Chapter Summaries

Leng Chan and Old Xin revealed the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce’s support for Willow Leaf City and used linked Overlord Soul formations to repel Pei Yupo’s Emperors. With the Qianyuan Holy Demon Army advancing, Old Xin led troops to assist Willow Leaf Holy Manor while Leng Chan held the city’s outskirts.

• Leng Chan and Old Xin arrived with the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce’s ships, surprising Pei Yupo and the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall experts.
• Pei Yupo ordered his five Emperors to capture Leng Chan and Old Xin, but the defenders activated linked Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formations to block them.
• Leng Chan called on Willow Leaf City’s formation users to join the battle, and the strengthened formation forced the five Emperors back to Pei Yupo’s ship.
• Pei Yupo realized the intelligence about Willow Leaf City’s formations was wrong and that his troops had to assemble before attacking.
• Leng Chan sent Old Xin and troops to support Willow Leaf Holy Manor against the Saint Martial Stage expert while he remained outside the city to face the advancing Qianyuan Holy Demon Army.

Willow Leaf Holy Manor drove Pei Chang from Willow Leaf City with a pincer attack, while Sikong Jing prepared to draw the Saint Martial powerhouse away and buy time for Reverse Blade City. He left Shi Douxing with notes on the Overlord Soul Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formation and set out for Willow Leaf City.

• Pei Chang abandoned his attack on Willow Leaf Holy Manor when Ye Wucan led its army-slaying formation out to join Old Xin’s forces.
• Ye Wuzhi rallied Willow Leaf City by announcing that they had driven off a Saint Martial Stage warrior, and Ye Wucan began preparing for battle with Old Xin.
• Sikong Jing received word that Pei Chang had withdrawn under the combined pressure of Willow Leaf Holy Manor’s and the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce’s formations.
• Sikong Jing told Shi Douxing he would draw the Saint Martial powerhouse between Reverse Blade City and Willow Leaf City while Shi Douxing eliminated Chang Yonghuang as quickly as possible.
• Sikong Jing gave Shi Douxing black jade paper containing notes on the Overlord Soul Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formation, then left for Willow Leaf City.

Sikong Jing raced toward Reverse Blade City while Shi Douxing took command of the Willow Leaf reinforcements and prepared to strengthen their defenses. As Willow Leaf City’s resistance faltered, Sikong Jing killed Chang Yihuang to draw the Saint Martial Stage expert away, while Ye Wuzhi tried to steady the defenders and Ye Wucan rebuked him.

• Sikong Jing ordered the Willow Leaf reinforcements to follow Shi Douxing, who learned that few troops had died in Sikong Jing’s earlier attack and resolved to study the two army-slaying formations.
• Shi Douxing received Sikong Jing’s explanation that he no longer cared about provoking the Thousand Kings Holy Tower, and committed himself to winning the battle.
• Sikong Jing received reports that Pei Yupo’s army was pressuring Willow Leaf City and decided to draw the Saint Martial Stage expert away before Ye Wucan’s forces surrendered.
• Sikong Jing killed the unconscious Chang Yihuang, hoping the emperor’s shattered life lamp would force the Saint Martial Stage expert to leave Willow Leaf City.
• Ye Wuyu declared that Willow Leaf City could not win, so Ye Wuzhi slapped and restrained her while insisting they would prevail.
• Ye Wucan told Ye Wuzhi not to go too far.

Su Yuexi defended Sikong Jing’s resolve and revealed that he had predicted War Saint Ganmo would leave Willow Leaf City. Leng Sha explained that Ganmo had gone to aid Reverse Blade City, restoring Willow Leaf’s fighting spirit as its forces prepared to counterattack.

• As Willow Leaf’s leaders doubted Sikong Jing, Su Yuexi slapped Ye Wuyu for claiming he had abandoned them or died.
• Su Yuexi announced that Sikong Jing had said War Saint Ganmo would soon leave Willow Leaf City.
• War Saint Ganmo’s oppressive aura vanished, and Leng Chan confirmed that he had departed.
• Leng Sha explained that Reverse Blade City was nearing victory, prompting Ganmo to reinforce it and giving Willow Leaf a chance to counterattack.
• Leng Chan spread news of Reverse Blade’s impending victory in the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce’s name, reigniting Willow Leaf City’s fighting spirit.
• Ye Wucan claimed credit and called for an attack, but Willow Leaf’s troops remained suppressed in a stalemate.

