Chapter Summaries

After hearing how Tiger escaped the Forgotten Land, Xiao Tianyang decided to create another legion modeled on the Atonement Legion and considered recruiting merfolk. He left the plan to be discussed and implemented carefully while the existing legions prepared to change their equipment.

• Tiger told Xiao Tianyang that the Evil Spirit Nobles had imprisoned the Atonement Legion in the Forgotten Land, where outsiders gradually forgot those who entered.
• Tiger explained that the collision between worlds had split the Forgotten Land, allowing him to escape through the deep sea and return to the Douluo Continent.
• Xiao Tianyang sent Tiger away to recover and proposed forming another legion based on the Atonement Legion.
• Bo Saixi questioned whether the Merfolk Race could supply a legion, but Xiao Tianyang argued that its large population and improved living conditions made selecting thirty thousand soldiers feasible.
• Xiao Tianyang reviewed important orders issued by Yue Shen, while the new legions prepared to change equipment and plans for recruiting merfolk awaited further discussions.

Xiao Tianyang assigned Ru Hai to establish a Merfolk-based legion and offered Bedivere a choice of command in the Knight Legion. Bedivere refused to abandon his loyalty to Saber, leaving Xiao Tianyang’s decision unresolved.

• Bo Saixi and the others prepared to integrate into the Tianwu Dynasty and complete their New System transformation before taking up their assignments.
• Ru Hai arrived and called Xiao Tianyang “Brother-in-law,” prompting Bibi Dong to withdraw and rest.
• Xiao Tianyang appointed Ru Hai Legion Commander of the new Wrathful Sea Legion and ordered him to train its Merfolk soldiers within a month.
• Xiao Tianyang told Ru Hai about the rival Atonement Legion, and Ru Hai vowed not to lose to Tiger.
• Bedivere greeted Xiao Tianyang as Saber’s subordinate, and Xiao Tianyang offered him command of the Knight Legion if he submitted to him, or deputy command if he remained with Saber.
• Bedivere refused to abandon Saber, citing her kindness to him.

Xiao Tianyang sent Bedivere away without asking him to choose, then offered him a treasure that could help him use his Silver Arm. The next morning, an imperial edict named Saber empress and assigned imperial consort and concubine titles to Xiao Tianyang’s other partners, a plan intended to bind Douluo Continent’s major forces to the Tianwu Dynasty and strengthen its war effort.

• Xiao Tianyang told Saber that Bedivere’s abilities were concentrated in his left hand, and asked her to give him the Platinum Hand.
• Xiao Tianyang and the women finalized the imperial titles, with Saber named empress, six women named imperial consorts, and others named concubines.
• Xiao He left the palace with an imperial edict establishing the new titles, and the court accepted Saber’s appointment.
• Madam Mingzhu and the others used the titles and honorary noble ranks to draw major forces and clans into a shared interest with the Tianwu Dynasty.
• The Tang Family and Ning Family reacted strongly to the edict, and the clans began taking action that night.

Yue Fei stabilized the northern front while Xiao Tianyang’s forces won a costly naval battle against the God Realm in the south. After learning that ordinary artillery barely harmed the Evil God Apostles, Xiao Tianyang sent Madam Mingzhu to seek a way to target their cores.

• Yue Fei’s forces crushed the allied army in the north, then proposed securing the front and Water Capital before pursuing Xiao Tianyang’s plan.
• A battle report revealed that the God Realm’s fleet had been destroyed and three of its five committee members had died, while an Evil God Apostle intervention prevented a complete defeat.
• Xiao Tianyang concluded that the God Realm was not the true enemy and noted that artillery could not stop its members from reconstructing their bodies if their cores survived.
• Yue Shen suggested locating the apostles’ cores by tracking their concentrated power of faith, and Xiao Tianyang approved the idea.
• Xiao Tianyang told Madam Mingzhu to retrieve something from the treasury that could help develop a weapon to target the cores.

