Recaps

Zhao Fu studied the Card World’s military strength and rules, then ordered Great Qin to gather intelligence instead of invading prematurely. He learned that the Card Clan’s cardification ability came from a golden book that had become the Card World’s sun.

• Zhao Fu learned that the Locke Kingdom Cavalry Regiment gained power near rivers and relied on its commander and inherited techniques, including Luo Water.
• Zhao Fu considered bringing Great Qin into the Card World, but decided to gather intelligence first because the surrounding kingdoms might unite against them and their troops were stronger.
• Zhao Fu ordered information collected on the Card World, including its cardification, treasure crafting, card creation, and card creatures.
• Zhao Fu read an account of how the Card World nearly died after a collision with another world, then recovered by absorbing the power of a golden book.
• The golden book’s power gave surviving intelligent races the ability to cardify, making them the Card Clan, and the Card World eventually refined the book into its Card Book Divine Sun.

Zhao Fu learned how Knight Seals could help knights become King Cavalrymen and considered obtaining the Knights Guild’s inheritance. The chapter left him wondering whether he could use it to create cavalrymen stronger than Sovereign Cavalrymen.

• Zhao Fu read about how Card World had originated and wondered how Apocalypse World had been created.
• Zhao Fu discovered that people with royal bloodlines or traces of King Power could more easily become high-ranking cavalrymen.
• Zhao Fu learned that the Knights Guild could teach kings to condense Knight Seals, which strengthened and improved the potential of loyal knights.
• Zhao Fu learned that the Knights Guild controlled knight titles across Card Clan cities and wielded influence throughout Card World.
• Zhao Fu considered seeking a Knight Seal in hopes of creating cavalrymen who surpassed Sovereign Cavalrymen.

Zhao Fu asked Elena, the Locke Kingdom Knights Guild president, for the method to obtain Knight Seals and revealed to Hillary and her cavalrywomen that he possessed an Origin Bloodline and Supreme Power. Elena explained the requirements and accepted Zhao Fu’s Six Saint Grass as payment for a chance to acquire a seal, but said another requirement remained.

• Zhao Fu told Hillary that he wanted the method for condensing Knight Seals and revealed his Origin Bloodline and Supreme Power.
• Hillary sent Melissa to summon Elena, the Knights Guild president, to the great hall.
• Elena questioned Zhao Fu about his identity, then explained that he needed to complete a dangerous guild task or donate a treasure above the Emperor Heaven Realm.
• Zhao Fu offered Elena a Six Saint Grass, which she accepted as meeting the treasure requirement.
• Elena told Zhao Fu that the donation only gave him a chance to acquire a Knight Seal and that he still had to meet a second requirement.

Zhao Fu went with Elena to the Knights Guild to undergo the trials needed to learn how to condense a Knight's Seal, but discovered that he was not a knight and therefore could not take them. He asked the elders for an exception, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Elena explained that Zhao Fu had to pass tests by the Guild Elders and the Guild Stele before she brought him to the Knights Guild.
• Elena introduced the eleven faction elders, who had gathered in a restricted arena where their powers were suppressed to Tier 3.
• When Elena told Zhao Fu to release his mount and begin, he revealed that he was not a knight and asked how he could qualify.
• Elena explained that only specially trained knights could participate and gave Zhao Fu the Book of Knights, while the Light Knight said the rules could not be broken.
• The elders recognized that Zhao Fu carried several powerful attributes, and the Flame Knight asked about his identity and said she liked his aura.
• Zhao Fu warned the Flame Knight that the elders would lose if they fought him, refused to reveal his identity, and asked whether they would truly deny him an exception.

Zhao Fu overpowered Elena and the eleven faction elders, then coerced them into taking him to the Knight Stone Stele by abusing them. During the encounter, he discovered that each faction’s knights possessed a unique kind of power.

• Elena refused to reveal the Knight Seal method, and Zhao Fu revealed that he came from the Apocalypse World.
• The Death Knight urged the others to attack Zhao Fu, but he broke free of the restriction, defeated the eleven elders, and bound them with iron chains.
• Zhao Fu demanded access to the Knight Stone Stele, and Elena explained that eleven faction elders were needed to open it.
• Zhao Fu restrained Elena and sexually assaulted her and the bound elders, while the Knights Guild outside remained unaware.
• Zhao Fu discovered that knights from the eleven factions each possessed a unique kind of power.

