Chapter Summaries

Aria and Gudrian’s surrounded forces endured the Golden Legion’s assault until the Demon-Breaking Warriors reflected the Curse Mages’ spells, throwing the enemy into chaos. Gudrian charged downhill, and Albert arrived with his Black Young Dragon Legion as Aria led her troops into the attack.

• Gudrian and Aria held their two legions on a hill while surrounded by the New World Alliance’s Golden Legion.
• Aria revealed that Fang Yuan had left her the Demon-Breaking Warriors to counter the enemy’s Mage Legion.
• The Golden Legion’s Curse Mages fired Curse Arrows at the defenders, but the Demon-Breaking Warriors used Spell Counter to turn the attack back on them.
• Gudrian seized the enemy’s confusion and charged down the hill, while Aria hesitated over whether to follow.
• Albert and his Black Young Dragon Legion arrived, and Aria ordered the Guardian Knights of the Golden Flower Family to charge.

Gudrian led the Dragon Spear Knights through the New World Alliance’s Heavy Infantry defenses, but the Brave Legion surrounded his remaining knights. Refusing to retreat, he released the Regicide’s Curse and transformed into the Mad King, leaving the Alliance’s forces facing a slaughter.

• The Dragon Spear Knights broke through the first Heavy Infantry line, and Gudrian led them through the second with the Hydra and the Spear of Gondor.
• The Heavy Infantry hero killed Gudrian’s summoned Hydra, but Gudrian struck him down with Mountain Collapse and shattered the remaining defensive lines.
• The Brave Legion blocked Gudrian’s advance and surrounded his fewer than three hundred surviving Dragon Spear Knights, while Aria urged him to retreat and promised reinforcements were coming.
• Gudrian asked his knights whether they regretted their choice, and they answered that Dragon Spear Knights never regretted their actions.
• Gudrian released the Regicide’s Curse, entered Mad King Form, and used Mountain Crash to pierce the Brave Legion’s formation, killing or wounding half its warriors and destroying its hero.
• Gudrian charged into the New World Alliance’s army as the massacre began.

Christian arrived on the battlefield and rescued Aria and Albert, then chose to hold off the surrounding Golden Legion to create an opportunity for Breni and support the wider offensive. She launched a devastating attack on the enemy’s crossbowmen, leaving the Golden Legion stunned by her power.

• Christian led the Holy Knights in a charge that broke the Heavy Infantry encircling Aria and rescued her and Albert.
• Christian explained that Breni had a separate mission and urged Aria and Albert to hold their position rather than retreat.
• Albert revealed that he had abandoned his plan to find the enemy command and said he had sent a Black Young Dragon squad to alert Kubo.
• Christian ordered them to stay and tie down the Golden Legion, believing their resistance would give Breni and the lord’s forces an opening.
• Christian used Fira’s teleportation gate to attack the Golden Legion’s crossbowmen, then destroyed their defenses with holy magic.
• Christian called on Aria to counterattack after the Golden Legion witnessed her overwhelming power.

Wang Heng ordered the New World Alliance to concentrate its forces against Christian’s cavalry, and Ronan used a Dark Gold Weakness Curse to weaken Christian and her allies. As the surrounded heroes faced defeat, Breni and Kuber’s cavalry arrived, followed by Fang Yuan’s reinforcements, and Fang Yuan ordered Fiona to leave no one alive.

• Wang Heng persuaded the New World Alliance lords to request reinforcements, negotiate with Fang Yuan, and attack Christian’s cavalry with their remaining forces.
• Christian led the Holy Light Grand Knights through five shield lines, but Ronan used a Dark Gold Weakness Curse to reduce the strength of Christian and her allies.
• The New World Alliance surrounded Christian’s weakened force, and the Holy Knights died protecting her as Christian prepared to make a final stand.
• Breni led the Demon Knight Order to help Christian, and Kuber’s Thorn Flower Knight attacked from another direction, but both forces were surrounded.
• Fang Yuan arrived with tens of thousands of Dragon Eagle Knights and Savage Berserker’s barbarians, then ordered Fiona to leave no one alive.

Fang Yuan’s forces annihilated the New World Alliance’s trapped Golden Legions and surrounded its remaining army, while he reprimanded Christian for risking his life and learned how Gudrian had fought to save Aria. When the Alliance threatened to use Forbidden Spells unless Fang Yuan negotiated, he refused and ordered his forces to prepare a counterattack.

