Recaps

Maoshen learned that AG could not remove Pei Qian without Pei Gou agreeing to sell his costly shares, so Jiucheng proposed seeking help from the wealthy Twilight of the Gods team. The chapter ended with Jiucheng preparing to defend his national number one Gan badge from Exalted Emperor.

• Jiucheng told Maoshen he had known Pei Qian was targeting Exalted Emperor but had no power to intervene.
• Maoshen urged Menglei and Jiang Yafei to remove Pei Qian, but Menglei explained that buying Pei Gou's shares would cost at least three hundred million.
• Jiucheng said Twilight of the Gods could raise the money, and Menglei agreed to contact Silver Dragon about acquiring Pei Gou's shares.
• Jiucheng asked to use AG's first team's training room the next night so he could livestream his push for Gan's national number one badge.
• Jiucheng revealed that Exalted Emperor had reached 2,449 points, one point behind him, and vowed to defend his ranking.

Yinuo rejected Pei Qian’s attempt to turn him against Maoshen and ordered AG to prepare for Exalted Emperor’s participation in the Overlord Feast. Su Hang accepted the invitation and began preparing for another Peak Tournament stream as the event’s challenges approached.

• Pei Qian urged Yinuo to distrust Maoshen, but Yinuo defended Maoshen and threatened to turn against Pei if he spoke ill of him again.
• Yinuo showed Pei Qian that Exalted Emperor had reached a million Douyin followers and confirmed he would enter the Overlord Feast, prompting Pei to arrange preparations.
• The Overlord Feast organizers invited Su Hang to the Chengdu event on August 2, and he confirmed his participation.
• Su Hang reviewed the event’s rules, learned challengers would first compete online before facing the lane Overlords, and planned to gather teammates if needed for a five-on-five battle.
• Su Hang started streaming the Peak Tournament to keep pursuing national number one Gan, then froze as he looked up at the stream.

Su Hang drew a huge audience on ranking night and pushed to claim both the national number one Gan ranking and the top Peak Tournament mid-lane spot. After reaching 2,602 points and finding Jiucheng just one point behind him on both leaderboards, Su Hang chose to start his final match immediately rather than wait.

• Su Hang promised his viewers he would take first place in both the national Gan rankings and the Peak Tournament mid-lane leaderboard.
• Su Hang won a series of Peak Tournament matches with Gan & Mo and raised his score to 2,602 points.
• Su Hang checked the leaderboards and found himself first in both, with Jiucheng only one point behind on each.
• Su Hang learned Jiucheng was still matchmaking, while viewers urged him to wait before playing his final match.
• Su Hang dismissed the cautious advice, started matchmaking, and found a match.

Jiucheng entered a Peak Tournament match hoping to reclaim the national number one Gan spot, only to discover that his four teammates were veteran Overlords and Su Hang was on the opposing team. Su Hang learned the enemy roamer was a former support Overlord, then found out his own fifth pick was an Overlord too.

• Jiucheng resolved to win his final Peak Tournament match and defend his national number one Gan title.
• Jiucheng entered a match as the blue-side first pick and discovered that all four teammates were former Overlord players.
• Maoshen told Jiucheng that Su Hang, the Exalted Emperor, had been matched against him.
• Su Hang chose not to ban Gan, wanting to face Jiucheng at his strongest.
• Su Hang learned that Jiucheng’s roamer was the 2022 support Overlord, Watching Over Her.
• Su Hang asked his fifth pick about their support experience and learned they were an Overlord too.

Su Hang’s opponents banned five difficult mages, so he picked Heino as a safer, sustained-damage answer to Jiucheng’s Gan. As the match began, Dolia’s familiar movements made Su Hang suspect he recognized the player behind her.

• Jiucheng’s team banned five mages and selected Gan, leaving Su Hang with only simpler mage options.
• Su Hang chose Heino, whose range, sustained fighting, and escape ultimate could help him contend with Gan.
• Su Hang’s team locked in Dolia, and she shared her skins with him, but both players entered the match using default skins.
• The game began, and Su Hang noticed Dolia’s positioning and wondered whether he knew the player behind her.

Yugong Liuli suspected that the Heino on her team might be the Senior she admired, while Jiucheng's team dominated Exalted Emperor's side by taking their towers. Maoshen realized the enemy's repeated retreats might be part of a plan when he saw Exalted Emperor's Heino at the mid-lane high-ground tower.

