Recaps

Su Hang revealed that he and Yugong Liuli had registered their marriage in Hong Kong, making Liuli a Huaxia citizen and protecting her from the Yugong Family. Huyan Lan went home devastated and finally admitted that she loved Su Hang and had lost him through her pride.

• Su Hang showed Jiang Sui, Yin Long, Hu Xiao, and Huyan Lan his marriage certificate with Liuli, explaining that her citizenship and new surname freed her from the Yugong Family's control.
• Jiang Sui celebrated Su Hang and Liuli's marriage, while Hu Xiao proposed a feast and Jiang Sui teased Yin Long about his debt.
• Huyan Lan left before dinner, congratulated Su Hang, and said she would return the next day.
• At home, Huyan Ya joined Huyan Lan in the bath and told her that Su Hang's marriage to Liuli had guaranteed Liuli's safety.
• Huyan Ya confronted Huyan Lan about hiding her love for Su Hang, and Huyan Lan broke down, asking why Liuli had become his wife instead of her.

Su Hang wondered what ultimate reward the system had in store and reaffirmed that he would protect the Imperial Crown unless it abandoned its ideals. As he prepared to stream again, he discovered that the rescue of Liuli had boosted his followers to 50 million and learned that her gold card contained a billion yuan, which he had accidentally begun using.

• Su Hang asked the system whether his most desired reward was absolute loyalty, but the system said he would learn the reward only after completing the Number One Team in the Nation challenge.
• Su Hang decided he would not let Sovereign Dominion's rise cause the Imperial Crown's decline unless the team betrayed its ideals.
• After four days away from streaming, Su Hang found that his Douyin account had grown from just over five million followers to 50 million because of Liuli's widely watched rescue.
• Su Hang saw sponsorship offers for Sovereign Dominion, including Coca-Cola's offer of at least 100 million yuan a year, but decided the team did not need the money.
• Su Hang discovered Liuli's gold card held a billion yuan and noticed an eight-yuan music subscription had charged it, then turned off automatic renewal and rationalized that he would give Liuli an equal bride price.
• Su Hang adjusted his streaming equipment and started a Honor of Kings livestream.

After returning from rescuing Liuli, Su Hang thanked his viewers and the King of Glory community during his first livestream back. He promised to demonstrate a new Erlang strategy in Infinite Grand Brawl and selected a buff that would let him transform into the Ancient Overlord or Tyrant, leaving viewers eager to see what he would do.

• Su Hang reassured viewers that Liuli had become a Huaxia citizen and was safe under the protection of the law.
• Su Hang thanked viewers for supporting the rescue, and King of Glory teams and streamers sent him expensive gifts.
• Su Hang chose Infinite Grand Brawl for his first King of Glory stream since returning and said he had developed a new way to play a hero.
• Su Hang selected Erlang and used crystals to raise the chance of getting the [Illusion] buff to 199%, guaranteeing it would appear.

Su Hang recognized Xiang Yang, his rival and an Imperial Crown core-member reserve, in the opposing team, then used Erlang’s game sense and a Flash buff to ambush and kill Angela and Baili Xuance. By six minutes, Su Hang had built a huge lead, but Xiang Yang’s Bai Qi caught all four of Su Hang’s teammates with an ultimate and the enemy team wiped them out.

• Su Hang recognized Xiang Yang’s Bai Qi and planned to ask him about his secret investigation after the match.
• Su Hang used a Thunder buff to clear the jungle quickly while his teammates celebrated being matched with him.
• At the three-minute mark, Su Hang predicted an enemy ambush, found Baili Xuance with Erlang’s dog, and used Flash to control Angela.
• Su Hang activated Erlang’s divine-general state, killed Angela and Baili Xuance, and earned a double kill.
• By six minutes, Su Hang had five full items and warned his teammates about Bai Qi’s ultimate, but Xiang Yang taunted all four of them and the enemy team wiped them out.

Su Hang used Erlang to wipe out the enemy team, then revealed a health-stacking build that made Dharma Heaven and Earth grow to colossal size. He led his teammates and the transformed defenders into a decisive clash at the enemy crystal, where Angela witnessed something terrifying.

