Chapter Summaries

Sikong Jing helped Yu Xianbao challenge Yu Xiandeng’s claim to the Prison Race leadership, while Yu Xianpo resolved to seek revenge and become clan chief. As Yu Xianpo and Sikong Jing planned their next moves, Yu Xiangong groveled before Yu Xiandeng and begged for more Earthflame Pills.

• Sikong Jing questioned whether the Prison Race clan chief could simply choose a successor, and Yu Xianbao backed his call for a fair contest based on strength.
• Yu Xianpo told Sikong Jing he wanted to kill Yu Xiandeng for Chi Changjian’s death and become clan chief to protect the Prison Race from the Ancient Ten Absolutes.
• Sikong Jing urged Yu Xianpo to support Yu Xianbao, who could help him enter the Peerless Pill Pavilion in time for its Five Absolutes inheritance.
• Yu Xianpo asked why Hang Qusha had invited Sikong Jing to meet the Absolute Pill Emperor, and Sikong Jing suspected the invitation was a test tied to erased history.
• Yu Xianbao planned to win Yu Xianpo’s support and use his strength, while privately intending to sell him out if the price was right.
• Yu Xiangong knelt before Yu Xiandeng, who struck him and demanded to know what kind of clan chief he was; Yu Xiangong begged for Earthflame Pills to restore his strength and kill Yu Xianpo.

Yu Xiandeng refused to restore Yu Xiangong’s strength and considered Hang Qusha’s offer of Ancient Ten Absolutes power in exchange for Prison Race support. Hang Qusha believed Yu Xiandeng would accept, while the Killing Demon sect’s grand elder asked whether Sikong Jing would visit the Peerless Pill Pavilion in three months.

• Yu Xiandeng struck down Yu Xiangong and rejected his plea for Earthflame Pills, saying he would not risk restoring his brother’s peak strength.
• Yu Xiandeng blamed Yu Xiangong for Cang Qi’s death and his own damaged standing, then told him to find a way to secure the clan-chief position.
• Hang Qusha warned Yu Xiandeng that Yu Xianpo and Sikong Jing could grow stronger, then offered him Ancient Ten Absolutes power for the Prison Race’s future support of the Peerless Pill Pavilion.
• Yu Xiandeng asked Hang Qusha why they would not kill Sikong Jing and Yu Xianpo, but Hang Qusha said they wanted to avoid further trouble and still had use for Sikong Jing.
• After Hang Qusha left, Yu Xiangong warned Yu Xiandeng against trusting the Ancient Ten Absolutes, but Yu Xiandeng suggested they could not control him once he became chieftain.
• Hang Qusha told the grand elder of the Killing Demon sect that Yu Xiandeng would agree because he feared Yu Xianpo’s rising strength, and the grand elder asked whether Sikong Jing would go to the Peerless Pill Pavilion in three months.

Sikong Jing and his allies strengthened their position in the Prison Race while cultivating, as Sikong Jing’s Magic Rat form completed the third level of the Nine Heavens Dark Demon Sword. The Magic Rat form returned to Shadow Moon City and found the Celestial Race and Spirit Race arriving together, leaving their purpose unclear.

• Yu Xianpo arranged for the Feather Transformation Emperor to seek out surviving Sword Clan powerhouses while he and Sikong Jing stayed to cultivate.
• Yu Xianbao asked Yu Xianpo to support his bid to become Prison Chief and agreed to help investigate the Ancient Ten Absolutes and deal with the Peerless Pill Pavilion and Demon-Slaying Hall.
• Sikong Jing trained the Dragon Shield Heavenly Roc in demonic cultivation methods, and the Roc’s combat power rose as it mastered them.
• After three months in the Dark Demon Small World, Sikong Jing’s Magic Rat form returned with the third level of the Nine Heavens Dark Demon Sword complete and the remains of demonic Magic Beasts.
• Black Tiger used the Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger remains to develop his own Demonic Path Eightfold Body, while the Magic Rat form prepared to reenter the Dark Demon Small World.
• The Magic Rat form reached Shadow Moon City as the Spirit Race’s Divine Spirit Island and the Celestial Race’s Floating Heavenly God Palace appeared together.

