Chapter Summaries

Luo Yan’s squad sabotaged Freedom Wings’ power supply and caused the mechas in the docking bay to collapse, including the Justice Apostle. As General Sweet rushed to the docking bay, Bai? and the others prepared to begin their next operation.

• Li Yuqing and Yang Kui killed a guard, planted bombs around the generator units, and detonated them after Luo Yan gave the order.
• Luo Yan knocked out two soldiers and entered the darkened Mecha Docking Bay, but he failed to resonate with a Knight Mecha.
• Luo Yan summoned a Skeleton Phantom and used its saber to break a mecha’s securing device, triggering a chain of collisions that toppled the Justice Apostle.
• General Sweet ordered his adjutant to send Grey Wolf and others to capture the Rat, then hurried to the Mecha Docking Bay.
• Bai? reported Sweet’s movements to Luo Yan, who agreed to keep the general occupied while Bai? regrouped with Zhang Tianyi and Murong Xuan.

Sweet led more than a hundred elite soldiers to the Mecha Docking Bay, where he discovered the intruder was Luo Yan. Luo Yan slaughtered the soldiers with Bloody Wind and Rain, but Sweet used Hermes's Authority of Theft to weaken the attack before it reached him.

• Sweet brought over a hundred elite soldiers to the Mecha Docking Bay, expecting to confront the intruder who had damaged the mecha.
• Luo Yan removed his disguise, and Sweet recognized him as the Heavenly Killing Star.
• Sweet summoned Hermes and ordered his soldiers to attack Luo Yan with guns, rockets, and grenades.
• Luo Yan unleashed Bloody Wind and Rain, which destroyed the weapons and killed the soldiers caught in the storm.
• Sweet used Hermes's Authority of Theft to steal the storm's power and reduce its damage before it reached him.

Zhang Tianyi and Murong Xuan entered the Command Center to take control, but Gray Wolf and the Gray Wolf Unit confronted them. Zhang Tianyi fought the fast-blade fighter Liliane while Murong Xuan faced two other attackers, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Zhang Tianyi and Murong Xuan entered the powerless Command Center and subdued the guards they encountered.
• Zhang Tianyi announced that the Dragon Riders had taken control, but Liliane suddenly attacked him with a fast blade.
• Gray Wolf revealed himself as the commander of the Gray Wolf Unit, ordered the personnel to leave, and called Zhang Tianyi and Murong Xuan rats.
• Zhang Tianyi countered Liliane with Divine Speed Draw techniques, while she defended herself with rapid blade strikes.
• Two Gray Wolf Unit fighters attacked Murong Xuan, who summoned an armored martial general to battle the elderly man's sonic waves as the gaunt white man moved behind him.

Murong Xuan and the Heavenly Fire Squad fought Grey Wolf’s team inside the base. After the Headless General revealed their identity, Li Yuqing trapped the dwarf with her Mystic Art while Yang Kui continued fighting the burly man.

• Murong Xuan resisted the skinny white man’s mental attack, and the Headless General emerged from flames and killed him with one sword strike.
• Grey Wolf recognized the Headless General as a member of the Heavenly Fire Squad and warned Burke that their opponents were dangerous.
• Yang Kui fought the morbidly obese man outside the power room while Li Yuqing faced the short dwarf, who attacked with enchanted bullets.
• Li Yuqing used her Armor Spike Garment to withstand the dwarf’s gunfire, then stitched his internal organs with Mystic Qi threads and bound him with vines using Sea of Trees: Thousand-Tree Prison Bind.

The Heavenly Fire Squad defeated Gray Wolf’s forces at the Command Center, while Luo Yan kept Sweet off balance in the Mecha Docking Bay. Gray Wolf surrendered and was ordered to make a base-wide broadcast, as Sweet realized Luo Yan had tricked him into retreating.

