Chapter Summaries

Sikong Jing faced Zhe Ying in the final battle after saving the Green Rhino Human Race, while Zhe Ying unleashed a vast army-slaying formation. Sikong Jing revealed that he had secretly taken control of the ten halls’ fallen geniuses and used them to match Zhe Ying’s forces.

• Sikong Jing’s army-slaying formation defeated the ten-hall geniuses, but Zhe Ying formed an even larger formation and confronted him for saving the Green Rhino Human Race.
• Sikong Jing said he had only saved the Green Rhino Human Race to use them in the Dark Demon Trial, and Zhe Ying declared that the rat-catching game was over.
• Zhe Ying summoned the Heroic Spirit Army-Slaying Formation and sent its thunderous attack toward Sikong Jing’s forces.
• Sikong Jing thanked the ten-hall geniuses, then used hidden formation patterns to drain their true qi and forcibly add them to his army.
• Sikong Jing unleashed the Heaven and Earth Fierce Demon Battlefield, matching Zhe Ying’s formation as the ten-hall geniuses realized he had taken control of them.

Sikong Jing and Zhe Ying’s Army-Slaying Formations destroyed each other, leaving the two leaders to settle the trial in a duel. After Zhe Ying drove Sikong Jing to the ground, Sikong Jing announced that he had not yet used his full strength and secretly summoned the Beast-Form Spirit Shadow back into his body.

• Sikong Jing forced the Ten Halls’ geniuses to let him drain their chaotic true qi as the two Army-Slaying Formations collided.
• The formations shattered in a draw, blasting both sides’ soldiers away and leaving Sikong Jing and Zhe Ying alone in the air.
• Sikong Jing challenged Zhe Ying to face him directly, and Zhe Ying attacked him with his sword.
• Sikong Jing fought with his strongest human-form techniques but could only barely withstand Zhe Ying’s superior power.
• Zhe Ying sent Sikong Jing crashing into the Feather Alliance Hall disciples and approached him as the others believed he had lost.
• Sikong Jing said he would use all his strength, then summoned the Beast-Form Spirit Shadow back into his body, causing the Shadow Moon Demon Rat in Yu Tang’s arms to open its eyes.

Sikong Jing’s Beast-Form Spirit Shadow returned to him, triggering a breakthrough in his beast-vein cultivation that let him challenge Zhe Ying with renewed strength. As the battle continued, Sikong Jing broke through again in his human-vein cultivation and unleashed his full sword power, leaving Zhe Ying under mounting pressure.

• The Beast-Form Spirit Shadow returned to Sikong Jing, whose beast-vein true qi broke through to the Endless Extreme Prison realm.
• Sikong Jing struck Zhe Ying with a powerful punch, and the two resumed their fierce fight as the surrounding geniuses realized Sikong Jing had been holding back.
• Zhe Ying continued to suppress Sikong Jing with his Spiritual Spring Water sword techniques, while Wan Sandao rejected a plan to seize the Shadow Moon Demon Rat.
• Sikong Jing’s human-vein dantian broke through to the Endless Extreme Prison realm, and he attacked Zhe Ying with the Nine Heavens Sword Extinction Sword.
• Sikong Jing’s sword domain tore through Zhe Ying’s Heroic Spirit Guard domain, and Zhe Ying unleashed the full power of his Ling Zhe Lineage as Sikong Jing pressed the attack.

Sikong Jing fought Zhe Ying across the Dark Demon Small World, eventually overpowering him and demanding that he declare Sikong Jing the winner of the Dark Demon Trial. Zhe Ying refused and, driven mad, unleashed Ling Zhe’s spirit shadow strike against Sikong Jing and everyone watching.

