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Duan Gequan

A great general of Mengshe Zhao.

Wolves stand out in the open. No matter how vicious or numerous they are, you can mentally prepare yourself to face them. But a venomous snake hiding in the grass can’t be seen or heard, so you can’t defend yourself against it. Duan Gequan is this venomous snake.

Geluofeng and Duan Gequan were lord and vassal, but only Duan Gequan knew that they were also friends, brothers, compatriots, comrades who supported each other as they worked to achieve the same dream!

To take Mengshe Zhao from a small kingdom to a hegemon of the world had been a dream that Geluofeng and Duan Gequan had tirelessly worked toward for decades.
Origin immortal art

(ch-1498)
The mantra for the Origin Immortal Art’s first layer consisted of more than three thousand words, and each word was so abstruse and profound that an ordinary person would be completely confused. Gotten from the mind of the Third Origin Immortal Art successor.

Obtained (Ch1545)

progress in the Origin Immortal Art, reaching the sixth layer. (ch-1595)

The Origin Lance! (ch-1667)

The 16th floor (ch-1686)

The was a powerful killing technique of the Origin Immortal Art, gathering all one’s energy into a peerless might that could sunder the earth and pierce the heavens. Such was its sharpness that not even Meteoric Metal could take a blow.
Fumeng Lingcha

Fumeng Lingcha is the Protector-General of the Qixi Protectorate, Fumeng Lingcha is also the military commander of the Qixi Protectorate army.

During the Regional Commanders incident, Fumeng Lingcha had been the one who had most desired Wang Chong's death.

Even though there was bad blood between him and Fumeng Lingcha, Wang Chong had to admit that the Great General of Qixi did have some extraordinary attributes. Qixi was a unique place. To the west was the ever-ambitious Ü-Tsang, ready to rush down from the eastern edge of the plateau at any time. To the east was the Turkic cavalry led by the Ishbara Khagan of the Western Turkic Khaganate. Fumeng Lingcha was able to survive in this intersection of two factions and keep both of them out, and his strength was beyond question.

Just through this Qixi cavalry that was both as unmoving as a mountain and aggressive as fire, Fumeng Lingcha had already displayed the extraordinary abilities that had made him an Imperial Great General!

*Alas, your envy is too great! Your thirst for authority too strong!*

With this thought, Wang Chong quickly returned to his senses.

Fumeng Lingcha was truly a formidable character, and if some of his traits were removed, Wang Chong would have been happy to see that the Great Tang had such a Great General. But Fumeng Lingcha was simply far too selfish.

He was a Hu himself, so he brazenly promoted Hu in the army. All the important posts in his army were almost completely filled with Hu. Whether or not a Han had the ability, they were suppressed just the same.

Moreover, there were signs that Fumeng Lingcha was creating a miniature Hu court in Qixi.

If not, he wouldn’t have been so furious at Wang Chong’s memorial during the Regional Commanders incident.

In addition, while Qixi was excellent on the defensive side, it was lacking on the offense. In the many years of Fumeng Lingcha’s tenure, he had never once been the first to attack, and this posture had never changed.

Qixi could only passively wait for Ü-Tsang or the Western Turks to attack.
Other World

the Other World is the original world of the Otherworldy Invaders or Otherworldy Race, it is a dark and dark world, a cold world, dominated by darkness, where light does not exist ...

the Other World is a cold world, dominated by a perennial winter, a world covered with snow and ice ...

here, the Otherworldy Race, had created a powerful and evolved civilization, which in ancient and ancestral times, had invaded the Human World, the world dominated by the human race, which was invaded when the human race did not yet exist and the world was dominated by Landeshunger Civilization, which was devastated and wiped out by the invasion of the Otherworldy Race ...

The Other World was discovered by the Man in Black Organization, who trying to help the Otherworldy Invaders, managed to get hold of some ancient teleporters, trying to open a space-dimensional portal between the Human World and the Other World, but being stopped by Wang Chong ...

it was then, that Wang Chong, having discovered the threat of the Otherworldy Race, first unified the human race, under the HUman Empire, then created an immense army, launching a large-scale armed invasion of The Other World, via a captured teleport from the Man in Black Organization ...

the Other World and the Civilization of the Otherworldy Race, was destroyed by Wang Chong and the Army of the HUman Empire, who unleashing a war in the Other world, definitively defeated the threat of the Otherwordly Race ...

*This was a world abandoned by the gods!*

*Here, everything was frozen, even the flow of time. All that was here was a ground covered in bones, a frigid energy, and the army of otherworldly invaders.*

*Unlike the orderly human world, in this vast world, all of the otherworldly invaders were either standing on the ground or on horseback, but they were all scattered across the world. The vast majority were fixed in place like statues, and only a few of them were randomly wandering around.*

*Those numerous crimson eyes in the darkness were terrifying to behold.*

*There was no day or night here, and time always remained in this state.*

(Chapter 2427)
Huoshu Huicang

One of the great generals of U-Tsang Empire. The number one general of the Ngari Royal Lineage. He was both aggressive and brave, and had once been conferred the title of 'Invincible Great General' of U-Tsang, only inferior to top-notch Great Generals like Li Siye.

