Chapter Summaries

Sikong Jing returned to the battlefield, killed Pei Yugong with one kick, and unsettled Pei Kuang by claiming he could enter and leave the mysterious prison freely. The old man in beast skins dismissed Sikong Jing as a fifth-realm Venerable and ordered A-Dai to capture him, leaving A-Dai attacking him.

• Sikong Jing killed Pei Yugong with a sweeping kick, shocking the kneeling Overlord Heaven forces.
• Pei Kuang stopped his Saint Martial experts from attacking and questioned Sikong Jing about his return and connection to Cangyu Sect.
• Sikong Jing claimed Thousand Kings Holy Tower was doomed and said the prison's wardens would not pursue him when he entered or left.
• Pei Kuang grew agitated and challenged Sikong Jing's account of how he had reached the prison.
• The old man in beast skins ordered A-Dai to capture Sikong Jing, and A-Dai enveloped him in Saint Martial Stage true energy.

Sikong Jing used the Space Sacred Key to seize A-Dai and lure the three Boundless Sea experts away from the battlefield, giving the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce renewed confidence. After the battle began, Sikong Jing emerged elsewhere with A-Dai and disrupted the surrounding space to delay the pursuing beastskin-clad elder.

• Sikong Jing suppressed A-Dai’s Sacred Martial True Qi with the Space Sacred Key and dragged him through a spatial passage.
• The beastskin-clad elder recognized the Space Sacred Artifact and pursued Sikong Jing with another subordinate.
• Murong Jianyun told the Tyrant Heaven forces that Sikong Jing had returned, killed Pei Yugong, and drawn away the three Boundless Sea experts.
• Pei Kuang rallied his troops, and the Thousand Kings and Tyrant Heaven forces began fighting.
• Sikong Jing emerged from the spatial passage with A-Dai and used the Space Sacred Key to throw the surrounding space into disorder.

Sikong Jing revealed that he was the Blood Devour Magic Beast who had killed A-Dai’s two companions, then entered the Emperor Realm through his Demonic Path First Form. He challenged A-Dai to test his new strength and began attacking him with Su Beiheng’s sword art.

• Sikong Jing used his demonic-form spirit shadow and transformed into the Blood Devour Magic Beast, revealing his identity to A-Dai.
• Sikong Jing broke through from the Venerable Realm into the Emperor Realm while demonized.
• Sikong Jing told A-Dai he had brought him away to test his combat power and kill him, and A-Dai attacked with Saint Martial strength.
• Sikong Jing blocked A-Dai’s finger force with the Beiheng Origin Shadow Sword and rushed at him through a storm of sword shadows.
• A-Dai roared that overwhelming true qi could break any technique as Sikong Jing’s sword shadows engulfed him.

Sikong Jing defeated A-Dai and learned that the pursuers had found the secret realm left behind by his parents, though they knew nothing of what happened to them. After A-Dai died, his spirit shadow named a supposedly dead Humanoid Fierce Beast before it was destroyed, leaving the two elders searching for whoever had intervened.

• Sikong Jing overwhelmed A-Dai with his sword techniques and demonic power, driving him into a deep pit.
• Sikong Jing revealed that he was the son of the Sikong couple and asked A-Dai what had happened to his parents.
• A-Dai said the pursuers had found the couple's secret realm but could not open it, and warned that other pursuers might include beings from the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family.
• A-Dai severed his own meridians and died, and Sikong Jing vanished before the two beast-hide-clad elders arrived.
• The beast-hide-clad elder drew A-Dai's spirit shadow from his corpse, and it named the Humanoid Fierce Beast and Blood Devour Magic Beast as not dead before demonic energy shattered it.
• The two elders searched the area for whoever had controlled the demonic energy, but found no one.

Sikong Jing gathered demonic beasts and sent word to Pei Kuang that the Humanoid Fierce Beast was alive and approaching. When the warning reached the battlefield, Tyrant Heaven's forces rallied while Thousand Kings' army lost its will to fight and began to collapse.

