Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tianyang reshaped the Bloody Wall into a fortified enclosure and raised four cities, including Shenwu Hall, as the Elemental Kingdom’s forces gathered at the Frontline. He explained that the enemy intended to crush Douluo Continent and revealed that its army now fielded far more elite troops than before.

• Xiao Tianyang confirmed the Fire Lord, Ice Soul Heaven, the six other princes, and the nobles had arrived in earnest, then returned to the War Fortress.
• Xiao Tianyang used Earth Magic to reshape the Bloody Wall and raise Shenwu Hall and three matching cities at the Frontline.
• The Fire Lord ordered his forces to wait and see while Lie Tu questioned Xiao Tianyang’s plans and Ice Soul Heaven suspected a trick.
• Xiao Tianyang told nine commanders that the Elemental Kingdom meant to strike before Douluo Continent could grow stronger, then asked them to inspect the enemy troops.
• Wanyan Chengheshang and the others saw that the Elemental Kingdom had assembled vast numbers of elite troops, with every hundred Elemental Envoys forming a square formation.

Xiao Tianyang weighed the threat posed by the emotionless elite soldiers of the Elemental Kingdom while waiting for the Fire Lord to make the move his plan required. Pressured by his own commanders, the Fire Lord activated a formation and sealed the battlefield with chains.

• Xiao Tianyang learned from Yue Shen that the Elemental Kingdom’s elite soldiers were identical, emotionless products created for war.
• Xiao Tianyang considered how to use the Heavenly Dao Contract and waited for the enemy to make its final move.
• The Elemental Kingdom’s retainers grew restless as three hours passed without a battle, and Mu Teng warned the Fire Lord that morale would collapse.
• The Fire Lord agreed to advance under pressure from the princes and nobles, insisting they share responsibility if anything went wrong.
• The Fire Lord raised his hand, forming a six-pointed star over the battlefield as chains shot from the Elemental Gate and sealed the area.

The Elemental Plane completed its blockade and launched an invasion, but Xiao Tianyang revealed that the attack had triggered his plan. He summoned the Heavenly Dao and proposed rules that would divide the conflict into separate battles, leaving him to face the Elemental Kingdom’s strongest fighters without a level reduction.

• The Elemental Plane’s sealing Iron Chains finished, and a flaming meteor crashed into the battlefield, revealing human skulls in its lava.
• Xiao Tianyang smiled and said the enemy’s attack allowed him to begin his plan, then opened a golden scroll.
• Xiao Tianyang summoned the Heavenly Dao and offered five treasures to erase the disparity between the planes and establish new rules.
• The scroll set three rules: Xiao Tianyang would face the Great Monarch, seven princes, and thirty-nine nobles; the armies would fight on a New Battlefield; and levels would be balanced at level one hundred.
• The rules barred the armies and upper ranks from interfering with each other’s battles while Xiao Tianyang remained alive and undefeated, but left Xiao Tianyang to face his opponents without level reduction.

Xiao Tianyang’s Heavenly Dao Contract established the rules for a month-long battlefield game, and the Heavenly Dao approved it. With three days to prepare before the battlefield opened, Yue Shen summoned Divine Might’s leaders and invited fighters to the Imperial City.

• The chapter explained that the winning side would gain the battlefield as living space, with cities worth points and the game ending if all three main cities on one side fell.
• The Elemental Kingdom’s leaders questioned Xiao Tianyang’s authority and debated the rules, while the Fire Lord and seven princes reacted to his title as the second-generation King of Eternal Night.
• Ice Soul Heaven warned that the Elemental Kingdom could not refuse the Heavenly Dao’s decision and urged its people to stay calm and prepare.
• The Heavenly Dao approved the contract and announced that the battlefield would open in three days, with fighting forbidden during the preparation period.
• The Fire Lord vowed to show Xiao Tianyang the Elemental Kingdom’s military strength, while Xiao Tianyang chose not to provoke him further.
• Yue Shen summoned Divine Might’s senior management, faction leaders, and invited lone wanderers to the Imperial City.

