Chapter Summaries

At the Peerless Pill Pavilion’s inheritance selection, Jing Yuan became the hundredth person chosen, prompting Shan Yue to try to kill him so he could take his place. Sikong Jing intervened by killing a Mountain Clan Quasi-Emperor with one sword, drawing the attention of the assembled powers as Jing Yuan concealed his joy at being rescued.

• The Peerless Pavilion Master invited Jing Yuan, the hundredth genius, to board the floating prison and receive the deeper inheritance.
• Shan Yue blocked Jing Yuan with Mountain Clan experts and ordered Shan Wei to kill him, while the Peerless Pavilion Master and the other factions refused to intervene.
• Shan Wei struck at Jing Yuan, but Sikong Jing’s Sword Qi shattered the attack and cleaved the Quasi-Emperor in two.
• Sikong Jing stepped out and warned Shan Yue about losing his remaining arms, revealing himself to the Mountain Clan elders and the gathered powers.
• Jing Yuan felt delighted to see Sikong Jing but hid his reaction, knowing it was not the time to acknowledge him.

Sikong Jing openly admitted to killing a Mountain Clan quasi-Emperor, then survived Shan Qianzao’s attack when Celestial Race Chief Tian Wuxiu intervened. Protected by the Celestial Race and declaring himself bait for the Anti-Seal Faction, Sikong Jing forced Shan Yue to face a choice between apologizing and losing his arms.

• Sikong Jing admitted that he had killed a Mountain Clan quasi-Emperor for bullying others.
• Shan Qianzao attacked Sikong Jing, but Tian Wuxiu swallowed the chief’s spirit shadow power and protected him.
• Shan Qianzao agreed to let the killing go but demanded that Sikong Jing return Shan Yue’s severed arms.
• Sikong Jing demanded that Shan Yue apologize to Jing Yuan and Brother Le of Zither Dance Hall and offer compensation.
• Sikong Jing warned that Shan Qianzao would not dare harm him and revealed that he was bait for the Anti-Seal Faction.
• Shan Qianzao ordered Shan Yue to apologize, and Shan Yue refused to keep his arms.

Sikong Jing forced Shan Yue to apologize and secured compensation for Jing Yuan and Brother Le, then joined the Three Absolutes inheritance selection. He completed its preliminary inheritance in three breaths, stunning everyone at Peerless Pill Plaza.

• Shan Yue apologized to Jing Yuan and the Zither Dance Hall, and Sikong Jing returned his arms after compensation arrived for Jing Yuan and Brother Le.
• The crowds speculated about Sikong Jing being exposed as bait, while the Frost God Hall genius and others considered how to repay his past favors without openly joining the Anti-Seal Faction.
• Jing Yuan thanked Sikong Jing, collected the Mountain Clan's compensation, and joined the other ninety-nine geniuses at the floating prison for the second-round selection.
• Sikong Jing entered the Three Absolutes' illusory inheritance and focused on the Absolute Battle Emperor's power, suppressing his revulsion and observing it with his Nine Heavens Demon Vein.
• Sikong Jing completed the Three Absolutes' preliminary inheritance in three breaths, and the crowd compared his speed with Tian Sui's half-quarter-hour record.

Sikong Jing waited to enter the Three Absolutes’ deep inheritance as speculation spread that he was destined to become an inheritor. The trials ended after three rounds, leaving twenty-four geniuses, including Sikong Jing and Shan Yue, to advance.

• Onlookers debated Sikong Jing’s beast powers and inheritance, while the Peerless Pavilion Master told him to wait until the first round ended.
• Shan Qianzao told the Mountain Clan that Sikong Jing was expected to inherit the Ten Absolutes and become a Great Emperor, and that the Peerless Pill Pavilion would soon dominate the clans.
• The Absolute Pill Emperor discussed using Sikong Jing to draw the Anti-Seal Faction toward World-Shaking Mountain, while Chen Lusheng and the others considered the Mountain Clan a likely enemy.
• The first round eliminated eighty candidates, including Jing Yuan, and left twenty geniuses to advance.
• The second round left Sikong Jing, Shan Yue, and a Celestial Race genius, while the third round left one Sea Clan genius.
• The Peerless Pavilion Lord ended the inheritance trials after three rounds, announcing that twenty-four of the three hundred candidates had passed.

The Absolute Slaying Emperor’s trial reduced the contestants to ten, including Zhe Ying and Dugu Fanhua, and Absolute Pill Emperor began the final inheritance trial. Sikong Jing recognized the vision within the inheritance as the Spirit Seal Realm after its destruction.

