Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tianyang’s court decided how the Tianwu Emperor Dynasty would divide the Second Layer’s spoils and prepared to negotiate with the other powers. The Nation of Ten Thousand Nations and the Thirteen Alliance accepted their terms, while negotiations with the many planes remained unfinished.

• Jia Xu, Wei Liao, Sun Wu, and Zhang Liang discussed the competing claims to the Second Layer’s resources and agreed that the Tianwu Emperor Dynasty could not surrender the Core Area.
• Xiao Tianyang claimed the Core Area and Northwest District for the Tianwu Emperor Dynasty, assigned other regions to the Nation of Ten Thousand Nations and the other planes, and ordered the military to prepare for war if the terms were rejected.
• Zhang Yi, Zhang Qian, and Fan Ju departed with delegations to negotiate with the Nation of Ten Thousand Nations, the Thirteen Alliance, and the temporary alliance of planes.
• Fan Ju secured the Nation of Ten Thousand Nations’ agreement to the proposed division, and Alexander VII accepted the compensation as fair.
• Zhang Yi persuaded the Thirteen Alliance to compromise, while leaving it to the alliance and the Nation of Ten Thousand Nations to settle their own distribution.
• Zhang Qian’s negotiations with the many planes proved more difficult because their temporary alliance lacked unity and its members had conflicting interests.

Over ten years, Xiao Tianyang consolidated Tianwu Emperor Dynasty’s control of the Abyss Battlefield’s lower layers, strengthened Douluo Continent, and rose to Supreme Expert. As Tianwu Emperor Dynasty became the undisputed hegemon of the Fourth Tier, it expanded trade with Tier 5 Planes while Xiao Ruoxuan prepared to travel abroad.

• Zhang Qian persuaded the Northeast District’s Plane Leaders to accept Tianwu Emperor Dynasty’s authority, while Zhang Yi and the others secured trade agreements with other planes.
• Xiao Tianyang recuperated for three months, advanced to Supreme Expert, and established transfer stations and fortresses across the Abyss Battlefield’s First and Second Layers.
• Telly led the Wolf Pack Legion in a renewed invasion, but the Fifth, Fifteenth, and Sixteenth Group Armies defeated it in half a month.
• Over ten years, Tianwu Emperor Dynasty became the Fourth Tier’s undisputed hegemon, while the Nation of Ten Thousand Nations advanced to Tier 5 after Alexander VII dueled Xiao Tianyang and lost.
• Xiao Tianyang named Xiao Ruoxuan Crown Prince and Xiao Ruoxi First Princess; Xiao Ruoxuan then chose to travel to other planes.
• Tianwu Emperor Dynasty expanded its cooperation with Tier 5 Planes, beginning with the Nation of Ten Thousand Nations, which climbed into the upper-middle tier through trade.

As the Tianwu Emperor Dynasty advanced into the Tianwu Divine Dynasty, Xiao Tianyang weighed the threats posed by the Abyss Faction and the Void against Douluo Continent’s rapid growth. He remained wary of war and the changing environment, leaving the dynasty’s advancement underway and its future security uncertain.

• Xiao Xuanyuan returned from abroad, and Xiao Ruoxi returned from her sect as the Tianwu Emperor Dynasty prepared to advance into a divine dynasty.
• Xiao Tianyang and God King Bais chose to delay confrontation with the Abyss Faction, while the Abyss Faction held back from acting against the advancing dynasty.
• Xiao Tianyang considered how war had supplied Douluo Continent with resources, including eight Abyssal Planes and technology from Cybertron Planet, but warned that conflict could devastate development.
• Xiao Tianyang continued to distrust the Abyss Faction and spent the three months after Douluo Continent’s advancement sleeping fewer than four hours a day.
• Xiao Tianyang observed that the continent’s advancement changed cultivation conditions, improving newborns’ growth while making cultivators more dependent on food, sleep, and rest.

Xiao Tianyang consulted his officials on when Tianwu Divine Dynasty should advance to a Tier 5 Plane, but Jia Xu revealed that the Abyss Faction had been cultivating planes and alliances against them. The court weighed accelerating development and seeking allies, especially the Nation of Ten Thousand Nations.

