Chapter Summaries

Sikong Jing resisted Cang Lang while using the Cang Vein inheritance, then watched the Light-Returning Mirror reveal his parents’ desperate battle against the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family over a decade earlier. The vision ended with Ling Xiaotian calling on the formation’s wronged souls and holding the newborn Sikong Xinyu after her mother died in childbirth.

• Sikong Jing continued resisting Cang Lang with Zhan Hu and began comprehending the Cang Vein inheritance, while Chai Ren plunged into the sea of blood to search for his true body.
• Sikong Jing watched the Light-Returning Mirror show Sikong Ding fighting pursuers who were using the Blood Demon Grand Formation and blaming him for the innocent victims’ suffering.
• Third Brother Ling revealed that Ling Xiaotian was an adopted daughter raised as an object for marriage alliances, and Sikong Ding declared an undying feud with the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family.
• Sikong Ding tried to sever the victims’ connections to the Blood Demon Grand Formation but failed as the pursuers controlled them in battle.
• Ling Xiaotian called on the formation’s wronged souls for help, then mourned the death of Sikong Xinyu’s mother while holding the newborn.

Sikong Jing watched the Light-Returning Mirror reveal how Sikong Ding and Ling Xiaotian survived the Blood Demon Grand Formation battle and left Sikong Xinyu with Sikong Luomiao. The memory ended with Sikong Luomiao pleading for his great-granddaughter to be saved.

• Ling Xiaotian used Sikong Xinyu’s mother’s spirit to summon the resentful souls, who lent their power to Sikong Ding.
• Sikong Ding drove off the pursuers, but he and Ling Xiaotian were too injured to free the survivors from the Blood Demon restraints.
• Sikong Ding planted Nine Heavens power seeds in the survivors to preserve their lives and told them they might escape in ten or twenty years.
• Sikong Luomiao begged Sikong Ding and Ling Xiaotian to take the newborn Sikong Xinyu with them, but they refused because their escape was too dangerous.
• Ling Xiaotian left Sikong Xinyu with Sikong Luomiao and asked him to entrust her to whoever came to rescue them; the Light-Returning Mirror’s scene then vanished.

After watching the Light-Returning Mirror, Sikong Jing told the elders he had learned how to sever their Blood Demon shackles and prepared to free them. Chai Ren arrived before he could begin, so Sikong Jing moved the elders back into the crowd.

• Sikong Jing reflected on his parents’ instructions and realized they had hoped he or his sister might one day save the people and protect Sikong Xinyu.
• Sikong Jing revealed Ling Yusong’s arm and said he already possessed the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family’s method for controlling the Blood Demon Grand Formation.
• Sikong Jing told the elders he would not use the formation because activating it would drain their life force and kill them.
• Sikong Jing declared that he had learned from the Light-Returning Mirror how to sever the Blood Demon shackles and could do so immediately.
• Sikong Jing sensed Chai Ren approaching and used his true energy to move the elders back toward the crowd.

Sikong Jing guided the elders through the crowd while preparing to free them from their restraints, as Chai Ren searched for the Black Scale Little Demon. When Chai Ren threatened a child to force the demon’s return, Sikong Luomiao offered up Sikong Jing, whom Chai Ren recognized and approached.

• Sikong Jing sealed Sikong Luomiao’s mouth and controlled the elders as they moved through the crowd, quietly preparing his Nine Heavens True Qi to sever their restraints.
• Chai Ren emerged from the sea of blood, searched for the Black Scale Little Demon, and threatened to kill the crowd when nobody answered him.
• Chai Ren snatched a baby from a woman and threatened to kill the children until someone revealed where the demon was hidden.
• Sikong Luomiao charged Chai Ren to protect the child but was knocked back, and Sikong Luomiao then offered to hand over the Black Scale Little Demon.
• Sikong Luomiao pointed to Sikong Jing, who had pretended to collapse after freeing the elders, and Chai Ren recognized him and landed beside him.

