Chapter Summaries

Su Hang fought Yugong Youjing after discovering the swordsman intended to kill him, and he used the battle to gauge his opponent while defending himself. After surviving four forms of Yugong Youjing’s Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū, Su Hang put on his golden mask and charged, leaving Yugong Youjing stunned by the sight of Imperial Emperor.

• Su Hang revealed that he had tricked Yugong Youjing into signing a psychiatric admission agreement, provoking Yugong Youjing to attack him with his bamboo sword.
• Yugong Youjing unleashed his first four Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū forms, while Su Hang dodged them and suffered shallow cuts.
• Su Hang explained that he had been stalling to learn Yugong Youjing’s weaknesses and admitted that a sharpened sword would have badly wounded him.
• Su Hang put on his golden mask and declared that he was loyal to Imperial Emperor, causing Yugong Youjing to see Imperial Emperor’s image.
• Su Hang vanished as he stepped forward to go all out, leaving Yugong Youjing stunned.

Su Hang defeated Yugong Youjing in their masked duel, but Yugong struck him with his ultimate sword technique after Su Hang removed his mask. Yugong believed the wound would kill Su Hang and fled toward Japan, revealing to Great Tengu that he thought he had committed murder.

• Su Hang dislocated Yugong Youjing’s limbs while questioning him, and Yugong insisted he had never killed anyone.
• Yugong guessed that Su Hang’s mask enabled his immense strength, then attacked after Su Hang removed it.
• Yugong slashed Su Hang across the waist with Amakakeru Ryū no Hirameki and left, believing he had fatally wounded him.
• Su Hang revealed the blood was from a sugar-free cola can and said he would remember Yugong.
• Yugong spat blood in the Maybach, admitted he had broken ribs, and told Great Tengu to return to Japan because he believed he had killed someone.

After news revealed that Sovereign Dominion’s vice captain Liuli was the Yugong Family shrine maiden due to marry a god, the team struggled to manage the work she had handled. Su Hang delayed responding to the online speculation, and the leadership was left overwhelmed without Liuli.

• Douyin users recognized the Yugong shrine maiden as Liuli and tagged Sovereign Dominion, asking whether she was marrying a god.
• Jiang Sui, Huyan Lan, and Hu Xiao confirmed Liuli’s identity, while Hu Xiao offered to secure the wedding and Yin Long regretted not borrowing money from her.
• Jiang Sui ordered Yin Long, Huyan Lan, and Hu Xiao to handle their own duties, but they quickly became overwhelmed by the workload Liuli had managed.
• Jiang Sui found that Su Hang had spent three hours spacing out instead of approving team members, and he asked her to take over his work before leaving to buy cola.
• Su Hang told Jiang Sui not to respond to the online discussion yet, and after hours of struggling with the workload, Jiang Sui concluded that Sovereign Dominion’s leadership was paralyzed without Liuli.

Yugong Liuli returned to Kyoto after giving up her chance to escape to Huaxia rather than let her brother, Yugong Nishang, be executed for helping her. She admitted that although she had loved Imperial Emperor for ten years, she had fallen in love with Exalted Emperor, and she agreed that she wanted to see Imperial Emperor again.

• Yugong Liuli recalled that she had left the airport holding room and boarded a flight to Huaxia before turning back after Yugong Nishang urged her to return to Kyoto.
• Yugong Nishang visited Yugong Liuli in her room, apologized for costing her the chance to escape, and asked whether she had found Imperial Emperor in Huaxia.
• Yugong Nishang revealed that he was Mao Rabbit · Yuejing, an Imperial Crown core member, and admitted that he had read Yugong Liuli's diary.
• Yugong Liuli explained that she had loved Senior Imperial Emperor for ten years, but her feelings had faded after meeting Exalted Emperor.
• Yugong Liuli said she wanted to see Senior Imperial Emperor, and Yugong Nishang promised to tell his captain how she felt.

At Yugong Tower, Zashiki learned that Yugong Youjing had supposedly killed Exalted Emperor and offered to avenge the group leader. Yugong Youjing then worried about the lack of news coverage in Huaxia and concluded that he would likely evade extradition, though he regretted killing such a formidable opponent.

• Xue Ji changed Yugong Youjing’s dressing while Great Tengu told Zashiki that Exalted Emperor had badly injured him.
• Zashiki revealed that the Hundred Demons Night Parade Group’s members were all part of the King Hundred Demons Team and offered to kill Exalted Emperor for a fee.
• Great Tengu claimed Yugong Youjing had killed Exalted Emperor using Amakakeru Ryū no Hirameki, and Zashiki praised the group leader’s sword technique.
• Yugong Youjing approved a visit between Nishang and Liuli, explaining that surveillance and an electronic tracking anklet would keep Liuli monitored.
• Yugong Youjing wondered why Exalted Emperor’s death was absent from Chinese news and concluded that he could avoid extradition because Huaxia and Japan had no extradition treaty.
• Yugong Youjing regretted killing Exalted Emperor because he had wanted to keep him as a sparring partner.

