Chapter Summaries

Jiang Hao confronted Zuo Xianning after the Beihai retainer tried to recruit him, then battled him with the Big Hen and his Army Ants. Zuo Xianning unleashed a powerful ice attack and nearly beat Jiang Hao and the Big Hen to death, but they escaped his next strike and began a counterattack.

• Jiang Hao rejected Zuo Xianning’s offer by mocking him and demanding that the Lady Prophet and Grand Lord Violet become his concubines, provoking Zuo Xianning to attack.
• Jiang Hao sent Guo Dundun away and summoned a vast swarm of Army Ants to stop the Beihai Warriors’ advance.
• Zuo Xianning fused with his Frost Snow Wolf, but Jiang Hao used Thunderbolt and Lure to restrain him and struck him with Fire Whirlwind and Six-Shot Fireball.
• Zuo Xianning broke free, hit Jiang Hao and the Big Hen, and then froze them, the Northern Barbarian soldiers, and the Army Ants with Absolute Ice Seal.
• After recovering, Jiang Hao and the Big Hen were battered by Zuo Xianning’s punches, but the Big Hen used Instant Flash to escape his next ice attack and Jiang Hao paralyzed him with Thunderbolt.
• Jiang Hao ordered the Big Hen to teach Zuo Xianning a lesson, and she unleashed a barrage of skills that left the Werewolf riddled with wounds.

Jiang Hao defeated Zuo Xianning and captured his surviving Northern Barbarian forces with the Army Ants, then joined Guo Dundun's troops on the march to Wumeng City. News of the defeat reached the Han Palace Royal Court, which fell silent as its hopes of retaking the city faltered.

• Jiang Hao forced Zuo Xianning to concede and ordered the Northern Barbarians to surrender as the Army Ants subdued their forces.
• Jiang Hao refused to let Zuo Xianning recall his wounded Frost Snow Wolf and bound him while waiting for help with the captives.
• Guo Dundun arrived with a thousand Self-Defense Army troops, and Jiang Hao ordered them to bind the prisoners and send for reinforcements from Wumeng City.
• Guo Dundun killed Zuo Xianning's Frost Snow Wolf, triggering a prisoner riot that Jiang Hao stopped with the Army Ants; Zuo Xianning survived and was carried away.
• Jiang Hao and Guo Dundun marched with the captives toward Wumeng City, while the Han Palace Royal Court fell silent after hearing of Zuo Xianning's defeat.

The North Sea Emperor learned that Ouyang Long and Violet were forming a private alliance while he waited for Xiao Lin to retake Wumeng City. Eunuch Hai secretly made a deal with imprisoned Chen Song to send intelligence to Jiang Hao in exchange for protection, leaving the details of the intelligence undisclosed.

• The North Sea Emperor visited the unresponsive Nalan Hongchuo, then angrily rebuked Eunuch Hai for failing to investigate Ouyang Long and Violet properly.
• Eunuch Hai reported that Ouyang Long and Violet had approached nearby Middle Lords to form an alliance, and the North Sea Emperor demanded an investigation into possible recruitment notices.
• Eunuch Hai went to prison and told Chen Song that Jiang Hao's Self-Defense Army had taken Wumeng City and captured Zuo Xianning and his forces at Wubai Mountain.
• Eunuch Hai asked Chen Song to pass intelligence to Jiang Hao in return for saving his life, and Chen Song agreed to use his personal seal to authenticate the message.

Jiang Hao fortified Wumeng City as Shenzhou rallied troops and supplies to support the Self-Defense Army, while enemy forces gathered for a massive siege. After receiving a letter revealing routes for Xiao Lin’s supply convoys, Jiang Hao heard a familiar voice challenge him from above the camp.

• Eunuch Hai left after Warden Wan unknowingly insulted him by mentioning the Misty Tower.
• Song Jie’s men brought Yu Guangguang and twenty thousand recruits back to Wumeng City, while Jiang Hao and Guo Dundun safely escorted Zuo Xianning and the other prisoners there.
• Xiao Lin’s vanguard reached Wuji City, and thirteen Grand Lords assembled three hundred thousand troops at Baishan Town; Shenzhou then recruited five hundred thousand soldiers and sent supplies to Wumeng City.
• Jiang Hao enrolled the surviving veterans in the Star-Making Plan and ordered Wu Fan to move the Second Infantry Regiment and the prisoners outside Wumeng City.
• Yang Qingliu delivered Chen Song’s letter revealing three routes for the Han Palace Royal Court’s supply convoys to Xiao Lin, each guarded by a Transcendent Master.
• A familiar voice called Jiang Hao out from above the military camp, and Yang Qingliu rushed outside to challenge the intruder.

