Recaps

Old Eighth and Old Ninth pulled Overlord back from the brink of death and reunited with their wounded father. After Overlord identified the Holy Arbiter as the one who hurt him, Old Ninth seized him and threatened to take him back to Chun Prefecture for punishment.

• As Overlord faded into darkness, he met Tai Sui and Heavenly Venerable, but two familiar hands reached out to pull him back.
• Old Eighth and Old Ninth found Overlord, covered him with a shirt, and promised to protect him from then on.
• Old Eighth and Old Ninth stood between Overlord and their enemies, while the Pope, Old Bat, and Eden's fighters avoided intervening.
• Overlord ordered his sons to start with the Holy Arbiter, and Old Ninth lifted the Arbiter's head from the dirt.
• The Holy Arbiter claimed he would defect to the Dragon Kingdom, so Old Ninth spared him and said he would take him back to Chun Prefecture to be planted in the dirt.

The Pope completed his forbidden technique and opened a gate to the Kingdom of God above Divine Mountain, summoning an army of angels. The angels attacked everyone who did not worship the Holy See, and the chapter ended as their vast pillar of divine light struck the battlefield.

• Old Eighth and Little White Tiger arrived at Divine Mountain, boosting the Dragon Kingdom's morale as the elder fighters continued battling Eden's forces.
• Old Ninth challenged the Pope, Old Bat, and Eve to choose their opponents, but the Pope completed his forbidden technique before they could respond.
• The Pope opened the Kingdom of God's gate and used the Law of Faith to replenish his power from believers across the West.
• Six eight-winged angels condemned those who would not kneel and unleashed a pillar of light that struck both the Dragon Kingdom's fighters and Eden's forces.
• The Pope declared that the Dragon Kingdom would be purified and its people made believers as the pillar of divine light engulfed the battlefield.

White Garment revealed that he had let the Pope summon the divine kingdom so he could destroy it, then called on Yue’s help when a true god emerged from the God Gate. Azure Dragon delivered an Ancient God Corpse and drove the angelic army from the sky with a Dragon Roar.

• Old Ninth, Overlord, and Little White Tiger survived the divine light through faith, the Holy Arbiter’s head, and the Human Emperor Seal, while White Garment and the others relied on stolen Holy See treasures.
• White Garment explained that he had allowed the God Gate to open so he could destroy the divine kingdom and protect the Dragon Kingdom.
• The Pope drew on the faith of over a hundred million people to enlarge the God Gate and bring a true god closer to descending.
• White Garment revealed that he had borrowed something from Yue, and the Ancient God’s aura frightened the true god and angels.
• Azure Dragon arrived with an Ancient God Corpse, delivered Yue’s message, and knocked the angelic army from the sky with a Dragon Roar.

White Garment abandoned Immortal Ascension to merge with the Ancient God's body and destroy the Western Divine Court, while the Dragon Kingdom's elders charged the angelic army to protect the next generation. As White Garment began merging, Little White Tiger and Old Ninth vowed to carry on their predecessors' will and joined the battle alongside Little God, Sikong Jian, and Gunman.

• Yue warned that merging with the Ancient God's body could cause White Garment to be rejected or erased, and Elder Ji revealed that White Garment had planned to sacrifice himself if Immortal Ascension failed.
• White Garment thanked Little White Tiger and Old Ninth, then asked Yue to help him merge with the Ancient God as the true god ordered the angels to stop him.
• The Purple Gold Old Master, Elder Ji, Elder Gu, and the other leading figures entrusted the Dragon Kingdom's future to Little White Tiger and Old Ninth before charging the angelic army.
• The elders fought through the Flame of Faith despite being burned, while White Garment's body disintegrated and his soul entered the Ancient God's body under Yue's control.
• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth vowed to honor their predecessors, then joined Little God, Sikong Jian, and Gunman in piercing the angelic formation.

Gunman gave his life to propel Sikong Jian into a final assault on the God Gate, while the elders sacrificed their strength to send Little White Tiger and Old Ninth forward. Empowered by the Human Emperor Sword and the mortal world's fortune, Little White Tiger and Old Ninth struck at the false god as it roared in fear.

