Recaps

Jiang Sui picked Xiao Qiao into a lineup designed to hunt her, so Su Hang arranged protection and the teams completed their hero selections. When Exalted Emperor locked in Luna, Yazi recognized the hero that had psychologically castrated him and vowed revenge.

• Jiang Sui picked Xiao Qiao before realizing the opposing team had chosen Lanling King, and Su Hang warned her to build defensive items.
• The opposing team picked Sima Yi and Nezha, prompting Su Hang to arrange a tank-heavy lineup and assign Liuli to protect Xiao Qiao with Liu Bang.
• Yazi revealed that ten years earlier he had used Lanling King to torment the child Jiang Sui, while Jin Ni condemned his cruelty.
• Exalted Emperor locked in Luna as Sovereign Dominion's jungler, and Yazi reacted with fury because Imperial Emperor's Luna had psychologically castrated him.
• Yazi vowed to take revenge on Imperial Emperor and make him suffer as a eunuch for ten years.

Sovereign Dominion traded red zones after Phoenix Crown invaded, but Tai Sui’s Xiao Qiao stumbled into an ambush and nearly died before Liuli’s Liu Bang rescued her. Fly argued that Tai Sui had become Sovereign Dominion’s weakness and predicted Phoenix Crown could exploit her, leaving the team with no clear answer unless her skill rose dramatically.

• Phoenix Crown’s Lanling King, Nezha, Zhang Fei, and Marco Polo invaded Sovereign Dominion’s red zone, so Su Hang led Luna and Liuli’s Liu Bang to trade for the enemy red buff.
• Jiang Sui sent Xiao Qiao to support her teammates before reaching level two, walked into Qingrong’s Sima Yi’s ambush, and accidentally Flashed into a wall while trying to escape.
• Liuli’s Liu Bang arrived and used a second-skill Flash combo to stop Sima Yi, allowing Xiao Qiao to retreat safely.
• The commentators and spectators mocked Tai Sui’s mistakes, and Fly said Phoenix Crown could target her to force Sovereign Dominion into a losing position.
• Fly concluded that Sovereign Dominion needed Tai Sui to reach King-Titled Player skill or bring in vice-captain Feng, though he considered such a rise in her skill impossible.

Phoenix Crown Team’s early attempt to gank Xiao Qiao failed when Su Hang’s Luna intervened, while Qingrong blamed Huahai for retreating. Su Hang then devised a way to protect Jiang Sui through the early game by coaching her in person as he played Luna using her minimap, and the match continued with her following his directions.

• Huahai’s Lanling King ambushed Tai Sui’s Xiao Qiao, but Su Hang’s Luna abandoned red buff and arrived in time to save her.
• Huahai retreated, and Qingrong angrily accused him of disobeying orders before Huahai agreed to follow his calls.
• Su Hang decided to guide Jiang Sui through the early game until her replication talent could develop, while playing Luna by watching her minimap.
• Su Hang warned Jiang Sui about Sima Yi hiding near mid lane, and she revealed him with a fan from a safe distance.
• Su Hang then directed Jiang Sui to use her skills and Flash against Lanling King, who had approached in stealth.

Exalted Emperor watched Tai Sui’s screen and guided Xiao Qiao while controlling Luna, explaining Tai Sui’s sudden improvement in awareness. Fly warned that splitting his attention left Luna unable to set the pace, but Exalted Emperor’s next move surprised him.

• Tai Sui’s Xiao Qiao checked bushes and counterattacked, stunning the commentators and spectators with his improved game awareness.
• Fly asked the livestream director to show the Sovereign Dominion players’ area and revealed that Exalted Emperor was watching Tai Sui’s phone while controlling Luna.
• Li Jiu and Pingzi realized Exalted Emperor was guiding Tai Sui while effectively playing Luna blind.
• Fly explained that Exalted Emperor was using Tai Sui’s minimap to control Luna, but splitting his attention prevented him from ganking and helping the side lanes.
• Fly predicted that Exalted Emperor would take clash-lane farm and then use the teleportation circle to reach mid, but the next moment brought an unexpected development.

