Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tianyang placed Bai Qi and Lian Po in command of the Sea of Infinity defenses and sent them to Water Capital to prepare for a defensive rotation. He ordered Saber to assist them and Qian Renxue to investigate the Evil God Legion in the Heavenly Mountain District, leaving the forces to prepare for a major campaign against the Elemental Kingdom.

• Xiao Tianyang gave Bai Qi and Lian Po command of the Sea of Infinity battlefield and sent them with Yue Shen to Water Capital.
• Xiao Tianyang admitted after they left that he could not understand Bai Qi's plan without Yue Shen explaining it.
• Bai Qi and Lian Po began preparing to take over the defenses and survey the surrounding area while their legions traveled to Water Capital.
• Yue Shen delivered Xiao Tianyang's secret decree appointing Bai Qi overall commander and Lian Po deputy commander, with Saber assisting the defensive rotation.
• Yue Shen told Qian Renxue to lead the Angel team into the Heavenly Mountain District to investigate the Evil God Legion, and gave her the Angel's Tear.
• Saber chose not to return to Xiao Tianyang, while the group prepared for the campaign against the Elemental Kingdom.

Kankuli struggled to learn the identities and capabilities of the Tianwu Dynasty’s new commanders as its forces prepared for war. At the Great Volcano, Yue Fei outlined a three-front plan and assigned commanders to the feint and main assault.

• Kankuli learned that four New Legions had appeared under Bai Qi, Wang Jian, Lian Po, and Li Mu, and ordered his adjutant to uncover their limits within three days.
• The adjutant reported that the commanders’ backgrounds remained mysterious, and Kankuli struck him with his aura before demanding results.
• At the Great Volcano military camp, Xiao Tianyang summoned the Legion Commanders to hear their orders while Yue Shen stood beside him.
• Yue Fei assigned Wang Jian and Yuwen Chengdu to command the frontal feint with six legions, using Fire Suppression to draw enemy attention.
• Yue Fei named the Big Dipper, Soul Beast, Sun Legion, Nine Dragons, and Conquest Legions as the underground main force, with himself commanding and Xiao Longyu leading.

Yue Fei finalized the flanking legions’ role in the battle, and Xiao Tianyang rallied the commanders before they mobilized their troops. Back in his tent, Xiao Tianyang fielded the women’s questions about how he had recognized Bai Qi and the others’ talents, but kept his methods secret.

• Yue Fei assigned the Pegasus, Fei Hu, and Cavalry Legions to support the battle from the flanks, placing Li Mu in command and Li Cunxiao at their head.
• Xiao Tianyang warned that victory would keep the enemy beyond the dynasty’s borders, while defeat would leave the nation vulnerable to attacks from both sides.
• The fourteen Legion Commanders answered Xiao Tianyang’s call with the army’s pledge: “Heavenly Divine Might! Together, we resist strong enemies! Until our blood runs dry, we shall never speak of retreat!”
• Yue Shen explained that the Grand Commandant had inscribed the pledge and that soldiers shouted it to strengthen their resolve before battle.
• Bibi Dong asked Xiao Tianyang how he had known Bai Qi and the others were talented, but he teased the women and refused to reveal his secret.

Xiao Tianyang told Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue they would join the Grand Commandant in a deep strike to hold Kankuli while he attacked Black Rock Hill. After discussing the Elemental Kingdom’s defenses and Bai Qi’s battlefield instincts, the group accepted Xiao Tianyang’s confidence in his commanders and their plan.

• Xiao Tianyang assigned Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue to accompany the Grand Commandant into enemy territory and tie down Kankuli while he advanced on Black Rock Hill.
• Xiao Tianyang explained that he intended to wound Kankuli rather than kill him because the Void Will could revive and return him, but would not heal his wounds from afar.
• Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong reported that Alvin and the Demon Legion had probed Water Capital, where Lian Po had led the defense and Bai Qi had yet to make a major move.
• Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue worried that Bai Qi’s restrained killing intent might lead to an Inner Demon, but Xiao Tianyang reassured them that they would understand Bai Qi’s abilities later.
• Xiao Tianyang decided to leave battlefield strategy to Yue Fei, Wang Jian, and Li Mu, trusting them to counter Kankuli’s experience.