• Gunman passed the Black Spear to Sikong Jian, urged him to remember the spear's way, and dissolved into black light that strengthened his charge.
• Sikong Jian, Little White Tiger, and Old Ninth broke through the angel army and attacked the God Gate, where Sikong Jian knocked an Eight-Winged Angel's sword away with a thrust.
• Elder Gu, Elder Ji, Purple Gold Old Master, the Qin Family Ancestor, and the other elders transferred their strength to Little White Tiger and Old Ninth, then fell as they sent the two speeding toward the gate.
• Little White Tiger summoned the Human Emperor Sword from the Human Emperor Seal, and he and Old Ninth joined their powers with the strength of their allies and the mortal world.
• Little White Tiger and Old Ninth swung the enormous Human Emperor Sword at the God Gate, and the false god cried out in terror.

Little White Tiger, Old Ninth, Sikong Jian, and White Garment shattered the God Gate and pursued the fleeing gods into the Divine Court. The Angel Legion then marched toward the Dragon Kingdom’s army, leaving Overlord and the kingdom in danger.

• Little White Tiger’s sword strike split the God Gate, broke the six eight-winged angels’ wings, and gravely wounded a god beyond the gate.
• White Garment, using Chi’s body and memories, revealed the ancient Dragon Kingdom victory over the Divine Court and cut down the Angel Legion with a lightning-forged saber.
• Old Ninth, Sikong Jian, Little White Tiger, White Garment, and Little God charged through the God Gate before it collapsed behind them.
• Eve and another figure shielded Overlord from the falling stones, and Eve offered to get him out of the Dragon Kingdom.
• The dying Pope ordered the six eight-winged angels and the Angel Legion to attack the Dragon Kingdom’s army, and they flew toward the border.

After the Coalition Forces' elite fighters were lost at Divine Mountain, the Dragon Kingdom prepared to attack the Coalition Forces' eighteen legions around New Delhi before the Angel Legion could arrive. Old Guan assigned the gates to the war zones and to the younger generation seeking revenge, and the forces marched out determined to fight.

• A messenger reported that the Pope was dead, the Holy Arbiter had been captured, the Great Sage had died, Old Bat had fled, Eve was missing, and the Coalition Forces' elite fighters had been wiped out at Divine Mountain.
• The Indian commander told Momo to make the main legions put on a show, while news that the Angel Legion was approaching made the Coalition Forces on the wall celebrate.
• At Dragon Kingdom central command, Thirteen, Ji Min, Wang Shengnan, and the others urged Old Guan to let them fight despite the deaths of their elders and the heavy losses at Divine Mountain.
• Old Guan ordered the Guan brothers to lead the charge at New Delhi's main gate and assigned the Second and Third War Zones to attack the west and north gates.
• Old Guan gave the south gate to Thirteen, Ji Min, Wang Shengnan, Qin Feng, and Gu Jiasheng, who accepted the order on behalf of their families.

Yang Pan launched a media campaign to undermine the Angel Legion’s faith-based power, then led his deathsworn toward the battlefield as soldiers of the Dragon Kingdom. At New Delhi, Guan Lei used a Wasteland Artifact to make the city’s defenders and the approaching Dragon Kingdom army vanish in eerie light.

• Yang Pan ordered his Western allies to broadcast recordings accusing the Holy See and the Pope of siding with Eden and betraying the West.
• Yang Pan and his companions thanked the deathsworn, reassigned them as Dragon Kingdom soldiers, and marched with them toward the battlefield.
• Guan Lei, Guan Ming, and Guan Ting led the Dragon Kingdom vanguard toward New Delhi as Smith prepared the city’s defenses.
• Guan Lei rode alone to the walls, provoked Smith, and hurled a bundle containing a Wasteland Artifact into the air.
• The defenders destroyed the bundle, releasing the Mirror Image Stone’s eerie light, and then discovered that Guan Lei and the Dragon Kingdom troops had disappeared.

Guan Lei’s suicide squad attacked the Coalition Forces’ Nuclear Cannons while Dragon Kingdom’s Awakened drew defenders toward the city gate. The squad destroyed all six cannons at the cost of many lives, clearing the way for the main force to advance.

