Chapter Summaries

Qian Renxue proposed creating a select force to use Command Model Power Armor, and she and Xiao Tianyang agreed to recruit willing members bound by contracts. The plan left Qian Renxue responsible for choosing the candidates, while Xiao Tianyang warned her not to act recklessly.

• Qian Renxue suggested strengthening a select group instead of relying on legions or individuals, and Xiao Tianyang realized she meant gathering people with shared interests or family ties.
• Qian Renxue asked about the Command Model Power Armor’s limits, while Xiao Tianyang explained that deploying military equipment to private forces could undermine the law and threaten the dynasty’s future.
• Qian Renxue proposed using life-and-death contracts to control the force, arguing that her approach would solve the problem faster than Xiao Tianyang’s alternative.
• Xiao Tianyang agreed to let Qian Renxue choose the members, provided they willingly joined, and warned her not to do anything reckless.

Xiao Tianyang approved Qian Renxue’s proposal and established the Light Brigade, selecting representatives from five factions and planning specialized Power Armor for its teams. The brigade’s structure and code names were settled, while its contract would require it to disband after the war.

• Xiao Tianyang ordered Xiao He to prepare the plan’s details without unnecessary procedures.
• Xiao He presented five representatives: Qian Daoliu, Tang San, Big White, Golden Crocodile Douluo, and Zhou Cheng.
• Yan Lingji told Xiao Tianyang that the research institute could refit the Power Armor within half a month, using improved materials for the selected participants.
• Yan Lingji relayed Xiao He’s proposal for a palace-administered Light Brigade of five teams, with a planned establishment of one hundred members.
• Xiao Tianyang named the teams Angel, Furnace, Roar, Fanxing, and Overlord, and required the contract to disband the Light Brigade after the war.

Xiao Tianyang learned that the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils had summoned Darkness and that war against the Douluo Continent could begin in ten days. He planned to recover his strength and use an offensive in the north to test the enemy while defending in the south, leaving the Tianwu Dynasty to prepare its forces.

• Xiao Tianyang and Yan Lingji agreed that Light Brigade members could leave after surrendering their armor, signing a guarantee, and completing two months of observation.
• Xiao Tianyang received blueprints from the system as the Horned Demon reported that the enemy had summoned Darkness's true body.
• The White-robed God of Slaughter told Xiao Tianyang that the battle had ended and the two planes could declare war on the Douluo Continent in ten days.
• Xiao Tianyang said he could recover his strength within two months and break through level one hundred with help, while the White-robed God of Slaughter agreed to hold out.
• Xiao Tianyang chose to attack the Elemental Kingdom in the north while defending against the God Realm and Evil God in the south, and determined that the Tianwu Dynasty needed to adjust its legions within ten days.

Xiao Tianyang gathered his advisers to prepare for a two-front war against the God Realm and the Elemental Kingdom, then revealed he would enter seclusion for two months. He assigned military preparations and discussed deploying the Light Brigade and using ecological zones to tame useful beasts.

• Yue Fei warned that the God Realm and Elemental Kingdom would attack when the ten-day deadline expired, likely after probing the defenses.
• Xiao Tianyang gave Yue Fei five days to complete a battle plan and ordered Xiao He to support the preparations.
• After dismissing the other officials, Xiao Tianyang told Xiao He, Yue Fei, and Yue Shen that he planned to enter seclusion for two months while his strength recovered.
• Xiao Tianyang proposed transferring Angel and Furnace south while leaving Roar, Fanxing, and Overlord in the north, and Yue Fei agreed.
• Xiao He reported that Ecological Zones One through Eight were nearing completion and explained that the beasts could be tamed for useful tasks such as transport.

Yue Shen warned Xiao Tianyang that an eighty percent chance of unrest threatened the Douluo Continent from within, likely through Xu Tianran and the Elemental Kingdom. With the Tianwu Dynasty’s best forces committed to the Frontline and Xiao Tianyang still weakened, they considered whether to redeploy troops to defend the vulnerable heartland.

• Xiao Tianyang had planned to fund the ecological zones himself after Liu Ruyi explained how they added to the war’s costly supply burden.
• After Xiao He and Yue Fei left, Yue Shen told Xiao Tianyang that her future information pointed to internal unrest rather than a crisis on the Frontline.
• Yue Shen identified Xu Tianran as a likely instigator and connected his past actions to the Elemental Kingdom and Ice Soul Heaven.
• Yue Shen warned that the fourteen Main Legions and elite guards were away, leaving the Tianwu Dynasty’s heartland extremely vulnerable while Xiao Tianyang remained weakened.
• Xiao Tianyang asked how many troops should return from the Frontline, and Yue Shen noted that recalling them could prove unnecessary if her prediction was wrong.

