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Zhuang Clan

In the Zhuang Clan’s hundred years of history, many of their offsprings had enlisted into the military and took up various differing positions throughout the organization, thus forming a sizeable influence.

The Zhuang Clan’s offsprings were known for being valiant, and their steel cavalry was extremely famous in the empire.

## Elite Army

### Steel Cavalry

Zhuang Clan's war steed was exceptionally buff and tall compared to ordinary steeds. Their bones and muscles were also incredibly compact and powerful. The clearest signs of this were the bulging muscles on its four legs and neck.

It was hard to imagine the extent of destruction these monstrous horses could deal on the battlefield.
Dragon Bone Art

< Cultivation Techniques

## Summary

《Dragon Bone Art》 was a skill that emulated the movements of a dragon to pump one’s blood to guide an external Origin Energy source within the body so as to stimulate the acupoints within one’s body, thus changing the physique of a martial artist, evolving from a ‘Mortal Bone’ into a ‘Dragon Bone’

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.

Many people probably hadn’t heard of this ultimate art. (Ch.33)

-Also can be used in fighting.

-The higher bone level a user has, the faster the improvement.

-Moves

* **Dragon Breath Fist**(Ch-33)

-The core to practicing Dragon Breath Fist was for one to comprehend the breathing of a dragon. This single movement carried 28 bones and 64 muscles throughout the entire body along with it, creating a small gap within one’s body that allowed the essence of the pill to flow through it, making it much easier to open up the hidden acupoints on one’s body.

The greatest problem with practicing this fist was that if one’s movements were not sufficiently precise and accurate, or if one failed to fully comprehend the rhythm behind a dragon’s breathing, not only would they be unable to open up a pathway for the medicinal essence to flow through, they might even damage the muscles and bones throughout the entire body.

* **Dragon Ascending the Clouds**(Ch-33)

* **Dragon Tail Whip**(Ch-33)
* **Dragon Claw**(Ch-33)
* **Constellation Steps**(Ch-33)
* Other dragon moves(Ch-33)
* **Dragon Diving into the Abyss**(Ch-34)

**Extra Info.**

An ultimate skill. That skill was extremely difficult to learn and grasp. Furthermore, it takes a very long time for its effects to show through. As such, Wang Chong did not intend to train it in the first place.

-It is extremely rare for people to even know of its existence anymore so MC getting this in his past life was luck.
Blackwater Shaman

No one knew the origin of the shaman priests, only that when the Turkic people first emerged, the shaman priests already had a long history on the Turkic steppe and possessed an extremely revered status. The legends said that the shaman priests could communicate with all animals and even with the gods above. They knew the past and could see into the future. Their bodies were shrouded in mystifying fogs that concealed infinite secrets.

Besides that, all shaman priests wielded an enigmatic and inexplicable strength. This strength was not a martial art, but it was even more terrifying and mysterious. The people of the steppe called it sorcery.

## Appearance

Light and shadow began to twist and flicker at the entrance, and as an old and hoarse voice spoke, a hunched figure only around five feet tall walked in. He wore a black robe that reached the ground and gripped a black bone cane topped by a skull. With this black-robed man as the center, the shadows in the tent began to shift, forming countless savage beasts that seemed to surge out of the man.

In addition to that, a strange odor began to fill the golden tent, pungent to the extreme. It seemed like the scent of a bear, and also like that of a leopard or tiger. In brief, it was like a throng of beasts had entered the tent.
Steel Arms

Steel Arms may only have a single arm, but his remaining right arm is extraordinarily powerful. His Right Arm Swordsmanship is forceful and deadly, even Ma Yinlong doesn't have the confidence to stand up against him

## Past

After failing to capture King Sosurim a decade ago, he spent his days in taverns in hopes of keeping his sobriety at bay. Even though Steel Arms wasn't jailed, he lost an arm while facing the Goguryeons while investigating the case.
Qixi Protectorate

the Qixi Protectorate is located in the border area between the Great Tang, the U-Tsang Empire and the Khaganate Empire, the Qixi Protectorate and located at the extreme borders of the western zone, more extreme and distant than the Great Tang, the Qixi Protectorate has its own army, which has been worn down and consumed by repeated battles and invasions, both by the Khaganate Empire and by the U-Tsang Empire ...

in the Qixi Protectorate, is located the city of Talas ...(Chapter 693)

the protectorate of Qixi and a commercial hub of the Silk Road, the cities of this protectorate are full of merchants, in the protectorate there are many fortresses and military border outposts ...

Qixi shared a long border with the Turkic steppe, a border which was garrisoned by the forces of the Qixi Protectorate army, the Beiting Protectorate army, and the Western Turkic Khaganate. Normally, these forces mutually constrained each other, maintaining peace and quiet on both sides. (Ch. 743)

the lands around the Qixi protectorate are made of mountains, steppes and deserts, dominated by bandit bands and nomadic tribes of Turks and horse breeders
Essence Supreme

Amongst the twelve Supremes, Essence Supreme had extremely unique powers. He existed in a different fashion from the others, and his domain in the organization was very special. One of his abilities was gathering information.

