Chapter Summaries

The Celestial Race brokered a settlement between Ten Thousand Demon Hall and the Spirit Race after Ten Thousand Demon Hall threatened to transform into Blood Devour Magic Beasts. The war paused, but the Shadow Moon Demon Rat had to face three Spirit Race experts in a month, with Black Tiger and the rat at risk if they lost.

• Elder Tian Tao arrived and persuaded Ling Zhe and the Spirit Race to negotiate rather than risk Ten Thousand Demon Hall falling into demonhood.
• After days of wrangling, the sides agreed that the Shadow Moon Demon Rat would fight three Spirit Race Endless Extreme Prison experts, and a single loss would leave Black Tiger and the rat to the Spirit Race.
• Tian Tao announced that Ten Thousand Demon Hall could return to its domain and the Spirit Race would not attack it for ten years, regardless of the duel’s outcome.
• The beasts of Ten Thousand Demon Hall returned home while Ling Zhe went back to select the Spirit Race’s three fighters for the battle in a month.
• The Feather Transformation Emperor reported the agreement to Feather Alliance Hall, where people feared the Spirit Race might target them if the Shadow Moon Demon Rat survived.

Sikong Jing traveled with Feather Transformation Emperor to the Ten Thousand Demon Hall, seeking safety for the Burial Emperor Spirit Seal Realm and a chance to strengthen his ties while watching the Shadow Moon Demon Rat's battles. Meanwhile, Imperial Venerable Jinghang brought Su Yuexi to the Ten Thousand Demon Hall and warned her to avoid both the Demon Rat and Sikong Jing.

• Feather Transformation Emperor returned injured and told Sikong Jing and Emperor Yu'e that the Shadow Moon Demon Rat would fight the Spirit Race's three strongest Extreme Prisons.
• Sikong Jing said he would go to the Ten Thousand Demon Hall to seek a safer path for his clansmen and urged Feather Transformation Emperor to build ties with powerful figures and seek news of the Sword Clan.
• Emperor Yu'e began relocating the Burial Emperor Spirit Seal Realm's people to Swordwalk Forbidden Domain, while Feather Transformation Emperor recovered through Sword-Refining Extreme Prison.
• Feather Transformation Emperor took Sikong Jing and the Feather Alliance Hall's geniuses toward the Ten Thousand Demon Hall, where Sikong Jing planned to reunite with the cultivation gains of his Demon Rat body.
• Imperial Venerable Jinghang decided to bring Su Yuexi to watch the battles and warned her to refuse both the Shadow Moon Demon Rat and Sikong Jing if either approached her.

Zhe Ying survived half a year in the Dead Spirit Cavern and set out for the Ten Thousand Demon Hall, hoping to prove himself by defeating the demon rat. With five days until the battle, the Lord of the Ten Thousand Demon Hall asked Sikong Jing to explain how he expected to win.

• Su Yuexi agreed to Imperial Venerable Jinghang's plan, while Min Hang stayed behind to await Xiao Moli's fiancé.
• Zhe Ying emerged alive from the Dead Spirit Cavern with greatly increased power, and Que Yi's group welcomed him back.
• After hearing about Sikong Jing's wager and the coming battle, Zhe Ying chose to head to the Ten Thousand Demon Hall rather than challenge Sikong Jing at the Feather Alliance Hall.
• The Ten Thousand Demon Domain drew visitors from many races and halls as its people rebuilt the ruined region ahead of the battle.
• The Lord of the Ten Thousand Demon Hall asked Sikong Jing's demon rat body to reveal the reason for his confidence against the Spirit Race's three strongest Extreme Prison experts.

Sikong Jing’s Beast-Form Spirit Shadow drew out the Broken Blade’s Burial Emperor Battlefield illusion, awakening the Ten Thousand Demon Hall Lord’s Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger bloodline memories. As Sikong Jing used the blade’s inheritance to temper his Extreme Prison and prepare for the Spirit Race battles, the Hall Lord uncovered ancient techniques of its clan.

