Revival Army

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Revival Army
Alias(es)	Five Divine Beast Combat Soldier Camps (early organization) 128
Affiliation	Led by Li Dingguo; its core administration includes the Military Headquarters, Logistics Department, Military Intelligence Department, and Internal Affairs Department 193 331
Occupation/Role	Military and civilian force; territorial governing power; land, naval, artillery, and later air-force operator 164 541
Status	Active; its forces enter a defensive “dormant state” and conduct large-scale training during the Great Heaven and Earth Tribulation 564
First Appearance	Formally established by Li Dingguo 128

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Five Divine Beast Camps established	128	Li Dingguo forms the Revival Army around five camps: Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, and Kirin. The Vermilion Bird Camp serves as the all-female Personal Guard Camp.
Initial migration force	133–135	The army adopts standardized leather uniforms, marches outside the pass in disciplined formations, and recruits more than 115,000 soldiers and civilians at Dingbian City.
Initial regularization	164	A major selection and reorganization produces 14,361 Martial Soldiers among more than 170,000 soldiers and civilians; the force fields four 3,000-cavalry camps and an expanding Naval Force.
Legion-level force	177, 227	The organization expands from battalions to legions. Captured warhorses allow all Combat Soldiers to receive at least Mid-Grade Flood Dragon Scale Horse mounts, while formation training reaches at least Minor Success.
Million-soldier invasion force	335	Within three months of entering the pass, its five major combat legions and Personal Guard Legion seize Yansui, Suide, Yan'an, and much of northeastern Qin.
Major continental military power	367, 403	Its victory over Huang Taiji's western army elevates it to a force comparable to the Great Ming and Later Jin; its land army reaches one million soldiers and its navy operates a vast Treasure Ship fleet.
Mass regular army	485, 518	The regular Combat Soldier force reaches 7.5 million, including two million female soldiers; later, fewer than ten million regular soldiers are selected from over one billion Martial Artists.
Sixth-Tier power	548	Nine years after its founding, the army possesses more than thirty Sixth-Tier experts, a similar number of Sixth-Tier Spirit Beasts and Spirit Birds, and over ten thousand Fourth- and Fifth-Tier cultivators.

Background / History

Li Dingguo established the Revival Army after organizing five camps under the names of the Five Divine Beasts. Cao Yongxiang, Tang Guangqiang, Huang Zhanglong, Liang Hetang, and Red Plum became camp commanders, while the female-only Vermilion Bird Camp became the Personal Guard Camp. 128

The newly formed force left the pass with standardized clothing and unusually strict marching order. It absorbed displaced people at Dingbian City, purchasing grain and weapons before departing with more than 115,000 new soldiers and civilians. 133 135 Its early expansion depended on hunting, raids against hostile strongholds, recruitment, captured supplies, and the acquisition of Soul Beads and other cultivation resources. 136 145 146

After moving onto the grasslands, the army combined military operations with settlement building. It developed a base around Great Spirit Lake and a medium-sized Spirit Land, constructed Lake Heart Island as its future headquarters, and organized agriculture, crafts, logistics, and cultivation-resource production alongside combat training. 182 185 227

The Revival Army entered the pass after three years of development, rapidly taking forts, towns, and cities in Yansui and surrounding regions. Its simultaneous land and water offensives soon secured much of northeastern Qin, the Yellow River basin between Qin and Jin, and later large areas of Jin, Xuanfu, Liaodong, and the Central Plains. 316 335 400 432 485

Its later campaigns establish it as a dominant power on both land and sea. It defeats major Tartar armies, captures Shengjing, overcomes the Zheng Family Army at sea, expands against overseas threats, and fields expeditionary forces capable of large-scale teleportation deployment. 367 460 470 502 541

Organization

Combat Legions

The army began with five Divine Beast camps and later developed into multiple major combat legions capable of independent operations. Its known legions include the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, Kirin, Personal Guard, Taotie, Qing Luan, Phoenix, Crimson Serpent, Pixiu, and Qiongqi Legions. 128 354 485 521

