Recaps

Exalted Emperor’s Mozi chained his control abilities to hold off the enemy team while Imperial Emperor’s Shouyue destroyed their crystal, winning the thousand-star promotion match. As Huahai and Qingrong debated which player would earn the better rating, the ratings screen appeared and left them stunned.

• Exalted Emperor’s Mozi used his ultimate and Frost Impact to keep Hu’s Guan Yu, Feng’s Diaochan, Long’s Jing, and Liuli’s Zhang Fei controlled long enough for Imperial Emperor’s Shouyue to destroy the crystal.
• Imperial Emperor and Exalted Emperor won the thousand-star promotion match, prompting celebration in the Imperial Crown livestream and among the players watching.
• Yazi objected to people celebrating the Gods’ enemies, but Pulao and the others argued that the achievement belonged to all Honor of Kings players, and Yazi relented for the day.
• At Wuhan eStar’s training base, Huahai, Wanmo, and Qingrong discussed the players’ ratings and made bets on who would earn MVP and the higher-level badge.
• Huahai bet that Exalted Emperor’s Mozi would earn MVP and a top-tier lane rating, while Qingrong bet on Imperial Emperor’s Shouyue; when the ratings screen appeared, Huahai and Qingrong froze in surprise.

Su Hang won his 1,000-star promotion match on both accounts, but Huyan Lan became enraged after losing and tried to kill him with a cleaver. The blade stopped just before reaching his neck, leaving Huyan Lan stunned and the reason for its sudden halt unexplained.

• Su Hang won the promotion match, reaching 1,001 stars on Exalted Emperor and 1,002 stars on Imperial Emperor.
• Huyan Lan realized Su Hang had defeated her and felt betrayed because he had not let her beat Imperial Emperor.
• Huyan Lan recalled how Imperial Emperor and Su Hang had failed to value her or answer her messages, and her eyes turned black with killing intent.
• Huyan Lan broke into Su Hang's bedroom, picked up a cleaver, and raised it over him as he slept.
• Huyan Lan's cleaver stopped 0.01 centimeters from Su Hang's neck, then fell as the darkness faded from her eyes.

Huyan Lan assumed Su Hang cried because he had failed to defeat Imperial Emperor, then realized he had acted out of concern for her. After putting the sleeping Su Hang to bed, she joined the others, who accepted their loss and reassured Jiang Sui.

• Huyan Lan saw Su Hang crying in his sleep and believed he regretted losing the chance to earn MVP against Imperial Emperor.
• Huyan Lan recalled Su Hang’s guilt after their mountain fights and concluded he had tried to defeat Imperial Emperor to free her from her obsession with revenge.
• Huyan Lan picked Su Hang up, was bitten by him, and tucked him into bed before leaving his room.
• Huyan Lan lied to Hu Xiao, Yin Long, Jiang Sui, and Little Liuli about breaking the door, then punched Yin Long when he teased her.
• Hu Xiao said the group would try to beat Imperial Emperor another time, while Huyan Lan and Hu Xiao reassured Jiang Sui that she was not to blame for their loss.
• Yin Long realized that the Grinding Overlord was Jiang Sui, a fifteen-year-old about to start high school, and wondered whether her brother knew.

Jiang Sui and the Sovereign Dominion team agreed not to tell Su Hang about his loss to Imperial Emperor, but Little Liuli revealed she might not make it to Clash of Kings. After the thousand-star match drew huge attention online, netizens revisited a poll of the Honor of Kings players they most wanted to meet, whose top three were about to be revealed.

• Yin Long realized Jiang Sui had hidden that she was the Grinding Overlord, and Huyan Lan warned him not to expose her.
• Jiang Sui, Huyan Lan, Hu Xiao, and Yin Long discussed Su Hang's loss and agreed to avoid mentioning Imperial Emperor while he recovered for Clash of Kings.
• Jiang Sui listed Sovereign Dominion's lineup, then asked Little Liuli when Liuli would arrive; Little Liuli apologized and said she might not be able to come.
• News of Imperial Emperor and Exalted Emperor reaching 1,000 stars spread across social media, and reports said more than 50 million people had watched their match.
• Netizens debated Exalted Emperor's chances at Clash of Kings and returned to Weibo's poll of the players they most wanted to meet, which listed Mountain Lord fifth and Phoenix fourth before teasing the top three.