In this world, Huoshu Huicang was definitely one of the most elite existences. Individuals on the level of Imperial Great Generals were on a completely different from ordinary renowned and valorous generals, both in intelligence and in martial arts.

Huoshu Huicang was praised in the southwest as someone who could stand shoulder to shoulder with Zhangchou Jianqiong.

Of the Five Elements, Huoshu Huicang was a supreme expert of the most tyrannical and fierce fire element.

Huoshu Huicang had managed the Ngari Royal Lineage together with Dalun Ruozan for more than twenty years now. The two had shared life and death together, confronting innumerable challenges, and had developed an extremely deep friendship.

From a certain perspective, their relationship had transcended that of superior and subordinate and become one of best friends until the very end.
Ghost Hell Army Formation

*The Ghost Hell Army was the core of a powerful and ancient formation that combined together all the elite divisions of Youzhou.*

*This was a lost technique that An Lushan had requested from ‘Heaven’, and it was the trump card in the plans of Gao Shang and An Lushan to conquer the entire world and vanquish the Great Tang.*

*(Chapter 2193)*
Bone Cultivation Technique

are the techniques of cultivation of Bones, are used by martial artists, to strengthen their physical body and to strengthen the skeleton of the martial artist and the Origin Energy cultivator ...

Bone cultivation techniques are also called ***"Bone Arts"***

the major Bone Cultivation Techniques are:

*Dragon Bone Technique*

*Tiger Bone Technique*

*Panther Bone Technique*

these three are the best known and orthodox bone cultivation techniques, there are many other bone cultivation techniques, but they are not orthodox techniques ...

Of these three bone tempering techniques, ***Panther Bone*** was the most common and its training method was the easiest to find. In comparison, ***Tiger Bone*** was much harder and only royalties and powerful nobles had it. Furthermore, it was normally treated as a treasure and it was exclusive to the clan or family, never leaked out to outsiders. (Ch.33)
Osman

Osman was the Governor of Cairo and one of the strongest governors of the Arabian Empire! Governor Osman of Cairo, although his status was inferior to Abu Muslim’s, his achievements on the battlefield were just as illustrious. He was a seasoned veteran in combat and had always been very good friends with Abu Muslim. In the conquest of the ancient Khorasan Dynasty, the two had fought side by side to crush an old and powerful foe. The two shared an extremely deep friendship.
Nine Heavens Phenomena Formation

the Nine Heavens Phenomena Formation is a secret martial technique, based on the manipulation of Destiny Energy, this technique allows climate and atmospheric control, Wang Chong uses this technique to hinder enemy armies and unleash storms and storms with his will ...

this technique allows you to summon a class 20 Storm, also will set off cyclones and devastating strong winds

“User wishes to create a Class 20 storm. This level of weather phenomenon can only be created once certain conditions are fulfilled. Assessment beginning… Assessment complete. Conditions met!

“The storm user wishes to create is a top-level weather phenomenon and requires an expenditure of 100,000 points of Destiny Energy. Moreover, user has extremely high demands, requesting far too large of an area, massively increasing the cost. This task requires 350,000 points of Destiny Energy! In addition, after fifteen minutes, additional Destiny Energy will be consumed until user runs out of Destiny Energy or stops the storm.

The Nine Heavens Phenomena Formation had already created a massive vortex in the north, and after Wang Chong paid the three hundred and fifty thousand points of Destiny Energy to activate the Stone of Destiny’s ‘Weather’ ability, the vortex instantly grew several times larger, engulfing more than half the Moheyan Desert and rapidly developing into a storm that the northwest had never before experienced.

(Chapter 1896)
Martial General Halo

“The Martial General Halo, as seen from its name, is targeted against elite experts at the General level. It can be overlapped with the Bane of the Battlefield Halo.”

The Stone of Destiny’s voice resounded in his mind.

Wang Chong frowned and asked, “Does the Martial General Halo have any other halo effects besides the Bane of Generals? Or is the Martial General Halo only the Bane of Generals Halo?”

“The Martial General Halo is not limited to the Bane of Generals Halo. It can also target other categories, such as the Arabian Halo and the Charax Spasinu Halo, but user must first obtain these!” the voice once more replied.

“The Arabian Halo…”

Wang Chong’s heart pounded at the mention of this name, and thousands of thoughts ran through his mind for a second. Wang Chong had vaguely grasped something, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt like he had grasped nothing at all.

“How do I officially activate the Bane of Generals Halo?” Wang Chong sternly asked.

The Bane of the Battlefield Halo was extremely powerful, its existence on the battlefield almost heaven-defying. But this halo’s flaw was also very obvious: it had absolutely no effect on general-class individuals. Thus, whether it was Bachicheng, Batunlu, or Fengjiayi and the other elite experts, Wang Chong’s halo was completely useless against them.

But if he had the Bane of Generals Halo, everything would be different.

Although the ‘Trial of Destiny’ had temporarily stopped Wang Chong from gaining any Destiny Energy and thus any avenues of gaining strength through the use of Destiny Energy, the other avenues remained unaffected. If he could activate the Martial General Halo, it would be a great boon to him on the battlefield.

