Chapter Summaries

Zhao Fu helped Hillary confront her father over her arranged marriage, then used her royal blood to sever the king’s link to the Nation-Guarding Artifact and take control of him. He declared that the Locke Kingdom would belong to Great Qin and moved to secure the kingdom by controlling its princes.

• The king summoned Hillary and insisted she marry the Thunder Kingdom’s crown prince for the Locke Kingdom’s sake, but she refused.
• Zhao Fu appeared in the royal hall, and Hillary told her father that Zhao Fu was her man and that she had decided to marry him.
• The king and his guards attacked Zhao Fu, but he trapped them with roots and used Hillary’s blood to cut off the king’s connection to the Nation-Guarding Artifact.
• Zhao Fu controlled the king, revealed that he came from the Apocalypse World, and demanded that the Locke Kingdom submit to Great Qin.
• After the king cursed Hillary, Zhao Fu controlled him again, sent Hillary away, and brought the three princes to the palace to take control of them.

Zhao Fu tried to bring Locke Kingdom’s powerful lords under control without starting a war, but many refused the king’s summons. He then visited the Fero Family under the pretext of an inspection tour, arriving at its castle for a banquet.

• Zhao Fu summoned Locke Kingdom’s great lords through the old king, but many declined to attend.
• Zhao Fu ordered the kingdom’s soldiers to assemble, prompting the great lords to gather their own forces in preparation for resistance.
• Zhao Fu announced an inspection tour with three thousand guards, easing the lords’ fears that the kingdom would attack them.
• Zhao Fu led the old king to the Fero Family’s territory, where the family head greeted the king without showing much deference.
• Zhao Fu controlled the old king through the Fero Family’s welcome and followed him into the castle’s banquet hall disguised as a guard.

Zhao Fu infiltrated the Fero Family head’s room after the family discussed seizing the Locke Kingdom and revealed that he had overheard their plans. He easily broke their card restraints and captured the Fero Family members, leaving their fate in his hands.

• The old king and the Fero Family head drank together at a feast until the old king passed out and was escorted away.
• The Fero Family head’s children proposed imprisoning the old king and taking the Locke Kingdom, but he and the women cautioned them to wait for a better opportunity.
• Zhao Fu emerged from the void as the Fero Family members prepared to leave and was trapped by cards that restrained him with a ring of light and vines.
• Zhao Fu shattered both restraints, prompting the Fero Family head to attack and the others to flee.
• Zhao Fu sent chains from the void and bound the Fero Family head and everyone else, leaving them terrified.

Zhao Fu revealed that he controlled Locke Kingdom and used his power to subdue the Fero Family head and his son, while forcing the family’s women to submit. Afterward, he left the Fero Family’s territory to bring the next family under his control.

• The Fero Family head offered Zhao Fu riches and service, but Zhao Fu revealed that Locke Kingdom’s king was his puppet and that he was from Apocalypse World.
• Zhao Fu used his demonic power to control the Fero Family head and the handsome young man, then promised to spare the family if the four women obeyed him.
• Evony, Fuxisi, Josie, and Judy submitted to Zhao Fu, who told them he planned to control the remaining families and use Locke Kingdom as a base for war against neighboring nations.
• The next morning, Zhao Fu left the women sleeping, and the Fero Family head and the handsome young man returned to normal under his control.
• Zhao Fu instructed the three married women on several matters, then led his people toward the territory of the next family.

After Thunder Kingdom declared war over Locke Kingdom canceling the royal marriage, Zhao Fu seized control of Locke Kingdom’s lords and prepared to fight. The chapter ended with Locke Kingdom’s smaller army facing Thunder Kingdom’s forces at the border, while Zhao Fu remained confident of victory.

• Zhao Fu canceled Hillary’s marriage to Thunder Kingdom’s prince, prompting Thunder Kingdom to declare war on Locke Kingdom.
• Locke Kingdom’s lords urged the king to restore the marriage and seek peace, while Hillary trusted Zhao Fu to handle the crisis.
• Zhao Fu used his power to control the lords and ordered them to gather their troops.
• Zhao Fu embraced Hillary and declared that Locke Kingdom would fight Thunder Kingdom, assuring her that they would not lose.
• Locke Kingdom assembled five hundred million Tier 2 soldiers against Thunder Kingdom’s eight hundred million, and Zhao Fu watched the enemy army from the border wall with Hillary.

