Chapter Summaries

The Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion killed Ye Wukui’s giant beetle and poisoned Ye Wukui, while Sikong Jing refused to let Ye Wucan’s group interfere. Ye Wukui’s brothers abandoned him and Ye Wucan blamed him for the family’s troubles as the poison overwhelmed him.

• The Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion tore apart and devoured Ye Wukui’s giant beetle, then pierced Ye Wukui with its poisoned stinger as he fled.
• Ye Wucan led his companions toward Ye Wukui, but Sikong Jing warned that touching the stinger would kill them and that Ye Wukui could not be cured.
• Ye Wukui begged Ye Wucan to capture the scorpion, but Ye Wucan backed down when Sikong Jing threatened to withdraw from Willow Leaf City.
• Ye Wucan blamed Ye Wukui for his own crimes, and Ye Wukui realized his eldest brother had abandoned him.
• Ye Wukui pleaded with Ye Wuzhi and Su Yuexi for help, but Ye Wuzhi declared they had severed all ties and Su Yuexi demanded to know where her sister was.
• Ye Wucan shifted the blame for the family’s troubles onto Ye Wukui, who vomited black blood and fainted.

Ye Wucan abandoned Ye Wukui to die, while Sikong Jing withdrew from the Willow Leaf Sacred Wall after sensing it try to pull him back in. He then took charge of the coming battle against the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall and demanded Willow Leaf Holy Manor follow his orders.

• Ye Wucan left Ye Wukui behind, and the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion devoured him after killing the Big Beetle.
• Ye Wuzhi grieved for Ye Wukui but told Sikong Jing he did not blame him for what had happened.
• Ye Wucan realized Sikong Jing's understanding of the Willow Leaf Sacred Wall might help him reach the Saint Martial Stage and resolved to win Sikong Jing's favor.
• Sikong Jing found the nine points Liu Duoye had been unable to decipher, but stopped exploring when the sacred wall's strange force tried to pull his power back inside.
• Sikong Jing took command of the battle against the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall after Leng Chan and Old Xin agreed to assist him.
• Sikong Jing demanded that Ye Wucan and Willow Leaf Holy Manor obey his commands completely.

Sikong Jing took command of Willow Leaf Holy Manor and demanded its full military and factional intelligence. He warned that hidden enemy forces had already gathered around Willow Leaf City, leaving the manor to prepare for an attack beyond the Saint Martial Stage expert.

• Liu Shizeng and Ye Wuyu challenged Sikong Jing's authority, but Ye Wucan ordered Willow Leaf Holy Manor to obey him.
• Sikong Jing kept the discussion in the Sacred Wall forbidden grounds and ordered the manor to conceal his return from death.
• Sikong Jing demanded records of the manor's forces, formations, outposts, and subordinate factions, prompting Liu Shizeng to object.
• Sikong Jing warned that enemy forces were hidden in the mountains and forests around Willow Leaf City and that investigators might not return.
• Ye Wuyu and Ye Wucan realized a larger force was assembling while another force occupied the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce in the Mad Demon Forest.

Sikong Jing persuaded Willow Leaf Holy Manor to place the Willow Leaf City region under his command, warning that a Saint Martial Stage attack threatened the whole region. He left to select guards for training while the manor agreed to gather intelligence and teach the Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formation throughout the city.

• Sikong Jing explained that the enemy had faked his death and used the Light-Returning Mirror to lure Tyrant Heaven powerhouses into a trap after occupying Willow Leaf Holy Manor.
• Sikong Jing told Ye Wucan and the others that Reverse Blade Sect would fight alongside Willow Leaf Holy Manor if they obeyed his command, and that the attack threatened the entire Willow Leaf City region.
• Ye Wucan agreed to hand over the region's information within one day, and Willow Leaf Holy Manor reluctantly accepted Sikong Jing's demand to teach the Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formation throughout the city.
• Sikong Jing told the manor not to harm Xiong Tingting and to inform her that they would train the city, hoping the news would draw the enemy out.
• Sikong Jing left the forbidden grounds to select more Willow Leaf guards, including overlooked people like Ye Ke and Liu Sanhu, for personal guidance.

