Chapter Summaries

Sikong Jing planned to establish the Nine Heavens Hall in the Northern Wasteland, with Yao Yulou as its first Hall Master and A-Jin as deputy, to keep the Sikong survivors under control. He reassured Sikong Ling that he would search for their parents in the Boundless Sea while she stayed behind to cultivate, then left with her and Sikong Xinyu to meet their allies.

• Sikong Jing proposed transforming the Northern Wasteland into a home for the Sikong Family and founding the Nine Heavens Hall around the Nine Heavens Emperor's legacy.
• Sikong Ling and Sikong Xinyu warned that some survivors might resent their parents and cause trouble, and Sikong Jing explained that the hall would discipline them.
• Sikong Jing named Yao Yulou the first Hall Master and A-Jin the deputy, and decided that those who knew the secret of his birth would remain in the Desolate Sea Forbidden Land.
• Sikong Jing told Sikong Ling to keep cultivating while he entered the Boundless Sea as the demonic human young sect master of the Cangyu Demon Sect to search for their parents and investigate the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family.
• Sikong Jing used the Space Sacred Key to take Sikong Ling and Sikong Xinyu to find his sister-in-law and Murong Grand Heaven Duel, while the Heavenly Heart Sacred Ancestor anxiously noted that they had been left behind.

Sikong Jing returned to Chaos-Shaking City with news that Ling Yusong and the Boundless Sea powerhouse Chai Ren were dead, then explained the victory and dealt with Ling Yusong’s followers. He discussed Yao Yulou’s role in helping the Demon Dream Witch and told Su Yuexi he would go to the Cangyu Demon Sect alone for now, though his warning that the Desolate Sea Forbidden Land was not completely safe left their plans unsettled.

• Sikong Jing announced that Ling Yusong and Chai Ren had been slain, then ordered the troops to celebrate their victory.
• Sikong Jing briefed the core powerhouses on the battle and said the Blood Demon Grand Formation had dissipated, making the Desolate Sea Forbidden Land safe for now.
• Sikong Jing ordered the kneeling followers of Ling Yusong, including Blood Boil, executed and reserved plans for those who had remained standing.
• Sikong Jing asked Yao Yulou to become Nine Heavens Hall Master and urged him to stay in the Forbidden Land to help the Demon Dream Witch, a possible reincarnation of the King of Night Charms.
• Sikong Jing told Su Yuexi he would travel to the Cangyu Demon Sect alone and return for her once he had stabilized the sect and understood the Boundless Sea.
• Sikong Jing warned Su Yuexi that the Desolate Sea Forbidden Land was not absolutely safe for her.

Sikong Jing warned Su Yuexi to stop using the Purple Spirit-Protecting Jade, unaware that it was the sinister Purple Night Mystic Jade and that its voice had begun to threaten her. After making arrangements in Chaos-Shaking City, he returned to the Northern Wasteland with Su Yuexi and others, where captured Cang Hai powerhouses asked what he planned to do with them.

• Sikong Jing gave Su Yuexi Chai Ren's spatial sacred artifact and told her to stop using the Purple Spirit-Protecting Jade until they understood its secrets.
• The Purple Night Mystic Jade secretly revealed that Su Yuexi could not simply stop using it after absorbing its soul power.
• Sikong Jing persuaded the Tyrant Lotus Venerable to delay going to the Cangyu Demon Sect, while the Flying Cloud Colorful Butterfly said the Ten Thousand Beasts Flower Blood Drop needed more time.
• Two days later, Sikong Jing left Chaos-Shaking City and returned to the Northern Wasteland with Su Yuexi, Yao Yulou, Everlasting Love Venerable, and several other companions.
• Captured Cang Hai powerhouses confronted A-Jin, then asked Sikong Jing what arrangements he had for them.

Sikong Jing organized the Sikong Family and Nine Heavens Hall, then prepared to leave the Desolate Sea Forbidden Land after realizing the Cangyu Demon Sect had not sent for him. He set out for Cangyu Island with Su Yuexi seeing him off and carrying a hidden flower-blood drop for her future breakthrough.