• Yugong Liuli worried that her Dolia and Heino had accidentally formed a default-skin couple, then recognized Heino's movements as resembling a default-skin Marco Polo.
• Jiucheng and Maoshen explained why they banned flashy mages and predicted that Exalted Emperor would play a tanky Heino build.
• Jiucheng's team secured first blood and a double kill, then began systematically taking Exalted Emperor's towers.
• By six minutes, Jiucheng's team had destroyed every outer tower, while Exalted Emperor's side offered little resistance.
• Maoshen questioned why Exalted Emperor's team kept surrendering towers and grew alarmed when he saw Heino appear at the mid-lane high-ground tower.

Su Hang explained why his team had surrendered its outer towers, then used Heino’s ultimate, refreshed by Dolia, to restore a destroyed high-ground tower and repair another. When the enemy attacked the top and mid high grounds at once, Su Hang sent his teammates to protect bottom and positioned Heino between the other two towers, hinting that he would save them too.

• Su Hang told his teammates and livestream viewers that surrendering the outer towers would preserve morale and concentrate their defense on the three high-ground towers.
• At eight minutes, Su Hang let the enemy destroy the top high-ground tower, then used Heino’s ultimate to rewind it to full health.
• Dolia refreshed Heino’s ultimate, allowing Su Hang to restore the bottom high-ground tower after enemy minions damaged it.
• At eleven minutes, the enemy attacked the top and mid high grounds with a Shadow Overlord, and Su Hang ordered Meng Tian, Ao Yin, Da Siming, and Belia to clear bottom first.
• Su Hang positioned Heino between the threatened top and mid towers and began casting his ultimate as their health fell.

Jiucheng's team nearly destroyed two high-ground towers, but Su Hang's Heino revived both at once by positioning his ultimate to cover them together. After Jiucheng handed command to Maoshen, Su Hang recognized the enemy's improved macro play and decided his team would have to fight before fifteen minutes instead of waiting for the Tempest Dragon.

• Jiucheng sent his team to pressure the clash-lane and mid-lane high-ground towers, but hesitated when the enemy gathered on the farm lane.
• After the Zhuge Liang player persuaded Jiucheng that Su Hang was bluffing, Jiucheng ordered a split push and both towers fell.
• Su Hang's Heino used his ultimate to revive both towers at full health, and Maoshen realized Heino had positioned at the edge of his ultimate's range to cover them together.
• Jiucheng admitted Su Hang had outmaneuvered him and handed command to Maoshen.
• Su Hang assessed his team's equipment and noticed the enemy's improved macro play, then decided to fight before fifteen minutes and glanced at Dolia, who had reached level fifteen with a full gold circle.

At fifteen minutes, Su Hang’s team contested the Shadow Overlord while the enemy attacked, and Su Hang’s Heino held off four opponents before Dolia refreshed his ultimate for their time-stop combo. They wiped the enemy team and secured the Overlord, but all three of their high-ground towers fell, leaving Su Hang determined to force another fight before the Tempest Dragon spawned.

• Su Hang ordered his team to steal the Shadow Overlord as Jiucheng’s team pursued the Dark Tyrant.
• Nezha revealed Su Hang’s team and targeted Da Siming while Gan, Zhong Kui, Hou Yi, and Zhuge Liang rushed at Su Hang.
• Su Hang used Heino’s abilities to withstand the four enemies, then rewound to his marker as Dolia refreshed his ultimate.
• Su Hang used Heino and Dolia’s Chord of Fate to freeze the enemy team, killed Hou Yi, and helped his teammates defeat Nezha and secure the Shadow Overlord.
• Su Hang’s team wiped out the remaining enemies, but all three of their high-ground towers fell while they failed to clear the minion waves.
• Su Hang decided to pick off an enemy and force a team fight before the Tempest Dragon spawned, selecting his first target.

Su Hang’s Heino and Dolia worked together to protect each other while their team fought Jiucheng’s squad for the Tempest Dragon. After Dolia saved Heino from Hou Yi’s ultimate, Heino rescued her and wiped out three enemies, leaving Su Hang’s team poised to take the dragon and finish the game.

• Exalted Emperor’s Heino helped Jiucheng’s opponents win a fight, then his team ambushed and killed Jiucheng’s Gan before the Tempest Dragon spawned.
• Jiucheng’s team counterattacked, killing Ao Yin, Meng Tian, and Da Siming while Heino and Dolia survived and retreated.
• Jiucheng’s team tried to stop Heino and Dolia from recalling as allied super minions threatened their crystal, but Dolia blocked Hou Yi’s ultimate so Heino could return and clear the wave.
• Zhuge Liang and Nezha targeted Dolia, but Heino teleported in, froze the enemies with his ultimate, and killed Nezha, Hou Yi, and Zhuge Liang.
• Su Hang told his team to take the dragon and end the game.