Ye Wucan followed Sikong Jing’s plan as Willow Leaf Holy Manor investigated the threat of Dragon Controlling Mountain and prepared to submit to the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce. After reports confirmed troops and demonic dragons gathering outside Willow Leaf City, Ye Wucan delivered the collected materials to Sikong Jing, giving him control of the city’s situation as he prepared to face the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall.

• Ye Wucan decided Willow Leaf Holy Manor would investigate Dragon Controlling Mountain and submit for the time being if it could not resist.
• Ye Wucan questioned Xiong Tingting about the Light-Returning Mirror, and she claimed a mysterious powerhouse had forced her to reveal it.
• Following Sikong Jing’s instructions, Ye Wucan told Xiong Tingting that Dragon Controlling Mountain might be preparing a two-route attack and that the city would publicly learn the Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formation.
• Xiong Tingting sent Ye Wucan’s message to Pei Yupo, who ordered her to observe and record the formation while Pei Chang planned to stage a deliberate show of demonic dragon forces.
• Ye Wucan received reports of troops and demonic dragons gathering around Willow Leaf City and personally brought the materials to Sikong Jing.

Sikong Jing manipulated Ye Wucan into obeying him by having Ye Wuzhi reveal that Sikong Jing had entered Ancestor Liu Duoye’s holy tomb, while warning Ye Wuzhi that he must take control of Willow Leaf Holy Manor. Sikong Jing then checked the early training results of Ye Ke, the other eleven, and dozens of recruits.

• Sikong Jing told Ye Wucan to hold out for eight to ten days until Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce reinforcements arrived, and Ye Wucan promised to follow his orders.
• Ye Wuzhi told Ye Wucan that Sikong Jing had entered Ancestor Liu Duoye’s holy tomb, prompting Ye Wucan to scheme to obtain its secrets and seize its possessions.
• Ye Wuzhi reported that Ye Wucan would now obey Sikong Jing, and Sikong Jing explained that he had arranged their exchange to secure Ye Wucan’s compliance in the coming battle.
• Sikong Jing urged Ye Wuzhi to become Lord of Willow Leaf Holy Manor, revealed that Liu Duoye had never forbidden marriage across family lines, and said the restriction had been fabricated later.
• Sikong Jing met Ye Ke, the other eleven, and dozens of selected experts to assess their initial progress in learning the Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formation.

Sikong Jing secretly prepared Willow Leaf City’s true forces to master the Overlord Soul Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formation while allowing false intelligence to reach Pei Yupo. As the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall prepared to attack, Sikong Jing began issuing his own pre-battle orders.

• Sikong Jing ordered Lou Jie and the other Arbiters to secretly arrange for upright people in Willow Leaf City to learn the formation from Ye Ke and his group, while keeping his supposed death concealed.
• Ye Wucan announced that Willow Leaf Holy Manor and the Heavenly Tyrant Branch would teach the formation across the city and command residents to prepare for the approaching enemy.
• Ma Feigong discovered that Xiong Tingting had not been designated for instruction, and he asked her to obtain formation information for Pei Yupo and Pei Chang.
• Xiong Tingting gave Ma Feigong copied formation instructions and recordings, which he took to Pei Yupo as the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall gathered its forces.
• Sikong Jing explained to Leng Chan, Old Xin, Leng Sha, Ye Wuzhi, and the others that the information Xiong Tingting supplied was deliberately weak, while the Tyrant Heaven Battle Team, Ye Ke’s recruits, and the Reverse Blade Sect formed his real force.
• Sikong Jing called on Leng Dijue and Leng Sha to receive his pre-battle orders.

Sikong Jing prepared Willow Leaf City for war, then secretly traveled toward Reverse Blade City to coordinate its defense. Meanwhile, Pei Yupo and Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall decided to attack the Reverse Blade Sect and seize Shi Douxing’s army-slaying formation.

• Sikong Jing assigned Leng Chan and Leng Sha to strengthen Willow Leaf City’s forces, entrusted his family’s safety to Ye Wuzhi, and made Ren You his channel for orders.
• Sikong Jing obtained a Willow Leaf Token and mechanical messenger birds from Ye Wucan, then used demon beasts to carry messages past Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall’s blockade.
• Sikong Jing merged with the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion and headed secretly toward Reverse Blade City, passing refugees who believed it was safer than Willow Leaf City.
• Pei Chang dismissed the army-slaying formation they had studied, while Chang Lehuang explained that its remaining teachers were weaker than the dead Overlord Soul heir.
• Pei Yupo ordered Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall to attack the Reverse Blade Sect, seize Shi Douxing’s formation, and frighten Willow Leaf Holy Manor.