Jiang Hao reunited with Liao Yunxiao and asked her to help intercept the enemy’s supply routes after she examined a suspicious secret letter. He sent her toward Baishan Town with new-style potions while he led five hundred soldiers to attack a Northern Barbarian outpost at Mobi Valley.

• Jiang Hao reunited with Liao Yunxiao, who praised his achievements and teased him before resting for a day and a night in his tent.
• Liao Yunxiao reported that Luo En and Luo Su were safe, then warned Jiang Hao to stay grounded and remember his betrothal to the Third Princess.
• Jiang Hao showed Liao Yunxiao Eunuch Hai’s secret letter, and she noticed that its handwriting did not match Chen Song’s despite the genuine personal seal.
• Jiang Hao and Liao Yunxiao agreed to intercept separate enemy supply routes, and he gave her two new-style potions for herself and the Blazing Flame Dragon King.
• Liao Yunxiao flew toward Baishan Town to meet Yang Qingliu, while Jiang Hao put Wu Fan in charge of the camp and led five hundred soldiers toward the outpost at Mobi Valley.

Jiang Hao used the Simulation Game to train Big Hen against level 700 Frostsnow Warhammers, discovering a way to defeat them from the air. Big Hen advanced to the Transcendence Realm, and Jiang Hao gained a new source of attribute and skill points before leaving the game at dawn.

• Jiang Hao’s men wiped out the outpost’s three hundred soldiers and prepared to pose as enemy troops.
• Jiang Hao entered the Simulation Game with Big Hen and struggled against the powerful Frostsnow Warhammers, whose Blood Rage killed them twice.
• Jiang Hao mounted Big Hen and flew above the monsters, then used area attacks to defeat the Frostsnow Warhammers safely.
• Big Hen gained several levels and reached the Transcendence Realm, while Jiang Hao received substantial attribute and skill-point rewards.
• Jiang Hao spent the night farming nearly one hundred Frostsnow Warhammers, then exited the game at dawn.

Jiang Hao used his newly gained Transcendent Master strength to ambush a Northern Barbarian supply convoy, then fought a Werewolf with powerful cloning abilities. He destroyed more than half the Windriding Birds, but the rest escaped, leaving both sides' missions incomplete.

• Jiang Hao's five hundred Self-Defense Army soldiers congratulated him on becoming a Transcendent Master, and he ordered them to stay quiet.
• Jiang Hao disguised himself as Yang Cheng and convinced Shi Wannian that the outpost was secure, then learned that fifteen more Windriding Birds were approaching.
• Jiang Hao struck the lead Windriding Bird with a Thunderbolt Spell, scattering the convoy, while a Werewolf challenged him and revealed his ability to split into four bodies.
• Jiang Hao and Big Hen fought the Werewolf's clones, discovering that Big Hen's physical attacks could destroy them while the Werewolf tried to keep Jiang Hao from pursuing the supplies.
• Jiang Hao flew after the Windriding Birds and brought down half of them, but the remaining birds scattered and escaped with their supplies.

Jiang Hao killed a Transcendent Master, intercepted most of the enemy supplies, and reunited with Liao Yunxiao after she fought off two more Transcendent Masters. He brought Army Ants to transport the captured supplies, and Liao Yunxiao demanded to know whether his two Beast Pets came with side effects.

• Jiang Hao used Big Hen and the Lure Skill to kill the Werewolf, then ordered his soldiers to collect the supplies and rode toward Baishan Town.
• Jiang Hao pursued the sixteen Windriding Birds and shot down eleven, while the remaining five escaped; the two Transcendent Masters fighting Liao Yunxiao retreated when he returned.
• Liao Yunxiao discovered that Big Hen had reached the Transcendence Realm, and Jiang Hao arranged for help transporting the captured supplies.
• The following afternoon, Jiang Hao arrived with five hundred soldiers and a vast procession of Army Ants carrying supplies.
• Jiang Hao showed Liao Yunxiao the Ant Queen, and she asked whether contracting two Beast Pets had any side effects.

Jiang Hao returned to Wumeng City with Liao Yunxiao as the Self-Defense Army prepared for the North Sea Kingdom’s impending attack. Liao Yunxiao discovered that the Star-Making Plan had awakened several Beast Pets’ bloodlines, warned everyone about its dangers, and joined the army’s welcome banquet before the battle.

