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Cheng Sanyuan

Cheng Sanyuan and Su Shixuan were two elites that had battled together with Wang Chong in the southwest, two of the one thousand experts Wang Chong had recruited from the great clans.

These two were far stronger than the other clan experts, and they were extremely loyal to Wang Chong.

In order to get in Wang Chong’s good graces and pull closer to the Wang Clan and King Song, the clan they had originally served had gifted the two to Wang Chong to serve as his guards.

Wang Chong did not value them solely for their martial prowess, but also for their courage, ability to react on the spot, and decisiveness. During the southwestern war, when Li Siye was leading them back, the Tibetans had attempted to counterattack by intercepting their charge from an angle and disrupting Li Siye’s formation.

But this pair had noticed the danger and led a small force to charge into the Tibetan cavalry while they were still forming.

The courageous charge of these ten-some people had scattered the seven or eight hundred Tibetan cavalry, shattering their offense.
Li Long

The Eighth Prince, Li Long, was once dearly beloved by the Sage Emperor. Though his rank was very low, he was treated as well as the First Prince and Third Prince. But Li Long colluded with a minister in court, and when that minister was exposed, so was the Eighth Prince's involvement. The Eighth Prince strenuously denied any relationship with this minister, repeatedly declaring before the Sage Emperor that he had never associated with him.

Later on, the Sage Emperor became infuriated and exiled the Eighth Prince to the cold palace, stripping from him his status of prince. The Eighth Prince Li Long was both fearful and stunned, both sorrowful and regretful. In the end, he died of depression in the cold palace.

This happened ten years ago.
Goguryeon Kingdom

the Kingdom of Goguryeon is a great and important kingdom of the Korean Peninsula, the largest, richest and most powerful kingdom on the Korean Peninsula, over the years, the Kingdom of Goguryeon has become a great and important rival of the great Tang Empire, causing many problems at the Great Tang ...

the King of Goguryeon and first *King Sosurim* and then *King Yeon Gaesomun*

the Goguryeon society is a peasant society and because of this, the Goguryeon army was entirely an Infantry army, the Goguryeon Army was known to be a fierce army, but it was a weak and scarce army in front of the cavalry armies, a army vulnerable to a cavalry force ...

the Goguryeon Empire has no cavalry forces ...

for this reason, the Goguryeo Army was never able to compete and rival militarily with the Khaganate Empire and the peoples of the Steppes ...

within the Goguryeo the religious veneration of an ancient God, the *three-legged Golden Crow*, is widespread

***Martial Arts:***

the Martial Cultivators are widespread in the Goguryeon Kingdom which has its own tradition of Cultivation and Martial Arts...

the Martial Traditions of Goguryeon is based on the ***Murim***, the World of Korean martial arts and the Korean Cultivators

the Sword Martial Arts or Sword Arts, are common and widespread in Goguryeon, where martial sword artists have become common and widespread ...

*Halo of Eol Kasum*

*Earth Trample Saber Art*

*Six Saber Imperial God Art*

***Armed Forces:***

The Goguryeon military had a very strict hierarchy, especially among those deployed beyond the empire. All assassins and soldiers had to obey every single command of the local commander.

(Chapter 250)

***Armies***

*Condor Snipers*

*Golden Crow Army\ Golden Crow Division*

*Moon Archers*

***Characters***

*King Sosurim*

*King Yeon Gaesomun*
Origin Spirit Art

the Origin Spirit Art is a Psychic technique of manipulation of psychic energy, which focuses on freeing psychic energy from the physical body and condensing it into an "Origin Spirit", that is, the creation of a mental body, external from the physical body, but with the mind and consciousness of a cultivator, able to travel or move in the surrounding environment, but free from the physical barriers and limitations of the physical body...

The ‘Origin Spirit’ was merely a short-term searching art. While one was not restrained by the physical body, it did not mean that one was without limits.

The Origin Spirit could be away from the body for no more than four hours. Any more would cause extreme damage to the body.

Without the restraint of a physical body, Wang Chong’s Origin Spirit could move at ten-some times his original speed, even faster than the Nightmare Beast.

the Origin Spirit Art is used by martial fighters to reach great and immense depths in the earth's subsoil, which would not be reachable by normal people, to move to areas without oxygen or areas at maximum depth underground, areas inaccessible to common living beings

*The sensation of Psychic Energy breaking free of the body and condensing into an Origin Spirit was a very unique experience. Wang Chong felt himself floating in the air and looking down at ‘himself’, and he could also sense that he was not in the shape of a human.*

*Wang Chong carefully observed and slowly began to understand.*

*The ‘Origin Spirit’ was the maximal compression of Psychic Energy, resulting in a part of the soul essentially having the trait of a ‘mental body’ that, once free from the physical body, could freely travel the earth.*

*(Chapter 2056)*
Khitan People

the Khitans are a nomadic population, living in the Eastern Regions, in the lands of the great steppes, the Khitans are a warrior people much feared and respected by the other peoples of the steppes, who have created their own kingdom in the Western Regions, a kingdom that has resisted in numerous wars against the Great Tang Empire ...

during the Great Ice Age Era, the Khitans join the great alliance created by An Yaluoshan, to invade the Great Tang Empire, fighting alongside the Khaganate Empire, the U-Tsang Empire and the Goguryeon Kingdom ...