• Sikong Jing imprisoned the people who had attacked Ling Yusong, returned Zhou Xiu’s spirit shadow to A-Jin, and freed the Heavenly Heart Sacred Ancestor.
• A-Jin pledged to follow Sikong Jing and explained why she and Zhou Xiu would avoid the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family; Sikong Jing allowed the Heavenly Heart Sacred Ancestor to leave, intending him to serve as an enemy for the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce.
• Sikong Jing and his allies built up the Sikong Family and Nine Heavens Hall, with Yang Yi and Hua Meixi bringing supplies to the Northern Wasteland and Sikong Jing personally settling conflicts.
• After cultivating the Cang Howling Sword, Sikong Jing decided to go to Cangyu Island because no one from the Cangyu Demon Sect had arrived in a month and a half.
• Sikong Jing assured Yao Yulou and Sikong Ling that he could break through to the Saint Martial Stage if necessary, then departed for the northern Cang Sea with Su Yuexi.
• Before entering the Desolate Sea Absolute Formation, Sikong Jing placed a flower-blood drop containing the blood of three thousand fierce beasts inside Su Yuexi and told her to fuse with it after reaching the Saint Martial Stage.

Sikong Jing crossed the Desolate Sea Absolute Formation and returned to the Boundless Sea, intending to restore the Cangyu Demon Sect and find his parents. He reached Cangyu Island and discovered it surrounded by an immense fleet of Divine Shuttle Ships.

• Su Yuexi resisted an eerie voice urging her to use the Purple Spirit-Protecting Jade and returned to the Sikong Family, while the jade's hidden voice plotted to tempt her again.
• Sikong Jing endured the absolute formation for twelve days, honing his martial arts before reaching the Gods and Devils Island Sea.
• Sikong Jing questioned the Demonic Puppets and learned that Demon War's arrangements had already been triggered by Zhan Hu and that Saint Martial Demon Men could now enter the Desolate Sea Forbidden Land freely.
• Sikong Jing passed through the absolute formation and returned to the Boundless Sea after roughly half a year, deciding to investigate Cangyu Island before using spatial teleportation.
• Sikong Jing spotted countless Divine Shuttle Ships encircling Cangyu Island and wondered whether it had been occupied and what force had surrounded it.

Sikong Jing learned that the Seal Sovereign Empire had surrounded the Cangyu Demon Sect after a powerful figure came to seize Teng Bahun. He concealed his identity while questioning a group of young cultivators, and the chapter left him knowing the cause but not the empire’s full intentions.

• Several young men and women arrived on Sikong Jing’s island and admired the Seal Sovereign Empire’s Divine Seal Colossal Warship near Cangyu Island.
• Sikong Jing emerged from hiding and asked why the Seal Sovereign Empire had mobilized against the Cangyu Sect.
• The young cultivators questioned Sikong Jing’s background, and he falsely claimed he had come from a distant branch of the Sikong Family to seek relatives.
• One woman told Sikong Jing that nearby families with the Sikong surname had been wiped out, but the group could not confirm who was responsible.
• The handsome young man explained that Teng Bahun had reportedly offended a great figure from the Seal Sovereign Empire, who had come to seize him.

Sikong Jing learned why the Seal Sovereign Empire had surrounded the Cangyu Demon Sect and decided he needed to enter Cangyu Island. A war general then recruited young Emperor Martial cultivators for a mission with rewards, giving Sikong Jing a chance to join without revealing his identity.

• A woman explained that Teng Bahun’s position as chief sect master had made it difficult for the Seal Sovereign Empire to end its siege with a mere warning.
• A young man told Sikong Jing that Chai Jiu had tried to reclaim his position but had been struck down by the Empire’s important figure.
• Sikong Jing concluded that he could not infiltrate Cangyu Island and would have to enter openly as a sect member.
• A middle-aged war general summoned nearby cultivators under thirty who had reached the Emperor Martial Stage, offering a mission and rewards.
• Sikong Jing joined the gathering crowd, intending to blend in rather than reveal himself as the Young Sect Master.

Sikong Jing and more than two thousand young people were brought to Cangyu Island for an undisclosed mission, where they learned that one of the Seal Sovereign Empire’s Six Seal Divine Generals had arrived. The chapter ended with Sikong Jing asking what the Six Seal Divine Generals were and Bao Jiusu warning him to keep his questions quiet.

