Chapter Summaries

Sikong Jing fought Ling Qi to a standstill before Elder Linglong and the Feather Transformation Emperor stopped the duel. Sikong Jing left with Su Yuexi, while Ling Long’s warning that he was a Sword Clan initiate cooled the emperors’ interest in him.

• Elder Linglong decided the duel had to stop and smoothed things over with the Feather Transformation Emperor to avoid further embarrassment for the Spirit Race.
• The Feather Transformation Emperor and Elder Linglong ordered Sikong Jing and Ling Qi to end their fight.
• Sikong Jing thanked Tao Qi and Liu Shun, took Su Yuexi’s hand, and said that winning would not make her a prize before leading her into the Genius Banquet hall.
• Sikong Jing predicted Ling Qi would lose to Tao Qi, angering Ling Qi as Sikong Jing and Su Yuexi disappeared inside.
• Tian Tao praised Sikong Jing and invited the Feather Transformation Emperor for a drink, but Ling Long warned that Sikong Jing was a Sword Clan initiate who might die young.
• The Willow Clan’s chief and Tian Tao cooled toward Sikong Jing, while the Green Rhino Demon Emperor dismissed his prospects without guidance from a true Sword Clan member.

The Spirit Race canceled Ling Qi’s rematch with Tao Qi, while Sikong Jing’s Sword Clan identity turned the other races against him and endangered the Feather Alliance Hall. Feather Transformation found an unexpected ally in Yu Xianpo, and at the genius banquet Wan Sandao privately thanked Sikong Jing for helping rescue the Shadow Moon Demon Rat.

• Elder Linglong called off the test between Ling Qi and Tao Qi, and Tian Tao agreed as the Imperial Venerable and genius banquets began.
• People outside the banquet learned that Sikong Jing was a Sword Clan initiate and predicted that the Spirit Race would retaliate against the Feather Alliance Hall.
• Jing Hang blamed Feather Transformation for supporting Sikong Jing, but Feather Transformation said they would wait and see.
• Yu Xianpo approached Feather Transformation and proposed that they become friends, without explaining why.
• At the genius banquet, Wan Sandao and two others toasted Sikong Jing and thanked him for helping rescue the Shadow Moon Demon Rat during the Dark Demon Trial.

At the banquets, Tao Qi toasted Sikong Jing despite the hostility toward Sword Clan initiates, and Sikong Jing explained why the Feather Alliance Hall might still attract the Celestial Race’s support. After the banquets, Ling Long publicly accused the Feather Transformation Emperor of colluding with the Ten Thousand Demon Hall, leaving Sikong Jing waiting to see whether Tian Tao would intervene.

• Long Jing mocked Sikong Jing and disparaged the Sword Clan, but Tao Qi surprised the guests by toasting Sikong Jing.
• Sikong Jing told his companions that Tao Qi might support the Feather Alliance Hall, while Tian Tao and the Celestial Race’s powerhouses would decide whether to recruit them.
• Sikong Jing said the Feather Transformation Emperor might have to reveal his Emperor-level Sword-Refining Extreme Prison achievement to win the Celestial Race’s respect.
• The Emperor and Genius Banquets ended without further conflict, and the guests gathered outside expecting another confrontation.
• Ling Long publicly questioned the Feather Transformation Emperor about the Shadow Moon Demon Rat and accused him of colluding with the Ten Thousand Demon Hall.
• Sikong Jing told his companions that Ling Long was using the accusation to crush the Feather Transformation Emperor and said they should see whether Tian Tao would step forward.

Elder Linglong accused the Feather Transformation Emperor of betraying the Spirit Race, while Tian Tao and the other powerful Imperial Venerables declined to protect him. After the Emperor defended himself and Sikong Jing’s talent, Ling Long claimed to have proof of collusion and moved to seize him.

• Tao Qi told Liu Shun she had shown goodwill to Sikong Jing because she considered him worth investing in, though she did not know whether Tian Tao would recruit Feather Alliance Hall.
• Tian Tao turned away from the Feather Transformation Emperor, who then faced Linglong’s demand that he kneel and deny accusations of betrayal.
• The Feather Transformation Emperor refused to kneel and defended himself, explaining the Shadow Moon Demon Rat’s ties to Feather Alliance Hall and praising Sikong Jing’s strength.
• The Ten Thousand Demon Hall’s Demon Emperors did not intervene, while Ling Qi and other Spirit Race geniuses surrounded Sikong Jing’s group.
• Ling Long dismissed Sikong Jing’s talent as artificially raised, claimed he had proof of the Feather Transformation Emperor’s collusion, and advanced to seize him.