Su Hang finished the work Liuli had left behind and discovered that she had logged into her Honor of Kings account on his spare phone. He found that Liuli had cleared the account’s real-name verification, leaving him wondering why as he noticed an undelivered message she had sent him.

• Su Hang completed Sovereign Dominion’s team work while Jiang Sui and the three vice-captains argued over a late-night snack.
• Su Hang logged into Honor of Kings and realized he was on Liuli’s account, which held over a hundred million tokens and numerous rare items.
• Su Hang discovered that Liuli had asked Tencent customer service to clear the account’s real-name verification the previous afternoon.
• Su Hang realized that verifying the account himself could give him ownership of an account worth at least thirty million yuan.
• Su Hang saw an undelivered WeChat message Liuli had sent to Exalted Emperor and began to read it.

Su Hang tried to contact Liuli after she asked him to play her Thousand-Star promotion match, but discovered that her accounts and remote robot were all inaccessible to her. He verified her Whale Overlord account with his own identity and began matchmaking, intending to repay her account’s value, but found her foreigner ID snapped in two.

• Liuli asked Su Hang to play a ranked match for her Thousand-Star promotion, and he discovered her account had one real-name verification chance left.
• Su Hang found Liuli’s accounts and SIM card logged into his spare phone, then realized her Little Liuli robot had lost its remote connection.
• Su Hang decided to verify Liuli’s Whale Overlord account with his identity and planned to deposit thirty million to compensate her for its value.
• Su Hang found Liuli’s foreigner ID inside the spare phone case, but it was broken and unusable, so he began the ranked match without settling how to repay her.
• Su Hang queued for Liuli’s Thousand-Star promotion match and found an opponent in five minutes.

Su Hang entered a ranked match using Liuli’s account and discovered how her past kindness had earned her teammates’ deep respect. Meanwhile, Zhang Daxian returned to streaming to support his former XYG teammates and prepared to help Xiudou reach Thousand-Star Rank, leaving viewers questioning his claimed strength.

• Su Hang was assigned to roam, then learned his teammates recognized Liuli and excitedly recalled matching with her before.
• The second-slot player told Su Hang that Liuli’s gifted skin and encouraging message had helped him through a difficult time in high school, and he vowed to help her reach a thousand stars.
• Su Hang realized Liuli had earned her teammates’ respect through kindness, but the system automatically locked in a support hero before he could choose.
• Zhang Daxian went live on Douyin, promoted Xiudou and Kuxie’s streams, and said he would help Xiudou push his 999-star account to Thousand-Star Rank.
• Zhang Daxian claimed his signature Luna could let him compete with national-server and Overlord players, and Xiudou declared him a Jungle Overlord.

Daxian matched against Liuli in a Thousand-Star promotion game and decided to repay her for gifting him a Luna skin by helping her win. His teammates revealed that Liuli had gifted them skins too, and Daxian also hoped to send her a wedding blessing after news suggested she was marrying Yousu Fox God.

• Daxian recalled how Liuli gifted him Luna’s Zixia Fairy skin in 2016, inspiring him to practice Luna.
• Daxian recognized Liuli on the enemy team and told Xiudou he intended to let her win her Thousand-Star promotion match.
• Xiudou, Kuxie, and the rest of Daxian’s teammates revealed that Liuli had gifted each of them skins, and all four teammates agreed to help her win.
• Daxian’s viewers criticized him for planning to throw the match, but he felt reassured when his teammates shared his decision.
• Daxian decided that helping Liuli win would also serve as a wedding blessing after news suggested she was the Yugong shrine maiden marrying Yousu Fox God.

Su Hang played Cai Wenji in Liuli's Thousand-Star King promotion match and unexpectedly dominated the early game with five kills. He went to scout the Overlord as the enemy team attacked it, and his bouncing orb reached the objective just before the chapter ended.

• Su Hang's Cai Wenji helped Yixing kill Diaochan for first blood, then stole Luna's blue buff with her second skill.
• Cai Wenji healed Luban No. 7 and secured kills on Hou Yi and Zhang Fei in the bottom lane.
• Cai Wenji helped Guan Yu and Sun Wukong win the clash-lane fight, killing Sikong Zhen and Luna for her fifth kill.
• At four minutes, Su Hang went to scout the Overlord while his teammates started the Tyrant.
• Cai Wenji cast her second skill toward the Overlord pit, and its orb bounced from Diaochan to Sikong Zhen to Luna and then onto the Overlord.

Su Hang used Liuli’s account to win a thousand-star promotion match, helping her reach 1,002 stars and tie for first on the national leaderboard. He then turned to Imperial Crown matters, approved Jueying’s plan to bring Xiang Yang into the core, and considered Jueying as a candidate for the team’s next captain.

