Chapter Summaries

Sikong Jing and Golden Dragon Wuhai confronted Wuxian and the Seven Decree Sect, and Sikong Jing killed their Senior Brother Illusion Eye to draw Huanting away from the King of Night Charms. He and Wuhai began devouring Illusion Eye's energy to grow stronger and moved to capture the survivors before the Five-Tribulation Emperor arrived.

• Wuxian and three Three-Tribulation Emperor Venerables attacked Sikong Jing, but backed off when he mentioned Fire Evil Spirits.
• Sikong Jing merged with Golden Dragon Wuhai's demonic power and killed Senior Brother Illusion Eye in a swift attack.
• Sikong Jing explained that he had killed Illusion Eye to make Huanting return, and planned to capture Wuxian and the others as hostages.
• Sikong Jing and Wuhai entered half-magic-beast forms and began devouring Illusion Eye's energy to strengthen themselves.
• Sikong Jing charged toward Wuxian and the remaining Seven Decree Sect members, intending to capture them before their Five-Tribulation Emperor arrived.

Sikong Jing and Golden Dragon Wuhai defeated the Seven Decree Sect’s attackers as both grew stronger by devouring Illusion Eye. Huanting abandoned her pursuit of Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor and arrived to confront Sikong Jing, who had just reached the Thousand Springs Quasi-Emperor Realm.

• Sikong Jing and Golden Dragon Wuhai used their Absolute Sword Demonic Domain to overwhelm the Seven Decree Sect’s four remaining fighters.
• Huanting sensed that Illusion Eye had died and that Wuxian and two other junior brothers were in danger, so she left Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor and rushed to their location.
• Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor escaped, deciding not to investigate the mysterious sect that had attacked the Seven Decree Sect.
• After devouring Illusion Eye, Sikong Jing advanced to the Thousand Springs Quasi-Emperor Realm, and Golden Dragon Wuhai reached the mid-stage of the Three Tribulations Emperor Realm.
• Sikong Jing urged Golden Dragon Wuhai to use the Nine Heavens Sword Dao to restrain its demonic corruption while the injured Seven Decree Sect fighters lay on the Divine Cosmos Ship.
• Huanting arrived and saw Sikong Jing, the demonic Golden Dragon Wuhai, and her injured junior brothers on the ship.

Sikong Jing exchanged Wuxian and two other Seven Decree Sect disciples for the captured King of Night Charms. After the exchange, Huanting attacked with Fifth Tribulation Emperor Supreme power and revealed the Nine Heavens Seven Decree Shuttle, prepared to counter Sikong Jing’s tricks.

• Sikong Jing demanded the King of Night Charms in exchange for Huanting’s four junior brothers, then let Golden Dragon Wuhai devour one of them to force Huanting’s hand.
• Huanting brought out the injured King of Night Charms, and Sikong Jing exchanged it for Wuxian and the two remaining junior brothers.
• The King of Night Charms recognized Sikong Jing, but Sikong Jing told it that they were about to fight to the death.
• Huanting unleashed her Fifth Tribulation Emperor Supreme power on Sikong Jing, the King of Night Charms, and Golden Dragon Wuhai.
• Huanting revealed the Nine Heavens Seven Decree Shuttle, a restored Nine Heavens treasure designed to defend against Fire Evil Spirits.

Huanting trapped Sikong Jing and his companions, but Sikong Jing unleashed his full Demonic Path Eightfold Body and Nine Heavens Sword Dao to break her cage. As Huanting pursued him, Sikong Jing escaped her domain with the King of Night Charms and ordered Gan Wumie to ram the ship.

• Huanting revealed that her Seven Decree Shuttle token could defend against Fire Evil Spirits and demanded that Sikong Jing reveal his sect's secrets.
• Sikong Jing united with Golden Dragon Wuhai and unleashed his Demonic Path Eightfold Body, while using a Nine Heavens Sword Formation to restrain Wuhai's demonic intent.
• Sikong Jing used the seventh level of the Nine Heavens Dark Demon Sword to tear through Huanting's cage, prompting her to attack him with her domain and claim his inheritance.
• Sikong Jing asked Golden Dragon Wuhai to send him and the King of Night Charms out of Huanting's domain, then ordered Gan Wumie to take control of the ship and ram it.

