Recaps

Kang De and Horus planned how to produce the many parts needed to repair Horus, dividing precision work between Goth’s alchemy masters and mass production on Earth. Kang De returned through the portal to the White Mist World, intending to travel onward to Earth while Tina and A Xing stayed behind.

• Kang De returned to the White Mist World with materials gathered by Goth’s alchemists, and Horus learned that manual production could not meet the scale of its parts list.
• Kang De and Horus decided that alchemy masters would make the most demanding components while Earth’s factories produced suitable standard parts, with enchantments added to improve them.
• Kang De planned to use Wang Xiaoman’s father’s automotive manufacturing connections and to develop a way to automate repetitive enchantment work.
• Kang De told Tina he needed to return to his world for supplies, and she worried about the danger while A Xing watched their exchange.
• Kang De handed the signal generator to A Xing, agreed on precautions with Tina and A Xing, and passed through the portal into the White Mist World.

Kang De returned to China and discovered that footage of his rescue of his father had made him a worldwide hero. He realized the publicity might be setting up outrage over his presumed death in an American-French airstrike, and urgently asked where Uncle Wang was.

• Kang De returned to his apartment in China, checked that it was safe, and knocked on the wall to summon Xiaoman.
• Xiaoman welcomed Kang De and told him that news and videos of his rescue mission had gone viral, prompting a flood of messages and calls.
• Kang De reviewed the online coverage, including memes and reports praising him, and noticed that stories avoided mentioning the many people he had killed during the mission.
• Kang De saw official posts and Chakat II's message thanking him for saving Comora, while Xiaoman said foreign supporters were calling him a freedom fighter.
• Kang De realized the publicity could be building public anger over his supposed death in a joint American-French airstrike, then asked urgently where Uncle Wang was.

Kang De reunited with Wang Yongzhi and discussed how he would cooperate with China while remaining independent and pursuing plans in Comora. The chapter ended as he called his mother with Xiaoman beside him, only for his mother to enthusiastically insist that their team be called the Dragon Group.

• Wang Yongzhi returned to Kang De’s home, confirmed Kang De was safe, and explained that the authorities had escorted Kang De’s mother to Djibouti.
• Kang De joked about forming a Dragon Group, then told Wang Yongzhi he wanted to cooperate with China without joining its organization.
• Wang Yongzhi warned Kang De not to punish people outside the law again and listened as Kang De said he planned to work in Comora.
• Wang Yongzhi agreed to report Kang De’s intentions and discuss how China might respond to the American and French air strike.
• Kang De and Xiaoman spoke about his plans in Africa, and Kang De invited her to join him in calling his mother.
• Kang De’s mother answered the call and immediately declared that their team had to be called the Dragon Group.

Kang De spoke with his mother, who hid her worry behind jokes and avoided asking about his secrets, then discussed his family’s safety and his dangerous plans with Xiaoman and Wang Yongzhi. Wang told him the country had approved cooperation in principle and asked him to avoid retaliating against the United States and France; Kang De agreed but demanded compensation and planned to return to Comora that night.

• Kang De joked with his mother about his fame and the online image of him as the twenty-fifth filial exemplar, while she reassured him that she was safe at the Djibouti support base.
• After the call, Kang De explained to Xiaoman that his mother had avoided serious questions because she only wanted to know he was safe, and Xiaoman comforted him as he worried over his family and his dangerous future.
• Wang Yongzhi told Kang De that the country had approved cooperation in principle and asked him to restrain himself from striking American or French territory or military bases.
• Kang De agreed not to retaliate for now because his parents could be targeted, but he demanded compensation for the joint air strike, including weapons, supplies, trade concessions, and an answer from the United States about Ms. Xi.
• Wang Yongzhi asked Kang De to submit a detailed list of demands and told him to return to Comora that night, where a surprise awaited him.

