Chapter Summaries

Wang Pan fought through the battle as the rebels and Empire Army clashed, then revealed his full strength when Lin Bai and his group approached. He killed Li Xunnan and turned to face the five Lin Family mages.

• Wang Pan mocked an opponent after disarming him, while the Empire Army drove the rebels back.
• Li Xunnan led more than a thousand armored cavalrymen into the battle, prompting Yu Nan to send Imperial Iron Cavalry against them.
• Wang Pan engaged Li Xunnan in combat as Lin Zhi, Lin Bai, and three others carved a path toward him, hoping to seize the Ice Gun.
• Wang Pan unleashed his talents, broke Li Xunnan's sword, crippled his leg, and tore out several of his vertebrae.
• Wang Pan faced Lin Bai and the others and said he had been waiting for them.

Wang Pan used the Ice Gun and his overwhelming strength to kill the Lin Family group despite Lin Zhi’s Magic-Tech Armor. After the Empire Army defeated the rebels, Wang Pan parted ways with Yulan and set out to destroy the Lin Family in revenge.

• Wang Pan ambushed Lin Bai’s group and killed several of them with his strength and the Ice Gun.
• Lin Zhi used Magic-Tech Armor to block an Ice Gun bullet and challenged Wang Pan, but Wang Pan shoved the gun into his mouth.
• Wang Pan shot Lin Bai as he tried to flee, then killed the rest of the Lin Family group.
• Yulan ordered the surrendered rebels beheaded and led the Empire Army back after the battle.
• Wang Pan stayed behind with several thousand troops and set out to flatten the Lin Family.

Wang Pan’s army seized Lin City and stormed the Lin Family estate, where Lin Lian hid in the Secret Chamber as the Empire Army attacked the family’s Private Army. The battle continued with the Lin Family’s forces pinned against the Empire Army’s shield wall and struck by long halberds.

• Chang San led disguised caravan men in killing Lin City’s gate guards and holding the gate until Wang Pan arrived with his army.
• Wang Pan routed the city’s soldiers, promoted Chang San, and ordered Deputy General Pang to secure every gate so no one could escape.
• Wang Pan led the remaining troops to the Lin Family estate, killed the House Slaves guarding the entrance, and entered the grounds.
• Lin Lian ordered the Lin Family’s retainers and estate guards to resist, then hid with younger family members in the Secret Chamber.
• The Lin Family’s Magus retainers surrendered, but its Private Army fought the Empire Army and suffered heavy losses from arrow volleys and halberd thrusts.

Wang Pan destroyed the Lin Family's private army and ordered his soldiers to hunt down every remaining Lin Family member. As the soldiers looted the estate, a captain killed a soldier from his hometown after catching him hiding valuables.

• Wang Pan ordered Deputy General Pang to search Lin City for the missing Lin Family members and promised his soldiers a share of the spoils.
• The Lin Family members insulted the soldiers and urged them to attack Wang Pan, but the troops obeyed Wang Pan and killed them.
• Wang Pan sent the soldiers to search the estate for the Lin Family's wealth.
• A soldier hid Gold Coins and jewelry in his boots, and his captain caught him and agreed to join him in looting.
• The captain stabbed the soldier, claiming there would be one fewer person to share the spoils with, then mocked him as he died.

Wang Pan oversaw the seizure of the Lin Family’s wealth, executing soldiers who secretly pocketed valuables and ordering a more thorough search when the counted fortune seemed too small. The Lin Family Head and several children remained hidden in an underground Secret Chamber as Deputy General Pang’s search failed to uncover it.

• A captain killed a soldier who had stolen Gold Coins, and Wang Pan learned that 126 soldiers had been executed for taking valuables.
• Wang Pan told a Thousand-Man General that the soldiers had stolen from the other troops, then ordered him to investigate further thefts.
• An officer reported that the Lin Family’s seized assets included over two hundred thousand Gold Coins and valuables worth roughly another one hundred and thirty thousand Gold Coins, but Wang Pan judged the total far too low.
• Wang Pan ordered Deputy General Pang to search the Lin Estate for Secret Chambers and the missing Lin Family members.
• The Lin Family Head hid underground with several children and took comfort in the treasure stored in the Secret Chamber.
• Deputy General Pang’s men searched and wrecked the estate but found neither a Secret Chamber nor a single Copper Coin.

Wang Pan uncovered the Lin Family’s hidden survivors and wealth, then completed the Simulation’s events and chose to remain to study Magic-Guided Technology. After the Empire sent him to the border as a Legion Commander, he spent four years there as the army massed before the Goblin Fortress, leaving the Empire strained by the cost of supplying its troops.

