Recaps

Hu Xiao told Su Hang why he intended to force his old friend to answer for refusing to join his gang, while Su Hang continued his climb toward 900 stars in Honor of Kings. As Su Hang entered the crucial match, he saw that his teammates were weak compared with his opponents, then froze when he saw the enemy bans.

• Hu Xiao told Su Hang he planned to find his old friend and force him to become his boss or die by his blade.
• Hu Xiao said he felt better after confiding in Su Hang, and Su Hang wondered why he felt pleased by the suffering of Hu Xiao, Yin Long, and Huyan Lan.
• Exalted Emperor's livestream drew two million viewers as Su Hang won three matches and reached 899 stars.
• Su Hang entered the match that could bring him to 900 stars and learned that his teammates had high Peak scores but limited skill.
• Su Hang considered changing lanes or choosing a suitable warrior or assassin, then froze when he saw the enemy's bans.

Su Hang faced a deliberately targeted match that forced him to play Gongsun Li against Ao Yin, then discovered the enemy team included Huranlang, Jueying, and three professional players. With his promotion to 900 stars and his account at stake, he prepared to use the system that had arrived ten years late.

• The enemy banned five clash-lane heroes suited to the farm lane, so Su Hang told his teammates to choose early-game picks and selected Sun Bin for late-game insurance.
• Su Hang chose Gongsun Li against the still-hidden enemy marksman, and the enemy locked in Ao Yin.
• The loading screen revealed that the enemy's Mulan and Ao Yin were Huranlang and Jueying on alternate accounts.
• Su Hang realized the enemy also had professional players Zhongyi, Dashuai, and Wanmo, while his own teammates were much weaker.
• Su Hang decided to summon his ultimate trump card: his system, which had arrived ten years late.

AG Super and eStar players reacted to Exalted Emperor being matched against an overwhelmingly powerful Imperial Crown lineup and doubted he could win. Huahai clung to hope, but Gemini said Exalted Emperor would need farm-lane skills equal to Imperial Emperor's clash-lane prowess, leaving Huahai convinced his friend was doomed.

• At the Chengdu AG Super base, Yazi, Chaofeng, and Baxia celebrated Exalted Emperor's difficult matchup against Huranlang, Jueying, Zhongyi, and Dashuai, while Jin Ni defended him and recalled a childhood dream.
• At the Wuhan eStar base, Huahai and Wanmo reacted with shock to the formidable opposing lineup, while Qingrong predicted Exalted Emperor would lose because of his weak teammates and farm-lane role.
• Huahai called Gemini for advice, and Gemini judged the teams' skills so uneven that even Imperial Emperor would struggle to win in Exalted Emperor's place.
• Gemini said Exalted Emperor could win only if his farm-lane skills reached the level of Imperial Emperor's clash-lane play, and Huahai despaired that his friend would leave the game forever.

After maxing out his game mechanics, Su Hang showed that his Gongsun Li could match his former clash-lane skill, saving Sun Bin and stealing a neutral resource from Jueying’s Ao Yin. Players at Chengdu AG Super Play Club suspected his precise play resembled the legendary Imperial Emperor.

• Su Hang allocated 100 talent points to game mechanics and felt a new sense of mastery while playing Gongsun Li in the farm lane.
• Taiyi and Jueying’s Ao Yin attacked Sun Bin, but Su Hang used Gongsun Li’s second skill to block Ao Yin’s lethal Fire Dragon Souls and save him.
• Su Hang left his umbrella near the bird of prey, then returned to it after stealing the resource with a precise attack.
• Yazi, Chaofeng, Yinuo, and Jin Ni analyzed Su Hang’s play at Chengdu AG Super Play Club, and Jin Ni identified him with the legendary Imperial Emperor.

Su Hang's Gongsun Li saved Lanling King, killed Jueying's Ao Yin, and escaped the enemy team's ambush. At Wuhan eStar Team's training base, Gemini said Su Hang's farm lane skills had risen far beyond merely matching a Champion Emperor player.