Kang De hid from the attention flooding his home, spent a quiet day with Xiaoman, and then returned to Comora after Wang Yongzhi and Kang Jinzhu hinted at a surprise. He arrived at a public ceremony where King Chakat II announced that Kang De would receive a title and share in the king’s responsibilities.

• Kang De ignored the calls and reporters pursuing him, while Xiaoman told him that livestreamers had tried to enter his residential complex.
• Wang Yongzhi showed Kang De a martial artist challenging him, and Kang De joked that he would send the challenger to work in Comora’s mines.
• Kang De and Xiaoman ate together, browsed online reactions to his fame, and spent the afternoon joking and relaxing before Xiaoman urged him to leave for Comora after dinner.
• Wang Yongzhi told Kang De that officials had prepared a surprise in Comora, and Kang De teleported to the embassy, where Kang Jinzhu and the ambassador escorted him into a motorcade.
• The people of Moyani welcomed Kang De with cheers as the motorcade carried him to the palace, where King Chakat II invited him to receive a title and share royal responsibilities.

Kang De was invested as a chief of Comora and given the title Nkuozu, meaning “Warlord,” along with land and the right to form a guard. After the ceremony and celebrations, he discovered that he was trending on Weibo as “African Chief Kang De.”

• Kang De realized that Kang Jinzhu had arranged for him to receive the awkwardly titled honor of chief.
• King Chakat II knelt to honor Chinese customs, and Kang De accepted the robe, scepter, land, and authority of a chief.
• Chakat II named Kang De Nkuozu, meaning “Warlord,” and the assembled chiefs and people cheered.
• Alina photographed Kang De at the ceremony, while the Chinese ambassador told Kang Jinzhu that his son would achieve great things.
• Kang De joined Chakat II for photographs and a parade, then received Xiaoman’s laughing message and learned that he was trending as “African Chief Kang De.”

Kang De watched the internet turn his investiture as Comora’s Warlord into a joke, especially after his father exposed him as unable to win over a girlfriend. He discussed his ambitions and arms plans, then heard that the state was negotiating with France and the United States and wanted him to name his new company.

• Kang De read the jokes and speculation about his title as Warlord, including claims that Comora wanted him to lead a counterattack against Gambia.
• Kang De considered using his power to gain territory and resources, and thought about exchanging the land the king had promised him for a military base.
• Xiaoman mocked Kang De, while Kang De’s mother objected to his noble title and his father and the king laughed at his expense.
• The king posted that Kang Jinzhu said Kang De could not win over a single girl even if he could marry ninety-nine wives, making Kang De a trending topic as a single man.
• Kang De asked whether he could appoint lesser chiefs, while Kang Jinzhu and the ambassador redirected him toward state affairs.
• The ambassador said France and the United States were likely to surrender and that China would negotiate for greater benefits; he then asked Kang De to name his new company.

Kang De discussed naming and staffing his new company with his father, then met with the king and ambassador to seek approval. He revealed the deliberately grand name Africa Weapons Royal Power Union, abbreviated A.W.S.L.

• Kang De and Kang Jinzhu joked about the company name, and Kang Jinzhu realized his son had feelings for someone; Kang De admitted he liked a girl but feared committing while danger threatened his future.
• Kang De told Kang Jinzhu he was doing what his father had taught him, and promised to think of his parents first whenever he faced danger.
• Kang Jinzhu saw pictures of several women on Kang De’s phone and stayed awake that night, then learned Kang De had gone back to China for breakfast with Xiaoman.
• Kang De told Kang Jinzhu he planned to discuss company staffing with the king, and the king arrived to meet with him and the ambassador.
• Kang De announced that the company would be called Africa Weapons Royal Power Union and wrote its abbreviation, A.W.S.L.

Kang De arranged for his father to run AWSL and joined the ambassador and king in discussing compensation, secrecy, and the response to Gambia. The chapter ended with Kang De asking whether Gambia had any mines.

