Chapter Summaries

Su Hang continued his rapid climb toward Thousand-Star rank as Exalted Emperor, accepted Tai Sui’s request for an in-game sibling relationship, and prepared to stream. When reptile shop owner Xu Lin recognized him as Exalted Emperor, he asked to see Su Hang’s streaming setup.

• Su Hang reached Legendary King at 412 stars and ranked 199th overall, hoping a rival would reach 900 stars so he could break through to 1,000.
• Su Hang accepted Tai Sui’s request to establish an older brother-younger sister relationship in the game.
• Jiang Sui introduced Xu Lin to Su Hang when Xu Lin visited to collect White Lady, the snake.
• Xu Lin recognized Su Hang as Exalted Emperor, captain of the Sovereign Dominion Team, after asking whether he played Honor of Kings.
• Xu Lin claimed he wanted to learn about livestream selling and asked to see Su Hang’s streaming setup, and Su Hang agreed.

Su Hang began a livestreamed ranked match while Xu Lin watched and discovered that Zi Rat · Shejun and Yuejing had matched against him. The chapter revealed Jiang Shu’s past as an undercover police officer and ended with him preparing to challenge Exalted Emperor.

• Xu Lin visited Su Hang’s bedroom as Su Hang started a livestream and announced his goal of reaching 500 stars.
• Su Hang noticed comments about the Imperial Crown Nine Alliances’ ranked training exercise and began matchmaking.
• Xu Lin saw Zi Rat · Shejun post that he and Yuejing had matched against Exalted Emperor.
• Jiang Shu recalled how he used the Imperial Crown’s social media announcements to contact his handler while undercover in a telecom fraud group and how Captain Imperial Emperor helped him endure.
• Jiang Shu and Yuejing entered ranked matchmaking, and Jiang Shu confirmed they had matched against Exalted Emperor.

Su Hang matched against Imperial Crown’s Yuejing and Shejun, then used Kaizer to ambush their bottom lane after reaching level four. He killed Shejun’s Sun Quan and Musashi Miyamoto in a one-health counterattack, ending the chapter with a double kill.

• Su Hang recognized Yuejing and Shejun’s accounts on the enemy team and assessed that his allies were weaker than their opponents.
• Su Hang cleared his blue-side jungle and mid lane while Yuejing’s Shangguan Wan’er taunted him with recall animations.
• Su Hang reached level four after clearing red and charged into the bottom lane, telling Marco Polo to engage despite Marco still being level three.
• Su Hang’s Kaizer killed Shejun’s Sun Quan with his ultimate and a final skill-one attack.
• Marco Polo stunned Musashi Miyamoto after Su Hang survived Musashi’s ultimate with 1% health, and Su Hang finished Musashi for a double kill.

Su Hang’s Kaizer dominated the early match, while Xu Lin concluded that Su Hang’s ordinary play might surpass other players’ Flow State. The chapter ended with Yuejing’s Wan’er attacking Kaizer as his ultimate remained on cooldown, leaving his survival uncertain.

• Jiang Shu admitted that Exalted Emperor had countered his and Musashi’s attack, and he vowed to kill Kaizer after reaching level twelve while Yuejing promised to pressure Su Hang early.
• Xu Lin watched Su Hang alternate between answering livestream questions and intense gameplay, then feared that Yuejing and Jiang Shu would lose if his calculations about Su Hang’s skill were right.
• At three minutes, Su Hang went to help Sun Ce in the top lane, but Sikong Zhen interrupted his teleport; Su Hang activated Kaizer’s ultimate and killed Sikong Zhen in two strikes.
• Su Hang teleported toward mid lane despite a warning that Yuejing’s Wan’er was waiting, and Wan’er’s attack cut Kaizer’s health to half while his ultimate was on cooldown.
• As Wan’er continued her attack, Su Hang’s Kaizer ran out of tower range with his health falling into kill range.

Su Hang kept Yuejing's Wan'er from killing his Kaizer, then planned to help Sun Ce break the top-lane stalemate and free him to join a gank on Shejun's Sun Quan. Sun Ce abruptly sailed away from Sikong Zhen, and Sikong Zhen realized Kaizer had disappeared from mid lane.

• Dolia refreshed Su Hang's Kaizer ultimate, allowing him to survive Yuejing's attack and kill Wan'er in a counterattack.
• Yugong Nishang blamed Dolia for his failed gank, while Shejun warned him to resolve his real-life troubles and prepare for the opposing team's revenge.
• Su Hang assessed the even team gold and decided to help Sun Ce take the enemy's first clash-lane tower before targeting Shejun's Sun Quan.
• Sun Ce charged at Sikong Zhen, then suddenly activated his ultimate and sailed away despite having most of his health.
• Sikong Zhen noticed that Kaizer had vanished from mid lane and realized something was wrong.

