Chapter Summaries

Sikong Ding prayed to the Nine Heavens Emperor for strength while Ling Yuman dragged Ling Xiaotian away, and a Nine Heavens void-energy meteor answered his plea. Reborn with power, Sikong Ding killed the old overseer and rushed to save his wife and reach Sikong Jing.

• Sikong Ding begged the Nine Heavens Emperor for strength as he watched Ling Yuman drag Ling Xiaotian away, while the old overseer mocked him.
• A pure Nine Heavens energy cluster shot through the void, drawing other Nine Heavens and Blood Devour energies after it.
• Sikong Jing endured Ling Zhonghuang's backlash-inducing attack and continued fighting after a meteor carrying a strong Nine Heavens aura descended nearby.
• The meteor entered Sikong Ding through the blood on his forehead, restoring his meridians and dantian and filling him with Nine Heavens power.
• Sikong Ding broke free, snapped the old overseer's neck, and charged after Ling Yuman to rescue Ling Xiaotian and reach Sikong Jing.

Sikong Jing pursued Ling Zhonghuang and found Ling Xiaotian battered and near death after Ling Yuman dragged her from the mining grounds. Ling Xiaotian recognized Sikong Jing as her son, and Ling Zhonghuang began to suspect that Sikong Jing was the son of Sikong Ding and Ling Xiaotian.

• Ling Zhonghuang fled toward the mining grounds, and Sikong Jing chased him because his parents were there.
• Ling Yuman encountered her father, learned that the pursuer was Sikong Jing, and dropped Ling Xiaotian before fleeing with her ten death warriors.
• Ling Zhonghuang stopped beside Ling Xiaotian and threatened to kill her, hoping to make Sikong Jing halt and buy Ling Yuman time.
• Sikong Jing stopped when he saw Ling Xiaotian's injuries, and she silently called him A-Jing while he silently called her Mother.
• Ling Zhonghuang realized Sikong Jing might be Ling Xiaotian's son, but an unseen blow sent him flying before he could finish saying so.

Sikong Jing reunited with his parents and helped Sikong Ding defeat Ling Yuman’s death warriors. The family gained the upper hand, and Sikong Ding severed Ling Yuman’s arm while holding her at swordpoint.

• Sikong Jing entered a half-demonized state, knocked Ling Zhonghuang aside, and treated Ling Xiaotian’s injuries.
• Ling Zhonghuang recognized Sikong Jing as Sikong Ding and Ling Xiaotian’s son, then ordered Ling Yuman to bring Sikong Ding to him and cut off his arm.
• Sikong Ding arrived from the mining grounds and killed all ten death warriors with his sword.
• Sikong Ding reunited with Sikong Jing and Ling Xiaotian, then charged at Ling Yuman as his Nine Heavens aura erupted.
• Ling Yuman’s Emperor Vein began to shatter after Sikong Jing revealed he had planted demonic blood inside her again.
• Sikong Ding held Ling Yuman at swordpoint and severed one of her arms when Ling Zhonghuang threatened him.

Sikong Ding confronted Ling Zhonghuang after reuniting with Sikong Jing and Ling Xiaotian, rejecting Ling Zhonghuang’s plea to spare Ling Yuman. When Ling Zhonghuang attacked, Sikong Jing joined his father, and together they defeated him; they planned to force Ling Zhonghuang and his daughter to remove the restriction at the Void Rift’s exit.

• Sikong Ding cut off Ling Yuman’s arm and demanded that Ling Zhonghuang take his family out of the Void Rift World.
• Sikong Jing reunited with Sikong Ding and Ling Xiaotian, remembered his father protecting him as a child, and told his mother he had fought because others were bullying her.
• Sikong Ding condemned Ling Zhonghuang for the Crescent Moon Lineage’s suffering, while Ling Xiaotian wiped the blood from Sikong Jing and embraced him.
• Ling Zhonghuang attacked Sikong Ding, rescued Ling Yuman, and briefly overpowered Sikong Ding before Sikong Jing joined the fight.
• Sikong Jing and Sikong Ding used their Nine Heavens Sword Dao to defeat Ling Zhonghuang, then planned to take him and Ling Yuman to the exit and make them lift its restriction.

Sikong Jing reunited with Sikong Ding and Ling Xiaotian and led them toward the void-rift exit, but learned that Ling Dongwei was arriving and could control the Prison Heaven Grand Formation. As the family prepared to escape through a nearby Heaven-Soaring Abyss entrance, Ling Dongwei stormed his palace complex and attacked the Second Elder.

