Recaps

Gao Tianhe brought Huang Xiao and Huo Lian to the Wild Ox Sect’s assembly, where they learned that the First Grand Elder had recently broken through and might challenge the Sect Master. As the elders voiced their grievances over the Sect Master’s failures, Huang Xiao and Huo Lian waited outside and watched for an opportunity to seize control of the sect.

• Gao Tianhe brought Huang Xiao and Huo Lian to the Main Hall after the Sect Master summoned the Wild Ox Sect’s disciples.
• Huang Xiao and Huo Lian waited outside while Gao Tianhe entered to report to the Sect Master.
• An elder told Gao Tianhe that the First Grand Elder had broken through and might now challenge the Sect Master.
• The elders discussed their grievances over the Sect Master’s neglect of sect affairs and waste of the sect’s resources.
• Gao Tianhe recognized that the First Grand Elder’s breakthrough had given the elders confidence to oppose the Sect Master.

The First Grand Elder confronted the Sect Master over squandering the Wild Ox Sect’s wealth and the deaths of elders, then challenged the disciples to decide whether they still recognized him as Sect Master. The Sect Master objected that this went beyond their agreement to let him explain himself.

• The Sect Master and First Grand Elder entered the Main Hall together, and the Sect Master reprimanded his senior brother for standing beside him.
• The First Grand Elder argued that the Sect Master had wasted the late master's savings for more than a decade without breaking through, while the Sect Master claimed the spending would raise the sect's standing.
• The First Grand Elder accused the Sect Master of driving elders to risk their lives earning silver and challenged his claim that he could make up for their sacrifices.
• The Sect Master said sacrifices were necessary for the sect and asked everyone to avoid division, but the First Grand Elder called for them to decide whether they still recognized him as Sect Master.
• The Sect Master protested that the First Grand Elder had agreed only to let him explain his actions, not to challenge his position.

The Wild Ox Sect’s Elders and disciples turned against the Sect Master as the First Grand Elder sought to take his position. Gao Tianhe revealed that two people had received Ancestor Kui Yong’s legacy, and Huo Lian entered the Main Hall announcing he would take the seat of Sect Master.

• The First Grand Elder promised to cover the Wild Ox Sect’s annual tribute, winning support from most disciples and Elders.
• The Sect Master accused the First Grand Elder of previously betraying the sect, but nearly eighty percent of the Elders still supported the First Grand Elder.
• The First Grand Elder asked Gao Tianhe to declare his choice, and Gao Tianhe said he would abstain and report an important matter instead.
• Gao Tianhe revealed that he had met two seniors who received Ancestor Kui Yong’s legacy, and the Sect Master invited them into the Main Hall.
• Huo Lian entered with Huang Xiao and announced that he would take the seat of Sect Master.

Huo Lian and Huang Xiao challenged the Wild Ox Sect's leaders, claiming authority as disciples of Ancestor Kui Yong. After Huo Lian overwhelmed the hall with a single snort, Huang Xiao displayed Supreme Demonic Qi as proof of their status.

• Huo Lian said strength should decide the Sect Master's position, and Gao Tianhe struggled to respond when asked whether the newcomers counted as members of the Wild Ox Sect.
• The First Grand Elder ordered the newcomers seized, while the Sect Master expelled Gao Tianhe and joined forces with the First Grand Elder against them.
• Huo Lian's cold snort sent many people in the hall spitting blood or collapsing, and he told the two leaders that the Wild Ox Sect would be under his leadership.
• Huo Lian said Gao Tianhe had invited them and warned the leaders not to blame or harm him.
• Huang Xiao claimed that he and Huo Lian were disciples of Ancestor Kui Yong, and he revealed Supreme Demonic Qi when the Sect Master demanded proof.

Gao Tianhe revealed that Huang Xiao and Huo Lian possessed a perfected version of the Wild Ox Strength, while Huo Lian demonstrated his overwhelming power by taking the Sect Master's throne. The elders accepted the pair as the Ancestor's successors and supported Huo Lian taking over the Wild Ox Sect.

