Chapter Summaries

Sikong Jing learned that some members of his father's family may have survived, then turned to ask about his mother's origins before Xiao Nanpan's arrival interrupted him. Xiao Nanpan, the Mysterious Xiao Sect master's son, demanded the inn be cleared, leaving Ma Shuquan watching Sikong Jing to judge how important he was.

• Sikong Jing suggested that survivors of the first Sikong family might have secretly raised him, and the captain confirmed that an old man and several children had once escaped the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family's search.
• Sikong Jing took comfort in the possibility that some of his father's family survived and prepared to ask about his mother's origins.
• Sikong Jing, Ma Shuquan, and the captain watched a procession of Divine-Horned Mystic Cloud Horses stop outside their inn.
• Xiao Nanpan arrived with a beautiful woman, called her his wife despite her objection, and ordered the inn cleared for them.
• Xiao Nanpan's knight identified him as the Mysterious Xiao Sect master's son, and Ma Shuquan hesitated to greet him while gauging Sikong Jing's reaction.

Sikong Jing stayed in the inn while Ma Shuquan went to greet Xiao Nanpan, a young master of the Mysterious Xiao Sect. After Sikong Jing crushed Xiao Nanpan’s sword strike with chopsticks, he invited him inside and pinned him in place with his Heaven-Soaring Imperial Bloodline aura.

• Sikong Jing told Ma Shuquan to greet Xiao Nanpan but insisted on finishing his meal before the inn was cleared.
• Sikong Jing recognized the unwilling woman accompanying Xiao Nanpan as someone with a powerful Heaven-Soaring Imperial Bloodline who had been forced into a marriage alliance.
• Xiao Nanpan insulted Ma Shuquan and demanded that the Young Master Ling upstairs come meet him.
• Sikong Jing refused to come down, and Xiao Nanpan launched a sword strike at his window; Sikong Jing crushed it between chopsticks and called it ordinary.
• Xiao Nanpan entered the inn and asked Sikong Jing to share a drink, but Sikong Jing’s sword intent and bloodline aura froze him at the doorway.

Sikong Jing was mistaken for Mi’er's missing Second Brother, and he initially refused to claim the identity. When Xiao Nanpan ordered his guards to capture him, Sikong Jing changed his mind and openly moved to take Mi'er with him.

• Xiao Nanpan tried to learn Sikong Jing's identity, but Sikong Jing kept the room shut and gave no answer.
• Mi'er recognized Sikong Jing as her Second Brother and revealed that she was being forced to marry after becoming an adopted daughter of the direct line.
• Sikong Jing denied being Mi'er's brother, but she broke through the door and pursued him after seeing his face.
• Xiao Nanpan ordered his guards to stop Sikong Jing and bring him back as his second brother-in-law.
• Sikong Jing told Mi'er to come with him and charged toward Xiao Nanpan.

Sikong Jing rescued Mi'er from Xiao Nanpan and escaped through space, leaving Xiao Nanpan to order a pursuit. Xiao Nanpan explained that Sikong Jing came from a disgraced Scattered Star collateral branch, while Mi'er had been adopted into the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family’s direct line, and he planned to make Sikong Jing his guard.

• Sikong Jing overwhelmed Xiao Nanpan’s guards, seized Mi'er, and escaped after using the Space Sacred Key to tear open space.
• Xiao Nanpan ordered his guards and elders to pursue Sikong Jing, then struck Ma Shuquan for misleading him about Young Master Ling.
• Xiao Nanpan told Ma Shuquan that Sikong Jing belonged to a Scattered Star collateral branch of the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family.
• Xiao Nanpan explained that Sikong Jing’s family were sinners demoted for a grave offense, while Mi'er had severed ties with them and gained direct-line status through adoption.
• Xiao Nanpan said he intended to ask Mi'er's adoptive father for Sikong Jing and make him a guard.