The four supreme races confronted the Ten Thousand Demon Hall over the spread of Burial Emperor techniques, claiming they could threaten the seal of the Burial Emperor Spirit Seal Realm. Black Tiger challenged their plan to station observers in the hall, while the Magic Rat body recognized that Sikong Jing’s teachings were being targeted.

• Su Yuexi told the Magic Rat body what Sikong Jing had done in the Swordwalk Small World and how the Green Rhino Demon Emperor and others had joined the Ten Thousand Demon Hall.
• The Celestial, Spirit, Mountain, and Blood Races arrived, and Black Tiger asked what business brought them to the hall.
• Ling Dao introduced Tian Wuan, Shan Qiansu, and Xue Lin, then said the supreme races feared Burial Emperor techniques could destabilize the seal and trigger fluctuations in the Burial Emperor Tomb.
• The Celestial Race said the four races would station people in the Ten Thousand Demon Hall to prevent the techniques from spreading, and Tian Wuan revealed they had also sent people to the Prison Race to persuade Sikong Jing.
• Black Tiger questioned whether the races would also seal away every demon beast and mount that had learned the Ferocious Beast Emperor-Burial Technique.

The four supreme clans demanded the right to station themselves in the Ten Thousand Demon Hall and suppress the Ferocious Beast Emperor-Burial Technique, while Black Tiger rejected their claim that it threatened the Spirit Seal. When Ling Dao attacked and Tian Wuan joined the confrontation, Black Tiger unleashed a strengthened Black Prison Burial Emperor Claw that tore through Ling Dao’s assault and struck toward his Divine Spirit Island.

• Ling Dao explained that the supreme clans would track down demon beasts using the Ferocious Beast Emperor-Burial Technique and prevent them from spreading it, while the Magic Rat body warned that the Ten Thousand Demon Hall might eventually be destroyed.
• The Magic Rat body told Sikong Ding that the four supreme clans feared the demon race’s growth and that the Peerless Pill Pavilion was using them to curb the technique’s spread.
• Black Tiger refused Shan Qiansu’s demand to choose a place for the four clans to station themselves, calling the threat to the Spirit Seal an excuse and warning the other clans not to be used by the Spirit Race.
• Ling Dao attacked Black Tiger, but Black Tiger blocked his shockwave with the Black Prison Burial Emperor Claw.
• Tian Wuan urged Black Tiger to stop and accept the clans’ presence, while the supreme clan elders warned that the demon race must not learn the technique.
• Black Tiger transformed into beast form and empowered his claw, which tore through Ling Dao’s attack and bore down on Ling Dao’s Divine Spirit Island.

Black Tiger challenged the four supreme clans to fight him together, aiming to prove the Ten Thousand Demon Hall’s strength and rally demons across the Vast Cosmos Great World. As Shan Qiansu, Xue Lin, and Ling Dao attacked, Black Tiger revealed the Demonic Path Eightfold Body and began tearing through their combined powers.

• Black Tiger shattered Ling Dao’s phantom and entered the Demonic Path Sevenfold Body, astonishing Tian Tao with his sudden strength.
• Black Tiger called on the four experts of the supreme clans to attack him together and ordered the Demon Emperors to withdraw.
• Sikong Jing told Ling Xiaotian that Black Tiger had to win to establish the Ten Thousand Demon Hall’s influence and draw Demon Race experts to its side.
• Shan Qiansu and Xue Lin attacked Black Tiger, and Ling Dao joined them by unleashing his Heroic Spirit Domain.
• Black Tiger forced his way out of their combined assault and revealed the Demonic Path Eightfold Body, whose might shook the Ten Thousand Demon Hall.

Black Tiger battled Ling Dao, Shan Qiansu, Xue Lin, and Tian Wuan as they tried to kill him before the Ten Thousand Demon Hall could grow into a major threat. As Black Tiger came under pressure, the Magic Rat body joined him and used his power to unleash the Burial Emperor Blade against Tian Wuan’s Sword of Judgment.

