Chapter Summaries

Hong San explained how a Cathayan identity could give Kang De legitimacy and influence, but Kang De rejected the idea for now and admitted he wanted a peaceful life. As Kang De considered his ties to Tina and agreed to help A Xing’s mercenary group, Santos brought news that the Dragon Emperor had changed his mind and would go all out in the match.

• Hong San proposed inventing a noble Cathayan identity for Kang De and described the power and responsibilities it would bring, while Kang De insisted he was not Cathayan and did not want to take on Cathay’s troubles.
• Hong San teased Kang De about his interest in Tina and other women, then declared his loyalty; Kang De later told Tina he had decided to leave the Cathayan embassy matter aside.
• Tina interpreted Kang De’s decision as proof that he would stay in Goth, while Kang De wondered how he should respond to her feelings.
• A Xing told Kang De that her mercenary group no longer had a purpose now that she had found him, and Kang De agreed to find suitable roles for loyal members while excluding those with bad intentions.
• Kang De noticed that the Bayero siblings might seek cooperation against the elves, then A Xing embarrassed herself by trying to flirt with him at the banquet.
• Santos delivered the Dragon Emperor’s reply to Kang De, who told Hong San that the Dragon Emperor had changed his mind and would go all out in the match.

Kang De and Hong San tried to understand why the Dragon Emperor had canceled their staged match, then prepared for the real battle by planning Horus’s repairs and upgrades. Kang De left to discuss the plan with Tina and seek more time from the dragons.

• Kang De told Hong San that the Dragon Emperor had changed the planned staged match into a real fight, and Hong San questioned why he had broken his word.
• Hong San asked Kang De to question Lily about the Dragon Emperor, but Kang De said he would rather speak with Santos, prompting Hong San to tease him.
• Kang De returned to the White Mist World and told Horus that he would have to fight for real.
• Horus showed Kang De his examination of his damaged systems and proposed repairing and comprehensively strengthening his body with rare materials and enchantments.
• Kang De noted that gathering and preparing the materials would take longer than the two weeks available, and Horus suggested stretching the schedule sevenfold.
• Kang De said he would speak with Tina, settle a plan for the other world, and then negotiate with the dragons for more time.

A Xing asked Cassandra for advice on seducing Kang De, while Cassandra misunderstood the request and shared her own courtship ideas. Kang De reunited with Tina, whose aunt Hilmeria stayed to guard Teldrassil’s dignity, and Tina hinted that her father had approved something precious she wanted to give him.

• A Xing solemnly asked Cassandra whether she would help seduce Kang De, and Cassandra agreed to help as long as Bayero’s interests were not harmed.
• Cassandra described her rough approach to courtship, including inviting Kang De for wine and kissing him if he shared her feelings.
• A Xing praised Cassandra’s advice, warned her never to actually seduce Kang De, and rushed out to try the plan herself.
• Cassandra realized that she and A Xing had misunderstood each other and asked Alexios whether they should flee Danfeng Lucerne.
• Kang De returned to his room, where Tina and Hilmeria were waiting, and Tina said her father had agreed to something precious she wanted to give him.

Tina gave Kang De a magical ring that bound him to her and let him teleport to her side, while A Xing arrived drunk and fell asleep in his arms. With Hilmeria leaving them alone, Tina suggested they put A Xing to bed and talk while resting.

• Tina gave Kang De the ring Chang'an's Watch, the counterpart to her pendant Eternal Tranquility's Protection, and explained that it let him teleport to her.
• Kang De accepted the ring and felt it connect him to Tina through a mysterious power.
• A Xing stumbled in drunk, said she wanted Kang De to drink and kiss her, then fell asleep in his arms.
• Hilmeria noticed two Bayero People sneaking away and chose not to stop them when Kang De suspected they had encouraged A Xing.
• Hilmeria left Kang De and Tina alone, and Tina suggested they put A Xing on the bed before talking and going to sleep.

After learning the Dragon Emperor had changed his agreement with Kang De, Tina helped Kang De translate and annotate Horus’s repair requirements for Goth’s specialists. At an emergency meeting the next day, the alchemists warned that the work could not be completed in half a month, so Kang De planned to divide the work among them and use a new tool to handle repetitive labor.

• Tina urged Kang De to speak with the Grand Duke about the changed agreement, but Kang De asked to let everyone rest and first sort out which repair work required Horus, Goth, and Earth.
• Tina asked Kang De to take off her boots and then helped him translate Horus’s materials list, writing and drawing notes while sitting on his lap.
• Kang De and Tina finished annotating the list, then carried the sleeping Tina to bed beside A Xing.
• At an emergency meeting, Grand Duke Reknos and Stella discussed finding alchemists and sourcing materials, while Kang De said they could buy any shortages from the dragons.
• Stella warned that the many complex, enchantment-treated components could not be made within half a month, so Kang De asked the Grand Duke to summon the masters and said he would solve the repetitive labor problem.
• Kang De decided to recruit his father, engineer Kang Jinzhu, to help with the repair work.

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.