• Gao Tianhe declared that Huang Xiao and Huo Lian had obtained the Ancestor's Wild Ox Strength, but the First Grand Elder dismissed his claim.
• Huang Xiao explained that their technique was the version of Wild Ox Strength perfected by the Ancestor.
• Huo Lian ignored the Sect Master's objections, forced the Sect Master and First Grand Elder aside, and sat on the Sect Master's throne.
• Huo Lian used heaven and earth momentum to stop the Sect Master from attacking, revealing that he was at least in the Void Realm.
• Gao Tianhe urged the elders to support the two seniors, and the elders declared them the Ancestor's successors and backed Huo Lian as Sect Master.
• The Sect Master accepted his loss of authority and privately decided that Huo Lian taking the position was better than the First Grand Elder taking it.

Huo Lian took control of the Wild Ox Sect, with Huang Xiao appointed Deputy Sect Master, and reorganized the sect’s leadership. The Elders accepted the new arrangement, while the former First Grand Elder left the Main Hall and Gu Haiying considered the benefits the two newcomers could bring.

• The Sect Master agreed to step down, and the First Grand Elder also declared his support for Huo Lian after sensing the danger of resisting him.
• Huo Lian became Sect Master and appointed Huang Xiao as Deputy Sect Master, prompting the Elders to salute them.
• Huo Lian named Gu Haiying the new First Grand Elder and promoted Gao Tianhe to Fifth Grand Elder, assigning him to help manage the sect.
• Huang Xiao reassured the Elders that the sect would protect its disciples, and Huo Lian ordered them to disperse the disciples and explain the changes.
• The former First Grand Elder, now the Second Grand Elder, asked to leave and departed after Huo Lian gave permission.
• Gu Haiying accepted his new position and hoped that Huo Lian and Huang Xiao’s inheritance would help him and the Wild Ox Sect grow stronger.

Huo Lian and Huang Xiao learned that the Wild Ox Sect faced a sharply increased tribute to the Fierce Mountain Gang, while its treasury held little silver. The Gang’s Envoy demanded one hundred thousand taels, and the chapter ended with news that the Grand Elders’ residences and the sect treasury had been robbed.

• Gu Haiying explained that the Fierce Mountain Gang was raising the Wild Ox Sect’s annual payment and using compounding debts to control sects.
• Huo Lian asked about the sect’s finances and learned that the treasury held less than ten thousand taels, while Huang Xiao suspected the Grand Elders had kept much of the sect’s wealth for themselves.
• Huo Lian and Huang Xiao disclosed that they had only a little over three thousand taels available, leaving the Grand Elders stunned.
• The Fierce Mountain Gang’s Envoy barged into the hall and demanded one hundred thousand taels from the Wild Ox Sect.
• An Elder reported that the Grand Elders’ residences and the sect treasury had been plundered.

Huo Lian agreed that the Wild Ox Sect would pay two hundred thousand taels in tribute and birthday contributions to the Fierce Mountain Gang by next month. After the envoy left, the Grand Elders reported that Jin Hu had robbed their residences and the sect treasury before fleeing.

• The envoy demanded the Wild Ox Sect pay another hundred thousand taels toward congratulatory gifts for the Demon God Sect's Sect Master, and Huo Lian agreed to the total payment of two hundred thousand taels by next month.
• The envoy praised Huo Lian, then left after Huo Lian sent Gao Tianhe to see him out.
• Gu Haiying and the other Grand Elders returned and accused Jin Hu of robbing their possessions and the treasury.
• Gu Haiying said Jin Hu had fled and urged Huang Xiao to pursue him, while Huang Xiao remarked that the Grand Elders had suffered heavy losses.
• The Third Grand Elder nearly disclosed the value of his stolen possessions, but the Fourth Grand Elder discreetly stopped him.

After Jin Hu plundered the Wild Ox Sect’s leaders and fled, Huang Xiao used the money they admitted to losing to fund the pursuit. Jin Hu sought refuge with the Fierce Mountain Gang’s envoy and offered his wealth, then promised a secret about his ancestor’s cultivation method when money failed to persuade him.