*The Khitan Tribe controlled a small territory and was located between various other countries, but through brute strength, they had carved out their own land and held out against the attacks of other countries.*

*Even though Andong Protector-General Zhang Shougui had tried many times to defeat them, he had been defeated each time, suffering significant losses with each attempt.*

*(Chapter 2174)*

*The Khitans lived in the forests of the snowy plains. They were extremely resistant to cold and used to living amongst the trees.*

*Though the Khitans were few in number, they were a most ferocious people. Climbing trees was a basic skill for them, and though the walls of the fortress were smooth, they were little different from trees to the Khitans.*

*(Chapter 2175)*

the Khitan people are divided into various tribes ... such as the "Sun Rider Tribe" ...

***Armed Forces:***

*SunChaser Cavarly:* Elité cavalry force of the Khitan people

*The Khitan Tribe was divided into eight divisions, and the Sun Rider Tribe was the most elite division. As for the Sunchaser Cavalry, it was the Sun Rider Tribe’s cream of the crop. There were around seven thousand of them, each one carefully selected. They were also the cavalry the Khitan King had selected to be his royal guard.*

*(Chapter 2188)*

***Armies:***

*Sunchaser Cavalry*
Psychic Energy

Powerful martial artists could be found all over this world, but formidable mental energy experts were few and far between. Wang Chong had only seen Psychic Energy on a few of the otherworldly invaders in the calamity.

Psychic Energy was shapeless and immaterial, and it was difficult to form into effective attacks. However, those people had been able to condense Psychic Energy into solid form and inflict real harm on supreme martial experts. They had even managed to control some of the elite generals under Wang Chong’s command. But this was an ability that only the otherworldly invaders possessed. It was only through fighting with ‘them’ that the human experts began to slowly understand this ability and research methods that could resist Psychic Energy.

The Psychic Energy is a form of mystical energy, which arises from the mind of living beings, but above all of human beings, an energy created by the human psyche or the human mind.

The energy core of the Psychic Energy and the human brain and the Psychic energy, spreads throughout the human body, through "Channels" or "Meridians", which spread Psychic energy throughout the body. Psychic Energy is generated in the center of a person's forehead, precisely from the "Third Eye".

The domain of Psychic Energy was a strange and bizarre domain, home to countless techniques. But amongst all these techniques, the strongest technique was undoubtedly the ‘Psychic World’. A Psychic World was the strongest technique any Psychic Energy expert could possess. Even a Great General with the hardiest resolve would find it impossible to leave if they carelessly fell into one. The more Psychic Energy one poured into a Psychic World, the more powerful it would be, but the greater the risks would be. Failure might mean crippling injury, even death. Thus, even though the Psychic World was a supreme technique, almost all Psychic Energy experts chose to use it very cautiously, and when they did use it, they would not use all their Psychic Energy. Psychic Energy was one’s soul. If it were all consumed, the soul would die.

Psychic techniques or Fusion Arts, can be used in combat, Wang Chong uses psychic techniques to become invincible in the battlefields.

## **Psychic Techniques**

Behemoth Fusion Art - chapter 978

Beast Taming Art - chapter 979
Chen Shusun

One of Wang Yan's old subordinates. Both brave and wise, he was one of Wang Yan's trusted aides and had apparently been a follower from the start of his military career.

As for this Chen Shusun, Wang Chong had met him once, when he was a child. It had only been that one time, yet Wang Chong had always had a very good impression of his father's old subordinates. Chen Shusun had even given him a gift once. Back then, his father was very harsh and didn't permit him to have any toys. Thus, Chen Shusun had used his saber to carve a flying bird as a gift for him. This had been Wang Chong's first toy, so it had left a very deep impression.

Of course, the most important thing here was that Wang Chong clearly remembered that, many years ago, his father had placed this old subordinate at his big brother Wang Fu's side. His father hadn't done this to promote him, as most people would imagine. Instead, his father was worried that his big brother would use the name of the clan and his own influence to make the army show him favoritism, so Chen Shusun was dispatched as a supervisor.

Of course, Wang Fu ended up using his own strength to prove himself, to prove that he didn't need to rely on the clan's resources and influence to make a very good name for himself. Thus, Uncle Shu became a through-and-through subordinate of his big brother.
Mountain Ascension Formula

This cultivation technique didn’t demand much of one’s talents, but one had to put in ten times or even hundred times the effort to make up for it.

As the saying goes, ‘the dumb bird learns to fly first’. If one’s talent couldn’t match up with the others, one had to put in much more effort than them!

This was the concept behind the 《Mountain Ascension Formula》!

There was no limit to this cultivation technique. From Origin Energy Tier to True Martial Tier, then to Profound Martial Tier, and on to Emperor Martial Tier, one could continue cultivating this cultivation technique upward, but one would have to put in much more hard work than the others. The further one advanced, the more hard work one had to put in, sometimes even up to a thousand times more.

For this cultivation technique, ‘hard work’ was probably the only limit!

