Chapter Summaries

Sikong Jing used the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion’s poisoned stinger to defeat Fu Wang and force their negotiations onto his terms. Fu Wang fled for Overlord Heaven City, vowing revenge, while Sikong Jing told him to seek him out if he needed an antidote.

• Sikong Jing overwhelmed Fu Wang with the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion and dozens of treasures, keeping Fu Wang from attacking too recklessly for fear of attracting Tyrant Lotus Venerable.
• Sikong Jing revealed that his attacks had set up the flying scorpion’s tail-stinger strike, which poisoned Fu Wang.
• Sikong Jing knocked the poisoned Fu Wang to the ground and said they could talk, while Duanmu Chun realized Sikong Jing had planned for this outcome.
• Fu Wang refused to vote for Sikong Jing, suppressed the poison, and fled toward Overlord Heaven City after threatening revenge.
• Sikong Jing did not pursue Fu Wang and told him to come to the Teng Residence if he could not find an antidote.

Sikong Jing poisoned and drove off Fu Wang, then left with his companions for Overlord Heaven City. Two Earth Deciders watched him depart, and Old Yu urged Old Xin to protect Ba Hun's successor despite his rebellious methods.

• Sikong Jing warned Fu Wang to seek him at Teng Residence without bringing a crowd, and Fu Wang left without revealing his defeat.
• Bai Xiaojin praised Sikong Jing, while Leng Sha and Duanmu Chun asked after him and worried Fu Wang could find an antidote.
• Sikong Jing revealed that he had layered Fu Wang's scorpion venom with poison from Pei Yuzheng and his own poison.
• Sikong Jing sensed two Earth Deciders watching from the darkness but left with his companions aboard the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion.
• Old Yu asked Old Xin whether Fu Wang's defeat had changed his mind about protecting Sikong Jing, and defended Sikong Jing's retaliation as justified.

Yu Liman persuaded Old Xin that the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce should support and protect Sikong Jing, even if he became a second Su Old Devil. On the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion, Sikong Jing began testing his disciples’ talent for hammer techniques, and Leng Sha struggled badly.

• Yu Liman argued that Sikong Jing’s bond with the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion made him a Venerable-level beast rider and deserved the Earth Deciders’ support.
• Yu Liman declared that the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce should protect Sikong Jing, even if he became a second Su Old Devil, and Old Xin began to accept the need to support him.
• Bai Xiaojin asked Sikong Jing to teach her hammer techniques, so he demonstrated the War Demon Hammer and had her imitate it.
• Bai Xiaojin copied the routine impressively after seeing it once, revealing her strong talent for hammer techniques.
• Leng Sha tried the hammer routine but managed only two swings before tiring, leaving him afraid Sikong Jing would expel him from the sect.

Sikong Jing healed Leng Sha’s affliction after testing his resolve, allowing Leng Sha to unleash his true strength and regain his standing. Leng Sha remained on a three-month probation, while Bai Xiaojin began learning three moves of the War Demon Hammer.

• Leng Sha begged Sikong Jing to let him stay, even as an ordinary menial, while Bai Xiaojin questioned whether he could learn hammer techniques.
• Sikong Jing told Leng Sha he would give him three months and recorded three moves of the War Demon Hammer for Bai Xiaojin to study.
• Sikong Jing gave Leng Sha a strand of blood to swallow, which opened his meridians and ended the affliction that had limited his true qi to three breaths.
• Leng Sha’s Sea Soaring Realm power and seventh-grade battle body emerged, and he realized Sikong Jing had restored his ability to speak before his grandfather.
• Sikong Jing explained that Leng Sha’s persistence had earned him the chance to stay, but warned that the three months remained a probationary period and that he could make the affliction return.

Sikong Jing cured Leng Sha’s condition, accepted him as a disciple on a three-month trial, and gave him the Ice Eternal Shield Strike. Leng Sha began cultivating, while Duanmu Chun realized their support in the coming vote was growing.