Sikong Jing revealed that he had faked losing his spirit shadow, severed Chai Ren’s arm, and rescued the child. He then used his Nine Heavens Wind Leaf Sword to cut the blood threads binding everyone, leaving the weakened Blood Demon Grand Formation and Chai Ren’s threat unresolved.

• Chai Ren recognized Sikong Jing and threatened to kill the child, but Sikong Jing sprang up and severed the arm holding him.
• Sikong Jing returned the child to Sikong Xinyu and told Chai Ren that his death had arrived.
• Chai Ren realized Sikong Jing had Dual Spirit Shadows and began regenerating his arm, but the Six-Clawed Hybrid Beast poison slowed him.
• Sikong Jing sent wind leaves through the arena to sever the blood threads binding everyone, weakening the Blood Demon Grand Formation and restoring their strength.
• Chai Ren dismissed the others as useless and threatened to kill them all with one palm strike.

Sikong Jing used the Nine Heavens Sword Bud Sprouting technique to awaken the seeds in the captives, restoring their true qi and strengthening his Qianyuan Battle-Killing Formation. As Chai Ren attacked, Sikong Jing launched a counterattack and pursued him in his Demonic Path Second-Layer Form.

• Sikong Jing connected the captives to his Qianyuan Battle-Killing Formation, but Sikong Luomiao accused him of controlling them and doubted his intentions.
• Sikong Jing used Nine Heavens Sword Bud Sprouting to awaken the seeds inside the captives, transforming their meridians and restoring their true qi.
• Sikong Xinyu recognized that Sikong Jing had learned both Sikong Ding's method for severing Blood Demon restraints and his seed technique.
• Chai Ren, stunned by the captives' recovery, ordered an attack on Sikong Jing.
• Sikong Jing used the Qianyuan Battle-Killing Formation to blast Chai Ren into the sky, then transformed into his Demonic Path Second-Layer Form and pursued him.

Sikong Jing awakened the Nine Heavens Seeds and used the Qianyuan Battle-Killing Formation to overpower and kill Chai Ren. Chai Jiu witnessed his brother’s death and tried to flee into Zhan Hu’s body, but Sikong Jing warned that he would not be able to come back out.

• Sikong Jing drew on the awakened Nine Heavens power in the Qianyuan Battle-Killing Formation and trapped Chai Ren in a storm of sword shadows.
• Cang Lang sensed danger inside Zhan Hu’s spirit platform consciousness sea and sent Chai Jiu out to investigate.
• Chai Jiu saw Sikong Jing’s formation surrounding Chai Ren and learned from Chai Ren that Sikong Jing had restored everyone’s strength.
• Sikong Jing unleashed Qianyuan, Myriad Beast Sword Claw, tearing apart Chai Ren’s body and spirit shadow.
• Chai Jiu tried to return to Zhan Hu’s body, but Sikong Jing warned that once he went in, he could not come back out.

Sikong Jing forced Chai Jiu to hesitate over whether to help Cang Lang, while he and Zhan Hu overwhelmed Cang Lang inside Zhan Hu’s spirit platform. Cang Lang was driven out of Zhan Hu’s body, leaving Chai Jiu still outside and undecided.

• Sikong Jing laid out the dangers of returning to his body, gambling on Cang Lang’s escape, or fleeing, and Chai Jiu hesitated.
• Sikong Jing told Cang Lang that Chai Jiu would not return, distracting him as Zhan Hu seized more ground in the spirit platform.
• Sikong Jing used the Cang Vein spirit-shadow technique to break Cang Lang’s defenses while Zhan Hu repeatedly attacked.
• Cang Lang lost nearly all his spirit-shadow territory and fled Zhan Hu’s spirit platform to avoid being torn apart.
• Sikong Jing continued to hold Chai Jiu’s spirit shadow outside, preventing him from helping Cang Lang.

Sikong Jing’s plan forced Cang Lang out of Zhan Hu’s body, but Cang Lang tried to seize Chai Jiu’s body instead. Chai Jiu won their struggle and rose to face Sikong Jing, who had retreated with Zhan Hu and called for reinforcements.

