Chapter Summaries

Sikong Jing traded the Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger as a hostage to get the Sword Extinction Totem from Teng Bahun, then threw it to Absolute Spirit Emperor and retreated into the Sword Extinction Giant Tomb. He realized the totem held a fragment of the Spirit Root Divine Willow that could awaken Absolute Spirit Emperor, who then threatened the hostage and demanded Sikong Jing’s Nine Heavens Legacy.

• Sikong Jing persuaded Absolute Spirit Emperor to trade the Sword Extinction Totem for the Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger as a hostage.
• Teng Bahun released the totem spirit and passed the Sword Extinction Totem through the tomb barrier to Sikong Jing.
• Sikong Jing recognized the totem as a fragment of the Spirit Root Divine Willow and threw it to Absolute Spirit Emperor before retreating into the tomb with the Ten Thousand Seas Divine Turtle.
• Absolute Spirit Emperor celebrated obtaining the fragment, explaining that it could help awaken his true body and let him share memories with his shadow-avatar.
• Absolute Spirit Emperor threatened the Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger and demanded Sikong Jing’s Nine Heavens Legacy, while Sikong Jing asked whether it would secure their release.

Sikong Jing used the Willow Leaf Sacred Wall to distract Absolute Spirit Emperor, then revealed his Sword Extinction Emperor inheritance and turned the Sword Extinction Giant Tomb against him. As Absolute Spirit Emperor struggled to resist the tomb’s colossal sword and Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor attacked the Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger, Sikong Jing ordered the tiger to seize or destroy the Sword Extinction Totem.

• The Sword Extinction Totem spirit entered the damaged Tomb Core Divine Pillar while Sikong Jing pretended to weigh Absolute Spirit Emperor’s demand for the Nine Heavens Sword Dao.
• Sikong Jing produced the restored Willow Leaf Sacred Wall, distracting Absolute Spirit Emperor and the others, as the Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger broke through to the Four-Tribulation Emperor Venerable realm.
• The Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger threw Sikong Jing’s Fire Evil Spirit at Absolute Spirit Emperor and released the aura of the Nine Heavens Sword Dao.
• Sikong Jing appeared atop the Sword Extinction Giant Tomb and unleashed its colossal sword with Sword Extinction, Eleventh Chapter—Quasi-Emperor Sword.
• Sikong Jing revealed that he was also Sword Extinction Emperor’s disciple and used the tomb’s remaining grand formation power to press Absolute Spirit Emperor.
• Absolute Spirit Emperor ordered Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor to kill the tiger, while Sikong Jing told the Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger to seize the Sword Extinction Totem or destroy it.

The Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger seized most of the Sword Extinction Totem before Yin Spirit Evil Qi dragged it into the Burial Emperor Tomb. As the Sword Extinction Giant Tomb collapsed, Sikong Jing forced Absolute Spirit Emperor's phantom into the Spirit Seal Realm's seal, and the Ten Thousand Seas Divine Turtle broke through to become a Four-Tribulation Emperor Venerable.

• The Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger bit off nine-tenths of the Sword Extinction Totem, and swallowed the fragment as Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor attacked.
• Yin Spirit Evil Qi knocked Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor away and dragged the Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger, still carrying the Totem, toward the Burial Emperor Tomb.
• Sikong Jing unleashed the collapsing Sword Extinction Giant Tomb's remaining power and blasted Absolute Spirit Emperor's phantom into the Spirit Seal Realm's seal.
• Sikong Jing redirected the weakening Sword Extinction Strike at Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor, whose second spirit leaf blocked it and blasted him and Snow Swallow away.
• The Ten Thousand Seas Divine Turtle broke through to the Four-Tribulation Emperor Venerable realm and transformed into a half-Magic Beast.

Sikong Jing escaped Absolute Spirit Emperor’s attack with the Ten Thousand Seas Divine Turtle, but the Yin Spirit Evil Qi dragged them into the Burial Emperor Tomb to undergo tribulation. Absolute Spirit Emperor ordered Snow Swallow and Snow Goose to summon Xue Qiong, then spared Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor while secretly planning to possess him.

