Chapter Summaries

The Feather Transformation Emperor emerged from Sword Corpse Cave and stopped Spirit Parrot from taking Sikong Jing, then learned that Ten Thousand Demon Hall had rescued the Shadow Moon Demon Rat. After Spirit Parrot left to report to Ling Zhe, Yu E learned that the Feather Transformation Emperor had broken through with Sikong Jing's help.

• Emperor Yu'e tried to persuade Spirit Parrot not to take Sikong Jing to the Spirit Race, but Spirit Parrot insisted he had to claim his reward.
• The Feather Transformation Emperor appeared and refused to hand Sikong Jing over, then dispelled Spirit Parrot's seven-colored attack with a casual wave.
• Spirit Parrot revealed that Broken Blade Hall's three trial participants had been Ten Thousand Demon Hall agents who rescued the Shadow Moon Demon Rat, and said the Spirit Race was preparing an all-out assault.
• The Feather Transformation Emperor pointed out that Sikong Jing had warned them about the Broken Blade Hall participants and asked Spirit Parrot to recognize Feather Alliance Hall as the trial victor.
• Spirit Parrot left after telling Feather Alliance Hall to await Ling Zhe's orders, and the Feather Transformation Emperor told Yu E that he had broken through thanks to Sikong Jing.

After the Feather Transformation Emperor protected Sikong Jing and brought him into the Emperor Hall, he and Yu E went to the Sword Corpse Cave to see what Sikong Jing had awakened. There, they found the cave transformed into an Emperor-level battlefield as Sikong Jing continued comprehending the Sword Extinction Emperor’s sword strike.

• The Su Family Head asked Yu Diejin to introduce him to Sikong Ding so he could seek forgiveness, but Yu Diejin refused to decide for Sikong Jing’s father.
• Tan Feixiang’s master warned Yu Diejin that Ling Zhe or Sikong Jing’s other enemies might still come after him, but Yu Diejin said that was a separate matter.
• The Feather Transformation Emperor told Yu E that Sikong Jing had awakened the Sword Clan corpses’ secret, helped him break through, and might enable the Feather Alliance Hall to undergo Sword-Refining Extreme Prison.
• The Feather Transformation siblings entered the Sword Corpse Cave and discovered that it had become a terrifying Emperor-level battlefield; they meditated to withstand its aura.
• Sikong Jing’s true body passed Sword Extinction Emperor’s sword strike and saw the Sword Clan man and woman blasted out of the Burial Emperor Battlefield as the woman cried out for her master.

Sikong Jing opened the Sword Clan man and woman's inheritance by passing Sword Extinction Emperor's sword-strike trial, then began comprehending their understanding of the Burial Emperor Battlefield. While the inheritance's aura helped Emperor Feather Transformation and Emperor Yu'e, Sikong Jing's Beast-Form Spirit Shadow waited in Broken Blade Hall territory and studied the Broken Blade Nether Demon Stone.

• Sikong Jing realized the Sword Clan man and woman's inheritance required Sword Extinction Emperor's sword and a successful trial, then entered the man's illusory battlefield to begin comprehending it.
• The inheritance's battlefield aura spread through the Sword Corpse Cave, pressuring Emperor Feather Transformation and Emperor Yu'e and helping them refine their spirit shadows.
• The battlefield aura stopped, and Emperor Feather Transformation told Sikong Jing that the Shadow Moon Demon Rat had been rescued and promised to protect him from the Spirit Race.
• At a hidden forbidden place in Broken Blade Hall territory, Fang Sword worried that the master of Ten Thousand Demon Hall had not arrived, but Sikong Jing told the group to wait.
• Sikong Jing's Beast-Form Spirit Shadow continued studying the Broken Blade Nether Demon Stone, seeking to master its power and gain another connection to the Burial Emperor Battlefield.