While Xiao Tianyang recovered from activating the [Heavenly Dao Contract], Yue Shen led a meeting to organize the coming war and prepare to capture the enemy’s nine cities. The meeting ended with Yue Fei outlining a strategy to overcome the enemy’s terrain, while the allied factions prepared to fulfill their assignments.

• Xiao Tianyang delegated battlefield command authority to Yue Shen before leaving to recover from the cost of activating the [Heavenly Dao Contract].
• Yue Shen and Yue Fei presented a deployment plan that assigned the Douluo Federation to defense, Mercenary Groups to city protection, and Bounty Hunters and assassins to scouting, infiltration, and targeted attacks.
• Yue Shen announced that the war would begin in three days, with three nearby cities serving as main cities and six Branch cities moving to the Frontline the next day.
• After the invited factions and cultivators left, Yue Shen clarified that she did not know Xiao Tianyang’s specific plan, and Yue Fei argued that capturing the enemy’s main city quickly required overcoming the terrain.
• Li Cunxiao offered his Mounted Legion for early scouting, but Yue Fei said that role was not the best fit and began proposing an alternative plan.
• The major factions and independent cultivators accepted their assignments and resolved to fight earnestly in return for Divine Might’s rewards and Xiao Tianyang’s support.

After reading the Dynastic Secret Canon, Xiao Tianyang realized he had to become emperor to gain the strength needed to hold off the Fire Lord’s group until Yue Fei’s forces won. He began gathering materials to establish a nation and contact the Heavenly Dao.

• Xiao Tianyang read the Dynastic Secret Canon and learned that unifying a plane could grant National Fortune, Heavenly Dao Power, and Plane Power.
• Xiao Tianyang recognized that the linked battles meant he had to keep the Fire Lord’s group occupied until Yue Fei and the others prevailed.
• Xiao Tianyang concluded that founding a nation and proclaiming himself emperor was his only path to rapidly increasing his strength.
• Xiao Tianyang spent points to gather materials for an Imperial Seal, Imperial Edict, altar, Investiture of the Gods, and National Guardian Temple.

Xiao Tianyang used his accumulated points to select materials and began forging an imperial seal, then decided to found a nation and crown himself emperor within half an hour. Yue Shen and the Legion Commanders discussed his decision to limit the new nation to Divine Might and postpone dealing with the major factions until after the war.

• Xiao Tianyang spent two hours filtering his rewards until he had seventeen construction and auxiliary items, then used a secret technique to begin forging an imperial seal.
• Xiao Tianyang added the solar-core imperial seal from his body to the milky-white forging halo.
• Xiao Tianyang contacted Yue Shen and announced that he would found a nation and crown himself emperor in half an hour, with Divine Might as its territory.
• Xiao Tianyang sent Yue Shen a draft list of officials, leaving most vacant positions for her to fill.
• Yue Shen asked the seven Legion Commanders what they thought of Xiao Tianyang's decision not to notify the major factions, and Yue Fei said he likely wanted unity without appearing to exploit the crisis.
• Esdeath and Wanyan Chengheshang argued for using force against the major factions, while Li Cunxiao stayed silent and Xiao Longyu, Xiao Ba, and the Silver Dragon King supported Xiao Tianyang.

Yue Shen and Yue Fei agreed to wait and see as Xiao Tianyang prepared to found a nation and proclaim himself emperor. At Shenwu Hall, Xiao Tianyang summoned the Heavenly Dao and began answering its questions as he climbed the altar.

• Yue Shen asked Yue Fei for his opinion, and he advised waiting rather than warning or killing the opposing factions before the imminent war.
• Yue Shen assigned preparations for Xiao Tianyang's proclamation, including notifying officials and managing the major factions' responses.
• Half an hour later, tremors shook the three main cities as Xiao Tianyang appeared at an altar beneath a pillar of light and called for the Heavenly Dao.
• The Heavenly Dao appeared and asked Xiao Tianyang where his merits were, but he replied that deep foundations and great strength mattered more.
• Xiao Tianyang climbed the altar under the Heavenly Dao's pressure and answered seven questions about kingship, government, and responsibility while five objects beside him absorbed Heavenly Dao Power.

