So the third volume, "Ceaseless Fighting," ends here.

Of course, it might feel like two volumes to everyone, because after the Battle of Pavia, it should have been split into another volume, but my Alzheimer's flared up, and I forgot.

The first volume is "Dispatch of the Saint's Grandson" (from the beginning to the end of Pavia), in this volume, Horn underwent the transformation from an ordinary civilian to a revolutionary and initially established his local armed faction.

The second volume is "Sharpening the Blade" (from the Battle of Pavia to the end of the Battle of Cheese Bay), politically, through the issuance of the Holy Country's land edicts and the implementation of popular representation system, land reform and the Hundred Households District's town system were carried out.

Militarily, an experimental battalion system and military training regimen were established, bandits from cave forests and remnants of knights were expelled to train soldiers, opening up trade routes.

Through the Battle of Black Mountain, the entire Langsande County was unified.

Through the Battle of Rapids City, the trade and financial hub of the Thousand River Valley was taken over, and by the Battle of Cheese Bay, Prince Kongdai was killed, achieving national independence.

Economically, a bond system was developed, advancing towards modern town life and factories, agricultural reform was carried out through the Saint Plow and Scythe Monastery, the trade of white sugar was developed with the Holy Axis Alliance (the full name is Holy Alliance) through the "Southern Thousand River Valley Free Trade Agreement," and meat trade was developed using salt and ham.

Mainly focusing on internal development, unifying the region, then unifying the Thousand River Valley, undertaking some level of construction and experimental institutional pilot projects.

The third volume is "Ceaseless Fighting" (from the Battle of Cheese Bay to the end of the Battle of Grey Robe Hill).

In this volume, politically, the constitutional convention and temporary national system of the Thousand River Valley were established, the Advisory Council was constructed, and the Hundred Households District scheme was implemented, ultimately reconciling the divided government, drawing in small landowners and industrial business aristocrats, and striking against large landowners and feudal privileged nobility.

Militarily, the clockwork cannon and artillery systems were developed, the use of clockwork gun improved, rescuing and affiliating the Black Snake Bay Federation, while launching an attack on the Shattered Stone Plain, expelling Leia people's army for the second time, expanding the Holy Alliance's territory from the Thousand River Valley to Black Snake Bay, Shattered Stone Plain, Thorn Garden, and Immortal Stone Field, with the total area skyrocketing from the original 240,000 square kilometers to nearly 1,800,000 square kilometers (major issues in subsequent governance).

Economically, through Windmill Land and Charles VIII, a large accumulation of primitive capital was achieved, developing sugar factories, paper factories, shipbuilding, and other series of artisan factories, leading many artisans from towns to the countryside, replacing handcraft with standardized components and gradually using hydraulic machinery to replace manpower, gradually constructing Holy Machinery Court University, formally commencing scientific research (wheat breeding, Alchemy's Three Laws, Holy Path's Truth, Demon Hunting Potion - Fear of Poison), introducing large quantities of Black Snake Bay crops and witches.

From the makeshift group at the beginning of the first volume, to the divided government of the second volume, the unified centralized government of the third volume (though still somewhat makeshift, at least more stable than other regimes like the empire).

I initially intended to finish within 300 chapters, but inexplicably wrote over 360 chapters.

After completing the war for founding, the main focus of the East Continent shifts to the war between Falan and Leia (don't think Charles VIII will stop after acquiring Windmill Land).

Horn finally ushers in a period of peaceful development, in other words, until the ending, wars will only be briefly mentioned in three to five chapters (I've written enough details on previous battles so mature readers can deduce the campaigns themselves.jpg, only highlighting differences from old tactics).

But Horn faces many challenges, how to manage such vast territories? How to balance the relationships between the Holy Path faction and the Miracle Priests (Wizards)? How to complete primitive industrialization and advance towards full industrialization? How to accumulate enough capital? Future challenges will come from the Falan, Blood and Flesh Royal Court, and might even involve Lilith and Miseria, the two "gods."

What exactly will Horn encounter? What will be the ultimate outcome for the Holy Alliance? Will various mysteries be solved?

Hopefully, it can be finished within 300 chapters.

Thank you all for your love.

The next volume is the fourth and final one—"Towards Peace."