• Berk charged Li Yuqing after his dwarf brother was burned, but Yang Kui struck him down; Berk crawled to his brother and died beside him.
• Zhang Tianyi killed Liliane with Loulan Slash, prompting Gray Wolf and the old man to surrender.
• Gray Wolf agreed to make a base-wide broadcast after Zhang Tianyi received a message, though Gray Wolf feared what Zhang would tell him to say.
• Luo Yan threw ordinary grenades at Sweet, who blasted them away and panicked when Luo Yan provoked him with killing Qi.
• Sweet realized Luo Yan had not moved and that he had retreated in panic.

Luo Yan fought Sweet near the docking bay after Grey Wolf announced that Saint Mary Base had fallen and Sweet had died. Luo Yan defeated Sweet’s soldiers and wounded him with a Psionic Interference Grenade, but Sweet escaped using Traveler’s Authority.

• Grey Wolf announced that the Strategic Affairs Department had taken control of Saint Mary Base and that Sweet had died, prompting Sweet to order his soldiers to expose the announcement as a lie.
• Luo Yan killed Sweet’s soldiers with Glimmering Swan, leaving only himself and Sweet alive near the docking bay.
• Sweet refused to surrender and charged Luo Yan, but the Psionic Interference Grenade disrupted Hermes’s phantom and left Sweet unable to use his divine power.
• Luo Yan overwhelmed Sweet with swordsmanship and supernatural abilities, striking him with Solar Term Sword Light.
• Sweet blinded Luo Yan with intense light, detonated his energy greatsword, and escaped through Traveler’s Authority.

Morton learned that the Strategic Affairs Department had raided Saint Mary Base, Freedom Wings’ “granary,” which held nearly sixty percent of its supplies. As Morton ordered a counterattack and prepared to go to the base himself, the Strategic Affairs Department broadcast footage of its fall across Freedom Wings’ network.

• Morton berated his officers for learning late that Saint Mary Base had been raided, and Wood explained that satellite interference, overloaded intelligence staff, and the base’s disabled power had delayed the report.
• Wood urged Morton to suppress the news, send an army to retake the base without weakening Saint Bourne Fortress, and capture Saint John Port within three days.
• Wood told Morton that the Divine Machine Virus had disabled Xuannv, giving Saint Bourne Fortress a chance to seize Saint John Port.
• Morton ordered the base personnel controlled, demanded faster virus research and repairs to satellite communications, and ordered Byron to capture Saint John Port within three days.
• An intelligence officer reported that Zhao Chu had sent the Tianying Squad toward Saint Mary Base, and Morton questioned whether it was a trap or a hidden strategy.
• Another officer reported that the Strategic Affairs Department had broadcast footage of Saint Mary Base’s fall across Freedom Wings’ ground network.

After the Strategic Affairs Department seized Saint Mary Base and broadcast footage of the defeat across Freedom Wings territory, Morton faced a choice between defending Freedom City and retaking the base. He ordered a full-scale attack on Saint John Port, but the Strategic Affairs Department held firm and the Holy Crusaders joined its side, leaving Morton furious.

• Grey Wolf announced that Saint Mary Base had fallen to the Strategic Affairs Department and ordered its personnel to evacuate as the broadcast showed the Justice Apostle pinned down.
• Morton learned that the Kui Dou Squad was heading toward Freedom City and chose to keep himself there while ordering Lieutenant General Byron to capture Saint John Port within twenty-four hours.
• The Freedom Wings attacked Saint John Port, but the Strategic Affairs Department withdrew into a stronger defensive line and slowed their advance.
• The Holy Crusaders announced that they were joining the Strategic Affairs Department and sent two Temple Knights toward Saint John Port.
• The Holy Crusaders withdrew from the Iron Gull Strategic Chain Alliance, and Morton crushed the alloy armrest in anger.

After the Holy Crusaders joined the battle, Zhao Chu’s forces repelled Freedom Wings, whose morale had collapsed after Saint Mary Base fell. Luo Yan returned to Saint John Port with news of the base’s capture and supplies, and Zhao Chu praised the Heavenly Fire Squad for seizing the Justice Apostle.

