Arc 18The Barbarian Bone War

Shi Jian established the Lightning Bear Line, then weathered the Beast Realm’s struggle over E Gu’s attainment of the Barbarian Bone Dao. After E Gu became the Beast Realm’s ninth ruler, the Giant Bear Imperial Clan launched a western campaign, leaving Shi Jian fighting the Frenzied Lions at Burning Lion City.

  • Shi Jian killed the Blazing Fire Lion King, claimed the Nine Flames Ridge-Suppressing Pagoda, and accepted Shan Li’s offer to join the Mountain Bear Lineage.
  • Shi Jian and Shan Li founded the Lightning Bear Line on Divine Firmament Plain, where Shi Jian advanced his cultivation and named their cub Shi Xiao.
  • As E Gu prepared to attain the Barbarian Bone Dao, Shi Jian defended his territory from Mystic Realm infiltrators and learned that Sword Origin had sent them to obstruct E Gu.
  • Sword Origin and the Beast Realm’s Dao Venerables battled while E Gu completed his breakthrough, then E Gu and the other rulers killed Life Body Dao Venerable.
  • E Gu annihilated the Barbarian Bone cultivators across seven realms, while Immortal Slayer and his allies killed Sword Origin to seize the Sword Origin Dao Fruit.
  • E Gu’s attainment strengthened Shi Jian and the Giant Bear Clan, and Shan Li delivered his order for the seven lineages to attack neighboring races.
  • Shi Jian led the Lightning Bear vanguard against the Frenzied Lions, killing their Nascent Soul defenders at Red Rock Mountain as the Mountain Bear army advanced.
  • Shi Jian led the attack on Burning Lion City, where five Nascent Soul Frenzied Lions surrounded him and attacked together.
Chapters 426–450 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 426Mutual Destruction, a Fragment of the Attainment!

Shi Jian battled the Blazing Fire Lion King, who burned his Nascent Soul and fused his life force with the Nine Flames Ridge-Suppressing Pagoda to unleash a world-destroying fire lotus. Shi Jian used a fragment of the [Spaceless] Attainment to carry the attack away, leaving the pagoda behind and wondering whether the exchange had been worth it.

  • The Blazing Fire Lion King ignited his Nascent Soul and attacked Shi Jian with dark-red flames.
  • Shi Jian and the Blazing Fire Lion King fought a brutal battle that devastated the area around Six Kings Mountain.
  • The Blazing Fire Lion King sacrificed his burning Nascent Soul and ruined body to the Nine Flames Ridge-Suppressing Pagoda, creating a world-destroying fire lotus.
  • Shi Jian sent a fragment of the [Spaceless] Attainment into the sky and used silver light to carry the fire lotus away.
  • The fire lotus vanished, and the Nine Flames Ridge-Suppressing Pagoda descended as Shi Jian weighed the cost of his sacrifice.

Ch. 427The Clans Wary, Famous After One Battle!

Shi Jian killed the Blazing Fire Lion King and claimed the Nine Flames Ridge-Suppressing Pagoda, while spies and the Frenzied Lion Clan learned of the defeat. The clan’s Spirit Transformation ancestors decided to investigate Shi Jian’s origins before choosing how to retaliate.

  • Shi Jian used Purple Pivot Lightning to erase the Blazing Fire Lion King’s remaining Divine Sense, claimed the pagoda, and lamented the loss of his Spaceless Dao Fruit fragment.
  • Two Heavenly Serpent Race spies witnessed the aftermath and fled underground after realizing the Blazing Fire Lion King had died.
  • An old lion discovered that the Blazing Fire Lion King’s life plaque had shattered, and the news reached the Frenzied Lion Clan’s ancestors.
  • The Frenzied Lion Clan’s Spirit Transformation ancestors debated the danger of provoking the Giant Bear Clan and ordered an investigation into Shi Jian’s origins.

Ch. 428A Wife Fell from the Sky!

Shi Jian refined the Nine Flames Ridge-Suppressing Pagoda into a barren peak, turning it into a Fire Dao Blessed Land and strengthening Six Kings Mountain. Shan Li of the Mountain Bear Lineage arrived with a marriage decree and offered him a place in the lineage, leaving Shi Jian stunned.

