Chapter Summaries

The Void Faction launched a massive siege against the Heavenly Martial Dynasty, and Xiao Tianyang planned to exploit openings while keeping his army within the rules of battle. The attack took an unexpected turn when Kankuli and the other commanders appeared to target Han Xin and Yang Su, leaving Xiao Tianyang suspicious of a deeper plan.

• The Void Faction began its assault with elite troops leading the charge, while Xiao Tianyang and Meng Tian discussed the defensive layout and a plan to bait the enemy with a deliberate weakness.
• Xiao Tianyang dismissed the absent Evil God Faction as a lesser concern and left battlefield command to Meng Tian as the siege began.
• The Void Swarm and cannon-fodder troops attacked the walls, and Xiao Tianyang sent the Tianwu Dragon Guards out to disrupt the enemy without interfering with Meng Tian’s formations.
• Kankuli and the other Void Faction commanders suddenly revealed themselves and targeted Han Xin and Yang Su, prompting Xiao Tianyang to wonder whether a stronger enemy or the Evil God Faction was behind their move.

Xiao Tianyang consulted Zhang Liang, Wei Liao, and Du Ruhui about the Void Faction’s unexpected moves at Three Kills Fortress. They suspected the enemy aimed to cut off the dynasty’s retreat, and Xiao Tianyang waited for a turning point that might come from the northern battlefield.

• White Robe and Ram Horn intercepted Kankuli and the others while Xiao Tianyang focused on finding the enemy’s underlying plan.
• Xiao Tianyang summoned projections of Zhang Liang, Wei Liao, and Du Ruhui to discuss the eastern battlefield.
• Zhang Liang and Du Ruhui reasoned that the Void Faction’s true goal might be to cut off the defenders’ retreat from Three Kills Fortress.
• Xiao Tianyang ordered Wuxin to search nearby mountain paths and forest trails for enemy forces.
• Wei Liao, Zhang Liang, and Du Ruhui discussed combining the Tianwu Dragon Guards with the Defense Legion, but concluded that a breakthrough had to come from the main battlefield.
• Xiao Tianyang decided to wait, believing pressure from Wang Jian and the northern battlefield might turn the situation in their favor.

Wang Jian and the other generals devised a rapid two-route assault to break through the northern battlefield, while Yue Fei’s forces pushed back the Elemental Kingdom in the west. With Bloody Basin captured and Death Canyon close to falling, Xiao Tianyang and his advisers considered whether the Void Will would shift troops north, potentially increasing pressure elsewhere.

• Wang Jian, Bai Qi, Wu Qi, and Li Jing planned to attack through both King's Canyon and Bloody Basin to break the northern defenses quickly.
• Yue Fei and his generals drove the Elemental Kingdom from the western battlefield in less than ten days and killed five princes of the Void Faction.
• Xiao Tianyang continued strengthening his army from the Starry Sky Throne as Zhang Liang, Wei Liao, and Du Ruhui reviewed the battlefield intelligence.
• Xiao Tianyang learned that Bloody Basin had fallen and asked whether the Void Will would withdraw troops from the eastern battlefield.
• Zhang Liang predicted that the Void Will might shift troops north if it wanted to avoid losing the initiative, though that could burden General Qian and his forces.

Xiao Tianyang and his advisers considered shifting the war’s pressure to the northern battlefield and bringing the Autobots Association into the conflict. Xiao Tianyang ordered a battle plan and prepared to invite Optimus Prime’s group, whose response could shape the Autobots’ future in the Heavenly Martial Dynasty.

• Wei Liao proposed concentrating the main forces on the northern battlefield while Tomorrow Soul Masters supported the eastern and western fronts, but Du Ruhui warned that the plan depended on uncertain enemy movements.
• Xiao Tianyang said the Autobots Association could provide a powerful force, and Zhang Liang recognized that he meant Optimus Prime and the others.
• Wei Liao welcomed the idea, and Xiao Tianyang ordered Yue Shen to provide the Autobots’ information and requested a complete battle plan within half an hour, consulting Han Xin and Yang Su.
• Xiao Tianyang’s officials set out to contact Optimus Prime, who had reason to accept because he was Xiao Tianyang’s vassal and still needed help finding the Decepticons and recovering the Core Flame.
• The chapter noted that refusing Xiao Tianyang’s request could damage the Autobots’ standing and leave them vulnerable to suspicion or exclusion from important positions.