• Huranlang's Mulan killed Su Hang's Allain, and Su Hang agreed to swap lanes with Allain at four minutes.
• Su Hang and Sun Bin baited out Wu Zetian's ultimate while Lanling King waited to attack Ao Yin from the side.
• Lanling King nearly died after he ignored Su Hang's warning and attacked Ao Yin before Ao Yin used his ultimate.
• Su Hang's Gongsun Li pushed Primal Tank and Taiyi against the river wall, then blocked Ao Yin's Fire Dragon Souls and Wu Zetian's control orb.
• Su Hang killed Jueying's Ao Yin and escaped, leaving his teammates amazed by his play.
• Wanmo, Qingrong, and Huahai reacted to Su Hang's performance, and Gemini said his farm lane skills had surpassed merely rivaling a Champion Emperor player.

Su Hang swapped Gongsun Li into the clash lane and faced Huranlang’s Mulan, despite the unfavorable matchup. He outguessed Huranlang’s feints and killed him, leaving Gemini’s prediction that Su Hang’s skills rival Imperial Emperor’s looking justified.

• Gemini predicted that Su Hang’s farm lane skills could rival Imperial Emperor’s clash lane skills and that he could solo-kill Huranlang’s Mulan.
• Su Hang swapped lanes with Allain and advised him to play safely against Jueying’s Ao Yin.
• Su Hang brought Gongsun Li toward the minion wave to challenge Huranlang’s Mulan, drawing alarmed reactions from the livestream viewers.
• Huranlang’s Mulan attacked with a silence combo, but Su Hang dodged it and struck back with Gongsun Li.
• Su Hang read Huranlang’s feints and chose not to return to his umbrella as Mulan used Flash and swung her heavy sword backward.
• Su Hang landed a final umbrella dart, killing Huranlang’s Mulan.

Su Hang’s solo kill of Huranlang convinced the Chengdu AG players that Exalted Emperor could reach the fifth level of instantaneous mind games and might be hiding his true strength. As the players speculated about his past and future opponents, Jin Ni gave Zhongyi a cryptic answer about the ranked game.

• Su Hang laughed off the livestream viewers’ jokes and reviewed his solo kill, recognizing the psychological battle behind it.
• Yazi, Chaofeng, Yinuo, and the others concluded that Exalted Emperor had beaten Huranlang through fifth-level mind games, a feat previously associated with Imperial Emperor.
• Yinuo panicked that he had targeted Exalted Emperor and considered seeking revenge against someone who might be a godlike player.
• Yazi and Chaofeng speculated that Exalted Emperor’s farm-lane role was his true position and that he was an old powerhouse hiding behind the image of a teenage prodigy.
• Jin Ni imagined Exalted Emperor hunting his way toward Imperial Emperor, while the players debated whether Silver Dragon could defeat him.
• Zhongyi asked whether they could still win their ranked game, and Jin Ni told him to hide Exalted Emperor’s game ID before whispering an answer that left him stunned.

Su Hang pushed his team to force a fight before the enemy’s stronger late game, then revealed that he planned to pick off Taiyi Zhenren. The chapter ended as Taiyi’s tongue-and-Flash combo caught Gongsun Li, leaving Taiyi frozen.

• At six minutes, Su Hang directed his team to take the enemy’s side-lane towers and pressure mid, then decided they needed a team fight before the eight-minute mark.
• Jiang Ziya deified Su Hang’s Gongsun Li, and the team destroyed the enemy’s first mid tower after the opponents chose not to defend it.
• Su Hang explained that Jueying’s team was avoiding a risky fight and preparing to drag the match into the late game.
• After rejecting a tower dive and Lanling King’s pickoff proposal, Su Hang said he would start the fight by targeting Taiyi Zhenren.
• Su Hang’s team hid in a brush while Gongsun Li raced toward the enemy’s second mid tower, and Taiyi caught her with his second skill and Flash, freezing her.

Su Hang won the 900-star promotion match with a decisive Gongsun Li play, reaching 901 stars and making Exalted Emperor the second player in Honor of Kings history to surpass 900. He planned to push toward 1,000 stars next, but left it to fate whether Exalted Emperor or his old account, Imperial Emperor, would get there first.

