Chapter Summaries

Sikong Jing revealed that he had comprehended all nine Heaven-Soaring Swords and slaughtered Ling Ertian’s forces. He left Ling Ertian as the sole opponent and asked whether Aunt Little Sweet was still alive.

• Sikong Jing revealed his Divine Emergence Realm power and the nine sword auras, then killed the Divine Emperor Realm expert who had attacked him.
• Sikong Jing dismissed the subordinates’ disbelief and cut down another man before launching an assault with the Heaven-Soaring Nine Swords.
• Ling Ertian attacked Sikong Jing, but he matched her peak Divine Emperor power and unleashed the Heaven-Soaring Ninth Sword.
• Sikong Jing’s fish-shaped swords pierced through Ling Ertian’s subordinates, killing them all and leaving her alone.
• Sikong Jing asked Ling Ertian whether Aunt Little Sweet was still alive.

Sikong Jing captured Ling Ertian as a hostage to protect the Crescent Moon Lineage and learn where his parents were, but Shentu Cong sealed the market island and forced him to retreat to Nine Swords Isle. There, Sikong Jing threatened the sword cultivators into leaving so he could use the Nine Swords Wall against Shentu Cong.

• Sikong Jing stopped questioning Ling Ertian about his parents and decided to take her hostage to deter Ling Dongwei from attacking the Crescent Moon Lineage.
• Sikong Jing struck Ling Ertian with Ten Thousand Swords, Shatter the Void, slapped her, and seized her by the throat.
• Shentu Cong sealed the market island, and Sikong Jing carried Ling Ertian and Ling Mi'er back through the formation gate to Nine Swords Isle.
• Sikong Jing ordered everyone at the Nine Swords Wall to leave, declaring that he would use its power to kill Shentu Cong.
• When a young man challenged him, Sikong Jing tossed Ling Ertian into the air and slapped her again.

Sikong Jing drove everyone from Nine Swords Isle, leaving only himself, Ling Mi'er, and Ling Ertian before Shentu Cong arrived. Shentu Cong recognized Sikong Jing and sealed the formation gate, while Sikong Jing prepared to kill him and keep his identity secret.

• Sikong Jing revealed that Ling Ertian was Ling Dongwei's daughter, drove the crowd away, and let Ling Mi'er slap her in revenge.
• Sikong Jing blasted the guards and wanted-criminal squad out of Nine Swords Isle, leaving only himself, Ling Mi'er, and Ling Ertian behind.
• Shentu Cong entered the isle, and Sikong Jing threatened to kill Ling Ertian and bring Shentu Cong's clan into danger.
• Sikong Jing tried to reach the formation gate with Ling Mi'er, but Shentu Cong sealed it with a barrier.
• Shentu Cong recognized Sikong Jing as a member of the hybrid human race, and Sikong Jing reassured Ling Mi'er that he had deliberately trapped Shentu Cong inside.

Sikong Jing revealed his identity to Shentu Cong and faced him in battle after sealing Ling Mi'er and Ling Ertian behind protective barriers. He unleashed his beast bloodline and Demonic Dao transformation to challenge Shentu Cong’s Super Divine Martial power.

• Sikong Jing told Ling Mi'er that invoking the Nine Swords Wall had been a bluff, then sealed her and the unconscious Ling Ertian between his barrier and Shentu Cong’s.
• Shentu Cong recognized Sikong Jing, explained that capturing him alive could save his clan and earn the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family a valuable ally, and threatened to seize him.
• Sikong Jing dropped his disguise and taunted Shentu Cong over the Shentu Clan’s disgrace and the deaths of its nine hundred geniuses.
• Shentu Cong unleashed his Super Divine Martial aura, but Sikong Jing released his beast-bloodline energy, surged to the peak of the fifth Divine Entry Realm, and transformed through the Demonic Dao Fourth Transformation.
• Sikong Jing invoked Gan Cun’s Divine Venerable strength as proof that he could challenge a newly advanced Super Divine Martial, then blasted apart Shentu Cong’s encircling true energy.

Sikong Jing fought Shentu Cong in Nine Swords Isle, revealing his formidable demonic strength while trying to conceal his abilities behind the claim that he could draw on the Nine Swords Wall. Outside the formation gate, the wanted squad and guards considered appealing to the family head to protect Ling Jianxing and Ling Ertian.

