Chapter Summaries

Bai Xiaowen’s Freedom Legion gained the upper hand against the Snakefolk, but Brutal Lord Xi’en charged into their ranks and devastated the soldiers with his powerful area attacks. Bai Xiaowen engaged Xi’en while Li Shuyi and the other leaders withdrew their forces, leaving the two Lords alone in a cleared dueling ground.

• Bai Xiaowen’s Wisdom Aura and Qiao Rui’s Soul Melody weakened the elite Snakefolk, allowing Li Shuyi and the Freedom Legion to push them back.
• Xi’en charged into the Freedom Legion’s ranks, shrugging off attacks and striking nearby soldiers with Thunder Shock and his sweeping axe.
• Bai Xiaowen struck Xi’en with Light of Wisdom and discovered that the Lord had more than two thousand Life Value.
• Bai Xiaowen ordered Li Shuyi, Kitrich, Batma, and Paulson to lead the soldiers outward while Rageclaw and Commanding Roar strengthened their forces.
• Li Shuyi and the other leaders cleared a wide dueling ground, leaving Bai Xiaowen and Xi’en alone in its center.

Bai Xiaowen fought Lord Xi'en in the cleared arena, using Rageclaw and Butcher to hold the tank-like boss in place while he dealt damage with Light of Wisdom. After Butcher’s health fell to about half, Bai Xiaowen replaced him with the Death Knight.

• Xi'en charged Bai Xiaowen, but Rageclaw met him head-on and knocked him back after Qiao Rui’s Soul Melody weakened him.
• Rageclaw kept Xi'en from reaching Bai Xiaowen while Bai Xiaowen fired Light of Wisdom, though Xi'en’s armor and reflected damage made the exchange dangerous.
• Xi'en built five Brutality stacks, stunned Rageclaw, and charged toward Bai Xiaowen.
• Butcher blocked Xi'en and slowed him with Rotting Toxin while Bai Xiaowen used Life Sharing and Blood Drain to sustain their fight.
• When Butcher’s health dropped to around half, Bai Xiaowen withdrew him and sent the Death Knight charging at Xi'en.

Xi'en called in the Snakefolk magic craftsmen Lucien, Glop, and Asmont when Bai Xiaowen’s forces began to overwhelm his warriors. Bai Xiaowen received a quest to kill the three researchers, but Lucien immediately attacked from nearly two thousand meters away with a powerful Frost Ray.

• Xi'en struggled to break free of Bai Xiaowen’s summoned creatures as the Snakefolk warriors lost ground, so he ordered a general to sound the horn.
• Lucien, Glop, and Asmont arrived in their magical vehicles, and the Spirit Realm Rules gave Bai Xiaowen a side quest to kill them.
• Bai Xiaowen used Insight to discover that the three craftsmen were weak elites with exceptional spirit and research skills, then asked Delifa to preserve their souls if possible.
• Lucien fired a long-range Frost Ray that nearly hit Bai Xiaowen and froze or killed soldiers along its path.

Bai Xiaowen’s forces came under devastating area attacks from Lucien’s Frost Ray and Glop’s Flame Ray as Elite Snakefolk Gunners joined the fight. Rageclaw broke through the frost barrage and attacked Lucien’s war chariot, while Glop’s attack opened another assault on the Freedom Legion.

• Lucien activated his silver-white war chariot’s Frost Ray, and Elite Snakefolk Gunners fired Frost Orbs that damaged and slowed fighters on both sides.
• Bai Xiaowen sent Rageclaw after Lucien, but the Gunners’ attacks slowed him before Lucien fired another Frost Ray at him.
• Rageclaw’s Rune Armor shielded him from most of the blast, and the Bone Warlock’s Yellow Heaven cleared his slow so he could reach Lucien’s war chariot.
• Rageclaw repeatedly battered Lucien’s war chariot as Lucien tried to flee, while the Gunners intervened to delay its destruction.
• Glop fired a Flame Ray from his crimson war chariot, burning and severely injuring Freedom Legion soldiers as more Elite Snakefolk advanced.

