"Well retreated!"
Seeing his father Jiang Zhan withdraw from the War God Temple, Jiang Wuming couldn't help but cheer.
If it were him, he would have made the same decision.
After cheering, Jiang Wuming continued to read the notes, wanting to know what happened next.
...
After the news of Jiang Zhan's rampage at the War God Temple hunting squad base and his subsequent withdrawal spread, it shocked the global martial arts world!
Martial artists worldwide were stunned by the event!
On one hand, Jiang Zhan single-handedly swept through the War God Temple hunting squad – except for Anthony @ Roman, who managed to escape with his life, everyone else died!
The War God Temple hunting squad was composed of martial arts prodigies from various countries, represented by Anthony @ Roman.
Prior to this, they had successfully completed multiple missions with zero casualties, earning them widespread fame!
The combat power and martial arts talent displayed by Jiang Zhan far exceeded the imagination of global martial artists!
On the other hand, this was the first time since the establishment of the War God Temple that internal conflict had erupted, and the opposing parties were the War God Temple, centered around the Roman family, and Long Country, the most powerful martial arts force globally.
More importantly, the words and actions of Zhuge Lingjun, the Invincible Under Heaven, during this incident.
Dominant and invincible!
This allowed global martial artists to truly experience Zhuge Lingjun's power for the first time!
At the same time, they were also paying attention to the subsequent developments of the situation, wanting to know the real truth.
However—
They did not get the truth.
This was because the War God Temple and Long Country's Martial Department each held their own versions of the story.
The War God Temple regarded Anthony @ Roman's account as the truth, while Long Country's Martial Department considered Jiang Zhan's account as the truth, and neither side was willing to back down.
The War God Temple could not retreat, otherwise, the Roman family's reputation would be ruined, and they would lose control of the War God Temple.
Long Country's Martial Department would not retreat, otherwise, Zhuge Lingjun's black spear would be rendered meaningless, and the Long Country martial arts community would be disheartened!
This investigation lasted for a full year, and eventually, it ended without a resolution.
Neither the War God Temple nor Long Country's Martial Department acknowledged the other's claims.
This directly led to the deterioration of the relationship between the War God Temple and Long Country's Martial Department.
Furthermore, the War God Temple promoted the threat theory of Long Country's martial arts community, uniting with other countries to suppress Long Country's martial arts world.
The War God Temple's dirty scheme received support from many countries—the immense power of Zhuge Lingjun, the Invincible Under Heaven, and the overall strength of Long Country's martial arts world made them feel threatened!
However, at the same time, the secular world seized this golden opportunity and, within that year, rapidly consolidated the control of national martial arts institutions over their respective martial artists.
Jiang Zhan's actions that day took the nationalization of the martial arts era a significant step forward!
This also made the War God Temple hate Jiang Zhan to the bone, and simultaneously increased the pressure on Long Country's martial arts community!
By doing so, the War God Temple was both pursuing the matter of Jiang Zhan and issuing a warning, reminding martial arts communities of all countries that the War God Temple was the true destination for martial artists, and only the War God Temple could lead global martial artists and the entire world to win future wars!
The War God Temple no longer shared much crucial information with Long Country's martial arts community, including core information influencing the development of the martial arts world such as gene drug research and gene sequencing.
Even, the War God Temple significantly reduced the share of gains for Long Country's Martial Department after killing extraterrestrial martial artists.
This severely affected the development of Long Country's martial arts community, and also led some sycophantic bastards in Long Country to complain, blaming all the responsibility on Jiang Zhan.
They believed that Jiang Zhan should not have handled the matter so drastically back then and that Long Country's Martial Department could have come forward to handle it in a more gentle manner.
For a period, such voices spread across Long Country, but they were eventually drowned out by more voices.
The majority of martial artists still supported Jiang Zhan, believing that Jiang Zhan and Zhuge Lingjun, the Invincible Under Heaven, had done nothing wrong and had established prestige for Long Country's martial arts community!
Later, Long Country's Martial Department discovered that some martial arts forces in Long Country had been infiltrated and bribed by the War God Temple, secretly fanning the flames of resentment towards Jiang Zhan, and dealt with that martial arts force seriously.
Only then did the voices of resentment towards Jiang Zhan completely disappear!
And just as the War God Temple was pushing its suppression of Long Country's martial arts community to the extreme, that Zhuge Lingjun, the Invincible Under Heaven, did something again.
One day, he single-handedly broke into the meeting of the War God Temple Elder Council and uttered five words: "I've come for my weapon."
On that day, Zhuge Lingjun entered the War God Temple headquarters empty-handed and left with his black spear. No one dared to utter a word of defiance during the process.