Yu Xianpo intervened when Linglong attacked the Feather Transformation Emperor, striking Linglong and declaring the Feather Transformation Emperor his brother and closest friend. As Linglong prepared to retaliate, Yu Xianpo reminded Tian Tao that Emperor-level fighting was forbidden on the Ten Thousand Demon Hall's territory.

• Linglong tried to seize the Feather Transformation Emperor, but a black-clad Yu Xianpo appeared and cut apart his palm seal with sword gleams.
• Yu Xianpo slapped Linglong and sent him crashing into the Emperor's Banquet Hall wall, leaving the gathered Emperors stunned.
• Yu Xianpo stood beside the Feather Transformation Emperor, called him his brother and closest friend, and demanded evidence for Linglong's accusation.
• Linglong ordered the Spirit Race Emperors to attack Yu Xianpo, but Yu Xianpo asked Tian Tao to enforce the ban on Emperor-level fighting in the Ten Thousand Demon Hall's territory.

Yu Xianpo protected the Feather Transformation Emperor from Linglong’s accusations and chose to take him and his disciples away, openly defying the Spirit Race. As they departed, Yu Xianpo threatened to kill any Spirit Race members who harmed the Feather Alliance Hall.

• Yu Xianpo challenged Linglong to provide evidence that the Feather Transformation Emperor had colluded with the Ten Thousand Demon Hall, but Linglong had none.
• Yu Xianpo called the Feather Transformation Emperor his brother and invited him to leave with him, while the Feather Transformation Emperor remained cautious about abandoning the Spirit Race.
• Tian Tao allowed Yu Xianpo to leave, but Linglong ordered Ling Qi to kill the Feather Alliance Hall’s disciples.
• Sikong Jing, Su Yuexian, Tao Qi, and others moved to defend the Feather Alliance Hall, and Yu Xianpo pulled them out of the encirclement.
• Yu Xianpo departed with the Feather Transformation Emperor and the others, threatening to kill any Spirit Race member who harmed the Feather Alliance Hall.

Yu Xianpo revealed that Sikong Jing had advanced beyond the Sword Clan beginner stage and brought him and the Feather Alliance Hall group under his protection. After returning to the alliance’s foothold, Yu Xianpo offered to renew his brotherhood with Feather Transformation Emperor, while Sikong Jing questioned how that would keep Feather Alliance Hall safe.

• Yu Xianpo mocked Tian Tao for failing to recognize Sikong Jing as a true Sword Clan member, then took Feather Transformation Emperor, Sikong Jing, and twelve others away from the banquet.
• Tian Tao realized he had lost the chance to recruit Sikong Jing, while Linglong regretted driving him away and discovered that Jinghang had disappeared.
• The gathered factions anticipated that the Celestial Race, Spirit Race, and Prison Race would fight over Sikong Jing and Feather Alliance Hall.
• Yu Xianpo returned the group to the nearly two thousand Feather Alliance Hall geniuses and asked Feather Transformation Emperor to continue being his brother.
• Sikong Jing warned Yu Xianpo that Feather Alliance Hall was in danger of being wiped out and asked how Yu Xianpo would protect it.

Yu Xianpo revealed that he had intervened because many Feather Alliance Hall disciples had crossed the Sword Clan’s threshold, and demanded their Sword Clan cultivation methods in exchange for protecting them. He confirmed that he was an Emperor-level Sword Clan member and left Sikong Jing and Feather Transformation Emperor facing his offer.

• Sikong Jing asked Yu Xianpo what the Feather Alliance Hall had to give in exchange for a safe break from the Spirit Race.
• Yu Xianpo demanded a way for many people to cultivate the Sword Clan’s methods without dying, explaining that he had recognized the Feather Alliance Hall’s successful Sword-Refining Extreme Prison cultivators.
• Sikong Jing asked whether Yu Xianpo was also a member of the Sword Clan, and Yu Xianpo confirmed he had crossed the threshold long ago.
• Yu Xianpo released his sword intent, igniting the sword intent of everyone present except Senior Sister Changfeng, who fainted.
• Yu Xianpo explained that most of his disciples had died or could not reach his level, then demanded the Feather Alliance Hall’s Sword Clan methods in exchange for its safety.

Sikong Jing negotiated with Yu Xianpo by revealing a way to help people survive Sword-Refining Extreme Prison without surrendering Feather Alliance Hall’s deeper Sword Clan secret. Yu Xianpo concluded that he needed Sikong Jing himself, leaving the alliance’s fate tied to Yu Xianpo’s decision to protect it.