• Morton urged the general to order Byron to break through the Strategic Affairs Department’s defensive line before the Holy Crusaders arrived, but Freedom Wings failed to do so.
• The Holy Crusaders’ Temple Knights entered the battlefield, and Zhao Chu led a counterattack that drove Byron’s exhausted troops back to Saint Bourne Fortress.
• Byron opened the warehouse to feed his returning soldiers, though he feared they could not retake Saint Mary Base after the Tianying Squad moved in and the Kui Dou Squad marched on Freedom City.
• Luo Yan, Qiao Mai Xun, Commander Bai, and Yang Kui traveled toward Saint John Port and discussed the battle, the footage that damaged enemy morale, and the supplies and Justice Apostle captured at Saint Mary Base.
• At the Command Tent, Zhao Chu praised Luo Yan and the Heavenly Fire Squad for capturing Saint Mary Base, its supplies, and the Justice Apostle, then promised them a substantial reward after the war.
• Luo Yan avoided the officials and Holy Crusaders who crowded around him by claiming he needed to report military affairs.

Luo Yan restored his divinity and reunited with old acquaintances from Yujing Academy after Heavenly Fire Squad’s victories drew attention at Saint John Port Base. The chapter ended with the group gathered around a bonfire, where Hanna said she envied Little Ma for having someone she loved.

• Luo Yan completed his cultivation, restored his divinity, and concluded that Fire Yang True Lord could hold off Yao Yuan for a while.
• Luo Yan saw the captured Justice Apostle arrive at Saint John Port Base and was recognized by Dong Huang, who praised Heavenly Fire Squad’s achievements.
• Dong Huang told Luo Yan that Hanna, Chen Yuan, Li Jun, Fu Yan, Su Dingbei, and Yang Ziqi had also come to fight, then invited him to gather that night.
• Luo Yan joined his Yujing Academy acquaintances by a bonfire, where Fu Yan toasted him and admitted that Luo Yan’s victories had won his respect.
• Hanna said she envied Little Ma for having someone she loved, and Little Ma blushed as she glanced at Luo Yan.

Luo Yan and his former classmates reunited as Li Jun explained how he had spent years teaching cultivation to children in the southern mountains. The next day, Zhao Chu outlined the plan to attack Saint Bourne Fortress and revealed that a virus had disabled Divine Machine Xuan Nü, leaving Luo Yan to suggest finding the Freedom Wings researchers behind it.

• Li Jun told Luo Yan and the others that he had spent several years traveling through the Nanling mountains to teach children how to cultivate.
• Li Jun explained that he learned of the Freedom Wings' attack too late to join at first, then obtained a letter of recommendation and arrived in time for the cross-sea operation.
• Dong Huang raised a toast with Li Jun and the classmates as they celebrated fighting together again.
• Zhao Chu told Luo Yan that the forces planned to harass Saint Bourne Fortress until Captain Hu cleared Saint Mary Base, then launch an attack using the supplies they had captured.
• Zhao Chu revealed that a virus developed from the Freedom Wings' mecha operating-system code had caused Divine Machine Xuan Nü to malfunction.
• Luo Yan suggested finding the personnel in the Freedom Wings' department that researched ways to target Eastern cultivators and divine machines so they could crack the virus.

Luo Yan led the Heavenly Fire Squad toward the White Swan Action Group as Zhao Chu sought to isolate Freedom Wings and demonstrate resolve. At Saint Bourne Fortress, Byron planned an attack while German Iron Cavalry generals secretly prepared to preserve their forces and consider contacting the Strategic Affairs Department.

• Zhao Chu ordered Luo Yan's Heavenly Fire Squad to target the White Swan Action Group as part of the Western Expedition plan.
• Luo Yan left Saint John Port with the Heavenly Fire Squad, several mecha, and a combat battalion, while Freedom Wings warned the White Swan Action Group.
• Byron and Kate Jenny discussed their dwindling supplies, the Strategic Affairs Department's move against the White Swan Action Group, and their wavering allies.
• Byron ordered Kate to notify Adam that they would attack that afternoon and use the Worm Device and Divine Machine Virus against the Strategic Affairs Department's Divine Machine.
• Conrad told Carmen that the German Iron Cavalry would conserve its strength and might contact the Strategic Affairs Department if Freedom Wings could no longer hold Saint Bourne Fortress.