• Sikong Jing drew the Broken Blade Nether Demon Stone and summoned an illusion of the Burial Emperor Battlefield, causing the Ten Thousand Demon Hall Lord to transform into its Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger form.
• The Hall Lord recognized the battlefield through its bloodline memories, and Sikong Jing explained what he knew about the Burial Emperor Tomb and its Imperial Venerable battle.
• Sikong Jing revealed that he had entered the broken blade’s spirit space and found an incomplete inheritance left by its master, who had forged the Burial Emperor Blade amid battle.
• Sikong Jing used the battlefield illusion and blade inheritance to temper his Beast-Form Spirit Shadow while his magic rat body absorbed Demon Emperor essence blood and opened more demonic beast meridians.
• The Ten Thousand Demon Hall Lord’s spirit shadow was also tempered, awakening memories of Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger techniques derived from the Burial Emperor Battlefield.

Sikong Jing reunited with Su Yuexi at the Ten Thousand Demon Hall and declared that he wanted to marry her, but Imperial Venerable Jinghang rejected any ties with the Feather Alliance Hall and left. The Feather Transformation Emperor agreed to consider visiting Voyaging Heart Hall after the coming battle, while Sikong Jing's true body sensed that the Shadow Moon Divine Rat and the other beasts had emerged.

• The Feather Transformation Emperor and Sikong Jing's true body arrived at the Ten Thousand Demon Hall and encountered Imperial Venerable Jinghang, Su Yuexi, and their companions.
• The Feather Transformation Emperor thanked Jinghang for Su Yuexi's actions in the Dark Demon Small World, but Jinghang denied any connection and led her group away.
• Zhan You told the Feather Transformation Emperor that Sikong Jing and Su Yuexi had fallen in love, and Sikong Jing asked to visit Voyaging Heart Hall to propose marriage.
• Sikong Jing suggested forcing Jinghang to agree, but the Feather Transformation Emperor postponed any visit until after the Demon Rat Extreme Prison battle.
• Sikong Jing sensed that the Shadow Moon Divine Rat and the other beasts had emerged, while they kept their identities and connection to him secret.
• The Feather Transformation Emperor's group settled in the rebuilt Ten Thousand Demon Hall, where the Celestial Race maintained order.

The Willow Race hosted an Emperor banquet and a genius banquet at the Ten Thousand Demon Hall, with the Celestial Race backing the gathering. Feather Transformation Emperor brought Sikong Jing and the Feather Alliance geniuses to attend, where Sea-Refining Emperor and Coiling Sea Imperial Venerable were denied entry for lacking invitations.

• The Willow Race announced two banquets, using its Divine Willow Golden Heart Brew to host Emperors and its strongest genius to host young talents.
• Feather Transformation Emperor explained to Sikong Jing and the Feather Alliance disciples that the Celestial Race was using the Willow Race to expand its influence without openly offending the Spirit Race.
• Feather Transformation Emperor set off for the Emperor banquet with Sikong Jing, Zhan You, and ten Feather Alliance geniuses, and they saw the Divine Willow Giant Tree serving as the venue.
• A Willow Race powerhouse ordered arrivals to land and warned that anyone forcing entry would become an enemy of the Willow Race and the Celestial Race.
• Sea-Refining Emperor and Coiling Sea Imperial Venerable demanded entry, but a green-bearded Willow Race elder declared that only Imperial Venerables with invitation plaques were qualified to attend.

At the Willow Race’s banquet, Imperial Venerables had to seize invitation plaques from the Divine Willow to prove their strength. After several Spirit Race vassals failed and a Celestial Race vassal succeeded, Feather Transformation Emperor stepped forward to try.

• The green-bearded old man revealed that uninvited Imperial Venerables could earn entry by obtaining plaques hanging in the Divine Willow.
• Sea-Refining Emperor entered the willow formation but was thrown out without a plaque, and Coiling Sea Imperial Venerable failed even faster.
• The Snow Forest Clan Chief also failed to obtain a plaque from the formation.
• The Hall Master of Heavenly Dimension Hall survived the trial and entered the banquet with a plaque.
• After more Spirit Race vassals failed, Feather Transformation Emperor stepped forward.

Sikong Jing discovered that Menhang and the Spirit Race were pressuring Jinghang through Su Yuexi, but Yuexi challenged Long Yan herself and defeated him. The confrontation ended with Long Yan disarmed and kneeling before her.