  • Shi Jian used the Nine Flames Ridge-Suppressing Pagoda and Purple Pivot Lightning to transform a barren peak into a middle-grade Fire Dao Blessed Land.
  • A bone ship bearing the Giant Bear Clan's Mountain Bear totem arrived above Six Kings Mountain with four Nascent Soul cultivators aboard.
  • Shan Li, a Nascent Soul Late Stage direct descendant of the Mountain Bear Lineage, introduced herself to Shi Jian.
  • Shan Li read her lineage patriarch's decree, promising gifts and protection while admitting Shi Jian into the Mountain Bear Lineage and betrothing Shan Li to him.
  • Shi Jian froze in surprise at the unexpected marriage contract.

Ch. 429Defeated, Outmatched by a Hair!

Shi Jian accepted Shan Li and the Mountain Bear Lineage’s lavish offer, then fought Shan Li to settle who would rule Six Kings Mountain. Shan Li ultimately overpowered him, and she left him with a challenge to become strong enough to pin her next time.

  • Shi Jian accepted the Mountain Bear Lineage’s offer and received Purple Firmament Golden Lightning Essence, a Giant Spirit Warship, and two Nascent Soul retainers.
  • Shan Li criticized Six Kings Mountain’s layout and challenged Shi Jian over who made the rules there.
  • Shi Jian and Shan Li fought from daylight until nightfall, with neither willing to concede.
  • Shan Li visited Shi Jian’s cave and told him the Mountain Bear Lineage expected them to have offspring within three hundred years.
  • Shan Li overpowered Shi Jian in the cave and told him to surpass her before she found another husband.

Ch. 430Shelter in the Shade of a Great Tree!

Shan Li used her Mountain Bear Lineage status and a Spirit Transformation jade token to drive the Frenzied Lion Clan’s envoys away from Six Kings Mountain. Shi Jian thanked her, but she warned him that he would have to face future challengers himself.

  • Shan Li finished strengthening Six Kings Mountain’s defenses while Shi Jian cultivated with Purple Firmament Golden Lightning Essence.
  • Five Nascent Soul Frenzied Lions arrived and demanded the Nine Flames Ridge-Suppressing Pagoda and Thunderclap Valley’s three lightning peaks.
  • Shan Li blocked Shi Jian from confronting them and revealed a jade token bearing Spirit Transformation Dao might.
  • Shan Li identified herself as a direct daughter of the Mountain Bear Lineage and declared that Shi Jian and Six Kings Mountain belonged to her lineage.
  • Jin Yan led the Frenzied Lions away after Shan Li challenged them to fight Shi Jian one-on-one.
  • Shi Jian thanked Shan Li, who warned him to rely on himself when future enemies came.

Ch. 431Lightning Bear Line, Divine Firmament Plain!

Shan Li established the Lightning Bear Line and renamed Six Kings Mountain the Divine Firmament Plain, then organized the territory and its Mountain Bear clansmen. The Frenzied Lion Clan fortified the western border to block expansion, while Shi Jian focused on cultivation and Shan Li let the standoff continue.

  • Shan Li named the new lineage the Lightning Bear Line and its territory the Divine Firmament Plain, giving Shi Jian final authority over the land while reserving internal affairs for herself.
  • Shan Li organized more than a thousand Mountain Bears to settle the plain, manage its resources, and cultivate Blood Marrow Grass for the clan.
  • Shi Jian left mundane affairs to Shan Li and secluded himself on Divine Firmament Peak to pursue cultivation and a breakthrough to Spirit Transformation.
  • The Lightning Bear Line's founding spread through Three Kings Mountain, and its non-bear Demon Generals remained obedient under the new banner.
  • The Frenzied Lion Clan established three Nascent Soul-guarded strongholds along the western border, and Shan Li chose to let the stand-off persist while the Lightning Bear Line strengthened its foundation.

Ch. 432Nascent Soul Late Stage, Son Shi Xiao, E Gu Seeks to Claim the [Barbarian Bone] Venerable Seat!

After a century of cultivation, Shi Jian reached the Nascent Soul Late Stage and became a father when Shan Li gave birth to Shi Xiao, a cub born with lightning patterns. Shan Li then told Shi Jian that Ancestor E Gu was preparing to claim the [Barbarian Bone] Dao Fruit, a move that could transform the Giant Bear Clan’s standing and draw opposition from other powers.