After Exalted Emperor defeated Jiucheng’s team, Jiucheng lost the national number-one Gan ranking and confronted his attachment to the mid-core playstyle. Su Hang celebrated his top spots on both leaderboards, then discovered that his support Dolia was the famous Whale Overlord Liuli, who sent him a friend request.

• Exalted Emperor’s team took the Tempest Dragon and won the match with a final push, securing first place for his Gan on the national server while Jiucheng fell to second.
• Maoshen told Jiucheng he was afraid to abandon the mid-core playstyle, and Jiucheng admitted that losing had awakened him from his dream of reclaiming his old glory.
• Maoshen saved the replay for Old Zhan and the others to study before the Overlord Feast, where Exalted Emperor would be AG’s biggest opponent.
• Su Hang’s livestream viewers celebrated Exalted Emperor’s number-one rankings on both leaderboards and urged him to identify Dolia, whom he initially suspected was Yugong.
• Su Hang checked the match results and recognized Dolia’s ID as Liuli, the wealthy Whale Overlord, then wondered whether Yugong was her alternate account after comparing their profiles.
• Liuli sent Su Hang a friend request with the message, “What a coincidence.”

Yugong Liuli revealed herself to Su Hang and agreed to support him online at the Overlord Feast. After teasing his sister Jiang Sui and agreeing to lend her his Gan badge for photos, Su Hang learned that her friend had bought him an Emperor figurine and discovered he knew the friend’s older sister.

• Yugong Liuli recognized Su Hang as Exalted Emperor, introduced herself, and agreed to play support for him online at the Overlord Feast finals.
• Su Hang reflected on his late support teammate Lone King and decided to recruit the rest of his team for the tournament.
• Jiang Sui tried to prank Su Hang with a reaction test, but he tricked her into tapping the tissues and then let her photograph his Gan Major National Badge.
• Jiang Sui asked Su Hang for money for her friend’s birthday and explained that the friend had bought him an Emperor figurine for one hundred thousand yuan.
• Jiang Sui named her friend’s older sister, and Su Hang froze in recognition.

The Overlord Feast organizers revealed that Exalted Emperor could challenge any lane, prompting debate over which position he would choose. At home, Su Hang gave Jiang Sui a hundred thousand yuan and refused to attend Huyan Lan’s sister’s birthday party, until a photo of Huyan Lan left him stunned.

• The organizers announced the Overlord Feast challengers and clarified that Exalted Emperor could challenge any lane because he had not chosen a position.
• Netizens argued over whether Exalted Emperor would challenge mid, jungle, farm lane, or another position while Exalted Emperor counted his money.
• Su Hang gave Jiang Sui a hundred thousand yuan, and she tried to persuade him to attend her best friend’s birthday party with Huyan Lan.
• Su Hang recalled that he and Huyan Lan had fought as children because he had mistaken her Shadow Beast costume for a real monster.
• Jiang Sui sent Su Hang a recent photo of Huyan Lan, and he reacted in shock at her appearance.

Brother Mo mocked the Overlord Feast challengers and bet that Exalted Emperor would fail, promising to lick a toilet clean if he succeeded. After the qualifiers were announced, Su Hang chose to challenge the clash lane, revealing that it was his signature position.

• Brother Mo ranked the streamers as trash or NPCs and the KPL pros above them, then called Exalted Emperor trash and vowed he would fail his challenge.
• Brother Mo promised to lick a toilet clean on stream if Exalted Emperor succeeded in his challenge.
• Su Hang dismissed Brother Mo as a jumping clown but said he would satisfy his desire to lick a toilet clean.
• The Overlord Feast organizers announced Shiyue, Zhongyi, Zihuan, Gu Shi, and Wuwei as the five lane qualifiers.
• Su Hang chose the clash lane, surprising his more than 200,000 viewers, and revealed that it was his signature position.

Exalted Emperor chose to challenge for the Clash Lane Overlord title, surprising professional players who had expected him to compete in another role. As Shiyue prepared to face him with Mulan, Fly wondered whether Exalted Emperor might ultimately be aiming to challenge him.

• Wanmo and Huahai realized that Exalted Emperor was challenging for the Clash Lane Overlord title, and Shiyue received notice that he would face him.
• Huahai warned Shiyue to treat Exalted Emperor like Xuanran, estimating that his clash-lane skill was at champion-player level.
• Shiyue chose Mulan, his favorite clash-lane hero from before he went pro.
• At the RW Xia training base, Yaodao speculated that clash lane was Exalted Emperor’s true main role, while Fly wondered if he planned to challenge him later.
• Fly and Yaodao saw Shiyue lock in Mulan, and Fly reacted with shock to Exalted Emperor’s hero choice.

