Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tianyang considered how the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils had infiltrated Douluo Continent and asked Optimus Prime about ways to contain them. He rejected a short-lived defensive plan and admitted he could not follow the technical proposal, leaving the Grand Commander to offer her help translating it.

• Xiao Tianyang recalled how Divine Might and the Guardian Group had fought the Elemental Kingdom, and reasoned that the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils had exploited a gap to infiltrate Douluo Continent.
• Xiao Tianyang asked Optimus Prime for ideas to deal with the hidden threat.
• Optimus Prime explained Brash's defensive plan, which could trap the enemy for only six months to three years, and Xiao Tianyang rejected it as too short-lived.
• Optimus Prime described a second, offensive plan, but Xiao Tianyang admitted he did not understand the technical details.
• The Grand Commander offered to translate the proposal, and Fei Yan explained that she had studied Mechanical Engineering at Shenwu Academy.

Xiao Tianyang learned about the Grand Commander’s expertise in Mechanical Engineering and asked her to assess Brash’s plans for the Demon Forest. She favored the offensive plan and warned that Hundred-level experts could reach Douluo Continent within two years.

• Xiao Tianyang was surprised to learn that the Grand Commander had been invited three times to join the Shenwu Research Institute and possessed an External Soul Bone.
• Xiao Tianyang asked Optimus Prime to explain Brash’s plan, and the Grand Commander impressed him with her knowledge of Mechanical Engineering.
• The Grand Commander compared the plans, describing the first as a fragile net and the second as an iron bucket that would force the enemy into fewer choices.
• The Grand Commander explained that the offensive plan could strike through a reverse passage and that the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils had put the region beyond the Plane Spirit’s control.
• The Grand Commander warned that Hundred-level experts might descend on Douluo Continent within two years and said the plan could keep the Demon Forest quiet temporarily.

Xiao Tianyang consulted Fei Yan and contacted the Shenwu Spirits about Optimus Prime’s proposal, but Tuantuan and Guoguo unexpectedly appeared through the Den Den Mushi. Their reunion turned into a playful exchange, and Xiao Tianyang began recalling how much he had spent to awaken them.

• Xiao Tianyang brought Fei Yan to Golden Phoenix Tower to consult the Shenwu Spirits about Optimus Prime’s proposal.
• Xiao Tianyang contacted the Shenwu Spirits with a Den Den Mushi, and Tuantuan and Guoguo traveled through the connection into his arms.
• Tuantuan and Guoguo pretended to feel abandoned when Xiao Tianyang hesitated to recognize them, while Fei Yan watched in surprise.
• Xiao Tianyang lifted the children onto the coffee table and recalled the valuable items he had used to awaken their spirits.

Xiao Tianyang questioned Tuantuan and Guoguo about how they would have handled the Demon Forest, using their answer to teach them to consider the consequences for people as well as military gains. Tuantuan accepted his correction, and Xiao Tianyang turned to the flustered Guoguo for his answer.

• Xiao Tianyang explained that he had reprimanded Tuantuan and Guoguo to set boundaries, not to blame them for failing to detect the Demon Forest.
• Xiao Tianyang asked how Tuantuan and Guoguo would have dealt with the Demon Forest if he had not returned, and Guoguo apologized for missing its growth.
• Tuantuan proposed destroying the Demon Forest to prevent the Elemental Kingdom from exploiting a second battlefield while the First Battlefield was under pressure.
• Fei Yan warned that destroying the Demon Forest could devastate the Sun Moon Empire and the Extreme North because of its location.
• Xiao Tianyang told Tuantuan to consider the displaced people and public trust, and Tuantuan promised to remember his lesson.
• Xiao Tianyang asked Guoguo what he thought, and Guoguo appeared flustered.

Xiao Tianyang questioned Guoguo’s plan to pit the Elemental Kingdom against the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils, and the discussion pointed toward an unexplained site on Douluo Continent. It left Xiao Tianyang ordering a survey of Cannibal Valley while Guoguo continued his analysis.

• Xiao Tianyang asked Guoguo how he planned to make the Elemental Kingdom and the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils fight without drawing them into the conflict.
• Guoguo argued that the fiends’ invasion had a deliberate purpose, prompting Xiao Tianyang to ask Fei Yan about unusual places on Douluo Continent.
• Fei Yan identified Cannibal Valley as a forbidden place where entry was possible but escape was not, and Tuantuan described an investigation in which only one of twenty-seven people returned.
• Guoguo explained that the sole survivor had suffered severe head trauma before entering Cannibal Valley and had escaped, though no one knew whether his damaged memory had helped him.
• Xiao Tianyang ordered Tuantuan to have the Nine Dragon Guards mark Cannibal Valley’s boundaries, then told Guoguo to continue his analysis.

