Chapter Summaries

Sikong Jing negotiated for Divine Emperor Thorn Shark to take him and Teng Yue to Heaven Seal Academy, while making Elder Le Hun and her companions decide whether they would be his allies. After the shark brought all five to Heaven Seal Peninsula and called Sikong Jing “Master,” the others were left stunned.

• Sikong Jing told Elder Le Hun, Le Xiao, and Tutu that only he and Teng Yue were guaranteed passage, then demanded to know whether they were his enemies or allies.
• Elder Le Hun promised to protect Sikong Jing from anyone in the Red Wind Sect, and Sikong Jing warned her that returning to confront the Red Wind Old Monster would likely get her killed.
• Divine Emperor Thorn Shark ordered the sea beasts to clear the route and tore open space to travel toward Heaven Seal Academy.
• After about two hours, Divine Emperor Thorn Shark brought Sikong Jing’s group to Heaven Seal Peninsula and addressed him as “Master.”
• Divine Emperor Thorn Shark offered to answer Sikong Jing’s summons near Seal Sovereign Great Continent, then returned to the sea as Tutu gaped at its choice of address.

Sikong Jing parted ways with Le Hun and her companions after reaching Heaven Seal Academy, leaving Le Hun to reconsider the Cangyu Demon Sect and question Tutu. As Sikong Jing and Twelve Leopard approached the gates, he learned Teng Yue had arrived safely and sensed Red Mountain, Red Rong, and others waiting there with General Luo.

• Sikong Jing ended his promises to the Red Wind Sect, exchanged a communication stone with Le Hun, and left for Heaven Seal Academy with Twelve Leopard.
• Le Hun, Le Xiao, and Tutu reflected on surviving the sea and the Divine Emperor Thorn Shark, while Le Hun recognized Sikong Jing's strength and the Cangyu Demon Sect's unusual abilities.
• Le Hun and Le Xiao confronted Tutu, and Le Hun sensed Red Mountain and Red Rong near Heaven Seal Academy before sealing Tutu and pursuing them.
• Sikong Jing received confirmation that Teng Yue had safely entered Heaven Seal Academy and headed toward its gates to meet him.
• Sikong Jing sensed Red Mountain, Red Rong, Chai Jiu, Lian Zhidiao, and others at the academy gates, along with General Luo, and hurried over to report that he was safe.

Sikong Jing and Twelve Leopard arrived at Heaven Seal Academy as Luo Guangmang pursued and attacked the wounded Red Wind Elders, Lian Zhidiao, Elder Chen, and Chai Jiu. Chai Jiu briefly broke through toward the Super Divine Martial realm and tried to flee, but Sikong Jing’s return and Elder Le Hun’s intervention sent him crashing back toward Luo Guangmang.

• Sikong Jing and Twelve Leopard reached Heaven Seal Academy and found Luo Guangmang attacking the wounded Red Wind Elders and their companions.
• Elder Chen joined the fight, but Chai Jiu fled; Luo Guangmang caught him, and Chai Jiu broke free after touching the Super Divine Martial realm.
• Chai Jiu refused to rescue the Red Wind Elders, Elder Chen, or Lian Zhidiao and tried to escape again.
• Sikong Jing and Twelve Leopard emerged from the crowd, and Sikong Jing told Luo Guangmang he was alive.
• Sikong Jing called for Elder Le Hun to stop Chai Jiu, and she struck him back toward Luo Guangmang and the wounded group.

Sikong Jing exposed the Red Wind Elders’ attempt to kill him and Le Hun, then ordered them killed despite threats of war. He relied on Teng Yue’s admission to Heaven Seal Academy to deter an attack, but Lian Zhidiao revealed that Teng Yue had missed the deadline for recommended students.

• Le Hun confronted Red Mountain and Red Rong after learning they had survived, while Sikong Jing and Twelve Leopard joined Luo Guangmang.
• Red Rong claimed that he and Red Mountain had tried to use Sikong Jing’s group to kill Le Hun, and Tutu learned that Red Mountain had been willing to sacrifice him.
• Le Hun questioned whether Red Wind Old Monster had ordered the plot, but Sikong Jing cut off the discussion and told a Super Divine Martial to kill Red Mountain and Red Rong.
• Red Mountain, Red Rong, Elder Chen, and Lian Zhidiao threatened to destroy the Cangyu Demon Sect, while Chai Jiu urged Sikong Jing to yield.
• Sikong Jing said Teng Yue was joining Heaven Seal Academy under Divine General Yiji’s orders, but the academy announced that public admissions had begun.
• Lian Zhidiao explained that Teng Yue’s recommended-admission period had expired and that he was too late to join Heaven Seal Academy.

