Chapter Summaries

Lin Xu used the Evil Eyes to assess the Jiang Lineage army and discovered hidden extraordinary fighters and a champion cavalry commander among its forces. With the enemy approaching, he chose to build three defensive bastions along the territory’s border.

• Lin Xu abandoned his Fire Meteor attacks after the army’s barrier absorbed them, then ordered his guardians to muster for battle.
• Lin Xu and the Dungeon Heart used the Evil Eyes to survey the army, revealing five Mountain-Bearing Turtles and more than a thousand extraordinary fighters hidden in castles on their backs.
• Lin Xu spotted three hundred heavy cavalry led by Jiang Shiyan, whose commander had a Champion Template, and identified the giant eagle knights as a priority target for Li Xuanfeng.
• Lin Xu determined that the army would reach the territory in a little over two hours and began planning defenses on the flat ground where it was advancing.
• Lin Xu’s plans formed three triangularly arranged bastions near Great Wang Village and Azure Cloud Mountain to guard the territory’s border.

Lin Xu used a spell to raise Bastion No. 2 and sent Heavenly Craftsman Rabbit Demons to harden its walls as he prepared defenses against the Jiang Lineage army. Across the territory, villagers, Daoists, militiamen, and allied tribes mobilized for war while Lin Xu headed to build the remaining bastions.

• Lin Xu used a massive spell to build Bastion No. 2, then ordered the Heavenly Craftsman Rabbit Demons to petrify its soft sandstone walls into bluestone.
• Lin Xu rode toward the planned site of Bastion No. 1 after ordering the territory to mobilize and declaring that the invaders would not leave.
• Meng Yaohua led Daoists and militia from West Willow Tree Village with carts of supplies, while Xu Yinyin stayed behind to oversee production and protect the village.
• Liu Jiayao gathered the militia at the underground training ground and led them toward a temporary warehouse to distribute weapons and supplies for the battlefield.
• Bilusi brought the Fallen Demon warband to support the territory and summoned the kobold tribe as it passed the crystal mine.

Lin Xu and the Xuanwei Monastery territory prepared to face the approaching Jiang army, but Li Meng used a lord’s authority to suppress Spiritual Qi and counter Lin Xu’s spell. Jiang Shiyan authorized the Jiang Lineage territory to approach, and the two territories’ authorities clashed, dispersing Lin Xu’s fiery clouds.

• The black tiger demon left the Zombie Mine’s defenses to the Fallen Demon Warband and led the Tiger Sha Demon Army toward the surface.
• Lin Xu equipped the bastions and organized militia, soldiers, Dao soldiers, outer sect disciples, and ritual forces as the Jiang army arrived.
• Qiuqiu used Light of Temptation to turn giant eagles toward the ground, and Lin Xu’s heavy crossbowmen shot them down.
• Lin Xu formed a rain of fire over the battlefield, but Li Meng activated Lord Authority: Spiritual Qi Suppression.
• Jiang Shiyan approved the authorization request, bringing the Jiang Lineage territory closer as its authority clashed with Lin Xu’s and dispersed the fiery clouds.

Lin Xu used spirit-enchanted ballistae and guided their bolts with spells to break the Jiang Lineage Army's advance despite its lord suppressing his territory. The enemy's first battle group routed, and another began to falter under the sustained fire.

• Li Meng discovered that Jiang Shiyan's authority had sealed only one of Lin Xu's territory authorities, and he ordered the army to advance cautiously.
• Lin Xu gathered his corpse drivers and 273 refined corpses behind the defenses, then ordered the ballista crews to fire on the approaching army.
• Lin Xu used the Arrow Shooting Technique to guide the ballista bolts, killing nearly two hundred soldiers in the first volley and continuing to direct the fire.
• Lin Xu concentrated sustained ballista fire on one thousand-man battle group until it suffered 30 percent casualties and fled, shaking nearby enemy units.
• Lin Xu shifted the ballistae to another battle group, which began to collapse after suffering 20 percent casualties, while Xu Yueming cursed in frustration.

Lin Xu’s forces devastated the Jiang Lineage’s aerial cavalry and vanguard with psychic attacks, crossbows, and spirit-rune catapults, forcing Li Meng to adapt his defenses as the armies neared engagement. Meanwhile, Mother Lin learned that Lin Xu was fighting the Jiang Lineage and returned to Qimeng City, intending to alert Elder Jiang and Wanqing.

• Li Meng ordered the aerial cavalry to attack the enemy ballistae, but Li Xuanfeng’s flying sword and the Evil Eyes’ Mind Shock Blast brought down many giant eagles while crossbowmen finished them off.
• Li Meng realized that some force was driving the aerial cavalry to attack recklessly, while Lin Xu praised Qiuqiu and watched the surviving riders retreat.
• Lin Xu ordered his spirit-rune catapults to fire stone projectiles, routing and demoralizing several Jiang Lineage battle groups.
• Li Meng cast Aegis of the Atmosphere to protect his legion, but Lin Xu switched to oversized stone balls that broke through the shield and struck the soldiers below.
• Lin Xu ordered his troops to prepare for engagement as the vanguards drew close.
• Mother Lin entered Xuanwei Monastery looking for Lin Xu, and Meng Yaoguang warned her that he was defending against the Jiang Lineage; Mother Lin returned to Qimeng City and called Elder Jiang.

