Chapter Summaries

Jun Changxiao’s forces destroyed Miao Kuai’s cavalry, while Shouyang City’s defenders remained on alert because they did not believe his anonymous warning that the enemy had been wiped out. As the counties’ conflict stalled, the Iron Bone Sect’s disciples reached Peak Martial Apprentice, and the herbs for more than four thousand Martial Master Pills matured.

• Xue Rengui refused to spare Miao Kuai, and Jun Changxiao’s forces killed him and annihilated his cavalry regiment, completing ten percent of the Epic Task.
• Jun Changxiao’s forces looted the battlefield and burned the bodies before returning to the sect.
• City Lord Han kept Shouyang City on high alert, and Jun Changxiao’s anonymous letter telling him Miao Kuai’s army was gone only made him more suspicious.
• Li Luoqiu reported that Zhenyang County’s army had stalled and that taking Heyang County’s remaining cities would take one or two months.
• Li Qingyang reported that the Iron Bone Sect’s disciples had reached Peak Martial Apprentice, and Old Man Wei delivered matured herbs that could produce more than four thousand Martial Master Pills.

Jun Changxiao used Martial Master Pills to raise thousands of Iron Bone Sect disciples into the Martial Master realm, while Ye Xingchen advanced to Martial Ancestor. Lu Qianqian then asked to leave for training, and Jun Changxiao accepted her choice.

• Jun Changxiao distributed Martial Master Pills to Peak Martial Apprentice disciples, and more than four thousand disciples broke through to Martial Master together.
• Li Qingyang reported that the new Martial Masters averaged around forty thousand strength, and Jun Changxiao noted that 2,524 disciples had reached Martial Master or higher.
• Ye Xingchen tempered his Qi Cyclone into a Spirit Core and reached Martial Ancestor, then saw Jun Changxiao demonstrate a strength value of 600,000 jin.
• Lu Qianqian recalled the Grand Elder's warning about entering the Extreme Profound Ice Pool without attaining the State of Still Water Heart.
• Lu Qianqian told Jun Changxiao she wanted to travel outside for training for perhaps ten or a hundred years, and he respected her decision.

Jun Changxiao mobilized the Iron Bone Sect to support Qingyang City after Zhenyang County sent Tao Yuan and the elite Tiger Might Army toward it. Xue Rengui offered to help defend the city, while concealing his identity as a deserter to avoid bringing trouble to the sect.

• Lu Qianqian discussed traveling to train, and Jun Changxiao agreed it could help her grow but told her to wait until the war ended.
• Xue Rengui proposed attacking Zhenyang County, but Jun Changxiao refused to risk drawing its forces toward Qingyang County.
• Li Luoqiu reported that Tao Yuan was leading thirty thousand Tiger Might Army troops toward Qingyang City, and Jun Changxiao decided to reinforce the city with more than two thousand disciples.
• Xie Guang Kun feared Qingyang City could not withstand the Tiger Might Army, but Jun Changxiao assured him that Xue Rengui could help resolve the crisis.
• Xue Rengui concealed his appearance and military aura because he was a deserter, and Jun Changxiao promised that he would not need to hide once the Iron Bone Sect could face any danger.

Jun Changxiao took command of Qingyang City's defense, relying on the Iron Bone Sect instead of the city's fifty thousand soldiers. As Zhenyang County's thirty thousand troops arrived, Tao Yuan mistook the conspicuous figure atop the city tower for Qingyang City's Lord.

• Xie Guang Kun showed Jun Changxiao Qingyang City's fifty thousand soldiers, and Jun declined to use them, taking responsibility for the city's defense with the Iron Bone Sect.
• A thousand Iron Bone Sect disciples took positions on the walls, inspiring the city's citizens and soldiers to vow to defend Qingyang City.
• Xiao Ziji, the Fine Rain Hall members, and the other disciples prepared sniper rifles, Demon Blast Crossbows, shields, and Hurricane Wolves for battle.
• Xue Rengui reported that the defenders were ready, and Zhenyang County's twenty thousand cavalry and ten thousand infantry approached the city.
• Tao Yuan saw Jun Changxiao sitting atop the city tower and called out, asking whether he was Qingyang City's Lord; Xie Guang Kun remarked that he was not as flashy as Sect Leader Jun.