Xiao Tianyang entrusted Fei Yan with authority to lead the next operation and made their mutual feelings clear before leaving. Fei Yan accepted the responsibility and prepared to answer Optimus Prime, who asked whether she was ready.

• Xiao Tianyang gave Fei Yan a command token and authorized her to mobilize the Nine Dragon Guards or Guardian Group if needed.
• Xiao Tianyang assured Fei Yan that he would take responsibility, encouraged her to prove herself, and kissed her before departing.
• Grand Commander teased Fei Yan after Xiao Tianyang left, but Fei Yan focused on the task ahead.
• Fei Yan told Optimus Prime that Xiao Tianyang had put her in charge, and Optimus Prime accepted her authority before asking if she was ready.

Fei Yan and Optimus Prime discussed how Baihua Tower would help deal with Demon Forest while Xiao Tianyang left to visit the Eternal Night Plane. There, he inspected the growing settlement around the World Tree before Baal arrived, covered in filth, and claimed the Mad Bull Tribe had built it.

• Fei Yan explained that Baihua Tower served as Divine Might’s eyes and ears, and she and Optimus Prime discussed what to do about Demon Forest.
• Xiao Tianyang summoned the [Scythe of Judgment] and entered the Eternal Night Plane through the [Gate of Eternity].
• Xiao Tianyang saw that the [World Tree] had grown over ten meters tall and that stone walls and Gothic-style buildings surrounded it.
• Xiao Tianyang sensed his authority over the Eternal Night Plane and its affiliated beings, including the Plane Spirit, Satan, and Baal.
• Baal ran up to Xiao Tianyang, who asked whether he had built the settlement, and Baal credited the Mad Bull Tribe.

Xiao Tianyang went to the Boneyard to help Satan revive Duma and the Undead Legion. After supplying vitality from the [World Tree], he learned that Duma’s revival was unusual because the [World Tree] wanted him restored completely.

• Baal told Xiao Tianyang that Satan was preparing to revive Duma and the Undead Legion, so Xiao Tianyang traveled to the Boneyard.
• Satan asked Xiao Tianyang to inject origin energy from the [World Tree] into the Boneyard, and Xiao Tianyang agreed.
• Crystalline skeletons emerged from the graves, and Satan and the Aries Clan rose into the sky to greet Xiao Tianyang.
• Satan apologized for summoning Xiao Tianyang without permission, and Xiao Tianyang told him not to do it again.
• Satan explained that Duma’s revival should have taken seven days, but the [World Tree] had supplied vitality and wanted Duma fully restored.

Xiao Tianyang learned that the [World Tree] had disrupted Satan's resurrection plan, then investigated the Aries Tribe's talisman-making talent and how it could strengthen Eternal Night. He supplied Satan with life force and Death Qi to accelerate the tribe's recovery and the [World Tree]'s growth, and learned about the tree's abilities.

• Xiao Tianyang understood that Satan had planned to resurrect Duma and Mammon before the [World Tree] unexpectedly disrupted the plan.
• Xiao Tianyang asked about the Aries Tribe's talent, and Satan explained that its priests could craft talismans that enhanced basic attributes.
• Satan estimated the Aries Tribe's talisman output and said 30% enhancement talismans could be made within three to six months as Eternal Night recovered.
• Xiao Tianyang gave Satan items containing life force and Death Qi, and Satan calculated that they could cut the recovery time by two to three months and help the [World Tree] gain a level.
• Satan explained that the [World Tree] unlocked abilities such as [Life Bestowal] and [Ecosystem of Life and Death] as it grew.

Xiao Tianyang watched the Boneyard transform and learned from Satan and Duma that the Crystal Bone Tribe was a distinct undead race with its own civilization and unusual traits. He asked Duma about the tribe’s other talents, hoping to find useful specialties that could be sent to Douluo Continent in limited quantities.

• Xiao Tianyang watched the Boneyard become a volcanic settlement with cottages, forging stations, and crystal skeletons.
• Satan explained that undead creatures were divided into ranks, with Duma and his Undead Legion belonging to a race born as undead with its own civilization.
• Duma greeted Xiao Tianyang and identified his people as the Crystal Bone Tribe, which combined living vitality and creativity with undead immortality and fearlessness.
• Duma told Xiao Tianyang that Eternal Night had no single strongest being, only stronger ones.
• Xiao Tianyang asked Duma what other talents the Crystal Bone Tribe possessed and considered exporting local specialties to Douluo Continent in controlled amounts.