• Sikong Jing collected the shattered Sword Extinction Giant Tomb, including Sword Extinction Emperor’s corpse, and fled with Teng Bahun on the Ten Thousand Seas Divine Turtle.
• Absolute Spirit Emperor fired a golden beam after them, and Sikong Jing used treasures and the Snow-Tempered Sword to shield himself and the Divine Turtle.
• The Yin Spirit Evil Qi pulled Sikong Jing and the Ten Thousand Seas Divine Turtle toward the Burial Emperor Tomb, saving them from the beam but dragging them into the tribulation.
• Absolute Spirit Emperor berated Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor, then ordered Snow Swallow and Snow Goose to summon their leader, Xue Qiong, to capture Sikong Jing and reclaim his treasures and secrets.
• Absolute Spirit Emperor decided to keep Green Leaf alive and make him improve, while secretly planning to possess him and use the Sword Extinction Totem fragment to awaken his Ancient Spirit Race bloodline.

Absolute Spirit Emperor planned to possess Green Leaf, while rumors about the Primordial Cosmos spread through Green Leaf Palace. At the Burial Emperor Tomb, Sikong Jing tried to save the mortally wounded Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger by proposing that it join the Ten Thousand Seas Divine Turtle in the tribulation, but the Divine Turtle warned that Sikong Jing would die.

• Absolute Spirit Emperor decided to delay possessing Green Leaf until he grew stronger, but Sikong Jing’s appearance disrupted his plans.
• Green Leaf resolved to cultivate Longfir Emperor’s Spirit Race inheritance while pretending to accept Absolute Spirit Emperor’s favor.
• Fire Pattern Bell threatened anyone disloyal to Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor, as rumors about the truth of the Great Worlds and Green Leaf’s betrayal began spreading through Green Leaf Palace.
• Sikong Jing and the Ten Thousand Seas Divine Turtle endured the Burial Emperor Tribulation while the severely wounded Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger succumbed to demonic madness.
• Sikong Jing proposed joining the two Four-Tribulation Emperor Venerables in the trial, despite the heightened danger, but the Ten Thousand Seas Divine Turtle objected that Sikong Jing would die.

Sikong Jing brought the Ten Thousand Seas Divine Turtle into the Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger King's tribulation, hoping the beasts could endure the next stage together. As the Five-Tribulation Emperor Venerable's gale struck, the beasts succumbed further to demonic corruption, leaving Sikong Jing desperately resisting with their power.

• Sikong Jing moved with the Ten Thousand Seas Divine Turtle toward the Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger, using vitality power to heal them as they endured the Burial Emperor Tribulation.
• After a day of struggling closer, Sikong Jing rammed the Ten Thousand Seas Divine Turtle's tribulation into the tiger's, causing the Yin Spirit Evil Qi to drag all three deeper into the Burial Emperor Tomb.
• Sikong Jing entered unity with the Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger and tried to cleanse its demonic influence, but he could not free it before the Five-Tribulation Emperor Venerable's gale descended.
• Sikong Jing and the beasts resisted the gale together, but the Ten Thousand Seas Divine Turtle began devouring it and transforming into a Blood Devour Magic Beast.
• Sikong Jing tried to block the gale with the seventh level of the Nine Heavens Dark Demon Sword, but it had no effect, and he continued fighting as both beasts lost consciousness to demonic corruption.

Sikong Jing endured the fifth Burial Emperor Tribulation with the two Beast Venerables while struggling to contain the clashing sword daos in his dantian. As he instinctively forged a new path from his memories, the Sword Extinction Totem revived and healed him, while Snow Venerable continued directing a war against his Quasi-Emperor Palaces.