• Yu Xianpo declared that Sikong Jing was his brother and demanded Feather Alliance Hall’s Sword Clan methods.
• Sikong Jing gave Yu Xianpo Sword Extinction’s First Eight Chapters and used a simulated Burial Emperor Battlefield to show him the sinister yin spirit aura.
• Su Yuexi secretly passed Sikong Jing bamboo slips infused with sinister yin spirit aura, which he presented to Yu Xianpo.
• Sikong Jing explained that the aura and his Burial Emperor Sword could help people survive Sword-Refining Extreme Prison, while withholding the Nine Heavens Sword Dao’s secret.
• Yu Xianpo realized he needed Sikong Jing and the bamboo slips to advance his plans, and Sikong Jing confirmed that he was what Yu Xianpo wanted.

Sikong Jing secured Yu Xianpo’s promise to protect Feather Alliance Hall after learning that the Sword Clan’s decline was tied to the loss of sinister yin spirit energy and the sealed Burial Emperor Tomb. Yu Xianpo then explained that Swordwalk Small World’s gate would open in Swordwalk Forbidden Domain three months later, revealing a possible path to protecting the alliance.

• Yu Xianpo confronted Sikong Jing about steering him toward conflict with the Spirit Race, and Sikong Jing admitted it.
• Yu Xianpo took Sikong Jing aside and explained that the Sword Clan had withered because sinister yin spirit energy had vanished and the Burial Emperor Tomb had been sealed.
• Yu Xianpo returned the yin spirit bamboo slips, promised to protect Feather Alliance Hall, and offered to introduce Sikong Jing to other Sword Clan powerhouses.
• Sikong Jing asked how Yu Xianpo could protect Feather Alliance Hall, and Yu Xianpo described guarding it, negotiating with Spirit Race elders, or using a third method.
• Yu Xianpo explained that Swordwalk Small World connected to many places across Vast Cosmos Great World and that its gate would open in Swordwalk Forbidden Domain three months later.

Sikong Jing discussed Feather Alliance Hall’s possible escape from the Spirit Race’s control with Yu Xianpo and revealed the Sword Clan inheritance to him. Ling Zhe learned of Yu Xianpo’s intervention and planned to pressure Feather Alliance Hall, then destroy it if Yu Hua refused to cooperate.

• Yu Xianpo asked Sikong Jing to discuss leading Feather Alliance Hall through Swordwalk Small World, while Sikong Jing considered the risks and the need to rescue his sister, Sikong Ling.
• Yu Xianpo explained that the Spirit Race’s strongest expert could not kill him away from Divine Spirit Main Island, but admitted that Black Tiger’s current strength might not suffice to reach Sikong Ling.
• Sikong Jing simulated the Burial Emperor Sword inheritance of Sword Extinction Emperor’s two disciples for Yu Xianpo, who sealed himself inside the resulting battlefield to study it.
• Ling Zhe sensed that Sikong Jing had crossed the Sword Clan’s threshold and learned that Yu Xianpo had taken Yu Hua away after striking Elder Linglong.
• Ling Magpie urged Ling Zhe to surround Feather Alliance Hall, but Ling Zhe refused because Yu Xianpo had threatened the Spirit Race and the Celestial Race might support the hall.
• Ling Zhe ordered preparations inside Feather Alliance Hall and said the Spirit Race would destroy it if Yu Hua would not cooperate, while also ordering the clan elders to send forces after Yu Xianpo.

After five days of tempering in the Burial Emperor Battlefield, the Shadow Moon Demon Rat emerged ready to face the Spirit Race, while the Lord of the Ten Thousand Demon Hall regained his peak strength. As the duel began to draw a vast crowd, the demon rat revealed to the Hall Master that he was Sikong Jing, sharing a soul across two bodies.

• Ling Zhe continued preparing the Spirit Race for the three Extreme Prison battles, while Spirit Parrot kept Sikong Jing and Sikong Ling's relationship secret for her own advantage.
• The Shadow Moon Demon Rat ended his five-day tempering and put away the broken blade as the Lord of the Ten Thousand Demon Hall regained his middle-aged form and mastered the Black Prison Burial Emperor Claw.
• The Shadow Moon Demon Rat discovered that he could not sense his original body, then learned from the Stinging Bee Demon Emperor about Sikong Jing's actions at the Willow Race banquet.
• The Shadow Moon Demon Rat told the Master of the Ten Thousand Demon Hall that he was Sikong Jing and explained how his Dual Spirit Shadows inhabited two separate bodies.
• The new and old Hall Masters arrived at the duel arena, where a large crowd gathered to watch the Shadow Moon Demon Rat and Black Tiger face the Spirit Race.

