Chapter Summaries

After the Truce Token expired, Zhenyang County assembled a massive army to attack Qingyang County, and Jun Changxiao prepared the Iron Bone Sect to meet it. He reached Qingyang City with a new breakthrough and vowed to make the invaders pay.

• Xue Rengui praised the Spirit Bean soldiers, and Jun Changxiao ordered him to keep drilling Wolf Cavalry Hall.
• The Lingyuan Sect Grand Elder remembered being struck by a terrifying power, and the sect agreed to send elders and disciples with Zhenyang County’s army despite fearing Qingyang County might have a Martial Saint.
• The Prefecture Governor assembled three hundred thousand troops, while Duan Shui Pavilion sent elders and disciples to join the campaign.
• After regaining his memories, Tao Yuan shut himself in the Guest Room, and Jun Changxiao left sect affairs to Li Luoqiu before heading to Qingyang City.
• Jun Changxiao revealed that Zhenyang County’s army would arrive in three days, and Xi Jingxuan offered to hold back the experts from the two sects.
• Jun Changxiao disclosed his confidence in defeating the invaders and vowed to make them pay for attacking Qingyang City.

The White Tiger Legion arrived outside Qingyang City, where Jun Changxiao’s Iron Bone Sect prepared to defend the city. Jun Changxiao challenged a Martial King and killed him instantly, leaving the enemy army stunned.

• Bai Ruihu led three hundred thousand White Tiger Legion soldiers toward Qingyang City, while the Iron Bone Sect and its allies assembled on the battlements.
• Bai Ruihu demanded that Xie Guang Kun surrender, but Xiao Ziji fired his AWM Sniper Rifle and the Lingyuan Sect’s Fourth Elder blocked the shot.
• Jun Changxiao declared that the Iron Bone Sect would defend Qingyang City and challenged the Fourth Elder of the Guiyuan Sect.
• Jun Changxiao restrained the Fourth Elder with the Sword Momentum of the Soaring Sword God Art and pierced his chest with the Seven Profound Rainbow Break, killing him instantly.

Jun Changxiao killed the Lingyuan Sect’s Fourth Elder and challenged three Martial Kings at once. Their combined attack left him unharmed in crimson armor, and the onlookers were stunned.

• Jun Changxiao instantly killed the Lingyuan Sect’s Fourth Elder with the Seven Profound Rainbow Break.
• Jun Changxiao revealed that he had also killed Elder Shui and Elder Zhuang, then challenged the Lingyuan Sect’s Third Elder and two Duan Shui Pavilion elders to attack together.
• The three Martial Kings accepted and unleashed their Cultivation before Jun Changxiao, who calmly let them make the first move.
• The three elders attacked Jun Changxiao with the Tyrant Yin Fist and Drawing a Blade to Sever Water, filling the battlefield with dust and energy.
• Jun Changxiao emerged still standing in the same spot, unharmed and clad in crimson armor, leaving Changsun Fanghua and Leng Xingyue astonished.

Jun Changxiao defeated the Martial King leaders of Lingyuan Sect and Duan Shui Pavilion, then vowed that the Iron Bone Sect would defend Qingyang City. As Zhenyang County began its siege, Xue Rengui led the Wolf Cavalry Hall out to meet the enemy.

• Jun Changxiao shattered Elder Zhang and Elder Sun’s Double Seal Formation with Seven Profound Rainbow Break, piercing both men’s shoulders.
• Jun Changxiao broke the Third Elder of Lingyuan Sect’s Great Vehicle Heaven-Extinguishing Palm and beat him until he collapsed.
• Jun Changxiao told Bai Ruihu that Qingyang City would stand as long as the Iron Bone Sect stood, and Bai Ruihu ordered the siege to begin.
• Xue Rengui sent Zhong Yi and the Wolf Cavalry Hall out through the city gates to face Zhenyang County’s army.
• Xiao Ziji fired all twenty rounds from his Type 88 Sniper Rifle into the advancing Iron Cavalry as Zhong Yi led the Wolf Cavalry charge.