• Kang De named the company Africa Weapons Sceptre League and persuaded Kang Jinzhu to become its legal representative and chairman by invoking his wife’s possible promotion and free time.
• The Comora minister registered AWSL on the spot, and the group then discussed how China would pursue compensation from France and help Comora respond to the crisis.
• The ambassador explained that France had begun secret talks and that compensation would be presented as interest-free loans and aid, while Kang De would give an interview supporting a less public account of his role.
• The ambassador asked the king what punishment Comora wanted for Gambia, and the king said Gambia was too poor to yield much in reparations.
• Kang De studied the regional map, learned that Gambia and Comora had once been one country, and asked whether Gambia had any mines.

Kang De learned about Gambia’s resources and proposed taking the country to secure its port and offshore oil, but the ambassador warned that annexation could trigger foreign intervention and political retaliation. As Kang De and Kang Jinzhu argued over the name AWSL, the ambassador returned with news that Big Bob was about to make a move in Gambia.

• Chakat II told Kang De that Gambia had few mineral resources but a valuable harbor, and the ambassador revealed that its offshore waters might hold 1.2 billion barrels of oil.
• Kang De proposed conquering Gambia and claiming Zhu'erban Port and part of its maritime area, but the ambassador warned him about Seligal, the Commonwealth, and Western intervention.
• Chakat II offered to negotiate for Kang De’s ownership of the port through a reparations agreement, while Kang De considered its future development potential.
• Kang Jinzhu confronted Kang De about the AWSL company name, and the two argued over what the abbreviation meant.
• The ambassador returned from a phone call and told Kang De that something was about to happen in Gambia involving Big Bob.

After learning Big Bob had escaped to Gambia and that a supernatural threat was emerging there, Kang De prepared to intervene and considered what political terms to demand. The chapter ended with the ambassador showing him an image of creatures capable of chewing through concrete and cars, suggesting the supposed locust plague was something far worse.

• The ambassador told Kang De and Kang Jinzhu that Big Bob had escaped the French manhunt and reached Gambia.
• Kang De guessed that Big Bob had opened Gambia’s royal tomb and that a supernatural threat had defeated the French forces sent after him.
• The king reported that Gambians were fleeing into Comora because of a spreading locust plague near the Gambian capital.
• Kang De asked the French to provide intelligence and proposed claiming Gambia’s throne for Chakat II as a condition for his help.
• The ambassador showed Kang De a picture of the plague creatures and said they could chew through reinforced concrete, cement, and cars.

Kang De and the others reviewed footage of a giant locust swarm devastating Gambia and learned that communications around the capital had been cut off. He decided to investigate Gambia and arrange supplies and an evacuation for Comora, offering to teleport shipments for a fee.

• Kang De watched footage of enormous locusts destroying buildings, vehicles, and a phone, and warned that the swarm might be connected to Big Bob.
• Kang De urged Chakat II to prepare Comora’s people for evacuation to Moyani, but the king said the country lacked the vehicles, fuel, food, and other resources to move and shelter them.
• The ambassador reported that the locusts did not appear to eat people or grain, but they devoured concrete, vehicles, appliances, and communications equipment, while contact with Zhuerban had been lost.
• Kang De decided to go to Gambia to investigate and told the king and ambassador that Big Bob might target Comora after gaining supernatural power.
• Kang De offered to teleport trucks and supplies from H City, then insisted that France pay for the Chinese goods and delivery rather than treating the shipment as free aid.

Kang De left Comora to investigate the supernatural locust plague in Gambia while the king organized a mass evacuation and the ambassador arranged supplies and intelligence support. As Kang De flew toward Gambia with Horus, their banter ended with an unfamiliar woman calling him and Horus whispering that he was “Mr. Kang with the numerical designation.”