Yue Fei, Wang Jian, and Li Mu launched their planned movements against Kankuli’s forces, while Kankuli ordered his army to investigate and defend until the situation became clear. He sent Atalia’s Lion Legion to test the enemy and confronted Belvis, who warned him not to underestimate the Tianwu Dynasty.

• Yue Fei arranged for Royal Shadow Guards to eliminate spies returning to Black Rock Hill while others remained to mislead Kankuli.
• At eight o’clock, Wang Jian led the surface feint, while Li Mu moved left and Yue Fei’s troops began digging down inside the Great Volcano.
• Kankuli ordered further investigation and forbade anyone from attacking before the situation was clear, then sent Atalia and twenty thousand troops to test the enemy.
• Kankuli noted that the Thousand-Mile Eye’s range had been restricted and summoned Kassadin and the Fire Lord for a discussion.
• Belvis arrived, freed Kankuli’s adjutant from her pressure, and warned Kankuli that the Tianwu Dynasty had destroyed those who underestimated it.

Wang Jian sent Yuwen Chengdu, Bedivere, and Wang Ben to surround Atalia’s probing force of twenty thousand soldiers. They wounded Atalia and broke the enemy’s advance, but a purple vortex appeared and Wang Ben thrust his ge into it as someone rescued Atalia.

• Wang Jian ordered Yuwen Chengdu to confront Atalia, then sent Bedivere to attack from the flank and Wang Ben to cut off the enemy’s retreat.
• Yuwen Chengdu and Atalia clashed as their armies met, and Bedivere charged in to strike Atalia with his Knight Sword.
• Atalia was wounded and ordered his soldiers to retreat, but Bedivere and Yuwen Chengdu kept him occupied while Wang Ben attacked from behind.
• Atalia blasted the three attackers back and countered Wang Ben’s Army Breaker technique with a powerful sword strike.
• A deep purple vortex appeared behind Atalia, and Wang Ben hurled his Bronze Ge into it just as it vanished, leaving the three men hearing a scream from within.

Xiao Tianyang and Yue Shen assessed Wang Jian’s tactics and the enemy’s likely response as Kankuli’s forces struggled to contain his advance. Kankuli sent William with fifty thousand light cavalry to delay the enemy while the main force prepared in the rear.

• Xiao Tianyang praised Wang Jian and Wang Ben’s fighting abilities and ordered Yue Shen to copy their cultivation techniques for Master to review.
• Yue Shen argued that Kankuli was unlikely to hold fast, and Xiao Tianyang recognized that Wang Jian had deliberately challenged him on the frontline.
• Yue Shen reported that the Grand Commandant’s underground advance would soon match Wang Jian’s progress and that scouts had detected Li Mu’s trail.
• Kankuli learned that Wang Jian had occupied more than half the defensive zone and that Tianwu Dynasty guards were killing his scouts with a poison that affected them uniquely.
• A falling Small Stronghold revealed that Wang Jian’s forces were dismantling its propeller, threatening to erase the battlefield advantage.
• Kankuli ordered William to lead fifty thousand light cavalry beyond the pass to buy time for the main force.

Wang Jian’s forces lured William’s cavalry deep into their formation and sprang a coordinated ambush. As Wang Ben, Meng Tian, and Yuwen Chengdu closed in on William, he escaped into a Void vortex just before Yuwen Chengdu’s mace struck.

• Wang Jian ordered the Thunder Legion to seal the breach and sent the Divine Might and Knight Legions to attack the cavalry’s flanks.
• Wang Ben and Meng Tian led twenty thousand Qin Elite Soldiers against William’s thirty thousand light cavalry, inflicting heavy losses.
• Yuwen Chengdu’s Thunder Legion struck the cavalry from behind while artillery and flank attacks trapped William’s troops.
• William launched a signal flare but received no response, realizing Wang Jian had anticipated his plans and surrounded his forces.
• Yuwen Chengdu, Wang Ben, and Meng Tian attacked William from multiple directions, but William slipped into a Void vortex as Yuwen Chengdu’s Phoenix-Winged Golden Mace came down.