It was considered a top-notch technique, but also one that was extremely difficult and had very demanding requirements on one's body.

It was especially difficult at the Origin Energy realm. But after breaking into the True Martial realm, one would become incredibly strong.

Upon reaching the True Martial realm, the Mountain Ascension Art could no longer use the simple energy of the world. It required an energy one level higher, the essence energy of the mountains.

This sort of energy was not like the energy of the world. In normal circumstances, outside of the unique Mountain Ascension Art, it was very difficult to cultivate this energy.
Bandits

Bandits are armed gangs of renegades and outlaws, living in the wild and uninhabited areas of the Western Regions, creating their bases in the mountains and deserts, far from civilization, the Bandits are formed in small armies between 100 soldiers minimum and 1000 soldiers at most ...

the Bandits are composed of social outcasts, coming from every people and nations, often Hu and Han, but also Arabs and Persians ...

the Bandits earn their living by attacking the rich merchant caravans that cross the Silk Road, robbing them of all goods and wealth ...

the Bandits in the Western Regions and in the Silk Road areas, are similar to Pirates, but land pirates, Pirates who assault and plunder the merchant caravans of the Silk Road ...

the Bandits live in various "***Dens***", located in mountains or mountain ranges, the Tane are the hideouts and shelters of the bandits, after having attacked and plundered the merchant caravans of all their riches, the Bandits find shelter and refuge in their Dens. ..

the bandits are fought by the army of the Great Tang Empire, which under Wang Chong, gained military control of both the Silk Road and the Western Regions

Wang Chong, started a great military campaign against the Bandits, managing to destroy and annihilate entire Tane and wipe out the threat of the Bandits from the Silk Road, making the Silk Road safe and protected for the merchants ...

(Chapter 327-Chapter 330)

the most feared faction of bandits are the ***Iron Cloak Highwaymen***, a powerful and feared band of bandits who raided the rich merchant caravans, which traveled between Chang'an, the imperial capital and the Longxi Region, assaulting and raiding the merchant caravans, through these raids, the Iron Cloak Highwaymen, accumulated a large and immense wealth ...

the leader of the Iron Cloak HIghwaymen is called *Iron Cloak Li*

***Highwaymen Factions\ Bandit Factions***

*Iron Cloak Highwaymen*

*Dragon Bandits*
Big Dipper Black Dragon Heaven Swallowing Art

the Big Dipper Black Dragon Heaven Swallowing Art is a technique for the control of the Dragon Qi, this technique was created by An Yaluoshan to free the Black Dragon, take control of the Dragon Qi of the underground of the central Plains, incinerating the energy of the Black Dragon's body to allow the latter , to become powerful and wipe out the Golden Dragon, the dragon guardian of the emperor of the Great Tang Empire and keeper of the Central Plains ...

and a technique for summoning the Black Dragon...
Herculean Punch

## Summary

This kind of punch focused the strength in one’s entire body into one’s fist, allowing a low-level warrior to exert strength far greater than his physical limits but stamina is the issue.

(Good for origin energy realm)

One would be able to make use of the intent behind the Herculean Punch to stimulate one’s blood and hasten the cultivation of the Dragon Bone Art
Battle Formations

Battle Formations are battle techniques, used by individual armies, if the Origin Energy technique and individual grower technique, Battle Formation is a technique practiced by an army by a large group of people ...

the Battle formations, are based on a hierarchy, which passes from the techniques easier to train and less demanding in resources, than the battle formations, difficult to train and more demanding in resources, in this hierarchy, at the bottom there are the Battle Formations more weak, up to the strongest and most powerful Battle Formations ...

*Dual Arrow Formation*

*Crane Wing Formation*

*Cutting Formation*

*Nine Dragon Blood Formation*

*Supreme River Formation*

*Coiling Dragon Formation*

*Ghost Hell Army Formation*

*Allheaven Fiend Scourge Formation*

*Divine Mamba Formation*

*Nine Heavens Ten Earths God-Devil Annihilation Formation*

*Tongluo Blade*
Deep Sea Xuan Metal Armor

A full suit of armor made of Deep Sea Xuan Metal. The patriarch of the Zhang Clan had personally supervised every step of the forging of Wang Chong's armor. They used the finest smiths and inscription masters to add the best toughening inscriptions to the armor. They would forge the toughest suit of armor for Wang Chong to express the respect the Zhang Clan held toward Wang Chong.

Wang Chong reached out to appraise the armor and immediately felt his hand sinking down. This armor was not simply its weight of one hundred jin. In both its shape and tenacity, this armor appeared to be incredibly strong, giving off the aura of a miniature fortress.

Wang Chong raised the armor over his head with both hands and quickly donned it. His body felt abnormally comfortable, like a fish in water or a bird in the forest. The armor was extremely well-fitting.
Divine Embryo

Though it was called a divine embryo, it was no embryo at all, but a completely mature body.

As the calamity descended and the world’s foundation began to crumble, many strange things began to happen to the earth, and many things were unearthed that normally would have never appeared.

Amongst all these incredible developments, the divine embryos that were exposed in the early period were the most important, and they had a thunderous reputation amongst the people of the apocalypse!

Divine embryos were not related to gods!