The Wolf Cavalry Hall and Iron Bone Sect disciples devastated the White Tiger Legion in Qingyang City’s battle, then withdrew before the larger army could overwhelm them. Jun Changxiao’s concealed Field Cannon opened fire on the advancing troops, leaving Bai Ruihu and the others stunned by its power.

• Zhong Yi led the strengthened Wolf Cavalry Hall against the White Tiger Legion’s Iron Cavalry, killing thousands while Xiao Ziji and Li Shangtian fired from the watchtowers.
• Jun Changxiao ordered Su Xiaomo, Li Fei, and the other Iron Bone Sect disciples to join the battle, where they held back fifty thousand infantry and caused heavy casualties.
• Bai Ruihu sent another fifty thousand infantry forward, so Jun Changxiao ordered his fighters to retreat after they had killed at least twenty thousand soldiers without losing a disciple.
• Jun Changxiao revealed that the battle had only begun as Xiao Ziji calibrated the Field Cannon outside Qingyang City.
• When the White Tiger Army advanced to attack the city, Jun Changxiao ordered Xiao Ziji to fire, and the cannon blast threw Bai Ruihu from his horse and shocked the defenders.

Jun Changxiao used a Field Cannon to devastate Bai Ruihu’s army, then revealed a hundred thousand Spirit Bean Soldiers and began encircling the survivors outside Qingyang City. The chapter ended with the soldiers shouting Jun Changxiao’s boastful slogan as he prepared to demonstrate his army’s power.

• Jun Changxiao fired the Field Cannon from outside Qingyang City, killing or wounding tens of thousands of Zhenyang County soldiers and leaving a massive crater.
• Bai Ruihu asked whether a Martial King-level expert had attacked, and Jun Changxiao explained that the Iron Bone Sect had powerful battlefield weapons.
• Jun Changxiao activated the Thirty-two Formations of the Mystical Gate, revealing one hundred thousand Spirit Bean Soldiers hidden in Isolation Arrays.
• Jun Changxiao sent fifty thousand Spirit Bean Soldiers from each side to encircle Bai Ruihu’s remaining troops.
• The Spirit Bean Soldiers shouted Jun Changxiao’s slogan, and the system criticized him for borrowing it from Dongfang Bubai.

Jun Changxiao’s Spirit Bean Soldiers routed the White Tiger Legion, and Iron Bone Sect disciples captured Commander Bai Ruihu. After the survivors surrendered, Jun Changxiao executed Bai Ruihu and ordered his head sent to Zhenyang County.

• Bai Ruihu ordered the White Tiger Legion to retreat, but Jun Changxiao surrounded them with Spirit Bean Soldiers, Wolf Cavalry, and Iron Bone Sect disciples.
• The Spirit Bean Soldiers unleashed My Slash on the trapped legion, killing or wounding tens of thousands and striking down Bai Ruihu’s guards.
• Su Xiaomo and Li Fei knocked Bai Ruihu through the air, and Yang Yuhua caught and captured him.
• Jun Changxiao ordered the Spirit Bean Soldiers to offer surrender, and the remaining White Tiger Legion soldiers dropped their weapons.
• Jun Changxiao received rewards for completing the hidden task Complete Victory, then beheaded Bai Ruihu and ordered his head sent to Zhenyang County.

After the Iron Bone Sect helped defeat Zhenyang County’s invasion, Jun Changxiao returned with captured soldiers and persuaded Tao Yuan to remain in the sect. Tao Yuan pledged to follow him and build an undying achievement, completing a hidden task for Jun Changxiao.

• Jun Changxiao killed Bai Ruihu, and the surviving White Tiger Legion soldiers surrendered after their defeat at Qingyang City.
• Xi Jingxuan departed with her disciples, while Jun Changxiao and Old Man Wei discussed her interest in him and Leng Xingyue’s lingering hatred toward Old Man Wei.
• Jun Changxiao took captured Tiger Might Army soldiers back to the Iron Bone Sect, hoping Tao Yuan would help bring them into the sect.
• Jun Changxiao told Tao Yuan that Bai Ruihu and the White Tiger Legion had been defeated, then reminded him that he was free to leave.
• Jun Changxiao promised Tao Yuan a place among the continent’s famed generals, and Tao Yuan saluted him and pledged to follow him.
• Jun Changxiao completed the hidden task Bewitching Hearts and received 1,000 Contribution Points.

