Chapter Summaries

After hearing that Zhang Yan’s Rare Territory was threatened by a powerful Demonic Abyss Lord, Xu Yang agreed to help defend it in exchange for the Peerless Order and a share of the spoils. Zhang Yan accepted his terms despite losing nearly half her supporters, and Xu Yang set a twenty-hour deadline for gathering forces.

• Xu Yang learned that a Demonic Abyss Lord ranked 9,156th on the Reputation Ranking was attacking Zhang Yan’s territory while the Student Council was occupied elsewhere.
• Zhang Yan refused to abandon her Rare Territory, and Xu Yang warned that her defenses and the Student Council’s promised support might not be enough.
• Xu Yang offered to help in return for receiving the Peerless Order in advance, keeping his kills, and choosing three items from the spoils.
• After seeing Xu Yang’s level, stamina, skills, and equipment, Zhang Yan agreed to his conditions and requested a contract.
• Nearly half the gathered classmates and Senior Students left when they learned the Peerless Order would go to Xu Yang, while the rest pledged to stay and help.
• Zhang Yan said they had one day to prepare, and Xu Yang ordered everyone to sign the contract, strengthen their forces, and gather in twenty hours.

Xu Yang used Zhang Yan’s Peerless Order, gaining Peerless Value, improved skills, and the ultimate skill Ferocious Dragon Breaks the Army. He trained thirty elite Yellow Turban Infantry to take to Zhang Yan’s territory defense battle, leaving them ready as cards for deployment.

• Xu Yang sent thirty Yellow Turban Populace to the Yellow Turban Training Ground to train as troops.
• Xu Yang used the Peerless Order and gained Peerless Value, enhanced attributes and skills, and Ferocious Dragon Breaks the Army.
• Xu Yang examined his new Peerless ability and ultimate skill, which consumed Peerless Value and empowered a charging attack.
• Xu Yang raised the newly trained Yellow Turban Infantry to Elite rank by feeding them at a banquet.
• After more than ten hours, Xu Yang turned thirty elite Yellow Turban Infantry into cards and stored them for the battle.

Xu Yang joined Zhang Yan and more than twenty First-rank Lords at her spirit-stone-rich territory to prepare for a siege, where he helped organize the defenses. The attack began with an enemy army equipped with Jin Civilization, alarming Zhang Yan and the assembled Lords.

• Xu Yang waited at Wolf Fang Tavern, where Feng Cheng arrived and urged him to help Zhang Yan against a rumored threat from the Student Council.
• Zhang Yan gathered more than twenty Lords and brought them to her fortified valley territory, explaining that spirit stones and the Great Song civilization had funded its defenses and troops.
• Xu Yang recommended splitting civilization and elite troops between the front line and reserves, and Zhang Yan assigned him and herself to hold off the first assault.
• Zhang Yan and Feng Cheng climbed onto the wall as the preparation period ended and the enemy appeared several hundred meters away.
• Zhang Yan recognized the fully armored army as belonging to Jin Civilization, and the Lords reacted with alarm.

Zhang Yan and Xu Yang defended her city against a powerful Great Jin army, whose heavy troops overwhelmed the Song Dynasty defenders. Xu Yang killed the enemy hero Wanyan Tiemu, but the city walls were on the verge of being overrun when a dragon-like horse appeared.

• Zhang Yan sent Xu Yang details about the Great Jin Guard Army, Escort Army, and Iron Pagoda Cavalry as the enemy assembled outside the city.
• The Great Jin commander ordered his troops to attack with siege equipment, while Zhang Yan’s defenders answered with arrows, stones, logs, and fire oil.
• Xu Yang used his bow to kill Wanyan Tiemu, prompting the Great Jin army to concentrate its fire on the wall.
• Great Jin soldiers climbed onto the walls at five breaches, and the Iron Pagoda Cavalry drove the Song Dynasty defenders toward collapse.
• Zhang Yan and the other Lords looked to Xu Yang for help, just as a dragon-like horse appeared.