• A Seal Sovereign war general brought Sikong Jing and the gathered young people to Cangyu Island, where imperial soldiers guarded the mountain and the Cangyu Demon Sect members were absent.
• Lian Zhidiao, the young island master of Eight Steeds Linked Camp Island, announced his status and drew the other young people into flattering him.
• Lian Zhidiao revealed that one of the Seal Sovereign Empire’s Six Seal Divine Generals was the important figure on the mountain.
• Sikong Jing asked what the Six Seal Divine Generals were, prompting the crowd to regard him as ignorant and his companions to distance themselves.
• Bao Jiusu introduced himself to Sikong Jing and advised him to ask questions quietly.

Bao Jiusu explained the Seal Sovereign Empire’s ranks and the power of Six-Seal Divine Generals to Sikong Jing, who sought details about the one besieging the Cangyu Demon Sect. When Sikong Jing exposed Lian Zhidiao’s ignorance, Lian threatened him and Bao Jiusu’s group.

• Bao Jiusu explained the Empire’s nine-seal hierarchy and the nine-leaf sect ranking system, including that the Cangyu Demon Sect was a Three-Leaf Sect and Eight Steeds Linked Camp Island was a Six-Leaf Sect.
• Bao Jiusu emphasized that a Six-Seal Divine General could overwhelm even a powerful sect, while Sikong Jing considered how Chai Jiu’s return might strengthen the Cangyu Sect.
• Lian Zhidiao boasted that he would complete the mission and protect the assembled young people, drawing flattery from the crowd.
• Sikong Jing asked Bao Jiusu whether Lian knew which Six-Seal Divine General was involved, and the crowd realized Lian had not named the person.
• Lian Zhidiao angrily challenged Sikong Jing, refused to answer his question, and threatened to kill Bao Jiusu and the others if the mission brought them into conflict.

Sikong Jing and more than two thousand young people were brought before the Seal Sovereign Empire’s forces at Cangyu Divine Mountain. Jun Yiji announced that they would form two thousand-man Army-Slaying Formations, and Teng Yue arrived to ask if he could now enter battle.

• Lian Zhidiao threatened Sikong Jing, but his claim of knowing the Six-Seal Divine General failed to impress the crowd.
• The middle-aged battle generals ordered everyone to follow them up Cangyu Divine Mountain, while Bao Jiusu’s group distanced themselves from Sikong Jing.
• At the summit, Sikong Jing spotted Jun Yiji, the Cangyu Demon Sect’s leaders, and Zhan Hu, but he could not find Teng Yue.
• Jun Yiji introduced herself as a six-seal general of the Seal Sovereign Empire and ordered the young people to form two thousand-man Army-Slaying Formations.
• Teng Yue descended into the plaza and asked Jun Yiji whether he could now go into battle.

Teng Yue faced Princess Huixiang, who demanded that he fight a final thousand-man formation battle and become her prince consort, while he refused because he was pledged to marry a woman of the Cosmic Vein. The chapter ended with Sikong Jing realizing that Teng Yue’s earlier contests with Princess Huixiang likely explained why the Seal Sovereign Empire’s army had surrounded the Cangyu Demon Sect.

• Teng Yue emerged from the God Mountain Hall and addressed Princess Huixiang, revealing her identity as the Sea-Chasing King’s daughter.
• Lian Zhidiao and the gathered youths realized Jun Yiji and Princess Huixiang were members of the Seal Sovereign Empire’s imperial family, and that the youths had been assembled for a thousand-man formation battle.
• Princess Huixiang reminded Teng Yue that he had refused to fight because Jun Yiji’s troops were all her people, then challenged him to compete with the newly gathered youths.
• Teng Yue said he could not become Princess Huixiang’s prince consort because he had promised the Cosmic Vein he would marry one of its women.
• Princess Huixiang declared that Teng Yue had to defeat her in their final battle before he could refuse her, while Sikong Jing inferred that their earlier contests had kept the imperial army around the Cangyu Demon Sect.

Teng Yue and Princess Fennel began their Thousand-Man Army-Slaying Formation contest, but Princess Fennel easily seized the stronger troop formation. The battle left Teng Yue facing the remaining troops while Sikong Jing watched without revealing himself.