Sikong Jing’s memories synced with his Shadow Moon Demon Rat body, granting him its powerful new gains, while Yu Xianpo promised to protect him and everyone from the Burial Emperor Spirit Seal Realm. The Feather Alliance Hall remained anxious over Sikong Jing’s absence as Yu Xianpo took him to rejoin them.

• At the gathering, Tian Tao and the others mistook the Shadow Moon Demon Rat for Sikong Jing until the Lord of the Ten Thousand Demon Hall explained that the rat had copied his appearance.
• The Shadow Moon Demon Rat announced that its memories were syncing with Sikong Jing’s main body, and the Lord of the Ten Thousand Demon Hall realized Sikong Jing would gain the Sword Clan’s true power.
• After Yu Xianpo lifted his seal, Sikong Jing received the rat body’s memories and gains, including the Burial Emperor Blade and techniques drawn from Demon Emperor blood essences.
• Yu Xianpo asked Sikong Jing to call him big brother and vowed to protect him, his clansmen, and everyone from the Burial Emperor Spirit Seal Realm.
• Yu Xianpo took Sikong Jing toward the Feather Transformation Emperor and the others, who had worried for three days about his absence; Su Yuexi reassured them that she was there.

Sikong Jing advised Feather Transformation Emperor to split the Feather Alliance Hall between the Ten Thousand Demon Hall and Yu Xianpo’s group, while explaining why he trusted the Sword Clan. At the arena, Ling Qi began the first Endless Extreme Prison battle against Sikong Jing’s demonic rat body.

• Yu Xianpo left Sikong Jing with Feather Transformation Emperor after revealing their sworn-brother relationship.
• Sikong Jing told Feather Transformation Emperor he trusted Yu Xianpo and proposed dividing the Feather Alliance Hall between the Ten Thousand Demon Hall and the group leaving with Yu Xianpo.
• Sikong Jing revealed that he had deliberately arranged for the Shadow Moon Demon Rat to fall into Broken Blade Hall’s hands, helping protect the Feather Alliance Hall.
• Ling Zhe arrived at the arena, and Tian Tao announced that the Endless Extreme Prison battles would begin.
• Ling Zhe and Ling Long selected Ling Qi for the first battle, and Ling Qi challenged the demonic rat body.

The Shadow Moon Demon Rat killed Ling Qi in the first battle, shocking the arena and giving the Ten Thousand Demon Hall an early victory. Feather Transformation Emperor committed to the Sword Clan’s path with Sikong Jing, then realized Spirit Parrot was missing.

• The Shadow Moon Demon Rat shattered Ling Qi’s Blood Knife domain, killed him, and declared that Ling Qi had not surrendered.
• Tian Tao announced the Shadow Moon Demon Rat as the winner, while the Spirit Race argued and then turned to choosing a fighter for the second battle.
• Tao Qi admitted to Liu Shun that they had no chance against the Shadow Moon Demon Rat.
• Feather Transformation Emperor told Sikong Jing he had committed to the Sword Clan’s dangerous path and would split the Feather Alliance Hall between the Ten Thousand Demon Hall and Yu Xianpo.
• Sikong Jing revealed that the Shadow Moon Demon Rat had won the first battle, and Feather Transformation Emperor suddenly realized Spirit Parrot was missing.

Spirit Gull confronted Sikong Jing and threatened to expose that Sikong Ling was his younger sister unless he returned with her to the Spirit Race and let her claim credit for capturing him. Sikong Jing agreed to her terms in exchange for two months to arrange for the people of the Spirit Seal Realm to leave.

• Spirit Gull approached Sikong Jing and asked to speak with him privately, and he agreed.
• Sikong Jing realized Spirit Gull's threat meant Ling Zhe still did not know that Sikong Ling was his younger sister.
• Spirit Gull demanded that Sikong Jing return with her to the Spirit Race so she could earn merit, threatening to expose Sikong Ling if he refused.
• Sikong Jing asked for two months to arrange for the people of the Spirit Seal Realm to leave, and Spirit Gull's offer persuaded him to agree.

After Spirit Parrot revealed that Ling'er was safe for now, Sikong Jing resolved to enter the Spirit Race in more than two months and save her. As the Spirit Race’s reincarnated former Imperial Sovereign Ling Xuan began his battle against Shadow Moon Demon Rat, Sikong Jing considered how to secure the allies and strength needed for the rescue.