• Sikong Jing used Nine Heavens Sword Qi and the two beasts’ power to resist the fifth Burial Emperor Tribulation while devouring its energy to strengthen his cultivation.
• When the Sword Clan and Absolute Sword qi threatened to tear apart his human meridian dantian, Sikong Jing repaired it with the Vitality Martial Dao and drew on his beast meridian dantian to suppress them.
• Sikong Jing resolved to create a sword path of his own and relived his martial experiences in two illusions, with his Human-Form Spirit Shadow following the Absolute Sword Dao and his Beast-Form Spirit Shadow following the Sword Clan’s sword dao.
• The Sword Extinction Totem emerged from the Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Tiger, revived with Sikong Jing’s life martial path, and sent vitality into him and the two Beast Venerables.
• Snow Venerable directed Sky Slayer and Nether Thunder forces occupying a Long Flow Palace small world, holding back from a full assault while awaiting news about the three Heaven Emperor Palaces.

Snow Venerable conquered Gan Miao Palace and part of Flame Prison Palace, then met Absolute Spirit Emperor’s phantom and agreed to capture Sikong Jing alive. She still planned to seize Sikong Jing’s treasures before handing him over, while Absolute Spirit Emperor used a Sword Extinction Totem fragment to awaken Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor’s Ancient Spirit Race bloodline.

• Snowfish and Snowshark brought Gan Miao Heavenly Emperor to Snow Venerable, who removed Wan Qi’s restriction and claimed Gan Miao Palace’s forces.
• Snowdog and Snowwolf reported that Flame Prison Palace was divided between Snow Baleful Sacred Land and Sikong Jing’s side, and Snow Venerable accepted the experts they had captured.
• Snow Swallow and Snow Goose told Snow Venerable that they had encountered Absolute Spirit Emperor’s phantom at Green Leaf Palace, and Snow Venerable decided to meet him rather than risk destroying his incarnation.
• Snow Venerable met Absolute Spirit Emperor, who ordered her to capture Sikong Jing alive and allowed her to take everything except what related to the Spirit Root Divine Willow.
• Absolute Spirit Emperor gave the remaining Sword Extinction Totem fragment to Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor to refine and awaken his Ancient Spirit Race bloodline.
• Snow Venerable set out with Snow Swallow to capture Sikong Jing, intending to obtain his things before turning him over to Absolute Spirit Emperor.

Snow Venerable searched the Burial Emperor Tomb for Sikong Jing after assuming the two Beast Venerables had died, while Absolute Spirit Emperor sent Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor to besiege Heaven-Soaring Palace. Sikong Jing and the beasts remained trapped in the five-tribulation ordeal, growing stronger as they endured it.

• Snow Venerable sealed off Heaven-Soaring Palace’s territory and searched for the two Beast Venerables’ tribulation site, but found no traces.
• Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor guessed the beasts had faced the five-tribulation ordeal together, and Absolute Spirit Emperor ordered him to lead Green Leaf Palace’s forces against Sikong Jing’s stronghold.
• Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor privately resolved to cultivate Longfir Emperor’s inheritance and secure his own trump card before leading his forces toward Heaven-Soaring Palace.
• Snow Venerable believed the beasts were dead and used War Puppets to search for Sikong Jing, unaware that he had entered the tribulation with them.
• Sikong Jing and the two Beast Venerables endured more than twenty days of tribulation, repeatedly recovering as their abilities and sword cultivation grew.

Sikong Jing perfected two separate sword paths while the awakened Sword Extinction Totem sustained him and the two Beast Venerables through the Five-Tribulation Tribulation. After reaching peak Quasi-Emperor, he forced the Absolute Sword and Sword Clan sword daos to merge, creating a new Sword Intent that drew the tribulation’s full attack.

• Sikong Jing spent more than a month using his Human-Form and Beast-Form Spirit Shadows to perfect sword paths centered on the Absolute Sword and the Sword Clan methods.
• Sikong Jing discovered that the Sword Extinction Totem had awakened and supported him and the two Beast Venerables, while his meridians and dantians had consolidated at the Ten-Thousand-Spring level, making him a peak Quasi-Emperor.
• The Five-Tribulation Tribulation intensified when Sikong Jing awoke, and he sent his two sword qi streams against it before trying to fuse them.
• Sikong Jing altered the sword daos’ minor rules and, after two days of struggle, forcibly fused the streams into a new Sword Intent.
• Sikong Jing’s will held the splitting Sword Qi together, but the Burial Emperor Tribulation shifted its full assault onto it as Nine Heavens Sword Intent surged within.