• Su Hang’s Cai Wenji stole the Overlord, then helped win a team fight with a pentakill and destroy the enemy mid-lane high-ground tower.
• The opposing players congratulated Liuli on reaching Thousand-Star King, and Su Hang replied on her behalf before the match ended.
• Su Hang returned the players’ likes and sent them high-tier skins, then saw Liuli’s account gain three stars and reach 1,002 stars, tying for first place.
• Su Hang began gathering the thirty million yuan to buy Liuli’s account and decided to ask Wangsun for a ten-million advance from Imperial Crown’s funds.
• Su Hang read Jueying’s proposal to make Xiang Yang a core member if his following reached ten million, approved it, and recognized that it could help Zhou Keyu investigate Silver Dragon’s past power grab.
• Su Hang weighed Jueying’s strengths and his tendency to mythologize Imperial Emperor, then named him a candidate for Imperial Crown’s next captain.

Su Hang read Yuejing’s messages and learned that Yuejing’s sister, Yugong Liuli, had kept a diary about meeting him in King’s matches for nearly ten years and had fallen in love with his Imperial Emperor persona. Yuejing said Liuli was being forced by her family to take poison and die, then asked Su Hang to come to Kyoto, Japan, leaving Su Hang alarmed and wondering what was happening.

• Su Hang recognized the diary owner as the Cai Wenji who had ruined his promotion match and secretly topped up his old QQ account with Q Coins.
• Su Hang read that the diary owner had been matched with him more than fifty times and had grown devoted to him as Imperial Emperor.
• Yuejing revealed that the diary belonged to his older sister and asked Su Hang to meet her in person.
• Su Hang refused an in-person meeting because of Imperial Crown rules, then learned from Yuejing’s interrupted voice message that his family was forcing his sister to take poison and die.
• Yuejing told Su Hang to come to Kyoto, Japan, and identified his sister as Yugong Liuli.

After learning that Liuli's arranged marriage to the Yousu Fox God meant she would be poisoned and sent to the divine kingdom, Su Hang wrestled with whether he could risk trying to save her. He finally chose to go to Kyoto, Japan, and announced his intention to save Liuli.

• Su Hang realized Yuejing's sister Liuli was being forced to marry the Yousu Fox God and take poison, and he understood that Liuli had arranged for him to inherit her game account while cutting off contact.
• Su Hang considered whether to risk his life against the powerful Yugong Family, reasoning that he and Liuli were only friends and that she might not risk herself to save him.
• After recalling Liuli's ten-year diary of every match she had played with Imperial Emperor, Su Hang decided that Liuli's loyalty was reason enough to try to save her.
• Su Hang emerged from his room in Sovereign Dominion's uniform with a suitcase and told Jiang Sui, Yin Long, Huyan Lan, and Hu Xiao that he was going to Kyoto, Japan, to save Liuli.

After learning that the Yugong Family planned to force Liuli to poison herself and marry a god, Su Hang decided to go to Kyoto to save her despite the warnings and fear of his companions. He left Huyan Lan, Hu Xiao, and Yin Long shaken after asking them to look after Jiang Sui.

• Su Hang explained that Liuli’s family planned to make her take poison and serve a god, and Jiang Sui immediately offered to go with him to Kyoto.
• Hu Xiao and Huyan Lan warned that Yugong Xiong’s military power and the million worshippers of the Yousu Fox God would make a rescue nearly impossible.
• Jiang Sui pleaded with Huyan Lan and Yin Long to help Su Hang, but they refused or admitted they were afraid, leaving her furious and in tears.
• Su Hang apologized for Jiang Sui’s outburst, gave Huyan Lan a bank card with ten million, and asked her, Hu Xiao, and Yin Long to look after his sister.
• Hu Xiao, Huyan Lan, and Yin Long tried to dissuade Su Hang from confronting the Yugong Family and the Kyoto underworld, but Su Hang stopped and turned around.

Su Hang flew to Kyoto to rescue Liuli, determined to face the danger despite his fear. At the airport, Yin Long, Huyan Lan, and Hu Xiao joined him, and the reunited Sovereign Dominion team prepared to save her.

• Su Hang decided to rescue Liuli even though doing so meant making an enemy of Kyoto, and flew from Jiangcheng to Kyoto.
• On the plane, Su Hang realized he needed allies and remembered that his grandfather, Su Zhou, lived in Kyoto.
• After arriving at Kyoto International Airport, Su Hang found Yin Long, Huyan Lan, and Hu Xiao waiting to help him.
• Su Hang and his teammates reaffirmed their loyalty to Sovereign Dominion and vowed to save Liuli together.
• Yin Long asked how they would rescue Liuli, and Su Hang began to explain his plan.