Xiao Tianyang sent Optimus Prime, Soundwave, and the Autobots to reinforce the eastern battlefield and briefed them on a plan to strike the Void Faction’s command center. The chapter left the detailed execution to the commanders who would lead the assault into enemy territory.

• Xiao Tianyang gathered Optimus Prime and the Autobots, assigned them to battle, and directed Optimus Prime and Soundwave to the Hero Summoning Platform.
• Wei Liao explained that Black Fox and possibly Doflamingo held command roles, while Kankuli was likely commanding the Void Faction’s forces.
• Du Ruhui identified the enemy command center and proposed destroying its leadership and command system.
• Optimus Prime and Soundwave agreed to work with the generals, and Wei Liao and Du Ruhui outlined the assault direction and retreat routes.

Han Xin led a covert mission to strike the Void Faction’s command center while Xiao Tianyang prepared a counterattack at Three Kills Fortress. After the strike succeeded, Xiao Tianyang led his forces out to meet the enemy and attacked Kankuli.

• Han Xin led one group toward Western Dragon Mountain while Yang Lin’s group took a separate route, with orders to avoid the enemy and rendezvous by seven.
• Xiao Tianyang planned attacks along all three routes and prepared to challenge Kankuli and the other enemy generals to buy time for rebuilding the fortress’s defenses.
• At seven thirty, Xiao Tianyang received the signal that Han Xin’s team had struck the command center and ordered the army to open the city gates and meet the enemy.
• Kankuli learned that many command strategists had been killed in the ambush, threatening to throw the enormous Void Faction army into chaos.
• Xiao Tianyang appeared beside Kankuli and kicked him in the lower back as Kankuli tried to evade him.

Xiao Tianyang’s forces routed the Void Faction in a day-and-a-half counteroffensive, while the fighting against its strongest demigods remained unresolved. At Three Kills Fortress, Xiao Tianyang and his advisers assessed the victory and considered shifting their efforts to the northern battlefield.

• Xiao Tianyang struck Kankuli but turned his attention to other enemies as the battle between three Heavenly Martial Dynasty fighters and forty-one Void Faction demigods began.
• Bibi Dong fought the weakened Kankuli while Yang Su directed the legions’ advance and bombardment, causing the Void Faction’s ground forces to collapse into disarray.
• Xiao Tianyang ordered a ceasefire after a day and a half so Han Xin and the others could retreat, choosing to avoid driving the Void Faction to desperate measures.
• At Three Kills Fortress, Zhang Liang, Wei Liao, and Du Ruhui discussed the deaths of Black Fox and Doflamingo, Kankuli’s injuries, and the Void Faction’s likely delay before its next attack.
• Xiao Tianyang noted that his forces had taken Bloody Basin and Death Canyon and asked his advisers whether to devote most of their strength to the northern battlefield.

Xiao Tianyang decided to leave the eastern battlefield and secretly head north to support the forces opposing the Void Faction in the Underground City. The chapter ended with his departure concealed behind a clone at Three Kills Fortress, while his officials prepared a battle plan.

• Xiao Tianyang chose to watch Three Kills Fortress for several more days after the Void Faction’s defeats, while Optimus Prime and the others joined the war effort and helped expand the fortress.
• The Void Faction made no major move for half a month, and Xiao Tianyang received unofficial news that it planned to deploy troops northward.
• Xiao Tianyang decided to head north and ordered Zhang Liang, Du Ruhui, and Wei Liao to prepare a battle plan supporting General Qian and the northern forces.
• Xiao Tianyang revealed that he had left for the northern battlefield several days earlier, leaving a clone on the Hero Summoning Platform to conceal his movements.

Xiao Tianyang assessed the Void Faction’s position and relied on his commanders to maintain the Heavenly Martial Dynasty’s advantage on the eastern battlefield. At the Elven Defense Line, Wang Jian organized the Third Group Army’s assault and assigned Li Cunxiao to lead the vanguard.