Zhao Fu and Hillary defended Locke Kingdom’s city against Thunder Kingdom, whose powerful cavalry regiment shattered the city’s barrier and nearly breached the wall. Thunder Kingdom’s troops advanced as Locke Kingdom’s defenders struggled to hold them back.

• Zhao Fu declared himself Locke Kingdom’s master and Hillary’s man, prompting the King of Thunder Kingdom to order an attack.
• Hillary commanded Locke Kingdom’s archers and card-wielding troops as both sides traded arrows, water attacks, shields, and lightning.
• Thunder Kingdom unleashed a million-strong cavalry regiment that combined purple lightning and smashed through Locke Kingdom’s defensive barrier, heavily damaging the city wall.
• Hillary ordered the archers to attack the cavalry, but the riders’ electric field destroyed the incoming arrows.
• Thunder Kingdom’s army reached the city walls and fired arrows at the defenders, who raised their shields to block them.

Zhao Fu used Evil Flower Enchants the World to break the Thunder Kingdom’s siege of Locke Kingdom and control nearly ten million enemy soldiers. The Thunder Kingdom retreated, while Hillary and the Locke soldiers witnessed Zhao Fu’s overwhelming power.

• The Thunder Kingdom and Locke Kingdom fought fiercely as the attackers scaled the walls and the defenders struggled to hold them back.
• Zhao Fu appeared before the Thunder Kingdom cavalry, blocked their lightning attack, and sent over a hundred thousand riders flying.
• Zhao Fu unleashed Evil Flower Enchants the World, growing a vast black flower and using its bloody aura to control nearly ten million Thunder Kingdom soldiers.
• The controlled soldiers attacked their own forces, and the Thunder Kingdom King ordered a retreat as both armies watched Zhao Fu in fear and awe.
• Zhao Fu pursued the retreating Thunder Kingdom soldiers with his controlled forces before ordering them to stop.

After Zhao Fu helped Locke Kingdom defeat Thunder Kingdom, Hillary became its new king with the support of her father and third brother. Zhao Fu reflected on the devastating power of Card World's cavalry and their ability to kill enormous creatures.

• Zhao Fu ended his control over the battlefield, leaving a little over three million Thunder Kingdom soldiers under his influence as Locke Kingdom celebrated its victory.
• Zhao Fu returned to the palace with Hillary and arranged for her coronation, while the controlled lords followed them.
• Hillary became king of Locke Kingdom; her father accepted her rule, her third brother supported her, and her eldest and second brothers were kept in the palace.
• Neighboring nations sent envoys to congratulate Hillary and sought good relations with Locke Kingdom after Thunder Kingdom's defeat.
• Zhao Fu considered Card World's cavalry a formidable threat, noting that their specialized abilities allowed small squads to kill enormous creatures.

Zhao Fu examined Locke Kingdom’s cavalry and learned how their Card World treasure-artifact equipment linked riders to their horses. He discovered the six grades of cavalry gear, including the legendary imperial-grade sets, and considered how Great Qin might study the technology.

• Zhao Fu recognized that Card World’s cavalry could counter the large creatures Great Qin relied on and decided to study their methods.
• Zhao Fu visited Locke Kingdom’s cavalry, whose Tier 4 soldiers greeted him in water-attributed equipment.
• Zhao Fu examined a complete set of Water Spirit treasure artifacts and learned how its weapons, armor, rings, and pendant enhanced a rider.
• Zhao Fu learned that the Water Spirit Token linked a cavalryman’s thoughts and vitality with their horse and could store the horse.
• Zhao Fu learned the six grades of Card World treasure artifacts and heard that imperial cavalry were legendary, with the power to hunt immortals.

Zhao Fu examined Locke Kingdom’s Cavalry and observed a soldier and Water Scale Horse undergo knight Class Transfer. He learned how the Cavalry’s linked power, lord power, and abilities made the regiment formidable.

• Zhao Fu learned that Card World’s Cavalry drew strength from carefully selected knights, national resources, and the knight class, which only nations could provide.
• Zhao Fu went to Locke Kingdom’s transfer platform and had a soldier bring a Water Scale Horse to undergo Class Transfer.
• Four stone steles enveloped the soldier and horse in light, giving both a glowing blue mark and enhanced strength.
• Zhao Fu examined the pair and sensed that their auras had become linked and that both possessed regional lord power.
• Zhao Fu learned that Cavalry soldiers could combine into a powerful unit, draw on regional power, intimidate enemies, and use the attacks Locke River and River Serpent.

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.