Chapter Summaries

Xu Yang defeated the remaining enemy forces, gained new achievements and the Kingly Hegemony Path skill, and discovered that his surviving troops had advanced to the fifth rank. After Zhang Yan and Feng Cheng learned their territories had been captured while they were away, Xu Yang agreed to help them reclaim them and began reviewing the battle loot.

• Xu Yang broke the morale of more than ten thousand fleeing enemy soldiers, who surrendered along with several heroes.
• Xu Yang earned two achievements, mastered polearm weapons, gained the Kingly Hegemony Path skill, and received victory rewards and special loot.
• Xu Yang reunited with Hua Mulan and found that only about eight hundred Yellow Turban troops and just over one hundred guards had survived.
• Xu Yang's surviving Mulan troops and Yellow Turban soldiers advanced to the fifth rank with new skills and improved equipment.
• Zhang Yan and Feng Cheng returned to find their territories had been captured while they were away, and Xu Yang promised to help them reclaim them.
• Xu Yang opened the loot storage Hua Mulan had organized for Zhang Yan and Feng Cheng.

After the battle, Xu Yang distributed the captives and most of the spoils to Zhang Yan and Feng Cheng, strengthening their territories and drawing Zhang Yan into his growing alliance. He kept several rare items for future use and continued sorting through the special loot.

• Xu Yang offered the captured Epic Hero Wenda to Zhang Yan and Feng Cheng, and Zhang Yan ceded him to Feng Cheng, whose heroes and territory had been destroyed.
• Xu Yang gave Zhang Yan and Feng Cheng the remaining captives and most of the equipment and heroes, while Zhang Yan accepted his offer to join his emerging group.
• Xu Yang kept the Rifle Manufacturing blueprint because neither Zhang Yan nor Feng Cheng had built a Civilization Wonder.
• Xu Yang kept the Legendary Impenetrable Defense skill book for Hua Mulan and saved the Earth Intercept Formation manual for a future infantry commander.
• The group examined the special loot, including the Legendary Phoenix-Winged Purple-Gold Crown, which granted Might Aura and a powerful roar attack.

Xu Yang equipped several Legendary items and summoned Lu Qiling, an Epic hero who arrived with powerful exclusive gear and an immediate willingness to serve him. After learning how she entered the Tongtian Tower, Xu Yang ordered Feng Cheng and Zhang Yan to recover for three days before they counterattacked and reclaimed their territories.

• Xu Yang replaced his old gear with the Phoenix-Winged Purple-Gold Crown and Beast-Faced Devouring-Head Armor, then equipped the Dragon Head Bow and Dragon Bone Quiver.
• Xu Yang used his final special spoils of war, an Epic Hero Contract, and summoned Lu Qiling, whose Favorability toward him rapidly rose as they met.
• Xu Yang inspected Lu Qiling's combat-focused attributes and her exclusive Single-Feathered Pheasant Crown and White Tiger Blouse Iron Armor.
• Lu Qiling told Xu Yang that she had entered the Tongtian Tower while fleeing Xiapi after Cao Cao flooded it and her father stayed behind to cover her escape.
• Xu Yang welcomed Lu Qiling into his service and ordered Feng Cheng and Zhang Yan to rest for three days, organize their spoils and prisoners, and prepare to reclaim their territories.

Tongtian Academy debated Xu Yang’s meteoric rise and whether he threatened its plan to claim the Rookie King and Dual Crown King titles, then ordered An Ran to have Zhang Yan approach him again. Meanwhile, Xu Yang continued training his heroes and expanding his territory, leaving him among the Rookie Ranking’s top ten as the academy prepared to press him to relinquish the title.

• A woman in Tongtian Academy’s Student Council traced Xu Yang’s rise to the likely deaths of three Demon Abyss lords, while others argued that he was challenging the academy’s agreement over the Rookie King and Dual Crown King titles.
• The Student Council leader ordered Zhang Yan brought in for another attempt to negotiate with Xu Yang and assigned An Ran to handle the matter.
• At the Yellow Turban Training Ground, Xu Yang sparred with Hua Mulan and Lu Qiling, improving their skills, attributes, and favorability.
• Xu Yang helped Zhang Yan and Feng Cheng reclaim their territories, then used Conquest Orders to seize the territories of Jin Ling and Adams.
• Xu Yang expanded his territory, trained troops, and continued sparring with his heroes, reaching the top ten of the Rookie Ranking while Hua Mulan and Lu Qiling advanced to Level Ten.