Sikong Jing tried to convince Ling Mi'er that he was not her missing second brother, but she remained convinced until she eventually accepted her mistake and left with the Mysterious Xiao Sect elders. Her words led Sikong Jing to suspect that they might be real cousins, but two elders returned to confront him.

• Sikong Jing revealed his face and told Ling Mi'er he was not her second brother, but she continued to believe he was denying his family because of their misfortune.
• Ling Mi'er apologized for mistaking Sikong Jing for someone else, asked him to visit her parents and eldest brother, and left for Frost Isle.
• The Mysterious Xiao Sect elders intercepted Ling Mi'er, and she told them Sikong Jing was not her second brother before they took her away.
• Sikong Jing wondered whether Ling Mi'er was his real cousin and decided to speak with her after she calmed down.
• Two Mysterious Xiao Sect elders returned through a spatial rift and asked Sikong Jing why he had not left.

Sikong Jing fought off two Mysterious Xiao Sect elders who had come to take him to Frost Isle, then learned his family’s condemnation may have involved a Sikong Couple and agreed to go with them. Meanwhile, Xiao Nanpan threatened Ling Mi’er’s second brother and prepared to force himself on her.

• The Mysterious Xiao Sect elders tried to bind Sikong Jing and take him to Frost Isle, but he demanded to know why his family had been branded criminal Scattered Stars.
• Sikong Jing defeated both Divine Venerable Realm elders and wounded one until they admitted they knew only that his family had been condemned over a decade earlier, possibly because of a Sikong Couple.
• Sikong Jing withdrew his sword and ordered the elders to lead him to Frost Isle without binding him.
• At the restaurant on Frost Isle, Xiao Nanpan ordered everyone to leave and shut the doors and windows.
• Xiao Nanpan told Ling Mi’er he intended to have her and threatened to kill her second brother if she resisted.

Xiao Nanpan threatened Ling Mi'er and tried to force himself on her, but his congenital illness suddenly flared up. He died despite desperate treatment, leaving his attendants stunned and Ling Mi'er still trapped in the aftermath.

• Xiao Nanpan threatened Ling Mi'er with her family's safety and demanded that she submit to him.
• Ling Mi'er agreed to comply if Xiao Nanpan released the Young Master Ling, but he continued to advance on her.
• Xiao Nanpan's illness suddenly flared up, and he collapsed while searching for medicine.
• Ling Mi'er called for help, and Xiao Nanpan's personal guard rushed in and tried to treat him.
• Xiao Nanpan died and his spirit shadow dispersed, while the elders, guards, and maidservants collapsed in shock.
• Xiao Nanpan's personal guard explained that he had suffered from a congenital strange illness since childhood.

After Xiao Nanpan died from his illness, his guards and elders framed Ling Mi'er for poisoning him and then accused Sikong Jing of helping her. Sikong Jing faced the Mysterious Xiao Sect forces as the tavern shattered around them.

• Xiao Nanpan died, and his guards and maids realized they would be punished for failing to protect him.
• An elder and the others blamed Ling Mi'er, claiming she had put something in Xiao Nanpan's wine to trigger his illness.
• The group moved to seize Ling Mi'er, but Sikong Jing spoke up and the personal guard accused him of conspiring with her.
• The elders urged everyone to attack Sikong Jing, then unleashed their power and destroyed the restaurant.
• A Mysterious Xiao Sect elder publicly accused Ling Mi'er and Sikong Jing of killing Xiao Nanpan, while Ma Shuquan and the others watched in shock.
• Sikong Jing rose above the wreckage, drew his sword, and prepared to fight the group.

Sikong Jing defeated the Mysterious Xiao Sect members at the inn and summoned a Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family authority to clear the accusation against Ling Mi'er and her family. After revealing that he was not her second brother, he asked Ling Mi'er to agree to let him impersonate him so he could move freely within the family.