Su Hang helped Jiang Sui imitate Qingrong while splitting his attention, then took full control of Luna at the six-minute mark. Phoenix Crown planned a coordinated ambush on Jiang Sui, but Huahai found Su Hang instead, and Luna sprang into action as Lanling King attacked.

• Mountain Lord's Charlotte and Exalted Emperor's Luna killed Peacock's Nezha, giving Sovereign Dominion first blood.
• Su Hang told Yin Long that Jiang Sui had a Replication Talent and that he would focus entirely on Luna once she reached the six-minute mark.
• Su Hang kept his system and his maxed gaming talents secret, then took over Luna as Jiang Sui confidently played Xiao Qiao.
• Qingrong recognized that Jiang Sui's Xiao Qiao played just like her and ordered Phoenix Crown to gank her and take Sovereign Dominion's first mid-lane tower.
• Huahai hid Lanling King in Sovereign Dominion's red jungle to ambush Jiang Sui, but Exalted Emperor's Luna arrived instead.
• Huahai attacked Luna as Qingrong and Peacock moved to back him up, and Luna sprang into action.

Su Hang's Luna killed Huahai's invisible Lanling King and helped Sovereign Dominion build a major lead. As the enemy shifted its attacks to Jiang Sui's Xiao Qiao, Liu Bang and Xiao Qiao barely survived a coordinated gank before Nezha locked onto her from across the map.

• Su Hang's Luna dodged Lanling King's attacks and killed him while he was invisible, stunning the commentators and spectators.
• Su Hang took the second Tyrant and destroyed the enemy's clash-lane outer tower, while Hu Xiao's Charlotte helped Liu Bang and Lian Po kill Marco Polo and take the farm-lane tower.
• Su Hang warned that the enemy might target Jiang Sui's Xiao Qiao, who had earned substantial gold by playing cautiously.
• Sima Yi and Lanling King ganked Xiao Qiao, but Liuli's Liu Bang arrived, froze Sima Yi, and helped Xiao Qiao use her defensive items to survive.
• Nezha appeared in the enemy red zone and locked onto Xiao Qiao, prompting Liuli to tell her to retreat to the high ground.

Su Hang’s Luna stunned the stadium by chasing and killing Nezha during his ultimate, then his team secured both enhanced dragon buffs. He launched a surprise attack at Phoenix Crown’s crystal base by following Sima Yi’s ultimate home and marking all three incoming minion waves, leaving himself surrounded by five opponents.

• Su Hang’s Luna chased Nezha from Phoenix Crown’s red jungle to the allied blue jungle and killed him with a nine-hit Infinite Moonlight Combo.
• Phoenix Crown’s players reacted with alarm, while Qingrong insisted that Luna could not defeat all five opponents alone.
• At the ten-minute mark, Su Hang’s team took the Dark Tyrant and Shadow Overlord, and Su Hang directed the Overlord Vanguard up the top lane as he aimed for a one-push victory.
• Su Hang ambushed Qingrong’s Sima Yi near the enemy red jungle, then followed Sima Yi’s ultimate to Phoenix Crown’s crystal base.
• Su Hang marked all three minion waves at the crystal base while surrounded by Phoenix Crown’s five players.

Exalted Emperor’s Luna wiped out Phoenix Crown on their high ground with a pentakill and an Infinite Moonlight Combo ×24, securing Sovereign Dominion’s victory. During the intermission, Qingrong seized on Huahai’s words and rushed off with a new idea.

• Exalted Emperor’s Luna followed Sima Yi’s ultimate back to Phoenix Crown’s base, then dashed through the fountain and around the team to kill all five opponents.
• Liuli’s Liu Bang teleported in to help Luna reach Zhang Fei, and Luna completed the pentakill with an Infinite Moonlight Combo ×24.
• Phoenix Crown’s players reeled from the defeat as their crystal exploded, while Qingrong worried about disappointing Mother Huang and failing to avenge her.
• Huahai reminded Qingrong that he could not force Exalted Emperor to accept Feng’s confession, and Qingrong suddenly took the remark as inspiration and hurried away.

Huyan Lan struggled with the revelation that Su Hang had learned she was Phoenix, while their tense exchange over her place on Sovereign Dominion ended abruptly when Qingrong arrived with a knife. Huyan Lan identified herself as Qingrong’s captain and Phoenix, leaving the team stunned.

