Chapter Summaries

After surviving the seventh tribulation, Shan Qiansu searched for a way to remove Sikong Jing’s Fire Evil Spirit and found evidence that Sikong Jing had destroyed the Longfir Tomb. He hid when a ship from the Origin Universe arrived, and its occupants realized they had encountered someone from the Vast Cosmos Great World.

• Shan Qiansu left Tian Wuan and Xue Lin to continue their tribulations while he searched for a way to remove the Fire Evil Spirits controlling their lives.
• Tian Wuan passed the seventh tribulation half a day later and went to find Shan Qiansu, leaving Xue Lin struggling alone.
• Shan Qiansu examined the wreckage of the Longfir Tomb and identified its former owner as the Eight-Tribulation Emperor Venerable Longfir Emperor.
• Shan Qiansu sensed a surge of evil baleful aura and hid in the tomb fragments as a massive ship approached.
• Mu Bujun and Elder Gong arrived aboard the Divine Cosmos Ship, recognized the Nine Heavens Sword Dao aura, and said they had finally encountered people from the Vast Cosmos Great World.

Mu Bujun’s group captured Shan Qiansu and confirmed that the Primordial Cosmos Great World was preparing for the Burial Emperor Battlefield’s opening. As Shan Qiansu’s ancient bloodline awakened, he resisted their interrogation, and Elder Gong found a strand of Nine Heavens Sword Qi in his spirit platform.

• Elder Gong trapped Shan Qiansu in a cage of Sword Qi and dragged him aboard Mu Bujun’s Divine Cosmos Ship.
• Mu Bujun revealed that he and his companions had crossed from the Primordial Cosmos Great World to investigate the Ten Absolute Emperor before the Burial Emperor Battlefield opened.
• Shan Qiansu realized Sikong Jing and the Shadow Moon Demon Rat had told the truth, while his ancient bloodline began to awaken.
• Shan Qiansu attacked Mu Bujun, but Elder Gong stomped him down and began interrogating him by force.
• Elder Gong discovered a strand of pure Nine Heavens Sword Qi in Shan Qiansu’s spirit platform, and Mu Bujun ordered the group to continue the interrogation.

Tian Wuan’s ancient Celestial Race memories awakened as he overheard Mu Bujun’s people interrogating Shan Qiansu about the Primordial Cosmos and the route to the Vast Cosmos. He used Heavenly Dao Hidden Spirit to rescue Shan Qiansu from Elder Gong’s attack, then vanished with him into the evil baleful gas.

• Tian Wuan’s Celestial Race bloodline memories awakened near the Longfir Tomb, and he gained the concealment technique Heavenly Dao Hidden Spirit.
• Tian Wuan overheard Shan Qiansu reveal that the Ten Absolute Emperor had sealed the Vast Cosmos Great World and the Spirit Seal Realm, and he realized the Primordial Cosmos might learn of the route through the Dark Demon Small World.
• Tian Wuan decided to protect the route and raced toward Mu Bujun’s Divine Cosmos Ship as Shan Qiansu began explaining how Sikong Jing had brought them from the Vast Cosmos.
• A rift opened above the ship, and the Heavenly Dao Judgment Sword interrupted the interrogation as Tian Wuan shouted for Shan Qiansu to run.
• Shan Qiansu attacked Elder Gong with mountains and the Judgment Sword, but Elder Gong shattered them; Tian Wuan seized Shan Qiansu and escaped into the evil baleful gas.

Tian Wuan and Shan Qiansu were trapped by Elder Gong’s seal and fled after awakening their bloodlines, crushing their signal beads as they escaped. Sikong Jing sensed their signal and discovered that Shan Qiansu’s Nine Heavens Sword Qi restriction had vanished, suggesting a new Origin Universe invader had removed it.