Sikong Jing learned that the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall had split its forces to attack Reverse Blade City and Willow Leaf City, leaving only three hours to prepare for Reverse Blade City’s defense. He found the Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formation ready for battle, but Shi Douxing’s revelation that everyone’s families had gathered in the city left the assembled fighters stunned.

• Pei Yupo sent Chang Yonghuang, Chang Yihuang, and Chang Lehuang with half the troops to slaughter Reverse Blade City while he and Pei Chang advanced on Willow Leaf City.
• Sikong Jing and the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion reached Reverse Blade City, where Sikong Jing found the city packed with refugees and assessed the approaching threat.
• Sikong Jing told Shi Douxing that the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall would reach Reverse Blade City in about three hours and shared what he knew about its forces.
• Sikong Jing inspected tens of thousands of people drilling the Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formation and judged them ready enough for a battle.
• Shi Douxing told Sect Master Zhang that everyone from Tree-Link City had arrived and then revealed that the families and followers of everyone present were also in Reverse Blade City, prompting Sect Master Zhang to ask why.

Shi Douxing revealed that the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall planned to attack Reverse Blade City and slaughter the Willow Leaf City region, so the factions would have to fight alongside Willow Leaf Holy Manor. When the assembled leaders doubted Sikong Jing’s warning, he demonstrated his control over a hundred Emperor Martial Stage experts by forming the Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formation.

• A Gun explained that Dragon Controlling Mountain’s troops had appeared and that a Saint Martial Stage expert was involved, leading Sect Master Zhang to suggest taking advantage of the conflict.
• Shi Douxing said they would fight alongside Willow Leaf Holy Manor because the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall, not Dragon Controlling Mountain, would attack Reverse Blade City in three hours.
• Shi Douxing explained that the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall had disguised its troop buildup as Dragon Controlling Mountain’s army and intended to seize Willow Leaf Holy Manor’s Qianyuan Fragment Map and slaughter the region.
• The assembled factions protested that Shi Douxing had deceived them into learning the formation and feared they could not escape or fight a Saint Martial Stage expert.
• Sikong Jing said escape was impossible, then forcibly linked a hundred faction leaders into the Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formation and drew their true energy into a pitch-black war blade.

Sikong Jing used the Dark Wing identity to prove his mastery of the Overlord Soul Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formation and rally Reverse Blade City to resist the approaching Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall. After organizing the city's defenses and evacuations, he faced the enemy army as it arrived under Chang Yonghuang.

• Sikong Jing demonstrated the hundred-man formation's overwhelming power, then introduced himself as Dark Wing of the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce.
• Sikong Jing and Shi Douxing explained that the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall would attack within three hours and urged everyone to fight until reinforcements arrived.
• Shi Douxing appointed Dark Wing commander of Reverse Blade City, and Sikong Jing ordered the city to seize the Qianyuan New Chamber of Commerce and evacuate vulnerable residents into the Reverse Blade Sect.
• Sikong Jing issued further preparations, and Reverse Blade City mobilized under his command.
• Chang Yonghuang led the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall's forces to Reverse Blade City, where their concealed strength erupted outside the city.

Shi Douxing and Sikong Jing confronted the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall and exposed its intent to destroy Reverse Blade City, convincing the city that surrender was impossible. After Shi Douxing refused Chang Yonghuang’s offer to spare only him, Chang Yonghuang attacked, hurling their Divine Shuttle Ship back toward the city center.

• Shi Douxing pretended to be shocked and demanded to know who the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall forces were.
• Chang Yonghuang revealed the attackers’ identity and declared that they would slaughter Reverse Blade City, while Chang Lehuang said they would use its people to practice their city-slaughtering techniques.
• Chang Yonghuang said Shi Douxing could surrender and be spared alone, but Sikong Jing signaled him to end the act and fight.
• Shi Douxing refused to abandon the city and declared that they would fight to the death.
• Chang Yonghuang struck the Divine Shuttle Ship with a palm attack, forcing Shi Douxing and Sikong Jing back toward Reverse Blade City’s center.

