Chapter Summaries

Sikong Jing defeated and devoured the Purple Lion Deputy Hall Master's inner core after the Absolute Sword Emperor's forces were driven from Sword Shatter Mountain. As the survivors prepared to spread the truth, Shen Ningsui revealed that her senior sister would sleep within her while recovering, and Sikong Jing concealed that she was still alive.

• Sikong Jing killed the poisoned Purple Lion Deputy Hall Master, devoured its inner core, and learned nothing from its dying spirit shadow about his bloodline.
• The Absolute Sword Emperor, Hang Xie, Hang Qusha, and Zheng Lunji escaped, while the remaining enemy forces were killed or fled; late-arriving Sword Shatter Giant Continent residents thanked Sikong Jing and Yu Xianpo.
• Sikong Jing urged the gathered survivors to spread the truth about the Absolute Sword Emperor, the Demon Slaying Hall, the Beast Venerable Hall, and the Ancient Ten Absolutes.
• Tao Qi asked Sikong Jing if they had won, and he confirmed their victory while warning that the Absolute Sword Emperor had escaped and that his belief about the Ancient Ten Absolutes came from the Purple Qi Emperor.
• Shen Ningsui told Sikong Jing that her senior sister would sleep within her and cultivate in the Swordwalk Small World, then gave him the twelfth Sword Enlightenment Fragment and permission to take all twelve fragments out.
• Sikong Jing told the gathered crowd that his senior sister's remaining consciousness had dispersed, concealing her survival, and Martial Excellence Hall promised to help the Ten Thousand Demon Hall or Feather Alliance Hall if they faced danger.

Sikong Jing secured promises of repayment, recruited demon beasts to Ten Thousand Demon Hall, and remained in the Swordwalk Small World to cultivate before it closed. Outside the realm, Absolute Sword Emperor berated Hang Qusha for exposing his plan to take over Sikong Jing’s body, which had helped bring about their defeat.

• The factions apologized to Sikong Jing and promised to repay him, while he let the Spirit Race leave and Zhe Ying departed with them.
• Sikong Jing invited betrayed demons to join Ten Thousand Demon Hall, and the Green Rhino Clan accepted his offer.
• Tao Qi and the Celestial Race left with Yu Xianpo as their escort, leaving Sikong Jing’s allies behind to cultivate.
• Sikong Jing began cultivating, planning to digest the Purple Lion’s inner core and develop the Five-Sword Inheritance before the Swordwalk Small World closed.
• Outside the realm, Absolute Sword Emperor struck Hang Qusha and blamed him for revealing the plan to take over Sikong Jing’s body.

After the survivors returned from Swordwalk Small World, Tao Qi reported the events to Celestial Race Clan Chief Tian Wuxiu. Tian Wuxiu ordered punishment for the vassal leaders who betrayed the Celestial Race, but chose compensation and apologies over immediate war, while reserving judgment on the mysterious Purple Qi Emperor.

• The Absolute Pill Emperor told the Demon-Slaying Hall and Beast Venerable Hall to prepare compensation and return to the Peerless Pill Pavilion to discuss the disaster.
• Tao Qi and the surviving Celestial Race members and vassals returned to their headquarters, where Tian Wuxiu summoned them and asked Tao Qi to recount what had happened.
• Tao Qi blamed the Ancient Ten Absolutes and the Peerless Pill Pavilion for the deaths in Swordwalk Small World and urged Tian Wuxiu to attack them.
• Tian Wuxiu ordered the Willow Race Chief, the Heavenly Dimension Hall Master, and other traitorous vassal leaders executed, while sparing their clansmen.
• Tian Wuxiu called the events a limited dispute, demanded heavy compensation and apologies from the Peerless Pill Pavilion and the two allied halls, and said he would investigate the Purple Qi Emperor himself.

Tao Qi questioned the Celestial Race’s acceptance of the Peerless Pill Pavilion’s explanation for the Swordwalk Small World disaster, while Tian Tao explained that the clan prioritized power and survival. Other major factions also chose caution and compensation over confronting the Ancient Ten Absolutes, leaving the truth and threat unresolved.

