Chapter Summaries

After Sikong Jing helped defeat the Flame Prison Palace forces, Duan Xiaozong was captured and Fire Lockfeng returned to face accusations of abandoning his troops. A Yi judged Fire Lockfeng unfit to lead and turned to Sikong Jing, leaving the camps wondering whether she would appoint him as the new leader.

• Duan Ci and the others cornered Duan Xiaozong, and Sikong Jing revealed that he had kept him for Master Xie to deal with.
• Fire Lockfeng arrived and praised Sikong Jing, but A Yi and the camps confronted him over refusing to let Sikong Jing drive out their evil baleful aura.
• Azure Thunder and Azure Water’s new leaders mocked Fire Lockfeng for fleeing and blamed his decisions for their losses.
• Lan and Azure Water’s new leader asked A Yi to remove Fire Lockfeng and choose a new commander.
• A Yi declared Fire Lockfeng unfit and said the others lacked the qualifications, then looked toward Sikong Jing as the camps watched.

Sikong Jing helped Azure Thunder and Azure Water wrest control of the camps from Fire Lockfeng, then went to rescue Master Xie. Deep in the Burial Emperor Tomb, a sinister voice ordered Purple Bamboo to spread a rumor about who could claim the Sword Extinction Totem.

• Sikong Jing suggested making A Yi the leader, while Fire Lockfeng threatened to leave with the Azure Fire General Camp and appeal to the Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor.
• Senior Brother Lan used the Azure Fire General Camp's Baleful Intent to force its members to choose between leaving with Fire Lockfeng or cursing him, and Sikong Jing warned Fire Lockfeng not to threaten the Seal Sovereign Empire.
• Sikong Jing rode A Zhen to find Master Xie, while the Azure Thunder and Azure Water camps drove Fire Lockfeng away and forced the afflicted Azure Fire members to curse him.
• Sikong Jing told Master Xie that he would take him to kill Duan Xiaozong.
• A sinister voice summoned Purple Bamboo and ordered her to spread a rumor that only natives of Boundless Sea could obtain the Sword Extinction Totem.

Purple Bamboo accepted the Sword Extinction Giant Tomb’s plan to spread rumors, assassinate Four Symbols cultivators, and build the Burial Extinguishers, while the Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor raged over his forces’ losses. The chapter ended with Master Xie torturing Duan Xiaozong at the Green Leaf Palace camp.

• The voice in the Sword Extinction Giant Tomb ordered Purple Bamboo to spread rumors, kill Four Symbols cultivators, and gather twelve powerful variant humans to form the Burial Extinguishers.
• Purple Bamboo learned she was a Heavenly Emperor-level reincarnator and returned to her subordinates, ordering them to spread the rumor that the Sword Extinction Totem’s holder would come from Boundless Sea.
• Purple Bamboo ordered her subordinates to capture Teng Bahun and offer him the chance to become a mutant human, then returned to the tomb to be raised to the Four Symbols realm.
• The Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor learned that almost all of his Descenders in Boundless Sea had been wiped out, but Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor warned him not to break their rules by sending more people.
• At the Green Leaf Palace camp on Double Bone Continent, Master Xie repeatedly slashed Duan Xiaozong as Sikong Jing and the others watched.

Sikong Jing secured command of the Green Leaf Palace forces and reassured the Seal Sovereign Empire that their goal was to find a reincarnator of the King of Night Charms rather than rely on the Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor. He then spoke with Master Xie about Yin Spirit evil energy and asked about the variant human race still in the Burial Emperor Sea.

• Feng Shixian backed A Yi as leader, and A Yi named Sikong Jing commander of the forces.
• Sikong Jing ordered everyone to rest and told the Seal Sovereign Empire that their true goal was to find someone who could help them claim new territory.
• Jun Yisui and Jun Yiji explained that Sikong Jing had enough allies and strength to handle threats from Azure Thunder and the Azure Water General Camp.
• Sikong Jing met Master Xie, who said Yin Spirit evil energy had harmed his body while helping him master the strange path.
• Sikong Jing asked Master Xie to channel Yin Spirit evil energy into his spirit platform after recovering, then asked whether the variant human race was safe from evil baleful intent.

Sikong Jing learned how variant humans adapted to baleful evil and trained his Nine Heavens Sword Intent against captured third-order evil qi as the party advanced toward the Sword Extinction Totem. When he and Feng Shixian left the concealed camp to scout Cloud Burial Continent, several enemies saw a chance to attack.

