Ch. 1521Stirring Up a Hornet's Nest

Xiao Tianyang explained the Queen's threat and his plans for the campaign before heading to investigate her stronghold. He found a swarm of her clones waiting at the Sky Pit, making the threat more serious than he had expected.

  • Xiao Tianyang told the others that the Queen was a powerful nonhuman being whose clone had fought him, and said he planned to investigate her headquarters before committing to a real battle.
  • Xiao Tianyang explained that Douluo Continent needed to develop quickly after its victory, including by securing ingredients as strategic resources and building a compatible ecological system.
  • Xiao Tianyang left City Number One and used a temporary Void passage to reach the Queen's location.
  • The Queen's clone attacked with a punch, but Xiao Tianyang dodged and cut her in half before kicking her apart.
  • Two Crystal Arrows shot from the Sky Pit, so Xiao Tianyang retreated a hundred meters to evade them.
  • Xiao Tianyang saw a swarm of the Queen's clones and wondered whether a Game Barracks lay below, but decided the situation was still under control.

Ch. 1522Exploration Progress

After a month of exploration in the Primitive Plane, Yue Fei’s forces prepared to enter territory ruled by Overlord Beasts, while Xiao Tianyang returned badly wounded from a battle with the plane’s Queen. He explained that the Queen was the consciousness formed from the Plane Core and shared advice on escaping creatures with similar control over their surroundings.

  • Yue Fei helped the legions and exploration teams push through the Primitive Plane, where researchers ranked its most dangerous beasts as elite, leader, and Overlord.
  • Yue Fei warned that the unexplored territory belonged to Overlord Beasts and that progress would slow as the fighting and losses intensified.
  • Xiao Tianyang arrived at the military tent with severe injuries, and Esdeath and the others treated him.
  • Xiao Tianyang told Yue Fei and the others that the Queen was the Primitive Plane’s pinnacle existence, formed from the evolution of its Plane Core.
  • Xiao Tianyang described how the Queen used the plane’s energy and her clones to repel him, then explained how to escape beings with similar power.

Ch. 1523Asura Dragon

Xiao Tianyang warned Yue Fei that the Queen’s slumber would weaken most Overlord Beasts and that they had ten days to set up the coordinates. As the army restrained the Asura Dragon, Gao Chong shattered its chest scales, enraging it.

  • Xiao Tianyang told Yue Fei that his blockade would hold for at most ten days and that the Queen’s slumber would weaken most Overlord Beasts.
  • Yue Fei identified the approaching Overlord Beast as the Asura Dragon, which had killed two deputy commanders and 375 soldiers.
  • Gao Chong and the army’s units held the Asura Dragon back with fighters, chains, and anesthetic weapons.
  • Esdeath struck the Asura Dragon’s claw with an Ice Thorn, and Gao Chong blocked the blow with his spear.
  • Gao Chong counterattacked and broke the Asura Dragon’s chest scales, prompting Xiao Tianyang to wonder if it had entered its second phase.

Ch. 1524A Big Haul

After the Asura Dragon fell, Xiao Tianyang considered the beasts’ unusual loyalty and examined the Overlord Beast’s corpse while the army tended to its casualties. With Douluo Continent under pressure from the Elemental Kingdom at the Frontline, he planned to use the new plane’s resources to strengthen his forces and warned Yue Fei to secretly establish coordinates.

  • Gao Chong delivered the killing blow to the Asura Dragon, and its subordinate beasts fled once it died.
  • Xiao Tianyang and Yue Fei discussed the beasts’ fierce fighting and the possibility that bloodline influenced their combat power.
  • Xiao Tianyang went to inspect the Asura Dragon’s corpse while Yue Fei stayed behind to support the soldiers and attend to the dead and wounded.
  • Xiao Tianyang considered the worsening threat at the Frontline and arranged for cooks to help prepare a feast from the Asura Dragon.
  • Xiao Tianyang told Yue Fei to secretly establish coordinates, warning that their actions had drawn attention and that Overlord Beasts were not simple creatures.

