Chapter Summaries

Great Xia poured soldiers, Mechanical Dogs, supplies, and construction vehicles through the Portal to secure its foothold on Terra. Lin Mo enlisted Elder Muyu’s Earth Elf Mages to excavate a canal, and their magic began reshaping the land before the astonished armies.

• Great Xia’s Exoskeleton-clad soldiers, Mechanical Dogs, and logistics vehicles emerged from the Portal, leaving Kael, Balin, Elder Muyu, Grom, and the others stunned.
• Long Zhan ordered engineering units through the Portal, and a convoy of heavy construction vehicles followed.
• Lin Mo reviewed plans for a canal linking the Portal to the sea and asked Elder Muyu to have Earth Elf Mages dig it in exchange for a Jiefang truck.
• Elder Muyu accepted the truck keys and sent two Earth Elves to the construction site.
• The two Earth Elves used earth magic to peel away soil and rocks, rapidly carving the canal as Great Xia soldiers watched in disbelief.

Lin Mo toured the massive construction effort linking the Terra Continent to Arctic Base, where Great Xia’s engineers were building a canal and a tunnel for ships to pass through the Portal. After learning the first warship would take a month to launch, he worried the Demon Clan at sea would not wait that long.

• The Earth Elf mages exhausted themselves excavating a broad riverbed, and Lin Mo ordered the engineering troops to resume work.
• Lin Mo returned to Arctic Base and inspected its renovation around the enormous Portal and the tunnel-boring project.
• An engineer reported that the tunnel machines had advanced three hundred meters and that the team expected ships to sail through the Portal within a month.
• Lin Mo saw Great Xia’s construction supplies and machinery pouring into the Arctic site and recognized the scale of the nation’s mobilization.
• Lin Mo returned to the Terra Continent and asked Zhao Gang how long construction would take.
• Zhao Gang said the first warship could enter the water in a month, and Lin Mo worried the Demon Clan in the sea would not wait.

Lin Mo and Zhao Gang prepared to receive the Elves’ delivery and trade weapons with the representatives of the Elves, Holy Human Race, and dwarves. The representatives arrived, were stunned by Great Xia’s vast arms display, and completed the inspection of their goods before choosing equipment.

• Zhao Gang explained to Lin Mo that building the Super Canal in one month required mobilizing the nation and using oversaturated construction methods.
• A soldier reported that the Elven delegation was approaching, and Lin Mo and Zhao Gang went to meet the delivery and make their purchases.
• Lin Mo and Zhao Gang presented the three parties with a huge display of tanks, artillery, vehicles, weapons, and ammunition.
• High Archbishop Kael, Elder Muyu, Elder Thorin, and Elder Balin marveled at the equipment, and Thorin eagerly examined a tank.
• The Elves, Holy Human Race, and dwarves presented their trade goods, and Zhao Gang’s soldiers inspected them and confirmed the quantities were correct.
• Zhao Gang invited the representatives to choose their merchandise from Great Xia’s arms display.

Zhao Gang recorded the Dwarves’ and Elves’ weapon orders, then advised High Archbishop Kael to spend the Holy Human Race’s allowance on an integrated combined-arms battalion. Kael accepted the plan, deciding the Holy Human Race would fight as an integrated force.

• Thorin ordered tanks, artillery, air defenses, vehicles, weapons, ammunition, supplies, and baijiu for the Dwarves, and Zhao Gang recorded the requests and added ten cases of baijiu.
• Elder Muyu listed the Elves’ requested tanks, artillery, infantry fighting vehicles, air defenses, drones, transport, weapons, and ammunition.
• High Archbishop Kael struggled to choose weapons within the Holy Human Race’s 7.37-billion-dollar allowance.
• Zhao Gang used a tactical demonstration to show Kael how tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, artillery, and air defenses could work together against the Demon Clan.
• Kael accepted Zhao Gang’s proposal to buy a complete Heavy Combined Arms Battalion and declared that the Holy Human Race would fight as an integrated force.

The Half-Orcs began their journey home through the wasteland, pushing the steel vehicles they had obtained from Lin Mo and Zhao Gang toward the Savage Bone Mountains. Their convoy advanced with confidence, and Warwick called a midday meal break as the warriors celebrated their food.