• Sikong Jing and Zhe Ying fought for hours, trading blows, spirit shadow power, and treasures as their battle devastated the Dark Demon Small World.
• Sikong Jing gained the advantage in close combat, battered Zhe Ying, and knocked Que Yi and the other Spirit Race geniuses down when they tried to intervene.
• Sikong Jing demanded that Zhe Ying declare him the trial’s victor and open the Dark Demon Gate, warning that he might kill Zhe Ying if the rules gave him no way to win.
• With geniuses from every race and hall watching, Zhe Ying snapped and unleashed the powerful spirit shadow strike Ling Zhe had given him.

Sikong Jing and the wounded fighters suppressed Zhe Ying before he could unleash Ling Zhe’s Spirit Shadow impact, leaving Zhe Ying defeated and unable to refuse the trial’s result. As Sikong Jing sought to claim victory, Wan Sandao and his companions ambushed him and seized the Shadow Moon Demon Rat, while Voyaging Heart Hall prevented Su Yuexi from intervening.

• Su Yuexi burst from underground and struck Zhe Ying, interrupting his attempt to use the Spirit Shadow impact.
• Sikong Jing rallied the wounded fighters to suppress Zhe Ying’s Spirit Platform and seal his sea of consciousness.
• Sikong Jing demanded that Zhe Ying announce him as the trial’s victor, while Zhe Ying struggled to find an excuse to refuse.
• Wan Sandao and two companions ambushed Sikong Jing, took the Shadow Moon Demon Rat, and declared it belonged to Broken Blade Hall.
• Senior Sister Changfeng and Voyaging Heart Hall blocked Su Yuexi from helping Sikong Jing, insisting they keep their promise not to join the contest.

Zhe Ying declared Broken Blade Hall the winner of the Dark Demon Trial and opened the exit, while Sikong Jing warned that the hall’s uninjured fighters were suspicious. At Feather Alliance Hall, the Feather Transformation Emperor revealed that the Spirit Race had changed the rules and kept the hall uninformed, leaving the elders anxious about their trapped disciples.

• Wan Sandao fled with the Shadow Moon Demon Rat, and Zhe Ying declared Broken Blade Hall the victor despite Sikong Jing’s objections.
• The vortex opened and pulled the contestants out; the Shadow Moon Demon Rat used the Tiger Fang Treasure to draw Su Yuexian and the Green Rhino Human Race into it before Wan Sandao crushed another signal bead.
• Sikong Jing and Su Yuexi exchanged a look as the vortex separated them, while Zhe Ying threatened Sikong Jing with revenge.
• At Feather Alliance Hall, the elders worried over the dim life lamps and learned that the Spirit Race had changed the rules after the hall captured the Shadow Moon Demon Rat.
• The Feather Transformation Emperor told the elders that the Spirit Race had failed to notify Feather Alliance Hall, prompting them to suspect the hall was being targeted.

The Dark Demon Trial ended, and Sikong Jing and the others returned to the Feather Transformation Emperor Hall. Li Shi blamed Sikong Jing for the chaos in the Dark Demon Small World, but his accusations revealed Sikong Jing’s extraordinary deeds and left the elders stunned.

• The Feather Transformation Emperor opened the Dark Demon Realm Ring, and the battered trial participants emerged, including Sikong Jing and Li Shi.
• The elders searched for the Shadow Moon Demon Rat while Yu Diejin and others checked on their returned disciples and descendants.
• The Feather Transformation Emperor asked Li Shi to explain what had happened, and Li Shi knelt and blamed Sikong Jing for the deaths and conflicts.
• Li Shi accused Sikong Jing of taking the Shadow Moon Demon Rat, leading the disciples against the Spirit Race, and fighting Zhe Ying, while revealing Sikong Jing’s accomplishments.
• The elders noticed that the Feather Alliance Hall’s genius disciples stood with Sikong Jing and that Li Shi had been abandoned, so the Feather Transformation Emperor sealed Li Shi’s voice.

Zhan You recounted Sikong Jing’s victories in the Dark Demon Trial, prompting elders to demand that he be handed over to the Spirit Race. Feather Transformation Emperor summoned Sikong Jing and challenged him to give a reason to protect him, leaving his decision unresolved.