• Lilith’s troops and Magic Crystal Cannons slaughtered the surrounded New World Alliance legions as Fang Yuan’s forces advanced and sealed off escape routes.
• Ronan urged the Alliance to threaten Fang Yuan with Forbidden Spells, and Wang Heng sent Deputy Alliance Leader Qian to demand peace talks.
• Fang Yuan reprimanded Christian for failing to use his Forbidden Spell and learned that Gudrian had activated his Kingslayer Curse to break through enemy lines and help rescue Aria.
• Fang Yuan ordered Gudrian sent back to Wasteland Territory for recovery and sent Christian, Aria, and Albert back to Outpost Camp.
• After the Alliance threatened mutual destruction with Forbidden Spells, Fang Yuan rejected negotiations and ordered Lilith to prepare Dragon Soul Guardian and Forbidden Spell strikes.

After Fang Yuan rejected the New World Alliance’s ultimatum, its lords split over whether to fight or surrender. Wang Heng detained the hardliners and prepared to negotiate surrender after learning the alliance’s flank forces had been surrounded and its branch alliance had surrendered.

• The lords in the frontline alliance hall argued over Fang Yuan’s refusal, with some urging a fight and others unwilling to risk losing their surviving heroes and legions.
• Several lords advocated surrender, arguing that the New World Alliance was collapsing and that their heroes belonged to them, not the alliance leader.
• Wang Heng immobilized and ordered the hardline lords, led by Curse Lord Ronan, to be locked up while negotiations proceeded.
• Wang Heng revealed that the two hundred thousand troops on the flank had been surrounded and Milhan’s branch alliance had surrendered.
• Wang Heng argued that the New World Alliance could no longer defeat Fang Yuan and that surrender was the best way to preserve their remaining forces.
• The lords agreed to surrender, and Wang Heng volunteered to negotiate, warning that they had no bargaining power and should be satisfied if their heroes survived.

Fang Yuan accepted Wang Heng’s surrender and took control of the New World Alliance’s frontline command center, leaving its headquarters as the last target. Xu Fei and Lin Ying also secured the surrender of 200,000 Golden troops, while Liu Zhenhan arrived too late to join the fight and was assigned to guard the prisoners.

• Fang Yuan demanded half of Wang Heng’s Golden Legion, all its Golden Heroes, and half its lords, then ordered Wang Heng to infiltrate the alliance headquarters and help seize it.
• Wang Heng returned to the New World Alliance’s frontline command center, where its soldiers surrendered and Fang Yuan’s Beastmen took control without resistance.
• Xu Fei told Lin Ying that his demigod-grade Circle of Deception had made the 200,000 Golden troops believe they were fighting inside an illusion.
• A scout reported that 300,000 New World Alliance reinforcements were advancing toward Fang Yuan’s sniper legion, and Xu Fei and Lin Ying prepared to intercept them.
• Liu Zhenhan arrived after the battle had ended and was told to guard the 200,000 prisoners.

Fang Yuan used Lilith’s Mind Control spell to obtain Ronan’s five Curse Fragments and a secret-realm crystal, then learned that the Sea of Perdition was showing signs of opening. He chose to accelerate the Central Continent campaign before heading east, while demanding strict terms from New World Alliance forces seeking to surrender.

• Lilith brought the petrified Ronan to Fang Yuan, who recognized him as the owner of the Book of Curses fragments and ordered Lilith to control and question him.
• Fang Yuan learned the uses of Ronan’s five Curse Fragments, took the fragments and an orange Secret Realm Magic Crystal, and had Ronan petrified again.
• Fang Yuan told Vivian to demand that the New World Alliance envoy state his purpose and price, and sent flank forces to support her.
• Lilith reported that the Sea of Perdition was boiling and showing Temple Illusions, suggesting it might soon open and expose the Creation Magic Rune Fragment.
• Fang Yuan decided to finish the Central Continent campaign quickly, then raise his territory to Level 11 before taking his strongest forces to the Sea of Perdition.
• Fang Yuan agreed that surrendered forces could later regain freedom by paying a ransom, but demanded half their Golden Legion and Golden Heroes and gave the envoy fifteen minutes to accept.

