Chapter Summaries

Sikong Jing used the Qianyuan Battle-Killing Formation to track Pei Yushan, but Tyrant Lotus Venerable’s fall interrupted his attack and Pei Yuxian moved to take her arm. Murong Jianyun intervened with a single sword strike, cutting apart Pei Yuxian’s zither attack before his sword beam flashed across Overlord Heaven Outer City.

• Sikong Jing changed to the Qianyuan Battle-Killing Formation and discovered that Pei Yushan had entered the Heavenly Wolf Team’s ranks.
• Tyrant Lotus Venerable was blasted down by Pei Yuxian, and her aura forced Sikong Jing to abandon his planned Qianyuan Sword Slaying and shield those beneath him.
• Pei Yuxian descended and declared that she would spare Sikong Jing for the moment but take one of Tyrant Lotus Venerable’s arms.
• Pei Yuxian launched a zither attack at Tyrant Lotus Venerable despite Murong Jianyun’s warning to stop.
• Murong Jianyun sent a blazing sword beam from Overlord Heaven Inner City that sliced apart Pei Yuxian’s zither-note ripples and streaked across Overlord Heaven Outer City.

Murong Jianyun stopped Pei Yuxian from attacking Tyrant Lotus Venerable, but Pei Yuxian threatened to return tomorrow and take Sikong Jing’s head. Seriously injured and unable to match a top-tier Emperor, Tyrant Lotus Venerable took Sikong Jing to Teng Residence’s small secret realm to seek a way to reach that realm before dawn.

• Murong Jianyun arrived and broke Pei Yuxian’s sonic attack, forcing Pei Yuxian and Pei Yushan to leave after Pei Yuxian threatened a formal visit and public execution the next day.
• Murong Jianyun said tomorrow’s vote would determine the matter, then announced that he would not vote and left with Bei Cang.
• After the others departed, Tyrant Lotus Venerable spat blood and hurried Sikong Jing to Teng Residence’s small secret realm.
• Tyrant Lotus Venerable told Sikong Jing she needed to reach the top-tier Emperor realm before sunrise and opened the secret realm’s entrance.

Sikong Jing examined the stone pedestal Tyrant Lotus Venerable had inherited from Tyrant Soul Venerable and discovered it had been refined from a Nether Lotus Sea Serpent. He recognized the serpent’s meridians and asked whether Tyrant Lotus Venerable’s cultivation technique came from Tyrant Soul Venerable’s family, leaving her to recall how she received it.

• Sikong Jing resolved to help Tyrant Lotus Venerable reach the pinnacle Emperor Realm before the confrontation with Thousand Kings Holy Tower.
• Tyrant Lotus Venerable led Sikong Jing into her small mystic realm and showed him the stone pedestal left by Tyrant Soul Venerable.
• Sikong Jing touched the pedestal and sensed the meridians of the Nether Lotus Sea Serpent refined within it.
• Tyrant Lotus Venerable mistook Sikong Jing’s quick withdrawal for failure and tried to ease his disappointment.
• Sikong Jing asked whether Tyrant Lotus Venerable practiced a family cultivation technique from Tyrant Soul Venerable, and she recalled how he had given it to her when they were young.

Sikong Jing gave Tyrant Lotus Venerable an image of the Nether Lotus Sea Serpent, hoping it would inspire her cultivation. After she began studying it, he left the secret realm and returned to the wounded Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion.

• Sikong Jing confirmed that Tyrant Lotus Venerable’s cultivation technique drew on a snake-like beast connected to the Stone Pedestal Magic Box.
• Sikong Jing obtained an image of the Nether Lotus Sea Serpent from the Ten Thousand Beasts Heavenly Prison and gave it to Tyrant Lotus Venerable.
• Tyrant Lotus Venerable recognized the serpent’s appearance as the source of her cultivation technique and decided to study it before emerging from seclusion the next morning.
• Sikong Jing left the small secret realm after Tyrant Lotus Venerable remarked that the Yellow Jade Tube looked new.
• Sikong Jing returned to the artificial hill and looked at the wounded Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion.