Sikong Jing learned that Teng Yue had supposedly missed the deadline to enter Heaven Seal Academy, but he remained calm because Twelve Leopard had only been impersonating him. The real Teng Yue appeared and revealed that he had passed Divine General Yi Ji’s trial and joined the academy two days earlier, leaving Chai Jiu and the others stunned.

• Lian Zhidiao and the Red Wind Elders mocked Sikong Jing for supposedly making Teng Yue miss Stronghold Recommendation Day and demanded the Cangyu Demon Sect release them.
• Luo Guangmang explained the academy’s two-day recommendation period and said public enrollment required prior regional selection, while Sikong Jing asked whether exceptions existed.
• The real Teng Yue arrived, knelt before Sikong Jing, and announced that he had joined Heaven Seal Academy two days earlier.
• Chai Jiu realized Twelve Leopard was not Teng Yue, and the crowd noticed how closely the disguised Twelve Leopard resembled the real one.
• Teng Yue confirmed that he had passed Divine General Yi Ji’s trial and greeted Chai Jiu and Lian Zhidiao, while Lian Zhidiao understood that the group had pursued an impostor.

Sikong Jing ordered Luo Guangmang to kill the Eight Steeds and cripple the Red Wind Elders, then Chai Jiu exposed him as the killer of Ling Yusong, drawing the crowd’s attention. Chai Jiu escaped with help from a hidden Super Divine Martial expert, but Sikong Jing identified their location and pointed them out.

• Sikong Jing ordered Luo Guangmang to kill Elder Chen and Lian Zhidiao, who had begged for mercy.
• Sikong Jing spared the Red Wind Elders from death but ordered Luo Guangmang and Le Hun to cripple them and hand them over for questioning.
• Chai Jiu shouted that Sikong Jing had killed Ling Yusong, Ling Dongwei’s grandson, and a hidden Super Divine Martial expert rescued him from Luo Guangmang and Le Hun.
• Chai Jiu taunted Sikong Jing from within the crowd, while Sikong Jing warned that Chai Jiu feared Ling Dongwei’s retaliation.
• Sikong Jing pointed out where Chai Jiu and the expert who had rescued him were hiding.

Sikong Jing discovered Chai Jiu beside a carriage belonging to the Shentu Clan, whose people planned to trade him to the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family for political benefits. With Luo Guangmang unable to confront the clan directly, Sikong Jing decided he needed to make a bold move and asked how to take Heaven Seal Academy’s special-case test.

• Sikong Jing used nearby demon beasts’ eyes to locate Chai Jiu, and Luo Guangmang rushed toward him with Sikong Jing and their companions.
• A Shentu Clan expert revealed that the clan intended to hand Sikong Jing over in exchange for benefits, dismissing the Cangyu Demon Sect as too insignificant to defend.
• Luo Guangmang condemned the plan as selling out one of their own, but the Shentu expert ordered him to leave and exerted pressure on him.
• Sikong Jing realized he needed to protect the Cangyu Demon Sect by abandoning his low profile and decided to challenge Heaven Seal Academy’s special-case test.
• Sikong Jing asked Luo Guangmang how to take the special-case test.

Sikong Jing chose to challenge Heaven Seal Academy’s Overlord Seal Trial to save Chai Jiu from the Shentu Clan, despite the deadly risks. After learning that challengers had to make the Overlord Seal Drum sound nine times, he walked toward it and warned the Shentu Clan to keep Chai Jiu alive.

• Sikong Jing declared that he would become an exceptional student of Heaven Seal Academy and challenge the Shentu Clan over Chai Jiu.
• The Shentu Clan’s Super Divine Martial expert explained that passing the Overlord Seal Trial would earn Sikong Jing the right to kill Chai Jiu and force a public apology.
• Luo Guangmang told Sikong Jing that the trial began with making the Overlord Seal Drum sound nine times.
• A young Shentu Clan woman warned that the drum’s challenge could rupture a challenger’s meridians or kill them, and the crowd mocked Sikong Jing.
• Twelve Leopard silenced the mockery by pointing out that Sikong Jing had killed a direct-line young master of the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family.
• Sikong Jing headed for the drum, told Luo Guangmang he would be careful, and ordered the Shentu Clan to keep Chai Jiu alive.