• Xiao Tianyang concluded that the Void Faction was at an early disadvantage and that Wei Liao and his colleagues would need to secure strategic priority while Wang Jian’s armies pursued tactical victories.
• Wang Jian briefed his commanders that breaking the Elven Defense Line would expose Hektonmar and the West Coast, and warned them to preserve strength against Bane.
• Li Cunxiao volunteered to lead the vanguard, and Wang Jian ordered him to take two battalions while avoiding a direct duel with Bane.
• Wang Jian appointed Li Mu as forward commander and assigned the Knight Legion and Evil Slayer Legion to the main assault, with the Iron Arm Legion and Zodiac Legion attacking the flanks.
• Wang Jian reflected that profession users of the Underground City Plane relied on brute-force charges and lacked the unified command needed to fight effectively.

Li Jing planned the campaign to capture the Ston Snow Region while Xiao Tianyang warned that unusual reinforcements from other planes had arrived. The chapter left the army preparing to test those reinforcements as Xiao Tianyang handled Kankuli and Li Jing focused on avoiding losses.

• Li Jing outlined the eight key areas of the Ston Snow Region and warned that the enemy was building three defensive lines at Bu Wanjia's Training Ground.
• Xu Maogong volunteered to take Bu Wanjia's Training Ground after Ice Heart Youth and Ridge were cleared, while Su Lie and Luo Song chose other targets.
• Li Jing ordered Luo Cheng and the Shark Tooth Legion to capture Liku Ceiling at dawn the day after tomorrow.
• Xiao Tianyang revealed that around thirty thousand reinforcements had arrived and said their aura suggested they came from other planes.
• Xiao Tianyang assigned White Robe to test the reinforcements first and said he would handle Kankuli, while Li Jing agreed to preserve his forces and avoid disrupting the overall plan.

The Sixth Group Army began its campaign in the Ston Snow Region as Xiao Tianyang prepared to lure Skasa and the other leaders out of Skasa's Nest. The chapter left Xiao Tianyang infiltrating the nest while Zhang Liang arranged an ambush to support Li Jing's wider campaign.

• Bai Qi's forces broke through Affalia Camp's outer defenses, and Bai Qi wounded Xi Lan while the Third Group Army continued its advance on other fronts.
• Luo Cheng's Shark Tooth Legion captured Ice Heart Youth within a day.
• Xiao Tianyang arrived outside Skasa's Nest with Zhang Liang and discussed why Kankuli and the other Underground City leaders might gather there.
• Zhang Liang advised luring Skasa out of the nest and preparing an ambush to the east, rather than attacking the difficult terrain directly.
• Xiao Tianyang left the Tianwu Dragon Guards behind and infiltrated Skasa's Nest to investigate and prepare bait for the ambush.

Xiao Tianyang watched Kankuli and the Void Faction’s forces gather in Skasa’s Nest, then was exposed when a mysterious aura distracted him. He weakened the enemy and summoned warrior phantoms, leaving the battle underway as Xiang Yu joined their assault.

• Xiao Tianyang found Kankuli and the Void Faction’s thirty thousand elites gathered in Skasa’s Nest, apparently guarding something, and chose to wait while coordinating with Li Jing.
• After four days without movement, Xiao Tianyang decided to wait one more day, but a mysterious aura briefly distracted him and revealed his position.
• Kankuli teleported to Xiao Tianyang and surrounded him with his faction’s fighters and the elite soldiers.
• Xiao Tianyang used his power to weaken Kankuli’s forces and summoned the phantoms of Gao Chong, Xiang Yu, Li Cunxiao, Li Yuanba, and Yuwen Chengdu.
• The enemy’s soldiers formed a towering Legion Soul armed with a massive firearm, while Li Yuanba, Li Cunxiao, Yuwen Chengdu, and Gao Chong used powerful attacks against Kankuli and his companions.
• Xiang Yu seized the opening created by the other warriors and launched a fierce attack on Kankuli’s group.