• Sikong Jing gave Leng Sha an inscribed Green Jade Tube and warned him to master its contents within three months to remain his disciple.
• Leng Sha thanked Sikong Jing with three kowtows, then learned that poison from an Ice Red Threadworm and a Golden Thunder Poison Crow had caused his condition.
• Leng Sha discovered the Ice Eternal Shield Strike in the Green Jade Tube and began cultivating the technique.
• Duanmu Chun asked how Sikong Jing had diagnosed and cured Leng Sha, but Sikong Jing dismissed it as a coincidence.
• Duanmu Chun said Leng Chan and Fu Wang might give them two votes, and Sikong Jing agreed their luck was good.
• An ice-colored shield appeared from Leng Sha’s direction, and Sikong Jing explained that he had created the Ice Eternal Shield Strike for Leng Sha.

Sikong Jing trained the Teng Residence and his followers while Earth Decider Fu Wang’s poison worsened on the eve of the Heavenly Judgment Hall’s second vote. With death closing in and no time to reach another alchemist, Fu Wang went alone to seek Sikong Jing.

• Sikong Jing returned to the Teng Residence with Duanmu Chun and the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion, then began teaching martial arts tailored to the people gathered there.
• Bai Xiaojin and Leng Sha devoted themselves to training, with Leng Sha facing a three-month test to remain Sikong Jing’s disciple.
• Fu Wang’s invited alchemists failed to cure the three poisons ravaging him, and he ordered them to keep his condition secret.
• Fu Wang told his guard he would not vote for Sikong Jing at the coming vote, then suffered a poison flare-up that covered his body in scales and threatened his life.
• Fu Wang abandoned his plan to seek an alchemist outside the city and slipped out alone to find Sikong Jing.

Tyrant Fierce Venerable secured Leng Chan and Fu Wang’s opposition to Sikong Jing before the successor vote, then planned to ensure the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce would not protect him. Sikong Jing left for the Bai Residence with Duanmu Chun, while Leng Chan learned that Leng Sha had been missing for nine days.

• Tyrant Fierce Venerable persuaded Leng Chan not to vote for Ba Hun’s successor and learned that Fu Wang would also oppose Sikong Jing.
• Tyrant Fierce Venerable and Gong Ying planned to visit other Earth Deciders and Xi Tu to keep the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce from protecting Sikong Jing.
• Leng Sha returned to the Leng Residence as Tyrant Fierce Venerable and Gong Ying departed, while Bai Xiaojin left the Teng Residence after her father summoned her.
• Duanmu Chun told Sikong Jing that Tyrant Lotus Venerable had returned to the Bai Clan and invited them to a banquet introducing him to her followers.
• Sikong Jing left for the Bai Residence with Duanmu Chun after asking Yao Yulou to stall Fu Wang if he arrived.
• Leng Chan announced his decision to the Leng Family, and Leng Su revealed that Leng Sha had been missing for nine days.

Leng Sha returned to the Leng Family after reaching the Heavenly King Realm and found his father being mocked for asking the family to help search for him. When Leng Ao attacked him, Leng Sha struck back and stunned the family, declaring that he still had one breath left.

• Leng Xiao, Leng Xi, Leng Ao, and other Leng Family members insulted Leng Sha as Leng Su asked Leng Chan for help finding his missing son.
• Leng Chan agreed to let Leng Su take men to search, but Leng Sha arrived at the hall and told his father he had returned.
• Angry over the family’s treatment and Leng Sha’s failure to reply to his message bird, Leng Su tried to slap him, but Leng Sha dodged.
• Leng Ao challenged Leng Sha to defeat him within two breaths and swung at him, but Leng Sha sent him crashing to the ground with a slap.
• Leng Ao realized Leng Sha had reached the Heavenly King Realm, and Leng Sha coldly announced that he still had one breath left.

Leng Sha revealed that he had recovered and defeated Leng Ao, then told Leng Chan that Sikong Jing had cured him and was his master. Meanwhile, Sikong Jing arrived at the Bai Residence banquet, where the Tyrant Lotus Lineage gathered to welcome him as its future leader.