Xiao Tianyang learned that the Crystal Bone Tribe excelled at smelting pure metals and forging weapons, so he gave Duma rare and common metals and a Mo Dao design to test their skills. After Duma promised a soldier could forge the weapon in fifteen minutes, Xiao Tianyang stayed to see the Aries Tribe make talismans.

• Duma explained the Crystal Bone Tribe's weapon-forging talent and its ability to smelt impurity-free metal ingots.
• Xiao Tianyang provided metals and ordered Duma to smelt them and forge a Mo Dao from his design.
• Duma praised the design and claimed that even an ordinary soldier could forge the weapon, prompting Xiao Tianyang to assign it to one of his soldiers.
• Duma estimated that a battlefield-ready Mo Dao would take fifteen minutes to complete and left to arrange the work.
• Satan led Xiao Tianyang toward the Aries Tribe so he could watch them make talismans.

At the camp near the Aries Tribe, Satan made Xiao Tianyang a talisman that amplified his strength by 30%, but Xiao Tianyang felt uncomfortable using it. Satan explained that Xiao Tianyang needed stronger materials for a talisman suited to his potential, and they left to meet Duma, who had returned with forged weapons.

• Satan led Xiao Tianyang to a camp near the Aries Tribe, where Xiao Tianyang watched him craft a talisman from materials he had supplied.
• Xiao Tianyang tested the completed talisman and felt its 30% strength amplification, but found the enhanced power uncomfortable to use.
• Satan explained that talismans made from materials below a person's physical potential could cause resistance, and said Tian Xuan had used Mother of Raw Stones to make his own talismans.
• Satan revealed that Tian Xuan had spent three hundred thousand years gathering enough Mother of Raw Stones, and Xiao Tianyang accepted that he might have to do without a suitable talisman.
• An Aries priest reported that Duma had returned with the forged weapons, and Xiao Tianyang and Satan left the tent to meet him.

Xiao Tianyang inspected a Crystal Bone Tribe Mo Dao and discovered that its crystal skull linked the weapon to its wielder, greatly increasing its sharpness while changing its weight. Duma explained the weapon’s mystical principle, leaving Xiao Tianyang absorbing the knowledge.

• Xiao Tianyang met Duma, who presented him with a newly forged, obsidian-black Mo Dao bearing a crystal skull filled with Soul Fire.
• Xiao Tianyang found the Mo Dao far heavier than its design called for and tested it against a metal pillar, where it became stuck halfway through.
• Duma told Xiao Tianyang to imprint his spiritual mark on the crystal skull, and Xiao Tianyang split the metal pillar with little effort.
• Duma explained that the skull linked the weapon to its user and made it practical for people to wield, while Xiao Tianyang listened and absorbed the mystical knowledge.

Xiao Tianyang arranged for Duma to forge weapons and learned that Mammon would be ready for revival in six days. After returning to Golden Phoenix Tower, he drew Fei Yan into his room and asked whether she hated him.

• Xiao Tianyang learned that the Crystal Bone Tribe’s weapons used crystal skulls to amplify energy and that the tribe could currently forge only Bronze and Silver Level weapons.
• Xiao Tianyang gave Duma blueprints for ten thousand weapons of each kind and one hundred thousand arrows, then requested two especially hefty weapons.
• Satan told Xiao Tianyang that Mammon could be revived in six days, and Xiao Tianyang said he would return then.
• Xiao Tianyang sensed someone approaching and left the Eternal Night Plane before Fei Yan reached his room.
• Fei Yan approached Xiao Tianyang’s room at Golden Phoenix Tower, and Xiao Tianyang pulled her inside and asked if she hated him.

Xiao Tianyang learned that Fei Yan and the others distrusted his intentions because they believed he was a lecherous pervert, so he reassured them and asked to see the letters Saber and the others had left. As they discussed Divine Might’s plans for Demon Forest, the women better understood his reliance on trusted subordinates—then watched him fall asleep on Yan Lingji’s lap.

• Xiao Tianyang guessed that Fei Yan was worried about how his relationships would look to the women who had left Baihua Tower, and she carefully explained their concerns.
• Xiao Tianyang promised Fei Yan three reasonable agreements, asked to read Saber and the others’ letters, and revealed that Grand Commander and the others had been listening nearby.
• Fei Yan helped Grand Commander and the others recover from being discovered, and Xiao Tianyang’s assurances eased their suspicions of him.
• Xiao Tianyang discussed the Demon Forest arrangements with Fei Yan and the others, while the chapter explained how Divine Might relied on Divine Might’s strength and the Shenwu Spirits’ execution of Saber and Madam Mingzhu’s preparations.
• Fei Yan and the others saw Xiao Tianyang fall asleep on Yan Lingji’s lap, contrasting his relaxed behavior with his former commanding image.