• Chai Jiu realized he could return to his main body and flee with Zhan Hu’s body, but Cang Lang was forced out before he could act.
• Zhan Hu reclaimed partial control of his body and blasted both Chai Jiu’s and Cang Lang’s spirit shadows away.
• Cang Lang ordered Chai Jiu to find an empty body, then tried to seize Chai Jiu’s own body, prompting Chai Jiu to fight him for control.
• Sikong Jing released his control over Sikong Luomiao and the others, retrieved Zhan Hu, and attacked Chai Jiu while the two spirit shadows struggled.
• Chai Jiu crushed Sikong Jing’s sword strike, forcing Sikong Jing to retreat with Zhan Hu and send a message bird for reinforcements.
• Chai Jiu rose from his body and said he would not let Cang Lang use it, revealing that he had won their struggle.

Chai Jiu destroyed Cang Lang’s spirit shadow, took the Cang Vein inheritance, and confronted Sikong Jing, who concealed what Ling Yusong had said and denied knowing how to control the Blood Demon Grand Formation. Chai Jiu attacked to test Sikong Jing, but Zhan Hu suddenly opened his eyes.

• Chai Jiu resisted Cang Lang’s possession, forced the ancestor from Zhan Hu’s body, and destroyed his spirit shadow.
• Chai Jiu reached the fifth great realm of Divine Martial and offered to spare Sikong Jing in exchange for answers and the Demon Vein inheritance.
• Sikong Jing claimed to have three spirit shadows, refused to reveal Ling Yusong’s final words, and identified the inheritance Chai Jiu wanted.
• Sikong Jing told Chai Jiu he had severed the Blood Demon Grand Formation’s control and urged him to attack.
• Chai Jiu released his pressure to test Sikong Jing, and Zhan Hu abruptly opened his eyes.

Zhan Hu recovered enough to fight, and he and Sikong Jing battled Chai Jiu as the enemy kept the advantage. Outside the weakening Blood Demon Grand Formation, Su Yuexian appeared and asked what was happening inside.

• Zhan Hu adapted to his reclaimed body, reached the third major realm of the Divine Martial Stage, and faced Chai Jiu.
• Sikong Jing and Zhan Hu joined forces against Chai Jiu, but Chai Jiu's growing strength gave him the advantage.
• Forged Rock received Sikong Jing's message that Zhan Hu had reclaimed his body and returned with the other demons to reinforce the battle-killing formation.
• Su Yuexian appeared behind A-Jin and Heavenly Heart Sacred Ancestor and asked what was happening inside the weakening formation.
• Heavenly Heart Sacred Ancestor recognized Su Yuexian as Sikong Jing's elder sister-in-law, the reincarnated powerhouse.

Inside the Blood Demon Grand Formation, Sikong Jing strengthened his battle-killing formation by bringing in the Demonfolk and sharing the Demon Vein inheritance. The chapter ended with Sikong Jing breaking through to become a top-tier Emperor as Su Yuexian prepared to attack an ancient soul shadow outside the formation.

• Su Yuexian sensed an ancient soul shadow tied to the Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor within the Blood Demon Grand Formation and gathered power to target it.
• Chai Jiu continued suppressing Zhan Hu and Sikong Jing, while Zhan Hu fought on and Sikong Jing urged the trapped souls to lend their strength.
• Forged Rock and four other Demonfolk arrived and entered Sikong Jing's formation.
• Sikong Jing gave the five Demonfolk Green Jade Stone Bricks containing the Demon Vein inheritance, and they broke through in succession.
• Forged Rock reached the Divine Martial Stage, greatly strengthening the formation, and Sikong Jing condensed his humanoid spirit shadow again.
• Sikong Jing broke through to become a top-tier Emperor.

Sikong Jing and Zhan Hu overpowered Chai Jiu, who tried to retreat and hide until he could digest the Cang Vein inheritance. The Blood Demon Grand Formation then convulsed, and a terrifying face made of vengeful souls rose from the sea, which Sikong Jing recognized as Cang Lang.