Sikong Jing fused the Absolute Sword and the Sword Clan’s Sword Dao into his own Mad Beast Sword Dao, then survived the first wave of the Burial Emperor Tribulation. The tribulation intensified rather than ended, while Snow Venerable, the Absolute Spirit Emperor, and the Golden Bright Emperor sensed an unknown threat or prepared for events in the Spirit Seal Realm.

• Sikong Jing fused his sword qi and unleashed the Mad Beast Sword Strike, ending the first wave of the Tribulation of Five Tribulations and wiping out the surrounding Yin Spirit Evil Qi.
• The Burial Emperor Tribulation resumed as an enhanced Tribulation of Five Tribulations, and Sikong Jing continued enduring it without devouring enough power to reach the Emperor Venerable Realm.
• After more than a month of tribulation, Snow Venerable sensed a terrifying new aura and hurried with Snow Swallow toward Sikong Jing’s location.
• The Absolute Spirit Emperor sensed a similar disturbance near the Burial Emperor Tomb but did not realize that Sikong Jing’s Mad Beast Sword Dao had caused it.
• The Golden Bright Emperor and Mingzhu headed toward the Spirit Seal Realm, where the Golden Bright Emperor planned to investigate the deaths of the Seven Decree Sect’s first group.

Golden Bright Emperor’s seized ship approached the Spirit Seal Realm while a second group of Primordial Cosmos invaders crossed the Burial Emperor Battlefield. Mu Bujun and Elder Gong headed toward the Spirit Seal Realm as Sikong Jing continued enduring the enhanced fifth tribulation.

• Golden Bright Emperor resolved to destroy the Absolute Sword Kid’s sect while traveling aboard a damaged Divine Cosmos Ship he had repaired.
• Mu Bujun and Elder Gong emerged from the Yin Spirit liquid aboard the Nine Heavens Divine Cosmos Ship, having crossed the Burial Emperor Battlefield safely.
• Elder Gong praised Mu Bujun for obtaining the Nine Heavens Emperor’s essence blood, and Mu Bujun declared that he would claim the Nine Heavens Sword Dao and its remaining inheritances.
• Mu Bujun sensed an aura near the Spirit Seal Realm that he despised, then said he intended to make Wan Qi his maid.
• Sikong Jing continued resisting the enhanced fifth tribulation and said he would slay the demons for the two Beast Venerable seniors.

Sikong Jing helped the Ten Thousand Seas Divine Turtle and the Heaven-Swallowing Tiger King overcome an enhanced Five-Tribulation Burial Emperor Tribulation, restoring their awareness and strengthening them. When Snow Venerable approached, Sikong Jing chose to flee deeper into the Burial Emperor Tomb, where its stronger Yin Spirit Evil Qi could help them fight her.

• Sikong Jing used his Mad Beast Sword Formation to restore the Beast Venerables' awareness and help them overcome their demons.
• Sikong Jing and the two Beast Venerables endured two rounds of the Five-Tribulation Tribulation and emerged at the middle stage of the Four-Tribulation realm.
• Sikong Jing sensed Snow Venerable approaching and decided to choose a deeper battlefield in the Burial Emperor Tomb.
• Snow Venerable and Snow Swallow found the remnants of two completed tribulations, realized Sikong Jing's group had gone deeper, and pursued them.
• Snow Venerable used her Seven-Tribulation power to drive her Divine Cosmos Ship faster, and ten days later she spotted a stern in the distance.

Sikong Jing and the two Beast Venerables raced toward the Seventh Tribulation while Snow Venerable pursued them, intent on taking his Nine Heavens Sword Dao and bloodline. When an unknown enemy approached from ahead, Sikong Jing decided to draw both threats away and send the Beast Venerables back to the Spirit Seal Realm with the others.