• Xiao Tianyang asked his officials when advancing to a Tier 5 Plane would carry the least risk, and Xiao He advised advancing before the Abyss Faction began its plan.
• Jia Xu reported that seven Fourth Tier Planes had advanced to Tier 5 in the past three years and formed a new alliance, suggesting the Abyss Faction had been preparing a wider strategy.
• The officials realized that waiting could make Tianwu Divine Dynasty more vulnerable, as the Abyss Faction's plans may have begun long ago.
• Sun Wu urged the dynasty to accelerate its development, while Wei Liao warned that the Abyss Faction might not be baited into acting early.
• Du Ruhui suggested cultivating powerful allies, and the officials discussed forming a deeper alliance with Alexander VII and the Nation of Ten Thousand Nations.

Xiao Tianyang learned that an enormous monster had appeared in the South Sea of Douluo Continent and led an assault to capture it alive. After discovering it was an Ancient Giant from a Tenth-Tier Plane whose brain held clues to a method of promotion, he ordered the attackers to unleash their full strength while sparing its head.

• Xiao Tianyang ordered faster development, lower foreign-trade taxes, increased Abyssal Plane harvesting, and expanded military recruitment.
• Yu Rang reported that a giant had appeared in the South Sea and resisted the Naval Headquarters’ attacks, so Xiao Tianyang used a Teleportation Gate to reach it with his officials.
• Xiao Tianyang used [Eye of Heaven] to identify the creature as an Ancient Giant from a Tenth-Tier Plane and learned that its brain contained clues to a method of promotion.
• Xiao Tianyang ordered the army to withdraw, sealed off the nearby waters, and directed those above dragon-class to help capture the giant alive.
• Xiao Tianyang, Gai Nie, and Nie Zheng attacked the giant but found its body exceptionally resilient, so Xiao Tianyang ordered everyone to attack at full strength without striking its head.

Xiao Tianyang and his allies subdued the Ancient Giant, and Xiao Tianyang beheaded it to preserve the information in its brain. He extracted the brain’s core for the Chaos Ring to process, leaving him to await its findings and future missions.

• Xiao Tianyang and the others weakened the Ancient Giant until he knocked it down, and they bound it with iron chains.
• Xiao Tianyang used the Supreme Blade to behead the Ancient Giant, sealed its neck wound, and left the body to Sun Wu.
• Xiao Tianyang carried the head through the imperial palace, explaining to Ning Rongrong, Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, Saber, and others that he wanted its brain’s information.
• At the Life Ancient Tree, the Chaos Ring instructed Xiao Tianyang to extract the core from the brain and contain its energy so it could process the information.
• Xiao Tianyang dissected the head, kept the removed materials for possible study, and let the Chaos Ring absorb the core’s information.
• The Chaos Ring told Xiao Tianyang it would be unable to answer questions until it finished processing the information, after which it would issue missions again.

Xiao Tianyang reviewed research on Ancient Giant cells and began reassessing the dangerous Ancient Ruins appearing across the Douluo Continent. He planned to explore them with a group of experts, while Ning Rongrong and others prepared to enter a perilous seventh-tier resource zone for Moonlight Pearls.

• Xiao Tianyang learned that Shenwu Research Institute researchers had found ways to use Ancient Giant cells and expected to develop a side-effect-free physique-strengthening potion within three years.
• Xiao Tianyang delegated routine official documents to the Chancellor's Mansion and recognized that mysterious Ancient Ruins had been appearing more often and had injured even the Hall of Enshrinement's explorers.
• Xiao Tianyang decided to reassess the Ancient Ruins in the Tianwu Divine Dynasty and planned to explore them with Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, Guiguzi, and other knowledgeable companions.
• Ning Rongrong and the others planned to enter a dangerous seventh-tier resource zone to obtain Moonlight Pearls, whose effects could preserve youth and enhance beauty.

Xiao Tianyang assembled an exploration party to investigate a dangerous Ancient Ruin beneath the Frozen Continent, bringing Cao Cao’s Tomb Robber Faction for their specialized expertise. The group reached the mountains around the ruin, where spatial turbulence blocked teleportation, and Cao Cao’s team began scouting the route to its entrance.

• Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong questioned Xiao Tianyang about the danger of the Ancient Ruins and Cao Cao’s Tomb Robber Faction, which he had equipped for exploring ruins.
• Three days later, Xiao Tianyang led ten companions and over a hundred members of Cao Cao’s faction through a Teleportation Gate to the Frozen Continent.
• Cao Cao surveyed the four snow peaks and identified a great tomb beneath the mountain, with an underground river near the source of the snowmelt as its likely entrance.
• Xiao Tianyang discovered that spatial turbulence had locked the area and agreed to proceed on foot while Cao Cao’s group gathered clues.
• Cao Cao ordered A Dong to clear the way and the others to survey the terrain, and A Dong climbed the mountain wall to begin scouting.

Xiao Tianyang and his allies fought off Cyclops guards after entering the ancient ruin, learning that the giants were soulless constructs driven by a cleansing protocol. They identified the Giant Palace as the ruin’s core and prepared to advance toward the next level.

• Xiao Tianyang’s group emerged from a cave and was ambushed by Cyclopes hurling boulders.
• Yu Ji and Zuo Ci determined that the Cyclopes were soulless puppets powered by a cleansing protocol and warned that dark energy filled them.
• Xiao Tianyang, Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and the others defeated the Cyclopes after a half-hour battle.
• Xiao Tianyang learned that the Cyclopes were low-level guards of the Giant Palace and that they shared the Ancient Giants’ Extraordinary Power.
• Cao Cao shared clues that led the group to identify a hilltop as the entrance to the next level, and Xiao Tianyang prepared protection for the Tomb Robber Faction and Cao Cao.

Xiao Tianyang and his allies descended through the giant-filled levels of the mound and reached the throne room of the Giant King. As the Giant King awakened and proved strong enough to shatter space with physical force, Xiao Tianyang powered up to face it while the others fought the emerging Giant Soldiers.

• Cao Cao and the Tomb Robber Faction quickly dismantled the mechanisms and opened the way to the next level.
• Xiao Tianyang's group descended through the layers, facing increasingly powerful giants, until they reached the Giant King on the seventh level.
• Yu Ji sensed the immense pressure of the sleeping Giant King, and Xiao Tianyang drew his [Supreme Blade] to challenge it.
• The Giant King awakened, shattered space with a physical blow, and attacked Xiao Tianyang, while Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue joined the assault.
• White Robe and Sacred Spirit joined the fight against the Giant Soldiers, while Xiao Tianyang drove the Giant King back to its throne after its armor repelled Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue's attacks.
• Xiao Tianyang activated Extreme of Martial Arts: Overlord Dragon Mark and prepared to fight the Giant King at full strength.

Xiao Tianyang defeated the Giant King Oliva and searched for a way into the Giant Palace while Bibi Dong translated its inscriptions. Her discoveries revealed how Oliva and the giants had died, and suggested the Unknown Visitors had taken their souls.

• Xiao Tianyang pulled the [Supreme Blade] from the Giant King's head after defeating him, then ordered Cao Cao to search for an entrance to the Giant Palace.
• Qian Renxue helped Xiao Tianyang recover while Bibi Dong explained that the giant remains belonged to nobles of the Royal Family and that she had studied the Giant Kingdom's records.
• Bibi Dong translated the palace door's Royal Script and described the Giant Kingdom's feudal system and Oliva's status as a powerful local lord.
• Xiao Tianyang uncovered writing on the throne's armrest, and Bibi Dong concluded that it described the cause of Oliva's death.
• Bibi Dong translated that Unknown Visitors had suddenly attacked the city, slaughtered the giants, and taken their souls.

Xiao Tianyang and the Tomb Robber Faction worked to bypass the Giant Palace’s defenses and claim its treasures. After several failed attempts, they entered the palace and began collecting its remaining resources.

• Xiao Tianyang shared the information he had found about Oliva and the Giant Palace with Cao Cao, then assigned the Tomb Robber Faction to dig into the palace.
• Bibi Dong warned that a cleansing program activated every three hours, and Xiao Tianyang told the team to retreat if time ran short.
• Xiao Tianyang climbed the dome through its lightning defenses and removed the Energy Core, while the Tomb Robber Faction struggled to dig through the dense ground.
• On their seventh attempt, Cao Cao and the others opened a tunnel into the palace, and Xiao Tianyang took the Energy Core and jumped down.
• Cao Cao and the Tomb Robber Faction carried treasures and resources out through the tunnel, sealing away even scraps and tools they could not yet identify.