• Su Hang defended the mid-lane tower by using Erlang to kill all five advancing enemies and earn a pentakill.
• Su Hang stacked Erlang's tenacity passive, bought five sets of Overlord's Platemail, and demonstrated how his huge health pool made Dharma Heaven and Earth enormous.
• Jiang Ziya bestowed godhood on Erlang, and Su Hang farmed until he reached level 25 and more than twenty thousand health.
• Kongkong'er stole Xiang Yang's Bai Qi's Overlord's Platemail and gave it to Su Hang's Erlang.
• After the Illusion skill buff refreshed, Su Hang and his teammates transformed into Dark Tyrants and Shadow Overlords and charged at the enemy crystal.
• The five defenders also transformed, and Angela collided with Su Hang's Tyrant form, witnessing a terrifying sight.

After ending his livestream, Su Hang met Zhou Keyu, who revealed that sponsors were abandoning Imperial Crown for Sovereign Dominion and asked which team Su Hang would support. Zhou Keyu then said he had uncovered who manipulated Silver Dragon into seizing power and identified Imperial Crown’s core members in real life.

• Su Hang’s giant Tyrant Exalted Emperor led his team to victory in Infinite Brawl, and Su Hang ended his livestream.
• Zhou Keyu invited Su Hang to meet in Jiangcheng and sent him the location of the home he had rented next door.
• Zhou Keyu told Su Hang that Coca-Cola and other brands were ending their partnerships with Imperial Crown and moving toward Sovereign Dominion.
• Su Hang said he hoped Imperial Crown could retain its status, but would lead Sovereign Dominion to destroy it if it could not be saved.
• Zhou Keyu told Su Hang his covert investigation was over and revealed that he had identified the person who manipulated Silver Dragon and Imperial Crown’s core members in real life.

Zhou Keyu revealed the real identities of several Imperial Crown core members, including people Su Hang already knew, and offered theories about Peng Yunfei's connection to Chou Ox and Qiuniu. He then identified the person behind Silver Dragon's power grab, but the person's identity remained unrevealed as Su Hang froze in shock.

• Zhou Keyu explained that he had deduced Imperial Crown members' identities by questioning them and cross-checking information from Imperial Alliance groups.
• Zhou Keyu identified Shejun as Jiang Shu, Wangsun as Sun Mo, Huranlang as Hu Yang, Yujingzi as Xu Lin, and Ganglie as Zhu Qiang, several of whom Su Hang had already encountered.
• Zhou Keyu linked Chou Ox's account to Peng Yunfei and proposed that Chou Ox and Qiuniu were either Fly's hidden identical brothers or alternate personalities.
• Zhou Keyu identified Yuejing as Yugong Nishang, and Su Hang realized that Yuejing was Liuli's younger brother.
• Zhou Keyu identified Hanlu as Great Tengu, who had helped hunt Su Hang during his rescue of the Whale Overlord, but ruled him out as the mastermind.
• Zhou Keyu pointed to the photograph of the person who had manipulated Silver Dragon into seizing power, and Su Hang froze upon seeing it.

Zhou Keyu told Su Hang that Jueying was Lin Ying, the Imperial Crown member who manipulated Silver Dragon, and was likely Hundred Demons Nurarihyon. Su Hang struggled with the betrayal and asked to be left alone.

• Zhou Keyu identified Jueying as Lin Ying and said he was the only Imperial Crown core member left who could have manipulated Silver Dragon.
• Su Hang rejected the identification, but Zhou Keyu explained that Lin Ying was a child prodigy and learned Su Hang had chosen Jueying as Imperial Crown’s next captain.
• Zhou Keyu warned Su Hang that Jueying was likely Nurarihyon, citing his investigation at Jiangcheng No. 1 High School and the journalism club’s newsletter about Nurarihyon.
• Zhou Keyu said Jueying had chosen Nurarihyon for the newsletter and used Nurarihyon as the profile picture on his secondary QQ account.
• Su Hang was devastated by the suspected betrayal, and Zhou Keyu challenged him to consider whether remaining alive meant betraying his past self.
• Su Hang said he was tired and asked Zhou Keyu to leave him alone.

Lin Ying, Imperial Crown's Jueying and Hundred Demons' Nurarihyon, prepared to turn the entire Imperial Crown team against Imperial Emperor. At a leadership meeting, Hanlu accused Shejun of being a Hundred Demons mole, but the chapter ended with Shejun bewildered by the claim that he was Nurarihyon.