• Sikong Jing opened the battle with Blood Devour, Demon Claw, but Shentu Cong broke through the attack and revealed that he had advanced within the Super Divine Martial realm.
• Sikong Jing used Nine Heavens Phantom Beast Flash and a range of beast techniques to fight Shentu Cong in a fierce battle above Nine Swords Isle.
• Ling Mi'er realized Sikong Jing meant to kill Shentu Cong himself and make others believe Ling Jianxing had won through the Nine Swords Wall.
• Ling Mi'er stayed inside Sikong Jing's Sword God Barrier formation with Ling Ertian as the two fighters' attacks shook Nine Swords Isle.
• Outside the formation gate, the wanted squad's leader proposed contacting the family head and reporting that Ling Jianxing might have comprehended the Heaven-Soaring Nine Swords, hoping the family would protect him and Ling Ertian.

The wanted squad leaders learned that Ling Jianxing had comprehended the Heaven-Soaring Nine Swords and secretly tried to alert the family head, even as Ling Dongwei ordered them to silence the news and surround Nine Swords Isle. Meanwhile, Sikong Jing’s battle with Shentu Cong escalated, and the chapter ended with Shentu Cong burning his Super Divine Martial true qi to try to kill him.

• The wanted squad leader persuaded the guards’ leader to gamble on protecting Ling Jianxing and sent a message toward the family head.
• Ling Dongwei ordered them not to spread news of Ling Jianxing’s achievement and to summon nearby powerhouses to surround Nine Swords Isle.
• Sikong Jing and Shentu Cong continued their brutal fight across the ruined island, and Shentu Cong grew afraid of Sikong Jing’s rising strength.
• Shentu Cong attacked Ling Mi’er to use her as leverage, but Sikong Jing transformed the Sword God Barrier into the Heaven-Soaring Ninth Sword and drove him back.
• Sikong Jing broke through to the Divine Emergence Realm and battered Shentu Cong with a furious barrage of punches.
• Shentu Cong burned the source of his Super Divine Martial true qi and charged Sikong Jing, determined to kill him despite the risk of backlash.

Sikong Jing used his two dantians to switch from beast-vein to human-vein true qi and overwhelm Shentu Cong with the Heaven-Soaring Nine Swords. After Shentu Cong destroyed two of Sikong Jing’s Spirit Shadows, Sikong Jing revealed that he had a third.

• Sikong Jing switched to his human-vein dantian and unleashed the Heaven-Soaring Nine Swords, catching Shentu Cong off guard.
• Sikong Jing filled the sky with tiny swords that tore through Shentu Cong’s body, while Shentu Cong learned that Sikong Jing had two dantians.
• Shentu Cong burned his Super Divine Martial spirit shadow and attacked Sikong Jing’s Spirit Platform, shattering Sikong Jing’s Human-Form Spirit Shadow.
• Sikong Jing revealed his second Spirit Shadow, and Shentu Cong attacked it in Sikong Jing’s sea of consciousness and annihilated it.
• Shentu Cong claimed victory, but Sikong Jing asked what would happen if he had three Spirit Shadows.

Sikong Jing killed Shentu Cong on Nine Swords Isle, then concealed his injuries and demonic aura as the two leaders entered. They mistook his victory for proof that he had mastered the Heaven-Soaring Nine Swords and begged him to save them from Ling Dongwei’s plan to silence everyone on the isle.

• Shentu Cong’s spirit shadow exploded after seeing Sikong Jing’s third spirit shadow, and Shentu Cong died.
• Ling Mi'er found Sikong Jing alive, and he hid his severe injuries while clearing away the battle’s traces.
• The two leaders entered, saw Shentu Cong’s remains, and assumed Sikong Jing had used the Nine Swords Wall to kill him.
• The wanted squad leader congratulated Sikong Jing on comprehending the Nine Swords, and Sikong Jing refused to surrender Ling Ertian.
• The leaders revealed that Ling Dongwei still intended to kill Sikong Jing and planned to silence everyone on Nine Swords Isle, despite their secret warning to the family head.

Sikong Jing arranged a fake pursuit with two leaders to spread news that he had comprehended the Heaven-Soaring Nine Swords, protecting them from Ling Dongwei and securing a chance to escape. After several days, he publicly demonstrated the Nine Swords and used Ling Ertian to spread the news further as the group continued across the Sea Cave Island waters.