Xiao Tianyang received Yue Fei’s signal to begin the northern campaign and reviewed intelligence suggesting the Elemental Kingdom was deliberately dragging its feet. After approving Yue Fei’s plan and sending supplies to the Frontline, Xiao Tianyang watched Yue Fei lead the army into action.

• Yue Fei sent Xiao Tianyang the message that the time had come, and Xiao Tianyang placed him in full command of the northern battlefield.
• Madam Mingzhu reported that the Elemental Kingdom had acted passively at the Frontline while strengthening its rear defenses, and Xiao Tianyang suspected it had made a deal with the Evil God.
• Xiao Tianyang asked Bai Yi to watch Yangjiao as an extra safeguard, then received and approved Yue Fei’s complete plan.
• Xiao Tianyang ordered ingredients of grade and above and two culinary gods sent to the Frontline, where the troops received a meal before the campaign.
• Yue Fei drew his sword on the Hero Summoning Platform and ordered the troops to advance.

The Evil Spirit Nobles planned to provoke Xiao Tianyang by targeting the people close to him, hoping to turn the coming war in their favor. Bubu secretly recorded their meeting and delivered the intelligence to Yue Fei’s forces, leaving them aware of the enemy’s plan.

• The Evil Spirit Nobles learned that the Tianwu Dynasty had sent nine legions under Yue Fei and resolved to kill Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and Chen Xin to provoke Xiao Tianyang.
• Bubu secretly eavesdropped on the nobles’ meeting, recorded their plan, and left a way to monitor changes to it.
• Bubu traveled through a Light Gate to Yue Fei’s military tent, where Gao Chong prepared to attack before Yue Fei identified Bubu as a reinforcement from His Majesty.
• Qian Renxue explained Bubu’s scouting ability, played its recording, and the officers heard the Evil Spirit Nobles’ plan.
• Qian Renxue rewarded Bubu with dried meat, and Bubu went off to enjoy it.

Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and Yue Fei devised a plan to turn the Evil Spirit Nobles’ ambush against them, bringing in reinforcements through a Light Gate. After the arrangements were set, Bibi Dong and the others led their teams out while Yue Fei coordinated the battlefield.

• Qian Renxue asked Yue Fei how to counter the enemy’s scheme, and he requested twenty minutes to use her and Bibi Dong as bait while aiming to retain at least half the enemy force.
• Bibi Dong opened a Light Gate, and Qian Daoliu, Tang Chen, and Miao Zhenshan emerged as reinforcements.
• Bibi Dong briefed the newcomers, and Yue Fei explained how he would adapt the existing plan to exploit the Evil Spirit Nobles’ ambush.
• Yue Fei’s guards were quietly replaced with powerful fighters whose identities the Evil Spirit People could not detect.
• Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and the others led their teams out, keeping Bibi Dong’s destructive abilities away from the main legion’s assault.

Yue Fei and Xiao Tianyang set a trap for the Evil Spirit Nobles, using Bibi Dong and her allies as bait. Bibi Dong launched a surprise attack, but the nobles escaped her soul-striking assault before Qian Renxue’s holy light threatened them.

• Yue Fei planned to ambush the Evil Spirit Nobles while Bibi Dong and the others targeted their supply lines, and Xiao Tianyang watched the other factions to keep the plan safe.
• The Gem Evil Spirit sensed danger and urged the Crown Evil Spirit to retreat, but the Crown Evil Spirit hesitated when Bibi Dong’s group appeared.
• Bibi Dong crushed a ring and used Space Folding Technology to reach the nobles, then attacked with Death God's Descent and Hades' Aria.
• The Scepter Evil Spirit shattered its eyeballs to break Bibi Dong’s black-and-white domain, allowing the nobles to retreat while nearby Evil Spirit People lost their Spirit Bodies.
• The Crown Evil Spirit attacked Bibi Dong with Resentful Wails, but Qian Renxue enveloped her in Holy Light Descends, which threatened the Evil Spirit Nobles by eradicating their evil thoughts.

