Chapter Summaries

Gu Xiaosang learned from Audrey that the mysterious Golden Commerce Guild was more likely run by a priest than an awakened god, and planned to trade for experience items by exploring the Storm God of War’s maze. Meanwhile, Sam chose a nearby Sub-deity Ruin to explore, He Tian upgraded his main city to prepare for bandits, and Fang Yuan launched an attack while considering how to raise his Main City to Level 10.

• Gu Xiaosang asked Audrey to inspect her after visiting the Golden Commerce Guild, and Audrey concluded that its mysterious presence was likely a priest imitating a god’s aura rather than a resurrected god.
• Audrey advised Gu Xiaosang that a Mist Giant Beast could only be sealed, so Gu Xiaosang planned to explore the Storm God of War’s maze for valuable trade goods and experience items.
• Sam decided to explore the nearby ruins of the Barbarian Elk Tribe, while He Tian began upgrading his main city and buying Building Cards before bandits reached him.
• Fang Yuan ordered Christian to begin the attack on the Northern Territory Defense Line at any cost, then asked Lilith how to handle the Mist Giant Beast and learned that sealing items were most likely found on the Central Continent.
• Fang Yuan checked the requirements for upgrading his Main City to Level 10 and discovered that he had to complete ten prerequisites.

Fang Yuan examined the stringent requirements for upgrading his Level Nine territory to Level Ten and began seeking the rare items he needed. After securing help with some materials, he turned his attention to the assault on the Southern Military Fortress.

• Fang Yuan reviewed his ten Level Ten upgrade conditions, finding that he had already met six and estimating that the remaining requirements could take a year or two.
• Fang Yuan asked Xu Fei for the Adventurer's Quest Journal and Fanatical Believer's Pious Blood, and Xu Fei supplied the blood while promising to search for the journal.
• Fang Yuan gave Jiang Yunyan a one-month deadline to obtain the Lost Underwater Civilization Tablet required by his upgrade conditions.
• Fang Yuan asked Liu Zhenhan, Zhao Zixiao, and Lin Ying to watch for the Magic Empire Mage Handbook and Duke Family Crest, then considered how to find an Abyssal Wonder Fragment and Godhead Fragment.
• Fang Yuan received news that the southern general offensive had begun, with Fiona's army sweeping the fortress outskirts as allied forces launched their assault on the Southern Military Fortress.

Fang Yuan used his Blessing talent to obtain a Purple Scroll of Marching Speed and ordered Fiona to attack the Southern Military Fortress early. Fiona and her allies routed the defenders and captured the fortress, leaving the southern territory in their hands.

• Fang Yuan blessed equipment, obtained a Purple Scroll of Marching Speed, and sent word to Fiona to begin the assault ahead of schedule.
• Commander Pell Dern ordered the Thirtieth Infantry Legion to leave the fortress and engage the invading army.
• Fiona arranged Hogg's Forest Giants, Mage Meg's Holy Light Priests, and her Dragon Eagle Knights for battle as the defenders emerged in heavy mechanical armor.
• Silver Dragon Babas froze thousands of the defenders with his Chilling Frost Breath and Ice Domain.
• Fiona ordered the assault, Hogg led the Forest Giants against the walls, and the defenders collapsed as the army captured the Southern Military Fortress.

After Gondor’s defeat, Fang Yuan ordered Fiona and Christian to seize the region’s fortresses, while Lilith suspected an unknown civilization was protecting the awakened Neutral Faction. The Other God sent apostles to rally the defenders, and Christian prepared a three-hour counterattack to retake the fortresses and reinforce Breni.

• Fang Yuan questioned why Gondor had fallen so easily, and Lilith proposed that a hidden Other God Civilization Fire protected the awakened Neutral Faction and its souls.
• Fang Yuan ordered Fiona to attack north and capture the fortresses while Christian strengthened the Northern Territory Defense Line and advanced south.
• The Other God learned that the Blue Star Lords were annexing Gondor and the Windy Grassland Empire, then transformed fallen commanders, including Pell, into apostles and sent them to rally their armies.
• Pell assembled the Northern Territory Defense Line’s legions and marched out, prompting Christian to order Breni to delay them for three hours while Aria prepared support.
• Christian ordered Yasis to lead the Griffon Knights into the city and told Vivian to seize the fortresses within three hours before joining Fiona and heading north to support Breni.