• Snow Venerable caught sight of Sikong Jing’s ship and offered to spare him from the Absolute Spirit Emperor if he joined the Snow Baleful Sacred Land, while Sikong Jing urged her to join the Vast Cosmos Great World instead.
• Snow Venerable tested the two Beast Venerables with frost swords, and Sikong Jing claimed that the three of them had crossed the Fifth Tribulation together.
• Snow Venerable inferred that Sikong Jing had used the Nine Heavens Sword Dao and Nine Heavens Magic Beast bloodline to help the Beast Venerables cross the tribulation, then continued closing in with repeated attacks.
• Sikong Jing detonated gathered Yin Spirit Evil Qi against Snow Venerable’s ship, slowing her pursuit and allowing his ship to pull farther ahead.
• Sikong Jing sensed an unknown enemy charging toward them through the Burial Emperor Tomb and concluded that they could not evade it without letting Snow Venerable catch up.
• Sikong Jing gave the Second Ten Thousand Beasts Heavenly Prison to the two Beast Venerables and ordered them to return to the Spirit Seal Realm while he drew Snow Venerable and the unknown enemy away.

Sikong Jing encountered Golden Bright Emperor, who recognized him and attacked over the losses in Longfir Tomb. Sikong Jing destroyed Golden Bright Emperor’s Divine Cosmos Ship and used a false threat to distract him, leaving Golden Bright Emperor furious and deceived.

• Sikong Jing gave the Second Ten Thousand Beasts Heavenly Prison to the Ten Thousand Seas Divine Turtle and told the Beast Venerables to help his Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow destroy Snow Baleful Sacred Land if he died.
• Golden Bright Emperor recognized Sikong Jing aboard the Divine Cosmos Ship and charged at him, blaming him for the deaths of his subordinates and the theft of his ship and shield.
• Sikong Jing claimed Snow Venerable and Xue Qiong had killed Huangang, briefly turning Golden Bright Emperor’s attention toward their pursuing ship.
• Sikong Jing ordered the two Beast Venerables to blow up the Divine Cosmos Ship, and they blasted it apart as Golden Bright Emperor tried to block the explosion.
• Sikong Jing used Nine Heavens One Sword and a small amount of Yin Spirit Evil Qi, then falsely called out the Fire Evil Spirit and Yin Beast Evil Shadow to make Golden Bright Emperor brace for an attack.
• Snow Venerable told Golden Bright Emperor that Sikong Jing no longer had the Fire Evil Spirit, and Golden Bright Emperor realized Sikong Jing had deceived him.

Sikong Jing seized control of Golden Bright Emperor’s battered Divine Cosmos Ship and escaped aboard it, while Snow Venerable revealed that the ship spirit recognized him as a man of Vast Cosmos. As Golden Bright Emperor’s subordinates attacked, Sikong Jing killed a Two-Tribulation Emperor Venerable with one sword strike.

• Mingzhu spotted Sikong Jing aboard the battered Divine Cosmos Ship, and Golden Bright Emperor ordered his followers to surround him.
• Sikong Jing unleashed Beast Sword Intent to pin the attackers, then took control of the ship and sent it speeding into the Burial Emperor Tomb.
• Golden Bright Emperor questioned how Sikong Jing had mastered the ship spirit, and Snow Venerable explained that it served people from Vast Cosmos.
• Mingzhu and the others broke free of Sikong Jing’s sword-intent lock and charged him aboard the ship.
• Sikong Jing struck down a Two-Tribulation Emperor Venerable with a single blow from the Snow-Tempered Sword.

Sikong Jing slaughtered Golden Bright Emperor’s forces after killing a Two-Tribulation Emperor Venerable, while Snow Venerable thwarted his plan to destroy her ship. When Snow Venerable considered taking the two Beast Venerables and Teng Bahun hostage, Sikong Jing threatened to defect to Golden Bright Emperor if she pursued them.

• Sikong Jing killed a Two-Tribulation Emperor Venerable with one sword strike, stunning Mingzhu and Golden Bright Emperor’s forces.
• At Snow Venerable’s urging, Golden Bright Emperor ordered Mingzhu’s troops to attack Sikong Jing’s ship while his other subordinates fought Sikong Jing.
• Sikong Jing broke the troops’ small-scale Army-Slaying Formation and slaughtered his way through them as Mingzhu’s remaining forces scattered to attack the ship.
• Snow Venerable spotted the Ten Thousand Seas Divine Turtle and the Heaven-Swallowing Tiger King hiding among the wreckage and drove them back with frost swords.
• Snow Swallow urged Snow Venerable to capture the two Beast Venerables and Teng Bahun as hostages, and Sikong Jing threatened to defect to Golden Bright Emperor if she pursued them.