• Huang Xiao pressured Gu Haiying and the two Grand Elders into reporting only a few thousand taels each, then left to pursue Jin Hu and recover the stolen money.
• Gao Tianhe returned and doubted that Jin Hu had taken only ten thousand taels from the three leaders.
• Jin Hu fled with a large bundle, resenting the leaders’ greater hidden wealth and deciding to seek refuge with the Fierce Mountain Gang.
• Jin Hu intercepted the Fierce Mountain Gang’s envoy and asked to join, offering the bundle containing his and the leaders’ wealth.
• When the envoy remained unmoved by the money, Jin Hu offered a secret concerning his ancestor’s cultivation method.

Jin Hu offered the Fierce Mountain Gang the secret of Ancestor Kui Yong’s cultivation methods in exchange for joining the gang, and the envoy agreed to bring him to the chief. As Jin Hu handed over his bundle of savings, an unknown voice suddenly revealed that the secret could simply be asked about directly.

• Jin Hu claimed that the Wild Ox Sect’s lost cultivation methods had not been lost, shocking the envoy and his subordinates.
• The envoy considered keeping the methods for himself, but Jin Hu insisted on being taken to the Fierce Mountain Gang’s chief.
• The envoy agreed to introduce Jin Hu to the chief after deciding he could not safely obtain the secret alone.
• Jin Hu handed over his bundle of savings to secure the envoy’s help.
• A laughing voice addressed the envoy and the others, saying they could ask directly about the cultivation methods.

Huang Xiao confronted Jin Hu and a Fierce Mountain Gang envoy over the valuables Jin Hu had stolen, then killed them both after the envoy refused to surrender Jin Hu and the money. He recognized that killing the envoy would force the Wild Ox Sect's plans to move faster.

• Huang Xiao confronted Jin Hu and revealed that the cultivation methods of Ancestor Kui Yong were no secret, exposing Jin Hu's attempt to use them as leverage with the envoy.
• The envoy refused to hand over Jin Hu or the valuables, so Huang Xiao attacked and killed the envoy's subordinates.
• The envoy charged Huang Xiao, but Huang Xiao killed him with one strike of the Minghong Saber.
• Jin Hu begged for mercy and tried to flee, but Huang Xiao cut him down.
• Huang Xiao remarked that killing the Fierce Mountain Gang's envoy meant the next steps of the plan had to move faster.

Huang Xiao killed Jin Hu and the Fierce Mountain Gang’s envoy, then returned to the Wild Ox Sect with the valuables he had seized. The sect’s leaders realized the envoy’s death could bring the Fierce Mountain Gang down on them, and Huang Xiao turned to discussing how they would respond.

• Huang Xiao disposed of the bodies and found roughly two million taels’ worth of valuables in Jin Hu’s bundle.
• Huang Xiao told the elders that Jin Hu was dead, and Gao Tian'e learned that Jin Hu and the other Grand Elders had concealed vast personal fortunes.
• Gao Tian'e cursed Jin Hu, while Huang Xiao said he had left no bones to bury.
• Huang Xiao revealed that he had also killed the Fierce Mountain Gang’s envoy, shocking Gu Haiying and the others.
• Huang Xiao proposed discussing how to handle the consequences of killing the envoy.

After Huang Xiao killed the Fierce Mountain Gang’s envoy, Huo Lian rejected relocation and decided the Wild Ox Sect had to strike first. He and Huang Xiao prepared to gamble on confronting Wang Xiongshan, while Gao Tianhe and the elders drew confidence from the Ancestor’s inheritance.

• Huo Lian decided the Wild Ox Sect’s elders had to remain because the Fierce Mountain Gang would target the sect regardless of whether it left evidence.
• Gu Haiying and the other elders debated fleeing, but Huo Lian and Huang Xiao argued that the sect had to take the initiative against the Fierce Mountain Gang.
• Gu Haiying warned that Wang Xiongshan was believed to be an Upper Ancient Realm expert, while Huo Lian questioned whether he had advanced beyond the late stage of the Void Realm.
• Gao Tianhe revealed rumors that Wang Xiongshan had obtained an extraordinary cultivation method, but Huo Lian insisted they had no other path and would have to take a gamble.
• Gao Tianhe reminded Gu Haiying and the other elders that Huo Lian and Huang Xiao had obtained the Ancestor’s inheritance, restoring their confidence in the Sect Masters.