• Huyan Lan recalled how Imperial Emperor had banished her from Imperial Crown and cried over their broken relationship.
• Su Hang asked Huyan Lan to play, but she suggested Jiang Sui continue; after Su Hang said Sovereign Dominion could win without her, Huyan Lan threatened to leave the team.
• Su Hang offered to transfer Sovereign Dominion’s five million in funds to Huyan Lan as compensation, angering and humiliating her.
• Qingrong burst into the lounge with a fruit knife and demanded that Exalted Emperor answer to Mother Huang, but Hu Xiao tripped and subdued him while Yin Long took the knife.
• Huyan Lan stopped the others and revealed that she was captain of Phoenix Crown and Rosy Robes Team, prompting Jiang Sui to recognize her as Phoenix.

Su Hang and Huyan Lan cleared up a misunderstanding about their past, apologized, and reconciled as friends. Just as the group wondered what had happened between them, another person appeared at the doorway demanding an explanation from Su Hang for rejecting a confession.

• Yin Long and Jiang Sui learned Huyan Lan was Champion Emperor Phoenix, while Qingrong threatened to cut his throat unless Su Hang accepted her confession.
• Huyan Lan denied confessing to Su Hang, but Su Hang said their relationship was over because she had wronged him.
• Huyan Lan realized Su Hang might have mistaken their friendship for romance and apologized for hurting him, then promised to stand by him and Sovereign Dominion.
• Su Hang accepted Huyan Lan's hand, and they made peace as friends, leaving the others confused about their relationship.
• A furious person appeared at the doorway and demanded that Su Hang explain why he had rejected their confession.

Huahai’s staged threat brought Huyan Lan and Qingrong’s reconciliation to light, and Huyan Lan rewarded Huahai with a fast track into Phoenix Crown’s management. As Huyan Lan prepared to reveal that she was Phoenix, Su Hang barred her from playing against Phoenix Crown and Rosy Robes, leaving her to try one last tactic: calling him “Dad.”

• Huahai rushed into Sovereign Dominion’s lounge with a knife at his throat, admitted he had fabricated a confession to stop Su Hang and Qingrong from fighting, and Qingrong apologized for worrying him.
• Huyan Lan promoted Huahai to candidate team leader of Phoenix Crown, shortened his evaluation period, and promised him team leader benefits after thirty days.
• Huahai accepted Huyan Lan as his “Mother Huang,” while Su Hang and the others reacted to Phoenix Crown’s unusual form of address.
• Huyan Lan said she would reveal her identity as Phoenix in a grand public affair, then privately instructed Qingrong to begin preparing it.
• Su Hang forbade Huyan Lan from playing against Phoenix Crown and Rosy Robes, arguing that her participation could invite suspicions of match fixing; he allowed her to play against Twilight of the Gods the next day.
• Huyan Lan tried to persuade Su Hang by leaning close and asking, “Will you let me play, Dad?”

As Sovereign Dominion faced Phoenix Crown and Rosy Robes in the second match, commentary turned to the mystery of Phoenix’s identity. In the Gods’ spectator area, Chaofeng recounted how Imperial Emperor fought the Hundred Demons Team to free the Three Champion Emperors, before Yazi and Yinuo saw a shocking post on Douyin.

• Li Jiu, Pingzi, and Fly discussed Sovereign Dominion’s lineup and Phoenix Crown’s slim chances, and Fly said Phoenix was a woman.
• Yazi argued that Phoenix’s gender was certain because Silver Dragon had told him, but Yinuo challenged his reasoning and Chaofeng said the captain had confirmed it through an embarrassing incident.
• Chaofeng explained that the Hundred Demons Team had trapped Silver Dragon, Phoenix, and Mountain Lord in binding contracts and that Imperial Emperor negotiated for their release.
• Chaofeng recounted that Imperial Emperor defeated one hundred Hundred Demons core members, then tied the captain 9–9 in their match before the Three Champion Emperors joined Imperial Crown.
• Yazi spotted something alarming on Douyin, and Yinuo opened the app and reacted with shock.