“The Bane of Generals Halo requires:

1. Killing ten foreign commanders;

2: Killing one Profound Martial realm expert on the battlefield;

3: Reaching level three in the Bane of the Battlefield Halo!

Only once all three conditions are fulfilled can user officially activate the Bane of Generals Halo!”

(Chapter 542)
Gangke King

The leader of the Gangke Tribe.

Heroes were a product of their time, and the world was full of crouching tigers and hidden dragons, far more complicated than one could imagine. Just like how the outbreak of the calamity made the people of the Central Plains realize that a small mountain village in the barren northwest was home to the world’s strongest cavalry, the Western Regions was also home to an existence that all people regarded with fear.

Until they truly revealed their edge, all people regarded them with contempt, but when that disaster began to sweep through the world, no one could remain hidden and all secrets were exposed.

The Gangke King was that most legendary existence hiding in the Western Regions!

As the War Saint, Wang Chong was also a legendary existence of the Central Plains, forging his legends through fire and blood. Alas, even as the War Saint, Wang Chong had never met the Gangke King.

The reason for this was simply that the Gangke King had fallen in the early stages of the calamity.

The Gangke were fierce, courageous, fearless, and loyal. Even when the battle appeared unfavorable, they would never retreat, fighting to the last man. This was a positive trait that earned them everyone’s respect, but it was also their downfall that others could exploit. Once all the Gangke men died in battle, their orphans and widows were robbed by the other tribes, all their accumulated wealth snatched away.

## Appearance

In the distance, with that explosion of energy, a tall and thin Gangke man, clothed in animal skins and exuding a heroic aura, walked out of the tattered tent. His gaze was frosty and suffused with a vicious killing intent, his furious voice thundered over a radius of several li, causing warhorses to whinny in fright.
Lingnan Region

the Lingnan region and a region located south of the Great Tang Empire, in the border area between the Great Tang and Annam, it is a semi-wild region, at the extreme borders of civilization, a region of jungles and of military outposts, the region of Lingnan and a region where the emperor of the great Tang exiles his enemies and adversaries, the region of Lingnan and both a land of exile and a penal colony, where the criminals or the enemies and traitors of the emperor of the great Tang ...

in this region, he is sent into exile by Wang Chong, Huang Yongtu, the head of the Huang Clan, after Huang Yongtu intervened in the war between the Yao Clan and the Wang Clan and for conspiring against Wang Chong

(Chapter 384)
Behemoth Fusion Art

Behemoth Fusion Art is a mysterious Psychic technique, which was created by a highly evolved ancient civilization, which existed at the dawn of time and which was based on the control of Psychic energy ...

This was a psychic technique recorded on the papyrus containing the method to raise Behemoths. It needed to be used with the Behemoths, and it could only be used by an Arab priest endowed with prodigious Psychic Energy. Even with the Behemoths, that extremely well-developed ancient civilization still had to deal with some incredibly powerful foes.

this psychic technique is used by the army of the Arab Empire for the mind control of the Behemoths ...

The Behemoth Fusion Art was meant to crush such foes.

And not only was the chance of success in using this psychic art very low, failure would result in severe backlash, even death. Even success required paying a heavy price. The soul would be torn at, one’s Psychic Energy would greatly weaken, and one’s life would also be decreased. Thus, all the Arab priests were very cautious in their use of this technique.

The Behemoth Fusion Art did not only allow the user to directly control the Behemoth, but also allowed it to absorb the Origin Energy in a radius of several hundred li to strengthen the Behemoth. (Ch.978)

The Behemoth Fusion Art was a secret technique passed down from an ancient and powerful civilization. Though it was somewhat damaged from the passage of time, there was no doubting its power. But while he was still controlling the Consecrated, that Tang had managed to successfully take control of one arm. This was absolutely unbelievable. (Ch. 979)
Cheng Clan

the Cheng Clan and a sword-smithing clan from the Central Plains ...

It is the richest and most powerful sword-smithing clan in all of the Central Plains and rivaling other rival swordsmith clans, including Zhang Clan, Huan Clan and Lu Clan ...

the head of the Cheng Clan is called Cheng Hong ...

This was the very core of the clan. Even if it was to cut a single block of wood, the Cheng Clan wouldn’t dare to take it out to use it. Otherwise, if even a mark were to be left on it, even if it was just the size of a needle, it would be a massive sin.

The Cheng Clan’s family heirloom, the "Ice Abyss". It was forged by the founder of the Cheng Clan and it was incomparably sharp. It was the first top-notch sword forged by the Cheng Clan. (Ch.63)
Noble Sage Sword

If one looked carefully, one would notice several words written in ancient Bird Script on it: ‘Noble Spirit Eternal’!

This sacred sword was the holiest of the Confucian Sect’s swords, the Noble Sage Sword used by the founder of the Confucian Sect.

The Confucian Sect had lasted for more than a thousand years and had gone beyond the bounds of imperial authority. At certain sacred and important occasions, it would hold ‘crowning ceremonies’.

This was an age-old tradition in which the Confucian Sect used certain secret arts to increase the cultivation level of the appointed successor or new sect master, as well as pass on the sacred sword. This would allow each new sect master to break through the barriers in their way and counter any difficulties.