• Jiang Hao and Liao Yunxiao returned to Wumeng City after Chen Xiaolin and the logistics personnel helped transport the supplies.
• Jiang Hao found Guo Dundun and Song Jie showing off their newly awakened Battlefield Brute Bear and Iron-Armored Mantis Beast Pets.
• Jiang Hao arranged a welcome banquet for Liao Yunxiao, who scolded him and the others for risking their Beast Pets with the Star-Making Plan.
• Liao Yunxiao examined Wen Ruxue and the others’ Beast Pets and realized the New-Style Potion had prevented lasting harm from the plan.
• The Military Camp held a banquet to welcome Liao Yunxiao and raise the troops’ morale before the coming battle, and Jiang Hao introduced her to the army’s senior officers.

Jiang Hao prepared Wumeng City for Xiao Lin’s six-hundred-thousand-strong siege while keeping his plans for reinforcements and concealed enemies secret. The chapter ended as Xiao Lin’s army assembled before the walls, with Yue Qingqing at his side and Jiang Hao facing him from the gate tower.

• Wen Ruxue questioned Jiang Hao’s massacre at Wumeng City, and Liao Yunxiao explained that he might be trying to end the war through overwhelming force.
• After learning that Xiao Lin’s army had reached Wumeng City and that Wang Chongqing had gathered another three hundred thousand troops at Baishan Town, Jiang Hao assigned the city’s defenses and kept Yang Di’s completed mission secret.
• Jiang Hao ordered his forces to hold the walls and ignored Northern Barbarian fighters who challenged and insulted him outside the city.
• On the fifth day, Xiao Lin brought siege towers, vehicles, battering rams, and six hundred thousand troops within striking distance of Wumeng City.
• Xiao Lin identified Jiang Hao with Yue Qingqing, who admitted she had once wished she had killed him, and then accused Jiang Hao of coveting his sister.

Jiang Hao’s forces fought Xiao Lin’s Northern Barbarian army at Wumeng City while reinforcements seized Wuji Pass and threatened the enemy’s supply route. Xiao Lin split his army to meet the new threats, and Jiang Hao sought help to keep the vulnerable rear wall from falling.

• Xiao Lin launched an assault on Wumeng City, where Jiang Hao’s defenders countered with arrows, stones, and hot oil.
• Jiang Hao used Big Hen’s Fire Whirlwind to destroy a boulder and a battering ram, impressing Xiao Lin with its power.
• The Second Infantry Regiment and the First Infantry Regiment arrived, while the New Shenzhou Army seized Wuji Pass and advanced toward the City of Eternity.
• Xiao Lin sent Yue Qingqing with one hundred thousand troops to defend the City of Eternity and dispatched other forces to intercept the two infantry regiments.
• Northern Barbarians used Windriding Birds to attack Wumeng City’s rear wall, where Guo Dundun and other experts struggled to hold off three Transcendent Masters.
• After learning that Wuji Pass had fallen and Han Min had attacked Wuji City, Jiang Hao ordered Cai to move behind Xiao Lin’s army and requested a Transcendent Master from Han Min.

Han Min refused to send reinforcements to Jiang Hao, but an older Transcendent Master invoked his emergency privilege and departed for Wumeng City. Meanwhile, Zhang Jun’s formation trapped the Northern Barbarians as Liao Yunxiao confronted Wei Ning, whose sonic attack brought her down before the Blazing Flame Dragon King retaliated.

• Han Min refused Jiang Hao’s request for a Transcendent Master, hoping Jiang Hao’s death would let him take command of the three armies and claim glory.
• An older Transcendent Master overrode Han Min by invoking his emergency privilege and left to reinforce Wumeng City.
• Zhang Jun and Wu Fan deployed their troops in formations, and Zhang Jun’s Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation trapped and slaughtered thousands of Northern Barbarians.
• Wei Ning prepared to break through the formation, but Liao Yunxiao and the Blazing Flame Dragon King intercepted him.
• Wei Ning’s sonic attack sent the Blazing Flame Dragon King crashing to the ground, and he tore Liao Yunxiao’s robe during his follow-up attack.
• The recovered Blazing Flame Dragon King unleashed a roar that forced Wei Ning back and incapacitated soldiers on both sides.

The Self-Defense Army repelled Xiao Lin’s first siege after Liao Yunxiao killed Wei Ning and Master Zheng, though the Blazing Flame Dragon King’s roar caused devastating friendly casualties. As both sides withdrew, Jiang Hao learned that the rear wall had suffered heavy losses and weighed whether his depleted forces could withstand another attack.