• Sikong Jing defeated the Mysterious Xiao Sect attackers, freed Ling Mi'er from her captor, and restrained the survivors.
• Sikong Jing ordered Ma Shuquan to summon an authoritative member of the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family to hear the truth about Xiao Nanpan's death.
• Sikong Jing reassured Ling Mi'er that he would stay and help clear her family's name rather than flee.
• Sikong Jing removed his disguise and told Ling Mi'er that he was not her second brother.
• Sikong Jing explained that he wanted to impersonate her brother and asked Ling Mi'er for her agreement and information about her family.

Sikong Jing convinced Ling Mi'er to let him impersonate her missing second brother, Ling Jianxing, to help her family survive the accusation surrounding Xiao Nanpan's death. As Ling Mi'er explained why the Crescent Moon Lineage had been punished, Sikong Jing discovered that her aunt—his mother, Ling Xiaotian—had been taken from her grandparents by Ling Dongwei.

• Ling Mi'er realized Sikong Jing was not her second brother and broke down over her missing family.
• Sikong Jing warned that impersonating Ling Jianxing could bring even greater danger upon the Crescent Moon Lineage, but promised to help them escape.
• Ling Mi'er agreed to gamble and told Sikong Jing about Ling Jianxing's history and identity.
• Ling Mi'er explained that the Crescent Moon Lineage had been branded criminal and that its children had been taken away and exploited.
• Ling Mi'er revealed that Ling Dongwei had taken her aunt, whose powerful bloodline identified her as Sikong Jing's mother, from her grandparents as a newborn.
• Ling Mi'er said her grandmother had lost the will to eat after the separation and had died soon afterward.

Ling Mi'er told Sikong Jing how Ling Dongwei had killed her grandfather and punished the Crescent Moon Lineage after Ling Xiaotian eloped. Sikong Jing revealed he was Ling Xiaotian's son, claimed Ling Jianxing's identity, and prepared to face an approaching expert while proving Xiao Nanpan had died in an attack.

• Ling Mi'er recounted how Ling Dongwei killed her grandfather, branded the Crescent Moon Lineage the criminal Scattered Star Family, and forced her to become Ling Zhonghuang's adopted daughter.
• Sikong Jing suppressed his demonic intent and condemned Ling Dongwei, while Ling Mi'er said she no longer blamed Ling Xiaotian for eloping.
• Sikong Jing revealed that his mother was Ling Xiaotian and explained that he was older than Ling Mi'er, making them cousins.
• Ling Mi'er could not tell Sikong Jing whether his parents were still alive.
• Sikong Jing said he would pose as Ling Mi'er's second brother, Ling Jianxing, and told her they needed to prove Xiao Nanpan died from an attack as a powerful expert approached.

A Divine Emperor Realm elder from the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family declared Xiao Nanpan had been poisoned and ordered Sikong Jing and Ling Mi'er arrested without investigating. Sikong Jing overwhelmed Ling Yugui and his men, dismissed the elder as unqualified to judge the case, and launched a sword attack against him.

• The Divine Emperor Realm elder arrived with Ling Yugui, cleared the spectators from the ruins, and heard Ma Shuquan's account of the accusations against Sikong Jing and Ling Mi'er.
• After briefly examining Xiao Nanpan's body, the elder ruled that he had been poisoned and ordered Sikong Jing and Ling Mi'er seized for punishment.
• Sikong Jing drew a sword from one of Ling Yugui's subordinates and defeated Ling Yugui with a single strike, holding a blade to his neck.
• The elder attacked Sikong Jing, but Sikong Jing used Ling Yugui to disrupt the elder's true energy and sealed Ling Yugui's mouth.
• Sikong Jing declared the elder unqualified to determine Xiao Nanpan's cause of death, arranged Ling Yugui and his subordinates into a formation, and transformed into a giant golden sword to attack the elder.

Sikong Jing defeated the Divine Emperor Realm elder on Frost Isle, declared himself Ling Jianxing of the Crescent Moon Lineage, and escaped with Ling Mi'er. After the Mysterious Xiao Sect issued warrants for them, Sikong Jing hid Xiao Nanpan’s corpse in the sea to delay the sect’s search and buy the Crescent Moon Lineage time.