• Sikong Jing carried Ling Yuman and Ling Zhonghuang while Sikong Ding carried Ling Xiaotian toward the exit, and Sikong Jing told his parents that Sikong Xinyu and many Crescent Moon Lineage survivors had been rescued.
• Ling Zhonghuang revealed that he had summoned Ling Dongwei by claiming the Second Elder had kidnapped Ling Yuyue and Sikong Jing, and Sikong Jing warned his parents that Ling Dongwei's return made their escape more dangerous.
• Sikong Jing explained his actions inside the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family and asked Sikong Ding about a nearby Heaven-Soaring Abyss entrance, which Sikong Ding said Ling Dongwei had sealed.
• Ling Dongwei arrived at his palace complex and attacked the Second Elder, who was searching for the spatial-rift entrance.
• Ling Dongwei saw that Ling Zhonghuang's life lamp was weak, blamed the Second Elder, and charged toward him with his subordinates.

Ling Dongwei and the Second Elder fought over the alleged spatial rift world while Ling Dongchuan and his faction arrived and learned of the secret. Ling Dongchuan then suspected Ling Jianxing had manipulated all three sides and pointed out how he had set their conflict in motion.

• Ling Dongwei battered the Second Elder's forces while accusing him of plotting against him.
• The Second Elder claimed Ling Dongwei monopolized a spatial rift world and revealed that Ling Jianxing had entered it with Ling Zhonghuang.
• Ling Dongchuan and the Grand Elder joined the confrontation, and both Ling Dongwei and the Second Elder tried to win Ling Dongchuan to their side.
• The Second Elder exposed Ling Jianxing's role in the kidnapping of Ling Yuyue and the plan involving Ling Yuman to convince Ling Dongchuan.
• Ling Dongchuan proposed investigating the alleged entrance, then said he believed Ling Jianxing had played all three factions against one another.

Ling Dongchuan and the Second Elder moved to seal Ling Dongwei’s palace complex, threatening Sikong Jing’s escape from the Void Rift World. Sikong Jing learned that the War Emperor Divine Flood Dragon’s remnant soul could shelter them from the Prison Heaven Grand Formation and decided to bring his family to it.

• Ling Dongchuan ordered Ling Dongwei’s palace complex sealed under the pretext of searching for Ling Jianxing, while he and the Second Elder planned to look for the Void Rift entrance.
• Sikong Jing saw the palace complex being sealed and realized he could not escape through it without facing the Prison Heaven Grand Formation.
• Sikong Jing returned to the Void Rift World and told Sikong Ding and Ling Xiaotian that their exit was blocked, while Ling Zhonghuang mocked them.
• Sikong Jing struck Ling Zhonghuang and asked how to break the Prison Heaven Grand Formation, but Ling Zhonghuang said he did not know and that Ling Dongwei could wield its power.
• Sikong Jing called to the War Emperor Divine Flood Dragon’s remnant soul, which said it could destroy the formation by perishing with it or shelter them if they stayed nearby.
• Sikong Jing refused to let the remnant soul sacrifice itself and led his family toward it, preparing to face the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family.

Sikong Jing prepared to confront Ling Dongwei and the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family inside the Void Rift World, while outside, Ling Dongwei was forced to reveal the rift and share it with Ling Dongchuan and the Second Elder. Ling Dongwei led them inside after securing their promise not to harm his people.

• Sikong Jing told Sikong Ding and Ling Xiaotian he would target the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family’s leaders and seek help from the War Emperor Divine Flood Dragon.
• Sikong Jing’s group continued toward the War Emperor Divine Flood Dragon, taking Ling Zhonghuang and his daughter along to delay Ling Dongwei’s arrival.
• Ling Dongchuan and the Second Elder confronted Ling Dongwei and threatened to search his palace complex for Ling Jianxing.
• Old Madam Ling revealed that Ling Zhonghuang’s life lamp had weakened, and the Second Elder told Ling Dongwei that Ling Jianxing hoped to meet the Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor and become his disciple.
• Ling Dongwei agreed to share the Void Rift World after Ling Dongchuan and the Second Elder promised not to harm his people, then led them into the rift.

Ling Dongwei activated the Prison Heaven Grand Formation to locate Sikong Jing and nearly attacked him, but stopped when he sensed Sikong Jing holding Ling Zhonghuang hostage. Sikong Jing and his parents continued toward the War Emperor Divine Flood Dragon’s remnant soul as Ling Dongwei’s group pursued them.