Xiao Tianyang discovered that the Red Stone Key could transport people to the ruined Giant Kingdom, but decided not to use it until he understood the risks and the Chaos Ring awakened. After years of exploration and peaceful development on Douluo Continent, the Chaos Ring finally awakened, giving Xiao Tianyang a new task.

• Xiao Tianyang replenished the Red Stone Key with an Energy Core and learned the key could transport ten people to the Giant Kingdom while shielding them from external Extraordinary Power.
• Xiao Tianyang judged that the Giant Kingdom’s destruction made exploration too dangerous and put the Red Stone Key away until the Chaos Ring awakened.
• Xiao Tianyang’s group explored eight Ancient Ruins, uncovered beings who feigned death, and Sword Douluo destroyed an Insect Race brood nest.
• In September, Xiao Tianyang and his group returned to the imperial palace, where Cao Cao and the Tomb Robber Faction received noble ranks.
• Three peaceful years passed as Douluo Continent’s development accelerated and Xiao Tianyang distributed the Giant Palace’s appraised books, knowledge, blueprints, and resources.
• The Chaos Ring fully awakened, and Xiao Tianyang realized its earlier message had assigned him a new task.

Xiao Tianyang reviewed new missions and planned expeditions to the Giant Kingdom while preparing to address the Void and Abyss threats. He summoned Jia Xu and Zhang Liang to organize the plans, intending to seek reconciliation with the Void and focus on the Abyss as the irreconcilable enemy.

• The Chaos Ring assigned Xiao Tianyang missions to find three rare items, explore the Giant Kingdom, and confront the Void and Abyss Faction.
• Xiao Tianyang decided to send Laozi and Jin Tai to explore the Giant Kingdom using a damaged map from Oliva's warehouse.
• Xiao Tianyang planned to prepare against the Abyss Faction and offer the Void enough benefits to secure a temporary reconciliation.
• Xiao Tianyang summoned Jia Xu and Zhang Liang to the palace and explained his plans for the Giant Kingdom expedition and the threats he would address after advancing to a Sixth Tier Plane.
• Xiao Tianyang told Jia Xu and Zhang Liang that he would conciliate the Void so the Tianwu Divine Dynasty could focus its strength on the Abyss.

Xiao Tianyang set a three-year plan to speed up the Tianwu Divine Dynasty’s development, explore the Giant Kingdom, and prepare for negotiations with the Void. After three years of rapid growth and Eternal Night’s return to power, Xiao Tianyang began the next stage by sending a delegation to meet God King Bais.

• Xiao Tianyang planned to complete daily missions and explore the Giant Kingdom within three years, while Jia Xu divided the kingdom into outer, middle, and core regions for staged exploration.
• Xiao Tianyang assigned civil officials Xiao He, Li Si, and Fang Xuanling to carry out the development plan, while Zhang Liang and Jia Xu left to continue their work.
• In the first year, two Abyssal Planes collapsed and the Plane Spirit devoured them, while Xiao Tianyang’s exploration team returned with supplies; in the second year, three more Abyssal Planes collapsed as a new expedition set out with Cao Cao’s tomb-raiding team.
• In the third year, Eternal Night returned to the Abyss Battlefield, the exploration team came back and Xiao Tianyang completed the Side Quest [Exploration], and the 19th Group Army was established under Xu Da and Qi Jiguang.
• Xiao Tianyang sent a delegation led by Zhang Yi to the Void, with plans to meet God King Bais first and discuss the terms before proceeding.

At the beginning of the fourth year, Zhang Yi returned after securing an agreement with the Void Will, while the Abyss Faction’s plans against the Heavenly Dao Faction began to emerge. Xiao Tianyang focused on the threat within his reach and started organizing the Tianwu Divine Dynasty’s response to the Abyss Faction.

• Zhang Yi’s delegation returned after completing its mission and reaching an agreement with the Void Will, with the Heavenly Dao Will as Witness.
• The Abyss Faction stirred rebellions in numerous Ninth Tier Planes, pressuring their rulers to withdraw forces from the Abyss Battlefield.
• Purgatory betrayed the Heavenly Dao by joining the Abyss Faction, triggering the need to purge its connected forces.
• Xiao Tianyang learned that the Tier 5 Planes had served as camouflage for the Abyss Faction’s third move and saw an opportunity to complete his third Side Quest.
• Xiao Tianyang contacted key military figures to organize a response and declared that every member of the Heavenly Dao Faction had to contribute.