The soul of every Supreme that "died" would come here and receive Essence Supreme’s treatment, which included a complicated resurrection process.

No matter how damaged the soul was, Essence Supreme would always have a means to heal it. One could say that Essence Supreme’s healing abilities were the foundation of the Celestial God Organization, the reason that the other Supremes could lord over mortals and call themselves gods. While mortals would die, gods were nigh unkillable.

Unlike the other Supremes, Essence Supreme was a purely psychic existence. Though he had many avatars, he used those avatars like one would use different sets of clothes. Essence Supreme was essentially a soul.
Zhao Shuhua

## [source]

She is a Madam of the Wang Clan, wife to Wang Yan, and mother of Wang Fu, Wang Bei, Wang Chong, and Wang Xiaoyao.

## Personality

She is a stern woman, and a loving mother. She always deeply cared for Wang Chong and always carried hope that he would stop being a delinquent and grow up to be a responsible man. She was always worried about Wang Chong's safety and made sure that he couldn't leave the Wang residence without the clan's two most loyal guards until he had sufficient strength to protect himself. She is also one who can't control her emotions and is very timid during clan gatherings, until her youngest son started exerting his prowess, leading to her higher status in the clan as his mother.

## Background

She married Wang Yan, decades before the start of the novel. And their love has bore fruit in their lovely children. She usually dotes on her children especially Wang Chong and expresses pride and elation as she can't hold back her tears of joy when her son gains so many merits.

When Wang Chong returned to the capital after conquering the Arabian Empire, for her merit in excellence for raising him, by Imperial Decree (absolute), she gains the title of First Ranked Lady of the Great Tang Empire along with 500,000 taels of gold, 30,000 rolls of silk, and a phoenix plume dress.
Vitalizing Ember

*“Congratulations to user! For triggering World Event: Origin Immortal Sword (Basic), user has been rewarded with 100,000 points of Destiny Energy! In addition, user has unlocked the skill, ‘Vitalizing Ember’!*

*“‘Vitalizing Ember’: For fragmented consciousnesses that survive in the world through obsession and are on the verge of collapse, user can grant them the ability to move around for a short period of time!*

*“This skill requires absorbing the target’s fragmented consciousness, so it can only be used once on each target!*

*“Note: As the skill needs to absorb the target’s fragmented consciousness, it requires a certain amount of preparation time!*

*“Remark: The skill is not a typical combat skill!”*

(Chapter 1518)

*The successor’s body remained like a motionless statue, but as the ‘Vitalizing Ember’ entered, a faint red hue appeared on his skin. Meanwhile, the ember traveled through his meridians and into his mind.*

*The ember floated in his mind, upon which the scattered consciousness of the successor suddenly began to congregate once more around the ember.*

*The Vitalizing Ember needed time to work, but as Wang Chong had already had his cultivation defect cured, he now had the ability to defend himself for long enough.*

(Chapter 1519)
Battle of Talas

This was the first and largest battle between Tang and Abbasid, the two mighty empires of the east and west.

the Battle of Talas is a great battle that takes place during the Arabian War and that took place near the town of Talas, in the Western Regions...

the Battle of Talas is the largest and most important battle in the Arabian War ...

the Battle pits the armies of the Great Tang Empire against the army of the Arabian Empire ...

the battle focuses on defending the fortress of Talas from the waves of attack by the Arabian Empire ...

During the battle, the Arabian Empire employs Demons summoned through psychic powers, along with Arabian Psychic Martial Fighters and Giants Warriors ...
Son of Heaven's Dragon Guards

Even dragons had their own custodians so naturally, the Son of Heaven also had his own guards. These four gold-armored generals were the mysterious Dragon Guards of the Son of Heaven.

It was said that every one of the Guards of the Son of Heaven was a Saint Martial realm expert, and each of them was skilled in a top-notch ultimate art bestowed from the royal family.

They were the most loyal subordinates of the Son of Heaven!

Son of Heaven's Dragon Guards are an elite military force of the Great Tang Empire, they are also called "Dragon Guards" and are the bodyguard of the Emperor of the Great Tang Empire, that is, the "Son of Heavens", the Dragon Guards are the defenders and custodians of the Taiji Palace, the Imperial Palace of Chang'An, the home of the Son of Heaven...

the Dragon Guards are made up of the best soldiers of the Great Tang empire and the elite soldiers of the Great Tang, acting as the “Chosen Guard” of the Great Tang Emperor ...

inside the Great Tang Empire, the body of the Dragon Guards is considered a legendary body, shrouded in an aura of mystery, since the imperial army is forbidden to approach the imperial palace, for this reason, everyone knew little or nothing about the Dragon Guards, since only the Dragon Guards, could access the imperial palace of Chang'an

the Dragon Guards are looked upon with admiration and adoration by the soldiers of the Great Tang Imperial Army
Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan

Human Emperor Xuanyuan! Known as the "First ancestor of humanity". The progenitor of the culture of the Central Plains and the ancestor of all sovereigns!