• The Absolute Slaying Emperor’s killing-intent trial eliminated Shan Yue, Wu Ding, and other contestants until ten geniuses remained.
• Ling E celebrated Zhe Ying’s success, while Que Yi worried about the danger Sikong Jing might pose to him.
• The old Frost God crone questioned whether Dugu Fanhua’s success would bring her trouble by tying her to the Ancient Ten Absolutes.
• Absolute Pill Emperor arrived and announced that the ten geniuses would face his martial trial for a chance to become his disciples and inherit his alchemical knowledge.
• Absolute Pill Emperor began imparting his vitality-based true qi method, and Sikong Jing recognized the vision as the destroyed Spirit Seal Realm, including a lifeless Boundless Sea.

Sikong Jing learned that Absolute Pill Emperor had destroyed the Spirit Seal Realm in an attempt to eradicate the Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts bloodline, but the Burial Emperor Tomb had preserved it. As the other geniuses began comprehending Absolute Pill Emperor’s martial path, Sikong Jing tried to create vitality and destruction that followed the rules of his own world.

• Absolute Pill Emperor explained that his power brought destruction to the Vast Cosmos Great World but became life force in his own world, and that he could not enter the Spirit Seal Realm without risking backlash from its seal.
• Sikong Jing realized that Absolute Pill Emperor had failed to destroy the Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts bloodline and that life had returned to the Spirit Seal Realm, eventually giving rise to Mystic Jade Emperor.
• Absolute Pill Emperor declared that the Ancient Ten Absolutes had recovered and completed their plans, and warned Sikong Jing that the Anti-Seal Faction would be annihilated.
• Sikong Jing studied the destroyed Spirit Seal Realm and used Multi-Leaf Seals to develop vitality and destruction aligned with the rules of his own world.
• At Peerless Pill Plaza, Tian Sui was the first genius to erupt with vitality, followed over the next several hours by eight others, while Sikong Jing remained unresponsive and his enemies mocked him.

Sikong Jing appeared to lag behind the other geniuses in the Absolute Pill Emperor’s inheritance, but the Absolute Pill Emperor named him the strongest participant in the Five Absolutes inheritance. The announcement left the crowd questioning the decision, while the other geniuses began to object.

• The Absolute Slaying Emperor sensed that traces of power capable of threatening the Primordial Cosmos Great World were forming within Sikong Jing.
• After a day and night, Sikong Jing released a faint strand of vitality power, prompting Shan Yue and others to mock his slow progress.
• The Absolute Pill Emperor ended the inheritance and declared Sikong Jing the strongest participant, then named Tian Sui, Hai Yuan, Ying Di, and the remaining geniuses for further guidance.
• The demon rat body explained to Chen Lusheng that Sikong Jing had grasped a trace of the destructive aspect of the Absolute Pill Emperor’s vitality, unlike the others who had only learned its surface.
• Tian Sui publicly refused to accept the Absolute Pill Emperor’s judgment, and other geniuses also voiced objections.

The Absolute Pill Emperor arranged a one-against-nine trial for Sikong Jing, hoping to draw out the Anti-Seal Faction and test Sikong Jing’s strength. Sikong Jing revealed his overwhelming power by defeating Yu Cangmeng and Hai Yuan, then gained the upper hand against Tian Sui as the other opponents watched.

• The Absolute Pill Emperor challenged Sikong Jing to face nine geniuses using the Five Absolutes’ power, and Sikong Jing accepted.
• The Magic Rat body urged Chen Lusheng and the Anti-Seal Faction to attack the plaza so Sikong Jing could speak before the Ancient Six Absolutes.
• The Absolute Pill Emperor sent Sikong Jing and the nine geniuses onto a floating platform and privately told Sikong Jing to defeat them to expose the Ancient Ten Absolutes.
• Yu Cangmeng attacked Sikong Jing, who shattered his technique and pierced his shoulder with a spear before telling him to recover and join the others.
• Hai Yuan challenged Sikong Jing and was defeated after a few exchanges.
• Tian Sui fought Sikong Jing, but Sikong Jing drove him back despite Tian Sui repeatedly healing himself with the Absolute Pill vitality martial path.

Sikong Jing fought all nine geniuses with ease as Absolute Pill Emperor shifted the gathering’s attention to the Anti-Seal Faction and publicly reframed the Eight Absolutes’ actions as misguided efforts to stop it. The Three Absolutes apologized and asked Absolute Pill Emperor to lead them, and he left his response unresolved.