Reformation was never easy, and there was bound to be opposition from all sides. What the Confucian Sect wanted was a reformation, the greatest reformation of all. If they wanted to end all wars and disasters in this world and oppose the vast power of the militarists, if they wanted to deal with all the various difficult situations they would encounter in the surrounding countries, they would need the support of immense martial might. This was provided by the ‘crowning ceremony’.

In this ceremony, the supreme and righteous sacred sword of the Confucian Sect played an extremely important role. It was through the sacred sword that the boost to the cultivation of the Confucian Sect’s new successor was completed.

The elders and sect master of each generation would take the noble energy they had cultivated throughout their lifetime, refine it, and pour it into the Noble Sage Sword so that it could serve as a source of energy for the next sect master.
Kong Zi-an

Kong Zi-an was a talented soldier that Li Siye had discovered while leading the troops. He was calm, persistent, decisive, and had the impressive ability to judge the situation and choose the most appropriate plan. Recognizing his talent, Li Siye had made him one of his subordinates and taught him, giving him strategy texts to study. After several battles, Kong Zi-an was now Li Siye’s most powerful deputy.

(Chapter 852)
Giant Sandworms

the Giant Sandworms, they are giant worms of the Sands, monstrous creatures that live in the deserts, they are a race of monsters native to the Arabian lands, they are ferocious creatures, which move underground and across the Sands, are controlled by the Arabian Empire, which employs the Giant Sandworms, controlling them directly, to attack enemy fortresses from underground and both to attack enemy armies directly from the ground, the Giant Sandworms, are controlled by the High Priest, together with Khatabah, who using the Giant SandWorms, such as living weapons of war, capable of moving underground ...

the Giant Sandworms, have a tough, leathery and resistant skin, resistant to arrows and swords, which makes the Giant Sandworm, fearsome, resistant and deadly creatures

the Giant SandWorms, are native to the great deserts of the Arabian lands

*These giant sandworms had come without warning, and their immense strength scattered aside all the steel walls around them. Wang Chong had established the City of Steel on a layer of hard bedrock that was impossible to dig through, but this hard stone was essentially slurry to the giant sandworms.*

(Chapter 1840)

*The earth began to tremble again, the shattered stones on the ground shaking. With a terrifying roar, a massive sandworm, its stony skin covered in wrinkles, shot from the ground with lightning-fast speed.*

*The many years this creature spent beneath the earth meant that it had long ago ceased to have any eyes, ears, or nose. All it had was its massive, many-layered maw lined with teeth.*

*These teeth were extremely sharp and powerful. Several hundred soldiers had already been devoured by these giant sandworm monsters! Even their armor had been eviscerated and crushed into scrap by those sharp teeth.*

(Chapter 1841)
Evil Path

the Evil Path within the Martial World and the dark and evil part of cultivation, the Evil Path is made up of evil Demons and humans who use Origin Energy and Martial Cultivation to harm others or for personal power

*As a leader of the evil path known throughout the martial arts world, the Bone Devil Ancestor had encountered countless powerful foes, but none of them had ever forced him to this level. He hadn’t even seen the full form of this foe, but he had already been forced to assume his strongest battle stance as the bone devil.*

*If the Bone Devil Ancestor weren’t experiencing it right now, he would have never dared to believe that someone could force him into this state.*

*Even more concerning to the Bone Devil Ancestor was that even though he was in his strongest form and had so many top-class experts of the Five Ancestor Alliance at his side, including his peers the Black Yin Ancestor and Myriad Ghost Ancestor, he felt no less fear and unease.*

(Chapter 1548)

the leaders of the Evil Path are:

*Myriad Ghost Ancestor*

*Bone Devil Ancestor*

*Black Yin Ancestor*

(Chapter 1549)
Northern Sea

the Northern Sea, is located in the Polar Lands, in the far north of the world, here is the hiding place of the Celestial God Organization, which is controlling the ice age that has spread all over the world ...

the Northern Sea is a cold and glacial sea, covered by snow and ice, a cold and hostile area, far and distant from civilization, where very few human beings have set foot there ...

in the depths of the Northern Sea, far from human civilization, there are the ruins of a mysterious submerged metropolis, which belonged to an ancient civilization, the mysterious submerged city controlled by the Celestial God Organization, which through space-time manipolation techniques, created a space-dimensional Wormhole, which connects the Earth to another universe, in order to trigger a dimensional invasion of the Earth ...
Myriad Forms Celestial Mantra

the Myriad Forms Celestial Mantra is a skill that Wang Chong is able to unlock through the Stone of Destiny, is an ability that Wang Chong is able to unlock through the Stone of Destiny, which allows Wang Chong, to fight and counter the "World Consciousness" ...

*The Myriad Forms Celestial Mantra is a powerful ability that can resist the World Consciousness, but it requires the expenditure of additional points of Destiny Energy. Each second consumes one hundred points of Destiny Energy! As the ability of the Archon of Destiny sharply reduces all Destiny Energy exchange prices, each second will consume ten points of Destiny Energy. Calculation starting now!”*

(Chapter 2159)
Marchioness Yi

Her full name is Yi Weiliang.