• Elder Gong sealed a million-zhang area around Tian Wuan and Shan Qiansu, then began draining away the evil Killing Intent that concealed them.
• Tian Wuan and Shan Qiansu realized they could not hide or outrun the Divine Cosmos Ship, and they awakened surging power from their ancient bloodlines.
• The pair broke through Elder Gong’s light barrier, acquired aura marks, and continued fleeing as the Divine Cosmos Ship pursued them.
• Tian Wuan and Shan Qiansu crushed the signal beads Sikong Jing had left them, hoping he could help them escape.
• Sikong Jing sensed both signals while cultivating in the Wind Absolute Spirit region and found that Shan Qiansu’s Nine Heavens Sword Qi restriction had disappeared, suggesting someone who cultivated the Nine Heavens Sword Dao had removed it.

Tian Wuan and Shan Qiansu escaped Elder Gong by awakening ancient bloodline techniques, but Elder Gong redirected his pursuit toward Xue Lin. They warned Xue Lin of the approaching ship and pursued it, determined to expose the Ten Absolute Emperor's conspiracy.

• Tian Wuan and Shan Qiansu fought their way free of Elder Gong's domain and spent ten days mastering ancient methods while fleeing.
• Tian Wuan learned a Celestial Race secret art that erased their Origin Universe power lock-on, allowing them to hide with Heavenly Dao Hidden Spirit.
• Mu Bujun ordered Elder Gong to capture someone who could reveal the situation with the Nine Heavens Sword Dao, and Elder Gong sensed Xue Lin undergoing tribulation nearby.
• Tian Wuan and Shan Qiansu realized Elder Gong's ship was heading for Xue Lin, so Tian Wuan warned her to kill herself and hide a spirit-shadow clone if she could not finish her tribulation in time.
• Tian Wuan and Shan Qiansu pursued Elder Gong's ship and resolved to return to the Vast Cosmos Great World to expose the Ten Absolute Emperor's conspiracy and aid the Anti-Seal Faction.

Xue Lin self-destructed during her Burial Emperor Tribulation, while Mu Bujun entered the Nine Heavens Emperor’s formation and Sikong Jing reached the Emperor Venerable Realm. As an unknown intruder approached the Dark Demon Small World, Snow Venerable and the Golden Bright Emperor found Sikong Jing and prepared to confront him.

• Xue Lin split off a spirit-shadow clone, attached it to a ring, and detonated herself to escape the Burial Emperor Tribulation and Sikong Jing’s Sword Qi control.
• Mu Bujun sensed the Nine Heavens Emperor’s formation and passed through it unharmed using his Imperial Bloodline and Nine Heavens Sword Dao.
• Sikong Jing reached the Emperor Venerable Realm, causing the Four Absolutes mark on his body to disappear.
• The Snow-Tempered Sword Spirit warned Sikong Jing that someone was trying to enter the Dark Demon Small World, and Sikong Jing feared the intruder had the Nine Heavens Emperor’s inheritance or essence blood.
• Snow Venerable and the Golden Bright Emperor emerged from the sixth-grade Wind Absolute Spirits, located Sikong Jing, and explained that his breakthrough had revealed his position and the spirits’ grade.

Sikong Jing used the Wind Absolute Spirits to hold off Snow Venerable and Golden Bright Emperor, then seemingly killed himself to activate the Snow-Tempered Sword and escape with the First Ten Thousand Beasts Heavenly Prison. Snow Venerable concluded that he had likely survived and would use his two spirit shadows to reshape his body.

• Snow Venerable and Golden Bright Emperor moved to capture Sikong Jing and force him to surrender the Nine Heavens Sword Dao.
• Sikong Jing unleashed the Wind Absolute Spirit Great Storm, forcing the two Origin Universe experts to defend themselves.
• Sikong Jing opened the First Ten Thousand Beasts Heavenly Prison, declared he would never surrender the Nine Heavens Sword Dao or the Spirit Root Divine Willow, and destroyed his body and spirit platform.
• Sikong Jing's two spirit shadows and corpse entered the prison, while his essence blood wrapped around it and the Snow-Tempered Sword carried them out of the forbidden land at tremendous speed.
• The Wind Absolute Spirits fled the territory, leaving Snow Venerable and Golden Bright Emperor stunned.
• Snow Venerable reasoned that Sikong Jing had activated the sword's hidden power through self-annihilation and would likely use his spirit shadows to reshape his body.

