Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tianyang considered Li Si’s plan for distributing Transformers according to military merit, then heard Fang Xuanling’s explanation of the Leadership Module’s production limits. He ordered Fang to negotiate with the Autobots and said Jia Xu would be sent to make them comply if they refused.

• Xiao Tianyang concluded that Megatron had little reason to betray the Heavenly Martial Dynasty and set aside his doubts about the Decepticons.
• Fang Xuanling entered the Imperial Study, and Xiao Tianyang asked Li Si to explain his proposal.
• Fang Xuanling described the Leadership Module’s output of A-, B-, and C-Class Transformers and noted that the Decepticons would initially receive only one A-Class Transformer per month under a military-merit system.
• Li Si argued that the Decepticons could prove themselves by helping uncover why the Five-Faced Monster controlled the Autobots, and Fang Xuanling agreed to negotiate with them.
• Xiao Tianyang ordered Fang Xuanling to proceed with negotiations and told him to have Jia Xu force the issue if the Autobots remained stubborn.

Xiao Tianyang reconciled the Autobots and Decepticons under a shared Cybertronian military structure, then launched an expedition against Quintessa Planet. At the northern fortress, Megatron discovered that the Five-Faced Monsters were attacking with most of their forces, leaving Shockwave to urge scouting and intelligence gathering.

• Optimus Prime and Megatron accepted Xiao Tianyang's regulations, merging the Autobots and Decepticons into one Group Army without appointing a supreme commander.
• Xiao Tianyang ordered the Thirteenth Group Army, the Fourteenth Group Army, and the Decepticons to attack Quintessa Planet.
• The three forces arrived at the northern mechanical fortress, where Zhuge Liang and Sun Jian planned to meet Bai Qi while Megatron flew ahead to investigate.
• Starscream tried to have Zhuge Liang explain the Decepticons' request to Bai Qi, but Zhuge Liang told him to speak directly with the commander.
• Megatron returned with bullet holes and reported that the Five-Faced Monsters had committed roughly two-thirds of their military strength to the attack.
• Shockwave told the Decepticons to fight while scouting the enemy and gathering intelligence about its objective.

Bai Qi gave Megatron and the Decepticons a chance to prove themselves by attacking the Five-Faced Monsters while the Second and Sixth Group Armies drew the enemy’s attention. Shockwave organized the Decepticons for a rapid assault on the enemy’s forces and intelligence network.

• Bai Qi told Megatron that the Second Group Army and Sixth Group Army would launch an operation at eight that night, creating an opening for the Decepticons to act.
• Megatron accepted the mission and left with Starscream, while Shockwave and Bai Qi agreed to fight separately without hindering one another.
• Megatron led Rampage and the other Decepticons toward their mission to hunt Mechanical Kongs with consciousness, which helped relay commands to enemy forces.
• Shockwave moved his forces toward the Second Group Army’s camp perimeter and ordered Soundwave to scout the enemy deployment.
• Shockwave assigned Thundercracker, Skywarp, Astrotrain, Bombshell, the Constructicons, Flying Tiger Team, Vehicons, and C-Class Decepticons their roles in the assault.

Megatron and the Decepticons fought the Mechanical Kongs on Quintessa Planet while Xiao Tianyang ordered a counterattack against the Void’s two subordinate planes. The Decepticons continued their costly assault, leaving Megatron’s squad with a major victory over the enemy’s high-grade forces.

• Megatron led the Decepticons into battle, killing Mechanical Kongs as Soundwave transmitted battlefield footage to Douluo Continent.
• Xiao Tianyang’s advisers assessed the Autobots’ and Decepticons’ different combat styles, and Xiao Tianyang said their factions could not be rushed into cooperation.
• Xiao Tianyang ordered the Void Shattering Plan, and allied armies led by the First and Fourth Group Armies marched to capture the Void’s two subordinate planes.
• Megatron’s combat squad killed half of the Mechanical Kongs on the battlefield that possessed independent consciousness.
• The chapter explained that Megatron and Optimus Prime were rare Dual S-Class Transformers, while Megatron’s squad hunted down nearly half of the high-grade Mechanical Kongs.