• Black Tiger revealed that he was only half-corrupted, then attacked Ling Dao and destroyed the Spirit Race’s Divine Spirit Island.
• Shan Qiansu and Xue Lin joined Ling Dao in pressing Black Tiger, while Tian Wuan struck with the Judgment Sword and helped overwhelm him.
• Tian Wuan urged the Celestial Race to kill Black Tiger despite Tao Qi’s concern about Sikong Jing, and the four powerhouses continued their assault.
• As Black Tiger weakened, the Magic Rat body asked the Demon Emperors to launch him into the battle using the Beast Slaughter Array.
• The Magic Rat body joined with Black Tiger’s power and swung the Burial Emperor Blade, holding back Tian Wuan’s Sword of Judgment.

Sikong Jing’s demon-rat form blocked Tian Wuan’s swords while Black Tiger fought Ling Dao and the other powerhouses. After Black Tiger defeated them, he mocked the Celestial Race for submitting to the Peerless Pill Pavilion and accused them of acting for the Ancient Ten Absolutes.

• Sikong Jing’s demon-rat form used Black Tiger’s power to block Tian Wuan’s swords of divine punishment.
• Black Tiger fought Ling Dao, Xue Lin, and Shan Qiansu while the Ten Thousand Demon Hall warned the other races not to join the battle.
• Sikong Jing’s demon-rat form declared that the Ten Thousand Demon Hall would resist surveillance and refuse to accept the Demon Race’s enslavement.
• Black Tiger struck Ling Dao, Xue Lin, and Shan Qiansu down, then challenged Tian Wuan over the Celestial Race’s humiliation in Swordwalk Small World.
• Black Tiger accused the Celestial Race of bullying the weak, fearing the strong, and possibly acting as agents of the Ancient Ten Absolutes.

Black Tiger defied the four supreme clans and rallied the Ten Thousand Demon Hall against their attempt to limit the Ferocious Beast Emperor-Burial Technique. The Extreme Sea Fierce Beast Clan arrived seeking to learn it, and its blue-robed leader attacked Ling Dao with his own Emperor-Burial technique.

• Black Tiger rejected Tian Wuan’s claims and declared that the Ten Thousand Demon Hall would rather fight than submit to the four supreme clans.
• A fierce whale carrying a blue-robed middle-aged man arrived, and he announced that the Extreme Sea Fierce Beast Clan wanted instruction in the Ferocious Beast Emperor-Burial Technique.
• Ling Dao challenged the newcomers, and the blue-robed man answered by transforming into a spear and attacking him with the Sea Dragon Emperor-Burying Spear.
• Ling Dao was wounded by the spear, so Shan Qiansu, Xue Lin, and Tian Wuan moved to block it.
• The blue-robed man called on the fierce whale to unleash the Fierce Whale Emperor-Burial Song.

The Deep Blue Sea Dragon King challenged the four supreme clans’ accusations against the Demon Race and asked the Ten Thousand Demon Hall to share Emperor-Burial Techniques with the Extreme Sea Fierce Beasts. Black Tiger agreed to hold a public lesson, and Sikong Jing began demonstrating the Divine Dragon Emperor-Burying Spear.

• The Deep Blue Sea Dragon King used the Fierce Whale Emperor-Burying Song to disrupt Tian Wuan’s attack and silence the wounded supreme powerhouses.
• The Deep Blue Sea Dragon King argued that the Extreme Sea Fierce Beast Clan had possessed Emperor-Burial Techniques since the Burial Emperor Spirit Seal Realm was sealed, refuting the accusation that the techniques threatened the seal.
• The Deep Blue Sea Dragon King challenged Ling Dao and the four supreme clans, warning that suppressing the Ten Thousand Demon Hall could turn the Demon Race against them.
• The Deep Blue Sea Dragon King identified himself to Black Tiger as the king of the Extreme Sea Fierce Beasts and the Deep Blue Sea Dragon Clan, then requested suitable Emperor-Burial Techniques.
• Black Tiger invited the Deep Blue Sea Dragon King to study a public lesson, and Sikong Jing began demonstrating the Divine Dragon Emperor-Burying Spear to the gathered demon beasts.