Xiao Tianyang and his advisers weighed how to end the war against the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils, deciding that sharing its territory with the Elemental Kingdom and God Realm could prevent a costly counterattack. The Tianwu Dynasty prepared to offer them most of the spoils while Yue Fei’s troops continued to break through the Evil Spirit Nobles’ defenses.

• Xiao Tianyang celebrated the rapid advance on the Frontline and the deaths of Killer Mask and Gem, then rejected a plan to rely on the Evil Spirit Nobles turning against the Elemental Kingdom.
• Yue Shen proposed involving the Tianwu Dynasty’s allies to exhaust the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils’ remaining strength, and Madam Mingzhu suggested offering them territory as an incentive.
• Xiao Tianyang asked whether the Elemental Kingdom and God Realm could be turned against each other, but Madam Mingzhu judged that plan unlikely to work.
• Xiao Tianyang ordered people to contact the Elemental Kingdom and the God Realm, offering them three-quarters of the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils’ benefits if they agreed to join the fight.
• Yue Fei continued to exploit his troops’ morale as they pierced the Evil Spirit Nobles’ defenses, while the chapter noted that the enemy’s morale-less forces had repeatedly avoided annihilation.

At the Northern Frontline Base, Bibi Dong negotiated with Bangardi and Ice Soul Heaven for their factions to attack the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils. The talks paused as Bangardi sought approval, while Bibi Dong’s forces assessed the strength of their allies and enemies.

• Yue Fei and the other generals watched from the Steel City Walls as Bibi Dong’s group gathered at the gates.
• Bangardi and Ice Soul Heaven emerged from the wooden door and Elemental Vortex, but Miao Zhenshan’s presence intimidated Ice Soul Heaven.
• Bangardi offered to cripple the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils for a quarter of the spoils or destroy it for half.
• Bibi Dong demanded that both factions destroy the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils in exchange for three-quarters of the spoils, and gave Bangardi five minutes to consider.
• Bangardi returned through the wooden door to contact his superiors, while Ice Soul Heaven withdrew into the Elemental Vortex.
• Bibi Dong considered her side’s formidable fighters but recognized that Douluo Continent still had fewer ultimate experts than its opponents.

Bibi Dong secured Bangardi and Ice Soul Heaven’s agreement to cooperate by presenting a contract backed by the Heavenly Dao. After they signed, hidden clauses bound their factions, and the Evil Gods punished Bangardi for bringing them into Xiao Tianyang’s trap.

• Bangardi and Ice Soul Heaven agreed to cooperate with Bibi Dong and the others.
• Bibi Dong presented a parchment contract and told the parties they had five minutes to consider it.
• Bangardi took the contract away for the Evil Gods to inspect, then returned on time and declared it safe.
• Ice Soul Heaven signed the contract, and the Heavenly Dao certified it, revealing hundreds of hidden contracts that bound all three parties.
• The Evil Gods raged at Bangardi for bringing them into the binding agreement, and he fell to his knees as they vented their fury on him.

Xiao Tianyang celebrated the contracts that bound Bangardi and Ice Soul Heaven while planning how the Douluo Continent could prepare for its remaining enemies. He decided to delay the next war and exploit the Evil God's desire to capture the Evil Spirit People alive, and Madam Mingzhu began devising a way to obstruct Them.

• Bibi Dong left after revealing that the contracts gave the seller the final right of interpretation, while Bangardi and Ice Soul Heaven realized they had been bound by the terms.
• Xiao Tianyang learned that every contract had taken effect and that the Tianwu Dynasty had fulfilled the conditions of his [An Eye for an Eye] mission.
• Xiao Tianyang told Madam Mingzhu and Yue Shen that the Douluo Continent should consolidate its strength rather than rush into another battle.
• Xiao Tianyang explained that the Evil God would likely slow down to capture the Evil Spirit People alive, giving the Douluo Continent time to prepare.
• Madam Mingzhu recognized that obstacles could disrupt the Evil God's plans and said she had an idea.

