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Chapter 225, "Council at Long Mountain, Li Xuanling's Decisive Action (Part 3)", is the clearest early answer because it turns Li Xuantiang's situation into a concrete plot event. It opens with This time at the alliance meeting, Wushuang and Hanqiong haven't... and closes on The families of Wushuang and Han Jiuli have been at odds with us for....
Chapter 233, "Army Sets Out, Yang Lu's Transformation, Mid-stage Cold Resistance", is the clearest early answer because it turns Xia Chuan's situation into a concrete plot event. A useful checkpoint is the way the scene starts with Great Xia Valley, Main Hall on the Top Floor As usual, the main seat... and follows through with Especially hearing the expectation contained in Xia Chuan's last....
Chapter 272, "Disappointment and Surprise, Surge in Cold Resistance Level Participants", is the clearest early answer because Redwood Ridge finally turns buildup into a real advancement. The chapter gives readers a real answer by opening on Second Year of Great Xia, June 2, Late Night Xia City is still... and ending on Including Li Baihe and the others, Luo Ming naturally dared not voice....
Chapter 251, "Understanding, Winning Hearts First, Next Steps (Part 3)", is the clearest early answer because it turns Qiu Peng's situation into a concrete plot event. It opens with After all, having been a leader, Chen Yingyuan pointed out Xia Hong's... and closes on If we let all 1,600 of these people return and spread the news about....
Chapter 211, "Elite System, Mining, and Cheng Ping's Grudge (Part 3)", is the clearest early answer because it turns Cold Resistance Levels's situation into a concrete plot event. It opens with For a moment, Xia Hong could mostly guess Luo Ming's situation at the... and closes on None?" The person was taken aback upon hearing, then looked up....
Chapter 236, "White Dew Gu, Despairing Yuwen Dao, Yang Lu", is the clearest early answer because it turns Yuan Cheng's situation into a concrete plot event. It opens with Now that things have come to this, the destruction of Yanglu Camp is... and closes on Great Xia Minister, Xia Chuan, Leader Peng, I'm quite interested in.... The key payoff is that the chapter closes with "Alright, Leader Peng is straightforward.
Chapter 252, "A Thousand Gold for a Steed’s Bones, Yang Li Surrenders", is the clearest early answer because it turns Li Hu's situation into a concrete plot event. The chapter turns that into something concrete by moving from At dawn, on the first floor of Wushuang Main Building. to Li Hu silently followed behind them, and soon reached the top floor,....
Chapter 217, "Hesitation, Departure, and Sending Word (Part 3)", is the clearest early answer because it pushes Great Xia into a new phase or setting. The setup is Xia Hong could see through Luo Cheng's thoughts with a glance and..., but the pressure keeps building through Your aptitude is decent, and with my recommendation, Great Xia might....
Chapter 280, "The Disappearing Beast Tide, Tenfold Marching Speed (Part 3)", is the clearest early answer because it turns Cloud Jiao Army's situation into a concrete plot event. It opens with Xia Hong shook his head and chuckled softly, not caring, and... and closes on Go back to notify the Six Ministries, temporarily mobilize all the....
Chapter 234, "Probing, Arrangements, and Hou Hu’s Confidence (Part 2)", is the clearest early answer because it turns Xia Hong's situation into a concrete plot event. Early on, Xia Hong had just swept his gaze over the people in the hall when Hou.... By the end, If Hou Hu wasn't wary of him at all, that would be strange..