If someone asks where this storyline really starts moving, would Chapter 290 be your answer?

Chapter 176, "Resistance and Reason", is the clearest early answer because it turns Great Xia Camp's situation into a concrete plot event. A useful checkpoint is the way the scene starts with Ning'er, you wouldn't still be thinking..." Xiao Ning snapped out of... and follows through with It might be better to be more forceful, directly take them into the....

Chapter 228, "Justified Campaign, The Infiltration Unveiled (Part 3)", is the clearest early answer because it turns Hive's situation into a concrete plot event. It opens with But never expected, on the fifth day after he sent out the letter. and closes on We've truly done it; now it's just how to communicate with Chen....

Chapter 264, "Supplies Delivered, News from Long Mountain (3)", is the clearest early answer because it turns Xia Chuan's situation into a concrete plot event. The setup is He has been stationed in Longyou for over twenty days now, and he..., but the pressure keeps building through Taking advantage of this period without battles, he dispatched over a....

Chapter 234, "Probing, Arrangements, and Hou Hu’s Confidence (Part 2)", is the clearest early answer because it turns Li Tiancheng's situation into a concrete plot event. The setup is Xia Hong had just swept his gaze over the people in the hall when Hou..., but the pressure keeps building through Brother Hong, come, come, sit next to me!" Not only Hou Hu, but all....

Chapter 226, "Beehive Incident, Lin Ye Is Dead (Part 3)", is the clearest early answer because the violence around Main Zone Space becomes final instead of hypothetical. The chapter turns that into something concrete by moving from The big iron gate before the Main Zone was the last barrier of the... to A massive explosion reverberated throughout the underground space of....

Chapter 257, "Straightening the Road and the Beast Meat Problem (Part 3)", is the clearest early answer because it turns Xia Hong's situation into a concrete plot event. A useful checkpoint is the way the scene starts with The young man smiled helplessly upon hearing this and said, "The... and follows through with The camp already has such a large population, and with 40,000 more,....

Chapter 228, "Justified Campaign, The Infiltration Unveiled (Part 2)", 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 Zhaoyang is not anything good, and neither is Great Xia, but both... and follows through with Still, he mainly wanted to provide a future for his son Luo Cheng, to....

Chapter 191, "Repelling the Enemy and Punishment, The 1st Wedding", is the clearest early answer because it turns Xiao Ning's situation into a concrete plot event. The chapter gives readers a real answer by opening on Yes, Chief!" "I'll head back to camp first." Xia Hong left a word,... and ending on The same bright red, worn by Xia Chuan, was laughable, but on Xiao.... In story terms, the chapter closes with "This can be considered the first step in establishing the Xia Li.

Chapter 191, "Repel the Enemy and Punish, The 1st Wedding", is the clearest early answer because it turns Xia Hong's situation into a concrete plot event. The chapter turns that into something concrete by moving from From the north, a fierce wind swept in. to They couldn't catch Chen Yingyuan's body, only the pervasive snow....

Chapter 176, "Resistance and Reason", is the clearest early answer because it turns Great Xia's situation into a concrete plot event. A useful checkpoint is the way the scene starts with Thinking about his experience at Xiao He Camp, Xia Chuan could... and follows through with Although there aren't many Cold Beasts on the North Shore, we can....