Recaps

Great Xia's New Hope Legion took Emerald Leaf City, allowing the Elves to return to their ruined World Tree, while the war began at Holy Radiance City. The chapter left Kane and Malphite fighting in the sky as Holy Radiance City's army charged the Demon Clan.

• Elder Muyu and Fendona arrived at the World Tree and saw how badly it had been damaged.
• A Wood Elf awakened the World Tree, which welcomed the returning Elves and regretted having no fruit to offer them.
• Lin Mo told Elder Muyu that Great Xia had retaken Emerald Leaf City, and Elder Muyu sent a Griffin rider to inform the Queen.
• Long Zhan ordered Great Xia's troops to defend the World Tree until the Elven main force arrived.
• At Holy Radiance City, Kane and Skyburner confronted the Seventh Rank Demon Lord Malphite as the Demon Clan advanced.
• The three Sixth Rank Dragon Knights ordered Holy Radiance City's army to charge the Demon Clan.

Reynolds's Technology Corps devastated the demon army with magically enhanced weapons, but Brian's tank ran out of diesel during the charge. Determined not to abandon the costly vehicle, Brian climbed out and prepared to push it himself.

• Reynolds ordered the Technology Corps to advance and open fire, and its enchanted guns tore through the demon ranks.
• A tank shell killed a massive Siege Beast, while infantry fighting vehicle cannons and a heavy machine gun slaughtered more demons.
• The Technology Corps' magical shields withstood the demons' attacks as the steel vehicles pressed into their lines.
• Brian's tank stalled after exhausting its diesel, and he realized the crew had forgotten to check the fuel before setting out.
• With demons surging back through the gap, Brian climbed out and began gathering holy light to push the tank.

Brian and the Holy Human Race's knights turned Great Xia's armored vehicles into human-powered weapons, helping rout the Demon Clan and reclaim a frontline stronghold. Kane praised the equipment's potential, while Reynolds proposed replacing its scarce diesel with knights pushing the vehicles.

• Brian pushed a stalled tank into a Heavy Armor Demon Soldier and stopped it just short of a pit.
• Inspired by Brian, the knights shut off their vehicles' engines and pushed tanks and armored vehicles across the battlefield, crushing or shooting down demons.
• The Holy Human Race routed the Demon Clan and retook an important frontline stronghold, winning its most decisive victory in two hundred years.
• Kane told Reynolds he had changed his mind and praised Great Xia's weapons and vehicles for their potential to expand the Holy Human Race's fighting force.
• Reynolds told Kane that knights could power the war machines instead of consuming diesel.

Kane and Reynolds recognized that knights could propel enchanted vehicles cheaply and planned to report the tactic to the Pope. On the Elven front, Adrian’s Technology Corps used magically empowered firearms to devastating effect as the counterattack began.

• Brian demonstrated how warriors could push military vehicles, prompting Reynolds and Kane to plan a report urging the Pope to buy more equipment from Great Xia.
• The Elven army advanced outside Lothia City with its traditional shield wall, archers, treants, and mages, while Adrian led the Technology Corps on its flank.
• Adrian ordered the Technology Corps to fire as the Demon Clan charged, and five thousand Elves unleashed magically empowered assault rifles.
• An Elf gunner killed three hellhounds in seconds, while other Elves used frost and wood-magic bullets to freeze a Corroder and drain a lich.
• A Technology Corps squad leader fired a rocket into a group of Heavy Armor Demon Soldiers approaching the shield wall.

Adrian’s Great Xia weapons devastated the Demon Clan army, while Elder Valerius watched Elven mages and soldiers operate artillery and vehicles mounted on Treants. The battle continued as the Treants’ mobile platforms began firing into the enemy ranks.

• The Technology Corps cut down charging Demon Clan troops with rifles, machine guns, and grenades, astonishing the Elven archers and Elder Valerius.
• Elven crews enchanted shells and fired two 155mm Howitzers, blasting the Demon Clan’s middle and rear ranks with shrapnel and fire.
• Three Treants carrying Great Xia vehicles advanced behind the battle line, drawing Valerius’s furious condemnation.
• An Elven crew fired a tank’s 105mm cannon and struck a Fifth Order Troll, prompting the crew to cheer.
• The Self-Propelled Mortar vehicle’s gunner loaded a round and prepared to fire at the Demon Clan.

Adrian’s Elven forces used Great Xia weapons mounted on Treants to rout a much larger Demon Clan army near Lothia City with negligible casualties. As the Elves celebrated their victory, Elder Archmond told Adrian that Terra could be saved.