On the contrary, they were simply stone embryos, produced from the rocks beneath the magma layer.

As the earth crumbled, a divine embryo which had accumulated tens of thousands of years of energy and had only a one-in-one-million chance of being produced by chance was exposed.

As the divine embryo appeared, it exploded with such vast amounts of spiritual energy that even someone thousands of li away could sense it!

The appearance of that divine embryo alarmed many people, including the otherworldly invaders. Many experts, even venerable seniors, began to move toward it, and the two sides engaged in a fierce conflict.

But at the final moment, the otherworldly invader army arrived. Using foul and evil methods, they seized the chance when the divine embryo was weakest to destroy it.

Wang Chong had not taken part in that battle, but he keenly recalled the after-action report of the human world.

If they had managed to successfully seize that divine embryo, the human world would have had an unprecedented fighting force on its side!

The divine embryo had organs and blood vessels identical to a human, and the only difference was an additional orifice. This orifice was linked to the heavens and earth, allowing the divine embryo to innately ignore many limits of the world and cultivate at a far more efficient rate.

In addition, the divine embryo was bursting with spiritual energy. If used properly, it had essentially limitless potential.

## Abilities

The ability to change size!

This was a natural ability of the divine embryo. Its body could instantly grow to thirty feet tall, or even larger, but it could also shrink to the size of a regular human. This ability was something that very few martial artists could replicate.

--

Earth Movement!

Or perhaps Rock Movement!

The divine embryo, nurtured by the laws of the world, possessed some incredible abilities, Earth Movement being one of them. As the divine embryo entered the basalt layer, a translucent light radiated from its body. Upon contact with this light, the tough basalt layer became soft and loose like water, allowing the divine embryo to swim through it as freely as a fish.
Book of Paimon

the Book of Paimon and a grimoire originating from the Lands of Arabia, which describes all 72 demons and the entire hierarchy of demons, the Book of Paimon and also a manual on demons and on the summoning and control of demons, through Psychic Energy, it is a book known from the Arabian Empire and which describes everything about the Demons and the demonic hierarchy ...

this book details Psychic techniques and demon summoning techniques, such as Seventy-Two Demon God Pillars Art ...

the Book of Paimon is a very ancient and mysterious text, which was written during the Elam Empire, as a basic text for the evocation and psychic control of the Demons ...

but the Book of Paimon, was captured by the Arabian Empire and the Arabs, who when they expanded their empire, took control of the ancient ruins of the Elam Empire, taking control of the Book of Paimon and learning the techniques and secrets of the summoning of the Demons. ..

Wang Chong learned of the existence of this book when he began to delve into everything about the mysterious fallen civilization of the Elam Empire ...
Men in Black Organization

the Men in Black Organization are a mysterious and powerful organization of martial fighters, whose aim is to master the most powerful and evolved martial techniques, in order to dominate the Central Plains and dominate the Martial World, they are a ruthless and unscrupulous organization, which are the largest threat to Wang Chong and the Great Tang Empire, a greater threat than the Arabian Empire ...

the organization aims to control and dominate the most powerful and advanced martial techniques in the world ...

*As members of the most mysterious organization in the world, regarding themselves as gods, they had learned techniques and arts far beyond mortal ken. So many of them working together were enough to pulverize even the world’s most formidable expert into dust.*

*(Chapter 1687)*

*The men in black had existed for many ages and had many experts. It would be easy to find an expert amongst their ranks who was Wang Chong's equal or better, but such a character was incredibly difficult to find in the entire realm, let alone the capital.*

*(Chapter 2090)*
Blood Reformation

【Blood Reformation (Primary): Cleanses a martial artist's bloodline thoroughly once, thus altering their talent. It can allow a person suffering from innate frailty to gain the ability to practice martial arts. However, its effects are dependent on the condition of the person himself.】

【Destiny Energy: 30 Points】
Destined Foe

【Due to user's actions, 'Destined Foe' will soon receive the protection of the world. 'Destined Foe' will have an increased chance of surviving and user will have an increased chance of failing. In the future, each time user meets with target, target will be blessed an additional time by the world.】

As a reincarnator, Wang Chong's course was completely incompatible with this world, something that this world could not accept.

From the start of his reincarnation, Wang Chong had already felt the expulsive force of the World Constraint. But Wang Chong had not expected this expulsive force to be this strong.

It could not only expel him, but also strengthen a few important targets and stop him.

**(Ch-2016)**

“Warning!

“User’s existence presents an extreme danger to the ‘Destined Foe’, incurring a reaction from the world. The World Consciousness has awoken. Starting from now, ‘Destined Foe’ will receive the protection of the World Consciousness. The survival chance of the ‘Destined Foe’ has greatly increased, and the failure chance of user has greatly increased!

“Notice! Starting from now, user will incur the malice of the world, and the World Consciousness itself will intervene, increasing the strength of the ‘Destined Foe’. This buff will increase with time and has no upper limit!

“User can give up on pursuing the foe, but this will not affect the strengthening! And it will not stop the World Consciousness from continuing to pour large amounts of energy into the Destined Foe! If user cannot kill the target, the Destined Foe will receive an additional reward from the World Consciousness, receiving an even greater amount of energy to become even stronger!