• Spirit Parrot gave Sikong Jing a communication stone and said Ling'er was not in her hands, while warning him to contact her before the one-year deadline.
• Sikong Jing told Feather Transformation Emperor and the others to continue their plan, then privately assured Su Yuexi that Ling'er was safe for now and he would enter the Spirit Race in more than two months.
• At the arena, Shadow Moon Demon Rat asked the Ten Thousand Demon Hall Master whether he could join forces with Yu Xianpo to rescue Ling'er, and the Hall Master said it would be difficult.
• Ling Xuan entered the arena and revealed himself as a reincarnated former Spirit Race Imperial Sovereign who had deliberately stayed at the Extreme Prison Stage.
• As Ling Xuan’s sword-current domain struck, Shadow Moon Demon Rat thought about raising the strength of the Ten Thousand Demon Hall Master and Yu Xianpo, then shouted, “Blade!”

Sikong Jing’s Shadow Moon Demon Rat body unleashed the Burial Emperor Blade and instantly killed Ling Xuan, winning the second battle. Sikong Jing then used Yu Xianpo’s interest in the blade’s yin spirit evil energy to ask for help saving his sister.

• Sikong Jing had the Shadow Moon Demon Rat reveal the Burial Emperor Blade to draw Yu Xianpo’s attention while keeping the Sword Clan man and woman’s secret.
• The Shadow Moon Demon Rat’s blade formation shattered Ling Xuan’s sword-flow domain and killed him before he could surrender.
• Tian Tao declared the Shadow Moon Demon Rat the victor, while Ling Long protested and the Ten Thousand Demon Hall’s demons celebrated.
• The Shadow Moon Demon Rat told the Lord of the Ten Thousand Demon Hall that Yu Xianpo was a true member of the Sword Clan and shared his plan to enlist him.
• Sikong Jing told Yu Xianpo that the Demon Rat had unleashed the Burial Emperor Blade, then asked for help saving his sister in exchange for having the Ten Thousand Demon Hall provide yin spirit evil energy.

Sikong Jing negotiated with Yu Xianpo over a joint assault on the Spirit Race and described the Feather Alliance Hall’s planned split. As the third battle began, Ling Zhe sent Zhe Jian in with a plan to break the wager’s rules and kill the Shadow Moon Demon Rat using a Heroic Spirit Pill and Yin Spirit Evil Qi.

• Sikong Jing offered Yu Xianpo the Ten Thousand Demon Hall’s help and yin spirit evil aura in exchange for risking entry into the Spirit Race’s territory, and Yu Xianpo agreed to wait and see.
• Sikong Jing told Yu Xianpo that the Feather Alliance Hall planned to divide its forces, with the details to be settled after the Shadow Moon Demon Rat battle.
• Ling Zhe concluded that the Spirit Race could not win the third battle fairly and ordered Zhe Jian to break through to the Divine Dao Realm during the fight and kill the Shadow Moon Demon Rat.
• Ling Zhe gave Zhe Jian a Heroic Spirit Pill and a Yin Spirit Evil Qi bamboo slip, instructing him to use the evil qi to prevent anyone from saving the demon rat.
• Ling Zhe called for the third battle, and Zhe Jian entered the arena as Tian Tao warned the Shadow Moon Demon Rat to prepare.
• The Lord of the Ten Thousand Demon Hall cautioned the Shadow Moon Demon Rat that the Spirit Race might resort to an underhanded trick.

The Shadow Moon Demon Rat faced Zhe Jian in the third Extreme Prison battle, where Zhe Jian used a Heroic Spirit Pill to break through to the Divine Path Stage. The demon rat blocked his attack, but the Ten Thousand Demon Hall Master spotted a hidden weapon and warned him as it tried to break Tian Tao’s barrier.

• Zhe Ying arrived with Que Yi and the others, intending to challenge the Shadow Moon Demon Rat if Zhe Jian lost.
• Tian Tao and the Willow Race Chief discussed letting the Spirit Race’s planned attack kill the demon rat, while Tian Tao secretly reinforced the battle barrier.
• Zhe Jian swallowed the Heroic Spirit Pill and broke through to the Divine Path Stage, then sent his blue Heroic Spirit phantom at the demon rat.
• Tian Tao refused to open the barrier, so the Ten Thousand Demon Hall Master could not reach the demon rat in time.
• The Shadow Moon Demon Rat transformed and used phantoms of demon beasts to block Zhe Jian’s attack.
• The Ten Thousand Demon Hall Master shouted that the demon rat should watch out for a hidden weapon and struck at the barrier.