Chapter Summaries

Sikong Jing refused to surrender the Seal Sovereign Violent Spear after the geniuses in Divine Son Hall demanded he give it up. He defeated Senior Brother Guan with the spear and his comprehension of the Overlord Seal Drum’s eighth beat.

• A Divine Martial genius and Senior Brother Guan demanded that Sikong Jing surrender the Violent Spear, while Jun Guqiao explained its connection to the Overlord Seal Giant Elephant.
• Sikong Jing mocked the crowd’s demand, then claimed the spear’s artifact spirit had chosen the strongest person present, enraging Jun Guxian and the others.
• Senior Brother Guan attacked Sikong Jing and tried to force him to kneel, but Sikong Jing used the seven Overlord Seal Drum patterns to withstand the pressure.
• Senior Brother Guan revealed that he had also comprehended all seven drums, and Sikong Jing countered with an eighth-drum pattern that shattered Guan’s martial patterns.
• Sikong Jing struck Senior Brother Guan with the Violent Spear and sent him flying across the hall.

Sikong Jing asserted his strength against the Divine Son geniuses, forcing Jun Guxian to intervene before the fight escalated. Jun Guxian gave Sikong Jing the Seal Sovereign Violent Spear and kept the captain selection open to competition for the strongest divine weapon, armor, and spirit platform divine seal.

• Sikong Jing challenged the crowd to name someone more qualified to be third captain, and Shi Xuanyong argued that Sikong Jing's divine weapon gave him an unfair advantage.
• A Divine Martial Stage genius drew a divine sword to challenge Sikong Jing, who offered to reveal his heteromorphic human traits.
• Jun Guqiao urged Jun Guxian to stop the fight before Sikong Jing could defeat Guan Kuan and the others.
• Jun Guxian halted the confrontation and praised Sikong Jing, while Shi Xuanyong objected that the Violent Spear's connection to the Overlord Seal Drum made the captain selection unfair.
• Sikong Jing said he would compete for the strongest divine armor and spirit platform divine seal even if another person claimed the strongest divine weapon.
• Jun Guxian gave Sikong Jing the Seal Sovereign Violent Spear and announced that the competition for the remaining strongest treasures would continue.

Sikong Jing cultivated in the Divine Son Hall to prepare for the Heaven-Soaring Sea Cave and, by forging new core meridians from the power of the Ten Thousand Beasts, broke through to the Saint Venerable Realm. He was still considering how to strengthen his human-race dantian when he heard that Jing Yuan had arrived.

• Jun Guxian let Sikong Jing cultivate undisturbed in the Divine Son Hall for the ten days before the selection, and Sikong Jing returned to the hall with the Seal Sovereign Violent Spear.
• Sikong Jing comprehended the Overlord Seal Giant Elephant and Divine Emperor Thorn Shark meridians but found that neither was enough to break through from Saint King peak.
• Sikong Jing asked the ferocious beasts and divine beasts in the Ten Thousand Beasts Heavenly Prison to reveal all their meridians, then endured three glances at their combined power.
• Sikong Jing formed new core meridians around his Beast Heart, evolved his beast-race dantian, and broke through into the Saint Venerable Realm.
• Sikong Jing planned to use his father Nine Heavens' legacy to strengthen his human-race dantian and kill Guan without entering a demonic state, but then learned that Jing Yuan had arrived at the Divine Son Hall.

Jing Yuan arrived at the Divine Son Hall, where his unimpressive appearance contrasted with his reputation as the empire’s strongest genius. Sikong Jing sensed the danger beneath Jing Yuan’s dull demeanor and found him alone by a lake, where he hinted that he understood Jing Yuan was pretending to be a fool.

• Jing Yuan entered the Divine Son Hall and greeted Jun Guxian and Jun Guqiao, then said he would handle killing the enemy geniuses.
• Jun Guxian warned the Divine Sons not to provoke Jing Yuan and said he had once killed a Four-Seal War General with one punch.
• After returning to cultivation, Sikong Jing left the hall and found Jing Yuan sitting beside a lake.
• Sikong Jing asked Jing Yuan whether playing dumb was his only choice if he did not want to be a dog, then challenged him to a game of Army-Slaying War Chess.
• Jing Yuan turned around after Sikong Jing mentioned his battlefield experience and interest in Army-Slaying Formations.

