Chapter Summaries

After Jun Changxiao’s Spirit Cores were sealed for a year, he cultivated while his sect became world-renowned and he reached Peak King Rank. His dual cultivation paths activated two Epic Tasks, leaving him to prepare his disciples for a demanding cultivation deadline and the approaching Three-Year Pact.

• Jun Changxiao learned that Little Dragon Dragon was likely a true dragon and that his own cultivation would remain suppressed for a year, though he could still cultivate.
• Several days later, Jun Changxiao completed the World-Renowned task, earning rewards that included a Talisman of Experience and access to the Time-Space Secret Realm, but he decided not to buy the realm yet.
• Jun Changxiao used the Talisman of Experience to reach Peak King Rank, but his sealed Spirit Cores prevented him from testing his strength.
• Jun Changxiao activated two Epic Tasks because he had reached peak Martial King and Sword King, with the first requiring large numbers of disciples and an elder to reach specified ranks within half a year.
• Jun Changxiao read the second Epic Task, which required him to take disciples to challenge the Hundred Union Holy Sect and reclaim Xiao Ziji’s lost dignity before their Three-Year Pact expired.

Jun Changxiao summoned the Time-Space Secret Realm, where time passed fifty times faster, and found a way to bring in Heaven and Earth Attributes so the disciples could cultivate there. He ordered Zhen Dejun to study a formation manual and set up a Spirit Gathering Array in the realm.

• Jun Changxiao spent 10,000 Contribution Points to obtain the Time-Space Secret Realm and summoned it behind the mountain.
• He Wudi explained that Secret Realms were independent worlds, and the disciples entered the vortex to investigate.
• The group discovered that time inside the Secret Realm was accelerated fiftyfold, but He Wudi realized it lacked Heaven and Earth Attributes for cultivation.
• Jun Changxiao redirected Heaven and Earth Spirit Power into the Secret Realm, filling it with powerful attributes.
• Su Xiaomo suggested setting up a Spirit Gathering Array, and Jun Changxiao gave Zhen Dejun the Thirty-two Formations of the Mystical Gate to study.

Zhen Dejun established a Mid-grade Spirit Gathering Formation in the Time-Space Secret Realm, and Jun Changxiao put the realm to use despite its strict three-day limit. He then arranged for elders to pursue breakthroughs and ransomed four imprisoned Peak Martial Emperors, leaving their fate uncertain when the sect released them without returning their Soul Origins.

• Zhen Dejun mastered the Mid-grade Spirit Gathering Formation and set it up in the Time-Space Secret Realm, where Jun Changxiao discovered that entrants could cultivate for only three days by outside time.
• The disciples and Jun Changxiao used the realm’s accelerated time to cultivate and comprehend techniques, then emerged after 150 days inside with many disciples having advanced several levels.
• Jun Changxiao gave Jiang Xie and the Ning Brothers 50,000 Natural Spirit Stones each and ordered them to reach Peak Martial King within half a year.
• Jun Changxiao told the Demon Fiend Sect and God Slaying Hall to pay 50,000 Natural Spirit Stones per captive within half a month or collect their corpses.
• The two sects paid 100,000 Natural Spirit Stones to redeem two Peak Martial Emperors, and Jun Changxiao sent the four released captives away while Su Xiaomo questioned whether their Soul Origins had been returned.

The Eternal Sect’s disciples made rapid progress toward Epic Task Five as Jun Changxiao used the sect’s new resources and Shangguan Xinyao’s research to strengthen its cultivation methods. After Mu Changhong arrived with his daughter, Mu Honglian, she asked to join the sect.

• Jun Changxiao distributed the Spirit Stones from the Demon Fiend Sect and God Slaying Hall, while keeping their Soul Origins and forcing the Extreme Cold Palace Grand Elder to serve as a crippled servant.
• The Eternal Sect’s disciples cultivated intensely, and Lu Qianqian returned to Northeast Luzhou after hearing Jun Changxiao had defeated the Half-step Martial Saint.
• Over three months, the number of Peak Martial Ancestors rose past six hundred, several disciples including Li Qingyang and Xiao Ziji reached Martial King, and Jun Changxiao recovered his cultivation.
• Shangguan Xinyao presented Jun Changxiao with five or six hundred newly created Cultivation Methods, which he repaired and added to the Cultivation Method Pavilion.
• Mu Changhong visited the Eternal Sect with Mu Honglian, who asked to become a disciple.

