Arc 17The Mortal Domain’s Rise

Chen Fan led the Mortal Domain through a string of major victories, gathered powerful clans and allies, and uncovered forces manipulating the war. The arc left Qi An and Yun Du posing as defectors while Chen Fan and the Human Faction questioned their intentions.

  • Chen Fan sent the Eternal Night Continent into the frontline war, destroyed waves of Strange Dragons with the Mortal Domain’s Sky-Piercing Pillars, and earned vast merit and military funding.
  • Chen Fan joined a secret mission with Long Qi, Xiaofeng, and Xiaoshui to destroy a Strange Entity Clan command post, then escaped a massive encirclement and survived in the Dragon Graveyard.
  • Chen Fan and his companions found Qi Yue among the Azure Dragon remains, revived him, and later reached the White Tiger Clan, which joined the Dark Upheaval alongside the Mortal Domain’s growing alliances.
  • Qi An released a chained demon that fled without attacking, and Chen Fan later learned from Qian Jue that the Human and Strange Entity factions’ war was part of a larger chess game, and Qian Jue joined the Mortal Domain.
  • Chen Fan investigated World 999, defeated the Nine-Headed Serpent Clan with Jiu Wu and the Azure Dragon Corps, and gained enough merit to advance the Eternal Night Continent to level eight.
  • Chen Fan followed Anomalies fleeing the blood-red fog, encountered Green Edge after his breakthrough, and turned the Eternal Night Continent toward the danger’s source while Qian Jue left with Green Edge.
  • Chen Fan strengthened the Mortal Domain’s defenses and forces before a huge Strange Entity army surrounded the Eternal Night Continent, and Qian Jue subdued three Vile Ghosts and uncovered their past connection to the Extinction Demon Emperor.
  • After Hades punished Qi An and Yun Du for their failed ambush, Qi An persuaded Yun Du to stage their escape and announce their defection, leaving the Human Faction unsure whether their surrender was genuine.
Chapters 416–442 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 416"One battle to decide it all."

Chen Fan advanced Eternal Night Continent to a seventh-level continent as the Human Faction and the Strange Entity Clan began their decisive war. After seven days occupying a Stronghold, he set out for the Frontline Battlefield, where the Human Command Center planned a dangerous strike against the enemy’s teleportation point.

  • Chen Fan ordered Eternal Night Continent into the fog to capture a Stronghold while the Opera Emperor and Ghost Bride were slain by the Eternal Calamity Strange Entity Clan and Heavenly Punishment Continent.
  • Heavenly Punishment Continent and Hades met after both factions cleared a route through the fog, then fought as the Strange Entity Clan launched an all-out assault on the Human Faction’s front.
  • Chen Fan chose to advance Eternal Night Continent to seventh level and join the war after occupying the Stronghold for seven days.
  • Chen Fan departed for the Frontline Battlefield, where he learned that the two factions were locked in a deadly battle and spoke with the Floating Cloud Continent, which was also on its way.
  • The Human Faction Command Center ordered the seventh-level Hate-Heaven Continent to serve as a Spearhead and destroy the Strange Entity Clan’s frontline Teleportation Point.

Ch. 417"Four Extremes Deadlands, the Vermilion Bird returns to its place."

Chen Fan brought Eternal Night Continent to the Human Faction’s front line and filled a gap in the defensive wall, where its level 70 Godslayer Cannons held back the Strange Tide. When a group of Strange Dragons attacked, Baobao revealed his Vermilion Bird form as Star Lord Mao Ri and killed their leader, prompting the Strange Entity Clan to recognize the Mortal Domain as a threat but defer action.

  • Chen Fan arrived at the third Main Battlefield and received orders from Human Faction Command Center No. 002 to replace the damaged Dawn Continent in the defensive line.
  • Eternal Night Continent filled the gap, and its Godslayer Cannons destroyed the Strange Tide pressing against its position.
  • A group of Strange Dragons used taboo arts to merge their power, and Chen Fan agreed to hold them off.
  • Baobao transformed into the Vermilion Bird Star Lord Mao Ri, endured the enhanced Dragon Flame, and killed the empowered Strange Dragon after its fear drove it to flee.
  • Human Faction Command Center No. 002 questioned Chen Fan about the Vermilion Bird Clan, while the Strange Entity Clan’s commanders discussed the threat and ordered Strange Dragons kept away from the Mortal Domain.
  • Chen Fan gained 276 Faction Merit Points from the battle and looked forward to buying a halo for Eternal Night Continent.

