Chapter Summaries

Elder Valerius resisted Queen’s orders to launch a counteroffensive against the Demon Clan, but Archmond forced him to submit and General Adrian assembled the Elf army. The chapter also describes the Holy Human Race’s preparations and reveals that the commander of Holy Radiance City is the Dragon Knight Commander, a Seventh-Tier Battle Venerable.

• Archmond delivered the Queen’s order for Lothia City’s troops to cooperate with Great Xia’s reinforcements and counterattack the Demon Clan.
• Valerius objected to the offensive and questioned the reliability of Great Xia’s weapons, while Adrian defended their power and value on the front lines.
• Archmond warned Valerius that he was defying the Queen, and Valerius reluctantly agreed to obey her orders.
• Archmond ordered Adrian to assemble the army, and Adrian left to begin the counteroffensive preparations.
• The Holy Human Race prepared twenty thousand troops, including four thousand trained to use Great Xia’s weapons, for the counteroffensive at Holy Radiance City.
• The chapter revealed that the Dragon Knight Commander, a Seventh-Tier Battle Venerable, commanded Holy Radiance City.

Holy Radiance City's army prepared to face the Demon Clan, while Reynolds deployed Great Xia's technological weapons enhanced by holy magic. The battle began with a devastating bombardment that decimated Wolaz's advancing forces.

• Kane ordered Holy Radiance City's assembled army to prepare for battle as scouts reported the Demon Clan approaching.
• Reynolds summoned Tanks, Armored Vehicles, Rocket Vehicles, and other weapons, and priests cast protective spells over them.
• Two thousand riflemen received magical enhancements and prepared holy-water-soaked Bullets as Kane and another Dragon Knight questioned the technology's usefulness.
• Reynolds assured the Dragon Knights that the machines would prove their worth, and the Demon Clan army appeared on the horizon.
• Wolaz led its surviving troops through relentless artillery fire, which killed Demon Clan soldiers and blasted Wolaz and its bodyguards aside.
• Wolaz roared in fury after being thrown across the ground by an explosion.

Wolaz ordered the Demon Clan’s flying units to intercept the Great Xia Expeditionary Force’s artillery, sacrificing many of them to reduce the damage. Long Zhan countered with cluster and thermobaric bombs, leaving the flying monsters engulfed in steel needles and fire.

• Wolaz forced Winged Demons, Gargoyles, and Throwing Demons to charge into the sky and intercept incoming shells.
• A Winged Demon leader and a Throwing Demon prematurely detonated a rocket above the ground, reducing its impact and sparing some Demon Clan infantry.
• Wolaz ordered the flying units to intercept every shell regardless of the losses, and many were killed while some Throwing Demons managed to detonate shells early.
• Long Zhan learned that the enemy’s interception had reduced artillery damage and ordered the Great Xia Expeditionary Force to fire cluster bombs and thermobaric bombs.
• The cluster bombs pierced Winged Demons with steel needles, while the thermobaric bombs ignited the mist coating the flying units and engulfed the airspace in fire.

Great Xia’s artillery devastated the Demon Clan army, while Wolaz raced through the bombardment toward the expeditionary force. Long Zhan identified him and prepared to use a hypersonic missile loaded with Cubic Nitrogen Explosive, leaving the attack about to begin.

• Great Xia’s artillery and thermobaric bombs destroyed much of the Demon Clan’s aerial force and battered its ground ranks.
• Wolaz realized he had been outmaneuvered, ordered his forces to keep advancing, and raced ahead alone.
• Kael and Elder Muyu watched drone footage of the bombardment from the command vehicle and saw the Demon Clan army being annihilated.
• A drone detected Wolaz moving at extraordinary speed, and Long Zhan recognized the Demon Clan commander.
• Long Zhan revealed that Great Xia had prepared a hypersonic missile loaded with Cubic Nitrogen Explosive to strike Wolaz.

Long Zhan ordered a hypersonic missile strike on Wolaz, killing the Demon Clan commander and devastating the troops around him. The Demon Clan vanguard fell into chaos but, driven by its commanders, pressed on toward the Great Xia defensive line.

• Long Zhan ordered a modified DF-17 carrying cubic nitrogen explosive to target the latest high-threat target.
• Wolaz spotted the incoming missile and tried to dodge, but it struck the ground beside him and detonated.
• The explosion killed Wolaz, destroyed thousands of nearby Demon Clan troops, and blasted a vast gap behind their line.
• Great Xia soldiers watched the mushroom cloud and felt the force of the blast from their trenches.
• The Demon Clan troops panicked after Wolaz vanished, but mid-ranking commanders killed deserters and drove the vanguard to charge the Great Xia positions.