Mu Changhong brought Mu Honglian to the Eternal Sect, where she joined and began cultivating. As she explored the sect, she discovered its unusual training and impressive exclusive Martial Techniques, then learned that new disciples routinely received costly pills.

• Mu Changhong visited Jun Changxiao and arranged for Mu Honglian to join the Eternal Sect, where she completed her registration as a disciple.
• Mu Changhong said goodbye to Mu Honglian, who began settling into the sect and saw Huo Ling get struck in the face by Li Fei's Happy Football.
• Mu Honglian asked Jun Changxiao to learn the Crimson Firmament Blazing Slash, but he told her it was only suitable for men and sent Ling Yuanxue to help her choose another Martial Technique.
• Ling Yuanxue showed Mu Honglian the sect's exclusive Martial Techniques, and Mu Honglian was impressed by their power and unusual methods.
• Ling Yuanxue gave Mu Honglian Body Sculpting Pills and Spirit Tempering Pills, surprising her by explaining that every new disciple received them.

Mu Honglian was astonished by Eternal Sect’s pills, while Ma Yongning broke through to Blade King after years of chopping vegetables. Jun Changxiao prepared disciples for the Epic Task and obtained the Five Elements Heaven Observation Art, leaving the sect with more training and cultivation resources.

• Mu Honglian took the Body Sculpting Pill and Spirit Tempering Pill, marveled at their effects, and realized she had joined Eternal Sect at the right time.
• Ma Yongning broke through to Blade King while washing dishes, demonstrated his blade techniques with his kitchen knife, and had three months of Martial Dao Resources deducted for damaging the Training Ground.
• Jun Changxiao used Supreme Aptitude Modification Fluid to raise outer disciples’ aptitudes and planned to prepare Martial Master Pills to help them reach Martial King.
• Jun Changxiao worried that completing Epic Task Five would not let him advance to Emperor Rank because he still had another Epic Task barrier to overcome.
• After more disciples broke through to Martial King, Shangguan Xinyao presented researched Cultivation Methods, and Jun Changxiao exchanged secret manuals for the Five Elements Heaven Observation Art and ordered ten thousand copies.

Jun Changxiao distributed the Five Elements Heaven Observation Art, and the Eternal Sect disciples rapidly improved their cultivation by studying it. With medicinal herbs mature, Jun Changxiao began refining seventy Martial King Pills, hoping they would help him complete his Epic Task.

• Jun Changxiao distributed the Five Elements Heaven Observation Art, and Ye Xingchen and He Wudi recognized its extraordinary power while the disciples chose which elements to cultivate.
• Ye Xingchen, He Wudi, and Jun Changxiao decided to cultivate all five elements, while the other disciples began with elements suited to their strengths.
• After half a month, Su Xiaomo defeated Li Fei in a spar by combining Fire and Wood powers, and the disciples continued deepening their comprehension in the Time-Space Secret Realm.
• Li Qingyang reported that 1,500 disciples had reached Peak Martial Ancestor, and Jun Changxiao noted their improved rate of cultivation.
• Old Man Wei reported that the medicinal herbs had matured, and Jun Changxiao found ingredients for seventy Martial King Pills and started refining them.
• Four hours later, Jun Changxiao obtained the first Martial King Pill and hoped it would help him complete the Epic Task.

Jun Changxiao used Martial King Pills to push Li Luoqiu and dozens of disciples into the Martial King realm, creating spectacular breakthroughs across Qingyang County. As Epic Task Five’s requirements were greatly exceeded, the chapter ended with Jun Changxiao waiting for its settlement reward.