Ch. 418"A Single Thought of God or Demon."

Chen Fan accepted the Human Faction’s Strange Dragon Purge mission after learning that the Eternal Night Continent had been pulled from the defensive line because it had performed too well. The continent sped toward its ambush target, while more than a thousand Strange Dragons were sent to attack the Pulse Continent.

  • Chen Fan activated the Eternal Night Continent’s Ammunition Halo, then obeyed orders to leave the defensive line and go to Transit Continent 37.
  • Chen Fan suspected Lu Ming was a traitor because they had met at three transit continents, but Command Post No. 003 vouched for Lu Ming and explained his reassignment.
  • Lu Ming described ways to earn Merit Points away from the main defensive line, and Chen Fan decided to wait for another assignment rather than hunt alone.
  • Command Post No. 002 offered Chen Fan the Strange Dragon Purge Plan, and he accepted after Baobao said the Vermilion Bird Clan might handle hundreds of Strange Dragons.
  • A Doppelganger Wraith led more than a thousand Strange Dragons toward the level-seven Pulse Continent while Chen Fan’s continent raced along a specially cleared route to its ambush position.

Ch. 419"Fill it up."

Chen Fan’s Eternal Night Continent destroyed an incoming force of over a thousand Strange Dragons, and Human Faction Command Center No. 002 offered the Mortal Domain responsibility for the surrounding million-kilometer region if it proved its strength. Chen Fan responded by ordering a massive barrage of stored Sky-Piercing Pillars to clear the Strange Tides around nearby continents.

  • Chen Fan watched the Eternal Night Continent reach the front line and learned that the Heavenly Punishment Continent had slain another Wraith King, leaving him worried about his big brother.
  • Baobao led the Vermilion Bird Clan toward Scales Continent, but Chen Fan ordered Lin Mancang to fire every weapon when more than a thousand Strange Dragons appeared.
  • The Mortal Domain’s Level 70 Heavenly-Derivation Sky-Piercing Pillars destroyed the Strange Dragons before the Vermilion Birds reached them, earning Chen Fan nearly 30,000 Merit Points.
  • Human Faction Command Center No. 002 offered Chen Fan one trillion Eerie Stones in military funding for every Strange Dragon killed if the Mortal Domain proved it could protect the region.
  • Chen Fan ordered Chen Jiutian to launch thirty-one million stored Sky-Piercing Pillars at the Strange Tides around the nearby continents.

Ch. 420"Make way, please. Thanks."

Chen Fan’s Mortal Domain was assigned a quiet stretch of sea, but the Strange Entity Clan avoided it, so Baobao led nearly a hundred Vermilion Birds away to seek battle. After the Mortal Domain obtained a Strange Dragon Blueprint that Hades had locked as unique, Command Center No. 002 deployed Chen Fan to a threatened western flank, where he prepared to join a secret counter-ambush.

  • Chen Fan used thirty million Sky-Piercing Pillars to clear the Strange Tide before Scales Continent, passed Command Center No. 002’s assessment, and bought the Mortal Domain’s sixth permanent continent aura.
  • After the Strange Entity Clan classified the region as high-risk and stopped sending Strange Dragons, Baobao asked to lead Vermilion Birds into battle, and Chen Fan agreed while keeping a few behind.
  • Chen Fan and Jiu Wu used ninety-nine Strange Dragons on the Divine Strange Island to create a blueprint, but it revealed that Hades had locked the Strange Dragon Blueprint as unique.
  • Long Live warned Chen Fan against baiting a dangerous enemy assault, and Command Center No. 002 told him not to act independently before diverting him to the western flank.
  • Chen Fan raced toward the flank through a High-Speed Corridor as the Strange Entity Clan prepared thirty thousand Strange Dragons and Void Earthworm Strange Entities for an attack.
  • Floating Cloud Continent told Chen Fan it had reached the front line to guard the western flank, and Chen Fan realized it had not been informed about the Human Faction’s secret counter-ambush.

Ch. 421"Mortal Domain, engage!"

The Mortal Domain was sent alone to the flank and ambushed by a fully equipped Eighth-Level Strange Entity Clan, but Chen Fan used the Blood Arena to trap the enemy while Jiu Wu stalled its King. The chapter ended with Chen Fan rapidly manufacturing Level-70 Sky-Piercing Pillars to reclaim them after the battle.