Vivian’s forces captured a Military Fortress with little resistance, while Breni faced three Golden Legions at the Northern Territory Defense Line. She prepared an ambush, and the Demon Knights charged the Thorn Family’s Magic Rune Knights as the two elite forces met in battle.

• Vivian’s Dragonbone Golems and Christian’s Griffon Knights overwhelmed the Military Fortress, whose defenders fled and whose gates opened to Vivian’s ground legion.
• Breni recognized that the Northern Territory Defense Line’s three Golden Legions could not be stopped by passive defense and sent messengers to request reinforcements.
• Breni led the Demon Knights to a nearby plain and arranged an ambush for the advancing Thorn Family Magic Rune Knights.
• Breni formed five thousand Demon Knights into ten charging waves and led their attack against the Thorn Flower Knights entering the plain.

Breni used the Demon Knights’ revival and her Strength Aura to break the Thorn Flower Knights’ shield and win a costly battle at the plain’s entrance. As enemy reinforcements gathered, Christian arrived with the main force while Fang Yuan began building a temporary Outpost Camp.

• Breni activated the Ring of Strength and sent the Demon Knights charging twice, breaking the Thorn Flower Knights’ shield despite heavy losses.
• Breni ordered the Demon Knights to attack before the Thorn Flower Knights could restore their shield, and the two orders fought in a brutal melee.
• The Demon Knights were wiped out after killing six thousand Thorn Magic Rune Knights, and Breni withdrew when another enemy force arrived.
• The enemy reinforced the plain with Magic Rune Knights and Magic Crystal Gun infantry, then began stationing troops there as Breni retreated deeper into the plain.
• Christian led the main force to the other entrance of the plain, while Fang Yuan began constructing a temporary Outpost Camp in the occupied southern area.

Fang Yuan learned that only three of the eight captured fortresses could produce troops, so he planned to distribute them among his subordinate alliances in exchange for Merit Points. After Breni defeated a Golden Legion at heavy cost, Fang Yuan ordered Lilith to use forbidden spells against the enemy’s field forces before the siege of the Northern Territory Defense Line.

• Lilith reported that only three captured Military Fortresses were usable, and Fang Yuan decided not to occupy all the fortresses and Resource Points himself.
• Fang Yuan offered the four affiliated alliances Resource Points and Military Strongholds in exchange for Merit Points, with the Military Strongholds awarded according to campaign contributions.
• Fang Yuan upgraded Green Sea Outpost Camp to Level 9 and learned that Aria had gone to reinforce Breni.
• Lilith reported that Breni had won but lost five thousand Demon Knights while destroying six thousand Golden Thorn Magic Rune Knights.
• Lilith proposed using forbidden spells to weaken the Golden Legion and the Northern Territory Defense Line, and Fang Yuan ordered her to eliminate the enemy’s field legions before the siege.

After Heidi reported that elusive enemy heroes had infiltrated deep into the territory, Fang Yuan built more than 5,000 kilometers of hardened roads to improve patrols and rapid troop movement. He ordered Heidi to deploy guards along them, while the infiltrators reported back to the Destiny Cube Organization in the Central Plains.

• Heidi told Fang Yuan that enemy heroes had repeatedly infiltrated as far as Griffon Castle, evaded pursuit, and killed a Sword and Shield Guard.
• Fang Yuan planned a network of hardened roads across the western, southern, and central parts of his territory, prioritizing borders and routes between key strongholds.
• Fang Yuan spent over 500 million gold coins and resources to build 5,300 kilometers of hardened roads, then paid another 250 million to upgrade them and reduce their upkeep slightly.
• Fang Yuan ordered Heidi to send Sword and Shield Guards and Champion Heavy Armor to patrol the new roads and watch for intruders.
• The infiltrating hero reported the road construction to their lord, who belonged to the Destiny Cube Organization in the Central Plains.

