Chapter Summaries

Zheng Chenggong crushed Abide Xius’s force and hurried to reinforce the battle against the Moses Empire, where Great Liang’s weapons devastated the enemy fleet. Abide Xisi and Yize realized their retreat was being blocked and debated whether to sacrifice more men to cover it.

• Zheng Chenggong boarded Abide Xius’s warship, killed him, and ordered his men to destroy the remaining soldiers before pursuing the enemy fleet.
• Zheng Chenggong’s force reached the ongoing battle and saw Great Liang’s firepower damaging the Moses Empire’s warships.
• Zheng Chenggong sent twenty ironclad warships charging toward the enemy, then followed with his own fleet.
• Abide Xisi and Yize recognized that Great Liang’s small force had trapped their much larger fleet and feared being worn down at sea.
• Abide Xisi objected when the Second Elder considered leaving more men behind to cover their retreat.

Yize and the Moses Empire’s commanders tried to counterattack, hoping Great Liang would run out of ammunition, but its bombardment continued with supply ships replenishing its fleet. With pursuers closing in and ironclads smashing through their warships, Yize’s forces faced a desperate choice between fighting at sea and retreating to an island.

• Yize ordered the Moses Empire’s damaged warships to ram Great Liang’s ships, but bombardment sank them before they could reach their targets.
• Yize and the commanders saw merchant ships supplying Great Liang’s fleet and realized its shells would not soon run out.
• Great Liang’s pursuing fleet caught up from behind, leaving Yize’s force trapped between the two fleets.
• Yize ordered his men to head for a nearby island, despite Asam’s warning that Great Liang might steal their ships and strand them.
• Great Liang’s ironclad warship rammed a Moses Empire warship, split it in two, and continued forward unscathed.

The Great Liang Empire’s ironclad warships devastated the Moses Empire’s fleet, while reinforcements from Great Liang and Xinma arrived and surrounded the Moses forces. Elder Yize chose to fight, and the Moses army turned to face the approaching enemy as the battle began in earnest.

• Great Liang’s ten ironclad warships charged into the Moses formation, sinking ships while their steel hulls withstood the Moses attacks.
• Elder Yize ordered his forces to destroy the ironclads, but the Moses catapults missed or failed to damage them.
• Yize saw Great Liang and Xinma troops approaching, along with reinforcements arriving from several directions, and realized the Moses army was nearly surrounded.
• Yize ordered the Moses army to fight, and it halted its advance and turned to face Great Liang’s forces.
• The Moses army launched a barrage of stones at the Great Liang warships as Zhou Yu and Zheng Chenggong watched and laughed.

Zheng Chenggong ordered Great Liang’s fleet to unleash a full barrage, devastating the Moses Empire’s warships and leaving Yize with no choice but to retreat. Yize assigned Axilusi’s 500,000 troops to remain behind as the rearguard.

• Zheng Chenggong laughed at the Moses Empire’s attempt to fight and ordered five volleys from the Red-Coat Cannons while the ironclad warships attacked from the sides.
• Great Liang’s bombardment shattered enemy soldiers and sank dozens of Moses Empire warships, leaving the survivors damaged and listing.
• Yize and Asam realized their forces could not fight back, while Abide Xisi mocked them for being overwhelmed.
• Yize ordered a retreat and, after Abide Xisi and Asam avoided the assignment, told Axilusi to leave all 500,000 of his troops behind as the rearguard.

Yize ordered a retreat as the Great Liang Empire overwhelmed the Moses Empire’s fleet, abandoning more than a million soldiers. Gan Ning pursued Yize’s fleeing forces and bombarded them until Yize raised a white flag and surrendered.

• Yize ordered his remaining forces to retreat south, leaving over a million men behind as the rear ranks collapsed.
• Zhou Yu noticed the retreat, and Gan Ning set out to pursue Yize while Zhou Yu stayed to destroy the remaining enemy forces.
• Gan Ning rallied his men with the promise of military merit and drove his commander-class ironclad warship after Yize’s fleet.
• Gan Ning’s warships bombarded the fleeing Moses Empire forces, sinking ships and shattering their morale.
• After Gan Ning exhausted his shells, Yize raised a white flag and surrendered to save his life.

