Chapter Summaries

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.

At the Sovereign Dominion lounge before the Clash of Kings final, Huyan Lan tricked Yin Long into drinking a bottle of alcohol-free Moutai-flavored beverage and punched him when he teased her. After the opening performance, Su Hang recognized Zhou Keyu and said the actor had a talent so formidable that even he had to avoid confronting it.

• Huahai filled in as guest commentator because Qingrong was still passed out after Phoenix had drunk Phoenix Crown's core members under the table.
• Yin Long boasted that he could drink eight jin of baijiu, so Huyan Lan forced him to drink half a jin of Moutai-flavored beverage.
• Yin Long realized the bottle contained no alcohol, teased Huyan Lan, and got punched in the stomach.
• Su Hang watched Zhou Keyu perform the Armor Hero theme song and recognized him as a former fellow performer.
• Su Hang told the puzzled Sovereign Dominion members that Zhou Keyu's talent was formidable enough to make even him avoid its edge.

Zhou Keyu publicly called out Exalted Emperor, convinced he had recognized Imperial Emperor, and Su Hang explained their childhood acting-contest history to Sovereign Dominion. Before the final against Twilight of the Gods, Su Hang agreed to meet Zhou Keyu after the match, while Yin Long privately planned to reveal his identity to Chaofeng.

• Zhou Keyu told Tianyun he admired Imperial Emperor and said he wanted to speak with Exalted Emperor after the match because he believed he had recognized him.
• Su Hang realized Zhou Keyu had publicly challenged him to meet and explained that they had competed in a child star contest when they were eight.
• Su Hang recounted winning the contest by declaring himself Emperor Hero, while the judges mistook his claim for a perfect performance.
• Su Hang said he would meet Zhou Keyu and ask how he could finish a bottle of cola in six seconds.
• Su Hang led Sovereign Dominion in preparing to face Twilight of the Gods in the final, while Yin Long decided to tell Chaofeng who he was afterward.

The commentators predicted a Sovereign Dominion victory as the teams prepared for their match. While the Gods discussed whether Long was Silver Dragon, Chaofeng recounted Silver Dragon’s failed power grab in the Imperial Crown, and Yinuo asked who had incited him.

• Huahai predicted Sovereign Dominion would defeat Twilight of the Gods two to zero and insisted Long was not Silver Dragon.
• Yinuo admitted he was nervous about facing Sovereign Dominion, while Yazi urged the team to find their opponents’ weakness.
• Yinuo asked whether Long was Silver Dragon, and Chaofeng explained that Silver Dragon had joined the Imperial Crown seeking family affection and hoping to defeat Imperial Emperor.
• Chaofeng recounted how a core Imperial Crown member incited Silver Dragon to seize control, prompting a purge that Imperial Emperor stopped before banishing Silver Dragon.
• Jin Ni compared Yinuo’s actions at the Overlord Feast to Silver Dragon’s power grab, and Yinuo realized both had been incited by someone else.
• After banning Baili Shouyue, Yinuo asked Chaofeng to name the Imperial Crown member who had incited Silver Dragon.

Sovereign Dominion’s Ao Yin and Sang Qi dealt devastating early damage to secure first blood on Yinuo’s Gongsun Li at thirty-five seconds. The Gods planned a counterattack, and the chapter ended with Lao Fuzi teleporting in to trap Ao Yin.

• Su Hang’s Ao Yin and Liuli’s Sang Qi ambushed Yinuo’s Gongsun Li in the farm lane, and Ao Yin finished her with a Flash and a basic attack for first blood.
• Huahai explained that Sang Qi’s magic-damage build and Ao Yin’s burst had combined to make the kill possible.
• Pulao and Yazi planned to gank Ao Yin, while Chaofeng noticed that Long’s Zhao Yun moved and farmed like Silver Dragon.
• Yazi’s Lao Fuzi teleported into the farm lane as Liu Bei and Gongsun Li attacked Ao Yin, who used his skills to push them back and recover some health.
• Lao Fuzi used his ultimate and Flash to bind Ao Yin, calling for his teammates to finish him.