The four supreme clans failed to stop the Shadow Moon Demon Rat from publicly teaching the Divine Dragon Emperor-Burying Spear after Frost God Hall pledged to defend the Ten Thousand Demon Hall. As more observers gathered, the clans withdrew, while Jing Yuan watched from the shadows with an old man.

• Ling Dao proposed that the Spirit Race and Celestial Race mobilize their forces to destroy the Ten Thousand Demon Hall, but the Frost God Hall Master and Dugu Fanhua arrived.
• The Frost God Hall Master promised Black Tiger that her hall would act for the Ten Thousand Demon Hall and said it could face even a supreme clan.
• Black Tiger welcomed the Frost God Hall and other hidden observers to watch the Shadow Moon Demon Rat teach the Emperor-Burying Technique.
• Black Tiger challenged the four supreme clans to admit their accusations were false if they wanted to stay, and Tian Wuan, Shan Qiansu, Xue Lin, and Ling Dao departed.
• More experts emerged from hiding, while Jing Yuan and an old man watched from a mountainside and discussed the Demon Race's growing support for the Sikong brothers.

Jing Yuan’s master, the Grand Elder of the Extreme Sea Fierce Beast Clan and a member of the Anti-Seal Faction, weighed whether Sikong Jing could lead the fight against the Ancient Ten Absolutes. He ordered Jing Yuan to seek Sikong Jing at the Peerless Pill Pavilion, then realized the Shadow Moon Demon Rat had detected him.

• Jing Yuan reminded his master that he had once praised Sikong Jing, and the old man acknowledged that the Ferocious Beast Emperor-Burial Technique had helped the Demon Race but warned that it still lacked yin spirit evil aura and unity.
• Jing Yuan’s master explained that only the Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts could unite the Demon Race, but the Ancient Ten Absolutes had sealed that bloodline; he also suspected the Ancient Ten Absolutes were hidden among the Celestial Race’s leaders.
• Jing Yuan urged his master to contact Sikong Jing, but the old man feared that the Ancient Ten Absolutes were watching him and might expose the Anti-Seal Faction.
• Jing Yuan offered to contact Sikong Jing as his friend, and his master ordered him to go with the Deep Blue King to the Peerless Pill Pavilion when it revealed the Five Absolutes inheritance.
• Jing Yuan’s master said he would judge whether Sikong Jing was worth making the center of the Anti-Seal Faction’s efforts, then noticed that the Shadow Moon Demon Rat had detected his presence.

The demon mouse form continued teaching the Ferocious Beast Emperor-Burial Technique as the Extreme Sea Fierce Beast Clan decided to support Ten Thousand Demon Hall. In the Willow Race, Tao Qi learned of the growing conflict and received Tian Tao’s warning that the Spirit Race planned to capture people from the Burial Emperor Spirit Seal Realm to lure Sikong Jing to the Peerless Pill Pavilion.

• The demon mouse form sensed a hidden presence on the mountainside, while the old man judged him and Ten Thousand Demon Hall worth investing in and resolved to make the hall a core force against the Ancient Ten Absolutes.
• The old man and Jing Yuan watched the demon mouse form teach, delaying their plan to reenter the Dark Demon Small World so he could draw more demon beasts to his side.
• Tao Qi defeated Liu Shun and the other young geniuses in the Willow Race, then heard demon beasts say they were heading to Ten Thousand Demon Hall to study the Emperor-Burial Technique.
• Tao Qi lamented the Celestial Race’s betrayal after hearing that the four supreme clans were suppressing Ten Thousand Demon Hall, and Tian Tao warned her that conflict between humans and demon beasts might erupt.
• Tian Tao told Tao Qi to find Sikong Jing in the Prison Race and warn him not to enter the Peerless Pill Pavilion, where the Spirit Race intended to use captives from the Burial Emperor Spirit Seal Realm to lure and kill him.

Tao Qi rejected the idea that warning Sikong Jing could repay her debt and traveled to the Prison Race to tell him of the plot against him. As demon beasts flocked to the Ten Thousand Demon Hall, Tian Wuxiu ordered a plan to capture Little Demon Mouse and revealed that he was secretly the Heaven-Sunder Emperor of the Ancient Ten Absolutes.