Xiao Tianyang founded the Tianwu Dynasty in Shenwu City and reorganized Shenwu’s administration into a royal court. The chapter ended with Yue Fei appointed Grand Commandant, leaving officials startled and Yue Fei realizing Yue Shen had been testing his suitability for the role.

• The Heavenly Dao approved Xiao Tianyang’s founding of the Tianwu Dynasty, and Shenwu Hall transformed into an imperial palace.
• Xiao Tianyang declared Shenwu City the dynasty’s capital and summoned the former Shenwu management to court.
• Yue Shen announced the Six Ministries and appointed Fei Yan, Tie Shan, Li Ming, Liu Ruyi, Su Ziming, and You Mingyue to lead them.
• Yue Shen appointed Yue Fei Grand Commandant, placing him above the Legion Commanders and surprising the officials.
• Yue Fei realized Yue Shen had been testing whether he could handle the Grand Commandant position.

After appointing officials for Divine Might, Xiao Tianyang privately urged Yue Fei to accept temporary command as Grand Commandant for the coming war. Yue Fei estimated a sixty percent chance of victory, and Xiao Tianyang addressed his concerns about court factions and military obedience, leaving him to reconsider the command.

• After the court session, the officials discussed Xiao Tianyang's appointments and worried about the role Yue Fei would play in the war.
• Su Ziming faced people seeking answers about Divine Might and told them only what they were entitled to know.
• Xiao Tianyang met Yue Shen and Yue Fei privately in Tai Chi Hall after Yue Fei requested an audience.
• Yue Fei explained that he wanted to decline the Grand Commandant position and estimated his forces had a sixty percent chance of victory.
• Xiao Tianyang argued that Yue Fei could take temporary command, promised to manage the officials and secure the military's obedience, and asked whether Yue Fei lacked the ability to handle internal problems.

Yue Fei considered how to earn the Legion Commanders’ respect in the coming New Battlefield without relying on Xiao Tianyang. Xiao Tianyang explained the powers and advantages shaping the war, but Yue Shen remained uncertain about the outcome of their personal battle.

• Yue Fei left without explaining his purpose and resolved to prove himself through his performance as Grand Commandant.
• Yue Fei decided that Xiao Tianyang must not intervene on his behalf, since doing so could damage his standing among the Legion Commanders and officials.
• Yue Shen asked Xiao Tianyang how confident he was, and he showed her a jade seal containing Heavenly Dao Power and Plane Power.
• Yue Shen observed that the New Battlefield might let the Fire Lord use Plane Power too, while Xiao Tianyang noted that his own Plane Power was purer despite the gap in their levels.
• Xiao Tianyang assessed the large battlefield as a seventy-thirty contest, with Yue Fei’s strong performance potentially raising their odds to eighty-twenty, while Yue Shen could not predict the small battlefield.

Xiao Tianyang warned Yue Shen not to divert the war effort to rescue him and assured her that he could retreat safely even if the main battlefield was lost. He explained the powers and limits of the Tianwu Dynasty’s new institutions before Yue Shen departed to carry out his orders.

• Xiao Tianyang told Yue Shen to focus on defeating the Elemental Kingdom’s elites rather than rushing to save him, and gave her two letters to use if the commanders resisted.
• Xiao Tianyang explained that the National Guardian Temple could revive officials once, while Investiture of the Gods boosted officials’ cultivation and the other imperial items served distinct purposes.
• Xiao Tianyang noted that the cultivation boost could not help him overcome his current bottleneck.
• Yue Shen left with Xiao Tianyang’s task as the chapter described the Tianwu Dynasty’s loyal citizens and its differences from the former Divine Might faction.