Ch. 1525Menu

Xiao Tianyang helped the chefs plan a simple, high-calorie banquet for the soldiers, while they debated how to make happiness one of its guiding ideas. The chefs settled on a four-part meal and began choosing ingredients, with Asura Dragon set as the main ingredient.

  • At dusk, Yue Fei summoned the Legion Commanders to discuss the operation to conquer the second coordinate while Xiao Tianyang led chefs in preparing a banquet menu.
  • Xiao Tianyang told the chefs to pursue simplicity, happiness, and high calories, then invited them to speak freely about the menu.
  • The chefs proposed grilling Asura Dragon meat, and a young chef argued that happiness should be central to the meal's structure.
  • Xiao Tianyang suggested dividing the meal into salad, appetizers, meat dishes, and soup, and the chefs proposed medicinal soup to aid food absorption and ease battlefield wounds.
  • The chefs chose Asura Dragon as the main ingredient and discussed using Sweet Rafflesia, Devil's Lettuce, Dragon King Bee Syrup, and Milk Fish roe in the salad.

Ch. 1526Rules and Benefits

Xiao Tianyang served the soldiers a meal that overwhelmed their senses despite Yue Fei’s strict discipline. The first salad activated the soldiers’ bodies and raised their auras to the brink of breakthroughs.

  • The soldiers struggled to contain their hunger when Xiao Tianyang’s cooking filled the camp with its aroma, but Yue Fei ordered them to meditate and suppress their Blood Qi.
  • Xiao Tianyang and the chefs served the meal, and Yue Fei ordered the soldiers to eat.
  • The chapter explained that soldiers’ strict discipline and benefits included three years of guaranteed education at Shenwu Academy, with recommendations to Shrek Academy if they failed to advance.
  • The soldiers tasted the salad, whose fresh fragrance astonished them and Yue Fei’s companions.
  • The salad activated the soldiers’ cells, and their rising auras made nearby beasts sense danger.

Ch. 1527Smart People and Goals

While the officers attended Yue Fei’s banquet, Gao Chong and Yang Zaixing traveled into the Primitive Plane on a mission indirectly assigned by Xiao Tianyang. They reached the Nightmare Desert’s marked structure and faced a powerful lord beast as they prepared to fight.

  • The officers noticed Gao Chong and Yang Zaixing were absent but chose not to question their likely secret mission.
  • Gao Chong and Yang Zaixing crossed the harsh desert, killing beasts for food and water as they followed Xiao Tianyang’s coordinates.
  • Yang Zaixing killed an elite one-eyed beast that emerged from the sand.
  • At the Nightmare Desert, Gao Chong identified the marked structure and sensed a powerful creature approaching.
  • Gao Chong and Yang Zaixing drew their spears and prepared to fight a stronger-tier lord beast.
  • The chapter revealed Xiao Tianyang had left the coordinates and danger markings when the Queen’s surveillance prevented him from completing the task himself.

Ch. 1528Space Coordinates

Gao Chong and Yang Zaixing established a Space Coordinate in the Nightmare Desert and returned to report to Xiao Tianyang. With only two coordinates left, Yue Fei revealed that one was guarded by the devastating Lava Mountain Boar, while Xiao Tianyang weighed the coming battle and the need to strengthen his legion.

  • Gao Chong collected a frozen Lord Beast corpse, and he and the wounded Yang Zaixing concealed their traces before traveling onward.
  • Gao Chong surveyed the Eye of the Desert, and Yang Zaixing planted a metal pillar to establish a Space Coordinate.
  • Xiao Tianyang sensed that coordinate 546,130 had been established and marked it on the map as Yue Fei confirmed that two coordinates remained.
  • Yue Fei identified the Lava Mountain Boar as an Overlord Beast with immense destructive power and showed Xiao Tianyang footage of its attacks.
  • Xiao Tianyang considered the likely cost of fighting the Lava Mountain Boar and the legion’s improved strength, while Yue Fei began presenting the final beast.