Pei Yupo sent Pei Chang toward Reverse Blade City, unaware that Sikong Jing had drawn the Saint Martial Stage expert away and was racing to Willow Leaf City. Sikong Jing then sent Old Fat Head instructions to lure the expert back, and Old Fat Head infiltrated the Qianyuan Holy Demon Army to report a supposed sighting of Shi Douxing.

• Pei Yupo concluded that Reverse Blade City had powerful reinforcements and sent Pei Chang to destroy it.
• Sikong Jing hid from the passing Saint Martial Stage expert, estimated it would reach Reverse Blade City in three hours, and urged Split Armor toward Willow Leaf City.
• Sikong Jing sent Old Fat Head a message ordering him to cooperate in luring the Saint Martial Stage expert back.
• Old Fat Head captured a Qianyuan Holy Demon intelligence soldier, disguised himself in the soldier's uniform, and entered the army.
• Old Fat Head told Chang Wuhuang that he had spotted Shi Douxing near Willow Leaf City and handed him a Light-Returning Mirror showing an indistinct figure.

Old Fat Head lured Chang Wuhuang away from the Qianyuan Holy Demon Army as part of Sikong Jing’s plan to kill an Emperor and draw the Saint Martial Stage expert back. Chang Wuhuang brought Old Fat Head to a hidden Willow Leaf force, where Sikong Jing waited in disguise, leaving the soldiers facing the Emperor’s demand for answers.

• Old Fat Head showed Chang Wuhuang a Light-Returning Mirror recording of himself disguised as a Venerable, prompting Chang Wuhuang to investigate the supposed sighting.
• Chang Wuhuang left the Qianyuan Holy Demon Army with Old Fat Head, who led him toward Sikong Jing’s trap without raising his suspicions.
• Sikong Jing hid with tens of thousands of Willow Leaf soldiers and told their squad leader that he was taking them to kill an Emperor Realm expert.
• Chang Wuhuang and Old Fat Head arrived at the hidden force, and Chang Wuhuang demanded to know whether the soldiers had seen a Venerable.

Sikong Jing and Old Fat Head ambushed and killed Chang Wuhuang with the Beast Slaughter Array, then fled with the Willow Leaf soldiers. Pei Yupo learned of Chang Wuhuang’s death and ordered Chang Sanghuang to investigate the forest, fearing a hidden army or another trap.

• Sikong Jing tricked Chang Wuhuang into looking behind him, allowing Old Fat Head to strike him from behind.
• Sikong Jing activated the Beast Slaughter Array by controlling the Willow Leaf soldiers and hidden demon beasts, overwhelming Chang Wuhuang with its Army-Slaying Formation.
• Chang Wuhuang asked why Sikong Jing knew Pei Yupo, then recognized Sikong Jing as Chang Yihuang’s killer before dying.
• Sikong Jing urged the Willow Leaf soldiers to flee with him and Old Fat Head as the demon beasts scattered.
• Pei Yupo saw Chang Wuhuang’s life lamp go out and ordered Chang Sanghuang to investigate the forest with troops.

Sikong Jing used Chang Wuhuang’s death and a phantom army to draw War Saint Ganmo away from Willow Leaf City and keep him searching the forest. After Pei Chang returned, Pei Yupo ordered him to scout the area before the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall launched its final assault on the city.

• Sikong Jing explained to Old Fat Head that the battle formation was meant to keep War Saint Ganmo occupied in the forest, then sent Old Fat Head back to maintain contact.
• Shi Douxing sensed the Saint Martial Stage expert arrive and leave Reverse Blade City, and continued preparing its defenses.
• Pei Chang saw Chang Wuhuang’s life lamp shatter and rushed back toward Willow Leaf City, fearing the battle had turned against them and Pei Yupo had been killed.
• Chang Sanghuang found Chang Wuhuang’s corpse but no trace of the millions of troops, and Pei Yupo recalled him to keep suppressing Willow Leaf City.
• Pei Chang returned to Willow Leaf City four hours later, and Pei Yupo told him to scout the forest for troops or traps before the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall launched its final assault.

Sikong Jing tried to buy time for Willow Leaf City by keeping War Saint Ganmo searching the forest until reinforcements arrived. Pei Yupo realized the hidden commander was stalling for time and ordered Ganmo back, then prepared to bombard the city without delay.