  • Chen Fan reached the assigned flank coordinates and realized no Human forces had assembled nearby.
  • The Floating Cloud Continent detected the approaching Strange Tide, then fled as tens of thousands of Strange Dragons pursued it toward the Mortal Domain.
  • Chen Fan ordered the Mortal Domain to engage and launched nearly all its Sky-Piercing Pillars, destroying tens of thousands of Strange Dragons before the remaining Strange Tide pressed forward.
  • Chen Fan activated the Blood Arena with Jiu Wu's Calamity Token, trapping the Revenant Clan and its King while nearby continents supported the Retirement Clan.
  • Jiu Wu repeatedly revived himself and fled to stall the Revenant Clan's King, while Chen Fan used the Mortal Domain's popular will to manufacture temporary Level-70 Sky-Piercing Pillars for the coming fight.

Ch. 422A powerhouse led the team, with a guaranteed round trip.

Chen Fan accepted the Peach-Stealing Operation after the Mortal Domain destroyed a Strange Entity Clan ambush, earned huge merit rewards, and became famous across the Human Faction. As the Eternal Night Continent departed with Yellow Springs Continent, Chen Fan prepared backup firepower while the World-Cloud Continent realized its warning system might have detected a Wraith King earlier than anyone knew.

  • Chen Fan used five hundred thousand salvos of Level 70 Heaven-Deriving Sky-Piercing Pillars to destroy the Strange Entity Clan squad inside the Blood Arena, and Jiu Wu returned safely.
  • The Human Faction learned that the Mortal Domain had wiped out thirty thousand Strange Horned Dragons, while Chen Fan received 502,978 merit points and discovered Command Post 003 had mistakenly relocated him to the flank.
  • Chen Fan accepted the Peach-Stealing Operation, which would send the Eternal Night Continent alongside three eighth-level continents to destroy four Strange Entity Clan continents and infiltrate the frontline; Command Post 003 secretly sent three quadrillion Eerie Stones as compensation.
  • Chen Fan had Lu Ming perform Wraith King-level calamity cleansing, then prepared fifty thousand Level 70 Heaven-Deriving Sky-Piercing Pillars as a contingency before the expedition.
  • The World-Cloud Continent received a request from Command Post No. 002 about its early-warning method and wondered whether its project team had previously detected a Wraith King in Soul Land.

Ch. 423At Worst, I'll Lose Another Arm!

Chen Fan prepared Eternal Night Continent for a covert operation while the Research Pavilion investigated ways to locate and destroy the Strange Entity Clan’s Void Earthworms. Meanwhile, Qi An received authority to attack the Mortal Domain, and Baobao returned to find it had moved, though he sensed it approaching.

  • Chen Fan bought upgraded Continent Auras and learned from Long Qi that the mission would use three eighth-level continents to infiltrate the Strange Tide Frontline and destroy a Teleportation Point.
  • Qian Xiaoping proposed collaborating with Floating Cloud Continent to locate Void Earthworm Strange Entities in the River of Space, and reported that Soul Land bone powder might corrode Giant Wraiths.
  • Jiu Wu told Chen Fan that the Retirement Clan had met the requirements to advance to the Seventh-Level Strange Entity Clan, strengthening their disguise for the operation.
  • The Old Strange Entity appointed Qi An to lead the effort against the Mortal Domain, and Qi An proposed a suicide attack by five thousand Strange Dragons to kill civilians and provoke Chen Fan.
  • Baobao returned from hunting with the Vermilion Birds, found the Mortal Domain gone from its former position, and sensed a familiar presence approaching.

Ch. 424Perfect Suicide

Baobao and the Vermilion Bird Clan destroyed a suicide attack of five thousand Strange Dragons and received Jade Pivot Screens to contact the Mortal Domain. Meanwhile, Chen Fan’s group visited Yellow Springs Continent and joined two Strange Entity Clan Continents for a covert mission, where Long Qi revealed they had drawn partners he would rather avoid.

  • Baobao led the Vermilion Birds in wiping out the Strange Dragons and strange tide, then obtained one of the Special Jade Pivot Screens prepared by Era Continent.
  • The Human Faction’s commanders discussed the Mortal Domain’s allies and confirmed that Long Qi was fit to continue missions after psychological treatment.
  • Chen Fan visited Yellow Springs Continent with Long Qi and saw its fortified, largely barren landscape and its hidden defenses.
  • Eternal Night Continent and Yellow Springs Continent reached the rendezvous, joined two Strange Entity Clan Continents, and traveled toward the Strange Tide Frontline under cover.
  • Long Qi told Chen Fan that the four Continent Lords would meet to finalize the mission and that their two partners were ones he would rather not work with.