After Great Liang’s naval victory, Yize surrendered the Moses Empire’s fleet to Gan Ning rather than let his troops be slaughtered. He left the outcome of the war to the fighting on land, hoping the Moses Empire might still prevail there.

• Yize rejected Asam’s call to fight to the death, explaining that Great Liang’s cannons had destroyed hundreds of their warships while the Moses Empire had sunk fewer than ten.
• Abide Xisi mocked Asam for boasting about the Flying Hedgehogs’ spears when they could not reach the enemy ships, and Asam fell silent.
• Gan Ning boarded the Moses ship and confirmed that Yize intended to surrender, promising that the captives would be safe if they obeyed orders.
• Abide Xisi ordered the Abide Family to lay down its weapons, and Yize then instructed all the Moses soldiers to surrender.
• The Moses troops dropped their weapons and knelt as Great Liang secured the fleet, leaving Asam to hope that the Moses Empire could still win the war on land.

Lin Yi arrived aboard the Pangu after the Great Liang Empire defeated the Moses Empire at sea, and its soldiers and allies recognized the empire’s overwhelming power. Though Lin Yi regretted missing the fighting, he accepted the Moses forces’ surrender and ordered them put to work.

• The Moses Empire’s battle flag sank, ending its maritime supremacy, and Yize and the other prisoners despaired.
• The Pangu arrived with Lin Yi aboard, followed by a vast fleet of Great Liang troops, alarming Yize and Abide Xisi and reassuring the Xinma Empire’s people.
• Lin Yi surveyed the battle’s aftermath and lamented that the fighting had ended before he could join in personally.
• Zhao Gao suggested letting the surrendering troops flee so Lin Yi could sink them again, shocking the people around him.
• Lin Yi rejected Zhao Gao’s suggestion and ordered that the surrendered Moses forces become Great Liang subjects and be assigned work.

Lin Yi celebrated Great Liang’s naval victory and summoned the surrendered Moses Empire leaders, including Yize. As Lin Yi prepared to take Yize with him to attack the Moses Empire, Asam attempted to assassinate him, but Lin Yi caught him.

• Guo Jia, Jia Xu, and Zhuge Liang said Great Liang’s victory had left the Moses Empire close to destruction, while Lin Yi looked forward to gaining more great cauldrons.
• Lin Yi praised the victorious soldiers, and Zhou Yu, Gan Ning, Lu Kang, Zheng Chenggong, and the other commanders boarded the Pangu to pay their respects.
• Zheng Chenggong told Lin Yi that Moses Empire Second Elder Yize and the head of the Abide Family had surrendered.
• Lin Yi questioned Yize and said he would take him along to attack the Moses Empire, but would not bring the other prisoners.
• Asam pulled a small knife from his crotch and charged at Lin Yi, and Lin Yi caught him before Lü Qiling could strike.

Lin Yi stopped Asam’s assassination attempt with two fingers and killed him with a single punch. He offered Yize and the other surrendered soldiers a chance to live if they served as the vanguard in the coming attack on the Moses Empire’s homeland.

• Asam charged Lin Yi with a dagger, but Lin Yi caught the blade between two fingers.
• Lin Yi punched Asam into the water, leaving him presumed dead.
• Abide Xisi pleaded for his life and cited his brother Abide William, but Lin Yi refused to spare him on that basis.
• Yize offered to render meritorious service in exchange for survival.
• Lin Yi ordered the surrendered soldiers to serve as the vanguard, and Yize accepted.

Lin Yi secured the surrender of Abide Xisi and the Xinma Empire, assigning Li Mu to lead Xinma’s army as his forces prepared to move against the Moses Empire. The system then rewarded him with Lu Xun, Lu Su, Bai Qi, Wang Li, and additional troops and treasures.