Snow Venerable and Golden Bright Emperor turned back toward the Spirit Seal Realm after losing most of their forces, while Sikong Jing’s spirit shadow explained his planned death and awaited the Snow-Tempered Sword’s mission to restore him. Meanwhile, Sikong Jing’s forces continued to push back their enemies across the Spirit Seal Realm.

• Golden Bright Emperor found that Wind Absolute Spirits had killed nearly all his remaining subordinates, leaving only Mingzhu and fewer than a hundred others alive.
• Snow Venerable decided to return to the Spirit Seal Realm, capture people important to Sikong Jing, and use them as hostages; Snow Swallow reported that Sikong Jing’s forces were driving back four and a half Heaven Emperor Palaces.
• Snow Venerable and Golden Bright Emperor headed for the Spirit Seal Realm, while Golden Bright Emperor worried about explaining their failure to Absolute Spirit Emperor.
• Liu Duoye found Sikong Jing’s corpse and spirit shadows, and Sikong Jing’s Human-Form Spirit Shadow told her he had deliberately died to trigger the Snow-Tempered Sword’s mission.
• Sikong Jing learned that the Snow-Tempered Sword’s return would take as long as the Yin Spirit Evil Qi needed to drag someone to the Burial Emperor Tomb.
• After seven months of war, Sikong Jing’s coalition continued to gain ground, morale weakened among the opposing palaces, and half of the Flame Prison Palace showed signs of defecting.

Sikong Jing’s Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow learned that his true body had died and that the two Beast Venerables had returned, prompting a race to seize the Spirit Seal Realm before Snow Venerable and the Golden Bright Emperor came back. Meanwhile, Mu Bujun faced the Nine Heavens Emperor’s trial at the entrance to the Dark Demon Small World, where Tian Wuan, Shan Qiansu, and Xue Lin regrouped and worried about stopping the Origin Universe forces.

• The Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow told the King of Night Charms that Sikong Jing’s true body had died, then learned the Heaven-Swallowing Tiger King and the Ten Thousand Seas Divine Turtle had emerged near the Burial Emperor Tomb under attack.
• The two Beast Venerables led their pursuers back toward the Burial Emperor Tomb while bringing Teng Bahun, Feng Shixian, and people from the Second Ten Thousand Beasts Heavenly Prison with them.
• After contacting the Beast Venerables, the Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow estimated Snow Venerable and the Golden Bright Emperor would return in two or three months and ordered an all-out campaign to take the Spirit Seal Realm.
• Mu Bujun triggered the Nine Heavens Emperor’s formation at the Dark Demon Small World entrance and began comprehending its sword-radiance trial while Elder Gong’s group waited outside.
• Tian Wuan and Shan Qiansu reached the entrance, retrieved Xue Lin’s spirit shadow avatar, and learned that she had failed her tribulation.
• Xue Lin, Tian Wuan, and Shan Qiansu agreed the Origin Universe threat was real, but Shan Qiansu said the two of them could not defeat the Origin Universe Eight-Tribulation without Xue Lin’s strength.

Tian Wuan and the others learned that Mu Jianzi was challenging the Nine Heavens Emperor's formation, while Sikong Jing's sword spirit gathered their report and returned to him. Several days later, Sikong Jing began reconstructing his heart, dantian, and Spirit Platform consciousness sea at the eighth level of the Nine Heavens Restriction.

• Shan Qiansu deduced that Mu Jianzi could challenge the formation because he had obtained the Nine Heavens Emperor's inheritance, while Tian Wuan's group could neither stop him nor enter the formation.
• The Snow-Tempered Sword Spirit returned to question Tian Wuan, Shan Qiansu, and Xue Lin, who recounted their encounter with Mu Jianzi and learned that Sikong Jing was dead.
• Sikong Jing's spirit shadows concluded that two of Tian Wuan's group had passed the Burial Emperor Tribulation and would join the Anti-Seal Faction, then sent the Snow-Tempered Sword Spirit back toward the Dark Demon Small World.
• Mu Bujun mistook the passing sword for a sign that another Nine Heavens Emperor inheritance was acknowledging him and continued challenging the formation.
• The Snow-Tempered Sword Spirit explained that the formation tested candidates for the Nine Heavens Emperor's experiment, and that Mu Jianzi had earned preliminary recognition.
• Several days later, Sikong Jing reached the eighth level of the Nine Heavens Restriction and began reconstructing his heart, dantian, and Spirit Platform consciousness sea.