Sovereign Dominion turned Twilight of the Gods' ambush into a four-for-zero team fight, then built a massive lead. As Twilight of the Gods feared defeat, Chaofeng revealed that Captain Silver Dragon had arrived at the venue, but the chapter ended before she said where he was.

• Liu Bei, Gongsun Li, Yao, and Lao Fuzi ambushed Exalted Emperor's Ao Yin, but Ao Yin reached level four and used his ultimate to survive and counterattack.
• Long's Zhao Yun and Phoenix's Wang Zhaojun arrived to help Sovereign Dominion defeat Gongsun Li, Yao, Lao Fuzi, and Liu Bei.
• Sovereign Dominion invaded Twilight of the Gods' jungle and secured both the Tyrant and Overlord, extending its gold lead to 5,000.
• Yinuo, Yazi, Jin Ni, and Pulao despaired over Twilight of the Gods' chances and discussed how Silver Dragon might have helped them.
• Chaofeng announced that Silver Dragon was at the venue, then began to reveal where he was.

Chaofeng suspected that Sovereign Dominion’s vice captain Long was Silver Dragon, but the others doubted her intuition. Meanwhile, Sovereign Dominion dominated Twilight of the Gods, and Yin Long kept farming as the match neared its final push.

• Chaofeng claimed that Long was Silver Dragon based on her intuition, but Yazi and the others demanded proof and warned her not to betray their captain.
• Pulao urged Twilight of the Gods to focus on securing at least one kill, and the team discussed which Sovereign Dominion player to target.
• Yin Long judged Twilight of the Gods’ play poorly and reflected that challenging Imperial Crown with them would have been foolish.
• At six minutes, Sovereign Dominion had taken every outer tower, and Su Hang let Yin Long farm while setting a plan to secure the enhanced dragons and finish the match.
• At eight minutes, Sovereign Dominion destroyed Twilight of the Gods’ farm-lane high-ground tower, then withdrew as Su Hang warned that the opponents might make a desperate attack.
• Yin Long continued farming the enemy red jungle despite Huyan Lan’s complaints, until he heard the sound of Wolf.

Sovereign Dominion defeated Twilight of the Gods in the first match, then celebrated in the lounge while Jiang Sui revised the team’s victory posters. Yin Long noticed that Hundred Demons was livestreaming, leaving the team’s attention on the broadcast.

• Twilight of the Gods used Wolf to ambush Long’s Zhao Yun in the red jungle, earning a kill and ending Sovereign Dominion’s chance at a shutout.
• Sovereign Dominion took both dragons, wiped out Twilight of the Gods, and destroyed their crystal to win the first match.
• Jiang Sui scolded Yin Long for giving Twilight of the Gods a kill and threatened to strip him of his vice-captain position.
• Su Hang approved moving Yugong Liuli to the front row of the celebration posters, while Yin Long remained relegated to a corner.
• Yin Long opened Douyin and discovered that Hundred Demons was livestreaming.

Nurarihyon livestreamed old photos of the Three Champion Emperors, exposing Silver Dragon as Sovereign Dominion vice captain Yin Long. Yin Long realized his identity and birthmarks had become public, while Jiang Sui also discovered the revelation.

• Nurarihyon opened a livestream and revealed Champion Emperor Mountain Lord’s old photo, drawing a rapidly growing audience.
• Nurarihyon showed Phoenix’s old photo, and viewers reacted to her transformation from a tomboy into a mature woman.
• Nurarihyon explained how he had manipulated Silver Dragon, Phoenix, and Mountain Lord into betraying Imperial Emperor and weakening Imperial Crown.
• Nurarihyon uploaded Silver Dragon’s old photo, and viewers recognized him as Sovereign Dominion vice captain Long.
• Yin Long saw that his identity and birthmarks had been exposed, while Jiang Sui realized that Silver Dragon was their vice captain, Yin Long.