Xu Yang’s territory grew into a powerful Yellow Turban stronghold, and he completed the Taiping Temple despite Zhang Yan’s warning that the Student Council wanted him to withdraw from the Rookie King competition. The new wonder drew an Eastern Han army to attack in three days, but Xu Yang remained ready for war.

• Xu Yang inspected his rebuilt territory, whose Mountain Range, Plains, expanded facilities, troops, and resources supported its rapid growth.
• Xu Yang ordered a Yellow Turban general to store the spoils and Captive Cards from another defeated Han cavalry squad for Zhang Yan.
• Zhang Yan told Xu Yang that a senior Student Council student wanted to discuss the Rookie King, but Xu Yang refused to negotiate or follow the major factions’ ranking agreements.
• Xu Yang argued that he did not fear a Tier 2 Lord’s restricted subjugation and welcomed war as a chance to grow stronger.
• The Taiping Temple was completed, boosting Yellow Turban troops and buildings and unlocking special troop recruitment.
• The Tongtian Tower announced that Gongsun Yang would attack Xu Yang’s territory in three days and that Han Dynasty Lords of the same rank could also attack.

Xu Yang explored the Taiping Temple’s talismans and special troops, then sacrificed Black Lotus spoils to gain Yellow Turban forces, defensive buildings, and a legendary blessing. He upgraded Lu Qiling’s armor and merged a rifle blueprint into Yellow Turban gunpowder technology, unlocking a building and troop type.

• Xu Yang inspected the Taiping Temple’s talismans and Yellow Turban Sorcerers and Warriors, then bought talismans for his forces.
• Xu Yang sacrificed the Great Black Buddha Mother Statue and Black Lotus loot, gaining Yellow Heaven’s Blessing, ten Yellow Turban Sorcerers, twenty-five Yellow Turban Warriors, two defensive buildings, and other rewards.
• Xu Yang used Yellow Heaven’s Blessing on Lu Qiling’s White Tiger Blouse Iron Armor, raising it to Tier 2 Legendary equipment with stronger attributes and effects.
• Xu Yang merged the Rifle Manufacturing blueprint into Yellow Turban civilization technology, unlocking Gunpowder Manufacturing, the Yellow Turban Gunpowder House, and the Yellow Turban Thunder Hand troop type.

Xu Yang discovered that his Rifle Manufacturing technology had mutated into Yellow Turban gunpowder manufacturing, then prepared to defend Huang Tian City from an Eastern Han army. Tongtian Academy’s coalition arrived with two hundred thousand troops, and Yuan Shao turned Xu Yang’s challenge into a duel against Yan Liang and Wen Chou together.

• Xu Yang reviewed the Yellow Turban Thunder Hands and their dangerous Heavenly Thunder Bombs, then told Lu Qiling to prepare for the coming battle and helped her put on armor.
• At Tongtian Academy, the president ordered Chen Yi to arrange an attack on Xu Yang’s territory, while warning her to account for Xu Yang’s martial prowess.
• Three days later, Xu Yang and his heroes prepared Huang Tian City’s nearly sixty thousand defenders as the Eastern Han Imperial Court summoned an army and ten Tongtian Tower lords joined it.
• Yuan Shao’s Coalition skills bolstered the attackers, and Chen Yi used the King of Hell’s Edict to prevent Xu Yang from entering or leaving Tongtian Tower for seventy-two hours.
• Xu Yang rode out to challenge the enemy, but Yuan Shao activated Wheel Battle and sent Yan Liang and Wen Chou to fight him together using Twin Walls.

Xu Yang defeated Yan Liang and drove Wen Chou from the field before the allied lords sent the Five Good Generals and Gongsun Yang against him. When Gongsun Yang was badly struck and the Han army intervened, Xu Yang entered his Demon God and Peerless states as Lu Lingqi charged out to rescue him.

• Xu Yang killed Yan Liang in one exchange and forced Wen Chou to retreat after overwhelming him with his halberd.
• The Five Good Generals joined the battle and saved Wen Chou, but Xu Yang pressed them back until they were wounded and withdrew.
• At Zhang Ying's urging, Yuan Shao sent Gongsun Yang to fight Xu Yang, and Gongsun Yang initially tried to use his superior strength to wear Xu Yang down.
• Xu Yang broke through Gongsun Yang's defenses and struck him hard enough to send him crashing across the field.
• Han forces intervened as Xu Yang pursued Gongsun Yang, triggering Xu Yang's Demon God and Peerless states and raising his army's morale.
• Lu Lingqi charged toward Xu Yang and comprehended the heroic skill Charge the Formation to Save the Lord.