• Zhao Gang confirmed that the three races had spent their entire allowances, while their representatives looked forward to reclaiming their homes and striking the Demon Clan.
• The Half-Orcs pushed hundreds of combat vehicles across the wasteland toward their last refuge in the Savage Bone Mountains.
• A Bearman scout named Holger fired his Gatling gun at a small group of Demon Clan scouts, and the Minotaur captain scolded and punished him for wasting ammunition.
• Warwick checked the electronic watch Lin Mo had given him and ordered the army to stop for lunch.
• The Half-Orcs cheered as they rested, eager for food after missing the plentiful meals they had enjoyed in Great Xia.

Warwick led the Half-Orc convoy into the Savage Bone Mountains, where scouts discovered more than ten thousand demons and two Sixth-Rank Commanders. He ordered an ambush with the convoy’s new equipment, and the tanks opened fire on the pursuing demons.

• The Half-Orcs shared food as they traveled, and Warwick told them they were about three hours from home.
• Warwick noticed the Savage Bone Mountains were unnaturally quiet and sent scouts ahead.
• A Werewolf scout reported more than ten thousand demons led by two Sixth-Rank Commanders.
• Warwick ordered Alistar to lure the demons into the open while the rest of the force prepared to attack.
• Annie locked onto the targets, and dozens of tanks fired shells into the pursuing demons.

Warwick’s Half-Orc force used Great Xia’s weapons to rout a demon ambush and kill one of its commanders. As they reached the Savage Bone Mountains, they found every outpost destroyed and discovered their tribe under a devastating attack.

• The Half-Orcs used tanks, mortars, and armored vehicles to slaughter the demons, while Warwick killed a sixth-rank commander with his bare hands.
• Warwick abandoned his pursuit of the second demon commander and led the convoy deeper into the mountains.
• The force found the first three outposts reduced to ruins and hurried toward the tribe using Spatial Rings to bypass a mountain.
• Warwick reached a ridge and saw the tribe burning as demonic creatures overwhelmed its last defenders.
• Warwick witnessed his tribesmen being killed and roared his hatred of the Demon Clan.

The Half-Orc tribe faced annihilation as the Demon Clan overwhelmed its defenses, forcing the elders to hold the line while the young and children attempted to escape. Warwick and the returning warriors arrived with Great Xia weapons, devastating the demons and turning the battle around.

• The Half-Orc patriarch ordered the old, weak, sick, and disabled to defend the tribe while the young warriors escorted the children and young females westward.
• Talos left Ursoc to hold off the seventh-order Demon Clan commander and charged to protect the breakout force.
• A barrage of flaming projectiles struck the Demon Clan army, destroying demons and scattering its formation.
• Warwick returned and punched the Demon Clan commander away from the berserk Ursoc.
• Hogg fired a Gatling gun and Alistar launched rockets as the returning Half-Orc warriors attacked with Great Xia weapons.

Warwick's returning Steel Torrent turned the Half-Orcs' desperate defense into a devastating counterattack against the Demon Clan. Warwick, Talos, and Usok pursued a fleeing Seventh Order demon commander, but Usok's berserk state began to fade before they could catch it.

• Warwick displayed the Sixth-Rank Demon Clan commander's head and ordered his troops to attack, while the old chieftain rallied the surviving Half-Orcs to counterattack.
• Half-Orcs wielding Great Xia's tanks, guns, and rocket launchers slaughtered the demons and destroyed several powerful foes.
• Warwick, Talos, and Usok cornered the Seventh Order demon commander, but a Sixth-Rank subordinate shielded it and let it escape.
• Warwick, Talos, and Usok chased the commander across the mountains for over ten minutes, but Usok's berserk state began to wear off and Warwick hesitated over whether to continue.

Warwick and Talos returned to the Half-Orc tribal valley after Usok was injured and the Demon Clan commander escaped, finding the battle won and the survivors grieving and celebrating. The old chief treated Usok, then asked Warwick to explain his dealings with Great Xia after seeing the tribe’s new weapons, including a tank.

• Warwick abandoned the pursuit of the escaping Demon Clan commander and returned to the valley with Talos carrying the injured Usok.
• The Half-Orcs celebrated their victory and reunited with loved ones, while Warwick embraced his father and apologized for arriving too late.
• The old chief ordered the tribe to tend to the wounded, count casualties, and gather their fallen.
• The old chief gave Usok Life Spring Water, easing his convulsions so he could recover after a few days of rest.
• Warwick told the old chief that the steel behemoth was called a Tank and was one of Great Xia’s weapons.
• The old chief asked Warwick to explain everything about his contact with Great Xia.

Warwick and Alistar told the Half-Orc survivors how Great Xia treated them as equals, fed them well, and welcomed them with head-petting. Warwick then revealed that Great Xia had killed the Demon Clan’s supreme commander Malphite with a weapon whose blast erased a vast area of the Mist Forest.

