Chapter Summaries

Sikong Jing continued cultivating while the Seal Sovereign forces held Yan Hui in a three-layer defense and waited for a fair fight. He broke through to the Sixth Step of Yin Extremity Heaven and emerged with the Nine Heavens Emperor’s sword intent.

• Jun Xuantong formed another Army-Slaying Formation, adding the palace guards to Jun Yisui’s formation and the imperial palace’s grand formation to contain Yan Hui.
• Yan Hui threatened Jun Yibai, but she refused to kill him because doing so could provoke the Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor and leave the Seal Sovereign Empire exposed.
• Jun Yibai explained to Jun Guben that supporting Sikong Jing had been the only way to prevent the empire from descending into chaos, though it would bring Flame Prison Palace’s hostility.
• Sikong Jing absorbed Void Energy Crystals, essence blood, pills, and other resources to strengthen his three spirit shadows and his own cultivation.
• Sikong Jing’s spirit shadows reached the Sixth Step of Yin Extremity Heaven, and he opened his eyes radiating the Nine Heavens Emperor’s sword intent.

Sikong Jing fought Yan Hui alone after Jun Yisui withdrew the Army-Slaying Formation, while the crowd argued over his chances and loyalties. Yan Hui’s flames failed to stop Sikong Jing’s Sixfold Demonic Form, and Sikong Jing launched Nine Heavens, One Sword.

• Sikong Jing asked Jun Yisui to withdraw the Army-Slaying Formation and faced Yan Hui without help.
• Jun Yisui, Jun Yiji, Wen Nu, and the others retreated, while Seal Sovereign powerhouses argued over whether Sikong Jing belonged to their empire and could win.
• Yan Hui revealed that he planned to use Sikong Jing to lure out the Nine Heavens Emperor and Su Yuexian, whom he also wanted to capture.
• Yan Hui engulfed Sikong Jing in Flame Prison Fire and burned through his true qi and skin.
• Sikong Jing invoked the Sixth Heart of Clear Spirit and transformed into his Sixfold Demonic Form, shattering Yan Hui’s flames.
• Sikong Jing told Yan Hui he was not limited to his human state and attacked with Nine Heavens, One Sword.

Sikong Jing faced Yan Hui in the Seal Sovereign Imperial Palace and used the Nine Heavens Demon-Slaying Sword to clash with Yan Hui’s Flame Prison Sword. Their attacks ended evenly matched, though Sikong Jing said Yan Hui’s higher true qi realm had kept him alive.

• Yan Hui crushed Sikong Jing’s Nine Heavens sword radiance, then attacked him with his own sword and sent him flying.
• Sikong Jing stopped himself while gripping Yan Hui’s sword radiance, crushed it with Nine Heavens Sword Intent, and challenged Yan Hui for insulting the Nine Heavens Emperor.
• Sikong Jing summoned the Nine Heavens Demon-Slaying Sword, causing swords throughout the Seal Sovereign Imperial Palace to rise and form a vast sword formation.
• Jun Yibai ordered Jun Yisui and the others to form a protective barrier as Sikong Jing and Yan Hui unleashed their respective sword intents.
• The two attacks collided until their sword shadows and shockwaves dissipated, and Jun Yisui declared the duel evenly matched.
• Sikong Jing said Yan Hui would already be dead if their true qi realms were equal, while Wen Nu mocked those who had predicted Sikong Jing’s certain defeat.

Sikong Jing fought Yan Hui to a draw, proving he could contend across a major realm and earning the Seal Sovereign Empire's renewed confidence. As Yan Hui unleashed his Nine Prison Mystic Body, Sikong Jing struggled to parry while reliving the Blood Devour Magic Beast's memories of Jiuxiao.

• Sikong Jing and Yan Hui fought evenly, overturning the crowd's belief that a Heavenly Emperor's disciple could not be challenged across realms.
• Wen Nu defended Sikong Jing's qualifications as an Eight-Seal War General, while Jun Yisui blocked Reverse Lock from attacking him.
• Yan Hui declared that he would kill Sikong Jing and summoned nine Nine Prison Mystic Bodies, each with his full combat power.
• Yan Hui's nine bodies attacked Sikong Jing with Flamefire Heavenly Prison Sword, Ninefold Kill, leaving him with only the strength to parry.
• Sikong Jing recalled the Blood Devour Magic Beast begging Jiuxiao to kill it, then saw Jiuxiao promise to use her sword to sever the demon in its heart.
• The Blood Devour Magic Beast fell completely into demonhood and struck Jiuxiao down, while Sikong Jing continued struggling to parry Yan Hui's attacks.