Su Hang’s Kaizer wiped out Wan’er, Musashi, and Sikong Zhen, then helped Sun Ce kill Sun Quan in another fight. In the public security bureau, Jiang Shu pressed Yuejing about his real-life troubles, and Yuejing broke down while trying to explain what had happened to his sister.

• Sun Ce and Su Hang’s Kaizer ambushed Wan’er and Musashi, then killed them and the arriving Sikong Zhen for a triple kill.
• Su Hang joked to his livestream viewers that critical hits depended on having a fair face.
• Sun Ce destroyed the clash lane’s first turret and sailed with Su Hang’s Kaizer to the farm lane, where they killed Sun Quan.
• Jiang Shu urged the furious Yuejing to explain the real-life trouble affecting his competitive form.
• Yuejing began sobbing as he tried to tell Jiang Shu what had happened to his sister, leaving Jiang Shu astonished.

Su Hang's team lost a mid-lane fight after Shejun's Sun Quan secured a quadra kill, but Su Hang's Kaizer arrived from the enemy jungle and wiped out all five opponents. His team then prepared to finish the match with one push.

• Su Hang started the Dark Tyrant while his teammates pressured the enemy mid-lane high-ground tower.
• Yuejing's Wan'er initiated a team fight, and Shejun's Sun Quan killed Sun Ce, Taiyi Zhenren, Marco Polo, and Dolia for a quadra kill.
• Su Hang took the Dark Tyrant and flanked the enemy team from their blue-buff jungle.
• Su Hang's Kaizer killed Wan'er, Sikong Zhen, Musashi Miyamoto, Sun Bin, and Sun Quan, earning a penta kill and an ace.
• Su Hang told his teammates to finish the match in one push.

After Shejun and Yuejing lost their attempt to snipe Exalted Emperor, Imperial Crown’s core members planned a stronger attack. Huranlang and Jueying agreed to team up in a few days, while Yujingzi organized other members to help snipe Exalted Emperor during his streams.

• Shejun blamed Yuejing’s distress over his sister’s upcoming marriage for their defeat to Exalted Emperor, and Yuejing quit the game.
• Shejun reported the failed snipe to Imperial Crown’s core group, where members agreed Yuejing’s poor performance had cost them the match.
• Huranlang revealed that he had married his adopted younger sister, prompting the group to joke about the situation before returning to their plan.
• Huranlang volunteered to snipe Exalted Emperor, and Yujingzi said they needed another core member to ensure success.
• Jueying agreed to join Huranlang after his school commitments, and Yujingzi directed other core members to encourage high-ranked players to queue while Exalted Emperor was streaming.
• Shejun anticipated Exalted Emperor’s coming challenge as Huranlang and Jueying prepared to team up.

After Exalted Emperor’s undefeated climb to 521 stars went viral, Xu Lin ate breakfast at Su Hang’s home and discovered that Sovereign Dominion’s three vice captains knew secret details about Imperial Crown. The chapter left Xu Lin suspecting that Feng, Hu, and Long had once belonged to Imperial Crown.

• Exalted Emperor announced that he would keep playing without rest until he reached a thousand stars undefeated and told fans to watch his livestream at eight that night.
• Xu Lin accepted Su Hang’s invitation to breakfast after staying up all night watching his stream.
• Jiang Sui introduced Huyan Lan, Hu Xiao, and Yin Long as Sovereign Dominion’s vice captains.
• Huyan Lan revealed that she knew Yuejing was a femboy, and Hu Xiao said Yuejing wanted to turn Imperial Emperor gay.
• Yin Long recalled Yuejing’s plan to make male Imperial Crown members post photos of themselves in black stockings, shocking Xu Lin.

Xu Lin learned that Sovereign Dominion’s vice captain Liuli planned to marry soon and that the team was training offline for the Clash of Kings. Su Hang revealed that the group would be interviewed that night, leaving everyone surprised.

• Yin Long clarified his name, and Jiang Sui introduced Liuli, who said she expected to marry that month and invited the group to her wedding banquet.
• Jiang Sui explained that she spoke for Sovereign Dominion’s team leader, Tai Sui, and that the team’s core members were at an offline training camp to help her brother pursue the Supreme King Title in the Clash of Kings.
• Yin Long reported having 488 stars and ranked 133rd nationally, while Su Hang reported 521 stars and ranked 99th.
• Su Hang told everyone to dress formally because they would be interviewed that night.

Lin Ying and the journalism club visited Su Hang’s home to interview him, but were frightened by Huyan Lan’s monster cosplay and then met Su Hang’s eccentric friends. Huyan Lan invited the students inside while Su Hang was still changing.