• Sikong Jing learned that Bei Cang and Xi Tu had reached the edge of the Willow Leaf City region and estimated they would need seven or eight hours to reach the city undetected.
• Sikong Jing ordered the tens of thousands of Willow Leaf soldiers to leave, then hid as a little demon beast and waited for War Saint Ganmo to keep searching.
• After two and a half hours, Pei Yupo concluded that the hidden commander was keeping Ganmo occupied until Murong Jianyun arrived or Reverse Blade City secured victory.
• Pei Yupo ordered someone to tell Ganmo to return immediately, rejecting Chang Sanghuang's reminder that half an hour remained.
• Pei Yupo ordered an immediate bombardment of Willow Leaf City at any cost.

Sikong Jing realized Pei Yupo had seen through his plan and rushed to Willow Leaf City as the Qianyuan Holy Demon Army began a frenzied assault. He infiltrated the army with Old Fat Head and reached the collapsing city, where the enemy demanded that Ye Wucan surrender Su Old Devil's granddaughter.

• Sikong Jing left Chang Lehuang alive and hurried toward Willow Leaf City after sensing the Qianyuan Holy Demon Army's killing intent.
• Sikong Jing decided to enter Willow Leaf City, sent word for Shi Douxing to attack Chang Yonghuang, and ordered the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion to find the army's weakest point.
• Sikong Jing and Old Fat Head disguised themselves as wounded Qianyuan Holy Demon soldiers, hid Chang Lehuang inside a demon-beast mount, and infiltrated the army.
• After two hours, Sikong Jing and Old Fat Head reached the front of the army and saw Willow Leaf City's defenses close to collapse.
• The Qianyuan Holy Demon Army halted its attack, and its commander demanded that Ye Wucan hand over Su Old Devil's granddaughter.

Pei Yupo tried to break Willow Leaf Holy Manor’s resolve by threatening to destroy the city unless they surrendered Su Yuexi and the two Qianyuan Fragment Maps. Ye Wuyu immediately begged for terms, while Ye Wucan wavered between surrendering and seeking revenge on Sikong Jing.

• Sikong Jing explained to Old Fat Head that Pei Yupo was targeting Willow Leaf Holy Manor because he had noticed their fear and weak fighting spirit.
• Pei Yupo threatened to kill Willow Leaf Holy Manor first unless they handed over Su Yuexi, then offered to spare them if they surrendered.
• Ye Wuyu asked Pei Yupo whether he would spare Willow Leaf Holy Manor and said they could agree to anything, drawing furious protests from Ye Wuzhi, Leng Chan, and the others.
• Sikong Jing told Old Fat Head that Ye Wuyu’s actions showed why Willow Leaf Holy Manor was worse than he had expected.
• Pei Yupo demanded the two Qianyuan Fragment Maps as well, and Ye Wucan considered using the offer to turn against Sikong Jing.
• Pei Yupo ordered Ye Wucan to capture Su Yuexi and bring her to him immediately, promising to accept Willow Leaf Holy Manor’s surrender without killing any of them.

Sikong Jing returned to the standoff between the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall and Willow Leaf City, challenging Pei Yupo’s promise to Ye Wucan. He offered Ye Wucan the power of the Saint Martial Stage, leaving Ye Wucan stunned and reconsidering surrender.

• Su Yuexi warned Ye Wucan that the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall had promised to spare only Willow Leaf Holy Manor, not the people of Willow Leaf City.
• Ye Wuyu urged Ye Wucan to surrender and said she did not care if the city’s people died, while Pei Yupo promised to help build a new city.
• Sikong Jing appeared between the opposing armies wearing the Dark Wing Mask, drawing the attention of both sides.
• Sikong Jing asked Pei Yupo whether the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall could give Ye Wucan the power of the Saint Martial Stage.
• Ye Wucan reacted with shock, realizing Sikong Jing might offer him the power he had obtained from Ancestor Liu Duoye’s tomb.

Sikong Jing revealed his pure Willow Leaf Holy Manor aura and claimed responsibility for the moves that had stalled Pei Yupo and War Saint Ganmo. He urged Willow Leaf City to hold on until Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce’s reinforcements arrived, while Pei Yupo demanded to know whether he was Xi Tu or Dong Wu.