• Su Hang used Gongsun Li's umbrella-return mechanic to bring Taiyi into the enemy team, where Taiyi died and left the opponents without their frontline.
• Su Hang's team launched a frontal assault, and Gongsun Li defeated four enemies to secure a quadra kill before the team destroyed the enemy crystal.
• Su Hang ended the stream after Exalted Emperor reached 901 stars with a 7/0/0 record and second place on the national leaderboard.
• Su Hang checked Liuli and the others' ranks and estimated they could reach 900 stars the next night, helping create enough players for a 1,000-star promotion match.
• Su Hang decided that fate would determine whether Exalted Emperor or Imperial Emperor reached 1,000 stars first.

Imperial Crown's core members met after Exalted Emperor's rise to 900 stars and concluded he could challenge Imperial Emperor's record. They debated recruiting Imperial Emperor's former allies to stop him, then learned Imperial Emperor had logged into the game.

• Douyin users debated whether Exalted Emperor could surpass Imperial Emperor after reaching 900 stars and defeating Huranlang and Jueying.
• Jueying, Huranlang, and the other Imperial Crown core members acknowledged that Exalted Emperor's skill matched Imperial Emperor's and that another snipe would likely fail.
• Wangsun said only Imperial Emperor, Silver Dragon, Phoenix, and Mountain Lord could defeat Exalted Emperor, and Ganglie urged Yujingzi to contact the three former allies.
• Ganglie warned that Imperial Crown's sponsors and thousands of members depended on Imperial Emperor's status as the top player.
• Yuejing announced that Imperial Emperor had logged into the game.

At breakfast, Jiang Sui discovered that Su Hang had not secretly fed Yin Long, while Huyan Lan warned Su Hang that his deputy captains might face him in his thousand-star promotion match. Worried that a loss would hurt her brother, Jiang Sui came up with a plan to help him.

• Jiang Sui questioned Yin Long’s sudden energy and learned that Su Hang’s packet of crispy noodles had blown off the balcony before Yin Long could get it.
• Huyan Lan accused Su Hang of using the deputy captains as stepping stones and warned that she and Hu Xiao would not hold back if they were matched against him.
• Jiang Sui worried that Su Hang might lose his thousand-star challenge and decided to find a way to support him by reaching 900 stars herself.
• Jiang Sui realized she could help Su Hang by supporting him if they were teammates or throwing the match if they faced each other.

Jiang Sui tried to win a 900-star King of Glory account so she could help Su Hang during his push for Thousand-Star Rank, but Three-Eyed Jin Ni outbid her. With the auction countdown running and no money left, Jiang Sui received an unexpected payment.

• Jiang Sui found a 900-star King of Glory account being auctioned on Jiaoyimao and entered the bidding with the 300,000 yuan Huyan Ya had sent her.
• Jiang Sui and Three-Eyed Jin Ni outbid each other until Three-Eyed Jin Ni suddenly raised the price to 500,000 yuan.
• Jiang Sui learned that Imperial Emperor planned to push for Thousand-Star Rank that night and decided she had to win the account to help Su Hang or stop Imperial Emperor.
• Huyan Ya asked whether the auction mattered to Jiang Sui, then ended the call after Jiang Sui said it was more important than her life.
• Jiang Sui struggled to find a way to raise more money as the countdown continued, then heard her phone chime with an incoming payment.

Jiang Sui’s bid for a 900-star King account climbed to six million yuan as Huyan Ya and Hu Xiao helped fund her. With Hu Xiao’s four-million-yuan loan, Jiang Sui went all in against Three-Eyed Jin Ni, leaving the auction unresolved.

• Huyan Ya transferred Jiang Sui five million yuan to support her bid for the 900-star account.
• At the Chengdu AG Super Play Club training base, Jin Ni learned that Wansuiye had bid five million yuan, and Gods’ core members pooled three million yuan to help him compete.
• Jin Ni raised his bid to six million yuan, while viewers speculated that Wansuiye had reached his limit.
• Hu Xiao gave Jiang Sui four million yuan borrowed through Tiger Loan and explained that the platform belonged to his company.
• Jiang Sui returned to the auction and pushed her bid all in against Three-Eyed Jin Ni.

Fly discussed the race to reach a thousand stars and learned that a fraudulent loan had been approved after Tiger Loan’s facial recognition mistook a borrower for Mountain Lord. A call from Jin Ni led Fly to agree to help influence the race, after which he left the Wolves’ base to handle urgent trouble in his hometown.