  • Over a hundred years, Shi Jian refined lightning treasures and Dao Pills, advancing to the Nascent Soul Late Stage while the Lightning Bear Line grew to more than ten thousand members.
  • Shan Li gave birth to a white-furred cub with purple-gold lightning patterns, and Shi Jian named him Shi Xiao.
  • Shi Jian secretly used a hundred Enlightenment points on Shi Xiao, awakening the newborn cub’s Divine Sense and making Shan Li suspect that something was unusual about his eyes.
  • Shan Li told Shi Jian that Ancestor E Gu had entered seclusion to seek the [Barbarian Bone] Dao Fruit and would make his attempt within fifty years.
  • Shi Jian realized that E Gu’s bid could alert a hidden Dao Venerable or provoke other clans and powers to obstruct him.

Ch. 433Eight Venerables Give Tacit Consent, the Beast Realm Is Secure!

Shi Jian learned that the Beast Realm’s eight Dao Venerables had crushed internal opposition while Ancestor Egu pursued [Barbarian Bone] fruition, and he chose to keep the Lightning Bear Line secluded. The chapter left him with a report of bloodied snake demons breaching the eastern border, prompting a possible investigation.

  • Shi Jian cultivated on Divine Firmament Peak while Shi Xiao gnawed on a Lightning Spirit Stone and showed unusual intelligence.
  • Shan Li told Shi Jian that the eight Dao Venerables had jointly forbidden unrest as Ancestor Egu sought [Barbarian Bone] fruition.
  • Shan Li reported that the Giant Bear Clan had destroyed three southern clans and two Dao Venerables had crushed resistance among major northwestern clans.
  • Shi Jian decided to seal the mountain, reinforce the restrictions, and focus on the Lightning Bear Line’s foundations while Shan Li handled internal affairs.
  • Shan Li told Shi Jian that Xiong Gang had reported bloodied snake demons breaking through the eastern border formations.

Ch. 434Mystic Realm, Human Realm!

Shi Jian discovered evidence that an outside force was infiltrating the Beast Realm through a strange jade talisman. In the Mystic Realm, the Sword Origin sent an envoy to the Human Realm to propose a deal to its Sword Dao expert.

  • Shi Jian killed the last serpent demon, searched its memories, and found that the serpents had carried a message for an unknown figure.
  • Shi Jian examined a jade talisman containing a fusion of Sword Dao and Metal Dao origins and concluded that an outside force had deeply infiltrated the Beast Realm.
  • The Sword Origin discussed E Gu's possible attainment of [Barbarian Bone] and reassured its disciple that E Gu had not yet succeeded.
  • The Sword Origin ordered a hidden figure to visit the Human Realm and offer a deal to its Sword Dao fellow practitioner.
  • The envoy reached the white-haired Sword Dao expert in the Human Realm, who recognized him as an emissary from the Mystic Realm and remarked that the Evergreen Race had come seeking help.

Ch. 435Joining Forces with the Vast Realm to Counterbalance the Human Realm!

Returning Earth Dao Venerable negotiated with Kan Water Dragon Venerable for the True Dragon Clan to help counter the Human and Mystic Realms in exchange for access to the Barbarian Bone cultivation methods. Meanwhile, a gray vulture carrying intelligence about E Gu’s impending breakthrough was killed before he could escape the Beast Realm, marking the seventh intercepted spy.

  • Returning Earth Dao Venerable offered the True Dragon Clan the six Barbarian Bone Immortal Foundation methods after E Gu attained the Dao.
  • Kan Water Dragon Venerable agreed to have two Dao Venerables watch the Human Realm in exchange for access to the Barbarian Bone Dao.
  • Kan Water Dragon Venerable sent out dragon breath, awakening two powerful presences in the Vast Realm’s East Sea and North Sea.
  • A gray vulture demon immortal tried to carry intelligence about E Gu’s breakthrough from the Beast Realm to the Mystic Realm.
  • An unseen Earth Dao wielder crushed the gray vulture and seized his jade talisman, saying he was the seventh.

Ch. 436Changes on All Sides, Turmoil Looms!

Dao Venerable Xuan Tu eliminated the remaining spies in the Beast Realm as the Vast Realm’s dragons moved to restrain the Human Realm’s Sword Dao. Thirty years into E Gu’s seclusion, signs of his attempt to attain the Barbarian Bone Dao Fruit transformed the Beast Realm and strengthened the Lightning Bear Line.