• Teng Yue questioned whether the contest could be fair, and Princess Fennel argued that the young people wanted her to lose and that this gave him an advantage.
• Jun Yiji ordered the contest to begin and divided the more than two thousand six hundred young people into two formations, telling Teng Yue and Princess Fennel to seize troops from the stronger side.
• Princess Fennel revealed her appearance to the crowd, then rushed to seize the formation containing Lian Zhidiao; Teng Yue chose the same side.
• Princess Fennel's formation patterns overwhelmed Teng Yue's, and she swept Lian Zhidiao and the thousand troops into the plaza.
• Sikong Jing remained hidden and watched as Teng Yue stood before the troops on his side; Princess Fennel asked whether he had deliberately let her win, and Teng Yue said he knew only the basics of the formation.

Teng Yue faced Princess Fennel in a Thousand-Man Army-Slaying Formation duel, while Jun Yiji watched to see whether he would reveal a formation method inherited from Teng Bahun. Princess Fennel initially overwhelmed him, but Sikong Jing pointed out that Teng Yue’s side had stronger unity; the duel remained underway.

• Teng Yue gathered a thousand people from Sikong Jing’s formation and returned to the square to face Princess Fennel, with replacements waiting nearby.
• Princess Fennel launched her formation’s attack, and Teng Yue formed a defense as her side appeared to suppress him.
• Jun Yiji said Teng Yue seemed inexperienced but might have a seed of Teng Bahun’s formation method, and she praised his talent and steady Dao heart.
• The spectators complained that either outcome would frustrate them, while Bao Jiusu expected Teng Yue to lose and avoid a fight with Lian Zhidiao.
• Sikong Jing argued that Teng Yue’s side might prevail because its members wanted him to win, prompting the short man to rebuke him.

Sikong Jing studied Teng Yue’s Battle-Killing Formation as Teng Yue fought Princess Fennel and drew the reserves into battle. When Teng Yue’s forces began to falter, Sikong Jing entered the formation as its final substitute.

• Sikong Jing warned Bao Jiusu that the reserves might soon be needed, just before Teng Yue’s formation began collapsing under Princess Fennel’s attacks.
• Teng Yue pulled Bao Jiusu and the other reserves into his formation while Sikong Jing stayed back to study the battle techniques.
• Teng Yue rebuilt his thousand-man force and unleashed a stronger formation, impressing Jun Yiji as both sides launched a fierce assault.
• Sikong Jing judged that Teng Yue still lacked the strength to win and began preparing his own Army-Slaying Formation.
• After Teng Yue and nearly all his men spat blood, he drew Sikong Jing and the last substitutes into his formation.

Sikong Jing revealed himself inside Teng Yue’s formation and forcibly linked the fighters into his Army-Slaying Formation. Jun Yiji stopped on her way to sign the marriage contract after realizing a young person had taken control of nearly a thousand Emperor Martial Stage experts.

• Jun Yiji ordered Ying Sanmeng and the others to enter Divine Mountain Hall and sign Teng Yue and Princess Fennel’s marriage contract after Teng Yue’s apparent defeat.
• Zhan Hu spotted Sikong Jing in Teng Yue’s formation, recognized him as the Young Sect Master, and kept silent when Sikong Jing signaled him not to speak.
• Princess Fennel shattered Teng Yue’s Army-Slaying Formation, leaving his fighters exhausted and Teng Yue ready to concede.
• Sikong Jing declared that they had not lost, then unleashed his power and linked the fighters into his Army-Slaying Formation.
• Teng Yue accepted Sikong Jing’s formation patterns, while the others failed to break free of them and Jun Yiji turned back in shock.

Sikong Jing stepped in for Teng Yue and used a newly mastered Thousand-Man Army-Slaying Formation to crush Princess Fennel’s formation. Teng Yue claimed victory in the third wager, but Princess Fennel disputed the result and appealed to Jun Yiji.