Flod and Lovski’s expeditionary legions surrendered to Fang Yuan after learning his terms, and Lovski agreed to lead the vanguard against the New World Alliance. Fang Yuan kept half their Golden Heroes and Golden Legion as security, then ordered his forces to march on the Alliance garrison.

• Flod and Lovski discussed joining Fang Yuan’s side after the New World Alliance’s defeat and worried whether he would accept them.
• Ginir returned from negotiations and reported that Fang Yuan demanded half the Golden Heroes and Golden Legion, service as the vanguard, and a ransom after the war.
• Lovski proposed fighting Fang Yuan, but Flod had him arrested and forced him to agree to lead the attack on the New World Alliance.
• The surrendered expeditionary legions reached an agreement to serve Fang Yuan, with half their Golden Heroes and Golden Legion retained as security.
• Fang Yuan ordered Vivian to guard the prisoners and sent the surrendered legion, the Fei Ye Alliance, and the Four Sacred Alliances toward the New World Alliance garrison.

The New World Alliance's reinforcements vanished, and Meng Qi blamed his deputies for the defeat before disbanding the alliance and fleeing. Fang Yuan entered the headquarters and was hailed as its new alliance leader.

• Wang Heng arrived at the alliance hall as defeated lords outside speculated about surrender and threatened to use forbidden spells.
• Meng Qi learned that the reinforcements had gone silent and that the alliance could no longer muster an army.
• Meng Qi accused Wang Heng, Ma Wei, and the other deputies of betraying him, then declared the New World Alliance disbanded and said he would leave.
• Meng Qi vanished after hearing metallic clangs, before Ma Wei and Wang Heng could react.
• Fang Yuan arrived at the alliance headquarters with tens of thousands of Dragon Eagle Knights and took the alliance throne as the conquered lords hailed him as their new leader.

After Fang Yuan conquered the New World Alliance, Ren Yuan and Zhou Chuanjiang considered seeking territory in the Central Land for the Four Sacred Alliances. Fang Yuan rejected most groups seeking a share and decided to divide the vast region through a feudal system.

• Zhou Chuanjiang read Lin Ying's report, which described Fang Yuan's forces sweeping aside the New World Alliance as enemy leaders and armies surrendered, until Fang Yuan was welcomed as the Central Plains' new king.
• Ren Yuan and Zhou Chuanjiang discussed how the Blue Star nations faced attacks from the Evil Gods' followers and considered asking Fang Yuan for territory in the Central Land.
• Ren Yuan decided to visit Fang Yuan and request territory for the Four Sacred Alliances, while other Blue Star nations and the Evil Gods' organizations also sought land.
• Lilith told Fang Yuan that the Sea God Church, the Magic Goddess Church, and various Blue Star nations had asked for territory; Fang Yuan ordered her to reject the Evil Gods and all nations except the Dragon Nation.
• Fang Yuan examined the vast Central Plains on the map and declared that a feudal system was the best way to divide its territory.

Fang Yuan planned how to govern the conquered Central Land and recover the resources he spent in the war, then turned to the next challenges facing his growing empire. Gu Xiaosang arrived to reclaim her Golden Heroes and legion, claiming she had brought a ransom Fang Yuan could not refuse.

• Fang Yuan outlined a plan to divide the Central Land among his allies and captured alliance leaders, while organizing seized Golden Legions and Heroes into the Ten Divisions of the Central Land.
• Lilith warned Fang Yuan that the enfeoffed alliances might grow powerful and stop paying tribute, but Fang Yuan trusted that his strength would keep them loyal.
• Fang Yuan ordered Lilith to give his territory-division plan to Zhao Zixiao and told him to seek valuable offerings in return for the best territories.
• Fang Yuan reviewed his plans to upgrade his Main City, confront the Evil Gods and Mist World, pursue the Creation Magic Rune Fragment and Book of Curses, and rescue his heroes from the God of Love Space.
• Gu Xiaosang visited Fang Yuan, addressed him as the Golden Main God, and offered a ransom for her Golden Heroes and legion.

Fang Yuan rejected Gu Xiaosang’s offer of information about a Greater Divine Power godhead, then bargained for a Creation Magic Rune Fragment’s location and a Secret Realm Magic Crystal. After signing a contract, he realized the godhead she had meant was the Holy Light Main God’s.