After the truth about Silver Dragon’s identity and power grab was exposed, Su Hang confronted Yin Long while Huyan Lan and Hu Xiao vented their anger. Yin Long admitted that someone inside Imperial Crown had persuaded him to seize power, but he had not yet revealed who.

• Twilight of the Gods learned that Sovereign Dominion vice captain Long was Silver Dragon, and Jin Ni concluded that he had joined to seek revenge against Imperial Emperor and Imperial Crown.
• Huyan Lan and Hu Xiao confronted Yin Long over his betrayal, and Su Hang let them beat him before questioning him.
• Su Hang asked whether Yin Long had tried to take Imperial Emperor’s place, while Huyan Lan accused Hu Xiao of helping the power grab by trading support for resources for his Yin Tiger Alliance.
• Hu Xiao admitted Silver Dragon had favored his alliance with team funds and promotional resources in exchange for his backing.
• Yin Long said he had initially managed Imperial Crown diligently, but a core member had later urged him to seize Imperial Emperor’s power and helped devise a plan.
• Su Hang, Huyan Lan, and Hu Xiao were stunned when Yin Long revealed that someone inside Imperial Crown had persuaded him to act, and Su Hang asked who it was.

Nurarihyon celebrated his livestream success and planned to exploit an urgent Imperial Crown meeting, while Yin Long accused Wangsun of inciting him to seize power from Imperial Emperor. Su Hang concluded that someone had impersonated Wangsun and left the group considering how the impostor had learned the Imperial Crown’s secrets.

• Nurarihyon saw the million-viewer livestream, received Shen Monkey · Wangsun’s urgent meeting notice, and planned to overthrow Imperial Emperor and take control of the Imperial Crown.
• Yin Long told Su Hang and the others that Wangsun had incited him to seize power from Imperial Emperor.
• Su Hang questioned Yin Long’s evidence, and Yin Long said the person had used an alternate account but shared Wangsun’s voice, texting habits, and knowledge of internal meetings.
• Huyan Lan defended Wangsun’s loyalty, while Su Hang said Wangsun had not betrayed Imperial Emperor and Yin Long was not lying about being incited by someone posing as Wangsun.
• Su Hang proposed that an impostor had used Wangsun’s identity, and Hu Xiao asked how the impersonator had learned the Imperial Crown’s meeting details.

Su Hang traced Jiang Sui’s childhood leaks about Imperial Crown to his own mistaken WeChat connection with Wangsun, then began searching for the core member who had manipulated Yin Long. Meanwhile, Zhou Keyu rediscovered an old photo of Su Hang, and Wen Ning noticed that he resembled Exalted Emperor.

• Su Hang deduced that an Imperial Crown core member had impersonated Wangsun to persuade Yin Long to seize power, while Huyan Lan questioned how Su Hang knew so much about the team.
• Jiang Sui explained that an unnamed Imperial Crown core member had sent her daily reports for months, and Su Hang silently realized it had been Wangsun, whom he had accidentally connected to her account.
• Yin Long, Huyan Lan, and Hu Xiao reaffirmed their loyalty to Sovereign Dominion and Exalted Emperor, while Su Hang considered which Imperial Crown core member had persuaded Yin Long.
• Su Hang thought of someone who could secretly investigate the old power struggle and said he had a plan.
• In the Clash of Kings dressing room, Zhou Keyu showed Wen Ning a photo of himself and Su Hang from ten years earlier and described how he had lived in Su Hang’s shadow.
• Wen Ning said Su Hang’s tear mole made him look like Exalted Emperor, and Zhou Keyu reacted with shock.