• Tian Wuxiu granted Tao Qi the surname Tian and announced a funeral for Elder Tian Yu and the others.
• The old master of Peerless Pill Pavilion blamed the disaster on the Absolute Sword Emperor controlling Hang Xie and offered compensation to the factions.
• At the funeral, Tao Qi challenged Tian Tao over the clan chief’s acceptance of the explanation, and Tian Tao warned her that Sikong Jing might not survive the conflict.
• Tao Qi argued that the major powers’ self-preservation could leave them unable to resist the Ancient Ten Absolutes, but Tian Tao dismissed the threat as baseless nonsense.
• The Martial Excellence Hall and Frost God Hall decided not to act against the Peerless Pill Pavilion, while the Frost God old hag considered the upheaval a chance for her faction to rise.

Factions across the Vast Cosmos Great World backed away from open conflict after the Spirit Race and Prison Race dismissed the Swordwalk Small World dispute, while Zheng Lunji explained that Sikong Jing’s actions could expose the hidden struggle over the Burial Emperor Tomb. Sikong Jing then broke through to the Four Symbols Divine Dao Realm in both his beast-vein dantian and three sword paths.

• Frost God Hall decided to make one move in support of the Ten Thousand Demon Hall, and its old crone told Dugu Fanhua to wait for the Five Absolutes’ Dao impartation before judging their intentions.
• Ling Dao declared that the Spirit Race had been inferior in Swordwalk Small World and owed Sikong Jing nothing, while warning that Sikong Jing’s sinister ghostly energy made him dangerous.
• The Prison Race called the dispute minor and urged all sides to remain calm, preventing the Ancient Ten Absolutes from becoming public enemies.
• Zheng Lunji told Hang Qusha that an Absolute was hidden within the Celestial Race and explained that anti-sealing forces might target Sikong Jing; he instructed Hang to invite Sikong Jing to Peerless Pill Pavilion in four months.
• Sikong Jing devoured the Purple Lion deputy hall master’s power and broke through twice, reaching the Four Symbols Divine Dao Realm in his beast-vein dantian and in the Nine Heavens Sword Dao, Burial Emperor Sword, and Absolute Sword Dao.

Sikong Jing tested the Universe Destroyer Sword, continued developing his sword daos and Demonic Path Eightfold Body, and prepared to leave the Swordwalk Small World. He returned with Yu Xianpo and the others to the Vast Cosmos Great World, arriving near the Prison Race’s Eighth Heavenly Region.

• Sikong Jing found that the Universe Destroyer Sword resisted Sword Clan Sword Qi but calmed somewhat when he poured in Nine Heavens Sword Dao.
• Sikong Jing told Yu Xianpo that he was delaying reactivating his magic beast bloodline until he could complete the Demonic Path Eightfold Body.
• Yu Xianpo said he would return to the Prison Race and confront his fifth brother, Yu Xiandeng, about his visit to the Swordwalk Small World.
• Yu Tang chose to remain behind to care for Shen Ningsui and wait for Senior Sister Sword Shatter to awaken.
• Sikong Jing and the others left the Swordwalk Small World through a world ring and returned to the Vast Cosmos Great World.
• Yu Xianpo explained that the Prison Race held eighteen heavenly regions, including the Eighth Heavenly Region in the Northern Heavenly Divine Region.

Yu Xianpo brought Sikong Jing and the others to his Eighth Heavenly Domain in the Vast Cosmos Great World, where they learned of his low standing among the Prison Race and met his disciples. Yu Cangqi revealed that his father, Yu Xiandeng, had killed Yu Xianpo’s disciple Chi Changjian, and Yu Xianpo erupted with sword energy as he was summoned to the First Heaven Domain.