“Only killing the target can stop the Destined Foe from getting stronger!

“Notice! User’s actions have a high chance of creating a massive shift in this world, leading to a completely different World Route. User’s actions have incurred the malice of this world. For every ten seconds this pursuit persists, user will be deducted 10,000 points of Destiny Energy until user stops!

“Notice! User has incurred the ‘malice’ of this world, and user’s status as a reincarnator is being rejected by this world. The effectiveness of user’s strength against the Destined Foe is reduced to sixty percent, and it will continue to decrease as time passes, all the way until user presents no threat to the Destined Foe or user is removed by this world!

“Major event! As user has repeatedly incurred the malice of this world, the Power of Destiny mission ‘World Evaluation’ has begun early!

“Limited Time Event! Starting from now, while the World Consciousness is intervening, additional Destiny Energy will be rewarded to user proportional to damage done to the ‘Destined Foe’. Rewards will be calculated and summarized once the event is complete!”
Cui Qianyou

## Past Life

In the history of the empire, these two had a very special place.

Even though they were members of the rebel army! In the future, these two would be some of the last few Imperial Great Generals in the final days of the empire, even though they were part of the rebel army!

Cui Qianyou and Tian Qianzhen would end up being the two strongest Great Generals at An Yaluoshan's side. Many people did not know of them yet and might underestimate them.

When these two were fighting alone, they would at most be brigadier generals. But when they worked together, even the Big Dipper Great General, Geshu Han, who oversaw Longxi and commanded respect even amongst the Tibetans, had to fear this pair.

in the future, the Big Dipper Great General Geshu Han, a peer of Fumeng Lingcha, Gao Xianzhi, Zhang Shougui, and Zhangchou Jianqiong, would die at the hands of this pair.
Origin Immortal Sword

The sword is the king of weapons and a tool for killing. To think that there was a sword in the world like this. It doesn’t attack flesh or Origin Energy, but attacks the most repulsive desires in one’s heart.

This was the first time Wang Chong had ever seen a weapon like this, a weapon that had transcended the category of swords. The divine sword caused Wang Chong’s mental energy and various martial arts to soar in power to unprecedented levels. The power of the Origin Immortal Sword was simply absurd. It possessed the ability to disrupt and nullify ritual tools.

The opposite of pride is courtesy!

The opposite of envy is wisdom! Only with wisdom can one restrain one’s envy!

The opposite of anger is kindness, modesty!

The opposite of lust is righteousness! Only when one’s heart enshrines righteousness and reason can one avoid lust!

This divine sword was not promoting violence to restrain violence, was not about punishing evil. It was about promoting good. At its core was not killing, but benevolence, righteousness, wisdom, kindness, and modesty!

Wang Chong felt like his mind was about to explode. He suddenly understood what kind of sword this was! This was not a sword of punishing evil, but a true Sword of Kings! In front of this Sword of Kings, no lust or desire could survive!

There was no such thing as a perfect human. Everyone had their flaws and weaknesses! What was most important was for this sword to sense one’s integrity and righteousness! The Origin Immortal Lord had not left this sword behind to guard this lightless world. His goal was to have the sword choose those people with true integrity and compassion. This was why those two chains existed rather than being cut down. He was helping this sword choose its next master.

## History

As if knowing Wang Chong’s doubts, the Nightmare Beast revealed even more shocking news. “You were able to pull out the Origin Immortal Lord’s sword and activate the Power of Lightning, so you must be my master. I can’t be wrong. In addition, that sword is not called the Origin Immortal Sword, but the Sword of Xuanyuan, Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan/Little Grass’s weapon! Over the last several thousand years, no one except you has been able to pull out that sword and activate its power. Not even the Origin Immortal Lord could. He was only the temporary keeper of the sword!”
King Ape

The King Ape was still extremely powerful, and it had been extremely helpful in the war. From a certain perspective, Wang Chong had already refined it into one of his clones.

The King Ape was far stronger than all the other Behemoths, and its skin and bones were as tough as steel. It possessed both impressive defense and berserk strength. The longer the battle and the more damage it sustained, the stronger and more terrifying it would become!

The King Ape was the apex of the Behemoth Army, and in terms of physical strength, it was equal to an early Subtle realm expert. Only a scant few were able to reach this level of power.

The King Ape and a giant warrior monkey, a battle Behemoth, controlled by Wang Chong and the Great Tang Empire, through the domain of Psychic energy, which allows the mind control of Behemoths and giant monsters.

The King Ape is equipped with a thick heavy armor and is 300 meters tall, he fights armed with a large cudgel, which he uses to hit enemy armies.

The King Ape appears for the first time, during the Battle of Talas, reappearing again in the battle that took place in the Eastern Lands against The Alliance.

## Appearance

A giant ape Behemoth nearly one thousand feet tall. This King Ape did not come unadorned, but instead had specially made armor around its legs, arms, fists, and chest. This armor did not fully enclose it, only covering a few vital points, but it served to greatly boost its defense and offensive power. The King Ape was massive, and with this armor, it appeared even more frightening.
General Li

A Bannerguard! This was perhaps the best description of this black-armored guard. His identity, age, and name were all unimportant. He existed entirely to protect the Nine Dragon Blood War Banner.