• Leng Sha struck Leng Ao twice, blocked his third charge with an Ice Eternal Shield, and sent him flying with the Ice Eternal Shield Strike.
• Leng Chan examined Leng Sha and celebrated his recovery, while Leng Sha credited his master, Sikong Jing, with curing his affliction.
• Leng Chan took Leng Sha to the garden, where Leng Sha began recounting what had happened during his disappearance.
• Sikong Jing and Duanmu Chun arrived at the Bai Residence, where Duanmu Chun told Sikong Jing that Tyrant Lotus Venerable would introduce him as the lineage's future leader.
• Bai Wei, Tyrant Lotus Venerable's Protector Venerable and Bai Xiaojin's father, came forward to greet Sikong Jing.

Tyrant Lotus Venerable tried to arrange a marriage between Sikong Jing and Bai Xiaojin to make him understand love and reveal Tyrant Soul Venerable’s whereabouts. Her plan collapsed when Sikong Jing revealed that Bai Xiaojin was already his disciple, leaving Duanmu Chun to explain how it happened.

• White Protector Venerable told Sikong Jing that Tyrant Lotus Venerable had recovered emotionally but still wanted him to reveal where Tyrant Soul Venerable was.
• Tyrant Lotus Venerable asked Sikong Jing’s age and announced that she intended to arrange a marriage for him.
• Tyrant Lotus Venerable called for Bai Xiaojin, whom she planned to betroth to Sikong Jing.
• Bai Xiaojin entered, delighted to see her master, and Sikong Jing revealed that she was already his disciple.
• Tyrant Lotus Venerable and the others were stunned, and Sikong Jing asked Duanmu Chun to explain.

Pei Yuxian met with South Wind Heavenly Decider and confirmed the Thousand Kings Holy Tower would publicly kill Ba Hun’s successor after the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce vote. She and Pei Yushan then set out to investigate Yao Yulou on Pei Kuang’s orders.

• Pei Yuxian warned South Wind that the Thousand Kings Holy Tower would take Ba Hun’s successor’s head, and South Wind assured her the vote would not protect him.
• Pei Yuxian demonstrated her overwhelming strength by scattering South Wind’s true energy with a sword formed from zither music, then ordered him to make the killing a public spectacle.
• South Wind left the tavern shaken, reflecting on the Thousand Kings Holy Tower’s power and expecting the vote and Sikong Jing’s death to go as planned.
• Pei Yuxian told Pei Yushan they would visit the Teng Residence to meet Yao Yulou and investigate whether Ba Hun’s successor was Sikong Buwang.

Leng Chan agreed to support Sikong Jing in the vote after learning how he had healed Leng Sha, while Bai Xiaojin’s impulsive decision to become Sikong Jing’s disciple enraged her family and Tyrant Lotus Venerable. The chapter left Duanmu Chun poised to explain the rest of what had happened.

• Leng Chan ordered the Leng Family to support Sikong Jing and had Leng Xiao and Leng Xi seized over the poisons they had used against Leng Sha.
• Leng Sha thanked Sikong Jing and promised his father, Leng Su, that he would no longer let him suffer.
• White Protector Venerable learned that Bai Xiaojin had knelt to Sikong Jing to become his disciple and angrily objected.
• Tyrant Lotus Venerable demanded that Bai Xiaojin dissolve the master-disciple relationship and marry Sikong Jing immediately.
• Sikong Jing asked Tyrant Lotus Venerable to let Duanmu Chun finish his explanation, and she agreed to hear the rest.

At the Bai Residence banquet, Sikong Jing used Leng Sha’s support and his own wife’s existence to stop the Tyrant Lotus Venerable from forcing a marriage. The Tyrant Lotus Venerable then revealed that she had failed to reach the Saint Martial Stage but had advanced to the final minor realm of Emperor Martial Stage, leaving her one step from becoming a top-tier Emperor.