Huo Lian and Huang Xiao planned to strike at the Fierce Mountain Gang in a month and assigned the Wild Ox Sect’s elders to prepare. Huo Lian ordered Gao Tianhe to spend the sect’s two million taels on pills while keeping their plan secret, leaving the sect to face the Gang’s inquiries about its missing envoy.

• Huo Lian said they would attack the Fierce Mountain Gang when the sect’s payment came due in a month, and Huang Xiao dismissed the Gang’s other leaders as a threat once Wang Xiongshan fell.
• Gu Haiying warned that the Gang would investigate its missing envoy, and Huo Lian ordered him to stall them for a month.
• Huo Lian entrusted Gao Tianhe with the money and told him to buy high-grade pills for the elders and ordinary pills for the other disciples.
• Huo Lian rejected buying cultivation methods because he would provide them himself, and said the sect should buy only a limited number of weapons and armor.
• Huo Lian said he had deliberately let news of his inheritance spread, then ordered the elders to keep the attack plan secret and report on the Gang’s response and that of nearby sects.

Huo Lian and Huang Xiao decided to build momentum for the Wild Ox Sect by targeting the Fierce Mountain Gang and its leader, Wang Xiongshan. After receiving fresh intelligence, they infiltrated the gang’s stronghold at midnight, hoping Wang Xiongshan’s strength did not exceed the peak of the Upper Ancient Realm.

• Huo Lian told Huang Xiao they would strengthen the Wild Ox Sect to make others believe they had received Kui Yong’s inheritance.
• Huo Lian gave Gu Haiying and the others powerful cultivation methods, and three days later they brought him and Huang Xiao new information about Wang Xiongshan.
• Huang Xiao and Huo Lian judged that Wang Xiongshan might be in the late stage or peak of the Upper Ancient Realm, and planned to rely on Huang Xiao if he proved stronger.
• Huo Lian and Huang Xiao set out for the Fierce Mountain Gang and arrived at Bear Mountain around midnight.
• Huo Lian unraveled the gang’s formations, and he and Huang Xiao slipped inside while hoping Wang Xiongshan’s strength matched their estimates.

Huang Xiao and Huo Lian infiltrated the Fierce Mountain Gang and overheard its leaders discussing the missing Fifth Grand Elder and the Wild Ox Sect. They discovered Wang Xiongshan was meeting with his elders and deputies, then learned the gang had heard that the Wild Ox Sect's new leaders were successors of Kui Yong.

• Huang Xiao and Huo Lian overheard the Third and Fourth Grand Elders suspecting the Wild Ox Sect might know what happened to Fifth, though they had no evidence.
• Huang Xiao and Huo Lian followed the two Grand Elders into the gang's inner grounds and listened from the roof.
• Huang Xiao sensed that Wang Xiongshan's strength was at least Upper Ancient Realm late stage and might reach Upper Ancient Realm peak.
• Wang Xiongshan told the assembled leaders that the Wild Ox Sect's new Sect Master and Deputy Sect Master were reportedly successors of Kui Yong, prompting the others to react with shock and skepticism.

Wang Xiongshan discussed the Wild Ox Sect leaders’ claim that they had inherited Kui Yong’s techniques and sent the First Deputy Gang Leader to investigate. Huang Xiao and Huo Lian revealed themselves to Wang Xiongshan, who recognized them as the new Sect Master and Deputy Sect Master and warned that people who acted so boldly did not live long.