Yugong Nishang challenged his parents’ decision to sacrifice Yugong Liuli as the Yousu Fox God’s wife, but Liuli accepted the fate she believed she had been born to fulfill. She began explaining the Yugong family’s origin and the story of Yousu and Yugong Hu, whose sacrifice to save her husband left the tale unfinished.

• Online voters praised Liuli for giving away King of Glory skins for ten years and anticipated her appearance at the Clash of Kings.
• At Yugong Shrine, Yugong Nishang protested that his parents were condemning Liuli to a life of service and death as the Yousu Fox God’s wife.
• Madam Gūji slapped Nishang and defended Liuli’s fate as a sacred duty owed to the Yousu Fox God.
• Yugong Liuli arrived, asked her parents to leave, comforted Nishang, and told him not to resist their decision on her behalf.
• Liuli explained that Xu Fu brought 500 boys and girls to Japan, including Yousu, who met and married Yugong Hu, the ancestor of their family.
• Liuli recounted how Yugong Hu gave up her chance to become a god and sacrificed her body to save Yousu after he swallowed poison.

Yugong Liuli explained that the Yugong Family’s wealth and longevity came from a centuries-old pact with the Yousu Fox God, and that she was expected to sacrifice herself for another thousand tons of gold. She asked Yugong Nishang to care for himself, then revealed her own wish, leaving him stunned.

• Yugong Liuli wrote that the Yousu Fox God had promised to protect the Yugong Family in exchange for the sacrifices of reincarnations of Yugong Hu.
• Yugong Nishang learned that his family had thirty trillion yen in assets, including a solid-gold statue and a thousand tons of gold beneath its altar.
• Yugong Liuli told Yugong Nishang that her sacrifice would bring the family another thousand tons of gold.
• Yugong Liuli asked Yugong Nishang to take good care of himself, and he wept.
• Yugong Nishang asked Yugong Liuli what she wished for, and he froze after reading her answer.

Su Hang woke after sleeping for 24 hours and revealed that his family genealogy named him as the twenty-first reincarnation of the legendary Yousu. He then discussed Sovereign Dominion’s Clash of Kings roster with his teammates, who began agreeing to appear in the tournament.

• Jiang Sui and the others told Su Hang that he had slept for a whole day, and Jiang Sui brought him Lord Xu's Drink.
• Su Hang claimed his ancestors were nobility and showed his teammates the Warring States Su Clan Genealogy.
• Su Hang explained that the genealogy identified him as Yousu’s twenty-first reincarnation, though he dismissed the claim as superstition.
• Jiang Sui told Su Hang that Sovereign Dominion’s official account managers wanted the Clash of Kings roster announced soon.
• Huyan Lan and Hu Xiao agreed to show their faces in the tournament, and Su Hang asked Yin Long whether he would join them.

Su Hang assembled Sovereign Dominion for a team match after Liuli withdrew from Clash of Kings and Yin Long hesitated over showing his face. The team entered a match against the national champion Imperial Crown Team, and Su Hang recognized its Mulan player as Imperial Emperor.

• Yin Long asked for a day to decide whether to join the roster, while Su Hang said Huyan Lan could cover his birthmark with makeup.
• Jiang Sui told Su Hang that Liuli could not compete because her wedding had been moved up, so Tai Sui would take her support position.
• Su Hang explained that the team match would test Sovereign Dominion's coordination and help complete his system mission for talent points.
• Su Hang streamed the match, told viewers Liuli would not compete, and promised to call her after the stream to try to persuade her.
• Su Hang and his teammates queued as Sovereign Dominion, then discovered their opponents were the national champion Imperial Crown Team and recognized Imperial Emperor on its roster.

Su Hang realized the enemy team’s Imperial Emperor and the Three Champion Emperors were actors from the hit short drama Imperial Emperor's Counterattack Glory. The chapter shifted to the drama’s livestream, where Zhou Keyu discussed playing Imperial Emperor and began a match with the cast, leaving Wen Ning asking what he thought Imperial Emperor was like in real life.