This was the originator of all civilization in the Central Plains. The man on the throne had united all under heaven, established China, built up its civilization, and cherished its people, thus creating a civilization that had persisted in the Central Plains ever since. This man had not merely united the realm in the physical sense. He had created the soul of the Central Plains.

He was also a transmigrator just like Wang Chong and Sage Emperor.
Single Character Consecutive Slash

## Summary

This technique was simple, efficient, destructive, and highly offensive! It was the technique which could bring out the greatest of Wang Chong’s current strength.

This powerful sword art was centered around relentless, swift, and precise attacks to force one’s opponent up a corner.

As long as one managed to gain the initiative, one would be able to suppress one’s opponent through unceasing offensive attacks until one subdued and killed him.

However, its overwhelming power also made it a difficult technique to cultivate. The 《Single Character Consecutive Slash》 had a high prerequisite on one’s strength.

At the minimum, one had to be at Origin Energy Tier 7 to cultivate this technique.

## History

Different from the Herculean Punch, the Single Character Consecutive Slash was a technique that Wang Chong comprehended and created after undergoing innumerable bloodshed and war in the latter part of his life.

This Single Character Consecutive Slash was the compilation of the strengths of innumerable sword arts, the product of Wang Chong’s immense effort in the pursuit of perfection!

Wang Chong didn’t create many martial arts, and Single Character Consecutive Slash was one of them. Traces of the techniques in Wang Chong’s previous world could be seen in the Single Character Consecutive Slash.

Back when Wang Chong was in the military, he ordered all commanders, from the section commanders to the platoon commanders, all the way up to the officers, to learn this technique.

The moment the Single Character Consecutive Slash was activated, all targets within a straight line would be destroyed by its might. Attacks would come raining down on all opponents until every single one of them fell.

During the catastrophe, uncountable enemies had died under the Single Character Consecutive Slash, and it eventually went on to become the feared ultimate art of the battlefield.
Turkic Wolf Emperor Halo

the Turkic Wolf Emperor Halo is a Halo, known by Ozmish Khagan and spread within the Khaganate Empire, this Halo is used by the Dantian of Ozmish Khagan, this Halo is used by the emperor of the Khaganate Empire in the battlefields, to make the army stronger and more cohesive. ..

*This was a halo that had been modified from an ancient halo that had been passed down for generations. It could greatly boost the strength of soldiers to a degree far greater than that of other Great General halos.*

*The only flaw was that using this halo was extremely taxing on the user. Normally, it would only be used at the most critical moments, but Ozmish Khagan couldn’t worry about such things.*

*(Chapter 2192)*
Celestial Wolf Art

the Celestial Wolf Art a martial technique, based on Stellar Energy and practiced by the great generals of the Khaganate Empire and by the peoples of the Steppes, a technique that allows the evocation of a mystical creature, called "Celestial Wolf", to be used in combat against one's opponent. ..

this technique is used by ***Duwu Sili***, general of the Khaganate Empire

the basic technique only allows to summon the Azure Celestial Wolf, while the most advanced and refined cultivators in this technique, can also summon the Golden Wolf, while only the legendary or very advanced and powerful cultivators are able to summon the Desolation Wolf, as very few martial fighters in the Khaganate Empire have managed to summon a Desolation Celestial Wolf...

there are many types of celestial wolf that can be summoned through this technique and they are:

*Azure Celestial Wolf (Azure Wolf)*

*Violet Celestial Wolf (Violet Wolf)*

*Golden Celestial Wolf (Golden Wolf)*

*Desolation Celestial Wolf (Desolation Wolf)*
Solitary Wolf

Solitary Wolf often gambles with his life, fighting large groups of enemies at once. As such, his attacks wield fearsome might that even Goguryeon assassins would have to back down before. Even back then, he was an expert in the Bureau of Military Personnel, and he was currently more formidable than he was then—even the guards of the king residences wouldn't be able to match up to him now.

## Past

Solitary Wolf was from the Bureau of Military Personnel. After failing to capture King Sosurim a decade ago, he was demoted to a copyist in the Bureau of Punishments. Solitary Wolf concealed his identity and became a mercenary instead, working for anyone who could offer him money.
Wang Chong/Techniques

## Body Tempering Techniques

- Body tempering techniques formed the core of one’s martial arts

## Cultivation Focus Techniques

### ***Strength***

- When one hits Tier 6 of origin energy, they choose strength,speed, or dexterity. MC chose strength so he cultivated the strength technique.

### ***Dexterity***

Typical Dexterity technique . Learned by MC to complement his innovative sword art that he created. Increases attack speed(Dexterity)

- 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
Wang Li

## Personality

Cold face warm heart. He may look cold but when you need him you can count on him.

Wang Chong deeply believed that this cousin of his wasn’t a bad person. Even though he stomped out of the Wang Clan in a fit of anger and went missing, when the Wang Clan fell into distress, he rushed back without any hesitation.

Even now, Wang Chong recalled how after the Wang Clan fell from grace, he roamed the streets, only to be bullied by others. In the end, it was Cousin Wang Li who appeared and fought off those people. Right when Wang Chong was injured, it was he who used his back to guard him, even though he spouted cold words such as ‘I didn’t do this for you’ and ‘I just can’t stand their faces’ afterward.