• Chakat II organized Comora’s evacuation and thanked Kang De for helping, while Kang Jinzhu warned that revealing Kang De’s teleportation ability could make the state wary of him.
• Kang De left for Gambia on Himo’s Eagle, with Kang Jinzhu guarding his basement return point and a Defender Mechanism stationed by the door.
• Kang De and Horus discussed the supernatural locust plague and its possible connection to Big Bob and the royal tombs of Gambia.
• The ambassador told Kang De that China was requisitioning supplies and preparing contingency plans, and Kang De agreed to gather locusts and intelligence while keeping the supply transport secret from the French.
• Kang De tried to get Horus to provide a laptop outlet, but Horus startled him with a crude joke before Kang De abandoned the idea of playing Civilization.
• An unfamiliar woman called Kang De, and Horus whispered that he was “Mr. Kang with the numerical designation,” prompting Kang De to ask if Horus had been sneaking online.

Kang De coordinated with China’s Gambia Emergency Task Force, secured promises of customized weapons, and agreed to help collect locust specimens. He reached Zhuerban City, where a vast swarm of locusts rose and swept toward him.

• Kang De verified Qin Mengjin’s identity and agreed to real-time signal tracking during the mission.
• Kang De requested heavy weapons, ammunition, melee weapons, and portable anti-air missiles, and Qin said China North Industries Group would prepare them.
• Kang De agreed to help China obtain locust specimens, while Qin hinted that the state might be interested in items from the Gambia royal tomb.
• Kang De flew west toward Zhuerban City and saw wealthy Gambians fleeing the capital’s disaster.
• Kang De descended near the silent, silver-white city, filmed the scene, and watched a colossal swarm of locusts gather into a tornado and rush toward him.

Kang De fled Zhuerban with a vast locust swarm pursuing him and investigated why it reacted so violently. He discovered the swarm responded to Tacitus’s presence, then prepared to enter Banjul and search for the city’s missing residents.

• Kang De escaped Zhuerban on Himo's Eagle while filming the locust swarm and reported its scale to Qin Mengjin.
• Kang De and Horus considered whether Big Bob controlled the insects, while Kang De searched for a way to stop the swarm and find out what had happened to the people in Zhuerban.
• Kang De led the swarm toward the Atlantic, but it stopped at the coast and turned back whenever he approached it from the sea.
• Kang De and Horus realized the swarm was reacting to Tacitus, and Kang De returned Horus to the White Mist World to test whether the swarm would still pursue him.
• Kang De confirmed the swarm no longer sensed Tacitus’s aura and flew along the coast, planning to enter Banjul and investigate the vanished residents.

Kang De searched Zhuerban City for survivors and evidence about the locust swarm, finding the city stripped of humans, animals, and food. After the locusts carried away a pork carcass without reducing its volume, he discovered a hidden opening beneath the ground and suspected the swarm’s secrets lay below.

• Kang De entered Zhuerban City in protective gear and asked Qin Mengjin what experts knew about the unknown locusts.
• Qin Mengjin explained that ordinary locusts could turn aggressive and eat meat when crowded and hungry, and asked Kang De to provide evidence.
• Kang De surveyed the city and the Chinese embassy, finding no people or animals and seeing that the locusts had consumed food, buildings, vehicles, and technology.
• Kang De dropped a pork carcass among the locusts and watched them divide it into pieces and carry it into a building.
• Kang De followed the locusts, found no sign of the pork inside, and noticed a dark opening in the ground beneath his feet.

Kang De captured live locusts and arranged to hand samples over to China and France while escaping by sea. He threatened France against betraying him, and Qin Mengjin reassured the task force that Kang De was not the only one with power.

• Kang De found that the underground palace was too deep to reach without alerting Big Bob and withdrew to collect locust specimens instead.
• Kang De trapped locusts in plastic bags, filmed them as the swarm pursued him, and called Qin Mengjin for help transporting the samples.
• Qin Mengjin arranged for Kang De to rendezvous with a French frigate and travel toward Cape Verde, while Kang De agreed to give one bag of locusts to France and keep the other for China.
• Kang De warned Qin Mengjin to tell France that any hostile move would bring devastating retaliation, and he refused to ride aboard the French ship.
• Qin Mengjin explained to the task force that Kang De was showing both goodwill and independence, then said that he was not the only one.

