Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tianyang tore open a rift in the Abyss Battlefield and used the Dragon of Responding Heavens to cripple a Black Robe Wizard. At Tubo Fortress, the Black Robe Wizard survived but could not remove the seven Black Nails tormenting the Curse Witch.

• Xiao Tianyang and his allies combined their Daoist arts to tear open a rift, while Jia Xu and the others formed an array and sent Confucian Talent into the altar.
• Xiao Tianyang summoned the Dragon of Responding Heavens with National Fortune and trapped the Black Robe Wizard inside the rift.
• The Dragon of Responding Heavens attacked the Black Robe Wizard, who used Darkness: Deprivation, but Xiao Tianyang replenished the dragon’s National Fortune and struck with Divine Might: Claw.
• The rift shattered, and Xiao Tianyang left with Jia Xu and the others after restoring their energy with the Infinity Gauntlet.
• At Tubo Fortress, the wounded Black Robe Wizard discussed revising his plan while the Curse Witch convulsed from the seven Black Nails in her body.
• The Black Robe Wizard admitted he could not remove the Black Nails and told the Curse Witch that pulling them out would leave her a vegetable.

Xiao Tianyang ordered the armies to reposition and chose to lead a decisive attack on Tubo Fortress before the Black Robe Wizard could finish preparing. He sent Guiguzi to the Xi’er River with the Hetu Luoshu, tasking him with wounding the Night King if he appeared.

• Jia Xu and Guo Jia assessed the Abyss Faction’s plans and identified three possible races for its airborne force from the Fifth Layer.
• Xiao Tianyang ordered several armies and Floating Cities to reposition, then declared Tubo Fortress his target.
• Xiao Tianyang explained that seizing the initiative in a decisive battle could disrupt the Abyss Faction’s forces across the battlefield.
• Xiao Tianyang sent Guiguzi to the Xi’er River and gave him the Hetu Luoshu to wound the Night King if he appeared.
• Guiguzi and the other Daoist School members accepted the Hetu Luoshu and thanked Xiao Tianyang.

Xiao Tianyang reorganized the First Layer into five war zones and chose to begin a decisive war against the Abyss Faction rather than wait for a safer opportunity. The Heavenly Martial Dynasty prepared to lead a counterattack while leaving the Heavenly Dao Faction’s forces to handle the Southwest War Zone.

• Xiao Tianyang abandoned his plan to delay the enemy and ordered the Heavenly Martial Dynasty to prepare for an early decisive battle.
• The Heavenly Martial Dynasty secured the Southeast War Zone and its four Energy Nodes, while the Heavenly Dao Faction was assigned to clear dangers from the Southwest War Zone.
• Xiao Tianyang rejected cooperation with the other planes and confined their forces to assigned areas, warning that any plane approaching the war would be treated as an enemy.
• Xiao Tianyang’s military deployments restrained the other planes with defensive lines and showed that the Heavenly Martial Dynasty had begun preparing a counterattack.

At Tubo Fortress, the Night King and Abyss Faction leaders assessed Xiao Tianyang’s strategy and chose a risky campaign aimed at the Southeast. They prepared to pass the Black Robe Wizard’s advice to their battlefield commanders, while the Abyss Faction continued to regard the Heavenly Dao Faction as the greater threat.

• The Black Robe Wizard explained that Xiao Tianyang’s forces threatened Blazing Fire Fortress and had trapped the Heavenly Dao Faction in the southwest, leaving the Abyss Faction two possible strategies.
• The Night King asked which strategy suited them, and the Black Robe Wizard recommended the riskier plan of concentrating their forces against the Southeast.
• The Platinum Apostle and Archbishop concluded that Xiao Tianyang was using the eastern advance as a feint while secretly targeting the Northeast District.
• The Curse Witch cursed schemers, and the Black Robe Wizard knocked her unconscious with his staff.
• The Abyss Faction leaders decided that the Black Robe Wizard would advise their Elite Grade commanders rather than lead the campaign himself.
• The narration explained that the Abyss Faction still considered the Heavenly Dao Faction its greater threat and did not yet view the Heavenly Martial Dynasty as a serious challenge.