• Wang Pan discovered the Lin Family’s underground hideout, captured its remaining members, and seized 380,000 Gold Coins plus valuable supplies.
• Wang Pan refused to leave the Simulation World after earning the Noble title and 50,000 Simulation Points, choosing to investigate Magic-Guided Technology.
• The Empire fined Wang Pan 200,000 Gold Coins and appointed him a border Legion Commander, so he marched there with more than two thousand soldiers.
• Wang Pan arrived at the Goblin Fortress, where the Empire had assembled more than 900,000 troops after decades of failed attacks.
• Four years later, Wang Pan watched the Empire’s border force grow to nearly two million soldiers while the cost and losses of transporting provisions threatened to exhaust the Empire.

After seven years of preparations, the Empire launched a massive invasion of the goblin territory, and Wang Pan joined sixteen other Legion Commanders at the main assault point. The attack began against the Goblin Fortress, whose formidable walls withstood the Empire Army’s first bombardment.

• Wang Pan, now an Archmage, had spent vast sums strengthening his own Magic-Guided Power and training the soldiers who had followed him to the frontier.
• The First Legion Commander announced the Empire’s plan to conquer the goblin territory, and the seventeen Legion Commanders prepared their forces for war.
• At dawn, nearly two million Empire soldiers split into forces to attack the Goblin Fortress from multiple directions, while all seventeen Legion Commanders led the largest force of three hundred thousand men.
• The Empire Army bombarded the fortress with catapult-launched boulders, but its walls held firm and the stones could not clear them.
• The goblins answered with a rain of arrows, which the Empire soldiers mostly blocked with linked iron shields, leaving Wang Pan to wonder why the Empire had allowed the fortress to be built.

The Empire Army attacked the Goblin Fortress, suffering heavy losses from its powerful crossbows and Blazing Oil as soldiers built an earthen ramp toward the walls. Wang Pan destroyed one of the fortress’s heavy crossbows with his Ice Gun, prompting the goblins to locate him and prepare their Goblin Cannon.

• The goblins fired Adamantine Long Arrows from the fortress’s heavy crossbows, killing thousands of Empire Army soldiers as the army returned fire and built earth and stone ramps beneath the walls.
• A white-haired goblin commander sent Vesa to request reinforcements and ordered the goblins to use Blazing Oil against the soldiers filling in the ground.
• Goblin Soldiers set the Blazing Oil alight, killing over a thousand Empire Army soldiers, but officers and the Supervision Squad forced the remaining laborers to keep advancing.
• The Empire Army used strong soldiers and archers to suppress the goblins, while more than thirty thousand soldiers died in the first hour, mostly to heavy crossbow fire.
• Wang Pan used his Ice Gun to freeze and shatter a heavy crossbow, killing nearby goblins with the freezing blast and fragments.
• Goblin ravens revealed Wang Pan’s position, and a goblin officer ordered the Goblin Cannon to kill him.

Wang Pan tested the goblins’ defenses and narrowly escaped a Goblin Cannon, while the Empire Army sacrificed tens of thousands of soldiers building an earth-and-stone ramp. The Legion Commanders launched an assault with an ice slope, but the goblins set it ablaze with Blazing Oil.

• The goblins fired a Goblin Cannon at Wang Pan, who escaped the blast and returned to the army after confirming the fortress had powerful weapons.
• Wang Pan rested while the Empire Army’s ramp rose over forty meters at the cost of nearly fifty thousand soldiers, bringing the troops close to mutiny.
• The First Legion Commander ordered the Third and Seventh Legion Commanders to create an ice slope up to the fortress walls while the other commanders protected them.
• The goblins poured Blazing Oil onto the slope and ignited its airborne vapor, melting and vaporizing the ice.

The Empire Army stormed the Goblin Fortress, using Magic-Guided Technologies to support its assault as the Fourteenth Legion Commander led the charge onto the wall. He killed a mechanized Giant Goblin, then survived a sudden assassination attempt when an unseen attacker shot the black-robed goblin through the head.

• The goblins fired a Goblin Cannon at the Third and Seventh Legion Commanders, but the Second Legion Commander shielded them with Mountain Ward and the Empire forged another Ice Slope.
• The Eleventh Legion Commander cleared part of the fortress wall with a black crescent attack, while the Sixteenth Legion Commander boosted the Empire Army and the Fourteenth Legion Commander charged up the slope.
• The goblins fired heavy crossbows and poured rocks and cooking oil onto the Ice Slope, but Wang Pan shot a goblin officer and the Fourteenth Legion Commander destroyed a heavy crossbow.
• The Fourteenth Legion Commander reached the wall and killed goblins until a Giant Goblin challenged him; he defeated it and discovered its body was filled with metal components.
• A black-robed goblin tried to stab the Fourteenth Legion Commander from behind, but an unseen shooter pierced its head before the attack could land.