• Sikong Jing used Ling Yugui and the others to make the Divine Emperor Realm elder hesitate, then battered and wounded him.
• Sikong Jing recovered Xiao Nanpan’s corpse, explained that it could prove their innocence, and took it with him before escaping Frost Isle with Ling Mi'er.
• Sikong Jing returned from the spatial passage to announce that he was Ling Jianxing of the Crescent Moon Lineage, then disappeared with Ling Mi'er.
• The Divine Emperor Realm elder ordered word sent to the Mysterious Xiao Sect and Ling Dongwei, who issued warrants for Ling Jianxing and Ling Mi'er.
• Sikong Jing gave Xiao Nanpan’s corpse to a sea beast to carry around, hoping to delay the Mysterious Xiao Sect’s search and protect the Crescent Moon Lineage.
• Sikong Jing told Ling Mi'er that being wanted again would make it difficult to reach the Crescent Moon Lineage through the Spatial Hall.

Sikong Jing revealed his identity to Ling Mi'er and explained how he planned to use his Heaven-Soaring Imperial Bloodline to protect the Crescent Moon Lineage. He headed for Nine Swords Isle to prove his strength by comprehending its Nine Swords Wall, while the Mysterious Xiao Sect grew furious over Xiao Nanpan's death.

• Ling Mi'er realized that Sikong Jing was the wanted Sikong Jing who had fought in the Heaven-Soaring Sea Cave Battle.
• Sikong Jing explained that he was disguising himself as Ling Jianxing and would use his powerful Imperial Bloodline to win the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family's favor and protect the Crescent Moon Lineage.
• Sikong Jing declared that he would fully comprehend the Nine Swords Wall on Nine Swords Isle to demonstrate his talent and strength.
• Sikong Jing used Ling Jindi's map to travel through space with Ling Mi'er toward Nine Swords Isle.
• Six or seven days later, Sikong Jing and Ling Mi'er appeared near Nine Swords Isle, having learned that Xiao Nanpan's death had enraged the Mysterious Xiao Sect.

Sikong Jing and Ling Mi'er headed to Nine Swords Isle to prove that Ling Jianxing and Sikong Jing were different people. After defeating the wanted squad and guards at the entrance, Sikong Jing demanded that they be allowed to enter and undergo the usual bloodline test.

• Sikong Jing told Ling Mi'er that they needed to prove he was not Ling Jianxing and decided to enter Nine Swords Isle.
• Sikong Jing and Ling Mi'er flew to the formation gate, where guards ordered them to land and a wanted squad identified them as Ling Jianxing and his sister.
• Sikong Jing and Ling Mi'er fought the wanted squad and guards, defeating even their two Divine Emperor Realm leaders.
• Sikong Jing told the onlookers that Divine Emperor Realm cultivators could not capture them and demanded that the wounded guard leader conduct their bloodline test.
• Sikong Jing threatened to kill everyone if they were pushed too far, and the onlookers urged the guard leader to follow the normal entry procedure.

Sikong Jing and Ling Mi'er entered Nine Swords Isle as the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family’s wanted team learned that Sikong Jing had an exceptionally pure imperial bloodline. At the Nine Swords Wall, Sikong Jing began comprehending the Heaven-Soaring Nine Swords and broke through to the Divine Martial Stage, alarming the watchers who were tracking him.

• Sikong Jing and Ling Mi'er registered at the array gate and entered Nine Swords Isle despite the crowd’s belief that they were walking into a trap.
• The gatekeeper leader reported that Sikong Jing’s Heaven-Soaring Imperial Bloodline was extremely pure, convincing the wanted team that he could not be Sikong Jing in disguise.
• Sikong Jing told Ling Mi'er he intended to comprehend the Nine Swords Wall within three days before powerful experts arrived.
• Sikong Jing studied the Heaven-Soaring Nine Swords and decided to break through to the Divine Martial Stage because stronger enemies were coming.
• After half a day, Sikong Jing reached the Divine Martial Stage, and the wanted team’s watcher and leaders felt a chill as they observed him.