Sikong Jing played Army-Slaying War Chess against Jing Yuan and lost, revealing how little experience he had with Boundless Sea formations. Jing Yuan gave him a war chess board and several formation inheritances, then advised him to stay close to the Seventeenth Highness during the battle of Heaven-Soaring Sea Cave; Sikong Jing openly questioned that advice because he did not want to follow Jun Guxian.

• Jing Yuan began a high-level Army-Slaying War Chess match, and Sikong Jing struggled to adapt the Qianyuan Battle-Killing Formation to Boundless Sea warfare.
• Sikong Jing lost after an hour and acknowledged that his foundational knowledge of formations and warfare was far behind Jing Yuan's.
• Jing Yuan asked whether Sikong Jing's sect was weak, and Sikong Jing explained that he had risen from Three Leaves to Six Leaves after earning merit.
• Jing Yuan gave Sikong Jing the war chess board, formation records, and a remnant super-divine-grade Army-Slaying Formation because he recognized Sikong Jing's talent.
• Sikong Jing asked about the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family's strongest geniuses, and Jing Yuan told him to stay close to the Seventeenth Highness during the Heaven-Soaring Sea Cave battle.
• Sikong Jing challenged Jing Yuan's advice and stated that he did not want to follow Jun Guxian.

Sikong Jing probed Jing Yuan’s loyalty and intentions while disguising their conversation as instruction in the Overlord Seal Drum. Jing Yuan recognized that Sikong Jing was hiding his abilities too, and their exchange left them considering the possibility of an ally as the Heaven-Soaring Sea Cave battle approached.

• Sikong Jing sensed observers nearby and asked Jing Yuan to demonstrate the Overlord Seal Drum, allowing Jing Yuan to break his displayed engravings with the complete nine drums.
• Sikong Jing gave Jing Yuan a Green Jade Tube and left, then studied the army-slaying formations Jing Yuan had given him.
• Sikong Jing concluded that Jing Yuan might be pretending to be dull to avoid becoming Jun Guxian’s weapon and resolved to keep improving before facing the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family.
• Jing Yuan discovered that the Green Jade Tube contained Sikong Jing’s insight into the Overlord Seal Giant Elephant’s essential power.
• Jing Yuan realized Sikong Jing was concealing his abilities from Jun Guxian and considered him a possible companion, while sensing that he hid a terrifying danger.

Jing Yuan secretly resolved to help Sikong Jing at the Heaven-Soaring Sea Cave, while Jun Guxian misread their meeting and planned to humiliate Sikong Jing. At the captain-selection contest, the other geniuses deliberately blocked Sikong Jing from reaching the jade lamps, excluding him from the competition.

• Jing Yuan copied the contents of Sikong Jing's Green Jade Tube, then crushed it to conceal their exchange from the Seal Sovereign experts watching them.
• Jun Guxian and Jun Guqiao heard a report about Sikong Jing's visit to Jing Yuan and mistook it for an attempt to curry favor.
• Jun Guxian vowed to make Sikong Jing kneel and renounce Jun Yiji and the Sea-Chasing King during the Heaven-Soaring Sea Cave battle, and planned to strike him at the captain selection.
• At the contest, nearly all nine hundred Jun Seal geniuses rushed to inspect the jade lamps, while Sikong Jing stayed below.
• When Sikong Jing tried to reach a jade lamp, dozens of Divine Son geniuses blocked his path, forcing him back down and excluding him from the contest.

Sikong Jing rejected Jun Guxian’s offer to intervene and challenged him over excluding the Sea-Chasing King's geniuses from the Heaven-Soaring Sea Cave battle. He then went to claim the strongest divine armor, only to find dozens of Divine Son geniuses blocking his way.

• Jun Guxian offered to issue an order against the Divine Son geniuses targeting Sikong Jing, but Sikong Jing declined because their actions did not violate the rules.
• Jun Guxian revealed that no other genius from the Sea-Chasing King's lineage had entered the Divine Son Hall and warned that Sikong Jing would lack allies in the coming battle.
• Sikong Jing accused the Sea-Chasing King's faction of endangering the empire’s victory and warned Jun Guxian that his decision could be used against him by the other princes.
• Jun Guxian pressured Sikong Jing to become the third captain and threatened that he could be sacrificed as a minor genius.
• Sikong Jing announced he would claim the strongest divine armor and flashed toward it, but dozens of Divine Son geniuses appeared in his path.