• Yu Xianpo explained the Prison Race’s eighteen powerhouses, his Eighth Heavenly Domain, and why the sword-loving rebel was shunned by his race.
• Yu Xianpo sensed no ambush in his territory and brought Sikong Jing and the others to Swordbreak City.
• Hei Changjian and Bai Changjian greeted Yu Xianpo and Sikong Jing as their master and martial uncle.
• Yu Cangqi summoned Yu Xianpo and Sikong Jing to the Prison Race’s First Heaven Domain at the Clan Chief’s request.
• Yu Cangqi disclosed that Yu Xiandeng had killed Chi Changjian, prompting Yu Xianpo to unleash terrifying sword energy against the Divine Prison Tower.

Yu Xianpo explained to Sikong Jing why the Prison Race’s succession struggle threatened him and asked him to accompany him to meet the clan chief. Sikong Jing agreed and urged Yu Xianpo to contend for the position, and the chapter ended as Yu Xianpo summoned his father’s friend, Senior Dragon Shield Heavenly Roc.

• Yu Cangqi shielded himself from Yu Xianpo’s killing intent and left after Yu Xianpo demanded an explanation for his disciple’s death.
• Hei Changjian and Bai Changjian told Yu Xianpo that Yu Xiandeng had falsely accused and killed Chi Changjian.
• Yu Xianpo explained to Sikong Jing that Yu Xiandeng could replace the clan chief and end the Hell Blood Oath protecting him.
• Sikong Jing agreed to accompany Yu Xianpo to meet the clan chief and encouraged him to defeat his rivals and claim the position.
• Yu Xianpo clarified that Dragon Shield Heavenly Roc was his father’s friend and elder, then summoned him from beneath the mountain.

Yu Xianpo brought Sikong Jing to meet Dragon Shield Heavenly Roc and revealed Sikong Jing’s Emperor-Burial Techniques to entice the powerful beast to help him. Dragon Shield Heavenly Roc refused to become Sikong Jing’s mount, but Yu Xianpo’s request for a sword technique left its reaction unresolved.

• Yu Xianpo brought Sikong Jing to Dragon Shield Heavenly Roc, which dismissed him as a puny human and detected his beast bloodlines and demonic aura.
• Yu Xianpo displayed his Burial Emperor Sword and offered the prospect of an Emperor-Burial Technique, prompting Dragon Shield Heavenly Roc to reveal its interest in yin-spirit evil energy.
• Sikong Jing demonstrated the Divine Dragon, Divine Turtle, and Heavenly Roc Emperor-Burial Techniques, astonishing Dragon Shield Heavenly Roc.
• Yu Xianpo asked Dragon Shield Heavenly Roc to serve as Sikong Jing’s temporary mount so Sikong Jing could face the Prison Race experts, but it refused.
• Yu Xianpo started to leave with Sikong Jing, then asked Sikong Jing to teach him Violet Qi Yin-Spirit Slaying; Dragon Shield Heavenly Roc released a domineering aura as they prepared to go.

Yu Xianpo used Violet Qi Yin-Spirit Slaying to persuade Dragon Shield Heavenly Roc to become their temporary mount, while Sikong Jing began teaching it the three Ferocious Beast Emperor-Burial Techniques. Yu Xianpo then explained Dragon Shield Heavenly Roc’s troubled origins in the Dragon God Hall.

• Yu Xianpo learned Violet Qi Yin-Spirit Slaying from Sikong Jing and demonstrated it to warn Dragon Shield Heavenly Roc against holding them there.
• Dragon Shield Heavenly Roc agreed to serve as their temporary mount in exchange for the three Emperor-Burial Techniques and access to Yu Xianpo’s yin spirit evil aura.
• Sikong Jing demonstrated the techniques while Yu Xianpo enveloped Dragon Shield Heavenly Roc in yin spirit evil aura to aid its cultivation.
• Sikong Jing asked whether Dragon Shield Heavenly Roc could be trusted, and Yu Xianpo described it as straightforward despite its temper and pride.
• Yu Xianpo explained that Dragon Shield Heavenly Roc began as a pure-blooded divine dragon egg stolen by a Heavenly Roc, then became an aberration after its bloodline was altered and a divine turtle saved it.
• Yu Xianpo said Dragon Shield Heavenly Roc left the Dragon God Hall after refusing to be reduced to an ordinary demon dragon, and his father had tricked it into his hands.