• Sikong Jing gathered demonic beasts and prepared to lead them toward the battlefield, intending to warn Pei Kuang that the Humanoid Fierce Beast was coming.
• Boss Pi and his subordinate returned to the battlefield, told Pei Kuang that the Humanoid Fierce Beast was alive and gathering demonic beasts, then withdrew.
• Murong Jianyun and the Tyrant Heaven fighters rallied after hearing the warning, while Pei Kuang's allies from the Boundless Sea fled.
• Pei Kuang formed Thousand Kings' Army-Slaying Formation and ordered his troops not to retreat, but their fear and disorder made the formation falter as the army began to collapse.

Pei Kuang’s forces collapsed under the Tyrant Heaven side’s relentless assault, and he called on Heavenly Heart Sacred Ancestor and other hidden experts for help. Sikong Jing returned to the battlefield, lifted his army’s morale, and taunted Pei Kuang as the two faced each other.

• Pei Kuang killed an expert who warned that the Humanoid Fierce Beast might control their mounts, then tried to rally the Thousand Kings forces.
• The Tyrant Heaven army broke the Thousand Kings formations and drove Pei Kuang’s troops into retreat, overwhelming their city defenses.
• Pei Kuang begged Heavenly Heart Sacred Ancestor for support, but Heavenly Heart hesitated while weighing the risks and rewards.
• Sikong Jing returned to the battlefield and told Pei Kuang that Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce had no ambition to rule the world.
• The Tyrant Heaven forces welcomed Sikong Jing, and he taunted Pei Kuang by saying they could sell the Thousand Kings’ treasures and battle formation after destroying the Holy Tower.

Sikong Jing unleashed a vast horde of demonic beasts after Heavenly Heart Sacred Ancestor refused to aid Pei Kuang, routing the Thousand Kings faction and driving it into retreat. Sikong Jing’s demonic body repeatedly blocked Pei Kuang’s escape routes, leaving the Thousand Kings forces trapped by beasts wherever they fled.

• Heavenly Heart Sacred Ancestor refused Pei Kuang’s plea for help, and Sikong Jing reminded him that he had no desire to rule the Desolate Sea Forbidden Land.
• Sikong Jing summoned countless demonic beasts, causing supporters of the Thousand Kings to flee and the Tyrant Heaven faction to launch an attack.
• Pei Kuang gathered his core forces and retreated toward Thousand Kings Holy City as the Thousand Kings faction’s allies were killed or scattered.
• Sikong Jing’s demonic body used the Beast Slaughter Array to block Pei Kuang at a mountain range, then appeared ahead of him again at a gorge.
• Madam Raccoon realized the Humanoid Fierce Beast was using a spatial sacred artifact to get ahead of the fleeing army, and Pei Kuang found that demonic beasts blocked every route.

Pei Kuang fled to Thousand Kings Holy City to retrieve the Fierce Charm Sacred Body, but Sikong Jing and Overlord Heaven's forces ambushed him at the treasure vault. As Madam Raccoon and Pei Yusheng escaped, Pei Kuang attacked Sikong Jing and met his sword-light defense.

• Pei Kuang used a teleportation stone to return to Thousand Kings Holy City with Madam Raccoon and Pei Yusheng, intending to gather treasures and take the person who could create a Fierce Charm Sacred Body.
• Pei Yusheng warned Madam Raccoon that Sikong Jing and Murong Jianyun might be waiting in the Golden Light Tower, so they changed clothes and blended into the residents.
• Sikong Jing appeared at Pei Kuang's treasure vault, joined by Murong Jianyun, Tyrant Lotus Venerable, Bei Cang Heavenly Decider, and the other Overlord Heaven powerhouses.
• Madam Raccoon and Pei Yusheng abandoned Pei Kuang and fled while the others surrounded him.
• Pei Kuang feigned rage, then lunged at Sikong Jing to take him hostage, but Sikong Jing blocked him with enormous claws of black sword light.

Sikong Jing and his allies cornered Pei Kuang and foiled his attempts to turn the battle around. Pei Kuang escaped into a summoning beam, while Murong Jianyun began taking control of Thousand Kings Holy City.