Wang Pan avoided a goblin ambush as the Empire Army pressed the fortress, and the Seventeenth Legion Commander unleashed a devastating sun-like attack that destroyed part of the wall and killed thousands of goblins. The exhausted commander was carried away, the Fourteenth Legion Commander assaulted him afterward, and both armies resumed their battle across the Ice Slope.

• Wang Pan dodged a feather attack after the Fourteenth Legion Commander shouted his thanks, and the goblins unleashed thousands of blood-red ravens that killed over a thousand imperial soldiers.
• The Seventeenth Legion Commander fired Wrath of the Blazing Sun, while a female goblin used Iron Wall to weaken the blast before it devastated the fortress wall and killed the goblins defending it.
• The Seventeenth Legion Commander’s soldiers carried him away, and the Fourteenth Legion Commander climbed out of a crater and later beat him in his tent.
• Goblin officers ordered their troops to repair the damaged wall with stones and hardening liquid.
• The Empire Army and the goblins continued fighting across the Ice Slope as the imperial troops struggled to reinforce those who reached the wall.

After a bloody day of fighting at the Goblin Fortress, the Imperial Army prepared for a final night assault while the goblins awaited reinforcements. Wang Pan noticed the First Legion Commander seemed demonic, and the Goblin Legion Commander grew uneasy about the unusually favorable casualty ratio.

• At sunset, the Imperial Army withdrew to camp after losing over eighty thousand soldiers, while the goblins tended their wounded and reinforced the fortress.
• An Imperial squad captain warned his soldiers to rest because he expected a night attack, and the troops grew anxious.
• The First Legion Commander ordered a final assault that night despite the Sixth Legion Commander's objection, while Wang Pan sensed black smoke and demonic energy around him.
• The Legion Commanders accepted the plan, and Imperial soldiers ate their final lavish meal, while troops in other forces received poor rations because generals had embezzled the food funds.
• The Goblin Legion Commander learned that the first three hundred thousand reinforcements would reach Startled Dragon Abyss later that night and ordered them urged forward.
• The Goblin Legion Commander told his generals to stay alert after finding the day's unusually low goblin casualties suspicious, and a general used crow-controlling goblins to send the warning.

The First Legion Commander unleashed the Night Demon, using the blood and Death Energy of fallen soldiers to strengthen himself and enhance the Empire Army for a night assault on the goblin fortress. The Empire soldiers pressed through the goblins’ defenses as their Legion Commanders joined the attack.

• The Goblin Legion Commander confirmed that the Empire’s Legion Commanders had gathered at the fortress and ordered an ally to hold them back until reinforcements arrived.
• The First Legion Commander absorbed the blood and Death Energy of more than eighty thousand dead soldiers, then used his Night Demon Magic-Guided Technology to empower the Empire Army.
• The enhanced Empire Army attacked the fortress, climbing ice slopes under heavy crossbow fire as goblins dropped logs and jars of Blazing Oil on them.
• The First Legion Commander assigned Legion Commanders to assault the walls and provide support, while goblin scouts warned that the Empire Legion Commanders were charging.

The Empire Army attacked the goblin fortress, where goblin defenders battered the Legion Commanders and the Thirteenth Legion Commander was gravely injured. Wang Pan volunteered to fight at close range and charged up the Ice Slope, reaching the Fourteenth Legion Commander.

• The goblins fired their Goblin Cannon, but the Second Legion Commander protected the Empire Soldiers while the Eleventh Legion Commander destroyed the cannon with a Demon-Breaking Arrow.
• A goblin's Magic-Guided Cross Slash killed over a thousand Empire Soldiers, while a hammer-wielding goblin and a shield-bearing female goblin held off the Fourteenth and Third Legion Commanders.
• The Thirteenth Legion Commander attacked a barrel-waisted female goblin, who struck him down and left him barely breathing beneath the fortress.
• The First Legion Commander criticized the Thirteenth Legion Commander, and Wang Pan asked permission to help take the city wall in close combat.
• After the First Legion Commander approved, Wang Pan donned ice-blue armor and charged up the Ice Slope, clearing falling obstacles with his sword before meeting the Fourteenth Legion Commander.

Wang Pan battled goblins on the city wall, overpowering a Great Axe wielder while a hidden marksman named Rulut targeted him. After disarming and fatally injuring the axe wielder, Wang Pan remained under threat from Rulut.

• Wang Pan clashed with a goblin wielding a Great Axe, damaged its Magic-Guided weapon with his ordinary Imperial longsword, and drove the goblin back.
• Wang Pan blocked an arrow from the hidden marksman Rulut, caught the goblin's spinning Great Axe, and used sword fragments to wound Rulut.
• Rulut withdrew into the goblin ranks, deciding to wait for a better chance to kill Wang Pan.
• Wang Pan dropped the Great Axe and faced its wielder, who charged him after losing his weapon.
• Wang Pan shattered the goblin's arm in a fist clash, then struck his chest with a knee and sent him crashing into the goblin ranks.