Sikong Jing used his Beast-Form Spirit Shadow to draw and sheath the broken blade, discovering that its ancient yin-spirit evil aura could help him refine the Ultimate Prison while he comprehended it. The master of the Ten Thousand Demon Hall arrived, recognized the feat, and took Sikong Jing aside to ask whether he was human or beast; Sikong Jing said he was both.

• Sikong Jing chose to study the broken blade himself rather than consult the insights in the Divine Blade Tomb, then drew it again to comprehend it.
• Su Yuexian told Wan Sandao that she and the Shadow Moon Demon Rat had worked together, while the Beast-Form Spirit Shadow sensed the blade's ancient yin-spirit evil aura and its brief suppression by the Nine Heavens Sword Dao.
• When the broken blade began to tremble, Sikong Jing sheathed it, and the master of the Ten Thousand Demon Hall appeared, astonished that he had drawn and reinserted it.
• Sikong Jing identified the newcomer as the Ten Thousand Demon Hall's master and went with him to speak privately, leaving the gathered beasts worried about their Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts.
• The master of the Ten Thousand Demon Hall asked whether Sikong Jing was human or beast, and Sikong Jing replied that he was both, having transformed after receiving a demon beast's bloodline inheritance.

Sikong Jing argued that his Beast Emperor Soul Intent and resistance to demonic energy came from a bloodline above all Demon Race members. The master of the Ten Thousand Demon Hall recognized a legend about the strongest ferocious beast, then demanded to know what Sikong Jing was and where he came from.

• The master of the Ten Thousand Demon Hall questioned how Sikong Jing had retained Beast Emperor Soul Intent despite being human by birth.
• Sikong Jing proposed that his inherited bloodline belonged to the supreme king of all Demon Race members, and the master angrily rejected the claim.
• Sikong Jing explained his theory that the Vast Cosmos Great World's demon beasts had forgotten the Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts, and the master admitted it could not recognize his kind.
• Sikong Jing recounted how he had remained lucid for months while half-demonized in the Dark Demon Small World, and the master was stunned to learn the Shadow Moon Demon Rat had been unaffected by its demonic energy.
• The master recalled a legend about the strongest ferocious beast uniting the Demon Race and asked Sikong Jing whether he was a body-snatcher and where he had come from.

Sikong Jing revealed that his Beast-Form Spirit Shadow came from the Burial Emperor Spirit Seal Realm and might be the legendary strongest ferocious beast, persuading the Master of Ten Thousand Demon Hall not to devour him. Facing an imminent Spirit Race assault and a likely retreat, the Master asked whether Sikong Jing still wished to join and inherit Ten Thousand Demon Hall.

• Sikong Jing told the Master of Ten Thousand Demon Hall that he came from the Burial Emperor Spirit Seal Realm and might be the strongest ferocious beast of legend.
• The Master considered devouring Sikong Jing, but Sikong Jing argued that nurturing him could help unite the Demon Race against the Spirit Race.
• The Master admitted that Ling Zhe had learned of its weakened state and would return with greater forces to destroy Ten Thousand Demon Hall.
• The Master explained how Ling Zhe had lured its main forces away during the battle at Broken Blade Hall, leaving the headquarters under attack.
• The Master said Ten Thousand Demon Hall might have to flee and asked Sikong Jing whether he was still willing to join and become its next master.

Sikong Jing joined the Ten Thousand Demon Hall after confirming that its lord would stand by the hall rather than abandon its people. The lord recognized Sikong Jing’s ability to inherit many beast powers, brought him to the hall, and began preparing to cultivate him as its successor amid the Spirit Race threat.