• Sikong Jing proposed that the wanted squad leader and guards' leader pretend to pursue him while spreading word of his Nine Swords mastery, in exchange for safe routes and access to a spatial teleportation array.
• Sikong Jing left Nine Swords Isle with Ling Mi'er and the unconscious Ling Ertian, while the two leaders staged a pursuit and reported their movements to Ling Dongwei.
• Over several days, Sikong Jing and the leaders continued their performance, and Sikong Jing deliberately used the Heaven-Soaring Nine Swords before a hunting squad on a bustling island.
• Ling Dongwei ordered the hunting squad leader to dismiss the news as false, but Sikong Jing later woke Ling Ertian and prompted her to announce his Nine Swords mastery before a crowd of experts.
• Sikong Jing demonstrated the Heaven-Soaring Nine Swords, escaped the gathered experts, and left the hunting squad leader to report that Ling Ertian herself had spread the news.

Sikong Jing learned that Ling Dongwei had sealed the nearby spatial formations and was hunting Ling Jianxing and Ling Mi'er, forcing them to plan a dangerous escape from the Sea Cave Sea Region. As Ling Dongwei found their approximate location, he revealed that he had ordered the Crescent Moon Lineage destroyed.

• The two leaders spread hints that Ling Jianxing had comprehended the Nine Swords, while insisting publicly that it was impossible.
• The leader of the wanted-criminal squad told Sikong Jing that Ling Dongwei had sealed the nearby spatial formations and redirected the pursuit toward Ling Jianxing and Ling Mi'er.
• Sikong Jing concluded that Ling Dongwei was acting without the family head's oversight and planned to flee atop sea beasts to a neighboring sea region.
• Sikong Jing reassured Ling Mi'er that the Nine Swords news would protect the Crescent Moon Lineage from being wiped out for now.
• Ling Dongwei's distant voice reached them, and he announced that he had ordered forces in Crescent Moon Sea to destroy the Crescent Moon Lineage.

Sikong Jing and Ling Mi'er faced Ling Dongwei’s threat to destroy the Crescent Moon Lineage and used Ling Ertian as leverage. After realizing Ling Dongwei had tracked their position, Sikong devised a plan to draw away the pursuers while he and Ling Mi'er escaped.

• Ling Dongwei revealed that his forces controlled the Crescent Moon Sea region and threatened to wipe out the Crescent Moon Lineage within twenty days.
• Sikong Jing refused Ling Dongwei’s demand to wait and injured Ling Ertian to reinforce his threat.
• Sikong Jing realized Ling Dongwei was using their exchange to pinpoint their location and send forces to surround them.
• Sikong Jing subdued a Divine Entry Realm sea beast and arranged for his beast-form spirit shadow to carry Ling Ertian away as a decoy.
• Sikong Jing took control of a demon bird while Ling Mi'er placed Ling Ertian on the sea beast, and they prepared to flee in separate directions.

Sikong Jing split his spirit shadow from his true body, using Ling Xiaotian as leverage while interrogating her about his parents. His true body fled with Ling Mi'er toward a spatial formation, but Ling Mi'er feared they could not reach the Crescent Moon Lineage before Ling Dongwei's forces attacked.

• Sikong Jing's true body took Ling Mi'er toward a marketplace island while his beast-form spirit shadow drew Ling Dongwei's forces away with Ling Xiaotian.
• Sikong Jing's spirit shadow questioned Ling Xiaotian about Sikong Ding and Ling Xiaotian, and she claimed her father had killed them after taking their imperial veins.
• Ling Xiaotian reconsidered and guessed that Ling Dongwei had sent the Sikong Couple to a mysterious place, but she refused to reveal where.
• Sikong Jing's spirit shadow continued torturing Ling Xiaotian for the location while his true body traveled with Ling Mi'er toward a spatial formation.
• Ling Mi'er warned Sikong Jing that reaching the Crescent Moon Continent and then the Crescent Moon Wasteland might take too long to save her parents from Ling Dongwei's advancing forces.

Sikong Jing and Ling Mi'er evaded the Mysterious Xiao Sect Master and planned to seize a spatial transmission array so they could reach Crescent Moon Continent and rescue the Crescent Moon Lineage. Their plan gained unexpected help when General Luo contacted Sikong Jing and revealed that two trusted allies were with him.

