Chapter Summaries

Sikong Jing prepared Heaven-Soaring Palace for the approaching forces of the Seven Decree Sect, the Myriad Flame Sect, and the Soul-Slaying Empire, while they tore apart the small worlds to avoid being trapped. As the battle neared, Snow Baleful Sacred Land watched from concealment and considered whether the Absolute Sword Kid was the Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts.

• King of Night Charms reported that Green Leaf Palace remained active but could not be contacted after Nine Heavens One Sword struck through its territory.
• Sikong Jing ordered Heaven-Soaring Palace's forces into the Nine Heavens Sword Formation after learning three Divine Cosmos Ships were heading toward the Heaven-Soaring Realm.
• Wan Benzhong, Huangang, and Giant Soul Marshal decided to tear apart the eight small worlds between them and the Heaven-Soaring Realm to prevent an ambush.
• Sikong Jing ordered the Long Flow Palace Master and seven Palace Masters to seal the torn realm walls, while King of Night Charms and Golden Dragon Wuhai prepared to lead the formations.
• Xue Qiong watched from a Snow Baleful Sacred Land ship with the Sky-Slaying Heavenly Emperor and Nether Thunder Heavenly Emperor, and said the Absolute Sword Kid might be the Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts in disguise.

Sikong Jing faced the invading forces of the Myriad Flame Sect, Soul-Slaying Empire, and another Seven Decree Sect faction after they tore open the Heaven-Soaring Realm’s barrier. He provoked them with his powerful Nine Heavens Sword Dao, and their leaders entered the realm to seize him despite warnings of an ambush.

• Snow Venerable announced that the three Seven-Tribulation forces had begun tearing open the Heaven-Soaring Realm’s world barrier.
• The three forces entered the Heaven-Soaring Realm and found Sikong Jing waiting alone atop its highest mountain.
• Wan Qi demanded revenge, while Wan Benzhong, Giant Soul Marshal, and Huangang questioned Sikong Jing about the deaths of their forces’ experts.
• Sikong Jing admitted killing them and taunted the leaders about their reduced forces, then revealed his exceptionally pure Nine Heavens Sword Dao to tempt them into competing for him.
• Huangang and Wan Benzhong drove their Divine Cosmos Ships into the realm, while Giant Soul Marshal sent subordinates ahead and stayed back.

Sikong Jing used the Nine Heavens Sword Formation to unleash demonic qi and Fire Evil Spirits, throwing the three Origin Universe factions into chaos and killing many of their troops. He then revealed Heaven-Soaring Palace’s forces, but the three Seventh Tribulation Emperor Venerables dismissed them as too weak to pose a threat.

• Wan Benzhong attacked Sikong Jing, triggering the first layer of the Nine Heavens Sword Formation and releasing demonic qi that drove the factions’ demon beast mounts berserk.
• Sikong Jing activated the second layer, releasing Fire Evil Spirits and similar creatures that killed troops caught outside the factions’ defensive treasures.
• The Giant Soul Marshal entered the Heaven-Soaring Realm and used the Soul-Slaying Empire’s Nine Heavens treasure to protect his subordinates.
• Sikong Jing taunted Wan Benzhong, Huangang, and the Giant Soul Marshal for charging into his ambush, while they dismissed his remaining Fire Evil Spirits as insufficient to defeat them.
• Sikong Jing unleashed the third layer, summoning Heaven-Soaring Palace’s forces, including the Ten Thousand Seas Divine Turtle and the Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger.
• Huangang and Wan Benzhong saw that Heaven-Soaring Palace’s strongest fighters were only Three-Tribulation Emperor Venerables, and a Myriad Flame Sect Emperor Venerable mocked Sikong Jing’s forces as weak.

Sikong Jing used the fourth layer of the Nine Heavens Sword Formation to breach the Seven Decree Sect's ship and unleash Fire Evil Spirits inside. As Huangang's forces were overwhelmed, Wan Benzhong and Ju Hun abandoned them to race toward Sikong Jing.