Sikong Jing rapidly comprehended the Heaven-Soaring Nine Swords at the Nine Swords Wall, completing the eighth sword in less than a day. He then stopped suppressing his human-meridian dantian and began breaking through to the Divine Emergence Realm.

• The wanted squad leader and the guards' leader decided not to report Ling Jianxing's breakthrough after their superiors had berated them.
• Sikong Jing's breakthrough triggered the first sword's golden light, and he advanced through the second and third swords in quick succession.
• Within two hours, Sikong Jing's sword intent had reached at least the sixth sword, leaving the guards, wanted squad, and other sword comprehenders stunned.
• Sikong Jing privately realized he had completed the eighth sword and that his Heaven-Soaring power had risen to the peak of the fifth level of the Divine Entry Realm.
• Sikong Jing noted that his three spirit shadows had reached the God King Realm and chose to break through his human-meridian dantian to the Divine Emergence Realm.

Sikong Jing fully comprehended all nine swords of the Heaven-Soaring Nine Swords and left Nine Swords Isle with Ling Mi'er. Outside, they faced Ling Ertian, who insulted Ling Mi'er and identified Sikong Jing as the fish who had escaped the net.

• Sikong Jing finished comprehending all nine swords and told Ling Mi'er they could leave Nine Swords Isle.
• Ling Mi'er followed Sikong Jing out, confident that his mastery could protect the Crescent Moon Lineage from the Mysterious Xiao Sect.
• Ling Ertian struck the watcher and wanted-criminal squad leaders for claiming that Ling Jianxing had comprehended the first six swords in two days.
• Sikong Jing and Ling Mi'er emerged from the formation gate, and Ling Mi'er called the sharp-featured woman Second Aunt.
• Ling Ertian rejected Ling Mi'er's address, and Ling Mi'er challenged her by calling her Ling Ertian.
• Ling Ertian insulted Ling Mi'er and asked whether Sikong Jing, the fish that had slipped through the net, had given her courage.

Sikong Jing protected Ling Mi'er from Ling Ertian’s abuse and punished the maid who tried to slap her. After ten slaps, the maid’s head exploded when she tried to retaliate, leaving her dead before Ling Ertian.

• Ling Ertian ordered her Divine Emperor Realm maid to slap Ling Mi'er and insulted her and her mother, Ling Xiaotian.
• Sikong Jing struck the maid before she could hit Ling Mi'er and began returning the ten slaps.
• Ling Ertian sent several subordinates to attack Sikong Jing, but he drove them back with the fifth sword of the Heaven-Soaring Nine Swords, Sword Emerges Like Flowing Cloud.
• Sikong Jing completed all ten slaps and warned the maid that her injuries would kill her if she used her true energy.
• The maid erupted with true energy, and her head exploded as Sikong Jing stood beside Ling Mi'er.

Sikong Jing killed one of Ling Ertian’s subordinates after she insulted his mother, Ling Xiaotian, and revealed how Ling Dongwei’s family had abused her. Ling Ertian ordered her forces to attack him, and a Divine Emperor Realm expert charged forward to break his hand.

• Sikong Jing killed the middle-aged woman, prompting Ling Ertian’s subordinates to surround him.
• Sikong Jing told Ling Ertian that she had touched something he could not forgive and drew his sword.
• Ling Ertian taunted Sikong Jing by boasting about how she had abused Ling Mi'er and Ling Xiaotian as children.
• Ling Ertian described how her parents had punished Ling Xiaotian when she complained, making Ling Mi'er cry.
• Sikong Jing asked whether Ling Ertian understood that her family had driven Ling Xiaotian away, but Ling Ertian blamed Ling Xiaotian instead.
• Ling Ertian ordered her subordinates to attack, and a Divine Emperor Realm expert rushed at Sikong Jing to break his hand.