Sikong Jing transformed into a beastly state and fought Yan Hui while resisting the Blood Devour Magic Beast’s urge to devour power. As Yan Hui regained the advantage, Sikong Jing witnessed the Nine Heavens Emperor use a new Demon-Binding Sword technique in his mind.

• Sikong Jing unleashed demonic intent that shattered Yan Hui’s nine sword shadows, while Jun Yibai refused to intervene so the battle would remain fair.
• Reverse Lock and the other guards threatened to kill Sikong Jing if he devoured power, and Jun Yisui warned them that he had not done so.
• Sikong Jing used the Blood Devour Magic Beast’s attack method to batter Yan Hui’s Nine Prison Mystic Bodies and tear one apart.
• Yan Hui empowered his Mystic Bodies with Prison Armor, forcing Sikong Jing onto the defensive.
• The Nine Heavens Emperor pierced the Blood Devour Magic Beast with sword gleams and detonated them, blasting away the demonic blood on its body.

Sikong Jing absorbed the Blood Devour Magic Beast’s memories and completed his Nine Heavens Sword Dao, then used the Nine Heavens Demon-Binding Sword to defeat Yan Hui without killing him. The arena recognized Sikong Jing as the winner, while his enemies were left stunned.

• Sikong Jing’s vision of the Nine Heavens Emperor and the Blood Devour Magic Beast ended as he completed his Nine Heavens Sword Dao.
• Sikong Jing evaded the nine Yan Huis and pierced each of their bodies with Nine Heavens sword radiance.
• Jun Yisui and Jun Xuantong used army-slaying formations to stop Reverse Lock and the guards from reaching Yan Hui.
• Sikong Jing detonated the sword radiance, crippling Yan Hui, who survived and admitted that he was still alive.
• Sikong Jing explained that his sword had severed Yan Hui’s channels without striking a vital point, and Jun Xuantong announced Sikong Jing’s victory.

Sikong Jing forced Yan Hui to retreat after defeating him, though the Seal Sovereign Empire feared Flame Prison Palace’s retaliation. The Xiao Luo Divine Sect arrived unexpectedly, and Master Xie recognized Sikong Jing just as a furious man accused him of killing his daughter.

• Sikong Jing warned Yan Hui that he was sparing him for now, and Yan Hui threatened to return with Flame Prison Palace’s forces before leaving.
• Jun Yibai decided not to kill Yan Hui and planned to seek protection from the other Heavenly Emperor Palaces.
• Third Elder Duan Ci and a group of Xiao Luo Divine Sect experts flew into the skies above the Seal Sovereign Imperial Palace.
• Sikong Jing recognized Master Xie among the visitors and introduced himself as both Ling Jianxing and Sikong Jing.
• A middle-aged man beside Master Xie erupted with true qi and accused Sikong Jing of killing his daughter.

Sikong Jing revealed the Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor’s secret to the Xiao Luo Divine Sect, forcing Yan Hui and his companions to leave while threatening to prevent the Seal Sovereign Empire from contacting any Heavenly Emperor Palace. Jun Yibai hurried to seek help, leaving Sikong Jing to explain the situation to the bewildered Xiao Luo Divine Sect.

• Duan Xiaozong recognized Sikong Jing as the man who had killed his daughter, but Duan Ci urged him to set aside his hatred and ask for help.
• Yan Hui ordered Reverse Lock to clear the way, and Reverse Lock sent Duan Xiaozong and the Xiao Luo Divine Sect experts flying with a single attack.
• Sikong Jing told the Xiao Luo Divine Sect that the Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor’s spirit-shadow avatar had been destroyed in the Void Rift World, making them witnesses to the secret.
• Sikong Jing called on the Sea-Chasing King to protect the Xiao Luo Divine Sect, while Yan Hui vowed to destroy the Boundless Sea and stop the empire from contacting any Heavenly Emperor Palace.
• Duan Ci returned with the battered Xiao Luo Divine Sect experts and asked Jun Yibai what had happened, but Jun Yibai left to contact the four great Heavenly Emperor Palaces and assigned Sikong Jing to handle them.