Xiao Tianyang prepared the Tianwu Dynasty for war and watched as the Heavenly Dao teleported both sides to a randomly generated battlefield. After the teleportation separated him from his forces, Yue Fei began dispatching troops to scout the terrain and secure routes to the other cities.

• Xiao Tianyang established three main cities and organized the Tianwu Dynasty's officials, soldiers, and resources for the coming war.
• The Heavenly Dao announced the new battlefield and teleported the cities prepared by both sides.
• Xiao Tianyang rallied the soldiers at the imperial city, then was transported away from them by a separate beam of light.
• Yue Fei ordered Sky Wolf to map the surrounding hundred miles and sent the Silver Dragon King north to seize distant high ground.
• Yue Fei directed General Long Yu and General Sky Lion to open routes through the northeastern forest and northwestern plains.

Yue Fei organized the New Battlefield’s defenses and sent Niu Gao to contact City Number One, while the forces prepared for threats in the surrounding terrain. When a pack of powerful, lizard-like monsters attacked, Gao Chong killed one but faced dozens more as dark gold arrows joined the fight.

• Yue Fei explained the fixed arrangement of the cities and ordered Niu Gao to deliver a letter to City Number One if he encountered the Nine Dragon Imperial Guards.
• Yue Fei ordered his forces to scout the area, prepare defenses, connect the cities, and contact Yue Shen so she could join the Frontline.
• War drums sounded, and a barrage of wooden spears fell on the city; Gao Chong broke the spears while the officers stopped those that got through.
• Humanoid, scaled monsters charged from the forest, and Gao Chong fought one, pierced its abdomen, and killed it.
• Dozens more monsters rushed out, and dark gold arrows flew past Gao Chong toward the attackers.

Yue Fei investigated the monsters that had attacked the city and sent Gao Chong to check on the Silver Dragon King. On the small battlefield, Xiao Tianyang faced the Fire Lord and the others, who weighed his mysterious power and feared the Heavenly Dao’s intervention.

• Yue Fei ordered Zhang Xian to bring the monster corpses into the city and have the Shenwu Research Institute study them.
• Gao Chong reported that the monsters were powerful and skilled in Combat Techniques, though they lacked agility and intelligence.
• Yue Fei sent Gao Chong to investigate the Silver Dragon King’s situation and gave him a letter to deliver if the monsters were there.
• Mu Teng suggested that the Heavenly Dao favored Xiao Tianyang, and the Fire Lord warned him not to speak ill of the Heavenly Dao.
• The Fire Lord and the others recognized that Xiao Tianyang’s power was unlike Soul Power or divine power and suspected they were at a disadvantage.
• Xiao Tianyang waited on the small battlefield, wondering why the Fire Lord and the others had not made a move.

Xiao Tianyang launched a surprise attack on Fire Lord and the other princes, using wood, mirror, and sun magic to injure Mu Teng before escaping through a tree. Fire Lord’s group was left treating Mu Teng’s devastating wound, while a noble managed to mark Xiao Tianyang for tracking.

• Xiao Tianyang summoned a forest with Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence, obscuring himself from Fire Lord and the others.
• Xiao Tianyang trapped Mu Teng with Wood Style: Tree Binding Eternal Burial and reflected Fire Lord’s Great Explosion toward the group.
• Xiao Tianyang unleashed Sun Magic: Apollo's Glory, forcing Fire Lord and the others to retreat from its destructive energy wave.
• Xiao Tianyang wounded Mu Teng with the Void Blade, then sensed Fire Lord’s underground attack and escaped through a tree trunk.
• A noble’s Snowflake Mark reflected in Xiao Tianyang’s eyes as he vanished, revealing that the noble had marked him for tracking.
• Ice Soul Heaven froze Mu Teng’s blade wound, but the black smoke broke through the ice and caused Mu Teng further agony.

Xiao Tianyang used clones, magic, and a labyrinthine battlefield to keep Ice Soul Heaven and the Elemental Kingdom’s forces occupied while his true body stayed hidden. He relied on Guoguo and Tuantuan to supply the setup, betting that Yue Fei would end the war before his hiding place was exposed.