The Heavenly Martial Dynasty exposed the Five-Faced Monsters’ bluff, conquered Quintessa Planet, and used its gains to advance Douluo Continent and the dynasty. Xiao Tianyang later found renewed happiness when he learned Saber was pregnant, while the story left the empire entering a prosperous period with no near-term war expected.

• Yue Fei and Han Xin’s forces occupied the Void’s subsidiary planes, while the Heavenly Martial Dynasty learned the Five-Faced Monsters had been bluffing about their strength and reinforcements.
• Megatron led the Decepticons into Quintessa Planet’s central region, and Bai Qi advanced with the Second Group Army as the war continued.
• Yue Fei and Han Xin reported victory after the Heavenly Martial Dynasty seized all the Void’s subsidiary planes, helping Douluo Continent advance to a Fourth Tier Plane.
• In August, Xiao Tianyang offered sacrifices to the Heavenly Dao, and the Heavenly Martial Dynasty advanced into the Tianwu Emperor Dynasty.
• The following year, the Tianwu Emperor Dynasty entered a period of rapid development as its powerful experts increased and Wang Qiu’er’s generation entered the Abyss Battlefield.
• Xiao Tianyang regained some of his sense of self after learning that Saber was pregnant, and he anticipated decades of peace before the next major war.

Xiao Tianyang met with God King Bais to discuss a plan against the Abyss Faction and heard Bais’s warning about a growing crisis within the Void Faction. After Bais gave Xiao Tianyang’s unborn daughter a Phoenix Gold Bracelet, Xiao decided to have Master Ouyezi forge her a weapon from ten Innate Supreme Treasures.

• Xiao Tianyang invited God King Bais to the Douluo Plane to discuss a concrete action plan, and Bais agreed to come despite his unease about the Void Faction.
• God King Bais warned Xiao Tianyang to stay vigilant of the Void before advancing to a Fourth Tier Plane and urged him to restore Eternal Night’s operations.
• Xiao Tianyang accepted Bais’s proposal, and the two settled their terms before Bais left with the proposal and a storage ring behind.
• God King Bais learned that Xiao Tianyang’s child would be a girl and gave him a Phoenix Gold Bracelet as a gift for her.
• Xiao Tianyang decided to have Master Ouyezi forge a weapon with both offensive and defensive abilities for his daughter using ten Innate Supreme Treasures.

Saber gave birth to Dragon-Phoenix Twins, and Xiao Tianyang welcomed the newborns as his first true experience of having a home. After his naming suggestion was rejected, a new heavenly phenomenon produced two weapons, and Xiao Tianyang added treasured materials to strengthen them.

• Xiao Tianyang watched over Saber as golden light concealed the newborns, then witnessed it burst into the sky as dragon and phoenix phenomena.
• Xiao Tianyang discovered that Saber had given birth to a boy and a girl, thanked her, and admired their different features.
• Xiao Tianyang suggested naming the twins Xiao Long and Xiao Feng, but the women rejected the names and drove him from Saber's chambers.
• Xiao Tianyang returned to his palace and heard from Xin'er that the sky's phenomenon had changed again.
• Two weapons formed in the sky, and Xiao Tianyang sent the [Phoenix Gold Bracelet] and [Dragon Pattern Blood Gold] to fuse with and strengthen them.

After the birth of Ruoxuan and Ruoxi, Xiao Tianyang learned that the Abyss Faction had launched a counterattack to retake the First Layer. He went to the Imperial Study to meet his commanders, who were also unsure why the Abyss Faction had changed its strategy.

• Xiao Tianyang added Dragon Pattern Blood Gold and material from the Phoenix Gold Bracelet to his newborns’ weapons, then went to sleep, confident the changes would be beneficial.
• Chi Lian and Snow Woman woke Xiao Tianyang and told him the twins had been named Ruoxuan and Ruoxi.
• Snow Woman reported that General Wang had sent news of the Abyss Faction’s counterattack, prompting Xiao Tianyang to hurry to the Imperial Study.
• Xiao Tianyang recalled that the Abyss Faction had used the First Layer as a training ground, while its legions ambushed other Heavenly Dao forces for resources.
• Xiao Tianyang and the officials in the Imperial Study questioned why the Abyss Faction had begun its offensive before its larger plan was due to start.