• Master Xie explained that many variant humans descended from people who survived baleful evil, and Sikong Jing entered the Ten Thousand Beasts Heavenly Prison to temper his Nine Heavens Sword Intent against third-order evil qi.
• Azure Thunder's Senior Brother Lan and Azure Water's new leader plotted to kill Sikong Jing and take his Yin spirit baleful qi, while Fire Lockfeng and his subordinates secretly followed the camp with the same goal.
• As the Green Leaf Palace camp advanced, Sikong Jing learned that the person who obtained the Sword Extinction Totem would be from the Vast Sea, and Master Xie reported that Cloud Burial Continent held several Quasi-Emperor Palaces and many alien human races.
• Sikong Jing, Feng Shixian, and Master Xie went to scout Cloud Burial Continent while the camp hid and A Zhen's Wind God Vultures followed secretly as backup.
• Azure Thunder, Azure Water, and Fire Lockfeng's group recognized Sikong Jing's departure as an opportunity, and an unidentified figure sent word that a Four-Image powerhouse from the Green Leaf Palace camp could be killed.

Su Yuexian explained Sikong Jing’s plan to consolidate the Green Leaf Palace camp and destroy its threats, while he traveled to Cloud Burial Continent with Feng Shixian and Master Xie. When Feng Shixian refused to fight, Sikong Jing warned that relying on the Yin spirit evil aura might destroy his body.

• Su Yuexian told the Seal Sovereign Empire’s leaders that Sikong Jing planned to use himself as bait, force Feng Shixian to fight, and bring the variant human race into Green Leaf Palace.
• Su Yuexian sensed that the new leaders of Azure Thunder and Azure Water had secretly left with their people.
• Feng Shixian carried Sikong Jing and Master Xie across the gray waters toward Cloud Burial Continent and suggested they turn back after sensing killing intent.
• Sikong Jing reminded Feng Shixian that the Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor might restore his Green Leaf Imperial Bloodline if he performed well in the battle for the Sword Extinction Totem.
• Feng Shixian dismissed Sikong Jing’s hopes and urged him to use the Yin spirit evil aura against their enemies, but Sikong Jing warned that it might not spare his body.

Sikong Jing continued toward Cloud Burial Continent with Feng Shixian and Master Xie while secretly drawing out their enemies. Elsewhere, Purple Bamboo revealed that she had rapidly advanced to the Four Symbols realm and was carrying out her master's killings and plans to create twelve Burial Extinguishers.

• Sikong Jing asked Feng Shixian and Master Xie about the ranks of Yin Spirit Evil Aura as they traveled toward Cloud Burial Continent.
• Fire Lockfeng decided to follow Sikong Jing in secret and wait for the Azure Thunder or Azure Water camps to make their move.
• Long Flow Palace discovered that the Everflow Young Master had been killed with a bamboo skewer and remnants of Yin Spirit Evil Aura and evil Baleful Intent.
• Purple Bamboo revealed that she had reached the Four Symbols realm and had killed three targets for her master.
• Purple Bamboo learned that a Four Symbols expert from Green Leaf Palace had wandered off alone and chose him as her next target.
• Purple Bamboo prepared to capture twelve powerful variant humans as Burial Extinguishers and wondered whether Teng Bahun would appear in time.

Sikong Jing arrived at Cloud Burial City and found the Sea Monster Society attacking members of Purple Dust Pavilion. After learning that the Sea Monster Society had joined Long Flow Palace and that Purple Dust Pavilion had refused to submit to a powerful palace, Sikong Jing decided to intervene and approach them.

• Sikong Jing, Master Xie, and Feng Shixian arrived outside Cloud Burial City as the Sea Monster Society surrounded Purple Dust Pavilion members led by Zi Jin.
• The octopus-faced Sea Monster Society leader revealed that his faction now belonged to Long Flow Palace, while Zi Jin condemned them for serving a quasi-Emperor Palace.
• Sikong Jing disguised himself as a variant human and stepped aside while the two factions began fighting.
• Master Xie explained Purple Dust Pavilion's reputation and the death of its former master, Purple Dust, after which Sikong Jing decided to form a bond with the pavilion.
• As the Sea Monster Society overwhelmed Zi Jin's group and insulted Purple Bamboo and Purple Dust, Sikong Jing approached and announced that he felt like meddling.

