Chapter Summaries

Sikong Jing broke Ling Wangjiao’s suppression and revealed that he could wield Absolute Sword power. Lord Wudun of the Seven Decree Sect confronted him, and Sikong Jing began his first true battle as a Quasi-Emperor by striking with both Absolute Sword and Absolute Slaughter.

• Ling Wangjiao used the spirit shadow of a Ten Thousand Springs Quasi-Emperor hidden in his sea of consciousness to suppress Sikong Jing and demand his origins.
• Sikong Jing shattered the suppression with his Absolute Sword intent and challenged the hidden Seven Decree Sect expert to appear.
• Lord Wudun emerged and recognized Sikong Jing’s Absolute Sword Sword Dao, asking whether he belonged to the sect of the Absolute Sword brat who followed Golden Bright Emperor.
• Sikong Jing suggested that he was the Absolute Sword brat, and Wudun dismissed the claim before trapping him and the ship in a misty space.
• Sikong Jing announced that he also possessed Absolute Slaughter and thrust his sword through Wudun’s misty space.

Sikong Jing overwhelmed Wudun and demanded that Heaven-Soaring Palace leave behind a Divine Lord Stage cultivator so he could question him about the Primordial Cosmos Great World's forces in the Spirit Seal Realm. Wudun fled with the others, leaving the standoff unresolved as Sikong Jing insisted the captive was needed to calm his friends in Purple Dust Pavilion.

• Sikong Jing split Wudun's mist domain with his sword radiance, and their clash destroyed the small Divine Cosmos Ship and sent Ling Wangjiao and the others flying.
• Wudun questioned Sikong Jing about the Sword Extinction Giant Tomb and accused him of seeking Teng Bahun, while Sikong Jing concluded that Wudun did not know where the tomb had gone.
• Sikong Jing unleashed his Nine Heavens Sword Dao, shattered Wudun's defenses, and trapped him in a sword domain.
• Wudun burned his true qi to escape the sword domain, swept up Heaven-Soaring Palace's group, and fled through the mist.
• Sikong Jing tracked Wudun through the mist and demanded that he leave behind the Divine Lord Stage cultivator who had made the first move.
• Sikong Jing said he needed to question the cultivator about the Spirit Seal Realm and that the man could make amends for frightening his friends in Purple Dust Pavilion.

Sikong Jing captured Ling Dongyang and questioned him about Seven Decree Sect, while Wudun fled with Ling Wangjiao and the others through the Void Rift World. Ling Dongyang revealed that Seven Decree Sect’s main interest was the Nine Heavens Sword Dao, leaving Sikong Jing to consider the sect’s motives.

• Wudun threw Ling Dongyang toward Sikong Jing and escaped with Ling Wangjiao and the others toward Purple Dust Pavilion.
• Sikong Jing caught Ling Dongyang, repaired his ship, and questioned him about his name, position, and Seven Decree Sect’s actions.
• Wudun ordered Ling Wangjiao to activate the Time-Space White Jade Array Disc after they found Ling Yuyue had killed several servants, and the group fled with her.
• Sikong Jing sensed the Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow near Purple Dust Pavilion but stayed to hear Ling Dongyang’s account.
• Ling Dongyang told Sikong Jing that Seven Decree Sect considered the sealed Spirit Seal Realm unimportant and focused instead on the Nine Heavens Sword Dao.

Sikong Jing learned that the Seven Decree Sect was pursuing Nine Heavens Sword Dao and planned to visit Heaven-Soaring Palace to draw out the Primordial Cosmos sect that had taken the Sword Extinction Giant Tomb. After reuniting with the Purple Dust Pavilion, he ordered them to gather and prepare to contact allies, while Ling Dongyang realized Sikong Jing was the son of the Nine Heavens Successor.

