Chapter Summaries

The Cold Dragon Patriarch trapped Sikong Jing and Bai Xiaojin in a formation inside Sikong Jing’s office and demanded the Blood Devour Dragon Pearl, the Overlord Soul Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formation, and the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce’s Qianyuan formations. Sikong Jing stalled for time while relying on Leng Sha to act outside, as the Cold Dragon Patriarch threatened to beat him severely rather than kill him.

• The Cold Dragon Patriarch’s formation blocked Bai Xiaojin from escaping or calling for help, and Sikong Jing sat down to speak with him.
• Sikong Jing asked whether the Liu Clan had sent the old man, and the Cold Dragon Patriarch said Liu Shizeng had hired him to rescue Liu Shitian.
• The Cold Dragon Patriarch identified himself as the Cold Dragon Patriarch of Dragon Controlling Mountain, and Sikong Jing recognized that he wanted the Blood Devour Dragon Pearl.
• The Cold Dragon Patriarch demanded the Blood Devour Dragon Pearl, the Overlord Soul Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formation, and the Qianyuan Battle-Killing Formations, claiming he would pay by sparing Sikong Jing’s life.
• Sikong Jing challenged the Cold Dragon Patriarch’s refusal to pay and stalled for time, while Bai Xiaojin protested that he was the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce’s Sacred Body.

Cold Dragon Patriarch revealed his plan to seize Sikong Jing’s formation and use hostages to secure Yue Xi and Willow Leaf Holy Manor’s Qianyuan Fragment Map. Sikong Jing surrendered two items but claimed he had not made the Qianyuan Battle-Killing Formation, and Cold Dragon Patriarch forced him to create it within half an hour.

• Cold Dragon Patriarch dismissed Sikong Jing’s claim to a holy body and explained that Dragon Controlling Mountain did not fear retaliation from the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce.
• Sikong Jing realized Cold Dragon Patriarch intended to have his disciple marry Yue Xi and use the betrothal to gain Willow Leaf Holy Manor’s trust and Qianyuan Fragment Map.
• Cold Dragon Patriarch demanded the items and threatened Ren You and Bai Xiaojin, saying he would take them as hostages until his plans succeeded.
• Sikong Jing handed over the Blood Devour Dragon Pearl and the Overlord Soul Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formation.
• When Sikong Jing said he had not inscribed the Qianyuan Battle-Killing Formation, Cold Dragon Patriarch pinned Bai Xiaojin down and gave him half an hour to make it.

Sikong Jing used the Cold Dragon Patriarch’s insistence on engraving a Qianyuan Battle-Killing Formation to distract him and secretly coordinate with his allies. Just as the Cold Dragon Patriarch realized Sikong Jing would not continue, a scarlet needle-ray struck Judgment Tower and shattered his barrier.

• The Cold Dragon Patriarch threatened Ren You and Bai Xiaojin, forcing Sikong Jing to engrave a formation on his black jade paper.
• Sikong Jing detonated the paper as Leng Sha opened the door, using the distraction to confirm Leng Sha’s troops were deployed and signal the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion.
• The Cold Dragon Patriarch pinned Leng Sha and Liu Shitian down, then ordered Sikong Jing to resume engraving on another sheet of black jade paper.
• Sikong Jing detonated the second sheet, and its Qianyuan Battle-Killing Formation illusion distracted the Cold Dragon Patriarch while Sikong Jing signaled the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion.
• Sikong Jing refused to engrave another sheet, and a scarlet needle-ray struck Judgment Tower, shattering the Cold Dragon Patriarch’s barrier seal.

Sikong Jing and Leng Sha escaped the Judgment Tower with Ren You and Bai Xiaojin, then faced the Cold Dragon Patriarch as Sikong Jing exposed his suspected plan to frame him for Liu Shitian’s death. As Overlord Heaven experts closed in and Sikong Jing’s formation spread underground, he began revealing how he had obtained the Blood Devour Dragon Pearl and killed Liu An.

• Sikong Jing and Leng Sha used the Blood Devour Dragon Pearl and the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion to escape the Judgment Tower with Ren You and Bai Xiaojin.
• The Cold Dragon Patriarch emerged with Liu Shitian and the Blood Devour Dragon Pearl, praised Sikong Jing, and offered him a place in Dragon Controlling Mountain.
• Sikong Jing rejected the offer without answering and accused the Cold Dragon Patriarch of planning to kill Liu Shitian and blame him to turn Willow Leaf Holy Manor against the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce.
• Sikong Jing explained that the Cold Dragon Patriarch’s treatment of Liu Shitian had exposed the plan while Army-Slaying Formation patterns spread underground through the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion.
• As Overlord Heaven experts approached, Sikong Jing asked the Cold Dragon Patriarch whether he wanted to know how Sikong Jing had obtained the Blood Devour Dragon Pearl, then asked Liu Shitian if he wanted to know how Sikong Jing had killed Liu An.