• Adrian’s forces mounted Tanks and weapon systems on Treants after realizing the vehicles’ diesel supply was too costly to maintain.
• The Treant artillery platforms and Elven weapons devastated the Demon Clan’s rear ranks and flying units, collapsing the demons’ morale.
• The Elves routed the larger Demon Clan army and celebrated their first overwhelming victory in years with negligible casualties.
• Adrian declared that the victory belonged to the Elves who embraced change, and Elder Archmond said Terra could be saved.

After the Technology Corps won a decisive victory at Lothia City, the Elves celebrated and Queen Ellari ordered the purchase of more weapons from Great Xia. She also resolved to remove Valerius from his position as elder.

• Adrian ordered the Elven army to advance and establish a frontline outpost, while the Mage Corps set up an alert barrier.
• Valerius collapsed after Archmond condemned his opposition to Adrian and said he would report Valerius's actions to Queen Ellari.
• News of the victory at Lothia City reached Aivinol, where the Elves celebrated the Technology Corps and its weapons.
• Queen Ellari read Archmond's battle report, recognized how rifles and heavy weapons could transform Elven warfare, and decided to strip Valerius of his elder position.
• Ellari ordered a messenger to contact Elder Muyu and tell him the Elves would buy as many weapons as possible, offering money, magic crystals, rare ores, the Fountain of Life, and Life Fruit.

Greymane urged the Half-Orcs to contact Great Xia and obtain its weapons, while the Holy Human Race decided to negotiate for more technology after learning how rifles and tanks had transformed warfare. In Holy Light City, citizens celebrated the victory, but Dwarf smith Thorin dismissed their excitement.

• Greymane learned that Great Xia's weapons had helped the Elves defeat the Demon Clan and ordered a report sent to the Half-Orc chieftain urging contact with Great Xia.
• Knight Commander Kane told the Pope that rifles and tanks could let ordinary soldiers and knights fight far stronger Demon Clan forces.
• The Pope ordered Grand Mage Kael to negotiate with Great Xia for every kind of technological weapon, whatever methods it took.
• Citizens of Holy Light City celebrated the victory as Thorin Ironbeard complained about the noise and dismissed the news as a small triumph.

Thorin Ironbeard grew suspicious when Great Xia technology drove customers away from his smithy, so he went to a tavern to learn what it was. A bard’s tale of Knight Brian pushing a stalled tank into battle left Thorin stunned and questioning the Dwarves’ supremacy in weaponsmithing.

• Thorin noticed that orders and repairs at his smithy had fallen sharply as knights began using Great Xia technology.
• Thorin went to the Dragon and Warrior tavern to hear about the new weapons for himself.
• The bard recounted how Knight Brian pushed a stalled tank into the Demon Clan’s ranks and crushed their heavily armored soldiers.
• A knight and the bard claimed that the knights later shut off their tanks’ engines and raced while pushing them across the battlefield.

After hearing about Great Xia’s weapons and the Holy Light Engine, Thorin sought proof from Count Drummond and read a report confirming their effectiveness. He left convinced he needed to learn how the weapons worked, while Drummond celebrated the prospect of saving money on diesel.

• At a tavern, Thorin learned that the Great Xia people were visitors from another world and that Knight Brian had earned the nickname “Holy Light Engine.”
• Thorin recognized the black-haired, black-eyed visitor who had once questioned his smithing methods as one of the Great Xia people.
• After hearing that rifles let ordinary soldiers kill Second Order demons, Thorin went to find Count Drummond for confirmation.
• Drummond showed Thorin Knight Commander Kane’s report, which recorded a one-to-ten casualty ratio and described the rifle and tank’s capabilities.
• Thorin read that Brian had pushed a fuel-depleted war machine, and Drummond said the Pope praised the tactic because it could save diesel costs for more weapons.

After learning that Great Xia’s weapons had won a battle with far fewer casualties than the Dwarves’ forces suffered, Thorin and the other smiths decided to investigate the weapons and seek to buy them. In Emerald Leaf City, Lin Mo received word that the Elves were coming to take over and that their Queen wanted to purchase more Great Xia equipment, along with the promised World Tree Seed.