• Zhe Ying and Dugu Fanhua joined the other seven geniuses in attacking Sikong Jing, who handled the nine-on-one fight with ease.
• Absolute Pill Emperor accused the Anti-Seal Faction of spreading lies about the Ten Absolutes and said the Eight Absolutes had caused distrust by trying to remake the world’s order.
• Absolute Pill Emperor brought out the spirit shadows of the Three Absolutes, who apologized publicly for their past actions.
• Absolute Sword Emperor blamed Sword Shatter Emperor for the Swordwalk Small World disaster and claimed he had tried to stop her rebirth, while Absolute Beast Emperor and Absolute Battle Emperor defended their plans as necessary to thwart the Anti-Seal Faction and the World-Ending Ferocious Beast.
• Absolute Pill Emperor apologized for failing to understand the Anti-Seal Faction, and the Three Absolutes asked him to return and lead them, but he said he was old and had few years left.

The Ancient Ten Absolutes rallied the Hundred Clans and Thousand Halls behind Absolute Pill Emperor, using the threat of the Burial Emperor Tomb to build support against the Anti-Seal Faction. With Sikong Jing on the verge of winning the Geniuses Battle, Absolute Pill Emperor revealed he planned to erase Sikong Jing’s memories and turn him against his former allies.

• The Frost God Hall elder and others recognized that the Ten Absolutes were using the crisis to reshape the Vast Cosmos, while fearing the Anti-Seal Faction’s warning might be true.
• Tian Wuxiu, Shan Qianzao, the Shadow Race, the Blood Race, and Zhan Congyun declared support for Absolute Pill Emperor and the campaign against the Anti-Seal Faction.
• Yu Xianbao and Wu Wanfa questioned whether the Anti-Seal Faction truly intended to bring back the Burial Emperor Tomb, and Absolute Pill Emperor pointed to Sikong Jing’s impending victory as proof to come.
• Sikong Jing had defeated seven of the nine geniuses and was forcing Tian Sui and Hai Yuan backward as the crowd watched.
• Absolute Pill Emperor told Chen Lusheng that Sikong Jing had won and urged him to rescue the youth, then revealed he would erase Sikong Jing’s memories and make him an enemy of the Anti-Seal Faction.

Sikong Jing defeated the remaining geniuses at Peerless Pill Plaza, while the Absolute Pill Emperor activated a hidden formation to erase his memories and force him into loyalty. The Anti-Seal Faction launched its assault on the Peerless Pill Pavilion, and the chapter ended as the pavilion’s defenses blocked the attack.

• The Magic Rat urged Chen Lusheng and the Anti-Seal Faction to trust Sikong Jing, and Chen Lusheng led them toward the Peerless Pill Pavilion to buy him time.
• Sikong Jing defeated Tian Sui and Hai Yuan, completing his victory over all nine geniuses at Peerless Pill Plaza.
• The Absolute Pill Emperor asked Sikong Jing to expose the Anti-Seal Faction, then secretly activated the memory-erasure formation inside him.
• A shockwave from World-Shaking Mountain broke through the pavilion’s outer defenses as the Anti-Seal Faction attacked.
• The Peerless Pill Pavilion’s master activated the core defensive formation, which shielded Peerless Pill Plaza from the assault.

The Absolute Pill Emperor used a memory-erasing formation to make Sikong Jing denounce the Anti-Seal Faction, while Chen Lusheng attacked Peerless Pill Plaza's defensive formation. After the attack opened a gap, Sikong Jing's memories returned through his connection with the Magic Rat body, though he concealed that from the Absolute Pill Emperor.

• The Absolute Pill Emperor urged Sikong Jing to expose the Anti-Seal Faction, and Sikong Jing stiffly agreed that it sought to pierce the Burial Emperor Spirit Seal Realm's seal.
• Jing Yuan, Dugu Fanhua, and Zhe Ying noticed Sikong Jing's changed demeanor, while Zhe Ying worried about the Yin Spirit Evil Qi in his consciousness.
• Chen Lusheng fused his saber and sword into an Army-Slaying Formation attack and sent it through a gap in Peerless Pill Plaza's defensive formation.
• The Absolute Pill Emperor blocked Chen Lusheng's attack and urged Sikong Jing to continue speaking, presenting himself as his disciple's protector.
• Sikong Jing's eyes returned to normal, and he told Tian Wuchen that his memories had returned after the defensive formation was breached and his connection with the Magic Rat body was restored.

Sikong Jing exposed the Ancient Ten Absolutes as invaders from the Primordial Cosmos, prompting them to try to silence him before he could reveal more. Yu Xianbao, Dugu Fanhua, and Frost God Hall intervened to protect him as the battle escalated.

