Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tianyang returned to the Underground City Plane, found Saber exhausted by office work, and reassigned her to the role she preferred while she chose to keep the Round Table Knights there. He then summoned his commanders and strategists to review the Frontline campaign, which had driven the Void Faction back to an overseas island chain.

• Xiao Tianyang returned to the Underground City Plane with Chaos Fire and found Saber looking haggard from handling office documents.
• Saber pleaded to leave administrative work and fight at the Frontline, but Xiao Tianyang refused her request to go there and suggested she return to the Heavenly Martial Dynasty.
• Saber refused to leave and insisted that the Round Table Knights would remain as Xiao Tianyang's barrier until the battle ended.
• Xiao Tianyang summoned the Grand Commandant, Jia Xu, and Bai Qi to review the Frontline situation.
• The commanders reported that Sun Wu's strategy had driven the Void Faction to the northeastern island chain and that the Heavenly Martial Dynasty had eliminated more than thirty million enemy elites.

Xiao Tianyang coordinated the final operation against the Underground City and discussed postwar military reorganization before meeting A'ganzuo in the Nameless Trench. A'ganzuo revealed that four elite Void legions had arrived and were forcing Underground City profession holders to guide them into battle.

• Xiao Tianyang agreed with Sun Wu and Bai Qi to begin the encirclement operation in four days and discussed a framework for reorganizing the Group Armies after the war.
• After Sun Wu and the others left, Xiao Tianyang traveled to the Nameless Trench to meet A'ganzuo.
• A'ganzuo told Xiao Tianyang that four Void trump-card legions had arrived from the Abyss Battlefield and were forcing profession holders to guide them at the frontline.
• Xiao Tianyang identified the legions as Ghost Jackal, Jackal, Demon Tiger, and Shadow Leopard, and A'ganzuo warned that Jackal's commander seemed to be a powerful close-combat fighter.

Xiao Tianyang assessed the Heavenly Martial Dynasty’s strength and returned to Hektonmar, where he examined a Flame of Causality that might sever the connection between the Underground City and the Void. He accepted the danger of using it and stored it away, then turned to his administrative work.

• Xiao Tianyang trusted the Heavenly Martial Dynasty’s commanders and soldiers to face the Void Faction, crediting coordination and military experience over individual talent.
• Xiao Tianyang returned to Hektonmar and asked Little Chaos whether the Flame of Causality could sever the connection between the Underground City and the Void.
• The Flame of Causality transformed into an antique lamp, and Xiao Tianyang learned it could burn bonds beneath the Heavenly Dao but might transfer the causality onto him.
• Little Chaos warned that Xiao Tianyang could not avoid the risk by giving the lamp to someone else, so he chose to gamble on its stated success probability.
• Xiao Tianyang stored the lamp and began working, reflecting that Saber’s straightforwardness had led her to take on too much administrative work.

As the Void Faction massed its forces on the Northern Ocean Glacier for a decisive battle, Xiao Tianyang assessed how the balance of power had shifted and why the Void was running out of time. He remained wary after seeing the strength of its trump card legions, while his own preparations and famous generals had repeatedly turned the tide.

• Xiao Tianyang led the Imperial Guard from Hektonmar to the Frontline as the Void Faction concentrated its main forces on the Northern Ocean Glacier.
• Xiao Tianyang reasoned that the Void Faction was seeking a swift decisive battle because it was prepared and had only days before Douluo Continent's Plane Spirit could refine the Underground City Plane.
• The Void Will sent combat races to the Underground City Plane to awaken their bloodlust and hinder the Heavenly Martial Dynasty, while its Monster Allied Army fought beneath the ten trump card legions in its forces.
• The Void Will recognized that the Heavenly Martial Dynasty held a six-to-four advantage, after the Monster Allied Army was checked by the Group Armies, Imperial Guard, and Hall of Enshrinement.
• Xiao Tianyang reflected on how he and his famous generals had reversed the odds across five clashes, eventually forcing the Void Will to attempt his assassination.
• After seeing the four trump card legions' True Bodies, Xiao Tianyang realized their first tier matched the Imperial Guard and that two commanders had auras on Lu Bu's level.