Sikong Jing intervened when the Sea Monster Society attacked Purple Dust Pavilion outside Cloud Burial City and defeated its members with two sword strikes. He drove the wounded attackers away, while the stunned Purple Dust Pavilion members were left wondering who had saved them.

• The octopus-faced man mistook Sikong Jing for a potential Sea Monster Society recruit, while Purple Dust Pavilion’s people lamented their predicament.
• Sikong Jing declared that he had come to help Purple Dust Pavilion and challenged the Sea Monster Society.
• Sikong Jing’s first sword strike blasted away more than a dozen Sea Monster Society attackers.
• Sikong Jing’s next strike injured every Sea Monster Society member, including the octopus-faced man, who was a Fourth Step Yang Extremity Heaven expert.
• Sikong Jing ordered the octopus-faced man to leave, and the man fled with his wounded subordinates after threatening to report him to Long Flow Palace.
• The Purple Dust Pavilion members remained stunned by their rescue and did not recognize Sikong Jing.

Sikong Jing defeated the Sea Monster Society attackers and let the Purple Dust Pavilion mistake him for a member of Revival Hall, learning that the Sea Monster Society had joined Long Flow Palace. He entered Cloud Burial City with Master Xie and Feng Shixian, where the three were met with killing intent in a tavern.

• Sikong Jing lamented that the Sea Monster Society fighters had been too weak to test his strength, and Feng Shixian reminded him how far his abilities surpassed ordinary Boundless Sea cultivators.
• Zi Jin thanked Sikong Jing for saving the Purple Dust Pavilion group, and an elder recognized Master Xie as a renowned physician and master of unorthodox arts.
• Zi Jin assumed Sikong Jing belonged to Revival Hall and warned that the Sea Monster Society had joined Long Flow Palace, while powerful factions were gathering in Cloud Burial City.
• Sikong Jing let Zi Jin and his companions leave, then Master Xie assured him that Revival Hall's members and location were safe.
• Sikong Jing, Master Xie, and Feng Shixian entered Cloud Burial City, where Sikong Jing considered using Long Flow Palace to provoke conflict within the Green Leaf Palace camp.
• The three entered a bustling tavern, and the room fell silent as killing intent turned toward them.

Sikong Jing and Feng Shixian joined Master Xie at a tavern, where they learned that powerful experts were gathering around the inn. Purple Bamboo secretly unleashed a treasure filled with yin-spirit evil qi and Baleful Intent, plunging the inn into chaos.

• Master Xie reunited with acquaintances in the tavern and introduced Sikong Jing and Feng Shixian as members of Revival Hall.
• Sikong Jing and Feng Shixian identified disguised Four Symbols experts from Flame Prison Palace among the tavern’s patrons.
• Sikong Jing asked whether Feng Shixian could take another Imperial Bloodline or use Green Leaf Imperial Bloodlines extracted from Fire Lockfeng and others, but Feng Shixian refused to risk his family’s safety.
• Sikong Jing sensed more Four Symbols experts approaching, including Fire Lockfeng, Azure Thunder, and Azure Water General Camp’s new leader, and noticed a dangerous purple aura nearby.
• Purple Bamboo observed the experts gathered around the inn, then threw in a bamboo slip that burst with yin-spirit evil qi and Baleful Intent, engulfing the inn.

A mysterious woman called Purple Bamboo entered the tavern under cover of evil baleful intent and attacked Feng Shixian with a bamboo skewer. Sikong Jing resisted her power and tried to save Feng Shixian, whose body was being ravaged by evil energy.

• The Flame Prison Palace experts, Fire Lockfeng and the Azure Thunder group fled, each believing Sikong Jing had summoned the evil baleful aura to kill them.
• Purple Bamboo slipped into the tavern and chose Feng Shixian as her target, then used the evil aura to immobilize him and pierce his index finger with a bamboo skewer.
• Sikong Jing released his third-grade evil aura, escaped the dark mire that had trapped everyone, and briefly saw Purple Bamboo vanish.
• Sikong Jing caught Feng Shixian as deathly aura spread through his body and found that ordinary evil aura could not stop the corruption.
• Sikong Jing called for Nine Heavens Sword Intent to enter Feng Shixian.

