Chapter Summaries

Sikong Jing revealed himself to Willow Leaf minor leaders as Dark Wing and used Ye Wucan’s token to take command of the forces gathering near Reverse Blade City. He brought them close enough to identify the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall army, as Chang Yonghuang prepared to attack Shi Douxing again.

• Sikong Jing appeared before the Willow Leaf minor leaders and explained that Reverse Blade City was now the main battlefield.
• Sikong Jing showed Ye Wucan’s Willow Leaf Token and ordered the leaders to accept his command and bring their squads to Reverse Blade City.
• Sikong Jing used the Duoye Twelve Seals to conceal the Willow Leaf squads as they traveled through the forest.
• The Willow Leaf leaders saw the vast Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall army, and Sikong Jing warned them that it planned to slaughter the Willow Leaf City region.
• Chang Yonghuang threatened to strike Reverse Blade City with Spearform Meteors and force Shi Douxing to reveal how the Reverse Blade Sect had discovered his forces.

Sikong Jing arrived with a small force of Willow Leaf troops as Reverse Blade City’s defenses collapsed, and he concealed his numbers by deploying a battle-killing formation. After Shi Douxing’s attack was easily destroyed, Chang Yihuang launched a devastating counterattack at Sikong Jing’s force.

• Chang Yonghuang’s forces shattered Reverse Blade City’s fifth defensive barrier, leaving the city exposed as Shi Douxing waited anxiously for Sikong Jing’s reinforcements.
• Chang Lehuang sent a message bird to warn Pei Chang and Pei Yupo, but Sikong Jing shot it down with an arrow.
• Sikong Jing forcibly took control of the hesitant Willow Leaf troops and used the Duoye Twelve Seals to disguise their formation as a Willow Leaf battle-killing formation.
• Sikong Jing ordered Shi Douxing to use the Reverse Star Army-Slaying Formation, but Chang Yonghuang destroyed its attack with a fraction of his formation power.
• Chang Yihuang formed an army-slaying attack and sent a powerful fist toward Sikong Jing and the Willow Leaf troops.

Sikong Jing unleashed the Beast Slaughter Array, using gathered monster beasts to overwhelm the Qianyuan Holy Demon Army and conceal the Willow Leaf forces’ true numbers. As Chang Yonghuang redirected his attack toward him, Sikong Jing ordered the Willow Leaf troops to retreat.

• Sikong Jing unleashed the Beast Slaughter Array, which swept through the Qianyuan Holy Demon Army’s rear troops before Chang Yonghuang stopped it.
• Shi Douxing used the Reverse Star Army-Slaying Formation to draw Chang Yonghuang’s attention back toward Reverse Blade City.
• Chang Lehuang rushed toward the forest to discover the Willow Leaf forces’ numbers, but Sikong Jing summoned endless wolf-shaped soldiers to block him and attack the Qianyuan forces.
• Chang Yonghuang ordered the Divine Shuttle soldiers to enter the forest, and Sikong Jing summoned Dark Wing demon dragons to attack the Divine Shuttle Ship.
• Sikong Jing ordered all Willow Leaf troops to retreat as Chang Yonghuang focused his battle-killing power on him.

Sikong Jing tricked Chang Yonghuang into unleashing Spearform Meteors on the forest to relieve the siege of Reverse Blade City. He then ordered the city’s forces to charge out and fight the Qianyuan Holy Demon army at close quarters.

• Sikong Jing ordered the Willow Leaf troops and the beasts to scatter as Chang Yonghuang prepared Spearform Meteors.
• Sikong Jing entered a battle-form wolf shadow and charged toward the Qianyuan Holy Demon soldiers while Chang Yonghuang’s attack flattened the forest behind him.
• Sikong Jing killed a Qianyuan Holy Demon minor commander who tried to destroy the wolf shadow.
• Sikong Jing ordered Reverse Blade City’s forces to leave the city and engage the enemy, while Shi Douxing used Starlight Slash against Chang Yonghuang.
• Sikong Jing assigned the Reverse Blade Sect to hold off Chang Yonghuang and led the rest of Reverse Blade City’s forces into the Qianyuan Holy Demon army, beginning a close-quarters melee.