Xiao Tianyang weighed how many troops to withdraw from the Frontline to defend the imperial capital, while Xiao He argued that Saber's Round Table Knights should remain outside the dynasty's official forces. When the God Realm and Elemental Kingdom attacked as the contract expired, Xiao Tianyang entered seclusion to recover his strength and planned to reach the Frontline within two months.

• Xiao He insisted that the Round Table Knights remain retainers without official status, fearing their power could threaten the dynasty if Saber were exploited.
• Xiao Tianyang gave Yue Shen nine days to decide how much military strength to withdraw from the Frontline, then said he would decide if she could not.
• The ten-day buffer ended, and the God Realm and Elemental Kingdom launched simultaneous attacks on the Tianwu Dynasty.
• Xiao Tianyang judged that the Elemental Kingdom's legions posed a serious threat despite their past losses, while he planned to deal with the God Realm after resolving the northern war.
• Yue Fei's command gained a temporary advantage at the Frontline, allowing Xiao Tianyang to enter seclusion and try to recover his strength within two months.

Yue Fei held the Frozen Plains Battlefield against the Elemental Kingdom and the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils for a month while preparing for Xiao Tianyang’s return. When the enemy reached the battlefield, he ordered the artillery regiment and Divine Might Legion to engage them and briefed Li Cunxiao and Wanyan Chenheshang on working with artillery support.

• Yue Fei’s teams delayed the enemy in the mountains while rear construction continued, buying time for Xiao Tianyang’s planned return.
• A messenger reported that the enemy had reached the edge of the Frozen Plains Battlefield, less than a hundred li from Yue Fei’s forces.
• Yue Fei ordered the artillery regiment to fire when the enemy entered range and directed Sun and the Divine Might Legion to leave the city and engage.
• Li Cunxiao and Wanyan Chenheshang arrived, and Yue Fei told them not to provoke Soul Engineers and to rely on the artillery regiment’s support.
• Yue Fei explained that the artillery regiment belonged to a new support-and-logistics tier of the Tianwu Dynasty’s legion system.

Xiao Tianyang awoke from a month in the hibernation pod and began a dangerous treatment to dissolve and rebuild his severely damaged body. Guoguo and Tuantuan repaired the Crystal Altar as he endured the procedure, which remained underway when the chapter ended.

• Guoguo told Tuantuan that Xiao Tianyang should wake in three or four days, though his treatment afterward would be difficult.
• Xiao Tianyang emerged from the hibernation pod and saw that his injuries were worse than he had expected.
• Xiao Tianyang entered the Crystal Altar's pool, where medicinal herbs were ground and added to the water.
• Xiao Tianyang absorbed destructive-cell medicine to dissolve his flesh, organs, and bones while preserving his heart.
• Guoguo and Tuantuan repaired the Crystal Altar as Xiao Tianyang's power erupted and mechanical arms began injecting him.

While Xiao Tianyang recovered, the armies of Douluo Continent fought fiercely on the Frozen Plains Battlefield and in the Sea of Infinity, using increasingly powerful War Weapons. A powerful spatial disturbance erupted in the distance, but Yue Fei held his position while waiting for Yue Shen’s report.

• Fire Lord continued a five-day siege of Icefield City, sacrificing tens of millions of Elemental Soldiers to test its defenses.
• Water Capital and the Sea Fortresses repelled waves of evil creatures with War Weapons designed by Xiao Tianyang and built by the research institute.
• The Light Brigade and other powerful Soul Masters joined the fighting, and Silver Dragon King crushed an enemy by gathering the elements.
• A powerful spatial fluctuation erupted in the distance, prompting Yue Fei and Gao Chong to consider whether Yue Shen’s vision had come true.
• Yue Fei refused to leave the Frontline for reinforcements until Yue Shen sent word, following orders and relying on Xiao Tianyang’s ability to be reborn.

Qian Renxue sensed that Evil God forces were joining the Elemental Kingdom’s invasion, but Saber decided to hold position unless the imperial city requested aid. The imperial city’s defenses repelled the attackers, and Yuwen Chengdu emerged to confront the Fire Lord’s forces.

• Qian Renxue warned Saber and Gao Chong that Evil God forces were likely invading alongside the Elemental Kingdom, and Saber chose to hold their position.
• A barrier rose around the imperial city, dispelling the strange aura and calming the elemental fluctuations as the invasion failed to disturb the city.
• The Fire Lord and Bangardi concluded that their first plan had failed and moved to carry out a second plan.
• Yuwen Chengdu unleashed Crimson Thunder from the imperial city, destroying the invading tentacles as the Fire Lord recognized him.
• Shabao and Mu Teng stepped forward to face Yuwen Chengdu.