• Wang Xiongshan told the Fierce Mountain Gang elders that the Wild Ox Sect leaders had claimed Kui Yong’s inheritance, though it was unclear whether they had obtained his exceptional techniques.
• Wang Xiongshan assigned the First Deputy Gang Leader to investigate Huang Xiao and Huo Lian, warning him to prioritize his life if danger arose.
• Wang Xiongshan ordered the Second Deputy Gang Leader to focus on gathering information and obtaining the pair’s cultivation methods and treasures before news spread widely.
• After dismissing his subordinates, Wang Xiongshan sensed Huang Xiao and Huo Lian hiding on the roof and invited them inside.
• Huang Xiao and Huo Lian admitted they were the Wild Ox Sect’s new Sect Master and Deputy Sect Master, and Wang Xiongshan warned that people like them did not live long.

Huang Xiao and Huo Lian confronted Wang Xiongshan in the Fierce Mountain Gang and uncovered his hidden strength and interest in Kui Yong’s cultivation methods. Wang Xiongshan offered them a chance to surrender the inheritance, but Huang Xiao chose to fight him alone.

• Huo Lian and Huang Xiao deduced that Wang Xiongshan had advanced far beyond the upper ancient realm, and Wang Xiongshan admitted they had detected his strength.
• Wang Xiongshan questioned whether Huang Xiao and Huo Lian were truly Kui Yong’s successors after noticing Huang Xiao had spoken of Kui Yong without respect.
• Huo Lian revealed that a Soundproof Formation prevented the gang members outside from hearing them, and Wang Xiongshan offered the pair deputy leadership positions.
• Wang Xiongshan proposed sparing their lives in exchange for Kui Yong’s cultivation methods, and Huang Xiao and Huo Lian appeared to accept the wager.
• Huang Xiao volunteered to fight Wang Xiongshan alone, who estimated that Huang Xiao had reached at least the void realm late stage.

Huang Xiao fought Wang Xiongshan inside the Fierce Mountain Gang, matching the chief’s powerful Bear Fist with his Heavenly Demon Subduing Tiger Fist. The gang’s disciples and elders gathered to watch as the battle continued, with Huang Xiao showing no sign of defeat.

• Huang Xiao challenged Wang Xiongshan to fight, and Wang Xiongshan raised his fists and accepted.
• Huang Xiao kicked a chair at Wang Xiongshan, who smashed it and blasted down a wall with his fist.
• The Fierce Mountain Gang’s disciples and elders rushed to the ruins, but Wang Xiongshan’s order kept them from intervening.
• Huang Xiao and Wang Xiongshan exchanged powerful punches and retreated evenly, impressing the onlookers.
• Huang Xiao used his refined Heavenly Demon Subduing Tiger Fist against Wang Xiongshan’s Bear Fist as the gang watched their fight continue.

Huang Xiao fought Wang Xiongshan as both revealed their Upper Ancient Realm strength, and Wang Xiongshan used hidden divine weapon fist gauntlets to contend with the Minghong Saber. The fight continued with neither side gaining a decisive advantage.

• Wang Xiongshan cleared the Fierce Mountain Gang disciples from the ruins so he could fight Huang Xiao and Huo Lian without exposing his strength.
• Huang Xiao revealed that he had reached the Upper Ancient Realm, then raised his power through Middle Stage, Late Stage, and Peak as he fought Wang Xiongshan.
• Wang Xiongshan matched Huang Xiao at Upper Ancient Realm Peak and struck him with a powerful fist force that made Huang Xiao draw the Minghong Saber.
• Wang Xiongshan met the Minghong Saber with transparent divine weapon fist gauntlets and trapped its blade between his hands.
• Huang Xiao dismissed Wang Xiongshan's gauntlets and mocked his Vajra Fist as the battle continued.

Huang Xiao and Wang Xiongshan fought as both revealed strength at the primordial ancient realm, leaving Huo Lian to join the battle. Wang Xiongshan then unleashed an even more powerful aura against Huang Xiao, whose source remained unclear.