Ch. 425"If the sky falls, Seventh Master will protect you."

Chen Fan and Long Qi led the Mortal Domain and Yellow Springs Continent on a covert mission to attack a heavily guarded Strange Entity stronghold, but they failed to find the Void Earthworm Strange Empress and were pursued by the Strange Entity Clan. As the continents faced a vast encirclement, Long Qi activated the Yellow Springs Continent’s Dark Technology to blast open an escape route, and Chen Fan was told to run.

  • Chen Fan joined Long Qi, Xiaofeng, and Xiaoshui as their four continents infiltrated the Strange Entity Clan’s territory under camouflage and passed a checkpoint by posing as a high-ranking supply convoy.
  • Long Qi explained that the mission was to strike one of two heavily defended sites, and Zhou Fa chose the coordinates that Long Qi said were not the true target.
  • The Wind-Born Continent and Water-Rising Continent bombarded the selected island, but the Void Earthworm Strange Empress was not there, so they fled while the Eternal Night Continent and Yellow Springs Continent covered their retreat.
  • Yun Du ordered the Strange Entity Clan to abandon the front and destroy the Mortal Domain, and Chen Fan’s continents were chased and nearly surrounded by enormous forces.
  • Chen Fan used Otherworld Kingdoms to create space rifts around the Void Earthworm Strange Entities, blocking reinforcements, while the encirclement continued to close.
  • Long Qi activated the Yellow Springs Continent’s Slaughter of Billions, blasting a massive opening through the encirclement and ordering Chen Fan to escape through it.

Ch. 426"The Mortal Domain is a god."

Long Qi and Chen Fan escaped the encirclement with the help of the Anglers, then led four continents on a seven-day flight into Strange Entity Clan territory. As opposing Strange Tides closed in, Chen Fan used the Dragon Family Map to make the continents vanish, leaving their fate unknown.

  • Long Qi prepared to hold off the Strange Tide, but Chen Fan returned with the Anglers, who used their fishing lines to tow Yellow Springs Continent as Eternal Night Continent escaped.
  • Chen Fan found Long Qi pretending to be mortally wounded with crushed Cherry Tomatoes, then learned the group had lost contact with the Human Command Center and was fleeing toward Strange Tide territory.
  • Xiaofeng and Xiaoshui joined the flight, and Chen Fan proposed reaching the Dragon Graveyard as their only chance of survival.
  • The four continents endured seven days of pursuit and bombardment, while the Human Faction advanced and Command Post 003 learned that Chen Fan's group was still alive but trapped deep in enemy territory.
  • A second Strange Tide approached from ahead, and Chen Fan raised the Dragon Family Map; the continents vanished just before the two pursuing forces collided.

Ch. 427"After three thousand years in a drunken dream of the mortal world, only today did I know myself."

Chen Fan and the others revived Qi Yue as the Azure Dragon Clan’s King, then discovered the Dragon Family had no exit. Meanwhile, Commander-in-Chief Yun Du and Qi An argued over how to survive the consequences of their failed attempt to destroy the Mortal Domain.

  • Chen Fan and the others matched the footprints at the Dragon Graveyard to Xuan Ba and learned the former Black Tortoise King had taken a bone to preserve the Azure Dragon bloodline.
  • Xuan Ba’s diary revealed the bone might have become an Azure Dragon in humanoid form, and Chen Fan’s group found it among Qi Yue’s remains on Rugged Island.
  • Xuan Ba returned the bone to the Azure Dragon Skeleton, reviving Qi Yue, who reunited with Gongyang Yue and agreed to let the Azure Dragon remains become war machines against the Strange Entity Clan.
  • Qi Yue explained that the Dragon Graveyard was hidden in the River of Space and had no exit, so Chen Fan told Crippled Monkey to have Xuan Ba search the diaries for a way out.
  • At the Strange Entity Frontline, Yun Du and Qi An panicked over the Mortal Domain’s disappearance and debated strategies to avoid punishment, including surrendering and attacking Chen Fan’s allies.

Ch. 428What do you mean, the Wraith King is your big brother?