Jun Changxiao refused to surrender Qingyang City to Tao Yuan’s invading army, while Jiang Xie drew away a Martial King who tried to challenge the defenders. As Tao Yuan’s Crystal Core Catapults launched iron balls at the city, Jun Changxiao entrusted their interception to Zhou Hong.

• Xiao Ziji fired a Streamer Bullet toward Tao Yuan, but a Martial King blocked it with a Defense Barrier.
• Jun Changxiao identified himself as the Iron Bone Sect’s leader and said he would defend his homeland, Qingyang City.
• Jiang Xie challenged the enemy Martial King and lured him toward a nearby forest.
• Tao Yuan rejected Jun Changxiao’s offer to avoid fighting and ordered his troops to fire four Crystal Core Catapults at the city.
• Jun Changxiao called on Zhou Hong, who drew his sword and formed a net of sword shadows before the incoming iron balls.

Zhou Hong and Xiao Ziji crippled the enemy’s siege weapons, while Jun Changxiao challenged General Tao’s army to attack Qingyang City. When Tao Yuan sent twenty thousand cavalry against the Iron Bone Sect’s Wolf Cavalry, Xue Rengui’s formation and Xiao Ziji’s shots helped the sect’s riders break through the enemy’s formation.

• Zhou Hong cut four incoming Iron Balls apart with his sword, and Jun Changxiao ordered Xiao Ziji to destroy the four Crystal Core Catapults.
• Xiao Ziji blew up all four catapults, after which Jun Changxiao warned Tao Yuan that his soldiers would die if they stormed Qingyang City.
• Jun Changxiao sent out the Wolf Cavalry Hall on Hurricane Wolves, and Xue Rengui signaled Zhong Yi to lead them into battle.
• Tao Yuan’s twenty thousand cavalry formed a crescent and fired a volley of arrows, but the Wolf Cavalry blocked the barrage with Iron Shields.
• Xiao Ziji shot the cavalry’s Deputy General and twenty soldiers, while Zhong Yi’s riders charged through the enemy formation and opened a breach.

Zhong Yi and the Wolf Cavalry Hall repeatedly broke through the Tiger Might Army’s encirclement, inflicting massive casualties with their superior armor, weapons, and Hurricane Wolves. As the battle continued, Li Shangtian accidentally shot Zhong Yi before landing a hit on an enemy cavalryman.

• Zhong Yi led the Wolf Cavalry Hall through the Tiger Might Army’s Iron Bucket Formation, while their Soft Silk Armor turned aside the enemy’s attacks.
• Xue Rengui signaled Zhong Yi to charge back into the enemy ranks, and the Wolf Cavalry Hall killed or wounded thousands of cavalrymen.
• Tao Yuan sent ten thousand infantrymen forward with Hook Spears, but the Hurricane Wolves smashed through their weapons and scattered their formation.
• Xiao Ziji fired from the Watchtower as Li Shangtian tried the Type 88 Sniper Rifle, accidentally hitting Zhong Yi in the back.
• Zhong Yi yelled at Li Shangtian not to shoot his own side, and Li Shangtian’s next Streamer Bullet struck an enemy cavalryman instead.

Jun Changxiao’s Wolf Cavalry defeated the Tiger Might Army, captured Tao Yuan, and forced the surviving soldiers to surrender, saving Qingyang City. After completing the Epic Task, Jun Changxiao began a breakthrough that Jiang Xie recognized as the arrival of a Dual Sword and Martial King.

• The Wolf Cavalry routed Tao Yuan’s Tiger Might Army, and Jun Changxiao ordered Xue Rengui to pursue them and capture Tao Yuan alive.
• Tao Yuan’s Demon Blast Crossbows were destroyed by a flying Streamer that triggered a chain of explosions.
• Zhong Yi seized Tao Yuan and sealed his Qi Meridians, prompting the Deputy General and the remaining Tiger Might Army soldiers to surrender.
• The system awarded Jun Changxiao Contribution Points and rewards for defeating the army, capturing its general, and defending Qingyang City.
• Jun Changxiao’s Sword and Martial Paths transformed as he began a breakthrough, and Jiang Xie realized he was becoming a Dual Sword and Martial King.