• Sikong Jing formed the Nine Heavens One Sword by joining the Army-Slaying Formation with the Divine Turtle and the Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger.
• Sikong Jing's sword form cracked the Seven Decree Sect's defensive barrier, and the Snowforged Divine Sword pierced through to open a hole.
• Fire Evil Spirits poured into the Seven Decree Sect's ship, invading Huangang and his people and killing Divine Lord Stage cultivators.
• Huangang called on Wan Benzhong and Ju Hun to bring their forces and Nine Heavens treasures to help save the Seven Decree Sect.
• Ju Hun and Wan Benzhong ignored Huangang's plea and raced each other toward Sikong Jing to capture him first.

Sikong Jing forced the Myriad Flame Sect, Soul-Slaying Empire, and Seven Decree Sect to retreat, then trapped them at the entrance to the Heaven-Soaring Realm. With King of Night Charms, Golden Dragon Wuhai, and the allied forces waiting, the Seven Decree Sect was nearly annihilated, leaving the other two forces surrounded.

• Sikong Jing used his sword and a bluff about the Snow-Tempered Sword to make Wan Benzhong and Giant Soul Marshal halt their advance and retreat, while Huangang fled toward the Soaring Flight Realm.
• Sikong Jing summoned King of Night Charms, Golden Dragon Wuhai, the Beast Venerables, Bu Nanfei, and the palace masters to block the world entrance with the forces of eight Quasi-Emperor Palaces.
• Golden Dragon Wuhai's array attack shattered Huangang's defenses, and Sikong Jing's Nine Heavens Sword Form tore apart the Seven Decree Sect's Divine Cosmos Ship.
• Fire Evil Spirits and other aberrations slaughtered nearly all the Seven Decree Sect members; Wan Benzhong took the badly injured Huangang and five others aboard the Myriad Flame Sect's ship.
• Sikong Jing declared that the allied forces would face the Myriad Flame Sect and Soul-Slaying Empire next, as the two forces remained surrounded by the aberrations.

Sikong Jing revealed his origins and explained the conflict between the Vast Cosmos Great World and the Primordial Cosmos to rally the Spirit Seal Realm against the invaders. As his forces held back the enemy’s breakout attempt, Huangang ordered the invaders to flee by shattering the Heaven-Soaring Realm’s barrier.

• Huangang demanded to know who Sikong Jing was, and Sikong Jing admitted that he had come from the Vast Cosmos Great World.
• Sikong Jing introduced himself as Sikong Ding’s son and explained the history of the two great worlds and the invaders’ purpose to the Spirit Seal Realm’s forces.
• Giant Soul Marshal urged Wan Benzhong to break through before Sikong Jing could rally the defenders.
• King of Night Charms and Golden Dragon Wuhai led the Eight Palaces forces in Beast Slaughter Arrays to hold the invaders back.
• Sikong Jing invoked Mystic Jade Emperor’s sacrifice to urge the Spirit Seal Realm to eradicate the invaders.
• After their charge failed, Huangang ordered Wan Benzhong and Giant Soul Marshal to attack the Heaven-Soaring Realm’s world barrier elsewhere.

Sikong Jing’s forces trapped the Origin Universe invaders inside the Heaven-Soaring Realm as Giant Soul Marshal tore the realm apart and Wan Benzhong charged toward Sikong Jing. Sikong Jing launched a counterattack with the Break Nine Heavens Army-Slaying Formation, but Wan Benzhong and Huangang faced the prospect of sacrificing their Nine Heavens treasure to survive.