But Wang Chong knew that he came to save him.
The Alliance

the Alliance is an alliance that was formed during the Great Ice Age Era, when the Ice Age brought most of the kingdoms and empires of the Central Divine Continent to their knees, strengthening the Great Tang Empire, the alliance was formed to fight the Great Tang and try to survive the ice age ...

the Alliance includes the *An Yaloushan Army* (led by An Yaluoshan), Khaganate Empire (led by Ozmish Khagan), U-Tsang Empire, Goguryeon Empire (led by Yeon Gaesomun), Khitans and *Queen Xi Ice Army*, which are at war against the Great Tang Empire, Sassanid Empire and Tongluo Tribe alliance...

the Alliance gathers its entire army, consisting of 300,000 soldiers and formed as a unified army of the major kingdoms and rival empires of the Great Tang Empire ...

the Alliance begins a full-scale war against the Great Tang Empire and the allied kingdoms and empires of the Great Tang, in order to conquer the Central Plains and control the immense reserves of Food, Wood and Coal accumulated by Wang Chong in the Tang Empire, to survive the ice age ...

the Alliance wages a great battle against the Great Tang-Tongluo Tribe allied armies in Youzhou Land, in the Eastern Regions ...
Sword Arts

the Sword Arts, are martial techniques, focused on sword fighting, unlike the common martial combat techniques, the sword arts, do not focus on physical combat, but on sword fighting, the Sword Arts, use mystics energies like Stellar Energy and Origin Energy, even when used on swords, but Sword Art require the use of "Sacred Swords", mystical swords, which only martial cultivators are able to use ...

***Techniques:***

*Myriad Stars Holy Judgment*

*Supreme Art of the Six Stars of the Southern Dipper*

*Six Saber Imperial God Art*
Thousand Jin Descension

## Summary

‘Thousand Jin Descension’ was a technique that martial artists would learn upon reaching Origin Energy Tier 7. At this level, a martial artist would have opened up many meridians in his body, allowing him to easily channel his Origin Energy at his legs, thus adjusting his center of gravity, allowing him to vertically down from the sky at rapid speed.

This ‘Thousand Jin Descension’ may seem like nothing much, but in an actual battle, it enabled one to change the trajectory of one’s movement swiftly, allowing one to dodge lethal attacks.
Wushang Village

the Wushang Village is a village located in the Wushang Mountains or Wushang, inhabited by the Wushang People or Wushang Tribe, it is a village whose inhabitants are hostile and wary of the outside world, they are a very xenophobic village, which also managed to repel the troops of General Li Siye, who had been sent to the Wushang Mountains, trying to recruit the Wushang People into the Great Tang army, but without success ...

*Before the calamity, Wushang Village was actually very xenophobic. The surprise failure of Li Siye’s recruitment operation made Wang Chong remember this and realize that this operation would not proceed as he easily as he had imagined.*

*The stronger the faction, the harder it was for them to submit to someone else. If the Wushang were that easy to subdue, the otherworldly invaders wouldn’t have suffered so many casualties, and the fifty or sixty thousand Wushang wouldn’t have dwindled to not even one-tenth that number.*

*But there was no soil in the world that was not ruled by someone. Since the Wushang still lived on the Central Plains, they had to accept the mobilization orders from the Imperial Court. As long as the method was appropriate, it wasn’t impossible to recruit the Wushang.*

*The Wushang were so xenophobic that they would immediately attack strangers without even asking why they had come. Many people ended up failing at only this first stage.*

*(Chapter 696)*

Wushang People cultivation is based on Monkeys and the mystical powers and abilities of monkeys ...

*The training methods of the Wushang would truly make the training methods used by many of the Great Tang’s famed military clans blush with shame, and the toughness of this training definitely surpassed that of many of the capital’s great clans.*

*People were raised according to their environment, and the barren and steep mountains where the Wushang resided were a harsh environment indeed. In these circumstances, training according to local needs was the best choice. Whether it was their ability to traverse cliffs like flat land or their use of rocks weighing several thousand jin to train and hone their strength, it was all the result of their environment.*

*Living in this sort of environment year in and year out, it was not unusual to end up defeated by the environment, but if one adapted to it, grew comfortable in it… It wasn’t strange at all for the Wushang to be such powerful, agile and swift warriors.*

*(Chapter 697)*

## ***Members***

*Wushang Village Chief*

*Fang Xiaoyan*

*Qin Qicheng*

Huang Botian

Cui Piaoqi

## ***Techniques***

*Divine Ape Art*

Halo of Mists

Gloom Hand

Stone General
Sage Emperor

Sage Emperor of Great Tang.

The Sage Emperor was a legend of the Central Plains! At the same time, he was also the greatest emperor the Central Plains had ever had.

It was in his hands that Great Tang expanded its territories and capable individuals were brought into the royal court, thus ushering in an age of prosperity. The affluence of Great Tang towered over the other states, and countries from all directions visited and paid respect to Great Tang.

It was in his hands that the might of Great Tang was brought into greater heights, perhaps even becoming the strongest it had ever been in history.