• Murong Jianyun, Tyrant Lotus Venerable, and the others attacked Pei Kuang and blocked his escape, while Old Xiu and Old He confronted him over his past defeat by Su Beiheng.
• Qi Wuji revealed that he had already broken the Thousand King Grand Array, and Pei Kuang's attempt to poison everyone failed because the Humanoid Fierce Beast had provided an antidote.
• Sikong Jing demanded that Pei Kuang surrender and reveal the Thousand Kings Holy Tower's secrets, but Pei Kuang refused and threatened that the Tower's hidden forces would return.
• Pei Kuang activated a teleportation stone and trapped himself inside a pillar of white light, hoping to summon a powerful ally before the beam expired.
• Sikong Jing told Murong Jianyun to begin conquering Thousand Kings Holy City, and Murong Jianyun and Bei Cang Heavenly Decider led the others to announce victory and reorganize the remaining forces.

Sikong Jing waited beside the summoning pillar while Pei Kuang’s forces reorganized Thousand Kings Holy City, then stopped Pei Kuang from escaping. When Pei Kuang finally summoned three reinforcements, they recognized Sikong Jing and knelt before him.

• Sikong Jing drank with Old Xiu and the others while Pei Kuang remained trapped in the summoning pillar, and he vowed to keep Pei Kuang alive for his father-in-law’s revenge.
• Pei Kuang tried to flee through the demon beasts, but Sikong Jing transformed into the Humanoid Fierce Beast and fought him to a standstill until Murong Jianyun and the others returned.
• Pei Kuang retreated into the pillar and insisted that he still had a chance to summon powerful reinforcements, while Sikong Jing continued drinking.
• Three figures emerged from the summoning pillar, and Pei Kuang ordered them to kill everyone around him.
• The three figures recognized Sikong Jing, rushed to his side, and knelt as Heavy Rock greeted him as the Young Sect Master.

Sikong Jing defeated Pei Kuang’s hopes by revealing his authority in Boundless Sea, then had Heavy Rock cripple and capture him. He told Tyrant Lotus Venerable that Ba Hun was alive and had become the Grand Sect Master, and the chapter ended with Overlord Heaven celebrating victory as Sikong Jing planned to reunite with Su Yuexi and Ling'er.

• Sikong Jing ordered Heavy Rock to defeat Pei Kuang and leave him alive but strip him of his true qi.
• Heavy Rock overpowered Pei Kuang, shattered his dantian, and carried him back to Sikong Jing.
• Sikong Jing identified Tyrant Lotus Venerable as the Grand Sect Master's wife and revealed that Ba Hun was the Grand Sect Master of Boundless Sea.
• Sikong Jing explained Ba Hun's bond with Su Beiheng and said Ba Hun had gone missing again, leaving Tyrant Lotus Venerable relieved that he was alive.
• Tyrant Lotus Venerable joked that Teng Yue might be Ba Hun's illegitimate son, easing the tension as Murong Jianyun and the others continued organizing their forces.
• Murong Jianyun's forces announced Pei Kuang's capture, while Sikong Jing planned to visit the Thoughtless Sacred Sect and bring Su Yuexi and Ling'er to Overlord Heaven City.

Sikong Jing learned that the Demon Vein had kept his disappearance secret and told Heavy Rock and the others that he was human, not a demon. After Chai Jiu destroyed their teleportation stone, Sikong Jing led them toward Pei Kuang’s treasure vault, while Chai Jiu and Chai Ren planned to enter the Desolate Sea Forbidden Land and kill Black Scale.

• Heavy Rock explained how the Demon Vein had claimed Sikong Jing was receiving the first-generation Lord of the Demon Vein’s inheritance, while the three had waited in the prison and followed Pei Kuang’s summons.
• Sikong Jing revealed to Heavy Rock and the other two that he was a human from the Desolate Sea Forbidden Land, and they accepted him as their Lord of the Demon Vein.
• The teleportation stone in Sikong Jing’s possession shattered, and he concluded that Chai Jiu had destroyed it remotely.
• Sikong Jing led Heavy Rock and the other two toward Pei Kuang’s treasure vault, intending to explore it.
• Outside the Desolate Sea Absolute Formation, Chai Jiu and Chai Ren realized Black Scale might still be alive and resolved to enter the forbidden land to kill him.