Bai Xiaowen’s assault on the Snakefolk base stalled as Xi’en, Glop, and Asmont threatened his forces, but the Snake Mother Jia Gelila arrived with her Snakewomen. Jia Gelila revealed that the Snakefolk had used her as part of a deception, leaving her to side with Bai Xiaowen as Xi’en urged her to betray him.

• Bai Xiaowen sent the Death Knight after Glop while the Butcher intercepted Xi’en, and the Death Knight charged through the Snakefolk’s fire to attack Glop’s chariot.
• Asmont began to move while Xi’en warned Bai Xiaowen that the third Snakefolk craftsman was still free, prompting Bai Xiaowen to consider using his Call of the North scroll.
• Bai Xiaowen sensed powerful figures approaching and recognized that the Snake Mother Jia Gelila, not the expected Guardian Faction reinforcements, was coming with more than ten Leader Tier Snakewomen.
• Jia Gelila told Xi’en that he and the Grand Overlord had used her to pass false information to Bai Xiaowen while secretly preparing to trap him at the base.
• Bai Xiaowen realized the Snakefolk leadership had confirmed Jia Gelila’s betrayal and that she had come to help him because she had no way back.
• Xi’en threatened Jia Gelila and urged her to capture Bai Xiaowen with her petrification ability so she could redeem herself.

Bai Xiaowen and Snake Mother Jia Gelila turned the battle against Lord Xi'en after revealing that the Grand Overlord had abandoned him. With the enemy forces collapsing, Bai Xiaowen’s side surrounded Xi'en, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Jia Gelila told Xi'en that the Grand Overlord had continued toward the Moya Great Mine, and Bai Xiaowen explained why the Grand Overlord had abandoned him.
• Xi'en ordered his troops and the three magical craftsmen to attack, but his troops' morale faltered as they heard they had been deserted.
• Jia Gelila used Petrification Aura to slow and stun the enemy while Bai Xiaowen empowered Delifa and used Corpse Revival to raise Skeleton Soldiers from the dead.
• Xi'en's Snakefolk forces broke and fled or surrendered, and Bai Xiaowen executed the three captured magical craftsmen as Delifa tried to preserve their souls.
• Bai Xiaowen sent his summoned creatures, Rageclaw, the Death Knight, and the Butcher to surround Xi'en and prevent him from recovering through his melee skill.

Bai Xiaowen and the White Phoenix Team killed Xi'en after discovering how his Blood Hunger ability restored his health, then recovered the seventh sacred artifact, Akari’s Fury. They destroyed the underwater base’s cannon-production equipment, but the Grand Overlord and most of the remaining Magic Crystal Cannons still had to be dealt with.

• Jia Gelila warned Bai Xiaowen that the allied forces might not stop the Grand Overlord, while Xi'en’s health had fallen to one-third.
• Xi'en activated Blood Hunger and restored most of his health, so Bai Xiaowen and the White Phoenix Team attacked together while preventing him from building up more Blood Qi.
• Li Shuyi killed Xi'en, and a Dark Gold treasure chest and the Meat-Cleaver Axe appeared beside his corpse.
• Bai Xiaowen collected the chest and learned that the Seven Sacred Artifacts were now assembled, though he was unsure whether they could defeat the consciousness possessing Amotava.
• Bai Xiaowen ordered the Freedom Legion to destroy the underwater base’s Magic Crystal Cannon production equipment.
• Jia Gelila explained that Xi'en had joined the Grand Overlord after failing to gain Akari’s Fury’s recognition.

After the underwater base fell, the Snake Mother revealed that she had hidden her tribe while the allied forces prepared for the war against the Grand Overlord. The White Phoenix Team rested, strengthened Bai Xiaowen’s undead army, and opened their spoils, ending with Xi’en’s Dark Gold Chest ready to be claimed.

