Chapter Summaries

Qingyang County Governor Yun He challenged Zhuo Chaoqun over Zhenyang County's invasion, but their fight ended when Yun He fell asleep drunk. After Yu Hongtai began taking martial arts questions, Jun Changxiao arrived at the Lingyuan Sect in a blazing impact and announced his visit.

• Yun He confronted Zhuo Chaoqun for sending an army to attack Qingyang County and challenged him to a public fight.
• Yun He and Zhuo Chaoqun revealed they had both reached Martial King, but Yun He fell asleep beneath the stage after their first exchange.
• Zhuo Chaoqun ordered soldiers to carry Yun He away rather than detain him, and the gathering resumed with Yu Hongtai answering martial arts questions.
• A blazing streamer crashed into the Training Ground, breaking Yu Hongtai's barrier and scattering the martial artists.
• Jun Changxiao emerged from the flames and announced that the Iron Bone Unyielding Sect had come to visit the Lingyuan Sect.

Jun Changxiao arrived at the Lingyuan Sect with Little Dragon Dragon and challenged its leaders after the sect had challenged his Iron Bone Unyielding Sect. Little Dragon Dragon defeated the Lingyuan Sect’s Martial Emperor, Sect Master, governor, and Martial King elders, then carried Jun Changxiao away; Yun He was left surrounded by Zhenyang County experts.

• Jun Changxiao flew into the Lingyuan Sect with Little Dragon Dragon, announced his challenge, and encountered Yun He and Zhuo Chaoqun.
• Jun Changxiao pointed out Yu Hongtai, and Little Dragon Dragon struck the Lingyuan Sect’s Grand Elder and battered him unconscious.
• At Jun Changxiao’s command, Little Dragon Dragon defeated Zhuo Chaoqun, the Lingyuan Sect Master, and the sect’s Martial King elders, smashing through the Main Hall and into the mountainside.
• Little Dragon Dragon carried Jun Changxiao away, while Yun He taunted the crowd before Zhenyang County Martial Kings surrounded him.

Yun He made Jun Changxiao the Deputy Prefecture Governor of Qingyang County before passing out drunk, while news of Little Dragon Dragon defeating Lingyuan Sect’s Martial Emperor spread across Southwest Yang Province. The Iron Bone Sect attracted a wave of applicants, including cultivators with special skills, and Jun saw an opportunity to develop formation masters.

• Yun He gave Jun Changxiao the Deputy Prefecture Governor’s token and left him responsible for Qingyang County.
• Jun returned to the Iron Bone Sect, where Little Dragon Dragon collapsed from exhaustion after defeating Lingyuan Sect’s experts.
• News of the mysterious flame-shrouded fighter spread through Southwest Yang Province, prompting other sects and officials to wonder who had defeated Yu Hongtai.
• Many aspiring disciples flocked to the Iron Bone Sect, and Ning Duxing and Ning Duzui admitted applicants with qualifying Spirit Roots or useful special skills.
• Jun reviewed the new recruits’ records and decided that Yang Lan and other formation enthusiasts could help the sect cultivate Formation Masters.

Jun Changxiao bought an Array Sharing Bracelet so Li Luoqiu could control the sect’s Guardian Array while he was away. Meanwhile, Lu Qianqian kept the bracelet Jun had given her and departed for Northeast Luzhou.

• Jun Changxiao repeatedly refreshed the Intermediate Stage Mall, wasting Contribution Points on hair-care items before finding the Array Sharing Bracelet.
• Jun Changxiao gave Li Luoqiu the bracelet’s secondary piece and explained that it let her control formations he had set up.
• Li Luoqiu tested the Guardian Array by switching it on and off, spending the sect’s Contribution Points as Jun Changxiao protested.
• Lu Qianqian removed the bracelet Jun had given her after its enhancement effect faded, then put it back on and flew toward Northeast Luzhou.

Jun Changxiao bought a Spirit Tempering Pill formula and an upgraded beast technique, then discovered the pill permanently increased his strength. He also questioned the imprisoned swindler Zhao Doudou and left him in Su Xiaomo’s hands, with his fate still undecided.