Xiao Tianyang destroyed the Legion Soul and fought Heavenly Eyes, the Demon Lord of the Demon Moon Plane, after Heavenly Eyes emerged from underground. As Xiao Tianyang prepared to continue attacking, Kankuli recognized the Imperial Law empowering him.

• Xiao Tianyang annihilated the Legion Soul, killing several thousand soldiers, but a condensed spear pierced his shoulder.
• Xiao Tianyang used Annihilation to shake the hidden underground object, and Heavenly Eyes emerged to attack him.
• Xiao Tianyang and Heavenly Eyes clashed; Heavenly Eyes empowered himself with Demonic Energy, but Xiao Tianyang wounded him and shattered his armor.
• Heavenly Eyes revealed his identity as the Demon Lord of the Demon Moon Plane and said he welcomed a challenge, while Xiao Tianyang suspected he was concealing something underground.
• Xiao Tianyang healed his injuries and invoked Imperial Law, prompting Kankuli to recognize it.

Zhang Liang arrived with the Tianwu Dragon Guards and helped Xiao Tianyang fight Heavenly Eyes and the demonic army at Skasa's Nest. As the battle continued, Kankuli and Black Fox decided that killing Zhang Liang could turn the fight in their favor.

• Zhang Liang used his Strategy Divine Ability to bring the Tianwu Dragon Guards to Xiao Tianyang and arranged them in an Eight Trigrams Array.
• Heavenly Eyes ordered Faceless Ghost to attack the guards after recognizing that Xiao Tianyang had used Heavenly Dao Power to nourish Dao Soldiers.
• Xiao Tianyang spent five drops of Essence Blood to summon Gao Chong, Xiang Yu, Li Cunxiao, Li Yuanba, and Yuwen Chengdu at greater strength, while warning himself not to exhaust his power.
• Zhang Liang deployed Li Yuanba against Faceless Ghost and sent the other summoned warriors to guard the formation as the armies clashed.
• Kankuli and Black Fox discussed killing Zhang Liang while Xiao Tianyang was occupied, believing the strategist posed a major threat.

Zhang Liang saw through Kankuli and the others’ plan to attack him and prepared a counterstrategy while Xiao Tianyang battled Heavenly Eyes. When Heavenly Eyes fled, Xiao Tianyang turned his killing move on Kankuli’s group, leaving them badly injured and forcing them to escape.

• Zhang Liang realized Kankuli and the others planned to target him, then used the Eight Trigrams Array to prepare a trap and send his plan by mechanical carrier pigeon.
• Zhang Liang considered whether Bu Wanjia and Li Jing could help conquer the Ston Snow Region and identified their support as key uncertainties.
• Xiao Tianyang appeared evenly matched with Heavenly Eyes, though he held back while seeking a chance to kill him with Burial.
• Heavenly Eyes fled as Kankuli and the others charged toward Zhang Liang, exposing them to Xiao Tianyang’s attack.
• Xiao Tianyang struck Kankuli’s group with his profound meaning, severely injuring them and driving them to flee.

Xiao Tianyang drove off the Void Faction’s forces and unearthed the Innate Sacred Spirit they had guarded beneath Skasa’s Nest. He concluded that the Void Will planned to use it to bring its avatar fully into the Underground City Plane, though he remained unsure whether the discovery was a trap.

• Xiao Tianyang assessed the strengths of Kankuli, Kalmos, the other monarchs, and Heavenly Eyes based on his past battles.
• After the enemies fled, Xiao Tianyang used Soul Power to dig into the battlefield while Zhang Liang sensed something unusual underground.
• Xiao Tianyang pulled out a humanoid stone and used [Ancient Divine Eyes] to identify it as the Innate Sacred Spirit, a rare material for deriving a Daoist guardian true spirit.
• Xiao Tianyang reasoned that the Void Will had combined Skasa’s soul with part of the plane’s laws to create the Innate Sacred Spirit.
• Xiao Tianyang suspected the Void Will intended to use the Innate Sacred Spirit to bring its avatar fully into the Underground City Plane, then stored the item and planned to discuss the situation with Zhang Liang.