• Thorin rushed back to his smithy with the battle report and showed the Dwarves how Great Xia’s weapons had devastated the Demon Clan.
• Old Klin recalled the Dwarves’ costly victory against a powerful Demon Clan force and urged them to learn how the human weapons worked.
• Thorin and the smiths agreed to contact Great Xia, study its weapons, and ask the Dwarven king to send a delegation; Thorin then set out to borrow a rifle.
• An Elven messenger told Lin Mo that the Elven legion was on its way to take over Emerald Leaf City and that the Queen hoped to buy more Great Xia equipment.
• The messenger also confirmed that Great Xia’s reward for capturing Emerald Leaf City was the World Tree Seed.

Lin Mo escaped another exhausting magic lesson when the Elven army reached Emerald Leaf City. The Elves began rebuilding their ruined homeland with magic, and the World Tree showed the first signs of recovery.

• Kael continued teaching Lin Mo magic until Wu Suowei reported that the main Elven force had arrived.
• Lin Mo rushed to the command tent, where Long Zhan and Zhao Gang showed him drone footage of the Elves confronting their devastated homeland.
• The Elves mourned the ruined city and World Tree, then entered the ruins and set to work rebuilding their home.
• Wood Elves raised tree houses with vines, Earth Mages cleansed the polluted soil, and the Elves supplied magic crystals to the World Tree.
• The World Tree began to show tiny green shoots, leaving Lin Mo, Long Zhan, and Zhao Gang amazed at the Elves' magical reconstruction.

After receiving the World Tree Seed and transferring responsibility for Emerald Leaf City to the Elves, Lin Mo heard trade requests from both the Elves and the Holy Human Race. He made clear that Great Xia needed a Portal and approval from Blue Star before agreeing to sell weapons, and Elder Muyu urged Kael to open the Portal.

• Elron presented Lin Mo with the World Tree Seed as payment and accepted the Elves' responsibility for Emerald Leaf City's defenses.
• Elder Muyu told Lin Mo that the Elves had won at the Lothia City defensive line with Great Xia's weapons and requested a larger weapons purchase.
• Lin Mo said he lacked authority to approve the deal and that Great Xia could not proceed without a Portal to Blue Star.
• Kael arrived on the Pope's orders and requested a weapons purchase for the Holy Human Race.
• Lin Mo gave Kael the same response, and Elder Muyu asked him to open the Portal for the ten days promised to Great Xia.

Lin Mo returned to Blue Star after leaving the USB drive containing the expedition’s records in his mouth before falling asleep. He awoke in New Kyoto Underground City, where the medical team rushed to check on him, and asked where he was.

• Kael agreed to seek the Pope’s approval to open the Astral Portal, while Long Zhan announced that the Expeditionary Force would leave for Firefly Leaf Town at dawn.
• Zhao Gang gave Lin Mo a sealed USB drive for the Chief Leader and told him to pass on the message, “Make more weapons.”
• Lin Mo cast Purification on himself, put the USB drive in his mouth, and fell asleep in the Mengshi Assault Vehicle as guards secured it.
• Lin Mo’s consciousness crossed the astral realm and returned to Blue Star, where he woke in a medical room in New Kyoto Underground City.
• The New Hope Plan medical team rushed in to examine Lin Mo, and he asked where he was.

Lin Mo woke in New Kyoto Underground City after spending five days unconscious, and Secretary Li brought him up to date on Blue Star's military and political situation. The chapter ended as Secretary Li showed him a newly developed material called Zheng Gold.

• A doctor told Lin Mo that Great Xia had moved him to New Kyoto while preparing for the possibility that the Expeditionary Force had failed and the Demon Clan might invade Blue Star.
• Lin Mo completed his examination and followed Secretary Li through New Kyoto to wait near Elder Zhao's office.
• Secretary Li told Lin Mo that several countries had demanded Great Xia's advanced technologies and were planning a joint military exercise near the Arctic Circle after Great Xia refused.
• Secretary Li explained that Great Xia had used Lin Mo's Life Spring Water to treat national scientists and veteran leaders, with plans to share future supplies more broadly.
• Secretary Li showed Lin Mo a light, dark-silver metal sheet and identified it as Zheng Gold.

Lin Mo learned that Zheng Gold could form the basis of a powerful Super Mech, while Elder Zhao explained why Blue Star humans could not cultivate and proposed building Lin Mo a custom suit. Lin Mo then reported the Expeditionary Force’s victories and the growing demand for weapons on Terra, which he was using the closed Portal to negotiate.