Sikong Jing saved Feng Shixian by forcing the evil qi and Baleful Intent from his body into a bamboo skewer, then suspected someone had targeted him. The Sea Monster Society brought Long Flow Palace forces to the tavern, while several groups of Four Symbols experts turned back toward the disturbance.

• Sikong Jing drove the evil qi and Baleful Intent out of Feng Shixian and pulled the dangerous bamboo skewer from his finger.
• Feng Shixian recovered and said he could not identify who would have attacked him, while Sikong Jing doubted the Heaven Emperor quasi-Emperor Palaces were responsible.
• The Sea Monster Society brought Long Flow Palace experts to the tavern, and its octopus-faced man falsely accused Sikong Jing of insulting Long Flow Palace and Everflow Quasi-Emperor.
• Fire Lockfeng, Azure Thunder, Azure Water, and several Flame Prison Palace experts turned back toward the tavern after concluding that Long Flow Palace might be the target.
• Purple Bamboo watched the groups converge and anticipated that the situation would grow lively.

Long Flow Palace accused Sikong Jing of killing the Everflow Young Master because he carried a matching bamboo stick, while Purple Bamboo watched from nearby. Feng Shixian survived the same kind of attack and revealed himself as a Four Symbols expert from Green Leaf Palace as the Long Flow Palace experts moved against them.

• Purple Bamboo returned toward the tavern, expecting to see Sikong Jing become a scapegoat and wondering whether to save him.
• Long Flow Palace confronted Sikong Jing over the bamboo stick that had killed the Everflow Young Master, but witnesses testified that it had attacked Feng Shixian instead.
• Sikong Jing told Long Flow Palace that Feng Shixian had survived, shocking Purple Bamboo, who believed nobody could be saved from the bamboo stick's attack.
• Sikong Jing said Feng Shixian was stronger than the Everflow Young Master, provoking Long Flow Palace's Four Symbols expert to unleash a torrent and try to capture them.
• Feng Shixian used Azure Wind, Sword Break to shatter the torrent, and Long Flow Palace recognized him as a Four Symbols expert from Green Leaf Palace.

Sikong Jing and Master Xie were caught between Long Flow Palace and several factions lurking nearby, while Feng Shixian fought Long Flow Palace. When Flame Prison Palace tried to kill Sikong Jing in one strike, Feng Shixian’s intervention stopped them, leaving the attack unresolved.

• Purple Bamboo wondered why the bamboo slip had only lightly injured its target, while Fire Lockfeng, Senior Brother Azure Thunder, and Flame Prison Palace experts plotted to kill Sikong Jing in one blow.
• Sikong Jing warned Master Xie that their hidden enemies had returned as Feng Shixian and Long Flow Palace resumed their standoff.
• Long Flow Palace ordered two Yin-Yang Dual Extremes Heaven experts to seize Sikong Jing and Master Xie, and the pair carried them away.
• Flame Prison Palace experts emerged from hiding and attacked Sikong Jing and his captor, but Sikong Jing called on Feng Shixian for help.
• Feng Shixian unleashed giant leaf-swords at the Flame Prison Palace experts, forcing them to halt before they could kill Sikong Jing.

Sikong Jing faced successive attacks from Flame Prison Palace and masked experts from Azure Thunder and the Azure Water General Camp, while Long Flow Palace struggled to understand the chaos. Wind God Vultures blocked the second attack, and Azure Fire Generals moved against the fleeing attackers as Fire Lockfeng prepared to target Sikong Jing.

• Feng Shixian suppressed Flame Prison Palace's Four Symbols experts, leaving them afraid Sikong Jing would summon yin spirit evil energy.
• Senior Brother Lan and masked experts from Azure Thunder and the Azure Water General Camp attacked Sikong Jing while he was carried by a Long Flow Palace Yin-Yang expert.
• Sikong Jing ordered A Zhen to attack, and nearly ten Wind God Vultures dove down and knocked Senior Brother Lan's group away.
• Fire Lockfeng ordered the Azure Fire Generals to expose and attack Senior Brother Lan's group while he prepared to kill Sikong Jing.
• The Azure Fire Generals struck Senior Brother Lan's group, sending several attackers back toward Sikong Jing, while Long Flow Palace and Purple Bamboo watched in confusion.