Sikong Jing revived on the eighth floor as the Nine Heavens Demon Blood and Nine Heavens Sword Intent rebuilt his body, spirit platform, and dantians. He wrested control of the transformation for his own Mad Beast Sword Dao and Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts bloodline, then prepared to break into the Emperor Venerable Realm again.

• The Snow-Tempered Sword Spirit threw Sikong Jing's corpse and spirit shadows onto the eighth floor, where the Nine Heavens Demon Blood rebuilt his heart and the Nine Heavens Sword Intent reconstructed his spirit platform.
• Sikong Jing realized the Nine Heavens Emperor's power could remake him and awaken a new consciousness, so his two spirit shadows entered his spirit platform to preserve his memories and impose his will.
• Sikong Jing overpowered the Nine Heavens Emperor's transformation will and forced the Demon Blood and Sword Intent to support his own cultivation.
• Sikong Jing directed his spirit shadows to control his dantians, making the Mad Beast Sword Intent and Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts bloodline dominant as he battled the invading powers.
• Sikong Jing's body, dantians, and spirit platform stabilized, his soul essence recovered to one hundred percent, and he resolved to enter the Emperor Venerable Realm again.

Sikong Jing learned that the Snow-Tempered Sword would aid whichever of the Nine Heavens Emperor’s successors won their conflict, then emerged from the Dark Demon Small World to confront Mu Bujun. Mu Bujun attacked him with the Nine Heavens One Sword, beginning their battle.

• The Snow-Tempered Sword Spirit told Sikong Jing that Mu Bujun had passed the formation trial and that it would help whichever successor prevailed.
• Mu Bujun reached the small vortex entrance and prepared to enter, while Elder Gong celebrated the prospect of claiming the Nine Heavens Emperor’s inheritance.
• Tian Wuan, Shan Qiansu, and Xue Lin watched helplessly as Mu Bujun approached the entrance and the Snow-Tempered Sword appeared before him.
• Sikong Jing stepped out of the vortex and told Mu Bujun that the Snow-Tempered Sword still belonged to the Nine Heavens Emperor.
• Mu Bujun demanded to know what was inside, then attacked Sikong Jing with the Nine Heavens One Sword.

Sikong Jing appeared at the Dark Demon entrance and fought Origin Universe’s Sword Son Mu, initially overpowering him with his Nine Heavens Sword Dao. Mu Bujun then revealed that his stronger Nine Heavens Imperial Bloodline could suppress Sikong Jing, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Sikong Jing emerged from the Dark Demon Small World and clashed swords with Mu Bujun, matching the One-Tribulation Emperor Venerable despite being a peak Quasi-Emperor.
• Xue Lin and Shan Qiansu explained that Sikong Jing had died, returned to the Dark Demon Small World, and been revived there.
• Sikong Jing’s superior Nine Heavens Sword Dao let him defeat Mu Bujun in their first fierce exchange.
• Mu Bujun resumed the fight and revealed his Nine Heavens Imperial Bloodline, which suppressed Sikong Jing’s sword qi.
• Sikong Jing realized Mu Bujun’s bloodline was stronger because it came from the Nine Heavens Emperor at a more powerful stage, while he continued to wonder why she had left an essence-blood inheritance in the Primordial Cosmos Great World.

Sikong Jing used his Nine Heavens Magic Beast demon vein to overpower Mu Bujun, but Mu Bujun drew on Elder Gong’s Imperial Might Mountain secret art to suppress Sikong Jing’s bloodlines and halt his breakthrough. The chapter ended with Tian Wuan, Shan Qiansu, and Xue Lin searching for a way to help as Sikong Jing faced the suppression.

