Chapter Summaries

Bian Que and the other healers helped Miao Zhenshan drive the Archbishop back to the frontline as battles raged across the ground and sky. Yue Fei and Bai Qi coordinated a costly assault on Black Mist City, seeking to pin down the Abyss Faction and seize its gates and walls rather than take the city outright.

• Sun Simiao bound the Archbishop with vines, Hua Tuo sealed his acupoints with Silver Needles, and Bian Que struck him with an expanding cauldron before Miao Zhenshan threw him back onto the frontline.
• Li Bai and the Seven Swords slaughtered Abyss Faction fighters while Laozi kept the Platinum Apostle occupied with his King Kong Stud and Samadhi True Fire.
• The eighteen Group Armies and two Floating Cities attacked Black Mist City as Yue Fei and Bai Qi issued orders to rotate troops and assault the walls and gates.
• Yue Yun led the Beiwei Army to cover the Fourth Group Army, while Bai Qi ordered Shi Jingsi and the Iron Eagle Elite to breach the city gate within three hours.
• Wang Jian led the Hundred Battles Armor Piercers against the South City Gate as Ying Hua's and Du Hui's legions and Yue Yun's Heavy Armor Soldiers attacked the walls.
• The siege grew fierce, but Yue Fei and Bai Qi sought control of the gates and walls while limiting their soldiers' losses, not the city's immediate capture.

After three days and nights of fighting, Xiao Tianyang and Augustine agreed to stop the battle and let Zhang Yi negotiate for the Heavenly Martial Dynasty. Zhang Yi secured a three-month ceasefire, seven Abyss-corrupted planes, and compensation from the Abyss Faction.

• Yue Fei and Bai Qi took the outer city while Chaos Fire and the others brought the low-altitude battle close to its end, but Xiao Tianyang and Augustine remained locked in an uncertain fight.
• Augustine sent Xiao Tianyang flying and called for a ceasefire, and Xiao Tianyang agreed rather than risk further losses.
• Xiao Tianyang summoned Zhang Yi to negotiate and said he would resume fighting if Augustine chose not to talk.
• Augustine brought the Platinum Apostle to the negotiations, and Zhang Yi secured an agreement ceding seven Abyss-corrupted planes, requiring compensation, and establishing a three-month ceasefire.

After the Abyss Faction withdrew, Xiao Tianyang secured resources and control of seven planes while arranging to preserve eight Abyssal Planes as future logistical bases. With the immediate threats contained, he prepared to explore the Abyss Rift and investigate the enemy’s plans.

• The Abyss Faction withdrew from the Plane of All Beings after agreeing to hand over resources, while the Heavenly Martial Dynasty refrained from seeking revenge for the devastated planes.
• During the three-day withdrawal, Xiao Tianyang sent troops to seize seven planes and Dragon Level Enshrinees to place spatial crystals above their Abyss Rifts.
• The Heavenly Dao accepted Zhang Yi’s agreement with the Abyss Faction, and the Heavenly Martial Dynasty dispatched its eighteen Group Armies to clear remaining Abyss Beings from the six other planes.
• Xiao Tianyang decided to keep the eight Abyssal Planes intact, harvest their resources, and conceal their coordinates from the Void.
• Xiao Tianyang chose to explore the Abyss Rift himself because he feared the Abyss Faction would return with a larger invasion.

Xiao Tianyang sent a clone merged with a soul clone into the unstable Abyss Rift to investigate the transfer station and recover clues. He collected damaged Abyss materials and followed a karmic thread to a metal fragment whose appearance puzzled him.

• Xiao Tianyang explained to Bo Saixi that he would enter the Abyss Rift with a clone, and she let him go after playfully striking him on the head.
• Xiao Tianyang merged his clone with a soul clone and entered the Abyss Rift, then used Mental Power to keep himself from falling through its unstable space.
• Xiao Tianyang reached the transfer station and used the [Chaos Ring] to analyze the floating energy fragments, learning that they included damaged Abyss Compressed Material.
• Xiao Tianyang stored the fragments in three porcelain bottles after the [Chaos Ring] detected divine aura and a remaining karmic thread among them.
• Xiao Tianyang followed the karmic thread to a concealed corner and found a metal fragment, wondering whether it was an illusion or a trap.