• Tian Tao warned Tao Qi to stop questioning the clan head, then sent her to inform Sikong Jing about the Spirit Race's plan to force him toward the Peerless Pill Pavilion.
• Tao Qi headed for the Prison Race, reflecting that a warning could not repay Sikong Jing for saving her life.
• Demon beast powerhouses rushed toward the Ten Thousand Demon Hall after news spread that Black Tiger had defeated experts from the four supreme races using the Ferocious Beast Emperor-Burial Technique.
• Tian Wuxiu ordered Celestial Race demon mounts to learn the technique and instructed his people to capture Little Demon Mouse, including by laying a trap in the Dark Demon Small World.
• Tian Wuxiu explained privately that the Anti-Seal Faction could exploit the Demon Race's rise to attack the Burial Emperor Spirit Seal Realm's seal.
• Tian Wuxiu contacted Absolute Pill Emperor, who called him Junior Brother Heaven-Sunder and warned him not to expose his identity as one of the Ancient Ten Absolutes.

Tian Wuxiu ordered the Celestial Race to capture Little Demon Mouse indirectly, inflame Demon Race conflicts, and protect Sikong Jing while secretly monitoring him. After hearing about the failed operation at Ten Thousand Demon Hall, Sikong Jing met Celestial Race Elder Tian Wuchen, who began explaining the Celestial Race’s past actions.

• Tian Wuxiu relayed Absolute Pill Emperor’s orders and assigned Ling Dao, Wuan, and Wuchen separate missions concerning Little Demon Mouse and Sikong Jing.
• Tian Wuxiu revealed that he was the reincarnated Heaven-Sunder Emperor and suspected the Anti-Seal Faction might be watching the Celestial Race.
• Hei Changjian told Sikong Jing about the four supreme races’ failed operation at Ten Thousand Demon Hall, and Sikong Jing realized his demon mouse body had stayed behind to spread the technique.
• Bai Changjian informed Sikong Jing that Tian Wuchen had come to visit, and Sikong Jing agreed to meet him.
• Tian Wuchen presented gifts and began explaining why the Celestial Race had not retaliated against the Ancient Ten Absolutes, claiming the accusation that they meant to destroy the Vast Cosmos Great World was false.

Tian Wuchen explained the Celestial Race’s position on the Burial Emperor Spirit Seal Realm and urged Sikong Jing to stop teaching the Ferocious Beast Emperor-Burial Technique. After Yu Xianpo told him what had happened at the Ten Thousand Demon Hall, Tian Wuchen offered to protect Sikong Jing, and Sikong Jing and Yu Xianpo suspected the offer would also let the Celestial Race monitor him.

• Tian Wuchen told Sikong Jing that the Ancient Ten Absolutes had sealed the Burial Emperor Spirit Seal Realm to prevent its dangers, and that the old pavilion master’s account was trustworthy.
• Tian Wuchen said Hang Xie had been controlled by the Absolute Sword Emperor and urged Sikong Jing not to believe rumors or investigate at the Peerless Pill Pavilion.
• Tian Wuchen asked Sikong Jing to stop teaching the Ferocious Beast Emperor-Burial Technique, and warned that the Celestial Race might suppress him if he endangered the seal.
• Yu Xianpo informed Tian Wuchen that the Extreme Sea Fierce Beast Clan had exposed the Spirit Race’s claim about the technique at the Ten Thousand Demon Hall, leaving Tian Wuchen unsure what to believe.
• Tian Wuchen offered to protect Sikong Jing unconditionally, while Sikong Jing and Yu Xianpo suspected the arrangement would allow the Celestial Race to openly surveil him and report his actions to Tian Wuxiu.

Sikong Jing considered whether to trust Tian Wuchen when Lone Wanderer arrived in Swordbreak City and betrayed Yu Xianpo for the Spirit Race’s bounty. Yu Xianpo broke free of the ambush and confronted Lone Wanderer as their disciples rushed to the scene.