• Secretary Li showed Lin Mo Zheng Gold, an ultralight alloy that absorbed most kinetic energy and could only be destroyed by a special dissolving material.
• Lin Mo proposed combining Zheng Gold with an exoskeleton and a miniature fusion reactor, and Elder Zhao explained that the Super Mech project was already underway but would initially require a machine over five meters tall.
• Elder Zhao told Lin Mo that experiments had failed to teach Blue Star soldiers cultivation, and that Lin Mo’s different cellular structure might be connected to his abilities or the Life Fruit.
• Elder Zhao proposed focusing resources on a custom Zheng Gold suit for Lin Mo, which could greatly increase his combat power and make him a strategic weapon for Great Xia.
• Lin Mo reported that the Expeditionary Force had driven back the Demon Clan, taken Emerald Leaf City, and killed Wolaz, while the Elves had paid them a World Tree seed.
• Lin Mo said the Holy Human Race and the Elves wanted larger second batches of weapons, but he had delayed agreeing and used the closed Portal as leverage.

Lin Mo reported on the Terra Continent expedition and discussed plans for a larger trade with Elder Zhao. Over a home-cooked meal, he shared that he missed his late parents, and Elder Zhao and his wife welcomed him as family.

• Lin Mo told Elder Zhao that the expedition would return in three days and outlined resources to request in the next trade.
• Lin Mo delivered Zhao Gang's USB drive and relayed his message to make more weapons; Elder Zhao said Great Xia should seek a permanent Portal and a fief on the Terra Continent.
• Elder Zhao invited Lin Mo home for dinner, where his wife enthusiastically served him food and asked whether he had a girlfriend.
• Lin Mo admitted he missed his deceased parents, and Elder Zhao's wife told him to treat their home as his own and visit for meals.
• Elder Zhao's wife teased him about having another child, and Elder Zhao hurriedly tried to placate her after mentioning the risks of pregnancy at an advanced age.

Lin Mo learned that Elder Zhao’s daughter, Zhao Kexia, was a chief engineer on the Super Mecha project and visited the underground facility to see the mecha being built for him. Zhao Kexia showed him Pangu, Great Xia’s first Super Mecha, and began explaining its planned miniature fusion reactor.

• Lin Mo learned that Elder Zhao’s daughter had helped solve the mass-production problem for Zheng Gold and was a chief engineer on the Super Mecha project.
• Lin Mo urged Elder Zhao and his wife to use Life Spring Water, and Elder Zhao agreed to drink some when more became available.
• Elder Zhao sent Lin Mo to the Super Mecha project department, where Secretary Li escorted him through underground security levels.
• Professor Zhao Kexia greeted Lin Mo and led him to Pangu, a nearly six-meter-tall mecha custom-built for him.
• Zhao Kexia explained that conventional batteries limited mecha endurance and that Pangu was planned to use a miniature nuclear fusion reactor.

Lin Mo toured the Pangu mech and learned how advances from the Terra Continent had made its construction possible. He tested the cockpit’s motion-control system and synchronized with Pangu, whose unexpected offer left him stunned.

• Zhao Kexia explained how Zheng Gold, improved computing, AI, and the prototype’s manufacturing process had overcome the mech’s major technical hurdles.
• Lin Mo learned the mech could walk only a short distance while powered by a cable, then agreed to try piloting it.
• Zhao Kexia equipped Lin Mo with a Dynamic Perception Suit and explained how its footplates and mechanical arm tracked his movements.
• Lin Mo tested the suit by walking, jogging, and performing a forward roll, then entered the Pangu mech’s cockpit for synchronization.
• Pangu started up, displayed information about Zhao Kexia, and unexpectedly offered Lin Mo advice on winning her over.

Lin Mo returned to the Terra Continent and found Dwarf and Half-Orc delegations gathered at the Forward Base to buy weapons and equipment. He welcomed them and conveyed Great Xia’s willingness to trade, leaving the negotiations poised to begin.

• Lin Mo spent two days helping Zhao Kexia improve the unfinished Super Mecha before returning to Firefly Leaf Town.
• Wu Jiandao told Lin Mo that Dwarf and Half-Orc delegations had arrived and were meeting with Zhao Gang and Long Zhan.
• Lin Mo entered the conference room and met the Holy Human and Elf representatives alongside Dwarf elder Thorin Ironbeard and Half-Orc leader Grom.
• Zhao Gang explained privately that both new delegations had come to buy weapons and equipment.
• Lin Mo welcomed the visitors and said Great Xia respected their resistance to the Demon Clan and was willing to trade as equals.