Sikong Jing revealed how he had killed Liu An and Bloodforged Patriarch, then disclosed that he had told the story to keep Cold Dragon Patriarch from leaving. Cold Dragon Patriarch’s demon dragon arrived, but Sikong Jing had anticipated it and trapped them in the Tyrant Soul Army-Slaying Formation.

• Sikong Jing explained that he had poisoned Bloodforged Patriarch’s demon dragon using Liu An’s corpse, causing Bloodforged Patriarch to blame Willow Leaf Holy Manor and fight Liu Shitian and Ye Wukui.
• Sikong Jing admitted that he had chased down the wounded Bloodforged Patriarch and dealt the final blow.
• Cold Dragon Patriarch invited Sikong Jing to join Dragon Controlling Mountain, but Sikong Jing said he had shared the story because Cold Dragon Patriarch could no longer leave.
• Cold Dragon Patriarch’s ice-colored demon dragon arrived, and he mounted it with Liu Shitian, intending to capture Sikong Jing and his disciples.
• Sikong Jing revealed that he had anticipated the demon dragon and activated the Tyrant Soul Army-Slaying Formation, trapping Cold Dragon Patriarch in an attack from the formation and the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion.

Sikong Jing defeated Cold Dragon Patriarch and his demon dragon after secretly preparing an army-slaying formation, then ordered Cold Dragon Patriarch and Liu Shitian imprisoned for execution. He planned to use Cold Dragon Patriarch to kill Liu Shitian and set Dragon Controlling Mountain against Willow Leaf Holy Manor, leaving the details for the next day.

• Sikong Jing combined with the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion and struck Cold Dragon Patriarch and his demon dragon from the sky, while the Four Great Mad Demons incapacitated them.
• Cold Dragon Patriarch asked how Sikong Jing had prepared the formation, and Sikong Jing praised Leng Sha for gathering warriors near Judgment Tower.
• Sikong Jing revealed through Ren You that he had entered Cold Dragon Patriarch's trap to save her, earning the Tyrant Heaven Battle Team's respect.
• Sikong Jing ordered Cold Dragon Patriarch and Liu Shitian imprisoned and said they would be executed the next day, despite the Arbiters' concerns about Dragon Controlling Mountain.
• Cold Dragon Patriarch threatened retaliation, while Liu Shitian begged for his life and offered to return Su Old Devil's family.
• Sikong Jing ignored Liu Shitian's plea and planned to use Cold Dragon Patriarch to kill him and provoke a conflict between Dragon Controlling Mountain and Willow Leaf Holy Manor.

Sikong Jing refused to spare the Cold Dragon Patriarch despite learning he carried Dragon Controlling Mountain’s Qianyuan Fragment Map, then seized the map and used the patriarch’s disciple, Han Genqian, to advance his plans against the Ye and Liu Clans. At dawn, Sikong Jing left for Willow Leaf Holy Manor as Liu Shizeng anxiously asked Han Genqian why his master had not rescued Liu Shitian.

• The Cold Dragon Patriarch threatened Sikong Jing with Dragon Controlling Mountain’s full-force retaliation over the Qianyuan Fragment Map, but Sikong Jing said he would keep it and ordered the patriarch and Liu Shitian imprisoned.
• Sikong Jing warned Lou Jie and the other four Arbiters that they could no longer easily leave Willow Leaf City, leaving them afraid they had been trapped in his schemes.
• Sikong Jing and the Four Great Mad Demons opened the Cold Dragon Patriarch’s imperial artifact and found the Qianyuan Fragment Map inside.
• After learning the patriarch’s disciple was Han Genqian, Sikong Jing put something in a mechanical message bird for him and prepared to exploit a marriage proposal to worsen the Ye Clan–Liu Clan conflict.
• Sikong Jing rode the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion to Willow Leaf Holy Manor while Leng Sha and the others waited for his signal to kill Liu Shitian.
• At Willow Leaf Holy Manor, Liu Shizeng asked Han Genqian why the Cold Dragon Patriarch had not yet rescued Liu Shitian.

Sikong Jing entered Willow Leaf Holy Manor to answer Ye Wucan’s marriage-proposal demands, while Han Genqian believed the Cold Dragon Patriarch’s scheme was proceeding smoothly. Sikong Jing agreed to every demand, and Han Genqian arrived at the manor just as the gathered figures reacted.