• Ling Dongwei led Ling Dongchuan, the Second Elder, and the other experts through the void-rift world toward the mining grounds.
• At the mining grounds, Ling Dongwei learned that Ling Jianxing had left with the wounded Ling Zhonghuang, Sikong Ding, and Ling Xiaotian, and that Sikong Ding had regained his strength.
• Ling Dongwei activated the Prison Heaven Grand Formation, located Sikong Jing’s group near the War Emperor Divine Flood Dragon, and withdrew its attack after sensing Ling Zhonghuang was being held overhead.
• Ling Dongwei explained the importance of the remnant soul and hurried after Sikong Jing’s group with the others.
• Sikong Jing, Sikong Ding, and Ling Xiaotian saw the remnant soul coiled around a withered colossal tree and continued toward it despite Sikong Jing’s lack of true qi.
• Ling Dongwei’s pursuing group caught sight of Sikong Jing’s party, and a voice accused Ling Jianxing of kidnapping Yu Yue and deceiving him.

Sikong Jing carried his family toward the War Emperor Divine Flood Dragon’s soul while meteors filled with Nine Heavens energy repeatedly struck Sikong Ding. After Sikong Ding began absorbing their power, Sikong Jing confronted the Divine Flood Dragon’s soul and learned the Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor would descend if its restrictions were destroyed.

• A void meteor struck Sikong Ding, who identified its Nine Heavens energy and stopped to absorb it, so Sikong Jing carried him, Ling Xiaotian, Ling Zhonghuang, and Ling Yuman onward.
• Sikong Jing considered using Ling Yuman’s imperial vein to restore Ling Xiaotian’s martial cultivation but decided to keep carrying her as he pressed toward the Divine Flood Dragon’s soul.
• Five more meteors struck Sikong Ding, and the impacts sent Sikong Jing and the others crashing into the Divine Flood Dragon’s bound soul.
• Sikong Ding explained that the meteors had awakened the Nine Heavens energy in his bloodline and began cultivating to digest it while Sikong Jing prepared to face the approaching Ling Dongwei and his group.
• Sikong Jing asked the War Emperor Divine Flood Dragon whether the Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor would descend if its restrictions were destroyed, and the soul confirmed that he would.
• The War Emperor Divine Flood Dragon told Sikong Jing that the Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor was raising a ferocious beast to become the new Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts.

Sikong Jing revealed his true identity to Ling Dongwei and the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family, exposing how he had infiltrated them as Ling Jianxing and used their resources. Ling Dongchuan charged at him in fury, and the chapter ended with him blocking Sikong Jing’s killing sword strike.

• Sikong Jing learned that the Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor restored fierce beast souls to use as nourishment for a terrifying beast.
• Sikong Jing drew his sword against the unconscious Ling Zhonghuang as Ling Dongwei and the other Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family experts arrived.
• Ling Dongwei recognized Sikong Jing, who discarded his disguise and openly identified himself as a member of the Seal Sovereign Empire.
• Sikong Jing taunted Ling Dongwei and Ling Dongchuan about obtaining the Heaven-Soaring Emperor’s essence blood, learning their martial arts, and restoring their incomplete canon.
• Enraged, Ling Dongchuan charged Sikong Jing, who struck with a killing sword attack that Ling Dongchuan managed to block.

Sikong Jing crippled Ling Dongchuan and revealed that he had entered the Void Rift World to take revenge on Ling Dongwei and rescue his parents. Ling Xiaotian confronted Ling Dongwei over the murder of her birth parents, and she declared that their feud would end only with one side dead.

• Ling Dongchuan's reckless burst of true qi caused a backlash that nearly severed his meridians, leaving him unable to fight.
• Ling Dongchuan and the elders demanded to know Sikong Jing's purpose, and Sikong Jing said he had come to take revenge on Ling Dongwei.
• Sikong Jing denied that he had sought to become the Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor's disciple and said he had already achieved his goal by entering Ling Dongwei's Void Rift World.
• Ling Dongwei realized Sikong Jing and Ling Xiaotian had entered the Void Rift World to save Sikong Jing's parents.
• Ling Xiaotian rejected Old Madam Ling's claim that she had raised her and declared that she and Ling Dongwei would not rest until one side was dead.

Sikong Jing listed the damage he had done to Ling Dongwei’s family and forces, then killed dozens of Ling Dongwei’s subordinates in the void-rift world. He left Ling Zhonghuang wounded and challenged Ling Dongwei to fight him at close quarters.