Zhao Fu and the eleven female knights went to the Knights Guild stele after he used the Eight Forbidden Blood Art to form a Knight Seal. When the stele reacted violently to the aura of Apocalypse World in his body, Zhao Fu changed his bloodline to that of the Locke Kingdom’s royal family, calming the stele and leaving the knights stunned.

• Zhao Fu formed a multicolored Knight Seal from eleven kinds of power and set aside his questions about its knight-exclusive force.
• Elena and the other knights discussed their bond with Zhao Fu, the benefits his powers gave them, and his identity as a kingdom’s ruler.
• Elena led Zhao Fu and the other knights to the protected guild stele after they dressed and left the room.
• The eleven knights opened the stone door with their powers, and Elena explained how the guild stele was protected.
• Zhao Fu approached the stele, which detected his Apocalypse World aura and summoned threatening phantom knights.
• Zhao Fu used the Eight Forbidden Blood Art to change his bloodline to the Locke Kingdom’s royal bloodline, causing the stele’s aura and phantom knights to disappear.

Zhao Fu used the knight power he had gained from the eleven elders to pass the Knights Guild stele’s trial and condense a King Knight Seal. His power forced the knights to kneel, and they became convinced he was a Knight King.

• Zhao Fu tried the guild stele, then activated his Knight Seal to let its knight power enter his mind.
• Zhao Fu’s eleven knights defeated the knight formed by the stele, allowing him to pass the trial.
• The stele’s power formed runes within Zhao Fu, and his multicolored Knight Seal collapsed into them.
• Zhao Fu’s growing aura forced the surrounding knights to kneel, and they believed he was a Knight King.
• Zhao Fu condensed a black King Knight Seal and told the knights they could rise.

Zhao Fu made the knights of the Knights Guild swear loyalty to him, then used his power to transform them into formidable fighters. He returned to the royal palace and offered to grant Hillary the same power.

• The knights knelt before Zhao Fu and pledged their eternal loyalty to him.
• Zhao Fu infused the knights with his power, greatly improving their constitutions, bloodlines, and cultivation while giving them black knight seals.
• Elena and the other knights recognized Zhao Fu's knight power as greater than the Knights Guild's top-grade power, and Zhao Fu said he intended to nurture them into peerless powerhouses.
• Elena warned Zhao Fu that the Guild's strict rules limited how openly they could help him, so he told them to act discreetly and prepare to leave if necessary.
• Zhao Fu returned to the royal palace, told Hillary he had obtained an extraordinary knight seal, and offered to grant her his power.

Zhao Fu granted Knight Seals to Hillary and the female knights, then planned two cavalry regiments: Hillary’s King Cavalry Regiment and an Elemental Knight Regiment led by the Knights Guild elders. He also learned about a Cardification Land that could convert objects and creatures from other worlds into cards, but a kingdom controlled it.

• Zhao Fu gave the knights Knight Seals, and they pledged themselves to him.
• Zhao Fu proposed two cavalry regiments, assigning Hillary to lead one and the Knights Guild elders to form an Elemental Knight Regiment.
• Hillary worried her regiment would be weaker, so Zhao Fu promised to nurture it into a King Cavalry Regiment using her king’s bloodline.
• Zhao Fu reviewed information about Card World and discovered a Cardification Land that could cardify large quantities of things, strengthen cards, and convert beings from other worlds.
• Zhao Fu learned that a kingdom owned the Cardification Land and barred trespassers, meaning he would have to defeat it to claim the site.

Zhao Fu chose Thunder Kingdom as Great Qin’s first target in Card World, but the arrival of a powerful Spirit Clan army from Apocalypse World forced him to reconsider his plans. The Spirit Clan began building a base in Card World, and its elders recognized Zhao Fu as a dangerous opponent.

• Zhao Fu reviewed the neighboring countries and decided that Great Qin should attack Thunder Kingdom first, since it had recently been weakened and posed the greatest threat.
• Zhao Fu told Hillary he was returning to Apocalypse World to lead Great Qin’s army into Card World, and Hillary and the female knights asked to visit Great Qin with him.
• A guard reported that a powerful force from Apocalypse World had appeared in Dori Kingdom, so Zhao Fu and Hillary flew to investigate.
• Zhao Fu identified the arriving army as the Earthtail People, whose roughly three billion Tier 2 soldiers were constructing a base rather than attacking immediately.
• An elderly Earthtail Person warned the others that Zhao Fu seemed dangerous enough to defeat him with ease, alarming the Earthtail People experts.