• Sikong Jing and Ling Mi'er planned to exploit the Straight Wind Lineage's absence by taking its headquarters and using its relatives as hostages, but first they needed to seize a spatial transmission array.
• Sikong Jing concealed their presence beneath the sea as the Mysterious Xiao Sect Master searched for them, then heard her vow to kill Ling Jianxing and Ling Mi'er while she pursued Ling Ertian's location.
• After the Mysterious Xiao Sect and other forces moved away, Sikong Jing explained that they had to capture a nearby spatial array within one day and hoped his beast-form spiritual shadow could keep Ling Dongwei distracted.
• Sikong Jing received a communication from General Luo, who said he was with two trustworthy friends who shared a deep hatred of the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family.

Sikong Jing forced Ling Ertian to reveal that Sikong Ding and Ling Xiaotian were trapped in a void-rift world controlled by Ling Dongwei. He kept his beast-form spiritual shadow inside her spirit platform as Ling Dongwei arrived, leaving Ling Ertian under threat while her father searched for a trap.

• Sikong Jing threatened to kill Ling Ertian, and she revealed that only Ling Dongwei had the key to the place where Ling Xiaotian and the others were trapped.
• Sikong Jing entered Ling Ertian's spirit platform and threatened to destroy it unless she helped him obtain the key.
• Ling Ertian agreed, and Sikong Jing's beast-form spiritual shadow stayed inside her while her body was released from the sea beast.
• Ling Dongwei and his wife arrived with a crowd of powerful experts, but Ling Dongwei stopped his wife from rushing to Ling Ertian and probed the surroundings for a trap.
• Sikong Jing warned Ling Ertian that she would die if she stayed silent, and she revealed that Sikong Ding and Ling Xiaotian were inside the void-rift world controlled by Ling Dongwei.

Sikong Jing learned that Ling Dongwei was using Emperor Vein bearers to draw mysterious energies from a void-rift world, then killed Ling Ertian to keep her from exposing him. He left the Ling family believing Ling Jianxing had returned and vowed to make Ling Dongwei suffer.

• Ling Ertian told Sikong Jing that a secret void-rift world lay somewhere within Ling Dongwei's territory and that Emperor Vein bearers could draw unknown energies from it.
• Ling Dongwei ordered his people to search the surrounding sea for Ling Jianxing and his sister while the old Madam Ling rescued Ling Ertian.
• Ling Ertian's spirit shadow left her body, and Sikong Jing took control of her body and destroyed her spirit shadow before Ling Dongwei could seize his.
• Ling Dongwei and the old Madam Ling failed to restore Ling Ertian's spirit shadow as Sikong Jing spoke through her body and claimed to be Ling Jianxing.
• Sikong Jing accused Ling Dongwei of killing his grandparents and tormenting the Crescent Moon Lineage, then vowed to make him suffer.

Sikong Jing destroyed Ling Ertian and her spirit shadow before Ling Dongwei, provoking Ling Dongwei to order the Copper Ling Spatial Array destroyed. Injured and racing to the island, Sikong Jing asked Luo Guangmang to help seize the array before Ling Dongwei’s forces arrived.

• Sikong Jing told Ling Dongwei why he had destroyed Ling Ertian, then shattered her body and his beast-form spirit shadow before Ling Dongwei could capture it.
• Ling Dongwei realized Sikong Jing had another spirit shadow and blamed Old Madam Ling for failing to notice Ling Ertian’s abnormality before ordering the Copper Ling Spatial Array destroyed.
• Sikong Jing told Ling Mi'er that Ling Ertian was dead and that they had to protect the spatial array so they could escape the Sea Cave Sea Region.
• Sikong Jing contacted Luo Guangmang, who agreed to help seize the spatial array and left the tavern to act.

Luo Guangmang seized the Copper Ling Spatial Hall and defended its array against the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family’s Army-Slaying Formation, trusting Sikong Jing to come. Sikong Jing arrived and struck the formation with Ten Thousand Swords Shatter Space, leaving the attackers identifying him as Ling Jianxing.