Su Hang and his companions paused to eat while vowing to save Liuli, as Yugong Youjing learned that Kanzaki Sakurazō would lead Liuli’s wedding escort. The chapter ended with Great Tengu revealing that Nishang had contacted the Captain of the Imperial Crown-Imperial Emperor to save Liuli.

• Su Hang suggested that he and his hungry companions find food, then vowed to save Liuli.
• Xue Ji told Yugong Youjing that Kanzaki Sakurazō would lead the Kanzaki Clan’s delegation as Liuli’s bride’s escort.
• Yugong Youjing considered testing his swordsmanship against Kanzaki Sakurazō, but Xue Ji warned him against provoking the distinguished guest.
• Great Tengu reported that Nishang had stolen a phone and escaped from the car before being caught.
• Great Tengu revealed that Nishang had contacted the Captain of the Imperial Crown-Imperial Emperor, shocking Yugong Youjing.

Yugong Youjing learned that Imperial Emperor would not come to Kyoto to save Liuli and ordered his subordinates to obtain Nishang’s QQ account. Xue Ji warned Great Tengu about the risks of targeting Imperial Emperor, then revealed that Exalted Emperor had survived and might come to Kyoto to save Liuli.

• Great Tengu told Yugong Youjing that Nishang was Mao Rabbit · Yuejing, an Imperial Crown member, and that Imperial Emperor had refused to come to Kyoto for Liuli.
• Yugong Youjing ordered Xue Ji and Great Tengu to get Nishang’s QQ account and password by any means necessary.
• Xue Ji warned Great Tengu that disappearing Imperial Emperor in Kyoto could provoke a backlash from Huaxia’s hundreds of millions of Honor of Kings players.
• Xue Ji revealed that tests found no human DNA on the bamboo sword Yugong Youjing had used against Exalted Emperor, and that its supposed blood was sugar-free cola.
• Xue Ji concluded that Exalted Emperor was alive and had helped Liuli’s account reach the thousand-star rank, then said she hoped he would come to Kyoto so she could avenge Yugong Youjing’s broken ribs.

Su Hang and his companions planned to rescue Liuli from her wedding but found every route into Yugong Shrine and Yugong Tower heavily guarded. Yin Long proposed that Su Hang impersonate Kanzaki Sakurazō and enter with the bridal escort, and Su Hang used his system to max out his Hero Mastery Count as the others sensed a sudden change in him.

• Hu Xiao explained that ground and air approaches to Yugong Shrine were blocked by security and a no-fly zone, while Yin Long’s sewer-map plan failed because it was outdated.
• Su Hang suggested rescuing Liuli from Yugong Tower, but Hu Xiao said the tower was guarded by the military and the Hundred Demons Night Parade Group.
• Yin Long found a report that Kanzaki Sakurazō would arrive as part of Liuli’s bridal escort and proposed intercepting his convoy so Su Hang could impersonate him.
• The group discussed how Su Hang could pass as an eighth-dan kendo master, and Huyan Lan warned that the aura could not simply be faked with makeup.
• Su Hang opened information about Niten Ichi-ryū and ordered his system to max out the Hero Mastery Count, causing Yin Long, Huyan Lan, and Hu Xiao to react in shock.

Kanzaki Sakurazō traveled to Yugong Tower as a bridal escort, anxiously thinking about his only friend, A Sui, who had gone offline. The motorcade stopped because of an accident, leaving him waiting on the road.

• Oda Kenshin reassured the tearful Kanzaki Sakurazō that escorting Shrine Maiden Liuli at her wedding was only a formality.
• Kanzaki Sakurazō played Honor of Kings and found that A Sui was offline, then checked QQ and worried something had happened to her.
• Kanzaki Sakurazō remembered that A Sui had promised to introduce him to her older brother on Friday and hoped he would not be as frightening as his brother-in-law.
• The motorcade braked because of a traffic accident ahead, and Oda Kenshin told Kanzaki Sakurazō they would have to wait.

Yin Long, Hu Xiao, and Huyan Lan tried to enter the Yugong Tower by pretending to arrive with the Kanzaki Clan, but soldiers insisted on inspecting their vehicle. Huyan Lan fled as the trunk opened, and the donkey-faced private first class was shocked by what he saw inside.

• Yin Long and Huyan Lan got out at the tower entrance while Hu Xiao waited in the vehicle, and Yin Long tried to bluff his way past the guards using the Kanzaki Clan’s name.
• The donkey-faced private first class demanded a vehicle inspection despite Yin Long’s threats, and the round-faced corporal ordered the soldiers to search the vehicle’s exterior.
• The soldiers searched the vehicle while Yin Long loudly berated them, and Huyan Lan tried to keep them from opening the trunk, which held restricted equipment.
• Huyan Lan let go of the trunk and ran as it began to open, and the donkey-faced private first class’s expression changed when he saw inside.