• The Snake Mother told Bai Xiaowen that she had scattered the Mire Snakefolk Tribe into hiding places, where only she and her dependents could find them.
• The exhausted allies rested aboard Bai Xiaowen’s flagship while the White Phoenix Team gathered to open the treasure chests from the underwater base.
• Bai Xiaowen spent 3,000 Soul Essence to add two Terror Knights and four Skeleton Warriors, while increasing their attributes.
• The team opened the Silver and Golden Treasure Chests, gaining equipment, Enhancement Cards, and items, including Sea Serpent Legguards suited to Han Xu.
• The team reached Xi’en’s Dark Gold Chest, which had received a C-Tier rating despite the battle’s impact on its rating.

Li Shuyi drew the reusable Gold Item Brutal Whip, and Bai Xiaowen reported that the Snakefolk production base had been destroyed and Xi'en was dead. The allied leaders realized the Grand Overlord remained unaccounted for, then received a distress call reporting a massive Snakefolk attack on the Earth Vein Corridor.

• Li Shuyi drew Brutal Whip, while Bai Xiaowen found a Broken Compass among Xi'en's loot.
• Bai Xiaowen returned to the command post with the White Phoenix Team and Jia Gelila, the Snake Mother.
• Bai Xiaowen told Ahan and the allied leaders that Xi'en was dead and the Snakefolk's magical craftsmen and production equipment had been destroyed.
• Ahan and Bai Xiaowen discovered that neither the allied army nor the Snake Mother knew where the Grand Overlord's forces had gone.
• Bai Xiaowen concluded that the Grand Overlord was targeting the Earth Vein Corridor.
• A Dwarf's communication-circle distress call reported that a huge Snakefolk force was attacking the Earth Vein Corridor.

Bai Xiaowen and the other Sacred Artifact Lords rushed to reinforce the Earth Vein Corridor after learning that the Snakefolk had invaded it. There they found the Dwarf defenders being massacred by the Grand Overlord, whom Bai Xiaowen identified as the Level 6 divine-blooded creature Amotava.

• Bai Xiaowen advised Ahan to send the bonded Sacred Artifact Lords to the Earth Vein Corridor and arrange for the Orcs to test their compatibility with Akari's Fury.
• Ahan revealed that Dorothy Goldenleaf had bonded with Apollo's Whisper, and the Sacred Artifact Lords gathered before setting out.
• Bai Xiaowen, Ahan, the Camelot Queen, the Snake Mother, and the other lords entered the Earth Vein Corridor and found no battle at its entrance.
• Bai Xiaowen concluded that the Snakefolk had reached the corridor through a hidden passage and saw them slaughtering the Dwarf defenders under the Grand Overlord's oppressive presence.
• Bai Xiaowen spent 10,000 Psionic Points to inspect the Grand Overlord and learned that the creature was Amotava, a Level 6 divine scion with an Abyssal Infusion ability.

Bai Xiaowen confronted the Grand Overlord, who offered him power and a reward to abandon the alliance and return the Eye of Amotava. Bai Xiaowen refused, secured the Scale of Amotava from Ahan, and provoked the Grand Overlord by pointing out that the missing relics left him weakened before the Grand Overlord unleashed mental energy.

• Bai Xiaowen and Qiao Rui assessed the Grand Overlord’s immense attributes as the fighting paused and both armies regrouped.
• The Grand Overlord recognized Bai Xiaowen as Dio Skalboom, accused him of stealing his treasure, and demanded his real name.
• The Grand Overlord offered Bai Xiaowen ten times the reward for saving the continent and an opportunity for Abyssal Infusion if he left the alliance and returned the Eye of Amotava.
• Bai Xiaowen asked Ahan for the Scale of Amotava, added it to his Storage Space, and taunted the Grand Overlord that he could not take either relic by force.
• Bai Xiaowen claimed the Grand Overlord remained weakened without the Eye and Scale of Amotava, and the Grand Overlord answered with a surge of mental energy.

Bai Xiaowen resisted the Grand Overlord’s mental suggestion and exposed the attempt to manipulate him, prompting the Overlord to abandon negotiation and order an attack. The allied forces met the snakefolk army in a decisive battle whose outcome could determine the struggle between them.