Fei Yan and the women discussed Xiao Tianyang’s possible plans to go to Shrek Academy and agreed not to interfere with his choices. They decided to meet him along the way and watch the southern ports, while Xiao Tianyang slept in Yan Lingji’s lap.

• Fei Yan asked when Chi Lian and Zi Nu would reach Douluo City, and Grand Commander said they could arrive in two days.
• Nong Yu suggested Xiao Tianyang planned to go to Shrek Academy to cultivate a new generation of powerhouses, and Yan Lingji noted Huo Yuhao had something extraordinary about him.
• Fei Yan said they should trust Xiao Tianyang’s judgment, and the women discussed whether to ask about his plans or follow his lead.
• Grand Commander proposed meeting Xiao Tianyang along the route to Shrek Academy, and Fei Yan agreed while asking her to watch the southern ports.
• Xiao Tianyang snored and burrowed into Yan Lingji’s chest, so Fei Yan and the others left them alone.

Xiao Tianyang left Douluo City with Huo Yuhao, Red Hare, Yan Lingji, and the Grand Commander, using their journey toward Shrek Academy to train Huo Yuhao and catch up on the current era. As they traveled at a leisurely pace, an enemy force from another plane secretly began a plot against Xiao Tianyang, convinced he could not anticipate their methods.

• Fei Yan refused Xiao Tianyang’s request to bring Nong Yu, and Xiao Tianyang left Douluo City with Huo Yuhao, Red Hare, Yan Lingji, and the Grand Commander.
• Huo Yuhao fell during his sensory-deprivation training, and Xiao Tianyang used Mental Power to guide him without letting him notice.
• Xiao Tianyang explained that limited guidance could support Huo Yuhao’s growth, while Yan Lingji and the Grand Commander discussed his training.
• Xiao Tianyang planned to reach Shrek Academy within half a month, stopping along the way to train Huo Yuhao and gather information about the era.
• A powerful force from another plane secretly began a conspiracy against Xiao Tianyang, believing he had no idea how they could act.

Four days after arriving in Sand River Town, Xiao Tianyang sensed powerful intruders crossing into the Douluo Continent and prepared to confront them away from civilians. As the Innate Five Directions Banners sealed off the battlefield, Grand Commander planned to gather allies while she and Yan Lingji found a way to join the fight.

• Xiao Tianyang detected powerful invaders approaching Sand River Town and decided to draw them away from its residents.
• Xiao Tianyang left Huo Yuhao in town with Red Hare and took Yan Lingji and Grand Commander to a wilderness outside town.
• Xiao Tianyang ordered Yan Lingji and Grand Commander to retreat a hundred li, then summoned the Innate Five Directions Banners.
• Grand Commander told Yan Lingji that they could join the battle without troubling Xiao Tianyang and suggested finding Chi Lian, Zi Nu, and other helpers.

Xiao Tianyang used the Innate Five Elements Banners to form a grand formation and drew out three strange creatures, including a new evil fiend, a lava Elemental Envoy, and a Void Predator named Kazik. After identifying Kazik with the Ancient Divine Eyes, he decided to capture it, confident that his strength would carry him through the coming battle.

• Xiao Tianyang placed the five banners around the desert and challenged the creatures hiding nearby.
• A new-model evil fiend, a lava Elemental Envoy, and a chitin-covered creature emerged from black rifts.
• Xiao Tianyang recognized the evil fiend and lava Elemental Envoy, then used the Ancient Divine Eyes to identify the last creature as the Void Predator Kazik.
• Xiao Tianyang realized the intruders had broken his seal with the help of two Plane Spirits and judged their limited forces to be only a little difficult to handle.
• Xiao Tianyang decided to capture Kazik and investigate the Void Predator later.

Xiao Tianyang trapped a squad of powerful invaders inside the Five Elements Array and unleashed an aura that made them fear for their lives. Kull and Morgan led their forces in desperate attempts to break through the hundred-li fog, while Kazik remained hidden in the void.

• Kull sensed killing intent within the Five Elements Array but stayed silent because abandoning the mission could bring punishment.
• Morgan proposed that he and Kazik create an opening while Kull attacked Xiao Tianyang, but Kull refused and Kazik disappeared into the void.
• Xiao Tianyang released a mysterious aura that made Morgan, Mor, and Kazik feel imminent danger, then expanded the fog and advanced the [Innate Five Directions Banners] another hundred li.
• Kull ordered the Ten Thousand Evils Squad to charge straight through the fog, using its evil energy and Mental Power to seek an escape.
• Morgan also chose to charge through the fog because the invaders had no reinforcements and could not reopen their entry point without provoking the Plane Spirit of Douluo Continent.