• Jun Changxiao gave Li Luoqiu a Martial King Pill, and she successfully broke through to Martial King.
• Jun Changxiao distributed Martial King Pills to Li Shangtian, Huo Ling, and twenty-eight other disciples, who broke through together and stunned onlookers across Qingyang County.
• Jun Changxiao later used more pills to help thirty-nine additional disciples reach Martial King, bringing the sect’s total to ninety-nine King Rank cultivators.
• Ning Duzui and Ning Duxing reached Peak Martial King, raising the Epic Task’s elder tally above its requirement.
• On the task’s final day, Elder Jiang broke through to Peak Martial King, and Jun Changxiao checked the completed requirements and waited for his reward.

Jun Changxiao completed Epic Task Five with a 200% completion rate, but the system withheld its rewards until he finished Epic Task Six. He spent 10,000 Contribution Points on the Sacred Flame Physique, whose fiery power overwhelmed him, and Little Dragon Dragon arrived to save him.

• Jun Changxiao received 20,000 Contribution Points for completing Epic Task Five at 200%, but the system delayed distributing the rewards until Epic Task Six was completed.
• Jun Changxiao browsed the High Stage Mall and chose the Sacred Flame Physique over the Nine-Turn Marrow Cleansing Pill.
• Jun Changxiao activated the Sacred Flame Physique, and its flames surged through his body, leaving him writhing in pain.
• Li Qingyang, Xiao Ziji, Elder Zhen, and Old Man Wei tried to help Jun Changxiao, but the disciples’ Water Element power evaporated before reaching him.
• Little Dragon Dragon rushed into the Main Hall and transformed into human form to save Jun Changxiao.

Jun Changxiao endured an hour of torment as thirteen powerful flames forged his Sacred Flame Physique. He survived and demonstrated his new mastery of the flames, declaring that he now had a physique.

• Little Dragon Dragon rushed to share Jun Changxiao’s fiery ordeal, but became ecstatic when it realized the flames could strengthen it too.
• Three God-grade flames and ten Saint-grade flames surrounded Jun Changxiao as he endured the painful forging process.
• After the flames subsided, Little Dragon Dragon emerged strengthened, and Jun Changxiao appeared alive before laughing and rushing to the Training Ground.
• Jun Changxiao displayed his control over all thirteen flames, and Old Man Wei and Elder Zhen identified his new Sacred Flame Physique.
• Jun Changxiao used the physique to amplify Crimson Firmament Blazing Slash, then declared that he was now a man with a physique.

After forging the Sacred Flame Physique, Jun Changxiao bought Mechanical Armed Wings and tested their flight and combat forms. He ended his demonstration by crashing headfirst into the Training Ground.

• Jun Changxiao hosted a barbecue for the disciples, grilling lamb skewers with his Sacred Flame Physique while Little Dragon Dragon and Little Demoness bickered.
• Jun Changxiao found that his new physique let him absorb fire-element energy faster, but his cultivation remained stuck at a bottleneck.
• Jun Changxiao spent 10,000 Contribution Points on Mechanical Armed Wings instead of buying the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm.
• Jun Changxiao activated the wings’ flight form and learned to fly above Iron Bone Mountain, astonishing the disciples.
• Jun Changxiao tested the wings’ battle form, smashing the ground and shaking nearby cities before losing his balance and landing headfirst.

Jun Changxiao established a formal entrance examination for the Eternal Sect and put thousands of applicants through a trial of strength and perseverance. Hundreds reached the mountain gate, where further tests awaited, while Jun Changxiao’s existing disciples were reminded to keep working hard.

• Jun Changxiao agreed with Old Man Wei’s proposal to recruit disciples through scheduled examinations and set tests for morality, intelligence, physique, and beauty.
• Zhen Dejun arranged a fivefold Soul Gravity Formation on the mountain stairs, and Jun Changxiao selected Cultivation Methods to test applicants’ aptitude and comprehension.
• Li Qingyang told the applicants they had to climb the mountain to qualify for further examinations, and the fivefold gravity forced many to give up.
• A determined muscular youth kept climbing, earning Jun Changxiao’s approval, and five or six hundred applicants reached the top after half an hour.
• Li Fei and Su Xiaomo worried that strict entrance tests might have kept them out of the sect, so Jun Changxiao knocked them on the head and ordered them to carry the exhausted applicants down.