Chen Fan and the others were expelled from the Dragon Graveyard after seven days and met the Extinction Demon Emperor, Chen Fan’s Wraith King big brother, who offered them a faster route back to human territory. A White Tiger hair on Little Red led them to the White Tiger Clan, where a dispute over her relationship with Bai San escalated into a confrontation between the clan and the Extinction Demon Emperor.

  • Chen Fan and the others searched the Dragon Graveyard for a way out, found Heaven and Earth’s carved message, and were automatically expelled after seven days.
  • A Wraith King appeared and greeted Chen Fan as his younger brother; Chen Fan introduced their companions, and the Extinction Demon Emperor hosted them on his island.
  • Chen Fan gave the Extinction Demon Emperor a new island with entertainment facilities, and the group prepared to travel back toward the Human Faction with his help.
  • Chen Fan found a White Tiger hair on Little Red, so the Extinction Demon Emperor questioned her and learned she had been meeting a White Tiger; Chen Fan decided to make contact with the White Tiger Clan.
  • The White Tiger Clan confronted Bai San over his relationship with Little Red, and its king explained the clan’s past alliance with the Black Tortoise Clan and the dangers of revealing their plans.
  • The Extinction Demon Emperor, Chen Fan, Qi Yue, Xuan Ba, and their forces arrived at the White Tiger island, where the White Tiger king challenged the Extinction Demon Emperor and the two sides prepared to fight.

Ch. 429It's the Mortal Domain... the Mortal Domain Is Back!

Chen Fan and the allied continents returned from the Peach-Stealing Operation after earning millions of merit points, and the Mortal Domain appeared on the Human Faction Merit Ranking. The Mortal Domain reached the Human Faction’s front, where its successful mission was publicly announced and Chen Fan began demanding compensation from Command Post 003.

  • Chen Fan helped the Extinction Demon Emperor and the White Tiger Clan King approve Little Red and Bai San’s relationship, then learned the White Tiger Clan would join the Dark Upheaval and heard Xuan Ba explain the Mortal Domain’s place in a prophecy.
  • The Eternal Night Continent received 7.98 million merit points for its role in destroying the Strange Entity Clan’s command post, entering the Human Faction Merit Ranking alongside the Yellow Springs, Wind-Born, and Water-Rising Continents.
  • The Extinction Demon Emperor borrowed routes from powerful allies, including a Whale and a Sky Toad, speeding the four continents’ journey toward the Human Faction Territory and escorting them to the Frontline Battlefield.
  • The elderly leader at Command Center No. 002 discussed compensating the Mortal Domain, while the Floating Cloud Continent’s Lord speculated about the secret operation and then watched Chen Fan’s group arrive.
  • Chen Fan told the Floating Cloud Continent’s Lord that the Mortal Domain would not take another Spearhead Mission, then the Human Faction publicly announced the operation’s victory and Chen Fan privately contacted Command Post 003 to complain about the mission.

Ch. 431Three days off

After the Mortal Domain completed the Peach-Stealing Battle, Chen Fan received compensation and began a mandatory three-day vacation with his allies. Meanwhile, Qi An persuaded Yun Du to approve a plan to free a demon and unleash it in Human Faction territory.

  • The Command Posts awarded the continents eerie stones and reimbursed operation expenses, while the Mortal Domain received extra resources, strategic blueprints, and a black-grade exotic treasure.
  • Chen Fan said farewell to Long Qi and the Wind-Rising Continent brothers, then invited them to his big brother’s wedding after the war; Fu Yun agreed to let the Mortal Domain and Floating Cloud Continent exchange research.
  • Ten days later, Chen Fan began his vacation, and the Mortal Domain, Jiu Wu’s group, the White Tiger Clan, and others rested while Baobao returned and met Qi Yue.
  • The Gongyang Clan offered incense to its ancestors and celebrated Gongyang Yue’s connection to Qi Yue, now King of the Azure Dragon Clan.
  • Qi An convinced Yun Du to approve the Internal Wall Plan, which would send a squad into Human Faction territory to break the seal on a demon and exploit the resulting chaos to reclaim the Strange Entity Clan’s lost defensive lines.

Ch. 432"Internal Wall Plan"

Qi An released a sealed demon as part of the Internal Wall Plan, but it proved to be a Level 90+ creature that ignored both factions and vanished through a space rift. Chen Fan’s Mortal Domain fled the demon’s appearance, while Yun Du blamed Qi An for unleashing a calamity and Hades sensed something was wrong near the front line.