Sikong Jing gained Dragon Shield Heavenly Roc’s cooperation and accompanied Yu Xianpo to God Prison City, where they met the Prison Race’s Clan Chief and other leaders. Hang Qusha arrived with the Demon-Slaying Grand Elder and apologized for the Demon-Slaying Hall’s actions in Swordwalk Small World.

• Yu Xianpo explained Dragon Shield Heavenly Roc’s pride and desire for recognition, and Sikong Jing won its favor by calling it a Divine Dragon and demonstrating person-mount unity.
• Sikong Jing and Yu Xianpo traveled to the Prison Race’s First Heavenly Domain while Dragon Shield Heavenly Roc entered the Ten Thousand Beasts Heavenly Prison, agreeing to help if a major battle broke out.
• Yu Xianpo brought Sikong Jing into God Prison Palace, where they met Clan Chief Yu Xiangong, Yu Xiandeng, Yu Xianbao, and the other Prison Race powerhouses.
• Hang Qusha and the Demon-Slaying Grand Elder arrived at the palace, and Sikong Jing and Yu Xianpo suspected their visit was timed to provoke the Prison Race.
• Hang Qusha apologized to Yu Xianpo and Sikong Jing, claiming the Demon-Slaying Hall’s chief hall master had been controlled by the Absolute Sword Emperor in Swordwalk Small World.

Hang Qusha offered the Prison Race compensation and an apology for the Demon-Slaying Hall’s role in the Absolute Sword Emperor’s failed plan, while trying to lure Sikong Jing to Peerless Pill Pavilion. Sikong Jing refused to go and told the old pavilion master to come find him, leaving the invitation to the Five Absolutes inheritance unresolved.

• Hang Qusha claimed that the Absolute Sword Emperor had controlled Hang Xie and apologized to Yu Xianpo and Sikong Jing on behalf of the Demon-Slaying Hall.
• Hang Qusha presented the Prison Race with gifts, including a Heaven-Earth Peerless Pill, and Yu Xiangong urged Yu Xianpo to accept the apology and end the matter.
• Yu Xianpo accepted the apology but asked Hang Qusha to remove the Demon-Dispelling Pill’s medicinal power from Sikong Jing.
• Hang Qusha said the pill could not be resolved immediately and invited Sikong Jing to Peerless Pill Pavilion so its old pavilion master could study it.
• Sikong Jing refused the invitation and told the old pavilion master to come to the Prison Race if he was sincere.
• Hang Qusha said Sikong Jing could attend the Five Absolutes inheritance later, where the old pavilion master would welcome him.

Hang Qusha returned the Sword Clan Cosmos Mirror, revealing that Yu Xiandeng had trapped Yu Xianpo’s disciple Chi Changjian inside it and demanding another Sword Clan Imperial Sovereign in exchange. Yu Xianpo defied the chief’s pressure by declaring Yu Xiandeng’s son dead as purple light flickered from the sword radiance in Yu Xiangong’s grasp.

• Hang Qusha invited Sikong Jing to the Peerless Pill Pavilion, and Sikong Jing said he would consider it.
• Hang Qusha returned the Sword Clan Cosmos Mirror to Yu Xiandeng, and Yu Xianpo realized that Chi Changjian had been refined into its mirror spirit.
• Yu Xiandeng demanded another Imperial Sovereign-level Sword Clan member in exchange for Chi Changjian, while Yu Cangqi suggested handing over the Feather Transformation Emperor.
• Yu Xianpo attacked Yu Cangqi, but Yu Xiangong seized his sword radiance and ordered him to stop, threatening to send him to the Ancient Ancestor Hell Array.
• Sikong Jing recognized Yu Xiandeng’s trap and the chief’s apparent pressure, while Yu Xianpo mocked Yu Xiangong and declared that Yu Xiandeng’s son was dead.
• Purple light flickered from the sword radiance in Yu Xiangong’s grasp.