• Fly predicted that Imperial Emperor would reach a thousand stars before Exalted Emperor because of his strength across more positions.
• Anya discovered that a borrower had obtained and transferred a four-million-yuan loan after Tiger Loan’s facial recognition mistook him for Mountain Lord.
• Fly received a call from Jin Ni, who asked him to help Exalted Emperor if they were matched on the same team and oppose Imperial Emperor if they were teammates.
• Fly agreed to Jin Ni’s request on the condition that Jin Ni play the kindergarten teacher and sing him ten songs.
• Fly told Xiaopang he had to go to his hometown and would not be home that night.

The news of Imperial Emperor and Exalted Emperor’s simultaneous 1,000-star challenge went viral, and netizens eagerly debated which player was stronger. Unaware of the frenzy, Su Hang reached 999 stars on both accounts and queued them at once to see which would play its promotion match first.

• Major news outlets reported that Imperial Emperor and Exalted Emperor might become the first Honor of Kings player to reach 1,000 stars, and the story spread worldwide.
• The official Armor Hero and Kamen Rider accounts posted a video depicting the two emperors clashing, which drew millions of likes and sparked arguments over who would win.
• Netizens called for Imperial Emperor and Exalted Emperor to face each other, pushing their matchup to the top of the trending searches.
• Su Hang reached 999 stars on his new Exalted Emperor account, matching his old Imperial Emperor account, and considered but rejected selling them.
• Su Hang queued both accounts simultaneously, planning to cancel one queue when the other found a match first and to let both queues expire if the accounts were matched against each other.

Su Hang matched both of his accounts onto the same team against Sovereign Dominion’s vice captains and spent talent points to max out Teamwork before confirming the match. His opponents recognized Imperial Emperor and reacted with old grievances, while Jiang Sui decided to help her brother defeat him.

• Su Hang discovered that his two accounts had matched together against Long, Hu, Feng, Liuli, and Wansuiye, a formidable team of high-ranked players.
• Su Hang used talent points to max out Teamwork, gaining a solo-queue skill bonus that he believed would let him control both accounts without losing focus.
• Jiang Sui recognized her brother and Imperial Emperor on the opposing team, then confirmed the match so she could help her brother defeat Imperial Emperor.
• Yin Long recognized Imperial Emperor and vowed to settle their nine-year-old grudge over their broken brotherly bond.
• Huyan Lan recognized Imperial Emperor and swore to make him suffer for ending their in-game relationship and cutting off contact.
• Hu Xiao recognized Imperial Emperor and vowed to find him so they could die together as friends.

Yugong Liuli was matched against Imperial Emperor while Exalted Emperor appeared on Imperial Emperor’s team, deepening her confusion about whether they were the same person. At Wuhan eStar’s training base, Qingrong, Huahai, and Wanmo watched the match and wondered how Imperial Emperor and Exalted Emperor would fare against Sovereign Dominion’s powerful vice captains.

• Yugong Liuli recognized Imperial Emperor on the opposing team and recalled the clues that had made her suspect Exalted Emperor was her senior, then resolve to give the match her all.
• Wanmo, Huahai, and Qingrong discovered that Imperial Emperor and Exalted Emperor had been matched together against Sovereign Dominion’s four vice captains.
• Qingrong said Feng’s mid-lane skill reminded him of a Champion Emperor, leading Huahai to suspect that Sovereign Dominion’s other vice captains might be just as strong.
• Huahai suggested that Imperial Emperor and Exalted Emperor could be compared by who earned the better match-rating badge and more bonus stars.
• Qingrong said the identities of Imperial Emperor and Exalted Emperor’s teammates had been uncovered, then reacted with shock when he recognized the last one.

Qiuniu matched onto the same team as Imperial Emperor and Exalted Emperor in a high-stakes promotion match, prompting the Gods team to urge him to carry and win MVP. Su Hang prepared to control both of his accounts with a Baili Shouyue and Mozi combo as the match began.