Xiao Tianyang and his strategists assessed the four Void ace legions and the dangers of relying on outdated intelligence as the decisive battle approached. After an assassin tried to kill Xiao Tianyang, Chaos Fire killed him, and the group headed to the commander-in-chief’s tent while the Void’s hidden reinforcements remained unidentified.

• Xiao Tianyang reviewed the commanders and strengths of the Three-eyed Tiger Clan, Nether Ghost Leopards, Bloodthirsty Jackal Wolves, and Desolate Hyenas with Zhang Liang and Jia Xu.
• Jia Xu warned that the old intelligence could be unreliable, judged luring the enemy into a trap to be the worst strategy, and recommended either waiting defensively or attacking amid the chaos.
• An assassin appeared beside Xiao Tianyang with a poisoned dagger, but Chaos Fire incinerated him before he could strike.
• Xiao Tianyang went with Zhang Liang, Jia Xu, and Chaos Fire to the commander-in-chief’s tent as Chaos Fire watched Tian Xie from afar.
• Zhuang Zhou, Zhang Jiao, Yu Ji, Zuo Ci, and Daoist Nanhua failed to identify the Void’s concealed reinforcement, though Xiao Tianyang’s side had prepared to face a powerful opponent.

Xiao Tianyang let his commanders handle the frontline conflict while the Void Faction weighed its options for breaking through the Heavenly Martial Dynasty's defenses. The enemy chose a northern assault route, and Xiao Tianyang arrived to find his commanders divided over whether to attack or defend.

• Enzo questioned Mad Tiger, who estimated his odds against the powerful figure who had intervened, and explained that the Mask King—not the four commanders—was that figure's proper opponent.
• Enzo presented three possible attack routes, and the four Void Faction commanders voted on their choices.
• Tian Xie chose to lead a northern advance and ordered the others to support him when his signal flare appeared.
• Xiao Tianyang entered the Heavenly Martial Dynasty's command tent and learned that Bai Qi's attacking faction and Wang Jian's defensive faction were deadlocked.
• Sun Wu explained that the commanders' disagreement reflected different professional perspectives, while the enemy's possible routes were guarded by harsh terrain, watchtowers, and hidden sentries.

After receiving confirmation that Tian Xie was moving north through Extreme River toward the Heavenly Martial Dynasty’s rear, Xiao Tianyang chose a balanced strategy against the Void Faction. He ordered a direct battle and flank pressure while keeping his forces ready to respond to the threat behind them.

• Zhuan Zhu reported that Tian Xie had led his legion north into Extreme River, and Jia Xu judged the intelligence highly likely to be true.
• Xiao Tianyang announced that Tian Xie would soon reach the Heavenly Martial Dynasty’s rear.
• Xiao Tianyang ordered Bai Qi, Xue Rengui, Xian Yin, and Deng Yu to lead a decisive frontal battle with support from four Imperial Guard units.
• Xiao Tianyang assigned Wang Jian, Wu Qi, Li Jing, and Yang Su to pressure the Void Faction’s flanks and delay any enemy forces that took the bait.

Xiao Tianyang prepared his commanders for the Void Faction’s expected attack, then led Tianwu’s million-strong army into battle. As Xue Rengui fought Mad Tiger on the front lines, Xue Dingshan arrived to assist him.

• Xiao Tianyang assigned Jia Xu and Chen Gong to lead divisions, placed Zhang Liang beside Sun Wu, and gave Sun Wu temporary overall command for the coming battle.
• Xiao Tianyang warned his commanders that the Void Will would target him, promised he could retreat unharmed, and discussed contingency plans.
• At dawn, Xiao Tianyang launched the army, with Bai Qi commanding the center and Xue Rengui leading the vanguard against the Void Faction.
• Mad Tiger merged with a black tiger and confronted Xue Rengui, who wounded his face before Mad Tiger’s rapid axe attacks put him on the defensive.
• Xue Dingshan rode up and offered to help Xue Rengui.