Sikong Jing escaped Huanting’s domain and joined forces with the wounded King of Night Charms, making it enter demonhood so it could devour two of Huanting’s junior brothers and recover its strength. With the King of Night Charms empowered and united with him, Sikong Jing tore through Huanting’s domain and revealed that the Nine Heavens Sword Dao could slay demons.

• Gan Wumie rammed the Divine Cosmos Ship into Huanting, giving Sikong Jing cover to escape her domain and reach Wuxian and the other two Three-Tribulation Emperor Venerables.
• Sikong Jing united with the King of Night Charms and used Demonic Path Eightfold Body to make it enter demonhood, promising he would not let it fall completely.
• Wuxian warned the others that Sikong Jing meant to use the King of Night Charms to devour them, then fled as the beast caught and devoured the other two.
• Sikong Jing used the King of Night Charms’ restored power to unleash the seventh level of the Nine Heavens Dark Demon Sword, shattering Huanting’s domain as the two Three-Tribulation Emperor Venerables died.
• Sikong Jing and the King of Night Charms reached greater strength, though Sikong Jing fell into a half-demon state, and he told Huanting that the Nine Heavens Sword Dao could slay demons.

Sikong Jing killed Huanting by combining the power of two magic beasts and unleashing the sword daos of two worlds, but her spirit escaped in a Nine Heavens Seven Decree Shuttle. He pursued the shuttle while sending Golden Dragon Wuhai after Wuxian and working to control the beasts’ demonic intent.

• Sikong Jing used the King of Night Charms’ power and Golden Dragon Wuhai’s strength to break Huanting’s defenses and kill her body.
• Huanting’s spirit escaped inside a Nine Heavens Seven Decree Shuttle, vowing to report Sikong Jing’s identity to Martial Uncle Huangang.
• Sikong Jing pursued the fleeing shuttle aboard the Divine Cosmos Ship as Golden Dragon Wuhai warned that he was nearing complete demonhood.
• Sikong Jing severed some of Wuhai’s demonic intent and ordered him to pursue Wuxian while he went after the shuttle with the King of Night Charms.

Golden Dragon Wuhai devoured part of Wuxian and triggered his first Burial Emperor Tribulation, while demonic influence threatened to overwhelm him. Sikong Jing rushed back and fused with Wuhai to help him face the tribulation, but the Mystic Gold Thunder struck them both.

• Golden Dragon Wuhai swallowed Wuxian, spat him out, and broke through to the Four-Tribulation Emperor Venerable realm.
• Golden Dragon Wuhai's first Burial Emperor Tribulation began as Wuxian struggled to escape its pull.
• Sikong Jing purged the King of Night Charms' demonic influence, gave her the first three levels of the Nine Heavens Dark Demon Sword, and sent her after Huanting's spirit shadow.
• The King of Night Charms took the Divine Cosmos Ship toward the Spirit Seal Realm while Sikong Jing hurried back to Wuhai.
• Sikong Jing entered his Demonic Path Eightfold Body state and fused with Golden Dragon Wuhai, causing the Mystic Gold Thunder to strike him too.

Sikong Jing shielded Golden Dragon Wuhai from the Burial Emperor Tribulation and learned that it could be used to temper Extreme Prison. He began drawing the lightning into his body to reforge his Extreme Prison as the tribulation continued.

• Sikong Jing used Golden Dragon Wuhai’s power and the Nine Heavens Sword Dao to block the lightning and restore a sliver of Wuhai’s awareness.
• Sikong Jing endured the Burial Emperor Tribulation with his Quasi-Emperor body while Golden Dragon Wuhai stopped devouring Wuxian.
• Sikong Jing captured Wuxian with sword radiance and demanded to know what happened when someone blocked another person’s tribulation.
• Wuxian explained that the tribulation intensified according to the people involved and recalled a failed attempt to use it to temper Extreme Prison.
• Sikong Jing drew the Profound Gold Lightning into his body and began tempering his Extreme Prison with the Burial Emperor Tribulation.

Sikong Jing used the Burial Emperor Tribulation to strengthen Golden Dragon Wuhai’s Extreme Prison Stage while the King of Night Charms pursued Huanting toward the Spirit Seal Realm. Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor returned to Green Leaf Palace, became Absolute Spirit Emperor’s disciple, and began cultivating as Absolute Spirit Emperor sensed something strange in the Spirit Seal Realm.