Xu Yang turned the battle at the city pass by cutting down Jin Dynasty Iron Pagoda Cavalrymen and forcing the Jin army to retreat. He then charged into the retreating army, killed its commander Wanyan Xiyin, and shattered the enemy forces’ morale.

• Xu Yang rode his Blood-Sweating Armored Horse across the wall and slaughtered Jin Dynasty Iron Pagoda Cavalrymen with his Reed Leaf Spear.
• The Jin commander ordered an arrow barrage, but Xu Yang deflected the arrows while attacking the Jin troops and driving them back.
• The Jin commander used a Conquest Order to form a retreat array, and Zhang Yan ordered the defenders to counterattack as the Jin army withdrew.
• Xu Yang leaped from the city wall and charged through the enemy’s arrow curtain and central formation using Ferocious Dragon Breaks the Army.
• Xu Yang killed several Jin generals and then slew the commander Wanyan Xiyin, causing the Jin troops’ morale to collapse and prompting enemy heroes and units to request surrender.

Xu Yang helped Zhang Yan defeat the Jin Dynasty army, killed its commander, and claimed substantial personal spoils. Zhang Yan assigned him his agreed share of the loot, and he began selecting three additional items from the remaining rewards.

• Xu Yang forced the Jin Dynasty generals to surrender, and Zhang Yan accepted their capitulation.
• Tongtian Tower awarded Zhang Yan the victory rewards and gave Xu Yang experience and prestige for assisting her.
• Xu Yang collected three items dropped by Wanyan Xiyin and decided to sell the Epic Ten Thousand Arrows military manual.
• Zhang Yan calculated Xu Yang's share of the battlefield spoils and captives under their prior agreement, then offered him three more choices from the remaining loot.
• Xu Yang began choosing items from the overall loot pool.

After defeating the Jin Dynasty force, Xu Yang claimed its best rewards and traded most of the remaining loot to Zhang Yan for spirit stones and an installment deal. Back in his territory, he upgraded his surviving Yellow Turban soldiers and learned that the Yellow Turban Civilization’s true strength lay in the costly Taiping Temple wonder, which could unlock powerful magic troops.

• Xu Yang claimed the Epic Hero Contract and Jin Dynasty Blacksmith Shop, then agreed to sell Zhang Yan the Jin Dynasty Horse Farm in exchange for spirit stones.
• Xu Yang sold Zhang Yan most of his weapons, equipment, and hero captives, along with the Ten Thousand Arrows Military Manual, in return for an installment agreement.
• Xu Yang gathered his nine surviving Yellow Turban Infantry, returned to his territory, and upgraded them into Yellow Turban Brave Volunteers.
• Xu Yang examined the Yellow Turban Civilization’s weak basic troops and few buildings, then learned that the Taiping Temple could unlock Yellow Turban Warriors and Taiping Sorcerers.
• The chapter revealed that building the Taiping Temple required substantial resources and would provoke recurring Han Dynasty punitive expeditions.

Xu Yang summoned the Epic Hero Hua Mulan, whose abilities could greatly strengthen his Yellow Turban forces and help him build toward a Civilization Wonder. He questioned her about how she had entered Tongtian Tower, and she began explaining her origins.

• Xu Yang decided to pursue the Taiping Temple wonder by expanding his territory and population, which would require obtaining World Fragments by attacking other lords.
• Xu Yang used a Hero Soul Contract and successfully summoned Hua Mulan as an Epic Hero.
• Xu Yang assessed Hua Mulan’s recruitment, troop-enhancement, and training skills and recognized her value as a commander.
• Xu Yang helped Hua Mulan rise and asked whether he could call her Mulan; she agreed to follow his wishes as her General.
• Xu Yang asked how Hua Mulan had entered Tongtian Tower, and she began recounting her birth into a Northern Wei military household.

Hua Mulan recounted how she became a heroic spirit before Xu Yang tested her abilities in the Training Ground. Their sparring left Mulan exhausted but improved her skills, and she resolved to return for more instruction.