Xiao Tianyang ordered Huo Qubing and Guo Jia to destroy an Abyss Faction supply base, then launched the decisive battle at Tubo Fortress. The Heavenly Martial Dynasty’s forces gained the upper hand on the ground as Jin Tai’s strength rose during his duel with the Night King.

• Jia Xu advised Xiao Tianyang that the Abyss Faction was most likely to attack Blackwater Fortress and proposed sending the Imperial Guards to destroy its supply base.
• Xiao Tianyang ordered Huo Qubing and Guo Jia to lead the mission, then declared war on Tubo Fortress and appointed Sima Cuo, Guo Ziyi, Lu Bu, and Jia Xu to command the campaign.
• The Nine Dragon Imperial Guards entered the battlefield before the Abyss Faction could finish issuing its orders, and more than seven million combatants soon clashed.
• Jin Tai fought the Night King, gradually growing stronger until their combat strengths reached the same level.
• Lu Bu’s cavalry drove through the Hive Army, while Sima Cuo and Guo Ziyi held an Iron Wall defense line that the Abyss forces could not break.

After repelling the Abyss Faction, Xiao Tianyang focused on preserving his forces while keeping the enemy contained around Tubo Fortress. When Huo Qubing captured Energy Node No. 4, Xiao Tianyang ordered a planned withdrawal, and the Black Robe Wizard watched the shift without panic.

• The Abyss Faction recalled its troops after losing the battle, and Xiao Tianyang reorganized his commanders and defenses while warning against a prolonged war.
• Xiao Tianyang chose to limit casualties and keep a low profile rather than request reinforcements or focus on the unknown threat of Stone.
• Ma Yuan and the others held the encirclement around Tubo Fortress, repelling Abyss Faction attempts to break out as Xiao Tianyang waited for Huo Qubing to capture Energy Node No. 4.
• Huo Qubing captured Energy Node No. 4, and Zhang Liang warned that the Black Robe Wizard would soon learn of it.
• Xiao Tianyang ordered Ma Yuan and the others to withdraw according to plan, while the Black Robe Wizard appeared relieved and hoped they had not noticed something.

The Abyss Faction used Energy Node No. 4 as bait while its forces broke through Tubo Fortress’s northern defenses, inflicting heavy casualties on the Heavenly Martial Dynasty. After investigating the attack, Xiao Tianyang ordered his commanders to prioritize killing three Insectoid Generals whenever they fought the Hive Army.

• The Black Robe Wizard used Energy Node No. 4 as bait while the Abyss Faction prepared a hidden route out of Tubo Fortress.
• Ten Elite Legions attacked from the north, broke through the defenses, and escaped despite heavy losses on both sides.
• Xiao Tianyang ordered his remaining forces to contract the encirclement and reinforce the northern line, but the Abyss Faction still breached it.
• Jia Xu reported that at least twenty legions had left Tubo Fortress and that Xiang Yu had killed their commander Asano.
• Xiao Tianyang learned that an unknown Insect Race warrior carrying the Hive Army’s genetic code had injured his commanders and ordered the army to target three Insectoid Generals.
• Xiao Tianyang told Jia Xu that the warrior was a fusion of all three Insectoid Generals, like a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

As the Abyss Faction advanced into the First Layer’s southeast region, Xiao Tianyang and the Heavenly Strategy Bureau continued preparing against the Black Robe Wizard’s unknown schemes. Huo Qubing withdrew from Energy Node No. 4, and the Southeast Allied Army began delaying the Abyss Faction with prepared defenses.

• The Heavenly Strategy Bureau spent seven days gathering clues about the Black Robe Wizard while Xiao Tianyang kept their plans concealed.
• The Abyss Faction entered the southeast region, and Huo Qubing’s Six Dragon Imperial Guards spotted its forces near Energy Node No. 4.
• Huo Qubing withdrew and sent a signal flare, prompting Yue Fei to ready the Southeast Allied Army for the Abyss Faction’s arrival.
• Dugu Xin and Wen Yang used the terrain to pin an Abyss Legion in a valley, treating the position as the first of several delaying outposts.
• Xiao Tianyang ordered the Hall of Enshrinement to observe from the rear and engage only if the enemy acted.