Sikong Jing explained to the Xiao Luo Divine Sect how Yan Hui and Flame Prison Palace planned to silence the Seal Sovereign Empire, leaving the sect terrified of being caught in the conflict. Duan Ci then revealed that the Burial Emperor Sea was expanding and swallowing Boundless Sea territory, and the sect had come seeking Jun Yibai's help.

• Sikong Jing told the Xiao Luo Divine Sect that Yan Hui was the Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor's disciple and described Flame Prison Palace's plan to silence witnesses.
• Duan Xiaozong accused Sikong Jing of dragging the sect into danger, then fainted after vomiting blood, while Duan Ci and Master Xie feared Flame Prison Palace's retaliation.
• Sikong Jing argued that Yan Hui would have suspected the Xiao Luo Divine Sect knew about the plan regardless, and that the sect had narrowly escaped being killed.
• Sikong Jing asked why the Xiao Luo Divine Sect had hurried to the Seal Sovereign Empire, and Duan Ci revealed that the Burial Emperor Sea was surging and swallowing their territory.
• Duan Ci explained that the Burial Emperor Sea was expanding across Boundless Sea, and Master Xie said the sect had sought Jun Yibai to find a way to stop it.

After the Xiao Luo Divine Sect fled, Sikong Jing warned that the Six-Clawed Evilheart Beast might descend while the Seal Sovereign Empire waited for Jun Yibai to contact other Heavenly Emperor Palaces. Yan Hui blocked those communications and summoned the Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor, who appeared to reprimand him.

• Duan Ci and the Xiao Luo Divine Sect left the Seal Sovereign Imperial Palace to escape the Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor's retaliation.
• Sikong Jing told Jun Yiyao that the Six-Clawed Evilheart Beast, a quasi-Emperor-level demon beast, was the likeliest threat to descend.
• The Seal Sovereign Empire split into opposing factions, and Sikong Jing's enemies planned to surrender him to the Flame Prison Palace.
• Yan Hui activated the Flame Prison Sky Barrier Lamp outside the Seal Sovereign Great Continent to block communications with the other Heavenly Emperor Palaces.
• Yan Hui used the lamp to report his failure to the Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor, who appeared and scolded him.

Yan Hui ordered a massacre across the Seal Sovereign Empire and sent the Xiao Luo Divine Sect back to the Seal Sovereign Great Continent to await death. As communication with the Heavenly Emperor Palaces failed, Jun Yibai and the empire’s people looked to Sikong Jing, but he could not contact Green Leaf Palace, and his opponents blamed him for their peril.

• The Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor ordered Yan Hui to kill at least half the Seal Sovereign Empire’s people and said he would send the Six-Clawed Evilheart Beast.
• Yan Hui and his guards found the Xiao Luo Divine Sect as its members tried to flee, and Duan Xiaozong accidentally revealed their knowledge of the Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor’s plan.
• Yan Hui rejected the Xiao Luo Divine Sect’s offer to serve and had Reverse Lock and the others throw them back onto the Seal Sovereign Great Continent, warning that Quasi-Emperor-level beings would come for them.
• Jun Yibai reported that none of the communication treasures from the Heavenly Emperor Palaces were responding and asked Sikong Jing to contact Green Leaf Palace.
• Sikong Jing said he could not contact Green Leaf Palace, and his opponents called him a jinx while a Seal Sovereign prince questioned Jun Yibai’s choice of him.

With the Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor’s Quasi-Emperor forces expected to arrive, Sikong Jing realized the key he had found with Ancestor Jun Bu’s remains might unlock the Seal Sovereign Empire’s last defense. Jun Yibai took him to the forbidden land while Jun Xuantong and Jun Yisui subdued the opposition and confined the Xiao Luo Divine Sect.

• The Xiao Luo Divine Sect returned to the imperial palace and reported that Yan Hui had warned them a Quasi-Emperor would descend for the Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor.
• Jun Yibai told Sikong Jing that the Seal Sovereign Ancestors had left a means to face an overwhelming enemy, but it required a lost key associated with the vanished founder, Jun Bu.
• Sikong Jing revealed Jun Bu’s skeleton and the key he had found with it, suggesting that the key could open the ancestors’ hidden arrangement.
• Jun Yibai ordered Jun Yiyao to arrange Jun Bu’s remains and sent Sikong Jing with her to the Seal Sovereign Forbidden Land.
• Jun Xuantong, Jun Yisui, and Jun Yiji attacked and subdued those opposing Sikong Jing, then moved to keep the Xiao Luo Divine Sect waiting quietly.