• Hua Mulan told Xu Yang that she had died fighting Demonic Beasts beneath a blood moon before Tongtian Tower drew her soul in and made her a heroic spirit.
• Xu Yang invited Hua Mulan to the Yellow Turban Training Ground to help her adjust to her reborn body.
• Hua Mulan demonstrated her weapon skills, but Xu Yang defeated her quickly in spear and sword sparring and critiqued her techniques.
• Xu Yang continued training Hua Mulan until she was exhausted and her wooden sword snapped.
• The training record showed Hua Mulan gained experience, reached Level 2, improved her weapon skills, gained enlightenment, and increased her favorability toward Xu Yang.

After a month of training and developing his island territory, Xu Yang unlocked the Teacher talent and built up Hua Mulan’s Heroine Archer force. With the territory at a military bottleneck, he launched a war against Jin Luo of Myriad Demon Abyss.

• Xu Yang’s sparring with Hua Mulan raised their weapon skills and increased her favorability, and his Attribute Panel revealed that Tongtian Tower measured bodily skills rather than his memories or soul.
• A month later, Xu Yang defeated Hua Mulan in a public sparring match, and his cheat generated the Teacher talent, which could train heroes and troops and sometimes trigger powerful breakthroughs.
• Xu Yang expanded the territory’s buildings and forces, training two hundred Mulan Heroine Archers under Hua Mulan despite the island’s limited land and lack of horses.
• Xu Yang assigned troops to himself and Hua Mulan, then used a targeted Conquest Order to declare war on Jin Luo of Myriad Demon Abyss, with teleportation set to begin in thirty minutes.

Xu Yang attacked Jin Luo’s grassland territory, where Jurchen horse archers tried to use their mobility to wear down his forces. Hua Mulan’s archers devastated them with their superior range and firing speed, and as Jin Luo fled to seek reinforcements, a crimson figure charged toward the city gate.

• Xu Yang entered Jin Luo’s territory and ordered his infantry to form up with archers behind them.
• Three hundred Jurchen cavalrymen, led by thirty Imperial Guard Cavalry, charged to attack with horse-archer tactics.
• Hua Mulan ordered her one hundred and fifty Mulan Heroine Archers to fire, killing or wounding more than half the Jurchen cavalrymen in two volleys.
• Jin Luo recognized that his remaining forces could not withstand Xu Yang’s archers and went to the Town Hall to seek reinforcements.
• A crimson figure raced across the plains toward Jin Luo’s city gate.

Xu Yang stormed the Jurchen city wall alone, killed its defenders, and led Hua Mulan’s troops in taking the battlements. As Black Lotus Sorcerers summoned powerful Flesh and Blood Puppets, Xu Yang and his archers began fighting them.

• Xu Yang deflected the Jurchen arrow volley, killed Ezhen with a shot from his bow, and climbed the city wall using arrows as footholds.
• Xu Yang killed the Jurchen defending general Kexing'a and cut down the soldiers on the battlements while Hua Mulan led the Yellow Turban Infantry and Mulan Archers forward.
• Jin Luo brought a Black Lotus Lord and sorcerers into the battle, and Xu Yang recognized the sorcerers and charged them.
• The Black Lotus Sorcerers summoned five Flesh and Blood Puppets, and Xu Yang wounded one before retreating to the occupied wall.
• Hua Mulan ordered her archers to fire arrows at the advancing Flesh and Blood Puppets.

Xu Yang used his newly comprehended Divine Martial Activation to pierce the Black Lotus dark mist, kill Demonic Abyss Lord Jin Ling and Jin Luo, and defeat their forces. He won the territorial conquest, though his powerful skill left him at risk of severe physical damage.