• Ice Soul Heaven impaled a Xiao Tianyang clone, but the clone dissolved into blood spikes that pierced Ice Soul Heaven’s chest before he healed.
• Xiao Tianyang appeared in a nearby tree and taunted Ice Soul Heaven, revealing that his goal was to stall the enemy group.
• Xiao Tianyang’s plan combined enhanced Wood Style and shadow clones, magic traps, and space, time, mirror, and void powers to create a vast labyrinth.
• Xiao Tianyang concealed his motionless true body in a safe room because a Snowflake Mark could reveal his location if the spatial structure changed.
• Guoguo and Tuantuan supported the setup from the rear garden of Qiankun Palace by putting highly vital materials into a bronze cauldron.

Xiao Tianyang used his clones, supported by Guoguo and Tuantuan, to keep the Elemental Envoys occupied while they searched for his real body and tried to understand the Tree World. When Ice Soul Heaven confronted a clone, Xiao Tianyang revealed his weapons and used the space barriers to trap him.

• Xiao Tianyang relied on Guoguo and Tuantuan as energy sources and used Plane Power and Heavenly Dao Power to make his clones more effective against the Elemental Envoys.
• Ice Soul Heaven told Xiao Tianyang to hide and claimed the Elemental Envoys could break the deadlock, while Xiao Tianyang continued to taunt him and stall for time.
• Xiao Tianyang considered how the Elemental Kingdom's forces were destroying his clones to increase his energy consumption and find his real body, while also investigating the Tree World.
• Ice Soul Heaven charged at Xiao Tianyang's clone, who scanned the surrounding area and found that Ice Soul Heaven had no teammates nearby.
• Xiao Tianyang equipped the Infinity Gauntlet and Void Blade, startling Ice Soul Heaven with the weapons' power.
• Ice Soul Heaven ran into a refractive barrier and was pinned against it, recalling that the Fire Lord had once fractured his arm trying to break one.

Ice Soul Heaven and Fire Lord planned to spread out to find Xiao Tianyang’s true body, while Xiao Tianyang listened in and continued hiding. On the main battlefield, the Tianwu Dynasty deployed Active Metal armor developed by You Mingyue to improve soldiers’ activity and heal injuries.

• Ice Soul Heaven told Fire Lord that the opponent he had fought was only a clone with powerful attacks and a troublesome ability.
• Ice Soul Heaven concluded that Xiao Tianyang could not move and proposed that they spread out to find him, and Fire Lord agreed to let him plan the search.
• Xiao Tianyang intercepted their conversation and realized they wanted to expose his hiding place while he needed to remain concealed until the game ended.
• The Tianwu Dynasty lifted some restrictions on the Shenwu Research Institute and used Steel Beasts to transport troops and Active Metal armor to equip its soldiers.
• You Mingyue had revived the shelved Active Metal project, making the material the core of the Tianwu Dynasty’s standard armor for boosting activity and healing injuries.

As Yue Fei completed the Tianwu Dynasty’s frontline deployments, You Mingyue reported that the monsters called Koniru were hybrid combat organisms made from Elemental Beasts and Soul Beasts. Her findings raised a concern: if a Koniru transferred the energy accumulated in its brain to its heart, it could become far more dangerous.

• The Tianwu Dynasty’s soldiers benefited from Active Metal, strong combat capabilities, and weapons comparable to Level Six Soul Tools.
• Yue Fei coordinated the Forward Imperial City and nearby Branch cities, aiming to shorten the war while trusting his plans to secure victory.
• The Silver Dragon King’s Zodiac Legion reached its destination and completed its mission despite unfamiliar terrain.
• Rear cities were connected, and You Mingyue arrived at the Forward Imperial City to submit her research on the monsters.
• You Mingyue explained that Koniru were mostly composed of Elemental Molecules, with energy polymers in their brains, and warned that moving this energy into their hearts could change their capabilities.