Sovereign Dominion’s reveal that Long was Silver Dragon electrified the Clash of Kings crowd, while Yugong Youjing plotted to abduct Liuli after the tournament. As Sovereign Dominion prepared for the final match, Su Hang chose a clash-lane hero he had hated since Honor of Kings’ first season, leaving his teammates stunned.

• Li Jiu, Pingzi, and Huahai announced that Long was Silver Dragon and celebrated Sovereign Dominion’s Three Champion Emperors.
• Yugong Youjing rejected the idea of striking immediately and ordered his allies to prepare to bring Liuli back at midnight the following night.
• Liuli sneezed, drank hot water at Su Hang’s suggestion, and reflected on how readily she obeyed him.
• Su Hang took the clash lane for the final match, and Hu Xiao moved to the farm lane.
• Su Hang locked in a clash-lane hero he had hated since the game’s first season, surprising his teammates.

Sovereign Dominion entered the final match of Clash of Kings against Twilight of the Gods, with Su Hang choosing the rarely played Ukyo Tachibana. He revealed that he wanted to challenge Shura’s legacy and prove who deserved to be called the true Divine Dream One Slash.

• The commentators and Sovereign Dominion fans praised the team’s lineup and celebrated Exalted Emperor’s rise as a rival to Imperial Emperor.
• Su Hang picked Ukyo Tachibana for the final, surprising the commentators and fans, and the teams’ lineups were revealed.
• As the match began, Su Hang’s teammates recalled Shura’s extraordinary Ukyo Tachibana and wondered why he had left the scene and returned after ten years.
• Su Hang remembered that Shura had left after saying his mother was gravely ill, then suggested Shura might have returned to find a runaway family member and meet Imperial Emperor.
• Su Hang said he had chosen Ukyo Tachibana because he wanted Shura to see who was strongest, and challenged his teammates to judge whether he or Shura was the true Divine Dream One Slash.

Yazi challenged Exalted Emperor to a solo kill in lane, but Exalted Emperor’s Ukyo Tachibana overwhelmed him with a terrifying presence and a precise counterattack. The chapter ended with Ukyo Tachibana killing Yazi’s Lu Bu beneath the tower and claiming First Blood.

• Yazi vowed to make Exalted Emperor miserable, while Chaofeng, Jin Ni, and Pulao supported Exalted Emperor because Silver Dragon had joined Sovereign Dominion.
• Yazi recognized the oppressive presence of Exalted Emperor’s Shura-skinned Ukyo Tachibana and feared it was the Captain of Hundred Demons, but realized the evil presence was different.
• Exalted Emperor’s Ukyo Tachibana cleared Yazi’s minion wave and fought Lu Bu, dodging Yazi’s Flash attack before reaching level two.
• Ukyo Tachibana used Iai and Swallow Return to leave Lu Bu with one health point, but Yazi survived with Heal and retreated toward his tower.
• Ukyo Tachibana struck Lu Bu with his passive long-range draw slash beneath the tower, killing him and claiming First Blood.

Su Hang explained how he immersed himself in Ukyo Tachibana by recalling the ants he had killed as a child, while Yugong Youjing contrasted his righteousness with Imperial Emperor’s. Su Hang then suggested that Shura needed no such method because he truly was guilty of the most heinous crimes, leaving his teammates stunned.

• Exalted Emperor’s Ukyo Tachibana defeated Yazi’s Lu Bu with a sliver of health, drawing praise from the commentators and spectators.
• Yugong Youjing rated the play a three and called Exalted Emperor someone who considered himself righteous, while declaring Imperial Emperor truly righteous and Shura his opposite.
• Su Hang asked his teammates whether his solo kill could compare with Shura’s Ukyo Tachibana, and they asked if he was Shura.
• Su Hang explained that he imagined his childhood killing of ants as a grave evil to immerse himself in Ukyo Tachibana.
• Su Hang told the team that Shura did not need to hypnotize himself because he was already guilty of the most heinous crimes, then began to explain further.