Ch. 1529Abominations Setting

Xiao Tianyang reviewed his plan to secure the Primitive Plane and considered drawing out the hidden force behind its Overlord Beasts. Meanwhile, a mysterious black shadow rallied the beasts to attack, but most refused and left.

  • Xiao Tianyang planned to use Space Coordinates to bring the Primitive Plane closer to the Douluo Continent and considered luring out the hidden person he suspected was behind events.
  • More than ninety percent of the Primitive Plane's Overlord Beasts gathered beneath a mountain as the black shadow explained that Xiao Tianyang had defeated the Asura Dragon, which it had sent as a pawn.
  • The black shadow urged the Overlord Beasts to counterattack Xiao Tianyang's forces in Baku's territory and offered to lead the assault.
  • More than half of the Overlord Beasts rejected the plan and left, fearing the Queen and prioritizing their survival.

Ch. 1530Surprise Attack and Ambush

The shadow led thirty-six Overlord Beasts in a night assault on Xiao Tianyang’s military camp, intending to assassinate him. Xiao Tianyang trapped the attackers behind a barrier and ordered his troops to fire, while the shadow remained unharmed and drew his attention.

  • The shadow planned to use the Overlord Beasts to distract the camp while it infiltrated and assassinated Xiao Tianyang.
  • The shadow led the Overlord Beasts to the military camp and urged them to attack as a diversion.
  • When the Overlord Beasts broke through the barricades, the shadow warned them that the camp was a trap, but Xiao Tianyang sealed them inside a barrier.
  • Xiao Tianyang ordered his soldiers to fire Adamantine Spiral Arrows, leaving the trapped Overlord Beasts struggling under the barrage.
  • Xiao Tianyang noticed the arrows passed through the shadow and told the Silver Dragon King to assign someone to watch it.

Ch. 1531Black Shadow Giving Away Free Kills

Xiao Tianyang determined that the beasts showed signs of intelligence and destroyed the malicious black shadow that attacked his mind. With the shadow defeated, he ordered the Silver Dragon King to surround the enemy and assembled the Zodiac Legion for the battle.

  • Xiao Tianyang examined the beasts’ patterns and coordinated defenses, concluding that they possessed intelligence.
  • A messenger warned the Silver Dragon King that the black mist was unstable and disrupting space.
  • The black shadow attacked Xiao Tianyang’s mind, but he trapped it in a vortex and destroyed it.
  • Xiao Tianyang ordered the Silver Dragon King to close the net and gathered her troops into battle formations.
  • Xiao Tianyang opened a gap for the Zodiac Legion, whose heavy, ranged, and aerial units prepared to join the fight.

Ch. 1532The Zodiac Legion Comes into Its Own

The Zodiac Legion fought weakened Overlord Beasts with coordinated formations, showing the potential of its all-round training. Xiao Tianyang recognized the Silver Dragon King's skill and believed the legion could now begin catching up in military merit.

  • Big Ox led the Heavy Armor Unit in a Cone Charge Formation, knocking down and pinning an Overlord Beast.
  • The Ranged Squad and Greatsword Warriors struck downed Overlord Beasts while the Aerial Unit prevented them from regrouping.
  • The Silver Dragon King coordinated the Zodiac Legion's specialized formations from the rear, keeping the advancing units in order.
  • Yue Fei praised the Silver Dragon King's use of military texts and said she needed more battlefield experience.
  • Xiao Tianyang realized the Zodiac Legion had substantial growth potential, though its military merit still ranked among the bottom three.

Ch. 1533The Black Shadow's Miserable Fate

After the Black Shadow failed twice to assassinate Xiao Tianyang and died for good, Xiao Tianyang’s forces finished clearing the battlefield and marched into the Lava Mountain Boar’s territory. A herd of fire bulls charged toward them, and Yue Fei advised pressing forward, so Xiao Tianyang sent the Divine Might Legion to lead the advance.