• Duanmu Chun told the hall that Sikong Jing had won over Leng Chan and that the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion was in the Teng Residence.
• Sikong Jing and Duanmu Chun persuaded the Tyrant Lotus Venerable not to force Bai Xiaojin and Sikong Jing to end their master-disciple relationship, warning that doing so could cost Leng Chan’s vote.
• The Tyrant Lotus Venerable tried to find Sikong Jing another bride, but Sikong Jing said he already had a wife and asked her to let the matter go.
• The Bai Clan celebrated Sikong Jing and Bai Xiaojin’s master-disciple bond with fireworks, and Bai Xiaojin joked that they had found her an excellent master.
• The Tyrant Lotus Venerable told Sikong Jing she had sought a way to avoid suppression by reaching the Saint Martial Stage, but had failed and advanced to the fifth realm of the Emperor Martial Stage’s Emperor Realm.

The Tyrant Lotus Venerable took Sikong Jing to the Teng Residence's minor secret realm, hoping he could help her reach the top-tier Sovereign Realm. Meanwhile, Fu Wang waited in agony for an antidote, and Yao Yulou was summoned by an arriving expert from the Thousand Kings Holy Tower.

• The Tyrant Lotus Venerable explained that she needed to reach the top-tier Sovereign Realm to resist Murong Jianyun and strengthen her position in the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce.
• The Tyrant Lotus Venerable took Sikong Jing back to the Teng Residence, leaving the others at the Bai Residence banquet.
• Yao Yulou refused Fu Wang's demand to summon Sikong Jing and warned him to stay put or risk another sting from the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion.
• Yao Yulou's jade pendant signaled that an expert from the Thousand Kings Holy Tower was waiting nearby, and he went to face the summons, fearing his secret could endanger Jiang Wanyou.

Yao Yulou faced questioning and punishment from Pei Yushan and Pei Yuxian over Pei Yuzheng’s death and his actions alongside Sikong Jing. Pei Yuxian began a Spirit Platform consciousness interrogation, leaving Yao Yulou to face a perilous test.

• Yao Yulou arrived at the Teng Residence armory and found Pei Yuxian and Pei Yushan waiting with the unconscious Jiang Wanyou.
• Pei Yushan tested Yao Yulou’s composure by threatening Jiang Wanyou, then blasted and crushed Yao Yulou for failing to save Pei Yuzheng.
• Yao Yulou accepted the punishment and explained that Nether Protector Venerable had held him back while Sikong Jing used the city’s Army-Slaying Formation to kill Pei Yuzheng.
• Pei Yushan accused Yao Yulou of fleeing with Sikong Jing and failing to warn the Thousand Kings Holy Tower’s pursuers, while Yao Yulou claimed he had no chance to act and had prioritized the Fierce Charm Sacred Body mission.
• Pei Yuxian surrounded Yao Yulou with her Spirit Platform consciousness to detect any emotional fluctuation during the interrogation.

Old Xiu and Old He secretly watched Pei Yuxian interrogate Yao Yulou while Jiang Wanyou remained captive, and they chose to wait rather than risk exposing themselves. Sikong Jing hurried back to the Teng Residence with Tyrant Lotus Venerable, as Yao Yulou faced questions about his betrayal of the Thousand Kings Holy Tower.

• Old He urged Old Xiu to kill Pei Yuxian and her brother, but Old Xiu warned that attacking would expose them and endanger Yao Yulou, Jiang Wanyou, and her mother.
• Sikong Jing received Old Xiu's message about Pei Yuxian and Jiang Wanyou, then urged Tyrant Lotus Venerable to hurry back to the Teng Residence.
• Sikong Jing told Tyrant Lotus Venerable that Su Old Devil's remnants were helping him against the Thousand Kings Holy Tower and that the Demon Dream Witch story had been fabricated.
• Tyrant Lotus Venerable learned that Pei Yuxian, a top-tier Emperor, had arrived and sped toward the Teng Residence with Sikong Jing.
• Pei Yuxian asked Yao Yulou how the Thousand Kings envoy had died, and Yao Yulou answered that Xiu Hanzhi and He Congsheng had killed him.

Pei Yuxian and Pei Yushan interrogated Yao Yulou about Pei Feishan’s death, Hua Meixi’s battle body, and his withdrawal from the Eastern Tyrant Branch. After declaring the Fierce Charm Sacred Body mission over, Pei Yuxian ordered Jiang Wanyou and Hua Meixi killed.