Destiny Cube learned that Fang Yuan was preparing for war and devised a scheme to trap him in the Enchantment Room of the Destiny Demon Tower. Meanwhile, Fang Yuan awaited the outcome of Aria and Breni’s cavalry lure, which would set up Lilith’s forbidden spell against the Golden Legion.

• A Destiny Cube intelligence lord reported that Fang Yuan had detected their spies and fortified his territory, while their gathered intelligence pointed to a major war in the southeast.
• Destiny Cube members discussed how to obtain Fang Yuan’s War Lord and divine fragment, then agreed to lure him into the Enchantment Room and bargain for his belongings in exchange for a Golden Key.
• A Destiny Cube lord volunteered to approach Fang Yuan through a Dragon Nation profiteer who also worked undercover for the Night Watcher.
• Fang Yuan received word that Aria and Breni had led the cavalry to lure the enemy, and he waited for the Northern Territory Defense Line’s Magic Crystal Cannon Legion to appear so Lilith could cast her forbidden spell.

Christian launched the battle against the Northern Territory Defense Line, using Flame Magi to support Breni and Aria’s cavalry assault. After Magic Crystal Cannons killed three thousand Flame Magi, Christian sent Yasis and the Griffon Knights to attack their positions, and Breni led the cavalry’s charge.

• Christian explained the battle plan to Lilith and ordered the Flame Magi to support the front line.
• Christian arrived at the small plain and ordered Breni and Aria’s cavalry to attack the Northern Territory Defense Line.
• The Flame Magi’s attacks failed against the defenders’ shields and Magic Breaking Arrows, so Christian ordered them to advance and use Meteor Fire Rain against the rear ranks.
• Magic Crystal Cannons on the slopes destroyed three thousand Flame Magi, and Christian ordered Yasis to lead Wind Thunder Sword Guard and three thousand Griffon Knights against the cannon positions.
• Christian ordered the cavalry to charge, and Breni led the Demon Knight Order forward, promising to charge through ten formations before Aria took her turn.

Yasis seized and destroyed the ridge’s Magic Crystal Cannons, while Christian’s army broke through the Thorn Flower Shield with the War Envoy’s attack and a cavalry charge. The enemy’s hidden artillery then devastated the attackers, and Christian rushed to Outpost Camp to order Lilith to cast a forbidden spell.

• Yasis led the Griffon Knights in capturing the ridge’s Magic Crystal Cannon positions, destroyed the cannons, and requested reinforcements from Christian.
• After Helen warned that the Magic Crystal Guns were overheating, Christian summoned the War Envoy and ordered it to blast the Thorn Flower Shield as Breni led a cavalry charge.
• Breni’s strike and the War Envoy’s cannon blast broke the shield, allowing the Demon Knights and Guardian Knights to engage the Magic Rune Knights in close combat.
• The enemy’s Magic Crystal Cannon group opened fire, killing many charging knights, and Christian ordered Fiona to locate the artillery and told her to warn Yasis to retreat.
• Christian flew to Outpost Camp, handed Lilith the map, and ordered her to cast the forbidden spell.

The chapter recounts how Archmage City profited from a century-long war after the Old Continent’s nations turned magical weapons against one another. In the Mist Era, Lilith’s forbidden spell then struck the Northern Territory Defense Line, leaving Yasis certain the enemy force and mountain range were doomed.

• Archmage City sold magical weapons to both sides of the great war, growing wealthy while the Old Continent’s powers were devastated.
• The war transformed warfare as nations adopted Construct Infantry, Magic Crystal Guns, and concealed, mobile Magic Crystal Cannons.
• At the Northern Territory Defense Line, the commander ordered the Magic Crystal Cannons and army to relocate after firing.
• A vast red cloud appeared over the battlefield, and Yasis recognized it as Lilith’s forbidden spell and ordered the Griffon Knights to retreat.
• Lilith unleashed a week’s worth of Meteor Fire Rain energy in one day, showering the mountain range with fire and devastating the area.

After Lilith’s forbidden spell devastated the Northern Territory field army, Christian prepared the forces to advance on the Northern Territory Defense Line. Breni survived severe injuries but lost her Demon Knights, and the chapter ended with Christian ordering the army to surround the defense line.