Wang Pan helped the Empire Army break into the Goblin Fortress as its soldiers overwhelmed the goblin defenders. After an indiscriminate bombardment devastated both sides, Wang Pan confronted the archer Rulut and attacked him.

• Wang Pan killed the great axe-wielding goblin and carved through the horde, giving Empire Soldiers time to climb the wall.
• An Empire Army Thousand-Man General organized the soldiers, whose Night Demon Triple Amplification let them smash through the goblin formation.
• More than a dozen Legion Commanders joined the battle, and the Goblin Legion Commander ordered Weapons of Mass Destruction to fire indiscriminately.
• The Goblin General charged into battle rather than watch his soldiers die, and a bombardment killed thousands of goblins and Empire Soldiers, including the wounded general.
• Rulut appeared beside Wang Pan after the explosion, and Wang Pan attacked him as he fired arrows and tried to keep his distance.

Wang Pan killed Rulut, but the goblin’s blood-magic attack transformed into a Bloody Night Owl that pursued him and killed thousands of imperial army soldiers. As the creature weakened, the soldiers decided to kill Wang Pan before he could bring it near them again.

• Wang Pan dodged Rulut’s arrows, but Rulut marked him with a blood-red arrow that summoned two Bloody Night Owls; Wang Pan killed Rulut, yet the owls continued their attack.
• Wang Pan destroyed one Bloody Night Owl, and the other merged with its Blood Mist to form a huge blood-red flame that pursued him across several miles.
• The Bloody Night Owl attacked the imperial army, burning the blood from hundreds and then thousands of soldiers, while Wang Pan resisted its attempt to control his blood.
• Wang Pan realized the Bloody Night Owl weakened each time it attacked and repeatedly drew it toward the imperial army soldiers.
• The imperial army soldiers grew desperate as Wang Pan approached and quietly prepared to kill the Ninth Legion Commander.

Wang Pan killed the Bloody Night Owl with the Ice Gun, then fought through the Goblin Soldiers as the battle shifted around him. A reward for killing a goblin with Magic-Guided Technology sparked a fight among the Empire Army, until the Supervision Squad arrived and slaughtered the soldiers caught in the internal strife.

• Wang Pan used Piercing Sight to find the Bloody Night Owl's weaknesses and shot it down with the Ice Gun.
• Wang Pan fought the Goblin Soldiers while a Goblin Archmage wielding two short halberds slaughtered imperial soldiers.
• An imperial order offered a large reward for killing a goblin with Magic-Guided Technology, and imperial soldiers killed the Goblin Archmage after a fierce fight.
• A soldier's claim to the Goblin Archmage's head sparked a struggle among the imperial soldiers, and the Goblins charged into the chaos before being driven back.
• The Supervision Squad arrived, separated the fighting soldiers from the rear ranks, and killed more than a thousand imperial soldiers involved in the internal strife.

After the Empire Army captured Goblin Fortress, Wang Pan led his troops through goblin territory as the Imperial Iron Cavalry swept ahead. Witnessing the cruelty of war, he comprehended Humanity’s Way to sixty percent, but continued his campaign without intervening in the wider atrocities.

• The Supervision Squad’s Squad Leader presented the goblin Archmage’s head to his battalion commander, who praised him for the discovery.
• The Empire Army captured Goblin Fortress after a devastating battle, and the First Legion Commander warned Wang Pan to hide his Diverting Disaster more carefully next time.
• The Empire Army demolished the fortress walls, sent the Imperial Iron Cavalry into goblin territory, and drove the goblin reinforcements toward Kasai City.
• Wang Pan forbade his troops from molesting female goblins, hanged soldiers who disobeyed, and killed hundreds who plotted against him.
• As he witnessed the war’s atrocities, Wang Pan comprehended Humanity’s Way and awakened its Will to sixty percent, seeing all lives with impartial equality.
• The Imperial Iron Cavalry trampled resistance as more than a million Empire Army infantrymen followed, looting as they advanced.

The Empire Army’s siege of Mafah City stalled until the Holy Empire’s ruler arrived aboard a space-shattering warship. Fiss Platinum fired a Tier 1 Array Cannon at low power, but the blast erased Mafah City.

• After months of failing to breach Mafah City, the First Legion Commander considered starving out the goblins as his soldiers lost their will to fight.
• A black-robed Calamity Archmage named Moling arrived and announced that His Imperial Majesty would come in person.
• A colossal flying warship emerged from shattered space, shocking Wang Pan and the Empire Army’s commanders and soldiers.
• Moling and the assembled army knelt to welcome Fiss Platinum, who considered using a Tier 2 Magic Array Cannon but chose the Tier 1 Array Cannon instead.
• Fiss Platinum authorized the cannon, and its blast struck Mafah City, leaving the city completely destroyed.