Zhao Fu decided to send Great Qin’s army into Card World and launched an attack on Thunder Kingdom, while the Earthtail People’s arrival drew the neighboring kingdoms’ attention. The chapter ended with Thunder Kingdom scrambling to defend itself as Great Qin’s army approached.

• After sensing Zhao Fu’s aura, the Earthtail People feared his strength, though they mistakenly believed he came from Card World.
• Zhao Fu decided Great Qin should expand into Card World without provoking the Earthtail People, and returned to Great Qin to brief his ministers.
• Zhao Fu ordered Bai Shan to research Card World and directed Bai Qi to begin the campaign with more than three billion Tier 2 soldiers.
• Nearby kingdoms gathered to discuss resisting Earthtail Kingdom, while Thunder Kingdom reinforced its defenses against a possible attack by Locke Kingdom.
• Zhao Fu led Great Qin’s army toward Thunder Kingdom, whose soldiers spotted the approaching force and summoned troops to defend the kingdom.

Thunder Kingdom’s defenses faced a surprise attack by demon beasts and Great Qin Soldiers. After the barriers fell and the Great Qin forces stormed the walls, Thunder Kingdom’s troops were defeated and fled, though some Cavalry units continued fighting.

• Thunder Kingdom soldiers activated lightning barriers and attacked the incoming demon beasts with arrows, cards, and spear radiance.
• Powerful streaks of light pierced the defensive barriers, killing soldiers on the walls as black-armored Great Qin Soldiers charged toward the city.
• Demon beasts broke through the defenses and attacked Thunder Kingdom’s soldiers while Great Qin Soldiers climbed the walls and fought their way inside.
• Great Qin Soldiers overwhelmed Thunder Kingdom’s troops, who suffered heavy losses and fled.
• Some Thunder Kingdom Cavalry units refused to retreat and gathered to charge the Great Qin Soldiers.

Bai Qi’s Great Qin forces destroyed the opposing cavalry and launched a full-scale invasion of Thunder Kingdom, capturing territory with overwhelming speed. Thunder Kingdom’s prince learned that his royal family had likely been captured or killed, while other factions began seeking allies against Great Qin and Earthtail Kingdom.

• The cavalry charged through Great Qin soldiers and demonic beasts, but Great Qin Archers and Ballistas killed most of the regiment.
• Hundreds of demonic beasts overwhelmed the remaining cavalry, and Bai Qi ordered a full-scale attack on Thunder Kingdom.
• Great Qin soldiers swept through Thunder Kingdom and rapidly captured its territories as civilians fled.
• A soldier told the Thunder Kingdom Prince that his royal family had likely been captured or killed, and the other faction leaders refused to lend him troops.
• The Thunder Kingdom Prince left with his people, while news of Thunder Kingdom’s destruction shocked nearby factions, including Earthtail Kingdom.

Great Qin conquered the Thunder Kingdom, and Zhao Fu demanded that its ruler and royals kneel and submit. The Thunder Kingdom King challenged Zhao Fu, was struck down, and his family faced a choice between submission and death.

• Great Qin soldiers surrounded the Thunder Kingdom King and his people after destroying the royal palace, and Zhao Fu revealed his faction.
• The Thunder Kingdom King agreed to submit after Zhao Fu rejected his request to preserve the kingdom's royal status and territory.
• The Minister of Internal Affairs and several elders refused to submit, and the Thunder Kingdom King challenged Zhao Fu to a fight.
• Zhao Fu knocked the Thunder Kingdom King into a crater with a single blow, leaving him badly injured.
• The Thunder Kingdom King's consorts and children gathered around him, and two consorts declared they would die with him.
• The bewitching consort apologized, making the others suspect she intended to choose a different fate.

Zhao Fu took control of Thunder Kingdom, accepted two consorts’ submission, and claimed several royal women while the King of Thunder Kingdom was imprisoned. Great Qin captured the kingdom’s territories and prepared to use them as a base for further expansion in Card World.

• The alluring consort and frosty consort offered to submit to Zhao Fu, and he silenced the ministers who condemned them.
• Zhao Fu had the unwilling royals taken away and brought four consorts, two princesses, and the Minister of Internal Affairs into the main hall.
• Great Qin Soldiers captured Thunder Kingdom’s territories, while Bai Qi counted over two billion citizens and more than two hundred million soldiers among the spoils.
• Bai Qi found Zhao Fu occupied in the main hall and gathered the generals to plan Great Qin’s next moves.
• Bai Qi and the generals decided to use Thunder Kingdom as Great Qin’s base for expansion throughout Card World.