Jun Changxiao broke through in both the Sword and Martial Paths, becoming a Dual Sword and Martial King and triggering a phenomenon witnessed across several provinces. The chapter ended with countless swords paying homage to him in Qingyang City as his disciples celebrated.

• Jun Changxiao’s breakthrough sent two beams of light into the sky, astonishing City Lord Xie and Lu Qianqian.
• Martial cultivators across Qingyang County and beyond witnessed the phenomenon, while swords throughout the county trembled in response.
• The Cangshan Sect Elder and Shangguan Hong recognized the sign of a Dual Sword and Martial King, and Bai Ruihu ordered General Tao to return from Qingyang City.
• Jun Changxiao completed his breakthrough as the energy in both Spirit Cores transformed, fulfilling the task after the Wolf Cavalry Hall defeated the Tiger Might Army and captured Tao Yuan.
• When the beams vanished, swords flew from their sheaths and gathered above Jun Changxiao as Ten Thousand Swords Paying Homage, and he declared himself king of the Sword and Martial Paths.

After becoming a Dual Sword and Martial King, Jun Changxiao challenged the Zhenyang County Martial King, who agreed to fight so Tao Yuan could be taken away. Jun Changxiao overwhelmed him with his fists, and the chapter ended as the wounded Martial King unleashed his Three-Part Yuan Gathering Art while Jun Changxiao stood his ground.

• Jun Changxiao challenged the Zhenyang County Martial King to a match and persuaded him to fight by offering General Tao the chance to take Tao Yuan if he won.
• Jun Changxiao and the Zhenyang County Martial King agreed to fight with fists in the grove outside Qingyang City.
• Jun Changxiao's dense aura surprised Jiang Xie, and Jun Changxiao said he would not need his Sword Dao against the Fourth-grade Martial King.
• Jun Changxiao shattered the Martial King's Spiritual Energy defense with a punch, then struck him with a palm that sent him crashing through more than twenty trees.
• The injured Zhenyang County Martial King gathered three Heaven and Earth Attributes and launched the Three-Part Yuan Gathering Art at Jun Changxiao, who remained standing in its path.

Jun Changxiao blocked a powerful Martial King technique and defeated the Zhenyang County Martial King, then captured Tao Yuan and the Tiger Might Army soldiers. He tried to recruit Tao Yuan into the Iron Bone Unyielding Sect, while warning Xie Guang Kun that Zhenyang County’s main army was still advancing.

• Jun Changxiao used a Spiritual Energy wall to withstand the Zhenyang County Martial King’s Three-Part Yuan Gathering Art without damage.
• Jun Changxiao rushed the Martial King and beat him unconscious, ending the battle and taking him prisoner along with Tao Yuan and the Tiger Might Army.
• Jun Changxiao asked Tao Yuan to join the Iron Bone Unyielding Sect, arguing that the general was not bound to any sect and would not have to fight Zhenyang County.
• Jun Changxiao ordered Xie Guang Kun to lock the captives in the Dungeon, and Xie Guang Kun thanked him for saving Qingyang City.
• Jun Changxiao warned Xie Guang Kun that Zhenyang County’s main army remained in Heyang County and Huayang County, with more than a hundred thousand soldiers still to come.

Jun Changxiao stayed in Qingyang City to help defend it, then used his rewards and Contribution Points to obtain new items for the Iron Bone Sect. He left the disciples equipped with Spirit Armor and rewarded battlefield standouts with improved aptitudes.

• Jun Changxiao reassured Xie Guang Kun that he would protect Qingyang City, and Xie Guang Kun got drunk celebrating with him.
• Jun Changxiao drank the Saint-grade Aptitude Modification Fluid and raised his Spiritual Root aptitude from Top-grade to Saint-grade.
• Jun Changxiao bought a Sect Equipment Machine, Spirit Armor, a soft palm technique, the Clear Heart Art, and twenty bottles of intermediate-grade Aptitude Modification Fluid.
• Jun Changxiao considered buying an Initial Grade Spirit Medicine for Xi Jingxuan’s eye condition but decided to save his Contribution Points.
• Jun Changxiao gave Spirit Armor to the disciples stationed in Qingyang City and rewarded outstanding Wolf Cavalry Hall members with Aptitude Modification Fluid.
• The recipients’ aptitudes improved, including Zhong Yi, whose Spirit Root rose from High-grade to Top-grade.