• Sikong Jing tested the Ten Thousand Demon Hall Lord’s loyalty, and the lord swore to live or die with the hall rather than flee alone.
• Sikong Jing agreed to join, explaining that he wanted to protect those from the Burial Emperor Spirit Seal Realm and grow strong enough to help the hall resist the Spirit Race.
• Sikong Jing revealed that he could wield the powers of numerous demon beasts, including the Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger Clan and the Nine Heavens Blood Devour Magic Beast, and said he had gained them from the lord’s blood.
• The Ten Thousand Demon Hall Lord declared Sikong Jing the future successor and brought him and the gathered people and beasts through a spacetime tunnel to the hall.
• The lord introduced Sikong Jing to the hall’s Demon Emperors, who gave him drops of their essence blood to support his cultivation.
• The Ten Thousand Demon Hall Lord took Sikong Jing to a forbidden area filled with an ancient, mysterious aura.

Sikong Jing began cultivating at Ten Thousand Demon Emperor Stele Mountain while the Master of Ten Thousand Demon Hall prepared for war with the Spirit Race. Ling Zhe declared all-out war on Ten Thousand Demon Hall and authorized Sea-Gazing Hall to retaliate against Feather Alliance Hall, while the wider realms dismissed the coming conflict as gossip.

• Sikong Jing gave the Master of Ten Thousand Demon Hall the Pure Spirit Seven Hearts Method and Demonic Path Sevenfold Body, then began cultivating as the Master arranged training and battle roles for the allied beasts and races.
• Ling Zhe convened the Spirit Race elders, secured approval for all-out war against Ten Thousand Demon Hall, and sent orders to subordinate clans and halls.
• After hearing Spirit Parrot's report, Ling Zhe allowed Sea-Gazing Hall to retaliate against Feather Alliance Hall and ordered Zhe Ying confined to Dead Spirit Cavern for half a year.
• News of the Broken Blade Hall crisis spread across the Spirit Race's territories, where people discussed Sikong Jing and the Shadow Moon Demon Rat but remained confident that Ten Thousand Demon Hall would fall.

The Sea-Gazing Hall arrived at the Feather Alliance Hall and demanded Sikong Jing and the Dark Demon Trial survivors be handed over, threatening to drown the hall if Emperor Feather Transformation refused. Emperor Yu'e mocked their complaint, and a feather sword beam suddenly shot from the Emperor Hall at the four Sea-Gazing Emperors.

• The Sea-Gazing Hall’s four Emperors, led by Sea Refining, descended on the Feather Alliance Hall and crushed its elders with their pressure.
• Sikong Ding worried that the Sea-Gazing Hall’s attack had the Spirit Race’s tacit approval, while Yu Diejin assured him that Emperor Feather Transformation would resist them.
• Sea Refining demanded Sikong Jing be handed over for execution and the Dark Demon Trial survivors be crippled, threatening to turn the Feather Alliance Hall into an endless sea of purgatory.
• Emperor Yu'e mocked Sea Refining, who accused Sikong Jing of killing the Sea-Gazing Hall disciples after they had surrendered.
• A massive sword beam formed from feathers burst out of the Feather Transformation Emperor Hall and forced all four Sea-Gazing Emperors to respond.

The Feather Transformation Emperor crushed Sea-Gazing Hall’s attack and refused to negotiate over its disciples’ deaths, revealing his determination to protect Sikong Jing. After the battle ended, Emperor Yu’e asked Sikong Jing why he had wiped out Sea-Gazing Hall’s geniuses.

• The Feather Transformation Emperor used the Feather Alliance Formation to break apart Sea-Gazing Hall’s seawater attack and shatter its formations.
• The Feather Transformation Emperor overwhelmed the four Sea-Gazing Hall Emperors with Feather Alliance Hall’s Army-Slaying Formation and warned the Sea-Refining Emperor not to return with such an attitude.
• The Feather Transformation Emperor dismissed Sea-Gazing Hall’s complaints, saying its disciples had lost their lives in a trial and that those who feared death should not participate.
• Yu Diejin told Sikong Ding and Ling Xiaotian that Emperor Yu’e was determined to protect Sikong Jing without conditions.
• After the battle’s aura vanished from Sword Corpse Cave, Emperor Yu’e asked Sikong Jing how they should answer Sea-Gazing Hall and why he had killed its geniuses.