• Lin Ying concluded that Xiang Yang had uncovered his identity as Jueying and planned to use Imperial Emperor's identity as Exalted Emperor as his trump card.
• Lin Ying switched the chessboard's white king, Imperial Emperor, with the black king, Shura, and anticipated the betrayal of the entire Imperial Crown Team.
• Wangsun opened Imperial Crown's third leadership meeting to vote on whether to go to war with the Three Champion Emperors.
• Hanlu accused Shejun of betraying Imperial Emperor and claimed he was a Hundred Demons mole who had been undercover in Imperial Crown for nine years.
• Shejun admitted that he had worked undercover but denied being a Hundred Demons mole, while Jueying said there was no solid evidence he was Nurarihyon.
• Shejun was stunned when Hanlu's accusation identified him as Hundred Demons' Nurarihyon.

Imperial Crown’s core members accused Shejun and Hanlu of collaborating with Hundred Demons, but disputes over evidence and the powers they controlled stalled their expulsion. The chapter ended with the team recalling that Imperial Emperor had once held all nine great powers as its dictatorial monarch.

• Jueying said Hanlu’s intelligence identified Shejun as Hundred Demons’ Nurarihyon, and Hanlu backed the accusation while others condemned Shejun.
• Wangsun demanded that Hanlu reveal his source, and Hanlu admitted he had contacted Snow Woman, Hundred Demons’ former vice-captain.
• Imperial Crown’s members turned on Hanlu and proposed stripping both him and Shejun of their positions and expelling them.
• Jueying argued that Imperial Emperor should decide the matter, while Huranlang questioned who would inherit Shejun’s legal authority and Hanlu’s judicial authority.
• Yujingzi reminded the group that Silver Dragon, Phoenix, and Mountain Lord had once divided Imperial Crown’s nine powers, which Imperial Emperor had ultimately held as a dictatorial monarch.

Wangsun arranged for Yujingzi, Huranlang, and Jueying to campaign for temporary authority while Shejun and Hanlu were investigated. After Huranlang and Yujingzi spoke of their loyalty to the Imperial Emperor, Jueying began his speech by confessing that he had betrayed him.

• Jueying recounted how Silver Dragon used legal and judicial authority to remove and banish the Imperial Emperor, and how Phoenix used personnel authority to block the banishment and help him regain power.
• Wangsun said Shejun and Hanlu had to relinquish their powers during the investigation, then limited the acting candidates to Yujingzi, Huranlang, and Jueying.
• Wangsun called for campaign speeches and a team vote, and Huranlang went first after Yujingzi urged him to take the lead.
• Huranlang declared his loyalty to the Imperial Emperor and said he wanted to prove himself as the Emperor’s right arm, despite resenting being compared with Mountain Lord.
• Yujingzi spoke of the Imperial Emperor’s past sacrifices to protect Silver Dragon, Phoenix, and Mountain Lord, and affirmed his own loyalty.
• Jueying said he was unworthy to run because he had betrayed the Imperial Emperor.

Jueying confessed that he had once defied Imperial Emperor by defending Phoenix, prompting the Imperial Crown’s core members to reveal their own past betrayals. After they reframed their confessions as proof of loyalty, they unanimously chose Jueying to exercise Legal Authority and Judicial Authority.

• Jueying shared evidence that he had learned Phoenix was framed but still challenged Nurarihyon of the Hundred Demons after Imperial Emperor expelled her, admitting his action was the Sin of Wrath.
• Wangsun, Yuejing, Ganglie, Chou Ox, Huranlang, and Yujingzi each confessed a past betrayal and named it the Sin of Greed, Lust, Gluttony, Sloth, Pride, or Envy.
• Wangsun argued that confessing showed their loyalty to Imperial Emperor and distinguished their old wrongs from Shejun and Hanlu’s current betrayal.
• Wangsun proposed Jueying for Legal Authority and Judicial Authority, and the group unanimously voted for him.

Jueying gained control of Imperial Crown’s legal affairs and judgment powers after the core members praised his supposed loyalty and voted him into the posts. After signing the contracts, Lin Ying revealed his triumph to himself and asked the group to call him Great God Nurarihyon, leaving them stunned.