As Kankuli prepared a major attack, Xiao Tianyang chose to trust Wang Jian’s battlefield judgment rather than interfere with the commanders at the front. Wang Jian proposed meeting Kankuli’s five-hundred-thousand-strong army head-on and drawing it into a flanking trap.

• After William escaped with an arm lost, Yue Shen warned Xiao Tianyang that Kankuli might attack the Great Volcano camp, but Xiao decided to wait and leave decisions to the frontline commanders.
• On the fifth day of the war, Kankuli led five hundred thousand troops to the Three Gorges Dam and challenged Wang Jian across the river.
• Yue Shen reported that William’s arm had recovered, Atalia’s injuries were minor, and Bubu had seen no one from the Rune Continent in Kankuli’s camp.
• Wang Jian proposed advancing with chariots in front, infantry in the center, and heavy firepower behind, then having the Zodiac and Douluo Legions strike from both sides if Kankuli accepted battle.
• Xiao Tianyang praised Wang Jian’s plan and wished him victory, trusting his record of defeating and outmaneuvering the enemy.

Kankuli launched a forceful river crossing and met Wang Jian’s army in a battle of artillery, rifles, chariots, and formations. As the fighting escalated and Yuwen Chengdu and Bedivere joined the melee, Kassadin and the Fire Lord began to enter the battle.

• Kankuli ordered his five hundred thousand troops to cross the frozen river, sending cavalry and infantry along the flanks and chariots through the center.
• The Void Swarm and Elemental Soldiers advanced under artillery fire toward Wang Jian’s forces.
• Wang Ben organized the Qin Elite Soldiers into shield-and-spear ranks, then advanced chariots and infantry to counterattack.
• Yuwen Chengdu and Bedivere joined William and Atalia, and the four fought in a cleared space amid the battle.
• Hundreds of figures burst from the ground on a high slope as Kassadin and the Fire Lord prepared to act.

Xiao Tianyang assessed the battlefield and chose to engage Kankuli himself to keep him occupied while Wang Jian’s forces acted. Their duel began at the Three Gorges Dam, where Xiao Tianyang evaded Kankuli’s powerful attacks and positioned himself for a strike from behind.

• Xiao Tianyang and Yue Shen discussed Kankuli’s trapped army, and Yue Shen proposed that Xiao Tianyang tie Kankuli down while Wang Jian pursued his objective.
• Xiao Tianyang agreed to fight Kankuli and told Yue Shen to inform Wang Jian of the plan.
• Xiao Tianyang flew from the Great Volcano toward the Three Gorges Dam, and Kankuli rose to meet him with a Golden Spear.
• Kankuli broke through Xiao Tianyang’s defenses and used the exchange to assess his strength and techniques.
• Xiao Tianyang vanished with Instant Flash, reappeared behind Kankuli, and brought the [Void Blade] down toward his crown.

Wang Jian directed the battle by targeting enemy command centers and ordering coordinated strikes against Atalia and William. Dongfang Lan attacked a designated formation while Meng Yi prepared to hold William’s forces in place for Bruce’s rear assault.

• Wang Jian identified William and Atalia as key battlefield figures and ordered Dongfang Lan to crush a formation at designated coordinates within half an hour.
• Dongfang Lan led thirty thousand troops toward the target, sending Iron Wolf to provide cover while Wushuang and Lin Hao joined her charge.
• When Atalia moved toward Dongfang Lan, Wang Jian ordered Bruce to withdraw from the left flank and wait at new coordinates.
• Wang Jian ordered Meng Yi to attack William, explaining that Meng Yi had to draw the enemy’s attention while Bruce struck from behind.
• Meng Yi accepted the order and began gathering his troops to advance toward William.