Luo Yan redirected the Heavenly Fire Squad to avoid prepared defenses and limit casualties before advancing toward Mermaid City. Anna Kalena learned that the squad had landed at Aalborg Airport and realized her ambush had lost its advantage.

• Luo Yan reviewed the White Swan Action Group's forces and judged that its five Fairy Tale mecha would be its main threat, while its forty-five Tin Soldier mecha might target the Strategic Affairs Department's infantry.
• Concerned that a direct approach would expose Battalion 216 to heavy losses, Luo Yan ordered the plane to change course and land at the abandoned Aalborg Airport.
• Luo Yan cautioned Battalion 216's commander against reckless advances and ordered the force to move toward Mermaid City after the mecha inspections were complete.
• Anna Kalena questioned Simon about the Heavenly Fire Squad and learned that Freedom Wings had tracked its landing at Aalborg Airport.
• Anna saw that the forty-five Tin Soldier mecha and the city's air defenses had been positioned to ambush the squad, but Luo Yan's route change had prevented them from doing so.

Anna prepared the White Swan Action Group for an expected attack, but its scouts disappeared and the Heavenly Fire Squad struck Mermaid City before the defenders detected them. As Anna faced Luo Yan’s powerful mecha outside the city, he demanded the group’s unconditional surrender.

• Anna ordered scouts toward Aalborg Airport and arranged rotating shifts for the Mech Masters, but all four scout teams disappeared without reporting back.
• An explosion destroyed a watchtower outside Mermaid City, and Anna ordered a Level-One Alert and sent the mechas to prepare for battle.
• Anna identified the attacking Divine General mecha as Yao Yuan, piloted by Luo Yan, and deployed the White Swan Action Group’s Fairy Tale Mechas.
• Anna ordered Simon to locate the rest of the Heavenly Fire Squad, but the cameras revealed no sign of the other mechas.
• Luo Yan announced that the White Swan Action Group had no chance of victory and demanded its unconditional surrender.

Anna rejected Luo Yan’s demand for White Swan to surrender, then ordered her forces to attack Yao Yuan. Yao Yuan devastated the Tin Soldier Mechas and charged toward the remaining defenders, leaving Anna ordering them to intercept him.

• Anna recalled that the Heavenly Killing Star had helped bring down a Virtues, but reassured herself that he was still mortal.
• Luo Yan gave Anna ten seconds to surrender, and Anna ordered the Tin Soldier Mechas to attack while the Fairy Tale Mechas waited.
• Yao Yuan raised a blood-colored tornado that shredded the incoming fire, then used Vermilion Sword Light to destroy or disable more than a dozen Tin Soldier Mechas.
• Anna ordered Princess Pea to shoot Yao Yuan, but he deflected its energy bullet with his greatsword, causing a blast that shook the battlefield.
• Yao Yuan charged through a Tin Soldier Mecha and slammed it into another, prompting Anna to order the Tin Soldier Mechas aside and the remaining units to intercept him.
• Princess Pea knelt and fired another energy bullet at the charging Yao Yuan.

Luo Yan used Yao Yuan to withstand attacks from four Fairy Tale Mecha while Anna ordered Simon to locate the rest of the Heavenly Fire Squad. The White Swan Action Group discovered the squad hiding in a forest, and White Swan moved out to intercept the approaching ground forces as Yang Kui and Zhang Tianyi prepared to act.

