Chapter Summaries

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fly accepted his younger self and regained his confidence before devising a lane swap to challenge Sovereign Dominion. Meanwhile, Su Hang countered the opposing team’s control combination with professional-style picks, until Liuli noticed a major mistake on the ban-pick screen.

• Fly stopped resenting his younger self, rediscovered his youthful spirit, and declared that he would not fall before becoming a Champion Emperor player.
• Fly told Xiaopang to ban heroes with immortal-technique mechanics and proposed that Yaodao face Exalted Emperor while he fought Hu in the farm lane.
• Fly said his skill now matched Huranlang’s and might even surpass it, surprising his teammates.
• Sovereign Dominion picked Li Xin, while Su Hang’s team chose Zhang Liang and Wang Zhaojun; Su Hang recommended Taiyi Zhenren to counter their control combination.
• Su Hang explained further counter-strategies using Sun Ce and Hai Yue, prompting Huyan Lan to question whether he had played professionally; he denied it.
• Liuli warned the team to check the ban-pick screen, and Su Hang and the others realized they had made a serious mistake.

Sovereign Dominion skipped a ban and chose a lineup centered on Exalted Emperor’s Dharma, while Fly’s title-defense team answered with a professional composition designed to counter them. Gemini doubted Fly’s declining mechanics could carry the match, but hoped the spark he had noticed in Fly’s eyes meant he could still perform at his peak.

• Sovereign Dominion deliberately skipped a second-round ban, provoking the audience, while Fly’s team continued banning heroes that could enable flashy plays.
• Exalted Emperor selected Dharma alongside Long’s Zhao Yun, Feng’s Mai Shiranui, Hu’s Li Xin, and Taiyi Zhenren, drawing criticism from Gemini for choosing a hero that did not suit his strengths.
• Fly’s team picked Pei Qinhu, Wang Zhaojun, Zhang Liang, Lao Fuzi, and Fly’s Ma Chao, and the commentators praised the lineup for countering Sovereign Dominion and covering its own weaknesses.
• The KPL professionals and audience celebrated Fly’s strategic advantage in the draft, while Gemini warned that Sovereign Dominion remained stronger overall.
• Gemini concluded that Fly would need both superior strategy and exceptional Ma Chao mechanics to win, and silently hoped the earlier flash in Fly’s eyes signaled a return to form.

Su Hang recognized that the enemy was setting up a coordinated gank on Hu Xiao, but he could not warn him in time. Fly’s Ma Chao helped secure first blood for his team, leaving the match with Fly’s side ahead and commentators declaring that he had returned to his peak.

• Su Hang guarded the blue buff and noticed Pei Qinhu’s unusual movements, then suspected the enemy was preparing a gank.
• Su Hang spotted Yaodao’s Lao Fuzi in the clash lane and realized the enemy had swapped lanes, so he warned Hu Xiao not to leave his tower.
• Hu Xiao’s Li Xin stepped out to clear the wave and was immobilized by Anya’s Zhang Liang and Minglang’s Wang Zhaojun.
• Fly’s Ma Chao attacked Hu Xiao under the tower and killed him, claiming first blood.
• Gemini praised Fly’s opening strategy and declared that Fly had returned to his peak.

Fly’s Ma Chao led a relentless early-game attack on Hu Xiao’s Li Xin, leaving Sovereign Dominion struggling to respond. Su Hang urged the team to endure until the late game, while Hu Xiao resisted giving up his lane and wondered how Fly had regained his former strength.

• At one minute and thirty seconds, Xiaopang’s Pei Qinhu and Fly’s Ma Chao dived Hu Xiao’s Li Xin under the farm-lane tower and escaped after killing him.
• Fly directed Yaodao, Wang Zhaojun, Zhang Liang, and Xiaopang to keep Sovereign Dominion occupied and target Hu Xiao before the dragons spawned.
• At three minutes, Zhang Liang and Wang Zhaojun locked down Hu Xiao’s Li Xin under his tower, and Fly’s Ma Chao killed him again, leaving him at 0/3/0.
• Hu Xiao, Liuli, Yin Long, and Huyan Lan told Su Hang they could not stop the enemy’s pressure, but Su Hang said their lineup needed to hold out until the late game.
• Su Hang proposed giving up the farm-lane first tower and having Hu Xiao defend mid and the jungle, but Hu Xiao objected and vowed to confront Minglang and Anya after the match.
• Hu Xiao watched Fly’s Ma Chao and wondered how Fly had improved so much, then thought he would beat him if he were using his main account.

Fly's team dominated Sovereign Dominion through the early and mid game, with Fly's Ma Chao leading a series of kills that left four opponents dead. As his team advanced toward the mid-lane high ground to finish the game, Exalted Emperor's Dharma appeared alone in their path.

• Fly's Ma Chao killed Hu's Li Xin and helped his team destroy Sovereign Dominion's farm-lane towers and pressure mid lane.
• Fly's Ma Chao dodged Sovereign Dominion's counterattack and killed Feng's Mai while outnumbered three to one.
• Huahai worried that Sovereign Dominion's regular-match habits and lack of professional training had left them unable to respond, while Qingrong pointed out Exalted Emperor's Dharma had stayed quiet in the clash lane.
• At nine minutes, Fly's team killed Long's Zhao Yun, Feng's Mai, Hu's Li Xin, and Liuli's Taiyi in a coordinated attack near mid lane.
• Fly's team advanced toward Sovereign Dominion's mid-lane high ground, but Fly's Ma Chao stopped when he saw Exalted Emperor's Dharma standing there in golden armor.