Zhuo Chaoqun held back from launching another attack after the White Tiger Legion was destroyed, while news of the Iron Bone Sect’s victory spread across the province and earned it public acclaim. Qin Haoran finally accepted that the Iron Bone Sect had surpassed the Vast Qi Sect and the Hundred Sects Alliance, as the sect reached 5,000 members and moved closer to becoming a school.

• Zhuo Chaoqun raged over Bai Ruihu’s defeat but refused to send more troops against Qingyang County while rival prefectures threatened Zhenyang County.
• Martial Cultivators across Southwest Yang Province spread news that the Iron Bone Sect had destroyed the White Tiger Legion, and Qingyang County’s people celebrated the victory.
• Qin Haoran read the battle report and realized that neither the Vast Qi Sect nor the Hundred Sects Alliance could contend with the Iron Bone Sect.
• Tao Yuan and his 2,472 Tiger Might Army soldiers joined the Iron Bone Sect, bringing its membership to exactly 5,000 and triggering a Sect Mission.

Jun Changxiao developed the Iron Bone Unyielding Sect by recruiting the Tiger Might Army soldiers, improving his disciples’ aptitude, and acquiring new resources and formulas. After the disciples completed their missions, he upgraded Sect Construction to Level 6 and unlocked the Spiritual Endowment Pavilion, while the Main Quest still required ninety thousand more disciples.

• Tao Yuan and the captured Tiger Might Army soldiers joined the Iron Bone Unyielding Sect, and Jun Changxiao appointed Tao Yuan Vice Hall Master of the Wolf Cavalry Hall under Xue Rengui.
• Jun Changxiao distributed aptitude-modification fluids, raising Li Qingyang’s aptitude to Saint-grade and his cultivation to Eighth-rank Martial Grandmaster, while several other disciples reached supreme-grade aptitude.
• Jun Changxiao bought the Mid-grade Qi Gathering Pill and Detoxification Pill formulas, refined Detoxification Pills, and added two Martial Techniques to the sect’s library.
• The disciples completed their Sect Missions, raising Achievement Points to 7200 and Contribution Points to 5000, so Jun Changxiao upgraded Sect Construction to Level 6.
• The upgrade raised the sect’s membership, Contribution Point, and Achievement Point caps to 10000 and unlocked the Spiritual Endowment Pavilion, while the system reminded Jun Changxiao that he still needed ninety thousand disciples.

Jun Changxiao discovered that the Spiritual Endowment Pavilion could nurture Weapon Spirits in weapons and used it to create weapons with different elemental attributes. He distributed the newly endowed weapons to his disciples, leaving Ye Xingchen disgruntled when he received a Water Element Weapon Spirit.

• Jun Changxiao used the Spiritual Endowment Pavilion to give a Low-grade Cold Edge Sword a Fire Spirit, then contracted with it and tested its flaming Sword Qi.
• After deciding to recruit talented Martial Cultivators rather than swell the sect with soldiers, Jun Changxiao began planning how to attract them from the outer prefectures.
• Jun Changxiao offered to give his disciples elemental Weapon Spirits and collected their weapons and preferred attributes.
• Jun Changxiao endowed the weapons in batches and distributed them to the disciples, explaining that they could contract with the Weapon Spirits to use their attributes.
• Ye Xingchen complained that his weapon had a Water Element Weapon Spirit after he had said any attribute was fine.

Jun Changxiao gave the disciples weapons infused with Weapon Spirits, then prepared Lu Qianqian’s Cold Light Sword before she left the Iron Bone Unyielding Sect to train in Northeast Luzhou. As Lu Qianqian descended the mountain, her sect’s farewell stirred feelings she tried to keep buried, and her return remained uncertain.