Xue Rengui and Xue Dingshan helped turn the battlefield against the Void Faction as the Heavenly Martial Dynasty’s armies fought to relieve pressure on the Seventh Group Army. While the fighting continued, Xiao Tianyang sent the Hall of Enshrinement’s Enshrinees into the sky to confront a dark cloud, and Jin Tai engaged a defensive Supreme Expert.

• Xue Dingshan used the Xue Family Halberd Technique alongside Xue Rengui, and the two began suppressing Mad Tiger.
• The Ninth Group Army’s Five Great Tiger Generals drove into the battle to support the Seventh Group Army, while Bai Qi held his troops in place.
• After hours of fighting, Jia Fu severely wounded Black Blood and pursued his forces, and the Five Great Tiger Generals killed Ghost Tiger.
• A dark cloud approached above the Void Faction, and Xiao Tianyang ordered the Enshrinees to meet it.
• Jin Tai left the seven-colored auspicious cloud and attacked a defensive Supreme Expert with a barrage of punches.

Xiao Tianyang recognized the Black Shadow as a Void Faction countermeasure and sent Chaos Fire to investigate. The Shadow revealed himself as Mask King, a Void clone carrying Abyss Energy, and prepared to fight Chaos Fire while targeting Xiao Tianyang.

• Chaos Fire sensed that the Black Shadow above the clouds was dangerous, and Xiao Tianyang identified him as a likely countermeasure from the Void Faction.
• Xiao Tianyang sent Chaos Fire to test the Black Shadow while the Absolute Experts fought their opponents below.
• As Chaos Fire approached, his Chaos Energy reacted to the Shadow, and he recognized the presence of Abyss Energy.
• The Shadow revealed himself as Mask King, the third-strongest expert in Void, and admitted that his mission was to deal with Xiao Tianyang.
• Mask King transformed and prepared to fight Chaos Fire, who summoned blazing flames and the Chaos Ring behind him.

Xiao Tianyang met Laozi as Bug King: Demon Erosion emerged to challenge him, while Mask King Xi fought Chaos Fire overhead. Laozi bound Bug King with the Immortal Binding Rope and transported them away to fight elsewhere, leaving Xiao Tianyang to sense the final battle’s opening.

• Xiao Tianyang sensed the Void Will teleporting another Supreme Expert and used Samadhi True Fire to repel the enemies around him.
• Laozi arrived on an Azure Ox, greeted Xiao Tianyang, and agreed to share stories after the battle.
• Bug King: Demon Erosion emerged from shattered space and focused its attention on Laozi.
• Laozi summoned the Big Dipper Seven Stars Sword and proposed moving the fight, but Bug King refused and prepared its Erosion Bug Cannon.
• Laozi bound Bug King with the Immortal Binding Rope and used the Eight Trigrams of the Heavens to transport them away.
• Xiao Tianyang sensed the surrounding region and realized Laozi had chosen a familiar battlefield as the final battle began.

Xiao Tianyang faced God King Bais, the Void Faction’s powerful fighter, while Laozi had already taken Bug King Demon Erosion away. Their clash erupted high above the battlefield, forcing the surrounding combatants to retreat as the battlefields below converged.

• Xiao Tianyang sensed that God King Bais had arrived while the first enemy remained hidden, and God King Bais emerged from the Void.
• God King Bais explained that he had hoped to meet Xiao Tianyang at the top of the Abyss Battlefield, but had come because of his obligation to the Void Will.
• Xiao Tianyang drew the [Supreme Blade], and God King Bais took out an iron-black hook-scythe spear before they rushed into battle.
• Xiao Tianyang and God King Bais clashed ten thousand meters above the ground, splitting the sky and sending shockwaves across the battlefield.
• The combatants retreated from the high-altitude battlefield as the ground, low-altitude, and high-altitude fighting zones were forced closer together.

