Chapter 258, "Construction Bottleneck, Screening, and Army-Building Ideas", is the clearest early answer because it turns Black Soil Wall's situation into a concrete plot event. The setup is [Camp: Great Xia (Level 0)] [Lord: Xia Hong] [Cultivation: Mid-stage..., but the pressure keeps building through In the main hall on the top floor, Xia Hong sat alone on the high....

Chapter 440, "Awake", is the clearest early answer because it turns Metallic Wall's situation into a concrete plot event. The setup is Inside the imperial tent-- On the steep hill "...Have you heard the..., but the pressure keeps building through Yeah, who hasn't heard about it yet?.
Chapter 132, "Level Up", is the clearest early answer because Defensive Wall finally turns buildup into a real advancement.
Chapter 187, "Naughty Teng, Let's Go", is the clearest early answer because it turns Ginseng Black's situation into a concrete plot event. The setup is Wang Teng and Ning Ziyu went to the cafeteria on the second floor., but the pressure keeps building through Ning Ziyu wasn't polite to him at all..
Chapter 60, "Arrested?", is the clearest early answer because it turns Black Sun's situation into a concrete plot event.
Chapter 240, "Man in black", is the clearest early answer because it turns Laurie's situation into a concrete plot event.
Chapter 935, "Black Smoke 3.", is the clearest early answer because it turns Black Smoke's situation into a concrete plot event.
Chapter 57, "Hostile", is the clearest early answer because it turns Black Sun's situation into a concrete plot event.
Chapter 906, "Spoils", is the clearest early answer because it turns Is's situation into a concrete plot event.
Chapter 751, "Out of hands", is the clearest early answer because it turns Is's situation into a concrete plot event.
Chapter 241, "Attack!", is the clearest early answer because the buildup finally cashes out in a real clash. The setup is If Higson had plenty of loopholes in their deal—that was: they could..., but the pressure keeps building through He simply couldn't betray him or his party directly..