Xiao Tianyang returned from the transfer station with a Mysterious Metal Fragment and clues for [Chaos Ring] to analyze. He planned to consolidate the Heavenly Martial Dynasty’s gains and prepare for the next campaign against the Abyss Faction, while Bo Saixi agreed to take Guoguo and Tuantuan.

• Xiao Tianyang told Bo Saixi that the transfer station had been stripped of useful items, then showed her three porcelain bottles and the Mysterious Metal Fragment he had recovered.
• Xiao Tianyang decided to use the lull before the Abyss’s next move to consolidate the spoils of war rather than rush into the next stage of his plan.
• Bo Saixi asked when Xiao Tianyang would have children, and he explained that his increasingly powerful genes made pregnancy difficult; she agreed to take Guoguo and Tuantuan into her care.
• Xiao Tianyang left the Abyssal Plane’s follow-up work to Xiao He, Sun Wu, Wei Liao, Fan Li, Gongshu Ban, and their teams.
• Xiao Tianyang arranged a campaign force of twelve Group Armies and the Imperial Guard, while the remaining armies stayed behind to defend Douluo Continent and clear out dangerous beasts and Berserk Beasts.

After restoring Cybertron Planet and forming the Metal Legion, Xiao Tianyang ordered the Heavenly Martial Dynasty to commit its forces to the First Layer of the Abyss Battlefield. He dispatched a vanguard and strategists to stabilize the front, leaving the dynasty poised for a decisive campaign.

• The Heavenly Martial Dynasty helped revive key Autobots, including Orion Pax, Rodimus, and the scientists Wheeljack and Perceptor, and organized one hundred thousand Transformers into the Metal Legion under Optimus Prime.
• Xiao Tianyang and the court discussed the twelve Energy Nodes on the First Layer, where the Heavenly Dao Faction held only one and might be facing an Abyss Faction trap.
• Xiao Tianyang ordered ten Group Armies, the Imperial Guard, and the Hall of Enshrinement to join the campaign, and sent Zhang Yi, Jia Xu, Li Ru, Yue Fei, and Wang Jian ahead with the First and Third Group Armies.
• Xiao Tianyang appointed Zhang Liang chief strategist, with Guo Jia and Pang Tong assisting, and assigned Du Ruhui to coordinate the Metal Legion.
• Xiao Tianyang declared the campaign a crucial chance for the dynasty to change its fortunes, and the officials vowed to defeat the enemy.

Augustine prepared the Abyss Faction to meet an expected Heavenly Martial Dynasty offensive while assigning its fighters to counter the Dynasty’s consecrated experts. The chapter explained the Abyss Faction’s battlefield advantages and left Xiao Tianyang committed to a prolonged war of training and preparation.

• After learning that the Heavenly Martial Dynasty was sending ten Group Armies and the Nine Dragon Imperial Guards into the Abyss Battlefield, Augustine ordered Habal to prepare a battle plan and assigned Abyss Walkers to counter the Dynasty’s experts.
• Augustine noted that Li Bai and the Seven Swords would be investigating a Sixth Tier Resource Land in Douluo Continent, where they had to eliminate any leader they found.
• The chapter explained that the Abyss Faction’s control of territory, environmental enhancements, and Abyss Energy gave it a major advantage on the battlefield.
• Xiao Tianyang chose to treat the Abyss Battlefield as a training ground and wage a protracted war rather than launch a head-on offensive.

Xiao Tianyang avoided a direct clash with the Abyss Faction and worked to secure allies while strengthening the Heavenly Martial Dynasty’s defenses. After half a month of uneasy calm, the next stage of his plan awaited Zhang Yi and the results of negotiations.

• Xiao Tianyang weighed the risks of a major battle and chose gradual expansion over a bloody confrontation that could leave the Heavenly Martial Dynasty exposed.
• Yue Fei and Wang Jian strengthened defenses, while Zhang Yi, Jia Xu, and Li Ru approached the five strongest Tier 3 Planes to seek their support.
• Augustine kept the Abyss Faction on the defensive, ordering it to avoid attacks unless the enemy was weakened or divided by internal turmoil.
• Half a month passed with only minor skirmishes, as the Heavenly Martial Dynasty’s troops and supplies arrived and both sides investigated potential allies.
• Xiao Tianyang parked the Three Floating Cities near the Square Fortress, declining to seek control of it, and waited for Zhang Yi to enable the next plan.