• The Blazing Flame Dragon King’s roar suppressed the Northern Barbarians’ Beast Pets, allowing Zhang Jun and Wu Fan’s infantry regiments to slaughter their trapped forces despite suffering severe friendly casualties.
• Liao Yunxiao’s Blazing Flames Incineration killed Wei Ning and Master Zheng after soldiers sacrificed themselves to protect her from the Werewolves.
• Xiao Lin ordered his army to retreat after learning that the Northern Barbarian forces had been annihilated, while the Self-Defense Army began repairing the walls and clearing the battlefield.
• Cai Tianming’s New Shenzhou Army captured Wuji Pass and positioned its troops between Xiao Lin and the City of Eternity, cutting off their contact.
• Jiang Hao reached the devastated rear wall and learned from Jiang Hailong that twelve thousand defenders had died there, while the infantry regiments had won but suffered nearly thirty thousand casualties from the Blazing Flame Dragon King’s roar.

Jiang Hao arranged reinforcements for Wumeng City’s rear wall and proposed shifting the campaign toward the City of Eternity to cut off Xiao Lin’s supplies. Han Min rejected Jiang Hao’s orders, insisting on pursuing credit at Wuji City.

• Jiang Hao ordered Liao Yunxiao to reinforce the rear wall and transferred five thousand troops from the front wall, then reassured her that he did not blame her for the deaths caused by her loss of control.
• Qu Jianglin and Nangong Han arrived to support Jiang Hao, and the three masters agreed to help Liao Yunxiao defend the rear wall.
• Jiang Hao proposed sending Han Min’s three hundred thousand Ace Army troops to the City of Eternity while Cai Tianming’s New Shenzhou Army attacked Xiao Lin’s forces, with troops from Wuji Pass watching Wuji City.
• Qu Jianglin warned that Han Min opposed his departure, and the masters decided to explain the strategic plan to the Second Prince together.
• Han Min rejected Jiang Hao’s directive to leave Wuji City, arguing that surrounding its hundred thousand defenders would bring him easy credit, and his subordinate urged him to inspect another directive.

Han Min ordered the Ace Army to march on the City of Eternity, while Xiao Lin prepared to retake Wumeng City and keep the enemy forces occupied. A Northern Barbarian night raid struck the Self-Defense Army and New Shenzhou Army, then tens of thousands of troops surged out of the City of Eternity and attacked Cai Tianming from the rear.

• Jiang Hao and three other Transcendent Masters ordered Han Min to lead the Ace Army toward the City of Eternity, and Han Min ordered it to arrive within three days.
• Xiao Lin ordered Wei Long to abandon Wuji City and delay the Ace Army, while Yue Qingqing and other forces were tasked with pinning down the New Shenzhou Army and Self-Defense Army.
• Chen Liu spotted a Northern Barbarian raider and killed it with his spear, then warned the First Infantry Regiment as enemies attacked its night guards.
• Northern Barbarians launched a surprise assault on the New Shenzhou Army camp, but Cai Tianming used prepared nets and signal platforms to trap and kill many attackers.
• Tens of thousands of troops poured out of the City of Eternity and attacked the New Shenzhou Army from behind, inflicting heavy casualties despite Cai Tianming's preparations.

Jiang Hao arrived at Wumeng and unleashed a devastating barrage that defeated the Saint Xiao Lin, turning the tide of the battle. He then took command of the New Shenzhou Army and ordered it and the Self-Defense Army to attack the enemy camp.

• Xiao Lin smashed Cai Tianming into a crater and prepared to kill him, but Jiang Hao arrived with Big Hen and distracted him with the Lure Skill.
• Xiao Lin struck Big Hen, triggering its Shadowless Clone revival, while soldiers carried the badly injured Cai Tianming to safety.
• Jiang Hao mounted Big Hen and unleashed his skills, including Meteoric Firestorm, overwhelming Xiao Lin and breaking his shield.
• Xiao Lin fled to his camp, and the Northern Barbarians scattered as both armies witnessed Jiang Hao's attack.
• Jiang Hao took command of the New Shenzhou Army and ordered Hong Shu, Zhen Mo, Zhang Jun, and Wu Fan to launch a coordinated assault on the enemy.

Jiang Hao defeated Xiao Lin and routed the Northern Barbarian army, forcing it into the City of Eternity, before collapsing from exhausted mental power. After waking, he found himself back in the camp at the moment he first arrived in the City of Eternity and wondered whether the battle had been a dream.