• The Feather Transformation Emperor paused his attempt to secure an invitation plaque when he heard Su Yuexi was being accused of disrespecting Elder Linglong.
• Sikong Jing recognized Menhang's faction using Long Yan's advances to pressure Jinghang, then approached to watch Jinghang's response.
• Menhang urged Jinghang to let Su Yuexi become Long Yan's female companion, but Jinghang refused and declared that her disciples would not be anyone's companions.
• Long Yan reframed his demand as courtship, and Su Yuexi agreed to consider it only after he defeated her.
• Su Yuexi and Long Yan fought with swords, and she disarmed him in fewer than ten exchanges, leaving him kneeling before her.

Su Yuexi and Zhan You defeated Long Yan after he challenged them, and Sikong Jing used Su Yuexi’s condition for suitors to challenge her in turn. As they fought like lovers, Imperial Venerable Jinghang tried to intervene, but Feather Transformation Emperor blocked her and attacked.

• Su Yuexi defeated Long Yan and dismissed him as too weak.
• Zhan You insulted Long Yan, then suppressed him with his sword and kicked him down.
• Sikong Jing asked Su Yuexi to let him challenge her, and she agreed before Jinghang could stop them.
• Sikong Jing and Su Yuexi exchanged sword strikes that looked like a lovers’ dance, angering Jinghang.
• Jinghang moved to strike Sikong Jing, but Feather Transformation Emperor blocked her and pierced toward her with spirit-shadow power.

Sikong Jing and Su Yuexi reunited and openly displayed their affection, while the Feather Transformation Emperor suppressed Jing Hang and backed Sikong Jing. Long Jing challenged Sikong Jing and threatened him and the Feather Transformation Emperor.

• The Feather Transformation Emperor effortlessly suppressed Jing Hang and urged her to watch Sikong Jing and Su Yuexi's sword dance in silence.
• Su Yuexi pretended to lose, and Sikong Jing caught her; they declared their mutual interest while onlookers reacted to their affection.
• Long Yan charged at the couple, but Sikong Jing slapped him away, and Long Yan fainted after begging Long Jing to help him.
• Sikong Jing asked Su Yuexi about her past six months, and she said she had been well before confronting Long Jing and Xiao Moli.
• Long Jing unleashed his power, challenged Sikong Jing, and arrogantly threatened to kill him despite the Feather Transformation Emperor's presence.

Sikong Jing defeated Long Jing in one move and defended Su Yuexi against the Ling Long faction’s threats before leaving with Feather Transformation Emperor’s group. Long Jing vowed revenge and demanded Su Yuexi as his concubine, while Junior Brother Gu worried about her safety.

• Sikong Jing tore through Long Jing’s protective true energy, knocked him down, and declared that he was the one being stepped on.
• Sikong Jing argued that the Feather Alliance Hall had fought for the Spirit Race and challenged its people to confront him openly if they objected to his pursuit of Su Yuexi.
• Sikong Jing bid farewell to Su Yuexi and left with Feather Transformation Emperor’s group to seek an invitation plaque for the Willow Race Imperial Venerable Banquet.
• Su Yuexi rejected Menhang’s accusations by calling the dispute competition among young people, and Imperial Venerable Jinghang withdrew with her disciples.
• Long Jing struck Xiao Moli, vowed to repay the humiliation with blood, and demanded that Su Yuexi become his concubine; Menhang agreed.
• Junior Brother Gu asked Sikong Jing whether Su Yuexi would be safe from Jinghang and the Spirit Race.

Su Yuexi defended her decision to resist the Spirit Race to Imperial Venerable Jinghang, while Sikong Jing explained why she had protection in Ten Thousand Demon Hall. At the Genius Banquet Palace, Celestial and Willow Race geniuses learned that the Black-Clothed Youth belonged to the little-known Feather Alliance Hall.