Zhao Fu consolidated Great Qin’s control of Thunder Kingdom while neighboring powers and the Knights Guild assessed the new faction. He agreed to release the Thunder Kingdom King under confinement and with his power sealed, then left to handle other affairs.

• Bai Qi screened Thunder Kingdom ministers who submitted to Great Qin and assigned them to help govern and rebuild.
• Earthtail Kingdom investigated Great Qin’s strength and planned to establish friendly relations after Thunder Kingdom stabilized.
• The Knights Guild ordered information gathering and preparations to rescue its members trapped in Thunder Kingdom, while Elena and the elders remained unconcerned about Great Qin.
• Helensa asked Zhao Fu to release the Thunder Kingdom King, and Hasami agreed to submit if he protected her relatives.
• Zhao Fu agreed to confine the king and seal his power, then left the grand hall after learning Bai Qi had settled the kingdom’s affairs.

After Great Qin conquered Thunder Kingdom, Zhao Fu reorganized its territory and administration while the Thunder King remained imprisoned and furious. The former kingdom became the Great Qin Garrison, and attention turned to rebuilding its cavalry forces.

• Helensa, Hasami, and the consorts visited the imprisoned Thunder King, who rejected their pleas and vowed revenge on Zhao Fu.
• The Thunder Prince learned that his parents had been captured rather than killed and felt relieved.
• Great Qin abolished Thunder Kingdom's name, established the Great Qin Garrison, and merged Locke Kingdom into it.
• Zhao Fu released Thunder Kingdom's Knights Guild members and arranged for Elena and her knights to gather intelligence for Great Qin.
• Hillary remained queen and managed the garrison, while Helensa and Hasami took on administrative duties.
• The chapter detailed the surviving Locke Cavalry, the near-total destruction of the Thunder Cavalry, and the damaged treasure gear salvaged from its fallen soldiers.

Zhao Fu agreed to an alliance with Earthtail Kingdom, and Great Qin helped it attack two neighboring nations by forcing their would-be rescuers to withdraw. Earthtail Kingdom’s armies continued advancing against Dori Kingdom and Nether Axe Kingdom.

• Zhao Fu considered how Great Qin could develop its own cavalry regiments and assigned the research to his subordinates, with Bai Qi joining them.
• An envoy from Earthtail Kingdom visited Great Qin with gifts and proposed an alliance, which Zhao Fu accepted.
• Earthtail Kingdom attacked Dori Kingdom and Nether Axe Kingdom, prompting the two nations to call on their neighbors for help.
• Great Qin sent forces to threaten several nations, compelling them to withdraw troops they had planned to send against Earthtail Kingdom.
• Earthtail Kingdom’s armies advanced under a rain of arrows and used bursts of yellow light to deflect the attacks.

The Earthtail Kingdom broke through Dori Kingdom’s defenses and drove its soldiers into retreat. An azure-armored cavalry regiment briefly tore through the Earthtail army before being wiped out, and the Earthtail Kingdom went on to capture Dori territory.

• The Earthtail Kingdom’s soldiers smashed through Dori’s azure barrier, scaled the city walls, and defeated the defenders in fierce fighting.
• Dori’s soldiers retreated as the Earthtail Kingdom pursued them from the captured walls.
• A cavalry regiment of more than three hundred thousand azure-armored riders charged into the Earthtail army and shattered its earthen walls.
• The cavalry regiment opened a devastating passage through the enemy ranks, but the Earthtail Kingdom regrouped and killed every rider.
• The Earthtail Kingdom encountered no further resistance and swiftly captured territory across Dori; the other battlefield had a similar outcome.

After Great Qin and Earthtail Kingdom allied, Zhao Fu weighed the danger of confronting Dragon King Kingdom and decided to leave Card World’s affairs to his subordinates while he returned to Great Qin. He summoned Hillary to the Imperial Palace to ask how much she had learned about Great Qin.

• The surrounding states formed an encirclement around Great Qin and Earthtail Kingdom, while Earthtail Kingdom paused its attacks and began studying Card World.
• Zhao Fu accepted Earthtail Kingdom’s gifts, arranged for Elena and the others to rescue Knights Guild members, and discussed future plans with his generals.
• Zhao Fu learned that Dragon King Kingdom possessed forty billion people and a forty-million-strong Dragon King Knights cavalry corps, making an immediate conquest too dangerous.
• Zhao Fu decided to set aside Card World’s affairs, entrust its administration and defense to Wei Liao and his subordinates, and leave Bai Qi in Great Qin.
• Zhao Fu returned to Great Qin and summoned Hillary from her tour to ask whether she understood its affairs.