• Warwick and Alistar recounted their journey to Great Xia and described the clean barracks, plentiful meals, and friendly treatment they received.
• Alistar explained that Great Xia’s people liked petting the Half-Orcs, especially Annie’s ears and the Fox Charm Clan’s tails.
• Warwick told the gathered tribespeople that Great Xia’s fief also hosted delegations from the Holy Human Race, the Elves, and the Dwarf Clan without any of them acting superior.
• Warwick announced that Great Xia had killed Malphite, shocking the old chief and the assembled Half-Orcs.
• Warwick described a gigantic explosion that killed Malphite and tens of thousands of demons and destroyed a vast stretch of the Mist Forest.

After the Half-Orcs repelled the Demon Clan with weapons brought back from Great Xia, the Old Chieftain ordered relief efforts for the wounded and survivors. Warwick returned from a hunt with food and prepared to share Great Xia’s “Delicious Powder” as the tribe’s meal was cooked.

• The Old Chieftain learned that Great Xia would not sell the weapon that had destroyed Malphite and asked Warwick to teach the warriors to use their new weapons after the tribe recovered.
• The Half-Orcs counted 4,321 dead and thousands wounded, and the Old Chieftain ordered healing supplies, Life Spring Water, burials, and repairs.
• Warwick led uninjured warriors of the Fifth Order and above into the mountains to hunt while Talos stayed behind to guard the tribe.
• Warwick and the hunters returned with large amounts of prey, including a Mammoth Beast that Warwick carried into the valley.
• Warwick took jars of Great Xia’s “Delicious Powder” from his Spatial Ring and told Alistar to distribute it for the roasting meat and soup.

Alistar and the Half-Orcs added Great Xia seasoning to their food, and its aroma and flavor overwhelmed the valley’s hungry people. Warwick’s father opened the communal meal, leaving Annie’s friends wondering why she cried despite having been to Great Xia.

• Alistar sprinkled Great Xia seasoning over the roast, and the aroma made Hogg and the Half-Orcs crave the food.
• The scent reached grieving survivors and wounded warriors, so Warwick organized the tribespeople into a line for the meal.
• Warwick served the first seasoned roast to his father, who was overcome by its flavor and ordered everyone to eat.
• The Half-Orcs and Merfolk received meat soup and roast, and many wept as they ate and heard about Great Xia’s plentiful meals.
• Annie ate her roast in tears, and a Fox People girl asked why she was crying when she had already eaten well in Great Xia.

Warwick began organizing the Half-Orcs into the Iron Orc Legion and assigned them roles in training with Great Xia’s weapons and vehicles. The first tank-driving lesson ended in disaster when Feilin lost control and crashed into a wooden shed.

• Warwick declared that the tribe would learn to use Great Xia’s weapons and form the Iron Orc Legion, drawing an enthusiastic roar from the Half-Orcs.
• Warwick assigned the Merfolk to fish and dig a river moat, while Alistar directed smaller Half-Orcs toward tank-driving lessons and the larger warriors toward heavy weapons.
• Barton tried to climb into a tank but got stuck in its hatch, then joined the heavy-weapons group and picked up a Gatling gun.
• Feilin volunteered to drive a tank and confidently followed Annie’s instructions, but he panicked as it lurched around the clearing.
• Feilin’s tank spun through the clearing and smashed into a newly built wooden shed.

The Half-Orcs trained with Great Xia’s weapons, exposing problems with the equipment while showing how powerful it could be. Warwick devised a plan for custom weapons built around the Half-Orcs’ strength, and decided to return to Great Xia to arrange them.

• Feilin accidentally wrecked a vehicle during training, while Gelu missed his target with a tank gun and Barton nearly hit other Half-Orcs with a Gatling.
• Warwick and the old chieftain watched the exhausted but excited Half-Orcs discuss how Great Xia’s weapons could help them fight the Demon Clan.
• Warwick identified problems with the weapons, including accidental discharges and vehicles’ heavy diesel consumption.
• Warwick imagined Half-Orc warriors carrying powerful gun barrels and using specialized firearms, and proposed custom weapons that kept Great Xia’s firepower but did not require engines or armor.
• The old chieftain agreed to build a Steel Half-Orc Legion, and Warwick announced he would return to Great Xia with another group to arrange the weapons.

Great Xia opened its portal to transport supplies and aircraft while building up its fief, and Lin Mo and Zhao Gang arranged the first runway. The chapter ended as fighter jets and bombers emerged in formation, leaving the representatives of the other races stunned.