The lady was Marchioness Yi, the demoness who often hung out with Wang Chong’s second sister. This lady was ‘callous’ in the truest sense.

She’s known as Little Marchioness Yi, the daughter of Marchioness Yi. Of the Marquesses in the empire, Marchioness Yi is the only hereditary female nobility. Back then, Emperor Gaozu has decreed that as long as Great Tang exists, the title of Marchioness Yi will be passed down from generation to generation. An edict was even bestowed to enforce it.

Thus, despite her age, everyone still addresses her as Marchioness Yi as her position was already confirmed. It has been decided from the moment of her birth.

Her battle style was exceedingly simple, revolving around just a single concept—no excessive movements.

Thus, all of her moves were simple but extremely deadly!

This was a style that no normal person would be able to grasp!
Guo Ziyi

Guo Ziyi was clearly not as strong as he had been in his past life, but he was already beginning to show his potential. In the future, he was certain to be on par with Li Siye. But while they were different, their abilities were indisputable. Now that Wang Chong could carefully examine this general, he saw that he was only around twenty-seven or twenty-eight, and his cultivation wasn’t too high, only around Tier Four or Five of the Saint Martial realm.

As for his martial arts, although he was only Tier Four or Five of the Saint Martial realm, the fact that he had broken into the Saint Martial realm was proof of his comprehension abilities. Wang Chong could give him some powerful martial arts to bring him to Tier Seven or Eight. Even the Brigadier General level wasn’t too difficult.

As long as it had to do with battle, he would never refuse. This was a pure general.

## Appearance

His straight-backed figure was like a spear thrust into the ground. Even though he was standing, his head was still slightly lowered, and his expression was neither too meek nor too proud. His body exuded the steely demeanor of a veteran who had been tempered through battle.
Elam Empire

Elam Empire is an ancient and mysterious civilization, which existed in the land of Khorasan and in the eastern regions, before the official history, the Elam Empire had built entire palaces of Bronze, the Elam empire civilization was based on the control and manipulation of Psychic Energy, which was used by the Elam Empire to summon the demons of the Seventy-Two Pillars, the Elam Empire was known only within the Sassanid Empire and the kingdom of Khorasan and the peoples of the Eastern Regions ...

martial arts were common and widespread within the Elam Empire, the martial techniques of the Elam Empire were based on Psychic Energy...

Elam Empire was a very evolved and advanced civilization...

the architect of the golden age of the Empire of Elam, was the demon Paimon, one of the seventy-two great demons, the Gods-Demons for a long time, in ancient times, were the guardians and keepers of the human race and were the true founders of the empire of Elam, but a war began between the Gods or God Race and the Demon-Gods, a war that ravaged the world and caused the collapse and destruction of the Elam Civilization ...

*This had been an ancient civilization much stronger than the Sassanid Dynasty. This dynasty had accomplished many miraculous deeds and engaged in immense engineering projects. What people praised about the Elamites the most was that they had broken free of the earth. Each of them was able to fly through the sky like a bird.*

*In addition, they had developed many martial arts and ritual tools. Yet all these dazzling accomplishments had vanished in the space of a single night.*

*As Sassanids and descendants of the ancient Elamites, the people in the hall couldn’t help but pay attention.*

*“As the State Teacher of the Elam Dynasty, Muawiya was greatly trusted by the Kings of Elam. Moreover, he singlehandedly brought about the rise of the Elam Dynasty. He nurtured six Kings of Elam and personally watched four of them die natural deaths from old age…”*

*“According to Muawiya’s writing, there was always a faction keeping down the Elam Dynasty, attempting time and time again to destroy it. They believed themselves to be gods and were worshiped by all, in addition to enslaving all of humanity. Muawiya spent his entire life trying to think of ways to oppose these gods, but in the end, he still failed. After his defeat in this war, the entire Elam Dynasty was buried.”*

*Everyone in the room had stopped breathing. The powerful Elam Dynasty had actually been destroyed by the gods! But how could this be?*

*“Impossible! Impossible! The Elam Dynasty was destroyed by demons. Everyone knows this! And those murals show this loud and clear. The writings of this Muawiya can’t be true!” a rebel general said. The contents of this book went against everything they knew.*

(Chapter 1193 - Chapter 1195)
Confucian Sect

the Confucian Sect is a powerful Confucian sect, a very ancient sect, active within the Central Plains, was founded over 1000 years ago by the followers of Confucius ... this is composed of promoters of Confucianism ...

the Confucian sect is a martial sect, made up of martial cultivators devoted to Confucianism and who know numerous secret techniques, jealously guarded by the Confucian sect ...

the ***Confucian Sect*** is separate and distinct from the ***Confucian School***, if the Confucian Sect is composed of Confucian martial fighters and focuses on martial arts and Cultivation, on the contrary, the Confucian School focuses and focuses on study and meditation and preservation...

the Confucian sect, became so powerful, that it went beyond the imperial authority, to become as powerful as the imperial rule of the Emperor of the great Tang ...

the Spring and Autumn Era was the golden age of both Confucianism and the Confucian sect, but then over the centuries, the Confucian sect went into decline, becoming a marginal and second-rate sect, a sect of few followers,the Confucian Sect is in control of the ***Noble Sage Sword***, a sacred sword, jealously controlled by the founders of the Confucian Sect, who jealously guarded Confucian mystical knowledge ...