Xiao Tianyang organized the Tianwu Divine Dynasty’s armies and led them to the Ancient Wasteland Continent, where Tier 5 Planes would compete for a valuable treasury and territory. After establishing a fortress and approving Sun Wu’s advance plan, Xiao Tianyang focused on mastering his new powers while his allies handled diplomacy and military affairs.

• Xiao Tianyang divided the Group Armies into six armies, assigned the 19th Group Army and Decepticons to the Grand Commandant, and said he would lead the Imperial Guard on the Frontline.
• The Heavenly Dao Will opened a fragment of the defeated Tenth-Tier Ancient Wasteland Plane to Tier 5 Planes, offering a treasury that included the Fantasy Stone, Golden Leaf, and Mysterious Soul.
• Xiao Tianyang led the six armies through a Teleportation Array from Douluo Continent to the Ancient Wasteland Continent, where they built a fortress on the southern grassland.
• Sun Wu presented a plan to advance northeast and establish a major pass, and most of the officials approved it.
• Xiao Tianyang left diplomacy to Li Si and Zhang Yi and military affairs to Sun Wu and the officials while preparing to absorb the Lotus of Life and master his new abilities.

Xiao Tianyang’s forces prepared for the coming battle as he cultivated and his allies formed an alliance. After emerging with his power mastered, he learned that the Abyss Faction’s terms would cut the defenders’ preparation time from six days to three.

• The Tianwu Divine Dynasty advanced in six columns while its forces and allies cleared the grasslands, gathered intelligence, and established northern strongholds.
• Xiao Tianyang entered seclusion to absorb the Lotus of Life, with Duanmu Rong assisting him while officials handled the dynasty’s affairs.
• Li Si and Zhang Yi represented Xiao Tianyang at an alliance meeting, where the other planes accepted their assigned roles despite some resentment toward the Tianwu Divine Dynasty’s leading position.
• Sun Wu established defensive plans with fortresses, passes, and checkpoints along three lanes, assigning allies to defend the top and bottom lanes while the main force fortified the middle.
• Xiao Tianyang emerged from seclusion on the fourth day and learned that the Abyss Will had changed the rules, allowing its forces to enter the battlefield three days early and leaving the defenders only three days to prepare.

Sun Wu organized the defenses against the Abyss Faction and sent the 19th Group Army to meet its probing attack. Xu Da won two small battles at Second Pass, after which Sun Wu ordered the 9th and 10th Group Armies to encircle and eliminate the enemy vanguard.

• Sun Wu planned to defend the central route and prepare explosives in fortifications the Abyss Faction might reclaim, then chose Xu Da's 19th Group Army for the opening battle.
• The Abyss Faction launched an all-out probing attack after arriving in the Ancient Wasteland Continent, and the first clash took place at Second Pass on the ninth day.
• Xu Da used a trap and Chang Yuchun's fierce defense to win a small victory, then withdrew rather than pursue the enemy.
• On the tenth day, Xu Da ambushed the pursuing vanguard again, and Qi Jiguang killed its deputy commander and chief of staff.
• Sun Wu ordered Xian Yin and Deng Yu to lead the 9th and 10th Group Armies through the riverways and wilderness to encircle and eliminate the enemy vanguard within half a day.

Xiao Tianyang reviewed the report on the armies’ victory over the Abyss Faction’s vanguard and ordered Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and the others to return. As he weighed the enemy’s unknown plans and growing Ancient Savage Beast ambushes, he chose to focus on defending their own territory.

• Yan Lingji read Xiao Tianyang the battle report, which recorded the armies’ joint victory and highlighted the achievements of Yang Youji, Jia Fu, and Chang Yuchun.
• Xiao Tianyang explained that the Abyss Faction’s vanguard had little experience with the Ancient Wasteland Continent and that the real war would begin once it adapted and learned more.
• Yan Lingji told Xiao Tianyang that Xiao Xue and the others had found no useful information because the Abyss Faction had concealed its top combatants.
• Xiao Tianyang ordered the three women to return, citing the growing Ancient Savage Beast ambushes and the need to protect them from the Abyss Faction’s unknown forces.
• Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and the others accepted the recall and prepared to leave the enemy’s territory.