• Huang Xiao clashed with Wang Xiongshan, while Huo Lian suspected Wang Xiongshan had hidden his true strength to protect his fortuitous encounters.
• Wang Xiongshan and Huang Xiao both raised their strength to the early primordial ancient realm and retreated in surprise.
• Huo Lian proposed that he and Huang Xiao finish Wang Xiongshan together, and Wang Xiongshan lunged at Huang Xiao before Huo Lian could act.
• Huang Xiao met Wang Xiongshan's fist gauntlets with the Minghong Saber and felt a powerful, unfamiliar aura surge from him.

Huo Lian and Huang Xiao fought Wang Xiongshan, whose unexpectedly powerful fist techniques forced Huang Xiao back but failed to overcome Huo Lian’s skill. As the battle continued, Huang Xiao realized Wang Xiongshan’s fist force was being enhanced by a secret art.

• Wang Xiongshan drove Huang Xiao back, then targeted Huo Lian, whom he considered the weaker opponent.
• Huo Lian dodged every stream of fist force from Wang Xiongshan’s attack and countered with Dragon Fang without revealing its divine-weapon aura.
• Huo Lian assessed Wang Xiongshan’s strength and found his moves crude despite their unusual power.
• Huang Xiao noticed Wang Xiongshan’s fist force seemed ordinary yet struck with great speed and strength, and suspected a secret art was assisting his Vajra Fist.

Huang Xiao and Huo Lian pushed Wang Xiongshan into a losing fight, forcing him to abandon his plans and try to escape. As Wang Xiongshan attacked Huo Lian, an astonishing aura erupted from Dragon Fang.

• Huang Xiao and Wang Xiongshan fought at full strength while Huo Lian supported Huang Xiao and disrupted Wang Xiongshan’s attacks.
• Wang Xiongshan’s injuries accumulated as Huang Xiao recovered quickly, and Wang Xiongshan decided to flee rather than risk defeat.
• Huo Lian repeatedly blocked Wang Xiongshan’s attempts to escape, while Huang Xiao sent him flying with a slash.
• Wang Xiongshan charged at Huo Lian again, believing the old man had exhausted his defensive tricks.
• Huo Lian raised Dragon Fang to block Wang Xiongshan’s fists, and an astonishing aura erupted from the saber.

Huang Xiao and Huo Lian defeated and killed Wang Xiongshan after Huo Lian’s Dragon Fang revealed itself as a Divine Weapon. Huang Xiao recovered from a severe wound, and the two decided to search Wang Xiongshan’s secrets and consider taking over the Fierce Mountain Gang.

• Dragon Fang erupted as a Divine Weapon, and Huo Lian used it to fend off Wang Xiongshan’s attacks while Huang Xiao closed in.
• Wang Xiongshan’s strange final punch badly wounded Huang Xiao, but Huang Xiao severed Wang Xiongshan’s left arm with the Minghong Saber.
• Huo Lian beheaded Wang Xiongshan and took his Fist Gauntlets while Huang Xiao sat down to recover.
• Huang Xiao regained enough strength to stand, and Huo Lian suggested searching Wang Xiongshan’s secrets instead of leaving at once.
• Huo Lian pointed out the Fierce Mountain Gang’s wealth, and Huang Xiao asked whether they should take over the gang.

After killing Wang Xiongshan, Huo Lian and Huang Xiao took control of the Fierce Mountain Gang and searched for the secrets in Wang Xiongshan’s secluded chamber. The gang’s elders accepted their new masters and anticipated that the change would strengthen the gang.

• Huo Lian and Huang Xiao subdued the Fierce Mountain Gang’s two Deputy Gang Leaders and senior elders, then demanded to know whether they wanted to live or die.
• The First Deputy Gang Leader and the others pledged obedience, and Huo Lian placed hidden force in their bodies to keep them under control.
• Huo Lian ordered the leaders to summon the remaining elders, bringing the Fierce Mountain Gang’s senior members under his command.
• The First Deputy Gang Leader told Huo Lian and Huang Xiao that Wang Xiongshan’s seclusion chamber might hold his cultivation methods and treasures.
• Huo Lian broke through the formations protecting the chamber and entered it with Huang Xiao, while the elders discussed how their new leaders might increase the gang’s influence.