Xiao Tianyang and Jia Xu assessed Matt’s threat and discussed how to handle Abyss Envoys in the Southwest District, ultimately reviewing Chen Ping’s covert plan. Meanwhile, Matt and Yue Fei continued a series of costly battles in the southeastern region, where Yue Fei focused on delaying the enemy rather than pursuing personal victory.

• Jia Xu warned Xiao Tianyang that Matt was a formidable commander and fighter, and Xiao assigned him to arrange someone to watch Matt.
• Xiao Tianyang rejected requests from the defenders at Black River Fortress and General Cao to engage Matt’s forces for now.
• Jia Xu outlined Zhang Yi’s and Chen Ping’s competing plans for dealing with planes that had contacted Abyss Envoys, including the risks of Chen Ping’s scheme.
• Jia Xu presented Chen Ping’s operational proposal, which relied on the Heavenly Strategy Bureau, the Ministry of Rites, and the Third Group Army.
• Matt and Yue Fei fought several times over ten days, each battle ending in a draw as the Heavenly Martial Dynasty yielded three small energy nodes with few losses.
• Yue Fei chose to keep delaying Matt rather than risk a decisive fight, since defeating him would bring little benefit and could cost Yue Fei serious wounds.

The Heavenly Martial Dynasty used its coordinated counterattack to pacify the Southwest District and encircle the Abyss Faction’s forces. As Augustine prepared to negotiate with Xiao Tianyang and evacuate Matt, he warned the Black Robe Wizard that the Heavenly Dao Will might try to kill Matt.

• The Heavenly Martial Dynasty reclaimed Energy Nodes and weakened the Abyss Faction, then pacified the Southwest District and executed its traitors.
• Zhang Yi declared that the dynasty would not attack friendly forces and would open trade to all major planes.
• Xiao Tianyang ordered the Eleventh and Twelfth Group Armies to begin the Shatter God Plan, completing the encirclement around Matt.
• At Tubo Fortress, Augustine comforted the Black Robe Wizard and ordered him to evacuate the Elite Legions and keep the dynasty from acting against Matt.
• Augustine said he would negotiate with Xiao Tianyang and warned that the Heavenly Dao Will would likely try to kill Matt.

Augustine reached the First Layer after three days of delays and negotiated with Xiao Tianyang to free Matt and secure a safe retreat, with Zhang Yi handling the talks. Meanwhile, Xiao Tianyang and Jia Xu considered the Abyss Faction’s possible plans but chose to focus on developing the Heavenly Martial Dynasty.

• Augustine shook off God King Bais and arrived at the Floating City after the Black Robe Wizard had stalled for three days.
• Xiao Tianyang refused to discuss Augustine’s offer directly and assigned Zhang Yi to negotiate over Matt’s release and the Abyss forces’ safe retreat.
• Augustine accepted Zhang Yi’s involvement and went with him to a side hall for private negotiations.
• Jia Xu wondered whether trouble within the Abyss Faction explained Augustine’s lack of bargaining tactics, and Xiao Tianyang told him to keep the possibility in mind.
• Xiao Tianyang and Jia Xu turned their attention to developing the Heavenly Martial Dynasty and consolidating its control over the First Layer.

After negotiating with Augustine, Xiao Tianyang decided to limit the Heavenly Martial Dynasty’s involvement in the Abyss Faction’s plans. Zhang Yi proposed selling a clue to a trusted intelligence organization so Ninth Tier Planes could act against the conspiracy, while the dynasty prepared its forces and relations across the Abyss Battlefield.

• Zhang Yi and Augustine concluded negotiations, with Augustine agreeing to provide resources before Xiao Tianyang released the captives.
• Zhang Yi uncovered a clue about the Abyss Faction’s conspiracy and suggested selling the information through a credible intelligence organization to reach the Ninth Tier Planes.
• Xiao Tianyang authorized Zhang Yi to carry out his plan on the condition that it did not endanger the Heavenly Martial Dynasty.
• Xiao Tianyang and Jia Xu arranged for six Group Armies to guard three Energy Nodes and develop the region’s rare resources.
• Xiao Tianyang directed the dynasty to maintain good relations with other planes, claim its fair share of benefits, and punish anyone who grew too greedy.