• Vermilion Bird / Personal Guard — Initially an all-female guard force; it remains a major female combat formation under Li Dingguo and Red Plum. 128 146
• Black Tortoise Legion — Developed from the Black Tortoise Camp into the army’s naval arm and later expanded through captured Treasure Ships. 166 329
• Qing Luan, Phoenix, and Crimson Serpent Legions — Female combat legions formed under a selection system that does not distinguish between men and women. 485
• Pixiu Legion — Trained by Cao Bianjiao after he joins the Revival Army. 354
• Qiongqi Legion — Led by You Shiwei during the pursuit of Later Jin remnants. 521

Administrative Departments

Department	Function
Military Headquarters	Issues strategic orders, oversees major operational planning, and directs the combat legions. 193 564
Logistics Department	Distributes supplies, records military merit, inventories spoils, manages exchanges of merits for pills and artifacts, and maintains identity records. 193 198 331
Military Intelligence Department	Conducts reconnaissance, gathers enemy intelligence, operates scouts and Spirit Bird communications, and screens recruits. 150 170 177
Internal Affairs Department	Conducts internal supervision and counterintelligence, including the identification of infiltrators and spies. 200 269 331
Artisan Camp	Produces clothing, armor, equipment, construction materials, ships, and Magic Tools. 133 182 227
New Recruit Camps	Train Martial Artist reserves and provide garrisons for sub-bases before personnel enter the regular army. 209

Military Doctrine

Military Killing Formations

The Revival Army’s central battlefield advantage is the Military Killing Formation, which unifies the soldiers’ Qi and Blood Power into large-scale formation attacks. It can generate Qi and Blood Wolf Smoke, protect soldiers against lower-level Malevolent Spirits, and manifest destructive killing techniques. 146 216 366

• A Qi Refining Realm commander leading 2,000 elite soldiers can use the formation to contend with an early Fifth Layer Martial Dao expert. 177
• A 10,000-soldier formation led by a Qi Refining Realm expert can force even Cao Bianjiao to retreat if he fights alone. 177
• The army later employs formations numbering hundreds of thousands of soldiers during the assault on Shengjing. 460
• Large enemy formations can withstand cannon fire, requiring the Revival Army to meet formation with formation rather than relying on artillery alone. 366

Elite Cavalry and Long-Range Raids

The army uses Spirit Beast Warhorses, Treasure Ships, rotating deployment, and rapid raids to keep combat units rested and mobile. 152 166 209

• Combat Soldiers are eventually equipped with at least Mid-Grade Flood Dragon Scale Horses. 227
• Each soldier of the million-strong land army is reportedly assigned two mounts, enabling exceptional long-distance mobility. 403
• Scout and intelligence personnel are assigned Three-tailed Iron-backed Demonic Wolves for speed, stealth, and personal protection. 170
• Long-range raid forces travel light without Logistics Camp personnel when speed is essential. 209

Artillery and Concentrated Fire

The army fields Spirit Energy Cannons, Spirit Crossbow Carts, and dedicated artillery formations. 190 207

• Each of the five major combat legions initially receives a 1,000-man artillery battalion with ten artifact-grade Spirit Energy Cannons and thirty artifact-grade Spirit Crossbow Carts. 207
• Later legions are equipped with 150 cannons and 1,500 crossbow carts each, while the Black Tortoise Legion receives triple that allocation. 358
• Firearm Battalions use Guardian Array Formations and concentrated fire to eliminate Qi Refining Realm Demonic Beasts. 299
• Cluster bombardment weakens enemy formations before Military Killing Formations engage them directly. 301
• By the Later Jin campaign, each participating major legion fields 1,000 Spirit Energy Cannons. 518

Naval Warfare

The Naval Forces originated from the repurposed Black Tortoise Camp and grew through repeated captures of enemy Treasure Ships. 166 190

• The force operates mid-, high-, and peak-grade Treasure Ships captured from rival armies and merchant forces. 164 262
• Naval forces transport cavalry and supplies for long-range raids, allowing soldiers and warhorses to arrive rested. 166
• The navy uses pincer maneuvers, artillery fire, Guardian Array Formations, and shore-based support against enemy fleets. 424 425
• The army becomes the dominant southeastern coastal force after defeating the Zheng Family Army. 470