Yu Xianpo launched a desperate attack on Yu Cangqi, while Sikong Jing used the chaos to strike from behind and unleash his Sword Clan power. As Yu Cangqi’s body began to burst apart, Yu Xianpo’s violet sword radiance swept through the Prison Race’s main hall and rose over God Prison City.

• Yu Xianpo used Violet Qi Yin-Spirit Slaying to break Yu Xiangong’s giant hand and nearly kill Yu Cangqi, but Yu Xiandeng and Yu Xiangong’s interventions gave Cangqi time to retreat.
• Yu Cangqi mocked Yu Xianpo after escaping, and Sikong Jing appeared behind him and pierced his chest with a sword.
• Sikong Jing’s Sword Clan Sword Qi invaded Yu Cangqi’s sea of consciousness and began destroying him, overwhelming his weak Absolute Sword power.
• Yu Xiandeng tried to save his son, but Yu Xianpo’s renewed attack pinned him down and blasted apart Yu Xiangong’s giant hand.
• Yu Xianpo unleashed the reverse flow of Violet Qi Yin-Spirit Slaying, sending violet sword radiance through the hall and into the sky above God Prison City.

Yu Xianpo and Sikong Jing fought Yu Xiandeng and Patriarch Yu Xiangong in God Prison City, destroying the Prison Race’s main hall. After the battle, Yu Xianpo asked Yu Xiangong again whether he had an unspeakable difficulty.

• Yu Xianpo’s Violet Qi Yin-Spirit Slaying blasted six Prison Race powerhouses into the sky, allowing Yu Xiandeng to turn and search for Yu Cangqi.
• Sikong Jing escaped with the constantly exploding Yu Cangqi, but Yu Xiandeng pursued them until Dragon Shield Heavenly Roc emerged and struck him with Divine Dragon Emperor-Burying Spear.
• Yu Xiangong and Yu Xiandeng confronted Dragon Shield Heavenly Roc, while Sikong Jing joined with the beast and unleashed another Violet Qi Yin-Spirit Slaying.
• The colliding sword streams forced Yu Xiangong and Yu Xiandeng to retreat and leveled the Prison Race’s main hall; Yu Xianpo and Sikong Jing remained atop Dragon Shield Heavenly Roc.
• Hang Qusha and the Demon-Slaying Hall’s Grand Elder discussed how Yu Xianpo’s strength could deepen the Prison Race’s internal strife.
• Yu Xianpo asked Yu Xiangong whether he had an unspeakable difficulty and offered to help him.

Yu Xiangong rejected Yu Xianpo’s appeal for support, insisted he had freely chosen Yu Xiandeng’s side, and expelled Yu Xianpo from the Prison Race. Yu Xianpo took the dying Yu Cangqi and asked Yu Xiandeng to confirm he would trade the Sword Clan Cosmos Mirror for his son’s return.

• Yu Xianpo asked Yu Xiangong again whether he had an unspeakable difficulty, but Yu Xiangong said he regretted swearing a Hell Blood Oath that forced him to hold back against Yu Xianpo.
• Yu Xiangong accused Yu Xianpo of betraying the Prison Race and demanded that he spare Yu Cangqi, kill Sikong Jing, and repent for ten years.
• Yu Xianpo asked once more whether Yu Xiangong had been controlled, but Yu Xiangong denied it and condemned Yu Xianpo for joining the Sword Clan.
• Yu Xiangong expelled Yu Xianpo and his followers from the Prison Race, hoping to pressure Yu Xianpo into yielding.
• Yu Xianpo took the barely breathing Yu Cangqi and asked Yu Xiandeng whether he would give up the Sword Clan Cosmos Mirror in exchange for his son.

Yu Xianpo rejected Yu Xiandeng’s staged exchange, killed Yu Cangqi, and shattered the Sword Clan Cosmos Mirror to free Chi Changjian. After Chi Changjian denied killing Yu Xiandeng’s nephew and vanished, Yu Xianpo challenged Yu Xiangong to investigate the accusations and answer to the Prison Race.