  • Dao Venerable Xuan Tu found and killed three Spirit Transformation spies after the Beast Realm’s void routes were sealed.
  • Two Vast Realm dragon Dao Venerables agreed to watch the Human Realm’s venerables and stop the Sword Dao from intervening, in exchange for access to the Physical Body Dao’s six Immortal Foundations after E Gu attained Barbarian Bone.
  • A white-haired elder on the Human Realm’s sword peak decided not to join the bargain and hoped to claim Sword Origin’s Sword Dao Fruit if Sword Origin died.
  • Over thirty years, E Gu’s attempt to attain the Barbarian Bone Dao Fruit caused strange physical transformations and phenomena throughout the Beast Realm.
  • The Lightning Bear Line grew in numbers and strength, while bone-armored mutations appeared among its bear demons.

Ch. 437The Evergreen Race Makes Its Move!

As Ancestor E Gu’s attempt to attain the Dao transformed the Beast Realm, Shi Jian learned that the Evergreen Race had infiltrated the region to find and sabotage the attempt. When five Evergreen cultivators passed over Divine Firmament Plain, Shi Jian and three other Nascent Soul experts surrounded them.

  • Shi Jian felt the Dao of the Physical Body transform his body as E Gu’s attempt to attain the Dao reached its final stage.
  • Shan Li told Shi Jian that the Mystic Realm had opened hidden passages and sent cultivators into the Beast Realm to locate E Gu.
  • Shi Jian ordered his territory locked down and directed Golden Core and stronger Demon Generals to kill outsiders on sight.
  • Five Evergreen Race cultivators entered Divine Firmament Plain, intending to search north for E Gu’s place of Dao attainment.
  • Shi Jian detected the intruders and signaled Shan Li, Xiong Gang, and Xiong Lei to surround them in the air.

Ch. 438Infiltration!

Shi Jian and his allies killed five Evergreen Race infiltrators and discovered that the Mystic Realm had secretly sent more than a thousand Nascent Soul cultivators, including over twenty Spirit Transformation experts, into the Beast Realm. They sent the intelligence to the Mountain Bear Lineage and worried that the Human Realm might soon join the conflict.

  • Shi Jian killed the Evergreen Race leader with Purple Pivot Lightning and seized his shattered Nascent Soul to search his memories.
  • Shan Li, Xiong Gang, and Xiong Lei stopped the other infiltrators as they fled, while Shi Jian destroyed one man's message talisman and killed him.
  • Shi Jian learned that Sword Origin Dao Venerable had concealed the Qi signatures of more than a thousand infiltrators, who were scattered across the Beast Realm to locate Ancestor Egu.
  • Shi Jian killed Shan Li's captive after gathering what information he could, and Shan Li sent the infiltration intelligence to the Mountain Bear Lineage.
  • Shi Jian and Shan Li feared the infiltrators would be difficult to find and wondered whether the Human Realm would enter the conflict.

Ch. 439The Peak and Mountain Imperial Clan Strikes, Both Sides Have Plans!

The Peak and Mountain Imperial Clan used its Earth Dao authority to expose and destroy the Mystic Realm infiltrators across the Beast Realm. Sword Origin Dao Venerable then led an open invasion to stop Egu from attaining Barbarian Bone, and the Beast Realm’s eight Dao Venerables confronted him as the battle left the heavens in chaos.

  • Shan Li identified the three earth-yellow barriers sealing the Beast Realm as the work of the Peak and Mountain Imperial Clan, whose Dao Embryo had mobilized the Earth Dao.
  • The clan’s three Dao Venerables turned the Beast Realm into an Earth Dao domain and hunted down nearly a thousand Mystic Realm infiltrators, killing them all within an hour.
  • Sword Origin Dao Venerable tore open the boundary between the Mystic Realm and the Beast Realm and led dozens of Spirit Transformation cultivators through the breach.
  • The Beast Realm’s eight Dao Venerables manifested their Dharma Aspects and challenged Sword Origin, who said he was acting to protect his disciple’s Dao Path and lineage from Egu’s attainment.
  • Sword Origin unleashed his Dao Attainment against the Beast Realm’s defenders, and his sword river fought the Dharma Aspects of Ultimate Force, Returning Earth, Conjoined Fire, and Profound Lightning without losing ground.

Ch. 440A Certain Sword Origin of the Human Race, Sword Origin in Exchange for E Gu!