Zhang Yi reported that he had broken up the weaker planes’ emerging alliance and secured agreements with four influential planes through trade. Xiao Tianyang learned that the remaining holdout was a group of gods who had recently accepted Zeus and his companions, and he recognized them.

• Xiao Tianyang met with Zhang Yi, Jia Xu, and Li Ru to hear how their alliance-building efforts had gone.
• Zhang Yi reported that the emerging alliance had been broken up and that the Savage, Moonlight, Ebony, and Tian Xuan planes had agreed to support the Heavenly Martial Dynasty.
• Zhang Yi explained how trade agreements created shared interests and helped secure the four planes’ support.
• Xiao Tianyang asked which of the five most influential planes had refused to join.
• Zhang Liang said the holdout was a group of gods that had recently accepted Zeus and the others, and Xiao Tianyang remarked that it was a small world.

Xiao Tianyang gathered the planes' leaders in the Floating City and asserted the Heavenly Martial Dynasty's command over the war against the Abyss Faction. Sun Wu presented a deliberately limited plan, leaving the other forces to choose between frontline combat and rear defense.

• Xiao Tianyang convened a war council in the Floating City, where leaders from the various planes greeted him as an equal.
• Xiao Tianyang declared that the Heavenly Martial Dynasty would command the war, and no faction openly objected.
• Xiao Tianyang divided the forces between frontline assaults and defending rear bases and routes, while the leaders of Wildlands, Moonlight, Ebony, and Tian Xuan volunteered for the main battle.
• Xiao Tianyang asked Du Ruhui to confirm the participants, thanked them for their trust, and introduced Sun Wu to explain the battle plan.
• Sun Wu outlined a prolonged campaign beginning with the capture of a large Energy Node, but withheld specific arrangements and attack directions.

Xiao Tianyang explained his strategy for fighting the Abyss Faction to the allied planes, revealing that the Heavenly Martial Dynasty would target Dead River Fortress rather than the nearer Black Mountain Fortress. He said his army would reach Black River Fortress in two days, but he had lied: he expected news within a day.

• About a hundred planes remained after the briefing, and Xiao Tianyang explained that they would hold back the Abyss Legions while his forces dealt with the Calamity Legions.
• Huang questioned why the Abyss Faction would leave its cities, and Xiao Tianyang said the allies could attack small Energy Nodes and ambush enemy reinforcements.
• King Jade asked why Xiao Tianyang had designated a large Energy Node as the target, and Xiao Tianyang said capturing it was his mission, not the allies'.
• Xiao Tianyang revealed that his target was Dead River Fortress, not Black Mountain Fortress, surprising Huang and worrying King Jade about the allied legions being isolated.
• Xiao Tianyang said his army would reach Black River Fortress in two days and left Sun Wu to arrange the remaining matters.
• Xiao Tianyang had begun planning the operation with the Heavenly Strategy Bureau half a month earlier, guarded the meeting with his personal forces, and had lied about waiting two days for results because he expected news within one day.

Xiao Tianyang sent Wei Qing and Cao Cao with two Group Armies and three Imperial Guard units to capture Black River Fortress. After Xun You identified a likely way to open the Black River spring from inside the fortress, the commanders agreed on a plan that left Wei Qing ready to assault if Cao Cao failed.

• Xiao Tianyang dispatched Wei Qing and Cao Cao with the Eleventh and Twelfth Group Armies and three Imperial Guard units to attack Black River Fortress.
• Xun You explained that the fortress likely suppressed the Black River spring and said his ability to perceive qi showed no sign it had been sealed.
• Cao Cao agreed that opening the spring from within could let them capture the fortress with fewer losses.
• Wei Qing assigned Cao Cao to breach the fortress while he hid the main force nearby and prepared to support him or launch a direct assault.
• Wei Qing, Cao Cao, and Xun You confirmed their plan and split up to carry it out.