• Su Hang recognized the enemy players’ names and affinity links, then concluded their accounts were imitations rather than the real Imperial Crown Team.
• Livestream viewers identified the enemy team as actors from Imperial Emperor's Counterattack Glory, and Su Hang asked about the short drama.
• On the drama’s official livestream, Zhou Keyu and Wen Ning talked about Zhou’s acting career and remembered Su Hang as a talented child actor who had retired for the prize money.
• Zhou Keyu started a team match to promote the drama’s sequel and selected his top-ranked Mulan, explaining that he had learned to play by becoming Imperial Emperor in character.
• Wen Ning asked Zhou Keyu what he believed Imperial Emperor was like in real life.

Zhou Keyu confidently deduced Imperial Emperor’s real-life profile, then spotted the opposing Sun Ce player named Exalted Emperor and suspected he had found him. As Su Hang’s team entered the match, the vice captains raged about a short drama’s portrayals of them, while Su Hang recalled a child-star contestant famous for finishing a bottle of cola in six seconds; he then reacted with shock when the enemy Mulan finally moved.

• Zhou Keyu deduced that Imperial Emperor was a fit young man with a younger sister, and claimed he could recognize him in a game.
• Wen Ning and Zhou Keyu saw the opposing Sun Ce’s ID, Exalted Emperor, and Zhou Keyu froze in surprise.
• Su Hang learned from the barrage that Imperial Crown had made a short drama, while Huyan Lan, Yin Long, and Hu Xiao angrily criticized its portrayals of Phoenix, Dragon Emperor, and Mountain Lord.
• Jiang Sui reminded Su Hang of his childhood acting competition, and Su Hang recalled the rival child star who could finish a bottle of cola in six seconds.
• Su Hang took Sun Ce to the clash lane, watched the enemy Mulan remain still, and froze when Mulan suddenly moved.

Jiang Sui was sidelined during the team match, then recognized that the fake Imperial Emperor might be the real one after spotting the Imperial Ring in a short drama and comparing it with Su Hang’s treasured ring. The chapter ended as Su Hang’s Sun Ce fought a desperate clash-lane battle against Mulan and Athena.

• Su Hang noticed that the fake Imperial Emperor deliberately copied his movements and told his teammates to stay away from the clash lane, while Long, Feng, and Hu each demanded to face a different opponent alone.
• Jiang Sui was told to AFK in the fountain, so she bought a Knowledge Gem and watched the top lane while the livestream audience laughed at her predicament.
• Jiang Sui recognized the fake Imperial Emperor’s movements as matching the real Imperial Emperor’s and spotted an Imperial Ring on actor Zhou Keyu’s finger in a short drama.
• Jiang Sui retrieved Su Hang’s ring and found that its detailed zodiac gems looked more authentic than the ring worn by Zhou Keyu, leading her to suspect that Su Hang’s ring was genuine.
• Su Hang suddenly announced that he understood something as his low-health Sun Ce turned on Mulan and Athena, knocked them airborne, and killed Mulan while Jiang Sui feared Athena would finish him off.

Su Hang’s Sun Ce killed Mulan and Athena, then recognized the opposing Mulan player, Zhou Keyu, as an actor with Acting Talent. As Sovereign Dominion overwhelmed Zhou Keyu’s team, Zhou Keyu concluded that their opponent was Imperial Emperor himself.

• Su Hang’s Sun Ce used a quick equipment swap and recovery to survive Athena’s attack, then defeated Athena after killing Mulan.
• Su Hang realized the opposing Mulan’s resemblance to his playstyle came from Zhou Keyu’s Acting Talent, and decided to look into his short drama after the match.
• Wen Ning and her teammates complained as Sovereign Dominion’s players pressured them across the map.
• Zhou Keyu asked Wen Ning what proof could establish someone’s identity as Imperial Emperor, and she said the Imperial Ring would be convincing evidence.
• Zhou Keyu explained that the Imperial Ring contained the blood of Imperial Crown’s twelve core members, then told Wen Ning that they had encountered Imperial Emperor in the team match.