• Jun Changxiao spent Contribution Points to buy the Spirit Tempering Pill formula and Intermediate Startling Thunder Technique, then ordered the sect to seek the ingredients and Thunder-type Crystal Cores they needed.
• After taking a Spirit Tempering Pill, Jun Changxiao tempered his Spiritual Energy and raised his displayed strength to 4.5 million jin, a permanent increase of 500,000 jin.
• Procurement Hall members traveled to major cities to gather resources as Iron Bone Sect’s missions increasingly focused on hunting High-grade Fierce Beasts.
• Jun Changxiao visited the battered white-robed youth in prison and learned his name was Zhao Doudou and that he kept a Record of Deception listing his scams.
• Jun Changxiao ordered Su Xiaomo to keep beating Zhao Doudou, while deciding to keep the experienced swindler imprisoned in case he proved useful.

Jun Changxiao organized the Iron Bone Sect’s growing halls and forces, signed a contract with the Hurricane Wolf King, and dealt with spies sent to investigate the sect. The sect kept expanding while Fine Rain Hall monitored hostile forces seeking to learn its secrets.

• Jun Changxiao instructed Old Man Wei to prioritize planting seeds for Spirit Tempering Pills, then praised Xue Rengui and Tao Yuan’s Wolf Cavalry training plan.
• Jun Changxiao signed a contract with the Hurricane Wolf King, which learned the Basic Wind Control Technique and sent him speeding through the forest with his hair blown out of place.
• Ning Duxing and Ning Duzui recruited martial artists with special skills, and Jun Changxiao established Formation and Discipline Halls with Li Luoqiu holding both posts concurrently.
• Li Qingyang reported that new disciples had fainted, and Jun Changxiao expelled them while ordering Fine Rain Hall to investigate their sponsors.
• Li Luoqiu identified Liu Zhiyun and Sun Ke as spies from the God Slaying Hall and Demon Fiend Sect, and Jun Changxiao learned those sects wanted to discover how the Iron Bone Sect had grown so powerful.

As Iron Bone Sect approached ten thousand members, a Ninth-grade Formation King arrived seeking a place in the sect. After he proved his skill by setting up a Thunder Gathering Array, Jun Changxiao offered him the Formation Hall Master position, only to learn that the Old Man had come for the food cooked by a little girl.

• Iron Bone Sect recruited steadily, bringing its membership to 9,999.
• The Old Man asked to see Jun Changxiao and offered to serve as a Formation Elder.
• Ning Duxing confirmed that the Old Man's Ninth-grade Formation King certificate was genuine.
• The Old Man set up a High-grade Thunder Gathering Array, and Jun Changxiao sent the Ning Brothers inside to test it.
• Jun Changxiao offered the Old Man the position of Formation Hall Master, and the Old Man said he mainly wanted to taste the little girl's cooking.

Zhen Dejun joined the Iron Bone Sect because he wanted to taste Liu Wanshi’s cooking, and his first meal convinced him that her food possessed the soul he had long sought. The chapter left him praising the meal after devouring it, while Jun Changxiao had gained a Ninth-grade Formation King for the sect.

• Jun Changxiao learned that Zhen Dejun had joined the Iron Bone Sect for Liu Wanshi’s cooking, then registered him as an elder.
• The Thunder Gathering Array was withdrawn, leaving Ning Duxing and Ning Duzui blackened and sprawled on the ground.
• Jun Changxiao called Liu Wanshi to meet Zhen Dejun, but she returned to the Canteen to prepare meals for the disciples.
• Zhen Dejun dismissed the communal dishes as lacking soul, then reluctantly tasted the eggplant Jun Changxiao served him.
• Zhen Dejun devoured the meal and declared that Liu Wanshi’s cooking had the soul he had been seeking.

Zhen Dejun joined the Iron Bone Sect, briefly reconsidered after discovering Old Man Wei was there, then changed his mind after tasting Liu Wanshi’s Pearl Jade Soup. With the sect’s advancement requirements met, Jun Changxiao considered a new name and assigned Zhen Dejun to train disciples in Formations.