*The Confucian Sect had lasted for more than a thousand years and had gone beyond the bounds of imperial authority. At certain sacred and important occasions, it would hold ‘crowning ceremonies’.*

*This was an age-old tradition in which the Confucian Sect used certain secret arts to increase the cultivation level of the appointed successor or new sect master, as well as pass on the sacred sword. This would allow each new sect master to break through the barriers in their way and counter any difficulties.*

*Reformation was never easy, and there was bound to be opposition from all sides. What the Confucian Sect wanted was a reformation, the greatest reformation of all. If they wanted to end all wars and disasters in this world and oppose the vast power of the militarists, if they wanted to deal with all the various difficult situations they would encounter in the surrounding countries, they would need the support of immense martial might. This was provided by the ‘crowning ceremony’.*

*In this ceremony, the supreme and righteous sacred sword of the Confucian Sect played an extremely important role. It was through the sacred sword that the boost to the cultivation of the Confucian Sect’s new successor was completed.*

*The elders and sect master of each generation would take the noble energy they had cultivated throughout their lifetime, refine it, and pour it into the Noble Sage Sword so that it could serve as a source of energy for the next sect master.*

*Li Junxian had only recently absorbed the energy within the Noble Sage Sword and had still not fully digested its power. This was not the right time for him to fight with another.*

(Chapter 1588)

***Items\ Confucian Sacred Relics:***

*Noble Sage Sword*

*Crown of Confucius*

*Path of the First Sage*
Gangke Tribe

The Gangke Tribe is ruled by the Gangke King.

the Gangke are a small tribe, a population living in the Western Regions, they are a Tribal population, many Gangke warriors work as mercenary soldiers, the Great Tang empire enlists numerous mercenary soldiers of the Gangke Tribe, employing them in the battle of Talas...

the Gangke were a border tribe with very little presence in the Western Regions

*The Gangke are a small tribe of the Western Regions known as ‘filthy pigs’, but also the future kings of mercenaries. Despised by all, they eke out a miserable existence on the periphery, but their hearts are proud and suspicious of outsiders. To truly obtain their aid, one must obtain their true and heartfelt respect, after which they will become your most loyal allies, never betraying you or regarding you as an enemy*

*The Gangke were fierce, courageous, fearless, and loyal. Even when the battle appeared unfavorable, they would never retreat, fighting to the last man. This was a positive trait that earned them everyone’s respect, but it was also their downfall that others could exploit. Once all the Gangke men died in battle, their orphans and widows were robbed by the other tribes, all their accumulated wealth snatched away.*

*(Chapter 855)*

The Gangke Tribe was a small tribe rejected by the rest of the Western Regions and known as ‘filthy pigs’. But Wang Chong knew them to have a thunderous name that would one day rumble across all of the Western Regions: Kings of Mercenaries!

Of all the kingdoms and mercenary tribes of the Western Regions, these were the most vicious, most reliable, and most loyal of mercenaries, the kings of this domain.

Just like how the Mamelukes were called the Kings of Soldiers and the Kings of Slaughter in the Abbasid Caliphate because they were essentially machines born for the purpose of battle, the Gangke had nurtured this vicious and pugnacious personality through the fact that they were rejected and bullied by all the other tribes, forced to live in this land where they lacked water, food, and clothes.

The barren lands they lived in meant they had no weapons or armor, nor were they able to raise any warhorses. Thus, the other kingdoms of the Western Regions regarded them as a weak tribe, ill-suited for battle and not worth hiring as mercenaries. That the Gangke could not raise warhorses in the primarily cavalry world of the Western Regions was particularly fatal.

This conclusion meant that no one had ever tried to hire the Gangke, causing the Gangke to always struggle on the border between life and death. The number of small tribes like this that disappeared in the vicious and cruel Western Regions was uncountable.

But through tenacious struggle, the Gangke would survive, and through their formidable and indisputable performance in fierce wars, obtain a reputation as mercenary kings. And their loyalty and reliability, their resolve to never retreat, would win the respect and acknowledgment of all peoples.
King Song

His full name is Li Chengqi. King Song is a trueblooded Imperial Prince, and he also has a very high status in the military.

On top of serving as a qinwang of Great Tang, he was the chief of Great Tang's Bureau of Military Personnel as well! Over the years, he had been the one authorizing and pushing forward operations and deployment in Great Tang. Furthermore, as the head of the eagle faction, he possessed incredible prestige in the military as well.

At King Song’s position, there was no further room for promotion. The position of a king was already the highest one could reach, any further promotion would necessitate a coup d’état.