• Ling Dongyang told Sikong Jing that the Seven Decree Sect sought the Nine Heavens Emperor's inheritance and had little information about the Sword Extinction Giant Tomb's disappearance.
• Sikong Jing decided to go to Heaven-Soaring Palace and make its Nine Heavens Sword Dao surge to attract the sect that took the tomb.
• Sikong Jing summoned the Purple Dust Pavilion members, who recognized him after Gan Wumie had revealed his identity to them.
• Sikong Jing told the Purple Dust Pavilion to gather and leave the Vast Sea, and asked them to station people across the small worlds to contact the King of Night Charms and others.
• Ling Dongyang heard Sikong Jing's conversation with the Purple Dust Pavilion and realized he was Sikong Jing, the son of the Nine Heavens Successor.

Sikong Jing forced Ling Dongyang to help him infiltrate Heaven-Soaring Palace, then questioned Vast Sea experts about the Golden Bright Emperor’s ship and the vanished Sword Extinction Giant Tomb. After Sikong Jing left for Purple Dust Pavilion, Fire Pattern Bell arrived with Azure Fire General Camp troops and learned where Sikong Jing had gone.

• Sikong Jing threatened Ling Dongyang with the danger of exposing his identity as the son of the Nine Heavens Successor, and Ling Dongyang offered to help him enter Heaven-Soaring Palace.
• Sikong Jing planted Nine Heavens Sword Qi and a Fire Evil Spirit in Ling Dongyang’s Spirit Platform, intending to use him while avoiding alerting Wudun and the others.
• Sikong Jing questioned the kneeling Vast Sea experts about the Divine Cosmos Ship and the Sword Extinction Giant Tomb, but gained almost no useful information before heading to Purple Dust Pavilion.
• Fire Pattern Bell arrived with Azure Fire General Camp troops, questioned the Vast Sea experts about the Black-Clothed Youth, and learned that Sikong Jing had likely gone to Purple Dust Pavilion.

Fire Pattern Bell investigated the Extreme Prison Stage and concealed Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor’s secrets by killing the Vast Sea experts who had witnessed him. Sikong Jing uncovered clues about the War Emperor Divine Flood Dragon’s remains, then learned an Imperial Venerable had appeared and prepared for battle.

• Fire Pattern Bell dismissed concerns about Myriad Springs Quasi-Emperor and took men to investigate the two newly discovered Extreme Prison Stage cultivators.
• An Azure Fire General revealed Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor’s secrets to the Vast Sea experts, then killed them to keep those secrets hidden.
• Sikong Jing found evidence that his Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow had returned to Heaven-Soaring Palace and inferred that Spacetime White Jade Stone had enabled travel through the Void Rift World.
• Sikong Jing decided to go to Heaven-Soaring Palace, draw out the Origin Universe visitors, and later search for the War Emperor Divine Flood Dragon’s remains and void-energy crystals.
• Feng Shidao warned Sikong Jing that a powerful figure had appeared, and Sikong Jing identified the newcomer as an Imperial Venerable and ordered everyone into the Void Rift.

Sikong Jing shielded the Purple Dust Pavilion from Fengwen Zhong’s pressure and recognized him as the Green Leaf Palace’s Azure Fire General Camp commander. After a Hundred-Spring Quasi-Emperor attacked, Sikong Jing and Ling Dongyang quickly subdued him, leaving Fengwen Zhong’s questions and motives unresolved.

• Feng Shidao and the Purple Dust Pavilion cultivators were injured by Fengwen Zhong’s Emperor Venerable pressure, but Sikong Jing protected and healed them with his sword intent.
• Fengwen Zhong demanded Sikong Jing’s identity and asked how he could move freely in the Burial Emperor Tomb, prompting Sikong Jing to identify Fengwen Zhong and his Azure Fire General Camp.
• Sikong Jing challenged Fengwen Zhong to explain why the Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor had let him reach the Heavenly Emperor realm, but a Hundred-Spring Quasi-Emperor attacked before Fengwen Zhong answered.
• Sikong Jing effortlessly caught and stomped the attacker, then summoned Ling Dongyang to suppress him with Nine Heavens Sword Qi.