• Han Genqian received a message bird carrying the Overlord Soul Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formation and Qianyuan Battle-Killing Formation knowledge, unaware Sikong Jing had planted traps in them.
• After hearing that the Overlord Soul inheritor had requested an audience, Ye Wucan gathered Willow Leaf Holy Manor’s core figures and admitted Sikong Jing to the Willow Leaf Grand Hall.
• Sikong Jing greeted Su Yuexi and her parents, while Liu Shizeng assumed the Cold Dragon Patriarch had injured him and would soon rescue Liu Shitian.
• Ye Wucan demanded valuable formations, a share of Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce’s profits, Tyrant Lotus Venerable’s help against Shi Douxing, and other betrothal gifts.
• Sikong Jing agreed to all of Ye Wucan’s demands, stunning the manor’s representatives.
• Han Genqian announced from outside that he requested an audience with Ye Wucan.

Han Genqian arrived at Willow Leaf Holy Manor to propose to Ye Yuexi and claimed he could match Sikong Jing's betrothal gifts, turning the proposal into a contest over increasingly extravagant demands. Ye Wucan invited them to outbid each other, while Ye Wuzhi and Su Zhenglong objected that Ye Yuexi should choose for herself.

• Han Genqian announced his proposal to Ye Yuexi and challenged Sikong Jing by offering to match his betrothal gifts.
• Han Genqian presented the Overlord Soul Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formation and the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce's Qianyuan Battle-Killing Formation, stunning the hall.
• Liu Shizeng and Ye Wucan suspected that Cold Dragon Patriarch had taken someone important to Sikong Jing hostage, while Liu Shizeng concealed that he had invited the patriarch.
• Ye Wucan added more demands, and Han Genqian and Sikong Jing both agreed to meet them.
• Ye Wucan urged Sikong Jing to offer more, prompting Ye Wuzhi and Su Zhenglong to defend Ye Yuexi's right to choose and Ye Wuyu to order them to be quiet.

Han Genqian challenged Sikong Jing, expecting him to be too wounded to fight, but Sikong Jing defeated him with a single slap and revealed his strength. The chapter ended with Sikong Jing lifting Han Genqian by the throat and telling Ye Wucan that he had won.

• Han Genqian proposed settling the betrothal contest through a fight and accused Sikong Jing of lacking a battle body.
• Ye Wucan agreed to let Sikong Jing and Han Genqian fight, while Su Yuexi worried about Sikong Jing.
• Han Genqian attacked Sikong Jing with a powerful punch, but Sikong Jing shattered his attack and slapped him into a pillar.
• Han Genqian and Liu Shizeng questioned how Sikong Jing could still fight after Cold Dragon Patriarch had grievously wounded him.
• Sikong Jing's aura surged as he seized Han Genqian by the throat and declared to Ye Wucan that he had won.

Sikong Jing exposed Han Genqian’s defeat and revealed Liu Shitian’s death, then accused Deputy Manor Lord Liu Shizeng of conspiring with Cold Dragon Patriarch to undermine Ye Wucan. The chapter ended with Sikong Jing trying to drive a wedge between the Liu and Ye families.

• Sikong Jing restrained Han Genqian with his true energy, defeated him, and threw him to the ground.
• Liu Shizeng discovered that Liu Shitian’s life lamp had shattered, and Han Genqian accused Sikong Jing of killing him.
• Sikong Jing stopped Ye Wuyu from attacking by stepping on Han Genqian and warned the others not to move.
• Sikong Jing pointed out that Han Genqian knew suspicious details and revealed that Cold Dragon Patriarch had rescued Liu Shitian.
• Liu Shizeng claimed Liu Shitian had been imprisoned by Sikong Jing, and Sikong Jing accused him of secretly seeking Cold Dragon Patriarch’s help to seize Sikong Jing’s formation and gain influence over Ye Wucan.

Sikong Jing exposed Cold Dragon Patriarch’s plan to kill Liu Shitian and frame him, then forced Han Genqian to confirm the scheme before Willow Leaf Holy Manor. With the conspiracy revealed, Sikong Jing tried to resume his marriage proposal, but Liu Shizeng insisted it had to wait until Cold Dragon Patriarch arrived.

• Sikong Jing explained that Cold Dragon Patriarch had deceived Liu Shizeng and planned to kill Liu Shitian while framing Sikong Jing.
• Liu Shizeng admitted Cold Dragon Patriarch had said he would rescue Liu Shitian, and Ye Wucan angrily blamed him for putting Shitian in danger.
• Sikong Jing released Han Genqian’s mouth, then kicked him and interrogated him with Ye Wucan’s permission.
• Han Genqian confessed Cold Dragon Patriarch’s plan, enraging Willow Leaf Holy Manor, while Liu Shizeng apologized.
• Sikong Jing asked Ye Wucan to continue discussing the marriage proposal and betrothal gifts, but Liu Shizeng objected until Cold Dragon Patriarch arrived.