Great Xia’s forces crushed the Demon Clan’s charge with mines, guns, aircraft, and lasers, while their bombardment appeared to kill the commander Wolaz. Kael and Elder Muyu watched in stunned fear, and Kael asked Lin Mo how wide the missile’s lethal radius was.

• The Demon Clan’s ground troops charged into Great Xia’s minefield as air defenses and aircraft tore apart their flying forces.
• Long Zhan ordered the soldiers to fire, and Great Xia’s explosive ammunition and weapons slaughtered the demons without suffering casualties.
• A drone scanned the vitrified blast crater and detected no life, leading Long Zhan to confirm that Wolaz had been killed.
• Kael and Elder Muyu stared in shock at the crater, and Kael asked Lin Mo about the missile’s lethal radius.

Lin Mo explained the destructive power of Great Xia’s weapons as Long Zhan’s sensors detected three Earth Dragons burrowing toward the defensive position. Long Zhan launched earth-penetrating missiles at them, while the lead Earth Dragon sensed danger but kept digging.

• Lin Mo described the weapon’s blast radius to Kael and Zhao Gang, leaving Kael and Elder Muyu stunned by the crater’s scale.
• A sensor operator reported that three Earth Dragons were moving underground toward the center of the position, and Long Zhan revealed he had prepared sensors to detect them.
• Long Zhan ordered three DF15C missiles with Nanotungsten Alloy earth-penetrating warheads launched at the detected targets.
• The missiles rose into the sky as Kael and Elder Muyu watched, shocked that technology could strike deep underground.
• The lead Earth Dragon sensed a deadly threat from above, but dismissed the warning and resumed burrowing toward the surface.

Great Xia used seismic detection and earth-penetrating missiles to destroy three Fifth Order Earth Dragons and the Demon Clan elites following them underground. Lin Mo explained the technology to Kael, Elder Muyu, and Fendona, who were left stunned by its power.

• Three DF-15C missiles descended and penetrated the ground toward the detected Earth Dragons.
• The warheads detonated underground, killing the three Earth Dragons and the Demon Clan elites in their tunnels.
• A soldier reported that all three targets’ seismic signals had vanished, and Long Zhan ordered continued monitoring.
• Kael asked how Great Xia had located and attacked the underground enemies, and Lin Mo described their seismic sensors and missiles.
• Elder Muyu and Fendona were stunned by Great Xia’s technology.

Great Xia destroyed the Bone Dragon and routed the Demon Clan, then Lin Mo set out with Kael to test his abilities against the fleeing troops. They flew toward the retreating army under the protection of Kael’s powerful spells.

• Long Zhan ordered anti-aircraft missiles and helicopter missiles to destroy the Bone Dragon, while Academician Liu Chengen lamented the loss of his research subject.
• Great Xia’s weapons overwhelmed the Demon Clan, and the surviving troops broke ranks and fled after their commander and major forces were lost.
• Long Zhan ordered the army, drones, and Attack Helicopters to pursue and prevent the Demon Clan from reaching Emerald Leaf City.
• Lin Mo asked to go to the front and test his abilities, but Zhao Gang and Long Zhan objected because of the danger.
• Kael agreed to protect Lin Mo and cast two Sixth Rank defensive spells over him.
• Lin Mo and Kael mounted a Pegasus and flew toward the fleeing Demon Clan army.

Lin Mo unleashed a massive Holy Light Purification that devastated the demon army, astonishing both the battlefield observers and Kael. After Lin Mo returned to the command vehicle, Long Zhan ordered the troops to let the scattered demons flee through the southwestern opening while blocking those heading toward Emerald Leaf City.

• Lin Mo used Holy Light Purification from his Pegasus, burning or killing demons across a vast area and badly injuring even fifth-order demons.
• Kael recognized Lin Mo as the Holy Son but lamented his crude spellcasting and the waste of magical power.
• Lin Mo finished off several wounded fourth-order demons with improvised magical attacks, then returned to the command vehicle with Kael, exhausted.
• Zhao Gang and Long Zhan praised Lin Mo's magical abilities, and Lin Mo said he might try teaching magic to the researchers.
• Long Zhan ordered the interception units to leave the southwestern route open and block demons fleeing toward Emerald Leaf City.
• The steel forces advanced as only tens of thousands of battered demons escaped into the wilderness.

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.