Sikong Jing overwhelmed Fire Pattern Bell’s Heavenly Emperor Realm power and questioned him about Green Leaf Palace’s plans. Fire Pattern Bell revealed that the Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor had sent them to capture people connected to Teng Bahun, while Sikong Jing confirmed Fire Pattern Bell knew nothing of the Primordial Cosmos Great World.

• Fire Pattern Bell unleashed his full strength, but Sikong Jing’s Absolute Sword Qi contained his attack and protected Purple Dust Pavilion and its people.
• Sikong Jing explained that his foundation was stronger because he had cultivated the Extreme Prison Stage from the Extreme Heaven Stage, while Fire Pattern Bell had taken it up later without proper guidance.
• Fire Pattern Bell said the Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor had discovered the Extreme Prison Stage and grown stronger, then asked who Sikong Jing served.
• Sikong Jing said he came from the Primordial Cosmos Great World, and Fire Pattern Bell revealed that he had never heard of it.
• Sikong Jing pressed Fire Pattern Bell about his mission, and Fire Pattern Bell admitted Green Leaf Palace had been sent to capture everyone connected to Teng Bahun.
• Fire Pattern Bell asked Sikong Jing to explain the Primordial Cosmos Great World.

Sikong Jing revealed the history of the Burial Emperor Spirit Seal Realm and the looming conflict between the Vast Cosmos and Primordial Cosmos Great Worlds to Fire Pattern Bell. He left with Purple Dust Pavilion, planning to use the threat of Seven Decree Sect’s return and his journey to Heaven-Soaring Realm to draw out hidden Origin Universe forces.

• Sikong Jing told Fire Pattern Bell that the Spirit Seal Realm was a sealed fragment of Vast Cosmos and that Primordial Cosmos was its enemy, then warned that Seven Decree Sect’s main force would return with a seventh-step Heavenly Emperor expert.
• Fire Pattern Bell said he knew nothing about the disappearance of Sword Extinction Giant Tomb, and Sikong Jing let him and his subordinates leave after declaring that he would take Purple Dust Pavilion.
• Fire Pattern Bell returned to ask Sikong Jing’s name and sect, but Sikong Jing gave only the false name Absolute Sword Kid.
• Sikong Jing explained to Ling Dongyang that he had spared Fire Pattern Bell to spread the truth and lure out any Origin Universe power behind Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor.
• Sikong Jing asked Ling Dongyang for the name of Heaven-Soaring Palace’s world, then prepared to head to Heaven-Soaring Realm to draw out hidden Origin Universe people.

Sikong Jing set out for the Heaven-Soaring Realm while Fire Pattern Bell returned to Green Leaf Palace and reported his encounter with the Absolute Sword boy. Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor ordered him to investigate the visitors from the Primordial Cosmos Great World, then consulted a mysterious shadow that revealed concern over the Nine Heavens Sword Dao.

• Sikong Jing gathered the Purple Dust Pavilion members, refined the Time-Space White Jade Array Disc, and traveled through the void rifts toward the Heaven-Soaring Realm.
• Fire Pattern Bell told Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor that the Absolute Sword boy had warned of the Primordial Cosmos Great World and a possible Burial Emperor war.
• Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor killed Fire Pattern Bell's subordinates with flying leaves and ordered Fire Pattern Bell to keep the two Great Worlds secret and investigate the Absolute Sword boy and the visitors.
• Fire Pattern Bell wondered whether Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor was controlled by the Primordial Cosmos Great World, but suppressed the thought and left to explain his subordinates' deaths.
• Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor met a mysterious shadow in the empty void and reported the news; the shadow said the Nine Heavens Sword Dao had enabled people from the Primordial Cosmos Great World to cross the Burial Emperor Battlefield.