After that day, the War God Temple significantly reduced its pressure on Long Country's martial arts community, and a new balance point was formed between the War God Temple and Long Country's Martial Department, and between the War God Temple and the secular world, ushering in a new era of global martial arts led jointly by the War God Temple and the secular world.
As for Jiang Zhan, after that incident, he continued to serve in the Martial Department, leading his soldiers to guard the ancient city of Loulan and bravely fight enemies.
A year later, after Zhuge Lingjun brought back his spear, Jiang Zhan married Ye Jinmei.
Because of Jiang Zhan, this wedding was closely watched by Long Country and even the global martial arts community!
And because of Ye Jinmei, this wedding also received special attention from Long Country's secular world!
A year later, Jiang Zhan and Ye Jinmei had their child.
However—
On the very day their child was born, another major event that shook the global martial arts world occurred—the Zhao family, taking advantage of Jiang Zhan's absence on the battlefield and Ye Jinmei's weakness after childbirth, attempted to assassinate Ye Jinmei!
That night, Ye Jinmei fought to the death, sending off her and Jiang Zhan's child.
That night, Jiang Zhan returned covered in blood and, holding his deceased wife's body, roared at the sky.
That night, Jiang Zhan returned to Yanjing overnight and massacred the Zhao family!
...
Upon reaching this point, Jiang Wuming paused and quickly flipped through.
He knew that his father, Jiang Zhan, had massacred the Zhao family to avenge his mother, Ye Jinmei, and he knew the specifics of the events—Tianlong Daoist had told him!
It was precisely because of this that after his birth, he founded the Battle Dragon Hall, searched for Zhao Qian, a survivor of the Zhao family, and killed him to avenge his mother!
Soon, Jiang Wuming flipped past the records of that night and read about the outcome of the matter.
After Jiang Zhan massacred the Zhao family, he beheaded all members of the Zhao family and brought their heads to the ancient city of Loulan, placing them before the grave of his deceased wife, Ye Jinmei.
Concurrently, the Martial Department dispatched experts to apprehend Jiang Zhan.
That day.
The three thousand soldiers of the Loulan Legion formed a living wall with their flesh and blood, blocking the experts from Long Country's Martial Department outside the ancient city.
The experts from Long Country's Martial Department were shocked and angered, warning the soldiers of the Loulan Legion.
"The Legion Commander is mourning his deceased wife. Those who disturb him will be killed!!!"
That word "killed" resonated through the sky!
That word "killed" also shook Long Country and shocked the world!
In the end, the leader of the Long Country Martial Department experts did not force their way through the army formation, and Jiang Zhan was able to mourn his deceased wife, Ye Jinmei, without disturbance.
At the same time, Gu Zhengze, the leader of Long Country, Marshal Qi Wufu of the Martial Department, and Zhuge Lingjun, the Invincible Under Heaven and Sect Master of Longmen, upon hearing about the events at the ancient city of Loulan, gathered there and approached the army formation.
However—
Even so, none of the three thousand Loulan soldiers retreated.
They were clad in armor, held their spears, and their killing intent soared to the heavens.
Gu Zhengze, the leader of Long Country, spoke, but it was futile.
Marshal Qi Wufu of the Martial Department spoke, but they did not retreat.
Zhuge Lingjun, the Invincible Under Heaven, remained silent.
It was not until Jiang Zhan, dressed in mourning white, appeared from behind the army formation that the three thousand Loulan soldiers parted a path in unison.
Then, under the watchful eyes of the three thousand Loulan soldiers and Gu Zhengze, Qi Wufu, and Zhuge Lingjun, Jiang Zhan walked step by step to the front of the army formation and uttered two words: "Retreat."
"Yes!"
The three thousand Loulan soldiers immediately obeyed the order and retreated into the ancient city of Loulan.
That day, apart from Gu Zhengze, Qi Wufu, and Zhuge Lingjun, no one knew what they said to Jiang Zhan or what they did.
After that day, the child of Jiang Zhan and Ye Jinmei disappeared without a trace.
After that day, Jiang Zhan remained stationed at the ancient city of Loulan, never leaving his post.
Eight years later.
The Divine War of Loulan.
Rivers of blood flowed, and corpses littered the field.
Jiang Zhan became the new Invincible Under Heaven and died on the battlefield, unable to continue guarding Loulan and protecting Long Country.
He rose in chaotic times and fell in divine war.
The legend concluded.
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ps: Like father, like son. Jiang Zhan was once Invincible Under Heaven, what will Jiang Wuming become?
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