• Zhan You described how Sikong Jing’s team overcame their rivals and defeated the Spirit Race’s Zhe Ying, while portraying Li Shi as cowardly and omitting how Sikong Jing had subdued him.
• The Su Family Head, Tan Feixiang’s master, and other elders called for Sikong Jing to be handed over to the Spirit Race, but Sikong Jing urged Yu Tang and the others to wait for Feather Transformation Emperor’s decision.
• Emperor Yu’e declared that Li Shi should be executed, and Feather Transformation Emperor took Sikong Jing into the Emperor Hall.
• Emperor Yu’e blasted aside the elders protecting Li Shi and killed him, then told everyone to wait for Feather Transformation Emperor’s decision.
• Inside the Emperor Hall, Feather Transformation Emperor told Sikong Jing to convince him to protect him from the Spirit Race.

Sikong Jing tried to persuade the Feather Transformation Emperor to protect him by offering a way to strengthen the Feather Alliance Hall through the Sword-Refining Extreme Prison. After revealing that the Sword Extinction Emperor had appeared to him in the Sword Corpse Cave, Sikong Jing returned there to seek a way to help the Emperor succeed.

• Sikong Jing argued that failing to protect him would damage the Feather Alliance Hall's dignity, then offered to make the hall stronger.
• Sikong Jing told the Feather Transformation Emperor that he had led more than eighteen hundred followers to succeed in the Sword-Refining Extreme Prison, prompting the Emperor to verify their sword intent.
• Sikong Jing asked to enter the Sword Corpse Cave again and revealed that the Sword Extinction Emperor's phantom had struck him there.
• The Feather Transformation Emperor took Sikong Jing to the Sword Corpse Cave, where Sikong Jing sat before the Sword Clan corpses and tried to reopen the Sword Extinction Emperor's vision.

Sikong Jing tried to endure the Sword Extinction Emperor’s slash in the Sword Corpse Cave, while the Feather Transformation Emperor sensed its terrifying power and hoped to comprehend it. In the Spirit Race, Ling Zhe condemned Zhe Ying’s failed massacre and ordered Spirit Parrot to invite Sikong Jing to claim a reward, intending to kill him.

• Sikong Jing used the Burial Emperor Sword to open the scene of the Sword Clan man and woman confronting the Sword Extinction Emperor, and the Feather Transformation Emperor felt the surge of Sword Intent.
• Sikong Jing was blasted out by the Sword Extinction Emperor’s slash again, but the Feather Transformation Emperor urged him to continue so he could experience the sword and possibly break through.
• Sikong Jing decided to study the slash rather than face it head-on, and he and the Feather Transformation Emperor continued comprehending the sword inside the sealed Sword Corpse Cave.
• Zhe Ying reported his defeat to Ling Zhe, who struck him down and condemned him for using Spirit Shadow Impact but failing to kill the returning opponents.
• Ling Zhe ordered Spirit Parrot to visit Feather Alliance Hall, offer rewards to the Spirit Seal Realm participants, and summon the one who defeated Zhe Ying to the Spirit Race for a personal reward.

Ling Zhe discovered that Broken Blade Hall’s disciples were Ten Thousand Demon Hall infiltrators and rushed to intercept them, while Zhe Ying realized his decision to declare them victors had helped the enemy. At Voyaging Heart Hall, Imperial Venerable Menhang taunted Imperial Venerable Jinghang over the Spirit Race’s likely retaliation against Su Yuexi.