The Absolute Spirit Emperor empowered the Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor and ordered him to seize the Purple Dust Pavilion people from Absolute Sword. He then tried to recruit Teng Bahun, who refused to betray the Vast Cosmos, while the Spirit Seal Realm’s true sealing barrier was revealed in the Void Rift World.

• The Absolute Spirit Emperor explained that he could not command all Primordial Cosmos arrivals, then raised the Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor from the Three-Tribulation to the Four-Tribulation Emperor Venerable Realm and sent him to face the Burial Emperor Tribulation.
• The Absolute Spirit Emperor revealed the missing Sword Extinction Giant Tomb and offered Teng Bahun power and a place in the Primordial Cosmos if he surrendered the Sword Extinction Totem.
• Teng Bahun refused, saying his family was in the Vast Cosmos and invoking the Sword Extinction Emperor’s will that outsiders must die.
• The Absolute Spirit Emperor threatened to have Green Leaf gather the Primordial Cosmos arrivals to break the tomb and warned that the Purple Dust Pavilion people might soon appear before Teng Bahun.
• The Absolute Spirit Emperor withdrew the Sword Extinction Giant Tomb, revealing the Spirit Seal Realm’s sealing barrier and its bound Heroic Spirit Guards deep in the Void Rift World.

Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor endured his first Burial Emperor Tribulation while recalling his secret alliance with Absolute Spirit Emperor and his plan to obtain the Sword Extinction Totem. Meanwhile, Wudun and Ling Wangjiao returned to Heaven-Soaring Palace, where Wuxian prepared for a threat he mistakenly believed was coming.

• Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor recalled how Absolute Spirit Emperor revealed his Ancient Spirit Race bloodline and taught him the Extreme Prison Stage cultivation method.
• Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor collected Nine Heavens Sword Traces, completed his Extreme Prison Stage, and retrieved the Sword Extinction Giant Tomb for Absolute Spirit Emperor, though Teng Bahun prevented him from opening it.
• Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor resolved to join the Primordial Cosmos Great World and become a Great Emperor before the coming war.
• Wudun and Ling Wangjiao returned to Heaven-Soaring Palace ten days later, and Wudun told Wuxian about the mysterious Black-Clothed Youth.
• Wuxian warned Huangang's group about the supposed threat and ordered Ling Liaoyuan to prepare for a possible attack on Heaven-Soaring Palace.

Wuxian ordered Heaven-Soaring Palace to prepare for a powerful enemy while avoiding open conflict with rival sects searching for the Nine Heavens Sword Dao. Ling Yuyue followed the Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow’s advice and stood up to Ling Wangjiao, who demanded that she demonstrate her sword art.

• Wuxian ordered Ling Liaoyuan to deploy surveillance throughout Heaven-Soaring Palace’s small worlds and gather troops in the Heaven-Soaring Realm.
• Wuxian explained to Wudun that dangerous rival sects in Green Leaf Palace and Flame Prison Palace had kept the Seven Decree Sect from expanding, and that any force breaking the balance would draw every sect’s attention.
• Wuxian learned that the Sword Extinction Giant Tomb had disappeared and cursed that his side had been too late to seize Teng Bahun.
• Wuxian gave Ling Liaoyuan three days to break through to Emperor Venerable, then kicked him into a palace hall to help him advance.
• Ling Wangjiao confronted Ling Yuyue about killing his men and accused the Vast Sea branch of hiding something; the Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow urged her not to kneel and to claim her Nine Heavens Sword Dao talent.
• Ling Yuyue told Ling Wangjiao that her sword art had advanced after she saw Sikong Jing fight, and Ling Wangjiao ordered her to demonstrate it.

Ling Yuyue demonstrated the Nine Heavens Dark Demon Sword to Ling Wangjiao, who promoted her from maidservant to concubine in hopes of gaining favor with the Seven Decree Sect. The Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow seized control of her actions and forced her to demand a far greater status, leaving Ling Yuyue facing Ling Wangjiao’s threats.