• Guan Ming ordered Guan Family members to lead the suicide squad into the assault as Dragon Kingdom’s artillery and Awakened attacked the city.
• Guan Fei charged the southeastern Nuclear Cannon emplacement and used explosives to knock a cannon off target before it could fire at the main force.
• Guan Ting led the remaining suicide squad members through heavy gunfire toward the cannons, while Guan Ming urged Guan Lei to destroy them before reinforcements arrived.
• Indian soldiers and Awakened defenders fought the squad at the emplacement, but the squad reached the Nuclear Cannons and destroyed them with explosives.
• The suicide squad also overran the northeastern emplacement, disabling all six Nuclear Cannons as Old Guan prepared the Guan Family-led charge.

The younger generation of the Dragon Kingdom’s families charged into New Delhi to avenge the fallen Old Man and defend their nation. As the south, north, and west gates fell, Smith struggled to understand how the city’s defenses had collapsed so quickly.

• Guan Ming led the First War Zone’s soldiers forward as the Dragon Kingdom’s Nuclear Cannons blasted a breach through New Delhi’s southern wall.
• Thirteen, Little Cat, and the Pao Ge Society donned mourning bands and charged into the city to avenge the Old Man.
• Wang Shengnan took the lead of Purple Gold, recalled its family precepts, and led its members in a charge.
• Ji Min accepted the Ji Family’s recognition, vowed to avenge the Old Man, and led the family warriors toward the breach.
• Qin Feng rallied the Qin Family and joined the Pao Ge Society, Purple Gold, Ji Family, and Gu Family in their assault.
• Smith learned that the south, north, and west gates had been breached, while Xiersi set out with Alliance soldiers to reinforce the south.

Old Guan drew Smith into sending Coalition Forces reinforcements toward New Delhi, while Dragon Kingdom forces and allied houses struck India's capital. The chapter ended with Old Guan exposing central command to lure the concealed Coalition Forces into an ambush.

• Smith learned that the Second and Third War Zone commanders had led the charge and routed General Jeff and General Figden, but he refused to send in the ambush forces because he suspected Old Guan's plan.
• Old Guan ordered the Second and Third War Zones toward the eastern city and had Thirteen provoke India's main forces, while the forces from the various houses prepared ambush positions along the reinforcement routes.
• Old Guan ordered the Black Dragon Banner to prepare to hold the Angel Legion back, even at the cost of their lives.
• India's commander learned that Dragon Kingdom allies had breached the National Bank, Capitol Building, underground fortifications, and treasury, and that his wife was missing.
• A Qiong ordered the rear ambush forces to reinforce New Delhi, and Smith then ordered the Coalition Forces in the rear to ambush the Dragon Kingdom's rear.
• Old Guan learned that the concealed Coalition Forces were approaching central command from the north and south, then exposed its position and ordered the forces of all houses to close the net.

Old Guan learned that the Alliance’s legions were encircling the Dragon Kingdom’s central army camp and ordered the Fifth and Sixth War Zones to pressure Smith. The Glory Legion’s surprise flanking advance was ambushed by forces from Mongol, Tibet, and Xinjiang Prefectures, leaving commander Sam surrounded.

• Old Guan received reports that the Alliance’s legions were advancing around the central army camp and ordered the Fifth and Sixth War Zones to enter the city and pressure Smith.
• Sam and the Glory Legion officers celebrated aboard a train as it headed toward the Dragon Kingdom’s border.
• Thousands of Mongol Prefecture Iron Cavalry riders caught up with the train and bombarded it with explosive arrows.
• Tibet Prefecture fighters raised the railway tracks, overturning the train as cavalry from Mongol, Tibet, and Xinjiang Prefectures converged.
• Sam escaped the wreckage but was surrounded by the Little Living Buddha, Tore, and Maimaiti.

The Starlight Legion raced toward the Dragon Kingdom’s central army, but A Huo and soldiers from several prefectures surrounded it in the snow. As the defenders prepared to charge, the Longsword Team sounded a horn and the fight began.