• Princess Pea, Mermaid, Ugly Duckling, and Ice Queen attacked Yao Yuan, but Luo Yan countered their attacks with his sword, Fire Yang True Lord, and Illusory Vermilion Heavenly Fire.
• Anna told Simon to find the other Heavenly Fire Squad mecha while she and the Fairy Tale Mecha kept Yao Yuan occupied.
• Simon redirected the drones to the missing second squad and saw dark flames destroy the feeds before Bride appeared in the forest.
• Simon ordered the ground Mobile Unit to block the Heavenly Fire Squad in the forest and prevent it from joining Yao Yuan.
• White Swan told Yang Kui and Zhang Tianyi that the ground forces had been lured from Mermaid City, then controlled Bride out of the forest to face them.

Simon watched the Heavenly Fire Squad reveal a demon and send four mecha from the sea toward Mermaid City. As Simon rushed to the port in Snowman, Anna sent Princess Pea and Mermaid to support him, leaving her and Ice Queen to hold off the Heavenly Killing Star.

• White Swan's ground forces attacked the Heavenly Fire Squad's Vice Captain, but his Ghost Hands blocked their fire and destroyed armored vehicles.
• The Ghost Hands tore open a spatial rift, and a towering blue demon emerged as sensors in Sea Areas Two and Three failed.
• Simon saw four Heavenly Fire Squad mecha rise from the sea near the port and piloted Snowman to intercept them.
• Anna recognized the squad's plan and ordered Iwinny and Demi to support Simon at the port.
• Princess Pea and Mermaid withdrew from the battlefield as Annie's Ice Queen unleashed a blizzard to obscure Lu Yan's view.

Luo Yan and the Heavenly Fire Squad defeated White Swan’s Fairy Tale Mecha and took control of its Command Center. Anna Kalena surrendered, ending the battle for Mermaid City.

• Luo Yan used Fire Yang True Lord to blast Princess Pea and Mermaid, while Yao Yuan’s punch knocked Mermaid unconscious and sent it flying.
• Yang Kui and Li Yuqing defeated White Swan’s Snowman mecha, and Great Swordsman and Ink Dot entered the city.
• Zhang Tianyi announced that the Heavenly Fire Squad had seized White Swan’s Command Center and demanded surrender.
• Anna Kalena surrendered after receiving the message, and Mermaid City’s civilians rejoiced that the war was over.
• Anna met Luo Yan in the Command Center, where he asked her to announce something.

After the White Swan Action Group withdrew from the Iron Gull Strategic Chain and pledged support to the Strategic Affairs Department, Morton tried to reassure Freedom Wings’ remaining allies. Anna accepted White Swan’s defeat and planned a party for the Heavenly Fire Squad, while Simon resolved to stop her from pursuing one of its men.

• Morton ordered Sweet Ollier to choose a replacement mech and go to Saint Bourne Fortress to reclaim Justice Apostle.
• Anna Kalena announced that the White Swan Action Group was leaving the Iron Gull Strategic Chain and would support the Strategic Affairs Department with mechs and supplies.
• Morton reacted to White Swan’s surrender announcement by asking the Public Relations Department to prepare a response.
• Anna told the recovering Simon that White Swan’s losses were acceptable and said she would host a party for the Heavenly Fire Squad to bring the sides closer.
• Simon vowed to prevent Anna from going to another man, while Luo Yan read Morton’s announcement dismissing White Swan’s defection as insignificant.

The Heavenly Fire Squad attended a welcome banquet hosted by the White Swan Action Group in Mermaid City, where Anna Kalena invited Luo Yan to dance. As Luo Yan took the floor with Anna, Yu Bai and Li Yuqing discussed the commander's interest in him.

• Luo Yan and his squad discussed how their missions against Freedom Wings had weakened the enemy and accepted Demi's invitation to a welcome banquet.
• Demi arranged formalwear and makeup for the squad, and the members arrived at a luxury hotel dressed for the occasion.
• Anna Kalena welcomed the Strategic Affairs Department's Heavenly Fire Squad and announced the banquet's opening.
• Anna asked Luo Yan to share the first dance, and Yu Bai urged him to accept for the sake of courtesy.
• Li Yuqing told Yu Bai that Anna seemed eager to claim Luo Yan, while Yu Bai said she was being sensible on behalf of the Strategic Affairs Department.