Equipment / Resources

• Standard black uniforms and armor — Adopted for stealth-oriented grassland warfare and later became the army’s recognizable appearance. 146 371
• Spirit Weapon Sets — Captured and forged sets are used to equip elite Martial Artists and later regular combat troops. 145 315
• Spirit Beast Warhorses — A core component of its cavalry mobility and formation strength. 152 227
• Treasure Ships — Used for transport, naval combat, raids, logistics, and fleet expansion. 166 262
• Spirit Energy Cannons and Spirit Crossbow Carts — The army’s primary concentrated-fire weapons; their ammunition requires Soul Beads or Demon Cores. 209 316
• Magic Tool identity tokens — Used by soldiers and civilians for administration, recordkeeping, and counterintelligence. 331
• Five Elements Spirit Gathering Arrays — Support cultivation-resource production by gathering spiritual energy and accelerating Spirit Grass and Spirit Root growth. 131
• City Protection Arrays — Defend the army’s settlements and enable towns to withstand stronger invading forces during the Great Tribulation. 557

Civil Administration and Recruitment

The Revival Army integrates soldiers and civilians into a single development system. New arrivals receive food, shelter, protection from abuse, and the possibility of martial training, while civilians contribute to logistics, agriculture, construction, and manufacturing. 135 185 241

• It recruits displaced people on a mass scale, including more than 600,000 Han people during one campaign and over one million displaced people through detached fleets. 199 269
• All Han common people seeking refuge are ordered to be treated equally and resettled properly. 403
• Military merit can be exchanged for Spirit Pills and artifacts, allowing tens of thousands of Martial Soldiers to overcome cultivation bottlenecks. 198 199
• The army applies a strict screening process to recruits and civilians; one screening operation identifies more than 3,000 spies. 269
• Its selection system does not distinguish between male and female recruits. 485
• Regular army recruitment is highly selective: at a later stage, roughly one hundred Martial Artists compete for each qualified Combat Soldier position. 518

Settlements and Infrastructure

The Revival Army builds self-sufficient military-civilian bases centered on Spirit Lands and defensible transport routes. 182 227

• Lake Heart Island — Developed into the army’s headquarters, including a military headquarters complex built by more than 200,000 soldiers and civilians. 182
• Great Spirit Lake sub-bases — Eighty-one sub-bases are constructed at intervals of 500 li, arranged around the lake according to the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams. 227
• Naval bases — Established along the Jialu River and later proposed or developed at strategic islands and coastal ports. 175 398
• Fortified towns — Cities under Revival Army rule combine farms, Magic Arrays, artillery positions, and local production to remain self-sufficient under siege. 431
• Teleportation Array network — Important strongholds use large Teleportation Arrays for reinforcement; a single large array can transport up to 100,000 people when mounts are included. 541 557

Relationships

• Li Dingguo — Founder and Great Commander; directs the army’s strategy, organization, expansion, and military reforms. 128 209 479
• Red Plum — Chief Steward and senior commander; oversees organization, intelligence-driven planning, administration, and major campaigns. 164 387 521
• Cao Yongxiang — Early camp commander and later Azure Dragon Legion commander; a key field leader and strategic adviser. 128 295 485
• Wan'er — Commander associated with the Field Artillery Battalion and Naval Forces; later leads major naval and territorial operations. 209 398 449
• Wei Jinfan — Head of the Military Intelligence Department; provides reconnaissance, enemy assessments, and operational intelligence. 150 387
• He Lijing — Internal Affairs Department leader; supervises screening and identifies infiltrators among incoming civilians. 269
• Cao Bianjiao — Former opponent who joins the Revival Army and becomes responsible for training the Pixiu Legion. 354
• Later Jin Tartars — Principal long-term rival; the Revival Army eventually defeats major Later Jin armies and captures their capital. 367 460 518
• Rebel Army Alliance — A rival rebel coalition whose soldiers increasingly defect to Revival Army territory, drawn by its administration and military strength. 403
• Great Ming Dynasty — Initial ruling power opposed by the army; the Revival Army captures extensive Ming territory while sometimes allowing Ming forces to retreat for strategic reasons. 316 447

Trivia

• The early Revival Army included many youths from artisan households, allowing it to rapidly develop leatherworking, armor-making, and standardized clothing production. 133
• Its early force was composed largely of former orphans and beggars, a fact later noted even by its enemies. 133 211
• The army’s black uniforms and black armor become a recognizable symbol that alarms opposing soldiers and commanders. 146 371
• Its history spans nine years from Chongzhen Year 3 to the autumn of Chongzhen Year 12. 548