Jun Yisui subdued the Xiao Luo Divine Sect after revealing his Yin-Yang Dual Extremes Heaven cultivation, while Sikong Jing and Jun Yibai went to the ancestral seals to prepare for Flame Prison Palace’s arrival. Jun Yibai recounted the Seal Sovereign Clan’s history, and Sikong Jing revealed that an ancestor of the Cangyu Demon Sect had killed Jun Bu.

• Jun Yisui revealed that he had reached the first level of Yin-Yang Dual Extremes Heaven and forcibly subdued the Xiao Luo Divine Sect, sealing their mouths and confining them with the princes who opposed Sikong Jing.
• Jun Yisui, Jun Xuantong, Jun Yiyao, and Sikong Jing’s other supporters waited in the banquet hall for Flame Prison Palace’s quasi-Emperor and hoped the ancestral arrangements would still work.
• Jun Yibai led Sikong Jing into the forbidden grounds and showed him the giant seals and palaces left by the Righteous Seal Ancestor and Evil Seal Patriarch.
• Jun Yibai explained that the ancestors had died after the Five Heavenly Emperors forced humanity to join the Beast Extermination War, and that the Seal Sovereign Clan survived by taking part.
• Jun Yibai said Ancestor Jun Bu had vanished less than a thousand years after founding the empire, and Sikong Jing revealed that an ancestor of his Cangyu Demon Sect had killed him.

Jun Yibai activated the Sovereign Seal Family’s ancient key and confirmed that the seals could strike down a Heavenly Emperor’s phantom or grievously wound a Quasi-Emperor’s true body. As the Six-Clawed Evilheart Beast descended in its true form, Yan Hui blamed Sikong Jing for the coming destruction of Boundless Sea.

• Jun Yibai used the key to awaken the Righteous Seal Ancestor and Evil Seal Patriarch’s phantoms, which explained the seals’ remaining power and how to unleash it.
• Jun Yibai returned with Sikong Jing to the banquet grounds, where Yan Hui appeared with Reverse Lock and announced that Flame Prison Palace’s Quasi-Emperor had arrived.
• The opposition members and Xiao Luo Divine Sect’s people were unable to speak because their vocal cords had been sealed.
• A six-clawed beast reached through a rift in the sky, and Sikong Jing recognized the Six-Clawed Evilheart Beast and sensed that its true body had descended.
• Sikong Jing concealed his Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts aura, while Yan Hui laughed and blamed him for the threat to all life in Boundless Sea.

The Six-Clawed Evilheart Beast descended in its true body and threatened the Seal Sovereign Great Continent, while Yan Hui announced that the Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor was also coming. Sikong Jing took Jun Yibai’s key and waited as Flame Prison’s spiritual-shadow avatar appeared in the sky.

• The Six-Clawed Evilheart Beast tore open the sky and descended toward the Seal Sovereign Imperial Palace, while Jun Yisui’s formation kept the people from kneeling.
• Yan Hui learned that the Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor’s spiritual-shadow avatar would soon arrive because something major had happened in the Burial Emperor Sea.
• Jun Yibai asked Sikong Jing whether to use the ancestors’ strike, but Sikong Jing told her to wait for the other approaching threat.
• As the sky filled with Flame Prison’s scorching power, Sikong Jing asked Jun Yibai for the key, and she handed it to him.
• Sikong Jing recognized Flame Prison’s aura and saw its spiritual-shadow avatar take shape in the sky.

Sikong Jing used the key to summon the Righteous Seal and Evil Seal against the Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor’s spirit-shadow avatar, striking before the Emperor could act against the Seal Sovereign Empire. The avatar was destroyed, while the Six-Clawed Evilheart Beast remained on the battlefield and the imperial palace formation buckled under the clash.

• The Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor revealed that he had descended to obtain the Sword Extinction Totem and planned to eliminate the Seal Sovereign Empire, the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family, and the Xiao Luo Divine Sect.
• Sikong Jing activated the key and summoned the Righteous Seal and Evil Seal to attack the Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor’s spirit-shadow avatar.
• Jun Yibai reactivated the imperial palace grand formation to protect the Seal Sovereign Empire from the clash’s destructive aftershocks.
• The Six-Clawed Evilheart Beast tried to help the Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor, but the Righteous Seal and Evil Seal pierced and extinguished the Emperor’s spirit-shadow avatar.
• Yan Hui and his guards were hurled away by the aftershock as the battle continued above the Seal Sovereign Great Continent.