After three days of battle, the Heavenly Martial Dynasty gained the upper hand as its strongest fighters defeated or contained the Void Faction’s experts. Xiao Tianyang ordered the next stage of the operation, aiming to drive back the enemy and capture Mad Tiger or Black Blood.

• Jin Tai destroyed the Defender after enduring his reflected damage, while Zhuang Zhou, Li Bai, Kong Zhou, Zhang Jiao, and the others protected their comrades on the battlefield.
• Xiao Tianyang returned unharmed after defeating God King Bais, while Chaos Fire held Mask King Xi and Laozi’s Samadhi True Fire badly burned Bug King Demon Erosion.
• Sun Wu reported that the Underground City professionals were in position and that the army had a ninety percent chance of capturing either Mad Tiger or Black Blood.
• Xiao Tianyang ordered the Third Group Army and the Eighth Group Army to coordinate and drive back the enemy as quickly as possible.

A'ganzuo and the Underground City professionals betrayed the Void Faction, helping the Heavenly Martial Dynasty rout its forces and drive them back to the coast. With the Underground City Plane nearing absorption into Douluo Continent, Xiao Tianyang considered how to handle the aftermath while investigating the Void Faction’s strange movements.

• A'ganzuo saw the signal flare and ordered the Underground City professionals to attack the Void Faction’s firepower position.
• The rebels turned the Void Faction’s guns on its own forces as the Imperial Guards and the Third Group Army struck from the flank.
• Bai Qi’s forces split the enemy formation and attacked the trapped troops while other armies blocked reinforcements.
• The Void Faction retreated in an orderly fashion, abandoning its forward forces as the battle turned against it.
• After four days and three nights, the Heavenly Martial Dynasty pushed the Void Faction back to the coastline.
• Xiao Tianyang held off on building defenses and sought a way to investigate the Void Faction’s suspicious movements and prepare for the aftermath.

Xiao Tianyang and his commanders reviewed the arrival of the Underground City professionals and the Void Faction’s sudden concentration of ace legions against the Douluo Continent. With the eastern defense line facing an imminent assault, they prepared to settle the army’s organization and defenses before returning in triumph.

• Jia Xu began settling the Underground City professionals in the Heavenly Martial Dynasty as they entered the Douluo Continent in batches.
• Xiao Tianyang considered the professionals’ prospects for adapting, noting that he might send them to other planes if they could not settle into their new environment.
• Xiao Tianyang and his commanders gathered to discuss holding back the Void without disrupting development and organizing the First through Fifth New Army Groups.
• Xiao Tianyang learned that the Void had sent all six remaining ace legions to the eastern defense line, leaving the Heavenly Martial Dynasty barely a day to respond.
• Xiao Tianyang noted that Mad Tiger and Tian Xie had been killed with more than two million elite troops lost, but eight ace legions still posed a serious threat.

Sun Wu explained why the Void Will would likely launch one major attack before holding back, and Xiao Tianyang approved a cautious withdrawal and defense plan. The commanders began carrying out the retreat while remaining wary of strategists serving the Void.

• Sun Wu argued that the Void was gathering strength for a decisive strike and that the Dynasty should prepare to withstand its first wave.
• Sun Wu compared the Heavenly Dao Will, Void Will, and Abyss Will, describing the Void Will as calculating and profit-driven.
• Xiao Tianyang asked Sun Wu how certain he was, and Sun Wu estimated his prediction was more than seventy percent likely.
• Xiao Tianyang ordered the Ninth and Tenth Group Armies to withdraw first, with the Second Group Army bringing up the rear.
• Sun Wu and Zhang Liang left the command tent as the commanders departed to carry out the plan.
• The discussion concluded that the Dynasty still had to guard against capable Void strategists whose identities and methods were unknown.