• Yu Xiandeng pleaded with Yu Xianpo to spare Yu Cangqi while secretly expecting the clan chief to use the confrontation to secure Yu Xiandeng’s position.
• Yu Xiangong demanded that Yu Xianpo leave the Prison Race and hand over the Ancient Ancestor Hell Array key, while Yu Xianbao declined to intervene.
• Yu Xianpo killed Yu Cangqi during the exchange, then shattered the Sword Clan Cosmos Mirror and released Chi Changjian’s spirit.
• Chi Changjian told Yu Xianpo that he had not killed Yu Xiandeng’s nephew and faded away after thanking his master.
• Yu Xianpo challenged Yu Xiangong to give his disciple justice or kill him, and demanded an investigation into the accusations against him.

Yu Xianpo confronted Yu Xiangong over Chi Changjian’s false accusation and used his own blood oath to try to dissolve the Hell Blood Oath. As Yu Xiandeng’s plan to take the clan-chief position was disrupted, Yu Xianbao crushed Yu Xianpo’s oath blood, leaving the Prison Race powers stunned.

• Yu Xianpo demanded that Yu Xiangong explain why Chi Changjian had been condemned, while Yu Xiangong blamed the conflict on the Hell Blood Oath.
• Hang Qusha told the Killing Demon Grand Elder that Yu Xiandeng planned to use the oath as a pretext to make Yu Xiangong relinquish his position.
• Sikong Jing urged Yu Xianpo to abolish the Hell Blood Oath, and Yu Xianpo swore to the Ancient Ancestor Hell Array that it would no longer bind Yu Xiangong.
• Yu Xiangong and Yu Xiandeng were caught off guard as the Prison Race onlookers began to reconsider Yu Xianpo’s actions.
• Yu Xianbao appeared beside Yu Xianpo’s oath blood and crushed it, stopping the oath and shocking the crowd.

Yu Xianbao openly sided with Yu Xianpo, challenging Yu Xiangong’s judgment and weakening Yu Xiandeng’s standing among the Prison Race. Sikong Jing then challenged Yu Xiandeng to swear a Hell Blood Oath proving he killed Chi Changjian only to avenge his nephew.

• Yu Xianbao confronted Yu Xiangong, demanded evidence against Yu Xianpo’s disciple, and supported Yu Xianpo in clearing the Hell Blood Oath.
• The Prison Race’s Ninth Brother realized Yu Xianbao was acting to restrain Yu Xiangong and help prevent Yu Xiandeng from taking power, then ordered his allies to support Yu Xianpo.
• Yu Xiangong accused Yu Xianbao of backing a Sword Clan traitor, but a respected elder and Yu Xianbao’s followers supported a thorough investigation into Yu Xianpo’s guilt.
• Yu Xiandeng’s six Domain Master allies stood behind him, bringing both factions close to an open clash.
• Sikong Jing challenged Yu Xiandeng to swear before the Ancient Ancestor Hell Array that he had killed Chi Changjian solely to avenge Yu Cangqi, offering to die with Yu Xianpo if they were wrong.

Hang Qusha helped Yu Xiandeng escape Sikong Jing’s blood-oath challenge by claiming that Tian Zai had killed Yu Cangqiong, clearing Chi Changjian’s name. After Yu Xiangong conceded to Yu Xianpo’s demands, Sikong Jing challenged him to prepare for a successor as Prison Race patriarch.

• Sikong Jing’s blood-oath challenge cornered Yu Xiandeng, so Hang Qusha claimed that Tian Zai had killed Yu Cangqiong and that Chi Changjian was innocent.
• Yu Xiandeng and Yu Xiangong admitted their wrongdoing and apologized to Yu Xianpo, while Yu Xianbao questioned Hang Qusha’s account but could not overturn it.
• Yu Xianpo accepted the apology and demanded that Feather Alliance Hall and Voyaging Heart Hall become Prison Race vassals; Yu Xiangong agreed.
• Sikong Jing asked Yu Xiangong to choose the next Prison Race patriarch, prompting a domain lord behind Yu Xiandeng to rebuke him.