• Spirit Parrot left to arrange Sikong Jing’s supposed reward and secret death, while Ling Zhe ordered Broken Blade Hall declared the trial’s victor and assigned his subordinates other tasks.
• Zhe Ying and the defeated Spirit Race geniuses raised suspicions about Sikong Jing, Feather Alliance Hall, and the Shadow Moon Demon Rat, and Ling Zhe initially praised Zhe Ying for naming Broken Blade Hall the victor.
• Spirit Crow reported that the Green Rhino Human Race had never returned, and Ling Zhe realized Broken Blade Hall might be compromised and could not be contacted.
• Ling Zhe took Divine Spirit Island to intercept the Black Tiger and threatened to send Zhe Ying to the Dead Spirit Cavern if his decision had enabled the Shadow Moon Demon Rat’s escape.
• Ling Ya reported that Ten Thousand Demon Hall had stormed Broken Blade Hall and claimed Wan Sandao and the other two victors as its infiltrators, prompting Zhe Ying to spit blood.
• Imperial Venerable Menhang taunted Imperial Venerable Jinghang that the Spirit Race might demand Su Yuexi be handed over for punishment.

Su Yuexi defied Imperial Venerable Jinghang’s demand to sever ties with Sikong Jing, while Jinghang rushed to support the Broken Blade Hall as the Ten Thousand Demon Hall attacked. Broken Blade Imperial Venerable activated the Ancient Broken Blade Array to hold off the Ten Thousand Demon Hall, leaving the battle at its opening strike.

• Imperial Venerable Jinghang confronted Su Yuexi over her feelings for Sikong Jing and threatened to wipe out the Burial Emperor Spirit Seal Realm if she kept ties with it.
• After receiving word that the Ten Thousand Demon Hall was besieging the Broken Blade Hall, Imperial Venerable Jinghang sealed Su Yuexi away and left to provide support.
• The Master of the Ten Thousand Demon Hall demanded the Shadow Moon Demon Rat, while Broken Blade Imperial Venerable and his forces resisted the attack.
• Broken Blade Imperial Venerable took Wan Sandao, the other two men, and the Shadow Moon Demon Rat to the Broken Blade Nether Demon Stone as the Broken Blade Grand Formation fell.
• At the Nether Demon Stone, Broken Blade Imperial Venerable struck it and unleashed the Ancient Broken Blade Array against the approaching Ten Thousand Demon Hall.

Sikong Jing's Beast-Form Spirit Shadow studied the broken blade that powered the Ancient Broken Blade Array and suspected it came from the Burial Emperor Battlefield. With the Ten Thousand Demon Hall still unable to break the array, he asked Fang Sword to teach him the method of transformation, preparing for a possible escape or attempt to draw the blade.

• The Broken Blade Emperor Venerable trapped the Ten Thousand Demon Hall’s forces in the Ancient Broken Blade Array and threatened them with the arrival of the Spirit Race.
• Wan Sandao apologized to the Shadow Moon Demon Rat for their predicament, while the Beast-Form Spirit Shadow told him they might have to escape on their own.
• Wan Sandao explained that the Broken Blade Hall’s founder had nearly died after trying to pull the blade from the Nether Demon Stone, and that he left behind the Ancient Broken Blade Array.
• The Beast-Form Spirit Shadow recognized the aura of the Burial Emperor Blade and suspected its Yin spirit evil energy had wounded the Broken Blade Hall’s founder.
• As the Ten Thousand Demon Hall continued fighting the array, the Beast-Form Spirit Shadow asked Fang Sword to teach him the method of transformation.

The Ten Thousand Demon Hall Master and Ling Zhe fought over the Shadow Moon Demon Rat as reinforcements turned Broken Blade Hall into a battlefield. Black Tiger Burial Prison sealed the Nether Demon Stone, where Sikong Jing transformed from the rat into human form before Wan Sandao and his companions.