Sikong Jing’s forces turned Chang Yonghuang’s planned massacre of Reverse Blade City’s refugees into an ambush, trapping part of the Qianyuan troops inside the city’s grand formation. Chang Yihuang ordered the core forces outside to break the barrier as the slaughter continued.

• Chang Yonghuang ordered his troops to attack the refugees gathered outside Reverse Blade City.
• A Qianyuan soldier discovered that the child he had seized was a doll, and the disguised woman killed him.
• The supposed refugees revealed themselves as armed fighters and ambushed the Qianyuan troops on Sikong Jing’s command.
• Shi Douxing activated the city’s grand formation, cutting off the Qianyuan soldiers inside from the forces outside.
• Sikong Jing ordered the trapped soldiers slaughtered and the attackers to retreat after the assault.
• Chang Yihuang demanded that his forces break the formation’s barrier.

Sikong Jing’s plan trapped the Qianyuan Holy Demon soldiers inside Reverse Blade City, where Shi Douxing’s forces killed nearly all of them. After the survivors retreated into the city, Shi Douxing faced Chang Yonghuang and taunted him for underestimating Reverse Blade City.

• Chang Yonghuang failed to break Reverse Blade City’s barrier alone, and Shi Douxing revealed that his apparent surrender and the refugees’ weakness had been a ruse.
• Chang Yonghuang formed an Army-Slaying Formation to attack the barrier, but Sikong Jing ordered Shi Douxing to withdraw it and counter with the Reverse Star Army-Slaying Formation.
• The two Army-Slaying strikes collided, and Sikong Jing directed the disguised faction leaders to activate smaller formations that shielded Reverse Blade City’s fighters from the shockwaves.
• The shockwaves killed many unprotected Qianyuan Holy Demon soldiers, while the disguised fighters suffered no losses and retreated into the city after dismissing their formations.
• Shi Douxing and Chang Yonghuang faced each other after the clash, and Shi Douxing taunted Chang Yonghuang for underestimating his enemy.

Chang Yonghuang prepared a devastating Army-Slaying Formation strike against Reverse Blade City, while Sikong Jing rallied the defenders with news of Willow Leaf Holy Manor reinforcements. Sikong Jing left the city to meet them, and Reverse Blade City activated its five defensive barriers as the enemy prepared to attack.

• Chang Yonghuang ordered Chang Yihuang to destroy the barrier formation's foundation and joined Chang Lehuang in gathering the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall forces for a powerful strike against Reverse Blade City and its disguised refugees.
• Sikong Jing told the defenders to activate every defensive formation and preserve their lives, assuring them the enemy would struggle to launch a second strike after the first.
• Sikong Jing revealed that the first reinforcements were from Willow Leaf Holy Manor, and ordered the city's experts to prepare to repair two defensive formations if they fell.
• Sikong Jing told Shi Douxing to unleash Reverse Blade City's Army-Slaying Formation when Sikong Jing's formation aura appeared outside, then vanished from the Divine Shuttle Ship to meet the reinforcements.
• Shi Douxing reassured the others that Sikong Jing would find a way out, and the Reverse Blade Sect activated five layers of defensive barriers.

Chang Yonghuang’s Army-Slaying Formation shattered Reverse Blade City’s first four defensive formations, leaving Sect Master Zhang and the refugees in disguise exposed. Sikong Jing used the Bloodforged Army-Slaying Formation to shield them, but Chang Yonghuang then sent a hundred complete Spearform Meteors toward his position.

• Chang Yonghuang unleashed Spearform Meteors that destroyed the first three defensive formations and battered the fourth.
• Sikong Jing appeared among Sect Master Zhang and the refugees, ordered them to release their true energy, and linked them into the Bloodforged Army-Slaying Formation.
• The fourth defensive formation shattered, and Sikong Jing used blood arrows to block the falling fragments of the Spearform Meteors.
• Chang Yonghuang recognized Sikong Jing’s strong formation control and sent a hundred complete Spearform Meteors toward the Bloodforged Army-Slaying Formation.