  • Qi An and his subordinates removed the demon’s restraints and carried it to the Strange Entity Command Post, where Yun Du approved the Internal Wall Plan.
  • After the Mortal Domain’s vacation ended, Chen Fan resumed dealings with Floating Cloud Continent, bought the Neon Halo and Invincibility Halo, and inspected his rewards and compensation.
  • A Strange Tide attacked the flank, but nearby Core Energy Cannons wiped out most of it before Chen Fan spotted the demon pulling chains from its body.
  • The Command Post classified the demon as a Level 90+ High-Threat Creature, and Chen Fan fled toward the Human Faction’s Core Area after the Yellow Springs Wraith warned him that demons could not be killed.
  • The demon removed its chains, opened a space rift, and disappeared without attacking either faction.
  • Yun Du berated Qi An for releasing the demon, while Hades watched the fleeing Heavenly Punishment Continent and felt uneasy.

Ch. 433An Old Man Toying with a Child?

After discovering that the demon Qian Jue had returned to a ruined Hell, Chen Fan confronted him and learned that an unseen lord had orchestrated the Human Race and Strange Entity Clan’s wars as a chess game. Chen Fan recruited Qian Jue to help overturn the game, then welcomed him into the Mortal Domain.

  • Qian Jue found Hell emptied and destroyed, finished a long-standing chess game, and left determined to disrupt the forces that had discarded its inhabitants.
  • Jiu Wu led Chen Fan to a ruined Temple in Hell, where they found a statue resembling Mr. Na; Chen Fan later questioned Mr. Na and learned he had copied his appearance from a middle-aged man he once saw.
  • Qian Jue returned to attack the Human Frontline, but he recognized Mr. Na’s likeness and knelt before him before realizing Mr. Na was not his lord.
  • Qian Jue explained that his lord had arranged the conflict between the Human Race and Strange Entity Clan as a chess game, and that Wan Gu’s Eternal Cast had brought Chen Fan into this world as a variable.
  • Chen Fan proposed advancing the Eternal Night Continent toward Level 100 and overthrowing the chess game, and Qian Jue agreed to join the Mortal Domain.
  • Chen Fan left Hell through the Courtyard Gate, where Crippled Monkey, Wang Kui, and the War Pavilion Members waited, and welcomed Qian Jue to the Mortal Domain.

Ch. 434"I have another plan to turn the tide!"

Qi An persuaded Yun Du to launch the Strange Entity Clan’s hidden reserves in an all-out assault, while Chen Fan gained merit and prepared to push the Mortal Domain toward its next advancement. The chapter left Yun Du and Qi An committed to “Burning the Boats” as Chen Fan searched for a high-reward mission.

  • After the Strange Entity Clan lost its fourth defensive line, Qi An proposed activating its secret reserves, and Yun Du refused because they were reserved for the Heaven Gate Fated War.
  • Chen Fan met Qian Jue in Hell with the Mortal Domain’s Kings, shared information about That One and Hades, and learned that Qian Jue could only unleash his full strength once.
  • Chen Fan reviewed the Mortal Domain’s advancement requirements, received five million merit points for resolving the demon crisis and triggering the enemy collapse, and asked Command Post No. 002 for a high-merit mission.
  • At the Strange Entity Main Camp, Qi An used arguments and gifts to persuade a rear commander to keep Yun Du in charge, then returned and secured Yun Du’s agreement to launch “Burning the Boats.”
  • The Extinction Demon Emperor struggled to process that a demon had knelt before Chen Fan, while the Anglers and Xuan Ba discussed their lost memories and the clans’ role as keys.

Ch. 435"See? I told you the Mortal Domain could do it."

Chen Fan chose to investigate World 999, where the Mortal Domain discovered a Strange Entity staging ground protected by Hades’s formation. As Jiu Wu summoned the Azure Dragon Corps to attack the Nine-Headed Serpent Clan and its Strange Entities, the battle began.