• Johnson urged the Starlight Legion to break through the Dragon Kingdom’s defenses before his brother in New Delhi was harmed.
• A Huo emerged from the snow after the lead tank exploded and revealed that Wolf Soldiers had hidden beside the legion’s vehicles.
• The Northwest Longsword Team and fighters from E Prefecture joined the encirclement, while Gui Prefecture men arrived behind the legion and blocked its retreat.
• The leaders of the groups wagered on who would kill the most enemies, and the Longsword Team sounded its horn.
• Soldiers from the prefectures shouted battle cries and charged the Starlight Legion.

The Alliance’s Angel Legion arrived just as Smith’s forces were close to defeat, turning the battle against the Dragon Kingdom. Old Guan and the other elders rallied their retreating soldiers, and the Black Dragon Banner entered the battlefield.

• Old Guan’s forces and Smith’s legions fought fiercely for control of eastern New Delhi’s gateway as casualties mounted.
• Smith learned that the Alliance’s Starlight, Glory, and Storm Legions had been ambushed, and he and the other generals chose to fight rather than abandon their soldiers.
• The Angel Legion arrived, restored Alliance morale, and drove the Dragon Kingdom’s forces back from the walls and gateway.
• Old Guan, Yang Huaimin, Minister Ding, and Minister Bai beat war drums and rallied the Dragon Kingdom’s soldiers to stand their ground.
• The Black Dragon Banner advanced onto the battlefield with troops wearing ancient armor combined with modern machinery.

The Dragon Kingdom’s last defenders faced the Angel Legion until Sword Crane, Two-Headed Flood Dragon, Turtle Ancestor, and Fox Immortal arrived to join the fight. As the angels lost their advantage, a group in Poker Masks crossed the battlefield, led by a man who said he wanted to go home.

• Guotai Min'an confronted the Angel Legion, but the wounded eight-winged angels prepared to overwhelm the Dragon Kingdom’s remaining defenders.
• Sword Crane and her husband Earthworm arrived; Earthworm attacked the enemy while Sword Crane declared that she would defend her husband’s homeland.
• Two-Headed Flood Dragon joined the Dragon Kingdom’s side after Sword Crane vouched for him, explaining that someone in the Small World had promised him Azure Dragon blood.
• Turtle Ancestor and Fox Immortal arrived, further unsettling the Angel Legion and bolstering Old Guan’s confidence.
• A group wearing Poker Masks crossed the battlefield, and the man in the Big Joker Mask said he was a child who wanted to go home.

Yang Pan’s exposure of the Holy See’s dealings with Eden weakened the angels’ Power of Faith, prompting the Angel Legion and Alliance troops to attack the Dragon Kingdom. With its top combatants trapped by the eight-winged angels, the Dragon Kingdom’s ground forces struggled to hold the line, and the Angel Legion charged toward Old Guan’s commander’s flag.

• Eve broadcast a demand that the Pope honor his agreement, sparking riots in the Alliance, while she told Cain that Eden was helping the Dragon Kingdom to prevent the Kingdom of God from destroying Eden.
• Yang Pan revealed that the Holy See’s apparent collusion with Eden had shaken public faith, and the angels’ Power of Faith began to fade.
• Smith split the Dragon Kingdom’s formation with Titan’s Body as the Angel Legion and Alliance troops attacked the divided forces.
• Six eight-winged angels trapped the Dragon Kingdom’s top combatants in the Divine Realm-Apocalypse Array-Descent and merged into a twelve-winged angel.
• Guan Lei, Guan Ming, Guan Ting, and hundreds of Guan Family descendants fought to hold the ground lines as the Dragon Kingdom’s army suffered heavy losses.
• As the angels’ strength fell to the Sixth Awakening, their leader sent thousands of them toward Old Guan’s commander’s flag.

Guan Ming defended Commander Guan’s flag against the Angel Legion, declaring himself Commander Guan’s son before sacrificing himself to destroy the Legion’s leader. As civilians rushed to protect the flag and join the battle, Guan Ming saw the Dragon Kingdom’s people rally to its soldiers, and he and the enemy leader vanished in an explosion.