Under King Song's leadership, the Protector-Generals and generals of Great Tang never had to worry about supplies and such miscellaneous matters. On the other hand, this meant that they were dependent on King Song, and this granted him great power.
Eastern Regions

the Eastern Regions, are the territories located in the north-east of the Great Tang Empire ...

here is the Youzhou region and countless kingdoms, empires and tribes ...

this area is a very turbulent area, an area of wars and conflicts, divided and disputed between the Khaganate Empire and the Goguryeon Kingdom and the Great Tang Empire, a hub of wars and invasions between rival empires ...

in these areas, there are numerous Barbarian populations and tribes ...

in these areas, the strongest and most powerful local population are the *Khitans*, who have created their own kingdom in the Eastern Regions ...

in this area, the Great Tang, has numerous military outposts and garrisons as well as numerous Protectorates and Commanderies, including ...

*Youzhou Region*

*Andong Protectorate*

*Dongyi Protectorate*

*Shiwei Commandery*

*Heishui Commandery*

***Tribes:***

*Xi Tribe*

*Yeluohe*

*Khitans*
Eye of the Demon God

The Eye of the Demon God!

This was the name of the bronze gauntlet.

The world to the west of the Cong Mountains had experienced a completely different course of development compared to the Great Tang. An extremely powerful civilization had once existed there, and had left behind numerous ruins and formidable artifacts. Unlike in the Great Tang, these ancient artifacts all belonged to the highest ruler of the Arabian Empire, the Caliph.

Abu Muslim had this Eye of the Demon God gauntlet because it had been gifted to him on one of his audiences with the Caliph. There were two of these gauntlets. One had been gifted to Abu Muslim while the other had been gifted to the Arabian Empire’s most revered First Prince.

The laws and power contained in the Eye of the Demon God were beyond the grasp of this generation. The Caliph had gathered all the craftsmen and experts of the empire to research its secrets, but in the end, they had nothing to show for it. However, there was one thing that was certain. This Eye of the Demon God gauntlet supplemented Abu Muslim’s Seventy-Two Demon God Pillars Art and could bolster his strength.

There was even a rumor that this Eye of the Demon God had been left behind by one of those seventy-two demon gods from ancient times.

Although Abu Muslim had possessed this Eye of the Demon God for a very long time, he very rarely used it, not even when facing extremely powerful opponents. As the dauntless Governor of Iron and Blood, Abu Muslim would only wear this gauntlet when facing those enemies worthy of his respect, and he would use this method of ending their lives to express his respect.
Ksitigarbha Secret Art

the Ksitigarba Secret Art is a secret martial technique, found only in the U-Tsang Kingdom and the Great Snow Mountain Holy Land ...

allows you to quickly increase your body strength, it is a very difficult martial art to practice ...

Although this art was difficult to practice, once successful it could serve as a second chance in life at certain times. Even in the Ü-Tsang Empire, this secret art was only circulated to a select few. (Ch. 504)
Hexad Arms Technique

## Summary

This technique was a typical dexterity-type secret art. This would be the first dexterity-type secret art that Wang Chong would take up.

Even though its cultivation wasn’t easy and it didn’t boost his strength at all, it complemented perfectly with his Single Character Consecutive Slash.

If he could execute the both of them simultaneously, the might of the Single Character Consecutive Slash could be increased by several folds. In the duration that he could only launch a single slash now, after mastering the Hexad Arms Technique, he would be able to launch six of them consecutively, thus enhancing his fighting prowess by numerous folds.

More importantly, the ‘Hexad Arms Technique’ was just an elementary tier secret art. Proceeding further, there was ‘Dozen Arms Technique’, ‘Twenty-Four Arms Technique’, and the final ‘Thirty-Six Arms Technique’.

Under the situation that Wang Chong’s cultivation realm remained constant, this secret art could raise Wang Chong’s strength by an unimaginable level.

Dexterity-type secret arts focused heavily on one’s arms, waist, and crotch. There were many acupoints and meridians that had to be paved open, and what makes things worse was that most of them didn’t overlap with the pathways of strength-type secret arts.

The ‘Hexad Arms Technique’ was a high-tier secret art so the number of hidden acupoints and pathways one had to open was many times greater than ordinary dexterity-type secret arts. As such, the process was fated to be lengthy and tiresome.
Li Zheng Meat Bun Store

and a well-known steamed meat Bun shop in Chang'an...

*It was said that it was established by a couple with the surnames Li and Zheng, and had a history of seventy-some years, passed down from father to son. Its meat buns were known for their thin, flaky skin and thick, tender, and fragrant meat filling. Many of its patrons would even walk for two hours to eat the meat buns from this store.*

(Chapter 1292)
Bone/Body Cultivation

## Summary

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There was a total of three types of techniques to cultivating one’s bones

* **Dragon Bone**
* **Tiger Bone**

Add greater strength and more endurance.

* **Panther Bone**

-Great Strength and Speed. Weakness is endurance.

- Other than the three, the other methods were all considered unorthodox.

*‘Root bone’ was the foundation of all martial arts, and it determined one’s future. A person with good root bone was able to achieve much more with less effort whereas a person with inferior root bone would find his future achievements limited.*

Of these three bone tempering techniques, Panther Bone was the most common and its training method was the easiest to find. In comparison, Tiger Bones was much harder and only royalties and powerful nobles had it. Furthermore, it was normally treated as a treasure and it was exclusive to the clan or family, never leaked out to outsiders.