• Bai Xiaowen accepted a deduction of 23,105 Psionic Points, broke free of the Grand Overlord’s illusion, and counterattacked with the Eye of Evolution.
• The Grand Overlord’s attempt to affect Bai Xiaowen failed, and he declared that he would conquer the alliance by force.
• Jia Gelila rejected the Grand Overlord, accusing him of stealing Amotava’s sacred body, and explained why she had joined the humans.
• The Grand Overlord promised to create new snakefolk lords and ordered his soldiers to charge the allied forces.
• Ahan led the allied troops into battle, and the two armies collided in a bloody clash.

The Grand Overlord unleashed seven Divine Auras that empowered the Snakefolk and threw the allied army into disarray, turning the battle into a rout. Ahan, Basaka, and Dorothy countered with their own auras, but the fighting continued with the allied soldiers under severe pressure.

• The Grand Overlord revealed his plan to defeat the allied forces before their coalition grew stronger and unleashed seven Divine Auras across the battlefield.
• The Snakefolk gained greater speed, strength, armor, and courage, while the allied soldiers suffered blinding light, fear, weakened armor, and rapid exhaustion.
• The seven lords realized that the Grand Overlord’s immense priority allowed his auras to affect even them.
• Ahan used Heroic Aura to dispel confusion and fear among the allied soldiers.
• Basaka used Assault Aura to raise his allies’ attack power, and Dorothy Goldenleaf used Sun-Chasing Aura to add holy damage to their attacks.

The seven lords’ auras brought the battle against the Snakefolk to a stalemate, and both sides committed their reserves as the armies wore each other down. Bai Xiaowen then led the lords in a charge toward the Grand Overlord, with Ahan, Basaka, and Harold Atherton cutting through the enemy ranks.

• The seven lords activated their auras, weakening the Snakefolk and balancing the Grand Overlord’s Divine Aura.
• Snakefolk and allied fighters slaughtered one another across the battlefield as both armies’ elites and reserves joined the fighting.
• After the reserves entered battle, the Camelot Queen asked Bai Xiaowen if it was time to act, and he confirmed the lords would charge.
• Ahan led the seven lords toward the Grand Overlord, cutting down Snakefolk with Velen’s Justice.
• Basaka tore through Snakefolk with his Bone-Piercing Hammer, while Harold Atherton shielded the lords behind him and struck enemies with holy attacks.

Bai Xiaowen and the allied coalition advanced toward the Grand Overlord, with Dorothy Goldenleaf demonstrating her powerful archery and giving Cecilia instruction. The seven Lord Tier reached the giant foe and began their direct confrontation, ending with the Grand Overlord’s devastating opening attack.

• Bai Xiaowen supported the three melee Lord Tier by stealing Kill Contribution from powerful enemies while Cecilia fought beside him.
• Dorothy Goldenleaf demonstrated Apollo’s Whisper and taught Cecilia, who gained a deeper understanding of Arrow Formation.
• Bai Xiaowen persuaded Dorothy to continue guiding Cecilia as the allied coalition drove the Snakefolk back toward the Grand Overlord.
• The Grand Overlord charged the seven Lord Tier, and Ahan ordered them to scatter as its headbutt tore open the ground.

Bai Xiaowen used Discernment to identify the Grand Overlord’s only major weak point, suspecting that its central snake head contained its consciousness. The seven lords began a counterattack, though the Grand Overlord’s size and strength still left them struggling to reach its vulnerable areas.

• The Grand Overlord repeatedly headbutted the ground, overwhelming the seven lords with the force of its attacks.
• Bai Xiaowen reasoned that the Grand Overlord might lack combat skills because its resurrection in Amotava’s body was incomplete.
• Bai Xiaowen used Discernment and found a purple-black weak point between the eyes of the central snake head.
• Bai Xiaowen’s allies shared his view of the marked weak points and launched a counterattack.
• The melee lords attacked the Grand Overlord’s lower weak areas while the ranged lords struggled to hit its towering body.

The Grand Overlord overwhelmed the seven lords and began smashing the Earth Vein Pillar, forcing Bai Xiaowen to call for a retreat. Before the allies could flee, Rul arrived as the seventh Sacred Artifact Lord, unlocking Divine Convergence and giving them a chance to fight back.