Sikong Jing crushed the Divine Son geniuses who attacked him and revealed that he had mastered the complete first eight Overlord Seal Drums and part of the ninth. He credited Jing Yuan with teaching him, prompting Jing Yuan to demonstrate the Nine Drums as Sikong Jing’s ninth-drum comprehension rose further.

• Jun Guxian signaled the Divine Son geniuses to attack Sikong Jing, but Sikong Jing used the Violent Spear and the complete first eight drum inscriptions to break through their encirclement and defeat them.
• Sikong Jing challenged Jun Guxian to judge his complete eighth-drum inscriptions, then faced more than a hundred geniuses, including Guan Kuan.
• Sikong Jing revealed that he had comprehended part of the ninth drum and said Jing Yuan had taught him, shocking the gathered geniuses and Jun Guxian.
• Jun Guxian asked Jing Yuan to demonstrate the Overlord Seal Nine Drums again, and Jing Yuan complied while silently acknowledging Sikong Jing’s claim was a pretense.
• As Jing Yuan demonstrated the Nine Drums, Sikong Jing’s ninth-drum comprehension increased from ten percent to twenty percent before everyone’s eyes.

Sikong Jing rapidly advanced his Overlord Seal Nine Drums inscription under Jing Yuan’s demonstration, forcing Jun Guxian to stop the display before it worsened his standing. As the third captain contest resumed, Jun Wuqin confronted Sikong Jing and accused him of trampling the geniuses’ dignity.

• Sikong Jing’s inscription pattern advanced from two-tenths to five-tenths as Jing Yuan demonstrated the Nine Drums, while Jun Guxian repeatedly demanded that Jing Yuan stop.
• Jun Guqiao intervened and said the demonstration could continue after the third captain was chosen, so Jing Yuan stopped and Jun Guxian hurried away.
• Jing Yuan sat down as the assembled Divine Heir geniuses gathered around Sikong Jing.
• Jun Wuqin introduced himself as the strongest among them and demanded that Sikong Jing kneel and beg for forgiveness.
• Sikong Jing challenged the crowd to explain why they opposed him and pointed out that he had exposed Jing Chuiguang, the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family traitor.
• One of the geniuses accused Sikong Jing of trampling their dignity by calling them mosquitoes.

Sikong Jing fought off a siege by the Divine Son geniuses, then faced Jun Wuqin’s overwhelming attack. He unleashed a demonic transformation in only the hand gripping his spear, leaving Jun Guxian and the others stunned.

• Jun Wuqin ordered the Divine Son geniuses to attack Sikong Jing while Jun Guxian vented his fury behind a side door.
• Jun Guxian came out expecting to see Sikong Jing defeated, but found hundreds of geniuses down and the remaining Spirit Entry Realm experts unable to gain an advantage.
• Jun Wuqin attacked Sikong Jing with his divine weapon and overwhelming Divine Emergence Realm true qi, aiming to force him to kneel.
• Sikong Jing burst through Jun Wuqin’s attack with demonic aura and spear radiance, dispersing the pressure around him.
• The onlookers realized Sikong Jing’s spear hand had turned black and scaly, though the rest of him remained unchanged.

Sikong Jing revealed that his evolved beast-vein dantian let him partially demonize, then fought Jun Wuqin and several Divine Emergence Realm geniuses while advancing to the fifth level of the Saint Venerable Realm. After defeating them, he turned on Jun Guxian and launched a spear strike at him.

• Sikong Jing partially demonized his arm and began sending Guan Kuan and the other Divine Entry Realm fighters flying with the Violent Spear.
• Jun Guxian signaled the Divine Emergence Realm Divine Sons to join Jun Wuqin in surrounding Sikong Jing, who transformed into the full Demonic Path Triple Body and fought them off.
• Sikong Jing’s spirit shadows studied the beasts’ meridians and integrated their insights, helping him break through to the fifth level of the Saint Venerable Realm during the battle.
• Sikong Jing defeated the Divine Emergence Realm fighters one by one and blasted Jun Wuqin away with a powerful spear strike.
• Sikong Jing charged at Jun Guxian and brought his spear down on him.