Su Hang chose Mulan for his clash-lane challenge against eStar’s Shiyue, turning the matchup into a mirror duel. After both players farmed until level four, Su Hang silenced Shiyue with a lightning-fast combo and claimed First Blood.

• At the Chengdu AG Super Play Club training base, Xuanran and the others watched as Shiyue picked Mulan and Su Hang locked in Mulan too.
• Su Hang told his livestream audience that his Mulan was better than Fly’s, then entered the game against Shiyue.
• Both players cleared the opening minion waves cautiously, and Jierui explained that Mulan had little room to fight before level four.
• When the level-four wave arrived, Su Hang flashed in and used an advanced Mulan combo to kill Shiyue before he could respond.
• The game announced First Blood, and Jierui sent Su Hang an expensive gift while asking if he had just performed Thirteen Slashes in two seconds.

Su Hang used his speed and a risky tower dive to bait Shiyue into a fight, then won the duel with a near-impossible Mulan combo. He left Shiyue defeated at one percent health while the stream erupted in confusion and excitement.

• Su Hang explained that his thirteen-strike combo took about 1.5 seconds, astonishing the viewers and leading them to declare him favored against Shiyue.
• Su Hang decided to end the match quickly because Wuyue Plaza would close soon and he wanted to buy discounted sugar-free cola.
• Su Hang dove Shiyue's tower, cleared the minions, and deliberately tanked tower shots until his health was critical before retreating.
• Shiyue took the bait and charged out from under the tower, but Su Hang silenced him with a faster combo and switched to heavy-sword form.
• Shiyue escaped the crowd control with resistance boots and nearly killed Su Hang, but Su Hang reversed his heavy-sword second skill's push and killed Shiyue with only one percent health remaining.

Su Hang defeated Shiyue in a six-minute Mulan duel, secured a challenger spot, and stunned professional players with his mastery of Mulan’s Twin Walk. At the RW Xia training base, Fly admitted Su Hang was better at clash-lane duels and said his play reminded him of the captain of Imperial Crown.

• Jierui and Chaomeng explained that Su Hang had performed Mulan’s difficult Twin Walk, and Su Hang said he could execute it in ninety-eight of a hundred matches.
• Su Hang killed Shiyue under the tower, took the first tower, won the duel three kills to zero in exactly six minutes, and secured a challenger spot.
• At the eStar training base, Shiyue wondered why Su Hang had beaten him so thoroughly, while Huahai called Su Hang a gaming monster and planned to approach him through his girl account.
• At the RW Xia training base, Fly said Su Hang was better than him in clash-lane duels and explained that Su Hang’s Mulan reminded him of the captain of Imperial Crown.

At AG’s training base, the team reacted to Exalted Emperor crushing Shiyue and feared he could threaten their Overlord titles. Yinuo approved Pei Qian’s plan to isolate Exalted Emperor’s team and field AG’s strongest lineup at the offline competition.

• Xuanran, Zhongyi, and Yinuo concluded that Exalted Emperor’s clash-lane skill and hand speed made him a formidable threat after he defeated Shiyue.
• Zhongyi said he was confident he could win the Jungle Overlord title, but worried about AG’s 5v5 match if Exalted Emperor beat Xuanran in their one-on-one.
• Yinuo called for Pei Qian, who proposed using AG’s influence to keep top players from joining Exalted Emperor’s team and sending all five AG starters into the 5v5 match.
• Xuanran, Zhongyi, Yinuo, and Pei Qian bickered about their education levels before Yinuo told Pei Qian to prepare the plan.

Su Hang tested whether his system missions applied to his old account, then claimed 96 badges from it before returning to the Exalted Emperor account. Preparing for the Overlord Feast tournament, he recruited Huahai as jungler and asked his old team to fill the remaining positions while warning them about returning rivals.

• Su Hang received 355 available talent points and a mission to create a team and recruit at least four members within 120 days.
• Su Hang logged into his old account, confirmed that the system mission was tied to the Exalted Emperor account, and claimed 96 badges, a personal record.
• Huahai offered to join Su Hang's Overlord Feast team as jungler to repay a favor, and Su Hang accepted.
• Su Hang planned the lineup with Liuli at roamer, Huahai at jungler, and himself at clash lane, leaving mid lane and farm lane open.
• Su Hang asked his old team's administrators to find available players for the tournament and send participants red envelopes.
• Su Hang warned the administrators that Silver Dragon, Phoenix, and Mountain Lord had returned to their QQ server and might be seeking revenge.