Phoenix publicly revealed that she was Huyan Lan, and the audience learned that she and Mountain Lord had joined Sovereign Dominion. As Sovereign Dominion prepared to face Phoenix Crown and Rosy Robes, Yin Long kept his identity as Silver Dragon secret while Huyan Lan teased Su Hang.

• Lin Ying, Hu Yang, and Xu Lin watched Phoenix's reveal and condemned Mountain Lord and Phoenix for joining Sovereign Dominion, while recalling how Imperial Emperor had allowed them to build their own teams.
• Xu Lin wondered whether Silver Dragon had also joined Sovereign Dominion, and Lin Ying and Hu Yang realized the possibility.
• At Sovereign Dominion, Yin Long teased Huyan Lan about her public reveal, and she threatened him before insisting he show respect to a Champion Emperor.
• Yin Long considered revealing that he was Silver Dragon but decided to keep it secret until Exalted Emperor earned the Champion Emperor title.
• Su Hang told the team to focus on their match against Phoenix Crown and Rosy Robes, and Huyan Lan called him Daddy Exalted Emperor to embarrass him.

After Phoenix’s identity as Sovereign Dominion vice captain Feng was revealed, the commentators and audience speculated that vice captain Long might be Silver Dragon. During the draft, Su Hang and Huyan Lan traded teasing remarks while Yugong Liuli struggled to say something, and the chapter ended as she addressed Huyan Lan.

• Li Jiu, Pingzi, and Fly reacted to Phoenix joining Sovereign Dominion and wondered whether vice captain Long was Silver Dragon.
• The director began the match, and the crowd cheered over Phoenix’s identity as she drew attention in the arena.
• Su Hang chose Hou Yi for farm lane and said he trusted Yugong Liuli to protect him.
• Huyan Lan picked Chang'e and teased Su Hang by calling him her lord husband, while Su Hang challenged her to play support beside him.
• Su Hang told Yugong Liuli to pick Da Qiao to counter the opposing Gongsun Li, and she followed his instructions.
• During the adjustment phase, Yugong Liuli gathered her courage, addressed Huyan Lan as Sister Xiao Lan, and said something that left everyone frozen.

Yugong Liuli swapped into mid lane as Chang'e while Huyan Lan took Da Qiao to roam, and Su Hang chose Hou Yi with Teleport. Phoenix Crown and Rosy Robes misread the swap as Huyan Lan secretly helping them, then planned to target Su Hang's vulnerable Hou Yi.

• Yugong Liuli asked Huyan Lan to swap heroes and positions, taking Chang'e mid while Huyan Lan chose Da Qiao roam.
• The match loading screen revealed Su Hang's Hou Yi had Teleport instead of Flash, puzzling the commentators and spectators.
• Fly speculated that Su Hang planned to use Teleport to farm waves across all three lanes, though Hou Yi would be vulnerable without Flash.
• Huahai and Qingrong recognized Su Hang's pick as the once-popular Teleport-style Hou Yi and judged it easy to punish.
• Peacock convinced Qingrong that Huyan Lan had switched to roam to secretly help Phoenix Crown and Rosy Robes win.
• Qingrong and Huahai planned to focus on Su Hang's Hou Yi, with Qingrong staying near the farm lane and Huahai taking the early mid waves.

Phoenix’s Da Qiao gave up first blood after the enemy team trapped her in the Tyrant pit, while Exalted Emperor’s Hou Yi faced a second ambush in the farm lane. The chapter ended as Peng’s Zhong Kui threw a hook at Hou Yi beneath the tower.

• Huyan Lan’s Da Qiao guarded the red buff, but Peng’s Zhong Kui hooked her into the Tyrant pit after Lam reached level two with Lu Bu’s help.
• Lam, Lu Bu, and Shi surrounded Da Qiao, and Qingrong’s Shi claimed first blood as Phoenix’s teammates and the commentators assessed the play.
• Qingrong ordered Peng to try hooking Exalted Emperor’s Hou Yi in the farm lane, offering him a doubled bonus and roasted sweet potatoes if he succeeded.
• Peng focused on Hou Yi’s position under the tower, threw Zhong Kui’s hook, and exclaimed that he had caught him.