Sikong Jing attacked Jun Guxian and then fought Jun Guqiao, humiliating the Seal Sovereign Empire’s geniuses while Jing Yuan watched. When Jun Guxian ordered Jing Yuan to stop Sikong Jing, Jing Yuan entered enlightenment instead, and Sikong Jing prepared to escalate before a Jun Seal powerhouse arrived.

• Sikong Jing battered Jun Guxian’s Super Divine Armor with his spear and taunted him for refusing to fight back.
• Jun Guqiao charged at Sikong Jing, who turned his spear on her and began clashing with her above Jun Guxian.
• Jun Guxian, afraid to risk losing his invincible-genius image, ordered Jing Yuan to stop Sikong Jing.
• Jing Yuan halted and entered enlightenment, drawing insight from Sikong Jing’s giant elephant spear technique.
• Sikong Jing recognized Jing Yuan’s breakthrough and decided to make an even bigger move before a Jun Seal powerhouse could intervene.

Sikong Jing used a Demon Vein technique to overpower Jun Guxian, while Jing Yuan’s breakthrough shielded him from the Seal Sovereign experts. Jun Guxian swallowed his rage and praised Sikong Jing to avoid admitting fear or jeopardizing the agreement that required Sikong Jing to enter Heaven-Soaring Sea Cave.

• Sikong Jing unleashed Demon War: Furious Roar, scattering Jun Guqiao’s attack and pinning her against a wall.
• Sikong Jing struck Jun Guxian with his spear, sending him and his Super God Armor flying into a wall and making him spit blood.
• Jing Yuan broke through to the first level of the God King Realm and stepped in front of Sikong Jing, claiming he was following Jun Guxian’s order to stop the variant human.
• Sikong Jing dropped his demonic form, apologized for getting carried away, and taunted Jun Guxian by asking why he was so weak.
• Sikong Jing reminded Jun Guxian that the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family wanted him dead and asked how to survive the battle of Heaven-Soaring Sea Cave.
• Jun Guxian suppressed his anger, applauded Sikong Jing, and called him a fierce general of the Seal Sovereign Empire.

Sikong Jing confronted Jun Guxian over having sold him out, and refused Jun Guxian’s demand to submit. Jun Guxian had him sealed and threatened to exclude him from the captain contest and the Nine Drums, while still offering him a chance to surrender before Heaven-Soaring Sea Cave.

• Jun Guxian ended the contest for captain and led Sikong Jing aside, while the Divine Son geniuses reassured themselves that Sikong Jing would be targeted at Heaven-Soaring Sea Cave.
• Jing Yuan reflected that only a few geniuses still had pure martial hearts, then continued comprehending the Overlord Seal Giant Elephant’s essence power with Sikong Jing’s replica Green Jade Tube.
• Jun Guxian dropped his pretense and urged Sikong Jing to submit, but Sikong Jing accused him of arranging the deal that nearly handed him to the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family.
• Sikong Jing told Jun Guxian to hand him over at Heaven-Soaring Sea Cave, and Jun Guxian ordered several Junyin powerhouses to seal him.
• Jun Guxian denied Sikong Jing a share in the captain contest, the Divine Armor, and the Spirit Platform Divine Seal, and said Jing Yuan would no longer demonstrate the Nine Drums for him.
• Jun Guxian offered to guarantee Sikong Jing’s survival if he submitted, then left while urging him to reconsider.

Jun Yisui told Jun Yiji why he had supported Sikong Jing, revealing that Sikong Jing might be the son of the couple who once saved his life. As Sikong Jing and the others began their journey to the Heaven-Soaring Sea Cave, Jun Yiji received a startling report.

• Jun Guxian restarted the captain contest, and Jun Wuqin became the third captain while Sikong Jing remained sidelined.
• Sikong Jing and the other nine hundred travelers departed through the spatial teleportation array for the Heaven-Soaring Sea Cave.
• Jun Yiji questioned Jun Yisui about his support for Sikong Jing, and he denied choosing sides among the princes.
• Jun Yisui revealed that Sikong Ding and Ling Xiaotian had saved him, and that they had asked him to help their children, Sikong Jing and Sikong Ling, if he encountered them.
• Jun Yisui said Sikong Jing might be the couple’s son and that they had likely died or fallen into the hands of the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family.
• Jun Yiji received a report that left her visibly shocked, prompting Jun Yisui to ask what had happened.