After Zhang Liang’s intelligence helped Li Jing reshape the Sixth Group Army’s deployment, Xiao Tianyang returned to Life and Death Fortress to study the secrets of [Innate Sacred Spirit] in seclusion. The current campaign continued while the Void Will prepared its next move.

• Zhang Liang reported that Xiao Tianyang had severely wounded Kankuli and the thirty thousand elite soldiers, leaving them unable to disrupt the Sixth Group Army’s plans in the short term.
• Li Jing changed the Sixth Group Army’s deployment, turning Xu Maogong’s troops into a feint and making the Kunpeng Legion the main force.
• Xiao Tianyang returned from the front and decided not to interfere further in the Ston Snow Region campaign.
• Xiao Tianyang chose to enter seclusion at Life and Death Fortress to investigate the secrets hidden within [Innate Sacred Spirit].
• White Robe and Ram Horn remained in the Underground City Plane to protect the forces there while the Heavenly Martial Dynasty awaited the Void Will’s next move.

Xiao Tianyang deciphered the Innate Sacred Spirit and transformed it into a new avatar named Sacred Spirit while the Heavenly Martial Dynasty’s armies secured large parts of the Underground City Plane. Sacred Spirit stayed behind to complete his fusion, and Xiao Tianyang prepared to go to the Frontline.

• Xiao Tianyang entered a hidden cultivation chamber in Life and Death Fortress and began unsealing the Innate Sacred Spirit, hoping to gather intelligence and make it an avatar powered by Heavenly Dao Power.
• Wang Jian and Li Mu captured Hektonmar, the West Coast, and the northwestern cities on the tenth day of Xiao Tianyang’s seclusion.
• Bai Qi captured Affalia Camp on the fifteenth day, and Li Jing conquered the Ice and Snow Temple on the seventeenth, securing the Heavenly Martial Dynasty’s foothold in the Underground City Plane.
• The Ministry of War and military leaders agreed to pause the offensive and consolidate their defensive lines while they awaited Xiao Tianyang’s return.
• By the twentieth day, Xiao Tianyang had deciphered useful information and infused the Innate Sacred Spirit with Heavenly Dao Power, creating Sacred Spirit.
• Sacred Spirit asked for a few more days to complete his fusion with the Innate Sacred Spirit, and Xiao Tianyang agreed before setting out for the Frontline.

Xiao Tianyang and his commanders weighed how to seize the Underground City Plane before the Void Will could draw more planes into the war. They favored a rapid preemptive strike, but the chapter ended with Li Mu proposing an unconventional way to take the Sky Whale without triggering a costly frontal battle.

• Xiao Tianyang shared his intelligence with Wang Jian and discussed the Void Will’s plans to pull in other planes and suppress him.
• Wang Jian proposed striking first to conquer the Underground City Plane, while waiting for the Ministry of War’s intelligence before finalizing a battle plan.
• Wei Liao, Zhang Liang, and Du Ruhui arrived with the Ministry of War’s report and agreed that the army should seize the Underground City Plane quickly.
• Wang Jian and Li Mu explained that a circular defensive line could free up enough troops, but taking the Sky Whale risked drawing the Void Faction into battle.
• Li Mu argued that an unconventional force could capture the Sky Whale without fighting a frontal war.

Xiao Tianyang weighed the risks of the campaign against the Void Faction and considered entering the Void Plane alone to sabotage its scheme. He planned to divert his ministers’ attention by revealing new military forces, leaving him free to pursue the dangerous mission.

• After his advisers left, Xiao Tianyang reconsidered their proposals, weighing the campaign’s chances of success and the Heavenly Martial Dynasty’s resources.
• Xiao Tianyang recognized that his ministers would oppose him risking his life, both because it could make them seem incompetent and because they were loyal to him.
• Xiao Tianyang planned to use the Cloud Terrace Summoning Order early to distract the Ministry of War and reveal the secretly prepared Ninth Group Army and Grand Commandant.
• Xiao Tianyang expected the later arrival of the Tenth Group Army to weaken his ministers’ objections, though he felt guilty about scheming against them.
• Xiao Tianyang kept his plan to venture alone into the Void Plane, aided by the secret training of the Ninth Group Army and the Grand Commandant’s hidden identity.