Huyan Lan’s Da Qiao made two costly mistakes early in the match, prompting the spectators and commentators to question Phoenix’s form. Chaofeng and Jin Ni suspected she was playing through menstrual cramps, and Jin Ni wondered why she felt she knew Exalted Emperor so well.

• Huyan Lan admitted she had been distracted by the equipment panel when Zhong Kui hooked her Da Qiao, and Gongsun Li killed her before Su Hang’s Hou Yi traded the kill.
• Commentators and spectators criticized Phoenix’s poor play, while Yinuo wondered why her form had suddenly declined.
• Chaofeng and Jin Ni speculated that Huyan Lan was menstruating and suffering cramps that impaired her concentration.
• Jin Ni guessed Exalted Emperor knew about Huyan Lan’s cramps and had arranged for her to play the less demanding roaming role.
• Jin Ni watched Exalted Emperor and wondered why she felt she was supposed to know him so well.

Huyan Lan struggled through the match with severe cramps, repeatedly dying as Da Qiao while Su Hang and Liuli made successful plays. After discovering Su Hang had secretly prepared brown sugar ginger tea for her, she understood his care and resolved to live to protect him while pursuing revenge on Imperial Emperor.

• Huyan Lan's cramps disrupted her focus, and Zhong Kui hooked and killed her as Da Qiao.
• Su Hang and Liuli coordinated kills on Qingrong's Shi and Huahai's Lam, tying the score at three to three.
• Huyan Lan continued to die in the farm lane, reaching a 0/5/0 record as she grew jealous of Liuli and doubted her own talent.
• Su Hang's reminders led Huyan Lan to drink the brown sugar ginger tea he had secretly put in her bottle, easing her cramps.
• Huyan Lan realized Su Hang had been looking after her and resolved to live to protect him while taking revenge on Imperial Emperor.

Huyan Lan’s Da Qiao helped Su Hang’s Hou Yi repeatedly clear all three enemy minion waves at the high ground, then let him consume Sovereign Dominion’s jungle resources. The team’s other players were left scrambling for gold as Huyan Lan planned another wave-clear raid.

• Commentators and spectators were stunned when Phoenix’s Da Qiao entered Phoenix Crown’s base and gathered all three minion waves.
• Exalted Emperor’s Hou Yi teleported into the base, cleared the waves, and returned to farm his own red jungle.
• At Sovereign Dominion’s station, Huyan Lan ordered Yin Long to leave the jungle resources for Su Hang’s Hou Yi.
• Huyan Lan and Su Hang repeated the high-ground wave clear, and Su Hang stunned Huahai’s Lam with his ultimate before teleporting home.
• Huyan Lan sent Su Hang to consume the blue jungle as well and announced they would raid the enemy waves again after her ultimate returned.
• Hu Xiao, Liuli, and Yin Long resigned themselves to having little gold and searched for whatever resources they could find.

Phoenix Crown and Rosy Robes launched a five-player ambush on Exalted Emperor's Hou Yi and his teammates, but Hou Yi survived their attacks and scored a quadra-kill. Peng's Zhong Kui then hooked Hou Yi into Phoenix Crown's fountain, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Phoenix Crown's players all returned to their crystal base to stop Da Qiao and Hou Yi from cutting the minion waves.
• Phoenix's Da Qiao opened her ultimate at the high ground, and all five Sovereign Dominion players teleported into the enemy base.
• Both teams fought fiercely as Phoenix Crown focused on Hou Yi, but he survived and killed Qingrong's Shi and Peacock's Lu Bu.
• Huahai's Lam killed Liuli's Chang'e and Mother Huang's Da Qiao, but Hou Yi killed Lam and completed a quadra-kill.
• Peng's Zhong Kui hooked Hou Yi into Phoenix Crown's fountain, and the chapter ended before the result was revealed.

Sovereign Dominion defeated Phoenix Crown and Rosy Robes 2–0 after Exalted Emperor's Hou Yi scored a pentakill and led a final push. After the match, Huyan Lan discovered that a wedding she was helping arrange listed Yugong Liuli as the bride and a statue as the groom, whose face reminded her of Su Hang.