Sikong Jing negotiated with Ye Wucan over his marriage to Su Yuexi, demanding that Su Yuexian and his in-laws be kept safe and allowed to leave Willow Leaf Holy Manor. Han Genqian then attacked Sikong Jing's credibility, threatening to derail the negotiations.

• Sikong Jing claimed he had sent experts to hunt Cold Dragon Patriarch, and Ye Wucan agreed to resume the marriage discussion while snubbing Liu Shizeng.
• Sikong Jing accepted Ye Wucan's demands in principle but insisted on seeing Su Yuexian and guaranteeing her safety.
• Sikong Jing demanded that Su Zhenglong and his family leave with him, offering to jointly develop the Qianyuan Fragment Map and share the results with Willow Leaf Holy Manor.
• Ye Wucan said Su Zhenglong's release could be discussed but refused to hand over Ye Yuexian, so Sikong Jing and Ye Wucan remained at odds.
• Han Genqian denounced Sikong Jing as an exiled non-combat physique who could not provide the promised benefits, urging Ye Wucan not to accept him as a son-in-law.

Sikong Jing admitted that he had been exiled on the surface but claimed he was carrying out a secret mission from Murong Jianyun. He promised to produce a Qianyuan Fragment Map immediately, and Bai Xiaojin and Leng Sha arrived at Willow Leaf Holy Manor with a large chest.

• Han Genqian exposed Sikong Jing's exile, and Sikong Jing admitted it while claiming he had accepted a secret mission from Murong Jianyun.
• Liu Shizeng demanded proof that Murong Jianyun valued Sikong Jing and proposed that he bring a Qianyuan Fragment Map to the manor.
• Sikong Jing told Ye Wucan he could produce a fragment map immediately, and Ye Wucan agreed to wait for it that day.
• Sikong Jing sent a letter while Willow Leaf Holy Manor waited, and Han Genqian mocked his claim.
• Bai Xiaojin and Leng Sha arrived carrying a person-sized chest, and Leng Sha told Sikong Jing they had brought the item.

Sikong Jing killed Cold Dragon Patriarch in Willow Leaf Grand Hall and gave his Qianyuan Fragment Map to Ye Wucan, leaving Willow Leaf Holy Manor unable to avoid blame from Dragon Controlling Mountain. When Han Genqian offered to testify for the manor, Su Yuexi killed him, making it impossible for anyone to clear the manor’s name.

• Leng Sha opened the chest and revealed the captive Cold Dragon Patriarch.
• Sikong Jing beheaded Cold Dragon Patriarch, then handed Dragon Controlling Mountain’s Qianyuan Fragment Map to Ye Wucan and argued that he had avenged Liu Shitian.
• Liu Shizeng urged Ye Wucan to seize Sikong Jing and hand him over to Dragon Controlling Mountain, but Sikong Jing warned that the manor would be blamed for Cold Dragon Patriarch’s death.
• Han Genqian offered to testify that Willow Leaf Holy Manor was innocent, and Ye Wucan ordered the others to protect him from Sikong Jing.
• Su Yuexi pierced Han Genqian’s heart while everyone was focused on Sikong Jing, then declared that the manor could no longer clear its name.

Sikong Jing used Cold Dragon Patriarch’s death and the two Qianyuan Fragment Maps to force Willow Leaf Holy Manor to consider allying with the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce. As Ye Wucan’s side hesitated, the Reverse Blade Sect attacked the manor’s properties and Ye Wuyu’s courtyard.

• Ye Wuyu charged at Su Yuexi, but Sikong Jing warned that harming her would make Ye Wuyu his next target.
• Ye Wuzhi and Su Zhenglong defended Su Yuexi, with Su Zhenglong pressing a sword to his throat and Mei Xiaofang declaring the family would face death together.
• Sikong Jing argued that the two Qianyuan Fragment Maps could win the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce’s support, while Leng Sha pointed out that Willow Leaf Holy Manor could not prove it had not killed Cold Dragon Patriarch.
• Leng Sha revealed that he and Bai Xiaojin had spread word that Willow Leaf Holy Manor killed Cold Dragon Patriarch to seize the maps.
• Reports announced that the Reverse Blade Sect had attacked Willow Leaf Holy Manor’s properties and broken into Ye Wuyu’s Wu Yu Courtyard with only a hundred men.