• Sikong Jing and Zhan Hu attacked Chai Jiu together and forced him to retreat, leaving him pale and injured.
• Chai Jiu announced that he would hide for two days until he had digested the Cang Vein inheritance, but Sikong Jing warned that the weakening Blood Demon aura would leave him nowhere to hide.
• Chai Jiu decided to flee anyway, but the Blood Demon Grand Formation suddenly roared and churned.
• Twisted souls rose from every Corpse Bone Island, crying for help and fearing that something was about to devour them.
• A gigantic face formed from countless vengeful souls emerged from the sea of blood, and Sikong Jing identified it as Cang Lang.

Cang Lang’s spirit shadow revived in the Blood Demon Grand Formation and began devouring its vengeful souls, forcing Sikong Jing to prepare to enter demonization. Su Yuexian intervened with a sword strike that scattered the souls and pinned Cang Lang’s spirit shadow.

• Cang Lang reformed his spirit shadow by absorbing resentment and vowed to devour the formation’s vengeful souls and possess Sikong Jing’s body.
• Sikong Jing decided to become a Blood Devour Magic Beast and briefly reach the Divine Martial realm to suppress Cang Lang and protect the souls.
• Su Yuexian’s sword pierced Cang Lang’s enormous face, making the vengeful souls flee back toward the Corpse Bone Islands.
• Sikong Jing recognized Su Yuexian as she revealed that she was a reincarnator who had awakened.
• Cang Lang cursed Su Yuexian for interfering and mocked her accusation that he had chosen an evil path instead of reincarnation.

Su Yuexian killed Cang Lang, but he destroyed the Blood Demon Grand Formation as he died, leaving the people inside exposed to the Desolate Sea Absolute Formation. As the formation collapsed, Sikong Jing faced the urgent task of saving Sikong Luomiao and the others.

• Su Yuexian entered the Blood Demon Grand Formation, declared that she would kill Cang Lang, and struck him with a crimson sword.
• Cang Lang tainted the resentful souls, destroyed the formation core, and caused the Blood Demon Grand Formation to collapse before he died.
• Su Yuexian gathered the formation's remaining power into her sword, opened a path through the Desolate Sea Absolute Formation, and escaped on the Golden Jade Luan.
• Chai Jiu followed Su Yuexian after threatening Sikong Jing and promising to report him to the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family.
• Sikong Jing realized the collapsing formation would leave Sikong Luomiao and the others in danger, dismissed his formation patterns, and moved to save them.
• Sikong Luomiao suspected Sikong Jing planned to rebuild the Blood Demon Grand Formation using their lives, but Sikong Jing said he could leave the Absolute Formation and intended to save them.

Sikong Jing awakened the wronged souls in the Blood Demon Grand Formation by revealing he was the son of Sikong Ding and Ling Xiaotian, then asked them to help save the living. With Xinyu's mother calming their resentment, the souls rallied behind him as he began the Nine Heavens Wind Soul Sword.

• Sikong Luomiao knelt and begged Sikong Jing to save Sikong Xinyu and the other children if he could not save everyone.
• Sikong Jing took Sikong Xinyu into the sky and promised Sikong Luomiao he would preserve the children’s bloodlines if he failed.
• Sikong Jing called to Xinyu’s mother, revealed his identity as the son of Sikong Ding and Ling Xiaotian, and asked the wronged souls to help him.
• The wronged souls’ resentment surged until Xinyu’s mother appeared and urged them to blame the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family, not the Sikong Couple.
• Xinyu’s mother calmed the wronged souls, who asked Sikong Jing to save the survivors and avenge them; he promised to do so and raised the Jing Soars Through Nine Heavens Sword to begin the Nine Heavens Wind Soul Sword.

Sikong Jing used the Nine Heavens Wind Soul Sword and the wronged souls to drive the collapsing Blood Demon Grand Formation toward the Desolate Sea Forbidden Land. As the formation raced onward, he prepared for its eventual collapse and warned that Chai Jiu might attack the Cangyu Demon Sect.