• Jueying reluctantly accepted the legal affairs and judgment powers after Wangsun and the other core members urged him to take them.
• Lin Ying recalled how he had spent years manipulating events to gain Imperial Crown’s personnel authority and then create an opening for the other two powers.
• Lin Ying carefully reviewed and signed the electronic contracts, making his control over personnel, legal affairs, and judgment official.
• Wangsun announced Jueying’s appointment, and the core members congratulated him as he pretended to be overcome with emotion.
• Jueying stopped crying and asked everyone to respectfully call him Great God Nurarihyon, leaving the group chat frozen.

Jueying revealed that he was Nurarihyon, Hundred Demons’ chief vice-captain, and used his control of Imperial Crown’s legal, judgment, and personnel powers to force its core members to submit. After Wangsun added the Imperial Emperor to their group chat, Lin Ying looked forward to the long-plotted betrayal reaching its climax.

• Jueying revealed that he had infiltrated Imperial Crown as Jueying nine years earlier and was the real Nurarihyon, while Shejun was a Huaxia police officer and Hanlu was not in Hundred Demons’ upper ranks.
• Jueying explained that he had raised the core members’ fees while also increasing their contract penalties, then threatened to declare them traitors and banish them using his three major powers.
• Jueying forced the core members, including Shejun and Hanlu, to address him as Great God Nurarihyon and accused them of valuing profit over loyalty to the Imperial Emperor.
• The Imperial Emperor asked to join the core members’ group chat, and Jueying ordered Wangsun to add him despite Wangsun’s reluctance.
• In real life, Lin Ying anticipated that the betrayal he had plotted for nine years was about to reach its climax.

At dinner, Huyan Lan claimed she was in love while privately deciding to pursue Imperial Emperor, unaware that Su Hang might be him. Jueying sent Huyan Lan, Yin Long, Hu Xiao, and Jiang Sui a recording that would reveal Imperial Emperor’s real identity.

• Huyan Lan explained that she had slept in the same tent as Su Hang many times, but Jiang Sui clarified that they had only slept separately in the tent.
• Huyan Lan announced that she had a boyfriend and privately decided to focus on Imperial Emperor after learning that Su Hang had married Liuli.
• Huyan Lan resolved to find Imperial Emperor in Jiangcheng before Yin Long and Hu Xiao could get revenge on him, but dismissed the possibility that Su Hang was Imperial Emperor.
• Jueying added Jiang Sui and messaged her, Huyan Lan, Yin Long, and Hu Xiao with a recording of a group call, promising it would reveal Imperial Emperor’s identity.

Su Hang exposed Jueying as Hundred Demons Nurarihyon and ordered Imperial Crown to remove him, investigate the team, and publicize his betrayal. He left the core members to carry out sweeping disciplinary measures under Wangsun’s supervision.

• Su Hang joined Imperial Crown’s core group call and accused Jueying of betraying him and plotting against the team as Hundred Demons Nurarihyon.
• Jueying admitted that Su Hang had uncovered his hidden identity and begged to be forgiven.
• Su Hang ordered the Core Committee to vote Jueying out as head of personnel and temporarily took over the department’s authority.
• Su Hang assigned Shejun and Hanlu to try and banish Jueying, Yuejing to publish an account of his betrayal, and Huranlang to investigate Imperial Crown members linked to the Hundred Demons Team.
• Su Hang ordered Ganglie to freeze holiday benefits, Baili and Yujingzi to document and teach the incident, and Wangsun to obtain member contracts and oversee the orders.

Jueying exposed the Imperial Crown core members’ past betrayals to shatter Su Hang’s faith in their loyalty, then revealed that Su Hang was the famous Exalted Emperor, Captain of Sovereign Dominion. The chapter left Imperial Crown stunned by the Imperial Emperor’s real identity.

• Jueying announced that the core committee had unanimously given him control of legal affairs, judgment, and personnel, and the core members laughed at Su Hang’s orders.
• Su Hang insisted that Imperial Crown’s bonds rested on loyalty, while Jueying argued that the members followed him only for personal gain.
• Jueying played a recording in which Wangsun, Yuejing, Ganglie, Chou Ox, Huranlang, Yujingzi, and Jueying confessed to betraying the Imperial Emperor through the seven sins.
• Su Hang hoped Shejun and Hanlu remained loyal, but they admitted that they had betrayed him too, leaving him hollow and despondent.
• Jueying revealed that Su Hang was the 2025 national physique competition champion, top college entrance exam scorer, and popular King of Glory streamer known as Exalted Emperor, Captain of Sovereign Dominion.