• Jin Ni, Yazi, Chaofeng, and Yinuo decided Qiuniu should play his hardest and aim to carry the match, since he had been assigned his main role while Imperial Emperor and Exalted Emperor had not.
• Qiuniu locked in Ma Chao, and Su Hang noted his confidence in choosing a hero with many counters.
• Su Hang's teammates Beiming Youyu and Huiyaoji asked for his advice, and he told them to pick Xiahou Dun and Wang Zhaojun.
• The enemy team chose Guan Yu, Diaochan, Jing, Meng Ya, and Zhang Fei, while Su Hang selected Baili Shouyue for Imperial Emperor and Mozi for Exalted Emperor.
• Su Hang arranged his two phones and prepared to control both accounts as the countdown ended.

Su Hang controlled Imperial Emperor’s Baili Shouyue and Exalted Emperor’s Mozi simultaneously in a one-thousand-star promotion match, drawing millions of spectators and overwhelming the enemy farm lane. After securing two quick kills, he turned his attention toward Jing’s blue buff.

• Beiming Youyu and Huiyaoji saw that millions of players were watching Imperial Emperor and Exalted Emperor’s promotion match and worried about making a mistake.
• At Wuhan eStar’s training base, Huahai grew angry at viewers mocking Exalted Emperor for playing support, while Qingrong and Wanmo reminded him that Mozi was central to the Shouyue-Mozi combo.
• Su Hang controlled Shouyue and Mozi together, landed Mozi’s cannon and Shouyue’s snipe on Wansuiye’s Meng Ya, and secured first blood at 35 seconds.
• Su Hang and Mozi’s tower dive left Liuli’s Zhang Fei vulnerable, and Mozi killed him at 45 seconds.
• After the two quick kills, Su Hang dragged the minimap toward the enemy blue jungle and declared that Jing’s blue buff was his.

Su Hang’s Imperial Emperor and Exalted Emperor dominated farm lane with flawless Shouyue–Mozi coordination, while Hu’s Guan Yu solo-killed Qiuniu’s Ma Chao and impressed the enemy team. After his teammates fell in other lanes, Su Hang focused on reaching the enemy high ground by six minutes.

• The Imperial Emperor’s Shouyue and the Exalted Emperor’s Mozi invaded the enemy blue jungle and combined their skills to kill Wansuiye’s Meng Ya with a blind snipe.
• Yazi, Chaofeng, Jin Ni, and Yinuo marveled at the duo’s coordination and Shouyue’s overwhelming lead in farm lane.
• Hu’s Guan Yu trapped Qiuniu’s Ma Chao in the Teleport array and solo-killed him, prompting Qiuniu to tell Jin Ni that Hu’s skill rivaled Mountain Lord’s.
• Jin Ni told her teammates that Sovereign Dominion’s Long and Feng might also be comparable to Champion Emperors.
• Su Hang recognized Hu Xiao’s strength, then saw the enemy Diaochan solo-kill Huiyaoji’s Wang Zhaojun and erase his team’s early advantage.
• Su Hang set a goal of reaching the enemy farm-lane high ground in six minutes and prepared to overwhelm Meng Ya and Zhang Fei with Shouyue and Mozi.

Jiang Sui struggled through repeated deaths as Meng Ya while Su Hang and the enemy team’s Imperial Emperor dominated the farm lane. After Jiang Sui charged out and died again, her teammates revealed they had used her as bait to draw Su Hang into a trap, leaving him surrounded and facing the possible collapse of his promotion match.

• Jiang Sui’s Meng Ya was killed repeatedly by Exalted Emperor’s Mozi and Imperial Emperor’s Shouyue, while her teammates argued over their losing lanes and Yin Long delayed his gank.
• Jiang Sui told Liuli’s Zhang Fei to leave farm lane and help the others, then resolved to prove herself by taking on the enemy duo alone.
• Exalted Emperor’s Mozi caught Jiang Sui outside her tower and killed her, bringing her record to 0/7/0.
• Liuli revealed that the team had used Jiang Sui as bait for four minutes to make Su Hang lower his guard, and explained that Jiang Sui’s microphone had been left on.
• Su Hang realized all four enemies had disappeared from the minimap and were closing in on his Shouyue and Mozi; he calculated the danger to his team’s objectives and decided to use his last resort.