He, just like Wang Chong is reincarnated into this time to change the course of history through Destiny. However, he f*ailed to break into Divine Martial realm [1247]* which caused his longevity to dwindle. Before he passes away, he gives his Destiny inheritance and knowledge to Wang Chong.

The Sage Emperor was presumed to be half-step to Divine Martial Realm, far surpassing those in the peak Heavenly Passage Realm.

Wang Chong manages to save the Sage Emperor during the 3 princes rebellion arc with his army of 10,000 vs the princes' army of 100,000 .*[1801]*

## Secret

Similar to Wang Chong, Li Taiyi is a person who reincarnated into this world from another. He took over the body of the sadistic and evil Third Prince Li Xuan. After gaining control of his new body and life, he started the golden age of the Great Tang. However, he was too soft and didn't completely destroy Li Xuan's soul, which prevented him from truly having control over his body. After 30+ years Li Xuan began to awaken and regain control of his body, thus leading to the once wise and righteous Sage Emperor reverting back to the cruel and fiendish Third Prince.

The palace records painted the teenaged Third Son Xuan as a cruel and violent person who regarded human lives like grass. The previous Emperor would not have stripped him of his right of succession if he had not been so deeply disappointed in him. If the Sage Emperor had not appeared, then one could extrapolate, based on his personality as Prince and the way he acted after replacing the Sage Emperor, that he would have killed countless people. One could say that the Sage Emperor’s appearance was a blessing for the Great Tang!

Luckily, the Sage Emperor and Wang Chong were able to stop Li Xuan before he caused even more destruction.
Wushang Village Chief

The chief of Wushang Village.

## Appearance

Wang Chong also turned in that direction and saw a white-haired old man, his slightly hunched body clothed in a brown robe. Grasping a rattan cane, he was currently walking out of a stone house several dozen zhang away.

Wang Chong hadn’t cared at the start, but with just a glance, he couldn’t but widen his eyes in shock. Although that white-haired elder was walking very slowly, his every step seemed to carry the weight of one thousand jun and delivered a powerful mental blow.

His feet did not seem to be stepping on the earth, but on the air, stepping into the heart of every person. He gave off an unfathomable aura of invincibility.

And at this close distance, even though Wang Chong was intently looking, he could not clearly make out the face of the elder. The old man always seemed neither too close nor too far, his face neither too indistinct nor too clear.

## Cultivation

 Subtle Realm
 Peak
 Grotto Heaven Realm
 High
Wang Zhu Yan

## [source]

Going by her words, she had always wanted a little brother but Wang Chong’s eldest uncle and his wife had not been able to fulfill this dear wish of hers. Thus, she liked to view Wang Chong as her own younger brother. In any case, they were both of the Wang Clan and came from the same grandfather. Furthermore, she didn’t like Wang Chong calling her cousin; she insisted on him calling her ‘Second Sister’, as though the both of them came from the same mother.

Wang Zhu Yan’s father was the eldest son of the Wang Clan.

## Appearence

She is a beautiful girl with a voluptuous figure who looked to be twenty-four or twenty-five. She exuded a dignified aura.
Wang Chong/Formations

## Info

Unlike any other era, in the period of time that Wang Chong took on the role of the Grand Marshal of Central Plains, offensive formations became commonplace.

It wasn’t due to Wang Chong’s unique interest in it or anything. Rather, the enemies he faced on the battlefield were simply too powerful, and the weakness of his own troops was simply too pronounced in comparison, especially when facing the foreign invaders.

Thus, Wang Chong had no choice but to adapt by implementing offensive formations into the military. However, due to this, the army that Wang Chong led was exceptionally powerful.

As long as it was a battle Wang Chong participated in, enemy expert casualties would be extremely great. Most of the experts, who served as an incredibly offensive and destructive force on the battlefield, would die before they could even raise a storm.

In that era of catastrophe back then, as weakened as Great Tang had become, its armies unsurprisingly became stronger than ever.

Under Wang Chong's leadership, the structure of the military underwent a huge overhaul. With his knowledge from another world, he came up with a set of flag semaphores to boost the military's unity and cooperation, further enhancing its offensive might.

Compared to the strategies that Wang Chong grasped, the warfare in this era was still far too lacking.

They were still stuck with the notion that warfare was only about organizing an army in a formation and making use of everything at their disposal to win the battle.

When Wang Chong first arrived in this world in his previous life, he had already realized that despite the advanced martial arts existent in this world, warfare was still very underdeveloped.

Strategies used tended to be too simplistic. For example, the Tibetans relied too heavily on the advantages they acquired from charging from a higher position.

On the other hand, Great Tang was smart to utilize the tower shields to stop them, but they failed to prepare any follow-up plan should it fail.

Military strategies were divided into two main types, convention and novel. Through conventional strategies, one could organize their army to prepare an offense or defense, but it was through novel maneuvers that one would be able to outdo their opponent and claim victory!

The military in this world had done well on the "convention" aspect, but they lacked the "novel" maneuvers in their strategy. It was based on this that Wang Chong was able to outdo most generals, be it the Great Generals, Conferred Generals, or Protector-Generals, and win the support of the elders of the empire!