Xiao Tianyang and his advisers considered the Abyss Faction’s hidden motives and the need to end the war quickly without exhausting Tianwu’s limited forces. Xiao Tianyang proposed opening the Abyss Battlefield to the public, with the Hunter’s Guild serving as a threshold for participants.

• Jia Xu suggested the Abyss Faction’s attack on the First Layer might be intended to discredit reports spreading through the Heavenly Dao Realm and mislead the Ninth Tier Planes.
• Zhang Liang urged Xiao Tianyang to strike hard and end the battle quickly, arguing that the Abyss Faction had deep reserves while Tianwu could not sustain a prolonged war.
• Xiao Tianyang weighed the limited Group Armies available for the Abyss Battlefield against the need to defend the Douluo Continent.
• Xiao Tianyang asked what would happen if the Abyss Battlefield were opened to the public.
• Jia Xu proposed using the Hunter’s Guild as an entry threshold, and Wei Liao supported the idea by citing the Old Hunters’ experience surviving dangerous missions.

Xiao Tianyang and his officials devised a licensing system to let qualified Old Hunters enter the Abyss Battlefield without disrupting military operations. He assigned the examination rules, license design, and hunter benefits to his ministers, who pledged to complete their tasks quickly.

• Yue Fei warned that Old Hunters were accustomed to acting freely and would struggle to follow orders or use their strength effectively in the field.
• Xiao Tianyang proposed giving the hunters licenses, and Jia Xu explained how they could become a new rank above Old Hunter and qualify holders to enter the Abyss Battlefield.
• Xiao Tianyang assigned the Heavenly Strategy Bureau to devise licensing examinations, the Grand Marshal to arrange license materials and designs, and Xiao He to prepare benefits for Old Hunters.
• Xiao Tianyang urged his officials to support the strength of the common people and take their work seriously because it would shape the future of the upper levels of the Abyss Battlefield.
• Sun Wu and the others pledged to carry out Xiao Tianyang's orders without disappointing him.

The Fifth Group Army, Eighth Group Army, Decepticons, and Autobots set out for the Abyss Battlefield as news spread of major changes coming to the Hunter's Guild. When the reform details reached the invited Old Hunters, many eagerly prepared to face the Abyss Battlefield and earn licenses through the Guild's trial.

• The Fifth Group Army and Eighth Group Army departed for the Abyss Battlefield, followed on the fifth day by the Decepticons and Autobots.
• News spread that the Hunter's Guild was preparing an unprecedented transformation, though its direction remained unclear to most people.
• On the fifteenth day, the Old Hunters received details of the Guild reform and showed strong interest in its licenses, allowances, trials, and the Abyss Battlefield.
• The Old Hunters began forming training plans and prepared to take the Guild's trial to earn licenses that could boost cellular activity and vitality.

The influx of Hunters into the Imperial Capital began after news spread about limited licenses, while Xiao Tianyang studied four popular Hunters who might be Children of the Plane. He arranged to meet Crow after the Guild’s test and then returned to his work, leaving the test’s outcome undecided.

• Hunters flocked to the Imperial Capital after rumors about licenses and allowances spread, while Yuwen Chengdu’s presence kept them from causing trouble.
• Xiao Tianyang reviewed files on four Hunters and considered whether they were new Children of the Plane.
• Xiao Tianyang learned that Xiao Tian was a formidable explorer and ingredient collector, while Crow absorbed toxins and earned popular support as a gentle doctor.
• Xin'er told Xiao Tianyang that Crow was a young man, and Xiao Tianyang asked her to bring him in after the test if an opportunity arose.
• Xiao Tianyang set aside the files and resumed his work, leaving the Hunter's Guild test to proceed without his involvement.

Xiao Tianyang reviewed the Abyss Battlefield, where Tianwu’s forces were gaining the upper hand, then discussed a plan with Xiao He to help hunters grow stronger. The plan remained unannounced until they could confirm whether experience in the Abyss Battlefield would actually strengthen hunters.