Xu Yang was held in place by Gongsun Yang and his Tier 2 personal guards while Ma Wu and the Imperial Guards Cavalry and Tiger Guards reinforced the encirclement. Seeing Xu Yang trapped, the lords committed their forces to attacking his city while preparing Teleportation Arrays for their own escape.

• An arrow delayed Xu Yang long enough for five hundred Gongsun Golden Hammer Guards to charge in and block his advance.
• The guards used their Tier 2 strength and hammer techniques to trap Xu Yang, and Ma Wu arrived to support Gongsun Yang.
• Gongsun Yang remounted and fought Xu Yang again while Ma Wu led the outer forces in a wider siege.
• The lords saw Xu Yang's predicament as a chance to capture his territory and ordered their heroes to attack the city.
• Zhang Ying, Wang Jie, and other lords prepared Teleportation Arrays with Defeatist Orders while joining the assault.

Lu Lingqi and the Yellow Turban forces defended Huang Tian City against Zhang Ying’s attacking army with devastating attacks from the walls. Hua Mulan killed Wen Chou with a combination of lightning and thunder, while the enemy lords continued pressing the assault.

• Lu Lingqi charged through Wen Chou’s troops with Storm Slash Style, then escaped as a rain of arrows struck the army pursuing her.
• Wen Chou led Iron Rod Army cavalry toward Huang Tian City’s walls, where lightning and fire from Yellow Turban forces and towers devastated the attackers and knocked him from a ladder.
• Chen Yi ordered the lords to attack from all four sides and urged Wang Jie to commit his Five Good Generals and their guards.
• Hua Mulan used Impenetrable Defense and a Heavenly Thunder Talisman, killing Wen Chou with the resulting lightning strike.

Xu Yang turned the battle around by escaping Gongsun Yang’s encirclement and defeating the Golden Hammer General with his own thrown hammers. The Lord Alliance withdrew, its army collapsed into a rout, and Hua Mulan led the defenders out for a counterattack.

• Xu Yang used Fury Shout to break through Gongsun Yang’s encirclement, while Lu Lingqi charged in and fought Ma Wu to keep him from interfering.
• Xu Yang drove back the Golden Hammer Armored Soldiers, then deflected their thrown hammers and hurled them back at the formation.
• Gongsun Yang was struck by his returning hammers and killed, while Xu Yang badly injured his right arm.
• Zhou Mingshan, Zhang Baiyu, and Meng Xinran withdrew, followed by other lords; Wang Jie also retreated and recalled the Five Good Generals.
• With the Lord Alliance shattered and the Two Hundred Thousand Army in rout, Hua Mulan led the Horse Archer Guards out of the city to counterattack.

Xu Yang arrived as Lu Lingqi was badly wounded, killed Ma Wu, and forced the Eastern Han Imperial Court's Expeditionary Army to surrender after its escape routes vanished. With the battle won and Peaceful Yellow Heaven protected, Xu Yang treated Lu Lingqi's wound and ordered his forces to return in triumph.

• Hua Mulan, Yue Yun, Wenda, and the Yellow Turban forces pursued the routed enemy, but many enemy soldiers escaped through the Defeatist Order's Teleportation Arrays.
• Ma Wu fought Lu Lingqi until Imperial Guards Cavalry surrounded her and his arrow pierced her armor, knocking her from her horse.
• Xu Yang arrived on the battlefield, rescued Lu Lingqi, and killed Ma Wu despite wielding his halberd with his left hand.
• Xu Yang offered surrender, and the enemy troops gave up after the Retreat Order and Defeatist Order effects disappeared; he accepted their surrender and received victory rewards.
• Xu Yang removed the arrow from Lu Lingqi and stopped her bleeding, then ordered Hua Mulan and the others to clean up the battlefield and return in triumph.

After the battle, Xu Yang divided the spoils, distributing powerful equipment and troop seals to strengthen his allies while keeping the Golden Kirin set for Hua Mulan. He discovered a Legendary Spring of Eternal Youth that could become a lucrative business, then examined the final, astonishing piece of loot.