Su Hang’s Sun Ce ambushed the enemy team and scored a pentakill, ending the match in a decisive victory for Sovereign Dominion. After the livestream ended, Wen Ning asked Zhou Keyu which player had been Imperial Emperor, but he left without giving her an answer.

• At six minutes, Su Hang told his teammates to gather for a final push, but they objected because they wanted more kills.
• Su Hang hid near the enemy red-buff jungle and asked Tai Sui’s Da Qiao to use her ultimate to distract the opponents.
• As the five enemies focused on Da Qiao’s portal, Su Hang’s Sun Ce crashed into them and killed Gongsun Li, Xiao Qiao, Mulan, Athena, and Master Luban for a pentakill.
• Su Hang led the super minions to destroy the enemy crystal, ending the game at six minutes and thirty seconds.
• After the livestream ended, Wen Ning asked Zhou Keyu which opponent had been Imperial Emperor, but Zhou Keyu claimed he might have guessed wrong and left.

Zhou Keyu concluded that Exalted Emperor was the likeliest of four players to be Imperial Emperor and looked forward to meeting them at the Clash of Kings event. After Su Hang judged Tai Sui’s support synergy to be zero and worried that his team would not cooperate, Liuli messaged him and left him shocked.

• Zhou Keyu analyzed Exalted Emperor and the players Long, Feng, and Hu, deciding Exalted Emperor was the most likely to be Imperial Emperor.
• Wen Ning told Zhou Keyu he had a live performance booked at the Clash of Kings event in Sanya on August fifteenth, where Zhou Keyu hoped to meet the four candidates.
• Jiang Sui asked Su Hang about Tai Sui’s team synergy, and Su Hang said it was zero because the team had not coordinated.
• Su Hang recognized that Huyan Lan, Yin Long, and Hu Xiao still did not submit to him and decided to ask Liuli for help.
• Liuli sent Su Hang a QQ message, and he sprang to his feet in surprise.

Yugong Liuli disguised herself as her brother Nishang and flew from Kyoto to Jiangcheng, determined to find Senior Imperial Emperor despite her fear of leaving home. After a difficult arrival, she was surrounded by airport drivers until an unknown person pulled her away.

• Yugong Nishang arranged for Liuli to travel to Jiangcheng in disguise and gave her contacts for Imperial Crown members living there.
• Yugong Liuli left Yugong Tower and boarded a flight to Jiangcheng, though she worried her family would punish Nishang for their identity switch.
• After landing, Liuli struggled with unfamiliar people and repeatedly apologized when she thought she had caused trouble.
• Liuli headed for the airport exit, where drivers crowded around her and tried to persuade her to ride with them.
• An unknown person grabbed Liuli's wrist and pulled her out of the crowd.

Yugong Liuli accepted a meal with the helmeted man as repayment for rescuing her, but she had no renminbi and feared she would be executed for eating without paying. The helmeted man told her to close her eyes, and she froze when she opened them again.

• The helmeted man teased Yugong Liuli about repaying her rescue by marrying him, then agreed to accept a KFC meal instead.
• The helmeted man ordered a Big Mac meal for himself and a kids' meal for Yugong Liuli, who delighted in its Psyduck toy.
• The helmeted man taught Yugong Liuli a fake Jiangcheng pre-meal ritual, and she awkwardly copied him before taking a small bite.
• Yugong Liuli discovered she had only Japanese yen, while the helmeted man claimed she would face the death penalty for eating without paying.
• Yugong Liuli begged the helmeted man to save her, and he told her to close her eyes before she opened them and froze.

Yugong Liuli fled a restaurant with the helmeted man, who took her to his home, where she found Jiang Sui and Sovereign Dominion’s vice captains waiting. The helmeted man revealed that he was Su Hang, also known as Exalted Emperor, leaving Liuli stunned.