• Exalted Emperor's Hou Yi scored a pentakill by killing Zhong Kui and escaping the fountain with Da Qiao's prepared teleport.
• Sovereign Dominion secured both major dragons, won a team fight, and destroyed Phoenix Crown and Rosy Robes' crystal to take the match 2–0.
• Huyan Lan teased her team about their early mistakes, then praised them and promised red envelopes and a generous meal.
• Huyan Lan checked her partner's wedding checklist and noticed the bride was named Yugong Liuli, matching the name of the Liuli she knew.
• Huyan Lan learned that the groom was a statue, then noticed its face and indifferent gaze resembled Su Hang.

Imperial Crown's core members debated whether to attack the Three Champion Emperors' teams if Sovereign Dominion's vice captain Long proved to be Silver Dragon, while Yugong Youjing prepared to go to Huaxia to retrieve Liuli. The chapter ended with Youjing revealing his Honor of Kings name: Shura.

• Hanlu urged Imperial Crown to expand by going to war with the Three Champion Emperors' teams, and the core members split evenly in an anonymous vote after Yuejing was found absent.
• Yugong Nishang demanded to be released from the dark room and begged Yugong Youjing to spare Liuli.
• Yugong Youjing cut Nishang's hair and threatened to kill him if he blasphemed against the Yousu Fox God again.
• Yugong Youjing told Great Tengu that Liuli could be brought back alive or dead and said they should use his in-game name in Huaxia.
• Yugong Youjing revealed his Android Q Zone Honor of Kings name was Shura.

A viral post about the Hundred Demons Team revealed that its vanished captain, Shura, had returned after ten years, alarming Silver Dragon. Yin Long feared that the team’s old contract photos could expose his identity as Long and threaten his place in Sovereign Dominion.

• Netizens learned that Shura founded the Hundred Demons Team and that the Three Champion Emperors joined it before Imperial Emperor defeated its hundred core members and freed them from their contracts.
• Netizens discovered that Shura had logged in and played a Bronze ranked match, sparking speculation about why he had returned.
• Yin Long saw the news and suspected that someone was promoting Shura’s return and the Hundred Demons Team.
• Yin Long worried that Nurarihyon might release copies of old photos, exposing him as Long and provoking Imperial Emperor and Imperial Crown.
• Yin Long found that his face still closely resembled his appearance from ten years ago and hoped the Hundred Demons Team would not publish the photos.

Su Hang suspected Shura’s return to Honor of Kings was tied to Hundred Demons’ predatory recruiting, and he prepared to oppose the team. After speaking with Yugong Liuli about Lord Xu’s Drink and Imperial Emperor, he noticed a new friend request that made his heart tremble.

• Su Hang saw Shura trending and recalled his twenty-four-hour debate as Imperial Emperor Tieba’s head against Shura Tieba’s head.
• Su Hang noticed a surge of posts about Shura on Shura Tieba and concluded that Hundred Demons had a hidden purpose in returning to Honor of Kings.
• Su Hang checked Nurarihyon’s profile and remembered him as Shura’s scheming vice captain who handled Hundred Demons’ contracts.
• Yugong Liuli brought Su Hang the Lord Xu’s Drink Xiao Sui had brewed, and they discussed their families’ recipes.
• Su Hang asked Yugong Liuli which Imperial Emperor was stronger and what she would say to the Imperial Emperor Armor hero, leaving her flustered.
• Su Hang saw a new friend request in his Honor of Kings chat window and felt his heart tremble.

Su Hang agreed to meet Shura in Sanya, while Xue Ji revealed that Nurarihyon had secretly infiltrated Imperial Crown. Yugong Youjing, who was Shura, planned to give Su Hang evidence that Silver Dragon had joined Sovereign Dominion.

• Su Hang questioned Shura's motives, then agreed to meet him in Sanya after learning he had come to retrieve his runaway younger cousin.
• Great Tengu learned that Yugong Youjing was Shura and that Xue Ji had accompanied him as Snow Woman.
• Xue Ji told Great Tengu that Nurarihyon had manipulated Hundred Demons and later infiltrated Imperial Crown as one of its twelve core members.
• Great Tengu wondered which of Imperial Crown's remaining core members was secretly Nurarihyon.
• Yugong Youjing read Nurarihyon's offer to spread an old photo of Silver Dragon as proof that he had joined Sovereign Dominion, and planned to present it to Su Hang as a gift.