Xiao Tianyang, Ram Horn, and White Robe fought Kankuli in a battle that devastated the space above the battlefield. Xiao Tianyang unleashed the Void Origin to cripple Kankuli, but the blast also left him badly weakened as Ram Horn and White Robe carried him away.

• Xiao Tianyang and Kankuli's battle tore open projections of other planes above the battlefield.
• Ram Horn and White Robe joined the fight, and Kankuli drove Ram Horn back with his Golden Spear.
• Xiao Tianyang and White Robe attacked Kankuli from opposite sides, and White Robe struck him with a surge of killing intent.
• Kankuli detonated his War Origin and launched Sweeping Strike, while Xiao Tianyang unleashed the Void Origin sealed in the [Void Blade].
• The Void Origin left Kankuli severely injured and weakened Xiao Tianyang, so Ram Horn and White Robe carried him away.

After Xiao Tianyang fell unconscious, Wang Jian’s forces broke the War God Kingdom’s encirclement and defeated its main army, while Kankuli ordered a retreat. Three days later, Xiao Tianyang woke at the Great Volcano camp and Yue Shen explained how the Battle of Sanhe had ended.

• Kankuli recognized that White Robe and Ram Horn had the advantage and ordered his army to retreat rather than risk his own death.
• Wang Jian sent the Zodiac Legion into battle, helping the Tianwu Dynasty’s legions break the enemy’s encirclement and collapse the War God Kingdom’s main forces.
• After the aerial battle ended, Wang Jian focused on the enemy troops still on the field instead of pursuing those who had escaped.
• Yue Shen brought the Tianwu Dragon Guards to defend the Great Volcano camp and summoned Duanmu Rong to treat the unconscious Xiao Tianyang.
• Xiao Tianyang woke three days later, and Yue Shen told him that Wang Jian had named the battle the Battle of Sanhe and defeated the enemy within two days of his collapse.

Yue Shen explained the campaigns around the Battle of Sanhe to Xiao Tianyang, who learned that the Grand Commandant, Wang Jian, and Li Mu had occupied Black Rock Hill and prepared a new northern expedition plan. As Yue Shen recounted the Battle of Black Rock Hill, Li Mu’s coordinated attacks began breaking the enemy’s defenses while Yue Fei prepared to rejoin the fight.

• Yue Shen explained Wang Jian’s strategy in the Battle of Sanhe and told Xiao Tianyang that the Grand Commandant had occupied Black Rock Hill with Wang Jian and Li Mu.
• Xiao Tianyang decided to give the exhausted generals a few days before summoning them to discuss the northern expedition plan.
• Yue Shen explained that Yue Fei’s forces infiltrated Black Rock Hill, seized the armory and Elemental Tower, and captured part of the defensive zone.
• After enemy resistance slowed Yue Fei’s advance, Li Mu attacked a supply depot with Tian Dan and the Fire Bull Formation, then sent Li Cunxiao to destroy enemy strongholds.
• Wanyan Chenheshang charged down the mountain into the enemy’s flank, and Yue Fei entered the battle as the cavalry assault reached its midpoint.

The Tianwu Dynasty forces destroyed the Void Faction’s main armies at Black Rock Hill, Goose Path, and the Three Gorges Dam, then hunted down most of the survivors. After the victory, Xiao Tianyang asked Yue Shen whether he should appoint Wang Jian and Li Mu to senior military posts.

• Yue Fei’s forces and the Mounted Legion annihilated the Void Faction’s main army in the Battle of Black Rock Hill.
• Li Mu used Zhao She, Zhao Kuo, and Tian Dan to lure and trap a hundred thousand enemy reinforcements at Goose Path, where his forces destroyed them.
• Li Mu redirected his troops to block Black Rock Hill’s exits, and Yue Fei later captured Atalia and William among the fleeing enemy remnants.
• The allied commanders reduced the enemy forces that escaped the Three Gorges Dam from forty-nine thousand to fewer than ten thousand.
• Xiao Tianyang asked Yue Shen for her opinion on appointing Wang Jian as General Qian and Li Mu as General of the Left.