• Ye Wuzhi stopped Ye Wuyu from revealing Sikong Jing’s identity and told Willow Leaf Holy Manor’s people to keep quiet.
• Sikong Jing displayed his pure Duoye Twelve Seals aura and said the Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce had given Ye Wucan his Saint Martial Stage power.
• Sikong Jing admitted that he had killed Chang Yihuang, made War Saint Ganmo leave Willow Leaf City, and arranged the delays that bought the city time.
• Pei Chang attacked Sikong Jing, but Leng Chan and the others used the Tyrant Soul Army-Slaying Formation to disperse the strike.
• Sikong Jing said Tyrant Heaven Chamber of Commerce’s powerhouses would arrive soon and explained that Willow Leaf Holy Manor’s weakness had forced his elaborate plan.
• Pei Yupo accused Sikong Jing of being a Heaven Decider and demanded to know whether he was Xi Tu or Dong Wu.

Sikong Jing challenged Pei Yupo to remove his mask, making Pei Yupo realize that he was Ba Hun's inheritor and knew the Thousand Kings Holy Tower controlled the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall. After Sikong Jing drove back Pei Chang with the citywide Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formations, Pei Yupo exposed his identity aloud, and the city learned that Sikong Jing was still alive.

• Sikong Jing revealed that he and Pei Yupo were both at the peak of the Heavenly King Realm and challenged Pei Yupo to remove his mask.
• Pei Yupo concluded that Sikong Jing was Ba Hun's inheritor and privately reasoned that he had anticipated the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall's plans and rallied Willow Leaf City's resistance.
• Pei Yupo ordered Pei Chang to seize Sikong Jing, but Sikong Jing activated the citywide Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formations and repelled Pei Chang with an Overlord Soul halberd.
• Sikong Jing challenged Pei Yupo to a life-and-death battle, and Pei Yupo roared that Ba Hun's inheritor should have been dead.
• The people of Willow Leaf City erupted when they realized Sikong Jing had survived the Willow Leaf Sacred Tomb and had been directing events from the shadows.

Sikong Jing exposed Pei Yupo as the Thousand King Young Master and disrupted the Qianyuan Holy Demon Army with Chang Lehuang and hidden poison. In the resulting chaos, Old Fat Head launched an attack on Chang Sanghuang.

• Sikong Jing challenged Pei Yupo and removed his Dark Wing Mask, but Pei Yupo denied his identity, called himself Gan Shengwei, and ordered the Qianyuan Holy Demon Army to slaughter Willow Leaf City.
• Sikong Jing pulled the unconscious Chang Lehuang from his demonic beast mount and woke her, prompting her to rush toward the Qianyuan Holy Demon Army and warn that the Tyrant Soul inheritor was alive.
• Pei Yupo ordered the Emperors not to withdraw their Army-Slaying Formation and to blast Chang Lehuang, while Sikong Jing used his formation hammers to launch her toward the enemy.
• Sikong Jing detonated an Emperor-grade artifact and poison hidden in Chang Lehuang, spreading poisonous blood mist and briefly disrupting the Qianyuan Holy Demon Army's formation.
• Old Fat Head appeared behind Chang Sanghuang and attacked him with a blade.

Sikong Jing took command of Willow Leaf City after Old Fat Head’s ambush severely wounded Chang Sanghuang, then revealed that the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall was backed by the Thousand Kings Holy Tower. Ye Wuyu was killed when she tried to surrender, and as Willow Leaf’s fighters began to panic, Sikong Jing ordered Old Fat Head to blast them.

• Old Fat Head failed to kill Chang Sanghuang but gravely wounded him, then returned to Sikong Jing’s side as they withdrew into Willow Leaf City’s forces.
• Sikong Jing declared that Chang Sanghuang and two other enemy commanders were out of action, then took command of Willow Leaf City without opposition.
• Sikong Jing explained that the Thousand Kings Holy Tower had arranged the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall, leaving Ye Wucan and the Willow Leaf Holy Manor members stunned.
• Ye Wuyu ran toward Pei Yupo to surrender, but Pei Yupo ordered her killed, and the Army-Slaying Formation blasted her into pulp.
• Willow Leaf Holy Manor’s core members lost their will to fight and called for a retreat, so Sikong Jing ordered Old Fat Head to blast them.