• Gu Xiaosang offered to reveal a Greater Divine Power godhead’s location in exchange for her Golden Legion and heroes, but Fang Yuan refused to release them for that price.
• As Gu Xiaosang was leaving, she offered information about a Secret Realm containing a Creation Magic Rune Fragment and the crystal needed to enter it.
• Gu Xiaosang recounted the legends of the Creation Divine Emperor and the Creation Magic Rune, then offered the fragment’s location and the Secret Realm Magic Crystal as ransom.
• Fang Yuan demanded that Gu Xiaosang complete a level-ten mission and provide information about a Supreme Godhead in addition to the fragment deal.
• Gu Xiaosang agreed, and she and Fang Yuan signed a contract before she fled the Alliance Hall.
• Fang Yuan examined the crystal and map, realizing that the Greater Divine Power godhead Gu Xiaosang had referred to was the Holy Light Main God’s.

Gu Xiaosang revealed that she had traded the Holy Light Main God's godhead information to Fang Yuan to keep him occupied while the Round Table Conference pursued its own godheads and planned to rebuild the Ringed Divine Seat. After Fang Yuan shared the intelligence with Lilith, she found it might be true, contradicting everything she knew about divine seats and godheads.

• Gu Xiaosang told Flod she had reclaimed her Golden Legion and heroes at a heavy cost, then explained that Middle-earth's territory division was not worth paying Fang Yuan for.
• Gu Xiaosang revealed she had given Fang Yuan information about the Holy Light Main God's godhead to delay him while the Round Table Conference pursued its godheads and prepared to rebuild the Ringed Divine Seat.
• Fang Yuan showed Lilith Gu Xiaosang's intelligence claiming that the gods' godheads had become fragments when the Ringed Divine Seat fell.
• Lilith argued that gods' divine seats had shattered with their deaths and that only Godhead Fragments could remain, but after examining the intelligence, she admitted it might be true and was shocked that it contradicted what she knew.

Fang Yuan learned that the Holy Light Main God's divine spark might have re-formed in the Radiant Empire's Holy Tomb, but Lilith warned that exploring it was too dangerous for now. After Mage Meg's legion was attacked in the Kingdom of Nossa, Fang Yuan headed back to the Wasteland Territory as the two Holy Sons discussed plans to build a Monster Empire and reclaim Central Continent.

• Lilith explained that living believers might still be supplying holy light inside the Holy Tomb, allowing the Holy Light Main God's divine spark to reform, but warned Fang Yuan that its powerful defenders made an expedition too dangerous until they reached Level 11.
• Fang Yuan and Lilith discussed Gu Xiaosang's Secret Realm Magic Crystal, identified it as a Sub-God Era realm that might hold a Creation Magic Rune fragment, and postponed entering it while they focused on upgrading their main city.
• A messenger reported that Mage Meg had opened a passage to the Kingdom of Nossa and that a Nossa legion had attacked her forces, so Fang Yuan ordered them to tell Christian he would return to the Wasteland Territory immediately.
• The Yang Aspect Holy Son told the Yin Aspect Holy Son that the Mist Gods were beginning to intervene and that they should use the Mist Artifact freely, with the Yin Aspect Holy Son tasked with gathering monsters to form a Monster Empire.
• The Yang Aspect Holy Son revealed that Lei had approached him and that he planned to make Lei the first Level 11 Lord, use him to reclaim Central Continent, and eventually kill him to seize the Civilization Fire of creation.

Lei and Meng Qi joined forces against Fang Yuan, with Meng Qi offering to help Lei reach Level 11 in exchange for a Blood Contract. As they planned to lure the leader of the Destiny Cube Alliance into the Destiny Demon Tower, Fang Yuan received news that the tower’s treasure had been unlocked.

• Meng Qi brought Lei his former Deputy Alliance Leader, and Lei killed him to claim his Blessing of the God of Destiny and raise his total to 80%.
• Meng Qi offered to help Lei reach Level 11 if Lei signed a Blood Contract promising to help remove Meng Qi’s curse.
• Lei and Meng Qi agreed to enter the Destiny Demon Tower and lure in the former leader of the Destiny Cube Alliance before turning their attention to Fang Yuan.
• Fang Yuan returned to his Wasteland Territory and learned that Christian had taken the knights to support Paladin Castle against the legion pursuing Mage Meg.
• Fang Yuan opened his Lord’s Mark and received a message that the Lyre Organization’s treasure in the Destiny Demon Tower had been unlocked.