Of all the formidable generals in the world, he was the only one who rose to the very top and won himself the title of "War Saint"!

## Formations

Godking Yama Formation - chapter 921

Hell Weel - chapter 2168

Nine Heavens Ten Earths God-Devil Annihilation Formation - chapter 2194
Shadow Dragons

*“Understood. Starting from now, your identities are no more, and no one will be able to find anything about you. You no longer exist, and other than the comrades at your side, me, and His Majesty, no one will know of you.*

*“Starting from today, you will only have one name: Shadow Dragons!”*

**(Chapter 2115)**

The Shadow Dragons a special military force of the Great Tang Empire, composed of elite martial fighters, created by Wang Chong to fight the martial fighters of the Celestial God Organization. Wang Chong had to train a large martial army, in a short period of time, to do so he had to use as his main training technique, the Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art.

The Imperial Palace had many soldiers of the Imperial Army, and when cultivating the Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art, one did not have to go through the trouble of hard and difficult training. One simply needed to absorb energy from the other Imperial Army soldiers to swiftly produce a large number of experts. If each soldier of the Imperial Army offered up a small portion of their energy, one could produce thousands of Shadow Dragon experts.

But the Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art was also the supreme evil art. While it fit Wang Chong’s requirements for training the Shadow Dragons, it was also extremely powerful. If the art fell into the hands of those who harbored ill intentions and began to spread, it would create a calamity for the realm. Thus, the requirements for Shadow Dragons were extremely strict, with loyalty being far more important than talent.

The seeds had already been planted. Once the Shadow Dragon Division had finished maturing, it would become one of the strongest forces in the fight against the men in black. This force would inevitably play a role in the ultimate destruction of the men in black.

Moreover, besides Wang Chong’s Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art, they had also been given the Celestial God Organization’s Lu Wu Divine Art, Ju Bi Divine Art, Flame of Mara, and even Wang Chong’s Shadow Fiend Art.
The Supreme and Infinite Origin Immortal Art

This mantra was complete, even including the method for the Trayastrimsa Heaven. With this number one art, Wang Chong could solve the flaw of the Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art once and for all.

Reached the fifth floor out of some 20+ floors, thus establishing his foundation in this Art. (ch-1595)

Wang Chong finally ascended into the eleventh level of the Trayastrimsa Heaven and the Subtle Realm. (ch-1625)
Samarkand

Samarkand is the capital of the Eastern regions and an important trading center of the Silk Road, Samarkand is the richest and most powerful city of the Eastern Regions, which are under the control of the Arab Empire ...

Abu Muslim and the Arab Army, during the war against the Great Tang, took control of Samarkand, transforming it into a stronghold of the Arab Empire in the eastern regions and transforming Samarkand, into a fortress city of the Arab Empire, to counter the Great Tang

(Chapter 1156 - Chapter 1157)
Saint Martial Barracks

the Martial Saint Barracks and a defensive bastion of the Taiji Palace, in the martial Saint Barracks, reside the imperial soldiers guarding and defending both Chang'an and the external area of the imperial palace, while the defense of the internal area of the imperial palace is delegated to the Dragon Guards of the emperor, in the Martial Saint Barracks, the imperial soldiers reside in the inner area of the city of Chang'An

the Martial Saint Barracks, was created as a defensive line, to protect the Taiji Palace, from attacks by external forces, the Martial Saint Barracks and a kind of defensive line around the imperial palace, under the control of the imperial army of the Great Tang
Zhang Clan

the Zhang Clan and a rich and powerful clan of Blacksmiths, present in Chang'an, the imperial capital, this clan are the major forging weapons and armor on behalf of the Great Tang Empire army ...

The Zhang clan of the capital mainly operated forges, mines, arms and armor sales

In the blacksmith industry, the Zhang clan was a celebrity. They had a prominent and most important position in the Metallurgy sector in the Great Tang Empire (Ch.31)

the Zhang Clan receives the forging metals from a group of Sindhi monks from Hyderabad, a city in India

the leaders of the Zhang Clan are *Zhang Jian* and *Zhang Cong.*

Zhang Qi - Grand Elder

*The Zhuang Clan and Chi Clan were behemoths in the capital, and their influence was far beyond that of ordinary prestigious clans.*

*The two clans were extremely skilled in commercial activities, and their business expanded across the entire world. At the same time, they also possessed considerable power within the military as well.*

*In the Zhuang Clan’s hundred years of history, many of their offsprings had enlisted into the military and took up various differing positions throughout the organization, thus forming a sizeable influence.*

*The Zhuang Clan’s offsprings were known for being valiant, and their steel cavalry was extremely famous in the empire.*

(Chapter 200)
Wang Liang

## [source]

He wasn’t interested in academics or martial arts, the only thing he was devoted to was conducting business and earning money.

In the end, Wang Liang still hoped to be extraordinary. Adventure, ambitions, and unique experiences, this were what his soul craved for.

Wang Chong tasked him with the retrieval precious materials. This tasked involved sailing the vast oceans and travelling to barren islands.