• Xu Yang counted nearly twenty thousand casualties and gave the captured Han Dynasty troops to Zhang Yan and Feng Cheng.
• Xu Yang awarded the Drum Beating Urn Golden Hammer to Zhang Yan for Yue Yun and reserved the Golden Kirin Helmet and armor set for Hua Mulan.
• Xu Yang kept Ma Wu’s Sun-Shooting Arrow Technique for Hua Mulan and gave the Iron Rod Army Seals to Zhang Yan and Feng Cheng.
• Xu Yang assigned the Soul-Slaying Cross Halberd to Lu Lingqi and recognized the Spring of Eternal Youth as a potential source of wealth.
• Xu Yang, Zhang Yan, and Feng Cheng looked at the final piece of loot and realized it was Mythological Equipment.

Xu Yang inspected the mythological Array-Splitting White Dragon Spear, then used a Yellow Heaven's Blessing talisman to upgrade the Peerless Twin Halberd to mythological quality. He used a Legendary Hero Contract and summoned Gongshu Ling, a young mechanical genius who demanded—and received—one hundred spirit stones a month.

• Feng Cheng and Zhang Yan were stunned by the Array-Splitting White Dragon Spear, while Xu Yang examined its powers and the Array-Splitting White Dragon Army it could train.
• Xu Yang put the spear away because he lacked the Intelligence required to equip it, then placed the Spring of Eternal Youth on Lake Heart Island and sent for Hua Mulan to bring Lu Qiling for treatment.
• Xu Yang used the Yellow Heaven's Blessing talisman on the Peerless Twin Halberd, raising its quality to mythological and granting it Lightning Accumulation and Thunderous Might.
• Xu Yang used a Legendary Hero Contract, summoning Gongshu Ling, who demanded a monthly salary of one hundred spirit stones.
• Xu Yang paid Gongshu Ling, and her attributes revealed her legendary craftsmanship, mechanical expertise, and ability to establish Gongshu Mechanical City.

Xu Yang recruited the Legendary construction hero Gongshu Ling and learned about her Mechanical City, mechanical arts, and the Gongshu Family’s destruction by the Tyrant. After reviewing his advancement options, he decided to pursue rapid growth through war and plunder.

• Xu Yang examined Gongshu Ling’s skills and Mechanical City, recognizing how they could strengthen his defenses and support future sieges.
• Xu Yang inspected Gongshu Ling’s Domineering Mechanical Hand, and Gongshu Ling explained that the Tyrant had destroyed her family after they built his mausoleum.
• Xu Yang concluded that Mechanical City defenses could still be overcome by powerful enemies and resolved to strengthen himself as well.
• Xu Yang saw that he had reached first place on the Rookie Ranking and one hundredth on the Prestige Ranking, and planned to secure the Dual Crown King reward before advancing.
• Xu Yang reviewed the Power of Yellow Heaven, Method of Yellow Heaven, and Peaceful Yellow Heaven advancement paths, then chose to seek growth through war, slaughter, and plunder.

Three months after the conflict with Tongtian Academy, Xu Yang refused the academy’s attempted reconciliation while Zhang Yan supported him and spread resources through their alliance’s shop. Xu Yang then led a thirty-thousand-strong army to attack a fortified Demon Abyss territory, where Gongshu Ling began preparing siege machinery after his challenge skill was countered.

• Zhang Yan told the elder that Xu Yang would not meet with the academy, while Chen Yi and Wang Jie accused her of siding with Xu Yang after she resigned from the Student Council and ended the spirit stone trade.
• Zhang Yan visited the alliance’s shop and ordered her commercial heroes to keep buying resources and quickly sell weapons, equipment, and troop captives.
• Xu Yang entrusted Hua Mulan with defending his territory and used a Yellow Turban Conquest Order to lead thirty thousand elite troops against Xu Qingyu’s territory.
• Nearly a hundred Demon Abyss lords joined the battle, and Xu Yang found their territory protected by a massive fortified city.
• Xu Yang’s Challenge was negated by the enemy’s Hold Fast skill, so Gongshu Ling and her mechanical troops began building siege weapons.

Xu Yang's forces bombarded the Demon Abyss fortress with Gongshu Thunderbolt Catapults, while Gongshu Ling's enhanced machine blasted a section of the wall apart. Unable to counter the long-range assault, the Demon Abyss lords decided to charge out and attack Xu Yang's camp.