Xiao Tianyang received reports of victories at several Energy Nodes and ordered new marches to seize more territory while testing whether the Abyss Faction had discovered his plans. The chapter ended with the capture of Black River Fortress, which Xiao Tianyang ordered the Tenth and Eleventh Group Armies to hold defensively.

• Messengers reported that Wang Jian had captured Energy Node No. 5 and the Grand Commandant had taken Energy Nodes No. 3 and No. 6.
• Xiao Tianyang ordered the First Group Army to appear to target Energy Node No. 7 while secretly aiming for No. 8, and sent the Ninth and Tenth Group Armies north.
• Zhang Liang advised Xiao Tianyang to slow the siege if No. 8’s defenses had not strengthened and to use the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Group Armies for ambushes.
• A messenger reported that the Tenth and Eleventh Group Armies had captured Black River Fortress, and Xiao Tianyang ordered them to defend it and avoid battle without his command.
• Zhang Liang explained that Cao Cao had opened the death-filled Black River Spring, Wei Qing had led the assault, and Xiang Yu had held up the falling gate while the army seized the fortress.

Xiao Tianyang and Zhang Liang adjusted their strategy after learning the Abyss Faction might counterattack, while Bo Saixi volunteered to scout Blazing Fire Fortress in the Extreme North. The chapter ended with Xiao Tianyang giving her a powerful Furnace and admitting he was weakened from using half his energy.

• Zhang Liang reported that Cao's forces had captured Black River Fortress, but Madam Snake, the Black Pharaoh, and the Spider Lord had likely escaped through a feigned-death method.
• Xiao Tianyang and Zhang Liang anticipated an Abyss Faction counterattack against the First Group Army and planned to slow enemy forces while the First Group Army captured Energy Node No. 8.
• Xiao Tianyang assigned the Thirteenth Group Army and three Imperial Guard units to reinforce the operation.
• Bo Saixi offered to scout Blazing Fire Fortress with Tang Chen and Miao Zhenshan, and Xiao Tianyang gave her a two-handled Furnace to use if she encountered danger.
• Bo Saixi asked why Xiao Tianyang looked weak, and he said he had used half the energy in his body.

After receiving a royal message, Wang Meng and Xie Xuan changed their plans to delay the enemy while Yue Fei and Pang Tong prepared an assault on Energy Node Eight. Xiao Tianyang sent Bo Saixi’s group north to the Unknown Land, uneasy about putting her in danger.

• Xie Xuan received a message from Xiao Tianyang via the royal Jade Claw Sea East Green and learned that the battle plan had to change.
• Wang Meng proposed sending the cavalry and Light Infantry ahead to harass the enemy while the Heavy Armor Units fortified Oak Canyon, and Xie Xuan ordered the army to depart immediately.
• Yue Fei received the emperor’s instructions and agreed to Pang Tong’s plan to take Energy Node Eight with minimal losses.
• Pang Tong explained that the First Group Army would support the plan with a feigned attack on the flank.
• Xiao Tianyang watched Bo Saixi’s group head north toward the Unknown Land and worried about sending someone he trusted so deeply.

Xiao Tianyang weighed whether to keep pursuing a cautious strategy or take the initiative against the Abyss Faction, then consulted Sun Wu about changing the war’s direction. He moved toward a more aggressive plan while considering the risks of provoking an enemy counteroffensive.

• Xiao Tianyang decided not to restrict Bo Saixi and trusted her, White Robe, and Sacred Spirit to handle most dangers on the battlefield.
• Yu Rang reported that Evil Ghost was leading three legions toward Energy Node No. 8 and explained the Three Ghost Legions’ capabilities.
• Xiao Tianyang ordered Yu Rang to capture a specimen and summoned Sun Wu to discuss his strategic uncertainty.
• Xiao Tianyang explained his conflicting instincts to Sun Wu, who judged that an ambush could weaken the Abyss Faction and allow the Heavenly Martial Dynasty to seize most First Layer Energy Nodes.
• Xiao Tianyang recognized the risks of the plan, including the possibility that the Abyss Faction would shift from defense to offense, and discussed revising the strategic deployment with Sun Wu.

Xiao Tianyang and his advisers planned the Heavenly Martial Dynasty’s next moves while battle reports revealed mixed progress across the front. After capturing Energy Node No. 8, the dynasty had met its initial strategic goal, but Xiao Tianyang ordered the campaign to continue as the Ninth and Tenth Group Armies faced Blazing Fire Fortress.