• Zhen Dejun recognized Old Man Wei as an old acquaintance and asked Jun Changxiao to let him leave the sect because of their past grudge.
• Liu Wanshi served Pearl Jade Soup, and Zhen Dejun tasted it and vowed to stay in the Iron Bone Sect for life.
• Old Man Wei told Jun Changxiao that he and Zhen Dejun had once shared a dream of founding a sect with another person, but refused to explain what happened.
• Jun Changxiao confirmed the sect had met the requirements to advance and considered possible new names while disciples began completing Sect Missions.
• Zhen Dejun agreed to train disciples with aptitude for Formations, and Jun Changxiao decided to spend Sect Contribution Points to make room for more.

Jun Changxiao established the Formation Hall and focused the Iron Bone Sect on cultivation, while Xiao Ziji and Murong Xin prepared for their pact’s deadline. Meanwhile, Dai Lü’s devouring ability grew stronger as he absorbed cultivators, and Ye Xingchen reached the Peak Martial Ancestor realm.

• Jun Changxiao appointed Zhen Dejun as Formation Hall Master, tested the disciples, and Zhen Dejun began teaching the disciples with formation aptitude.
• Shangguan Xinyao asked Zhen Dejun so many questions that he emerged from the lesson exhausted, while Jun Changxiao bought weapons and aptitude rewards before returning to cultivation.
• Xiao Ziji tested his strength at 470,000 jin and reminded himself that one year and three months remained before his pact with Murong Xin.
• Murong Xin learned that the Iron Bone Sect ranked among the top three in potential and said she would settle matters with Xiao Ziji when their pact ended.
• Dai Lü advanced to the eighth grade of Martial Grandmaster and drained the energy from a Daying Sect elder and disciples who confronted him.
• Ye Xingchen struck the Testing Machine with 600,000 jin of force, and Su Xiaomo realized he had reached the Peak Martial Ancestor realm.

Ye Xingchen and the Iron Bone Sect’s Inner disciples set out to earn the right to challenge the Gathering of Heroes Ranking. In Zhenyang City, Dai Lü also entered the Qualification Battle and threatened Ye Xingchen before the matches began.

• Ye Xingchen asked Jun Changxiao to let him enter the Qualification Battle, and Xiao Ziji also volunteered; a side quest required five disciples to earn qualification.
• Jun Changxiao sent all the Inner disciples to Qualification Arenas across the region, with Xiao Ziji and Ye Xingchen heading to Zhenyang County.
• Dai Lü decided to enter the Zhenyang Qualification Battle after hearing about the Gathering of Heroes Ranking.
• Xiao Ziji and Ye Xingchen registered in Zhenyang City, where other youths worried that the Iron Bone Sect disciples would dominate the contest.
• Dai Lü confronted Ye Xingchen and warned him to hope they would not meet in the Qualification Battle, but Ye Xingchen and Xiao Ziji walked away without recognizing him.

At the Qualification Battle, Ye Xingchen and Xiao Ziji swiftly defeated their opponents, while Dai Lü sought revenge for his past humiliation. Ye Xingchen revealed his overwhelming cultivation during their semifinal clash and drove Dai Lü backward, leaving him shocked by Ye Xingchen’s rapid growth.

• Dai Lü vowed to avenge his defeat by Ye Xingchen, while Xiao Ziji and Ye Xingchen concealed their true cultivation.
• Xiao Ziji and Ye Xingchen entered the Qualification Battle and quickly defeated their opponents as Dai Lü advanced through the rounds.
• Xiao Ziji won his semifinal and reached the finals, while Ye Xingchen faced Dai Lü in the other semifinal.
• Dai Lü revealed that he was a Martial Grandmaster and caught Ye Xingchen’s opening punch, but Ye Xingchen struck back with the Mountain Collapse Earth Split Fist.
• Ye Xingchen’s cultivation surged to Peak Martial Ancestor as he repeatedly blasted Dai Lü backward, stunning him.