• Ling Dongwei mocked Sikong Jing for taking a long detour to reunite with his parents, and Sikong Jing recounted killing members of the Ling family and exposing the void-rift world.
• Sikong Jing announced that his final detour was to kill Ling Zhonghuang and aimed his sword at him.
• Ling Dongwei sent his subordinates to attack Sikong Jing and threaten Ling Xiaotian and Sikong Ding, while he held Old Madam Ling back and watched for Sikong Jing’s hidden backing.
• Sikong Jing charged into the attackers and killed dozens of powerful fighters before the survivors retreated to Ling Dongwei.
• Sikong Jing explained that the War Emperor Divine Flood Dragon’s soul prevented Ling Dongwei from using the Prison Heaven Grand Formation’s attacks, then stabbed Ling Zhonghuang in the thigh and challenged Ling Dongwei to fight hand-to-hand.

Sikong Jing tortured Ling Zhonghuang and absorbed the void energy drawn into him while Ling Xiaotian confronted her family over their past cruelty. Ling Dongwei tried to rally help, but Ling Dongchuan and the Second Elder refused to risk their strongest fighters and planned to overwhelm Sikong Jing with ordinary troops.

• Sikong Jing stabbed Ling Zhonghuang repeatedly and taunted Ling Dongwei, who realized Sikong Jing relied on physical strength and ordered a vast number of ordinary troops to be summoned.
• Ling Xiaotian recalled how Ling Zhonghuang had abused her as a child and described how he repeatedly took the void energy meant for Sikong Ding.
• Void energy descended onto Ling Zhonghuang, and Sikong Jing pressed a palm to his head and began absorbing it, making Ling Zhonghuang suffer the pain he had inflicted on others.
• Old Madam Ling charged at Sikong Jing, but Ling Dongwei's men restrained her before she could reach him.
• Ling Dongwei asked Ling Dongchuan and the Second Elder to help rescue Ling Zhonghuang, but they warned him that Sikong Jing was baiting him and proposed waiting to bury Sikong Jing under ordinary troops.

Sikong Jing avenged his family by draining and killing Ling Zhonghuang, then extracting Ling Yuman’s Emperor Vein to begin restoring Ling Xiaotian. He failed to secure a way out of the Prison Heaven Grand Formation, and the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family’s forces arrived as its leaders ordered Sikong Jing and his companions captured alive.

• Ling Dongwei ordered his men to kill Ling Zhonghuang, but Sikong Jing cut down those who tried to approach and continued draining Ling Zhonghuang’s void energy until he died.
• Sikong Jing extracted Ling Yuman’s Emperor Vein and used it to begin repairing Ling Xiaotian’s meridians and dantian.
• Ling Dongchuan offered to negotiate, but Sikong Jing demanded Ling Dongwei’s death or, failing that, that he lift the Prison Heaven Grand Formation; Ling Dongwei said he could not lift it.
• Ling Yuman revealed that the Heaven-Soaring Emperor had ordered Sikong Jing to find the Nine Heavens Emperor’s remains and bury him with the Heaven-Soaring Emperor, but Sikong Jing rejected the order concerning the remains.
• After Sikong Jing completed Ling Xiaotian’s initial restoration, the forces of Ling Dongwei, Ling Dongchuan, and the Second Elder arrived, and Ling Dongwei ordered Sikong Jing and the other two beneath the giant tree taken alive.

Sikong Jing fought off the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family’s relentless attacks while waiting for enough demon beasts to enter the Void Rift World for his counterattack. As he began to tire, Sikong Ding emerged after absorbing the power of six Nine Heavens Meteors and took his place.

• Sikong Jing killed Ling Yuman and charged into the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family’s army beneath the giant tree.
• Sikong Jing transformed into the Fivefold Demonic Form and protected Sikong Ding and Ling Xiaotian from advancing troops and arrows with treasures and War Puppets.
• Ling Dongwei sent assassins toward Sikong Ding and Ling Xiaotian, but Sikong Jing detected and killed them before they could reach his parents.
• Ling Dongwei ordered the troops to keep attacking, while Sikong Jing continued fighting and waited for more demon beast mounts to enter the Void Rift World.
• The Grand Elder and Ling Dongwei noticed Sikong Jing slowing with exhaustion, but Sikong Ding then revealed he had absorbed six Nine Heavens Meteors and took over the battle.