The black-armored guard stepped forward and tersely said, “The banner is with me! It will only fall when I die!”

The black-armored guard was shrouded in mysteries. Wang Chong had realized that he had never seen this guard rest, and he never seemed to take off his armor, not even when he ate. He also rarely spoke, only adding his opinion when it came to war or the Nine Dragon Blood War Banner. All Wang Chong knew at this time was that the Sage Emperor had sent him and he was one of the Sage Emperor’s personal guards. He knew nothing else, not even what he looked like.

The most recent progress he had made was that he had learned that this guard had the surname Li.

To the holder of the Nine Dragon Blood War Banner, the most important duty was to hold the banner, not kill the enemy. The banner would be with the men, and it would only fall when he died! This was the conviction and law that each generation of the black-armored guards had cleaved to.

## Appearance

The entire Imperial Palace suddenly trembled. An enormous, armored foot suddenly appeared from the open doors of the hall. The guard it belonged to was covered in thick armor that made him appear like a monster, an image only accentuated by his size—thrice that of any other guard. Even his face was covered in a monstrous metal mask.
Leaping Dragon Art

< Wang Chong/Skills

A supreme True Martial realm technique that Wang Chong had learned of in his last life. This technique was originally meant for use with a spear, but Wang Chong had modified it so that it could be used with any kind of weapon while still maintaining its original strength.

The Leaping Dragon Art was extremely powerful. With each leap into the air, one would be able to attract the Origin Energy in the earth. At its best, one could leap into the air nine times.
And at the ninth layer, the power of the attack was inconceivable, with every action and movement able to manufest the image of a dragon.
This power surpassed experts of the True Martial realm and could even defeat experts of the Profound Martial realm.
This supreme technique did not rely on the body's own power, but the Origin Energy drawn from the depths of time and space with each leap., It borrowed the energy of the world to defeat opponents.
Hular

## [source]

Although he was not as strong or as famous as the Arab War God Qutaybah, he had also forged his reputation through numerous battles. He had gained his name because his skin was so pale that it seemed like that of a corpse.

But even so, in the surrounding countries, Hular was just as infamous as the Governor of Iron and Blood, Abu Muslim.

He was callous, brutal, and bloodthirsty, and in certain aspects, he was even more formidable than Abu Muslim. The majority of his opponents ended up dying very grisly and wretched deaths.
Chang'an

Chang'an is the imperial capital and center of the Great Tang Empire, Wang Chong lives here

Chang'an was where the Son of Heaven lived, as well the capital for numerous dynasties. It had been reinforced for generations after generations, thus making the ground incredibly hard. This was especially so for the regions around the walls in the royal palace—it had been reinforced with huge Huagang and Xuanwu rocks.

These rocks were incredibly compact, even swords and sabers could hardly leave a mark on them.

As for the palaces erected for the Son of Heaven, the rocks were spread several hundred zhang deep, and they covered a larger area as well.

While the city wall wasn't as fortified as the palace walls, the Imperial Army members would still patrol the area daily. (Ch.250)

the two most important clans of the imperial capital are the *Zhuang Clan* and the *Chi Clan*

***Buildings:***

*Taiji Palace*

*Saint Martial Barracks*

*Huanxi Manor*

*Li Zheng Meat Bun Store*

*Taibai Immortal's Pavilion*: *controlled by Wang Chong and the Wang Clan*

*Falling Jade Pavillion*

*Vast Crane Pavilion: controlled by Yao Clan*
Li Zhuxin

## [source]

Wang Chong knew of a mercenary who possessed incredible martial arts. However, he had an eccentric temper and his pricing was ridiculous. On top of that, he had an unkempt appearance and tattered clothes. Thus, no one bothered with him. Only a few years later, due to a coincidence, did everyone find out that he was actually such a formidable expert.

## Appearance

This gray-robed martial artist seemed to be around thirty-four and he had a shaggy beard. The gray robe he wore was slightly tattered, making him look very different from the decently dressed martial artists
Human Realm

The Human Realm is the cosmic realm where the Human Race lives and exists, which includes the Tianhuang Race, in the Human Realm there is the whole cosmos and the whole universe and also the Milky Way and the Planet Earth, all the human Race. lives confined to the Human Realm ...

the human Race exists only and uniquely in the Human Realm ...

Planet Earth, like the Human Realm, undergoes an attempted military invasion by the Otherworldy Race, which lives in the Other World, which seeks to conquer and dominate both Planet Earth and the Human Realm ... but the invasion of Human Realm, by the Otherworldy Invaders, is defeated by Wang Chong, head of the army of the Human Empire ...
Origin Supreme

A former Supreme of the Celestial God Organization. He had different ideals and didn't approve of Heaven's purification plan, thus leaving the organization. He is now the Sindhu High Priest.

The Supremes of the Celestial God Organization had various identities. Just like how Luo Supreme was known as the Turkic War God on the steppe and had created many myths, Origin Supreme had another important identity within Sindhu.

