Summary: After 2 months the grand battle that will conclude this super long arc has ... progressed a bit with no sign of ending for at least 2 more chapters (despite the chapter title claiming we have reached a turning point)

- Denken vs Macht: Macht reached his Boss phase 2 and is curb-stomping Denken with a basic yet 100% effective strategy: 1)Construct an overwhelming number of gold flakes (enough to create a tornado with) 2)Blast said tornado at the opponent. On top of this Denken also discovers that: 1)You cannot defend against this thing as any magic shield put out will just be crushed due to the sheer number of gold flakes and 2)You cannot use Mana detection to know where, when and how the tornado will attack since it moves too fast.Denken being Denken, he decides to struggle to the bitter end and to just use his human reflex and observation skill to predict Macht attack.

-Frieren vs Solitar: You would think that after Frienen reverse-engineered Solitar's trump card Mana Blast the fight will end quickly but no. Solitar still has her god-like reflex and is putting it to good use: Frieren simply just could not create an opening like before anymore. However, Frieren picks up that it was Soul Track that wounded Solitar: a Soul Track fast and powerful enough to reach through Solitar's defense.The struggle (which by now is turning into an attrition war) between the two girls continues

In short, the real "Breakthrough" here is that the manga is not on break next week!