Hu and his teammates trapped Imperial Emperor’s Shouyue and Exalted Emperor’s Mozi at the farm-lane tower, and everyone expected the two players to die. They began recalling together, but as the four enemies unleashed their ultimates, the chapter ended before their escape was resolved.

• Long’s Jing, Feng’s Diaochan, Liuli’s Zhang Fei, and Hu’s Guan Yu closed in on Imperial Emperor and Exalted Emperor from three directions.
• Huahai asked Gemini to predict a way out, but Gemini said the two players had no chance of survival.
• Imperial Emperor and Exalted Emperor started recalling simultaneously, shocking the players and viewers watching the broadcast.
• As the recall countdown reached its final seconds, Hu, Long, Liuli, and Feng unleashed their ultimates toward the brush where the two were hiding.

Su Hang used a perfectly timed recall to survive an enemy ambush, then exploited the opponents’ missing ultimates to secure both dragons and push mid. After the enemy traded kills and towers in the clash lane, Su Hang destroyed their farm-lane high-ground tower, but a sudden warning revealed that his own high ground was under attack.

• Su Hang recalled at the last moment, dodging four enemy ultimates, then signaled that Guan Yu, Jing, Diaochan, and Zhang Fei had used theirs.
• Qiuniu, Beiming Youyu, and Huiyaoji secured the Overlord and Tyrant while Su Hang’s team took the enemy mid-lane tier-one tower.
• Su Hang killed Meng Ya and destroyed the enemy mid-lane tier-two and high-ground towers as the enemy team attacked the clash lane, killing Ma Chao, Wang Zhaojun, and Xiahou Dun and taking his team’s upper tier-two tower.
• Su Hang destroyed the enemy farm-lane high-ground tower, but the enemy team did not appear at its fountain after recalling.
• A King of Glory announcement warned Su Hang that his team’s high-ground tower was under attack.

Su Hang canceled his recall and charged at Meng Ya while Mozi took flight to help defend the crystal. Watching the enemy’s coordinated push, Yugong Liuli suspected that Yin Long, Huyan Lan, and Hu Xiao were the Champion Emperors Silver Dragon, Phoenix, and Mountain Lord, and she joined the assault believing Su Hang was doomed to lose.

• Su Hang saw Guan Yu, Jing, Diaochan, and Zhang Fei pushing toward his clash-lane high-ground tower and decided to recall to defend the crystal.
• Wansuiye’s Meng Ya rushed to interrupt Su Hang and Mozi’s recalls, so Su Hang canceled his recall and attacked Meng Ya while Mozi flew toward the enemy push.
• Yugong Liuli recalled how the enemy had planned their coordinated clash-lane assault and recognized how closely their playstyles resembled Imperial Emperor’s.
• Yugong Liuli concluded that Yin Long, Huyan Lan, and Hu Xiao might be Silver Dragon, Phoenix, and Mountain Lord, the three Champion Emperors.
• Yugong Liuli leaped Zhang Fei into the high-ground tower’s range and hoped her intuition about Su Hang’s likely defeat was wrong.

Long, Feng, and Hu wiped out Imperial Emperor’s teammates and pushed toward the red crystal, while Imperial Emperor’s Shouyue raced to destroy their blue crystal with a super-minion wave. Both crystals were on the verge of falling when a hero voice line interrupted the apparent endgame.

• Long’s Jing instantly killed Wang Zhaojun with a Z-Shaped Jitter plus Strangulation Technique, clearing the way for the push.
• Feng’s Diaochan used her Perpetual Motion Machine maneuver to kill Ma Chao and Xiahou Dun, while Hu’s Guan Yu and Liuli’s Zhang Fei destroyed the Clash Lane high-ground tower.
• At the Chengdu AG Super Play Club training base, the players expected Imperial Emperor to lose, but Jin Ni spotted Imperial Emperor’s Shouyue on the enemy middle-lane high ground.
• Imperial Emperor’s Shouyue killed Wansuiye’s Meng Ya, then used his super-minion wave and faster attack speed to damage the red crystal as Long, Feng, and Hu attacked the blue crystal without minions.
• As both teams’ minions reached their respective crystals and the outcome appeared imminent, a hero voice line rang out: “Fight! To be worthy of being remembered by the human race for generations!”