Jun Yisui and Jun Yiji considered backing Sikong Jing and the Cangyu Demon Sect as the coming battle approached, while the Sikong Family awaited news of him. Su Yuexi began a dangerous breakthrough and confronted a mysterious second spiritual shadow in her consciousness.

• Jun Yisui and Jun Yiji discussed visiting and supporting the Cangyu Demon Sect, with Jun Yiji also seeing the Desolate Sea Absolute Formation as a place to train troops.
• Teng Yue returned to the Cangyu Demon Sect, where its members learned about Sikong Jing’s deeds and the imperial mission awaiting him.
• Le Hun and Twelve Leopard returned without completing the Blood Evil Valley mission, and Forged Rock sent Heavy Rock to deliver a transmission stone to Sikong Jing’s wife.
• At the Sikong Family, Yao Yulou helped the Demon Dream Witch suppress the memories of her past lives while Sikong Ling and Sikong Xinyu waited for news of Sikong Jing.
• Su Yuexi’s aura surged as she approached the Saint Martial Stage, and A-Jin recognized signs of qi deviation.
• Inside her consciousness, Su Yuexi confronted a second spiritual shadow that had appeared without being cultivated.

Su Yuexi's uncontrollable purple spirit shadow forced her into a rapid breakthrough and began awakening her King of Night Charms bloodline. Su Yuexi used Sikong Jing's three thousand fierce beast blood drops to resist it, while Sikong Jing and the others arrived at the Heaven-Soaring Sea Cave.

• Su Yuexi's purple spirit shadow drove her through successive breakthroughs and began strengthening her Night Charm bloodline as A-Jin and Sikong Ling arrived.
• The Demon Dream Witch sensed the intense aura and struggled to suppress the instincts of her first life, prompting Yao Yulou to investigate Su Yuexi before returning to restrain her.
• Su Yuexi asked Sikong Ling and A-Jin to stop her, then fused with Sikong Jing's three thousand fierce beast blood drops to fight the purple spirit shadow and form a balance.
• A month after leaving the Seal Sovereign Great Continent, Sikong Jing and the other geniuses reached an island in the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family's territory and heard a voice welcome them to the Heaven-Soaring Sea Cave.

Sikong Jing arrived at the Heaven-Soaring Sea Cave and faced Ling Dongwei, the grandfather of the man he had killed and his sworn enemy. He withstood the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family’s pressure and openly admitted to killing Ling Yusong, then offered to explain the details.

• Jun Guxian led the Seal Sovereign Empire’s delegation off the spatial array on Sea Cave Island and greeted Ling Dongwei.
• Ling Dongwei demanded to meet Ling Yusong’s murderer, while a Seal Sovereign expert blocked his aura from crushing the delegation.
• Jun Guxian called Sikong Jing forward, and Sikong Jing calmly walked through the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family’s hostile stares without faltering.
• Sikong Jing stepped in front of Jun Guxian, declared that he had killed Ling Yusong, and asked Ling Dongwei whether he wanted to hear more details.

Sikong Jing taunted Ling Dongwei and the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family over Ling Yusong’s death, then used a claim about a stolen treasure to unsettle them. Ling Dongwei admitted that the treasure had been stolen and Sikong Jing asked where the two traitors were.

• Sikong Jing described killing Ling Yusong’s subordinates and defeating Ling Yusong in the Blood Demon Grand Formation, provoking the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family.
• Ling Yusong’s grandmother demanded that Ling Dongwei tear Sikong Jing apart, but a Seal Sovereign powerhouse warned that killing him would violate their agreement.
• Ling Dongwei threatened Sikong Jing, who then hinted that a valuable treasure stolen from the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family might be in the Desolate Sea Forbidden Land.
• Ling Dongwei admitted that two traitors had stolen a treasure and said it might have ended up in the forbidden land.
• Sikong Jing asked Ling Dongwei where the two traitors were.