Ye Xingchen defeated Dai Lü in the Qualification Battle, then forfeited the final so Xiao Ziji claimed the championship. Iron Bone Sect disciples continued sweeping the provincial Qualification Battles, with all twenty Inner disciples earning the right to challenge the Hero Ranking List.

• Ye Xingchen battered Dai Lü despite Dai Lü's attempt to unleash his Devouring Power, then won after knocking him unconscious with seventy punches.
• Ye Xingchen forfeited the final, allowing Xiao Ziji to take the championship and return with his Qualification Token.
• Long Ziyang and Ling Yuanxue both reached the finals in Longyang City, where Long Ziyang forfeited so Ling Yuanxue could claim the championship.
• Li Qingyang and Tian Qi secured their qualifications, completing Jun Changxiao's Side Quest and earning him 2,000 Contribution Points.
• Over the following six or seven days, all twenty Iron Bone Sect Inner disciples won the championship and runner-up positions in their Qualification Battles, earning the right to challenge the Hero Ranking List.

The Iron Bone Sect spent a month cultivating and improving before Jun Changxiao upgraded Sect Construction to Level 7 and unlocked the Cultivation Method Pavilion. The upgrade raised the sect’s limits, but Jun learned he still needed to reach Fifth-rate before buying from the High Stage Mall.

• Ye Xingchen decided to break through to Martial King before challenging geniuses on the Hero Ranking List.
• The Academy students grew stronger through pills, Trial Tower training, and mining missions, while Li Qingyang and the other first Inner disciples reached Peak Martial Grandmaster.
• He Wudi advanced to Fifth-grade Martial Grandmaster while concealing his true cultivation from others.
• Jun Changxiao harvested mature herbs, refined one thousand Spirit Tempering Pills, and distributed them to Inner disciples and as test rewards.
• Jun Changxiao completed the missions, filled the sect’s Contribution and Achievement Points, and upgraded Sect Construction to Level 7, unlocking the Cultivation Method Pavilion.
• Jun Changxiao learned the High Stage Mall required a Fifth-rate sect and opened the new Cultivation Method Pavilion, reacting in disbelief to its panel.

Jun Changxiao discovered that the Cultivation Method Pavilion’s powerful manuals required hundreds of different techniques to unlock, so he began collecting and copying martial arts. He learned Shangguan Xinyao had researched two or three thousand techniques, leaving him astonished at the vast supply she could provide.

• Jun Changxiao inspected the Cultivation Method Pavilion and found its formidable manuals required hundreds of qualifying martial arts manuals to purchase.
• He copied more than thirty techniques he remembered, raising the pavilion’s counts for several manuals.
• Zhen Dejun complained that Shangguan Xinyao’s questions about formations had nearly driven him mad.
• Jun Changxiao asked Shangguan Xinyao to bring out the martial arts she had researched.
• Shangguan Xinyao laid out piles of research papers and said she had created around two or three thousand kinds of Martial Techniques, shocking Jun Changxiao.

Jun Changxiao helped Shangguan Xinyao refine her unfinished Martial Techniques while the Iron Bone Sect prepared for certification. The Certification General Hall’s elders arrived to assess the sect’s rise to clan status, and the chapter ended with them discovering that every disciple was a Martial Master.

• Jun Changxiao used an Insight Talisman to improve Shangguan Xinyao’s Martial Techniques, adding more than a hundred manuals to the sect’s collection.
• The Iron Bone Sect disciples and elders tested their strength after taking Spirit Tempering Pills and were amazed by their gains.
• Jun Changxiao asked Li Luoqiu to arrange certification, and Zhao Xingming contacted the Certification General Hall.
• Elder Zhou and Elder Zhen arrived to certify the Iron Bone Sect and asked Jun Changxiao what name he would choose after advancement.
• Jun Changxiao ordered the disciples to reveal their auras, and Elder Zhou and Elder Zhen were stunned to find that they were all Martial Masters.

The Iron Bone Sect passed certification and was promoted to a fifth-rate sect, which Jun Changxiao renamed the Eternal Strongest Sect. The elders left after registering its new identity, and Jun celebrated the change with his disciples.