Sikong Jing challenged Heaven Seal Academy’s Overlord Seal Drum and discovered it was made from the remains of the Overlord Seal Giant Elephant. He endured its shockwaves and began striking it rapidly, leaving the gathered crowd stunned as the drumbeats continued.

• Sikong Jing stepped onto the platform and learned from the Divine Turtle that the drum and drumstick were made from the Overlord Seal Giant Elephant’s hide and bones.
• Sikong Jing lifted the drumstick and struck the Overlord Seal Drum, withstanding its first waves despite the crowd’s doubts.
• The Shentu Clan woman asked Chai Jiu how Sikong Jing had killed Ling Dongwei’s grandson, and Chai Jiu claimed Sikong Jing had relied on outside help and a sneak attack.
• Sikong Jing struck the drum three times as his true qi continued transforming into Saint Martial Stage true qi.
• Sikong Jing carved the elephant’s fragmented meridians into his body and rapidly struck the drum again and again, silencing the crowd with the continuing drumbeats.

Sikong Jing passed the first stage of the Overlord Seal Trial and began the Heavenly Stairway battle, defeating each wave of Spirit Puppets with the Cang Vein inheritance. He reached the ninth stair after overcoming the earlier stages with one punch each.

• Sikong Jing rang the Overlord Seal Drum nine times and identified himself as a member of the Three Leaf Cangyu Demon Sect from the Seal Sovereign Empire's Desolate Sea Region.
• Heaven Seal Academy directed Sikong Jing to ascend the nine-step Heavenly Stairway, defeat the Spirit Puppets, and sound the second drum.
• Sikong Jing struck the first Spirit Puppet with the Cang Fierce Punch and defeated it in one blow, shocking the observers.
• Sikong Jing advanced through the stairs, defeating each increasing group of Spirit Puppets with Cang Fierce Punch techniques.
• Sikong Jing reached the ninth stair after continuing to defeat the Spirit Puppets with a single punch each.

Sikong Jing passed the second Overlord Seal Drum trial and leaped into a forest filled with powerful demonic birds to reach the third drum. As he fought through the flock, Heaven Seal Academy’s nine great Supergods watched, and the black-sealed elder declared he wanted Sikong Jing as his disciple.

• Sikong Jing used the Cang Howling Sword Art to destroy all nine spirit puppets, reached the second platform, and sounded the second drum, converting eighty percent of his Sacred Martial True Qi.
• The trial’s aged voice announced that Sikong Jing had to fight demonic birds in midair and reach the third Overlord Seal Drum, warning him to jump within ten breaths.
• Sikong Jing leaped from the platform into a forest crowded with Emperor Martial and Saint Martial demonic birds.
• Teng Yue brought Luo Guangmang, Joy Soul, and others into Heaven Seal Academy, while the eldest miss of the Shentu Clan brought Chai Jiu inside as well.
• Heaven Seal Academy’s nine great Supergods watched Sikong Jing battle the demonic birds, and the black-bearded elder said he wanted Sikong Jing as his personal disciple even if he failed the trial.

Sikong Jing passed the third and fourth trials, alarming the Shentu Clan and raising the prospect that Heaven Seal's Nine Great Super Divines would compete to take him as a disciple. He entered the fifth trial, where a hundred elite Saint King Realm fighters attacked him inside a palace.

• Sikong Jing dodged the demon birds, landed before the third drum, and passed the third trial.
• Luo Guangmang confronted the Shentu Clan, while Chai Jiu and the clan's Super Divine Martial worried about Sikong Jing's growing prospects.
• Sikong Jing passed the Army-Slaying Formation trial, and Luo Guangmang explained that passing six trials would earn him a place as a Dominant Seal student.
• Shen Tu Super Divine Martial warned that Sikong Jing's success could force him to return Chai Jiu and publicly apologize.
• Sikong Jing entered the fifth trial and fought a hundred academy-trained Saint King Realm warriors inside a palace.