Sikong Jing saved Sect Master Zhang and the other formation masters by controlling the Bloodforged and Tyrant Soul Army-Slaying Formations at once. He then ordered them to retreat into Reverse Blade City when its final defense failed, while he left to join Willow Leaf Holy Manor’s reinforcements.

• Sikong Jing ordered Sect Master Zhang and the other formation masters to break their links to the Bloodforged Army-Slaying Formation and form ten thousand Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formations.
• Sikong Jing connected their formations to the Tyrant Soul Army-Slaying Formation, then used its halberd beams to clash with Chang Yonghuang’s spear-shaped meteors.
• Sikong Jing used the Bloodforged Arrow Form to destroy the falling fragments and save Sect Master Zhang and the others, though they were injured.
• Sikong Jing told the formation masters to enter Reverse Blade City as soon as its fifth defensive formation broke.
• Sikong Jing said he would leave to join Willow Leaf Holy Manor’s reinforcements and urged everyone to hold out until the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce’s true reinforcements arrived.

Sikong Jing handed control of the Bloodforged Army-Slaying Formation to Lao Er and escaped underground after suffering internal injuries. As Reverse Blade City’s defenses continued to crumble, its defenders retreated under Shi Douxing’s protection while Chang Yonghuang delayed another attack to investigate the enemy’s preparations and possible leaks.

• Sikong Jing passed the Bloodforged Army-Slaying Formation to Lao Er, told Sect Master Zhang and the others to survive, and disappeared through a pit after blood appeared beneath his mask.
• The fifth defensive formation shattered, and Sect Master Zhang led the disguised refugees toward the center of Reverse Blade City under the formation’s cover.
• Lao Er failed to control the diverse group, prompting the refugees to marvel that Commander Dark Wing had controlled them—and two formations—so easily.
• Shi Douxing destroyed the remaining spear-shaped meteors, while A Gun led the refugees farther into the city.
• Chang Yonghuang held back from attacking again and ordered an investigation into how Reverse Blade City had learned of their plans and whether Willow Leaf City was also prepared.

Chang Yonghuang’s army advanced on Reverse Blade City while its defenders repaired the formations, and the returning fighters described Sikong Jing’s feats to Shi Douxing. Shi Douxing publicly denied that Sikong Jing had controlled two formations, but privately recognized the danger of revealing Sikong Jing’s Dual Spirit Shadows.

• Chang Yonghuang ordered Chang Yihuang to destroy Reverse Blade City’s formation bases, but the repaired fourth formation activated and halted the army again.
• Shi Douxing welcomed Sect Master Zhang and the returning fighters, who credited Commander Dark Wing with rescuing them and forming the Bloodforged Army-Slaying Formation.
• Sect Master Zhang and Lao Er explained that Sikong Jing had controlled two Army-Slaying Formations, but Shi Douxing and the Reverse Blade Sect initially rejected their account.
• Shi Douxing suggested that a hidden expert had unleashed the second formation, prompting Sect Master Zhang and the others to question what they had witnessed.
• Shi Douxing privately acknowledged Sikong Jing’s Dual Spirit Shadows and concealed the truth to protect him from the Thousand Kings Holy Tower.

Shi Douxing concealed Sikong Jing’s identity and misled Chang Yonghuang about when the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall had been discovered, stalling its attack on Willow Leaf City. Outside the city, Sikong Jing summoned nearby demon beasts and reached scattered Willow Leaf Holy Manor troops to organize reinforcements.

• Shi Douxing told the assembled leaders that the Dark Wing Commander was Murong Jianyun’s last disciple and had come with Ba Hun’s successor, whom they believed dead.
• The Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall destroyed the fourth defensive formation, and Shi Douxing’s side raised the fifth as Chang Yonghuang’s troops advanced.
• Shi Douxing claimed the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall had been discovered three days earlier and exchanged questions with Chang Yonghuang while the two sides fought over the fifth formation.
• Sikong Jing escaped the encirclement by concealing his aura underground and summoned the surrounding small demon beasts with the Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts.
• Sikong Jing reached several Willow Leaf Holy Manor units gathered in the forest, where their minor leaders were discussing the terrifying events in Reverse Blade City.