  • The Black Shadow ambushed Xiao Tianyang but Yue Fei defeated it in three strikes, destroying its core and forcing it to resurrect.
  • The Black Shadow tried to assassinate Xiao Tianyang again, but Yue Fei shattered its core and killed it permanently.
  • Xiao Tianyang’s forces cleared the ruined camp, collected supplies, and set out for the next two coordinates.
  • Xiao Tianyang and Yue Fei entered the Lava Mountain Boar’s desert territory, where a scout reported a herd of fire bulls approaching.
  • Yue Fei warned that stopping could let the Lava Mountain Boar wear down the army, so Xiao Tianyang ordered the Divine Might Legion to advance as the vanguard.

Ch. 1534Charging Fire Oxen

Esdeath led the Divine Might Legion across the Volcanic Gobi Region and prepared to capture a charging herd of fire oxen as spoils. Boros and the Heavy Armor Soldiers disrupted the herd’s charge, while the ranged troops began their attack.

  • Lan reported that fire oxen and other animals were approaching, but Esdeath ordered the legion to keep advancing.
  • Esdeath arranged the troops to meet the fire oxen, assigning Boros’s Heavy Armor Soldiers to the front and positioning the other units behind them.
  • Boros led the first two squads into the herd and unleashed Purgatory Flame, burning some of the fire oxen to ashes.
  • Esdeath warned Boros not to burn all of the oxen because they were His Majesty’s ingredients and the legion’s spoils.
  • The Heavy Armor Soldiers stopped the herd’s leading ranks, and the crossbowmen fired ice-blue bolts that burst into crystals on impact.

Ch. 1535Encirclement Annihilation

The Divine Might Legion used ice crossbow bolts and coordinated tactics to defeat a fire bull herd while Esdeath fought and killed its Leader-level king. The battle ended with heavy spoils and few casualties, and the Legion prepared to face more beast herds driven toward them by the Lava Mountain Boars.

  • Ice Soul Crossbow Bolts proved deadly against fire bulls, killing one with roughly three shots each.
  • Esdeath rode the Ice Wolf King through the herd, killed fire bulls with her spear, and engaged the Four-Horned Fire Bull King.
  • Esdeath trapped the Fire Bull King with Ice Thorns and pierced it with Extreme Ice: Sky-Piercing Kill, then blocked its counterattack with Extreme Ice: Top of the World.
  • Boros and Black Pupil led the front, Will's light cavalry harassed the flanks, and Heavy Cavalry prevented the fire bulls from retreating.
  • The Divine Might Legion fought from noon until sunset, killed over ten thousand enemies, lost fewer than a hundred soldiers, and gained food supplies.
  • Esdeath expected more beast herds to approach and looked forward to gaining spoils and strengthening the Legion through further battles.

Ch. 1536Vine Valley

Xiao Tianyang brought the legions to Vine Valley after days of fighting through the Gobi, intending to draw out the hiding Lava Mountain Boar without risking his soldiers. When the boar refused to emerge, he prepared to use his dangerous Light of Ruin, even if it destroyed the valley.

  • Xiao Tianyang recalled the Divine Might Legion and sent the Sun Legion forward as the vanguard instead.
  • The Divine Might Legion and Sun Legion advanced through the Gobi for six and a half days, reaching Vine Valley after inflicting heavy losses on the beasts.
  • Xiao Tianyang, Esdeath, and the Silver Dragon King surveyed the hot, vine-covered valley and noticed its strong smell of alcohol.
  • Xiao Tianyang revealed the Light of Ruin, a bomb that would bathe everything within three kilometers in intense heat for three hours.
  • Xiao Tianyang said he would destroy Vine Valley with the Lava Mountain Boar inside rather than risk soldiers trying to force their way in.