• Ling Yuyue demonstrated the first level of the Nine Heavens Dark Demon Sword, impressing Ling Wangjiao with its coherent teachings.
• Ling Wangjiao declared that Ling Yuyue would become his concubine and ordered the veteran maidservant who insulted her dragged away to be executed.
• Ling Yuyue involuntarily slapped Ling Wangjiao’s reaching hand, and the guards drew their weapons as the Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow revealed it had controlled her.
• The Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow made Ling Yuyue claim she had seen Sikong Jing’s complete Nine Heavens Sword Dao, but Ling Wangjiao threatened to torture her and execute her branch relatives.
• The Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow ordered Ling Yuyue to demand the status of Heaven-Soaring Palace’s number one young lady or threaten to kill herself.

Ling Yuyue used the promise of Sikong Jing’s Nine Heavens Sword Dao to make Ling Wangjiao agree to take her before the Heaven-Soaring Palace Master. The Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow insisted on meeting Ling Liaoyuan, but Ling Yuyue knew the promised inheritance was false, and they arrived as Wuxian berated Ling Liaoyuan for failing to break through.

• Ling Yuyue threatened to withhold Sikong Jing’s Nine Heavens Sword Dao unless Ling Wangjiao promised to make her the First Young Lady of Heaven-Soaring Palace and let her meet the Palace Master.
• Ling Wangjiao gave Ling Yuyue ten days to recall the sword art and agreed to take her to Ling Liaoyuan, while privately planning to kill her once she had helped him become a core disciple of the Seven Decree Sect.
• The Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow told Ling Yuyue it wanted to meet Ling Liaoyuan but could not remember why, and Ling Yuyue realized the promised sword inheritance was not hers to give.
• Ling Yuyue and Ling Wangjiao waited outside the Heaven-Soaring Main Hall while Wuxian helped Ling Liaoyuan, then heard Wuxian angrily criticize Ling Liaoyuan for failing to break through his Emperor Venerable barrier.

Wuxian fed Ling Liaoyuan’s Glazed Sword Peng to Blackflow Wolf while warning that Ling Liaoyuan had only two and a half days to become a First Tribulation Emperor. Ling Yuyue’s Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow secretly resolved to kill Blackflow Wolf, and Ling Wangjiao revealed that she could demonstrate Sikong Jing’s Nine Heavens Sword Dao, leaving Ling Liaoyuan considering whether it could save his mount.

• Wuxian threatened to replace Ling Liaoyuan if he failed to become a First Tribulation Emperor within the remaining two and a half days.
• Wuxian ordered Blackflow Wolf to devour Ling Liaoyuan’s Glazed Sword Peng despite Ling Liaoyuan’s plea to spare it.
• Ling Yuyue’s Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow recognized Blackflow Wolf as a ferocious beast from another realm and secretly planned to tear it apart after speaking with Ling Liaoyuan.
• Ling Wangjiao told Ling Liaoyuan that Ling Yuyue could demonstrate Sikong Jing’s Nine Heavens Sword Dao, then brought her into the main hall.
• After watching Ling Yuyue demonstrate the sword arts, Ling Liaoyuan thought the Glazed Sword Peng might be saved, but Ling Wangjiao objected because he needed Ling Yuyue to recall the arts so he could become a Seven Decree Sect core disciple.

Ling Yuyue tore up Ling Liaoyuan’s appointment and offered to help him reach the Heavenly Emperor Realm within half a day. After he sealed Ling Wangjiao away, Ling Liaoyuan questioned the Demon Sword, who claimed to be a native of the Burial Emperor Spirit Seal Realm fighting invaders from the Primordial Cosmos.

