Recaps

The Abyss’s demigod projections repeatedly tested the Blazing Great Wall, but its suppression and the defenders destroyed them, while the Blaze Emperor reported that breaching a city would require a coordinated force. The Holy Monarch rejected retreat and weighed the cost of grinding through the wall against the prize of devouring the Douluo Continent.

• An Abyss Emperor was weakened by the wall’s divine fire and killed by a Soul Douluo Guardian as the Abyss intensified its probing attacks.
• The Corrosion Emperor and Plague Emperor reported that their suppressed projections were destroyed by Mu En and Chen Xuan.
• The Gu Emperor and Bone Emperor described how the wall weakened them before Du Busi and Di Tian destroyed their projections.
• The Dust Emperor reported reaching the wall and wounding two Titled Douluo before Chen Xuan ground his projection to death.
• The Blaze Emperor told the Holy Monarch that he could breach one city only at great cost and that at least seven comparable experts would be needed to open a breach.
• The Holy Monarch dismissed the Blaze Emperor, rejected abandoning the Douluo Continent, and considered the rewards of devouring it.

The Holy Monarch sacrificed the Abyss’s first four layers to open five gates over the Far North and ordered a relentless war of attrition against the Blazing Great Wall. Chen Xuan gathered Douluo’s strongest defenders to reorganize the sixteen passes, but he refused the Snow Empress and Ice Empress’s offer to fight because their tribulation was approaching.

• The Holy Monarch collapsed the Abyss’s first four layers, creating four new gates beside the original one and extending the invasion across the Far North.
• The Holy Monarch ordered the Abyss Emperors to attack in rotation and sent the Blaze Emperor to disguise Titled-level emperors as ordinary soldiers for surprise attacks.
• Chen Xuan recognized the Abyss’s plan to exhaust the defenders and summoned Mu En, Di Tian, Du Busi, and the others to a defense meeting.
• Chen Lan offered to call the Sea Princess and Cangyuan Sea Dragon, while Di Tian said the Star Dou Great Forest could provide three top-tier fighters.
• Chen Xuan counted thirteen top-tier defenders for the sixteen passes, and the Snow Empress offered to fight alongside the Ice Empress.
• Chen Xuan rejected their offer, warning that their approaching Heavenly Tribulation made further battles too dangerous.