• Sikong Jing and Golden Dragon Wuhai resisted the Burial Emperor Tribulation as Sikong Jing built Extreme Prison meridians suited to Golden Dragon Wuhai and tempered his own foundation.
• The King of Night Charms pursued Huanting in a Nine Heavens Seven Decree Shuttle and tried to force her toward the Spirit Seal Realm.
• Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor returned to Green Leaf Palace, then traveled to the Spirit Seal Realm’s seal to report to Absolute Spirit Emperor.
• Absolute Spirit Emperor formally accepted Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor as his disciple and began teaching him his power.
• Absolute Spirit Emperor noticed that something was strange in the Spirit Seal Realm and that his true body seemed unable to send him a message.

Sikong Jing devoured and absorbed the Burial Emperor Tribulation’s power to strengthen his human-vein dantian while helping Golden Dragon Wuhai endure the trial. After Wuhai crossed the tribulation in twelve days, Wuxian realized Sikong Jing was the Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts, and Sikong Jing moved to silence him.

• After six days of enduring the Burial Emperor Tribulation, Sikong Jing began absorbing its power to raise his human-vein dantian and shared a little with Golden Dragon Wuhai.
• Sikong Jing’s dantian surged to a thousand springs, so he stopped absorbing and spent three days using the Nine Heavens Sword Dao to sever his growing demonic intent.
• Sikong Jing resumed absorbing tribulation power, and by the twelfth day his human-attribute dantian had reached fifteen hundred springs.
• Golden Dragon Wuhai shed its demonic intent, stabilized its Extreme Prison Stage, and crossed its first Burial Emperor Tribulation.
• Wuxian realized that Wuhai had called Sikong Jing the Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts, and Sikong Jing stepped toward him with cold intent.

Sikong Jing revealed that he was the Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts and returned to Heaven-Soaring Palace after imprisoning Wuxian. There, his spirit shadow prepared to face the King of Night Charms and learned that Huanting’s spirit shadow had entered the Spirit Seal Realm.

• Sikong Jing told Wuxian he had returned from the Vast Cosmos Great World to destroy the Origin Universe invaders, then imprisoned him in the Second Ten Thousand Beasts Heavenly Prison.
• Sikong Jing returned to Heaven-Soaring Palace with Golden Dragon Wuhai and reflected on how to advance his cultivation without losing control.
• Sikong Jing’s Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow finished the Nine Heavens Sword Formation and ordered Ling Liaoyuan to have Bu Nanfei capture Quasi-Emperor Palace Masters.
• The King of Night Charms arrived at Heaven-Soaring Palace, entered the Demon Dream Witch’s soul to learn what had happened, and recounted its failed pursuit of Huanting’s spirit shadow.
• The King of Night Charms asked Sikong Jing’s spirit shadow how Heaven-Soaring Palace could help it cut down Huanting’s spirit shadow.

The Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow and the King of Night Charms unleashed Nine Heavens One Sword to target Huanting and draw out Primordial Cosmos invaders. As the battle approached, the Absolute Spirit Emperor armed Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor with three spirit leaves and ordered him to seize people from Purple Dust Pavilion.

• The King of Night Charms told the Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow that the Flame Prison Heavenly Emperor was likely still alive and that Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor was a true Ancient Spirit Race member tied to another Primordial Cosmos invader.
• The Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow activated the Nine Heavens Sword Formation, and the King of Night Charms locked onto Green Leaf Palace as Nine Heavens One Sword pierced through the realm.
• Sikong Jing sensed the sword's release and hurried toward Heaven-Soaring Palace with Golden Dragon Wuhai as a Baleful Storm rose around them.
• The Absolute Spirit Emperor gave Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor three spirit leaves that could grant him Seven-Tribulation Emperor Venerable-level attacks.
• The Absolute Spirit Emperor ordered Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor to find Absolute Sword Kid and capture the people from Purple Dust Pavilion so Teng Bahun would surrender the Spirit Root Divine Willow fragments.

Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor confronted Huanting, whose spirit shadow sought his help escaping the King of Night Charms’ mark. A Nine Heavens One Sword killed Huanting before she could finish revealing what she knew, leaving Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor to study its sword fragments and question whether Absolute Sword Kid came from outside the Origin Universe.

• Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor met Huanting’s spirit shadow, and Absolute Spirit Emperor’s hidden presence frightened her when she insulted the figure backing him.
• Huanting admitted her body had been killed by Absolute Sword Kid and asked Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor to remove the King of Night Charms’ mark from her spirit shadow.
• Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor demanded a tangible reward, and Huanting warned that Absolute Sword Kid might not be from the Origin Universe and possessed the Vast Universe Sword.
• A Nine Heavens One Sword struck Huanting’s Seven Decree Shuttle, killing her spirit shadow, then rebounded from the Spirit Seal Realm’s seal into fragments of sword intent.
• Absolute Spirit Emperor told Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor to cultivate and comprehend the fragments, while Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor wondered what Huanting’s unfinished warning meant.

The Seven Decree Sect’s first force learned that Huanting had died and was attacked by the Soul-Slaying Empire and the Myriad Flame Sect, who blamed them for killings they did not understand. Huangang was left severely wounded and cornered as the battle turned into a fight to the death.

• The Absolute Spirit Emperor ordered Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor to investigate Absolute Sword Kid, while Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor continued comprehending the Nine Heavens Sword Dao fragments.
• The Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow learned Huanting was dead and ordered everyone in the Heaven-Soaring Realm to cultivate and prepare for battle.
• Huangang learned Huanting’s life lamp had shattered, leaving only four Emperor Venerables in the Seven Decree Sect’s first force, and heard they were six days from the Burial Emperor Spirit Seal Realm.
• Giant Soul Marshal and Wan Benzhong confronted Huangang, accusing the Seven Decree Sect of killing the Soul-Slaying Empire’s Howling Soul General and the Myriad Flame Sect’s Ben Yang.
• Giant Soul Marshal and Wan Benzhong launched an attack, surrounding the Seven Decree Sect’s Divine Cosmos Ship with Army-Slaying Formations as Huangang pleaded that there had been a misunderstanding.
• The combined forces destroyed Huangang’s Divine Cosmos Ship and severely wounded him, and Huangang vowed that none of them would live.

Huangang unleashed Yin Spirit Evil Qi in a desperate attack that devastated all three factions, then convinced Wan Benzhong and the Giant Soul Marshal that a mysterious sect had framed the Seven Decree Sect. Soul searches confirmed his account, leaving the Myriad Flame Sect and Soul-Slaying Empire to realize they had been manipulated into fighting each other.

• Huangang released Yin Spirit Evil Qi from six decree shuttles, killing many fighters and forcing the three factions to stop fighting under the protection of their Nine Heavens artifacts.
• Wan Qi and Wan Benzhong accused Huangang of killing Wan Benyang, while the Giant Soul Marshal blamed the Seven Decree Sect for Howling Soul's death.
• Huangang learned that Howling Soul's army had been destroyed at Heaven-Soaring Palace and explained that a mysterious sect had taken the palace and impersonated the Seven Decree Sect.
• Huangang linked the Black-Clothed Youth, his powers, and the deaths of Huanting's group to the mysterious sect, arguing that it had arranged for the factions to slaughter one another.
• Wan Benzhong and the Giant Soul Marshal searched the souls of several Seven Decree Sect disciples and confirmed Huangang's account.

Huangang, Wan Benzhong, and the Giant Soul Marshal blamed a mysterious sect for their losses, then joined forces to pursue it after a powerful Nine Heavens Sword Dao shook the Burial Emperor Tomb. Three days later, Long Flow Palace Master Bu Nanfei arrived in the Heaven-Soaring Realm with several captured Quasi-Emperor Palace masters.

• Huangang warned Wan Benzhong and the Giant Soul Marshal not to fight each other because the mysterious sect remained a threat, and the three factions agreed to cooperate after the Yin Spirit Evil Qi fled from a powerful Nine Heavens Sword Dao.
• Huangang persuaded Wan Benzhong and the Giant Soul Marshal that the mysterious sect was excavating a Nine Heavens Emperor relic, and the three factions set out for the Spirit Seal Realm to seize the sword art.
• Huangang questioned Wan Qi about the Black-Clothed Youth, and Wan Benzhong showed him a bottle of inheritance energy collected by Wan Benyang.
• Wan Benzhong privately told Wan Qi that the Vast Cosmos Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts' bloodline might belong to the Black-Clothed Youth and ordered her to keep the suspicion secret so the Myriad Flame Sect could capture him alive.
• Long Flow Palace Master Bu Nanfei arrived in the Heaven-Soaring Realm with several palace masters captured from the Quasi-Emperor Palace.