Xiao Tianyang used natural disasters as force majeure to keep the Tianwu Dynasty’s main legions out of the war, forcing the Evil God and Elemental Kingdom to proceed without their support. During a brief lull, he issued orders to merge the bounty system with the Mercenary Guild, send recalled troops to hunt beasts, and help powerful Soul Masters break through.

• Xiao Tianyang sent Bangardi a letter claiming that widespread natural disasters required the Tianwu Dynasty’s main legions to withdraw from the Frontline.
• Bangardi recognized Xiao Tianyang’s excuse but could not challenge the Heavenly Dao Contract’s force majeure clause, while the Evil God and Elemental Kingdom were compelled to continue the campaign.
• Xiao Tianyang issued three secret orders to merge the bounty system with the Mercenary Guild, dispatch recalled troops to hunt beasts, and supply resources for breakthroughs by powerhouses above level 140.
• Xiao He reported that beasts had appeared near the imperial city and major cities, prompting Xiao Tianyang’s attention to their growing numbers.

The Tianwu Dynasty prepared to use the Hunter's Guild and its army to control rapidly evolving beasts, which threatened settlements and could provide ingredients for cultivation dishes. In the Imperial Study, Madam Mingzhu revealed that the treasury was nearly depleted, and Xiao Tianyang realized his projects had consumed its reserves.

• Research showed that transformed beasts could break through their former limits, but their strength did not necessarily bring intelligence, and later generations grew especially quickly.
• The Tianwu Dynasty relied on the Hunter's Guild, mercenaries, Bounty Hunters, and the recalled Main Legion to address the growing danger of beasts.
• Xiao Tianyang recognized that hunting beasts could also provide ingredients for cultivation dishes and strengthen the dynasty's grassroots forces.
• Madam Mingzhu told Xiao Tianyang that the treasury's resources were running low, despite the reserves accumulated over ten thousand years.
• Xiao Tianyang remembered pouring resources into charging the [Guan Ren Scripture] and cultivating a new [World Tree], leaving Madam Mingzhu to discover the depleted treasury.

Xiao Tianyang learned that the Imperial Treasury’s resources had been depleted and promised Madam Mingzhu he would replenish them within two days. He then visited the growing Life Ancient Tree, where Guoguo and Tuantuan explained its progress and new functions, leaving him to consider how it might strengthen Douluo Continent.

• Xiao Tianyang added ten people to Madam Mingzhu’s list and promised to resolve the resource shortage within two days.
• Madam Mingzhu left to notify the people on the list while continuing to manage important affairs for Xiao Tianyang.
• Xiao Tianyang went to the Life Ancient Tree, inspected its status, and entered through its roots.
• Guoguo and Tuantuan told Xiao Tianyang that the Life Ancient Tree could complete its own energy cycle and was growing as planned.
• Guoguo and Tuantuan explained the tree’s new functions as Xiao Tianyang considered whether Douluo Continent could develop a protective foundation like Eternal Night’s World Tree.

Xiao Tianyang reviewed how he had created the [Life Ancient Tree] from the [World Tree] and [Void God Tree], then assessed its growth and value to Douluo Continent. He reassured Guoguo and Tuantuan that they could visit their aunt if the tree continued developing well, then returned to his cultivation chamber.

• Xiao Tianyang explained that Void had retrieved a [Void Root] after battling and devouring another Void Beast, though Void fell into slumber afterward.
• Xiao Tianyang considered how the [Life Ancient Tree] drew energy from the Outer Domain and absorbed the Power of Death to release life force.
• Xiao Tianyang visited the [Life Ancient Tree] to learn about its development and assess whether it could help with resource shortages, but chose not to use it yet.
• After speaking with the [Life Ancient Tree], Xiao Tianyang set Guoguo and Tuantuan down and promised they could go wherever they wanted if the tree showed no major changes.
• Guoguo and Tuantuan asked to visit Auntie, received Xiao Tianyang's permission, and returned to guarding the [Life Ancient Tree] as he entered his cultivation chamber.