The ocean was an abyss! In that place, far from land and far from virtue, one was infinitesimally close to a hellish abyss, and one's character would undergo the harshest of trials. There, Wang Liang had to face all sorts of problems, both external and internal. The ocean could make the best of people into the worst and the worst into the best, and it could provoke the greatest potential in the most incapable of people!

This voyage was a life changing experience for him. He no longer wanted to live a dull life. Even without superb martial arts, even without the backing of his clan, he could still rely on his own wits and ability to win the loyalty, protection, and respect of others.

This one adventure had made Wang Liang suddenly understand that this comfortable and peaceful life in the capital was not what he wanted. He wanted excitement, danger, the endless might of nature, the boundless horizons of the ocean, and the feeling that he was struggling for his life. It was at that instant that Wang Liang was suddenly enlightened. From this moment on, his life would probably never be a peaceful one.

The current Wang Liang was as steady as a rock, composed, persistent, decisive. He gave off an aura of trustworthiness and reliability.

## Appearance

The Wang Liang in front of him was a completely different person from the one who had set out. His face, neck, and hands had all been tanned by the scorching sun on the ocean, and the coarse, weather-beaten skin was completely out of place on a descendant of a great clan.

## King of the Seas

After many years at sea, Wang Liang had long ago ceased to be that immature youth. Through his countless mortal struggles with Mother Nature, Wang Liang had become the renowned ‘King of the Seas’ of the Great Tang. And the fleet of tower ships under his command was simply enormous.
Yanhuang Race

the Yanhuang Race and the human race, living in the Central Plains ...

the Yanhuang Race was created at the origins of the time, by *Emperor Yan*, the *Flame Emperor* and by *Emperor Huan*, The *Yellow Emperor*, for this reason the human race is called "Yanhuang Race", human beings, descendants of the first two primordial emperors. ..
Shaman Priests

Only very special existences in the Western Turkic Khaganate could give off this sort of feeling and enter Ishbara Khagan’s tent whenever they pleased: the shaman priests.

No one knew the origin of the shaman priests, only that when the Turkic people first emerged, the shaman priests already had a long history on the Turkic steppe and possessed an extremely revered status. The legends said that the shaman priests could communicate with all animals and even with the gods above. They knew the past and could see into the future. Their bodies were shrouded in mystifying fogs that concealed infinite secrets.

Besides that, all shaman priests wielded an enigmatic and inexplicable strength. This strength was not a martial art, but it was even more terrifying and mysterious. The people of the steppe called it sorcery.

The famous legend regarding the shaman priests originated more than one thousand years ago, when the Central Plains was governed by that most formidable Emperor Wu of Han. Cavalry from the Central Plains swept over the desert and steppe, time and time again pushing back the elite Turkic cavalry. In that age, the Turkic steppe was covered with corpses and irrigated by blood. In the most prosperous and most powerful period of the Turkic empire, it encountered the toughest sovereign of the Central Plains in a thousand years. After repeated wars, the Turkic empire rapidly waned to become unimaginably weak.

Such an event was unprecedented on the steppe.

And when that Emperor Wu of Han was ready to send one last expedition to the north to finally exterminate the threat of the Turks once and for all, everyone on the steppe was trembling in fear at the coming calamity. It was at that moment that the strongest shaman priest led the several hundred shaman priests of the steppe to cast a sorcery on a road the army of the Central Plains needed to take to reach the steppe. The shaman priests clashed with the arts practitioners of the Central Plains and inflicted grievous casualties and vile diseases on this most powerful army.

Although the shaman priests also suffered terrible losses, with only a tiny number surviving, they succeeded in breaking this supreme cavalry army and saving the Turkic people from disaster. Afterwards, all the Turkic Khagans treated the shaman priests with great respect, with the most respected being the shamans that sprung from the branch of the shaman leader.

The Blackwater Shaman was precisely a member of this illustrious branch!

(Chapter 841)
True Lord Yellow Dragon

A terrifying existence that even Origin Immortal Lord is wary about. True Lord Yellow Dragon was one of the twelve True Lords of the Celestial God Organization, having already reached the Grotto Heaven realm. With the wave of his hand, he could create his own small dimension, and his strength had been far above the Subtle realm.

## Appearance

This was an elder of around sixty or seventy years, but his complexion was ruddy and his forehead smooth. He didn’t seem like someone in his old age at all. He held his hands behind his back and wore a yellow dragon robe, the savage dragons so lifelike that they seemed ready to leap from the cloth.

Anyone who used dragon designs in the Central Plains would be guilty of immense disrespect and would probably have their entire clan slaughtered, but this man clearly did not care. And if one looked carefully, one would realize that this dragon robe was completely different from those worn by the Son of Heaven or the Imperial Princes. Those dragons were of extraordinarily ancient design, completely different from the ones Wang Chong knew.