• The Certification Hall elders confirmed the disciples' strength and approved the sect's promotion despite its having 9,999 members instead of 10,000.
• Jun Changxiao insisted on naming the sect the Eternal Strongest Sect after rejecting several alternatives.
• Elder Zhou recorded the new name on the sect's identity token, and the system rewarded Jun and upgraded to version 2.0.
• Jun Changxiao saw Elder Zhou and Elder Zhen off, then ordered Qingyang to replace the Mountain Gate plaque and told the disciples to call him Sect Master.
• The disciples proclaimed the Eternal Strongest Sect's principle: "Do deeds of unbending iron bones, and become the strongest people through the ages!"

The Iron Bone Unyielding Sect was officially promoted and renamed the Eternal Sect, while Jun Changxiao distributed aptitude medicines that strengthened his disciples. The chapter ended with guests arriving to congratulate the sect and a banquet beginning beneath a plaque that still bore its full, unapproved name.

• The Certification General Hall announced the Eternal Sect's promotion, after Yi Tianxing removed “Strongest” from Jun Changxiao's proposed name to protect the sect from trouble.
• Jun Changxiao used a Talisman of Experience to break through to Third-grade Dual Sword and Martial King, then chose disciples to receive aptitude medicines.
• Xiao Ziji's Spirit Root advanced to Saint-grade and his cultivation rose to Ninth Rank Martial Grandmaster after he drank Saint-grade Aptitude Modification Fluid.
• Zhou Hong drank Mid-grade Sword Dao Aptitude Modification Fluid, improving his Sword Dao aptitude and advancing to Seventh Rank Sword Grandmaster.
• Jun Changxiao told Zhou Hong to wait until the next month before entering the Qualification Battle, then gave Ye Xingchen Saint-grade Aptitude Modification Fluid.
• Ma Yunteng, Xie Guang Kun, and other guests arrived to congratulate the sect, and Jun Changxiao hosted a banquet beneath the plaque reading “Eternal Strongest Sect.”

The Eternal Sect celebrated its promotion to a fifth-rate school with a feast, and Jun Changxiao reflected on its progress. Far away in an inn, a woman in white reacted violently to a martial cultivator insulting the sect, leaving his head threatened.

• Jun Changxiao hosted a feast for Ma Yunteng, Xie Guang Kun, and the others, while the Eternal Sect disciples celebrated and rested from cultivation.
• Ma Yunteng and the other guests departed without commenting on the Eternal Strongest Sect plaque, then recognized Zhen Dejun as a renowned Formation King.
• Jun Changxiao stood on the Main Hall roof and reflected that the Eternal Sect still had a long road ahead.
• A woman in white entered an inn in the Ice Plains and overheard martial cultivators discussing the newly promoted Eternal Sect.
• The woman in white severed a martial cultivator's hand with her sword and warned him that his head would be next if he insulted the sect again.

Lu Qianqian froze Snow Trace Valley cultivators who pursued her, prompting Snow Trace Valley and its backer, Extreme Cold Palace, to hunt her down. As she continued toward the Boundless Ice Sea without showing concern, Jun Changxiao worried about her safety and resolved to expand the sect’s Intelligence Agency into a communication network.

• Lu Qianqian killed the bandaged martial cultivator after he repeated his threat against the Eternal Sect, then froze his leader and several dozen pursuers when they attacked her.
• Travelers discovered the frozen cultivators, and news of the incident spread until Snow Trace Valley sent thousands of disciples to search for Lu Qianqian.
• After several hundred disciples and five Peak Martial Ancestors were frozen, the Extreme Cold Palace Master dispatched Elder Sun and another elder to help capture her.
• The Snow Trace Valley Master suspected Lu Qianqian was heading for the Boundless Ice Sea, so the two elders set out to intercept her there.
• Lu Qianqian recognized that she had stirred up trouble but continued her journey calmly, while Jun Changxiao worried about her and decided to develop a wider intelligence and communication network.