• Old Hunters underwent a three-step test to obtain licenses, including hunting, facing an illusion trial, and killing an Abyss Walker.
• Xiao Tianyang concluded that Tianwu should avoid a war of attrition but teach the Abyss Faction a lesson for breaking the rules.
• The Heavenly Strategy Bureau identified the Black Robe Wizard and Mandala as the likely commanders of the Abyss Faction, while Wang Jian kept Megatron and Optimus Prime in separate regions.
• Xiao Tianyang considered developing Sixth Tier Resource Lands and summoned Xiao He to discuss a plan for hunters.
• Xiao Tianyang and Xiao He agreed to wait before publicizing the plan because they had not confirmed whether entering the Abyss Battlefield would help hunters grow stronger.

Xiao Tianyang commissioned Crow to hunt Tentacles and key Abyss Walkers, hoping Crow could develop poison against Ancient Gods. The hunters entered the Abyss Battlefield, where both sides began adapting to a growing counter-hunt.

• Crow declined Xiao Tianyang’s invitation to join the Hall of Enshrinement but accepted two hunting commissions and said he would find his own partners.
• Xiao Tianyang explained that Crow’s targets included Tentacles and key Abyss Walkers, whose Ancient God powers made them difficult to kill or capture.
• Hunters entered the Abyss Battlefield through a secured teleportation route, and the Hunter’s Guild opened a fortress branch to gather intelligence and issue bounties.
• The first hunter died within three days, but the other hunters continued adjusting to the battlefield and choosing suitable targets.
• Within half a month, Xiao Tian, Crow, and 2567 had each claimed two heads, while Sani helped destroy an Abyss camp and armory and submitted files on thirty-seven Abyss Walkers.
• The Abyss Faction began counter-hunting the hunters, who remained eager to fight.

Three years after the Abyss Faction’s counterattack, the Tianwu Emperor Dynasty still controlled the Abyss Battlefield, where hunters’ cooperation and the Four Great Hunters’ records drew attention. The Abyss Faction trained a much larger force for its next move, while the Tianwu Emperor Dynasty weighed whether cooperation could help it without undermining the Ninth Tier Planes’ confidence.

• The Tianwu Emperor Dynasty regained control of the Abyss Battlefield after the hunters endured the Abyss Faction’s costly counterattack and adapted through cooperation.
• The Heavenly Strategy Bureau judged that early hunters were disciplined enough to resist greed and avoid betraying allies.
• The Four Great Hunters remained the Hunter's Guild’s civilian representatives, with 2567 leading in Abyss Walker kills and Crow ranking second.
• Crow completed Xiao Tianyang’s commission but refused his proposal and continued targeting the Ancient God System to avoid burdening the Tianwu Emperor Dynasty.
• The Abyss Faction began training several times more troops after failing to retake the First Layer, though its threat to the Energy Nodes remained slight.
• Wang Jian proposed accepting the Abyss Faction’s plan, and the Tianwu Emperor Dynasty considered cooperation while trying to preserve the Ninth Tier Planes’ confidence.

Xiao Tianyang reviewed the Tianwu Emperor Dynasty’s rapid development and ordered the imminent collapse of Abyssal Plane Number One to be absorbed before its resources were lost. With the ten-year development plan nearing completion ahead of schedule, he urgently summoned Xiao He and Fan Li.

• Xin’er reported that Douluo Continent and the other Abyssal Planes were progressing quickly, while Abyssal Plane Number One was expected to collapse within half a year.
• Xiao Tianyang accepted the Chancellor’s Mansion’s recommendation to absorb Abyssal Plane Number One as soon as possible.
• Xiao Tianyang reflected that the ten-year development plan would reach its goal in less than seven years.
• Xiao Tianyang asked Xin’er to urgently summon the Chancellor and Elder Fan.
• Xiao He and Fan Li arrived, and the chapter described their contrasting work styles and Fan Li’s carefree life with Xi Shi.

Xiao Tianyang told Xiao He and Fan Li that Douluo Continent should conserve its resources and that he planned to advance it to a Fourth Tier Plane within five years. He discussed the Abyss Faction’s intelligence-gathering and its unexplained intentions, then outlined a development plan focused on public education.