Sikong Jing emerged to face Sea-Gazing Hall and challenged its fighters below the Divine Path Realm to a life-or-death rematch. He left the Feather Transformation siblings hoping he would return and help them undergo Sword-Refining Extreme Prison.

• Sikong Jing told Emperor Yu'e he had wiped out Sea-Gazing Hall's geniuses to protect Jing Yuan, then asked the Feather Transformation Emperor to let him confront Sea-Gazing Hall.
• Sikong Jing promised he had found a way to manifest the Burial Emperor Battlefield so the Feather Transformation siblings could undergo Sword-Refining Extreme Prison.
• The Feather Transformation Emperor sent Sikong Jing out to answer Sea-Gazing Hall, while claiming he remained in secluded cultivation.
• Sikong Jing taunted Sea-Gazing Hall for its losses and challenged everyone below the Divine Path Realm to fight him in a life-or-death wager.

Sikong Jing used an age-unrestricted life-and-death wager to pressure Sea-Gazing Hall into challenging him openly. The Sea-Refining Emperor accepted, and Sikong Jing faced Hai Yu, taunting Sea-Gazing Hall before the duel began.

• Zhan You explained that Sikong Jing had offered a life-and-death wager to draw out anyone who wanted to kill him and prevent further attacks in secret.
• Yu Tang and others worried that Sikong Jing could not defeat older Endless Extreme Prison experts, while Emperor Yu'e praised his strategy and the Feather Transformation Emperor feared the risk.
• Hai Yu volunteered to fight, and the Sea-Refining Emperor reluctantly accepted Sikong Jing's wager and sent him to avenge Sea-Gazing Hall's defeated disciples.
• Sikong Jing faced Hai Yu with the Nine Extremes Sword and warned that the wager would decide who lived and died.
• Sikong Jing asked whether Sea-Gazing Hall could accept losing without demanding another fight, provoking an angry response from one of its Emperor Venerables.

Sikong Jing defeated Hai Yu with Han Lindong’s Winter Sword Chill, but a Sea-Gazing Hall Emperor intervened and attacked him, escalating the wager into an Emperor battle. Feather Transformation Emperor and Emperor Yu'e subdued Rolling Sea and forced Sea-Refining Emperor to choose between killing Hai Yu himself or letting Rolling Sea die.

• Sikong Jing unleashed Burial Emperor, Winter Sword Chill and froze Hai Yu’s raging sea attack, then sent him flying with icy sword intent.
• Sikong Jing followed with Winter Arrow, Battlefield Evil Spirit Kill, but Rolling Sea crushed the arrow and attacked Sikong Jing.
• Feather Transformation Emperor blocked Rolling Sea’s attack and fought the three Sea-Refining Emperors while Emperor Yu'e overwhelmed Rolling Sea.
• Emperor Yu'e pinned Rolling Sea with a feather-like sword, and Feather Transformation Emperor demanded that Sea-Refining Emperor kill Hai Yu or watch Rolling Sea die.
• Zhan You said Feather Transformation Emperor was declaring Sikong Jing a reverse scale that anyone who touched would pay dearly for.

Sikong Jing defeated Yu Ye in the life-and-death wager after Feather Transformation Emperor and Emperor Yu'e forced Sea-Gazing Hall to back down. Though Sikong Jing spared Yu Ye, someone killed the old man moments later, leaving the attacker unidentified.

• Coiling Sea Imperial Venerable killed Hai Yu to escape Emperor Yu'e's sword intent, and Feather Transformation Emperor ended the confrontation with a warning to Sea-Gazing Hall.
• Sikong Jing challenged Sea-Gazing Hall to send another fighter, and Sea-Refining Emperor apologized before ordering Yu Ye to fight him.
• Sikong Jing taunted Yu Ye about his wavering Dao heart, provoking the old man to attack.
• Sikong Jing used life-and-death techniques to exploit Yu Ye's fear and openings, then pierced his chest and spared his life.
• As Sikong Jing withdrew, an unseen attacker blasted Yu Ye apart and killed him.