• Giant Soul Marshal ordered Wan Benzhong to attack Sikong Jing while he tore apart the Heaven-Soaring Realm.
• Sikong Jing used Nine Heavens One Sword, the Snow-Tempered Sword, and the Fire Evil Spirit to wear down Wan Benzhong’s defenses as Wan Benzhong charged closer.
• Giant Soul Marshal opened breaches across the Heaven-Soaring Realm, while Golden Dragon Wuhai and the King of Night Charms defended them.
• Sikong Jing shattered the Nine Heavens Sword Formation, called the armies of the eight palaces into battle, and linked their forces to his army-slaying formation.
• Sikong Jing used Break Nine Heavens—Heaven-and-Earth Beast Fangs to attack Wan Benzhong’s Divine Cosmos Ship, then sent the Snow-Tempered Sword through a gap in its defenses.
• Huangang used the Seven Decree Shuttle to protect Wan Benzhong’s ship and urged him to sacrifice their Nine Heavens treasure, despite the risk that they could not return to the Origin Universe.

Sikong Jing led the Spirit Seal Realm forces in wearing down the three Origin Universe armies and trapping them after the Heaven-Soaring Realm shattered. He blocked their escape and realized hidden forces were gathering to attack once both sides were weakened.

• Wan Benzhong, Huangang, and the Giant Soul Marshal each expended their Nine Heavens treasures to consume the Fire Evil Spirits, while Sikong Jing retained a portion of his own.
• After the Nine Heavens treasures and most of the Fire Evil Spirits were exhausted, Sikong Jing ordered the Spirit Seal Realm troops to fight, and the three Origin Universe forces were reduced to roughly three hundred thousand soldiers.
• Wan Benzhong and the Giant Soul Marshal tried to break out, but Sikong Jing used attrition tactics and repeated troop deployments to keep them surrounded.
• The Heaven-Soaring Realm shattered, and Wan Benzhong and the Giant Soul Marshal tried to escape through a spacetime tunnel, but Sikong Jing sealed their routes.
• Wan Benzhong began burning his power when escape became impossible, so Sikong Jing ordered his troops to retreat and attack from a distance.
• Sikong Jing sensed hidden figures gathering in the void, apparently waiting for both sides to weaken before striking.

Sikong Jing led the Spirit Seal Realm forces to defeat the Myriad Flame Sect and Soul-Slaying Empire, capturing their weakened leaders and fewer than five thousand survivors. As the exhausted victors faced the threat of hidden forces, Snow Venerable appeared and revealed her interest in Sikong Jing.

• Sikong Jing transmitted an Extreme Prison Stage cultivation method through the Army-Slaying Formation, strengthening the troops as they fought.
• Sikong Jing rejected Wan Benzhong’s attempt to negotiate and countered the invaders’ efforts to weaken the Spirit Seal Realm forces’ morale.
• The Giant Soul Marshal’s Divine Cosmos Ship exploded, and Sikong Jing ordered the King of Night Charms and the Beast Venerables to surround and capture the Soul-Slaying Empire’s forces.
• After the Myriad Flame Sect’s Divine Cosmos Ship shattered, the Spirit Seal Realm forces captured Wan Benzhong and Huangang, leaving fewer than five thousand survivors from the three invading forces.
• Sikong Jing warned Golden Dragon Wuhai that more enemies remained, and Snow Venerable appeared, identified herself as Xue Qiong, and expressed interest in Sikong Jing.

Snow Venerable tried to recruit Sikong Jing and threatened to divide the Spirit Seal Realm, but Sikong Jing refused to join her. The Cloud Soaring Palace Master and Golden Mystery Palace Master defected to Snow Venerable, who extracted the Nine Heavens Sword Qi from the Cloud Soaring Palace Master's sea of consciousness.

• Snow Venerable invited Sikong Jing to join the Snow Baleful Sacred Land, but he rejected her offer and declared that Vast Cosmos could still resist the Ten Absolute.
• Snow Venerable summoned the phantoms of Sky Slayer and Nether Thunder and threatened to make the Spirit Seal Realm fight itself with the forces of two Heaven Emperor Palaces.
• The Cloud Soaring Palace Master and Golden Mystery Palace Master left the Nine Palaces' forces and sought Snow Venerable's protection.
• Bu Nanfei urged Sikong Jing to kill the defectors with the Fire Evil Spirit, but Sikong Jing refused.
• Snow Venerable extracted the Nine Heavens Sword Qi from the Cloud Soaring Palace Master's sea of consciousness, and the Cloud Soaring Palace Master rejoiced at his apparent escape.