• Sikong Jing revealed his Blood Devour Magic Beast demon vein and drove Mu Bujun back with his Nine Heavens Sword Dao.
• Mu Bujun swallowed a pill and unleashed sword qi approaching the power of a Two-Tribulation Emperor Venerable, suppressing Sikong Jing.
• Sikong Jing began breaking through to the Emperor Venerable Realm, prompting Mu Bujun to ask Elder Gong for a way to increase his power.
• Elder Gong told Mu Bujun to use Imperial Might Mountain’s Imperial Bloodline Frenzy to suppress Sikong Jing’s bloodlines.
• Mu Bujun’s secret art extinguished Sikong Jing’s Demon Vein and Nine Heavens Imperial Bloodline auras, stopping his breakthrough.
• Xue Lin asked Shan Qiansu and Tian Wuan for a method to counter the suppression, but Shan Qiansu said their bloodline techniques could not be used by Sikong Jing.

Sikong Jing used the Mad Beast Sword Dao to break Mu Bujun’s suppression and overpower him inside the Nine Heavens Emperor Sword Formation. Mu Bujun fled in a Divine Cosmos Ship, but Sikong Jing wounded and captured him, while the formation’s spirits drove Elder Gong back.

• Sikong Jing unleashed the Mad Beast Sword Dao, shattering Mu Bujun’s sword qi and forcing him to defend himself with all his power.
• Sikong Jing explained that Mu Bujun’s Imperial Bloodline Rampage could suppress his Imperial Bloodline and Demon Vein, but could not suppress the Mad Beast Sword Strike.
• Mu Bujun recognized Sikong Jing as the source of a threatening presence he had sensed months earlier, then fled aboard a Divine Cosmos Ship.
• Sikong Jing’s sword pierced Mu Bujun’s shoulder and destroyed the ship, leaving Mu Bujun unconscious and trapped in a Sword Qi cage.
• Elder Gong charged into the formation to rescue Mu Bujun, but the Fire Evil Spirits and Wind Absolute Spirits attacked him and forced him to retreat.

Sikong Jing tried to force Elder Gong to surrender the Divine Cosmos Ship and reveal the Nine Heavens Alliance’s secrets, but Elder Gong killed Mu Bujun through his second spirit shadow. Sikong Jing extracted the Nine Heavens Emperor’s essence blood, while Elder Gong revealed that he knew Sikong Jing could lead them to the Vast Cosmos Great World.

• Sikong Jing demanded Elder Gong surrender the Divine Cosmos Ship and answer questions about the Nine Heavens Emperor and the Imperial Bloodline.
• Elder Gong used Mu Bujun’s second spirit shadow to destroy his true body, fearing he would reveal the Nine Heavens Alliance’s ultimate secret.
• Mu Bujun’s surviving spirit shadow accused Elder Gong of killing him, and Elder Gong said the secret could not be known by anyone from the Vast Cosmos.
• Sikong Jing gathered Mu Bujun’s remains and extracted the Nine Heavens Emperor’s essence blood.
• Elder Gong revealed that his group had learned Sikong Jing’s name and believed the Nine Heavens Emperor’s little vortex could lead to the Vast Cosmos Great World.

Elder Gong revealed that the Primordial Cosmos planned to invade the Vast Cosmos through the Nine Heavens Emperor’s passage, then left for the Burial Emperor Battlefield. Sikong Jing resolved to investigate and seal the passage, while warning Tian Wuan, Shan Qiansu, and Xue Lin that they could not safely return to the Vast Cosmos yet.