• Guan Ming survived the Angel Legion’s first attack on the commander's flag and raised it again, while Guan Lei and Guan Ting held the line.
• When the Angel Legion attacked again, Guan Ming shielded the flag as the Black Dragon Banner’s soldiers arrived and fought the angels with desperate resolve.
• The Angel Legion leader pierced Guan Ming’s chest, but Guan Ming used the Guan Family’s secret technique, Heaven and Earth Share the Same Lifespan, and seized the leader.
• Guan Ming told Guan Lei and Guan Ting to care for Commander Guan and insisted that he was Commander Guan’s son before flying into the sky with the leader.
• Hundreds of thousands of civilians, including members of the Gallant Heroes Association and Bandit Hall, gathered to defend the commander's banner and charge into battle.
• Reporter Lu Xiaofang announced that he was heading to the battlefield, and Guan Ming watched as the sky turned red and he and the leader vanished together.

The Dragon Kingdom rallied millions of volunteers and supplies as the Angel Legion faltered and its allies abandoned the Alliance. After the Twelve-Winged Angel fell and the Demon Ancestors joined the battle, Marshal Guan advanced with the command flag and confronted Smith, leaving the Alliance’s main force defeated and bowing its heads.

• The Dragon Kingdom mobilized volunteers, transport, and supplies for the border as students and citizens rallied behind the Red Flag.
• Smith learned that the Dragon Kingdom had mobilized at least ten million troops, while the Monkey Gathering Zone, Korean Peninsula, and Kou Island withdrew their support from the Alliance.
• The Twelve-Winged Angel’s corpse fell from a rift, and Sword Crane, the Two-Headed Flood Dragon, Fox Immortal, and Turtle Ancestor routed the Angel Legion.
• Old Guan recovered the command flag Guan Ming had protected and led the Dragon Kingdom’s final advance toward the enemy formation.
• Wang Shengnan, Ji Min, Thirteen, Gu Jiasheng, Qin Feng, and others joined the advancing Dragon Kingdom forces outside New Delhi.
• Marshal Guan planted the command flag before Smith and the Alliance soldiers, who bowed their heads as Smith struggled to respond.

After the Alliance surrendered, Old Guan accepted its defeat on behalf of the Dragon Kingdom and honored the countless people who had won the war. The Dragon Kingdom celebrated its victory, while India also submitted and the story ended with people paying tribute to the fallen.

• Smith admitted defeat and surrendered the Alliance to the Dragon Kingdom as Old Guan declared that the victory belonged to its people and fallen heroes.
• Old Guan accepted the surrender, raised the enemy's saber and command flag, and led hundreds of thousands of soldiers in a salute to their homeland.
• India's Commander-in-Chief requested surrender, and Old Guan ordered India to submit its instrument of surrender in one month and move its capital to New New Delhi.
• News of the Alliance's surrender reached the Dragon Kingdom, where millions celebrated the victory with fireworks and public gatherings.
• People across the Dragon Kingdom gathered at memorials and cemeteries to honor Instructor, Big Bear, and the other martyrs.

After the Dragon Kingdom celebrated its victory, its leaders debated whether to accept the Federation’s armistice terms, which demanded Lei Zi’s death. Marshal Guan faced a choice between abandoning Chun Prefecture and risking another war to save them, and the chapter ended as he called someone for counsel.

• The Federation offered peace talks on the condition that Lei Zi die, while Chun Prefecture’s forces remained isolated in the Federation.
• Chang He argued against an expedition and urged the Dragon Kingdom to use Chun Prefecture’s fate as leverage in negotiations.
• Ji Min drew his blade on Chang He, and Thirteen condemned the leaders for benefiting from Chun Prefecture’s sacrifices before abandoning its fighters.
• The leaders argued over the risks of an expedition while Guotai Min'an sat silently and Marshal Guan struggled with the decision.
• Marshal Guan silenced the room, picked up the phone, and heard a weary female voice address him.

Xiao Yuan accepted Chun Prefecture’s sacrifice after the Federation demanded it as the price of peace, but Marshal Guan resigned rather than abandon them and rallied allies to rescue them. He ordered Chun Prefecture to withdraw, promising to bring them home through a private expedition.