  • Chen Fan rejected the Hundred Flowers Pavilion’s intrusive questioning, then chose Command Post No. 002’s World 999 investigation assignment over finding Green Edge or persuading the Demon Clan to join the Human Faction.
  • The Nine-Headed Serpent Clan joined the Strange Entity Faction, while Chen Fan persuaded the Azure Dragon, Black Tortoise, Angler, Vermilion Bird, and White Tiger Clans to join the Human Faction, earning six million merit points.
  • Chen Fan and Lu Ming reached abandoned World 999 and found a scarlet formation that reduced human buildings’ efficiency to one-tenth while leaving Strange Entities unaffected.
  • Chen Fan found the Nine-Headed Serpent Clan and a production site for Nine-Headed Serpent Strange Entities on an island, protected by Hades’s Divine Descent Demon Formation.
  • Qian Jue offered to fight, but Chen Fan assigned the battle to Jiu Wu, who summoned the Azure Dragon Corps and ordered it to attack the serpents.

Ch. 436Who in the world would not know your name?

The Azure Dragon Corps destroyed the Nine-Headed Serpent Clan’s stronghold, and Qian Jue defeated its King before Jiu Wu finished the last survivor, earning the Retirement Clan an advancement. The Mortal Domain became famous across the Boundary Battlefield, while Yun Du lost his command to Qi An and then joined him in planning a major strike against the Mortal Domain.

  • Jiu Wu led tens of thousands of Azure Dragons in a series of Dragon Clan Killing Moves that devastated the Nine-Headed Serpent Clan’s island.
  • Qian Jue defeated the Level 85 Nine-Headed Serpent King and kept him alive, and Chen Fan gave the survivor to Jiu Wu to complete the Retirement Clan’s advancement.
  • Jiu Wu crushed the King, triggering a blood rain and a public announcement that the Nine-Headed Serpent Clan had been exterminated; the Mortal Domain’s victory raised human morale and drew attention across the Boundary Battlefield.
  • Yun Du accepted that the Strange Entity Clan’s defeat was inevitable and began discussing surrender with Qi An, but a Rear Headquarters official arrived and appointed Qi An the new Commander-in-Chief instead.
  • Qi An urged Yun Du to regain his resolve, and the two reconciled and agreed to devise a plan big enough to bring the Mortal Domain to submission.

Ch. 438Those who contend leave their names

After exterminating the Nine-Headed Serpent Clan and finding Hades's cache of Level-11 Hades Stones, Chen Fan advanced the Eternal Night Continent to level eight. On the return journey, he discovered powerful Anomalies fleeing toward Human Faction Territory and turned back to hunt whatever was driving them from the Fog.

  • Chen Fan received 10,000,000 merit points for exterminating the Nine-Headed Serpent Clan, and Little Qiu found more than sixty thousand Level-11 Hades Stones, which Chen Fan ordered used to expand the Azure Dragon Corps.
  • The Eternal Night Continent returned to the Boundary Battlefield and advanced to level eight, but Command Post No. 002's message requesting its help arrived too late, so the command post deployed the Floating Cloud Continent to investigate a spreading field of blood-red fog.
  • Fu Yun led the Floating Cloud Continent into the fog, lost contact with Command Post No. 002, and ordered the Heavenly Eye to scan for Anomalies as the continent continued toward the center.
  • Chen Fan encountered a huge Anomaly created by the Millennium Stone Coffin and used the Stone Coffin Token to control it, then cleared the fog to investigate more Anomalies moving toward Human Faction Territory.
  • Chen Fan contacted his elder brother, learned that nearby Anomalies elsewhere seemed unchanged, and realized the Anomalies heading toward the humans were fleeing from something in the Fog.
  • Chen Fan turned the Eternal Night Continent around to eliminate the source of the Anomalies' fear, and asked Qian Jue whether they could defeat a Wraith King.

Ch. 439Invite the Lord into the Urn

Chen Fan witnessed Green Edge complete his tribulation and learn that humanity had gained another Level 90+ fighter, while the Strange Entity Clan prepared an ambush for the returning Mortal Domain. Green Edge then asked Qian Jue to help open a mysterious door, and Qian Jue agreed to leave with him despite Chen Fan’s reluctance.