Starting from a very long time ago, Origin Supreme was known to the natives as the Buddha, and he had created the Buddhist culture of Sindhu.
Iron Cloak Technique

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【Iron Cloak Technique】

A defensive skill. The person practicing this technique can withstand most lethal moves, such as swords, sabres.

Iron Cloak Li's Stellar Energy Iron Cloak could attack and defend.

The Stellar Energy Iron Cloak isn't merely something so simple as an energy barrier!

This technique allowed him to create an armor out of Stellar Energy that was impenetrable by sword or saber. No matter how skillful a technique was, if it didn't possess sufficient strength to overcome the Stellar Energy chainmail, it would be nothing more than an act.

It went without saying that the defensive capability of the Iron Cloak Technique was incredible, and most True Martial realm experts wouldn't be able to overcome it. A technique that provided both defensive and offensive capabilities.
King Micheon

One of the eight kings beneath Yeon Gaesomun of Goguryeo in the northeast, holding the same title as King Sosurim but standing at an even higher level, King Micheon.

In the lands of Youzhou to the northeast, King Micheon of Goguryeo was one of the top priorities on Zhang Shougui’s kill list. This King Micheon had dealt him many a setback on the battlefield.

Unlike the other kings, King Micheon had four long sabers. Normally, however, he only used one saber when fighting an enemy. In a large-scale battle, he would use two sabers. As for a third saber… as of yet, no one had been able to force him to use his third saber.

King Micheon was cruel and bloodthirsty, completely unlike the spymaster King Sosurim, who delighted in concealing himself.

In the fierce confines of the battlefield, he was an insane machine, growing stronger the more he killed, immersing himself deeper and deeper into the battle. It was rumored that he had a habit of using human blood to brew fine wine that he would guzzle down.

And King Micheon never cared about his own life!

His only enjoyments in life were intense and frenzied battle and the thick stench of death that covered the battlefield. The ‘cheon’ of ‘King Micheon’ did not mean a river of water, but a flood of blood washing over the world.
Behemoth

The Behemoth are monstrous creatures, living in the Arab Empire. It was said that the Emperor of the Arabian Empire, the Caliph, had two powerful armies under his command at the peak of the empire’s power. One of these was the Behemoth Army. These soldiers were under the Arabian Caliph’s direct command, and the governors had no authority over them.

Using a special method found in ancient texts left behind by one of these past civilizations, the Arab Empire had crossed ferocious and large animals such as rhinos, elephants and lions to create this army of Behemoths. After failing countless times, they had finally succeeded in producing this brave guardian of the western border who made their enemies tremble with fear.

There weren't many of these Behemoths, but they were the symbol of the Arab Empire. There was no fortification that could withstand the attacks of these beasts.( Ch.945)

the Abbasid Caliphate is in control of the Behemoths, using them to create the dreaded "***Behemoth Army***", which the Abbasid Caliphate wanted to use to attack the Great Tang Empire ...

the Behemoth Army, was created in ancient times by the Arab Empire, to conquer and subjugate numerous nations, but the Behemoth Army mysteriously disappeared into thin air, leaving no traces ...

Wars were mortal business, but what he was seeing was clearly beyond that realm. Even though he was still very far away, he could already see the profile of that animal. He regarded him as an animal because he could move on his own, and both Wang Chong and Gao Xianzhi could see the vigor coursing through his body. By comparison, the vitality of a martial artist was like a drop in the ocean.

Like a rhinoceros, this animal had a single huge horn, although this one was golden. He had a fortress body and extremely red eyes. From a distance one could still perceive in those eyes the desire to tear apart and destroy. Anyone who saw them would feel a terror that came from the depths of their souls, as if they were ants observed by a god. (Ch. 944)

However, they do have a deadly weakness. Although the Behemoths have extremely large bodies, their brains are very small and fragile. They can’t endure the control of Psychic Energy for very long. Thus, unless it was absolutely necessary, Lord Masil did not use Psychic Energy to control the Behemoths. He more often used indirect methods, doing his utmost to maximize the destructive nature of the Behemoths.

When creating the Behemoths, this point was already taken into account. In order to prevent other Psychic Energy experts from controlling the Behemoths, the High Priest placed a seal on the minds of the Behemoths. All the Behemoths can only submit to Lord Masil and receive his orders. If Lord Masil dies, the seals the High Priest planted in the minds of the Behemoths will explode, and the Behemoths will begin to die off… No one can truly control our Behemoths for a very long time.
Consecrated

This was one of the strongest Behemoths in the Behemoth Army. It not only possessed boundless strength, but also a body that seemed to be made from metal, granting it far more impressive defensive capabilities than the other Behemoths. This Behemoth had developed this trait all on its own as it grew up, as if it had been blessed by God. As a result, it was called the Consecrated.

The Consecrated rarely took part in battles, but once it did, very little could stop it. Although it could not spit flames like the Burning One, no Behemoth in the Behemoth Army could compare to it in terms of pure strength.
Gold Organs

【Gold Organs can significantly strengthen the various organs of a martial artist, allowing his organs to be able to endure greater pressure and shock waves. At the same time, it also enhances the intimacy between the martial artist and the world's Origin Energy. This would greatly enhance the martial artist's Origin Energy absorption and recovery speed.】【30 Destiny Energy is required for redemption.】The Gold Organs could improve the rate of absorption and recovery of one's Origin Energy, and this was exactly what Wang Chong needed at the moment.