Xiao Tianyang secured territory and assigned commanders to hold the First Layer of the Abyss Battlefield after the Abyss Faction withdrew. He returned to Douluo Continent with the main force and began planning long-term development and guarded foreign trade.

• The Abyss Faction withdrew within five days, and Xiao Tianyang claimed a resource-rich area around three Energy Nodes and the Core Area, including Tubo Fortress.
• Xiao Tianyang ordered armies to garrison Tubo, Blazing Fire, and Black River Fortresses, and placed Wang Jian in command of the First Layer with Wei Qing and Wang Meng as his deputies.
• Xiao Tianyang left Chen Ping and Pang Tong behind to monitor the other planes and guard against the Abyss Faction, while assigning other forces and advisers to remain on the battlefield.
• After two days of preparations and stabilizing the Teleportation Gate, Xiao Tianyang returned to Douluo Continent with the main force.
• Xiao Tianyang began a ten-year development plan and foreign-trade negotiations, assigning Gan Mao to form a trade-protection army and Fan Li to lead the Heavenly Martial Trade Association.

Xiao Tianyang visited a Sixth Tier Resource Land that Saber and the others could not conquer because its guardian had to be defeated one-on-one. He discovered the stone giant’s powerful self-healing energy and began figuring out how to overcome it, while identifying the energy as a potential research resource.

• Xiao Tianyang paused his vacation plans and gave the returning officials and military three days to rest and handle their affairs.
• Xiao Tianyang went to meet Saber, Li Bai, the Seven Swords, and the Round Table Knights outside a Sixth Tier Resource Land.
• Saber explained that the land’s guardian had to be defeated one-on-one, and that stronger group attacks would draw out swarms of monsters.
• Xiao Tianyang entered the Resource Land and cut the stone giant into pieces with the [Supreme Blade], but it continued to live.
• Xiao Tianyang used the [Eye of Heaven] to discover that the giant’s new energy gave it extraordinary self-healing, which the Shenwu Research Institute could study.

Xiao Tianyang assessed a new Energy Crystal and learned about the valuable outputs of three Sixth Tier Resource Lands, including energy-rich crops that could help the Heavenly Martial Dynasty become self-sufficient. While exploring more Mysterious Lands with Saber, he reflected on why the Round Table Knights valued independence and how Saber's habit of taking on too much responsibility had been eased by others managing affairs.

• Xiao Tianyang examined an Energy Crystal from the Sixth Tier Resource Land and asked Saber about the outputs of the other sites.
• Saber described the three resource lands, and Xiao Tianyang recognized the importance of investigating the site that produced energy-rich crops.
• Li Bai's group and the Round Table Knights finished clearing threats and surveying the Sixth Tier Resource Land, while Saber and her team continued exploring.
• Xiao Tianyang joined Saber's team to explore the remaining Mysterious Lands, while Lancelot obtained permission to act alone.
• Xiao Tianyang considered the Round Table Knights' desire for independence and realized Saber's tendency to handle everything herself had been moderated by Madam Mingzhu and others.

Xiao Tianyang returned to the Imperial Study and listened as Sun Wu, Wei Liao, and Yue Fei discussed the Five-Faced Monster’s claim over Cybertron Planet. The chapter ended with Xiao Tianyang asking about the monster’s true objective as his advisers prepared to explain what their investigation had uncovered.

• Xiao Tianyang set aside his supposed cultivation plans and focused on resolving Cybertron Planet’s crisis.
• Sun Wu, Wei Liao, and Yue Fei told Xiao Tianyang that the Five-Faced Monster claimed Cybertron Planet as his creation and that the Autobots seemed compelled to obey him.
• Wei Liao explained that attempts to attack the Five-Faced Monster had been blocked by Autobots acting under mysterious commands.
• Yue Fei revealed that the Five-Faced Monster could trigger hidden self-destruct programs in the Autobots, preventing the Heavenly Martial Dynasty from restraining them.
• Xiao Tianyang asked why the Five-Faced Monster wanted a Tier 2 Plane, and his advisers prepared to share what their investigation had found.