Sikong Jing defeated two more Sea-Gazing Hall challengers in life-and-death battles, forcing Sea-Refining Emperor to retreat while warning of future challenges. He returned to his family, shared news of their loved ones, and promised to find a way to protect Sikong Ling before her deadline.

• Sea-Refining Emperor killed Yu Ye and sent another Endless Extreme Prison expert to fight Sikong Jing, who won after a prolonged battle.
• Sea-Refining Emperor withdrew after Sikong Jing defeated Sea-Gazing Hall’s strongest challenger, warning Feather Transformation Emperor about Lord Ling Zhe.
• Feather Alliance Hall’s elders worried that Sikong Jing’s challenge would draw stronger opponents, but Sikong Jing said a few more months of cultivation would put them at ease.
• Feather Transformation Emperor dismissed the gathering and sent Sikong Jing to spend time with his family before resuming cultivation.
• Sikong Jing told his parents about Su Yuexi, Su Yuexian, his Shadow Moon Demon Rat body, and Sikong Ling’s one-year deadline, then left his father the Nine Heavens Sword Traces.
• When Ling Xiaotian asked about Su Yuexi and Sikong Ling, Sikong Jing promised to seek Su Yuexi’s hand and said they would find a way to help Sikong Ling.

Sikong Jing manifested the Sword Clan battlefield illusions so the Feather Transformation brother and sister could temper their spirit shadows, while the Spirit Race ordered Feather Transformation to lead the attack on the Ten Thousand Demon Hall. The Sea-Gazing Hall plotted to kill Feather Transformation on the battlefield, and Voyaging Heart Hall faced the same vanguard order.

• Sikong Jing told his parents that his Demon Rat body would keep the Spirit Race occupied and left to help the Ten Thousand Demon Hall endure the coming war.
• Sikong Jing manifested the Sword Clan man and woman's battlefield illusions in the Sword Corpse Cave and warned the Feather Transformation brother and sister to leave if they could not withstand the pressure.
• The Feather Transformation brother and sister began cultivating in the battlefield illusions while Sikong Jing continued comprehending the Sword Clan inheritance.
• Sea-Refining Emperor told Ling Zhe about Feather Transformation's strength, and Ling Zhe ordered Feather Transformation to prepare to lead the expedition against the Ten Thousand Demon Hall.
• Sea-Refining Emperor and Coiling Sea Imperial Venerable plotted to kill Feather Transformation during the campaign, while Menhang complained that Voyaging Heart Hall had also been made a vanguard because of Su Yuexi.

Su Yuexi warned Imperial Venerable Jinghang that the Shadow Moon Demon Rat might protect her at Ten Thousand Demon Hall, while Sikong Jing advised the newly empowered Feather Transformation Emperor to hide his strength and return wounded. Both plans depended on the demon rat’s influence within Ten Thousand Demon Hall as the coming battle drew closer.

• Imperial Venerable Jinghang lamented being chosen as the vanguard, and Su Yuexi urged her to hold back because the Shadow Moon Demon Rat would likely keep Ten Thousand Demon Hall from killing her.
• Su Yuexi privately hoped Sikong Jing had established himself in Ten Thousand Demon Hall and could protect Jinghang through the demon rat’s influence.
• Feather Transformation Emperor successfully refined Sword-Refining Extreme Prison and became an initiate of the Sword Clan, but he remained worried about his orders to lead the attack on Ten Thousand Demon Hall.
• Sikong Jing told Feather Transformation Emperor that the Shadow Moon Demon Rat came from the Feather Sword Mountain Range and advised him to conceal his strength, avoid killing demon emperors, and return seriously wounded.
• Sikong Jing warned that Ten Thousand Demon Hall could fully demonize using Heaven-and-Earth demonic energy and told Feather Transformation Emperor to keep that secret from the Spirit Race.
• Feather Transformation Emperor accepted Sikong Jing’s advice and laughed, pleased at the prospect of the Spirit Race suffering a disastrous defeat.