• Sikong Jing said Su Yuexi was protected in Ten Thousand Demon Hall by Su Yuexian, the beasts, and the clans she had saved, and that Imperial Venerable Jinghang would not punish her.
• Imperial Venerable Jinghang confronted Su Yuexi, who argued that Jinghang had failed to stop the Spirit Race and that she would resist its oppression herself.
• Su Yuexi reminded Jinghang that the Shadow Moon Demon Rat had helped save her, then promised to remain a Voyaging Heart Hall disciple so long as Jinghang did not sell her out.
• Su Yuexi and Su Yuexian saw each other from afar and quietly shed tears without approaching.
• At the Genius Banquet Palace, Tao Qi and Liu Shun discussed the Black-Clothed Youth as Feather Transformation Emperor went to seize an invitation plaque.
• A Celestial Race woman identified Feather Alliance Hall as a low-ranked vassal force of the Spirit Race.

The Feather Transformation Emperor and Imperial Venerable Jinghang obtained invitation plaques and entered the Imperial Venerable Banquet, which officially opened as the Genius Banquet began. The Willow Race announced that Tao Qi of the Celestial Race would select which geniuses could enter the banquet.

• The Feather Transformation Emperor entered the Imperial Venerable Banquet after crediting his progress to the battles against the Ten Thousand Demon Hall's vanguard and thanking Lord Ling Zhe.
• Tao Qi ordered Liu Shun to investigate the Feather Alliance Hall, while Su Yuexi suggested that Sikong Jing's strength could attract powerful factions and offer him protection from the Spirit Race.
• Imperial Venerable Jinghang obtained an invitation plaque and entered the Imperial Venerable Banquet.
• The Willow Race announced that all Imperial Venerable Banquet plaques had been distributed and declared the Genius Banquet open.
• Tao Qi and Liu Shun appeared before the gathered geniuses, and Liu Shun announced that Tao Qi would select who could enter the banquet.

Tao Qi began the Genius Banquet’s ten-breath trial, while Imperial Venerables watched and learned that the lone wolf Yu Xianpo belonged to the Prison Race. By the ninth breath, only ten young contestants remained standing, and the trial ended with three people and one beast still upright.

• Tao Qi announced that contestants under thirty had to withstand her power for ten breaths, and Liu Shun ordered everyone else to retreat ten li.
• The Imperial Venerables gathered above the banquet to watch, and Tian Tao identified the lone-wolf Imperial Venerable as Yu Xianpo of the Prison Race.
• A hall master recalled that Yu Xianpo had once challenged ten Demon Emperors, while Yu Xianpo dismissed the story as exaggerated.
• Tao Qi released her spirit-shadow power across the ten-mile area, causing vast numbers of young contestants to collapse and vomit blood.
• By the ninth breath, only ten contestants remained standing; after six more fell, three people and one beast endured the trial.

The second round of the Genius Banquet began as the true geniuses entered Tao Qi’s trial area. The Green Rhino Demon Emperor confronted Feather Transformation Emperor over the Green Rhino Human Race’s betrayal, but the two withdrew their powers, and Sikong Jing and Su Yuexi joined the contestants.

• Liu Shun cleared the fallen contestants from the trial area, and the second round began with geniuses from Armament Hall, the Spirit Race, the Celestial Race, and other factions entering.
• Su Yuexian and hundreds of Green Rhino Human Race members arrived with the Ten Thousand Demon Hall, prompting the Green Rhino Demon Emperor to erupt in anger over their defection.
• The Green Rhino Demon Emperor demanded that Feather Transformation Emperor send the people of the Burial Emperor Spirit Seal Realm to his territory, but Feather Transformation Emperor refused and blocked his spiritual pressure.
• Tian Tao warned the two Imperial Venerables not to fight within his jurisdiction, and both withdrew their powers.
• Sikong Jing invited Su Yuexi and her team to enter the trial area with Feather Alliance Hall, while Su Yuexian stopped Wan Sandao and the others from greeting him.

Long Jing revealed that the Spirit Race would bypass the Celestial Race’s test and wait for Ancestor Ling Long to arrive with a young, powerful Extreme Prison expert. Meanwhile, Tao Qi’s second test ended, and Sikong Jing’s group passed as Yu Xianpo recognized them as Sword Clan initiates.