Su Hang admitted to Imperial Crown that he was Exalted Emperor and said he had founded Sovereign Dominion to destroy Imperial Crown, prompting the core members to unanimously exile him. After Jueying mocked him and collected his ten-yuan penalty, Huyan Lan and the others heard the recording, and she confronted Su Hang with a cleaver.

• Su Hang confirmed that he was Exalted Emperor and claimed his purpose in founding Sovereign Dominion was to destroy Imperial Crown.
• Jueying called for a vote, and every Imperial Crown core member voted to exile Su Hang from the team.
• Su Hang sent a ten-yuan penalty red envelope, which Jueying claimed almost entirely, then Jueying warned that Sovereign Dominion's core members would betray Su Hang too.
• Huyan Lan, Hu Xiao, Yin Long, and Jiang Sui reacted with shock and distress after hearing Jueying's recording.
• Huyan Lan grabbed a cleaver, confronted Su Hang in his bedroom, and demanded to know whether he was Imperial Emperor.

Su Hang admitted to Huyan Lan that he was Imperial Emperor, but he could only apologize instead of saying the words she wanted to hear. Huyan Lan, Hu Xiao, Yin Long, and Jiang Sui left the Sovereign Dominion Team and Su Hang’s home, leaving him alone as a storm began.

• Su Hang confirmed to Huyan Lan that he was Imperial Emperor and repeatedly apologized, refusing to lie or tell her he loved her.
• Huyan Lan dropped her cleaver and quit the Sovereign Dominion Team, followed by Hu Xiao and Yin Long.
• Jiang Sui arrived with a suitcase, rejected Su Hang’s plea for her to stay, and left the team and their home.
• Alone, Su Hang reheated the food Jiang Sui had prepared, but found it impossible to swallow, then drank sugar-free cola.
• Su Hang watched rain and lightning gather outside his window.

Imperial Crown publicly exiled Xiang Yang, then announced that its nine core members had unanimously exiled captain Imperial Emperor for betraying the team. As the community demanded an explanation, an insider described a team-wide purge and said he had been exiled and charged a 10-million-yuan penalty for messaging Imperial Emperor.

• Imperial Crown announced that Xiang Yang had violated team rules and would never be recruited again.
• Imperial Crown's upper management accused Imperial Emperor of committing all seven forms of betrayal and announced his exile after a unanimous vote by the nine core members.
• Lop-Eared Rabbit reported that Imperial Crown had entered a state of emergency and that Huranlang was leading an investigation, with members who had contacted Imperial Emperor facing exile.
• Lop-Eared Rabbit said Huranlang had exiled him for messaging Imperial Emperor and that Imperial Crown demanded a 10-million-yuan contract penalty.
• Lop-Eared Rabbit said he could not afford to challenge Imperial Crown's legal team and would pay the penalty, as reports of exiles and penalties spread and panic grew within the team.

Players at several KPL training bases reacted with disbelief and anger to Imperial Crown exiling Imperial Emperor on charges of seven betrayals, arguing that he was humble, patient, generous, and self-disciplined. The chapter ended with Huahai worrying about how Exalted Emperor had taken the news and wondering whether he was all right.

• At the Chengdu AG training base, Yinuo, Zhongyi, and Menglei defended Imperial Emperor's humility and generosity, disputing the claims that he was arrogant or greedy.
• At the Chongqing Wolves training base, Fly explained that gluttony meant indulging desires without restraint and argued that Imperial Emperor was temperate and chaste, while wondering what had happened at the Imperial Crown meeting.
• Fly recalled that his second personality, Chou Ox, had attended the meeting and left a tearful video warning him not to log into the Chou Ox accounts.
• At the Wuhan eStar training base, Wanmo and Qingrong argued that Imperial Emperor was neither wrathful nor envious, citing his patience and his support for former members who founded rival teams.
• Wanmo suggested that Exalted Emperor might benefit from Imperial Emperor's exile, but Qingrong rebuked him, and Wanmo apologized to Huahai.
• Huahai wondered how Exalted Emperor felt about Imperial Emperor's exile and asked whether his brother was all right.