• Xiao Tianyang instructed Xiao He and Fan Li to avoid excessive resource extraction and announced his five-year goal for reaching a Fourth Tier Plane.
• Fan Li reported that unfamiliar planes were posing as merchants, and Xiao Tianyang and Xiao He suspected the Abyss Faction was gathering intelligence through them.
• Xiao He and Fan Li inferred that the Abyss Faction was signaling that it would not interfere with Douluo Continent’s advancement, while Xiao Tianyang said the faction’s larger plans remained unclear.
• Xiao Tianyang dismissed the idea that the Abyss Faction was preparing another invasion and said its current transaction would not require the Tianwu Emperor Dynasty to take sides.
• Xiao Tianyang presented a three-year development plan that brought forward plans to establish free schools and academies for ordinary people.

Douluo Continent advanced to a Fourth Tier Plane while the Abyss Faction sent supplies as part of a deal tied to its plans on the Second Layer. When the Anti-Douluo Alliance prepared to invade, Xiao Tianyang formed the Anti-God Allied Army, and its Decepticon vanguard entered the Dark Continent, where the enemy had chosen to fight.

• Three years passed, and Douluo Continent advanced to a Fourth Tier Plane and opened the gateway to the Second Layer of the Abyss Battlefield.
• The Abyss Faction delivered supplies to Wang Jian, and Xiao Tianyang confirmed that they were part of a transaction meant to slow Douluo Continent’s advancement.
• The Anti-Douluo Alliance emerged, prompting Xiao Tianyang to establish the Anti-God Allied Army with the First, Fourth, Seventh, and Eighth Group Armies.
• Jia Xu conveyed Xiao Tianyang’s orders, Yue Fei coordinated the rear, Du Ruhui handled logistics, and Gan Mao prepared supplies for the army’s departure.
• Megatron led the Decepticons through a wormhole toward the Dark Continent, which Xiao Tianyang had learned was a fragment of an ancient Ninth Tier Plane.
• The Tianwu Emperor Dynasty learned that the Anti-Douluo Alliance had chosen the dangerous Dark Continent as its battlefield, but could not determine why.

Jia Xu briefed Xiao Tianyang and the officials on the Dark Continent’s Five Great Calamities and the dangers of exploring it. Xiao Tianyang assigned plans for the continent and the Anti-Douluo Alliance to the Grand Commandant's Mansion, the Heavenly Strategy Bureau, and the Ministry of War, while choosing not to take charge himself.

• Jia Xu described the Dark Continent’s size and introduced the Hell Viper, whose threat had cost the Hunter's Guild five Old Hunters.
• Jia Xu explained the other Great Calamities: the Gas Giant, Rotten Wood Elder, Beastless, and Undead King, along with the dangers and resources associated with their territories.
• Xiao Tianyang and the officials considered how to exploit the Dark Continent’s resources without damaging its ecosystem, and how to use it to draw Licensed Hunters’ attention away from the Abyss Battlefield.
• Xiao Tianyang assessed how the Anti-Douluo Alliance might fare on the Dark Continent and planned to guide it into a dangerous region without letting it abandon the attack.
• Xiao Tianyang assigned Dark Continent affairs to the Grand Commandant's Mansion, the Heavenly Strategy Bureau, and the Ministry of War, and decided not to participate personally.

Jia Xu and Zhang Liang explained that Alexander VII’s Nation of Ten Thousand Nations had organized the Anti-Douluo Alliance to seize Douluo Continent’s position and gain strength. After learning that Alexander VII’s vanguard had been wiped out by the Hell Viper, Xiao Tianyang ordered more forces to the Dark Continent to prepare for the coming clash.

• Jia Xu and Zhang Liang reported that the Nation of Ten Thousand Nations led the Anti-Douluo Alliance and aimed to take the Tianwu Emperor Dynasty’s place.
• Jia Xu described Alexander VII’s rise, his generals Leonidas, Hercules, and Achilles, and the Nation of Ten Thousand Nations’ growing strength on the Second Layer of the Abyss Battlefield.
• Xiao Tianyang said Alexander VII believed defeating him would earn the Heavenly Dao’s favor and make him a Heavenly Dao Agent.
• Frontline intelligence reported that the Hell Viper had killed all seventy thousand soldiers in Alexander VII’s vanguard.
• Xiao Tianyang ordered the Second Group Army and Fifteenth Group Army, along with the Three Dragon Imperial Guards, Two Dragon Imperial Guards, and Martial Dragon Imperial Guards, to the Dark Continent.