Purple Bamboo intervened as Fire Lockfeng tried to assassinate Sikong Jing amid a chaotic clash between several groups of Four Symbols experts. She blocked his strike with the bamboo slip and appeared beside the frozen Fire Lockfeng, leaving Sikong Jing to face the mysterious woman again.

• Purple Bamboo noticed Fire Lockfeng sneaking toward Sikong Jing and decided to intervene and investigate the bamboo slip.
• Sikong Jing explained that he had let Long Flow Palace capture him to draw out the hidden attackers, while preparing the Eternal Night Wolf King to kill Fire Lockfeng.
• The Wind God Vultures and Azure Fire Generals exposed the hidden groups, triggering battles as Sikong Jing feigned confusion.
• Fire Lockfeng rushed in to kill Sikong Jing, but the bamboo slip suddenly appeared and blocked his fatal strike.
• Purple Bamboo enveloped Sikong Jing, Fire Lockfeng, and Long Flow Palace's yin-yang experts in evil Baleful Intent, then took the bamboo slip from Sikong Jing and approached the frozen Fire Lockfeng.

Purple Bamboo attacked Fire Lockfeng with the bamboo slip, then disappeared before anyone could identify her. As Fire Lockfeng succumbed to its power, Sikong Jing let others believe he was responsible, and the surrounding factions turned against him.

• Purple Bamboo drove the bamboo slip into Fire Lockfeng’s left eye, then vanished when he began resisting.
• Fire Lockfeng accused Sikong Jing of controlling the sinister yin spirit energy and Baleful Intent, grabbed his throat, and begged him to help as the attack overwhelmed him.
• Sikong Jing told Fire Lockfeng that he had not caused the attack and admitted that he could have saved him but chose not to.
• The fighters noticed Fire Lockfeng’s condition, and Feng Shixian blocked the Azure Fire Generals from reaching him.
• Sikong Jing claimed a strange force had taken his bamboo skewer and stabbed Fire Lockfeng, while the Long Flow Palace members accused him of killing their Young Palace Master.
• The Azure Fire Generals condemned Sikong Jing and threatened Feng Shixian when he refused to move aside.

Sikong Jing denied killing Fire Lockfeng as the Azure Fire Generals and Flame Prison Palace blamed him and tried to turn Long Flow Palace against him. Purple Bamboo secretly killed Senior Brother Azure Thunder and a Flame Prison Palace expert, but the witnesses still suspected Sikong Jing as he searched for her.

• Senior Brother Azure Thunder accused Sikong Jing and Feng Shixian of killing Fire Lockfeng, then led his group away to undermine Sikong Jing’s command.
• Purple Bamboo decided to kill Senior Brother Azure Thunder to show that someone else was using bamboo skewers to kill people.
• As the Flame Prison Palace experts and Azure Fire Generals prepared to attack Sikong Jing, Purple Bamboo killed Senior Brother Azure Thunder, and Sikong Jing pointed out that bamboo slips had killed him.
• A Flame Prison Palace expert continued accusing Sikong Jing, so Purple Bamboo killed him too.
• Sikong Jing asked whether the deaths proved his innocence and searched for the woman wreathed in purple aura.

Sikong Jing escaped Cloud Burial City with Feng Shixian, Fire Lockfeng, and Master Xie after an unseen purple-aura figure attacked Feng Shixian to clear Sikong Jing of blame. On the way, Sikong Jing suspected a hidden force was spreading fear and revealed that he had brought Fire Lockfeng along to inject the Green Leaf Imperial Bloodline into Feng Shixian.

• The fleeing experts still blamed Sikong Jing, so Purple Bamboo attacked Feng Shixian to prove that someone else was behind the bamboo-skewer killings.
• Sikong Jing treated Feng Shixian and told him to pretend to be dead, then ordered A Zhen and the Wind God Vultures to rescue Master Xie and Fire Lockfeng and leave Cloud Burial City.
• The three groups and Long Flow Palace watched Sikong Jing’s party depart, while Purple Bamboo warned them that she would deal with them later.
• After they escaped, Feng Shixian sat up, and Sikong Jing explained his theory that a hidden force was trying to spread panic across Burial Emperor Sea.
• Sikong Jing explained that he had weakened the bamboo slip, which was why Fire Lockfeng had survived, then said he had brought him along to inject the Green Leaf Imperial Bloodline into Feng Shixian.