• Xiao Tianyang, Sun Wu, Zhang Liang, Wei Liao, Jia Xu, Guo Jia, and Chen Ping held a private meeting to develop a complete plan for the Heavenly Martial Dynasty.
• The Ninth and Tenth Group Armies encountered an Elite Grade Abyss Legion, and Deng Yu ambushed and annihilated the enemy after it relentlessly pursued them.
• Bo Saixi reported that Blazing Fire Fortress held three Evil God Legions and at least eighty Abyss Walkers, leaving Xian Yin and Deng Yu's armies with no clear option beyond attacking the city.
• Wang Meng and Xie Xuan's Seventeenth and Eighteenth Group Armies delayed an Abyss Legion for nine hours with fewer than three thousand casualties.
• Yue Fei's First Group Army captured Energy Node No. 8 with minimal losses after following Pang Tong's suggestion.
• Xiao Tianyang changed course after the capture and ordered the Heavenly Martial Dynasty to continue its campaign.

The Abyss Faction discussed the First Layer’s worsening position, and Augustine tasked the Black Robe Wizard with testing the Heavenly Martial Dynasty’s strength. Meanwhile, Xiao Tianyang sensed an approaching danger, and Guiguzi’s divination revealed ominous signs and a mysterious black karmic thread.

• Augustine told the Abyss leaders that Black River Fortress had fallen and warned that Blazing Fire Fortress must not be lost.
• Spider Madam proposed attacking the Heavenly Martial Dynasty’s allies, and the Platinum Apostle agreed that Xiao Tianyang would be forced to choose between battlefields.
• The Black Robe Wizard arrived from the Fifth Layer, and Augustine instructed him to assess whether the Heavenly Martial Dynasty warranted designation as a five-star Hunt Target.
• After sensing danger and seeing his Prayer Beads scattered, Xiao Tianyang asked Xin'er to summon Guiguzi.
• Guiguzi divined a scarlet moon and blood-stained earth, then noticed an unseen black karmic thread outside the building.

Xiao Tianyang’s advisers assessed the Abyss Faction’s likely schemes and began preparations to identify and counter its divination experts. The meeting ended with Chen Ping tasked with testing the loyalty of allied forces, while Xiao Tianyang chose to wait for a chance to confront the person behind the causal threads attached to him.

• Guiguzi, Jia Xu, Chen Ping, and Zhang Liang identified the Black Robe Wizard and the Curse Witch as likely threats, and proposed buying intelligence and using curses to draw out the enemy.
• Guo Jia warned that the Abyss Faction would inevitably try to turn forces from other planes against the Heavenly Martial Dynasty.
• Chen Ping proposed trapping potential traitors, and Xiao Tianyang assigned him the task while forbidding him to put allied names on the death list.
• Xiao Tianyang ordered Jia Xu to prepare the Heavenly Strategy Bureau for the enemy and told Sun Wu to follow the existing plans unless new developments required a change.
• Guiguzi gathered Laozi and the Daoist School to investigate the causal threads, while Xiao Tianyang delayed cutting them so he could plan a strike against their source.

Xiao Tianyang and his allies prepared a coordinated strike against the Abyss Faction's Curse Witch and Black Robe Wizard while the Heavenly Strategy Bureau worked to penetrate enemy intelligence. At the chosen moment, Xiao Tianyang began the attack by unleashing the Imperial Seal of the State to counter Fate with National Fortune.

• Jia Xu limited the Heavenly Martial Dynasty's losses in the hidden strategic conflict, while Chen Ping made two or three Plane Powers disappear each day without drawing attention.
• Guiguzi and the others used the Seven Arrows Technique to lure out the Curse Witch, and Xiao Tianyang sensed the Black Robe Wizard's presence as well.
• Xiao Tianyang, Guiguzi, and the others prepared to suppress the Curse Witch and then concentrate their attack on the Black Robe Wizard, while the Heavenly Strategy Bureau planned to infiltrate the Abyss Faction's intelligence network.
• At noon, Xiao Tianyang shouted for the operation to begin and sent out the Imperial Seal of the State, using National Fortune to counter Fate.