After the battle for Qingyang City, Jun Changxiao and the Iron Bone Sect disciples cultivated new techniques while he tried to break the captured Tao Yuan’s resolve. When Li Luoqiu reported that forces from Zhenyang County were heading to attack the Cangshan Sect, Jun Changxiao set out to help.

• The Iron Bone Sect disciples practiced the Clear Heart Art and Spirit Armor, and Xiao Ziji formed especially strong armor.
• Jun Changxiao kept Tao Yuan imprisoned and hungry while describing delicious foods to tempt him.
• Jun Changxiao reflected on missing Earth, then spoke with Lu Qianqian, who asked to travel to Northeast Luzhou for experience.
• Li Luoqiu reported that forces from Zhenyang County were bringing experts to attack the Cangshan Sect.
• Jun Changxiao left Elder Jiang and Hall Master Xue to guard Qingyang City and rode with Lu Qianqian and Ye Xingchen toward the Cangshan Sect.

Zhenyang County’s sects sent three Martial Kings and more than twenty Martial Grandmasters to force the Cangshan Sect to stay out of the invasion. Jun Changxiao arrived to find Ma Yunteng badly injured and confronted the attackers.

• Shui Tingfeng told Sect Leader Yu that Zhenyang County’s Governor wanted the Cangshan Sect to seal its Mountain Gate and ignore the invasion, but Yu refused.
• The Lingyuan Sect and Duan Shui Pavilion challenged the Cangshan Sect’s elders, and Wang Donglin was defeated by Luo.
• Jun Changxiao arrived at Cangshan Mountain with Lu Qianqian and Ye Xingchen as Ma Yunteng was blasted across the Training Ground.
• Jun Changxiao caught Ma Yunteng, saw his severe injuries, and told the Zhenyang County experts they would not be leaving.

Jun Changxiao unleashed his Martial King strength at the Cangshan Sect and killed a Lingyuan Sect elder and two Peak Martial Ancestors, then wounded Zhuang Yong and beheaded a Duan Shui Pavilion Martial King. As Shui Tingfeng and Zhuang Yong struck Jun Changxiao from behind with a combined attack, the chapter left the outcome unresolved.

• Jun Changxiao revealed his Martial King aura and killed the eighth-grade Martial Grandmaster who had injured Ma Yunteng with one punch.
• Jun Changxiao crushed the necks of two Lingyuan Sect Peak Martial Ancestors and shattered a Duan Shui Pavilion Martial King's arm in a fist clash.
• Jun Changxiao used the Seven Profound Rainbow Break to break through Zhuang Yong's defenses and wound him.
• Jun Changxiao chased down the fleeing Duan Shui Pavilion Martial King and beheaded him with the Cold Light Sword.
• Shui Tingfeng and Zhuang Yong attacked Jun Changxiao from behind with their combined Lingyuan Explosive Fists.

Jun Changxiao survived a combined assault from Shui Tingfeng and Zhuang Yong by using Spirit Armor, then revealed that he was a Dual Sword and Martial King. He restrained Zhuang Yong with the Momentum Art and launched a deadly sword-rain attack.

• Shui Tingfeng and Zhuang Yong struck Jun Changxiao with a combined attack, but his black Spirit Armor absorbed it without harm.
• Jun Changxiao counterattacked with the Cold Gleam Sword, forcing Shui Tingfeng and Zhuang Yong to retreat.
• Jun Changxiao released his Sword King Sword Momentum, and Sect Leader Yu and Shui Tingfeng recognized him as a Dual Sword and Martial King.
• Jun Changxiao soared into the air and used the Momentum Art to restrain Zhuang Yong, who raised two layers of defense.
• Jun Changxiao unleashed the One-Character Quick Art, sending five hundred swords of Sword Qi raining down on Zhuang Yong.