• Xiao Yuan told Marshal Guan that Chun Prefecture accepted the Federation’s terms and would sacrifice itself so the Dragon Kingdom could keep its hands clean and secure peace.
• Xiao Yuan said she hated being sent to the Federation but declared Chun Prefecture had repaid its debt to the Dragon Kingdom, while Chang He, Tian Bo, and Ma Ran thanked her.
• Marshal Guan resigned his official duties, refusing to let Chun Prefecture’s children die, and called on Thirteen and Ji Min to gather forces for a rescue.
• Wang Shengnan, Su Wanfang, Gu Jiasheng, representatives of several groups and prefectures, and Yang Pan volunteered to join Marshal Guan.
• Marshal Guan ordered Chun Prefecture to withdraw from the Federation and promised to take them home, then directed the Guan Family to leave active service and prepare for the overseas rescue.

The five Sworn Sons of Overlord Stronghold extorted Fog City's business magnates after exposing their financial crimes, demanding billions in compensation and loans. When the magnates refused to pay more, Hu Du proposed holding them hostage instead.

• The five Sworn Sons confronted Fog City's business magnates at Federation Bank and examined documents exposing their schemes to manipulate markets and plunder wealth.
• Zuo Ju ordered cushions for the kneeling magnates, then demanded payment for them, while Er Pang shot a magnate who protested that the cushions belonged to them.
• Zuo Ju calculated 2.9 billion in travel expenses, bullets, losses, and emotional distress, and the magnates agreed to pay.
• Zuo Ju presented each magnate with a 100-million personal loan IOU, but the magnates refused to give any more money.
• Hu Du suggested that the bandits hold the magnates hostage after finishing the robbery.

After Overlord Stronghold’s raid on Fog City, the Dragon Kingdom learned the gang had secured foreign research and transferred wealth home. Zuo Ju planned to use the gold as bait while the gang smuggled stolen Dragon Kingdom national treasures out, leaving five leaders behind to delay Qiao.

• Guan Lei reported that foreign funds had been transferred into accounts tied to Chun Prefecture, Li Youxian, and Fei Island, while Overlord Stronghold had seized valuable Federation research and emptied the Federation Bank.
• Old Guan ordered Overlord Stronghold to withdraw from Fog City, but the gang’s leaders feared Qiao’s fleet would catch them if they fled openly.
• Zuo Ju revealed that the gold-filled freighters would remain at the harbor as bait while the gang moved the national treasures through a small western harbor.
• Zuo Ju explained that Yang Pan would meet the gang at sea and help take the treasures and brothers back to the Dragon Kingdom.
• Zuo Ju proposed that some leaders stay behind to occupy Qiao while the main group escaped, and Hu Du agreed to protect the gang’s brothers and care for Old Guan if any of them survived.

At Western Harbor, Hu Du and the other four sworn sons told the bandits of Overlord Stronghold that they would stay behind to delay the Federation while the rest returned home. After an anguished farewell, the five led the chosen rear guard into the darkness as their brothers prepared to sail away.

• Ten thousand bandits gathered at Western Harbor, eager to return home with their spoils on the fishing boats Zuo Ju had arranged.
• Hu Du announced that he and the other four sworn sons would stay behind to hold off the Federation while the rest escaped.
• Black Raccoon ordered men with family members to step forward, leaving over a thousand bandits to stay behind with the five.
• The departing bandits begged to remain, but Hu Du ordered them to go and the men staying behind gave their gold to relatives and friends.
• Hu Du and the other four sworn sons knelt to bid their brothers farewell, then led the rear guard into the darkness.

Overlord Stronghold faced a televised siege by Federation forces led by Wells, while Zuo Ju and Duan Ka mocked the authorities during surrender negotiations. The standoff ended with an outlaw killing a captive tycoon, displaying the other hostages, and demanding food for twenty thousand people before returning inside.

• The Federation surrounded the underground fortification with Special Intelligence Corps officers, explosives, and reporters as Wells took command of the operation.
• Zuo Ju learned Wells’s identity and then claimed on a call with him that the outlaws were Federation citizens acting on God’s orders.
• Duan Ka mocked the officers, claimed the outlaws were Korean, and demanded a lawyer who would not arrive for ten years.
• As Wells ordered the explosives lit, the entrance opened and a disheveled outlaw emerged carrying Kotel as a hostage.
• The outlaw killed Kotel, revealed dozens of business tycoons kneeling inside, and demanded food for twenty thousand people before going back in.