Fang Yuan declined to explore the Destiny Demon Tower’s newly opened Bard Organization treasure, hoping Alliance Leader Yu would trade any prizes for the freedom of his captured Golden Hero and Legion. He then discovered heavy losses near Paladin Castle and received Christian’s urgent request for Golden Legion reinforcements.

• Vice Alliance Leader Jing told Fang Yuan that the Bard Organization’s treasure chamber had opened in the Destiny Demon Tower and might contain a Bronze Dragon’s Medium Divine Power Godhead.
• Helen explained the Bard Alliance’s history and its conflict with the Holy Light Church, while Fang Yuan concluded the treasure might date back to the Sub-deity Era.
• Fang Yuan refused to enter the tower and told Vice Alliance Leader Jing that Alliance Leader Yu could trade any valuable finds for his captured Golden Hero and Legion.
• Alliance Leader Yu celebrated Fang Yuan’s refusal and left to seek the treasure, while Vice Alliance Leader Jing felt uneasy about what might happen.
• Fang Yuan checked the battle near Paladin Castle, saw that losses exceeded one-third and Breni had used up the little demons, then received Christian’s request for Golden Legion reinforcements.

Christian led a retreat after the Magic Mechanical Legion devastated his cavalry and endangered Mage Meg. The enemy withdrew after confronting his scattered forces, and Christian learned that Lord Aria had reached Paladin Castle with thirty thousand newly produced paladins.

• Aria and Kubo retreated toward Paladin Castle with Mage Meg, Breni, and the battered Cavalry Legions as they discussed the power of the Arcane Armament and Christian’s chances.
• Christian recalled rescuing Mage Meg from five hundred infantrymen before a mechanical cavalry unit ambushed them, killed many of his troops, and forced him to retreat.
• Christian recognized the pursuers as the Nossa Empire’s first-generation Magic Mechanical Legion and spread out his forces to limit casualties from their Magic Crystal Guns.
• The Magic Mechanical Legion carved a trench into the ground, then turned and left, provoking Christian’s anger at its retreat.
• Christian learned that the lord had reached Paladin Castle and produced thirty thousand paladins, so he left a thousand soldiers behind and ordered the rest to return.

Fang Yuan learned that Mage Meg’s forces had been defeated by the powerful Arcane Armament Legion and asked Christian how to destroy it. Christian proposed luring the enemy out and disabling its magic runes, and Helen revealed that a warlock could corrupt them, prompting Fang Yuan to return to his territory to recruit one.

• Fang Yuan healed Mage Meg and told him to learn from his defeat.
• Christian explained that the enemy was the first-generation Arcane Armament Legion, whose weapons had destroyed a third of her forces.
• Christian said a forbidden spell might defeat the legion if its magic inscriptions were damaged and its main force lured together.
• Christian marked the legion’s security zone and suggested provoking its reconnaissance squads to draw out the main force.
• Helen explained that a warlock could corrupt magic runes, so Fang Yuan decided to return to his territory and recruit one.
• Fang Yuan left Paladin Castle in Christian’s care and asked her to discuss further investigations with Vanas.

The awakened saint of the Mist World deity ordered Lone Mountain Castle’s forces to march on the Nossa Empire’s capital while Colonel Ivan stayed behind to guard the fortress. Christian and Vanas discovered the castle’s garrison was depleted and planned to alert Fang Yuan, who arrived at Paladin Castle with a new hooded hero.

• The former Nossa prince awakened as a saint, rallied Lone Mountain Castle’s legions, and ordered an advance toward the Nossa Empire’s capital.
• The saint assigned Colonel Ivan to defend the castle with five hundred Magic Mechanical Legion soldiers and an equal number of servants.
• Vanas and Christian secretly scouted Lone Mountain Castle, and Christian recognized its formidable defenses and identified its reduced garrison.
• Christian concluded the castle’s main force had departed and planned to return to Paladin Castle to ask Fang Yuan for troops to capture it.
• Christian left Vanas to watch the castle, while Colonel Ivan remained unaware that the intruders had assessed his defenses.
• Christian returned to Paladin Castle as Fang Yuan arrived through its Teleportation Array with a new hooded hero.