Sikong Jing reached the Saint Entry Fifth Realm after three days of fighting, then heard the suffering spirit of the Overlord Seal Giant Elephant through the fifth drum. He entered the ninth drum’s artifact-spirit world and discovered a gaunt old man was secretly refining the elephant’s soul, but the man did not detect him.

• Sikong Jing emerged from three days of battle at the Saint Entry Fifth Realm and advanced to the fifth Overlord Seal Drum.
• The Overlord Seal Giant Elephant’s soul told Sikong Jing it was trapped in the ninth drum, in agony as someone refined it while keeping its consciousness awake.
• Sikong Jing sent his beast-form spirit image through the drumstick into the ninth drum’s artifact-spirit world.
• Sikong Jing saw blood-red formation lines cutting into the giant elephant’s artifact spirit and sensed an outside force probing the drum.
• Sikong Jing struck the fifth drum through its ninth beat, causing its power to expel his spirit image and disperse the intruding force.
• Sikong Jing saw a gaunt old man near the ninth drum, who mistook the disturbance for an effect of the Overlord Seal Trial.

Sikong Jing discovered that a gaunt old man was refining the Giant Elephant Soul and resolved to uncover who was behind it. He began the sixth Overlord Seal Trial against Heaven Seal’s nine great Super Gods, while the Red Wind Elders were killed before they could reveal the sect master’s secret.

• Sikong Jing promised the Giant Elephant Soul he would find a way to save it, then wondered whether the gaunt old man and the drums were part of a trap aimed at him.
• The red-seal old man announced that Sikong Jing’s sixth-stage opponents would be spirit puppets controlled by Heaven Seal’s nine great Super Gods, each fighting at a realm above Sikong Jing.
• Sikong Jing accepted the challenge and began fighting the first spirit puppet, controlled by the middle-aged man with the white seal, as people across the academy watched.
• Tutu asked the Red Wind Elders whether they regretted targeting Le Hun, while Le Hun planned to interrogate them after Sikong Jing completed the trial.
• Two thin needles pierced the Red Wind Elders’ brows, killing them before they could reveal that the sect master had killed the Five-Seal War General.

The Red Wind Elders were secretly killed inside Heaven Seal Academy, while Luo Guangmang realized the Imperial Envoy’s mysterious organization had reached into the academy. Sikong Jing advanced to the second tier, and Shentu Super Divine Martial prepared to use his variant-human identity to block his admission.

• Fine needles appeared between the Red Wind Elders’ brows and killed them, then vanished when they exploded.
• Joy Soul accused Heaven Seal Academy of failing to protect her people, but the Blue Seal woman denied responsibility and ordered her to investigate her own group.
• Joy Soul and Le Xiao suspected Tutu, while Luo Guangmang said he was not the killer and urged them to detain him and focus on the trial.
• Luo Guangmang realized the Imperial Envoy’s organization had silenced the Red Wind Elders inside Heaven Seal Academy and worried that his own survival might be discovered.
• Sikong Jing defeated the White Seal spirit puppet and stepped onto the second tier, while Chai Jiu feared he would become a Dominant Seal student.
• Shentu Super Divine Martial asked Chai Jiu for a reason to bar Sikong Jing, then sent word that Sikong Jing was of the variant human race.

Sikong Jing battled his way through the sixth drum while Dean Jing Chuiguang and a female Imperial Envoy plotted to stop him from becoming an Overlord Seal student. Jing Chuiguang appeared at the trial and abruptly halted it, leaving Sikong Jing’s fate uncertain.

• Jing Chuiguang told the female Imperial Envoy that he had silenced the Red Wind Elders, and they discussed killing Sikong Jing, whom the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family blamed for Ling Yusong’s death.
• After Shentu Cong reported that Sikong Jing was an aberrant human, Jing Chuiguang agreed that this could disqualify him from becoming an Overlord Seal student.
• Sikong Jing defeated Black Seal Supremacy’s spirit puppet on the sixth drum’s second step, impressing the watching academy members.
• Sikong Jing noticed the Red Wind Elders’ corpses and suspected Jing Chuiguang had killed them before heading toward the third tier.
• Jing Chuiguang appeared above the sixth drum, identified himself as Heaven Seal Academy’s head, and declared the Overlord Seal Trial over.