• Lilith told Christian her forbidden spell had concentrated seven days of power into one day, and Christian planned to exploit the weakened enemy defenses.
• Christian asked Helen to disperse the battlefield fog, while Aria reported that Breni was missing and Christian ordered the search to continue.
• Guardian Knights found Breni alive beneath the bodies of her Demon Knights, and Christian treated her injuries.
• Breni learned that her Demon Knights had all died protecting her and that the army was preparing to attack the Northern Territory Defense Line.
• Christian ordered Breni back to the main city and sent Fiona, Yasis, and Hogg’s Original Blood Forest Giants to lead the army’s advance and surround the defense line.

After Breni reported the defeat of the Thorn Magic Rune Golden Legion, Fang Yuan searched the captured spoils for useful items and bullied Zhao Yu into trading away his remaining possessions. Zhao Yu’s final offering turned out to be an Abyss Fragment Secret Realm.

• Breni explained the Thorn Flower Family’s history and the defensive strength of its Thorn Magic Rune Knights, whose commanders usually fought at the front and died unnamed.
• Fang Yuan inspected the spoils from eight captured cities and noted the vast resources and weapon fragments in his warehouse.
• Fang Yuan bought Zhao Yu’s remaining weapon fragments with the last of Zhao Yu’s funds and demanded ten billion gold coins for the rest.
• Zhao Yu offered a Northern Territory Sub-deity Altar Teleportation Scroll and a qualityless Hero Altar, but Fang Yuan demanded more.
• Zhao Yu sent Fang Yuan another item, which Fang Yuan recognized as the Abyss Fragment Secret Realm.

Fang Yuan traded with Zhao Yu for an Abyssal Secret Realm Shard and sorted through the spoils from the Military Fortresses, enhancing and distributing items. He found a quest token tied to the Harvest Plains and planned to pursue it after the war, then turned to strengthening scrolls and equipment for his forces.

• Fang Yuan accepted Zhao Yu's trade without signing a contract, received three items and an extra million gold coins, and left Zhao Yu fearing Fang Yuan would target him again.
• Fang Yuan distributed unit-building fragments among his alliances, strengthened the complete Building Cards, and placed the resulting cards in alliance warehouses for battle merits.
• Fang Yuan examined the Source Crystals, equipment, maps, runes, and scrolls, then found Norland's Plea for Help and connected its Harvest Plains quest to the Harvest Ancient God and Gondor Royal Family.
• Fang Yuan enhanced twenty-six Purple Treasure Maps into one Purple Treasure Map +10 pointing to the Delong Family's territory and decided to dig it up after the war.
• Fang Yuan sent three legion scrolls to Christian at the front line, then began enhancing the remaining scrolls and equipment, including armor to replace Breni's damaged Blade Armor.

Christian and the heroes attacked the Northern Territory Defense Line’s shield with Forbidden Spells, curses, and their strongest skills. After Helen reset their cooldowns and the War Envoy’s Magic Crystal Cannon fired, the shield shattered, and Christian ordered the three armies to begin the siege.

• Christian ordered the southern defenses reinforced and chose to attack the shield before the Four-Alliance Allied Forces arrived.
• Aria recommended preparing a backup strike, and Lilith agreed to cast another Forbidden Spell with Helen’s enhancement.
• Lilith focused Meteor Fire Rain on the shield, while the Spirit of Curse covered it in black energy and Phila attacked with Falling Stars.
• Christian, Aria, Fiona, and Vivian struck the weakened shield, then Helen reset their cooldowns and enhanced their skills.
• The heroes attacked again, and the War Envoy’s Magic Crystal Cannon shattered the shield.
• Christian ordered all three armies to begin the siege.

After a failed probe of the Northern Territory Defense Line, Christian rejected spending Lilith’s forbidden spell and proposed using Murlocs summoned from corpses to wear down the defenders. She ordered reinforcements and preparations for a coordinated assault, leaving the attack plan underway.

