sealed and that the companion warrior battle would begin the next day.
• Pei Kuang summoned Jiang Wanyou and offered her a chance to see Yao Yulou if she screened the gathered battle-body geniuses’ blood for Fierce Charm compatibility.
• Pei Kuang’s ten Divine Shuttle Ships delivered blood from countless geniuses to Jiang Wanyou.
• Jiang Wanyou warned that screening such a vast quantity would take time, but Pei Kuang demanded that she show results within five days.

Jiang Wanyou was forced by Pei Kuang to find blood that could create a Fierce Charm Sacred Body, while he threatened Yao Yulou and his family. Elsewhere, a drunken Brother Luo praised Sikong Devil over the Thousand Kings Holy Son in a Wind Thunder City tavern, alarming Brother Zhang.

• Pei Kuang gave Jiang Wanyou five days to show hope of creating a Fierce Charm Sacred Body and threatened to cripple Yao Yulou, then kill his parents and Yao Yulou if she failed within fifty days.
• Qian Ta collected the bottles of battle body geniuses' blood and forced Jiang Wanyou to begin screening them, warning that Yao Yulou would become a cripple if she showed no hope in five days.
• Jiang Wanyou opened bottles of blood, knowing she needed to find a suitable candidate and fearing that Pei Kuang would kill Yao Yulou and his parents even if she succeeded.
• At a tavern in Wind Thunder City, Brother Luo asked Brother Zhang whether his sect would submit to the Thousand Kings Holy Tower if he became the Thousand Kings Holy Son's martial companion.
• Brother Luo declared that he did not want to be a martial companion and thought Sikong Devil was stronger, so Brother Zhang covered his mouth before he could say more.

Sikong Jing left the tavern after deciding to stir up trouble for Pei Kuang, but Xu He recognized him as Sikong Buwang. Northern Abyss Cold Mountain’s disciples concluded he might be Sikong Devil and prepared to report him to their Mountain Lord.

• Brother Zhang knocked out Brother Luo for drunkenly praising Sikong Devil, while other tavern patrons sent messages to curry favor with Thousand Kings Holy Tower.
• Sikong Jing left the tavern, intending to cause deaths that night and disrupt Pei Kuang’s plans.
• Xu He recognized Sikong Jing as Sikong Buwang, whom he remembered from Ten Thousand Ice City.
• Northern Abyss Cold Mountain’s disciples debated whether Sikong Buwang was Sikong Devil, and Xu He insisted he was certain of his identity.
• Xu He urged his chief senior brother to inform the Mountain Lord at once so their sect could gain merit with Thousand Kings Holy Tower.

Sikong Jing followed the trail to the Ten Thousand Lands Sect’s residence, intending to intervene after Thousand Kings Holy Tower came to punish Luo Chunye for drinking with him. The Tower’s knights arrived, and the sect master brought out the bound Luo Chunye to face them.

• Xu He and the Northern Abyss Cold Mountain disciples secretly tracked Sikong Jing, hoping to capture him and claim the credit for themselves.
• Sikong Jing reached the Ten Thousand Lands Sect’s estate and overheard its elder warn Luo Chunye that Thousand Kings Holy Tower would hold the sect responsible for his drinking.
• The elder told Luo Chunye that the sect had to swear allegiance to Thousand Kings Holy Tower to save him, since abandoning him would be seen as a declaration of war.
• Qiu Leiyin and a squad of Thousand Kings Knights arrived at the estate and demanded that the sect master come out.
• The Ten Thousand Lands Sect’s master appeared at the gate carrying the bound Luo Chunye.

Sikong Buwang attacked the Thousand Kings knights as they took Luo Chunye away, killing all but Qiu Leiyin. He ended the chapter disguised by frost mist, calling himself a demon.

• The Ten Thousand Lands Sect Master handed Luo Chunye over to Qiu Leiyin and pleaded for his release.
• Brother Zhang and his grandfather watched helplessly as the Thousand Kings Holy Tower pressured the Ten Thousand Lands Sect to swear allegiance.
• Sikong Buwang drew an icy sword and rushed at Qiu Leiyin and the knights as they prepared to leave.
• Sikong Buwang froze the Thousand Kings knights and shattered them, leaving Qiu Leiyin alive.
• Sikong Buwang landed on a mount, concealed his face with frost mist, and told Qiu Leiyin that he was a demon too.

Sikong Jing revealed himself as the “Sikong Devil” and attacked Qiu Leiyin after intervening to save Luo Chunye. He overwhelmed the Ten Thousand Lands Sect, leaving its master to shield Qiu Leiyin and offer his own life.

• Sikong Jing declared that a devil dared to kill in Wind Thunder City and struck Qiu Leiyin, who was caught by the Ten Thousand Lands Sect Master.
• Qiu Leiyin ordered the Ten Thousand Lands Sect Master to capture Sikong Jing, so the master led his experts in a desperate attack to prove they were not allied with him.
• Sikong Jing used Frost Mystic Prison to freeze and grievously wound the Ten Thousand Lands Sect Master and his experts.
• Sikong Jing approached the pinned Qiu Leiyin and raised his sword to kill him.
• The Ten Thousand Lands Sect Master stepped in front of Qiu Leiyin and asked Sikong Jing to kill him instead.

Sikong Jing killed Qiu Leiyin after making the Ten Thousand Lands Sect Master appear to die, secretly intending to save the master and his sect from Thousand Kings Holy Tower. As onlookers fabricated alibis and mourned Qiu, Northern Abyss Cold Mountain disciples recognized the Frost Swordsman Devil and considered exposing him as Sikong Buwang.

• Sikong Jing stabbed the Ten Thousand Lands Sect Master and kicked him beside Luo Chunye, while threatening to kill Qiu Leiyin next.
• Luo Chunye remembered Sikong Jing's private instructions and pretended to grieve, understanding that his master had only faked his death to protect the Ten Thousand Lands Sect.
• Qiu Leiyin called for help, but Brother Zhang's grandfather and other experts fled or held back rather than confront Sikong Jing.
• Sikong Jing stabbed Qiu Leiyin to death and vanished in a swirl of frost mist, after which the onlookers rushed forward and pretended they had arrived too late.
• Northern Abyss Cold Mountain disciples gathered in the shadows, recognized Sikong Jing, and discussed exposing him as Sikong Buwang.

Sikong Jing trapped the Northern Abyss Cold Mountain disciples who had followed him and took them away, intending to meet their Mountain Lord. Afterward, Luo Chunye revealed that he wanted to follow the Frost Swordsman, whom he considered more impressive than the Thousand Kings Holy Son.

• Xu He realized Sikong Buwang must have noticed the Northern Abyss disciples following him and urged them to split up and flee.
• Sikong Jing appeared, trapped the disciples behind a barrier, and revealed that he was Sikong Buwang, who had supposedly died in Wuji Town.
• Sikong Jing challenged Xu He about following him, then spared the group for the moment and took them away to meet their Northern Abyss Mountain Lord.
• Brother Zhang urged Luo Chunye to stop drinking after the disaster, but Luo Chunye said he had seen the Frost Swordsman's face.
• Luo Chunye told Brother Zhang he wanted to follow the Frost Swordsman, whom he considered more badass than the Thousand Kings Holy Son.