The Dragon Bone was even rarer than that, even the clans of the dukes had no access to it. It was closely confined to the royal family and they were strictly forbidden from leaking the manual out.

Rumor had it that the Dragon Bone Art was a bone tempering technique the ancient Yu the Great created for his descendants. After the Xia Dynasty was destroyed, the Shang Dynasty took over the heritage. From then, it passed down to the Zhou Dynasty, then to the Han Dynasty before reaching the Great Tang.

The spinal cord was also known as the ‘dragon’s bone’ in a human’s body, and it was the source of strength for martial artists. Every single movement and transmission of strength had to go through the spinal cord.The reason why animals tended to be stronger than humans was because they possessed an even stronger dragon’s bone, granting them more strength at their disposal.
Golden Crow Division

The Golden Crow Division is the Elite army of the Goguryeon Empire, the most Elite army in the goguryeo, an anti-Cavalry army...

*The division that held the name of the Golden Crow was the most elite army in all of Goguryeo.*

But this army was not cavalry. On the contrary, it was a force specifically meant for countering cavalry. In previous battles, this army had relied on its terrifying offensive capabilities to slaughter numerous infantry and cavalry.

Even when cavalry was charging at full speed, Goguryeo’s Golden Crow Division dared to charge against them, relying on their frightening saber arts to slaughter all the cavalry they faced.

Following Yeon Gaesomun’s order, a Goguryeon force on the northeast corner of the battlefield slowly began to move forward.

Unlike the Sunchaser Cavalry or Golden Wolf Army, these soldiers were not so muscular or tall. They were generally around six feet tall, and they all wore specially crafted and somewhat strange armor. They each had three pitch-black sabers on their back with extremely thin and long blades, and their bodies were brimming with energy.

(Chapter 2188)
High Priest

The High Priest and a high level priest of the Arabian Empire, has boundless powers, based on the control of Psychic energy. In the Arabian Empire, the High Priest is feared by all, being considered an omnipotent and divine entity.

It was rumored that the High Priest was over two hundred years old. Everything regarding this man was an enigma. In the Arabian Empire, some people even said that he had obtained Solomon’s legacy. Others said that he had learned the secret to immortality. But no matter which rumor was true, there was one thing that was certain. The High Priest possessed supreme authority within the empire. No governor or Great General would dare to offend him.

The High Priest knows all the techniques and methods of summoning demons through psychic energy, knowing all 72 demonic pillars, the High Priest has gained control of the Behemoths, controlled by a powerful Talisman, using the energy Psychic to mentally control them and employ them as living weapons of war in the battlefields, on behalf of the Arabian Empire...

The high Priest and originally from the Land of Arabia.

Revealed to be a member of the Celestial God Organization. However, he is a member of the faction that wants to help Wang Chong. As the "spy" within the Celestial God Organization, the Arab High Priest knew much more about what was going on than Wang Chong. He had also devoted some of his sweat and blood into the human world, and he did not wish to see it all turned to nothing at the hands of Heaven.

## Appearance

This was a legendary existence who had lived in the empire for several hundred years. Although almost no one had truly met the High Priest, everyone recognized his unique Sun God Robes, as well as the gnarled black staff of the Temple. One of the High Priest’s thin hands had reached out of its sleeve like a bird’s claw to grip the staff, and churning black mist was endlessly flowing out of the sleeve. His hood was pulled down, completely obscuring his face. He was simply standing at the entrance, motionless, and yet none of the governors, generals, or nobles in the hall could perceive his cultivation level. Although he had truly and physically appeared before them, all of them could only sense that black and gnarled staff. Besides that, there seemed to be nothing else there.

## Identity

The Origin Immortal Lord was a master of divination, but what you might not know is that his divination arts were passed down from another person who had lived countless epochs ago. The Origin Immortal Lord merely inherited his teachings, his mission, and his will.

The Origin Immortal Lord himself said that many of the things he had predicted were not actually predicted by him, but by that person from countless epochs ago. He said that this man was probably the person that Heaven feared the most, even more than the Sage Emperor. This man was called Dao Yi. **(Ch-2425)**
Land of Arabia

the Land of Arabia is a land very far and distant from the Great Tang and the central plains, the Land of Arabia is the seat and center of the Arab Empire ...

the Land of Arabia and a land of deserts, the Arab people and a warrior people, with a strong physical body, the Arabs have created an empire through a continuous and constant war against the neighboring peoples ...

“Since Lord Marquis has permitted this lowly person to speak, this lowly person will speak boldly. When this one was young and traveled through Arabia, he felt that Arabia would sooner or later become an enemy of my Great Tang. With their personality, they would eventually come to eye the Central Plains. In addition, the Arabs have muscular bodies and are raised on a diet of horse milk, goat milk, and dates, and there’s also the hot and arid climate. Purely in terms of daring, they far surpass the Han of the Central Plains as natural warriors. Moreover, their customs nurture an appreciation for valor and courage, not purely battle. Thus… this lowly one feels that Arab warriors are even stronger than our Great Tang soldiers!” (Ch.693)

***Locations:***

*Holy City of Hamudah*