• Lin Yi ordered Abide Xisi and Moshili Chaer to serve in a suicide squad, promising them a chance to live if they earned enough merit.
• Xinier submitted Xinma to Lin Yi, who promised friendly treatment and appointed Li Mu to command its million-strong army.
• Lin Yi ordered his forces to ready the warships and march toward the Moses Empire, planning to rest and reorganize in its colony.
• Lin Yi opened the system and received Lu Xun, 500,000 Eastern Wu Navy troops, the Yangzhou Tripod Cauldron, the Winning People Over with Virtue Medal, and Lu Su for taking Xinma.
• The system rewarded Lin Yi with Bai Qi and 500,000 Qin Army troops for routing the Moses Empire’s navy, and Wang Li for killing Asam.

Lin Yi examined a massive reward haul that gave him legendary generals Bai Qi and Lu Xun, strategist Lu Su, Wang Li, a million troops, and the Yangzhou Tripod Cauldron. He saw the rewards as bringing him closer to collecting all Nine Tripod Cauldrons and leaving the Moses Empire with even less chance of resisting him.

• Lin Yi celebrated after seeing the rewards and recognized Bai Qi as a legendary commander whose victories had devastated Qin's enemies.
• Lin Yi assessed Lu Xun's battlefield record and concluded that he and Bai Qi would make his forces far more formidable.
• Lin Yi considered Lu Su a first-rate strategist and diplomat who could strengthen the Great Liang Empire, while hoping Wang Li could improve through experience.
• Lin Yi noted that he had gained 500,000 Eastern Wu Navy troops and 500,000 Qin troops for his campaign against the Moses Empire.
• Lin Yi welcomed the Yangzhou Tripod Cauldron, bringing his collection to five and leaving him closer to obtaining all Nine Tripod Cauldrons.
• Lin Yi taunted Moshili Chaer and concluded that the Moses Empire would be crushed.

Moshili Chaer struggled to contain Great Liang's mobile attacks as the Moses Empire's forces and morale weakened. News that the Xinma Empire had allied with Great Liang and that six million troops were advancing left him ordering a nationwide mobilization.

• Lü Bu and the other Great Liang fighters repeatedly harassed the Moses Empire's front, while Moshili Chaer failed to stop their attacks.
• Ashan and Adolf Kaka warned Moshili Chaer that the enemy's strength and attacks on multiple fronts threatened the empire.
• Moshili Chaer planned to use cavalry to trap the enemy in open terrain and charge them down.
• A messenger reported that Xinma had surrendered to Great Liang, Princess Dada had become empress, and the Xinma empress was under house arrest.
• The messenger revealed that Great Liang had sent six million troops against the Moses Empire and that Elder Yize was withdrawing home.
• Moshili Chaer ordered a nationwide mobilization to face the invading army.

Emperor Moshili learned that Yize’s three million troops had been annihilated at sea by the Great Liang Empire’s faster ironclad warships. With the Moses Empire’s strength shattered and a possible seven or eight million enemy troops approaching, he faced a desperate need to replenish his forces.

• Moshili Chaer and the other officials feared that the Moses Empire could not withstand the Great Liang Empire’s six million troops with its remaining forces.
• Adolf Kaka proposed waiting for Yize to return so they could attack Lü Bu’s forces from both sides, and Emperor Moshili began mobilizing troops for the plan.
• Emperor Moshili received word that all three million troops under Yize had been wiped out at sea, leaving him and the officials stunned.
• Ashan explained that Great Liang’s ironclad warships had overwhelmed the Moses fleet with their speed and power.
• An elder urged the empire to replenish its troops, while Moshili Chaer worried that Xinma’s forces might bring the enemy total to seven or eight million.

Moshili and his commanders faced the Moses Empire’s dire prospects as Great Liang’s forces closed in, and they abandoned hopes of peace in favor of a desperate counterattack. They split their army to confront enemy troops attacking from the front and rear.

• Moshili ordered nationwide mobilization and urged his commanders to destroy the enemy forces before Great Liang’s main army arrived.
• A veteran general told the commanders that peace was impossible and pressed them to act immediately.
• A messenger reported that Great Liang reinforcements had landed behind the Moses Empire’s army and inflicted heavy losses.
• Moshili divided his forces, taking charge of the front while Adolf Kaka led the other group against the enemy landing force.
• Adolf Kaka accepted the assignment, and the commanders began organizing their troops for the counterattack.