Sikong Jing mocked Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor after the Righteous and Evil Seals blasted away his spirit-shadow and the Six-Clawed Evilheart Beast. The beast survived and returned badly wounded, leaving the Seal Sovereign Empire's enemies begging for mercy as Sikong Jing remained calm.

• The Righteous and Evil Seals sent the Six-Clawed Evilheart Beast flying beyond the Seal Sovereign Great Continent, and Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor's spirit-shadow avatar was blasted away.
• Sikong Jing mocked Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor, whose lingering spirit-shadow threatened to destroy Boundless Sea before finally dispersing.
• Jun Yibai warned Sikong Jing that the Six-Clawed Evilheart Beast had survived, while opponents freed from the palace hall blamed Sikong Jing for provoking Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor.
• Sikong Jing argued that Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor had chosen to punish innocent people after losing to him, then warned that the Six-Clawed Evilheart Beast was returning.
• The wounded Six-Clawed Evilheart Beast came back to the Seal Sovereign Imperial Palace, and Sikong Jing's opponents knelt and begged it to spare them.

Sikong Jing drove off the Six-Clawed Evilheart Beast with a bluff, then concealed himself nearby and prepared to lure it away from the Seal Sovereign Imperial Palace. As the beast threatened to devour everyone, the Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor arrived and confronted it.

• The Six-Clawed Evilheart Beast fled when Sikong Jing raised the key and claimed he could use the ancestors’ power again, though he admitted he had bluffed.
• Sikong Jing told the others to make the beast chase him and vanished, then hid near the imperial palace to watch what it would do.
• When the Six-Clawed Evilheart Beast returned and chose to devour the palace’s people first, Duan Xiaozong and the others begged it to pursue Sikong Jing instead.
• Sikong Jing planned to lure the beast above the clouds and force it into partial demonization, while the beast began attacking the imperial palace.
• Azure leaves descended and the Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor appeared, killing a Seal Sovereign powerhouse who had cursed him before asking the Six-Clawed Evilheart Beast why it was there.

The Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor arrived and learned that the Seal Sovereign Empire had destroyed Flame Prison’s spirit-shadow avatar and exposed his plan to create a new Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts. While Green Leaf protected the empire, Sikong Jing remained hidden nearby, uncertain whether Green Leaf would spare or target him.

• The Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor appeared on the wounded Six-Clawed Evilheart Beast and demanded to know where Flame Prison had gone.
• Jun Yibai told Green Leaf that the empire had destroyed Flame Prison’s spirit-shadow avatar and recounted his plan involving savage-beast souls, Yan Hui, and Sikong Jing.
• Sikong Jing stayed concealed outside the palace, hiding the Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts bloodline and weighing the danger Green Leaf posed to him.
• Green Leaf laughed at Flame Prison’s repeated failures, then questioned Six-Clawed about the ferocious beast Flame Prison planned to nurture and released his killing intent.

The Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor drove off the wounded Six-Clawed Evilheart Beast, then questioned the Seal Sovereign Empire about Sikong Jing’s connection to the Nine Heavens Emperor. He suspected Sikong Jing of using Green Leaf Palace against Flame Prison, but spared him for now and ordered him to appear with his father or lose the empire’s protection.

• The Six-Clawed Evilheart Beast fled after battling the Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor and warned him not to protect Sikong Jing or the Seal Sovereign Empire.
• The Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor promised to protect the empire, then demanded that Jun Yibai explain Sikong Jing’s connection to the Nine Heavens inheritance.
• Jun Yibai recounted what he knew about Sikong Jing’s father, the inherited blood essence, and Sikong Jing’s battlefield inheritance and connection to Yu Gou.
• The Third Prince accused Sikong Jing of killing Yu Gou and framing Flame Prison Palace, while the Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor suspected Sikong Jing of plotting to use him against Flame Prison.
• The Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor chose not to pursue Sikong Jing immediately, but demanded that Sikong Jing appear with his father when Green Leaf Palace sent people to the Boundless Sea, or the empire would lose its protection.