• Lin Ying led the journalism club to Su Hang’s home for an interview.
• Huyan Lan appeared in a frightening monster costume, scaring the students before revealing her identity as Su Hang’s friend and a 2021 graduate of their school.
• Hu Xiao came out dressed like a gangster, and Yin Long emerged in a blue trench coat.
• Yin Long flirted with the girl from the club, so Huyan Lan kicked and punched him while Hu Xiao scolded him.
• Huyan Lan told Lin Ying and the others that Su Hang was changing and invited them inside.

Su Hang agreed to a journalism club interview partly to ask Lin Ying to look after his sister Jiang Sui when she started high school. During the interview, he revealed that he played Honor of Kings and had become a streamer, then stunned Lin Ying and the other students with his follower count.

• Su Hang worried that Jiang Sui might be deliberately isolated at school and agreed to an interview after learning Lin Ying would attend.
• Lin Ying and the other journalism club members arrived at Su Hang's home, where Huyan Lan tossed the sleeping Yin Long into a spare bedroom.
• The interview began amid interruptions from Hu Xiao and Yin Long, whom Huyan Lan silenced after Su Hang asked her to.
• Su Hang said students could play games to relieve stress and revealed that he had played Honor of Kings for years and recently become a streamer.
• Su Hang showed the journalism club his Douyin account, and Lin Ying and the others were dumbfounded by his follower count.

Lin Ying learned that Su Hang was the famous streamer Exalted Emperor, leaving him torn between his admiration for Su Hang and his promise to help Imperial Crown snipe him. As Su Hang began his overnight climb toward 700 stars, he was matched with Liuli and discovered she ranked him second among her teammates.

• Lin Ying realized Su Hang was Exalted Emperor and struggled with his promise to help Imperial Crown target him in ranked matches.
• Su Hang began streaming at 618 stars and announced he planned to play through the night, while viewers worried about his health.
• Su Hang remembered his former support partner Lone King and resolved to cherish his current partner, Liuli.
• Su Hang entered ranked mode and was matched with Liuli, who recalled their three previous matches together.
• Liuli told Su Hang he was her second-most frequent teammate, and Su Hang corrected her by saying they had played together more than forty times.

Yugong Liuli hoped to be matched with Imperial Emperor again, while Exalted Emperor told her their mid laner was going AFK and their opponents were two god-tier players. Their opponents, Yazi and Chaofeng, were thrilled to face Exalted Emperor and planned to crush him, but his unexpected hero pick left the livestreamers stunned.

• Yugong Liuli reread her journal of matches with Imperial Emperor and wished to match with him one more time before her impending marriage.
• Exalted Emperor told Liuli their mid laner might go AFK and that their opponents had skills comparable to Supreme King Title players.
• Yazi and Chaofeng learned they had matched against Exalted Emperor and celebrated that his team would play four against five.
• Chaofeng locked in Zhen Ji and Yazi chose Charlotte, planning to torment Exalted Emperor and make him lose.
• Exalted Emperor locked in a clash lane hero, leaving Yinuo, Zhongyi, and the others stunned.

Su Hang and Liuli used the Ma-Sun System to overcome their team’s numbers disadvantage and attack the enemy’s top lane. Su Hang’s Ma Chao killed Yazi’s Charlotte under the tower to secure First Blood.

• Lin Ying recognized that Liuli’s Sun Bin could support Su Hang’s Ma Chao with fast rotations despite their AFK mid laner.
• Su Hang and Liuli followed their plan, clearing mid and top waves together while Xiahou Dun helped Su Hang take the blue buff.
• Su Hang reached level four and joined Liuli to dive Yazi’s Charlotte beneath the enemy tower.
• Liuli tagged Charlotte with Sun Bin’s Time Bomb and tanked tower hits while Su Hang attacked.
• Su Hang predicted Yazi’s Flash and finished Charlotte with his spear, securing First Blood.

Su Hang’s Ma Chao snowballed his gold lead with Liuli’s Sun Bin, while Chaofeng planned to disrupt his farming by targeting Sun Bin. Su Hang grew suspicious of Zhen Ji’s disappearance, warned Liuli to prepare Purify, and met Zhen Ji’s sudden ambush at the clash-lane river.

• Yazi blamed himself for dying to Su Hang’s Ma Chao, while Baxia and Jin Ni praised Su Hang and Liuli’s coordinated tower dive.
• Baxia warned that Su Hang’s free farming could make Ma Chao overwhelming, and Chaofeng said she would disrupt it by bursting down Liuli’s Sun Bin.
• Su Hang’s Ma Chao farmed across the mid and top lanes, built a gold lead, and completed the Shadow Battle Axe.
• Su Hang noticed Zhen Ji had disappeared and warned Liuli to prepare Purify in case she targeted Sun Bin.
• At the clash-lane river, Zhen Ji appeared suddenly beneath an ice formation and began her attack.