Sikong Jing discovered a woman with a trace of the Fierce Charm Sacred Body bloodline and realized Pei Kuang had hoped to win her devotion. As he prepared to take Pei Kuang back to Overlord Heaven City and searched for Yao Yulou, he suspected Yao Yuzhi might be at Bright Dragon Stronghold in the Eastern Plains.

• Chai Jiu persuaded Chai Ren to join him in heading toward the Blood Demon Grand Formation to protect the secret of Gods and Devils Island.
• Master Wuji gave Sikong Jing the Golden Crystal Orb taken from Pei Kuang's treasure, and Sikong Jing passed it to Murong Grand Heaven Duel.
• Ye Wuzhi brought Sikong Jing a woman Pei Kuang had treated as his future wife, and Sikong Jing found she carried a trace of the Fierce Charm Sacred Body bloodline.
• Sikong Jing ordered the woman taken to Overlord Heaven City, hoping she might help bring Aunt Jiang back, and wondered where Yao Yulou had gone.
• Sikong Jing recalled that Yao Yuzhi had vanished and suspected she might be at Bright Dragon Stronghold in the Eastern Plains.

Young Master Ling broke through to the Divine Martial Stage and sent three Saint Martial subordinates to seize the people of Bright Dragon Stronghold. In the stronghold, a seemingly invincible drunk asked about the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce before detecting three Saint Martial experts as a terrifying aura descended.

• Young Master Ling reached the Divine Martial Stage, sought human blood to stabilize his realm, and ordered three subordinates to bring him everyone from Bright Dragon Stronghold.
• Young Master Ling revealed his hatred for the Sikong couple and Ling Xiaotian, whom he blamed for leaving him grievously wounded more than ten years earlier.
• People in a Bright Dragon Stronghold tavern debated the war between Thousand Kings and Tyrant Heaven, while one man claimed the Thousand Kings Holy Tower would win.
• A disheveled drunk was kicked by a waiter, struck by a beast carriage, and rose unharmed while asking for wine and news of the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce.
• The drunk sensed three Saint Martial experts, and a terrifying aura swept over Bright Dragon Stronghold as black clouds gathered overhead.

Three Saint Martial experts attacked Bright Dragon Stronghold, trapping its residents in a barrier that sucked them into the sky to fuel Young Master Ling's cultivation. The mad middle-aged man rescued Xiao Ya after the Deputy Adjudicator offered him wine, then drank with the Heavenly Tyrant Branch while everyone else was swept away.

• A hidden peak Emperor Martial expert recognized the terrifying aura above Bright Dragon Stronghold as belonging to multiple Saint Martial experts.
• An old woman and two companions declared that the stronghold's residents would become energy for Young Master Ling, then the old woman struck down the peak Emperor Martial expert.
• The two Saint Martial experts formed a barrier that immobilized the residents and began pulling them into the sky.
• Xiao Ya was lifted into the air, and the Deputy Adjudicator begged the mad middle-aged man to save them by offering wine.
• The mad middle-aged man pulled Xiao Ya back down, accepted the Deputy Adjudicator's wine, and invited the Heavenly Tyrant Branch members to drink with him.
• The stronghold's residents were swept away while the mad middle-aged man and the Heavenly Tyrant Branch drank.

A middle-aged madman drinking in Bright Dragon Stronghold revealed his terrifying strength when he killed three Saint Martial experts from the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family. With their deaths, the force holding the stronghold’s people in the air vanished, and they fell back to the ground.

• The old woman sent one of her Saint Martial subordinates to investigate the unaffected people drinking in the street.
• The subordinate recognized the middle-aged madman as a Saint Martial expert and demanded that he kneel and join Young Master Ling, but the madman borrowed Deputy Arbiter’s sword and killed him with one strike.
• The old woman and her remaining Saint Martial subordinate descended, and the madman declared that they were dead men.
• The old woman and her subordinate attacked, but the middle-aged madman overwhelmed them with blood-red sword radiance and killed them both.
• The barrier holding Bright Dragon Stronghold’s people aloft broke, and they crashed back down across the stronghold.