• Sikong Jing revealed that the Ancient Ten Absolutes came from the Primordial Cosmos and intended to destroy the Vast Cosmos Great World on the Burial Emperor Battlefield.
• Absolute Slaying Emperor attacked Sikong Jing, while Chen Lusheng intensified the formation to keep Absolute Pill Emperor restrained.
• Yu Xianbao blocked Absolute Slaying Emperor’s spiritual shadow to protect Sikong Jing and challenge the sudden attempt on his life.
• Sikong Jing accused Absolute Pill Emperor of erasing his memories and called on the crowd to hear the truth.
• Tian Wuxiu suppressed Yu Xianbao and attacked Sikong Jing, but Dugu Fanhua moved to shield him, prompting the old hag of Frost God Hall to lead a charge against Tian Wuxiu.

Sikong Jing exposed a conflict between the Absolute Sword Emperor’s sword path and the Sword Clan’s, deepening doubts about the Ancient Ten Absolutes. As Tian Wuxiu attacked, Sikong Jing used demonic energy to force the Universe Destroyer Sword to obey and escape with his allies inside it.

• Sikong Jing demonstrated the clash between the Absolute Sword Emperor’s sword path and the Sword Clan’s, arguing that the former did not belong to the Vast Cosmos Great World.
• The Ancient Ten Absolutes’ forces moved to silence Sikong Jing, while the Absolute Pill Emperor accused him of making a futile stand.
• Sikong Jing told Yu Xianbao and the Frost God Hall elder that the Anti-Seal Faction would stay outside the Peerless Pill Pavilion and that they had to escape to join it.
• Sikong Jing released demonic energy from the Dark Demon Abyss, disrupting the incoming forces as Tian Wuxiu’s attack continued.
• Sikong Jing used the Nine Heavens Dark Demon Sword’s fifth-layer sword intent to subdue the Universe Destroyer Sword and draw Yu Xianbao and the others inside.
• Tian Wuxiu struck the sword and sent it flying, while its impact scattered the demonic energy across the Peerless Pill Plaza.

Sikong Jing seized control of the demonizing beasts at Peerless Pill Plaza and used them to resist Tian Wuxiu, but the Universe Destroyer Sword was shattered in the ensuing clash. Wu Wanfa then arrived with allies from across the Hundred Clans and Thousand Halls, giving Yu Xianbao and the others a chance to challenge the Ancient Ten Absolutes publicly.

• Sikong Jing demonized and linked the beasts at Peerless Pill Plaza, then used a Five-Calamity Emperor mount and the Beast Slaughter Array to push back Tian Wuxiu’s killing intent.
• Sikong Jing threw the Universe Destroyer Sword toward the Absolute Sword Emperor, prompting Tian Wuxiu, Zhan Congyun, and others to strike it apart before it could reach him.
• Yu Xianbao, Cold God Old Hag, and the others burst from the shattered sword and were injured by the combined attack.
• Wu Wanfa appeared with Brother Le, allies who owed Sikong Jing favors, and forces from the Sea Clan and Weapon Clan.
• Wu Wanfa, Yu Xianbao, Cold God Old Hag, and Brother Le demanded to know why the Ancient Ten Absolutes had attacked Sikong Jing and questioned whether they were hiding their origins.

Sikong Jing warned the gathered factions that Absolute Pill Emperor planned to kill those questioning the Ancient Ten Absolutes, then hid inside a Magic Beast after evading his attack. Absolute Pill Emperor poisoned the Demon Beasts and Magic Beasts to force Sikong Jing out, leaving the plaza filled with their screams and the crowd horrified.

• Absolute Pill Emperor restored the Peerless Pill Pavilion's defensive formation, and Sikong Jing urged the doubters to help the Anti-Seal Faction break it.
• Absolute Pill Emperor claimed Sikong Jing had been corrupted and attacked him, but Sikong Jing vanished into blood mist and evaded the searching Emperor-level experts.
• Shan Qianzao concluded that Sikong Jing was hiding inside a demonic beast, while Sikong Jing secretly planned with Jing Yuan to rescue Tian Wuchen and escape with the gathered allies and beasts.
• Absolute Pill Emperor condemned the corrupted beasts and announced that he would eradicate them, so Sikong Jing sent Jing Yuan out of the Magic Beast's body.
• Absolute Pill Emperor struck the Demon Beasts and Magic Beasts with poisoned needles, causing them to collapse as Wu Wanfa and the others watched in horror.