• The helmeted man asked Yugong Liuli to come home with him, and she took his hand and agreed.
• The helmeted man rode with Liuli to Huating Residential Complex on his motorcycle, while she held on nervously.
• Jiang Sui welcomed Liuli into the apartment, where Huyan Lan, Yin Long, and Hu Xiao were waiting.
• Huyan Lan admired Liuli’s skin, and Liuli offered her Kaleiman face masks; Huyan Lan promised to look after her.
• The helmeted man removed his helmet and introduced himself as Su Hang, or Exalted Emperor, leaving Liuli speechless.

Yugong Liuli joined the welcome banquet and learned why Su Hang had picked her up and teased her, though his whispered answer left her blushing and steaming with embarrassment. Su Hang confirmed that Liuli would join Sovereign Dominion for Clash of Kings, and Yin Long agreed to reveal his face.

• Su Hang and the others welcomed Liuli at a banquet while Jiang Sui stopped Yin Long from sneaking food until he returned her coin.
• Liuli recalled how Su Hang had tricked her into believing Jiangcheng had a pre-meal ritual and that eating without paying could be punished by death.
• Su Hang explained that he had received Liuli's flight details, then admitted he had not recognized her until he saw her acting like a bewildered fool at the airport.
• Su Hang whispered his private reason for hiding his identity, leaving Liuli blushing and steaming with embarrassment.
• Su Hang confirmed Liuli would join Sovereign Dominion for Clash of Kings, and Yin Long agreed to remove his mask and show everyone his face.

Yin Long revealed his blue dragon face paint, while Hu Xiao and Huyan Lan showed off their tiger tattoo and phoenix sticker. The next morning, teams announced their Clash of Kings rosters, and an explanation about the mysterious Imperial Crown Team began drawing attention online.

• Yin Long showed everyone the blue dragon painted on his cheek, and Hu Xiao revealed a powerful-looking tiger tattoo on his back.
• Huyan Lan identified Yin Long’s dragon as makeup and agreed to cover his birthmark with blue dragon makeup for Clash of Kings.
• Su Hang asked Jiang Sui to announce Sovereign Dominion’s roster across social media.
• The participating teams’ rosters appeared online, including Lone King on the Imperial Crown Team and Exalted Emperor leading Sovereign Dominion.
• Netizens questioned how the dead Lone King could compete and why Imperial Crown had joined an official tournament, while a post from King Over All Under Heaven rose to the top of the comments.

The chapter recounted Imperial Emperor’s loyalty to Lone King and the unresolved Three Emperors’ Rebellion before Sovereign Dominion announced Liuli would compete at the Clash of Kings. With Fly facing Exalted Emperor and unable to reach Mountain Lord, he searched his phone for a message from Chou Ox, whose help he needed to defend his title.

• A commenter described how Imperial Emperor bought Lone King’s livestream account for five times its market price and sent Lone King’s King of the Roaming Lane prize money to his family.
• Netizens revisited the conflicting theories about the Three Emperors’ Rebellion, which drove Silver Dragon, Phoenix, Mountain Lord, and their alliances out of the Imperial Crown and left Imperial Emperor withdrawn from team management.
• Sovereign Dominion announced a Clash of Kings roster featuring Exalted Emperor, Liuli, Long, Feng, Hu, and Tai Sui, prompting netizens to celebrate Liuli’s participation.
• Fly reviewed the roster at the Atlantis Grand Hotel and worried that his team would lose its King of the Clash Lane title to Exalted Emperor.
• Unable to reach Mountain Lord, Fly hoped Chou Ox would help him and searched his phone gallery for a selfie video Chou Ox might have recorded.

Fly learned that Qiuniu was his third personality and was offered help in the Clash of Kings in exchange for control of his body afterward. In Sanya, Su Hang encountered Liuli on the beach, where she encouraged him before fleeing in embarrassment.

• Qiuniu revealed that he was Fly's third personality and offered to help him win the Clash of Kings if Fly gave him control of the body when the competition ended.
• Chou Ox reassured Fly that he would honor their deal, then questioned whether Fly was truly the primary personality.
• Fly called for Chou Ox and Qiuniu but got no response, and wondered how they would appear to help him during a match.
• After arriving in Sanya, Su Hang went to the beach and found Liuli awake by the sea.
• Su Hang teased Liuli, who wished him luck in the next day's match and urged him to win the King of the Clash Lane title.
• Liuli fled after Su Hang joked that she ran like Ultraseven, then wondered whether her Senior would watch the Clash of Kings.