A beam from the imperial city severely injured Nightmare and revealed that Xiao Tianyang was using the dynasty’s power to Prove Dao. Fire Lord and Ice Soul Heaven weighed whether to press their attack, leaving the North Gate confrontation delayed but still inevitable.

• A beam of light shot into the sky and drove Nightmare back, causing Bangardi to fear Azathoth’s reaction to its injury.
• Bangardi recognized Xiao Tianyang in the light and realized he was using the dynasty’s power to Prove Dao, then continued toward the south gate.
• Fire Lord and Ice Soul Heaven paused their impending clash as they assessed Xiao Tianyang’s breakthrough and the imperial city’s defenses.
• Fire Lord noted that the breakthrough would take at least seven days and questioned whether they should keep fighting.
• Ice Soul Heaven insisted that they had no choice but to fight, arguing that Xiao Tianyang would have to face them after completing his breakthrough.

The Fire Lord accepted Ice Soul Heaven’s plan to strike Xiao Tianyang and turned his attention to eliminating Yuwen Chengdu, reigniting their interrupted fight. Xiao Tianyang understood the nature of his breakthrough and Prove Dao, then noticed that a massive lifeform had vanished above the imperial city without his knowledge.

• The Fire Lord agreed to gamble on Ice Soul Heaven’s plan to injure Xiao Tianyang before he gained a firm foothold.
• The Fire Lord focused on killing Yuwen Chengdu, and their halted battle resumed as Yuwen Chengdu prepared to face three opponents alone.
• Xiao Tianyang learned that his Prove Dao breakthrough had bypassed the plane and reached the Heavenly Dao directly.
• Xiao Tianyang reasoned through Douluo Continent’s advancement and the plane’s rewards and cleansing for Soul Masters.
• Xiao Tianyang looked toward the imperial city’s sky and wondered where the massive lifeform had gone, while Bangardi remained occupied fighting a Qian Family elder who countered his power.

Xiao Tianyang’s breakthrough coincided with Nightmare’s appearance and the Heavenly Dao’s strike, leading Fire Lord to mistakenly believe Xiao Tianyang had mastered the Heavenly Dao. Inside the city, Madam Mingzhu and the others watched Bangardi retreat and assessed the battered Qian Family defenders.

• Nightmare lost half its Divine Core when the Heavenly Dao struck it, while Xiao Tianyang mistook Fire Lord’s grave expression for a reaction to his Haki.
• Fire Lord interpreted Xiao Tianyang’s glance toward Nightmare’s disappearance as a warning, though the two misunderstood each other.
• A Spirit Department consecrated put Soul Masters below Soul Power Level eighty to sleep, and Xiao He asked Madam Mingzhu to send ten consecrated to protect them.
• Madam Mingzhu and Yue Shen watched Bangardi retreat after the battle, noting that the Qian Family had suffered heavy losses.
• The chapter described the Qian Family’s Four Archangels and Three Sacred Beasts as its strongest combatants and final defensive barrier.

As the Qian Family’s defenders struggled against Bangardi’s assault, Madam Mingzhu and Xiao He considered why the enemy was attacking so recklessly and prepared the imperial city’s forces to respond. Raphael, badly injured after a long life of battles, continued fighting until the fourth wave overwhelmed his advantage.

• Raphael repelled the first three enemy assaults largely on his own, while the Three Sacred Beasts conserved their strength as he had ordered.
• Bangardi joined the fourth wave, and Raphael could no longer hold his advantage against the enemy’s full fighting force.
• Madam Mingzhu asked Xiao He whether it was time to deploy the defenders, and Yue Shen noted that Bangardi’s all-out attacks were strategically unusual.
• Yue Shen proposed that Bangardi either possessed a devastating trump card or was trying to exhaust his own forces; Xiao He favored the trump-card theory.
• Madam Mingzhu ordered the academy heads to prepare and said the imperial city would meet another reckless assault with its own forces.

After six days of breakthrough, Xiao Tianyang emerged stronger as the forces outside the Imperial City halted their fighting. The Fire Lord challenged him to a duel, and Xiao Tianyang accepted, summoning the [Endless Blade] as the chapter ended.

• Yue Fei observed that the Elemental Kingdom and Evil God forces had failed to break through the Imperial City's defenses, while Xiao Tianyang's war tools continued to inflict casualties.
• The fighting outside the city unexpectedly stopped as both sides waited for Xiao Tianyang to finish his breakthrough.
• Xiao Tianyang shattered the light pillar, absorbed its golden fragments, and broke free of his restraints as his realm rose.
• The Fire Lord challenged Xiao Tianyang to fight, and he accepted.
• Xiao Tianyang summoned the [Endless Blade] from the [Life Ancient Tree], prompting Madam Mingzhu to question whether he could wield its full power.