The Eternal Sect expanded its recruitment and began a major construction project while Jun Changxiao thanked allies who had helped protect him. Ye Xingchen and Xiao Ziji then set out to challenge Gathering of Heroes Ranking geniuses, but their arrival at the Qin Family ended with the gate blasted apart.

• Jiang Xie recruited 220 applicants who passed the Eternal Sect's assessments, and Jun Changxiao established monthly recruitment and entry-level disciple status.
• Jun Changxiao chose Li Qingyang's largest expansion blueprint and gave him ten million taels to build with the disciples.
• Jun Changxiao presented Body Sculpting Pills to Situ Haoyun, the Certification General Hall, and City Lord Mu in thanks for their help.
• Ye Xingchen and Xiao Ziji received permission from Jun Changxiao to challenge geniuses on the Gathering of Heroes Ranking.
• Ye Xingchen and Xiao Ziji went to the Qin Family, where Ye Xingchen blasted apart the residence gate and stunned Xiao Ziji.

Ye Xingchen challenged Human-tier geniuses across the provinces, rapidly climbing the Gathering of Heroes Ranking until he reached second place. The chapter ended as he prepared to face the top-ranked Sun Heyu in the Royal City arena.

• Ye Xingchen forced the Qin Family to summon Qin Huaiyu, then defeated him so badly that he lost his Human-tier ranking.
• Ye Xingchen defeated more challengers, reaching ninety-ninth place before spending several days challenging more than twenty ranked geniuses.
• Li Luoqiu reported that Ye Xingchen had risen to forty-fifth in the Human-tier, while Jun Changxiao dismissed concerns that his brutal victories would provoke outrage.
• Ye Xingchen climbed from forty-fifth to second place in the next ranking update, astonishing martial artists throughout the provinces and commanderies.
• Ye Xingchen challenged Human-tier number one Sun Heyu in the Royal City, where Sun Heyu arrived to cheers and Xiao Ziji predicted Ye Xingchen would beat him.

The Eternal Sect held its second competition, and Ye Xingchen claimed first place on the Human-tier list after humiliating Sun Heyu and defeating a Martial King. When Ye Xingchen and Xiao Ziji were trapped by several Martial Emperors at Yinshan Ridge, Jun Changxiao flew to their rescue.

• The Eternal Sect held its second Sect Competition, where He Wudi won the Grade A championship and the number of Inner disciples rose to ninety-three.
• Ye Xingchen took first place on the Gathering of Heroes Ranking's Human-tier list, earning Jun Changxiao 5,000 Contribution Points.
• Ye Xingchen knocked down Sun Heyu, beat him severely, and declared that he did not deserve to top the Human-tier ranking.
• A Martial King challenged Ye Xingchen, but Ye Xingchen defeated him with a single Scorching Flames attack and invited more challengers.
• Li Luoqiu told Jun Changxiao that several Martial Emperors had trapped Ye Xingchen and Xiao Ziji at Yinshan Ridge, and Jun Changxiao rushed to help them.

Ye Xingchen and Xiao Ziji evaded four masked Martial Emperors in Yinshan Ridge, but were trapped in a formation outside and forced to surrender. Just as the attackers prepared to take them away, Jun Changxiao arrived and ordered them to stop.

• Four masked Martial Emperors searched Yinshan Ridge for Ye Xingchen and Xiao Ziji but could not detect them because Ye Xingchen concealed their auras with the Grand Xuan True Scripture.
• Ye Xingchen and Xiao Ziji sneaked toward the valley entrance, waited for the pursuers to leave, and then departed without returning to the sect.
• A masked Martial Emperor trapped the pair in a formation outside Yinshan Ridge, and Ye Xingchen and Xiao Ziji sealed their own Qi Meridians to avoid fighting.
• As the masked Martial Emperors moved to take Ye Xingchen and Xiao Ziji away, Jun Changxiao arrived and ordered them not to leave.