The Sovereign Dominion Team waited to make its entrance at the fourth Clash of Kings ceremony, drawing attention for its uniforms and the captain’s absence. As host Tianyun introduced the team and its record-setting captain, Su Hang arrived, leaving his teammates stunned.

• Jiang Sui, Huyan Lan, Yin Long, Hu Xiao, and Yugong Liuli waited backstage while the packed stadium cheered for Honor of Kings legends.
• Yin Long mocked the team uniforms until Huyan Lan revealed she had designed them, and Hu Xiao struggled with a jacket made too small for him.
• Jiang Sui and Huyan Lan praised Liuli’s appearance in her oversized uniform, while Yin Long wondered why Su Hang had not arrived.
• Jiang Sui recalled that Su Hang opposed playing professionally and had stared at his uniform that morning as if remembering something.
• Tianyun introduced Sovereign Dominion and its record-setting captain, the Exalted Emperor, as the crowd erupted in cheers.
• Su Hang came from behind and greeted the team, leaving Huyan Lan, Yin Long, Hu Xiao, and Liuli frozen in surprise.

Su Hang led Sovereign Dominion onto the Clash of Kings stage with its four previously unseen vice captains, astonishing the venue with their striking appearances. As the challenge teams prepared to draw lots, Yinuo confronted Long for harassing Chaofeng, and Long answered with a threatening gesture.

• Su Hang rallied Yugong Liuli, Huyan Lan, Yin Long, and Hu Xiao before they entered the venue together.
• Spectators reacted to the four Sovereign Dominion vice captains, while Menglei and Maoshen discussed why Long seemed familiar.
• Chaofeng told Yinuo that Long had been staring at her lecherously, and Yinuo promised to protect her.
• After Tianyun called the challenging teams forward to draw lots, Yinuo warned Long not to harass Chaofeng.
• Long raised his middle finger and made a throat-slitting gesture at Yinuo.

Huyan Lan watched Sovereign Dominion and reflected on her motherly bond with Phoenix Crown, while Su Hang learned that Sovereign Dominion would open the Clash Lane title match on blue side. As the teams took their seats, Tiger Roars recognized Hu as a former borrower, and the chapter ended when Xiaopang noticed something wrong with Feiniu.

• Huyan Lan recalled that she had once wanted Phoenix Crown's members to kill Imperial Emperor for her, but she had abandoned the plan and intended to reveal her identity to them at Clash of Kings.
• Hu Xiao wondered why his old acquaintances did not recognize him after his dramatic weight gain.
• Su Hang announced that Sovereign Dominion would play the opening match against the King of the Clash Lane title defenders and had drawn blue side.
• Yin Long explained that red side's final pick could counter the opposing lineup, and Su Hang agreed that it could provide a major BP advantage.
• Minglang and Anya recognized Hu as the fat shut-in who had borrowed four million from Tiger Loan, and Xiaopang said they should thrash him in the game.
• Yaodao warned that Sovereign Dominion's strength made defeating them difficult, then Xiaopang called out to Feiniu, and the others turned with alarm.

As Fly prepared to face Exalted Emperor’s Sovereign Dominion Team, he doubted that Chou Ox and Qiuniu would appear to help him, until something on the hero selection screen startled him. At the commentary desk, his former coach Gemini declared that Fly had lost his spirit of youth, but then reacted in shock while watching Fly on the livestream.

• Fly tried to summon Chou Ox and Qiuniu before the match, but received no response.
• The ban-pick phase began, and Fly stared at the hero selection screen as a powerful feeling overcame him.
• Commentators Li Jiu and Pingzi introduced Gemini, who recalled coaching Fly and praised his former student.
• Gemini said Fly had grown old and lost the spirit of youth he once saw in both of Fly’s eyes.
• When the livestream showed Fly, Gemini shouted for it to stop and stared at the screen in confusion, shock, and horror.