Yue Shen delivered Xiao Tianyang’s Imperial Edict, rewarding Yue Fei, Wang Jian, and Li Mu for their victory and ordering the army to rest. Yue Fei accepted the pause and directed his commanders to gather better intelligence before planning their next move against the Void Faction.

• Xiao Tianyang and Yue Shen agreed on rewards for the victorious commanders, and Xiao Tianyang stamped the Imperial Edict.
• Yue Shen announced that Yue Fei would receive a Viscount title and that Wang Jian and Li Mu would also be rewarded for their military achievements.
• Yue Shen told Yue Fei that the army should rest for at least three days because both sides had suffered losses, then returned through the Space Gate.
• Wang Jian asked why Yue Fei had not shared their discovery with Yue Shen, and Yue Fei said the Nine Dragon Guards answered directly to Xiao Tianyang.
• Yue Fei ordered his commanders to obtain comprehensive intelligence and real-time reports on enemy movements, and Li Mu tasked Zhao Kuo with sending scouts.
• Yue Fei reasoned that Xiao Tianyang wanted the army to recover and avoid needless losses before the next major battle.

Yue Fei, Wang Jian, and Li Mu reported Kankuli’s recent tactics to Xiao Tianyang and proposed revising their campaign plan. They argued that the original plan was too conservative, especially since the Void Will would send reinforcements, and began explaining why a more aggressive strategy was needed.

• Yue Fei, Wang Jian, and Li Mu met with Xiao Tianyang after three days of rest and reported that Kankuli had made no major moves.
• Yue Fei explained that Kankuli was using expendable troops and residual energy to slow the occupation of the Elemental Kingdom.
• Yue Fei told Xiao Tianyang that the army’s existing plan was too conservative.
• Wang Jian showed Xiao Tianyang that the Elemental Kingdom’s rear lacked defensible terrain and explained why the generals had reconsidered fighting on three fronts.
• Wang Jian asked whether the enemy would receive reinforcements, and Xiao Tianyang confirmed that the Void Will would send them.
• Wang Jian concluded that the original plan was a lower-middle option, prompting Xiao Tianyang to ask for his reasoning.

Wang Jian and Yue Fei explained a cautious advance plan to Xiao Tianyang, who approved it after understanding how forward bases would secure occupied territory. After the generals left, Duanmu Rong warned that his injured body could not withstand a prolonged war and hinted that any treatment would be harsh.

• Wang Jian warned Xiao Tianyang that Kankuli could avoid a direct battle and counterattack the territory they occupied.
• Yue Fei proposed advancing along three routes and using linked forward bases to secure territory while pushing the enemy back.
• Xiao Tianyang approved Yue Fei's plan, and Yue Fei, Yue Shen, and Wang Jian left to carry it out.
• Duanmu Rong told Xiao Tianyang that his body could not endure a prolonged war and that she knew of no gentle solution.
• Xiao Tianyang agreed to consider extraordinary treatment, and Duanmu Rong required him to be examined before leaving for battle.

After two days of preparation, Yue Fei, Wang Jian, and Li Mu launched a three-route campaign against the Elemental Kingdom while Xiao Tianyang stayed in reserve to watch Kankuli. Belvis warned Kankuli that Mount Targon’s reinforcements were nearly ready, and Kankuli ordered his frontline troops to withdraw so he could focus on defeating Xiao Tianyang.

• Wang Jian, Yue Fei, and Li Mu led their legions along the upper, central, and lower routes toward the Elemental Kingdom.
• Xiao Tianyang remained on guard for Kankuli and the enemy’s strongest fighters instead of joining the offensive.
• Belvis told Kankuli she could not fight Xiao Tianyang unless his weapon was restricted, and warned that Mount Targon’s reinforcements were nearly ready.
• Kankuli ordered his adjutant to withdraw all frontline troops and prepare to face Xiao Tianyang at any cost.
• The Fire Lord and the other nobles accepted that they had no room to retreat and would have to make a desperate gamble to preserve the Elemental Kingdom.