Sikong Jing prepared the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion to break through while Pei Yuxian and Pei Yushan planned to pressure the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce after the vote. Murong Jianyun revealed that Tyrant Lotus Venerable had reached the fifth realm of the Emperor and intended to resist his suppression, leaving the outcome of the inquest uncertain.

• Sikong Jing fed his demonic blood and true energy to the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion to heal it and raise its strength before facing Pei Yushan.
• Pei Yuxian told Pei Yushan that Murong Jianyun was beyond her ability to defeat and said their plans depended on the vote going their way.
• Pei Yuxian and Pei Yushan planned to negotiate for the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce's Qianyuan Fragment Maps and sent their father an update about Yao Yulou and Jiang Wanyou's daughter.
• Dong Wu urged Murong Jianyun to cancel the vote and have Sikong Jing face the inquest, but Murong Jianyun insisted the announced vote would proceed.
• Murong Jianyun told Bei Cang that Tyrant Lotus Venerable had reached the fifth realm of the Emperor and was preparing to resist his suppression.

Murong Jianyun and others doubted Sikong Jing’s efforts and expected the vote to fail, while Yu Liman and Old Xin decided to keep supporting him. Near dawn, Sikong Jing returned to find Yao Yulou waiting and Fu Wang demanding his antidote, leaving Fu Wang newly recovered and threatening him.

• Murong Jianyun decided that if the vote failed, the Yao Residence’s other residents would be protected, while Tyrant Lotus and Sikong Jing would be dealt with according to Dong Wu’s decision.
• Yu Liman told Old Xin that Sikong Jing had hidden his strength and urged him to protect the Ba Hun inheritor, and Old Xin agreed.
• Leng Chan reassured Leng Sha that he would not change his decision, while Tyrant Fierce Venerable, Gong Ying, and Nan Feng celebrated their expected victory in the vote.
• Sikong Jing returned to the Teng Residence’s secret realm on his evolved Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion and found Fu Wang poisoned and Yao Yulou waiting outside his room.
• Sikong Jing gave Fu Wang one day’s worth of antidote and warned him to return tomorrow for the rest, then Fu Wang recovered and demanded the full antidote.

Sikong Jing forced Fu Wang to help keep him alive, reassured Yao Yulou that he would protect Jiang Wanyou and Mei Xi, and prepared to face the Thousand Kings Holy Tower. After Tyrant Lotus Venerable reached the peak Emperor Realm, Sikong Jing gathered his allies and returned to Heavenly Judgment Hall.

• Sikong Jing threatened Fu Wang with the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion and sent him away, ordering him to return the next day for the full antidote.
• Fu Wang realized the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion had reached the peak of the Fourth Realm Venerable and returned to the Fu Residence, vowing revenge once cured.
• Yao Yulou feared the Thousand Kings Holy Tower would force him to kill Jiang Wanyou and Mei Xi, and Sikong Jing promised to kill Pei Yuxian and her brother in Overlord Heaven City.
• Sikong Jing told Yao Yulou that Old Xiu and the remnants of Su Old Devil would protect Jiang Wanyou, and said they were leaving for Heavenly Judgment Hall.
• Tyrant Lotus Venerable arrived after reaching the peak Emperor Realm, and Sikong Jing gathered Yang Yi, the Yao Residence's hundred members, the Four Great Mad Demons, and Duanmu Chun.
• Sikong Jing and his group entered Overlord Heaven Inner City and returned to Heavenly Judgment Hall.

Sikong Jing faced a vote on whether to protect him as Ba Hun’s inheritor after the Thousand Kings Holy Tower’s attack on the Teng Residence. Leng Chan and Fu Wang unexpectedly joined his supporters, reversing the tally and giving him the win.

• Murong Jianyun arrived at the Heavenly Judgment Hall and said he would not vote, leaving East Mist to preside.
• East Mist questioned Sikong Jing about the attack, and Sikong Jing stressed that the Teng Residence had stood united against the Thousand Kings Holy Tower.
• Bei Cang and the five Earth Deciders who had supported Sikong Jing before raised their hands, giving his side seven votes against ten.
• Leng Chan raised his hand for Sikong Jing, changing the count to eight against nine.
• Fu Wang silently raised his hand for Sikong Jing, reversing the vote to nine against eight and securing Sikong Jing’s victory.

The Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce’s vote shifted decisively toward protecting Sikong Jing, despite East Mist’s efforts to prevent a confrontation with the Thousand Kings Holy Tower. As East Mist pressed Murong Jianyun to use his three votes, Pei Yuxian arrived at Overlord Heaven Inner City for her official visit.

• Fu Wang, Leng Chan, and Old Xin supported protecting Sikong Jing, bringing the vote to ten against seven.
• Old Xin told Nan Feng that the Chamber of Commerce had to resist the Thousand Kings Holy Tower, and Nan Feng threatened to sever their friendship.
• Murong Jianyun warned East Mist, Nan Feng, and Tyrant Fierce Venerable to stop interfering with the vote.
• East Mist urged Murong Jianyun to use his three votes, and Xi Tu warned that he would cast his two votes for Sikong Jing if Murong broke his word.
• Pei Yuxian arrived with Pei Yushan and requested entry to Overlord Heaven Inner City; Murong Jianyun welcomed her and sent Nan Feng and Ba Lie to receive them.

Sikong Jing offered the Overlord Soul Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formation to the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce and agreed to face the Thousand Kings Holy Tower’s interrogation despite winning the vote. He proposed that Tyrant Lotus Venerable accompany him against Pei Yuxian and her younger brother, leaving the Chamber able to claim it had yielded while refusing the Tower any further pretext for attack.

• After Nan Feng, Tyrant Fierce Venerable, and the others left the Heavenly Judgment Hall, Sikong Jing told Murong Jianyun to vote against protecting him.
• Sikong Jing handed Murong Jianyun the Overlord Soul Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formation and said he was willing to face the Thousand Kings Holy Tower’s interrogation.
• Sikong Jing explained that his willingness to submit would let the Chamber appear to yield to the Tower and deny it grounds for further action.
• Sikong Jing asked Murong Jianyun not to suppress Tyrant Lotus Venerable and to let them face Pei Yuxian and her younger brother together.
• Sikong Jing said they would show the Chamber that their submission was only superficial by defeating Pei Yuxian and her younger brother, or at least surviving their interrogation.

Murong Jianyun accepted Sikong Jing’s plan to let him and Tyrant Lotus Venerable face Pei Yuxian and her brother, while the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce stayed out of the fight. He then told the Pei siblings they could hold Sikong Jing and Tyrant Lotus Venerable accountable, leaving the confrontation to begin.

• Murong Jianyun recognized Tyrant Lotus Venerable as a top-tier Emperor and agreed to let him and Sikong Jing fight Pei Yuxian and her brother.
• Pei Yuxian learned that the vote to protect Sikong Jing had passed and decided to take both Qianyuan Fragment Maps.
• Murong Jianyun met Pei Yuxian and claimed the Chaos-Shaking City incident had been a counterattack by Sikong Jing.
• Murong Jianyun announced that he had vetoed the vote to protect Sikong Jing to the death and that the Chamber of Commerce would not interfere.
• Sikong Jing and Tyrant Lotus Venerable stepped forward to face Pei Yuxian and Pei Yushan.

Pei Yuxian rejected further negotiations and prepared to execute Tyrant Lotus Venerable and Sikong Jing, while Murong Jianyun withdrew with the Tyrant Heaven group. As Pei Yuxian and Tyrant Lotus Venerable began their rematch, Sikong Jing faced Pei Yushan, and Yu Liman, Leng Chan, and Old Xin predicted he would become one with his mount.

• Pei Yuxian decided to execute Tyrant Lotus Venerable and Sikong Jing by lingchi, while Murong Jianyun warned her not to blame them if she could not prove their guilt.
• Murong Jianyun withdrew with Nan Feng, Tyrant Fierce Venerable, and the others, leaving Pei Yuxian and her brother alone with their captives.
• Pei Yuxian challenged Tyrant Lotus Venerable, who flew into the sky and invited her to fight again.
• Pei Yushan let Sikong Jing summon his mount, and Sikong Jing appeared atop the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion with the Tyrant War King Halberd.
• Pei Yushan attacked Sikong Jing, while Yu Liman, Leng Chan, and Old Xin said Sikong Jing would become one with his mount, prompting Nan Feng to scoff.