Ling Liaoyuan and Bu Nanfei told seven Quasi-Emperor palace masters that the Primordial Cosmos threatened the Spirit Seal Realm and urged them to resist, but the captives favored surrender. Ling Yuyue insulted them before Sikong Jing arrived, and Bu Nanfei greeted him as Instructor Si.

• Bu Nanfei brought seven Quasi-Emperor palace masters to Heaven-Soaring Palace, where they questioned him and Ling Liaoyuan about their sudden rise to Heavenly Emperor status.
• Ling Liaoyuan explained the conflict between the Vast Cosmos and Primordial Cosmos, while Bu Nanfei warned that three of the Five Heavenly Emperors had joined the invaders.
• Golden Mystery Quasi-Emperor and another palace master rejected the call to fight, arguing they should join the stronger side to survive.
• Ling Yuyue mocked the palace masters and declared that even Ling Liaoyuan had to obey her, prompting Golden Mystery Palace Master to demand an explanation.
• Sikong Jing entered the main hall, and Bu Nanfei greeted him as Instructor Si.

Sikong Jing arrived at Heaven-Soaring Palace and revealed that the Demon Sword was his Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow, then overwhelmed Ling Liaoyuan and the seven Quasi-Emperors with his sword intent. He spared Ling Yuyue but refused to nurture her, and ended by asking her to introduce him after realizing he had forgotten to remove his disguise.

• Sikong Jing slapped Ling Yuyue, and the Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow left the Demon Sword and merged into him.
• Sikong Jing challenged Ling Liaoyuan, whose sword intent he shattered before praising his progress toward becoming a member of the Sword Clan.
• Sikong Jing's sword intent pinned down the seven Quasi-Emperors, who had doubted his ability to challenge Ling Liaoyuan.
• Golden Dragon Wuhai and the other beasts arrived and greeted Sikong Jing as Young Master.
• Sikong Jing told Ling Yuyue he would spare her but would no longer nurture her, then asked her to introduce him after noticing his disguise.

Sikong Jing revealed his identity as the son of the Nine Heavens Successor and forced the seven Quasi-Emperor Palace Masters to submit so he could mobilize their armies against the Origin Universe. The chapter ended with Golden Mystery Quasi-Emperor dead and his spirit shadow ordered to summon his palace’s troops, while Sikong Jing demanded the other six comply.

• Sikong Jing returned to his true appearance, and the palace masters recognized him as the son of the Nine Heavens Successor and the Demon Sword’s true identity.
• Sikong Jing confirmed that he had told Ling Liaoyuan about the Primordial Cosmos, but the seven Quasi-Emperors challenged his claims and demanded benefits.
• Sikong Jing unleashed the beasts’ overwhelming pressure, then used Nine Heavens Sword Qi to place the seven Quasi-Emperors’ lives under his control.
• Sikong Jing ordered the seven palaces to move their troops to Heaven-Soaring Palace, but Golden Mystery Quasi-Emperor tried to negotiate.
• Sikong Jing killed Golden Mystery Quasi-Emperor, preserved his spirit shadow, and ordered it to summon Golden Mystery Palace’s troops before warning the other six palace masters.

Sikong Jing ordered the seven Quasi-Emperor Palaces to move their forces to Heaven-Soaring Palace and helped six Quasi-Emperors advance to Emperor Venerable. As troops gathered and an Origin Universe force approached the Burial Emperor Tomb, Sikong Jing wondered why Green Leaf Palace and other expected enemies had remained silent.

• Sikong Jing sent seven divine beasts to lead the Quasi-Emperor Palaces’ troops toward Heaven-Soaring Palace while avoiding detection.
• Sikong Jing gave the six Quasi-Emperors Extreme Prison Stage cultivation methods, and they all broke through to Emperor Venerable.
• Ling Liaoyuan expelled Ling Yuyue from Heaven-Soaring Palace but left her First Young Lady status intact for the time being.
• Three days later, Sikong Jing discussed his strengthened soul and plans with the Snow-Tempered Sword Spirit and the King of Night Charms.
• Sikong Jing received reports that most allied forces had reached Heaven-Soaring Palace, then learned from Golden Dragon Wuhai that an Origin Universe force was approaching the Burial Emperor Tomb.
• Sikong Jing ordered continued scouting and questioned why Green Leaf Palace and other expected Origin Universe forces had made no move in six days.