Yao Yulou learned that his sister, Yao Yuzhi, was nearby and rushed to find her after killing three Saint Martial experts. Meanwhile, news spread that Sikong Jing had returned, and Sikong received an urgent message from Miss Su just as he prepared to open the Frost Magic Box.

• Yao Yulou revealed his identity to Zeng Lu, who told him that Yao Yuzhi was in a small region of the Bright Dragon Mountain Range.
• Yao Yulou carried Zeng Lu and the others away, warned Bright Dragon Stronghold’s residents to flee, and left them to report that he had killed three Saint Martial experts.
• A reclusive elder announced that Sikong Jing was alive and had returned, while a man who called the news fake was beheaded.
• Young Master Ling learned that the three old women he had sent out were dead and ordered two subordinates to investigate Bright Dragon Stronghold.
• Sikong Jing prepared to retrieve the Saint-grade item inside the Frost Magic Box, but a messenger arrived with an urgent message from Miss Su.

Sikong Jing rushed to the Thoughtless Sacred Sect to protect Su Yuexi and his sister, but found Everlasting Love Palace’s outer disciples massacred. He confronted the sect members responsible and demanded to know whether Killing Love had returned and why they were searching for Wen Ge.

• After receiving Su Yuexian’s warning that Killing Love had left the Thousand Kings army and might be returning, Sikong Jing set out for the Thoughtless Sacred Sect with Heavy Rock and two others.
• Sikong Jing’s group reached the sect and found shattered formations, blood, and corpses around Everlasting Love Palace, though no bodies lay in its core area.
• Heavy Rock reported that every person at the foot of the mountain had been killed, and Sikong Jing suspected Emotion-Extinguishing Palace had suffered the same fate.
• An elderly woman and other sect members arrived, saying the Sect Master had ordered them to clear Everlasting Love Palace and search for traces of Wen Ge.
• Sikong Jing identified himself as Sikong Buwang, then killed most of the attackers and demanded to know whether Killing Love had returned and why they were searching for Wen Ge.

Sikong Jing learned that Killing Love and the beast-hide old man were pursuing the Extinguishing Love Venerable’s group after detecting an Imperial Bloodline’s aura at the Everlasting Love Palace. He rushed toward the Northern Wasteland, where the beast-hide old man had cornered Sikong Ling and the others, leaving Ling’er under interrogation and Martial Aunt Chu as a hostage.

• Sikong Jing learned that Killing Love had returned with the beast-hide old man, who had sensed an Imperial Bloodline’s aura and sent them to investigate Wen Ge.
• Sikong Jing deduced that the beast-hide old man might suspect Sikong Ling was the Sikong couple’s daughter, then used a message bird to learn the pursuers’ direction.
• Sikong Jing knocked out the old woman and the survivors, then used the Space Sacred Key to teleport with Heavy Rock and the others toward the Northern Wasteland.
• Killing Love and the beast-hide old man cornered the Extinguishing Love Venerable’s group in the Northern Wasteland and demanded to know why Sikong Ling’s room had held an Imperial Bloodline’s aura.
• Sikong Ling denied knowing anything about an Imperial Bloodline while Killing Love held Martial Aunt Chu underfoot and the beast-hide old man examined her.

Killing Love threatened Extinguishing Love Venerable and the others while demanding that Sikong Ling reveal her connection to the Imperial Bloodline. To save them and protect her brother, Sikong Ling disclosed that she was the daughter of the Sikong couple, and the two visitors from the Boundless Sea reacted with delighted shock.

• Killing Love prepared to kill Martial Aunt Chu and threatened everyone in Extinguishing Love Palace, while accusing Extinguishing Love Venerable of betraying the Supreme Emotionless Art.
• Killing Love revealed that she had slaughtered the outer disciples and servants, then pressed Sikong Ling to explain whether she knew someone with the Imperial Bloodline.
• The beast-hide old man promised to spare the captives if Sikong Ling gave him useful information, as Killing Love's ice swords pierced their clothes and drew blood.
• Sikong Ling admitted she was the person the visitors sought and unleashed her dual Emperor Bloodlines, declaring that she was the Sikong couple's daughter and that they had no son.
• The beast-hide old man and his companion erupted with excitement and said they had found the person they had been searching for.