• Luo Guangmang rejected his companions’ doubts and charged into the Spatial Hall, killing a Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family expert who tried to destroy the spatial array.
• Luo Guangmang cleared the Spatial Hall and stood guard over the array as the island’s Army-Slaying Formation attacked him.
• Second Senior Brother and Fifth Senior Sister hid nearby and decided to wait for Sikong Jing, preparing to rescue Luo Guangmang if he did not arrive.
• Ling Dongwei ordered the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family to destroy the spatial array at any cost, intensifying the assault on Luo Guangmang.
• Sikong Jing arrived near Copper Ling Market Island, told Ling Mi'er to stay behind, and unleashed Ten Thousand Swords Shatter Space against the Army-Slaying Formation.
• The formation master recognized the attack as the Heaven-Soaring Nine Swords, while bloodied Luo Guangmang welcomed Sikong Jing’s arrival.

Sikong Jing rescued Luo Guangmang from Copper Ling Island by destroying the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family’s formations and escaping through the spatial array with Ling Mi'er and Luo’s senior disciples. Ling Dongwei arrived three days later, only to find that Sikong Jing had destroyed the array and could not be pursued through it.

• Sikong Jing used the Heaven-Soaring Nine Swords and a Beast Slaughter Array to break the Army-Slaying Formation, then killed or wounded the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family forces on Market Island.
• Sikong Jing brought Ling Mi'er into the ruined spatial hall and revealed to Luo Guangmang that he was Ling Jianxing in disguise.
• Second Senior Brother and Fifth Senior Sister arrived, and Sikong Jing told them to join the group’s teleportation because they might be exposed to Ling Dongwei’s forces.
• Luo Guangmang activated the spatial array, sending Sikong Jing, Ling Mi'er, and the others to Crescent Moon Continent; Sikong Jing secretly sabotaged the array before leaving.
• Ling Dongwei reached Copper Ling Island three days later and tried to pursue them, but Sikong Jing’s sword energy destroyed the spatial array.

Sikong Jing delayed Ling Dongwei’s pursuit by secretly using tiny demon beasts to destroy the spatial array, while the Seal Sovereign Emperor rewarded Sikong Jing and the Cangyu Demon Sect for their role in the Sea Cave battle. The Emperor planned to let Sikong Jing’s enemies clash with his allies while seeking to draw out and eliminate Gan from the Dark Sea Divine Wind Kingdom.

• Sikong Jing used Sword Qi carried by tiny demon beasts to destroy the spatial array, forcing Ling Dongwei to lose more than ten days pursuing him.
• Jun Feihong recounted the battle to the Seal Sovereign Emperor, omitting Sikong Jing’s acquisition of the Evil Seal Patriarch’s inheritance and his role in killing Jun Guxian.
• The Seal Sovereign Emperor named Sikong Jing a Five-Seal War General and granted the Cangyu Demon Sect seven-leaf sect treatment, cultivation techniques, and divine weapons.
• The Seal Sovereign Emperor acknowledged that Sikong Jing had likely killed Jun Guxian and expected Jun Guqiao’s allies and Jun Yisui to clash over the Cangyu Demon Sect.
• The Seal Sovereign Emperor said his priority was to draw out Gan from the Dark Sea Divine Wind Kingdom and eliminate her.

The Seal Sovereign Emperor planned to use the Desolate Sea Region as the battlefield for a war against the Dark Sea Divine Wind Kingdom, while secretly weighing how to exploit Sikong Jing and cripple Jun Yisui and Jun Yiji. After Jun Guxian’s mother set out to target the Cangyu Demon Sect, Jun Feihong and Mao Xiao left to protect it and deliver the Evil Seal Patriarch’s blood essence to Jun Yiji.

• The Seal Sovereign Emperor told his officials to let conflict in the Desolate Sea Region draw the Dark Sea Divine Wind Kingdom into a war, promising to rescue the Cangyu Demon Sect while privately planning to cripple Jun Yisui and Jun Yiji.
• The Seal Sovereign Emperor rejected Jun Guxian’s mother’s demand to destroy Sikong Jing’s sect, but learned that she had contacted her clan to attack the Cangyu Demon Sect.
• Jun Guqiao tried and failed to recruit Jun Feihong and the other divine child prodigies, then received a message from her mother and prepared to head for the Cangyu Demon Sect.
• Jun Feihong and the divine child prodigies agreed to seek ways to protect the Cangyu Demon Sect, and Jun Feihong and Mao Xiao set off with the Evil Seal Patriarch’s blood essence for Jun Yiji.