Jun Changxiao confronted four masked Martial Emperors who had ambushed his disciples and discovered they were Heretic Cultivators. He defeated them with the Azure Dragon Crescent Blade and Crimson Star Absolute Flame, then demanded that their leader reveal who sent them.

• Jun Changxiao arrived to protect Ye Xingchen and Xiao Ziji, challenged the four Martial Emperors, and learned they planned to fight him together.
• Jun Changxiao used the Azure Dragon Crescent Blade to blast three attackers back and shattered their masks, revealing their pale faces and Heretic Cultivator identities.
• The Heretic Cultivators formed a sinister net, but Jun Changxiao used Crimson Star Absolute Flame to destroy it and wound them.
• Jun Changxiao struck down the three Heretic Cultivators with flaming blade attacks, while their leader fled into the sky.
• Jun Changxiao caught the fleeing leader, smashed through his energy wall, and demanded to know who had sent them.

Jun Changxiao defeated four Martial Emperors who attacked the Eternal Sect, but they escaped before revealing who sent them. Suspecting a Hidden Sect, he returned to develop the sect’s intelligence network through regional branches staffed by recruits.

• Jun Changxiao subdued four Martial Emperors with Crimson Star Absolute Flame, but they used an Escape Technique and vanished before identifying themselves.
• The four Martial Emperors regrouped a thousand miles away and feared punishment from their Mistress after their failed mission.
• Jun Changxiao and Ye Xingchen suspected the attackers belonged to a Hidden Sect rather than the Demon Fiend Sect or God Slaying Hall.
• Jun Changxiao returned to the sect, warned the disciples to stay cautious, and asked Li Luoqiu how to expand the intelligence network.
• Li Luoqiu proposed establishing branches across provinces and counties, and Jun Changxiao suggested hiring outside Martial Cultivators to staff them.

Jun Changxiao established Eternal Sect Branch Sects across Southwest Yang Province and beyond to expand the sect’s intelligence network, while making plans to staff them through Fine Rain Hall. The sect then held its second disciple recruitment assessment, admitting more than five hundred new Entry-level disciples.

• Jun Changxiao told Li Luoqiu to establish Eternal Sect Branch Sects openly, and he secured a prime location in Qingyang City from Xie Guang Kun.
• Eternal Sect Branch Sects opened across the cities of Southwest Yang Province, including Zhenyang City after Zhuo Chaoqun decided not to oppose Jun Changxiao.
• Jun Changxiao’s Royal City Branch Sect drew prominent guests, while its opening in Northwest Hezhou provoked the nearby Demon Fiend Sect and God Slaying Hall Branch Sects.
• Li Luoqiu reported that all twenty-six Branch Sects had been established, and Jun Changxiao gave Fine Rain Hall first pick of each month’s recruits.
• The Eternal Sect held its second assessment-based recruitment, and more than five hundred applicants passed the Martial Technique cultivation assessment to become Entry-level disciples.

Jun Changxiao learned that the Lily Holy Sect was visiting ahead of the Three-Year Pact, and told Xiao Ziji that Murong Xin would be among them. Xiao Ziji recalled how the Lily Holy Sect and his family had humiliated and abandoned him, while Jun Changxiao vowed that no one would dare humiliate an Eternal Sect Disciple.

• Eternal Sect Branch Sects recruited independent cultivators with generous salaries and a chance to join the sect, and Li Luoqiu reported that they had hired many Martial Grandmasters, including ten Martial Kings.
• Li Luoqiu told Jun Changxiao that the Lily Holy Sect was coming to visit, and he wondered whether they intended to probe the Eternal Sect before the Three-Year Pact.
• Jun Changxiao told Xiao Ziji that Murong Xin would visit with the Lily Holy Sect, prompting Xiao Ziji to recall how they had mocked him after his Spirit Root and cultivation were lost.
• Xiao Ziji remembered that the Xiao Family had accepted compensation for annulling his engagement, then condemned and expelled him, leaving him to wander for five years.
• Jun Changxiao resolved that no one could, may, or dare humiliate an Eternal Sect Disciple.