Zhao Fu arranged for Arthur Tina to guard the Card World while Hillary returned there to handle its affairs, then prepared to leave Great Qin for the Spirit Domain. Before he could depart, the Moonlight Silver Dragon Nest finished transforming after absorbing a great-mighty-one-grade Dragon Soul, unleashing immense dragon power across Great Qin and beyond.

• Zhao Fu told Hillary he would soon leave for the Spirit Domain and asked her to return to the Card World and form a Cavalry regiment.
• Hillary recommended Arthur Tina to guard the Card World, and Zhao Fu summoned her and agreed to send her there after learning she also wanted to develop in that world.
• Zhao Fu informed Great Qin's ministers that he would be leaving, and they recognized they would need to govern cautiously in his absence.
• A tremendous dragon roar interrupted Zhao Fu as he prepared to depart, and he flew toward the source of the dragon power.
• Zhao Fu witnessed the Moonlight Silver Dragon Nest finish transforming after absorbing the Dragon Soul, sending terrifying dragon might across Great Qin and alarming nearby nations.

Zhao Fu defeated the remnant dragon soul that emerged from the Moonlight Silver Dragon Nest and transformed it into the Saint Realm-grade Golden Night Heavenly Dragon. He planned to use its rapidly spawning dragons as mounts for a powerful cavalry regiment.

• A silver dragon emerged from the pillar of light and declared that it would not accept Zhao Fu as its master.
• The dragon tried to break free of the restrictions in its body so it could attack Zhao Fu.
• Zhao Fu summoned the Demon Race Supreme Imperial Star, crushed the dragon's body, and sent its soul power into the nest.
• Zhao Fu discovered that the nest had become the Saint Realm-grade Golden Night Heavenly Dragon, capable of spawning five dragons each day.
• Zhao Fu planned to make the Golden Night Heavenly Dragons mounts for a dragon cavalry regiment.

Zhao Fu traveled through the Heaven Domain toward the Spirit Domain and learned that the major factions were preparing for a looming calamity. There, he encountered Ziyun, a former enemy who tried to claim him, and their confrontation began with Zhao Fu attacking.

• Zhao Fu left the Golden Night Heavenly Dragon's nest in trusted hands and set out for the Spirit Domain through the Heaven Domain.
• After half a month of travel, Zhao Fu rested at an inn and heard that Apocalypse World was deadlocked against Card World while the Heaven Domain's major factions gathered supplies for an approaching disaster.
• Zhao Fu continued his journey and encountered Ziyun, who recognized his resemblance to someone from his past and demanded he remove his cloak.
• Ziyun and his followers threatened Zhao Fu, but Zhao Fu attacked Ziyun and two of the men with three beams of power.
• Ziyun blocked the attack with a purple barrier, which cracked under the impact, and admitted Zhao Fu was not ordinary.

Zhao Fu fought Ziyun, an expert of the Imperial Path Academy, and revealed his Immortal Mode to withstand Ziyun’s powerful attacks. He then transformed his runes into swords of light and launched them at Ziyun.

• Zhao Fu charged Ziyun and overpowered him with a punch and a Black Dragon attack, driving him back.
• Ziyun unleashed his full power, formed purple ribbons around his body, and struck at Zhao Fu.
• Zhao Fu activated Immortal Mode, using a ring of seven-colored runes to deflect Ziyun’s attacks.
• Ziyun formed enormous violet hands and slammed them into Zhao Fu’s rune circle, but Zhao Fu dispersed them.
• Zhao Fu turned the rune circle into swords of light and sent them flying toward Ziyun.

Zhao Fu defeated Ziyun in battle, then revealed that Ziyun had already guessed his identity before leaving. Ziyun let his male companions go and watched Zhao Fu disappear.

• Ziyun unleashed his purple aura to summon ninety-nine powerful men, but Zhao Fu destroyed them with a seven-colored sword strike and wounded Ziyun.
• Zhao Fu refused Ziyun's proposal to become a woman and follow him, then turned to leave.
• Ziyun asked Zhao Fu to reveal his identity, and Zhao Fu told him he had already guessed.
• Ziyun realized Zhao Fu's identity, but Zhao Fu transformed into a streak of light and vanished.
• Ziyun told his male companions they were no longer his possessions and sent them away.