Snow Venerable killed the Golden Mystery and Cloud Soaring Palace Masters, then tried to recruit Sikong Jing while stalling for reinforcements. Sikong Jing exposed her plan and forced her retreat, then led the Nine Palaces troops into the Soaring Flight Realm to plan their next move.

• The Golden Mystery Palace Master and Cloud Soaring Palace Master tried to rally their palaces to Snow Venerable, but she killed both of them.
• Snow Venerable offered Sikong Jing a place in Snow Baleful Sacred Land, while the five remaining Quasi-Emperor Palace Masters abandoned their thoughts of defecting out of fear.
• Sikong Jing revealed that Snow Venerable was waiting for troops from two Heaven Emperor Palaces and showed that he still possessed a Fire Evil Spirit.
• Sikong Jing ordered his troops to attack Snow Venerable's Divine Cosmos Ship, prompting her to retreat and join up with the incoming reinforcements.
• Sikong Jing halted the pursuit and led the Nine Palaces troops into the Soaring Flight Realm, where the Emperor Venerables gathered to discuss how to confront Snow Baleful Sacred Land.

Sikong Jing prepared the Spirit Seal Realm for Snow Venerable’s coming assault and concluded that the Sword Extinction Giant Tomb was in Green Leaf Palace. Snow Venerable gathered more troops and sent disciples toward three Heavenly Emperor Palaces, setting the stage for a conflict between Quasi-Emperor Palaces and Heavenly Emperor Palaces.

• Sikong Jing offered Snow Venerable the Nine Heavens Sword Traces from three defeated factions in exchange for information about the Sword Extinction Giant Tomb, but she denied knowing of it.
• Sikong Jing used the clues about Fire Pattern Bell and the Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor to conclude that the tomb was in Green Leaf Palace.
• Sikong Jing ordered the forces under his command to fortify Heaven-Soaring Palace’s small worlds, scout enemy movements, and strengthen the Nine Palace Forces.
• Snow Venerable rejected her disciples’ suggestion to recruit two Spirit Seal Realm Emperor Venerables and explained that she intended to subdue Sikong Jing and exhaust his Fire Evil Spirits.
• Snow Venerable sent six disciples toward Gan Miao Palace, Flame Prison Palace, and Green Leaf Palace to bring their Heavenly Emperors to her, warning them to retreat if they encountered Sikong Jing’s demonic beasts.

Sikong Jing prepared to investigate Green Leaf Palace by raising the strength of two Beast Venerables through demonic cultivation and devouring captured enemies. After the Origin Universe captives rejected his offer of a quick death, he began killing and devouring them, accelerating his own advancement.

• Sikong Jing sent the Eternal Night Wolf King, Divine Eagle, and two Beast Venerables to secure the Heaven Emperor Palaces and use Fire Evil Spirit against Snow Baleful Sacred Land.
• Sikong Jing decided to investigate Green Leaf Palace with the Ten Thousand Seas Divine Turtle and Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger, first raising the Beast Venerables to the peak of the Third Tribulation by devouring captives.
• Sikong Jing brought five Quasi-Emperor Palace Masters to the prison, where the Origin Universe captives’ curses convinced them to fight for the Vast Cosmos.
• Sikong Jing demanded that the three Seven-Tribulation Emperor Venerables explain how to seal the path through the Burial Emperor Battlefield, but they refused.
• Sikong Jing killed a hundred captives and began devouring the Origin Universe prisoners with the two Beast Venerables, rapidly advancing his beast-vein dantian.

Sikong Jing interrogated the Origin Universe captives, killed most of them, and spared Wan Qi and Wuxian for their potential usefulness. After returning to camp, he sacrificed half his soul essence to place another Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow in Ling Yuyue's sword, telling her that Heaven-Soaring Palace still believed the Heaven-Soaring Emperor was attached to her.