• Sikong Jing guided the Blood Demon Grand Formation through the Desolate Sea Absolute Formation while its power of wronged souls slowed its collapse.
• Sikong Luomiao and the elders realized Sikong Jing was saving them, and the woman holding a child called him a pitiful child who had also lost his parents.
• The Heavenly Heart Sacred Ancestor and A-Jin watched the moving formation approach before Six Leopard and Mud Armor appeared and asked about Su Yuexian.
• Sikong Jing told Zhan Hu that the demonfolk might need to protect everyone if the Blood Demon Grand Formation collapsed near the Desolate Sea Forbidden Land.
• Sikong Jing warned that Chai Jiu might ambush the Cangyu Demon Sect and said they needed to send someone back, then spotted Six Leopard and Mud Armor at the formation's edge.

Sikong Jing reunited with Six Leopard and Mud Armor, arranged for them to protect the survivors and gather supplies, and began preparing everyone to leave the Desolate Sea Absolute Formation. Su Yuexian escaped into the Boundless Sea to seek the power of her first life, while Chai Jiu pursued her in hopes of gaining her favor.

• Six Leopard and Mud Armor reached Sikong Jing and explained that Su Yuexian had forced them to guide her toward the Blood Demon Grand Formation.
• Sikong Jing sent Six Leopard to warn the Cangyu Demon Sect about Chai Jiu and ordered Mud Armor to protect Sikong Luomiao and the other survivors.
• Sikong Jing told the Heavenly Heart Sacred Ancestor that Ling Yusong was dead and ordered him to collect the dead people's treasures for the survivors.
• Sikong Luomiao and the other survivors gathered their loved ones' belongings and remains as the Blood Demon Grand Formation collapsed.
• Su Yuexian and the Golden Jade Luan emerged from the Desolate Sea Absolute Formation, and Su Yuexian said she would seek her first life's bloodline and power before returning to see her parents.
• Chai Jiu emerged from the formation after Su Yuexian and called for the Reincarnation Expert to wait.

Chai Jiu left for Cangyu Island after gaining the Cang Vein inheritance, while Sikong Jing led the survivors through the Desolate Sea Absolute Formation. Sikong Jing and the others escaped, and the freed souls filled the sky around him.

• Su Yuexian said the black-scaled figure felt familiar and might be connected to her first life, while Golden Jade Luan resolved to preserve her memories and emotions from this life.
• Chai Jiu dismissed Su Yuexian, planned to pursue Ying Sanmeng and Teng Yue for the Cosmic Vein inheritance, and headed to Cangyu Island.
• After the Blood Demon Grand Formation vanished, Sikong Jing urged the aggrieved souls onward as Zhan Hu, Forged Rock, and the other demons protected the survivors from the absolute formation.
• Zhan Hu and the demons threw Sikong Luomiao and the others into the safe waters, and Sikong Jing later escaped with the last of the wronged souls.
• The survivors searched for Sikong Jing and saw him hovering beneath a sky filled with the released souls of their relatives, friends, and fellow sufferers.

Sikong Jing released the wronged souls and rescued survivors from the Blood Demon Grand Formation, then brought them to the Northern Wasteland to settle near his parents’ secret realm. He reunited with Sikong Ling and decided to establish a Sikong Family there, giving the survivors a home.

• Sikong Jing thanked the departing souls, promised to avenge them, and comforted Sikong Xinyu as her mother's soul light left.
• Sikong Jing ordered Zhan Hu, Forged Rock, and the other demonfolk to return to the Cangyu Demon Sect and check for danger from Chai Jiu.
• Sikong Jing brought Sikong Xinyu and the survivors aboard Divine Shuttle Ships and traveled to the Northern Wasteland.
• Sikong Ling greeted Sikong Jing and met Sikong Xinyu, while Sikong Jing told her what had happened and brought Xinyu to see their parents’ thought-spirit projections.
• Sikong Jing chose to settle the survivors near his parents’ secret realm and establish a Sikong Family in the Northern Wasteland.