• Fang Sword taught Sikong Jing how to construct the meridians needed to take human form while he inhabited the Shadow Moon Demon Rat.
• The Ten Thousand Demon Hall Master tried to rescue the group, but Imperial Venerable Jinghang and nearby Imperial Venerables arrived and helped Broken Blade Imperial Venerable hold the attackers back.
• Ling Zhe arrived with the Spirit Race, and the Ten Thousand Demon Hall Master's rescue attempt was disrupted, sending Wan Sandao and the other two crashing back beside the broken blade.
• Ling Zhe tried to seize the Shadow Moon Demon Rat, but the Ten Thousand Demon Hall Master and Stinging Bee Demon Emperor stopped him amid the continuing clash.
• The Ten Thousand Demon Hall Master's remaining spirit-shadow power formed Black Tiger Burial Prison around the Nether Demon Stone, while Spirit Race and Ten Thousand Demon Hall reinforcements began fighting outside.
• In the darkness of Black Tiger Burial Prison, Wan Sandao watched the Shadow Moon Demon Rat's blood-red light contract and reveal Sikong Jing in human form.

Sikong Jing’s Beast-Form Spirit Shadow took human form and tried to help the Ten Thousand Demon Hall by pulling the Broken Blade from the Dark Demon Stone. As Fang Sword held off the wounded Broken Blade Imperial Venerable, Sikong Jing began drawing the sacred blade free, leaving the Imperial Venerable stunned.

• Sikong Jing’s Beast-Form Spirit Shadow took human form and told Wan Sandao and the other two that he intended to pull out the Broken Blade.
• The wounded Broken Blade Imperial Venerable broke through the Black Tiger Burial Prison and attacked the Shadow Moon Demon Rat and the three prisoners.
• Fang Sword emerged from the Tiger Fang Treasure and fought the Broken Blade Imperial Venerable to buy Sikong Jing time.
• Sikong Jing gripped the Broken Blade’s hilt and began pulling it from the Dark Demon Stone, while its blade intent blasted Wan Sandao and the other two away.
• After sending Fang Sword crashing into the Dark Demon Stone, the Broken Blade Imperial Venerable froze as Sikong Jing told him he was pulling out the blade.

Sikong Jing pulled the ancient broken blade from the Dark Demon Stone and used it to free the beasts imprisoned in the Ten Thousand Beasts Heavenly Prison. After they helped him kill Broken Blade Imperial Venerable, Sikong Jing resealed the blade, sensing he would need to comprehend it before he could wield it safely.

• Sikong Jing drew the broken blade from the Dark Demon Stone, shocking Broken Blade Imperial Venerable and the others.
• The Beast-Form Spirit Shadow used the blade to sever the beasts’ chains, freeing the Shadow Moon Divine Rat, the Colorless Spider, and many others.
• The freed beasts joined Fang Sword and overwhelmed the already wounded Broken Blade Imperial Venerable.
• Sikong Jing questioned Broken Blade Imperial Venerable about his fear of the Spirit Race, then killed him and collected his storage treasure.
• Sikong Jing felt a dangerous force stirring within the blade and thrust it back into the Dark Demon Stone to seal it again.

Sikong Jing claimed the Divine Blade Tomb, stored the Broken Blade Nether Demon Stone inside, and led the liberated beasts and Green Rhino Human Race out of the ruined Broken Blade Hall. As they fled through a space-time tunnel, a Spirit Race Imperial Venerable began pursuing them.

• Sikong Jing claimed the Broken Blade Imperial Venerable's treasure, and its artifact spirit Thought Blade explained that the Divine Blade Tomb could carry the Broken Blade Nether Demon Stone.
• The Shadow Moon Divine Rat reported that the Broken Blade Hall was in ruins and that Ten Thousand Demon Hall and Ling Zhe's forces had fought elsewhere, so Sikong Jing ordered the group to escape.
• Wan Sandao and the other two guided Sikong Jing, Fang Sword, Su Yuexian, and the released beasts and Green Rhino Human Race out of the Black Tiger Burial Prison.
• Sikong Jing's group encountered wounded Broken Blade Hall survivors, questioned several Divine Lord Realm experts, and left through a space-time tunnel.
• Fang Sword asked whether Sikong Jing would notify the Lord of Ten Thousand Demon Hall, but Sikong Jing chose to wait until they were safer.
• The Shadow Moon Divine Rat sensed an Imperial Venerable aura approaching, and a Spirit Race figure entered the space-time tunnel in pursuit.

