Chapter Summaries

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.

Dragon Kingdom and Federation leaders met to negotiate peace after the war, but the Federation proposed terms that avoided responsibility for its invasion. The talks stalled when Dragon Kingdom insisted that the Federation admit defeat, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Johnson tried to undermine Dragon Kingdom's delegation by asking why Marshal Guan was absent, but Marshal Sun asserted his authority to represent him.
• Foster called the conflict a misunderstanding, while Johnson claimed the Federation's withdrawal had saved Dragon Kingdom from defeat.
• Johnson presented a treaty that recognized each power's regional dominance, restricted troop movements, and opened Dragon Kingdom's markets to Federation capital.
• Yang Huaimin rejected the treaty, and Dragon Kingdom demanded the Federation surrender for launching its invasion.
• The Federation's leaders refused to admit defeat, and Marshal Sun warned them to prepare their million-man army if they would not accept the demand.

Dragon Kingdom and Federation negotiations collapsed when the Federation refused to admit defeat, and Earthworm and Sword Crane intimidated the Federation leaders. Tian Bo, Chang He, and Ma Ran asked Xiao Yuan to execute the captured Congress members to force the Federation into internal strife, leaving them afraid of Old Ninth’s return.

• Marshal Sun ended the negotiations, and Yang Huaimin rejected Johnson’s demand that the bandits surrender to the Federation.
• Earthworm confronted the Federation leaders, smashed the meeting table, slapped Johnson, and threatened them while Sword Crane incapacitated their security team.
• The Federation leaders refused to admit defeat, so Yang Huaimin declared that the war would continue.
• Chang He, Tian Bo, and Ma Ran agreed to ask Xiao Yuan to kill the captured Congress members in batches to provoke internal strife and force Johnson to sign.
• Tian Bo asked Xiao Yuan to carry out the plan, but Xiao Yuan hung up without answering, and the three men feared Old Ninth might return.

Xiao Yuan used the captured members of Congress to force Qiao to negotiate, offering their release in exchange for Overlord Stronghold and Black Mountain Town withdrawing. A Chun held Qiao at gunpoint with a nuclear bomb and demanded safe passage for Chun Prefecture’s men, while Xiao Yuan stayed behind as a concession.

• Xiao Yuan told Zuo Ju she would trade the captured members of Congress for Overlord Stronghold and Black Mountain Town’s withdrawal, trusting Little White Tiger to come for her.
• A Chun confronted Qiao’s army at the Capital’s gates and showed him a livestream of Xiao Yuan killing a member of Congress.
• Qiao rejected A Chun’s demand to let the people in Fog City and White Forest leave, offering only a fair trial in exchange for the congress members.
• A Chun lit the nuclear bomb strapped to him and warned Qiao that Xiao Yuan would kill a congress member every minute until he agreed.
• A Chun demanded planes to send Chun Prefecture’s men home and said Xiao Yuan would remain behind to give Qiao a public explanation.

Xiao Yuan arranged for Overlord Stronghold and Black Mountain Town to withdraw in exchange for the congressmen, while Yang Pan warned her that the Federation planned to betray them. The withdrawal began, but a premature shot disrupted the hostage exchange and sparked a firefight, leaving the negotiations and the departing bandits in peril.

• A Chun confronted Qiao and insisted that the Federation arrange safe passage for Black Mountain Town and Overlord Stronghold before Xiao Yuan released the congressmen.
• Xiao Yuan told Yang Pan she had Yang Huaimin's formula and asked him to ensure the bandits' safe withdrawal; he agreed to make arrangements, though she secretly intended to keep the congressmen until he came to take her home.
• Wells escorted Overlord Stronghold's Five Sworn Sons to the military airfield as more than a thousand bandits boarded planes, while the Dragon Kingdom and Federation resumed negotiations and watched the withdrawal on television.
• As Xiao Yuan prepared to exchange the congressmen, Yang Pan warned her that the Federation intended to shoot down the planes and told her to tilt her head; a sniper's shot grazed her and killed Lei Zi behind her.
• False Eye retreated with Xiao Yuan and the congressmen, the two sides opened fire, and Jin Mu ordered the planes blown up.

The Federation ambushed Overlord Stronghold at the airport, and Duan Ka revealed his Great Buddha-Golden Body to face Wells. Wells summoned the demon god Azazel, but Hu Du, Zuo Ju, Er Pang, and Black Raccoon joined Duan Ka to confront it.

• The Federation destroyed the planes and stormed the airport, forcing Overlord Stronghold's bandits to fight back amid the wreckage.
• Wells advanced on Hu Du while Black Raccoon and Er Pang attacked the Federation forces and spectators; Duan Ka stepped forward to challenge Wells.
• Duan Ka manifested his Great Buddha-Golden Body, and Wells answered by summoning a demon from Hell.
• Wells called forth Azazel, who emerged from a fissure and devoured citizens as the Federation trapped the bandits inside the airport.
• Hu Du, Zuo Ju, Er Pang, and Black Raccoon joined Duan Ka and prepared to fight Azazel.