Lü Bu and Chen Dao learned that the Moses Empire was collapsing under Great Liang’s raids and that its three-million-strong navy had been annihilated. They prepared for the emperor’s arrival to lead the campaign in person, expecting the empire’s defeat to be near.

• Lü Bu’s cavalry raided Moses Empire strongholds, causing heavy losses, desertions, and declining morale among its troops.
• Chen Dao said the Moses Empire’s recent unification and unresolved internal conflicts would make it vulnerable to revolt and collapse.
• A messenger announced that the emperor would lead a campaign against the Moses Empire in person, and Lü Bu agreed to clear and secure a landing area.
• Chen Dao learned from the messenger that Great Liang had annihilated the Moses Empire’s three-million-strong navy, with only some survivors surrendering.
• Lü Bu and Chen Dao concluded that the Moses Empire had little chance of resisting the coming Great Liang and Xinma Empire forces.

After arriving in Moses Empire territory, Lin Yi reflected on the strength and dignity he wanted for Great Liang’s people, then approved Lü Bu’s request to lead the vanguard in the final offensive. The group entered a poorly developed coastal city, where Guo Jia noted that the Moses Empire had not expected an attack from the sea.

• Lü Bu ordered the Moses Empire civilians evacuated from the area, and Chen Dao sent soldiers to assist.
• The civilians saw Lin Yi’s procession and realized that Great Liang’s emperor had personally arrived to lead the campaign.
• Lin Yi told Zhuge Liang and the others that Great Liang’s citizens should have dignity and resilience rather than live in fear.
• Lü Bu, Chen Dao, and Ran Min welcomed Lin Yi, who praised their efforts and promised rewards before granting Lü Bu the vanguard role.
• Lin Yi criticized the dilapidated coastal city, and Guo Jia said its lack of defenses reflected the Moses Empire’s assumption that no enemy would attack from the sea.

Lin Yi launched an all-out assault on the Moses Empire with more than eight million troops, seeking to destroy it and conquer the Western Continent. Great Liang’s forces broke through on multiple fronts as Emperor Moshili faced mounting losses and charged into battle himself.

• Lin Yi ordered the general offensive after Guo Jia confirmed the troops had reached their positions.
• Zhuge Liang and Jiang Wei trapped northern forces in the Eight Trigrams Formation, while Bai Qi and Li Mu routed the east and Huo Qubing and Guo Xin advanced through the west.
• Lin Yi sent Lü Bu, Zhang Liao, and Gao Shun to break through the southern defenses and ordered them to take the Western Continent within three days.
• Reports told Emperor Moshili that the northern gateway had fallen, the eastern army was advancing on Kunsi City, and cavalry was sweeping inland from the west.
• As Great Liang’s forces attacked the front, Moshili rejected defeat and charged into battle, hoping to preserve the Moses Empire’s chance of survival.

Lin Yi destroyed the Moses Empire and launched Great Liang’s armies into a campaign to conquer the world. After gathering all Nine Tripod Cauldrons, he became the Human Emperor, and later chronicles said he ascended with his consorts after reigning for ninety-nine years.

• Lin Yi led Great Liang’s forces to defeat the Moses Empire, and Moshili Chaer killed himself after admitting defeat.
• The system rewarded Lin Yi with Wang Jian, two Tripod Cauldrons, and a million soldiers, while Sun Shangxiang reported that they had found a world map.
• Lin Yi ordered Guo Jia to continue conquering the world, and Great Liang’s forces occupied the Moses Empire and the Northern Continent, including the Ice Kingdom.
• Great Liang swept through the eastern lands and, after the Pangu crossed the Ocean Ring, destroyed the Southern Nether Kingdom.
• The system announced that Lin Yi had gathered all Nine Tripod Cauldrons and attained the rank of Human Emperor, while his family and subjects saw him shine with golden light.
• Later chronicles recorded that Lin Yi reigned for ninety-nine years before ascending with his consorts as Human Emperor Zhenwu.