Sikong Jing and the beasts fought off Spirit Gull, an Imperial Venerable pursuing them on Ling Zhe’s orders, and sealed her rather than kill her. Before escaping, Sikong Jing claimed he came from the Feather Sword Mountain Range and had Beast Emperor Soul Intent, leaving Spirit Gull to connect his origins to the Burial Emperor Spirit Seal Realm.

• Spirit Gull intercepted Sikong Jing and the beasts, recognized him as the Shadow Moon Demon Rat, and revealed that Ling Zhe had sent her after them.
• Sikong Jing ordered the beasts to attack, and they overwhelmed Spirit Gull with the Break Nine Heavens Beast Slaughter Array.
• Spirit Gull warned that killing her would let her aura reveal their location to Ling Zhe, and Sikong Jing chose to seal her instead.
• Spirit Gull questioned Sikong Jing about retaining his intelligence in the Dark Demon Small World and helping Feather Alliance Hall, and he said he came from the Feather Sword Mountain Range and possessed Beast Emperor Soul Intent.
• Sikong Jing escaped through a spacetime tunnel, while Spirit Gull concluded that his origins explained his help for Feather Alliance Hall and linked his Beast Emperor Soul Intent to the Burial Emperor Spirit Seal Realm.

Ling Zhe withdrew to the Spirit Race after the battle, wounded and planning a full-scale assault on the Ten Thousand Demon Hall while investigating the Shadow Moon Demon Rat’s connection to the Burial Emperor Spirit Seal Realm. The chapter ended with Spirit Parrot arriving at the Feather Alliance Hall to demand that Sikong Jing be brought back to the Spirit Race.

• Beast-Form Spirit Shadow Sikong Jing and the others reached a hidden forbidden place, and Fang Sword sent word that they were safe.
• Spirit Gull reported that the Shadow Moon Demon Rat had escaped with help from Ten Thousand Demon Hall forces, and Ling Zhe returned to the Spirit Race to organize an assault.
• Ling Zhe revealed that the black tiger had heavily wounded him and said he had ordered Green Rhino Demon Emperor and the others to harass the Ten Thousand Demon Hall.
• Ling Zhe ordered Imperial Venerable Jinghang and the other reinforcements to leave, and Jinghang volunteered the Voyaging Heart Hall as the vanguard.
• Ling Zhe concluded that the Shadow Moon Demon Rat was connected to the Burial Emperor Spirit Seal Realm but was not itself a living being from there, and he refused to eliminate the realm’s arrivals.
• Spirit Parrot arrived at the Feather Alliance Hall and demanded that Feather Transformation Emperor send Sikong Jing back to the Spirit Race.

Spirit Parrot arrived at the Feather Alliance Hall to take Sikong Jing to the Spirit Race, but the Feather Transformation Emperor refused to release him and chose to protect him. Spirit Parrot clashed with Emperor Yu'e outside the Emperor Hall, leaving the standoff unresolved.

• Spirit Parrot arrived with a reward from Ling Zhe and demanded that Sikong Jing be brought out so she could take him to the Spirit Race.
• Emperor Yu'e told Spirit Parrot that Sikong Jing was with the Feather Transformation Emperor and could not leave yet.
• The Feather Transformation Emperor told Emperor Yu'e that Sikong Jing would stay and cultivate with him for half a year or a year.
• Emperor Yu'e relayed the refusal, delighting Yu Tang and the other geniuses while angering and unsettling the elders.
• Spirit Parrot tried to force her way into the Emperor Hall, but Emperor Yu'e blocked her and defended herself against Spirit Parrot's attacks.