• Pei Yuxian questioned Yao Yulou about Pei Feishan’s death, and he firmly blamed Yang Zhi.
• Yao Yulou explained that he had not reported Hua Meixi’s Eighth Rank Battle Body because he could not confirm she was the Fierce Charm Sacred Body and had planned to report to Pei Yuzheng.
• Yao Yulou said he had withdrawn from the Eastern Tyrant Branch to remain near Sikong Jing, whom he believed could ignite Sacred Bodies.
• Pei Yushan tested Yao Yulou by asking whether Sikong Jing was Sikong Buwang, and Yao Yulou denied that they were the same person.
• Pei Yuxian revealed that Hua Meixi had the Blood Charm Demon Cat bloodline rather than the Fierce Charm Sacred Body, and Yao Yulou feigned shock.
• Pei Yuxian declared Yao Yulou’s mission over and ordered Jiang Wanyou and Hua Meixi killed as remnants of Su Old Devil.

Pei Yuxian and Pei Yushan threatened Jiang Wanyou to test whether Yao Yulou would betray the Thousand Kings Holy Tower to save her. Sikong Jing’s message told Yao Yulou and the hidden rescuers to endure, leaving Jiang Wanyou still in danger as the Pei siblings prepared to act.

• Pei Yuxian urged Pei Yushan to kill Jiang Wanyou and assigned Yao Yulou to kill Hua Meixi, deliberately provoking Yao Yulou.
• Yao Yulou begged Pei Yushan to spare Jiang Wanyou and admitted he had developed feelings for her, while insisting he had not betrayed the Thousand Kings Holy Tower.
• Pei Yuxian ordered Pei Yushan to kill Jiang Wanyou, forcing Yao Yulou to choose between fighting for her and endangering his family.
• Sikong Jing sent a bird bearing the message “Endure it. Don't worry!” to Yao Yulou, Old Xiu, and Old He, stopping them from acting.
• Yao Yulou suppressed his urge to fight and claimed his affection for Jiang Wanyou was useless to him, convincing the Pei siblings that he remained trustworthy.
• Pei Yuxian said she would report Yao Yulou to their father, then ordered Pei Yushan to kill Jiang Wanyou before they left.

Pei Yuxian and Pei Yushan attacked the Teng Residence, prompting Tyrant Lotus Venerable and the Tyrant Heaven experts to respond. As Pei Yushan moved to kill Jiang Wanyou, Sikong Jing arrived and bought Yao Yulou time to escape with her.

• Tyrant Lotus Venerable confronted Pei Yuxian at the Teng Residence, while Murong Jianyun, Bei Cang, and other Tyrant Heaven experts rushed to intervene.
• Pei Yushan prepared to kill Jiang Wanyou and ordered Yao Yulou to kill Hua Meixi afterward, but Yao Yulou stayed calm and pretended to obey.
• Sikong Jing attacked Pei Yushan with the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion and a halberd strike, but Pei Yushan blasted both aside with golden punches.
• Sikong Jing called for Yao Yulou to flee with Jiang Wanyou, and Pei Yushan allowed Yao Yulou to carry her away to preserve his cover.

Yao Yulou escaped with Jiang Wanyou after Sikong Jing’s warnings helped keep his cover intact, while Old Xiu and his people withdrew from the Teng Residence. Sikong Jing faced Pei Yushan with the Raging Flower Battle Team and the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion as Pei Yuxian fought Tyrant Lotus Venerable overhead.

• Yao Yulou fled with the unconscious Jiang Wanyou and thanked Sikong Jing for helping him avoid exposure and save her.
• Old Xiu led his people away from the Teng Residence, confident Sikong Jing could hold out until Murong Jianyun arrived.
• Pei Yuxian’s sonic sword blades overwhelmed Tyrant Lotus Venerable’s ghostly lotuses in the battle above the residence.
• Pei Yushan battered the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion, while Sikong Jing held back his mount-merging trump card and confirmed Hua Meixi was safe.
• Sikong Jing formed the Sikong Army-Slaying Formation with the two teams and combined its punch with the Scorpion Tail Needle to cancel Pei Yushan’s third attack.