Lin Mo pretended Great Xia could not trade weapons before taking its soldiers home, then appealed to the other races’ understanding of a commander’s promise to his troops. He began to offer them hope of a compromise, but the chapter ended before he revealed the decision.

• Lin Mo told Kael, Elder Muyu, and Thorin Ironbeard that Great Xia had to use the portal to bring its twenty-five thousand soldiers home and lacked time for a large arms trade.
• Thorin Ironbeard objected, while Grom brought in chests of gold and magic crystals as a deposit and said the Half-Orcs needed weapons to reclaim their homeland.
• Kael and Elder Muyu urged Lin Mo to keep the Expeditionary Force in the Terra Continent and resume trade, and representatives of all four races pleaded with him.
• Lin Mo and Zhao Gang exchanged a knowing glance, pleased that the races had taken the bait after being kept waiting.
• Lin Mo reminded the representatives that Great Xia had promised to bring its soldiers home and asked them to imagine betraying their own people and families.
• Lin Mo said Great Xia understood the crisis facing the intelligent races and began to announce what it had decided.

Lin Mo offered to sell the Expeditionary Force’s weapons and equipment to the Four Great Races, but the limited quantities and lack of repair and ammunition supplies left the delegates worried about relying on them. After the delegates sent reports to their leaders, Lin Mo hosted a banquet at the Forward Base, where Thorin questioned the tiny porcelain cups.

• Lin Mo told the delegates that Great Xia would leave most of its weapons and equipment behind for the Four Great Races to buy when the Portal opened.
• Kael, Elder Muyu, and Thorin realized the available equipment would be divided among four races, leaving each with too few machines, while Elder Muyu questioned how they could repair the weapons or replenish ammunition.
• Thorin sent a letter by messenger raven, Grom sent a written report with a winged woman, and Kael and Elder Muyu reported the meeting to Holy Light City and Aivinol.
• Lin Mo invited the delegates to a banquet at the Forward Base, where Great Xia officers served the unfamiliar dishes and helped guests use chopsticks.
• Thorin stared at his small porcelain cup and asked Lin Mo whether people of Great Xia really drank from cups that small.

At a banquet, Lin Mo won Thorin over with Erguotou and gave the literal-minded Half-Orc chief Grom a crate of seasonings. The meal ended with Lin Mo pressing Elder Muyu and High Archbishop Kael to reopen the Portal, and Kael agreed to begin immediately.

• Thorin tasted Lin Mo’s Erguotou, praised it, and eagerly drank from the bottle.
• Grom enjoyed the roast lamb and mistook Lin Mo’s promise to turn around and give him more cumin as a literal instruction.
• Lin Mo laughed at Grom’s misunderstanding and ordered a crate each of cumin, chili pepper powder, five-spice powder, and chili peppers for him.
• Lin Mo asked Elder Muyu and Kael when they could reopen the Portal, and Elder Muyu said the Elves’ share of the cost had already been delivered to Kael.
• Kael confirmed that the Portal could be opened at any time, and Lin Mo proposed starting after the meal.

Kael reopened the Portal while Lin Mo and the Expeditionary Force prepared to return home, and Elder Muyu explained that Princess Fendona had gone back to govern Lothia City. The Portal revealed a heavily armed underground base on the other side, where guns and soldiers were already aimed at everyone coming through.

• Kael placed the Spatial Crystal on the altar and activated the Portal as Long Zhan put the troops on level-one alert.
• Elder Muyu told Lin Mo that Fendona had returned to Lothia City to oversee its rebuilding and serve as city lord.
• The Portal expanded quickly and opened to reveal the Expeditionary Force's underground base under searchlights.
• Lin Mo, Long Zhan, and the others saw Autocannons, weapon ports, lasers, and soldiers in Exoskeletons aimed at the Portal.

Great Xia's First Expeditionary Army returned through the Portal and underwent strict security checks before being welcomed home. The first soldiers began crossing into Great Xia, where they faced decontamination and screening.

• Lin Mo, Long Zhan, and Zhao Gang gave the correct identification code and passed scans for identity, contamination, and mind control.
• Great Xia's defenses lowered after the checks, and Kael completed stabilizing the Portal.
• Qian Zhenhua and Liu Chengen began transferring the World Tree Seed and other materials for testing.
• Elder Zhao welcomed the returning heroes on a screen, and the soldiers saluted him.
• Long Zhan ordered the First Battalion to enter by combat squad, and the first soldier crossed the Portal into decontamination and screening.