Jun Changxiao killed Zhuang Yong and the other attackers from Zhenyang County, then pursued Shui Tingfeng as he fled. He struck Shui Tingfeng with Seven Profound Rainbow Break and left him badly injured, holding his Barrier-Defense Pagoda.

• Jun Changxiao shattered Zhuang Yong’s defenses and killed the Third-grade Martial King with a barrage of Sword Qi.
• Shui Tingfeng fled Cangshan Sect, and Jun Changxiao killed the remaining experts from Zhenyang County’s two sects.
• Shui Tingfeng escaped several hundred li into the forest and vowed to make Cangshan Sect and Qingyang County pay for Zhuang Yong’s death.
• Jun Changxiao rode the Hurricane Wolf King after Shui Tingfeng and fired Seven Profound Rainbow Break at him.
• The beam broke Shui Tingfeng’s defenses and slammed him into a mountain wall, and Jun Changxiao took his Barrier-Defense Pagoda.

Jun Changxiao killed Shui Tingfeng after learning he had gravely wounded Elder Ma, then discovered the consequences could include retaliation from the Lingyuan Sect and Zhenyang County. As he fled from an approaching Lingyuan Sect Martial Emperor, the Emperor’s Aura Domain caught and slowed him.

• Shui Tingfeng recognized Jun Changxiao as the Iron Bone Sect leader and pleaded for his life, but Jun killed him after Shui threatened Qingyang County with retaliation.
• Jun completed the hidden task for killing the invaders, searched Shui Tingfeng’s Spatial Rings, and found a large fortune in Spirit Stones, supplies, and banknotes.
• Jun and the system discussed his strength and the danger of provoking the Lingyuan Sect and Zhenyang County, and Jun considered using his Truce Token to delay a war.
• Jun detected a Martial Emperor flying toward him, realized the newcomer belonged to the Lingyuan Sect, and fled into the forest.
• The Martial Emperor shouted that Jun would die for killing a Lingyuan Sect member and trapped him in an Aura Domain.

Jun Changxiao escaped a Lingyuan Sect Martial Emperor’s lethal attack with the Talisman of Escape, but the fleeing Martial Emperor was struck unconscious by a stranger who emerged from a space rift. The stranger’s body reverted to a youth’s as he lamented being forced to lower his Cultivation and flee to the Lower Realm over the stolen Seven Profound Rainbow Light Broken Scroll.

• Jun Changxiao realized a Lingyuan Sect Martial Emperor had bound him with an Aura Domain and prepared to kill him.
• Jun Changxiao crushed the Talisman of Escape just as the Martial Emperor’s Heaven and Earth Attributes formed a giant palm to strike him.
• A space rift opened, and a Streamer shot out and hit the Martial Emperor, creating a huge crater and knocking him unconscious.
• Jun Changxiao crawled out of the crater, battered but alive, and recognized that the stranger’s attack had saved him.
• The stranger’s body shrank into that of a youth as he complained about lowering his Cultivation and being unable to find the thief who stole the Seven Profound Rainbow Light Broken Scroll.

He Wudi survived his flight from the Endless Void but lost his body’s strength, Cultivation, and soul power, and found himself stranded on the Starfall Continent. After recovering from the backlash of escaping the Martial Emperor, Jun Changxiao discovered the injured He Wudi fighting wolves with extraordinary strength and rode to save him, just as a powerful wolf arrived.

• He Wudi explained that he had fled his pursuers by tearing through space, but the journey had left him weakened and unable to use most of his former martial arts.
• Jun Changxiao escaped the Martial Emperor using the Talisman of Escape and collapsed in a mountain wilderness, where the system explained that the talisman’s void crossing had triggered thunder.
• The Hurricane Wolf King and Little Dragon Dragon found Jun Changxiao, who recovered from the talisman’s backlash and started back toward the Cangshan Sect.
• Jun Changxiao sensed He Wudi fighting dozens of wolves barehanded despite having no Cultivation and realized the youth possessed great natural strength.
• He Wudi drove off several wolves, but a formidable wolf beast arrived atop Wind Vortices and left him facing a new threat.