An old Human Realm sword cultivator waited for Sword Origin to die in the Beast Realm, hoping to claim his vacant Fruition Rank and rise to Dao Embryo. In the Beast Realm, Sword Origin and three Evergreen Race Metal Dao Venerables broke through the Beast Realm forces’ blockade, allowing a group of Spirit Transformation cultivators to enter the heartland as the battle escalated.

  • Two True Dragon Dao Venerables arrived at Ten Thousand Ren Sword Peak to keep the old Immortal Slayer Dao Venerable from interfering, and he revealed he planned to wait for Sword Origin’s death and claim the Sword Origin Fruition Rank.
  • The chapter explained that the Human Realm’s powerful figures sought to use Sword Origin’s likely death to leave his Fruition Rank vacant, while the Beast Realm aimed to secure E Gu’s attainment of the Dao.
  • In the Beast Realm, Sword Origin fought four Dao Venerables at the realm-barrier rift while a Spirit Transformation cultivator led a group toward the heartland.
  • Metal Slayer, Geng Metal, and Dui Metal arrived to support Sword Origin, despite his insistence that losing the Sword Origin Fruition Rank would benefit the Evergreen Race.
  • The combined Sword Dao and Metal Dao forces opened a passage, and the Spirit Transformation cultivators entered the Beast Realm’s heartland as eight Dao Venerables fought four others and their clashes devastated the realm.

Ch. 441E Gu Begins Proving His Dao!

Ancestor Egu began proving the Barbarian Bone Dao Fruit in the Peak and Mountain Imperial Clan's territory as the Dao Venerables fought to stop him. His ritual drew on the Dao of the Physical Body throughout the Beast Realm, while Shi Jian and the bear demons felt their bodies change under its influence.

  • The Dao Venerables' battle froze when the Beast Realm fell silent and a bone-white pillar of light appeared, revealing that E Gu had begun proving his Dao.
  • A vast bone mountain rose in the Peak and Mountain Imperial Clan's territory as the Dao of the Physical Body flowed into it.
  • Ancestor Egu sat atop the mountain and endured the painful transformation as he sought heaven and earth's recognition of the Barbarian Bone Dao Fruit.
  • At Divine Firmament Peak, Shi Jian and more than ten thousand bear demons felt their bones and bodies react to Ancestor Egu's power.
  • Shan Li told Shi Jian that Ancestor Egu had chosen the Peak and Mountain Imperial Clan's territory, suggesting the clan had prepared to protect his ritual in exchange for a share of its benefits.

Ch. 442Hooking a Big Fish, Scheming for the Dao of the Physical Body!

As E Gu neared attainment of the Barbarian Bone Dao Position, Sword Origin Dao Venerable launched a final strike, but Peak and Mountain Supreme intervened to protect him. Life Body Dao Venerable then appeared to stop E Gu, only to be ambushed by the Beast Realm’s eight Dao Venerables and Peak and Mountain Supreme, revealing the scheme to seize the Dao of the Physical Body.

  • Sword Origin Dao Venerable concentrated his power into a single strike aimed at E Gu as E Gu reshaped his bones atop Bone Mountain.
  • Peak and Mountain Supreme reached from beneath the earth and crushed Sword Origin Dao Venerable’s sword before it could hit E Gu.
  • Life Body Dao Venerable emerged from a rift and severed the Dao of the Physical Body’s Qi presence, causing E Gu’s bones to begin disintegrating.
  • Peak and Mountain Supreme attacked Life Body Dao Venerable, and the Beast Realm’s eight Dao Venerables joined the assault.
  • The Beast Realm’s plan was revealed: E Gu’s attainment had been bait to draw out Life Body Dao Venerable so they could kill him and claim the Dao of the Physical Body.

Ch. 443Barbarian Bone Attains the Dao!

Ancestor Egu overcame Life Body Dao Venerable’s attempt to prevent his breakthrough and attained the Barbarian Bone Dao. He stood above the nine heavens as the bone mountain vanished into him.

  • Life Body Dao Venerable attacked the bone mountain and used his Life Body power to disrupt Ancestor Egu’s six Immortal Foundations while the other Beast Realm Dao Venerables struck at him.
  • Life Body Dao Venerable revealed that he had secretly obstructed E Gu for seven thousand years and insisted that Barbarian Bone could not be attained.
  • E Gu explained that he had repeatedly rebuilt his six Immortal Foundations, then drew on their perfected power to break Life Body’s severing force.
  • E Gu pulled the suppressed Qi of the Dao of the Physical Body into himself, halted the bone mountain’s collapse, and rose beyond the Spirit Transformation Extreme Stage.
  • The Barbarian Bone Dao attainment descended, and the bone mountain dissolved into light that entered E Gu as he completed his breakthrough.
  • E Gu stood above the nine heavens with the Barbarian Bone Dao attainment completely mastered.