Sikong Jing and Sikong Ding fought the overwhelming Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family forces as more troops and demon beasts filled the Void Rift World. After ten Nine Heavens Meteors struck Sikong Ding and forced him to cultivate again, Sikong Jing charged into the encircling army, leaving his next move uncertain.

• Sikong Ding joined Sikong Jing in fighting the besieging forces while Sikong Jing rested beside Ling Xiaotian.
• Old Madam Ling ordered the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family to send in more troops, and half a day later their soldiers and demon beasts crowded the Void Rift World.
• Ten Nine Heavens Meteors struck Sikong Ding, forcing Sikong Jing to bring him back to Ling Xiaotian and fight on alone.
• Ling Dongwei ordered shield-bearing troops to surround the giant tree and steadily press inward, while Ling Dongchuan and the Second Elder discussed Sikong Jing's fate and their plans for Ling Yuyue.
• Sikong Jing spotted flying demon beasts and charged into the encroaching army, prompting Old Madam Ling to declare that he was doomed.

Sikong Jing used the inheritances of demon beast Quasi-Emperors to turn the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family’s mounts against Ling Dongwei and his allies. Ling Dongwei survived the attack by activating the Prison Heaven Grand Formation, leaving Sikong Jing to consider driving the remaining beasts into demonic madness.

• Sikong Jing commanded the demon beasts to attack Ling Dongwei, and Ling Dongwei’s mount threw him and Old Madam Ling off its back.
• The demon beasts swarmed Ling Dongwei and his allies, swallowing Ling Dongwei more than once and killing or trapping several others.
• Sikong Jing revealed that he had controlled the demon beasts during the earlier Crescent Moon Lineage conflict and had been waiting for more mounts to arrive.
• Ling Dongchuan followed the Grand Elder’s warning and hid among the troops while Old Madam Ling and Ling Dongwei’s subordinates were attacked.
• Ling Dongwei activated the Prison Heaven Grand Formation, which sent fireballs raining down and blasted many demon beasts to the ground.
• Ling Dongwei emerged from the beast corpses and celebrated surviving, while Sikong Jing decided he would have to drive the demon beasts into demonic madness.

Sikong Jing was struck by more than a dozen Blood Devour Magic Beast-attribute meteors, bringing him close to demonization and causing the demonic beasts to go berserk. He diverted the meteors’ blood-devouring power into the War Emperor Divine Flood Dragon’s restraints and resolved to use his Nine Heavens power to suppress the demonic intent himself.

• A new meteor and then more than a dozen others crashed into Sikong Jing, flooding him with Blood Devour Magic Beast energy and threatening to demonize him.
• The energy spreading from Sikong Jing demonized the surviving beasts, which attacked Ling Dongwei and forced him to retreat into his army for protection.
• As the battlefield descended into chaos, Ling Dongchuan and the others withdrew toward the void rift’s exit so they could use more true energy.
• War Emperor Divine Flood Dragon told Sikong Jing to pour the blood-devouring power into its Prison Heaven restraints to consume the Blood Devour Magic Beast energy within him.
• Sikong Jing fed the power into the restraints, strengthening the Dragon’s remnant soul while reducing its influence on himself, and resolved to use his Nine Heavens power to cut away his own demonic intent.

Sikong Jing studied the Nine Heavens Emperor's and Blood Devour Magic Beast's wills to strengthen his resistance to demonic transformation while the War Emperor Divine Flood Dragon tore open the Prison Heaven Grand Formation. The formation lost its power, its remnant soul corrupted nearby soldiers, and Ling Dongchuan's group retreated as the situation spiraled out of control.

• Sikong Jing ignored the meteors striking him and comprehended the Nine Heavens Emperor's and Blood Devour Magic Beast's paths and wills to fortify his true heart against demonic transformation.
• The War Emperor Divine Flood Dragon's remnant soul tore through its restriction patterns, causing the Prison Heaven Grand Formation to crack and open a widening hole.
• Ling Dongwei lost control of the formation, and its Prison Heaven Fireballs vanished as Ling Dongchuan and the others spotted the breach above the War Emperor Divine Flood Dragon and Sikong Jing.
• Ling Dongwei ordered his troops to seize Sikong Ding and Ling Xiaotian and pull Sikong Jing away from the remnant soul.
• The War Emperor Divine Flood Dragon's demonic intent corrupted the advancing Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family troops, who turned on their uncorrupted comrades.
• The Second Elder and Sixth Elder warned that the breach, the corrupted troops, and Sikong Jing's eventual freedom left their group in grave danger as they retreated toward the exit.