After securing the Underground City Plane, Xiao Tianyang watched it collapse from the Life and Death Fortress and spotted a rare Origin Crystal inside the Black Hole. He claimed the crystal but was confronted by a mysterious Abyss Walker, who revealed that Xiao Tianyang had become famous within their faction.

• The Heavenly Martial Dynasty completed its retreat from the Underground City Plane while the Void Faction made no move to stop them.
• Xiao Tianyang watched the Underground City Plane collapse and received a warning from the [Chaos Ring] about a possible [Origin Crystal].
• Xiao Tianyang spotted the crystal and sensed a mysterious lifeform approaching the Black Hole.
• Xiao Tianyang drew the [Supreme Blade] and claimed the crystal as an attacker shaped space fragments into a massive python.
• Xiao Tianyang recognized the attacker as an Abyss Walker, who confirmed the guess and said Xiao Tianyang was famous within their faction.

Xiao Tianyang encountered Platinum Apostle, the sixth-ranked Abyss Walker, and fought him after Platinum Apostle tried to withdraw. Xiao Tianyang discovered that killing Platinum Apostle brought misfortune, while Platinum Apostle’s immortality made him difficult to defeat, leaving their conflict unresolved.

• Platinum Apostle introduced himself as the sixth-ranked Abyss Walker, and Xiao Tianyang grew eager to test his strength.
• Xiao Tianyang fixed the shattered space with Sky Covering Hand and attacked Platinum Apostle with his Supreme Blade.
• Platinum Apostle manipulated space to sweep Xiao Tianyang away, then picked up his severed head and explained that he had no quarrel with Xiao Tianyang or Douluo Continent.
• Xiao Tianyang cut Platinum Apostle into fragments, but Platinum Apostle remained alive and revealed that only his true body could be killed.
• Xiao Tianyang examined Platinum Apostle’s status and learned that killing him accumulated misfortune, while his immortality made sealing him the better option.

Xiao Tianyang drove the Platinum Apostle away from Life and Death Fortress, then returned to oversee a major military reorganization. The chapter ended with the newly appointed commanders and generals assigned across the restructured Group Armies.

• Xiao Tianyang cut through the Platinum Apostle's Space Barrier, but the Platinum Apostle escaped through a Space Gate after pointing him toward the Night King.
• Xiao Tianyang returned to Life and Death Fortress and ordered a retreat as the plane continued to collapse.
• Xiao Tianyang brought the Imperial Guard back to reorganize the military, keeping Yue Fei, Bai Qi, Wang Jian, Han Xin, and Wu Qi as commanders of the first five Group Armies while appointing new deputies and Legion Commanders.
• Xiao Tianyang formed the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Group Armies under Li Mu and Esdeath, respectively.
• Xiao Tianyang selected generals from the Talent Recruitment Hall to form the Seventeenth Group Army under Wang Meng and the Eighteenth Group Army under Xie Xuan.

Xiao Tianyang reviewed a battle plan for the Heavenly Martial Dynasty’s campaign against the Void and asked his commanders to assign the eighteen Group Armies. Sun Wu and the others proposed deployments for the established armies, while Xiao Tianyang pressed them to decide where to place the inexperienced Seventeenth and Eighteenth Group Armies.

• Xiao Tianyang reviewed the battle plan and said the troops were ready to take the initiative against the Void.
• Xiao Tianyang asked how the eighteen Group Armies should be assigned, noting the threats posed by the enemy forces on Meteor Continent and Crescent Continent.
• Sun Wu proposed keeping Yue Fei’s First Group Army at the basic defense line, with Wang Jian’s Third Group Army supporting it.
• Sun Wu recommended assigning Bai Qi’s Second Group Army and Wu Qi to the Eastern Defense Line.
• Xiao Tianyang asked where the newly formed Seventeenth and Eighteenth Group Armies should be deployed, as Sun Wu weighed their inexperience against their commanders’ abilities and coordination.