Sikong Jing led Reverse Blade City’s tens of thousands of Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formations in a charge that disrupted Chang Yonghuang’s formation and turned the melee against the Qianyuan Holy Demon forces. Chang Lehuang found Sikong Jing among her troops, broke his wolf-shadow disguise, and demanded to know when he had left the city.

• Chang Yonghuang summoned demon shadows and suppressed Shi Douxing’s Reverse Star Army-Slaying Formation as their patterns overlapped.
• Sikong Jing activated the Overlord Soul Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formation and ordered tens of thousands of formations to charge the Qianyuan Holy Demon troops.
• The hundred-man formations shattered demon shadows, cut through the enemy army, and gave Shi Douxing room to resist Chang Yonghuang.
• Chang Yonghuang ordered Chang Yihuang and Chang Lehuang to destroy the hundred-man formations, while Chang Lehuang reported finding the commander directing Reverse Blade City.
• Chang Lehuang scattered Sikong Jing’s wolf shadow with a stream of true qi, revealing him before the Qianyuan Sacred Demon soldiers, then asked when he had left the city.

Sikong Jing escaped Chang Lehuang by using his blood to send the Qianyuan Holy Devil army’s demon mounts into a frenzy, then concealed himself by merging with one of them. As Chang Lehuang searched for him, Sikong Jing realized he could not stay hidden for long because Reverse Blade City was losing its army-slaying formations.

• Chang Lehuang confronted the masked Sikong Jing and tried to capture him and remove his mask.
• Sikong Jing threw a drop of his blood at Chang Lehuang, provoking the Qianyuan Holy Devil army’s demon mounts into a rampage that blocked her pursuit.
• Sikong Jing slipped into one demon mount, stunned its consciousness, and concealed himself by merging with its aura.
• Chang Lehuang sealed off the surrounding area and searched for Sikong Jing, but the demon mounts could not identify the blood they had devoured.
• Sikong Jing recognized his blood as the cause of the frenzy and worried that Reverse Blade City would suffer heavy losses while Chang Yihuang destroyed its army-slaying formations.

Sikong Jing used his Tyrant Soul Army-Slaying Formation to disrupt the Qianyuan Holy Demon's formations and turn the battle around. He revealed himself as Dark Wing, commander of Reverse Blade City, and ended the chapter by precisely killing every Qianyuan Holy Demon soldier mixed among tens of thousands of formations.

• Sikong Jing used Forced Troop Control to turn Qianyuan Holy Demon soldiers' true qi into a giant blade, breaking Chang Lehuang's barrier and sowing chaos as he fled toward Reverse Blade City.
• Sikong Jing fought through the soldiers and linked his formation patterns to several hundred Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formations, striking at Chang Lehuang with a halberd-shaped formation.
• Sikong Jing expanded the Tyrant Soul Army-Slaying Main Formation, tearing through part of Chang Yonghuang's Chang Demon Army-Slaying Formation and freeing Shi Douxing to unleash the Reverse Star Army-Slaying Formation.
• Sikong Jing identified himself to Chang Yonghuang as Dark Wing, commander of Reverse Blade City, then ordered Army-Slaying Sword Shadows to attack.
• Sikong Jing's sword shadows precisely killed all Qianyuan Holy Demon soldiers mingled among the formations, shocking both sides and Chang Lehuang.

Sikong Jing used the Overlord Soul Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formations to annihilate a section of the Qianyuan Holy Demon army without harming Reverse Blade City's troops, then turned the battlefield into a chaotic melee. Chang Yonghuang ordered Chang Lehuang and Chang Yihuang to capture Sikong Jing, while Shi Douxing blocked Chang Yonghuang and Sikong Jing kept fighting with Reverse Blade City's formations.

• Sikong Jing explained how his Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formations let him destroy enemies inside the Tyrant Soul Army-Slaying Formation without harming his own troops.
• Chang Yonghuang concluded Sikong Jing was from the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce and ordered his forces to attack.
• Sikong Jing unleashed Army-Slaying Wolf Shadow, then dispersed the Tyrant Soul formation and sent the Hundred-Man formations back into the Qianyuan Holy Demon army.
• Shi Douxing intercepted Chang Yonghuang as Chang Lehuang and Chang Yihuang charged after Sikong Jing to capture him alive.
• Sikong Jing retreated among Reverse Blade City's troops and used army-slaying formations to contend with the two Emperors as fighting engulfed the battlefield.