The Absolute Pill Emperor tried to deceive and contain Wu Wanfa and the others while luring the Anti-Seal Faction into the Peerless Pill Pavilion. Sikong Jing revived the poisoned beasts and led them through the broken defensive array, leaving the Anti-Seal Faction’s rescue attempt underway.

• The Absolute Pill Emperor claimed Sikong Jing had been manipulated by the Anti-Seal Faction and pressed Wu Wanfa and the others to believe him.
• Outside Peerless Pill Plaza, the Magic Rat warned Chen Lusheng that the Absolute Pill Emperor was using Sikong Jing and the trapped factions as bait.
• Chen Lusheng and the Anti-Seal Faction struck the defensive array again, opening a crack, but the Floating Heavenly God Palaces prevented Wu Wanfa and the others from coordinating with them.
• Sikong Jing activated the Beast Slaughter Array, and the poisoned demonic beasts and Magic Beasts joined the attack on the array.
• The beasts shattered Peerless Pill Plaza’s defensive array, and Sikong Jing led their army charging out.

Sikong Jing used the poisoned beasts’ resistance to break the defensive array at Peerless Pill Plaza and escape, while the Absolute Pill Emperor pursued him. Outside the plaza, Tian Wuchen exposed Tian Wuxiu as the Heaven-Sunder Emperor, and Celestial Race experts stopped Tian Wuxiu from killing him.

• Sikong Jing used the Beast Slaughter Array to free the magic beasts from the Absolute Pill Emperor’s poison and lead them through the shattered defensive array.
• Sikong Jing released control of the beasts and concealed himself as the Absolute Pill Emperor sent experts to search for him, leaving fewer guards around Wu Wanfa and his group.
• Tian Wuxiu suppressed Wu Wanfa and the others as they tried to break out, claiming he wanted to correct their beliefs about Sikong Jing and the Anti-Seal Faction.
• Tian Wuchen revealed his spirit shadow outside Peerless Pill Plaza and declared that Tian Wuxiu was the Heaven-Sunder Emperor, one of the Ancient Ten Absolutes.
• Tian Wuxiu attacked Tian Wuchen and Jing Yuan, but Celestial Race experts blocked his strike and questioned why he was trying to kill Elder Wuchen.

Tian Wuchen exposed Tian Wuxiu as the Heaven-Sunder Emperor, triggering a clash with Chen Lusheng while Wu Wanfa led the Anti-Seal Faction out of the Peerless Pill Pavilion. As Absolute Pill Emperor searched for Sikong Jing, Sikong returned to Peerless Pill Plaza to draw away another threat, and Zhe Ying remained alone on the platform.

• Tian Wuchen’s spirit projection accused Tian Wuxiu of being the Heaven-Sunder Emperor, and Chen Lusheng pulled Jing Yuan and Tian Wuchen away while fighting Tian Wuxiu.
• Wu Wanfa used the bewildered crowd’s power to break through the encirclement and lead his allies out of Peerless Pill Plaza.
• Yu Xianpo and Dragon Shield Heavenly Roc supported the escape as Chen Lusheng fought Tian Wuxiu, and the Magic Rat body revealed that Sikong Jing had returned to Peerless Pill Plaza.
• The Magic Rat body explained that Sikong Jing was drawing away Absolute Slaying Emperor and further casting suspicion on the Ancient Ten Absolutes.
• The crowd argued over whom to believe as Zhe Ying stayed alone on the platform instead of returning to Ling E.

Sikong Jing returned to Peerless Pill Plaza and compelled Zhe Ying to expose the Spirit Race’s allegiance to the Ancient Ten Absolutes. As Absolute Slaying Emperor trapped Wu Wanfa and his allies, Zhe Ying publicly revealed that the Spirit Race served the foreign invaders.

• Sikong Jing confronted Zhe Ying and demanded that he reveal the Spirit Race’s true nature in exchange for freedom from the Yin Spirit Evil Qi.
• Absolute Slaying Emperor and the Three Absolutes blocked Wu Wanfa, Yu Xianbao, and their allies, while Zhan Congyun and others pressed them from behind.
• Absolute Slaying Emperor declared that she would kill or capture everyone who had come to Peerless Pill Pavilion and hinted that a grand formation awaited the Anti-Seal Faction.
• Sikong Jing entered Zhe Ying’s Spirit Platform sea of consciousness as Zhe Ying prepared to speak publicly.
• Zhe Ying announced that the Absolute Spirit Emperor slept among the Spirit Race and that the Spirit Race served the Ancient Ten Absolutes, whom he identified as foreign invaders.