Ch. 1537Draw It Out and Fight

Xiao Tianyang lured the Lava Mountain Boar out of Vine Valley without detonating the unstable Light of Ruin, and Yue Fei's army began fighting it. The boar broke through the army's barrier but was struck by siege bolts and chained as two warriors moved to stop its charge.

  • Xiao Tianyang returned with Void, Esdeath, and the Silver Dragon King after the Lava Mountain Boar took the bait.
  • Gao Chong and Yang Zaixing began their operation to kill the boar and establish a Space Coordinate in Vine Valley.
  • The Lava Mountain Boar attacked Yue Fei's army with a magma pillar, then shattered their barrier by charging into it.
  • Yue Fei ordered archers and the Dragon Hunting Crossbow crew to attack, and siege bolts pierced the boar as soldiers pulled it with Iron Chains.
  • Two warriors blocked the boar's charge with iron rods and war hammers, but the impact sent them flying and destroyed their weapons and armor.

Ch. 1538Taking Turns Attacking

Esdeath and the Silver Dragon King restrained the Lava Mountain Boar, but it broke free and attacked the soldiers holding its chains. Yue Fei reorganized the troops to exploit its vulnerabilities, while Sky Lion’s intervention kept the beast from crushing them.

  • Esdeath bound the injured Lava Mountain Boar with icy chains, and the Silver Dragon King used Weak Water to pin it down before Esdeath froze it.
  • The Lava Mountain Boar erupted from the frozen pit, destroying the clouds and magma-corroding the Weak Water, but the ballista bolts and chains held it in place.
  • The beast reversed in midair and dropped toward the soldiers holding the chains, but Sky Lion struck it with Heaven-Shaking and knocked its descent off course.
  • Yue Fei ordered Heavy Armor Soldiers to form Iron Ring and Tortoise Shell formations, Long Halberd Soldiers to attack when openings appeared, and the Ranged Squad to target the beast’s eyes and abdomen.
  • Yue Fei concluded from the Lava Mountain Boar’s movements that it was protecting its abdomen and avoiding attacks there.

Ch. 1539Third Stage?

Yue Fei’s forces struggled to overcome the Lava Mountain Boar’s defenses as the battlefield turned into a lava-filled valley. The Silver Dragon King and Esdeath weakened it with extreme cold, but Xiao Tianyang intervened when he sensed it was about to enter its third stage by drawing on the Queen’s power.

  • Yue Fei arranged an attrition-focused siege, but the Lava Mountain Boar’s defenses kept the attackers from making progress as lava engulfed the valley.
  • Esdeath activated her final form and cooled the battlefield, briefly freezing some of the lava before the boar restored the heat.
  • The Silver Dragon King cast Eternal Ice Coffin, trapping explosions from the clash of extreme cold and the boar’s lava within a meter of its body.
  • Esdeath and Sky Lion advanced toward the weakened boar while the Silver Dragon King stayed back.
  • Xiao Tianyang sensed the boar was about to enter its third stage by borrowing the Queen’s power, then summoned the Imperial Seal above its head.

Ch. 1540The Powerful Yue Fei

Xiao Tianyang suppressed the Lava Mountain Boar’s Plane Power while Yue Fei led the officers in battle, crippling the beast and provoking it into a destructive frenzy. As the boar charged at Yue Fei, he unbalanced it, seized the Iron Chains, and began swinging it around.

  • Xiao Tianyang confined the Lava Mountain Boar’s Plane Power and told the group to fight while he maintained the suppression.
  • Yue Fei ordered the soldiers to retreat and the major officers to advance, then wounded the slowed boar with the Dragon Pattern Gold Spear.
  • Esdeath blocked the boar with an Ice Wall, allowing Yue Fei to break one tusk and blind its eye before retreating from its burst of flames.
  • Xiao Tianyang recognized that the wounded boar had abandoned its defenses and would target Yue Fei, while the other fighters could now help damage it.
  • Yue Fei dodged the boar’s charge, knocked it off balance, caught the Iron Chains, and swung the creature around.
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