• The disciples tested their newly infused weapons, while Ye Xingchen and He Wudi each believed the weapons had come from the Upper Realm.
• Jun Changxiao infused Lu Qianqian’s Cold Light Sword with Fire and Water Weapon Spirits after she asked permission to go train.
• Lu Qianqian announced she would leave that day, and Jun Changxiao approved her departure.
• Li Qingyang, Liu Wanshi, and the other disciples gathered at the mountain gate to see Lu Qianqian off, while Jun Changxiao stayed behind and recalled her early days in the sect.
• Jun Changxiao sent Lu Qianqian words of support, and she paused as the farewell stirred her emotions before continuing down the mountain.

After Lu Qianqian left, Jun Changxiao began expanding the Iron Bone Sect and bought herbs and seeds in Huyang City, where grateful citizens bowed to him for saving Qingyang County. On his way out, two Martial Kings attacked him, then revealed they wanted to join the sect.

• Jun Changxiao learned that Zhenyang County and Chiyang County had gone to war, easing the threat to Qingyang County.
• Li Qingyang began planning the sect’s expansion, and Jun Changxiao gave him ten million taels for construction.
• Jun Changxiao bought medicinal herbs and seeds from Ai Shangni, who gave them to him free of charge in gratitude for defending Qingyang County.
• The citizens of Huyang City knelt to thank Jun Changxiao, and he hurried away from the crowd.
• Two Martial Kings ambushed Jun Changxiao, but he repelled them and learned they wanted to join the Iron Bone Unyielding Sect.

Jun Changxiao accepted the fifth-grade Martial King brothers Ning Duxing and Ning Duzui into the Iron Bone Sect after learning they were chivalrous wandering cultivators. He prepared new pills for the disciples, while the newly arrived brothers were initiated into the sect’s morning dance routine.

• Ning Duxing and Ning Duzui asked Jun Changxiao to let them join the Iron Bone Sect, and he accepted them.
• Jiang Xie told Jun Changxiao that the brothers were known as the Ning Twin Bandits for robbing the rich to aid the poor, and as the Ning Twin Heroes among common people.
• Jun Changxiao assigned Li Qingyang to show the brothers around, prompting the disciples to marvel that two Martial Kings had joined their sect.
• Jun Changxiao gave high-grade seeds to Old Man Wei and learned they would need a month to mature.
• Jun Changxiao refined hundreds of Mid-grade Qi Gathering Pills and put them in the Pill Machine for the Inner disciples.
• The Ning Brothers joined Jun Changxiao and the disciples in their morning dance and felt deeply embarrassed.

Jun Changxiao bought the ungraded sword technique Myriad Swords Return to Origin and spent a month struggling to comprehend it. He finally claimed to understand its first realm, Myriad Swords Return to One, but his attempt to demonstrate it ended in a fall.

• Jun Changxiao assigned the Ning Brothers to teach the disciples for a month as an assessment for possible elder positions, delighting Jiang Xie, who hoped to escape Shangguan Xinyao's relentless questions.
• Jun Changxiao purchased Myriad Swords Return to Origin from the Intermediate Stage Mall and discovered that its immense power came with a severe risk of backlash for anyone below Sword King cultivation.
• Jun Changxiao devoted himself to studying the difficult technique for five days, then handed sect affairs to Li Qingyang and Li Luoqiu so he could continue comprehending it.
• A month later, Liu Wanshi and the disciples worried that Jun Changxiao had shut himself away and stopped eating, mistakenly believing he was grieving Lu Qianqian's departure.
• Jun Changxiao emerged in a disheveled state, announced that he understood Myriad Swords Return to One, and fell headfirst after leaping onto the Main Hall.

After nearly poisoning Su Xiaomo with her new recipe, Liu Wanshi proved that her Strength Fried Rice temporarily increased strength, and Jun Changxiao had her make it for the sect. He appointed the Ning Brothers as elders and set off with Liu Wanshi for the Culinary Competition in Heavenly Decree Royal City.

• Jun Changxiao ate his fill after collapsing from hunger and promised Liu Wanshi he would take her to the Culinary Competition.
• Liu Wanshi served her new Strength Fried Rice, and Jun Changxiao made Su Xiaomo test it with a Detoxification Pill at the ready.
• Su Xiaomo discovered the fried rice had increased his strength by 30,000 jin, while Jun Changxiao measured a 10% increase that lasted about two hours.
• Jun Changxiao had Liu Wanshi prepare several large pots of Strength Fried Rice for the disciples to store in their Spatial Rings.
• Jun Changxiao appointed the Ning Brothers as elders and refined mid-grade Qi Gathering Pills from the sect's newly grown herbs.
• Jun Changxiao and Liu Wanshi left for Heavenly Decree Royal City to attend the Culinary Competition.