• The Grand Overlord ignored the seven lords' attacks and marched toward the Earth Vein Pillar, shrugging off their attempts to slow or damage him.
• The Grand Overlord repeatedly rammed the Earth Vein Pillar with his heads, shaking the Earth Vein Corridor as the allied soldiers looked to the lords for help.
• Bai Xiaowen urged the Camelot Queen and the other lords to retreat, saying they could not defeat the Grand Overlord without all seven Sacred Artifacts.
• The sacred artifacts began to shine, and Bai Xiaowen sensed the seventh artifact approaching the corridor entrance.
• Rul rode into the corridor with Direwolves, carrying Akari's Fury, and the Spirit Realm Rules announced the Divine Convergence combination skill.
• Divine Convergence raised the sacred artifact holders' base priority and granted their attacks true damage, bringing Bai Xiaowen's priority to seven.

Bai Xiaowen unlocked Heroic Spirit's Wish and used enhanced Discernment to discover a way past the Grand Overlord's defenses. After the Sacred Artifact Lords opened a hole in its foot with Holy Ray, they followed Bai Xiaowen into its body to attack it from within.

• The Prophet's Crown unlocked Heroic Spirit's Wish, boosting Bai Xiaowen's mental attribute and mental-type skills.
• Bai Xiaowen stunned the Grand Overlord for five seconds with the Heart-Confounding Talisman, but the Sacred Artifact Lords' attacks failed to overcome its Defensive Talisman.
• Bai Xiaowen used Discernment to locate a purple-black blood vessel leading from the Grand Overlord's foot toward its central head.
• Bai Xiaowen and the other six Sacred Artifact Lords combined their sacred artifacts to fire Holy Ray, piercing the Grand Overlord's foot with true damage.
• Bai Xiaowen charged into the wound and the other Sacred Artifact Lords, including Snake Mother Jia Gelila, followed to attack the Grand Overlord from inside its body.

Eight lords entered the Grand Overlord’s blood vessel to attack him from within, and Bai Xiaowen led them toward his torso. They encountered Amotava’s Blood creatures and began clearing them carefully to avoid the pools of Corrupting Blood.

• The Grand Overlord broke free of Intimidation and thrashed, preventing the allied forces from following the eight lords into his foot.
• Bai Xiaowen and the lords advanced through a contracted blood vessel, enduring the Grand Overlord’s movements as they traveled toward his leg and torso.
• Rul, Dorothy Goldenleaf, the Camelot Queen, and Harold Atherton discussed their mission and the Black Tide Continent’s prospects for unification.
• Bai Xiaowen spotted Amotava’s Blood creatures, used Insight to identify their abilities, and warned the lords about their splitting, pursuit, and corrupting remains.
• Under Bai Xiaowen’s command, the melee lords made the creatures split while ranged fighters killed the smaller ones without entering the Corrupting Blood pools.

Bai Xiaowen led the eight lords through Amotava’s blood vessels toward its heart and explained that they needed to recover two Earth Cores before confronting the Grand Overlord. The lords split up to search Amotava’s eight outer heads, leaving the central head for the final confrontation.

• Bai Xiaowen used his Mind’s Eye and Super Brain to guide the lords through Amotava’s branching blood vessels, where they defeated two more groups of Aberrant Creatures.
• Bai Xiaowen identified the great sphere ahead as Amotava’s heart and explained that the Grand Overlord controlled its body from the central head.
• Bai Xiaowen told the lords to retrieve two Earth Cores from the other heads so they could restore the Bonus Mountains and Amusha Forest after destroying the Earth Vein Pillars.
• Beast King Rul urged the lords to attack the Grand Overlord first, but Bai Xiaowen warned that Amotava’s remains might become impossible to search once the Grand Overlord died.
• Bai Xiaowen convinced the lords that recovering the Earth Cores would help restore the flooded lands and climate, and the eight lords agreed to search separately.
• The eight lords each entered one of the upward-running vessels to search a head, leaving the vessel to the central head untouched.