• Sikong Jing used his Nine Heavens Sword Dao to reverse the demonic fall of two beasts, then continued devouring the captives until he and the beasts had grown stronger.
• Sikong Jing killed the Origin Universe captives except Wan Qi and Wuxian, sparing them because they might help him find a way to seal the route through the Burial Emperor Battlefield.
• Sikong Jing told the King of Night Charms to preserve the true energy in the corpses before leaving with the Ten Thousand Seas Divine Turtle and the Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger.
• Sikong Jing summoned Ling Yuyue and split off half his soul essence to place a Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow inside her sword.
• Sikong Jing told Ling Yuyue that her existence still mattered because most people in Heaven-Soaring Palace believed the Heaven-Soaring Emperor was attached to her.

Sikong Jing split off half his soul essence to preserve his identity if he fell in battle, then traveled with two Beast Venerables toward Green Leaf Palace. As the Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow prepared the Nine Palaces for war, Sikong Jing found Green Leaf Palace’s territory strangely peaceful and continued toward its main world.

• Sikong Jing explained that splitting his soul essence was both a cultivation method and protection against the unknown dangers at Green Leaf Palace and in the wider war.
• Sikong Jing left for Green Leaf Palace with the Ten Thousand Seas Divine Turtle and the Heaven-Swallowing Tiger King, leaving most of the Fire Evil Spirits and supplies with his Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow.
• After learning that the forces of the two Heaven Emperor Palaces and Snow Baleful Sacred Land had begun attacking, the Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow ordered the Nine Palaces to build defenses, strengthen their cultivation, and spread the truth about the two Great Worlds.
• The Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow told Ling Yuyue to keep leading the forces and explained that the war could temper their foundations and turn the Heaven Emperor Palace forces to their side.
• Sikong Jing and the two Beast Venerables found Green Leaf Palace’s two hundred small worlds peaceful despite the recent battle, and Sikong Jing continued toward its main world while taking control of guards at the realm-space arrays.

Sikong Jing entered Green Leaf Main World to negotiate for Teng Bahun and the Sword Extinction Giant Tomb, but Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor had prepared a trap using Feng Shixian and the Azure Wind General Camp. The emperor demanded Sikong Jing’s bloodline and knowledge, leaving Sikong Jing facing a dangerous bargain.

• Sikong Jing arrived at Green Leaf Main World with the Heaven-Swallowing Tiger King and another companion, intending to rescue Teng Bahun and investigate the power behind Green Leaf Palace.
• Feng Shixian apologized to Sikong Jing, then a barrier trapped him and the Azure Wind General Camp as Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor appeared with the four camp leaders.
• Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor revealed that Snow Swallow and Snow Goose had been captured and admitted he had used Feng Shixian and Teng Bahun as leverage to force Sikong Jing to come.
• Sikong Jing concluded that Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor held the Sword Extinction Giant Tomb and asked what he wanted in exchange for the captives.
• Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor demanded Sikong Jing’s Nine Heavens Imperial Bloodline, Vast Cosmos Sword Clan cultivation methods, knowledge of his journey and gains, and Mystic Jade Emperor’s Purple Night Mystic Jade.
• Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor showed Sikong Jing Huanting’s token and claimed to possess a treasure that could defend against Sikong Jing’s seventh-grade Fire Evil Spirit.

Sikong Jing confronted Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor over Teng Bahun and the captives, resisting his attempt to bargain for valuable secrets. After Sikong Jing threatened to leave and exposed Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor’s betrayal, Green Leaf relented, and Sikong Jing handed him a fragment of Longfir Emperor’s inheritance.

• Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor used a Seven-Tribulation Emperor Venerable spirit leaf to threaten Sikong Jing and demanded secrets in exchange for Teng Bahun, Feng Shixian, and the others.
• Sikong Jing refused to hand over anything before seeing Teng Bahun, and said he would leave after confirming that Teng Bahun was imprisoned.
• Feng Cuisheng accused Sikong Jing of not caring whether Feng Shixian lived or died, but Feng Shixian recognized Sikong Jing’s coldness as a negotiating tactic.
• Sikong Jing told Feng Cuisheng that Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor had betrayed the Spirit Seal Realm and that sacrifices were necessary to protect the Vast Cosmos Great World.
• Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor stopped Sikong Jing from leaving and agreed to release Feng Shixian and the others and take him to Teng Bahun in exchange for something tangible.
• Sikong Jing gave Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor a jade inscription containing a small portion of Longfir Emperor’s Spirit Race inheritance, leaving Green Leaf trembling as he read it.

Sikong Jing secured Feng Shixian and the others’ release by offering Longfir Emperor’s inheritance, then persuaded Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor to take him and two Beast Venerables to the power behind Green Leaf Palace. At the Spirit Seal Realm’s hidden seal, Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor presented them to Absolute Spirit Emperor, whom Sikong Jing recognized as a figure from the Vast Cosmos Great World.

• Sikong Jing traded Longfir Emperor’s incomplete inheritance to Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor for Feng Shixian and the others’ release, then sheltered them in the Second Ten Thousand Beasts Heavenly Prison.
• Sikong Jing asked to meet the power behind Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor and insisted that his two Beast Venerables accompany him; Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor sought approval from Absolute Spirit Emperor.
• While waiting, Sikong Jing told Feng Cuisheng and the others why Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor had betrayed the Spirit Seal Realm, but Feng Cuisheng rejected his claims.
• Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor returned with permission for Sikong Jing, the two Beast Venerables, Snow Swallow, and Snow Goose to come with him.
• Near their destination in the Void Rift World, Sikong Jing sensed the hidden seal of the Burial Emperor Spirit Seal Realm.
• Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor knelt and announced that he had brought them to Master Absolute Spirit, and Sikong Jing realized Absolute Spirit Emperor came from the Vast Cosmos Great World.

Sikong Jing convinced the Absolute Spirit Emperor that he had come down from the Vast Cosmos Great World by displaying the inheritances of five Absolutes. The Absolute Spirit Emperor accepted that he had come from above but demanded to know what had happened, while Sikong Jing insisted he first return Sword Extinction Giant Tomb and Grandpa Ba Hun.

• The Absolute Spirit Emperor appeared through a phantom incarnation and demanded to know how Sikong Jing had entered the Spirit Seal Realm.
• Sikong Jing realized the phantom's memories were cut off from the Absolute Spirit Emperor's true body and claimed Absolute Pill Emperor had personally sent him down.
• Sikong Jing displayed the powers of the Absolute Sword, Slaying, Battle, Beast, and Pill Emperors to prove his connection to the Vast Cosmos Great World.
• Snow Goose wondered aloud why the Ten Absolute Emperors would send someone down to lead the Spirit Seal Realm against the Primordial Cosmos Great World.
• Sikong Jing demanded the return of Sword Extinction Giant Tomb and Grandpa Ba Hun before answering further.
• The Absolute Spirit Emperor accepted that Sikong Jing had come down from the Vast Cosmos Great World but suspected an unknown event had occurred.

The Absolute Spirit Emperor trapped Sikong Jing and the two Beast Venerables, then demanded the Sword Extinction Totem from Teng Bahun. As Teng Bahun bargained for Sikong Jing’s safe passage, the Emperor attacked the Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger, but Sikong Jing stepped in and stopped the spear.

• The Absolute Spirit Emperor revealed the Sword Extinction Giant Tomb and told Teng Bahun he had captured Sikong Jing, but Sikong Jing called out to explain he had come willingly.
• The Absolute Spirit Emperor activated the Spirit Seal Realm’s formations and surrounded Sikong Jing and the two Beast Venerables with a golden river of sealing power.
• The Absolute Spirit Emperor demanded the Sword Extinction Totem, and Teng Bahun insisted on guaranteed safe passage for Sikong Jing and the others before handing it over.
• The Absolute Spirit Emperor sent a heavy spear toward the Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger, but Sikong Jing moved in front of it and the spear stopped before him.