Wang Chong felt extremely warm inside. As he breathed, he could feel the heavy metallic juices slowly seeping into his other organs, such as his heart and kidneys.

The searing energy seeped into every single cell, slowing fusing with his body.

A sensation he had never experienced before tingled his senses. Wang Chong felt as though his body was floating in the air, growing lighter by the moment.

Not only that, as the Gold Organ energy continued to fuse with his body, he could also feel a change in his perception of his surroundings—it was as if he was immersed in water.

This feeling wasn't too obvious in the beginning, but it grew stronger by the moment. It seemed like what that was surrounding him wasn't air, but some kind of thick fluid.

The changes happening within his body allowed Wang Chong a deeper understanding of what “an enhanced intimacy between a martial artist and the world's Origin Energy” meant.

Wang Chong could also feel the existence of Origin Energy before, but it was a fleeting sensation, something intangible and impossible to grasp.

But at this moment, Wang Chong felt as if he could feel it with his hands and grasp it with his fingers.

That wasn't all. Wang Chong could even sense the flow of energy in the surroundings. However, this area of this perception was limited only a distance of around five to six zhang.

(~18m)

Nevertheless, it was already a formidable feat.

If he wanted to, he could easily absorb all of the Origin Energy within the limit of his Origin Energy perception dry.

In an intense battle, when the Origin Energy of both parties had run dry, this ability could prove to be the determining factor for the victor of the fight.
Bandits War

the Bandits War is a war that was fought by the Great Tang Empire in the Western Regions and the Silk Road territories ...

Banditry had become an endemic plague both in the Western Regions and in the Silk Road, both because the Western Regions were wild and marginal territories, where government institutions were weak, making those territories a refuge for bandits and marauders, and because the trafficking traders of the Silk Road, were rich and profitable, transporting on the silk Road caravans, precious substances and immense riches, which attracted the attention of bandit gangs, who made the assault on the merchant caravans, a profitable activity, exploiting to their advantage , the scarce presence of local governments and also accumulating wealth from the looted caravans, the Bandits became increasingly rich, strong and powerful, coming to control great wealth and create small armies, to then form, first armed bands and then small armies of bandits, controlled by powerful and feared bandit chiefs ...

Banditry had become a major problem for the Great Tang Empire, both because the bandit armies were trying to take control of the Western Regions and because the Bandits were putting the Silk Road trade in trouble ... and because the bandits , had become a public order emergency ...

various bands and factions of Bandits had formed, including the Dragon Bandits and the Iron Cloack Highwaymen ...

these small armies were becoming bigger and bigger, more and more feared and more and more powerful, coming to create great shelters, in caves located in the Mountains and mountain ranges of the Western Regions, far and distant from civilization, in wild territories ...

then the Great Tang Empire, to definitively solve the problem ... to completely eradicate the scourge of Banditry, decided to deploy the Great Tang army, in the Western Regions and in the Silk Road, to protect the merchant routes and put an end definitively to the problem of the Bandits ...

Iron Cloack Li had become a skilled cultivator of stellar energy, developing his own martial techniques, such as the Iron Cloak Technique, a technique based on Stellar Energy, which Iron Cloak used to fight Wang Chong ...

in this war, Wang Chong, leading the Great Tang army, fought against the Iron Cloak Highwaymen, a powerful band of bandits, controlled by Iron Cloak Li, the feared leader of the Iron Cloack Highwaymen, a bandit leader, who knew powerful martial techniques, which allowed him to stand up to Wang Chong, who, however, managed to defeat Iron Cloack Li in a martial combat, during the assault on the Iron Cloack Highwaymen's lair ...
Celestial Palace

Heaven possesses an extremely powerful magic treasure made of special materials. Apparently, it was the world core of the civilization that Heaven was born in. Heaven has always valued that treasure, never even showing it to the twelve Supremes. That item is practically invincible, undamageable even by the destruction of the world and the explosion of the continent. Even Heaven himself could not destroy it.

This isn’t the first time Heaven has activated the Celestial Palace. Every few epochs, Heaven will activate the Celestial Palace. This is the sixth time. The Celestial Palace provides an enormous amount of energy to Heaven, and it is one of the primary reasons he has been able to live through so many disasters and survive through the ages. No matter how severe the injuries he has sustained, Heaven can only be heavily injured or sealed, not killed. If the Celestial Palace did not need to undergo an extremely long period of preparation before it could be used again, it would have been used even more frequently than now!

The Celestial Palace could alter memories. and control the actions of millions of people.
Ishbara Khagan

The ruler of the Western Turks. The resplendent sovereign of the steppe, Ishbara Khagan’s name echoed throughout all the countries of the world, and even the Protector-Generals and Great Generals of the Central Plains had to treat him cautiously.

In the Western Regions, the Western Turks had two enemies. One was the Great Tang, but this had always been an opponent who passively defended, its long supply line making it extremely inflexible and not a very great threat. The true foe of the Western Turks was the Tibetans of the plateau.