• Long Jing said the Spirit Race would enter the Genius Banquet without accepting the Celestial Race’s test and would defeat Tao Qi with a young Extreme Prison expert brought by Ancestor Ling Long.
• Tao Qi began the second test, and the pressure caused many young geniuses to collapse, though fewer fell than in the first round.
• Sikong Jing, Zhan You, and the other Feather Transformation Alliance disciples endured the test, while Su Yuexi and Senior Sister Changfeng were the only Voyaging Heart Hall disciples left standing.
• Yu Xianpo recognized Sikong Jing’s group as Sword Clan initiates, drawing the Feather Transformation Emperor’s notice.
• After ten breaths, Liu Shun ended the test and sent the fallen contestants away, leaving nearly a thousand to enter the Genius Banquet.
• As Sikong Jing and the others walked toward the entrance, Zhan You noted that Liu Shun and Tao Qi were watching Sikong Jing.

Sikong Jing was about to introduce himself to Liu Shun when the Spirit Race arrived and challenged the Celestial Race’s control of the Genius Banquet trial. As Ling Qi approached Tao Qi, Elder Linglong paused the confrontation to deal with a family matter.

• Liu Shun ended the banquet trials after the second round, then asked Sikong Jing for his name.
• The Spirit Race arrived, and Elder Linglong announced that Ling Zhe would not come until three days later.
• The Willow Race patriarch ordered a third trial for the Spirit Race, prompting Elder Linglong to object to Tao Qi testing them.
• Elder Linglong sent Ling Qi to approach Tao Qi, and the banquet’s young entrants cleared the way for them.
• Just as Ling Qi and Tao Qi neared each other, Elder Linglong told Ling Qi to wait while he handled a family matter.

Ling Qi accused Sikong Jing of stealing Long Jing’s concubine, but Su Yuexi and Sikong Jing publicly rejected the claim and declared their relationship. Witnesses backed them up, and Ling Long struck Long Jing for deceiving him.

• Ling Qi accused Sikong Jing of stealing Long Jing’s concubine and said he deserved to die.
• Su Yuexi declared that she had never been Long Jing’s concubine or servant and that she could only be Sikong Jing’s woman.
• Sikong Jing called Su Yuexi his wife and told Ling Qi that humiliating her meant he deserved to die.
• Witnesses from other forces confirmed that Long Jing and his people had spread false rumors after losing to Sikong Jing and Su Yuexi.
• Ling Long withdrew his killing intent and slapped Long Jing, accusing him of deceiving him.

At the Genius Banquet, Ling Long ordered Ling Qi to kill Sikong Jing, but Sikong Jing effortlessly shattered Ling Qi’s attack and unleashed his Winter Sword Chill. The faceless frost soldiers swept across the ten-mile area as Sikong Jing prepared to defeat Ling Qi.

• Ling Long told Ling Qi to kill Sikong Jing so he could pursue Su Yuexi, while the surrounding spectators dismissed Sikong Jing’s chances.
• Tao Qi learned that Feather Alliance Hall had been pushed toward rebellion by the Spirit Race and decided to save Sikong Jing to secure its favor.
• Ling Qi struck Sikong Jing with a blood-red saber, but Sikong Jing’s true-energy barrier stopped it and his deep-blue sword shattered the blade and crushed Ling Qi’s spirit-shadow force.
• Sikong Jing invoked Winter Sword Chill, forming a sword domain across ten li and sending faceless frost soldiers toward Ling Qi.

Sikong Jing battled Ling Qi at the Genius Banquet, revealing a powerful combination of sword domains that astonished the gathered Emperors and spectators. Ling Qi summoned a Blood-Red Heroic Spirit, and the two forces remained locked in an even clash.

• Ling Qi’s Blood Knife Domain collided with Sikong Jing’s Sword Chill Domain, while the Emperors shielded onlookers from the aftershocks.
• The gathered Emperors realized Sikong Jing could rival a Spirit Race genius, and Tao Qi and Liu Shun judged that he no longer needed their help.
• Ling Qi shattered Sikong Jing’s first domain and sent a blade formation at him, but Sikong Jing countered with his ice-and-fire sword domains and Sword Extinction Burial Emperor Sword.
• Ling Qi unleashed the Blood-Red Heroic Spirit, which shattered Sikong Jing’s three merged domains.
• Sikong Jing re-formed his Burial Emperor Sword domain, concealing his Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts power within it, and the two combatants’ domains met in an even clash.