Sikong Jing lured Chang Lehuang and Chang Yihuang away from the battle at Reverse Blade City to protect the city from their strength. The Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion delivered Commander Dark Wing’s orders to the Willow Leaf reinforcements, while Sikong Jing ended the chapter trapped between the two emperors in a gorge.

• The Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion ordered the surviving Willow Leaf troops to surround Reverse Blade City, cut off its communications, and carry out a second task to prevent Willow Leaf Holy Manor’s destruction.
• Sikong Jing used Forced Troop Control to strike Chang Lehuang and Chang Yihuang, then fled toward the mountain forest on a King Realm demon beast mount.
• Chang Lehuang and Chang Yihuang pursued Sikong Jing, leaving the battle at Reverse Blade City behind.
• Sect Master Zhang urged the Reverse Blade City warriors to fight on, inspired by Commander Dark Wing drawing away the two emperors.
• Shi Douxing rejected Chang Yonghuang’s offer to recruit him and continued fighting.
• Chang Lehuang and Chang Yihuang caught up with Sikong Jing and cornered him in a gorge.

Sikong Jing trapped Chang Lehuang and Chang Yihuang in a Beast Slaughter Barrier formed by linking demonic beasts to his Army-Slaying Formation. The Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion arrived, revealing the source of the mysterious crimson beams as the two emperors recognized her.

• Chang Lehuang charged Sikong Jing, but a dangerous crimson beam shot from the forest and forced her to retreat.
• Sikong Jing activated an Army-Slaying Formation that sealed off the canyon, then revealed that demonic beasts—not human reinforcements—had formed it.
• Sikong Jing named the formation his Beast Slaughter Array and told the emperors that Willow Leaf Holy Manor had sent few reinforcements.
• Chang Yihuang suspected Sikong Jing was the humanoid ferocious beast from Ten Thousand Ice City, while Chang Lehuang wondered if he had a beast's face beneath his mask.
• Sikong Jing called for Armor-Splitting, and the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion emerged after gathering demonic beasts in the gorge.
• Chang Yihuang and Chang Lehuang recognized the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion as the mount of Ba Hun's successor.

Sikong Jing revealed that he was Overlord Soul’s successor and trapped Chang Lehuang and Chang Yihuang inside a Beast Slaughter barrier. With the newly advanced Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion, he overwhelmed the two Emperors and left them badly injured.

• Chang Lehuang recognized Sikong Jing as Overlord Soul’s successor, and he revealed his identity by removing his mask.
• Chang Lehuang ordered Chang Yihuang to alert Chang Yonghuang and Young Master Yu Po, but the Beast Slaughter barrier prevented him from escaping or sending a message.
• Sikong Jing mounted the first-level Emperor Realm Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion and attacked Chang Lehuang, forcing Chang Yihuang to join the fight.
• Sikong Jing used the Black Prison Heaven-Swallowing Hammer to drive back both Emperors inside the barrier.
• Chang Lehuang and Chang Yihuang tried to break the barrier, but Sikong Jing turned the Beast Slaughter Array against them and blasted them into it, leaving them bleeding and wondering if it was the Tyrant Soul Army-Slaying Formation.

Sikong Jing crippled Chang Yihuang and Chang Lehuang, then returned to Reverse Blade City and announced that the two emperors had met their end. His return rallied the defenders, who charged the Qianyuan Holy Demon army as reinforcements prepared to begin their next task.

• Sikong Jing used the Beast Slaughter Array and the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion to cripple Chang Yihuang and Chang Lehuang, then knocked them unconscious and kept them alive.
• Sikong Jing returned to Reverse Blade City carrying the two emperors and demanded that the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall surrender.
• Chang Yonghuang attacked Sikong Jing, but Shi Douxing blocked him and resumed their battle.
• Sikong Jing ordered the warriors of Reverse Blade City to attack, and they surged forward against the shaken Qianyuan Holy Demon army.
• The Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion told the minor commanders that the second task could begin.

Sikong Jing used a familiar song to convince Chang Yonghuang that massive Willow Leaf reinforcements surrounded Reverse Blade City, breaking the Qianyuan Holy Demon Army’s morale and forcing it to retreat. He stopped Reverse Blade City’s forces from pursuing, leaving his reason unclear.

• Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion ordered Willow Leaf Holy Manor’s leaders and troops to sing the region’s famous song, spreading it toward Reverse Blade City.
• Chang Yonghuang rallied the wavering Qianyuan Holy Demon Army, but Sikong Jing drew his attention to the singing while Shi Douxing knocked him down and stopped him from scouting with spirit-shadow power.
• Sikong Jing claimed that Willow Leaf City’s reinforcements had surrounded the battlefield, and Reverse Blade City’s people joined the song as its soldiers resumed their assault.
• The Qianyuan Holy Demon Army lost its morale and fled, so Chang Yonghuang ordered a retreat while Shi Douxing’s forces pursued them.
• Sikong Jing ordered Reverse Blade City’s soldiers to stop pursuing, leaving the sect’s leaders confused.

Sikong Jing kept the defeated Qianyuan Holy Demon Army trapped near Reverse Blade City by bluffing about Willow Leaf reinforcements and intercepting its transmissions. As Chang Yonghuang’s forces settled into a defensive camp, an urgent report at Willow Leaf City revealed that the approaching army did not look like Dragon Controlling Mountain’s troops.

• Sikong Jing ordered Reverse Blade City’s forces not to pursue, then told Shi Douxing that the supposed Willow Leaf reinforcements were mostly a bluff.
• Sikong Jing warned that chasing Chang Yonghuang too far could let him contact Saint Martial Stage reinforcements and expose Reverse Blade City to attack.
• Sikong Jing directed Shi Douxing to divide troops into ten groups and use the Willow Leaf Song and controlled demon beasts to frighten the Qianyuan Holy Demon Army into staying nearby.
• After half a day of pursuit by the deception, Chang Yonghuang’s army camped in a defensible position, while its transmissions were intercepted.
• At Willow Leaf City, a scout reported to Ye Wucan that the army approaching the city did not appear to be dressed as Dragon Controlling Mountain’s forces.

Ye Wucan and Willow Leaf City faced a huge, mysterious army while Leng Sha urged them to hold out until Sikong Jing returned. Pei Yupo revealed Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall’s intention to demand Su Old Devil’s granddaughter, and Ye Wucan refused to negotiate about Cold Dragon Patriarch.

• A scout reported a black warship and black-clad troops approaching, while Ye Wucan chose not to investigate outside the city.
• Leng Sha, Bai Xiaojin, the Four Great Mad Demons, and Ye Wuzhi arrived, and Leng Sha told Ye Wucan to hold out for Sikong Jing’s return.
• The approaching army grew larger, leaving Willow Leaf City’s people unsure why it did not look like Dragon Controlling Mountain’s forces.
• A Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall Emperor wondered why Chang Yonghuang had not reported back, and Pei Chang said he would investigate if no message arrived after they surrounded the city.
• Pei Yupo masked himself and led a force toward Willow Leaf City, declaring that he would demand Su Old Devil’s granddaughter.
• When Pei Yupo called for Ye Wucan to come out and speak, Ye Wucan refused to discuss Cold Dragon Patriarch.

Pei Yupo revealed that the force besieging Willow Leaf City was the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall, not Dragon Controlling Mountain, and introduced Pei Chang as its Hall Master, War Saint Ganmo. He threatened to destroy the city unless Willow Leaf Holy Manor handed over Su Old Devil’s granddaughter, leaving the manor’s leaders facing his demand.

• Pei Yupo mocked Ye Wucan’s assumption that the attackers belonged to Dragon Controlling Mountain and announced that they were the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall.
• Pei Yupo introduced Pei Chang as War Saint Ganmo, Hall Master of the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall, and Pei Chang admitted that he had destroyed Willow Leaf Holy Manor’s Sacred Tomb.
• Pei Yupo said the hall had destroyed the tomb because Willow Leaf Holy Manor possessed the Qianyuan Fragment Map and declared that Willow Leaf City would be slaughtered.
• Pei Chang released his Saint Martial aura over the city, overwhelming Ye Wucan and the other defenders.
• Pei Yupo offered to spare Willow Leaf Holy Manor if it handed over Su Old Devil’s granddaughter for him to inspect.