Jun Changxiao traveled with Liu Wanshi toward the Culinary Competition and learned that she was the Ouyang Family’s illegitimate daughter. He promised to defend her if the family mistreated her in Heavenly Decree Royal City.

• Jun Changxiao left the sect with Liu Wanshi while the other disciples stayed behind to cultivate.
• Jun Changxiao noticed Liu Wanshi’s troubled mood and guessed that she had ties to the Ouyang Family.
• Liu Wanshi admitted that she was the Ouyang Family’s illegitimate daughter and described how her relatives bullied her before she fled.
• Liu Wanshi explained that she had taught herself to cook and developed strength-enhancing fried rice without learning the Ouyang Family’s ancestral arts.
• Jun Changxiao promised to make the Ouyang Family pay if they bullied Liu Wanshi in Heavenly Decree Royal City.

Jun Changxiao and Liu Wanshi encountered the Zhen Family’s young master abusing a girl and her father, so Jun killed the young master and the Zhen Family Head. The town recognized the Iron Bone Unyielding Sect’s handiwork, and Jun completed the Punish Evil and Promote Good task series.

• Jun Changxiao and Liu Wanshi saw Young Master Zhen’s thugs assault an old street singer and corner his daughter.
• Jun Changxiao beat Young Master Zhen’s thugs, then followed the fleeing young master to the Zhen Family residence.
• Elder Sun recognized Jun Changxiao as a disciple of the Iron Bone Unyielding Sect, but Jun knocked him down and killed the Zhen Family Head.
• Jun Changxiao killed Young Master Zhen and left the Zhen Family Head’s and young master’s heads at the city gate with the words “Unbending Iron Bones.”
• The townspeople connected the killings to the Iron Bone Unyielding Sect, and Jun Changxiao received 2,500 Contribution Points and the title Light of Chivalry.

Jun Changxiao completed the Punish Evil and Promote Good series by killing the Zhen Family’s tyrannical young master and his father, earning Contribution Points and the Light of Chivalry title. He then bought Liu Wanshi an ancient Chinese Cookbook from the Mall and entrusted it to her as a sect treasure.

• Jun Changxiao killed the Zhen Family’s young master and father, earning 4,000 Contribution Points and the Light of Chivalry title.
• Jun Changxiao left clues identifying the Iron Bone Unyielding Sect so the Zhen Family would seek revenge on him rather than the people he had saved.
• Elder Sun told the Lingyao Sect that Jun Changxiao had injured him, and the sect elders dropped their plans for revenge after recognizing Jun Changxiao’s reputation.
• Jun Changxiao bought a Chinese Cookbook from the Intermediate Stage Mall and gave it to Liu Wanshi to study and carry forward.

Jun Changxiao helped Liu Wanshi practice dishes from the Chinese Cookbook as they traveled toward Heavenly Decree Royal City for the Culinary Competition. They reached the city after encountering Princess Honglian, whom Liu Wanshi admired and Jun Changxiao considered recruiting into his sect.

• Jun Changxiao gave Liu Wanshi the Chinese Cookbook and encouraged her to win the Culinary Competition for the Iron Bone Sect.
• Jun Changxiao used his AMW Sniper Rifle to catch carp and Spirit Armor to collect honey while Liu Wanshi prepared Sweet and Sour Carp.
• Liu Wanshi cooked the dish, and Jun Changxiao praised it before advising her to choose more cookbook recipes for the competition.
• Jun Changxiao and Liu Wanshi traveled for ten days and entered the territory of Heavenly Decree Royal City.
• Jun Changxiao and Liu Wanshi moved aside for the Red Flame Soldiers, and Princess Honglian briefly met Jun Changxiao's gaze as she rode past.
• Liu Wanshi pointed out Princess Honglian again at the city gates, and Jun Changxiao prepared to enter Heavenly Decree Royal City.