• Sikong Jing took Teng Yue’s place at the front and provoked Princess Fennel into attacking.
• Sikong Jing used the Army-Slaying Sword Form to break Princess Fennel’s formation and force her thousand fighters to their knees.
• Sikong Jing released Bao Jiusu and the others from his formation control, leaving them exhausted and injured.
• Sikong Jing congratulated Teng Yue, who declared that he had won the third wager.
• Princess Fennel argued that Teng Yue’s side had not won because Sikong Jing had unleashed the formation, then appealed to Jun Yiji.

Jun Yiji mistook Sikong Jing for a hidden disciple of a super sect and demanded that his elder reveal himself. Sikong Jing identified himself as the Cangyu Demon Sect’s Young Sect Master, leaving Jun Yiji and her people stunned as Teng Yue explained they had repeatedly dismissed his warnings about Sikong Jing.

• Jun Yiji sensed Sikong Jing’s strength, suspected he belonged to a super sect, and ordered his hidden elder to come forward.
• Sikong Jing addressed Ying Sanmeng and the elders as his Martial Uncle and elders, prompting Ying Sanmeng to step forward and say he was Sikong Jing’s Martial Uncle.
• Ying Sanmeng revealed that Sikong Jing was the Young Sect Master of the Cangyu Demon Sect, and Sikong Jing formally introduced himself to Jun Yiji.
• The burly expert accused Sikong Jing and the Cangyu Demon Sect of deceiving the Divine General, but Cosmic Vein Martial Ancestors, Elder Lu, and others confirmed Sikong Jing’s identity.
• Teng Yue reminded Jun Yiji’s group that he had repeatedly said he was not the Cangyu Demon Sect’s strongest disciple, but they had refused to believe him.

Jun Yiji learned that Sikong Jing was Teng Bahun’s disciple and questioned him about Teng Bahun’s whereabouts. Sikong Jing said he did not know, and Jun Yiji revealed that Teng Bahun had ruined her Seven-Seal Challenge by breaking her final formation.

• Jun Yiji asked Sikong Jing whether he was Teng Bahun’s disciple, and Sikong Jing admitted that he was.
• Jun Yiji examined Sikong Jing but saw only his Sacred Body, as he concealed his bloodlines and spirit shadows.
• Sikong Jing told Jun Yiji that Teng Bahun had been gone from the Cangyu Demon Sect for more than three years and that he did not know where he was.
• Jun Yiji explained that Teng Bahun had caused her to fail the Seven-Seal Challenge by breaking her final step with the Thousand-Man Army-Slaying Formation.
• Teng Yue explained that Teng Bahun had been among the thousand formation masters recruited for Jun Yiji’s final challenge, after which Teng Bahun vanished.

Sikong Jing tried to shield Teng Yue from Jun Yiji’s ruling that he had lost and must become Princess Fennel’s consort. After learning why Fennel loved Teng Yue, Sikong Jing turned her reasoning against her by demanding that she marry into the Cangyu Demon Sect.

• Jun Yiji declared Teng Yue defeated, citing Sikong Jing’s participation as a breach of the rules, and ordered him to become Fennel’s consort.
• Teng Yue tried to redirect Fennel’s attention to Sikong Jing, but Fennel insisted that she loved Teng Yue and rejected Sikong Jing.
• Fennel explained that she had fallen for Teng Yue after he once gave her martial guidance, and Sikong Jing learned how their wager battle had unfolded.
• Sikong Jing said Fennel had guided him in the Thousand-Man Army-Slaying Formation and demanded that she marry into the Cangyu Demon Sect, stunning everyone present.

Sikong Jing challenged Princess Fennel’s belief that she could win Teng Yue’s affection by forcing a wager battle, making her confront how he felt. Teng Yue admitted he did not like her, and Princess Fennel fled in tears.

• Sikong Jing argued that Princess Fennel’s wager battle with Teng Yue was no different from forcing someone to love her, and challenged her to apply the same logic to herself.
• The burly expert attacked Sikong Jing, but Jun Yiji stopped him so Sikong Jing could continue speaking to Princess Fennel.
• Sikong Jing explained that winning a wager could not make Teng Yue like Princess Fennel, and that she could simply take him by force because of her status.
• Princess Fennel asked Teng Yue whether he truly disliked her, and Teng Yue answered that he did not like her.
• Princess Fennel asked what she could do to make Teng Yue like her, then said she did not want to see him again and fled from Cangyu Divine Mountain.