Sikong Jing used his pure Nine Heavens Sword Dao to keep Snow Venerable from pursuing the two Beast Venerables, but his battered ship was close to collapse. Golden Bright Emperor abandoned the chase and attacked Snow Venerable to claim her ship and pursue Sikong Jing, leaving the chapter with the two factions battling above her vessel.

• Sikong Jing revealed his pure Nine Heavens Sword Dao to Golden Bright Emperor and continued killing his subordinates, forcing Snow Venerable to keep chasing him instead of seizing the two Beast Venerables.
• The two Beast Venerables escaped toward the Spirit Seal Realm, while the ship spirit warned Sikong Jing that his battered Divine Cosmos Ship was nearly destroyed.
• Golden Bright Emperor ordered Mingzhu and the survivors off the ship, then stopped pursuing Sikong Jing and charged at Snow Venerable to take her vessel.
• Snow Venerable rejected Golden Bright Emperor's demand to bring his thousands of subordinates aboard and attacked him before they could arrive.
• Mingzhu and the others joined Golden Bright Emperor, and their forces fought Snow Venerable and Snow Swallow above the snow-white Divine Cosmos Ship.

Sikong Jing sabotaged Golden Bright Emperor and Snow Venerable’s negotiations, then abandoned his broken ship to force Golden Bright to attack Snow Venerable’s vessel. As the two Seventh Tribulation powerhouses resumed fighting, Sikong Jing fled deeper into the Burial Emperor Tomb and began preparing to break through into the Emperor Venerable Realm.

• Sikong Jing secretly used Yin Spirit Evil Qi to kill one of Golden Bright Emperor’s subordinates, and Snow Venerable recognized his attempt to reignite the conflict.
• Sikong Jing urged Golden Bright Emperor to destroy Snow Venerable’s Divine Cosmos Ship, then vanished from his broken ship and sent it crashing into her vessel.
• Golden Bright Emperor attacked Snow Venerable’s ship, and the broken ship exploded while damaging the snow-white ship.
• Sikong Jing escaped deeper into the Burial Emperor Tomb as Golden Bright Emperor and Snow Venerable continued fighting behind him.
• Sikong Jing concealed himself, strengthened his Mad Beast Sword Dao, and began preparing to enter the Emperor Venerable Realm.

Sikong Jing evaded Snow Venerable and Golden Bright Emperor by entering a Wind Absolute Spirit deadly place, where he cultivated and delayed them as his Emperor Venerable aura grew. Meanwhile, Shan Qiansu completed his Burial Emperor Tribulation and became a Seventh Tribulation Emperor Venerable, while Tian Wuan and Xue Lin were still undergoing theirs.

• Sikong Jing found a massive tomb whose formation helped him destroy Snow Venerable's Snow White Ship before he escaped the two pursuers.
• Sikong Jing entered a deadly place containing sixth-rank Wind Absolute Spirits, while Snow Venerable ordered Snow Swallow to capture his loved ones and Golden Bright Emperor deployed Mingzhu and several thousand people to guard the area.
• Sikong Jing found a few seventh-rank Wind Absolute Spirits and chose to cultivate at the center of the deadly place, using their auras to keep the two Seventh Tribulations cautious.
• After six months of pursuit and cultivation, Sikong Jing's Emperor Venerable aura had grown stronger as he prepared to advance with the strongest foundation possible.
• Shan Qiansu emerged from his Burial Emperor Tribulation, defeated the final Seventh Tribulation with one punch, and announced that he had become a Seventh Tribulation Emperor Venerable.
• Shan Qiansu told Tian Wuan and Xue Lin that he had been the first to overcome the Burial Emperor Tribulation, while they were still undergoing theirs.