After learning that the Five-Faced Monster likely sought Cybertron Planet and its resources, Xiao Tianyang gathered intelligence revealing the planet was the incarnation of Primus, an expert close to transcendence. He traveled to Cybertron Planet to confront the Five-Faced Monster, prepared to fight if it refused to leave.

• Xiao Tianyang summoned Allen, who retrieved information about Cybertron Planet and the Five-Faced Monster.
• Allen explained that Cybertron Planet was Primus, a near-transcendent expert who had become a Sixth Tier Plane in the Heavenly Dao Realm.
• Sun Wu concluded that the Five-Faced Monster wanted Cybertron Planet, while Yue Fei and Wei Liao discussed the danger of provoking it.
• Xiao Tianyang ordered preparations for the worst and decided to meet the Five-Faced Monster, fighting if it refused to leave.
• Xiao Tianyang traveled to Cybertron Planet, gave Optimus Prime and the Autobots instructions, and headed toward a mechanical fortress.

Xiao Tianyang declared war on the Five-Faced Monster and offered Megatron a chance to surrender, seeking to secure Cybertron and build his Metal Legion. Shockwave and the Decepticons submitted to him, while the Five-Faced Monster remained his enemy.

• Xiao Tianyang gave the Five-Faced Monster the choice to leave or face war, then declared war on Quintessa Planet under the witness of the Heavenly Dao.
• The Heavenly Dao produced a golden parchment whose rules favored the Heavenly Martial Dynasty, and three Military Flags appeared on the horizon.
• Xiao Tianyang offered Megatron the choice to surrender or remain his enemy, warning him to decide within three seconds.
• Shockwave knelt and declared his submission to the Tianwu Emperor.
• Rampage, Plague, Soundwave, Starscream, Skywarp, Thundercracker, and the other Decepticons followed Shockwave and knelt before Xiao Tianyang.

Megatron submitted to Xiao Tianyang and joined the Heavenly Martial Dynasty, while the Decepticons attacked the Five-Faced Monster and drove it away. Xiao Tianyang prepared to investigate how the Autobots were controlled and settle the conflict between the two Transformer factions, beginning with a conversation with Optimus Prime.

• Megatron knelt and pledged allegiance to the Tianwu Emperor, and Xiao Tianyang spared the Five-Faced Monster while warning it that Lord Wu'an would come for it.
• Megatron, Shockwave, and the other Decepticons attacked the Five-Faced Monster, while Xiao Tianyang let them prove their allegiance.
• Xiao Tianyang sent Zhuan Zhu to follow the retreating Five-Faced Monster and learn how it controlled the Autobots.
• The Heavenly Martial Dynasty's First, Sixth, and Seventh Group Armies arrived at the Metal Fortress to begin an invasion of Quintessa Planet.
• Xiao Tianyang planned to speak with Optimus Prime and resolve the conflict between the Autobots and Decepticons before involving the court officials.

Xiao Tianyang faced a dispute between the Autobots and Decepticons over how to assign newly born Transformers on Cybertron Planet. Li Si urged him to distribute them according to military merit to preserve the Heavenly Martial Dynasty’s authority, and Xiao Tianyang began reconsidering the proposal.

• Optimus Prime accepted a compromise, and the Decepticons returned to Cybertron Planet after he gave up half the resources to them.
• The Autobots and Decepticons remained deadlocked over which faction would receive newly born Transformers, so Xiao Tianyang summoned Fang Xuanling back.
• Before Fang Xuanling arrived, Li Si proposed allocating the Transformers according to military merit.
• Li Si argued that Cybertron Planet’s resources belonged to Xiao Tianyang and that allowing the factions to negotiate privately could undermine imperial authority.
• Xiao Tianyang was persuaded by Li Si’s reasoning and tapped the table as he reconsidered the proposal.