Zhou Keyu found Su Hang devastated by Imperial Crown's betrayal and tried to take him to a hospital, but Su Hang drove him away. The next morning, Sovereign Dominion announced that its three vice captains and team leader had quit, leaving readers to wonder whether Exalted Emperor had also betrayed his core members.

• Zhou Keyu entered Su Hang's dark apartment and found him sitting vacant before the television amid dozens of empty sugar-free cola cans.
• Zhou Keyu urged Su Hang to seek psychological treatment, but Su Hang insisted he was fine and demanded more cola.
• When Zhou Keyu tried to take him to the hospital, Su Hang violently shook him off, shattered a marble tabletop with a punch, and ordered him to leave.
• Zhou Keyu fled, then returned to leave two cases of sugar-free cola at the door and promised to visit again the next day.
• Sovereign Dominion announced that Vice Captains Long, Feng, and Hu, along with team leader Tai Sui, had left the team.
• Netizens speculated that Exalted Emperor might have betrayed Sovereign Dominion's core members, as Imperial Crown had banished Imperial Emperor.

Zhou Keyu helped Su Hang regain a faint desire to live by reminding him that Silver Dragon, Phoenix, and Mountain Lord had remained loyal to him despite leaving Sovereign Dominion. The story ended with Imperial Crown announcing the three Champion Emperors' return, a post that went viral across Huaxia.

• Zhou Keyu visited Su Hang and found him in despair after Imperial Crown's core members had left Sovereign Dominion.
• Zhou Keyu reminded Su Hang that Silver Dragon, Phoenix, and Mountain Lord had repeatedly chosen to be loyal to him, Su Hang, rather than to his identities as Imperial Emperor or Exalted Emperor.
• Su Hang blamed himself for not revealing that he was Imperial Emperor sooner, but Zhou Keyu insisted that Su Hang had done nothing wrong and encouraged him to keep striving to change the world.
• Su Hang's gaze sharpened and his will to live returned as he accepted Zhou Keyu's comfort.
• An Imperial Crown announcement celebrating the three Champion Emperors' return went viral across Huaxia.

Imperial Crown announced that Silver Dragon, Phoenix, and Mountain Lord had returned with their alliances, reuniting its twelve core members and twelve alliances as the team expanded through massive sponsorships and signings. As Imperial Crown began investing in KPL teams, Fly feared it would gain control of the league and undermine fair competition.

• Imperial Crown announced the return of Silver Dragon, Phoenix, and Mountain Lord, restoring their titles and reuniting its twelve alliances.
• Netizens reacted to Imperial Crown's surge in power as it signed streamers and secured huge sponsorship increases, pushing its valuation above one hundred billion RMB.
• Menglei learned that the Chen Dragon Alliance planned to invest one billion RMB in Chengdu AG Super Play Club.
• Fly told Xiaopang that the Yin Tiger Alliance would invest five hundred million RMB in the Wolves if they joined Imperial Crown in name, while Yaodao learned KSG would also receive investment and become Imperial Crown KSG.
• Fly warned that Imperial Crown might invest in every KPL team and control both the league and its competitors, threatening the fairness of championships.

At Wuhan eStar, Qingrong, Wanmo, and Huahai feared that Imperial Crown's sudden commercialization under Nurarihyon would turn it into another Hundred Demons, and they believed Exalted Emperor was the only one who could stop it. Su Hang resolved to seek help from Silver Dragon, Phoenix, and Mountain Lord, but a news alert announced the Three Champion Emperors' return to Imperial Crown.

• Wanmo and Qingrong discussed how Imperial Crown had acquired all eighteen KPL teams and grown to a commercial value exceeding one hundred billion.
• Huahai warned that Imperial Crown risked becoming another Hundred Demons, and Qingrong said Exalted Emperor was the only one who could defeat it.
• Su Hang watched the finale of Armor Hero: Emperor Hero and reflected on how loyalty had shaped his sacrifices for Imperial Crown.
• Su Hang put on his Sovereign Dominion uniform and decided to apologize to Silver Dragon, Phoenix, Mountain Lord, and the others and ask them to return to his side.
• Su Hang reached for his phone to contact them, but a news alert announced that the Three Champion Emperors had returned to Imperial Crown.