Su Hang’s Ma Chao and Liuli’s Sun Bin survived Chaofeng’s Zhen Ji’s ambush, and Su Hang killed Zhen Ji. After the enemy team resolved to keep targeting Sun Bin, Su Hang’s Ma Chao reached a power spike and found Zhen Ji hiding in the clash lane, but Nezha locked onto Liuli’s low-health Sun Bin with his ultimate as Su Hang rushed to intervene.

• Chaofeng’s Zhen Ji froze Su Hang’s Ma Chao and Liuli’s Sun Bin, but Liuli used Purify and her second skill to survive, and Su Hang killed Zhen Ji before Yazi’s Charlotte and Nezha could arrive.
• Chaofeng blamed Yazi for failing to support her, while Yazi insulted Jin Ni and Baxia reprimanded him; Pulao then urged Chaofeng to ambush Liuli’s Sun Bin again.
• Su Hang’s Ma Chao and Liuli’s Sun Bin took the Overlord after Xiahou Dun killed the Tyrant, and Su Hang completed Frost Scar’s Embrace.
• Su Hang spotted Nezha in the clash-lane brush and used Liuli’s Sun Bin’s ultimate to expose Zhen Ji, then killed her after she flashed toward Sun Bin.
• Nezha used his ultimate to lock onto Liuli’s critically low Sun Bin, and Su Hang activated Sprint and charged toward him to stop the attack.

Su Hang’s Ma Chao chased down Nezha during his ultimate, stunning Yugong Liuli and the livestream audience with six consecutive spear thrusts. As Shadow Overlord and Dark Tyrant were about to spawn, Su Hang sent Xiahou Dun to take the Overlord and declared that he would target the enemy team at the Tyrant.

• Yugong Liuli watched Exalted Emperor’s Ma Chao chase Nezha from the first tower to the high-ground tower and kill him with six spear thrusts.
• Exalted Emperor told Yugong Liuli to run the next time Nezha targeted her and leave the rest to him.
• Yazi, Chaofeng, Baxia, and Pulao praised Exalted Emperor’s skill, while Pulao compared his Ma Chao to Qiuniu’s.
• Jin Ni put away a pull-tab necklace as the Gods discussed the match and Chaofeng predicted her team would win late-game fights.
• At just over nine minutes, Su Hang sent Xiahou Dun to take the Shadow Overlord and said he would go for the Dark Tyrant and target all five enemies.

Su Hang used Ma Chao to ambush the enemy team at the Dark Tyrant pit, killing all five opponents in a two-versus-five fight and securing a pentakill. The stunned viewers and enemies recognized that Exalted Emperor’s skill might rival that of a Champion Emperor player, leaving Yazi and Chaofeng expecting to lose the match.

• Su Hang and Liuli approached the Dark Tyrant pit, where the five enemies tried to block Ma Chao from entering.
• Su Hang stored Cold Gleam Spears around the pit and waited for his skills to recover while the Dark Tyrant’s health fell.
• With Liuli’s speed boost, Su Hang charged into the fight and killed Zhen Ji, Charlotte, Goya, Nezha, and Zhang Fei in succession.
• The livestream viewers marveled that Su Hang had landed thirteen spear thrusts in seven seconds to achieve the pentakill.
• Chaofeng, Yazi, and the others were shaken by Su Hang’s performance and feared they would lose the match.

Su Hang won a match with a spectacular Ma Chao pentakill, convincing Lin Ying that his skill was nearing Champion Emperor level and making Lin Ying resolve to help Huranlang stop him. After the match, Su Hang introduced Lin Ying to his younger sister, Jiang Sui, and Lin Ying recovered his old phone, prompting Su Hang to call him “Little Heizi.”

• Lin Ying watched Su Hang's Ma Chao pentakill and concluded that Exalted Emperor's skill was approaching that of a Champion Emperor player.
• Lin Ying decided that he and Huranlang had to snipe Su Hang before he could threaten Imperial Emperor.
• Su Hang won the match with a triple kill at the enemy crystal, earned a 12/0/2 score, and gained three stars.
• Su Hang introduced Lin Ying to Jiang Sui and asked him to look after her when she started at Jiangcheng No. 1 High School.
• Jiang Sui returned Lin Ying's old VIVO phone, which he said had first brought him into contact with Honor of Kings.
• After Su Hang called Lin Ying “Little Heizi,” Lin Ying reacted with shock.