Sikong Jing forced Willow Leaf Holy Manor to abandon thoughts of surrender and led Willow Leaf City into a desperate defense against the Thousand Kings Holy Tower and Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall. After an hour of fierce fighting, the defenders gathered around Willow Leaf Holy Manor, but the manor’s protective formation shattered.

• Old Fat Head killed a Willow Leaf core member for continuing to undermine morale after Sikong Jing warned them to fight.
• Sikong Jing explained that the Thousand Kings Holy Tower planned to eliminate factions holding Qianyuan Fragment Maps, and convinced Willow Leaf Holy Manor that surrender would not save them.
• Ye Wucan accepted Sikong Jing’s command and announced that Willow Leaf City would fight to the death, while Sikong Jing ordered the army-slaying formations to retreat toward the manor.
• Sikong Jing taught stronger Hundred-Man Army-Slaying Formations as the wounded returned to battle and the defenders held out against Pei Yupo and Pei Chang.
• A Saint Martial army-slaying strike shattered Willow Leaf Holy Manor’s defensive grand formation.

With the Willow Leaf Grand Formation shattered, Sikong Jing rallied Willow Leaf City by linking its people into the Qianyuan Battle-Killing Formation and unleashed a devastating strike against the Qianyuan Holy Demon Army. He could not repeat the attack, and Pei Yupo continued to demand the formation as the battle remained unresolved.

• The Willow Leaf Grand Formation shattered, and Liu Shizeng despaired that Willow Leaf City could not hold out for the half hour remaining before reinforcements arrived.
• Sikong Jing summoned the Armor-Splitting Flying Scorpion and used his battle-killing formation patterns to connect with the people of Willow Leaf City, including Xiong Tingting, and draw on their true energy.
• Sikong Jing explained that he had advanced his mastery of the Qianyuan Battle-Killing Formation, while Pei Yupo questioned whether he was Su Old Devil's heir.
• Sikong Jing unleashed Myriad Sword-Form Slaughter, and the citywide counterattack helped Ye Wucan, Leng Chan, and the others kill a fifth of the Qianyuan Holy Demon Army.
• Pei Yupo claimed Sikong Jing had exhausted the city's true energy and demanded that he hand over the Qianyuan Battle-Killing Formation.

Bei Cang and West Chart arrived at Willow Leaf City and took command of its army-slaying formations, helping the defenders hold off the Qianyuan Holy Demon Army. Sikong Jing revealed that Murong Jianyun would not arrive for two days, while Reverse Blade City defeated Chang Yonghuang and learned Dark Wing’s identity.

• Bei Cang Heavenly Decider arrived at Willow Leaf Holy Manor and took over its formation, changing it into the Qianyuan Battle-Killing Formation to fight Pei Chang’s army.
• West Chart Heavenly Decider arrived and took command of the Tyrant Soul Army-Slaying Formation, strengthening Willow Leaf City’s defense.
• Ye Wucan asked Sikong Jing whether more Tyrant Heaven powerhouses were coming, and Sikong Jing said Murong Jianyun would arrive in about two days.
• Sikong Jing returned to training the army while Ye Wucan and the others continued fighting to hold Willow Leaf City.
• Shi Douxing led Reverse Blade City’s troops to defeat Chang Yonghuang in the mountain forest near Reverse Blade City.
• Chang Yonghuang asked about Dark Wing, and Shi Douxing identified him as the Overlord Soul’s successor before Chang Yonghuang died.

Shi Douxing led the Reverse Blade Sect to reinforce Willow Leaf City, where the defenders continued fighting the Qianyuan Holy Demon Hall. As Murong Jianyun rushed to help them, Fenglei Bao, the Thousand Kings' First Emperor, blocked his path on behalf of the Thousand Kings Holy Tower.

• Shi Douxing led the Reverse Blade Sect from its victory at Reverse Blade City toward Willow Leaf City.
• Shi Douxing arrived with Chang Yonghuang's head, reigniting the exhausted defenders' fighting spirit, and Pei Yupo sent the recovered Chang Sanghuang to fight him.
• Murong Jianyun neared Willow Leaf City after learning from Sikong Jing that a Saint Martial Stage expert was involved in the battle.
• Fenglei Bao appeared astride the Wind Thunder Roaring Beast and challenged Murong Jianyun for going to Willow Leaf City instead of accepting the Thousand Kings Holy Tower's invitation.