• Sikong Jing weighed the risks of keeping Tian Wuchen close and considered using him to expose corrupt figures within the Celestial Race.
• Lone Wanderer arrived in Swordbreak City, and Yu Xianpo greeted him warmly as an old Sword Clan friend.
• Feather Transformation Emperor’s warning reached Sikong Jing through a shattered signal bead, but Lone Wanderer stabbed Yu Xianpo in the back.
• Lone Wanderer explained that he wanted to exchange Yu Xianpo for a chance to enter the Heroic Spirit Hall, then tried to seize his inheritances and Yin Spirit Evil Energy.
• Yu Xianpo broke free of Lone Wanderer’s suppression and landed before Sikong Jing as Hei Changjian, Bai Changjian, and the other disciples rushed out.
• Yu Xianpo challenged Lone Wanderer’s betrayal, and Lone Wanderer rejected the idea that they were brothers.

Lone Wanderer tried to kill Yu Xianpo and seize Sikong Jing’s inheritances, but Tian Wuchen intervened to protect them on the Celestial Race’s orders. Though Tian Wuchen fought with all his strength, Lone Wanderer overwhelmed him and the battle left his fate uncertain.

• Lone Wanderer threatened to slaughter Swordbreak City unless Yu Xianpo surrendered and revealed Sikong Jing’s inheritances.
• Sikong Jing and Yu Xianpo staged Yu’s collapse to test whether Tian Wuchen would keep his promise to protect them.
• Tian Wuchen appeared and declared that the Celestial Race would repay Sikong Jing and Yu Xianpo for their kindness in the Swordwalk Small World.
• Lone Wanderer shattered Tian Wuchen’s Sword of Judgment and pressed him back toward Sikong Jing and Yu Xianpo.
• Tian Wuchen burned his true energy and continued fighting, but Lone Wanderer enveloped him in a sword domain and overwhelmed him.

Sikong Jing found Dragon Shield Heavenly Roc sealed inside a sword formation while Yu Xianpo and Tian Wuchen battled Lone Wanderer. When Sikong Jing warned that someone was about to steal the Yin Spirit Evil Aura, Dragon Shield Heavenly Roc woke and shattered the formation.

• Yu Xianpo revealed that he had recovered enough to join Tian Wuchen against Lone Wanderer, but Lone Wanderer used the Formation-Suppressing Bell to crush Yu Xianpo's Army-Slaying Formation patterns.
• Lone Wanderer revealed that he had sealed Dragon Shield Heavenly Roc in advance and pursued Sikong Jing through his spatial tunnel; Yu Xianpo and Tian Wuchen followed.
• Sikong Jing found Dragon Shield Heavenly Roc deep in cultivation, unable to hear his calls from within Lone Wanderer's sword formation.
• Lone Wanderer trapped Yu Xianpo and Tian Wuchen in sealed space-time and tried to draw Sikong Jing into his Lone Star Sword.
• Sikong Jing warned that the Yin Spirit Evil Aura was about to be taken, awakening Dragon Shield Heavenly Roc, who shattered the sword formation and appeared before him.

Dragon Shield Heavenly Roc helped Yu Xianpo and Tian Wuchen overwhelm Lone Wanderer, while Sikong Jing considered whether he could trust Tian Wuchen. Before the group could finish Lone Wanderer, a Divine Dragon from the Dragon God Hall took Sikong Jing away.

• Dragon Shield Heavenly Roc broke Lone Wanderer's sealing sword formation and joined Yu Xianpo and Tian Wuchen in surrounding him.
• Lone Wanderer tried to escape, but Yu Xianpo blocked his attack and Dragon Shield Heavenly Roc struck him down and trapped him beneath the Divine Turtle Emperor-Burying Shield.
• Lone Wanderer summoned the Formation-Suppressing Bell to defend himself against Yu Xianpo, Tian Wuchen, and Dragon Shield Heavenly Roc.
• Sikong Jing decided that Tian Wuchen might be useful but could not be trusted without proof that the Ten Absolutes threatened the Vast Universe.
• A Divine Dragon from the Dragon God Hall enveloped Sikong Jing in jade-colored scales and took him away, saying it would not harm him for now.