A French frigate crew flew to a rendezvous near Gambia to receive a Chinese VIP and cargo, only to discover that the VIP was Kang De, who arrived riding a magical eagle. After handing over cases full of dangerous locusts, Kang De returned to the White Mist World, where the bugs faced an array of weapons at the western airport.

• The Knight Astolfo received orders to pick up a VIP and important cargo near Gambia, and Major briefed the helicopter crew on secrecy and non-hostility.
• Sergeant Luo argued with his fellow sailors about whether Kang De was real and resented being selected for the mission because he spoke Chinese.
• The helicopter reached the designated coordinates and spotted Kang De flying toward it on Himo's Eagle, prompting Major to open the cabin door.
• Kang De stepped into the helicopter, placed two bags of thrashing locusts into metal cases, and warned the crew to deliver them quickly and carefully.
• Kang De leaped from the helicopter onto Himo's Eagle, and Sergeant Luo did not object when a sailor asked what else the Chinese could do.
• After notifying China that the delivery had arrived, Kang De returned to the White Mist World, where combat vehicles and munitions surrounded a bag of locusts at the western airport.

Kang De discovered that the Zhuerban locusts survived in the White Mist World and sent a sample to Chinese authorities for study. After spending the night with Xiaoman, he learned that people near Zhuerban had disappeared even though the swarm had not moved, suggesting the locusts had emerged from underground.

• Kang De and Horus examined the locusts and found they survived the crossing, contained strange metallic fluids, and ignored food and building materials in the White Mist World.
• Kang De divided the locusts, sent one sample to China through Qin Mengjin, and kept the rest secured as a precaution.
• Kang De returned home, handed the sample to two agents, and stopped them from drawing their guns when Xiaoman appeared.
• Kang De and Xiaoman stayed up playing games and watching television before she fell asleep beside him.
• Qin Mengjin told Kang De that many people near Zhuerban had disappeared overnight, while satellite images showed the locust swarm had not migrated.
• Kang De and Qin Mengjin concluded that the locusts might have come up from underground.

Kang De learned that political disputes were delaying action against the locusts, while Qin Mengjin asked him to investigate what lay beneath Zhuerban in exchange for support and equipment. He traveled to a deserted town to trace the insects underground and considered using Iron Son to dig.

• Kang De spoke with Qin Mengjin about the towns emptied by the locusts and the slow response from world powers.
• Qin Mengjin offered to protect Kang De's family and help rescue his father, but asked him to investigate what lay beneath Zhuerban and provide more information.
• Kang De confirmed that his requested weapons and equipment were ready and arranged for the aerospace group to manufacture his custom parts quickly.
• Kang De traveled to a deserted town near Zhuerban, found signs of underground insect tunnels, and considered turning Iron Son into a drill.

Kang De and Horus dug beneath the abandoned town and found its missing residents alive underground, surrounded by a swarm of locusts. They returned to set an explosive trap that destroyed the attacking locusts, then learned that the French had mobilized.

• Kang De used Iron Son to test the locusts’ detection range, then had Horus build a boring machine and dig toward Zhuerban.
• Kang De and Horus heard an approaching underground rumble and drilled toward it, discovering a group of living humans below the earth.
• Kang De and Horus escaped to the White Mist World as silver locusts surged toward them, then planned an ambush using the Eight Stone Sentinel Formation.
• Kang De and Horus planted eight enchanted explosive steel pipes around the town and used Horus’s Tacitus aura to draw the locust swarm to them.
• Kang De detonated the formation, destroying the silver locust pythons and devastating the town.
• Qin Mengjin called Kang De and told him that the French had mobilized.