• Hua Mulan and her archers failed to pierce the Flesh and Blood Puppets' Black Lotus Curse Armor as the enemy lord expected them to exhaust themselves.
• Xu Yang charged into the black mist and, with Divine Martial Activation, sensed through its illusions and killed Black Lotus Cult Sorcerers.
• A dragon's roar and crimson fire tore through the mist, prompting Jin Ling to activate an Escape Order as Xu Yang closed in on the Town Hall.
• Xu Yang smashed through the two guarding Flesh and Blood Puppets and killed Jin Ling before the Escape Order portal could open, then killed Jin Luo.
• Xu Yang returned to the battlefield and killed the remaining Black Lotus troops, winning the territorial conquest and earning rewards as Hua Mulan and the troops gained upgrade opportunities.

After defeating Jin Ling and Jin Luo, Xu Yang suffered a severe 129-day weakened state but collected the battle’s spoils and returned to his territory. He left with powerful manuals, a Legendary weapon and mount, and a Territory Treasure Chest he planned to open at home.

• Xu Yang collapsed after ending his Divine Martial state, and Hua Mulan caught him before he ordered the battlefield cleared.
• Xu Yang accepted that his stamina would remain at one-tenth strength for 129 days, reasoning that defeating the two lords and capturing territory had been worth the cost.
• Xu Yang assigned the Ten Thousand Arrows Volley and Shooting Sound Formation manuals to Hua Mulan and stored the Black Lotus loot and Great Black Buddha Mother Statue for later sacrifice.
• Xu Yang claimed the Peerless Twin Halberd and Whistling Wind Red Hare Horse, while passing his Reed Leaf Spear and Blood-Sweating Armored Horse to Hua Mulan.
• Xu Yang gathered his troops and teleported back to his territory with the Territory Treasure Chest still unopened.

Xu Yang expanded the Yellow Turban Camp with a Territory Fragment and organized construction, production, and troop training to prepare for his weakened state. After a tavern was built, Rare Hero Wu Zhi appeared, joined Xu Yang, and brought the recipe and abilities to establish Wu Da Restaurant.

• Xu Yang used the Territory Fragment, expanding his territory into an island, a seawater lake, and surrounding grassland, then planned an outer city and stronger defenses.
• Xu Yang ordered the island's basic buildings relocated, sent laborers to build on the grassland, and had Hua Mulan train an elite guard unit.
• Xu Yang completed a tavern, recruited Cooks, and watched as Wu Zhi appeared there as a Rare Hero.
• Wu Zhi explained that he was the poisoned Wu Da Lang, and Xu Yang recruited him to serve in the territory.
• Wu Zhi presented Xu Yang with his secret-recipe cooked cake, and Xu Yang learned that Wu Zhi could establish Wu Da Restaurant and train Wu Da Cooks.
• Xu Yang asked Wu Zhi to exchange culinary knowledge with him.

Xu Yang spent the month improving his territory and learning to make special food, but his rapid rise in the rankings made him a target for a coordinated siege. With Zhang Yan and Feng Cheng as his only reinforcements, he prepared the defenses as the enemy army descended.

• Xu Yang mastered the Skilled Chef skill, and his instruction helped Wu Zhi reach Level 6 and gain the same skill, forming the Combination Skill Two Chefs Set Sail.
• Xu Yang expanded his territory’s buildings, defenses, troops, and food reserves during the month-long Safety Period.
• After the Safety Period ended, Augustus launched a designated and legion attack, while Zhao Wuji and Adams joined the war; Xu Yang failed to repel the attack because he lacked Conquest Orders.
• Xu Yang summoned Zhang Yan and Feng Cheng, who brought troops and heroes including Yue Yun, and he assigned them to defend the eastern City Wall.
• The preparation period ended, Augustus activated Soldiers at the City Gates, and Xu Yang’s territory entered a Siege state.

Xu Yang’s territory endured a month-long siege by the Demon Abyss Army, while Hua Mulan’s horse archers struck back and Xu Yang relied on his food stores to outlast the enemy. Augustus then summoned reinforcements, raising the besieging force to fifteen thousand and intensifying the siege’s effects.