But what drew his attention the most was not his flagrant wearing of a dragon robe, but his beard. This was a golden beard that glossily shone, taking the form of two long and thin streams of hair that hung down from the side of his lips. They appeared like two dragon whiskers, like this man really was a yellow dragon.
Spring and Autumn Era

the Spring and Autumn Era, was a historical era of the Central Plains, prior to the Great Tang Empire, it was an era of wars and conflicts between rival kingdoms and empires, fighting each other for control of the Central Plains, in this era, had lived Confucius and it was in this era, that the Confucian School was founded first and then the Confucian Sect ...

in this era, Confucius spread his mystical doctrine and created his first groups of followers, it was in this era, that Confucius created the Crown of Confucius and it was in this age, that Confucian sacred relics were created, jealously guarded by the Confucian Sect and from the Confucian School...
Roaring Tiger Army

The Roaring Tiger Army was an army trained by the number two man of the Great Tang! Zhang Shougui was an existence second only to the Crown Prince’s Junior Guardian, Wang Zhongsi. How could any top-class force trained by a man like this be regarded lightly?

The Roaring Tiger Army was the most powerful army under Zhang Shougui’s command, one he had spent his entire life training. Each soldier had an inconceivable fighting power. Purely in terms of strength, not even the Xuanwu Army, Divine Martial Army, and Iron Wall Army could compare to it.
Wei Anfang

## [source]

Wei Anfang was one of the high achievers that had emerged from the Longwei Training Camp. The army that he led had performed unexpectedly well in several huge battles.

He was a dedicated person who could fulfill the instructions of his superior perfectly, and even go beyond that.

Every single great general needed to learn the art of effectively commanding an army. But similarly, they would also require loyal commanders who could understand their military tactics and intention, and execute them perfectly.

Wei Anfang definitely belonged to the latter.

His talent might not be particularly outstanding, paling in face of Sun Zhiming, Chen Burang, and the others, but as a loyal and flexible commander, he was a sought-after talent of all great generals who possessed great ambitions.
Six Saber Imperial God Art

and a Sword Art, a sword martial art known in the Goguryeon Kingdom and practiced by Yeon Gaesomun ...

*He held a saber in each hand and gripped another in his teeth. At the same time, two other sabers were held beneath his ribs, pointed backward. Thus, he took the stance on which he had made his name, the Six Saber Imperial God Art!*

*In this Six Saber Imperial God Art, only five sabers were ever visible. As for the sixth saber, it was the most dangerous, as no one ever knew when it would be used.*

*Only a scant few people could make him use the sixth saber, and anyone who saw it was basically a dead man.*

(Chapter 2193)
City of Steel

Wang Chong had established his fief at Wushang and built the City of Steel.

In the history of the Great Tang and the history of humanity, all cities were built with earth and stone, but this city had shattered those traditions. This was the first pure City of Steel! The amount of steel and manpower required to construct this city was not something any clan, faction, or master architect could imagine. Simply put, this city had required the mobilization of the world, of all the great clans, all the sword shops and sword smiths, all the experienced craftsmen from all the provinces and prefectures. All of them had been used by Wang Chong to construct this city.

The current city was more than ten times the size of the Lion City (pop. 180,000) that he had set up near the Erhai. Massive walls forty meters high towered up from the ground, smooth and steep. Any siege ladder or other siege weapon could only lament before these walls. Those gleaming metal walls were smooth and steep, appearing to be a single whole and as immovable as a mountain, with foot-thick gates weighing nearly ten thousand jin.

The gates of the City of Steel were not made of ordinary steel, but the Meteoric Metal that Wang Chong had imported from overseas. Wang Chong had even added many defensive inscriptions onto the gates.
Sword Dragon

Zong Shuiyun's loyal guard. Sword Dragon was a top-class expert personally trained by Young Master Qingyang, only a sliver away from an Imperial Great General.

## Appearance

A guard wearing a silver-white robe. This guard had a thick beard and mustache, and his eyes were bright and energetic. What stood out the most, however, were his two arms that reached almost down to his knees. This was an extremely rare trait, even amongst martial artists. Wang Chong sensed a vast sea of energy within this guard’s body, sharp and vicious. This was a saber that wanted to cleave apart the earth, the mountains, rivers, and even the sun and moon.
Saka People

the Saka are a tribal and barbaric population, living in the Western Regions, outside the great Tang, the Saka in the Western Regions are a very strong and powerful population, divided into a set of Tribes, they are in a state of perennial war against others nomadic tribes of the Western Regions ...

the Saka have conquered and subjugated many tribes and peoples, including the Gangke ...

The Saka were an extremely powerful nomadic people of the Western Regions, divided into many tribes. Their most defining traits were their tall bodies, powerful bones, and aggressive natures. These people had a habit of using lime to draw an ‘X’ on the right sides of their horses.

The Saka enjoyed bullying the weaker tribes, and countless such tribes of the Western Regions had been extinguished under their hooves.

Wang Chong was not completely clueless as to the relationship between the Gangke and the Saka. Just as Yuan Shusong had said, the two tribes had a relationship of master and slave. As one of the Saka’s vassal tribes, the Gangke owed tribute of cows, sheep, and horses to the Saka, and the Saka used this method to hamper the growth of the Gangke.

But even though the Gangke had no capacity to fight, their leader, the Gangke King, was the largest variable, an extremely terrifying and concealed Saint Martial expert. (Ch.856)