Ch. 444Each Had Their Own Plans!

E Gu ascended to Dao Venerable by claiming the Barbarian Bone Dao Fruit, then joined the Beast Realm’s eight Dao Venerables to kill Life Body Dao Venerable. Life Body secretly survived through his Dao Fruit in the Measure Realm and planned to reclaim it before E Gu could seize it.

  • E Gu claimed Barbarian Bone as the Beast Realm’s eight Dao Venerable manifestations recognized him as its ninth ruler.
  • Peak and Mountain Supreme expelled the Evergreen Race’s four Dao Venerables and a Spirit Transformation cultivator from the Beast Realm, while Sword Origin Dao Venerable accepted defeat.
  • E Gu and the other eight Dao Venerables surrounded and killed Life Body Dao Venerable, leaving the Life Body Dao Fruit vacant.
  • E Gu sensed that Life Body could return through his Dao Fruit and realized he had to seize it before Life Body reclaimed it.
  • In the Measure Realm, Life Body took over a Transformation Camel Race cultivator’s body and suspected that someone had arranged for Sword Origin and himself to be targeted by the Human and Beast Realms.

Ch. 445Dao Fruit Suppresses and Slays, Sword Origin Meets His End!

E Gu claimed the Barbarian Bone Dao Fruit and killed all 372 Spirit Transformation cultivators across seven realms who practiced its Immortal Foundations. In the Human Realm, Immortal Slayer and five allies killed Sword Origin Dao Venerable, leaving his Dao Fruit vacant for the white-haired elder to claim.

  • E Gu sensed that Life Body had not been completely destroyed, then declared that all who cultivated Barbarian Bone would die.
  • E Gu used the Barbarian Bone Dao Fruit's authority to annihilate all 372 Spirit Transformation cultivators across seven realms who practiced its six Immortal Foundations.
  • Converging Water and Clear Water left the boundary after completing the True Dragon Clan's transaction with the Beast Realm.
  • Immortal Slayer and five allied Dao Venerables attacked and killed Sword Origin Dao Venerable, leaving the Sword Origin Dao Fruit vacant.
  • Immortal Slayer prepared to refine the vacant Sword Origin Dao Fruit and ascend to the Dao Embryo realm.
  • The Metal Dao supreme expert forbade the Evergreen Race from cultivating Barbarian Bone Immortal Foundations or scheming for the Sword Dao.

Ch. 446Barbarian Bone Giant Bear Imperial Clan!

After E Gu attained the Barbarian Bone Dao, the Great Dao’s blessing transformed the Giant Bear Clan and elevated it to an imperial clan. Shi Jian and Shan Li prepared for the clan’s new role as the Beast Realm’s powers reacted to the upheaval.

  • E Gu’s attainment of the Barbarian Bone Dao sent a signal across the Nine Realms, stirring the bones of cultivators who practiced the Dao of the Physical Body.
  • Shi Jian and the Giant Bear Clan received the Dao’s blessing, doubling their physical strength as bear Demon Beasts across Divine Firmament Plain underwent transformations.
  • Shan Li’s body was strengthened by the blessing, and she and Shi Jian recognized that the Giant Bear Clan had become an imperial clan whose rise would alter the Beast Realm’s order.
  • Shan Li reported that the seven main lineages would convene for a grand ceremony and that the Peak and Mountain Imperial Clan had invited E Gu to discuss their arrangement.
  • Shi Jian entered seclusion to absorb the changes and considered the future conflict he might face with the Profound Lightning Dao Venerable over the Dao of Lightning.
  • Clans across the Beast Realm adjusted their plans, while spies from other realms withdrew after confirming E Gu’s success.

Ch. 447Expansion and the Western Campaign!

After E Gu’s attainment transformed the Giant Bear Clan and its territory, the clan launched a western campaign to seize land and settle old grudges. Shi Jian led the Lightning Bear Line as the vanguard against a Frenzied Lion stronghold, where a Nascent Soul Late Stage Chihuo Frenzied Lion rose to challenge him.