Kang De watched the French pesticide operation fail when the locusts destroyed their aerial tanker, then warned that the displaced swarm threatened neighboring countries. After confronting the despairing Chakat II and preparing to strike Big Bob’s nest, Kang De learned that Big Bob had demanded revenge negotiations with the five permanent members of the Security Council.

• Kang De saw the French spray pesticide over Zhuerban from a converted Boeing 747, but the locusts swarmed into its engines and caused it to crash and explode.
• Kang De watched the locusts retreat underground after the pesticide spread, then warned Qin Mengjin that the swarm would seek food elsewhere and asked her to gather weapons, supplies, and the French pesticide formula.
• Kang De returned to Moyani and told Chakat I that the disaster had worsened, while Chakat II argued that the great powers had proved pesticide could control the locusts and had little reason to care about African lives.
• Kang De urged Chakat II to arrange the evacuation of his people and vowed to attack Big Bob’s nest, using a location he had marked near signs of kidnapped people.
• Qin Mengjin told Kang De that Big Bob had contacted the French government and sought negotiations with the five permanent members of the Security Council, demanding revenge.

Kang De learned that Big Bob had offered the Western powers his secrets in exchange for Kang De’s life and threatened his family, so he rejected negotiations and prepared to act on his own. He stormed the French embassy and confronted the ambassador, ordering Kirov to translate.

• Qin Mengjin told Kang De that Big Bob had demanded his surrender, threatened Zhuerban with the locust swarm, and offered secrets about longevity in exchange for the deal.
• Qin Mengjin explained that France and the United States were tempted by Big Bob’s offer and had begun secret efforts to secure it, while China refused to hand Kang De over.
• After learning Big Bob had threatened his family with a bounty, Kang De asked Qin Mengjin to protect his mother and said he would kill Big Bob and protect Comora.
• Kang De secured his father in an underground shelter, gave Chakat II a signal generator, and left the embassy despite the ambassador’s attempts to stop him.
• Kang De broke into the French embassy, overpowered its guards and soldiers with his powers, and confronted the French ambassador.
• Kang De held a lightsaber to the ambassador’s neck, called Kirov, and ordered him to translate.

Kang De intimidated France to buy time to pursue Big Bob, then returned to Goth and asked its people to help him deal with the locusts. The chapter ended with Goth’s mages and priests gathering their power to restrain the insects.

• Kang De forced the French ambassador to arrange a call with France’s presidential office and demanded that France hand Big Bob over.
• Kang De threatened France with retaliation if Big Bob harmed the people of Comora, then demonstrated his power by making the embassy disintegrate around him.
• France’s president placed the country on maximum alert and angrily warned Big Bob to stop creating further problems.
• Kang De returned to the White Mist World and explained to Horus that he had bought at least ten to twelve hours to hunt Big Bob.
• Kang De crossed back to Goth and asked Tina to lend him Goth’s strength, and she agreed.
• Kang De addressed Goth’s gathered leaders and spellcasters, who used their combined powers to seize the locusts.

Kang De organized Goth’s scholars to devise defenses against the locust swarm and asked Agrell to create a food-disguised alchemical spy to investigate its nest. A professor then revealed that an ancient text described a similar menace, the Grewind Swarm, and suggested that dragons and elves might hold records of it.

• Stella assigned Goth’s arcane forces, priests, druids and scholars to develop defenses, countermeasures and ways to find the will controlling the swarm.
• Kang De told Stella he needed to spy on the nest without alerting the locusts, and she directed him to Agrell for forbidden alchemical knowledge.
• Kang De asked Agrell to make a piece of pork that would share its vision after the locusts carried it into their nest.
• Tina explained that she and Stella would tell Goth’s leaders the locusts came from Cathay’s fallen territory, while A Xing affirmed her support for Kang De.
• Stella brought Kang De a professor who said an ancient text described the Grewind Swarm, and the professor suggested that the Tower of All-Seeing, the empire’s royal library, dragons and elves might preserve further records.