As the Spirit Race prepared to attack the Ten Thousand Demon Hall, Sikong Jing and the Feather Alliance Hall weighed the risks of defying the Spirit Race while Sikong Jing’s demon rat body cultivated. During the battle, Feather Transformation Emperor and Imperial Venerable Jinghang were trapped, and Feather Transformation Emperor secretly arranged to escape.

• Sikong Jing warned Emperor Yu'e that the Spirit Race could use the Shadow Moon Demon Rat’s origins as an excuse to destroy the Feather Alliance Hall, prompting her to commit to its gamble with him.
• The master of the Ten Thousand Demon Hall told Sikong Jing’s demon rat body that the Demon Emperors had learned the Pure Spirit Seven Hearts Method and that the Spirit Race’s army was approaching.
• Sikong Jing asked the master of the Ten Thousand Demon Hall to spare Feather Transformation Emperor and Imperial Venerable Jinghang, then continued using the Broken Blade Nether Demon Stone to temper his Beast-Form Spirit Shadow.
• The Spirit Race attacked the Ten Thousand Demon Hall while Sikong Jing’s Human-Form and Beast-Form Spirit Shadows continued cultivating.
• On the third day, the Ten Thousand Demon Beast Slaughter Array trapped Feather Transformation Emperor and Imperial Venerable Jinghang in separate places, and Feather Transformation Emperor secretly let the Sword Tiger Demon Emperor believe he had escaped before asking someone to wound him severely.

The Spirit Race’s assault drove the Ten Thousand Demon Hall into a chaotic retreat across other powers’ territories, while Yu Hua and Jing Hang repeatedly returned wounded from the fighting. After the Ten Thousand Demon Hall seized a weaker hall’s palace, its master called on Sikong Jing’s Demonic Mouse body to explain the next battle plan.

• Ling Zhe refused to rescue the vanguards trapped in the Ten Thousand Demon Beast Slaughter Array and ordered other forces to strike at the Ten Thousand Demon Hall’s core.
• Yu Hua and Jing Hang returned gravely wounded, and Ling Zhe sent them away to recover before ordering them back to battle in half a month.
• The Feather Transformation Emperor returned wounded, accused Ling Zhe of abandoning him, and underwent Sword-Refining Extreme Prison for the second time while recovering in the Sword Corpse Cave.
• The Ten Thousand Demon Hall fled under the Spirit Race’s assault, and its master attacked a neighboring race’s leader after being told to leave their territory.
• The Ten Thousand Demon Hall spread the fighting into the territories of other powers, then occupied a weaker hall’s palace after months of retreat.
• The master of the Ten Thousand Demon Hall called on Sikong Jing’s Demonic Mouse body to explain the next battle plan.

Beast-Form Spirit Shadow revealed Sikong Jing’s plan to force the Spirit Race into peace negotiations by pressuring its vassals and provoking the Celestial Race to mediate. After destroying several Spirit Race vassal halls, the Ten Thousand Demon Hall reached Heavenly Dimension Hall, where its Master warned the Celestial Race that the demonized beasts could no longer be controlled.

• Beast-Form Spirit Shadow explained that the Ten Thousand Demon Hall would attack Spirit Race vassals, advance toward Heavenly Dimension Hall, and force the Celestial Race to mediate peace.
• The demon emperors approved the plan, and the Ten Thousand Demon Hall Master ordered an invasion of Sea-Gazing Hall.
• Over the next month, the demon beasts destroyed Sea-Gazing Hall and several other Spirit Race vassal halls while resisting the Spirit Race’s attacks.
• The Ten Thousand Demon Hall fled to the edge of Heavenly Dimension Hall, where Celestial Race experts moved to defend the territory.
• The Ten Thousand Demon Hall Master entered a half-demonized state and warned the Celestial Race that the beasts could lose control and attack any territory.