• Hua Mulan led two hundred Heroine Horse Archers in a Ten Thousand Arrows Volley that inflicted nearly a thousand casualties before withdrawing behind the city gates.
• Xu Yang entrusted battlefield command to Hua Mulan and dismissed the siege as manageable because his territory had abundant food and his troops could withstand morale loss.
• Over the next month, the three Demon Abyss lords built fortified camps and siege weapons while the defenders endured; Mulan’s daily volleys inflicted fewer than two thousand further casualties.
• Zhao Wuji and Adams questioned Augustus’s cautious strategy, and Augustus defended his plan to minimize losses before agreeing to proceed to the next stage.
• Augustus used Reinforcement Order, bringing enemy military strength to fifteen thousand and triggering a heavy siege that blocked travel, disabled buildings, doubled food consumption, and drained troop morale daily.

As Augustus, Zhao Wuji, and Adams besieged Xu Yang’s territory with thirty thousand troops, Zhang Yan and Feng Cheng endured the Deadland State by relying on Xu Yang’s morale-boosting food. The attackers captured the city walls and cornered the defenders at Water Lake Dock, where a mysterious warrior on Red Hare arrived in a fiery charge.

• Zhang Yan and Feng Cheng learned the enemy forces had grown to thirty thousand and that the Deadland State would trap the defenders for fifteen days while draining their food and morale.
• Xu Yang’s Wu Da Cooks distributed special meat-filled flatbreads and Shao Daozi liquor, helping the defenders withstand the morale penalties as Augustus delayed his assault.
• After waiting eight days, Augustus’s allied legions attacked all four gates; Hua Mulan’s Heroine Guards destroyed the first American Federation archers and catapults, but the defenders were overwhelmed across the walls.
• Yue Yun fought the enemy’s crescent-blade general while Hua Mulan and the remaining defenders retreated to Water Lake Dock, leaving thousands dead on both sides.
• Federation Rifle Cavalry and Heavenly Reason Cult warriors attacked the troops boarding boats, and Yue Yun engaged the enemy general again as the remnants faced slaughter.
• A fiery figure riding Red Hare leaped from Lake Heart Island and crashed into the battlefield with a Heavenly Halberd.

Xu Yang turned the battle at Water Lake Dock by triggering the Demon God and Unparalleled states, routing the enemy army and capturing its general, Wenda. Hua Mulan, Yue Yun, Zhang Yan, and Feng Cheng joined the counterattack as the battle shifted in their favor.

• Xu Yang emerged on the battlefield and challenged the middle-aged enemy general, who refused the duel and ordered his troops to attack.
• The refusal triggered Xu Yang’s Demon God and Unparalleled states, boosting his strength and morale while terrifying and weakening nearby enemy troops.
• Xu Yang charged through the enemy formation, routed its soldiers, and pursued the fleeing general, Wenda.
• Wenda turned to strike Xu Yang with his Blade-Dragging Stratagem, but Xu Yang overpowered him, defeated him, and captured him.
• Hua Mulan and Yue Yun led their surviving forces in a counterattack against the fleeing enemy troops.
• Zhang Yan and Feng Cheng rallied their remaining soldiers, crossed to the dock, and joined the counterattack.

Xu Yang and Hua Mulan unleashed the combination skill Dragon Travels the World, devastating the Myriad Demon Abyss army and forcing its allied lords to flee. Augustus and Zhao Wuji escaped, but Xu Yang killed Adams and stood before the retreat gate as the enemy forces collapsed.

• Zhao Wuji ordered a rescue for captured general Wenda, while Augustus established a retreat route with a Defeatist Order.
• Xu Yang charged through the enemy army, with Hua Mulan's arrows supporting him as he shattered the American Federation Elite Archers.
• Xu Yang and Hua Mulan's skills resonated, creating Dragon Travels the World and doubling their attacks' power while making Xu Yang immune to ranged attacks.
• Augustus escaped in a bronze chariot, and Zhao Wuji vanished using a talisman as Xu Yang tore toward the enemy camp.
• Xu Yang interrupted Adams's Escape Order, killed him, and caused the enemy archers and musketeers to collapse.