  • E Gu’s Barbarian Bone Dao resonance strengthened the Divine Firmament Plain and helped bear demons and Bone-Armored Giant Bears break through their limits.
  • Shan Li delivered Egu’s decree ordering the Giant Bear Imperial Clan’s seven lineages to attack neighboring races, with the Mountain Bear army marching west alongside the Lightning Bear Line.
  • Shi Jian learned that the western campaign aimed to destroy five Spirit Transformation races and more than thirty minor races, pushing the border a million li west.
  • Shi Jian and Shan Li assessed the Frenzied Lion Clan’s Red Rock Mountain Range defenses as the Mountain Bear army arrived with two Spirit Transformation cultivators and hundreds of thousands of demon soldiers.
  • Shi Jian volunteered to lead the Lightning Bear contingent as the vanguard and challenged the Frenzied Lion defenders at the eastern mine entrance.
  • A Nascent Soul Late Stage Chihuo Frenzied Lion flew out to confront Shi Jian.

Ch. 448A One-on-One Duel: Slaying the Chihuo Frenzied Lion!

Shi Jian fought and killed the Chihuo Frenzied Lion in a one-on-one battle, overcoming his fire attacks with his tempered body and Purple Pivot Lightning. After the Frenzied Lion’s Nascent Soul was destroyed, Shi Jian ordered the remaining Frenzied Lion Clan members at the eastern mine entrance to surrender or die.

  • The Chihuo Frenzied Lion attacked Shi Jian with his Heaven-Burning Flame, but Shi Jian pierced through the sea of fire and blocked the lion’s fire beasts with lightning.
  • The Chihuo Frenzied Lion swung his saber at Shi Jian, who stood firm and knocked the weapon away with a spear thrust.
  • Shi Jian pressed the attack, and the Chihuo Frenzied Lion used his natal essence fire, but Shi Jian countered it with Purple Pivot Lightning.
  • Shi Jian pierced the Chihuo Frenzied Lion’s chest, then destroyed his Nascent Soul and divine soul with lightning.
  • Shi Jian addressed the stunned Frenzied Lion Clan contingent at the eastern mine entrance and ordered them to surrender or be killed.

Ch. 449Successive Kills, Ferocious Beyond Compare!

Shi Jian led the assault at the eastern mine entrance, killing four Nascent Soul Frenzied Lions as the Giant Bear army invaded the Red Rock Mountain Range. With the Frenzied Lion defenses collapsing, Shan Li ordered the army to wipe out the remaining defenders.

  • Shi Jian refused the four Nascent Soul Frenzied Lions' challenge to surrender and broke through their fiery cage with his physical strength.
  • Shi Jian tore apart a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Frenzied Lion and destroyed its Nascent Soul with a slap.
  • Shan Li arrived with the Mountain Bear Lineage's army and ordered the forces to seal off all escape routes.
  • Shi Jian shattered the three surviving lions' Law Treasures, killed two of them with his lightning spear, and prepared to pursue the last as it fled.
  • Shan Li stopped Shi Jian from chasing the fleeing lion and ordered the Giant Bear army to attack the scattered Frenzied Lion forces.
  • Shi Jian's performance earned the other bear kings' admiration after he killed four Nascent Soul enemies at the stronghold.

Ch. 450Red Rock Mountain Falls, the Battle of Yellow Sand Lion Plain!

Shi Jian and the Mountain Bear army conquered the Red Rock Mountain Range, then advanced on the Frenzied Lion Clan’s western stronghold at Yellow Sand Lion Plain. As the battle for Burning Lion City began, Shi Jian faced five Nascent Soul Frenzied Lions at once.

  • Shi Jian helped defeat the Frenzied Lion defenders at Red Rock Mountain, where all ten Nascent Soul cultivators were killed and the victors feasted on their corpses.
  • Five days later, the Mountain Bear army marched toward Burning Lion City, and Shi Jian planned to lead the vanguard again to earn more merits.
  • The old Spirit Transformation Frenzied Lion patriarch learned that the city had no escape and ordered his forces to fight to the death.
  • Shi Jian led the Lightning Bear elites into battle, smashing through the Frenzied Lion forward ranks as the Mountain Bear army attacked from the east and south.
  • Five Nascent Soul Frenzied Lions surrounded Shi Jian in the sky and attacked him together.
Arc 18 of 26
Arc 18 of 26