• Lin Mo and Zhao Gang surveyed the construction across the fief and discussed the portal's energy costs and whether an aircraft carrier could fit through it.
• A communications soldier reported that Runway One was ready, and Zhao Gang ordered the area cleared for the next step.
• Kael, Thorin Ironbeard, and Elder Muyu hurried over, worried that the sudden silence meant an attack, but Lin Mo told them new equipment was arriving.
• A fighter jet burst through the portal at high speed, startling the representatives with its roar and powerful blast of air.
• More fighter aircraft and bombers emerged, formed neat formations overhead, and covered the camp with their shadows.

Great Xia's aircraft amazed the other races, and Thorin and Grom began considering the Kunpeng transport aircraft's value for moving troops and supplies. Zhao Gang offered to sell each aircraft for 500 million US dollars, or 1.5 million gold coins.

• More than a hundred warplanes flew through the Portal, followed by a Kunpeng transport aircraft that stunned Kael, Elder Muyu, and Thorin.
• Lin Mo explained that the Kunpeng was a transport aircraft and boasted that Great Xia also had aircraft carriers.
• Ten Kunpeng aircraft and specialized planes arrived, and representatives ran to the runway to watch them land.
• Soldiers unloaded supplies and vehicles from a Kunpeng, prompting Thorin and Grom to consider its logistical uses.
• Thorin asked Lin Mo whether the Kunpeng was for sale, and Zhao Gang quoted a price of 500 million US dollars, or 1.5 million gold coins, per aircraft.

Zhao Gang persuaded the foreign representatives that renting aircraft would be more practical than buying them. Lin Mo then went to the experimental area, where Qian Zhenhua and Liu Chengen showed him a metal plate engraved with Dwarf runes and claimed they had made a major discovery.

• Zhao Gang explained the Kunpeng transport aircraft’s capabilities and the fighter jets that could protect it, convincing Thorin Ironbeard and the others of its value.
• Zhao Gang offered transport formations for hire, and Thorin Ironbeard, Grom, Kael, and Elder Muyu welcomed the idea of renting instead of purchasing aircraft.
• A communications soldier summoned Lin Mo to the experimental area after Academician Qian reported a major discovery.
• Lin Mo crossed the busy construction site and entered the guarded laboratory, where Qian Zhenhua and Liu Chengen argued over a metal plate.
• Qian Zhenhua presented the engraved plate to Lin Mo as Dwarf rune technology and asked him to examine it.

Liu Chengen and Qian Zhenhua showed Lin Mo how Dwarven runes could reduce weight, levitate objects, sharpen blades, improve machinery, and strengthen armor, but they could not reproduce the technology without magic power. Qian Zhenhua proposed applying the runes to an aerospace carrier, leaving Lin Mo eager to ask the Dwarves about giant integrated rune circles.

• Liu Chengen demonstrated a weight-reduction rune and a levitation rune to Lin Mo, while Qian Zhenhua explained several other runes' effects.
• Qian Zhenhua and Liu Chengen told Lin Mo that their attempts to copy the rune plates had failed because the Dwarves infused them with magic power.
• Liu Chengen said magic was an application of mental power and suggested that Lin Mo's ability to learn it might stem from a mutation during his crossing.
• Qian Zhenhua proposed using giant runes to build an aerospace carrier that could fly through the atmosphere and into space.
• Lin Mo imagined how rune technology could make spacecraft and flying carriers possible, and considered asking the Dwarves about inscribing enormous rune circles.

Lin Mo learned that his mental power had mutated, then asked Thorin whether Dwarven rune magic could be inscribed on a huge ship. Thorin said it was possible with enough Fifth Order Rune Masters, and Lin Mo prepared to negotiate for their help on a vessel more than ten times larger than the Kunpeng.

• Liu Chengen showed Lin Mo test results confirming that his mental power had mutated, but Qian Zhenhua stopped him from running more experiments.
• Qian Zhenhua urged Lin Mo to learn magic and portal technology, then offered to help him build a room-sized vacuum-tube CPU as an example of a difficult task that could be done by hand.
• Lin Mo left the experimental area and found Thorin examining the Kunpeng transport aircraft.
• Lin Mo asked whether Dwarven rune technology could be inscribed on the aircraft, and Thorin said it would require one or more Fifth Order Rune Masters to infuse the runes without error.
• Lin Mo asked how many qualified Rune Masters the Dwarf Clan had and invited them to inscribe a ship more than ten times larger than the Kunpeng, leaving Thorin stunned by its size.