Sikong Jing revealed that he could unite with the Venerable-level Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion and challenged Pei Yushan, while Tyrant Lotus Venerable fought Pei Yuxian. The battle shook Overlord Heaven, and Murong Jianyun learned that Yu Liman had also been unaware of Sikong Jing’s hidden strength.

• Sikong Jing and the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion combined their powers, cleaving Pei Yushan’s attack and shocking him and Pei Yuxian.
• Tyrant Lotus Venerable engaged Pei Yuxian, while Sikong Jing taunted Pei Yushan and prepared to fight without explaining his newfound strength.
• Sikong Jing told himself he would give something to the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce because its members had supported him, but would act selfishly if they did not.
• Sikong Jing struck Pei Yushan with the Tyrant War King Halberd, and their clash sent shockwaves across Overlord Heaven.
• Yu Liman told Old Xin that Sikong Jing had hidden his ability to unite with his mount, and Old Xin felt his vote for Sikong Jing had been the right choice.
• Murong Jianyun asked Yu Liman whether he had known about Sikong Jing’s trump card, and Yu Liman realized that Murong Jianyun had not known either.

Murong Jianyun learned why the Earth Deciders had supported Sikong Jing: he had won Fu Wang and Old Xin’s votes by mastering unity with his mount, and Leng Chan’s vote by accepting and curing Leng Sha. Sikong Jing then continued fighting Pei Yushan, knocking him from the city tower and unleashing a torrent of halberd strikes.

• Yu Liman revealed that Fu Wang had voted for Sikong Jing after sparring with him, and Old Xin confirmed he had witnessed Sikong Jing unite with the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion.
• Leng Chan explained that Sikong Jing had accepted his grandson Leng Sha as a disciple and cured his problems, leaving Murong Jianyun and Bei Cang to realize how much Sikong Jing had accomplished unnoticed.
• Nan Feng dismissed Sikong Jing’s chances against Pei Yushan, but Sikong Jing mocked Pei Yushan for failing to defeat him after several hundred punches.
• Sikong Jing rode the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion and struck Pei Yushan from the city tower.
• Sikong Jing unleashed the Tyrant Soul Heavenly Demon Halberd’s Thousand Mad, Myriad Frenzy Slash, filling the ground before the tower with surging halberd gleams.

Sikong Jing and Tyrant Lotus revealed the strength they had concealed, turning the battle against Pei Yushan and Pei Yuxian. Sikong Jing defeated and trampled Pei Yushan, while Tyrant Lotus blocked Pei Yuxian's attack and defended her husband's disciple.

• Sikong Jing fought Pei Yushan with the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion, and the onlookers realized he was overwhelming his opponent.
• Tyrant Lotus revealed that she was a top-tier Emperor and a Nether Lotus Sea Serpent, then battled Pei Yuxian with a sky full of serpents.
• Yu Liman explained that Tyrant Lotus and Sikong Jing had deliberately hidden their strength the previous night.
• Sikong Jing defeated Pei Yushan and planted a foot on his bloodied body, stunning the onlookers and avenging Yao Yulou's humiliation.
• Pei Yuxian attacked Sikong Jing with a zither slash, but Tyrant Lotus blocked it with her serpents and warned Pei Yuxian not to touch her husband's disciple.

Tyrant Lotus Venerable fought Pei Yuxian to a standstill while Sikong Jing kept Pei Yushan pinned beneath his foot. Pei Yuxian eventually withdrew, and Tyrant Lotus mocked her threats as the Thousand Kings Holy Tower’s only remaining weapon.

• Tyrant Lotus Venerable rebuked Pei Yuxian for attacking Sikong Jing, and the two top-tier Emperors began a fierce battle over Overlord Heaven City.
• Sikong Jing asked the Nether Lotus Fierce Serpent to refine Tyrant Lotus Venerable’s meridians so she could have a chance to reach the Saint Martial Stage.
• Dong Wu urged Murong Jianyun to stop Sikong Jing from humiliating Pei Yushan, but Murong Jianyun let the trampling continue as the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce rallied behind Sikong Jing.
• Pei Yuxian broke away from her fight with Tyrant Lotus Venerable and lunged at Sikong Jing, who mounted the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion, struck once with his halberd, and retreated to the city tower.
• Pei Yuxian stopped pursuing Sikong Jing and called Pei Yushan to his feet, then threatened Tyrant Lotus Venerable with the consequences of offending the Thousand Kings Holy Tower.
• Tyrant Lotus Venerable reminded Pei Yuxian that she had failed to kill either her or Sikong Jing and was left relying on threats.