• Yue Qingqing refused to send reinforcements from the City of Eternity, while Jiang Hao defeated Xiao Lin and the New Shenzhou Army and Infantry Regiment routed the Northern Barbarians.
• The Northern Barbarian army retreated into the City of Eternity with fewer than three hundred thousand troops, and Jiang Hao's soldiers sang his battle song outside the walls.
• Jiang Hao returned to Wumeng City, where Wang Chongqing suspended his siege after hearing of Xiao Lin's defeat; Jiang Hao then collapsed from exhaustion and Liao Yunxiao confirmed he was asleep.
• Han Min ordered the Ace Army to march at full speed after learning Jiang Hao had defeated Xiao Lin, while the North Sea Emperor sought Nalan Hongchuo's advice.
• Nalan Hongchuo urged the North Sea Emperor to have Wang Chongqing defend Baishan Town and warned him to beware those around him; a secret letter sent to Wumeng City never reached Jiang Hao.
• Jiang Hao woke in the City of Eternity camp as Guo Dundun, Song Jie, and Chen Xiaolin watched him, and he asked what time it was.

Jiang Hao relived events from before the Eternal War and used what he remembered to stop Long Yun from rushing to rescue Yue Qingqing. With Dragon Venerable’s intervention, the City of Eternity survived Xiao Lin’s year-long siege, and Jiang Hao later married Han Qing and had a daughter.

• Jiang Hao woke in the Military Camp with his memories of defeating Xiao Lin and the City of Eternity’s fall, then watched earlier events replay as if he were both participant and spectator.
• Jiang Hao tried to reach the gate tower but was blocked by a transparent wall, then watched Long Yun rush out to rescue Yue Qingqing before the scene vanished and he returned to battle.
• Jiang Hao returned to the gate tower the next day and warned Long Yun that Yue Qingqing had betrayed them and was working for Xiao Lin.
• Dragon Venerable stopped Long Yun from leaving the city and ordered him to stay on the gate tower, even as Yue Qingqing was tortured before the enemy ranks.
• Xiao Lin withdrew after a year of failing to take the City of Eternity, and Jiang Hao later married Han Qing and had a daughter named Jiang Qing.

After waking from a yearlong dream in which Nalan Hongchuo impersonated Han Qing, Jiang Hao learned that Xiao Lin had escaped while he was unconscious. He ordered the armies to pursue the enemy and prepare for a full-scale counteroffensive against the North Sea Kingdom.

• Jiang Hao realized the aged Han Qing embracing him was Nalan Hongchuo, broke free of her dream, and awoke in the Wumeng City military camp after a month unconscious.
• Liao Yunxiao and the others told Jiang Hao that Xiao Lin had escaped into the Wumeng Mountains with half his army, while the Northern Barbarians had slipped away from Wuji City.
• Jiang Hao read a delayed letter reporting attacks on Nalan Hongchuo and the freezing of the Prophet Tower, then suspected the Snow and Ice Banshee's White Hair had caused the backlash.
• After learning the armies' supplies were running low, Jiang Hao ordered the Self-Defense Army to pursue Xiao Lin, the New Shenzhou Army to capture Baishan Town, and the Ace Army to hold the city and supply lines.
• Jiang Hao rejected Liao Yunxiao's warning that conservatives might oppose another war and declared that the Shenzhou Kingdom should launch a full-scale counteroffensive against the North Sea Kingdom.

Jiang Hao assigned Han Min and the Ace Army to guard Wumeng City and the City of Eternity while Cai Tianming prepared to attack Wang Chongqing, then ordered his own army toward Wubai and Chongtian. In court, Han Feng argued for destroying the North Sea Kingdom, and the War Party and Conservative Faction clashed over whether to continue the war.

• Han Min objected to guarding the supply routes, but Jiang Hao persuaded him to defend Wumeng City and the City of Eternity and warned him about the missing Northern Barbarians.
• Cai Tianming agreed to deal with Wang Chongqing, and Jiang Hao promised that Master Qu and Master Nangong would support him.
• Jiang Hao reproached Song Jie and Jiang Hailong for their hesitation during the previous blockade, then ordered the Self-Defense Army to march toward Wubai and Chongtian in three days.
• Wei Chun urged King Han to negotiate with the North Sea Kingdom, arguing that continued war would exhaust Shenzhou and risk driving Cangling into an alliance with Beihai.
• Han Feng argued that the North Sea Kingdom had to be destroyed to end its invasions, prompting the War Party and Conservative Faction to argue fiercely in court.