• Elder Gong said other Nine Heavens Sword Sons and Sword Maidens could enter the formation and that the Primordial Cosmos would join forces with the Ten Absolute Emperor to invade the Vast Cosmos.
• Elder Gong turned the Divine Cosmos Ship toward the Burial Emperor Battlefield and warned Sikong Jing to achieve Emperorhood before the Primordial Cosmos army arrived.
• The Snow-Tempered Sword Spirit told Sikong Jing that an Emperor fused with the Nine Heavens Emperor’s essence blood could enter the Dark Demon Small World and potentially help break the formation.
• Sikong Jing decided to investigate and seal the passage before the Burial Emperor War, then called Tian Wuan, Shan Qiansu, and Xue Lin out of hiding.
• Sikong Jing confirmed that the Celestial Race clan chief was the Heaven-Sunder Emperor and explained that the Ten Absolute’s control of the Dark Demon Realm Ring made returning too dangerous.

Sikong Jing sent Tian Wuan and the other two back to the Spirit Seal Realm with instructions and cultivation methods, then repaired his ship and headed toward the Burial Emperor Battlefield. Meanwhile, Absolute Sword Emperor reported that Absolute Spirit Emperor had not awakened, though a trace of vitality from the purified Spirit Root Divine Willow had appeared.

• Sikong Jing told Tian Wuan and the other two to fight the Origin Universe invaders, destroy Absolute Spirit Emperor's phantom incarnation, and gather the Spirit Seal Realm to break through the seal.
• Sikong Jing sent Tian Wuan and the other two back with Green Jade Stone Bricks containing his new insights and the Nine Heavens Sword Dao cultivation method.
• Sikong Jing gave Mu Bujun's Nine Heavens Essence Blood to Snow-Tempered Sword Spirit, explaining that he wanted to forge his own path rather than risk his foundation.
• Sikong Jing repaired Mu Bujun's tiny Divine Cosmos Ship and set off toward the depths of the Burial Emperor Tomb.
• Absolute Sword Emperor told Ling Dao that Absolute Spirit Emperor had not awakened, but now showed a trace of vitality from the purified Spirit Root Divine Willow.

The Absolute Pill Emperor mobilized the Ten Absolutes to find and capture Sikong Jing after learning that his mark had vanished, unaware that Sikong Jing had already left the Dark Demon Small World. Meanwhile, the Anti-Seal Faction prepared for his return, and the Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow ordered a scheme against Green Leaf Palace as Green Leaf underwent his Fifth Tribulation.

• The Absolute Pill Emperor ordered an alert and a grand searching formation after the Four Absolutes confirmed Sikong Jing’s mark had disappeared and learned he had reached the Imperial Venerable Realm.
• The Absolute Pill Emperor decided to examine the sleeping Absolute Spirit Emperor after hearing that purified Spirit Root Divine Willow vitality had emerged through the Heroic Spirit Hall.
• Chen Lusheng summoned the Anti-Seal Faction’s leaders after scouts reported the Ten Absolutes were searching for someone, and he ordered preparations to receive Sikong Jing and attack the Southern Heavenly Heroic Spirit Divine Region.
• A month after Sikong Jing’s true body set off for the Burial Emperor Battlefield, the Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow learned that Green Leaf had been drawn away to undergo the Fifth Tribulation.
• The Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow ordered the Heaven-Swallowing Tiger King and Senior Divine Turtle to use Young Master Feng Shixian to turn Green Leaf Palace’s major generals against it.

Sikong Jing’s Demonic-Form Spirit Shadow took control of the Spirit Seal Realm while Snow Venerable and the Golden Bright Emperor failed to retake it. After Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor returned from his Fifth Tribulation, Absolute Spirit Emperor seized him to possess his body.

• Feng Cuisheng led the Azure Wind General Camp in rebelling from Green Leaf Palace, and Flame Prison Palace defected to Sikong Jing’s side.
• Sikong Jing’s forces drove the remaining Heaven Emperor Palace forces into the Burial Emperor Tomb and took the Spirit Seal Realm.
• Snow Venerable and the Golden Bright Emperor counterattacked with their forces but were repelled by the united armies of the Spirit Seal Realm.
• Snow Venerable and the Golden Bright Emperor met Absolute Spirit Emperor, who told them Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor’s tribulation was meant to make him a powerful vessel for taking control of the realm.
• Green Leaf Heavenly Emperor returned after passing his Fifth Tribulation and met Absolute Spirit Emperor, who dragged him into the seal and declared he would possess his body.