Pei Yuxian failed to force Murong Jianyun to seize Ba Lian and Sikong Jing, as Murong Jianyun defended the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce’s position and ended the questioning. As the Thousand Kings Holy Tower representatives departed, Sikong Jing warned Pei Yushan that the vote protecting him had prevented a much bloodier outcome.

• Pei Yuxian threatened Murong Jianyun and the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce, but Murong Jianyun argued that they had already yielded and would not seize members who had committed no wrongdoing.
• Murong Jianyun said the Thousand Kings Holy Tower could question Ba Lian and Sikong Jing this time, but must prove their crimes or stop pursuing them.
• Pei Yuxian accepted that the matter would end for now and threatened that the Thousand Kings Holy Tower might return with force.
• Pei Yushan threatened Sikong Jing as he and Pei Yuxian turned to leave, warning him not to leave Overlord Heaven City.
• Sikong Jing told Pei Yushan to be grateful for the vote protecting him and implied he would have killed Pei Yushan if the vote had gone against him.

Pei Yuxian accused Sikong Jing of being a demon because he was a powerful non-battle body, turning the charge into a test of whether the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce would protect him. She left Murong Jianyun facing a public demand to condemn or defend Sikong Jing.

• Pei Yuxian cut off Pei Yushan and tried to leave, but South Wind called Sikong Jing a devil and urged the Great Heavenly Decider to heed him.
• Pei Yuxian returned and declared Sikong Jing a devil because his strength did not suit a non-battle body.
• South Wind, Gong Ying, and Pei Yushan joined the accusation, with Pei Yushan claiming Sikong Jing's bond with his mount was demonic.
• Tyrant Lotus Venerable erupted in anger at the Pei siblings for making reckless accusations.
• Pei Yuxian demanded that Murong Jianyun say whether the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce would protect a demon.

Pei Yuxian demanded that Murong Jianyun suppress Tyrant Lotus Venerable and kill Sikong Jing as a supposed demon. Murong Jianyun chose to protect Sikong Jing by revealing that he possessed a Sacred Body, then ordered Nan Feng to escort Pei Yuxian and her brother out of the city.

• Pei Yuxian called Sikong Jing a demon and demanded that Murong Jianyun either kill him or face the world's wrath.
• Tyrant Lotus Venerable defended Sikong Jing, while Sikong Jing urged her to wait for Murong Jianyun's answer.
• Murong Jianyun weighed the division among the gathered experts and decided that abandoning Sikong Jing would cost the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce its unity.
• Murong Jianyun declared that Sikong Jing was a Sacred Body, not a non-battle body, and said the type was still being tested.
• Pei Yuxian challenged Murong Jianyun to name Sikong Jing's Sacred Body, but Murong Jianyun refused and ordered Nan Feng to escort her and her brother out.

Pei Yuxian left Overlord Heaven after Murong Jianyun defended Sikong Jing by claiming he possessed a Sacred Body, though she admitted that the Thousand Kings Holy Tower had no way to test for one. Murong Jianyun stood by the claim and took Sikong Jing aside, while Pei Yuxian ordered Nan Feng to find proof against him within a month.

• Pei Yuxian threatened to return with a Sacred Body testing treasure, then departed Overlord Heaven with her brother.
• Aboard the Divine Shuttle Ship, Dong Wu questioned Murong Jianyun's claim, and Fu Wang suggested they could dismiss any failed test as mistaken.
• Murong Jianyun insisted Sikong Jing was a Sacred Body, named him a core genius of the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce, and took him away for a walk.
• Bei Cang invited Tyrant Lotus Venerable to walk with him, while the other leaders remained in the inner city awaiting another meeting.
• Pei Yuxian revealed to Nan Feng that the Thousand Kings Holy Tower had no Sacred Body testing treasure and ordered him to find proof against Sikong Jing within a month or die.