Xiao Tianyang fought the Fire Lord and Bangardi after his breakthrough, using the [Infinity Gauntlet] and [Endless Blade] to turn their joint assault against them. The Fire Lord escaped, while Xiao Tianyang launched a powerful follow-up attack on Bangardi.

• The Fire Lord attacked Xiao Tianyang with his Fire Spear as Bangardi appeared behind him to distract him.
• Xiao Tianyang blocked the Fire Lord’s flames with a barrier infused with [Emperor Flame] and the [World Domain].
• Xiao Tianyang struck the Fire Lord with a finger, scattering half his body and forcing him to flee as flames.
• Xiao Tianyang kicked Bangardi in the abdomen with Heavenly Dao Power and sent him crashing toward the ground.
• Xiao Tianyang raised a stone pillar to launch Bangardi back toward him, then prepared an upward slash with the [Endless Blade].

Xiao Tianyang trapped the Fire Lord and Bangardi inside Mirror Space-Time, while Yuwen Chengdu launched a battle against the princes and nobles outside. Inside the isolated battlefield, Xiao Tianyang fought both opponents but found his advantage fading as they adapted to his techniques.

• The Fire Lord shattered a stone pillar with a fire attack, helping Bangardi narrowly escape Xiao Tianyang’s blade.
• Xiao Tianyang used Mirror Space-Time to transport himself, the Fire Lord, and Bangardi to an isolated battlefield.
• Yuwen Chengdu struck the princes and nobles with Scarlet Thunder, starting a fierce battle between the two sides.
• Xiao Tianyang explained that Mirror Space-Time was built by modifying the shattered space where he had fought Gnar Fagern.
• The Fire Lord and Bangardi adapted to Xiao Tianyang’s spatial tactics, and he struggled to maintain his advantage.
• Xiao Tianyang destroyed Bangardi’s rear attack and the Fire Lord’s flame spike with an explosive burst of his Emperor Flame.

Xiao Tianyang fought Fire Lord and Bangardi in Mirror Space-Time, with their battle companions joining the struggle, until Bangardi suddenly betrayed Fire Lord. Fire Lord escaped by burning his Origin Flame, leaving Xiao Tianyang wary of Bangardi’s motives.

• Xiao Tianyang focused his attacks on Fire Lord while Bangardi used false bodies and assassination strikes to stay out of reach.
• Fire Lord summoned the Elemental Gate, and both sides called forth their battle companions: the Eight-headed Serpent, Dark Touch, and Void.
• Bangardi suddenly betrayed Fire Lord, severely wounding him and disrupting the battle.
• Xiao Tianyang held back rather than pursue, unsure whether the betrayal was a trap.
• Fire Lord unleashed his Origin Flame, broke through the Mirror Space-Time seal, and escaped.

Xiao Tianyang heard Bangardi’s offer to escape Azathoth’s control and leave Douluo Continent, then asked Allen how to sever their connection. Allen explained that Bangardi would have to abandon his soul and endure unbearable pain, while Xiao Tianyang offered him a way to escape afterward; Bangardi had not yet decided whether to accept.

• Bangardi offered Xiao Tianyang a deal, citing his betrayal of Fire Lord and his self-mutilation as proof of sincerity.
• Xiao Tianyang inferred that Bangardi wanted to escape Terror Prison and asked what he wanted in return.
• Bangardi asked Xiao Tianyang to free him from Azathoth’s control and send him away from Douluo Continent.
• Xiao Tianyang summoned Allen, who said Bangardi could sever the connection only by abandoning his soul and claiming Azathoth’s power, at the cost of extreme pain.
• Xiao Tianyang showed Bangardi an Ark made from the Void God Tree’s Void Root and promised it could carry him beyond Azathoth’s reach once he broke free.

Xiao Tianyang completed his deal with Bangardi, who traded information about the Evil God’s offspring and Apostles for the Ark and escaped. After the battle ended, Xiao Tianyang returned to the imperial city, honored Qian Kongluo, and began rewarding those who defended it.

• Allen treated Bangardi, freeing him from Azathoth’s influence, and Bangardi gave Xiao Tianyang an ancient book listing the Evil God’s offspring and Apostles in exchange for the Ark.
• After Allen confirmed the book was reliable, Xiao Tianyang lifted the spatial seal and let Bangardi leave; Allen reported that the Void and Evil Gods had fallen into conflict and Mammon’s War Faction was preparing a counterattack.
• Xiao Tianyang returned from Mirror Space-Time and learned from Yuwen Chengdu that the enemy had retreated, the Evil God Faction had been wiped out, and the Fire Lord had escaped after Bangardi’s betrayal.
• At court, Xiao Tianyang ordered Qian Kongluo’s ashes placed on the eighth floor of the Tower of Loyalty and allowed his descendants to pay their respects.
• Xiao Tianyang began distributing rewards according to merit to those who had defended the imperial city.