Su Yuexi revealed that Willow Leaf Holy Manor had anticipated the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall’s presence and used a capture and execution to force the manor into resisting. Pei Yupo realized he had been deceived and accused Willow Leaf Holy Manor of putting on an act, while Ye Wucan stammered that he had not.

• Pei Yupo and Pei Chang pressured Ye Wucan to hand over Su Yuexi, and Ye Wucan considered compromising.
• Su Yuexi appeared aboard the Divine Shuttle Ship and declared that Willow Leaf Holy Manor had known about the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall.
• Leng Sha brought the bound Ma Feigong and other members of the Qianyuan New Chamber of Commerce onto the ship.
• Su Yuexi ordered the Tyrant Heaven Battle Team to kill the captives and challenged Pei Yupo to attack Willow Leaf City.
• Pei Yupo accused Willow Leaf Holy Manor of deceiving him, and Ye Wucan stammered that he had not been acting.

Pei Yupo mistook Willow Leaf Holy Manor’s escape preparations for a deliberate deception and ordered a siege, while Pei Chang attacked its city. At Reverse Blade City, Sikong Jing learned that Willow Leaf City was under assault and told Shi Douxing they had to wait and see whether its grand formation could withstand a Saint Martial expert.

• Pei Yupo accused Ye Wucan and Willow Leaf Holy Manor of deceiving him and ordered the siege to begin.
• Pei Chang attacked Ye Wucan’s Divine Shuttle Ship, but the Willow Leaf grand formation pulled it and Su Yuexi’s ship to safety; his strike instead blasted a crater in Willow Leaf City.
• Pei Chang charged into Willow Leaf City to destroy the grand formation and intimidate its defenders.
• At Reverse Blade City, Sikong Jing warned Shi Douxing that the Thousand Kings Holy Tower might send a Saint Martial expert to investigate their victory.
• Sikong Jing received a message from Old Fat Head’s people saying the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall was expected to attack Willow Leaf City, and he told Shi Douxing to wait for news of the grand formation.

Sikong Jing laid out a plan to hold Willow Leaf City until Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce reinforcements arrived, while Shi Douxing began learning his battle formation. At Willow Leaf Holy Manor, Ye Wucan’s people discovered Sikong Jing’s side had concealed the truth and maneuvered them into appearing ready to fight.

• Sikong Jing told Shi Douxing that the two Heaven Deciders would arrive in about a day and Murong Grand Heaven Duel in two or three days, so Willow Leaf City had to hold out until then.
• Sikong Jing instructed Shi Douxing to learn the Tyrant Soul Army-Slaying Formation so he could command a grand formation against the enemy forces.
• Sikong Jing began teaching Shi Douxing the formation while they waited for news from Willow Leaf Holy Manor.
• At Willow Leaf Holy Manor, Ye Wuyu noticed Leng Sha’s ship was chained to theirs, and Leng Sha explained that his group had followed them inside for shelter.
• Leng Sha admitted they had known Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall was coming and had kept quiet because Ye Wucan might have surrendered or sent Su Yuexi out to negotiate.
• Su Yuexi told Ye Wucan’s family that the city now believed he had prepared for the enemy, while Ye Wuyu protested that they only wanted to survive.

Ye Wuzhi forced Ye Wucan and Willow Leaf Holy Manor to prepare for War Saint Ganmo’s arrival, while the Tyrant Heaven forces began following Sikong Jing’s plan. The chapter ended with Pei Yupo suspecting Willow Leaf City was a trap.

• Ye Wuzhi confronted Willow Leaf Holy Manor over its past cruelty and warned that War Saint Ganmo was about to attack.
• Ye Wucan ordered Willow Leaf Holy Manor to activate its formations and prepare the army-slaying defenses, while Ye Wuzhi readied the Tyrant Soul formation.
• Pei Chang broke through Willow Leaf City's defenses and struck Willow Leaf Holy Manor, but its formations blocked him.
• Leng Chan and Old Xin led the Tyrant Heaven Battle Team toward the city outskirts to stall the Thousand King Young Master according to Sikong Jing’s plan.
• Pei Yupo realized Willow Leaf Holy Manor had known about the Qianyuan Holy Demon Army and suspected Willow Leaf City was a trap.