As Jiang Shiyan's army attacked Lin Xu's territory, allies in Qimeng City mobilized to support him while Jiang Wanqing sought help from Old General Gu. Lin Xu's smaller force repelled the first assault with superior equipment and Taoist healing, leaving Li Meng wondering how Lin Xu had trained so many spellcasters.

• Elder Jiang gathered his people to support Lin Xu, and Shang Cheng reminded him to call on the Night Watchers.
• Zhang Meng left to gather his gang, while Li Yue and other Night Watchers prepared to rally their colleagues to Lin Xu's aid.
• Zhao Chengyuan offered to lead willing Night Watchers into the Spirit Realm, and Meng Changlin insisted on sharing responsibility.
• Jiang Wanqing contacted Liaison Officer Gu and offered a high-tier spirit talisman master's inheritance in exchange for Old General Gu's help.
• Lin Xu's troops used ballistae, spirit-imbued bows, and superior armor to rout Jiang Shiyan's four attacking battle units.
• The Taoist corps healed most wounded soldiers, and Li Meng questioned how Lin Xu had trained so many spellcasters.

Lin Xu’s defenders used poison and restoration spells to repel repeated Jiang Lineage Army assaults while waiting for reinforcements, and the arrival of Liu Jiayao’s troops stabilized their line. At the same time, Bilusi and Andrew’s forces struggled to hold back a zombie horde underground, while Li Meng ordered the Soaring Flood Dragon Army to attack.

• Lin Xu ordered the inner disciples to poison four attacking battle groups, then restored his soldiers’ stamina with a war spell as they routed the assault.
• Li Meng mistook Lin Xu’s restoration spells for a drain on his resources and ordered his troops to slow their attacks and keep pressuring the line.
• Lin Xu waited for reinforcements as his outnumbered defenders suffered heavy casualties, while Liu Jiayao’s concealed soldiers and troops from nearby villages approached.
• Bilusi burned zombies with fireballs as Andrew and the kobolds fought to hold the mine tunnels until the exhausted Fallen Demons recovered.
• Liu Jiayao led his soldiers into the battle and stabilized Lin Xu’s line, prompting Li Meng to order the Soaring Flood Dragon Army to attack.

Lin Xu used his Dao soldiers, corpse refinements, and Daoists to counter Li Meng’s assault and destroy the Soaring Flood Dragon Army’s advance. The enemy’s remaining forces hesitated before the battlefield, while Lin Xu turned his attention back to the five Mountain-Bearing Turtles.

• Li Meng sent the Soaring Flood Dragon Army and other troops forward, while Lin Xu ordered his Dao soldiers to hold the line and prepared his Daoists to strike.
• Lin Xu redirected the corpse refinement group to intercept the cavalry, but the heavy cavalry avoided them and circled toward the bastion.
• The corpse refinements routed an enemy battle group, then returned to the bastion as the Mountain-Bearing Turtles and front-line troops advanced.
• The Soaring Flood Dragon Army charged into Lin Xu’s Dao soldiers, who cut down dozens of attackers with their Soul-Devouring Halberds.
• Lin Xu ordered the Daoists to unleash nearly fifteen hundred wind blades, slaughtering the enemy battle groups and frightening the nearby troops into stopping their advance.

Li Meng ordered a full-front assault after the Daoist corps annihilated the Soaring Flood Dragon Army, while Lin Xu’s defenders held their line with support from newly delivered potions. Zhao Chengyuan’s Night Watchers discovered that Director Lin was a Spirit Realm lord, as Xu Yueming led his cavalry charge against the bastion.

• Li Meng realized the Soaring Flood Dragon Army had been lured into a trap and ordered his forces to attack along the entire front.
• Xu Yueming led his thirteen-hundred-strong cavalry regiment toward the bastion, with heavy cavalry forming the spearhead.
• Zhao Chengyuan and the Night Watchers followed a menial disciple through the Daoist temple after the Soul-Devouring Mist dispersed, and Zhao concluded that Director Lin was a lord.
• Li Yue sensed a strange fluctuation from the sapphire pendant on his chest, while Zhang Meng and Elder Jiang watched the Mountain-Bearing Turtles approach.
• Lin Xu waited for Li Yingqiu’s logistics team to deliver restorative potions as his Daoist corps and frontline warriors resisted the enemy.
• Xu Yueming used Torrential Rain Pear Blossom to break apart the incoming ballista bolts, then began Half-Moon Slash as his cavalry charged.

Xu Yueming’s cavalry smashed through Lin Xu’s bastion defenses, while his Champion Template amplified the army’s momentum and made him a formidable fighter. As the cavalry neared the breach, Lin Xu sent refined corpses against them, setting the stage for the defenders’ next move.

• Xu Yueming shattered the bastion’s outer wall and used martial general skills to destroy Lin Xu’s fireballs and crossbow bolts.
• Lin Xu recognized that Xu Yueming’s Champion Template let him gather the cavalry’s Army Momentum into his own strength, and ordered Hu Da to attack him.
• Hu Da and the Tiger Sha Demon Soldiers struck the cavalry from above, killing soldiers and weakening Xu Yueming’s Army Momentum; Xu Yueming wounded Hu Da in return.
• Xu Yueming taunted Lin Xu as the cavalry approached the bastion, while Elder Jiang and Uncle Tang prepared to confront him.
• Lin Xu ordered the refined corpses to attack, and Xu Yueming swept through them with a Half-Moon Slash as Lin Xu quietly made his move.