• Vivian reported that the city’s defenses had repelled the probe, with its construct archers, spear infantry, armored greatsword infantry, Griffon Knights, and concealed Magic Crystal Cannons inflicting heavy losses.
• Christian declined to use Lilith’s forbidden spell because its recovery would take too long and instead proposed human-wave tactics; the heroes warned that their forces, corpses, and finances could not support a conventional assault.
• Christian revealed that Silver Wolf Wine could restore magical creatures’ mana and proposed having a Murloc Priest parasitize the collected corpses to produce swarms of Murlocs.
• Christian planned to use the Murlocs to exhaust the defenders, then send heroes to destroy the Magic Crystal Cannons and lead elite troops onto the walls.
• Christian requested Silver Wolf Wine, Flame Magi, War Priests, Griffon Knights, and Dragon Eagle Knights from the lord, while ordering Aria to secure the southern war fortress and Vivian to compel the Four-Alliance Allied Forces to arrive.

Fang Yuan enhanced a chainmail suit for Breni, mobilized troops to meet Christian’s request despite population limits, and traded a Red summoning scroll for an Orange Destiny Demon Tower Key. The trade turned out to be a trap laid by the Destiny Cube Organization, which planned to ensnare him in the Demon Tower’s Enchantment Room.

• Fang Yuan enhanced a Red summoning scroll into a +8 scroll with an 80% summoning chance, then listed it for sale.
• Fang Yuan enhanced the Solin family chainmail to +12, revealing powerful healing, energy recovery, damage-boosting, and shielding skills, and sent it to Breni.
• Christian requested large numbers of troops and Silver Wolf Wine, so Fang Yuan produced as many soldiers as his population allowed and sent them to the Green Sea Outpost Camp.
• A lord offered Fang Yuan an Orange Destiny Demon Tower Key for the scroll plus two million gold coins, and Fang Yuan completed the trade after waiting and checking the offer.
• Members of the Destiny Cube Organization celebrated that Fang Yuan had taken their bait and planned to trap him in the Demon Tower’s Enchantment Room.

Fang Yuan prepared a route into the Harvest Plains through the Silver Wolf Mountain Range, sending Windwalker Hunters to scout and secure coordinates for a future base. At the Northern Territory Defense Line, Christian repositioned his forces to contain the swelling murloc horde as the Four-Alliance Allied Forces arrived.

• Fang Yuan agreed with Christian's decision to send Aria south, reinforced her cavalry with Rage Water Storm Riders, and asked her to escort Windwalker Hunters through the Silver Wolf Mountain Range.
• Fang Yuan bought Light Source Rods from the Adventurer Association and sent ten Windwalker Hunters to reach the Harvest Plains, locate specified coordinates, and capture a nearby location for a future base.
• Vivian reported that the parasitized small murlocs numbered one hundred thousand and could exceed four hundred thousand, so Christian placed the Original Blood Forest Giants and Dragonbone Golems to hold them back.
• Vivian reported that the Four-Alliance Allied Forces' cavalry had arrived, and a messenger then announced the arrival of the allied forces.

Christian directed a massive siege of the Northern Territory Defense Line, using Flame Magi to suppress the walls while the allied forces and murlocs attacked. After hours of fighting and devastating casualties on both sides, the defenders abandoned the first defensive line and withdrew to the second.

• Christian assigned the siege forces, mages, and flying legions their roles, then ordered Vivian to begin the assault.
• The Flame Magi’s Meteor Fire Rain devastated the defenders on the walls, allowing the siege forces to climb up and seize sections of the battlements.
• Yasis sent the Wind Thunder Sword Guard to block the Magic Rune Swordsmen, helping Hogg’s Original Blood Forest Giants and murlocs overwhelm the western wall.
• The defenders retreated from the western wall and used Magic Crystal Cannons to blast the attackers, but Christian ordered the siege to continue so the cannons’ positions could be exposed.
• After more than three hours of fighting, the attackers’ giants and Dragonbone Golems were destroyed and the Four-Alliance Allied Forces suffered heavy losses, while the defenders also lost most of their troops.
• The commander ordered the defenders to abandon the first defensive line and withdraw to the second.