Jing Chuiguang barred Sikong Jing from becoming a Tyrant Seal student after declaring him a variant human, and Sikong Jing admitted his identity while hinting that the decision might help Ling Dongwei avenge Ling Yusong. After leaving the trial, Sikong Jing accused Chai Jiu of spreading the news, making Jing Chuiguang turn back in suspicion.

• Jing Chuiguang announced that Sikong Jing could not become a Tyrant Seal student because he was a variant human, and Sikong Jing calmly admitted it.
• Jing Chuiguang dismissed Sikong Jing from the trial, while the old man in black seals said his offer to take Sikong Jing as a disciple still stood.
• Sikong Jing refused the offer, revealed that he had killed Ling Yusong, and warned that protecting him could bring trouble from Ling Dongwei.
• Sikong Jing implied that blocking his advancement would let Ling Dongwei avenge his grandson, then apologized and left the stairway after Jing Chuiguang warned him.
• Chai Jiu mocked Sikong Jing, who accused him of spreading the news about his identity; Jing Chuiguang turned back in alarm.

Sikong Jing used the revelation of his mixed-blood identity to cast suspicion on Jing Chuiguang and left Heaven Seal Academy amid jeers. In an inn, he concluded that Jing Chuiguang was tied to the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family and had killed the Red Wind Elders, revealing that their survival had been a trap to draw him out.

• Sikong Jing implied that Jing Chuiguang had learned he was mixed-blood through a connection to the Shentu Clan, and Jing Chuiguang claimed he had seen through the disguise himself.
• Jing Chuiguang ended the Overlord Seal Trial and ordered outsiders to leave, while the Nine Great Super Gods refrained from taking Sikong Jing as a disciple because they suspected the dean had hidden ties.
• Sikong Jing left Heaven Seal Academy with Luo Guangmang, Joy Soul, and Teng Yue as onlookers mocked him and the Shentu Clan threatened to sell him.
• Sikong Jing and his companions settled into a nearby inn, where Luo Guangmang raised a barrier and accused Jing Chuiguang of having ties to the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family.
• Sikong Jing told Luo Guangmang and Joy Soul that Jing Chuiguang had likely killed the Red Wind Elders to silence them, and said their survival had been meant to lure the snake out of its hole.

Sikong Jing revealed to Le Hun that Red Wind Old Monster had killed the Five-Seal War General and that Jing Chuiguang was connected to the Imperial Envoy. As threats from the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family and its allies mounted, Sikong Jing sent Luo Guangmang away to assume a new identity and report to Jun Yiji.

• Sikong Jing told Luo Guangmang that Jing Chuiguang was likely working with the Imperial Envoy and that he could not safely become an Overlord Seal student.
• Sikong Jing warned Le Hun that learning the truth could put her in danger, and she chose to hear it.
• Sikong Jing explained that Red Wind Old Monster had killed the Five-Seal War General in Blood Evil Valley and had tried to silence witnesses.
• Sikong Jing told Le Hun about the Imperial Envoy and Luo Guangmang's identity, then warned that Jun Yiji or the Sea-Chasing King might sell them out.
• Sikong Jing ordered Luo Guangmang to leave, take the identity of the Three-Seal War General, become Jun Huixiang's guard, and secretly warn Jun Yiji about the head of the Heaven Seal Academy.

Sikong Jing planned to force the Seal Sovereign Empire to intervene and protect himself, Teng Yue, and the Cangyu Demon Sect from the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family. After advancing to the first realm of Sacred Emergence, he faced a powerful group that arrived to take him away.

• Teng Yue told Luo Guangmang that Sikong Jing intended to replace Heaven Seal Academy's headmaster and expose Jing Chuiguang's collusion with the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family.
• Luo Guangmang disguised himself as a Three-Seal General and entered Heaven Seal Academy to report to Princess Fennel.
• Sikong Jing told Joy Soul she could stay with him and become a guest elder of the Cangyu Demon Sect, then explained that he planned to force the Seal Sovereign Empire into the conflict.
• Sikong Jing advanced from the fifth realm of Sacred Entry to the first realm of Sacred Emergence and sensed Jing Chuiguang, Shentu's Super Divine Martial expert, Chai Jiu, and a black-robed imperial envoy approaching.
• A barrier sealed the room as the group arrived, and their aura made Joy Soul collapse after she spat blood.
• Sikong Jing calmly asked Jing Chuiguang what had brought him there.