• Xu Yang built a fortified camp and assembled 150 Gongshu Thunderbolt Catapults, protected by a Yellow Turban formation.
• Gongshu Ling enhanced a Thunderbolt Carriage with her Domineering Mechanical Hand and destroyed a large section of the fortress wall with one shot.
• The Gongshu artillery bombarded the fortress, inflicting heavy damage until the Demon Abyss lords used Special Skills to reinforce its defenses.
• The Demon Abyss lords realized they lacked a Legendary Engineering Hero to counter the bombardment and argued over how to respond.
• The Demon Abyss forces decided to charge out, tie down Xu Yang with combat heroes, and attack his camp and siege weapons.

Xu Yang’s forces were surrounded by a million-strong enemy army, and the battle turned into a bloody clash of cavalry, mechanical weapons, and heroes. Li Cunxiao charged into the Yellow Turban formation before meeting a powerful warrior, while Gongshu Ling transformed the Domineering Mechanical Hand into the Gongshu Dragon to confront Austin and his Dark Knights.

• Xu Yang ordered the Thunderbolt Carriages to bombard the enemy cavalry, while Gongshu Ling’s Super Thunderbolt Catapult inflicted heavy losses.
• The enemy cavalry advanced under volleys of arrows, and Xu Yang’s Yellow Turban troops raised shields, hurled Heavenly Thunder Bombs, and fought back with spells and mechanical weapons.
• Lu Qiling killed an Epic Hero who charged toward Gongshu Ling, then joined the Po Jun White Dragon Army in fighting other enemy heroes.
• Li Cunxiao broke through the Yellow Turban Warriors’ shield wall and charged toward the Yellow Turban Sorcerers and Thunder Hands.
• A powerful warrior riding Red Hare struck Li Cunxiao and sent him and his horse skidding back, prompting Li Cunxiao to charge at him.
• Austin led his Dark Knights toward Gongshu Ling, who transformed the Domineering Mechanical Hand into the Gongshu Dragon and fired its Fire Dragon Cannon at him.

Xu Yang fought off Li Cunxiao and a host of reinforcements, then killed True Person Pudu with the White Python Flood Dragon and routed the Demonic Abyss Lords’ armies. After the battle, he claimed victory, captured surrendering troops, and received major rewards and a first-place ranking.

• Li Cunxiao's lord demanded that the other Demonic Abyss Lords send reinforcements, and they dispatched True Person Pudu and dozens of Epic Heroes to attack Xu Yang.
• Xu Yang fought Li Cunxiao while enduring Pudu's spells and the generals' ranged attacks, then hurled the White Python Flood Dragon at Pudu and killed him.
• Xu Yang unleashed his Peerless Ultimate Skill, knocked Li Cunxiao away, and devastated the enemy forces with the Lightning Purgatory.
• The Demonic Abyss Lords ordered a retreat, and Xu Yang's lightning killed many heroes and soldiers as the enemy army collapsed.
• Xu Yang called for the remaining soldiers to surrender and won the battle, gaining spoils, experience, prestige, upgrades, and first place on the Reputation Ranking.

After defeating a million-strong alliance of Demonic Abyss Lords, Xu Yang harvested captives, recruited Li Cunxiao, and obtained two legendary items, one mythical artifact, and two mythical buildings. He returned to his territory planning to transform Hua Mulan and the others into Peerless Heroes, claim the Dual Crown King rewards, and advance to Second Rank.

• Xu Yang captured more than three hundred thousand enemies and gained Li Cunxiao as his second Legendary Hero after Li Cunxiao submitted through Kingly Hegemony Path.
• Xu Yang obtained the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Robe and White Lotus Daoist Magic, keeping the magic skill book and awarding the robe to Gongshu Ling.
• Xu Yang acquired the Imperial Seal, whose effects boosted his command and morale and could strengthen a skill through Mandate of Heaven.
• Xu Yang received the Hundred Battles Training Ground, which could raise troops and heroes to their highest ranks and reduce training costs and time.
• Xu Yang obtained the Peerless General's Platform, which could appoint Peerless Heroes and resurrect them using Heroic Soul Points.
• Xu Yang sorted the remaining spoils, left troops to guard against a counterattack, and returned to his territory to prepare for the next upgrades.