  • Qian Jue told Chen Fan that the Extinction Demon Emperor had been a powerful ghost whom the lord converted into an Anomaly, while Chen Fan used Wind-Eroded Stone to push the Eternal Night Continent through Severing Wind.
  • Chen Fan and Qian Jue found Green Edge completing his Thunder Tribulation beside a black cat; Green Edge survived the final strike, reached Level 90+, and asked Chen Fan to keep the breakthrough secret and give him dumplings.
  • Chen Fan realized that Green Edge’s black cat had likely stolen dumplings from the Eternal Night Continent near the 29th Transit Continent, while Qian Jue explained that human conviction might help people break previously accepted limits.
  • A nine-petaled flower withered at the center of the red fog, dispersing it, and Hades used one of its petals to learn about the Human Faction’s movements and questioned Zhao Tianfa about the advancing battle line.
  • Yun Du and Qi An planned to ambush the Mortal Domain with three veteran eighth-level strange entity clans and three Level 90 ghosts, believing the extra forces would guarantee victory.
  • Green Edge returned and asked Qian Jue to accompany him to a place requiring two Level 90+ beings to open its door; Qian Jue agreed to go, warned Chen Fan to keep their alliance secret, and left Chen Fan without his powerful ally.

Ch. 440"Kneel."

Chen Fan upgraded the Eternal Night Continent’s City Wall into a Primordial Wall, expanded the Azure Dragon Corps, and set ambitious goals for preparing the Mortal Domain for the coming decisive battle. When a large Strange Entity force attacked, Qian Jue forced three Vile Ghosts to kneel, and their account revealed that the Extinction Demon Emperor had once joined an assassination attempt in Hell.

  • Chen Fan spent ten days upgrading the City Wall to level 80, combining its defenses with the continent’s grand arrays to create the Primordial Wall, which withstood Green Edge’s attack.
  • Jiu Wu used 100 quadrillion eerie stones to produce ninety thousand level-70 azure dragons and one thousand level-80 azure dragons, but Chen Fan considered the corps far too small.
  • Chen Fan called a meeting, set seven goals for the Mortal Domain’s preparations, and agreed to have Jiu Wu try resurrecting a former trusted aide of Hades for information.
  • A huge Strange Entity force surrounded the Eternal Night Continent, and Qian Jue made three level-90 Vile Ghosts kneel with a single command.
  • The Vile Ghosts fled toward Qian Jue despite Tian Po’s threat, while the black cat took Tian Po’s Hades Token and the Mortal Domain prepared to fight.
  • Qian Jue questioned the Vile Ghosts, who revealed that the Extinction Demon Emperor had led sixty-seven ghosts in an assassination attempt against Lord Executioner; Chen Fan contacted his big brother, who had no memory of it.

Ch. 441September prize draw announcement

Qian Jue freed three ghosts and joined Chen Fan, while Hades punished Qi An and Yun Du after their failed ambush. Qi An engineered a public defection with Yun Du, leaving the Human Race debating whether their surrender was genuine as Chen Fan rested aboard the Eternal Night Continent.

  • Qian Jue explained how the lord had destroyed Hell, freed the three ghosts, and ordered them to obey the Mortal Domain.
  • After the failed ambush, Hades's clone ordered Qi An and Yun Du to sever their limbs and left them surrounded at the Command Post.
  • Qi An persuaded Yun Du to join his fifth stratagem and blackmailed Sky Patrol into taking them to the Rear Headquarters.
  • Qi An arranged a staged escape and publicly declared that he and Yun Du were defecting to the Human Race and surrendering to the Mortal Domain.
  • Chen Fan learned that the Floating Cloud Continent had resolved an anomalous incident and rested as the Eternal Night Continent continued its return journey.
  • The Square-Faced Man learned that two former Strange Entity Clan commanders had surrendered and questioned whether their defection was a trap.

Ch. 442I don't understand.

After the Eternal Night Continent cleared the strange tide, Hades punished Yun Du and Qi An for their failed campaign, and they devised a scheme to escape and defect to the Mortal Domain. Their public declaration caused an uproar across the Human Faction, while Chen Fan remained unaware of the surrender as the continent continued its return journey.

  • Qian Jue explained how Executioner’s rebellion and the lord’s purge destroyed Hell, then released three ghosts and ordered them to obey the Mortal Domain.
  • After the ambush force was wiped out, Hades confronted Yun Du and Qi An, ordered them to sever their limbs, and left them injured in the Command Post.
  • Qi An persuaded Yun Du to join his fifth stratagem, using a recording of his bribe to pressure Sky Patrol into taking them to the rear headquarters.
  • Qi An and Yun Du staged a public escape and announced their defection to the Human Race, leaving Sky Patrol furious and entangled in their scheme.
  • Chen Fan learned that the Floating Cloud Continent had resolved the anomaly, while Human Faction officials debated whether the two former commanders’ surrender was a trap.
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