Xiao Tianyang planned his lucky draws to gather cultivation resources, then gave Madam Mingzhu what he had obtained. After learning her reserves were sufficient because of earlier raids, he warned that the war against the Evil God could worsen and left the story with a knowing smile.

• Xiao Tianyang analyzed the rewards from different lucky draw levels and spent points according to a plan, obtaining two-thirds of the resources Madam Mingzhu needed along with three [Stinky Fart Bombs].
• Xiao Tianyang handed Madam Mingzhu a ring of cultivation resources and suggested she use potions from the research institute if needed.
• Madam Mingzhu said the ring and her remaining supplies would fill the gap, then explained that the Tianwu Dynasty had seized resources in the God Realm and swept the Heavenly Mountain District before withdrawing.
• Xiao Tianyang warned Madam Mingzhu that the Evil God might offer the God Realm to the Void as an ally and that more time would benefit Eternal Night.
• Madam Mingzhu left to handle her work, and Xiao Tianyang showed a meaningful smile after she was gone.

Xiao Tianyang visited Shadow Hall, where Zhu Zhuqing managed the Royal Shadow Guard, and asked whether its assassins could infiltrate the God Realm. He revealed that he wanted them to steal something rather than kill anyone.

• Xiao Tianyang met Zhu Zhuqing at the underground base and learned she had familiarized herself with managing the Royal Shadow Guard.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Tianyang entered Shadow Hall, where Wuxin served as her deputy and handled the assassins' operations.
• Zhu Zhuqing raised an intelligence sand table showing the Tianwu Dynasty, enemy-held regions, and parts of hostile planes.
• Xiao Tianyang asked whether the Royal Shadow Guard could infiltrate the God Realm, and Zhu Zhuqing said they could but would struggle to kill its inhabitants.
• Xiao Tianyang clarified that he wanted the assassins to steal something, leaving Zhu Zhuqing puzzled.

Xiao Tianyang authorized Zhu Zhuqing to lead a covert mission into eight regions of the God Realm and gather cultivation resources while its forces were distracted. As the Evil God and the Elemental Kingdom fought the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils, the Tianwu Dynasty used the respite to grow stronger, prompting its enemies to decide they must end the war within half a year.

• Xiao Tianyang explained that the mission would target cultivation resources in the God Realm's wilderness while its attention was fixed on the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils.
• Zhu Zhuqing warned against spreading her forces too widely, then organized a plan to avoid enemy forces, infiltrate eight regions, collect resources, and record patrol schedules and local populations.
• Xiao Tianyang left Shadow Hall and let Zhu Zhuqing carry out the mission, while the Douluo Continent entered its second stage of development.
• The Evil God and the Elemental Kingdom continued battling the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils; after the Frontline collapsed, casualties on both sides drew nearly even within three days.
• The Tianwu Dynasty strengthened itself as the conflict dragged on, with thousands of new Hundred-level experts appearing and veteran Soul Masters advancing using palace resources.
• The Evil God and the Elemental Kingdom decided they had to finish the battle within half a year, fearing that further delay would let the Douluo Continent grow beyond their control.

Xiao Tianyang withdrew Yue Fei from the Frontline and waited for the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils mission to resolve while the Tianwu Dynasty continued developing. After the army improved its equipment and restored the cavalry legions’ effectiveness, Xiao Tianyang faced a bottleneck with no clear way to strengthen his forces or advance the Main Quest.

• Xiao Tianyang had Yue Fei withdraw to the Frozen Plains Battlefield to avoid risking the Tianwu Dynasty, and confirmed that the mission would be settled when the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils was destroyed.
• Over the next three months, Yue Fei held combat drills as the legions adapted their tactics and developed specialized Power Armor models.
• A researcher proposed Man-Mount Unity, and the research institute quickly developed armor that covered cavalry mounts as well as riders.
• The Flying Tiger Legion and Mounted Legion regained their cavalry roles and combat strength, though their new armor consumed more resources.
• Xiao Tianyang realized that the legions’ improvement had stalled and that he had no way to strengthen Soul Masters quickly or complete the Main Quest.