• Ling Liaoyuan abandoned his plan to trade Ling Yuyue’s Nine Heavens Sword Dao for the Glazed Sword Peng and appointed her the Heaven-Soaring Palace’s First Young Miss.
• The Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow controlled Ling Yuyue’s hands and made her tear up Ling Liaoyuan’s appointment.
• Ling Yuyue told Ling Liaoyuan he might not live three more days and offered to help him reach the Heavenly Emperor Realm within half a day.
• Ling Liaoyuan sent Ling Wangjiao to a sealed side room and questioned Ling Yuyue about the Demon Sword’s identity and purpose.
• The Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow denied being from another sect and said he was native to the Burial Emperor Spirit Seal Realm, then Ling Liaoyuan guessed he had come from the Vast Cosmos Great World.

The Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow revealed to Ling Liaoyuan that the Spirit Seal Realm belonged to the Vast Cosmos Great World and urged him to resist the Primordial Cosmos invaders. After Ling Liaoyuan began cultivating the Vast Cosmos Extreme Prison method, the shadow went to save the Glazed Sword Peng by inviting it to enter demonic cultivation and devour the Blackflow Wolf.

• The Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow told Ling Liaoyuan that the Seven Decree Sect had deceived him about the Spirit Seal Realm and that its cultivation method was preventing his breakthrough.
• The Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow offered Ling Liaoyuan the Vast Cosmos Extreme Prison cultivation art and asked him to join the fight against the Primordial Cosmos invaders.
• The Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow implanted the cultivation method in Ling Yuyue's Spirit Platform consciousness sea, then left to save the Glazed Sword Peng.
• Ling Yuyue explained that the Seven Decree Sect would punish Ling Liaoyuan if the Glazed Sword Peng were rescued, so Ling Liaoyuan began cultivating the new method and progressed smoothly.
• After waiting an hour, the Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow entered the Glazed Sword Peng's Spirit Platform consciousness sea, declared itself the Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts, and urged the peng to devour the Blackflow Wolf through demonic cultivation.

The Glazed Sword Peng demonized and, with the Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow's help, devoured the Blackflow Wolf and its spirit shadow. Ling Liaoyuan reached the One-Tribulation Emperor Venerable realm and went to check on the fight, where he was stunned by what he saw.

• The Glazed Sword Peng accepted demonization and endured the construction of the Nine Heavens Magic Beast's Extreme Prison meridians.
• The Glazed Sword Peng broke the Blackflow Wolf's suppression and devoured its inner core while the Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow intimidated the Blackflow Wolf.
• The Glazed Sword Peng's power surged as it consumed the Blackflow Wolf, and the Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow devoured the Blackflow Wolf's spirit shadow and soul.
• Ling Liaoyuan broke through to the One-Tribulation Emperor Venerable realm in an hour and realized the Vast Cosmos Great World's Extreme Prison method suited his bloodline.
• Ling Liaoyuan left the Heaven-Soaring Main Hall to check on the Glazed Sword Peng and was stunned by the sight before him.

Ling Liaoyuan’s Glazed Sword Peng devoured the Blackflow Wolf’s inner core, became an Emperor Exalt, and forced Heaven-Soaring Palace into conflict with the Seven Decree Sect. As Wuxian attacked Ling Liaoyuan, the Sword Peng regained its clarity and stood between them.

• The Glazed Sword Peng devoured the Blackflow Wolf’s inner core, broke through to the Emperor Exalt realm, and left the Blackflow Wolf dead.
• The Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow told Ling Liaoyuan that the Blackflow Wolf’s death had left him no choice but to fight the Seven Decree Sect, and advised him to join forces with the Glazed Sword Peng.
• Wuxian, Wudun, and another Seven Decree Sect Quasi-Emperor arrived, and Ling Liaoyuan claimed the Glazed Sword Peng had fallen to demonhood while he was cultivating.
• Wuxian realized Ling Liaoyuan had helped the Glazed Sword Peng kill the Blackflow Wolf and tried to pull him in with a forceful suction.
• The Glazed Sword Peng blocked Wuxian’s attack, then the Nine Heavens Sword Formation severed its demonic intent and restored its clarity.
• The Glazed Sword Peng told Wuxian and the others they would have to get past it to kill Ling Liaoyuan.