Sikong Jing revealed that he had given the Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formation to Shi Douxing, while Willow Leaf Holy Manor learned of a hidden message warning that Dragon Controlling Mountain would attack and urging Xiu Hanzhi to rescue Su Zhenglong. Shi Douxing arrived at the manor, and Ye Wucan suspected Sikong Jing had arranged the escalating threats.

• A reporter told Willow Leaf Holy Manor that Reverse Blade Sect squads had struck several territories using the Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formation, and Sikong Jing admitted he had given the formation to Shi Douxing.
• Liu Shizeng and Ye Wuyu urged Ye Wucan to seize Sikong Jing and use Ye Yuexi, the others, and Sikong Jing's disciple as hostages to obtain his possessions.
• A reporter revealed that an intercepted message bird had warned Xiu Hanzhi that Cold Dragon Patriarch and his disciple had died and urged him to rescue Su Zhenglong during the coming attack by Dragon Controlling Mountain.
• Ye Wucan realized the message suggested a sleeper agent within Willow Leaf Holy Manor, though Sikong Jing had arranged the bird and its message as a scheme.
• Shi Douxing arrived outside Willow Leaf Holy Manor after leading attacks on its territories, and Ye Wucan asked Sikong Jing whether he had summoned him.

Sikong Jing used Shi Douxing’s demonstration of the Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formation to pressure Ye Wucan into accepting his marriage proposal and betrothal gifts. The chapter ended with Ye Wucan weighing Willow Leaf Holy Manor’s perilous choices as Sikong Jing offered the formation, a partnership with the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce, and the Qianyuan Fragment Map.

• Sikong Jing told Ye Wucan that Shi Douxing had arrived to demonstrate the Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formation, and Ye Wucan left the hall with Liu Shizeng to confront him.
• Shi Douxing fought Ye Wucan with the formation, then threatened Willow Leaf Holy Manor’s other territories and departed; Ye Wucan ordered his people not to pursue.
• Sikong Jing explained that Ye Wucan had let Shi Douxing escape because he feared losing Sikong Jing and the chance to obtain the Qianyuan Battle-Killing Formation diagram.
• Sikong Jing resumed pressing Ye Wucan to accept his marriage proposal, warning that Willow Leaf Holy Manor faced threats from the Reverse Blade Sect and Dragon Controlling Mountain.
• Sikong Jing offered the Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formation, a partnership with the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce, and the Qianyuan Fragment Map as betrothal gifts.

Sikong Jing agreed to stay in Willow Leaf Holy Manor until Ye Wucan received Murong Jianyun’s answer, but demanded a public betrothal before handing over the Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formation. Ye Wucan’s hopes rose when he found the black jade papers on Han Genqian, only to discover Sikong Jing had made the formation paper a trap.

• Sikong Jing agreed to remain in Willow Leaf Holy Manor while Ye Wucan sought Murong Jianyun’s response, but required a public betrothal before giving up the formation.
• Ye Wucan sent Sikong Jing, Su Yuexi, and their companions to Su Zhenglong’s courtyard under guard, then blamed Liu Shizeng for the crisis.
• Ye Wucan’s group decided to hold the betrothal that night, secure the formation, keep Ye Yuexian under control, and investigate Su Old Devil’s hidden agents.
• Ye Wuyu found two sheets of black jade paper on Han Genqian’s corpse, and Ye Wucan excitedly examined the one supposedly containing the Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formation.
• Sikong Jing’s phantom appeared and revealed that the paper was a trap that would erase its contents when an Emperor Martial Stage expert examined it.
• The formation vanished from the paper, and Ye Wucan spat blood in rage.

Ye Wucan discovered that the two black jade papers were fake and began to suspect Sikong Jing had orchestrated the events that cornered Willow Leaf Holy Manor. Sikong Jing reunited with Su Yuexi and her family, then explained that Ye Wucan would eventually come begging him for help, leaving them to spend time together inside the manor for now.

• Ye Wucan found that both black jade papers were fake, and Ye Wuyu cursed Ba Hun's successor.
• Ye Wucan suspected Sikong Jing had arranged Cold Dragon Patriarch's capture and Liu Shitian's death to trap Willow Leaf Holy Manor.
• Sikong Jing reassured Ye Wuzhi that the two papers on Han Genqian's corpse were fake.
• Sikong Jing entered Su Zhenglong and Su Yuexi's courtyard and reunited with Su Yuexi and Mei Xiaofang.
• Sikong Jing told Su Yuexi and Su Zhenglong that Ye Wucan would come begging for his guidance after Willow Leaf Holy Manor's formation failed against the Reverse Blade Sect.