Yun Shu learned that the Imperial Crown Team’s captain was recruiting teammates for Exalted Emperor at the Overlord Feast and hoped to help him, but the team chose Yuejing for the mid lane. She feared Yuejing would use the opportunity to win the captain’s favor, leaving her furious and jealous.

• Yun Shu uploaded a fitness video and saw that her flight from Xuancheng to Chengdu for the Overlord Feast had been booked.
• Yun Shu recalled that Coach Su had blocked her on WeChat after she discovered he was Exalted Emperor.
• Yun Shu opened the Imperial Crown Team’s QQ group and saw that the captain had asked Jueying, Yujingzi, and Wangsun to find teammates for Exalted Emperor.
• Yun Shu read that Silver Dragon, Phoenix, and Mountain Lord were also mentioned, then watched the admins discuss who would help Exalted Emperor.
• Mao Rabbit · Yuejing volunteered to play mid lane, and the admins unanimously approved him.
• Yun Shu realized Yuejing might use the chance to gain the captain’s favor and angrily threatened him.

At the Xu Fu Festival in Kyoto, Yugong Liuli shortened the kagura dance so she could help Exalted Emperor pursue the Clash Lane Overlord title. Meanwhile, the tenth Overlord Feast began in Chengdu, where the defending Overlords took their seats as the first challenger was about to be announced.

• At Yugong Shrine, Yugong Nishang asked Yugong Liuli to perform the shortened kagura dance, and she agreed so she could help Exalted Emperor.
• Yugong Liuli thought about her Senior and hoped to be matched with him again this season.
• In Chengdu, fans watched a retrospective of past Honor of Kings Overlords as the Overlord Feast crowd filled the stadium.
• Tianyun welcomed the audience and introduced defending Overlords Xuanran, Xiaopang, Changsheng, Yinuo, and Dashuai.
• Tianyun announced that the challengers had drawn their order and began introducing the first challenger.

Gu Shi faced Yinuo in the Farm Lane Overlord one-on-one, determined to prove that top streamers could challenge professional players. As their Lady Sun match began, Su Hang met Huahai in the audience, and Huahai asked him to predict the winner.

• Tianyun introduced Gu Shi, and Monkey Media streamers cheered him on as he took his place opposite Yinuo.
• Yinuo mocked Gu Shi and claimed streamers were far inferior to professional players, leaving Gu Shi humiliated but resolved to beat him.
• Tianyun drew Lady Sun for the match, and both Gu Shi and Yinuo locked in the hero at the referee's command.
• Huahai recognized Su Hang as Exalted Emperor, greeted him, and asked who he thought would win the Gu Shi–Yinuo matchup.

Su Hang prepared for his one-on-one match against Xuanran and revealed that he knew immortal techniques for other clash lane heroes besides Mulan. After Yinuo defeated Gu Shi to defend his Farm Lane Overlord title, the great streamers urged Su Hang to win for their circle, and he agreed.

• Su Hang told Huahai that Yinuo was far stronger than Gu Shi in a one-on-one match and said he was not worried about facing Xuanran.
• Huahai warned Su Hang that the host would choose their heroes by lot, but Su Hang said he knew immortal techniques for other clash lane heroes too.
• Yinuo defeated Gu Shi, retained the Farm Lane Overlord title, and became the first player to defend an Overlord title at this year's Overlord Feast.
• Sang Jie and the other great streamers lamented Gu Shi and Zongshi's losses, while Zongshi declared Su Hang their last hope.
• Zongshi and the great streamers asked Su Hang to beat the professional players, and Su Hang thanked them and promised to handle it.

Su Hang, competing as Exalted Emperor, clashed verbally with KPL pro Xuanran before their Charlotte mirror match began. As the duel started, Yun Shu assured Huahai that Su Hang would win because the Imperial Crown Team captain held him in high regard.

• Su Hang took his seat onstage, ignored host Tianyun's charm, and traded barbs with Xuanran over their experience playing Honor of Kings.
• Xuanran grew furious at Su Hang's taunts, but Yinuo warned him not to fall for the provocation.
• When Charlotte was revealed for the mirror match, Xuanran boasted about being the KPL's top Charlotte while Su Hang quietly prepared his account.
• Xuanran and Su Hang entered the match room, selected Charlotte with different skins, and began their one-on-one duel.
• In the spectator seats, Yun Shu told Huahai that Su Hang would win because the Captain of the Imperial Crown Team valued him, leaving Huahai shocked.